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stitching hearts
Recently I saw an adorable ombre counted cross-stitch piece, and thought it would be fun to make my own non-cross-stitch version. Each little heart that I've made is just two stitches, so it goes very quickly. Once I got started, I knew that this would be a lovely little project to share with you! It's such a fun way to spontaneously stitch!
Here's how the little hearts are made (It's a cross between a lazy daisy and the fly stitch!):
Come up from the back, then go back down about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch above where the thread came up. Don't pull it tight yet!
Bring the needle back up again just a bit higher and to the left of where the the first stitch went down through the fabric. Be sure to catch the loose loop of thread with your needle.
Pull the thread to the left, tightening the loop.
Go back down through the fabric, making a little stitch that will hold this half of the heart.
Repeat on the right side.
As you're working these, try to keep the twist of the floss the same throughout. They'll look much tidier that way, but even if some are untwisted, they'll still look sweet!
For my ombre, I chose five colors. I wasn't using any sort of pattern, but just stitched the hearts where I felt like they needed to be. Each heart came out just a bit different, giving the overall piece some character. (Speaking of hearts with character...I love this embroidery by Heidi Kenney!)
Happy Heart Stitching!
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Very pretty!ReplyDelete
Very cute! Great minds think alike... I saw a tutorial, by Gabi a German blogger, a while back on hand embroidering a heart right here:ReplyDelete
How cute! I'll have to try this out with my little girls who adore hearts. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking to my cross stitch, Mollie! I love your embroidered hearts - thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I LOVE this! So pretty! Thank you for sharing it with us!ReplyDelete
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hey mollie, your stitches are featured here: http://blogs.babble.com/the-new-home-ec/2012/02/01/15-craft-projects-that-will-spread-the-love/?pid=10755ReplyDelete
:D katrina
So cute. I love these. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Thank you!!! I'm reacquainting myself with embroidery, and wanted something to fit in with the lazy daisies and running stitch. Easy and cute - my daughter loves it!ReplyDelete
its a big help for me.i feel lucky i see this website ^_^ReplyDelete
This is so adorable! Thanks for the help!ReplyDelete
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I took some time just messing around looking at loose and bad numbers casually trying to figure out an optimal way to gem as a healer in arena, and more specifically a restoration shaman since resilience was prioritized so heavily in 5.2, prior to all of the changes. I decided I would ramble a little about what I discovered and thought in order to gather opinions and/or help anyone else with their decisions regarding gems (and also because I was bored and couldn't sleep D: ). Most of what I post here is meant for shamans, but some of it can be applied to other healing classes.
Prior to 5.3, resilience, for restoration shamans especially, was top stat priority in arena because shaman healing output and mana were both potent enough without gems, and shamans are so often trained while of course being locked down. Since the patch, everyone has a base of 65% resilience, up from something like a 40% base; resilience gems have half the stats that they did prior to the patch; and gear no longer provides resilience as a base stat.
In 5.2, my shaman was at about 69% resilience, using 320 Resil gems in every socket (including blacksmithing sockets) save for two red sockets where I used the "JC ONLY" willful gems (160 int and 320 resil). Without changing anything, logging in after 5.3's release, I found myself at something like 68.7% resilience.
For now, I still consider gemming full resilience an option as an optimal choice. I have a lack of 3's experience since the patch (I've only been playing two different comps and not enough games), so I am not sure how often shamans are just getting trained, gibbed, and whether or not resilience "feels" effective, after all that is what is most important.
It would make sense for the value of resilience gemming to have greatly declined since, like stated above, the gems give less stats, the new base resilience, and even because 1 point of resilience seems to provide less damage reduction than before (probably due to diminishing returns or some other random mumbojumbo). The biggest reason resilience may not be so good anymore is because, obviously, healing was nerfed quite a bit, and gemming full resilience may render shamans unable to top their team, or even themselves after surviving a stunlock or deep -> blanket. I think you gain something like 9ish % actual damage reduction from gemming full resilience with blacksmithing and JC with full gear (assuming you don't use old resil trinkets or something) and so if that number does not make or break you surviving a deep or not, and if you gain more than that 9ish % in healing output gemming otherwise, it may be much better to do so.
Intellect definitely seems a lot stronger than PvP power for restoration shamans. With some round numbers and a little bit of testing, after 5.3 PvP power seems to provide a little less than a third of the healing power bonus of intellect for shamans (that doesn't even include mail specialization). If one of the two was optimal, it seems that it would definitely be intellect.
I played with not the most accurate numbers but just some "in the ball park" testing in a bg without having battle fatigue, and while healing myself:
4,734 Riptide Hit, No Gear
5,129 Riptide Hit, +847 Intellect
4,778 Riptide Hit, +346 Pvp Power
847 intellect = +359 Healing (7.58% Increase)
346 Pvp Power = +44 Healing (.92% Increase) (listed as .87% increase)
847 / 346 = 2.4 2.4 x 44 = 105.6
PvP Power gems have 160 stats on them, the same as intellect so they need to be considered on a 1 to 1 ratio.
847 intellect gives around 359 extra healing, while 847 PvP Power gives around 106 healing, under a third of its competitor (and that's without mail specialization or considering the critical chance gain).
I tested to make sure there is not any type of increasing returns for PvP power, and I did not find any (by equipping items individually then equipping them all together, finding I was only receiving the proper sum of the PVP power on the individual items.
Gemming full intellect, however, doesn't seem to make up for the reduced healing we now do. From gemming full resilience to gemming full intellect, my riptides seemed to gain an additional 3k healing on their initial hits, on average, inside of arena. Not only are these numbers just weak, but it also "feels" like little-to-no change at all in an actual match. So far I really don't think gemming full intellect is one of the stronger choices for restoration shamans right now.
I used some old VODS of my shaman healing prior to 5.3 in order to compare some things. I was originally wondering if it would be possible to increase spell power enough to make up for the extra 15% reduced healing we now do due to battle fatigue. I mostly was looking at riptide initial hits in order to compare this:
22,050 was what I was hitting on riptides in 3s during 5.2. Without the 30% reduction, I found this riptide hit should be around 31.5k instead, and with a 45% reduction from that (the new battle fatigue) riptides would be hitting for 17,325 (with no gear change at all).
17,325 (45% Battle Fatigue)
22,050 (30% Battle Fatigue)
4,725 decrease in healing from riptide initial hits due to battle fatigue buff.
So at 31,500ish riptides, I would receive 22,050 before the patch. My goal / hopes were to be able to reach a 15% healing gain from gemming full int, allowing me to reach 22,050 average riptide initial hits after the 15% fatigue buff, meaning that I would need to now gain 40,090 riptide initial hits, outside of arena, in order to make up for the difference.
31,500=old x
I converted the healing into an amount of intellect I would need, roughly using a ratio I found in earlier tests between +intellect and +healing to riptide initial ticks.
