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While Mr Obama finished 13 percentage points higher than John McCain among women in 2008, this year the female vote was evenly split.
Women have long been a staple of Democratic success. In 1994, when Republicans took control of both Congressional houses, women still favoured Democrats by five points.
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The Republicans finished about 6.7 percentage points higher than the Democrats in a compilation of nationwide votes in elections to the House of Representatives.
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Williams rushed for a career-high 210 yards on 21 carries during the Panthers' 44-38 win over the Saints on Sunday, scoring touchdowns on runs of 54 and 12 yards, and setting up another with a 65-yard run that ended on the 1-yard line.
Williams, a 1,515-yard rusher in 2008 and 1,117-yard rusher in 2009, entered with 317 yards and a 2.4-yard average per carry for the year. His outburst capped a tremendous turnaround for the Panthers (7-9) in the last two months.
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i was intrigued to see an asian woman on the cover of NY Magazine. okay, so she's holding a bare foot. one that is not her own.
it's probably a stinky gross one with gnome-length toenails. if it's not stinky, gross, and with gnome-length toenails, the asian woman probably had something to do with its transformation into a buffed, waxed, and polished extremity.
and, far from kissing it worshipfully–as soon as you leave? she's gonna make fun of your nasty-assed feet in the back room.
turns out, in spite of the cover image, it's a pretty good article on the spa industry, and how asian women are both the high priestesses of hairlessness (literally and figuratively) and exploited as workers at those plush manhattan spas that crop up everywhere like mushrooms after a rain.
which, as any woman of color will tell you, is completely in keeping with how women in the middle and upper classes outsource the domestic sphere to poor and working class women of color (the jamaican or mainland chinese nanny, the latina housecleaner, the korean dry cleaner, the vietnamese nail salon technician). the sociologist arlie hochschild, quoted extensively in the NY Mag article, calls this so-called "service with a smile"–necessary caretaking, feminized, and underpaid–"emotional labor."
notice how i didn't say it was only middle and upper class white women who avail themselves of spas and salons–yes this is often the case, and has traditionally been the case when class status was more closely linked with racial status. but nowadays middle and upper class women of all races are inclined to indulge in spa services (myself included; i've gotten massages from white and asian women equally). in big cities, it's almost uniformly the case that this part of the service economy is a toehold (groan!) on the economic ladder for poor and immigrant women of color without educations. and with opportunity comes also exploitation, unfortunately.
so good for the salon/spa workers in organizing and fighting back against spa owners. as usual, it's the spas who take an inordinate cut and count on vulnerable, non-english-speaking women to keep quiet when bosses cut wages or lengthen work hours. (and i wonder how much of this exploitation is intra-asian ethnic…i.e., chinese owners, korean workers? it's hinted at but not explored fully.)
but as social phenomenom, what i find interesting is how the spa industry is like starbucks writ large: it's not just the coffee. or the nails. it's an opportunity for people who ordinarily don't get to boss anybody getting a chance to boss somebody with their very idiosyncratic specifications and very often, their Oh So Special Needs. or in the case of spas, having a peon attend to all the dead and somewhat icky parts, so you don't have to.
outsourcing personal grooming–as possibly the last woman in america to cut her own toenails, i find this fascinating. are we that much dirtier? would it be so awful to do it (wash your feet, paint/cut your nails, pluck your eyebrows) yourself? maybe we're informed that we have higher standards to meet. (aside: how you know you're from LA, where everyone, man or woman, is landscaped and nipped and tucked to within an inch of their lives: when i see friends who don't live in LA, i'm shocked shocked! to see an eyebrow in its natural, unplucked state.)
at the same time, intense female interest in primate grooming is social balm and relaxing for Mom/Wife/Daughter/Chief Household Officer/Worker-Outside-the-Home to not be pulled in a thousand directions by a thousand roles and demands for once. i'm pretty sure that prehistoric woman sat around making fancy new braids for her hair/her daughters' hair, and putting fancy new braids into other prehistoric women's hair. alternating between being kempt and unkempt is pretty timeless.
i don't have the answers. i just think it's interesting, and when i go for massages (impossible to do for yourself) or haircuts, i try not to be a pain in the ass or the new best friend of whoever i'm paying for a service.
here's what one spa worker observes about her clients:
And yet there is also Hochschild's question: Is something missing in our lives that we're trying to replace with spa services? Kim and I talk again about why her clients want these treatments—why so many more, right now. "These days, people don't have family, that's the problem," says Kim. "Because at least before, even though they don't get married, they have their intimate partner, or they live with brothers or sisters, they always have company. These days, they travel a lot. Every family member is living so far away. And when they go home, they do their computer, they watch TV, then they go to sleep; that's it. You don't have your sister to say, I do your nails, I braid your hair—even with your family, you're not really keeping company; people are so individualized." She smiles and gazes out onto 72nd Street. "How many people do they have to do the braiding of their hair?"
if "emotional labor" is about compensating, in all senses of the word, for loneliness, what does that say about how we in modern america are presumed to live and how we believe we need poor/third world women to fill this void? worse yet, how do particulars of a given woman's economic/class circumstances shape mainstream attitudes about the "innate" servility of a group of women–asian women salon workers? it's not one of the russian salon workers interviewed for the article who's provocatively featured on the cover of the magazine, after all.
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Humans keep track of our vast social networks by using special memory tricks that cheat complexity, rather than using routine memorization, according to a new Cornell University study.These memorization shortcuts effectively simplify rules, the way in which a person might remember a number sequence that always increases by two, according to lead author Matthew Brashears, assistant professor of sociology.
People recall social ties that both involve at least three people who know each other and kinship labels such as "aunt" twice as well as they remember ties that do not, even though triad kinship networks are far more complex, Brashears said.
"Humans are able to manage big, sprawling, complicated social networks essentially because we don't remember big, sprawling, complicated social networks. We remember simplified, regular structures that bear a reasonable similarity to what those networks look like."
In cases where the relationships do not fit the pattern, we remember the pattern and the few exceptions, instead of remembering all the ties simultaneously, he explained.
The researchers had roughly 300 study participants read paragraphs describing a group of people and how they were related to one another. Some paragraphs included kinship labels while others did not.
Some of the paragraphs included closed triads, in which three people knew each other, while other paragraphs did not. The participants were then asked to recall as many of the ties as possible.
When the paragraphs contained both kinship labels and closed triads, the participants' recall improved by 50 percent compared with participants whose paragraphs included neither, even though the kinship and triad paragraphs contained nearly twice as many relationships.
"That's a pretty substantial improvement," Brashears said.
Moreover, participants did worse when trying to recall paragraphs that had kin relationships but no triads.
"It's like trying to remember a random number sequence by using the 'increase by two' rule," he said.
The study helps explain how humans actively manage so many more social ties than compared with other primates — a key question in the field of sociology.
The answer is that we evolved the capacity to spot and use social patterns.
"Our ability to remember and manage socials ties — and build bigger groups of people — had to do with coming up with new and interesting ways of compressing that information. It's about how we structure our groups and how that allows us to remember them, as opposed to just sheer cognitive horsepower," Brashears said.
The research may help also explain some peculiarities of human networks, such as transitivity. For example, if George is my friend and Susan is my friend, then Susan and George are likely to be friends.
Brashears suspects that some social networks are easier to remember than others, and individuals who build groups that conform to those rules were more evolutionarily successful.
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Medical researchers may benefit from the study as they seek to understand why some people don't grasp social intricacies as well as others.
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So, you could say that I'm a little weird when it comes to food. Now, in all honesty, I used to be a very picky eater though I'm proud to say I've really grown out of that, I'm a much more adventurous eater now. But yet, there are still foods that truly make my skin crawl. And, the strange thing is that they are those which are the corner-stones of American cuisine and things that nearly everyone else adores… they're condiments. I'm talking ketchup, mustard, relish, mayonnaise, etc. I just can't stand them – even the smell turns me off. Strange, I know.
However, other more "natural" sauces i just love. And with summer having finally arrived in Seattle I thought I'd share one of my favorite summertime sauces and recipes – pesto! Oh, I love pesto! Either paired with tomato and mozzarella for caprese, used as a spread on a grilled cheese or turkey sandwich, or simply tossed in pasta. It's divine!
|Dinner's served: spaghetti w/ pesto (and tomatoes for me).
And, best yet, it's so simple and quick to make! Combine bit of olive oil, shredded parmesan, pine nuts, salt and pepper and a bunch of basil in your food processor and you're set. Swap out the basil for spinach and add a dash of lemon zest – and you've got another great pesto variation.
Since I don't have a garden to grow my basil, I picked up a basil plant at Trader Joe's for $2.99 and it's been such a great resource in my kitchen (bonus: it makes the whole kitchen smell lovely too!).
Below is the recipe I use when making my pesto but, if you're not into doing this yourself, head to Costco and buy theirs… it's equally delicious.
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Why is the wedding guest in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" "sadder but wiser?"
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The wedding guest, in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," leaves the story told by the old man "sadder but wiser." The events which the old mariner told the wedding guest are not those which evoke feelings of elation at all. The tale of the old mariner is one filled with death, sorrow, and fear.
In the end, the fate and consequences of the old mariner are meant to serve as his punishment for killing the albatross which tailed his ship. Not thinking, the old mariner kills the albatross and the consequences are dire.
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The reason the wedding guest is left feeling saddened and wise is because the tale is one which speaks of consequences for actions. The wedding guest realizes that one must consider all consequences for any actions before acting upon a decision. The tale also gives the wedding guest a feeling of sadness for what the old mariner had to face. This shows the sympathy the wedding guest has for both the old mariner and humanity. In the end, the wedding guest learns to think about consequences (wiser) and sadder because of all of the loss the old mariner had to face.


