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WALTHAM, Mass.- In their home opener, the Brandeis Men's basketball team cruised to an 87-59 win in non-conference play over the UMass-Dartmouth Corsairs. Three Judges reached double-figures, led by junior guard Ben Bartoldus (Hillsborough, N.H./ Proctor Acad. ,N.H.) who tallied a team-high 14 points. Brandeis evens their record at 1-1 while the Corsairs fall to 0-3.
In the first half, the Judges broke the game open with a 19-4 run after trailing 4-2 at the 18:59 mark. A trio of juniors led the way as Bartoldus, center Youri Dascy (Fall River, Mass./ St. Andrews School, R.I.), and forward Alex Stoyle (Goffstown, N.H./ Tilton School) combined for 15 points during that go-ahead spurt. UMD was able to cut the deficit to nine at 23-14 on a free throw by sophomore guard Mike Rotando (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J./ Point Pleasant Beach) with 10:30 minutes left in the period. The Corsairs would not get any closer than that as Brandeis continued to pull away and held a 46-32 advantage at the break thanks to a scorching hot offense that owned a 20-8 edge in points in the paint and shot 60.7% from the field.
In the second half, the Judges did not let up, opening the period on a 12-0 run featuring three-pointers from junior guard Derek Retos (No. Attleboro, Mass./ Brimmer and May School) and Bartoldus as junior transfer guard Gabe Moton (St. Petersburg, Fla./ St. Petersburg) compiled four points, a rebound, and an assist during the offensive onslaught. Other second half highlights included a three-point play the hard way by junior forward Connor Arnold (Andover, Mass./ Deerfield Acad.) to give Brandeis a 64-39 lead, a thunderous one-handed dunk by sophomore forward Ishmael Khalilou (Windsor, Conn./ Taft School) to extend the Judges lead to 84-57, and finally a shot from downtown by sophomore guard James Coner (Pembroke, Mass./ Pembroke) to give Brandeis its largest lead and the 87-59 final tally. Playing a huge part in the blowout was the Judges bench, who outscored the Corsairs reserves, 34-17.
For Brandeis, 14 different players recorded a basket with Bartoldus leading a trio of players in double-digits with 14 points. Moton and Dascy each had 11 points while Retos added nine. Stoyle led the squad with 10 rebounds and fell one bucket shy of a double-double as he and senior center Wouter van der Eng (Alphen aun der Rijn, the Netherlands/ Kimball Union Acad. ,N.H.) each had eight points. Moton tied for game-high honors with five assists while Stoyle and rookie guard Colby Smith (No. Andover, Mass./ No. Andover) each recorded four helpers. Retos, Moton, and rookie guard Ryne Williams (Houston, Texas/ George Bush) also shared team-high honors with two steals apiece.
For UMass-Dartmouth, junior guard John Genkos (Worcester, Mass./ Doherty) had a game-high 20 points on 6-9 shooting from the field including 4-6 from downtown and 4-4 from the line. Sophomore center Alex Rodrigues (Fall River, Mass./ Durfee) joined him in double-digits with 14 points and pulled down five boards along with rookie guard Jacek Louisville (Worcester, Mass./ Holy Name) to tie for the team lead. Genkos also led the squad with five assists while junior guard Jordan Grace (Cambridge, Mass/ Rindge & Latin HS) recorded two steals.
The Judges continue their season Saturday November 24th against Tufts in Red Auerbach Arena with a 7:00 p.m. tip off as they host the Big Four Tournament. The Corsairs stay on the road for a game at Bridgewater State on Tuesday November 27th with a 7:00 p.m. tip off.

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Hilma was born in Sweden in October 1891. She and her sister Olga immigrated about 1904.
Hilma married Walter Bailey Kellison in 1916 in Montana. By 1920 they had moved to Washoe County, Nevada. She and Walter had five children that I know of: Anna, Richard, Milton Bailey, Donald and Marlene. Olga married Thurman Allen Poe about 1919.
While in Sparks, the Kellison family and the Poe family were mentioned in the local papers on a regular basis, for parties for the children as well as other activities.
I am looking for information about the Poe family as well as the Engdahl family. If you are willing to collaborate with this research, please contact me.


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David Petteys of Act for America, Denver chapter, and Michael Del Rosso of the Claremont Institute recently compared notes on the strange reluctance of Republicans running for office to identify our jihadist enemy in plain language. Here is their exchange: PETTEYS: Our friend Michael Del Rosso recommended that the following question be asked of every candidate: "In your opinion, what is the greatest threat to our country and what would you do about it?"
Recently I had the opportunity to actually ask this question of Jane Norton, the front running GOP Senatorial candidate here in Colorado. I am happy to say her response was this:
"Islamic Terrorism, and we need to get over this idea that the rights of terrorists have priority over the lives of American citizens."
Although I would prefer the term "Islamic Jihad" as opposed to Terrorism, it is a step forward. Certainly preferable to the answer you'd get from most Democrats who would talking needing to "save the planet from climate catastrophe by cracking down on the evil oil companies".
I'm also happy to report my Congressman Mike Coffman's office notified me today that he was joining Sue Myrick of North Carolina's "Counter Terrorism Caucus" as a result of my suggestion.
DEL ROSSO: Dave, I would NOT accept Terrorism as an answer from this candidate.
A couple of weeks ago I put the following query to three of the seven Republican candidates attempting to reclaim Virginia's 5th District US House of Representatives seat for the GOP: "America has been in a shooting war for over 8 years with over 5,000 KIA, tens of thousands wounded, and a trillion dollars spent, with no end in sight. Who is our Enemy, what is their Doctrine, and what is their Objective?" Each time the exchange went generally this way:
Candidate: "We're fighting Terrorists."
Me: That makes as much sense as saying "Our Enemy is Tanks." Terrorism is a tactic, not an enemy.
Candidate: "We're fighting Muslim Extremists."
Me: "How do you know their Extremists? How do you know they are not actual Mainstream Muslims?"
Encountering a bewildered look and no response I further asked "Have you ever read the Quran? Any book on Islamic jurisprudence and doctrines? Have you read the 9-11 Report?"
Every time, the candidate's answers to all three were "No."
So I informed each of them: "You just admitted that you have no basis in fact, you have no knowledge, in making any claim about who are enemies are. How can you presume to ask me to vote for you to be my Representative when you have not even taken the trouble to identify our enemy 8 years into a war?"


