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Hyderabad, May 23 (ANI): The death toll due to the prevailing heat wave has reportedly risen to 128 in Telangana and 95 in Andhra Pradesh.
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ADDISON COUNTY — A deep and disciplined Mount Abraham Union High School group enjoyed the best season among local girls' basketball teams, earning the top seed in Division II and reaching the final in Barre.
While the hard-working Eagles had many contributors, one stood out for her across-the-board efforts — sophomore Ashlie Fay, the 2012 Addison Independent Player of the Year.
Coach Connie LaRose's Eagles finished at 19-4 as she typically played nine or 10 of her players. One more of her athletes is recognized here on the 2012 Addison Independent Girls' Basketball All-Star Team.
Coach Cindy Atkins's Middlebury squad shrugged off a disappointing 1-8 start to finish at 7-12, including a dramatic comeback win over the Eagles. Three Tigers earned either first-team or honorable mention.
Coach Billy Waller's Vergennes squad won six times, with the team's best effort probably a win over MUHS to close the regular season. Two Commodore seniors are honored here.
Coach Ray Counter's young and under-sized Otters ended up with a misleading 4-15 record: Nine of their 15 losses were by nine points or fewer and included late season setbacks by five and six points to D-II semifinalists Fair Haven and Hartford, respectively. Three of OV's many sophomores earned Independent recognition.
Independent all-star picks are made based on observation, statistics and consultation with the coaches. Congratulations to the following:
ASHLIE FAY, MOUNT ABE SOPHOMORE, PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Notes: Blossomed as a starter for the Eagles in her second year on the varsity ... Led Mount Abe with averages of 11.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 4.5 assists per game, with her averages in the latter two categories tops among all local players ... Quick, strong athlete who played excellent on-ball defense and was lethal in the Eagle press reading passing lanes ... Used her speed and passing ability to key the Eagles' transition game ... As the season progressed added an outside shot to her ability to drive and score with either hand.
LaRose's Quotes: "She's just completely relaxed on the court ... She's got a great first step, and handles the ball really well ... Defensively, she anticipates extremely well, and obviously she's got great quickness and speed ... She can beat you in many, many ways ... She does a great job on tracking the ball coming off the rim (while rebounding) ... She really is the complete package."
HANNAH CURLER, VUHS SENIOR. Notes: Strong, six-foot center who overcame an injury-plagued start to her season to average local bests in points (12.1), rebounds (11.5) and blocked shots (3.5) ... Solid on-ball or help defender who changed more shots than she blocked, and controlled the defensive boards ... Came on strong with a series of impressive games in February.
Waller's Quotes: "She put up numbers and she didn't really get going until halfway through the season ... The last nine games she really turned it on ... She made some offensive rebounds. She made some post moves. She made some outside shots ... She made an impact on the defensive end ... She was a really good defensive rebounder.
MADISON FULLER, MUHS SENIOR. Notes: Five-seven forward who joined the MUHS team after Tropical Storm Irene damaged Rochester High School and made an immediate impact with a team-high 10.8 points per game ... Poised player who showed both three-point shooting range and clever moves and nice touch in the paint ... Scored big in several fourth quarters, and chipped in 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.
Atkins' Quotes: "She just has such solid footwork in the post ... She was just such a strong leader ... She had a very calming influence on the team as far as composure on the court ... She really does have a nice outside shot ... She's a good ballhandler ... She has a good sense of passing lanes and distributing the ball ... She is very crafty and plays much taller than she is."
JORDAN MITCHELL, OV SOPHOMORE. Notes: Led the Otters with 10.19 points per game despite increasingly becoming the focus of opposing defenses ... Shot 30 percent from behind the arc and improved her ballhandling, passing and rebounding, averaging 1.67 assists and 3.24 rebounds ... Also chipped in 1.19 steals per game with hard work defensively.
Counter's Quotes: "Jordan's our best outside shooter ... She's got a quick release on her shot ... She improved her defense ... She has a tremendous upside as far as leading our team next year ... She's one of those ones who's a gym rat ... She's always out there working, working, working ... She's looking to improve in all areas, which is great."
TIFFANY DANYOW, MUHS JUNIOR. Notes: Floor leader who is an excellent ballhandler and defender and contributed more scoring and rebounding to the Tigers this winter despite dealing with injuries ... Averaged 7.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.0 assists per game.
Atkins' Quotes: "In a lot of ways we were a better team with Tiffany on the court ... She doesn't back down from anything. She plays hard ... Team defensively, she's probably the best defender out there ... She has good ballhandling skills ... She has a solid outside shot that really came on in the course of the season."
TABBY DANYOW, VUHS SENIOR. Notes: Relentless, fast defender both on the ball and in the team concept, averaging 4.2 steals per game, second best locally ... A natural wing player, was asked to take over the point and responded with 3.8 assists per game, also second best locally ... At five-six, hauled down 6.99 rebounds per game ... Averaged 6.7 points, second for VUHS.
Waller's Quotes: "In an ideal world she could be a great wing player, but she improved in a lot of aspects of her game ... She's lightning-quick defensively and she's a very good rebounding guard ... She was very aggressive. She didn't back down from anything ... You didn't have to worry about her frame of mind ... We needed her on the floor."
