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Kelly Brown could succeed Ross Ford as Scotland captain for the Test with New Zealand, with head coach Andy Robinson to announce his skipper next week.
Saracens back-row Brown was Robinson's first choice captain for the 2012 RBS 6 Nations, but suffered a broken ankle and Edinburgh hooker Ford took the honour.
"I think he (Ford) has done very well as a leader and captaining the team," said Robinson, as he announced a 34-man squad, featuring seven uncapped players, for next week's training camp in St Andrews.
"He's a quality player and a quality person and I'm delighted to see the way that he captained the side.
"We've got Kelly coming into the squad, which is great. I have real belief in what he's about as a leader."
Ford suffered defeat in his first five matches as skipper as Scotland finished with the wooden spoon, before improving the record as Scotland won their three summer tour Tests in Australia, Fiji and Samoa.
Brown is available again for the November 11 EMC Test with the world champions, meaning there could be another change in the leadership.
Robinson added: "When you look at Al Kellock, Jim Hamilton, both captaining their teams, Greig Laidlaw captaining Edinburgh, two scrum-halves (Mike Blair and Rory Lawson) that have both captained Scotland... we've got experience there now, with the leadership."
Robinson's men are bidding to put a dismal 2011-12 campaign behind them, beginning against world champions New Zealand, a side Scotland have never beaten.
Robinson has told his players to relish facing the All Blacks, saying: "It's a great opportunity for players to really test themselves and for us to be clear on where we are."


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Social media has changed the way people interact with one another. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, flickr, all allow us to share information about ourselves. We can easily learn details about one another, such as our favorite books, jobs, families, hometown and even our birth place and date. This leads to many privacy concerns that users may not fully understand.
A recent study by Columbia University looked at Facebook users' flawed use of the site's privacy settings. Researchers found that all 65 participants not only disclosed information they had meant to hide, but also hid data they wished to share. Participants also perceived that their privacy settings were also configured correctly.
Here are a few resources that can assist you in protecting your privacy on facebook:
– Myopenbook.com – This website demonstrates the ease in using facebook's own search engine to discover status updates.
– Time to Audit Your Facebook Privacy Settings – Gina Trapani
– Protect Your Privacy Opt Out of Facebook's New Instant Personalization – Yes You Have to Opt Out – Librarian by Day
Lastly, Steven Bellovin, one of the researchers in the Columbia study, suggests this to protecting your privacy: "The simplest thing is don't post something you don't want the world to see."

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text: The attack on Pearl Harbor is a topic of perennial interest to the American public, and a long line of popular books and movies have focused on the attack or events leading up to it. This work takes an entirely new perspective. Aimed at the general reader with an interest in World War II and the U.S. Navy, the book looks at the massive salvage effort that followed the attack, beginning with the damage control efforts aboard the sinking and damaged ships in the harbour on 7 December 1941 and ending in March 1944 when salvage efforts on the USS Utah were finally abandoned. The author tells the story in a narrative style, moving from activity to activity as the days and months wore on, in what proved to be an incredibly difficult and complex endeavour. But rather than writing a dry operational report, Dan Madsen describes the Navy's dramatic race to clear the harbour and repair as many ships as possible so they could return to the fleet ready for war. Numerous photographs, many never before published in books for the general public, give readers a real appreciation for the momentous task involved, from the raising of the USS Oglala in 1942 and the USS Oklahoma in 1943 to the eventual dismantling of the above-water portions of the USS Arizona. Madsen explains how a salvage organization was first set up, how priorities were scheduled, what specific plans were made and how they worked or, in many cases, did not work. His book is based almost entirely on primary sources, including the records of the fleet salvage unit and the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.


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Deep south: Living the slow life in Okinawa
When we first spot Gentetsu Maeshiro, he's way down Sunset Beach, a stick figure bent over by the shore.
It's mid-afternoon and my wife and I are among a handful of people enjoying this long stretch of sand on the east side of Ishigaki, one of the southernmost islands in the southernmost part of Japan, Okinawa.
We pass a couple from Saitama, north of Tokyo, who just rented an inflatable ring to go floating in the East China Sea.
"What do you think of this place?" I ask them.
"It's so pretty," the young woman replies, looking at the turquoise water.
The stick figure that is Gentetsu Maeshiro is still down the beach, still bent over and still working intently on something.
We're intrigued, so we head his way, the coarse sand and bits of broken coral scratching at our feet.
We get closer and see Maeshiro's stringing freshly cleaned fish to a line. He'd been gutting them in the water and is now ready to bring the catch home to his wife and three-year-old daughter.
"How did you get them?" I ask, after we introduce ourselves.
"Spear fishing," he says with a warm grin, holding the line a little higher so can get a better look at the colorful creatures, almost all them bearing names we couldn't even guess at, especially the Japanese ones.
Maeshiro, 31, was born and raised on Ishigaki, the main island of a chain known collectively as the Yaeyamas, just a stone's throw from Taiwan.
Fishing is his hobby. Farming is his livelihood. He runs a beef farm with about 90 head of cattle, a short drive from Sunset Beach. Talking to him with the sun warming our backs and the waves cooling our feet, our concrete box apartment in bustling Tokyo feels a country away.
Distinct and independent
In many ways, mainland Japan might as well be a neighboring nation.
The Japanese government annexed these islands, known as the Ryukyus, and renamed them in the late 1870s.
But even today, the people who live in Okinawa are considered fiercely independent and culturally distinct. This plays out in their mindset, their music and their food, among other things.
Their low fat, low salt diet -- filled with fish, pork, tofu, seaweed and veggies -- is one reason people here have the longest life expectancy in the world. About 400 centenarians call these islands home. Small wonder Gentetsu Maeshiro hasn't considered living anywhere else.
"Weather good, food good, air good, everything good," he says in staccato English.
More on CNN: Okinawan cuisine: The Japanese food you don't know
Easier access
Small wonder Okinawa is a big draw for Japanese and a growing number of foreign travelers. Just a short hop from Tokyo or Osaka, people jet down for a week or even a weekend to sunbathe, scuba dive and snorkel, despite the cost of getting there.
A return flight from Tokyo International Airport to Naha Airport on the main island typically runs anywhere from ¥60,000 (US$661) to ¥80,000 with major airlines All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL).
But it was well worth it for Ryu, a music teacher from Yokohama, who came here to celebrate his honeymoon with his wife, Mai.
"It's really a different place," he says. "The people, the food, the sea."
The newlyweds are down to the last few hours of their four-day trip, the minutes melting away almost as fast as the cool treat they just bought from the roadside ice cream truck near Ishigaki's northern tip. They're wishing they could do it all over again.
Fortunately, they'll find an anniversary trip will be a lot easier, and a lot cheaper. Workers are busy putting the finishing touches on the New Ishigaki Airport, which is scheduled to open in March.
Plus several low-cost carriers have started flying to Okinawa's main island: ANA's Peach Aviation, JAL's Jetstar Japan, AirAsia Japan and Skymark Airlines.
More on CNN: Okinawa: Which island is for you?
Pass the vinegar
Saving on airfare will likely encourage visitors to venture away from the main island, Okinawa Honto, and explore smaller locales, such as the Yaeyamas. There's plenty to see -- just watch out for the Habu jellyfish, a type of box jellyfish that is a concern from June to October.
The main beaches have netted-off areas to protect swimmers, and some have bottles of vinegar on standby in case people get stung (along with some rudimentary first aid instructions).
We go looking for the spineless suckers, and other undersea creatures, at the beautiful Kabira Bay on Ishigaki, where glass-bottomed boats ply the clear blue-green waters, floating over delicate coral that is shaped like bramble bushes in some spots and giant brains in others. The protected area is also known to be a source of black pearls.
"You can't say you've been to Ishigaki if you haven't been to Kabira Bay," says Jean Barcelo, who manages one of the island's hotels.
