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Thank you for your interest in our study abroad exchange programs! The goal of this page is to help you better understand the Buenos Aires semester study abroad program and highlight distinguishing features and components that will interest you as a parent. More detailed and updated information is given to your son or daughter in information sessions, academic reviews, workshops, and pre-departure orientations. Once you read this information, we strongly encourage you to discuss this with your son/daughter first. Please know all information is given to the students and we ask students to share all of this with you.
Sending students abroad is a partnership with students, parents, university, and program officials. We realize that you will have questions and if our website or son/daughter cannot answer those questions, we will be happy to discuss the study abroad process and program information with you. However, due to the FERPA federal regulation, we will not be able to discuss specific information regarding your son/daughter; however, if your son/daughter is willing to sign a waiver form indicating the specific information to be shared with you, we will be more than happy to discuss specific matters regarding your son/daughter.
We hope you find this information helpful in assisting your son/daughter to accomplish his or her goal of learning, living, and serving abroad. We look forward to working with you and your son/daughter.
Loyola's exchange program in Buenos Aires, Argentina is one of the most intensive Spanish-language immersion programs Loyola has to offer, and is also one of the most successful in terms of returning fluency. Students study at the Universidad del Salvador (USAL) which is a large Catholic university in the heart of Buenos Aires. USAL is a private university founded in 1946; it has grown to become the largest private university in the city and one of the most important universities in South America.
Buenos Aires is a large and vibrant city located on the Rio de la Plata. The city of Buenos Aires plus its surroundings has a population of 12.6 million people. The city itself holds roughly one-third of the country's population. Buenos Aires is often referred to as the "Paris of the Southern Hemisphere."
Exchange programs are different from Loyola programs in a few important ways. Students partaking in a Loyola exchange are looking for a more independent abroad experience. Loyola students, like other international students, are looked after and supported by the international office at Universidad del Salvador. The last important difference to note is that billing and benefits differ from Loyola programs.
Students are responsible for arranging their own flight to and from Argentina and for paying for their airfare. We encourage students to review the airline carrier's website information on a monthly basis due to the many changes airlines make. In addition, students will have to inform Loyola and Universidad de Salvador's office of international programs of their departure and return dates.
Loyola recommends that students purchase their airline tickets through a reputable travel agent or agency. We do know that online sites may offer less expensive tickets; however, in the event that there is a crisis that affects air travel (like snow storms), online travel sites may not be able to address your questions in a timely fashion, or they could shut down completely due to high volume requests. Travel agents may have inside information to help you make ticket changes more quickly and can provide you with the most up-to-date airline and travel information.
Students will fly into Ministro Pistarini International Airport, also known as Ezeiza (EZE). This airport is 30 kilometers outside of the city, but is where all international flights arrive. If your student arrives on the official arrival day set by the university, someone from the university will pick the students up in a bus and transport them back to campus or their set housing option. Students must reserve this option with USAL beforehand (during the application process). If not, students must get to campus on their own using public transportation (with their luggage).
In terms of international travel, we highly encourage you to be checking the airline's website for their luggage restrictions as you pack your son/daughter to go. Baggage restrictions are subject to change and baggae fees can be very expensive if students do not follow the airline's restrictions/requirements.
Our students, as well as all other international students, are supported by an on-site international student's office. The staff in the office is bilingual, and we have been partnering with them to aid our students while abroad. This office conducts the international orientation and plays an important role in acclimating Loyola students to the various parts of campus and the city.
Our students should go to this office for all issues that they might encounter: academic, health and illness, housing, travel, administrative issues, etc.
The program is primarily designed for Spanish majors and minors, and students in this program must have completed Spanish Conversation and Composition I and II (SN 201 and SN203) before they can even qualify for this exchange. All courses are taught in Spanish and are offered in a lecture format, so it is important that students have a good level of Spanish.
Students attend a three week Intensive Course prior to beginning of the semester. It is not mandatory but highly recommended. This course transfers back to Loyola as one 200-level Spanish course. Then, during the semester, the students will take 4-5 courses. Spanish courses are offered as well as upper level history core, upper level theology core, upper level philosophy core and upper level English core. It is possible for one or two courses to double count for Spanish credit.
It is important that students understand that the grades they receive in each class is based heavily on the midterm and final evaluations. Each course is structured a bit differently than students are used to at Loyola.
For more information, please take a look at Universidad del Salvador's website.
During the first month with the intensive course, students will be living in student housing (cost covered by Loyola). Once the semester begins, most student will stay with the family they were placed with or request a new one.
These families are carefully chosen, interviewed and have been housing international students for years. Our students have been with a wide range of families (small, large, older couple, family with young children).
Universidad del Salvador provides our students with a challenging academic program, but also offers many extracurricular activities that our students can partake in. International students are encouraged to get involved on campus and interact with all students.
First time visitors to the city of Buenos Aires are usually surprised by the resemblance between Buenos Aires and European cities. Buenos Aires offers broad avenues lined by shops, parks and cafes. The city is home to many international people making it a melting pot. In terms of cultural activities, it offers more than 100 museums that open every day, theatres offering various plays, art galleries, cinemas and outdoor shows. Our students come back raving about the Buenos Aires well known music, tango.
USAL is located in the center of the city, so our students are able to easily partake in all of the culture that Buenos Aires has to offer.
Loyola has also arranged emergency travel assistance/evacuation and repatriation coverage for each student through Chartis. In addition, it is required that students have an active domestic health care policy that will cover them internationally. Each student should check with their current health care provider to ensure they will provide coverage while abroad-most will do so on a reimbursement basis. We keep proof of this in the student's file just in case, the proof usually is a letter from the insurance company or a print out of the international policy description from one's policy.
Because this is a Loyola exchange, all financial aid remains the same except for federal work study. Students pay Loyola tuition, and will be billed by Loyola as if they were staying on campus. Housing, however, is paid directly to the option chosen by the student (host family or residence) when students arrive. When Loyola students apply, they will have to designate which housing option they will choose.
As mentioned above, students are responsible for airfare. In addition, students will also be responsible for fees incurred to acquire the visa. In preparing their paperwork to study abroad, the Office of International Programs will help students to apply to Universidad del Salvador. Once accepted, students will work directly with USAL to facilitate the rest of the documents. Upon arrival, USAL will also help students fill out paperwork for the Visa and instruct them where to go to get it. The visa is all taken care of once the students arrive.
Student's expenses in Buenos Aires will vary greatly depending on how much they travel, shop and go out at night. The range for how much students spent in the past semesters is between $3500.00 and $7,000.00. It is a very large range, but again, will depend on how much your student travels, drinks, and eats in a restaurant.
You and your family will soon become experts at international banking transactions. You will want quick access to your funds, and you will also want to protect your money against loss.
It is very important that students contact their banks and major credit cards before going abroad to let them know that they will be in Argentina and their dates. If not, most banks and major credit cards will freeze their accounts once they see abroad transactions because they will assume that the card was stolen.
Our students most often opt to draw from their American bank account while abroad, and they must educate themselves on the fees for withdrawing money and using their credit card outside of the US. Fees and taxes tend to be expensive. If your student is looking to open a bank account while over there, I suggest they confer with the International students office at USAL so they can better understand the process and what it entails.
You can use credit cards in Argentina for everything from drawing cash to buying dinner or shopping. While Visa and MasterCard are more widely accepted than American Express for purchases, American Express offers its card holders some very useful financial services. Check with each company before you depart.
Even with careful planning and strict adherence to a budget, it is frighteningly easy to overspend. Finance charges can add up quickly if you extend payment on goods or take out cash advances. It is a good idea to establish an online banking account with your bank at home, so that you can monitor your spending in U.S. dollars.
For the Buenos Aires program, students must have (and maintain) a minimum of 3.0 CQPA. They should apply to Loyola's international programs office by Dec. 1, of their sophomore year, in order to be considered for fall or spring semester spots in their junior year. Disciplinary records from Loyola's office of student life are taken into consideration when reviewing applications. Students should mark down second and third choices in the event that we cannot offer them a spot in the Buenos Aires program.
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When we were getting the costume designs together for Moon, I really wanted Sam to have a Silent Running vibe with his day-to-day outfit and I wanted to keep this going right through the design of the mission patches. Being one of my favourite films, Silent Running was a huge part of the inspiration for Moon and being one of my heroes I wanted to give Doug Trumbull a shout out wherever I could. Besides, you're not a legit spaceman unless what you're doing has got it's own patch. Seeing as it's almost Halloween I thought these designs might make your replica Lunar Industries jumpsuit that little bit better.I get asked about the mission badges quite a lot as we had some spare from the shoot and there was a period where Duncan and myself were giving them away at screenings. It's fun to chuck them into the crowd and see people's faces lighting up when they get one. They're all gone now so if you were lucky enough to catch one keep hold of it - they're special because they're slightly wrong. The colours are actually a bit too dark.There were only ten originals of each design, and of these, one set went on each jumpsuit, Duncan's got one and I've got one myself so somewhere out there there are six full sets of original badges. More have been made since but the colours were slightly wrong on the originals and all the others I've seen don't look the same, I can tell the difference immediately when I see them. basically, if you didn't get given one form either Duncan or myself, then it's probably not a real one.
These sizes are all accurate relative to each other. I won't bore you with details of where they all go on Sam's suit as I'm presuming if you're going to make a jumpsuit, you'll probably enjoy figuring all that stuff out for yourself. All the bootlegs out there are made from re-created artwork so they're not accurate.I should point out that these badges contain NO TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS WHATSOEVER. In the Moon universe, Helium 3 was renamed as a commercial fuel source so it could be copyrighted and Lunar Industries did this by swapping the "U" and "I" around so "Helium" became "Heluim". This way they could claim ownership of the material and control supply. This was a legal "fast-move" they pulled before they commenced their Lunar operations which allowed them to create an instant monopoly and become the largest corporation the world has ever seen, having full control of over 97% of the earth's energy supply. This is why the badge below says "Heluim" and not "Helium".
Regular readers may have detected some bullshit just then. Truth is, I had to get these badges designed and final artwork ready in half an hour whilst stalling the start of a big production meeting becasue I had no time. Like a lot of Moon, I was so overworked that I just had to make them up as I went along. I originally thought it might have been taken care of by the costume department. As the chairs for the meeting were being set up I had a visit from them informing me that they needed to get the artwork off in the email in half an hour otherwise we'd have a bald jumpsuit on day one of filming (nice, tight timings, as ever). This was all news to me and so I had to just jump on it. Everybody was sat in the meeting room ready to start with one empty chair and I'm across the corridor designing badges and sending them off to print the second I was done. So I'm sorry for not proof-reading this but I was rather busy.
There's a couple of other badges that ended up not being seen which are the ones I wore when I was being the rescue team. Eagle eyed Blu-Ray viewers might be able to find them hiding if you look really closely.
The other graphic on Sam's jumpsuit was an A4 iron-on transfer on the back which came from the graphic below. It has round corners and was cropped to the dark edges.
Quick note to the bootleggers - if you take this artwork and use it to start selling accurate badges to people - fuck you. You're a prick. They're not meant to be for sale. If you do anything with these designs, be sure to tweet round some pics and let me know about them. Happy Halloween you crazy space-kids!


