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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To fill (something) to overflowing.
- intransitive v. To become too full.
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- v. To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate.
- n. An instance of overfilling.
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- transitive v. To fill to excess; to surcharge.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To fill to excess; surcharge.
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- v. fill beyond capacity
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They allow for almost no "overfill," i.e., if one small thing (say a strawberry) is taller than the edge, getting the lid to seal is nearly impossible.
The more you pre-wash, the less detergent you need, but never overfill to try and compensate for not pre-washing.
Don't Clean Dishes Before Putting Them In The Dishwasher | Lifehacker Australia
After nearly running out of gas between Shasta and Susanville (because I didn't believe there could really be that many miles between gas stations) it was totally awesome to overfill the tank when I finally found some fuel.
(I can overfill the upper layer a bit since it has a domed lid, yay!)
This recipe makes enough to fill up a deep dish pie plate and will definitely overfill a smaller one.
I used about every mixing bowl in the house to prepare the batter, which, once completed, I poured gingerly into the B&D wafflemaker, careful not to overfill my shiny new piece of kitchen equipment.
You can always go back and refer to an older file, but don't clutter up your workspace with things you no longer need right away. ⢠Don't overfill your folders.
You can also overfill the spool slightly, adding line right up to the edge of the spool rim.
More than one-third of complaints about the Wrangler are still related to fuel systems, a majority of which cited words such as "overflow," "overfill," and "spill."
NHTSA closes investigation into Jeep Wrangler fuel-spill problem, complaints are still outstanding
• Remember the basics: don't leave electrical appliances on standby (a computer on "sleep" mode uses up to 75% of its energy); turn off lights and appliances when you go to bed; don't overfill your kettle; take showers rather than baths; wash clothes in your washing machine at a lower temperature; and change to energy-saving lightbulbs.
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November 25, 2003
Desperate for the "perfect" body, more and more teens are going on yo-yo diets and starving themselves even when they're not overweight! Jay McGraw, whose latest book is The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens, sits down with a group of teens to discover why it is so difficult for them to maintain a healthy self-image.
Teens and Weight
Jay talks with a group of teens about weight, self-esteem and the pressure to fit in.
Wasting Away
At 97 pounds, 14-year-old Brittany may be losing her fight with anorexia.

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Running Avast 12.3.2280 right now, and Malware bytes for on demand protection
Anyways started having System Process using CPU all the way up to 91 percent at times, it's down now, first scan with Malwarebytes found backdoor.spynet in wsusoffline zip file I think it was, Second scan with Eset online scan found 2 more infected files, names unknown yet, Defender other night when I was running that found Trojan Dropper in Temporary internet files, should I just backup data and do a clean install? do I need to wipe the hard drive first, it's a 2tb drive that will take ages to do, but I will do it if needed.
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Mary Gavan
Mary is a story teller and story listener. Trained in her Celtic countries of Scotland and Ireland by her grandparents, Mary learned storytelling the traditional way.
At first, she wanted to be a singer. When her family threatened to disown her if she sang in public, Mary turned to stories which she told at local festivals and clubs.
Initially, she came to Canada for a couple of years but many more have passed. In Canada, she began to explain Celtic ways and slowly emerged as a writer of her own stories. Her stories weave Celtic understanding into modern events with a fine thread of humour.
After years as a palliative care nurse working with people dying at home, she has a fondness for stories involving the Otherworld.
Currently, Mary is a Past President of the Storytellers of Canada - Conteurs du Canada as well as Treasurer of the Vancouver Storytellers meeting every 3rd Sunday of the month from September to May inclusive. Do, come: Listen! Laugh! Enjoy!
For information on story events, Mary Gavan is happy to answer your queries: email@example.com
Also, contact Mary Gavan for her CD: Celtic Otherworld.
Mary wrote and told these stories. Details: www.marycelticstory.ca
Her CD gained a 2011 Storytelling World Award.


text: Please look after my family and friends, may they be safe in your kingdom forever. Sorry for the times i did not trust or believe in you, please help me to never give up and never think bad thoughts. Help me to keep loving you and having faith in you forever.


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My Technology Trail
Thursday, March 13, 2014
It has been awhile...
I have not done posted in awhile, but have been working on my raspibot. I have started testing some python code to send control commands from a PC to the raspberry Pi controlling the robot. The PC runs python code to read a joystick and then transmit a command over a tcp link to the raspibot. The code is still in the early test stages. Below are some more recent pictures of the raspibot. I have redone the mount for the ultrasonic sensor and camera so that the viewing angle can be lowered or raised.
First the camera and sensor pointing down.
Second the camera and sensor closer to level.
This is a rear shot and you can see the joystick.
When I get my python code cleaned up a bit I will post the github link.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Shamu Strikes Back
6 comments:
- Mr. Jacobs said...
great post. Its no wonder the whale went a little nuts O. I would to if I was programed to roam the ocean and kill seals and I end up in an oversized swimming pool.
- February 25, 2010 at 1:17 AM
- Let Freedom Ring said...
While we enjoyed our annual trips to Sea World with you and Matt with a TON of wonderful memories I agree that no one should blame the whale. It's amazing to see these wonderful whales up close at Sea World but even better, for all involved to see them while we are sailing the ocean blue.
Love ya, Susan
- February 25, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- Brett said...
Good points Gar. And quite frankly, while this is a tragedy, it is not like this is ordinary. We all take risks. When we get into non-SUV's and drive on the freeways we take our lives into our hands at the whims of those dangerous SUV's that seem to prey on freeway commuters.
Seriously, when you hike half-dome or any other peak, you take a calculated risk. Periodically, people die - and it is sad, but you don't outlaw hiking. How many trainer deaths have we had? Not many. It is a calculated risk - they know they aren't dealing with people here. It is sad. But so is every car wreck, plane crash, lost hiker, and so on.
The only thing I would point out... and I am really amazed you blew this. Killer Whales are not whales. They are in the porpoise family.... in fact, I believe I still have an uncollected $20 on a wager related to this very issue with someone... now who could that possibly be....?
- February 25, 2010 at 9:27 AM
- Garrett said...
Brett you always did follow a "Porpoise Driven Life" (:
- February 25, 2010 at 8:03 PM
- Pauly said...
Agreed. Keepingb a Killer "Whale" in a tank is like keeping you locked up in your bedroom for the remainder of your life. Not a huge issue, but definately not appropiate.
- February 25, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- dole2obama said...
Shamu did indeed go postal! Love the Mice and Men reference.
- February 26, 2010 at 10:45 AM


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As a Christian, I truly believe that God has great plans for His children. He's a big God that gives us big dreams. Those big dreams don't just happen on their own and unfortunately some people sit around all day expecting God to do all the work.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future…Jeremiah 29:11.
This is one of my most favorite scriptures, but over the years I've come to realize that we must participate in those plans if they are ever going to come to pass. Yes, God is spiritual but He is also practical. We must learn to do the practical things and then watch Him add the supernatural to it. Once we get a glimpse of the plan that He has for us, then it's up to us to begin to develop a plan to reaching it which involves goal setting as a pathway to His promise for our lives. Faith requires action and action requires a follow-through in order to produce desired results.
Here are 5 Keys to actually reaching your goals:
Key #1 Choose a Goal That You Truly Desire
You can't teach desire, you either have it or you don't. There are so many people that find themselves burning out before they reach their goal because their lack of desire left them running on empty. I can't express this enough. You need a burning, passionate desire if you are serious about reaching your goal. Desire is your daily energy and fuel that will keep you moving no matter what. Desire will push you beyond fatigue and weariness when you are in the middle of the process. There's a very familiar story about a lady who comes home from work and she tells her husband how hard her day was and that she's too tired to cook dinner and she just needs to lay down on the sofa and rest. Minutes later while she was laying on the sofa, her friend calls her to tell her that the dress she has been wanting just went on sale for 40 percent off the original price. The lady jumps off the sofa, puts her shoes on and races out the door to go and get the dress. Was she tired or did she lie to her husband? The truth is that she was tired and had a really hard day but her desire for that dress was greater than her current mood. Your desire is the big difference between setting a goal and reaching a goal.
Key #2 Make Your Goal A Priority
You will never reach your goal if it's not amongst your top list of priorities. I'm not saying it's time for you to forget about everything else in your life that matters and only focus on your goal. However, I am saying you must have a specific amount of focused time and attention that you are willing to dedicate to reaching your goal. Another thing you can do to help you prioritize is what I call the law of replacement. Take a moment and write out some of you current activities that are not necessarily a "must do" in order for you to have a productive week. You might want to start with a few extra curricular activities. I remember when I was co-writing my first book with my wife, we had several TV shows that we would record and then watch in the evenings when the kids went to bed. Well before long, we had several hours of shows recorded and at the same time we were bumping up against a deadline to have our book to the editor. So we made the decision to replace our time watching our TV shows with time working on our book manuscript. You can't do everything you want and expect to reach the goal you desire. Sometimes you have to eliminate the non-essentials and focus on the main thing.
Key #3 Be Willing to Change
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." – Albert Einstein
Nothing changes unless something changes. You can't keep doing the same old things you've been doing. Every goal or goals you have should produce a certain amount of change in your life in order for you to achieve them. If it's truly a goal that will challenge you and stretch you then reaching it should require you to make some changes in your life. The biggest problem with setting goals is that most people just simply state them and have no intention on actually making any changes to make it happen. When my wife and I made it a goal to lose weight, we also had to make several changes to reach our individual goal weight.
• We changed our diet (we began to eat a lot healthier)
• I changed how much I ate by introducing portion control
• We changed our daily routine and began to work out several times a week
So no matter what your goal is, get ready to make the necessary changes that will get you on the right track to accomplishment.
Key #4 Navigating the Highs & Lows
One thing to remember is that once you start on your journey to reach your goal or goals, there will be a plethora of different emotions that you will face along the way. At times you will feel the effects of the emotional rollercoaster taking a toll on you. Yes, you will have highs in which you feel great momentum and it seems as if everything is falling right into that perfect place for you. You will also have low moments in which it seems like absolutely nothing is going your way.


