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RIVERSIDE – Senior righthander Sierra Hyland (above) kept UC Riverside hitless for seven and one-third innings Saturday afternoon and the Cal Poly softball program pushed across two runs in the top of the eighth inning to close its 53-game regular season schedule with a 2-0 victory versus UC Riverside. The Mustangs, however, settled for a split as – despite a two-hitter from junior righthander Lindsey Chalmers – the Mustangs dropped a 2-0 decision during game No. 1.
Cal Poly (34-19, 10-11) finished the regular season with the program's highest win total since the 2009 Mustangs went 41-12.
Having accepted an invitation for the inaugural National Invitational Softball Championship, Cal Poly will find out where it opens the May 16-18, double-elimination, six-team regional round when the 48-team postseason field is announced at 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 14. The NISC regional winners advance to the May 21-24, double-elimination championship round.
All NISC games will be played at host school sites.
During Saturday's second game, Hyland (21-12) faced just five hitters over the minimum. UC Riverside (28-24, 10-11) advanced only two baserunners into scoring position and the first wasn't until the bottom half of the sixth, when right fielder Maddy Richard drew a one-out walk and reached second through a ground out.
Cal Poly was kept to three hits by UC Riverside starting righthander Taylor Misfeldt (12-7) through the first five innings. However, junior third baseman Stephanie Heyward led off the sixth with a base hit before Hyland singled two spots later. Freshman first baseman Hailey Martin followed by drawing a four-pitch walk to load the bases, but Heyward was thrown out at home on a grounder by senior left fielder Courtney Tyler before junior first baseman Megan Nordin grounded out herself to end the threat.
The Mustangs nevertheless broke through with the decisive runs in the top of the eighth inning. Heyward drew a leadoff walk and after Misfeldt delivered a first-pitch ball to junior shortstop Chelsea Convissar, UC Riverside catcher Jenae Lockwood attempted to pick off Heyward at first. The throw bounced off of Heyward and out of play. With Heyward having moved to third, Convissar lined Misfeldt's next pitch into right center for a triple. Hyland followed with a single up the middle to double Cal Poly's lead.
Taking a no-hitter into extra innings for the first time during her career, Hyland forced a ground out from Highlander left fielder Stephanie Tickemeyer to open the bottom of the eighth. Richard, however, singled to break up Hyland's potential fourth career no-hitter.
Hyland, who struck out four, retired the remaining two Highlanders to cement her 35th career shutout.
During Saturday's opening game, the first four outs Chalmers recorded came via strikeout. UC Riverside's lone hit through the opening four innings was a one-out single from Richard in the bottom of the first and, following that, Chalmers retired 12 of the next 13 Highlanders faced.
With one out in the bottom of the fifth, however, Chalmers walked successive Highlanders – the first time UC Riverside enjoyed a runner in scoring position. Tickemeyer then slapped a grounder to Mustang second baseman Ashley Tornio, who stepped on second for out No. 2 before overthrowing Martin at first base attempting to complete the double play. The error allowed Highlander second baseman Haley Harris to score and center fielder Jenna Curtan followed with a run-scoring hit to place UC Riverside up 2-0.
Offensively, Cal Poly outhit UC Riverside 4-2, but only advanced two runners into scoring position and none past second. In the top of the first, juniors Amanda Sandoval and Heyward strung together successive one-out hits, but UC Riverside starting righthander Haley Marschall forced a flyout from senior designated player Sierra Hyland and a groundout from senior left fielder Courtney Tyler. Martin led off the second with a double, but was cut down going to third on a fielder's choice by sophomore right fielder Crimson Kaiser.


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Go program that would allow start playing Go without even reading rules. Animations would 'explain' liberties and solidly connected units of stones by flashing them for a short time after move. Especially combined with touch screen should allow even 2-3 year old children to play Go against computer. Player only need to be able to touch at screen at point (s)he wants to place stone. Phone would then reply and wait for another touch (move). Probably player would eventually figure out what is happening without any explanation. Computer opponent would start close to random strength and increase strength gradually as player increases in strength.
Also maybe add online support using Dragon Go Server. This would allow interruption of games anytime and continuing play later.


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Our company is built on the idea that better PPI spend management requires a better way to build partnerships between administration and surgeons. We created Kermit, an analytics platform that does just that, with a team that draws on its deep understanding and experience in the medical device industry where it counts; clinical expertise, supply chain management, procurement, cost control and the appreciation for the intricate worlds of the surgeon, hospital administration and suppliers.
Formed in 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland, we've implemented Kermit within hospitals across the country who now use a collaborative approach and our evidence-based framework to bring control of PPI spend back where it belongs.
John brings two decades of executive sales experience and hundreds of pricing round negotiations as a hospital vendor to his role as Director of our Services offering. Kermit gets a significant boost from the countless hours John spent in hospital operating rooms and with surgeons as an Account Executive within the PPI industry. The stewardship and trust he developed with hospital administration and surgeons is the guiding force behind his desire to see changes in the way the PPI category is managed. John and his group use Kermit's powerful categorization and analytic features to drive supply chain cost reduction and spend management projects for his clients.
John carries the banner for Kermit's mission, vision and brand promise, which he uses to drive every new Kermit feature and client interaction. John is an avid outdoorsman who loves golf, hiking and fishing and is the founder of Kermit's in-office lunch tradition "French Dip Friday."
John brings two decades of executive sales experience and hundreds of pricing round negotiations as a hospital vendor to his role as Director of our Services offering. Kermit gets a significant boost from the countless hours John spent in hospital operating rooms and with surgeons as an Account Exe…
Richard co-founded Kermit after nearly 30 years at the helm of PA & Associates, a national leader in transportation spend management. His experience in negotiation, bidder relations, application design and development, marketing and all aspects of business management prepared him well for his current role. His passion for the transformative power of collaborative, cloud-based and mobile technologies in business makes him particularly well-suited to lead the Kermit team.
Richard's work has been featured in The New York Times and Microsoft's Startup Stories. The Baltimore Business Journal recognized his firm as one of the Fastest Growing Privately Held Businesses and one of the area's Largest Turnaround and Management Companies. When he's not orchestrating the new landscape of PPI spend management, Richard enjoys personal fitness, church service, taking the checkered flag in high-performance kart racing and investing in the lives of children by coaching youth sports.
Richard co-founded Kermit after nearly 30 years at the helm of PA & Associates, a national leader in transportation spend management. His experience in negotiation, bidder relations, application design and development, marketing and all aspects of business management prepared him well for his c…
Jason is an energetic leader known for his ability to create successful outcomes in complex situations. He has over 17 years of progressive management experience in health care, both as a sales executive in the PPI industry and also a critical care provider. Jason's tenure in the medical device industry exposed him to all facets of the operating room environment, where he found a proclivity toward systems and efficiencies. Jason has a high degree of clinical knowledge. This has suited him well in the development of demographic and categorization systems and proprietary algorithms used within Kermit.