Biking on a postage stamp
A few days later, my wife and I are on a ferry heading to Taketomi Island, a tiny outcropping of coral just south of Ishigaki, sitting behind Takayuki Shimada.
"I've been here 16 times," he tells me.
The self-professed salaryman from Chiba, near Tokyo, is an avid bird photographer.
"I'll see you walking around," he says as we get off the boat.
You'd think we'd run into him, given this island is about the size of a postage stamp. But we don't.
You'd also think we wouldn't get lost, given how tiny Taketomi is. But we do.
We've dropped our bags at our rustic hotel and exchanged them for rusty bicycles, and now we're pedaling the few roads that crisscross the island, all 5.4 square kilometers of it.
"I'm pretty sure the beach is this way," I say to my wife, who's trailing behind, likely plotting her escape.
The midday sun is unrelenting, and soon we've developed an uncanny resemblance to the sweaty and snotty water buffalo we passed in the center of town.
The big beasts pull carts of tourists down dusty streets, past the stone walls that surround traditional, one-story buildings. While they labor, their drivers pluck away at sanshin, a three-stringed Okinawan instrument.
Starry night
We do eventually make it to the sea, thanks to the directions from a kind couple sensible enough to stay in the shade.
We watch people scour Kaiji Beach in search of star-shaped sand (really the remains of minute crustaceans) and later we head over to Kondoi Beach as locals gather to barbeque and play music for Taketomi Night, a festival celebrating the beauty and simplicity of this island.
Soon night falls like a curtain and we're back on our bikes, a warm, velvety wind blowing in our faces as we head to our hotel.
The crickets and other night creatures serenade us. The stars and fireflies light our way.
We come across a group of people sitting on the side of the road, chatting softly and staring at the moon.
Another wild Saturday night on Taketomi Island.
We join them, and soon find ourselves lost in this uncomplicated activity. We almost stay until sunrise.
Okinawa essentials
Arriving: Low-cost carriers flying to Okinawa's main island are: ANA's Peach Aviation, JAL's Jetstar Japan, AirAsia Japan and Skymark Airlines. Major airlines All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines offer daily flights from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to Naha and connecting flights to other islands in the archipelago.
The short ferry ride from Ishigaki to Taketomi takes 10 minutes and costs ¥580.
Sleeping: The Busena Terrace Beach Resort is a secluded oasis in Nago that's about a 70-minute drive from Naha Airport. It's the perfect place to unplug, laze around poolside, relax on the beach, or snorkel and scuba dive in the East China Sea.
The ANA Intercontinental Ishigaki Resort has one of the best beaches on the island. The cozy cottages of Fusaki Resort Village, a great spot to watch the sunset, are also worth checking out. Villa Taketomi has eight private villas (five Japanese, three Western) and offers excellent Okinawa-style meals.
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Dr. Xiumin Li, a TCM doctor originally from Beijing, has assembled a research team at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York that has created an effective Chinese herbal formula for the treatment of asthma.Her results, done with the collaboration of Dr. Hugh Sampson in the department of allergy and immunology, are generating significant and favorable reviews in the Western medical community for the use of Chinese herbs as an effective alternative to steroid use.
An Oct. 18, 2005 press release from Decision News Media stated, "An oral combination of three Chinese herbs could be as effective as conventional medicines at alleviating asthma symptoms but without such severe side effects, report Chinese and American researchers."1 The release refers to a double-blind, placebo-controlled study published in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The research was performed on 91 adults at the Waifeng Asthma Hospital in China, under the direction of Drs. Li and Sampson. An herbal pill was administered to subjects with moderate to severe "persistent asthma" over a four-week duration. Forty-six patients were given 12 capsules of the herbal formula per day, plus a placebo similar in appearance to prednisone. A control group of 45 people were given 20 mg of Prednisone a day, plus 12 capsules of placebo herbal capsules. The researchers measured lung function as well as serum cortisol, cytokine and IgE levels before and after treatment. Subjects were also monitored for side-effects of both treatments.
Results showed a "slightly better" effect on lung function with the prednisone, but the results of the herbal formula were quite impressive. While also beneficial to lung function, the herbal formula showed no adverse effects on adrenal function, and had a more beneficial effect on TH1 and TH2 cytokine levels. Prednisone patients also experienced gastric discomfort and weight gain not seen in the herbal group.
Because continued prednisone therapy is so widespread among pediatric asthma patients, with serious medical consequences, the opportunity of developing safe treatments for asthma is a welcomed event in the Western medical community.
The same press release reported, "'Taken together, the findings of this study show that ASHMI (the herbal formula) is effective and well-tolerated in nonsteroid-dependent patients with moderate-severe persistent asthma,' wrote the researchers. They said that the mechanisms underlying its 'remarkable' effects are largely unknown but that they are likely to be the result of synergistic or additive effects of the complex nature of its constituents."2
For the study, a three-herb formula was used as a concentrated extract. The formula was labeled ASHMI (for Antiasthma Herbal Medicine Intervention Formula) and produced by Weifeng Pharmaceutical Factory in China. For a daily dosage, 32 grams of raw herbs were concentrated down to 3.6 grams, and given in 12 capsules. The following herbs were used:
- ling zhi (ganoderma lucidum) 20 g
- ku shen (radix sophorae flavascentis), 9 g
- gan cao (radix glycerrhizae), 3 g
From a traditional background in TCM, it would be hard to predict the success of this formula, as it is, for treatment and control of asthma. It's a very small formula, lacking in herbs that are commonly found in classical or modern asthma prescriptions. One can see, however, that the three herbs could be of benefit. Ling zhi has immune-enhancing effects, and at this dosage, one can accept that the cytokine levels moved towards normalization. Ku shen reduces heat in the lung (in addition to its strong antimicrobial effects), which could prove important in relaxing bronchial spasm. Most asthma is thought, both in TCM and Western medicine, to be the consequence of allergic inflammation, and the cooling properties of ku shen reduce that. The use of a small amount of gan cao helps to harmonize ling zhi with ku shen. The idea of "harmonization" here, in traditional herbal medicine, is to be able to take two distinctive or opposing herbal effects and allow them to present together, in this case ling zhi and ku shen. In addition, gan cao has the effect of regulating and enhancing adrenal function.
The deeper question is, why these three herbs? I talked at length with Brian Schofield, a colleague in Dr. Li's research who works at Johns Hopkins University, and conducted a short interview with Dr. Li.
Dr. Xiumin Li trained as a TCM herbalist in Beijing, and worked in the pediatrics department at the Sino-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing. She also received a master's degree in China in medical research. In the United States, she pursued postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University and refined her skills as a researcher. She achieved a position at the department of allergy and immunology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, working in close association with its director, Dr. Hugh Sampson.
In China, she was well aware of traditional herbal formulas for asthma, and wanted to discover, by research, which herbs actually had an affect on immunological and inflammatory response. To do this, she started with a successful asthma formula used at her Beijing hospital, which she called MSSN-002. This formula contained the following ingredients:
- su zi (fructus perillae frutescentis), 9 g
- ting li zi (semen lepidii), 9 g
- xing ren (semen pruni armeniacae), 9 g
- huang qin (radix scutellariae baicalensis), 9 g
- ku shen (radix sophorae flavascentis), 9 g
- dang gui (radix angelicae sinensis), 9 g
- bai shao (radix paeoniae lactiflorae), 9 g
- ge gen (radix puerariae), 9 g
- jie geng (radix platycodi grandiflori), 6 g
- zhen zhu mu (concha margaritifera), 6 g
- ling zhi (ganoderma lucidum), 6 g
- gan cao (radix glycyrrhizae), 6 g
- da zao (fructus ziziphi jujubae), 5 pieces
- sheng jiang (rhizoma zingiberis officinalis), 6 g
Dr. Li first tested the complete formula, and performed the research on mice (the standard lab animal these days) by inducing asthmatic reactions to allergic antigens. After administering the herbal formula, she evaluated various components of immune response and inflammatory reaction, including TH2-type cytokine release, airway inflammation, mast cell degranulation, release of histamine, tryptase, leukotrienes, and others.3 The researchers also tested the effect on the lymphocytes thought to be ultimately responsible for asthma.