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Big fat wet kissy hugs to Hotfessional for nominating this post for Petroville and Suburban Turmoil's May 08 Perfect Post. And thanks to them for not telling her it was crap. :)
I had a whole different post written for today. Three times, actually. I was trying to decide which draft to go with when I clicked on The Queen Mum's blog. And followed that back to Maria's. And then I scrapped it and started this post instead. Girls, this little momma who refuses to watch the news or read the paper thanks you today for the heads-up.
So, there is almost nothing I won't talk about on this blog, as you all are painfully aware of by now. I do, however, have a few things I steer away from. I don't write about my marriage, or my husband, because I did that once and it really hurt him. I don't write about the kid's godfather, because he asked me not to. Hell, I wouldn't write about anyone who asked me not to. I have a friend who is going through some legal battles, and he is one of my best friends, and I can't really write about him either, or his troubles, because of who he is in love with. And that infuriates me, but he needs me to use discretion. I try to keep the childhood posts to a minimum, because they are hard to write and, I imagine, hard to read. I don't blog about blogging, and it kind of drives me nuts when people do.
Other than that, it's sort of open season around here.
The one other thing I don't talk about, almost ever, that maybe I have hit on two or three times in all these years of blogging is politics. My choice is to play dumb over the internet. No one who reads this would have any clue that I give a dingo's kidneys about the political structure of the world.
You couldn't be more wrong.
I am ridiculously political, and stubborn, and opinionated, and I have not ever been able to find the right words to express my views clearly. I can argue religion or abortion or creationism with you all day long, but politics makes me stutter. I'll leave that sort of thing to Steve Green or Zombyboy or Instapundit. They know what they're talking about.
For one day only, I am going to share my thoughts with you, and then we are never going to talk about this again, okay?
I am mad at America. I am seethingly, silent treatment, sleeping on the couch pissed at America. Why? Because I have nothing good to tell my children about our government right now, and that is wrong.
I am not a Democrat, and I am sure as hell not a Republican. I don't really fit the Libertarian niche either. I am just a girl, born in America, who is very concerned. The kids godfather (see, I break rules) one shared this quote with me:
"If you're not a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative when you're 40, you have no head."
I laughed. AT HIM. We then got into a heated argument about whether the Afghanistan conflict was going to fall into Iraq. We debated whether or not there were WMD's in Iraq. I told him, ooooh I told him that there weren't, that it was a lie and a scam and it was going to turn into war, and he swore there were. He stood behind his President. America stood behind their President and I, being too uneducated in the political system, stood back and held my breath.
Turns out, I was right. Turns out, we all got duped. Turns out, we re-elected this guy and then have just sat back and whined about what he's done to America, to the Middle East, to the global dynamic. That pisses me off, and that is why I am mad at America. We are, in the end, a bunch of freaking sissies who can't find the balls to stand up to a little guy from Texas who can't even speak one coherent sentence.
But still, I find myself following that quote more and more in my own life. My brother and I once argued over politics, social programs and such. I yelled at him for being so Republican, so against absolute help to those in need. I was disgusted by his views on taxes, how he complained about having so much taken from him to give to those less fortunate. How could he justify those statements? We grew up SOLELY provided for by the state and federal government. His point? He worked and kicked an scraped to give himself a better life, that it wasn't handed to him, that he had no privilege and almost no help, and he did it anyway. Basically, I said, "Dude, don't forget where you come from," and he said, "I didn't. I remember every day, and every day I work to make sure I never end up there again."
That? I can't argue that. Tell me more about flat tax now....
I don't think any change can come, any good can be done, until we overhaul the government. It has failed to serve us, the people. There are too many lobbyists and agendas and, well, politicians. Too much money is funneled towards special interests, and too many Americans who truly need are overlooked. Too many people go hungry, and unable to afford rent or food, at the cost of bombs and Halliburton and CEO's retirement funds. Too many communties are destroyed because Americans forgot to take care of America first and outsourced to China or wherever. The Lady Justice has some brutally unbalanced scales right now. And no one is doing anything about it. Me included. Hell, I turned tail and moved to CANADA. I am guilty as charged, yo.
I have sat on my pansy, fence-riding ass and waited for a whisper of revolution. For even one person to stand up and fight this governing body. I have waited for either Obama or Clinton to really attack they system as it is and instead I am listening to them bicker for a seat in it. I have waited for the Republican party to stand up for itself, to say, Hey, Man, this isn't what we meant. That guy isn't us. They haven't. They have positioned the one guy in the party who has proven he is too afraid to fight Bush head on to be his successor. And that is a damn shame, because I think if McCain could just stop and think for HIMSELF for two seconds, that he might actually have a something or two to contribute to restoring this country.
I am angry that my generation has not done what the generations before us have. We haven't effected change. We haven't stood up. We have more technology, more connection, and more knowledge than any generation before us has had, and they did something. They made massive strides for Civil Rights. They Protested the Vietnam War. We blog about how offended we are by one idiot. We listen to 24 hour news channels talk about Hilary's outfit choices. We watch Michael Moore documentaries that prey upon our fears the same way Bush did, and we let Bill O'Reilly convince us we're traitors if we stand up for what we believe is right. How can they end segregation with a radio and some very shady black and white tv reception and we can't stop these people from ruining our COUNTRY with all the tools that we have at our disposal?
It pisses me off. And so I do nothing about it. I don't even write about it, because honestly, I am beyond hope. I have thrown my hands in the air and given up. I never imagined, after 6 1/2 years of listening to lies, of waiting for someone to do something about it, that anyone ever would. I figured everyone, like me, was holding their breath too, waiting for November to hurry up and get here already.
And then, today, this:
Today, Keith Olbermann, you made me proud to be an American. Today, I finally heard some one stand up to that man and tell him to shove it up his ass. More importantly, I heard someone tell his ADMINISTRATION that at least one of us in on to them.
I am not going to be silent anymore. I am not going to hide behind the fact that I write a trivial mommy blog anymore. This is MY country, my CHILDREN'S country. This is what I am leaving them, and I am going to make damn sure it is righteous and upstanding and just.
I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican. I am not an ex-pat. I am an AMERICAN. That is all.*
*Well, that's not all, really, but in the interests of keeping even two readers, I'm going to shut the hell up now.
Kindly linked by Five Star Friday, DaysGoBy, A Soul on Every Path. and Hank, who thinks I'm nuts but found the best way besides telling me how great my boobs look to tell me that.