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Analysts look to separate actionable intelligence from reams of data
With increasing numbers and types of sensors for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance comes a dramatic increase in data collected. While attention is being paid to the means of collection, arguably the bigger challenge is how to cope with the mass of information once it has been acquired.
Key among the problems is the ability to pluck nuggets of needed and actionable intelligence from the river of raw data, and getting that intelligence quickly and securely into the hands of tactical operators.
For the U.S. Army, the problem is taking on a new shape as it begins operations in Afghanistan with the first General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) unit to be an integral part of a combat aviation brigade. The Army operates the medium-altitude, long-endurance UAS in theater as a quick-reaction capability, but the aircraft support special operations.
For troops accustomed to managing video feeds from short-duration, hand-launched UAS such as the AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven, or the tactical RQ-7B Shadow, the first Gray Eagles introduce the problem of processing, exploiting and disseminating (PED) greater quantities of information gathered on flights lasting up to 20 hr. "The unit has decided to provide its own PED. We will see if they understand what the demand is," says Col. Grant Webb, UAS capabilities manager at Army Training and Doctrine Command.
The Army is also close to deploying the first full-spectrum combat aviation brigade that includes two Shadow UAS units in addition to Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and Boeing AH-64D Apache helicopters. "Division and below has not had organic UAS before. There will be a lot of learning," says Webb. "The Army plans on doing PED forward, using intelligence NCOs. We're waiting to see how well they do," he says. "With the aircraft up for 20 hr., it takes a lot of manpower, and there is a big difference in size between brigade and division level—they may require support."
The U.K. has been working to resolve the issues for years. Its solution in part has been the fielding to Afghanistan of the DataMan system (DTI July/August 2011, p. 14). This allows connected users to input information to a central command-and-control server, where data—human intelligence on insurgent activity, video from aerial platforms, signals intelligence about the dated known location of a high-value target and medical information—is tagged against the geographical locations they relate to.
The server stores the information in more than 350 layers. When a commander planning a mission requests a map of an operational area, he selects the information layers he would like the map to display, in a Google Maps-like interface called GeoViewer. The process ensures the user is presented with intelligence relevant to his task, without being overwhelmed by unnecessary data. By projecting stored intelligence onto the blank canvas of the GeoViewer map, the server minimizes the bandwidth required by only moving requested information, rather than requiring the user to access an entire data cache and instructing his terminal to ignore most of it.
"Not only have you got the geoint tacked on to the C2 system, but we discovered that we can connect to other databases," says Col. Mark Burrows of the Defense Ministry's Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organization, which operates DataMan, built by Esri in the U.K. "It's a database manager, so it reaches into other people's databases, and we can link in as well.
"It's about getting the best out of all the information out there, bringing it together to let you do the information-exploitation activity."
Other information-sharing efforts are more low-tech. At Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, the ground station for the RAF's Sentinel R1 Airborne Stand-Off Radar system is located next to the data exploitation center for the British Army's Hermes 450 UAS. Officers work on the two systems in close proximity. Although the data produced is different—full-motion video from the UAS; ground-moving-target indicator data and synthetic aperture radar imagery from Sentinel—both teams interoperate, often use the same software and share interpretation techniques. Information is also integrated into DataMan, though the process is seamless and users may not realize that their product ends up in the intelligence hub.
The advent of multispectral and wide-area sensor capabilities, meanwhile, will require an exponential increase in data analysis to separate informational wheat from digital chaff. As UAS operators have found, savings made because the platforms cost less than a manned aircraft are offset by the manpower required to monitor the amounts of data the persistent platforms generate. Efforts to automate elements of the analytical process are therefore some of the most pressing in intelligence gathering.
"The biggest challenge is to quickly give the analysts, in real time, the ability to extract value—to use more machine-based algorithms and decision-making to assess whether activity they're looking at is abnormal," says Jon Armstrong, senior manager for FMV (full-motion video) solutions with Lockheed Martin's Information Systems and Global Solutions division. A Lockheed-led team developed NVS—National System for Geo-Intelligence Video Services—for U.S. Joint Forces Command, though the project has migrated to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NVS attempts to solve the analysis overload problem through software automation.
"Am I able to look at, and have the computer tell me, whether that individual I see walking across the ground is carrying an IED on his shoulder or a rolled-up rug?" Armstrong continues. "Can I set a watch box around a location and say, 'These three vehicles that I've seen come to this compound in the last five days, alert me to go look at the video if a vehicle shows up today?' I don't want to stare at the video hoping to see the vehicle if it doesn't return. I want to put my attention on something else.
"It's the ability to do activity-based intelligence, where you use concepts of heat maps, watch boxes or tripwires to define multiple elements of what you want to bring together," Armstrong says. "I only want to look at this box if the conditions are met. And those conditions are becoming more definable, as is the ability to recognize the activity to match with it."
Monitoring the activity of insurgent networks is a key objective of the Army's plan to deploy three Boeing A160T Hummingbirds to Afghanistan this year. The unmanned helicopters will carry the Argus-IS wide-area electro-optical (EO) sensor developed by BAE Systems for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa). Argus provides 65 simultaneous, independent video feeds that can be programmed to watch a location or track an individual or vehicle. A Darpa-developed ground station will fuse the EO imagery with signals-intelligence to monitor insurgents.
Argus-IS is daylight-only, and Lockheed is developing an infrared (IR) version, Argus-IR, for Darpa. This uses a new mid-wave IR detector technology called nBn, which requires less cooling and allows for larger focal-plane arrays with more pixels per array. Argus-IR will provide at least 130 independently steerable video feeds within its field of view, each with resolution comparable to the EO/IR sensor on a Predator-class UAS, says Keith Flail, business development manager with Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
Adding to the challenge is the increasing use of multispectral and hyperspectral sensors that not only cover large areas, but do so across and beyond the electromagnetic spectrum.
Another development is the use of airborne sensing to detect trace explosives. Modified Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, operated by Dynamic Aviation and equipped with multiple IR turrets and other sensors, possibly including explosives detectors, have been operating for the Army in the Middle East. At the U.S. Navy League show in April, SAIC showed models of these aircraft and disclosed that it was the prime contractor in the program.
As automation tackles ever-bigger data sets, Armstrong points out that the nature of the work changes from image analysis to network analysis. "Gorgon Stare, Blue Devil, Argus —these are capabilities that allow you to look at a 10 X 10-km (6.2 X 6.2-mi.) space at extremely high resolution," he says. "So you have the ability to look at human activity networks, track vehicles over large distances—the ability to look at activity, not just pixels. How do you consume those huge data sets, and the ability to look at an entire city in one view? That's the emerging space we're using a lot of our energy and focus on."


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We're told that in addition to Colorado coach Jon Embree, CU legend Bill McCartney and former Buff great and current Broncos executive Matt Russell, Thursday evening's (Sept. 27) inaugural "Parade of Buffs Shoulder-to-Shoulder Rally" at 1stBank Center also will include Kordell Stewart, Michael Westbrook, Cliff Branch, Deon Figures and former CU coach Gary Barnett.
In addition, CU standouts from other sports will be part of the program, including Cliff Meely (men's basketball), Bridget Turner (women's basketball) and Olympian Emma Coburn (track).
Members of the CU football team that do not have class conflicts will attend.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 1stBank Center is the former Broomfield Events Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane.
The event is free to the public with advanced registration. To register, go to www.cubuffs.com/events or call 303-492-5497.


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I started a work contract in March '10, and apart from being happy to be editing again, another perk is meeting new people. Invariably you're bound to meet someone who has similar interests as you, as was the case when I met a fellow baker!
We'd often say that we should get together for a baking session, and after a couple of weeks of batter... er, banter (*rolls eyes at self*)... we finally set a baking date.
When trying to decide what to bake, Cat said that she loved apple. Apple pie was the first thing that came to mind, but we thought to make it a little more interesting. We decided to do apple cupcakes instead. This would finally give me the chance to get some giant Bramley Apples that I eye out every time I go past the fruit section.
Apple and? Vanilla frosting? Cream cheese? Cinnamon? Caramel? If you've had one of my cupcakes you'll know that I love to fill them with a little surprise in the middle, so it was decided to make moist spiced apple cupcakes, topped with tangy vanilla bean cream cheese frosting, and the surprise in the middle? Decadent caramel, or dulce de leche.
Unfortunately, we happened to bake these on one of the hottest weekends we've had in Ireland this year, you'll see in the pic below that the cream cheese frosting looks close to running off the cupcake! The frosting practically poured out of the piping bags, lol!
Well, I mean, after that I just had to make another batch with firmer frosting. Wouldn't you? I mean, it had nothing to do with the fact that these cupcakes were just so decadent, delicious, perfectly moist, practically a pudding. No no, it's all for the photos, of course ;)
We had a great time baking these and were also rewarded by the sounds of "Mmmmmm!" and other happy noises coming from our fellow work mates as they enjoyed our handy work.
And just to let you in on a little secret, I don't enjoy fruit in baked goods, so to want to make and eat more of these... well, I'm sure you get the picture. ;)
Makes 12 cupcakes
3 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, room temperature (45g)
3/4 cup Apple Sauce, smooth
1 cup Granny Smith or Bramley Apples, diced
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 Large Egg, room temperature
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/8 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1/8 tsp Ground Cloves
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/8 tsp Salt
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C Fan Assisted)
- Line a 12 cup muffin tin with cupcake liners
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract
- In a small bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices together
- Add one third of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until just combined
- Beat in half of the applesauce until just combined making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl
- Combine half of the remaining flour, followed by the rest of the applesauce
- Mix in the last of the flour and beat until just combined
- Fold in the diced apple
- Divide the batter among the cupcake papers, filling each till about 2/3 full
- Bake until cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed or a toothpick comes out clean, about 18 - 20mins
- Cool for about 10mins before removing cupcakes from pan and cooling on a wire rack
- Once completely cool, make a small hollow in each cupcake using a pastry cutter or apple corer, push into the centre of each cupcake, about half way down, and remove the sponge, leaving a small hole
- Fill holes with caramel/dulce de leche
- Frost each cupcakes with a generous kiss of cream cheese frosting
Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting
Enough for a generous kiss of frosting for 12 cupcakes
225g Cream Cheese (1 x 8oz packets), chilled
75g Unsalted Butter, room temperature
2 - 2 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Seeds from 1 Vanilla Pod
Green Gel or Paste Colouring (Optional)
- Beat the butter until smooth and creamy, add the cream cheese and blend together until smooth
- With mixer on low speed add icing sugar, little bit at a time, and vanilla
- Increase the speed of mixer and beat until well mixed
- Optional: Divide frosting into two and lightly colour half of the mixture with green food colouring
- Optional: Carefully fill half of the pastry bag with plain frosting and the other half with green frosting
- Or fill piping bag with uncoloured frosting
- Frost each cupcake with a generous kiss
Moist and delicious, straight out the oven
Adapted from Sweetest Kitchen, makes 12 cupcakes
Other Tips:
The caramel makes these cupcakes very decadent, so if you shy away from rich foods, don't fill the cupcakes with dulce de leche, but if you still want a hint of caramel flavour, add a couple teaspoons to the cream cheese frosting instead
Most recipes call for the cream cheese to be at room temperature, but I find that this results in runny frosting every time, so I use cream cheese straight out of the fridge
Can be refrigerated, covered, until ready to use. Bring to room temperature and beat until smooth before using.
I find the easiest way to fill the piping bag with two colours is to stand the bag in a large glass with the top folded over the rim of the glass (I use my hubby's Guinness glass ;) ) and have both coloured frosting in large jugs. Simultaneously pour the frosting into the piping bag, let the frosting pour down opposite sides of the piping bag's walls to control the flow. (I hope that makes sense!)


