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Typographically speaking, I think I'm more in favor of hung quotes than ones that flow with the text. But that's not what I want to discuss.
From a CSS-purist point of view, I would argue that it's most important to consider the semantics of the
blockquote element. As Martin mentioned, the
blockquote element alone conveys the fact that the contents have been quoted. Thus, having quotation marks inside the
blockquote is redundant.
whiteinge made the following observation: If blockquotes are not immediately apparent as a quotation it is the fault of the typographer… This distinction between the content and its typography is part of what makes (X)HTML+CSS so powerful—its ability to separate content and presentation.
Whether a blockquote should have quotation marks or not has nothing to do with the content of the quotation itself; the marks are decorations used by typographers to set the quotation apart from normal text. The presentational nature of such decorations, be they special colors, italics, margins, or quotation marks, means that they should exist in the CSS.
Quotation marks exist as boundaries to the content of a quotation. There are CSS pseudo-elements that exist to create exactly these items:
:before and
:after. If you read up on the W3C docs on generated content, you'll find that the current recommendations for generated content deal specifically with ordinary text, numbering schemes, and the correct presentation of [ta-da] quotations.
I would argue that the semantically correct way to display quotation marks around
blockquote elements is to use CSS
blockquote:before and
:after rules. The problem is that not all browsers support these rules. IE ignores them completely. Firefox doesn't support them fully (positioning is missing, which limits what you can do). I don't know about other browsers, as I don't have access to them.
Right now, you can't use
:before or
:after and expect them to display correctly across all browsers. In some circumstances, that can be okay, but how much cutting-edge CSS to use and which browsers to support is a different debate that I won't get into here. You can sleep peacefully, though, knowing that your markup is semantically sound, you'll be able to change the presentation of your site at a whim without changing its content, and that, maybe someday, browser makers will fully support CSS generated content.


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Have you ever suffered from a skin condition that left your skin itchy and inflamed? If so, there is an excellent chance this may have been dermatitis. This is when the skin can become very itchy and cause you a lot of irritation in the process when dealing with it. When the skin becomes irritated, it can really have a huge impact on how you feel overall.
The fact that you have skin that is constantly itching can really make you feel irritable all over. Have you ever wanted to just scream because your skin was itching so badly? If so, you most likely have dermatitis and it can really make you feel quite frustrated.
This is not usually a serious skin condition, but it can be quite frustrating to anyone that has it. So, it is very important that you take the time to get the proper treatment to allow your skin to start feeling better as quickly as possible, because if you do not it can have very negative effects on your mood as well.
So, be sure you get dermatitis treated as quickly as possible in order to get rid of it as soon as you can. ZENMED offers some great products to allow you to treat this irritating condition and when you take the time to seek them out, they can really be a great way to begin to get rid of this condition.
Also, look do your homework and research the topic. You may be surprised to find there are many natural ways for you to get rid of your dermatitis, so you will want to be well educated on the way to do just this. You can find a lot of ways to relieve this condition naturally.

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This weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books we unveiled the poster for the 2012 Hero Complex Film Festival and the artist is none other than Jim Lee, one of the most celebrated creators in comics and the co-publisher of DC Entertainment. The image evokes Southern California on the move but also has the otherworldly aura of a cosmic messenger enroute to New Genesis — is she coming from the Vega system or Venice Beach? We like to think of her as digital delivery, the muse for the modern filmmakers as Tinseltown relocates to The Grid.
Lee's majestic sci-fi approach is the newest variation on a theme that began two years ago when Darywn Cooke designed our 2010 poster with a memorably spare representation of elemental power. A year later, Mike Mignola liked the basic motiff — a powerful lone figure holding aloft a giant film reel — but took the 2011 poster into a perfectly monstrous direction.
Now that the new poster is here, what names will be written on it? Check back this Wednesday for more information about the third edition of the Hero Complex Film Festival, which will run May 18-21 at a new location, Regal Cinemas L.A. Live, the great downtown venue where we staged our "Raiders of the Lost Ark" 30th anniversary screening with Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford.
— Geoff Boucher
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Review: Thingy Blox
- Filed under: iPad
- Date: Jun 13,2011
Thingy Blox for the iPad is certainly going to be one of the next hit games. Being just released June 9th 2011, this game is already making a name for itself. It will certainly take up hours of your time. It is a fun game that you will be able to play by yourself or with friends. Play all the different modes to find new ways to challenge yourself and others.
FDG Entertainment has really come up with a new twist on what at first seems to be a familiar game play. It may remind you of other games that you have played so this will help you understand the basic concept. However, when you begin to play Thingy Blox you will quickly see that you have never played a game like this before. It is very easy to play, yet; if you feel that you do need to read through the instructions they are offered at the beginning of the game. But since this is such a simple game to quickly understand the concept, don't waste your time reading the instructions. Those are valuable minutes you could be using to play the game. This is one of those simple but yet very addicting games that will be sweeping across the nation by the end of the month. Read the rest of this entry »


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IT Management Slideshow: Not Office Safe: Ten Products To Keep Out of the Workplace
Have you really looked around your office lately? Chances are, you'll see a wealth of products and services that you wish your employees weren't using. Employees are often deciding for themselves what products they want to use at work. At the same time, some CEOs and other top-level executives are leaning on CIOs and IT leaders to permit consumer-focused products into the workplace. It's beat âem or join âem time, and the fight against consumerization of IT appears to be a losing battle. That said, there are still some products and solutions that flat-out don't belong (say, Netflix) or should be permitted only for certain users and with very specific use policies spelled out (say, Facebook or Twitter). Check out our rogues' gallery and see whether you agree.


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Hogs: On top of the rains and snows that the upper Midwest saw in the past 16 hours, we have a sharp cool down in temperatures to deal with. Storm Lake, Iowa, is forecast for a low of minus 2 up ahead. This could keep cash hogs prices firm for the next day or so.
There are three things we must bring up that are not positive, though. 1) Any delayed marketings this week will be visiting the packing plant eventually. Next week we will have a larger kill. 2) Those hogs will be marketed, now at higher weights. 3) Russia announced a ban on U.S. pork and beef as of Feb 11. Last year they bought 273 million lbs. of U.S. pork, which came to 5% of the annual total. While some of that will be offset by lower competition from the EU, the trade is wary right now.
We can even point to the seasonal chart. Last year right about this time, cash hogs peaked for about 30 days. They pushed even lower in March and April but that was due to spring 2012 anomalies (U.S. pork exports and "pink slime").
We will now shift our short-term viewpoint to one of undervalued February and April to now of correctly priced futures. Summer contracts are still seen with $102 peaks ($105 cash hog peak). Selling options, both calls and puts, is our focus…Rich Nelson
Cattle: Cash cattle traded in Texas at $125 Wednesday. That was $3 over last week's Texas trade and $1 over last week's ending Nebraska trades. Because this price was generally expected, it held little market impact.
Midway through the morning, Russia confirmed it would stop buying U.S. beef and pork as of Feb. 11. The country did not receive any guarantees that U.S. meat would be free of ractopamine, and the Russian health agency reacted. Last year Russia bought 144,000 lbs. of U.S. beef. That accounted for 6% of our exports. Until we get confirmation of how large Japan will increase, the trade will keep a cautious tone. Japan last year bought 459,000 lbs. of U.S. beef. A 32% increase in beef orders to Japan would offset the hole left by Russia.
In the big picture would we could see this market pushing for an attempt to get into the gap on the chart. On the April fats that is from 131.35 to 132.05. That is why we have our buy order so low…Rich Nelson


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Linking the existing with the imaginary!
Mobile unit for artistic production and presentation
THE KNOT is a mobile platform for artistic presentation and production, traveling to Berlin, Warsaw and Bucharest in 2010. In each of the three cities, it stops for a few weeks, inhabiting different areas of public space, and offering itself as an open space of encounter, exchange and experimentation.
The Mobile Unit
The physical core of the project consists in a specially designed structure, adaptable to different urban situations, easily expandable and transportable. Conceived by architectural office raumlabor Berlin, this unit responds to the programmatic needs of the KNOT project, comprising different functions such as: production/manufacture workshop, kitchen, café, laboratory, classroom, stage, dormitory, disco, exhibition space, and archive.
