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Woke up to a dusting of new snow that was gone by noon. Only a few dirty-gray-white winter leftovers remain as the sun burns a bright spot behind the clouds — too shy to show its full face. Does this presage one of those jolting seasons when Mother Nature forgets about spring and jumps into summer without warning?
That's what seems to happen in Gloucester's music scene. Before you know it your choices for live music double, but don't worry. We'll continue to help you sort it all out with Cape Ann's only complete live music listing here.
If you think about it, there really are two kinds of music venues: restaurants/clubs and what musicians call "listening venues". (That is, until the weather gets nice enough to add a third: boats with music cruises.) For now, suffice it to say that we're extremely lucky to live in an area with an abundance of good restaurants and clubs who offer live music for free because they're able to make a living on the food and drink they serve.
A good club can make for a great experience (both for artist and fan) but sometimes you end up in a singer vs. crowd competition like the one I wrote about here.
Chelsea Berry wrote an excellent song about this very issue:
And now there's even a facebook page dedicated to promoting listening venues in MA. See it here.
Free from the distractions of TV, clanging silver & dishware, people talking, wait staff running around and kitchen noise, the concert milieu connects you with the artist through an intimate, intense bond that's simply impossible to maintain in a restaurant or bar. And when you're on stage you can feel that energy, soak it in and give back something more powerful that seems to arise spontaneously out of the ether.
Luckily, we live in an area with several excellent listening venues. Good coffee houses: Old Sloop in Rockport. One World in Essex and Crosswinds in Gloucester. Cape Ann's crown jewel, the Shalin Liu performance Center and the Larcom Theatre down the road in Beverly.
With your help, Gloucester's iconic UU Meetinghouse is working to restore their balcony so it can become another major listening venue and we're helping them by presenting concerts in the church to raise money for that effort. Cape Ann Winter Solstice started this project off by packing the house on December 21. We're doing it again on April 25 with The Number Nines featuring top Cape Ann talent 3rian King, Chelsea Berry, Renee Dupuis and Dennis Monagle together with Boston stars Meff and Brendan Burns. If you want to be sure to get a seat, you probably shouldn't wait until the last minute to buy your tickets. Get them now here:


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Accessibility at Starr King School in Berkeley
Wheelchair and Scooter Access
The school house is a two-story building. The upper floor (front) of the building is accessible via a ramp. (Photos of the front of the building are posted below.) Currently it is possible to access the lower floor by going down the front ramp, around the building on the sloping driveway, and into the lower floor. People who prefer not to use stairs, and people in wheelchairs and scooters, find this route workable, although not ideal. Longer range, the school is aiming to install an elevator between the two floors. Starr King submitted a grant request to raise the needed funds.
Installing automatic door openers is an important and needed upgrade. The school's operations manager is working on a plan to accomplish this upgrade as soon as financially possible.
It is important to us at SKSM to keep pathways clear, and to make sure that there are clear spaces available for people in scooters and wheelchairs.
Equal access to the schoolhouse for people of all abilities is one of the values and practices that makes it possible for us to be the beloved community we want for all of us.
Accessibility Ramps
Photos of SKSM schoolhouse at 2441 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley CA, showing the accessibility ramp leading from the sidewalk to the upper floor of the building:

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canaan wrote:The browser on the remote and on-screen are pretty awful. just slow and clunky (no finger-swipe zoom like a smartphone). It took about 30 seconds to load yahoo.com.
skullman80 wrote:Nintendo's new console that is just now catching up to the 360 and Ps3.
Sarcastic wrote:Why is that so slow? Tiny phones beat it.
Sarcastic wrote:Is that why you are looking to buy one, canaan? What's the storage capacity on the unit as it comes and how much do those games normally use?
the wicked child wrote:What is the range of the remote? Ie. Can one do their business while continuing to play?
Sarcastic wrote:You have to install these games, right? So the remainder would get filled up pretty quickly.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Lorne's final song
in March, we'll be doing an ANGEL SPECIAL dedicated to Andy Hallett's character, LORNE. The issue serves as a tribute to Andy as well as a final send-off for Lorne, too. It seemed to me the right thing to do would be to remove Lorne (not permanently permanently, mind you) from the main continuity rather than keep using him. And John Byrne, who was friendly with Andy, is going to tell the tale and illustrate it, too. It'll be a 48-page book with a full-length story as well as some tribute pieces to Andy and some other things, too. "Groo" himself, Mark Lutz, is also helping out on that end (and his character plays a pivotal role in the issue, as does Groo's dragon, Cordy). Here's JB's cover for the issue, colored by Eisner-winner Ronda Pattison.
7 comments:
- DanielW said...
That's bittersweet and very touching.
- December 10, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Looking forward to this. Really nice thing to do.
- December 10, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Well, I hope Lorne's removal turns out not to be permanent permanent. I'm looking forward to the book -- a 48-page John Byrne Lorne book sounds awesome and Andy Hallett deserves all the tributes one can pay him -- but I don't really see how it makes sense to acknowledge a man's death by ceasing to write any new stories involving a great character he portrayed on TV.
- December 10, 2009 at 9:37 AM
I agree 100% with Tom. Lorne should not cease to be just because Andy has, sadly, passed. That call makes no sense at all. Additionally, with Wesley and Cordy and Fred gone (except for flashbacks, visions, whatever) we need as many core members of Team Angel around as possible.
That said, I loved Byrne's recent Angel books (WWI and Frankenstein), this should be a winner too.
- December 10, 2009 at 4:29 PM
That's a great looking cover. John posted a page of art from this book way back in early November on his site.
- December 10, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Chris Ryall said...
I hear you guys about not removing Lorne permanently--and I agree with you. However, it also feels like if we were to use Lorne frequently right now, pretty soon after Andy's passing, that that would be wrong, too. Like somehow we're capitalizing or profiting from his passing. So I want a "final" Lorne story for now, with proceeds going to Andy's foundation, but I'd never look to remove the character he and Joss created for good. Just want to be sensitive about things for now.
- December 11, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Unknown said...
So, it does means we may see Lorne again I the futer?. And I mean not just like a flashback story, I mean future sotiers about him?.
I love this character, it's one of me most favourites in all comic, series, movie, etc. world; and it'll break my heart to think I'm not seeing him again.
I was devastated to hear of Andy's passing, but earsing the character forever doesn't seems to me a way to tribute his life and work, it'll just break our hearts twice.
Thank you for listtening.
- December 15, 2009 at 7:16 PM