Prior to his time in the medical device industry, Jason was a critical care nurse in a number of cardiac and intensive care units. His attention to detail and calm approach under crisis are welcome additions in managing the operations of a healthcare technology company. As if that doesn't occupy the majority of his waking hours, Jason is a dedicated year-round coach for youth athletics and enjoys playing golf.
Jason is an energetic leader known for his ability to create successful outcomes in complex situations. He has over 17 years of progressive management experience in health care, both as a sales executive in the PPI industry and also a critical care provider. Jason's tenure in the medical device i…
Kim is a critical liaison between the hospital users of Kermit and the product roadmap, ensuring that vital user feedback makes its way into the product. Because the category of PPI spend management is complex, the role requires a professional that has walked many miles in the shoes of the users she's supporting -- with Kim, that's certainly the case.
Kim comes to Kermit with nearly two decades of healthcare experience in supply chain, materials management, orthopaedic operating room, healthcare finance, third-party reimbursement and revenue cycle experience. Kim has the unique vantage point of being a Kermit user well before she was part of the team as a daily user of the system while in the role of national director of materials management for National Surgical Hospitals and later as the materials manager for one of the NSH facilities, Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital. During her time at NSH, she was a champion for transparency in orthopaedic and spine utilization and leveraged Kermit to provide reports and dashboards for surgeon engagement and spend management.
Kellie ensures that Kermit hospitals running cost reduction projects achieve stellar results. More than just a project manager, Kellie's two-decades of healthcare experience is leveraged in every project. With specific knowledge of physician preference item spend management from previous roles with Premier and Initiant Group Purchasing, her capabilities in authoring bids, running negotiations and performing analytics serve Kermit's hospital customers well.
Kellie's previous positions include the Director of Strategic Sourcing for Initiant Group Purchasing, a regional GPO in the Greenville, SC area with $1 billion in annual supply chain spend. Prior to Initiant, Kellie served at Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) in the roles of Consultant for the GreenHealthy initiative, Director of Strategic Sourcing,
Kellie's experience from the group purchasing realm serves to create a well-rounded staff and service offering, adding to physician preference cost reduction and spend management with perspectives from medical device representatives, hospital C-level executives, hospital supply chain and hospital finance.
Brendan is a positive and proven executive leader with a healthcare career that began in 1996. Throughout his career, Brendan has been worked in and led teams in healthcare manufacturing, sales and sales leadership.
Brendan's previous position was Regional Orthopaedic Director for Zimmer Biomet, where he led negotiations in the area of PPI spend with several of the largest IDN's and health systems in the Mid-Atlantic region. Prior to that position, Brendan was an orthopaedic device manager and has spent countless hours alongside top surgeons in support of orthopaedic surgery.
Brendan joins the Kermit team in a leadership role with a drive and motivation to make a positive impact and transform the way hospitals approach and manage the PPI spend category. Brendan's passion and values are directly aligned to Kermit's mission of "returning the balance of power back to the hospital for the management of PPI, leading to reduced costs and improved patient care".
Brendan is married with three children and enjoys volunteering as a board member of Operation Walk Maryland and is involved with the Kennedy Krieger Institute's wheelchair lacrosse program. Brendan was Team Captain of the 1989 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse team and was a starting mid-fielder on the Blue Jays 1987 NCAA Division 1 Lacrosse Championship team. Brendan also co-leads a small group at his local parish.
Ken is a retired hospital CEO and CFO from the Baltimore area. Ken has a number of years under his belt as a healthcare executive in the Lifebridge Health System (Sinai Hospital) and the Ascension Health System (St. Agnes Hospital).
Sal is the Chief Analytic Officer at MedeAnalytics, Inc., a venture-backed, pre-IPO population health analytics company. Sal has played a variety of roles that have enabled Mede's rapid growth including leading its strategic planning, business/corporate development, operations and finance functions.
Chip spent nearly four decades of his career with Anne Arundel Medical Center, joining in 1972 as an administrative resident, becoming its president in 1988 and was then named president and CEO of the entire system (Anne Arundel Health System) in 1994.
Jayson is a Partner at Health Policy Strategies in Washington, D.C. His experience in the regulatory field of healthcare dates back to 2004 where he served as the Director of Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursements at the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
As a two-time NFL Super Bowl champion, Matt knows how to take a disciplined approach and long-term focus to everything he does. The NFL's fourth-ranked all-time leading scorer, his talents carry off the gridiron in a number of endeavors. Matt formed the Matt Stover Foundation, which is dedicated to improving Baltimore through a variety of programs. Matt has a successful track record of picking winning ideas and teams to invest in. One of his early investments in CreditCards.com was sold for $144 million.
Dr. Wood is the Senior Medical Director of Global Clinical Strategy at Smith & Nephew and is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. He is the former Department Chair of Orthopaedics at MedStar Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Wood is widely recognized for his pioneering work in partial knee replacements and is passionate about matters concerning total joint costs and patient outcomes.
"Kermit's in-depth knowledge of capitated construct billing gives me the tools and support to prevent and detect overbilling from reps. They most recently helped catch 6 discrepant invoices from one vendor."a Kermit User Perioperative Services Business Manager a Maryland Health System
"Kermit has been very helpful in identifying non-contract items being used. With this data, we have been able to identify items needed for contract addenda, potentially reducing our long-term costs of previously non-contracted items"a Kermit User OR Implant Coordinator a Maryland Level-1 Trauma Center
"The real-time data and analytic capabilities of Kermit are a game changer for the management of the PPI spend category."Bob Reilly CFO Anne Arundel Health System
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At this month's "Take 3 Business Breakfast," you will walk away with at least 3 valuable tips to help you improve the business of "YOU."
This month's speaker is Monisha Kapur, 344pm LLC.
Below are the three problems that Monisha will be discussing.
1. What is personal style and what does it have to do with self confidence?
2. Does dressing for success lead to success?
3. Is it possible to maintain your personal style and a hectic lifestyle?
At the end of the talk, Monisha will share 3 valuable takeaways. You will have to attend to find out what they are!
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On (almost) this date in history… On September 5th 1836, Sam Houston became the first elected president of the Republic of Texas.
How many presidents did the Republic of Texas have during its existence?
The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign state which existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Formed as a separate nation after gaining independence from Mexico in 1836, the republic claimed borders that included all of the present US state of Texas as well as parts of present-day Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
In the midst of the Texas Revolution, Texan settlers elected delegates to the Convention of 1836, which issued the Texas Declaration of Independence and elected David G. Burnet as interim president of the new country. The Republic of Texas Constitution specified a term of two years for the first elected President (Sam Houston) and terms of three years thereafter; the President could not succeed himself, but there were otherwise no term limits.