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When packing for a cruise, it's not unusual to want to pack most of your closet. After all, what if it's warmer or cooler than expected? What if something gets spilled all over your favorite shirt, and your second-favorite shirt? What if you're invited to dine with the captain and you have only casual clothing? To avoid over packing, remind yourself of these truths:
Your destination, itinerary and the dress code of your ship will have a lot to do with the actual clothing you choose – ask your Cruise Holidays personal cruise expert for specific guidance. But, in general, choose clothes that you can layer to adjust to different temperatures. Try to limit the number of shoes you bring, but be sure to bring comfortable, closed shoes for shore excursions that involve walking or hiking.
Aside from clothing, give some thought to the non-clothing essentials that should be in your suitcase or carry-on bag. These include your passport and/or other picture ID; a camera to record your adventures; medications; sunglasses and reading glasses; sunscreen; and your own toiletries, if you're fussy.
Items that you should also consider packing include a hat or scarf to protect against the sun or keep your hair under control on a windy deck; a small tote bag that can hold your camera, book, sunscreen, water bottle and other items as you move around the ship or port.
The cruise line will usually pre-stock your stateroom with a hair dryer, and keep in mind clothing irons are usually not allowed.
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Is data retrieved from Microsoft SQL Server compressed? If this is controlled by the connection string, is there any simple way to tell if any particular app is using it?
I'm examining analysis tools, and the volume of data can take minutes to transmit over our network. I'm wondering whether I should expect a performance increase if we pull data from a compressed data store on the same remote server.
As long as we're on the topic, I'm curious: is data transmitted in binary or ASCII? For example, if the value
12345 is queried from an
INT column, is it transmitted as the five bytes 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35; the two bytes that are required for the value; or four bytes as required for the column?
To be clear, I understand that there are options regarding storing data with compression, and backing it up. I'm asking about how data is transmitted.


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At least 16 people, mostly drug addicts seeking a fix, have died after drinking toxic cough syrup in , officials said Saturday.
The deaths started occurring Wednesday in the industrial city of Gujranwala, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of Lahore, with most of the victims drug addicts who took the syrup for intoxication, police and doctors said.
"We have received 54 patients at hospital who said their condition deteriorated after taking cough syrups and 16 of them have died," local hospital chief doctor Anwar Aman told AFP.
The victims were between 20 to 40 years old and a majority had a history of drug addiction, Aman said, adding that so far the culprit syrup has not been identified.
Senior police official Azam Mehr confirmed the toll and said samples of cough syrups available at local pharmacies have been collected and sent to laboratories.
"Police and health department have started inquiries and investigations into the deaths," he added.
Last month at least 19 people were killed in Lahore after drinking toxic cough syrup.
In January around 100 heart patients died in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city, after taking locally-made tainted medicine.


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We all know the best thing about the holidays is pigging out, and what better dish to pig out on then a good ol' Easter ham? Especially when it's smothered in mustard & maple syrup. Those two ingredients, along with a little dash of soy sauce is all you need to make that Easter ham sing.
When it comes to choosing a ham, I have one simple rule: go for the ones made by any small local producer. Hams manufactured by the big national companies tend to be pumped full of water, and may even contain artificial flavours. Don't be fooled by the label "All natural - no added preservatives" that you sometimes see on industrially produced hams. Using nitrates is part of the process of making ham and the big boys get away with the 'all natural' label by using cultured celery extract, which just happens to contain, you guessed it: nitrates!
You don't necessarily have to pay top dollar on an organic ham to get something good. Basically, just avoid the big name brands, or anything that is already flavoured because you will be dressing it up yourself with the maple mustard glaze. After that, whether you go for big, small, bone in, boneless, smoked, or plain that's up to you. Sometimes I like to go for the small 'jamboneau' hams, because they heat up really quick in the oven. If you are having a lot of people over, better to get one big ham, because there is less risk of it drying up in the oven.
Whatever ham you choose, make sure that you have a good meat thermometer handy. Any ham you buy will be already cooked and you just want to heat it through. Once the ham reaches an internal temperature of 70C / 160F, leave the ham in the oven on low until you are ready to serve.
The accompaniment I choose for my ham is somewhat untraditional, but sure to please everyone: polenta fries. They're crispy on the outside, soft in the middle and dressed with an awesome wild mushroom seasoning. When I make them at the restaurant, I deep fry them to get an extra crispy texture. This can be a bit tricky to do at home, so I'm giving you two alternatives for this recipe: fried or baked. Either way, the wild mushroom seasoning makes them ultra delicious!
900g (2 lbs) ham
120ml (1/2 cup) maple syrup
140ml (1 cup) dijon mustard
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
Polenta fries:
1 1/2 cup medium / fine corn meal
1L (4 cups) milk
2 tablespoons montreal steak spice
40g (1 1/2 oz) dried wild mushrooms, preferable black trumpet
oil for frying
Pre-heat the oven to 350F
1. Place the ham in a baking dish and spread half the mustard over the exterior of the ham. In a mixing bowl, combine the remaining mustard with the maple syrup and soy sauce. Coat the ham with the maple mustard glaze and pour the rest over the top of the ham, allowing it to pool over and collect at the bottom of the baking dish. Add 1/4 cup of water to the bottom of the baking dish.
2. Place the ham in the oven at 350F and bake until the center of the ham reaches 70C / 160F, about 15 - 20 minutes per pound (454g) As the ham bakes, use a spoon or ladle to occasionally bast the ham with the glaze as it cooks.
3. Heat the milk in a medium sized sauce pot. Add the corn meal, along with a pinch of salt to the milk and stir constantly until the polenta starts to come away from the sides, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to minimum and keep stirring for another 5 minutes.
4. Spread cooked polenta out on a backing tray in about a 1 inch layer. Allow to cool ten minutes on the counter and then at least another 45 minutes in the fridge.
5. Cut the chilled polenta into 1/2 inch by 3 inch sticks.
- To fry: heat about 1 inch of oil in a large pot to 350F and add the polenta fries. Do not over crowd, work in small batches. Use metal tongs to gentle move the fries around to keep the from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Fry until golden, about 3 minutes.
- To bake: Lay the fries out on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Drizzle with oil and bake in the oven at 350F until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
6. Place the dried mushrooms, along with the montreal steak spice in a coffee grinder or food processor and pulse until they become a coarse powder.
7. Toss the polenta fries in the mushroom powder. Serve with the glazed ham.