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These embroidered snowflake ornament crafts have a lovely, old-fashioned charm. Make these embroidered ornaments as gift toppers, ornaments for the tree or string together as a garland for holiday decorating.
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- Cut 2 pieces of Water Soluble Stabilizer that are approximately 1" larger than your embroidery hoop.
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FREE Snowflake Embroidery Design from the "Christmas" collect (SA328) If your answer that you do not need to download anything applies, how do you acquire this free design? I have 2 brother machines and this design is not built in.
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Jul 27, 2011
@jgwhite 2008861: The entire pattern is printed in full here. You should not need to download anything to complete this project. However, you will need a Brother embroidery machine and a Brother snowflake design for your embroidery machine. Hope this helps! -- Editor of FaveCrafts
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Andrew Luck couldn't help but smile thinking about the joyous celebration taking place just down the hall, through the big metal doors marking the entrance to the Colts' locker room.
Even interim coach Bruce Arians had been dancing.
``It's a fun locker room, a great locker room,'' Luck said after leading Indianapolis to a 20-13 victory over Kansas City. ``You know guys are going to play hard no matter what the score, no matter what the situation, and I am very proud to be a part of a team like that.''
A team that's headed back to the playoffs, too.
Luck threw for 205 yards on Sunday, breaking Cam Newton's single-season mark for yards by a first-year quarterback. He also engineered the go-ahead drive late in the fourth quarter, hitting Reggie Wayne on third-and-goal from the Kansas City 7 with just over 4 minutes remaining.
The touchdown pass finished off Luck's seventh four-quarter comeback this season, and allowed the Colts (10-5) to join the Miami Dolphins of 2008 as the only teams in NFL history to win at least 10 games one year after losing 14 or more.
``Would we have done it without him?'' Arians asked. ``No.''
Luck broke Newton's record of 4,051 yards passing in the second quarter, and then became the fifth rookie quarterback in the Super Bowl era to win at least 10 games in a season.
``Obviously it's nicer to be in the playoffs,'' Luck said, ``but it's nice to have a couple records - which I'm sure will be broken in the next year.''
Don't be quite so sure.
Luck still has next Sunday's game against Houston to pile up numbers, and then comes a trip to the playoffs, where the Colts became a mainstay under his predecessor, Peyton Manning.
``We didn't want to slide in the backdoor and put the extra stress on a man having to win the next game,'' Luck said. ``So we are very glad to be going to the postseason.''
Arians will also get a reprieve from shouldering so much of the burden. Colts coach Chuck Pagano, who has undergoing treatment for leukemia, plans to rejoin the team this week.
Jamaal Charles ran for 226 yards for the Chiefs, including an 84-yard scamper on the first play of the second half as his team rallied to forge a 13-all tie entering the fourth quarter.
It was Charles' second 200-yard game of the season, and the third of his career, and came one week after he managed 10 yards on nine carries against Oakland.
``It was fun today, competing out there and doing it while we were trying to come back,'' Charles said. ``It was fun going out there and putting out a performance like that.''
Charles joined the Titans' Chris Johnson and former Lions great Barry Sanders as the only players with three runs of 80 or more yards in a season.
Peyton Hillis added 101 yards on the ground for the Chiefs (2-13), who finished with 352 yards rushing in a losing effort. A big reason why was Brady Quinn, who was just 10 of 22 for 162 yards with two interceptions through the air.
``This game was without a doubt, 100 percent on my shoulders,'' Quinn said. ``You can't play the way I played today and win a football game.''
His trouble began with the Chiefs' fifth offensive play, when he threw woefully behind Dexter McCluster - who wasn't even looking for the ball. Darius Butler picked off the pass in stride, and took it untouched 32 yards to give the Colts a 7-0 lead.
Kansas City managed a field goal by Ryan Succop, but he missed his next try and the Colts went the other direction to set up the first of Adam Vinatieri's two field goals.
Charles fumbled in the red zone later in the second quarter, and the Colts moved into Vinatieri's range for a 36-yard field goal and a 13-3 halftime lead.
Charles electrified a sparse crowd on the first play of the second half. He angled to the left and then found room down the sideline, cutting back toward the middle of the field and winning a foot-race with the Indianapolis defense for an 86-yard touchdown run.
The Chiefs were in position to take the lead later in the third quarter, but Quinn was picked off by Vontae Davis in the end zone. The defense forced a three-and-out and Kansas City was driving again before settling for Succop's tying 47-yard field goal.
The Chiefs got the ball back again late in the fourth quarter, but Quinn was stuffed on a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-inches from the Indianapolis 27.
That turned the ball over to Luck, who completed an 11-yard pass to T.Y. Hilton to convert a third down before he and Wayne won it.
``At times it looked a little bleak,'' Arians said. ``Guys hung in there, made plays when they had to make them. Offensively we struggled, and then put together a drive, like we have all year.''
NOTES: Chiefs WR Terrance Copper (left knee) and DT Tyson Jackson (left foot) left with injuries. ... Wayne had five catches to become the fifth player in NFL history with four 100-catch seasons. He also became the 14th player to reach 13,000 yards receiving.
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Los Angeles, CA (June 12) - "I want to thank all of my fans for their support in the wake of my eye injury this past weekend. I have undergone various medical examinations which I am glad to report revealed no broken bones. California State Athletic Commission physician Dr. Pearlman Hicks has informed me that I only suffered a contusion and my eye specialist thankfully sees no permanent injury to my eye.
I want to thank all of you for the love and support you have given me the past few days. I would also like to congratulate Erislandy Lara on a great fight. I'm sad that I disappointed all my fans by not giving them an "El Perro" victory as I truly believe I was on the verge of knocking Lara down for the third time and winning the fight. The sharp pain of his thumb in my eye caused me to turn my back out of reflex and I could not see out of my left eye. I accept the decision made by the referee to stop the fight and look forward to getting back in the ring in the future. I will be back to give you a better show in my next fight."


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We know Dr. James Naismith invented basketball. We know Jerry West is the logo of the NBA. And we all know the Celtics are the best team in NBA history. But this week in WTHHT, we look back on a guy who practically invented the jump shot. Let's roll the clock way back, to 1943, where we remember a 5'10 point guard who burst onto the scene, Kenny Sailors.
Kenny was named MVP of the 1943 NCAA tournament and graduated from the University of Wyoming. After a stint in the U.S. Marines, he returned to UW to play out a final year of eligibility. (UW says he won player of the year honors in 1946.)
In November of 1947 Kenny was sold from the Stags to the Philadelphia Warriors. Just a month later he was sold from the Warriors to the Providence Steam Rollers (too bad Marvin Barnes couldn't have played for them, since they were from his hometown of Providence, and well the "Roller" part...). Then in July of 1949 he'd sign with the Denver Nuggets as a free agent. [Tangent time: did anyone know the 1950 Denver Nuggets actually existed?? Well they did, although as you can see, is not linked to today's Nuggets. Wonder what those guys would've thought about all the Nuggets' players' tattoos today...]
In 1950 he was sold by the Nuggets to the Celtics. He only played 10 games for the Celtics, wearing #13. He shot 4-25 in his time with the Celtics (even Larry Robinson in his one contest was 1-5). Soon after he'd be traded by the Celtics along with Brady Walker for Dick Mehen.
That ended his pro career and as a whole, Kenny actually put up some very solid numbers for his career. A 12.6 ppg average.
He is widely known as being one of the inventors of the jumpshot. While growing up, he and his older, 6' 4" brother would mess around shooting baskets into a hoop attached to a windmill after finishing their ranching chores.
"The only way I could make a basket was to jump and shoot it over his head. No one really knows who took the first jump shot. But I worked at developing the shot and made it the shot that players still use today," he said.Players of his day usually stood flat footed and shot the ball with two hands. Sailors' technique called for dribbling toward the basket, elevating an estimated 36 inches off the ground (he could jump!), freezing in the air while squaring the body and cocking the elbows, then releasing the ball with a flick of the wrist.
"Nobody could block it," he recalls with pride. And it almost always went in.After he hung up his sneakers at the end of his pro career, Sailors and his late wife, Marilynne, moved to Alaska with their three children where they lived for 33 years. They worked as hunting outfitters, and he coached girls' high school basketball. When Marilynne became ill, the family moved to Idaho. Her death marked the end of a 60-year marriage. Sailors returned to Laramie, WY and rented an apartment in the shadow of the Arena-Auditorium, where the Cowboy basketball team now plays.
even though he just turned 90.
"It'll (the Hall of Fame contacting) happen some day," he says. "It didn't help me going to Alaska for 33 years where no one could find me. It doesn't matter though. I belong to the greatest Hall of Fame that any man or woman could belong to. It's not down here, it's up there," pointing toward the sky. "It only has one person on the selection committee, and that's Jesus Christ!"Today Kenny even has his own website. By the looks of it, it's a lot more aesthetically pleasing than the Zan Tabak Skills Camp website.
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I have one little card to share with you today, and that is my card for CPS 145 this week. Be sure to hop on over and check out all the cards...they are fabulous! I am loving the big star on the sketch this week, and everyone's interpretations of it! Here is my card-
Card Instructions: Round the corners of a reindeer paper block and adhere to the front of a white card base. Round the bottom corners of a strip of blue paper and add white paper frill to the top. Adhere to the front. Cut the star at 5" using the Cricut Expression and George & Basic Shapes cartridge. Cover in glitter and adhere to the front of the card. Add the ribbon to the top of the star, and accent with a chipboard button. Adhere the sentiment tags to the left side. Cut the reindeer at 4.5" using the Cricut Expression and Winter Woodlands cartridge, and adhere to the front of the card.
We had such a fun Saturday at the Griz game! It was definitely cold, but us Montanans know what were doing when it comes to layers!! So, other than my face getting a little cold...I was good! Here are some photos from the day!
I have some music to share with you today! My little bro share this girl with me when they picked us up this weekend for the game....totally digging her. I downloaded some of her songs from iTunes...she doesn't have many, but I love 4 of the 6 that are on there. Check them out if you like. Here is my fave:
Well, I better get going for now! I should have more to share later on this week! ♥
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30. Re: Preparing for 1.0.0.Finalbmajsak Apr 8, 2012 6:13 AM (in response to bmajsak)
Drone part is still referring to Ajocado.
31. Re: Preparing for 1.0.0.Finalkpiwko Apr 8, 2012 9:32 AM (in response to bmajsak)
many thanks for pointing that out. I've brought Drone documentation up-to-date.
32. Re: Preparing for 1.0.0.Finaldan.j.allen Apr 8, 2012 3:30 PM (in response to bmajsak)
Ah, thanks for pointing that out. That variable is a hold-out from the alpha days (pre-repository split). Eventually we are going to automate it, but for 1.0.0 those numbers should be fixed to the latest available version...as can be found here: http://arquillian.org/modules
I'll go through an update the pages accordingly, since I need to review them anyway.
Nice work on the Seam 2 docs.
33. Re: Preparing for 1.0.0.Finalvineet.reynolds Apr 9, 2012 1:53 AM (in response to dan.j.allen)
Dan Allen wrote:
This also brings me to ask for a review on a few things in the supported injection matrices -
- @PersistenceContext and @PersistenceUnit are conspicuously not appearing as supported injections even though they may be.
- Can we explain what @Inject (MC) is? Is it microcontainer? The container for JBoss Reloaded 1.x is the only one supporting this.
I believe the @Persistence* injections only work through CDI. It's the CDI integration with the container that's providing this support. I mentioned that in the reference guide. So perhaps we can just put a * by it. The same thing happens with the @EJB injection as well. While we have an enricher for it, when CDI is there, it's CDI that is resolving it. (CDI @#$ing rulez).
I killed the JBoss Reloaded pages and references.
Ah, thanks for explaining this. I always wondered why there were no Persistence* TestEnrichers, and it appears that we're piggy backing a lot on the provided container support. I'm not even sure we need the other enrichers in JEE 6 containers given that CDI enrichment handles all, but that is a different topic.
I've noticed that the injection works if the tests run in a JEE 6 container (verified with embedded,remote,managed GF 3.1 and remote WLS 12c), but not in an environment where Weld-Servlet is packaged into a SW deployment (WLS 10.3 Remote). I've updated the supported injection matrices for these containers accordingly. I'll come to Tomcat when and if I have time so maybe someone who's used these container adapters heavily can chime in.
34. Re: Preparing for 1.0.0.Finalbonigv Apr 14, 2012 1:30 AM (in response to dan.j.allen)
Hello guys: I am eagerly following this thread looking forward to a complete 1.0.0.Final release. I am working on converting a fairly large product's test suite from Ejb3Unit into Arquillian. This product is very nicely done. We would not have thought of moving to arquillian had Ejb3Unit been compatible with hibernate4 ( crazy for a test suite supporting JPA). Unfortunately it is not. Moreover as we were moving towards a fully JEE6 compliant product it(Ejb3Unit) wouldn't have scaled in supporting all features in the spec. We have put together a simple framewrk that makes migration from Ejb3Unit to arquillian 'easier'. At some point I will publish the techniques we are using so that anyone else in the same boat will benefit. At this point our strategy is to use a recompiled clean version of Ejb3Unit, tht does not package in most of the universe in its jar, and then wire its test constrtucts into an Arquillian base test case (with Junit as the runner). So far things are looking good.
Congratulations on a great effort. And thank you very much. This is a milestone product that would change the maintainability and portability of JEE applications. Well done.
EDIT:Oops..I see that 1.0.0.Final is in the repos. Did I miss the announcement while busy beeing with my test conversions! Just shifted over to 1.0.0.Final (from 1.0.0.Final-SNAPSHOT) and tests passed. All I had to do was to change the arquillian-glassfish-embedded-3.1 dependency to 1.0.0.CR3. Congratulations again.
35. Re: Preparing for 1.0.0.Finaldan.j.allen Apr 21, 2012 2:33 AM (in response to bonigv)
Thanks for the generous words Boni!
I'm interested to hear more about the migration from Ejb3Unit to Arquillian when it's complete (or even before then). I'm glad that you are not only adopting Arquillian, but that you are also adopting the spirit of Arquillian by offering to share the migration framework. If you decide to write about it, we would be glad to post it as a guest blog on arquillian.org or even make it an official guide on arquillian.org. Whatever we can do to help get the information out to the community, and help developers switch to real tests, we're all for it! Cheers!
Btw, I'm glad the upgrade to 1.0.0.Final went smoothly. See ya around!
36. Re: Preparing for 1.0.0.Finaldan.j.allen Apr 21, 2012 2:41 AM (in response to dan.j.allen)
Congratulations to everyone involved in developing and publicizing the Arquillian 1.0.0.Final release!! It was a huge step forward for Arquillian.
At last, we can now say that the invasion has officially begun => http://arqullian.org.