Here's the list of Republic of Texas Presidents:
- David G. Burnet (interim) March 16, 1836 to October 22, 1836
- Sam Houston October 22, 1836 to December 10, 1838
- Mirabeau B. Lamar December 10, 1838 to December 13, 1841
- Sam Houston (2nd term) December 13, 1841 to December 9, 1844
- Anson Jones December 9, 1844 to February 19, 1846
So, while 4 men served as President, there were 5 Presidents of the Republic of Texas.
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Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed Italian and European concerns that Egypt's interim government is "too focused on security issues" during her meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy in Rome on Monday.
Emma Bonino hosted Fahmy on Monday, who was in Rome on the first leg of a three stop tour of Europe. The pair discussed regional issues including the Middle East peace process, the situation in Libya and the Syrian conflict, including the recent Geneva II conference.
The ministers also discussed domestic developments in Egypt and Fahmy highlighted "the success of the referendum on the constitution with considerable popular support," said Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty in a Tuesday statement.
Bonino expressed her concerns over Egypt's focus on security and "encouraged the Egyptian authorities to focus on the economic and financial reforms necessary for the Egyptian people," said the Italian ministry in a statement. Bonino also "[promised] Italian contribution to growth through cooperation projects, especially in social development."
Since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July, Egyptian security forces have cracked down on his supporters, arresting thousands and clashing with demonstrators almost weekly. Following the Morsi's removal, in an attempt to restore stability a three month state of emergency was imposed as well as a curfew, which have both since been lifted. A recent increase in bomb attacks in the Greater Cairo area and other parts of the country has prompted increased security measures. The security forces are also involved in an ongoing campaign to root out militant groups based in the Sinai Peninsula.
The ministers also discussed ways to strengthen bi-lateral relations in various areas including politics, economy and tourism, said Abdelatty.
Fahmy and Bonino discussed the Syrian conflict and the Geneva II conference, which aimed to bring the opposing sides to the negotiating table. Fahmy explained that "despite the difficulties that have accompanied [the] conference, it is a positive step." The Syrian regime representatives and the opposition representatives left Switzerland having not agreed on any issue, but the two sides sat face to face and discussed the issues for the first time since the conflict began in 2011. Fahmy stressed that Egypt's position on the crisis has two tracks, firstly to pursue a political solution and secondly to deal with the ever deteriorating humanitarian situation.
Both ministers agreed to support United States Secretary of State John Kerry in his efforts to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israelis. Fahmy said that the "viability" of the final status negotiations is in question due to "the lack of clear direction on the part of the current Israeli government to make any concessions."
Bonino reiterated Fahmy's invitation to a conference in Rome regarding the situation in Libya that aims to encourage dialogue between the government, the opposition and militia groups in Egypt's neighbour. The pair "agreed on the need to combat illegal immigration and smuggling operations," said Abdelatty.
During his time in Rome Fahmy met with Italian Defence Minister Mario Mauro to discuss regional security issues. Fahmy and Mauro "agreed on the need to also strengthen military cooperation between the two countries, starting from exchanging information on illegal activities in the Mediterranean area and, in particular, on its southern shores," according to a statement from the Italian ministry.
Fahmy also met with prominent Italian businessmen to "enhance bilateral trade and attract more investments to Egypt," according to a statement from the Egyptian foreign ministry. During the meeting Fahmy "stressed the need to promote trade and economic cooperation between the two countries in the light of that Italy is one of the largest trading partners and has several investments in Egypt." He highlighted "The Egyptian government's commitment to fully overcome all the obstacles in front of any obstacles or problems encountered in Italian investments."
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Whatever your skill level, this is a brilliant tour round the multi-faceted features of Element 3D, the Adobe After Effects plugin. Its hands-on approach means you'll soon be at home with creating awesome 3D graphics in record time.
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Element 3D is a plugin for Adobe After Effects, used to create basic, yet stunning 3D visual effects. Some may find 3D to be tricky and downright complex. Element 3D allows actual 3D models to be created from scratch or exported to Adobe After Effects, and rendered and composited at a high level of quality and impressive speed.
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Need some advice. We are building our house, and we are to the point of putting in electrical rough in.
Our plan has a bar that has an outlet.
Now the issue is this:
Do you put the floor in first, ie we want to tile the kitchen, or do we put the cabinets in??
Need some advice. We are building our house, and we are to the point of putting in electrical rough in.
It can be done either way. You can put a plywood spacer down for the cabnets then tile or tile first. Personally I prefer tiling first, with the floor completely tiled cahnging cabinets later is a lot less work if different sizes are used..
I do the same thing, but I bring full tiles to the cabinets (assuming cabinets on one side of the kitchen only), because if I ever want to replace the tiles, I won't need to remove them first.
That means that I lay my field tiles in a way which is not recommended. But that's OK with me, since I lay them with precision.
If you have cabinets on the other side of the kitchen, then you chalk mark the center and lay the tiles towards the cabinets on both sides of the center mark.
On the other hand some tile setters don't tile under cabinets, just raise them 1/4".
Either way is acceptable.
We prefer to tile first, then put the cabs over the tiles.
1- Faster, neater, easier installation of the floor.
2- Usually the flooring long outlasts the cabs.
3- If you ever want to remove a cabinet, everything unscrews and the cabs slide out.
4- Easier to level / flatten the floors for cabinet and appliance installation.
everyone has a different opinion on this. personally i prefer to install the cabinets first. i find that people will change the floor before changing the cabinets. only exception is hardwood flooring.
It only depends on you what you want and any task can be done first. When I have renovated my kitchen then I tiled first and then installed cabinets.
This horse has been beaten quite a bit, but if you install the cabinets before the flooring, you will have to build up underneath the cabinets with something as thick as the flooring or built-ins like dishwashers and stoves will find the cabinets and countertops are now too low. Since you've got to put something under the cabinets anyway it just makes sense to use the same flooring which eliminates the problem. Use quality cabinets and flooring and aim for traditional not trendy, as you won't be wanting to replace either of these for a long time due to cost.


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In typical Vee & J fashion we spent our v-day out shopping at our local Costco and feasting on Costco chicken bakes and hot dogs. Now before you start feeling sorry for us thinking that our relationship is devoid of all things romance you should know that Valentine's Day has never held much importance to us. See, about 15 years on Valentines Day (6 years before me and J ever meet) J's father lost his battle with liver disease and passed away. Needless to say February 14th is no day for celebration in J's family and our relationship.
This was a huge sore spot for me in the first couple years in our relationship. What can I say I was young, dumb and selfish and didn't understand how the death of J father meant I didn't get flowers on v-day. Yea, I know I suck and I looking back feel like a total jerk for ever making a day that holds so much sadness for J all about me. Hopefully I'll be able to right some of these wrongs and honor J's dad on a day that his absence will greatly be felt, our wedding day.
One of J few possessions from his father is his father's wedding band.
We'll be handing this precious over to our florist this week before our wedding for her to incorporate into his boutonniere. It'll be a small but important visual reminder of his father on our wedding day.
How do you plan to honor your departed love ones on your day?