Through its unexpected presence in the city, THE KNOT proposes a model for social interaction, thus being not so much a container as a transformer, creating new ways in which the public space could be used and produced. The participants invited by the curatorial collective to activate THE KNOT put forward not only their professional skills, but also their physical company, their desires and imaginative will. They become temporary members of a protean and nomad crew, acting both as hosts and guests in a shared and welcoming place.
At the intersection between the real and the imaginary, THE KNOT is an initial point where a thorough examination of the relationships between the individual, the group and the place of interaction is undertaken. The project responds to the increasingly normative way in which these relationships are defined in our current societies. Envisioning alternative behaviours in the city, based on cooperation and self-empowerment is one of the main tasks of THE KNOT. Also of actual relevance is to explore what is left of collective ideals or how one can overcome the current conditions of harsh economic competition and the tendency towards national or ethnic isolation. Temporary communities are the tool of creating another notion of a "promised city", apart from its capitalist vision.
The project takes its inspiration from and links back to the cities of Berlin, Warsaw and Bucharest, always with references to other cities wherefrom the participants originate or live. Personal and institutional partnerships in each place make THE KNOT a living organism which is integrated in the life of the city. At the same time an obstacle disrupting the daily habits and rituals, and an autonomous zone of experiment, THE KNOT provokes and satisfies the public with every object, performance, installation, action, screening, party, discussion, meeting, workshop, dinner or other activity which takes place in and around it.
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Through its flexible programme and innovative appearance, THE KNOT will become a landmark in the city of today and a reference point in a broader discussion on the urban network of tomorrow.
THE KNOT program is a compilation of ongoing projects – realized by THE KNOT residents: Pola Dwurnik, Roman Dziadkiewicz, h.arta, Katharina Koch, Heimo Lattner, Kai Schiemenz, <>TAG and Michelle Teran – site-specific works, discussions, concerts, screenings, workshops on urbanism and architecture, as well as a series of plug-in events which link to the context of its surrounding spaces. The program is a live, ongoing process.
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Metascore®Generally favorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Future Past starts fast and never slows down. There's not a line of dialogue that isn't exposition... What fun there is slips in through director Bryan Singer's visuals.
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Think of it as a thrill ride with gravitas.
Thanks to the first-class special effects, a star-packed cast, screenwriters who know just when to inject some self-aware comic relief without getting too jokey and director Bryan Singer's skilled and sometimes electrifying visuals, X-Men: Days of Future Past is flat-out big-time, big summer movie fun.
If the characters' quandaries at times feel overly circumscribed, they're also advanced with a bracing emotional directness, devoid of either cynicism or sentimentalism, that touches genuine chords of feeling over the course of the film's fleet 130-minute running time.
While it's more dramatically diffuse than the reboot and lacks a definitive villain, the new film is shot through with a stirring reverence for the Marvel Comics characters and their universe.
The most striking thing about X-Men: Days of Future Past is its generosity. Huge franchise installments are rarely as enjoyable as this one. They aren't as inventive, richly detailed, surprisingly varied, elegantly crafted or improbably stirring.
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OK for kids 13+
Time-traveling superhero sequel has lots of action violence.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that X-Men: Days of Future Past (the sequel to X-Men: First Class) is an exciting superhero film that's filled with fantastic special effects -- and bone-crunching battles. There's some blood -- as well as guns, stabbing, and hand-to-hand fighting -- though most of the action violence is of the large-scale carnage variety, including explosions and super-powered combat. Skeletons and corpses are seen. One scene shows a man's naked backside after he gets out of bed (a woman is lying next to him), and there's some swearing (one "f--k," plus "s--t," etc. ), drinking (the young professor drinks a lot, with bottles all around), and the "shooting up" of a serum that mimics drug use. As with all of the X-Men movies, this one explores issues of identity, fearing what's different, and embracing who you are, as well as the notion that killing isn't the answer to problems.
Messages: A good friendship can withstand most disagreements, especially when both parties can communicate well with each other. Killing isn't the answer to problems; instead friendship, support, unity, and hope can save the day. Also: Don't fear what's different, and embrace who you are.
Role models: Although there are some clearly evil characters, the young professor is a generous, kind-hearted man who sometimes feels things a little too heavily. He's committed to righting wrongs the right way. Most of the mutants in this film are kind, caring, and compassionate. Some strong, powerful female characters and a somewhat diverse cast.
Violence: Plenty of action, including super-powered combat featuring all kinds of unusual powers. Lots of destruction and wreckage. People are thrown, stabbed, and shot at. There's an overwhelming sense of menace. Some scenes include shots of corpses and skeletal remains. Structures explode and get uprooted.
Sex: A man's naked backside is shown after he gets up from bed. There's a woman lying next to him. Some flirting at a bar. One blue, scaly female mutant sometimes walks around nude (though it looks as though she's wearing all-over body armor).
Language: Language includes a few uses of words like "s--t," "a--hole," "hell," and "bloody," plus a single "f--k."
Consumerism: Tie-in to vast quantities of related merchandise, plus some vintage signage for Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and a couple other brands.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Younger Professor X shoots up a serum that dulls his powers and helps him walk and seems to mimic the effect of heroin. Viewers see close-ups of the needle entering the vein. He also drinks a lot when we first see him, with lots of liquor bottles around. Other social drinking.
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Beta Release Announcement for Content Matrix 6.1
Metalogix StoragePoint Undergoes Rigorous Testing as part of a VSPEX Solution to Drive Performance of SharePoint Environments for Customers
Washington, DC February 28, 2013 Metalogix, the leading provider of content infrastructure software to improve the use and performance of enterprise content on Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange and Cloud platforms, today announced that Metalogix StoragePoint has been validated as part of an EMC® VSPEX Proven Infrastructure offering for SharePoint.
Metalogix StoragePoint is the leading Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) product that externalizes SharePoint content to improve overall TCO, boost speed and simplify backup. StoragePoint moves unstructured SharePoint data, known as Binary Large Objects (BLOBs), from the SQL Server to affordable external storage tiers, including SAN, NAS or the Cloud. StoragePoint shrinks full SharePoint backup times by automatically and continuously backing up externalized BLOBs.
VSPEX enables customers to combine their choice of industry-leading applications, such as SharePoint and StoragePoint, server, network, and virtualization with EMCs VNX family of unified storage and next generation backup and recovery technology. By leveraging and integrating technologies such as Remote BLOB Storage (RBS), data deduplication, compression and EMC Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST), customers will benefit from simplified administration and lower costs.
The combination of StoragePoint within the EMC VSPEX proven Infrastructure for SharePoint will prove to be a huge boost to organizations looking to improve the use and performance of their SharePoint environments, said Steven Murphy, CEO, Metalogix. The amount of business content accessed through SharePoint is growing by 75 percent every year and organizations are looking for a better way to improve availability, lower storage costs and reduce the risk of managing multi-terabyte farms. When Metalogix StoragePoint is deployed with EMC VSPEX for SharePoint, they will have a pre-configured purpose-built solution that can be quickly deployed to improve their SharePoint infrastructure and significantly reduce operational and management overhead.
About Metalogix
Metalogix provides content infrastructure software to improve the use and performance of enterprise content. For over a decade, Metalogix has transformed the way commercial and government organizations manage terabytes of content to improve knowledge sharing and collaboration. Today, more than 7,500 customers rely on the companys products to upgrade, migrate, organize, store, archive and replicate content on Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange and Cloud platforms. Metalogix has moved more than 50,000 terabytes of content.
Metalogix is recognized as the fastest growing software company in the Washington D.C.-area by the Washington Business Journal and was named to the 2012 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies. Metalogix is a Microsoft Gold Partner, a managed partner in Microsofts High Potential ISV Group and GSA provider. Metalogix is a privately held company backed by Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University soccer match scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. against the University of Montevallo has been cancelled. Both teams are efforting on a reschedule date.
The Bobcats are back in action at the University of Alabama-Huntsville Sunday, Sept. 14 at 4:30 p.m. eastern. The home schedule resumes Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. against Erskine College.
The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Follow the Bobcats and their positive impact on the Milledgeville community at www.gcsu.edu/bobcats.


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Introduction to Ethics
Ethical standards and principles are the foundation for maintaining public trust, for every AFP member. AFP provides a self-governed process for addressing ethical concerns.
Ethics News of Note:
*New* Free Webinar Recording: Ethics and Information Overload: What Do I Do With All This Data Webinar
What do we do with data, documents and stories about our prospects and donors? What we do and how we do it can impact donor trust and our reputations. Join us to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the fundraiser, the board and other staff in regards to ethics around donor data.
