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Investigators say they have discovered a possible motive for the four suspects accused of murdering political activist Peggy Nadell.
According to a complaint against Diana Nadell and her three alleged co-conspirators, the possible motive of the victim's murder was a $4 million inheritance.
Authorities say that Peggy Nadell's daughter-in-law, Diana, and 25-year-old Andrea Benson allegedly killed the victim so that they could collect the inheritance.
The complaint also says that Diana Nadell called the victim using a disposable cellphone at 1 a.m. on Jan. 24 to lure her to the front door.
Nadell's neighbor, Roberta Ross, says she finds it hard to believe her friend's daughter-in-law may be responsible.
"I can't imagine her hurting the person that was so good to her," says Ross.
Two other defendants are accused of lying to investigators to give Nadell and Benson an alibi. All four suspects are expected to be transported to Rockland for their arraignments by the end of this week.


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At Tarleton State, head coach Lonn Reisman�s list of responsibilities includes his role as athletics director, a challenge that makes Chris� role with the program even more important.
Chris, the team�s associate head coach, played point guard for his father for four years, serving as an extension of his father on the court before starting his coaching career as a Tarleton State graduate assistant. Reisman never handed him anything so Chris had to work his way to his current role step by step.
�I don�t think there�s any doubt that Chris has the ability to be a head coach,� Reisman said. �He has a lot of head coaching ability because I�m also the athletics director. If I�m busy running an athletics department there are a lot of things that he does that is way above being a typical assistant coach. He works on budgets, has the ability to make the final call on recruiting and has the ability to run the basketball program, which is a real relief to me when I�m dealing with other issues.
�He�s only 28 years old and that�s pretty young but he has the mind of a coach who�s been in this a lot longer. He has a basketball savvy and IQ that�s way above his years right now.�
Of course, that means Chris also has his own ideas about the way things should be done sometimes.
�I�m not the average assistant coach but I�m not a yes man, either,� Chris said.
�I disagree with Dad quite frequently but it�s been a good relationship and it�s been healthy for both of us. Whether we agree or disagree that bond is still there. We always have the same purpose in mind.�
Chris understands that his father has to make the final call, but Reisman has learned to listen with an open mind.
�I�ve been in this a long time - 30 years - and I really think he�s helped extend my career,� Reisman said.
�If you talked to other coaches whose sons are working with them they�d probably say the same thing. We tend not to want to change with the times. We�re stubborn and we�re set in our ways.�
For example, Reisman�s teams have rarely pressed, but with the way the shot clock has changed the game Reisman took his son�s advice and installed a press last season.
�I wasn�t really for it but at the regional we were down against Central Missouri by 11 points with about six minutes left. We got in our press and we won,� Reisman said. �In the finals to go to the Elite Eight last year we were down to Northwest Missouri State by about 10-11 points and we got in our press and we won.
�He had the insight that we needed to do this. If I hadn�t given him a chance we wouldn�t have made it to the Elite Eight last year. When you have the trust and loyalty of someone like your son, you tend to listen more. He�s helped me open and change more.�
Folks at Tarleton State suspect Chris will make an excellent choice to replace his father when Reisman finally chooses to retire. In the meantime, Chris is where he wants to be - coaching basketball with his father.
�The program is something my dad has helped build and I feel like I�ve helped, too,� Chris said. �I�ve been here for 10 years - four as a player and six as a coach. We�ve had some special times here.
�My fiance�s been great about it because even when I go home my dad will call and say, �hey, do you want to go out to dinner.� Then we�ll go to dinner with Dad�s wife and my fiance and they just sit there while we talk basketball. I�m sure they would rather us talk about anything else but that�s just who we are.�

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Working from home is becoming more and more common, yet the home office remains one of the most neglected rooms in the house. At home, we generally don't have the interpersonal stimulation that helps keep us on task, so it's important to develop a space that encourages creativity and productivity. The challenge is that most of our home offices are created from hand-me-downs and leftovers that are anything but inspiring.
Where to begin? Start simple, and find a desk that really works for you. Then, build the office of your dreams around it.
We've got seven ideas to get you started:
1. Try a standing desk.
According to Science Daily, the average office worker sits for nearly six hours each day. Besides offering health benefits, a standing desk is very practical in smaller spaces, and can be created to suit any design style. Keep a simple stool nearby for those moments when you do need to sit, or a comfy club chair in the corner for reading, studying and proofing your work. A Beautiful Mess has a great post on building your own standing desk.
2. Surround yourself with inspiration.
Many of us are inspired by the connections we have to people, objects and activities we love. To keep your creative juices flowing, use your desk as a display case for family photos, beloved mementos, and well-deserved awards. Keeping those connections alive reminds you why you do what you do and helps keep you on task when distraction hits. Be careful to arrange your pieces carefully so that personal items don't read as clutter.
3. Bring the outdoors in.
If at all possible, move your home office into a room where you can position the desk directly in front of a great view. You're already isolated from a typical work environment, and just having something pleasant or at least distracting to look at can keep the gears cranking as the day wears on. Natural light is a stimulant and can bring a room to life, even just as a supplement to the rest of the lighting in the room.
4. Create an artistic environment.
If, on the other hand, a desk with a view is not a possibility in your home office, give yourself an interior view. Find a simple and functional desk in a very muted tone—white is really the best option. Keep shelving, storage and filing similarly shaded. Now, choose several pieces of art that really grab your attention, and group them, or spread them out through the space. Keep frames simple so as not to overwhelm, and you'll find yourself at the helm of your desk, free-floating in a sea of inspiration.
5. Rethink tired antiques into colorful and functional desks.
Those great old desks in our parents' offices really were special—and not just for nostalgic reasons. Designed for efficiency and functionality, you could often fit an entire office into the desk alone. Now just add a fresh coat of contemporary color—the contrast of something old in a new setting is just the thing to get those juices flowing. Here, too, keep the rest of the background muted, or add complementary and contrasting color for still more energy. We love the look of this minty makeover from Love Grows Wild.
6. Discover the functionality of free-floating desks.
There's just something about a desk with no legs that takes a split second more for your brain to make sense of—and nothing could be better for inspiration and stimulation. It brings the added benefits of efficiency and affordability. Add the storage you need with a simple twin-track shelving system and binders and cubbies to keep the look pulled together. White or black two-drawer filing cabinets placed beneath fade to the background and give you that much more room to work with.
7. Keep it simple and sleek.
If you're at your best with the fewest distractions, create a cool, monochromatic space that fades to the background so all you see is the project at hand. Contemporary style will serve you well here for its clean lines and low profile. Bonus: Finding filing, storage and desk accessories in vibrant colors and clean lines is a snap.
What does your dream desk look like, and how would you design a space around it?
About the Author:
Kerrie Kelly is an award-winning interior designer who writes on home decor for Home Depot. The author of the book Home Decor: A Sunset Design Guide, Kerrie provides advice and guidance to homeowners on room design and furniture, including desks. To view Home Depot's wide selection of desks, including styles reviewed by Kerrie, you can visit Home Depot's website.
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- Home Office, Library & Den Design (Schiffer Design Books)
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Dr. Charles Bullock Discusses Election 2010 & Citizens United
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How did Republican Scott Brown pull off Tuesday's shocking upset victory in Massachusetts? Does Senator-elect Brown's victory indicate the GOP will regain control of the U.S. Congress this year? What are the chances that Roy Barnes will return to the Governor's Mansion? How will the SCOTUS decision in Citizens United impact the midterm elections? Join the Law Republicans this Tuesday at 12:30 in Room G as we discuss these questions with Dr. Charles Bullock. Dr. Bullock, a Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science, is one of UGA's most highly-respected professors and is a renowned expert in the fields of southern politics, elections and electoral systems, and legislative politics. Pizza will be served!
