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A child is nothing but potential. It is open, filled with beauty and joy. As a child must grow, it must enter a period of discipline. This is why we have them attend school. They must learn the social and intellectual game to the point where they might make good citizens, no matter where on the socioeconomic or intelligence distribution they fall into. Refining yourself then is a matter of taking potential and becoming better through discipline. It means pursuing hobbies and becoming great at those that most suit you.
It means caring about your career, or caring wholeheartedly about raising your family. It means investing yourself in something you consider to be beneficial and wholesome. Refining yourself takes time, energy and effort. It gives you a foothold to truly caring about your lot in life, and equips you to defend that if need be, through whatever means is most appropriate. Invest in yourself, and you automatically become someone who has something valid to say through that effort alone.
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With this in mind, defending your corner will become a natural response to difficulty, and not something born out of desperation or fear. Before long, you'll realize how strong you are!
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In keeping with the standards of many youth sports organizations, schools and recreational programs in America today, U.S. Figure Skating has implemented coaching requirements, background screening and continuing education requirements to help ensure that we are providing a safe environment and protecting the welfare of all participants in U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned activities. This will help give parents the highest degree of confidence that their children are not only receiving good care and proper instruction but are safe from improper conduct. Read more...
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Kittens Traveling on Plane
Yes, kittens can travel by plane, but there are certain age restrictions required by the airlines. Please make sure to check with your airline because every airline has different restrictions on kittens traveling. Usually, one kitten (if a certain age), can be on the same kennel as the mother cat. Of course, it all depends on the size. (Tiger kittens are huge, but, they are not allowed inside the plane!). So, always, to be safe, be sure to check the airline where you are booked.
First Time on 737-800 Los Angeles (LAX) to Minneapolis (MSP)
Traveling with Pets
Three Choices of Airport of Departure
Coming back from Hesperia, CA, I had three airport choices: Las Vegas Airport (3 hours drive); less than 3 hours flight; Ontario Airport (with connection to Salt Lake City; 30 hrs drive to the airport, about 1 and 1/2 hrs flight to SLC; then connect to MSP (about 2:30 flight hours more). ONT's flight was full; the 10am flight was using a CRJ (smaller that CRJ-900). We decided to drive to LAX - there were 12 seats left, according to Travel Net: 2 in F; 10 in Y. I checked in two kittens (both in one kennel - a small hand carry size one).
Sometimes lack of knowledge causes delay :-(
When I was checking in my bag (I checked in my small and light computer bag because of the two kitties; I had a full diaper bag, complete with towels, cat food, paper towels, etc.), the Delta agent told me I had to pay $125.00. I informed her that I read that DL non-revs do not pay for carry-on pets. She looked at the computer screen and said "Oh no - Yes - the computer said you have to pay!". I asked her if I could talk to a supervisor. I explained that I called the Help Desk (I did not tell her that I worked at the Help Desk! :-)). and that I also spoke to a SFO DL supervisor on the inbound flight (the agent in SFO did not know - none of the 4 agents there did not know!), and the SFO supervisor informed the agent that yes - non-revs do not pay for carry-on pets (thanks DL supervisor - whoever you are!). In LAX, the agent monitoring the line at LAX intercepted me when I was entering the baggage drop line to inform me that DL "is not accepting pets" (I knew that the restriction is only for under the belly of the plane). Anyway, back at the counter, the LAX agent did not want to call a supervisor and she searched in the computer for the rule/policies on non-revs carrying a pet, and finally, after about 20 minutes, she found it, read it, and told me "Oh yes...you don't have to pay". I thanked her then said "But I don't know how to put the remarks in my record (I could not help her because I did not know either). She then asked an agent (John), who put the remarks like he's "speedy Gonzales" - thanks God..because I knew I was running late already. Thanked both of them and ran to the gate. Those guys were really nice..but sometimes, they do forget some of the rules. Do not hesitate to get a second opinion from an airline representative's supervisor. But, better still, go to the airline's website and print the most recent copy of the rules and/or policy. This will really help you a lot! Airline reps have a lot of things to learn and not all of them remember everything, especially those recently hired temporary relief agents. Be sure to help yourself to avoid your flight being delayed. It can happen not only to you - but also to airline employees as well. So - always be prepared!
I got through security ok; removed the two kitties from the kennel, carried them with me through the x-ray machines...and we ran to the gate. No problems with TSA. (I wonder if pets can be used as distractions (or distractors?) of terrorists.they are so cute.that TSA's could not resist focusing on them!) ...We got to the gate 15 minutes prior to departure. The gate agent already printed the SPIL and rushed to the jet way. I did not want to stop her...I assumed that the flight was full. It was, I found out from other non-revs. With two kittens with me, I looked for a good spot to call for re-listing. I found a service center by Gate No. 57. What happened to the 12 seats available on the flight? The flight to Detroit was overbooked, and they put 12 of the passengers on my 12:05 flight. They were even soliciting for the next DTW flight - for $400.00 voucher. I saw a group of phones, picked one up, and asked to be re-listed. I had my laptop with me but I left the charger at home (not a good idea!).
Of course, you could always rely on friends!
I called my life line - Nestor, of RDU (he helps me all the time! :-)). I found out that I was already moved to the next flight to MSP, at 2:55pm. That was at 12:15 p.m., , so that meant I really had to find a comfortable place for me and the kitties.
Flying with Pets: a Real Sacrifice! But the rewards are great! :-)
I managed to get a fish fillet sandwich from McDonald's, went to the ladies' room (I got a finger wagging scolding from a Hispanic G2 employee who was talking loudly while using her cell phone. This is because I left the kennel unattended (well, not really; the only divider between me and the kitties is my toilet cube door!) -- on the bathroom counter while I attended to my personal needs. I told her "Excuse me - you could see everything in there --nothing to hide!"). Some people are just not using their gray matter! Now, if that bag was all closed..and you could not see anything inside..and it was left unattended - that is a different story! While she was wagging her finger at me, a TSA officer was talking to the kitties. We both just looked at each other while thinking the same thing: use the brain! I played with the kitties while waiting for the next flight. I was also praying that all the flights of Delta and all the airlines not be cancelled or delayed. One flight cancelled or delayed would cause all the seats in my flight be filled up. ("Dear God, not today, please, I have two cats with me..thank you").
