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22 comments:
- dm designs said...
LOVE this photo! I really want to know where her shirt is from too!?
I'm in the same mental-boat Alli ~ in September I cut 10" to donate and loved it short! I've been growing it back out, but it's at an awkward length. Plus, when I see photos like this I debate just keeping it short. Hmmmmm. :)
- February 24, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Gloria said...
yay felicity! she seriously has the best head of hair ever. i only wish short hair didn't look so funny on me!
- February 24, 2011 at 12:39 PM
- shanners said...
kerri russell always makes me want to chop my hair!
- February 24, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Amy said...
Oh, I've had this clipping saved since last year! Such a cute cut.
- February 24, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- adele {modernemotive} said...
I'm in a similar position. I've had my hair long (ish) for a few years ago now and am craving something short. But then, part of me wants to keep it long as I have more options. I think I just need to go for it. At least it grows back right?
Here's the cut I'm considering, but perhaps a tad bit longer - http://modernemotive.com/blog/2011/02/07/fashion-hair-makeup/
And yes, get styling in the shot.
- February 24, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- adele {modernemotive} said...
Or "great styling" rather. :/
- February 24, 2011 at 1:45 PM
- Sarah Alves said...
i recently chopped 20 inches off and it was the most liberating thing i'd done in a long time! i highly recommend it, because even though we love our long hair sometimes it can just weigh us down.
- February 24, 2011 at 2:42 PM
- alli/hooray said...
Amy: I didn't realize it was that old! This was the first I'd seen it - otherwise I'd probably have cut it by now :)
- February 24, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- Cassi said...
This is such a gorgeous photo! I love the styling. And it makes me want to chop my hair off too...I'm still thinking of getting bangs again though. Although I can't find any inspiring photos to help me make that decision. Hair grows back. I say cut it!! :)
- February 24, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- Tiffany from HOLIDAY said...
yes! one of my all time fav pictures of her - love her to pieces!
- February 24, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Kayla Poole said...
Oh yes, this spread is one of my favorites of all time. Here's the rest (from Instyle, Jan 2009): http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/girl-crush-keri-russell/
Flawless, no?
- February 24, 2011 at 6:31 PM
- Bethany said...
LOVE the photo. I'm not into short hair, but I love the color. Tempted to give myself some highlights now. Also, the jeans and layered shirts are gorgeous. Thanks for the inspiration!
- February 25, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Lana {lanalou style} said...
I just chopped mine off but without the curls it's not nearly as nice as Kerri's!:(
Lovely pic!x
- February 26, 2011 at 3:07 AM
- Freck said...
Ditto!! I'm now growing out my hair for the wedding but this is simply gorge!! Resist that urge girl. You've worked hard to grow out that hair! ;)
- February 26, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Anne Keane said...
the cut and color is great! I am trying to grow my hair out for my sister's wedding, but it's just so hard!
- February 26, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Havilah Savage said...
do it! i just chopped my hair, it looks a lot like Keri's now. i LOVE it. do it.
- February 27, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- shoes uk said...
such a nice post. And you looking so cute and beautiful awesome i like your style
- February 28, 2011 at 5:21 AM
- Melina said...
Love this editorial, and I love Keri Russell even more! The ultimate girl crush!
- March 1, 2011 at 12:23 AM
- Heather said...
I just loved this photo spread when it came out! It was so well styled. I love Keri Russell. She is simply chic. :)
- March 1, 2011 at 2:15 AM
- Mary Kate McDevitt said...
I love this photo and her hair! I'm actually growing my hair out at the moment from being really short. I have to fight the urge every now and then to cut it all off again.
- March 8, 2011 at 1:17 AM
- Señorita said...
Felicity/Keri Russell!! Love her :) I loved her long and curly, but this look actually really works for her. Did I mention that I love Keri Russell??
- March 17, 2011 at 10:41 PM
- iva yaneva said...
I love everything about this photo! <3
I had really, really long hair a couple of years ago (up to my butt) and I cut it to my shoulders. Now it's been growing but I am wondering whether I should let it grow long again or I still want short hair. I can't make up my mind at all! :)
By the way, I've been noticing this trend of having lighter ends and darker roots. It's weird because my hair looks brown at the roots and then gets a lot lighter as it grows, I've always found it weird! It's crazy to see it all over magazines now :)
- March 18, 2011 at 5:38 AM


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The Republic of France has many regions such as the popular holiday destination of Brittany and the ancient and mysterious Basque country where they have different local languages although French is the official language. The visitor may surf in the waters of the Atlantic, Ski in the Alps, swim in the Mediterranean Sea or sail in the waters of the English Channel.
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Try bed and breakfast in family homes where fresh brioche and coffee may be served for breakfast or self catering in a gite (you get your own brioche!). Visit the bustling markets in every region where you will get to try local fare and see what goes on in the countryside.
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Jim and Joyce Chittenden of Angola, Ind., formerly of Morenci, will celebrate 50 years of marriage.
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Nine more ultrawealthy families, including two from outside the U.S., have joined the global Giving Pledge initiative created three years ago by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, the organization announced Tuesday.
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Lord Ashcroft, former treasurer and deputy chairman of the U.K.'s Conservative Party and founder of Crimestoppers
Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx and youngest self-made woman on the Forbes billionaires list
Joe Craft, coal baron who announced his commitment to the Giving Pledge in late 2012.
Monica Gelbaum and David Gelbaum, chairman of Axion Power International
Craig and Susan McCaw, telecom entrepreneur and former U.S. ambassador to Austria, respectively
Stephen Ross, real estate investor and owner of the Miami Dolphins
Paul Singer, hedge fund manager
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|Photo credit: Castle Levan
Thursday's Child: Castle Levan, Gourock, Scotland
33 comments:
- Carol said...
It's beautiful! What a great idea. I agree about not staying at a chain hotel, you have found a charming and perfect place to stay. Bet you won't find ghosts at a Marriott :)
- April 19, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- Jess said...
This is just so lovely. I can't wait to take a big vacation, so I can stay at some of the places you've described and recommended!
- April 19, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- Belinda said...
I KNOW I would love traveling with you and finding these wonderful hidden spots!
- April 19, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- Beth said...
And I would love to travel with my blogging buddies too!
- April 19, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Valerie Gamine said...
Lovely photos, Beth! What a hidden treasure...it definitely pays to search around!
I don't think a castle would be a castle without it's own ghost. :-)
- April 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM
- Achu's Amma's Kitchen said...
lovely pics and great notes..
- April 19, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- Claudia said...
I will stay at a chain, a castle or an inn - anywhere to see new sites! I want to know more about the ghost. I adore Scotland - there is a rugged beauty there that is so different from other places. I just felt a wildness.
- April 19, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
Beautiful! We visited Scotland when I was in high school - and the castles/ruins were gorgeous! :)
- April 19, 2012 at 6:34 PM
How cool! I am eager to go back to Scotland, and staying at a castle is a requirement! I hope there are still some affordable castles to be found.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:27 PM
- Becki's Whole Life said...
What a magical night for you all! I can't even imagine what my girls would think about spending a night in a real castle.
- April 19, 2012 at 9:35 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
Super post! There must be a picture book somewhere in that story. :)
My grandparents used to go to a castle somewhere in England for special occasions. My Nanny isn't able to travel now though.
- April 19, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Unknown said...
For our honeymoon in Germany, my husband and I stayed at quaint inns, which were a lot cheaper than staying at chain hotels (and more fun). We did stay at a castle in the Rhine Valley for one night. But the room got really hot because the window was too tiny to let in the cool air. Despite that, we enjoyed our night there. :)
- April 19, 2012 at 11:29 PM
I've never stayed at an inn before. I'd like to try a bit harder looking for places to stay, but I end up in chain hotels.
Great pictures. I love castles.
- April 20, 2012 at 1:40 AM
This is such a beautiful location - a great choice over hotels :D
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- April 20, 2012 at 4:14 AM
So pretty! And a castle to boot!
