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A month or two ago I mentioned in passing the sweet little Russian couple who live upstairs from me. We continue to wave to each other – me from my chair on the patio, they from their many trips up and down the stairs.
Last weekend the Mr., whose name was once told to me but I've since forgotten – I am tempted to say Vladislav but know I am just making it up – was dropped off at 7 in the evening by another short, graying man wearing a flannel shirt and driving a jeep.
After a quick discussion at the back of the vehicle in a language I did not understand, the Mr. unloaded a fishing pole, a no-nonsense steel rimmed fishing net, sturdy tackle box and backpack. As he mounted the stairs I made pole casting motions with my arms and smiled and he replied with a laugh and said, "Fish, yes. Fishing, I go."
Yesterday, upon returning from running first-of-the-month errands, I came home to find a red fire truck parked in front of the apartment. This is always a bad sign, particularly at a senior apartment complex, for it means ambulances and paramedics. Since the truck was blocking my parking space, I pulled over to the side of the drive and waited.
About ten minutes later, three men carried a gurney down the outside stairs, packed it in the truck and left. I was relieved to see the gurney was empty, meaning the situation was not critical but I didn't know if it was the Mr. or the Mrs. who had required attention.
Yesterday afternoon as I was enjoying the spring sun, the Mrs. came down the stairs and when she saw me she said hello. This was unusual in itself for she is the more silent of the two and rarely makes an effort to communicate other than a smile or nod.
This time, however, her face was tense and worn, and her hands were trembling. Through a combination of sign language, broken English and telepathy I discovered that the Mr. was suffering from kidney stones and was at home resting. "Old. Not good," she said with a shrug that carried a depth of silent meaning. "Yes," I agreed to her what-can-you-do message.
Today I heard the Mrs. coming down the stairs again and as soon as she came into view, she said, "Hello." I put aside the book I was reading and asked "How is your husband?" pointing upstairs. "No good," she replied, shaking her kerchiefed head and hanging on to the stair railing, her brown eyes blinking.
"Pain," I inquired. She nodded yes and pointed to her back and stomach, explaining how the kidney stone was torturing him. "I'm so sorry," I said, wanting her to know through these inadequate words that I understood. She shook her head in resignation. "It's hard," I added, and thought not only for him who is suffering but for her who is witnessing.
I wanted to hug her to lend her some strength but the iron railings separated us so I blew her a kiss. "God bless you," she said in her broken English and blew one back. There were tears in both our eyes as we acknowledged that Life sometimes shows its power rather than its mercy.
When she left I was reminded that just last Sunday I had hugged another of the ladies in residence here. That time it was Gina, the one I had formerly thought of as Jayne Mansfield because of her waist-length blonde wig and large bosom. It was the first time Gina and I had talked and she shared some of her history – her forty-plus years as a waitress, her love of plants, her sadness that she no longer had a garden to tend.
But it was the story of Lenora, her parrot of more than twenty years that had prompted the tears. "I never had no children and didn't want none. Lenora was my little companion and now I'm all alone." As she dabbed a kleenex on her eyes, she said, "Please don't be mad I cried," and I wondered who had made her ashamed of tears.
There are so many stories waiting to be told and the richest ones have a thread of sadness running through to give it depth and definition. Those are the stories that teach us about life and resilience and the beauty of the heart.


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Men Are More Likely to Take Naked Pictures
According to a poll by Playboy, roughly a quarter of Americans say they have been photographed or filmed nude. Contrary to the vast majority of anti-sexting PSAs, men apparently do it more often:
The survey discovered that 27% of men and 23% of women have been photographed or filmed nude—with 15% of men and 9% of women saying they've filmed themselves having sex.
Another 16% of adults say they have used their cell phone for "sexting"—sending erotic messages or photos to a love.
Though small, the amateur nudie gender gap appears to be both consistent and real. I blame Manhunt. Or James Franco. Or self-reporting biases. Or flawed methodology. Or something boys and gadgetry? [NYDN, image via GuysWithiPhones.com]

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Jamie Myers, vice president of Regency Homes, West Des Moines, will speak on entrepreneurship, innovation and customer satisfaction at noon, Friday, April 15, in the Gallery Room, Memorial Union. The event is free and open to the public. Participants may bring a lunch.
4-H center offers free summer camp to military kids
The Iowa 4-H Center will host one of 22 Operation Purple Camps offered in 18 states to serve children whose parents are deployed with the U.S. Armed Forces. The camps provide children with fun and opportunities to learn new skills for coping with deployment-related stress ("purple" is a military term representing inclusion of all branches).
ISU students to showcase technology and creativity
Iowa State graduate students will demonstrate cutting-edge technology and creativity during a Human Computer Interaction forum on Friday.
Community activities, cherry pies abound in April
ISU students will sell 9,000 cherry pies, build three playgrounds in Ames and hold a kids' carnival before the spring football game. It's all part of a busy April, packed with numerous events planned by and for students.
Iowa State students float on concrete
Iowa State University students will race their concrete canoe in a regional competition later this month. And it really floats.
Solar car unveiling April 16
Iowa State University students are working long hours to get their latest solar car ready for July's race from Texas to Canada. They've named their car Fusion and will unveil it April 16.
First Amendment celebration April 10-16
A slate of public events are part of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication's celebration of the First Amendment April 10-16.
Veterinary Medicine college celebrates 125th
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the nation's oldest public veterinary college and the first veterinary college west of the Mississippi.
Plan for pets when planning vacation
Taking FiFi and Fluffy on vacation is easier than it used to be, but still requires plenty of advance work, says ISU veterinarian Kim Langholz. She offers tips for including pets in your vacation.
Time to rethink handling of garbage
Re-think how society deals with waste, says Mira Engler, ISU landscape architect and author of the book, "Designing America's Waste Landscapes." Engler recommends creative responses to the growing environmental problem of waste disposal. She challenges designers to design waste landscapes as integral, essential parts of life.
Pet care seminar April 26
ISU community practice veterinarians will offer a basic pet care seminar for pet owners April 26.
Student groups named national chapter of the year
ISU's Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences student group was named national Chapter of the Year at MANRRS' recent conference in Pittsburgh.
Iowa State alumnus Ted Kooser wins Pulitzer
Ted Kooser, ISU alumnus and U.S. poet laureate, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry on April 4 for his latest collection of poems, "Delights and Shadows."
Name change coming for chemical engineering department
The department of chemical engineering will become the department of chemical and biological engineering on July 1.
Biosafety symposium April 19
Issues surrounding the safe production of genetically modified foods will be discussed by leading experts at a symposium April 19.
Student fashion show is April 16
Textiles and clothing students will show their creations at their annual fashion show April 16.
To the rescue
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Americans & GM foods
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Lisa Lorenzen, biotech industry liaison at Iowa State, says most Americans haven't worried about GM foods because they trust the regulatory system. Lorezen and Patrick Schnable, director of ISU's Center for Plant Genomics are part of a story on GM foods on grocery shelves.
Building a better lineup
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ISU psychology professor Gary Wells, who has been advocating sequential police lineups for almost 30 years, says that method will become dominant in the next few years. Viewing suspect photos one at a time, rather than side by side, can significantly minimize the chance of mistakes and misidentification, Wells' research shows.
Gymnasts to nationals
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Health for All and Primary Health Care, 1978–2018: An Overview
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. Please check back later for the full article.
In 1978, at an international conference in Kazakhstan, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) put forward a policy proposal entitled Primary Health Care (PHC). Adopted by all the member states of the WHO, this proposal was the seed by which governments and people began to change their views about how good health was obtained and sustained. The Alma-Ata Declaration (as it is known after the city in which the meeting was held) committed WHO member states to take action to achieve the WHO definition of health as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Arguing that good health was not merely the result of biomedical advances, provision of health services, and professional care, the Declaration stated that health was a human right, that the inequality of health status among the world's populations was unacceptable, and that people had a right and duty to become involved in the planning and implementation of their own health care. It proposed that this policy be supported through collaboration with other government sectors to ensure health was recognized as a key to development planning.
Under the banner call of "Health for All by the Year 2000," WHO and UNICEF set out to translate into practice their vision of how health could be improved. The task confronted a number of critical challenges to implementation. These challenges included defining PHC and translating PHC into practice, developing frameworks to translate equity into action, experiencing the potentials and limitations of community participation, and seeking finances to support the transformation of health systems. Global, national, and non-governmental organization (NGO) programs attempted to balance the PHC vision and the reality of health service delivery success by monitoring and evaluating health impact and cost effectiveness. After 40 years, PHC policy has retained its commitment to social justice but has reduced its broad advocacy of health in overall development to focus on universal health coverage encompassing commitment to equity and community participation through support of community health workers.


