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As the financial planning world continues its journey into the digital age, marketing and growing a financial planning practice faces new challenges. Some firms suffer as methods no longer work the way they once did, while others struggle to implement new strategies like blogging and social media without any clear strategy or understanding of how to do it successfully.
Yet through it all, recent marketing research on advisory firms has shown a new category of marketing that has quietly emerged as the marketing method with the greatest growth on an absolute and relative basis: online search, where the firm attracts clients through Google, Bing, other search engines and social media sharing. While the rise of online search is still in a nascent phase, its prospects are bright as the world goes digital.
Accordingly, the best firms are beginning to take the key actions now that will be necessary for success, from better defining target clientele, to creating relevant content and distributing it, to beefing up the raw aesthetic quality of their websites so they leave a good impression—so that in the future, they won't have to find new clients, because the new clients will find them.
The inspiration for today's blog post was a recent survey by Rydex|SGI AdvisorBenchmarking that was shared on AdvisorOne, which evaluated the marketing methods being used by RIAs in 2011 versus 2010. The survey found a notable decrease in advisors' recent use of social media – as many early adopters have seen only limited success thus far—as well as a decline in the use of blogs and newsletters. Many categories held relatively stable, such as seminar marketing, client appreciation events, and direct mail. Yet the one surprising category with the biggest rise from 2010 to 2011: online search.
Inbound Marketing and Online Search
As I have written in the past, inbound marketing will play a significant role in marketing a financial planning firm in the future, and the recent growth of online search as a marketing strategy is just the front edge of the emerging new trend. What's notable, though, is that while online search itself was on the rise, the use of social media, which can help support online search traffic, fell significantly. In addition, the use of a blog also declined significantly, even though search engine optimization (SEO) to support online searchability can actually be one the primary reason for a firm to run a blog in the first place.
Overall, these mixed results suggest that advisors are struggling to get a clear picture of how to evolve their marketing in a digital world. The drastic decline in the use of newsletters suggests a growing realization that the world is moving digital and people are going online for their information, and that mailing paper newsletters is no longer very effective (although the data does not make it clear whether the category includes paper newsletters only, or "e-newsletters" as well), while unsolicited email campaigns are on the rise and poised to pass direct mail campaigns.
Notwithstanding this shift to more digital marketing, though, advisors who have been using blogs and social media as early adopters in 2010 and before appear to be backing away from the approach, despite the fact that the decline appears to coincide with a rise in the results that blogs and social media are intended to create: to make the firm more searchable and more easily found by targeted clients.
In the second part of the post, I'll reveal the four steps that advisory firms that want to succeed at marketing in the digital world must take.


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MONTREAL – A Facebook posting says a woman caught on video in a Montreal subway train apparently plucking and eating a bird was only preparing "country food" for a meal at home.
A woman, who identifies herself on Facebook as Christina David and an Inuk, says she's not "crazy" and wasn't eating the bird raw, as has been reported.
A YouTube video posted earlier this month appears to show a woman sitting down, bent over, pulling the feathers off what looks like a bird and then eating it.
Montreal police spokesman Manuel Couture said investigators haven't been in contact with David and haven't confirmed the identity of the woman in the video.
The man filming the video says he's about to vomit, while other passengers are seen moving to the other end of the subway car, but David says she is surprised at the uproar the video has caused.
In a lengthy message thread on Facebook, she accuses other passengers and the media of over reacting about the bird.
"It's their own fault they were watching and disgusted… I couldn't wait to go home so I can put it on the big pan with onions and mushrooms.
Some of the friends on the thread posted that David, who also used the name Christina Qualli Poasie on Facebook, was being a "true Inuk."
David also posted that she "wasn't even making any mess."
"I was so happy that I didn't care where I was at the moment but all I have to say is that I ain't crazy," she said.
"I will always be an Inuk no matter where I am."
The Canadian Press attempted to contact David on Sunday to ask her about the Facebook postings in which she suggests she was the woman on the video, but the news service was unable to talk to her.
Couture said the woman in the video could still be charged with disturbing the peace.
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The Cubs' 2013 season has been over for months --- since last year, actually --- so it would seem there's nothing to see here.
Unless you view this as part of the 2015 spring training, long rumored to be the year the Cubs finally stop stinking under the new regime
In that light, the Cubs got a big and necessary performance from starter Jeff Samardzija on Monday night.
Granted it came against a bad Washington offense, but then, Samardzija had been going badly himself, having allowed 13 earned runs in his last 9 1/3 innings over two starts.
But his splitter was terrific against the Nationals, and he proceeded to allow six hits and one earned run while striking out five and walking none in going the distance.
Samardzija needed that. The Cubs needed to see it, too.
Samardzija hadn't won in a month and had been inconsistent since then. Actually, he had gone consistently downhill if you go solely by ERA. Samardzija followed a great May with a mediocre June, a bad July, and a worse August.
Interestingly, the more extreme inconsistencies seemed to begin when his name popped up in trade rumors. It didn't get any better when team management later said it would have to look at trading Samardzija if the Cubs can't get him to agree to a long-term deal.
Samardzija said he doesn't need the money and loves playing for the Cubs, but yet, he refused a long-term deal previously. Samardzija apparently wants full market value, needing the money or not. So, if the Cubs are looking for a hometown discount, it's not likely to happen.
Which means a trade might.
The Cubs and Samardzija obviously have different ideas on his market value. Same goes for potential trade partners. That's what happens when a pitcher is in only his second season as a full-time starter.
Strong and talented, Samardzija gave the Cubs the kind of game Monday they think he can give them regularly instead of once a month. The Cubs desperately need top-of-the-rotation pitchers. They also need the innings Samardzija gives them now.
But if you believe this is part of the 2015 spring training, then you're looking at a Samardzija who will be 30, smack in the middle of Theo Epstein's peak window for players. In theory, that's when Samardzija should be the deluxe pitcher every Cubs fan hopes.
That's also when Epstein said the Cubs should be ready for sustained success.
Perfect timing, huh?
But have you ever seen a Cubs timetable work out?
Me, neither.
Which doesn't diminish what Samardzija's start Monday might mean. It still might mark the beginning of a nice run to end another miserable season, which would further establish his trade value.
That's really the heart of Epstein's NewCubsThink. The one thing we've learned about Epstein's scorched Cub policy is that everyone can be traded, and most of them probably should. Scott Feldman and Scott Baker were signed precisely for that reason, for example, while Starlin Castro and even Anthony Rizzo are candidates, depending what's offered. Samardzija's no different, especially because he'll be 30, at least, before the Cubs stop stinking.
It can be argued that everyone on the active roster is more valuable in trade than in the home dugout.
Epstein is playing Wrigley bingo during this extended 2015 spring training. It might be bingo with advanced metrics, but it's the same concept, believe me. There is no "Free Spot'' and Epstein doesn't care how many times he changes game cards before he finds one he can cover completely.


