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Welcome to the Steely Sapphire Soldiers! This is a quick edition of the "Sapphire Roll Call", an introduction to our Soldiers this round! Welcome to our Newbies and Welcome back to our Veterans! Normally, each week, you will receive a weekly newsletter, or "digest" highlighting all of our members. I, your Team Secretary, will be reporting the weekly happenings of the Sapphires. I will condense the week's gossip, reported gains/losses/maintains, challenge results and any other pertinent information to keep YOU in the know. Those of us, who might be too busy to read each and every post, will be able to keep up with the rest of the team by reading each edition of the Sapphire Roll Call! I do hope that each of you takes the time to read each week as there is a lot happening in our chatty group, and it is very easy to miss something.
Let's meet our team!!
Amy is from North Carolina and this is her third round of BLC with the Sapphires. She works from home and is working towards eating a more clean diet. She tends to lose weigh slowly, which frustrates her but she realizes that slow and steady is better than nothing at all! You can do it, Amy!
Angela is from British Columbia and this is her 4th round of BLC. She is engaged and has two kids. She just loves the Sapphires! She signed up for streaking this round, have you?? GO, ANGELA, GO!!!
Camille is from Nashville, Tennessee and she has been on and off with BLC since round Four! She is a fine oil painter and sometimes has a hard time finding the time to exercise. She is married and has a very supportive husband, who keeps her in line and doesn't allow excuses! She is a very busy gal with her deadlines, but she promises 100% participation on challenges! Welcome!
Carol is from California, and this is her first round of BLC. She is a Nana to three grand-kids and has been with Spark since May. She has lost 37 pounds so far! Woohoo! She has fibromyalgia which makes it difficult to sleep and sticking to a workout routine. She is excited to join the Sapphires! Welcome, Carol!
Carrie is from Nashville, Tennessee and she is a veteran of BLC. She lives with her two cats, her son and his girlfriend. She is hoping they find another place to live soon, as their differing schedules makes it hard on her to be consistent with her weight loss.
Christina is from Orlando, Florida and this is her first round of BLC. She has been married for 12 years, and has a very long commute to work every day, 1.5 hours each way! She loves to spend time at Disney with her hubby and gets some great walking in around the parks. Welcome!
Claire is one of our Co-Captains and is from Georgia. This is her seventh round of BLC. She is a first grade teacher and she loves her job! She joined a triathlon team while in college and enjoys training for them. She looks forward to competing in a few this coming Summer. Go Claire!
Deb is from Tennessee and this is her third round of BLC. She has four sons and three granddaughters, as well as step daughters and step grandsons. She works as a front desk and store manager at a marina on the lake where she lives, and her job is a stressful one lasting from April to November. Go, Deb!!
Ela is from Oregon and this is her second round of BLC. She is 28 and used to be a cook but is currently working at a nonprofit which makes meals for seniors in need. She is also in grad school. She lives with her fiancé and his five year old son, and they are set to tie the knot in July of 2014. She is excited to get fit for her wedding and her 30th birthday! Welcome, Ela!
Harmony is from Utah, and is a veteran of BLC, AND of BLC leadership! She is a stay at home mom, with two kids. Her husband works full time for the National Guard. She has a dog named Jaxson, who is a great workout buddy in the nice weather. She loves to do arts and crafts and cook and bake. She has a hard time finding the time to work out with her little one keeping her attention, but she has adjusted to walks with the stroller and some exercises with her little one! Welcome!!
Heather comes to us from Fort Irwin, California and this is her first round of BLC. She is a small business owner, and Army wife and has two fur babies. She teaches ballet, vocal lessons and tutors kids in English and Math. Welcome, Heather!
Holly B is from NY and this is her first round of BLC. She is a mom of three grown children and a substitute teacher focusing on Special Education, and she owns a small bakery. She is scheduled for a total knee replacement in March, which she is excited to finally be able to sleep through the nights without constant pain. She is also a horse and livestock show announcer in the summers. Her significant other is a four time cancer survivor. Welcome, Holly!
Holly L is from Northern Illinois, and this is her fourth round of BLC. She has been married for 25 years and has a 16 year old son. She works full time at a Housing Authority and loves to do all things crafty! She has been yo-yoing for far too long and decided to take 2013 by the horns and make this her year for weight loss! Woohoo, Go Holly!!!
Jan is from Texas and this is her fourth round of BLC, second with the Sapphires! She is a mother of two girls who gave her four grand-kids. She has been married for just about 42 years! She struggles with bad knees, but she pushes through with modifications. She works as a records manager at a police department and hopes to retire in a couple of years. She loves to read, crochet and craft! Go, Jan!!
Juanita is from Kansas and this is her fourth round of BLC. She loves to collect mice and has enough Mice Christmas ornaments to decorate a seven foot Christmas tree! She has been a member of Spark for four years and has lost almost 100 pounds! Way to go, Juanita!! She now knows that this is a lifestyle change, rather than a diet and her hard work has paid off. Go, Juanita!
Judy is from Nevada and has been a member of BLC since the beginning! She is excited to start this round with the Sapphires. She is married and a Realtor who enjoys gambling. She had a knee replacement two years ago and is trying to get the weight off to avoid the other knee being replaced as well. Go Judy!! Welcome!!
Karen is from New Hampshire and she is a veteran of BLC, and the Sapphires! She is married with adult kids and works as a Deputy City Manager and finds time for exercise to be a challenge. She just got a treadmill as a gift and is excited to use it this round! She loves to cook and challenges herself to eat well, but not eat "diet food". Go, Karen!
Karlie is one of our Co-Captains and joins us from outside Seattle and this is her third round of BLC. She has had great success in BLC and is just shy of a 50 pounds loss mark. She has been married for 7 years and has two children. Her reward for her 50 goal is Photoshop! Let's all cheer her on! Go Karlie!!
KJ is from Texas and she is a veteran of BLC. She is married for 23 years and has two children. Her daughter attends Texas Tech University and her son attends a school for children and young adults with special needs. She and her husband are learning to adjust to their house being so quiet, with both kids out of the house. She also works part time at the Johnson Space Center as a mechanical engineer. Go, KJ!!
Leslie is from North Carolina and this is her third round as a Sapphire. She is a stay at home mom with four children and is married to her high school sweet heart. She is an emotional eater who is slowly learning to turn elsewhere for comfort. She has committed herself to give up diet soda and is working on bettering her workout schedule. Go Leslie!
Lisa is Australian and has been living in Kosovo for the last four years. This is her first round of BLC! She has been married for 21 years and has five kids who she home schools. She is hoping that this round of BLC will get her back into the swing of things! Welcome!!
Nims is from Arkansas and she is a long time veteran of BLC. She is married and is expecting her first grandchild in June. She loves to read and is even a published writer! They eat all organic in her house hold due to her husband's diet restrictions, and she is on disability from a work accident which has caused problems with her back and knees. Welcome!
Pam is from Michigan and this is her third round of BLC. She is very excited to be a part of the Sapphires! She is a teacher and has been married for 26 years, with one daughter and one fur baby. She plays guitar and sings and enjoys reading and working out. She just signed up for a local health and fitness center, where she will have exercise tailored to her needs. She has rotator cuff injuries and osteoporosis, which means she must modify exercises. Welcome, Pam!
Patty is from Indiana and this is her first round of BLC. She is an artist who is also a technical support specialist. She has been married for 23 years and has two children in college. She is excited to have a chance to spend some quality time focusing on herself and her weight loss goals. Welcome, Patty!
Shellon is from Northern Virginia and this is her fourth round of BLC, her first as a Sapphire! She works for the federal Government as an accountant and has an 18 year old in college. She loves to scrapbook in her spare time and is looking to get back into that. She is so excited to start this round and feels that 2013 is HER year! WOOHOO! Welcome!!
Shye is from Atlanta, Georgia and she is back to BLC after sitting out for a while. She is a single mother currently working through depression and an emotional eater. She is looking for lots of encouragement this round to keep her weight loss to a steady pace! We are here for you, Shye! Welcome!
Stasha is from Kansas Ciry, MO and this is her second round with the Sapphires! She had a fantastic loss last round of 23.9 pounds!! She works with special education children during the days and also works part time as a server at Olive Garden. She finds she has success with her eating because she plans her meals for an entire week at a time. She is down 62 pounds since March! Go Stasha!!!
Suzanne is our Team Captain and comes to us from the suburbs of Chicago. This is her 8th round of BLC. She has been married for 36 years, and has one son and lots of fur babies! She is closing in on her 100 pound loss and is excited to reach this goal! Go, Suzanne!
Suzie is one of our Co-Captains and is from Tennesse. This is her sixth round of BLC. She has worked for a mortgage company for 11 years, and she enjoys her job. She is currently training for a Nike Women's Half Marathon in Washington, DC in April. GO SUZIE!!
Tina- I am your Team Secretary and this is my fifth round of BLC. I am from the outside of Boston, Massachusetts and am currently 23 weeks pregnant with my first child. We are expecting a Boy on May 15th! My weigh in's will not count for this round, however, my challenge participation will. I am married for three years and my husband and I have been raising his two boys together since they were small. They are now teenagers. We are all HUGE Bruins fans, and are very excited hockey is about to start again! Yay!!
Yvonne is from BC, Canada and this is her fifth round of BLC. She has been married for 47 years with three grown children, and three grandchildren. She loves to read, play the organ and she teaches a group of teens at Bible Explorers. She loves being a part of BLC, as it is the only time she has been consistent with her weight loss! Go, Yvonne!
As I close out this special edition of the Sapphire Roll Call, I will leave you with this thought:
"Regardless of what came before or of what has yet to come, what matters most right now is how I choose to respond to the challenge before me. Will I lie down or will I fight? The choice is mine and I choose to finish strong." ~ Dan Green ~ LET'S FIGHT, SOLDIERS!!!!
Keep on Sparklin',
Your Team Secretary,