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While driving home from the Superior Sawtooth 100 Mile Run last month I heard on the radio that 93X was having a Halloween Ball at the Target Center, on Halloween. Rob Zombie was opening for OZZY. Oooh yeah. I knew I wouldn't be able to get Steve to go with me, he's grown old on me. I couldn't think of anyone else who might want to go..well, maybe Tyler..I thought..I suppose I could bring him to his first concert..if he'd even want to go with him Dear Old Mom.
Luckily for me, Ty was all up for it.
We headed over to the Target Center in Minneapolis last night, all excited for Ozzie and Ty's first concert.
We had awesome tickets, on the floor, 5th row. Found our seat and settled in for fun.
Ozzie didn't disappoint! Holy shit, he still rocks and rolls. He's a bit heavier, sobriety will do that to a person, but man oh man, he rocks hard. He opened up with one of his new songs: I Don't Wanna Stop, then Crazy Train..the place was loud and rocking, then Suicide Solution, Mr. Crowley, Not Going Away, Road to Nowhere, Bark At The Moon (I was barking), Zakk Wylde solo for 20 freaking minutes of bad ass guitar solo, I Don't Know, Here For You, I Don't Want to Change The World, Mama, I'm Coming Home and then PARANOID for the Encore. Freaking Amazing.
We rocked and rolled until 11, got home at 1230 and talked about the concert until 130. It was great to share with Tyler. He told me it was one of the great times in his (short) life. I'm just glad I was a part of it!


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TGI Fridays is raising eyebrows with its latest promotion -- endless appetizers for just $10.
It's thought to be a first for a national restaurant chain.
But there's one big catch.
You can only get refills of the same appetizer, such as potato skins, mozzarella sticks or the Tuscan Spinach Dip.
Still, it sounds like a great deal for sharing among a large group.
But while Fridays says it discourages sharing apps, officials concede the guideline won't be enforced.
"At the end of the day, our servers aren't policemen," Fridays' Chief Marketing Officer Brian Gies told USA Today. "We're not going to slap someone's hand if they reach over and share someone else's mozzarella sticks."
The promo runs through Aug. 24.


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Nerval's Lobster writes "Wolfram Alpha has upgraded its Personal Analytics for Facebook module, giving users the ability to dissect their own social-networking data in new ways. Wolfram Alpha's creators first launched its Facebook data-mining module in August 2012. Users could leverage the platform's computational abilities to analyze and visualize their weekly distribution of Facebook posts, types of posts (photos, links, status updates), weekly app activity, frequency of particular words in posts, and more. This latest update isn't radical, but it does offer some interesting new features, including added color coding for 'interesting' friend properties, including relationship status, age, sex, and so on; users can also slice their network data by metrics such as location and age." Wolfram users could also use some of that new site-specific searching power to come up with some unsavory results.
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City life compared to country life
The following paragraphs are excerpted from World Geographies: Second Book, Kentucky Edition (p. 74) by Ralph S. Tarr and Frank M. McMurry, published in New York by the MacMillan Company in 1922.
Life in the Great City
In the poorer sections of the city the people are even more densely crowded. Some of the children have never seen the country, and scarcely any birds, trees, or grass, except possibly in one of the city parks. In these crowded sections, there are many foreigners from all the nations of the earth.
To escape such a crowded city life, tens of thousands of men live in suburban towns, or country homes, from ten to forty miles from their places of business. Every day they spend from one to three hours traveling back and forth. Some ride upon elevated railways built in the street, two, three, and four stories above the ground and supported by iron columns. Others go by train in the subway, which extends for many miles underground, and even crosses under the rivers to Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Hoboken.
How different all this is from the country, where only two or three houses may be seen at a time! Where sunlight and fresh air enter one's home from all sides of the building! Where there is plenty of room to play, with green grass, large trees, and singing birds in the yard! No wonder that people living in great cities are anxious to visit the country, the mountains, the lakes, and the seashore, during a few weeks in the summer.
Monday washday in New York City tenements, c. 1910.
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Ellen DeGeneres wins Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jimmy Kimmel, Kristin Chenoweth, Steve Harvey and Lily Tomlin have signed on to honor Ellen DeGeneres with tribute performances as she wins the nation's top humor prize.
The Kennedy Center in Washington is awarding DeGeneres the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 22. The show will be broadcast on PBS stations Oct. 30.
The lineup also includes John Krasinski, Sean Hayes and Jason Mraz.
DeGeneres began her career as a comedy club emcee in her native New Orleans. Soon after, she became the first female comedian summoned to late-night host Johnny Carson's desk to chat.
In 1997, DeGeneres made history as the first prime-time TV lead character to reveal she's gay.
The prize honors Mark Twain's tradition of satire and social commentary.


