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At risk of being unfunny...let me say recount this one moment.In torts, we were discussing what physical symptoms may be recoverable for NIED. Most states don't allow recover for purely emotional symptoms BUT one of the the physical symptoms they allow recovery for is loss of bladder control. The professor said this very quickly and moved on. I looked around the class and nobody got it.Any jokes about, well, this subject seem funny to me. I can't believe I'm the only one who got it....The original post on this threat did not result in loss of bladder control...hence, not funny.
Like many other 1Ls, my section has quite a few gunners. Some other section mates and I are trying to nail down some "rules of classroom etiquette" for a quasi-Socratic dialogue. Tell me what you guys think of these rules:1. When the professor asks you a direct question pertaining to a case, statute, or hypothetical, answer directly and in as few words/sentences as possible. Do not pontificate or wax philosophically. We are all trying to learn black-letter law, and your gray-letter hazy b.s. is frustrating that goal.2. If you are unprepared, and the professor asks you a question, say "pass" and allow somebody else to move on (this is an option at our school) with the discussion.3. Do not volunteer for questions or comments unless the professor invites such discussion.4. Do not discuss personal experiences. Period.5. Do not argue with the professor. You're a 1L. They're older than God. Do the math.5. Do not invoke hypothetical scenarios involving some sort of factual distinction from the present rule discussed unless explicitly invited to do so by the professor.6. Limit yourself to one question or comment during volunteer periods in class per session. Quit hogging class time trying to prove to other people in your class, who had the same GPA and LSAT score that you did, that you are smarter they are. You aren't making friends with your future colleagues.7. Only use Instant Messenger for the purposes of making fun of the people who are presently violating these rules. Do not use AIM to talk to your significant other when you should be trying to figure our venue under federal question subject matter jurisdiction.8. All discussion not permitted under this code shall be reserved for study groups, professor e-mails, office hours, and lonely nights in wish you alternate between Dungeons and Dragons and your casebook. For the love of God. Who is still younger than your professor.
I'd qualify that to say arguing with professors CAN BE the most interesting part, provided the argument is logical, clear and hasn't already been stated by other classmates. Unfortunately, too many gunners just like to hear their voices, and they don't think before talking.Quote from: John Galt on September 24, 2006, 10:22:27 AMYour rules would make for a pretty boring class. Arguing with professors is the most interesting part.
Your rules would make for a pretty boring class. Arguing with professors is the most interesting part.
i gotta say i enjoy the gunner from my 1L section who knew he was the gunner and was OK with it. he drove me nuts but you gotta respeck that.
Meanwhile, as you argue with the prof, everyone else is thinking, "Why doesn't this dumbass shut the F up so we can get out of here on time."

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As boomers reach retirement age, they may be surprised to discover that Medicare doesn't cover either hearing aids or routine dental work, although the need for both is great at this time of their lives.
As boomers reach retirement age, they may be surprised to discover that Medicare doesn't cover either hearing aids or routine dental work, although the need for both is great at this time of their lives.
Hearing aids
According to the National Institutes of Health, 18 percent of Americans ages 45 to 64 have reported hearing loss while 47 percent of those 75 and older have a hearing impairment.
Lisa Satterfield, director of health care regulatory advocacy for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, said that while Medicare doesn't cover hearing aid services in any way, several Medicaid programs do offer hearing aid options for income-eligible people. She said many states offer at least one hearing aid every five years to qualifying Medicaid beneficiaries. Check with your state Medicaid program, as each is significantly different, she said.
Speech and hearing centers may provide hearing aids at a reduced rate for clients who've had an audiological assessment done there, and local civic clubs might also be of help.
Check out the ASHA website, asha.org, and these sites for hearing aid help:
AuDIENT Program
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
An alliance for accessible hearing care, AUDIENT assists income-qualified hard-of-hearing people nationwide to access quality hearing aids and related care at significantly reduced costs.
Easter Seals
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Easter Seals provides referrals to local programs for financial aid for devices or services and provides financial aid for assistive technology. State and federal laws determine referral requirements and funding opportunities.
Hear Now
E-mail: joanita@sotheworld- mayhear.org
Hear Now, the domestic program of the Starkey Hearing Foundation, is a national nonprofit committed to assisting deaf and hard-of-hearing people with limited financial resources who permanently reside within the United States. It relies strictly on donations of money, time and hearing aids.
Travelers Protective Association Scholarship Trust for the Deaf and Near-Deaf
The TPA provides financial aid to children and adults who suffer deafness or hearing impairment and who need assistance in obtaining mechanical devices, medical or specialized treatment or specialized education as well as speech classes, note takers and interpreters.
The American Dental Association recommends those heading into retirement begin planning for their dental expenses in advance. It says organization like AARP offer supplemental dental insurance plans for members and other low-cost plans are available.
Dental schools often provide low-cost dentistry, with students working under a licensed dentist instructor. Check your county dental association to see if any schools in your area provide the service.
National Association of Dental Plans
Discount dental plans typically have a lower monthly fee than traditional plans and the dentist within the plan network has agreed to provide services for 10 percent to 60 percent less than the usual fee.
National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
Find a free and charitable clinic near your home by putting in your ZIP code.
National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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- Bruce McKaig Trumpet
- Evangeline Benchek Lead vocals
- Kim Schmitt Backing Vocals, Drums
- Phillip Tirman Background vocals, Guitar
- Steve Benchek Bass
- Randy Graves Saxophone
- Lee Oppert Trombone
- Mark Huston Tenor saxophone
- Joe Purpura Backing Vocals, Guitar
Genres: Alterniave Blues, Classic Rock, Covers, Funk, Indie, Jazz, Originals, Punk, R&B
Sound description: Original & classic rock with R&B grooves
Web site: http://www.reverbnation.com/thecoverstorysb
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By the name of the band, you can already guess they do a selection of "cover songs" however, they have incorporated originals into their set-list and have debuted as "The Cover Story News" in March 2012 when they performed an all original show during the highly acclaimed, Circle of Fifths Poetry & Songwriter Series hosted by Lisa Dahni. This local Santa Barbara band, The Cover Story News, prefer to go genre-less, mixing it up with everything from classic/glamour rock, to indie/punk, alternative to blues, R&B to beatnik jazz and acoustic originals. They are a four-piece band with a few seasoned jazz and blues players who collaborate on a few songs.
For a brief history on how this band came to be, bassist, Steve Benchek has a long-standing LA band, ROX who have been playing together on-and-off for the last 25+ yrs. Until very recently, when his wife, Vangie lent her vocals to a couple of their songs, they found a growing demand for her to sing more songs with his hard-rock band. Rather than to change the focus of ROX, Steve decided in August 2011, to start The Cover Story because they both wanted to start performing locally in their hometown, Santa Barbara. Coincidentally, their daughter, Eleni who works at a local restaurant met Phillip Tirman and his wife, Vanessa who frequent the restaurant. Eleni felt intuitively that they should meet her parents. Upon their first meeting, they came to the realization that they shared a common bond, both Steve & Phillip played in their first bands during the mid-seventies with the same band name and carry a great appreciation of music from the era! Since Steve was thinking of putting a local band together, it all just seemed natural to approach Phillip with the idea. Phillip found this as an opportunity to return to playing and writing music. Steve later reconnected with Kim Schmitt, a drummer he worked with in the Heavy Metal Harmonica band, who just so happened to be looking for another musical project and vehicle to continue to develop her music. After their first rehearsal, it all just seemed destined to work.
After landing their first gig at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club a month later, they have transitioned almost overnight - booking shows faster than they ever imagined! Their intuition to form this band has been realized and evident in the cheers, smiles and applause they receive from new found fans of all ages!
About the guest-players:
In November (2011), saxophonist, Randy Graves attended their second show at The Creekside Inn and offered to record them on his portable pocket-recorder. Impressed with what he heard, he later approached Kim about developing horn charts to compliment a few of their songs. He later encouraged trombonist, Lee Oppert, and trumpet-player, Bruce McKaig, to attend rehearsals and collaborate with this, "tight little quartet" offering the band a horn section. Joe Purpura is the latest guitarist to join the mix, offering his Chicago Blues/Funk and the recent addition of Mark Huston, on tenor sax; all together, truly merges a whole new level and richness to The Cover Story's emerging sound.
