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MANAMA (Reuters) - Jean Todt, the head of Formula One's governing body, will not attend this weekend's controversial Bahrain Grand Prix but officials played down the significance of his absence on Wednesday.
A spokesman for the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said the Frenchman had never had Bahrain on his schedule after being at the first two races of the season in Australia and Malaysia.
Todt's next Formula One appearance would be in Canada in June, he added.
Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone is due to attend a race that is set to go ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled because of continuing civil unrest in the tiny Gulf kingdom.
The 82-year-old billionaire said this week he was willing to meet the opposition.
The race was called off in 2011, following a bloody crackdown by the authorities on an anti-government uprising that left at least 35 dead.
The situation has improved since then, with the Sunni-led government and Shi'ite-dominated opposition resuming reconciliation talks in February for the first time since 2011, even if little progress has been reported.
Most foreign visitors to Manama during grand prix week would notice plenty of publicity for the race at Sakhir and few signs of unrest, other than a strong police presence along the highways.
Todt was criticized last week by Britain's 1996 world champion Damon Hill for failing to take a clear stance on the race and to demonstrate that Formula One was sensitive to the situation.
"The question really is whether or not F1 going to Bahrain is actually going to be... furthering brutal repression of people by being an endorsement of the way in which repression has been meted out," he said.
"(Last year) I took the view that the sport and the governing body of the sport should be ensuring that they are not hijacked for the wrong reasons. I'm not entirely sure that they've cleared that point to be honest."
Hill said Todt, who attended last year's race and told reporters at the time that it would have been a mistake for the sport not to come, was wrong if he believed the best approach was to say nothing.
"He has not said anything that has distanced the sport from things it would find distasteful and upsetting, which I believe everybody in the sport would actually like to do," he said.
Todt has kept a low profile throughout his presidency, distancing himself from the more confrontational style of predecessor Max Mosley who courted the media and rarely shied away from a debate.
The Frenchman, who once ran the Ferrari F1 team as Michael Schumacher's boss, has attended few grands prix and has devoted more of his time to road safety campaigns and travelling the world to visit member federations.
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Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton is returning to Texas for further examination of a sinus problem that has forced him to miss two straight games.
Fellow Texas slugger Adrian Beltre was back in the lineup for the AL West leaders on Thursday night against the Angels. Both players missed Wednesday's game with ailments.
Hamilton leads the majors with 42 homers. He left Tuesday's series opener in the fourth inning with a recurring sinus problem that makes it tough for him to breathe.
Beltre sat out one game with abdominal discomfort and wasn't in the Rangers' initial lineup Thursday, but talked his way into the cleanup spot as a designated hitter after batting practice.
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Bessy Conway; or, The Irish Girl in America Preface
It seems to me that there is little need of a Preface for Bessy Conway. The object of the book is plain; so plain, indeed, that there is no possibility of any one's mistaking it for a better or a worse. It is simply an attempt to point out to Irish Girls in America -- especially that numerous class whose lot it is to hire themselves out for work, the true and never -- failing path to success in this world, and happiness in the next. Perhaps in the vast extent of the civilized world, there is no class more exposed to evil influences than the Irish Catholic girls who earn a precarious living at service in America. To those who are even superficially acquainted with the workings of that chaotic mass which forms the population of our cities, of the awful depth of corruption weltering below the surface, and the utter forgetfulness of things spiritual, it is a matter of surprise that so many of the simple-hearted peasant girls of Ireland retain their home-virtues and follow the teachings of religion in these great Babylons of the west.
The subject looms up before us in tremendous proportions as we come to consider it, and the mind shrinks appalled from the consequences and probabilities presenting themselves on every side. The vast member of these girls, their unprotected state, generally speaking; the dangers of every kind awaiting them after they have slipped the moorings which bound them in safety to the old Christian laud, where virtue and religion are the basis of society; and, unfortunately, the mischief is not confined to themselves. Every woman has a mission, either for good or evil; and, unhappily for society, the lax, and the foolish, and the unprincipled will find husbands as well as the good and virtuous. The sphere of influence thus extended, who can calculate the results, whether good or ill ?
Some may say that I have drawn too gloomy a picture. Such persons know little about it. The reality exceeds my powers of description, and I have only to say in conclusion, that the fathers and mothers who so suffer their young daughters to come out unprotected to America in search of imaginary goods, would rather see them laid in their graves than lose sight of them, if they know the dangers which beset their path in the New World
I have written this book from a sincere and heartfelt desire to benefit these young country-women of mine, by showing them how to win respect and inspire confidence on the part of their employers, and at the same time, to avoid the nares and pitfalls which have been the ruin of so many of their own class. Let them be assured that it rests with themselves whether they do well or ill in AmericaŃwhether they do honor to their country and their faith, or bring shame and reproach to both.
New York. June, 1861
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Everything is wrapped in fillo.
I finally got the chance to eat here last night after multiple time driving past it. What a treat!
I walked in and was greated by Ziggy the owner. He told me that the fillo of the day was out, but he would substitute the turkey kashkaval instead. He mentioned something else, but I couldn't really understand him through the accent. I just agreed to whatever he suggested since it is my first fillo bar experience.
He told me to take a seat while someone prepared my meal (to go). While sitting, I got a chance to absorb the ambiance. It had such a great European charm to it. It's a casual place, but I would still recommend it as a nice sit down restaurant - as the nice tables are comfortably presented with floral centerpieces and candles. Also while waiting, I got a sneak peak at their wonderful looking desserts! Since it was late already (about 9:30pm), I had no room for dessert, but I made a note to return next time to try them. Their banitzas, chocolate sticks, and vanilla cakes look especially appetizing.
The soup that came with my meal was absolutely delicious! Fresh tomato soup with vegetables. The turkey fillo exceeded my expectations! A delicious combination of turkey, spinach, and kashkaval wrapped in light phyllo. It also came with roasted potato and yams and a teeny side salad perfectly dressed.
The only thing strange about my experience was that my meal came out to $12, but on their menu, the daily special (comes with same sides) was only $9? Regardless, it was well worth the money and I am likely to return very soon!
Blink and you might miss it. It's a tiny place sandwiched between a couple of other restaurants. It doesn't help that the restaurant name is less than prominent. Look in and you'll think it's just another coffee joint.
Fortunately, it's not. The menu is small, there's basically 2 things (plus variations) on the menu. The filo stuff and the another thing which is kind of like a filo pie. It's hard to describe...
Started off with a cold cucumber soup, very nicely done. The filo (got the orange & duck) was ... a delightful surprise! Not heavy at all, very light and flaky. Duck inside was quite sizeable and juicy. Look, this is the right way to use filo, not like the ones at dim sum places or Chinese bakeries...
The other thing ... odd! You'll just have to try it yourself, it's kind of like a quiche but made with dough or filo rolls instead of eggs, or something like that. Quite yummy anyways.
The meal for the 2 of us came to just over $16, so not expensive at all.
Worth a first visit? Yeah, for sure. A second? Hmm... will have to think about that since the menu is quite limited, but maybe...
Showed up at this place a couple of weeks ago with a friend. As soon as I went in, I thought maybe I was in the wrong place? The inside is properly lighted, and by night they put on the candles. They have a self serve water station and the walls have painted trees and fences, really loved it.
I had the spinach and mushroom fillo and my friend had the philly steak one. She liked hers, as did I, but I had a problem with the actual fillo part. It was EXTREMELY salty for some odd reason, and I had to drink like 2 cups of water. I dunno if it was just that day or maybe they're suppose to taste like that? The philly steak one also tasted incredibly salty, the flaky part. That's why I gave it only a 3. But the ingredients were definitely fresh. The salad was a nice touch, and the best part of my plate were the roasted potatoes and yams. They were PERFECT, like they were meant to be at the highest class restaurant. YUMM. I was too full to have any dessert, but they looked really good.
Each of our dishes were about 10 something, totally worth it. I wouldn't so much as come back for the fillo, seeing how salty it is, but those roasted veggies are oh so good. And might go back to try the desserts.
We ended up at Acacia by accident one rainy night. Wanted to eat something different and had always seen this place when going to Delaney's for a coffee.