847 intellect = +359 Healing (7.58% Increase)
847 / 359 = x / 8590
8590(847) = 359x
20,267 Intellect Goal (- 5% for mail specialization)
I found that I had jade spirit procced during the VOD I was basing everything off of.
20,267 Intellect (- 5%)
-1,650 For Power torrent
18,667 (-5% [mail spec])
Needed to incorporate the increase from PvP Power Change
11,260 PvP Power
264.94 PvP Power = 1%
50% = 5,630
+21.25% Healing vs. 30% Battle Fatigue
Net Healing = -8.75%
100% = 11,260
+42.5% Healing vs. 45% Battle Fatigue
Net Healing = -2.5%
6.25% increase in healing since 5.2 after fatigues
18,667 (-5%) (-6.25% increase)
I determined that I was attempting to gain a 21.4% increase in riptide's initial hit in order to get to the 40,090 riptide, or 8,590 extra healing. Then I found, that the a 6.25% gain in healing (like the pvp power buff seemed to provide) converted to something around 2509 intellect.
But after taking out the PvP power gain, power torrent, what gemming intellect in every socket would provide, re enchanting the chest to int, and even mail specialization I would be far from making up for the new extra 15% healing reduction provided by battle fatigue.
I have not fiddled with going full mastery very much at all thus far. It has always had its diminishing values in healing output (compared to other secondary stat values) at anywhere from 45-55%, which is easily obtainable in PvP gear, but I want to say that it feels essential to keep teammates hovering at higher percentages now, since it is much more difficult to top them due to the battle fatigue buff. This obviously diminishes the value of mastery for shamans even more.
The diminishing value of mastery in throughput has been a confusing subject in the resto shaman world. There is no magical drop in what mastery gives you at anything around 50% mastery. The diminishing returns of mastery begin at 1%, but the ~50% "cap" for mastery comes from the comparison of the value of mastery to the value of crit. Since mastery for shamans is based off health percentages, and crit's value is based off of overhealing and spell choice, it's difficult to give a definite answer of where these two cross, aside from specific cases. According to Elitist Jerks, at 50% mastery, 100 mastery is stronger than 100 crit in healing throughput when the target is at or below 46.7% hp. This is based off the formula: % Healing Increase = (-1 x Max Deep Healing % x HP of target) + (Max Deep healing %). At 1 hp, the target receives full mastery benefit, at 70% the target receives 30% of the max mastery benefit, at 30% the target receives 70% of the mastery benefit.
healing % Increase = (-1 x 50 x 46.7%) + (50)
This is where crit is weighed slightly less valuable than mastery.
Right now I am running at a 56.03% mastery.
healing % Increase = (-1 x 56.03 x 46.7%) + (56.03)
With 6% mastery gain there was about a 3.2% healing increase.
Grace of air 15% (3000 Mastery)
15% = 3000
320 mastery x 12 gem sockets + 2 160 point gain (jc) = 320 x 13 = 4160
3000 / 15 = 4160 / x
3000x = 15(4160)
20.8 = x
76.83% mastery gemmed full mastery without diminishing returns or reforging.
healing % increase = (-1 x 76.83 x 46.7%) + (76.83)
40.93% healing @ 46.7% hp with 76.83% mastery, an 11.1% healing gain from gems.
If gaining 100 crit is worse than mastery when mastery provides a 26.65% healing increase...
26.65% healing increase = (-1 x 76.83 x H ) + (76.83) ; where H is hp %
Healing % increase = (-1 x 76.83 x 65.3%) + (76.83)
around 26.65% increase
at 76.83% Mastery, 100 mastery slightly outvalues 100 crit at around 65% HP.
In a healing throughput standpoint, gemming full mastery provides a little more than an 11% healing increase to a resto shaman with no previous mastery gems, and reforged stats primarily spent into critical chance. Simply compared to intellect in healing throughput, gemming mastery is weaker than the 17ish % healing increase full int gems can potentially provide.
Haste seems very weak for restoration shamans in arena right now, as it has for a while. It's only taken advantage of when there is a lot of casting going on, and when breakpoints for HoTs and totems are reached. I am pretty sure that there aren't any haste breakpoints easy enough to get or worth it in PvP gear, and since mana seems to be a slight issue since 5.3, a stat that will increase how much mana you spend (by increasing the number of spells you cast) doesn't seem optimal.
Looking at some of the haste breakpoints, the only ones I believe you could reliably reach in PVP gear are the extra ticks for healing rain, earthliving, and healingtide/healing stream. The strongest of these seems to be healing tide and stream, however not only are these breakpoints affected by latency factors, but they also diminish in value because not every single tick the totem makes is actual healing in arena. Often, there is much of it regarded as overhealing, especially healing tide.
Since 5.3, mana does seem to be a slight issue for shamans in arena since we have to cast a lot more (whereas last patch shamans seemed to never suffer mana-wise at all); so obviously a mana return stat is pretty potent. From playing resilience in 3v3 a while this patch, there were a lot of situations that felt strenuous on my mana. I never seemed to just completely oom, but I was not able to freely purge or keep things like mages as clean as I normally would prior to 5.3. I did not give it a try, but I think that gemming with a mix of spirit or maybe even full spirit could be very strong. This would mean a lot more casting compared to last patch, which is really kind of unavoidable right now even with healing output-increasing stats, but the mana regeneration could possibly make up for the extra casting, and allow us to continue freely purging down targets without having to drink.
After the few games and comps I did get to test things in, I found crit to be my favorite stat thus far. First off, crit provides shamans quite a bit of mana return due to resurgence (even almost as much mp5 as spirit when spamming the spells healing wave and greater healing wave). Also, crit heals are 100% stronger than non-crit heals, and crit provides 30% more throughput to shamans due to ancestral awakening. With crit gems and some reforging, it is possible to get to and even pass 20% crit chance. The reason this number is so nice for shamans is because tidal waves provides a 30% crit chance to healing surge, meaning that with tidal waves and 20% base crit, healing surge has a 50% chance to crit.
Crit is great for mana, not only because of resurgence, but also because a crit can mean the difference between casting 1 healing surge or three in 5.3; whereas intellect and other stats do not seem to have the capability to do (casting less also means more time to cc, adjust positioning, purge, etc).
I think crit could be the strongest stat to gem for shamans now because of a weakness resilience seems to have, and because of a potency shaman heals seem to lack. Even for heals outside of healing surges, a crit will more than make up for the battle fatigue increase, where as intellect, pvp power, and mastery gems do not seem to.
Currently I am playing around with the set up, but I amgemmed almost full crit, reforged into it enough to reach 20.03% crit chance, and I am also reforged a bit into mastery. I have not tried going all out crit everywhere, and I am not sure whether or not I would like going over the 20% "crit breakpoint" for healing surge. It may even be more optimal to reforge fully into crit and allow for a few int, spirit, or resil gems after the 20% crit; but anyway, with the crit I have picked up things look and feel very bright thus far.
edit: added tl;dr and a few "loose" numbers I was playing with in regards to some of the stat values.