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Singer/songwriter and activist Erin McKeown has announced the release of her next album MANIFESTRA, as well as a series of January tour dates in the Northeast and Midwest. The album, which will be available January 15, was funded by McKeown's fan-base through PledgeMusic, a crowdsourcing fundraiser similar to Kickstarter. One of the tracks on MANIFESTRA was co-written with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. The song, "Baghdad To The Bayou," addresses various politically-fraught topics from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Mexico. Another song from the album, "Jailer," can be streamed below. You can view a full list of McKeown's upcoming tour dates below as well.
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FLORENCE, Ind. (Oct. 13, 2012) – Sophomore Gabriella Wahl (Heidenhem, Germany) finished the day tied for 11th on the individual leaderboard, powering the No.46-ranked ETSU women's golf team during first and second round play Saturday in the Hoosier Fall Invitational at the Belterra Resort.
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Wahl, who earned A-Sun golfer of the week honors following that Bucs' win at the UNCG event, will enter Sunday's third and final round eight strokes back of individual leader Lindsay Danielson of Wisconsion. Danielson holds a two-stroke advantage over Minnesota's Carmen Laguna.
As for the rest of the Buccaneers, junior Sian Evans (Gillingham, England) is tied for 24th, while junior Chloe Garner (Somerset West, South Africa) ended the day tied for 36th.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — France has called on fellow European nations to ease off on painful austerity policies to give the economy some breathing space and avoid social upheaval.
Continuing a strict course of spending cuts and tax increases would only "nourish a social crisis that leads to populism," French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici warned Thursday.
"There is no alternative to starting a path that will lead to a return of growth," he added, speaking at a conference of the European Parliament's group of center-left parties in Brussels.
France's appeal comes as the three-year debt crisis in the group of 17 European Union countries that use the euro is easing. Investors and financial markets have grown calmer in the wake of political and economic reforms and a pledge by the European Central Bank to do whatever it takes to defend the common currency.
But the austerity cuts made to restore confidence in financial markets have helped push the region into recession and increase unemployment to record highs. Voters in several crisis-hit nations have protested such EU-led austerity by supporting euroskeptic parties, most recently in Italy.
Moscovici stressed Italy's election result "was a message" that insisting on the current pace of budget cuts and structural reforms without a credible growth strategy is not sustainable and will ultimately backfire.
The minister reiterated his demand that the eurozone should have its own budget to finance initiatives favoring job creation and growth. Germany, which together with France makes up almost half of the bloc's economic output, has signaled it is open to that idea, but Chancellor Angela Merkel has floated a maximum ceiling of about €15 billion ($19.52 billion) — a small sum compared to the bloc's annual GDP of €10 trillion.
Moscovici provided few other details on what growth-friendly initiatives or policies he wants Europe to pursue, but vowed that France will push for a substantial debate on the matter at next week's summit of the European Union's 27 leaders.
"It has to be done in a way that people, citizens can recognize the reform process, can support it finally and can see some hope, some light at the end of the tunnel, which is not the case today," said the European Parliament's center-left caucus leader, Hannes Swoboda.
He warned that continuing the harsh enforcement of European debt rules will not only worsen the recession, but eventually threaten Europe as a whole.
"More and more citizens today identify Europe with austerity, unemployment and perhaps even authoritarian dominance from outside," Swoboda said.
Moscovici acknowledged France will miss its deficit reduction target this year as the economy is expected to stall, but still aims to get it below the EU's limit of 3 percent of economic output next year.
"Under the current conditions it would worsen the recession to push toward the 3 percent (ceiling)," he said. France hopes the EU Commission, the bloc's executive arm that monitors compliance with debt rules, will grant the country a delay of one year to reach its deficit target, he indicated.
The European Commission last month lowered its 2013 economic growth forecast for France to a meager 0.1 percent.
New data on Thursday also showed that the unemployment rate in France is still rising. It was up to 10.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 from 10.3 percent in the previous three-month period, according to France's statistics agency.
In Britain, however, Prime Minister David Cameron gave a stern defense of his government's austerity policies of tough spending cuts and tax increases.
"The very moment when we're just getting some signs that we can turn our economy round and make our country a success...is the very moment to hold firm to the path we have set," he said, pointing to a recent uptick in exports and lower unemployment.
The British economy contracted by a quarterly rate of 0.3 percent in the last three months of 2012, and another dip is expected in the first quarter of 2013, meaning that Europe's third-largest economy will be in recession for the third time in a little over four years.
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Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common and serious intestinal disease among preemies. It happens when tissue in the small or large intestine is injured or begins to die off. This causes the intestine to become inflamed or, in rare cases, develop a hole.
When this happens, the intestine can no longer hold waste, so bacteria and other waste products pass into a baby's bloodstream or abdominal cavity. This can make a baby very sick, possibly causing a life-threatening infection.
NEC typically affects babies born before 32 weeks gestation, but can happen in full-term infants who have health problems, like a heart defect . Babies with NEC usually develop it within the first 2 to 4 weeks of life. Treatment may involve stopping normal feedings and giving babies intravenous (IV) nutrition, draining the stomach and intestines, and/or giving antibiotics. Sometimes surgery is needed to remove a diseased portion of the intestines.
Most infants who develop NEC recover fully and do not have further feeding problems.
The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel that is an essential part of fetal blood circulation, allowing blood to bypass the lungs, because oxygen for the blood comes from the mother and not from breathing air.ductus arteriosus
In full-term babies, the ductus arteriosus closes shortly after birth, but often stays open in premature babies. When this happens, excess blood flows into the lungs and can cause breathing problems and sometimes heart failure.
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is often treated with medicine, which is successful in closing the ductus arteriosus in more than 80% of infants. If medical therapy fails, surgery may be required to clamp the ductus.
Many preemies have breathing problems. Different things can cause them, butthe most common is respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).
In RDS, the baby's immature lungs don't make enough of an important substance called surfactant . Surfactant allows the inner surface of the lungs to expand properly when the infant goes from the womb to breathing air after birth. Fortunately, RDS is treatable and many infants do quite well.surfactant
When premature delivery can't be stopped, most pregnant women can be given medication just before delivery to hasten the production of surfactant in the infant's lungs and help prevent RDS. Then, immediately after birth and several times later, surfactant can be given to the baby if needed.
Most preemies who lack surfactant will need a breathing machine (or ventilator) for a while, but the use of surfactant has greatly decreased the amount of time they spend on the ventilator.
A preemie's eyes are especially vulnerable to injury after birth. A serious complication is retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) , which is abnormal growth of the blood vessels in an infant's eye.