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The fact that I live in a desert but have as the background to this page a photograph of a salt marsh should tell you quite a bit about my personality. I am something of a mess of contraditions. I love history but am also a tech gadget geek. I was born in South Carolina but grew up part time in Southern California. I was supposed to get a degree in history and teach school but ended up becoming a surgical nurse. Years later I left that and worked with antiques.
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Malaysia is the eighth-largest telecom market in the APAC region and is estimated to generate telecom service revenue of $13.9bn by 2020. Mobile data will contribute nearly 39.5% of the total revenues, due to increased adoption of OTT and other mobile entertainment apps. Operator investments in LTE expansion and network modernization will be the major catalyst for the growth of mobile data services in Malaysia. MNOs will focus on high-end data customers to drive postpaid segment revenue. Moreover, operators will focus on differentiated VAS offerings, such as direct operator billing platforms, cloud storage and music streaming apps to capture market share. Further, triple-play offerings will help operators to attract more subscriptions in the coming years. Pay-TV operators will focus on extending their content libraries and adding value-added services, such as on-demand video and connected PVRs to drive the pay-TV subscriptions. The entry of iflix will enhance the competition in the pay-TV market.
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The Arizona Senate on Wednesday advanced a budget-balancing plan with spending cuts in health care, education and other services that majority Republicans called overdue to fit state spending to state revenue.
"Eventually the time of reckoning is here and you have to pay," said Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City. "I'm not happy that I have to play the stern parent today but I have to do that."
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the main bill in the 13-bill package on a 9-4 vote with all Republicans voting in favor. Committee Democrats voted against the bill, saying its cuts go too far.
"We are stealing a quality education system from our children," said Sen. David Schapira, D-Tempe. "Generational theft is exactly what this budget is."
After waiving public-notice rules on Tuesday, the full Senate is expected to consider the package late Wednesday. Passage would send it to the House where majority Republicans have said they like much of the Senate plan.
However, the plan has significant differences from Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's own budget proposal.
The $8.2 billion spending plan includes roughly $1.5 billion of spending cuts, or about half-again as those proposed by Brewer in January.
The plan's health care cuts include Brewer's proposal to drop Medicaid eligibility for 250,000 people, nearly all low-income childless adults, or about one-fifth of the enrollment of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
Brewer on Tuesday shelved her January proposal, releasing a scaled-back version that is not reflected in the Senate Republicans' plan.
Besides the Medicaid cuts that also include new cuts in payment rates to providers, other stated or expected impacts of the plan include elimination of day-care subsidies, new tuition increases for university students and larger class sizes in K-12 schools.
The plan omits hundreds of millions of borrowing that Brewer proposed to close a shortfall in the current fiscal year.
Instead, the plan would close the current fiscal year with a $374.1 million shortfall, but, after the spending cuts and other changes, produce a $5 million surplus a year later.
The Arizona Constitution requires the state to have a balanced budget but the state previously has ended one fiscal year with a shortfall. However, that shortfall wasn't formally acknowledged in advance, as is being done with the Senate Republican plan.
Arizona's revenue dropped by about a third at the bottom of the recession, and the state used spending cuts, borrowing federal stimulus dollars and funding delays to balance several recent budgets. State revenue has started creeping upward but stimulus funding is now drying up, resulting in a projected $1.1 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year.
The Senate Republicans' plan to close that gap also includes about $100 million of savings for the state by shifting some prison costs to counties and by reducing vehicle tax money shared with local governments.
Local officials complained that could force local property tax increases to maintain law enforcement and other services and the changes amount to budget gimmickry that the plan's backers said are eschewing.
"There is nothing conservative about putting the state in the black but shifting (costs) to counties," said Navajo County Supervisor David Tenney.
Advocates of social programs and education also criticized the budget plan during a committee hearing Wednesday.
"The public is speaking. They're saying they do not want this budget," said Sen. Paula Aboud, D-Tucson.
But Appropriations Chairman Andy Biggs, a Gilbert Republican who was the plan's chief architect, said he was listening to other voices.
"The public has had their say. They voted overwhelmingly for Republicans to come down here and balance a budget," Biggs said.