We were pleasantly surprised... They specialize in phylo pastry dishes. I tried the lamb and my girlfriend had the chicken pesto. Both were very tasty but I though the Chicken Pesto was very good and would get that next time. The meals were each about $9.99 including a nice mixed green salad and roasted potato/sweet potato side. House wines are priced at $4.00 per glass.
Overall the meal was lovely and they serve Lavazza coffee which was perfect after the meal. A large selection of desserts also looked great.
Noticed they have an amazing breakfast for $7.99 and we will definitely be back to try it.
Simple, tasty food with attentive service in a very European ambiance for hard to believe prices. Great value.
Would highly recommend this place.
Happened into this charming place in a part of town I rarely frequent-what a lovely surprise it was.
In a neighbourhood literally heaving with variety this place offers something different enough to be distinctive and familiar enough to be instantly desirable.
The Leek and Feta Banitza is a winner-as I rated outstanding value very tasty with well balanced flavours.
We pick up their Banitza's (usually the one with leeks) and use them as appies.....'everyone' enjoys them and ask where to obtain them. We always caution that the doorway is small and hard to locate, but, certainly worth going to.
We've also enjoyed the other offerings, including the desserts.
I live on Gabriola Island and don't eat out much. Also, my husband is an excellent cook (who doesn't like going to restaurants) and I have found I have become somewhat spoiled now when it comes to food. I no longer have any interest in fast food, greasy food, etc. Since I was going to be in Vancouver for two nights on my own, I wanted to make the most of my meals out.
I was looking for something different in food, and found this restaurant on Dine Here. Never having had Bulgarian food I decided to try it based on the reviews.
I ordered the special. I had the soup as an appetiser - a fabulous tomato - there was a choice of hot or cold (don't know if that meant two different soups or that you could have the tomato hot or cold, but I had hot). My banitza filling was brie, prosciutto, spinach and sun dried tomato. I'm not used to eating salt so about midway through I found the prosciutto to be a bit much, but I just took smaller bites and finished the works. The mixture of roast potatoes and yams was also good. There was a small bit of greens on the plate as well, with a nice dressing.
At one point there was opera playing, which I didn't much care for, but eventually different music came on.
Feeling quite full, it was a long trudge (mostly uphill, it seemed!) up Robson back to the Hotel Vancouver, but I stopped along the way for a blood orange gelato.
I would go back to this restaurant - I'd probably try the steak and mushrooms next.
Everytime I go to Denman I eat from this restaurant! I've always told myself I should try something new but once I'm there I'm craving their food so I don't end up being adventurous but who cares?
First time I ordered take out because the place was so small I thought it was take out only. But the visits after that I sat in, mostly because it was raining, but it's rather cozy inside as well.
I usually order the fillo, either duck and orange or the roast lamb and onions. Previous reviews seem to price this place lower than what it costs now, but that's just inflation probably. Though I was disappointed when I went today because they said they have to charge $4 extra for the duck now because duck has been expensive in the market lately (really?? Is that true?). So I got the lamb instead no problem it's still really good and filling for one person. I am absolutely in love with their yams that come on the side! I was even pig enough once to order an extra side of it for only a buck something. But I realized after it was plain gluttony and I couldn't finish haha. It usually comes with potatoes and yams mixed but you can get them with just yams instead (or just potato if you prefer, I'm guessing).
Their service is great as well. There's always a friendly girl helping you out at the register which is usually also the server. They answered a lot of my questions about the menu nicely during my first couple visits and gave suggestions to my liking (like the yam only option) when I wasn't sure what to do. Today's visit was no exception! I decided to order and pay/tip at the same time before I settled down to sit. The waitress knew I wanted the window seat from my conversation with my boyfriend but someone just came in the restaurant and took up those seats while I was paying. The waitress was kind enough to ask the new customer to sit somewhere else because I came first and wanted them. This might be something really simple or expected from a restaurant, but you'd be surprised how little people care elsewhere sometimes! Especially at small cafes such as this which seems take out oriented.
They also have this dessert freezer display case that makes me drool everytime I check out what's inside. But I never have enough room after the meal for them! I'm definitely trying dessert first next time!
Being a work-at-home guy, I'm fortunate enough to be able to regularly sample Denman Street's variety of lunchtime offerings. Acacia has been a favourite of mine for a long time now.
Their lunchtime specials never disappoint. The main attraction consists of a flaky, burrito-sized fillo pastry containing a tasty filling - steak and mushrooms, halibut and shrimp, salmon, turkey slices, or others. It's a generous portion, and it's accompanied by the tastiest crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside mix of diced sweet potatoes and regular potatoes. Soup or salad is also included, and I usually go for the soup - always homemade and usually quite delicious (my favourite is the hearty tomato).
They also have a variety of desserts which I have yet to scratch the surface of, but have always been happy with anything I've tried - the vanilla cake I had today was superb, sweet yet light.
The lunch special with a drink is just around $10 - a super deal.
Acacia will continue to be one of my regular lunchtime spots!
The best cafe on Denman Street that you do not know about, serving banitzas and other Bulgarian treats in a small place that's easy to miss. I always take guests there and not one has been disappointed yet.
If you do not what what banitzas are then start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banitsa_(pastry). Acacia's banitzas are delicious and filling without being greasy, and there is also a decent choice of fillo parcels with other savoury fillings. Their selection of sweet treats is far more diverse and imaginitive than the standard coffee shop range. They only make one kind of muffin but it's the best around and has the following to prove it - it often sells out early. Arrive at around 8AM and get yours warm out of the oven, and rejoice in the fact that a small, authentic and unique cafe is setting the pace on Denman Street, despite the creeping cancer of corporate eateries.
This is one of our most favorite restaurants for brunch. The eggs benny are AMAZING!!!! It's a SUPER tiny place near Enlgish Bay, but the food is SO good. Service is average, value of food for what you get is pretty good too. Food is super flavorful and their eggs benny are served with an amazing garlic yogurt sauce instead of the heavy, tradional fatty hollandaise. The meal comes with roasted and yam potatoes and a small green salad. Both amazing as well. I have also had some of their phyllo pastry, and yet again, is amazing as well. It will continue to be on the top of our list for BEST places to go for brunch. Highly recommended.
My boyfriend and I discovered Acacia Fillo Bar about 8 months ago, we became utterly addicted to the fillo specifically the brie and cheese, it comes with a small salad and roasted potatoes and yams. At one point we seriously went 5-6 days a week. It was so exciting to find a unique reasonably priced restaurant.
For about 2-3 months we continued to go there, loving to food, service and price. However, early in the year the fillo was unbearably and horribly salty, making it practically unedible. This happened a couple of times in a row so we stopped coming deciding to try again in a few weeks;a few weeks later to our delight it was good again.
Then, the brie practically disappeared altogether and it was rather unpleasant, a huge fillo filled with cooked spinach and a few pecans. Sadly the size of the salad has ALWAYS been a different serving size sometimes (not kidding) we had take out and my salad was seriously 3 small pieces of prewashed lettuce and half a cherry tomatoe. Dissappointed and irritated we again had this happen a couple of times and took yet another break from the fillo bar.
I swore I would never go back because of the constant inconsistent food and for two months we never went back but when the fillo bar is good it is amazingly good and I was craving it so badly we gave it another try. It was spectacular, nice sized portion of salad, nicely roasted potatoes and a fillo FILLED with amazing gooey brie! So we started coming back a little more frequently now that the food was good again, but sadly tonight we were massively dissappointed......
The food took FOREVER to arrive, which we were sort of okay with because we know how great and delicious the fillo is... This had to be the worst fillo ever, the server came with strangely mangeled fillo and apologized for the appearance because they are trying a "new" fillo out but said it should taste the same. Okay...hopefully it will taste the same.....it didn't. It was terrible absolutely horrible, the "brie" was disgusting and did not resemble brie at all, more like the cheapest most flavourless mozzarella from a corner store down the street. It was chewy and stringy and salty. Awful. My boyfriend asked the server if a different cheese was being used he said no but that he would check in the back. When he came back out he said that the owner was in Bulgaria and they ran out of brie so they did use a different cheese, he then asked us if it was a good replacement. We told him no, it was awful and that I would definitely never order this again if fillo stayed this way. He apologized thanked us for our feedback and left the table. We paid (full price, no suggestions as to how to fix the situation) and are more than disappointed.
