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AgriLife Extension program helps Texans watch their 'BAC'
Watch UR BAC program accepting requests for alcohol awareness presentations
COLLEGE STATION – Due to a recently approved grant renewal, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service's Watch UR BAC program will be able to continue offering free alcohol awareness programs throughout the state, said program manager Bobbi Brooks, based in College Station.
"With continued funding from the Texas Department of Transportation, we want people to know that if they'd like to have such a program at a school, county fair, safety or health fair, or other community location or event, we are now accepting requests for from October of this year through September of next year," Brooks said.
Watch UR BAC — the BAC refers to blood alcohol concentration– is an interactive AgriLife Extension program that has been promoting alcohol awareness through educational outreach for the past three years, Brooks explained. Team members have decades of combined experience in drunk driving prevention and alcohol awareness education.
"The purpose of the program is to teach Texans about the dangers of alcohol misuse, including binge drinking, alcohol poisoning and the dangers of impaired driving," she said.
Brooks said the team uses a modern interactive approach with its audiences, engaging them through the use of technology and "impactful" presentations by or about those affected by impaired driving.
"The program has recently added another DWI prevention simulator, and these simulators are usually a big draw at our presentations," she said. "We also have a pedal car that is used with the impaired driving goggles while pedaling through a cone course."
Watch UR BAC program coordinator Laura Dean-Mooney, also based in College Station, said another objective is to reach parents through meetings held the evening following a school presentation.
"These meetings focus on the dangers of providing alcohol to minors, trends in underage drinking and demonstrations of the impaired driving goggles," she said. "We have found that parents are often not aware of what is going on with youth in terms of drinking trends and statistics."
Dean-Mooney said their programs often include presentations of "unique and moving stories" relating to some of the serious consequences associated with driving under the influence.
"We have had Sean and Jenny Carter speak at some events and the feedback on their presentation has been incredible," she said. "Audiences have been truly touched by 'When Sean Speaks' — the story of a young man and his mother describing the consequences of getting in the car with a drinking driver and the aftermath of living with a traumatic brain injury."
More information on the Carter's story can be found at:http://www.whenseanspeaks.com.
Dean-Mooney said the program also uses the Amber Menefee Mobile Memorial, a trailered crashed car and presentation about Amber Menefee, a student at Texas Tech University killed by a drunk driver in 2006. More information on the mobile memorial can be found at: http://www.ambersmobilememorial.org.
Dean-Mooney said both presentations have limited availability and "When Sean Speaks" requires a minimum of 200 attendees.
"If your county or school does not have an audience that size, please consider inviting other schools or 4-H clubs from surrounding areas for an assembly or gathering," she said.
Brooks said those wanting a Watch UR BAC alcohol awareness program at their location can contact the Watch UR BAC staff for a request form.
"Priority is given to communities where we have not presented in the last year, and we ask that people book as early as possible for scheduling purposes," she said.
She also suggested checking the program's website athttp://watchurbac.tamu.edu/; Facebook page, Watch UR BAC; or Twitter account, @WatchURBAC, for current updates.
For more information on the Watch UR BAC program, contact Brooks at 979-862-8325 or firstname.lastname@example.com, Dean-Mooney at 979-862-1911 email@example.com,or Janet Sandera at 979-458-0124 email@example.com.


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Our 2nd organization that we'd like to introduce you to that receive part of the Emergency Solutions Grant is Four Rivers Outreach in Sherman.
"Four Rivers Outreach was co-founded in 2006 by Arthur Horn and Larry Watkins back in 2006. We started out with a 2-bedroom house with 2 ladies, not having a clue what we were doing – we didn't have any design."
After going from 800 to 10,000 square feet of space in just 2 years, they have become one of the largest nonprofit, faith-based organizations in Grayson County.
The Transitional Living Facility for Men – called The Brotherhood dorm - houses 8 men at a time who are working hard to overcome dependency problems. And, they were recently donated a house that will be the women's transitional home.
Arthur's wife, Jeannie, who everyone calls "Momma," supervises in the kitchen – which provides over 400 meals a week, thanks to community donations.
And the big question that we've been asking all of the organizations who received this grant – what is the biggest misconception about those who need shelter?
"The misconception is that people that are homeless are lazy. And that's not true. The homelessness that we have here are not people that are lazy. It's people that have so severe mental issues with long-term homelessness that they cannot cope with life."
Finally, Four Rivers offers GED training courses. Instructor Carrie Stell's impact is seen in students like Vera Essex and Ashley Cocklin.
"I just thank them for having me, and working with me – and giving me the opportunity to better myself."
"They changed my life in the best way that they possibly could. And I would thank them a whole bunch for what they're allowing me to do here."
Even Tripod, the kitty, has found a home at Four Rivers Outreach. Everyone is welcome here. It's evident the moment you walk through the door.