Companies should begin the scaling-up process by considering whether the required integration is even possible or feasible. If the application depends on special technology that is difficult to source, for example, that will limit scale-up. Make sure your business process owners discuss scaling considerations with the IT organization before or during the pilot phase: An end run around IT is unlikely to be successful, even for relatively simple technologies like RPA.
The health insurer Anthem, for example, is taking on the development of cognitive technologies as part of a major modernization of its existing systems. Rather than bolting new cognitive apps onto legacy technology, Anthem is using a holistic approach that maximizes the value being generated by the cognitive applications, reduces the overall cost of development and integration, and creates a halo effect on legacy systems. The company is also redesigning processes at the same time to, as CIO Tom Miller puts it, "use cognitive to move us to the next level."
In scaling up, companies may face substantial change-management challenges. At one U.S. apparel retail chain, for example, the pilot project at a small subset of stores used machine learning for online product recommendations, predictions for optimal inventory and rapid replenishment models, and—most difficult of all—merchandising. Buyers, used to ordering product on the basis of their intuition, felt threatened and made comments like "If you're going to trust this, what do you need me for?" After the pilot, the buyers went as a group to the chief merchandising officer and requested that the program be killed. The executive pointed out that the results were positive and warranted expanding the project. He assured the buyers that, freed of certain merchandising tasks, they could take on more high-value work that humans can still do better than machines, such as understanding younger customers' desires and determining apparel manufacturers' future plans. At the same time, he acknowledged that the merchandisers needed to be educated about a new way of working.
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If scale-up is to achieve the desired results, firms must also focus on improving productivity. Many, for example, plan to grow their way into productivity—adding customers and transactions without adding staff. Companies that cite head count reduction as the primary justification for the AI investment should ideally plan to realize that goal over time through attrition or from the elimination of outsourcing.
In contrast to the large amount of information available on the effect of hypoinsulinemia on P450 expression, few studies have investigated the P450 expression in animals with a type 2 diabetes-like syndrome, and these studies have reported, in part, contradictory results ( Cheng and Morgan, 2001 ). Barnett and coworkers (1993) found that type 2 diabetes had no effect on the microsomal activity of CYP1, CYP2B, CYP2E, CYP3, and CYP4A in the obese-hyperglycemic ( ob / ob ) mouse. In contrast, Enriquez and coworkers (1999) reported a decrease in CYP2E1 activity and an up-regulation in Cyp4a11 and Cyp4a14 mRNA in the same mouse model.
It seems reasonable to assume that these seemingly conflicting results are due to a varying expression of the enzymes at different stages of the development of insulin resistance and diabetes. Thus, we felt that a comprehensive comparison of the P450 and GST expression in mouse populations with different, well-defined metabolic abnormalities of glucose homeostasis was necessary. The objective of this study, therefore, was to compare hepatic P450 and GST expression in the three groups of NSZO mice that are normoglycemic/normolinsulinemic, hyperinsulinemic, or hyperglycemic/hypoinsulinemic. In addition, comparisons in expression were made between male and female NSZO mice in an attempt to find associations between gender-specific gene expression and the development of the type 2 diabetes-like syndrome.
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America is the great "melting pot," a rich blend of cultural traditions from all over the world. Many American families can trace their histories to immigrant ancestors who traveled great distances, enduring risk and hardship, to make a home where they would be guaranteed basic freedoms. And for many American families these freedoms came with a struggle. Their parents and grandparents were denied the basic rights we value.
American society was founded on freedom from religious persecution and on tolerance of differences in beliefs and cultural heritage. The differences (or diversity) that come from people from all over the world enrich our culture, bringing new ideas and energy.
Today, more than ever, kids interact with people of differing ethnicities, religions, and cultures. Classrooms are increasingly diverse, reflecting the communities where families live and work.
Some parents welcome the fact that we live in an increasingly diverse society. Others may feel more hesitant, especially if they haven't had much exposure to people different from themselves. Many kids are way ahead of their parents regarding exposure to cultural differences. Their circle of friends, their schoolmates, and their athletic teams are much more varied than those of even a generation ago.
Still, parents should help their kids prepare to live, learn, and work in communities that will become even more diverse. Teaching tolerance is important not just because it is part of our American heritage, but because the person who learns to be open to differences will have more opportunities in education, business, and many other aspects of life.
In short, your child's success depends on it. Success in today's world — and tomorrow's — depends on being able to understand, appreciate, and work with others.
Tolerance refers to an attitude of openness and respect for the differences that exist among people. Although originally used to refer to ethnic and religious differences, the concepts of diversity and tolerance can also be applied to gender, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, and other differences, too.
Tolerance means respecting and learning from others, valuing differences, bridging cultural gaps, rejecting unfair stereotypes, discovering common ground, and creating new bonds. Tolerance, in many ways, is the opposite of prejudice.
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Houston Astros C Jason Castro (knee, rib cage) is not ready to participate in the Arizona Fall League, so C Roberto Pena has been added to take his place. Castro is dealing with a rib cage injury, but the team expects him to take over the spot in the AFL eventually. Other players on the team that are playing in the AFL are OFs Jay Austin and Jacob Goebbert, Ps Chris Hicks, Jason Stoffel, Dallas Keuchel and Josh Zeid and 1B Kody Hinze.
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CONCORD -- Lieutenant G. Scott Qualls, Newington Police Department was named the 2013 Law Enforcement Partner of the Year by the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire last week.
New Hampshire's Attorney General, Mike Delaney, along with Scott DeCost, Aaron Yust and Bryan Gillikan of Fox Run Mall in Newington presented the Lieutenant with his award at RMANH's 47th Annual Member and Legislative Reception held February 6 at the Holiday Inn in Concord. Governor Maggie Hassan was in attendance.
The Retail Merchants Association of NH's Law Enforcement of the Year Award was designed to recognize an outstanding member of the law enforcement community who has gone out of his or her way to help retailers and open the lines of communication between retailers and law enforcement.
Nancy Kyle, President/CEO of RMANH, commented " Lieutenant Qualls worked with the Fox Run Mall in Newington for many years and he has always had the utmost dedication and professionalism. Over the years he has assisted in numerous ways to make the mall and the community safer. He has solved a number of crimes recently that have decreased criminal acts on property showing determination and a willingness to proceed till the case is solved."
The Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire is a statewide, nonprofit trade association representing over 900 businesses in the state, from large chains to small independent retailers. Formed in 1966, RMANH serves as the voice of retailing in New Hampshire and concentrates on preserving the state's strong retail climate. For more information on RMANH, check their website at www.rmanh.com or call the RMANH offices at 603-225-9748