If they owner is out of town, should the staff not be told where to get supplies from? Is she impossible to reach? Shouldn't she provide them with the required ingredients to run the restaurant???? I'm baffled, the fillo wasn't very good I'm guessing it was pre-made from the freezer section at Safeway and the brie as previously mentioned was terrible. Horrendously bad.
The inconsistent food is not forgivable, insane amounts of salt, no brie in a brie and pecan fillo, outrageously small salads, (random portion sizes), and terrible replacement ingredients have laid to rest our love of acacia. I'm genuinely sad because I know the food can be amazing.
I'm staying in Vancouver for the week and have been eating out a lot. Last night I went to Acacia and it was absolutely delicious! I had phyllo wrapped wild mushrooms with spinach and was expecting a small portion but it was HUGE! It came with roast potatoes and yams and a mixed green salad. The only issue was the cost of a can of pop, which was over $2. The food price was reasonable at about $10 but the cost of pop was absurd. I do plan to return but will be drinking water instead!
Wow. Upon glancing into this small, candle lit restaurant, i was led in by the welcoming atmosphere. On a typical rainy Vancouver evening, it was like a warming balm rubbed gently to the soul.
We were welcomed into an almost empty place, but jeez what it lacked in people it more than made up for in general atmosphere (cosy cosy cosy ; in a laid back Mediterranean vibe) and the FOOD....
SO GOOD!! Seriously. I got a cream of mushroom soup , you could tell it was home-made (i asked) it was rich creamy and very tasty. Then ; the roast vegtable fillo The fil.lo was actually very light (appearances are deceptive) this came with a tiny lovely little side salad and mouth wateringly tasty roasted potatoes and yams, all diced up.
Desert was a revelation ; mixed berries, with little chunks of chocolate warmed and wrapped in fillo pastry, served with cream, anyone? No? All for me then..
We came down for breakfast 2 days after our meal. In contrast to the
previous outing, the cafe was throbbing with people.. i can guess why, after tasting the most freshest portion of fruit parfait for my uber healthy breakfast.
The poached eggs benedict seemed to be ordered at a flying rate, so we ordered one to share. A spinach and wild mushroom eggs benny.WOW is all i can say. The eggs were perfect, soft and fluffy, the sauce on top (not hollandaise) was the best thing about the dish, the waitress couldnt divulge the secret ingredient but it is 100% home-made. kind of garlicky? and oh so good.
I'm certainly going back to taste this breakfast (and a few other things i had my eye on in the menu..) again, and i can definatly advise the next foodie to also.
A quick note ; the prices are ridiculously low! the eggs were 7 dollars, they were worth double, especially when u compare this standard of food to places lie Joe's grill, also on denman. It visibly pales in comparioson... So GO EAT!
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Kings aim to eliminate Blues in Game 6
The Los Angeles Kings will try to earn a fourth straight win in the Western Conference quarterfinals on Friday, as the defending Stanley Cup champions aim to end the best-of-seven series in a home Game 6 against the St. Louis Blues.
Los Angeles, which is trying to become the first team to win consecutive Stanley Cups since Detroit did it in 1997 and '98, fell behind 2-0 in this series before claiming three consecutive one-goal decisions to grab a 3-2 lead.
The Kings' first two wins of this series came in regulation, but the club needed extra time to pull off Wednesday's Game 5 triumph in St. Louis. Slava Voynov scored the winner eight minutes into overtime as L.A. took a 3-2 decision at Scottrade Center.
Justin Williams picked up the puck in his own zone and skated down the left wing before passing the disc over to Anze Kopitar just before gaining the blueline. Kopitar then took it through the middle and fed it over to his right where Voynov let fly with a low wrister that beat Brian Elliott for the victory.
"We don't get too high, we don't get too low," said Kings forward Jeff Carter. "It is a big thing for us. The goal is just pretty much a typical overtime goal. They're never real pretty: you get the puck, you shoot it. They're greasy ones."
Carter scored twice while Mike Richards added two assists for the Kings, who went 16-4 en route to winning the franchise's first championship last spring. Carter had eight goals during that run and he already has three goals in these playoffs.
Jonathan Quick, last year's Conn Smythe winner, turned away 34 shots to help Los Angeles head home for tonight's potential series-clincher.
Alexander Steen and Alex Pietrangelo each posted a goal for the Blues, who got 22 stops from Elliott. Pietrangelo's tally came with 45 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
"I thought we played well. We had some ups and downs throughout the course of the game but for the most part I thought we played well. Els ( Brian Elliott) was stellar. We had our chances and didn't bury them," Steen said.
St. Louis is trying to avoid being eliminated by Los Angeles for a second straight season after the Kings swept the Blues out of the second round in 2012.
The Blues, who will host Game 7 on Monday if they can stave off elimination tonight, have never lost a series when holding a 2-0 lead.
L.A. had an outstanding 19-4-1 record at the Staples Center this season compared to an 8-12-4 mark on the road. The Kings also won seven straight as the host to close the regular season and last lost at home on March 23 against Vancouver.
The Blues were 14-9-1 on the road during the regular season.
This is the third all-time playoff encounter between the Kings and Blues and St. Louis had won the first two meetings before getting swept a year ago.


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Weiland Torkelson is a warrior. The 10-year-old played offensive right tackle for the Junior Football League Pontiac Chiefs team last year and also beat Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma with the help of Dr. Sarah Strandjord, his main physician at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Peoria.
From the moment Kristi Wright, a fifth grade teacher at Washington Elementary School, found out Torkelson was enrolled in her class, she wanted to do something to show her support. After talking with Torkelson's parents, Andy and Starlette Torkelson, Wright — a mother and 18-year teaching veteran— ordered 500 orange bracelets inscribed with the words "Weiland's Warriors" and a little football, an addition made by Torkelson's peers in Wright's class, which were sold for a $1 each until they sold out.
"They are just orange bracelets, but they show support and that people are thinking about me," Torkelson said. "I think it's pretty cool that so many people support me."
Torkelson was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma only three weeks after his 10th birthday in April. A month or two prior to his diagnosis, he recalls feeling some chest pain.
"It felt like heartburn," The 10-year-old said. "That's what I initially thought it was. It even went away for a while, but then my stomach started hurting. We went to OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center and got it checked out. We were sent that day to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and I was admitted for the night to see what it was. The next morning I found out. I was kind of nervous when I found out, but I gave my dad a hug and told him it would be o.k."
Andy Torkelson remembers after the doctor left, he was visibly shaken up to find out his oldest son had cancer.
"Here we are finding out Weiland has cancer and my son is the one telling me everything is going to be okay," Andy Torkelson said. "He's a pretty strong guy, a really strong guy."
The family found out a tumor was spreading all over the boy's abdomen. Doctors said if they had to put a size to it, it would have been about the size of a basketball. The treatment plan is particularly quick and aggressive because the tumor comes on so quickly too.
"It's a progressive tumor, it was doubling in size every 12 hours," Starlette Torkelson said. "When they diagnosed it, the tumor was 12-inches long."
The National Cancer Institute says Childhood Hodgkins lymphoma is more common in males than in females. Data on diagnosed cases of Burkitt's lymphoma between 1992 and 2008 indicates there were two cases for every 1 million people per year and with current treatments, more than 80 percent of children and adolescents survive.
"It's a blood cancer, it's not hereditary and it's such a rare thing," his mother said. "It's not something doctors think of right away, but when they saw his stomach getting bigger, they rushed us over there. So, we did and we've been through seven rounds of chemo since April."
Doctors recently told the family everything looks dead and calcified. The next step is to see if Weiland will need surgery to take out the dead cells. Due to the fact that the tumor is all over his abdomen, the family says if they can leave it, that could be an option.
"When I think of a tumor, I think of something round and easy to extract, but his is not round," Wright said. "If he had surgery, it wouldn't just be a simple go in and take it out, it would be more of an intense surgery. My goal was to share all the positives with the kids. From the beginning, the kids were really scared and I think they are getting more hopeful. It's an extra lesson they wouldn't otherwise get."
This year, Weiland was unable to play football, however, the JFL team that he would be on had him come out, gave him a jersey with his former jersey number and had him lead the team out on to the field as a team captain for their game against Metamora during the beginning of the season.