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Joseph P. Myers was born 19 June 1883 to Dorance D. and Mary Matilda Pratte Myers of Dubuque, Iowa. Dorance ran a successful family business as a wholesale manufacturer of cigars and tobacco products at least through the years 1910 through the 1920s.
Joseph served in World War I as a First LT in the 133rd Infantry. In 1921, he married Marie Spahn, and they had two daughters, Ann M. Myers and Jeanne A. Myers. In 1930 he was president of an automobile company. Joseph P. Myers died 10 June 1949 and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Dubuque, IA.
Joseph's life seems rather routine, until you trace him through the years 1904 through 1909 when his life becomes pretty bizarre. In 1904 Joseph was a student, possibly at Cornell University, living in Tompkins County, New York. That same year he married Lena Stanley of Trumansburg, NY, just a few miles northwest. The marriage took place, however, in a town on the east side of the lake with the minister's family as witnesses, which might indicate that none of Lena's family were in attendance. The 1905 New York census shows Lena Stanley Myers living at home with her parents; in February 1906, a son was born to Lena. This baby was given up for adoption.
In late August 1906, Lena Stanley Myers filed for an annulment of her marriage to Joseph Myers. By this time Lena had moved to Madison County, NY where her married sister lived, but the annulment papers were filed in Tioga County. Lena stated in the official annulment document that the marriage had never been consummated, she and Joseph had never lived together, and she had had no contact with Joseph until the trial in the fall of 1906. Lena stated that as soon as they were married, Joseph confessed he suffered from a serious communicable disease, and consequently they never lived together. For the annulment proceedings in September 1906 Joseph traveled from St. Paul, MN where he was living at the time, to Tioga County. He swore that everything Lena said was true and he paid all court costs. There was no mention of a baby in these proceedings.
Since the baby was adopted, its birth certificate is sealed forever. Even if it could be revealed, Lena might not have given the father's name. The adoption papers for this child, however, show the baby's name as that of the foster parents, even before the adoption took place.
By 1910 Joseph was in Dubuque, IA, living in the family home that was occupied by his unmarried siblings.
It seems that with each piece of information we find on Joseph's life, another question presents itself. We continue to work on this conundrum, and the questions we would love to find the answers to are:
- Was Lena and Joseph's marriage contrived? If so, why? Or, was it she brought back home by an overbearing father?
- Who was the father of Lena's child? Is it Joseph, the foster father, or ?
- Was perjury committed with their annulment document?
This is one of the most interesting and challenging cases we have ever worked on, and we continue to work on solving the mystery of Lena Stanley and Joseph P. Myers.


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The new SMS emergency alert notification system was integrated into a similar system built in-house by the university.
Wayne State University, located in Detroit, ramped up its campus security by deploying a new emergency notification system so faculty, students and staff can receive nearly instantaneous alerts on their mobile devices during a crisis on school grounds.
Last spring, the university deployed a new SMS alert system to send out brief messages to the campus in the event of an emergency, like a school shooting or a campus gas leak. The notification technology was integrated on the back end into an existing alert system the university had in place to send out nonemergency updates. The university sends out updates, for example, when grades get posted or when a student gets taken off a class wait list, said Daren Hubbard, the university's senior director of enterprise applications.
While the existing system developed in-house was capable of sending out emergency notifications, Hubbard said it wasn't fast enough. It was difficult to quickly send urgent alerts to the 20,000 students, faculty and staff registered to receive them.
"You have situations where things were kind of time sensitive," Hubbard said. "If it takes 45 to 50 minutes for all the messages to cycle out, then it's not very effective."
To help speed up the process, Wayne State contracted with Rave Mobile Safety in April 2013. Three weeks after purchasing the product, the university fully deployed the newer mass notification system. Hubbard said because the in-house notification system is still in place, both the new and old technologies function as two separate platforms "blended together" into one service.
To send out notifications, the Wayne State Police Department and crisis management team can choose from a series of pre-written alerts based on which is most appropriate for the situation at hand, he said. For instance, when the university is experiencing power failures, a pre-written message about the power failure is sent out notifying students and staff that the school will be closed that day.
But not everyone enrolled and working at the campus is required to receive the notifications, Hubbard said. Messages are sent to those who have signed up for the service.
Students, faculty and staff can opt in to the service when they register an account on the university's portal. Since the university already had a master list of people who opted to receive alerts from the original notification system, those same individuals will automatically receive emergency alerts through the new platform from Rave Mobile Safety when they are sent, Hubbard said.
Since adding the upgraded emergency notification component, Wayne State has not had any campuswide emergencies that would require SMS alerts. But Hubbard said emergencies on university campuses like the 2007 Virginia Tech school shooting have shed light on the need for instant notifications and that setting up such a system should be a top priority for universities.
According to Rave Mobile Safety, other higher education institutions like Illinois State University and Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College have also deployed the SMS notification system.
"The reputation of a higher education institution is its most important asset, and campus safety is vital to ensuring that educators, students and staff are able to focus on their work," said Rave Mobile Safety President and CEO, Tom Axbey, in a statement.


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Game Maker is a useful tool for indie developers, allowing them to craft simple games made from 2D sprites. Over the weekend, it got a whole lot less useful, as the program's digital rights management system went haywire, branding many people's artwork with a giant skull and crossbones.
That's normally the punishment for when the system determines the copy being used is a pirated copy, but the problem is that on the weekend it started stamping the image on plenty of copies that weren't pirated.
In response to disgruntled members of the community, especially those directly affected, creators YoYo Games have removed the "feature" from the service, and informed all affected that they can recover their artwork and assets by completely deleting Game Maker, right down to the registry entries.
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A discussion about California's controversial Proposition 19 ballot measure to legalize marijuana on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" went up in smoke. Literally.
On the October 29 episode of the show, the panel, which included "Hangover" star Zach Galifianakis, talked about whether or not the Golden State's lastest battle over pot would lead to it being legalized at the polls on Tuesday, reports the New York Daily News. The bearded comic commented that politicians often shied away from talking about the topic because it remains "taboo."
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As the talk contiuned, Galifianakis reached into his jacket pocket, pulled out a joint, lit it, and then took a toke before offering it to fellow panelist, Margaret Hoover, a conservative talk show host. Laughing, she took a whiff and her face indicated that Zach was indeed smoking the real thing. She then attempted to pass it off to another guest, conservative writer Reihan Salam, who declined by saying he was going to "pass the mic."
Hoover then gave it back to Galifianakis, who continued to puff away during the rest of the segment while Maher and the fourth guest, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell stared on slackjawed.
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I've posted this pic before, but this is Bella. It's hard to tell, but she doesn't have the dark brown eyes of Darlene, but as a "blue" dog she's got eyes more like a weimariner, sort of a greenish color.
" To the world you are just one more person, but to a rescued pet, you are the world."
"A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!"
Arctic breeds ehhh???
May the FORCE be with you!
My norgie's shedding isn't that bad, but I live in the north. She's a very good dog, always has been since day one. She's not a full-breed, I got her at the MHS shelter.
