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I've always had a soft spot for Andrew Jackson. Sure, he was about as politically incorrect as you can get: a slaveowner, a great foe of the Indians, and a guy with a notoriously bad temper. But he also had an unwavering faith in and devotion to the common man and to democracy. It's fitting that an era is named for him, because he embodies all the qualities of early nineteenth-century America, good and bad. In any case, I'm pretty certain that if he could read many of today's negative assessments of him, he'd dismiss them with a burst of indignant contempt and a flurry of profanity.
I live just a few hours from the Hermitage, his longtime home, and I've been in the neighborhood countless times. Yet, for various reasons, I'd never been able to see it for myself. Going to Nashville and seeing the directional signs was, for me, like going to your favorite bookstore and seeing that particular title that you've always wanted to read but have just never found the time. This past weekend I finally made a trip to Nashville specifically to tour the site. It was well worth the wait.
The biggest surprise to me about the Hermitage was its size. I'm not talking about the house itself, which was actually smaller than I'd expected. I'm talking about the extent of the entire site. This isn't a historic house museum—it's an entire plantation that's been preserved and now interpreted. It's an incredibly expansive site that's rich in content, and it takes a lot of time to fully appreciate it.
The place to begin is at the visitor center, where a theater offers a short film with an overview of key events in Jackson's life. The emphasis in the film is on Jackson as a public figure. You'll hear about his political and military offices, and some of the important issues he faced in the White House. There's a considerable amount of attention paid to his opinions about slavery and Indians, too, and the film doesn't shy away from the negative aspects of this side of Jackson. In fact, what really surprised me about the movie is the extent to which it emphasizes some of these negative aspects. What's missing from the film is a sense of Jackson the private man, but it does provide a good introduction to his role in American history for those who are unfamiliar with it.
The visitor center also contains exhibits on the history of the plantation and its inhabitants, featuring personal items owned by Jackson and members of his family as well as artifacts recovered from archaeological excavations. In the exhibit galleries, as throughout the tour, the emphasis is on the plantation as a whole rather than specifically on Jackson and his family. Some of the most interesting items on display are tiny pieces of jewelry recovered from the slave areas, which are carved in recognizably African motifs.
To interpret the grounds, the Hermitage employs a personal audio tour. Visitors are issued devices with headphones and a keypad. Numbered signs are in place throughout the grounds at various important points (the kitchen, the springhouse, the slave cabins, Jackson's tomb, etc.). When you arrive at one of these points, you can enter the number into the device using the keypad, and you get a brief narration about it along with comments from curators, archaeologists, gardeners, and other on-site experts. Combined with a printed walking guide and the usual signage with text and images, the audio tour is wonderfully effective. I particularly appreciated the brief excerpts from interviews with the staff, which was much more engaging than an impersonal exhibit label. The audio, signage, and printed guides all combine to give you a layered interpretive experience, so that you can get as much or as little detail about particular areas as you like, in whatever manner suits you best. There's also a separate audio tour designed specifically for kids.
Of course, the main highlight on the tour is Jackson's actual house. The rooms are furnished with beautiful period pieces and artwork, many of them once owned by Jackson himself. My only complaint about the house tour is its brevity. Costumed guides usher groups through the mansion at quite a brisk pace, so if you want in-depth information about the rooms or furnishings, the thing to do is ask questions. You're in and back out before you know it.
The grounds are so extensive, though, that there's quite a bit to see outside the house: Jackson's tomb, slave cabins, the springhouse, the gardens, etc. I was there for nearly four hours, and I still didn't see everything before closing time. Again, the interpretation here covers the entire scope of life at the plantation, so you'll learn quite a bit about the slaves, farming techniques, and all the other things that went into managing the place.
In fact, amid all the information you'll get about the site's history, its workings, and its multitude of inhabitants, you don't hear much at all about the inner life of the man responsible for it. At most historic house sites of this kind, the spotlight is on the notable figure who lived there; the servants and other inhabitants usually remain faceless. You hear about them, but they hover in the background. At the Hermitage it's Jackson who waits in the wings.
That surprised me, because Jackson's personality and character are such fascinating subjects. I kept wondering how much of the site had his personal stamp on it, and what role he had to play in the artifical community that he built. Few men have left such a decisive mark on American history. Indeed, he gave his name to an entire period. Of course, for some time now, historians have been trying to correct the oversights of past scholars by focusing away from the great and powerful and more on the marginalized. It seems to me that the interpretation at the Hermitage might be an over-correction.
Still, it's an incredibly impressive historic site, managed and interpreted with the highest possible degree of professionalism. It's clear that exhaustive research has gone into the restoration and programming, and the communication between the site and visitors is handled with extraordinary deftness. It's a stellar example of historic house museum management.