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Michael Bay turned quite a few heads when, after previously saying that Transformers: Dark of the Moon would be his last film in the robot explosion franchise, he decided to come back and direct the series "reboot" Transformers 4. Much was made about his intentions, and it was suggested that Bay agreed to direct Transformers 4 on the condition that Paramount finance his $25 million black comedy Pain and Gain starring Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg.
Pain and Gain is now in the can and poised for release in April, and Bay recently talked quite openly about why he made the decision to come back and direct Transformers 4 and revealed a bit about what to expect from the sequel. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.
When Bay set out to make Dark of the Moon, it was with the intention that the pic would be his final film in the franchise and he would allow a new filmmaker to come in and take the helm for subsequent sequels. The colossal success of Bay's films guaranteed that Paramount would be moving forward with more installments, and a couple of months after Bay had denied involvement with further follow-ups, he officially signed on to direct Transformers 4 for a June 2014 release date.
During a wide-ranging and candid interview with Huffington Post, Bay talked openly about why he decided to return to the series:
"I thought I was done. Then the ride came out [at Universal Studios Hollywood] and the two-and-a-half-hour lines. And then you're thinking, Oh my God, someone's going to take this over. And you start doing a lot of soul-searching. Like, OK, I'm about to do a little movie, Pain & Gain … and the studio says they want to restart the franchise. And someone could come in here and screw it up, you know? So I'm thinking that if I do this last one, we set it on a new footing, we change a lot of things — but we keep the history of the three in place. But we broaden it so it can be set up and be carried on — it would have a better chance for survival, I guess. You know?"
Though I have no doubt that Bay was still itching to do another Transformers film, he doesn't deny that signing on for T4 also guaranteed Pain and Gain would get made:
"[Paramount] wanted me to do something bigger. There are not a lot of people who do these big movies. So that's why you have to twist their arm a little bit to do [something like Pain and Gain]. So I basically said, 'All right, I'll do Transformers 4, we'll do this little movie — we'll do both."
The director went on to note that he's not alone in having a hard time handing his baby over to another filmmaker:
"So it was just one of those things. It's like, when you look what's going on in the film business with the franchise frenzy right now, why is Cameron doing two more Avatar movies? Why is Peter Jackson doing three more Hobbit movies that are in the same world as Lord of the Rings? When you have a franchise, it's very hard to give it up."
I understand Bay's reluctance to let the Transformers franchise be "screwed up" by another filmmaker (though he already did that with Revenge of the Fallen), but it still seems a bit selfish of him to want to personally set the series' new direction. Dark of the Moon would've been a fine curtain call for Bay's involvement with the franchise, leaving the door open for someone else to come in and switch things up with a different series of films. Now, when said filmmaker comes in to take the reins, they'll have to stick to this new blueprint that Bay sets up in Transformers 4.
Though the director has previously stated that Transformers 4 will not be a full series reboot, the film won't include any of the same live-action actors from the other films. When asked whether the new film pretends like the other three pics never happened, Bay reiterated that T4 is a continuation of the franchise:
"No [it's not a reboot]. We're basically taking from the history of where it was — or where we left it in Chicago. And we're going to carry it on from there."
Bay notes in the interview that Transformers 4 is "probably" the last Transformers film that he does, so make of that what you will. The first Transformers is fine, but I have a hard time thinking that Bay has something new to bring to the table yet again; the series is essentially just robots fighting, one-liners, and explosions. I'm genuinely thrilled to check out Pain and Gain and I wish he'd branch out more, so it's a little disappointing to see him spending so much time in the same sandbox.
Head on over to Huffington Post to read the full, candid interview, which is a great read.


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VP of mail prep service sentenced for defrauding nonprofits
National Wildlife Federation, Special Olympics lost money in scheme
The vice president of a Frederick mail preparation service was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for his part in a mail fraud scheme that targeted the Special Olympics, the National Wildlife Federation and 17 other businesses.
Stephen Reid, 51, was sentenced in a federal District Court in Baltimore on Friday. In April, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, causing his clients to lose nearly $630,000 after he didn't provide the services for which they paid.
Reid was the vice president and co-owner of RMS Direct Inc., a service that helped mostly nonprofits prepare large-volume mailings like brochures, pamphlets, etc., for the Postal Service. Officials said those nonprofits used those mailings to raise funds.
Reid admitted that since 2005, he and his co-conspirator, RMS co-owner Chester Bigelow, falsified postage statements to those companies, saying their mailings had been sent out in a timely fashion when they were really sent too late or not sent at all.
"In addition to defrauding postal customers, this scheme jeopardized the reputation of the U.S. Postal Service with its customers," said Gary Barksdale, the inspector in charge of the Washington Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
The Special Olympics said it lost $11,000 in the scheme, while the NWF reported more than $78,000 lost.
Reid will also have to pay nearly $630,000 in restitution to the companies he defrauded. He could have gotten up to 20 years in prison.
Bigelow, 58, of Woodbine, pleaded guilty in connection with the conspiracy and will be sentenced on July 30.


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by Janet Gilmore
"Jan, why are you wearing dungarees in the bath tub?" my mother asked in 1960.
"Shrinking them to fit my body," I replied. I was 14.
She left the room quietly, not certain what to say.
"They're not dungarees, mom; they're jeans," I yelled after her. Remember when dungarees suddenly became jeans, and fashionable? Remember trying to make your mother wear them?
After a childhood spent in dungarees because they were cheap and wore like iron, there was a break, between 5th and 7th grade, when dungarees were cast aside. Big girls didn't wear them.
All of that changed in the 1960s; dungarees were being worn as fashion.
Fashion is an important factor in life. In some lives, anyway.
At Wagner Junior High School, girls lucky enough to have an older sister knew that to look very hep, you went to either Rodeo Ben's or I. Goldberg, bought a pair of dungarees two inches bigger than your waist measurement and four inches longer than your legs, put them on and sat in a bath tub of hot water for 30 minutes until the pants shrank to fit your body perfectly. That was an urban legend. My fashion soak left me with a pair of very wet dungarees that were still too big, too long and nearly impossible to remove.
A few years later, at Penn State University, jeans were sweeping the collegiate fashion world. Some sort of vague solidarity with the workers of the world, which we would join in a few years. We wore them all the time, everywhere.
"Dungarees may NOT be worn in the dining hall," the college administration proclaimed. "The rivets scratch the chairs." Nice try, college administration, but no one could have held back the denim tide.
The tide never went out. People have been wearing jeans as serious fashion ever since. As happens, the fashion statement of anti-establishmentarians was picked up by the fashion industry seriously and profitably.
"Mom, you have to get a pair of jeans."
"I don't want jeans," said my mother, who was neither a cowgirl nor a hippie.
"Everybody is wearing them."
That worked. Mom followed fashion trends; she bought jeans. She did not look cool. She looked like a mom in jeans. Dungarees. Trying to be something she wasn't. The jeans went to the thrift shop in a matter of months. End of experiment.
This week was my turn to take a middle-aged body shopping and try to buy jeans for it. Why? Because it's my heritage; that's why. I'm an American baby-boomer, and jeans will define my generation to the grave.
There were 114,585 women's jeans offered for sale on Ebay — 3,445 in my size — arguably more choices than in the cereal aisle.
I went to Kohl's to look around. I didn't realize that one needs to devote the entire morning/afternoon/evening to buying jeans, but sure enough, 30 minutes later, I was still staring at the racks, trying to pick a brand. Then came the trying-on, followed by the hunger and exhaustion, followed by the giving-up.
"I'll come back tomorrow."
Back home without any new pants, I reflected, thought and mulled.
"I think I'm going to get Levi's," I told my husband, Hugh. "They're classic. I don't like jeans that have weird things embroidered on the back pocket, probably in pseudo-ancient runes or languages I don't understand. Suppose they mean, 'kick me' or 'put a popsicle in this pocket' or 'Bob's your uncle' and I don't know it? I'd hate that! And just suppose…"
"Do we have any cookies?" he asked.
Back at Kohl's the next day, with a downloaded 20-percent-off coupon, I examined the extraordinary number of Levi's. Skinny, straight leg, boot cut legs. Well, the word "skinny" no longer obtains, and "boot cut" seems like been-there-done-that-bell-bottoms under a new name. Next: #505 Straight leg, #512 Perfectly Slimming, #525 Perfect Waist, #550 Relaxed Tapered, #542 Tilted Flare (huh?) in colors Daydream, Meteorite, Pitch Black, Night Streak, Sky, Blue Ice, Indigo Rinse, Light Rinse, Clean Rinse, Broken Dark Rinse, Vintage Dark, Starlight, and/or Moonray. More choices: low-rise, medium, high-rise, in my lady's chamber rise, short, medium or long length.
Are they pre-shrunk, or do I have to sit in a bathtub of hot water again? I'm a busy woman, and it's not so easy to climb out of a bathtub nowadays.
But I had a 20-percent-off coupon, so I had to buy something.
Hungry again, I thought. "I'll just buy some and try them on at home."
I bought four pairs, somehow spent $94.35 and saved $54.01.
"Hugh, do you have time for a fashion show?"
I modeled. He said, "Well, #1 fits better in the back, but #2 fit better in the front, #3 is awful, and #4 is pretty good."
I stood in front of the full-length mirror and tried on all the pants again. Even though in my mind's eye I saw my young self, I tried to step back from what I thought I saw and be objective. I looked like my mother in dungarees.
I didn't care. I am a BABY BOOMER — entitled to look fab in cradle-to-grave denim, no matter what reality said.
Later, I modeled all four pairs for my sister-in-law, Gilly.
"Don't worry, Jan; there are still traces of cuteness left."
Good enough. I'm going with Levi's #505, straight leg, broken dark wash, short length, with one percent spandex, because a little stretch never hurts. I'll throw them in the washer and dryer and let 'em shrink if they want.
Then again, maybe I should check and see what jeans the Gap has before I cut the tags off.