Edited by Votlol, 01 June 2013 - 11:03 AM.

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Urban Spelunking: Golda Meir Elementary/Fourth Street School
Built in 1890, Golda Meir Elementary School (previously called Fourth Street School), was designed by architect Henry Koch, whose resume also includes City Hall, Turner Hall, Gesu Church and The Pfister Hotel. The old building is now called the lower campus (despite being at a higher elevation) than the MEC building across the street in the old Schlitz brewery, which houses grades six through eight and is called the "upper campus." See related article ...fvdraxyvyfztuvezce
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im in elgin im a 3.5-4.0 would like to find someone to hit with in elgin or close by
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I can play in St. Charles somewhere. I live in the Wheaton area. 3.5-4.0 here as well.
please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
I am about 3.5 - 4.0 and would like to play evenings
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Origin news
NSW Graham Murray says he will give skipper Danny Buderus until the last minute to overcome a back injury ahead of tomorrow night's opening State of Origin clash at Telstra Stadium.
Buderus, who has been plagued by back spasms for the last couple of days, sat out yesterday's training session with Penrith hooker Luke Priddis running in his place. Murray says as captain of the side and one of the game's elite players, Buderus is deserving of all the time he needs to overcome the injury.
It is unsure whether Buderus will take part in this afternoon's final training run at Telstra Stadium as he continues to undergo treatment on his back.
As NSW prepare, the Queensland Origin side will jet into enemy territory today. The Maroons arrive in Sydney having enjoyed a relatively quiet build-up at their Coolum base.
They will have their final training run under rookie coach Mal Meninga at Parramatta Stadium this afternoon and head into tomorrow night's match looking for their first win at Telstra Stadium after one draw and nine losses at the Olympic venue.


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About Félix Vallotton
Associated with the French post-impressionist group Les Nabis, Félix Vallotton began his career as a painter, but he is best known for his stark black-and-white woodcuts. His scenes, which are often domestic in nature, are marked by simplified details and undifferentiated areas of shading. Vallotton was influenced by the works of Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein, which he saw in the Louvre as a young art student, as well as by Ukiyo-e Japanese prints, an Edo period art form that centered on depictions of cosmopolitan life. In his reductive woodcuts, Vallatton prefigured the visual sobriety of such disparate artists as August Sander and Edward Hopper.
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Book Launch for Kelly Oxford's When You Find Out the World Is Against You > MAY 2
The author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar returns to the Toronto Reference Library with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in her head.
Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of tweets that lead Rolling Stone to name her one of the Funniest People on Twitter or with pictures of her hilariously adorable family (human and animal) or with something much more serious, like creating the hashtag #NotOkay, where millions of women came together to share their stories of sexual assault, Kelly has a unique, razor-sharp perspective on modern life. As a screen writer, professional sh*t disturber, wife and mother of three, Kelly is about everything but the status quo.
Kelly Oxford, born in Edmonton, currently lives in Los Angeles with her three children. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar. You can find her avoiding her book and screen writing on Twitter and Instagram (@kellyoxford). She likes poodles and PBS.
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Bay windows aren't just for Victorian and faux-Victorian McMansions! This London home renovated by Platform 5 Architects features a striking modern bay window with cherry wood window seat.
This home in the Hackney Borough of London also has a traditional bay window on the front of the house — a perfect complement! You can see more pictures in the online portfolio of by Platform 5 Architects.
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Tee is good quality and print is excellent at a good price
I love the art graphics on the tees but not a fan of the classic t shirt fabric - much prefer the tri blend t shirts
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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, December 24, 1910
It is understood that the lighthouse department is about to install a telephone at Beavertail light. Keepers Overton and Wales have in the past reported a number of boats needing assistance, and thereby prevented what might have been a loss of life. To do this they have been obliged to go some distance and secure the services of a private telephone, losing valuable time.
Cutters began operations on Carr's pond Sunday morning, housing ice of good quality eight inches thick.
A handsome lot of turkeys were shipped from Narragansett to Newport for the Christmas trade, across the ferries Tuesday.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December, 27, 1935
This evening at St. Matthew's Episcopal parish house, the Rev. A. C. Larned conducted a short school service for the children, after which organized games were played under the direction of Mrs. Coleman Tefft. At the conclusion of the games, Santa Claus arrived and distributed gifts to each child.
A still alarm was sounded Thursday evening for a fire in the greenhouses on Clinton Avenue, owned by Samuel Smith's Sons. The blaze was caused by the burning out of an electric motor in the power house.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 19, 1960
A Christmas pageant, "The Little Shepherd," was presented by members of St. Matthew's Church School in Jamestown in the church last night, before a a congregation of more than 200.
From the Newport Daily News, December 22, 1960
(At the Jamestown Bridge Commission meeting) it was voted to purchase 12,000 Jamestown Bridge folders from the National Survey Co., Chester, Vt., at a cost of $1,038.50 for 10,000 and $39.50 for each additional thousand. … Christmas turkeys have been ordered for the employees and will be distributed to them on Friday. The orders were divided between the three markets in Jamestown.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, December 23, 1985
The state Department of Environmental Management has ordered Jamestown to close its pound because it fails to meet state standards.
From the Newport Daily News, December 24, 1985
The Town Council directed the town administrator Monday to set up a meeting with state officials over a state order to close the town dog pound. … (The town administrator) announced that the town would be enforcing a snow emergency parking ban instituted last year.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press, December 21, 1995
Jamestown has received a $864,000 federal grant to build an extended steel pier and a deep-water boat launching ramp at East Ferry, according to press releases from the offices of Governor Lincoln Almond and Congressman Patrick Kennedy.
Three islanders have been selected to share the 1995 Volunteer of the Year award. The award is presented annually by the Jamestown Press to recognize those individuals who have made significant contributions to the community by volunteering their time. The winners include Ann and Hugh Bucher … and Susanne Maynard Clarke.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press,
December 21, 2000
The set of strategic guiding principles that deal with how Quonset Point/Davisville will be developed in the future was adopted by the boards of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and the Quonset Davisville Management Commission at a meeting held Monday. Language that includes the possibility of building a container port was kept in the principles despite the opposition of more than a dozen environmental and community groups that requested that the container port option be deleted.
The ongoing restoration of the historically significant Conanicut Battery, located off Battery Lane on the southern pat of the island, was recently named a "project of significance" in the Historic Preservation category by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.


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Not really any new information but includes some potential topics of discussion.
edit// Sorry,the link's a little wonky. http://informationweek.securitypipeline.com and it is listed on the left under Security News. I'll try and sort the link out.
Trying to find out exactly what they have is a pain and half the time the uninstallers don't work."From a staffing perspective, the cleanup usually exceeds the time it takes to handle an antivirus infection."