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Pub Sir Joseph
Fair to good bet - $$
4902 St-Laurent Blvd. (at St-Joseph Blvd.)
Phone: 514-564-7477
Website: pubsirjoseph.com
Licensed: Yes
Credit cards: MC, Visa
Wheelchair accessible: A couple of steps
Vegetarian friendly: Limited
Open: Sun. — Wed. 4 p.m. — midnight, Thurs. — Sat to 1 a.m.
Price range: Dishes $5 —$19, desserts $5 —$8
Montreal has recently been having a love affair with English food — think of Burgundy Lion, Lawrence, Maison Publique, and, to some degree, Dominion Square Tavern — though that affair may be more renewed than new, you might argue, considering the city's roots. Tavern culture, like those wonderful neon signs for bienvenue aux dames and verres stérilisés, has done well. But to my recollection there haven't, until recently, been many U.K.-themed pubs in the Plateau.
Pub Sir Joseph is a step up from the generica of the McKibbins and Ye Olde Orchard satellites farther down the boulevard. Still, this unadorned brick and wood room feels like it could almost be in Vancouver, Toronto or a U.S. city. That was reinforced by the solicitous manager letting us know the concept is "gastropub," as though this were a new trend. Is this place too mainstream for the Main, I wondered? But then I overhead the conversation at the next table, where three guys next to me, apparently visiting from the States, were requesting Carlsberg. The waitress suggested an IPA and asked if they wanted a pint. "What's a pint?" one of them asked. Okay, then!
Sir Joseph's dark and bare decor, with bottles of Worcestershire and Tabasco on the tables and nothing on the walls, calls out for television sets (I'll be surprised if they're not installed by the start of hockey season, replacing the Grimes and Gorillaz on the soundtrack). Some of the infrastructure — the built-in concrete tablettes at different levels and that nice-looking kitchen set up at the back — is clearly leftover from the ambitious, and ambitiously priced, Projet 67. Conceived as a culinary tribute to the glory-kitsch days of the world's fair, it died pretty quickly. This project brings together one original investor, Federico Rivas (also behind Chez Baptiste), and three new owners (chefs Martin Juneau and Louis-Philippe Breton from Pastaga, and Raphael Léger, who is the in-house face of the place).
On the drinks front, draughts range from Guinness to McAuslan products, including La Joseph and La Josephine brewed for the bar, along with Fuller's London Pride and Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale in bottles. The beer selection was strangely less recherché than the list of wines (we got an Alsatian Pinot Blanc from Josmeyer) or the repatriated cocktails. The ones we sampled were just adequate. My London P, a Pimm's Cup with ginger ale, was watery; one ordered later by my friend was improved for actually having cucumber in it. The Bloody Mate was better, essentially a Bloody Caesar that subbed gin for vodka and boasted some bold BBQ seasonings.
British tapas does have a peculiar ring to it, but there are few nationalities that don't work as a qualifier for small plates. Sir Joseph is having some fun with the notion. There are touchstones like fish and chips (yep, with mushy peas), there are bangers and mash on a stick, and a blackboard of toasts with different toppings and a choice of English cheeses.
Buck rarebit, a version of Welsh rarebit with a breaded soft-cooked egg on top, arrived murderously speared with a knife for a Sweeney Todd take on food styling. Once slashed, the yolk spilled out over caramelized onions, cheese and béchamel on puffy thick-cut pumpernickel. I enjoyed those deep, concentrated flavours — imagine onion soup that had evaporated in a sauna — although they lingered longer than I'd have liked.
Delicate in comparison, a plate of house-smoked salmon arranged with chunks of turnip and green was the most Pastaga-ish dish of the night. The neither cooked nor raw effect worked well, and the beer mustard sauce kept it on theme.
Brightly spiced onion bahji with curried mayo was a nod to London's East Indian grub. Obviously freshly done, it was unfortunately undercooked and mushy inside.
Looking at our order of turkey wings, I had to agree with my friend's comment that she doesn't like other meats subbed in for what would usually be chicken. Under a nice punchy sauce, the deboned meat, cooked in duck fat, had some strangely textured bites. This spin on chicken wings just made us want chicken wings.
A so-called "salad" of grilled vegetables was cutely topped with what looked like an onion ring, really battered and fried eggplant. This was a generous dose of veg, even if I would have preferred a crunchy contrast to the other items.
We didn't need to up our blood sugar with dessert while drinking. Always troopers, we got a light sticky toffee pudding topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream from Mr. Crémeux, the Pastaga food truck, and a cheesecake from great Plateau pastry shop Crémy, featherweight on top yet weighed down by a wet crust.
A British pub should have a fighting chance on this cursed corner. This is one of those troubled addresses that needs a strong business plan, so here's hoping this will work. Still, the feeling of Sir Joseph was too commercial for me to really fall in love with — more smarts than soul — and while the food was above-standard in quality and thoughtfulness, the vibe a couple of months after opening lacked warmth. Still, with the season of the carb coming quickly upon us, a touch of rainy weather outside may be all the ambience it needs.
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We have opened up our Twenty20 World Cup 2007 Fantasy Cricket competition with all the squads having been confirmed and as always it is 100% free to join a Cricket Web Fantasy Cricket competition.
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Paul Collingwood (captain), Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Andrew Flintoff, James Kirtley, Darren Maddy, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Chris Schofield, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Jeremy Snape, Vikram Solanki, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Joginder Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Robin Uthappa.
Steve Tikolo (captain), Rajesh Bhudiya, Jimmy Kamande, Tanmay Mishra, Lameck Ngoche, Nehemiah Ngoche, Alex Obanda, Collins Obuya, David Obuya, Thomas Odoyo, Peter Ongondo, Elijah Otieno, Morris Ouma, Ondik Suji, Hiren Varaiya.
New Zealand:
Daniel Vettori (captain), Shane Bond, Peter Fulton, Mark Gillespie, Gareth Hopkins, Chris Martin, Craig McMillan, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Bradley Scott, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Lou Vincent.
Shoaib Malik (captain), Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Rao Iftikhar, Younis Khan, Imran Nazir, Abdul Rehman.
Ryan Watson (captain), Fraser Watts, Dougie Brown, John Blain, Gavin Hamilton, Navdeep Poonia, Gregor Maiden, Neil McCallum, Qasim Sheikh, Colin Smith, Craig Wright, Dewald Nel, Gordon Drummond, Ross Lyons, Majid Haq.
South Africa:
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Sri Lanka:
Mahela Jayawardena (captain), Dilhara Fernando, Hasantha Fernando, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Jehan Mubarak, Muttiah Muralidaran, Kumara Sangakkara, Chamara Silva, Upul Tharanga, Dilshan Tilakarathne, Chaminda Vaas, Gayan Wijekoon.
West Indies:
Ramnaresh Sarwan (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Runako Morton, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith.
Prosper Utseya (captain), Gary Brent, Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Keith Dabengwa, Tymsen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikinyeri, Johnson Marumisa, Christopher Mpofu, Tawanda Mupariwa, Vusimusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu, Brendon Taylor, Shaun Williams.


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Neil Patrick Harris suffers from a little-known, yet incredibly goofy ailment: He dreams almost entirely in puppets (including the sex dreams). In order to raise awareness of this horrible, ridiculous disease, NPH has a new series titled "Puppet Dreams," debuting on Nerdist's YouTube channel on November 27th; you can see a 6-minute, behind-the-scenes preview above.
If six minutes is too much of your time to learn about this tragic, imaginary condition, I can give you the highlights:
• Neil Patrick Harris had a 9-month affair with The Nerdist's Chris Hardwick in 1992
• NPH's current partner/series co-producer David Burtka hates puppets (what are the odds?!)
• Brian Hanson is at least as confused about why he's working on this series as we are
• It stars more drag queens than you'd probably expect a series about puppets to have
• NPH is narcoleptic, even during sex
• Puppet-dreaming is apparently contagious
• Nathan Fillion is clearly game for anything
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In "Roll of Honour of the Pupils and Staff of Dunfermline High School - The Great War 1914-1919" (published 1920) I read the following entry:
Forker, Henry, Piper, 1/7 B.W. Later Pipe-Major to Volunteers. Address - Wellwood.
He is also mentioned as a Piper in the 7th Battalion Black Watch in "The Pipes of War" by Seton/Grant. No reg. number is mentioned.
He probably became a Pipe Major after the war, but was that in one of the volunteer battalions of the Black Watch and when?
Any information about Henry Forker as a Pipe Major is welcome!