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It feels great to be finished the final piece of assessment for this course! It has been a semester filled with learning and with it quite a bit of work. There was a lot to read between the articles, blogs, Twitter and Google+ and at times it was a little overwhelming but it was worth it. Everything that was shared in class was so helpful and served a good purpose. I have to say that this has been the most interesting and beneficial grad class I have taken yet (although it is only my third).
For my summary of learning I did a screen cast of a Prezi that I created to walk you through my journey. I have never created a Prezi before but decided I would try it out because a lot of my students use it when they are presenting. It was pretty easy to use and they had some nice templates as well. The presentations are also saved online and you can use the service for free with the option to upgrade for a fee. I now understand why my students make such use of the service.
As I mention at the start of my video it was very difficult to discuss everything I learned this semester and it would have been impossible to touch on all of the topics without having a video that was an hour long (or more). I tried to talk about the topics that matter most to me – and the video still ended up quite lengthy. These topics had the biggest impact on me and I will be doing my best to use what I learned about these topics in class moving forward. I wasn't able to talk about how much I actually began to enjoy Twitter this semester. I had used it before but I had never made real connections and really didn't follow anything too closely. I now see Twitter as a great resource and tool for making connections with other leaders in our field. I will continue to use Twitter and will probably even integrate it into my classroom by using it to share what's new and exciting in my classes.
I also didn't have time to mention that I feel slightly disadvantaged taking this class while being on leave because there were so many things I wanted to try in my classroom but obviously couldn't. I am really looking forward to getting back into the classroom even though it's not until September. Although I feel like I missed out, I also feel like taking it on leave really gives me time to explore things and see what might work in my classroom or figure out how I can integrate things into my class when I return. I feel like in some ways when I return to work that I will be a brand new teacher!
Thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts and ideas this semester. It was great to hear from everyone and learn from you. I hope I was able to impact your learning as well. I hope to keep in touch via Twitter and see how we are making a difference in our classrooms.


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Cheating death: the doctors and medical miracles that are saving lives against all odds / Sanjay Gupta.
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An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect . . . a skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake . . . a comatose brain surgery patient whom doctors have declared a "vegetable." Twenty years ago all of them would have been given up for dead, with no realistic hope for survival. But today, thanks to incredible new medical advances, each of these individuals is alive and well . . .Cheating Death. In this riveting book, Dr. Sanjay Gupta-neurosurgeon, chief medical correspondent for CNN, and bestselling author-chronicles the almost unbelievable science that has made these seemingly miraculous recoveries possible. A bold new breed of doctors has achieved amazing rescues by refusing to accept that any life is irretrievably lost. Extended cardiac arrest, "brain death," not breathing for over an hour-all these conditions used to be considered inevitably fatal, but they no longer are. Today, revolutionary advances are blurring the traditional line between life and death in fascinating ways. Drawing on real-life stories and using his unprecedented access to the latest medical research, Dr. Gupta dramatically presents exciting accounts of how pioneering physicians and researchers are altering our understanding of how the human body functions when it comes to survival-and why more and more patients who once would have died are now alive. From experiments with therapeutic hypothermia to save comatose stroke or heart attack victims to lifesaving operations in utero to the study of animal hibernation to help wounded soldiers on far-off battlefields, these remarkable case histories transform and enrich all our assumptions about the true nature of death and life.
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U.S. President Barack Obama doesn't want to disappoint an old friend, nor does he want to end his presidency on a sour note with Israel, and he certainly wants to sidestep a political minefield.
What's a president to do?
Faced with the eternal American dilemma over how to deal with the Jonathan Pollard debacle, it could be that Obama believed he had finally figured out a win-win solution to evade responsibility for the endless nightmare.
Let Eric make the call.
If Attorney-General Eric Holder recommends to let him go for whatever reason, Obama will be hailed as a hero by the Jews, and by the now-countless political and community leaders who have said for years Pollard should be freed. Justice will prevail and Israel will be grateful. Israeli and Jewish gratitude is a precious gift, because neither tends to forget their friends. Or their enemies.
If Holder recommends to keep him in jail for whatever reason, Obama will have someone else to blame.
He'll also join the list of presidents before him who rejected a request from the State of Israel and ignored the Jews again. Pollard will likely die in prison, and Obama will go down in history as having been the president on whose watch justice was not served – along with all the others. He will be vindicated by the anti-Semites within the U.S. State Department and justice system, and vilified by a host of others. And life will go on.
So that's the answer he gave his good friend Israeli President Shimon Peres on Wednesday during a visit at the White House. Peres, who just turned 90 and who is ending his own term in office next month, is in Washington on a final state visit in that capacity.
By the way, it was Peres who was Israel's prime minister when he handed over documents with Pollard's fingerprints that were used to incriminate the Israeli agent and jail him for life, after being initially charged on a single count of passing classified information to America's ally, Israel.
On Wednesday, he and Obama – the only two current heads of state to both have won the Nobel Peace Prize – met in the White House to discuss the matter. Peres had promised Pollard's wife he would make one more try to convince Obama to grant her husband clemency – a presidential privilege used for humanitarian purposes.
Speaking with with uncharacteristic realism to Israeli media in Washington after his meeting with Obama, Peres briefed reporters on his attempt to secure freedom for Pollard, now entering his 29th year of incarceration in a U.S. prison.
But Obama ducked, apparently – and passed the buck to his attorney general.
Speaking with obvious reluctance, Peres told reporters in a briefing following the meeting, "I cannot say that he answered me on the spot. I don't want to go with more than what he said," Peres began. "He said the attorney general would [get involved.]
"His answer was, 'The attorney general, it belongs to him. He will decide,'" Peres continued.
"There is a problem if I am optimistic, if I would say more than what he [actually] said," Peres continued. "We have to cautious, and not to inflate or exaggerate … I asked specifically to be given the wording of what I could and could not say — and I have used precisely [the wording] that I was told I could say," he concluded.
But it is very important to realize that the privilege of clemency — moderating the severity of a sentence in an act of mercy or leniency — is one unique to a president. Not an attorney general.