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Designing Data Source Views (Analysis Services)
Online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining projects in Microsoft SQL Server are designed based on a logical data model of related tables, views, and queries from one or more data sources. This logical data model is called a data source view. A data source view is an object that contains the metadata from selected data source objects, including any relationships between these objects defined in the underlying data source or defined in the data source view. A data source view caches the metadata from the data sources that the view is built upon. The cached metadata lets you develop an Analysis Services project without a continuous active connection to the data source.
Data source views let you define a subset of the data that populates a large data warehouse. Additionally, they let you define a homogenous schema based on heterogeneous data sources or subsets of data sources. Because data source views represent an isolated schema, you can add any required annotations without affecting the schemas of the underlying data sources
A data source view contains the following items:
A name and a description.
A definition of any subset of the schema retrieved from one or more data sources, up to and including the whole schema, including the following:
Table names.
Column names.
Data types.
Column lengths.
Primary keys.
Primary key - foreign key relationships.
Annotations to the schema from the underlying data sources, including the following:
Friendly names for tables, views, and columns.
Named queries that return columns from one or more data sources (that show as tables in the schema).
Named calculations that return columns from a data source (that show as columns in tables or views).
Logical primary keys (needed if a primary key is not defining in the underlying table or is not included in the view or named query).
Logical primary key - foreign key relationships between tables, views, and named queries.
Using Data Source Views for Different Objects
Analysis Services design tools use data source views to maintain a cache of relational metadata and to take advantage of some of the annotations within a data source view. By describing a subset of tables and views in a data source, a data source view makes available only the tables required by OLAP and data mining objects. A data source view handles the layout of tables, filters, SQL expressions, relationships, and other complexities of the schema. Therefore, a data source view enables simple bindings by Analysis Services cubes, dimensions, and mining models to the tables and columns in the data source view.
You can build multiple data source views in an Analysis Services project or database on one or more data sources and construct each one to satisfy the requirements for a different solution.
A single data source view supports multiple diagrams that show different subsets of the data source view. Sometimes, you may use separate diagrams to work with sections of a data source view that pertain to a particular object. Unlike different data source views, different diagrams reference the same schema. Therefore, any changes made in one diagram apply to all other diagrams in the data source view.
If a data source contains fields that are of the tinyint datatype and the AutoIncrement property is set to True, then they will be converted to integers in the data source view.
Working with Multiple Data Sources
When defining a data source view that contains tables, views, or columns from multiple data sources, the first data source from which you add objects to the data source view is designated as the primary data source (you cannot change the primary data source after it is defined). After defining a data source view based on objects from a single data source, you can then add objects from other data sources. If an OLAP processing or a data mining query requires data from multiple data sources in a single query, the primary data source must support remote queries using OpenRowset. Typically, this will be a Microsoft SQL Server data source. For example, if you design an OLAP dimension that contains attributes that are bound to columns from multiple data sources, then Analysis Services will construct an OpenRowset query to populate this dimension during processing. However, if an OLAP object can be populated or a data mining query resolved from a single data source, then an OpenRowset query will not be constructed. In certain situations, you may be able to define attribute relationships between attributes to eliminate the need for an OpenRowset query. For more information about attribute relationships, see Attribute Relationships and Defining Attribute Relationships.
Topics in this Section
The following are the topics in this section.
Adding or Removing Tables or Views in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
Viewing or Changing Data Source View, DataTable and DataColumn Properties in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
Defining Logical Relationships in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
Defining Logical Primary Keys in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
Defining Named Calculations in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
Defining Named Queries in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
Replacing a Table or a Named Query in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
Working with Diagrams in a Data Source View (Analysis Services)
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Skip to comments.Blair warns Serbs to accept different vision for Kosovo
Posted on 06/27/2006 3:46:02 AM PDT by kronos77
Serbia must accept a "different vision" for the future make-up of south-east Europe or face increasing isolation and diminishing prospects of closer relations with the European Union, Tony Blair, the UK prime minister, will tell Vojislav Kostunica, his Serbian counterpart, tomorrow --- Belgrade is under pressure from the UK, US and the UN administration in Kosovo to accept independence as the "least problematic solution".
However, Mr Kostunica faces formidable domestic pressure not to abandon Serbia's historical claims to the province, now dominated by ethnic Albanians. Belgrade continues to offer "the widest possible autonomy" without conceding sovereignty. --- Serbian state-run newspapers recently exposed internal UN plans for dealing with a "new Serb exodus" of 70,000 people from Kosovo in the event of independence. ---
(Excerpt) Read more at ft.com ...
As BBC radio just said, Britt oficial said that "Serbia must willingly accept indipendence of Kosovo, cause in other way indipendence for Kosovo will be hard to achive (?) but EU would give benefits to kosovo and punish Serbia."
Have someone said to British that they have no empire anymore?
Anyway they do, it is called Londonistan Caliphat and administrative centre is somwhere in Mecca...
Give Ireland back to the Irish, Mr. Blair!
Are you trying to scare us again kronos? Koffee is going to have to have a talk with you again...
THIS is scary:
The 100,000 remaining Kosovo Serbs have sounded alarm bells about renewed ethnic violence aimed at driving them out. Serbs who have returned to northern Kosovo say they will pack up and go to central Serbia again unless the UN interim administration tracks down the murderer of Dragan Popovic, a 68-year-old Serbkilled last week on the doorstep of his home, to which he returned last year after abandoning it in 1999.
While an autopsy showed a gunshot wound to the back of his head, the UN administration refused to confirm an ethnic motive for the killing. UN officials warned Serbs against "any unilateral security measures not within the bounds of law", such as forming local militias.
He don`t even call it N.Irleand, but Ulster!
UN officials in Belgrade confirmed the existence of emergency evacuation plans, but cautioned against citing these as a "scare tactic".
"Yes, the genocide over will hapen again, and yes we intend to do nothing to prevent it, but you should not talk abot that cause you might ged people scared!"
The US should immediately withdraw from the "Contact Group". Muslim extremists slaughter thousands of our own people and we reward them by giving them another country.
See? Nothing to worry about. Just a random drive-by shooting, happens all the time around here (D.C.) Of course, since it's black on black it rarely gets mentioned just like a Palestinian quietly stabbing a Jewish "settler" or a Kosovan "non-militia-man" checking or cleaning his weapon in front of some old Serb guy's house.
Strictly speaking, it would only be a genocide if enough Serbs resist being cleansed. Otherwise, it will just be a run-of-the-mill ethnic cleansing.
Something like:
"Ill shut you if you don`t let me rape you"?
Sometimes I belive that Blair is in WOT just to wah-out his sins from time when he was pro-islamist ally of Billy The Cli(n)t. Entire British poltics is actualy "multiculturalism" support to islam, and thrust me if USA didn`t went herself in WOT, Britts wouldn`t move finger.
Yes, or "I'm not trying to take your house, so I'll prove it by burning it down."
'Give Ireland back to the Irish, Mr. Blair!'
Give America back to the Americans, Mr. Bush!
Serbs warn Blair accept a different vision for Londonstan.
Albania for the Albanians!
Serbs lived under this "different vision" for 400 years.
We've already had a taste of this "glorious" vision under the Ottoman's. Mr. Blair... piss off.
I am sure Mr. Blair would like to remake Europe to please Turkish aspirations. His mindset was predicted in a prophetic book by Chesterton:
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Just reinstalled Sabayon after a hardware problem and I can't manage to install any new software properly, either using Entropy/Equo, or by emerge. I don't get any error messages, and everything appears to work, but then when I try to run the installed program nothing happens, or sometimes a few seconds of activity, then nothing. I've tried running from the konsole (yes, I'm using KDE) and from the menu.
Everything that was installed originally works, except for gwenview, which I tried to reinstall, unsuccessfully.
I'm sure this is a newbie doing something stupid- anyone able to help out?
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Oh, I HOPE I Hope I HOPE I Hope I HOPE I Hope
But afraid they may choose Cantor or that other asshat.
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 9:08 PM UTC
Report: Right wing plots coup to oust Boehner
The Ohio congressman's days as House speaker could be numbered -- and Tea Partyers appear to be keeping count
When members of Congress vote next month to determine who shall lead the House, odds are increasingly dim for House Speaker John Boehners hold on power.
Since the failure of his Plan B proposal for extending the Bush-era tax cuts for all but the riches Americans those with an annual income of $1 million or more pundits and pols have been raising the spectre of a new speaker of the House come the next Congress. The pundits, for once, appear to be onto something.


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Breaking news: A missing special needs child has been located.
16-year-old Teri Creamer climbed the fence outside her home on Skunk Valley Lane in Southport around 7:30 Thursday night.
The Bay County sheriff's office and a team of volunteers has been searching ever since. Teri's grandfather and a friend just located her just before noon in a wooded area off Prosper Road.
She is okay other than a few scratches on her legs.
Teri tells us she got turned around and couldn't find her way home.
During the search for Teri, deputies also found a meth lab. They were checking registered sex offenders who live in the area. One of them refused to let deputies come inside. Turns out he was not hiding the girl. He was hiding a meth lab in his home.
News Channel 7's Sandra Osborne will have more at tonight on News Channel 7 at 5:00 and 6:00.
The Bay County Sheriff's Office is looking for a special needs child, missing since Thursday night.
Deputies say 16-year-old Teri Creamer left her home on Skunk Valley Lane in Southport about 7:30 p.m. and has not been seen since.
Teri is about 5'0" tall, 100 pounds with shoulder-length brown hair. She was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt and jean shorts.
BCSO is using air and canine units to search for the teen, who is said to have the mentality of a 10-year-old, but had been unable to locate Creamer as of Friday morning.
The BCSO has been searching by ground and air since Teri's parents reported her missing.
If you see Teri, call the Bay County Sheriff's Office at 850-747-4700 or Crime Stoppers at 850-785-TIPS.


