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Add guitars and other musical instruments to the tools caregivers can use to help patients in hospice care. That's what University of Alabama senior Sarah Pitts found when she brought her music therapy skills to patients in Hospice of West Alabama.
"We've gotten a lot of encouraging comments from families," says Pitts, a music therapy major from Memphis, Tenn. "Sometimes families who hear us say, 'Can you come and play a song or two?' Even one session with a music therapist can reduce pain and anxiety in this setting."
Pitts' experiences in hospice care inspired her to research how students doing clinical practice in hospices react to the experience. She won the E. Thayer Gaston Award for outstanding student paper, and she continues her survey research with her mentor, Dr. Andrea Cevasco, assistant professor of music at UA. The resulting article is titled "A Survey of Music Therapy Students' Practical Experiences in Hospice and Palliative Care." Part of Pitts' motivation for pursuing this research was the lack of resources she could draw on when working with hospice patients.
"In this particular area, there's not a lot of research to go to as a student," Pitts says. "The emotional component and goals are a little bit different from other clinical settings. You're improving the quality of life or helping with the changing needs of the patient, and you're also helping to provide closure and support for families. For students, it's a very difficult thing to handle."
Music therapy, taught in a four-year program with a six-month internship following coursework, combines work in music, psychology and other disciplines. It has many applications in a wide variety of environments and a broad range of clients, from premature babies to people needing physical or psychological therapy. The key is to get a patient moving or involved with the music, perhaps singing along or playing an instrument as the therapist plays on the guitar.
It might be that we have kids playing drums," Cevasco says. "They reach and extend their arms out, which might help a child who has cerebral palsy whose muscles may be tense. Reaching out and playing the drum is fun and enjoyable, but the therapy also is important, because the child is using specific muscles that might normally be painful to use during physical therapy and daily exercises."
The music therapy program has had a relationship with Hospice of West Alabama since 2007. Cevasco says one of her students came to her asking if she could work in hospice for her clinical experience, so Cevasco set it up. She notes that it takes a student with a particular interest in working with patients at the end of life to follow this path.
"I don't force the students, but if they're interested in it, we move in that direction," Cevasco says. "As an undergrad myself, I never pictured myself doing any kind of hospice work. Personally, I wasn't ready to deal with death and dying as an 18 to 22-year-old."
Pitts chose to work with hospice patients because of a personal experience that brought her face to face with mortality.
"I've also faced death in someone my own age," she says. "Last year, my brother dealt with a potentially fatal health condition. I understand you need someone to support you at that time. As a therapist, I can be there for people when they face very difficult times in their lives."
Her work with the hospice patients varied; two clients became well enough that they could leave hospice. In one case, Pitts, at the request of a family who had heard her play did perform music while a patient died.
"The family requested a few songs, and I played straight through," Pitts says. "I added a couple of songs of my own that I felt were appropriate. I felt like what she (the patient) needed was slowing-down music as her breathing slowed. I got to be there as she was dying, and we all got a chance to be a part of that."
Patients in hospice care, depending on their illnesses, may or may not be able to participate in the playing of music for therapy, Pitts says. But music still matters. In her clinical experience, Pitts says she found a wide range of music to be helpful in working with hospice patients and families. Hymns, including "Amazing Grace," are often requested, but patients frequently want to hear other styles of music as well.
"Typically, when we go in, I have a list of songs I know," she says. "I prepare songs from different genres – hymns, show tunes, or sometimes songs from the '30s, '40s and '50s, which may be from the patients' young adult years. If the patient isn't responsive and awake, I find out what the family wants me to play. If I'm in a situation where the patient is actively dying, I just play a few songs, and I'll be a very passive member of the room. The family is just there saying goodbye, and I'm providing an atmosphere for that."
The working with hospice patients – that element of saying goodbye – troubles young music therapists, Cevasco says.
"For all the students, they're wondering how they're going to deal with this relationship and this attachment that has developed with this patient and having the patient pass away -- how they're going to cope with this aspect of the job," Cevasco says.
In the survey Pitts and Cevasco collaborated on, they note that students feared how they would cope when working with dying patients, particularly in how they handled "emotional attachments or relationships with clients, talking about the death and dying process and how previous experiences would affect current clinical work."
The survey also asked students some open-ended questions about their own beliefs about the end of life. Finding out what those fears and beliefs are, Pitts says, may help instructors better train the students who plan to work with hospice patients.
"The students said it was a very difficult and emotional thing to do," Pitts says. "Some people had done palliative care with children, but others didn't realize that was what it was – that the patients died. They didn't realize what the unit did."
For Pitts, this kind of therapy represents a way she can use her deep background in music to help people. She ended up choosing to pursue music therapy in college, particularly once she became involved in the clinical part of the degree program.
"I grew up in a very musical family," she says. "I had piano lessons, and I started singing in middle school and high school choir. . . . I found music therapy to be a nice mix of psychology and music."
Cevasco says she admires the work Pitts has done, both with the research article and the therapy she provided the hospice clients.
"I was really surprised when she chose hospice," Cevasco says. "I realized, and she realized, how great she was working with patients with mental-health needs in the previous semesters of her clinical work. I was very surprised, and I was so pleased with her and her work that she did with those hospice patients. It was beautiful the way she was able to work with the hospice families. And the beauty of her being able to play the guitar and sing and provide these families with what they needed and the patients what they needed at this critical moment of their life."


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Wyo. House Speaker Pushes Probe Into Hills Management of Ed. Dept.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming House Speaker Tom Lubnau is recommending that the chamber form a special committee to investigate how the state Education Department operated under Superintendent Cindy Hill.
Lubnau sent an email Monday to the 59 other members of the state House, asking for their thoughts on how to proceed following a report from the governor's office on the department's operations and management practices.
The most troubling information the report found involved possible misuse of federal money for unauthorized programs and trips in the state plane while under Hill's administration. That has raised discussion of possible impeachment proceedings against Hill, who has since been removed as head of the agency.
Lubnau says the House can do nothing, appoint a special committee to investigate further or call a special session.