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Climate Change Raises Threat Of Global Starvation
America's Greatest Generation, coming of age before and during World War II, was admonished to leave no spinach behind by parents who warned, "Children are starving in Europe."
Boomers, postwar babies, were similarly taunted to eat food young children normally take a scunner to with the phrase, "Children are starving in India and China."
I'm not sure to which region of the world parents of generation X & Y children turned to convince kids that empty dinner plates were a sine qua non to a meal's conclusion, except perhaps war zones such as Sudan or Rwanda. The last two decades have produced few if any mass starvations that were not driven by war.
Developing nations' starvation-free status is a relatively new phenomenon. It only came about since the 1960s as a result of the so-called Green Revolution. Developed nations could not stand idly by as their farmers produced abundant surpluses, while Asian and African children perished for lack of rice or bread. So they exported irrigation, fertilizers, pesticides, high-growth seeds, and a panoply of agricultural techniques that allowed Indian, Chinese, and other farmers in starvation-ravaged states to increase yields exponentially. But the same Green Revolution that kept the world fed lo' these past three decades is starting to splinter if not pulverize.
National Public Radio has aired a fascinating two part series on India's Green Revolution and its downward spiral toward brown.
The first part tells the tale of the Punjab region, India's wheat and rice belt, where the water table has been so depleted by the vacuum of increasing irrigation, it threatens to collapse, possibly quickly:
The state's agriculture "has become unsustainable and nonprofitable," according to a recent report by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology. Some experts say the decline could happen rapidly, over the next decade or so.
The second piece describes India's so-called cancer train, which carries some 60 people from a farm town in Punjab on an overnight journey to India's closest government-run cancer treatment hours and hours away:
People say they never used to see so many cancer patients in this farm region. Cancer was considered an urban disease, suffered by people who lived in cities choked with industry and pollution. But research by one of the most respected medical institutes in India recently found that farming villages using large amounts of pesticides have significantly higher rates of cancer than villages that use less of the chemicals.
Before the Green Revolution, it was fashionable to blame overpopulation for mass starvation. The explanation fell out of favor as the Malthusian claims in Paul Ehrlich's 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb proved wrong. Perhaps Ehrlich was just 40 years too early with his book, as the Malthusian catastrophe argument seems closer to reality now than four decades prior. This time, overpopulation combined with global warming (which is of course a product of overpopulation) may produce the next generation of food shortages.
A report released last month by the International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI) warns climate change's effect on global commodity yields could have devastating effects on developing countries, where rainfall is already dangerously low. Food policy experts predict that by 2050, effects of climate change will cut global rain-dependent maize (corn) yields by 17 percent and irrigated rice yields by a fifth-as populations continue to surge. The IFPR is using these data to press for agriculture's representation at a United Nations meeting on climate change later this year in Copenhagen.
Perhaps man will be wily enough to sidestep, yet again, the looming specters of starvation and climate change. There are plenty of scientists who believe we ae too far down the path to reverse much of the damage already done. Let's hope they're wrong. If not, we have only ourselves to blame for ignoring the truths of one generation and passing that ignorance on to the next.
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WASHINGTON - The April 20 explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caused the largest environmental disaster in US history occurred because every single defense on the rig named Deepwater Horizon failed, The New York Times reported Sunday.
The newspaper, which undertook its own investigation of the blast that killed 11 rig workers and injured dozens of others, said some of the defenses were deployed but did not work, some were activated too late, and some were never deployed at all.
Communications fell apart, warning signs were missed and crew members in critical areas failed to coordinate a response, the report pointed out.
The result was paralysis, The Times said.
For nine long minutes, as the drilling crew battled the blowout, no warning was given to the rest of the crew, the paper noted.
For many, the first hint of crisis came in the form of a blast wave, according to the report.
The paralysis had two main sources, The Times said. The first was a failure to train for the worst.
The crew members, though expert in responding to the usual range of well problems, were unprepared for a major blowout followed by explosions, fires and a total loss of power, the report said.
They were also frozen by the sheer complexity of the Horizons defenses, and by the policies that explained when they were to be deployed, the paper said.
One emergency system alone was controlled by 30 buttons.
The Horizons owner, Transocean, the worlds largest operator of offshore oil rigs, had provided the crew with a detailed handbook on how to respond to signs of a blowout, the report noted.
Yet its emergency protocols often urged rapid action while also warning against overreaction.
The fiery April 20 explosion toppled the giant rig into Gulf of Mexico.
The rig's collapse ruptured underwater risers, opening a torrent of oil that fouled environmentally fragile Gulf coasts for three months before it was finally capped.


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HiSense U978 smartphone packs with 5.5 inches scren and quad-core chipset
by Dec 14, 2013 8:36 pm0
HiSense has making their debut in the end of this year, after they release many smartphone products is now we have a new another products from HiSense, the HiSense U978. This phone is available in Chinese market for about 1199 yuan (around $ 197,39 USD).
The HiSense U978 is packs with 5.5 inches screen size, the IPS screen has 960 x 540 qHD pixel resolution, equipped with MT6582M Quad-core processor, sports with 1GB of RAM and 4GB internal memory, coupled with 5 megapixel rear facing camera and 3 megapixel front-facing camera, powered by 2500 mAh battery cpacity, the system has been embellished with customization UI, and support for WCDMA + GSM dual sim dual standby and dual noise reduction technology wheat.
As previously mentioned, Hisense U978 fuselage and MIRA II series are similar, especially the upper and lower ends of the body style is very close, there are black and white with 155.5 x 80 x 10.35mm body dimension.


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As arguably the biggest pop star in the UK right now, Ed Sheeran was one of a handful of singers invited to perform on Red Nose Day on Friday (24 March) night.
But it seemed the pressure of the occasion got a little too much for Ed, when he forgot his lyrics mid song.
The star was in the middle performing single 'What Do I Know' on the BBC telethon when he stumbled over his words.
However, being a true pro, Ed simply smirked to acknowledge the blunder and carried on.
Ed featured heavily in Friday's Red Nose Day, having visited Liberia to film an appeal film, where he met many young children in a desperate situation.
One of them was a young boy called JD, who lived in the slums, sleeping rough in a boat on the beach, and survived on just a cup of water and piece of bread a day.
After getting to know him and his friends, Ed felt unable to leave the boys there after the cameras had stopped rolling, and insisted he would pay to keep them safe.
He was heard saying: "My natural instinct is to just put them in a car and just take them and just put them in a hotel until we can get them sorted."
Turning to the crew, he said: "Can we do that? Can I pay to put them in a house until we get them in a school?
"It doesn't matter how much it costs, can we just get him and his five mates in a house with an older person to look after them?"
It was a huge night for Comic Relief, with the total money raised standing at just over £71 million at the end of the broadcast.
There was also a treat for 'Love Actually' fans, as the much hyped and anticipated Red Nose Day special aired, catching up with some of the film's characters 14 years later, while Take That took part in a special edition of 'Carpool Karaoke'.
Catch up with all of Red Nose Day on the BBC iPlayer now. You can still donate to Comic Relief on their website.


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ROCKWELL Automation , has released the 855P panel-mount alarms and 855B round industrial beacons. By communicating machine status and emergency conditions they improve operator and plant-floor safety, while helping reduce downtime.
The 855B and 855P families of beacons and panel-mount alarms expand the existing range of Allen-Bradley control tower stack lights providing users with a complete range of visual and audible solutions for any industrial application.
They are IP65 enclosure-rated and can operate in wet, oily, dry or corrosive environments. The Allen-Bradley 855P panel-mount alarms are available in 12V ac/dc, 24V ac/dc, 120V ac and 240V ac voltage levels and can be mounted in standard 22.5mm or 30mm cut-outs. With output levels ranging from 80dB to 105dB at 1m the 855P panel-mount alarms allow users to select the appropriate sound level for the specific application. They also offer tone selection and adjustable volume control for increased user flexibility.
An enclosed shell design with rear-secured access makes the Bulletin 855P modules tamper-resistant and virtually eliminates the potential for unauthorised product removal. With plug-in IP2X finger-safe terminal blocks, the panel-mount alarms offer quick and easy installation.
The Allen-Bradley 855B round industrial beacons are available in 12V ac/dc, 24V ac/dc, 120V ac and 240V ac voltage levels and in 90mm, 120mm and 160mm diameters. They have optically-enhanced lenses for the best possible light dispersion and offer four illumination options: steady halogen, flashing halogen, strobe and rotating halogen. The beacons are available in red, green, amber, blue, clear and yellow.
In areas where visibility may be limited, the round industrial beacons can also be combined with Allen-Bradley 855H industrial horns.


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*Stephen A. Smith tells TMZ he has no plans to challenge ESPN's decision to suspend him for on-air comments he made about domestic violence, telling the website, "It was my mistake."
"I'm a man … you deal with the things that you do," Smith told TMZ at LaGuardia Airport.
Smith said he has not yet spoken with ESPN co-worker Michelle Beadle, who was extremely critical of his comments, but praised her as a "great person."
Smith stepped into some mess on Friday's "First Take" when he implied that women can "provoke" domestic violence. He made an on-air apology Monday, but ESPN suspended him anyway…until next Wednesday.