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Stanislaus County : Oakdale
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Oakdale is in the San Joaquin Valley of California along California Highway 120, which is the fastest route from the Bay Area to Yosemite. Oakdale claims to be the Cowboy Capital of the World.
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The Oakdale Dinner Train takes visitors on a scenic ride in the countryside east of Oakdale.
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Knights Ferry just east of Oakdale makes a nice outing and has one of the few remaining covered bridges in the west.


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Excerpts from the majority and dissenting opinions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 5-4 rulings Wednesday striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, and leaving in place a trial court's ruling that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional:
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing the majority opinion striking down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act:
— "DOMA instructs all federal officials, and indeed all persons with whom same-sex couples interact, including their own children, that their marriage is less worthy than the marriages of others. The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the state, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment."
— "What has been explained to this point should more than suffice to establish that the principal purpose and the necessary effect of this law are to demean those persons who are in a lawful same-sex marriage. This requires the court to hold, as it now does, that DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the liberty of the person protected by the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution."
— "DOMA's unusual deviation from the usual tradition of recognizing and accepting state definitions of marriage here operates to deprive same-sex couples of the benefits and responsibilities that come with the federal recognition of their marriages. This is strong evidence of a law having the purpose and effect of disapproval of that class. The avowed purpose and practical effect of the law here in question are to impose a disadvantage, a separate status, and so a stigma upon all who enter into same-sex marriages made lawful by the unquestioned authority of the states."
— "The power the Constitution grants it also restrains. And though Congress has great authority to design laws to fit its own conception of sound national policy, it cannot deny the liberty protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. "
Justice Antonin Scalia, dissenting from the majority opinion:
— "The majority concludes that the only motive for this act was the 'bare . . . desire to harm a politically unpopular group.' Bear in mind that the object of this condemnation is not the legislature of some once Confederate Southern state (familiar objects of the court's scorn, see, e.g., Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U. S. 578 (1987)), but our respected coordinate branches, the Congress and presidency of the United States. Laying such a charge against them should require the most extraordinary evidence, and I would have thought that every attempt would be made to indulge a more anodyne explanation for the statute. The majority does the opposite affirmatively concealing from the reader the arguments that exist in justification."
— "To defend traditional marriage is not to condemn, demean or humiliate those who would prefer other arrangements, any more than to defend the Constitution of the United States is to condemn, demean or humiliate other constitutions. To hurl such accusations so casually demeans this institution. In the majority's judgment, any resistance to its holding is beyond the pale of reasoned disagreement. To question its high-handed invalidation of a presumptively valid statute is to act (the majority is sure) with the purpose to 'disparage,' 'injure,' 'degrade,' 'demean' and 'humiliate' our fellow human beings, our fellow citizens, who are homosexual. All that, simply for supporting an act that did no more than codify an aspect of marriage that had been unquestioned in our society for most of its existence — indeed, had been unquestioned in virtually all societies for virtually all of human history. It is one thing for a society to elect change; it is another for a court of law to impose change by adjudging those who oppose it hostes humanigeneris, enemies of the human race."
— "That court which finds it so horrific that Congress irrationally and hatefully robbed same-sex couples of the 'personhood and dignity' which state legislatures conferred upon them, will of a certitude be similarly appalled by state legislatures' irrational and hateful failure to acknowledge that 'personhood and dignity' in the first place. As far as this court is concerned, no one should be fooled; it is just a matter of listening and waiting for the other shoe."
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing the majority opinion that says opponents cannot challenge a trial court's declaration that California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage is unconstitutional:
— "We have never before upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when state officials have chosen not to. We decline to do so for the first time here."
— "Once Proposition 8 was approved by the voters, the measure became 'a duly enacted constitutional amendment or statute.' Petitioners have no role_special or otherwise_in the enforcement of Proposition 8. They therefore have no 'personal stake' in defending its enforcement that is distinguishable from the general interest of every citizen of California. Article III standing is not to be placed in the hands of 'concerned bystanders,' who will use it simply as a 'vehicle for the vindication of value interests.' No matter how deeply committed petitioners may be to upholding Proposition 8 or how 'zealous (their) advocacy,' that is not a 'particularized' interest sufficient to create a case or controversy under Article III."
— "After the district court declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional and enjoined the state officials named as defendants from enforcing it, however, the inquiry under Article III changed. Respondents no longer had any injury to redress_they had won_and the state officials chose not to appeal. The only individuals who sought to appeal that order were petitioners, who had intervened in the district court. But the district court had not ordered them to do or refrain from doing anything. To have standing, a litigant must seek relief for an injury that affects him in a 'personal and individual way.' He must possess a 'direct stake in the outcome' of the case. Here, however, petitioners had no 'direct stake' in the outcome of their appeal. Their only interest in having the district court order reversed was to vindicate the constitutional validity of a generally applicable California law. We have repeatedly held that such a 'generalized grievance,' no matter how sincere, is insufficient to confer standing."
Kennedy, dissenting from the majority opinion:
— "Under California law, a proponent has the authority to appear in court and assert the state's interest in defending an enacted initiative when the public officials charged with that duty refuse to do so. The state deems such an appearance essential to the integrity of its initiative process. Yet the court today concludes that this state-defined status and this state-conferred right fall short of meeting federal requirements because the proponents cannot point to a formal delegation of authority that tracks the requirements of the restatement of agency."
— "In my view Article III does not require California, when deciding who may appear in court to defend an initiative on its behalf, to comply with the restatement of agency or with this court's view of how a state should make its laws or structure its government. The court's reasoning does not take into account the fundamental principles or the practical dynamics of the initiative system in California, which uses this mechanism to control and to bypass public officials — the same officials who would not defend the initiative, an injury the court now leaves unremedied. The court's decision also has implications for the 26 other states that use an initiative or popular referendum system and which, like California, may choose to have initiative proponents stand in for the state when public officials decline to defend an initiative in litigation."
— "The essence of democracy is that the right to make law rests in the people and flows to the government, not the other way around. Freedom resides first in the people without need of a grant from government. The California initiative process embodies these principles and has done so for over a century ... In California and the 26 other states that permit initiatives and popular referendums, the people have exercised their own inherent sovereign right to govern themselves. The court today frustrates that choice by nullifying, for failure to comply with the restatement of agency, a state Supreme Court decision holding that state law authorizes an enacted initiative's proponents to defend the law if and when the state's usual legal advocates decline to do so."