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Reese Witherspoon, Kate Beckinsale, Charlize Theron, Kathie Lee Gifford, Monica Potter, Kevin Nealon, Melissa Etheridge, Giancarlo Stanton And More To Appear In "After Lately's" New Season as Part of E!'s Mock Block Monday
Check Out A Sneak Peek Of The New Season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0h8i2OY-oc
Los Angeles, CA, February 7, 2013 – The undeniably entertaining Chelsea Handler and her uncontrollable staff of misfits are back with another over-the-top season of E!'s hit office comedy, "After Lately." As part of the network's popular weekly comedy offerings, this all-new season continues to mocku-ment the lives and antics of the "Chelsea Lately" staff. This time around, guest appearances from the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Kate Beckinsale, Charlize Theron, Kathie Lee Gifford, Monica Potter, Kevin Nealon, Melissa Etheridge, Giancarlo Stanton and many more add to the chaos as these stars soon find themselves entangled in the staff's web of absurdities. "After Lately" premieres February 25th at 10:30pm ET/PT, following the television debut of "Burning Love" at 10pm ET/PT, as part of E!'s Mock Block Monday. Before the premiere, catch up on past seasons of "After Lately" on iTunes where season 2 is available for free in both HD and SD, and season 1 is available at a "deeply discounted" rate. Both seasons can be downloaded at http://www.iTunes.com/AfterLately
"After Lately" is a no holds barred comedy with a semi-fictitious look into the backstage lives of Chelsea Handler and her staff of "ridiculous morons," as she likes to refer to them. Once again, the series is inspired by the real life mishaps that occur in and around the making-of her hit late-night talk show, further showcasing the complete dysfunction required to produce television's most unconventional series. With Chelsea at the helm, her quirky family of employees is comprised of her pint-sized little nugget and personal assistant, Chuy Bravo; the self-obsessed, Heather McDonald; the always off-color ginger, Brad Wollack; the voluptuous cynic, Sarah Colonna; the man-cougar, Chris Franjola; the malcontent buzz kill, Jen Kirkman; the southern lesbian, Fortune Feimster; and the often emasculated pee-on, Jeff "Jiffy" Wild.
In the season premiere, Chelsea is caught off guard by an uncomfortable conversation with Reese Witherspoon. Meanwhile, Chelsea's staff attempts to correct course after discovering some unfavorable network research about each of them including Heather aging out of the show's target demographic, Chris's inappropriate attraction to much younger women, Sarah's loose morals and flagrant flaunting of her breasts and Brad's elitist remarks towards the urban community. Meanwhile, Chelsea sends the writers into a frenzy after insisting they attend a very expensive fundraiser she is hosting. At the event, Brad has a confrontation with "Parenthood" actress Monica Potter.
Later in the season Chelsea attempts to mend fences by ending two huge celebrity feuds that have gotten way out of hand in recent months. Will Chelsea make peace with "The Today Show's" Kathie Lee Gifford for a public misunderstanding and will her biggest fight with some of television's most famous stars come to an end? As Chelsea delves into every aspect of her staff's life, she encourages Sarah to create a fake assistant in an attempt to take her flirting with major league baseball star Giancarlo Stanton to the next level. Sarah's love life isn't the only one put under a microscope as Jiffy is forced to face the fact that the overly gay maintenance guy has a major crush and is caught staring at pictures of Jiffy in a bikini. Other highlights popping up this season are Heather gets sexually aroused by a dog, Fortune hunts down a celebrity who did a hit-and-run on her car, Jen goes on a witch-hunt over a coworker she believes is lying about being handicapped for parking perks and Chelsea becomes jealous when her staff gets excited over a celebrity guest host. Plus more of Chelsea's celebrity friends including Melissa Etheridge, Kate Beckinsale, Kevin Nealon and Charlize Theron stop by to add some extra Hollywood star power to the fun new season.
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Tuesday, 4 December 2012
The Memory Palace mnemonic strategy works with virtual environments
There's little doubt the technique works but it's been tricky to perform controlled tests on the psychology that underlies it. That's because people are usually encouraged to use a personal route such as around their own homes, or a journey to school or work. The existing research also varies hugely in how much training people undertake in the technique, from many hours to days.
Eric Legge and his colleagues tested the viability of avoiding these issues by having people use unfamiliar virtual environments as their Memory Palaces (a Memory Palace is a nickname for the environment that's used for mentally locating to-be-remembered items).
Prior to a word-learning challenge, 142 participants spent five minutes navigating a virtual environment on a computer - either an apartment, a school, or a warehouse. Two thirds of them were then given instructions in the Memory Palace mnemonic strategy. Some were told to use an environment, such as their home, with which they are very familiar. The others were told to use the virtual environment they'd just navigated. The remaining third of participants acted as controls and were given no specific memorising instructions or tuition. All the participants then got to work attempting to memorise 10 lists of 11 unrelated words.
When asked to recall the word lists, the main result is that both the Memory Palace groups outperformed the control participants, being between 10 and 16 per cent more accurate. Against expectations, the advantage was greater for the mnemonic groups when scoring was based simply on number of correctly recalled words, rather than on recall in the correct order.
Crucially, the participants who used the virtual environment to help them memorise performed just as well as the group who followed the more conventional approach of using a familiar environment (the specific form of the virtual environment didn't make any difference). The same result held when the researchers focused only on those participants who were compliant with the instructions (defined as using their specified mnemonic for at least half the word lists). Participants using a virtual environment were more compliant on average than the participants using a familiar environment.
Taken altogether, these findings show that it's feasible to use a virtual environment for the Memory Palace technique - in fact people seem to take to it more readily than the conventional approach. This could allow psychologists to conduct more research on the mnemonic under standardised conditions. There could also be practical applications - for people struggling with memory problems, or "professional mnemonists may use such software to create many diverse environments," the researchers said, "allowing them to tailor the richness and theme of each space to the list of items they wish to remember."
Legge, E., Madan, C., Ng, E., and Caplan, J. (2012). Building a memory palace in minutes: Equivalent memory performance using virtual versus conventional environments with the Method of Loci. Acta Psychologica, 141 (3), 380-390 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.09.002
Post written by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
3 comments:
- pikir kool said...
of course it would, given the fact that the method requires an imagery input for the construction of the memory palace. this can be acquired via actual or virtual environment. however, if it demands input from physical movement, that would be an entirely different matter. but from what i know, Simonedes was a poet, not a gymnast. :)
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- Unknown said...
I tried this after reading Moonwalking With Einstein (http://goo.gl/Bxe8j) and it really does work. I haven't used it for much other than a small ist of random things, but I can't wait to give it a shot on something more important.
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- Anthony Metivier said...
Kasper Borman has been doing fascinating research with using virtual Memory Palaces to help Alzheimer patients remember the names of their loved ones. His TEDTalk is fascinating:
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday gifts are beginning to arrive on your doorstep… don't let those toys and electronics end up in the hands of crooks. Local 6 looks at what FedEx and local law enforcement are doing with homeowners to make sure your Christmas presents are safe
Links to delivery management services offered by FedEx and UPS:
Holiday Safety Tips:
Doing your last minute shopping?
- Keep drapes closed and avoid leaving wrapped presents in plain view.
Heading out of town?
- Be sure your home appears occupied.
- Place lights on timers, and ask a neighbor to park in your driveway and pick up mail.
- Request a free "House Watch" to have a deputy do regular checks on your home. Call 407-665-6650 to schedule this service - it is provided year round.
- Don't broadcast your upcoming travel plans on social media sites and don't 'check-in' at locations when you're away from home.
After the holidays?
- Place empty boxes from TVs, electronics, and other new purchases inside garbage bins, (leaving them by the curb could tip crooks off to the fact that pricey items are inside the home.
- Car parked outside or on the street? Lock it, remove all valuables, and don't leave the garage door opener inside.
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U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford paid a visit to the Don Ryan Center for Innovation in Bluffton on Thursday afternoon.
Sanford listened to a presentation from Mayor Lisa Sulka and DRCI director David Nelems about how Bluffton was the first non-metropolitan site for a business incubator in the state.
Several innovators also spoke to the congressman about how Bluffton is attracting new businesses to its technology park.
Sanford also enjoyed a lobster roll from Joe Loves Lobster Rolls.