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If you are motivated and willing to work as a self-funded volunteer, there are a wide variety of projects that you can join where you don't need any specific qualifications or skills. Training and orientation is often provided on arrival at a project as well, and you learn "on the job". Volunteering enables you to gain hands-on practical experience in the field and to learn new skills. Some organisations require special qualifications; particularly for teaching, healthcare & research projects. Qualifications are generally a must for paid work abroad, if you are a doctor, engineer or TEFL teacher, for example.
Whether you can volunteer abroad with your family varies depending on the specific project in question & it's needs at the time. For more information on family volunteering abroad please click here.
The organisations and projects in our online database are looking for volunteers themselves, therefore, we do not place you (except on our own projects). You are responsible for contacting and applying to organisations yourself. Each organisation on the database can be reached using the contact form on their project page.
Yes, volunteers pay for their own transportation such as airline tickets. Most organisations provide you with ground transportation to and from the work stations and/or airport pickup and drop off, unless the project is located far from the airport, in which case you may need to travel to the meeting point, and this will be at your own cost.
Voluntary work is not necessarily unpaid work. Some organisations do give stipends, salaries, full room & board etc. However, to receive a salary, you typically must have a specific qualification, such as being a doctor, nurse, qualified teacher, engineer etc, with at least two years relevant work experience in that field. Salaries are only allowances which are based on the local cost of living, and your living expenses. With these organisations, volunteers are typically expected to give a longer term minimum commitment. Along with a monthly allowance, travel expenses and insurance costs are typically also paid for. Please note though, the competition is very high for places on paid placements and applications are very lengthy. However, for the majority of other organisations on our volunteer database which are usually non-profit organisations, NGOs, charities or foundations, they are not in the position to pay for volunteers, and therefore request volunteers to be self-funded.
Most organisations provide you with room & board when you join a project as a volunteer, however, this can be very costly for them, and in most cases volunteers have to contribute towards these costs in the form of a programme fee. Volunteering does require an investment and a sacrifice of time and money on behalf of the volunteer. However, in return, you will receive practical experience in the field, which is invaluable for career and personal development, and in addition, you will be supporting a local non profit organisation in the field to achieve their goals and aims. Programme fees are generally broken down to cover food, lodging, airport pickup/drop off, project materials, training and administrative costs for the organisation.
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Upon receipt of your submitted application form for one of our WorkingAbroad Projects, we will need to assess your application, contact your references and liaise with our Project Managers in the field. This procedure can take anything from a one or two days up to a maximum of two weeks, providing we have been furnished with correct contact details for references and so on. If you are doing a last minute application, please state this in your motivation letter or by email, and we will endeavour to get back to you within 24 hours.
Your deposit is paid as a commitment on your behalf that you want to secure your place on your project of choice. However, we do not debit your card or cash your cheque of your deposit payment until we can confirm that you have been accepted on the programme - so at that point, then your deposit is retained. If after this point, you decide to cancel your participation on the project for whatever reason, then your deposit is not refundable. However, if we are unable to offer you a position on the project, your deposit is returned in full (cheque is not cashed, card is not debited). For other questions on deposits and payments, please refer to the Terms and Conditions sections under each Project application.
In most cases, we accept couples for all of our projects. Of course, this must be decided on a case by case basis, but as a general rule, we are open to joint applications. Please bear in mind that if you are applying as a couple to join the same project, that you would need to submit 2 separate applications and pay 2 separate deposits. Please also mention each other's names in your motivation letters when you apply, so that we know to treat your applications together.
Again as discussed above, families are not always accepted if you wish to bring children under the age of 18. However, we do run a number of projects which are suitable for families with children. For more information on family volunteering abroad please click here.
All volunteers on our programmes must have appropriate medical insurance which covers them throughout the period they are volunteering. We provide a Volunteer Travel/Medical insurance package that has been specifically designed to cover all aspects of travelling abroad as a volunteer on our programmes. Please click here to find out more.


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If you don't already know, October is the month for Breast Cancer Awareness. It's an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer.
Breast Cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk.Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas, while those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas. Breast cancer occurs in humans and other mammals. While the overwhelming majority of human cases occur in women, male breast cancer can also occur.
The size, stage, rate of growth, and other characteristics of a breast cancer determine the kinds of treatment. Treatment may include surgery, drugs (hormonal therapy and chemotherapy), radiation and/or immunotherapy. Surgical removal of the tumor provides the single largest benefit, with surgery alone curing many cases. To increase the likelihood of cure, several chemotherapy regimens are commonly given in addition to surgery. Radiation is used after breast-conserving surgery and substantially improves local relapse rates and in many circumstances also overall survival. Some breast cancers are sensitive to hormones such as estrogen and/or progesterone, which makes it possible to treat them by blocking the effects of these hormones.
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New transport fares will come into effect this Sunday.
The yearly rise will see passengers pay on average 2.7 per cent more for their travel around the capital in 2014, falling under Retail Price Index inflation at 3.3pc.
Oyster and contactless payment bus fares have gone up by 5p, jumping to £1.45 per trip, while the daily £4.40 cap and £2.40 cash fare is frozen. Pay as you go caps are also frozen for the second year running.
Weekly, monthly and annual travelcards will increase by 3.1pc, in line with National Rail, and three pay as you go tube fares have increased by 10p, including zone one peak and off-peak adult fares and the zone one to two off-peak fare.
All free and concessionary travel for young, elderly and disabled Londoners, as well as veterans and members of the armed forces, has been protected in full.
Fares on the Emirates Air Line have also gone up by 10p except for multi-trip Oyster fares for regular users which will remain at £1.60.
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RSPCA's Think Pig Facebook game has adorable pigs, not-so adorable sounds
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), a U.K. -based advocacy group for animal rights, has launched a Facebook game to raise awareness about the fair treatment of pigs (no, not these pigs) with Think Pig. This anagram game asks you to line up pigs with letters on their backs to make words, but it's unsure as to how this game raises awareness.
Amongst the unsettling noise of swines grunting and snorting--sans any music at all--it's difficult enough to concentrate on putting words together. If you manage to achieve a score of at least "Weaner" ("Porker" and "Whole Hog" being the highest titles), you'll be sent to the bonus round where you'll have to answer a pig trivia question that will double your score if answered correctly.
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Then you'll be given the option to stick with the herd or move on to a new one for more letter options. You can share your scores with friends, like almost every social game, and there are personal, friend and global leaderboards to stoke that competitive flame.
According to the Think Pig Facebook page, the goal of the game is "to raise awareness about pig welfare and what labels you should look for when shopping," but we're finding it hard to see that message in Think Pig. While the trivia questions seem to fulfill this claim (all I can still hear are squealing pigs and outdoor ambiance), but trivia questions aren't provocative like immersive gameplay can be.
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Really, I did. I promise. I was even going to go find pictures, which as you all know, is a major thing for me. I don't believe in searching for pictures. It just annoys me. Although I did like the cat one from last week. And now I feel like I should burn my bad-ass-bitch card because I just admitted to liking a crazy Internet cat photo.
Moving on.
My birthday is in 9 days (or 10 depending on your time zone and how you do your counting)! I will be turning the dreaded Big 3-0. I would care a lot more than I do if I actually looked thirty. Thanks to genetics, an aversion to sunlight, and a lot of vodka, I don't look thirty. Points for me. And thanks to the salon, I don't even know if I have gray hair because I haven't seen my natural hair color since I was like...19. Maybe 20.
Also randomly running through my mind: Peggy McIntosh's "White Privilage". I may have the spelling and title wrong, but it's one of those articles that if you go to college you end up reading like three or four times. I have no idea why it's running through my head. Okay, I have something of an idea, but since it also corresponds with a criminology study that I can't remember all the details on and a whole shit ton of other stuff, I'm not going to talk about it. I feel like there are times I might have been a good investigative journalist, but then I remember my friend who got her degree in journalism and is stuck writing fluffy articles in order to build a portfolio and I decide that if I'm going to write fluff, it'll be fluff of my own choosing. Anyway, McIntosh's article will come back into play at some point. I feel it. I just don't know when.
I have a slew of guest posts/spots coming up in the next few months, so be on the lookout for those. I'm also attending DragonCon for the first time. More details on that as I figure them the hell out.
Now--I'm off to write one of those aforementioned guest posts and do some work on Shades of Blood. Off day? What off day?