"He goes out to the center of the field there to meet the captains from the other team and when he got to the center of the field, every single player and coach on the other team walked out and shook his hand," his father said. "That was pretty neat. All the parents were crying."
The family has only lived in Pontiac for two years after moving from Morris and they say the support has been overwhelming. Although the bracelets only cost $1, some students have paid $20 for a bracelet, or $5 for two. The money received is used for the trips made by the family from Pontiac to Peoria.
"The oncology unit at St. Jude's handles all the cancer cases for children," Starlette Torkelson said. "They cover everything that our insurance doesn't, but gas can get expensive. When he was first going for all the treatments, he'd be there for five weeks at a time. I am still working and we kind of switch off and make lots of trips back and forth because we both want to be there with him."
After selling out of the bracelets Wright purchased 300 more, which are currently on sale. Anyone who would like to show support is encouraged to contact Wright or second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School to purchase a bracelet. District #429 Superintendent Kevin Lipke and Washington Grade School Principal Josh Delong have also advertised the bracelets on the school's Facebook page.
"We are now international," Wright said. "I saw a picture on Facebook of someone in Germany wearing a Weiland's Warriors bracelet. I am proud of him as a young man; some of us will never face what he's facing right now. To get through you have to be courageous and strong. Weiland has taught me you have to fight thought some bumpy roads in life, but you have to come out strong."
Local 'warrior' battles on and off the field
Weiland Torkelson is a warrior. The 10-year-old played offensive right tackle for the Junior Football League Pontiac Chiefs team last year and also beat Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma with the help of Dr. Sarah Strandjord, his main physician at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Peoria.


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FX needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 23 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
We would like a general page design which can be applied to word docs, powerpoint, pshop etc etc
We would like the design to complement the logo and bacially make sales and other company documents easier and more lively to read.
The logo can be viewed here
The design would basically in our eyes go down the right hand side of the page and make allowances for the insertion of images or key text.
Freeway is an innovative software provider, supplying small businesses with easy to use software as a service by which they can manage all facets of their business.
- something fresh and clean
- dynamic
- in sync with the logo design
- We don't want anything too overbearing. In needs to work in with the page text not compete with it.


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Gillian Wearing's photographs and videos focus on people and the emotions and experiences from their recent pasts and childhood memories.
The photographs are the least impressive of Wearing's works. Asking strangers to write their innermost thoughts on a piece of card feels unnatural as it's obvious that the subjects have tried to come up with something humorous or profound, thus missing the point entirely.
However, the video art is both insightful and harrowing. The re-enactment of one man's experience of being bullied as a child is so intense that you may find it difficult to watch.
On a lighter note, the artist dancing in a shopping centre in the absence of music is mildly amusing. Only when you've watched it for a few minutes do you realise that the focus of the video is not the artist but the shoppers who all avert their gazes as they walk by and try to ignore this bizarre performance.
A final highlight is the confessional huts where persons behind masks reveal their darkest secrets and traumatic experiences. The enclosed space gives you the feeling of being their confidante, which can be difficult to listen to as some of these individuals or their abusers come across as detestable.
This is an emotionally charged and brilliant exhibition. The intensity may take its toll on you, but you'll walk out with a renewed appreciation for the happier experiences in life.
Gillian Wearing is on display at Whitechapel Gallery until 17 June. Tickets are £8.50, £6.50 for concessions.


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October 2010
Volume 2, Issue 10
Check Your Calendars!!
National Reading Group month
October, 2010
National Friends of Libraries Week
October 17-23, 2010
Teen Read Week
October 17-23, 2010
National Novel Writing Month
November, 2010
Native American Heritage Month
November, 2010
National Gaming Day
November 13, 2010
Welcome to the Cornerstone Archives. Find the current newsletter at sdslcornertsone.blogspot.com.
Welcome to the Cornerstone Archives. Find the current newsletter at sdslcornertsone.blogspot.com.
In This Month's Issue
Library Headlines
South Dakota Library Snapshot Day is October 31- November 6
Do you know how many reference questions were asked last week? How about how many materials were checked out? Could you tell someone how many people attended your gardening program?
October Continuing Education Opportunities
Children's & YA Services
It's time to encourage Prairie Bud and Prairie Pasque reading
With the goal of encouraging children to become enthusiastic, discriminating readers, the South Dakota Children's Book Awards challenge students in grades K-5 to read and vote for their favorite book of the year.
YARP/Teen Choice Book Awards kicks off with Teen Read Week
October 17-23 is Teen Read Week and to get things going right, promote the 2010/2011 Teen Choice Book Awards from YARP.
Call for 2012 CSLP Summer Reading Program Manual Ideas
CSLP is the national organization that produces the summer reading program manuals you get each year.
SDSL Collection Highlights: Sitting Bull
Did you know that the State Library's non-fiction collection includes a wonderful section of juvenile titles on Sitting Bull?
Featured eResources of the Month
Shake your family tree with AncestryLibrary and HeritageQuest
You're named after your great-uncle, and you'd like to know if you have his traits. The answer may be only a few clicks away in State Library genealogy electronic resources.
Grant Opportunities
EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Library Service Award
Romance Writers of America Library Grant
BWI Summer Reading Program Grant
Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming
Build-A-Bear Literacy and Education Grants
In Focus: Quynn Verhelst
Meet the Administrative Assistant at the State Library
Library Development
Tribal colleges receive Tribal College Initiative Grant
Sisseton Wahpeton College, Sinte Gleska University and Oglala Lakota College have each received a Tribal College Initiative Grant through the USDA.
SD Division of Securities sponsors essay contest for high school seniors
South Dakota high school seniors have a chance to win big money via a contest sponsored by the South Dakota Division of Securities.
Board Talk: The Complete Library Trustee Handbook will wow you
A review of a library handbook by Sally Gardner Reed and Jillian Kalonick.
School Libraries
School Library Standards Task Force invites comments on revisions
A School Library Task Force was formed in early 2010 to study and update the 2004 South Dakota School Library Standards in relation to best school library practices and national initiatives.
Mid-Central receives Improving Literacy Through School Libraries funding
Ten districts in the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative will share a total of $317,408 from the 2010/2011 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries federal grant program.
Lights… Camera… Action! Enter the 20th Annual South Dakota Student Media Fair!
Encourage students in your school to explore the possibilities of communications through audiovisual media productions and participate in the South Dakota Student Media Fair.
Eagle Butte Upper Elementary adds to services and collections
Eagle Butte Upper Elementary School Library completes the trio of school libraries from the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries federal grant program.
Trends & More
Household products and your health
More and more patrons want to know the environmental and personal health effects of household products.
What is Library Development reading?
Jane Healy reviews Using Technology to Improve Adolescent Writing: Digital Make-Overs for Writing Lessons.
Why Didn't I Think of That?
Five quick tips to use in any library
Teen gaming success extended at Hearst Library in Lead
Melissa Reinhardt, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Library, focused one of her goals to increasing the number of teens in the library. She started with Teen Gaming.
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Fresh food markets a growing trend
Gone are the days when we just popped out the back to pluck a tomato or carrot from the garden just in time for dinner.
Having grown up in Newcastle on a quarter-acre block with lawn out the front to play and room out the back for a decent veggie garden, it was quite an adjustment when I moved into my inner-city Sydney apartment. Homegrown fruit and veg is now but a distant memory for me.
Luckily, demand for fresh and homegrown produce is enjoying a revival as we become increasingly savvy about our buying power, and demand subsequently increases for affordable, sustainable and local produce.
Weekly farmers markets now give us regular access to fresh produce without requiring hours of hard labour in the yard. From fresh fruit and veg to homemade jams, right through to fresh bread and plants, farmers markets offer great selections.
It's not just about the frequency of fresh food though. Developing relationships with providers themselves is becoming increasingly important to people who want to support local farmers as well as fill their fridges with the freshest produce.
Markets give us a great opportunity to chat with the growers themselves and make informed decisions about what gets served up on our plates.
If you're keen to give the supermarket a miss and instead fill your fridge with fresh produce that was grown nearby, there's probably a farmers market near your place. Ask your community on Nabo.com.au for details, or Google 'farmers market' along with your town.