With the idea of creating a small formula that might meet FDA approval for distribution to conventional Western medical practitioners, Dr. Li set about the laborious and painstaking task of evaluating each herb, as well as synergistic combinations of small groups of herbs, and their effect on the known physiological parameters of allergic asthma. After several years, she was able to hone in on three herbs that were found to have a definite and positive effect.
Schofield expressed it to me this way. "We hypothesized that not all herbs in MSSM-002 were necessary to produce beneficial effects on allergic asthma, and began testing the effects of each herb in our animal model of asthma. We found that some had little or no effect, whereas others were very effective. We therefore eliminated the herbs with little effect. By a process of elimination and recombination, we found that a combination of ling zhi, ku shen and gan cao was as effective as the 14-herb formula."4
The fact that she could prove its efficacy in human trials following her studies on mice opened the doors for the Western medical community to seriously look at her work. The next step is for human trials to be duplicated in the U.S., which is currently underway. A change in U.S. patent law now allows a patent to exist for herbal formulas when the application is based on solid western scientific validation.
Now that she has concluded her studies on ASHMI for bronchial asthma, Dr. Li's current project (with Dr. Sampson) involves applying her research skills for an herbal formula to treat food allergies, particularly the potentially fatal peanut allergy. For this, she is using the traditional formula wu mei san with the addition of ling zhi. Due to FDA concerns, she removed from the original formula aconite (fu zi) and asarum (xi xin). The formula used is the following:
- ling zhi (ganoderma lucidum), 28.17%
- wu mei (fructus pruni mume), 28.17%
- huang lian (rhizoma coptidis), 8.46%
- ren shen (radix ginseng), 8.45%
- huang bai (cortex phellodendri), 5.63%
- gan jiang (rhizoma zingiberis officinalis), 8.45%
- dang gui (radix angelicae sinensis), 8.45%
- gui zhi (ramulus cinnamomi cassiae), 2.81%
- chuan jiao (pericarpium zanthoxyli bungeanum), 1.41%
The National Institutes of Health has given Dr. Li a grant to pursue this study. She has already completed her animal studies. The results are extremely promising, showing that the formula completely blocks anaphylactic reaction due to peanuts in mice.5 It remains to be seen if she will try to reduce the formula based on the research protocol she applied to MSSN-002.
For traditional TCM herbalists, I think we can look at Dr. Li's three-herb combination for asthma, as well as working with the original MSSN-02 hospital formula. The same holds true for her modified wu mei san formula for food allergies. The validation of the efficacy of these formulas should encourage practitioners in choosing or creating herbal formulas for asthma and food allergy.
Dr. Xiumin Li should be recognized and honored as a pioneer in introducing Chinese herbal medicine into the American mainstream of scientific medicine, and for using the scientific method to analyze the efficacy of traditional formulas. Her name is one to remember, because it is certain she will become famous in both traditional Chinese medicine as well as Western scientific medicine.
- Decision News Media. Click to view it online.
- Ibid.
- Wen MC, Wei CH, Hu ZQ, et al. Efficacy and tolerability of antiasthma herbal medicine intervention in adult patients with moderate-severe allergic asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol, September 2005.
- From a personal e-mail.
- The Chinese herbal medicine formula FAHF-2 completely blocks anaphylactic reactions in a murine model of peanut allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 115(1).
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N.Y. boy kicked off girls' field hockey team for "superior play"
(AP) GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - He's too good, and that's too bad.
A 13-year-old New York boy who played field hockey growing up in Ireland has been told that after two years as a member of the Southampton High School girls' team, he is now too skilled to qualify for an exemption allowing him to compete with and against girls next season.
Keeling Pilaro, whose 10 goals and eight assists earned him all-conference honors on suburban Long Island he was the only boy in any league is appealing the decision by the governing body for high school sports in Suffolk County, and a lawyer for his family suggests a court battle could ensue if the ball doesn't bounce Keeling's way.
An appeals committee said it looked only at his skills, not size or strength, when upholding the decision to keep him off the field. That raises a question of discrimination.
Keeling's fight appears to be a rare example of a young man seeking to take advantage of Title IX, a 40-year-old law enacted to provide women equal access to athletic opportunities. There are no boys' high school field hockey teams anywhere on Long Island, or, for that matter, in most of the country.
"It's really annoying," the eighth-grader said in a recent interview. "I'm just 4-foot-8 and 82 pounds, so I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to play. I don't really care if I'm on a girls' team or a boys' team, I just want to play."
Southampton school administrators agree, but they don't have the final say.
"The decision to support him represents our commitment to provide meaningful opportunities to each of our students," Superintendent Dr. J. Richard Boyes said in a statement. "Our community, including the girls on our field hockey team, embraced Keeling Pilaro and we couldn't be more proud of him."
The problem, according to Edward Cinelli, the director of the organization that oversees high school athletics in Suffolk County, is that state education law won't allow it. He cited a provision that says administrators are permitted to bar boys from girls' teams if a boy's participation "would have a significant adverse effect" on a girl's opportunity to participate in interschool competition in that sport. Officials say Keeling's skills are superior to the girls he plays against, creating an unfair advantage.
Keeling's defenders say that while he has played well, his skills are not superior to everyone else in the league, and also that his skill level should not be the final determining factor in whether he gets to play.
In order to play with the girls in the first place, Keeling had to get permission from Suffolk's mixed-competition committee, which screens players who want to compete on teams of the opposite sex. Cinelli says there have been occasions where girls have been approved to play football, wrestle or compete in other traditional boys sports, but Keeling is the first in his memory to play alongside girls.
After a year on the junior varsity and a second season with the varsity, the committee in March denied Keeling permission to play next fall. An April decision by the panel's appeals committee affirmed the original decision, and said it did not consider his size and strength as potential criteria for being disqualified.
"Stick-play, quickness and agility are the ingredients of superior play and those are the characteristics of Keeling Pilaro relative to those girls with and against whom he participated," the committee wrote.
Another appeal hearing is set for May 15.
Keeling also plays with an all-girls field hockey club team, his father, Andrew, said, contending that there have been no problems in club competition.
Family attorney Frank Scagluso argued the county organization's ruling is faulty and promises legal action, if necessary. He said judging the boy's stick play is subjective, and the fact that Keeling has worked hard to improve his skills should not disqualify him. Scagluso argued there are many girls playing in Suffolk County with superior skills to Keeling's.
Keeling's chances of winning on a Title IX argument are slim, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, because the law was established to benefit those who claim their opportunities to compete are underrepresented. Most of the time that favors women or girls, because schools provide more opportunities for boys to play athletics.
But, she said, he could successfully argue that he is the victim of discrimination because officials already granted him permission to play and may now be holding him to a higher standard than girls.
The United States is one of the rare places in the world where boys do not regularly play field hockey, said Chris Clements, the national men's coach for USA Field Hockey. He said there are some leagues for boys in California, places on the East Coast where men and boys play, and club teams. But he conceded the opportunities for boys to learn the sport are rare.
"Even the girls don't pick up the sport until high school, or middle school."
He said USA Field Hockey is working on initiatives aimed at getting more boys involved. Some on the national team played on girls high school teams when they were younger; others have also developed skills playing in Europe, he said.
He said Keeling's age and skill sets should not disqualify him from playing with the girls next season.
"Obviously at some stage we do need to separate them in terms of their speed and skill," Clements said of boys and girls playing together. He didn't think Keeling's participation on a girls' team at his age would be detrimental.
"Maybe by the time he gets to be a senior, it could be argued that there is a difference, but I would say right now he fits in just fine," Clements said. "I'd say right now the girls are just as fast and just as strong. He stands out naturally because he's a boy. He just looks different."