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Printing, postage costs and bank fees continue to increase and currently average 84 cents for each sponsorship payment made by check. In contrast, the cost for an automatic bank withdrawal is less than 3 cents.
Automatic payment also helps sponsors to:
- Save on postage and the time it takes to mail their contribution.
- Never miss a payment ñ their contribution is automatically processed each month.
- Reduce paperwork ñ electronic payment is environmentally friendly.
Click here if you want to sign up online. (If you haven't already, you will need to log in to your online sponsorship account.)
Enter the amount of your monthly sponsorship payment and click "Make payment."
A pop-up question will ask, "Would you like your sponsorship contributions paid automatically each month?"
Choose "Yes," and your first monthly payment will be added to your contribution basket. You can adjust the amount and the frequency of your payment, if you prefer to pay on an annual, semi-annual or quarterly basis.
As you proceed through the checkout process, you will be able to choose which payment account you want to use (or add a new one).
2) Write eLetters.
An eLetter is not an email, but an easy way for you as a sponsor to write a letter using your online sponsorship account. We then deliver that letter on your behalf.
This saves CFCA money and time because our staffers do not have to drive to the post office to pick up an eLetter!
The eLetters feature can be accessed from the "My Sponsorships" page when you log in to the website. You can choose from several different backgrounds that are updated to reflect the current season and significant holidays.
Because the letter will still need to be translated and hand delivered, it may still take several weeks to reach your sponsored friend, but it guarantees the letter will reach the project and saves on the cost of postage.
3) Avoid large packages.
We ask that sponsors send nothing larger than an envelope 9 by 12 inches and more than an inch thick. We also ask that it weigh a pound or less. This is still considered a letter size by international mailing guidelines.
Anything larger may cause your sponsored child's project to be charged high customs fees, which would reduce the amount available to help the community. (CFCA projects are instructed not to accept mail with high customs fees.)
Large packages are also at a constant threat of being damaged or stolen in transit, and they cost our staffers in terms of time.
In Kenya, for example, it can take three to four hours to clear one parcel through customs!
4) Consider donating to the sponsorship assistance fund.
Started after Hurricane Katrina, the sponsorship assistance fund helps support benefits for children and aging friends whose sponsors are unable to continue because of financial or other reasons.
While we look for new sponsors, benefits will continue uninterrupted. The fund helps support the cost of these benefits.
It also provides temporary assistance for sponsors to help them continue their sponsorship support, even in the face of a job loss, health problem or other crisis.
5) Stretch your contribution through matching gifts.
We are especially thankful to our sponsors and donors who have doubled and tripled their contributions to CFCA through matching gifts from their employers.
To see whether your company has a matching gift program, and to facilitate your gift request, please use our online search tool.
CFCA designates 100 percent of gifts through employer matching gift programs to our scholarship program. Your donations to CFCA will allow young women and men to achieve educational goals, serve their communities and build a path out of poverty for themselves and their families.
6) Share your sponsorship experience with a friend.
We take a grassroots approach to spreading the word about our sponsorship program. We don't rely on expensive advertising such as television commercials to find sponsors.
Instead, we rely on the enthusiasm of our sponsors to recommend us and share us with others. And we appreciate every one of you who tell others about our work.
In 2011, more than 1,000 sponsorships were credited to sponsors just telling their friends about us!
7) If you're in Kansas City, volunteer by preparing letters.
Kansas City-area residents volunteer their time to process letters from sponsored children, youth and aging friends to their sponsors.
We've been blessed to have so many dedicated volunteers and are grateful for the important role they play in our outreach and in helping keep our overhead low. In 2011, these volunteers donated about 9,000 hours and handled approximately 1.4 million letters.
Volunteers range in age from teenagers to senior citizens. A core group of volunteers has a set schedule and comes in once or twice a week. Others come in monthly or occasionally as part of a service group.
Please contact us to sign up or learn more.
Ultimately, all these tips are to direct more support to the sponsored children, youth and aging friends we serve around the world. Thanks so much for your help!


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Maui Community College awards first bachelor's degrees
Three Maui residents are the first recipients of the college's bachelor's degree in applied business and information technologyMaui College
ABIT Program Coordinator
Kristen Bonilla, (808) 956-5039
External Affairs & University Relations
KAHULUI, Maui — The awarding of degrees to Maui Community College students Ryan and Krissy Garcia and Sunny Cabello during the college's commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 13, will mark a momentous occasion for the college. Cabello and the Garcias, who are husband and wife, will be the first students to receive a four-year degree from Maui CC and the first recipients of the college's Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Business and Information Technology (ABIT).
"Our Maui CC Commencement this Sunday will be historic. It will be the first time that a community college in Hawaiʻi has ever graduated students with bachelor's degrees," said Maui CC Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto. "We're excited about our graduates and our ABIT program's prospects. We're extremely proud of our graduates who bravely completed a brand new program."
Since 1993, bachelor's and master's degrees from UH Mānoa, UH Hilo and UH West Oʻahu have been offered to Maui County residents through the University of Hawaiʻi Center on the Maui CC campus. This is the first time that a bachelor's degree will be granted by a community college.
Also, the degree itself is unique within the UH system as it is a business degree, emphasizing small- to medium-sized business management, with a strong information technology component. It covers the two areas of high interest and demand amongst Maui County residents indicated in responses to a county-wide survey conducted in 2002.
"This is truly an exciting time for our first graduates and, with the training they have received in our ABIT program, I am certain they will be successful in their future endeavors," said ABIT Program Coordinator David Grooms.
With their ABIT degrees in hand, the graduates, who all started on their degree path at Maui CC through the Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology program (ECET), look forward to a promising future. The Garcias plan to expand their computer repair service to all of Maui County while Cabello has been accepted to graduate school at UH Mānoa and will pursue a master's degree in educational technology through the University of Hawaiʻi Center at Maui CC. She also plans to develop an online community for golfers that will provide a forum for Maui golf enthusiasts to chat with each other and even reserve tee times at golf courses.
The ABIT graduates presented their business plans, which served as their final project, to a group of administrators, ABIT advisory board members, and community members, who were all impressed with their entrepreneurial visions.
The ABIT graduates will be honored at a special ABIT graduation dinner on Saturday, May 12, at the Class Act restaurant at Maui CC. Gene Bal, executive director of the Maui High Performance Computing Center, where both Ryan Garcia and Sunny Cabello have worked, will serve as the keynote speaker.
They will receive their bachelor's degrees on Sunday, May 13, at the Maui Community College commencement ceremony at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center at 1 p.m.
For more information about Maui CC's ABIT degree, visit www.maui.hawaii.edu/abit.
The ABIT Program of Maui Community College has been recognized as a Candidate for Accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA 94501, (510) 748-9001. This status is a preliminary affiliation with the Commission awarded for a maximum period of four years. Candidacy is an indication that the ABIT program of MCC is progressing toward Accreditation. Candidacy is not Accreditation and does not ensure eventual Accreditation.


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Due to current health and safety measures, all wineries are accepting visitors by appointment only
Tayson Pierce is a small production winery, producing unique Cabernets and Chardonnays from some of Napa and Sonoma County's premier vineyards, including Durrell Vineyard in Sonoma and Beckstoffer's Las Piedras Vineyard in St Helena. Winemaker: Jeff Ames
Owners/Proprietors: Eric and Susan Rothchild
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Private Setting, by appointment onlyMusic in Tasting Room: Contempory
Once a year the rarest new Napa Valley wines become available under one roof at Premiere Napa Valley. Wineries throughout the Napa Valley are given one task to participate: create a one-of-a-kind wine for this event to be purchased by one lucky bidder. This event is only open to select members of the wine trade and the successful bidder is the sole owner of this unique wine.
Tayson Pierce Estate Wines
Cases: 5
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2009
Release Date: September - 2011
Appellation: Napa Valley
To purchase this wine or check on availability contact:
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Do you have a new Kindle or Nook™, but you're not sure how to use it? Are you shopping for a mobile reading device, and would like more information on the different options? Fort Bend County Libraries' Sugar Land Branch Library will have E-Reader Question-and-Answer sessions every Tuesday in January, from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm, in the Conference Room of the library, located at 550 Eldridge.
Library staff will be available at these come-and-go sessions to answer questions about different types of e-readers, using the library's online digital library, and downloading e-books.
The sessions are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. For more information, call the branch library at 281-238-2140 or the library's Public Information Office at 281-341-2677.