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Creatinine and creatinine clearance tests measure the level of the
waste product
creatinine in your blood and urine. These tests tell
how well your kidneys are working. The substance creatine is formed when food
is changed into energy through a process called
metabolism. Creatine is broken down into another
substance called creatinine, which is taken out of your blood by the
kidneys and then passed out of your body in urine.
If your
kidneys are damaged and can't work normally, the amount of creatinine in your
urine goes down while its level in your blood goes up.
types of tests on creatinine can be done:
The blood creatinine level
shows how well your kidneys are working. A high creatinine level may mean your
kidneys are not working properly. The amount of creatinine in the blood depends
partly on the amount of muscle tissue you have. Men generally have higher
creatinine levels than women.
A creatinine clearance
test measures how well creatinine is removed from your blood by your kidneys. A
creatinine clearance test gives better information than a blood creatinine test
on how well your kidneys are working. A creatinine clearance test is done on
both a blood sample and on a sample of urine collected over 24 hours (24-hour
urine sample).
The levels of blood creatinine and
blood urea nitrogen (BUN) can be used to find the
BUN-to-creatinine ratio. A BUN-to-creatinine ratio can help your doctor check
for problems, such as dehydration, that may cause abnormal BUN and creatinine
Urea is a waste product made when
protein is broken down in your body. Urea is made in the liver and passed out
of your body in the urine. A blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test measures the amount
of urea in your blood. Like creatinine, it can help your doctor see how well
your kidneys are working.
A blood creatinine level or a creatinine
clearance test is done to:
Do not do any strenuous exercise for 2
days (48 hours) before having creatinine tests.
Do not eat more
than 8 oz (227 g) of meat,
especially beef, or other protein for 24 hours before the blood creatinine test
and during the creatinine clearance urine test.
Be sure to
drink enough fluids during the 24-hour urine collection but do not drink coffee
and tea. These are
diuretics that cause your body to pass more
The health
professional drawing blood will:
The blood sample is taken from a vein
in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel
tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick
sting or pinch.
There is no pain while collecting a
24-hour urine sample.
There is very little chance
of a problem from having a blood sample taken from a vein.
There is no chance for problems while
collecting a 24-hour urine sample.
Creatinine and creatinine clearance tests
creatinine levels in your blood and urine to give
information about how well your kidneys are working. The creatinine clearance
value is found from the amounts of creatinine in the urine and blood and from
the amount of urine you pass in 24 hours. This value is the amount of blood
cleared of creatinine per minute, based on your body size.
The normal values listed here—called a reference range—are just a guide. These ranges vary from lab to lab, and your lab may have a different range for what's normal. Your lab report should contain the range your lab uses. Also, your doctor will evaluate your results based on your health and other factors. This means that a value that falls outside the normal values listed here may still be normal for you or your lab.
milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or 53–106 micromoles per liter (mcmol/L)
Women: 0.5–1.1 mg/dL or 44–97 mcmol/L
Teen: 0.5–1.0 mg/dL
Child: 0.3–0.7 mg/dL
Men (younger than age 40):
milliliters per minute (mL/min) or 1.8–2.3
milliliters per second (mL/sec)
Women (younger than age 40):
87–107 mL/min or 1.5–1.8 mL/sec
Creatinine clearance values normally go down as you get
older (normal values go down by 6.5 mL/min for every 10 years past the age of
6–25, with 15.5 being the best value
Reasons you may not be able to
have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
CitationsPagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.Other Works ConsultedAmerican Diabetes Association (2013). Standards of medical care in diabetes—2013. Diabetes Care, 36(Suppl 1): S11–S66.Ceriotti F, et al. (2008). Reference intervals for
serum creatinine concentrations: Assessment of available data for global
application. Clinical Chemistry, 54(3):
559–566.Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis:
Saunders.Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009).
Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College's Chris Barnette '07 joined a select group of national assistant coaches Tuesday for the start of the 2012 NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy in Dallas. He is one of approximately 60 college and professional assistants in the three-day institute.
Developed last year by NFL Player Engagement and the NCAA to boost diversity in the coaching ranks, the program provides former NFL players and current NCAA college coaches with tools and networking opportunities for potential careers as football coaches.
Many participants currently have high school or college coaching positions. NCAA invitees are football coaches with less than eight years of college coaching experience.
Barnette, Guilford's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, completed his fifth season on the Quakers' sidelines in 2011. A two-time All-American receiver, the Semora, N.C., native caught a school-record 266 passes for 2,953 yards and 30 touchdowns in his four seasons as a student-athlete. As a coach, four Guilford wideouts have earned All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference ODAC honors under his tutelage, including Kevin Vaughn '08, a 2008 D3football.com All-American.
Barnette starred at Person High School and his brother, Jamie, quarterbacked North Carolina State University from 1994-99.
Academy sessions will include instruction from NFL, college and high school coaches, business leaders and athletic administrators. Topics include how to build a personal and professional brand; managing budgets; successful networking; media messaging; coaching contracts; building relationships in college; effective leadership; understanding the academic landscape; and the interview process. Participants also will experience mock interview sessions.
"Our partnership with the NFL provides a broader base of networking and access to essential information and key influencers for football coaches who want to become head coaches," said Robert Vowels, NCAA vice president of student-athlete affairs.
"We look at this Academy as an opportunity that could positively influence the diversity numbers in the collegiate coaching ranks and as a way to get exposure for some of the most talented coaching minds in the football industry. We believe the partnership and the Academy overall will have a positive effect for the NCAA and the NFL immediately and in the future," Vowels added.
Keynote speakers include Baylor head coach Art Briles, former Notre Dame and Stanford head coach Tyrone Willingham and NFL Network analyst and former Washington Redskins and Houston Texans general manager Charley Casserly.
"This is an excellent opportunity for players who are looking to continue their careers on the football sidelines to learn leadership, management and administrative skills from football coaches at all levels," said Troy Vincent, NFL vice president of player engagement.
The NFL also partners with the NCAA on a Life Skills and Professional Development Summit each February.