Katie's old, but she still will run around the yard, especially if there is a stray cat to chase out of it. She's usually good with children, and really likes the little ones. She gets annoyed with them as they get older, so she identifies well with human adults, too.
As she's 14, I've been thinking about what kind of dog I will get next. I love the huskies. There was one on True Blood last year that was such a pretty puppy (the little werewolf girl's puppy self), and I kept thinking "I want that puppy". I will probably get a pup from the MHS shelter, where I got Katie.
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Tomorrow's Company, an important think tank in the U.K., has been for some time exploring the most appropriate corporate form for both business and society. This spring, it is hosting discussions on this subject by our webcast speaker, Professor Colin Mayer from Oxford. Prof. Mayer's work provides a lucid and insightful account of the role of the corporation in modern society and explains why its problems are growing. Based on decades of analysis and research, he discusses his new approach to thinking about the firm which not only stops it destroying us but turns it into the means of protecting our environment, addressing social problems, and creating new sources of entrepreneurship and innovation. He also sets out an agenda for converting the company into a twenty-first century organization that we value and trust. Guy R. Jubb, Head of Governance & Stewardship, Standard Life Investments Ltd. provides the perspective of the future model of the corporation as seen through the vantage point of a major global institutional investor.
Topics to be covered:
- Why has the corporation, as an institution of trust in our society, fallen on hard times?
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- What should be included in a precise and practical set of policies for fixing the corporation?
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The Mouse Guard world clearly has ducks, but the RPG doesn't include them. What stats should a Duck have in Mouse Guard?
Dave Petersen has illustrated mice interacting with ducks in Mouse Guard. Heck, Kenzie's character sheet even has the "Duck-wise" skill. Yet there is no mention of ducks in the "Denizens of the Mouse Territories" chapter.
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Ollie, Miller to be Announced This Week
Jim Calhoun told myself and Neill Ostrout of the Post two weeks ago that he expected the coaches to be named by June 22. He then told us and other reporters at the Travelers Celebrity Pro-Am last Wednesday that he hoped it could get done within the next day or two.
Well, it's still not done, but fret not ... Calhoun was being a little over-aggressive about when the announcement would come. Just Jim being Jim.
The announcements of Kevin Ollie and Glenn Miller (and we're told those will be the two hires, as if there were any further doubt) will come this week. Sooner than later, we're told.
I'll be out of commission for the next couple of days, but be sure to check out the Register's coverage. My wife is being induced into labor Tuesday morning, and we'll be welcoming our second child (and first son) into the world. Exciting times for us.
And exciting times for UConn fans as you'll be welcoming Ollie/Miller back into the "family" some time over the next few days.
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We've been wanting to re-REVIEW Baldi Hot Springs for quite sometime now. Our fist video of Baldi Hot Springs was done when we were just starting out and weren't really sure of what we were doing.
First, it's important to note that the entire town of La Fortuna pushes Baldi tickets on the tourists, for the simple fact Baldi pays commissions and Tabacon and EcoTermales don't. So all the tour shops, hotels, restaurants, as well as every Tom, Dick AND HARRY we'll usually suggest Baldi over the other hot springs, not saying that's bad.... just sayin. Baldi tickets can run anywhere from about $16.00 to whatever you're willing to pay, so it's BEST to shop around a bit if you're traveling on a budget or want to save a couple bucks. DO NOT BUY BALDI TICKETS AT BALDI- you will currently pay $28.00 at the entrance if you don't get them somewhere else. We paid $22.00 for use of the hot springs and dinner per person. Dinner is buffet style... we thought this was an EXCELLENT DEAL.
Tabacon Hot Springs is expensive, like $70.mas o menos but the 'Garden of Eden' has nothing on Tabacon and Eco Termales (across the street from Baldi) is more private, tranquilo and GREAT for a more 'chill' hot spring option (here's our write-up and VIDEO REVIEW of Eco Termales) and then there's Baldi,,,,BIG (25 pools of various sizes) and about as close to a hot spring 'theme park' as you're going to get,,,, water slides, loud music, kids, numerous swim up bars..... and LOTS of tourists- at Baldi, it's all about Q*U*A*N*T*I*T*Y.
I gotta say, Baldi is looking much nicer than it did in the past, the vegetation has matured adding some much need LUSHNESS to the area and even in the bigger pools gives the illusion of happening upon thermal waters in the middle of the jungle. It doesn't quite look as natural as Tabacon, but a BIG IMPROVEMENT. My comparison: Tabacon Hot Springs vs Baldi Hot Springs- the TRUTH.
Drinks are ridiculously expensive at Baldi Hot Springs even for a touristy destination- you almost think you're drinking at a swim up bar at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas. We took cans of beer in, we're NOT telling YOU to do that and I know Baldi would frown on that as well, but we did with no trouble, although we didn't advertise the fact either. Towels require a $10. deposit which you get back when you return the towel and lockers for your valuables cost $5.00 which you don't get back.
Depending on your MOOD and your BUDGET- Baldi Hot Springs definitely fills a certain hot springs niche...
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BOSTON – MMAjunkie.com is on scene at Boston's TD Garden for tonight's UFC 118 event.
As usual you can catch a live video stream of the night's post-fight press conference, courtesy of the UFC, here on MMAjunkie.com at approximately 1:30 a.m. ET (10:30 p.m. PT).
Expected to take part in tonight's press conference are UFC president Dana White, headliners Frankie Edgar and B.J. Penn, and other winners from the night's pay-per-view main card.
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The city of Sacramento has a new top cop.
City Manager John Shirey named Sam Somers, a 28-year veteran of the Sacramento Police Department, as the city's chief of police during a news conference Wednesday morning.
"We have some amazing and heroic men and women who work at this department. They are the best in the nation," Somers said. "Who wouldn't want to be chief?"
Somers will replace Rick Braziel, who announced in December that he would retire after 33 years of service. Braziel's retirement went into effect on Dec. 29.
Somers is the son of a former Sacramento police captain and has been the head of every division at the department, according to Shirey.
He most recently served as a deputy chief, where he received an annual salary of $197,000.
He started his career at the department in 1984 as a community services officer.
Somers is taking over at a time of optimism at the department thanks to the passage of Measure U in November.
Revenue generated by the measure -- which raises the sales tax on goods sold in Sacramento -- will lead to hiring of more patrol officers and more stability in the department, Somers said.


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The first project was completed in 2004. In which a perennial stream was tapped and the water is channelized through a three inch PVC pipe of 2700 feet length. Locally available traditional knowledge of channelizing water from high point to low available agriculture fields with help of gravitational force was utilized. PVC pipe was used to avoid losses due to percolation and evaporation.
Villagers contributed in cash, free labor and grains. The total contribution of villagers for the project was 50% to project cost. 11 acres of waste land came under perennial irrigation benefitting forty families. Villagers recovered their money in first 3 months
After the success of first project, the second project was planned on the same principles and got completed in 2006. 9500 feet PVC pipeline of 4 inch diameter was laid to carry water from perennial stream. It's a unique project where villagers' hard work and their strong desire were challenged by natural terrain. The pipe is laid through streams, valleys and very uneven land. Villagers contributed in cash, free labor and grains. 39 acres of land came under perennial irrigation.