They first line of the licensing agreement could say "I'M GOING TO PUT LOTS OF CRAP ON YOUR COMPUTER WHEN YOU CLICK YES" and at least half the people would still agree because they want the product because "everyone else uses it".The FTC sees two issues. First, people frequently aren't notified when spyware is placed on their computers. And second, the software they do seek comes bundled with adware they don't want because end-user licensing agreements often aren't clear. "These agreements give a patina of legitimacy by having some form of disclosure," says Tom Pahl, the FTC's assistant director for advertising practices. "But consumers often don't understand the choices they're making."
Most of the time it's free stuff, what do they expect. It's the spyware that come just by going to a site that is a real kick in the nads.End-user license agreements are a big issue. When users download a software program, they should be given a clear choice about accepting or declining other software with it. Spyware doesn't give them that choice, or does so surreptitiously.
So please buy our new Anti-Spyware. Don't get me wrong I like Symantec.Security vendor Symantec Corp. recently conducted a study to see how much spyware and adware finds its way onto PCs during Web surfing. Symantec monitored what types of spyware and adware glommed on to PCs while users surfed to different types of Web sites. The company spent one hour per category visiting sports, kids, gaming, news, reseller, shopping, and travel sites. It found that 468 adware applications and 10 instances of spyware were left behind on Symantec's test machine. The system also was infected with seven so-called hijackers, tiny apps that redirect users' Web browsers to unintended sites.
4000 x 200 = 800,000/infections per month. I'm sure all during work related activities.Anti-spyware tools aren't perfect, but they help. The Denver Health & Hospital Authority expects to save more than $170,000 annually in help-desk costs by using a policy-control appliance from Blue Coat Systems Inc. to keep spyware and adware off of 4,000 PCs. "Before, we had about 200 spyware intrusions per month on each machine," chief technology officer Jeffrey Pellot says. Now the problem has been mostly eliminated, he says.


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Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:37 Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.
Observation: The Israelites did not escape Egypt; they were "brought out" by the Presence and the strength of God! God's plan was to give them a land with people more in numbers and stronger than they were! By relying on their wisdom and strength, there was no way they could get out of Egypt and there was no way they could get into the Promised land. The only one getting the glory for their escape and new home land was God!
Application: God purposefully gives me assignments that require more wisdom and/or strength than I possess. If I rely on myself, I will fail. But when I rely on Him, He succeeds! He does this so that people will not be able to praise me, but Him!
Prayer: Lord, when I rely on you and carefully follow your directions, I get to enjoy the victory and you get to enjoy the glory! Amen
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Jury rejects claim of rat in Manchester lemonadeBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 24. 2013 6:23PM
MANCHESTER — A Hillsborough County Superior Court jury found in favor of The Coca-Cola Company Tuesday in a product liability lawsuit brought by a Manchester woman who said she found a dead rat and maggots in a can of Minute Maid frozen lemonade, a company spokesman said.
The jury of six men and six women rendered the verdict shortly after returning from lunch, according to Coca-Cola spokesman Jennifer Cruickshank.
Colleen Grady, 50, had claimed the July 2011 discovery brought on emotional distress, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
She sued Coca-Cola, the owner of Minute Maid, Hannaford Brothers supermarkets and Victory Distributors. The four-day trial ended with Tuesday's verdict.
"This verdict affirms that Minute Maid beverages meet the highest quality standards at all times," Cruickshank said in a statement emailed shortly after the verdict.
"Our production process and stringent quality protocols make it virtually impossible for this situation to occur. It's unfortunate that someone would seek to profit from such baseless allegations. We are pleased the ruling was in our favor," she said.
A telephone call to Grady's lawyer — Manchester attorney Vincent Wenners — was not returned.
During the trial, Grady complained that she had to keep the rat carcass in her freezer for more than a week when a courier on behalf of Coca-Cola did not immediately arrive to pick it up. She eventually hired a lawyer, and the rat was in cold storage until brought out during the trial.
Grady's friend, Denise Spenard, had testified earlier about opening the can and dumping the contents into the pitcher. Intially, she saw what she thought were seeds in the lemonade syrup, then frozen, gray fur, face and a muzzle.
"That's really our case," Wenners told the jury Monday.
The trial featured employees from the Coca-Cola plant in Ontario, Canada, where the frozen lemonade was canned, a video presentation of the plant, physicians with competing interpretations of Grady's diagnosis and even an insect expert who discussed the life cycle of a maggot.
James E. Riley Jr., the Boston lawyer representing the defendants, told the jury that Grady's post traumatic stress disorder diagnosis was "a tad bit insulting" to Iraqi soldiers, Boston Marathon bombing victims and rape victims.
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Lung Transplantation
General Inforamation About Lung Transplantation
I have friend who is desperately in need of a lung transplant. Where can I find information that would be helpful to him?
Lung transplantation is an extremely costly surgery. In addition, patients will be unable to work for some time following the procedure and will require several expensive medications that must be taken daily as directed. Fortunately, there are several programs to provide financial assistance. I would encourage your friend to meet with a social worker at the transplant center to which he or she was referred. They will be familiar with many of the forms of aid that are available.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
That was the lead headline in Israel's best-selling daily newspaper, Yediot Ahronot earlier this week, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to quash Israeli testimony in a lawsuit targeting the Bank of China over alleged ties to Hamas.
According to the Washington Post, Netanyahu's office asked a US federal court to rescind a deposition subpoena to the family of a dual US-Israeli citizen who was killed in a 2006 suicide bombing carried out by Hamas.
The funding for that and other Hamas attacks is believed to have been funneled through the Bank of China, and America's case against the bank is said to be hinged on Israeli testimony that Netanyahu won't allow.
Besides the victims themselves, former Israeli security official Uzi Shaya has damning evidence against the bank, but has been effectively silenced by the prime minister's office.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. Feb. 21, 2013 /3BL Media/ - Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) was recently recognized by a number of leading industry, business and trade publications for its outstanding financial performance.
The most recent recognition is the company's ranking on the Bloomberg Businessweek Top 50, a listing of the S&P 500 companies with the best recent performance and outlook for the future. Eastman ranked # 7 on the list, which was based on four factors: one-year and five-year risk-adjusted returns, consensus analyst recommendations, and projected earnings growth.
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"Without question, 2012 was a defining year for Eastman as we reached new heights in our financial performance and, with the successful acquisition of Solutia, we furthered our transition to a world-class specialty chemical company," said Rogers. "This was a collective achievement through the hard work of our 13,500 men and women around the globe. The work that we have done over the past several years to improve our portfolio of businesses has positioned us to deliver continued growth for years to come. We are committed to continue building on our strong performance."
Eastman is a global specialty chemical company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With a portfolio of specialty businesses, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. Its market-driven approaches take advantage of world-class technology platforms and leading positions in attractive end-markets such as transportation, building and construction and consumables. Eastman focuses on creating consistent, superior value for all stakeholders. As a globally diverse company, Eastman serves customers in approximately 100 countries and had 2012 pro forma combined revenues, giving effect to the Solutia acquisition, of approximately $9.1 billion. The company is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA and employs approximately 13,500 people around the world. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.
