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The Sacrament of Reconciliation is an experience of God's forgiving love that not only absolves us from past failures but, more importantly, provides God an opportunity to gift us with grace to make better choices in our future. This sacrament also provides an individual with an opportunity, in absolute confidentiality, to discuss particular areas of personal concern with a priest.
The sacrament is available every Saturday from 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM in the confessional booth at the back of the Church. An individual may also call the Parish House to make an appointment to speak with a priest.
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When conducting research with undergraduate and graduate students, it is very important to consider and discuss authorship of any potential publications. Tarleton State University does not have guidelines in place regarding authorship of collaborative faculty-student publications. However, the University of Pennsylvania has authorship policies in place for each discipline across campus. Their guidelines may serve as a valuable resource for discussions regarding authorship.
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Are you keen to work close to home in the Northern Suburbs? Do you have experience in working as a Legal Assistant and knowledge of personal injury law? If so I would like to hear from you!
This position will suit an experienced legal support professional with a customer service focus. To be successful you will have a demonstrated knowledge and understanding of MVA / TAC injury claims including liaising with clients, medical professionals, and insurance firms plus an ability to produce documents and briefs to a high standard. In addition you will be able to manage your own time and work under pressure.
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Plans for demolition of the old Fayette school buildings is moving forward and auction dates are set for the sale of furnishings.
Demolition bids were expected to be opened yesterday, Jim Price of the Buehrer Group architectural firm told board of education members Monday night. Third contractors requested bid specifications, he said, although he didn't expect bids from all of them.
In answer to a question asked at previous time, Price said the Franklin building demolition will include all foundation material, including that which is below ground.
Demolition is scheduled to begin Oct. 13. The work at the Franklin building should be finished by Nov. 4 and the main building will be completed by Dec. 3.
Jerry Schaffner was hired by the board to serve as auctioneer for the schools' furnishings and materials. An auction is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Franklin building and from 10 a.m. until finished Oct. 4 at the main buildings.
STORAGE—Price told that board that plans are complete for the storage building at the new school. Plans will be reviewed with the administration to make sure everything is covered before the plans are sent to the Ohio School Facility Commission office in Columbus for approval.
Superintendent Russ Griggs noted that construction must meet OSFC specifications and that drives the price up compared to the cost of private individual erecting a similar building.
Price said that since no water line will be laid to the new pole-construction building, the proposed 360-foot sanitary line will not be needed.
A floor drain will collect any moisture from inside the building and that will be routed to a catch drain.
Price said the building will be located near the edge of an asphalt area. That would make connection of utilities easier should the board decide to add water service to the building in the future.
Seeding of the school grounds was expected to begin this week.
UTILITIES—Board member David Brinegar asked about the cost of utilities in the new school compared to the older buildings.
Griggs said the costs have initially increased from about $50,000 to $90,000. District treasurer Angel Adamski said she spoke with representatives from other districts that have new schools through the OSFC program and learned that utilities generally double. She used that anticipated increase in budget projections.
Griggs expects costs to come down some as the components are fine-tuned. In addition, he said, many components of the system operated non-stop during construction but aren't used in the same way during operation of the school.


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According to a new position statement from the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA), proper management of acute spinal injuries on the athletic playing field is crucial, given that sports participation constitutes the second most common cause of spinal cord injuries for Americans age 30 and younger. Sports medicine providers and others on the sidelines need to be familiar with the appropriate acute-management guidelines for athletes with cervical-spine injuries. Published in this month's Journal of Athletic Training, NATA's scientific publication, the position statement provides detailed guidelines for the immediate treatment and transport of athletes who are injured on the playing field.
"Serious spinal injuries can be devastating, due to the high incidence of long-term neurological impairment and premature death," said Erik E. Swartz, PhD, ATC, lead author of the statement. "That's why we urge players and parents, as well as coaches and medical personnel, to become better versed about how to prevent these types of injuries and how to care for injured athletes and safely prepare them for transport to a hospital."
According to "National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Acute Management of the Cervical Spine-Injured Athlete," athletic trainers and other health care professionals, coaches, athletes, and people on the sidelines should be aware of, and follow, these guidelines in order to avoid injury or exacerbate spinal injuries that have already occurred:
- Understand how cervical spine injuries occur and be fully aware of the importance of avoiding contact with the head in any sport, and emphasizing proper techniques of tackling or checking in football, ice hockey and lacrosse.
- Keep current on all pertinent safety rules enacted for the prevention of cervical spine injuries.
- Properly maintain all sporting equipment, and wear and use equipment as intended by the manufacturer.
- The importance of a proper fit when it comes to equipment cannot be understated, because correctly fitted helmets and other equipment often helps with spine stabilization in the event of an injury.
- Immediate care by knowledgeable health care providers, such as athletic trainers, is critical to the successful treatment of an athlete with a spine injury, so make sure these types of professionals are on the sidelines.
- Ensure that an emergency action plan is in place and has been reviewed by all medical personnel, administrators, coaches and players.
- Non-medical professionals should refrain from touching or moving an athlete who might have a spinal injury and should never remove any helmets, pads or other equipment from an injured athlete; the team's athletic trainer and/or other on-site medical staff will assess the injured athlete and determine whether he or she requires an ambulance.
While football is associated with the greatest number of catastrophic spinal injuries for all U.S. sports, skiing, rugby, gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field (e.g., pole vaulting), cheerleading and baseball also involve activities that place participants at risk for spine injuries. "Sports participation is a leading cause of these types of injuries, especially in younger people," Swartz said. "An average of eight catastrophic cervical spine injuries occurred annually in football alone between 1997 and 2006."
"The athletic trainer is very often the first responder when an athlete goes down on the field," said Swartz. "NATA's review of precautions and practices for immediate care helps ensure athletic trainers and other health care professionals understand the most effective methods to care for athletes with cervical spine injuries."
To read NATA's position statement in its entirety, visit: http://www.nata.org/statements/position/AcuteMgtCervicalSpineInjuredAth.pdf
Athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses. The National Athletic Trainers' Association represents and supports 30,000 members of the athletic training profession. Only 42 percent of high schools have access to athletic trainers. NATA members adhere to a code of ethics. NATA supports the right of all patients to have equal access to the services of athletic trainers through the Athletic Trainers' Equal Access to Medicare Act (H.R. 1137). Visit www.nata.org.