Finally .....
It was mostly a smooth flight except when we were about one hour away from MSP. It was a moderately bumpy flight on and off for about 45 minutes - then smooth again up to MSP. We had a real nice landing..no bumps. (My prayers work most of the time! :-))
Anyway, I got out of the bathroom, grabbed my kitties' diaper bag (I had my laptop there, it dropped right on my left toe when I picked it up! Painful!).
After a light rail and a bus ride, I am back at home. I unlocked the door to the home so quietly so that JKK would not see me come in. I was carrying my surprise gifts to him for his 50th birthday :-). He just turned 50 this year and I am pretty sure he'd appreciate the gifts.
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2011 NBA All-Star Game on TNT Delivers Most Watched and Highest Rated All-Star Game since 2003 and Earns Strong Growth Across All Demos
2011 NBA All-Star Game and All-Star Saturday Night Combine to Average More Than 17 Million Viewers
The 2011 NBA All-Star Game on TNT delivered 9.1 million total viewers, 6 million households and a 5.2 U.S. HH rating, along with strong growth across all key demos, according to Nielsen Fast Nationals.This year's star-studded contest in Los Angeles ranks asthe most watched and highest rated game since 2003, which featured Michael Jordan's final NBA All-Star appearance of his career. In addition, the 2011 NBA All-Star Game and All-Star Saturday Night presented by State Farm, which was the most watched in the event's 26-year history, combined to average more than 17 million total viewers.
The 2011 NBA All-Star Game also posted strong growth over last year, an increase of +33% in total viewers (9,093,000 vs. 6,846,000), +36% in households (5,975,000 vs. 4,399,000) and +37% in U.S. HH rating (5.2 vs. 3.8 U.S. HH rating).
The network has also had tremendous growth in key adult and male demos compared to last year, including:
· +41% A18-34 (3,175,000 vs. 2,258,000)
· +38% A18-49 (5,226,000 vs. 3,792,000)
· +29% A25-54 (4,314,000 vs. 3,394,000)
· +40% M18-34 (2,105,000 vs. 1,504,000)
· +47% M18-49 (3,577,000 vs. 2,437,000)
· +41% M25-54 (2,982,000 vs. 2,120,000)
Additional highlights during 2011 NBA All-Star Game included:
· The second most-watched NBA game on television during the 2010-11 season to date.
· The most-watched NBA telecast on cable during the 2010-11 season to date.
· The top five markets tuning into the game include San Antonio with a 13.5 rating (+48% over last year), host city Los Angeles earned a 11.6 rating (+123%), Memphis earned a 10.6 rating (+39%), Chicago earned a 9.9 rating (+48%) and Miami earned a 9.4 rating (+52%). In addition, Boston earned a 7.2 rating (+100%) and New York earned a 6.4 rating (+88%).
TNT's exclusive coverage of the 2011 NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by State Farm was the most watched All-Star Saturday Night in the event's 26 year history. The event delivered 8.1 million total viewers, 5.1 million households and a 4.4 U.S. HH rating, based on Nielsen Fast Nationals. The 2011 event saw increases of +23% in total viewers (6,554,000), +14% in households (4,466,000) and +13% in ratings (3.9 U.S. HH) over the previous record set in 2009. In addition, NBA All-Star Saturday Night out-delivered the 2010 telecast by +49% in total viewers (8,090,000 vs. 5,441,000), +43% in households (5,100,000 vs. 3,563,000) and +42% U.S. HH rating (4.4 vs. 3.9).
Heading into the 2011 NBA All-Star break, the 2010-11 NBA season on TNT is the most watched season in Turner's 27 years of airing NBA coverage. Through 38 games, the NBA on TNT is averaging a 1.5 U.S. rating (+26%, 1.2 U.S. rating), 2,377,000 total viewers (+30%, 1,832,000 total viewers) and 1,770,000 households (+27%, 1,390,000 households) over last year's corresponding coverage. In addition, this season is +26% on total viewers compared to Turner's next best regular season audience from the 1995-96 season (total viewer average 2,377,000 vs. 1,885,000).
Turner Sports and the NBA jointly manage NBA Digital, which includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NBA Mobile, the NBA Game Time App, NBADLEAGUE.com and WNBA.com.
Turner Sports, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is an industry leader in televised and online sports programming, airing championship level sporting events on TBS, TNT and truTV, and managing some of the most popular sports sites on the Internet. Turner Sports' television line-up includes the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, NASCAR and professional golf. The company's digital portfolio includes SI.com, NASCAR.COM, NCAA.com, PGATOUR.COM, GOLF.com and PGA.com, as well as an accompanying collection of mobile websites and connected device apps. Turner Sports and the NBA also jointly manage NBA Digital, which includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NBA Mobile, the NBA Game Time App, NBADLEAGUE.com and WNBA.com.
Source: Nielsen Media Research. Based on Live+SD. 2011 NBA All-Star Saturday Night based on Nielsen Fast National data compared to NBA All-Star Game on TNT final audiences (2003 through 2010). NBA Regular Season on TNT STD; 38 games vs. 37 games. (10/26/2010-2/17/2011) vs. (10/27/2009-2/18/2010).


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The BBC Talks About Preppers
Apparently it's unheard of in the UK to fathom the breakdown of social services. Yes folks, we're not even 100 years away from world war 1 or 2 and the UK has forgotten the boyscout motto: "Be Prepared".