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Roy Hargrove On JazzSet
Roy Hargrove On JazzSet
Set List
"Is That So" (Duke Pearson)
"Ballad For Aisha" (Tyner)
"Tamisha" (Saleem)
"You're My Everything"
"Hot Sake" (Johnny Griffin)
"Soulful" (Hargrove)
"Low Life" (Pearson)
Roy Hargrove's sets are all music, no banter.
He was born in 1969 in Waco, Texas. In public school, from fourth through eighth grade, Hargrove had one key music teacher, a man named Dean Hill. Hargrove remembers the day Mr. Hill invited a guest to school: David "Fathead" Newman was also from Texas, and lived there for his years in the Ray Charles band. As Hargrove said later, "Fathead came over to our school and played baritone saxophone. ... He soloed over [the marching band and tuba] to demonstrate improvisation. I remember thinking, 'How did he make all that music?' without anything in print." A dozen years later, in 1995, Hargrove invited Newman to play on Hargrove's album Family.
Impressively, although its sets are composed of obscure insiders' pieces with haunting melodies (the way Hargrove likes his melodies), his band doesn't rely on sheet music any more than Fathead did. Two pieces in this set come from Atlanta-bred pianist and bandleader Duke Pearson (1932-80), who in the 1960s was a producer for the Blue Note label — shaping the classic small-group sound — and also co-led a big band at the Vanguard with trumpeter Donald Byrd.
Wynton Marsalis noticed Hargrove when he was still in high school. Marsalis was young, too, and always a talent scout. After graduation, Hargrove spent his first summer working in Europe; in college, he was peppered with job offers. The RCA Novus label signed him, and thus began the non-stop recorded history of the Roy Hargrove Quintet.
Twenty years later, this set extends that story. On May 25, 2011, the first set from Hargove's Village Vanguard show was webcast on NPR Music. Now, on JazzSet, stay for the second set. Though it was played without a word from the stage, the audience gave the Roy Hargrove Quintet more than a two-minute ovation. And, for your information, the two shows that night had entirely different set lists, and this was one night of a two-week run.
Personnel: Roy Hargrove, trumpet; Justin Robinson, alto sax; Ameen Saleem, bass; Sullivan Fortner on piano; Montez Coleman, drums.


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VANCOUVER — Team Finland did something Saturday it couldn't manage the day before.
It showed up and fought back.
Spurred by the fact the Vancouver OlympicGames will be the international swan song for its core group of veterans, Finland bounced back from one of its most humbling defeats to beat Team Slovakia 5-3, winning the men's hockey bronze medal.
Down 3-1 after two periods, Finland regrouped in the second intermission.
"The main message was you got to believe," said 39-year-old forward Teemu Selanne. "The third period is all about believing.
"What a great ending for this tournament. We're a small country. Winning bronze in this kind of tournament is absolutely huge."
The second intermission meeting worked. Finland scored four unanswered third-period goals, including one on a Kimmo Timonen point shot and two others scored in a span of two minutes by Olli Jokinen.
For Selanne, it was a better feeling than winning silver four years ago at the Games in Turin.
"That was such a bitter and disappointing moment," Selanne said. "At least with bronze you win. Everyone is celebrating."
Selanne played his first national team game 23 years ago and has been a part of five Olympics. He said Saturday's game was his last as part of the national team. He also said this will be his last NHL season.
"I learned to say never say never, but I think this will be it for me," Selanne said.
Finland looked both energized and committed Saturday.
Recovered from their 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Team USA on Friday, the Finns swarmed the puck and the Slovaks, outshooting them 12-5 in the first period and taking a 1-0 lead on a Sami Salo power-play goal with 1:10 left in the frame.
But on a second-period power play, the Slovaks got back into the game. After a screened Miikka Kiprusoff fought through traffic to make a good save off a Zdeno Chara blast, Slovakia managed to control the rebound. Chara faked another shot, then worked the puck to Pavol Demitra, who, with a pretty saucer pass, found his old friend and former Minnesota Wild teammate Marian Gaborik in the slot. Gaborik took his time before wiring a wrist shot over top of Kiprusoff's right shoulder. Demitra thrust his fist in the air.
It was just the start for Demitra, who had a terrific game. Less than seven minutes later, and on another power play, he set up Marian Hossa for a goal and Slovakia had a 2-1 lead.
The Finns appeared poised to get it back when Slovakian forward Branko Radivojevic took a double minor for high-sticking.
It was the Slovaks, however, who took advantage. After a takeaway, Hossa and Demitra were off on a short-handed two-on-one rush. Hossa slid the puck cross-crease to Demitra, who snapped it by Kiprusoff.
It was Demitra's third point of the game. It gave him 10 for the Olympics, more than any other player in the men's tournament.
Demitra was heartbroken after the game. He said he would have rather finished eighth than fourth.
"It's the biggest loss in hockey in my life," Demitra said. "I can't explain it."


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Hog farm raises water pollution concerns
Hog farm owner defends location, water quality
A hog farm owner told 40/29 News Wednesday his farm will not pollute Big Creek, a tributary of the Buffalo National River.
Jason Henson co-owns C&H Hog Farm and plans to fertilize surrounding pastures with liquid hog waste. That plan sparked debate over whether the fertilizer could wash into the river.
"As far as making it worse – I think it's false accusations," Henson said.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issued a C&H Farms a permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) in August 2012. The ADEQ determined the fertilizer used in nearby land would not have an effect on Big Creek or the Buffalo National River.
C&H is permitted to keep 2500 sows weighing 55 pounds or more and 4000 swine weighing less than 55 pounds.
"We're here to protect the environment living at home. I mean, we're farmers. Farmers have been taking care of the land for generations," Henson said.
A town hall meeting scheduled for Wednesday plans to address water quality concerns. Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan and an Ozark water quality specialist will answer questions.


text: Online gaming is very often confused with online betting and the arrests made in the connection. Gambling laws are outdated and colonial in nature needs urgent notice for modification. The recent abuse has led the authorities to gear up and construe a program towards direction for more clarity. Irrespective of this, the online gaming has seeped into the blood of Indians, and thriving.


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CAIRO - Egyptian authorities appealed on Thursday against a court order banning the video file-sharing site YouTube for a month over an amateur video that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad, saying the ruling was unenforceable.
"The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority has presented an appeal to halt implementation of the verdict," said a statement from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Egypt's administrative court ordered the ministries of communication and investment to block YouTube, owned by Google , inside the country because it had carried the film Innocence of Muslims, said the state news agency MENA.
The low-budget 13-minute video, billed as a film trailer and made in California with private funding, provoked a wave of anti-American unrest in Egypt, Libya and dozens of other Muslim countries in September.
The video depicts the Prophet as a fool and a sexual deviant. For most Muslims, any portrayal of the Prophet is considered blasphemous.
A statement issued after talks between ministry officials and the telecoms regulator said it was technically impossible to shut down YouTube in Egypt without affecting Google's Internet search engine, incurring potentially huge costs and job losses.
"The government cannot carry out the contents of the verdict within Egypt's borders," the statement said. The only step the authorities could take was to block the offending film within Egypt, which had already been done.
Only the United States had the capability to shut down YouTube, it said.
"Blocking YouTube would affect the search engine of Google, of which Egypt is the second biggest user in the Middle East," the statement said. This would cause losses to the economy of up to hundreds of millions of Egyptian pounds (tens of millions of dollars) and affect thousands of jobs, it added.
In a statement, Google said it had created a simple mechanism for legal authorities to request the blocking of content viewed as illegal.
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Genre: Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense
Release Date: May 07, 2013
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From Michael Harvey, Chicago's best-known crime writer and author of the popular Michael Kelly series, comes something different: a leap forward into a dark world where the lines between innocence and guilt disappear altogether.
They're young, brilliant, beautiful . . . and naïve enough to believe they can make a difference. For three graduate students, the exclusive innocence seminar at the nation's most esteemed journalism school is supposed to teach them how to free the falsely accused from prison. Little do they know the most important lesson they'll learn is how to stay alive.