- April 20, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Reem I Simply Reem said...
This castle looks just out of a Fairy Tale....
- April 20, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Staying in a castle, with a Lady, and a ghost?!? Sounds right up my alley!
- April 20, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- Vi said...
So beautiful and full of charm! Scotland is on my list of places I would love to visit.
- April 20, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- Lorraine said...
What a treat that must have been to stay there! I would have been glad not to hear of the ghost until the next day too..lol
- April 20, 2012 at 8:38 PM
Beautiful! I can't imagine what a dream it must have been to stay at a real castle. They're such magnificent reminders of history. :)
- April 20, 2012 at 10:07 PM
I believe in the same traveling philosophy! I'd take a charming, cozy inn over a chain hotel any day. Your hostess at the castle sounds like quite a character -- she must have been the highlight of your stay at the castle!
- April 20, 2012 at 10:50 PM
- Beth said...
She was, Barb!
- April 21, 2012 at 6:38 AM
- Barbara said...
I agree, Beth. We love staying at castles, B & B's, anything but the ordinary.
This is beautiful.
- April 21, 2012 at 7:42 AM
- Julie said...
What beautiful photos! The first one is especially lovely! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
- April 21, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Sissi said...
Scotland is THE British region I dream of visiting, so thank you for making me dream again.
- April 21, 2012 at 9:50 AM
- magda said...
Scotland must be so incredibly beautiful. I hope I visit it soon, it's not that far away from Holland after all...!
Beautiful photographs!
- April 21, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Miriam said...
What a beautiful place!! So lovely :), Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
- April 22, 2012 at 12:56 AM
- Elaine said...
Such beautiful photos, Beth. I would love to spend the night in a castle!
- April 22, 2012 at 1:10 AM
- Katerina said...
I've been to Edinburgh in my 20's and I loved it! I didn't have the time to travel around and this is something I need to do sometime in the future. The castle is beautiful and I am sure you had a memorable time while you stayed there!
- April 22, 2012 at 3:16 AM
- Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...
My parents lived in Scotland for a year, so we were lucky enough to go visit them during their sabbatical. But I'd love to go back to this lovely locale...and stay in this castle despite the ghost :)
- April 22, 2012 at 7:03 AM
It is wonderful when you find a lovely out of the way place to stay. It sounds like you had a wonderful experience with your castle stay.
- April 22, 2012 at 2:18 PM
- Ruth said...
Lovely pictures. Sounds like my kind of place.
- April 22, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- The Castle Man said...
Beth, not sure if you knew the castle had been sold and refurnished. You can see what the new owners have done via this link http://www.celticcastles.com/castles/castle-levan/ It looks a lot different from when you stayed. Hope you like it.
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Kit (with a puzzled look on her face): Mummy, I dont remember you from when you were a baby?
Me: Thats ok. I remember you from when you were a baby.
Kit: I was born when Papa was born. She believes that. (She also believes that I am Papas mum!)
In our house, Kit is the expert wisher. She will always WISH. Sometimes she will wish that her toys or her dolls could fly or sometimes she will wish that all of Kats things could be hers (not a bad one!) or sometimes just a blanket wish to cover everything I wish all my dreams could come true. However, todays wish is different today she is upset with me because she wishes I could born a baby on her birthday (by November?!)
When Kat was alone and younger, she used to pray for a sibling at bath time as that was her time alone with God and then we had Kit (of course she thought then that her prayers had been answered!)
Kit is really upset with me she is so angry she wants a baby NOW how on earth is that going to happen? She is pouting in one corner. Only a creative meal with chicken can be a distraction for her now...
Kat on the other hand gets so engrossed with her books or movie or whatever she is doing (she actually starts smiling and nodding with a character in the film a habit shes picked from Papa!) that she needs to be reminded (with eye contact) to keep her EARS OPEN for the doorbell.
Kit will drop whatever she is doing when she hears the bell ring. Its like a challenge to her to get to the door first (not that Kat is even bothered!) She needs to be reminded to slow down but she will not the doorbell is ringing and door is to be opened.
This passion is great the only problem being that if anyone else opens the door, she gets VERY upset. Sometimes very emotional too!
If Kat happens to open the door to Papa, he has to go out again, ring the doorbell, this time Kit opens, he acts surprised and all is fine again... Sometimes, when his reaction is not natural enough, he has to make the grand entry a couple of times...till Kit is satisfied that she's not been tricked (?) otherwise she will complain that Kat thinks that she is not cool (and this really upsets Kit who has absolutely no clue what the reference to cool is except that Kat says it in a certain way which doesn't feel right to Kit!)
Oh dear!I surely lose all my patience by dinnertime!!
Kit was tired and not very enthusiastic at the thought of brushing her teeth (as usual!)
Me (after reminding her about bacteria, viruses and stomach elly): Do you know what will happen to your teeth if you dont brush them? I say this in a low voice as if the germs are listening to me
Kit (eyes wide open, in a hushed voice to match mine): Lets see if the teeth fall out!!
And she goes about picking her 6 books for bed time as if nothing has happened and is ready for bed and Im left wondering if I should now close my mouth or say something or stop looking like that last goldfish in the bowl!
So yesterday when Kat when to the library, she very excitedly came back with an audio book The Lightning Thief and decided to play it on her computer while sketching. Unfortunately I wasnt home so excerpts of my conversation with her when she called me on my cell in panic:
Kat: Mummy, when I put the audio book CD in, it comes up with an error message!
Me (thinking it has something to do with the Dell guy who tinkered with the system the day before): Just press Cancel if it asks you to do anything. Wait for me.
Kat (really panicking now): But it has no Cancel. Only OK button
Me (hating putting you in the corner situations like this): Right. Just read the error message to me
Kat: It says its trying to open iTunes and some files for CD burning software are missing from registry.
Me (phew! Not that bad): Just OK it and see
Kat: Yes it works! Thanks mummy and
Me: Yes? Quick. Hurry
Kat (whispering in the phone): Its not going to burn iTunes, is it?
Me: What? (Then finally realising that children take words for their literal meaning so very easily) Burn means to copy. No, nothing will burn (hopefully!)
Kat was relieved then and I came back home to find her glued to the desk happily sketching with the unscathed iTunes playing the CD in the background
To demonstrate that she has understood, Kit says You mean you need the same age? I think she was referring to the length! Never mind I got the message, she added a new word (length) to her vocabulary (and used it million times after that!) and we ended up with a brilliant Lego house and tree


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|working on a family portrait for John's birthday
I realized the other day that writing a book while working a part time job is kind of like having a full time job, but without the salary. Add to that homeschooling, blogging, painting, and sleep deprivation, and I think I bit of more than I can chew this year. I keep reminding myself of all the reasons its worth it.
I have definitely gained a new respect for working mothers.
Still, we're getting through it. I know I'll be glad for all the hard work later, and when the book is done, and I'm no longer working nights, I'll have some much extra energy and free time to work on whatever I want. I'm already making a list:
- sew a pair of jeans, tailored for me
- okay, make pieces for a whole wardrobe (tops, skirts, pants)
- paint, paint, paint
- illustrate a new coloring book for grown ups (any ideas?)
- make a coloring book of heroic princesses
But anyway, you can expect a little hibernation until spring coming up. I promise to be full of energy and projects when I come back. :)


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Calls for greater transparency in the inner fiscal dealings of foundations based at California State University campuses are mounting, after some of those details became public.
State Senator Leland Yee (D-SF) has championed legislative action to apply the state's Public Records Act to the CSU academic foundations and other auxiliary organizations. He says these latest revelations about their lax fiscal management only reinforces the need for such a measure.
California Faculty Association president Lillian Taiz, a history professor at Cal State Los Angeles, charges that the newly revealed CABO minutes make it clear that the CSU administration's opposition to Senator Yee's sunshine bill, SB 330, was driven not by principle, but protective self-interest.