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Worldwide Film Entertainment, LLC v. Does 1-749, 2010 WL 2011306 (D.D.C. May 20, 2009)
Some have already commented on their scruples arising from the large economies of scale approach to copyright litigation that's being undertaken by lawyers with the U.S. Copyright Group to go after Bittorrent movie sharers. See, for example, what Mike Masnick and Eriq Gardner have had to say. And the ISPs aren't all that happy about the work required to respond to a bunch of subpoenas.
So no one should be surprised if some interesting little internet law vignettes play out along the way. One of those vignettes is wrapping up in federal court in Washington D.C. It has to do with anonymity.
Worldwide Film Entertainment has sued over 700 anonymous Bittorrent users over the 2007 film The Gray Man. As with any case of this sort (like the numerous RIAA lawsuits), the plaintiff doesn't know the identity of the various defendants when the lawsuit starts. All it has is an IP address for each alleged infringement, so it has to go to the ISP to link that IP address with an individual's name and physical address. Then the plaintiff will know who to list as a defendant.
But most ISPs won't turn over subscriber information without a subpoena. So Worldwide Film Entertainment had a subpoena issue to Comcast, the ISP for the IP address associated with one of the alleged infringements. Under the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (at 47 USC 551), providers like Comcast have to notify their subscriber before turning over the subscriber's information.
Comcast notified its subscriber in this case, one Mr. Simko, of Worldwide Film Entertainment's efforts to learn Mr. Simko's identity.
And here's the part that makes this little vignette so charming: rather than challenge the plaintiff's efforts to unmask his identity, Mr. Simko filed a motion to quash the subpoena USING HIS REAL NAME.
The court denied the motion to quash. The basis for denying the motion is kind of an aside (the motion to quash phase was not the right time to challenge venue or knowledge of the infringement).
What's noteworthy about the case is Mr. Simko's decision to voluntarily waive his anonymity. Not only did he challenge the subpoena using his own name, he filed as an exhibit the letter he got from Comcast notifying him of the subpoena. Right there, in all caps and as plain as day were Simko's name and address for all to see.
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It's an easy enough joke to make, that the further away you get from the ocean, the wider the waistbands become. But is there any truth to the view that people living by the sea are generally more healthy? It looks like there really might be, at least in England.
By trawling through data from the UK census, the researchers found a link between self-reported "good health", and proximity to the sea. While the effect was small, it became more pronounced among economically deprived communities.
The researchers think that the difference could be due to more chances for physical exercise — but also the stress relief living near the ocean seems to bring.
I guess that idea of quitting your job to go teach scuba in Thailand sounds more and more appealing, huh?
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So Much For that Multi-Million $$ Secret Bunker
Joe Biden mouthed off at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner yesterday, while surrounded by reporters, and disclosed the location of the top secret Vice-Presidential bunker used by Dick Cheney. He thus rendered its expensive and secret construction, designed to save his own life during an attack on Washington, the next best thing to worthless. Now everybody knows it's under the Naval Observatory in northern Washington DC, where the Vice President's residence is located.
According to Fox News, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift couldn't resist flapping her gums when she heard the story:
Biden "said a young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment."
Clift continued: "The officer explained that when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn't be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall."
In December 2002, neighbors complained of loud construction work being done at the Naval Observatory, which has been used as a residence by vice presidents since 1974.
The upset neighbors were sent a letter by the observatory's superintendent, calling the work "sensitive in nature" and "classified" and that it was urgent it be completed "on a highly accelerated schedule."
Not that this is a huge surprise, as anyone who tried to look at satellite photos of the Naval Observatory on Google between 2002 and 2006 knows it appeared as little more than a photographic smudge until the worksite got relandscaped. But it would have been nice to know that Biden had learned to shut his cake hole on national security issues. Secrecy over secure government installations isn't just a game. He needs to be reminded that loose lips can be blown clean off by a truck bomb parked at the driveway checkpoint these days. And with the North Koreans and Iranians working on their own ICBMs in their respective basements, the Russians aren't the only ones that can make use of his yukking it up with cheap cracks about the previous administration that wind up telling the world where to target their bunker busters.
Now that the cat's out of the bag, I guess it will become a worthless tourist stop, much like the now un-secret Congressional bunker at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia.


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Writing your First JavaScript Application - 02
We get started by setting up our development environment and an HTML5 template webpage before building a simple 'Hello World' example. Then we create a more interesting example discussed at length in the next lesson.
Download the entire series source code.
This video was updated August 16, 2012.
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Using HTML5.validator.nu
If I paste my template code in Chrome :
The document is valid HTML5 + ARIA + SVG 1.1 + MathML 2.0 (subject to the utter previewness of this service)
If I paste my template code in IE9:
Problem accessing /. Reason:
application/x-www-form-urlencoded not supported. Please use multipart/form-data.
@reddevil: Hmm... I can't reproduce your error. I just tried in in Chrome Version 21.0.1180.57 ... on a Mac even (!!!) ... on http://html5.validator.nu/ I *did* get a warning ("Warning: The character encoding of the document was not declared." ... I could have added a <meta charset="UTF-8"> to fix that warning) but otherwise it checks out.
Could you try opening up the files that come with the video series (see lesson 1) and try that code? If it works, then it might have to do with something you typed in. Let me know and we can take it from there.
Hi Bob,
I'm really enjoying your tutorial, one of the very best I've found! I just want to bring something to your attention and that is you don't have to include the type attribute in the script or link tags anymore under the new HTML5 syntax rules.
Keep up the great work,
Kind regards,
Bob. It's ok now. I tried the code in IE9 at work and no problems at all. So I guess my IE9 at home is a bit confused. Tx anyway, I'm enjoying this course
@Mario Cisneros: You are absolutely right. I created the HTML5 series **AFTER** this series, and so I did more in-depth HTML5 study / practice after I created this series. I wish I could go back and make that point more emphatically ... thank you for posting it!
@reddevil: Cool. Crazy inter-webs.
Superlatives are not sufficient. Like the previous HTML 5 and CSS3 course it has the depth and the process we are all looking for. You have made a positive mark on humanity that will go down in the annals of history.
@Stephanie Hughes: You're funny. Glad this will help your studies!
Bob, I want to thank you for another great series of video. I really like your work and I hope that you will continue that way. I have watched HTML5 and CSS3 Fundamentals Course and been able to download exercise files, but that's not the case with JavaScript Fundamentals Course. I'm able to watch and download the videos but I can't even see the links for downloading the exercise files. Can you help me?
@RadeM: The files you're looking for are on the same pages as the FIRST video in this series. Look near the description. Sorry for the confusion.
Hi Bob..
I wasn't able to get the expected results using the following syntax:
var myValue = document.getElementByID('myTextBox').value;
if (myValue.length === 0) {
alert("Please enter a real value in the text box!");
It doesn't pop the alert. However, it works when I used the following:
var myValue = document.getElementById('myTextBox');
if (myValue.value.length === 0) {
alert("Please enter some text");
I'm running this on Chrome, current version, and have also verified that I have the latest version of Java installed as well. Why the diff in syntax?
Thanks much!
Found the diff. The function name in the html call was misspelled in the downloaded code example.
@BobTabor: Is the URL http://html5.validator.nu/ you've mentioned in this series, the website for validating HTML5? Or is that the website best suited for Niue?
@Doctor Who: I'm a big fan of your work! I'm not quite sure how to answer your question, however. Yes, that URL is great for validating HTML5 from Niue, any other island in the South Pacific, or the rest of the world for that matter.
Hi Bob! Really love your series!
I'm not an expert in JavaScript, but it seems to me there is some inconsistency in the code for this lesson:
var myTitle = document.getElementById('title');
title.innerHTML = myValue;
You declare the myTitle variable and don't use it. Therefore this code fragment should look like either
title.innerHTML = myValue;
var myTitle = document.getElementById('title');
myTitle.innerHTML = myValue;
@pvmx: Make sure you are watching the LATEST Version of this video. If you downloaded it earlier OR watched from another source, we UPDATED TO FIX A BUG ... I was busy talking and didn't correctly type the code. That is the version you are referring to. WATCH THE LATEST VERSION (ABOVE) FOR THE CORRECT CODE. Sorry for the confusion!!!
Great Video, thks. Really didactic and motivating. I'll follow the serie
HEllo Sir
What is the use of writting "JavaScript Example" in Head.
I removed it from head but left it in body and when i double clicked on Template.html still "JavaScript Example" was displayed.
Hi bob muchas gracias( I'm Thankful) your tutorial is easy to understand i don't speak well English but i don't think is problem watching this video i discovered how people change content of div using JavaScript but i will follow your steps to make sure didn't gonna fall.
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@Doctor Who: I'm a big fan of your work! I'm not quite sure how to answer your question, however. Yes, that URL is great for validating HTML5 from Niue, any other island in the South Pacific, or the rest of the world for that matter.
Thank you for your reply (and I'm very sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. It's entirely my own fault).
Yeah, I'm a big Doctor Who fan. Have been watching it since I first saw it broadcast in the 80's on PBS, and I confess my favorite Doctor was played by Tom Baker, hence the use of his image on my avatar. As Baker said to Harry Sullivan in The Robot, his first episode, "The definite article, you might say."
hello! just wondering how to open an account
I find your tutorials very helpful....do u have any on Java... or PHP Mysql...or do know of any that might be as details as you are...???
Great Lesson !
But I would really recommend using Consolas font insteas of Courier New , for two reasons:
- It is the default ffont for Visual Studio and IE9 F12 developer tools
- Its 0 is inner striked to differentiate it from O.
I enjoy the video but the code for the second lessons does not work. I even tried the source code and it doesn't work.
When I debug in IE the following line for the this lesson:
var myValue = document.getElementByID('myTextBox').value;
I get this error:
SCRIPT438: Object doesn't support property or method 'getElementByID'
C9JS_02.html, line 7 character 15
Same problem here. The code of tutorial C9JS_02 doesn't work. I watched the video and practice the code in my local machine and it didn't work. So I downloaded the source file today and the source file too doesn't work..
@alan: you just have to change 'ID' to 'Id'. Function names are case sensitive, a common pitfall
"internet explorer restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls"...dis is d msg dat pops up everytime I run my html page..despite having made changes in d security option of internet explorer as u had asked in d video....then later, even on refreshing,this pops up...there is no error wid the script coz I used f12 developers tool to verify....kindly help..!!!
@SN1: Did you restart IE? Completely shut it down, then retry? That should solve it.
@BobTabor:problem solved..thanks..
The simple example rendered correctly. My f12 developer tool didn't show any errors when refreshed. I can't tell if my coding is flawed, but the "hello world again" didn't change in the title. here is my code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>Javascript example</title>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 <button id="dlgClk" onclick="showDialog(); return false;">Click To View Modal Dialog</button>
 <button id='click2' class="myblack" onclick="showMsg('Click again 1!'); return false;">Click 1</button>
 <button id='Button1' class="myblack" onclick="showMsg('click Again 2'); return false;">Click 2</button>