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My blog has been changed to make it more appealing for those who have New England ancestors and want to see the area through photos. Things I'll include are typical white New England churches, libraries showing their genealogical collection, historical societies, cemeteries, war memorials, in general, anything to do with history.
For four years I've blogged mostly about my personal genealogy in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I still will, can't forget my own roots.
Please check out the labels on the right side for articles. The header tabs at the top are a work in progress.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
A Sunday Visit to a Greenhouse
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- Carol said...
Beautiful! I love that pot of pansies. They are such joyful spring smile makers!
- March 16, 2014 at 9:16 PM
- Nancy said...
Your beautiful flower photos remind me of how ready for spring I am (as if I forgot!). Thanks for sharing, Barbara.
- March 16, 2014 at 10:03 PM
- Barbara Poole said...
Thank you Carol and Nancy. The pansies greeted us as we entered the greenhouse. Nancy, that is why I went, to see what spring looked like.
FYI: these were taken with my camera (shock, it's been a year since I used it), but some of my iPad photos are better, so I'll be posting some and/or replacing what I have later today.
- March 17, 2014 at 10:11 AM
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donoreo wrote:I started the Mac first. I was upgrading from 10.4 "Tiger" to 10.5 "Leopard". Mac is the "everything just works" platform. I did a straight upgrade on the Mac. When it was done an hour or so later, it would not boot. Came up to the grey screen with the Apple logo and then would shut down. I searched online and found someone else that had the same thing and solved it by doing an archive and install. That worked, an hour and a half later.
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By the way - I'm putting off upgrading to Leopard until the new year. I'll let others discover other as-yet undiscovered bugs. Do keep us informed.
Marrea wrote:I'm still running Panther on my Mac Mini. Or at least I was when I last turned it on several months ago.
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Marrea wrote:pressed the power button and waited.
Marrea wrote:But if I decided I wanted to upgrade to 10.5, would my Mac Mini be able to cope I wonder? I've had mine for about two and a half years and it's the entry level 1.25GHz G4 with 256RAM. It seems to be the norm these days that if you upgrade an o.s. you also have to upgrade your hardware at the same time.
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That would solve their map problem.
They can afford it.
Everyone will be happy.
But MSFT.
I remember getting my N95 just before the first iPhone came out. It came installed with a map app that included directions and navigation. Then a software update removed navigation and made it a paid feature. I refused to update and decided I didn't want a Nokia after that.
Nokia burned what good will they had with me. Apple is now doing the same thing to their users.
Around the 5800, mapping, including directions and navigation, became free again.
Then MS introduced their mole, and Nokia died. Everybody who was good left back then.
What's left is everything you disliked about Nokia, led by the "spirit" of MS. (As in: On the very day where MS's probation officer for their last crime went away, they introduced that IE on the new Nokias could not be replaced, and you couldn't install any other browser [Like Opera]. *Again*)
I loved Nokia... from the tiny 8210, over the first "full computer" smartphone 7650, those with the full keyboard like the 6822, the whole early N series, and of course the glorious N900. The 5800 was the first one I didn't like. Too Apple. Too dumbed-down. Too little freedom and power.
But I *hate* everything about the MS Nokia "phones". It's like MS, as usually, imitated the worst parts of Apple, and then added their own FAIL (think Zune) to the mix. The worst of both.
Why anyone likes that, is beyond me. I would need to receive so many electric shocks, I'd be physically incapable of not drooling all over myself, *and* become a real masochist, before I could even stand that.
I'll continue to watch what that team that left Nokia is doing. I hope they're not ignoring the high-end market too much...
I loved Nokia... from the tiny 8210, over the first "full computer" smartphone 7650, those with the full keyboard like the 6822, the whole early N series, and of course the glorious N900.
Did you love the N80, then? Fat, ugly as hell, with software that let the UX freeze for 15 seconds to display a damned application list. The N97 and N73 were even worse.
There's a reason iPhone won, despite initially not having half the feature list of the N95.
But I *hate* everything about the MS Nokia "phones".
My main criterion in whether I want to use a phone is simple: "Does it make me furious while using it?" Symbian phones mostly did. The N900 was almost there, except the maps app was a disaster, and there was little in the way of third-party apps (not e
Similar here, I bought a nokia N series tablet, one of the advertised features was offline mapping. Nowhere did it mention anything about extra charges, Until you had bought the device and tried to use the maps to find out that they wanted over $100 more for limited time access to the maps that were already loaded on the device, and were an advertised feature of the device. I vowed right then never to buy another Nokia product.
Except turn by turn directions were a specifically advertised feature of the product with no fine print saying it would cost hundreds of dollars more, and even that would only buy you a few years license. In fact it ended up being cheaper to buy myself a tom-tom in addition to the N810 then to activate the limited time navigation feature once. I'm still using the tom-tom. the N810 is long gone.
Except turn by turn directions were a specifically advertised feature of the product
Where was this advertised? No review I could find mentions that they were expecting the navigation to be free. And I certainly didn't. I did some googling and did find one occurrence of an ad where it talks about GPS, which it indeed has, since I used Maemo Mapper quite successfully several times.
Without a-gps enabled, getting a GPS lock was annoyingly slow, thankfully most hotels had wifi.
I can't speak for what they advertise now, but at the time I definitely saw turn-by-turn guidance advertised for it.
I was buying this device to replace my aging hp ipaq travel companion which came with tom-tom software pre-loaded. Unfortunately despite the N810 being far superior from a technology point of view, the choices made by nokia crippled it enough that I continued to use the old ipaq instead for many things.
Nokia was too greedy, and it lost them my business forever. They gambled, and on this custom
Weird, I distinctly remember that navigation (and maps) were a paid feature, until a few years later, when they made it free.
Weird, considering what they did was exact opposite. Maps were a paid feature for a long time after Nokia purchased NavTeq. Then they started to feel the squeeze in smartphone market and did their "gamechanger" press release in which they announced all maps for most smart phones going fully free with free lifetime updates.
Perhaps it was some sort of an operator thing?
Navigation [allaboutsymbian.com] was built in and came free with the phone. Then a firmware update removed the navigation feature unless you paid for it.
Not least because the software and maps are basically completely free, for as many devices as you care to load it up on. The idea is that detailed street maps of virtually the entire world are made available for free, along with route calculation and display of your GPS position
The MAPS were free always. The NAVIGATION was pay to use.
If you got NAVIGATION free with initial phone, it was likely some kind of a time limited offer which expired or lost license in the firmware update. I know quite a few people who got a few months free navigation with initial purchase, such as myself (I was lucky though, as just as my license expired nokia changed policy to lifetime free navigation for my phone, but they never offered this for n95 afaik).
AAPL could also buy TomTom, one of the main suppliers of maps for IOS6. According to TomTom, their data is fine, but the integration of their data and other sources seems to be causing Apples problems on IOS6. Nokia has the legacy weight of a phone division, while TomTom is barely making any hardware themselves these days and is only into maps and services related to that. At the current price point, TomTom would be far more interesting for AAPL than NOK would be.
TomTom already has an extreme amount of experience in making map applications work on several platforms and they have a foot in the door with several car manufacturers that use TomTom data and applications on their on-board systems. This would give them an entrance in a market they currently are not in. How would you think "iTunes on your car" and "iOS apps on your car" would sound to most people? The first car to offer that would no doubt get a lot of publicity and sales, unless it was a true lemon. TomTom could very well be their entrance into that market and Nokia only has Navteq maps and a bunch of patents as a valuable asset. The patents are being sold off rapidly to fund the rest of the company, so the merit of that is rapidly diminishing. Putting a suffering phone division against the Navteq bit, you don't have a lot of value left I think.
Given that they already have TomTom data there's no particular need to buy the company.
And a company like Apple certainly don't need TomTom's help getting into cars. Cars have long since had interfaces for iPods and iPhones to connect into and be controlled by the in car stereo. If and when Apple wants to do the type of integration you're talking about, they'll offer it to the industry, and they'll have car manufacturers competing to be first.
I really wish people would stop focusing on the iOS 6 Maps fiasco. It's getting old.
Plus, it's distracting from things like:
* The music app is now buggy as all hell. I've had it play one song while saying it's playing another song. Not to mention it randomly forgetting where in a playlist it was, pausing randomly skipping back to the beginning of the song, and other general wonkiness.
* If you had paused a podcast and receive a call, hanging up the call will suddenly start the podcast playing again. Surprise!
* The podcast app can't update podcasts. You can tell it to - but it won't. The only way to get new episodes is to sync with iTunes.
* Photo syncing is just hilariously broken. Rather than replacing existing photos, iTunes will just copy a new set on, leaving you with all the old photos as permanent "extra" storage. Solution: Do a factory reset. Hope you don't need any of your *other* data!
* Just try and set an alarm to 2 o'clock. [twitter.com]
* Battery life is worse.
* Apps are just generally slower - animation is noticeably "jerkier" in iOS 6.
And I'm sure other iOS 6 users can expand on this. iOS 6 is just laughably bad - even if you completely ignore the maps!
Why do you phrase all these great new features like they're problems?
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Regarding the alarm bug... I notice that user is in Australia, and we started daylight saving at 2am last night... related?
Regarding the alarm bug... I notice that user is in Australia, and we started daylight saving at 2am last night... related?
Damn, that joke never gets old. Neither MS nor Apple can figure out how to handle time in 2012? Wow.
alias dst='zdump -v Canada/Mountain | grep 2012'
(0) kiak
Canada/Mountain Sun Mar 11 08:59:59 2012 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2012 MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200
Canada/Mountain Sun Mar 11 09:00:00 2012 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2012 MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600
Canada/Mountain Sun Nov 4 07:59:59 2012 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:59:59 2012 MDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-21600
Canada/Mountain Sun Nov 4 08:00:00 2012 UTC = Sun Nov 4 01:00:00 2012 MST isdst=0 gmtoff=-25200
"ImBECiles. Ultra-maroons!" -- Bugs Bunny.
Sorry, "dst" is actually:
alias dst="zdump -v Canada/Mountain | grep $(date '+%Y')"
You forgot one. Gangnam Style is not as catchy on iphone.
Another reason to avoid the new release and wait for updates until things are stable.
* Just try and set an alarm to 2 o'clock.
Due to Daylight Savings time, there wasn't any 2 o'clock AM on that particular day. Nor any of the rest of that hour. For sure they should have handled the UI better for this case, but there is no lack of functionality shown here.
Given that you've clearly picked that up from the internet rather than experienced it yourself, and you're posting as AC, I expect the other items in the list to be equally repeating any old claim you can find on the internet. However much real truth there is in them.
It's not just iOS6. The iPhone5 is seriously substandard. Purple photos [cnn.com], Apple Maps [tumblr.com], iPhone5's inability to handle LTE and data concurrently [nytimes.com], easily scratched paint [cbsnews.com], and the new docking port with $30 adaptor makes iPhone5 a real lemon...
Nevermind the actual specs. iPhone5 is slower than Samsung Galaxy S3 [extremetech.com] despite the fact that the S3 is three months older. iPhone5 doesn't have NFC. iPhone5 still has a tiny screen. iOS market share has been sliding for a while, but after a few million get burned with this de
After losing pretty much all of its traction in the mobile space, Microsoft has been trying desperately to build some buzz for the new Windows Phone and upcoming Windows tablets - and here we have a story about Nokia's mapping efforts.
While possibly interesting, I expect the timing of this story is, shall we say, not completely a matter of happenstance.
A good friend of mine works in this department as a product manager; he has been there since they were NavTeq. You should take a look at Nokia's financials before busting out the "M$ evil" conspiracy theories. The navigation unit is the only part of the company that is profitable right now. They have excellent data (probably the best available, mention is halfway down the page [economist.com]) and they do a lot more with it than put it in phones. Basically, anybody who needs to have vetted data (ie, when salesmen need to tell clients that the data is better than what they can get online for free) to put in a product use Nokia maps. Many high-end cars with built in navigation are using them for example.
The higher-ups at Nokia know this. They are trying to leverage this to position the company for growth. Their internal mantra is that "Google is what, Microsoft is who, and we are _where_". Hence, the publicity: this is the only bright spot for Nokia and they need to milk it. If you ask me, they are grasping at straws; but the I can see the logic.
How does this mesh with the fact that Nokia has licensed its maps to Microsoft for use on all WP8 devices (not just Nokias)?
It was pretty much the sole differentiating factor for their phones, though. Now they've licensed it out, not anymore. Why even bother with phones, then?
Why even bother with phones, then?
There's more exclusive stuff for Lumias, but the main reason is: why go with a half-assed Windows Phone from an OEM whose main efforts are on Android? That's even diregarding hardware design and the camera capabilities in Lumia 920.
Look at what was Acorn Computers - they were doing badly with their actual computer sales which was the core of their business and ended up disappearing, but one of their subsidiaries (Arm holdings) is now doing very well by licensing out their designs.
Perhaps the same could happen with Nokia. Moving their focus away from manufacturing complete systems and allowing departments to focus on licencing of elements that can be used by other manufacturers could turn them into a very profitable organisation. Maybe
Apparently so [slashgear.com]. It looks like it's the complete thing.
Their internal mantra is that "Google is what, Microsoft is who, and we are _where_".
Ignoring Apple there tells so much about the company...
Why the slashvertisment for NAVTEQ? They're not the only option out there. TeleAtlas (TomTom) is similarly licensing their map data, and is used by maps and navigation apps, particularly by or for companies who are direct competitors with Nokia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tele_Atlas [wikipedia.org]
http://www.gpsreview.net/navteq-vs-tele-atlas/ [gpsreview.net]
For the record, I have never worked for either company.
This may also explain why Google wants driverless cars, so they can fully automate the data collection.
There's that and there's the tens of billions of dollars that they might make over time by selling self-driving technology to car makers. Another win for Google is that people who ride self-driving cars are presumably going to spend more time watching ads than people who drive do.
I doubt most of what you told us.
car lane "cameras" are dumb sensors last time I checked (long time ago I confess)
That sounds like an awesome idea. You can have either the car companies or Google watching where you go, how you drive, who else you see. If they're controlling the cameras they can see what you do when you stop, within sight of a car too. Better not say anything bad about HAL unless you're indoors.
Nokia has a value of $10billion and is losing money. Apple could buy them with cash.
Do you really think that would make it past anti-trust regulators?
European anti-competition laws probably wouldn't allow it though.
TFA says that Nokia's "street view" cars are also equipped with LIDAR -- this strikes me as brilliant.
In addition, they use fleets of commercial vehicles (i.e. Fedex) to complement their data and detect new "road segments".
I'd use Nokia maps in a heartbeat if it were available on Android.
Sounds impressively innovative.
Bing pretty much completely depends on Nokia maps. You can find a semi working bing app for Android. I hope bing comes with a proper app soon, I am tried of relying on Google.
You can use Nokia maps on your device, or on an iOS device for that matter: http://m.maps.nokia.com/ [nokia.com] Besides there's the http://www.openstreetmap.org/ [openstreetmap.org] project and it's many (also offline) navigation applications.
http://maps3d.svc.nokia.com/webgl/index.html [nokia.com]
'cause, the quality doesn't seem up to that described in the article - I'd kind of assumed it was calculated from multiple angles from overhead plane flights.
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What a great set by Dash Berlin!!
Thanks for the tracklist.....
What a great set by Dash Berlin!!
Thanks for the tracklist.....
Another one Thursday evening so time for GDJB! This week only one hour with Markus, but the second hour was also nice!
Gai Barone - Lilith - very nice melody
Timmy & Tommy - Ascension - I was shocked when I heard it and surprised it's from T&T
Ashley Wallbridge - Spitfire - I think it's better than Harrier
Rex Mundi Featuring Susana - Nothing at All - again... it's too much for me :P
The Killers - Spaceman (Sander Van Doorn Remix Part 2) - hmmm after listening to it many times I can say I don't like it :P
16 Bit Lolitas & Ohmna - Take It or Leave It - this one could have been better if it wouldn't be so long
Estiva - Les Fleurs - ahhhh! lovely <3
Jonas Steur Featuring Julie Thompson - Cold Winds (First State Remix) - nice and relaxing
Mike Emvee - Tokyo Dust - very nice end of the first hour! brawo Markus!
Now let's see at the guest mix:
Faithless Featuring Cassandra Fox - Music Matters (Mark Knight Remix) - it couldn't be better for the beginning! 8-)
Rowald Steyn - Hold Control - ahh massive tune!!!
Ferry Corsten Featuring Betsie Larkin - Made of Love (Duderstadt Progressive Remix) - orginal is my precious but this version is better to play here
Artique - Kyana (Mat Zo Remix) - wow! :shock: beautiful melody, good work Mat
Dash Berlin with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren - Man on the Run (Original Club Mix) - thank you for this amazing, beautiful tune!!!!! <3 <3 I love it!
Ton T.B. - Dream Machine (First State Remix) - it reminds me good old years of trance
Midway - Monkey Forest (Jonas Stenberg Remix) - wow! not so old and still massive tune! long time no hear, so it's nice
Push - Interference (Sean Tyas Remix) - Push is always on top, he's the master of pure energy!
Amazing guest mix!!!! I can't remember when was the last time I heard such a great set!


