text:
AUTO - HOME - PERSONAL - CREDIT CARDSApply Now
Personalized service is a major benefit and you don't have to sacrifice convenience to get it. Take advantage of shared branching services through CO-OP Shared Branch or Hawaii's Network and you can access your account at over 5,000 credit union branches nationwide as if you were visiting us.
July 12, 2018 | 70° F in Baltimore
The Baltimore Fire Department evacuated Cancer Research Building 1 and Cancer Research Building 2 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital on Thursday afternoon ...
The University announced on Thursday, April 26 that it revoked the honorary degree awarded to actor and comedian Bill Cosby in 2004. Hopkins made the ...
The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) announced that its U.S.-Korea Institute (USKI) will be closing on May 11 due to insufficient funding. ...
The Committee on Student Elections (CSE) released the recounted results for the 2018-19 Student Government Association (SGA) Class Council elections on Tuesday night. The original results were released on Friday, but due to a change in voting system which left ten seats open, the CSE decided to conduct ...
The Committee on Student Elections (CSE) announced the results of the 2018-19 Student Government Association (SGA) Class Council elections on Friday. A total of 928 students voted, ...
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the social news website Reddit and the venture capital firm Initialized Capital, spoke at an event hosted by FastForward U, an initiative within Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures (JHTV) on Friday. This event, hosted in Hodson 110, kicked off Alumni Weekend 2018 and was ...
The Hopkins Urban Health Institute, in collaboration with the Office of the Provost, held its annual symposium on the social determinants of health at the East Baltimore campus this Monday. This year's symposium focused on activism and social justice in the past 50 years.
A panel of activists discussed the upcoming Baltimore gubernatorial elections at an event titled "Movement Power/Electoral Strategy: What's at stake for Baltimore in the upcoming governor's race?" this Wednesday at Red Emma's. The talk featured journalist Marc Steiner and Associate Professor ...
After returning to Twitter in mid-April, Kanye West has been stirring up a lot of discussion among his fans and haters alike. This renewed interest in Kanye's image culminated in a series of tweets in which he espoused his love for Donald Trump, tweeting, "We are both dragon energy. He is my brother," ...Established 2004
Contrary to what many people seem to believe, Britain is not riven by a large-scale culture clash. Indeed, despite widespread fears about the integration of Muslims into British culture, there is no evidence that Muslims are less likely to think of themselves as British than other groups. These are among the conclusions of research by Professor Alan Manning and Sanchari Roy , published in the February 2010 .
The study, which analyses data on the national identity and values of both immigrants and British-born people, finds that the longer immigrants remain in Britain, the more likely they are to think of themselves as British – and that immigrants from poorer and less democratic countries assimilate faster into a British identity.
For example, immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh assimilate into a British identity much faster than the average, while those from Western Europe and the United States do so more slowly, with Italians standing out as the group that assimilates least into a British identity.
Many people in Britain consider immigration to be one of the most important issues facing the country today. Their concerns seem to be as much about the social impact of immigration as its economic impact, which economists typically conclude are small.
Quite what the social consequences of immigration that are feared is not entirely clear – sometimes it is simply the dilution of 'traditional' culture; sometimes it is a more melodramatic fear that Britain is becoming a mix of mutually incompatible cultures, whose irreconcilable differences could end in a serious 'culture clash'.
This research uses responses from the Labour Force Survey of almost one million individuals to the question 'What do you consider your national identity to be?' as well as data on people's views of their rights and responsibilities from Home Office Citizenship Surveys. The answers give little support to the idea of a serious culture clash within British society.
The British-born
Among those who were born in Britain, over 90% of all groups of whatever religion or ethnicity, think of themselves as British. In particular, there is no evidence that Muslims are less likely to think of themselves as British than other groups.
Ethnicity has a somewhat larger effect on British identity than religion. All non-white ethnic groups report lower levels of British identity, but this is probably because many of them are second-generation immigrants. Young people from ethnic minorities whose parents are British-born report the same levels of British identity as the white population.
One group stands out as having an extremely low level of British identity – Catholics from Northern Ireland. It appears that any identity conflict among British-born Muslims is an order of magnitude smaller than that among Catholics from Northern Ireland.
The fraction of immigrants who identify themselves as British varies a lot by country of birth. But there is a simple explanation for most of this variation – how long immigrants have been in the country. New immigrants almost never think of themselves as British, but the longer they remain in the country the more likely they are to do so.
This process of assimilation is faster for some immigrant groups than others, but not in the way that might be expected. For example, Muslims are not less likely to feel British than those from other backgrounds, and immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh assimilate into a British identity much faster than the average, while those from Western Europe and the United States do so more slowly, with Italians standing out as the group that assimilates least into a British identity.
There is also evidence that immigrants from poorer and less democratic countries assimilate faster into a British identity. Part but not all of this can be explained by a greater tendency to take up citizenship.
Rights and responsibilities
This last finding might lead one to argue that whether people think of themselves as British is not a meaningful indicator of whether they feel they belong, nor of their integration into British life and values. There is little concern about the fact that Italians rarely seem to come to think of themselves as British because it is felt that Italians have similar views on the way in which society should be run.
So it is conceivable that those born in Britain call themselves British (because that is what their passport says they are) but they espouse a variety of diverse values. For some, it might be that their country of birth means that they automatically think of themselves as British while for others it might be the values (good or bad) that Britain represents to them, which lead to their identifying themselves as British.
To examine the values that lie behind notions of British identity, the researchers conducted an analysis of people's views on rights and responsibilities. Their findings here are very similar to those on national identity: immigrants are very slightly less likely to have views on rights and responsibilities that the popular consensus holds to be 'desirable'.
But the differences are much smaller than the differences among the British-born population of different ages and with different levels of education. What's more, the immigrant groups who emerge as having different values from the British-born population are not the ones that have become the focus of most public concern. Muslims, for example, do not have significantly different values.
These findings strongly suggest that contrary to what many people seem to believe, Britain is not riven by large-scale culture clash. This is not to deny the existence of some people who are prepared to use violence to further their agenda, but this evidence suggests that these are a tiny minority.
The researchers comment:
Notes for editors : 'Culture Clash or Culture Club? The Identity and Attitudes of Immigrants in Britain' by AlanManning and SanchariRoy is published in the February 2010 issue of the .
Alan Manning is professor of economics at LSE. Sanchari Roy is a PhD student and research assistant at LSE.
For further information
: contact Alan Manning on +44 20 7955 6078 (email:
adidas Men's Superstar Trainers Green Night Cargo F15/Redsld/Core Black Night Cargo F15/Redsld/Core Black Nzo1VFV2
); or Romesh Vaitilingam on 07768-661095 (email: firstname.lastname@example.com ).
'In presenting our research findings at various universities, we have been surprised by how many people react by saying our results are all wrong and that they "know" that there is a serious culture clash. We should be seriously concerned that this "knowledge" is simply wrong.


text:
Book review: A Natural History of the Santa Catalinas, Arizona
A Natural History of the Santa Catalinas, Arizona.
Richard C. Brusca and Wendy Moore,
232 pages, softcover:
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, 2013.
The Santa Catalina Mountains in southeast Arizona "easily become a good friend," writes philosopher Bill Broyles in the introduction to this new book by two Southwest naturalists. A Natural History explores the geology, plants and animals that define this island mountain range, making it a relatively cool and lush respite from the hot and dry country around Tucson. Part field guide and part historical narrative, the book would serve equally well in a backpack or on a desk. "Pack a picnic lunch," the authors advise, "and leave your cares in the valley below."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Facebook Explorations
New 2016-2018
Des' eBooks
Sample Collections
Des - Youtube
Blog Des Kilfeather
Des: LensCulture, Inc.
Philanthropic Atheist
Glorious Trafalgar
About DP Kilfeather
Painting & Drawing
z3 orchid watercolour
The recurrent theme in Kilfeather's art is the philosophical exploration of ethics, greed, power, ambition, jealousy and apathy. Counterbalanced with narratives of love, optimism and humour. Starkly and dramatically contrasting personal experiences inform the work. These experiences are the main source of inspiration for the expression of doubt and optimism in these paintings. Contact Des for further information and pricing information. Several paintings have Gallery Retail prices attached, contact Des.
image reference:
z3 orchid watercolour
Pre-aesthetic. Orchid. Watercolur and acrylic on paper.
© Des Kilfeather
All images are strictly ©Copyright DP Kilfeather


text:
The Wright Institute's doctoral program in clinical psychology is founded on the practitioner-scholar model and the integration of science and practice. The program has three aims and thirteen student-learning objectives. The program philosophy is based on a study of research on professional education. The philosophy also draws from the Wright Institute's mission and the educational model developed by the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP). While the goals and objectives focus primarily on the content of the program, the philosophy is directed to the program's process of education and training.
Relational ModelFundamental to our approach is that human relationships are of central importance to both learning and clinical practice. Read more » Learning in ContextAn effective professional program prepares students for the conditions they will meet in practice by making the challenges they face in graduate education mirror those they will encounter in professional life. Read more » Reflective PracticeReflective practice calls for a commitment to critical self-appraisal about one's work which, in the academic environment, is facilitated by faculty members who mentor and act as role models. Read more » Broader Conception of ScholarshipClinical practice in psychology requires not only a thorough understanding of facts and theory, but the ability to apply them. Read more »