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WAG Organizes Bird Watching Excursion with Rudolf Koes
Break out the binoculars! The Winnipeg Art Gallery invites you on a bird watching excursion with world renowned birder Rudolf Koes on Saturday, April 30 from 9:15 to 11am. It's all part of the programming for Erika Lincoln: The Singing Condition, an exhibition which is on at the WAG until June 12. The walk will end back at the WAG where you can explore the Erika Lincoln exhibition after a short introduction by Art Educator Anna Wiebe. The bird watching excursion is included with Gallery admission. Tour spots are limited, so to reserve please call 789.0516
Starlings that sound like crosswalks? Nests built from cell phone parts? The Singing Condition explores the relationship between birds and the urban environment as experienced by the artist in her own back lane. Now you can discover Winnipeg's birds for yourself with birding guru Rudolf Koes.
"Rudolf has conducted annual birding/nature tours to Churchill since 1980, and in recent years he has also led tours in southern Manitoba, the High Arctic, Colorado/Utah, Costa Rica and India. He has traveled all continents in search of birds and other natural wonders. Recently he co-authored and illustrated the highly-acclaimed The Birds of Manitoba and he is currently involved in Manitoba's next bird-related undertaking, the Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas," says WAG Educator Anna Wiebe. "This time he turns his impeccable eyes and ears to Winnipeg's downtown core. This walk is not to be missed!"
Approaching its centenary in 2012, the Winnipeg Art Gallery is Canada's oldest civic art gallery and Manitoba's leading visual arts institution. With a collection of over 24,000 objects spanning many centuries and cultures – including the world's largest collection of contemporary Inuit art – the WAG is constantly moving between the historical and the contemporary in an effort to engage a growing public with the power of art in our lives.
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Hyundai Tiburon HVAC Blend Door Actuator Replacement Cost
Know what price you should pay to get your vehicle fixed.
What is a blend door actuator?
In a vehicle's heating and cooling system, the blend door actuators help control the air temperature from the vents, and direct air to selected vents.
How does the blend door actuator work?
To blow heat into the cabin, the blower motor sends air through the heater core and on through the dash vents. But when heat is not desired, the blend door actuators direct that airflow away from the heater core.
There are also actuators to direct air to the dash vents, floor vents and windshield vents depending which setting is selected.
What are the symptoms related to a bad blend door actuator?
The symptoms of a bad blend door actuator include a lack of heat or air conditioning, or failure of air to blow through some or all of the vents. The actuator motors may also make a noise if they've failed, but this isn't always the case.
Can I drive with a blend door actuator problem?
Driving with a bad blend door actuator may not be comfortable, but it won't hurt the vehicle.
How often do blend door actuators need to be replaced?
Blend door actuators fail frequently on some vehicles, but not in others. So, the rate of failure will depend on the vehicle make, model and year.
How are blend door actuator issues diagnosed?
The technician will test each vent position and temperature range. The amount of air and its temperature will be noted for each setting. If there's no change between settings, the blend doors are a strong possibility.
When these components are suspected, testing the circuit and observing them while they're working are the only ways to test them. The electrical wires or vacuum lines will be inspected to ensure the proper amount of power is being delivered. From there, the parts can be bench tested to pin down the problem.
How is a blend door actuator replaced?
Replacement procedures vary by vehicle. Some actuators will be easy to access, but others will require removing the airbags and dismantling the dashboard or parts of it. Most modern vehicles, especially those with dual climate control features and rear passenger air options, can have several blend doors and actuators.
RepairPal recommendations for blend door actuator issues
We don't recommend using DIY universal blend door correction kits, as these kits involve cutting into the HVAC ducts and replacing OEM components with generic components.
Can I replace the blend door actuator myself?
Because of the amount of disassembly that may be required, this repair is usually best left to a professional mechanic. Removing airbags and other dashboard components can be dangerous, and can leave car safety systems compromised if not handled correctly.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain, the latest combat zone in Europe's long-running debt wars, urged the euro zone to set up a new fiscal authority to manage the bloc's finances and send a clear signal to markets that the single currency project is irreversible.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the authority would also go a long way to alleviating Spain's woes which, along with the prospect of a Greek euro exit, have threatened to derail the single currency project.
It is not the first time a European leader has proposed creating such an authority but the problems and the size of Spain - a country deemed too big to fail - have prompted EU policymakers to hurriedly consider measures such as creating a fiscal and banking union ahead of a EU summit on June 28-29.
Germany, the paymaster of the euro zone, and others insist such a move can only happen as part of a drive to much closer fiscal union and relinquishing of national sovereignty.
Overspending in the regions and troubles with a banking sector badly hit by a property crash four years ago have sent Spain's borrowing costs to record highs and pushed the country closer to seeking an international bailout.
The risk premium investors demand to hold Spanish 10-year debt rather than German bonds rose to its highest since the launch of the euro - 548 basis points - on Friday.
The Spanish government, which has hiked taxes, slashed spending, cut social benefits and bailed out troubled banks, argues that there is little else it can do and the European Union should now act to ease the country's liquidity concerns.
In private, senior Spanish officials have said this could be done by using European money to recapitalise directly ailing banks or through a direct intervention of the European Central Bank on the bond market.
They have also said the euro zone should quickly move towards a fiscal union to complete its 13-year monetary union but Rajoy went a step further by making a formal offer.
"The European Union needs to reinforce its architecture," Rajoy said at an event in Sitges, in the north-eastern province of Catalonia. "This entails moving towards more integration, transferring more sovereignty, especially in the fiscal field.
"And this means a compromise to create a new European fiscal authority which would guide the fiscal policy in the euro zone, harmonise the fiscal policy of member states and enable a centralised control of (public) finances," he added.
He also said the authority would be in charge of managing European debts and should be constituted by countries of the euro zone meeting strict conditions.
Earlier this week, ECB President Mario Draghi said EU leaders should break away from the incremental approach that has failed to get ahead of the euro zone debt crisis for more than two years and quickly clarify their vision for the future of the currency.
Adding to growing pressure for dramatic policy action at this month EU leaders' summit, he warned that the ECB could not fill the policy vacuum.
Establishing a new authority could require a change in the EU treaties, a usually lengthy and politically painful process which requires ratification in all 27 member states of the bloc.
A spokesman for Olli Rehn, the EU commissioner in charge of economic and monetary affairs, s aid draft legislation d esigned to step up financial discipline in the euro zone, would create such a fiscal authority by granting new powers to the EU's executive.
"This would grant enhanced powers to the European Commision on fiscal surveillance, including allowing the sanctioning of countries," said Amadeu Altafaj.
"Even before a budget is drafted and reaches the national parliament, the Commission could ask for a revision of the budgetary plans if it considers this would not allow a country to meet its fiscal commitments, and thereby could endanger financial stability."
Germany has said further integration in Europe was required, including additional controls on national public finances, and was ready to consider revising the treaties if needed.
A day after Berlin supported giving Spain an extra year to cut its deficit down to the 3 percent of GDP threshold, Chancellor Angela Merkel said it should be possible for countries that violate fiscal rules to be sued in the European Court of Justice.
The idea is already part of a new "fiscal compact" signed by 25 EU states and which is due to come into force next year.
Several countries, including France, Austria and Finland, have already signalled they are not willing to give up their parliaments' budgetary powers.
Merkel also praised higher German wage deals and signalled flexibility on a financial transaction tax, in a sign she is open to new measures to boost growth in Europe.
The comments, at a conference of her Christian Democrats (CDU) in Berlin, show that she is ready to heed calls for Germany to do more for growth but wants other euro states to accept giving up sovereignty over their budgets in exchange.
"You can't ask for euro bonds, but then not be prepared to take the next step towards closer integration," she said.
In an interview with Greek newspaper Vima, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said while he believed common bonds in the 17-nation euro zone would become a reality they should not become a "licence to spend and burden others.
With the debt crisis now centred on Spain's teetering banking sector, talks are also under way on creating a banking union in the euro zone based on centralised supervision, a European deposit scheme and a central fund that would cope with failed lenders.
Germany's finance ministry said on Friday it was willing to consider this option in a mid-term perspective.
Rajoy backed the idea on Saturday and said that the government would explain before the end of June how it would recapitalise Spain's banking sector, which is currently being reviewed by independent auditors.
Spain has picked the "Big Four" accounting firms KPMG KPMG.UL, PwC PWC.UL, Deloitte DLTE.UL and Ernst & Young ERNY.UL to carry out a full, individual audit of its ailing banks, a source with knowledge of the decision told Reuters on Saturday.
Moving away from pessimistic speeches in recent weeks, Rajoy said Spain would weather the financial storm by stepping up efforts to rein in public finances and by implementing structural reforms at national and European level.
"We're not walking on a bed of roses but we're also not on the eve of the apocalypse," he said.
Additional reporting by Erik Kirchbaum and Andreas Rinke in Berlin and John O'Donnell in Brussels; Editing by David Cowell and Robin Pomeroy


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Lena Dunham + Sia Perform 'Chandelier' on 'Late Night' [VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
Lena Dunham, known for her boundaries-pushing 'Girls,' took her artistic expression a step further by lip-syncing to Sia's 'Chandelier' on 'Late Night' last night (June 9).
Dressed in all white and sporting a Sia-esque blonde wig, the actress totally embraced the avant-garde performance, punching through walls and dancing erratically. Sia, meanwhile, lay facedown in a bunk bed behind Lena. (For those in doubt that Sia was actually in the bed, look closely for the white microphone camouflaged underneath it.)
While Sia's vocals were breathtaking, as always, we couldn't help but love Lena's commitment to the dance aspect of the performance. Be it sucking her thumb, spinning in circles or tossing toilet paper around the all-white set, she totally committed to the role.
Yesterday Lena teased the performance on Instagram, sharing a picture of herself wearing the Sia wig. While we were intrigued, we definitely never saw this coming!
Check out Lena and Sia's performance of 'Chandelier' in the video above!