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CHL Game Night 10/14: The MASH EditionSubmitted by pete on October 14, 2006 - 21:34
[url=chris-lawrence]Chris Lawrence[/url] and [url=marek-bartanus]Marek Bartanus[/url] were both injury scratches tonight as Owen Sound took on Mississauga. [url=vladimir-mihalik]Vladmimir Mihalik[/url] was an injury scratch for Prince George against Lethbridge. [url=dane-crowley]Dane Crowley[/url] did not dress for Swift Current's matchup with Regina.
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Lawrence Has Head InjurySubmitted by chad on October 14, 2006 - 08:25
The [i]Mississauga News[/i] is reporting Chris Lawrence was held out of last night's Ice Dogs game as a precautionary measure. He has a minor head injury. No further information was given. According to the [i]Owen Sound Sun-Times[/i], Marek Bartanus was held out of the Attack's game last night due to an "undisclosed injury." Bartanus has drawn rave reviews for his play so far for the 7-1-0-1 Attack. He is playing on a second line that's making life hard for the opposition. The [i]Sun-Times[/i] states the key to the unit may be Bartanus' improved play.
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CHL Game Night: 10/13Submitted by pete on October 13, 2006 - 22:56
Bizarre... [url=marek-bartanus]Marek Bartanus[/url] did not play in Owen Sound's 3-2 win over Brampton. [url=chris-lawrence]Chris Lawrence[/url] did not play in Mississauga's 3-2 shootout loss to Belleville. [url=kevin-beech]Kevin Beech[/url] allowed 3 goals on 24 shots faced in a 3-1 loss to Barrie. [url=dane-crowley]Dane Crowley[/url] did not play in Swift Current's 3-2 shootout win over Saskatoon.
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Summary of Lightning PicksSubmitted by pete on July 30, 2005 - 17:45
Here is a summary of [url=http://www.nhl.com/nhlonline/nhl?service=direct&context=DraftStats%2FteamForm&sp=S0&team=T.B&year=2005&location=%2Fdraft&Form0=0]today's eight selections in the 2005 Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning[/url]:
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Chris LawrenceSubmitted by pete on July 30, 2005 - 17:23
One pick NHL.com apparently missed was the 3rd round selection of C [url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospect.php?pid=4293]Chris Lawrence[/url] out of Sault Ste Marie of the OHL. At 6'4" 199 lbs. Lawrence is a riddle wrapped inside a mystery wrapped inside of an enigma. Even the misreporting of his selection on the NHL and Tampabaylightning.com site should tell you how much of a question mark this player is.
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B1113 Engine Trouble Code
Meaning of B1113 engine trouble code is a kind of body trouble code and B1113 code can be about replacing a broken oxygen sensor can eventually lead to a busted catalytic convertor which can cost upwards of $2,200. Taking your car into a shop will cost you around $210 depending on the car. However, an oxygen sensor is easy to replace on many cars and is usually detailed in the owner's manual. If you know where the sensor is, you only have to unclip the old sensor and replace it with a new one. Regardless of how you approach it, you should get this fixed right away.
B1113 Fault Symptoms :
If one of these reasons for B1113 code is occuring now you should check B1113 repair processes.
Now don't ask yourself; What should you do with B1113 code ?
The solution is here :
B1113 Possible Solution:
Power Steering Pressure (PSP) Switch Malfunction In Key On, Engine Off Self-Test, this DTC indicates the PSP input to the PCM is high. In Key On, Engine Running Self-Test, this DTC indicates that the PSP input did not change state. Steering wheel must be turned during Key On, Engine Running Self-Test PSP switch/shorting bar damaged SIG RTN circuit open PSP circuit open or shorted to SIGRTN PCM damaged.
B1113 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Body (B) Trouble Code For Engine
|Fuel And Air Metering
|Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too High
|Engine Shutoff Solenoid Malfunction
|Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor B Circuit High
Regarding the B1113 code, it would probably be worthwhile to carefully inspect the wire harness near the intake manifold bracket. This is done most easily from below the car in the area near the oil filter.
B1113 OBD-II Diagnostic Body (B) Trouble Code DescriptionB1113 engine trouble code is about Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor B Circuit High.
Main reason For B1113 CodeThe reason of B1113 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Fuel Rail/System Pressure - Too High.
B1113 DTC specifically refers to the camshaft (cam) timing. In this case, if the cam timing is over-retarded, the engine light will be illluminated and the code will be set.


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Vykin Corp necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Vykin Corporation - http://www.vykincorp.com
We are a veteran owned small business focusing on information technology solutions, information and knowledge management, intelligence support, and web-based application development and support in the Department of Defense (DoD) environment.
This will be for distribution to customers and employees.
We need stationery (post-it notes 3" x 3" and notepads size 5 1/2" x 81/2") designed for our company, Vykin Corporation. We work with large companies (predominantly Defense Contractors) providing IT services, software/web development and consulting. The stationary should convey a professional, clean, strong image. We would like the notepad to have lines.
Please reference the attached party invitation. We really liked the design elements used in the invitation, and possibly incorporate something similar on the stationary.


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There Is Definitely Not a Rick Astley Music Video Contained Anywhere In This Post
There seriously isn't, you guys. Because Sony took down the original Rick Astley video because of a terms of use violation. Sorry internet, no more Rick Rolls for anybody. Truly a sad day for memes.
There are still like a bajillion other versions on YouTube. Just go here, here, here or here. They just took down the one with 40 million views. So instead you get the one with 30 million views. Still has that fresh Rock Roll'd scent on it. But seriously, Sony doing this does accomplishes nothing this except display their ignorance about new media.


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We should talk. Did you know your lifetime odds for developing skin cancer are a whopping 1 in 5? Treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers (melanoma is the most life-threatening form) jumped by almost 77 percent from 1992 to 2006. And even more startling: From 1970 to 2009, melanoma diagnosis increased by 800 percent in young women and 400 percent in young men.
Thankfully, regularly using sunscreen can slash that risk. (And so can never, ever going anywhere near a tanning bed!) But with store shelves packed with hundreds of brands of sunscreens in all kinds of formulations, choosing the right one can be downright confusing. Here�s how to stay safe in the sun this summer:
Step No. 1: Choose a sunscreen with minerals. We�re concerned about chemical sunscreens with active ingredients that are absorbed into the skin and, in small amounts, into the bloodstream. Some act as endocrine disruptors, mimicking hormones in the body. We don�t know yet what the health effects could be, so play it safe. Look for sunscreens that contain zinc oxide, titanium dioxide or both. These finely crushed minerals work by reflecting and scattering the sun�s ultraviolet rays like a protective shield. (In contrast, other sunscreens absorb the sun�s rays, releasing the damaging energy as heat.) Our top choice is zinc oxide because it�s best at blocking both UV-A rays, which harm cells deep in the skin, and UV-B rays, which cause sunburn.
Step No. 2: Avoid chalky-looking skin � go micronized. Like you, we prefer invisible protection over a thick white coating that�ll leave you looking like an extra from �Beach Blanket Bingo.� So buy a sunscreen containing micronized zinc oxide that won�t leave you looking smeary. (There is some concern that nanoparticles of zinc oxide, and also of titanium dioxide, allow for absorption into the skin, making these potential body pollutants. We�ll keep you informed as data emerges.)
Step No. 3: SPF 30 is all you need. Higher sun protection factors offer little extra shielding. Staying in the sun too long because you think you�re covered could lead to skin damage.
Step No. 4: Use plenty � and re-apply. Most people skimp on sunscreen, missing out on full protection. The only protection your skin needs is an ounce (a shot glass worth) of SPF 30 micronized zinc oxide, spread thickly to cover all skin exposed when you�re wearing a bathing suit (it depends on your body size, natch!). Re-apply � usually every two hours, or sooner if you�re swimming or sweating.
Step No. 5: Dress to thwart the sun. Wear a long-sleeved shirt and pants when gardening, strolling or sitting by the pool or shore. Tightly woven, dyed fabrics block more rays than gauzy or white materials. But since those rarely give more protection than SPF 6, consider using sun-guard clothing with an ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) of 15 to 50. You also can wash sun protection into clothing with laundry additives containing the sunscreen Tinosorb.
Step No. 6: Shade your face and peepers. Slap on a broad-brimmed hat and large sunglasses. These protect delicate facial skin (which deserves a dose of sunscreen year-round) and eyes; they take the brunt of sun exposure in all seasons.
Step No. 7: Take vitamin D-3 and omega-3 DHA. It�s true that well-protected skin misses out on the sun exposure your body needs to produce vitamin D. But that�s no reason to go outdoors unprotected. A daily vitamin D-3 supplement assures you of a supply of this important vitamin. The sun�s rays are too weak to make sufficient D year-round in the northern half of the U.S. and Canada, anyway. Aim for 1,000 IU of vitamin D-3 daily.
Meanwhile, dig into salmon or wild trout twice a week, or get 900 mg of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA from a daily algal oil supplement. One reason sunshine harms skin is that it suppresses the immune system. A new report reveals omega-3 DHA keeps immunity strong, even when you�re playing in the summer sun.
Mehmet Oz, M.D., is host of �The Dr. Oz Show,� and Mike Roizen, M.D., is chief wellness officer and chairman of the Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.


text: Handling Specialty custom designed and manufactured a 35,000 lb capacity production duty lift for an automotive assembly plant in the US. The lift received a fully assembled truck from a carrier on an overhead chain conveyor, then lowered the truck to floor level where it was moved onto another conveyor. From this point, the lift and carrier lower to the "down stop" position where the carrier transfers off the end. Returning to the raised position, the shot pins engage and the lift is ready to receive the next truck.