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Billionaire Li's Hutchison, Cheung Kong Surge in Hong Kong After Earnings
Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. gained in Hong Kong trading today after earnings beat estimates and the billionaire said he's optimistic about the world economy and China's growth.
The prospects for global growth remain stable, the 82-year- old said yesterday. Hutchison's stock jumped the most in almost two years after first-half net income rose from its port and retail earnings. Developer Cheung Kong had the biggest gain in nine months as it benefited from rising home prices.
"He seems to be fairly bullish," said Alexander Chia, an analyst at Standard & Poor's Equity Research in Kuala Lumpur. Hutchison "is a cyclical stock, and in an up cycle, the valuation isn't particularly demanding, and there is room on the upside."
Dubbed "Superman" by Hong Kong's media for his investing skill, Li correctly forecast in 2007 that China's stock-market bubble would burst. Li, Hong Kong's richest man, demonstrated his confidence as economies emerged from the worst recession since World War II by leading a group that offered $9.1 billion for U.K. power networks last month in his biggest acquisition.
Hutchison, Li's biggest company with operations in 54 countries, rose 9.7 percent to HK$58.20 at the 4 p.m. close in Hong Kong, its biggest gain since October 2008 and the highest since March. Cheung Kong gained 3.9 percent, the most since October last year.
"The global economy remains vulnerable to a number of uncertainties and destabilizing forces," Li said. "Nevertheless, the overall outlook for the global economy is likely to remain generally stable." Li said he's "very optimistic" about his companies' prospects and has been buying shares in them.
'Phenomenal' Performance
Hutchison said net income rose 12 percent to HK$6.45 billion ($831 million) in a Hong Kong exchange filing after the market closed yesterday. Net income at Cheung Kong climbed 4 percent to HK$11.9 billion.
"The retail segment has done phenomenally well, especially considering talk of a slowdown in Europe, where a lot of the business is based," said Kalai Pillay, who analyses Hutchison's debt as senior director at Fitch Singapore Pte.
Hutchison's earnings exceeded the HK$4.4 billion average estimate of four analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Cheung Kong's profit beat the median HK$7.76 billion estimate of three analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.
Without the contribution from Hutchison, Cheung Kong's profit rose 1 percent to HK$8.7 billion.
Slowing loan growth in China suggested steady economic expansion there, Li said in the earnings statement.
Stress Tests
"The strength of the mainland's economy is evident," he said. "The slowing growth in new lending suggests that pressure on tightening liquidity may ease in the second half year. These favorable conditions support optimism towards a continuing stable macroeconomic environment in the mainland."
Li said he has "full confidence" in China's banks. The country's banking regulator told lenders to include worst-case scenarios of prices dropping 50 percent to 60 percent in cities where they have risen excessively, a person with knowledge of the matter said this week, declining to be identified because the regulator's requirement hasn't been publicly announced.
Hutchison, 49.9 percent owned by Cheung Kong, booked higher profit from ports, retail and property, helping the Hong Kong company fund an eighth year of mobile-phone losses in Europe. The rebound has prompted Li to boost his investments this year, capped by last week's bid by another two of his companies to buy Electricite de France SA's power networks in the U.K.
Hutchison's third-generation mobile telephone units will be profitable in most markets by 2011, Li said. The 3 Group, the company's telecommunications division, offers high-speed wireless services in seven markets in Europe and Australia.
"3G next year will make money in almost every country, barring any special circumstances," Li said at a briefing. "Now some countries are already making money this year, though I don't think we will make much money this year overall."
3 Group lost HK$998 million before interest and tax in the first half, compared with HK$5.45 billion a year earlier. The unit has been unprofitable since starting services in 2003.
Cheung Kong booked a HK$5.81 billion profit from property sales after Hong Kong's homes prices rose more than 10 percent this year. The developer will complete more property transactions in the second half, Victor Li, deputy chairman of Cheung Kong and Li's son, said at the briefing.
Hong Kong developers normally begin selling apartments while they're still in construction and book profits after they are completed.
Stamp Duty
This year's home-price gains in the city added to 2009's 29 percent advance, according to the Centa-City Leading Index, a weekly measure developed by Centaline Property Agency Ltd. and City University of Hong Kong.
"Cheung Kong's property business has positioned itself for some significant growth," said David Ng, a Hong Kong-based analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. "They are in for a good year in terms of apartment sales."
Victor Li said he doesn't see a property bubble. The Hong Kong government has increased the stamp duty on luxury properties and pledged to raise the supply of land amid concerns a real estate bubble is developing.
Li Ka-shing said Hong Kong property buyers will be alright if they are not overstretched.
"If you have the financial ability and you're not overleveraging, in the long run buying properties in Hong Kong has almost always been a good investment," he said at the briefing.
Hutchison's port unit, the world's largest container terminal operator, reported a 35 percent gain in first-half profit as a rebounding global economy spurred world trade.
Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd.'s earnings before interest and taxes rose to HK$6.1 billion from HK$4.49 billion a year earlier. Sales climbed 14 percent to HK$17.7 billion.
After arriving in Hong Kong as a refugee from China in 1940, Li swept factory floors to survive during the Japanese World War II occupation of the city between 1941 and 1945. After the war, he opened a plastic flower factory and began buying Hong Kong property in 1967 when riots tied to China's Cultural Revolution caused land prices in the city to collapse.
Li was listed as the world's 14th-richest person in March by Forbes magazine, compared with 16th a year earlier, after his wealth increased to $21 billion.
To contact the reporters on this story: Kelvin Wong in Hong Kong at firstname.lastname@example.com; Mark Lee in Hong Kong at email@example.com; John Duce in Hong Kong at email@example.com.


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SINGLE STOREY PROPERTY ENJOYING COUNTRYSIDE VIEWS FROM THE PRIVATE ENCLOSED GARDEN REGRET NO CHILDREN UNDER 10 YEARS Set in a rural location on a working farm the property faces South West and is a spacious extension of the large farmhouse with extensive views over the surrounding countryside. Ideally located for enjoying a relaxing break in Cornwall. The owners live in the main farmhouse however the property benefits from ample outside space and guest s parking is within their enclosed garden area therefore privacy is assured. Situated in mid Cornwall with easy access to both the north and south coasts offering the fishing villages of Mevagissey and Padstow to name a few as well as many sandy beaches and coves. The area has a variety of attractions including The Eden Project The Lost Gardens of Heligan Lands End the Lizard Peninsula and the popular towns and villages of Falmouth St Ives and Charlestown with its shipwreck museum. In the evenings visit one of the local pubs sit and absorb the view or enjoy a BBQ in the garden. The accommodation boasts two entrances one on a slight slope the other on the level and offers ONE bedroom: with a 5 double bed. Shower room: with large corner shower and WC. Lounge/kitchen/diner: open-plan with woodburner effect electric fire TV DVD and Freeview. Kitchen area with electric cooker small fridge/freezer dishwasher washing machine and microwave. french doors lead to the sun lounge with cane furniture with double doors leading to the garden. Outside: enclosed lawn garden with seating and BBQ where you can watch the sun set over the distant horizon. Amenities: ample parking. Bed linen towels electric and central heating included. 1 small/medium sized dog welcome. Regret no smoking. Location: beach 7 miles pub and shop 2.5 miles. The other property at Great Hewas Farm is HEWOL which is approximately 60 metres away.
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Sakura Hotel Hatagaya Facilities and Service
- Reception open 24 hours
- Check in at 3 P.M., check out at 10 A.M.
- Breakfast between 5 AM-11 AM
- Free WIFI in all rooms and Lobby.
- Free Internet in all rooms (LAN cable)
- Desk top PCs available at the lobby for 100yen / 30 minutes
- TV in all rooms
- Photocopy and Fax machine
- Steam iron, electric pot, and electric trouser press rental service
- Vending machines
- Luggage storage service
- Delivery Service
- Laundry service
- International pay phone at the main lobby
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Sakura Cafe Hatagaya – A cross-cultural experience
In this cozy little café the aroma of teas from all over the world fills the air. Come here to spend a relaxing afternoon while connecting with people from many different countries! We're open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
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It's been three months since Whitney Houston's tragic passing, but her family is ready to let the world see how they're coping with the singer's death in a new TV show.
The Houston Family Chronicles will be coming to Lifetime and will follow the lives of Whitney's mother, Cissy, her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina, her sister-in-law and manager Pat, along with her husband and teenage daughter as they each learn to cope without the singer.
The series will focus on Pat as she tries to keep the family together and manage Whitney's business and estate.
It's been reported that Pat had previously been developing a project for the family with producers Tracey Baker Simmons and Wanda Shelley, who also worked on the 2005 reality series Being Bobby Brown, before the singer's death.
"The unexpected passing of Whitney certainly affects the direction of the show," Pat said in a statement. "However, it is my hope that others will be enlightened as they watch our family heal and move forward."
The Grammy winner's cousin, Dionne Warwick, and CeCe Winans will also appear on the series.
It was recently announced that Whitney will be the topic of another show, this year's VH1 Divas special.
– Shannon Carlin, CBS Local


