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1. Check for responsiveness. Shake or tap the child gently. See if the child moves or makes a noise. Shout, "Are you OK?"
2. If there is no response, shout for help. Send someone to call 911 and retrieve an automated external defibrillator (AED) if one is available. Do not leave the child alone to call 911 and retrieve an AED until you have performed CPR for about 2 minutes.
3. Carefully place the child on their back. If there is a chance the child has a spinal injury, two people should move the child to prevent the head and neck from twisting.
4. Perform chest compressions:
5. Open the airway. Lift up the chin with one hand. At the same time, push down on the forehead with the other hand.
6. Look, listen, and feel for breathing. Place your ear close to the child's mouth and nose. Watch for chest movement. Feel for breath on your cheek.
7. If the child is not breathing:
8. Continue CPR (30 chest compressions followed by 2 breaths, then repeat) for about 2 minutes.
9. After about 2 minutes of CPR, if the child still does not have normal breathing, coughing, or any movement, leave the child if you are alone and call 911. If an AED for children is available, use it now.
10. Repeat rescue breathing and chest compressions until the child recovers or help arrives.
If the child starts breathing again, place them in the recovery position. Periodically re-check for breathing until help arrives.


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In 1980, the Department of Emergency Medicine at East Carolina University was inaugurated as the fourth academic department of emergency medicine in the United States. In the more than 25 years since then, ECU Emergency Medicine has produced a record of service, scholarship, and education. The department has undoubtedly benefited from the artful leadership of its previous chairs, Drs. Jack Allison and Nicholas Benson, and interim chair, Dr. Herb Garrison. Each left a legacy of contributions that helped to make ECU Emergency Medicine what it is.
Today we are a vibrant department of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, with 43 faculty members and 42 residents. Our clinical home is Vidant Medical Center, which serves as the primary teaching hospital for the medical school. The recently renovated emergency department is more than 40,000 square feet with 58 dedicated treatment areas. An additional nine treatment spaces are located at our detached MedDirect facility, which is designed to expeditiously evaluate and treat minor illnesses and injuries. Vidant Medical Center has more than 750 licensed beds and will expand dramatically in 2009 when the new cardiac tower is opened. In 2013, the emergency department treated more than 120,000 patients from a catchment area that is 29 North Carolina counties large. Within the region we serve as the principal source of emergency care for Level I trauma, stroke, pediatrics, poisoning, and acute cardiac disease.
Since its inception, ECU Emergency Medicine has focused on scholarship through developing new knowledge, translating evolving knowledge, and disseminating discovered knowledge. The interests of our faculty are broad and account for the range of their academic endeavors. Our faculty has developed national reputations in emergency medical services, injury prevention, toxicology, domestic violence, disaster preparedness, spinal cord research, and education. Over the years, their works have resulted in meaningful contributions to the field of emergency medicine and our community.
Through Vidant Medical Center, ECU Emergency Medicine hosts outstanding residency programs in emergency medicine and emergency medicine/internal medicine. The 12 residents per year in the EM program and the two per year in the EM/IM program benefit from an amazingly broad pathology in the emergency department and on busy services throughout the medical center. Residents have matriculated to ECU from across the country and have subsequently moved throughout the country to enjoy successful careers as clinicians and academicians. Residents in our current classes have brought diverse backgrounds and experiences to our program. As a group they possess broad career interests and are developing exciting plans for themselves.
Several features of our medical center make ECU Emergency Medicine an exciting place to be. Our faculty provide medical direction for the county's EMS system and the EastCare Critical Care Transport system. The EMS system encompasses a spectrum that includes a career fire and rescue department and very rural volunteers. EastCare, with its three helicopters and multiple ground mobile intensive care units, completed more than 8,000 critical-care transports last year. Our toxicologists received cases of all sorts from near and far, providing interesting substrate for learning and clinical practice. Additionally, the Eastern Carolina Injury Prevention Program is a model for studying and reducing the burden of injury in North Carolina. These attributes, which help to make our department unique, represent just one narrow view into the world of ECU Emergency Medicine.
It is an honor and pleasure to serve as the chair of ECU Emergency Medicine. I hope on behalf of the faculty, resident physicians, and extraordinary staff that the accompanying web pages provide valuable insights to our dynamic program.
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"A family picture. Our kids gave us this priceless gift in October," the Crystal Lake, Minnesota resident recently wrote on Facebook. "Last one (was) three years ago and two more grandkids in this pic! This Christmas present picture is like gold!"
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1. How will the Ravens' defense fare without Ray Lewis and Lardarius Webb?