text:
Hampstead man arrested following Rite Aid robberyBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
July 29. 2013 9:20PM
PLAISTOW — A Hampstead man is facing several charges after he allegedly used a handgun to hold up a Rite Aid Sunday and then rammed into a police cruiser when he tried to flee.
Jason T. Gaff, 37, of 8 Johnson Meadow Road, was arraigned Monday in the 10th Circuit Court in Plaistow and ordered held on $50,000 cash bail at the Rockingham County jail.
According to police, Gaff was arrested after the Rite Aid at 31 Garden Road was allegedly robbed shortly before 3:30 p.m.
Victims and witnesses at Rite Aid told police that a man, later identified as Gaff, came into the store and began browsing around before eventually approaching the pharmacy window and telling the clerk that he needed the prescription drugs Klonopin and Xanax, police said.
When the clerk asked if he had a prescription, police said Gaff told her, "No, I don't want any trouble."
He then pulled up his shirt and displayed a handgun tucked into the waist of his shorts, police said.
Gaff was given some pills and then took off in a white 1990 Lincoln Town Car, police said.
When Officer Dorothy McGurren spotted the car heading toward her on Westville Road, she quickly turned her cruiser around and tried to stop him. Police said he refused to stop, so McGurren tried to block him, but he pulled around the cruiser and continued to flee.
McGurren followed the car onto Kingston Road.
Police said Gaff struck the cruiser twice as he tried to get away.
Police said he eventually backed into a condominium complex on Old County Road and Sgt. Valquerio Eiro arrived and the two cruisers cornered the vehicle.
Gaff allegedly flung a handgun out of the car and was arrested and charged with robbery, possession of a controlled drug, felon in possession of a firearm, receiving stolen property, changing marks for allegedly scratching off the serial number of the firearm, reckless operation and disobeying a police officer.
Gaff is due back in court Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. for a probable cause hearing.
Anyone with information about the robbery or any witnesses are asked to call Plaistow police at 382-1200.


text: If I were to play a word association game with things from The Wire, the last thing I'd associate with it is high fashion. So I was more than a little surprised to see Jamie Hector and Felicia Pearson – who play Marlo and Snoop – in this weekend's Guardian sporting Prada and Paul Boateng. On the plus side, it did give me an excuse to pimp the show -which is the greatest TV show ever – to anyone within earshot. A bit like how I'm pimping it now.


text:
Partner to change lives, invest in healthy childhood
Please donate to API today
API is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that works to prevent, reduce and even eliminate some of the most primary sources of human conflict and maladaptation by helping parents learn the healthiest ways to parent. Our work affects individuals, families, communities and society at large. API is based in Tennessee and is registered to receive donations in Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Iowa, Indiana, New York, California, and Texas.
Prefer to mail a check? Please print this form and send your donation and contact information to: Attachment Parenting International, P.O. Box 973, Bristol, TN 37621.
Want to sponsor a specific project? Have questions? Send an email to email@example.com for more information.
Desire a donation gift certificate sent in someone's name? Make your gift through your choice of payment processors and be sure to send an email to Send an email to email@example.com with the donation choice, name of recipient, and his or her contact information, and preference for certificate to be sent to you for printing or directly to the recipient via email.
Ask your employer if they have a matching program and increase your contribution.
Giving options below include:


text:
September 7 , 2011
Fr. Ron Bieganowski
1820-1865 at the Reception Studies Society Biennial Conference in September 2011
Will present a paper entitled "'Odysseus / the name of my family': Pound, Joyce, Homer" at MLA.
An article entitled "'Cyclops,' Censorship, and Joyce's Monster Audiences" forthcoming in the James Joyce Quarterly.
Will publish "Organizing for Antiracism in Writing Centers: Principles for Enacting Social Change" with Moira Ozias in Writing Centers and the New Racism (edited by Laura Greenfield and Karen Rowan), forthcoming with Utah State University Press.
Paper to be read. "Beauty and the Beastly Prime Minister." Annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. Seattle. 2012
Review of The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies, by Mark Chiang. Journal of Asian Studies 70.2 (2011): 503-04. 2011
"Amitav Ghosh And the Aesthetic Turn in Postcolonial Studies." Journal of Modern Literature 34.3 (2011): 65-86. 2011
Take care,
Received, along with Angela Sorby and Susan Hopwood, an NEH grant from the American Library Association for Raynor Memorial Libraries and Milwaukee Public Library to collaborate on an outreach project titled Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women. The project, which is based on a biography written by Harriet Reisen and a documentary film co-produced by Nancy Porter Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET New York's American Masters, will support a series of public events scheduled throughout the fall semester.
Published "Refusing to Write like Henry James: Women Reforming Realism in Fin de Siècle America," European Journal of American Studies 2 ( 2011).
Published review of Valerie Gray, Charles Knight: Educator, Publisher, Writer, in The Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 5 (2010): 144-46.
Delivered "Ghosts and Shadows: Reading Race in the Woman's Building Library of the World's Columbian Exposition," Edward G. Holley Lecture, Library History Roundtable, American Library Association. New Orleans, LA, June 2011.
Delivered "Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Library at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair," invited lecture for the Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship, American Library Association, New Orleans, LA, June 2011.
Presented "Roderick Hudson and the Atlantic Circle," Book History plenary, Fifth International Conference of the Henry James Society, Rome, Italy, July 2011.
Organized plenary session "Henry James and the History of the Book,"Fifth International Conference of the Henry James Society, Rome, Italy, July 2011.
Moderated session, "Theatricality and Performance," Fifth International Conference of the Henry James Society, Rome, Italy, July 2011.
Will publish "Right Here I See My Own Books": The Woman's Building Library at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (co-authored with Wayne A. Wiegand, F. William Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University). Forthcoming from the University of Massachusetts Press, the book will be officially launched at two events: one at the Library of Congress honoring the National Women's History Museum, to which the authors are donating their royalties, and one at the Chicago History Museum (cosponsored by Northwestern University).
Will publish "Canonicity and the American Public Library: The Case of American Women Writers," Library Trends 60.3 (February 2012).
"Whose West, Which West, West of What?" appears in West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West, edited by Lynn Stegner and Russell Rowland (University of Texas Press).
IndieNext, a newsletter and organization of Independent Booksellers, has chosen American Boy as an October featured title.
Will be a keynote speaker at the Midwest Booksellers Association annual convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 22.
Will speak at the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association annual convention in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 15.
Will read from his fiction at the Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 19-23.
Will read give readings from American Boy at Boswell's Books in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 29, at Books & Company in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on October 18, at Next Chapter in Mequon, Wisconsin, on October 26, and at Book Stall in Winnetka, Illinois, on October 27.
Shorewood, Wisconsin, has selected novel Montana 1948 for its first Community Reads program. Watson will speak to students at Shorewood High School on October 5. He will offer a presentation for the public at the Shorewood Community Center on October 5.
Will speak to ESL classes at the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee on October 17. His novel Montana 1948 is being studied in the classes.
In October, Wisconsin Public Radio's Chapter a Day will feature American Boy.
Will speak at the Verona Public Library in Verona, Wisconsin, on November 2.
Will speak at the L. D. Fargo Public Library in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, on November 12.
Along with other Milwaukee authors (including C. J. Hribal) he will read from his fiction at the Associated Writing Programs annual convention in Chicago, Illinois, in February 2012.
Was the subject of a feature article in the February 26, 2012, issue of Printers Row, a new Chicago Tribune magazine on books and writers.


text:
This website is under construction!
(281) 354-5108
24042 Stanart Rd, Porter, TX 77365
You must be to logged in to post a review.
70% of consumers research online before making an informed decision on what business to use. Adding your business here can not only greatly increase your visibility, but can also encourage better search engine rankings of your own business website!
Sign up for a free Business Reviewer account and rate/review local businesses!
Create an account and add your Houston area property listings for free!
All listings last 30 days and can be renewed indefinitely. For an additional small fee, feature your property on the home page or on the listing pages.
All Real Estate Professionals may also post and review business listings. You must be a liscensed Realtor in Texas to create this account.
Reach a very focused market in the Houston metropolitan area by advertising with us.
We are currently offering an introductory sidebar banner rate of only $10 a month.
Click Here for more details.
$250 Full-time listing (60 days)
$75 Freelance listing (30 days)
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover cards accepted
© 2012 Houston Home and Land Source All right reserved.
Design and Maintenance by N.A.I. Multimedia Studios, Austin TX


text:
Manchester man denies stealing from parents
July 22. 2013 9:32PM
MANCHESTER — A city man on probation for drug and theft convictions pleaded innocent Monday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division to three misdemeanor charges of receiving stolen property and three of theft by deception.
Mark Sweet, 28, of 978 Union St., asked Judge Gregory Michael why he was being charged twice for the same thing.
Sweet is accused of having in his possession items stolen from his parents and of obtaining money from a pawn shop for the items, which were not his to sell.
Trial was set for Aug. 26 and bail is $2,000 cash/surety, with conditions barring contact with his parents or pawn shops.


text:
No. 14 Florida has been a second-half team this season, outscoring opponents 50-13 after halftime and 27-0 in the fourth quarter.
That could change against Kentucky.
The Gators (3-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) have had a penchant for fast starts against the Wildcats (1-2), outscoring them 94-3 in the first quarter in the last four meetings. That early game success led to four consecutive blowouts, which helped make the series one of the most one-sided in college football.
Florida has won 25 consecutive games against Kentucky, the longest current win streak in an annual series in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Gators will try to extend their dominance Saturday in The Swamp.
Florida coach Will Muschamp cautions that "none of those wins or losses have anything to do with Saturday. Zero."