If you're like me and don't always have the time to hit the markets every weekend, start a fruit and veg co-op with friends and neighbours. It's never been easier to buy fresh fruit and veg. Your body and bank account will thank you for it.
Renee Dube from Nabo.com.au


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Rich S needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 155 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
I named the firm after my 2 boys nick names combined. Not only am I looking for a corporate identity that resonates in the senior management CEO suite, I am also looking be inspired each time I look at my brand by associating it with my higher purpose...which is my family
We are a niche outsource provider to companies and organizations looking to make business presentations and introductions at the CEO level of major corporations. We provide strategic introductions to CEO's and other decision maker levels to our client base. . We provide a seamless front line elite inside sales team to supplement our clients outside sales efforts at the front end of the sales process. We perform discreetly so that our clients prospects do not feel any outsourced flavor to our role. We create interest and demand our clients service by engaging prospects in conversation--collecting pertinent information, discovering pains, evaluating their needs and explaining the features and benefits that differentiate our client the competition and compels a CEO to agree to an introductory face to face meeting with our client.
I also need to add a 'Tagline' that speaks to my business......I was thinking about either a sharp/modern/bold logo or an 'MZ' monogram along with the MaguireZay name. I would like to see both options. Must be a classy timeless corporate feel to the design.
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At his Monday press conference, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said quarterback Aaron Rodgers (collarbone) is "a couple weeks away" from returning to action, Paul Imig of FoxSportsWisconsin reported.
McCarthy also confirmed that free-agent quarterback Matt Flynn had worked out for the club, but he indicated no decision had been made on whom will back up Scott Tolzien for Sunday's game at the Giants.
"Well, Matt Flynn's here. He went through his workout this morning. Looks good," McCarthy said. "That's really all I have all for you right now. Everything else is a work in progress. I just came from the training room. A lot of the information that you need to make decisions is still coming in, so we're still trying to put it all together."
Flynn, 28, played for the Packers from 2008 through 2011. He has had stints with Oakland and Buffalo this season.
Asked if Seneca Wallace (groin) would be available on Sunday, McCarthy said: "His information is one of the ones that just came in, so I don't have an answer for you."
Wallace started Sunday's 27-13 loss against the Eagles but departed in the first quarter with his injury. Tolzien, who was promoted from the practice squad earlier in the week, completed 24-of-39 passes for 280 yards with one TD and two interceptions.
"I thought he played an outstanding football game based on the amount of preparation," McCarthy said of Tolzien on Monday. " . . . I saw a young man get better during the course of the game running plays he hasn't played yet and doing things that I thought was exceptional for a young quarterback. I was very pleased with his performance."


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Jgiles necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Baby Bear's Porridge
Concierge Kitchen service that has taken off . . . fast. I provide personal, custom service to my clients. I cull pantries, define family flavor palettes, create menu plans based on each families activities, food preferences, cooking style and skill. I create opportunities for families to eat and enjoy food together as a family more often.
I am growing fast and I am developing systems and plan for growth and franchise. Desperately need blog and web page for quick growing following nationwide!! Only using social media at this time.
Families and the people that plan and cook for families are responding to my services. I can see where new parents, parents returning to the work place or beginning to stay home with kids will use my services to create weekly plans, organize kitchens and menus so they can have family dinner, great food and develop family palette with ease more times than not.
I have a following of single parents trying to craft a family dinner space in their new family setting, nights with and without kids in the home and how to shop and plan for their custody arrangement.
I want the ability to
post recipes with an index and comment
link to music (ideas for playlists and songs to play while cooking and eating)
format for menu suggestions
facebook and twitter link
blogs with archive
books reviewed and recommended
great ideas ( suggestions, tips, maybe in a top 100 or great idea # 102)
food quotes
events (calendar with opportunity to post from events to followers)
pantry guide and organization
people can subscribe.
I would like it all under some interesting and creative terms for the different areas of the website
( ie maybe call different areas side dishes, the meat of it etc, only I am sure you will have much better thoughts on this. )
clickable links I want to include of businesses I love and have artwork
Contact information listed.
I want simple, clean website using my colors and logo. Not too cute at all.
Websites I like
http://chezpim.com/ , the feel
http://kissmyspatula.com/, the banner, the buttons the music link
http://pinchmysalt.com/ layout, food
http://www.doriegreenspan.com/ title on blog entries


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320g plain flour
100g icing sugar
80g runny honey
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 teaspoons ground ginger
It's a masterpiece!!!!!!!
WOW! That's great. It's truw work of love :)
My husband loves tractors so I once made him one from gingerbread for Xmas.
Happy Birthday Mr CC! The train looks fantastic:)
This is brilliant I love it! I'm quite into 3D bakes at the moment and this train is great...the perfect present for a biscuit/train lover! :-)
This I really love!look so beautiful !!!!
Happy Birthday Mr CC! This looks fantastic, a real labour of love :)
Well Done! You are a far better cake decorator than you claim to be!
Mr CC is very lucky. There is a train-enthusiast husband in this house, but he has never been presented with anything so splendid!
Happy Birthday Mr CC! A brilliant alternative to birthday cake. I love that you included a bit of nerdy detail too!
How good are you?! this is AMAZING. I want a gingerbread train, so cute!
Looks brilliant. You did so well to get it to stand up!
That looks so cool! I love the fact that it's for your husband as well!!
I do not consider myself to be much of a decorator either. I bought a book on cookie/biscuit decorating and have never used it...
Fabulous train cake - my lot all love steam trains and I do too.
This is adawbs!!! Lucky Mr CC.
From one fellow non decorator to another, I am mightily impressed by your superb train, as I hope Mr CC was too. Gingerbread without butter does sound a little strange, but the result looks good.
Oh wow that is fantastic!
Love the train - what a fun treat!
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'House of Cards' Season 2 Poster Shows Its Colors: Red, White and Blood
Yesterday brought the news that Netflix's original political thriller, 'House of Cards,' would debut its entire second season on Valentine's Day 2014 (all romantic evenings should involve Kevin Spacey and a Southern accent). While the announcement was short on new material, today 'House of Cards' has a stylish new poster to make up for it.
Much like the bleeding American imagery that permeated promotion of the first season, the new 'House of Cards' season 2 poster focuses on Francis Underwood's (Spacey) lapel pin, this time adding an official drop of blood from the inverted American flag logo. The first season finale left Frank in an impressive position of power, though it seems that won't stop a little bloodshed in clawing his way to the top.
Says the official logline for the season:
In the second season, Francis (Spacey) and Claire (Wright) Underwood continue their ruthless rise to power as threats mount on all fronts. Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara, "American Horror Story"), an up-and-coming reporter and Francis's former paramour, is inching closer to the truth about his crimes. President Walker's (Michel Gill, "The Good Wife") billionaire confidante Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney, "Southland") demands that Francis reciprocate political favors or face retribution. And Claire must confront the increasing glare of the spotlight as it eats away at her and Francis's once private existence. The Underwood's must overcome these dangers — past and present — to avoid losing everything, regardless of collateral damage they leave in their wake.
'House of Cards' season 2 will see new parts for Molly Parker ('Dexter'), Sam Page ('Mad Men') and Jimmi Simpson ('It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'), a series regular promotion for Michael Gill (President Garrett Walker), and the loss of director David Fincher. In Fincher's absence, Emmy nominee Robin Wright will step behind the camera to helm episodes of the political series, as will 'Orange Is the New Black' guest director Jodie Foster, Carl Franklin ('Homeland'), James Foley ('Glengarry Glen Ross') and John David Coles ('Justified').
We're still waiting for news of a potential third season or a trailer for the second, but check out the snazzy new 'House of Cards' season 2 poster below, and tell us if you'll make a Valentine's Day binge watch in the comments!