The Ravens' traditionally stingy defense has regressed into a vulnerable outfit whose lack of prowess at stopping the run lately is upsetting defensive coordinator Dean Pees. "It makes me sick," Pees said. "It makes me sick is the best way I can put it. It really does. It's up to me and it's up to our staff to get this thing corrected." It's questionable, though, whether the Ravens' defense will take a step forward or continue to struggle against a formidable Texans offense after losing inside linebacker Ray Lewis, pictured, and cornerback Lardarius Webb to a torn right triceps and a torn left anterior cruciate ligament and lateral meniscus, respectively. The Ravens are allowing 396.7 yards and 19.7 points per game, and no longer have their emotional leader in Lewis, or their top cover guy and arguably their top tackler pound for pound in Webb. The Ravens have surrendered 427 rushing yards over the past two games, including a franchise record 227 rushing yards per contest in a 31-29 win over the Dallas Cowboys. The defending AFC North champions rank 26th against the run, allowing 136.5 yards per contest. Cowboys running backs DeMarco Murray and Felix Jones ran roughshod over the Ravens with Lewis in the lineup. Although Lewis has struggled to shed blocks this season and his range has eroded at age 37, the two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year does have 17 years of experience working in his favor. Now, the Ravens will rely upon Jameel McClain, who was signed to a $10.5 million contract during the offseason, at Lewis' vacated inside linebacker spot with Dannell Ellerbe stepping in as the weak side inside linebacker. McClain is a reliable player who missed tackles against the Cowboys. Ellerbe is athletic and a good blitzer, but isn't considered to be as stout against the run. They'll both be tested by Texans star running back Arian Foster, one of the most dynamic all-purpose backs in the league. His patience and vision on the zone-stretch play is outstanding, but he's coming off a bad game against the Green Bay Packers where he was stuffed in the hole throughout the game other than two short touchdown runs. As for the secondary, Cary Williams becomes the top cornerback and will be largely responsible for guarding Andre Johnson after allowing two touchdown passes to Dez Bryant a week ago. Cornerback Jimmy Smith starts opposite Williams with Webb on injured reserve. Both have to raise their level of play for the defense to improve.
Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun
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Quick guide to racing seat installment
There are lots of things in racing that you can afford to learn the hard way. What's the best setup for your car? What air pressure should you run? Does a neon yellow and orange paint scheme look good on the racetrack? You get the idea.
But when it comes to your safety equipment, that's one area that you really need to nail down right from the start. But never fear, Circle Track is here to help. We recently spent a long evening at the Performance Automotive shop owned by longtime racer and car builder Les Lesneski. Lesneski was building the framework to install a new Butler Built seat into a Monte Carlo being built to race in the Super Street class (basically a high-end Street Stock).
Granted, different car builders have their own little tricks when it comes to installing a racing seat and belts into a race car. But the main points are to build a hoop attached to the rollcage that both the seat and belts can be attached to. After that it's just a matter of properly attaching the seat and belts to the hoop and rollcage. This way, in the event you take a hit in the driver-side door hard enough to crush the door bars, you–safely inside your racing seat–will move right along with it instead of being tied down while the bars are pushed into you.
As you will see, this chassis has a long way to go until it is ready to be called a race car. So the seat and belt installation is only roughed in since it will have to come back out again. Still, you will see more than enough to get you going on your own build.


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Justin Bieber Attacked by Hamster Association
When we reported on the fact that Justin Bieber gave away his pet hamster Pac to a fan who pledged to treat the adorbs little rodent like royalty, we did suggest that maybe, just maybe, The Biebs had acted a bit irresponsibly with the critter.
The folks at the California Hamster Association – which we never knew existed until now -- are hopping mad at The Biebs for his action and they are letting the whole world know that they think the singer did wrong by Pac.
A CHA rep spoke to TMZ, accusing The Biebs of "animal cruelty" for gifting his pet to a fan. Turns out that hamsters are not just cute; they are also fragile and can often get sick and die when thrust into "an environmental change."
Well, The Biebs pawning Pac off on a fan certainly qualifies as a major lifestyle change for the little guy. The CHA claims that the proper procedure would have been to relinquish the critter to a shelter or a rescue facility if he no longer wanted it.
The rep also said, "The moment that hamster was handed off to a screaming girl in a harsh, frenzied environment was likely the moment it gazed at the short path to its doom."
Doom? Really? While we can understand that concern, TMZ posted photos of Pac in his new crib with his delighted new owner Tori. It looks like Pac is living pretty large, is adored and well-adjusted, since a gift from The Biebs is to be cherished.
While we don't disagree that The Biebs should have kept his commitment to Pac as opposed to giving the furball away as a cool gift to a fan, it seems like Pac is in safe, happy hands, and in a more stable environment than, say, on a tour bus.
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Black Duck On Demand
On-Demand Compliance
Black Duck Software is rolling out an on-demand service that will help small companies establish their software compliance processes at a modest cost.
Since manual analysis and remediation has been a time consuming and error prone proposition, many large companies have turned to Black Duck's standalone product line to automate their evaluation of code. The products have ranged from $25,000 on up, making them suitable for the larger organizations.
The company's protexIP/OnDemand Web-based service subscription is easily obtained by credit card starting at $3,000 for a 10-MB code base. This puts open source licensing analysis capabilities within reach of small software development shops, law firms involved in intellectual property litigation and venture capitalists doing due diligence.
"We are expecting thousands of customers to use it," said Doug Levin, CEO of Black Duck Software.
Managing intellectual property risks in software has been a hot topic lately, especially with the coverage of SCO vs. IBM and the outsourcing of software coding to low labor cost regions.
Black Duck's new protexIP/OnDemand product is a Web-based source code analysis solution that uses the same analysis engine and knowledge base infrastructure, as the standalone protexIP product.
A small client program resides on the client machine and creates code prints of the source code being evaluated. The web interface handles the logistics of connecting the code prints to the service center.
Minimal configuration is needed on the client side. Simply point Black Duck at the code tree (path) and it will go to work.
The service center side has two parts:
- A code analysis engine that looks for patterns in the open source/proprietary codeprints.
- A constantly updated knowledge base that checks open source licenses and software origins.
After the source code is analyzed in the service center, the customer has the opportunity to manually evaluate the results. Conflicts and unknowns are flagged and brought to the customer's attention for further investigation. Finally, reports (hardcopy or files) with license violations and obligations can be produced which aid in the remediation of the code, with the ultimate aim of making everything legal.
The client can actually do a side-by-side comparison of their code in one window pane and the project code (as consolidated in the Black Duck database) in the other pane. Proprietary code can also be inserted into the Black Duck database to add to the ever growing knowledge base.