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The Truly Healthy Family Cookbook
Description: The Truly Healthy Family Cookbook is for food lovers who want more: more taste, more nutrition and more satisfaction at mealtime – all without stress or effort! One of the best books of the year, this cookbook is crammed with photos and filled with delicious recipes that deliver incredible taste and nutrition in every scrumptious bite! Whether your family is two or twenty or just you, this is a must-have book that re-defines healthy cooking in a fresh, modern way. Priced right, this book will be cherished for a lifetime!
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Government to install David Cameron telescreens in every home
April 5, 2012
The Government has stepped up its plans to increase monitoring of people's activities by unveiling plans to introduce into every home 24-hour surveillance telescreens that will beam out the massive face of David Cameron.
'We were planning to monitor everyone's phone calls, texts and emails but this system is so much simpler,' said the all-seeing widescreen Prime Minister. 'Telescreens are the best way for me to personally oversee the Big Society and to make sure that everyone is doing their bit.'
Under the scheme all homes will be fitted with a government-approved CCTV, or Cameron Controlled Television, a combined TV and security camera that will allow 'Big Dave' to keep a watchful eye on people's behaviour at all times.
'Every telescreen will be HD ready so people can enjoy my big fat face in all its glorious detail,' said Cameron, 'and very soon we hope to be rolling out the 3D version so that I can loom menacingly into your living room and tell you not to panic.'
Until recently the telescreens had been restricted to the homes of Inner and Outer party members, and were used primarily to keep an eye on Nick Clegg and make sure he was maintaining his Doublethink. This is the first time that the telescreens will be made available to the Proles, and the news has already been warmly welcomed with a celebratory 'Two Minutes Hate'.
'Yes, these new telescreens are fantastic,' said one random member of the public, a Mr Winston Smith. 'To know that Mr Cameron is watching over us at all times is very comforting. I feel so loved.'
Concerns expressed by civil liberties campaigners that the country was rapidly turning into a 'Big Brother' state were dismissed by newly-appointed Minister for Truth Mr O'Brien. 'These people are adding two and two together and making four,' he said, 'when everyone knows that the real answer is five.'
'People will soon get used to the telescreens,' he assured citizens. 'Let's face it, most of the time they are on Facebook or Twitter telling everyone what they're up to anyway, so I fail to see what all the fuss is about.'
The Prime Minister rejected claims that the plans were 'Orwellian'. 'I really don't think that this can be said,' he insisted, 'especially since the term 'Orwellian' has now been reclassified as a thoughtcrime.'


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"Mom, are we there yet?" "I'm thirsty. I don't want water. When can we get more juice?" "How long until we find a bathroom? I really gotta go." "Mom . . . are we there yet???" Anyone who has traveled a long distance with a child in the car can relate to some or all of the statements above. The good news, though, is that it doesn't have to be like this. In fact, the car rides to and from great places can be as rewarding as the trip destination itself. Honest! Diane Flynn Keith's book, Carschooling: Over 350 Entertaining Games & Activities to Turn Travel Time Into Learning Time, shares ways to make the most of your miles and to turn a potentially anxiety-provoking car ride into a time of fun exploration with your children. For example, if you have a child who is fascinated with stuff that's a little yucky, have him or her monitor the bugs that splat on the windshield–and then report on what the bug had for its last meal. How, you wonder? Well, if the liquid is green, the meal was vegetarian; black, another bug. If it's red, that's not blood; it's eye pigmentation. A little gross? Sure. An entryway into the world of science, anatomy, medicine and more? Absolutely! Diane first came up with the idea of carschooling when homeschooling her two young sons. She would take them to various lessons throughout the week and, with San Francisco, California traffic, she one day realized that they were spending four hours a day, five days a week, in their car. So, what did Diane do? She made the world their classroom. With something as simple as a magnifying glass, plastic bags, pen and paper, as just one example, the family could explore and record the miracles of nature, from rocks and trees to animals and birds and feathers. They could also explore and record the miracles of themselves, seeing what freckles, blue jeans, hair and leftover French fries look like until the power of a magnifying glass. Keep your field guides in your car, not on your bookshelves, to enrich your experiences even further. After recognizing how much more her sons learned when learning was fun, Diane began writing a Carschooling column. This column appeared in a secular magazine that she published, Home Fires: the Journal of Homeschooling. She began asking other parents for ideas they had to entertain and educate the young ones while in the car and their ideas were, according to Diane, "ingenious." She compiled the ideas and approached Random House, and her book, Carschooling, was born in 2002. In 2009, she bought the rights to the book back and self published, including on Kindle. Diane has a big platform, world-wide, as a homeschooling mentor, with learning on the road one of her best known specialties. "Give me an object," Diane says, "and I will tell you 1,000 fun ways to learn from that object. I'll show you how to pull a string and see the tapestry of possibilities." Each chapter of her book focuses on innovative ways to learn more about a subject, whether it's math, science, language arts, music, art, foreign language or something else. Ideas go beyond typical car games like Slug Bug and I Spy and will work for any family, not just homeschooling families. "In a car," Diane explains, "your family is a captive audience. It's a perfect place to create heartfelt memories and bind together in the most profound ways. In such close proximity, your children might tell you things they never would otherwise share. You can trigger something within them that allows them to discover that, yes. They can create." Editor's note: We hope you've enjoyed our author interview with Diane Flynn Keith. Be sure to watch for more author interviews. In the meantime, visit Advance Auto Parts for quality auto parts and more.
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text: Consumers need more information than what is provided in the patient information literature, but are intimidated by, or have no desire to read all of, the prescribing information for a drug. This review of the drug BuSpar (buspirone) provides what the educated consumer wants, highlighting its use as, and comparing it with other {{$$drugclass2}}. Also discussed are off-label uses, efficacy, adverse events and how to mitigate them, titration and discontinuation schedules, clinical pharmacology, other aspects of using BuSpar (buspirone), and consumer experiences.