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World Online flat fee ISP is Screaming by any other name
Only now it's called Freedom 24
World Online has started offering unmetered access to the Net a month after first signalling its intention to offer a 24/7 flat-fee service in Britain. The price structure is called Freedom 24 and offers all the usual bits and bobs associated with such services. The Freedom 24 service is based on the Screaming.net model developed by Surrey-based telco, Localtel. Localtel was acquired last month for an undisclosed sum by World Online. Just as with Screaming.net, the new service requires Net users to switch phone companies and sign up with World Online Telecom (formerly Localtel). 24/7 unmetered access is included in the £14.99 a month line rental fee. Net users also receive discounted voice calls as part of the deal. There is also a one-off £20 subscription fee (waived for existing World Online, Bun.com, Strayduck, Telinco 0845 and screaming.net subscribers) for all new users. Jeremy Stokes, former head of Localtel and now with World Online, gave assurances today that the same problems that plagued the launch of Screaming.net would not be repeated with World Online. Elsewhere, the FT reports that there is increasing pressure on World Online's chairman, Nina Brinks, to resign in a bid to repair investor's confidence in the Dutch company. Shares in World Online have taken a good kicking since it emerged she flogged loads of hers ahead of the float last month. No one at World Online was available for comment. ® Related News and Links World Online buys Localtel, launches unmetered service World Online
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Protists as reservoirs of human pathogens in coastal environments
Joan Bernhard, Geology and Geophysics
Becky Gast, Biology
Project Funded 2008:
Final Report Overview
Human pathogenic bacteria are known to persist in marine environments; however, mechanisms used by these pathogens to survive in seawater and marine sediments are often undetermined. Certain pathogens are capable of surviving within bacterivorous protists – the typical predators of bacteria in aquatic environments. Bacterivorous protists are free‐living, single‐celled eukaryotic microbes (such as ciliates and amoebae). The funding provided by the Coastal Ocean Institute (COI) allowed researchers studying this processes to broaden their investigations of marine bacterivorous protists and their potential roles as reservoirs for human pathogenic bacteria in marine environments.
Funding received from the COI was used to support research conducted by Matt First, an Ocean Life Institute (OLI) Postdoctoral Scholar (9/08‐3/10), Joan Bernhard, and Rebecca Gast. This research focused on determining rates of protist ingestion, digestion, and egestion (the expulsion of intact, intracellular bacteria). These are critical parameters for assessing whether a particular protist is capable of harboring pathogenic bacteria. In summary, this work consisted of culturing bacterivorous protists from coastal environments, including sandy beach sediments, muddy salt‐marsh sediments, and near‐shore waters. Cultured protists were incubated with fluorescently labeled bacteria, and the rates of ingestion, digestion, and egestion were measured via flow cytometry. Additionally, along with a supplement from OLI, funds supported two additional facets to be accomplished: (1) DNA sequencing of cultured protists and bacteria, and (2) ultrastructure analysis of protists incubated with the enteric bacterial pathogen, Campylobacter jejuni. Additionally, the COI funding was used to support travel and presentations of the project. The worked performed, results, and project deliverables are described in more detail below.
Description of work performed
The culturing work performed for this project generated approximately 20 single‐protist cultures of marine bacterivorous protists and 12 bacterial cultures. The funding provided through COI allowed for the sequencing of a subset of these cultures. The alignment of these sequences to those published on public sequence databases allows for the identification of these cultures, providing a permanent record for future researchers. As the prevalence of sequencing increases, many scientific journals require sequence information prior to publication and this information strengthens the overall study.
Campylobacter jejuni is a major source of gastroenteritis in the United States. Campylobacter grows optimally at high temperatures and is sensitive to oxygen – factors that should prevent the persistence of these bacteria in many aquatic environments. Recent evidence indicates that Campylobacter can survive within protists, a trait which can allow their persistence in sub‐optimal environments. We obtained a culture of Campylobacter jejuni to test its survivability and resistance to protist digestion. The bacterivorous protist used for these experiments (Uronema sp.) had several crucial traits necessary for this particular study. Most importantly, this ciliate can grow in brackish waters, therefore, it can be used to test the digestion resistance of Campylobacter across a range of salinities. Populations of the ciliates were incubated with both live Campylobacter and heat‐killed Campylobacter, which was used as a control. Upon completion of the incubation, the co‐cultures were chemically preserved, analyzed via flow cytometry, and critical treatments were selected for ultrastructural analysis using transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Results and Project Deliverables
Considerable effort was made to validate the use of the flow cytometric method for measuring protist ingestion, digestion, and egestion rates. First, this work established operating procedures for labeling bacteria for detection of intracellular bacteria using flow cytometry. Specifically, we measured whether the fluorescent label was applicable to the various bacteria isolated from the marine environment. Also, we established the length of time that the label was active and determined whether bacteria were able to reproduce after the labeling procedure (a critical factor for intracellular survival).
We also optimized the culture conditions for the protists involved in these experiments and the parameters used for quantifying intracellular bacteria. In order to validate this technique for the measurement of egestion, we employed fluorescently labeled silica micro‐beads (approximately the same size as bacteria). These beads have surface coatings similar to bacterial cell surfaces. Therefore, these beads were ingested and handled similarly to bacteria. However, the indigestible silica beads are eventually egested from the cells. We used these beads to verify that bacterial egestion can be measured using our technique.
Currently, two manuscripts describing this work are in development. The first, which describes and validates the novel flow cytometric method used to measure protists' ingestion, digestion, and egestion, is being revised to address comments received from the first submission. The second manuscript will include data generated from the study of Campylobacter intracellular survival in the ciliate Uronema sp. under different salinities. The ultrastructural analysis is currently underway ‐ samples have been sectioned and mounted and imaging is expected to occur in June 2010. As an aside, our progress was hampered somewhat by the delay in obtaining clearance to do our work from the WHOI Biosafety Committee. Clearance was not obtained until 12/09, after which First only had 2 months to perform the experiments prior to his departure. Thus, all analyses are not yet completed.
This work has attracted some attention from the scientific media, and an article was recently published online in Oceanus describing this research (link to the article). This article was later highlighted on the Consortium for Ocean Leadership's website (link to the article). Portions of this work were presented at several venues, including the WHOI Science Made Public lecture series during the summer of 2009 and a meeting of the International Society of Protistologists in 2009. The work will also be presented at the upcoming American Society for Limnology and Oceanography / National Benthological Society joint meeting in June, 2010. In general, the funding provided by COI allowed this project to expand in scope and provided the researchers involved the opportunities to travel and disseminate these results among the scientific community and the interested lay public.
A proposal to expand on this work was submitted to NSF (First, Gast, Bernhard) in 8/09. Although the proposal was declined, it received several positive reviews and constructive comments, which will improve and strengthen future versions of this proposal, although plans for resubmission are indefinite at this time.
Relevant web links:
WHOI Oceanus magazine, posted online October 2, 2009:
Consortium for Ocean Leadership, posted online October 28, 2009:


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New technologies are quickly changing how we provide and interact with public transit. From Smart Phone applications that chart transit trips, new software that enables ride and bike sharing, or stations that function as "mobility hubs" with new ways to provide rider access, these technologies hold the promise to greatly enhance our existing transit systems. Judi Masuda, Transportation Demand Programs Manager at the City of Santa Monica, describes how technology can interact with and improve transit in this video.
We will have a full panel discussion devoted to this subject of transit and technology at tomorrow's (Friday) Saving Public Transit conference at UCLA Law. See the agenda and speakers here, and register to attend in person or via simulcast here.


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Creative and technical leadership position in information technology and training. My experience in (1) creating and proving a production process to meet the needs of employer and clients, and (2) hiring and leading a multidisciplinary production staff ensures effective team work, high profits, and award-winning products.
20+ years' experience in Interactive Multimedia Software Development, Instructional Design, Project Management, Video Production, Computer Graphics, and Creative Visual Communication
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Gulliver Ritchie Associates, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Managed the hiring and development of a staff of more than 50 Instructional Designers, Video Specialists, Graphic Artists, and Multimedia Programmers to produce 120 interactive training and sales support programs in less than 3 years. Total budget managed exceeded $8 million. All projects were delivered on time, within budget. The first of these programs was honored as "Best Industrial Training Title" by the International CD-i Association. Subsequent awards include: SIG CAT "Outstanding Training Title," International Television and Video Association Gold and Silver Awards for "Excellence in Interactive Multimedia." Clientsómanufacturing, transportation, computer software. Program contentóequipment maintenance and operation, computer skills, sales support.
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Lead the company in efforts to diversify services by building and managing an interactive multimedia software production team. Product focus--interactive marketing kiosks. Clients--entertainment industry, sports equipment manufacturer, national research lab.