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When Vincent Jackson left the San Diego Chargers and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I knew that San Diego was in trouble at the wide receiver position.
Jackson led San Diego with 1,098 receiving yards in 2008, led San Diego with 1,167 receiving yards and nine touchdown receptions in 2009 and led San Diego with 1,106 receiving yards and nine TD receptions last season.
San Diego was left with the injury prone, but talented Malcom Floyd who led San Diego in receiving yards per game last season and Robert Meachem as San Diego's primary options at the WR position.
Floyd is averaging about 70 receiving yards per game which is slightly behind his average of 71 yards per game last season while Meachem has been a flat out disappointment thus far in 2012.
Meachem averages about 32 receiving yards per game which ranks fifth on the team and 112th among NFL players.
Meachem's average salary of $6.5 million ranks fourth on San Diego's roster which makes his season more of a disappointment so far.
Meachem is on pace for his worst season since he was a rookie in 2008 with the New Orleans Saints.
In seven plus seasons with San Diego, Floyd played in all 16 regular season games one time, so an injury could be coming soon.
While Floyd is on pace for a career high 1,115 receiving yards, he is also on pace for three TD receptions.
As a team, San Diego ranked sixth in receptions, sixth in receiving yards per game and 10th in yards per reception last season.
San Diego ranks 18th in receptions, 18th in receiving yards per game and 28th in yards per reception this season.
Jackson is averaging 98 receiving yards per game with Tampa compared to Floyd who leads San Diego with 70 yards per game.
Jackson has five TD receptions compared to Meachem who leads San Diego's wide receivers with two.
San Diego's next game is against the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland surrenders 7.2 yards per pass attempt which ranks 14th in the league. The Lightning Bolts need to see improvements from their receivers at some point in 2012.


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I have a mission I hope your readers can help me out with. I fell in love with this (and similar) clutch on Etsy. I'd like to get one for my wedding, as well as one for my maid of honor and bridesmaid. I've had my eye on them for almost a year. While it's currently on sale for $56 (down from $80), it's $10 shipping, bringing my price up to aprx. $200.
I'm not extraordinary crafty or anything, but can hold my own. My two part question for your readers –
1) Do you think it is possible (and more affordable) for me to make these on my own and if so, where do I get the materials? (I can't even seem to find a plain, basic, affordable clutch anywhere. I've checked the box-store craft stores.)
2) If not, is there someone local who could make these for me? (Would LOVE a yes to this question.) How much?
ARA: Suggestions on getting this clutch for my wedding
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I can't offer any suggestions, but the clutch is lovely. I think the most difficult part would be finding the peacock pin to go with the ensemble. Once you find that, the rest seems pretty easy, as you can find peacock feathers at craft shops, then you'd need to find a standard clutch that meets your needs.
From a fellow wedding gift searcher for my brides maids, good luck!
Can't help with your question, but love, love the clutch.
The clutch is very nice, but I think it would be wrong to have someone else plagiarize the design to save a couple of bucks. When you buy an item, you're not only paying for the time and materials it takes to make it, you're paying for the time, creativity and energy spent to design it, too. Stealing a design from a small designer, like those who sell on Etsy, is just plain-out wrong.
Love the clutches – just splurge a little and buy them. They're really pretty and you'd probably go nuts trying to make them yourself, especially with all the other stress about your wedding.
Very cute indeed! At $56 the clutch is a steal!! I think it would be well-worth the cost to get this one as opposed to trying to find the right pin, feathers, and clutches, etc. (I haven't planned a wedding yet but i would think there is plenty of other things that could eat up your time!!) If you want to try it, there was a whole peacock tree in the Christmas store at Crossgates that had peacock feather picks on it (may be too long though for your purposes).
Even if you could find similar pins, by the time you got done buying just the materials, I don't believe you would save any money.
I'm a designer and as much as I hate to admit it, people knock-off creativity every day. Now, trying to sell a knock-off for profit is not ethical but if she's just making them to give as gifts to the girls, then I see no harm.
If it were me, I would pick up some vintage broaches (which seem to be a dime a dozen), clean them up and go to a craft store and buy the feathers – which I happened to see at JoAnne's just this weekend. Make the embellishments yourself, then order the clutches by bulk and attach the finished piece. Bang! You're done. Bet you could make these for a bargain.
Craft stores will not have clutches in stock – go to a department store to find ones you like (either in handbags or with the makeup sections). Also check in the department store jewelry section for large pins to use.
Once you have those 2 items, then you go to the craft store for the peacock feathers, and advice on how to make the clutches.
I'm an Etsy seller who makes handbags. First of all, there are plenty of sellers who make this style, so I don't believe it's stealing a design.
Second, in order to make them yourself, you'd wind up spending at least that much money on clutch frames, Russian veiling, dupioni silk, feathers, rhinestone pins, interfacing, etc. plus shipping for the items not available locally. And then you'd have to be happy with your first attempt or spend even more.
I did find a local wedding clutch maker on Etsy. Here's the link to her shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SMCNY?ref=seller_info. Good luck.
P.S. Some of my bags go for over $100. Don't be the person at a craft show who poo-poos the price for something handmade and unique and beautiful that takes a lot of time to fashion :)
You can't simply attach the Russian veiling to a premade clutch. If that what the reader wants, they have to be made from scratch.
I do embellish vintage clutches for weddings — just don't make them from scratch, yet.
Why not contact the seller and see if she would give you a special price seeing that you are ordering three?
Kate, they're already on sale at 30 percent off!
30% off just means that she probably was not finding buyers at that price. It also doesn't mean that she couldn't get a further discount, such as a flat shipping rate. I know I have had good luck with sellers on Etsy giving me a flat shipping rate. If so, that would save her $20 and a whole lot of her time.
Oh and CommSpec, I agree with your comment about not poo-pooing the price :)
Thanks for all the comments. I know they're already on sale for 30%. Before I bit the bullet and ordered them, I just wanted to make sure I was getting the best price. (And, if possible, bought local) Thanks everyone!
Thirty percent off also may mean she wants to move inventory to make room for new items. And most Etsy sellers do offer less shipping for multiple items, if possible. By asking for more of a discount, you do run the risk of ticking off the seller, as noted on many an Etsy forum. (I know that many sellers really don't make much, if any, profit to begin with. There's hobbyests and full-time designers there. It can cause a ruckus sometimes!)
If you want them, then order them. They're exactly what you want and will (hopefully) will be sent to you that way. Making them or having somebody else make them will run the risk them not looking the same or one could be screwed up.
Just spend the money. It's easier, faster, would probably be much cheaper, and you have too many other wedding plans to worry about.
Trust me, just order them. I tried to copy a design I saw on Etsy for my programs and while they came out beautifully it would have been cheaper, easier, and would have looked nicer if I had just sucked it up and bought them from the seller. Not to mention the time and stress of putting them together (which, thank goodness, my mom ended up doing for me two days before the wedding because I was going crazy).
Save yourself the headache. Besides, these are beautiful. If you don't have the necessary experience to make something like this, it will never come out as great as you imagined. $56 is a FANTASTIC price for these.
They are beautiful, I agree just order them. I don't even have a wedding & I love the ones with the peacock pins on them!