The BBC's article seems good and decent until you start reading it. Some of the things which really piss me off is they call the two month food loop an "investment". It's not. A proper food loop (something I can safely say I don't have) has a rotating stock of cans so you're eating what you bought two months ago. The food shouldn't ever be more than two months old on the canning loop. As the food ages, you rotate it forward and eventually at the two month mark, you eat it. Two months in a can is about long enough for you to make sure the canning was done properly anyway. Me and my wife actually plan on canning from our garden come this fall, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with the supermarket.
Another point – "The pros and cons of owning a gun". Frankly I can't think of any, and knowing people who went to New Orleans and enjoyed the finest firefight the city had to offer – I think we can safely put the "owning a gun" thing to rest. It's never an issue of owning a gun, or a car, or anything else. It's always an issue of how safe it is as it ages and how much fuel you have for it. Running out of ammo is going to be the prime concern here.
Finally, woodstoves in Europe are almost a given. They seem to think it's unheard of here in America. While not as mainstream, it's not like they don't exist. In fact just about everyone on my street has a wood stove, coal stove, fireplace or insert. We have oil service and that means being prepared to not being able to run the burner. But, we also live in the woods. Wood grows on trees here and a woodstove makes perfect sense. I'm not sure why the BBC knocks it.
I Bought Left 4 Dead 2
Just in case you didn't get the memo, you can get Left 4 Dead 2 half off at amazon.
Since it's basically an update to Left 4 Dead 1 (which is to say it doesn't bring anything new to the table), it's now appropriately priced. Also since you're buying brand new, you get the code for the extras.
If you're into co-op gaming, left 4 dead in general or simply looking for a scary game, this is it. Left 4 dead 1 was good until they tweaked the balance, at least this time I'll be joining in late enough I won't know. Four levels for $35 might be a bit steep, but with too many modern shooters out there, I think this is a much better buy than Bad Company 2.
Road Rage for the Lolz
I really enjoy trolling people on the highway. Todays fun kid was driving a silver honda civic (four door) he had taken the time to put a rice-wing on. Nothing screams rice burning idiot like someone sporting a four door "sports car", front wheel drive, with a wing suitable to stabilize aircraft.
At the KoP interchange, this guy pulls the old "I have to merge at least one car ahead". I hate that, instead of getting in the back of the queue someone insists on trying to merge into the middle. I ended up getting onto the turnpike ramp early to avoid them. If you're not in the far right lane, you have to cut across at least one lane to get on the turnpike, which is exactly what this guy did to cut me out. I didn't realize, however, he was getting on the turnpike. I figured he was going for 202. Instead, I'm now blocking him from the turnpike ramp because I merged early to get out of his way. He gets behind me and turns on the highbeams so I decide to help him by downshifting and dragging the engine. He passes on the right and I figure that's that. I blow through EZPass and keep on my merry way.
At 476 I notice that someone is behind me and OH LOOK WHO IT IS. I can see the wing over the roof. He spends the entire drive to horsham trying to pass me on the right.
At 611, this guy pulls the same crap he pulled at KOP, only this time he manages to cut out a truck driving up the left hand shoulder. Once again I pass him on the EZPass while he's counting pennies.
I was really hoping to see him pull into the office complex slip but it didn't happen.
I'm Not the Only One
I'm not the only one who thinks Dora is racist, but we disagree how it's racist.
Google it.
The War On Oblivion
The Occidental Quarterly has an excellent article they call The War On Oblivion. We should remember as a culture that we've traded "father knows best" for Homer Simpson. In a lot of ways it's true – as men there's certainly examples of abuses by our hands at the expense of society.
As a new dad the lightbulb went on awhile ago when my father jokingly said "Well you're doing good to save the race". Take it how you will (the Knarrs are paragons of entendre) but it's true. If you're looking to save decency, then decency has to begin at home. You can't possibly say to another man that this is sacred and profane without yourself reserving such things.
As I get older I get more and more fed up with pop culture. Gone is Leave it to Beaver and Bill Cosbys Pound Cake, we as dads and people of decent society put on the Simpsons and Dora The Explorer. Objections to Bill Cosby invoking the Nation of Islam include the fact that he never did solve crime in the streets – all they did was redirect it into the Black Panthers – but the point is they did something. They were obviously decent enough parents to make it work, be it Chistianity, Atheistm, Agnosticism, Islam, whatever. But back to our present, morally bankrupt culture, fatherhood used to be something to look forward to and a personal test. Now it's dad goes to work, fucks off at his job all day, and provides no moral support for his family. I realize I'm making an argument against feminism here, but I don't see why dad has to be a goon while mom holds up the family. On a more positive note, I feel Dora the Explorer has the right idea. Dad coaches baseball, mom tends to the home (and apparently works in an office). If you're saying "That sounds like a traditional, really boring whitebread family", you're correct. Dora was originally white. Which brings me to part two of my rant, Hispanics never had a family problem and frankly supporting your inlaws was a good thing. If they wanted to make a political statement with it, they wouldn't have a negro who was a monkey and an overtly jewish fox, complete with yamulka. But they chose to racialise the program, which is completely and totally strange, so now we're left with Dora The Explorer And Racial Stereotype Friends. Again, Bill Cosby is rolling around in his grave – except he's not dead yet.
I have no idea what her backpack is, it migth be an eskimo.
But back to the article, I think it puts forward a really interesting point:
The problem is simply that the means [to promote marriage and family] have been removed. I don't think it will take any pressure or convincing to get men to have children, and to love their children and wives. In fact, pressuring them will inevitably backfire, because our culture apparently has a sadistic tendency to apply only coercive, punitive measures when it comes to men. This only creates more female entitlement, which, as previously mentioned, is one of the biggest problems we have today. Hatred of its men is probably the most critical flaw in Anglo civilization, and if that can't be changed will probably be its downfall.
And that really sums it up. Next time you're watching TV, count how many "American Dads" are on there as the strong role model for the family. Then count how many shows don't show a father figure, or for that matter have one who isn't worth his salt morally or ethically. Then think about Bill Cosby, and have a poundcake.
EDIT: I would like to add that I very much prefer Handy Manny for my bilingual TV shows. Not only is he a positive male role model, but the program also has moral messages against hubris, promoting respect and family. Aside of the porn, I see nothing to object to in Handy Manny.