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Email design has come a long way since the old days of plain-text messages. With more and more users opening up their emails on mobile devices, it becomes increasingly more important to build emails that look good for everyone. In this article we compare the main tools available for building responsive email templates and which is best for you.
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PolarPalooza: Media Mashup Part I
Well its what we've all been waiting for, or at least those of us in the enviro-media community: journalists & scientists, sitting down, face to face and helping each other understand their respective side. The image of scientists and journalists sitting down usually conjures up images of awkward kids at a school dance with everyone in their respective corners and no one willing to even look at anyone else, much less talk to them. Okay, so its not quite that bad, but there is something to be said for getting journalists to understand just what those scientists are saying and getting scientists to speak in a language that the rest of us can understand.
Well, this morning, in what felt-like a groundbreaking event, the organizers of the PolarPalooza broke down those barriers, crossed the line in the proverbial gym dance hall, if you will, and gave both sides a safe space to bond and share. Think the Breakfast Club, where different cliques are able to come together and realize their similarities.
As reported earlier, PolarPalooza is a traveling show of scientists and media, whose aim is to bring the issue of climate change to cities across the US, with multimedia presentations geared for audiences young and old. This weekend is the kickoff of the first PolarPalooza and its being held in San Diego.
Below is a recap from the PolarPalooza Media Roundtable where scientists and media from several San Diegan newspapers were able to sit down and discuss topics like melting polar ice caps, sea level rise, and why the scientists can't just say that climate change is 100% certain. More importantly, the two groups discussed how they can help each other better articulate the issues, without compromising their journalistic integrity or glossing over the scientific details.
When we arrived, there were several items on the table for show and tell, including overmitts (huge gloves with a furry side that keeps the wind off of your knuckles when you are driving around in Antarctica), a 250 million year old fossilized tooth, and an ice core with a sample of ice from 3,000 years ago, as well as other outdoor gear and specimens from the poles.
Then the real interesting presentations began, whereby the scientists each gave a brief recap of what they work on and the issues that are at hand and then the journalists were allowed to start going through issues and asking climate change questions, both broad and narrow.
Dr. Helen Fricker, a geophysicist from Scripps Institute of Oceanography, reported that changes in the ice sheets are occurring much faster than expected and the collapse of the ice shelf in 2002 took only 5 weeks, which just shocked the climate community at its speed. Icebergs need to regularly carve from ice sheets in Antarctica and therefore such an event by itself is not necessarily a bad thing. The concern is when the frequency of these events starts to happen more often.
Fricker said that data on Antarctica is gathered via mapping flow speeds of the glaciers and monitoring the surface elevation of the landscape is used to tell the volume of the glacier. Satellite data is also very helpful, but satellites first went up only 30 years ago and we've really only had good, usable satellite data for little more than the last 10-15 years. This does not leave much data or a long timescale to compare to determine whether what we are seeing now is normal or not.
Adding to this, Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan, said that in reality we don't know what the glaciers are doing, in terms of why they are melting. There are too many unknown variables; we know some of them, but not all. Taking the best models, and excluding the recent, rapid changes, the IPCC reported that there would be a 1-2' rise in sea-level but with an asterisk for what effect glacial movement will have due to lack of consensus. Accounting for the rapid changes, it is more likely that the sea-level will rise roughly 42 centimeters and there is speculation that future summaries and IPCC reports will account for this change.
Orville Huntington, a wildlife biologist and native from Huslia, Alaska provided a very different perspective on the day. Tribal knowledge has known for at least 20 years now that there are major changes on the way and that we have only just begun to see a glimmer of what's to come. Community elders do not talk to the children about the changes because they want kids to grow up happy and without the stress and worries of the future.
Dr. Darlene Lim, who studies the disappearing ponds and loss of freshwater in Canada, noted much of this loss has occurred over the last 10 years. There have also been weird occurrences of salmon populations declining in the area all due to changing climate. Currently there are very few monitoring programs in Canada and the Arctic so that is one area that is undergoing improvement. Repeated by Lim was the shock at the rate of change and the changes seen in her field, both of which were not predicted and much faster than expected, particularly over the last few years.
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First, catch up on the first half of our trip to Phuket, Thailand here.
The second "half" of the trip was just two days, and then we flew out on the third day.
Birding Before Bond
Tuesday January 12, we signed up for a private guided tour to James Bond Island and other stops in the area. The company I hired was Easy Day Phuket, based on great reviews I'd read online.
The guide, a young woman named Ben met us in the hotel lobby at 6:00am. We were getting an extra early start in order to have a better chance of seeing some birds along the way, plus hopefully beating some of the crowds. The driver was named Pong. I'm guessing both the names are spelled different than that, but that's what they sounded like to me, and I didn't ask them to write them out, because really, what's the point? To write them correctly would mean using the Thai alphabet, which I can't read anyhow. So anything written using the Latin alphabet (what most of us incorrectly think of as the English alphabet) would just be a transliteration anyhow.
Ben and Pong had a big Toyota van for us, the same kind that we rode in to get to our hotel from the airport. Here in Phuket, everyone has those vans. It was overkill for just two guests and hardly any gear, but I guess it's easier for them to use a big van for all trips rather than a car for some trips and a van for others. Anyhow, the plan was to drive about 90 minutes north, do some birding by land, and then switch into what is called a long tail boat for the trip to the islands.
We stopped midway for some breakfast at a set of roadside stands, and Ben helped us choose what to order. In fact, she paid for it all, which was a surprise. But the trip itself cost so much money that I guess they can afford to pick up the cost of breakfast, lunch, and snacks along the way.
A ways after going through the airport area in the norther part of the island of Phuket, we went over a bridge that connects Phuket with Phang Nga province. It was hard for us to say Phang Nga at first, but once I stopped thinking about how it's spelled and imagined it a different way it was much easier: PAN-yaw. There's a little subtlety to it that I'm losing, but "PAN-yaw" is pretty darn close, at least to my ears.
The first place we looked for birds was at the national park headquarters not far from the boat dock where our long tail boat would later be picking us up. There was once a boardwalk through the mangroves there, but termites ate all the boards. So they replaced it with a concrete walkway, but at some point the concrete bridge over a creek collapsed and they never fixed it. So we could only access about 1/10 of the path, and the birding wasn't very good.
We then moved on to a nearby park where there were no people. It did have a walkway that was intact, but no birds at all.
So we soon left, and went to a third park to attempt to see birds. This one had some monkeys and some sort of shrine and landscaping. There were some birds there, but not a lot and we didn't stay long, because then it was time to continue on.
James Bond Island and the Nearby Attractions
We drove back to the national park headquarters and met up with the boat. It was a nice long tail boat, way more comfortable than the boat we sat in for the tour of the riverfront in Kumai on Kalimantan, Indonesia. The seats had cushions, which were the life jackets. And best of all there was an awning over our heads so we were in the shade. Shade plus breeze equals happy Todd in the tropics. And there was certainly a good breeze once the boat got up to speed.