TAYLOR AINES, OV SOPHOMORE. Notes: Point guard who led OV with 4.19 rebounds and 3.38 assists per game while chipping in 6.38 points and 1.48 steals per contest ... Came on strong in leadership and overall play in the second half of the season.
Counter's Quotes: "Taylor has become the true leader of the team ... She really took that leadership role on the court ... She's a tremendous rebounder for her size. She has a nose for the ball ... It's hard to find another player that will outwork her ... She's improved her ballhandling tremendously."
BRITTANY BUSHEY, OV SOPHOMORE. Notes: Quick, athletic all-around contributor and excellent defender who showed increasing poise offensively as the season progressed, scoring 20 points in a late win vs. Springfield ... Averaged 8.19 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.67 steals and 1.24 assists.
Counter's Quotes: "She's one of the quickest girls on the team ... I had her defend the other teams' best perimeter players ... She accepts the challenge ... She's really improving about taking the basket to the rim and using her quickness to her advantage ... She's getting more confident with her outside shots."
CHRISSY RITTER, MUHS SENIOR. Notes: Five-eight forward who learned to use her speed and athletic ability on the court better this winter and led the Tigers with 5.4 rebounds per game ... Improved her post moves and jumper and averaged 5.4 points ... Steady on-ball and team defender who averaged 2.1 steals.
Atkins' Quotes:"She's a very good defender ... She's long and lanky and athletic ... She really developed into a solid post player this year ... She had a really solid drive ... She would get around people ... She really contributed both offensively and defensively."
SARA SAYLES, MOUNT ABE SENIOR. Notes: Tenacious, speedy defender and three-year starter at guard for the Eagles ... Averaged 5.5 points and 2.6 assists, and was particularly effective in transition finishing and moving the ball ... Team leader who contributed 2.7 steals and 2.6 assists per game.
LaRose's Quotes: "Sara's strength, certainly, is her defense. She is relentless on defense. She just got after the ball ... Sara was a premier defensive player ... She has great quickness ... She could get to the rim ... She made some good passes in the course of the season. She kept her head up."
Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at [email protected]addisonindependent.com.

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Os designers de todo o mundo estão enviando designs criativos para B&CMW na categoria de design de página da web - custom.
In addition to software solutions, The Artemus Group provides basic shipping and transportation management training. They need a new website.
Old site: http://artemus.us. Don't copy anything from it. Logo can be found here: http://www.artemus.us/artemus3/logo/
- Artemus site becomes more of a destination for both the training and shipping items.
- Create a front page and a slightly different looking back page template with a cool menu on the right side
- Area for rotating images if possibleImages to be used:
- People, shipping, trains, global, planes - similar to the pictures on the current site, but don't use those images!
- Movement of information, but not techy!
- Does not teach people how to drive a plane, ship, etc
- Rather it's creating the documents to ship items.
- This IS NOT circuit boards and computers. Secondary/back page: Training/Class Area
- Online Training menu that lists all the training available. With icons or buttons for each course.
- Purchase materials hard copy
- Video sample on each course page.
- Q&A as well.
Secondary/back page: Online Training Webspace
- Will have topical menu along the left side as well as a secondary menu exclusive to each user right next to that.
- Home
- About Us
- Software & Systems
- Online Training
- Classroom Training
- Staffing Services
- News
- Partners
- Contact Us
- ACRS Login – this doesn't necessarily have to be in the main menu, but it must be on EVERY page!
Needs a Latest News section.
Likes - can be used as inspiration. DO NOT copy:
- http://www.usmma.edu
- Likes the curves
- http://www.cmaconnect.com
- Like the rollover effect on the menu
- http://www.debbiesstaffing.com
- Likes the faded out menu items
- http://www.intermodal.org
- Likes the login on the right
- http://www.mamatrains.com
- Likes colors, the nav graphic on the right
- http://www.craneyisland.info
- Likes the layout of information
- http://www.nettek.com
- Likes the colors
- http://www.donrichard.com
- Likes the latest news section
- http://www.tdmadison.com
- Doesn't like the colors
- Likes the points they make in the rotating images
- Likes the patterns in the colors
- http://www.tfcrecycling.com
- Likes the messages, but not the colors!
We will pay via paypal, but you must provide an invoice for us to pay you.


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Chop shop: Robots revisit the makeover
Talk about a workout! Robots is the most exhausting movie in some time. It combines the manic energy of Robin Williams as the voice of a major character with one warp-speed action sequence after another. When it does slow down, the audience is laughing too hard to notice, and too much is happening in each frame to absorb in only one or two viewings.
The plot is summarized in a very different film, which is playing concurrently in several markets, Inside Deep Throat, when former pornstar/disco diva Andrea True says, "Today it's all about money."
That's what young Rodney Copperbottom (voiced by Ewan McGregor) discovers when he ventures into the world in this coming-of-age story. His hero, Big Weld (Mel Brooks), "the greatest robot in the world," has been replaced as head of his own company by young corporate type Phineas T. Ratchet (Greg Kinnear), and what used to be about need is now about greed.
