text: Back When to Call the Doctor for Chronic Disease Problems Once you've been diagnosed with a chronic illness, such as asthma, heart disease or diabetes, one of the best things you can do to help keep your condition under control is work closely with your health care provider. That means regular appointments, of course. But between office visits, symptoms may flare or new ones may crop up. How do you know if you're experiencing "just the usual," or if a headache, chest pain or shortness of breath is worthy of an immediate call to the doctor? Here are some guidelines for when to call the doctor and when to self-treat. For diabetes If you have diabetes, rising blood sugar is a reason to call the doctor. Patients with diabetes also have a high risk of heart disease and strokes. For this reason, they should get immediate emergency care for any symptoms of heart attack or stroke such as chest pain, sudden onset of weakness or paralysis and a loss of ability to speak. Call the doctor if you have symptoms, such as: Increased thirst, urination or weight loss High or low blood sugar that doesn't respond even though you're adhering to prescribed treatments A change in vision You have an acute illness such as respiratory or intestinal flu Get immediate care for symptoms such as: Indications of very low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), including confusion, weakness, paleness, sweating, and rapid heart rate; or in severe cases, seizures or coma A sweet, fruity odor on the breath, slowing or speeding up of breathing and a very sleepy feeling (symptoms of ketoacidosis) Vomiting or diarrhea for more than six hours Tingling, numbness or burning pain in hands or feet Chest pain, sudden onset of weakness or paralysis and a loss of ability to speak Problems that worsen despite your following your doctor's advice, which may indicate long-term complications of diabetes; for example, dizziness or weakness when you suddenly sit or stand up; a wound that appears infected or doesn't heal; or vision problems, such as seeing flashing lights or large floating areas or spots For asthma As long as a person with asthma follows an asthma action plan based on peak flow readings the condition is rarely fatal. Minor shortness of breath can be treated at home or in the doctor's office. If it's major, seek emergency care. If you have asthma, it's important that you know what your typical symptoms are. Mild cases of asthma may include only some wheezing; more severe cases can rapidly progress from minor shortness of breath to a life-threatening situation. Call the doctor if you have symptoms such as: Trouble breathing, even after you've taken the medications according to your asthma action plan; or you have shortness of breath combined with tightness in the chest and wheezing Persistent, dry hacking cough Yellow, green, gray or bloody sputum, or thick sputum that you can't cough up Itching, swelling, rash or difficulty breathing, which may be caused by a reaction to your medication Get immediate care for symptoms such as: Sweating and severe difficulty breathing, which may be combined with pale or blue lips and fast heart rate and anxiety; call 911 For high blood pressure Ideally, people with hypertension will be self-monitoring their blood pressure. Call the doctor if you have the following symptoms and they are new, or, if you have had them before and they become worse: Higher than usual blood pressure for three separate blood pressure measurements taken at different times Dizziness that doesn't go away or persistent dizziness when you get up from sitting or lying down Shortness of breath that occurs when you exercise or when you're lying down on your back Tiredness, weakness Irregular or rapid heartbeat or pulse Coughing or wheezing, particularly at night Weight gain from fluid retention Difficulty concentrating Sleeping problems Get immediate care for symptoms such as: Blood pressure of 180/110 mm Hg or higher Fainting (generally associated with low blood pressure, or hypotension) or seizure (generally associated with extremely high blood pressure) Chest pain that doesn't go away with rest or medication Increasing blood pressure combined with headache, sleepiness, confusion, visual difficulties, numbness and tingling in the hands and feet, coughing blood, nosebleeds or trouble breathing; these are signs of a hypertensive emergency (malignant hypertension) Help for chronic illness These organizations can provide answers to specific questions about living with chronic illness. American Diabetes Association Asthma, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America American Heart Association National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Cancer Institute American Cancer Society


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Over thirty-five years ago, in the kitchen of a small apartment in Oakland, California, Marc Allen and Shakti Gawain started a publishing firm known as Whatever Publishing to put out into the world a few books and booklets they had written. It was a shoestring operation, started with very little capital. Total sales in 1977 were $800.
Today New World Library owns its own spacious building in Novato, California, has sixteen employees, and generates eight-figure revenues. The company's name changed in the mid-1980s to better reflect the quality of its developing list. One of its first books, Gawain's Creative Visualization, became an international bestseller and has sold more than six million copies in English and been translated into more than thirty foreign editions.
In the early 1990s, Shakti Gawain formed Nataraj Publishing, and Marc Allen became sole owner as well as publisher of New World Library. In 1998, Gawain and Allen, still close friends, formed a new working partnership, and Nataraj Publishing became an imprint published by New World Library.
Many of New World Library's books are categorized as New Age, though Allen says "there's really nothing new in New Age; it's been around for a long time. It's the perennial philosophy, after all. Certainly for many, though, a New Age is dawning. Perhaps it will prove to be a great New Renaissance, possibly even an era of cooperation and global peace. We certainly hope so, and we are publishing material that can show us how to create far better lives for ourselves (such as Eckhart Tolle's, The Power of Now ) and a world that works far better (such as Active Hope by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone and The Power of Partnership by Riane Eisler)."
Two other joint publishing ventures, with Amber-Allen Publishing and H J Kramer, have contributed heavily to New World Library's success over the past two decades as well.
Between late 1993 and 1995, six books and six spoken-word audios were published under the Amber-Allen imprimatur. One of those books, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra, has gone on to sell more than three million copies in English and has been translated into more than thirty foreign languages. It was on both the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists for over eighteen months.
In 2000, New World Library entered into a joint venture with H J Kramer, the publisher of such authors as Dan Millman (Way of the Peaceful Warrior), John Robbins (Diet for a New America), and Sanaya Roman (Creating Money). New World Library assumed responsibility for many functional areas of H J Kramer, including sales, marketing, subsidiary rights, fulfillment, production, and accounting. H J Kramer has continued to focus on author relationships and acquiring and developing new books.
New World Library has an active backlist of over 550 titles, including three dozen spoken-word audio CD's and digital down loads. Spoken-word audio sales have made a substantial contribution to New World Library's success over the years, led by Creative Visualization, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and The Power of Now.
In order to give its books the care and treatment they deserve, New World Library publishes approximately thirty-five new titles annually. "That way our backlist gets the same attention as our new titles," says Allen. "We publish good books, and we want to keep them in print as long as possible." Nearly 70 percent of New World Library's revenues are generated from its strong backlist, which includes books by Joseph Campbell, Eckhart Tolle, Jennifer Louden, Riane Eisler, Echo Bodine, Mother Teresa, Richard Carlson, Alan Watts, Kent Nerburn, Christina Baldwin, Brad Warner, Valerie Worwood, Daphne Rose Kingma, and, of course, Shakti Gawain and Marc Allen. New World Library has been distributed to the book trade by Publishers Group West since 1979 and is their oldest distribution client.
New World Library is a long time supporter of The Green Press Initiative, a nonprofit program aimed at getting authors and publishers to use recycled paper and more environmentally safe processing and printing procedures. In addition to using soy-based inks, nearly 100 percent of New World Library's new titles are printed on postconsumer-waste (PCW) recycled paper.
New World Library celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2012. Its success as a company is attributable to the continuing strong performance of Eckhart Tolle's books The Power of Now, Practicing the Power of Now, Stillness Speaks, and Guardians of Being with more than 5 million, 500,000, 400,000, and 150,000 copies sold respectively. In 2001, New World Library worked with the Joseph Campbell Foundation to launch the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series. Fourteen books were released in this series by the end of 2013. The revised edition of The Hero With a Thousand Faces, published in 2008, has already sold nearly 160,000 copies and Pathways to Bliss has sold 50,000 copies.
New World Library publishes books and audios that inspire and challenge us to improve the quality of our lives and our world. The ultimate goal of the company is a sweeping one: personal and planetary transformation — awakening both individual consciousness and global social potential by publishing inspirational and practical materials on spirituality, personal growth, and other related areas.
"The best thing about the business, as far as I'm concerned," Allen says, "is the large amount of mail and email we've received, over the years, from people who have been deeply affected by our publications. All I need to know is that I've made a positive impact on someone's life — that makes it all worthwhile."
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CT Announces Strategic Partnership with SBG
Creative Technology (CT) announces a strategic partnership with SBG Sports Software (SBG).
The partnership introduces the 'Focus' video adjudication (VA) platform to major sports events providing broadcast quality video resources for officials to refer to in their decision making process. Multiple 'Focus' systems, will be deployed in Rio during August, following its debut at the recent Diamond League Athletics event – the Müller Anniversary Games – which featured the return of Usain Bolt to London's Olympic Stadium.
The quality of decisions made by officials, referees and umpires is under ever more scrutiny with the broadcast coverage of sports events often highlighting inconsistencies and human error. VA seeks to redress the balance by providing broadcast quality video resources for officials to refer to in their decision making process. Alongside line of sight adjudication options, CT can now provide VA solutions based on the SBG 'Focus' server to sporting events large and small that ensures officials' decision making is backed up when it really matters.
Like CT, SBG has a passion for sports and technology. SBG delivers mission critical software for some of the highest profile sporting events. Their systems deliver data aggregation, real-time information display and analysis, pre-event planning and highly detailed post-event review. SBG has been working closely with CT to develop a scalable yet cost effective VA platform and video analysis server for sports federations and teams. The 'Focus' VA server is now ready for market and offers an intuitive operating interface and rich feature set.
CT's first major deployment of the Focus VA server was at the Müller Anniversary Games. The system managed all 24 incoming feeds (eight CT cameras and 16 broadcast feeds) routed to two operating stations.
Steve Purkess, CT's Business Development Manager – Sport said: "We are proud to be working so closely with a company that shares our ambition in sport. SBG's experience in video adjudication is second to none and it is important for CT to have a partner of such high quality, enabling us to expand our service offering in sport."
Gareth Griffith, SBG's CEO said: "Our decade of experience in elite motorsport, working with the dozens of track cameras, on-boards and broadcast feeds that are provided, has allowed us to develop a highly interactive and intuitive video adjudication system – using any number of camera angles. We are now seeing the demand for video review growing in many sports, and we are delighted to be working with CT to provide powerful new solutions and further push the boundaries in this exciting, developing arena."
The partnership enables the two companies to each further their businesses whilst providing mutual assistance and delivering unique operational benefits to all their clients.