The first day of class for Ian Joyce and Sarah Gold starts like any other, until a fellow student, Jake Havens, pulls a wrinkled envelope from his backpack. Inside is a bloodstained scrap of shirt from a boy murdered fourteen years ago and an anonymous note taking credit for the killing. The only problem is the alleged murderer is already dead.
Suddenly, the class has a new assignment: find the real killer. As the case unfolds, the bodies and questions begin to pile up.
Why are innocent men being framed?
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Drawn into a web of deceit and corruption, the students realize they, too, are being hunted. Ian, Sarah, and Jake are smart . . . but are they smart enough to stay alive?
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Hilton Files for An IPO, and More
What's News: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. files for an initial public offering of up to $1.25 billion. Businesses and schools are closed as flash floods hit Colorado. Author J.K. Rowling to make her screenwriting debut. Photo: AP
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The sixth-placed Reds are seven points adrift of Chelsea, current occupiers of fourth spot and with a match in hand. There are 27 points available to Brendan Rodgers' side in the remainder of the campaign, which theoretically allows them to reach 72 points.
With the requirement for attaining fourth place having reduced over the last couple of seasons - Tottenham finished with 69 last year compared to the 76 Liverpool required in 2007-08 - there still remains an outside chance. And England captain Gerrard said: "Liverpool don't belong in seventh, eighth or ninth in the table."
He added: "We want to push for the European places year after year. Hopefully it's not too late but we will need to produce the perfect finish to sneak in the back door.
"The top five places are the target. Let's see what happens in other big games that are not in our control. Hopefully the teams above us will slip up. All we can control is our performances and our consistency and hopefully we will finish strong."
Liverpool overcame a significant hurdle with the 3-2 defeat of Tottenham yesterday, coming from behind for only the second time this season to beat a top-five side for the first time since Rodgers took over last summer.
"I think this season has been slightly strange in the way that usually we do really well against the top sides and we slip up against the sides we should be beating," Gerrard said.
"But we have been putting those sides away quite comfortably with three, four and five-nils and looking really good. We haven't got the points we've needed against the top sides.
"This result and performance will give us great confidence and belief. Hopefully it will be a springboard for us to go on and finish the season really strongly.
"At times we haven't got what we've deserved against top sides but we can't look for excuses. We are where we are and we need to take responsibility for where we are in the league."


text: At least one blast concussion was experienced by up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. New research suggests that nearly half these veterans may have a problem so under-recognized that even military physicians may fail to look for it. A new study conducted by Charles W. Wilkinson, Elizabeth A. Colasurdo, Kathleen F. Pagulayan, Jane. B. Shofer, and Elaine R. Peskind, all of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington in Seattle, has found that about 42 percent of screened veterans with blast injuries have irregular hormone levels indicative of hypopituitarism. Many conditions associated with hypopituitarism mimic other common problems that veterans can suffer, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, explains study leader Wilkinson. However, unlike those other conditions, those under the banner head of hypopituitarism can be can often be well-controlled by replacing the deficient hormones. "This could be a largely missed opportunity for successful treatment," Wilkinson says. The team will discuss their study, entitled, "Prevalence of Chronic Hypopituitarism After Blast Concussion," at the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting, being held April 20-24, 2013 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Mass. The poster presentation is sponsored by the American Physiological Society (APS), a co-sponsor of the event. As the findings are being presented at a scientific conference, they should be considered preliminary, as they have not undergone the peer review process that is conducted prior to the data being published in a scientific journal. A Simple Screen Wilkinson explains that researchers have recently recognized that traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) can cause hypopituitarisma decrease in the concentrations of at least one of eight hormones produced by the pituitary, a gland seated at the base of the brain. Studies in the last few years have suggested that between 25 and 50 percent of people who receive TBIs have low pituitary hormone levels. However, these early studies have focused on injuries that civilians are more likely to receive, such as an automobile accident. As a research physiologist who works for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Wilkinson decided to investigate whether veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq who suffer blast injuries show a similar frequency of hypopituitarism. He and his colleagues collected blood samples from 35 veterans coming home from these wars and diagnosed with a blast concussion about a year priorenough time for hormone changes to become evident. They then did a screen to compare blood concentrations of the eight hormones produced by the pituitary with the documented normal levels of these hormones. Missed Opportunity for Treatment The researchers found that about 42 percent of these veterans showed abnormally low levels of at least one of these hormones. The most common low hormone was human growth hormone, which can cause behavioral and cognitive symptoms similar to PTSD and depression, along with increases in blood lipids and changes in metabolism and blood pressure that can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The second most common problem was hypogonadism, changes in sexual hormones that can affect body composition and sexual function. The researchers also saw that some veterans had abnormally low levels of vasopressin and oxytocin, hormones that have been linked to psychiatric problems and bonding. Problems with these hormone levels, in addition to growth hormone, could lead to personality changes that affect relationships with loved ones, Wilkinson explains. He notes that the prevalence of hypopituitarism in the general population is estimated at 0.03 percent. The 42 percent prevalence that these results suggest is cause for further investigation, he says. "We're not diagnosing definite disorders in this studythese individuals would still need a clinical evaluation," he explains. "But if even 10 percent of these veterans have hypopituitarism, it's a problem that physicians should be aware of." Wilkinson adds that many veterans who suffer blast injuries may never see an endocrinologistand a neurologist or a psychiatrist, whom they're more likely to see for post-concussion follow-up, is unlikely to screen for hormonal deficiencies. Because low hormone levels can often be successfully treated, he says, it's a missed opportunity to help veterans. The work was supported by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Source: Eurekalert << Quality of Life In Elderly Patients Improved By Palliative ... 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(Pocket-lint) - As little as eighteen months ago, the idea of adding GPS to your car was something only those buying a high-end number or able to afford a two-grand post-purchase solution were capable of. The introduction of GPS into PDAs forced a re-think of the market and now it's possible to find a wide range of GPS devices suited to all types of user.
The Garmin StreetPilot C330 has been designed as an all-in-one that is mounted along the driver of a vehicle and unlike PDA-based versions, is not intended to be carried about. The design is similar to a device available from TomTom but where the C330 has an advantage comes in the form of the internal battery - so, should you wish to use it out of car, you can.
The 12-channel GPS receiver is as powerful as you'll currently find in a domestic set, and took a little over 20 minutes to find a connection first time out of the box, once found, we found that a strong signal was maintained constantly.
It's ready to use straight from the box as the maps come preloaded. To make things even easier, buttons and controls are kept to a minimum. On the front of the unit you'll find the power button, volume control and a USB slot. You may be wondering why a standalone unit should come with a USB port? Well, it means the user can connect the unit to a computer, or add a memory key, to upgrade the firmware or even add more maps, as and when necessary.
The unit is compact enough to sit on the dashboard of a car but that'll limit your view of the screen, so the supplied suction cup for car mounting comes in handy.
Possibly giving away the StreetPilot's heritage is the screen, which measures 3.5in and offers a 320 x 240-pixel resolution the same as any standard PDA. With support for 16-bit colour rendering as well as being backlit, you can view maps in 65K colour. So, when it comes to interacting with the device you tap the touchscreen menu. On the downside, such screens work best inside a vehicle but less so in straight daylight.
With large icons and a straightforward interface, we found it easy to get going. When it comes to viewing maps, you can opt for a 3D version of the standard bird's-eye view to make things easier.
As with all of Garmin's portable devices, the MapSource City Select maps cover the whole of Western Europe and come with a full array of POI (Points Of Interest), including hotels, restaurants, petrol stations, ATMs, and attractions.
While lacking many of the features of more expensive, high-end units, the C330 is a highly usable and versatile solution. If your job means you spend most of the day behind a wheel, this is as flexible an option as it is affordable.


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Uggla takes BP for first time since LASIK surgery
Chris Iseman is an associate reporter for MLB.com.