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The working day of a school nurse:
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Your mom is adorable!ReplyDelete
She is the CUTEST!!!!ReplyDelete
Love that she's knitting
Love the impeccable manicure
Love the sweetness and light in her face
Love our moms
(and happy mother's day to you, leslie!!)
I didn't know your mom is a nurse! I wish I could knit at work like she did! She is as beautiful then as she is nowReplyDelete
Happy Mother's Day. What a sweet picture.ReplyDelete
That's a wonderful photograph!ReplyDelete
Knitting is certainly in your blood isn't it. She is so cute!ReplyDelete
LOVE that picture!ReplyDelete
what a wonderful tribute! I hope you both had a wonderful Mother's Day!ReplyDelete
Wowza! I don't think I have even one picture of me knitting :( And having been a flight attendent for almost 18 years I did a TON of knitting back and forth across the country while all of my people slept on those red-eyes!ReplyDelete
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BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) Tim Frazier had 19 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and Penn State earned a 55-52 overtime win over Providence at the Puerto Rico Tipoff on Friday.
Jermaine Marshall added 13 points for the Nittany Lions (2-1).
D.J. Newbill scored four of Penn State's 12 points in the overtime as the Nittany Lions held on for the win. Penn State faces Akron on Sunday.
Kadeem Batts shot only 2 for 12 from the field, but led Providence (2-2) with 17 points and added 11 rebounds. He went 13 for 15 from the free throw line.
Batts scored the Friars' last eight points in regulation, all on free throws. His final two with 14 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 43 and forced overtime.
Josh Fortune added 15 points and LaDontae Henton had 11 for the Friars, who used only six players.
The teams struggled to score in the first half and the Friars took a 16-14 lead.
``Obviously, we came here to win. But when we came here, all hell broke loose,'' Providence coach Ed Cooley said. ``We'll be all right once we get a couple of healthy bodies. I couldn't be more proud of our guys - everybody did something. It was a great game for us.''


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Method:I used our regular CCD camera with 3+2 O.D. filters + 25mm lance at .10W. First I diverted the beam at 90 degrees with two mirrors after the telescope, and then I placed the camera on the rail in near far-field. I captured the image and move the camera about 60cms (far field) and captured the image again. I compared the spot size in the two images with the help of image-j. In far-field beam looks smaller so I made its size equal (increase) to near-field, through the center dial of the telescope. I came back in near field and check the size again, this time it was bigger, so made it equal (decrease) to far-field by using the eye-piece of the telescope. I followed the process iteratively until the beam sizes match in far and near-field. The results are presented below. Measurement of size; Once the beam is collimated I used the camera in the background with an aperture infront. I adjusted the aperture such its center coincides with the beam axis. In this scenario; when the aperture is closed its overlap the beam periphery from all sides as seen through the camera. Once the aperture inner-circle touches the beam periphery, I stop and measured the circle size, our spot size at .10 W. This is not a very accurate way to measure the spot size, because CCD was somewhat saturating at this power, so spot size might be less. I verified this by projecting the beam at a surface though an aperture and observe it through a cell-phone camera; I closed the aperture until it hits the beam periphery. It came-out to be little less 5mm. I still need a better idea on this one.
The two spot sizes are compared, the far field looks little smaller but they agree pretty well in the course of few pixels. Next Task is to align the periscope on thursday.


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Orioles acquire RHP Feldman from Cubs
July 2, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have acquired right-handed pitcher Scott Feldman from the Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs dealt Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger in exchange for right-handed pitchers Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop as well as two international signing bonus slots from the Orioles.
Feldman signed a one-year contract with the Cubs and went 7-6 with a 3.46 ERA in 15 starts this season. He is 46-50 with a 4.66 ERA in 219 major league games over nine seasons.
Arrieta is 20-25 with a 5.46 ERA in 69 major league appearances over the last four seasons with Baltimore (2010-13). Strop was 5-2 with three saves, 24 holds and a 2.44 ERA last season. He has battled a back strain this year, going 0-3 with a 7.25 ERA.


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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
12 Paris Addictions
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How about the aromatherapy shop on Blvd. St. Germain for a chocolate scent? Just an idea, I haven't gone in the store. Love the cruises---if I'd known that you'd never gone, we would have taken you!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Is that the one at Odeon? I never thought to go there..where you make your own cosmetics to the left od Starbucks?Delete
Aaargh one wrong flick of the finger and my whole comment disappeared..ReplyDelete
So I will start by the end of what I had said as that's how I got erased..
First Google led me to this..
For your chocoltae scent..
I love scents and have been known to buy for scent alone..to remember by scent alone..and to long by scent alone.
I would love that cruise le soir..and much slower than the vaporettas I am sure..
Love vanilla..
Chips..salty things I should say..are my downfall way more than sweets..
I steer clear of oily chips but do cave in if they are offered:)
I enjoy painting backs..thus no faces..
Your addictions are all healthy!
Carol, this post has an appeal to more than one of our senses. Of course, your photographs are sublime. I am a fan of perfumes and other scents (like vanilla) that are treats. Somehow, I still associate the best parfums with France. I do hope that actual flowers do still play a part in their creation, and that the labs haven't begun to spin a chemical web.ReplyDelete
It's lovely that the Metro posters offer tributes to the cherry tomato. The French approach to graphic design is so sophisticated, clever and amusing...the posters are also actually informative!
Those views in different lights from your window are sublime.
I think that I last sampled a potato chip (essential in my southern youth) way back in that last century. I can still taste them in my mind, but don't need to actually get them crisping their salt between my teeth. Bravo to you for your own escape.
Glad that you enjoyed that Seine tour. There really is something about seeing a city from a riverside, if that city has a riverside. Even more wonderful in the evening lighting...if the moon is full. Think we all have a full moon showing up pretty soon.
Last week there were homages to GREEN SALAD in the Metro!Delete
What next?
Hard boiled eggs?
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If you have anytime free from all that's going on in Paris, I suggest a trip to London for the great Matisse show in the Tate Modern and a theatre matinee with Angela Lansbury in " Blithe Spirit". Both unforgettable !ReplyDeleteReplies
Send ticket.Delete
Bag packed.
My Paris addiction is your blog, CarolG! An everyday must; often a couple of times to read the comments. Best blog on the Internet pour moi! :-)ReplyDelete
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THANK YOU Artist Lady !!
Most kind
Not one mention of your addiction to spontaneous urban hikes with me. Quelle dommage. I am also addicted to the good color sense of the marketers. They make wild asparagus look positively haute couture.ReplyDelete
My Paris addiction is "Paris"....just can't get enough of it! Anytime and anywhere...ReplyDelete
- Patricia9:25 AM
Thank you for celebrating the simple joys that surround us daily...My heart is full for I will soon have nine days in my beloved 6th Arr. apartment (free from our Parisienne friends!). The Carrefour de rue Vavin et rue Bréa is a lovely quartier...4 minutes by foot to Jardin du Luxembourg! I will roam and rove the garden, read and watch...watch the parade of life.ReplyDelete
I didn't like perfume so much until I lived in France. I found it intoxicating, although I've kept my collection very small.ReplyDelete
I love it ! all these colors !!! bravo CarollReplyDelete
my addiction in Paris is all
the market dehors partout
dans tous les arrondissements !!!
- Sally10:32 AM
Standing under the Eiffel Tower when the lights are twinkling. My life lifts with energy.ReplyDeleteReplies
I can be on the other side of town and the twinkles still do it for me !Delete
Visite nosso site de replicas de relógios sp somos os maiores vendedores do google todos produtos são classe AAA replicas de relógios rolex, replicas de relógios tag heuer, relogios sp, replicas de relogios sp, nos faça uma visita venha em uma de nossas lojas em sp...ReplyDelete
Nossos parceiros em telas mosquiteiras importadas dos estados unidos, não propaga chamas, fungos ou mofos, são telas de fácil limpeza e protegem sua família contra picadas de insetos, principalmente os mosquitos da dengue.Telas mosquiteiras litoral norte, telas mosquiteiras sp, telas mosquiteiras ubatuba, telas mosquiteiras ilha bela, telas mosquiteiras ilha comprida, telas mosquiteiras granja vianna, telas mosquiteiras alphaville, telas mosquiteiras cotia, telas mosquiteiras jundiai
- Vickie5:16 PM
fantastic insight, photos, and intimacy. Thank you for taking us along! I'm so glad you experienced the bateaux mouches and hope that you will now consider Batobus. An annual pass is 60 euros, a terrific deal to get you to so many places easily and relatively quickly and it does have night hours, too.ReplyDelete
My Paris addiction..La Varangue , 27 rue Augereau.(Philippe's restaurant) the roast beef is the best I've tasted both sides of the pond...and oh his chocolate cake...there are no words...we eat there most nights when we rent an apt. in the 7th. We have been 3 years in a row...I am hoping to get back sometime this year! It's really nice to visit with you every time I read your blog....thanks Carol!ReplyDelete
Bonjour chère amie,ReplyDelete
Un très joli partage de sentiments, d'impressions, de parfums, de couleurs qui font que vous aimiez Paris...
Gros bisous ♡
Lots of wonderful addictions, but, oh that view!! I could look at that for hours.ReplyDelete
What, only 12 addictions???? I'm sure I could develop 12 addictions in just the time it took me to de-plane!ReplyDelete
I am still patiently waiting for a shot of the adorable French Barbet...?