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Technical Support FAQ
What kind of computer or technology do I need before using Breakthrough?
If you have a relatively new computer, it will usually be equipped with an internal webcam and microphone. If you do not, you can easily purchase a webcam and microphone combination.
Aside from a webcam and microphone, you'll need to download and install VSee, a free secure video system. To install, please visit: www.breakthrough.com/vsee/installation.
My video isn't working. What should I do?
Upon entering Breakthrough's video counseling session room during your appointment, if your video is not working then we recommend calling our technical support line at 1-888-282-2522. You can also check the following:
- If you are using an external webcam that plugs into your computer, make sure that it is fully plugged into the USB port.
- Quit out of any other video conferencing programs. Other video programs can hog access to your webcam and prevent VSee from accessing it.
- Check that something is not covering the webcam. Sometimes sticky notes, tape, etc. can be accidentally placed over the webcam lens.
I can't hear the other person/the other person can't hear me. What should I do?
Upon entering Breakthrough's video counseling session room during your appointment, if your microphone is not working then we recommend immediately calling our technical support line at 1-888-282-2522. You can also check the following:
- The most common reason that you can't hear the other person is that your speakers may be muted, or on low volume. Make sure that your speaker volume is both turned up and that it is not muted.
- If you are not wearing headphones then check if there is a pair of headphones plugged into your computer that you are not wearing. If you find some then unplug them or use them instead. (Please note that we highly recommend using earbuds or headphones during your session.)
- If you are using an external microphone, or webcam/microphone combination, that plugs into your computer, make sure that it is fully plugged into the USB port or headphone jack.
I've used Breakthrough before but am now using a new/different computer. How can I be sure it's compatible with Breakthrough?
You can test the video sessions rooms and your Internet and computer speeds anytime to see if they're compatible with Breakthrough's video counseling platform by going to your homepage and scrolling down to the testing area. Using the computer or laptop you'd like to test, you may also go to http://www.speedtest.net/ and click on the green "Begin Test" button. Your speeds should be:
Download – 500kbps/.5mbps or greater
Upload – 500kbps/.5mbps or greater
Ping – 125ms or less
I forgot my password.
If you forgot your password, just click on the "Forgot your password?" link under the green "Log in" button on Breakthrough's login page. You will be prompted to enter the email that you used to create your Breakthrough account, and an email will be sent to that address. The email will contain instructions on how to reset your password.
How do I edit my account?
To modify your Breakthrough account, login and then click on your name in the upper right corner of the screen.
For providers:
- Click on "Account details" to edit your insurance, credit card, direct deposit, or any other accounting information.
- "Edit Profile" to edit your contact information, About section, photo, education, hours, or any of your profile information listed on this page.
For clients:
- Click on "Account details" to edit your personal, insurance/payment, and credit card information.
I can't log in to my account. What should I do?
Make sure that you're using the same email address AND password you initially used to create your Breakthrough account. If you do not remember your password, click on the "Forgot your password?" link in the login page. An email will be sent to you with instructions on how to reset your password.
Can I use Breakthrough with my smartphone, iPad or tablet?
No. At this time, Breakthrough is not compatible with smartphones, tablets or iPads.
What Internet browsers does Breakthrough recommend?
We recommend using whatever browser to are most comfortable using, such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer.
I would like to delete my account.
To close or delete your Breakthrough account, please contact Customer Support at 1-888-282-2522 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
What should I do if my Internet is not working?
Please contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to resolve any connectivity issues or to speak with them about upgrading your Internet speed. Also, please call us at 1-888-282-2522 so that we can communicate with your Provider or your Client if an appointment is about to happen.
My screen is frozen. What should I do?
Your screen may appear frozen as you're preparing to enter a video counseling session. If you've clicked the green "Connect Now" button and you see a continuously spinning wheel, this just means you're in our virtual waiting room. Your session will start once your client logs in.
If your screen appears frozen for any other reason, try refreshing your browser, clicking Control+Alt+Delete buttons, or rebooting your computer.
General Technical Support FAQs
Why can't I see a new client who I have referred to the Breakthrough site?
A new client must first message a Provider before a Provider is able to schedule appointments with their client. If you request an existing face-to-face client to establish an account on Breakthrough, please have them find you by searching for you on their dashboard and then requesting an appointment with you.
I'm waiting for my client to show up for the session. What should I do?
If you're logged into your Breakthrough account and waiting for your session to begin but your client hasn't started the session yet, try contacting them by phone or messaging them through the Breakthrough messaging system.
Please always be sure to share your cancellation policy with your clients before your first session with them.
I made a mistake and created an account as a client but I really intended to create an account as a provider.
Our platform does not allow the same email address to be used for multiple accounts. If you created a client account but meant to create a provider account, please contact Customer Support at (888)282-2522 or email email@example.com.