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None scheduled
2011, Santa Barbara, CA
Chicago Transit Authority, Led Zepplin, James Brown, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Etta James, Peter Green, The Clash, The Pretenders, Smithereens, Wilson Pickett, Elvis Costello, Doobie Brothers, Morphine, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bad Company list is endless... we try to consider the various musical styles and influences of our members and draw our "cover" selections from pieces that highlight each musicians strengths. Our original music vary in genre as well: indie, southern rock, pop, punk, soul.
Current status
Working on original songs as well as continuing to expand our cover selections to perform for our busy upcoming show schedule. We look forward to seeing you at our shows! Contact us for booking at a venue near you!


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"I never said it was impossible, just said people talk a big game about dumping windows then never do."
That's correct as far as I experienced. Ut seems to be because of all these little problems, such as a serial mouse not working, a video card not supported or no idea how to install a scanner driver.
As it has been mentioned before, the myth of "But I need it!" is one of the main reasons. Most people treat their PC as a better typewriter, some use it as a gaming console. They simply do not know about alternatives, they don't care about security (their own and the one of others) and they expect everything to work by itself.
Most people (at least here in Germany) use pirated software, famous programs they get from their neighbors, coworkers, friends. This software is the reason they use "Windows", it's not the OS itself they're interested in.
So I could say about Linux (as it has been said about MacOS X): The underlying OS is nearly irrelevant as long as there's a GUI and all the functionalities (not "all the particular programs"!) available. And regarding Linux, it is, that's a fact.
I've installed SuSE Linux (one year ago) on my father's laptop. Until now, he even does not know he's not running "Windows", and he hasn't had any problem using the machine. To add a personal line, I didn't own and use any MICROS~1 product for all my life. Maybe I'm a bit old fashioned. :-)


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'Good Practice Stakeholder Participation' training:
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OK so what is the deal with these names, I see a synth with label reading MAXIKORG in one place, and somewhere else I see the same synth named "Korg 800DV".
And what do you think about this model ? Anybody has one ? Today's value for one ?
sam wrote:They are both the same...2 700s in one box..That vintage sound.
Early DM and soft cell...ect.
Very nice.
Micke wrote:sam wrote:They are both the same...2 700s in one box..That vintage sound.
Early DM and soft cell...ect.
Very nice.
Besides David Ball of Soft Cell (who afaik only used it on Soft Cell's early demos and live), Vangelis, The Cure, Kitaro and Swedish prog-rockers Kaipa were also using the Korg 800DV/Maxi-Korg back in the day.
I don't think DM ever used one though.
drawtippy wrote:Great pics dirk! I love the way most of them share the same sliders/colors. The sliders look metal on the 700S are they? Also, I've contacted other owners about putting midi in the 800DV what's your advice?
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Anybody know the story of the 770? As far as I know it's half an 800DV wouldn't that make it a 700S in a different case? Anybody know the differences between the 770 and the 700S?
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Lens of Truth Writes "Welcome back for another exciting Head2Head! This week we take a closer look at Resident Evil 6 Demo the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Come join us as we compare another of the most anticipate game release this year."
The odd texture and light source seems to be slightly weaker in some of the PS3 shots but other than that they look the same.
The coloring and sharpness of the PS3 version makes me want to get it on PS3, textures look the same to me though
The ps3 version looks fuzzy on its Resident Evil-ness, and the 360 version looks like it has a lot of aliasing on its classic gameplay.
But truth be told, I'm more interested in game performance. Consistant frame rate to No/ or very minimal screen tearing would be great.
How can everyone be so stupid?
It's simple - the aliasing is identical.
Shadows are more pronounced on PS3, and textures are more pronounced, just look down the stairs, and if you have a brain it will be obvious.
I've seen the 360 version and there's a ton of screen tearing it's horrible.
The PS3 is v-locked, no screen tearing that you will ever notice.
Make your own conclusions if you have both consoles and both demos (if you don't have both consoles then stop griping, as these comparisons will mean nothing to you).
Both look horrible and looks nothing like the earlier footage they released after game's announcement. Classic Crapcom.
First Borderlands 2 Now RE6. It must be 2012 if the PS3 Version is superior. (Like IT Should Be)
LOL PC is the way to go.. Lets stop comparing consoles already. If you really care about graphics get a PC or shut up already. I been playing all the latest games at full 1080p for years now. I missed a few exclusives but have both consoles for those. PC and STEAM are my favourite option though out of my PS3, 360 and PC.
"LOL PC is the way to go.. Lets stop comparing consoles already. If you really care about graphics get a PC or shut up already. I been playing all the latest games at full 1080p for years now. I missed a few exclusives but have both consoles for those. PC and STEAM are my favourite option though out of my PS3, 360 and PC."
How do you know there's a PC gamer in the crowd? Talk about graphics and they'll make themselves known!
I was contemplating a 360 purchase on this for the early DLC, but judging by this source, the PS3 contrast is better, textures look sharper and more detailed, and the colours are more vibtant too.
Looking at other comparisons the difference seems to be universal and not "swapped 360 for PS3" screens that fanboys are barking about for some reason =S
Even at that, at the end of the day, i'm just plain ol' excited for this to come out now, negligible differences once you're actually sitting playing it and DLC being slightly earlier on one platform is hardly a huge deal.
Loved Resi 5 despite the hate, and i'm sure i'm gonna have a blast with this too playing coop with my buddy like we did in 2008 with Resi 5 =)
Did anyone thought that the demo has low quality texture because of the dimension of the file? There's a lot of stuff and it's only around 850 MB
If you look you can see the WiiU verison has better shadows and lighting. Also better color and less jaggies. I say WiiU wins this round:)
hehe we will be soon seeing a lot of these. I'm excited to have new system in the graphics whore game.
The demo made me want to barf with all the wild camera movement but I thought it looked pretty good on 360.
PS3 has been winning the H2Hs lately. Do devs finally get it.
You need to go back and check again
Bethesda doesn't!
i have never trusted lens of turth, sure i am a ps3 fan and i should be happy about the ps3 version being the "best" version. but lot are way too shady and lie too much on there comparisons. does anyone remember the mass effect 2 debate? it was obvious the ps3 version was the best...BIOWARE SAID IT! . so someones lying, and when i put in some of my game that they supposedly told me was the inferior version, it turned out to the the exact same thing.
Does Euogamer lie too?
Most times now both versions are very similar. It's nothing to really worry about and developers are much more used to the PS3. In this comparison it looks as though the PS3 version is sharper. The XBOX360 seems to look granier and the bloom lighting appears better on the PS3. How the game runs is more interesting to me so we'll see.
eurogamer does not use advanced adaptive luma set to full on the ps3 games (its set to limited) hence the washed out look, and before you start going off about them confirming they do use full rgb they dont. i have seen it with my own eyes and INFACT have proof why most ps3 versions looked washed out, its a lie.
@ tentonsoftube
Because what's on Youtube is truth right? Now prove what is being shown on those youtube links is factual.
All I see is still pics with either 360 or PS3 up in the corner. Prove to me that they are properly labeled. Prove to me that FULL RBG was used.
You can't. Yet you are so eager to disbelieve what LoT say and would rather believe what some random youtube poster puts as truth without them showing you the set up.
In the 2nd video where is the proof that the screen on the left is ME2 on RGB and NOT a 360 clip.
You are just choosing to believe what you want to believe rather than thinking logically about it.
Way to neglect the most important aspect, the performance. Which Eurogamer does a complete analysis of. But then again you're the one who tells people Sony never has timed exclusives, just Microsoft. So obviously you have an agenda in the first place. I guess when you only see what you want to see things appear different.
Full RGB shouldn't even be used unless you're using a monitor. That's what that setting is meant for, since monitors use colors differently. On TV's, it ends up crushing the blacks. You can see what I mean if you have a picture that has dark shadows, but still should have visible details. On a TV with Full RGB, it will turn pure black. On a monitor, the details stay.
The "washed out look" is much less apparent on an actual TV then it is in screenshots. The 360 has it's Full RGB equivalent forced into the hardware, so it's always going to give the impression the PS3 is washed out in comparison.
I feel like facepalming whenever people bring the "washed out" thing up in an argument, at both sides. It doesn't matter at all.
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I get the impression that you don't recalibrate your display after you enable full range colour. My samsung hdtv looks so much better with full range on. I highly recommend proper display calibration.
ME2 came out on PS3 much later than the PC/360 versions on the updated ME3 engine LOL
Xbox version looks a little washed out
Making the last two comparisons seem a bit fishy. Reminds me when LOT swapped ps3 and 360 pics with certain games in the past like Crysis 2. Eurogamer will be needed to know for sure.
its seems the 360 framerate runs better under stress!even so they still cant make a game running at 30fps stable after all this years. LOWS of 22fps on the ps3 and 25fps on the 360,its just a shit work by CAPCOM!