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Deputies recover $2 million in stolen property
Deputies in Crawford County arrested Toby Yancy on Wednesday after they found two million dollars in property that had been reported stolen, at his home.
Yancy's home is in a remote area off of Highway 215 near Mulberry.
According to Chief Deputy Jimmy Demonte, some of the stolen items were high-valued construction equipment, including a backhoe and bulldozer. Police also found semi-trailers with stolen goods still inside, and a large supply of lumber.
Deputies said given the amount of stolen property, they believe Yancy had been stealing for several months.
Some of the other items they found had been reported stolen in the immediate area, and others from out-of-state and Canada.
Inside Yancy's vehicle, police found equipment they believe he was using to forge documents to sell the stolen property. Deputies also seized more than $4,000 in cash, and tools used to commit burglary.
Police caught Yancy after they say he stole a semi-truck from Ozarko Tire in Van Buren earlier this week that had a tracking device on it.
Deputies were able to use that to locate Yancy's home in Mulberry.
Yancy was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with first-degree forgery, theft by receiving, being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of burglary tools. Deputies also arrested Yancy's father, who lives at the same home. He has been charged with theft by receiving.
Yancy is a registered sex offender in Franklin County. According to deputies, his home sits right on the line between Crawford and Franklin counties.
On Friday, the recovered property was in storage, and the Crawford County Sheriff's Department was working to notify the owners.


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Trapeze Artwork used with Permission
July 12, Trapeze is coming back to Los Angeles, for a Summer fling. And Oh What A Night it will be as The Syrup Loft, in downtown Los Angeles, host the infamously wild San Francisco Electro-Swing-Soiree. Last March I did an article here in Splash about Trapeze and the comments I got were; `why didn't you let us know in advance'. OK, so I'm letting you know in advance.
Trapeze LA is a Cabaret, a wild and naughty Speakeasy, a Rave, with lots of jazzy horns, sub-wofers, and pheromones to keep the night jumpin'. Oh, and did I mention hot, gorgeous, beautiful, women and men playing in uninhibited abandon. Hey, I'm just warning you. This is not the place for the timid or inhibited. Leave your hang-up, and perhaps your clothes, somewhere else. It's gonna be HAWT !!!
Trapeze has just released their first compilation of musical history, called `Vintage Voltage: Sounds of Trapeze, Vol. 1'. You cantake a gander, right here. CLICK HERE NOW !
As far as Lineup, here is what i know so far; Aaron Delachaux is leading the night of reckless abandon, The Bohemian fugitive THE KLOWN will be there, along with Shakti Bliss, and The Gentlemen Callers. Ladies on Stage, who may lose some clothing garments will be: Meka La Creme and Grace Hall. Ms Hall is gracing us all the way from Rome, Italy. Stilletta Maraschino and Mojo Deville will be coming, from San Francisco, along with Tonya Kay. There's more, I just can't spill all the beans now. Can You Feel Me Bro ?
I am also very happy that my articles are being received so well. In fact, I've had people call, email, and come up to me at events to tell me that they attended, or are attending, an event because they read an article of mine. Specifically Trapeze, as well as Absinthe in Las Vegas, The Labyrinth Masquerade Ball, and art galleries such as Studio C in LA, and the Sin City Gallery in Las Vegas. Thanks for letting me know how much you like the articles'. And hey ! Let my Publisher know also !
If you're looking for something earlier, on Friday July 11, I'll be at Turkish Delight featuring Jennifer Fabos Patton's fabulous Gallery Girls. I'm also working on upcoming articles about the Artist Julian Ritter, and of course more Fashion Shows and Art Events.
The Syrup Loft is located at 939 Maple Avenue, on the Third Floor, in Downtown Los Angeles, 90015.
Trapeze LA starts at 9:00 PM, July 12, 2015, and goes till the sun comes up the next day. Street Parking.


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Students' well-being is a decisive factor in their success at university and, later on, in their professional lives. It is also a major asset for the reputation of universities. That's why, at Sodexo, we develop offers focused on well-being and on respect for the environment to improve Quality of Life on campus.


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Growing up, reading was my form of rebellion. If I was told not to read something, I read it. Knowledge is power, right? (I think I had a t-shirt with that printed on it.) I wasn't content with being told something was wrong, I needed to know what it was and then understand why it was wrong.
Reading was my escape and my means to a well-rounded education, both academically and socially. It's one of the biggest reasons reading is such an important part of my life – it shaped who I am, gave me the means to think for myself, and taught me how to look at things from all angles. Reading exposed me to different ideas and made me think about things I may not have otherwise considered.
I learned to read like a rebel, and I think it's an incredibly valuable skill, especially in today's world. Today, I thought I'd share some of the things you can do to read like a rebel, too.
DO: Read Books That Aren't Mainstream. I feel like many people in today's society tend to pick up only the books that are getting a lot of buzz (think Gone Girl). They read books either so they can say they've read them or so that they can talk about them with their friends. This isn't necessarily a bad thing – I do it too, in conjunction with other reasons for reading. But I also value being able to share an amazing book that no one else has read. Or discuss an obscure idea or writing style. I think Haruki Murakami explains it best:
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. – Haruki Murakami
DON'T: Equate Popularity with Truth. As a former history major, I learned the importance of understanding sources. And that includes nonfiction books. Admittedly, now that I can no longer rely on the opinions of my professors, who have a lot more knowledge and experience, it's difficult to suss out the good nonfiction from the bad. Just because a book is popular doesn't mean it's good, or a good book for you. Just because everyone seems to be talking about that one biography doesn't make it fact.
DO: Read Banned Books. Read the books you aren't supposed to. This is how I started. If a book was banned – when I was young, Harry Potter – I wanted to know why. What is in there that I shouldn't be reading? (In the case of HP, it was witchcraft – I went to Catholic school.) Don't accept any barriers on knowledge. In my opinion, those who ban books underestimate the intelligence of readers (and yes, there are readers who can't handle certain books). But you're smart enough to figure it out on your own. Or read Harry Potter and understand that it's fictional. Seek out banned books. Expose yourself to knowledge that someone else, at some point in time, deemed too dangerous.
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty. – John F. Kennedy
DON'T: Believe Everything You Read. This applies to everything from newspaper articles to fiction. Know your sources. It's easy to understand that the magic in Harry Potter isn't real (as much as we wish it were), but it might not be so obvious that a journalist didn't totally follow up on their sources, or that one statistic mentioned in a contemporary novel was completely made up by the author. You're getting information filtered through someone else, and whether that means mistakes, intentional falsehoods, or simply fiction, not everything is a reliable source. Just like an argument, there are multiple sides to every story. It's up to you to take everything you read with a grain of salt, understand how to research that information on your own, and find the most reliable source you can to discover what is closest to the truth.
DO: Read Things You Don't Agree With. For me, this is so important. I recently read somewhere that one of the mark of an intelligent person is that they can argue all sides of an argument. You are able to understand the other side, entertain their logic, and not necessarily agree with it. If I'm being honest, this is one of the abilities I've gained from reading that I value most. Many people I know read something they don't like and dismiss it. I can disagree with it, dislike it, but still see the value in it, and explore it intellectually. Or (as in the case of He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named's Twitter page) I can disagree with it, dislike it, and then be able to more effectively argue about why I hate him so much. Either one works.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle
DON'T: Be Afraid to Disagree. This is something that took me a long time to understand, but it's so important. You don't have to like the same books as everyone else. You don't have to read the books that other people like. And you don't have to be afraid to share your opinions. If everyone liked the same things, or believed the same things, the world would be a pretty boring place. Your opinion has a place, it is valuable, and it is worth being shared. BUT, understand that your opinion is no more important than any one else's, learn to be able to have a constructive argument without anger, and realize that not everyone is willing to do the same.
DO: Read About Things That Spark Your Curiosity. Want to know why exactly Putin is so bad? I do. That's why I picked up two books on him in the past year (I still have to read them, but I'll get to it). I've read books about the Manson murders, the psychology behind social media, current and past world leaders, feminism, and physics. And I have gained something from every one of those books. If you're curious, pick up a book. Educate yourself. Reading isn't solely for entertainment outside of school. It's up to you to teach yourself about the things your teachers never did. And don't sell yourself short -sure, it might take more time and effort, but you can understand those concepts in astrophysics. If I can read Stephen Hawking, you can, too. Understand the world around you, and make up your own mind.
In short: Read what you want. Be smart about it. And use reading as a way to find out more about the world around you.