Holocaust Holiday
Ah, the English…
The infamous Auschwitz concentration camp is to get an influx of hungover Brits recovering from a night on the booze and strippers, according to reports in the UK newspapers.
Travel agents Last Night of Freedom and Chillisauce are offering bucks' party packages that include a wild weekend in Krakow, Poland, no doubt taking advantage of Eastern Europe's reputation for cheap booze and well priced hookers. But the sting in the tail is that these tour packages also include a visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp, now a museum, where over one million people were murdered during World War II.
The Chillisauce website says, "Why not take a break from your stag [bucks'] weekend mayhem and immerse yourself in a little world-defining history before the 20-odd pints later in the evening?" The website does, however, include a note on its Auschwitz page saying "Please make sure your conduct respects the gravity of the events that took place here." The various packages on offer in Krakow have names like 'Shooters and Hooters' or 'Krackers in Krakow' and also include a bar crawl, a visit to a strip club, paintballing and a shooting range visit.
A British journalist apparently posing as a potential client got this response from Paul Luke, Content Manager at Last Night of Freedom: "People have told us they have had the best night out ever after they have been there, because it almost makes you think, 'To hell with that, we have seen the worst humanity had to show' and then gone out on a major night on the tiles with strippers and booze…although it makes some people cringe at the notion of these two things colliding, it is something that is very moving and extremely sobering. Then again, it does fuel a fabulous night out."
Not surprisingly, the bucks' party-Auschwitz combination is being greeted with outrage both in the UK and in Krakow itself. The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Karen Pollock, head of the Holocaust Educational Trust, who said "Over one million people were systematically murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. It seems entirely inappropriate to advertise a visit to the site for stag groups in this way, alongside nights of drinking and clubbing."


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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has reportedly lost up to 85 pounds, according to a Politico report on Monday. The Republican governor has lost the weight since he had lap-band surgery performed last year. Those in the know suggest that with his weight loss, he appears to weigh about 230 pounds at this time.
The assumed new weight of the high-profile politician was determined after a constituent commented about Christie's obvious change in physique at a town hall meeting last week. At that time, two experts were asked by POLITICO to compare pictures of Christie in 2011 to pictures of him in his current stance. Those experts made the determination regarding Christie's weight loss and his current weight, according to a WN report.
Expert Dr. Jessica Barfield, who is a doctor of internal medicine specializing in nutrition and weight management at Loyal Medicine's Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care in Melrose Park, Illinois believes the governor is making great progress for what she would expect at this point of Christie's process. Another expert, Dr. David L. Katz who is a director at the Prevention Research Center at Yale University's School of Medicine, estimates that Christie had a body mass index (BMI) of approximately 45 which would put his former weight at about 322 pounds, based on the photographs of Christie in 2011.
By Dr. Katz' estimation, after comparing Christie's then and now photos, the governor appears to have dropped to a BMI of 33. With a BMI of 33, Christie's current weight would be about 236 pounds. Katz says that he determined the BMI in lots of patients and one gets an impression for it. He says that it's the same way that any person can look at someone and probably estimate their height.
Drs. Katz and Barfield both believe that Christie's weight loss is right on track for the surgical procedure he had about a year ago. Both also say that Christie will probably continue to lose weight over a period of time. Christie, himself, has not commented on his weight loss or his current weight to the media. All he said when someone mentioned he looked thinner recently is that he is much smaller than he used to be.
Christie is considered a potential Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 elections. His weight struggle made news a year ago last February after Connie Mariano, the former White House physician, said in a CNN interview that she was worried about this man dying in office. She said that Christie's concern with being overweight was almost like a time bomb waiting to happen unless he addressed those issues before running for office. Yet, in October of last year, Christie's cardiologist Dr. Rachana Kulkami stated that Christie had nod no medical limitations and was fit to serve in his role as New Jersey's governor.


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Stampin' Up! Product Availability Update
Here's a list of products that are on backorder and their estimated availability date:
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- 132154 Chevron Border Punch - May 7
- 117193: Small Heart Punch-May 5
- 114511: Little Leaves Sizzlits Die-May 15
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Need some poolside reading material? My catalog order will be here this week, and I can send one your way soon. If you place an order, the catalog is FREE!! I promise to show and share all the latest and greatest once I get my hands on mine! Next to Sale-A-Bration time, new catalogs are my absolute favorite part of the Stampin' Up! year! I have seen some sneak peeks from demonstrators who attended the Catalog Launch Party, and I am already making my wish list!
With the new release of Blendabilities and several other new products and embellishments, I know it is going to be an incredible time for Stampin' Up!


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Casey Affleck Rejoins David Lowery For 'The Old Man And The Gun' With Robert Redford
A few years ago while David Lowery was still red-hot after Ain't Them Bodies Saints and Robert Redford was about to release All is Lost, the two set out to work together on a crime flick, The Old Man and the Gun. But before that could ever happen, Lowery got involved with Disney's remake of Pete's Dragon and brought Redford along for it. Now it's finally being revived, and coming aboard is another actor Lowery is very familiar with.
Casey Affleck will reteam with Lowery on the film, joining Redford in giving it one heck of a starring duo. Penned by Lowery and based on the 2003 New Yorker article by David Grann, the true story centers on Forrest Tucker (Redford), a bank robber born in 1920 who spent most of his life either in jail or escaping from it. The film will recount Forrest's twilight years from his escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to his unprecedented heists that confused authorities and enchanted the public. Affleck will play the detective captivated by the criminal's commitment to his craft, and of course there will be a woman involved who loves the lawbreaker despite his chosen profession.
Filming begins next spring, but next week it goes up for sale at the American Film Market where investors are sure to want a piece.