I have yet to see a gamer playing a game and being annoyed about the fps until they find out its under 30fps.
You're insane.
Go play the later levels of Enslaved or Crysis 1 (or 2) on consoles, then come back to me.
Low FPS is VERY noticeable in action scenes and WILL affect your aim and reflexes 100% of the time - every single person in the world plays worse the lower the FPS is. It's scientific fact.
Play a 60fps action game like DMC or Bayonetta on the XBox 360 then right away play a 30fps action game. Play a racer like Forza 2-4 then play a 30fps one like NFS Shift. You can see stuff coming and act earlier and more effectively in the 60fps games. It's night and day. Same for shooters - your accuracy on headshots and overall reflexes are just better.
It looks awful on both system, Capcom should be ashamed.
looks awful compared to...?
Honestly, this game looks pretty f'ing good compared to games like Spec Ops or Final Fantasy 13-2 (2 games I think looked good, btw, but not like phenomenal).
What are you so fixated on that is bad? I can see some lo-res textures, but with the amount of geometry and expansive environments, that's actually something normal.
You do realize textures take up a certain amount of memory right? And you do realize that the more memory you take up has an affect on the game performance, right?
Some of these games you think are so amazing are passing off an illusion through smaller environments which allow for more detail because of less geometry. Y'know, they have the open memory space.
Plus take this into consideration, all of this is jam packed onto a single disc...so doing so much with so little space could be a testament to the skill of the developers to take full use of every resource and space they have allocated on disc memory.
I'm an XBOX 360 fan, but there's no denying it, the PS3 version looks richer and sharper. The 360 has a very washed out look and maybe even slightly lower texture resolution (i mean super slight), but without having a juxtaposed comparison, I would never be able to tell this sort of difference playing it on my TV.
I've been playing the 360 demo and it doesn't looked "washed" out like it does in these pictures and since I prefer the 360, it won't dissuade my purchase.
Oh and p.s. yeah, i own a ps3.
who cares i just want a decent Resident Evil game........
It took em around 6 years to finally start getting things right with PS3.. Some games like FF13 & Castlevania were much better on it but alot of western developed games came out best on 360.. Oh well, i guess all the compression they have to do to 360 to make games fit on those dvds are starting to hurt it.. Doesnt matter, i buy few games on 360 regardless if its a bit better.. I dont support companies that dont give anything back
It seems these comparisons are increasingly less and less different. Personally, I am happy to see more and more equality of the different platform versions of games. With Next gen coming up quickly I hope we see something similar for the PS4 & Xbox 720 so no owner of either platform feels they got the raw end of a stick because they have one platform or the other.
Let's face it, we're looking at screen shots. When the game is in motion you or I wont be able to tell the bloody difference. That's why we should focus on the performance aspect.
I am first and foremost a 360 fan. That being said I am also not blind and I can clearly see the 360 version looks washed out. If I did own both systems then I would most likely buy the PS3 version.
I look at this and clearly see the same thing but just to say that the PS3 version looks that all tiny little bit better is a huge insult it seems to some people who just click the disagree button just because they have a 360
Downloaded both demos. First things first. The game does look a little shitty in the graphics department. Second, I did find that the Xbox looks a little washed out next to the PS3. However the PS3 strangely almost seems to come really close to losing detail due to its darkness. Not black crush just dark. Lastly I did notice that some textures etc seemed sharper on the Xbox (the BSAA patch on Chris's arm for example). If you own both consoles like I do it'll come down to which controller you prefer. Also, to ease some fears of Xbox fans there was absolutely no screen tear.
Looks a bit better on the PS3 but if you care that much about graphics then you should get it for PC. Im buying it for PS3.
LOL @ playing this type of game on PC.
Talk about ruining the experience
pc fanboys say its the same thing but its not. i know it looks better but you dont have to fiddle with graphics settings, download the latest drivers or any of that mumbo jumbo on consoles. only games you should play on pc are mmo's.
The game looks dark, muddy on both. Just not a great looking game to do any sort of comparisons with.
The game is ugly either way, and the gameplay is worse. This game has the worst camera positioning in the history of games.
Funny when ps3 version is superior, the xbox fans says that the game is garbage...
Ps3 does look sharper this time. It's not much but a bit better detail overall.
On the grand scale of things they look the same but if we are going to be this anal about the PS3 does look a little sharper for me. but either way the best is Resident Evil 2 and that now looks alot worse then RE6
Who cares?
Resident Evil 6 visuals not 2012 quality.
-I play ps3 demo-
-This game graphics medicore-
Xbox fans: The 360 version looks better.
PS3 fans: The PS3 version looks better.
It will always be like this no matter how good or bad a game looks on either console.
In some shots,the PS3 looks sharper and the texture looks spot-on while the Xbox360 ones look washed out,on other shots the Xbox360 looks sharper and the texture are spot-on while the PS3 ones look washed out..!
So whatever,get whichever you want for your favorite system of choice :D !
Based on the demo, I actually think RE5 looked better then 6, then again, It's on a demo. Could be an early build.
Xbox 360 has better lighting and detail but overall they're the same.
Two wins in a row for PS3.
Borderlands 2 (sharper)
Res evil 6. (better lighting, sharper textures)
As long as the ps3 version look the same and perform the same. Who cares!!!
Both pretty much look like ass. But PS3 does look better.
the ps3 looks a lil darker and a lil bit of xtra detail?
After seeing this, As much as I love my 360 and PS3. I'll be getting it for 360 for sure. I don't know but playing the demos on both systems, I find it much more clearer on 360 than PS3.
"The PS3 is the best gimped version!"
"No, the 360 is!"
Half you people couldn't tell them apart if they weren't presented side-by-side. That's how little difference there is. Get a job and buy a PC if you want great graphics.
Both systems have decent graphics. Just be glad rescuing Ashley isn't the main objective.
It used to be that every 360 version was better, now it's the other way around. I guess developers are finally catching on that the 360 doesn't matter outside of the US, where it barely has a lead anyway.
At this point in the console race either developers are actually pushing both consoles to the point of parity or the developers aren't pushing the advanced console over the other and are looking for the all mighty dollar instead. What brings more money in, a game that looks roughly the same on both consoles or the game that actually has an advantage on one console over the other? The gamers are being played in this scenario plain and simple.
the hypocrisy of some gamers never ceases to amaze me. A lot of console-only gamers unite from both ps3 and xbox 360 camps to scream at pc-only gamers that graphics dont matter and gameplay is the only thing people should care about. Then they proceed to tear at each others throats for graphical quality of multiplat games that basically looks identical on both consoles.
Looks "Sharper" on one version than another? yeah ok.
The truth is that if these games ran side by side none of you would be able to tell which version is running on which machine. This kind of behavior is embarrassing to say the least.
You have an amazing piece of technology (be it ps3, 360, or PC) to play video games on. Whatever you have is your platform of choice and you are happy with it. Why do some of you feel the need to try to say your system is "better" than another system. If you are happy with what you have that is all that matters.
A lot of people arent fortunate enough to have any video games. You are lucky and you should recognize that fact...just sayin.


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The Street is taking note of Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) shares as the security has registered a bullish trend over the past 50 bars according to Barchart.com market data. Traders will be watching closely to see if this momentum will continue or if a pullback is in order.
Most recently Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) were spotted at $26.38. After opening the session at $26.85, the stock has touched a high of $27.255 and a low of $26.15. From the open, shares have seen a change of -0.65. Many investors will be keeping close tabs on company shares as we approach the mid-year point. Traders will be monitoring the stock to see if there is a break-out to the upside, or if momentum shifts to the downside.
Taking a look at the technicals, we can see that Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) has a 14-day RSI of 50.24. The 7-day RSI is presently 50.24, and the 3-day is 32.61. The RSI, or Relative Strength Index is a popular oscillating indicator first introduced by Welles Wilder. The RSI moves in a range between 0 and 100. When the RSI line moves up, the stock may be strengthening. The opposite is the case when the RSI line is shifting lower. Investors often keep an eye on the 30 and 70 levels on the RSI scale. A reading above 70 may indicate the stock as overbought, and a reading under 30 may signal that the stock is oversold. Traders may also use these RSI readings to help identify share reversals.