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Are you a transplant or summer resident having trouble with your cooking and baked goods? Do your cakes and meringues fall, is your rice hard, are your eggs raw or is your bread lacking flavor? Well, fear not. Your cooking probably is not the problem. It's likely that the altitude is wrecking your recipes.
Here in La Plata County these cooking and baking problems are caused by high altitude as well as the semi-arid desert climate – not only are we closer to the sun, we have less atmospheric pressure to hold things down. Here are a few changes that can make a significant difference for you in the kitchen.
To better understand why, let's start with basic physics. In our area, the altitude as well as the low humidity plays games with baking, canning and moist-heat cooking – even meringue and pecan pie. Cakes and bread can look great halfway through baking but then crater in the middle. Biscuits can be "tough as a board," cookies may be flat and greasy, jelly fails to set up and the list goes on.
For starters, do not assume that your recipe will fail. It may need little or no modification. We find most standard recipes work up to around 3,000 feet in elevation, but above that, adjustments might help.
There are three factors that affect all cooking but particularly baked goods, candy making and the safety of food-preservation canning.
At higher elevation, liquids boil at a lower temperature (2 degrees for every 1,000 feet above sea level). This occurs because there is less pressure to hold the bubbles down. At 6,000 to 7,000 feet, water turns to steam at 198 degrees to 200 degrees, rather than sea level's 212 degrees. Not only are beverages not as hot, foods take longer to cook at the lower temperatures.
Because boiling water "evaporates" more rapidly, the quantity of liquids need to be increased in cooking. Foods such as beans and rice require about one-third more liquid and more time.
The third key factor is leavening agents, particularly whipped air, baking powder and baking soda, which can cause the gases in breads or cakes to expand faster and the item to rise too fast. If there isn't a firm structure to handle the risen product, it will fall in the center. Overflowing the pan is common.
One teaspoon of baking powder at 6,000 feet produces more than 20 percent greater volume than at sea level. Bread rises faster. So in order to develop the yeast action and gluten, bread needs to be punched down twice to create the flavor we enjoy.
Be aware that the high altitude also affects candy making as well as canning. If you modify a recipe, take small steps at a time. One change might be all that is necessary. Start by increasing the baking temperature by 15 degrees to 25 degrees to set the structure, divide the product into two pans rather than one or try one of the recommended adjustments (see box).
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Married at the famous Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas -- we are happy to now call Angela and Marc not only happy clients but "friends".
It's "your day", but it's your guest's reception! Make sure you celebrate right and keep your guests enthused by following these three guidelines.
Whether you live for event planning or the task fell into your lap unexpectedly, executing a corporate event can be a daunting task. Follow these guidelines and no one will ever know this task wasn't left for the pros to handle.
Engagement party theme ideas that will make for an unforgettable event.
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How to Be a Healthier Single
So what are singles doing wrong?
In Depth: How to Be a Healthier Single
The question isn't entirely easy to answer, mostly because the reasons why marriage may provide a positive health effect aren't completely clear--though much of it is likely due to the benefits of social support. And not all singles are alike when it comes to nutrition and exercise due to varying ages and personal situations: A 20-something single may be working 60-hour weeks and hitting bars instead of the gym, while a single parent may be struggling to get dinner on the table, let alone a low-fat, vitamin-rich one. But health experts say that, as a group, singles may have one thing in common.
"You don't take as good a care of yourself when it's just you as when there's somebody else around," says Karen Miller-Kovach, a registered dietitian and chief scientific officer for Weight Watchers International. "I don't think that many people with a spouse and family will pull out a bag of Doritos and say, 'Here's dinner,' whereas if you're single, after a long day, you might."
Plan For Healthy Eating
To prevent this nutrition-lacking scenario, singles need to plan. That means buying chicken or lean ground meat and dividing it into portions, freezing what you don't need right away, Miller-Kovach says. Cooking meals for the week on Sundays will help singles, especially parents, avoid at least a few nights of oily Chinese takeout. If you live alone and you're tired of buying family-sized portions of fruits and vegetables that you never finish, hit the grocery store's salad bar and dish out only what you need.
Singles also have to stock their pantries and fridges with healthy convenience foods that will make it easy to create low-fat feasts. Jim White, a Virginia Beach, Va.,-based spokesman for the American Dietetic Association and owner of Jim White Fitness, suggests keeping fat-free shredded cheese, salsa and Triscuits on hand for instant healthy nachos. Romaine lettuce--a great source of vitamin A, vitamin C and folate--is the perfect bed for a defrosted, pan-grilled turkey burger. And try using Portobello mushroom caps, instead of an English muffin or store-bought crust, as the base for mini pizzas.
Beyond what's on your plate, there's something to the way you eat it, says Dr. Richard Liebowitz, vice president of medical affairs for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and a specialist with Everydayhealth.com. While the Mediterranean Diet is believed to improve heart health because of its high content of fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts and whole grains, there's a social component to it too. The people of Crete, Greece and southern Italy, whose traditional eating habits are the basis for the diet, treat dinner as a communal event, not a timed one.
"When there's no social event around it, dinner is just another chore you need to get out of the way," Liebowitz says.
To break the habit of shoveling down your food and start enjoying the experience of eating, try to invite more friends over for meals or head to a restaurant by yourself. (Bring a book if you feel self conscious.) If you hate eating alone, a growing number of Web sites, such as meetup.com, can help you connect with a group in your city for dinner or cocktails.
Stay Social, Skip The Drinks
While single people, with the exception of parents, tend to have time to exercise, their social lives can sometimes get in the way. But hanging out in bars doesn't mean you have to veer away from your healthy diet.
For years, White says he would go out with friends and order water instead of a beer to avoid feeling lousy that night as well as the next morning. His buddies often gave him a hard time but he didn't let it bother him. White also counsels single clients to skip the typical dinner-and-a-movie date in favor of something more physical.
Marley Oldham, a 21-year-old senior at Texas A&M University who trained with White this summer, recently gave the technique a try by going on a first date with a friend at First Landing State Park in Virginia. Instead of staring at a movie screen and eating a bucket of calorie-laden popcorn, the two hiked trails and relaxed.
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"I wasn't too focused on how I looked or what he was thinking," Oldham says. "We were just enjoying the activity."
More time-strapped single parents can get moving by sneaking exercise into a family activity. Shirley Archer, the newly named IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year and author of Fitness 9 to 5, suggests a group bike ride. Or, like Archer, you can get creative and patch together a circuit training program in your backyard. Hers consists of pool tethers, a jump rope, hand weights, an exercise bike, a jogging in-place station and a mat or stability ball for abdominal crunches. Archer's stepchildren, ages 7, 12 and 15, use it frequently.
Whatever method you choose, the important thing is to make your health a priority now. The stronger a single's commitment to healthy habits, Archer says, the more likely he or she is to stick with them--a plus, regardless of marital status.In Depth: How To Be A Healthier Single
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Partial Hospitalization
Adult Services
The CHI Health Partial Hospitalization is a short-term, ambulatory, active treatment program to help adult mental health patients regain balance in body, mind and spirit through therapeutically intensive and structured clinical services. This treatment is for patients who are in acute distress or who have just completed an episode of acute inpatient care, may participate if they are able to function independently and participate actively in the program.
The Partial Hospitalization Program provides crisis stabilization through daily, intensive programming. Each patient referred is screened to determine the appropriateness of Partial Hospital or Intensive Outpatient care. Upon admission, patients and staff members together develop an individual treatment plan. Patients are treated with an interdisciplinary approach.
When the patient has met treatment goals and no longer needs the Partial or Intensive outpatient level of care, follow-up outpatient care will be arranged.
Professionals on the treatment team may include a physician, nurse, mental health therapists, recreational therapists and chaplain.
Our team provides care that is respectful and compassionate--focused on the individual person. The services we provide are sensitive to the multiple needs of our patients, including the use of trauma-informed approaches to treatment.
Partial Hospitalization – Adult Psychiatric
CHI Health Immanuel
7101 Newport Avenue, Suite 202
Omaha, NE 68152
(402) 572-3270
Partial Hospitalization – Child/Adolescent Dependency
CHI Health Immanuel
7101 Newport Avenue, Suite101
Omaha, NE 68152
(402) 572-2870
Mercy Hospital
800 Mercy Drive
McDermott Pavilion, 1st floor
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
(712) 328-5919
Senior Services
The Immanuel Heritage Center's Partial Hospitalization Program meets the needs of individuals who progress to a less-intensive treatment setting following hospitalization, as well as those who need a more intensive level of care but not hospitalization. The program is for individuals experiencing psychiatric distress but not requiring 24-hour supervision. It allows individuals to receive intensive behavioral treatment in an outpatient setting while continuing to live in their own home or usual community setting. The Partial Hospitalization Program is offered daily, five days per week, Monday through Friday
Partial Hospitalization – Senior Psychiatric
CHI Health Immanuel
7101 Newport Avenue, Suite 311
Omaha, NE 68152
(402) 572-3490
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Here is a last minute tutorial that I decided to do because of this extremely hot day that I am experiencing right now. I know it may seem odd, but I thought of a dinosaur of all things. You would think that on a hot day thoughts of ice cream, cold showers, or a nice swim in a chilling pool would come to mind. The reason why I made a lesson on "how to draw a t-rex for kids", step by step is because as I sit here in this steaming room, it makes me think how hot dinosaurs must have been as they roamed the lands in the blistering sun, dry deserts, and rough terrains. I thought that a T-Rex would make a great lesson because I don't have one as of yet, and showing kids, teens, and young adults the art of making one the meanest, brutal, and beastly carnivores ever to have lived is great fun. There are only a few steps involved with this tutorial which means you will be done in no time at all. Well guys, that's all have for you for this description. You can get busy with this lesson so you can finish up and tackle another. Thanks guys and try to enjoy your hot summer day if you're experiencing one that is.
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Starbucks is offering up a $7 cup of coffee as part of the move to sell customers on premium blends. This one, called Starbucks Reserve Costa Rica Terrazu Geisha, is described by the coffee giant as a rare, hard-to-grow blend. The cup will cost $7 for the "grande" version, $6 for a "tall."
The coffee varietal Geisha is named for the Ethopian village where it was first discovered, according to Starbucks' website.
For now, Geisha is only being sold in the Northwest (the company is based in Seattle). According to Bloomberg News, it is available at 46 locations that use Starbucks' pricey Clover brewing machines.
If you want more than a cup, you can buy a half-pound bag for $40. Starbucks says the rare blend is part of a plan to offer up more premium coffees. Spokeswoman Lisa Passe told NBC Bay Area they're doing it "because of customer demand."
As Geisha moves further through the Starbucks chain, it'll be interesting to see how many customers are willing to pay up, and if those inevitable "if only you didn't buy coffee" financial planning strategies will adjust their dollar figures.


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Up Off the Couch
"Exergaming" is a genre of video game that uses physical activity as input. With its roots in Virtual Reality research of the 1980s, exergaming has become accessible and popular thanks to Nintendo's Wii Sports exercise games such as as tennis, baseball, golf, bowling, and boxing.
Ian Bogost presents an interesting history of exergaming in The Rhetoric of Exergaming. If you're interested in creating exergames, you might take a look at Considerations for the Design of Exergames, by Jeff Sinclair, Philip Hingston, and Martin Masek.
Contributing to exergaming's growing popularity are recent reports like that out of John Hopkins University that predicted that nearly 24 percent of U.S. children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2015. As if this isn't bad enough, children with visual impairments face even greater fitness challenges.
"Lack of vision forms a significant barrier to participation in physical activity and consequently children with visual impairments have much higher obesity rates and obesity-related illnesses such as diabetes," says Eelke Folmer, an assistant professor in the computer science and engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Which is why Folmer and his fellow researchers -- Tony Morelli, John Foley, and Lauren Lieberman -- have launched VI Fit, a project designed to help children who are blind become more physically active and healthy through video games such as a motion-sensing-based tennis and bowling exergames that can be downloaded for free at project's website.
"Our games are adaptations of the popular Nintendo Wii Sports exercise games that have been modified so they can be played without visual feedback," Folmer said.
VI Tennis and VI Bowling are the first of several games to be made available. VI Tennis implements the gameplay of Wii sports tennis providing audio and vibrotactile cues that indicate when to serve and when to return the ball. It can be played against the computer or against a friend using two Wii remotes.
The gameplay of Wii sports bowling is implemented through VI Bowling with a novel motor-learning feature that allows players to find the direction in which to throw their ball using vibrotactile feedback. Audio and speech effects are used to indicate the result of each throw. VI Bowling was evaluated with six adults and was found to yield levels of active energy expenditure that are comparable to walking.