NEW YORK -- Second baseman Dan Uggla took batting practice before the Braves' game against the Mets on Tuesday at Citi Field as he works his way back to the lineup following LASIK surgery.
Uggla went on the disabled list on Aug. 13 to undergo the corrective eye surgery to improve his vision. Before going on the DL, Uggla was hitting .186 with 21 home runs and 53 RBIs.
Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez said Uggla looked good in the batting cage, and he will take BP again when the Braves start their series in St. Louis on Thursday.
Gonzalez said it's possible Uggla will return to Atlanta to be seen by doctors before playing in a rehab game.
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iOS 4.2 took a little longer than planned to roll out; a last minute WiFi bug in the 4.2 golden master caused a delay of a few weeks to rev up to the 4.2.1 version that was released on Monday. Despite this, Apple is rumored to have iOS 4.3 already waiting in the wings for a mid-December release. That update is said to bring a new subscription billing API for in-app purchasing, according to MacStories, enabling app developers to collect recurring charges directly through iTunes for print, video, or other content.
In particular, these new APIs are said to be behind an upcoming subscription news app from News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch recently told Fox Business that the app, called The Daily, would launch on the iPad and other tablets around the beginning of 2011, and would cost readers 99¢ per week for daily news updates.
Daring Fireball later reported that News Corp had been working closely with Apple on the necessary functionality to enable subscription billing and possibly push updates of new content to the app. Sources pointed to an early-December press event to unveil the new capabilities, and MacStories reported that an iOS 4.3 update was slated to come out the following week.
MacStories also speculated that iOS 4.3 would include some bug fixes and other maintenance code, including improved support for AirPlay from first party iOS apps. Apple is rumored to be sticking to its mid-December release window, but if that deadline blows by, the holidays will add at least a few extra weeks to the wait.
Adding direct subscription billing APIs could provide an easier and more consumer-friendly revenue stream for services like Hulu Plus or magazine publishers. Still, it won't address the concerns that some content providers have that they won't be able to collect valuable demographic data or use their own payment systems. A 70 percent cut via iTunes is still better than losing subscribers altogether, though, as more readers ditch traditional print sources for online content. Murdoch and News Corp. seem poised to prove that the model can work for a modern newsroom.


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While basic theming is really pretty easy, there's a lot of complex stuff that you can do if you want to, so be sure to check out the resources for theming: http://docs.sencha.com/touch/2-1/#!/guide/theming
While basic theming is really pretty easy, there's a lot of complex stuff that you can do if you want to, so be sure to check out the resources for theming: http://docs.sencha.com/touch/2-1/#!/guide/theming
Thank you very much for the reply!! I'm going to try it right now... I'll see if it works.
Look in folder touch\resources\themes\images\default\pictos for the complete list.
There are 11 icons in the kitchen sink. But on that same "icons" page of the kitchen sink it says:
"Sencha Touch comes with over 300 icons that can optionally be included in your app via Sass and Compass."
No further instruction. I guess I have to read the whole "theming" section to simply add one icon that isn't part of this 11.
Edit: Ok, so I've had to look through the SASS code and even had to dig down into the icon mixin! All I wanted to do was include the "info_plain" icon that is located in the images directory (described above). The guide is out of date, using "pictos-iconmask($name)". It has now changed to "icon($name)".
I placed @include icon("info_plain"); in my app.scss file and compiled. It gave me an error stating that the icon could not be found. Hmm, so I look into the icon mixin (something I shouldn't have to do, the documentation continues to fail).
The mixin basically translates the name you give into a character as part of the pictos font. It does not look, nor does it have anything to do with, the icons in that themes folder. So now I'm stuck with the images in that font, or am forced to use something else to import this png file that seems to be absolutely useless to be included in the themes folder.
The barrier for entry into Sencha is intense.
I agree with you Kikketer, the case with iconCls for buttons is just a big fail on Sencha's part.
I have created a separate mechanism for putting icons on buttons. Not using Senchas built in stuff, as it doesn't work.
- The button doc doesn't state the available icons or how to include more icons.
- The kitchen sink button icon demo states that 300+ icons are available, but you cannot include them, so it's just a blatant lie.
It would be nice if Sencha included a group of icons that matched the theming. When I looked in the resources images directory I saw a lot of sprites. Not too useful unless you're looking at using SASS and writing your own widget.
In our case, we've found a reasonable set of 16x16 icons on the internet. The library has over 3,500 icons. Look here: http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/
Yes, I know there are a dearth of icons on the internet but this one seemed the most consistent.
Hope this helps.
So after looking at the code: touch > resources > themes > stylesheets > sencha-touch > base > mixins > _class.scss
There's a segment of code for translating the icons into their respective code for the font file:
So names are nice and all, but we still don't know what they look like. Also, note... you can't use these until you activate them with @icon(...)Code:// Row 1 @if ($name == "anchor") { @return "a"; } @else if ($name == "box") { @return "b"; } @else if ($name == "upload") { @return "c"; } ....
Also there's only 103 icons listed in here (1/3 of what the kitchen sink states). They do have a comment with the pictos fonts link. http://pictos.cc/font/ Again there are not 300 fonts to pick from there.
Basically it comes down to roll your own when you need icons. The "built-in" fonts are nearly useless and difficult to see what they actually are. If you want icons, grab some from someplace (make sure they are fonts, like icomoon.io) Then roll your own.
Until Sencha documents the icons they have correctly, I wouldn't trust using it.
(Side note: Sencha - Why did you pick Pictos? There's hardly any good/useful icons in there. There's a serious lack of useful arrows or simple icons. Exit? < >? "multi-person"? I just really hope you are not paying too much for those)
any suggestions for perfect iconcls for personnel messages box , 'cause i've used "compose" for making wall post.
This is current for Sencha Touch 2.3:
Note that this lists the icon include with the named param (i.e. "action" or "pencil") and also shows the letter one needs to use as the content ("R" and "p" for action and pencil respectively).
@sencha This really should be listed as a table in the docs in my opinion.


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Where has September gone? How can it already be half over?
The Blog may be a bit slow these next few weeks. This is the last week of school before the kids are on a fall break until mid October. This week I am preparing for The Boy's birthday and getting ready to have them home with me, which I love. I thought I would take a some time to drink my smoothie-lunch and type away at ya.
If you get a chance you should mosey on over to Biding My Time and wish meh a happy birthday. He latest post is all about shoes, which is why we are friends! meh, Happy Birthday my friend. I wish I could come over and make you a big 'ole home made chocolate cake and sit right down and eat it with you!
Last week was teacher conferences for both the kids. I just love where the kids are going to school right now. As a side note, If you are a teacher out there in blogger-land, I appreciate you! You're job is not an easy one!
Here is one thing that is so weird about teacher conferences for me. I always feel weepy during them. Now, I don't get all blubbery and do the ugly cry or anything, as a matter of fact the teachers probably don't even know I feel this way, but I have to hold my emotions in a lot while they are talking about my kids. Both teachers had nice things to say about my kids. They also gave areas where both kids could work harder (because we will never lack areas in our lives where we can improve) which I appreciate and respect. Both The Girl and The Boy are doing well in school so I can't figure out where the emotions come from. In the past I thought perhaps it was nervousness, but this time I wasn't at all nervous. I have been working in the classrooms for a couple of months and I feel really comfortable with both teachers. Anyway, are any of you Mom's out there the same way? Or am I just the weirdest bird on the planet?
OK, time is a tickin'. This always happens to me. I think that the kids will start school and I will have all this time to do "stuff" and the next thing you know September is half way over and then it's Thanksgiving...and Christmas...and the New Year!!! AUUGHHH!!!
All right, lunch is over, have a Happy Monday!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Times a Tickin', Tickin' Away!
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- Anonymous said...
Time does fly by! I was thinking about this very thing this morning, as the weather is beginning to turn cooler and September is nearly over. Before we know it, the rush of holidays will escort us from October through December and then it will be a new year! Crazy. Hold on tight!