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN
Applied systematic problem-solving techniques, instructional design principles, and knowledge of advanced training technologies to manage the design, development, and implementation of a curriculum of interactive training programs on laser disc for the
U.S. Navy. Total project budget exceeded $3.5 million. Program contentócomputer skills training, human resources.
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Systems Development Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN
Project Management. Developed the project management skills necessary to create effective computer-based project schedules for the construction of a multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art research and production facility. Communicated updated project information to high-level managers in collaborating organizations to assure on-time, on-budget project start-up.
Video Production. Provided methods and media to support the development of technical training for this large project, including designing and developing a video production facility, and developing and delivering video and stand-up training.
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Southwest Georgia Regional Library, Bainbridge, GA
Created and managed an innovative video production group: pioneered successful implementation and community participation in local-access cable TV, including outreach workshops for children and adults, designed and developed a video production facility, trained staff, produced more than 150 half-hour video programs for cable TV.
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Add a Second Hard Drive to Your LS Pro v1/LS Live v1
It is very important that you tin (and leave a bit of extra solder connected to) the capacitors as you cannot place a small enough amount of solder with just the solder. It would also require 3 hands to do so. You need the smallest bent nose jeweler's tweezers you can find ($1.30 at the local flea market). The width of one of the tips must be smaller that the spacing between adjacent capacitors. You will be heating both ends of the capacitor at one time. File a knife edge onto the iron tip and press the edge down the length of the capacitor while you hold it in place with the tweezers. be gentle as those capacitors like to fly across the room. Hold with moderate pressure until the solder is hot. You might even hear/feel a creaking sound when the solder goes to liquid. Hold the iron in place for about 2 more seconds after the sound. When the cap sets into place remove the iron and let it cool for a second. Once cool, remove the tweezers. The hard part is getting the adjacent capacitor in place without heating the first one. You also must hold the capacitor in place or it will simply stick to the soldering iron when you remove the iron. That's why you need the smallest tweezers you can get. After the capacitors are installed, install the eSATA connector.
The correct part to use is Molex part number 47082-1000 eSATA connector. This connector is designed to withstand 5000 plug/unplug cycles while the standard SATA connector is designed to only withstand 50 cycles.
You will need to bend the seven contacts down slightly before installing the connector. This will preload the pins when you solder the shield in place and then all that is necessary os to heat the seven pads oat CN8. The solder will melt towards the pins of the Molex connector and you will wind up with a nice solder joint. You will need to cut off one of the black alignment pins prior to installing the connector and a dry fitting will let you determine which pin is the correct one to remove.
To test this I plugged the hard disk into the new sata port (I didn't have a spare SATA drive). The bootloader would not boot directly to the SATA drive plugged into CN8 so I bbooted the device using TFTP to retrieve the kernel and initrd. Once the device had the kernel and initrd loaded it pivoted to the root filesystem on the SATA drive even though it was attached to the secondary SATA port. I have attached a portion of the DMESG showing the device was recognized:
...o Checksum offload enabled o Loading network interface ** egiga_init_module (0) 'eth0' Intergrated Sata device found scsi0 : Marvell SCSI to SATA adapter scsi1 : Marvell SCSI to SATA adapter Vendor: WDC Model: WD2500JS-00NCB1 Rev: 10.0 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 physmap flash device: 400000 at ff800000 CFI: Found no phys_mapped_flash device at location zero....The next step after installing the SATA connector is to place the board back into the metal chassis and mark


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Cinoo Kim, Tae-Woo Kim; Comparison of Risk Factors for Bilateral and Unilateral Eye Involvement in Normal-Tension Glaucoma. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009;50(3):1215-1220. doi: 10.1167/iovs.08-1886.
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purpose. To compare the risk factors for bilateral and unilateral disease in normal-tension glaucoma (NTG).
methods. The study analyzed data from consecutive NTG patients with either bilateral (n = 194) or unilateral (n = 193) disease. Multivariate regression models were used to evaluate the following potential risk factors for bilateral eye involvement: age, sex, central corneal thickness, mean deviation in standard automated perimetry, mean and fluctuation of diurnal intraocular pressure (IOP) without glaucoma medication, spherical equivalent, family history of glaucoma, and underlying systemic disease such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, ischemic heart disease, previous cerebrovascular accident, migraine, and cold extremities.
results. Multivariate analysis showed that worse mean deviation in the first affected eye (odds ratio [OR], 1.19/1 dB decrease; P < 0.001), diabetes mellitus (OR, 2.31; P = 0.004), previous cerebrovascular accident (OR, 4.27; P = 0.039), and mean IOP greater than 14 mm Hg in the less affected eye (OR, 1.66; P = 0.030) were significantly associated with bilateral eye involvement in NTG.
Wellington Hilfiger Corporate Womens Boots Belt Rain Tommy conclusions. Besides being an indicator of disease severity (worse mean deviation), diabetes mellitus, previous cerebrovascular accident, and IOP were associated with bilateral eye involvement. These data suggest that systemic vascular factors and IOP play significant roles in the pathogenesis of NTG. It appears that although systemic vascular factors increase the susceptibility of the optic nerve, a certain level of pressure-induced stress is also required to cause glaucomatous optic neuropathy.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians will be able to cancel their cellphone contracts after two years without penalty, instead of the three years that is the industry standard now, under a mandatory wireless code announced by the country's telecom watchdog on Monday.
Critics have long held that Canada's three providers that have almost the entire market, BCE Inc, Rogers Communications Inc and Telus Corp, impose customer contracts that are too stringent.
The rules from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) seemed likely to improve the ability of the small players to lure customers away, though Rogers said consumers may end up having to pay more up front if they buy phones below the retail cost, under a contract.
"I wonder if they made a mistake getting rid of the three-year contract. There was a lot of evidence at the hearings that this might mean that people make bigger upfront payments because they get smaller subsidies. The CRTC doesn't seem to think that will happen, but time will tell," said Ken Engelhart, head of regulatory affairs at Rogers.
"The Competition Bureau gets mad at me when I make price signals to reporters, but logic would dictate that when you have a smaller period to amortize that subsidy, you're not going to have such a big subsidy."
One of the small challengers to the Big Three wireless providers, Wind Mobile, said the rules would help them compete.
"They're better for competition and for consumers, and therefore as the competitors it's incidentally better for us," said Simon Lockie, chief regulatory officer at Wind Mobile, which launched its mobile service in 2009.
"All we've asked for is a level playing field, and this goes a long way to establishing that."
The new code also contains features designed to prevent consumers from being surprised with nightmare bills for hundreds or thousands of dollars in additional charges - what Lockie referred to as "explosive, unexpected data bills."
It requires providers to cap roaming charges once they reach C$100 ($97) within a single monthly billing cycle, and additional data charges at C$50, unless the customer consents to pay additional charges.
What the telecoms companies would do is inform the customers that they are about to hit their limit, at which time their service would be suspended unless express consent is given to go over.
"Canadians may finally now be freed of the worst of cellphone bill shock," said John Lawford, executive director of Public Interest Advocacy Centre, which appeared before the CRTC. He welcomed the fact that customers would more easily be able to switch companies.
Technology consulting company SeaBoard Group said the CRTC had clearly responded to Canadians.
"The bill shock protection (data usage and roaming) and the length of cell-phone contracts are areas where consumer complaints have been loud and strident," said SeaBoard analyst Iain Grant.
The code, which will take effect on December 2 and which was drawn up after thousands of submissions from Canadians, also will give customers the right to unlock their devices, though at rates specified by the company.
For customers with subsidized devices - ones sold below cost but tied to a contract - the company must let them unlock their devices within 90 days of the start of the contract. An unlocked phone is able to use any service provider at home or abroad by swapping in SIM cards, used to identify the subscriber. A customer with a two-year contract would still have to pay any minimum monthly fees stipulated, but would be free to use the cellphone on any network once it is unlocked.
For those who paid for their devices up front, the unlocking would be upon request.
And customers will be able to cancel their contracts without penalty except what is necessary to recoup the cost of any phone that was provided. Contracts in the U.S. are typically for two years.
Though Canadians pay some of the highest wireless fees in the world, in the companies' defense is the fact that they provide coverage in the second largest country in the world, with a relatively sparse population.