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Phil Jagielka believes England boss Roy Hodgson faces a tough decision over whether to stick with Jagielka's Everton team-mate Leighton Baines or bring back Ashley Cole at left-back for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Poland.
Jagielka has hailed Baines as the in-form player in the Barclays Premier League this season and he again impressed during Friday's 5-0 win over minnows San Marino at Wembley. Cole was rested for that match because of his ongoing ankle problem and he is only two caps away from reaching 100 senior appearances for his country.
Jagielka said: "It is going to be a really tough decision for the manager. Getting to watch Bainesy from a closer view than most, he has had a fantastic start to the season at club level and international level. It is not a bad headache for the manager to have."
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Selfish people in the dojo
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Dojo: Aikido Kenkyukai International
Location: Ambler, Pennsylvania
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 232
Re: Selfish people in the dojo
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I started aikido 3 years ago and people in my dojo didn't want to pair up with me. As time passed by, I realized the same happened to all beginners. And not only do the more advanced students prefer advanced pairs - most of them actively avoid pairing up with anyone who hasn't practiced at least a year or two. They can be surrounded by low-level students, yet search every direction trying to avoid too much eye contact with them and find a more advanced pair.
The general rule in my dojo seems to be that the better your skills are, the more people want to practice with you. I can understand it: The best students are good ukes and they can also give you good advice that helps you improve. But what I can't understand is why so many people act according to their own wishes and ignore the needs of the others. We all want to improve, so it's not fair to leave beginners on their own. And I think it's very impolite to turn your back on some of your fellow students all the time just because they're not good.
We were all bad at first and we've learned so much from our seniors, so shouldn't we pay it forward and help others in turn? Unfortunately most of my dojo mates don't seem to think like that. Even the students who have started after me -- including those two who have become "accepted members of the club" and get to practice with other advanced students almost all the time -- seem just as eager to get more advanced pairs as everyone else. I had hoped that someone would follow my example, but the selfish atmosphere seems contagious.
I want everyone to feel welcome and appreciated, but I also want to get value for my money. Being the only more advanced student in my dojo who actively tries to pair up with low-level students, I've become very popular among them. When I don't seek them out, they seek me out so I hardly ever get to practice with anyone better than me. The aikido style I practice puts great emphasis on co-operation and the role of uke, so practicing with well-trained ukes is crucial to becoming good. I feel like I haven't improved in ages, probably because I practice so much with pairs who move in a wrong way and can't offer me any advice. (I'm sure practicing with them teaches me many things, but not the aikido style I'm trying to learn.)
I've talked about this situation with the sensei and he doesn't want to interfere with pairing up. I'm too shy to confront other students and tell them what I think. But more and more often I find myself reluctant to go to the dojo. I don't want to help my selfish dojo mates by teaching beginners to become the good ukes they want. If good ukes are so important to them, they should do their part of the work required. And what comes to beginners, I don't know if I should care. It's probably better if they don't like it there and quit.
I like aikido but the atmosphere in my dojo is really getting on my nerves. Is it possible for a dojo like this to change? Has it ever happened? It's been at least 3 years this way, so maybe I should give up and find another hobby?
sounds like this habit is ibecome ngrained in your dojo's tradition ,but somehow one can only hope the change will begin with you best of luck!
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This is a reprint of a recipe I posted long ago on FLDG. I dug it out as I'm going to use it this morning to make individual terrines to serve as a first course at our Thanksgiving meal. This time I'm doing it all-shrimp, as I've had some large Malaysian Flower shrimp in my freezer for a long time that need using up. Anyway, if the recipe's good enough to use over and over again, it's good enough to share again.
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I've been playing with this recipe all summer using different combinations of seafood and herbs, and have finally decided on a favorite--the simple, direct flavor of just scallops with dill and cilantro. I use dry-packed frozen wild scallops from Alaska.
1/2 lb scallops
1 tblsp butter
1/2 c V-8
2 tsps Worcestershire sauce
a dash or three hot sauce like Tabasco or Chilula
2 tblsp chopped fresh cilantro
2 tblsp fresh chopped dill (1 tblsp dried dill
the zest of one small lemon
1 c sour cream
1/2 tsp salt (if you used unsalted butter above)
ground white pepper
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
In a small saute pan, saute the scallops for two to four minutes depending on their size. Do NOT overcook! In another small pot, combine the V-8 and gelatin and stir while heating to dissolve the gelatin. (This step works well with a coffee cup in a microwave, too.) Set aside to cool.
When the scallops are done, remove them to a food processor and coarsely grind. Place in a bowl with the reserved cooking liquid and whisk in the remaining ingredients.
Pour the mixture into a three cup or larger dish or gelatine mold. Unmold by setting the dish into a larger dish containing a few cups of boiling water for about half a minute to loosen. Do not leave it too long or your mixture will melt.


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Thread: Hold fire.... earn a medal
#1 Hold fire.... earn a medal05-12-2010, 03:01 PM
Good grief. Well....it is the Air Force after all. :p
If people don't react, many of these might be awarded posthumously. :(
Hold fire, earn a medal
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
U.S. troops in Afghanistan could soon be awarded a medal for not doing something, a precedent-setting award that would be given for courageous restraint for holding fire to save civilian lives.
The proposal is now circulating in the Kabul headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force, a command spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
The idea is consistent with our approach, explained Air Force Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis. Our young men and women display remarkable courage every day, including situations where they refrain from using lethal force, even at risk to themselves, in order to prevent possible harm to civilians. In some situations our forces face in Afghanistan, that restraint is an act of discipline and courage not much different than those seen in combat actions.
Soldiers are often recognized for non-combat achievement with decorations such as their services commendation medal. But most of the highest U.S. military decorations are for valor in combat. A medal to recognize a conscious effort to avoid a combat action would be unique.
Consideration of such an award, first reported by an Associated Press reporter in Afghanistan, doesnt mean that, if approved, troops would be pressured to prevent such casualties at risk to themselves, Sholtis said.
We absolutely support the right of our forces to defend themselves, Sholtis said. Valuing restraint in a potentially dangerous situation is not the same thing as denying troops the right to employ lethal force when they determine that it is necessary.
A spokesman for the 2.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars, the nations largest group of combat veterans, thinks the award would cause confusion among the ranks and send a bad signal.
The self-protections built into the rules of engagement are clear, and the decision to return fire must be made instantly based on training and the threat, said Joe Davis, a spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The enemy already hides among noncombatants, and targets them, too. The creation of such an award will only embolden their actions and put more American and noncombatant lives in jeopardy. Lets not rush to create something that no one wants to present posthumously.
Giving a medal for restraint was proposed by British Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, ISAFs Regional Command South commander, during a recent visit to Kandahar by Army Command Sgt. Maj. Mike Hall, the top U.S. enlisted member in Afghanistan, Sholtis said.
U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the ISAF commander, has placed a premium on preventing civilian deaths, having last year tightened the rules of engagement for air strikes and other combat operations in an effort to prevent fatalities. Such deaths build resentment among a populace the U.S. is trying to win over as part of its counterinsurgency strategy to simultaneously drive out the Taliban and strengthen Afghan government.
According to the United Nations, more than 2,400 civilians were killed last year, although estimates vary widely. From March 21 to April 21, 173 civilians were killed in Afghanistan a 33 percent increase over the same period the previous year according to the Associated Press, citing Afghan Interior Ministry figures.Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound - Unknown
The problem is Empty People, Not Loaded Guns - Linda Schrock Taylor
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New Design Could Reduce Complications in Hip Replacement
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Released: 26-Feb-2013 1:00 PM EST
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54th Annual National Student Research Forum
Newswise — ST. LOUIS – Andrew Murtha, a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University, hopes to specialize in orthopedic medicine.
A unique opportunity to collaborate with experienced researchers at the Missouri Bone & Joint Research Foundation not only gave him a head start in his medical career, but also allowed him to develop a new design for an artificial hip that should help reduce post-operative complications.
The winner of the 48th annual Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Research Forum at SLU, Murtha presented his research that combines two recent advances in design to improve new hip implants to SLU School of Medicine students and faculty. Murtha was chosen as the winner from a group of six presenters.
"I always wanted to learn more about hip replacements," said the Cedar Rapids, Iowa resident Murtha, who graduated from SLU with an undergraduate degree in biology. "I received great exposure through this project as we went about designing techniques for the model."
The biomechanical study found that using a thinner plastic (polyethylene) liner to accommodate a larger femoral head, which replaces the highest part of the bone in the thigh, did not increase the risk of fracturing the liner. Prior research has shown that using larger femoral heads helps to reduce dislocation, a common complication of this procedure.
Traditionally, hip dislocation and degeneration of bone tissue from the liner's wear debris are the two complications of hip replacements that require more operations. These have been addressed by two biomechanical designs – increasing the size of the femoral head that prevents the hip from getting dislocated and using newer types of wear-resistant polyethylene to avoid bone degeneration. In this study, Murtha worked with his collaborators to ensure that using both methods simultaneously would not compromise the structural design of the implant.
"We found that larger diameter heads can be used with this newer wear-resistant polyethylene in hip replacement surgeries without compromising the liner's locking mechanism," Murtha said, emphasizing that this is a promising modification in design to improve ball and socket systems currently in use.
"There are still limitations to this study as we have just looked at one liner design. However, our data supports developing current technologies to reduce complications." The panel of judges at the research forum was very impressed with Murtha's in-depth knowledge of the study.
"Andrew was really involved in all stages of this project. He knew the ins and outs of it, how the hardware will be tested and what the questions were. It's nice to see a student carry a project all the way," said Michael Rauchman, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine at SLU and one of the judges at the research forum. "This was a basic, bio-mechanical engineering study that had clear translation and application in terms of what kinds of hardware would be used to reduce complications in a hip replacement without causing any adverse effects." Murtha will present his work at the 54th Annual National Student Research Forum in Galveston, Texas in April.
"I really enjoyed the experience of presenting my research to my colleagues and faculty and now I look forward to representing Saint Louis University at a national level," Murtha said.
Ray Kreienkamp received the second place, Pei Zhang and Bharat Panuganti, both shared the third place, and Tiffany Adams and Sindu Vellanki received honorable mentions at the research forum.
Established in 1836, Saint Louis University School of Medicine has the distinction of awarding the first medical degree west of the Mississippi River. The school educates physicians and biomedical scientists, conducts medical research, and provides health care on a local, national and international level. Research at the school seeks new cures and treatments in five key areas: cancer, infectious disease, liver disease, aging and brain disease and heart/lung disease.