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University News
Free Reading Tutoring for Students in Grades K-5
January 7, 2013
MACOMB, IL -- Are you concerned with your son's or daughter's reading skills? Would you like your child to be more successful in school?
Western Illinois University's Graduate Reading Program will offer free diagnostic and tutoring services during Spring 2013 for students in grades kindergarten through fifth. According to WIU Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor Melissa Stinnett, the learning experience will focus on improving participants' reading and writing abilities.
The tutoring program will begin Tuesday, Jan. 29, and will be held from 5:30-6:45 p.m. every Tuesday in Horrabin Hall (the north side of the building) on the WIU-Macomb campus. A second section will also be held on Thursday evenings, beginning Jan. 31. Graduate students in the reading program are certified teachers and are currently working toward their master's degrees to become K-12 reading specialists.
Registration is required. To register for a Tuesday or Thursday section, or for more information, contact Stinnett at firstname.lastname@example.com or leave a message at (309) 298-2033.
Posted By: WIU News (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Savannah foreclosure rates drop
Foreclosure rates in Savannah decreased for the month of November over the same period last year, according to newly released data from CoreLogic, a financial data reporting firm.
The rate of Savannah area foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans was 1.30 percent for November 2012, a decrease of 0.46 percentage points from November 2011 when the rate was 1.76 percent. The national foreclosure rate was 2.97 percent for November 2012.
Savannah's mortgage delinquency rate also decreased. In November 2012, 5.69 percent of mortgage loans were 90 days or more delinquent compared to 6.22 percent a year earlier.
Chatham Steel honored for health program
Subway restaurants will recognize Chatham Steel today for its Steel Fit Wellness Program and will provide 100 six-inch subs for a recognition lunch for Chatham Steel employees.
Subway also will give Chatham Steel a $1,000 fitness grant, part of which will be used to buy outdoor fitness equipement for employees and part of which will be donated to the West Broad Street YMCA for sports equipment.
Chatham Steel also received the national 2012 Leadership Award from the National Corporate Health & Wellness Association.
SCAD students to work with Glynn County
Graduate students in urban design at the Savannah College of Art and Design will work with the local government and citizens this spring to conduct research and develop design proposals for the Gateway Corridor on U.S. 17 in Glynn County.
The project is the first area of focus for Glynn County's strategic plan. The goal is improve the corridor's appearance and functionality, and to enhance cultural and environmental assets in the corridor and surrounding areas.
For more information, contact Scott McQuade, president and CEO, Golden Isles Convention & Visitors Bureau, at 912-265-0620 or Brianne Halverson, SCAD director of public relations, at 912-525-5216 or email@example.com.
Firm expanding to Savannah, elsewhere
JACKSONVILLE - Kennetic Productions has announced it will expand its video production services to Savannah, Indianapolis, Rochester, N.Y., and Atlanta but didn't include details on when or what specific locations the company would have.
The primary service will be in-house videos, including a situation where Kennetic Productions is the client-company's personal video production partner. Other services include employee enrichment videos, training videos and commercials.
Kennetic Productions was created in 2003 and will remain based in Jacksonville.


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More than 350 University of Colorado students had RSVP'd by Wednesday evening to a Facebook event encouraging students to wear a suit and tie to campus and around Boulder on Friday to protest the 4/20 smokeout.
The event description states: "4/20 is a well known date for students of CU. Thousands of people flood Norlin Quad and smoke marijuana. For some students it's not a huge deal, for others it's a disgrace."
The event, titled "Stay Classy CU," was started by junior Andrew Trujillo, who said he created the Facebook page in early April but that people began flocking to the page Wednesday, two days before 4/20. The unofficial campus smokeout has attracted crowds up to 10,000 on April 20 to smoke marijuana and promote legalization.
"I don't know what happened, but we had about 190 people going last night on Facebook and then today it's basically doubled," Trujillo said.
The group is not meant to stand against legalization or the use of marijuana, Trujillo said, but to encourage students not to use the substance in public, which gives employers and others a negative view of CU students.
"I had a friend who went to New Zealand and she said they knew about 4/20 in Boulder, so I figure if they know, so do employers," Trujillo said.
He said wearing professional business attire is a great way to show employers and the rest of the world that CU students can be "classy" and respectable and aren't all "potheads like you see on the news on 4/20."
CU Student Government president Andrew Yoder wrote on the page: "This is an awesome idea! I fully support you guys."
CU freshman Bradley Steinmeyer said the campus is full of students who share Trujillo's views about 4/20, but until now there hasn't been an organized movement or presence.
"I've never been supportive of 4/20," Steinmeyer said. "I think it's embarrassing for the campus."
Steinmeyer said he disagrees with the way the university is handling the crackdown this year, but the movement gives students who are against 4/20 a place to respectfully protest the smokeout.
Freshman Jeff Carlson said 4/20 was an unattractive quality for CU when he was considering colleges.
"I'm tired of people assuming that I smoke marijuana simply because I'm a student at CU," Carlson said. "By suiting up on Friday, I'm standing up to that stereotype."
Senior Rachel Baer said as a soon-to-be-graduate, she's proud to be part of the new movement.
"I think it's a great idea because it puts the respect back into our degrees that they deserve," Baer said.