text:
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Attorneys for the Colorado theater shooting suspect suggested in a court filing Monday that they might be considering entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity over their client's objections.
They raised that possibility in a document that outlines their dilemma over how to give plea advice to James Holmes, who could be executed if he's convicted of more than 160 counts of murder and attempted murder.
Holmes' lawyers say overlapping elements of Colorado laws on insanity pleas and the death penalty could violate his protection against self-incrimination, his right to present evidence in his own defense and other provisions of the U.S. and state constitutions.
Monday's court filing twice mentions the possibility of entering an insanity plea over a defendant's objections, noting that Colorado law allows that in some circumstances. However, the filing does not say Holmes' lawyers would take that route.
Holmes' attorneys are widely expected to mount an insanity defense and have said in court hearings and written in court documents that he is mentally ill. Holmes was being seen by a psychiatrist before the attack on a midnight screening of the latest Batman movie that killed 12 people and injured 70.
Defense lawyers said last month that Holmes could not enter a plea because his legal team had too many questions about the constitutionality of the Colorado laws. Judge William Sylvester then entered a not guilty plea on Holmes' behalf and noted it could later be changed to an insanity plea.
Monday's motion was in response to a list of cautions that Holmes would have to read and sign before he could enter an insanity plea. Sylvester issued the list, and a new judge on the case, Carlos Samour Jr., revised them.
One of the cautions says Holmes must cooperate with doctors during a mandatory mental health evaluation or he won't be able to present mitigating evidence about his mental state if he is convicted and a jury decides whether he should be executed.
That caution is at the core of the constitutional questions by the defense, said Karen Steinhauser, a former prosecutor and now an adjunct law professor.
It's not clear how cooperation is defined, she said, and the question hasn't been tested in court since the laws were changed to their present form in the late 1990s.
Follow Dan Elliott at http://twitter.com/DanElliottAP .


text:
via press release:
(New York, NY) TLC today announces that it has commissioned the two-hour film LETTERS TO JACKIE: REMEMBERING PRESIDENT KENNEDY, executive produced by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bill Couturié's The Couturie Company in partnership with Amblin Television. The film revisits the months following the assassination of President Kennedy, when the First Lady became the heart of the nation, leading its citizens – and her own children – through a dark and difficult time. In response, thousands of US citizens and mourners around the world reached out in support. LETTERS TO JACKIE puts a spotlight on the strength and unity that emerged during one of the most iconic times in American history.
The film will debut as an exclusive television event on TLC this fall, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the President's assassination.
"LETTERS TO JACKIE: REMEMBERING PRESIDENT KENNEDY is a beautiful and moving tribute to a nation at a time of mourning, and to a remarkable woman who exemplified strength in the face of such pain. While the country lost its president, Jackie Kennedy lost her husband and the father of her children, and these letters explore how some of the most relatable moments can happen during such a remarkable time," says Amy Winter, GM, TLC.
In the two months following that fateful day in November 1963, the White House received more than 800,000 condolence letters to Jacqueline Kennedy and her family, all expressions of sorrow, strength and unity. LETTERS TO JACKIE reveals how a single event transcended generations, regions, races, political leanings and religions and unified a nation in support of a family in grief.
Twenty A-List celebrities have lent their recognizable voices to give life to these powerful letters from everyday Americans, including a polio-stricken 13 year-old who offers words of strength for the First Lady, a Peace Corps volunteer who mourns the loss while stationed in Ethiopia and an African American woman who expressed her pride and gratitude for President Kennedy's work in the civil rights movement.
The participating talent includes:
Bérénice Bejo
Demián Bichir
Jessica Chastain
Chris Cooper
Viola Davis
Zooey Deschanel
Kirsten Dunst
Anne Hathaway
Allison Janney
John Krasinski
Melissa Leo
Laura Linney
Frances McDormand
Chloë Grace Moretz
Mark Ruffalo
Octavia Spencer
Hailee Steinfeld
Channing Tatum
Betty White
Michelle Williams
"I'll never forget where I was when JFK was killed. No one will. It cast a dark shadow over America. The world, really. Afterwards, the American people poured out their hearts to Jackie. The strength and wisdom of the nation, coming out of profound tragedy, rings clear in these letters. As soon as I read them, I knew I had to make a movie around them and the time they so eloquently evoke. Luckily, Amblin TV and TLC agreed," said filmmaker Bill Couturié.
LETTERS TO JACKIE: REMEMBERING PRESIDENT KENNEDY is a co-production of Amblin Television and The Couturié Company. Executive Producers are Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. Based on the book "Letters To Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation" by Ellen Fitzpatrick, the film is produced by Anne Sandkuhler and Bill Couturié, and written and directed by Bill Couturié.
About TLC
TLC is a global brand that celebrates extraordinary people and relatable life moments through innovative nonfiction programming. A top 10 cable network in key female demos, TLC has built successful consumer brands around series including Cake Boss, and has transformed Fridays into "BrideDay" with a lineup of wedding-themed programming anchored by the Say Yes To The Dress franchise. In 2012, TLC had 28 series averaging 1 million P2+ viewers or more, including four series that averaged 2 million P2+ viewers or more: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Breaking Amish, Long Island Medium, and Sister Wives. TLC is available in more than 99 million homes in the US and more than 227 million households in nearly 150 markets internationally. A destination online, TLC.com offers in-depth fan sites, exclusive video content, and original editorial covering style, home, food, and more. Fans can also interact with TLC via On Demand services, on mobile platforms, and through social media such as Facebook or @TLC on Twitter. TLC is part of Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA,DISCB, DISCK), the world's number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative


text:
I thought I would never get through the letter E. When your grandfather with an E surname marries your grandmother with another E surname and you have lots of research on their families, it makes for an awful lot of people with E surnames in your database. I didn't find many new things about the E surnames since I just found all the Eiswerth family in German records over the summer. But I did find a few things:
- I finally took the time to analyze and find the correct 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses for Agnes C Eiswerth. It would have been easier if there weren't 2 Agnes C Eiswerths in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It also would have been easier if the Williamsport city directories would list Agnes and help me track her through the years.
- I disproved the family story of 3 Eiswerth brothers coming to America. I thought it was just a nice story until I found my 2nd great grandfather's brothers, Jacob and Charles, in Lycoming County. So I had this nice story of 3 brothers coming to America and settling in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. I even wrote about it in the Eiswerth family history I wrote last summer. But then Ancestry had to give me one of their shaky leaves for their brother Marcus. It was the 1900 census and I figured it was just going to be a false hit of someone born in the same month and year as Marcus. But then I found Marcus's second marriage to Dora Travis in the St. Boniface Church records that Ancestry digitized. The marriage record gives his parents as Lewis Eiswerth and Theresa Westrich. And once again I have to admit how much I love those shaky leaves.
Next up is the letter F.
Other letter cleanups:


text:
The advisory group was also introduced to interim mayor Todd Gloria's new community representative, Scott Barfield.
Rachel Gregg of state Assemblywoman Toni Atkins' office spoke about new state legislation.
"Assemblymember Atkins has au-thored a fun bill that creates new license plates with Snoopy on them for an extra $50 registration charge," said Gregg.
Gregg said money raised from the fee goes toward supporting the museums in California.
John Ly from District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer's office filled group members in on a proposed city water-rate hike, saying prices are proposed to go up 7.25 percent in 2014 and 7.5 percent in 2015.
"[The city buys] water from the county Water Authority and they buy from the Metropolitan Water District, which gets its water from the Colorado River," said Ly. "Metropolitan is raising its rates and we are at the bottom of the totem pole. Last time this happened, the City Council opted not to pass on the rate increase, taking the money out of reserves instead."
Ly said efforts are under way to explore using alternative water sources like desalinization, groundwater and toilet-to-tap advanced filtering.
"Our goal is to move away from using water from the Colorado River and use local supplies," Ly said. "The idea is, with more of a local supply we can help blunt future water rate increases."
NBCPG chairwoman Melanie Nickel said the group was surprised to find that several real-estate leases surrounding Valley View Casino Center (formerly the San Diego Sports Arena) at 3500 Sports Arena Blvd. are expiring at widely varying times.
"We thought they all expired by 2028, but some of the leases go much beyond that," Nickel said. "We'd recommended that no leases be extended beyond 2028 so that we could look at the whole area as package."
Businesses surrounding the sports arena, their size and lease expiration dates are: Stonewood Garden Apartments, 8.36 aces, 2024; Orchard II, 5.59 acres, 2036; ST Associates, 5.01 acres, 2032; Sports Arena Village, 17.61 acres, 2029; Tusch-Derbonne, 0.61 aces, 2035; AEG Management (sports arena), 33.58 acres, 2020; AEG Management (Sports Arena Square),
5 acres, month-to-month; Dixieline Lumber, 3.8 acres, 2015; Trend Furniture, 0.59 acres, 2015; Pier 1 Imports, 1.17 acres, 2014, Strauss Family Trust, 1.75 acres, 2033; and AEG Management (Retail Pads), 4.92 acres, 2032.
Nickel said the NBCPG is also opposed to month-to-month leases, noting those are unattractive to most tenants seeking long-term security, which creates a situation where businesses move out of properties left vacant and "literally falling to pieces."
She cited the former Black Angus Restaurant site at 3599 Sports Arena Blvd. as a case in point.
"No one wants to move in there because it's month-to-month," said Nickel.
"How much are all of these properties tied to the long-term lease of the sports arena, and what is the sports arena's role going to be?" Nickel asked Barfield.
"There is linkage, but to what extent I can't say," Barfield said.
Barfield said he would be the liaison with the interim mayor, adding "our administration is obviously in a holding phase, not launching any new policy initiatives until another mayor is in place."
Barfield can be reached at (619) 533-6397, or by email at email@example.com.