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) has a current 14-day CCI (Commodity Channel Index) of 45.78. Developed by Donald Lambert, the CCI measures the variation of a security from its statistical mean. Contrary to the name, CCI can be used on any kind of security, not just commodities. A CCI reading above +100 may indicate that the stock is overbought and possibly primed for a correction. A reading of -100 would suggest that the stock is oversold and possibly poised for a rally.
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) has a 14-day ADX of 26.66. The Average Directional Index or ADX is a technical indicator mainly used to gauge market trends. It is important to note that the ADX alone measures trend strength but not trend direction. Typically, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate a weak or nonexistent trend. A level of 25-50 would signify a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would signal a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would indicate an extremely strong trend. Investors often view the ADX in conjunction with various indicators when trying to decipher market trends.
Shares of Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) were recently seen trading at 26.38 .Investors may be looking to track the company's historical price performance over the past year. Breaking it down into segmented periods of time, we can view stock performance from multiple angles. Over the last 52 weeks, shares have seen a change of -24.95. Moving closer to the half-year mark, shares have seen a 26-week change of -22.16. Over the last 13-week period, company shares have moved -25.90.
Bringing our focus even narrower, shares have seen a 4-week change of -9.94 and a 1-week move of 8.25. Tracking historical price performance can provide some good insight into where the stock has been and where it may be going in the future. Many investors will choose to measure price performance of a specific stock to that of different market indexes as a whole.
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All good things must eventually come to an end. And so is the case with Kourtney Kardashian's experience breastfeeding her son Mason. Kourtney recently blogged about Mason deciding to wean at 14 months.
Plus: Kourtney Kardashian and Mason's Parenting/Babytalk Photo Shoot
In her post, she shares the uncertainty she felt about breastfeeding while she was pregnant—that she would give it a shot, but wouldn't beat herself up if it didn't work out. She found that, despite some pain in the beginning, she and Mason both loved it—and she set a goal of nursing for six months. And then a year. And beyond. She admits that she started to get a lot of questions from others about when she would "stop nursing already?!"
Plus: Ask Dr. Sears: Handling Criticism About Extended Breastfeeding
Once they had weaned during the daytime at 13 months, Kourtney writes that she tried to wean at night, but stopped because it didn't feel natural, and didn't make either her or Mason happy. He ultimately stopped nursing on his own shortly thereafter. She concludes, "I seriously could cry just thinking about it being over. I love what a beautiful experience I had with my son and just wanted to share it."
Plus: Kourtney Kardashian on Motherhood
Not only is it awesome that such a high-profile celebrity committed to nursing her child for more than a year, but that she's so open about it. (She also spoke up about her commitment to exclusive nursing on her reality show.) Kudos to Kourtney for being a vocal advocate for nursing!
Plus: Kourtney Kardashian: What It's Like to Be a Celebrity Mom
How long did you nurse? Were you surprised to like it as much as you did?


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2001: Joe Lataille served in Jordan in Mleih, Madaba beginning in 2001
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text: Call for Papers FCT'2003 - Deadline extended to March 3 14th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory Malmo, Sweden, August 12-15, 2003 Invited Speakers: Sanjeev Arora, Princeton Christos Papadimitriou, Berkeley George Paun, Romanian Academy Scope: Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research in all areas of theoretical computer science. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): design and analysis of algorithms, abstract data types, approximation algorithms, automata and formal languages, categorical and topological approaches, circuits, computational and structural complexity, circuit and proof theory, computational biology (new), computational geometry, computer systems theory, concurrency theory, cryptography, domain theory, distributed algorithms and computation, molecular computation, quantum computation and information, granular computation, probabilistic computation, learning theory, rewriting, semantics, logic in computer science, specification, transformation and verification, algebraic aspects of computer science. Submissions: Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of their papers, presenting original contributions to the theory of computer science. All papers should be submitted in electronic form (in Postscript) to firstname.lastname@example.com. Authors from countries where access to the Internet is difficult should contact the chair of the programme committee using the address: Andrzej Lingas, Department of Computer Science, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden. Submissions should consist of: a cover page, with the author's full name, address, fax number, e-mail address, a 100-word abstract, keywords and an extended abstract describing original research. Papers should not be exceeding 12 pages in the standard LNCS-style. Important dates: Deadline for submission: March 3, 2003 (new) Notification to authors: April 11, 2003 (new) Final version: May 10, 2003 (new) Symposium: & August 12-15, 2003 Proceedings: Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the symposium (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag). Simultaneous submission to other conferences with published proceedings is not allowed. Tradition: The symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory was establi shed in 1977 as a biennial event for researchers interested in all aspects of theoretical computer science, in particular in algorithms, complexity, and formal and logical methods. The previous FCT conferences were held in the following cities: Poznan (Poland, 1977), Wendisch-Rietz (Germany, 1979), Szeged (Hungary, 1981), Borgholm (Sweden, 1983), Cottbus (Germany, 1985), Kazan (Russia, 1987), Szeged (Hungary, 1989), Gosen-Berlin (Germany, 1991), Szeged (Hungary, 1993), Dresden (Germany, 1995),=20 Krakow (Poland, 1997), Iasi (Romania, 1999) and Riga (Latvia, 2001). The 14-th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory is organized jointly by Lund University and Malmo Hogskolan. Conference Chair Bengt Nilsson Malmo Hogskola Phone: +46 (0)40 6657244 Fax: +46 (0)40 6657320 Program Committee Arne Andersson, Uppsala Stefan Arnborg, KTH Stockholm Stephen Alstrup, ITU Copenhagen Zoltan Esik, Szeged Rusins Freivalds, UL Riga Alan Frieze, CMU Pittsburgh Leszek Gasieniec, Liverpool Magnus Halldorsson, UI Reykjavik Klaus Jansen, Kiel Juhani Karhumaki, Turku Marek Karpinski, Bonn Christos Levcopoulos, Lund Ming Li, Santa Barbara Andrzej Lingas, Lund (Chair) Jan Maluszynski, Linkoping Fernando Orejas, Barcelona Jurgen Promel, Berlin Rudiger Reischuk, Lubeck Wojciech Rytter, Warsaw/NJIT Miklos Santha, Paris-Sud Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw Paul Spirakis, Patras Esko Ukkonen, Helsinki Ingo Wegener, Dortmund Pawel Winter, Copenhagen Vladimiro Sassone, Sussex Organizing Committee: Bengt Nilsson, Malmo (Chair) Oscar Garrido, Malmo Thore Husfeldt, Lund Miroslaw Kowaluk, Warsaw Web site: www.ts.mah.se/forskn/cs/fct2003/ E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Every week the planning moves forward for the August 26th celebration. Events can be large or small. Private or public. With big budgets or a process of assembling what's around the house. There's an updated logo for Women's Equality Day from WomenArts in San Francisco from that's based on the bugler used by the suffs on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. See above. It's available on buttons, stickers, t-shirts from Cafe Press. Even if you only wear one button to set the mood, it's worth it. Get busy!
The history? Well, here it is, plus some background. August 26th celebrations are fun, informative and necessary!


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Lancaster Super Speedway will host six divisions of racing Saturday, May 9.
The LSS card features the Faith Funderburke Realty Super Stock, Deal 1 Auto Sales SECA Crate Sportsman, Cauthen Motors Renegades, U.S. Bonding Vintage, Rear Wheel Drive 4-Cylinders and M&M Garage Extreme 4.
The Lancaster Super Speedway May racing schedule opened with some tough racing Saturday, May 2.
Lancaster Super Speedway roars back to action Saturday, May 2 when the half-mile dirt track features the SECA Bonus race.
LSS has been silent the last two weekends, with back-to-back rainouts.
The Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw will host its annual 24 hours of LeMons, billed as Southern Discomfort, this weekend, May 2-3.
April showers have produced yet another rainout at Lancaster Super Speedway.
LSS, for the second straight week, fell victim to the wet weather and the racing action was postponed.
Lancaster Super Speedway returns to action Saturday, April 25 as the LSS hosts six divisions of racing at the half-mile oval.
Lancaster Super Speedway had a rainout Saturday night, but some of the area drivers, itching for some track action, ventured to Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney and produced a strong showing at the Upstate track.
LSS veteran driver Timbo Mangum posted a second-place finish in the SECA Crate Late Model main event at the Cherokee track on Saturday night.
Lancaster Super Speedway returns to action with six divisions of racing Saturday, April 18.
Lancaster Super Speedway featured some of the season's top action Saturday, April 11, as the track drew its largest crowd for the young 2015 racing season.