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Precast, prestressed hollow core concrete slabs have been widely used in recent years. In a previous paper at ACMSM19 the authors presented a simple computational method that could be used in design for modelling the structural behaviour of hollowcore concrete slabs in fires. The model proposed at that time consisted of a grillage system using beam elements to include the thermal expansion in both directions and to simulate the vertical cracking in the flanges, with the topping concrete modelled using shell elements. The simulation showed good agreement with the experimental results. This present paper shows that it is possible to avoid using shell elements to model the topping concrete and instead model the topping concrete as part of the hollowcore slabs. This beam grillage method of modelling both hollowcore slabs and topping concrete gives similar results to using beam and shell elements, but requires less computational time.


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San Francisco Auditorium embraces hybrid musical and visual identities – a new piece by Malika Makouf Rasmussen and Ken Furudate. Its very essence is the incorporation of various cultural traits as a challenge to the myth of singular and absolute representation.
Release in Oslo, Norway – October 11 @ Cafeteatret
Line up:
Malika; strings, percussion, sound design
Ken Furudate; video art, sound design
Safaa Al-Saadi; nai and percussion
Ketil Kielland Lund; keys and flugelhorn
Luis Landa-Schreitt; drums and percussion
Malika Makouf Rasmussen (France/Norway/Algeria) is a critically acclaimed composer, musician and music producer and a philosopher. Incorporating a variety of African and Western instruments blended with electronic sounds forms the sole foundation for her music. She has performed extensively throughout Europe and Africa and has staged numerous festivals and music venues across the world. In 2013 she met the international touring renowned artist, programmer and designer Ken Furudate (Japan) in Tunisia: San Francisco Auditorium is the result of a fruitful artistic encounter that took place between them.
Samples from the piece are included below in Malika2014.
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Kidney Stones
Live Show on Alkarma TV July 6, 2019
Host: Dr. Tamer Meshel
Guest: Gaytri Gandotra-Manek, M.D.
Kidney Stones
Symptoms, Risk Factors and Treatment Options for Patients organized through Orange Coast Memorial
Understanding Kidney Disease
Keeping Your Kidneys Healthy with Diabetes organized through Orange Coast Memorial
Radio Bolsa with Dr. Christopher Bui August 2016
Educating the Vietnamese population about kidney disease
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Diabetes & Your Kidneys
Keeping Your Kidneys Healthy with Diabetes organized through Orange Coast Memorial
Healthcare spending and hypertension – the cost of high blood pressure
Hypertension affects 70 million American adults, or 1 in 3. It remains prevalent irrespective of age, sex, and race. High blood pressure is the #1 risk factor associated with heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. These facts make it a major topic of interest for Medicare, Medicaid, private health plans, and other insurers.
Direct healthcare spending to treat hypertension totaled $46 billion in 2014, with almost half ($23 billion) in the form of prescription drugs. The remaining included the cost of health care services, physician visits, hospital admissions and sick leave.
Healthcare costs are undermining business profits and successes. Employers not only pay higher medical costs, but it also leads to lower productivity, higher disability and injury rates and more workers' compensation claims.