text:
Higuain fires Argentina past Belgium into World Cup semis
That collective sigh of relief could be heard all the way to Buenos Aires.
On Saturday, Argentina played a little more like the squad everyone expected to see at the World Cup.
And for many South American and neutral supports, they are one step closer to fulfilling the Argentina-Brazil dream tournament final.
It's the first time both Brazil and Argentina have made it to the semifinals in the same World Cup.
Both teams have substantial problems to overcome, but things finally started coming together for La Albiceleste in their 1-0 win over Belgium Saturday.
Argentina hadn't been playing well at all this tournament, but had its most complete game of the World Cup albeit against a surprisingly lethargic Belgium side.
The South Americans may have turned a corner.
"I feel really pleased for this squad, who've lived up to our footballing history, for all the coaching staff, for our families," said Argentine coach Alejandro Sabella. "In terms of the balance we showed and the football we played, it was our best match so far."
Except for their leader Lionel Messi, the Argentines have been largely unimpressive so far this World Cup.
But Saturday, Messi could afford to be only very good, because many of his teammates actually picked up the slack.
It had to happen. There was no way Messi could continue to carry the weight of a team and a nation without either breaking down or being shut down.
Angel di Maria stepped up in the Round of 16 match against Switzerland.
On Saturday, Gonzalo Higuain showed up. He'd been a ghost so far this World Cup, but against Belgium he took physical form. He scored the only goal of the game and almost adding a second when he ripped a shot off the crossbar.
Higuain managed to one-time a bouncing ball on the turn, finding the corner of the net behind Belgian goalkeeper Thibault Courtois. It was a tough finish because di Maria's pass took a slight deflection before coming to Higuain.
It was Higuain's first goal for his country since August 2013.
That in itself was cause for celebration.
If Higuain and di Maria can get going alongside Messi, Argentina will no longer draught horse but a race horse. One problem, however, is that di Maria had to leave Saturday's game in the first half with a thigh injury. He will be examined by doctors Sunday.
If di Maria is unable to continue playing, his loss would be a big blow to Argentina.
Almost as impressive Saturday was Argentina's wobbly defence holding together against a Red Devils team that was supposed to provide chills and thrills.
It turns out it was mostly chills.
Belgium, one of the pre-World Cup darkhorse selections, went out with a whimper. They didn't have many ideas in the game. They looked out of sorts and totally controlled by Argentina. Belgium never showed the kind of desperation needed to move on.
What made the whole thing even more mystifying were comments made by coach Marc Wilmots after the game.
"Argentina didn't wow us," Wilmots said. "They looked quite an ordinary side to me but they used their experience well. They started as favourites, scored an early goal and then knew how to handle being in front, by stopping us getting any momentum going."
One supposes if Argentina looked "quite an ordinary side," his club was quite dreadful.
Argentina has had the luck of an easy passage so far in this World Cup, although they've hardly had an easy time.
As they head to the semifinals they'll be living with weight of expectations. There is some argument now that Argentina is the new Spain.
Before Spain won the last two European championships and the 2010 World Cup, they were the team that always had the players but could never close the deal.
Argentina has won two World Cups in its history, but this is first time in 24 years it has made it to the semifinals and a mere step away from a dream final against arch-rival Brazil.


text:
Find People using the Electoral Roll
192.com is the UK's leading people finder. Because 192.com searches more records than any other site, you are much more likely to find the person you're looking for.
The site offers much broader coverage of the UK population than any other site because it searches Electoral Rolls as well as Directory Enquiries and Director reports. This offers almost three times the coverage of searching the phonebook alone!
192.com gives you a complete profile of any person you find on the site. A typical profile will include full name, current address, age guide, phone number (where available), other household occupants, neighbours, property prices and even an aerial photo of their house.
How to Search the Electoral Roll
Because 192.com allows you to search the Electoral Roll, you have access to much more flexible search options than you would with other people search engines.
Use Electoral Roll searching to search UK-wide – for example, you can search for "John Smith" without having to specify any type of location or current address. However, this might bring back a long list of results, so 192.com allows you to refine your Electoral Roll search by Other Household Occupants (e.g. spouse) or Likely Age (e.g. 35-39).
About the Electoral Register
The Electoral Register includes the names and addresses of the majority of UK citizens over the age of eighteen. Since 2003, 192.com has only published the edited Electoral Register annually. 2002 was the last year the full electoral register was available.
The most recent Electoral Roll is added to 192.com at the beginning of the year and updated quarterly.
Electoral Roll data:
- Full names
- Detailed addresses
- Likely age
- Length of residency
- Other household occupants
- Previous household occupants
- Neighbour's details
- 750 million people listed


text:
22 Feb 2013 13:05:31 PM
Knockout of the Day: A Pre-NewsRadio Joe Rogan Body Shot KO's Some Fool With a Spinning Back Kick
(And to think, if Joe had done the same thing to Andy Dick, the world might have been spared the AIDS epidemic.)
Do you remember the first time you came across that video of Joe Rogan teaching Georges St. Pierre the art of the spinning back kick? If so, you probably recall watching Rogan obliterate those heavy bags and quietly pondering to yourself, "My God, how many lives Rogan has claimed with that kick in the past?" And while we can't attest to the exact number of trophy skulls lining the walls of Rogan's humble abode, we can now confirm that there is at least one, which has likely been converted into a bubbler in the time since.
A video of Rogan in his Taekwondo heyday has been rounding MMA blogs for the past few days now, so in order to help distract you from the realization that your favorite sport is an absolute joke, we've thrown it after the jump. It is approximately 20 seconds long, features one strike, and may or may not cause you to shit your pants out of empathy for the poor bastard whose intestines are utterly annihilated with little more than a swivel of Rogan's hips.Read More DIGG THIS


text:
The Weekly Standard has a piece up right now about Franken and his attempt to out pro-gun his opponent, Norm Coleman, in 2008. The article has the following video:
"Look, I support the Second Amendment. I don't think we're any different on this," Franken said, looking at his Republican opponent. "I support peoples right to collect guns, to use guns for protection, to hunt–I don't think there's any difference whatsoever between us!"
Franken gives me the creeps in general. Even more so in this clip when he asks, 'do you really think I want to take people's guns away?" He is lying like a rug, but he's twice as thick and it shows. The answer is: "Why yes, Al. We do". Coleman should have said it to his face. A lot of people wonder about Franken in his gun flip-flop, so much so in fact, the press even asked Jay Carney about it today.
So, Minnesotans reading this. Check out my post on the 2014 Senate race and figure out how you're going to kick Stuart Smalley out of office.
Related reading:
Inside Air America: Al Franken's lying lies
Say What? : Biden On The Loose Edition (scroll midway down for an Al Franken rundown)
Update 1/20/13: Hat Tip Instapundit: Minnesota buyers take up arms in record numbers


text:
New 2019 Chevrolet Suburban 2WD 1500 LT
Selling Price $65,605
4-Wheel Antilock Disc Brakes, ABS brakes, Alloy wheels, Compass, Electronic Stability Control, Front dual zone A/C, Heated door mirrors, Heated Front Reclining Bucket Seats, Heated front seats, Illuminated entry, Low tire pressure warning, Power Liftgate, Power-Adjustable Accelerator & Brake Pedals, Remote keyless entry, Traction control. Red Tintcoat 2019 Chevrolet Suburban LT RWD 6-Speed Automatic EcoTec3 5.3L V8 All American Chevrolet of Midland is focused on providing customers with a honest and simpler buying and service experience. We give customers straightforward information so that they can make confident decisions. We also pride ourselves on taking care of customers, paying you top dollar for your trade, and our huge selection and volume of vehicles. We have the largest parts and service department in the central Texas area and encourage you to come visit us to experience our facilities and team members.


text:
NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partners. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Carr, RDH, MA
Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene
Associate Professor of HS Nursing Quality & Research
Dental Hygiene
Section of Primary Care
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University
Michele Carr is a certified Dental Hygienist. She is also the Chair and Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. Michele's research interests include ultrasonics, women's health issues and clinical dental hygiene issues. She has published articles in journals like General Dentistry, Journal of the American Dental Association and the Journal of Practical Hygiene to name a few. Michele went to The Ohio State University and graduated with a Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management. She has received a State of Ohio Dental Hygiene License. Michele belongs to Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society, The Ohio State University Dental Hygiene Alumni Society, American Dental Education Association, American Association of Dental Research and American Dental Hygiene Association.


text:
Diseñadores de todas las partes del mundo están proponiendo diseños creativos a Entrepreneur Dan en la categoría de diseño impreso o envases - custom.
Need new book cover & E-book design for existing book. Please check out the website which has a high resolution PDF file of the existing e-book with our preliminary design.
Need new cover design for a book that will be produced in book and e-book formats. Please read the existing ebook located at the indicated website for ideas on what to put on the cover. If you wish to incorporate our logo, I've put a semi-low-res copy at http://www.prepatentprotection.com/logo3.jpg. I have to find my higher res one, but this one can be used for demo purposes. Also, the back cover will have to be tweaked to reflect the color and style of the front cover.
The cover should be
- Colorful and pop
- tell the story visually
- Photoshop & Illustrator files
- 600 dpi
- 1/4 inch bleed
- Low resolution
- Boring
- Non-creative
- What we have now.