 <button id="click3" class="myblack" onclick="checkclick(); return false;">Check</button>

 <input type="text" id="textUsername" name="txtname" onkeyup="changeValue(this); return false;"/> <button id="btnDlgclick" onclick="showtxtValue(); return false;">Click me</button>

 </form>
Thanks in Advance !
@hemantb: awesome job. WE are trying to keep the comments on the actual topic of the video. For questions and responds like this, I suggest heading to www.stackoverflow.com thanks!
@Clint: Yeah I could have gone there . But i asked a question here, and got reply here itself. So just making it easy for @BobTabor.
Hi Bob,
I felt really good by visiting this site and going through your video series on Java script fundamentals for absolute beginners and I felt as if I am attending a classroom with instructor in real. Please can you provide the link for your previous HTML5 and CSS course series as well.
Anandkumar S.M.
@Anandkumar: check out https://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Beginner for our entire list, for just html5/css https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/HTML5-CSS3-Fundamentals-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners
Oh, and my comment on MS was also intended as a side hand complement. After years in the corporate environment I must admit that I would not be able to do the things I have done in my life, meet the people I have come to know well, and have half the information I have gained without the opportunity to work for and the financial support of a major corp. The 'struggle' always comes from within over our independence of direction and the propagation of our ideas. Everything I developed during my time inside became 'intellectual property' of the company, and although I didn't mind that aspect so much, there were times I wanted to get a little credit for an innovative idea and be able to pass it along to others without entanglements.
I believe MS has taken a very positive position on software development. Having worked with VS's C#, VB, and more currently web developer, I applauded their responsiveness to new technologies, unlike Apple who seems to want to control everything from a to z. It is probably why only real hard core Apple fans still tout their OS. I have helped to establish computer systems for numerous small business concerns, and have yet to find as much relevant software available for other OS as I have been able to employ for MS systems.
PS. I took a look at your web site, very nice, and am considering getting on board. However, since it is just me, and I no longer have corporate funds, a staff of IT people, or a group of programmers, I have to keep my budget low since it all comes out of my pocket now. I will work on 'holding' some back each month to go towards a 'lifetime' sub.
If you want to run scripts localy and you just turned on the checkbox and it still doesn't work , look for the enhanced protection mode within IE10, I am not shure if I remember correctly IE9 also having this, but im shure IE8 does not have it and only requires turning on the checkbox to run scripts from local files. furthermore , IE10 didn't wanted to show me the error after deliberately changing the function name to an undeclared one ('substitute') , it does show me however the refresh message but after refreshing no error showing me the mistakes in document....
Lol I missed the fact that errors only occur on use of the function (when u click button) , the language is that layed back ofc (loosely typed) xD silly me / bob mentioned that again in video 3
Hi there
I am not capable understanding English while listening please would you be kind to provide the subtitle files for this series...?
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Call it the tweet that launched a thousand cries of sexism. Electronics company Asus tweeted, then deleted, a photo showing a woman demonstrating one of its products at Computex 2012. The caption of the picture, taken from behind and showcasing the woman's backside, read, "The rear looks pretty nice. So does the new Transformer AIO."
The post disappeared quickly, but not before screen grabs were shared on multiple sites across the Web and charges of sexism were lobbed at the tech company. Asus has since apologized and pledged to "take steps to ensure this doesn't happen again."
Still, the use of scantily clad women to promote products is standard practice, as Susan Friedmann, a trade show expert, pointed out. But employing the "booth babes," she cautions, should be approached "very, very carefully." She added, "You also must take into account where you are exhibiting. What might get you thrown into jail in Paducah would be par for the course in Tokyo."
And on the Internet, the world is your stage -- and the world was not happy with Asus. On Mashable, a roundup of Twitter responses to the photo noted the general sense of outrage. From Leigh Honeywell: "Hey Asus, do you not want women as customers or something? Not cool." Pwang added, "Wow, ASUS poignantly shows why tech is an uphill battle for women." Anil Dash posed, "How sexist is tech?"
How sexist, indeed? The photo brought attention to the controversial use of the "booth babe" and the broader issue of sexism in the high-tech industry.
In an essay titled, "Seriously, stop with the booth babes," the blogger for Standalone-Sysadmin argued, "By being conditioned to treat women as intellectually inferior to men, we are actively discouraging them from joining our environment. ... Essentially, by marginalizing women, we are automatically halving the number of potential colleagues and collaborators."
Molly McHugh, a technology writer for Digital Trends, spoke to the BBC at the 2012 CES conference in Las Vegas. She said being around the women for hire at the shows was "weird," adding, "Seeing women in their booth babe attire ... is confusing, because it's sending this message of what my sex is here to do." The E3 conference, going on now, even has a site dedicated to the women working the trade show floor.
Wendy Schuchart posted on TechTarget about last year's VMWorld 2011, also in Vegas. And the minority of women tech professionals, she wrote, could not fail to notice the invasion of the booth babes. She wrote, "The tech world has taught us that women are for eye candy. Don't ask them questions. Don't take them seriously."