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Game #144: Yankees at Blue Jays pregame
New York (81-62) at Toronto (72-71)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Today's lineups:
Johnny Damon, LF
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, DH
Jorge Posada, C
Jason Giambi, 1B
Robinson Cano, 2B
Melky Cabrera, CF
PITCHING: RHP Phil Hughes (2-3, 5.33 ERA)
Vernon Wells, CF
Russ Adams, 3B
Alex Rios, RF
Frank Thomas, DH
Matt Stairs, LF
Aaron Hill, 2B
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Gregg Zaun, C
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Shaun Marcum (12-5, 3.74 ERA)
NOTES: 3B Troy Glaus was scheduled to undergo an MRI exam on Tuesday and manager John Gibbons said he could possibly be shut down for the season. … CF Vernon Wells will undergo surgery on his left shoulder to remove a cyst and repair a slight tear in his labrum. Wells said the current plan is to have the operation after the season, but the center fielder said he could potentially have the surgery before the end of the year. … SS John McDonald inked a two-year deal worth $3.8 million for the 2008-09 seasons.
entering Tuesday
1. New York 81-62 (–)
2. Detroit 78-66 (3.5)
3. Seattle 75-67 (5.5)
4. Toronto 72-71 (9)
REALITY CHECK…Since 1995, the runner-up in the AL Wild Card race has finished with an average of 89 victories. The Blue Jays would need to go 18-1 over their final 19 games to reach 90 wins
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My vote would be to shut down Glaus immediately and put Vernon under the knife immediately.
This season is gone.
Jordon, is the Glaus diagnosis still no surgury-just rest?
Sumner I am starting to lean more and more towards firing Gibby, especially after last night. You've been saying it all along that the guy doesn't know how to handle a pitching staff and the light is shining. Proof was last night when Halladay, who has little chance at the cy young, and the jays have no shot at the playoffs and yet he was still out there after 100 pitches. Correct me if i'm wrong but didn't halladay miss some of the year due to fatigue from the year before in 2004 I believe? If that happens again then the jays have little hope for the playoffs.
Read the did you know today the jays have a 63-7 record when leading after 8. last year they were 80-0. Not that the bullpen has been bad this year, but obviously they still miss B.J.
As for the remainder of the season, I would shut Wells and Gluas down. Move Rios to centre, Stairs into right and platoon Lind and Reed for the rest of the season. Russ Adams can continue to play 3rd(i'm ok with that) and Josh Banks should get a look as a starter (remove Listch whome I am not sold on)
Personally I never give up until the end, so though bleak the season is not over. There is also bragging rights. Even so, Vernon, and Glaus don't help the team hurt. I think you take care of them, and get them ready for next season.
How right you are fix the hurt get a new manager and get in the playoffs next year.
Halladay missed the last few weeks of last year with wrist soreness due to "too many cutters" after being overused by Gibbons for several consecutive starts once the Jays were effectively out of it.
Why does a manager overuse a pitcher like Halliday or any other pitcher for that matter,What can he hope to gain.
Why does a team play injured players while heathy players sit on the bench????.
No team can gain by doing this it can only hurt them.
Toronto is a perfect showcase for this,How many games did Glaus and Wells cost us.
How many games did Overbay Johnson and Zaun cost us by comeing back to soon.
TO MANY????.You be the judge.
My biggest complaint about Abner is how he handles the pitchers. Perfect case in point is Halliday's last outing. Leaving him out there for 123 pitches, when he's already gone over 200 innings this year was nonsense.
The starters are all precious commodities and need to be treated as such-it's the best starting rotation in baseball since the all-star break.
Where would we be if Halliday and Burnett both got seriously injured and were out until May or June of next year?
Marcum is tired which is not surprising sense he's gone 151 innings so far this year versus 78 all last. McGowan, so far still looks strong; but Marcum needs a break for a game or two.
If we don't have enough arms in the pen call up more-don't abuse the franchise's prized assets like he is.
hey sumner.
Right you are marcum is tired you could see that last time out,Did they not say they were going to try wolfe out as a starter why not last night.
As for Halliday they have to use their heads with him because if his arm was broken he would try to pitch with his left arm he has been like that from day one thats what makes him what he is # ONE.
It wasn't just his handling of Doc that bothered me, although that did bother me a lot, as it did last year. I don't know when Janssen started warming up (the FSN broadcast that was carried on mlb.tv didn't mention it), but he can't have had much time if Gibbons meant for Doc to finish the game, which means Gibbons gave himself a lose/lose decision between a starter who was over 120 pitches and a reliever who wasn't fully warmed up yet. On top of that, it was a good chance to let Accardo get back on the horse that threw him. He needs to finish the season on a high note, or he'll be stewing all off-season about the one he let go.
Hey. I like the news on Glaus. Apparently there is an operation and he's going under the knife as early as Monday of next week.
They should do the same with Wells, get them done early enough so theyre both ready to go for spring training.
Auburn Doubledays, the Jays affiliate in the New York Penn league have won their playoff series and now play the Brooklyn Cyclones for the league championship with the first game going on Thursday.
I will watch McGowan pitch tonight he will be better than the Doc in the long run.


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People have become more and more interested in coffee over the past five or so years, so much so that we are seeing heaps of small specialty coffee businesses open; both roasteries and cafes. That's great. But it does open up a few questions. None of these are new, but they are of such crucial importance that they deserve not to be swept under the rug ...
Question 1: What do people actually want in a coffee?
OK, so there are a number of different types of coffee consumers out there and they will want different things, hence most pro roasters offering different blends. For example:
(a) The office worker: who wants something that's going to cut through the milk-based takeaway drink that he/she is taking back to his/her desk
(b) The masochist: who believes that coffee should be bitter as hell
(c) The foodie: who wants different, constantly changing taste experiences
(d) The outsider (for lack of a better name): who hasn't been raised with espresso and wants something a bit lighter and more acidic
(e) The poser: who wants something with an impressive name and/or pedigree
(f) The beatnik: who wants something with fair trade and organic certification
So what's the distribution amongst these areas? How much does it vary according to location? How much market research are people in coffee businesses doing? Are they targeting the right segments? How severe can the impact of selecting the wrong blend or brand be on a new business?
Question 2: How much of it is marketing? How important is flavour?
Pretty self-explanatory. Say I were to open a store that looks good on paper; multiple boiler machine, big conical grinders, clover, large coffee offering, knowledgeable staff, etc. How important would it be to actually have good coffee? Is it worth doubling your expenditure to get a tiny increase in flavour? How easy would it be to talk up something like a generic "Brazil Santos" as a premium single origin offering, or a crappy espresso machine as a god-shot box?
Example 1; over the past few years, there has been an explosion in the number of La Marzoccos and Synessos in cafes in Melbourne. I wonder how much of an asset to their business those machines are for cafes - and, yes, there are a few - that own these machines but don't actually put out very nice coffee. Conversely, would cafes that do a great job with HX machines - and, yes, there are a few - experience a boost in business if they stuck same machine inside the shell of a LM or a Synesso?
Example 2; in testing the idea that "fresh is best" by blind-tasting some imported and some local coffee, Instaurator and I had broadly similar picks, which did not have all of the "fresh" coffee ranked above all of the imports. We tasted both terrible locally roasted coffee and terrible imports.
Question 3: How will the trends change over time?
So I think that it's fair to say that fresh coffee, however you define it, is starting to gain more market share over stale coffee, however you want to define that. I personally predict and hope that that trend continues. But what direction will our relatively young fresh coffee businesses expand in? Will more poeple want a generic chocolatey blend in future, or will they want fleeting floral flavours? Will the guys who put in the hard yards to deliver quality end up with more custom than those who focus on marketing? Will there be more or fewer home roasters in future?
Naturally I have my own points of view about all of these questions, but I don't want that to obscure the importance of the questions themselves. Anyone who buys, sells or drinks coffee makes up a tiny part of a broad marketplace. It's all very well to take your own point of view and be happy with what you are doing or drinking, but it would be the height of ignorance and arrogance to presume that this applies to the whole world.
Ignoring the whole market obscures a whole bunch of very interesting questions an possibilities. For example, in looking at the specialty coffee end, Jim Schulman has come up with two fascinating and insightful, if unpopular observations/questions:
(a) The "big boys," who buy coffee that would be completely undrinkable if put through a specialty coffee roaster's drum, have invested a considerable amount of time, money and research into making a silk purse from a sow's ear.
(b) What would happen if we applied those techniques to specialty coffee?