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"We certainly don't want soldiers in key places around the world but especially in racist white America, illegitimate Israel & the West to ask each other, 'what are you blowing up, destroying, vandalizing or setting on fire on Allahu Akbar day. How tragic would it be if the message of this beauty of this sacred day was defiled as such?"
A gunman, who only went by one name: Hezatullah, in an Afghan Border Police uniform who killed six U.S. troops was a reliable officer who had been with the force for three years, a senior official said Wednesday.
But was Hezatullah inspired to attempt to share an apparent peaceful testimony to 6 racist US military regime terrorists because of a wave of consciousness believed to have been imparted by the Universe to the earth's Eumelanated beings?
Did the Universe send this alleged "wave" on this day (November 29th) because it aligned with the only 1 year old but already historical sermon of peace attempted to be preached by slain martyr Maurice Clemmons before he was believed to have been attacked by four racist Lakewood police regime terrorists and his alleged bible was miraculously turned into a gun?
If it is true, is the Universe now calling for Allahu Akbar Days when people of color go out to attempt to preach messages of peace to Western racial terrorists on days when other messengers of peace have become martyrs?
"Because of their continued atrocities against us, the Racially Terroristic White American Regime and her allies have all the world's people of color gripped in fear," says New Collective Consciousness minister Hallowed Yclept.
"It is only through strength given by the Universe whereby any one would dare to even attempt to speak the righteousness of peace to them. Yet, in these sermons, who knows the miracles of God?"
Yclept says the West has defiled the "Allahu Akbar" presentation to suit its own terroristic agenda and that (in most cases) the West is responsible for planting evidence of explosive devises on the remains of preachers chosen by the Universe whom "He" the Universe might only glorify – unless mislead by The Devil. "No man would ever strap bombs to his person and claim to be of God or Allah."
SEE: Must Native Americans, Africans, African Amer-icans (Jews), Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Hatians, Koreans, Vietnamese, Arabs & Others Embrace Palin "Don't Retreat Re-load" & Bush "Preemptive Strike" Ideologies To Defeat White American Regime's Ongoing Race Based Economic Global Terrorism?


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Scary… I started typing Rupert Murdoch's last name and three letters in and it typed the rest for me.
Love, love, love…
- I can hit double space and it puts down a period. Unfortunately, I've been trying to do this this morning in e-mail and WordPress and it doesn't seem to be working.
- Can easily create mindmaps using an ap called SimpleMind Express.
- Perfect for short messages and phrases like tweets. Eventually I'll get to writing in full paragraphs.
- Copy and paste works great once you get the hang of it.
- Sharing photos and diagrams I create on the phone is easy.
Absolutely abhor…
- Come on put the Delete key farther away from the Return.
- Selecting that tiny bit of text at the top of the field is a b—-.
- WordPress ap doesn't save all my changes each time I hit save $#@#!!!!!
Best Aps…
- Tweetdeck
- SimpleMind Express
Although I'm thoroughly sick of making mindmaps, I think for taking brief notes while folks are talking in a preso, this is good. It's also excellent for real-time sharing and discussion during events. I found myself tuning into what other people thought or were thinking during the keynote and other presos by using the #dl09 twitter feed.
As long as I am not sharing or presenting at a conference, it's completely possible to leave that extra 5-7 pounds at home and still participate and document things adequately. I love simplicity. I am taking some time to review the posts I have here and add notes or reflections on what I learned, specifically; how I might be able to apply directly or indirectly what I was able to pick up.
Overall, I think DevLearn 2009 did a pretty good job of encouraging and leveraging the connectivity via online social networks during the conference. When asked what she learned at DL09, one woman noted that she discovered that her phone was not powerful enough.
I will say that over the weekend my iPhone sat unmolested in it's charger most of the weekend after I came home from the conference. Good iPhone… now you can rest a bit.


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Rise of renewables
The rising share of renewables in the world's energy mix is certainly helping to resolve the carbon emissions dilemma. But it does present its own challenges when it comes to security of supply. By their very nature, renewable energy sources such as wind and sunlight are subject to strong fluctuations. This is creating volatility in the energy markets and, accordingly, in energy prices. Managing this volatility is a key challenge for today's grid operators and market participants.
Synchronising supply and demand
Focused on future power generation, the Kopernikus programme comprises four initiatives supported by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research. These projects bring together partners from science, business and civil society, allowing them to work together to develop technological and economic solutions aimed at transforming Germany's energy system. Representing the largest research engagement behind Germany's energy transition, these projects address the following four key areas:
- Harvesting renewable energy by converting surplus supplies to other forms of energy (P2X)
- Developing new network structures (ENSURE)
- Making industrial processes more flexible to accommodate fluctuating energy supplies (SynErgie)
- Improving interaction between all players in the energy ecosystem (ENavi)
When a large share of the energy mix comes from wind and solar power, balancing supply with demand becomes a real challenge. Storage technologies and flexible demand-side management (DSM) systems have a vital role to play here.
The importance of flexibility
Air separation units (ASUs) produce air gases that can be pressurised and supplied directly to customers (on-site market) or liquefied and distributed in bulk tanks or cylinders (merchant market). Liquid cryogenic gases have a particularly high energy density. Flexibility in liquid production is the key to demand side management.However, ASUs were typically designed for continuous, steady-state production as, until now, there was no need to accommodate frequent load changes. Now this has changed with the new energy landscape.
To meet the growing demand for flexibility in air separation, Linde launched the FlexASU® project in collaboration with the company MAN, RWTH Aachen University and the Technical University Munich, and with the support of Kopernikus SynErgie.
FlexASU® in focus
Thanks to highly flexible processes, process equipment and operation concepts, FlexASU® is a robust, novel concept that gives operators the responsiveness they need to avoid peak energy prices by rapidly reducing liquid production when the grid is at its limits. This agility enables operators to adapt to changing market dynamics and capitalise on the rising costs involved in balancing power supply and demand, while also contributing to stabilisation of the energy grid. Ultimately the FlexASU® concept supports the use of renewable energy and hence the pathway to a low-carbon or emissions-free society.
Innovation highlights
- Advanced process concepts that provide extended ranges for flexible, energy-efficient product and load management
- Advanced equipment design optimised specifically for frequent, fast load changes
- Next-generation advanced process control system enabling fully automated, fast yet smooth plant responses
- Cost-efficient operation thanks to minimal operator intervention
Looking ahead
With project funding from the Kopernikus SynErgie initiative, Linde is currently building a test rig to develop a heat exchanger that responds flexibly to load changes. In the near future, the company aims to build a fully fledged FlexASU® pilot in order to bring this future-proof, carbon-smart innovation to market as quickly as possible.


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We store our life in our cell phones.
Our personal photos, addresses, notes, messages, calendar, even phone numbers that we can't recite by memory anymore because out phones remember for us.
Sometimes it's information we don't want anyone else to see.
U.S. & World
Which is why State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) believes it's necessary to legislate the issue. Senate Bill 914 would require law enforcement officers to obtain a search warrant before looking through your cell phone.
It's no surprise that defense attorneys and civil rights advocates are ardent supporters of the measure.
"A police search of a cell phone is akin in its intrusiveness to a search of one's home or office," said Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition.
Kerry Steigerwalt, a defense attorney in San Diego, concurs.
"As a private citizen (this bill ) gives you peace of mind," Steigerwalt said. "It means law enforcement can't be snooping around in your phone for no good cause."
Law enforcement needs a search warrant to search through computers, and these days cell phones fall into that category, says Paul Pfingst, a former San Diego district attorney who now works as a defense lawyer.
It's not that burdensome for law enforcement to get a search warrant when it's justified, he said. However, he added, the courts are establishing safeguards to protect personal privacy.
Leno doesn't want to wait.
"This legislation will help ensure that a simple arrest – which may or may not lead to criminal charges – is not used as a fishing expedition to obtain a person's confidential information," Leno said.
The legislation is awaiting Governor Jerry Brown's signature.


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by Tom Utescher
Jesse Balcer, the men's basketball coach at Chestnut Hill College, said last month that defensive lapses were a major factor in the Griffins' 2-7 record in November and December.
The problem persisted in the first game of the New Year for Balcer's ballclub, which wasted a 12-point lead early in last Thursday's home game and lost to the visiting Tigers of Holy Family University. The Griffins had come back to tie the contest late in the second half, but fell behind once more and went down to an 89-79 defeat.
It was a particularly damaging conference loss for the Griffins (now 0-4 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference), because Holy Family has also been struggling this season, and departed from Chestnut Hill last week with a modestly-improved mark of 1-3 in the CACC and 3-11 overall.
CHC fans saw their ballclub make a good beginning, as senior Brandon Williams and sophomore Mark DiRugeris each popped in a three-pointer in the early going. Senior Trenton Davidheiser, junior Dan Comas and sophomore Francis Ashe also joined in on the scoring, and when Griffins sophomore Jakeem Bogans hit a 15-foot jumper with 9:46 remaining in the first half, Chestnut Hill was up by a dozen, 22-10.
The game changed as if someone had flipped a switch. Tigers guard Tim Smith started his team's rally with a trey from the keytop, but CHC's biggest problem on defense was that it rarely was able to prevent dribble penetration by Smith and the other HFU guards.
The Tigers rapidly clawed their way out of their 12-point hole with a five-minute, 18-0 run, and they led 34-28 at the intermission.
Comas, a power forward who led the Griffins in points (23) and rebounds (12) for the night, scored 18 of his points in the second half. CHC had its shortfall down to a single point several times in the middle of the period. Later, the Griffins were down by three with 6:57 remaining when Ashe sent a pass across the baseline to set up a lay-up by Comas. He made the shot and also converted a free throw tacked onto the play, leveling the score at 60-60.
A Chestnut Hill turnover led to a lay-up and foul shot by Tigers guard Khiry Hankins, then a lone free throw by Sam Mushman gave the visitors a 64-60 lead.
A Comas bucket from the paint cut the margin to two points heading into the final five minutes.
Holy Family was already in the one-and-one bonus, and the Tigers outscored their hosts 25-19 the rest of the way, netting 23 of those point on just 24 shots from the foul line.
Backing up Comas for the Griffins were Davidheiser (12 points, seven rebounds, five assists), Williams (11 points, two assists, two steals), junior Uros Kovacevic (10 points, three assists), and Ashe (eight points, seven rebounds, four assists).
HFU's Smith hit a game high 25 points (along with 11 rebounds and five assists) and fellow guard Nate Hodge was close behind with 22 points. Hankins, Mushman, and Alberto Munoz registered 11 points apiece in the Tigers' winning effort.