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AusPen - The Refillable Whiteboard & Dry Erase Marker
AusPen makes refillable whiteboard markers to remove the waste from disposable markers and make neat, clear whiteboard markings. Whether you're in the classroom or a meeting, whiteboard markets are a vital tool to help give your presentation or deliver your lesson. With the wide array of colors and a choice of tips available at AusPen, you can find the exact markers you need while removing landfill waste.
The refillable dry erase markers from AusPen are eco-friendly and can be completely refilled and reused at a fraction of the price of disposable markers, saving you money while contributing to a more sustainable environment. Made from a sturdy aluminum tube, AusPen refillable whiteboard markers are reliable and long-lasting. Just like your favorite pen that you refill and continue to write with, all AusPen dry erase markers can be easily refilled with any ink color and get you back to writing your notes on the board again.
When disposable markers run out of ink, it is always at the worst time – the middle of that big presentation, leading up to a final exam, or just as you're about to draw out your final findings. A faded, dried-out marker will interrupt your lesson, presentation or project, and new markers may not be on-hand. There is no need to hunt for new markers, make a trip to the store, place another order or throw out dozens of markers each year with AusPen refillable whiteboard markers. With a few drops of refillable ink, your AusPen dry erase markers will be like-new again, drawing crisp, clear lines with no fading.
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The Crucible (Leviathan Scenes) – StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Planet Zerus – Leviathan Scenes
Zurvan Conversation
Zurvan: You have questions.
Kerrigan: The primal zerg say the Swarm is corrupted. What did the fallen xel'naga, Amon, do to us?
Zurvan: He desired our strength, the ability to steal essence. But we were independent… We would not follow. And so he bound the zerg to a single overriding will. They lost their identity, and became his slaves.
Kerrigan: The hive mind. That's Amon's corruption?
Zurvan: It is, and a terrible fate for a strong primal zerg.
Izsha Conversation
Izsha: My queen, why did we wake the Ancient One? Its power outstrips even yours.
Kerrigan: The Ancient One is the key to unlocking the power of Zerus, and I need that knowledge.
Izsha: Will it not destroy us?
Kerrigan: It's called a gamble. It's something terrans do, when their instincts tell them the time is right.
Izsha: I see. Just as when the terran James Raynor came to Char to return you to your original form?
Kerrigan: Yes, just like that. The thing about gambles, Izsha, is that sometimes you lose.
Abathur Conversation
Abathur: Primal zerg. Unacceptable. Must be wiped clean. No trace left. Destroy primal zerg.
Kerrigan: What are you talking about?
Abathur: Saw ranged primal zerg creatures on battlefield? Based on hydralisk! Primal zerg stole design from Swarm! Swarm on planet for hours, days, already being replicated!
Kerrigan: Abathur, are you upset?
Abathur: Unacceptable! Swarm's power, ability to assimilate strengths. Primal zerg must not take from us!
Kerrigan: Don't worry about it. They'll be on our side before I am done here.
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Los Angeles police are investigating an apparent burglary attempt at the home of V. Stiviano, the woman who recorded Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist comments.
Officer Drake Madison says officers received a non-emergency call at about 2:50 p.m. Monday and went to the 8400-block of Fourth Street.
Madison says officers found broken glass in the entryway of the home but there was no evidence anyone had gotten inside through a door or window.
Local news from across Southern California
It's being investigated as an attempted burglary.
Madison says he doesn't know whether Stiviano was home at the time.
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The Deen Family and The Lady and Sons held a ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration Thursday morning for the opening of their new reception and event venue Ort Hall.
Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the event.
The hall was named for Paula Deen's aunt, Peggy Ort.
Pick up a copy of Friday's Savannah Morning News or come back to savannahnow.com.


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It's a New Day in Public Health.
The Florida Department of Health works to protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.
Bureau of Public Health Laboratories Newborn Screening
Contact Block LabsBureau of Public Health Laboratories – Jacksonville
- 904-791-1500
Dept of Health
Bureau of Public Health
1217 N. Pearl Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
- 305-324-2432
Dept of Health
Bureau of Public Health
1325 N.W. 14th Avenue
Miami, FL 33125
- 813-233-2203
Dept of Health
Bureau of Public Health
3602 Spectrum Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33612
Newborn Screening (NBS) is a population-based, preventive public health program that is provided in every state in the United States and in many countries throughout the world. The intent of the Florida Newborn Screening Program is to screen, identify, diagnose, and manage newborns at risk for selected disorders that, without detection and treatment, can lead to permanent developmental and physical damage or death. The goal of newborn screening is to facilitate prevention of developmental impairments, delayed physical growth, severe illness, and death through early detection and intervention. With appropriate and timely treatment, newborns identified through the Newborn Screening Program will have the opportunity to grow and reach their potential.
Since early detection and treatment are so important with these conditions, be sure to tell the hospital the correct name and phone number of your baby's doctor so they can reach you if the screening results for your baby are abnormal. If your baby's doctor does contact you, it does not mean that your newborn has the condition but it is important that you follow the doctor's instructions immediately in order to determine if treatment will be necessary. If you do not hear from your doctor, make sure you ask about the results when you see your baby's doctor for his/her first appointment.Request for Newborn Screening Laboratory Report
For healthcare providers requesting a newborn screening report, please go to www.fnsr.net to obtain an electronic copy. If not registered to access the web site, please call 850-245-4201 and select Option #1 to register. For other information, please call 866-804-9166.
How is Newborn Screening Paid for in Florida?
Newborn Screening services in Florida are jointly funded through billing Medicaid and private insurance for the newborn screening tests and a $15.00 fee paid by birthing facilities for each live birth. Florida Newborn Screening does not bill families without insurance coverage.
Newborn Screening Policies
Opt-Out: While it is not encouraged, parents may refuse newborn screening for their newborn for any reason. The person responsible for collecting the specimen must collect a written refusal from the parent that must be put in the medical record.
Storage and Use of Dried Blood Spot: After the newborn has been screened for all conditions, both the blood specimen and the related information will remain for a designated period of time. The laboratory must maintain records of screening results and follow-up testing for at least seven years. Residual blood specimen is stored for six months, after which the specimen is destroyed. The health department safeguards all information sufficiently to ensure the confidentiality of individuals in the program.
Links to Additional Resources
Additional info about baby's first test
Disorder fact sheets
Genetic Conditions
Information for Parents fact sheets
NOTICE To All Users of Newborn Screening Specimen Collection Cards (DH677):
If you have any expired specimen cards, please DISCARD them. Specimens collected on expired cards will be REJECTED.
ACCEPTABLE cards have the following lot numbers and expiration dates:
Lot W152 Exp Date: FEB-2019
Lot W161 Exp Date: SEPT-2019
Lot W162 Exp Date: APR-2020
Lot W162 Exp Date: OCT-2020
Cards with lot numbers higher than W162
Fax a request to Newborn Screening Laboratory if more cards are needed.
Attention to: Nita or Danielle FAX: 904-791-1637
Phone: 904-791-1572
(904) 791-1645
(904) 791-1644
Department of Health
Newborn Screening Laboratory
1217 N. Pearl St.
Jacksonville, FL. 32202


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Amazing boutique tone and versatility, with built-in reverb.
Bad Cat raises the bar and offers an update on the classic Cub circuit. The all-new Cub III features a switchable A or B valve in the first position pre-amp. You can select between 12AX7 or EF86 pre-amp tube by a toggle or foot switch. This new feature is drastically different sonically in gain structure and character from any previous Cub models.
Bad Cat has added a selectable gain on the bass and treble tone stack to run hotter, or choose to stay in standard Cub mode. This feature can be used as a classic gain boost. Combine this with the EF86 pre-amp and now you're in territory previously unavailable from older Bad Cat Cub models.
They also refined the reverb circuit to get a deeper, fuller and more plate-like reverb. A two-button foot switch is included. Button one controls the selection of the EF86 or 12AX7 pre-amp. The second button offers the ability to punch in the added gain on the tone stack. With the foot switch you can go from chiming clean to crunch, and all the way to the wide open.
Patent Pending K Master
Gain up the power amp section while leaving the pre-amp sparkling clean? Yes. Imagine getting a full 15 watts of clean headroom out of a 15W amp, or a full 30 out of a 30. Turn down the master volume to bedroom low all while maintaining your tone intact. Not only is this possible it's also useful for guitar players.
Power amp gain is different than pre-amp gain. It feels, sounds and even looks different. Master volume has always been misnamed. It should have been called master attenuation. Until now master volumes were unable to do anything, but attenuate. The drive to the power section was always dependent on the drive coming from the pre-amp.
Now Bad Cat has figured out a way to separate the pre-amp from the power amp gain, and calling it the K Master. Before this you couldn't drive the power amp hard without pushing the pre-amp into saturation. The K Master patent pending technology has allowed us to re-invent the concept of the master volume. Bad Cat is now offering the K Master in the Cub III Series.
- Made in USA
- Power: 30W (tube)
- Tube complement: 12AX7 or EF86 (pre-amp); four EL84 (power)
- Single channel
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- FX loop
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- Impedance: 4, 8, 16Î
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Blackboard Outage for Preventative Maitenance May 13th
Our Blackboard system will be undergoing preventative maintenance during the early morning on May 13th. We expect Blackboard to be unavailable from approximately 11pm on May 12th until 7am on May 13th. While this falls during the semester break, and should not affect many users, please plan accordingly.