On the way out toward James Bond Island, the boat captain took us slowly along the mangrove trees at first, so we could search for birds. But once it was clear we weren't going to spot anything, we sped up.
Let me explain a little about James Bond Island. This area of Thailand has thousands of little limestone islands. They haven't weathered all that much over the millennia and jut up out of the Andaman Sea. Trees grow on them, but for the most part there are no people because there are no flat parts to build on. Some of these remote islands were used in the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun" from 1974. And this one tiny island in particular, called "The Nail", was where the villian Scaramanga's space laser was hidden. After the movie came out, Westerners who had seen the film started visiting, and over the last 40 years a tourism industry has built up around this.
Now, even the locals call this island "James Bond Island" because of its brand name recognition, and tours are advertised all over to go visit it. The island is covered with tourist shops selling the usual tourist junk, t-shirts, trinkets, hats, sunglasses, etc.
A nearby Muslim community that's been there 300 years gets much of its income from either feeding the hungry tourists or paddling them around on sea kayaks or driving the long tail boats to take tourists out to the island. It's pretty grotesque, but if you want to see the place from that James Bond movie, you gotta go.
After a half hour on the island viewing The Nail from a few angles and dodging Russians on the narrow footpath, we got back in the boat and headed for lunch at the aforementioned floating Muslim village.
Did I already explain long tail boats? I don't think I did. Long tail boats are a type of watercraft I've only seen in Thailand. It's a long and narrow wooden boat with benches. The captain sits in the back of the boat in front of a large gasoline engine that spins a long shaft attached to a propeller. On the other end of the engine is a long handle with the engine controls. The engine is balanced on a pivot mount so the captain can easily move the drive shaft in and out of the water, or push or pull it in either direction. This way, he can provide both thrust and direction to the boat. The "long tail" refers to the drive shaft that connects the engine to the prop. I've seen these boats range from small size that might only carry two or three people to very large ones that could carry twenty to thirty. These are common on the Chao Phraya, the river that Bangkok is built around. But they're also used here at the coast. Here is a photo showing a medium size long tail boat. I took this at James Bond Island. See how the long tail is designed so the captain can point the propellor in a more than 90 degree arc? He can also reverse the engine, so the boats are pretty maneuverable.
On the way to the Muslim village for lunch, we passed by an area where many tourists stop for some canoeing through sea caves. If you want to do this, it's an extra 400 baht per person. That gets you an open topped inflatable kayak and a person to paddle it. You don't have to do the paddling yourself, nor are you allowed to. That's the job of the paddlers, who are men from the Muslim village, we later learned. Besides, the sea caves are too dangerous for inexperienced kayakers to do on their own, supposedly. They don't want people running the inflatable kayaks into the sharp limestone outcroppings.
Koh Panyee
Koh Panyee (also sometimes spelled Koh Panyi) is the village of Muslim fisher folk. It's a bit weird to see this island among all the other islands out here with a village built on stilts next to it, and a mosque (masjid) with golden onion domes on one side.
According to our guide, a bunch of Muslims came here from Indonesia about 300 years ago and created this settlement. Now this area is part of Thailand, so they speak Thai. But they and many of the people of this province are Muslim, even though the king and most people in Thailand are Buddhists.
The lunch restaurant has a simplified but strange approach. They serve several dishes, and every table gets the same things. So they never ask you want you want or don't want. They just bring about six different plates of food, in quantities so large that the group could never even think about having seconds. It's really weird, because there is no interaction with the waitstaff. Nobody gives you a menu, asks you what you want, asks you if there's anything else you'd like, and so on. You just come in and sit down, they see how many people are at the table, and then you wait. In our case, the wait was uncomfortably long, as if they were ignoring us or we were invisible. But eventually three or four young Muslim women materialized with tons of food all delivered to the table simultaneously. There's no way we could eat even half of it. I guess our guide Ben took care of paying for it, because when we were finished we just walked off.
After lunch, we walked through the village. Years ago, this probably felt like a real tour of a village. But nowadays, there are tables and stalls set up everywhere along the one path that everyone takes. It's literally non-stop shopping, with postcards, clothes, trinkets, food items like dried fish, and snacks. And then near the end of the trek through this weird market area, we visited the town's school, which was even weirder.
While the children were trying to take classes – or, in the case of the kindergarteners, take their afternoon naps – a steady stream of tourists flows by, peeking in each doorway, talking, and taking photos. This sounds incredibly distracting to me, and I asked our tour guide about it. How are the kids supposed to learn anything with all this commotion? She couldn't really explain it either, and agreed that it might be better to have the older kids use the classrooms on the tourist path, and put the younger kids in the other classrooms. Personally, I think they should just keep the tourist path out of the school altogether, but I guess they want the tourists to see that they're really doing education here.
We didn't get a similar walk by the mosque I mentioned. That's notably not on the tourist path, and that's probably a good thing, because a lot of the tourists on this conga line through the village were wearing nothing more but bikinis (usually with at least a tiny cover-up over the butt) and flip-flops. It was a huge contrast between the Russian tourists in their sunbathing attire and the locals who wear long pants, modest shirts, and often head coverings. Sadly I didn't get any photos to show this.
Back to Land
After leaving the Muslim village, we continued back toward the national park headquarters in our long tail boat. We stopped briefly to see some rock art in an alcove. Our guide said these paintings were made 3000 years ago.
We also passed the only hotel in the area. It doesn't look very nice from the outside. I don't know how it looks inside. If you wanted to stay as close to the Phang Nga Bay as possible, this would be the place.
Buddha Cave Temple
It was starting to get late in the day. Well, not really late late, but given that we only paid for nine hours of touring and we still had a 90 minute drive to get back to the hotel, we didn't have much more time. So we only did one more thing, and that was a short side trip to Wat Suwannakuha, also called the Buddha Cave Temple. Many people call this the "monkey temple" but there weren't many monkeys in the area when we were there, and none near the entrance to the cave. One theory on TripAdvisor is that rabies swept through the monkey population a few years ago, and now many of them are dead. That's probably a good thing.
The entrance fee was only 20 baht, which was nice. Our guide just paid for us and dropped us off to go see it on our own. Inside are some Buddha statues, including one large reclining Buddha. There are also some statues of the guy who originally started meditating here because it was so quiet.
At one point, the caves go up. We climbed up the makeshift stairs a ways, but the last little bit looked too steep to do in flip flops with a big camera hanging around my neck, so we came back down.
The photo below shows one of the rock walls in the cave. I thought the irony was sweet. There's a sign that says "Don't write anything on the rock, please." And it says it in Thai and English. But nearly all the graffiti you can read is in Russian.
So there are two possibilities:
- Maybe a bunch of Russian tourists filled the wall with graffiti. And then the national park service came along and made a sign asking people to not do that. But instead of writing the sign in Russian, they did it in English and Thai, languages that the rude Russian tourists may or may not understand.