It might be worth mentioning that the characters are all robots. This is an all-robot world in which the Big Weld company is going from manufacturing inexpensive spare parts to selling expensive makeovers, and those "outmodes" who can't afford them will wind up as scrap metal. The company's slogan changes from "You can shine no matter what you're made of" to "Why be you when you can be new?"
After young viewers assimilate the anti-capitalist, anti-consumerist message, they can leave the theater and go shopping for the Robots videogame and action figures while awaiting the DVD.
Ratchet, whose mother (Jim Broadbent) pulls his strings like an android Lady Macbeth, must eventually be brought down by Rodney and the other good, downtrodden robots. They include Fender (Williams), the conbot who latches onto Rodney when he arrives in Robot City from his old-fashioned birthplace, Rivet Town; Cappy (Halle Berry), Ratchet's sexually harassed personal assistant; Aunt Fanny (Jennifer Coolidge), who runs a boarding house for low-income robots; and Piper (Amanda Bynes), Fender's sister who has a crush on Rodney.
With Cappy and Piper both interested in Rodney, there's a potential love triangle that's largely ignored. A quick shot at the end suggests who wins, but doesn't explain how or why.
Rodney's life begins at birth when he's delivered to the Copperbottoms (Stanley Tucci, Dianne Wiest). "Making the baby's the fun part," she says, some assembly being required. Rodney grows by the periodic replacement of one set of parts with larger ones, usually hand-me-downs from a relative. He has a difficult adolescence after being given the torso of a female cousin. (Later, Fender will become female from the waist down. Is this a theme?)
While he's not ashamed of his father, a dishwasher in a restaurant, Rodney is encouraged by Big Weld on TV to become an inventor– "See a need, fill a need." He builds a little gizmo and heads for the big city to show it to Big Weld. Fender greets him with, "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, and if you can't make it here, welcome to the club."
Rodney wins friends quickly with his ability to repair robots, even without spare parts. When he asks, "Who wants to be fixed?" the world beats a path to his door. All except Robodog.
Life was simpler when animated features were all either Disney or crap. Now there are worthy imports from Asia and France, and DreamWorks, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox have their own animation departments. Robots is from the same Fox team that made Ice Age, and they do good work.
Having an all-robot cast solves the problem of computer animation seemingly being unable to give texture to human skin. Some of the scenes may be the most complex and detailed seen yet in an animated film, from vast crowds to Rube Goldbergian contraptions to the domino sequence to end all domino sequences.
McGregor makes a bland hero, but every actor needs a specialty. His presence plus one line from James Earl Jones reinforce the trailer before the movie in reminding viewers that Star Wars: Episode III is coming this spring. Not that the makers of Robots would encourage that kind of corporate synergy or anything.


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The sticky weather, clouds and scattered spritz across Southern California will begin to break up Sunday, ushering in a heat wave expected toward the end of the week, weather forecasters said.
The high clouds, high humidity and slight drizzle lingering from an Arizona monsoon will begin to break up today across Southern California, which will continue to experience below-normal temperatures, said Scott Sukup, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
But as the skies clear Tuesday, temperatures are expected to ramp up.
"It's going to warm up starting Tuesday, more so toward the end of the week," Sukup said. "It'll be above-normal for inland areas, close to 100 degrees."
Only Palmdale, Lancaster, Camarillo and Oxnard got a measurable trace of rain Saturday.


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When push comes to shove, Tampa Bay manager Hal McRae is usually right in the middle of things.
McRae added some spice to an otherwise dull White Sox-Devil Rays game Friday night by shoving his starting pitcher in the dugout during an argument the roving eye of the TV cameras caught.
McRae pushed ex-Sox starter Tanyon Sturtze in the back when Sturtze dumped a water cooler and made a scene in the dugout shortly after his removal after five innings.
Sturtze left with a 5-3 lead, but the Sox eventually came back to post an 8-5victory in 12 innings at Tropicana Field.
Aaron Rowand's run-scoring double off Jesus Colome ignited a three-run 12th inning. Sox pitchers held the Devils Ray to six hits.
But the McRae-Sturtze incident took center stage, continuing the recent trend of pitcher-manager altercations.
"I acted a little unprofessional and you guys ended up seeing it," Sturtze said.
"It was just me being frustrated. It had nothing to do with Hal. He had every right to shove me. Every one of you would've shoved me too."
It was the third time in the last three weeks a manager has been engaged in a heated argument with a pitcher after that pitcher's removal.
Montreal manager Frank Robinson screamed at Expos pitcher Tony Armas Jr. on July 15 when Armas decided to leave the mound on a pitching change before Robinson's arrival.
On July 24 Milwaukee manager Jerry Royster exchanged vulgarities on the mound with reliever Mike DeJean after DeJean refused to leave during a pitching change.
McRae didn't want to discuss the incident and said everything was over.
Told that it was caught on camera and would be shown repeatedly on TV, McRae replied, "So be it."
It was that kind of night, one in which Carlos Lee circled the bases twice on home runs to left, but only one of them actually counted.
In the first inning Lee hit a towering fly to left that bounced off a catwalk above the upper deck for an apparent two-run homer.