text:
The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries
For many of our contemporaries, no one sums up missionaries of an earlier era like Nathan Price. The patriarch in Barbara Kingsolver's 1998 novel, The Poisonwood Bible, Price tries to baptize new Congolese Christians in a river filled with crocodiles. He proclaims Tata Jesus is bangala!, thinking he is saying, "Jesus is beloved." In fact, the phrase means, "Jesus is poisonwood." Despite being corrected many times, Price repeats the phrase until his death—Kingsolver's none-too-subtle metaphor for the culturally insensitive folly of modern missions.
For some reason, no one has written a best-selling book about the real-life 19th-century missionary John Mackenzie. When white settlers in South Africa threatened to take over the natives' land, Mackenzie helped his friend and political ally Khama III travel to Britain. There, Mackenzie and his colleagues held petition drives, translated for Khama and two other chiefs at political rallies, and even arranged a meeting with Queen Victoria. Ultimately their efforts convinced Britain to enact a land protection agreement. Without it, the nation of Botswana would likely not exist today.
When Your Heart Isn't In It
Joe Thorn:
Anger, sorrow, apathy and hundred other feelings leave us in state of mind where the idea of gathering with the church for worship or community group simply isn't appealing. Sometimes we wake up on Sunday morning and secretly (hopefully) wonder, "Is my kid sick today? If so I guess we'll have to stay home." It's shameful, but common among all of us. Sometimes we don't went to do what we are created for. And in that moment we make a common mistake. We think since our heart isn't in it we shouldn't do it. I've felt this way before. I have heard it a lot as well. "I didn't come to worship this Sunday because my heart wasn't in it, and if I came and sang those songs I would feel like a hypocrite." This is a deadly conclusion.
Untamable God
My pal Stephen Altrogge has just released a brand new book, Untamable God: Encountering the One Who Is Bigger, Better, and More Dangerous Than You Could Possibly Imagine. I read this a few weeks back and had this to say:
"He is not safe, but he is good." C.S. Lewis' words permeate every page of Stephen Altrogge's new book, Untameable God, as he confronts and corrects our constant attempts to reimagine the God of the Bible into some damnably "safe" cheap substitute. Jesus isn't safe—but he is good, and that is such good news for weary sinners. Read this book and rejoice!
Check out the book and be sure to grab a copy for your Kindle while it's 99¢!
My wife also made a nifty t-shirt for the book, which you can get here.
Get Living for God's Glory in today's $5 Friday at Ligonier.org
Today you can get Living for God's Glory by Joel Beeke (ePub) for only $5 in today's $5 Friday sale at Ligonier.org. Other items on sale:
- Fear and Tremblin teaching series by R.C. Sproul (audio and video download)
- Standing Firm: 2012 West Coast Conference (DVD)
- The Mighty Weakness of John Knox by Douglas Bond (hardcover)
$5 Friday ends tonight at 11:59:59 PM Eastern.
So Dad, How Much Do You Earn?
David Murray:
In ways subtle and not so subtle they've tried to find out my salary through the years, and I've always gone to great lengths to conceal it from them. Shona and I never do our budgeting within earshot of the kids, and I've gone to extraordinary lengths to hide and shred wage slips, bank statements, mortgage statements, etc. That's right, I wouldn't even tell them how much my mortgage was.
Then, a couple of weeks ago, I stopped and asked myself, "Why are you doing this? What's the point in being so secretive?" I suppose I didn't want them blabbing about it to their friends, but they're "big boys" now.
The Top 50 Countries Where It's Hardest To Be a Christian
Katherine Burgess:
The top 10 nations "where Christians faced the most pressure and violence," according to the WWL, were North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Pakistan, Iran. and Yemen. While North Korea has topped the list for 12 straight years, this is the first time that a sub-Saharan African country took the No. 2 slot.


text:
Bruce Weber goes out with a lot of losses and talk of mollycoddling his players. That's on Weber. He recruited mental weaklings and compounded it by enabling them.
He told the truth about his players and his players continued to tank. So, neither Weber nor his players distinguished themselves.
I love Weber's honesty. His blast a couple weeks ago probably should not have been said publicly, but it was the truth.
And you know what else? If Weber had kept it in the locker room, that would've been more mollycoddling.
There was no way out for Weber if he missed the NCAA Tournament. He didn't. He's done.
But he had to know he was dead earlier when he said what needed to be said and his weak-minded and perhaps backbone-challenged players did nothing about it.
Because for all the blame that Weber deserves, his players ought to be pounded, as well. They seem as incapable of introspection as they were of protecting leads. Bad deal all the way around.
Now there's going to be a new deal.
Mike Thomas is the new sheriff in town. He wants his own coaches the way most athletic directors do. That doesn't mean the coaches will be good, just Thomas'.
It's about winning, Thomas said of his national search for a new basketball coach. It's about the student-athlete, and it's about doing it the right way --- it's about all the clichés, people.
It's always about the clichés when you're the AD at a steppingstone school. Illinois is not a destination, and there's little reason to believe it will be, if Thomas' football coach is any indication.
I mean, Ohio State hired a rock star, and Thomas hired, um, who again?
Thomas is not going to hire an emperor. The Illini would've hired that guy already. Illinois has tried getting the Next Big Thing. That's more workable. And that's over in a hurry. See Bill Self for details.
The best that Thomas can do is hire a guy he won't be forced to fire in, I don't know, four years because friends of the program wonder aloud what Thomas does for a living.


text:
(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
Contact us for information about using this image.
This is the certification that Ruben Graves of Whately, Massachusetts swore the Oath of Allegiance on February 17, 1787. All men who had participated in the insurgencies of Shays' Rebellion were required to swear this oath of faith.
top of page
Send an e-Postcard of this object
See Also...
Oath of Allegiance [Faith]
Oath of Allegiance of Isaac Abercrombie
Proclamation regarding Shays' Rebellion
Home | Online Collection | Things
To Do | Turns
Exhibit | Classroom | Chronologies | My
About This Site | Site Index | Site Search | Feedback


text:
Last spring changed everyone's perspective of the San Jose Sharks.
Once it was fashionable to pick them to win a ton in the regular season and then lose early in the postseason. Now that they proved they can reach the conference finals, the debate is about whether they can finally get to the finals.
I for one project them to subscribe to last year's formula again: lots of points in the regular season and a defeat in the Stanley Cup semifinals. But instead of Chicago, I anticipate the Detroit Red Wings ending San Jose's season.
It's not exactly walking out on a limb to pick Detroit, but maybe the Wings are a little less of a favorite than in years past. After all, Detroit's core and complementary players – aged already last season – are a year older. There's no telling what the Wings will get out of Todd Bertuzzi, Kris Draper and newly signed Mike Modano as a supporting cast to the "Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk Show."
And after two straight trips to the finals, the Wings proved they were mortal in losing to the Sharks in last year's second round. However, that means that for the first time in a couple years they had a longer summer to recuperate.
For me, the top two teams in the West are San Jose and Detroit. I give the Wings the edge because of their goaltending (Jimmy Howard over the Antti Niemi/Antero Niittymaki combo), their depth on defense (Jonathan Ericsson is going to push for top-four minutes) and their decision to fill their bottom six forward corps with veterans rather than youngsters (Modano, et al. over Logan Couture and friends).
The sexy pick around North America this season is Vancouver. However, I'm not sold on their improvements on defense – adding Keith Ballard and Dan Hamhuis – making up for what they lack up front, where I don't see a lot of firepower after a top five led by the Sedin brothers.
So instead of sexy, I'm going for old reliable to prevail once the postseason plays out in the West.
Here are my Western Conference predictions:
1. San Jose
Joe Thornton should produce a monster year, but the Sharks' bottom six forwards are mostly green and I don't love their defense after Dan Boyle.
2. Detroit
Nicklas Lidstrom's possible swan song should really only end one way: with a Cup. The health of the supporting cast will determine whether that conclusion becomes reality.
3. Vancouver
Like an old sitcom, it seems "Everybody Loves Vancouver" this fall. Well, I'm not buying any team that's leaning on Mason Raymond in its top six and I still want Roberto Luongo to prove he can do it in the postseason for more than two rounds.
4. Phoenix
Practically the same team from last year should finish in the same place this year, although it remains to be seen if a full year of Derek Morris plus more contributions from young defenseman Keith Yandle and the addition of rookie Oliver Ekman-Larsson help the 'Yotes overcome the loss of Zbynek Michalek.
5. Nashville
I'm expecting this to be the year Shea Weber enjoys a real coming out party. So you combine the defenseman playing the best hockey in the league with a Finnish sensation in net in Pekka Rinne, and you get a team that shocks the world by finishing in the thick of things.
6. Chicago
Half the team will have Stanley Cup hangover and half will be getting used to playing in a new city while dealing with opponents gunning for the defending champs. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews keep the 'Hawks afloat on sheer talent, but Marty Turco is the wrong netminder in the wrong place.
7. Los Angeles
Don't get me wrong, I understand why so many are in love with the talent on this team. And Drew Doughty is going to be in the Norris race all year. But there comes a time when you have to supplement young talent with a veteran superstar, even if that means giving up a young chip or two. LA hasn't done that. And I smell a goaltender controversy brewing between Jon Quick and Jonathan Bernier.
8. Calgary
This could be anybody's spot really, but I give it to the Flames based on a year's experience playing in Brent Sutter's system and the best goaltending, with Miikka Kiprusoff, among the teams eight through 15 in the West.
Non-playoff teams
9. Colorado
After taking everyone by surprise last season, the Avs are due for a drop-off. There's no way Craig Anderson repeats his outrageous season of last year, and Colorado failed to supplement its young talent with some veteran help.
10. Anaheim
The Ducks are almost starting from scratch on the back end. So Jonas Hiller will be tested often in net and will count on one of the league's better top-six forward groups to provide enough offense – but it won't score enough to get this club into the postseason.
11. St. Louis
I just don't see how a team relying so much on bounce-back seasons from would-be scoring stars Brad Boyes and David Backes can really be a playoff threat. And I'm not convinced Jaroslav Halak is the second coming.
12. Minnesota
Nicklas Backstrom in goal gives the Wild a puncher's chance to win every night. This team in transition lacks a superstar, but with one season now between them and the Jacques Lemaire era, Mikko Koivu & Co. should be able to keep things interesting until the season's final weeks.
13. Edmonton
The infusion of three of the league's best prospects – Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Magnus Paajarvi – should be enough to keep the Oilers out of the conference basement, even if the rest of the roster is a rag-tag group.
14. Columbus
The team that finished 14th in the West last season did nothing to improve this summer. So another next-to-last-place finish is in the cards. Rick Nash must regret re-signing in the Buckeye State every day he wakes up.
15. Dallas
If ever there was a team that obviously wants the No. 1 pick in next year's draft, it's the Stars, who are counting on a lot of youth to emerge as primetime players at once. I'd expect Brad Richards will be the most coveted, and available, trade chip come February.