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I promise that even though I am posting this super late in the day, we are back from vacation and will be returning to daily posts this week. As I drove the seven hours from Port Aransas to Plano last night after a nine hour fishing trip, I felt that any post produced right when I got home would have been gibberish. I am now rested and ready to share!
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If you follow me on Instagram, you will already know that about a minute after I got back from my California vacation with Lauren, I joined my boyfriend and his family for a whirlwind trip to the Texas coast. I had gotten this crop top in the mail the day I left, and although I only planned to wear it with high-waisted skirts like Lauren taught me here, I thought a beach road trip might be the perfect opportunity to test the limits of my belly-baring self-consciousness.
Lloyd assured me many times that it did not look in the least bit provocative, but I did notice when editing the pictures that I looked a bit unsure in a lot of them. Maybe it will just take some getting used to!
Once we arrived (at 4:20 a.m.) we had a great time kayaking, fishing, and walking the beach. We even got to visit the restaurant my family always hits up whenever we stay in Port A--Snoopy's! Now I'm ready for some cuddle time with my kitties and overdue for a trip to the grocery store.
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This article provides instructions on how to turn on debug logging in DSE Solr to see incoming queries and returned results in the
Although it is possible to set debug on all events in the logs using the procedures mentioned below for cassandra 2.0 and 2.1 based DSE releases, the user may wish to just set debug logging for DSE Solr.
Follow these steps to set the debug logging for Solr in DSE. Note that changing the
log4j-server.properties and
logback.xml files may require a restart of the DSE process.
For Cassandra 2.0 based DSE releases up to but not including 4.6.8 and 4.7.1
Edit the
log4j-server.properties file to include the following line:
Note: there can be a performance penalty when using this with vnodes. This is covered in the following internal jira:
DSP-3759 - Investigate impact and improvements of vnodes in Solr
For Cassandra 2.0 based DSE releases 4.6.8 and 4.7.1 and later
Edit the
log4j-server.properties file to include the following line:
For Cassandra 2.1 based DSE releases
Edit the
logback.xml file to include the following
<logger name="com.datastax.bdp.search.solr.dht.ShardRouter" level="DEBUG"/>
Also you can change this temporarily by using nodetool
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Halloween 2016 fell on a Monday school night evening. This was also a Monday social security day – the end of the month when senior citizens come to Kolonia to collect their social security checks and go shopping. That income is important in many families here, and falling on a Monday meant that the Halloween shopping weekend would likely have been negatively impacted. In local parlance, October 29 and 30 were a "broke weekend."
The weather was acceptable, only a brief passing light rain shower in Dolihner, otherwise generally dry conditions.
Perhaps the largest factor was that last year Halloween fell on a Saturday night. A weekend with no school the next day.
Whatever the underlying factors, numbers were down year-on-year. Groups are a very roughly estimated with overestimation more likely than under. That said, the front porch saw a drop from 90 groups in 2015 to 79 groups in 2016. Traffic began around 18:35 but by 20:30 no further trick or treaters arrived on the porch.
Note the nine outlying groups in 2015 – groups with more than roughly 15 candy receivers, including one up near 45 and another above 50. The differential in the number of groups is a drop of only eleven. The lack of large groups, however, meant raw numbers of individual candy takers was down more significantly.
The numbers were down even more significantly. The count of candy receivers in 2015 was 590. In 2016 only 416 showed up on the porch, a drop of 174 trick or treaters. Average group size also dropped, primarily a function of the drop in the number of large groups and the absence of any group larger that 35. The household thought that the choice to block cars from driving up the interior road negatively impacted the large group counts. My sense is that the large trucks used to haul the big groups of kids from other parts of the island may not have been as available as they were on a Saturday night last night.
In 2015 the average group size was 6.56 with a standard deviation of 8.90. In 2016 average group size was 5.27 with a standard deviation of 5.50. The median, however, increased from 3 to 4 year-on-year.
We again used the dual bowl system. One twenty-five dollar bag of better candy and a single 330 count bag of Hershey Kisses. Elterina added in three bags of additional small candies that may have added upwards of 90 candies to the Kisses bowl. We would end the evening with candy on hand.
For those who want to play with the raw data, the data is available in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. Analysis was done using Google Sheets with the above charts prepared using the Google Statistics add-in for Google Sheets.


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It should have been a very straightforward morning in the Master's Chambers. The Schoolteachers had put a motion on the Master's Uncontested list; it was their Motion for Summary Judgement. It's called the "uncontested list" because the Court does not make the obvious assumption that I intend to oppose it; instead, I am called upon to appear before the Master and state my intentions. Naturally, I oppose the motion; and the matter then is transfered to the Contested List, and the parties are given time to file and serve their respective Affidavits, typically two to four weeks. The matter is then adjourned, to reconvene when the affidavits are due. It's a very straightforward process and that was all we really had scheduled for today.
Except in Green v U of W, nothing is simple and straightforward. This was our third appearance before the Master since July 30th, and our first before Master Cooper since we began proceedings a year ago. There are four Masters in the Queen's Bench: Lee, Sharpe, Berthaudin, and Cooper. This last round begain with an appearance before Master Berthaudin; it was adjourned for four weeks, and when we reconvened I was taken aback to see that it would be Master Sharpe presiding. (I told you about this in a previous post.) Nothing against Master Sharpe you understand...but the case file was getting pretty thick, and she had to review it from scratch. It seemed like a lot of extra work. Well, here we were again, and it was yet another different master on the third go-round!
And all the unfinished business from the previous two hearings was back on the table. Master Cooper started by asking if any of the parties (myself, Lindsay on behalf of the professors, and Geoff Mackwood on behalf of the schoolteachers) would like to start by listing the items before us, and where we stood in terms of what had been filed on each one. I deferred to Lindsay, and she began. "Well, there are four matters under considration today but three of them really go together..." and I'm thinking, right...
and then she starts listing them, and it's something like (my apologies if I've got this wrong) "so you see, your Honor, one of them involves both parties and three of them involve either my clients or Mr. Mackwood's clients..." and I say "Excuse me, your honor but that's not how I group them. I was thinking that the three that go together are the ones that involve my rights with respect to discovery."
And then everyone looks at each other for about two seconds, and I say, "Maybe we need to draw a Venn Diagram of everthing we've got on." And that kind of breaks the tension. I got the feeling Master Cooper has a bit more of a sense of humor than the other three Masters. At least I think she knew what a Venn Diagram was.
So we start arguing about how we want the matters to proceed. Of course Lindsay and Mr. Mackwood say that since a victory by the Schoolteachers on the Motion for Summary would make everything else "moot", it should take precedence. I argue that my discovery rights, which had been put on hold since January, were back on as of June 27th when I won the Motion on Summary, and that my opponents should not be rewarded with a stay of proceedings on account of having stonewalled me all summer long. And furthermore, that the Schoolteachers had chosen to sit out the first Motion for Summary, only to have their crack at it eight months later, and now I was being forced to defend two consecutive motions for Summary without the benefit of discovery. That wasn't fair, I claimed. The Master then observed that "the one thing I can see for sure is than nobody agrees on anything. It looks like we need some case management here".
"Right!" I almost shouted. "Can we get you seized on this?" Since she was the first of the Masters who had come out and say that this was basically ridiculous the way it was going on (in terms of every Master having to come in and figure out from scratch what the last one had ordered), I figured she'd be a natural choice. "Well, actually...all the other Masters have been fine so far", I began to backtrack, and then trailed off almost inaudibly,"....but I think I'd like to have you seized on the case." Because sometimes you shouldn't wish for something in case you actually get it. But in the end, it wouldn't matter what I said...in fact, she was going to talk to the other Masters at lunchtime and see who could take it on.
I have to say that on sober second thought, I'm not entirely sure that I want "case management". I certainly think it makes sense to have one dedicated Master on the case, because the arguments from one proceeding constantly overlap with another. But beyond that, I think there's something else called "case management" whereby the Master basically takes charge of the whole sequence of events. I don't exactly mind that...but I'm afraid it lets the other side off the hook for the consequences of their actions. Right now, if for example they refuse to answer interrogatories, I have to make a motion to compel. If they refuse to set a date for discovery, I have to issue a Notice of Examination; if they fail to show up, I have to get a Certificate of Non-Attendance (which I did) and then I still haven't figured out what I do next. But the point is, I'm presently enforcing my rights through the Queen's Bench Rules, and I'm kind of having fun. I think the system "works"...and I'd kind of like to see how it plays out. Putting everything in the Master's hands removes the responsibility from both parties, and for my sake I'm not entirely sure it's necessary. But I'm willing to consider it.
In the meantime, although Master Cooper wasn't going to rule on any of these issues pending appointment of a case manager, she still wanted to hear are arguments. I already mentioned our argument over the Schoolteachers Motion for Summary. Then there was the case of the three motions regarding my rights to discovery. Those were:
1. My Motion for Exclusion of Parties, filed last year and put on hold by their January Motion for Summary.
2. My Motion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories, filed in June.
3. Their Motion to Stay Discovery, filed on August 27th.
I told the Master that because these issues were so inter-related, I thought it made sense to put them all together and argue them in one single hearing. Lindsay didn't agree. She thought her motion (to stay discovery) should come first. Well, the Master wanted to know, which matters were ready to proceed to argument? In fact, my Motion for Exclusion of Parties was all set to go, the briefs and affidavits having all been filed. As for the others, the Affidavits were all in, all we need to file were the Briefs. "That's not quite right", objected Lindsay. "Mr. Green has expressed his intention to cross-examine on Affidavit on our Motion to Stay, so we'll need to arrange a time for that". And she went onto say that since the deponent, Colin Russell, was extremely busy, being Registrar of the University and this being September, that she didn't know when she'd be able to book him.
"Oh no you don't", I wanted to say, but I didn't. I should have pointed out (but wasn't quick-witted enough) that all summer long, opposing counsel had put off filing affidavits and motions because "everyone was on holidays"; and now that they were back from holidays, everyone was "much too busy". Instead, I explained to the Master that there was already another motion where we had been ready to proceed, but at the last minute the Professors filed to more Affidavits, and when we appeared before the Master I still hadn't had time to review them, so I was still considering cross-examination. As a result, the Master adjourned sine die (which meant without a date); it only took me a few days to decide I didn't want to cross-examine, but in the meantime the Professors were off the hook in terms of producing their Brief, and four months had passed since then. "I don't want the same thing to happen here", I said. Because although this was their motion, not mine, they were nevertheless primarily interested in delaying things. "This whole conflict is based on my wanting to get to trial as quickly as possible, and their wanting to do everything they can to stop me from going to trial." I told the Master that busy or not, the Registrar was readily available; that he was in fact the University's designated "point man" on all matters related to Marty Green, and that in any event the examination would be extremely short, consiting of exactly one question, which I predicted the Russell would refuse to answer! And then I would be coming back to the Master to get an order compelling him to answer the question. In fact, I could see no reason why the Court could not simply acknowledge this sequence of events and proceed to briefs on the basis that it had actually happened, instead of making us go through the motions. (It turns out that's actually done.)
Master Cooper wasn't ready to go that far. But she was curious. Just what was I planning to ask the defendants, and why was I so sure they wouldn't answer? I was a bit taken aback at this, but I looked around and said...well, I guess it doesn't hurt me to tell you here and now. In his Affidavit, Mr. Russell states that the University "has already spent considerable time and money defending itself from these action by Mr. Green." Very simply, I'm going to ask him: how much time and how much money?"
I swear that Lindsay's face turned white. "Your honor", she sputtered, "that would be...that..." What....irrelevant? confidential? Of course it would be. Except...that you've entered it as evidence. So now it becomes the everyone's business! Furthermore, I think it was scandalous and inappropriate for Russell have made that argument in his affidavit, and the punishment (having to disclose his legal bills!) should fit the crime. At least, that's what I would be arguing when I asked the Master to compel an answer. And I think Lindsay knew she was cornered.
I wrapped up by saying that there was no reason the discovery of Russell couldn't be arranged within a month, and then all remaining briefs could be filed on the three motions. And furthermore, I would be arguing that given the Defandants utter refusal to answer interrogatories, my only effective remedy would be to have my Discovery examinations held before a master (instead of a court reporter), so when they refused to answer, I could immediately turn to the Master and say..."Your Honor?"
At this, Mackwood jumped in and tried to justify the Schoolteachers blanket refusal to answer interrogatories. "He was asking for names and addresses of students, he intoned in a disapproving voice." Yes I was. And teachers as well. As I was entitled to. Who else were the witnesses to the horrible acts I was accused of? Mr. Mackwood surely knew that according to the Manitoba Rules, parties are allowed to ask the names and addresses of potential witnesses. And in any case, their refusal to answer was not limited to the names of complainants and witnesses, but included particulars of the acts I was accused of. Worst of all, as I pointed out to the Master, Mackwood was ignoring the fact that very early on in the process, I had attempted to discuss with him how he wanted to deal with the issue of confidentiality, and he had simply ignored my inquiries.
Master Cooper listened carefully to all the foregoing arguments, and in the end, concluded that she was reserving decision on all these matters pending appointment of a case manager. We were now almost finished, except for one remaining item, involving only myself and the Professors. So Mr. Mackwood was free to go. He left, and then it was just the three of us.
And here's where it gets intersting. But since this has already been one of my longest blogposts ever, I'm going to finish this story when we return.