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it's all about Auckland
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Top photo: Homecoming Queen Madeline Garcia and King Lukas Stauderman prepare to parade past the crowd.
Second photo: Members of the junior class dance group are happy with their performance.
Third photo: Tear-away T-shirts drew a reaction from the Homecoming crowd as seniors once again dominated the event.
Fourth photo: Honored as "Golden Pointers" at Point Loma High School's recent Homecoming as the earliest alums in attendance were Aldena Brown, (class of 1949), Ken Harvey (1942) and Pat Dudley Goulart (1949).


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by saki
Brussels, Belgium
Yes, underwears again…. This time I used my shorty pattern and a t-shirt from Burda 03/2012.
For this one I'm a little disappointed since I made my size and it's too large.
But I still love this, it's so comfy and fun.
Blogged here in french http://sakikojones.fr/blog/5509-lensemble-bleu
(by the way : could someone help me with this please, I must be kind of stupid since I can't find the way to properly include my blog's link in the sentence).
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Aug 30, 2012, 07.21 AMby saki
Hello and thanks a lot you two. Mary Athey I used my own pattern for the panties and a Burda pattern for the top.
Aug 25, 2012, 09.05 AMby sarahwau
Love the undies (as we call them in Australia). I have a lot of white cotton lycra so I might have to make some up with a contrasting fabric. Good work!
Aug 25, 2012, 08.43 AMby Mary Athey
Fab!! the colours gorgeous and i love the pants. did u use a pattern x
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I'm on a four day business trip in Canada, a long way from home in the U.S. Although I pump weaned when my daughter was 15 mos, i am still breastfeeding her (on demand when i am at home) at 20 mos and therefore am having to pump on my trip to avoid engorgement. I am so surprised to see all this milk pumping out, more than i expected to get from the pump. I guess it makes sense as she nurses quite a bit in the morning, evening and overnight. As I flush it down the toilet i am wondering if i should have arranged to donate locally, though we're only talking about 12 oz milk per day.
I've been here a day and I'm here 2 more and then fly out Thursday morning. Just curious what other moms would do.