Venu Madhuri is an Non-Governmental Organization working for last 17 years (Since 2000) to promote, integrated, sustainable rural reconstruction that is based on traditional, time-tested wisdom, which aims towards local self-sufficiency with special emphasis on preservation of indigenous breeds of cattle and which foster the highest human values.
"If the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be no more India." - M. K. Gandhi
"If we have to build a nation, we should start from the villages." Sri Narendra Modi
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Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
At first, Tyler developed red patches and raised spots that turned purple and looked like bruises all over his legs and buttocks. Then he complained that his stomach and knees hurt. When his parents took him to the doctor to find out what was wrong, the doctor said that Tyler had the classic signs of Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
About Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HEH-nok SHOON-line PURR-puh-ruh) — usually just called HSP — is a condition that causes small blood vessels to become swollen and irritated. This inflammation, called vasculitis, usually occurs in the skin, intestines, and kidneys. Inflamed blood vessels in the skin can leak blood cells, causing a rash called purpura. Vessels in the intestines and kidneys also can swell and leak.
The condition was named after two German doctors, Eduard Henoch and Johann Schönlein, who first described the disease in the 1800s. Sometimes it's also called allergic purpura, anaphylactoid purpura, or IgA vasculitis.
HSP occurs much more often in kids than in adults, usually between ages 3 and 10. It is one of the most common forms of vasculitis in children, and boys get it about twice as often as girls.
Although no one really knows what causes HSP, doctors do know that it occurs when the body's immune system doesn't function as it should. A protein called immunoglobulin A (IgA) is a type of antibody that works to fight infections. In HSP, IgA also gets placed in the blood vessels and causes swelling and bleeding.
It is unclear why this immune reaction occurs. It often happens after a bacterial or viral infection of the upper respiratory tract (sinuses, throat, or lungs). It is seen more often in fall, winter, and spring. Although less common, other possible triggers include certain medicines, food reactions, insect bites, and vaccinations.
HSP cannot be passed from one person to another.
Signs and Symptoms
Common signs and symptoms of HSP include:
- purpura, a raised, reddish purple rash
- joint pain and swelling
- stomach pain
- blood in the urine (pee) or other kidney problems
- fever
- headache
The rash occurs in all cases and is what helps doctors diagnose HSP. It may take the form of purpura, pinpoint red dots called petechiae, bruises, or sometimes blisters. The rash usually occurs on the legs and buttocks, but can also appear on other parts of the body, such as the elbows, arms, face, and trunk.
Most kids with HSP also have joint pain and swelling. These symptoms can happen before the rash appears. HSP most commonly affects the ankles and knees, but other joints like the hands, elbows, and feet may be affected.
Stomach pain usually starts a week after the rash appears. Pain may come and go and can be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Some kids will have blood in the stool (caused by leaky blood vessels), but it may not be visible.
HSP can affect the kidneys in some cases. Small amounts of blood or protein might be found in the urine, and the urine may look bloody.
When the characteristic rash on the legs and buttocks is present, especially if accompanied by abdominal or joint pain, doctors can easily diagnose HSP. A diagnosis may be more difficult if joint pain or abdominal symptoms are present before the rash appears, or if symptoms take several weeks to show up.
The doctor also may request routine blood tests to look for signs of infections, anemia, or kidney disease. If abdominal pain is severe, imaging tests (like X-rays or ultrasound) may be needed. A stool sample can check for blood in the stool (poop). A urine sample can reveal blood or protein in the urine.
Up to half of kids who develop HSP will have problems with their kidneys, so the doctor will probably check kidney function over several months. If the doctor suspects that HSP has caused kidney damage, your child may need to see a kidney doctor (nephrologist).
Symptoms of HSP usually last for about a month. Most of the time, it goes away on its own without treatment. To help your child feel better, the doctor may recommend certain medications, such as:
- antibiotics, if an infection is causing the HSP
- painkillers (such as acetaminophen)
- anti-inflammatory medicines (such as ibuprofen) to relieve joint pain and inflammation
- corticosteroids (such as prednisone) for severe abdominal pain or severe kidney disease
Also, the doctor may tell you to stop giving your child certain medications if there's a chance that they caused the HSP.
While at home, try to keep your child as comfortable as possible. Be sure your child gets plenty of rest and drinks fluids. If your child stops eating or drinking, or develops severe abdominal pain or kidney problems, hospitalization might be necessary.
What to Expect
Most children with HSP fully recover within a month and have no long-term problems. Kids whose kidneys are affected will need to see a doctor for regular checkups to monitor kidney function.
About one-third of those who have HSP get it again, usually a few months after the first episode. If HSP does come back, it's usually less severe than the initial episode.


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Fire TEAM Tests: National Testing Network (NTN)
Firefighter Testing
There are four components to the FireTEAM Testing System: a video-based human relations test, a mechanical aptitude test, a math test and a reading ability test. You can sign up to take the test and have results sent to the Fayetteville Fire Department on the NTN website.
Practice exams are available online at www.fireteamtest.com. It is not necessary for an applicant to purchase a practice test in order to pass the written test. However, applicants who take time to familiarize themselves with the test and ways to prepare for it may tend to feel more confident when taking the test.
FireTEAM Video-Based Human Relations Test
Part I
FireTEAM Video-Based Human Relations Test focuses on teamwork and human relations skills and was specifically designed for firefighters. Candidates watch a video segment, then choose the BEST course of action in a multiple-choice format. Once they have chosen the BEST possible course of action, they are asked to identify the WORST possible course of action. This test is presented on computer or video and the items play without stopping.
Part II
In addition to answering the Part I questions of FireTEAM Video-Based Human Relations Test, candidates are instructed to observe the behaviors of the individual firefighters portrayed. They have the opportunity to observe behavior on multiple occasions for many of the firefighters. Part II of FireTEAM Video-Based Human Relations Test consists of questions about these firefighters and their behaviors. Part II immediately follows Part I.
FireTEAM Animated Mechanical Aptitude Test
FireTEAM Animated Mechanical Aptitude Test is a multiple-choice mechanical aptitude test presented on video. Candidates see detailed introductions to an animated brick making factory, then are asked questions about the factory. Most of the questions are about basic mechanical objects such as valves and principles such as water pressure. They are also asked to answer trouble shooting type questions and observe system operations for problems. All of the questions can be answered based on common sense and observation of how everyday objects work.
FireTEAM Reading Test
This test is designed specifically for firefighters, a job requiring on-going study of difficult and technical materials. This test is based on training material and candidates are required to choose a word that best fits in the blank.
FireTEAM Math Test
This math test is designed specifically for firefighters. The questions are presented on video. Candidates must complete the calculations in their heads. No written calculation is permitted. Questions are based on the type of math that firefighters must use on a regular basis as part of the job. Basic areas covered include: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and proportions.