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Beginning Navajo Weaving Techniques (Saturday Afternoons Feb 17, 24, Mar 10, 17, 24)
March 24, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm MST
An event every week that begins at 12:00 pm on Saturday, repeating until March 24, 2018
Learn beginning Navajo weaving and warping techniques with Diné instructors Jennie Slick and Gloria Begay. You'll learn plain and stripe weaving and joining techniques. Gloria and Jennie will show you how they design on the loom and they will help you solve problems as they arise. The five week class should allow you enough to time to finish your first weaving and warp a second. We are available to assist you with questions during business hours.
Your tuition of $100 includes the use a loom and tools for the duration of the class and two weeks after it ends. You'll receive a digital download of our book, a sacking needle, dowels, and warp. You can buy yarns from us or bring your own. You should use wool and not acrylic yarn. We have looms and tools available for purchase and you can lay away your purchases if that is more convenient for you.
Beginning Navajo Weaving Instructors:
Jennie Slick
Jennie Slick is at the left in this picture. She is born to the Coyote Pass people and born for the Bitter Water People. She resides in the Querino Canyon area near Sanders, Arizona. Jennie has been teaching actively for over 20 years. She has taught all over the United States. Jennie loves sharing her weaving knowledge. She says "you're not supposed to be stingy with it".
Jennie is a very patient teacher and her students come back for more classes to increase their knowledge. Jennie is fluent in Navajo and can teach in either Navajo or English.
Gloria Begay
Gloria is at the left in the picture. Her maternal clan is Mountain Cove and her paternal clan is Towering House. She is the daughter of the famous weaver Nellie Joe. Nellie schooled all of her daughters in her exacting techniques of fine weaving and design. Gloria's Chief Blanket and Burntwater designs are famous. She experiments with design and she loves natural dyes.
Gloria is very encouraging and her students love her. Hwe rugs and weavings are in collections all over the world. She is constantly increasing her weaving expertise and loves to learn about new yarns and dyes.
Gloria is fluent in both Navajo and English and teaches students in both languages. Gloria will be instructing this session.
What to Expect in Beginning Navajo Weaving Techniques
Week 1: You'll learn how the loom is warped and you'll mount the warp on the loom. If possible, you'll do a little weaving on that first day. You're probably going to be tired by the end of the day! Don't worry though, we'll be around during the week to help you with questions!
Week 2: You'll learn how to manipulate the tools and how to do plain weave and we'll show you some interesting aspects of stripe weaves. Let's start talking about design. We'll pester you if you put your fork down all the time. We'll take a look at the rugs in the shop and talk about weaving history.
Week 3: Let's add some design! You'll weave block patterns and learn to develop designs. Gloria and Jennie will allow you to go as far as you want to with design, but you need to be able to work fairly independently during the week. They'll keep it simple enough to understand and challenging enough to be interesting.
Week 4: Continue working on your pattern. We will solve any problems developing! We'll talk about diagonal lines and maybe give them a try. You should be past the halfway point, so we'll begin to talk about finishing.
Week 5: We'll continue to talk about finishing techniques and begin planning your next weaving adventure. We will show you to spin the edging cord for your next project. deb
Week 6 and 7: We will be available for help and questions. Have your loom and tools back in the shop by February 24 to avoid additional charges.
Registration, Cancellation and Refund Policies
Since it is winter here in Gallup, we will cancel a session if the weather is bad. We will make up any cancelled sessions until we have been able to meet five times. You may also make up a session during a subsequent class as long as there is room. A $25 non-refundable deposit is required to hold a seat.


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Wells staying in center, Marcum ready to go
As much as Blue Jays fans were rightly concerned about the decline in offensive production from Vernon Wells in 2009, it was also troubling to witness a subpar season from him in center field.
Earlier this week, Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos was asked if there was any thought of shifting Wells out of center and into one of the corners. Anthopoulos said that is not something being considered now and it is not likely to be discussed in the near future.
"We don't have any plans of that at all. We consider him a mainstay in center field," Anthopoulos said. "If Vernon was older, it might be more of a concern. He's still a young guy and he also made some treemendous plays as well. There's time he didn't make great plays, but he also made a lot of tremendous plays. It's just to the point that we expect it, so if he doesn't come up with a ball or comes close, those are the ones that stick out like a sore thumb, because it's rare."
According to Fan Graphs, Wells has been declining steadily on defense in each of the past four seasons. Since 2006, his yearly UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) has gone from 7.5 to -1.1 to -14.3 to -18.2 last season. That last figure rated 17th among 18 qualified center fielders in baseball. Sure, Wells only made one error, but that is hardly an accurate way to gauge his performance with the glove.
Anthopoulos said the Blue Jays do look at defensive statistics, but he does not believe the raw data always tells the whole story.
"We do some defensive analysis from a statistical standpoint, but those are certainly not fullproof at all," Anthopoulos said. "It's just one tool. We certainly use our eyes as well. Some of the things we look at are just jumps and guys getting ready between each pitch. Those are little things that can make all the difference in the world. It's not footspeed. It's not routes. It's not instincts. It might just be getting ready between each pitch. A split second one way or the other can really impact things."
So, Toronto is looking for some help in the outfield this offseason, but don't count on them looking for a new center fielder, even though such a search might also help in the hunt for a new leadoff man. The Jays need help in the corners, considering Adam Lind figures to split time between left and DH, and it's not a given Travis Snider makes the Opening Day roster.
With the signings of shortstops Alex Gonzalez and John McDonald, Anthopoulos did note that Marco Scutaro could help out in the outfield if he accepted the club's one-year arbitration offer. Scutaro would also solve the vacancy in the leadoff spot. If Lind is a regular in left, Anthopoulos noted that Randy Ruiz is currently the next option for the DH role.
INJURY UPDATES: Anthopoulos also addressed the status of injured pitchers Shaun Marcum, Dustin McGowan and Jesse Litsch. Beginning with Litsch (right elbow), the Jays want to be conservative and aren't counting on him returning until July. As for Marcum, the news is very optimistic.
"What the expectation is, talking to our trainers and doctors, Shaun Marcum is fully recovered," Anthopoulos said. "We'll see him in Spring Training. He's not going to have any limitations at all. But again, we have to continue to monitor, knowing he's coming off Tommy John. Hopefully, there's no setbacks at all. Right now, we expect him to have a full recovery and be ready for Opening Day. Again, we understand it's a long spring. Things can happen, so we're still going to be careful with him."
Does that mean Marcum, who underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in September of 2008, won't have an innings limit in 2010?
"We've talked about that," Anthopoulos said. "It's one of those things we're going to have to monitor. We haven't put a number on it. That's one of the first questions I asked our trainer, 'Can we count on him for 200 innings?' He said, 'Right now, we expect him to be able to carry the workload.' But, again, we have to just monitor how he feels throughout the season."
McGowan — out with a right shoulder injury since July of 2008 — is another story.
"He was doing great before we shut him down for the season," Anthopoulos said. "He was rehabbing, but like you saw in the summer, he was doing very well with his rehab and then when he got to the mound throwing [in the middle of October], he had some tightness in his shoulder again and we had to shut it down. It's one of those things that we're going to have to continue to evaluate and continue to talk to our doctors and so on. We'll see how he does. Right now, it's more of an unknown."
ARBITRATION: The Blue Jays have nine players eligible for arbitration: Jeremy Accardo, RHP; Jose Bautista, UTIL; Shawn Camp, RHP; Raul Chavez, C; Jason Frasor, RHP; Brandon League, RHP; Marcum, RHP; McGowan, RHP; and Brian Tallet, LHP. The deadline to exchange salary figures is Jan. 19, but Anthopoulos does not plan negotiating after that date. If the contracts aren't settled by then, the players will likely face an arbitration hearing.
"Really, after the 19th, for us, there's not going to be any more negotiations if we haven't settled any arbitration deals," Anthopoulos said.
RULE 5: Anthopoulos also noted that the Blue Jays have targeted some potential Rule 5 guys. Toronto picks 11th in the annual draft, which is held on the final day of the Winter Meetings. If a player is selected, he would need to remain on the 25-man roster for the entire season, or be offered back to the original team. Recent Rule 5 selections by the Jays included Randy Wells (2008) and Jason Smith (2007). Toronto's 40-man roster is currently full, so the team would need to vacate a spot for a Rule 5 addition.
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It's starting to look like McGowan will never make it back. What bad luck this kid has had. I can understand Alex making that statement on Wells, I mean what else can he say, the guy stinks and I want to dump him, but no one will take his contract. Everyone already knows that.