At Sonoma State, there are four separate auxiliary organizations, explains Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Administration & Finance, Laurence Furukawa-Schlereth. But the budget for the Academic Foundation is much larger than those of the other three combined.
Here's the link to the SSU tranparency webpage. You can also read the Executive Summary of the CFA report on the CABO minutes they found. To read the full report, go here. Scroll down for the links to the minutes themselves.


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Whether you have been a Cellino In or Out person, or fell somewhere in the middle, there is no doubt that this season has been a massive step forward in the progress of Leeds United Football Club. We sit here now heading into the last game of the season disappointed to have narrowly missed out on a play-off place but at the state of the season if you'd told us we'd finish seventh most would not have believed you.
Garry Monk was an extremely astute choice as manager and having been allowed to get on with things without the threat of sacking all season he has produced a team which have fought hard and entertained the Leeds fans all season. If you want to find out the best sports betting sites, Bookies Betting Offers is a fantastic betting portal providing competitive odds on popular sports events all around the UK, they review some incredibly reputable bookies including Unitbet, who offer great bonuses too. What the team have lacked in top class ability they have for the most part made up for in hard work and togetherness, characteristics that will always go down well with Leeds fans.
But there has been a shift change in the way the club has been run this season. Cellino has been most noticeable by his absence and without his outbursts things seem to have gone much smoother. Advertising and promotion has been slicker, new sponsors have been signed, ticket prices and deal have been imaginative. Who is responsible for this I'm not sure; Cellino, Mansford or perhaps Andrea Radrizzani was already having his say before he purchased 50% of the club back in January.
What seems clear now is that the Massimo Cellino era may be coming to an end and the era of Andrea Radrizzani only just beginning. With the club failing to achieve promotion to the Premier League Radrizzani is set to take his option of completing the 100% purchase of Leeds. Speaking at the clubs annual awards dinner Radrizzani said;
Intentions are certainly clear with the appointment of Ivan Bravo to the board of directors. Bravo has previously worked as director of strategy at Real Madrid but it is perhaps his more recent role which raises more intrigue. As director general Bravo has lead the development of the Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence in Qatar. It is these Middle and Far East contacts and associations that are believed to be the financial backing behind Radrizzani ownership of Leeds United.From tomorrow it's time to work to do better than what we've done. We've had an amazing season in terms of emotion and it gives us big hope that we've started something that could bring more joy in the future.
Whatever the future holds for Leeds United I doubt someone like Bravo would take on the role if there were not significant plans and backing in place. He's not a man used to working on a small budget. However things turn out this summer could be extremely exciting for Leeds, let's just hope the ambitions are in place both off and on the pitch to take us on from everything achieved this season.


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- I heard a newscast today on the radio (yes, radio does still exist and I do listen from time to time) about a school district that was requiring students to attend classes online due to overcrowding.
- One of the significant things I learned about my high school experience was that I could have avoided going to school altogether by obtaining a GED degree and studying on my own.
- Yesterday, I participated in a Webinar sponsored by the Utah Genealogical Association and got a comment from my friend Jill Ball in Australia.
- #RootsTech 2014 is holding 622 or so individual local genealogy conferences all around the world, in ten different languages, with content recorded at the main Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah
- I routinely now carry on face to face Google+ Hangout conversations with people around the world.
- I took classes from Brigham Young University on genealogy for five years through their Independent Study Program while I lived in Mesa, Arizona and visited the campus only two or three times for the classes.
- Sometime ago, I taught an interactive class on genealogy, where the participants were in Tucson, Arizona and I was on a Google+ Hangout in Mesa.
The list could go on and on. In some cases, recently, I have been "invited" to participate in a conference at some considerable distance from my home and have had to decline due to the cost and time involved in traveling to the conference. But let me ask a question.
What if I could come to your local conference and do a presentation at little or no expense to your organization and little time commitment for me? What if that conference could be interactive, with participants able to ask questions at any time during the presentation and everyone had a front row seat?
I guess what I am saying is that this is entirely possible now. Granted, the online Webinar experience is still full of technological quirks and problems, but for the most part, as the #RootsTech 2014 experience illustrates, having a "well-known" speaker may not require an exorbitant outlay of resources. The average Google+ Hangout can have ten participants, but if you only have two, you can do an entire conference. All you have to do is have the participants side of the conference in a room or conference hall with a sound system and a video projector. There also needs to be a way for the speaker to "see" and hear the audience with a reciprocal video camera.
Audio only with on computer screen presentations are now extremely commonplace. There are genealogists now, such as DearMyrtle and Geoff Rasmussen, who are routinely conducting online Webinars. We have a whole series of Webinars planned for the Mesa FamilySearch Library and my next one is on March 12, 2014 at 7:00 Arizona Time.
Do you really care where I am presently located while I write my blog posts? Would it matter at all? Would you like me or some other presenter to come to your small local meeting? Why not consider using the currently available technology to avoid all the time, cost and effort involved in having me travel all across the county and still have the opportunity to have a presentation?
Think about it. Try it out. See if it would work.
Granted, (anticipating comments) it is really nice to be somewhere in person and I love to attend conferences like the ones I have tomorrow and next week, but there are other considerations that may make the electronic alternative more and more viable.


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Well, reading this makes a bit of a change from sitting at home, watching the rain.
Perhaps The Indy is getting a bit desperate for readership? Who knows.Mr Aldrin has repeatedly dismissed suggestions he has seen a UFO. He has spoken about seeing a light out of the window as he was heading towards the Moon – but has always said he is sure that what he saw was either the rocket the crew had separated from, or panels that had come off when the lander and the rocket were detached.
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April 28th, 2004, fell on a Wednesday. Day 119 of 2004. Decade: 2000s.
16 years, 1 months and 9 days have passed since April 28th, 2004.
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"Million Dollar Baby" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2004.
Movies released in 2004 included Shrek 2, Mean Girls, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Spider-Man 2, The Incredibles, The Passion of the Christ, The Day After Tomorrow, Meet the Fockers, "I, Robot", Troy, Shark Tale, Ocean's Twelve, The Village, Million Dollar Baby, Saw, Man on Fire, A Series of Unfortunate Events and DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.
Pop singer Britney Spears is listed as FHM's sexiest woman in 2004.
US President George W. Bush is listed as the Time Person of the Year for 2004.
Popular music artists in 2004 included Beyoncé, Twista, Usher, J-Kwon, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, Outkast, Juvenile, Christina Milian, Ashlee Simpson, Destiny's Child, Eminem and Snoop Dogg.
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UNIONDALE, N.Y. — By the end, after the head-snapping action, the back-and-forth goals, the mistakes and oddly timed penalties, the Bruins had done for a second straight game what they had done only once previously this season. They had scored six goals Saturday in Philadelphia, and followed that up by putting another six-spot on the board Monday night.
This time it was against the Islanders, a team that had proven to be difficult for the Bruins to handle in two games this season. In those games, though, it had been more about the Bruins' poor play. And while there were more moments of that again in Boston's 6-3 defeat of the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum Monday, there was also more of the play that has sent them to a 4-0-1 record in their last five games.
"It's obviously nice when goals are coming, but these games, they're nerve-racking because you never know how they're going to end up," winger Brad Marchand said. "It could be 2-2 and then a team could explode and go 6-3, like we did tonight, but it's tough if it goes the other way.
"We're not big fans of playing games like this, but when we win I guess we'll take it."
Especially when his line keeps producing the way it has been.
The jokes started after the game. Marchand had matched Jarome Iginla's point total from Saturday against the Flyers, a four-point effort that bolstered the Bruins in a game in which they were a bit too loose defensively.
"I'm just trying to do whatever [Iginla] does out there," Marchand said, chuckling. "It's not easy."
But sometimes it did look easy out there, at least on the offensive end. Marchand scored the Bruins' second goal of the game, at 4:50 of the second, on a feed from Patrice Bergeron, who had two points on the night. Marchand added an assist on a goal at 12:21 of the period — though the real beauty was the primary assist, a pass from Shawn Thornton that hit Matt Martin's stick on its way to becoming a back-door goal for Reilly Smith — and two more in the third.