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Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announces the winners of the Algerian Senior and Early Career Researcher Awards in Chemistry. The award ceremony was held on November 8 at the Sofitel in Algiers, Algeria.
The awards, sponsored by Reaxys®, are designed to highlight and reward two generations of chemists in Algeria. The criteria used to assess candidates included: recent publication history, publications in impactful journals, citations, and H-index. Award winners were selected by members of the General Directorate for Scientific Research and Technological Development from the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education & Research.
The Algerian Senior Researcher Award in Chemistry was awarded to Prof. Zahia Kabouche from the Université Mentouri Constantine. Prof. Kabouche has published extensively in the field of natural products chemistry. Her career began in 1987 at the University of Constantine. She is currently professor of Organic Chemistry and director of the Therapeutic Substances Laboratory at the Université Mentouri Constantine. Prof. Zahia was presented with a trophy and one of Elsevier's major reference-works.
The Algerian Early Career Researcher Award was awarded to Mr. Dr. Khaldoun Bachari from the Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques CRAPC. Dr. Bachari's research is in the field of mesoporous materials. His career began in 2000 at the Université of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB). He is currently a research director and the President of the scientific board of the Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico-chimiques CRAPC. In recognition of his award, Dr. Khaldoun Bachari will be provided with funding to enable his attendance at a leading European chemistry conference in 2013.
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MONTREAL - How fitting that Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, James Brown's 1965 revelation, opens full strength with a bullish blast of brass that leaves the listener gasping for air.
The effect of hearing that presciently titled manifesto in all its newness can only be imagined by a younger generation.
Even people now in their 50s can barely remember it first-hand. But history still speaks loudly: with that small piece of wax, Brown was cancelling the old rules and drawing up a new plan. It would be only a few years before the Godfather of Soul's syncopated, interlocking rhythms, voice-as-percussion, turned-around beat and staccato guitar chords would be codified as the funk we still hear in today's rock and rhythm and blues.
That 45-r.p.m. turning point didn't exactly come out of the blue. The previous year, Out of Sight had cleared a daring path for it, while a whole new audience – young white kids – got a chance to see Brown, in all his live glory, make the mighty Rolling Stones look a bit silly by preceding them in the concert film The T.A.M.I. Show. (To this day, it's impossible to watch that Brown performance on DVD without carrying a grin on your face for about three days.)
The Augusta, Ga., native's incendiary live act, honed to perfection as he became the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business, was almost as influential as his music.
His 1963 Live at the Apollo album still places highly on many lists of all-time greatest live recordings.
Michael Jackson took notice. When the pint-sized singer auditioned for Motown's Berry Gordy Jr. at the age of 9 as part of the Jackson 5, he performed Brown's I Got the Feeling and lifted Soul Brother No. 1's moves lock, stock and barrel. Jacko would later add his own, effective but never better.
"Nobody has influenced me more than this man right here," Jackson said tearily before giving Brown a lifetime achievement award at a Black Entertainment Television ceremony in 2003.
Brown's disciples who weren't practising splits and slides in front of a mirror were studying the records. It was a learning process that extended through the next three decades as soul singers, funk-rockers, rappers and contemporary R&B artists worried less about songcraft and melody to embrace the rhythm-is-everything principle posited by Brown, who sometimes based astonishing tracks like Cold Sweat on only one chord. Sly and the Family Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince and Public Enemy all kissed their Godfather's ring.
And while hip hop is outside the purview of this list, it's still worth noting that Brown is considered by many to be the most sampled artist of all time, with his 1970 record Funky Drummer alone providing a hugely influential drum break on recordings by other artists that were released well after Brown's own career went into decline in the 1980s.
Like all great bandleaders, Brown was surrounded by brilliant musicians such as Bobby Byrd, Maceo Parker and Clyde Stubblefield, who made serious contributions to the sound that changed it all. These men must have their due.
But it's the man at the microphone that even today's hottest artists still revere. Check out Janelle Monáe's opening moves – and some of her others – in the Tightrope video.
At an Experience Music conference in 2010, Monáe, 26, said she wasn't inspired by the music of her youth, so she went back and studied the masters. "To me, James Brown was funk, was rock, was soul, all those genres," Monáe said. "I got everything I needed from him."
A planet full of other rhythm-obsessed disciples can nod vigorously in agreement.
Trevor Payne on James Brown:
In the mid-'60s, dancing was all the rage. When records like I Got You (I Feel Good) came out, this was a brand new sound to dance to. Like the big-band era of the '40s, the focus was again on the beat and the danceable aspects of the song.
When I think of James Brown, I think of a dancer first, an entertainer second. He knew he was a brilliant dancer. And he had the ability to write the type of lyric that best showcased his dancing.
He was able to take his position and the level of acceptance he had achieved and use it as one part of his career to focus on trying to influence not only blacks, but just about any teenager or preteen who had thoughts about the fast life and the easy life. He focused on the importance of an education. Songs like I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) and songs about staying in school, I think that was very honourable.
The message rang through anywhere his music was popular, which was worldwide. We have many, many artists – not only musicians, but in all the arts – and people in education and in the ministry and even in politics that were pleading with kids to get an education, so I wouldn't want to give him credit for being the originator of that. But he wore it very well.
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DIG THIS, BURY THAT: "Fan participation" takes on a different meaning at Comic-Con, which is expected to draw a sold-out crowd of roughly 126,000 people. At 6 p.m. Saturday, for instance, there's the fourth annual Zombie Walk, where the undead (or just people wearing undead makeup) will gather near Horton Plaza to shamble through downtown San Diego. To promote the film "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," meanwhile, Universal is staging an "immersive experience" at the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Hotel where DJs will spin music and cast members will sign autographs and make T-shirts for fans. From 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Fox will park a taco truck at 5th Avenue and J Street to promote Robert Rodriguez's "Machete"; later that evening, the first 500 fans at the site who are 21 or older will be able to view advance footage from the film on a special outdoor screen. At the Lionsgate booth in the Convention Center, meanwhile, the upcoming film "Buried" will try the captive-audience approach: Willing participants will be filmed while they're "trapped" in a coffin-like confined space for 30 seconds, and the video will be posted in a virtual cemetery online.
STAR TRACK: The biggest room at the Con is Hall H — it doesn't stand for Hollywood, but it really should, considering it's the place where the studios parade their stars and filmmakers to win the hearts of the audience (and the world, which plugs in via Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, etc.). The stars in Hall H this year include Angelina Jolie for "Salt," Will Ferrell for "Megamind," Jeff Bridges for "Tron: Legacy," Ryan Reynolds for "Green Lantern," Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone for "The Expendables" and Helen Mirren (!) and Willis for "Red." What about rumors that Brad Pitt, who is the good guy opposite Ferrell's evil-genius in the animated November release "Megamind," will make his Comic-Con debut on Friday, the same day Jolie is scheduled to appear? Pitt wasn't listed in the Con's first official lineup announcement and Ferrell was slippery on the topic: "Oh, yeah, yeah, the other guy… there's an outside chance that someone with that name will be there. Or not. Maybe."