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Alber, Zimmerman look to keep up momentum at Dvorak
MACHESNEY PARK - Last year, the Dakota Indians headed into the prestigious Dvorak wrestling tournament as the small school that was getting little respect.
"That was then," Dakota head coach Pete Alber said, "this is now."
The Indians went on to finish 11th in last year's 33-team Dvorak standings, and they didn't stop until they claimed the Class 1A state team title. The two Indians who led the charge, Josh Alber and Daniel Zimmerman, both won Dvorak titles, and won state championships less than two months later.
Now, both the Indians, and the pair of Alber and Zimmerman, get set to take part in the Dvorak tourney at Harlem today and Saturday with great big targets on their backs.
"This is some serious competition at this thing, and sure, we've got a little bit of a target on us this year wherever we go," Pete Alber, Josh's uncle and coach, said. "But Josh knows, Daniel knows, the whole team knows: This is the kind of tournament you have to work to win.
"I hope this tournament teaches a bunch of our kids some things about getting ready for the big competition."
Josh Alber knows all about getting ready at any level, and the three-time state champ will put his undefeated high-school record on the line this weekend, and it very well could come down to a final against the nation's No. 1-ranked 132-pounder, Glenbard North's Jered Cortez.
The Dvorak kicks off today with early rounds starting at 9 a.m., wrestlebacks continuing at 3 p.m., and the quarterfinals capping the day off at 5 p.m. Saturday's wrestling begins at 9 a.m., and the place matches will begin at 2 p.m., which will include the power-packed finals.
Two NIC-10 teams, Hononegah and Harlem, are participating as well, with the Indians heading in as the No. 4-ranked team in the latest 3A polls, and the Huskies sitting at 14th. Harlem's Sage Hecox is ranked No. 1 at 220 and his brother Kailor Hecox is ranked sixth at 195 headed in, while Hononegah's Keegan Powers is undefeated and ranked seventh at 120 and Tyler DeMoss is ranked fourth at 170.
There are also several ranked teams in the field, including Montini, ranked No. 5 nationally, and Marist, the 16h-ranked team in the country.
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Lawyers have been given the green light to scan the social media sites of jurors.
The American Bar Association says it's ethical for lawyers to scour online for publicly available musings of citizens called for jury service – and even jurors in deliberations.
But the ABA does warn lawyers against actively "following" or "friending" jurors or otherwise invading their private Internet areas.
The "formal opinion" was issued in April and will serve as an ethical guideline for the nation's lawyers. The ABA's ethics committee began reviewing the issue about two years ago and concluded that looking at Facebook posts, Twitter tweets and other information gathered passively is ethical research.


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MINNEAPOLIS -- The NFL and its players swapped another set of accusatory court filings Wednesday, arguing whether the now-lifted lockout should be put back in place even as teams get ready for one of the most unusual drafts in history.
The players urged U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson to deny the league's request to essentially restore the lockout, arguing that their careers were at stake.
Nelson was weighing a request from the owners for a stay, which means the injunction she issued to stop the 45-day lockout on Monday would be frozen during an appeals process that is expected to stretch into the summer and threaten the 2011 season.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, during a predraft event in New York, said he wasn't worried about the state of confusion tarnishing the league's image but stressed his desire to "remove" the uncertainty.
"It's one of the things I don't think is healthy for the players, the clubs and most importantly our fans," he said.
Attorneys for the players dismissed the NFL's argument that it risks either violating antitrust laws by coming up with new league rules without a collective bargaining agreement in place or harming its competitive balance by allowing a potential free agency free-for-all.
"If the NFL defendants are faced with a dilemma, they put themselves in that position by repeatedly imposing rules and restrictions that violate the antitrust laws," the attorneys wrote. "Any alleged predicament is of their own making."
The solution, the players argued, is to simply implement a system that does not violate antitrust laws.
The NFL, in turn, accused the players of going way too far with an overly "sweeping" bid to get Nelson to clarify her order lifting the lockout, saying the ruling provided sufficient guidance.
In response to that league filing, the players withdrew their request for clarification "given the NFL Defendants' concession that they understand their obligations."
In doing so, the players "anticipate that the NFL Defendants will comply" with the order "at once." Their point: The league year should have started the second Nelson issued her injunction.
The league pointed to a two-page form the players sent to Nelson, complete with blank lines for the judge to fill out, in which teams would be barred for a year from a lockout or any "contract, combination, conspiracy, boycott, concerted conduct or collective agreement" that went against player contracts.
The players improperly want to get Nelson to consider the antitrust claims, which are laid out in a still-pending lawsuit that hasn't yet been aired in court, the league said. And the players' plan would have even barred the draft that begins Thursday night without free agency or other familiar hallmarks.
"Aside from being expressly beyond the scope of the opinion, these are all rules to which the NFLPA had previously agreed," the league said.
If Nelson grants the league's request to put the lockout back in place, a ruling both sides were still awaiting, players want the NFL to post a $1 billion bond, roughly 25 percent of player compensation last year.
That got the NFL's attention.
"Of course, there is no monetary judgment here that needs securing," the league said in a court filing it sought special permission from Nelson to submit. "Moreover, there has been and could be no credible showing of a risk of insolvency. ... Indeed, the plaintiffs do not suggest that they have the slightest doubt of the league's ability to pay the players, or that this Court should have any doubt."
If the NFL fails to get Nelson to put her order on hold, it will ask the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis for the same thing. The owners are also asking the appeals court, viewed as a more friendly venue to the league than the federal courts in Minnesota, to overturn Nelson's decision.
Repeatedly in Wednesday's filing, the players took an argument the league has made and turned it into their own. They referred to Goodell's expression of concern that the longer the uncertainty around the 2011 season continues, the worse it is for everyone involved.
The players said teams won't be harmed if the judge denies the NFL motion for a stay, meaning the league would be back in business.
"This is the only way to preserve the 2011 season announced by the NFL, given the need to sign free agents, to complete the NFL draft and sign drafted players, to plan and to hold training camp, and to plan for the season itself," the players wrote. "Denying a stay will enable the NFL defendants to go back to operating their multibillion-dollar business and making enormous amounts of money, as they did previously."
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Goodell said the surest way for the league to operate without running afoul of antitrust laws is to get back to bargaining with the players, who broke up their union March 11.
"That's how we've been successful. That's how other leagues have been successful, and it should continue that way," Goodell said.
All of this played out while most players again stayed away from team headquarters, working out on their own as the NFL's first work stoppage since 1987 plays out in court. Two Washington Redskins players showed up at their facility, another rather fruitless visit.
"What we're looking for is a little clarity as far as what the rules are, so we can operate on the same page. So we'll just have to wait and see what those rules are," coach Mike Shanahan said.
Detroit defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said he hadn't heard about any players visiting Lions headquarters.
"Until guys know they can get some work done at that facility, they're just going to work out on their own and take a wait-and-see approach," he said.
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
No, comcast cable is encrypted and therefore un-recordable. I did a test to verify this. I went to my grandmother who has comcast digital cable. (She's always been ahead of the curve) Anyway, I used a mythtv+ubuntu box with a haupuage 1250-mc digital tuner and tried to tune the digital. The result? Nothing. Only the free channels came through. I tried every variation of tuner settings I could think of like Qam-256, 128, etc. Broadcast freq table, cable freq table. Basically, none of those channels worked. What I found interesting was that her lcd tv was able to tune most of those channels without using a set top box, yet my digital tuner card could not. As of right now, I'm convinced that digital TV from comcast cannot be recorded by mythtv in a reasonable fashion. Please, if you personally have a tuner capable of tuning comcast digital cable, let me know as I am prepping the wiki page to say that digital tuners won't tune non-OTA channels.
Ok guys, I've made the page, but have not linked it anywhere yet. Please give me your feedback or better yet, touch it up yourselves.http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Understanding_digital_cable