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Camphor Window #4
This window's central figure is a person riding a chilin. The chilin is a mythical animal which symbolizes abundant fertility. The smaller carvings are wonderfully executed renderings of animals and birds (both real and mythical), fish and auspicious plants or flowers.
Wood: Camphor
Province: Jianxi
Dimensions: 14" x 1" x 27"
Price: $2,500


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Buccos vs Cubs on MLBNETWORK! Go Pirates!!!
Buccos vs Cubs on MLBNETWORK! Go Pirates!!!
Buckaroos are 21 games above 500 @ 53 - 32!!! 1st place in NLCentral.
Pirates - 6
Cubs - 2
Liriano with the CG DUB!!!
A's vs Pirates coming up Monday!!!
Two Small market teams who are playin BIG!!!
Not the slide again! Noooooooooo
Hopefully the break will do them good.
Lets go bucs!
Need this series before the break and then we all get to witness El Toro's power in the home run derby.
Why wait till Monday. El toro!
Raise it!
Juice and all. Must be the juice!
GREAT baseball game last night.....excellent pitching, clutch hitting and defense.
The Pirates are arguably the best team in baseball, and the Mets have been playing really well lately. If the Mets don't provide the Miracle that all of us fans are lookingj for this year, I'll be rooting for the Bucs....
Back at it boys! Lets take one more before the break.
congratulations on another big comeback win, Jetburgh
your team is for real
Great performance by Gee.....the Mets have TONS of pitching right now. This was an entertaining, competitive series. Good luck, Bucs!


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WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. officials say slain Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an ardent reader of jihadist websites and extremist propaganda in the run-up to last week's marathon attacks that killed three people and wounded 180.
Authorities believe neither Tamerlan nor his younger brother Dzhokhar had links to terror groups. But law enforcement officials have concluded based on an early interrogation and other evidence that the two brothers were motivated by an anti-American, radical version of Islam.
On Tuesday, two officials said that Tamerlan frequently looked at extremist propaganda, including Inspire magazine, an English-language online publication aimed at aspiring lone-wolf terrorists.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Didn't mean to mislead anyone! ;)
I've been Googling "Surly Ogre Build" for a week now, waiting for someone to show one off. Finally found one:
Surly Ogre Winterproofd from Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop.
I know nothing about Salvagetti and live nowhere near Denver, but that's a nice looking build and they have some other Surly bikes on their site.
I'm considering moving the complete setup from my Commuter Monkey to an Ogre frame.
Anyone else have an Ogre built up?


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Stupidest compromise: Change the sweetener in the chocolate milk from fructose to sucrose.
Additional, non-milk-related controversy:
Jostled by the new politics of school lunch, Fairfax officials have vacillated over other staples. This year, for example, they removed salt from pretzels, but weeks later they were coaxed into putting it back.You can't remove salt from pretzels. The saltless thing is not a pretzel. It's like serving "regular" milk and calling it chocolate milk.


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Five East Bay school districts get technology grants
By Theresa Harrington
Congratulations to five East Bay school districts that have been selected to receive $1.5 million in federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) competitive grants!
In Alameda County, the Livermore Valley Joint Unified district and San Lorenzo Unified district willl each receive $250,000.
Contra Costa County districts receiving the grants are: Pittsburg Unified, which will get $50,000; West Contra Costa Unified, which will receive $500,000; and San Ramon Valley Unified, which has been awarded $450,00.
State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell said 151 local educational agencies will share in more than $36 million in grant money. The complete list of grant recipients is at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r5/eettca10result.asp.
"These grants will help schools use data effectively to improve student achievement and close the achievement gap," said O'Connell, in a news release. "With the state budget crisis continuing, our cash-strapped schools desperately need these funds as soon as possible so they can use education data and technology to better prepare students for college or careers."
Funding for the grants was provided through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. They range between $10,000 and $3 million, based on the number of 7-12th grade students enrolled in each district.
To be eligible to receive the funding, district were required to have state-approved technology plans and receive federal Title I funding designed to help socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
More information about the grant program is at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r5/eettca10rfa.asp.
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Burned into his memory are plays like Sean Morey's long catch-and-run in 2007 in overtime, when the Cardinals receiver was shockingly pulled down from behind by 49ers then-rookie linebacker Patrick Willis, only to have a subsequent missed field goal lead to a San Francisco win.
The intensity never fades from year to year.
"If we could win only one game in the division, it would definitely be the 49ers," the wide receiver said. "That's just the way it's
The first chance at that comes Sunday, when the Cardinals (3-2) visit Candlestick Park for the final time against the 49ers (3-2). Next season, the 49ers move into a new stadium in Santa Clara, and the Cards would like nothing more than to find a way to jab the home team a final time in their current abode.
It'll be interesting how it unfolds. The 49ers, for the first time since quarterback Colin Kaepernick caught fire down the stretch last season, have reverted back to being a mostly running team. Kaepernick, struggling with his passing, threw just 15 passes last week against the Texans – completing only six – although the Niners dominated in a win.
"We're not a ground-and-pound team and by any stretch don't want to be," Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said. "That's not my style, but that's theirs. You better have you big boy pads on or else you're going to get crumpled."
The rhetoric hasn't crept up to the same proportion in the past. The surge of the Seahawks has taken a lot of the attention of the 49ers. But the Cardinals still see the 49ers – reigning NFC champions, after all – as a rival that changes game week.
"Everybody says it's just another game but if you've been here for history, it's not just another game," defensive tackle
Said 49ers tackle Joe Staley, "It's always a heated game, especially in the trenches."
The Cardinals will see their season shaped in a lot of ways over the next week. After the San Francisco game will be a Thursday night home game against Seattle, the two powers not only in the division but arguably in the entire NFC.
The Seahawks are 4-1 and host Tennessee Sunday, so their first-place spot will likely be solidified while the Niners and Cards play. The Cards aren't looking at Seattle yet.
"We understand the road to winning the NFC West goes through San Francisco," Fitzgerald said.


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Sold: Donna Summer's Manasota Key home
The Manasota Key home of disco queen Donna Summer, who died in May, was sold Friday for a reported $2.85 million.
Just short of a year after disco legend Donna Summer's death, her Manasota Key home has been sold.
The 5,892-square-foot home was sold recently to an undisclosed buyer for a reported $2.85 million.