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Major Section: IO
ACL2 output is generally printed in full. However, ACL2 can be directed to
abbreviate, or ``eviscerate'', objects before printing them, though the use
of a so-called ``evisc-tuple''. See evisc-tuple for a discussion of
evisc-tuples. The utility
set-evisc-tuple modifies certain global
evisc-tuples, as explained below, to affect the extent to which ACL2
eviscerates objects during printing, for example during proof output or when
printing top-level evaluation results.
General Form: (set-evisc-tuple evisc-tuple ; a legal evisc-tuple, or :DEFAULT :iprint val ; one of *iprint-actions* :sites sites ; either :ALL, or an element or a subset of the ; list (:TERM :LD :TRACE :ABBREV)where the value of
:iprint is passed to
:sites :all
:sites '(:TERM :LD :TRACE :ABBREV), and other documentation
is provided below. Note that all arguments are evaluated.
See without-evisc for how to avoid evisceration for ACL2 output.
The following example illustrates an invocation of
set-evisc-tuple that
limits the print-level to 3 -- only three descents into list structures are
permitted before eviscerating a subterm -- and limits the print-length to 4
-- only the first four elements of any list structure will be printed.
ACL2 !>(set-evisc-tuple (evisc-tuple 3 ; print-level 4 ; print-length nil ; alist nil ; hiding-cars ) :iprint :same ; better yet, T :sites :all) (:TERM :LD :TRACE :ABBREV) ACL2 !>'((a b ((c d)) e f g) u v w x y) ((A B (#) E ...) U V W ...) ACL2 !>We recommend however using
:iprint t so that eviscerated terms may be
read back in; see set-iprint. Indeed, the
:iprint argument is required
as a reminder to the user to consider that issue, unless iprinting has been
enabled at least once. If
:sites or a required
:iprint argument is
omitted, however, ACL2 will query the user for the missing arguments rather
than causing an error.
ACL2 eviscerates by default only in a few cases, primarily in informational
messages for errors, warnings, and queries (i.e., in the
:EVISC case
below). Users can modify the default behavior by supplying a suitable
argument to
set-evisc-tuple. The argument may be
:default, which
denotes the evisceration provided when ACL2 starts up. Otherwise that
argument is an evisc-tuple, which is either
nil (no evisceration) or as
described above. Moreover, there are four evisc-tuple ``evisceration
contexts'', each with its own evisceration control. The value returned by
set-evisc-tuple indicates the evisceration contexts whose evisc-tuple has
been set. The evisceration contexts are as follows, all of which use a
default value of
nil for the hiding-cars. Accessors are also shown for
retrieving the corresponding evisc-tuple.
:TERM-- used for printing terms. The accessor is
(term-evisc-tuple flg state), where
flgis ignored if
set-evisc-tuplehas been called for
:termwith value other than
:default, and otherwise (hence initially): a
nilindicates an evisc-tuple of
nil, and otherwise the term-evisc-tuple has a print-level of 3 and print-length of 4.
:ABBREV-- used for printing informational messages for errors, warnings, and queries. Initially, the alist abbreviates the ACL2
world, print-level is 5, and print-level is 7. The accessor is
(abbrev-evisc-tuple state).
:GAG-MODE-- used for printing induction schemes (and perhaps, in the future, for other printing) when gag-mode is on. If gag-mode is off, the value used for this evisc-tuple is
(term-evisc-tuple nil state). But if gag-mode is on (i.e.,
(gag-mode)evaluates to a non-
nilvalue), then with one exception, the value is an evisc-tuple or
nil, to be used in gag-mode for printing of induction schemes and, during proofs, the ``The non-trivial part of the guard conjecture''. The exceptional value is
t, which indicates that in gag-mode, no printing of induction schemes should be and the guard conjecture should be printed using
(term-evisc-tuple t state). The accessor is
(gag-mode-evisc-tuple state).
:LD-- used by the ACL2 read-eval-print loop. The accessor is
:TRACE-- used for printing trace output. No accessor is available (though in raw Lisp,
(trace-evisc-tuple)returns the trace-evisc-tuple).
Each context
ectx also has an updater,
(set-ectx-evisc-tuple val state), where
val is a legal value for
set-evisc-tuple as described above:
:default or an evisc-tuple
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125 years is the absolute limit of human lifespan, says scientists
New York, Oct 6: Despite recent claim by an Indonesian man that he has crossed 145 years, a new study by Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists suggests that 125 years is the absolute limit of human lifespan.
Since the 1970s, the maximum duration of life — the age to which the oldest people live — has risen. But according to the researchers, this upward arc for maximal lifespan has a ceiling — and we have already touched it.
"Demographers as well as biologists have contended there is no reason to think that the ongoing increase in maximum lifespan will end soon," said senior author Jan Vijg, Professor at Einstein.
"But our data strongly suggest that it has already been attained and that this happened in the 1990s," Vijg noted.
For the study, published online in the journal Nature, Vijg and his colleagues analysed data from the Human Mortality Database, which compiles mortality and population data from more than 40 countries.
Since 1900, those countries generally show a decline in late-life mortality: The fraction of each birth cohort (i.e., people born in a particular year) who survive to old age (defined as 70 and up) increased with their calendar year of birth, pointing toward a continuing increase in average life expectancy.
But when the researchers looked at survival improvements since 1900 for people aged 100 and above, they found that gains in survival peaked at around 100 and then declined rapidly, regardless of the year people were born.
"This finding indicates diminishing gains in reducing late-life mortality and a possible limit to human lifespan," Vijg said.
The researchers then looked at "maximum reported age at death" data from the International Database on Longevity.
They focused on people verified as living to age 110 or older between 1968 and 2006 in the four countries – the US, France, Japan and the UK — with the largest number of long-lived individuals.
Age at death for these supercentenarians increased rapidly between the 1970s and early 1990s but reached a plateau around 1995 — further evidence for a lifespan limit.
This plateau, the researchers note, occurred close to 1997 — the year of death of 122-year-old French woman Jeanne Calment, who achieved the maximum documented lifespan of any person in history.
Using maximum-reported-age-at-death data, the Einstein researchers put the average maximum human life span at 115 years — a calculation allowing for record-oldest individuals occasionally living longer or shorter than 115 years.
Jeanne Calment, they concluded, was a statistical outlier.
Finally, the researchers calculated 125 years as the absolute limit of human lifespan.
Expressed another way, this means that the probability in a given year of seeing one person live to 125 anywhere in the world is less than 1 in 10,000.
Recently, an Indonesian man, Mbah Gotho, presented an identity card that says he was born on December 31, 1870.
If proved correct, that could make him much older than the verified oldest person ever.