Lancaster Super Speedway featured some of the season's top action Saturday, April 11, as the track drew its largest crowd for the young 2015 racing season.
In the USCS Sprint Car main event, the front row had Eric Riggins Jr. and Lance Moss. At the green flag, Riggins took the lead from Moss.
Riggins began to pull away, but behind the leader the racing was intense throughout the race.
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You work hard to keep your yard looking beautiful. From adding fresh soil, to fertilizing and enriching, to seeding and watering, a lot goes into creating the yard and garden you want to show off. But, why only get to do it half the day? As you prepare your gardens for the approaching warm weather, there's an easy way to show them off at night as well, with sun-powered solar lights from Harbor Freight!
It's the little things, as they say. This Decorative 3-Piece Solar Light Set from One-Stop Gardens is a genuine crowd-pleaser, and one of the biggest best-sellers at HFT! This cool, little light set is the perfect addition to your yard, garden, flower pots, etc., and costs nothing to operate! As soon as it gets dark, the color-changing LEDs inside the transparent hummingbird, butterfly and dragonfly start turning from red to green to blue. How it works is, a 1-3/4″-square solar panel hangs from each stake and charges built-in AA NiCd batteries from the sun, so once dusk comes, these solar lights automatically illuminate your yard with changing colors that give off a magical effect. Currently on sale at $14.29, they're affordable enough to get a few sets and spread them throughout the property!
Illuminate your walkway, driveway, shrubbery or garden with this super-bright, long-lasting 4-pc. Solar Light Set. These efficient lights charge in the daytime, giving up to 8 hours of pleasant, inviting light at night. Easy to install– simple assembly and they're on!— the rugged, weatherproof light set automatically turns on and off as illumination is needed, and is completely maintenance-free. Even after cloudy days, they'll deliver the illumination you need. It's a great deal at $11.99— you'll want to get more than one of these sets, too!
Speaking of lighting up the pathway, One Stop Garden's got a dandy 10-piece Stainless Steel Solar Light Set that's specifically made for just that. Use the sun's energy to light your walkway in the yard, patio or garden with these long-lasting, bright white LED lamps. Durable and weather-resistant with an attractive copper finish, they're dumb-proof easy to install (just stick them in the ground) and, like the other solar units, turn on automatically at dusk. For only $24.99, they outshine any other deal out there.
Here's a neat product that adds light AND security to the home. The 36 LED Solar Security Light from Bunker Hill Security gives off an attractive, gentle blue light when unattended, but when someone approaches to within 35 feet, it suddenly brightens the area. It's a perfect light for pathways, driveways or in the yard, making areas safe for treading– and alerting the owners there's someone there! The security light automatically switches on its bright 36 LED illumination motion is detected and has an output equivalent of a 10 watt incandescent bulb. The unit recharges easily in the sun during the day, and you can even adjust the light to stay on for up to 60 seconds past the last motion detected. Priced to sell, the solar security light is only $22.99.
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A hard and bouldery route that is serious to lead. It is named in honour of local legend David Davies.
The route is found on Africa Ledge, Table Mountain, and cuts through the zig-zags of Atlantic Crag. A couple of metres to the right of the Oddshouter's Outing tea cave is the Ruminating Crag chimney. Immediately beyond the chimney is a pillar with an ugly brown crack and wall to its right. Local Legend commences a couple of metres further right in the centre of the white wall. Africa Link-Up starts in the same place and goes off to the right.
Pitch 1 30m 19:
Step off the large sloping block onto the centre of the left-facing wall. Ascend the face in the centre (tricky lead). At 15m reach a ledge then directly above ascend the right-facing wall finishing up its left edge to reach Upper Africa Ledge. Cross the ledge and scramble up 3m to stance on a big ledge one level below the overhanging white wall.
Pitch 2 12m 24:
Scramble up on the right to get to the overhanging recess. At this point the Atlantic Crag fourth pitch crack is 3m to the right. To the left is a massive undercut white wall. Ascend the recess trending rightwards, making use of the highest wired nut protection available. Turn the overhanging wall and with difficulty ascend the easier angled rock face above your last protection (crux). Head directly up easy ground to stance on the large ledge. This pitch is a serious lead.
Pitch 3 12m 22:
The face to the right is wildly undercut to start. Step up onto the microwave oven-sized block and clip the old piton. This pitch is an aid pitch on Little Jack Horner and the peg was placed in 1980. Stretch up to reach an edge with the left hand and a flat prong with the right. Crank hard to get up and ascend the difficult face towards the right. On easy ground head up and left and then right to a big ledge. This pitch is a serious lead.
Pitch 4 12m 18:
Head up broken ground to arrive at the big overhang above to the right of the hanging block. Rail out left on the block and then head up a crack to the ledge above. Walk rightwards to the end of the ledge.
Pitch 5 12m 20:
From the stance traverse to the right with hands at the level of the overhang to a bottomless recess. Pull into this recess. So far this is the famous crux of the classic Atlantic Crag. Now rail out wildly to the right to the dark and forbidding bottomless recess. Ascend this for 5m to a ledge. Continue up the steep wall ahead for another 4m to another blocky ledge and stance at the big detached flake.
To abseil off the Africa Corner bolted anchors scramble up easy ground to the left for 25m. To finish at the cableway station scramble up to the right.
First ascent:
Hilton Davies, Neels Havenga and Andy Davies on 26 January 2011.
Arms Race Direct 25
Skips the grade 18 scramble to the start of the real first pitch and instead extends the crux pitch by adding a hard, direct start. Below and slightly right of the grade 23 crux pitch is a leftward-trending, thin layback crack starting just above a small roof split by a vertical crack. Start 5m below this roof.
Pitch 1 20m 25:
Scramble up to the roof. Place a bomber wire just around the lip and some small gear a bit higher, then pull through and into the layback crack. Continue up and into the overhanging groove that forms the crux pitch of the original route.
Pitches 2 and 3:
Next two pitches the same as for the original Arms Race.
First ascent:
Douw Steyn and Willem le Roux, December 2010


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I usually pour a little more water into my mashtun at the end of my sparge if I think I need to too off. I feel like this deludes my beer less.


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Techies seem to love tea, and this Death Star tea infuser bring both of those worlds together in a delicious way, so we're featuring it in our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. Made of stainless steel, this tea infuser is molded to resemble Darth Vader's Death Star. Just put some loose leaf tea in there and steep it in your favorite mug. It's dishwasher-safe and available from ThinkGeek for $19.99.
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We think that LEGO sets are a super-fun holiday gift for kids that also gets the creative juices flowing, and the LEGO City Mining Truck is our pick for our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. It's got a few cool, custom features like large all-terrain wheels, dumping function, dynamite with timer and big rock containing 2 gold crystals and 3 gold nuggets. The Mining Truck measures over 4-inches high, 7-inches wide, and 5-inches long. The set includes miner minifigure. You can pick up the LEGO City Mining Truck for $32.06 on Amazon.
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We try and feature some lust-worthy gadgets in our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide, but we also like to call out great deals on things that you need for those gadgets as well, and that's why we are recommending the 32GB and 16GB Sony SDHC class 10 flash memory cards. Amazon currently has an amazing deal on these cards, sellign each at a substantial discount. The 32GB cards are 67% off, while the 16GB variety are 65% off. Of course, you can use these in anything from a digital camera, to the new Wii U, to simple file storage for your computer. Check them out on Amazon now!
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We love to focus on great tech deals in our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide as well, and that's why we are recommending The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-ray—it's currently available as an Amazon Gold Box special, and that makes it $43.49. That is a 64% discount off of Amazon's regular price, and makes a great gift for the movie lover in your life. The set includes the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King Extended Editions,) and has a bunch of footage that was left out of the theatrical releases of the films. Pick this set up today from Amazon before the price goes back up!
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Wilma Ruth Phillips, 90, went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 2, 2013, at Medicalodge in Neosho.
Wilma Ruth Phillips, 90, went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 2, 2013, at Medicalodge in Neosho.
Wilma was born July 16, 1922, in Wheaton, the daughter of Fred and Monta (Higgs) Lauderdale and was a lifelong area resident. She was a member of Sweetwater Baptist Church and former member of Newcomer's Club, Out-to-Lunch Bunch and Eastern Start Chapter 34 of Wheaton. She worked at the Dollar General Store in Neosho until the age of 80. She loved her family and friends, but her granddaughters were the light of her life.