- September 17, 2007 10:33 PM
- Karen said...
Kellie, I'm not a mother, but I used to work with the first grader's in an elementary school. Every time they put on a performance I got that weepy thing. I always though it was something about not being able to have kids, but as I've gotten older I realized that it is a sort of a bittersweetness of joy over having been able to enjoy (and do well -- very rarely got praise as a child) something in my youth and sorrow over not being able to experience that time again.
Miss you! ~Karen (from Cornerstone)
- September 18, 2007 4:08 PM
- Unknown said...
How are you?!!!!!
So good to hear from you!
I checked out your blog. What a great story, but ya need to feed your blog!
- September 18, 2007 4:16 PM


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As If vs. As Though
"As if" and "as though", does it mean the same thing? Is one more colloquial and the other more formal? How do you use them?
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Dictionary of Problem Words & Expressions (Harry Shaw) says "as if" and "as though" are pretty much interchangeable. Years ago I read in an English usage book that "as if" is preferred for this reason: "She ran out of the house as (she WOULD run) if her hair was on fire" As though doesn't make sense this way. "...though her hair was on fire"? But her hair was not REALLY on fire. Nevertheless, one is used interchangeably with the other.
"Though" is not a bastardization of "although;" this is a common misconception. Originally, the word although was actually two separate words: all though. This phrase was used much like today's phrase "even though" is used -- as an intensifier for the conjunction "though." Although many purists will argue that "though" is an unacceptable substitution for the word although, it is obvious that history does not support this claim. Feel free to use though as a conjunction, but I would be leary of using it as an adverb, as many still take issue with that as well.
"If" is more uncertain, as though you were talking about the possibility of something, rather than the actual existence of something.
"If I feel like it."
"As if!" is a shorter version of: "As if that would happen!", "As if I would ever do that!", etc.
"Though" is definitely more of a certainty, because it usually is used when referring to something as it already is.
"I was going to invite myself to dinner, though I suppose that would be quite rude."
"I never figured him for a shy person, though now that you mention it, he does keep to himself quite a bit."
'Though' is also an unfortunate bastardization of "although" that is usually much more effective and less snobbish.
Somehow, I cannot imagine the American teenage girl responding to her friend, "As though!"
Very slight, and not very meaningful.
"But for" many times indicates a circumstance that prevented the happening of something else:
"But for the the extensive flooding that washed out much of the spring planting, the farm would have shown a considerable profit that year."
"Except for" most often indicates something that is literally an exception:
"Except for the farm that sustained serious flooding damage, all the farms in the area showed a considerable profit that year."
In your case, the "except for" case is marginally more acceptable to me, though there is a great deal of overlap.
thank's, that's a hell of a link you gave me here!
I have the same question for but vs. except.
For example:
"But for the names he called us, we didn't understand a tenth of what he bawled."
vs. "Except for the names he called us, we didn't understand a tenth of what he bawled."
Is there a nuance of some sort?
I think they mean the same thing. This British English page agrees (and I think most American English speakers would also agree):
I tried very hard to think of any cases in which I use the two differently, but after much wasted time I could not think of any.
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Here at Quickparts, we are in constant contact with engineers, mold makers, machinists, and other self-proclaimed experts of the manufacturing industry. Over the years, our molding lexicon has grown tremendously – to a "molding urban dictionary" of sorts. Listed below are some of the most common terms that frequent our ears daily.
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|Refers to the upper half of the injection mold usually the show surface of the finished product but is mainly concave
|Refers to the side of the tool where the plastic part is injected from; also known as the bottom half of the tool
|Refers to where the plastic enters into the cavity of the mold.
|Hand Load
|Aluminum or steel feature in a mold used to create undercuts in molded parts. They are manually removed from the mold during the part ejection process.
|Refers to the portion of an automatic custom injection mold that keeps the slide in the forward position when the molding machine is closed on the mold
|Horn Pin
|Pin used to actuate the slide on an automatic injection mold
|A channel cut into custom injection molds, in which plastic travels from the injection molding machine, through the sprue, through the runner and then through the gate ultimately filling the part
|Refers to when plastic enters into the mold and the melt is maintained by friction produced by speed and pressure. Too much shear can cause the plastic material to burn, too little can cause the material to freeze off causing short shot
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I am seriously perturbed at this league. I have the lead. I like winning. I don't like it when a couple of your matchups were won because of managers that are not paying attention or have given up. Ryan, I have a person that would love to take over a spot next season. Just a heads up for the future.
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Potential employment site damages pensioner's house price
PUBLISHED: 13:14 15 November 2012
THE threat of a potential employment site at Sidford has knocked tens of thousands of pounds off the market value of a nearby pensioner's house.
Widow Truda Ward, whose Sidvale Close property backs onto the controversial site, wrote to Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities, explaining her plight and asking him to clarify his position.
Mrs Ward, 74, and her late husband David tried to sell their house four years ago to move to a smaller bungalow, but were unable to go ahead when he was taken ill.
Now a widow trying to remain independent of state benefits, Mrs Ward is once again trying to sell her house, but says prospective buyers back off when they learn of the proposed development.
She wrote: "I have had several people interested in purchasing but refuse to do so on the basis of the potential industrial development immediately behind the property."
Mrs Ward is trying to release capital to subsidise her pension and take the burden off the state, but that a plummeting house price would defeat the object.
The 74-year-old added: "The value of my house will be many tens of thousands of pounds less if the outlook is onto an industrial estate than it is at present overlooking the [Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]."
She said the same will be true of her neighbours, who are also retired, and that they do not have the finances to fight the developers for compensation.
Town councillor for Sidford Graham Troman said: "I wouldn't be surprised if £40,000 was knocked off the price.
"I'm concerned that councillors and residents aren't being told what's happening."
Heather Short from the estate agency Red Homes said: "Uncertainty is what affects people selling or buying.
"They need to group together to get answers - their lives are on hold."
East Devon District Council (EDDC) leader Paul Diviani told the Herald last month that Mr Pickles and Prime Minister David Cameron would not interfere in his council's long-term plans for the Sid Valley.
Mrs Ward told Mr Pickles that the proposed 12-acre industrial estate in Sidford was unnecessary as there is already a site in Honiton and the potential for development in the new town of Cranbrook.
"We stand to lose out financially for no other reason than the commercial gain of greedy local businesses who care not what they do to our beautiful town and the surrounding countryside," she wrote.
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If Christ Should Speak to Me
1. If Christ should speak to me and bid me follow Him,
As when he walked in Galilee and old Jerusalem,
Would hearing his kind voice aloud be any plainer still
Than gentle promptings deep within that bid me do His will?
2. If I could feel His hands and touch His wounded side,
Would I be any surer then that it was he who died?
If I beheld the open tomb and knelt with him to pray,
Could I more boldly testify that He lives on today?
3. No witness is more sure, no sight or sound more real,
Than when the Holy Ghost confirms the truth I know and feel.
For spirit speaks to spirit and sweet assurance gives.
With grateful heart I praise the Lord; I know my Savior lives.
4. One day I'll hear His voice and see Him face to face.
I'll touch the nail prints in his hands and feel his warm embrace.