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Lufthansa Technik wins first Q400-customer in North America
Sky Regional Airlines entrusts their component supply for the next ten years to Lufthansa Technik. The companies signed a Total Component Support TCS agreement for the fleet of five Q400 aircraft.
Lufthansa Technik has installed a home base pool in Montreal. More than 110 Line Replaceable Units (LRU) – ranging from hydraulic pumps up to generators - will be in storage for a smooth operation. The components will be overhauled at Lufthansa Technik sites in Sun Valley, USA and Hamburg, Germany.
With the newly won customer Sky Regional Airlines Lufthansa Technik offers Total Component Support for 54 Q400-aircraft worldwide.
Lufthansa Technik is continually expanding its customer base in the regional aircraft market. Its expertise in this sector covers a wide spectrum of MRO and support services for numerous aircraft types including the Bombardier CRJ and Q-Series, as well as the Embraer ERJ and E-170/190-families.


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A dying woman was lying in the street close to the property and two men with multiple injuries were found nearby. A second person was found dead inside the flat in Hounslow, west London, during a search by firefighters.
Police are treating the fire as suspicious and have launched an inquiry into the Heston fire.
Around 50 people were evacuated from the flats and nearby properties and taken to a nearby village hall.
It is too early to tell what caused the fire, a spokesperson for the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.
The 30-year-old woman was pronounced dead in the street while a 37-year-old man and an 18-year-old man were taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening.
58 firefighters battled for three hours to control the blaze, which was under control by just before 4.30am.
The three people are believed to have jumped from the burning building shortly before firefighters arrived.
A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade said: "They were on the pavement, so that was the situation the fire crews were faced with – an intense fire and people who had jumped before they arrived."
The fire was first reported by police officers who spotted it while patrolling the area.
It is believed to have started in a flat above a shop before spreading to the roof and neighbouring properties.
The LFB spokesman said: "Firefighters carried out a search of the building and found the body of a person in the flat.
"Part of the second floor and half of the roof was damaged by the blaze."
A statement from the Metropolitan Police Service added: "At this early stage it is believed that the fire started in a second floor flat before spreading to neighbouring flats.
"The fire is being treated as suspicious. Around 30 people were evacuated from the flats and neighbouring properties, and provisions are being made by the local authority to find accommodation for them.
"An injured person was found in the street close to the building and subsequently pronounced dead. LFB brought the fire under control and are now conducting a search of the building."
Four ambulance crews, three duty officers, a hazardous area response team and the medical team from the local air ambulance in a car all attended the scene.
Local road closures are in place while firefighters investigate.


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The chairman of the Ribble Valley Conservative Association, Coun. Michael Ranson, has resigned in order to devote himself to the role of Mayor of the Ribble Valley.
Ribble Valley Borough Council leader Coun. Stuart Hirst said: "I am greatly saddened by this news and should like to pay tribute to Michael for all his dedicated hard work on behalf of the association over many years which has overseen one of the most successful electoral periods for the Conservative group on Ribble Valley council since its formation in 1974."
Ribble Valley Conservative Association chairman Coun. Ken Hind added: "I would also like to pay tribute to Michael's work. He has been agent for the association at a number of significant elections for borough council, county council and Parliamentary elections and he has given unstintingly of his time in the interests of the Conservatives in the Ribble Valley.
"We all recognise that facing a Parliamentary election and re-election of borough councillors on two councils involved in finding and fielding 60 candidates all in one year is an onerous duty alone and Michael has also the responsibilities of Mayor of the Ribble Valley with all the pressures of that job."
The Ribble Valley Conservative Association's constitution requires the executive council to select a new chairman and the officers will meet.
There is no provision in the constitution for automatic appointment of one of the two deputy chairman, the decision is the responsibility of those who make up the executive council.
Business will continue as usual in the interim with each of the officers performing their duties and the management team directing the business of the association.


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PhD (2015-2018)
Doctoral School of Environmental Science « Gay Lussac », University of La Rochelle
Original training :
Research master « Biomarine Science and Palaeoecology », Utrecht University, 2012-2014
Team : DYFEA
Keywords : food webs, modelling, coastal ecosystems, fluxes of organic matter, stable isotopes, fatty acids, meiofauna
Supervisor :
Benoit LEBRETON, Associate professor, University of La Rochelle, LIENSs UMR 7266, France
Harald ASMUS, Researcher, Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research – Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Germany
Funding : Doctoral contract from the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
Role of meiofauna in the functioning of soft-bottom coastal food webs
The general aim of this PhD thesis will be to determine how changes of food source properties affect fluxes of organic matter in soft bottom coastal habitats. A particular attention will be paid to trophic relationships between food sources (i.e., benthic diatoms, detrital matter, and phytoplankton) and the meiobenthic consumers. Different bays and habitats, fuelled by very different food resources, will be compared. Two bays will be studied: the Marennes-Oléron Bay, dominated by mudflats, and the Sylt-Rømø Bight, mostly dominated by sandflats. Studied habitats will be mudflats (dominated by epipelic microalgae), sandflats (dominated by epipsammic microalgae) and seagrass beds (characterized by a mixture of epipelic and epipsammic microalgae and high quantities of detrital organic matter). Many studies have been carried out on the functioning of these two coastal ecosystems. As a result, food web models of the Marennes-Oléron Bay and of the Sylt-Rømø Bight have already been built mostly based on relationships between food resources and macrofauna. Results obtained during this PhD will be included into pre-existing models; to improve the knowledge about the role of meiofauna in soft-bottom ecosystems. Finally, this will allow determining what are gains or loss of ecosystem functions provided by meiofauna when sediment grain size is changing.
- Seagrass bed in Marennes-Oleron
Collaborations :
- Local collaboration: Denis Fichet, Associate professor, University of La Rochelle, LIENSs UMR 7266, France
- National collaboration: Jadwiga Rzeznik-Orignac, Associate professor, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, LECOB UMR 8222, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
- National collaboration: Nathalie Niquil, Research director, French National Centre of Scientific Research, BOREA UMR 7208, Caen, France
- International collaboration: Ragnhild Asmus, Researcher, Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research – Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Germany
Publications :
- van der Heijden, L. H., and Kamenos, N. A.: Reviews and syntheses: Calculating the global contribution of coralline algae to total carbon burial, Biogeosciences, 12, 6429-6441, doi:10.5194/bg-12-6429-2015, 2015.