text: This news item expired on 3/31/2013, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Nurse-Family Partnership: Investing in Healthier Families Each year in North Carolina, 21,000 children are born to first-time, low-income mothers. These mothers are at greatest risk of suffering health, education and economic disparities that perpetuate a vicious cycle of poverty. Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) is a nationally recognized, evidence-based nurse home visitation program that helps transform the lives of vulnerable mothers pregnant with their first child. Buncombe County is one of 17 counties in the State that now operates a NFP program. Each mother served by NFP is partnered with a registered nurse early in her pregnancy and receives ongoing nurse home visits that continue through her child's second birthday. In Buncombe County, over half of the caseload are women 19 years of age or younger, although NFP serves mothers of all ages. Through ongoing consultations in the mother's home, registered nurses work to: Improve pregnancy outcomes Improve child health and development Increase the economic self-sufficiency of the family NFP has proven to prevent preterm birth, low birth-weight infants, and child abuse and neglect. The RAND Corporation has independently estimated that the return for each dollar invested in NFP is up to $5.70. In North Carolina, NFP has served 2,397 mothers, welcomed 1,573 babies and conducted 47,426 home visits. In Buncombe County, we have served a total of 225 families, welcomed 136 babies and conducted over 4,500 home visits since the program began here in October 2009. AS A RESULT in North Carolina: 89% of babies were born full-term, and 89% were born at a healthy weight (at or above 5.5 lbs.). 72% of mothers enrolled in NFP in Buncombe County had no subsequent pregnancies at program completion (i.e., 28 percent faced a repeat pregnancy within 2.5 years of enrollment). 44% of mothers who entered the program without a high school diploma or GED have since earned one, and another 26% are working to obtain one. AS A RESULT in Buncombe County the outcomes are much the same as the State: 89.7% of babies were born full term and 90.4% were born at a healthy weight 76% of moms enrolled in NFP had no subsequent pregnancies at program completion 66% of moms at 6 months postpartum are either back in school or working towards graduating either from high school, college, or obtaining a GED. This number increased while the women were in the program by almost 15%. In addition, 83.6% of children in the program were breastfed at birth, 44.6% at 6 months and 25% were still breastfeeding at one year. These numbers are well above both state and national numbers, decreasing the likelihood of obesity in our children. By 2 years of age, 100% of NFP children have been fully immunized for their age. These are just a few outcomes that support the success of Nurse Family Partnership in North Carolina and particularly in Buncombe County. Please see the attached State Report and do not hesitate to contact Jennings Garry at 707-3069 for further information on Nurse Family Partnership. Table: News Item Documents File NameSizeTypeDate & Time Added State NFP Report 1 MB 02/11/2013 3:29 PM