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Asserting that the country that served as a base for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks no longer represented a terrorist threat to the United States, Mr. Obama declared that the "tide of war is receding." And in a blunt recognition of domestic economic strains, he said, "America, it is time to focus on nation-building here at home."
Mr. Obama announced plans to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year. The remaining 20,000 troops from the 2009 "surge" of forces would leave by next summer, amounting to about a third of the 100,000 troops now in the country. He said the drawdown would continue "at a steady pace" until the United States handed over security to the Afghan authorities in 2014.
The troop reductions, which were decided after a short but fierce internal debate, will be both deeper and faster than the recommendations made by Mr. Obama's military commanders, and they will come as the president faces relentless budget pressures, an increasingly restive American public and a re-election campaign next year.
Only hours after Mr. Obama spoke, President
"Given the progress we have seen, France will begin a gradual withdrawal of reinforcement troops sent to Afghanistan, in a proportional manner and in a calendar comparable to the withdrawal of American reinforcements," Mr. Sarkozy said in a statement issued by his office, Reuters reported.
Mr. Obama, speaking in businesslike tones during a 15-minute address from the East Room of the White House, talked of ending America's longest war and of the painful lessons he thought could be taken from it. While justifying the nation's decade-long commitment, he talked of "ending the war responsibly" and warned of the perils of overextending the military by sending large numbers of soldiers into combat. He acknowledged that huge challenges remained before an end to the conflict that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and 1,500 American lives.
The withdrawals would begin winding down the military's counterinsurgency strategy, which Mr. Obama adopted 18 months ago. Administration officials indicated that they now planned to place more emphasis on focused clandestine counterterrorism operations of the kind that killed
"We are starting this drawdown from a position of strength," Mr. Obama said. "
But the withdrawal of the entire surge force by the end of next summer will significantly change the way that the United States wages war in Afghanistan, analysts said, suggesting that the administration may have concluded it can no longer achieve its loftiest ambitions there.
Mr. Obama acknowledged as much in his remarks. "We will not try to make Afghanistan a perfect place," he said. "We will not police its streets or patrol its mountains indefinitely. That is the responsibility of the Afghan government."
Mr. Obama's decision is a victory for Vice President
The pace of the withdrawal is a setback for the president's top commander in Afghanistan, Gen.
During the internal debate, Secretary of State
General Petraeus had recommended limiting withdrawals to 5,000 troops this year and another 5,000 over the winter.
He and other military commanders argued that the 18 months since Mr. Obama announced the troop increase did not allow for enough time for the Americans to consolidate the fragile gains that they had made in Helmand and other provinces.
But troops have succeeded in clearing many towns and cities of insurgents, and then keeping them safe so that markets were able to reopen and girls could go to school, for example.
Military officials say the withdrawal of American troops will impose limits on which areas of the country can be pacified. In particular, plans to pivot extra American troops from south and southwestern Afghanistan to volatile areas in the east, along the Pakistan border, will be curtailed or even canceled, officials said.
The effort to transfer responsibility for security to Afghan forces remains elusive because the Afghan troops are proving unprepared for the job. Corruption in the government of President
Still, the growing disenchantment in the United States with the war, particularly given the ballooning
Republican presidential candidates including
Highlighting the unusual political splits the war is causing, other Republicans criticized the president for pulling out too soon. Representative Mike Rogers, the
Mr. Obama's speech, delivered at dawn on Thursday,
Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said the Afghan National Army "has this capability and quantity to fill the gap of those places where the foreign troops withdraw and leave Afghanistan."
"We are ready," General Azimi said.
Muhammad Siddique Aziz, an adviser to Mr. Karzai on tribal affairs, said the withdrawal plan was acceptable, but he warned against a complete withdrawal of American troops before the Afghan government was strong enough to administer the country on its own. "I think they have to concentrate more on the Afghan government so when they leave, the government can stand up on its own," Mr. Aziz said.Continue reading the main story


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NEWS UPDATE, 26th November. – Adult Exercise Equipment
Despite strong opposition from many citizens and ratepayers as well as from this Society,
the majority (5-3) of the Kaipatiki Local Board effectively 'thumbed their noses' at the very sound and reasoned cases put before them.
The result is that the equipment, which hardly anyone wants on the open space chosen by the Board, is about to be installed. Preparatory work was done today and it seems likely that construction may begin tomorrow (Tuesday).
In case any of you wish to take further action (e.g. sending a note of your displeasure at the action of the Board) the five members who voted to do this are:
Lindsay Waugh (Chair): email@example.com
Nick Kearney (deputy Chair): firstname.lastname@example.com
Kay McIntyre:email@example.com
Chris Marshall: email@example.com
Richard Hills: firstname.lastname@example.com
Another action which the Society took was to seek information under the Official Information Act to see who directed that the necessary Resource Consent required for these works was non-notified which prevented everyone (whether in favour or against the work) from making an input.
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"Yellow Concert" put smiles on faces
Tonight, Christopher LeMark and co-producer Jeffrey Wamboldt hosted a free concert which took place at the Boys & Girls Club, located at 1330 – 52nd Street. It was called the "Yellow Concert," because there were yellow smiley faces posted on the walls and yellow balloon bouquets placed around the Madrigrano Stage for the Performing Arts. Most of the performers were also dressed in yellow shirts. The intent of the concert was to make people smile and know that they are children of God.
Here's Artemus, opening the concert:
Safety meeting at the B&GC – Police chief says "Call, call, call"
At tonight's safety meeting which was held at the Boys & Girls Club, 1330 – 52nd Street, two alderpersons hosted. Chris Schwartz, alderperson for the 2nd district, and Patrick Juliana, alderperson for the 7th district, were the two organizers for the meeting. Police Chief John Morrissey was also in attendance, as well as Captain Edo Maccari, 2nd shift commander, Ron Francis, one of the crime prevention officers, and gang officer, Leo Viola. About twenty citizens were in attendance.
"Yellow Concert" coming to Kenosha
A free "Yellow Concert" will be held at the Boys and Girls Club, 1330 – 52nd Street, on Saturday, November 10th. This is a happy, creative, and artistic concert coordinated by Christopher LeMark. (You may recall that KenoWi.com did an article on him back in September. Click here if you wish to read about him: Kenosha, Meet Christopher LeMark!)
Doors open at 6 pm, and the two-hour show starts at 7 pm. This is a free concert for the entire community of Kenosha, highlighting the talent in Kenosha. This concert will be like a huge high school pep rally with all the trimmings of joy for the town of Kenosha.
Just imagine taking a huge, incredible, yellow, happy face and placing it in a community, and let's see what happens!
For more information, see: https://twitter.com/YELLOWCONCERT. Check the link here: http://yellowconcert.eventbrite.com/ http://iamchristopherlemark.com/.
Public safety meeting
On Thursday, October 25th, Alderperson of the 2nd district, Chris Schwartz, will host a public safety meeting at the Boys & Girls Club, located at 1330 – 52nd Street, in Kenosha. It will start at 6:30 pm. The meeting will target Frank Elementary School and the Columbus Park area, but all are welcome.
The focus will be on neighborhood safety and non-owner-occupied properties. However, residents are encouraged to speak on any issue, concern, or idea.
The Kenosha Crime Prevention officers and a Kenosha Police Department representative will address issues and concerns.
CDBG committee approves 21 grant requests
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Committee considered twenty-five applications for funding, and twenty-one local agencies were recommended for funding in a meeting held last week. The twenty-one recommended proposals will split up a projected $844,227. This figure is based on the amount the city received for 2012. There are three categories of funding. The agencies, their programs, and the amounts are listed below:
Public Service
- Urban League of Racine and Kenosha, Inc. – Reducing employment barriers: $1,600.
- Urban League of Racine and Kenosha, Inc. – Sickle cell awareness, education and testing: $1,000.
"National Night Out" wows the crowd
The "National Night Out" event was held at the Boys & Girls Club this evening. Activities ran from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Free food, games, and prizes were offered. Information from the following community resources were available: the Kenosha County Division of Health, the Boys & Girls Club, the Urban League, Women and Children's Horizons, Kenosha Human Development Services, and others.
Below are some pictures taken at the event:
"National Night Out" event tomorrow night
The annual "National Night Out" event will take place tomorrow night, Tuesday, August 7th, at the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha, located at 1330 – 52nd Street, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
This event is used by the Kenosha County Division of Children and Family Services Gang Prevention Department to educate families about gang and crime prevention, and other important topics.
The event offers free food, games, prizes, and goodie bags for children. Featured entertainment includes The Big Balloon Tycoon, Ventriloquism on the Move with Mike and Woody, the Kenosha Academy of Dance, and a Tae Kwon Do demonstration.
Units responding to injury at Boys & Girls Club
At 4:48 p.m., Kenosha Fire Department is responding with a medical unit to the Boys & Girls Club on 52nd Street for an injury.
Teen health and fitness fair at the new Boys & Girls Club
The Boys and Girls Club hosted a free family event Saturday. Walkin' In My Shoes and the Kenosha Community Health Center co-sponsored the event. Several Kenosha community partner organizations came together to promote healthy lifestyle and wellness for today's teens and young adults. The fair ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Exhibitors included:
New Boys & Girls Club opening coverage
Kenosha got its first look at a dream almost 20 years in the making with an open house and ribbon cutting at the new Boys & Girls Club facility at 1330 52nd St.
With a couple hours yet to go in the event, Walter Graffen, club chief executive officer, said 1,500 people had come out to see the new club.
The facility includes a large gym, a dedicated indoor soccer field, and a host of rooms that can be used for everything from just hanging out to performing arts. The facility also will house space for a number of local organizations who serve children including the Kenosha Police Department, The Spanish Center, The Kenosha Unified School District, and the Kenosha Community Health Center.
The building was funded by a capital campaign that has raised over $10 million so far, with a completion goal of $13.8 million. The city of Kenosha donated $5 million, and $1 million donations were made by Natalie and Dennis Troha and Joseph and Shirley Madigrano.
Here is some video of highlights of the opening ceremony:
Open house, ribbon cutting Tuesday at new Boys & Girls Club facility
If you've been wanting to get a look at the news Boys & Girls Club facility on 52nd Street, tomorrow will be your chance.
A ribbon cutting and open house will be held at the facility on Tuesday, June 21.
The open house will be from noon to 7 p.m. A program will start at 5 p.m. with a ribbon cutting at 6 p.m.
The festivities are open to all, and there is no cost.