"We definitely have some confidence right now and there's some chemistry," Marchand said. "We're getting some bounces, too. You need all those things to kind of go together to play well, and early on some of those bounces weren't going in. We'd hit posts or miss the net, but right now we seem to be executing pretty well.
"We know it's not going to be like this every night, but it's definitely fun when it happens like this."
It had looked early as if it was going to be an easy night for the Bruins, something they have yet to have against the Islanders this season. They led, 18-2, in shots on goal in the first when a power play turned things around for New York, with the Islanders recording the 15 of the next 16 shots.
"We finished on our heels there in that first," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "From that point on, into the end of the second period I thought we got really sloppy and shot ourselves in the foot with the way we gave them their goals. Giveaways, turnovers, bad decision-making, so it was really uncharacteristic of the way we play."
The Islanders were able to play with speed, and so they were able to match the Bruins goal-for-goal for the first six goals of the game. The Bruins' Loui Eriksson opened the scoring at 7:47 of the first, roofing a sharply angled shot. It was his first goal since he returned from a concussion he suffered Nov. 25.
After a Frans Nielsen score at 15:29 of the first, Marchand tied it at 4:50 of the second, the first of five alternating goals in the period: Michael Graber (8:20), Smith (12:21), Kyle Okposo (15:08, on a two-on-none caused when Dougie Hamilton was unable to corral a Smith pass), and Carl Soderberg (19:27, with the game-winner on a slick move to beat a tired Thomas Hickey, in Soderberg's second straight game at center).
"It wasn't the type of game that we like to play and that we want to play," Bergeron said. "They're a team that likes that. They have a lot of speed, great offense also on their side, so that run-and-gun type of game is not really our style. They took advantage of us a lot of times. Chad [Johnson] made some huge saves for us."
But things turned around in the third for the Bruins, who finally were able to put the Islanders away with goals by Bergeron (at 2:17, as he was being hit) and Zdeno Chara (at 8:12, for his 500th NHL point). They played more of their game, and they were able to keep the Islanders off the board.
That resulted in yet another win, sending the Bruins home to face Tim Thomas and the Panthers Tuesday night while on one of their better runs this season.
"We're playing great right now," Soderberg said. "Maybe the game today wasn't our best, but we won. Since the road trip to Chicago, we have been playing exactly the way we want."


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Dear Editor:
It would be funny if it weren't so sad. A Denver based law firm which specializes in Civil Rights was hired to represent a coalition of more than 50 families, four unnamed teachers/coaches and eight unnamed families. This was due to the school board and administration not answering concerns of community members. It took a letter from an attorney to bring many items to light.
The vast majority of the families involved are those which volunteer hours, and not just one or two. They volunteer their time, energy and money. They have been extremely active community members, school community members and involved parents. They have always appreciated the teachers and their close involvement with school functions provided an up-close and personal view of the inner workings of the school administration. The 2012-2013 school year has been the worst for those involved with the school. This includes volunteers, staff, teachers and family members. And what made the 2012-2013 school year so different? The students, teachers and parents are relatively the same. What changed? The administration.
With regard to the "untruths" that were supposedly included in the letter from the attorney representing concerned students, parent and community members, I can speak from personal experience.
I have been trying to make an appointment for myself and my daughter to meet with the mediator the administration hired by the school since March 27. Why do simple things take on such complexity? At this time, appointments are only scheduled with the booster club and the Student Parent Coaltion. To date, I have been unsuccessful in securing appointment for my daughter, who is a student at the school nor me as a parent/concerned citizen. Supposedly, the mediator was informed to only make appointments with Booster and SPC. So much for the hoped for healing process. Is this mediation just another failed promise by the administration?
A very concerned parent who continues to stand - divided and waiting
Nancy Nelligan
Editor's note: Scott Cooper was directed by the school board to allow any and all concerned citizens to contact the mediator after concerns were raised during Tuesday night's meeting. Those that fear retaliation, were asked to contact individual board members.


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Duke University has settled a lawsuit by 38 members of its 2005-06 men's lacrosse team.
DURHAM � Duke University has settled a lawsuit by 38 members of its 2005-06 men's lacrosse team.
The Herald-Sun of Durham reported attorneys for the school and players notified a federal judge Wednesday that the lawsuit was settled out of court.
Duke spokesman Michael Schoenfeld and one of the players� lawyers, Bill Thomas, confirmed the settlement. Neither would talk about the terms.
The players sued amid the controversy that followed allegations by a stripper that she was raped at a team party in 2006. Officials later declared the allegations were false.
Duke previously reached a settlement with three players who were indicted and then cleared on rape charges.
Those three players and other team members have sued Durham over the way the police department handled the case. Those cases are pending.


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Get a Life Why Don't Ya?!
It's okay to take your job seriously, to be a stickler for professionalism, and sure it's wonderful to take your responsibilities seriously. However, you have to be a bit careful when you allow your job to become your LIFE.
Give your work your best effort, stand up for your beliefs, but be careful that you don't become a one-dimensional robot that just has his or her tape programmed to talk about how much work he has to do. If you notice people by the water cooler scatter when you come by, I'm afraid to break the news to you. They know it… they don't want you to pass that energy on to them…they see that you have no life.
Yikes...maybe I'm being a little harsh, but I've been there, so I know. While working at HBO as a Director, I worked long hours. My office became my second home. There was a leopard rug (don't laugh), candles, incense, soft jazz, and dim lights. My co-workers would always joke around about it being like a lounge and that I should serve martinis during meetings. LOL But I realized I made it so comfortable, because that's where I spent most of my waking moments. It's pathetic when I think about it now. Sure, I was getting a great salary and yeah…I loved what I did, however what was seriously lacking was some 'me time'. Other parts in my life weren't fulfilled, because of this 'love' for my job.
Now…being a 'self-bosser' for two years, I cringe when I see others with this obsession. Especially, if it's not their own company. I see it sucking the spirit right out of them. I was inspired to write about this topic this month by a long time friend of mine, because he's going through a rough period in his career where work is all he knows. Although, he's extremely successful..he's not the same person because work is all he talks about and being at the top is all he lives for. The end result is that he barely has enough time for hobbies, family, or friends. He's only 28 and stressed out beyond belief. You can look at him and tell he has tightness in the back of his neck as his brain tinkers away thinking about, "work, work, work."
That tightness in the back of my neck is a feeling that I don't miss. But even though I do get stressed out sometimes…knowing how to strive for balance and a healthy life has prevented it from occurring much less. Now the question for you is…Has your JOB become your LIFE? Have you changed as a person and let your spirit fade? Take this simple quiz and see if you are showing symptoms of a workaholic.
Answer yes or no to each question.
1. Do I have a 'me day'? One day out of the week that I use to focus on me and me alone? (This means no business calls, meetings, or business reading.)
2. Can I spend time away from work and not think about business issues?
3. Do I talk to my spouse, friends, and family about topics OTHER than business or my day at work?
4. Am I spending quality time with my family?
5. Do I have a hobby?
6. Do I still have friends? (outside of the office)
7. Do I laugh and smile as much as I used to?
If you answered NO to three or more of these questions. I'd like you to take a seat, light a candle, close your eyes, and repeat this chant.
"I must get a life."
"I must get a life."
"I must get a life."
I'm just teasing ya…But seriously folks, here are some real pointers to help you recapture your true self and not get lost in WORK.
Find Balance and Reduce Stress:
1. Get a physical: Get an accurate assessment of your health. What's your cholesterol count? Your blood pressure? How much do you weigh (and should you lose any to better your health)? If you are currently experiencing symptoms of stress, your physician will assess their significance and prescribe a treatment.
2. Tap into yourself EVERY DAY: Meditate, pay, chant, or say an affirmation...whatever works for you spiritually can serve as a great relaxation technique.