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Ohio-born Sister Dorothy Stang, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and a naturalized Brazilian citizen, was known for her fight against large landowners in the Amazon region. And for that and her ministry to the marginalized there, she was assassinated in 2005 at age 73. Now her story is being told in an American opera titled "Angel of the Amazon."
The work just had two performances in Boston this past weekend. The Pilot, newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese, carried an advance notice that featured a triptych of Sister Dorothy painted by a member of her order.
Sister Dorothy's death sparked an international outcry. She was killed Feb.12, 2005, in Anapu, a remote community in the Amazon region. She was shot several times in the chest and head.
For nearly four decades, Sister Dorothy worked in rural Brazil, defending the rights of poor peasants. This fight made her many enemies, including some wealthy landowners. Shortly before her death, the town of Anapu declared her "persona non grata," stating her work was hindering the region's development.
In her book titled "Martyr of the Amazon," published by Orbis Books in 2007, author Rosanne Murphy recounted that Sister Dorothy's lifelong dream of mission work became a reality in 1966, when she was one of five sisters from her order sent to Brazil following an appeal by Pope John XXIII.
In December 2008 she was one of seven people name to receive the prestigious U.N. Prize in the Field of Human Rights, awarded by the General Assembly every five years.


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B&W Responds to NNSA Procurement Decision
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) was notified today that our team was not selected to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) combined Management and Operating (M&O) contract for the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) and Pantex Plant.
We are disappointed, as we believe our proposal was a very strong choice for moving closer to NNSA's vision of a consolidated Nuclear Security Enterprise. We will carefully evaluate information received during NNSA's debriefing process and consider the options available to us within the procurement process. We will continue to manage both facilities at the highest level of performance through the transition period. Any transition is expected to take four months once it is initiated.
Over the past 12 years, with the support of NNSA, workers, community and public leaders, B&W Y-12 and B&W Pantex have made great accomplishments at the production sites. As the Y-12 M&O contractor, B&W Y-12's history of success includes increasing dismantlements and the site's production capacity, while at the same time executing complex projects, including the removal of 1.3 million square feet of aging facilities. B&W Pantex has met or exceeded all dismantlement and production goals over the last five years while maintaining an impressive safety record. In 2012, B&W Pantex achieved the lowest recordable case rate in the Nuclear Security Enterprise. Both Y-12 and Pantex have earned U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Status, a significant health and safety validation.
B&W TSG sees numerous opportunities to grow our business in the United States and abroad. Our company possesses highly skilled individuals with expertise in nuclear operations, nuclear waste management, security, precision manufacturing and environmental remediation. Fee earnings for Y-12 and Pantex were in line with our projected results for 2012.
B&W and our partners provide valuable services to NNSA across the entire Nuclear Security Enterprise. We are committed to ensuring national security and providing exceptional service to the DOE and NNSA.
About B&W
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a leader in clean energy technology and services, primarily for the nuclear, fossil and renewable power markets, as well as a premier advanced technology and mission critical defense contractor. B&W has locations worldwide and employs approximately 12,700 people, in addition to approximately 10,400 joint venture employees. Learn more at www.babcock.com.
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Karmiel Dance Festival. Photo by Mati Elmaliach.
When many people hear the phrase "Israeli dance," they think of Israeli folk dance. And while the Karmiel Festival includes all sorts of dance done in Israel – including contemporary, jazz, and ballroom – it's Israeli folk dance which forms the core of the country's largest dance festival.
Shlomo Maman, who has been involved with the festival for ten years and took over the artistic directorship from Karmiel's founder Yonatan Karmon, explained that the idea to have some mix of dance styles was present from the festival's start in 1988. "The main issue of the festival is the Israeli folk dances, but it's very important for us to bring other groups," he says. "All meet together which makes this very big and very interesting . . . everyone will learn from the others."
This year, the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Ido Tadmor, Rina Schenfeld, Vertigo's second company, and a group of dancers from the renowned Paris Opera Ballet will make appearances at Karmiel. Yet the bulk of the festival – which boasts 5,000 dancers and 80 events over a mere 3 days – is composed of concerts, competitions, and even classes in folk dance.


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HighendAgents is an invite-only network of the nation's most accomplished and esteemed real estate agents, each of whom is ranked in the Top 5% in their area. HighendAgents operates as a free, no obligation service geared toward helping individuals meet their perfect agent. These agents' unique experiences and expertise give you a distinct advantage, whether you are buying or selling a home.
We are targeting homeowners wanting to sell their property, and home buyers wanting to buy property. Our market is for properties worth $500,000 and up. We want users who want the best real estate agent (Realtor) for their property.
We want two graphics that are tightly related. The first graphic is a 1-2-3 explanation of how our service works. The second graphic is a simple image that encapsulates the service we provide. Both are on a form conversion page, and while they should be clear and concise, they should not distract the user from completing the form.
For the first, the diagram should touches on the three main steps of our process - 1) a user describes the house they want to buy or sell (NOTE - An alternative #1 suggested by a coworker is to "fill out a simple form. It only takes 1 minute". This form would be the obvious next step on the website and a direct call-to-action for the user) , 2) they find and compare top agents and 3) they close on their house with the help of the agent. Examples of this 1-2-3 type graphic appear on the following sites:
http://www.eharmony.com/ (4 steps)
I have attached a diagram of my rough thoughts in this area.
The second part is a graphic image that captures the idea of our service. This graphic should be simple, somewhat bland, and not dominate a plain page. Good examples of the type of drawing are:
This house:
Simple image from Geico: http://www.geico.com/landingpage/go…gwod439Z4w
For this, my thoughts are for a sketch of a house with a SOLD sign in front. The key here is minimal design and color needed to reinforce the site's purpose.
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Coffee Bucks Reward Program
We at Montana Coffee Traders value you as a customer and a patron of quality coffee. Our way of saying thank you is our Coffee Bucks loyalty program. For every $20 you spend for coffee you will earn one dollar in Coffee Bucks towards your next purchase (shipping and gift cards excluded). If your first purchase is less than $20 your money will accumulate until you hit the qualifying increment of $20. At that point we will deposit a buck into your account.
And just to let you know how much we appreciate you, double bucks will be earned on ANY 5lb bulk bag of coffee ANY time. This promotion can be applied to shipping promotions.
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text: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 IOM Outlines Strategies for 'Living Well' With Chronic Illness To improve the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses, models of chronic disease care should align the resources of community-based organizations, the health care delivery system, employers and businesses, the media, and the academic community, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Action lays out a framework to guide the development and implementation of cross-cutting strategies that reduce the individual and societal burdens of chronic illness by helping people with chronic illnesses live well. Key findings of the report include: All chronic illnesses hold the potential to worsen the overall health of the nation by limiting an individual's capacity to live well. Evidence-based interventions aimed at preventing chronic disease (such as ending smoking, eating nutritious food, and limiting weight gain) need to be studied in people with 1 or more chronic illnesses to assess their effectiveness. While a range of public policies have helped people with chronic illnesses, it is important to design and implement new public policies or explore promising approaches to further promote living well with chronic illnesses. Enhanced collaboration among the public health, health care, and community nonhealth care sectors could produce better prevention and treatment outcomes for people living with chronic disease. IOM does not recommend a specific set of illnesses on which to focus public health action. Instead, it identifies 9 "exemplar" conditions that are diverse yet have various factors in common, including significant effects on the nation's health and economy. The conditions are arthritis, cancer survivorship, chronic pain, dementia, depression, type 2 diabetes, posttraumatic disabling conditions, schizophrenia, and vision and hearing loss. Two education sessions at PT 2012 will address the management of chronic illness. The Role of Physical Therapists in Public Health: Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease and Disability will be held June 8, 1 pm-3pm. The Management of Older Individuals With Chronic Illness: A Case-based Approach will be held June 8, 3 pm-5 pm.