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Harry Lockett Ayers commissioned the design of this suitably grand residence with a large ballroom facing East Terrace. It was built in 1882, and as almost certainly designed by William McMinn.
Harry Ayers, foundation member of the Adelaide Club, was born in South Australia and educated at St Peter's College. He and his brother Arthur Ernest carried on their father's business as H.L. & A.E. Ayers. The brothers enjoyed the reflected glory of their father, Sir Henry, five times Premier of South Australia and were part of Adelaide's social and financial elite. Harry married Ada, a daughter of Sir John Morphett, consolidating through marriage connection within the 'Adelaide establishment'.
When he died in 1905 his wife commissioned the world-renowned Tiffany Company to design windows (formerly at St Paul's) as her memorial to him. By 1867, Harry Ayers owned the land on which Dimora was built. This extended from East Terrace to Hutt Street. It included Bray House, in which Ayers and his family lived during the 1870s. In 1878 the property was subdivided and John Bray bought the western half.
Dimora is one of the most highly developed examples of the bay-windowed villa, a popular style in boom-period mansions. The building has been renovated and subdivided for multiple occupancy. The renovators have shown high regard for the fittings and detailing of the well-finished and mostly original interior.
Externally the use of stuccoed detail, combined with simple cast iron enrichment, is typical of McMinn's work. This large house of 20 main rooms maintains a prominent place amongst the imposing late-Victorian residences of East Terrace.


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Valentines Day Miracle
Did he plan for the car to break down right in front of a billboard proclaiming his love? Or was it all just a coincidence? She never expected a surprise like this, but with a girl as beautiful and stylish as her, their love will have plenty of surprises still to come!.Dress Up Games


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HAZEL GREEN, AL-Hazel Green was one of the best football teams from North Alabama not to make the playoffs last season. 7-3 was good enough for most teams, but not the Trojans. They were left out thanks to a tie breaker.
The team wants to go further in 2013, and prove that last year's tie breaker should have never happened. Hazel Green has had just one week off since beating Huntsville last November, and since then it's been all about the grind. Running, weigh-lifting, even yoga. These Trojans are doing whatever it takes.
Hazel Green lost Safety Austin Dempsey to graduate, but has a veteran returning on the offense in Running Back Joe Ewing. The Trojans open the season August 29 on the road at Grissom.


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As the Federal Trade Commission releases its latest Consumer Sentinel annual report on identity theft, we thought we'd take a look at previous reports and our own coverage to bring a deeper level of understanding to the crime and track its trajectory over the years.
The number of identity theft complaints to the FTC increased significantly throughout much of the last decade, as we reported in 2007 and 2008. Identity theft was the most common complaint from consumers to the FTC by far, accounting for 21% of all complaints in 2008. (The next largest category, concerning problems with debt collectors, accounted for just 9% of all complaints.)
As our founder and chairman Adam Levin points out, the FTC's complaint data likely grossly underestimates the identity theft problem, for a few reasons. Many people never discover they've been victimized by identity thieves. When they finally do discover the crime, they may call it something else, like theft, even if what's stolen is their drivers' license, Social Security card or credit card, which can lead immediately to identity theft.
[Related: The Javelin Conundrum: Making Sense of the Latest Identity Theft Numbers]
Local police departments have the same problem, since unlike crimes like murder or burglary, there's no consistent method for filing and tracking identity theft cases. Finally, few consumers know that the FTC even gathers identity theft data, or that they can file their complaints with the commission.
Because of these problems, we try to cover reports and studies about identity theft from other sources. In February I wrote about a new report by Javelin Strategy & Research, which found that identity theft actually declined 28% from 2009 to 2010. The findings reinforce results from the FTC's 2009 Sentinel report, which found that the number of consumer complaints dropped 11.5% between 2008 and 2009.
[Tool: Quickly assess your risk of identity theft for free]
Meanwhile, the proliferation of social media gives identity thieves many new targets to hunt. In January, Brian O'Connell covered a report by Sophos, an IT firm, which found that 40% of survey respondents received malware from social networking sites in 2010, a 90% increase from the year before. Phishing attacks doubled in the same time period, hitting 43% of respondents.
If annual reports seem a little analog in this age of up-to-the-second news updates, Brian also recently wrote about a new project by Norton, the computer security software maker, to produce a cyber crime index that estimates the changing risk of identity theft on a daily basis. (The latest index report we checked placed the risk of identity theft at "Low.")
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Supper Club: The Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster serves a hot, nutritious meal each weeknight for our Club members. Over eighty-six percent of our members qualify for free or reduced lunch at school; Supper Club ensures that they are consistently provided with dinner. We serve an average of 30,000 meals per year, and also provide breakfast and lunch at our summer camp site, Camp Hogan.
SMART Girls: It is a health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program for girls ages 10-15. The program is designed to encourage healthy attitudes and lifestyles that will enable early adolescent girls to develop to their full potential.
Passport to Manhood: Passport to Manhood promotes and teaches responsibility in Club boys ages 11-14. Passport to Manhood consists of 14 sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific aspect of manhood through highly interactive activities. Each Club participant receives his own "passport" to underscore the notion that he is on a personal journey of maturation and growth. Passport to Manhood represents a targeted effort to engage young boys in discussion activities that reinforce positive behavior. Passport to Manhood is an excellent complement to SMART Girls.