He stood at home and watched the ball the entire way, apparently thinking it was foul. When it was ruled fair, Lee trotted around the bases to give the Sox an apparent 2-0 lead.
But after McRae argued the umpires changed the ruling and sent Lee back to the plate and Willie Harris back to third. Lee was called out on strikes on the next pitch, but Magglio Ordonez singled home Harris.
Sox starter Gary Glover gave up five runs in the bottom of the second, the second time in two nights a Sox starter has been hit with a five-run inning and the 16th time this season a starter has given up five or more runs in an inning.
John Flaherty's two-run single put the Rays ahead and Randy Winn added a three-run homer to make it 5-1. The Sox scored two off Sturtze in the fourth to cut the deficit to two and tied it in the eighth on Lee's two-run homer off reliever Travis Harper.
This time Lee hit the left-field foul pole, making a "ping" noise that was audible all throughout the near-empty ballpark.


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The XO I got via G1G1 has been my reentry vehicle to the cyber world. It does okay. I use it as sort of a web book. I've joined some groups, signed up to some lists, email, poke around various wikis, apply for jobs and generally make my quality of life better. Maybe few G1G1ers use their XO as their primary computer. Still, there is one feature that I think everyone would welcome, a spell checker. As far as I can tell there is no spell check in Write at all. I have not been able to get the 'full' AbiWord's spell check to work. That would be great. Even better would be an ubiquitous spell checker that lurks in the shadows all the time, (kind of like Rainbow), that when would work in Browse or Write or any Activity.
I sure hope someone picks up on this thread. There doesn't seem to be a lot of action on this board.


text: This park is named to honor the achievements of Jackson Heights community activist Louis C. Moser (1904-1983). Moser is best remembered for the creation of the North Queens Home Owners' Civic Association located in Jackson Heights, founded in 1941 with only ten families. The group focused its efforts on preserving the residential character of northern Queens by preventing over-development and defending the rights and interests of homeowners. Moser also promoted both pedestrian and motorist safety in Jackson Heights; he successfully petitioned for the installation of safety lighting on sidewalks and traffic lights in his community. By the time of Moser's death, 700 families belonged to the North Queens Homeowners Civic Association. Throughout his 42 years of civic service, Moser staunchly supported the proliferation and maintenance of parks and playgrounds in Jackson Heights.


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PORT SAID, Egypt, March 4 (UPI) -- Clashes between protesters and police in Egypt's Port Said killed five people and a security office was set ablaze, Health Ministry officials said Monday.
Officials said more than 500 people were injured in the confrontations that began Sunday and lasted until dawn Monday, Ahram Online reported. Two of the dead are police officers. Another man was shot in the head and remains in critical condition, officials said.
Protesters set the Port Said security directorate and governorate headquarters on fire when they hurled Molotov cocktails at the structures.
The injured included 43 people wounded by gunshots and 300 hit by tear gas, officials said.
Demonstrators were protesting an Interior Ministry decision to transfer 39 prisoners from the Suez Canal city elsewhere, and the death sentences for 21 defendants in the first round of sentencing in a case arising from a soccer stadium riot that killed 72 people in February 2012.
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|Leading Medicine in Our Community is published by San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. The information is intended to educate the public about subjects pertinent to their health, not as a substitute for consultation with a personal physician. All rights reserved. Images may be from one or more of these sources: ©Thinkstock, ©iStock, ©Fotolia. ©2010.


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Total security without upward mobility is like slavery.
Your masters live in luxury, with fine homes, cars, and servants. They have the best goods, the best food, and freedom to travel to resorts. You have mediocre food, a bare-bones home, only public transportation, and no travel without the permission of your masters.
You live, with many others, at the mercy of your masters. They can punish you, even unto death, at their whim, so you obey them and pretend respect. You live where they tell you, work at whatever job they assign. In school, if you do well, you may be picked to go on to a higher school, or not. Your only chance to advance is to do well. You can't leave your job, which is whatever your masters say it is.
Your standard of living is the same as everyone else who is not a member of the privileged class. Equality is the rule, but what is divided equally is essentially poverty. You don't own much, in fact, you aren't allowed to own more than a few articles of clothing and toilet products. Your masters own everything. Or, the government does, and they are the government.
Have I described military service? Not totally. In the service, your masters are the officers, and it's true they receive more, but they live by the same rules as you. You and your masters share a common and noble purpose, and they mostly look out for you when they can. For the most part, they don't punish on a whim, and the food isn't bad. You will eventually retire or be discharged.
Have I described the institution of slavery? Could you be a slave, if all the above were true? Yes, or you could be an ordinary citizen of a communist country, in particular: Cuba, North Korea, or China. Russia is a bit more liberated that the first three but the same is essentially true there.
The party leaders are the privileged class in communist countries, all of which are dictatorships. They are more important, so they allocate more resources to themselves. The government owns everything and makes up the rules. Bureaucrats in the government plan everything, and their plans are usually poor.
Like a slave of the old south, an ordinary citizen of a communist country does only what he or she is forced to do, because working harder and taking risks brings no reward. All are paid the same, and live by the same rules. Production is less where there is little incentive, so communist countries tend to be poor – except for China, which benefits from a huge trade surplus received from the United States.