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Mallenson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Mallenson family
The surname Mallenson was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland where one of the first records of the name was Thomas Malisone in 1445. [1] John Malynessone was listed in Yorkshire in 1317. [2] The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed: Robertas Malyn; Johannes Malynson; and Richard Malynson. [3]
Early History of the Mallenson family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mallenson research. Another 86 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1427, 1445 and 1447 are included under the topic Early Mallenson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Mallenson Spelling Variations
The name Mallenson, appeared in many references, and from time to time, the surname was spelt Mallison, Mallinson, Malison, Mallyson, Mallynson, Mallisson, Mallenson, Mellenson, Mellanson and many more.
Early Notables of the Mallenson family (pre 1700)
More information is included under the topic Early Mallenson Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Mallenson family
The New World beckoned as many of the settlers in Ireland, known as the Scotch/Irish, became disenchanted. They sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. Some called them, less romantically, the "coffin ships." Amongst the early settlers who could be considered kinsmen of the Mallenson family, or who bore a variation of the surname Mallenson were Charles Mellanson and his brother Peter who both settled in Port Royal N.S. c. 1657; John Mallinson who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1858.


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Jay Leno's Jokes Actually Managed to Offend Someone at NBC
The recent reports about NBC's post-Leno plans were as surprising as they were interesting. As in, they kind of came out of nowhere. So it might make sense to hear that, behind the scenes, Leno has been feuding with one of the top executives at NBC.
The recent reports about NBC's post-Leno plans were as surprising as they were interesting. As in, they kind of came out of nowhere. So it might make sense to hear that, behind the scenes, Leno has been feuding with one of the top executives at NBC.
The New York Times' Bill Carter reports Leno and NBC exec Robert Greenblatt recently participated in a "exchange of pointed e-mails," over jokes Leno made about his networks' ratings performance. Greenblatt is the executive in charge of ratings performance, and, in short, NBC is doing terribly. The always-edgy Leno felt the need to point that out, as late night hosts are wont to do. But on the February 28 episode of The Tonight Show, he went too far. These jokes were what Greenblatt's ire:
For the geographically impaired, Leno called NBC "Cinco de Ratings," joked that The Biggest Loser is now the channel's "new motto," and then he capped it all off with a Manti Te'o joke.
Yep, those are some really edgy jokes from Mr. Leno. It's the kind of envelope-pushing stuff we've come to expect from him during his never-ending tenure as Tonight Show host. Mr. Greenblatt was unimpressed, though, and he emailed Leno to let his feelings be known. Then, the "pointed exchange" happened. Leno defended his right to make jokes at NBC's expense, citing the long history of late night hosts making fun of their overseers. We're never told how Greenblatt responded.
The interesting thing about Carter's report is that this was all happening at the same time as reports of NBC's post-Leno plans started to leak. On March 1, the day the alleged email echange would have likely occurred, The Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters reported NBC were considering replacing or fast tracking Leno's departure from behind the Tonight Show desk to replace him with Jimmy Fallon. The logic behind the move was that Leno, despite still being the top-rated late night host in all demographics, was ceding some ground in the 18-49 demo to ABC's Jimmy Kimmel. The move to call Fallon up early may make sense from an economic standpoint, but to cite ratings performance seemed silly. Leno was and always has been winning every category.
What we're supposed to gather is that maybe, just maybe, behind the scenes things aren't as rosy as we're led to believe with Leno and NBC right now. His contract doesn't run out until late 2014, but the reported plan to move Fallon to the Tonight Show would have soft-launched next summer. The email exchange, accompanied with the leaked reports of an early ouster, point to a growing displeasure between the network and Leno. If these leaks are coming out, but they can't be sourced to the only parts of a feud between Leno and his overseers we're just learning about? The alternative is that Leno's defenders at NBC weren't pleased with the succession reports and snitched on Greenblatt for what was likely a harmless, maybe even regular, email exchange. Hmm, we're meant to say. Hmm, indeed.


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ZEISS on Your Campus 2012
ZEISS on Your Campus (ZOYC) is a free global workshop series aimed at educating scientists and students in the fundamentals of microscopy as well as new techniques.
In 2012, ZOYC will focus on the basics of acquiring images for scientific publication as well as introduce emerging technologies in both light and electron microscopy. Each ZOYC will include a combination of lectures and hands-on labs presented by microscopy experts.
In order to ensure a productive learning environment, registration is required and group sizes are strictly limited.
Please note: By registering you are giving permission for use of group and individual photos and/or filming to be taken during the event and understand that these may be used for future Carl Zeiss marketing and communication purposes.
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Snacks, Fellowship Hall
Snacks. Sounds pretty innocuous. But it's much more than might be imagined. Required - snacks for 120+ people (includes staff and helpers) daily for 5 days. Buying the stuff, transporting it, setting up a distribution scheme. It's all a real challenge and lots of work. But it's well worth it. Both the adults and the kids get a necessary break both to grab some needed calories as well as some rest and unstructured socialization among the various classes. Let's hear it for SNACKS! :>)Read More


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Save time: empower your employees
Empower employees by eliminating their low-value tasks
Let's take a moment to consider Whatcom County, Wash, and its growing paper piles – loan applications, membership profiles, and so forth.
With paper physically stored in its main office, whenever a branch employee wanted access to a customer's file, he or she would have to contact HQ. Someone at the main office would have to find the file, find the right document within the file, and fax the paperwork to the branch to access a member's file – while the member was standing at the teller window or requiring the customer to leave and return.
Now how many customers could the teller help if he or she had instant, secure access to the customer's documentation? What other tasks could he or she pursue in the time they'd get back?
It's this "overall math" of the low-value task that surprises most companies considering an enterprise content management (ECM) solution.
A given task might take only two minutes to complete per day. But if it's two minutes per day per transaction and that employee deals with 15 transactions per day, now we're looking at 30 minutes per day to complete those tasks.
That time, multiplied by 260 business days, equals 130 hours. Multiply that by $15 per hour and the "two-minute task" costs almost $2,000 per full-time employee. Multiply that by 10 employees and now you're looking at a significant chunk of change.
Eliminate the time spent tracking down documents by implementing a carefully considered ECM software solution, and the math allows a company to reinvest that $20,000.