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In order to help protect patients, family members and health care workers from the spread of COVID-19, no visitors are allowed at any of Wake Forest Baptist Health's outpatient or inpatient facilities, except in certain situations.Learn moreMore COVID-19 Updates
It's easy to recognize doctors just by reading their nametags. After all, they have the letters MD after their last names, right? But what if you see the letters DO? You might be surprised to learn that this is an abbreviation for another type of physician.
Perhaps you aren't sure whether your child currently sees a DO (a doctor of osteopathic medicine; an osteopathic physician) or an MD (a doctor of medicine). Your main concern is that your child receives excellent medical care, and both MDs and DOs are good choices when it comes to your child's health.
According to the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), osteopathic medicine is a complete system of health care with a philosophy that combines the needs of the patient with the current practice of medicine. Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) practice a whole-person approach, which means they consider both the physical and mental needs of their patients.
This "holistic" approach to health care was developed by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, who feared that 19th-century medicine was doing more harm than good. Disgusted at the ineffectiveness of fellow practitioners during the Civil War, he decided to focus on the body's ability to heal itself and began to stress preventive medicine. He also identified the musculoskeletal system as a key element of health, stressing that muscles, nerves, bones, and organs are all interrelated. In 1892, Dr. Still founded the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri.
A key part of osteopathic medicine is a technique called OMT, or osteopathic manipulative treatment. OMT allows physicians to use their hands as a primary tool to diagnose and treat illness and injury. This form of manual medicine lets DOs examine the back and other parts of the body, such as joints, tendons, ligaments, and muscles, for pain and restriction during motion that could signal an injury or impaired function.
Although they sometimes focus on the back, these physicians are not chiropractors. OMT is a treatment very specific to how and where humans injure themselves and how that injury can manifest itself as symptoms.
Both DOs and MDs are physicians. Both are licensed by state and specialty boards to perform surgery and write prescriptions. Applicants to both DO and MD colleges usually have a 4-year undergraduate degree with an emphasis on science courses, and both complete 4 years of basic medical education.
In fact, both DOs and MDs:
Currently, about 70,000 osteopathic physicians practice in the United States. Because osteopathic schools emphasize primary care training, more than half of all DOs practice in areas such as pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, and internal medicine. Each year, 100 million patient visits are made to DOs.
Although most health insurance carriers recognize DOs, be sure to check with your provider to be sure that your policy covers services provided by DOs.
You can find DOs through the American Osteopathic Association, or through local osteopathic hospitals and state osteopathic medical associations. And many MDs and DOs practice together as members of the same group.
Reviewed by: Francis J. Montone, DO
Date reviewed: May 2013
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Just in case you mistakenly heard that it was all ice and snow in Russia, take a peek at the Big Bikini Exposition. This is right on the river Moskva in Moscow!Moscow has been the capital of Russia for almost its entire history. The exception is during the period of the Russian Empire, which lasted from 1721 until the Russian Revolution 1917. For these two centuries the capital was St. Petersburg. The Russian Empire was the second largest contiguous Empire in world memory; only the Mongol Empire had been greater.Check out what's happening north of Mongolia these days, in ChitaAlthough you may not have heard of Sochi, on the Black Sea, they're building up quickly and hope to host the 2014 Olympics.Other periods of Russian history include the Tsardom of Russia, from Ivan IV to Peter the Great, and the Grand Duchy (14th-16th centuries).The earliest period of Russian history was ruled by the Novgorod Republic and Kievan Rus, which was the first Russian state dating back to 800AD in Kiev.Modern Russia remains one of the world's superpowers. They launched the earth's second satellite, called Sputnik 1, and were the first country to put a human being into orbit around earth. (The first one is called the Moon.)After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia became a federal republic of 83 states.Text by Steve Smith.


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I've already written about rotating sftp / ssh backup shell script to remove directories (old backup files). However, a few of our readers would like to know more about removing old backup directories using ftp. As usual, you need accurate date and time on local system and remote backup directory must be in dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy format. For example daily mysql backup should be stored in /mysql/dd-mm-yyyy format.
Sample Shell Script
Here is a simple and dirty shell script to remove old backups ( download link ):
#!/bin/bash # call ./script.sh 03-2007 - to remove all March-2007 directories in 01-03-2007, 02-03-2007, 31-03-2007 format # you must have ncftp ftp client installed on BSD / Linux box BASE="/mysql" # base dir below that dd-mm-yyyy [ $# -eq 0 ] && exit 1 || : DELETE="$1" echo "Getting old directories..." ncftpls -u 'ftp-user-name' -p 'ftp-password' -x "-t" ftp://ftp.your-server.com${BASE} > /tmp/ftp.out LIST="$(grep ${DELETE} /tmp/ftp.out)" echo -n "Starting removal for ${DELETE}..." for dir in $LIST do rdir="${BASE}/${dir}" # echo "Processing ${dir}..." ncftp -L -u 'ftp-user-name' -p 'ftp-password' ftp.your-server.com <<EOF cd $rdir rm * rmdir $rdir quit EOF done
Run the script as follows to remove all backup for Dec-2007, enter:
$ ./script.sh 12-2007
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New HFA Inhalers
- talk with you about which inhaler is the best for you. Right now, there are four to choose from.
- make sure you are using your inhaler correctly and discuss whether a holding chamber – a device that holds the medicine and allows you to inhale slowly – might help.
- review ways to help with the HFA inhaler's cost.
- update your treatment plan, and discuss your goals and how to reach them.
- help you learn how to keep track of symptoms and make decisions about how much medicine to take.
- make sure your asthma or COPD is being well managed and you aren't using your quick-relief medicine too often to control your symptoms.
You should also talk with your allergist about when to use your inhaler. If you have asthma, take your quick-relief medicine at the first sign of symptoms. Your doctor may want you to use these medicines before exercise.
While it's important to have a quick-relief inhaler, it isn't something you should need to use all the time. If you have asthma and use your quick-relief inhaler to treat symptoms more than twice a week during the day, or two or more nights a month, then your asthma is not well controlled. Be sure to talk with your doctor.
There are many choices for the treatment of asthma including inhaled corticosteroids, other types of bronchodilators, other medications, and allergen immunotherapy. Together, you and your allergist can successfully control asthma.