3. Eat healthy and begin a journey towards a healthier lifestyle: Health is a buffer against stress. Increasing your physical stamina through diet, exercise, and rest will help you combat the stressors in your life.
4. Improve your time management: Take a course or purchase a book to learn the best ways to manage your time AND your energy.
5. Take Energizing Breaks:
- If time or money doesn't permit you to take a full-fledged vacation, then escape to a location close to home for a weekend retreat. Make sure people call you only for an emergency!
- Treat yourself to a day-spa for some pampering. A massage or facial will always do the trick!
- You can also do something as simple as going to your public library or book store. Browse the travel section, photography books, or fiction. Peruse anything that lets your mind go on a mini-vacation.
- Take a walk in the park and bring a book and just relax. (Non-work related reading only guys!)
6. Day Dream!: "When you think about pleasurable things like sex or food, PET scans show different patterns lighting up in your brain than when you think about work or something unpleasant," says Mehmet Oz, MD, Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, in O Magazine.
Realize you aren't perfect, you aren't a machine. Humans are incapable of perfection, so stop beating yourself. Free yourself to ignore some of the social pressures that have been holding you back from your hopes and dreams.
Your ambitious nature may get you to the top, but you might just be waving down at everyone you let fade out of your life. You'll have no one to share your successes with. Remember that friends and loved ones suffer those weekends and late nights you are home answering email or constantly checking your office voicemail.
Don't turn your focus away from what is truly important. Instead, learn to measure your success by the balance and happiness you achieve in your life on a whole…I wish you luck in achieving that life that you want and need!
Simone Kelly is author and founder of Gots To Have It, Marketing, a firm that specializes in marketing and empowering entrepreneurs with a series of workshops and networking events. Please view her company web sites here: http://:www.gotstohaveit.com and http://www.giventakenetwork.org.
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Kinjal Gupta is saving for her education, and Delaney Reid is helping rescue her neighborhood playground. In addition, the two winners of AAFP's 2013 Tar Wars national poster and video contests, respectively, say they'll continue fighting to stop tobacco use in the United States.
(Then) Deputy U.S. Surgeon General Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak, M.D., M.P.H., speaks with students and their families during the Tar Wars 25th anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C.
The fifth-graders each received a $1,000 cash prize and a $500 gift card for their creativity in getting the tobacco-free message out to their respective communities. Gupta, from West Greenwich, R.I., won with her poster, "Live long, stand strong, be tobacco free," which features an elderly man carrying groceries through a snow-covered landscape. Gupta said she chose the theme "Because food is good for you; it's healthy, and it helps you live longer."
"It feels great that I can help people to stop from smoking," Gupta said, referring to her artwork, which she refines during art lessons every Friday. "I'd just like for people who are smoking to stop, and I will try my best to keep people who aren't smoking from starting."
Reid, who hails from Kenmore, N.Y., said she wanted to make sure people don't use tobacco but didn't think a video of her alone would get the job done. So she did what any intelligent, red-blooded American kid would do -- she made her little sister, Chloe, co-star.
Story Highlights
- Kinjal Gupta, of West Greenwich, R.I., was named the winner of the 2013 Tar Wars national poster contest.
- Delaney Reid, of Kenmore, N.Y., was named the winner of the program's 2013 national video contest.
- Since the tobacco-free education program's inception in 1988, family physicians and other health care professionals have presented the Tar Wars message to more than 9 million fourth- and fifth-graders around the United States.
"It's boring when there's only one person in (a video), and I think there should be multiple people," Reid said. "Because when you get into a conversation, it's much more interesting."
Chloe Reid, who admitted that her big sister did, in fact, bully her into acting, said it was a good thing to tell people not to smoke and that being in the video ended up being fun. Of course, it helps that big sister is willing to put her money where her message is.
"She's giving me 100 bucks," Chloe said, flashing an ear-to-ear grin.
Another chunk, according to her big sister, is going for public improvements back home.
"Well, they tore down our playground, and we are trying to get it back," said Delaney. "We are going to get it back, but we have to raise the money. So, I'm going to give some of (the award money) to the playground."
"Activism Will Win the Day"
Since the program's inception in 1988, Tar Wars -- the AAFP's tobacco-free education program -- has made it possible for family physicians and other health care professionals to present its message to more than 9 million fourth- and fifth-graders.
Delaney Reid, of Kenmore, N.Y., winner of the 2013 Tar Wars national video contest, poses with her little sister and co-star, Chloe.
As part of the Tar Wars 25th anniversary celebration on July 15 in Washington, program co-founder and AAFP President Jeff Cain, M.D.; Tar Wars Master of Ceremonies Saria Carter Saccocio, M.D.; and Ashok Kumar, M.D., chair of the Tar Wars program advisers, welcomed (then) U.S. Deputy Surgeon General Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak, M.D., M.P.H., to speak to the more than 30 student state winners -- and their families -- who attended the event.
A family physician by training and the acting surgeon general as of July 17, Lushniak said that the best way to keep people of all ages from becoming dependent on tobacco is to make sure they never start using it in the first place.
"After 50 years of work, it is your age group we are most concerned about," Lushniak told the students. "For every person that dies, I have two young people starting to smoke. Nine out of 10 of those smokers will start before they're 18 years old, and 99 percent by the time they are 26. So, if we can stop people from picking up a cigarette between … let's say, 14 and 26 … we can have an incredible impact on this country."
West Greenwich, R.I., fifth grader Kinjal Gupta, discusses her 2013 Tar Wars national poster contest-winning entry with Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
Lushniak said that like the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS) defends Americans from attack, but unlike those armed uniform services, the USPHS doesn't use conventional weapons.
"Our weapons are the stethoscope, needles for vaccinations and dealing with public health issues, such as smoking," he said. "We treat disease and injuries and bad things that can happen to our public the same way we deal with an enemy (of the United States). So through your work here, you are part of that now, you are helping me."
Activism, through programs like Tar Wars, will win the day, said Lushniak.
"This is a battle, and I need your help -- with posters like this -- until there is no smoking left in this country. Kids, when you walk around out there, you still see smokers … and our job, working with you, is to bring those numbers down even further (than the current one-out-of-five-adults-smokes figure). We are taking baby steps, but this is a battle, and I don't -- we don't -- give up."
Jeff Cain, M.D., on 25 Years of Tar Wars
Hill Visits
On July 16, many of the state poster contest winners visited Capitol Hill to meet with their elected officials and present them with copies of their posters and information on the program. Gupta, for example, met with Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., as well as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
Reid, and her family, met with staff members from the office of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., before they were treated to a private tour of the Capitol, including a trip to the gallery in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
"This was a lot of fun," Reid said.
The following students placed in the Top 5 of the poster contest:
- second place: Carson Fisher, Sheffield, Ill.
- third place: Albert Burkle, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- fourth place: Olivia Sheetz, Wilmington, Del.
- fifth place: Sonia Amin, Clearwater, Fla.
The following students placed in the Top 4 of the video contest:
- second place: Corbin Ellis, St. Petersburg, Fla.
- third place: Benjamin Thornton (Cranston, R.I.), Alex Simon Marootian (Providence, R.I.), and Daniel Shimberg (East Greenwich, R.I.)
- fourth place: Clark McArthur, Atlanta.
Tar Wars is supported, in part, by the AAFP Foundation(www.aafpfoundation.org).
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Winchester found itself on the forefront of a thorny religious and political debate last week, when it officially held classes on Good Friday.
Winchester found itself on the forefront of a thorny religious and political debate last week, when it officially held classes on Good Friday.
The Christian holiday marking the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ had been on the school department's list of observed holidays for decades. But in May 2007, the School Committee voted 3-2 to change the policy and keep school open.
Last Friday was the first test of the committee's decision and administrators were in the schools taking note of the resulting number of teacher and student absences.
According to Superintendent Bill McAlduff, about 70 percent of the high school's student population and 47 percent of the staff were absent. In the Middle School, about 51 percent of students and 33 percent of teachers were absent. And in the elementary schools, about 34 percent of students and 40 percent of teachers were absent.