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Orchestration2 Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Timpani, Percussion (3 players: Tubular bells, Glockenspiel, Side Drum, Triangle, Cymbals, Bass Drum), HarpStrings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in London, the son of a West African father and English mother. Early in his life, his father, a doctor, unable to make a success in Britain, returned to Sierra Leone. The boy showed talent on the violin from the age of five, and by 1890, with generous backing from a Presbyterian choirmaster, entered the Royal College of Music, studying with Charles Villiers Stanford. Elgar called him "far and away the cleverest fellow going among the younger men". The Hiawatha trilogy made his name and performances were so plentiful that with Mendelssohns Elijah it held second place only to Messiah in the hearts of choral societies the length of the country. He died in Croydon at the age of only 37 before his full potential as a composer could be fulfilled. His Christmas Overture appeared posthumously in 1925, arranged by Sydney Baynes, of Destiny Waltz fame; it features God rest you merry, gentlemen, and Hark the herald angels sing and is thought to have been put together from incidental music he wrote for a children's play called The Forest of Wild Thyme.Duration 5½ minutesA PACK comprises an A4 sized full score plus a complete set of parts including strings 4/4/3/4/2.
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Jerusalem (orch.Elgar) Bass
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24 Christmas Carols Set 3 Flute 1+2
by David Good
Messiah (Bartlett) Org/Hpschd Cont.
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The Unemployment Puzzle: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
The U.S. unemployment rate is down, but rising numbers of Americans have dropped out of the labor force entirely
A big puzzle looms over the U.S. economy: Friday's jobs report tells us that the unemployment rate has fallen to 6.7% from a peak of 10% at the height of the Great Recession. But at the same time, only 63.2% of Americans 16 or older are participating in the labor force, which, while up a bit in March, is down substantially since 2000. As recently as the late 1990s, the U.S. was a nation in which employment, job creation and labor force participation went hand in hand. That is no longer the case.
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Nationals felt like Taveras' leg injury too risky
The Rockies haven't given up on getting Tim Redding, but won't be through trade. They thought they had Redding in a straight up deal for center fielder Willy Taveras, but Washington backed out over concerns regarding Taveras' left leg stress fracture.
He missed the final five games last season. The Rockies said they provided all the medical info on Taveras, and Washington grew leery that the leg injury could affect Taveras' speed, his greatest strength. He's expected to be healthy by spring training. Felipe Alou, the Dominican Republic's manager, talked about the importance of having Taveras on his team for the World Baseball Classic.
The Rockies feel like they would have a good chance to sign Redding if he's non-tendered Friday, making him a free agent.


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1 1/2" of teeny tiny freshwater pearls.
14k gold fill or sterling silver chain
on 16" strong, but delicate 1.2mm cable chain. extender available here to adjust length.
1 1/2" of teeny tiny freshwater pearls.
14k gold fill or sterling silver chain
on 16" strong, but delicate 1.2mm cable chain. extender available here to adjust length.
about the materials:
all metal i use is fabricated in the usa from recycled materials.
14k gold fill is an affordable alternative to solid 14k gold. it is 99.9% hypoallergenic, and is nickel-free. gold-filled is composed of two layers - a core of jeweler's brass bonded to a thick surface of 14k gold. unlike plated, electroplated, or "dipped" metals, gold-filled is legally required to contain 5% gold in comparison to less than 1% in other methods. it is easy to care for and will usually maintain its golden shine for a lifetime. it is safe to expose to water, but should be kept from harsh chemicals.
occasionally clean with soap and water. that's it!
sterling silver is composed of 92.5% pure silver bonded with an alloy (nickel-free). it will occasionally require a polish, but the best way to keep silver pieces from tarnishing is to wear them - your natural skin oils help to clean it!
that being said, everyone has a different skin acidity (ph balance). some people's ph will not react well with sterling silver or gold filled materials, though this is extremely rare. if you have a problem with either material, let me know and i will arrange a refund.
life & repairs:
each piece is carefully hand crafted to ensure strength in construction and a long wearing life. however, should your necklace break from a defect in material within the first year of ownership, i will replace it free of charge after the broken piece is returned. i know my pieces are well-made, but they aren't indestructible. sometimes things just wear out. if that is the case after one year, the fee for a repair is $15 to cover shipping and repair material.