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Is it just me or does it seem like this is an especially bad year for illness?? I feel like almost everyone I know has been sick in the past few weeks and the Facebook-o-sphere is constantly abuzz with sicky complaints. Jack caught a cold last week and had to spend a day simultaneously sweating and shivering in bed, eating the oh-so-generous tomato soup that I dumped out of a can.
Then after Christmas we shut ourselves into his mom's house with most of his siblings and their kids and pretty much just caught and passed so many sick germs that the whole Austin clan was basically quarantined.
I got a nasty stomach flu. And by nasty I mean stomach flu on steroids. Amanda had it first and claimed it to be the sickest she had ever been. I thought she was overreacting until late Friday night when I was writhing on my own bed muttering incoherencies and hoping it was malaria or some such deadly disease so I could be swept away by the sweet wings of death. You don't know, you weren't there.
Olivia caught the bug but only threw up once in the night and acted fine. . . until she caught a cold. Olivia had never been sick until this week, not in her short 19 months of life. And for the sake of Jack and I, I hope she never gets sick again. Sick for Olivia means nonstop crying and tantrums, not eating for four days, and mauling me every second possible in an attempt to communicate that something is wrong (my hair and clothes are currently covered in snot, spit, tears, and the ice cream cone we tried to give her). Apparently Liv does not handle being sick very well. Jack and I have decided that it is our moral obligation to warn any of her prospective husbands with this information.
I'm just glad we all got the flu shot when we did (especially Olivia the she-bear, and me with little one on board). The flu scares me.
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Apologies, kind readers. I have been rather busy as of late, because I am trying to enter graduate school at Harvard Extension to earn my masters in psychology.
My original degree is in journalism, with several certifications in IT, but I spent a year preparing for the
general GRE, and earned the highest possible score for verbal reasoning (169)
and was on the median (151) for quantitative reasoning. On the psychology GRE I scored in the 83rd percentile (90th for
experimental psychology).
At any rate, if you're interested and/or able, you can get a tax write off by sponsoring me. Or if you like, you can purchase one or both of my books. Right now, I'm trying to raise the funds to attend the obligatory first semester on campus. My target for the semester is $17,000. After getting my foot in the door, I would then be eligible for federal funding and/or Harvard scholarships and grants.
You can also help by steering me toward any useful information on private funding.
Thanks for your time.


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XML Documentation (Visual C++)
In Visual C++, you can add comments to your source code that will be processed to an .xml file. This file can then be the input to a process that creates documentation for the classes in your code. An .xml file can also be used to support IntelliSense on your component.
XML documentation can be used regardless of whether you compile with or without /clr.
In the current release, code comments are not processed on templates or anything containing a template type (for example, a function taking a parameter as a template). Doing so will result in undefined behavior.
For details on creating an .xml file with documentation comments, see the following topics.
For information about
The compiler options to use
Tags you can use to provide commonly used functionality in documentation
The ID strings that the compiler produces to identify the constructs in your code
How to delimit documentation tags
Generating an .xml file from one or more .xdc files.
Links to information about XML as it relates to Visual Studio feature areas
If you need to put XML special characters in the text of a documentation comment, you must use XML entities or a CDATA section.


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Why don't you get back to the 1980s and set up an afternoon of drinking with friends in the, make believe, gazebo in Monaco?!
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…with this matching set for drinks and nibbles. The decor of girls doing nothing is named 'Monaco' and was issued by Dutch coffee company Douwe Egberts in the 1980s.
on this tray; which is made of melamine (Mebel); 2 porcelain coffee cups and saucers (Decor Monaco, D.E. Kronester, Bavaria, West Germany, 33)/ 2 wineglasses in crystal/ 1 pearshaped glass box with lid (Luminarc, France) All items are vintage in mint condition For 2 persons
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Why Brands Need a Conversational Interface
The following is excerpted from "Do You Have a Conversational Interface?" written by Bala Iyer, Andrew Burgert, and Gerald C. Kane and published in MIT Sloan Management Review on October 3, 2016.
Without question we live in the age of mobile applications. We spend roughly 25% of our media consumption time on mobile, up from just 12% in 2012. According to Statista, there are nearly 6 million apps available for mobile download. This profusion of choices means it can be difficult for users not only to choose which apps to download, but to manage them all. This "app fatigue" has led to many apps having a very short life on users phones. In fact the top apps have managed to engage users and concentrate their usage time. Users spend 45% of their app usage time on their most favorite app and 84% of their time on their top 5 apps.
Seeing the difficulty in building breakthrough mobile apps of their own, brands should look to the future and create engaging conversational interface on top of the popular messaging apps. The next era will belong to an emerging new channel or "conversational layer" using both text and voice. This conversational interface layer will incorporate chat, messaging, and natural language interfaces to interact with people, brands, services, and bots. This shift is currently evidenced by the massive adoption of messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, Amazon Echo, and WhatsApp, which together host more than 60 billion messages daily.
Data Supports Increased Messaging
According to eMarketer, messaging apps will reach 2 billion people within a few years. WhatsApp users average nearly 200 minutes each week using the service, and many teenagers now spend more time on smartphones sending instant messages than perusing social networks. What's more is that individual users have already signalled they are ready for this messaging future. In a recent survey conducted by Dynmark, SMS text messages have a 98% open rate and nine in ten text messages are read within three seconds of receipt. Many consumers have grown comfortable interacting businesses via messaging apps and SMS.
Messaging platforms will alter the way businesses can communicate with their customers. Currently, the conversational interface within well-known messaging platforms such as Facebook Messenger, Slack, WeChat, Kik, and Telegram allow companies to chat with their users.
Bots as Conversational Interface Partners
While mobile chat platforms are interesting, the arrival of artificial intelligence-powered engines called bots or smart agents have made them a powerful tool for sense-making and commerce. Bots use machine-learning techniques to understand text and provide better responses to user queries. They are present in the background, and they make sense of the conversations taking place and convert them into actions using apps, such as scheduling a meeting or ordering a pizza. For example, imagine you are chatting with your spouse using Messenger and discussing options for dinner. Using machine-learning algorithms, a bot can recognize that you are talking about eating options and initiate a transaction with your favorite food delivery app. The messaging platform effectively becomes a distribution channel for software and services without leaving the conversation.