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KALAMAZOO—A firm that markets some of the best-known consumer brands in the nation will bring its global design and innovation capabilities to the Western Michigan University Business Technology and Research Park, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced today.
Atlanta-based Newell Rubbermaid will open a state-of-the art 40,000-square-foot facility at the park by early 2014, and expects to have a Kalamazoo employee base of up to 100. The firm is the corporate umbrella for such well-known brands as Sharpie®, Rubbermaid®, Graco®, Calphalon®, Paper Mate® and Irwin®. The company's move is being assisted with a $2 million award from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
Newell will build on property that is located on the west edge of the BTR Park near the WMU soccer fields and the University's historic Gibbs House. The company expects to develop strong recruiting ties with the University.
"Newell Rubbermaid has customers around the world and has told us they want this facility to be a showcase," says Bob Miller, WMU associate vice president for community outreach and the BTR Park's point person. "We know they've already set that process in motion by reaching out to architects and builders with a long and distinguished track record in development projects at the BTR Park."
The new facility will be devoted to product design and innovation and will serve as a hub for design and marketing teams to evaluate product prototypes and create plans for future products for the more than 40 brands that are part of the company's global portfolio. No manufacturing will take place at the site.
WMU trustees approved the sale of what is known as Parcel No. 26 at their Feb. 27 meeting. Since that time, changes to the original proposal will mean a slightly larger tract will be used. Expanding the parcel, which is adjacent to the Gibbs House property, will necessitate a small land swap that will result in a net increase in the overall size and enhance the Parkview Avenue frontage of the Gibbs site. The property is used by WMU for sustainability initiatives.
"We're extraordinarily excited about both Newell Rubbermaid's decision to locate here and its interest in working with our business, engineering and fine arts colleges," says Miller. "This development, along with the upcoming construction of a new corporate headquarters for the design firm mophie, means our Business Technology and Research Park is now full."
Miller notes that the park was launched in 1999 and is now home to more than 40 companies as well as WMU's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, which is a life sciences incubator. The BTR Park is one of Michigan's 11 original SmartZones.
"We've had exceptionally strong partners every step of the way. The state of Michigan, the Michigan Economic Development Corp., the city of Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan First have all helped make this possible," Miller says.
For more information, contact Miller at (269) 387-2073 or (269) 217-3878.


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currently I am searching for a solution to create IPTC keywords from OSX tags.
normally PS handles my whole tagging, but esp. in case with some mobile photos, the flow goes via Evernote/DevonThink (esp. for "non-professional"/private photo workflows). this generates metadata which already add structure, which is useful to me. the problem: it does so in the form of OSX tags (and other formats), but not IPTC.
... you see the question arising: how can I make use of these data at a later stage within Photo Supreme? that is: how can I make the tags part of the keyword system?
best would be, I could do it within PS. but also any other workaround is welcome.
(strangely in the whole internets there is no easy solution to connect the two basic metadata-systems open for the user in the OSX "ecosystem"; that is: IPTC/XML and OSX tags... :-/)
thanks for any hints, or pointers how I can do this even within PS!
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How to Recognise PCOS Symptoms
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is described as a syndrome rather than a disease because it shows up as a group of signs and symptoms that can occur in any combination. Here are some of the symptoms:
Period disruption. Periods can be heavier, lighter, irregular or absent altogether.
Weight gain. This is mostly due to high levels of insulin circulating in the blood.
Acne and oily skin. Women with PCOS tend to have higher levels of testosterone.
Different hair growth patterns. Your body may get hairier in certain places but hair may thin on your head.
Sleep problems and fatigue/exhaustion. This can be due to fluctuating hormone levels and also increased anxiety.
Depression, anxiety, irritability and mood swings. These symptoms are probably due to disrupted hormone levels.
Fertility problems. PCOS can disrupt ovulation.
Metabolic Syndrome: This is a cluster of symptoms which includes insulin resistance (where insulin produced by the body does not work efficiently), high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. It can lead to diabetes and heart disease.


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Well guys, here is a short description for a Pokemon character that is as simple as they come. These fluffy balls of fur have one of the most kindest appearance because they resemble rabbits or bunnies. Today I will be showing you "how to draw Buneary", step by step. These normal type Pokemon can be found in the forest as well as on icy mountains. They have a simple diet consisting of just greens which makes them herbivores. Buneary have long ears like a normal bunny, but instead of their bodies being covered up with one type of fur, they have two different types. The top half of Buneary have a tan or brown colored pelt that covers their face, almost all of their ears, half their torso, and all of their arms. From the waist down they have this beige colored fleece that covers the tops of their ears, and the entire lower half of their bodies. They are excellent jumpers, and can even conjure up a pretty impressive blow using their curled up ears. Anyway, you should have a blast drawing Buneary especially if you have been waiting for this lesson for a while. I will be back later with more tuts for you all so stay tuned in. Adios people!
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Last week we discovered a nest of bunnies in our yard. They were adorable all curled up inside the hole, but I decided to leave them alone and told everyone else to as well. Of course, Suegra never listens to me, so yesterday she went out to check on them only to find that all the little bunnies had gone.
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Frozenbyte has released Trine 2: Goblin Menace on Steam (PC and Mac) and it's looking promising. This expansion includes a story that spans six levels, a new soundtrack, better graphics, and six additional abilities that can also be used in the original Trine 2 levels.
Normally priced at $7.99, you can grab the expansion for $6.79 until September 20 thanks to promotional pricing. On that note, the core game -- which is required to play Goblin Menace -- is marked down to a ridiculous $3.74. That's 75% off, if you haven't been keeping up with this sequel.
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10 Things We Learned From This Amazing Hilary Duff Interview [VIDEO]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Hilary Duff recently stopped by Atlanta radio station Q100, where she covered such an awesome range of topics with host Adam Bomb that we had to break them all down. Watch her interview above and read the highlights below!
1. She confuses a tomahawk for a slice of pizza. At around 20 seconds in, the radio host hands her an Atlanta Braves foam tomahawk, but she thinks the triangle-shaped "blade" is actually a slice of pizza. Whoops!
2. She can make some dirty jokes. We won't go into detail, but yeah, Hilary made a slightly NSFW reference at around the 0:35 mark.
3. 'All About You' is representative of her upcoming album's sound. At the 2:30 mark, Hilary described her new record as "very pop," "earthy," "a little twangy," and "Mumford-y," but as soon as she revealed that her new effort would sound mostly like 'All About You,' we were super psyched.
4. She took a hiatus because she was burnt out. Back-to-back tours and movies can certainly take their toll on a girl, and she wanted to take the time off to "find her identity as a person," she explained at 3:10. We totally get it!
5. She tunes out the haters by realizing their criticisms are out of her control. "They're always going to win, so if you let it get to you, you're just going to go crazy," she revealed at the 5:11 mark.
6. She was "intimidated" by Ed Sheeran. The redheaded Brit not only wrote Hilary's song 'Tattoo,' but he also walked into the vocal booth when she recorded it, she said at around 5:50. "It was kinda scary, but it was great and he's so talented," she revealed.
7. 'Frozen' makes her want to die. When she and Luca went to a "pay-to-play" place recently, Hilary "heard four-year-olds sing 'Frozen' nine times in two hours. I want to kill myself," she joked around eight minutes in. "But I cannot listen to this one after another, every time."
8. Her son Luca sings her own songs. "It's awesome to hear him sing my music. Even before my voice will come on, he'll be like, 'Mommy's song, Mommy's song!'" she said around the 9-minute mark. "And then sometimes he'll be like, 'Don't sing! No way, don't sing.'"
9. She's fluent in Gibberish. And she even demonstrated her killer language skills at around 11:08.
10. And the cast of 'Lizzie McGuire' used it to have secret conversations. "We actually did it on the set of 'Lizzie McGuire' all the time too. Because we were like, always talking about what we were doing on weekends and not wanting them to hear what we were saying, so we'd speak Gibberish," she revealed at around 11:43.
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Hamilton County commissioners pass budget
2013 budget $15 million less than 2012
The Hamilton County Commissioners passed a 2013 budget Monday afternoon.
Commissioner Greg Hartmann said the budget passed by a vote of 2 to 1.
The county budget for 2013 is $15 million less than 2012. That means the commission must make the cuts to keep from a budget deficit.
Hartmann said all options are still on the table to come up with the $15 million, which includes layoffs. He did not say how many positions he expects to be cut but added that some savings will come from not filling some openings and not replacing employees that retire.
Hartmann said it will be up to different departments to decide what they will cut.
Hartmann said he is glad the commissioners were able to pass a budget and didn't postpone it until next year. He added that the commission has had to cut $80 million from the budget over the past six years.