The left is constantly trying to pull us in the direction of communism. The first step from where we are today would be cradle-to-grave entitlements (given whether you choose to work or not) and greater government control of everything. Oh, it's seductive. You want more security? Let the good old government, which has endless money, eliminate life's risk in exchange for a rationed life. For that security, you are like a slave – stuck in one slot for your entire life, with no chance to have spending money or become wealthy.
Before we arrive at communism, we'll make a brief stop at socialism, where the government owns or tightly controls all business. The privileged class are the wealthy and the politicians. Or, perhaps we'll take a detour to a Nazi socialism, making our own country wealthy by conquering and plundering our neighbors. Canada and Mexico are lightly defended and ripe for the picking. South America is becoming quite wealthy. But no, we're a bit too moral for that.
It's as if a big tractor had a chain attached to our political system and was pulling leftward. Barack Obama (the tractor,), the mainstream media, and Obama's leftist supporters are dragging us in that direction, with the unconscious support of the uninformed (the so-called "Low information") voters.
More government spending, more borrowing, more entitlements, more regulations, and higher taxes power Mr. Obama's effort. I, for one, would prefer a bit less security, a bit more freedom, and more opportunity – over the total security and poverty we'll get from socialism or communism.


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I mean that literally - not just offering one side per feed, but nursing a baby with just one breast. I couldn't find a post about it, though I saw another poster refer to it in passing, so I thought I'd start a thread. For solidarity. But also for future moms' reference.
I only have one nipple, and the one I have is flat and very small. My older daughter managed to use both my breasts (unfortunately the nippleless side makes more milk naturally) until she was over 2 years old, with lots of moaning and complaining on her part and 7 or so weeks of pumping and 3 months of nipple shields on my part to get her started.
My second is now 3 months old, and she has an even stronger preference for the good side than my first daughter did. I did 6 weeks of pumping and she never did well on the shields. The bad side is prone to mastitis, maybe because it's just kind of a hole with a little flap of skin in it instead of a nipple - more chances for bacteria to hang out in there and get inside? Anyway, it also leaks like crazy, possibly for the same reason. So I much prefer the good side, too. So when this little one started refusing the bad side, I gradually went along with her. For several weeks now I have only been offering the bad side to put her to sleep at night, and for a few days now she has even refused it then. So I am now officially a one-sided nurser!
I had thought about it early on and kind of wished, during all that pumping, that I had just started out only offering the one side and letting the other side dry up right away after the birth, but I didn't do it then. When I thought about it again, I knew it would have to be gradual so that I could make sure the left side alone was making enough milk for her. I am going to check her weight again today or tomorrow, but it seems to me that her gain rate is the same as it always has been (which is on the slow side - another reason why I was a bit wary of doing this in the first place). I think that for future children I might just start out being one-sided and not even go through all the hassle! Why not? The only question I wanted to ask is if, in that situation, you would recommend getting baby the colostrum from both sides since the colostrum is so important, and only then killing off the supply in the right breast by only ever nursing on the left?
Oops, I forgot, one more question. The bad side still leaks quite a bit, and I know it won't totally stop producing milk unless I can get it to stop leaking, because by leaking, milk is being removed from the breast, which means it will always make just a little bit more, I assume. Any tips for getting the leaking to stop so that I can stop using so many nursing pads? I know about putting pressure on it when I feel a let-down and/or when it starts leaking, but is there anything else I can do?
And now, just for fun, my little list of silly pros and cons.
- I never have to remember (in the bleary early-morning hours, or ever!) which side we nursed on last!
- no maneuvering over the baby in the bed at night to get the other side available.
- the breast we use happens to be the left one, and I am right-handed. This means I can cradle her head with my left arm while she nurses and always have my good hand free.
- LOPSIDED. Very lopsided.
- I have to really hope I don't ever have twins!!
Any other one-siders out there?


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If you've discovered a FaithWriters' author that you just can't get enough of, there's a really easy way to make sure you never miss any articles they submit at FaithWriters. You can track them (in a non-stalkerish way).
There are two ways to do that.
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Since its historic landing on Mars, the Curiosity rover's mission has been followed by the whole world. One of the mission's team members took a creative approach to balancing work and family by living on "Mars time."
A California family's journey on Mars time had its ups and downs, but NASA flight director David Oh says he's glad he took his wife and kids on the ride.
"My kids loved it, I loved it, and I think it served to bring the family together," Oh told NBC News on Friday.
Oh is one of the flight directors for NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission, which sent the Curiosity rover on a two-year quest to determine whether the Red Planet ever had the chemical ingredients required for life as we know it. Each Martian day, or sol, is 39 minutes and 35 seconds longer than an Earth day. So, to stay in sync with the mission's initial phase, the team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was put on a Martian schedule for the first 90 sols.
That meant that Oh's workday quickly fell out of sync with Earth time. To make it easier on himself, and on his wife and three children, the Oh family decided to spend 30 sols on Mars time.