Analysis times vary according to the size of the customer code base, amount of proprietary code involved, and which open source projects are utilized. Levin said that it generally takes less time to perform an analysis than it does to compile that same code.
Levin commented that protextIP could handle 44 different languages including: PHP, Python, C, C++, Java and others. It checks both open source and proprietary code and is platform independent.
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Zahru II wrote:I will get my hands on some Kreo in the near future. I'll let you know whether I like them or not. I've already come up with a nickname for their minifigs (kreons) - Kretins. What do you think? Yay or nay?
Oh boy, going to buy some Kre-O.. I'm split on them. Some of the bricks are pretty great (1x1 round stud that's hollow and with studs on the top and bottom? genius!), however the figures are less than impressive in multiple regards, including skewed torso print and weird hands. I have the Battleship line assault pack (which I would actually recommend for some of their interesting bricks, but a warning, that alien is horr-i-ble) and the Megatron set. I wasn't crazy about them but I didn't hate them either. The minifigure style worked a bit better with the inorganic Transformers than with the actual humans, who all look like Duke Nukem with those massive manjawlines. My final opinion is that they're worth looking at, but the money could be better spent on other brands.


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Spirulina has been used by the Kanem Empire in Chad as well as the Aztecs as a food source for centuries. It is commonly known as Blue-green algae or blue-green bacteria, and contains high levels of protein. Spirulina may help to maintain healthy skin. Starwest offers varieties of spirulina powder including Chinese, Hawaiian and USSeaweed
Seaweed is a marine algae, and several forms are edible. Kelp is another name for brown algae and can grow very large to form underwater forests. Dulse Leaf is a type of red algae seaweed that is eaten as a snack food. In Japan, seaweed is known as Nori, and the plant is often produced as Nori flakes. All of the seaweeds are used as food products, with Nori being used as a wrap for sushi.Irish Moss
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Treyarch have announced that the second content pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, will be released onto Xbox LIVE worldwide on the 3rd of May. The content pack goes by the name of "Escalation", and just like the previous pack it will be releasing on Xbox LIVE before the Playstation Network. Escalation mirrors the template of original map pack (titled "First Strike") in terms of content, featuring 5 new maps – 4 for use...


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Robert Maillet is used to being recognized -- after all, he's a seven-foot behemoth. But it used to be because of his wrestling days, in the WWF as Kurrgan and on the indy circuit a bit. Now, it's because of his film roles.
And, after this summer, where he is appearing in three big blockbusters, that's only going to increase.
The biggest of the big is Pacific Rim, the robots versus alien monsters movie from the fertile brain of director Guillermo del Toro, which hits screens in July. Equally big movies coming out are The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
In two out of three of the flicks, you can actually tell it's Maillet too; in Sea of Monsters, he's under a costume, but has two separate roles.
First up, Pacific Rim.
It's one of the biggest movies ever, and one of the most expensive too. The marketing for the film has already been going gangbusters, with more still to come.
"It's an homage to the kaiju, the Japanese monsters. For del Toro, it's his love letter to the monsters, the Godzilla films, kaiju, Mecha, Robotech," explained Maillet from his home in New Brunswick. "He has an incredible imagination. He has so many details, little details, in his film that makes the world more real. It's incredible. And the amount of resources that he had to play with as well."
Maillet has been in movies big and small since his WWF contract was severed in 1999. The biggest was the Sherlock Holmes reboot with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. In that one, Maillet has a couple of fight scenes with the good guys, and eventually shows he has a heart of gold. He also got some publicity for breaking Downey's nose during shooting; Downey sent a bottle of champagne to his trailer afterwards, accepting it as an accident.
It was a role in 2010's The Big Bang that put Maillet on del Toro's radar. In that one, Maillet plays a Russian boxer.
"It's a film that really didn't get noticed. Not a lot of people saw it. It was a unique indy film, small budget with an amazing cast," he said, listing the likes of Antonio Banderas, William Fichtner, James Van Der Beek, and Sam Elliott. del Toro saw it though. "He liked my role in it, so he specifically cast me as the Russian in the movie."
The Big Bang can now be retitled Robert's Big Break. "For me, I had the role of a lifetime in that one. I was the heart of the story, my character. Banderas, he played the private eye, and I asked him to find this girl. So I chase him throughout the film, sort of this love triangle thing. It was a great role for me," he said. "It opened a door for me to be in the biggest movie of the summer."
Maillet was cast in Pacific Rim about five months before shooting started, and learning that it was giant robots against giant aliens, naturally he figured he would be a bad guy, likely used for motion capture footage.
It turns out he is one of the humans recruited to operate the Jaegers, the huge robots constructed to combat the aliens.
The Russian team, Maillet as Aleksis and Vancouver actress Heather Doerksen as Sasha, are in a complimentary role to the leads.
"Our presence is more important, controlling those huge vehicles and fighting. We're the supporting team," he said. "Just the way we look; we were the biggest pilots there. The way our armour looks, especially me, I look like a tank, with the blond hair and a black beard. We did stick it out a bit."
"You look bad-ass, but it's not comfortable to be in," he chuckled, saying he felt like a kid pretending to be a robot much of the time. "It's very limited in its movements, those armoured suits that we had. So then you're strapped in there, your feet, your arms are all attached to it, so it's very limited in your mobility. Then you're moving around, they move you back and forth, there's water thrown at you."
He only got to see the full movie last week at a screening in Toronto, and posted this mini-review: "Verdict: You will be Blown away by this Epic film as we did! Like Jurassic Parc, Terminator 2, Matrix and Avatar before,this will be a Game Changer! A Fun ride that will bring the Kid out of you! Very Proud to be part it! Great job on everybody who worked on it! 3D is RECOMMENDED!!"