Free Webinar Recording: Accepting Gifts from Pablo Escobar and Other Ethical Dilemmas
AFP, with the generous support of the Claudia A. Looney CFRE Fund for Ethics in Fundraising and the AFP Foundation, present a free, exclusive members-only webinar on Ethics in Fundraising. This webinar, presented by Robbe Healey, MBA, NHA, ACFRE, explores the roles and responsibilities of the fundraiser and board in dealing with unethical situations and will help attendees understand and identify the seven ethical dilemmas.
AFP Board Approves New Format for the Code of Ethical Principles and Standards
The AFP Board of Directors has approved a new format, including a graphic makeover, for the association's Code of Ethical Principles and Standards, which members are required to sign ever year as part of their membership.
New Code
50 Years of the AFP Code of Ethics
For 50 years, the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards has served as the cornerstone of fundraising, identifying and promulgating the high standards that make ethical fundraising possible. And as the giving season gets into full swing, AFP will be celebrating the 50th anniversary throughout the rest of the year, reminding members—as well as donors and others—why the code is so important.
The AFP Code—The Cornerstone of Fundraising
Ethics Hot Topic Page
The AFP Ethics Hot Topic Page provides an overview and answers to pertinent questions regarding Ethics in the Fundraising field.
Ethics Hot Topic Page
Emerging Issues
Ethical standards and principles are the foundation for maintaining public trust, and it is the goal of AFP to stay current and focused on emerging ethical issues. The follow are just some of the emerging issues articles and stories available for review.New Accounting Standards on Reporting Fundraising Expenses
(July 30, 2007) The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) released new guidelines for the reporting of fundraising expenses by charitable organizations.
Behavior of Management, Supervisors Critical in Reinforcing Ethics
(July 9, 2007) Employed adults ranked the behavior of management and direct supervisors as the top two factors contributing to the promotion of an ethical workplace, according to a new survey by audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory firm Deloitte & Touche USA.
AOL and Yahoo to Begin Charging to Send Emails
(Feb. 13, 2006) Both America Online (AOL) and Yahoo have announced they will begin charging commercial emailers a fraction of a cent for every message sent to one of their users.
Featured Articles and Papers
AFP provides a number of position papers and articles to help guide members through ethical concerns and issues. The follow are just some of the available articles and papers available for review.Process for Development of AFP Position Papers
So how does AFP write and develop position papers?
Is There a Lake Wobegon Effect in Fundraising?
(Oct. 22, 2014) In honor of the 50th anniversary of AFP's Code of Ethics, take the Ethics Assessment Inventory and find out how to improve your organization's ethical performance. Don't be afraid—you might find out you're like those kids in Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon and be "above average" or better!
Position Paper: Face-to-Face Fundraising Guidelines (Canada)
These guidelines represent voluntary principles that apply to charitable organizations, non-governmental organizations, paid fundraisers and relevant third parties who utilize face-to-face fundraising as part of their fundraising activities.
Donor Bill of Rights
To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, AFP and other fundraising organizations declare that all donors have the following rights.
International Ethics
"The ideas of philanthropy, trust and ethics are shared by people around the world, and everyone involved in the philanthropic process—no matter where they are—should know that that fundraisers are bound by a common set of standards and best practices."
Paulette V. Maehara, CFRE, CAE
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David Harsanyi: Are teachers really underpaid?DAVID HARSANYI
July 28. 2014 7:51PM
A TEACHER in South Dakota with a bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience earns $33,600 per year, which is less than the average auto repair worker. This grievance against salary injustice is nothing new, but this particular example comes to us from a new national study by the Center for American Progress, which details the chicken feed teachers are forced to subsist on as they altruistically keep your hopeless children literate.
Teachers are underpaid. In politics and also in everyday life, this is almost universally accepted. Everyone admires teachers. Everyone wants good teachers for their children. And naturally, liberals believe that contrasting these salaries will emphasize the irrationality and unfairness of the marketplace.
But it doesn't. And the first and most obvious reason it doesn't is that teachers actually do quite well for themselves when you consider the economic realities of their profession.
A 2012 study conducted by The Heritage Foundation found that workers who switched from private employment to teaching most often took an hourly pay increase, whereas most of those who left teaching for the private sector took pay decreases. More specifically, a few years back, using Bureau of Labor Statistics and National Compensation Survey numbers, the Manhattan Institute looked at the hourly pay of public-school teachers in the top 66 metropolitan areas in the country. It found that teachers pulled in about $34.06 per hour. Journalists, who have the vital job of protecting American democracy, earned 24 percent less. Architects, 11 percent less. Psychologists, 9 percent less. Chemists, 5 percent less.It's also worth asking what an average auto mechanic might be willing to give up for the security of tenure. What would a guaranteed pension and a lifetime of health care be worth to a plumber? Considering how hard unions fight to keep these things, I imagine they're worth quite a bit.Then there is the matter of demand — or lack of it. According to Andrew Coulson at the Cato Institute, since 1970 the public-school workforce has roughly doubled, from 3.3 million to 6.4 million (predominately teachers), while over the same period, the enrollment of children rose by only 8.5 percent — or a rate that was 11 times slower. Recently, the National Council on Teacher Quality found that schools are training twice as many elementary-school teachers as they need every year. With this kind of surplus, the question we really should be asking is: How are teachers' salaries so high?
Alas, neither liberal think tanks nor explainer sites have the capacity to determine the worth of human capital. And contrasting the pay of a person who has a predetermined government salary with the pay earned by someone in a competitive marketplace tells us little. Public-school teachers' compensation is determined by contracts negotiated long before many of them even decided to teach. These contracts hurt the earning potential of good teachers and undermine the education system. And it has nothing to do with what anyone "deserves."
So if teachers believe they aren't making what they're worth — and they may well be right about that — let's free them from union constraints and let them find out what the job market has to offer.
David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist and the author of "The People Have Spoken (and They Are Wrong): The Case Against Democracy." Follow him on Twitter @davidharsanyi.


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My baby is 4 months old and EBF. For the past week or two he has become very difficult to feed during the day - sometimes he is distracted and looks around, other times he's just fussy and gets very upset when I try to make him feed. He has about one good feed a day, and the rest are little snacks along the way. He is otherwise pretty much content and happy. Just not interested in feeding.
As a result he is up all night feeding and i dont get more than 1hr 30mins sleep at a time. And as he doesn't really sleep much in the day, I am becoming totally exhausted. I have been trying to feed him in darkened room etc, but it doesn't often work. I am not currently co-sleeping with him and would prefer not to go down this route if possible.
Does anyone have any advice or experience of such a situation?? Would love to hear that it's just a phase!! I am at my wits end.
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Many mornings this winter have found me making like a Mexican grandmother and making Mexican hot chocolate.
Many mornings this winter have found me making like a Mexican grandmother and making Mexican hot chocolate.
This is for my first-grader son, who learned in his Spanish class about chocolate and how to properly make it.
Traditionally, that would be by melting Mexican chocolate in hot milk and then spinning and whipping it into a froth using a wooden whisk called a molinillo.
You can find molinillos and chocolate at Hispanic food stores. You even can find at least one brand of Mexican chocolate at some supermarkets: Abuelita, which translates as "Little Grandmother" or "Granny" and is a well-known brand made by Nestle.
It comes in a fetching hexagonal box, which holds a stack of paper-wrapped discs of chocolate, to which a strong cinnamon flavor is added. In Mexico, chocolate often contains almonds, vanilla and perhaps other spices, as well.
This less-refined "table chocolate," grainy with sugar crystals, is not meant to be eaten as is. But I can't resist nibbling stray pieces when I make the morning chocolate, and am growing quite fond of it. I thought it was delicious in a chocolate cake recipe I found in a new cookbook.
I know you also can get Abuelita in powdered instant form. But the longer, traditional preparation process is part of the fun of the tablets. I'd like to find and try some other brands, such as Ibarra. (And get some made with real cinnamon, not artificial flavor. Please.)
Not a lot of places make and serve authentic Mexican hot chocolate, but keep an eye out for it, and also for a version thickened with corn flour (masa harina) called champurrado.
"We used to drink it in cold weather with churros," a sort of doughnut for dunking, says Edgar Alvarez, of Pittsburgh's Edgar Taco Stand, where the semi-secret recipe calls for a mix of milk and water, Mexican chocolate, Mexican vanilla and lots of cinnamon, hand-whipped with a molinillo. An 8-ounce foam cup sells for $2.