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7 Secrets of Highly Happy Children
When it comes to kids, people just don't think about happiness enough these days. They think about success. They think in comparisons. They think about milestones, graduations and shiny trophies. (The ones they earned, of course. Because, you know, not everyone deserves a trophy these days).
They think about things like redshirting a potential Kindergartener — not so that he will be happy, but so that he will have an advantage on the playing field or in the classroom. Read more →


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Max cocked his head at her. No siree, Bob. Daisy Moon was not easy. She was like a 1500 piece puzzle, where all the pieces are really tiny, and similar in shape and color, but are nonetheless different, and it would take weeks, maybe even months, just to get the edges put together.
"Don't look so surprised," she said. "I know I'm not exactly laid back. Okay, maybe that's being kind," she responded to Max's smile. "But I'm an incredible cook. And a really good speller. Not to mention having a humongous vocabulary. I came in fourth in the national spelling bee championship when I was fourteen."
Without meaning to, Max pictured Daisy at fourteen, in a prim white blouse and a demure plaid skirt with her hair tied back in a ribbon, triumphantly spelling words like...concupiscence.
"Do I know what men want, or what?" Now Daisy smiled...at herself.
Taking the cue, Max leaned into her and spoke sincerely, but resisted the urge to cup her hand.
"Somewhere there is a man who wants a pretty redhead who's difficult and a great cook with a really humongous vocabulary who can spell...and next time it won't be a cross-dressing felon."
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This week I'm sharing with you some of my September Project Life Pages. I have had these pages done for awhile, and I even have all of October done. It has just taken me a little longer than normal to get these up to share with you.
In September I had problems with my MacBook Pro, and I had problems with my photos on iPhone.
Taking photos everyday, and finding a way to get them off my computer, uploaded to print somewhere was simply too stressful. I decided to take a few weeks in September, and create "Theme" weeks.
{September Project Life Pages}
The next week ended up being a simple layout. These photos are my normal everyday photos.
All the photos for week 38 were all taken during the weekend. We had family visiting, and I knew that I would take several more photos than I normally do. It was easy to turn this weekend fun into a full layout.
The last week of September ended up being normal everyday photos again. By the end of September all of the issues I was having with computers, and iPhone seemed to work, which made it easier to get back into taking photos everyday.
Each month I choose some kind of kit to put my pages together. For September I used the Currently Core kit from Becky Higgins.
I will be back next week with new Christmas Projects for you! Don't forget that I am giving away Stamp Sets this month. I have 22 left, make sure you use this months Host Code:HUZGRD9R When placing your order of $50.00, or more.
If you haven't picked up your Stitched Framelits, you will want to make sure to get those HERE. They are amazing, and I will be sharing a project with you on Monday that I've already put together using this super cute set.


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Different parts of a trophy include the figure or topper at the top of the trophy, which has threaded studs that attach it to the trophy. Many trophies also have a base, often made of marble or wood, and columns with lids.
Lids can be made of marble but can also be made of golden plastic or wood. Some trophies also have large and heavy cup bases.
Smaller trophies often have trims instead of figures; these are also screwed into the trophy. Some trophies have risers to add height. The traditional handled cup with or without a lid can be added to a base and serve as the trophy itself. It can also be part of a more ornate trophy. Labels and plates are also added to trophies.


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Girl's Under Garments
This wonderful lacy under garment set is the perfect ensemble for your little girls baptism. The garments have been specially made to absorb the baptism oil after the child has been annointed, and to protect the child's baptism gown.
The set includes a pretty lacy camisole top with easy to pull up bloomers. Both are decorated with the initials of the child. The cap is made from delicate lace. All garments are made from pure cotton lawn and cotton lace trim.
A lovely addition to the baptism ensemble.