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Celine Dion's family will be expanding this fall.
The pop singer and her husband/manager Rene Angelil are expecting twin boys in November, People magazine reported. The news was also announced on the singer's Web site.
"Celine first announced the upcoming new additions to the Angélil-Dion family back in May, and now she just revealed that she is expecting twin boys! Congratulations to the happy family!"
U.S. & World
The day's top national and international news.
The previous announcement of the twins follows the couple's sixth attempt at in-vitro fertilization. Dion, 42, and Angelil already have a son, René-Charles, who is 9.
"We're ecstatic," Angelil told People in May. "Celine is just hoping for a healthy pregnancy. She was hoping for one baby and the news that we are having two is a double blessing."


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Bat Conservation International (BCI) envisions a global community working together to conserve bats at a global scale, preventing further extinctions, identifying and protecting the world's Significant Bat Areas, developing proactive solutions to serious threats, and ultimately ensuring lasting survival of the world's 1300+ species of bats. To that end, we must prioritize where and how we work to advance collaborative conservation to ensure we achieve our desired and lasting conservation impact.
Africa is home to more than 21% of the world's species of bats (269+ species).
Learn more about BCI's collaborative work to conserve Africa's bats.
Asia is home to more than 34% of the world's species of bats (448+ species).
Learn more about BCI's collaborative work to conserve Asia's bats.
Oceania is home to more than 13% of the world's species of bats (176+ species).
Learn more about BCI's collaborative work to conserve Oceania's bats.
Latin America
Latin America is home to more than 26% of the world's species of bats (345+ species).
Learn more about BCI's collaborative work to conserve Latin America's bats.
USA-Canada is home to more than 3% of the world's species of bats (47 species).
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The salt flats, or Salar de Uyuni, which covers 4,000 square miles of Bolivia.
Photojournalist Kadir van Lohuizen traveled from the southern tip of South America to the far reaches of Alaska on the North American continent to explore migration in the Americas. What he found both supported and defied stereotypes, which he reported on a website and an app for iPad called Via Panam.
Landlocked Bolivia hasn't had much in the way of resources that it can sell to the world, but that could be about to change. It's home to the world's largest salt flat, which also is estimated to hold half the world's reserves of lithium — a light metal that's crucial for today's modern batteries for cell phones, laptops and even hybrid and electric cars.
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Workers at the experimental evaporation plant where the lithium is extracted bring tubes from the well to the basins. Workers are from different parts of Bolivia.
Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Bolivian President Evo Morales celebrates the inauguration of the experimental lithium plant.
President Evo Morales wants Bolivia to mine the site itself, albeit with some foreign help. If it can pull off the logistics, it would mean sending an army of workers from all over the country to a remote part of Bolivia along the border with Chile.
The area is the Salar de Uyuni, which covers 4,000 square miles and where the salt layer is at least 400 feet thick.
Bolivia started preliminary work in April 2011, employing 150 workers. But progress has slowed, in part because the site still lacks a stable electricity supply.
Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Due to heavy rainfall, much of the Salar de Uyuni is still covered with water. A tractor brings the workers to the experimental evaporation plant.
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From Colombians fleeing war to North Americans retirees moving to Nicaragua, a photographer's journey from Chile to Alaska explores both the expected and unexpected patterns of migration in the Americas
Japan, potentially a major buyer, recently urged Bolivia to speed up the project and meet its goal of a 6-month test run before moving on to commercial production.
Bolivia also faces competition from lithium mines in neighboring Chile and Argentina.
Still, it did get a boost in July when a South Korean company said it would help provide technology and training of workers.
Experience the entire journey, from Chile to Alaska, by exploring the slideshow at right, the Via Panam website or by downloading the app for iPad.
More Photoblogs from the Migration in the Americas series:
Mom works in US while family stays in El Salvador
US retirees flock to Nicaragua
On the run from water in Panama


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'You are now entering a killing zone. Run, run, run'
Today on the MPR News Update: The gun debate at the state Capitol, campaign finance transparency, more free school lunches, and a potential alternative energy breakthrough in Pine River.
GUN HEARING: DFL legislators in St. Paul presented several bills aimed at curbing gun violence at a hearing on Monday, and were met by a room filled with gun rights advocates who cheered when a GOP lawmaker called for teachers to be allowed to carry guns at school Madeline Baran was there.
HOUSE CALL: One bill being considered by the Legislature to fight gun violence would require that some people get a letter from a doctor or mental health care provider before they could buy a gun. Dr. Dave Thorson, Board Chair of the Minnesota Medical Association, discussed the proposed legislation with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer.
SHOW US THE MONEY: Also at the Capitol, state lawmakers are being asked to require public officials to say more about where they get their money. The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board has voted to encourage the Legislature to pass tougher economic disclosure laws. Tom Scheck says a proposal backed by the board would require officials disclose consulting interests and details about income earned by spouses.
COLD FUSION: A small Minnesota company is gambling that a new line of scientific research could lead to development of a breakthrough alternative energy. Tom Robertson reports that Researchers at Hunt Utilities Group are focusing on a theoretical energy source once commonly known as "cold fusion." They're asking new questions about a technology widely dismissed by the mainstream scientific community.
SEE THE LAB: Photographer Derek Montgomery got a look inside the Hunt campus. It's a unique place. Check out the gallery of pictures here.
FLOOD RECOVERY HELP: Officials in Rushford-Peterson and Moose Lake plan to ask the state Legislature for help for their flood-damaged schools, Elizabeth Baier reports. STAY-CATIONS? Martin Moylan reports on a survey by the University of Minnesota Tourism Center offers some good news for the state's leisure and hospitality industry.
NO MAIL ON SATURDAYS: The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion, the financially struggling agency says.
CULTURAL LOSS: "It probably makes good economic sense," Bob Collins writes at News Cut. "Maybe it's a bluff to Congress. Maybe it's not. And while we probably can do without a day of credit-card solicitation letters, it certainly signifies a loss to our culture."
LAKE LOWS: Two of the Great Lakes - Huron and Michigan -- have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The lakes were 29 inches below their long-term average and had declined 17 inches since January 2012. The other Great Lakes -- Superior, Erie and Ontario -- were also well below average.
WARMING FORESTS: Big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods and droughts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warns in a report released Tuesday.
FREE LUNCH: Hunger relief groups want the state Legislature to expand free lunch at school so that students currently eligible for reduced-price lunch can eat free. Julie Siple reports that this would cost the state around $4 million. Lawmakers and advocates pushing the proposal say it would ensure that low-income kids get the nutrition they need and aren't turned away at the lunch counter when they can't pay. But critics of the proposal say parents who could pay a little, should.
DRONE WORRIES: Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America's authority to kill suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens. The Democratic-led outcry was emboldened by the revelation in a newly surfaced Justice Department memo that shows drones can strike against a wider range of threats, with less evidence, than previously believed.
HIJAB COSTUME CONTROVERSY: The St. Paul police officer photographed last year in a culturally insensitive costume has issued an apology. In a police department press release, Officer Robert Buth said the photo was taken at "a private Halloween party" on his "personal time." The statement said he looked forward to "repairing any damage which may have been caused." More from Curtis Gilbert here.
THE MILITARY AND GAYS: The military is poised to extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of service members, U.S. officials said Tuesday, about 16 months after the Pentagon repealed its ban on openly gay service.
THE BOY SCOUTS AND GAYS: The Boy Scouts of America put off a decision Wednesday on whether to lift its ban on gay members and leaders, saying the question will be taken up at the organization's national meeting in May.
THAT'S IT FOR THE MOOSE HUNT: From Elizabeth Dunbar, we hear that a new aerial survey of moose in northeastern Minnesota shows the population has dropped dramatically, prompting the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to cancel this year's moose hunting season. You may remember we published a photo gallery about the aerial survey. Look at it again, here.