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New research centre sheds light on Western Sydney's most pressing health issues
9 October 2013
The University of Sydney is bringing its most innovative and visionary multi-disciplinary research and education centre to Western Sydney to find real-world solutions to some of the most pressing health issues in the region: obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The Charles Perkins Centre Nepean, based at Sydney Medical School's Nepean Clinical School, will bring together internationally recognised health and medical researchers with experts from fields as diverse as architecture, social sciences and engineering to find practical approaches to help ease the burden of chronic disease.
As Australia's leading causes of morbidity and mortality, the effects of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease are particularly pronounced in Western Sydney. More than half of its rapidly growing and ageing population is overweight or obese, with high rates of stress, diabetes and smoking.
"Obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes are not going to be fixed by medical treatments alone," says Professor Michael Peek, Head of Sydney Medical School Nepean and local Windsor resident.
"What is needed is research expertise from many different groups, working together, to better understand and solve the complexities of these diseases. This new centre gives us a great opportunity to contribute to this fight for better health."
The Centre will be launched on 9 October by University of Sydney Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Jill Trewhella, Academic Director of the Charles Perkins CentreProfessor Stephen Simpson, Dean of Sydney Medical School Professor Bruce Robinson and Professor Michael Peek. Local dignitaries will include Bart Bassett MP, Member for Londonderry, Fiona Scott MP, Member for Lindsay and Counsellor Ross Fowler, Mayor of Penrith.
The Charles Perkins Centre Nepean will work with the Western Sydney community and the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District to develop research programs, collaborate on new research partnerships, develop cross-disciplinary teaching programs, and inspire and train the next generation of researchers and practitioners.
"We hope that by working hand-in-hand with local residents we'll be able to make real differences not just to their lives, but to the lives of people all over Australia," says Professor Stephen Simpson, Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre.
"Working directly with local communities is at the heart of the research and education mission of the Charles Perkins Centre. With strong existing community support for research and education at the University's Sydney Medical School Nepean, we are confident that Charles Perkins Centre Nepean will be a valuable partnership for both local residents and researchers."
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Smoking, A Killer Target Achieved
Press Release – Waikato District Health Board
Media Release Date: Tuesday 27 November 2012 Smoking, A Killer Target Achieved Waikato District Health Board (DHB) has achieved a health target which chief executive Craig Climo often says is the "easiest" one of them all. Last month, 95 per cent of …
Media Release
Date: Tuesday 27 November 2012
Smoking, A Killer Target Achieved
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) has achieved a health target which chief executive Craig Climo often says is the "easiest" one of them all.
Last month, 95 per cent of all people seen by health practitioners in the DHB's hospitals were asked if they smoked and, then if they did, offered brief advice and support to quit.
The 2012-13 quarter one health target results published today for the period July to September this year show Waikato sitting at 93 per cent for the smoking target.
"It took us a long time to get to that and now we are at 95 per cent, we are not going to ease up," director of nursing and midwifery Sue Hayward said of last month's figure.
"It's one of the very big differences we can make on health outcomes for our region," she said. "And it's as simple as asking the question, 'do you smoke?'".
The health targets also show Waikato DHB is well ahead of its elective surgery target and chief operating officer Jan Adams says figures to the end of October continued that trend.
"In five years the number of elective operations we've done at Waikato DHB has gone from 10,131 to 13,589 a year. That's 3458 more people to benefit from the skills of our clinicians," she said.
Waikato DHB has achieved that while in the middle of a $500 million building programme. The number of operating theatres will increase overall so in the interim the DHB outsources elective work to private hospitals in Hamilton and South Auckland and to neighbouring DHBs.
The plan is to bring much of the private elective work back in-house from 2014.
The all of hospital target of having 95 per cent of people admitted, discharged or transferred from emergency department, within six hours, saw Waikato slip back.
There was an increase in paediatric cases, particularly respiratory tract infections which put pressure on hospital beds.
This meant on some occasions children were nursed for an extended period of time in the emergency department instead of in a ward.
Work is now underway on addressing the number of paediatric beds required for the winter periods.
"Waikato ED continues to show a growth in presentations over and above what one could expect purely from population growth," Mrs Adams said.
"It is important to note there have been many actions taken to achieve better patient care. To do this, we have focused on our systems because the focus is not, and should not solely be, on what occurs in the emergency department. What happens there is part of the whole patient journey."
At tomorrow's board meeting (Wednesday 28 November), members will have a presentation from Midlands Health Network which Mrs Adams said should positively impact on Waikato Hospital's emergency department presentations.
In other health target results, Waikato had 100 percent of patients, who were ready-for-treatment, receive their radiotherapy and chemotherapy within four weeks of the decision to treat.
And 60 per cent of Waikato's eligible population had their cardiovascular risk assessed in the last five years. The current stage is to achieve 75 per cent by July 2013.
Read more information on Waikato DHB's health targets. www.waikatodhb.health.nz/healthtargets
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About Waikato District Health Board and Health Waikato:
Waikato DHB is responsible for planning, funding and providing quality health and disability support services for the 372,865 people living in the Waikato DHB region. It has an annual turnover of $1.2 billion and employs more than 6000 people.
Health Waikato is the DHB's main provider of hospital and health services with an annual budget of more than $701 million and 5238 staff. It has six groups across five hospital sites, three primary birthing units, two continuing care facilities and 20 community bases offering a comprehensive range of primary, secondary and tertiary health services.
A wide range of independent providers deliver other Waikato DHB-funded health services – including primary health, pharmacies and community laboratories.
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Cold Night Doesn't Stop Annual Service Project
Thursday, Nov. 07, 2013
The Student Life section of Utah State Today highlights work written by the talented student journalists at Utah State University. Each week, the editor selects a story that has been published in The Utah Statesman or the Hard News Café or both for inclusion in Utah State Today.
Cold Night Doesn't Stop Annual Service Project
By Connor Comeau, staff writer, The Utah Statesman, Thursday, November 7, 2013
One hundred students braved the cold Logan air Monday night [Nov. 4, 2013] to help with an annual service project put on by the Val R. Christensen Service Center called Stuff-a-Bus. The Stuff-a-Bus program goes to different locations in the valley to ask for donations such as money, food and toiletries to help benefit the Cache Valley Food Pantry.
Since 2006, the Stuff-a-Bus program has donated 96,701 pounds worth of food items and more than $36,000 in donations alone. Chloe Raphael, service center historian, said this program comes at a big time for the food pantry especially since the holidays are right around the corner.
The program, which started in 1996, is the largest food drive in the Cache Valley.
"Since we are so close to the holidays, we ask for as many donations as we can," Raphael said. "Thankfully, the people here in the valley are very generous and are very willing to help in any way."
The Stuff-a-Bus program will run through November with two separate parts to the program.
The first part is called Blitz Nights. On Blitz Nights, such as Monday, a big group of students, ranging anywhere from 100 to as many as 400 students, get on buses and go to different parts of the valley to collect food. The second part, called Store Nights, involve the leadership of the service center going to local stores and asking for donations.
The program is part of the Aggies Giving Service campaign, an event running through Dec. 13. The purpose of Aggies Giving Service is to help promote service activities throughout the valley and to help members log their service hours for the center. Caleb Carroll, the director of Aggie Health, said there are always open spots for people to help serve.
"Our center, Aggie Health, focuses on health related service projects," Carroll said. "This and the Stuff-a-Bus program help to show that there are activities for every interest."
Student turnout has been on the increase for the past few years, and this has led to an increased interest for students to help out, said Kevin Meacham, USU/SA service vice president.
"Even though this was the first night that we did this, I felt that we had a very good turnout," Meacham said. "It is usually during the middle of the month that we get our biggest numbers of students."
Meacham said last year brought a total of 7,000 people combined to help with the efforts of the Stuff-a-Bus program, which has led to an increase in the amount of food and money donations the food pantry has received.
Getting donations can be hard, but Raphael said she wants students to go out, have fun and get to know one another.
"Going door to door and getting donations is kind of like a giant scavenger hunt," Raphael said. "You don't know what you're going to get and you have to navigate neighborhoods you've never been in before. I think that what makes this worthwhile."
Student feedback for the program has been overwhelmingly positive and everyone involved with the program has given great feedback, Meacham said.
"I have been told by some students that it is a little nervous at the beginning, but overall had a fantastic experience," Meacham said. "The program wouldn't be where it is at without the help of the students and the residents of Cache Valley."
The program is one of many put on by the service center. In addition to Stuff-a-Bus, the center has 17 different programs students can get involved with, such as Friends of the Elderly and PALS. Any student can volunteer with a program, and Raphael said she encourages everyone to come and help out.
We are always looking for people to help with service," Raphael said. "Doing service activities can be a very fun and rewarding experience."
The Blitz Nights will continue each Monday throughout November. For more information on ways to get involved, visit the service center on the third floor of the Taggart Student Center.
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Fourth Child on the Way for Tracy Morgan
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His hit show 30 Rock may be saying its final goodbye Thursday night, but for Tracy Morgan, today is also about new beginnings.
The actor and comedian and his model fiancée Megan Wollover are expecting their first child together early this summer, Morgan, 44, confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
"I am over the moon excited and just want a happy and healthy baby and a safe delivery for Megan," he tells PEOPLE.
Morgan, who has three grown sons, recently told Rolling Stone he hoped to have a baby daughter one day.
"You know what happiness is? Happiness is a simple thing, man," he told the magazine. "It's having something to look forward to."
The funny man announced his engagement on the Emmy red carpet in September, and told Ryan Seacrest the two got engaged six months prior in San Francisco.
Said Wollover, 26, of the traditional proposal, "It wasn't anything crazy. He was on bended knee and everything."
Morgan, who is currently in New Orleans for the Superbowl, kicks off his "Excuse My French" tour in March.
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I think I understand it less in English than I might have done in Latin!
Student or Learner
Note that the law is not derived from the rule, but it is out of the law, which has been previously adopted, that the rule is formed. Thus, the rules of the Grammars are set up based on the use of the approving authors and writers, but the use is not defined by the precepts. The rule does indeed expound the law, which has previously been adopted, followed in particular cases and is of a more general and universal nature, in the shorter and simpler way possible. Someone objects that the Rule of Cato is establishing a new law. What the rule of Cato regulates is that the legacies, which are void from the beginning will not be validated with the lapse of time, even if the cause of the obstruction is removed. Respond to this objection that the rule in cases, which have been heretofore determined by the law, does not establish a new law, but concisely expounds what has been previously formulated. In cases that have not been hitherto determined the rule creates the law. Hence accept what is prescribed/objected by the Rule of Cato.
I think I understand it less in English than I might have done in Latin!
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
I will also post the original text in Latin:
Nota, quod ex regula non sumatur jus, sed ex jure, quod prius erat receptum, regula constituatur. Quemadmodum Grammaticorum regulae ex usu probatorum authorum & scriptorum constant, non autem usus ex praeceptis. Regula namque jus, quod ante receptum est, & per singulas species observatum, id generaliter & in universum quale sit; breviter ac simpliciter quoad ejus fieri potest, exponit. Objiciet aliquis, Quod regula Catoniana novum jus constituat. Quae regula Catoninana tradit, quod legata quae ab initio sunt inutilia, tractu temporis non confirmantur, etiamsi causa impedimenti submoveatur.
Cui objectioni responde, quod regula in casibus prius a jure decisis, jus novum non constituat, sed quod ante constitutum erat, breviter enarrat. In casibus autem prius non decisis, regula jus facit. Et sic accipe, quod de regula Catoniana objicitur.
Best regards!
Sorry, I should point out that I was being a little sarcastic. I don't understand Latin AT ALL! When I was at school, I was given the choice of studying either Latin or grammar. I chose grammar.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.