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Barcelona player Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or award
Latest update : 2009-12-02
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, who plays for Barcelona FC, has received the Ballon d'Or 2009 award as the best Europe-based footballer of the year. The award was voted on by journalists from across the world.
Nationality: Argentine
Age: 22
Position: Forward
Club : Barcelona FC
Prize list 2009 :
- Super Cup (Barcelona FC)
- C1 title (Barcelona FC)
- Best scorer of the C1 with 9 goals (Barcelona FC)
- Spanish league title (Barcelona FC)
- Spanish Cup (Barcelona FC)
Season 2009-2010 :
- Qualified for the 2010 World Cup
- Champions League qualifying round
He's not yet known as the "golden boy" like his fellow Argentine footballer, Diego Maradona. But Lionel Messi already has all of Maradona's class. He's got vision, instinct, tactical genius, and he has proved that he can handle pressure on the field. Argentina's new national football hero is a golden boy whose magical left foot has elevated him to Ballon d'Or status.
The Ballon d'Or, sometimes referred to as the European Footballer of the Year, is an annual award presented to the best Europe-based footballer. The award was conceived in the 1950s by the then editor of "France Football," a French bi-weekly magazine.
This year, the members of the "France Football" jury, sport journalists from across the world, voted for the Barcelona player, making Messi the first Argentine to receive the award. At 22, he has proved to be one of the most gifted players of his generation. He succeeds other legendary footballers, such as 25-year-old Brazilian player Kaka in 2007 and 23-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008.
Overcoming a growth deficiency hormone
Born in Rosario, in the Santa Fe region of northern Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency at the age of 11, but his talent was spotted by a national football club owner. Messi's rise to prominence is deeply linked to Barcelona FC. After a test in July 2000, the club immediately brought him to Europe and paid the medical bills for the treatment of his condition. Messi was quickly noticed at the "Masia", the club's training centre, and he ended up playing his first professional game aged just 17.
He helped revive Barcelona FC, leading his team to a series of resounding victories at home and abroad. His goal against Manchester United in the Champions League final still echoes across Europe. Fans have witnessed the meteoric rise and consecration of Messi, who was crowned best scorer of the Champions League with 9 goals (23 in the Spanish Liga in the last season).
Barcelona FC has taken the Spanish Liga by storm, crushing its arch-rival Real Madrid 6-2 in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, with Messi scoring twice. Besides the Liga title, the Catalan club has also won the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.
Messi is now set to display his talents on the World Cup stage in South Africa next summer and, hopefully, join Maradona in the pantheon of football gods.
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mShred wrote:Just throwin in some opinionated comments.
I feel like the way we propose the missions kinda pushes people to go look for answers. The forums have too many spoilers from the beginning to end of each thread. The answers are out on the interwebz and we leave them blind. Natural noob response would be to try to find those spoilers in the Forums or one Google. Some people may honestly learn better after having seen the answer. But then others just want to get points. Things like this "My profile, rank = Master" make people want to have the most points. Uh, okay? Nice to know your rank is Master.. Too bad it doesn't mean shit. It'd be nice if we had a way of pushing them toward legitimately figuring it out rather than gathering points.
Yes, I got that quote from your signature hellow533.
Monica wrote:The idea to improve HTS missions has been thrown around for quite awhile now, and I agree that many of the missions need improvement. To keep this short - when I was a staff, we did put a lot of the community's ideas into consideration. I don't have much of a say as of now and don't know what the current staff is bringing to the table, but I'm pretty sure you can expect many things to improve gradually. Some of you guys in the community need to have more realistic expectations though. One of my ideas that I shared was to make small modifications in the missions and make some missions dynamic to ensure that nobody has the same solution.
In the meantime, do not expect super-brand-new missions FROM the staff as this would take PLENTY of their time that they are putting in to contribute to the community as it is . You can, however, expect improvements. Also, keep in mind that if you have a mission you're willing to contribute to HTS, feel free to submit it ANY TIME, and it would be appreciated.
Monica wrote:One of my ideas that I shared was to make small modifications in the missions and make some missions dynamic to ensure that nobody has the same solution.
mShred wrote:I agree with Monica. The fact is, our devs won't put the time into it. It'd be nice, however. Which raises the point of user contribution. Check out limdis's thread for that here. Great idea's are great, but it reaches the problem of what will realistically happen.
hellow533 wrote:I've already started on educational based missions. Is there a place I can turn those in? It is summer after all so I have plenty of time on my hands. Maybe I could get with the development team on it, and if everybody agrees with the idea start creating tons of educational mission-style tutorials. Ones with built in tools and such.
Think of missions that don't reward points that give a full explanation and tutorial on how to do it. Like PHP programming (or any other) for example. It would tell you commands, and have a development tools to let you execute commands. Same with ones based off realistic. How to read and program/edit HTML, or make a database in SQL, etc. Just give it a chance I'm sure you'll be pleased.
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23 Hairstyles That Upstaged the Clothes at NYFW
We know it's supposed to be all about the designers, fashion and celebrities, but these hairstyles stole the show
The Best Part Who knew you could dress up a simple parted hairstyle? The models at Suno walked the runway with a shock of gold nestled in their hair.
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While New York Fashion Week may be all about the clothes for some, we focus our gaze on the crazy, amazing beauty looks hitting the runways. This season designers pulled out all the stops on runway hairstyles. Forget the staid slicked-back low ponytails so familiar at New York Fashion Weeks of the past. This runway season saw braids, splashes of color, choppy wigs, gorgeous braids and even ... feathers (which we're totally wearing asap). Click through and find your favorite New York Fashion Week hairstyle and tell us: which styles will you try?
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This haunting love story is Broadway's longest-running show!
We always thought the Phantom had never-ending love for his main squeeze Christine, but we guess we were wrong! When six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald and her husband, Les Miz star Will Swenson, stopped by to see McDonald's former Porgy and Bess star Norm Lewis in The Phantom of the Opera on June 26, his new co-star Sierra Boggess could barely contain her jealousy. Click for pics!
Photographer: Bruce Glikas, © Broadway.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A private school teacher in Washington who was captured in Nicaragua after a year on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" fugitives list has written the judge overseeing his child pornography case, saying he plans to spend the rest of his life "doing penance."
Eric Justin Toth wrote the two-page letter as part of a set of documents that were submitted to the judge ahead of his sentencing, which is scheduled for March 11. The documents, which were filed Monday in federal court in Washington, include a recommendation from Toth's lawyer that he spend 22 years in prison. That's the low end of a recommended sentencing range agreed to by Toth as part of a guilty plea last year.
Toth's lawyer wrote he has no criminal record, a history of psychological problems including depression and that when he was in high school he was sexually abused by a teacher.
This undated handout image released by the FBI, on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, shows Eric Justin Toth. Toth, a private school teacher in Washington who was captured in Nicaragua after a year on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" fugitives list has written the judge overseeing his child pornography case, saying he plans to spend the rest of his life "doing penance." (AP Photo/FBI)
A prosecutor asked that Toth be sentenced to 30 years in prison. Both lawyers agreed that after prison he should spend a lifetime on supervised release.
Toth fled Washington in 2008 after images of child pornography were found on a camera he had used while a teacher at Beauvoir, a private elementary school located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. The FBI added Toth to its Most Wanted list in 2012, where he filled a vacancy created by Osama bin Laden's death.
Toth, who was captured last year in Nicaragua after five years on the run, told the judge in his letter that he hopes to spend his time in prison "as productively as possible," including participating in a program to train seeing eye dogs. Toth's lawyers wrote that he would like to serve his sentence at a New Jersey prison that has a program to train the dogs.
Toth acknowledged in his letter that he knew by age 13 that he was attracted to young boys.
"I knew society considered people like me monsters, so I swore myself to secrecy," he wrote.
He also apologized for his actions.
"For years, my brain manufactured one justification after another for giving into my sexual urges. In more recent years, I've worked hard to change that and continue to work on it in prison. In my heart of hearts, I've always known my urges are dangerous," he wrote.
Toth ended his letter by saying he will "commit the rest of my life to doing penance, to kindness and decency, and to honest and perpetual accountability."
Toth pleaded guilty in December to three counts of producing child pornography, identity theft and misuse of a Social Security number. He acknowledged that in 2005, while working as a counselor at a Wisconsin, he took photographs and videos of a sleeping male camper.
In 2006, after he began working as a third-grade teacher at Beauvoir, he took pictures and videos of one student. He also installed a hidden video camera disguised as an air freshener in a school bathroom. The camera captured 15 children using the bathroom.
Toth was escorted off Beauvoir's campus in June 2008 after school administrators found images of child pornography on a school camera he used. A media card containing more images was found at the school soon after, but Toth fled before police could arrest him. He spent time in Texas and Arizona before authorities caught him in Nicaragua.
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If there can be a culture insensitive format for dates (yyyymmdd) then why is there no such thing as a culture insensitive format for decimals?
I suggest a use of # or ~ instead of the decimal separator in update and insert scripts only.
And it would be allowed only in numeric/decimal/float datatypes.
so you could do:
create table t1 (MyDecimalCol decimal (16,3))
insert into t1 (MyDecimalCol)
select 123#456 union all
select 789#123
select MyDecimalCol
from t1
-- would give:
123.456 789.123
-- or
123,456 789,123
-- depending on your locale
Wouldn't that be great?
I already suggested to Microsoft a culture neutral decimal separator a while back.
(Does anyone know the URL of the...
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I've seen this technique a few months ago on a local MS event called NT Conference
presented by Slovenian MVP Dejan Sarka.
However i haven't seen him blog about it yet (a shame) so after seeing this post
by co blogger David Moloney here on SQLTeam blogs in this post about EAV i decided to give this little
thing a go by myself.
I've also chosen the same DB model as david for comparison:
A Client can have many "end user" defined data elements.
For the purpose of this example we will choose 5 data elements
to focus on the modelling aspect
Age – Integer greater...
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Ever since I discovered the ?? colaesce operator I embraced it with full force.
Today I discovered another usefull use:
// this:
string[] arrayOfStrings1 = new string[] { "arr1s1", "arr1s2", "arr1s3" };
foreach (string str in (arrayOfStrings1 ?? new string[0]))
// do some stuff on the array elements
// equals to this:
string[] arrayOfStrings2 = new string[] { "arr2s1", "arr2s2", "arr2s3" };
if (arrayOfStrings2 != null)
foreach (string str in arrayOfStrings2)
// do some stuff on the array elements
// in terms of what it does
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I usually don't do these kind of posts but for this i'll make an exception :)
This is such an awsome tool for me for one reason only: SQL Formatting
It takes you query and formats it with the template that you can also change yourself.
you can download it here.
support forum is here.
It will also come in a bundle with SQL Prompt 3.0.
If all that that was a woman i'd make sweet love to it. that's how much addiction this caused me. :))
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