1–800-Flowers recently launched such an experience on Facebook Messenger and has since expanded to Amazon Alexa. Customers can order flowers directly from their experience with the conversational interface. 1–800-Flowers is very focused on customer support and maintaining a relationship with their customers, so the company jumped at the opportunity to be one of the first in the space. Of the tens of thousands of people who have ordered flowers through the chatbot integration, more than 70% are new customers — and these new customers skew toward younger demographics than the company's existing customers.
What Should Companies Expect?
This new conversational interface represents a new channel from which to interact with your customers, just as the emergence of the web and mobility opened up new routes. Companies should position themselves for the conversational interface layer. Individual users will want to interact with trusted brands to fulfill their needs through natural language interactions. This interaction will occur at the exact time the user demands a product or service, and in the exact terms she thinks of that product or service, in the language and communication methods she typically uses (intent, words, shortcuts, emojis, etc.). Companies need to strengthen these natural language capabilities in their products, apps, and bots to allow users to communicate with them with ease.
Collectively Generations X, Y and Z have signaled their openness to messaging. These individuals will begin to welcome and even expect to engage with their brands via messaging services. But companies should be forewarned and remember that this trusted personal space is precious. Poorly designed interactions can damage the customer relationship. For example, when Microsoft's Tay posted racist remarks on Twitter, it had to be shut down temporarily. The bot industry as a whole has yet to come up with the "killer bot" that tips the scale for wider adoption, but bots continue to grow in sophistication and power.
What Should Companies Do Today?
Pick a platform. When reaching users, a brand needs to understand where current or potential customers spend their chat time. The platform choice is an important early decision. This is similar to how brands and engineering teams initially opted to launch their products on iOS, then Android, and other mobile OS platforms early on. In order to reach user conversations today, brands will need to decide which platforms to target and build on. Different platforms have a diverse set of capabilities (i.e., user identity, cards, and buttons on Messenger, and work teams and slash commands on Slack) and demographic targets.
Run strategic experiments. It is not clear if customers would use the conversational interface layer for quick responses or for broader conversations. Brands like Amex Finance are using chatbots to provide notifications to customers about their new products or alerts about forthcoming travel dates. These limited experiments would allow Amex to set the bar for the nature of interaction with clients. Other large companies like Orange Telecom and AXA have introduced chatbots into their customer service centers to handle selected digital interactions. The enterprise social networking platform Slack is using chatbots to automate routine managerial check-ins, reducing the need for meetings.
Innovation Is Still Early
Look for innovative uses in other sectors. Simple examples like ordering airline tickets or food are emerging. However, sophisticated bots that understand the context and make intelligent decisions have not yet been launched. In fact, some uses cases such as automated email assistants rely on human intervention to complete tasks.
Companies can also learn from examples outside their industry. For example, a Georgia Tech professor used a bot as a teaching assistant for a programming class. Using machine-learning techniques, the bot was able to handle 97% of the student queries. In online education, where dropout rates are quite high, a high level of engagement with a "tutor" could make a huge difference in retention.
Pilot bots with your customers. Many of the tools that are provided by the messaging and bot platform providers are from the open-source space, and companies can perform low-cost experiments with a reduced set of users to learn more about their conversational interface and add use cases that yield the desired results.
Chatbots and Voicebots: A New Channel
The conversational interface layer of computing may have not yet fully arrived, but it is coming. Many companies have begun thinking and experimenting with how to use this new channel to support their brand and their business. All businesses should ready themselves for that conversational future as their customers will demand and engage with this type of experience. Connect with us to learn more about building a conversational interface, chatbot or voicebot for your business.
Bala Iyer is a professor and chair of the Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He can be reached on Twitter at @balaIyer.
Andrew Burgert. He can be reached on Twitter at @andrewburgert.
Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane is an associate professor of information systems at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and the MIT Sloan Management Review guest editor for the Digital Business Initiative. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter at @profkane.


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My name is Tessa Lie and I'm a professional illustrator. All illustrations are handmade in my studio in the center of Leeuwarden, a small city north in The Netherlands.
My life revolves around illustrations, home decoration and strong, tasty coffee.
In 2016 I graduated from Minerva Art Academy in Groningen, The Netherlands.
In 2015 I finished my minor Pop Culture at Minerva Academy of Pop Culture in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Group exhibition:
2015 – Illustratie 57, Groningen, NL
2016 – Illustratie 57, Groningen, NL
2018 – Illustratie 57, Groningen, NL


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You no doubt already know all about superstar comic artist Ben Templesmith teaming up with us and drawing the next issue of Fell live at Noise Pop 2011… but we couldn't resist throwing an Isotope party with him too. And for the first time in any shop anywhere, copies of Templesmith's elusive Squidgirls art book will be available.
Apologies for the crowds in advance!
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May 23, 2001, Section D, Page 1Buy Reprints
IT did not take long for Mario Lemieux to switch roles last night from vanquished player to prudent owner. All it took was a shower and the donning of his dark blue business suit.
Lemieux, an owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the only active Hall of Fame player, finished the season in the penalty box after taking a slash at John Madden -- just because.
It was a sour way for Lemieux to end this season after one of the most glorious comebacks in any sport.
The Devils beat the Penguins, 4-2, to move on to the Stanley Cup finals against Colorado on Saturday. Lemieux had nothing but praise for the Devils and the way they hounded him and Jaromir Jagr -- his more-or-less ex-teammate -- into a matched set of five scoreless games in this round. Who could have guessed, a year or two ago, that the very retired Lemieux, age 35, would outlast Jagr, the 29-year-old superstar, in Pittsburgh?
Afterward Lemieux immediately switched into owner mode, sounding far more positive about needing to retain the general manager, Craig Patrick, than either the coach, Ivan Hlinka, or the highest scorer in the league, Jagr. Still wearing his sweaty uniform, Lemieux blurted: ''He's still the best player in the world. We hope to keep all our players, but life goes on.''