In The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Maillet plays Samuel Blackwell, a Shadowhunter/half-human that fights against demons that are invading the Earth. Based on the best-selling novel, Maillet teams with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Valentine Morgenstern, the leader of their faction, and Kevin Durand as Emil Pangborn, in an attempt to wrest the Mortal Cup away from others.
It's "Twilight with samurai swords," quipped Maillet.
"It was a fun shoot", said Maillet, in part because he became good friends with Durand, who is originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, and like Maillet, speaks French.
He has two characters in the sequel to 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians.
"The first role I play is Polyphemus, the Cyclops, who is central to the story. I've got something that the kids, the heroes, want and they try to get it from me. So there's a lot of fights," he said. "It was a huge suit with a helmet, like a Cyclops head on me."
The other role is Laistrygonian, a henchman, and it was far more complicated, requiring hours of makeup preparation compared to the animatronic helmet to be the Cyclops.
Despite his commitment to moviemaking, Maillet still gets requests to wrestle.
"It's tough, because years ago, you wouldn't say no, I wouldn't say no to an opportunity to work. For me, it's hard to say no, but I have to," he said. "I can't do both, like The Rock does. The Rock has a different situation for sure. But for me, I can't do it, because it is conflicting scheduling. And if I do get hurt wrestling, that screws up my deal."
He was approached by the Dupres to work on the summer Atlantic Grand Prix tour in the Maritimes. That was hard to turn down because Emile Dupre gave him his break two decades ago.
It's been a great ride.
"It was a thrill of a lifetime. It's all the same for me, from when I started wrestling to what I'm doing now," concluded Maillet. "My first big opportunity, my dream really, that I had been thinking about since I was a kid, a teenager, was wrestling. Working for Emile Dupre, Grand Prix Wrestling I watched for years. I was a big fan of it, and all of a sudden you're in the ring with your heroes. It was a big thrill, and I remember that summer very, very well. It was memorable for me, and one of the highlights of my career. When Emile called this year, I had to say, 'No, I can't do it.' It is tough. It's all fun for me to do. I still love it. I don't have the passion that I used to have, I'm not into the wrestling as much as I used to be, to do it. But I still like to watch old matches here and there."


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In WSJ Op-Ed, Feith Pushes Right-Wing Media Narrative That Obama is Anti-Israel
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In a November 2 Wall Street Journal column, Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush, claimed that President Obama's policies and actions related to Israel were "cold treatment" and that Obama has displayed "antagonism toward Israel and feckless courting of its enemies."
Feith's op-ed is just the latest in the right-wing media narrative that Obama is "anti-Israel" because of his policies toward Israel - even though these policies are often ones that were advocated for or articulated by the Bush administration or echoed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself.
Additionally, Netanyahu has thanked Obama for, among other things, Obama's support during the last U.N. General Assembly meeting; U.S. help in extracting six Israeli security guards from the Israeli embassy in Cairo; U.S. funding of missile defense for Israel; and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Moreover, Israeli Defense Minister and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak said in August that he "can hardly remember a better period of ... American support" than "right now."
That's a lot of thanks and praise for Obama, particularly in light of his supposed "antagonism toward Israel."
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They were actually introduced in the Outlaw forum in January as their long-promised secret project.
From what I have read on the forum, the jury is still out even among the Outlaws. The speakers use SEAS drivers and "audiophile grade crossovers" (whatever that means, I have no idea).
Anyone here listened to Rocket speakers by Onyx? To me, those "read" better than the Outlaws.
From what I have read on the forum, the jury is still out even among the Outlaws. The speakers use SEAS drivers and "audiophile grade crossovers" (whatever that means, I have no idea).
Anyone here listened to Rocket speakers by Onyx? To me, those "read" better than the Outlaws.
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Indians whip Phillies in series finale
Philadelphia, PA – Jason Kipnis homered, doubled twice and drove in three runs as Cleveland earned a split thanks to a 10-4 decision over Philadelphia in the finale of a two-game interleague set.
"We showed up with a purpose today. We got a win out of it," said Indians manager Terry Francona.
Mark Reynolds and Asdrubal Cabrera each knocked in two, while Nick Swisher added a two-run blast and Mike Aviles hit a solo homer for the Indians, who dropped the opener by a 6-2 count on Tuesday.
Corey Kluber (3-2) allowed three runs on six hits in six full frames, fanning five without a walk.
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Cole Hamels (1-6) lasted five innings in defeat, during which he was charged with six hits and five runs. The left-hander has lost three in a row and four of his last five starts.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Frank DiPaolo (dih-POW'-loh), a political mentor to former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, has died. He was 106.
Kennedy says DiPaolo died Thursday in hospice care.
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He was a fixture in Providence's Mount Hope neighborhood, where he ran the Castle Spa restaurant for 40 years.
When Kennedy ran for General Assembly while a student at Providence College in 1988, DiPaolo knocked on all the doors in the district with him and helped defuse criticism that Kennedy, son of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, was a carpetbagger.
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Last week, ShopperTrak cut its sales forecast for the holiday season to a 2.5% increase from the 3.3% rise it had initially expected.
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Darren Shaw needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
Formula E
Brand new way of doing an old thing that has been great for many years,
Battery Powered Go Karts have arrived in Sunshine, (victoria).
Fun City Go Karts is old hat, the new Karts are called Formula E
for E for Electric. Battery power is a lot "Greener".