At a telecoms conference in Toronto on Monday, Rogers said it was happy to see a single code. "Canadians should have across the country one code that defines the standards they can expect," said Rob Bruce, president of communications at Rogers.
A CRTC spokesman said that if provincial and federal regulations have differences, the one that is most advantageous to the consumer would apply.
Shares of BCE, Rogers and Telus shares were down.
Additional reporting by Alastair Sharp in Toronto; Editing by Carol Bishopric


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John Briody, the owner/chef of Walnuts Cafe, in Bluffton's Sheridan Park business center, is a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, New York. He did his externship at Hilton Head Island's Old Fort Pub, in 1986, followed by stints as executive chef at the Country Club of Hilton Head and Colleton River Plantation Club, respectively. From there, when opportunity presented itself, Briody took over ownership of Walnuts. The rest, as they say, is history, as Walnuts has managed to endure in a time and place where keeping existing customers, and attracting new ones, has become increasingly challenging.
Over the years, the perceptive Briody has kept his operation simple at Walnuts, with the café offering patrons just breakfast and lunch, including brunch that's served on Sundays. Even without a dinner service, however, Walnuts has remained successful due to Briody's hard work and substantial skill at presenting innovative fare not typically seen in restaurants of this genre or size. With breakfast embracing unusual combinations such as those found in their "Oscar Omelet," made with jumbo lump crabmeat and asparagus topped with tomato tarragon hollandaise and the "Southern Lady" - poached eggs served atop fried green tomatoes, ham and hollandaise, I was first leaning toward enjoying breakfast at Walnuts, but after looking over the café's list of oversized sandwiches and "big salads," I opted for lunch.
"Walnuts Signature Turkey Sandwich," made with house-roasted turkey breast with ginger pears, aged brie and spring mix on thick sliced wheat bread with walnut mayonnaise sure sounded good, but so did the "Bluffton Philly," holding shaved beef rib eye with Pepper Jack cheese, homemade Worcestershire sauce, caramelized onions and lettuce and tomato on a sour dough hoagie roll. As for the salads, the "Hoisin Glazed Chicken (over Soba Noodle Salad with Sweet Sesame Vinaigrette) and "Cornmeal Dusted Fried Oysters" (atop romaine lettuce, applewood smoked bacon, blue cheese, seedless cucumbers, grape tomatoes and buttermilk ranch dressing) looked equally tempting, but it was the "Famous Thai Shrimp" salad that ultimately captured my fancy, along with the "Bluffton Philly." Also chosen was Cream of Mushroom Soup, which, along with White Bean and Sausage was one of two soup specials of the day.
For the first time since I have been doing restaurant reviews for this column, the soup was brought from the kitchen to the table steaming hot - as if it had been ladled from a pot where it was actually cooked slowly throughout the morning and not just zapped in the microwave by a server on the run. As I observed steam rising from the bowl, I told myself, "I like it already" and had the need to blow on it to make it cool enough to eat. The soup was thick, delicious with fresh mushrooms and tasted of the earth. It did not resemble anything close to what Campbell's makes (we all know Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup when we see it), nor did it taste like mushroom gravy or mushroom sauce. It just tasted of fresh mushrooms, rich cream and high-grade butter.
The salad and sandwich came next, and "pop" went my eyes. The sizeable "Bluffton Philly" sandwich, packed with thinly sliced beef and topped with melted cheese, as well as lettuce and tomato, was presented on a hoagie roll that was suitably up to the task of not only holding the contents of the sandwich, but of absorbing some of the tasty homemade dark, sweet/sour Worcestershire sauce that accompanied the sandwich, as well. (No offense Lea & Perrins, but Walnuts' Worcestershire sauce is better than yours.) Served with homemade buttermilk coleslaw and a generous portion of homemade house fries (like potato chips only better), the "Bluffton Philly" does its hometown proud.
Containing five jumbo lightly battered shrimp, garnished with sweet red chili sauce and served over mixed greens dressed with a ginger-soy dressing, the "Famous Thai Shrimp" salad was bounteous and full of deep Asian flavor. The dressing, which is pretty much the same as what is served on the salads at your favorite Japanese restaurant, was fresh and brilliant orange in color - a benefit of the beta-carotene contained in the fresh carrots that are a significant ingredient in the dressing. Although the greens in the salad had the taste of salad that comes pre-mixed in a bag, the trade-off are greens that are clean and guaranteed free of sand, insects and other unwelcome pests that can be troublesome for restaurants serving salads by the truckload.
The shrimp were indeed jumbo, almost colossal, and fried in batter that was light and not at all a distraction to the delicate sweet taste of the shrimp. Although fried crisp to an attractive golden brown on the outside, the interior of the shrimp were a bit too soft and lacked the "crunch" shrimp lovers look for when biting one. The flavor, however, more than compensated for the texture, and I finished every one.
Nearing the end of the meal, I asked our server about dessert, and it was a letdown to hear the mention of only one - chocolate chip cookies. Thinking a little harder, she did say the kitchen could make us strawberry shortcake from breakfast biscuits, strawberries and cream, so I ordered one of those for sharing. When the dessert came, it reminded me a little of a dessert I had once eaten in England, with fresh unsweetened cream being poured over plain shortbread and berries. Walnuts added generous dollops of sweetened whipped cream to their dessert, with a bit of confectioners' sugar dusted over the top for gussying up.
While the effort to please was appreciated, and the overall look of the dish charming, the biscuits, perhaps made with self-rising flour, were too salty to make them truly work for this confection. In light of all the creative breakfast and lunch dishes floating around the café, for those of us who enjoy dessert, it was a disappointment not to see what might have been should a culinary school trained chef/owner elect to have let his sweeter side run wild.
About the service - the wait staff did their job and was accommodating with requests, but for the most part, was just not as attentive as they might have been in respect to the caliber of the food, which was excellent. Also, I've heard comments from folks who do not visit Walnuts as often as they'd like because they think it's too pricey, but it's only fair to be reminded of what you are getting for your dollar - top notch food and plenty of it.
Walnuts is one place, for sure, that can't be judged by its cover - the location is less than remarkable and as far as atmosphere goes - you better plan to bring some of that with you. But, if it's good food you crave and the feeling of being content after you've been fed, then Walnuts Café may be just the place you're after.
Walnuts Café
The Village at Sheridan Park, Bluffton
"The soup was thick, delicious with fresh mushrooms and tasted of the earth."
- Undercover Eater
Walnuts Café
The Village at Sheridan Park
70 Pennington Drive, Bluffton, SC 29910
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday Brunch
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On the menu: Full breakfast meals comprised of gourmet-style poached eggs, eggs benedict and omelet dishes, as well as pancakes and French toast. Lunches include soups, "big salads" and signature sandwiches that come with homemade house fries, Chef John's potato salad or Kettle Chips and buttermilk slaw. Soup or salad with half sandwich options offered, along with daily specials. Also available, take-out, as well as catering services.
Food: 4.5 stars
Service: 3.5 stars
Ambiance: 3.5 stars
Cleanliness: 5 stars
Cost: $$ to $$$
Dress: Casual
Kid friendly: No children's menu
Reservations: No


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MSN Direct is a digital service which allows certain portable devices to receive information from MSN services. At CES 2008, Microsoft launched an MSN Direct feature called "Send to GPS" that lets Live Search Maps send information to a GPS device. Now the company has released a free application programming interface (API) that builds on this feature by allowing any website to offer visitors the ability to send addresses, business listings, or other locations directly from the site to GPS units. Microsoft claims that the new API for developers "is simple to integrate and uses standard Web programming techniques."
The location information, which in addition to latitude and longitude can include a phone number, address, and so on, can be sent either wirelessly or via a USB connection. Once sent, the GPS device can then provide step-by-step instructions to the location, just as if the address had been entered manually.
The wireless delivery is only compatible with MSN Direct-enabled devices that have the Send to GPS feature. Some MSN Direct partners (including Garmin and Alpine Electronics) have already announced GPS products that are compatible with the new feature.
This is a small win for both MSN Direct consumers and for businesses who want to drive more customers to their locations. Unfortunately, few sites will use the feature, and until adoption becomes mainstream, this won't be a feature worth buying a specific device to use.
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- Microsoft: Press Release


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