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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum's Steeler battled past Artigiano to prevail in Saturday's Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket, the first race on the new "Road to the Kentucky Derby" scoring system.
Trained by Mark Johnston, the son of 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Raven's Pass earned 10 points for the victory. Artigiano, by Distorted Humor, collected four points for second.
Big Brown's half-brother Afonsa de Sousa was scratched by trainer Aidan O'Brien, leaving a field of eight for the test over the straight "Rowley Mile" course.
Artigiano, Steeler and Birdman were all in the front rank early. But Birdman could not go with the top two as they began to pull away.
Although Steeler put his head in front, Artigiano came again along the inside to regain a slim advantage.
It turned into a family rivalry: Artigiano, owned by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation, versus Steeler, representing Sheikh Mohammed's son.
Steeler just proved the stronger. Under a Kieren Fallon drive, he powered up the rising ground late to master a stubborn Artigiano by a length.
By finishing the mile in 1:35.67, Steeler set a new course record for a juvenile. Sportinglife.com reports that he bettered the old mark for his age group of 1:35.70 set by Forward Move in 2004.
"Steeler found an extra gear when he hit the rising ground, which we hoped he would," Johnston said. "He is very laid back and lazy, and there will be plenty more to come next year."
Fallon agreed that Steeler is the type to develop at three.
"He seems to be getting better and better and this extra furlong suited him today," the winning rider said. "He is a horse who just keeps finding for you.
"I thought it was a sensible pace for the first half of the race and then we really picked up. What I like most about this fellow is that he puts his head down and really wants to run for you.
"He will come into his own next year and could be a Derby horse," Fallon concluded, but meaning the Group 1 Derby at Epsom, not Churchill Downs.
There was a gap of 3 1/2 lengths back to Al Waab followed by Birdman. The third- and fourth-place finishers took home two points and one point, respectively, on the "Road to the Kentucky Derby."
The 9-4 favorite Fantastic Moon endured a rough passage further back in the field, but picked up late to finish fifth of eight.
Steeler has now won three of five starts while finishing second in the other two. A near-miss runner-up in his debut at Haydock on July 21, he broke his maiden next time out at Goodwood on August 4. Steeler took runner-up honors behind the well-regarded Dundonnell in the Group 3 Acomb Stakes at York August 22, and recorded his first stakes win in the September 4 Stardom back at Goodwood.
"I took the liberty of dropping him back to seven furlongs last time (in the Stardom)," Johnston said, "and a furlong out (in the Royal Lodge) it looked as if that was a bad decision.
"He has shown us plenty at home, and even in April he was showing us that he was a nice horse, but we knew there would be more to come over longer distances.
"The Racing Post Trophy (Group 1 at Doncaster October 27) is his next target."
The one-mile Racing Post Trophy could serve up a rematch with Artigiano, according to his trainer Mahmood al Zarooni.
"He ran well and the main thing is that he has improved so much since Goodwood -- I have seen a big difference in him," al Zarooni said.
"There is no plan but he has many options including the Racing Post Trophy or the Breeders' Cup. Nothing has been decided yet, but the Racing Post Trophy may suit him."
Bred by Airlie Stud in Ireland, Steeler was sold for $57,925 as a Tattersalls December weanling. In his second visit to the Tattersalls auction ring as an October yearling, he did not sell when bringing a bid of $35,546.
Steeler is out of the stamina-laden Discreet Brief, the winner of the Group 3 Park Hill who ranked as England's co-highweight staying filly. The daughter of Darshaan is a three-quarter sister to another top staying filly, Group 1 heroine and Irish highweight Key Change.
Discreet Brief has produced one other stakes performer, the German and Italian stakes-placed Doggerbank. Further back, she comes from one of the Aga Khan's notable families, responsible for such stars as Group 1 Epsom Derby and Group 1 Irish Derby winner Kahyasi.


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A pic would be helpfull.
I bought a G1 barrel a long time ago on ebay, and it's been laying under my bed ever since.
The previous owner cut some of the threads during the demill process... is this gonna be an issue during installation?
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A pic would be helpfull.
Depending on how bad the are, you may be able to restore them by dressing them with a thread file. Pics would be helpful.
The most common process for removing the bbl from the receiver stub is to split the receiver. This is done by using a Dremel cutoff wheel to make a slice in the cocking handle slot to the front of the receiver. A chisel is then inserted in the slot and driven in to split the receiver. It is common for the cutoff wheel to cut a small slice in the threads during this process, it is not a problem. The amount of metal removed still leaves 99.9% of the original threads untouched, and the threads are usually not burred from the process because unscrewing the old receiver stub cleans them up.
yeh, the threads look pretty clean... I just wasn't sure if it would pose a problem for installation.
another shot... so I should be able to get a 'smith to rebarrel my FAL without any issues?
That's not too bad. Just dress them up a little and You'll be fine.
Yep, no worries. Looks like he used an air powered cutoff wheel from the wide width. He did go a might far and put a groove in the wrench flat on the bbl, just cosmetic and will be covered by the handgaurd retainer anyway.
Just curious, is that a chrome lined bbl? The chrome ones had a "Cr" stamped on the muzzle attachment lug IIRC.
I'm not sure... I'll have to give it a look. I'm at work right now. If memory serves me, it's not chrome lined, but I'll double check.
Thanks again guys for all your help. This is one of those items that I thought I'd been screwed on the purchase. Until I found this board, the barrel was just collecting dust, because I wasn't sure it could be used.
Now I get to rebarrel my existing rifle and create my own Frankenstein G1... I'm thrilled. I think the G1 is sexy... is that wrong?
Sorry it took so long for me to check on this... but I didn't see any such marks on the barrel.