- The other possibility is that maybe the sign came first, and the Russian tourists, unable to read and obey instructions in either Thai or English, wrote graffiti on this tempting wall because they couldn't read the sign.
Either way is a weird reflection on human nature. And either way, Russian tourists suck. Why would you go into a Buddhist shrine in someone else's country and write graffiti on the walls? Do they really think this is appropriate, or do they just not give a damn? I think I'll write more on my experiences in Phuket with Russian tourists later.
Once we finished up inside the cave, we settled back into our van for the long journey back to our hotel. Beth and I both napped a bit on the way, I paid the remainder of what I owed the tour company, and we said our goodbyes.
I hope Ben and Pong got home before too late, since we kept them an hour later than planned.


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"After 2011, today again probably is the right moment to make investments in the SEZs, as it is the only scheme, among the many export promotion schemes in India, wherein ab initio exemption has been provided from customs duty as well as IGST (Integrated Goods and Service Tax)," Noida SEZ Development Commissioner L.B. Singhal said at an industry chamber Assocham event here.
"So, this being the only export promotion scheme, this is a real major incentive for making an investment for manufacturing and services in the SEZs," Singhal, who has 27 SEZs under his jurisdiction employing over 81,000 people, said.
He said the benefits which were provided under the Foreign Trade Policy under various export promotion schemes like focus product scheme and focus market scheme have now all been merged into the MEIS (Merchandise Exports from India Scheme) and available to SEZs.
"These benefits are now also available for exports from SEZs - benefits from MEIS as well as services exporters are also entitled for the benefit of Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)," Singhal said.
"These reasons put together make it a attractive proposition for making investment in the SEZs," he added.
He also said the package for SEZs in India is quite comprehensive, including indirect exemptions on raw materials, indirect exemptions on capital goods, as well as tax exemptions for setting steel and cement units, among others.
He noted that while the SEZ Act provides income tax exemption on profit on exports for 15 years, a sunset clause has now been introduced that this tax exemption will be available only to SEZ units which start operating by March 2020.
"In case you are able to make investments and are able to make your SEZ unit operational by March 2020, then you will get the complete income tax exemption for 15 years which is envisaged in the SEZ Act," he said.
According to Singhal, the government plans to expand the scope of SEZs.
"Earlier area requirement for setting up a multi-product SEZ was 1,000 hectares, which has been reduced to 500 hectares. For sector-specific, it has been reduced to 100 hectares and for IT sector which was earlier 10 hectares has now been completely done away with and what you require is only 1 lakh sq. meter built-up space," he said.
The government intends to promote SEZ investment in the tier II and III cities.
"So the minimum area requirement for tier II cities is 50,000 square meters, while for tier III cities it is just 25,000 square meters," he said.
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Festival seasons has begun and I sure like many would be travelling a lot and some time in their own car!
Make a note, as this might help – Keep these documents handy and safe : RC, Insurance, Road Tax, Pollution (PUC) and a valid license
NOC is required only when you are going to stay in a particular city/state for a period of 30 days or more, generally. If you are on travel and with an intention to return to your home city with no stay in any city/state for more than 30 days no NOC is required. Private vehicles (white registration board with black numbers) are free to roam anywhere in the country. Permits are only required for commercial or taxi registered vehicles.
You may keep the fuel receipts and toll receipts.
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Happy Halidays!!!
Indian Railways has announced the holiday special trains for 2014 and Jabalpur is provided with a direct train to Pune starting from 7th April 2014. The train would run once in a week (Sunday from Pune and Monday from Jabalpur).
The train would run from Pune on every SUNDAY.
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|From – Pune (Sunday Only)
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|Reaches – JBP JN
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Places to visit in and around Jabalpur, Picnic Places, small excursion and day-out.
Madan Mahal Fort
Madan Mahal is an ancient locality of Garha. The fort was the resting palace of the 10th Gond Kind Madan Singh. Madan mahal fort was built about 1100 A.D. It is a very plain and simple structure. Palace stands on a single stone on the summit of a hill which commands a magnificent view over the rich valley around.
Balancing Rock
As seen in the picture, a rock is balancing itself over another and completely static for a unknown period. Located in the hills near to Dev-Tal, this magical rock is a major attraction of people here.
Bhanwar Tal
Located at the center of City and and only half a Km from Bus-Stand, Bhanwar Tal is the one of biggest Park of Jabalpur, A fun and relaxing place for all, specially to young and kids.
Dev Tal
On Nagpur Road at Mahanadda, close to tripuri chowk, is the biggest lake of Jabalpur known as Devtal, its history dates back to the Gond dynasti, who built temples here.
Gandhi Bhavan
The largest library and a museum, Gandhi Bhavan is next to Govt Victoria Hospital and close to Clock Tower.
Pisan Hari Ki Madia
Build close to the Medical College on the top of a hill is a group of Jain temples known as Pisanhari-ki-Madia. The group of temples is known to be 200 years old.
Tripuri Smarak
Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the congress President at the Congress session held in the year 1939. Mahatma Gandhi visited four times to this place which lies at the bank of River Narmada.
Rani Durgavati Memorial
At Narrai, a village 18 km to the south of the city of Jabalpur is erected the Memorial of Rani Durgawati at the place of her martyrdom. The memorial was erected in June 1964. Dedicated to the memory of the great Queen Durgavati is her memorial and museum which houses a fine collection of sculptures, inscriptions and prehistoric.
This village is situated 12.8 km to the west of the city on the Jabalpur-Bheraghat road, Archaeological remains of the celebrated ancient city of Tripuri of Pauranic fame is spread extensively over a wide area covering several kilometers adjoining the village. Archaeological excavations conducted here have thrown very important light on the past history of Jabalpur in particular and country as a whole.
These ghats on the River Narmada near Tewar are the remains of several old temples of Gond and subsequent times.
At this village 59.2 km away from Jabalpur is preserved a large sculpture of Varaha, an incarnation of Narayana. A few sculptures of Siva, Hara-Gauri and Jaina Tirthankara area also kept nearby.
This is a group of low hills situated on the outskirts of the city of Katni on the Jabalpur-Katni road. It contains Rock-shelters having paintings of prehistoric times
BajnaMath and Sangram Sagar
A km from Medical College to the south of Garha stands the famous Sangram Sagar and the temple of Bajna Math which was built during the regime of Gond ruler Sangram Shah. Bajna Mathi is a center of tantric sects. Remains of an old palace may be seen at the center of Sangram Sagar.
Bargi Dam
The Bargi dam (40 Km from Jabalpur towards Seoni) is one of the first supposedly completed dams among the chain of 30 major dams to be constructed on river Narmada. View is spectacular, besides there are many temples nearby.


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California now has the opportunity to take a stand against this destruction. Please vote in support of AB 376. The world and future generations will thank you.
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I've been going over the documentation for Elastic Search and I'm a big fan and I'd like to use it to handle the search for my ASP.NET MVC app.