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Webcam drivers on Open Embedded Part 1 - pwc driver webcams
Webcam drivers on Open Embedded Part 1 - pwc driver webcams
I've spent a bit of time getting a couple of webcams successfully working on the gumstix and as something of a newbie found it not that straightforward. There seems to be quite a lot of interest in this area so I thought I would pull together a couple of Howtos - one for cameras using the pwc driver (Philips, etc) (this one) and one for cameras using the Linux uvc driver, which includes the Logitech Sphere / Orbit which has a motorised pan / tilt. It may well be possible to get other cameras working using a similar approach – I just haven't tried it.
I am not a software developer and quite new to Linux. The approach set out here may not be the best but did work for me and therefore I hope should be understandable to anyone in the same position – ie not an expert. Undoubtedly there will be better ways of achieving the end result - I just don't know what they are! Likewise I can't guarantee they will work for you and for all possible build configurations but I hope there is enough info here for you to figure out what went wrong if it doesn't work.
I will have a go at explaining why the various steps work and so hopefully this will enable the same principles to be used for cameras using other drivers. However I am pretty much a newbie so I may get this wrong….
I will assume you have set up Open Embedded on your build machine and have built one of the image recipes through to completion so you know all the bitbake elements actually work and it builds without errors. That's all that's essential I think - however if you haven't done this already, I highly recommend setting the gumstix up to boot and run from an SD or CF card. The advantages are you can keep the whole of the kernel and filesystem on the card and have no space limitation problems - and it's very quick and easy to change things just by loading the card into your desktop machine.
Pwc driver webcams
What you are going to do is rebuild the kernel, having custom edited the kernel config file, to produce a custom kernel with the appropriate drivers activated as modules. The sources for the pwc driver, the Video 4 Linux drivers and other drivers needed are already built into the build system so when you rebuild the kernel with bitbake, you get a new kernel and ipk packages for the modules which you can then install.
You want to make any custom changes in the user.collection folder. Why? Anything in user.collection takes priority over the same recipe elsewhere, but if you mess anything up (or just want to go back to the original configuration) you can delete the contents of user.collection and start over.
Step 1: Copy To user.collection
So the first step is to copy over the recipes for the kernel build and associated files into user.collection. Copy the whole "linux" package folder across from com.gumstix.collection/packages into user.collection/packages.
Step 2: Edit the .config
Next, find the .config file which was produced when you built your first (or subsequent) image. It should be in /tmp/work/gumstix-custom-verdex-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/gumstix-kernel-2.6.21-r1/linux-2.6.21/ (or connex etc. if you have a connex and not a verdex). The kernel version actually used by the build will change over time – this is the one mine currently uses.
CD into this directory and type:
make ARCH=arm menuconfig
After a bit of crunching a menu based kernel configuration tool opens up. You can step through this and enable whatever you want - generally (but not always) you have the choice of building the driver into the kernel or building as a module. You want to build pwc and the associated drivers as modules so you will need to enter "M" where appropriate.
Here are the entries you want to change to build pwc and the supporting v4l support. You might want to wander through the menus though and change other stuff - for example I have modified my boot from SD card to run an ext3 filesystem.
--> Device drivers --> USB Support --> Support for host-side USB
--> Device drivers --> USB Support --> turn off USB Gadget support
--> Multimedia devices --> Video For Linux
--> Multimedia devices --> Video Capture Adapters --> V4L USB Devices --> usb philips camera
When you are satisfied with the result, save it. This writes a new .config file back to the same place. Now you want to copy this file over the default kernel config file (defconfig) in user.collection, replacing it.
This will be in linux/gumstix-kernel-2.6.21/gumstix-custom-verdex/ (or connex etc). Make sure you target the file for the same version of the kernel your build uses.
Now type "bitbake -c rebuild gumstix-kernel". You should end up, when the build process finishes, with a new kernel and a series of ipks in tmp/deploy. You may, however, get a message saying the kernel file is too big.
You can override the size checker by adding the following line to your gumstix-custom-verdex.conf file ( in /conf/machine/)
KERNEL_IMAGE_MAXSIZE += "1070000" (or whatever, a bit bigger than the expected size of the kernel).
Again, I would copy over the conf files into user.collection and edit them there. Making the kernel bigger is fine if like me you are booting from a card with 2GB of space and therefore don't care about the size of the kernel. If you really need to get the kernel under 1MB however you might have to go back to do some pruning of your changes to get the kernel to fit - so back to "menuconfig" etc.
You then replace your kernel with the newly built one, and install the ipks. There are 5 in total, for the following *.ko modules: compat_ioctl.ko, v4l1-compat.ko, v4l2-common.ko, videodev.ko, and pwc.ko.
The package manager should take care of the installation but you can install the modules manually - the four modules other than pwc.ko go in /lib/modules/2.6.21/kernel/drivers/media/video, and pwc goes in it's own subdirectory in .... …/kernel/drivers/media/video/pwc. Then do depmod -a so your system recognises the modules.
The modules are now installed but not active. When you plug in your camera, however, the hotplugger should recognise the camera and load up the modules. If you can, try this with a connection over a serial port as then you will see the kernel messages over the port - otherwise run "dmesg". This should show your camera being recognised and if you go into /dev, you should see the new device (/dev/video0 if this is your only video device).
Seeing the output
So far so good, you might say, but how do I get a picture? I'm sure there are many ways of accessing the driver. I used a package called motion. More information about motion can be found here. It's pretty straightforward to build and install motion and turn on the built in webserver. There is a bitbake recipe for motion which built for me with no problems. The documentation for motion is good - you do more or less everything by editing the conf file. One of the options is to set up a mini webserver. If you then view the webpage created from another machine, you should see your webcam picture, provided you don't use I E which can't handle the streaming format – but Firefox works fine if your viewing machine is running Windows.
Other camera drivers
GSPCA worked fine for me with cameras which it supports. I had to use the newer version, of which a bitbake recipe is not available, however. If your camera is supported by the older versions, you should just be able to bitbake gspcav1 and move over/install the ipkg files. To make the newer recipe, just take the older gspcav1 recipe, rename it gspcav1-20071224.bb and change the download location to http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz. Make sure to comment out the line about MS.patch because it will not apply to this version. Then bitbake gspcav1-20071224 and move over/install the ipkgs.
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LACMA Food Truck Event, 5900 Wilshire
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An event every day that begins at 11:00 am, repeating until December 31, 2018
You will find some of the best food trucks in Los Angeles near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art daily from 11:00-2:00 PM.
These food trucks offer some of the best gluten-free bites in Los Angeles.
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President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney offered competing views on how to keep America safe in back-to-back speeches Thursday.
Obama said his administration is trying to clean up "a mess" left behind by the Bush administration. He defended his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, his ban on torture, the release of Bush-era interrogation memos and his objection to the release of prisoner photos.
Cheney stood up for the Bush administration's security record, arguing that Obama has weakened the country's ability to combat al Qaeda and other extremists. He defended the use of enhanced interrogation techniques as a success that changed thousands of lives. He called the release of the Bush-era memos a reckless distraction and belittled Obama's decision to close Guantanamo "with little deliberation and no plan." Read full article »
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Astros, RedHawks Announce 2013 Coaching Staff
By Oklahoma City RedHawks | January 4, 2013 11:34 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Houston Astros and Oklahoma City RedHawks announced the 2013 RedHawks field staff, led by manager Tony DeFrancesco. Hitting coach Leon Roberts returns for a second season, and pitching coach Steve Webber will begin his first year in the Astros organization. After managing the RedHawks' final 16 games of 2012, Tom Lawless joins the team on a full-time basis as infield coach.
Last season, DeFrancesco guided the RedHawks to a 67-60 record before he was promoted to Astros interim manger on August 19. He managed 41 games in Houston, including a 15-15 mark during the final month of the season.
DeFrancesco is now 135-135 in two seasons with RedHawks. Over his 18-year managerial career in the Minor Leagues, he has amassed 1,235 wins. In nine seasons in the Pacific Coast League, DeFrancesco has captured six division titles and three league championships.
Roberts returns to Oklahoma City after creating a dramatic turnaround in the team's offense in 2012. Under his guidance, the RedHawks' team batting average jumped 22 up points from 2011 in addition to hitting 59 more home runs and scoring 145 more times. Prior to joining the Astros in 2012, Roberts spent 13 seasons in the Atlanta Braves organization, primarily as a hitting instructor. He has also managed 839 games throughout his coaching career.
Although Webber enters his first season with the RedHawks, he is no stranger to the Pacific Coast League. He spent the past three seasons as the Padres Triple-A pitching coach in Portland and Tucson. In 2012 his Tucson pitching staff reduced over a half-run off the team's ERA from the prior season.
Overall, Webber spent the last nine years as a pitching coach in San Diego's system and was honored with the organization's 2008 Jack Krol Award for contributions to Padres player development. He is also a former head coach at the University of Georgia and led the Bulldogs to the 1990 National Championship.
Lawless heads back to Oklahoma City as infield coach after stepping in as the team's manager following DeFrancesco's promotion last season. The RedHawks went 11-5 under Lawless, including wins in eight of the last nine games of the season before the team's playoff push fell a little bit short.
Before his late-season assignment with the RedHawks, Lawless was the Astros roving infield instructor. In addition to his role with the RedHawks this season, Lawless will also work with infielders throughout the organization.
Athletic trainer Mike Freer returns for a third straight year in Oklahoma City. Freer enters his 24th season with the Astros organization, as well as his 17th at the Triple-A level. He was named the Minor League Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society in 2003.
Alex Pounds joins the staff as strength and conditioning coach for his first season at Triple-A. Pounds previously served in the same capacity with Astros affiliates in Lancaster (High-A) and Corpus Christi (Double-A).
The RedHawks open the 2013 season on Thursday, April 4 in Memphis and begin their home slate on Friday, April 12. For tickets packages or to reserve a group outing, call (405) 218-1000 or visit okcredhawks.com
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The book discussion climate in your household or extended family may be far from ideal: she will read nothing published later than Wuthering Heights, he will read nothing before Gary Shteyngart, the cousin in rehab will read only Barbara Pym and those two books by Alice Thomas Ellis the library doesn't have, and the nieces and nephews read nothing but 50 Shades of Grey and The Annotated Dracula.
The only thing to do is pretend you don't read. And that's why you need to join an online or face-to-face Coven of Desperate Readers (i.e., book groups).
One new and fascinating place to pick your book group selections is Emily Books, a virtual bookstore that sells only one book a month. At this all e- store, books are selected by the two founders who met working in publishing. You can subscribe for $150 to receive a free book every month, or buy one at a time. Apparently there are also e-discussions for subscribers.
The choices have been interesting, among them a collection of stories, Glory Goes and Gets Some, by Emily Carter, the daughter of Anne Roiphe; Muriel Spark's Loitering with Intent; and Ellen Willis's collection of essays, No More Nice Girls.
I did read the Emily Books September selection, Maidenhead by the Canadian writer Tamara Faith Berger. If you like your fiction filtered through the eyes of Hegel, Simone Weill, Michel Houellebecq, Clarise Lispector, and Bataille, this literary novel about porn is for you. The adolescent narrator, Myra, on a vacation with her family to Key West, falls in love with Elijah, a beautiful older Rashta musician from Tanzania. Before you know it, she's in his room learning oral sex, being urinated on, and submitting to intercourse with Elijah's flute.
This is a far from sexy novel, told from the viewpoint of a desensitized teenager, who spends much of her time masturbating to internet porn. She is subjected to various forms of degradation by Elijah and his girlfriend, Gayl, which she tries to justify as "liberation porn." Then she writes a paper about her own masochism and exploitation without understanding the degradation. She reads philosophy, and tries to justify sex slavery. She writes: "Pornography links up the internal, the external and the fantastical ways that we are not yet in the world with the ways that we might very well be."
This is one of those spare, affectless, detached novels with an unreliable narrator that succeeds, in a way, but is horrifying, depressing, and perhaps unclear if you are not a big fan of Houellebecq.
If Emily Books selections are too stark for you, here is something more interesting to the "average" book group: the literary magazine Tin House Bookclub in a Box for $100, which includes "five or ten copies of Alexis Smith's new novel, Glaciers, some Earl Grey tea, book club questions, vintage postcards, and Skype for your book club with Alexis Smith. Doesn't that sound charming?
Do you like online book groups? There are thousands of enjoyable discussions at Yahoo, GoodReads, and elsewhere.
And if you like your discussions blog-style, there are hundreds of blog reading "challenges." I don't participate in these events, which I refer to as bloggers-reading-bloggers, but they pop up constantly, and even I have heard about the R.I.P. challenge, much touted by bloggers, which involves reading all things "ghostly and ghastly," leaving comments, and rushing around to the 200 participating blogs to leave YET more comments.
If you have any book group recommendations, let me know.


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