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Tempting Fate
It's been six long months now since Edward was killed by James. The rest of the Cullens have long since moved away. I feel more and more like this hole in my heart will be the death of me. They say everything happens for a reason, but I don't believe that anymore. Rated Adult for later chapters. This is not going to be one of those Bella's in love with Jacob by the fifth chapter, things are going to get bad before they get better. :D
This story takes place as if James killed Edward and the rest of the Cullens killed James. Bella's safely back in Forks, and she's starting to emerge from her loneliness, venturing outside the safety of her own thoughts.
1. Breaking Out
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Here it is, a Friday night. I'm staying home - again - much to Charlie's dismay. He's been trying to convince me I should leave the house from time to time. You know, go out with friends. Something. That's what he's always telling me. Since Edward's death, I don't have much of a social life. I go to school, work when I have to, then I'm home in time to fix dinner for Charlie. After dinner, and artfully avoiding as much conversation as I can, I stay up after Charlie goes to bed to clean the kitchen, washing the dishes and sweeping, or wiping the tabletop down. Tonight would be no different. Charlie devoured the lasagna I cooked, and I stayed awake to clean everything up. After I finished cleaning, I stalked up the stairs to my room. I changed into my old sweats and crawled into bed. I tossed and turned for what seemed like an eternity, finally drifting off into a very fitful sleep.
Saturday was one of the few sunny days we have in Forks. Charlie left long before dawn to fishing with Harry Clearwater. I didn't mind a bit. In fact, I'd encouraged it. Charlie being gone meant less interrogation. I'd still have to endure dinner, but I had a sneaking suspicion that I could survive that much at least.
After I woke up and found the note Charlie left for me, I ate a bowl of cereal, took a shower and got dressed. I decided I'd go down to La Push today. I wore a pair of jeans, my old sneakers, a fitted brown tank top and a button down shirt I'd found in Charlie's closet. Once I'd brushed my hair, I was out the door, on my way to the beach. I drove the twelve miles slowly, so it took me about twenty minutes to get to First Beach. I'd taken my time so I could enjoy the cloudless sky, the warmth of the sun beating down on my bare arm, which I'd hung out the open window of my truck.
Once I got to La Push, I parked my truck and walked down to the water's edge. I left my shoes in the truck, enjoying the feel of the sand beneath my feet, sifting between my toes as I walked. The wind slowly picked up just a little as I meandered down to the very edge of the water. I wrapped my arms around myself to block out some of the wind. I stopped walking just before the water could lap at my feet, gazing out across the vast surface. The serenity of the image before me was enough that I smiled. For the first time in months, I couldn't fight it. I turned my face skyward and closed my eyes, soaking up the moment. Finally, I shrugged out of the button down shirt and spread it out on the ground, slowly and carefully sitting on top of it. Knowing me, this could be my fatal move. I might fall into the water. I laughed quietly at the thought, drawing my knees to my chest, hugging my legs. I kept watching the water intently, almost as thought I expected something to emerge from its murky depths.
After close to an hour of sitting there by the water, I heard someone humming, the sound growing closer. I started to get up, but the humming stopped.
"Bella?" the familiar voice asked. My eyes darted up to find Jacob Black standing about ten feet away from where I sat. At first I wasn't sure it was Jacob. The voice was deeper, his hair wasn't in its usually ponytail and the figure loomed over me, casting a long shadow.
"Jacob?" I said in disbelief. Now I did stand up, smoothing my jeans as I slowly closed the distance between us. I realized that it was in fact Jacob, and smiled, stopping before I crashed into his impossibly tall frame. It'd been so long since I'd seen Jacob. I looked up into his face as I stood there in front of him, and he laughed a little as he looked me over, appraising me. I gazed up at him, studying his face, noting the changes. Now, he was all smooth planes and angles, not the boy I remembered. I looked over the long black hair, the russet skin, his dark eyes and smiled again, in spite of the hurt that still nagged me. Jacob was still smiling, his eyes sparkling like onyx.
"It's so good to see you, Bella," Jacob began softly. "I've been worried. I heard about the car accident in Phoenix. I'm sorry, for what it's worth." The words were sincere enough. I was sure he wasn't sorry about Edward, but I could see the concern for me in the dark depths of his eyes. I just nodded a little, the smile on my face slipping a little.
"It's alright, ancient history," I mumbled, turning to walk back to the shirt I'd left on the ground. Jacob walked next to me, his hand shoved in the pockets of his jeans. I sat down on the shirt again and scooted around so that there was space for Jacob to sit to my right. I watched him intently as he sat down, then I blushed when he turned his gaze to me.
"What brings you out today?" he asked almost critically. I must have looked offended because his face softened apologetically. I looked back out at the water and sighed.
"The weather is nice for once. I guess I wanted to take advantage of the day," I said, watching the water shimmering under the sunlight. I saw Jacob nod from the corner of my eye, feeling his gaze as it swept over my face again.
"You look...bad, Bella. Are you doing alright?" Jacob's voice came softly, sympathetically. I turned and looked at him now, willing the tears that threatened to fall to go away.
"All things considered, I'm fine. I've just needed time... to think. My whole life was turned upside down. It's just taken some time to adjust," I replied, watching Jacob's face as he took in what I said. He nodded and looked out at the water.
"You should come out to La Push more often," he said slowly. I stole a glance at him from the corner of my eye. He was staring out across the water, twirling one of his fingers in the sand. A very thoughtful look was painted across his face.
"I guess I should," I muttered. Jacob looked at me and some expression I couldn't place flickered across his handsome features.
"Bella. You know I'm here for you if you ever need a shoulder to cry on, or a hug." Jacob's words were friendly and endearing, his tone was soft and careful. I smiled and nodded as Jacob lifted his left arm, plopping it across my shoulders.
"Besides. I get so tired of looking at the guys. It's nice to see you, y'know." Jacob winked at me and laughed, hugging me to his side. I smiled and leaned into his warm side, and we sat like that for several minutes in comfortable silence.
Finally, Jacob pulled his arm off my shoulders, moving to stand up. He extended one of his big, strong hands to me to help me up. I slid my hand into his and stood up, leaning over to pick Charlie's shirt up off the ground. I shook the sand off of it and looked up at Jacob. He smiled as he gestured to where my truck was parked.
"Would you like to come to my house for lunch?" he asked as we started walking down the beach toward my truck. I started to decline but thought better of it.
"Sure. Why not," I replied with a smile. We finished the walk to my truck in silence and piled in once we got there.
I drove us to Jacob's house, and once we arrived, a sense of home washed over me. The feeling of belonging. Billy, Jacob's dad, stuck his head out the door as we got out of the truck and smiled broadly.
"Bella! It's so good to see you!" he called before he turned and wheeled himself back into the house. I smiled and waved right before he turned away. Jacob and I walked to the house quietly, the silence broken once we got to the door. Jacob tugged it open and gestured inside.
"After you," he said, grinning as I stepped inside. I blushed as I walked ahead of Jacob to the kitchen, sitting down at the table. Jacob started scuttling around the kitchen, fixing each of us a sandwich. I asked for a peanut butter and jelly, and Jacob fixed himself an over sized ham and turkey sandwich. We sat together at the table, eating our sandwiches as we caught up, sharing the details of what had happened over the past several months.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Dec 2009 23:28 UTC
Now that everything is moving to the
cloud internet, you might think that data loss is a thing of the past. Sadly, as the past few months have taught us, this actually isn't true; we first had the Microsoft/Danger disaster, and now we have Palm and Sprint facing a class-action lawsuit over data loss for webOS phones. All this raises the question: how safe is it to store your precious data on the internet, and do you really trust the internet?
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RE[2]: Comment by frood - even worse
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Before a company goes bust, it will be legally obligated to find any possible way to remain alive and return a profit (assuming corp). At the end, this may even mean shareholders demanding the wholesale information retailing. Ain't corporate late wonderful.
That's illegal, and depending on the country, it could be a federal crime. In the end, you could make zillions.


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CHAPEL HILL- At Wednesday's forum hosted by Friends of Bolin Creek and Neighbors for Responsible Growth, the nine candidates vying for four seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council reflected on the ways the town is looking to implement the new comprehensive plan.
One approach is through the introduction of form-based coding. It's a new planning tool that supporters say will make the development process more predictable, though opponents worry it will move the approval process out of the public's view.
Planning Board member Amy Ryan said if elected she would aim to make sure citizen input remains part of the process.
"As we talk about the form-based coding, that actually implies changes to the development review process, and I hope that as we go forward we work out some mechanism for public input at the end of that process," said Ryan.
The council is currently considering applying form-based code to the Ephesus/Fordham Boulevard area in a bid to spur redevelopment. It could be considered for other areas in town as well.
Former Transportation Board Chair Loren Hintz said citizens need to decide how widespread that type of rezoning should be.
"I do think what everyone needs to decide is whether we want to apply form-based code to one neighborhood, which personally I think makes sense for the Ephesus/Fordham Boulevard, or apply it to other places," said Hintz.
Incumbent Sally Greene said there are there are drawbacks, as form-based code does not allow the council to negotiate with developers for trade-offs like affordable housing.
"Once you have set form-based code in place and you ask someone to build, you have given away the store when it comes to affordable housing," said Greene.
She said the council is looking to partner with a developer to use low-income tax credits to bring affordable rentals to the area instead.
George Cianciolo, co-chair of the Chapel Hill 2020 process, said these types of public-private partnerships will be key to increasing the supply of affordable housing in town, as the current system isn't working.
"I don't think dictating to developers that they have to do affordable housing is working now," said Cianciolo. "What they do is they build their affordable housing then they jack up the price of the market rate housing. In Chapel Hill it's driving the affordability rate higher not lower."
In keeping with the theme of partnership, pastor and educator Maria Palmer said she'd like to see major employers like UNC develop local workforce housing options.
"I think we need to push the university to build more workforce housing, maybe at Carolina North," said Palmer.
Town Council candidates also weighed in on the future of the Orange County Transit Plan.
Although voters last year approved the half-cent transit tax that funds the bus and rail plan, challenger D.C. Swinton said he's skeptical about the idea of a light rail route from Chapel Hill to Durham.
"Rather than putting any money towards that, which is like putting the cart before the horse, we'd be better putting funds into expanding our (bus) system," said Swinton.
Incumbent Ed Harrison argued that the addition of light rail would free up buses for use in other parts of town.
"What the light rail is intended to do as it comes into Chapel Hill is to replace all the buses on the N.C. 54 corridor, which are then available to go somewhere else," said Harrison.
Southern Village resident Gary Kahn suggested there's no need for light rail in a town this size.
"Until we get like six million people, that is when we should seriously start talking about light rail," said Kahn. "Up until that point I don't think it should even be an issue."
But real estate broker Paul Neebe said the time to plan is now.
"I think if you don't plan enough in advance for light rail, by the time you get too many people, there won't be a place to put it," said Neebe.
The candidates will face off again Thursday at a forum co-hosted by the Sierra Club and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library.


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NSA Overreach May Have Contributed To UK's Unwillingness To Help With Syria
from the comes-back-to-hurt dept
There is no evidence that British public opinion has turned isolationist. There is plenty of evidence that it is fed up with the debilitating post 9/11 years of national sacrifice, with the humiliating excesses of US national security policy (not least its abuses of human rights and surveillance), with the unequal burden-sharing among allies and, above all, with the failures of policy.Yes, there are a variety of issues buried in there, but key among them is the "excesses" of the US' "national security policy" complete with excess surveillance. We've been pointing out for a while that these revelations could have wider impact and reverberate much further than US officials seem willing to admit, but this may be a small sign of that in action.