"IT'S ABOUT THE COMICS, MAN!": Four decades ago, the first Comic-Con in San Diego was staged in a hotel basement, and there was nobody in attendance that looked like Jolie. It was pretty much all about comic books back then, and though they're now second fiddle (or third), there is some strong comic-book programming. Neal Adams, the comics titan whose sleek and shadowy version of Batman in the late 1960s and early '70s reclaimed the character from the Adam West camp, will join old writing partner Denny O'Neil for a Saturday panel that might make some middle-aged fans swoon with Gotham City nostalgia. More of the moment: Marvel Comics writer Matt Fraction has a Sunday spoken-word performance keyed to comics history (think "Swimming to Cambodia" meets superheroes), and his Saturday summit with Marvel writers Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Waid and Chris Claremont will be analyzed for secret meanings and hints. There's the annual tribute to the King of Comics, the late Jack Kirby, on Sunday, and there also will be some last-minute programming additions, no doubt, to mark the recent passing of the late, great Harvey Pekar, the crankiest voice in underground comics.
FIRST CONTACT: How important is it to win over Hall H fans? Jon Favreau just started filming "Cowboys & Aliens" in the New Mexico desert with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, but he persuaded the film's producers (including Steven Spielberg) that it was worth his time to fly to San Diego to talk to fans about the movie — about space invaders who land in the Old West — even without footage to show them. Other 2011 films looking to make a mark include "Battle: Los Angeles" (Aaron Eckhart leads urban war against aliens); "Drive Angry," a body-count vendetta film with Nicolas Cage; and Zack Snyder's insane-asylum fantasy "Sucker Punch." Says Snyder: "It's absolutely important to start a conversation with the fans, and Comic-Con is the place to do it."
SPECIAL AGENTS: On Saturday, there's a paranormal TV showdown as the federal agents in charge of weirdness from "Warehouse 13" start their panel 15 minutes after the federal agents in charge of weirdness from the Fox hit "Fringe" begin theirs. If you're old-school spooky, go see "Californication" star David Duchovny (formerly of "The X-Files") on Thursday on the Showtime panel, which also features the stars of "Weeds" and "Dexter." Since when is "Weeds" a Comic-Con television property? The real question is what isn't a Comic-Con property anymore? The cast and creators of "Glee," "Castle," "Bones" and "White Collar" are all going to the ever-expanding expo.
INK TOURISTS: Sam Worthington is headed to San Diego, but it's not to hype next month's "Avatar" theatrical re-release. Instead he's following in the footsteps of Cage, Guy Ritchie, Michael Chiklis and other celebrities who have launched comic book ventures. If Worthington, who appears Saturday to promote his Full Clip imprint, is looking for a role model, we suggest he drop by Saturday's session with Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance, whose award-winning "The Umbrella Academy" for Dark Horse Comics is an oddball epic of the highest order.
THE HOME TEAM: The Hero Complex will be part of Comic-Con 2010 in a big way. In the big room, Hall H, I'll be moderating the Saturday cast and creator panels for Warner Bros ("Green Lantern," "Sucker Punch," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows") from 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and then, also on Saturday, I have the same duty for Marvel Studios at 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (the announced films are "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger"). On Thursday, I'm guiding a panel titled "Spark of Imagination" with "The Spiderwick Chronicles" co-author Tony DiTerlizzi , "Coraline" lead animator Travis Knight , "Hellboy" creator Mike Mignola and "Kung Fu Panda" director John Stevenson and "Earthworm Jim" artist Doug TenNapel. On Friday, I'll be sitting with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and cast members of "Caprica" for a panel on that SyFy series. And, yes, when you add it up, it's clearly a case of excessive moderation.
— Geoff Boucher
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One of the themes of my Age of Reagan books is that to a certain extent Reagan's administration represented a coalition government, as he had a number of prominent Democrats or ex-Democrats (like Minnesota's Jeane Kirkpatrick) serving in senior posts. One of the most significant was Minnesota's Max Kampelman, who passed away last Friday at the age of 92.
Kampelman had been very close to Hubert Humphrey, and in fact was widely thought to have been slated to be secretary of state if Humphrey had won the 1968 election. It is a measure of how far to the left the Democratic Party moved in the late 1960s and 1970s that Kampelman felt more at home serving Ronald Reagan by the time 1980 rolled around. Even while serving in the Carter administration as a human rights negotiator at the Madrid meetings that were established by the Helsinki Accords, Kampelman reached out to Reagan in 1979 to express his agreement with Reagan's position on the proposed SALT II treaty. Here's my account from Age of Reagan I:
[Scoop] Jackson and [Pat] Moynihan were not the only Democrats with whom Reagan found common cause on SALT. Reagan had received a letter months earlier from attorney and long-time Democratic Party wise man Max Kampelman. . . telling Reagan that "One of the great problems we face in the country now is that of SALT, and it is my impression that we may find ourselves on the same side of that debate."
Reagan responded enthusiastically to Kampelman's letter (as he had also done with Jeane Kirkpatrick's famous "Dictatorships and Double Standards" article in Commentary) and was so favorably impressed with Kampelman's work at the Madrid meetings (Kampelman routinely got under the Soviets' skin with specific human rights charges), that Reagan asked Kampelman to stay on at the Madrid post after Reagan entered the White House, and later he elevated Kampelman to key roles in the arms control negotiating unit. Kampelman was one of the only holdovers from the otherwise dolorous Carter staff.
Footnote: I was told second-hand once that Kampelman, who started work for Humphrey in 1946, had seen a letter to Humphrey in 1948 praising Humphrey's famous pro-civil rights speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. The writer? Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan. I've never had time to try to chase down the letter, which may not exist in the Reagan archives in Simi Valley.


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NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into a commuter ferry crash that injured dozens of people during a morning commute this week is focusing on the ferry's engines and why they may have failed, federal officials said Friday.
The Seastreak Wall Street ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., made a hard landing at a lower Manhattan dock on Wednesday morning, injuring about 70 people, 11 seriously. National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said Friday investigators had a potential breakthrough because they learned the ferry's engines have a data recording feature they hope to examine.
Investigators interviewed the ferry's captain, Jason Reimer, for nearly three hours on Thursday, and he told them there was a mechanical failure onboard, he was unable to put the ferry in reverse when he tried to dock and the engines later died.
Sumwalt said the ferry captain told investigators that as the vessel approached the dock, he moved from a central console to one on the starboard, or right, side of the vessel, as was customary. When he tried to put the ferry in reverse, it didn't work, Sumwalt said. He quickly switched back to the center, but reverse didn't work there either, he reported.