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Greg Campbell from Lakeshore Christian Church in Antioch, TN brings us these window panes with gaps in between.
They had some window frames left over when they remodeled an old retail space. They repurposed them as a stage design element. They spray painted the window frames light gray and added fluorescent lighting diffusers to some of the open frames. (Cut to size and in random intervals.) They used hot glue to attach the diffusers to the frames.
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I am confident that many more counties will step up to the plate and demand their cut from all the revenue that has been lost due to the MERS artifice.
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Cleveland County commissioners on Monday hired a law firm to investigate whether a banking system systematically failed to pay mortgage filing fees to the county clerk.
Commissioners Rod Cleveland and Rusty Sullivan said national banking companies joined the Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS) Inc., a private enterprise that started in 1997, to handle records of mortgage transactions.
The problem, Cleveland said, is that "any time a mortgage is touched, any transaction at all, then there should be a filing fee paid to the county."
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Raul C. Garcia was born on March 3rd, 1946 and was raised in a humble village of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, alongside his parents and ten siblings. He was incarcerated on August 15th, 1963, with only 17 years of age, because he took up arms against Castro's totalitarian government. He is one of the many who took part in one of the strongest offensives against Castro's government- known as "El Escambray".
Although he sacrificed much of his youth in the Cuban jails, Raul never gave up on his ideas. When he finally was released from prison, Raul immigrated to Miami. There, with more work and sacrifice, he made and raised his family and started up his own Air Conditioning business. Raul C. Garcia never forgot about his homeland.
Tell us, where, and how, did you live in Cuba?
I lived on a farm in Guasimal, in Sancti Spiritus, out in the countryside. We worked the land. It was a very large family, one which consisted of 10 siblings, and including my parents, we were 12 in total. We were a poor family.
Please explain how you became involved with the resistance against the Castro-communist totalitarian regime. Why did you decide to take up arms? Were you the only one in your family who did so?
When the guerrilla struggles movements began near our neighborhood, my dad was first to make contact with them. He had, thank God, instilled a mentality in us against communism. My dad was never a communist, or political for that matter, and from the very beginning they [the castro-communists] wanted to rid my grandfather of his farm. They were just an envious bunch who only rode the victory wagon in order to take away properties from others who had more than they did. Upon seeing how lands and properties were being confiscated from many people, I started growing very upset. That's how we started making contact with the resistance movement. First, we conspired with them, and then we helped the fighters and all those who were involved. We would collect goods and send them out to them. We used my grandfather's farm to help them train, and we provided food and all the supplies we were able to. That's how it began. The movement started gaining strength and then I joined them.
I was the only one from my family who joined the fighters. Many of my brothers were still very young at the time. My dad was also jailed, but I was the only one who actually joined the movement. I was 17 years old.
How did you get jailed?
Well, we were in a circle, which came under attack, right on my grandfather's farm. A combat broke out. The chief of my unit was Maro Borges. According to the communists that fight was one of the toughest ones in the zone. There were 21 of us in total and we practically were destroyed. Eleven of our men were killed, three (including me) were captured and injured, and the rest were injured but managed to escape. They shot me in the leg a couple of times, my femur was fractured. From there, they took me to the hospital, where they covered my leg with a plaster without healing my wounds first. That's how my leg and foot began getting infected. I really don't know how I didn't lose my leg, I guess it was my ripe 17 years of age. During that time, I was being detained in State Security, known as the G-2. Another one of the wounded men that was with me had 19 gunshots on him. And that's how our lives would go on.
After my stay at the G-2, they moved me to an actual jail. Since I was a minor, they waited a year until I turned 18, and then they sentenced me (just to make it seem legal). I was sentenced to 30 years of age. That is how my stay in prison began.
How many jails were you in? What were they like? How were the prisoners treated?
First, I was in the provincial prison of Santa Clara, the "old jail" was what it was called. I was there on three different occasions. I was also in the jail of Remedios, Sagua la Grande, Nieves Morejon, Manaca, the Cabaña, and in the hospital of "El Principe" where they mixed me in with common prisoners. La Cabaña was a very vicious place. It was a colonial Havana prison. I took part in a 35 day hunger strike there. And there were many people there, it was very violent, and all of the prisoners were political prisoners. They [the prisoners] were very good men.
I have lots of bad memories from La Cabaña. They operated me there, but only halfway. Then, from there, they moved me to Las Villas, to the prison known as Manacas. I was in Manacas for 5 years. It was also very violent there, but the only good thing about it was that we at least got some sun. But everything else was solved with gunshots. Many fellow prisoners were injured, and I remember that they killed one, Oriol Acosta, right next to me. Ironically, he was about to complete his full sentence, when suddenly a fight broke out amongst prisoners, of which he was a part of, and then the guards just shot him in the head.
Did you see many of your fellow fighters die?
Yes. Since there was no form of international media that was in favor of defending our rights, the guards did whatever they wanted with us. The prisons were very closed off from the rest of the world- people in other places did not know about what was happening to us. However, here [in Miami] in the early exile, there were many people who knew of our situation, and they denounced it in the United Nations, but that didn't really go anywhere.
The revolutionaries executed whoever, and whenever, they wished to. What they intended to do was to try and stop the resistance. Too many people were taking part in it now. Some prisoners were even executed on the pretext of having killed people who had already been dead way before those people even took up arms. I was in the headquarters of State Security, and there, they really executed anybody they felt like. Many of those who were killed were young men, and I would see all of this occur. Some were killed with many gunshots. Others were not even fighters who took up arms, yet they were still accused as such. That's how it was. With the new law that they created, Law 988, even the farmers and peasants who simply conspired or helped us were considered to be part of the guerrillas. Now, they had an excuse to execute them, so they did. It was all very brutal and they wanted to implant fear in the population. They achieved it.
In the Cabaña you could clearly hear the whole execution process, all of which took place without a trial. First, you would hear the guard's voice, "Aim your rifle!" and then, "Fire!" The prisoners being executed almost always shouted out, "Long Live Christ the King!" and "Down with Communism!" right before the shots tore into them. Those phrases resonated throughout the entire prison, and we, the prisoners, would be overtaken with an immense sadness. It is very difficult when you live in a galley with so many people and then, suddenly, a guard comes and takes one of your partners to be executed. Many of those killed would help me with my wound- they would clean it for me. It's not easy seeing good people die, under an unjust law which the communists created in order to kill for no reason.
Another thing that must be said is that in those prisons and throughout the revolution overall, the communists are very racist towards black people. It's possible to say that the prisoners among us who were black were treated even worse. For example, when we were hurt and captured in combat, the militias would drag those men who were black. "Chichi" Rojas, a comrade of mine who was black and also from Guasimal, would constantly be beaten by the guards. They would strike him with the butts of the rifles. And they know he was asthmatic so they shot him in the lunges. Eventually, he was executed.
What happened to your family? When did you see them again?