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Patrons can delight in 12 downtown Bethesda galleries at the Bethesda Art Walk scheduled for Friday, May 14 from 6-9 p.m. The Bethesda Art Walk allows art lovers to visit downtown Bethesda's gallery community on the second Friday of every month.
Bethesda's galleries feature painting, sculpture, photography, pottery and mixed media. Many galleries change exhibits monthly and hold receptions showcasing the featured artist in conjunction with the Bethesda Art Walk. Attendees are invited to delight in the artwork, enjoy free refreshments and to shop at these unique and inspiring galleries.
The Bethesda Art Walk will continue through 2010 on June 11, July 9, Aug. 13, Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10.
Participating Galleries and Studios:
Discovery Galleries, Ltd., 4840 Bethesda Ave.
Orchard Gallery, Art & Framing, 7917 Norfolk Ave.
Discovery Too, 7247 Woodmont Ave.
St. Elmo's Fire Gallery, 4928 St. Elmo Ave.
Fraser Gallery, 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E
Upstairs Art Studios, 4948 St. Elmo Ave.
gallery 360, 4836 Rugby Ave.
Urban Country, 7117 Arlington Rd.
Gallery Neptune, 4901 Cordell Ave.
Washington School of Photography, 4850 Rugby Ave.
Lenore's Place, 7720 Wisconsin Ave.
Waverly Street Gallery, 4600 East-West Hwy.
Call 301-215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org.


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O'Reilly Book Excerpts: VB.NET Core Classes In a Nutshell
An Introduction to the .NET FCL, Part 1
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VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell
In part one of a five-part series of book excerpts from VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell, learn what it's like to develop without the .NET FCL library and its core classes.
Chapter 1
The .NET Framework is Microsoft's new computing platform that simplifies the design, development, and deployment of computer applications. Developed particularly to facilitate the creation of Internet applications and distributed Internet applications, the .NET Framework features the .NET Framework Class Library (FCL), a systematic class framework to be used for the development of system tools and utilities as well as application software. This chapter assesses the significance of the .NET FCL and discusses accessing it from Visual Basic code.
Before the .NET FCL
Although programmers using languages like C++ have been using frameworks for system and application development from the very inception of their language (the Microsoft Foundation Class Library, or MFC, for instance, is a framework for developers of Windows applications using C++), comprehensive frameworks or class libraries are comparatively rare in Visual Basic programming. For the most part, programmers of previous versions of Visual Basic depended on two major sources to extend the Visual Basic language: the Win32 API, and ActiveX servers exposed through COM automation.
The Win32 API
The Win32 API is a procedural library that allows the developer to create programs that run under Windows and take advantage of core Windows operating system services. The Win32 API has been enhanced on a regular basis since it was introduced to support Windows NT 3.0, and it now consists of several thousand functions and constants located in a number of dynamic link libraries (DLLs). Because it is a loose collection of functions, there are'nt necessarily any consistent conventions in naming functions or in designating function parameters. The function-based style of programming using the Win32 API has a number of limitations:
- Lack of consistency across the entire Win32 API
Although a collection of Win32 API functions may be interdependent, at the same time each function tends to be a more or less independent entity that is called in isolation from other functions in your program. This tends to make the Win32 API as a whole difficult for all programmers to learn and master.
- Focus on C programmers
The Win32 API originally was developed as a set of functions that would be called primarily from C code. Although the Win32 API can be called from Visual Basic code, writing code that relies heavily on calls to external DLLs has always been something of an adventure in Visual Basic. Much of the challenge centers on the fact that the type systems used by C and Visual Basic are not completely compatible, so that Visual Basic data types have to be converted to data types expected by C language routines.
To get some sense of the difference in style between the function-based, procedural programming that characterizes the Win32 API and the object-oriented programming that characterizes the .NET Framework, Examples 1-1 and 1-2 contain the source code for a console mode routine that launches the application responsible for handling the data file whose name the user enters in a text box. Example 1-1 is written in Visual Basic 6.0 (although it could have run under any version from VB 4 through VB 6) and relies extensively on Win32 API calls, and particularly on calls to the registry API. Example 1-2 is written for Visual Basic .NET and relies on the .NET Framework Class Library, and particularly on its Registry and RegistryKey classes.
Example 1-1. Launching an application using the Win32 API
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib _
"advapi32.dll" ( ByVal hKey As Long) _
As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib _
"advapi32.dll" alias "RegOpenKeyA" ( _
ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey _
As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function RegQueryValue Lib _
"advapi32.dll" _
Alias "RegQueryValueA" ( _
ByVal hKey As Long, _
ByVal lpSubKey As String, _
ByVal lpValue As String, _
lpcbValue As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib _
"advapi32.dll" _
Alias "RegQueryValueExA" ( _
ByVal hKey As Long, _
ByVal lpValueName As String, _
ByVal lpReserved As Long, _
lpType As Long, _
lpData As Any, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function WinExec Lib _
"kernel32" ( _
ByVal lpCmdLine As String, _
ByVal nCmdShow As Long) _
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Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Private Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
Public Const REG_DWORD = 4
Public Const REG_SZ = 1
Public Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Private Sub Main()
Dim strFile As String, strExten As String
Dim strProgID As String, strExe As String
Dim lPos As Long
Dim hKey As Long, lStrLen As Long
strFile = InputBox("Enter Name of File " & _
"to Open: ", "Open File", "")
If strFile = "" Then Exit Sub
' Get file extension
lPos = InStrRev(1, strFile, ".")
If lPos = 0 Then
MsgBox "Filename must include an extension."
Exit Sub
strExten = Mid(strFile, lPos)
End If
' Get programmatic identifier
If RegOpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, _
strExten, _
hKey) <> _
ERROR_SUCCESS Then
MsgBox "File extension not found."
Exit Sub
End If
lStrLen = 0
Call RegQueryValue(hKey, "", "", lStrLen)
strProgID = Space(lStrLen)
Call RegQueryValue(hKey, "", strProgID, lStrLen)
RegCloseKey hKey
' Get associated application
strProgID = Left(strProgID, lStrLen - 1) & _
If RegOpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, _
strProgID, _
hKey) <> _
ERROR_SUCCESS Then
MsgBox "Open command key not found..."
Exit Sub
End If
lStrLen = 0
Call RegQueryValue(hKey, "", "", lStrLen)
strExe = Space(lStrLen)
Call RegQueryValue(hKey, "", strExe, lStrLen)
RegCloseKey hKey
' Launch application and pass its
' filename as a parameter
lPos = InStr(1, strExe, " %1")
If lPos > 0 Then _
strExe = Left(strExe, lPos)
strExe = strExe & " " & strFile
Call WinExec(strExe, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Sub
Example 1-1 is a relatively long program, largely because of the intricacies of working with the Win32 API. We need, of course, to declare all registry-related functions with their parameters, as well as all constants that we intend to use. In addition, each registry access requires that we do the following:
Open the relevant registry key.
Determine the length of the string we want to retrieve.
Set the string buffer to the appropriate length.
Retrieve the registry value.
Adjust the string containing the registry value by removing its terminating null character.
Close the open registry key.
In contrast, the VB.NET program in Example 1-2 is considerably shorter and simpler. In contrast to the numerous Declare and Const statements in Example 1-1, the program only needs to use the Imports statement to indicate which namespaces it will access. Registry access is also significantly simpler. The program relies on two classes: the shared Registry class, which provides access to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR), one of the top-level registry keys; and the RegistryKey class, which represents a registry key. As a result, once the program obtains a reference to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, registry access consists of the following steps:
Open the appropriate subkey by calling the top-level key's open method, passing it the path to the subkey to be opened.
Retrieve the newly opened key's default value.
Close the open registry key.
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The Camdenton R-III School Board will again discuss the board's public participation policy.
The Camdenton R-III School Board will again discuss the board's public participation policy.
Last month, the board discussed their current policy and possible changes to make to the current regulation. Susan Goldammer, attorney and Senior Director at the Missouri School Boards Association, was present and walked the board through public participation and what it can look like.
The board's current policy only allows the public to discuss items on the agenda. People who wish to speak can fill out an information card and speak during the public comment portion at the beginning of the meeting. If a resident wishes to be placed on the agenda, they must request to be placed on it at least a week in advance.
During last month's meeting, the board voted to table any discussion and asked Goldammer to draft potential policies for their approval.
During the board's regularly scheduled September meeting set for Monday, Sept. 9 at 5:30 p.m., the board will have a chance to review two possible policies.
Assistant Superintendent Roma France, will also present the board with information regarding school board email accounts. The potential accounts would allow for an additional avenue for the public to communicate with board members.