"The kids weren't going to get to see Daddy for long periods of time," Oh's wife, Bryn, said. "It just seemed like the right thing to do,"
The time warp meant that the family dinner could take place at 4 p.m. PT, or 4 a.m., depending on how the Martian day meshed with their earthly schedule. But it also meant the Oh children — 13-year-old Braden, 10-year-old Ashlyn and 8-year-old Devyn — had lots of quality time to learn about what Dad is doing.
"Curiosity's mission is to go try and find life on another planet, which is totally cool," Ashlyn Oh said.
David Oh said the rest of the family switched back to Earth time in September, a month after Curiosity's landing, to get into sync with the school schedule. "It really felt like we all had gone off on a journey, and we came back," he recalled. But the tough part of Oh's journey was just beginning: He had to stay on Mars time for an additional 60 sols, and during that period he struggled to juggle his work duties and family time. He remembered some days when he got just four hours of sleep at a time.
"I was in a state of continual jet lag for the last couple of months," he said.
Finally, in November, Curiosity's mission team shifted back en masse to an Earth-day schedule. It took Oh a couple of days to adjust, but now he's firmly back on an earthly schedule. The kids are clamoring to live on Mars time again — but that's one trip Oh doesn't plan to repeat anytime soon.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience," he said.
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Tuesday, March 4, 2014) – The Colorado Rapids announced today that the club has signed José Mari, a 26-year-old midfielder with eight years of experience in Spain. José Mari will be eligible to play pending receipt of his P-1 work visa and international transfer certificate (ITC). Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"José Mari is a talented player with a deep understanding of the game and a lot of technical ability," said Rapids Technical Director Paul Bravo. "We've had a chance to see him in action throughout preseason and believe he is a good fit for our squad, bringing a great deal of experience and skill. We're thrilled to officially welcome him to the team."
"It is special for me to be a part of the Colorado Rapids," said José Mari. "This is an important club, and I'm happy to be a part of this wonderful group. I hope we can accomplish great things, both individually and collectively, and I will be giving everything to help the team be as successful as possible."
The midfielder comes to MLS having played his entire professional career in Spain, most recently with Real Zaragoza from 2012-14. He played 16 matches for Zaragoza in La Liga in 2012-13, and continued to play with the club this season in the Segunda Division. José Mari began his professional career with his hometown club Union Deportiva Roteña in 2005, and then spent time with Atlético Sanluqueño CF of the third division, Real Murcia and Real Jaén of the Segunda.
José Mari joined the Rapids in preseason when the team arrived in Las Vegas for the ProSoccerChallenge. He played in all four of Colorado's matches at the recent Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, Ariz., including 68 minutes in a 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake, and 72 minutes in the final match of the tournament, a 2-2 draw with the New England Revolution.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Attempting to rebound from a crushing four-set loss to Barton College on Friday night, the King University men's volleyball team fell to the University of Mount Olive 3-0 in a match separated by the slimmest of margins.
The Trojans (12-10, 9-3 Conference Carolinas) took all three sets by a combined seven points, winning by scores of 25-23, 25-22, and 27-25. The match featured 27 ties and 13 lead changes, and both teams were unable to sustain any sort of sizable margin throughout.
King (8-17, 3-9 Conference Carolinas) hit .143 for the match, the Tornado's fifth straight outing below the .200 mark. Eddie Moushikhian, the conference's sixth-leading player in kills, paced King with 10 terminations and finished two digs shy of a double-double. Kiel Bell had nine kills to go along with his seven digs, and Nick Serowski finished with eight kills and four blocks.
The first set was largely a back-and-forth affair. King held a slim lead for much of the set that never swelled to more than a two-point advantage, but Mount Olive scored three straight points to take an 18-17 lead and force a King timeout. The Tornado forced ties at 18, 21, and 22 points, but Mount Olive scored three of the set's final four points on a block by Mike Mann and Angel Dache, a Renzo Rossato kill, and a Dache termination, his fifth of the set, to take the early 1-0 lead.
Dache came into the match ranked fifth nationally in kills per set and topped the conference in kills, adding to his total with 18 kills on 33 attempts in the match. No other Trojan accumulated more than seven kills. Dache also had nine digs and five blocks on the day.
In the second set, the teams traded the lead six times as neither team built a lead of more than three points the entire way. Six of the set's ten ties came between 14 and 19 points, but the Trojans were able to roll off three straight points to take a 21-19 lead on two kills from Dache and another from Steven Cruse. King fought to within a point twice, but the Trojans again closed the set on a 3-1 run behind two King errors and a Dache kill.
The Trojans appeared poised to run away with the third set after building an early 11-4 advantage and leading by as many as seven points in the late stages. But trailing 21-14, the Tornado began to catch breaks as the Trojans were unable to keep the ball in play. Four consecutive attack errors against Mount Olive closed the gap to three points. The Trojans got a point to make the score 22-18, but a Moushikhian kill sparked another 4-0 run to tie the score at 22. The teams were deadlocked at 23, 24, and 25 points, but kills from Lewis Einarson and Dache ended the match and gave Mount Olive the sweep.
King's loss leaves the Tornado still mathematically in contention for a berth in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. In order to earn one of the tournament's six bids, King would need to win both of its remaining matches and have Barton lose all three of its matches yet to be played. The Bulldogs host Belmont Abbey, Mount Olive, and Pfeiffer to close the regular season.