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Succulent ribs can be prepared from pork or beef, but in terms of selecting a wine to drink with them, the sauce and spices are the most important consideration. The wide variety of rib styles (check out our barbecue style guide!) allows for lots of wine experimentation.
Ribs are big hunks of meat, true, but the flavors can actually be quite delicate. Huge wines can mask the hours of slow-cooked flavor. Look for wines with plenty of fruit flavors and moderate tannins to bring out the best in your ribs.
For the purposes of these pairings, we have made a general distinction between dry, spice-rubbed ribs and wet, tomato-based sweeter sauce styles. (There are obviously a ton of other variations.) Dry-rub ribs have spicy notes that respond well to earthier wines. The wet ribs need something fruitier or off-dry to balance and enhance the sauce.
We love sparkling wines with ribs! The bubbles help to cleanse the palate and keep your mouth fresh and ready for more rich food. Ribs with a sweeter sauce pair well with off-dry wines—try Mumm Napa Cuvée M, which has an earthy scent that leads to ripe white peach flavors. Perfect for balancing a well-sauced rib. ($16-$25, find this wine)
For dry-rubbed ribs, a red lambrusco like the Lini 910 Labrusca Lambrusco Rosso is ideal. The dry, earthy flavors of fresh black cherries and herbs pick up on the spices in the rub, and the delicate bubbles keep everything clean and easy-drinking. (Around $16, find this wine)
White Wines
A white wine with racy acidity and round stone fruit flavors like a pinot gris treats all kinds of ribs well. Try the 2009 Robert Sinskey Los Carneros Pinot Gris for a treat. ($22-$29, find this wine)
Rosé Wines
Spanish Rosado tends to be a richer, fruitier style more akin to a light red wine. These juicy rosés, like the Grupo Matarromera Bodegas Valdelosfrailes 2010, are packed with fresh raspberry fruit and complement a sweet bbq sauce. (Around $11, find this wine)
Red Wines
Rich and fruity reds bring out the juiciness in all styles of ribs. Try a full and silky syrah with cassis fruit and a touch of sweet spice like the 2006 Jelu Reserva from Argentina, especially with a vinegar-heavy sauce. (Around $16, find this wine)
For a darker, more concentrated (even meaty) wine, try a California Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2009 Chad Red Hills Lake County Cabernet pairs particularly well with dry-rub. ($17-$20, find this wine)
Disclosure: The Lini 910 Lambrusco, Mumm Napa Cuvée M, and Valdelosfrailes Rosado were provided as samples for review.


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Washington>> The House's failure to pass immigration reform could create political trouble for a growing number of Republican representatives from districts with sharply rising Latino and Asian populations.
The problem is especially apparent in California where Latino and Asian populations in Republican districts are triple the national average. Both groups gave President Obama more than 70 percent of their votes in 2012.
In four California districts, the 2012 election results were so close that the incumbents' margin of victory is smaller than the projected number of new eligible Latino and Asian voters turning 18 by 2014, according to an analysis by Tom Wong, a political science professor UC San Diego.
As the number of voting age Latinos and Asians grows, there is mounting political pressure on Republicans to support an immigration measure that would create a path to citizenship for some of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.
"Latinos in California and across the nation are a huge demographic," said Congressman Jeff Denham, R-Modesto, whose district is more than 40 percent Latino.
Denham recently announced his support for a bill introduced by House Democrats that includes a path to citizenship. This comes despite Denham's previous opposition to California's version of the DREAM Act and his support for Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law.
The changing demographics of Denham's district help explain why he is one of only three House Republicans to have endorsed the Democratic bill.
Denham won the 2012 election by roughly 11,000 votes. According to Wong's analysis there are 26,000 Latinos and Asians in his district who will turn 18 by 2014. Similar numbers confront Republicans Howard "Buck" McKeon from Palmdale, Gary Miller from Rancho Cucamonga and David Valadao from Bakersfield.
"As members look at the issue, they need to understand the changing demographics in the future," Denham said.
The Senate passed an immigration bill in June and Democrats have introduced a similar bill in the House. It is not clear that Republicans will schedule a vote and Democrats are using the GOP's hesitation to bring the bill to the floor to depict them as unsympathetic to immigrants.
Two large labor unions allied with the Democrats released a series of TV ads, which will run in Spanish in Bakersfield and other cities across the country, suggesting that Republicans treat undocumented immigrants as "animals" while another quotes a GOP congressman saying he would do anything to stop the undocumented immigrants "short of shooting them."
The conventional wisdom is that many Republicans don't have to worry as much as those representing California. The average Republican-led district is just 11 percent Latino and 3 percent Asian, according to Wong's analysis.
But some members warn changing demographics could tip a close election and said the Republican Party will need to address immigration reform more if it wants to win in the future.
"On a national scale, for someone that wants to be president or be more of a national figure, I think they need to be smart on immigration and they have to pay attention and be part of the solution," said Valadao, whose district is roughly 73 percent Latino.
Like Denham, Valadao has announced his support for the Democratic immigration bill.
But very few Republicans are following Denham and Valadao's lead despite the rise in Latino voters.
"Over 2,000 Latino citizens across the country are turning 18 each day," said Clarissa Martinez from the National Council La Raza.
Wong has identified nearly three dozen vulnerable Republicans in the House who have indicated opposition to any legislation that allows undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship.
"Those Republicans who have large numbers of Latino voters are having significantly different opinions than the Republicans who hold the very white seats and don't have to worry about the Latino vote," said Allan Hoffenblum, publisher of the California Target Book and the former political coordinator of the California Republican Party.
But he noted that California Republicans are only competitive in a diminishing number of regions, and warned this could become a national trend.
"When most people talk about the national Republican Party, they say it might end up like the California Republican Party," Hoffenblum said.
Some California Republicans, including those from heavily Latino districts, have not shown any willingness to support any measure that includes a path to citizenship. Miller, whose district is roughly 50 percent Latino, and McKeon, whose district is close to 40 percent Latino, have both said that the immigration system needs to fixed. But they focus more on border security and enforcement issues, which are less popular among Latino voters. Neither has endorsed measures to offer citizenship to undocumented immigrants.
Miller won the 2012 election by roughly 17,000 votes, but the number of Asians and Latinos who will turn 18 by 2014 in his district is more than 31,000.
Similarly, McKeon won his election in 2012 by less than a 23,000 vote margin over Democrat Lee Rogers. According to Wong's analysis by the next election, nearly 25,000 new Latinos and Asians in the district will have turned 18.
"The district grows by one percent Latino every year and that's been the largest growing segment of the population," said Rogers who plans to run against McKeon again in 2014.
"It's not that Republicans can't represent a Latino district, it's just that in certain cases they have made really outlandish comments about immigrants, Latinos in particular," Rogers said, pointing to a recent town hall meeting in which McKeon was talking about border enforcement and said, "There are people who can't tell the difference between a Hispanic person and an Arabic person."
But McKeon said he is interested in immigration reform and is meeting with Latino constituents on the issue.
I am engaged with my constituency and my colleagues on the importance of achieving real immigration reform legislation that actually addresses the critical problems with our current system and modernizes our current immigration system," McKeon said in a written statement. "I believe strongly that fundamentally, any immigration reform legislation needs to start with securing the borders and putting in place a lawful, workable and fair status mechanism for those who are currently living in this country undocumented."
Wong noted that the demographic changes may not immediately translate into turnout, pointing out that not all eligible 18 year olds are going to register and vote.
"Demography is not destiny," he said.
Eric Goldman, who will manage Democrat Michael Eggman's campaign against Denham in 2014, acknowledged that demographic changes alone won't elect his candidate.
"But I think that the demographic shifts have created an opening that will help allow us to achieve victory," Goldman said.
By 2060 the nation's Hispanic population will double to more than 128.8 million, which means that one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
In California the Latino and white populations are roughly equal which is among the reasons the Republicans have had such difficulty winning statewide elections.
Wong said that Republicans could learn from members like Denham who have exhibited more flexibility on immigration issues.
"California represents what the U.S. will look like in the future," he said. "What California's House Republicans are doing vis-a-vis immigration — Jeff Denham being a good example — should be on the radar for Republicans as a whole for this reason: they know how to win elections in diverse constituencies."
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ATLANTA — For the first time, Brian Gregory saw signs of the team he wants Georgia Tech to become.
The winning style of play came through when Gregory, the second-year coach, needed it most.
Georgia Tech rallied from a halftime deficit of nine points, finally taking the lead on Mfon Udofia's jumper with 1:19 remaining, and beat Virginia 66-60 on Sunday to end the Cavaliers' four-game winning streak.
It was a much-needed win for Georgia Tech (12-8, 2-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), which was coming off a close loss at Clemson.
Georgia Tech won by closing with an 18-6 run, including a stretch where it held Virginia without a field goal for more than 9 minutes.
"You saw glimpses of how we want our program to look night in and night out today," Gregory said. "That toughness, that grit, plus all that other stuff. I thought today was the first time you saw longer glimpses of that."
Virginia (15-6, 5-3) ranks third in the nation and first in the ACC with its average of 51.2 points allowed per game. Georgia Tech is the first ACC team to score 60 points against the Cavaliers.
Gregory was impressed his team made 47.8 percent of its shots (22 of 46) against Virginia's tough defense.
"That's hard to do against them," Gregory said.
"I like our guys' demeanor. I like their resiliency. I like the way they attack every day. Sometimes it all comes together and that's what happened today."
Virginia led 54-48 following a 3-pointer by freshman Evan Nolte with 9:40 remaining. The Cavaliers were unable to overcome the long drought without a field goal that lasted until Jontel Evans' driving basket with 35 seconds remaining.
Udofia led Georgia Tech with 15 points. Freshmen Chris Bolden and Robert Carter Jr. each had 14. Kammeon Holsey had 10 points.
Joe Harris led Virginia with 18 points, but he was held to only four points in the second half.
"They started locking a little more on Joe," said Virginia coach Tony Bennett. "I thought we got some pretty good looks, and maybe that's just a cop-out for not good offense."
Georgia Tech was beaten by Virginia 70-38 last year.
"I just feel like we're a better team from last year and also a different team," Holsey said.
Bennett said his players took good "rhythm" 3-pointers and also had missed "point-black" attempts close to the basket by Akil Mitchell, who had 13 points.
"It's been a problem all year," Mitchell said of the inability to protect the lead. "We've just got to finish games. When we've got them on the ropes, we've got to finish games."
Virginia fell to 1-3 in conference road games.
Harris made only 1 of 5 shots from the field in the second half and committed six turnovers.
"It's really disappointing," Harris said. "We've been playing well. We've been having good practices. You're just hoping that it will all translate on the road in a game we expected to win."
Virginia, which shot 51.9 percent from the field in the first half (14 of 27), made only 8 of 28 shots (28.6 percent) in the final 20 minutes.
Virginia led 37-28 at halftime. Bolden's 3-pointer with 3:45 remaining tied the game at 57-57 before Udofia's jumper gave the Yellow Jackets their first lead since 20-17.
Carter opened the second half with back-to-back baskets, followed by a short jumper by another freshman, Marcus Georges-Hunt, to cut the lead to 37-34.
Nolte, from Milton, Ga., had a 3-pointer to end the modest Georgia Tech run.
Justin Anderson had 10 points for the Cavaliers but had several misses near the basket in the closing minutes.
Lines of unclaimed yellow foam fingers in empty rows of students seats behind the Georgia Tech band were evidence the game couldn't lure some fans from Super Bowl pregame parties.
When it became clear about midway through the first half that the student seats would remain empty, personnel began collecting the foam fingers. Before the workers could return for their second swing through the empty seats, however, a line of young kids cleaned out the remaining souvenirs.