Solely for being a mother, father, uncle, or any other relative of the guerrilla fighters, there were consequences. That was one of the biggest crimes. You know, when you take up arms you prepare yourself to be hurt, or even killed. But you don't expect the same for your family. Although I was captured right by my house, my family did not know anything about my condition or where I was, and I did not know anything about them. They did not tell them if I was dead or alive for a long time. Eventually, one of the government soldiers went to where my dad was being detained and showed him a pair of boots and hat that he found out in the fields. He told him that those objects were the last things left of his son.
They then commenced to relocate all the family members of the fighters, as well as all the farmers and peasants who had helped. In the case of my family, everyone in the area who had the same last name of Garcia was first detained in cattle pens. Then my mother and 7 of my brothers and sisters, among them the youngest of 11 months, were all thrown aboard a cramped truck and were taken to the neighborhood of Miramar in Havana. They were not allowed to take anything with them at all from their house; they were just taken like that on the spot. It was horrible because they did not know where I was or where my father was. All the children were screaming and crying. In Miramar, they relocated my mother and my siblings to one of the mansions that belonged to the millionaires who were now exiled or imprisoned. This was common practice for the peasant relatives of all those who were involved with the counter-revolution. Each family, and most of them were very large, were put to live all together in one of the rooms of the houses. While my mother was in Miramar, my dad was taken to Pinar del Rio, to a city which was constructed by, and for, prisoners- Sandino.
It was prohibited for them to return to their native towns. Guasimal, my town, was completely altered. My house was torn down. My family was never allowed to return, the same way they never were able to recuperate all that they lost. The government kept everything. And I never got to see my mother until a whole year passed. We were able to see each other again because she constantly nagged at the guard stationed outside their room in Miramar, asking about my whereabouts and demanding that she be able to see me. After so much insistence, it seems like the guard gave in a bit and took my mom to where I was being detained in the G-2 unit. When I saw her, I could barely speak. She started touching me everywhere, trying to find my wounds. My mother is a very strong woman. During our entire encounter, an officer from State Security watched over our every word and action.
What were the methods of protests carried out by the prisoners?
A popular method was the hunger strike. It was a peaceful method with a purpose of not giving in. We would only drink water. I was part of a hunger strike which lasted 35 days. Sometimes, we got what we demanded for, and other times didn't go so well. Another thing we would do was to come out in support for any of our partners that were being beaten. We would try to intervene physically. Many other times we would scream out in support from our cells. We always protested. There was a lot of brotherhood. We would always come together.
While you were in prison, what would you say it was that kept your ideals, and those of all your partners, firm?
First, we kept ourselves firm by knowing that we were right in what we were fighting for. Every single time we kept proving that to ourselves whenever we would see how they would treat us and what they were capable of doing to other human beings. They seemed like they were not Cuban. They looked like something else that wasn't human- as if they were from some other planet. They were abusers, and didn't have any morals. Perhaps that would give us even more strength to continue the struggle, and that way we held on even tighter to our positions. It gave us more energy. In fact, I think that what I did was not enough. The group of prisoners was a good group. We had a very strong morale. I never believed I did the wrong thing. In fact, I think that what I did was not enough. And that's why, to this day, I continue paying attention to what is happening in Cuba. You can't stop caring because those in power have done much damage to the country.
How long were you in prison altogether, and when did you get out?
In total, I was jailed for 16 years. I was released in 1979 after some accords between Jimmy Carter and Castro. I think about 4,000 prisoners were released at the time. After my release, I arrived in Miami on that same year.
What's the most difficult aspect of being exiled?
Well, I'm happy here. But while the years continue passing, your homeland pulls you in even more, and you grow even more attached to her. I could go to Cuba, but I do not want to see her like that, I want to see her free. That irritates you, and you find yourself suffering. I would really like to see my land, my nation, my family. It hurts that so many years have passed and every time the country is worse than before. I'm content here; I don't have any problems in Miami. I have raised my family here. But it's still not easy, knowing that you are away from your own land without wanting it to be that way. Like I said, I'm happy here, but I'd like to see Cuba free from that plague which has infested it. I think a lot about it.
What do you think about the dissidents currently in Cuba?
I sympathize with them. I think they have a tremendous amount of merit and that they are doing lots of good things. I hope that more and more people join their movement. We will always help them from over here. The majority of the dissidents are doing a great job, like the Ladies in White, whom are all doing very positive things. I really hope they do not divide them or break them up. I sympathize a lot with the dissidents.
Are you optimistic about the future of Cuba?
Yes. Although sometimes I consider that the international community does not mobilize enough in favor of Cuba. With everything that has happened recently, like the death of Zapata, the Ladies in White, and the strike by Fariñas, I think that more international pressure and opinion should have acted stronger. But either way, those who are in power in Cuba will not last much longer. Someday soon, they will have to die. And I think the people of Cuba are very capable and that they will achieve to construct a new Cuba. I really do think so.
What is the future that you would like to see for Cuba?
I would like to see a Cuba where each Cuban can speak up freely and give his or her opinion, where they can chose their own leaders, where they can travel, and that there would be no political prisoners. I wish for Cuba to have a normal and democratic system. That is why we sacrificed ourselves, so people would not be oppressed. For a Cuba where all that you have earned, through sacrifice and hard labor, will not be taken away from you. I'd like to see democratic elections, and through these, their president may be chosen. And I think the future of Cuba lies within Cuba. That's what I want for Cuba- the same thing which we fought for, that one could enter and exit their own country as they wish, that respectable laws would exist, and so that there could be freedom.


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Cake Star - Palette Knife - Straight Blade 6 Inch (150mm)
Cake Star - Palette Knife - Straight Blade 6 Inch (150 mm)
The 6" straight blade palette knife is from the Cake Star range of palette knives. The Cake Star palette knives have stainless steel blades with fused plastic handles for excellent comfort grip and ease of hygienic cleaning.
This 150 mm blade is perfect for covering and filling cakes and cupcakes as well as applying royal icing to cake tops and sides. It can also be used to lift cookies and other baked products from the baking sheet.
Instructions and Tips for Use
This blade is a good size for filling and covering all sizes of cake.
It is also perfect for loosening and lifting baked products such as biscuits and cookies.


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Year Built2018
Lot Size0.23 Acres
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Dream home nestled next to the Blue River! This 6B/5BA features a kitchen w/ granite counter tops, SS appliances, vaulted ceilings, tall windows to enjoy the views. The walkout basement boasts 9' ceilings, wet bar, breakfast bar, SS appliances, refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave oven, 2nd laundry room. Sit back, relax, enjoy the sounds of the Blue River while soaking in the hot tub.Only a few blocks from the new 4th Street Expansion, rec center, only minutes from the highway and ski resorts.
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Victorian, family-oriented, and breathtaking natural beauty describe the classic Colorado ski town of Breckenridge. Enjoy countless outdoor activities, in both winter and summer, because Breckenridge averages over 300 days of sun each year and over 300 inches of snow each winter! With over one-million skier visits last year, Breckenridge is one of the most popular winter resorts in the country. Highlights include Breckenridge's historic main street, thrilling terrain parks, boutique restaurants and shops, and the Riverwalk Center. Throughout the year, cultural events like the Breckenridge Film Festival, the Backstage Theatre, weekend farmers markets and art festivals will entertain you. Quaint streets feature fine dining and endless shopping opportunities. With an array of ski-in/ski-out housing opportunities, you can throw open your front door and go. The resort ski runs come right down into town, so you can even ski home for lunch! A perfect mountain town!
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If you open your mind, relax, and ask all the right questions you might be surprised to learn that the situation you find yourself in is very different than you are currently imagining.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
In order to deal with Alzheimer's each and everyone of us who cares needs to adapt.