12 - 65 years of age is our target driver
a Logo, for use on web, stationary and clothing.
would like to see some versions mixed in with Fun City. as Fun City is the Main Business Name.
i like the font Denmark.ttf.
not to confuse with the new zealand Formula e business logo, see http://www.formulae.co.nz
our current web site is http://www.funcity.com.au and we will have a Formula E website
red, yellow and blue is used inside the building and the karts are Red.
i have attached a kart that i would like to see in and not see in... needs to be changed a bit.
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Danny Ramkvist needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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e1337 is the brand/company name
e1337 is a business with its primary focus in developing concepts within "professional gaming" also known as eSports. e1337 will therefore consist of several companies sharing the same brand/name.
"e1337" is "gaming-language" and translates to "elite". We chose this word, because we think of ourselves as being elite at what we do - and as we do it in gaming, we chose to use the official gaming-language known as "1337-speak"
Currently the "e1337" business consists of the company "e1337 Consult", which primary business is marketing and branding of companies towards the eSports industry.
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We need a logo that is fresh and creative, so therefore we will not put many strings on you.
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The logo needs to be able to stand alone + with other words attached to it. As e1337 is looking to expand its market, the logo should be able to have words like "Consult" added to it, without looking too ugly.
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We like RED. Possibly (c94b4e)
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Delaware's Firearms Transaction Approval Program is supposed to provide a kind of one-stop shop for legitimate gun dealers who need to perform quick background checks on their customers, simultaneously scanning the electronic databases of the state's DMV, courts, and mental health agency.
But Wilmington's News Journal dug up evidence that, since 2001, state troopers have also been making "supercheck" queries, mostly to confirm that people they encounter are eligible to possess firearms. Police say this is ordinary due diligence, but the report suggests that the checks might skirt federal rules that protect mental health records.
Unfortunately, the article is vague on a few key points. It's not clear precisely what information is made directly available to officers: If it's just a binary "yes" or "no" answer to the question of whether the person is legally barred from possessing a firearm, it's hard to see any very serious privacy harm. If they're getting details of people's medical histories, obviously, that's another matter entirely.


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Courtesy of Sky(Bet), below please find the currents odds of a given rider's winning the Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic (also known as La Doyenne).
My picks? Easy: 1. Valverde, 2. Gilbert, 3. Evans. And yes, you're right - I'm not willing to take a chance on a long-shot. I bet on one earlier this week (figuratively, of course), and he didn't come through...(long-shot, you know who you are! come on redeem yourself and out with it!)
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H10 Villa de la Reina Boutique Hotel
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The H10 Villa de la Reina Boutique Hotel is located in the centre of Madrid, in an a early-20th century building that has been completely restored.
The rooms have a modern, functional design and offer a television, free safe box, minibar, heating and air conditioning and a private bathroom with amenities: bathrobe, slippers, Nespresso and water bottle.
It also has a restaurant with breakfast buffet and a bar at the hotel lobby where you can enjoy some delicious tapas and snacks or have a drink. The hotel facilities include 3 meeting rooms equipped with everything you need for holding your business meetings or any other type of event.
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The H10 Villa de la Reina Boutique Hotel stands on Gran Vía, an excellent location close to Puerta del Sol, the Palacio Real, the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the Reina Sofía Museum. The Madrid Adolfo Suárez Airport is 12 Km away from the hotel.
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8.6My opinion about this hotelIan - 19-May-2009
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We celebrated Anna Claire and Mallory's fourth birthday with a watermelon picnic party perfect for the start of summer! We were blessed with beautiful weather, and lots of family and close friends were there to celebrate with us.
So, how does one pull together a watermelon picnic party? I made the girls seersucker jumpers using the Abigail pattern by Bonnie Blue. The watermelon wedge applique is from Planet Applique and is one of the easiest applique' designs I've ever stitched. With their party dresses and hair bows made we had a theme and a color scheme!
I found coordinating watermelon invitations, thank you notes, party favor tags, and "happy birthday" banner from Tiger Lily Invitations on Etsy. I also found the watermelon plates and napkins online at Party by Lewis.
We served a simple spread of crackers and cheese, veggies and dip, and a watermelon fruit basket carved by yours truly! My mom made Anna Claire and Mallory their own birthday cakes decorated like watermelons.
Our party favors were little picnic baskets from A.C Moore. I cut out squares of pink gingham check fabric with pinking shears and tied on the tag with polka-dotted ribbon. Inside was watermelon-shaped and flavored candy all from Party City. Like the tag says, Anna Claire and Mallory had one sweet birthday party, indeed!
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The PCNY was established in 1925 and is recognized by key state elected officials and agency department heads as the preeminent professional police union in New York State.
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The PCNY has led the fight for sponsorship of legislation perceived to be in the best interest of police officers. One such piece of legislation was the 25-year half pay bill - Chapter 786 Laws of 1966, thereby bringing to a successful conclusion the long and strenuous campaign by the PCNY President Al Sgaglione.


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Monday, October 29, 2007
craftin' with mah birches
These aren't an example of such 'fancy shots', just my feeble attempts to tide me over in the meantime:
I love the way these photos totally conceal the wonkyness of the potholder. Obviously I have a lot to learn about sewing with batting and quilting :)
11 comments:
- glorydaze said...
Great shots. I love the color of that fabric!
- 4:21 pm
- Amy Nieto said...
Dude. You could make BILLIONS if not trillions, selling those oven mittens. Like, trillions. They are so lovely.
I have to tell you, you have inspired me to renew my drawing and create patterns in the hopes that in a few years form now I be designing lovely textiles as yours. So thank you for your inspiration, just know that you are doing something great, whether you realize it or not.