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In 1978 Petaluma purchased a 12 hectare property directly behind Mount Lofty in the coolest, most humid environment in South Australia, fulfilling an ambition that Brian Croser had harboured since 1970. The growing conditions for vines at Piccadilly are very similar to those of the Burgundy region of France. Here he planted Chardonnay, and from this fledgling operation sprang Petaluma, now one of Australia's most famous wineries. A modern winery was built at Piccadilly, in time for the 1979 vintage, and to this day it remains the production centre for the wines of Petaluma. In the mid 1980s, however, the company also purchased a defunct flour mill at Bridgewater, and this building now serves not only as a cellar for the maturation of Croser's wine, but also as a tasting and sales centre, as well as housing a restaurant and art gallery. More than twenty years on the Adelaide Hills is the focus of investment by many Australian winemakers, Penfolds included, who have seen the potential for producing top-class Chardonnay in its humid and relatively cool climate.
At Coonawarra (South Australia), the Evans Vineyard is the source of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot for the Petaluma Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon. Coonawarra lies on a large flat coastal plain, 230 miles (370km) south of Adelaide and 35 miles (56km) from the Great Southern Ocean to the southwest. The fabulous Terra Rossa red soil family of the Coonawarra ridge has been formed on an ancient sand dune. This soil has a long narrow cigar shape and is surrounded by black soil which does not drain as well. Coonawarra is ideally suited to the Bordeaux varieties and is one of the worlds greatest Cabernet Sauvignon regions with wines having uniquely fine-grained tannins. The variety Cabernet Sauvignon especially exhibiting unique regional/ varietal mulberry stalky flavours. The traditional Australian and Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz blend offers fruit complexity only matched by the subtle Bordeaux approach to varietal blending. In Coonawarra, Shiraz grown correctly develops a rich raspberry/spicy fruit character which integrates beautifully with the more obvious mulberry Cabernet. The climate is dominated by the cool winds from the ocean and is moderately maritime despite being influenced by the hot air of the flat plains to the north during summer.
Croser's property in the Clare Valley (South Australia) is the Hanlin Hill vineyard, and this is now the sole source of fruit for use in Petaluma's Riesling.
An inspired first vintage in 1979 set Petaluma Coonawarra on a bright course. The decision to drop shiraz from the blend and introduce merlot was revolutionary. Croser was one of the first people to recognise the potential of merlot. In a time when cabernet shiraz blends were the undisputed Australian marriage, he ripped out all his shiraz vines and replanted to merlot. Petaluma Coonawarra is a blend of about 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot but it can be as high as 40% Merlot and does vary from vintage to vintage. Maximum flavour and complexity are retained in the wine through minimal handling. Egg white fining, bottling without filtration and 18 months to 2 years in new French Allier and Nevers oak produce a very sophisticated wine.


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Despite recent rumour McCarthy insists there has been ''no approach'' from Arsenal for Doyle, who joined Wolves from Reading for £6.5 million 12 months ago.
McCarthy is adamant that it will take an outrageous type of bid for him to offload Doyle.
McCarthy said: ''When Kevin said recently that he was pledging his future to Wolves it suddenly caused a stir.
''The reality is that he was saying it to get everybody off his back.
''Leave him alone and let him play his football.
''Look, if Manchester United come in and offer the club £50 million and give him 200 grand a week, I can't keep him," the Wolves manager said. ''Then I'll have to say 'thanks, Kevin, all the best, see you'.
''But no, there's not been any approach from Arsenal – I can't be any straighter.
''Doyle will be a player for us unless someone comes in offering the earth, moon and stars for him.''


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After a day without internet, IT FINALLY CAME BACK~!!! heart I was like ugh! I cannot take this anymore cry so anyways, I hoped to but another clothes since iv'e been on a shopping spree these past few days haha xd I just wish evolving items would be back to how it was priced a year ago though ; ___; idk why but somehow the prices increased by how it supposed to be >_>
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Cuts by Congress Could Threaten Quality Dialysis Care for CKD/
Healthcare providers across the nation face the important task of caring for more than 30 million Americans who are living with Kidney Disease, and more than half a million with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Members of Congress, including your own senators, play an important role in ensuring access to this life-sustaining treatment.
Kidney care providers and dialysis facilities have made tremendous strides over the past few years in improving health outcomes, even despite reductions in federal funding. The healthcare teams help patients feel better and manage their conditions more effectively. Good care improves lives, decreases complications which lead to hospitalizations or mortality. This translates into reduced overall healthcare costs.
Unfortunately, the impending funding cuts would possibly reverse all of the good progress that has been made. Recent Congressional cuts to Medicare will drastically decrease reimbursements for dialysis treatments, impacting the level of care that centers will be able to provide. Also, the multitude of services offered by the dialysis providers would be negatively impacted due to changes in the "bundled" payments made to them.
By seeking an alternative to these cuts, and by improving other policies - like helping transplant patients afford immunosuppressive drugs - patients can live healthier lives, and hopefully help other Americans avoid ESRD altogether. You can share these concerns with your members of Congress and their staffs, and encourage them to ensure adequate financial support for dialysis so that hundreds of thousands of Americans can continue to receive quality dialysis care.
You can urge your U.S. Senators and Representatives to protect patient accessibility to quality kidney care by clicking here.
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2017-18 Jazz Series
Lizz Wright
Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 / 7:30 p.m.
Lizz Wright has been the recipient of nonstop critical acclaim and ever-increasing audiences ever since her Verve debut. Like so many vocal greats, Wright began her singing in the church. For her it was a small church in Hahira, Ga., where her father served as musical director and where she soaked up the sounds of songs of faith. She was also surrounded by varied types of secular music at home, especially jazz and soul. Wright moved to Atlanta in the late '90s to attend Georgia State University and began singing classical repertoire under Dwight Coleman. She also began singing jazz, both solo and as part of the popular local group In The Spirit. She made a name for herself in other parts of the country in 2002 as part of a touring concert tribute to Billie Holiday, where her poised, emotive performance stole the show.
A year later, Wright was signed by Verve Records and worked with legendary jazz producer Tommy LiPuma on her debut album, Salt. It topped the contemporary jazz charts and became one of the most acclaimed albums of 2003, mixing standards with new material and styles ranging from gospel to soul to jazz to blues with ease. And her clear, deep voice and mature phrasing certainly belied her age (then 23).
Over her four albums (Salt, Dreaming, The Orchard and Fellowship) Wright has demonstrated she is a top-notch songwriter and also has the interpretive skills to become a premier popular song stylist.
Storms/Nocturnes with
LU Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 / 7:30 p.m.
British saxophone legend Tim Garland, world-leading vibraphone virtuoso Joe Locke and recent Grammy nominee pianist Geoffrey Keezer create a unique three-way dialogue of captivating, immersive music. Bringing their different styles and backgrounds together, they create music that can be spacious or immensely complex, delicate but often approaching orchestral depth, and collectively find their way into a new mood or feel before the listener knows they have left the old one. Their spontaneous interaction, the dovetailing, the assertion of contrasting yet mutually supportive roles are all taken to a new level on this recording. This enduring international alliance of jazz giants is celebrating its 10th anniversary with this album and concerts throughout Europe and the U.S.
Joe Lovano Classic Quartet
Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 / 8 p.m.
Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano stands alone at the vanguard of large- and small-group jazz. From his Grammy-nominated symphonic work to his role as Gary Burton Chair of Jazz Performance at Berklee College of Music, the Cleveland native fearlessly challenges and pushes his conceptual and thematic ventures in a quest for new modes of artistic expression and new ways to define the jazz idiom. In 2014 Lovano won awards for Multi-reeds Player and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year from DownBeat magazine. He has released 23 celebrated albums on the Blue Note label, with the last three focusing on his quintet Us Five.
In Joe Lovano's Classic Quartet, Lovano will explore the rich history of mainstream jazz through swing and bebop, ever soulful. An active proponent of straight-ahead jazz, notably collaborating with Hank Jones 10 years ago, Lovano drives the edges while honoring the structures.
Vijay Iyer Sextet
Friday, May 11, 2018 / 8 p.m.
Grammy-nominated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer was described by Pitchfork as "one of the most interesting and vital young pianists in jazz today," by Los Angeles Weekly as "a boundless and deeply important young star" and by Minnesota Public Radio as "an American treasure." He has been voted DownBeat magazine's Artist of the Year three times—in 2016, 2015 and 2012. Iyer was named DownBeat's 2014 Pianist of the Year, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist. In 2014 he began a permanent appointment as the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts in the Department of Music at Harvard University.
The New York Times observes, "There's probably no frame wide enough to encompass the creative output of the pianist Vijay Iyer." Iyer has released 20 albums covering remarkably diverse terrain, most recently for the ECM label. The latest include A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke (2016), a collaboration with Iyer's "hero, friend and teacher," Wadada Leo Smith, which the Los Angeles Times calls "haunting, meditative and transportive"; Break Stuff (2015), with a coveted five-star rating in DownBeat, featuring the Vijay Iyer Trio, hailed by PopMatters as "the best band in jazz"; Mutations (2014), featuring Iyer's music for piano, string quartet and electronics, which "extends and deepens his range … showing a delicate, shimmering, translucent side of his playing" (Chicago Tribune); and Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi (2014), "his most challenging and impressive work, the scintillating score to a compelling film by Prashant Bhargava" (DownBeat), performed by International Contemporary Ensemble and released on DVD and Blu-ray.