In our case, and for the most part, we are adapting to a previously unknown - Alzheimer's disease.
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We have to deal with grief. After all, doesn't the Alzheimer's Association teach us that no one survives Alzheimer's disease? If you accidentally buy into that myth, you might conclude the situation is hopeless. Many do.
Topic - Alzheimer's Care Grief
Denial, grief, confusion, heartache, and the feeling it is hopeless. We start out caring from behind the eight ball.
All of these negative emotions and feelings can rob us of our ability to adapt.
There is hope. As humans we have the ability to adapt. We do it all the time over the course of our lives.
We move, we change jobs, we take care of children, and we deal with adversity and death. The list is longer but the message is the same, we have the ability to adapt and adapt we do.
Some of us, as Alzheimer's caregivers, put up roadblocks.
We repeat the same nagging complaints over and over. We stubbornly cling to the past. We engage in thinking that keeps us frustrated and blocks us from moving forward.
Most importantly, we fail to look at Alzheimer's from the other persons point of view. We fail to look at the disease
Lets start with a simple example. The majority of AD patients follow their caregiver around. Frankly, most of the deeply forgetful can't stand to have you out of their sight.
The only real exceptions to this rule is when they are engaged in an activity. Like doing a puzzle, or talking to a the best Alzheimer's caregiver tool of them all.
Caregivers often say something like, "I can't get a moments peace, s/he follows me all over the place".
The caregiver complains or maybe vents. Over and over and over and over. Same thing.
Perhaps if you look beyond the obvious you will be able to adapt. Normally to look beyond the obvious you have to ask yourself a question that begins with a word like, Why?
Why do the deeply forgetful follow us all over the place, call out our name when they can't see us,
Why does the person living with dementia follow us around, ask where we are when they can't see us, and ask repeatedly, when we are not there, when are we coming back. Simple really.
They rely on us.
They need us so they can stay attached to the world.The world is a scary place for the deeply forgetful at times. They just can't sort things out on their own. So they look for the one thing that is always constant, always tangible -
The deeply forgetful fear one thing more than any other thing -- they fear that the one person they can rely on will leave them. Leave them all alone.
Forget about them.
Try asking yourself this. Is it a bad thing that a person who is deeply forgetful will follow you around all the time?
Or, is it a good thing that they love you so much, and trust you more than life itself?
They need you.
In order to successfully adapt you need to use your brain. Ironic isn't it? They can no longer use their brain effectively, so they rely on you to use
If you complain about the same thing over and over and over - stop it. Instead ask yourself, why isn't what I am doing working?
Stand back, assess the situation. Ask yourself: Why, How, When, What, and Where.
It might not be easy when you start, but once you start asking the questions the answers will come.
You will adapt.
The deeply forgetful person is trying to build a bond with you. They won't stop trying. Why fight it? Why not accept they need you, love you, trust you; and most often, you are the only one they will trust and rely on.
It is a given really.
Open your brain. Look at both sides of the coin. You will likely come to the conclusion that there is more to the situation or experience than you are currently imagining.
Stop looking at the deeply forgetful as if they are the antagonist.
If you open your mind, relax, and ask all the right questions you might be surprised to learn that the situation you find yourself in is very different than you are currently imagining.
You just might see things in a new and different light. Your brain has the innate ability to adapt.
I'll suggest that you first consider that the person who is deeply forgetful needs you. I'll suggest that you make a concerted effort to smile at the person who is deeply forgetful over and over each day.
When they start smiling back you'll be on the path of adaptability. You might even be delighted.
Instead of complaining, you might start laughing when you tell your stories. Odd isn't it, how the same exact behavior that drove you crazy might make you laugh if you open your mind.
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Bob DeMarco is the Founder of the Alzheimer's Reading Room (ARR). Bob is the Founder of the Alzhemer's Reading Room. The ARR Knowledge Base contains more than 5,000 articles. Bob lives in Delray Beach, FL.
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Colon and rectal diseases comprise a broad range of conditions and ailments, the severity of which can vary from mildly irritating to life threatening. Research has demonstrated that early screening and treatment of colon and rectal diseases can significantly improve treatment outcomes and survival rates, yet many patients delay or don't seek treatment because of lack of knowledge about their disease and its symptoms or the benefits of early treatment, or are too embarrassed to seek help. The ASCRS offers information on conditions relating to the colon, rectum and anus such as:
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Monday, December 7, 2009
This Little Piggy Went to Market...
Posted by Victoria at 4:22 PM
Oink, oink! Do you think it's morbid to name the animal you're cutting apart? I think it adds some fun to meat cutting. I never did before this class, but after breaking down all those chickens last week, it just seemed fitting to personalize the experience. Today my class broke down full pork loins, which are HUGE in case you've never seen one intact before. I named my pig Truffles after one of my many pig stuffed animals. I imagined that it failed at its job to sniff out those ever luxurious mushrooms and had, as punishment, been slaughtered and was now laying across my bench, in all of it's dead glory, hahaha. I never said I wasn't morbid. Today I removed Truffles' tenderloin, followed by removing his sirloin end (deboning it), removing his shoulder blade end and cutting it into country-style spareribs. Then I removed the rib from the remaining loin. I felt so accomplished once I was done. I had just taken apart a giant pork loin on my very first attempt! Isn't culinary school grand? Tomorrow we move onto lamb! Baaaahhhhhhh!
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I needed this laugh! Though, didn't you ever read Charlotte's Web?? Have some compassion for all the Wilburs out there!!! ;) Though I'd love some BBQ spareribs right about now!
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To transform our community and world through the power of God's Spirit into disciples of Jesus Christ.
Our mission is to win teens to God, build them in the faith, and send them to make disciples in partnership with parents or guardians.
We Value Gospel-Centered Ministry
A gospel-centered ministry is one where the Gospel is the core message of all we do. Our teaching and discipleship must be Biblical and gospel-centered. This means that the Gospel Story of God's redemptive work is seen from cover to cover of the Bible and it is the core context from which we teach and equip. The Gospel must drive and motivate our strategy.
We Value Partnership with Parents
We believe that God has given parents the incredible privilege of being the primary disciple-makers of their children. We also believe that the "church" and the "family" need to work together to see the effective growth of students. These two institutions are designed to work hand in hand and not apart from each other. At each step in our process, we are trying to think how we can practically resource, equip, and involve parents as we all seek to disciple students.
We Value Biblical Community
Students need multiple voices saying the same thing about Jesus. God designed people to grow in the context of relationships. The church offers meaningful and authentic relationships which will reinforce a parent's voice.
We Value Go and Be Ministry
For too long, "church" has been "done" primarily in one location (typically the church building). We want to communicate that the Christian life is not about showing up somewhere once a week. It is not so much about "come and see" as it is "go and be." Faith is active, alive, and adventurous. An incarnational ministry is one that happens in various location, wherever the Lord has planted us. We believe that our students, in the context of relationships, are the "front door" to the youth ministry at Grace and to Christ. We believe that they are called to lead others to Christ through relationships "as they go" throughout the week.
We Value the Discipleship of Families
We believe that God has called us to minister to students and to their families. We seek not only for students to know Jesus but also their parents. In concerted prayer, our hope is for every family to be a Gospel-centered family in which Christ is treasured and glorified.
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Get one (1) SCENE point for every $1 you spend, and collect even more with bonus offers*.