"People love it," he says, even though some hear the "Mexican" and expect it to be spicier than just from the cinnamon. Frothing it with a molinillo just makes it that much better. "People watch … and they say, 'Oh yeah — this is the real stuff.'"
Mexican chocolate also can be used for other dishes. At Casa Reyna restaurant in Pittsburgh, notes owner Nic DiCio, they use it to make chocolate ice cream and cake, as well as in mole sauces. "In Mexico they have shops specializing in grinding the roasted bean with different formulations of cinnamon, almonds and sugar."
It was Mexico, after all, that gave the world chocolate. Indigenous people grew and roasted cacao beans, which they ground up to make a hot drink that wasn't sweet until Spaniards got their hands on it.
Mexican hot chocolate
Mount Lebanon, Pa., elementary-school Spanish teacher Tania M. Conte sent this recipe home with her students, noting that Abuelita brand chocolate can be found at some grocery stores. If you don't have a molinillo, you can use a regular whisk.
ingredients: 2 cups milk, 4 wedges of Mexican chocolate, or 2 quarter tablets
Directions: Put 2 cups milk in a small saucepan on low heat. Warm the milk gradually. Don't let it boil.
Unwrap a Mexican chocolate tablet. Cut/break off the wedges using the dull side of a knife.
Put the chocolate in the warm milk and let the wedges soften for about 30 seconds.
Use the wide end of the molinillo — or your whisk — to gently mash the chocolate. Then use the molinillo or whisk to stir the chocolate milk. When steam begins to rise from the milk, spin the molinillo (or whisk) briskly back and forth in the milk to create tiny bubbles that gang up together to become froth.
Carefully pour hot chocolate into cups and enjoy!
Serves two.
— Tania M. Conte


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How should data center managers bill users for services in a virtualized, cloud environment?
One way might be to embrace user diversity and focus on how they conduct business. At least, that is how the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory approached chargeback, the billing of users for IT-related services in a virtualized, cloud environment. Los Alamos IT officials built a cloud platform about two years ago with a chargeback that included several key points pertinent to a successful implementation, said Anil Karmel, management and operations chief technology officer for the National Nuclear Security Administration/LANL.
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Karmel spoke June 19 at the MeriTalk Data Center Consolidation Brainstorm Exchange in Washington, D.C., during a panel discussion on chargeback challenges and best practices.
The chargeback capability has been rolled out in YourCloud, a secure, hybrid community cloud that lets researchers and scientists in the national labs request virtual servers on demand. The platform also provides desktop hosting. The cloud platform was created as a collaboration between industry and government offering users a secure enclave, full ownership and transparency into their workloads, and full chargeback capability.
"No. 1, it included green IT savings," Karmel said. "It is important because you need to quantify what are the energy savings in the environment." Initially, this was done manually in the virtualized server environment, Karmel added, describing LANL's six-year journey to the cloud. But the cloud is about automation. So when the cloud capability was developed, LANL invented a green IT smart meter to dynamically compute the amount of energy saved over time and display it via a website. "It is important to know your cost and energy savings by using the cloud," he said. The second important piece is the development of life-cycle management. Data center managers and IT practitioners are good about turning systems on, but not so good at turning them off. Part of the new cloud paradigm is giving users the capability to request servers from a cloud service broker for a maximum period of one year. Afterward, they must renew the system or it will be decommissioned and taken off the network. This might sound draconian, but the rationale is twofold, Karmel said. You must know who is taking care of your servers from a security perspective. Someone might have had the funds to start a project and requested a server, then the funding ceased and the people went away, leaving a server exposed for someone to compromise and get into the network.
Also, IT administrators need to be wise stewards of the money they are investing in an infrastructure, especially a private cloud because there are infrastructure and licensing costs as well personnel costs related to the maintenance and support of the environment. Customers want to know what they will be charged before they get the bill. So LANL developed a dynamic cost calculator that computes the cost for the workload: the amount of CPU, memory and disk usage and the tier of service based on what the workload requires. "So they know what the costs are before provisioning a workload." LANL opted for a full allocation payment model over a pay-as-you go approach. You have to take a look at what model makes sense, Karmel said. Pay-as-you-go might sound great if you are only paying a dollar for a server and don't use the service much. But a $1,000 bill might freak out your budget manger. Or if you purchased 1,000 servers for a dollar, you might get a bill for $1,000 because maybe a cyber criminal is actually using one of those servers. Full allocation allows users pay on a monthly basis. The money is automatically pulled from the cost center the user present when they provisioned the workload and put into a suite cost center that pays for all the infrastructure-related services — the infrastructure, licensing and people. IT will want to partner with people who pay the energy bill on setting up a chargeback system because usually some other line of business pays those bills. Partner with them so you can implement some rebate program so if their energy costs go down, they can offer incentives for others to use the service, Karmel said.Karmel added that you can't force users to move into a virtualized, cloud environment, especially in settings as distributed as the national labs. "If you go in with a stick and say, 'Thou shall use my environment,' they'll take that stick and whack you over the head with it," Karmel said. The best approach is to embrace how users do business. They own their machines in the physical world and don't want to give up control. But LANL can show them that they can still own and maintain their virtual servers in a secure enclave and can have it in 30 minutes instead of 30 days, and know the fixed costs for that environment, Karmel said.
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"Why do a large number of customers prefer not to use the wonder cloud?"
Simple, the cloud is just that. A large moving, unstable mass. The underlying infrastructure is not overly stable. The services provided are restrictive and way overpriced.
I have read in several areas/article Mr. Karmel state that servers can be prepared and present in minutes not weeks, that is not altogether true.
Using VM's may be good for some solutions but not all. Many different systems have felt the performance impact or limitations. Vendor requirements or recommendations are ignored or pared down to fit the cloud resources.
Customers can often find solutions where setup, management and use of systems they purchase is far less than the pricing model presented. The only problem with this is, the model designed, deployed and provided by Mr. Karmel and the team he works with is all that is allowed to be used. Denial for using other system(s) is covered by a flurry of excuses or limitations barring customers from seeking more long term cost effective solutions.
Upon review of Mr. Karmel's plans, it seems to be they have been well thought out from a user and management perspective. As with any major project for large populations, there may be a few things that could be improved. However, in this case, it seems up to 99% of the features are right on target to let DOE and other agencies achieve improved efficiencies, security, and cost savings by moving to the cloud.
RealLANL - Why do a large number of customers prefer not to use the wonder cloud?
There are so many statements in this that are only half truths.
Mr. Karmel needs to check his facts. There are a large number of customers that would prefer not to use the wonder cloud, but have no choice because they have been basically beat over the head told they had to use it...
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits fell sharply for the second straight week, touching the lowest level since May 2007, but at least part of the drop probably stemmed from lingering seasonal affects tied to a late Easter holiday.
Initial jobless claims declined by 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 297,000 in the seven days ended May 10, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected claims to total 321,000.
The second straight big drop in new claims is probably related partly to a late Easter. The holiday fell on April 20 this year compared with March 31 in 2013, a big gap that makes it harder for the government to seasonally adjust its numbers shortly before and after the holiday.
"There is likely some residual tailwind to initial claims from the timing of Easter this year," but the level of claims is "consistent with a low rate of firing," economist Neil Dutta of Renaissance Macro Research wrote in a note to clients.
Indeed, claims have been hovering near postrecession lows for most of 2014 and the latest report is more evidence that companies are letting go fewer workers. In March, for example, the percentage of Americans laid off from their job matched the lowest level since the government began keeping track in 2000.
What's more, the government's monthly employment report shows that companies stepped up hiring in the spring after a brief winter lull. The U.S. added 288,000 jobs in April, the biggest gain in more than two years.
The average of new claims over the past month, meanwhile, fell by a smaller 2,000 to 323,250 and clung near a postrecession bottom. The monthly figure smooths out the jumpiness in the weekly data and offers a better look at underlying trends in the labor market.
Also, the government said continuing claims decreased by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 2.67 million in the week ended May 3. Continuing claims reflect the number of people already receiving benefits.
Initial claims from two weeks ago, meanwhile, were revised up to 321,000 from 319,000.
The consumer-price index, released early Thursday, showed that prices increased 0.3% in April, the largest jump since last summer, in line with economists' expectations. Consumer prices have risen 2% in the past year. Read more on CPI rising in April.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Barry followed the pattern that has unfolded most of the year.