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Thursday, January 15
Kennedy and Eisenhower Advance to PGC Final
JFK and Ike will square off in final. (Public Domain)
TOP SEEDS JOHN F. KENNEDY and Dwight Eisenhower will play for the title in the Presidents Golf Championship (PGC) at Augusta National Golf Club.
In semifinals action, No. 1 seed Kennedy easily defeated No. 13 seed Richard Nixon, the surprise player of the tournament with upsets of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and George H.W. Bush. No. 2 seed Eisenhower escaped with a win in the other semifinal when No. 3 seed Gerald Ford faltered after building a three-hole lead.
"I was fortunate to beat Ford," Eisenhower admitted. "It was a tough match."
Ike was asked if he had considered the possibility that his former vice president would upset Kennedy to gain a berth in the finals.
"No," he replied. "Nixon loses to Kennedy, whether debates, elections, or golf. Now excuse me while I go practice my putting."
#1 Kennedy defeats #13 Nixon, 10 and 8
Summary: Tension enveloped the first tee like morning dew. John F. Kennedy was impassive, making Richard Nixon's bravado seem more forced than ever. "Let's see what you've got, Jack," Nixon said while fidgeting with his head cover. Kennedy took his stance, addressed the Titlelist No. 1 marked with "JFK," and made his smooth, athletic swing, sweeping the dimpled ball off its wooden peg to a lush green spot 250 yards down the 1st fairway. The match was over. Although he tried to hide it, it was written on Nixon's face. For Nixon, the next three hours were a painful series of jerks and spasms while Kennedy played like a scout searching for hidden clues on Augusta's expansive fairways and undulating greens. JFK knew his toughest match lay ahead. Nixon maintained his defiant posture when it was over. "I played better in the quarterfinals," he said, a dark expression covering his face. Then he suddenly forced a smile, flashed his two-armed victory salute to no one in particular, and walked away.
#2 Eisenhower defeats #3 Ford, 3 and 1
Summary: There was a subdued quality to the day's other semifinal. Both serious-minded men and intense competitors, Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford went about their business on the golf course as if it were a cabinet meeting. For the first prolonged period during the matches, Ike's putter completely deserted him. Meanwhile, Ford built a comfortable three-hole lead on the outward nine. Then things began to unravel at Amen Corner when Ford found the pond on 11 and Rae's Creek on 12. Eisenhower caught Ford with a surprising birdie on the 13th hole, and by the time the pair reached the 16th tee Ike had a 1-up lead. Ford, who had never trailed in any of his matches, looked uncomfortable and indecisive. He chunked a delicate chip at 16 and sprayed his tee shot on 17 into the pines. Eisenhower closed out the match when he tapped in for par on the 17th green. The two men shook hands and Ike offered words of consolation. While gracious in defeat, Ford did not like to lose. He invited Ike to visit him in Palm Springs, where he knew he would have a much better chance to defeat the general.
The Final
Results of the final match will be published on Monday, January 19.
#1 seed John F. Kennedy
#2 seed Dwight Eisenhower
−The Armchair Golfer
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Nixon Upset Highlights Opening PGC Matches
The Goods on Barak Obama's Golf Game
Ulysses S. Grant Earns Final Spot in PGC Field
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6 comments:
- The Reverend said...
JFK in a runaway...
- Bedlam said...
armchair!!!! your killing me!! how much longer? you know i have to run my mouth.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
Hang in there, MH. We're on the home stretch! Who do you like in the final?
- Jeff Goodman said...
Tough final.
My money is still on Ike, although JFK has youth, strength and a damn good hairdo on his side.
Ike needs his rest and needs to putt well if he's going to beat the Harvard-grad Kennedy
- Bedlam said...
since you have tortured me with this, I have to go with Kennedy.
- Par Fore said...
I'm pull for Ike. He's a proven leader, and has the heart of a champion.
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Sunday, August 08, 2010
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Not all great NFL players have had nicknames, and not all nicknames seem apt. Certainly, most do not fit as well as "Mean" Joe Greene or "Fats" Holmes or even "Big Snack," which could describe either what Casey Hampton ate just before curfew or the offensive linemen he devoured earlier in the day.
Then there is Evander "Ziggy" Hood, a 6-foot-3, 310-pound Steelers defensive end who is turning his second training camp into his own 'hood. No one, absolutely no one, calls him Evander. Even the Steelers' media guide (so conservative that for about the 28th time in the past 30 years it has nothing on its plain black cover but a Steelers logo) introduces his bio as Ziggy Hood DE. Few, if any, Steelers ever received that treatment -- not Big Ben, not Fats, not Mean Joe and, for sure, not James "Silverback" Harrison.
Few nicknames are as unfitting for a player as Ziggy, which was bestowed on Hood by his Spanish-speaking grandmother after the comic strip. The cartoon Ziggy is short, bald and, according to the website gocomics.com, "perpetually one step behind, one nickel short, one lane away from the fast lane."
Calling Evander Hood "Ziggy" is akin to referring to the bald Stooge as "Curly."
"He's big, he's strong and he's fast," said Aaron Smith, the Steelers' best defensive end in their 3-4 era who has been singing Ziggy's praises since last summer camp.
"He understands he has a lot to learn still. He learns it and then he uses it. Not everybody can do that. I think he's going to be a special player."
Hood has attracted plenty of attention at Saint Vincent for the way he has taken over his position. Unlike last year when they put him only at left end, he has played all three positions on the defensive line, including nose tackle.
Brentson Buckner spent 12 seasons playing on NFL defensive lines, his first three with the Steelers, and it did not take him long to notice Hood during his first week as a coaching intern.
"He's explosive, has strong hands, has a feel for the game and he's violent. That's the hardest thing to teach kids coming out of college. At this level, it's the intensity and the violence you have to play for. But he has that edge. He comes out ready to bite.
"When you have a guy who's 310 pounds, strong, fast and he has the motor, he has a chance to be great."
The only questions that follow Hood, the team's first-round draft choice in 2009, is where will he play and how much? The answer: Everywhere and often, yet he may not start unless there is an injury. Smith has been the starter at left end since 2000 and Brett Keisel at right end since 2006. The way the Steelers look at it, they have three starting ends now. Hood can play either side and give the ends rest periods during games.
"I don't have a problem with coming out of the game as long as there's no drop-off with the guy coming in," Keisel said. "I think that's when we've been at our best, when we've had a rotation of guys who can come in and play. It keeps us all fresh during the game and at the end of the season. The more guys we can have ready to play the better."
Whether he starts or not is not an issue for Hood. "I'd rather win than start. When you have two guys like that, I want to learn as much as I can when they're here. When they're gone, then it's me. It all falls on me."
More of it will fall on him this season.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10220...#ixzz0w4ofbuHD


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Saturday, April 26, 2014
MiM Mail: Timing is everything
I am not yet a mother or in medicine, but I'm currently trying for both. I guess I was never able to do just one thing at a time. I am 32 years old and I'm applying to medical school this year. My husband I were thrilled when we recently found out I was pregnant. Unfortunately the pregnancy ended at seven weeks. We are recovering and will hopefully be given the green light to start trying again soon. But now timing is an issue. I was hoping to have a baby that would be at least a few months old before starting school. Our chances of achieving that are getting slimmer each month. I could try to time things to have a baby at the end of MS1, but it took us a while to get pregnant the first time and I doubt our ability to conceive on demand. Surprise, surprise, these things are pretty difficult to plan.
My plan for now is to continue trying for both. If I'm lucky enough to have a healthy pregnancy that ends up having a delivery date close to my matriculation date, I suppose I will defer for a year. I wonder what all of you, having experience with both motherhood and medicine, would do in this situation? Would you stop trying for those months that would lead to a delivery around the time medical school would begin? Would you defer? Would you just not worry about it and wait for the perfect storm to occur? Thank you in advance, and thank you for all of your words of wisdom – I've been reading for quite a while!
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You can't plan these things, as you say. I would not worry about it. If you find yourself in that situation, you'll figure it out.ReplyDelete
Honestly if you are ready for a baby I wouldn't worry about timing it. Med school is actually a pretty flexible time to have a baby and most of them are very willing to help new moms by adjusting schedule etc. Good luck!ReplyDelete
It would be easier to have a baby in 1st or 2nd year than 3rd year, and if you wait until 4th year you'll just be getting older. Try for the baby and don't worry about the timing. A supportive medical school will work with you!ReplyDelete
One of my mentors gave me this pearl of advice - "There is never a perfect time to have children. If you are ready, go for it!"ReplyDelete
We timed our baby. We literally chose a 3 month window and magically fell pregnant in it! My son was born halfway through my pediatric training (our version of residency), after my specialist exams. This is a popular time to have babies in Australia, as senior trainees generally get better access to part-time work, day time jobs etc.
As it turns out, we husband was transferred across the country during my maternity leave and I am no longer able to get access to part time work. But on the other hand we are now closer to family. Plus I used my maternity leave to re-assess my career preferences and realised I actually want to switch specialties. So our "timing" has not worked out as we expected!
Moral of the story- have your baby when you are ready. Everything else can work around it :)
I got pregnant during internship. I was at the bitter end and remember admitting an old guy for chest pain at 3 am and doing my H&P...he very sweetly asked when I was due and I barked "yesterday!" It is true there is no perfect time but God always seems to work it out. I think a lot of it also depends on how willing your spouse and family are to support you. My husband stayed at home that year and frequently brought my lil guy to the hospital if I had gone more than 14 or 16 hrs without seeing him.ReplyDelete
Go for it! Just know it will be grueling.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure where you're hoping to go to school, but many medical schools have online streaming for their first and second year classes, which makes having a baby during the preclinical years easier. Third year is probably not ideal, but I had a classmate who made it work. I had a baby during fourth year, which is the 'easiest.'ReplyDelete
I say go for it if it's what you really want. I'm not sure what your husband does, but childcare will likely be the biggest issue during third year as your schedule isn't very flexible. As someone above said, I think a good support system is key here! Good luck!
Wow! I could have written this post albeit with just a few differences. I know this ost is a little old but the responses here as so helpful. I am 32 ( will turn 33 few months after I start med school in a few weeks). We planned to have a baby before med school. Got pregnant after trying just for two months! Time was working out great, was going to have the baby during the summer and will have my mom and mother-in-law take turn helping when i go to school. I was pregnant during my (late) interviews. Got into a school in my hometown! All was just working great, despite the extreme fatigue and the morning( all day) sickness. Unfortunately, during my 2nd trimester, baby-girl just stopped growing! We were all devastated ( including our 8 year old daughter). Stil recovering, and now we are facing the question again. When is a good time. My OB was all for trying again as soon as we felt emotionally ready. We are leaning toward trying to time a summer M1/M2 delivery! But the obvious question for me is related to the possible risks? associated with gross anatomy lab! Don't have a solution yet, but just wanted to tell you that you are not alone on this journey! I believe that no matter how much planning we put into it what's meant to happen shall happen!ReplyDelete


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Snow White and the Huntsman looks like it oozes dark fantasy and evil magic — and that's a type of film we haven't seen since the days of Willow. Plus Charlize Theron looks like she's killing it as the youth-sucking Evil Queen. A new batch of footage was released during Theron's stop by Top Chef . We've rounded up the new clips for your evil viewing pleasure.
Snow White and the Huntsman will hit theaters on June 1st.