As a frequent guest of The Rec Room, you'll earn exclusive privileges like front of the line access, advanced tickets, upgrades, exclusive experiences and more. The more you visit, the more you get.
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Just show your SCENE card to earn 1 SCENE point for every $1 you spend on food, beverages (no alcohol, sorry – we don't make the rules), gaming and entertainment, less taxes and gratuities. And stay tuned for bonus offers to really bump up your numbers – just remember they can't be combined with any other offers or promos.
Every 1,000 points gets you $10 off anything from food to game credits to event tickets! Just tell us when you've got points to use, and we'll apply them to your purchase.
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As per the Terms and Conditions of the SCENE program, which were agreed to when you signed up: Points for the SCENE membership card can only be awarded when your SCENE membership card is presented before the completion of the purchase transaction. We do recommend downloading the Cineplex Mobile App onto your iPhone, Android, or Blackberry phone, where you can save your SCENE card for easy access. If your phone is not supported, you can pull up your last email from SCENE and show the bar code from the email.
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The Phantom R is designed with the vintage board racers of the 1930's in mind. Each Phantom R is hand built by John Allen King and comes with a One-Year Warranty.
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In celebration of the new exhibit "Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body", the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, located in the Balboa Park area of San Diego, is holding a special event called GrossOlympics, on Saturday, July 7th, 2012. Children age 6-14 are invited to participate in the event, which includes the following contests:
• 11am: Loudest Burp
• 12pm: Pit Spitting
• 1pm: Smelliest Sneakers
• 2pm: Peristaltic Push Relay
Registration begins at 10am, and the contests run until 2pm. Signups are the day of the event, one hour prior to each contest. Participation is included with gallery admission, and prizes to be awarded to winning contestants. Click HERE for more info. Perhaps we'll see you there!


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Every once in a while you meet someone and you instantly "click". That happened for me recently when I met Suzie Eller. She's a former Broken Girl whose life reflects the beauty that is available to us all when we allow God to mend our hearts and walk us through forgiveness.
Growing up in a dysfunctional home doesn't set us up to be naturally good parents (if such a thing exists) but Suzie's life proves that even broken girls can be great mamas!
Welcome our dear friend Suzie…
When your memories as a child were painful, you can become super sensitive to the words from your own children. After all, you want better for your children.
So when you try hard and they still throw a tantrum, or say "I hate you," or embarrass you in the grocery store, you might want to take it personal.
Hey, don't you know how much I love you!
Why are you embarrassing me?
Don't you see what I do for you?
But this is the scoop:
Your child is a work in progress.
She has no idea of your past pain and that's a gift. You've given her innocence and a childhood.
He isn't big enough or wise enough to make your hopes for a good family come true. It's not his job, and his shoulders aren't big enough to carry that burden.
So, what do you do?
Mama, we take personalization out of the equation.
It's not about you.
Your child is a little warm body with a brain that is still developing (and will be until their early twenties), and you and I have the most amazing responsibility and gift of teaching and loving and shaping them.
So, when they throw a fit in WalMart, forget the people around you. Don't worry about what they are saying, and focus on your child. Stay calm. Be the adult.
Because this is a defining moment.
Your child has what you did not. . . a calm, reasonable, loving parent who is willing to tough it out through the bad moments.
A mama who knows that parenting is wonderful and hard.
A mama who sees this as a teachable moment so that her child can grow into the amazing adult he or she will one day be.
A mama who teaches rather than loses it.
When we don't take it personal, we shape our children's memories, instead of our old memories shaping our child.
I hope this will be a helpful resource: The Mom I Want to Be: Rising Above Your Past to Give Your Kids a Great Future.
Suzie is an International Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and author, former radio co-host, and Bible Gateway blogger.
She's a woman who believes that our past shapes us, but does not limit us! (Read Suzie's story)
She is an author of articles, columns, and seven books including her most recent books:
The Unburdened Heart: Finding the Freedom of Forgiveness and The Mended Heart: God's Healing for Your Broken Places.
Most important, she's a mom, wife, and "Gaga" to five beautiful babies.
Suzie lives in NW Arkansas and when she's not writing or speaking, she's with her family, or hiking, or filling the kitchen with smells of her love language of cooking.


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He will be responsible for developing and executing strategies for effective management of SANY India's supply chain and operations.
Tripathi brings with him close to two decades of experience in supply chain practices, policies and regulations, designing supply chain models, setting up QA processes for vendors, material cost reduction, sales and marketing and so on.
Deepak Garg, CEO, SANY India said, "We welcome Mahesh to our team. Mahesh's expertise will enable SANY meet the industry standards of demand and supply. We are confident of achieving effective procurement, benchmarking our vendor practices and implement improved supply chain processes."
Prior to joining SANY Heavy Industries India, Mahesh Tripathi held key leadership positions at Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery and Tata Motors.
In his last assignment, he worked as a General Manager for Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery.
A mechanical engineer from IIT (Roorkee), Mahesh also holds an Executive Diploma in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur.


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Mises Daily Articles
Intermediate Macroeconomics: Teaching Business Cycles
I am employed as a professor of economics at a small liberal-arts college. Being the senior professor in my department, I have been able to focus my teaching load on courses that I am most interested in. These include microeconomic principles, the history of economic thought, comparative economic systems, and public choice, for which I am able to use my own book.
Nevertheless, the department is small and I am sometimes asked to teach courses that I am not particularly enthusiastic about. A few years ago, as a result of a number of circumstances, one such course fell to me. Though I had avoided it for several years, I had to teach intermediate macroeconomics.
The thought of having to add this fall-semester course to my annual teaching load was not particularly appealing to me. I had always thought that Keynesianism was just poor economics. Moreover, my studies in Austrian theory since graduate school had led me to reject monetarism and new classicism as well. As such, the thought of introducing students to these ideas seemed like a colossal waste of time. Just the same, the task fell my way, and I decided to take on the challenge.
When I agreed to teach the course, I told the powers that be that I would do it, but that I would do it my way. They agreed and I began looking for a text. I chose a neoclassical text that did a reasonable job of presenting Keynesianism, monetarism, and new classicism. What was missing, of course, was any reference to Austrian theory. But the text suited my purpose well because of its introductory treatment of classical theory.
In particular, the text argues that classical thought was built on three assumptions, namely, that the economy is characterized by
- rationally self-interested human actors (basically utility maximization in the narrow neoclassical understanding of the phrase) who
- suffer from no money illusion and
- live in a world of perfect competition.
On the basis of these assumptions, the authors of the text quickly discount classical thought and move on to introduce the Keynesian approach.
It was the absurd nature of these assumptions that made the text ideal for my purposes. The authors of the text appear wholly ignorant of the fact that these assumptions had nothing to do with the best of classical theory, which has been carried on by the Austrians. In fact, it seemed evident to me that the authors could not conceive of classical thought earlier than the work of Alfred Marshall and the British school, with its focus on equilibrium theory. Moreover, their reference to Jean Baptist Say as a proponent of those three assumptions is just gross ignorance.
Therefore, as a first project for the students, I had them read the text along with the crucial chapter from Say's economic treatise, coupled with several other articles on Say's Law, I then asked them to write a paper explaining how and where the textbook authors' assumptions are found in Say's writing. The task cannot be done, and the students were forced to refute the text's assertions point by point. After the completion of this project I was able to begin to build the Austrian theory of the business cycle and present it side-by-side with the development of the other schools of macroeconomics.