For a half, the Buccaneers have proven they are one of the league's best teams. But in what has become routine, the Bucs let it get away in the second half in a 65-52 loss at No. 29 Saint Leo Saturday at the Bowman Center.
The Bucs fell two games under .500 after getting outscored, 37-24, in the second half.
Barry (9-11, 3-8 Sunshine State Conference) trailed 42-31 after Saint Leo's Trent Thomas hit a three from the corner with 10:12 to play. Bryan Van Cott buried a triple to pull the Buccaneers within 10 with just over nine minutes left. But the Lions pushed the lead to 12.
Magne Fivelstad's hit a jumper on a kick-out from Filip Toric, and then a triple by the Croatian senior cut Saint Leo's lead to nine with 5:22.
Saint Leo bumped its lead to 55-39, but Van Cott hit a three, and Toric buried a turnaround baseline jumper to bring the Buccaneers within 55-44 with 2:10 to go.
The Buccaneers shot 36.2 percent from the floor, going 17 of 47. The Lions (17-4, 9-2) were 21 of 52 for 40.4 percent. Barry outrebounded Saint Leo, 35-32.A
Toric finished with his third straight double-double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Fivelstad scored a career-high 18 points, had seven boards, a block and a steal. Thomas had 19 points, and Tom Neary 13 for Saint Leo.
Barry's 52 points were the second lowest all season.
Van Cott buried a three-pointer from the wing as the Buccaneers built a 17-7 lead in the first half. Saint Leo raced back, using a 14-4 run to tie the game at 21-21 with 6:02 to play in the first half. Damien Dwaine's two free throws tied the game at 28-28 with 2:15 to play before the first half buzzer.
Fivelstad scored 11 points in the first half on 3-for-3 shooting from the field, including a triple. Dwaine finished with six points, seven boards.
The Buccaneers were 8 of 21 in the first half. The Lions shot 11-for-25 from the field.
TIP-INS: Saint Leo donated the proceeds from the game and raffle to the Cesar Odio Leukemia Foundation. Barry 18-year head coach Cesar Odio is battling leukemia for the second time.


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Appreciation of moths takes flight in LondonderryBy APRIL GUILMET
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July 21. 2013 8:39PM
LONDONDERRY — When darkness falls over Town Common, locals can catch a sneak peak at Londonderry's little known "night life."
This is National Moth Week and for the second year in a row, Londonderry Conservation Commissioner Deb Lievens is encouraging her neighbors to join her on the Common tonight for an impromptu moth safari.
Setting up white sheets and lights along the Common and in the adjacent woods, Lievens hopes to share her love of the diverse and often misunderstood insects with residents of all ages. The free event begins at 8:30 p.m. and continues until around midnight, weather permitting.
Participants are asked to bring their own cameras and flashlights. During last year's event a rainstorm put a damper on the moth viewing when the guests of honor failed to attend.
"Unfortunately, thunderstorms mean no moths," Lievens said. "But hopefully the weather will cooperate this year."
National Moth Week literally shines a much-needed spotlight on moths and their ecological significance, she said, noting the creatures can tell us a lot about our changing environment by their geographical and seasonal distribution.
Though not many moths were seen in Londonderry last year, the 2012 National Moth Week attracted participants in 49 U.S. states as well as 29 foreign countries.
There were moth events in urban settings like Manhattan as well as in more remote areas like Costa Rica and Kenya.
Event participants around the nation and globe are encouraged to do their part by helping to map out moth distributions in their area.Right now, Lievens is working on a project with both the Nature Center in New Jersey and the University of Georgia's Discover Life program documenting and photographing the breeds of moths found in different regions each season.
"What we're trying to find out is if the weather and climate changes are affecting the moths' breeding cycles," she said.
With hundreds of thousands of moth species native to the United States, many people don't give the insects much thought or tend to look at the creatures with annoyance.
Lievens stressed that moths can be just as beautiful as their colorful cousins, the butterflies, and play an equally important role in the ecosystem.
"They're just absolutely fascinating, beautiful creatures," she said. "Hopefully this year's event will encourage people to become active citizen scientists."
An ideal night of moth viewing requires complete darkness and a relatively dry climate.
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Dec. 18, 1999
Santa Barbara, Calif.
The Schedule
Game No. 7
Monday, December 20, 1999, 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Concordia University Cavaliers
at UCSB's Thunderdome
Game No. 8
Wednesday, December 22, 1999, 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at San Diego State Aztecs
at SDSU's Cox Arena
Game No. 9
Wednesday, December 29, 1999, 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. BYU Cougars
at UCSB's Thunderdome
The Gaucho Record
UC Santa Barbara enters this week's games with an overall record of 1-5. The Gauchos lost a close one last Saturday to Pepperdine, 68-64. In the previous game, UCSB snapped its four game season-opening losing streak with a 73-57 win over Westmont College.
The Last Game
UCSB played one of its best all-around games of the season on Saturday, losing a 68-64 decision to visiting Pepperdine. The Gauchos overcame a 12-point first half deficit and ultimately took a six point lead midway through the second half. Pepperdine, however fought back and was able to hold off several UCSB pushes in the final minutes. The Gauchos were led by swingman Mark Hull who scored a career-high 19 points and tied his career-high with seven rebounds. Forwards Juliano Jordani and Adama Ndiaye had 13 and 11 points respectively. Jordani also had eight rebounds.
What About Bob?
Bob Williams is in his second season as head coach of the Gauchos. Last year he guided the Gauchos to a 15-13 overall record and an outstanding 12-4 mark in Big West play. After guiding the squad to the league's Western Division Championship, Williams was selected Big West Coach of the Year and National Association of Basketball Coaches District 15 Coach of the Year. After six games this season, Williams' Gaucho record is now 16-18 and his overall record as a college coach is 205-117. His teams have won either a league, division or National Championship in five straight seasons.
Probable Starters - Notes
G - Derrick Allen - Has 32 points on the season, 19 in the last two games.
G - Erick Ashe - Leads the team with ten steals and 17 assists.
G - Mark Hull - Scored a career-high 19 points vs. Pepperdine.
F - Adama Ndiaye - Has had his first back-to-back double-digit scoring games.
F - Juliano Jordani -Ankle sprain puts his status up in the air for Monday.
Probable Reserves - Notes
G - Brandon Payton - Missed all seven of his shots against Pepperdine.
G - LaRon Bryant - Has played only 14 minutes in the last two games combined.
G - B.J. Ward - Went scoreless against Pepperdine, his first scoreless effort of year.
F - Mike Vukovich - Returned vs. Pepperdine after missing a game with the flu.
F - Ross Carmichael - Transfer from Texas Tech becomes eligible vs. Concordia.
The Hull Truth, Nothing But The Truth
The truth is, freshman swingman Mark Hull is off to a good start in his career. The 6-foot-6 product of Glendale's Hoover High School scored a career-high 19 points and had a career-high-tying seven rebounds in last week's loss to Pepperdine. It was the fourth straight double-digit performance for Hull and it raised his team-leading scoring average to 11.7 points per game. He is the lone Gaucho to have scored in double-figures in five of six games this season. In addition, Hull has been a bright spot in UCSB's otherwise poor shooting start. At 50.0%, he is the only regular at or over the 50.0% mark. In the last three games, Hull has made 15-of-24 shots from the field, 62.5% and he has averaged 15.0 points and 6.0 rebounds. In addition, in the last two games he has made 4-of-7 shots from three-point range, 57.1%. Finally, while Hull has only come up with six assists on the season, five of them have come in the last two contests.
Jordani Heats Up, May Have To Sit Down
There is good news and bad news from the Juliano Jordani front. First, the good news. After a slow offensive start (nine points and 1-for-11 shooting in the first two games), Jordani has started to heat up offensively. In the last four contests, the 6-foot-7 Brazilian has scored 53 points (13.3 per game), made 15-of-39 shots (38.5%) overall and 10-of-21 shots from three-point range, an outstanding 47.6%. Additionally, he is the only Gaucho, besides Hull, to average in double-figures for the season at 10.3 per game. Jordani also paces the team in rebounding at 7.0 per game and he has rebounded 7.8 rebounds per game in the last four. Now that we have that out of the way, we must report the bad news. Jordani has suffered a bad sprain of the right ankle and is very doubtful for Monday's game against Concordia and equally as doubtful for Wednesday's game at San Diego State.