- 6:07 pm
go lara!
- 6:26 pm
- Little Bitsys said...
Yo,'sup birch?
I can't stop laughing at the title, I'll be saying it all day now, to myself of course. hehehee
- 1:10 am
- amy sahba said...
I love that pot holder! did you sew along the patter of the fabric??
- 6:14 am
- futuregirl said...
I love that you stitched along the tree trunks on the pot holder. It looks so great!
- 6:40 am
- mizu designs said...
You're a brave woman for showing us the inside of your oven! There is no way I could make mine public :)
- 8:09 am
- of paper & thread said...
your cushions and pot holder look great!
i have finally got around to sewing up my little bit of gold birch forest fabric - i made it into a cushion and have just added a couple of quick photos to my blog if you'd like to have a look :-)
- 6:48 pm
- Meet Me at Mikes said...
Oooh.. you certainly HAVE come over all Lotta on us... Looking forward to the Lara Birch-dotter Ladys Home Companion soon. Nice BINDING!
- 9:08 am
- sheetal patel said...
oooo...i want those cushions!!!
- 10:10 am
- Corrie said...
ahhhh love the cushions! I was thinking of making some nice big comfy cushions out of the fabrics for melbourne and I love what you've done!
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Watching Sarah Ruhl's unique but irritating "Eurydice" at South Coast Repertory is much like awakening from a particularly disturbing dream then being unable at first to shake off its impact.
There is much of value in director Marc Masterson's intricate and imaginative staging of this retold Greek myth presented in modern dress — certainly Gerard Howland's setting is a work of art in itself — but the play itself is curiously unsatisfying.
Told from the point of view of its title character, who, according to legend, perished on her wedding day and was thrust into the underworld, "Eurydice" is, by turns, poetic, spiritual and comical, but rarely truly dramatic or involving. Its dreamlike quality pervades the brief, ultimately ambiguous 75-minute production.
The production's primary problem is one of overkill. The physical dimensions of the setting (and one of its characters) tend to overshadow the interaction between the title character and her brand-new husband, who vows to descend to Hades and retrieve her. More of a connection is established between Eurydice and her late father, who must restore her memory of the upper world.
Eurydice herself is beautifully interpreted by Carmela Corbett, a fresh-faced British import who radiates beauty, innocence and spirit. Corbett firmly establishes her individuality in her strange new surroundings, despite having had the memory of her past erased.
Ruhl's most important contribution is her addition of the girl's father, already residing in the underworld. SCR veteran Timothy Landfield brings a consummate passion to this character in the production's best-realized performance as he strives to refresh his daughter's perceptions.
As Orpheus, who weds and loses Eurydice on the same day, Alex Knox portrays a character whose love for his bride, strong as it is, plays second fiddle to his passion for music. Were his character not written so blandly, his mission might be accomplished more fervently. His final sequence is particularly frustrating.
As for pure scene stealing, Tim Cummings takes the brass ring in a dual role, billed as "A Nasty Interesting Man" and "The Lord of the Underworld." In the former guise, Cummings stalks Eurydice as an obnoxious dirty old man (overcoat but no pants), while his second characterization, as Hades himself, is bone-chilling in its impact. "Larger than life" is a colossal understatement in this case.
There are three other characters, all "stones," comprising a literal Greek chorus of hellish commentators reminiscent of Samuel Beckett's "Endgame." Patrick Kerr, Michael Manuel and Bahni Turpin fill these head view-only roles with sardonic finesse.
Howland's imposing setting, including a rain-soaked elevator to hell, the green-hued "stones" and the devil's gargantuan doorway, is the hallmark of the production, along with Soojin Lee's modern costumes and Anne Militello's unique lighting designs.
Greek mythology is, at best, an acquired taste, one which Ruhl obviously has acquired wholeheartedly. Whether her audiences choose to follow her along this literal road to hell may be quite another matter.
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My book on genetic genealogy is finally in print, and it feels very strange promoting yourself; however, every blogger has different followers, and as this is the first book which covers so many aspects of genetic genealogy for nearly a decade, forgive me for being shameless.
I decided to write this book after not being able to convince those who are more knowledgeable than I to do so. I needed a more current source for members of my audiences so I could reduce the time in answering basic questions repeatedly. Not that I mind answering, but it became an issue of time.
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"This is the first time in years that a book has been devoted to genetic genealogy. It is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on this topic, which shares the rare distinction of being both an addictive hobby and a scientific discipline. Emily is one of the early pioneers of genetic genealogy, and like a passionate tour guide, she takes us on an enthralling journey from the fascinating basics of this new science right up to the current state of the art. There is something for everyone here, whether you are a beginner or at a more advanced level. And with practical examples drawn from her experience of using DNA to break down brick walls in her own family tree, Emily has created a comprehensive instruction manual with a very big heart."
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"Writing a single volume overview of DNA testing is growing more difficult year on year as the field becomes ever more exciting and complicated. Emily's book is a comprehensive description of the key genealogical uses of DNA testing as they existed in 2013. Leavened with examples and experiences, it contains loads of practical advice, particularly on the newer tests like FTDNA's Family Finder."
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Last Surviving Alan Mann Racing Mustang Found
We received word from Eric Charles, a French Mustang enthusiast currently living in Dubai, that he has located the last remaining Alan Mann '64½ TdF (Tour de France) Mustang. Historians will remember that Ford sent four '64½ Mustangs to Alan Mann Racing in the UK to be prepped for the TdF race that year. As we all know, the Mustang won the TdF and it is noted that this was the Mustang's very first race win (of many thousands to come over the next 50 years!).