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Though Mad Men creator Matt Weiner famously holds his cards very, very (very) close to the vest, there is one thing he was willing to reveal about Season 6, when TVLine spoke with him about the AMC drama's latest haul of 17 Emmy nominations.
Peggy, played by Elisabeth Moss, "is going to be on the show next year," Weiner shared. "I can't say how much, in what capacity or what [her story] is going to be, but she has not left the show."
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Weiner likens the questioning of Moss' status to the concerns he fielded after the Drapers headed for divorce a couple seasons back. "Everyone was like, 'I guess January Jones is off the show,' and I was like, 'Why would she be?' I never understood that."
But whereas Don is forever connected to Betty through their kids, one could argue that Peggy's tie to the canvas was mostly through her work at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, and that seemingly ended when she tendered her resignation.
"When people leave Sterling Cooper, sometimes it is the end for [the character]," Weiner allows. "But I will spoil that one tiny piece of anticipation and tell people that Elisabeth will be showing up to work."
The same Season 5 that saw Peggy bid SCDP farewell also injected a heavy dose of Megan Draper, played by relatively new cast member Jessica Pare. Weiner admits that he "took a couple knocks" for thrusting Don's new bride into the spotlight, but says it was a necessary follow-through on someone now wed to the show's lead character.
"You take a huge risk when you don't do the show you did the year before," Weiner explains, alluding to how Season 4 ended with Don and Megan's engagement. "People just hated her. They were like, 'She's manipulative! Is he really going to marry her? Hopefully she'll be gone.' But I was like, 'No, this is this guy's second marriage, and he's going to take it seriously."
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Regardless of so much ado about "Zou Bisou Bisou," Mad Men is coming off its most-watched season, averaging 2.6 million weekly viewers (up 15 percent over Season 4). And while AMC thus far has only renewed the show for Season 6, Weiner insists that a cycle beyond that is a certainty.
"We cannot rely on the official language of things. There will be a Season 7," he says. "Jon Hamm is signed on for it, I'm signed on for it… I mean, if Season 6 has one viewer… but I don't think [ratings] is what it's about. I think Season 7 has already been internationally sold… It's going to happen."


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William Lyon Mackenzie King collection.
- Accession
- 1885-1991
Collection consists of material relating to William Lyon Mackenzie King from the estates of his brother Dougall Macdougall "Max" King and of his nephew (Dougall's son) Arthur Macdougall King. Its major component is correspondence from Mackenzie King to Arthur King and also to Arthur's wife Kathleen, over a period of twenty-seven years from 1923 to 1950.The first letter is dated 1923, a scant three years after the death of Max King, when Arthur and his twin brother Lyon were 10 years old and the last in the series is dated July 5, 1950. The collection also contains documents and ephemera relating to King's death, funeral and will, received by Arthur King as a participant in those events; also present are issues of major Ontario newspapers that covered Mackenzie King's death and funeral as events unfolded day-by-day. A small selection of photographs, some formal and some snapshots, are also present. A selection of books retained by the family, among them works written and presented by John King and Dougall Macdougall King, also works owned by Mackenzie King as a boy, present a tangible reminder of the intellectual legacy of the King family.
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Mary Jo Kane is the director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota.
"The newest kid on the women's sports block is finding that the old formula for attention-getting is as robust as ever. 'Sex sells,' says Atlanta Beat defender Nancy Augustyniak, who was astonished to learn she finished third in a Playboy.com poll of the sexiest female soccer players." — Wendy Parker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last winter, champion alpine skier Lindsey Vonn won the downhill gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the first American woman to achieve gold in this prestigious event. From 2008 to 2010, Vonn also won three consecutive World Cup championships, the first US woman and second woman ever to accomplish such a feat. For her unprecedented achievements, Vonn was named Sportswoman of the Year by the US Olympic Committee.
Even Sports Illustrated — notorious for its lack of coverage of women's sports — couldn't ignore this historic moment and devoted its cover to Vonn. SI's cover, however, blatantly portrayed Vonn as a sex object and spoke volumes about the rampant sexual depictions of women athletes. Rather than emphasize her singular athletic talent, the magazine depicted Vonn in a posed photograph, smiling at the camera in her ski regalia. What was most noticeable — and controversial — about the pose was its phallic nature: Vonn's backside was arched at a forty-five-degree angle while superimposed over a mountain peak.
Offensive as this portrayal may have been, it came as no surprise to sports-media scholars. Over the past three decades we have amassed a large body of empirical evidence demonstrating that sportswomen are significantly more likely to be portrayed in ways that emphasize their femininity and heterosexuality rather than their athletic prowess. Study after study has revealed that newspaper and TV coverage around the globe routinely and systematically focuses on the athletic exploits of male athletes while offering hypersexualized images of their female counterparts.
These findings are no trivial matter. Scholars have long argued that a major consequence of the media's tendency to sexualize women's athletic accomplishments is the reinforcement of their status as second-class citizens in one of the most powerful economic, social and political institutions on the planet. In doing so, media images that emphasize femininity/sexuality actually suppress interest in, not to mention respect for, women's sports.
Many of those charged with promoting women's sports take an entirely different view. As the quote beginning this article makes clear, the "sex sells" strategy remains rampant among sports journalists and marketers, who also believe that reaffirming traditional notions of femininity and heterosexuality is a critical sales strategy. This approach, or so the argument goes, reassures (especially male) fans, corporate sponsors and TV audiences that females can engage in highly competitive sports while retaining a nonthreatening femininity.
The widely held assumption that sexualizing female athletes is the most effective way to promote women's sports creates cognitive dissonance. To begin with, marketing campaigns for leagues like the WNBA also emphasize the wholesome nature of women's sports, highlighting the connection between fathers and daughters. The underlying message is that women's sports embrace traditional "family values" and that their appeal cuts across generational lines. Given this message, a "sex sells" strategy is counterproductive. How many fathers would accept the notion that support for their daughters' sports participation would be increased by having them pose nude in Playboy? And should we buy the argument that what generates fan interest is how pretty athletes are versus how well they perform under pressure?
I don't disagree that when SI publishes its swimsuit issue males are quite interested in buying that particular issue of the magazine. It does not automatically follow, however, that their interest in women's sports has increased. On the contrary, I would argue that what males are interested in consuming is not a women's athletic event but sportswomen's bodies as objects of sexual desire.
To investigate empirically whether sex truly sells women's sports, I conducted a series of focus groups based on gender and age (18–34; 35–55) with a colleague at the University of Minnesota. Study participants were shown photographs of female athletes ranging from on-court athletic competence to wholesome "girls next door" to soft pornography and asked to indicate which images increased their interest in reading about, watching on TV and attending a women's sporting event.
Our findings revealed that in the vast majority of cases, a "sex sells" approach offended the core fan base of women's sports — women and older men. These two groups rated the image that portrayed athletic prowess as the one most likely to influence their interest in women's sports. Said one younger female: "This image [of a WNBA player driving toward the basket] really sucked me in. I want to be there. I want to be part of that feeling." In contrast, younger and older females, as well as older males, were offended by the hypersexualized images. One older male said: "If she [Serena Williams in a sexually provocative pose] were my sister I'd come in, slap the photographer, grab her and leave." Even when younger males, a prime target audience, indicated that sexually provocative images were "hot," they also stated that such images did not fundamentally increase their interest in women's sports, particularly when it came to attending a sporting event. The key takeaway? Sex sells sex, not women's sports.
So what does sell women's sports? The answer lies with women's college basketball and the coverage it receives on ESPN. Each year during the NCAA's March Madness tournament, women's hoops garner record attendance and TV ratings. Coverage of the women's Final Four bears a remarkable resemblance to that of the men's — a focus on great traditions, conference rivalries (Duke vs. North Carolina), legendary coaches (Pat Summitt vs. Geno Auriemma) — and, most important, showcasing sportswomen as physically gifted, mentally tough, grace-under-pressure athletes.
Millions of fans around the globe just witnessed such media images and narratives during coverage of the Women's World Cup in Germany. Perhaps such coverage will start a trend whereby those who cover women's sports will simply turn on the camera and let us see the reality — not the sexualized caricature — of today's female athletes. If and when that happens, sportswomen will receive the respect and admiration they so richly deserve.