text:
Did you know?
The St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest continually operating cathedral in the United States. — www.experienceneworleans.com
2016 Winter Meeting
The American Association of Physics Teachers will return to New Orleans for its Winter 2016 Meeting, January 9-12. The Big Easy, well known for its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage, provides a lively and entertaining backdrop for physicists and physics educators as they meet to share information and ideas spanning a potpourri of themes, including, The Planetarium Classroom, Weather or Knot, It's Still Physics, Apparatus Gumbo, and Recovery of New Orleans Physics Post-Katrina. While you are in New Orleans you will want to feast on the seafood, sights, and the music that make this city worth the return trip.
2016 Program
Click here to view the program for the 2016 Winter Meeting
Meeting APP
The 2016 Winter Meeting app is now available for download. You can download the app at https://crowd.cc/s/c8d6. To view the app on your mobile device, please go to the app store and search for AAPT or AAPT National Meetings.
Plenary Speakers
Find out more and become a part of WM2016 on: Facebook| Twitter
Some photos courtesy of New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau


text:
Barcelona left-back Eric Abidal has reportedly been released from hospital after undergoing medical examinations following a liver transplant in April 2012.
The France international was diagnosed with a tumour on his liver back in March 2011, which required major surgery, but the operation did not resolve the problem completely.
One year later his club announced that the 33-year-old would have to undergo yet more surgery to replace his liver, and a month later he underwent a successful procedure.
Abidal is now expected to join his team in training next week after coming through a series of tests that began last Wednesday.
The defender's last competitive appearance came back in February 2012, when the Blaugrana defeated Atletico Madrid 2-1.


text:
Don Giottonini of Stockton has a global perspective about wildlife and the bold efforts needed to protect one of the world's most vulnerable species - African rhinos.
Don Giottonini of Stockton has a global perspective about wildlife and the bold efforts needed to protect one of the world's most vulnerable species - African rhinos.
In the wake of a record 668 rhinos poached in South Africa in 2012, according to National Geographic, Giottonini has taken the challenge to members of the Sacramento Safari Club, where he serves as president.
"The gruesome killing of the most powerful and charismatic of animals just for their horns is a rallying cry," Giottonini said. "This year we highlighted the need to conserve rhinos at our annual Safari Club auction in February. Our chapter alone has contributed more than $346,000 to initiatives ranging from black rhino re-propagation and anti-poaching plans, to supporting the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Hunter Education Program and habitat restoration for desert bighorn sheep."
Giottonini believes fighting rhino poaching takes local, national and international support from groups such as the Sacamento Safari Club to stop the rhino killing that has gone international and high-tech.
Fueled by demand in Asia as a medicinal "cure all," a single black rhino horn commanded a price of up to $35,000 on the black market, reported National Geographic. Poachers now use helicopters, night vision equipment and radio tracking devices to follow, kill and transport the horns of their magnificent prey.
Commandeer Jabulani Nubane, head of the anti-poaching patrol program in Hluhuwi-iMfolozi National Park in South Africa, fears the soaring number of poached rhinos in his park, home to the largest population of rhinos in the world. The park is a place where rhinos were saved from extinction through past conservation efforts, said Harry Morse, retired information officer for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The park's anti poaching plan is aided by a light aircraft that was bought by the London Chapter of Safari Club International. Costs to operate a second surveillance aircraft were paid for by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Rhino-Tiger Conservation Fund. The aircraft enable Nubane's units to respond quickly to reported sightings of poaching activity and biologists to maintain updated counts of rhinos in the park.
"Recently, we formed new elite anti-poaching units, enlisted tribal leaders and community support to try and meet the poaching threat," Nubane said. "These efforts take time and funding. We are grateful for the support we have received from U.S. conservation groups."
The anti-poaching unit is making a difference and the national park is the only area in Africa to see a slight decline in poaching.
"Money from conservation organizations like Sacramento Safari Club is buying equipment, wardens and flight time," Nubane said. "Most important is the money and equipment is reaching the patrol level in places like Hluhuwi-iMfolozi, where frontline wardens are locked, loaded and ready to stop the poaching."
At his lumberyard in Stockton, halfway around the world from South Africa, Giottonini knows his organization is making a difference to help save the rhinos from extinction and realizes hunters are the world's first and best conservationists.
"Protecting and conserving rhinos is all of our jobs," he said. "It took decades of work and millions of dollars to bring them back. Let's spend as much time and money as we can to keep them safe."
Contact outdoors correspondent Peter Ottesen at email@example.com.


text:
Just to let everybody know, this will be my last post on the DCS blog.
<pauses briefly to allow the moaning, wailing, and gnashing of teeth to die down>
Ok, don't panic, I'm not disappearing from the blogosphere, just moving my blog onto the Gartner Blogging Network effectively immediately. So if you want to continue to see my thoughts, musings, and general ramblings on topics such as server design, blades, benchmarks, I/O virtualization, operating systems, cloud computing etc, just point your feed reader to:
Posted by: Nik Simpson


text:
1 Accommodation
Gougane Barra Hotel is situated in a magical unspoilt lakeside location in the mountains of West Cork. This seasonal hotel, which is found near the village of Ballingeary, offers three-star accommodation and genuine old-fashioned hospitality.
Read more
Want to know more? Ask a question in our Community, they're the people who know Ireland best.
For more information on travel, accommodation and attractions have a look at our brochures and maps.
If you're a visitor from the island of Ireland you may want to visit one of these sites… Otherwise proceed to Ireland.com
Share this link
Ireland.com uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies from Ireland.com.


text:
(907) 276-2080
How clear is your vision? Medical Park Vision Source is the leading provider of optometry services and vision care products in the Anchorage community, and we want to help you achieve and maintain a clear vision for years to come.
Request Appointment
Or give us a call
(907) 276-2080
Get the forms you need.
View our latest deals.
View our products & services.
Medical Park Vision Source has been a leading provider of optometry services and vision care products in the Anchorage community since 1977, and we want to help you achieve and maintain clear vision for years to come.
Our experienced eye doctors offer comprehensive vision examinations at our Anchorage optometry office and specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide array of eye diseases, conditions, and problems. We use advanced diagnostic technology and vision correction products and are committed to improving the quality of life of persons in the Anchorage community through enhanced vision. Give yourself the gift of clear vision – schedule an appointment with Jeff Gonnason, OD today.
Vision Source
Copyright © 2018 Medical Park Vision Source. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy / Website by Avelient.
Back to top


text:
Burglar flees when confronted by Goffstown homeowner
June 28. 2013 8:00PM
A would-be burglar who attempted to break into a Goffstown home Friday morning was scared off by the homeowner.
Police are investigating the attempted burglary that happened about 10 a.m. on St. Anselm Drive.
The homeowner startled the intruder as he pulled the screen from a window. The intruder ran away.
The intruder is described as a white male, tall and skinny, with an unshaven face.
Police urge residents to be vigilant and notify them of suspicious persons and activity.
Crime, law and justice Crime Public Safety General News Goffstown