Carmichael: In The Nick Of Time
It stinks that Jordani hurt his ankle, but if it had to happen at least it happened at a time when UCSB was getting another frontcourt player. Junior Ross Carmichael, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound transfer from Texas Tech becomes eligible for UCSB's game against Concordia. Carmichael arrived at Santa Barbara for Winter Quarter of last year and was forced to sit out the Winter, Spring and Fall Quarters before becoming eligible. He played two seasons for the Red Raiders. As a sophomore, the native of Dallas, Texas and graduate of Lake Highlands High School averaged 3.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Carmichael made 15 starts in the post as a sophomore. In two campaigns at Texas Tech, he shot 54.1% from the field. In 1997-98, he led Texas Tech with 26 blocked shots. In addition to his on-the-court attributes, Carmichael was a two-time First Team Academic-All Big 12 member. Obviously, he will immediately become a contributor.
The Opponents
UC Santa Barbara and Concordia University (of Portland) have never met. The Gauchos and San Diego State have met 72 times with the Aztecs holding a 38-34 advantage. UCSB and SDSU have not played since 1986 when the Gauchos recorded a 87-73 win. None of the players who played in that game will play in this year's matchup. As for BYU, the Gauchos have played them only twice and the Cougars have won both games. UCSB and BYU have not played since 1979.
The Gauchos At Home
With its 68-64 loss to Pepperdine last week, UCSB is now 1-2 at the Thunderdome this year. In addition to their loss against the Waves, the Gauchos have lost to powerful Stanford (62-49) and they have defeated Westmont College (73-57). Last season, after opening the year with a four game home losing streak, the Gauchos closed the year by going 8-2 over the final ten home games to finish with an overall home record of 8-6.
The Gauchos On The Road
UCSB is winless away from home this season. After opening the year at home, the Gauchos played three in a row on the road, losing at San Jose State, USF and USC. Last season, UCSB went 6-6 in true road games and 7-7 in all games away from the Thunderdome. After opening at 0-4, they went 6-2 in true road games.


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When he first hit movie theaters as the young Daniel Larusso in "The Karate Kid", Ralph Macchio never imagined how much of an impact the role would have on his life. Now, almost 30 years later, the seemingly ageless actor is still being reminded of how he took the tedious task of waxing an automobile and turned it into a part of American pop-culture.
It's his contribution to pop-culture that has earned him a spot as a featured guest at this weekend's Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, which will be running at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont IL.
Prior to coming to Chicago, Macchio spoke with me via via telephone. We discussed what it's like to be remembered for The Karate Kid; having a sense of humor about being "forever young"; his upcoming return to the television series "Psych"; other projects he has in the works; and dealing with cyber bullies. He also answers a question that he has never been asked before!:
(The following is the unedited transcript to the interview featured in REDEYE August, 9 2013.)
Geek To Me: You're coming to Chicago for Wizard World Comic Con-
Ralph Macchio: Yes, I haven't done it before, and I hear it's a great convention. It's something I normally don't do. I love meeting fans and stuff, but you get so busy with your schedule that sometimes it doesn't work out. But this one, timing wise, worked out. I love that city, and so any excuse I can get to get to Chicago, I'll do it. And I'll get to meet a bunch of people. It should be a lot of fun.
G2M: The Wizard World convention started as a comic convention, but like many of this type, it has expanded to include all of pop culture. So my question is, how does it feel to be a prominent part of pop culture right now?
Ralph Macchio: It's interesting. I get asked that and it just feels odd to me that a comic con came to me. They have a bunch of times over the years, and for whatever reason it didn't time out, but I didn't understand the concept of someone coming to me, and not like someone who wrote Superman. Or who played some X-Men character. And so it didn't make sense.
But as time has gone on, when you look at some of these films that I was fortunate enough to be in, whether it be "The Outsiders" becoming a cult-classic - in it's way and certainly that cast of actors - and "The Karate Kid" for that matter, being certainly a character that's become somewhat iconic. Speaking to the fact that people feel like they grew up with that character, it's part of their childhood.
And even now "My Cousin Vinnie" and some of the others, I now fall in a category where you represent a part of someone's life, a part of someone's upbringing, that they connected to. With "The Karate Kid" especially, there's been so many references, and visual images from that film, you know? Who knew that "Wax on, wax off" would become part of the American lexicon? That "Sweep the leg, "Put him in a body bag," the crane kick, would be something that spans thirty years of time? That generations still knows what it means?
G2M: Speaking of "wax on, wax off" you had a little bit of fun with that with your "Funny or Die" bit -
Ralph Macchio: Yeah, I love that video. (laughs) I had a good time with that. I pitched that to them. I've always been asked to play either versions of myself, or poke fun at myself, and I just always knew if I was going to do it, it was going to be on my terms. So I was able to do that and put a great team together and made what I think is a really funny and smart video.
G2M: And how did the bit with Robot Chicken come about?
Ralph Macchio: That came about because Seth Green and those guys just called up. And so many people had done it, sometimes I hesitate because you have to be careful it doesn't become a tired, one-joke idea. But the Robot Chicken guys, they're very clever, and asked if I wanted to do it. I had just done "How I Met Your Mother" which sort of touched on "The Karate Kid" legacy, and Neil Patrick Harris' character's hatred for me, which I got to share a whole night at his bachelor party, was a whole lot of fun.
So that stuff, when it comes up and it's smart, I think it's really worth doing. I think the fans really love it. Just like this comic-con thing. They love to hearken back to that time and connect. It makes you present and feel young again, that's what it is.
G2M: Since you bring it up, I have to ask: seriously, how do you do it? How do you stay so young looking? Because if you have a secret, you can make a lot of money off of it.
Ralph Macchio: I know, I have to come up with this sort of fictitious product. I need to find one. Yeah, I've gotta blame it on my parents, I guess and my grandparents. I sort of tipped the scale (laughs) I break the mold in the youthful appearance thing. It doesn't always feel that way when I get out of bed in the morning -
G2M: (laughs)
Ralph Macchio: I said that in the (Funny or Die) "wax on" video. Maybe I should go with a face cream or something. I do live a decently healthy life. But that doesn't mean I pass on every alcoholic beverage and glass of wine that comes my way. I enjoy indulging here and there, so maybe it's that. Maybe it's moderation, I don't know. But I've always had that youthful energy. I don't always feel it, my wife and kids are like "why don't we get that guy that everybody else sees?" (laughs)
G2M: (laughs)
Ralph Macchio: Sometimes I'm crotchety, angry, curmudgeonly, you know I do have that side. I don't always show it.
G2M: You bring up your kids, and I know you were recently seen on the red carpet with your daughter Julia at the premiere of her film. Has she gone "dad I really hope I get these forever young genes from you so I can have an extended career"?
Ralph Macchio: Yes, but she says "I want to look as young as possible but I wish I looked more like mom and less like you."
G2M: (laughs)
Ralph Macchio: (laughs) I don't think she hates the fact, but yeah, she looks like my daughter. My wife and I don't look that far (apart), we're both, you know, dark hair from Italian. And I have a little Greek mixed in me, that Mediterranean look. We're all trying to keep the young thing. We'll see what happens. I'm still expecting one day I'm just going to wake up and be bald, fat and grey. I'm trying to keep it going as long as I can.
G2M: Just don't go into the attic and find that portrait of yourself -
Ralph Macchio: Dorian Gray, yeah I've heard that. I don't wanna find that. It's kinda fun. I even poke fun at that in the (Funny or Die) video. In the video I'm with the hooker and she says "why don't you come back when you turn eighteen?" And I'm banging her to make her believe I'm in my late forties and she just won't buy it. It's fun. To me, in life, if you have a sense of humor about it that's how you deal with anything. Pros and cons. Not every day is it that easy. You try to strive for that. That's kind of the goal.
G2M: Speaking of having a sense of humor, not too long ago you had a role on "Psych" where you played a police officer. And "Psych" is known for refereeing the 80's. And yet, with you on it, I don't remember a single "Karate Kid" reference. Was that intentional?
Ralph Macchio: No, there was one. There are actually two. Ironically you mention this. I just got back from Vancouver from shooting another episode of "Psych."
G2M: Awesome!