The Mustang still has its five-bolt 289 Hi-Po and four-speed Top Loader and is being restored by a Fabrice Bernollin's shop in Toulouse, France, which specializes in historic race car builds and track support. Eric has paperwork from Alan Mann Racing that verifies the VIN on his hardtop was one of the four sent by Ford and he's excited about getting the Mustang restored back to race trim from the 1964 TdF. Known as the "4B" car, VIN 5F07K208109 is expected to be finished later this year and we can't wait to see the completed restoration of a truly rare Mustang with racing history.
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The LED lighting experts at Mustang Project have launched a new website to expand their LED lighting options to more than just Mustangs. Check out www.customcarlight.com for lighting for all of your vehicles. Shelby American has announced that Akos Feher has rejoined the company as Vice President of Shelby Performance Parts. The folks at MRT now offer a limited lifetime warranty on all of its MRT manufactured exhaust systems, which now include free shipping as well. For more details check out www.shopmrt.com. Lauren Fix, The Car Coach, who is an accomplished author, journalist, and voice of the automotive community, has completely revamped her website of automotive content, weekly reviews, and more. Click on over to www.laurenfix.com to see what Lauren has to say. If you're looking to build a new engine for your Mustang then you need to pick up the latest Lunati rotating assembly catalog to see all of the great engine hardware they have to build one solid engine. Simply hit www.lunatipower.com and click on "catalogs" to see the online selection.
Michael Irvine's Latest Artwork
We've espoused over Michael Irvine's artwork here in Mustang Monthly several times over the years. From his vintage to late-model Mustang artwork he always seems to catch his automotive subjects in such an interesting manner. We're proud to have a few of his Mustang pieces hanging in our offices and his latest offering is one Shelby enthusiasts don't want to miss out on! Titled "The Competition Has Arrived" and featuring a bevy Shelby iron, Michael's latest watercolor painting pays tribute to the Mustangs, Cobras, GT40s and more that Carroll was involved with so deeply in the '60s. You'll find a GT 350, 289 Cobras, a Daytona Coupe, and a GT40 all being unloaded for race day (you can almost hear the small-block 289s cackling and revving as they are warmed up and backed off the transporter!).
The most notable trait of one of Michael's paintings are the subtle touches you have to really look for, often seen in vehicle reflections or in standing water on the ground. In his latest work Michael certainly doesn't disappoint, as you can see the Ferrari and Porsche drivers in the background staring on in disbelief at all of this American Iron! Michael's studio has released 800 Limited Edition prints, 20 Artist Proofs with Custom Remarque, and 50 Gallery Edition Canvases of The Competition Has Arrived. To order yours, or to see the whole Michael Irvine collection, visit www.michaelirvine.com or call (800) 361-5484.
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Regular readers will no doubt remember the Stark Hickey '70 Mustang Cobra Jet SportsRoof we featured in the May '14 issue. Originally owned and raced by Tony Rainero, it has been owned by Robert Wytosky for the last several decades. The opportunity presented itself for Tony and Robert to once again meet up at the 50th Anniversary Mustang Celebration in Las Vegas. Surprisingly Larry Thiel, the second owner of the rare Mustang was also in attendance. Robert snapped a picture to share with us and this is what he had to say in his email:
"Thank you again for the wonderful article, I do not know if you have anywhere to post this photo, but Larry Thiel (second owner) was at Vegas and here is a picture of the three of us with the car. This is all the car's owners."
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'Reportero,' a new documentary that examines how journalists at a Tijuana-based news weekly risk their lives to report on Mexico's deadly drug war airs Jan. 7 on PBS. When you think of drones, the military may come to mind at first, but a couple of entrepreneurs want them to become part of everyone's daily life.
When you hear the word 'drone,' you think of images of warfare, Star Wars characters, or high tech surveillance. But two entrepreneurs have a different idea. They believe drones will literally revolutionize our daily lives. Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine Chris Anderson recently resigned and is now teaming up with a 26 year-old engineering whiz from Tijuana to jumpstart what they call the personal drone industry. John Rosman has the story.
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According to the new documentary "Reportero," 48 journalists were murdered or disappeared since December 2006. The film premiers Monday, Jan. 7th on KLRN at 9 p.m. as a special broadcast of Point of View. "Reportero" is director Bernardo Ruiz's first documentary feature and examines how journalists at a Tijuana-based newsweekly risk their lives to report on Mexico's drug war. Ruiz speaks with Texas Public Radio's Crystal Chavez.
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November job postings decline in Fairfield County
FairfieldCountyJobs.com announced its Fairfield County Job Market report for November. The report tracks the overall activity on FairfieldCountyJobs.com, a regional job board with close to 100,000 unique visitors per month. The November report showed a marginal 5 percent drop in jobs posted off a strong October, which FairfieldCountyJobs.com said is a suggestion of a continuing strong job market. The highest volume of positions posted this past month was for roles in administration, medicine and finance. Greenwich, Stamford and Westport were also listed as the most active markets for the month. All of the above came during a month where business activity was adversely impacted by Hurricane Sandy and the Thanksgiving holiday.
Pitney Bowes launches SecLingua tech security
Pitney Bowes announced the launch of SecLingua, a security technology company that will develop embedded security solutions for health care applications. SecLingua has worldwide rights to apply the Pitney Bowes Secure Evidencing Platform in the variety of health care settings where data privacy, integrity and secure payments are required. The SEP platform incorporates the same proprietary security technology that is used in all Pitney Bowes postage meters. Matthew Smith, of Stamford, will serve as president and CEO of SecLingua.