Coming from a man fresh from the handshake line, it sounded cold, but so are the realities of a moderate market like Pittsburgh.
In retrospect, the highlight of this N.H.L. season may already very well have taken place on the night of Dec. 27, when Lemieux came back, thrilling fans after three and a half years of retirement.
He had skated after recovering from Hodgkin's disease and a bad back, and he lived with the aura of Wayne Gretzky. He did not have the exuberance of some other stars, but rather soldiered on until he retired at the peak, and they hung his No. 66 from the rafters.
Then he came back. He could -- he owns the team. He wanted to play. Wanted to let his young son see him in uniform.
Gordie Howe kept coming back until he was 80 or 90, and Guy Lafleur made a sweet little cameo, and even Barry Beck tried to skate off the cobwebs. Mario Lemieux came back closer to his prime than any of them.
Lemieux totally justified his comeback by getting a goal and two assists in his first game, making at least a point in his first eight games, earning his spot in the All-Star Game, ranking third in the league in shooting percentage with 20.5 and finishing fifth on his team in scoring with 35 goals and 41 assists, with only three DND's -- Did Not Dress -- from the time he began.
In the playoffs, Lemieux seemed to be skating in that annual spring thaw, the mushy ice that mysteriously affects older players after too many long playoff rounds in too many seasons. In that dismal and deserted outpost of hockey on Long Island, this condition is called Trottier's Syndrome. Lemieux finished with only six goals in 18 playoff games.
''The playoffs are always different,'' Lemieux said, quite reasonably, noting that even high scorers play by different rules when the Stanley Cup is being polished.
''You don't dominate playoffs anymore,'' he said. ''It's a team game. You don't have 50-, 60-, 70-goal scorers the way you did. It's never going to happen.'' And he praised the Devils for hounding him with a coordinated five-man defense.
Hlinka, a Czech in his first year as a head coach in the league, split up Jagr and Lemieux last night, just to try to get something going. But Jagr was beyond reach.
A moody star, Jagr bogged down at the wrong time in his personal concerns that he is too expensive for Pittsburgh. He wandered on the ice the other night, causing his team a minor penalty. Last night he was more or less missing in action, and afterward he seemed drained of emotion about whether he had played his last game for this team.
Jagr's general response was, see me in two weeks. He must know it's over. Lemieux mentioned four or five priorities before somebody reminded him that Jagr was still technically a Penguin. ''We've got 19 guys to sign, not including myself,'' Lemieux said.
Lemieux is coming back to the Penguins and will be captain of the Canadian national team at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City next February. He and Jagr can have a reunion if the Canadians play the Czechs. They won't be seeing each other in Pittsburgh. The owner in the blue business suit made that clear last night.


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Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!
An Appalachian Folktale
By Tom Birdseye
Narrated by Tom Stechschulte / 14 minutes
Deep in the mountains of North Carolina, there once lived a young boy with such a poor memory that he sometimes forgot his own name. Now, Plug Honeycut's mother loved him. So she was the only one who had enough faith in her son to send him on an errand. Leaving their hilltop cabin, he started toward the distant country store to buy some soap. As Plug trudges along the path, over the hills and streams, he also follows the erratic trail of his elusive memory. The result is a folktale that is sure to have listeners laughing out loud at the adventures Plug meets on his quest and the unforgettable result of his journey. Former teacher Tom Birdseye is a favorite author of young readers. His fun-filled stories, including I'm Going to Be Famous and Just Call Me Stupid, appear on school reading lists across the country. Soap! Soap! won the Nebraska Golden Sower award for children's fiction.
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Application areas of Cobalt
Folding industrial use
The physical and chemical properties of cobalt determine that it is an important raw material for the production of heat-resistant alloys, hard alloys, anti-corrosion alloys, magnetic alloys and various cobalt salts. Cobalt-based alloys or cobalt-containing alloy steels are used as various high-load, heat-resistant parts in gas turbine blades, impellers, ducts, jet engines, rocket motors, missile components and chemical equipment, and as important metal materials for the atomic energy industry. Cobalt as a binder in powder metallurgy to ensure a certain toughness of cemented carbide. Magnetic alloys are indispensable materials in the modern electronics and electromechanical industries and are used to make various components of sound, light, electricity and magnetics. Cobalt is also an important part of permanent magnetic alloys. In the chemical industry, cobalt addition to high temperature alloys and corrosion-resistant alloys, but also for colored glass, pigments, enamels and catalysts, desiccants. According to the British "Metal Herald" reported from the hard metal sector and the super-alloy cobalt demand is stronger. In addition, the highest growth rate of cobalt consumption in the battery sector. Domestic reports said cobalt in the battery industry, the diamond tool industry and the application of the catalyst industry will also be further expanded, so the demand for cobalt metal is on the rise. Cobalt ore alone is generally divided into cobalt arsenide deposits, cobalt sulfide deposits and cobalt ore deposits three categories. In addition to the single cobalt deposits, a large number of deposits in the skarn iron ore, vanadium titanomagnetite, hydrothermal polymetallic deposits, various types of copper deposits, deposited CoMn, CuSnickel, nickel silicate and other deposits , Its grade is low, but the scale is often larger, is the main source of cobalt extraction. There are no uniform rules for the evaluation index of cobalt associated with the integrated deposit. Generally, the ore with good performance in metallurgy and metallurgy is more than 0.01%. Cobalt concentrate 0.2% of the value of valuable, if the large-scale metal deposits, comprehensive recovery of ore effective, how much cobalt count. Cobalt sulfur concentrate by chemical composition, concentrate is divided into six levels, are calculated by dry-mineral grade.