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Bella Bryce's latest blog posts
"The Courting" on #SatSpanks
First, I must apologise to my readers and author friends who left me comments last Saturday on #SatSpanks and I haven't responded. I didn't mean to be passive, it's just been a very busy week and there have been some changes around here at home, along with my book release this week. All of my spare time and energy has gone into promoting "The Courting" and so I am sorry for not responding. I cannot believe another week has already gone by because here we are at another SatSpanks blog hop weekend! Where does the time go?!
As most of you know, release day for my third book and third in the series, ''The Courting'' was on Wednesday. It was a fantastic start and I've only been writing for 5 months now so I was getting all wrapped up in the excitement, the lovely messages and encouragement - from some fantastic fans and readers - as well as fellow authors in the circle.
Now, for the excerpt
Bennett stared back at her. "No. Absolutely not. You are not bait, Elisabeth."
"No, I'm not, I'm a peacemaker. And what's more, I don't believe anyone is ever so far in one direction that they can't get back to where they belong. Haven't you ever heard of redemption?" Elisabeth asked with confidence and calmness.
"I believe redemption is something that happens when people truly understand they need it. These women nearly sent my mother to an early death and I will be damned if I watch them lay a finger on you," he said, almost as though he were speaking directly to one of the culprits. Elisabeth stared back at him for a moment and then he continued, "I don't need to explain myself to you. You will do as you are told."
"I still haven't had a chance to defend myself or say what I wanted to say," Elisabeth replied, bordering on incredulous.
"Well perhaps you should lead this relationship and tell me what is and isn't fair. Perhaps I should get your opinion on the matter before I put you over my knee and spank you," Bennett replied.
22/2/2014 12:46:41 am
Love this exchange between them, Bella! I want to know what happens next...couldn't you have bent the rules a little and posted more than eight sentences? LOL. Congrats on your new release!
22/2/2014 01:01:54 am
Thanks Sue(-sy Q) I would have posted a longer snippet but I'm perpetually concerned that I'll be kicked off SatSpanks for breaking the 8 line rule, LOL. Plus I don't want to get my name up on the paddle board :/ Or, do I?
25/2/2014 04:25:31 pm
You definitely won't get kicked off for going longer, though you do risk a scolding from Mistress Blake. She can be a bit of a witch.
1/3/2014 04:32:44 am
Well I'm glad! I don't like to break rules :/ but I <3 HB!
22/2/2014 02:55:24 am
Great build up of tension between them. Thanks for sharing.
1/3/2014 04:36:19 am
Glad you enjoyed.
22/2/2014 02:55:40 am
Nice. I love their tension in the dialogue.
1/3/2014 04:31:30 am
Thanks Daizy! Can I ask, are you in the UK?
22/2/2014 03:13:50 am
What a palpable air of tension in this story, well done!
1/3/2014 04:41:55 am
It's one of the rare moments where Elisabeth challenges Bennett - but I definitely had to demonstrate that submissives need to be opposed sometimes, it's not realistic otherwise.
22/2/2014 09:23:36 am
Intriguing snippet. I sense much going on under the surface.
1/3/2014 04:43:04 am
Thanks Cara :) Under the surface Bennett's mother (a notorious social climber) had been subjected to her social circle's pressure on many fronts - he's trying to protect Elisabeth from it.
23/2/2014 02:11:46 am
Love the idea of "The Courting." So romantic!
1/3/2014 04:43:56 am
Aww, thank you! I'd love to hear your thoughts if you read it.
25/2/2014 04:23:53 pm
Why is it whenever you attempt to explain why you've done something so they understand, they insist you're trying to "lead" the relationship. Definitely not fair. I'm on Bella's side for this one. Congrats again, on your new release.
1/3/2014 04:45:42 am
Thanks Kathryn! Yes, no joke! This was inspired by husby and I working our way through DD and some of the feelings he's had before :) A writer writes what she knows, lol.
27/2/2014 02:29:24 pm
Whew! Well then, love this tension. Great job ;)
1/3/2014 04:46:49 am
Lol, I'm glad you liked it! It's a rare moment of opposition from Elisabeth :)
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We were very honoured and pleased to be invited by Postal Technology International magazine to give our views on the next 20 years of the postal industry (along with 19 other top industry experts) for their "2017 20th Anniversary Showcase" issue.
These are the questions that we were asked to answer.
- Which one piece of Technology has revolutionised the Postal Industry?
- How will the last-mile delivery experience change?
- How does cross-border delivery need to be improved?
- What new areas will posts diversify into?
- What skills will be required by tomorrow's postal workers?
- What will the sorting centre look like in 2036?
- How important will the environment be in 2036?
- Will post offices exist in 20 years time?
- What is the greatest threat to the postal industry over the next 20 years?
- If you could improve postal operations by introducing one simple thing. What would it be?
You can read our combined, edited responses in the Postal Technology International 2017 20th Anniversary Showcase Issue.
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CSS Conf AU 2015 - "Building Better Interfaces With SVG" Talk Notes.
A while ago, I promised to publish notes from Sara Soueidan's talk "Building Better Interfaces With SVG" at CSS Conf AU in Melbourne. Here they are:
Building Better Interfaces With SVG - Sara Soueidan
- SVGs are ready for prime time - plenty of fallbacks exist
viewboxattribute = which parts of the SVG to show
- Protip: Use JavaScript to animate SVGs
- SVGs are semantic and accessible because they are full of real content
Don't try to bend the box model.
- Circular Navigation with SVG. Also see Sara's tool Curculus for creating the SVG.
- Choose best option for your site, but it's probably better to inline a smallish SVG rather than open a new HTTP connection.
- "Scribble out" checkbox effect
- Several demos of animated checkboxes and the accompanying article
- Animated line drawing in SVG
- Animated Text Fills with CSS and SVG
- Many many ways to create Textured Text
- Creative Goo Efects
- CSS3 Filter Effects Reference
- Squiggly Text with SVG Filters (works in Chrome, not FF)
- With these techniques, the fallbacks are free.
- CSS Tricks' Icon Fonts vs. SVG Cage Match
- Protip: Use
emsto size SVGs so that they scale.
- SVG Sprite Creation techniques
- Styling And Animating SVGs With CSS
- HTML5 canvas isn't really accessible without extra work
- SVG can be enhanced with ARIA
- SVG has lighting effects: A Look at SVG Light Source Filters
Here's the best news: All of the CSS CONF AU 2015 talks are now available on-line, including Sara's.
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Topic Page: Lermontov, Mikhail (1814 - 1841)
Russian Romantic poet and novelist. In 1837 he was sent into active military service in the Caucasus for writing a revolutionary poem on the death of Pushkin, which criticized court values, and for participating in a duel. Among his works are the psychological novel A Hero of Our Time (1840) and a volume of poems October (1840).
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(mēkhӘyēl' yōr'yĭvĭch lyĕr'mӘntŭf), 1814–41, Russian poet and novelist. Given an extensive private education by his wealthy grandmother, Lermontov began writing poetry when he was 14. He first attracted public attention in 1837 with the inflammatory poem "On the Death of the Poet," written to protest the death of Pushkin in a duel. A cavalry officer in the czar's army, he was temporarily banished to the Caucasus, where he had recuperated from illness as a child, and the area's stirring landscape became a prevailing element in his work. Of his early verse, which, like his life, was greatly influenced by Byron, only the lyric "The Angel" (1830) is equal to his later work.
Lermontov's poetic reputation, second in Russia only to Pushkin's, rests upon the lyric and narrative works of his last five years. The Demon (1829–41, tr. 1930), his narrative poem about the love of a fallen angel for a mortal, was used by Anton Rubinstein as the basis of an opera. Mtsyri (1833; tr. The Circassian Boy, 1875) reflects Lermontov's antireligious feeling and idealization of primitive life. His heroic poems include "The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov" (1837, tr. 1929). Lermontov's partially autobiographical novel A Hero of Our Time (1840, tr. 1958, 1966, 2005) consists of five tales describing aspects of the life of Pechorin, a disenchanted, bored, and doomed young nobleman. The novel is considered a pioneering classic of Russian psychological realism. Lermontov, who had once sought a position in fashionable society, became enormously critical of it. His caustic wit made him numerous enemies, and, like Pushkin, he was killed in a duel.
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Are there any machine vision systems out there that allow you to save failed images to a PC? We are currently being pushed by QC to show failed parts, and we need a way to save the images automatically, since our process is running over 30 ppm.
High-end, PC-based vision systems (PPT) do all the processing within a PC. They use a simple CCD or CMOS camera, and transfer the image to a framegrabber card. The inspection and decision is all performed within the PC; these types of vision systems are, of course, PC dependent, and can be VERY expensive. But most of them come with a way to save images based on condition (since the image is already in a PC anyways).
PC-based vision systems have been all but replaced in the last 5 years by stand-alone vision systems (DVT, Cognex, Banner), where the CCD and processor are all housed in one unit, and the only main interface with the machine is a 'pass/fail' type discrete signal. Although most of these vision systems have ActiveX components that you can use in Visual Basic, or some other SCADA systems like Wonderware, RSLogix32, and iFix, to import images on the fly, and save them. So the cheapest solution would be to get a stand-alone vision system to perform inspections, and connect it over Ethernet to a PC running a custom VB application that saves failed images with a time and date stamp.
Easy enough!
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On this page you'll find a list of all the reviews I've posted so far. I'm not fond of ratings, so you won't see me appending any numbers, stars, thumbs, or grades to my reviews. Note that all reviews are not necessarily recommendations, though in fact most of them are: I only review TV series and OVAs I've seen in their entirety, but being human after all, I tend to not finish shows I don't particularly like.
Also, I've disabled commenting on the reviews themselves. This is to keep the reviews spoiler-free; if you absolutely want to comment on a review, please do so on the post that announced it, or visit the Contact page and write me.
Currently working on:
- Koihime Musou
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Katherine Fugate
Katherine Fugate
|July 14, 1965
Katherine Fugate (born July 14, 1965) is an American film and television writer and producer.
She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from University of California, Riverside. Fugate and her aunt, the actress Barbara Eden,[1] are direct descendants of Benjamin Franklin. Her cousin was the late Matthew Ansara, son of Barbara Eden.
Fugate will make her feature directorial debut on the movie "CHRISTY MARTIN" starring Amy Schumer, based on her script.
Fugate is the creator and executive producer of the TV series, Army Wives.[2]
Fugate is a frequent guest on "The Stephanie Miller Show" on Sirius XM:Progress often speaking out on racism, domestic violence and bigotry. She is the leader of "First They Came," an activist group and member of the Action Group Network standing up for equality and fairness for all. She appears on the show alone and also with her daughter, Madeleine, who is referred to as the 9, 10 and now 11 year old pundit of The Stephanie Miller Show.
Her piece on growing up with domestic violence and the link of domestic abuse to mass shootings was documented in "Nobody Would Have Been Surprised If I Had Died" and earned a spot on "Sport's Illustrated's Best of Journalism, 2017" list. Prior to that, she wrote "When The Racist Is Someone You Know And Love," which was translated into several languages and recorded into a podcast. Both pieces can be found on Medium.com.
She also wrote the screenplays for the 2010 film Valentine's Day and the 2011 follow-up, New Year's Eve; Both films were directed by Garry Marshall and featured all-star ensemble casts.
Fugate has been an active leader in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for a number of years. She was a strike captain in the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, then won a two-year seat on the Board of Directors for the WGA, West (WGAw) in 2008.[3] Fugate was re-elected to the WGAw Board of Directors in 2010, 2012, and 2014.[4][5]
In 2008, she created The Writers Fund, an anonymous group of WGA writers who financially help other WGA writers in times of need.[citation needed]
She was a member of the 2011 WGA Negotiating Committee.[citation needed]
In 2011, Fugate was invited to the White House to participate in the "Joining Forces" military family awareness campaign of First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden. She hosted an event starring Mrs. Obama at the Writers Guild Theatre to further shine a light on military issues to the entertainment community. She has appeared on MSNBC, CNN and numerous radio shows and talks shows concerning posttraumatic stress disorder and other struggles of the military.[citation needed]
She wrote a pro bono script for a Public Service Announcement starring Steven Spielberg and directed by Joanna Kerns.[citation needed]
She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.[citation needed]
In 2012, she was elected to the Western Council of the Actors Fund, a non-profit industry-wide charity.[citation needed]
Article on Fugate in the February/March 2015 Awards Issue of "Written By" Magazine, discussing the realities of being a female screenwriter in Hollywood, "Can Feminist Values Save Hollywood?"
As a Board Member, Fugate created a series of philosophical discussions on the impact the images created on screen in Film and TV have on real life events. The topics have included Violence In The Media, the Treatment of Women: On and Off Screen and Race In America: On and Off Screen.
Awards and honorable recognitions[edit]
She received a Gracie Allen Award and a WIN Award for Army Wives, Season 1.[citation needed]
In 2012, she received the Visionary Award for the strong portrayal of female characters in film and television.[citation needed]
She was voted one of Variety magazine's Women of Impact, 2008.[citation needed]
She was chosen by Film France as one of the top 10 screenwriters (Valentine's Day) in September, 2010 and invited to France for the France Unlimited Access program.[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
Fugate has one child, daughter Madeleine Barbara[6] (born 2006) with actor Paul Rhys.[citation needed] She is a devoted fan of the New Orleans Saints and brought the team's co-owner, Rita Benson LeBlanc, to the New Year's Eve premiere.[when?] Fugate was an invited guest on the Krewe of Orpheus float in the Mardi Gras parade, 2011.[citation needed] She was featured in a 2013 episode of House Hunters International titled "Every Little Girl's Dream Comes True in Paris."
- How Could You Do This to Me? (2013)
- Killer Among Us (2012)
- What Alice Forgot (2013)
- New Year's Eve (2011)
- Valentine's Day (2010)
- Room in Rome (2010)
- NFL Dad (2007)
- The Senator's Wife (2007)
- Army Wives (2006)
- The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding (2006)
- The Prince & Me (2004)
- Carolina (2002)
- Xena: Warrior Princess (2001)
- Max Steel (2000 TV series)Max Steel (2000)
- Kounterfeit (1996)
- ^ Ryder, Caroline (July 17, 2008). "Katherine Fugate". Variety Magazine. Retrieved July 30, 2008.
- ^ Lutz, Victoria (July 17, 2008). "Army Wives: an empowering interview with creator Katherine Fugate". SheKnows.com. AtomicOnline. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
- ^ McNary, David (September 23, 2008). "WGA selects Board Members". Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ^ Mitchell, Gregg (September 17, 2010). "Writers Guild of America, West Announces 2010 Board of Directors Election Results". Writers Guild of America, West. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ^ McNary, David (September 21, 2012). "Eight elected to WGA West board". Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ^ https://www.stephaniemiller.com/steph-madeline-fugate-10122016/