From this starting point, I began to develop the Austrian theory using a variety of articles. These articles range from addressing the problems associated with aggregate analysis, to Rothbard's biography of Keynes. In refuting Keynesian theory, Hans Hermann Hoppe's article, "The Misesian Case against Keynes," is excellent. In addition, I have found Roger Garrison's articles to be very helpful in articulating the Austrian theory of the business cycle and in comparing it to the other schools of thought.
Toward the end of the course I assigned Robert Higgs' article, "Regime Uncertainty: Why the Great Depression Lasted So Long and Why Prosperity Resumed after the War," which explains well the problems the New Deal created for the economy and why Roosevelt's policies were responsible for keeping recovery from occurring.
Once I have covered the essential material, I have the students write a paper aiming to explain what has happened to the Japanese economy since 1990. In this project, the students must choose which theory best explains the continuing sluggishness of that country's economic fortunes. While I provide them with Ben Powell's article on the subject, by this time in the semester the students are generally convinced that the Austrian theory is the only one that explains the situation.
This teaching approach has worked very well for the past few years. It has been especially effective in the past two years, given the current economic situation in the United States. Indeed, the students' interest in the current economic crisis has served as a source of motivation for them to learn the subject well. At any rate, instead of being a course I dread, it has actually become one of my favorites.
Perhaps other economists can employ the same approach in their classes. In light of the widespread economic ignorance that we face today, it is very much needed.


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Akihiko Kikuchi
Affiliated Society: Japanese Society for Biomaterials
Country of Residence: Japan
Current Position: Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Prof. Kikuchi graduated from Tokyo University of Science in 1992 (Ph.D.). He was then worked as post-doc at Univ. of Utah. He joined Prof. Teruo Okano's lab. at Tokyo Women's Medical Univ. in 1994 as assistant professor. He became associate professor in 2003. He moved to Tokyo Univ. of Science, Department of Materials Science and Technology in 2006 as the Associate Professor. In 2009, he became full professor. His major is polymeric biomaterials. Dr. Kikuchi obtained the Award for Young Investigator of Japanese Society for Biomaterials in 2000, the 9th Teiichi Yamasaki Prize in the category of bioscience and biotechnology in 2009 with Profs. Teruo Okano and Masayuki Yamato. Dr. Kikuchi became the fellow, IUSBSE in 2016. He is active member of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials since 1992 and is now the board member of this society.
Areas of research interest:
Prof. Kikuchi's major research interest is the polymeric biomaterials. He is currently working on the preparation of matrices for separation of bioactive molecules using stimuli-sensitive polymer grafting, and core-corona type micro- and nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapeutic uses.
Research keywords:
Biomaterials and Medical Products Commercialization,Nanotechnology,Polymers,Protein and Cells at Interfaces,Surface Characterization and Modification,Tissue Engineering,Drug Delivery


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HOUSTON - Oil market has been closely watching the trade dispute between the United States and China, the extent of the potential sanctions on Iran and the supply status of Libya for the week ending July 13.
Especially, the market weighed concerns over resurgent Libyan supply. Oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday on news that Libya was suddenly set to restore hundreds of thousands of barrels per day.
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for August delivery fell 3.73 dollars on Wednesday, to 70.38 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The 5 percent drop was the steepest daily drop within the last year. Brent sank almost 7 percent on Wednesday.
Oil benchmarks went in the same direction this week. On Friday, the WTI for August delivery pared some of the weekly losses, rose 68 cents to 71.01 dollars on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for September delivery added 0.88 dollar to 75.33 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange as the traders were not totally convinced with the stability of the resurgent Libyan crude oil supply.
The WTI and Brent lost 3.8 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively, for the week.
However, the analysts also attributed the steep drop to a 'correction' as the global supply deficit concern eased and the trade dispute between the United States and China escalated.
In the previous week, the U.S. government quietly asked Saudi Arabia and some other Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) producers to increase oil production by about 1 million barrels a day, aiming at curbing oil prices hiking.
According to the Monthly Oil Market Report that was released by OPEC this week, Saudi Arabia's crude oil production rose 405 thousand barrels per day, to 10.42 million barrels per day.
As a leading producer of crude oil, the U.S. output plays important role in the global market. According to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. crude production has been flat so far this year, averaging 10.9 million barrels per day in the previous week. The production rate has remained at the same level for five weeks.
The WTI-Brent spread remained less than 5 U.S. dollars after the higher Saudi oil exports and stagnant U.S. production.
Nowadays, the bearish sentiment has taken control in the market as the outlook of a total shut down of Iranian oil exports has weakened, as well as Libyan exports came back online and the Saudi Arabia has rapidly ramped up its production.
The market also felt a kind of nervous on sharp draw of U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, and particularly, a prevailing rumor said that the Trump administration is actively considering tapping into Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) to rein in rising prices at the pump before congressional elections in November.
The market's expectation was 4.2 million barrels of decline in the U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding SPR, but the EIA announced that the commercial crude oil inventories declined by 12.6 million barrels in the week ending July 6.
Anas Alhajji, an energy economist based in Dallas, U.S. state of Texas, stated that "Since there are no shortages in the oil market, any release of the SPR is politically motivated."
The oil market is sensitive to geopolitical issues. It will be watching very closely the Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki next week.


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Yuvraj Singh anchored India's batting effort on the fourth day at the Feroz Shah Kotla, and after an uncharacteristically subdued unbeaten 77, which had just a few of the flashes of brilliance associated with him, he talked to the media about India's prospects of victory. There was also satisfaction at a job well done, and acknowledgement that he had just made the team management's job of picking an XI for the Ahmedabad Test that much harder.
On the acceleration after lunch when 55 runs were scored in just seven overs
We discussed it at lunch. Decided to bat on for 10 overs after lunch, and look to be positive.
On missing out on a possible century
I'm not disappointed. I did what was needed for the team. We're in a good position to win the game now, and I'm very happy.
On the slow progress early in the morning
We started slowly, but there were also some good stops. It can get frustrating, but I wanted to carry on through to the end. That helped. It was important that Sourav [Ganguly] and I carry on.
On how the pitch behaved
It's not easy to bat on. The ball is staying low. It's important to spend some time in the middle to be comfortable.
On tackling Murali
He's a very experienced bowler. Our intention was to be as positive as we could against him, while also being aware that he has got the most wickets. I think I played him quite well.
On whether he had made things difficult for the selectors, with Virender Sehwag due to come back for the next Test
I have. Let's see what happens. I'm not thinking of that now. I just went out there and did my best.
On the turning point of the afternoon
When Atapattu got out.
On what his innings meant to him
It's a very good feeling to perform in Tests, because that's rated very high. If you can do that, then you're there as a player. It's given me a lot of confidence.


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Identification of dyslexia in people aged 15 and older
LADS Plus is a computerised screening test for identifying dyslexia in members of the general population aged 15+.
LADS Plus is a new version of LADS developed to provide improved screening accuracy in wider populations that may include individuals who have non-standard educational backgrounds, low general ability, and/or poor English language skills, such as:
- young offenders
- prisoners
- persons who have had disadvantaged childhoods
- persons who have had disrupted or non-standard schooling
- immigrants
- ethnic minorities
Swift and effective
The LADS Plus takes about 25-30 minutes and includes all the useful features of its sister program LADS:
- Speedy, adaptive assessment
- Minimal supervision required
- non-threatening assessment
- Automatic reports
- Comprehensive Administrator's Manual
- Automatic reports
The computer automatically generates a simple graphical report for each person assessed. Individual module scores are compared to normative data. Indications are given of whether or not the scores fall into the dyslexic 'risk' category. There is ample room on the report for administrators to add their own comments before the report is printed. The LADS Plus reasoning modules also provide an estimate of the person's general intellectual ability, which can be important when giving advice about further action after screening.