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North Carolina, 2013
[August 11-20, 2013] An All-Class Reunion in Charleston, WV prompted this loop; I figured that since I was out, anyway, I may as well take a road trip. This one was mostly a Civil War loop that covered WV, VA (no photos), NC, SC (no photos), GA, TN (no photos), KY, and back home, that included Durham Station, NC, where Johnston surrendered to Sherman; Fort Fisher, at the tip of NC; Camp Sumter in Andersonville, GA, the Confederate prison camp where 13,000 Northern soldiers died, including two of my ancestors; and several in between. This trip was supposed to be a camping trip, but because of the monsoons - it rained every night, including one when I did camp but dealt with a horrendous lightning storm and deluge - and that's when I learned that the ol' homestead leaked. The remainder of the trip included a lot of motels. Not much opportunity for hiking and sight-seeing.Read More


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I must admit, I have never been a fan of Darkshore. It was a very long zone that required much running up and down. It contained one of the most hated quests in the old unrevamped Azeroth (Deep Ocean, Vast Sea). I've also never been fond of night elves, who never quite fulfilled their initial promise of being wilder and more savage than the priggish Tolkien inspired elves of standard fantasy fic.
But BOY have Blizzard done a number on that zone now.
Wait, I remember those hippogriffs and the flight master – what happened to them all?
When you get to Darkshore now, Auberdine is gone, swept away in a tidal wave caused by the Cataclysm. Your first quests are to try to help find and save survivors. If you've ever run the zone in the past, you may recognise some of their names. They're the old quest givers and NPC denizens of Auberdine. You're finding their bodies washed up on the beach, Some you can help to safety and … some you can't.
The most poignant of the early quests is from one of the hunters you save who wants to know what happened to his beloved pet. (You may even remember seeing him and his bear in old Darkshore as a quest giver.) Usually in these types "Please find my lost NPC!" quests, the prognosis for the lost redshirt isn't good. In this case, Blizzard turn the trope around on its head to provide one of the more emotional questlines in the game.
And as for Deep Ocean, Vast Sea? It's gone of course. In it's place a quest that cheekily makes reference to it and allows you to take out a little mining robot and blow up zillions of murlocs – revenge for that old annoying quest, if you will.
Then it's off to fight the horde with the help of tree ancients as your allies. Blizzard haven't changed the shape of the zone but you now get some help with the travelling in the shape of night elf catriders who let you use their cats to ride up and down the zone.
But wait, you haven't even started on the good stuff yet!
(riding a green dragon out of the emerald dream …)
Before you are done with this zone you will:
- Meet some of the signature racial and Cataclysm NPCs (Malfurion, leader of the night elves)
- Help fight elemental lords who entered Azeroth through the Cataclysm rift
- Explore the ruins of Auberdine and try to bring some solace to both the dead and to the surviving refugees
- Ride on a dragon.
- Fight Naga lords (ditto)
- Fight the twilight cultists and help to banish AN ACTUAL OLD GOD
In short, this zone is now the perfect introduction to Cataclysm, bringing in lots of the key storylines and introducing new players to fairly major lore concepts and villains who they will encounter again.
Not only that but it's bitter-sweet for older players too, with constant references to the way the zone used to be, the old NPCs (both the ones who survived and the ones who didn't) and the old quests as well, neatly tweaked to be fun in the 2.0 world. You will feel that the world really changed and that you are affected by it.
(spirits of the dead night elves help to fight off an elemental lord)
The only downsides are:
- It's still a bit of a pain to navigate. The path is broken up in the lower part of the zone which requires a bit of climbing, swimming, and creative navigation to get around. I don't mind this, I think it is a cool way to make you really interact with the terrain in a way which long straight roads don't allow, but some players will hate it.
- It IS a brilliant introduction to Cataclysm. But when Malfurion tasks you with finishing the job of banishing the old god because he has to rush off to Hyjal, it's hard not to think, "See you in …. 60 levels time …". You will have to wait awhile to see the next part of that storyline, during which you will travel to both Outland and Northrend, even though your character knows that Hyjal is where the main action is.
If you'd like to see more of the zone, View Through Branches has a lovely photojourney through Darkshore, and covers it in more detail than I have here.


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State behind on rent for Belvidere driver's facility
BELVIDERE — Residents who plan on visiting the driver's licence facility on Pearl Street to renew their license plates or register a vehicle will soon have to visit a new location.
The agency, run through the Illinois secretary of state's office, has not paid rent to its building owners in 13 months and is facing eviction.
"We wanted to extend the lease," spokesman Dave Druker said, but the landlord wouldn't sign a rental contract with the state.
According to the state procurement code: "Vendors shall not be paid for any goods that were received or services that were rendered before the contract was reduced to writing and signed by all necessary parties."
Without a signed lease, Druker said, the state cannot pay the property owner.
Diana Toft and her husband own the building. She said leasing to the state is different than leasing to a private citizen.
"The state draws up the lease," she said.
Usually, it's the other way around.
"They have been presenting us with a lease that we do not agree with, money or terms, and we will not sign it."
The Tofts have been renting the Pearl Street office to the state for 15 years — she declined to say how much the state owes in back rent — and decided last year to not sign a contract to extend the lease.
Since 2009, the state's monthly rental payments have been inconsistent, Toft said.
The state has intentionally delayed paying its bills as a way to manage its budget, creating an IOU backlog worth billions of dollars; that's forced charities and businesses that do work for the state to borrow money and cut jobs. As of July 29, the state had a backlog of 14,261 bills totaling more than $2.19 billion.
However, in this case, the Illinois secretary of state's office said it would like to pay the Tofts — they just need to sign the lease.
Toft and her husband are in the process of evicting the state, she said: "They haven't paid rent for 13 months, yet they feel that they can stay on the premises and conduct their business."
Druker said the state intends to keep a driver's license facility in Belvidere and is searching for a new location.
Register Star reporter Kevin Haas contributed to this story. Ben Stanley: 815-987-1369; email@example.com; @Ben_J_Stanley


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Junot Díaz has won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for his first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Riverhead). Other books that won prizes in the March 6 ceremony in Manhattan are: General nonfiction, Harriet Washington's Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present (Doubleday); Biography, Tim Jeal's Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer (Yale University Press); Autobiography, Edwidge Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying (Knopf); Poetry, Mary Jo Bang's Elegy (Graywolf); and Criticism, Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).The NBCC awards are one of the top three literary honors in the U.S. along with the National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prizes. They are given annually by the 800-member association of American book critics.
© 2008 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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Here's Video of a Tornado in Queens (UPDATED)
Al Roker tweeted this video of a possible tornado in Queens' Breezy Point.
Firefighters are responding to the incident, which is still only a "possible tornado strike."
Meanwhile, a tornado watch is in effect for Long Island. National Weather Service meteorologist David Stark warned residents to take this seriously.
The threat is there and it's something we'll be keeping an eye on over the next few hours. Things could change very rapidly into the evening.
He also advised securing your outdoor furniture.
And then maybe stay inside, as the approaching storm could bring quarter-sized hail.