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With the new year coming up, I thought I would look back at all the things I did this year. 2007 was by far the most interesting and exciting year I have ever lived.
One of the greatest accomplishments was spending 6 months in Hawaii. Some of the things I did there include:
Climbed Diamondhead Crater
Surfed at Waikiki Beach
Bodysurfed at Sandy Beach
Visited Pearl Harbor
Went to Maui, Oahu, and the Big Island (Hawaii)
Saw the lava flows on Hawaii
It was a great time that I will never forget. Hawaii was a great place and definitly made me a better person. I learned a lot about different cultures while I was there. But eventually, the high prices got to me and I decided to move to Arizona.
Overall, the year was awesome. Here are some of the major things I did in 2007 based on the months they happened:
– Went to Hawaii for Spring Break
– Graduated from college
– Packed up everything and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii
– Started a new job at AlohaCare as a Helpdesk Technician
– Celebrated 4th of July with the firework show in Waikiki
– Packed up once again and moved to Phoenix, Arizona
– Bought a Yellow 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt SS (below)
– Started a job at Arizona State University as a Technical Support Analyst
– Flew back home to Wisconsin to celebrate Christmas
Its hard to believe all of the things I did in 2007, but I have a feeling 2008 is going to be even more intense. I lot more traveling and events are coming up. Stayed tuned to my blog to see what happens in 2008.


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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a three-month amnesty for cricketers to report corruption after a former Essex bowler admitted accepting payments for bowling easy balls.
Mervyn Westfield, 23, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to accepting or obtaining a corrupt payment.
Westfield agreed to bowl the first over in a one-day, 40-over match between Durham and Essex in September 2009 to allow the scoring of a certain number of runs.
Following the news the ECB said that it would allow players and officials to report any corruption activity until April 30 without the threat of sanctions for not informing them before.
It is currently an offence under ECB regulations not to report corrupt activity, and the board said it wanted to "provide an open opportunity for players or officials who may not have previously reported such activity to be offered the opportunity to furnish information".
Newly appointed information officer to the ECB anti-corruption unit Chris Watts said: "Individuals may not have thought these approaches were worthy of reporting at the time, and prior to the decision of the board may have been concerned that the fact that they did not report such activity may have put them at risk of disciplinary action.
"I am working closely with the PCA to provide players and officials with this opportunity to work with our ACCESS unit to ensure that we work together to address the threat created by corruption in sport."


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The iPhone wedding...what I learned
Anyone who reads my blog or follows me on Facebook or knows me in RL knows that I love my iPhone. Seriously love it...I miss it when it's on the charger :-) And right from the beginning one of my favourite things was the fact that suddenly I always had my camera with me...not a great camera to be sure, but a camera nonetheless. And of course the other thing I love is photographing weddings...could the two things work together? It took a while for Apple to make a camera that even had a shot at being good enough but when I got a 4s for Christmas (thanks Stu!) I thought maybe the time was right. I started a 'iPhone-photo-a-day' project on January 1st and percolated the idea of an iPhone wedding. I talked to Mike Hill (who was my inspiration for the 366 project) and he very generously said I could tag along with him to a wedding and his very cool couple, Lisa and Marcus agreed.
I was really nervous...I know the limitations of the iPhone camera and I was really, really hoping I wouldn't just end up making a dick of myself (it's been known to happen lol). But I knew that Mike and Fintan would do an awesome job and that no one was relying on me. It was a chance to relax and have a play. I hear that playing is good for creativity :-)
So you wanna see some pictures?
What I'm learning here is that good light is more important than ever when your equipment is a bit marginal.
and purple kombi vans just rock!
I love that what you get is what was happening...no augmented reality here.
So NOT the right tool for this job...I was really, really missing my big zoom right about now. I suppose I could have gone in close for a different take but I was trying really hard to blend in!
Exposure lock was my friend here...hold your finger on the screen in a dark area (needs to be fairly big) and keep it there till the 'AE lock' notification pops up, then recompose and you won't lose the faces in darkness.
Lisa's dress had this amazing train...I just love these images and I can't wait to see Mike and Fintan's versions...
Some more gorgeousness...
and finally...when you don't have a zoom you just have to get a bit closer to the action...
Would I do it again? Yes, but. It was fun and it did make me look for different angles and it did force me to shoot more carefully (knowing I couldn't 'fix it in post')...but it was also frustrating and restricting and I can't wait to shoot tomorrow's wedding with a proper camera!
As much as I love my iPhone (and yes, we have kinda covered that!) I don't think it's up to the demands of a wedding just yet. It's kind of like a chef trying to make a gourmet meal out of the contents of my fridge...good luck with that!
There are more pics on Facebook :-)
And if you want to see what the 'chef' made check out Mike Hill Photography's images from this wedding here.
Wow, I can't believe these were taken from your iPhone?!
If only Mr E's photos from his were ever this good :-) x
Wow, I can't believe these were taken from your iPhone?!
If only Mr E's photos from his were ever this good :-) x
Love it!! I love my iPhone too. Awesome to see what someone as talented as you can do with it! And thanks for the tip on exposure lock!! :)


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