text:
The State of Open Source
|Theme Articles
This month's theme includes the following featured articles:
Choosing an Open Source Software License in Commercial Context: A Managerial Perspective
Learn about a model that emphasizes how software companies perceive different open source software licenses and rationalize their license choices. More »
Security in Open Source Web Content Management Systems
Web content management system vulnerabilities are attractive targets for attackers, leaving the applications and their nonexpert users open to exploitation. More »
Open Source Software Considerations for Law Enforcement
Can law enforcement agencies leverage open source to benefit the communities they serve? More »
Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World
Open Data Kit enables timely and efficient data collection on cell phones, a much-needed service in the developing world. More »
A Comparative Analysis of Open Source
Software Usage in Germany, Brazil, and India
Learn about open source software adoption by governments, education, and businesses in Germany, Brazil, and India.
More »
Commodification of Industrial Software: A Case for Open Source
To compete successfully, software-intensive companies will need to adopt new forms of collaborative development involving open source software. More »
It seems like just yesterday that open source was the new craze that was going to sweep change and revolution into the software industry. Like all new tech trends, it was amorphous—it was everything from a methodology to tools to a social movement. It was loved and hated. And as with all tech trends, some predicted its demise, claiming that it was just another fad that would fizzle out without making a dent in the technology world. And like all predictions, the truth is never the "absolute" predicted by either the proponents or the opponents.
Not only did open source not fade away, it hasn't finished evolving yet. Open source has become a serious and substantial component of applications, embedded systems, operating systems, and common devices that consumers use daily. It has altered software development, licensing, hardware, methodologies, and a myriad of devices used by individuals, businesses, and governments, while simultaneously impacting the lives of people across the socioeconomic scale around the world. Additionally, the evolution of open source as a business model hasn't followed the path predicted by anyone "in the know" in the late '90s, or in the early 2000s, for that matter. And as open source has meandered down its evolutionary path, technologists, businesses, and governments have faced new and interesting challenges—and opportunities.
This month's Computing Now theme compiles a variety of articles that show the many current faces of open source. "Choosing an Open Source Software License in Commercial Context: A Managerial Perspective" provides some useful perspectives on how an enterprise should be aware of and properly use open source licensing (for both the components it might use in developing software and the release of software it produces). "Security in Open Source Web Content Management Systems" is an excellent overview (and reminder) about keeping up with plugging the known exploits in commonly used open source CMS tools. Don't let the title of "Open Source Software Considerations for Law Enforcement" stop you from discovering principles, concepts, constraints, and ultimate uses of open source that are applicable to any organization. "Open Source Data Collection in the Developing World" is a wonderful article about an actual (and very influential) use of the Google Open Data Kit in saving lives in Africa. It might provide inspiration on how to solve data collection challenges you may be facing. If you're looking for a strong overview of open source use outside of the US, "A Comparative Analysis of Open Source Software Usage in Germany, Brazil, and India" will give you a solid perspective on how three leading nations are employing open source in government, business, and education. "Commodification of Industrial Software: A Case for Open Source" provides some interesting theories, concepts, case studies, and visual models on how to properly value and employ open source in various business contexts. Lastly, "A Stage Model of Evolution for Open Source Software" discusses the 3 generations of open source evolution through the maturity curve (IEEE login is required to view the full text of this article). In addition to these articles, we're providing a few links to open source sites to extend your research and learning on open source.
While these articles provide a snapshot of the state of open source today, the only safe assessment is that more change is on the way. Be sure to monitor Computing Now, IT Professional, IEEE Software, and other IEEE publications for additional issues and articles on open source as we cover this ever-changing landscape.
IT Professional magazine's editorial board. For more information, see www.UpStreme.comis is the CEO of UpStreme, Inc. He's also a member of
What's New
Open Innovation at HP Labs
Active collaboration with academic, commercial, and government partners augments and accelerates knowledge creation and technology transfer. More »
Do the Luddites Ever Win?
Advocates for traditional newspapers have been calling for a tax on Internet activities that would support paper-based journalism. Such whining about the rise of a new technology isn't new—but does it work? More »
The Power of Mobile Computing in a Social Era
Read about the implication of the pervasive use of mobile phones in online social networking applications and the challenges imposed, as well as the opportunities this reality brings. More »
AI Space Odyssey
Opportunities for space exploration to benefit from intelligent systems are evolving in unexpected directions, but with certain invariants regarding knowledge representation and process modeling. More »
Monitoring in a High-Arctic Environment: Some Lessons from MANA
Monitoring terrestrial high-arctic ecosystems is difficult because of their limited access, extreme weather, and absence of communication infrastructure. A sensor-network-based data acquisition system in Greenland, addresses these challenges. More »
Interoperable Security Standards for Web Services
Learn how to integrate the WS-Security and related standards to create a flexible Web services security architecture. More »
The Business Goals Viewpoint
A business goals viewpoint can help capture precise, unambiguous business goals, which in turn helps architects design systems that are more responsive to organizational needs. More »
Using Visualization to Debug Visualization Software
These guidelines for debugging visualization software come from experience in developing applications for industry and research. They exploit the strengths of computer graphics and visualization while using good software development practices. More »
What Can the Web Do for Science?
Much more can be done to use the Web to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery. More »
Money for Research, Not Energy Bills
High performance computing facilities in the US consume enormous amounts of electricity. This case study describes strategies to achieve facility energy reductions through thoughtful design. More »
Knowledge Discovery from Community-Contributed Multimedia
Every minute, Flickr uploads 4 billion new images and YouTube, 24 hours of video. A special issue looks at the challenges of social multimedia data. More »
Google-Wide Profiling: A Continuous Profiling Infrastructure for Data Centers
GWP's always-on infrastructure for recording event samples and associated information vectors supports queries to improve data-center applications' performance. More »
A Common Language Framework for Next-Generation Embedded Testing
The New Scan Description Language could provide a significant advance toward fully automated, portable testing. More »


text:
Hazard Maps
For instructions on how to use kmz hazard files and to know more about hazard assessment services available at PHIVOLCS, kindly allow us first to know you more so we could serve you better. Please fill out this form. Thank you.
antalya escorthttps://www.freespins99.com/
pornolarturk porn
turk sex sikis seyretporno hd izlemek icin en ideal sex sitesi.
pornolarturk porn
turk sex sikis seyretporno hd izlemek icin en ideal sex sitesi.
Awareness and Preparedness
|BULUSAN VOLCANO BULLETIN, 25 November 2011, 8:00 A.M
Bulusan Volcano's (12.7667°N, 124.0500°E) seismic network did not detect any volcanic earthquake during the past 24 hours. Steaming activity could not be observed due to thick rain clouds covering the summit. Ground deformation survey (precise leveling) conducted last 14-18 November 2011 yielded slight inflation at both Inlagadian leveling line on the north-northeast flank and at Mapaso leveling line on the south-southeast flank relative to the previous survey last 16 - 20 August 2011.
Bulusan Volcano's status remains at Alert Level 1. Entry into the 4-kilometer radius Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) is strictly prohibited due to sudden steam and ash eruptions. Due to the prevailing wind direction, residents in the northwest and southwest sectors of the volcano are reminded to take precautions against ashfall from sudden eruptions. Civil aviation authorities must also warn pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano's summit as ejecta from sudden eruptions may be hazardous to aircraft. If possible, aircraft should avoid airspace west of the volcano as volcanic ash is likely to be dispersed in this direction by prevailing winds. Furthermore, people living within valleys and along river/stream channels should be vigilant against sediment-laden stream flows and lahars in the event of heavy and prolonged rainfall. DOST-PHIVOLCS is closely monitoring Bulusan Volcano's activity and any new development will be relayed to all concerned.


text:
what is hex and how can i edit it and read it ??????/
and can i stick two programs together using a hex editor
From our old friend Google.........(hex)
Page 1: 5th entry.
read and remember
Oh yes, and enjoy..........
55 - I'm fiftyfeckinfive and STILL no wiser,
OLDER yes
Beware of Geeks bearing GIF's
come and waste the day :P at The Taz Zone
The short answer is that Hex[idecimal] (base 16) is just a number system; like Decimal (base 10), Octal (base 8), and Binary (base 2). It is used in computers because it is relatively close to the way most processors actually do math, and is easily converted to base 2, the processors native language. And no, just knowing how to count in Hex or use a Hex editor does not yield instantaneous software cracking/hacking abilities. So sorry.
For the long answer, follow foxyloxey's advise and google up some knowledge on Hexidecimal.
-- spurious
Get OpenSolaris http://www.opensolaris.org/
Forum Rules


text:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing an avatar kiosk on the U.S.-Mexican border that can speak English and Spanish and detect signs that a traveler being interviewed could be lying.
The system, developed by researchers at the University of Arizona in conjunction with the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS), is being tested at Nogales, Ariz., as a way to help enroll travelers into CBP's Trusted Traveler program.
The avatar, dark-haired and wearing a tie, uses speech recognition and voice anomaly-detection software to monitor the content of what travelers say and search for changes and variations in their vocal characteristics, according to a report in Scientific American.
Related story:
TSA may have a solution for virtual-striptease body scans
Border patrol officers monitor the conversations with feedback sent wirelessly from the avatar to an iPad. The avatar flags answers with green, yellow or red color codes, and officers can follow up on any in the red range, the article said. The avatar can't tell definitively is someone's lying, but can relay possible indicators.
The current system is an upgrade of an earlier one tested in March, with improved speech recognition software that added Spanish and was tuned to allow for interruptions in conversation.
CBP expects to test the system on 1,000 interviewees, Scientific American reported, and could add other features to future additions, such as the ability for travelers to have their passports and other documents scanned, and additional sensors such as video analyzers, eye trackers and infrared cameras.
Although those features aren't in the version CBP is testing, they have been part of the research. In a 2011 report on Arizona University's Eller College of Management site, researchers talked about some of the elements that go into the avatar kiosk.
At that time, researchers were working with sensors that tracked body movement, voice, pupils and eye movement. In all, they could track 400 to 500 psychophysiological and behavioral cues, said Arizona professor Jay Nunamaker, who is principal investigator and director of BORDERS.
Out of those 500 cues, that version of the kiosk was looking for 15 that can indicate deception, some of which are involuntary. "Humans can maybe control two or three cues at one time, but not all 15," Nunamaker said.
He and Doug Derrick, a doctoral student working on the program, tested a prototype of the kiosk in the fall of 2011 with European border guards in Poland. The guards built fake bombs, packed them into suitcases and then tried to get past the avatar kiosk. The avatar flagged all of the "bombers," but also snagged some false positives, which Derrick said indicated they had more work to do.
For now, CBP will test its system using speech and anomaly-detection software with the goal of not only detecting deception but also just speeding up enrollments in the Trusted Traveler program.
BORDERS is a 14-university consortium, funded by the Homeland Security Department and led by Arizona University, that researches border- and immigration-related technologies and processes.
About the Author
Kevin McCaney is a former editor of Defense Systems and GCN.
E-Mail this page
Printable Format
The problem with using this on our politicians is that our politicians aren't smart enough to know they are lying. Without the stress of knowing they are lying, the machine won't have anything to detect. Oh! Some may, but remember Palin coming out of the Paul Revere's Museum and saying he rode to warn the British, Cheney saying "the debt doesn't matter". All sorts of other statements by politicians leave the citizen in shock and awe over their ethical, economic and ecological imbecility. Frankly I think it should be considered a form of terrorism. But folks keep voting for them. And that strikes more terror into me than anything else.
No, they have been practicing all their lives to lie to everyone.
Using it on our politicians!
Advanced Search
8251 Greensboro Drive, Suite 510
McLean, VA 22102
© 2018 1105 Media, Inc.
8251 Greensboro Drive, Suite 510
McLean, VA 22102703-876-5100 © 1996-2017 1105 Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