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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
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The LD command adds the description to the current object definition. The description consists of text that you specify to describe the object. You can assign a description to any type of definition.
Tip:The current object definition is the definition of the object that has been most recently defined or considered during the current session. To make an object definition the current definition, use a CONSIDER statement.
LD [text]
The text of the description you want to assign to the definition. When text is omitted, any existing description for the current definition is deleted.
You can create a multiline description by using a hyphen as a continuation character. However, you cannot create a description with an initial blank line with an LD statement.
Example 10-13 Adding a Description to the Definition of a Variable
This example changes the description associated with the variable
units. First, execute the CONSIDER statement to make
units the current definition. Then use a LD statement to assign a new description. The
units variable has the following definition.
DEFINE units VARIABLE INTEGER <month product district> LD Actual Unit Shipments
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CONSIDER units ld Actual Unit Shipments for Each Division DESCRIBE units
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Captain Sham ???
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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Captain Sham ???
Does anyone know what Captain Sham sais " I'm afraid I might scuff up the floor with this old _____?.... I've been looking for the script but can't find it .. anyone know ??
RE: Sham line.
I think he says "i'm afraid i might scoff up the floor with this peg leg of mine".
yours sincerly, Countess Olafina equalor
Re: RE: Sham line.
yeah that's right i think...
Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.
-Jim Carrey
I think Captain Sham says, "I'm afriad I'd scuff up the floors with this old cripped peg." That's what it sounded like when I watched it.
Cribbage Peg
He says, "...this old cribbage peg." At least, that's what the subtitles think he says.
Turn on your subtitels
"shore i get all the good parking spots ..........."
Im going blind in my right eye so my spelling is bad becouse i can hardly see my other eye is allways wet like im crying.....So sometimes i will push the wroung kyes or something so pleses dont jump down my neck.......
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Let me first start by saying Happy New Year! We are hours away from 2013 and I am enjoying time with family and friends. I thought it would be fun to take a "Lookie" back at what was created in 2012 and share with you the top 12 projects of the year.
Top 12 Post of 2012
Valentine Chair Envelope - PBK Knockoff
Re-purposed Baby Hutch and Updated Craft Room
I hope that all of you have a great 2013 and I look forward to a great year of creating and sharing.
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We spent some time last night bashing our faces against the Lich King again. I'm really not liking the mechanics of that fight. I get it, but I find, in phase 2, the combination of the big puddles of DEATH and the Val'Kyr Moving Company a tough combination to keep track of. I think the tip is everyone needs to move out of the center after the Val'Kyr picks someone up. We had way too many times when the puddle was situated directly in the middle of the platform. That isn't so good.. 🙁
What we DID do, though is get him down, once, to 42% (42!!). We were really close to the next transition, but we just broke down. It didn't help that we lost a DPS pretty early on in phase 2. For those Val'Kyr you need every DPS able to help out. We're planning on going back to the LK on Sunday and maybe, hopefully get him down. I think we are planning on trying out the hard modes once we do that.
No raid tonight for me. We're recording TNB at the usual time, 8pm PST and we have Ophalie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon. You can join us in the chat room to listen and, well, chat. Hope to see you there!


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I've been gone from here. I tried to come back once, at the beginning, but I quickly felt frivolous and even guilty because there wasn't time for this and there never seems to be enough time. The last four months have been blurry, only because they have been so sharp. It seemed that the fracturing shift in the ground where I stood only felt steady as a bigger shift pushed it aside, for a moment. The things that have happened and the way they happened seemed to take all of me, so much so that I have had to remind myself that I have MS. Not that my body isn't tired and doesn't hurt because it has and does. It's just that all of this "shifting" has had it's own exhaustion and pain that left me unable to think of much anything else. If it weren't for the daily alarms buzzing from my phone, the jolts from the needle piercing my skin and the tender lumps that join the others, I wouldn't have thought about MS enough to even follow through with my treatment.
People often say that everything happens for a reason. We can break things down into their smallest parts and find cause and effect scientifically but, when we hear this, we are dealing with the bigger, simpler picture- ourselves. Have we always done something to deserve what happens or is someone else to blame? Is there a reward or a punishment to be found that is meant to teach us something? I don't think so. I think we choose to find meaning because, even if we feel we're being punished, we long to understand and feel like we have even the smallest amount of control. While I have been fruitlessly trying to find meaning in the things that have kept me away, my grief, worry and anger had pushed my MS away from my intellectual and emotional self. So, while I don't have reason or meaning to why things have happened the way they have, I have learned something. MS can be forgotten, even if it's only for a few minutes or a few months. Before the recent events and changes in my life, I didn't think it was possible and have felt suffocated by it for years. For me, this is good to know, even if it's only true until It is what shifts my life and makes me forget some other part of me. This is the unreason I am choosing to take from the events of the summer because things happen and, if they don't kill us, life continues on. For a few months, my MS was just about forgotten and, now that I know it is possible, maybe next time it will be a season of joy, opportunity or even just feeling really great that leads me to forget.


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Police catch Rostraver Township robbery suspect
Charles Andrew Vogel accused of stealing cash from BP, CoGo's
Surveillance video shows a man walking into a BP gas station on Route 51 on New Year's Day, wearing a black hoodie with his face covered in elastic bandages, and pepper-spraying the clerk and taking cash from the register.
Police said the suspect, 27-year-old Charles Andrew Vogel, also robbed a CoGo's store where his 22-year-old girlfriend Brenna O'Hare worked.
Police said the two of them worked together on the CoGo's job and a home burglary in late November.
"We had two arrest warrants, one for Mr.Vogel and one for his girlfriend for a Nov. 27 incident where there was a theft of $30,000 of jewelry from a residential burglary," Rostraver Police Chief Greg Resetar said.
Police said when they questioned Vogel on Thursday, the Clairton man implicated himself in the convenience store incidents.
He was arrested late Thursday night and taken to jail on $125,000 bond.
O'Hare was being held on $25,000 bond, police said.


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