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In this issue: Economic Recovery, Mary Becht receives Innovation Award, New Council Members, 2020 Cultural Plan, Summer Cultural Quarterly, FREE Admission to Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
The Broward Cultural Division will receive a grant of $250,000 for salary assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), through President Obama's economic stimulus package — American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The Division was one of only 17 communities in the U.S. to receive the $250,000 award.
Eligible arts organizations will have the opportunity to apply for funds to support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in funding during the current economic downturn. "This is a direct example of funds being channeled to retain jobs of cultural workers in Broward County and stimulate the economy," says County Administrator Bertha Henry.
Nationally, the amount, which totals $29.78 million, is allocated among 633 arts groups in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and several territories. Of those 633, twelve are located in Florida, including the Broward County Cultural Division.
Even before President Barack Obama signed the ARRA into law on February 17, County staff was mobilized to respond. A Broward County Stimulus Grants Coordination Office, www.broward.org/recovery, has been established for the purpose of centralizing the identification, development, review, approval and tracking for grants and contracts resulting from ARRA. It is staffed by Linda Ross, stimulus grants coordinator. The website is a useful tool for grant information.
Eligibility requirements will be available for Broward Cultural Division's grantees in the Cultural Diversity, General Operating and Major Cultural Institution grant programs. Applications and guidelines will be available online at the Cultural Division website in early August 2009.Young at Art Children's Museum and the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theatre are also approved to receive a grant through the Florida Arts Recovery Program, in the amount of $25,000 each, from The Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Grand Opera and Miami City Ballet were awarded a $50,000 grant each through the the National Endowment for the Arts.Please visit the Broward Cultural Division website at www.broward.org/arts for more information.
Click here to view a complete listing of NEA grant recipients.
Broward County Cultural Division Director Mary A. Becht received the Americans For the Arts' United States Urban Arts Federation (USUAF) Ray Hanley Innovation Awardat a private event in June. A coalition of leaders from the country's 60 largest cities, USUAF established the award in 2007 to honor both Hanley and others who make outstanding individual contributions to arts and culture in American communities.
This award is the fourth annual award of recognition to be received by Becht and the Broward County Commission's Cultural Division in the past decade including, the First Annual Arts and Culture Award from National Association of Counties (NACo) in 1990; Arts Administrator of the Year Award from Arts Management News Service of Columbia College, Chicago in 2002 and Public Leadership in the Arts Award from NACo in 2004.
The USUAF selection committee highlighted Becht's achievement over her career and recognized her work in advancing public art, cultural facility development, the Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute, and other program innovations that have served as a model for her peers around the country.
The Broward Cultural Council recently welcomed Linda Houston Jones and Georgia D. Nwamaka-Robinson, Esq. to its arts advisory board.
Jones, founder and president of Ashanti Cultural Arts, Inc. a not-for-profit organization that provides cultural arts, literacy, wellness and after school programs to Broward County, was appointed by Commissioner Kristin Jacobs and Robinson, an attorney and founder of many not-for-profit organizations, was appointed by Commissioner Ilene Lieberman. The Broward Cultural Council, created in 1977, is a 23-member advisory board of the Broward County Commission. The Council is dedicated to enhancing the cultural environment of Broward County through the development of the arts.
Through public Town Hall meetings held in several cities, focus group meetings, telephone and online surveys, the arts consultants will gather public input which will be incorporated into the 2020 Community Cultural Plan'srecommendations. The Plan will serve as Broward Cultural Division's blueprint for the next decade.
The 2020 Community Cultural Planwill provide a comprehensive needs-assessment, vision, draft legislation, policy framework, recommendations, strategies, funding requirements, funding sources, evaluation instruments and benchmarks.
Visit the 2020 Community Cultural Plan's homepage, to find out how to participate in this critical and creative planning process. You will also find a calendar of upcoming meetings, minutes of past meetings, consultant bios and plan description.
Read about Broward's artists, history, culture, art news, art success stories, family fun and so much more! Click on the most comprehensive cultural calendar in South Florida on this website.
Join the Celebration! Cultural Groups Observe Milestone AnniversariesHistoric Annie Beck House -- A Tribute to a Time Gone ByFor Anastasia Clark the Poetry Never StopsNancy Spielman Doggedly Pursuing Her ArtAnd much more . . .
The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum of the Seminole Tribe of Florida is pleased to announce it has joined the effort to promote local Florida tourism and reward "stay-cationers" opting to travel in their own backyards this summer. The Museum will offer FREE admission to Florida residents throughout the months of July and August.
Florida residents of all ages are invited to take advantage of this promotion. Children may be accompanied by parents, teachers or caretakers who provide proof of Florida residency. All adults will be asked to provide a Florida driver's license or a Florida state-issued identification in order to take advantage of this limited offer.
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Micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) is rapidly growing area of interest for a broad spectrum of applications. One particularly fast-growing area is biomedical applications for micromaching technologies. One application of interest to the biomedical industry is the development of microneedles. MEMS technology brings new means for biomedicine field. Patch-based transdermal drug delivery offers a convenient way to administer drugs without the drawbacks of standard hypodermic injections relating to issues such as patient acceptability and injection safety. However, conventional transdermal drug delivery is limited to therapeutics where the drug can diffuse across the skin barrier. By using miniaturized needles, a pathway into the human body can be established which allow transport of macromolecular drugs such as insulins or vaccines. These microneedles only penetrate the outermost skin layers, superficial enough not to reach the nerve receptors of the lower skin. Thus, microneedle insertions are perceived as painless. The project presents work in the field of microneedle-based drug delivery with the specific aim of investigating a microneedle-based transdermal patch concept. To enable controllable drug infusion and still maintain an unobtrusive and easy-to-use, patch-like design. The needles are organized in arrays situated on a chip. To allow active delivery, the microneedles are hollow with the needle can have a cylindrical shape and tapered tip. The project work presents simulation and analysis of microneedle array using COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2. Study the evaluation of both the microneedle structure and the transdermal patch, issues such as penetration reliability, liquid delivery into the skin. This project addresses the characteristics of micro-needles are far more reliable. Drug delivery and Fluid extraction requirement in terms of minimal needle dimensions and force withstanding capabilities, which are inversely related to each other. The strength of the micro-needles has been examined analytically and modeled using finite element modeling tool COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2. Through performance analysis it is shown that the design is a significant improvement over existing needles.
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Todd Grantham and One-Gap Nose Tackle in the 3-4
Pelini's 4-3 nose approach is similar to Grantham's 3-4 nose approach. In Pelini's scheme, the NT isn't a typical two-gap player; he's a DT lined up as a 1-tech instead of a 2-tech or a 3-tech. As a result, the NT doesn't have to be a two-gap player. Instead, he gets to challenge a single gap, which allows him to get more consistent penetration and generally cause havoc. That's the theory behind Grantham's take on the 3-4:
Note that the NT in this formation doesn't actually line up as a 0-tech; he's instead slightly offset at the strongside 1-tech. (He doesn't necessarily have to be there, but it's easier for illustrative purposes.) Because he's moved directly off center, he can easier challenge a single gap instead of the typical two-gap approach, meaning he'd go to either the left or right of center instead of right at him. That in turn forces the offense to respond differently than they would against a two-gap NT, and it's similar to how an offensive line copes with a DT in a 4-3. In addition, shifting the NT to a 1-tech in essenceforces the side that needs to double. Because the NT in the example above is shifted slightly, the left guard and center have to combine on the block (the right guard will never make it over there), and good things happen.
What kind of good things happen? Instead of being reliant on your NT soaking up two interior linemen, he directly threatens a gap, which in turn forces a hard response from the offensive line. The defensive end keeps the other guy on the line occupied, and the MLB on that side doesn't have to deal with any blockers. That means the MLB coming in gets to clean up the mess, and if he doesn't, then the OLB on that side gets to.
There's more than just that, though. Shifting the NT to single-gap allows you to do things like stunts, full-side overload blitzes (for example, in the above diagram the TE cannot release into his route if it's a pass play, otherwise it's four blitzers vs. three linemen and the QB gets peeled off the turf; If it's a run, all blockers are accounted for and the playside safety can easily snuff it out)


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In the late '80s and early '90s, one version of The Waterboys—a moniker which has mostly meant Mike Scott and Anthony Thistlethwaite plus various supporting casts—became widely known, thanks to two albums paying homage to traditional Irish music through original compositions and arrangements of traditional songs. Those albums, Fisherman's Blues and Room to Roam, represented a new and exuberant sonic direction in the Waterboys' career, and they brought the band widespread acclaim and a flowering of new fans.
For a lot of listeners, those two albums are the only ones deemed worthy of a spot in the rotation, because the band's earlier work, though it's distinctive and like little else, isn't as immediately accessible as the Irish-fueled material. All the same, its conjuring of a world of Old Gods and heartfelt poetry, often driven by ragged guitar and screaming sax, offers plenty of rewards, particularly in its most introspective moments, typefied by soulful tunes like "This Is the Sea" and a haunting slow version of the song "Don't Bang the Drum."
After the Waterboys' years of major rock-trad success, the band dissolved, only reforming a few years later, in 2000. Since then, Scott has continued to steer an idiosyncratic path through rock and folk, driven by the same spiritual concerns and literary sensibility that have always filled his music. The more recent sounds combine the Waterboys' early rock approach (often referred to as "the Big Music," after an early single) and the later folky direction. That doesn't create a dull similarity, but rather an adventurous, unpredictable bent: put in a newer Waterboys disc and you're never quite sure what kinds of textures to expect. You may get distorted guitars, fiddles, flutes, piano, or acoustic contemplativeness.
The latest iteration of the Waterboys is largely American, and was assembled to tour the album that's been brewing in Scott's mind for a long time. It's called An Appointment With Mr. Yeats, and comprises musical settings of W.B. Yeats poems, something Scott first offered with a folky take on "The Stolen Child" during the band's traditional Celtic phase. Not all the tunes on Mr. Yeats take flight—not surprising with an endeavor as difficult as translating inflexible lines of poetry into the framework of a song. Fortunately, Yeats' work lends itself better than most to music, and it's hard to imagine a better musical fit or poetic affinity than Scott's, so when the tunes work, they work in an almost magical fashion, resurrecting the fiery, lush sensibility of Yeats' words in grand style.
The album opener, "The Hosting of the Shee," is a propulsive combo of Yeats' words with a pounding, insistent rhythm section and washes of organ and guitar punctuated by horns. It's a bombastic and infectious starting point. The textures of the album are widely varied, sounding symphonic at times, poppy at others. The instrumentation is many-layered and rich. Scott presides over the tunes with his edgy, ragged voice, and the tunes' success or lack thereof often rests on his success in delivering the tumble of Yeats' words over the musical arrangements. In the best tunes, you'd never know the lyrics began as poems. At times, Scott sounds like an actor in a carnivalesque musical, at other times like a Celtic bard channeling some ancient, stony past. Regardless of its inconsistencies, the album is something of a triumph, a beautifully realized manifestation of Scott's ancient/modern concerns.
The current version of the Waterboys visits the Calvin in Northampton this Friday, and word is that current set lists, though centered on Mr. Yeats, dig well back into the band's catalogue.•
Sept. 20, 8 p.m., $25-45, with opener Freddie Stevenson, Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, (413) 586-8686, http://www.iheg.com.