Ralph Macchio: And so it's gonna be on this season. It's an "all-star" episode. They brought back like eight or nine fan-favorites and I made the cut. It's a really funny episode. It's a remake of an episode from their first season. They've actually remade this episode called "Cloudy With A Chance of Murder" and now it's called "Cloudy With A Chance of Improvement." So I just got back from doing that. It's a courtroom drama.
But that "Psych" episode that you're speaking of, James Roday says "I don't mean to go waxing on about it but" as a throwaway. It's really fast. And another one I yell at the two guys and I say "do you understand me?" And then they quietly say "yes sensei" under their breath. So they were able to slip those in there. I think there was an "Outsiders" one too. They're really clever. Those guys are great. And I have a good time. We're good friends. Dule' (Hill) and Roday, those are very talented guys.
G2M: I was hoping that this would lead to you having a recurring role on the show.
Ralph Macchio: Yeah, you're always looking for that. And it's the ebbs and flows of the industry, you know. I was on "Ugly Betty" and got about eleven episodes out of that show. We had a good time when we shot at New York. And it's fun coming in when it's smart, like in "How I Met You Mother" or "Psych." It's finding that recurring and/or series regular role, which is the mother lode everyone looks for.
In between, myself, I just directed a film with Karina Smirnoff, the girl I danced with on "Dancing With The Stars." Marsha Mason is in the film and this young actor Ben Hyland. It's called "Across Grace Alley", and we're going to launch at film festivals this fall. It's starting to get accepted.
I take a lot of what I've learned from some of those filmmakers, Francis Coppola or John Avildsen, and Todd Holland who directed the video. I take what I've learned over the years, and I put my storytelling hat on, and write and direct as well. And produce as well. So you balance it, jump in front of the camera when it makes sense. And you're behind the camera if I could figure it out.
G2M: I see you had a production called "A Little Game"?
Ralph Macchio: Yes, "A Little Game," Olympia Dukakis is in that. And F. Murray Abraham and Janeane Garofalo plays my wife. And Rachel Dratch is in it as well. It's an indie film we shot in New York last September, a little bit less than a year ago. I think they're just finishing up the editing. It's a charming story. It was fun to work with some of those veterans.
That's the great, I mean, in the film (Across Grace Alley), (you've got) Marsha Mason. I've seen "The Goodbye Girl" fifteen times and people forget she was nominated for four Best Actress Oscars, and there I was directing her and telling her what to do. It's kinda fun. (laughs) I would step out (from behind the camera) I would say "hm" I'd say something after her and she did it. It's kind of fun to connect with people you grew up with.
G2M: What's your role in "A Little Game"?
Ralph Macchio: I play a character whose name is Tom Kuftinec. It's a story about a young, ten year-old girl, who is struggling with being an exceptionally smart child from sort of a working class (family). I play a super of a building in New York. And the parents are trying to do all the right things for her, and put her in a specialty school, but she doesn't quite fit in as this isn't PS 51. And along the way to this new private school she meets this older guy in the park, F. Murray Abraham, and he's always playing chess in the park. He teaches her a little bit about life. He's the Mr. Miyagi to her young, coming-of-age story. And I play the dad who's trying to answer all those questions that a ten year-old would bring to him when he's struggling to make ends meet, and give the best to his kids.
It's very sweet, charming coming of age (story) with a little magical element there. It was a fun part to play.
G2M: With social media there's a lot of talk about cyber-bullying, and bullying in schools in general. I know one the themes of "The Karate Kid" was how Daniel Larusso learned to deal with his bullies. If you can step into that headspace, how would the Karate Kid deal with cyber-bullying today?
Ralph Macchio: That's an interesting question. Not to go too far off track, I developed a show which never got to air, which was sort of a realty-based show on bullying; and dealing with how it's changed with social media. It's faceless, you know? The bully is faceless these days. It's not just stealing your lunch money, and pushing you into a locker. It's far more complex.
How would the character Daniel Larusso deal with present day bullying? The only thing I could (say) - in trying to wrap my head around this both as a parent and someone who is asked the question playing that role - is the role of the bystander really needs to change. There's no room for anyone to sit and watch. Or have knowledge of and not take some form of action.
It's so complicated now because of social media. And sometimes it's the parents who are the bullies. It's faceless, it's as covert as it gets, and challenging and difficult.
But I think my biggest advice is if anyone sees something has to say something, has to take some form of action. I remember as a kid myself seeing a kid get picked on in the lunchroom, and whatever, simple as that not saying it, and wondering why I didn't try to impart some help or support. That's a tough question because it's a very complicated and difficult issue.
G2M: The Karate Kid had 3 films with 3 different love interests. Which one did Daniel Larusso finally settle on?
Ralph Macchio: Oh that's a good one. I've never been asked that one before. That's right, you had Elizabeth Shue in the first picture. You had Tamlyn Tomita as the little Asian Girl (Kumiko) in the second. And Robyn Lively- she was sort of just a friend. We never got a kiss out of that one. He got a kiss out of the first two. Who would Larusso wind up with? Wow.
G2M: (laughs)
Ralph Macchio: That's a good one, because of virtue by the writers, they had Ali - she'd probably be so mad at him they'd never get back together. Maybe he goes back to Okinawa and marries the Asian girl. I don't have a clue man. But that's a good question. I like it. Maybe he finally gets in on with the Robyn Lively character because they never - you know she just kissed him on the cheek. How empty was that?
G2M: Yeah, after all the stuff he went through, especially.
Ralph Macchio: That's right. Although that movie had so many problems with the script back then. The first one was by far my favorite of the three, although the second one I felt was a very worthy sequel. But the third one, what often happens, and always happens in Hollywood, they try to squeeze water out of a rock. And then they made another one. And then they remake it. But the first one was magic, it really was.
G2M: Where can people interact with you on social media?
Ralph Macchio: Yeah, I think Twitter is good. (@RalphMacchio) I don't do much Facebook, occasionally I put a post up. Twitter is great. I connect out there. It's fun.
I just had some fun last night. I was at a ballgame in Baltimore with my son who is looking at colleges. And there was someone in front of me who was maybe unsure of who I was, so she's Googling me on her phone. So I took a picture of her and we put that out there and got a great response. That's the fun part of it. That's a fun way to connect.
And it's a great way to promote projects you have; something indie projects, or smaller projects that don't have the big press machine. You have a chance to bring people to the table. If you have a film festival or a screening, you can say come one down. Just like we're doing in Chicago next weekend. When I get to town, I'll hit people up and hopefully we'll have a good time.
Ralph Macchio will be appearing at the Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con this weekend. Visit WizardWorld.com for more info and to purchase tickets.


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I hope that you have enjoyed a productive and satisfying week here on the Hill. We will end this busy week with several very special guests on campus. We welcome to BMC today these new members of our Board of Trustees: Glenn Sumrall, Marie McAlpin, Tim Alexander, and Tommy Tapp. Chair Linda Gholston and returning members Lisa Stevens and Thad Moore will also be with us today. Please join me in making them welcome.
Dr. Michael Warren, President of our Ministerial Alumni Association and Adjunct Instructor of Biblical Studies, will be our chapel speaker today.
Our Topper basketball teams will play William Carey tomorrow. Believe it or not, you can catch baseball and softball action tomorrow as our Topper teams begin their season at home! Check out the website for more details.
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UK deputy leader opposed to visitor bond plan
LONDON (AP) — Britain's deputy prime minister said Sunday he will try to block any attempt to make foreign visitors routinely pay a security deposit to come to the U.K., an idea that has spurred outrage in countries such as India and Nigeria.
The government plans to begin a pilot project in November involving "high-risk" countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Some visitors will have to pay a 3,000 pound ($4,800) deposit, which will be refunded upon departure but forfeited if travelers overstay their visas.
Officials and businesspeople in the affected countries have condemned the proposal, and the British government has not said how many visa applicants will have to pay the bond.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said his Liberal Democrat party and its Conservative coalition partners had "differences of emphasis" on the plan, and details were still being discussed in government.
"I am absolutely not interested in a bond which becomes an indiscriminate way of clobbering people who want to come to this country," Clegg told the BBC. He said the bonds "are certainly not going to go ahead" on that basis.
"Of course in a coalition I can stop things," he added.
Immigration is a sensitive political issue in Britain, especially with the unemployment and austerity measures brought on by the economic crisis. Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to cut net immigration from 252,000 a year in 2010 to below 100,000 a year by 2015.