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Certain novels not only cry out for what we call "critical interpretations" but actually try to help direct them . . . Books I tend to associate with this INTERPRET-ME phenomenon include stuff like Candide, Witold Gombrowicz's Cosmos, Hesse's The Glass Bead Game, Sartre's Nausea, Camus's The Stranger. These five are works of genius of a particular kind: they shout their genius. Mr. Markson, in Wittgenstein's Mistress, tends rather to whisper, but his w.o.g.'s no less successful . . . Clearly the book was/is in some way "about" Wittgenstein, given the title. This is one of the ways an INTERPRET-ME fiction clues the critical reader in about what the book's to be seen as on a tertiary level "about": the title: Ulysses's title, its structure as Odyssean/Telemachean map (succeeds); Goldstein's The Mind-Body Problem (really terrible); Cortázar's Hopscotch (succeeds exactly to the extent that one ignores the invitation to hop around in it); Burroughs's Queer and Junkie (fail successfully (?)).
From David Foster Wallace's essay "The Empty Plenum: David Markson's Wittgenstein's Mistress," which is collected in Both Flesh and Not.


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Randy Couture is jumping from FOX to Spike TV.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed a report from SI.com that the UFC Hall of Famer has inked a multi-year deal with the cable network that will see him coach on the first season of Bellator's MMA reality series.
An announcement on the deal is set for Feb. 5 in Los Angeles.
In addition to his work on the reality show, which begins filming next month, Couture will appear in multiple projects for Spike TV. The scope of his involvement with the cable network will be discussed at next week's press conference, according to a source close to negotiations.
Representatives for the network declined comment on Couture's deal, and the UFC politely declined comment on the matter. Couture's reps were unreachable.
Since retiring from MMA in 2011, the 49-year-old Couture has focused on acting and commentary. This past summer, he reprised a role in a sequel to the hit action movie "The Expendables," and served as an analyst on the first five UFC events broadcast on FOX. He was absent from the promotion's most recent network offering, this past Saturday's UFC on FOX 6, which featured his former teammate, fighter/analyst Chael Sonnen, in addition to UFC middleweight Brian Stann.
The expiration of Couture's deal with FOX opened the door for his role with Spike TV, according to a source close to negotiations. The deal did not bring a congratulations from UFC President Dana White, who tapped the former fighter for his first coaching role on reality TV as well as for commentary upon his retirement.
In 2005, Couture served opposite fellow UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell as a coach on the first season of "The Ultimate Fighter," which is widely credited for bringing MMA into the mainstream.
Spike TV's six-year relationship with the UFC came to an end in 2011, when the promotion signed a seven-year deal with FOX. Viacom then purchased a controlling share in Bellator with an eye on putting the tournament-based promotion on the network, though a previous deal saw UFC programming continue to air throughout 2012.
After two years on Viacom property MTV2, Bellator made its long-awaited Spike TV debut on Jan. 17 and earned an average of 938,000 viewers. The numbers were touted as a success by Spike president Kevin Kay, who was instrumental in moving Bellator live events to the larger platform.
For more on Bellator's upcoming schedule, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Editor's note: Jeff Bridges has worked for more than 30 years on issues concerning childhood hunger here and abroad. He founded the End Hunger Network in 1983 to organize the entertainment industry around this cause. Since 2010, Jeff has been the national spokesperson for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry® campaign to end childhood hunger in America.
(CNN) - When I was growing up, I had everything I needed. My wonderful parents, Dorothy and Lloyd, made sure we had nutritious food and they taught us where food came from.
I have been blessed in many ways, and my wife, Sue, and I have been fortunate enough to pass that on to our own four daughters. We've never had to worry about how we'd feed our family.
Other families in America are not as fortunate as I have been.
Few Americans realize that the majority of low-income children in this country get most of their nutrition at school. Whether it's the free breakfast, reduced-priced lunch or after-school snacks, these federally funded meal programs provide a critical safety net for families struggling to put food on the table.
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My darling Pari,
These days the one word I find myself saying non-stop is NO. Even though my saying a no never bothers you, but still, I try my best to tell you that you need to stop your mischief right when I say so. I try modulating my tone to the nature of your actions. From "noooooooooo" to a crisp NO. The outcome being you too have learnt the art by nodding in all directions to convey the same instruction to me proving Newton's third law.
I am aware that you know what a no actually means, but you take the benefit of your über cuteness and age each time you disobey me. Granted. But, this is soon going to change sweetheart, for you've got a Hitler mom. I hope you are sufficiently scared and focused by now to read what follows with full attention.
While you are too young to comprehend why I keep stopping you from playing with electrical appliances, fingering the power sockets and putting in mouth everything you can get hold of (including soap, shoes, mop, bugs of all kinds, etc.), I promise you the privilege of using a NO once you grow up.
Even now, whenever you move your head from side to side or stop me with your hands while I am feeding you or even putting back your toys in place I try my best to abide by your instructions.
The very same I expect from you when you grow up. Listen to when I request you to stop. Though you shall always have the right to ask me the reason behind it. I shall always answer your queries to the best of my ability.
So that's a done deal. I say 'no' and you obey, you say 'no' and I follow.
With that part sorted, let's come to the most important agenda behind this 'a no means a no letter'. This is something very important. I myself learnt this important lesson very late in my life to be able to refuse to accept ideas, instructions and opinions forced upon me against my will, against my liking. Sometimes I failed under the pressure of being an obedient child, at other times because I thought people around me had better understanding of whats good for me.
I do not deny the importance of following what our parents teach us and tell us, but after a certain age we need to learn to analyse our priorities, likes and dislikes and then go ahead and have an open talk about it before accepting anything you fail to understand the reason for. I do not intend on hinting that you need to be an autonomous soul who doesn't bother what her mother or grandparents or friends tell her. Rather, have an open mind about everything. Stay open for suggestions and always ask questions.
But never fail to voice your concerns, fears and dislikes. You are a part of me and never feel scared of telling me anything, worrying that I might scold you or will refuse to hear your take. You might tell me something I never knew or never thought of, so always share your thoughts.
Never ever decline a good idea just because you don't like the source. If you are angry with someone, don't let your anger overpower your decisions. Allow yourself time to think, understand and then reach a verdict.
The more questions you'll ask the clearer everything will get. Assumptions never take us to the right decision but open talk does. When the time comes that you need to follow your heart, stick by your NO. Don't let anyone ever scare you in my name. I will never refuse to hear your take, your side of the story no-matter what may happen in life. I promise.
Never hesitate in refusing any offer just because you might hurt someone. Nothing scars our lives more than our own unhappiness. I am not asking you to be selfish, but don't hurt yourself for the happiness of others. Let me share an example, if you are already full and can't take another bite, go ahead and say it assertively rather than eating an extra plate of food only to please someone, to land up in agony with an upset tummy.
No, holds immense power but it comes with added responsibility. The responsibility to use it cautiously and to stick to your belief and opinion. Make sure your refusal is taken as is and not as a hidden yes. The duty to respect other people's wishes and accepting their denial as their choice. Whenever you hear your inner voice stopping you, always pay heed to it.
I can feel myself gifting you a Brahmastra. Always remember, like all divine weapons use your refusal wisely and mean it else it shall lose it's power.
For now, no more listening to Halkat Jawani (movie: Heroine) for I have gone mad watching it in a loop non-stop for 1.25 hours with you and this has been going on all day long, for a full week now.
With lots of love and blessings,
The song on my mind: Na na karte pyar ~ Dhadkan