That introduces a few interesting twists, however. If the ASP.NET MVC application was on a dedicated machine, it would be simple to spool up an instance of Elastic Search and use the TCP Transport to connect locally.
However, I'm not on a dedicated machine for the ASP.NET MVC application, nor does it look like I'll move to one anytime soon.
That leaves hosting Elastic Search on another machine (in the *NIX world) and I would probably go with shared hosting there.
One of the biggest things lacking from Elastic Search, however, is the fact that it doesn't support HTTPS and basic authentication out of the box. If it did, then this question wouldn't exist; I'd simply host it somewhere and make sure to have an incredibly secure password and HTTPS enabled (possibly with a self-signed certificate).
But that's not the case.
That given, what is a good way to expose Elastic Search over the Internet in a secure way?
Note, I'm looking for something that hopefully, will not require writing code to provide shims for the methods that I want (in other words, writing forwarders).


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- Set up an Amazon Direct Publishing Account. You can use your Amazon account info for this, but you will still need to activate your Direct Publishing Account. There is no charge for this account, and the process is approved immediately following a confirmation email. The whole process takes about 5 minutes if you already have an Amazon account.
- Upload your manuscript to Kindle Direct Publishing. After uploading your file, you can view it using one of the online previewers. This will make sure the file looks good on the various Kindle readers. After this you will enter author information and pricing for your new eBook. Once clicking on "Publish" your work will go into a "review" process and appear in the Amazon Store within 12-24 hours!
- Promote the Heck Out of Your Book! Do you have a website, blog, Facebook or Twitter? Use the link provided by Amazon to send people to your listing.
Good Things to Know
- There is absolutely no cost to publishing an eBook for Kindle with Amazon!
- Be Patient, Promotion is the Key
- Remember that you are not required to sell your new eBook strictly on Amazon unless you enroll in the Kindle Select Program.
- It is estimated that Amazon has over 100 million credit cards on file. That is a heck of large potential customer base!
So what are you waiting for? Get going and before you know it, you to can be a publish eBook author! You may not get rich over night, but hey, half the fun is trying!
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This article is not intended to guarantee success in the Kindle market. Success of an individual author depends on their own marketing and hard work. This article is designed for educational and entertainment purposes only.


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[My God, I want to do what you want]
Since I came across the Joshua Micah song, "Who Says," it's been running through my head. "Who says you'll never feel alone in the crowd?" We know who says it–he's the same liar who tells you that you're different and you don't fit in. He's the same liar that makes you believe that being different is a bad thing. He tells you that you are good for nothing and that nobody will like you, notice you, or even cares. They are all lies.
Guess what? You are good for something; you even have a purpose. People will like you, in fact they'll love you! You have something unique that only you can offer. You have gifts that God has given you to use. He'll show you what they are and He'll give you more if you ask. You are qualified for the job because He has given you all that you need. He will give you exceedingly abundantly more than you were ever expecting.
You'll be noticed alright. That's why the devil lies to you. Because God is calling you out and the devil is saying, "oh no you don't, you're staying right here under my thumb. I can't have you finding out the truth." Guess what? People do care. People like myself, whose life mission is to tell you that you're more than okay– you're loved, and even highly favored. You have a Father in Heaven who loves you. As well, you have a brother and a friend in Jesus. If that wasn't enough, you have and a whole family of believers who can't wait to welcome you into the family. You're not alone. You've just been fed lies.
There will always be those people who tear others down, but that's not where you belong and you don't have to listen to them either. You can listen to what God has to say. If the devil has convinced you that religion is just a bunch of nonsense, he's wrong. (1 Corinthians 1:18-30) The Bible tells us this:
"Religion that God accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." (James 1:27)
God loves the orphan. If you don't have a parent (or parents) He's telling You that He's there for you, and that He's always been there for you. You're not alone. He doesn't want us to be polluted by the world because the world has been corrupted by that dirty devils lies. Those lies serve to drowned out God's loving voice. They also serve to keep people trapped and isolated in their hurt and their anger.
However, there's freedom in God's arms and in God's family. I know that this is a fact because I'm walkin' on sunshine and it does feel good. (Yeah, now I have that song running through my head.) It's true. I'm never happier than when God speaks because those lies lose their grip on me, and I come more and more out of my shell. I'm ready for this–ready for what it is God has for me to do because I know that it's going to be good.
God takes care of the weak (the ones who are alone, and those who are hurting) This is the only religion that He sees as pure and faultless. So, if you hate religion because you've been hurt by it, then chances are that person, (or those people) weren't listening to God. They had it all wrong and believed lies as well.
If you're ready to say, "uh huh" to what God has to offer you–whether you're a Christian who has run away from Him, or you've never met Him–He's waiting for you with open and loving arms. You have family and friends that care. You just haven't met them yet or allowed yourself to let them get too close to you.
If you have embraced Jesus and you don't want to listen to all of the lies, then keep turning your back to the wind (to the past as well) and enjoy the scenery as you trek on. God has good plans for you. So let's say, "Uh huh" to Jesus.
"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
"My God, I want to do what you want. Your teachings are in my heart." –Psalm 40:8 (NCV)
Come on…Trek On—>Where's Waddles?


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If there's an award for "Best Body Swapped Performance" in Hollywood, Ryan Reynolds is clearly trying to win it. While this weekend is clearly all about Deadpool, a trailer for Reynolds' latest round of out of body action, Criminal, has been released in anticipation of the main event. You can watch the trailer for yourself below.
For as big of a part Ryan Reynolds' character plays in the events of Criminal, it's not his role as a crucial CIA analyst that's going to be front and center to the film's plot. If anything, this recently released trailer by Lionsgate shows us that Kevin Costner's Jericho Stewart is the physical lead of the film. A loose cannon with a checkered past, Stewart is about to undergo an experimental procedure where said analyst is, for lack of a better term, "uploaded," into his mind. The purpose of this exercise is to locate an asset crucial to a mission that involves stopping a madman from plunging the world into darkness. So while Reynolds will be instrumental to the plot, as it's his memories that will inform the action, it'll be Costner that does the heavy lifting in the action scenes.
On paper, Criminal might sound like a movie of the week that fans of shows like 24, as well as Ryan Reynolds' last body swap film Self/Less, could enjoy. Yet, the supporting cast involved in the film's roster could help elevate the material past such a level, as both Gary Oldman and Tommy Lee Jones are playing support for the government side of the equation. Also, playing the wife of Ryan Reynolds' CIA analyst is Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot, a casting move that has already caused fans to compare the involvement of all named cast members to the comic book roles they've played in the past. Her presence in the trailer hints towards the more emotional component that Criminal looks to mix in with its action-adventure plot-line, and it just might work.