Comprehensive manual
LADS Plus does not require psychological or educational qualifications to administer.
A comprehensive Administrator's Manual is provided, which gives guidelines on interpreting results, giving feedback and advice on strategies for supporting dyslexic adults in different educational and occupational settings.


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This research explores whether postgraduate research students (PGRs) from racialised minority backgrounds experience specific challenges in gaining a sense of belonging within higher education institutions (HEIs) . Part of the question relates to the othering process that occurs when dominant, White, Eurocentric, gendered norms prevail and become embedded within institutional cultures, epistemologies and academic practice. The research presents, examines and analyses the reflective narratives of doctoral students in an attempt to build upon current understandings of difference in relation to gaining a sense of belonging; with a view to informing HE practice and policy. The research is underpinned by a critical race theory framework and involves in-depth interviews with 10 PGRs of colour at HEIs across the UK.
The data has been collected and the research project is currently at the data analysis stage. Outputs will be generated in 2019-20.
See also Research News


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iPhone 5 Availability
- Wanted to sound off about the lack of the availability of the iPhone 5. Some of this does not come as a surprise as we have all read the articles and seen the news about the production constraints, etc. etc. that has caused apple to not produce enough 5's to match the demand. But the extent of this shortage really has shocked me, and downright frustrated the hell out of me. Now, I want to first acknowledge that when a highly anticipated and desired product comes out, some of the fun of purchasing it is maybe waiting in a line a little longer for it, inconveniencing yourself by traveling a little further to purchase it, or maybe even paying a little more for it ... but to not even have the opportunity to do any of those .... ridiculous!! My wife and I finally became eligible for an upgrade this weekend and were so excited to finally get the 5. We both called nearly 20 apple stores in the NY NJ area, to no avail ... the most they had was a couple 16GB versions that we have long outgrown. As far as AT&T stores, we were basically laughed at and told they are not even expected to get in models for weeks. On friday and saturday night, we both made sure right at 10pm to try and reserve for pickup the next day through the apple website ... not even one store with availability. This is just downright frustrating and way beyond just having to go a little above and beyond for a highly desired product. What frustrates me the most is that there is absolutely nothing I can do to get one right now. Why even release a phone if you can't even come close to matching demand? You are just going to end up frustrating the hell out of customers and turning people off to the experience. Those are my thoughts on this iPhone 5-less sunday ...10-14-2012 09:12 AM
- I really want one too and had hoped to pick one up a few weeks after launch. But alas. I could not find one. So I decided to order online and wait. I must admit, I hate the waiting, but when one looks at the bigger picture, what does a few weeks matter? I have decided that a couple of weeks really is not a big deal for a phone that I'll be using for the next two years. And the plus side is, maybe they will work out the kinks in the manufacturing process and the phone I'll finally receive will be flawless.
It is just a phone, after all, and unless both you and your wife broke your phones, I am sure they will work for a few more weeks
Another plus for me, I discovered was...since I order my cases from "Vaja", the time I have to wait for the phone has allowed Vaja to create their new cases for the phone and also allowed me enough time to order and receive my case before the phone arrives. That way I do not have to go a single day without a case!
Happy to wait
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- Yep, i'd just order from Apple and wait the 3-4 weeks. You'll have more accessories & apps optimized for the iphone 5 by then.
My biggest complaint would be the whole Lightning cable saga. I don't care about Apple's reasons, but get it available for 3rd party accessories...yesterday. The solutions I'm seeing right now for car mounts for example are not so good and stop gaps. Proclip talks about it in their blog.ProClip USA Inc. We can't nor can any other company in the world make Lightning accessories. Apple has new 3rd party licensing rules that does not allow any company to produce charging cables, pass through docks or connectors of any kind. Rumors are we (ProClip) will not see any legal accessories in bulk until first quarter next year.
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- I checked and checked and found a 64GB model at a local AT&T store. While I was there I could hear them tell people over the phone that they were out but I was told they had plenty of the 64GB model. It sucks but I was doing all of those things and I hope you're able to find someone with them. Trust me... keep checking and you will love it once you get it.
Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk10-14-2012 10:06 AM
- I checked and checked and found a 64GB model at a local AT&T store. While I was there I could hear them tell people over the phone that they were out but I was told they had plenty of the 64GB model. It sucks but I was doing all of those things and I hope you're able to find someone with them. Trust me... keep checking and you will love it once you get it.
Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk10-14-2012 10:37 AM
- Yeah I doubt it. I was told on the phone that they had them, then greeted by the manager when I got to the store and she she confirmed that they had them and then when the salesperson walked up to me he said they were out. I was freaking out and then he asked the manager and she said yes, they did have some. Just seems like depending on who you talk to you might get different answers to the same question.
Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk10-14-2012 11:26 AM
- 10 days ago I was at a (not so great) mall with my wife and kids and I decided to pop into a radio shack to see if they had any. They had one left. Needless to say I bought it on the spot, which irritated my family because they all had to wait an extra 40 minutes for me as the activated it, etc.
I guess the point is that you never know, a random, less popular store may have one or 2 sitting around.10-14-2012 12:00 PM
- I happened to luck out as well. I walked into a Best Buy Mobile in a not so nice mall in town and they had one available. Apparently someone had canceled their reservation and I happened to luck out.
Sent from my iPad 2 using Tapatalk10-14-2012 12:24 PM
- Yes it does suck and not trying to be rude but I think your biggest problem was expecting to go in a couple weeks after launch and expecting to be able to just get one. I say that because every year it is the same thing with people waiting for phones and with this being the first year with the bigger screen it should have been expected. I had pre-ordered but decided I wanted a different color so I was stuck waiting so I know how it feels. I had given up on a local store and 10pm pick up and just decided to go ahead and order it. The wait time had gone down to ships in 1 week so it wasn't going to be that bad I ordered at 11 at night, the next morning I got an email with a tracking number and it was on my doorstep the next day. It is quite possible that your phone would ship early as well and honestly I don't see the wait time going down anytime soon so at least you'd be in line10-14-2012 04:24 PM
- I had gone into my local Apple store last week just to see if they happened to get any in that day, to no avail. The guy gave me the speech about going online each night at 10pm to check and see if they received any new inventory. I decided to open the Apple Store App the next night at 9:59 and it said that all 3 stores in my area had stock in. After I ordered mine, about 2-3 minutes later I checked again, and all 3 stores were 'Unavailable for Pickup'. It was just before 10pm these stores had their stock available, maybe give that a try, but who knows!10-15-2012 11:37 PM
- If your already on or want to go to Verizon they got new stock today apparently. I walked into my local store and bought my wife a 32Gb black unit with no pre order or wait. The customer service rep told me they were delivered this morning and they also can't be held. Only for walk in sales. My store had several units (only 32Gb) in both black and white. Amazing seeing as elsewhere the wait is quoted as 3-4 weeks! I hope this helps somebody!10-15-2012 11:52 PM
- awwe... boo hoo, I cant find an iPhone a month after launch date. I'm from the NY metro area and I'm away at school and I have no apple stores around me so I'm forced to order and wait 3-4 weeks for it to ship. Its because of crying people waiting outside of apple stores and franticly trying at 10pm is the reason why I have to wait extra time for my iPhone to ship when I am already a paying customer.10-15-2012 11:59 PM
- Your complaining about apple not having the stock hmm. Did you not read the fact that 5 million sold within hours of preorders going live? Ask any company if they can instantly produce product to meet that kind of demand! I feel bad that you have to go through a headache to try and get one but hell the demand is pretty ridiculous! The sg3 has been out for months and the iPhone 5 has already passed it up..
Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk10-16-2012 01:40 AM
- it also depends on where your at on the map i think... a friend of mine got his the beginning of the week by a simple order online and pick up instore. i got mine launch day via pre order, my bro was late on his pre order and got his a week after mine... when i got mine, the apps wernt optimized for it, some were but more are catching up now.. i was able to sell my 4s for 350$ to make up for the cost of the new one. you should have called att when you wanted it before your upgrade, alot of times they work with you on that. at least verizon does. they are happy to extend an upgrade when your close to keep you.
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also id never buy from a carrier. always off of apple directly. because carriers pull shady like this.10-16-2012 02:32 AM
- Try best buy10-16-2012 07:36 AM
- Ordered my upgrade iPhone 5 black 32mb last Wednesday. Had a shipping date of Oct 26. Receive an email Sunday night that it has shipped and will be here this Wednesday. Really surprised by this after reading how hard they are to get a hold of.
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Ordered my upgrade iPhone 5 black 32mb last Wednesday. Had a shipping date of Oct 26. Receive an email Sunday night that it has shipped and will be here this Wednesday. Really surprised by this after reading how hard they are to get a hold of.10-16-2012 08:23 AM
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Innovation is as much about redesign as new design. The following technologies, though rooted in ideas that are centuries old, are now seeing better days.
The steam engine
A technology that most people associate with the industrial revolution is finding a new life in the clean energy transition. Startup Terrajoule has raised $11.5 million to develop a unique brand of energy storage, using steam generated by parabolic trough solar concentrators.
CEO Steve Bisset describes the design his company has resurrected as "a very-well refined thread of steam engine technology." Simple as this may sound, Terrajoule has attracted the attention of titans including Air Liquide.
The Stirling engine
Originally a competitor of the steam engine, the Stirling engine may soon work in tandem with its former rival to fuel the distributed energy revolution.
NRG Energy has called on the talents of inventor Dean Kamen to develop a device that turns the grid into a backup source of power for homes. The resulting Beacon 10 uses a Stirling engine to generate up to 15 kilowatts of power, and can integrate with a battery and rooftop solar. Numerous companies attempting to build solar Stirling engines have failed. But NRG believes its leasing strategy will make the technology attractive to consumers seeking independence from the grid.
The water heater
What would it take to turn that tank in your basement into a "breakthrough variable-capacity grid-interactive water heater?" About $20 in additional parts, says Sequentric Energy Systems.
The company has patented a technology that it claims will give utilities a simple and safe solution to using water heaters as part of demand response programs. The redesign of this common household appliance could soon provide load control and frequency regulation services. And with nearly 50 million water heaters already in place around the country, the potential opportunity is vast.
Financial innovation isn't a concept that we often associate with the past. But experiments with securitization began as early as the 18th century. This month, the practice was applied within the distributed solar industry for the first time: SolarCity offered over $54 million of Solar Asset Backed Notes in a private placement.
GTM Research's Shayle Kann notes that a strong rating and reception for the package could "open the floodgates" for solar financing.
The clean energy industry is proving that everything old is new again.


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A film about terrorism isnt exactly something you want to be watching for entertainment at the moment. Especially one to do with bombs... Speed was recently re-rated for the DVD release and was upped to a MA rating (formerly M), and then this film comes along. OK, Speed can be excused as it was originally released in 1994 (or 1993 as some wish to debate), and was before September 11, but this film is more recent. Hello, its a little thing called taste... or should we say lack thereof? Make something about Care Bears or Teletubbies but not this. Um, wait, can I please (pretty, pretty please) take that comment back? Well, Care Bears rock...
After his family is murdered in a hijacking gone wrong, Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) wants what any stereotypical American man wants revenge. The terrorists responsible for the murders are secretly and mysteriously released, and Jack wants answers. So he finds a US representative Jason Priestly to help him discover the answers. If he's the best the US has, that really doesnt inspire much confidence. Luke Perry was recently seen in The Enemy and should have stayed in the 90210 archives and the same applies here for Priestly. Jack also seeks advice from a good friend, played by Charlotte Rampling. But anyway, along comes an FBI agent played by Forest Whitaker who has his sights set on Elgin and his murderous revengeful plan, but it is soon made apparent who the real terrorists are...
The video is presented in the CinemaScope aspect of 2.35:1, and is 16:9 enhanced. Pan and scan Harry Potter and this CinemaScope crap? Cmon, somethings not right there. Well something isnt right with pan and scan, period.
Sadly this below-mediocre film has one of the better transfers. Colours are realistic and solid, with no sign of low level noise on the darker shades. Blacks are deep and crisp, with a reasonable and clear level of shadow detail. Grain is not a problem, nor are film artefacts. The only bummer for this video is the aliasing, which happens quite frequently and with different levels of annoyance. At times it is barely noticeable, yet at other times makes a simple oblique line look like a flight of stairs.
Detail levels are quite high, as is the sharpness of the image. One or two cases are visible where the focus is a tad soft, but still. Its just that with such shocking and uninspiring material on screen it really drags you to the faults of the transfer as it gives you something to do to stay awake.
Two audio tracks have been included, both in English. The first is Dolby Digital 5.1 and the second is a surround encoded Dolby Digital 2.0 track. The 5.1 is the best listening option, but not by much. The major difference between these two tracks is the subwoofer action in the 5.1. Surround channels are used inefficiently and quietly, adding very little ambience to the soundtrack. This is the case in both tracks. The subwoofer track is quite nice, giving a big bang for the opening hijacking sequence. But most probably the biggest bang that youll get is when you slam it back on the counter of your local video store upon return.
Dialogue is clear throughout the film, and the lack of subtitles does not cause any problems. The English is easily understood with no thick or rich accents. The music by Paul Zaza is nothing remarkable, but adds that emotive feel to the film. It is just a pity that the action on screen can't carry these emotions too.
The features on this disc are not terribly outstanding, but a welcome inclusion nonetheless. The animated menus, which are 16:9 enhanced, are slick and feature a piece of score from the film. The teaser trailer, which runs for just under two minutes, tells the story quite well, yet suffers from an amateurish feel. The 'Making of' featurette which run for just shy of 18 minutes should really be called Interviews, as this is primarily what it is. It features chats with the cast and crew, and an in-depth talk with the director about the film.
Just a tad out of taste at the moment, and by far not the best film of the year. Sadly, as said before, this disc does have a rather nice transfer with some reasonable extra features. It's just a pity about the film though...
One Perfect Day"One Perfect Day leaps off the screen with vibrancy, life and emotion, all wrapped up with a slick soundtrack and effervescent editing..."
Gadjo Dilo"...even at 97 minutes, Gadjo Dilo or The Crazy Stranger led to The Slightly Bored Reviewer..."
The Craic"This Craic is as unfunny as a plumbers butt crack, with a transfer thats just as pretty too..."
How to Deal"...How To Deal is still a little bit shallow in places, but ultimately leaves you with more of a huh? sensation..."
Drumline"Dit doo wah!"