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It Feels Like Spring With Cambridge Satchel's Pastel-Perfect Lineup
It Feels Like Spring With Cambridge Satchel's Pastel-Perfect Lineup
It's not often that we get an It bag that rings in under $200. But with its classic, bookish silhouette, the Cambridge Satchel quickly became the bag to have after gaining popularity with the street-style crowd and cool girls like Alexa Chung. Since the label launched in 2007, it has continued to deliver the same iconic style finished in a wash of rainbow hues. For Spring '13, those colours are a range of pretty pastels, or what founder Julie Deane calls a "Chelsea Flower Show makeover." The four fresh hues are named after flowers you'd find strolling the British gardens in Spring and Summer — namely Crocus, Honeysuckle, Lavender, and Sweet Pea — giving each bag not just a covetable Spring pop, but also a bit of quintessentially British heritage. And, if you're looking for a shade maybe a tad more brilliant, the company has just released two very on-trend emerald and sapphire bags for Autumn. Click through to see every new colour, and then click over to The Cambridge Satchel Company to shop your favourite style (and take advantage of free worldwide shipping in March!).


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You're listening to ASK ME ANOTHER from NPR and WYNC. I'm Ophira Eisenberg and with me is our one-man house band Mr. Jonathan Coulton and our puzzle guru Art Chung.
EISENBERG: So the next game is one of our favorites here on ASK ME ANOTHER. It's called Double Feature and in this game we're going to pitch you an idea for a new movie that combines two famous films. So to try their luck with our movie mashup game, please welcome our contestants Sue Jordan and Anthony Liberatoscioli.
EISENBERG: Anthony, how did I do with your name?
ANTHONY LIBERATOSCIOLI: About 90 percent.
EISENBERG: OK. You go, you tell me.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: Liberatoscioli. If you want to be really Italian about it, Liberatoscioli.
JONATHAN COULTON: Liberatoscioli.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: There you go.
EISENBERG: If you want to be really, really Italian you get Coulton to say it.
COULTON: I took Italian in college, so.
ART CHUNG: Coultino.
EISENBERG: Coultino. Oh, we're going to call you that.
COULTON: Senior Coulton.
EISENBERG: Are you first generation?
LIBERATOSCIOLI: First generation born here. Both my parents are immigrants, yeah. My dad came over in '58 and my mom a few years later in '61. They both came over on the boat and here I am.
EISENBERG: Congratulations.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: Thank you. I worked hard for it.
EISENBERG: When you go home is it just like an amazing food fest?
LIBERATOSCIOLI: It is. And it's fattening but it's well worth it. My favorite part especially is every year at the end of August we make the annual supply of tomato sauce and we make it all in my parents' back yard all by scratch. The best day of the year for me.
EISENBERG: Fantastic. Sue, you love all things Russia.
SUE JORDAN: I do.
EISENBERG: You're a Russia-phile?
JORDAN: I am. It's a Russophile.
EISENBERG: Russophile. There we go. I'm learning all kinds of words today. Have you been there?
JORDAN: I did go there in 2005. I spent a semester there, traveled all over the place, and decided to get really crazy and go to Siberia for spring break.
EISENBERG: Sure. Why not? That's - a lot of fun people go to Siberia for spring break.
JORDAN: We do.
EISENBERG: Yeah?
JORDAN: We do.
EISENBERG: And so what was that like?
JORDAN: Well, we took the train there. What we didn't realize is trains are numbered sort of express to local. Very low numbers are closer to express. Very high numbers are local. We took train 875. So it took us, like, four days to get there.
EISENBERG: Right. If you have a choice between one and 875, right, that's going to be the slower one. OK. Well, this is going to be a fun game. Now, if you're ready, the catch in this game is that the two films we mash up share a word or syllable in common. Puzzle guru Art Chung, how about an example?
CHUNG: So if we said Denzel Washington plays a fierce civil rights activist who overcomes incredible adversity and also the renegade mutant Magneto, that would be "Malcolm X-Men." Which is combining "Malcolm X" and "X-Men."
EISENBERG: They're both smiling so let's do it.
EISENBERG: So your job is to tell us the new title that is the combination of the two movies that inspired each pitch. Here we go. Kristen Wiig plays best friend to Robin Wright's Buttercup in the raunchiest wedding day fairytale ever. It's inconceivable.
EISENBERG: Sue.
JORDAN: "Bridesmaids" - "Princess Bridesmaids."
CHUNG: Yeah, we'll take that. It's "The Princess Bridesmaids."
JORDAN: Oh.
CHUNG: We'll take that.
EISENBERG: All right.
COULTON: Picky. Geez.
CHUNG: No, I'm saying we took it.
EISENBERG: Dustin Hoffman and Prince star in this heartbreaking yet funky tale of an autistic man and his brother.
EISENBERG: Sue.
JORDAN: "Purple Rainman."
COULTON: With confidence. Yes.
EISENBERG: I think that is how the main character may have said the name of the... In Ben Affleck's adaptation of a Maurice Sendak book, CIA agents rescue a young boy trapped on an island overrun by monsters by making a fake movie.
EISENBERG: Anthony.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: Oh.
EISENBERG: Yep.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: "Where the Wild Things Argo."
EISENBERG: Yes!
EISENBERG: Right? You started and then you just let go, didn't you? You just let it happen.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: I just pictured the animal from "Where the Wild Things Are" and I couldn't get the other part.
EISENBERG: And you put a beard on them and you were like, yeah.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: Exactly.
EISENBERG: Ben Affleck.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: Running from the Iranians. It was wild.
EISENBERG: It's all ghosts and petticoats in M. Night Shyamalan's creepy reboot of Jane Austen's first published novel which will lead you to whisper I see dead British people.
EISENBERG: Sue?
JORDAN: "Sixth Sense and Sensibilities."
EISENBERG: Exactly.
EISENBERG: Bruce Willis was married the whole time.
EISENBERG: In this J.J. Abrams film, a 13 year old Eminem wins a contest by rapping about the giant monster he and his friends found near a train wreck.
EISENBERG: Anthony.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: "Super 8 Mile."
EISENBERG: Exactly.
EISENBERG: This is your last clue. It's meet cute in space with Pixar's loveable trash collecting robot and Spielberg's homesick extraterrestrial.
EISENBERG: Anthony.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: "Wal-ET."
EISENBERG: "Wal-E.T." I'm crying just thinking about it. That is correct.
EISENBERG: Art Chung puzzle guru, how did our contestants do?
CHUNG: We have a tie.
EISENBERG: Oooh.
CHUNG: Here's your tiebreaker. Woody Allen's Oscar-winning comedy chronicled the unlikely romance between comedian Alvy Singer and deranged psychopath Michael Myers.
CHUNG: Anthony.
LIBERATOSCIOLI: "Annie Halloween."
CHUNG: That is correct.
EISENBERG: Nice.
EISENBERG: Nice job, Anthony. You are the winner of this round and you are moving on to our Ask Me One More final round coming at the end of the show. Congratulations.