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Some of you Ride Happy followers out there will be aware that you can leave comments at the end of these blog posts. What you may not be aware of is that these comments get emailed to me and it makes my day
to open my inbox to a comment or two from readers.
I just got the following comment, which was instantly catapaulted to #1 on the All-Comers Record for Most Intriguing Ride Happy Comment. It was in response to a post I wrote in January 2010. I've reproduced it below because it deserves a wider audience. I then googled 'Whole Smoked Chicken Elite Cycling'... and sure enough my post was there. For her efforts, Mildred from Eketahuna wins an albino unicorn dressed in diamonds. If you have a comment, Lisa's Mum would love to hear from you.*
Dear Lisa's Mum
Gosh, well I must say, old Anonymous there, he's a hard act to follow...clearly hangs on your every word!! Anyway, I realise that if one wishes to comment on a blog post, it is customary to do so within a less than geological timeframe, however I must beg to be excused for my lack of timeliness, having only just stumbled on this post (as a result of Googling "Whole Smoked Chicken Elite Cycling"). Being a mid-race-whole-smoked-chicken-snacker from way back, I would like to share my experiences with yourself.
I may often be found hurtling along with a headless chicken on a solo training ride, or winging it at the beaky end of the peloton in a race. So remarkable is the performance enhancement enjoyed by those of us who have discovered this potent sports supplement that, rumour has it, WADA is considering classing it as a banned substance!! (although my informant assures me that rich chicken casserole, spicy chicken kebabs, smoked chicken flavoured cheese fondue and other popular chicken-based mid-race power snacks are not at risk of prohibition).
May I respectfully add that I find your quibble concerning alleged portability difficulties with whole chickens somewhat 'nit-picking'. Myself, I find that a stylish wire handlebar basket serves splendidly as a receptacle for a whole size 22 chicken or even a small turkey. Moreover, a chicken so carried is located perfectly for munching on in motion without abandoning the aerodynamic posture. Once the preserve of Miss Marple types tootling around quaint English villages, nowadays, a wire handlebar basket is a 'must-have' accessory for the serious competitive cyclist.
Inevitably, as effective a weapon as the 'WSC' has one or two trifling drawbacks: for example, the delectable aroma emanating from one's laden handlebar basket can attract the unwanted attentions of fauna such as vulchers, wolves, dingos and bears (subject to location) and one's chicken may even be the target of theft (total or partial) by passing cyclists!! However such annoyances are simply obviated by investing in a deluxe wire basket featuring a hinged, padlocked lid.
Best regards
Mildred from Eketahuna
*While I think of it, if your name is Anonymous and you recently left me hate mail because you didn't like the tale of Ali Baba and the 40 Triathletes, Lisa's Mum would especially love to hear from you because it's been just soooo long. And triathlon season is over so you must have lots more time now to write hate mail.


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Using Interdisciplinary Teaching in Economics
Vision, Academic Leadership, and Interdisciplinary Learning
It is fascinating that many questions of interest to economists are also examined by other disciplines. For instance, political scientists are interested in the impact of trade between countries, and scholars in the field of education investigate what determines the level of schooling people complete. Ecologists and Epidemiologists investigate the impact of environmental degradation on health, although they may not refer to this development as a negative externality.
When Neil Rudenstein was president of Harvard he asked the faculty to envision a University organized around questions rather than departments. He imagined various buildings on campus that would house faculty, regardless of their current departmental affiliation, with common interests such as: the well-being of children, peace, technology and life, or water. He initiated this conversation to emphasize his belief that examining issues from multiple perspectives and integrating insights from across disciplines – interdisciplinary thinking – would lead to a deeper understanding of the issues that we find perplexing. Within this spirit, economic research and instruction is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary.
Why Use Interdisciplinary Teaching in Economics?
The discipline of economics is a behavioral science primarily concerned with the production of goods and services and the allocation of scarce resources to promote social welfare. Economists typically examine questions that are also being investigated in other disciplines, but with different analytical frameworks and methodologies. Thus an interdisciplinary approach that fuses knowledge and insights from other disciplines with an economic framework of analysis to form a more inclusive means of examining questions will foster a richer, more productive, discourse.
Some examples where an interdisciplinary perspective might be useful in exploring issues of interest to economists would include efforts to understand the causes and consequences of; joblessness, pollution, educational attainment, and health care. All of these issues have psychological, sociological, moral, and political dimensions for which a market framework may not be sufficient means of exploration.
Thinking Like an Economist is Becoming More Interdisciplinary
Economics Teaching is Now More Interdisciplinary
Colander and McGoldrick (2010) prepared a book for the Teagle Foundation on the status of the economics major and its contribution to the liberal education of students – the accumulation of broad knowledge, transferable skills, and a passion for learning. They assert that economics courses should help students develop their capacity to think critically, integrate insights from the full range of courses they have taken across the curriculum, explore "big think" questions, and account for moral and ethical dimensions of issues – the fundamental features of interdisciplinary learning.
Economic Research is Now More InterdisciplinaryA number of economic research studies are now drawing on insights from other disciplines to inform their efforts to understand a wide range of questions. This development suggests that in the research sphere, economists believe the gains of interdisciplinary evaluation are greater than the costs. A number of examples will serve to illuminate the breadth of interdisciplinary research that economists are engaged in, and serve as a signal that economics instruction benefits from the integration of ideas from other disciplines, and the gains likely supersede the costs.
- Biology, Sociology, and Economics
- Bedhard and Dhuey (2006) use insights from biology and sociology in their work asking at what age should a child start kindergarten
- Their work could be discussed in a course on labor economics when the link between family wealth and schooling is discussed or in courses on poverty, income distribution, or social problems when discussing factors leading to greater income inequality over time.
Bedhard and Dhuey's (2006) work on the link between school performance and the age a child starts kindergarten is motivated by a dramatic rise in "red shirting" the practice of holding a child back so they can start school a year after they ordinarily would. They note that a continuum of ages exists at school entry due to the use of a single school cutoff date - making the "oldest" children approximately 20 percent older than the "youngest" children. Drawing on ideas from biology and cognitive science they expect older children to outperform their classmates due to superior maturity and learning skills. They find the youngest members of each cohort score 4–12 percentiles lower than the oldest members in grade four and 2–9 percentiles lower in grade eight.
- Psychology and Economics
- Akerlof (1982) draws on ideas from psychology and sociology in a study that asks how a firm can motivate employees to work hard and reject shirking
- This paper would be illuminating as part of the section in a labor economics class dedicated to understanding ways to reduce worker shirking.
Akerlof notes that workers may enjoy shirking workplace responsibilities more than working, especially if it is hard to detect if they are not putting forth a good effort. This leads employers to hire costly managers to oversee workers. Using insights from psychology and sociology, he posits that if employees receive a "gift" from their employer – a higher wage than they expected to earn given their attributes (i.e., an efficiency wage) – they will feel compelled to offer a "gift-in-return," strong effort. This paper explores the conditions under which it is profit maximizing to offer employees an efficiency wage.
- Neuroscience and Economics
- Berns, Laibson, and Loewenstein (2007) draw on neuroscience scholarship to examine how people make decisions about outcomes today - such as marriage, enrolling in school, saving - and alternative outcomes at a future date.
- A fundamental topic in courses on Finance concerns why some people are savers and others are so myopic. An examination of this work would offer some insights and likely stimulate interesting discussion.
Berns, Laibson, and Loewenstein (2007) note that people prefer rewards today relative to at a future date. Thus, they discount future rewards or value them less. New research in neuroscience reveals that alternative regions of the brain consider what to do when presented with options that have a time dimension - things like investment where the costs are in the present and the returns are in the future. Two regions of the brain - one of which is older - are involved in making the decision over what to do. The older region of the mind privileges emotional factors when facing a problem to solve while the newer region is guided by logic. However, the older region tends to dominate the younger region, which explains developments like low rates of household savings. They conclude that as a result of the manner in which the mind works, clear incentives are needed to encourage a delay in activities that the mind finds pleasurable such as saving and schooling.
- Religion, Sociology, and Economics
- Krueger, and Maleckova (2003) draw on ideas from the disciplines of religion and sociology to ascertain the factors that lead a person to become a terrorist and engage in a suicide bombing.
- Economics and policy courses that address contemporary social issues as well as courses in international trade and development inevitably discuss factors that inhibit trade and economic well-being. A discussion of this paper would contribute to that dialogue. Krueger, and Maleckova (2003) note that there was an extensive increase in the number of suicide bombings in the Middle East during the decade of the 1990s. In order to understand this development, they integrate ideas from economics with insights from the disciplines of religion, politics, and sociology. They find that the decision to participate in hate crimes against Israel is largely independent of educational background. Poverty, strength of beliefs about unfair treatment, the importance of religion, and political autonomy appear to be the primary determinants of carrying out a fatal terrorist act.
- Demography, Sociology, and Economics
- Chiteji and Hamilton (2002) use insights from demographers and sociologists to explain why the racial gap in wealth exists and to challenge the longstanding belief that African American families are less thrifty than comparable white households.
- Courses on the Economics of Race and on Income Inequality cover the causes and consequences of the racial wealth gap. This paper offers a neglected or ignored explanation - intrafamily financial relations and how they may differ across racial groups - that will enrich the classroom discussion Chiteji and Hamilton (2002) note that rates of saving are lower for black families than white families and that this plays a role in generating a racial gap in wealth holdings. Drawing on insights from demographers, they point out that cross-generational economic assistance, especially from children to their parents, is more common among African Americans than whites in the U.S. Moreover, they demonstrate that this form of lending accounts for much of the racial gap in savings. In addition, they provide evidence that when earnings are equivalent, there is no difference in saving rates or in the style of savings between white and black families.
These examples offer a flavor of the types of questions economists are examining in an interdisciplinary manner and reveal that the notions integrated from other disciplines are leading to new insights that would have been undiscovered if a discipline specific approach was adopted.