While that plays well with the Conservatives' right-of-center supporters, it has been trouble for the centrist, liberal Lib Dems, who are holding their annual conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
The party is sagging in opinion polls 18 months ahead of a national election, and many members have expressed unease about the compromises involved in coalition government. Earlier this month one of the best-known Lib Dem lawmakers, Sarah Teather, said she was quitting because she felt the party no longer fought for social justice and liberal values.
Clegg defended his party's participation in the coalition, saying it had made the government fairer and more liberal.


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Idle No More 'national day of action' nationwide
Native protesters blocked rail lines and marched on border crossings and legislatures from coast to coast as part of a day of action to bring attention to aboriginal issues by tying up traffic and trade.
In the same area where police were chastised for not following up on an injunction to break up a similar blockade earlier this month, a small group of Tyendinaga Mohawks forced Via to once again close the main rail corridor that runs between Montreal and Toronto.
Reporters at the blockade, just east of Belleville, Ont., were kept at a distance, and a protester threw a rock at one who ventured too close.
CN police also threatened reporters with fines for trespassing, and at least one was handed a $65 ticket.
Near Portage la Prairie, Man., about 115 km southwest of Winnipeg, protesters blockaded a main rail line on the Long Plains First Nation.
CN obtained a court injunction, but former Roseau River chief Terry Nelson told reporters the blockade is indefinite and dared RCMP to make them move, saying more will take their place if they were arrested.
Mounties will respond appropriately if police presence is required, Manitoba RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Line Karpish said.
"It's a balancing act of their rights and freedom and of public safety," Karpish said, prior to the blockade's start.
CN also reportedly got an injunction against a group blocking the tracks near Terrace, B.C.
A planned protest at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont. — the busiest border crossing in North America — was less disruptive, as peaceful demonstrators held up traffic at the main truck artery over lunch hour. As promised, organizers did not block traffic at the bridge itself.
"This is about protecting sovereignty and rights for individual people, whether you are indigenous or Canadian," Canadian Auto Workers chapter 444 president Dino Chiodo said.
From a march alongside the St. John River in New Brunswick to a prayer circle in Whitehorse, the events were intended to raise awareness of Native issues.
Most rallies remained peaceful, like in Toronto, where several hundred First Nation's protesters brought their message to the British Consulate.
Those protesters chanted, drummed and demanded the federal government act to address their concerns, many of which they say have been ignored for more than a century.
While response from the public was mostly measured, a few vented their frustrations at protesters. Police are investigating after a truck reportedly tried to drive through a round dance in Fort Frances, Ont. In Edmonton, protesters jumped on the hood of a pickup truck that sped through their highway blockade.
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Blissfield, Madison earn conference wins
The Sand Creek High School girls basketball team hosted Tri-County Conference rival Morenci on Tuesday and captured its first victory of the season, winning the contest 42-30.
With the game deadlocked after the first quarter at 7, Sand Creek outscored Morenci 13-7 in the second and 14-8 in the third to take a 34-22 advantage entering the fourth. The teams traded baskets in the final stanza.
Leading the Aggies were Kaylee Benge with 12 points and Sarah Wright who added 11 points and seven rebounds.
Allison VanBrandt led Morenci with 11 points.
Blissfield 74, Hudson 25: At Hudson, the Royals got out to the hot start that they wanted in Tuesday's Lenawee County Athletic Association game and refused to back down while capitalizing on turnovers and taking advantage of the scoring opportunities. Blissfield led 55-12 at halftime.
Claire Denecker led the Royals (5-0) with 24 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks. Also leading for the Royals was Emma Essen with 10 points and seven steals and Brooke Henning with 10 points and nine rebounds.
Lauren Lake led Hudson (1-3) with 10 points.
-- Blissfield-Hudson JVs: Blissfield beat Hudson in the junior varsity game 43-23. Isabel Cueto had 17 points for Blissfield.
Madison 76, Whitmore Lake 15: At Madison Twp., the host Trojans came out firing on all cylinders, shooting a high percentage and getting many fast-break opportunities to turn back TCC foe Whitmore Lake. The win keeps Madison unbeaten in TCC play at 3-0, while they improve to 4-1 overall.
Madison made its statement early and often, ringing up a 31-5 first-quarter edge, and then came out after halftime to shut out Whitmore Lake, 17-0, in the third quarter.
Balance was Madison's friend again as Kendall Hudson netted 19 points, Ashley Morris managed 17 points, five rebounds, five steals and four assists, and Haley Hudson added 15 points and six steals. Maddy Burciaga contributed five rebounds and four steals, Maddie McNeil six rebounds, and Shayla Villarreal had five rebounds, three steals and three assists.
-- Madison JV: Madison's junior varsity also cruised, beating Whitmore Lake 47-6.
Skyline 53, Tecumseh 41: At Ann Arbor, the Indians were tied with Skyline at halftime, but were outscored 30-18 over the final two quarters, including 19-6 in the third.
Maddie Tedora and Morgan Skelton each scored nine points for Tecumseh (3-2). Kayla Kormos added seven rebounds.
-- Tecumseh JV: The Indians lost the junior varsity game 45-34. Megan Freitas and Albany Lagore each scored 10 points.
Ida 40, Onsted 36: At Onsted, the host Wildcats watched their offense disappear during a one-point third quarter, losing a halftime lead and eventually their opening LCAA game.
Onsted played well in the first half, taking a 22-17 lead at the break, but a 14-1 advantage for the Bluestreaks in the third was the beginning of Onsted's undoing.
Onsted (1-4) got it back on track in the fourth and was able to cut Ida's lead to one point, but couldn't come all the way back.
Onsted's Regan McNutt was the scoring leader for the game with 17 points and three steals. Ashlin Aiken had four rebounds, four steals and three assists, while Karah Slater added three assists.
Manchester 56, Addison 35: At Addison, the Panthers struggled with turnovers in Tuesday's Cascades Conference matchup against the defending Class C state champions.
Addison (1-4, 0-4 Cascades) trailed 13-10 after one quarter, but was outscored 37-16 in the middle quarters and could not catch up.
Madison Lake led Addison with nine points. Korinna Corbin added six points.
Ann Arbor Huron 72, Adrian 14: At Ann Arbor, the Maples struggled in all facets of the Southeastern Conference crossover game and could not get any momentum going.
Adrian trailed at halftime 52-9.
Leading the way for Adrian (1-4, 0-3 SEC) was Sam Regalado, who registered six points and four rebounds.


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A reader makes an excellent point that I haven't seen anywhere else:
Has anyone commented on the dichotomy between Obama the candidate and Obama the President with regard to data planning and execution? Obama the candidate (both in 08 and 12) was lauded (and Romney ridiculed) for his and his team's data analysis and mining, online communications, ability to target and reach voters and raise lots of $$$$$ through online and other communications, get out the vote, etc. Numerous glowing stories were written about this and the consultants who built this machine have made lots of money.
In contrast, Obama the President had three-plus years to plan for the rollout of his signature piece of legislation, the ACA, and the website they constructed and the exchanges have failed miserably. I saw where the Chief Information Officer for the health.gov website said the site operates fine if there are only 50,000 visitors. Obviously, one would think that the rollout on Oct 1 would lead to a lot of curiosity and interest and corresponding large numbers of visitors to the website. This appears to show the callousness, indifference, hypocrisy, aloofness, and incompetence of Obama the President in actually governing and making sure that the individuals he uses as political props get benefits out of the program he campaigned on and drones on about endlessly.
That's right: Obama the candidate and his minions put together one of the most technically sophisticated operations ever, and reached millions of people. Obama the president can't be bothered to reach a minimal standard of competence in the same fields of expertise. Another example of the fact that Obama loves to run, hates to govern.
PAUL ADDS: I agree. It has occurred to me that Obama left the writing of "Obamacare" to congressional Democrats (they came up with an approach he did not advocate as a candidate) and seems to have left its implementation largely to the regular bureaucratic process. If he called on his campaign wizzes to help in the process, I'm not aware of it.
In fairness, running a campaign is much less demanding than running a bureaucracy. But it seems to me that Obama has made less effort than most modern presidents to put his footprint on the federal bureaucracy.
Naturally, Democratic presidents will see remaking the bureaucracy as less of a priority than their Republican counterparts. But in my view, Obama has made less of an effort to shake things up than Presidents Kennedy, Carter, and Clinton (remember "reinventing government?") did.
So I conclude, subject to the opinions of presidential historians like Steve, that, yes, Obama isn't really all that into governing.


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