Wilma married Leslie A. Phillips on March 20, 1948, in Wheaton and he preceded her in death on Sept. 5, 1986.
She is survived by a daughter, Leslie Marty and husband, Dave; two granddaughters, Courtney Convirs and husband, Dewayne, and Kim Smith and husband, Branden; and three great- grandchildren, Kael Smith, Kanten Smith and Kynden Smith.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Muncie Chapel Cemetery, Dr. Jerry Seigel will officiate.
Friends may call at the Clark Funeral Home, Neosho from noon until 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Contributions in memory of Wilma may be made to Faithful Friends Animal Advocates, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 66, Neosho, 64850.
Services under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.
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I've used two different seaming methods for my two different blankets.
For "Dolly" the doll sized blanket, I chose to simply sew the 9 little blocks together. I usually use a simple seam that goes like this:
Lay the pieces on a flat stable surface either face up or face down, I often try out a few inches of sewing to see which side is hiding the seam better and then start over with the pieces arranged accordingly. The rows of the 3 different blocks can match up nicely with 2 single crochet rows matching to 1 row of double crochet from another block and of course, one row of single crochet matching up to a row of single crochet. (When planning how many rows I would use in the blocks I took this into consideration) Having these rows of single crochet in every other row of Blocks 2 and 3 really helped me keep track that my seaming matched up as I went along.
There's really nothing to do, but "thread" your needle with your yarn and get started! I simply **start running the needle through the side of a stitch in one corner, work straight into the side of the stitch in the corner of the other block, insert the needle into the side of the stitch in the next row of the same block and then work straight across into the side of the stitch in the matching row of the other block.
**I leave about 6″ of tail. I don't secure the seaming yarn to start, this allows me to adjust the slack in the seam if I need to. After all the seams are tidy I secure each with whatever extra seaming or knotting seems best.
There are many ways to sew a seam, this way just always gives me a result that I like. You can also try whip stitch, back stitch and using single crochet or slip stitch. I used slip stitch to seam my full sized version of this blanket.
Because this blanket is doll sized I was able to lay out the entire thing on a fabric covered cork board. (I love portable work surfaces like this! It allows me to move the project from the table to the couch when I need a change of posture.) I worked the two longer seams first and then worked the 3 shorter widthwise seams. Before I secured the seaming tails I tugged and pulled and shaped the blanket, making sure each seam was "just right" not too loose or too tight. You can tie a little knot here if you feel you must or simply make some secure backstitches and weave in the rest of the tail, trim and your done!
I had intended to do something frilly with the border, yet the blanket seems just right with this simple border.
First I worked single crochet along the sides and around the corners, working 1 sc in each sc , 2 sc in the side of each dc row and rounding the corners with 1 sc, ch 1, 1 sc worked into each corner space. In the photo below the blue dots represent single crochet:
For each following round I worked 1 sc, skipped the next sc, ch 1, sc in the next sc across the round and worked sc, ch 1, sc in the corner spaces. Changing colors with each round helped tie in all the colors used in the blocks and the stitch pattern of alternating single crochet and chain stitches softens the stripe pattern.
For the Purple Monster (this is what I'm calling the full human sized version I'm soooooo close to having completed) I worked a border on each block before working slip stitch seams to join everything.
I used the same 1st round border I used to border the dolly blanket and for the second row I worked a single crochet in each single crochet from the previous round and 1 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc in the corner chain spaces. I like the even tailored feel the two rows of well behaved single crochet gave these rather stretchy loopy blocks. Once I had them bordered, the different block patterns were much more similar in size.
Once again, I made sure that the rows in the blocks could match up evenly, 25 sc in block 1 and 17 rows in 2 and 3: matching 2 rows of sc from 1 to 1 row of dc from 2 and 3. This made it much easier to make borders for the blocks with the same number of stitches on each side. The number I should have on each side of a block was repeated in my head like a little mantra and I was as meticulous as possible, counting and recounting while I crocheted. That said, I still found a few missed or added stitches when seaming…. oh well!
I put a sheet down on the floor and arranged my blocks in this "cat fur free zone", sat down in the middle and got moving with the slip stitch seam. For this, I placed two blocks right side together and worked into the outside loops only. This leaves a nice little ridge on the "right side" and creates a seam that lays nicely in the fabric.
I also single crocheted around each square and joined them with the slip stitch just as you stated. I like the little ridges that is made on the right side. Your post of pictures as where the stitches are to slip in is very nice for those wondering what the stitch looks like.


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Cards Welcome Grandparents
NEW BREMEN — Grandparents learned about respect, monkeys and Tony Chestnut from their grandchildren, who put on a show Tuesday afternoon for the annual Grandparents Day celebration at New Bremen Elementary.
Kindergarten students showed off their singing and dancing skills while telling their grandparents about what they have learned in school this year with a lineup of choreographed songs. Kindergarten Teacher Debbie Miller thanked the grandparents in attendance for all the work they do with their grandchildren to help them advance in school.
"The New Bremen kindergartners come to school ready and eager to learn every year, and we would like to thank you," she said, noting working with the students at home helps them perform better in school. "All the things you do with them contributes to their learning."
Kindergarten Teacher Donna Schmitmeyer said the students have been working on learning respect.
"We have been spending a lot of time learning how to show respect," she said, noting the students have learned to show respect for their country by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, which the students led the crowd in to start Grandparents Day.
The first song of the Grandparents Day lineup also deals with respect, Kindergarten Teacher Kelli Tebbe said.
"The most important thing they've learned this year is to talk things over," she said.
The kindergarten students broke into song and dance, performing "Peacemakers."
"Peacemakers talk about it, they don't fight about it, they want to make up and be friends," the students sang.
Following "Peacemakers," the students also performed "ABC Blues" and "This Old Man" to show their grandparents what they have learned about reading and counting.
The students also sang "Five Little Monkeys" to show their subtraction skills.
The three kindergarten teachers noted some of the students' favorite things to do with their grandparents, including going on trips, baking, going to the pool, playing games and mulching, among others.
"One of the things that continuously comes up is they like to go out to eat with you," Schmitmeyer said. "Our next song has to do with all the restaurants we have in our area."
The students performed "Pizza Hut," a song that names many area restaurants, before Miller introduced a "silly" song.
"The children want to sing this song to you because they love you and that part of the song makes sense," she said. "The name of this song is 'Tony Chestnut.'"
Reaching down to their toes and up to their noses, the children sang "Tony Chestnut" with enthusiasm.
"Tony Chestnut knows I love you, Tony knows, Tony knows," the students sang. "Tony Chestnut knows I love you, that's what Tony knows."
Schmitmeyer introduced the students' final number of the afternoon.
"We'd like to close with a special song that shows how your grandchildren feel about you," she said.
The students sang "May There Always Be Sunshine" to their grandparents to end their performance.
"May there always be grandmas, may there always be grandpas," the students sang. "May there always be family as special as you."
Following the Grandparents Day performance, the kindergarten students presented their grandparents with a special badge they made and served them punch and popcorn.
The students were also able to show their grandparents around their classroom.


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Ravens receiver Torrey Smith would never talk about a new contract during the season, but the postseason is money time for NFL players.
If you want fame, play well in the playoffs. If you want icon status, turn in impressive numbers throughout your career in the postseason. If you want a new, lucrative contract, come up big in what is called "the second season." All he has to do is look at teammate Joe Flacco's 2012 postseason performance and the $20 million per year contract that he received.
It's Smith's time to come up big.
"I wanted to make it to the playoffs regardless," said Smith, who becomes an unrestricted free agent when this season ends....


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LONDON (AP) — Hollywood stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman have braved the London cold to walk the red carpet for the world premiere of "Les Miserables."
Hathaway said at the premiere Wednesday that playing the role of Fantine in the film adaptation of "Les Mis" was a dream job she would have done anything to land, describing the gig as "the sort of job you should give your paycheck back" for.
The 30-year-old actress lost 25 pounds (11.3 kilograms) and cut her hair to play the role of a struggling, sickly mother forced into prostitution in 1800s Paris in the screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic.
Joined by Jackman and other costars Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried, Hathaway signed autographs and met fans in central London at the event.


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Former Australian Workers Union (AWU) official Ralph Blewitt has made three statements to Victorian police about his involvement in an alleged slush fund scandal linked to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, his solicitor says.