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This was the first year for the Shady Hollow Assisted Riding mini-camp and it almost didn't happen. "We didn't really have a lot of interest, so we considered canceling," Program Director Michele Cooper said. But at the last minute, local moms called Shady Hollow and pleaded to have the camp. Cooper had planned on having two kids at the most, but there was a turnout of five kids, which was a surprise.
Shady Hollow hosted a full camp in June, with the days lasting from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Instead of having a full camp this time around, Shady Hollow decided to have a mini-camp with the day lasting from 9:30 - 11:30 p.m., essentially cramming five lessons into one week. The camp, held July 15 through 19, was for children ages 6-12 with the experience levels ranging from none to quite a bit of time spent on a horse. Monday and Tuesday were the "classroom days" where the campers were introduced to the barn and the equipment and the horses. They learned about the rules of the barn, getting familiar with the horses, the different breeds of the horses, grooming instructions, and tack and other equipment. Wednesday through Friday were riding days where the kids put all their time spent learning on Monday and Tuesday to use and show off their abilities.
Shady Hollow started in 1998 as a non-profit organization for therapeutic horseback riding by Tony Giangiacomo. According to Cooper, her father "felt a need to give back to kids." They would offer lessons to individuals with physical, mental, or emotional special needs. Now they have expanded to include horseback riding lessons for individuals without special needs, and learning opportunities for children of preschool age up to 1st grade. "They did research on this type of therapy and it went from there," she said.
The camp and the entire business wouldn't be possible without all the volunteers who donate their time. According to Cooper, 90 percent of the help at the business is volunteer-based and their biggest need is volunteers. Two of those volunteers, Savannah Baller and Rachael Ewing have been riding at Shady Hollow since they were in elementary school and want to help others have the same experience that they had.
"I want to give them what the barn gave me," Baller said. "They have so much fun," Ewing said.
Other helpers at Shady Hollow include kids from the SafeGuards Foster Care of Reading, Pa. in a summer work program. These kids help the company by taking care of the property and cleaning up the land, from weed-wacking to pruning trees and repairing fences.
Both Amaya Waller, 9, of Birdsboro, and Megan Salamone, 6, of Shillington, both agreed that they were looking forward to riding the horses the most out of all the things that were taking place at the camp, while Amy Ipsen, 6, of Exeter said she liked grooming the horses the most.
"Hopefully we'll do it again next year," Cooper said.


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6-10 Sidy Mohamed Djitte of Senegal has moved a little bit closer to a decision. Djitte revealed on Twitter he is down to Clemson and Cincinnati eliminating Memphis from consideration. "I will go to Clemson or Cincinnati," Djitte tweeted. He did not indicate when he would make his decision.
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Classics were recreated and relived as iconic singer-songwriters Carole King and James Taylor reunited in 2007 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Los Angeles club The Troubador on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Masterpiece Classic at 8 p.m. Sunday presents part four of Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes' "Downtown Abbey", a depiction of the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in 1912.
From the Beatles' American television debut to the Doors' infamous one-time-only appearance, Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics at 10 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday presents enchanting full-length performances from great musical acts of the 1960s.
In the uplifting and entertaining documentary "ADD and Loving It" at 9 p.m. Monday, actor Patrick McKenna is after the truth: "Everything you think you know about ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is wrong."
Rick Steves brings European art and history to life while keeping viewers up-to-speed on breaking developments in Europe's ethnic diversity and investment in its infrastructure on "Rick Steves' European Insights" at 10:30 p.m. Monday and 10 p.m. Thursday.
Rock and pop legends Jon "Bowzer" Bauman and Ronnie Spector bring back the best songs from the late 1950s and early 1960's rock, pop and doo wop era in the all new My Music concert event "Rock, Pop and Doo Wop" at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
"Best of Laugh-In" at 9 p.m. Tuesday presents archival clips and memorable moments from the 1960's NBC comedy-variety program that changed television and became an important training ground for a generation of young writers and comic talent.
Rick Steves highlights the quintessential experiences of European travel as he journeys through Scandinavia, Spain, and Bosnia on "Rick Steves' Europe with Abandon!" at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.
American Masters at 7 p.m. Wednesday chronicles the rise of a new breed of musicians in the 1960s Los Angeles whose raw emotions and simple instrumentation bridged the gap between singers and the songs they wrote in "Troubadors: Carole King/James Taylor & The Rise".
Based on her upcoming new book that will be released concurrently with the show premiere, "Suze Orman's Money Class" at 9 p.m. Wednesday will reveal Suze's expert take on what actions people need to take in light of the new economy.
Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan in Session at 7 p.m. Thursday presents the legendary live jam session by two of the arguably greatest musicians ever to have played the blues on electric guitar.
Join Jeff Beck and his special guests as they play tribute to the legendary Rock n' Roll guitarist Les Paul in New York City, filmed on what was to be his 95th birthday, on "Jeff Beck Honors Les Paul" at 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
Actor Bill Paxton discusses his career on Overheard with Evan Smith at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Great Performances at 9 p.m. Friday presents an all-star celebration from the Mandalay Bay arena in Las Vegas featuring chart-topping stars and music from14-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter David Foster's extensive career catalog on "Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends".


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Submission + - AMD's OverDrive & CrossFire Come To Linux (phoronix.com)
twljagflba writes: Since last year AMD has made ATI increasingly Linux friendly by releasing 3D programming guides and helping out the open-source community. At the same time they have been continuing to develop their binary Catalyst driver for the Linux platform and most recently they delivered same-day support for their new graphics cards. Today though they have released the Catalyst 8.8 Linux driver that adds two very important features: CrossFire and OverDrive support for Linux. Linux users are now able to use CrossFire to split the rendering workload between multiple GPUs and they're also able to overclock their graphics cards now using the binary-only driver. Phoronix has a complete run-down on both features — including benchmarks — in their AMD OverDrive on Linux and ATI Radeon CrossFire On Linux articles. Other features were also introduced in this update such as Linux 2.6.26 kernel support, Adaptive Anti-Aliasing, and other fixes. What will they introduce next for the Linux consumer?