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Team Results | Individual Results
SANTA ANA, Calif. – At the completion of two rounds at the UC Irvine Invitational Monday, the Titans are in eighth place after shooting a 19-over par 595.
Cal Poly leads the tournament heading into round three with a score of 14-under par 562. The second place team is Cal Baptist at 1-under par.
Courtney Sharkey leads Fullerton individually after shooting a 2-over par 146 in the first two rounds. Sharkey was even at par after round one and then shot a 2-over par 74 in the second round.
Pauline Welker is not far behind at 4-over 148 to leave her tied for 28th place. Welker was even at par in round one before shooting a 4-over 76 in the second round. Britney Sok is tied for 39th with a score of 6-over par 150. Sok greatly improved in the second round with a score of 1-under par 71 after shooting a 7-over par in round one.
After finishing the first two rounds with a score of 8-over par 152, Lisa Djerf is tied for 46th place. Djerf shot a 77 in round one before following it up with a 75 in the second round. Texie Petchel is competing as an individual and is tied for 59th with a score of 10-over par 154.
Fullerton returns to action Tuesday morning with tee times beginning at 7:45 a.m. PT. You can follow all the action of round three on GolfStat.com.
Fans can purchase tickets for various Cal State Fullerton athletic events by visiting FullertonTitans.com/Tickets. The Athletic Ticket Office can also be contacted by phone at 657-278-2783 or by email at email@example.com. The Ticket Office is located at the Titan House off of Gymnasium Drive at the eastern end of the Intramural Fields and is open from 10 am – 4 pm PT, Monday – Friday.
Fans can keep up with the latest in Titan Athletics by following us on Twitter (@FullertonTitans) and Instagram (@FullertonTitans). In addition, the women's golf team has established its own Facebook (Facebook/TitansWGolf), Twitter (@FullertonWGolf) and Instagram accounts (@titanswgolf).