Solicitor Robert Galbally said the statements given to Victorian fraud squad detectives concerned the establishment of the AWU Workplace Reform Association, the purchase of a Fitzroy property, the use of a Power of Attorney witness by Julia Gillard and a payment to a building contractor at her Abbotsford property.
"He's made three sworn statements to police," he told AAP.
"The police are now going to investigate the matters outlined in his statements."
Mr Galbally said the meeting with detectives lasted about three hours.
He said Mr Blewitt would be returning to his home in Malaysia next week.
The former union official has previously admitted he engaged in fraud with Ms Gillard's former boyfriend Bruce Wilson, who was then AWU Victorian secretary, by issuing bogus invoices and receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars during the 1990s.
He had said he would tell police about his involvement in the slush fund scandal so he could finally live in peace.
"I just want to go back to Malaysia and live in peace and forget the whole bloody thing and see what happens," he told Macquarie Radio in Sydney on Thursday, a day after flying back into the country.
"Let the cards fall where they may."
Earlier on Friday, Victorian police confirmed the fraud and extortion squad is assessing a file that relates to the alleged misappropriation of funds from a union.
Ms Gillard has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and insists she had no knowledge of corruption at the union.


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First published on Nov. 27, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012.
It's 1922, and nothing much is up in Pasadena. Not among the orange groves, not along the leafy streets. Just as the little old ladies like it.
But wait. Down in the Arroyo Seco, a crew has just started erecting some kind of stadium. On Pepper Street, Mallie Robinson's 3-year-old son may already be showing signs of amazing athleticism. Over at Polytechnic School, a tall 10-year-old named Julia McWilliams is developing the taste and aplomb that will make her America's best-known chef.
That's right, the Rose Bowl, Jackie Robinson and Julia Child came up in supposedly sleepy Pasadena around the same time, and 90 years later, they make a useful reminder: This western edge of the San Gabriel Valley and the area near it can fool you. Beyond the stillness at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, behind all those handsome old Craftsman facades, there's no telling what the restless minds and bodies of this valley will come up with next. Earthquake measures. Exploding dumplings. Here are 11 micro-itineraries for Pasadena and neighboring areas.
1. Greene and greenery
The Gamble House (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
To see why the Arroyo Seco is so central to the Pasadena state of mind, join the early-morning dog-walkers for some vigorous striding along South Arroyo Boulevard near Arbor Street, where grand old trees tower above grand old houses. On your way in and out, look at the stylish old U.S. courthouse (Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals, 125 S. Grand Ave., Pasadena) and imagine when it was the Vista del Arroyo Hotel or, before that, Emma Bangs' boardinghouse.
You won't be able to miss the 1912-13 Colorado Street Bridge, better known among locals as "Suicide Bridge" for reasons you can imagine.
Now, for a closer look at Craftsman style -- woodsy buildings, art glass, plenty of tile and bricks but no Victorian fussiness -- step into the iconic Gamble House (4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena; www.gamblehouse.org), designed by Charles and Henry Greene in 1908. It opens for tours Thursday through Sunday and has a great bookshop in the garage. On Tuesdays, two shortened 20-minute lunchtime tours are offered. From nearby sidewalks, you can also see the 1901 Charles Sumner Greene House (368 Arroyo Terrace); the 1906 Cole House (2 Westmoreland Place); the 1909 Hindry House (781 Prospect Blvd.) and Frank Lloyd Wright's 1923 La Miniatura, which looks like a Mayan jungle temple (645 Prospect Crescent).
2. Simon & Co.
Norton Simon Museum (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
For a lot of top-notch art in a small place, you can't beat the Norton Simon Museum (411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena; www.nortonsimon.org). It begins out front with "The Burghers of Calais," Rodin's 1884 bronze celebration of heroic and doomed politicians. It continues inside with a murderers' row of European and Asian artists, including Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Rafael. Then there's the handsome garden and pond in back. (Closed Tuesdays.)
For a salad, sandwich or dessert, zip west across the Colorado Street Bridge to Little Flower Candy Co. (1424 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena; www.littleflowercandyco.com).
Feeling renewed? Head about a mile east to the Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena; www.pacificasiamuseum.org) or the Pasadena Museum of California Art (490 E. Union St., Pasadena; www.pmcaonline.org), which stand around the corner from each other. Both are open Wednesdays- Sundays.
3. The Parade
123rd Tournament of Roses Parade (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
In late December, you can expect scaffolding to go up along Colorado Boulevard – reviewing stands for the Rose Parade, which lays siege to Pasadena every Jan. 1 (or Jan. 2, if Jan. 1 falls on Sunday, as it did in 2012). For details on the opportunities and complications that come with it, from float-viewing to road closures, check www.tournamentofroses.com.
And for a more intimate view of the institution, there's the Tournament House and Wrigley Gardens (a.k.a. the Wrigley Mansion, 391 S. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena). The rose garden is open to the public (except Dec. 31-Jan. 2), and free interior tours are offered at 2 and 3 p.m. Thursdays from February through August.
4. Old bricks, new tunes
Colorado Boulevard (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
In Old Pasadena, scads of national chains occupy the historic facades along Colorado Boulevard, and sidewalks are filled with pedestrians day and night. To find homegrown merchants and eateries, check the old brick alleys and side streets or sign on to a Melting Pot Food Tour (www.meltingpottours.com). Don't miss the kid-friendly public art in alleys and the courtyard of the One Colorado complex (24 E. Union St., Pasadena; www.onecolorado.com).
For more art, see the Armory Center for the Arts (145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena; www.armoryarts.org). For a sophisticated lunch or dinner, try Green Street Tavern (69 W. Green St., Pasadena; www.greenstreettavern.net). For live jazz, Red White + Bluezz Jazz Club (70 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena; www.redwhitebluezz.com). For a lively meal in a wonderfully transformed train station, duck into La Grande Orange (a.k.a. the LGO Station Cafe, 260 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena; www.lgostationcafe.com), which neighbors a Metro Gold Line train stop.
Distant Lands (20 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena; www.distantlands.com) will sell you travel books, and farther east on Colorado Boulevard, Vroman's (695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena), which dates to the 1890s, will sell you "Hometown Pasadena" (an excellent guidebook) or just about any other book. The nearby Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena; www.pasadenaplayhouse.org) stands in an atmospheric 1920s building, having been revived by a 2010 bankruptcy reorganization. For caffeine and Mexico-boho atmosphere, there's its neighbor, the Zona Rosa Caffe (15 S. El Molino Ave.).
5. The Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Now nearing 90, the Rose Bowl (1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena; www.rosebowlstadium.com) is in the middle of a renovation, but the sports continue. Besides hosting the Rose Bowl football game every January, the stadium is home field for UCLA football. On the second Sunday of each month, the Rose Bowl Flea Market (www.rgcshows.com) materializes with its antler lamps, dial telephones, vintage fishing poles, and daunting entrance fee. It'll cost you at least $8 to get in (they said flea, not free), but it is epic.
Meanwhile, the surrounding Brookside Park (360 N. Arroyo Ave., Pasadena; www.cityofpasadena.net/PublicWorks/Brookside_Park1) draws legions of runners, walkers and cyclists, who circle a path of three-plus miles. Nearby you'll find Kidspace (480 N. Arroyo Blvd.), a hands-on museum for children.
6. South Lake Avenue
Langham Hotel (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Shopping South Lake Avenue is like surfing: Someone is going to tell you how much better it was before you came. And life was good in the '90s, when retailers thrived and the Huntington hotel was run by Ritz-Carlton. But now is not bad. The former Ritz, now known as the Langham Huntington Pasadena (1401 S. Oak Knoll Ave.), stands on 23 acres and specializes in spa indulgences and twinkling holiday decorations. Its fancy restaurant, reborn as Royce in late 2010, has garnered strong reviews, and overnight rates sometimes drop near $200.
Your shopping starts with the old Bullock's building (401 S. Lake Ave.), a 1947 Streamline Moderne landmark that now holds Macy's. The neighbors include Orvis (345 S. Lake Ave., No. 102) for fly-fishers, Anthropologie (340 S. Lake Ave.) for teens and Ten Thousand Villages (567 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena; www.pasadena.tenthousandvillages.com) for buyers of fair-trade art and crafts. Leave time for zucchini bread at Green Street Restaurant (146 S. Shopper's Lane) or the nouveau cafeteria cuisine of Lemonade (146 S. Lake Ave.).
Then walk off the calories amid the fountains and arches of the Caltech campus (1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena; www.caltech.edu), workplace of the Richter scale's creator and scads of other scientific heavyweights.