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PETIONVILLE, HAITI -- Through decades of coups, hurricanes, embargoes and economic collapse, members of the wily and powerful business elite of Haiti have learned the art of survival in one of the most chaotic countries on Earth -- and they might come out on top again.
Although Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake destroyed many buildings in Port-au-Prince, it mostly spared homes and businesses up the mountain in the cool, green suburb of Petionville, home to former presidents and senators.
A palace built atop a mountain by the man who runs one of Haiti's biggest lottery games is still standing. New-car dealers, the big importers, the families that control the port -- they all drove through town with their drivers and security men this past weekend. Only a few homes here were destroyed.
"All the nation is feeling this earthquake -- the poor, the middle class and the richest ones," said Erwin Berthold, owner of the Big Star Market in Petionville. "But we did okay here. We have everything cleaned up inside. We are ready to open. We just need some security. So send in the Marines, okay?"
As Berthold stood outside his two-story market, stocked with fine wines and imported food from Miami and Paris, his customers cruised by and asked when he would reopen. "Maybe Monday!" he shouted, then held up his hand to his ear, for customers to call his cellphone.
So little aid has been distributed that there is not much difference between what the rich have received and what the poor have received. The poor started with little and now have less; the rich simply have supplies to last.
But search-and-rescue operations have been intensely focused on buildings with international aid workers, such as the crushed U.N. headquarters, and on large hotels with international clientele. Some international rescue workers said they are being sent to find foreign nationals first.
There is an extreme, almost feudal divide between rich and poor in Haiti. The gated and privately guarded neighborhoods resemble a Haitian version of Beverly Hills, but with razor wire.
Elias Abraham opened the door of his pretty walled compound, a semiautomatic pistol on his right hip and his family's passports in his back pocket.
His extended family's four-wheel-drive sport-utility vehicles are filled with gas. He has a generator big enough to power a small hotel. And even if his kids are sleeping in the courtyard because they are afraid of the continuing aftershocks, his maids are dressed in crisp, blue uniforms and his hospitable wife is able to welcome visitors with fresh-brewed coffee.
Abraham has not been unaffected by the quake. His Twins Market grocery store collapsed Tuesday and fell prey to looters Wednesday.
"They took everything," said Abraham, the Haitian-born son of a Syrian Christian merchant family. "I don't care. God bless them. If they need the food, take it. Just don't take it and sell it for a hundred times what it is worth.
"This is not the time to think about making money," he added. "We need security. We need calm."
Up in the mountains, there are flower vendors selling day-old roses across the street from refugees in tents. There are beauty salons, fitness gyms and French restaurants. All of them are shuttered but mostly undamaged.
Few buildings collapsed in Petionville and the surrounding area, but a drive through the hillsides found only three or four spilling into ravines.
"Thank God for the mountain," said Wesley Belizaire, who escaped to the hills above Petionville with 15 friends and family members to camp out in a sprawling stucco. "It is so safe, safe, safe." The house belongs to his boss, the owner of a travel agency, who was visiting the Bahamas when the quake struck.
The police are operating out of a well-supplied station in Petionville, where the parking lot was filled with idle police trucks. There have been few reports of looting here, even though the town has banks on every corner. Hervé Delorme, executive marketing director of Sogebank, stood outside a branch and said the building was safe and sound. "Only because of the electricity and communications we do not have the technology available to open," he said.
Across the street, one of the few pharmacies in the area was open. It was guarded by three Haitian police officers with rifles who let one customer in at a time. Down at the General Hospital, families wandered through the courtyard filled with patients with amputated limbs and open wounds, begging foreigners for medicine.
For better or worse, it will likely be the residents of Petionville who through their government connections, trading companies and interconnected family businesses will receive a large portion of U.S. and international aid and reconstruction money.
After a service at St. Louis Catholic Church in Port-au-Prince early Sunday, Yva Souriac was warning fellow parishioners what would come next with international assistance. "They only give the aid money to the same big families, over and over. So I ask, what is the point? They have given money to these families to help Haiti for 50 years, and look at Haiti. I say the Americans need to make up a new list."


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Dkonn Feat. King Louie - H.O.D. [Unsigned Artist]
Dkonn one of Chicago most talked about new upcoming independent artist releases his newest single H.o.d (hoes on drugs) featuring Chicago's own king Louie. Produced by : shakendbake , look out for his new upcoming EP titled " Luxuary Muzic " dropping early May
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By Corey Roepken
In 2008 the Rice coaching staff signed a recruiting class it believed would help the program achieve big things. They were right as a bulk of the kids who signed that year helped the Owls win the 2013 Conference USA title.
After signing his latest class on Wednesday, coach David Bailiff said he is experiencing deja vu.
Nineteen high school seniors signed national letters of intent to play for Rice. All but one hails from Texas. The other comes all the way from Alaska.
"We think this is a class like the 2008 class that if we keep them together they will win championships," Bailiff said. "Their transcripts indicate we'll be able to keep them together academically. Their athleticism at all positions is by far the best we've had here.
"You always hope to recruit better than you did the year before. I think we did that."
The top prospects are Aston and Austin Walter, twin brothers who helped Crosby light up scoreboards the last few seasons. Aston played quarterback and Austin running back. They combined for 15,280 yards and 161 touchdowns in their high school careers.
Aston was recruited as an athlete, who likely will play all over the field.
"We don't know exactly what he's going to be," Bailiff said. "He'll play a little running back, a little slot, a little wildcat. He's so athletic we'll have to find a role for him. The twins are pretty dynamic players who could help us early with their speed and vision."
The most unique story of the class belongs to Lance Wright, a wide receiver from Fairbanks, Ak. Playing for North Pole High School, Wright did not have the exposure kids from the contiguous 48 states have.
Rice graduate assistant Sean Edmondson discovered Wright, and then wide receivers coach Billy Lynch went to Alaska to get video of him. Not the first time, though. Rice had to reschedule his trip because the temperature was going to be 52 degrees below zero.
Rice eventually got Wright to visit campus last August. The Owls liked what they saw and offered him a scholarship. Despite experiencing the rigors of a scorching Houston summer, Wright accepted his only offer a few weeks later.
Bailiff said Wright told him he knew he'd have to leave Alaska if he wanted to continue his football career.
"There is no snowmobiling around here," Bailiff said. "There is not going to be any ice fishing. His life is going to change a little bit, but he's excited about coming here."
Wright is not expected to be the only impact receiver who signed on Wednesday. Bailiff said East Bernard's Trevor Long (6-5, 219) already is bigger and faster than Jordan Taylor and Dennis Parks, the Owls' top two receivers last season.
Though this signing class is like the one he signed in 2008, Bailiff said he hopes the Owls don't have to wait quite as long to win another league championship. He expects them to have a chance to do that after addressing their biggest needs with this signing class.
"We won Conference USA, but we still needed to get bigger on the lines, a step faster on the ends and a step faster at our skill positions," Bailiff said. "When you get a chance to see these young men you'll see we achieved those goals."
Ranking: #94 (Rivals.com), #103 (Scout.com)
Analysis: The Owls needed to get bigger on the offensive line and to add speed all around the field. They have done that by signing some kids who are bigger and faster than some of the team's biggest contributors.
Top prospect: Aston Walter played quarterback at Crosby but will play several positions for Rice's offense. He and his twin brother Austin both could see time as freshmen.
Sleeper: Growing up in Alaska made it difficult for wide receiver Lance Wright to receive scholarship offers. Rice was the only school to offer him.
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January 10, 2013 | by Shawn Le
Cancer cells can build up a resistance to the drugs commonly used to combat the disease – it's one of cancer's many defensive survival mechanisms. In a research letter published Jan. 9 in the journal Nature, however, researchers report that intermittent treatment appears to have helped overcome drug-resistant melanoma in the lab.
The results are promising, but they're hardly ready for prime-time.
Cy Stein, M.D., Ph.D., City of Hope's Arthur and Rosalie Kaplan Chair and Professor of the Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, is cautious about whether the results — found in mice — will translate into human benefit.
Scientists in the study used mice with a common type of melanoma linked to a mutation in the BRAF gene. More than half of all melanoma patients have a BRAF-mutated cancer. The drug vemurafenib inhibits BRAF proteins, which leads to apoptosis – or natural cell death – of the melanoma. However, the melanoma can develop a resistance to vemurafenib.
Not only do the cancer cells find different ways to survive the lack of BRAF proteins, they also learn to thrive on the drug treatment itself, feeding off of the vemurafenib to continue growing.
The researchers found that starting and stopping treatment on an irregular schedule overcame the survival mechanism. The cancer cells that became resistant to vemurafenib and needed the drug in order to survive died off without it; the resulting surviving melanoma cells became vulnerable to the drug once treatment started again.
But all cancers are different. And humans are hardly mice. Stein's experience with treating human patients with prostate cancer offers an example of how much more more complicated the picture can be.
"In prostate and breast cancer, however, we not infrequently see that a drug can be given that produces a response, then the disease recurs, and when we remove that drug, we see another response," he said. "On occasion, these withdrawal responses can be quite durable. The reason that happens is probably quite different than what the Nature paper describes, though."
Results from one 17-year long clinical trial presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology outline the potential risks of intermittent therapy. The study looked at 3,040 men diagnosed with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer between 1995 and 2008. The men either received the standard continuous androgen-deprivation therapy or intermittent therapy. Treatment resistance was not a factor in the study.
In this prostate study, researchers found that the median overall survival time for men who received continuous therapy was 5.8 years, with 29 percent of these men surviving at least 10 years. Men on intermittent therapy had a median overall survival time of 5.1 years, with 23 percent surviving at least 10 years.
The results of the mouse study in melanoma may be promising if they can be reproduced in humans, but Stein says the general benefit of "drug holidays" will be in managing the side effects of treatment, not necessarily in managing the cancer itself.
"Drug holidays are something we usually think of as given for toxicity, so patients can recover before restarting therapy," he said. "I suspect that given what we know of cancer biology, drug holidays – except for toxicity – will not be common."