The Tornado will host Lees-McRae on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. before squaring off with Erskine on April 4 in the regular season finale.


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Connecticut: New Gun Laws
(CNN) -- Saying he hopes it sets an example for the nation, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Thursday signed what advocacy groups call the strongest and most comprehensive gun legislation in the nation.
The new law bans some weapons as well as the sale or purchase of high-capacity magazines like those used in the Newtown shooting in December that left 20 children and six adults dead.
It also requires background checks for all gun purchases.
"This is a profoundly emotional day, I think, for everyone in this room," Malloy said at the signing ceremony. "We have come together in a way that relatively few places in our nation have demonstrated an ability to do."
However, he noted, "Today does not mark the end of our efforts" to combat gun violence.
With the governor's signature, Connecticut became the third state to pass such tough measures since the December rampage in Newtown. New York and Colorado passed gun-control legislation limiting magazine capacity, among other provisions.
Similar legislation appears stalled in Congress despite overwhelming public support for background checks and substantial -- although diminished -- support for major gun restrictions in the wake of the Newtown killings.
Connecticut's measure sends a message to the nation, Senate President Don Williams said Wednesday, before lawmakers approved the final draft.
"Democrats and Republicans were able to come to an agreement on a strong, comprehensive bill," he added. "That is a message that should resound in 49 other states, and in Washington, D.C., and the message is we can get it done here and they should get it done in their respective states and nationally in Congress."
Despite disappointment in a provision in the Connecticut bill that allows people who already own high-capacity magazines to keep them, a gun control advocacy group praised the state legislation as historic.
"It doesn't have everything we wanted, but it was everything that could be done within the political reality we were facing," Connecticut Against Gun Violence said Wednesday in a statement on its website.
Critics have argued the legislation will do nothing to stop someone like Adam Lanza, who carried out the Sandy Hook school killings December 14 with an assault-style weapon and high-capacity magazines.
"In his case, he stole the guns and went on a murderous rampage," Scott Wilson, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, previously has said. "Limiting magazine capacity or mandating registration will only affect law-abiding persons, not criminals bent on murder."
Lanza used weapons that were registered to his mother, who he also killed that day.
NRA 'plucks the bird' to weaken gun proposals
What the bill does
The Connecticut measure adds more than 100 guns to the state's list of banned assault weapons, limits the capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds and bans armor-piercing bullets.
While the new law allows current owners of magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds to keep them, it requires those people to register the magazines with the state, and forbids owners from loading them with more than 10 rounds outside their homes or while at a gun range.
The legislation also creates the nation's first statewide registry of people convicted of crimes involving the use or threat of dangerous weapons. The registry will be available only to law enforcement agencies.
It also requires eligibility certificates for the purchase of any rifle, shotgun or ammunition, and significantly increases penalties for illegal possession and trafficking of guns.
It also requires background checks for all firearms sales, including at gun shows, and creates safety standards for school buildings.
Debate on the legislation was emotional at times.
Sen. Beth Bye spoke for five minutes, noting it was the same amount of time that the shooting lasted at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
She recalled how parents hoping to be reunited with their children were directed to a building near the school after the shootings, but "20 of those parents came back with a state trooper and not their child."
Some people questioned whether the law deals enough with the state's mental health system, a reference to the presumed mental condition of the shooter.
The legislation allows school districts to require "mental health first aid" training for school personnel and creates a task force to examine the state's mental health system. Additionally, it alters state insurance regulations to beef up mental health care coverage.
Newtown shooting details revealed
Reassuring gun owners
Republican House Minority Leader Larry Cafero, a member of the bipartisan task force that drafted the bill, reassured gun owners they wouldn't lose their guns or ammunition magazines, "so long as they follow our rules and register," he said.
"Are there tighter restrictions on their use, etc.? Absolutely. We also were able to see as part of this legislation the repeal of early release for violent criminals."
Families of the children slain in Newtown were disappointed the larger-capacity magazines were grandfathered in. They asked had for an across-the-board ban.
Malloy had backed the broader ban, saying banning the future sale of high-capacity magazines "would not be an effective solution."
But Wilson said the magazine limits will have no impact on crime.
"It is ludicrous to expect people that have firearms capable of holding 15 rounds to only load 10 rounds inside of them," he objected. "Do criminals really care about these laws?"
Obama: 'Shame on us' if Newtown doesn't bring new gun legislation
National fight
The move in Connecticut comes as the nation is in a heated gun debate.
President Barack Obama has been waging a public pressure campaign for tougher gun laws, an effort he continued Wednesday in Colorado -- site of two of the nation's most notorious mass shootings, in 1999 at Columbine High School and last year at an Aurora movie theater.
"There doesn't have to be a conflict between protecting our citizens and protecting our Second Amendment rights," Obama said.
Obama is fighting intense opposition from the National Rifle Association, which sees restrictions as unconstitutional and ineffective.
Lawmakers in 36 states also have proposed legislation that would negate federal gun control initiatives, according to the non-profit Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group.