7. A day at the races
Santa Anita Park (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
There's a gambler or a horse lover in every family, right? If it's racing season (late December-late April), take him, her or them to Santa Anita Park (285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia; www.santaanita.com), where Seabiscuit once galloped to glory and the view of the San Gabriels is reliably gorgeous. Horses usually run Thursdays-Sundays. You can watch early workouts for free from 5-10 a.m. from Clocker's Corner at the west end of the track. (You can also buy breakfast there.) In the afternoon, for $5 adult admission, you can watch the races or linger near the paddock and gardens.
If it isn't racing season, head north to cozy Sierra Madre, park on East Miramonte Avenue near North Mountain Trail Avenue, and hike the first 1.3 miles of the Mt. Wilson Trail, which will jump-start your heart and give you a big view. Then turn around at First Water, come down and spoon some homemade ice cream at Mother Moo Creamery (17 Kersting Court, Sierra Madre; www.mothermoo.com), or flop on a couch with some java at Bean Town coffeehouse (45 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre; www.beantowncoffeebar.com).
For a homegrown souvenir, make the two-minute drive to E. Waldo Ward & Son (273 E. Highland Ave., Sierra Madre; www.waldoward.com), a family business that has made and sold jams and jellies since 1891. Wind up with a snazzy dinner at Wistaria (44 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre; www.wistariarestaurant.com), an unexpected cosmopolitan minimalist dining room plopped down on Main Street USA. It opened in summer 2011.
8. A changing Arcadia
Din Tai Fung (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Tired of people? Try peacocks and cycads instead. At the 127- acre L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Garden (301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia; www.arboretum.org), you can do that, inspect reflections on Baldwin Lake and read up on the life, times and wives of local pioneer Lucky Baldwin, whose land this once was.
When you get hungry, there are hundreds of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants along the main drags of nearby San Gabriel, Alhambra and Monterey Park. But you have world-famous dumplings within 1.2 miles, so you're headed to Din Tai Fung (1108 and 1088 S. Baldwin Ave.). Din Tai Fung is a global restaurant chain, born in Taiwan, and the sibling Arcadia restaurants are its only California outlets. Customers often wait in line (no reservations taken) for a chance at xiao long bao -- steamed dumplings filled with pork and broth, explosively flavorful.
9. Eagle Rock, Glendale
Auntie Em's cafe ( Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times )
Start in hipster-heavy Eagle Rock, just west of Pasadena, with a comfort breakfast at Auntie Em's (4616 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles; www.auntieemskitchen.com).
Then head about three miles west to Forest Lawn Memorial Park (1712 S. Glendale Ave., Glendale; www.forestlawn.com), which is a cemetery in the same sense that Hearst Castle is a house. Begun in 1906, these 300 acres of rolling green hills contain more copied Michelangelo sculptures and celebrity graves than any place else you'll find all week. Humphrey Bogart. Walt Disney. Nat King Cole. Shortly after his death in 2009, Michael Jackson arrived, followed in early 2011 by Elizabeth Taylor. Management gives no celebrity directions and keeps many resting spots behind locked doors, but you'll get plenty of hints from www.seeing-stars.com.
10. A real charmer
Buster's Ice Cream & Coffee Stop (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
South Pasadena (another sort of Main Street USA, but this time with yoga and lattes) won't jolt you with its high energy. In fact, it may tranquilize you with its prosperous, family-friendly calm. First, get breakfast at Heirloom Bakery (807 Meridian Ave., South Pasadena). Stroll on highly walkable Mission Street, Meridian Avenue and El Centro Street, and maybe break for a snack at the mural-bedecked Buster's Ice Cream & Coffee Stop (1006 Mission St., South Pasadena; www.busterscoffee.com), next to the Metro tracks. If it's Thursday afternoon, catch the farmers market on Meridian between Mission and El Centro. Then retire to your room.
What room? Perhaps the Arroyo Vista Inn (335 Monterey Road, South Pasadena; www.arroyovistainn.com), a genteel bed-and-breakfast at the top of a long driveway. It has nine well-appointed bedrooms in a 1910 Craftsman (not so good for children). If you have kids, look at the Bissell House (201 Orange Grove Ave., South Pasadena; www.bissellhouse.com), a lived-in Victorian on the Pasadena/South Pasadena border with a pool in back. From there, it's a half-mile to a quiet, elegant (but pricey) dinner at the Raymond Restaurant (1250 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena; www.theraymond.com).
11. Home of the Huntington
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
When in San Marino (median household income: about $159,000 a year), why not loll like a 1-percenter? Have an elegant breakfast at Julienne (2649 Mission St., San Marino; www.juliennetogo.com), or get a meal to go from its gourmet market and head for nearby Lacy Park (1485 Virginia Road, San Marino; www.ci.san-marino.ca.us/lacy.htm), a 30-acre refuge of tall trees, playground and paths well-suited to picnickers and beginning bicyclists. On weekends, there's a $4 fee for nonresidents 4 and older, so you might prefer smaller Garfield Park, which is almost as close at Mission Street and Park Avenue in South Pasadena.
Either way, don't linger too long, because the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (1151 Oxford Road, San Marino; www.huntington.org) is in your future. This is where Thomas Gainsborough's 18th century "The Blue Boy" painting and 120 acres of gardens have long been big attractions. In the library, you can eye a Gutenberg Bible and a Charles Bukowski manuscript. In the American art collection, take a good look at the ocean in Edward Hopper's 1935 painting "The Long Leg." Who knew this inland journey would bring you to the most luminous blue sea ever?


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8.Unless there's a hot race at the top of the ticket, we don't get big voter turnouts in Baltimore.
The last time we had a hot Democratic primary was 1999, when O'Malley defeated Lawrence Bell and Carl Stokes. At least 49 percent of city voters turned out. You have to go back to 1983 to find another hot primary; the turnout was 63 percent that year, with William Donald Schaefer winning in a landslide over attorney Billy Murphy.
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New York Challenges Developers To Create Patient Portal
Portal to let New Yorkers access their health data is "tip of the iceberg" for future state-wide consumer health applications, says contest sponsor New York eHealth Collaborative.
NYeC, a non-profit organization, manages the State Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY). The network has now pulled enough data from regional health information organizations that NYeC, in partnership with health IT catalyst Health 2.0, is opening it up to the design of a patient portal and the future possibility of additional apps.
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"Part of the way we've established the network is we've built it as a platform, so it allows us to create a programmatic environment, and we can build an ecosystem of applications," said Whitlinger. "….[W]e're launching this challenge, and the opportunity is large, but we think this is going to spur many applications for the consumer, the patient, the New Yorker."
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Designers and developers have until April 11 to submit mockups for the challenge, and they already can access a "sandbox" where designers and developers can get dummy patient data. The sandbox has all the programming attributes of building an application against it, and Whitlinger said NYeC is looking for mockups that express how users can interact with their health records in an engaging and interactive way. Mockups must let patients log on with a user name and password, view a full layout of their health record, and access a list of medical professionals. The portal also will provide an overview of patient privacy rights.
"So today, we're able to reach out to the developer and creative community and say 'Okay, we now have a platform that's built up enough records and is programmatically available -- come with your best and brightest," he said. "We want those mockups to be really innovative with the user interface and the user experience -- so how to not represent data in a dull and static way so it doesn't have value beyond the folks who crave that utility, but an engaging application or set of applications."
After the April 11 deadline, New Yorkers can vote on the mockups online and in a series of webinars, Whitlinger said. NYeC might also open up voting in a larger, in-person forum to hear opinions directly. Since NYeC was formed, Whitlinger added, the collaborative has received numerous phone calls from state residents asking for access to records.
"Anyone with a disease and who has the less-than-desirable need to carry around their paper records … they can't wait for this functionality," he said. "We're really anxious to be able to tap into that pent-up demand and say, 'Okay, here are 20 great ideas from the design community. Tell us what you like, don't like, mix and match: give us your thoughts and become part of one of the largest user focus groups ever launched."
Once winners are determined, the challenge will award $25,000 in prizes to first, second and third place. NYeC also will work with a vendor to build the portal and run it on behalf of the state via its health information exchange network.
Clinical, patient engagement, and consumer apps promise to re-energize healthcare. Also in the new, all-digital Mobile Power issue of InformationWeek Healthcare: Comparative effectiveness research taps the IT toolbox to compare treatments to determine which ones are most effective. (Free registration required.)