While this is only the first trailer for Criminal, there's going to need to be a little bit more of a push to get the word out on this film, especially considering its box office competition in its opening frame. The Jungle Book and Barbershop: The Next Cut are both set to open on the same Friday that Criminal has staked out – and The Huntsman: Winter's War won't make things any easier in the weekend after. If anything, the studio should be prepping a new trailer for distribution in the next couple of months, as the focus on this trailer is a little uneven to make the hard sell the film needs in its corner. Still, the cast of Criminal should be enough to draw a solid baseline of interest. With the right marketing, and maybe a little more Ryan Reynolds shown off in the trailer, the film could be a sleeper hit of this Spring.
If you're a fan of Ryan Reynolds using someone else's body as his own personal Fiat, then Criminal will be in theaters on April 15th.


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The divorce can represent a legalization of the discord between the couple, that takes to a reorganization of the domestic structure and the convivncia between parents and children, generating distresses and uncertainties in all the members of the family and threatening the personal stability of these, causing changes in the familiar dynamics (SCHABBEL, 2005). The quality of the relations between parents and children, as well as the guarantee and conservation of optimum interest of these last ones, is intrinsically on to the form of relation and communication 11 that the parental pair will go to adopt the separation after. Frequent, the relation and the communication between the separate parents are crossed by not decided conjugal questions or badly decided, taking them it an interaction that costuma to spoil, beyond the mutual respect, optimum interest of the children. The situation of the divorce and the dispute of guard is a phenomenon of great impact inside of a familiar system and can provoke a series of reactions in the children, between them the conscientious fear or not of that the other genitor also goes even so and the idea of that the adults are not trustworthy/honest (SCHABBEL, 2005). Thus, for having a great potential to provoke instabilidades and changes in the familiar dynamics, the papers and the interpersonal relations between the members of a family, the phenomenon of the divorce can need attention and specialized cares of legal and not legal operators, with sights to the retaken one of the cycle of growth of the families and, in special, of the psicossocial development congruente of the children (SCHABBEL, 2005). For Zuim and Leite (2010), the dynamic of the express conflicts in the services of Justice that families in situation of guard dispute take care of, generally have pipe the side with the logic of the procedural course, where if it always searchs the culprit for the dissolution of the conjugal union, the mutual attack the image of the other and autopromoo.
Downloaded Documents
What it wants to say this word so said in the days gifts? Download nothing more is that to load or to lower, when some person informs that she is making download of some thing, it wants to say that she is transmitting the document for inside of the computer. This resource was used for the first occasion in 2 world-wide war at the moment where the military bases needed if to notify but without others discovered. It was a quick and effective mechanism for information exchange. With passing of the time downloads had been if perfecting, the archives had been being more weighed e, with this, appeared to the demand to develop a server where it only stored documents to effect download. However before the Download upload appeared that it corresponds to transmit the document for the server that is, to send the filing-cabinet, for a machine that will go to disponibilizar such document for download.
The easinesses to transfer an archive nowadays are as much that another resource exists that if calls ftp. Through it is viable to annex all the archives and to transmit them or to load them of an only one time. Also it has the Torrents where some archives of limited size are set free that when executing start to make downloads of documents of another user is sharing who it in net. But these transferences require certain attention. For more easy than either to transfer documents currently, it is very easy to be invaded or to be I catch unprepared with a virus. It is important always to confer with the anti-virus if it has some virus in link of download, always to lower archives of trustworthy pages. Moreover, in case that it is using p2p never to share personal archives case still is an fan and it does not obtain to move correctly in the advanced configurations of software. Above the well-taken care of greaters are listed that if it needs to have with downloads in web, having precaution are possible to lower many interesting and useful things for the computer, as games of shot, diverse softwares and equally the amused games to multiplayer.
Amongst some we detach some. – Appropriate age software is understood for children of 2 the 10 years of age, being able to stimulate the three first periods of training of learning, is they: sensrio-engine, daily pay-operational and concrete operations. In it the professor has auto-aid in the choice of the activities. At the beginning of each applicatory one, the star will indicate the etria band for which it was developed. It sees figure 3 in annex. According to Saints, Hetkowski (2008), the games of sute Gcompris understand the three first periods of training of the life, are they: – Period of training sensrio-engine (the 0 2 years) the child perceives the environment and acted on it. In which the perception audio-appearance is present through sounds and images and develops coordination through mouse later and of the keyboard. – Daily pay-operational period of training (the 2 6 years) the child does not depend solely on sensations of its movements, but already it distinguishes an image, word or symbol of that of the absent object, them start to identify figures, objects and colors of the game, starting to understand the actions of the same.
– Concrete operational period of training (the 7 11 years) the child already perceives to have a coherent and integrated cognitivo system with which it organizes and it manipulates the world. The activities allow to exercise and to organize innumerable elements that they need to compose a decision for the pupil. – Clear instructions the user can control software, therefore it has clear instructions. The user quickly learns to trust the mechanism and ratifies in long stated period the knowledge acquired for software. – Complexities the Gcompris is not complex to use, it understands activity for children of 2 the 10 years of age. The administrator of the applicatory one possesss a panel, in which he selects the complexity level, time and amongst others.


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Anne Bubnic on 26 Jun 10The TIE Colorado/ISTE Leadership Bootcamp is designed to build understanding, facilitate conversations, and develop a framework for change. Leaders from all levels (school and district administrators, IT professionals, classroom teachers, librarians, district coordinators, and others) will engage in a day of learning and thinking that will lead to developing a working plan for improving communication and collaboration practices in their schools or districts. Watch the live session streams here.


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According to a report in the Orange County Register, a key hearing is scheduled to take place in Orange County Family Court today in the 'Baby Vanessa' case. As I have outlined in earlier posts here and here, this complex Orange County father's rights case involves a Rancho Santa Margarita woman, Stacey Doss, who adopted Vanessa, now age 2, shortly after the child's birth.
Doss was told by the child's birth mother that the baby was the born as the result of a one-night stand and that her father wished no involvement with the baby. In fact, the father, Benjamin Mills of Dayton OH, had an on-and-off relationship with the birth mother who had not, it emerged, told him she was pregnant. Mills sued for custody of his daughter, with Doss countering that she is the only parent Vanessa has ever known and that parting the two would be too traumatic for the child. Over the summer Mills' mother, who is raising his two other children, also petitioned for custody of Vanessa.
Now, the Register, quoting a spokesman for Doss, reports that custody negotiations between Doss and Mills "started Wednesday and continued Thursday with no resolution." The timing is crucial since, the paper notes, "a court hearing Friday will determine if mediation will continue or if the custody case will go to trial." A custody hearing was originally scheduled to take place in Ohio early next week but has, for the moment, been "put on hold", according to the paper, pending the outcome of these talks.
Orange County father's rights, custody and adoption and questions of parental alienation have all come into play in this case. All these, in turn, serve as reminders of the importance of having an experienced Orange County family law attorney on your side when undertaking any legal matter. The justice system can be complex and confusing. Cases like Baby Vanessa's, which stretch across state lines, can be especially complicated. Having an Orange County child custody lawyer in your corner is an essential in protecting your rights.
Orange County Register: Talks held in 'Baby Vanessa' custody fight