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I am not sure how i should feel about the topic. Should i feel sorry for Apple?
Or does the world not pay enough due to Apple as the greatest company on earth?
Apple was always a company that charged a high price on little innovation.
There OS was not that great till X. Multitasking was not really a standard till then. As an Ex-Amiga user i thought always what the hype about Apple was. Commodores Amiga system was already way ahead.
I do think that Apple is a company that can sell hardware very well and make it appear as something different. The software is easy to understand and even people that are not nerds can operate a computer.
Maybe because of Apple Smartphones are better with better interfaces that lets people work with ease and worry about other things.
For myself i would never buy an Apple product since they are too expensive for me and i am not one of the rest of us.
Right now i do own a Nexus 4 and i am glad that i bought it. Very easy to use and no problems.
But i don't think there is a double standard. There is no throne where a company can rest on its laurels and shield itself from competition.
Also the main claim on this article seems to be the fact of copy. Companies always copy from each other. You can check any other field and you will see copies all around you.
What counts is what people like and like to use. If people love to buy Apple products, thats fine. In a sense it is a useless discussion. Or it is a discussion because of Apple.


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El Director General se reúne con el Embajador de Buena Voluntad de la FAO Carl Lewis
26-09-2012 - New York, USA - The Director-General met with FAO Goodwill Ambassador Carl Lewis in New York to discuss future opportunities to continue the former Olympian world champion's activities in promoting the cause of global hunger eradication.
The meeting took place against the background of the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly, attended by Director-General Graziano da Silva and Carl Lewis who was participating in a press conference for the presentation of the annual Future Policy Award for 2012.
This year's Award, bestowed by World Future Council, partnering with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and FAO, with support from the Okeanos Foundation, was given for the policy which best contributes to the conservation of oceans and coasts for the benefit of current and future generations.
Carl Lewis was nominated FAO Goodwill Ambassador on 16 October 2009, on the occasion of the annual commemoration of World Food Day.
Since that time, Carl Lewis has worked actively with FAO to promote the cause of food security. In June 2011, for example, he travelled to Haiti, promoting the FAO initiative on Fruit Trees for Haiti. The project is one of a number of initiatives providing emergency assistance to agricultural production in support of earthquake affected and other vulnerable families through smallholder reforestation, agroforestry and water resources development.


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Quarry Hill Golf Club will host an event with a difference in 2015, the Amateur Sand Greens Championship of Victoria.
As the name suggests, the prestigious annual event is played on "greens" of sand, where players scrape a line to the hole before putting.
The two-day, 36-hole event is expected to attract 150 players from across Victoria and interstate to vie for trophies in the three divisions.
"We do get people from interstate come and play in it because it's a pretty prestigious event," Quarry Hill secretary Trevor Cox said. "For us to get that, it's a real good achievement."
The event is open to any golfer with an Australian handicap and regularly attracts high-quality players.
Axedale golf professional Kris Mueck won the event in 2009 at Dimboola.
"You get a few Melbourne players coming up, a lot of people like to try their luck on the sandscrapes," Cox said.
"We might get some members out of it, too, which we're always looking for. We'd like to get as many people from the Bendigo clubs to play in it as possible.
"It brings a few people, makes a bit of money for the golf club and a bit of money for Bendigo."
The first Sand Greens Championship was played in 1972 and it is rotated between country districts each year.


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* Lindsey Morgan seems like a terrific actress, stepping into the role of Kristina. She held her own with powerhouses Maurice Benard and Nancy Lee Grahn. Actually, she commanded those scenes. If the character is written well, Morgan is going to thrive.
* Spinelli and Maxie are great together and the entire group was the most enjoyable story to watch. As Felicia said, Maxie is unpredictable and she shocked everyone when she walked back into the courtroom and announced she doesn't have to testify against Matt because they are now married.
* Sonny's snarl when Kristina mentioned a grad student made us laugh.
* The backstory for John's sister seemed a bit of a stretch but the character continues to be enjoyable on GH in a different way than he was on ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
* Anna Devane. She may make this list every day for the rest of my life.
* While Lindsey Morgan give the Kristina scenes her all, the storyline is pretty convoluted and unoriginal after Day One. First, it seems like soap children have to come back with a chip on their shoulder these days (for some unexplained reason). Second, Sonny pulled strings to get her into Yale. I could see her being miffed but it is no tragedy (as Sonny pointed out).
* The MOB PRINCESS reality show idea instantly gave us nightmares (or daymares) about Abby's THE NAKED HEIRESS on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. It's hard to believe this could be that bad, but watching soap kids with a chip on their shoulder has gotten so old. It's threatening to appear on a future blunders list.
The episode was enjoyable and acted well. Kristina's story just didn't ring true to me. But what did you think? Share your best and worst of the day in our Comments section.
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The phone records are like a diary of McLaughlin's work life, painting a picture of an executive who was constantly on the phone but rarely stayed long in the city where he managed low-income housing. The records show he didn't go to Chelsea at all on almost half the working days in 2011, spending 47 weekdays in Maine and Florida with his top assistant and close personal friend, Linda Thibodeau. He spent another 21 work days at out-of-state conferences from Phoenix to Miami, usually with Thibodeau.
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Ahh, comfort food. The very phrase makes us feel better, conjuring up an image of sitting down to a plateful of something warm, filling and delicious.
Ahh, comfort food. The very phrase makes us feel better, conjuring up an image of sitting down to a plateful of something warm, filling and delicious.
Although food that brings us happiness has been around ever since Oop munched down on the first hairy mammoth leg, the expression didn't become part of our culture until the 1970s. Its definition involves nostalgia along with calories, flavor and quantity, but not necessarily nutrition. You wouldn't exactly call spinach salad with sprouts and edamame comfort food, now would you?
Don't get it mixed up with soul food, though. Soul food is comfort food, to be sure, but conversely, all comfort food is not soul food. Pizza, for example, fits the comfort category for many people, but it's certainly not soul.
And while we Southerners pride ourselves on our comfort foods, we don't have squatting rights on it. But we do on soul, because its roots are in the history of the African-American population.
African slaves brought their cooking traditions with them from their homeland, adapting old ways to new ingredients such as collards, sweet potatoes, black-eyed peas, cabbage, corn and corn meal, local fish and game and every part of the pig.
We associate the emergence of soul food on the culinary scene with the Civil Rights Movement while comfort food is definitely ingrained from childhood and is indigenous to every region of our country.
American's top 10 comfort food list according to Food Network includes the following: pizza, biscuits, fries, spaghetti with red sauce, chicken soup, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches and burritos. Taste of Home's roster starts with turkey pot pie, followed by macaroni and cheese, meatloaf, beef stew, fried chicken, chicken soup, lasagna, tuna casserole, pot roast and chicken and dumplings.
It all sounds soothing, doesn't it, except I never considered tuna casserole anything except what to fix when you're out of money and all you have on the shelf is a can of tuna fish. Personally, I can't exactly cuddle up to a plateful of tuna casserole.
What would be on a strictly Southern list of the 10 top comfort foods? Certainly fried chicken would be included, and maybe hot biscuits with sausage gravy. We'd want macaroni and cheese, of course, and mashed potatoes with more gravy. Chicken and dumplings and chicken pie would make the cut. Our part of the South would go for collards cooked with fat back, pinto beans and corn bread. Don't forget the grits with, yep, even more gravy, preferably the red-eye variety.
Oh, but, Page, you've left out our favorite — good old dessert. Nothing cheers you up and comforts you like something sweet.
OK, nobody would argue with this list. Here goes the top 10, not necessarily in order of popularity: banana puddin', peach cobbler, chess pie, pecan pie, sweet potato pie, lemon meringue pie, birthday bread, coconut cake, caramel cake and everybody's granny's old reliable pound cake. Oops, I forgot fried pies. That makes 11.
If you lived in New England, you'd soothe your feathers with chowder and clam cakes, or a big pot of made-from-scratch baked beans. Meatloaf and brats are big chill-chasers in the Midwest, where they no doubt warm their gullets with that tuna casserole, too.
Texans like their comfort hot, as in firecracker Pedernales chili or taco soup, and sweet, as in chocolate sheath cake. Gulf State folks belly up to jambalaya for their jollies, crayfish pie and pralines. West Coasters lose the blues over cioppino (fish stew), smoked salmon, sourdough bread and, maybe, but I doubt it, Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat.
Hawaiians? Believe it or not, Spam is the meat that soothes the savage breast in the land of the luau, although you'll find the locals lined up daily for the Hawaiian Plate Lunch, one of President Obama's favorites. Its main elements are two scoops of rice, a serving of macaroni-mayonnaise salad and a meat side such as loco moco — a hamburger patty with a fried egg or breaded pork, loaded with gravy.
In Alaska they eat blubber, I hear. It's probably better for you than the plate lunch.
I'm glad I live in the South, where comfort food is king and soul food is queen, and I don't have to eat Spam or tuna casserole or Rice-a-Roni when I feel the need for a warm fuzzy dinner.
Just bring on the chicken and dumplings, with a side of collards and a big slab of corn bread.
Page H. Onorato is a retired teacher.