The figures include all school staff, not just teachers, and all student absences and early dismissals.
The question of whether to hold classes on Good Friday was first raised by former Superintendent James Marini in the fall of 2006, according to School Committee Chairwoman Sarah Swiger.
"At the time (of the decision), the School Committee went through a very lengthy review of religious observance days … and there was the chance for input," said McAlduff.
Months of debate were dedicated to the issue, much of which revolved around Winchester's changing demographics.
After intensive research by the Respect for Human Differences Committee, which was formed to delve into the issue and draft a policy, the school committee ultimately decided to hold class on the holiday.
Swiger and fellow committee member Kathleen Bodie voted against the idea, while Bob O'Connor, Michael Schindelman and former Vice Chairman Samuel Kounaves voted in favor of the move.
"To be respectful, you have to be respectful to everyone," Kounaves said at the time of the debate. "A government body shouldn't make decisions about religion."
O'Connor agreed saying, "If next week, another religion comes and pleads for another holiday, what do we do then?"
Swiger said she voted to keep the day an observed holiday for safety reasons.
"I just wasn't certain we'd have enough adults present to have an incident free day," she said. "I do believe in the separation of church and state and I do believe in fairness but I'm just not sure we can do it this way."
Ronald Martignetti, a Roman Catholic who has eight children, two of whom are currently high school student athletes, strongly opposes having classes on Good Friday.
"We should not have school on Good Friday for practical reasons," he said. "You can't hold school when better than 40 to 50 percent (of the students) are not going to attend."
Martignetti was particularly disturbed by the high school's policy on extracurricular activities.
On Holy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter commemorating the Last Supper, Martignetti was told his children would be ineligible to participate in sports if they didn't attend class on Friday.He subsequently contacted Principal Thomas Gwin.
According to Martignetti, when asked about the policy Gwin evaded the question but said other holidays are different from Good Friday.
"I didn't think it was his position to make judgments on the issue," said Martignetti, who subsequently drafted a letter to Gwin with the assistance of attorney Joseph Skerry.
The letter stated that if his children, or any others, were excluded from extracurricular activities due to being absent from school for Good Friday he would file a restraining order against the school system.
"The handbook allows for an exemption for religious preferences," said Martignetti. "I would be equally upset if a Jewish child was made ineligible for extracurricular activities due to missing school for Rosh Hashanah or a Muslim child for missing Ramadan."Gwin eventually reversed his initial decision.
"Our usual policy is that when students aren't in school they can't participate in extracurricular activities or sports," said Gwin. "But in this particular instance, we realized that our handbook rule couldn't apply to a religious holiday."
According to Gwin, school administrators didn't take into account the religious aspect of the day when he originally tried to enforce the policy.
Given the high number of absent students and teachers, the School Committee will be reviewing its policy to determine if it's feasible to continue holding school on the holiday.
There may be a critical mass of absences that could result in the decision being reversed, according to McAlduff.
Although the schools faced an extraordinarily large number of teacher absences, no substitutes had to be hired for the day because the schools have "in-school support staff" that covers any absences. Even if substitutes had been needed, the current spending freeze would have restricted spending, according to McAlduff.
Ironically, McAlduff faced a similar situation in his former school district of Wilmington, which had changed its Good Friday policy shortly before he became Superintendent there.
After two years, the Wilmington School Committee decided to reverse its decision, determining there were just too many absences, said McAlduff. The same thing may very well happen in Winchester.
Those students who did not go to school last week received an excused absence for the day, if the absence was called in according to protocol.
The teachers and staff of each school have varying contracts that stipulate religious observance days.
"Every effort was made to provide a good quality productive day for the kids who were there," said McAlduff.
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A new research study by Acxiom entitled, Tug of Love: The Changing Relationship Between Consumers and Brands found that more than four in five people (82%) believed they were in control of the relationship between themselves and their brands (with 'control' being defined as receiving the information they desire, when and through the media they want). This was more than 50% higher than marketers thought, indicating that 'push' broadcast marketing is quickly being replaced with 'pull' marketing where the individual is in charge of message consumption.


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Citadel adopted by packet radio network
Just after 9/11/01, some of the 11,000 FCC licensed volunteer Amateur Radio operators in Minnesota decided they could build a radio based data network covering the region. This network would provide a reliable "last ditch" email and data capability in the event of an emergency that disabled or overloaded normal communications channels. They passed the hat and collected enough funds and donated equipment to complete the first phase of the network using AX.25 packet radio technology, which has been running to commercial reliability standards since 2002.
Citadel was chosen as the email and conferencing system for this network, due to its compact size and versatile client options – including its text-mode client, which turned out to be perfect for 100 Kbps packet radio connections.


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La Traviata, one of the world's best-loved romantic operas, is performed under the starts on a floating, mirrored stage on Sydney Harbour, with the city, Opera House and Harbour Bridge acting as a stunning backdrop. Giuseppe Verdi's captivating music is performed with the orchestra concealed in a studio beneath the stage to ensure the finest amplified sound combines with the superlative singing of the cast. Emma Matthews thrills as the courtesan Violetta who, against her better judgement, falls in love with Alfredo, the dazzling Italian tenor Gianluca Terranova. But their relationship is doomed on two counts: Violetta's illness, and society's moral views of a courtesan's place within their world. With a colossal, glittering Swarovski chandelier illuminating the stage and fireworks embellishing the night-sky this is a La Traviata without equal.
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The coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscle. The right coronary artery supplies both the left and the right heart; the left coronary artery supplies the left heart.
Fat and cholesterol accumulates on the inside of arteries (atherosclerosis). The small arteries of the heart muscle (the coronary arteries) can be narrowed or blocked by this accumulation. If the narrowing is small, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or PTCA for short, may be the course for treatment. PTCA is a minimally invasive procedure to open up blocked coronary arteries, allowing blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscle. The indications for PTCA are:
While the patient is awake and pain-free (local anesthesia), a catheter is inserted into an artery at the top of the leg (the femoral artery). The procedure begins with the doctor injecting some local anesthesia into the groin area and putting a needle into the femoral artery (the blood vessel that runs from the heart down the leg). Once the needle is inserted, a guide wire is placed through the needle, into the blood vessel. Following this step, the guide wire is left in the blood vessel and the needle is removed. A large needle called an introducer is then placed over the guide wire and the guide wire is removed.
Next, a diagnostic catheter, which is a long narrow tube, is advanced through the introducer over a .035 inch (.0889 cm) guidewire, into the blood vessel. This catheter is then guided to the aorta and the guidewire is removed. Once the catheter is placed in the opening or ostium of one of the coronary arteries, the doctor injects dye and takes a series of X-rays (film of the images).
The first catheter is exchanged out over the guidewire for a guiding catheter and the guidewire is removed. A smaller guidewire is advanced across the blocked section of the coronary artery and a balloon-tipped tube is positioned so the balloon part of the tube is beside the blockage. The balloon is then inflated for a few seconds to compress the blockage against the artery wall. Then the balloon is deflated. The doctor may repeat this a few times, each time pumping up the balloon a little more to widen the passage for the blood to flow through. This treatment may be repeated at each blocked site in the coronary arteries.
A device called a stent may be placed. A stent is a latticed, metal scaffold that is placed within the coronary artery to keep the vessel open.
Once the catheter has been positioned at the coronary artery origin, contrast media is injected and a series of X-rays (film) are taken to check for any change in the arteries. Following this, the catheter is removed and the procedure is completed.
This procedure can greatly improve the blood flow through the coronary arteries and to the heart tissue in about 90% of patients and may eliminate the need for coronary artery bypass surgery. The outcome is relief from chest pain symptoms and an improved exercise capacity. In 2 out of 3 cases, the procedure is considered successful with complete elimination of the narrowing or blockage.