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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said the state constitution bars Detroit from cutting pensions owed to municipal workers, a position at odds with the one taken by the city's emergency manager and a bankruptcy judge.
Schuette nevertheless agreed with the city and the judge that Detroit is eligible for creditor protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code's Chapter 9, which covers municipalities.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes in December held that Detroit is eligible for Chapter 9 protection and that the Michigan constitution gives municipal pensions the status of contracts that can be altered in bankruptcy. Schuette, a Republican, filed a brief Jan. 27 urging the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to hear a challenge to the ruling.
"Even in bankruptcy, the city must obey this fundamental state law in exercising governmental power," Schuette said in his 22-page brief.
The constitutional provision in question says a municipal pension is "a contractual obligation" that "shall not be diminished or impaired." The constitution modified prior law, which deemed public pensions "gratuitous allowances that could be revoked at will," Schuette said.
Had the constitution only elevated pensions to contracts, it wouldn't have included language saying they can't be diminished, Schuette said in a filing on behalf of his office. He wasn't writing as the representative of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder or state agencies.
The Michigan solicitor general on Jan. 9 urged the appeals court not to allow an appeal at this time. The city and the solicitor general said Rhodes's ruling wasn't a final decision and there's no "good cause" to allow a challenge now. Rhodes also recommended against allowing an appeal.
Detroit's two pension systems have said it would be "breathtakingly unfair" not to let them appeal a decision that affects the lives of thousands.
Detroit began the largest Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy in July with $18 billion in debt, including $5.85 billion in special revenue obligations, $6.4 billion in post-employment benefits, $3.5 billion for underfunded pensions, $1.13 billion on secured and unsecured general obligations, and $1.43 billion on pension-related debt, according to a court filing. Debt service consumes 42.5 percent of revenue.
The city of 700,000 has 100,000 creditors and 20,000 retirees.


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In 2012 Sister Simone Campbell and the Catholic social justice lobby NETWORK launched the "Nuns on the Bus" tour to "live the biblical demand for social justice" and "to speak truth to power" in the name of the poor and marginalized. Campbell and her fellow sisters traveled thousands of miles by bus to call attention to programs for the poor that were under attack from budget cuts. The bus has since made a second tour, which focused on immigration, and now a documentary film is in progress to show how the movement has reshaped debates about values, fairness, money, immigration, and the role of government.
"Speak truth to power" is a phrase attributed to the Quakers, who coined it in the mid-1950s to encourage Americans to speak up against the fascism and totalitarianism they perceived in the culture at the time. Documentaries can be the perfect medium to express belief in making positive changes.
Although Hollywood documentaries that speak truth to power through their stories about social justice and human rights may or may not draw intentionally from biblical principles, they certainly come from genuine concerns for the good of humanity. Because these films attempt to teach truth and often warn us about the consequences of doing nothing to contribute to change, they can be called prophetic. They dare to depict disaster and propose solutions by imagining what peaceful change can look like.
Not all Hollywood documentaries are about social justice, but they all tell a human story. Take this past year's Oscar-nominated documentaries, for example. The Act of Killing is a weird hybrid of art and history that becomes a call for justice for the leaders of the Indonesian killing squads of 1965–1966 who murdered half a million people but were long considered folk heroes. None of them have been brought to justice.
Dirty Wars documents the work of war correspondent and author Jeremy Scahill between 2010 and 2012, when he discovered the secret, administration-approved wars carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). From Iraq to Afghanistan, America's war is now synonymous with "America trying to kill its way to victory" through the use of kill squads and drone strikes in a war that has no hope of ever ending, if this continues.
The Square records the difficult realities Egypt faced during the Arab Spring or Egyptian Revolution of 2011. I saw the film at Sundance in 2013 and listened to the filmmakers express their passion for democracy as they bemoaned the lack of a resistance leader who could unify the push for democracy. That the film was even made at all was a triumph for free speech that is still to be canonized in the region.
The film that won the Oscar for best documentary is 20 Feet from Stardom, about the mostly female backup singers of the U.S. recording industry who, since the 1950s, have remained mostly unseen, unnamed, and uncelebrated. It is extremely poignant and filled with the generous gift of a musical soundtrack made possible by these unsung heroines. Their recognition by the film, and the Oscar, offers them a modicum of justice at last.
Another film that emphasized how documentaries speak truth to power is the recent release of Cesar's Last Fast, a documentary by Richard R. Perez. Using the final fast of United Farm Workers Union cofounder Cesar Chavez (1927–1993), which lasted 36 days in 1988, Perez frames the entire story of Chavez's life as an activist and advocate for migrant workers. The film is detailed and deeply moving, especially because Chavez's Catholic faith holds the center of the story and imbues the practice of fasting with profound meaning. When I asked Perez about this, he said it could not have been otherwise: Chavez's faith informed everything he did.
In March a narrative film, Cesar Chavez by director Diego Luna, was also released about the life of this famous man. It stars Michael Peña as Chavez and John Malkovich as a greedy and malevolent grape grower. It recounts the early part of Cesar's life and work. The film, though not a documentary, still challenges the continued lack of humane treatment by growers and fair wages for America's migrant workers.
Maria Shriver was the executive producer for Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert, an HBO documentary that also premiered in March. It follows a single mom of three who makes $9.49 an hour. A study from The Shriver Report, "A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink," informs the film. It claims that 42 million women in America and the 28 million children who depend on them live at or below the poverty line. This film is heartbreaking and heroic.
Making films that speak truth to power takes the courage of the filmmakers' convictions, as they are not guaranteed distribution or box office success. Yet they continue to tell the truth through film. When people complain about the lack of decent films coming from Hollywood, I know they haven't bothered to really look at what's out there. And if they have, perhaps it's just that they don't want their comfort to be afflicted by the truth and accompanied by a call to get up and do something.
This article appeared in the June 2014 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 79, No. 6, pages 40-41).
Image: The photograph is a still from the documentary The Act of Killing. It is courtesy of Drafthouse Films.


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Roddenberry Productions in Development with Imagine Entertainment on Classic Gene Roddenberry Pilot 'The Questor Tapes'
Roddenberry Believed Questor could have been Bigger than Star Trek
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 -- CEO of Roddenberry Productions Rod Roddenberry announced today that Roddenberry Productions has entered into a deal with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Television to develop the Gene Roddenberry pilot "The Questor Tapes." The announcement was made at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame induction ceremony where Rod Roddenberry accepted the posthumous honor, presented by Seth MacFarlane, on his father's behalf.
"The Questor Tapes" was originally conceived as a television series pilot about an android with incomplete memory tapes who searches for his creator and his purpose. The pilot ultimately aired as a 1974 television movie.
"My father always felt that Questor was the one that got away," said Rod Roddenberry. "He believed that the show had the potential to be bigger than Star Trek."
Rod Roddenberry will develop the project along with Roddenberry Productions COO Trevor Roth and Imagine Television's President David Nevins and EVP of Development Robin Gurney. The team is currently in negotiations with writer, producer and show runner Tim Minear (Lois & Clark, The X-Files, Angel, Dollhouse) to produce.