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The Basic Reproductive Ratio of Life
Manapat, Michael L.
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CitationManapat Michael L., Irene A. Chen, Martin A. Nowak. 2010. The basic reproductive ratio of life. Journal of Theoretical Biology 263(3): 317-327.
AbstractTemplate-directed polymerization of nucleotides is believed to be a pathway for the replication of genetic material in the earliest cells. We assume that activated monomers are produced by prebiotic chemistry. These monomers can undergo spontaneous polymerization, a system that we call "prelife." Adding template-directed polymerization changes the equilibrium structure of prelife if the rate constants meet certain criteria. In particular, if the basic reproductive ratio of sequences of a certain length exceeds one, then those sequences can attain high abundance. Furthermore, if many sequences replicate, then the longest sequences can reach high abundance even if the basic reproductive ratios of all sequences are less than one. We call this phenomenon "subcritical life." Subcritical life suggests that sequences long enough to be ribozymes can become abundant even if replication is relatively inefficient. Our work on the evolution of replication has interesting parallels to infection dynamics. Life (replication) can be seen as an infection of prelife.
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Even people who have lived in the city for years look to a Wichita guide so they can find out about new things to do in Wichita. Wichita combines culture, expressed in its art museums and theaters, with the history that its museums commemorate, and there are plenty of restaurants featuring both local and international cuisine.
Any list of Wichita things to do should include the Mosley Street Melodrama dinner theater, featuring traditional barbecue along with comedy and dramatic presentations by aspiring local performers. Performances also include an interactive component where members of the audience are asked to participate in skits and games. The Crown Uptown Theater is another alternative for dinner theater, and it includes children's theater shows as well as lunch and dinner buffets for kids and adults.
Residents who appreciate both local cuisine and a pleasant dining atmosphere head for the Old Mill Tasty Shop, which serves Southwestern treats in a recreated diner of old that even has an authentic soda fountain. It is a perfect place to relax after looking for Wichita deals in the nearby Old Town shopping and historical area.
A comprehensive guide to Wichita must mention some of the museums that attract locals who like to spend their free time learning about their historic city. One special museum is the Coleman Museum in the Old Town. It celebrates the history of the iconic camping goods manufacturer and is a part of the company's discount outlet. Ancient history is represented by the Museum of World Treasures, which includes dinosaur exhibits as well as artifacts that are more recent, and the Wild West period is commemorated by the Old Cowtown Museum.
Wichita is a city with plenty to do, and a Wichita guide helps local residents find what they are looking for when it comes to spending leisure time without leaving their home city.


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by Sean Croxton
I couldn't imagine having a child with autism.
Just the thought of it gives me a bit of anxiety — the unpredictable behavior, the tantrums, the head-banging.
If I had it my way, I'd have two kids — a boy and a girl. But knowing that — according to the latest figures — one in 54 boys is affected by autism, kinda scares the bejesus out of me.
It should scare the heck out of you, too. Because even if autism does not impact you directly right now, you're not human if the statistics don't make you wonder what the heck is going on here. Statistics like…
* One in 88 children are diagnosed with autism by age 8.
* The rate of autism increased 23% between the years 2006 and 2008. (I wonder what the 2012 numbers are!)
* Autism has increased 1000% in the past 40 years.
To give you more understanding as to the magnitude of this issue, the rate of obesity has increased 300% in the past 30 years. Again, autism is up 1000% in the past 40.
We have an epidemic on our hands, folks.
Unfortunately, although the rapid proliferation of autism may very well be one of the most pressing health issues of our time, the national conversation has taken on the tone of a whisper rather than the bullhorn it deserves.
Maybe this has to do with the fact that there is no poster child for autism, as last Thursday's UW Radio guest Dr. Cate Shanahan suggests.
Then again, it could have to do with the fact that it is such a frustrating and emotionally charged issue — for both parents and researchers — that any discourse on the subject leads to very little progress, just bickering and ad hominem attacks, as exemplified by the vitriolic emails I receive in my inbox EVERY SINGLE TIME I do a show on the topic.
I don't have the answers on autism. I admittedly haven't spent a ton of time studying it. All I do is interview those who do — those selfless individuals who spend their free time scouring the research in hopes of uncovering another critical piece of what seems like a very large puzzle. The ones who have the courage to share their findings with the 30,000 people who listen to my show.
But since it seems like sooooooo many people want to know, my take on autism is this…
I really have no idea what the heck causes autism. If I did, I promise you'd be the first to know. What I do know is that at no point in the history of the world have people eaten such shit (pardon my French) and experienced such shitty health, while at the same time expecting to produce healthy offspring.
Can you tell how much this bothers me? If you want to know how I really feel, read the Mindless Procreation blogs I posted last year.
Before now, when has a pregnant woman eaten low-fat processed food throughout her entire pregnancy and expected to make up for her nutritional shortcomings with her prenatal vitamin?
When has a man expected to make a healthy baby out of his sugar-drunk sperm?
And when the eff did it become acceptable to build a baby's BRAIN with infant formula made out of hydrolyzed soy protein (which contains neurotoxic MSG), vegetable oils (half of which are toxic trans fats), and corn syrup solids?
Like the rappers say, "What part of the game is this?"
As adults get sicker due to their increasing state of malnourishment, children seem to get more autistic.
No, I'm not suggesting any causal relationship between autism and the fact that our dietary guidelines — and actual real-life diets for 90% of the country — lack the nutrients to build a healthy newborn brain. Nope, not me. That would be, uh, quackery.
These are just my observations. No science. Just my thoughts.
If you want science, listen to people to like Dr. Shanahan, who on this episode discusses matters of autism including…
* How MRI technology is finding that the gray and white matter in the brains of autistic children differs from that of normally developing children.
* How excess white matter and insufficient gray matter in the autistic brain may be the cause of sensory overload often experienced by autistic kids.
* What diffusion tensor imaging has found regarding faulty connections in the autistic brain.
* How the raw ingredients for proper development of the gray and white matter are often missing from the adult and infant diet. No bricks. No brick house.
* The startling research showing that regressive autism occurs TWELVE times more often in formula-fed infants whose formula has insufficient long-chain fatty acids for brain building, as compared to breastfed infants.
* Dr. Cate's interesting take on the gluten-free, casein-free diet.
* A hidden source of aluminum commonly found in the infant diet.
Click the PLAY button below to listen to the show in its entirety. Or watch the video clip for a teaser.
Thanks for putting up with my foul language!


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As you're preparing your Trades Alive video, here are some good tips and tricks to remember while filming. It's easy to remember These videos are meant to be tutorials, and at the end, you want your audience to know and understand how to do the technique you're using. So, make them easy to remember and
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Microsoft today quietly put an end to sales of Windows 7 licenses to computer makers, marking a major milestone for the seven-year-old OS.
According to Microsoft's rules, the Redmond, Wash. company stopped selling Windows 7 Professional or any version of Windows 8.1 to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) as of Oct. 31.
The end of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 left only Windows 10 as a long-term choice for OEMs that pre-load Windows on their wares.
The original end-of-sales deadline for Windows 7 Professional was to be Oct. 31, 2014 -- two years after the launch of Windows 8 -- but early that year Microsoft broke with practice and only called for an end to consumer systems. It left open the cut-off for Windows 7 Professional, saying it would give a one-year warning before it demanded that OEMs stop selling PCs with that edition.
Microsoft issued that warning a year ago.
Organizations with enterprise licensing agreements and Software Assurance -- the annuity-like program that provides additional rights -- may continue to purchase new PCs, then downgrade the OS from the already-installed Windows 10 to Windows 7 if they want to keep using the older edition.
And new Windows 7 Professional PCs won't vanish immediately; OEMs will be allowed to use what licenses they have in stock.
For example, Dell's online store today still listed 17 different notebook configurations equipped with Windows 7 Professional. The same goes for smaller computer sellers, like Puget Systems, an Auburn, Wash. custom PC maker: Such shops can continue to build new Windows 7 Professional PCs until their supply of licenses dries up.
Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 7 even though it remains the most popular operating system on the planet. Windows 7 has lost about a fifth of its user share since the mid-2015 launch of Windows 10, but according to U.S. analytics vendor Net Applications, it powered 48% of all personal computers in October, more than twice Windows 10's share.
Windows 7 support is to continue until January 2020, giving users just over three years to migrate to another operating system.


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