This procedure treats the condition but does not eliminate the cause and recurrences happen in 1 out of 3 to 5 cases. Patients should consider diet, exercise, and stress reduction measures. If adequate widening of the narrowing is not accomplished, heart surgery (coronary artery bypass graft surgery, also called a CABG) may be recommended.
Immediately after the procedure, a ten-pound (5 kg) sandbag may be placed over the femoral artery puncture site in the leg and remain there for 6 hours. This is done to help the artery heal.
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The battle over a proposed ban in California on using killer whales in entertainment shows at amusement parks like SeaWorld stepped up on Monday, as animal rights activists converged on Sacramento to present petitions they said were signed by 1.2 million people worldwide.
The symbolic move to present the petitions by representatives of the Animal Welfare Institute and others came a day before a committee of state lawmakers was set to debate a bill to end orca shows at SeaWorld's San Diego park.
The lobbying comes after executives from SeaWorld Entertainment spent two days at the state capitol presenting their case.
The bill to ban orca shows at parks in California was introduced by state Assemblyman Richard Bloom, a Santa Monica Democrat, who has said he was inspired by the documentary film, "Blackfish," which tells the story of an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld's park in Orlando, Florida, in 2010.
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The bill would ban using the majestic black-and-white mammals in shows, a mainstay of the SeaWorld theme parks, and would also outlaw domestic breeding of the whales.
"SeaWorld is already mounting a vicious campaign to defeat this assemblyman's brave move," the advocacy group Sum of Us declared on its website, urging followers to sign the petitions.
"Blackfish," which supporters planned to screen near the capitol in Sacramento later on Monday, shows what supporters say is ill treatment of the animals at SeaWorld parks, including the separation of young orcas from their mothers despite the animals' social and matriarchal nature.
"The film got wide distribution so we are not surprised that people were misled by the falsehoods and tricks in the movie," said John Reilly, president of SeaWorld's San Diego park. "It's understandable that many people would sign a petition on the premise of the movie. We know that when they learn the facts, people support SeaWorld."
Reilly told lawmakers last week that the accusations were untrue. He said the filmmakers exaggerated a claim that animals were separated from their mothers by using footage of a baby orca while discussing the removal of a much older animal from the group because it had been disruptive.
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He also said the company does not capture wild orcas for use in its shows, and has not done so for 30 years. SeaWorld also runs a multimillion-dollar animal rescue program and funds many avenues of marine science research, he added.
"This film was a piece of propaganda and an attempt to exploit a tragic incident," Reilly said.
Rethinking orca shows
Naomi Rose, an orca biologist with the Animal Welfare Institute who served as an adviser to the film, said that although other states have implemented bans on orca shows, California would be the first state that actually has such entertainment to do so.
"I've been waiting for 20 years for someone like Mr. Bloom to come along and do something about this," said Rose, who believes that the shows, which feature orcas jumping through hoops of fire and performing other tricks, are inhumane.
Many consumers are rethinking the company's use of marine mammal parks in the wake of the film, which came out last year.
But supporters of SeaWorld say it has been a part of the San Diego economy for decades, providing jobs and serving as the No. 1 paid tourist attraction in the area.
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The bill is opposed by a Republican state assemblyman who represents part of the San Diego area. Moreover, the incoming speaker of the state assembly, Toni Atkins, is a longtime supporter of the park, and recently spoke at its 50th anniversary celebration.
Atkins, a Democrat, has refrained from saying whether she will support the bill, but she stressed the importance of the park to the region in a statement sent to Reuters.
"In my many years of experience with the folks at SeaWorld, everyone I have met there has had a deep concern and affection for the animals in their care," Atkins said. "When a sea animal needs care, San Diegans immediately think of SeaWorld."
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Raw Oysters on the Half Shell Recipe
Raw Oysters on the Half Shell With Cucumber Mignonette
Raw Oysters on the Half Shell With Cucumber Mignonette
From Tyler Florence
- 12 large West Coast oysters
Crushed ice or rock salt
Cucumber Mignonette Sauce:
1 cup rice wine vinegar
1 shallot, minced
1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1/2 hothouse cucumber, peeled and minced
1 tablespoon sugar
Several turns freshly ground black pepper
Cocktail Sauce:
2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
1 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce, or to taste
1 lemon, juiced
- For the Oysters: Begin by shucking oysters. Find a durable, thick cloth and fold it over several times to create a square; this will steady the oysters as you shuck them and also protect your hand. Using the towel as a mitt, hold the oyster firmly on a flat surface. Insert the tip of your oyster knife between the shell halves, and work it around 1 side to the other as you pry it open. Using the knife, cut the muscles away from the top, flat shell, bend the shell back, and discard it. Run the knife underneath the oyster to detach it completely, but leave it in its shell (take care not to cut the meat itself). Nestle the oysters in a bed of crushed ice or wet rock salt to keep them steady. Serve immediately with the sauces.
- For the Cucumber Mignonette Sauce: In a small bowl, combine the rice wine vinegar, shallots, ginger, cucumber, sugar and black pepper; mixing with a fork.
- Cover and chill for at least 1 hour or up to the day before you plan to serve, to allow the flavors to come together. Serve with raw oysters.
- For the Cocktail Sauce: Mix ingredients in a blender to combine. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Serves 4.
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How to troubleshot native memory leaks on Windows: GFlags and UMDH
Memory issues are amongst the worst one to solve because pointing precisely the source is often difficult and painful. Memory leaks are not an exception, especially with real-world application: most of the time, programmers start to worry about it when the application outputs some "out of memory" errors. At this moment, you have to find which one, among thousands of functions and many more allocated blocks, causes the application to leak and eventually to crash.
Let's summarize what you really need when you have a memory leak (in addition to a way to reproduce the issue):
- You want to find which object(s) are leaking
- You want to know why they are leaking: is there some static reference to it, or maybe they are not freed?
The process described today deals with the first one, which is often the most difficult.
Who the hell killed my process?
There is a few reasons that can make a process disappear. It can be:
- a normal termination (you reach the end of the main function)
- a call to ExitProcess, potentially located anywhere in your code
- an exception walking up all through the call stack of its thread, making the process die.
How to debug a process as soon as it starts with WinDbg or Visual Studio 2010
Sometimes bug happens before you have the chance to attach a debugger to the faulting process. Most of the time it's because it is launched by another process (a service, the compiler used to create a Xml serializer of a .NET software, a batch script, etc.) and you don't have the time to get the command line with ProcessExplorer. And even if you can get it, a process may expect some context coming from its parent. And obviously, sometimes you don't have a clue about how a process is launched, all you know is that it crashes and you need to see what's inside before it do so.
After a few tryout to pause the process (Process Explorer is your friend) before it crashes, or some tentative to slow down your computer so you have the time to attach a debugger, you're starting to get frustrated. Hopefully I have some solutions for you.
How to break on a function only when a parameter have a specific value (without source code, in WinDbg or… Visual Studio 2010!)
A few days ago, I had to break into a graphic application just after I clicked on a button. Sadly I didn't have the source code, so my purpose was just to get the name of the applicative function called just after a user event (in my case, a click). Of course, when the function handling an event is called, I expect to see a Windows user mode function in the call stack. So I designed a small MFC application with just a button, made a function named OnBnClickedButton to handle clicks, added a breakpoint on this function, and tried to find on the call stack which function is always called when an application process an event.
I eventually found USER32!SendMessageW, and I was quite happy with it: this function is well-known for every MFC programmer because it allows you to send a Windows message to any application (including yours). A click on a button is of course a Windows message, and I was pretty sure I found my entry function. So I started the former graphic application, attached to it with WinDbg, and try to get the focus back to my application so I can click on the button. Sadly, my debugger broke before I could…why? Well, trying to put the focus on an application that is not visible triggers (at least!) a WM_PAINT message, processed by USER32!SendMessageW. And it is not the only one: a simple graphical continually receives A LOT of various messages. I clearly had to break only on a specific message. Hopefully the prototype of USER32!SendMessageW is well known: the second parameter is an unsigned int containing the message ID. Sounds nice, but how can you break on a function ONLY when a parameter have a specific value?