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~Im officially over Kanye West...what a jerk!
Hip-hop star Kanye West trashed Radiohead and said the public should give Chris Brown "a break," during a recent taping of VH1's "Storytellers."
But the comments will not make it to air when the episode premieres on the lifestyle cable network on Saturday.
The taping, which took place on February 13 at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, lasted three hours. The show's producers cut it to 90 minutes, after getting network approval to expand the episode from its usual one hour.
Some of West's choicer comments ended up on the cutting room floor, but there's no political conspiracy afoot, said executive producer Bill Flanagan.
"A lot of the stories that Kanye told went long," Flanagan told Reuters on Thursday. "I tried to get to the essence of his comments."
One of hip-hop's most intriguing and outspoken stars, West seems tailor-made for "Storytellers," in which artists play their songs in an intimate setting and share tidbits with audience about how they were written.
The idea behind "Storytellers" is that VH1 encourages the artist "to just keep talking," and producers in turn will "eliminate any 'gotcha' moments" that don't work, Flanagan said.
During the taping, according to a Reuters reporter, West was aggrieved that Radiohead singer Thom Yorke had allegedly snubbed him backstage at the Grammys five days earlier. That hurt, West told the audience, because he idolizes the British band, and considers it one of his few creative rivals.
"So when he performed at the Grammys, I sat the f--- down," West said.
A little later, West asked the crowd, "Can't we give Chris a break? ... I know I make mistakes in life." He was referring to R&B singer Chris Brown, who was arrested on the night of the Grammys on suspicion of beating his girlfriend Rihanna.
In the same context, West earned loud applause with his declaration: "Michael Jackson, amazing. Michael Phelps, amazing ... He's a real f---in' person; he makes mistakes," referring to the champion swimmer's recent bong pipe brouhaha.
VH1 has cleaned up those comments a bit, and it also included West's less-popular follow-up observation: "O.J. Simpson, amazing. Is he not? What he did, when he did, what he did. Was he not amazing though?"
In between his speeches, West found time to perform 14 songs. Some, such as "Go Hard" and "Street Lights," will not appear on the episode. The final set list combines older tunes like "Touch the Sky" and "Stronger," and tracks from his new album "808s and Heartbreak," including "Amazing" and "See You In My Nightmares."
Flanagan said he was "pretty delighted" with the way West opened up to the crowd and took the whole project seriously.
Next up for "Storytellers" is a taping with resurrected rock trio ZZ Top in Chicago in a couple of weeks, he said.
What a douche bag....
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Best Friend Quotes, Sayings for BFFs
God made us best friends because he knew that our moms couldn't handle us as sisters.
Fake Friends: Never ask for food.
Real Friends: Is the reason you have no food.
Fake Friends: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back
Real Friends: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours
Fake Friends: Know a few things about you
Real Friends: Could write a book about you with direct quotes from you
Fake Friends: Would knock on your front door
Real Friends: Walk right in and say "I'M HOME!"
Fake Friends: Are for a while
Real Friends: Are for life
Fake Friends: Will talk bad to the person who talks bad about you.
Real Friends: Will knock the person out that talked bad about you.
Fake Friends: Would ignore this
Real Friends: Will send this to all their real friends and hope to get it back!
A SPECIAL friend is hard to FIND,
Hard to LOSE And impossible to FORGET.
TRUE friends are never APART
maybe in DISTANCE
A stranger stabs you in the front.
A bad friend stabs you in the back.
An ex- boyfriend stabs you in the heart.
best friends only poke each other with straws!
:) :) :) :)
If I could take a star out of the sky every time you made me smile, the whole night sky would be in my hands.
A friend will come bail you out of jail but, your best friend will be sitting next to you saying… "Wow that was fun!"
Real family does not come from your blood. It is the people standing beside you when no one else is.
Your true friend is always there, not just for a day or two, but forever.
A real friend will clean up the messes you make out of life for you. Even if they shouldn't have to.
I used to be normal until I met those losers I call my BEST FRIENDS!!!!
These describe me and my friends perfectly
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.
A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift,
A friends is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy, and grace and makes the whole world we live in a better and happier place.
How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to.
Promise you won't forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
It is by chance we met . . . By choice we became friends.
The rain may be falling hard outside, but your smile makes it all alright. I'm so glad that you're my friend. I know our friendship will never end.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends whom we choose.
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.
True friends are never apart maybe in distance but never in the heart!
A true friend is someone who can look at you with the biggest smile on your face and still tell something is wrong.
Good friends care for each other.
Close friends understand each other,
But true friends stay forever..beyond words, beyond distance, beyond time…!
A single rose can be my garden, a single friend…my world.


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WALTHAM, Mass.- For the second time in three years, both the Brandeis University women's and men's basketball teams have earned preseason national rankings by d3hoops.com. The Brandeis women, who fell one win shy of their first-ever Final Four last season, were ranked No. 9 in the nation, while the Brandeis men, who dropped a second-round NCAA tournament game, check in at No. 22.
The Brandeis women's basketball team (20-8, 7-7, 5th in the University Athletic Association in 2008-09) is coached by Carol Simon, entering her 23rd season on the sidelines. The Judges are coming off a fourth-straight berth in the NCAA Division III tournament, reaching the Elite Eight for the first time in program history. Brandeis will hope to continue a season in which they led the UAA in 3-point shooting and were in second in overall field-goal percentage by percentage points.
The Judges return four different backcourt players who made at least 10 starts, paced by senior guard Jessica Chapin of Mendon, N.Y. The first-team All-UAA and honorable mention All-America selection led the team in nearly every major statistical category, including scoring (14.1 ppg), rebounding (6.7 rpg), assists (3.2 apg) and steals (2.9 spg), one of only two players to rank in the top 10 in the Association in all four. Junior guard Diana Cincotta of W. Boylson, Mass., started all but one contest at the point, earning honorable mention All-UAA honors after finishing second on the team with 62 assists (2.3 apg), 31 3-pointers and 21 steals (0.8 spg). Senior Lauren Rashford of Whitesboro, N.Y., started the season's first 17 games and was third on the team in scoring (8.1 ppg) in that span, while sophomore Morgan Kendrew of Cotuit, Mass., stepped into her spot after an injury and had the exact same scoring average. After losing two honorable mention All-UAA front-court players to graduation, senior Kasey Gieschen of Boonton Township, N.J., and junior Amber Strodthoff of DePere, Wisc., look to increase their playing time. The Judges also boast an incoming class that is six strong and hopes to contribute right off the bat.
The Brandeis women open their season on Nov. 15 at WPI. They make their home debut with the Brandeis Basketball Classic on Nov. 20 against Wentworth Institute of Technology.
The Brandeis men's basketball team (18-9, 10-4, 2nd in the UAA in 2008-09) looks to return to the NCAA tournament for an unprecedented fourth consecutive season under the guidance of head coach Brian Meehan, who is in his seventh season at the helm. The Judges will have to do so without their top two leading scorers from a year ago, as All-American Steve DeLuca, the program's fifth-all-time leading scorer, and Kevin Olson, the nation's top 3-point shooter, have graduated.
Despite the losses, the Judges still return five players who made at least eight starts, including second-team All-UAA selections in senior guards Andre Roberson of Springfield, Mass., and Kenny Small of Stratford, Conn. Roberson led the team in assists with 4.9 apg (2nd in UAA) and steals with 1.5 spg (4th in UAA). He also averaged 10.3 points per game, fourth on the squad and second among returners, behind Small. Small averaged 11.5 points per game, 13.8 as a starter including the last seven games of the season.
Senior forward Terrell Hollins of Springfield, Mass., a second-team All-Association selection as a sophomore, is the team's top returning rebounder (5.8 rpg), finishing ninth in the UAA. He also finished 10th in the league in field-goal percentage at 50.3%. Forwards Richard Magee of Burke, Va., a senior, and junior Christian Yemga of Yaounde, Cameroon, also saw time in the starting line-up. The Judges hope that sophomore Vytas Krisus of Kvedarna, Lithuania, who scored in double figures in four UAA contests, can pick up some of the scoring slack that departed with DeLuca and Olson.
The Judges open their season Nov. 17 at home against local rival Lasell College.