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MLB Power Rankings 2012: Boston Red Sox and More Teams Rising UpApril 16, 2012
The 2012 MLB season is off to a great start, as several teams are improving upon poor starts and others just continue to perform at a high level.
It's a long road ahead, so those teams struggling at the moment (and their fans) don't need to get too discouraged. After all, getting down in the dumps just a little over a week into the season is a bit ludicrous.
Some teams are finding their groove right now, and they're definitely hoping it continues all year long. Whether their pitchers are on fire or the bats are booming, a few teams are really hot at the moment.
That being said, here are some teams on the rise, as well as my full list of power rankings at the bottom.
Boston Red Sox
After being swept by the Detroit Tigers to begin the year, the Red Sox are bouncing back strong.
They've won three straight games against a very good Tampa Bay Rays teams, and they're striving for the series sweep as we speak. Boston and Tampa Bay are tied 0-0 after the fourth inning.
The bats are really starting to pick up. In the first three wins against the Rays, the Red Sox scored a total of 31 runs.
Keep an eye on Boston as the season progresses, because the Red Sox are going to keep thriving.
Atlanta Braves
Another team that began the year in a disastrous way, the Braves are surging back and showing the world that they can in fact hit the baseball.
Despite having a banged-up knee, Chipper Jones is doing superb work in limited action this season. He's been a huge boost for Atlanta when he does play, and the team is hoping he remains relatively healthy throughout the year.
Atlanta has reeled off five straight wins, and on Monday night the Braves will get a shot at revenge against the New York Mets, the team that swept them to open the season.
If the Braves can keep swinging for power, they're definitely a team to fear in 2012.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Entering the 2012 season, nobody expected that the Dodgers would have the best record in baseball after 10 games.
They started hot and have continued to stay that way, winning their last six games. Sure, the quality of opponents Los Angeles has faced isn't very high, but it's still a good sign for the Dodgers to be crushing poor teams this early.
Of course, the key for the Dodgers will be to keep this up all season long, which is easier said than done.
At 9-1 on the year, the Dodgers continue to climb up the rankings, and if they keep performing this well, it won't be long before they take the top spot in Major League Baseball.
2012 MLB Power Rankings - April 16
1. Texas Rangers
2. Detroit Tigers
3. St. Louis Cardinals
4. Los Angeles Dodgers
5. Arizona Diamondbacks
6. Washington Nationals
7. New York Yankees
8. Toronto Blue Jays
9. Boston Red Sox
10. Atlanta Braves
11. Tampa Bay Rays
12. Los Angeles Angels
13. Philadelphia Phillies
14. New York Mets
15. Chicago White Sox
16. San Francisco Giants
17. Miami Marlins
18. Cincinnati Reds
19. Baltimore Orioles
20. Seattle Mariners
21. Cleveland Indians
22. Milwaukee Brewers
23. Houston Astros
24. Colorado Rockies
25. Oakland A's
26. Chicago Cubs
27. Pittsburgh Pirates
28. Kansas City Royals
29. San Diego Padres
30. Minnesota Twins


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I have been pondering for some time now the comments of some on the right, most notably Limbaugh, that they hope that Obama's policies fail. It really is worth thinking for a minute about what exactly they are saying and to play out the implications of the sentiments these comments reveal.
To begin with, the comments are generally along that lines of saying something like, "Do I hope Obama's policies succeed? Of course, not, I hope they fail!" Well, let's focus on the outcomes intended by the various economic policies Obama has put forward. In short, those policies are intended to have the outcome of avoiding a severe economic depression and of restoring economic vitality. If the policies he has launched succeed, what will be the outcome? Well, we will avoid a severe depression, which means, for example, that unemployment will top out at a lower rate. In turn, this means less suffering for those who might otherwise have become unemployed. Similarly, having things improve more quickly means that those who have already become unemployed will be able to find jobs. Less homes will be foreclosed upon, less folks in bread lines, more folks off unemployment compensation sooner, etc.
Realizing these things leads one to ask exactly why some one would not want those outcomes. Why would Limbaugh et al desire higher and longer levels of unemployment? Why would they desire to see more homes foreclosed upon? Why would they want to see more folks lose insurance coverage and the attendant suffering that goes along with that? We should make no mistake about this, a naked claim that one hopes Obama's economic policies fail is directly transferable to a claim that one desires to see increased levels of human suffering. We, likewise, ought not to be the least bit bashful about pointing out these implications and connect them directly to the folks who are making these outrageous claims.
In all fairness, we should recognize that it would be fairly easy for folks like Limbaugh to offer a much more reasoned claim. For example, they could say something like, "I am firmly committed to conservative policies and, as such, I firmly believe that human suffering will be minimized by adopting conservative policies. If I am correct, then Obama's policies will fail. However, my first priority is to see beyond my own ideology to hope that whatever best alleviates human suffering is adopted and succeeds as quickly as possible." Of course, a blowhard like Limbaugh, who makes a living on stirring up folks by pontificating on exxagerated claims can hardly afford (literally, afford) to make these more reasoned claims. His success depends on being outrageous, not reasoned. "Talent on loan from God." One wonders what God is going to say about how he used it when he returns it.....
When you get a chance, be sure to point out these implications. Remind folks that ideological blinders (or, even simple profit motive) force folks to make these sorts of unfortunate claims, and remind them, especially in Christian circles, that our first goal is NOT defending ideologies but rather to defend human flourising.


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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/scottburns/columns/2007/stories/DN-burns_16bus.ART.State.Edition1.2a47918.htmlCraig Israelsen, an associate professor at Brigham Young University, wants us to know that it pays to build "Steady Eddy" portfolios for retirement.The question: If common stocks provide a 10 percent return over the long run, why can't I spend 7 percent a year and leave 3 percent to compensate for inflation? Why do all these planners tell me I can spend only 4 percent? Where does that lost 3 percent go? For most people, it just doesn't seem right. The statistical answer, which is less than illuminating, is that the lost return went down the variance sink. Another way of looking at it is that the 3 percent is the price of market volatility. Build a more stable portfolio, and you'll pay less for market volatility – the inevitable ups and downs of asset prices. You'll sleep better. You'll raise the odds you can spend more each year. To demonstrate the idea, Dr. Israelsen tested the impact of increasing diversification on retirement portfolios. The portfolios were set for an initial withdrawal rate of 5 percent, with the original dollar withdrawal amount increasing by 3 percent each year thereafter, to account for inflation. Using the period from 1970 to 2006, he examined both the statistical stuff (standard deviation and internal rate of return) and the scary stuff (worst single-year loss and frequency of one-, two- or three-year losses of 10 percent or more). Guess what? A portfolio with seven asset classes not only has a higher return than a simple domestic equity portfolio, it also has about half as much risk. His two-asset portfolio – 50/50 U.S. large- and small-cap stocks – produced an annualized internal rate of return of 10.7 percent. But it lost a deadly 30.8 percent in its worst year. His seven-asset portfolio – equal portions of U.S. large- and small-cap stocks, international stocks, U.S. intermediate fixed-income, cash, REITs and commodities – provided an 11.25 percent return. But the worst-year loss was only 10.2 percent. When he observed that some portfolios appear more diversified than they are, I asked for an example. "We can have a portfolio with U.S. large-cap and EAFE [international stocks], and it will look diversified. But it isn't in terms of timing – the timing of return is too similar. Diversification is really like an engine. Each asset class is a piston. It's important that they fire at different times."
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