Greenwich Associates to acquire Javelin Strategy
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A St. Paul man faces multiple felonies after authorities say he removed his ankle bracelet while on furlough from prison and raped a woman whom he had robbed in the past.
Authorities say 18-year-old Curtez Graham told police he purposely returned to the woman's house to scare her because she had sent him away for 14 months. Graham is charged with eight counts, including criminal sexual conduct.
He made his first court appearance Friday. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
The charges say Graham robbed the woman twice in 2011, and was imprisoned. He was on furlough when he removed the bracelet that monitored his whereabouts.
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ST. CLOUD, MINN. - When Adalberto Villalobos was told he was losing his job with the company he'd worked at for nearly 16 years, he didn't get upset.
He smiled, packed his belongings in a cardboard box and walked out the door -- into a new career that he says is the most fulfilling work he's ever done.
Now, Villalobos spends much of his day at St. Cloud-area hospitals or clinics, helping to bridge the communication gap between Spanish-speaking patients and English-speaking health care providers. He's part of the field of medical interpreters that is seeing increased demand as the St. Cloud area becomes more diverse.
For Villalobos, 43, a native of Costa Rica who moved to St. Cloud 20 years ago, interpreting is a chance to use his bilingual skills, curiosity and love of learning to help people.
"Being in different careers or works in my life, there's none that has given me the immediate rewards that I get when I interpret," he said.
While in college in Costa Rica, Villalobos thought he wanted to be a marine biologist. After a negative experience in a math class, he decided to pursue journalism.
"I'm a people person," he said. "I love to dig and find out and connect and develop relationships and connections with people. I thought that by being a communicator, I could use that power to help society and to bring truth and reality and the facts onto the table."
A painful process
After moving to St. Cloud, Villalobos struck out on getting a newspaper job. Instead, he went to work for Creative Memories, translating sales materials into Spanish, training staff and interpreting at conferences.
When the economy took a downturn, that program was dismantled, a painful process to watch, Villalobos said.
While working at Creative Memories in a different department, Villalobos had the idea that he should put his bilingual skills to use again. He reached out to Jan and Francisco Almarza, owners of the Bridge-World Language Center, in 2010. He began using his vacation days to do some medical interpreting.
"I simply fell in love with it. I enjoyed it tremendously," he said.
In October 2010, the Bridge offered a 40-hour training session on interpreting, and Villalobos was among the first group of graduates, spending every Saturday for five weeks honing his skills.
Then one Tuesday in 2011, Villalobos was told he was being laid off from Creative Memories. He decided the time was right to make the leap into medical interpreting as a career. By Thursday, he was interpreting full-time.
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Villalobos feels blessed that his transition to a new career went so smoothly in the midst of a struggling economy.
"We all know how serious and tough and difficult it is out there for anybody," he said.
By March 2012, Villalobos had passed oral and written exams to become a certified interpreter. To prepare, he read his thick medical dictionary cover to cover, even having his two children quiz him.
Medical interpreters follow strict legal and ethical guidelines. They must maintain confidentiality and professionalism. Villalobos sits next to and slightly behind the patient and keeps his head down. He asks the doctor and the patient to address each other, not him. He interprets everything that's said in the room, even if there are multiple people present. He asks everyone to speak in short phrases to make it easier to keep up.
One of the hardest parts of the job is keeping a professional distance. He's not there to be the patient's friend or advocate, even if the doctor is delivering bad news.
"It sounds cold," he said. "And it is incredibly tough for me personally, because I'm a social bee, and I always want the best for people. I want to help people. I want to save them their pain and solve their problems. But when I put my interpreter hat on, I'm a machine."
Sometimes that can be very difficult, he said.
Increased awareness
"It's tough when you have grandma who wants to tell you about her tamales recipe," he said. "It's really, really hard, but you have to work hard on removing the feelings and the emotional side of the business. It's almost like a contradiction, because you're dealing with humans ... but you've got to be almost inhuman."
Health care regulations require medical providers who receive federal funding to provide interpreters. Research on the effects of bad communication on patient safety is also growing, said Izabel Arocha, executive director of the International Medical Interpreters Association. In some cases, misunderstandings causing medical errors have resulted in lawsuits.
"There's just been a huge increase in awareness that has changed these practices," Arocha said.
Villalobos takes his job very seriously. He talks to doctors, reads about different medical conditions and treatments and has even observed heart surgeries and other medical procedures to expand his knowledge.
"That kind of gives you a better, clearer understanding of what you're trying to convey when you interpret, so at the end you sound more professional and knowledgeable," he said.


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I just found out some information that I was unaware of. To prevent air from getting trapped in the housing of your march pump, you need to have the discharge pointed up. I have mine pointing down. According to the tech guys in engineering at March Pumps, there will always be air trapped in the top of your housing when the discharge is pointing down. The purge valves we are using will not help this problem.
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We're a cut flower grower specializing in dahlias. We sell dahlia tubers (bulbs) and also sell cut flower arrangements (which include flowers other than dahlias, such as lilies, calla lilies, lisianthus, cosmos, zinnias, sunflowers, amaranthus, crocosmia, roses etc.) locally at markets and for special events such as weddings and parties.
You can see pictures of us at the "Pictures of us getting ready for the Farmer's Markets" section of bannerflowerfarm.com.
We sell our tubers to both retail home gardeners and wholesale commercial growers. We sell arrangements to farmers market shoppers, brides, event planners.
We are not discount growers and lean more towards specialized personal service. Many of our dahlias are showcased at premiere estates across the country.
Please incorporate imagery of decorative, cactus and/or ball style dahlias. You can see many of our dahlias at bannerflowerfarm.com.
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