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Most recently Sarah has used her writing skills working on the editorial staff of a local newspaper and then as production editor at a small book publishing company, from which she retired in 2011. A resident of Jackson, New Hampshire since 1983, Sarah has served on various town committees including the Planning Board and the Whitney Community Center oversight committee.
Throughout her life Sarah has maintained an active avocation in music, beginning with piano lessons at age 9, followed soon by flute lessons. She was a concerto soloist in high school and has performed with several bands, orchestras, a woodwind trio, and choral groups. She has been a member of the Mountain Top Music Center Board of Trustees since 2014. Shortly after she became a Trustee, she began serving as secretary of the board.


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Maka-Maka Melee for Zuckerberg or Maka-Maka Beautiful Music Together?
Please see this disclosure related to me and Google.
Once it's out (and sooner than later, we are guessing), we'll all be able to consider whether Google's new Maka-Maka project–a way to create an open social graph over the Web that is third-party apps friendly–is a real attempted assault on the Facebook platform or more of a way to widely spread the gospel of social networking (and, thus, an assault on the Facebook platform).
In any case, it should be interesting with Facebook's clear lead and also, well, that gigantic bag of cash from Microsoft (and more to come).
But, until then, here's a very smart take on the rollout of Maka-Maka by Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch's most promising addition so far, of what Google's true aims could be:
That's where the bigger plan for Maka-Maka comes into play. Maka-Maka is very strategic for Google. Responsibility for it goes all the way up to Jeff Huber, the VP of engineering in charge of all of Google's apps. Huber is on record as saying that the way Google plans to compete is by using the Web as the platform instead of trying to lock developers into Google's own platform. One way it will do that from the start is by creating two-way APIs so that any app created for Google can be taken to other Web sites. (Whether this will extend to actual user-profile data within Orkut or elsewhere inside Google remains to be seen because of privacy issues, but the apps themselves will be portable). And data from other social sites will be able to be imported into Google's social apps as well.
"The bigger vision is to combine all of Google's apps and services through Maka-Maka. Google already has so much data on you, depending on how many Google apps you already use. It just needs to bring everything together. Your contacts are in Gmail. Your feeds are in Google Reader. Your IM buddy list is in Gtalk. Your upcoming events are in Google Calendar. Your widgets are in iGoogle. And don't forget about your search history. Over time, Google will connect all of these together in different ways, along with data about you from other social services across the Web, and give developers access to the social layer, tying all of these apps together underneath. The real killer app for Google is not to turn Orkut into a Facebook clone. It is to turn every Google app into a social application without you even noticing that you've joined yet another social network."


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With Adam LaRoche still seeking a $10 million AAV contract, the Giants turned in another direction to add a left-handed home run hitter.
They've agreed to terms with first baseman/DH Aubrey Huff on a one-year, $3 million contract, pending a physical that is scheduled for later in the week, a source confirmed to me this evening. The agreement was first reported by the local CBS affiliate.
Huff is not the crown jewel of this free-agent class. He's more of a lab-created diamonique. But he's a proven run producer who has three 100-RBI seasons in his career, the last one coming in 2008 with the Baltimore Orioles. (For some of you, RBIs might as well be something shiny that they peddle on the Home Shopping Network. For others, hey, operators are standing by!)
When I've asked club officials about Huff in the past. they shook their heads, pointed to his suspect defense and said it wouldn't play in the NL. Well, last time I checked, the Giants have only six games in AL parks next year. So I'll assume Huff will bring his first baseman's mitt to Scottsdale next month.
Basically, Huff, 33, was a fit this offseason because he offered run-producing potential at a price within the Giants' self-restricted means. My sense all along this winter was that Bill Neukom issued a stern warning to Brian Sabean to avoid any Edgar Renteria reduxes. You can take the Voyager to the grocery store, but you best not forget the coupon book, son. No filet prices for cube steak.
So LaRoche picked the wrong winter to play hardball with the Giants. I'm not sure what to make of his reported rejection of a two-year, $17 million contract except that he had absolutely no desire to play in San Francisco (despite very solid numbers in an admittedly small career sample size at AT&T Park). Whatever the reason, LaRoche is pretty much left with the Orioles now. Best of luck there, guy.
On to more practical matters. How do the Giants plan to use Huff? Well, he's expected to play against most right-handed starters (his .842 career OPS vs. RHPs is 100 points higher than against LHPs). Mark DeRosa could form the right-handed portion of a platoon at first base, leaving Pablo Sandoval to play third every day. Or Manager Bruce Bochy could play Sandoval at first against lefties and third base the rest of the time. Under that scenario, Juan Uribe could get more starts at third base. It would seem Uribe has the most playing time to lose, though.
And while I don't believe the Twitterings about Sandoval moving behind the plate, it would be a way to get Huff, DeRosa and Uribe in the lineup at the same time.
Obviously, there's a lot the Giants must figure out. And it wouldn't be wise to expect all the answers to shake out on Tuesday or Wednesday, when the Huff signing should be officialized. It'll probably be deep into the Cactus League schedule before the Giants begin to understand how these pieces might fit.