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(Byng-AP) -- A 19 year old man has died after driving a Yamaha
four-wheeler at an unsafe speed. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports Justin W. Lemons of Tishomingo died of massive injuries at 1:15 Sunday morning.
He was driving his four-wheeler on a city street in Byng in
Pontotoc County. The four-wheeler ran off the street to the left and struck a road sign. Lemons was thrown about 76 feet from the sign. He was pronounced dead at the scene.


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|Assoc. Head Coach/Off. Coordinator
|Setauket, N.Y.
|Alma Mater:
|Maryland '03
|6 Years
One of the finest recruiters in the nation, Moran helped with the recruiting efforts that have seen Maryland consistently rank among the top recruiting classes in the nation. Just this past fall the Terps' incoming freshman class was ranked the best in the nation according to Inside Lacrosse.
During his three seasons in College Park, Moran has helped lead the Terps to three NCAA tournament appearances, including a run to the NCAA championship game in 2011, and the 2011 ACC championship.
One of the finest face-off instructors in the country, Moran's influence was felt immediately and the Terps' face-off winning percentage has increased in each of his three seasons, culminating in 2011's percentage of 61.8, which is the highest for a Maryland team since 2002. Under Moran's tutelage Curtis Holmes earned All-America honors in 2011 as a face-off man.
Moran has also been responsible for guiding the Terrapin offense, which has been one of the most potent in the nation during his tenure. Overall, Moran has help lead five Maryland players to a total of nine All-America honors in three seasons.
The Maryland offense has averaged double-digit goals in each of Moran's three seasons against one of the toughest schedules of any lacrosse program in the country.
Moran joined the Terps after serving as an assistant coach at the Naval Academy for the past three seasons, including serving as the team's offensive coordinator last season. While at Navy, Moran helped guide the Midshipmen to a pair of Patriot League championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances. Under his tutelage, the Navy face-off unit was one of the nation's best, winning better than 56 percent of its draws in each season. In addition to his coaching duties at the Naval Academy, Moran was also a combat instructor, teaching Wresting, Boxing, and Martial Arts.
A 2003 graduate of Maryland, Moran served several roles for the Terrapins during his four-year career. During his freshman and sophomore seasons, he was a short-stick defensive midfielder who contributed in the face-off game by playing on the wing, or taking the draws if needed.
When Coach Cottle arrived in College Park in 2002, Moran was made a focus of the offense in the midfield. In those two seasons under Cottle he scored a combined 39 goals, and added 11 assists, this after not scoring a goal in either of his first two years. He also won 50 percent (38-76) of the face-offs he took during his senior campaign.
A first team All-ACC selection and member of the ACC All-Tournament Team as a senior, Moran led the Terps to a 12-4 record in 2003 and an appearance in the Final Four. By year's end, Moran was one of just two players on Maryland's roster responsible for producing either a goal or an assist in every game except the Terrapins' NCAA semifinal contest against Virginia. He finished the season second on the team with 24 goals and tied for third on the squad with 31 points. For his efforts, Moran was named a USILA third team All-American.
The Baltimore Bayhawks selected Moran in the third round of the 2003 Major League Lacrosse College Draft, where he was the 18th overall pick. He saw action in eight of the Bayhawks' games as a rookie, and was traded to the Philadelphia Barrage at the end of the season. While in Philadelphia, he played in every game, drawing four starts and helped lead the Barrage to the MLL championship. He produced five goals and added five assists and owned a .510 face-off winning percentage. Moran was traded to the Long Island Lizards in 2005 where he scored 10 goals and added six helpers. Additionally, he won .510 of his face-offs in the 14 games in which he played. The Lizards went on to play in the championship game, but were tripped up by the Bayhawks.
Prior to joining the Navy coaching staff, Moran coached at the Naval Academy Prep School in Rhode Island in 2005. He led NAPS to a 10-1 record that featured wins over Army's JV team, as well as Army's prep school.
Coaching has been in the Moran family bloodline for years. Ryan's father, Jack, has been a successful lacrosse and football coach for the past two decades at Chaminade High School on Long Island. Ryan's great uncle, Richie, was a standout lacrosse player at Maryland (1958-60) before becoming one of the most successful lacrosse coaches in the country. He led Cornell to three national titles and is a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
A native of Massapequa, N.Y., Moran is a 1999 graduate of Chaminade High School. A standout lacrosse and football player, Moran earned All-America and all-league lacrosse honors his senior year and played in the North-South Game upon graduation. Additionally, he was an all-league safety on the football team his junior and senior campaigns.
Moran and his wife, the former Danielle Shearer, who was a two-time All-American lacrosse player at Notre Dame, have two daughters Madelynn and Kelly. The couple resides in Annapolis, Md.


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Spotlight on Education Speaker Series Luncheon: Tom Vander Ark
This event occurred in the past
Date and Time
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Room 127
Spotlight On Education Luncheon: A Speaker Series Presents "How Immersion in Virtual and Augmented Worlds Helps Students in the Real World"
Join speaker Tom Vander Ark at a special luncheon for faculty and staff.
Tom Vander Ark is author of Getting Smart and founder of Getting Smart. Tom is also a partner in Learn Capital, a venture capital firm investing in learning content, platforms, and services with the goal of transforming educational engagement, access, and effectiveness. Previously he served as president of the X PRIZE Foundation and was executive director of Education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation where he implemented $3.5 billion in scholarship and grant programs. Tom was the first business executive to serve as public school superintendent in Washington State. A prolific writer and speaker, Tom has published thousands of articles and blogs. In December 2006, Newsweek readers voted Tom the most influential baby boomer in education. Tom is a director of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and several other nonprofits.
Go to www.sandiego.edu/soles/centers-and-research/elda/spotlight for more information and tickets.


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I'm thinking this is gonna be the next-to-last week (if not the last) for Food Truck Thursdays at Fairplex, what with the Los Angeles County Fair starting a week from Friday.
To that end, if you've been wanting to check out Food Truck Thursdays and haven't yet gone, you should go this week.
Here's Thursday's (August 23) lineup:
The trucks will be parked from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the lower administration parking lot in front of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum.
Parking and admission are free.
For more information, click here.