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A series of public shootings last year, capped off by the Newtown elementary school tragedy in December, reloaded the American gun law debate. The Star asked the county�s local, state and federal elected officials what they believe should be done, if anything, to address US gun control. Here�s what they said.
Gun control advocates want tighter restrictions on the availability of weapons.
Gun rights proponents are pushing to maintain their Constitutional freedoms.
Others argue mental health care, not gun control, is the foremost issue.
A series of public shootings last year, capped off by the Newtown elementary school tragedy in December, reloaded the American gun law debate.
President Obama is expected this month to announce the next step in a plan to tackle gun violence and has directed Vice President Joe Biden to meet with a variety of organizations, including the National Rifle Association, to produce recommendations on new gun laws.
Biden is expected to deliver gun law recommendations to the president Tuesday.
The Star asked the county�s local, state and federal elected officials what they believe should be done, if anything, to address US gun control. Here�s what they said.
"There's no clear answer. I don't think there's anyone out there not concerned about safety of children, but I don't believe gun control is the issue. And gun control really is an issue of control, not guns. I don't believe the 100 million or better individuals out there with firearms are all out killing people. I'm very concerned about the safety of our children, and I don't mind looking at avenues for better safety, but I'm not for jumping into actions because of what we've seen."
-- Ronnie Hawkins, Cleveland County commissioners chairman
�I think it�s necessary to focus on the root of the problem. For far too long we�ve ignored mental health issues and the increasing culture of violence permeating our youth. I�ll support efforts to address those issues while also supporting the second amendment rights of folks across western North Carolina.�
-- US Rep Patrick McHenry, who represents Cleveland County in the 10th US House District of North Carolina
As sheriff of Cleveland County, and as a parent of a child attending middle school, I am very concerned about the recent events that have taken place in our schools. As sheriff, I took an oath to uphold the laws that are on the books and I have no authority to change them. We have a serious mental health issue in America. I believe it has been well-documented that many individuals responsible for mass shootings have had mental health issues. I think most leaders of the various law enforcement agencies today would agree that law enforcement, district attorneys and many other parts of the criminal justice system are understaffed. There are many gun laws on the books that could and should be enforced if sufficient manpower was provided to enforce them."
-- Alan Norman, Cleveland County sheriff
�Horrendous acts like the one we saw in Newtown last month highlight the need to provide care and treatment for mentally ill individuals and continue to work to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals. As a nation, we must embrace an approach that includes supporting our law enforcement, teachers and mental health professionals to prevent events like this from happening and keep our communities safe. As we work to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals, we must be careful not to infringe on the rights of those who do follow the law and do exercise responsible gun ownership.�
-- US Sen. Richard Burr, who represents North Carolina
�We need a common-sense debate on a comprehensive approach that looks at access to guns, including laws that may have already been on the books, access to mental health care, and violent video games. In the coming months I will review any proposals with an open mind, ensuring that they will improve the safety of our communities without restricting the rights of responsible gun owners as guaranteed by the Second Amendment.�
-- US Sen. Kay Hagan, who represents North Carolina
�We are saddened and shocked by the recent events in Connecticut and by similar tragedies of the past. Now is not the time to politicize such a terrible event. As we watch the national debate unfold in Washington, it is my opinion that existing gun laws in our state are adequate. I do believe, however, that we should have a discussion about school safety and mental health as we move forward. My thoughts and prayers continue to be with those affected by the violence of recent months.�
-- NC Rep. Tim Moore, who represents Cleveland County in NC House district 111
�As far as gun control is concerned, I think it is wise to enforce the state and federal laws we already have in place. I support tougher penalties for criminals who use weapons when they commit violent crimes. We also need to improve our mental health system. It is generally pretty difficult to be approved to legally buy firearms and obtain concealed carry permits.�
-- NC Rep. Kelly Hastings, who represents Cleveland and Gaston counties in NC House district 110
Readers respond
The Star asked its Facebook fans how US leaders should address gun control. Here�s a sample of the response. To join the conversation, find The Shelby Star on Facebook and click �like.�
�Gun control is not the issue. It�s the mental issues of the people that use the guns to harm others.�
Zack Simpson
�I like laws that make sense. And if someone can convince me of a law that could have, or can have, stopped the violence in the recent school shooting, I will gladly listen.�
Bryan Cooper
�I think we already have plenty of rules, regulations, and laws. I don�t think we need new ones, just enforce the ones we already have.�
Anna Scruggs
�We obviously need some restructuring in the existing laws. Saying we don�t need some kind of reformation because criminals will get guns anyway is pure stupidity. Blaming shootings on �crazy� people is discriminative and dismissive.�
Stevie Zissou
WHAT MADE GUN CONTROL A HOT TOPIC ?: A series of public shootings in the past year that left a total of nearly 50 dead, including the deaths of 20 children and several adults in an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December.
President Obama has pledged to make gun control a priority as he begins his second term, asking Vice President Biden to meet with gun, education and mental health groups on both sides of the issue to develop recommendations for how to address it.
WHO�S TAKING SIDES ?: There are both advocates of tighter weapons restrictions and proponents of gun rights who want to prevent tighter laws. Others argue mental health, not gun control, is the issue.
WHAT STANCE DOES THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION TAKE ?: The NRA has rejected stricter gun legislation and suggested the government put armed guards in every school as a way to curb violence.
WHAT�S COMING NEXT ?: Biden is expected to deliver gun control legislation recommendations to Obama on Tuesday.
WHAT COULD DELAY ACTION ?: Some Congressional leaders say national spending and debt are a bigger, more timely issue than gun control. �That�s going to dominate the Congress between now and the end of March,� said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Source: Associated Press
Some of the key points in American gun control:
1791 � States ratify the Second Amendment to protect the right to keep and bear arms.
1813 � Kentucky first state to ban carrying concealed weapons, but law defeated by appeals court in 1822
1837 � Georgia first state to ban handguns, a law later declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court
1871 � Union veterans found the National Rifle Association to promote rifle shooting as �scientific activity�
1934 � National Firearms Act enacted to regulate and tax machine guns
1938 � Federal Firearms Act requires licensing of handgun dealers and ban of sale of firearms to criminals
1968 � Congress approves 1968 gun control act, pieces of which are primary gun law in America today
1986 � Firearms Owners Protection Act loosens restrictions on gun dealers and strengthens penalties for some gun-related crimes.
1994 � Brady Bill requires national system of background checks for gun purchases. The sale of semi-automatic weapons becomes illegal as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which would stay in effect for 10 years.
2008 � U.S. Supreme Court rules Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting.
Source: Associated Press
NC gun permits laws snapshot
* State law requires handgun purchasers get a permit from their local sheriff�s office.
* The permit must be presented to a gun shop before the purchase can be made.
* Sheriff�s offices oversee approval of concealed carry permits in each county.
* The state�s �shall issue� policy means applicants are eligible to receive permits if they pass a criminal background check and meet a number of qualifications.
* The name, age and home address of permit carriers can be obtained by any member of the public who asks for it.
Source: Halifax Media Group