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text: TV Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil's 'Being Mary Jane' Opens Urbanworld Film Festival (Exclusive) 5:30 AM PDT 9/7/2012 by Marisa Guthrie FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Joe Pugliese The drama starring Gabrielle Union as a single career woman will bow on BET in early 2013. Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil's Being Mary Jane will open the 16th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival Sept. 20 in New York. Formerly titled Single Black Female, Being Mary Jane (written by Mara Brock Akil and directed by Salim Akil) stars Gabrielle Union (Think Like a Man) as Mary Jane Paul, a successful TV news anchor who is still single and whose large extended family does not share her career ambitions. STORY: Hollywood's Undercover Hitmakers: Salim and Mara Brock Akil Omari Hardwick plays Union's love interest. The cast also includes Lisa Vidal, Margaret Avery, Richard Brooks, B.J. Britt, Raven Goodwin, Aaron D. Spears, Richard Roundtree, Robin Lee, Latarsha Rose, Tika Sumpter and Stephen Bishop. Being Mary Jane will air on BET in early 2013 and serve as a backdoor pilot for what will be BET's first original drama. It is the Akils second series for BET after half-hour comedy The Game, which broke ratings records at the netowrk. The Akils, who also produced Whitney Houston's final film Sparkle (Mara Brock Akil wrote the script and Salim Akil directed), have a wide-ranging production deal with BET. STORY: 'Sparkle' Power Couple Open Up About Whitney Houston's Final Performance Urbanworld takes place September 19-23 at AMC 34th Street in Manhattan. BET is a presenting sponsor. This year's festival includes a one-day digital symposium Sept. 19 sponsored by HBO that will feature panels on crowd funding content and new opportunities in distribution. Schedule and ticket information can be found at urbanworld.org. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Marisa Guthrie email@example.com MarisaGuthrie


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If you know me at all you know I have to have my three morning essentials at breakfast time: coffee (duh), PEANUT BUTTER and banana! I'm probably known as the banana lady at the grocery store as I'm ALWAYS there to get fresh ones! I just CAN'T eat them with any speckles...ish.
My go-to breakfast for what seems like forever has been: toast with nut butter and banana - don't forget the leftover banana on the side with extra peanut butter. I swear NOTHING goes better with coffee.... (hey! Whatever gets you up in the morning, right???)
After taking a good look at my nutrition I've noticed that I'm really been a slacker on my protein! Sure I seem to get it in at lunch and supper time but breakfast there is a really big gap! After brainstorming and refusing to give up my peanut butter and banana obsession I decided to get creative... hey - what's the worst thing that could happen!?
And I'm so glad this DID happen! When I think of a crepe I think of something fancy..like from France or something. To be perfectly honest I don't even know if I've had a real crepe before... so maybe this doesn't even count! Buuuttt I'm gonna go with it. Please welcome to my breakfast: Easy "Protein Crêpes" - my topping of choice? Peanut butter and banana! (no surprise there) They take about four minutes to make (which is awesome) and feel free to top with WHATEVER you would like! Maybe they sound weird to you - but seriously I dare you to give them a whirl -
Protein Crêpes
Coconut oil to melt in the pan
1/2 cup of egg whites (I use a carton)
Peanut butter
Melt a dab of coconut in a pan just enough so your egg will not stick! (makes a much easier clean up!)
Once pan is heated through on medium heat add 1/2 cup egg whites and cook, flipping when ready. When cook through flop on a plate and top as you please! I enjoy banana, peanut butter or sun butter and sprinkled with cinnamon! Best served with hot coffee (in my humble opinion!
For those tracking: according to my MFP:
228 cals/18P/20C/9F
(calculated with 1/2 medium banana and 1T NB)
Would you try this savory sweet combination? What will your toppings of choice be? Do you have any breakfast obsessions like I do?
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Time has taken on an odd quality lately. I hear a bit of news and think "Oh yeah, that! I forgot about that. It happened so long ago. Wasn't that way back … yesterday afternoon …?"
In the days following the election I was disheartened discouraged and disoriented. I felt adrift. I was by turns angry, fearful, combative and depressed (and sometimes those turns were very tight). It was hard to work, but impossible to relax. I was snappish with everyone, but being alone gave me too much time to get wound around my own axle. What worried me most was I could feel a defeatist mindset sneaking up on me. "Wouldn't it be nice," it whispered to me, "to just admit it's all over now? To just admit you lost, look away and go with the flow." Continue reading


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Winners of the VSA Playwright Discovery Award Program
2003 VSA Playwright Discovery Award Biographies
Full Production
Diamond in the Rough by Allyson Hogan received a full production at the Kennedy Center's Theater Lab.
Set in a high school, Diamond in the Rough tells the story of Jeremy Black, a teenager with albinism. Teased by his peers who have nicknamed him "Diamond," he gains acceptance when they realize he is musically talented.
Allyson Hogan is a 16-year-old writer from Worthington, Minnesota. She has been writing since she was 7, and has had two poems published. She has also performed in three musicals at her school and loves to act. She was completing a research paper on albinism when she saw the Playwright Discovery Award poster at her school.
Staged Reading
Get Ready to Walk and Roll! by Bethany Andrews and Amanda Harper received a staged reading at the Kennedy Center's Theater Lab.
The main character in Get Ready to Walk and Roll! is Haven, a high school senior with muscular dystrophy. Her warmth and sensitivity make her a "haven" to other students who come to her for advice. When she meets the new kid in town, Dominic, she realizes that not all disabilities are as obvious as hers.
The playwrights, Bethany Andrews and Amanda Harper, each 18 years old and from Arizona, consider themselves not only close friends, but also "writing buddies." This is Bethany's second completed play, her first one having been produced as the school play. Amanda has won several writing awards, including the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award in 2001 for a personal essay entitled "If Only My Legs Worked."
Honorable Mention
Quota by Hannah Sternberg received an Honorable Mention
Quota brings us into the imaginary future, when individuals with disabilities are ostracized and forced to wear masks. Written creatively in verse, this play describes the relationship between a girl with a disability and her caretaker as they try to care for each other.
Hannah Sternberg, a 15-year-old from Rutland, Vermont, has written several short stories as well as three one-act plays. She also enjoys writing screenplays, and has an interest in film making and directing. A musician as well as a writer, she plays cello for her regional youth orchestra and has performed in the pit orchestra for several community theater productions.
2003 entries were reviewed by a distinguished Artists Selection Committee comprised of:
- Jack Hofsiss, Tony Award-winning director of The Elephant Man
- Fred Zollo, Tony Award-winning producer of Private Lives and film producer of Mississippi Burning and Quiz Show
- John Belluso, professional playwright; director of the Other Voices Project at the Mark Taper Forum, former recipient of the VSA arts Playwright Discovery Award for his play, Gretty Good Time