text:
(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
Contact us for information about using this image.
This booklet is reprinted from material in the local Turner's Falls newspaper, The Turners Falls Reporter, which first appeared during the months of January and February 1875. The series of sketches includes this account of the attack on the Indian settlement, near the present town of Turner's Falls, on May 19, 1676. Capt. William Turner led a group of more than 100 men to the Indian encampment in a surprise attack. It was estimated that between 300 and 400 Natives, including many women and children, were killed. Forty-one colonists were killed, including Captain Turner.
top of page
Send an e-Postcard of this object
See Also...
"Turners Falls"
"Soldiers in King Philip's War..."
"History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts"
Home | Online Collection | Things
To Do | Turns
Exhibit | Classroom | Chronologies | My
About This Site | Site Index | Site Search | Feedback


text:
Cheeseburgers, fried chicken and pizza are easy to come by on W. Broadway in Minneapolis, but developer Stuart Ackerberg wanted to attract a different kind of restaurant to his Five Points building.
Something with slow-cooked, nutritious food. A place where families could sit down, workers at the neighborhood nonprofits could enjoy a nice lunch, and suburbanites could head for a drink after catching a show at the Capri Theater down the street.
But after three years of working to attract a restaurateur who shared his vision, Ackerberg has instead agreed to lease space in the century-old building to Northside Achievement Zone, a nonprofit whose mission is to boost school performance in the poorest segment of Minneapolis.
"It's a great opportunity to have this, but it's certainly not what we originally envisioned," he said.
As Minneapolis pushes to draw people and development to the struggling North Side, a difficult question among some business and government leaders has been how to attract higher-quality restaurants to an area dominated by low-end food. City records show that north Minneapolis has more than three dozen restaurants, most of them serving fast food. About a third are chains such as McDonald's, Burger King and KFC.
"There are so many businesses the North Side has real deficiencies in," said Dean Rose, who is planning a housing and retail development near Five Points. "We need a good sit-down restaurant ... that's healthy and fresh, a place you can sit down and relax and feel comfortable."
Rose, who is partnering with developer Steve Minn, said he hopes to make a restaurant part of the project.
Yet even as supporters maintain that the demand is there, restaurateurs are not exactly racing to supply it.
The kind of restaurant that is not a franchise "feels very vulnerable in coming to an unproven marketplace," said City Council Member Don Samuels, who represents the area. "Even if demand is there, they're not confident enough at this point. ... It's perceptions of safety, it's the reputation."
The city "felt if we drew the housing, we could bring the customers in, then everything would fall into line, but it's not happening as fast as we want it to happen," said Samuels, whose wife, Sondra, is CEO of the Northside Achievement Zone.
North Side resident Ken Powell is one who would like to see more healthful dining-out alternatives. Powell tries to stay away from high-cholesterol and fried food, but he lamented that "the choices here are slim."
A study by MJB Consulting in 2007 determined that about $7.8 million spent at sit-down restaurants by people who live on and around W. Broadway went to establishments outside the area. The report, which examined how to revitalize the North Side, said that market provided one of the larger opportunities to recapture lost dollars.
A foothold in neighborhood
A mile north of Broadway, at the intersection of Penn and Lowry, Darryl Weivoda runs the Lowry Cafe next to his hardware store.
When he inquired about a loan to start the restaurant, the banks "weren't real excited about it" and wanted to charge him a "crazy high" interest rate, he said. So Weivoda took out a home equity loan and last summer opened the cafe, which serves pork chops, meatloaf and salads.
Nearly a year later, the restaurant is not breaking even. But Weivoda is standing firm. "I kind of look at it as ... Do you want to get in when [the price is] low and establish it and be here once [the neighborhood] is developed, or do you want to wait around and see if it gets developed?"
Dennis W. Spears, artistic director at the Capri Theater on Broadway, said that a lot of people who attend shows there are looking for a place to eat and drink afterward, and they can do that at the Lowry Cafe.
"We're hoping that with the redevelopment on the North Side that there's more that will come over here," said Spears.
One of the people who declined the opportunity to do business in the Five Points building was Kim Bartmann, whose restaurants include Bryant-Lake Bowl and Red Stag Supperclub.
"The investment required by me wasn't necessarily borne out given the risk, because in a place where ... there's not much, why isn't it there? And who's going to be the first one to go?" Bartmann said.
Bartmann said she is still interested in the idea of a restaurant on the North Side, but doesn't know the area well and cautioned that many are still scared to go there. "I think there are plenty of people in that area to support a sit-down restaurant, it's just finding the right level of investment to make it work," she said.
Ackerberg also drew interest from Marzell Harris, who wanted to open a Louisiana Fried Chicken in the building. But Ackerberg and Harris said they did not agree on the menu for the restaurant, which offers a more upscale version of fast food similar to Boston Market, with dishes such as gumbo and po'boys. The developer wanted healthier food and a bar.
Harris decided to open his business elsewhere on Broadway about a year ago. The place drew customers from the suburbs, and Harris believes there is a market for good restaurants on the North Side. But he closed last month because his location was not visible enough and is looking to move it to northeast Minneapolis.
Ackerberg said that the Five Points development was also unattractive to those in the restaurant business because the building lacks a kitchen, requiring an even greater investment.
Still, he said, a neighborhood with such a void normally would have people jumping at the opportunity to fill it.
"So there's no question that the stigma -- although I don't know if it's real -- of north Minneapolis has caused some operators to not be interested."
Maya Rao • 612-673-4210
StarTribune.com welcomes and encourages readers to comment and engage in substantive, mutually respectful exchanges over news topics. Commenters must follow our Terms of Use.
- Keep it civil and stay on topic.
- No profanity, vulgarity, racial slurs or personal attacks.
- Comments with web links are not permitted.
- Comments that violate the above will be removed. Repeat violators may lose their commenting privileges on StarTribune.com.
Comments will be reviewed before being published.


text:
|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
A painting of a wolfhound was hung at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, near Sir Cadogan's portrait.
In 1995, when Harry Potter was on his way to Divination class, Sir Cadogan tried to follow him by running through a neighbouring picture. However, the large and angry-looking dog inhabiting the painting chased him back into his own portrait.[1]
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12 (Professor Umbridge)


text:
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the name for a series of neurological disorders caused by abnormalities in parts of the brain that control muscle movement. Cerebral palsy symptoms can be daunting, and cerebral palsy treatment can be overwhelming. Our orthopedists, neurologists, and other specialists and practitioners work together as a team doing whatever it takes to support children with cerebral palsy and their families.
Video Series: Cerebral Palsy
There's a lot to think about when you're raising a child with cerebral palsy. From health care and schooling to recreation and friendships, you want what's best for your child. Find advice, resources and support in the videos below from experts who care for kids with CP.
See the comprehensive Cerebral Palsy Center on Nemours' KidsHealth.org.
Because cerebral palsy symptoms can vary from child to child, children with cerebral palsy need specialized care tailored to their own individual needs. And although there's no cure, a variety of resources and therapies can provide help and improve the quality of life for children with cerebral palsy.
As soon as CP is diagnosed, a child can begin therapy for movement, learning, speech, hearing and social and emotional development. Pediatric cerebral palsy treatment also may include medication, surgery or braces to help improve muscle function.
Our Cerebral Palsy Program teams include a wide array of pediatric medical and allied health professionals (therapists and technicians), including:
- orthopedists and orthopedic surgeons
- neurologists
- EEG lab to diagnose seizures
- psychologists, physical therapists
- occupational therapists
- speech therapists
- clinical nurse specialists, to coordinate all services
- orthotists, technicians who work with assistive devices like braces
- gait specialists, technicians who analyze how a person walks
- social workers, nutritionists and other professionals for consultation and treatment as needed
For children with cerebral palsy, compassion and kindness are just as important as advanced training, technology and experience. That's why it's good to know that we'll be with you every step of the way. Our pediatric team will work with your family and your child's other doctors to ensure that your child is able to maintain maximum functionality while experiencing minimal pain and discomfort throughout our pediatric cerebral palsy treatment.
FloridaHospitalSpecialty Care
Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Jacksonville
807 Children's Way
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Get Map & Directions »
For Appointments: (904) 697-3600
- photo ID
- medical and pharmacy insurance cards
- preferred pharmacy name and phone number
- names and dosage of all medications, including over-the-counter medication, your child is currently taking
- guardianship and custody papers, if a legal guardian rather than a parent accompanies your child
New Patients
- Patient Registration (PDF)
Returning Patients
New Patient Forms
- Patient Registration (PDF)
Returning Patient Forms
- Release of Information (PDF)
English | Spanish
- Patient Presents Without Legal Guardian (PDF)
English | Spanish
Note: A parent or legal guardian must be with a child for a first visit.
Resources for Patients & Families
- Insurance We Accept: See accepted insurance, listed by location.
- Pay Your Bill: Use online bill pay or send by mail.
- Financial Assistance: Get help with your child's health care expenses.
- MyNemours: Access your child's medical record online.
Support Services & Information
- Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville: a safe, free, family-centered home away from home when your child is sick and needs to be hospitalized
- CaringBridge: visit this free site offering support and communication to help your family through your child's medical journey.
The Cerebral Palsy Program team at Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Jacksonville, includes experts in Neurology, Orthopedics, and other fields to treat children with cerebral palsy and related problems — including seizures, spasticity (muscle stiffness or tightness), drooling, and fractures.
Comprehensive Treatment for Children With Cerebral Palsy
At the Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Jacksonville, our team has the resources and facilities needed to provide comprehensive treatment to children with cerebral palsy.
Our services include:
- surgical management
- neurological evaluation
- seizure management
- speech therapy
- occupational therapy
- physical therapy and rehabilitation
- hearing tests
- spasticity evaluation and treatment
Because children with cerebral palsy and other complex conditions often need to see many specialists, our program provides access to doctors in many fields, working together as a team — and we can often schedule appointments for your family to see various specialists on a single day.
We collaborate seamlessly with surgeons and other experts at nearby Wolfson Children's Hospital to provide comprehensive care that's kid-friendly and family-focused. And we treat each and every child as we would our own.