More information regarding Questor, including a photo of Gene and Majel Roddenberry on the original set as well as an excerpt from Gene's initial description of the Questor character, can be found at www.roddenberry.com. For upcoming news, follow Roddenberry Productions on Twitter at http://twitter.com/RoddenberryProd and friend "Roddenberry Prod" on Facebook.
About Roddenberry Productions
Roddenberry Productions is a science-fiction leader with a tradition of groundbreaking entertainment and quality merchandise. Originally founded in 1967 by Gene Roddenberry, the company has since led a steady stable of science fiction successes including Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda and, most notably, the Star Trek brand. Roddenberry Productions continues to produce entertainment for all audiences, employing a viewer-centric creative process and resulting in insightful visions of humanity. Its merchandising business is based on quality and authenticity providing memorabilia for fans in today's new multimedia generation. Roddenberry Productions has set itself apart by creating content that surpasses mere entertainment; it acknowledges the intelligence of audiences by challenging them to think, question and explore the world, and those potentially beyond. Recent Roddenberry comic book series Days Missing will be released as a graphic novel in February 2010.
About Imagine Entertainment
Imagine Television was founded by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and is run by Imagine Television President, David Nevins. The company's television programs have been honored with more than 50 prestigious awards including 36 Emmy� awards.
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Keep it in-house: teams need lessons in Communication 101
Zach Morgan, Sports Editor
March 20, 2012
Maintaining confidences are important in life as well as in team play. It builds the camaraderie that allows a team to move in a cohesive motion towards the ultimate goal of finishing their season in the number one position. But without it, a team can hit rock bottom quicker than cement shoes tossed...


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may:30 We went to the KC Hot Air Balloon Invitational, but this was the extent of the excitement. They started putting up their balloons, then had to take them back down due to lighting.
may:29 Fat (but getting thinner) Luna!
may:28 Pink oyster mushrooms. I pulled these out of the fridge just to take their photo! I still don't know what I'm going to do with them!


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It was only a month ago we heard of a guy who tried, and failed, to hide a few bricks of coke inside an Xbox. Guyanese drug smugglers obviously don't keep up with the news.
Border authorities in Jamaica have arrested a man who, after initially clearing customs with two items of luggage, tried to re-enter and grab a third. This aroused suspicions, so the third package was checked, and inside they found an "X-Box". Inside that was 24 pounds of cocaine.
The man, who was only identified as a "Guyanese traveler", admitted to smuggling the drugs in return for $5 million.
The report wasn't clear whether it was an Xbox 360 or an original Xbox. I'm actually leaning towards the latter, if only because it was so damn big you could cram more drugs inside.
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VICTORIA - As the radio debate unfolded Friday, it became increasingly apparent that New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix was reluctant to account for his sudden change of principles on the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
On April 11, he'd said what he'd said many times before, that as "a matter of principle" he would not take a stand on the proposed twinning of the existing oil pipeline through B.C. until the firm has made a formal application.
Then on Monday of this week, at a campaign event in Kamloops, he slammed the door on the proposal, the absence of a formal application notwithstanding.
This, according to the followup press release from the New Democrats, represented "a clear, principled stand on oil pipelines in B.C."
Flip-flopping is one thing. But to claim both times that one was standing on principle? Are Dix's principles that elastic, that he can manipulate them to produce two different positions on the same issue in the space of less than two weeks?
For his part, the NDP leader clearly didn't want to talk about it Friday.
Not during the 90-minute debate on radio station CKNW when he was pressed on that score by Premier Christy Clark.
Not afterward, when reporters pursued the same line of questioning through much of the scrum without getting much in the way of fresh insights into why he executed such a dramatic change of positions in the space of less than two weeks.
"As all of you know, I take these issues seriously" said Dix at one point, referring to his concerns about the proposed increase in shipments of oil through the port of Vancouver. "I've done a lot of work on them over time — obviously we've given considerable thought over time to them."
Then there was this: "The time I made the decision was when I made the announcement." Right there on the public platform in Kamloops? The guy reverses his principles on the spot?
Dix's new-found opposition to Kinder Morgan has gained him accolades from many quarters, tanker traffic being as toxic as bitumen to many British Columbians.
So why doesn't he celebrate his reasons for making it?
One plausible explanation for Dix's reluctance to explain himself further has to do with the role that crass politics played in the timing of his decision.
The Greens were reaching out to potential NDP supporters by styling themselves as the only party unequivocally opposed to the Kinder Morgan pipeline as well as the Enbridge Northern Gateway project and to any increase in oil tanker traffic anywhere on the B.C. coast.
I gather some NDP candidates and organizers were worried that the message seemed to be connecting here and there.
Dix, with his meticulous attention to the political arena, doubtless picked up on the threat from the Greens and decided to try to diminish it with a convenient change of, well, he said it, principles.
In addition to the Green role in prompting Dix to come out against Kinder Morgan, I thought the party's leader Jane Sterk did herself the most good in Friday's radio debate.
She was mostly positive and quick in her responses. For instance when a caller to the phone-in portion of the show complained about the low levels of social assistance for disabled persons like herself, Sterk was the first of the leaders to jump in and express sympathy for the woman.
When Clark, responding to a shrewd question from host Bill Good, half admitted that the government had scrapped a program for providing independent review of pharmaceuticals to appease the drug companies, it was Sterk who pointed out the significance of the premier's comment.
Refreshing to hear a leader who didn't sound as if she'd spent too many hours trapped inside a message box with pollsters and handlers.
Nor did Sterk oversell her chances in the election, telling reporters that she hopes the Greens would be able to establish a "watchdog" presence of maybe four seats in the legislature.
John Cummins, the Conservative leader, spent much of his time attacking the Liberals, his target audience being disaffected supporters of the governing party who can't bring themselves to vote NDP.
He did himself some good too, despite the embarrassing backdrop provided by his having to fire two candidates this week over ill-advised comments reported by Jonathan Fowlie of The Vancouver Sun.
Clark came into the debate as the most experienced communicator of the four, having thrived as a radio host at the very station where the debate was staged.
But she does herself no favours by insisting she's already balanced the budget when the province is only four weeks into the fiscal year in which she's merely proposed to balance the budget. Or by insisting she can make the province debt-free when she's in the midst of boosting the debt by 50 per cent. Or by her deliberate misreadings of the reports of the credit rating agencies.
The latest Angus Reid poll, released on the eve of the debate, had the B.C. Liberals trailing the New Democrats by 14 points, narrowing the gap from 17 points at the outset of the campaign.
But if the race continues to tighten, I expect it would have more to do with gathering doubts about Adrian Dix than any emerging confidence in Clark as a leader and premier.


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WASHINGTON – If you are planning a trip this summer and it involves taking small children, we have some info for you. For example, when you travel with a child, do you have to pay to check a baby stroller or a car seat? Well, the answer depends on the airline.
Do most airlines have similar policies with regard to baby strollers and car seats?