At the time the ferry smashed into the dock, it was going about 13 mph, which is fast for the usual crawl into the slip but not necessarily for turning into the area, experts said. After the impact, the boat was able to dock normally.
The ferry had recently undergone a major overhaul that gave it new engines and a new propulsion system, and officials are looking into whether they played a role.
The ferry's engines were made by a company in Michigan, and representatives are going to the scene to help extract any data from them. There also were video cameras on board, and investigators are trying to determine whether the footage will help them determine what caused the crash.
Sumwalt said investigators also have interviewed the crew and first responders and will be on scene for about five more days.
"There's still a lot of work that needs to be done," he said.
Investigators have called for any amateur footage of the crash, because data have been scarce. They set up an email address, witness(at)ntsb.gov, for people to send images. They already have received some footage from a first responder and a passenger.
Even under normal conditions, safely landing such a large vessel is a sensitive endeavor that requires deep skill.
In 2003, 11 people were killed when a Staten Island Ferry crashed into a pier after its pilot passed out at the wheel. In 2010, three people were badly hurt and about 40 were injured when the same ferry hit the same pier because of a mechanical problem.


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MIAMI, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pan Am International Flight Academy announced today that it has acquired Airline Career Academy (ACA), a leading pilot training academy specializing in JAA/EASA and FAA Ab Initio training. ACA will be integrated into Pan Am's operations to offer world class professional pilot training programs that enhance Pan Am's core business of comprehensive solutions for airlines. The acquisition was finalized December 31st and all training will continue to operate under the Pan Am International Flight Academy brand with no interruption of service.
Airline Career Academy was established in 1995 and trains an estimated 250 pilots annually. Through this acquisition, the Academy is approved to deliver JAA/EASA and FAA initial pilot training at Pan Am's new facilities in Kissimmee/Orlando, Merritt Island, and Ft. Lauderdale Florida, supported with offices in Costa Rica, UK, Italy and Spain.
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As MMA gamely stumbles into 2013, we've once again decided to bestow meaningless awards to the fighters and moments that caught our attention this year. CagePotato's crack team of writers spent all month nominating winners in 27 different categories, which we've loosely arranged in chronological order. Use the "next page" links to scroll through this monster, or click on the following page links at your leisure. And as always, thanks for putting up with us for another year. Here's to bigger and better things in 2013, which shouldn't be a tough goal to hit, considering.
Page 1: Knockout of the Year, Comeback Fight of the Year, Worst Performance in a Drug Test, 'WTF?' Moment of the Year
Page 2: The Krazy Horse Bennett Arrest of the Year Award, Worst Event of the Year, Worst Fight of the Year, Best Fight of the Year
Page 3: The Cecil Peoples Shittiest Decision of the Year Award, Most Bizarre MMA News Story of the Year, The Dana White Crazy Freakout of the Year Award, MMA Twitter Photo of the Year
Page 4: Greatest Fight Canceled Due to Injury, The Minowaman Freak Show Hall of Fame Award, Most Satisfying Beatdown, Comeback Fighter of the Year
Page 5: MMA Fail of the Year, Catchphrase of the Year, The Steve Nelmark Memorial "Is He Dead?" Award, Best Female Newcomer
Page 6: The "Really? You're Just Gonna Keep Doing that Shit that Gets You in All That Trouble?" Award (a.k.a. "The Koppenhaver"), Gnarliest Injury of the Year, Best Event of the Year, Submission of the Year
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Eyes on Texas: A Restaurant Name That's Tacky (Though Not Delightful)
A roundup of news and views about the state of Texas, from media around the world.
In Austin, there are food trailers, mom-and-pop stores, chain restaurants and now "breastaurants." And no, we are not talking about chicken breasts. ABC News spotlights Doug Guller, CEO of ATX Brands, which owns Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill, who announced his federal trademark of the term "breastaurant." Guller apparently beat to the punch similar chains like Hooters and Twin Peaks that also "feature bodacious waitresses in skimpy outfits."
One Dallas-based law firm took the caution "never mix business with pleasure" to a new extreme. According to AOL Jobs, the firm had a policy "banning male and female employees from working alone together" both inside and outside of the office. Kimberly Elkjer, a female partner, sued the firm, claiming that the no-fraternization policy hindered women's advancement.
The Washington Post reports on the debate in Texas over less stringent high school graduation requirements. The state's new "foundation" diploma would allow students more flexibility to take courses that align with their career plans, and would not require traditionally core classes like Algebra II. Continuing on the current, more rigorous requirements may make students grumble and question the value of classes like pre-calculus, but will force students to "learn more."
While construction is booming in Texas, so are the related hazards. Because nearly half of the one million workers in construction are undocumented immigrants, wage fraud is prevalent. The fact that Texas holds the title of "most construction worker deaths of all the states" does not make the job seem any easier. Though it's rare for undocumented workers to speak to reporters, NPR captures the experience of one construction worker in a podcast.
Welcome to Reporting Texas, a digital media initiative from the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Reporting Texas accepts submissions from undergraduate and graduate students throughout the university, promoting engagement in the digital age of journalism.
Supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and its Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, Reporting Texas serves four primary goals: To showcase the best work of our University of Texas at Austin undergraduate and graduate students; to offer quality, multimedia reporting to local, state, and national news outlets; to experiment with new approaches in journalism education; and to combine aspects of community reporting with multimedia resources.
These efforts grow out of two previous initiatives at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism – CapLink and the Capital News Service – in which student journalists provided free public affairs reporting to community newspapers around Texas. In that spirit, Reporting Texas offers all content free of charge to all news outlets as long as we are credited for our work.
Reporting Texas focuses on unique and often hidden stories, using text, photos, audio, and video to provide views of in-depth people and places rarely seen in the news.
If you have questions/comments, please contact one of the editors, Kathleen McElroy, who works on articles, or Mark Coddington, the Web and multimedia editor.
Also, you can check us out on Twitter.
And once again, welcome to Reporting Texas!
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Reporting Texas supports young journalists by fostering an ethical and creative environment for graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Texas to report the news and thereby shed light on our community and our world. Our mission is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and its Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. Reporting Texas represents a wealth of disciplines, and all students are invited to present their ideas to our editorial staff, who review and edit all submissions. We welcome reporting through traditional and novel approaches, including text, photos, slideshows, sound slides, videos and mixed media. We emphasize reporting that focuses on untold stories.
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The SC Launch program provides a framework to grow South Carolina's innovation economy by providing mentoring, funding, commercialization assistance and the resources necessary to successfully launch start-ups in the state.
In order to fulfill its mission to enrich the state's innovation economy, SC Launch invests its net revenues and an annual $6 million from the Industry Partnership Fund into qualified, South Carolina-based technology companies.
Companies meeting the requirements can apply for acceptance into the program. Once you've applied, the regional SC Launch manager will contact you to go over your application. Depending on the outcome, you may be invited to present to the SC Launch team at a "Company Review" meeting. These meetings occur monthly, either in Columbia, Greenville or the Charleston area and will determine your acceptance into the program.