Until that blessed day arrives, when I before him bow,
The Holy Spirit teaches me to love Him here and now.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Mexican job links Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Mexican job links Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Mexico View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:43 am Post subject: Mexican job links Please see the link below. http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=4556 It's on the Latin American forum. It's a sticky called Latin American Job linksLast edited by naturegirl321 on Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:22 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top sierraforestJoined: 02 Dec 2003Posts: 6Location: NYC Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:44 am Post subject: gracias tanto thank you thank you thank you can't wait to read all the info Back to top gringaJoined: 02 Apr 2004Posts: 2 Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject: CINTC & United English I tried e-mailing these two schools and my e-mails were sent back. Are there any other e-mails for these two schools? Thanks, Jami Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:52 pm Post subject: Re: CINTC & United English gringa wrote: I tried e-mailing these two schools and my e-mails were sent back. Are there any other e-mails for these two schools? Thanks, Jami Not that I know of, you could try doing a google search for the schools and find the website. Sorry, I don't know. Back to top dangermouse24Joined: 19 Jun 2004Posts: 22Location: Mexico Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject: A good website I came across recently which some of you might find useful is http://www.computrabajo.com.mx it has a wide variety of jobs throughout Mexico including EFL and Bilingual teaching positions Back to top samiamJoined: 20 May 2003Posts: 7Location: Puebla, Puebla Mexico Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:57 am Post subject: http://www.occ.com.mx One of my friends in México pointed out this (Spanish-language) job board: http://www.occ.com.mx/ There seem to be a few English teaching jobs there, mainly in Mexico City (DF) and the border towns. - Sam Back to top Mr. KalgukshiMod TeamJoined: 18 Jan 2003Posts: 6613Location: Need to know basis only. Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:32 pm Post subject: Deleted I've just deleted several job ads. Please do not post individual job ads on this thread. If it continues, the thread will no longer be available. Back to top travelinrobinsonJoined: 26 Apr 2007Posts: 7Location: Tulsa, OK Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: This one has a bunch of jobs in Mexico: http://www.eslpositions.com/Latin_America.html I hope it helps -B Back to top tjteachinJoined: 22 Jan 2011Posts: 32 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:59 am Post subject: The following are some websites I've accumulated over time for my Mexican teaching job search. Some of the sites are noted elsewhere. I found lots of ads on occ.com and computrabajo, especially in Mexico City. Seven employers in Mexico City responded to my résumé within 48 hours: http://www.bestsampleresume.com/find-mexico-teaching-jobs.html (lots of jobs here!!!) http://www.computrabajo.com.mx http://www.empleos.org.mx/teach-english http://esl.about.com/od/esleflteachingemployment/ESL_EFL_Job_Opportunities_and_English_Employment_Sites_and_Resources.htm (lots of links) http://www.eslbase.com/jobs/mexico/ www.eslcafe.com (Obviously!) www.eslemployment.com http://www.esljobfeed.com http://www.esljobs.com/teach-english/mexico/ (This is a good site!) http://www.eslpositions.com/Latin_America.html www.eslteachersboard.com http://ezinearticles.com/?Teaching-English-in-Mexico:-Hermosillo,-Sonora&id=297646 www.goabroad.com http://www.jobstefl.com/mexico.asp (lots of jobs on this one!!!) http://www.occ.com.mx/ http://www.ourmexico.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76:teaching-opportunities-in-mexico&catid=34:travel&Itemid=81 Back to top Theresa FellmannJoined: 10 Aug 2011Posts: 1 Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject: Hello, My name is Theresa and I am in the process of obtaining my TEFL/TESL certificate in California. I located some great jobs from the list of websites for jobs in Mexico that one of the participants posted. I wonder, have any of you worked in Mexico and if so, can you share some information about what it is like to work there? Can some one share some of the important cultural aspects that I would need to be aware of should I manage to get a position there? Many thanks! Theresa Back to top esl4evereverJoined: 20 Nov 2011Posts: 38Location: US Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:59 pm Post subject: Can't say what schools are hiring when in Mexico. But, I have a free esl site for teacher resources. The Mexico school list is the most extensive I've seen anywhere ever. I've worked hardest on the Mexico school list because my husband to be is Mexican & I will start off teaching in Mexico. Sometimes the best way to do things is the old fashioned way and contact the schools one by one in the area your interested in working in. Hope this helps... www.esl411.com - schools abroad Back to top JonathanRossWCJoined: 05 Dec 2011Posts: 36 Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 8:12 pm Post subject: ESL4everever, Thank you for sharing your site. Your Mexico list (of schools and information on teaching legally in MX) is a great resource. Jonathan Back to top jaffaJoined: 25 Oct 2012Posts: 403 Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:38 am Post subject: Do Mexican employers always want young teachers? Most jobs seem to be 40 years old or below. Back to top Isla GuapaJoined: 19 Apr 2010Posts: 1520Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:04 pm Post subject: jaffa wrote: Do Mexican employers always want young teachers? Most jobs seem to be 40 years old or below. I'm in my sixties. Though I've been self-employed here for several years, when I was working for schools and institutes, I don't recall that age was an issue. What kind of jobs have you seen advertised that ask for teachers 40 years or under? Back to top jaffaJoined: 25 Oct 2012Posts: 403 Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:56 am Post subject: Various job sites were asking for 20-30 yos only! And others stipulated maximum 40, which was kind of disappointing. But as you testify, it's not that much of a problem. They must be flaky schools to only want youngsters, but I'm relieved others, such as yours, aren't so 'childish' Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Mexico All times are GMTGoto page 1, 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. 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Wilson's shootout goal lifts Predators, sends Wild to 8th straight loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - With three rookie defencemen in their lineup, the Nashville Predators were looking for anything other than a close, tight game.
But goalie Pekka Rinne and the rest of the Predators held it together and outlasted the slumping Minnesota Wild in a 2-1 shootout victory on Wednesday night.
Count Rinne among those who like what they've seen from newcomers Jonathon Blum, Roman Josi and Ryan Ellis.
"They are playing their games and playing to their strengths," Rinne said. "They are not trying to not make mistakes. That's the biggest thing for them."
Colin Wilson scored the only goal in the shootout, and that was enough for the Predators to send the Wild to their eighth straight loss.
"We thought Wilson was ready for it," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "I give a lot of credit to Mitch Korn, our goaltending coach, who breaks down the opposition's goaltenders."
Jordin Tootoo scored for the Predators, with an assist from Blum, to give Nashville a 1-0 lead seven minutes into the third period. Dany Heatley tied it for the Wild with 3:59 remaining in regulation.
Wilson, in only his second shootout attempt of the season, beat Josh Harding with a backhanded shot. He credited the scouting report with his decision to make that move.
"I looked for some area there and I didn't see anything so I quickly moved to my backhand and went up top," Wilson said. "I was pretty confident coming in that I could make that play."
Rinne, undefeated in five home games against the Wild, was the primary reason the Predators were in position to win. He stopped 34 shots through overtime and perfect in the shootout.
"Everyone is playing really well, and that's what we need," Predators defenceman Ryan Suter said. "It all starts with Pekka.
"It was pretty tight out there, I think that is fair to say. They defended well. I thought we played great defensively. We really stepped up our game and focused on playing defence."
The Wild outshot the Predators 11-10 in the first period, 11-5 in the second and 35-25 overall. Minnesota, 0-5-3 since winning at Phoenix on Dec. 10, had the only four shots in overtime.
Tootoo scored when he deflected Blum's wrist shot from the point.
"I didn't see it," Harding said. "There was a high screen, and one of our guys was in the way. I heard it hit the post. I was hoping it went the other way instead of in the net."
Heatley tied it by scoring on a wraparound shot that went under the outstretched pads of Pekka Rinne.
Minnesota coach Mike Yeo was pleased with the way his team played and was thankful to earn a point in the standings.
"For sure it was important, and not just for the sake of getting a point," Yeo said. "It was a reminder that if we stay with things, if we play our game for 60 minutes, then we are going to have a great chance to win the game. We didn't win the game today, but I believe we deserved to win it."
The Predators played their second game without defenceman Shea Weber, the team captain and points leader with 29 in 35 games, who is sidelined by a concussion. Weber is out indefinitely with a concussion.
NOTES: Nashville's Gabriel Bourque was recalled from Milwaukee of the AHL and made his NHL debut. It was the second game in a row the Predators had a player in his first NHL game. ... The Predators reassigned C Blake Geoffrion to Milwaukee and placed D Kevin Klein on the injured list. ... The Wild have allowed the first goal in 24 of 38 games this season. This was the third overtime game in the last seven. ... Mississippi State and Wake Forest, who will meet in the Music City Bowl, were in attendance.


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