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Keep in mind that some airlines will require that you pay to check baggage and other items with a credit card. Others will ask you to pay cash. It is really important you check the requirements before you check in! Don't count on the baggage checkers or people at the check-in counter to know the airline policy with regard to baby equipment. Print out and take a copy with you to the airport.
If it has been some time since your last flight, don't assume the carrier's baggage policies have remained the same.
How much do the policies vary?
Quite a bit! It certainly makes a big difference if you have to pay $50 to check a car seat and stroller both ways on a trip. That's a sizeable chunk of change.
Some airlines will allow you to check both a stroller and car seat without a fee, others may only allow one of the items to be checked for free. In many cases, strollers have to be checked because of lack of space in overhead bins of airplanes. But often you can check them at the gate rather than the ticket counter. In some cases, you are charged a fee to check these items unless you have purchased a seat for the child. Since there are such variations, it is a good idea to check airline policies before you book seats. In addition, most airlines allow you to take a diaper bag on board as well as normal carry-on items that are permitted. Some airlines have changed their policies recently, so be sure to check out the rules before you get to the airport.
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Is it a good idea to place small children in car safety seats while on the plane?
Many travel experts recommend you use a FAA proved child safety restraint while on board the plane. However, if you have not purchased a separate seat on the plane for a child under 2 years of age, you may not be able to use a child safety seat because the seat next to you may be occupied. The other option is to purchase a seat for an infant, but of course this raises the cost of the trip.
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If you are taking kids on a foreign airline, you may not be allowed to use the FAA approved child restraints. Rather, you may have to use one approved by the foreign airline's country. Check before heading to the airport.
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D-backs announce 2014 Opening Day roster
PHOENIX - The Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) announced their Opening Day, 25-man roster with a number of roster moves, according to D-backs' Executive Vice President and General Manager Kevin Towers. The D-backs open the 2014 regular season on Monday vs. the San Francisco Giants at 6:40 p.m.
Optioned to Triple-A Reno
SS Didi Gregorius
RHP Bo Schultz
Selected to the 40-Man Roster
RHP Daniel Hudson (subsequently placed on 15-day disabled list)
LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith
Placed on the 15-day Disabled List
LHP Patrick Corbin (torn left ulnar collateral ligament, retroactive to March 19)
RHP David Hernandez (right ulnar collateral ligament injury, retroactive to March 26)
RHP Daniel Hudson (torn right ulnar collateral ligament injury)
The Opening Day roster includes 13 pitchers, 2 catchers, 6 infielders and 4 outfielders:
Pitchers (13): Bronson Arroyo, Trevor Cahill, Josh Collmenter, Randall Delgado, Will Harris, Brandon McCarthy, Wade Miley, Oliver Perez, J.J. Putz, Addison Reed, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Joe Thatcher and Brad Ziegler.
Catchers (2): Tuffy Gosewisch and Miguel Montero.
Infielders (6): Eric Chavez, Paul Goldschmidt, Aaron Hill, Chris Owings, Cliff Pennington and Martin Prado.
Outfielders (4): Tony Campana, Gerardo Parra, A.J. Pollock and Mark Trumbo.
15-Day Disabled list (5):
LHP Patrick Corbin (torn left ulnar collateral ligament, retroactive to March 19).
RHP David Hernandez (right ulnar collateral ligament injury, retroactive to March 27).
RHP Daniel Hudson (torn right ulnar collateral ligament).
LHP Matt Reynolds (Tommy John surgery, retroactive to March 19).
OF Cody Ross (dislocated right hip, retroactive to March 19).


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Toronto, Canada (April 15, 2013) – Members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) and its 29 local RASC Centres will celebrate International Astronomy Day this Saturday, April 20, 2013. Be on the lookout for telescopes and astronomers to pop up unexpectedly on street corners, in shopping malls and other public places, ready and eager to bring the universe down to Earth for everyone!
Spring Astronomy Day occurs between mid April and mid May on a Saturday near or before the 1st quarter Moon. Astronomy Day events take place at hundreds of sites across Canada, England, the United States, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Malaysia, Iran, Ireland, plus many other countries. Astronomy Week encompasses Astronomy Day which starts on the previous Monday, April 15 and ends on the following Sunday, April 21, 2013.
Astronomy Day was first celebrated in California in 1973, when Doug Berger, the president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California, decided that rather than try to entice people to travel long distances to visit observatories, they would set up telescopes closer to busy public locations like street corners, libraries and shopping malls. Astronomy Day is a fantastic way for you to find out about astronomy, look through telescopes and share experiences with both professional and amateur astronomers. Many local RASC Centres, astronomical clubs, planetariums, museums, and observatories will be sponsoring public viewing sessions, presentations, workshops, and other activities to increase public awareness about astronomy and our wonderful universe. Teachers have used Astronomy Day to promote the study of astronomy with their classes.
Be sure to check out the RASC website at www.rasc.ca to get listings of RASC Astronomy Day events across Canada.
Founded in 1868, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is Canada's leading astronomy organization bringing together 4,100+ enthusiastic amateurs, educators and professionals. RASC and its 29 Centres across Canada offer both national and local programming and services. The RASC's vision is to inspire curiosity in all Canadians about the universe, to share scientific knowledge, and to foster collaboration in astronomical pursuits.
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The security researcher who demonstrated the 'cold boot' attack has released the source code for the hack. The attack, first demonstrated in February, uses a set of utilities to lift crypto keys from memory even after a reboot.
A boon for hackers and computer forensics experts alike, the approach created a means to circumvent disk encryption simply by powering off a target machine which has been left hibernating or screen-locked, and quickly re-booting it to an external hard drive loaded with customised software. The attack worked because DRAM chips used by modern computers retain data for seconds or even minutes after being powered down, contrary to popular opinion. Cooling the chips wasn't absolutely necessary but aided the process in some cases.
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A man's attempt to steal a washing machine gets stuck, literally. Spartanburg, South Carolina police say that Willie Lee Rowell allegedly broke into a home, stole a washing machine and got the appliance into his car. This was no small feat as Rowell drives a moderate sized 2001 Honda Accord. Police say he was about to make a clean break from the scene when his car got stuck in the mud. From that point it wasn't tough for officers to arrest him, still spinning his wheels. When they picked him up, police say Rowell was high on meth.
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NOAA satellite imaging formed the basis of this fascinating map of the Rocky Mountain region which was then computer-enhanced by WorldSat International of Canada. Published in July 1995, this map is a perfect companion to the Heart of the Rockies map published in the same issue.
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Arvidsson beats Safarova at Generali Ladies
Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden rallied to beat fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 Monday in the opening round of the Generali Ladies.
Arvidsson failed to serve out the match at 5-3, but broke the 18th-ranked Safarova again at 6-5 in the indoor hard-court event.
The Swede will next face another Czech, Lucie Hradecka, who beat Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Also, Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands defeated Mona Barthel of Germany 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1 after winning all of her service points in the decider. She hadn't won a set against Barthel in their three previous matches.