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Reality-show vocal competitions are thought to be designed for newcomers just starting their careers.
For West Hartford's Javier Colon, who wowed the judges on NBC's "The Voice" last week, it was a return to the arena for someone whose first job out of Hartt School of Music was as singer for the Derek Trucks Band, a national touring gig he left after two years, when he landed a solo recording contract with Capitol Records.
His solo debut reached the Top 20 on the R&B charts, accompanied by appearances on VH1 and MTV. But when his follow-up fizzled, the label dropped him.
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"You're not alone."
An original "As the World Turns" cast member, Helen Wagner played Nancy Hughes from 1956 until 2010. Sadly, the actress died in May 2010. The show addressed the character's death on August 30, 2010 when her son Bob found her after she passed away.
On August 31, Oakdale paid their respects. Casey and Alison put together a photo tribute, volunteered in her honor and became engaged. Lucinda, Susan and Barbara recalled their crazy bus ride with Nancy, while Lisa asked the women to make a donation in Nancy's name. Tom and Margo set up a scholarship in his grandmother's name, as Kim suggested they name a library in the hospital for her late mother-in-law.
After more reminiscing occurred, everyone gathered in Old Town, lit candles and said a prayer for Nancy. Relive the tribute to Helen and Nancy in the episode below, complete with flashbacks. Feel free to share your thoughts on the beloved actress and character below.


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A Look At How Much VMware Left On The Table
from the ipo-madness dept
However, since there are plenty of folks who probably weren't around during the last bubble to learn this lesson, it's important to remind everyone why first day stock pops like VMware's are not a good thing, and certainly not something worth bragging about. The difference in price is actually an indication of how much money VMware left on the table. Yes, the company raised nearly a billion dollars by selling shares at $29, but it missed out on the money it could have taken if the shares had been priced closer to the $52 the market has clearly valued its shares at. In other words, it sold all those shares at about 55% of what the market valued the company at. Not such a great thing to brag about now. Of course, there are some advantages to having the first day pop. It does act as a PR mechanism, and it certainly does bode well for VMware if they want to sell more shares to raise more money. However, right now, it certainly looks like the company left approximately $750 million on the table that was snapped up by those trading the stock, rather than the company itself.


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Jan. 14, 2013
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Statewide PreK-12 student enrollment grows for 23rd straight year
The Colorado Department of Education announced today the statewide PreK-12 pupil count for the 2012-2013 school year increased by 9,296 over the previous year, bringing the total to 863,561 public school students. This number represents the total number of students served.
The change represents an increase of 1.1 percent, slightly lower than the growth rate in the 2010-2011 school year, which was 1.3 percent. In 2008-2009, enrollment surged 2 percent, the largest increase in recent history.
The largest 15 districts and their current student enrollment are: Jeffco Public Schools (85,508 students), Denver Public Schools (83,377), Douglas County Schools (64,657), Cherry Creek Schools (53,368), Adams 12 Five Star Schools (43,268), Aurora Public Schools (39,835), Boulder Valley School District (30,041), St. Vrain Valley School District (29,382), Colorado Springs School District 11 (28,993), Poudre School District (27,909), Academy School District 20 (23,973), Mesa County Valley School District 51 (21,730), Greeley-Evans School District 6 (19,821), Pueblo City Schools (17,692) and Brighton School District 27J (16,163).
These 15 school districts represent 67.8 percent (585,717 students) of the total statewide enrollment.
On the other end of the size spectrum, 134 of Colorado's 183 local education agencies have an enrollment of fewer than 2,000 students. These 134 agencies enrolled 8.1 percent of the total number of students in the state in 2012. Of these, 108 enrolled fewer than 1,000 students. These 108 local education agencies enrolled 4.1 percent of the total number of students in the state in 2012.
Race and Ethnicity Data
Among ethnic groups, students identified as two or more races increased by 8.3 percent from 26,073 students in 2011 to 28,238 students in 2012. Students identified as American Indian decreased by 6 percent from 7,143 students in 2011 to 6,716 students in 2012. All other race and ethnicity changes were less than 3 percent when compared to the prior year.
Fast-Growing Districts
Julesburg RE-1 School District saw the largest percentage increase, gaining 266 students (most of which were online students), representing a 30 percent increase from 2012-2013. The Charter School Institute continues to grow with an 11.9 percent increase in student population.
Denver Public Schools had the largest number of student gains by adding 2,487 students − a 3.1 percent increase for the district. Douglas County, St. Vrain Valley, and the Charter School Institute also had significant increases, each increasing more than 1,000 students as compared to the prior school year.
District Decreases
The largest decrease in total student population was in Colorado Springs School District 11 with a decrease of 516 students, representing 1.8 percent of the student population from the prior year. Pritchett went from 76 to 47 students representing a percent loss of 38.2 Karval went from 194 to 122 students representing a percent loss of 37.1.
Online Enrollment
The 2012-2013 enrollment totals include 16,638 students registered to online educational programs. That total is 1.9 percent of all students.
The current enrollment reflects a 2.6 percent increase from 2011-2012, when there were 16,221 students in online programs.
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To access to the complete 2012-2013 school year student count information, click "Pupil Membership" on http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_stats.htm.


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Maxi Spina investigates how issues of differential geometry, computation and new means of fabrication influence the emergence of novel formal and tectonic logics for architecture. His work strives to articulate architecture's corporeal presence and tectonic basis through scalar systems, while strengthening its capacity for representational values.
In 2007 Maxi founded Maxi Spina Architects (MSA), a full architectural design firm based in Los Angeles. The firm pursues independent commissions that range in scale from urban and architectural interventions to small scale installations. Notable projects include Reflective Formations and Repeat, prefabricated installations that investigate intricate tectonic conditions mediated through a computational field of influences; and the recently finished Jujuy Redux, a multi- family Housing in Argentina.
Maxi has lectured widely on his work; recent lectures have been at University of Florida at Gainesville, Lund University, Wash-U, Woodbury, UC Berkeley and the UNR. Maxi's work has been published widely throughout the world. Recently, Jujuy Redux appeared in The Architect, Arquine, Bio, TARP, ReVista, and suckerPUNCH. His work has been exhibited at The Architectural League of New York, Latin Pratt, WUHO Gallery and Berkeley.
Spina is an Assistant Professor at Woodbury University, focusing on design representation. He has also taught at CCA, the National University of Rosario, and University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a Maybeck Fellowship in 2007-08. Throughout his career, he has actively worked as a designer for Daniel Libeskind, Neil Denari and PATTERNS, among others.
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After a highly successful Advancing Sustainability: Business + Design Symposium in October of 2011, students from Woodbury University have gathered once again in order to prepare their second annual event. The topic of this year focuses on the "cardiovascular system" of a city—its infrastructure. The discussion will investigate how various infrastructures—perform, exchange, and are incorporated into the natural environment.