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Then again, I know we'll find out in the next update (probably).
and I'm not exactly known for my impatience.
hm. I must just be looking for an excuse to post.
(And too dogged from that horrible work thing to come up with anything good.)
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2 Florence men linked to larger heroin-trafficking ring
Third man arrested in Lexington
Three men have been arrested and charged with trafficking heroin, police said.
Detectives with the Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force said they received information that led them to a heroin dealer in Ohio. More information led them to a home in Florence where two men were arrested.
Police said Luis Meza Paez and Manuel Alejandro Piozola-Aramburo were arrested in Florence after the drug strike force executed a search warrant. Police said they found several ounces of heroin and thousands of dollars in cash. The arrest led them to another man in the Lexington area who was also arrested in connection with trafficking heroin.
Florence police said heroin is in every community and officers have seen a spike in overdoses in recent years.
The three men face up to 10 years in prison if they are convicted of the trafficking charges.


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'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be green — especially on Thanksgiving. Sure, the holiday involves traveling ten hours for a single meal, and eating more in one sitting than the human belly was designed to hold. But there are lots of rewarding ways to show gratitude for the planet on the quintessential American holiday. Here are a few, easy tips:
Getting there
Sharing is caring, as a big purple dinosaur once said. Though Barney might not advocate getting into cars with strangers, Robin Chase (Zipcar co-founder) thinks carpooling is a fine way to help out the planet. Her new (free) online ride-sharing program, Goloco, matches people up with others going their way, to help them save money and make the most of the miles they drive. Signing up for Goloco takes about two milliseconds, and you can post any trip you want to take — starting point, destination, and date. If you have a car, let others take a seat and help you foot the gas bill. If you don't have a car, post anyway — someone with a car might give you a ride. If you're on Facebook, add Goloco as one of your applications, and see which of your friends are already signed up.
Two Turkey Day biggies — apples and potatoes — are on the pesticide hit list, and retain huge amounts of the chemical sprayed on them. Make sure to protect yourself and the planet by buying organic produce for your apple pies and sweet potato dishes. And if possible, buy pumpkins from a local farmers market, so the heavy gourds do as little traveling (fuel-spending) as possible to reach your plate.
Because meat products come from higher up on the food chain than produce does, the turkey you put on your table will have an even greater impact (positive or negative — your choice) on the planet than your yams will. Call up some grocers near you to ask if they carry turkeys labeled "American Humane Certified," or "USDA Certified Organic." Plainville Farms, in New York, raises their Humane Certified turkeys without any antibiotics or animal byproduct feed.
All flowers remind us of nature's bounty, but not all flower companies are created eco-equal — most spray their crops with heavy loads of pesticides. The nasty chemicals probably won't end up in your digestive system — though carnations and chrysanthemums are tasty — but they will end up polluting soil and water. Turn over a new rose petal this year, and order a gorgeous rust-toned Thanksgiving centerpiece from Organic Bouquet. They'll give ten percent of your purchase to The Nature Conservancy, and send your flowers in biodegradable, corn-based flower sleeves. Order by phone (877.899.2468), or online.
Most of us will probably spend Thanksgiving Day answering the same few questions for twenty different relatives. Embrace this strange ritual — play an age-old game called "How many eco-hints will it take to drive my family completely bonkers?" It goes something like this:
Relative: Great dinner, wasn't it?
You: Delicious. I wonder if the turkey was Humane Certified. If not, it was probably kept in a pen its entire life, fed animal blood and antibiotics that probably produce hormone problems in women, and bludgeoned to death with a club. I also hope the potatoes were organic. If not, we just ingested pesticides that will store themselves in our fat cells for years.
Relative: So, what's new these days?
You: Well, I'm living in [city], working at [job], living with [roommate], dating [sig. other]. Also, humanity is destroying itself and the planet through man-made global warming.
Relative: That's great! When are you getting married?
You: Not for a while. Barry and I are installing a worm compost system first; if we can handle that, then we'll consider having kids. Did you know that composting is surprisingly easy? It's all about balancing greens and browns, and --
Relative: That's fantastic! Seen any good films lately?
You: An Inconvenient Truth was good. It's about how humanity is destroying itself and the planet through man-made global warming. The 11th Hour is another must-see. I look forward to telling you more about both films at the mandatory double-screening I'm holding later on, in lieu of the football game.
[Repeat with relative #2, and so on]
This article originally appeared in Plenty in November 2007. The story was added to MNN.com.


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Acting icon Betty White has responded to the growing popularity of an online campaign to get her to host "Saturday Night Live."
Matt Donnelly of The LA Times' Ministry of Gossip blog finally reached the "Golden Girl" on the phone on Monday, where she acknowledged knowing about the Facebook fan page, telling him, "I don't know where that came from… That came out of left field. I understand they've had all of these hits."
When asked if she'd so "SNL," she responded, "That would be up to Lorne Michaels."
David Mathews, a big Betty fan and creator of the Betty White Facebook Fan Page, sent a letter to the "SNL" creator at the end of January when the fan page reached 5,000 followers, according to a message posted to the fan page's discussion board.
"My ask of you is simple," he wrote to Michaels. "What would it take to get you to invite Betty White to be a guest host on SNL? She is brilliant, funny, witty, and a comedic genius and legend. I have little doubt that it would be a ratings hit."
Since then, the Facebook fan page Mathews created titled, "Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!" has rallied over 105,000 followers (and counting… including several AccessHollywood.com staff members) since last week, pleading to executives to allow her to host "Saturday Night Live."
"The answer to all questions in the universe is Betty White, how to fix any tv show, how to ENSURE an amazing movie that people will want to see, what is 2 + 2 …etc. The list is endless, the answer is Betty White…." one fan posted.
Between the wall posts and the discussion boards full of adoration, fans seem to agree that the 88-year-old television veteran could teach the young stars a thing or two.
"Oh my gosh…. Betty White…the next host of SNL…I would absolutely watch that episode! The female version of Chris Farley…She is the NEW 50!!!!" another fan wrote on the board.
Access has also previously reached out to reps for Betty and "Saturday Night Live" for comment.
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A handshake? Much too formal! One alternative is a peck on the cheek, particularly in the Mediterranean countries. A brief guide to kissing
Friends? Strangers? Makes no difference in Spain: The first kiss is on the right cheek, the second on the left. Only men greet each other with a handshake.
It's the other way around in Italy: first left, then right. Intercultural kissing can lead to a clash of noses. Unlike in Spain, Italian men greet each other with baci too – if they are friends.
The French bise is a true science: Parisians kiss right first, then left. In eastern France, they start with the left. In rural areas, three or four kisses are customary. The more reserved Northerners in Brittany make do with just one.