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Interview with Benjamin Dykes on Search of the Heart and al-Kindi
During this show I interview one of the leading scholars on Medieval astrology in the world today, Dr. Benjamin Dykes.
Last month Dr. Dykes published a translation of a Medieval astrological treatise on horary and electional astrology by al-Kindi titled The Forty Chapters. Al-Kindi was an important source for a number of later horary astrologers such as William Lilly, and Dykes' translation has showed that Lilly's use of material from al-Kindi was even more extensive than previously thought.
This show was recorded live on Thursday, May 5, 2011 through our now defunct page on BlogTalkRadio.
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Texas Death Row inmates appeal suit over untried execution drugs
A federal judge in Houston has thrown out a lawsuit by two Death Row inmates who claim the state intends to execute them with compounded drugs of unknown potency and purity.
Thomas Whitaker, Perry Williams and Michael Yowell filed the suit Oct. 1 against prison officials and "unknown executioners."
Yowell was executed Oct. 9, but execution dates have not been set for Whitaker and Williams.
In their complaint, the prisoners stated that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's supply of pentobarbital - the drug required by their execution protocol - expired at the end of September.
In anticipation of that, the department started acquiring other drugs as early as November 2012, the complaint states.
Plaintiffs' attorneys - Bradley E. Chambers, Bobbie Stratton and Jessica Hinkie of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz - learned that the department had acquired propofol, midazolam, and hyrdromorphone, drugs not previously used in an execution, according to the complaint.
"Expert evidence available to date indicates that use of any of these drugs runs a substantial risk of grave pain," the complaint states.
U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes dismissed the suit Dec. 4, saying that, because the prisoners "do not know the means that Texas will select for their execution, their claim of an injury from that unknown means is hypothetical. Courts do not address issues that are not yet ripe."
On Tuesday, the plaintiffs appealed the decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Whitaker, 33, has been sentenced to die for a 2003 Fort Bend County double murder, while Williams, 32, is on Death Row for an abduction and murder in 2000.
Two days before Yowell's execution for the 1998 murder of his father, mother and grandmother, Hughes rejected the Lubbock man's claim that the drug could inflict constitutionally unacceptable pain.
Yowell, 43, was executed with compounded pentobarbitol purchased in September from Woodlands Pharmacy, according to the plaintiffs' amended complaint, filed Nov. 1.
Compounded drugs are "potentially problematic," depending upon the pharmacy used and the adequacy of the ingredients, the complaint states.
The department's practices in purchasing compounded drugs have been questionable, the complaint states. When the department bought its existing supply of midazolam and hydromorphone from Pharmacy Innovations, the purchase order stated the drugs were for "Huntsville Unit Hospital," which has not existed since 1983, the complaint states.
When the department bought compounded pentobarbital from Woodlands Pharmacy, it also listed Huntsville Unit Hospital on the form, the complaint states.


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#TeamAndrew: The Smiths walk into their home, built by Steps2Hope
With the week of non-stop work behind them, the Steps2Hope volunteers got a chance to catch their breath, and enjoy the ceremony of handing the keys off to Andrew and Tori Smith Thursday, on July 4th.
The home for the injured U.S. Army Specialist Smith sprung from the ground in a week, with the tireless efforts on nearly a thousand volunteers from Steps2Hope.
Smith lost both legs when he stepped on an IED, while on patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Steps2Hope is the brainchild of Mark Wilson, who's son David was injured in a EF4 tornado. David's legs were crushed from the building that was destroyed around him.
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The Apison home was built by volunteers and donated supplies, with special touches such as a single-floor plan, a walk-in shower and a shooting range for Andrew.
On Thursday, July 4th, the keys to the home were given to the Smiths, which fanfare from the very people who helped build the home.
The two were dropped off at the event win a limo, and welcome by several hundred people.
Mark Wilson announced that donations from several furniture companies in town, cleaning services, and home insurance were also donated to the Smiths to get them started.
Tom and Jymea Layne own Alpha and Omega Cleaning Company. They've offered to clean the couple's home once a week for free. And they promise to do it forever.
"For as long as I am alive and I have four daughters that will continue on so it's as often as they need it. Whatever Tori and Andrew need," Jymea said. "That's so little for us to give because they gave so much. They gave so much."
Zach Wamp joined hundreds of other supporters Thursday as Andrew and Tori got the keys to their new home.
"I wept and anybody would that has a heart for this country and a heart for marriage," he said. "To hear her talk about what her husband means to her... That's what America is all about man."
Retired four-star General B.B. Bell, there for the event, said "God bless you all for what you've done for this young man and his bride."