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The damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy more than five years ago was impossible to miss. Roads were flooded, power lines were knocked over, and homes were destroyed. In most cases, the damage has been repaired — but not in all.
State Route 878, also known as the Nassau Expressway, links Rockaway Turnpike and the western portion of the Five Towns to the Atlantic Beach barrier island via the Atlantic Beach Bridge. Commuters have complained that streetlights, particularly along the northbound side, have been out for a long time, and officials in local municipalities say the problem dates back to Sandy.
Barry Ringelheim lives in Atlantic Beach and takes 878 nearly every day on his way to work in Garden City. On a drive home during the week of Jan. 22, he said he counted three non-working lights on the west side of the highway heading south, and nine non-working lights on the eastern side by the northbound lanes between the Atlantic Beach Bridge and Rock Hall Road, about a mile north of the bridge.
Ringelheim said that he has written letters to officials at all levels of government about the issue since 2014. He worries about the possibility of a catastrophe the likes of Sandy. Route 878 is "an emergency evacuation route," he explained. "If there were an emergency at 3 a.m. … or a huge storm … [or] if, God forbid, there were an accident, people wouldn't be able to escape."
The unrepaired streetlights are in the Village of Lawrence, but because 878 is a state road, the thoroughfare is under New York's jurisdiction, so the village is limited in its ability to fix the problem.
"The lights are on a state road, but the village maintains the lights. We change bulbs and fuses," said Gerry Castro, Lawrence's deputy administrator. "Additionally, the section on the northbound side is adjacent to the water, and [State Department of Environmental Conservation] jurisdiction makes it harder to fix because of their regulations. We're really asking for help beyond maintenance."
Castro said the village electrician noticed that erosion, accelerated by Sandy, has exposed some of the underground lighting infrastructure, and the village is not equipped to handle the repair effort on its own.
At a legislative transportation budget hearing in Albany on Jan. 25, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) proposed to the State Department of Transportation that it include repair of the streetlights in the proposed nearly $125 million overhaul of 878. The work is scheduled to begin this spring.
"It's a real safety hazard to be so dark on such a big stretch of highway," Kaminsky said. "The average driver or pedestrian doesn't care about the reasons why. They just don't want to be hit by a car. They just want it to be safe." The senator added that he would stay on top of the DOT to make sure that the lights are repaired.
Sandy didn't immediately damage the streetlights, Castro said. Rather, they slowly wore out as saltwater eroded the wires. State help has more than quadrupled the number of lights that are now working, according to Stephen Canzoneri, the Long Island DOT spokesman.
"NYSDOT has been giving assistance to the Village of Lawrence for street lighting and is always ready to continue to do so as requested," Canzoneri said. "This assistance has helped the village's lights go from 20 percent operational to 90 percent already."
Still, the fact that lights remain out this long after Sandy concerns Ringelheim. "All emergency exits should be in perfect working conditions 24/7," he said. "And now were going back five years, and everyone says, 'I'm going to look into it.' Where is our government?"
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Milwaukee's Season Hinges on the Rotation
By: Ryan Smith (@ryanhenrysmith2)
After a rough 2013 season for the Milwaukee Brewers – one that saw the suspension of Ryan Braun, the continued decline of Rickie Weeks, a regression in Yovani Gallardo's performance, and a litany of injuries – it would have been understandable for Brewer Nation to approach the 2014 campaign with apprehension.
Then the first 12 games happened.
A 10-2 record, best in Major League Baseball.
A nine-game winning streak, including sweeps over the reigning World Series champion Red Sox and 2013 playoff participant Pittsburgh Pirates.
Cue the grand speculation. There was some warranted attention being focused on Milwaukee, reminding fans that this team is not far removed from one that seriously contended for the National League pennant. Sports writers from national sources and local publications were very quick to point out that this roster was not simply a flash in the pan, but instead was built for sustained success throughout the season.
Needless to say, expectations were running high. The pitching staff – both starters and the bullpen – was lights out on the mound. The lineup was providing timely hitting. 10-2.
And then the Cardinals came to town.
Not only did St. Louis stop the winning streak that had the entire state abuzz, they did so in a very Cardinals-y way, shutting out the Brewers at Miller Park, 4-0. That was followed up with a 6-1 loss to the hated Cardinals.
All the "happy" feelings that went along with the nine-game winning streak had been wiped out in a 28-hour span at the hands of the team that seems to have Milwaukee's number more than anyone else.
So where does that leave this Milwaukee squad? Are they the team that started 10-2 with a pitching staff that could hang with anyone? Or are they the team that gets crushed by St. Louis every time they play?
The fact of that matter is that they are probably somewhere in between.
As of right now, the Brewers stand at 11-5, a win percentage of .688 through 16 games. The early season success that the Brewers have experienced begins and ends with the pitching staff. The starting rotation of Gallardo, Lohse, Garza, Estrada, and Peralta has an ERA of 2.55 with a 3.66 FIP. Over 102.1 innings, they have recorded 85 strikeouts and only 29 walks. The bullpen has been just as good, posting a 3.16 ERA with an impressive 3.28 FIP over 42.2 innings.
I'm not delusional; I don't expect the pitching staff to keep this up over the course of the season. In Thursday night's 11-2 loss to the Pirates, we saw the first real implosion by the bullpen, taking over a tie ballgame and giving up nine runs over two innings. The numbers that Brewers pitchers were putting up are simply not sustainable over a full season.
That does not mean that they can't continue to be a point of strength for this team for the remainder of the year. Yovani Gallardo has shown flashes of being a staff ace before, so while his 1.46 ERA and 2.89 FIP won't be as impressive in July, he could still very well be leading the way for a dominant staff. Kyle Lohse has continued to be one of the most reliable starters in Brewer uniform for the second-straight year. Perhaps more than anything else, Lohse's leadership has been key in helping turn this staff around. If Garza can stay healthy and Estrada maintains the progression that he's made over the last few seasons, Milwaukee will have a pretty formidable one-through-four in the rotation.
That brings me to Wily Peralta. I've been a fan of Peralta for quite some time; I always saw the potential that he brought to the mound. He just had the pitching ability that the Milwaukee farm system seemed to lack ever since Gallardo was promoted. His early returns have been mixed; he showed admirable durability in starting 32 games last year, but his 4.37 ERA and 4.30 FIP left something to be desired.
Through three starts this season, Peralta has shown improvement in some important areas. He has lowered his BB/9 by over a full walk while posting similar K/9 numbers, and his ERA is a spectacular 1.96. However, his 4.58 FIP and .222 BABIP seem to indicate that his success thus far is a product of a good amount of luck.
As the number five starter in the rotation, Peralta doesn't need to have a sub-2.00 ERA; he doesn't need to pitch like the staff ace. Frankly, if Peralta can bring his FIP down closer to 4.00 and keep his ERA in the 3.75-range, Brewers fans should be thrilled. If our number five is pitching like a three, we're going to be trouble for the rest of the National League.
I could go on and break down the bullpen arms a little more, or I could discuss the possibility that Aramis Ramirez loves batting with runners in scoring position. But, in all honesty, I think the hopes of a playoff run for the '14 Milwaukee Brewers begins and ends with the rotation.
If they can find a way to continue to produce quality starts even after the supposed lucky numbers stop going their way, the Brewers are going to force themselves into the playoff conversation, along with other National League contenders.
But, if Garza gets hurt, or Gallardo has his past issues creep up, or Peralta steps back to his '13 version, Milwaukee will be in trouble. If the rotation struggles for prolonged periods of time, the bullpen will get taxed and start to break down. If the pitching staff begins to implode, the curious struggles of the lineup will be magnified.
For the record, I think this Brewers team will challenge for a playoff spot. I think they are capable of winning 88-90 games in 2014.
But any sustained success begins and ends with the rotation. If that domino falls, Miller Park will be in for a long summer.