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I'm back!
Hard to believe my last post was over 6 years ago. At the time, I was departing the SQL Server Reporting Services team to join the Microsoft Health Solutions Group. That lasted about a year and a half (I'll tell some of those stories later) and I joined the Dynamics AX team in mid 2009. Since then, I helped to ship AX 2012 and just finished up AX 2012 R2. Currently, I'm the Group Program Manager for the Service Industries team on AX.
In the SSRS days, my blog was pretty much product-focused. I'm not sure why I haven't felt like blogging since then but I've decided I'm going to open up the topic scope. It's my 17th year at Microsoft so I figure I must have learned something that might be interesting to others. Sure, I'll talk about ERP sometimes but I'm basically going to write whatever comes to mind. It might not even be work related.
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I'm posting this in the Linux forum because it relates to my attempts to use a bootable USB stick with OpenSuse 12.2 on it - full details here:
Basically it seems that I have no ability to boot from my 16GB USB stick - the UEFI BIOS doesn't see the device and insists I have only two boot options - DVD drive or HDD. The stick works just fine in my Acer laptop - its BIOS allows me to seet the boot order to boot from the stick and everything's peachy there. Here are couple of the relevant screenshots from my BIOS, taken with the bootable USB stick installed:
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Emily Badger
Emily Badger is a former staff writer at CityLab. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
There is a mathematical model in the field of theoretical ecology that describes how honeybees and chimpanzees and lions divide up space. In the grand competition for limited resources – i.e., dinner – bee colonies and prides of lions will generally create non-overlapping territories. Boundaries form between one group and the next, as the least bit of competition arises between them, and invariably that boundary sits smack in the middle between the beehives (or lion dens) on either side of it.
All of this sounds a little too simplistic to describe human behavior. As humans, we'd like to think that we rationalize our actions, that we fit them into more complex worldviews than a honeybee could ever contemplate (example: I believe in the importance of small businesses, therefore I shop at the local mom-and-pop corner store). But P. Jeffrey Brantingham, a professor of anthropology at UCLA, believes that human behavior is often far more predictable than we think. And as it turns out, those same spatial Lotka–Volterra competition equations that explain honeybee behavior appear to explain some territorial human behavior, too: specifically, that of rival urban gangs.
Oftentimes, the way we use space is driven by the physical constraints of that space. When you need a gallon of milk, you don't drive to the grocery store five miles across town. You head for the nearest one, regardless of whether if it's a Food Lion or a Whole Foods. Social scientists, Brantingham says, tend to look at human behavior from the top-down, examining how people feel and think about such a situation. But in reaching instead for mathematical models, he and his colleagues look at human behavior (and particularly crime) from the bottom-up, examining the basic ways in which our behavior is constrained by physical space.
"If that's something that constrains humans, that's also something that constrains many other organisms," he says. "We're no different than hyenas or lions, or honeybees for that matter."
Honeybees and hyenas stake out territory over a pretty obvious scarce resource: food. But why might gangs do the same? Brantingham and colleagues Martin B. Short, George E. Tita and Shannon E. Reid suggest in a paper published online this week in the journal Criminology that they're motivated by a similar limited resource: reputation.
"Ultimately, what's being competed for is your good name, or street credibility, your street rep," says Brantingham, who was the lead author of the paper. "If people recognize you as the toughest person around, then that has all sorts of benefits." (And, of course, more tangible benefits accrue from reputation, too.)
The authors used this mathematical model to identify the territories of 13 street gangs that operate in the Hollenbeck Policing Division of Los Angeles. (Random trivia: not all gangs are territorial by nature. Los Angeles and Chicago have predominantly territorial gangs; the gangs of Vancouver, British Columbia, on the other hand aren't particularly spatial.)
The researchers identified anchor points of activity for each gang, relying on prior research: the home of a senior gang member, say, a street corner, or a neighborhood park.
"All people are like this," Brantingham says. "You have focal points around your house, or your community center. Honeybees have their hive. Hyenas have their den. And lion prides have their den. Organisms all tend to have an anchor point for their activities, and gangs are no different."
Using these anchor points, the mathematical model drew territorial boundaries between each gang. This is what the development of such territories looks like over time, starting from small densities of initial gang activity:
A mathematical equation obviously can't take into account the level of detail sociologists can collect on the ground, interviewing gang and community members, documenting graffiti and crime locations. But this theoretical model turned out to predict with pretty remarkable accuracy actual gang violence in Los Angeles. This model suggests most violence would occur not deep into gang territory, but on the contentious borders between gangs. The researchers overlaid actual crime data on top of their model – covering 563 violent crimes, between 1999 and 2002, involving these 13 gangs – and that's exactly what they saw.
Violent crime in this part of Los Angeles clustered along the theoretical boundaries between gangs produced by the same math equation that tells us how rival honeybees divvy up space. As a practical matter, this suggests police officers might want to focus their resources on these seams between gang territories.
This research also gives us a few other compelling clues about how gangs interact and what causes violence among them. The Lotka–Volterra equation suggests that all things being equal, gangs will divide up space equally (and that may not mean along neat street boundaries). This process occurs when gangs experience more competitive animosity toward outsiders (other gangs) than among themselves. But, importantly, it takes very little competition to create these territories in the first place, or even to maintain them.
"Every time there's a gang-on-gang shooting, everybody talks about how there's an 'all-out gang war,'" Brantingham. "But no, the numbers don't seem to suggest that."
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Ram Truck brand partners with Nat'l Cattlemen's Beef Association
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the Ram Truck brand announced a partnership today at the organization's 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn. The partnership includes Ram being named the 2014 Official Truck of the show and the NCBA.
The relationship with NCBA reinforces the Ram brand's long-standing commitment to supporting
American agriculture as demonstrated with last year's two-minute "Farmer" video during the Super Bowl XLVII broadcast and the declaration of 2013 as the "Year of the Farmer."
"This is an important partnership for us as trucks are a hard-working part of everyday life for the more than 190,000 cattlemen who are represented by NCBA and its affiliates," said Reid Bigland, President and CEO – Ram Truck Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. "Ram trucks deliver the capabilities that farmers count on: industry-best 30,000-pounds towing, 850 lb.-ft. of class-leading torque and the best fuel economy."
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The uniquely American "farmer" ethos conveys the spirit of Ram so well, added Bigland. On a daily basis, both the Ram brand and cattlemen value courage, dignity and setting examples through hard work.
NCBA is the largest organization representing America's cattle industry. Its members manage 90 percent of the national fed cattle market and over 40 percent of the nation's cow herd. The organization's members will receive a discount on Ram trucks as well as Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Fiat brand vehicles.
Members and cattlemen alike will start to see Ram connect directly to NCBA members through its support of NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen television show on RFD-TV, the National Cattleman monthly publication, Beefusa.org website, and 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show Feb. 4-7.
NCBA President Scott George added, "A relationship with Ram is a natural fit. Trucks are products that cattlemen depend on for their livelihood each day. Ram's reputation for quality, durability and dependability will exceed the expectations of our members."
Ram is also sponsoring a FFA Day at the NCBA convention and trade show.
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