Despite a spike in support for the strictest gun control initiatives in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown shootings, a CNN/ORC International poll this month found support for major restrictions may be fading.
The poll, released March 18, found that while a majority of Americans favored major restrictions shortly after the shootings, that support had fallen to 43%.
A survey released Wednesday by MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and Marist College found that 60% of respondents want stricter laws governing the sale of firearms.
Support for broader background checks on prospective gun owners remains overwhelming.
The MSNBC poll showed 87% of respondents support expanded background checks, with strong backing from Democrats, independents and Republicans.
A poll out Wednesday from Quinnipiac University pegged support for universal background checks at 91%. That was despite 48% of those polled conceding that such checks could form a database for later confiscation efforts.
Works Cited:
Tom Cohen, T. C. Paul Steinhauser, P. S. Michael Pearson, M. P. (April 4, 2013). Connecticut Governor Signs Sweeping Gun Laws. Retrieved from:
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College Park, Maryland, United States, November 19, 2007
MIT Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus Recognized for Outstanding Leadership in Physics Education
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced today that the Oersted Medal has been awarded to Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Ph.D., MIT Institute Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, in recognition of her outstanding, widespread, and lasting impact on the teaching of physics.
The Oersted Medal will be presented to Dr. Dresselhaus at a Ceremonial Session of the AAPT Winter Meeting at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Following the presentation, Dr. Dresselhaus will then deliver her keynote address titled "Expanding the Audience for Physics Education."
Ken Heller, Chairman, AAPT Awards Committee, said, "Dr. Dresselhaus is dynamo in her support of physics in all of its aspects. Her research is on the cutting edge of materials physics and currently focuses on nanoscience. She has led some of the largest and most important scientific organizations in the United States. Most importantly, she was an early leader in pointing out the necessity for expanding opportunities in science and engineering to women and other underrepresented populations. Her leadership by words and deeds has had a profound influence on advancing this important issue."
"It is difficult to believe how Millie can fit all her activities in one lifetime! In addition to her research and public service, she has maintained a great sensitivity and commitment to her teaching and physics education. She continues to be an encouraging influence on aspiring scientists and engineers. That aspect of her life alone is worthy of our high respect and admiration." stated Toufic Hakim, AAPT's Executive Officer.
Professor Dresselhaus is a native of New York City, where she attended public schools completing her high school education at Hunter College High School. She began her higher education at Hunter College in New York City and received a Fulbright Fellowship to attend the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University (1951-52). Dresselhaus received her master's degree at Radcliffe College (1953) and her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago (1958). She began her MIT career at the Lincoln Laboratory.
A leader in promoting opportunities for women in science and engineering, Dresselhaus received a Carnegie Foundation grant in 1973 to encourage women's study of traditionally male dominated fields, such as physics. In 1973, she was appointed to The Abby Rockefeller Mauze chair, an Institute-wide chair, endowed in support of the scholarship of women in science and engineering.
Dresselhaus, who chaired numerous national studies and directed the Science Office of the U.S. Department of Energy, is currently the Chair of the Governing Board of the American Institute of Physics. She has received many prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2008) from the American Physical Society, and the Compton Medal from the American Institute of Physics. She has 24 honorary doctorates, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of India and also Brazil, and the 2007 North American Laureate L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science.
Regarding the award, Dresselhaus stated, "I was truly surprised to be chosen for the Oersted Medal in view of the list of stellar past recipients. Now that I have been selected for the 2008 recipient of this award, I am further inspired to bring the love and appreciation of physics to new audiences."
About the Award
The Oersted Medal is named for Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851), a Danish physicist who, in the course of creating a demonstration for teaching his class, discovered that electric currents caused a magnetic field. This was a crucial step in establishing the theory of electromagnetism so important in building modern technology and modern physics. The award was established by AAPT in 1936 and is given annually to a person who has had outstanding, widespread, and lasting impact on the teaching of physics.
The previous Oersted award went to Carl Wieman. Other recipients include Arnold Arons, Hans Bethe, and Richard Feynman.
The complete list of winners can be found at http://www.aapt.org/Grants/oersted.cfm.
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STREET HEAT - Volume 2 Issue 4
Owner: Kevin Yee
Location: Toronto, ON
Vehicle: 1994 Integra GS-R
Power: 300whp (est.)
At one point in time, the DC2 Integra was huge on the streets of every major city. In Toronto the scene was full of them! And every year back in the day, they would congregate at the Darknights Nationals, a legendary show that gathered some top show cars. In order to promote the show, co-owners Kevin Yee and Herman Sim decided to build a wild Integra to lead the others to the show. A Wings West RS Style bodykit was added along with an APR GT-1 spoiler. Then Mike Von at Auto Gallery went to work on a base coat and some insane 'Jungle Graphics.' The rollers were a set of Honda Sport 17-inch Ninjas powdered in white. Under the lid was key to making this Acura hang with the big blocks. Metalex Motorworx stepped up as one of the leading custom turbo builders of their time and put together a system using a T3/T4 Garrett snail with a Spearco intercooler, TiAL wastegate and Bosch pumps. It was tuned old school with the A'PEXi S-AFC blueface on the street!