Preparation of alloy
Cobalt metal is mainly used for making alloy. Cobalt-based alloy is cobalt and chromium, tungsten, iron, nickel group made of one or more of the general term. Tool steel containing a certain amount of cobalt can significantly improve the wear resistance and cutting performance of steel. Stellite hardeners containing more than 50% cobalt do not lose their original hardness even when heated to 1000 ° C. Nowadays, these cemented carbides have become the most important material for use between gold cutting tools and aluminum. In this material, cobalt alloyed with other metal carbide grains together to make the alloy with higher toughness and reduce the sensitivity to impact, the alloy welding on the surface of the parts, the parts can make Life expectancy increased by 3 to 7 times. The most widely used alloys in aerospace technology are nickel-based alloys, and cobalt-based alloys can also be used, but the "strength mechanisms" for the two alloys are different. Ni-based alloys containing titanium and aluminum have high strength because of the formation of phase strengthening agents of the composition NiAl (Ti). When the operating temperature is high, the phase reinforcing agent particles are transferred to the solid solution and the alloy loses strength rapidly. The heat resistance of cobalt-based alloys is due to the formation of refractory carbides, these carbides is not easy to turn into a solid solution, diffusion activity is small, at a temperature above 1038 ℃, the superiority of cobalt-based alloys are evident. This is just as good for making high-temperature, high-temperature engines as cobalt-based alloys. The use of cobalt-based alloys containing 20% to 27% chromium in structural materials of aircraft turbines enables the material to achieve high oxidation resistance without protective coating. Nuclear reactor heating Mercury makes the thermal medium turbine generator can run continuously for over one year without overhauling. It is reported that the boiler used in the pilot of the United States is made of cobalt alloy. Cobalt is one of the few metals that can retain its magnetism once it is magnetized. Under the action of heat, the magnetic loss temperature called Curie point, Curie point of iron is 769 ℃, nickel is 358 ℃, cobalt up to 1150 ℃. The magnetic steel containing 60% cobalt has a 2.5-fold increase in the coercive force than the conventional magnetic steel. Under vibration, most magnetic steels lose almost a third of their magnetism, whereas cobalt steels lose only 2% to 3.5% of their magnetism. Therefore, the advantages of cobalt in magnetic materials are obvious. Cobalt metal is also widely used in electroplating, glass, dyeing, medical and medical applications. Lithium cobalt oxide made of lithium carbonate and cobalt oxide is the most commonly used high-energy battery cathode material in modern applications. Cobalt may also be used to make nuclear weapons, a theoretical atomic or hydrogen bomb, contained in a cobalt shell that explodes to turn dead cobalt into radioactive dust.
Preparation of paint
Cobalt is not only an important metal for making alloy steel, but also an important raw material for various advanced pigments. According to the documents preserved in the 17th century, Czarist Russia spent huge sums of money trying to buy expensive cobalt pigments called "Goluberts," meaning "blue." This "Golubitz" is painted with blue paint on the walls of many magnificent buildings such as the Kremlin's hall and Sleeping Cathedral.
In the Middle Ages, Venetian glass artisans used cobalt pigments to produce a variety of exquisite blue glass, which soon became popular all over the world. In order to make their own glass in the market indisputably competitive, the craftsmen in Venice keep secrets about the manufacturing process of glass and the formula of cobalt pigment. In order to prevent leakage of technical intelligence, the Venetian government relocated all the glassworks to an islet, and no one was allowed to visit the place without permission. However, one apprentice named Giovanni Bereño, who was unwilling to endure the boring life on the island or escaped from the island, fled to Germany where he opened a glass factory himself He did not escape the disaster. One day a man set fire to his factory and gave him "blood" from the factory owner who escaped from the island, almost losing his life. Visible, Venetian Cobalt paint secrets see how important. [1]
More than 500 years ago, China's mass-produced cloisonne was also fired with blue cobalt pigments. Jingtai during the Ming Dynasty produced this metal art still world-renowned. It is said that there are many foreign intelligence personnel do everything possible to get the cloisonne formula and firing process.
Some cobalt compounds, in different states and temperatures, with unpredictable color. According to records, the famous 16th century chemist and doctor Paracelsus often love his acting skills, won spectacular applause every time. He showed the audience an oil painting of winter scenery covered with snow-covered trees and hills. After they had appreciated enough, he "changed" the winter painting in full view. It was summer: the snow on the trees disappeared, turning into clusters of greenery; the white snow-covered hills became hillsides full of green grass. The audience all praise, but I do not know the mystery. In fact, this is a magic that Paracelsas uses as its cobalt compound. Originally at room temperature, cobalt chloride can be made into a white solution (the solution contains a certain amount of nickel and iron), Paracelsas painting on this solution, the painting is done, as long as a little heating , Cobalt chloride will become very beautiful green. Paracelsas performed the first application of cobalt chloride solution to his magic painting, and then while the audience to enjoy the picture without noticing his moment, deftly put a candle quietly behind the canvas to heat it, As a result, cobalt chloride becomes green after heating, stunned seasonal changes also took place.
Folding medical use
Cobalt is an integral part of vitamin B12, and ruminants synthesize the intake of cobalt into vitamin B12 in the intestine, whereas humans and monogastric animals can not synthesize cobalt in the body B12. The other functions of cobalt are not yet known, but only about 10% of the cobalt in the body is in the form of vitamins. It has been observed that inorganic cobalt plays an important role in stimulating erythropoiesis. A kind of anemia with folic acid, iron, B12 treatment are ineffective, some people with high doses of cobalt chloride can treat such anemia. However, such repeated doses of cobalt can cause poisoning. The mechanism by which cobalt acts on erythropoiesis is that the kidneys release erythropoietin, or circulate by stimulating guanidine. Cobalt was also observed to cause vasodilation and redness of the face due to the release of soothing carnosine by the kidneys, which may have an effect on the function of the thyroid. Animal studies have shown that the synthesis of thyroxine may require cobalt and cobalt to antagonize iodine deficiency The impact of.
Cobalt elements can stimulate the body's hematopoietic system of bone marrow, prompting the synthesis of hemoglobin and red blood cell number increased. Mostly in the form of vitamin B12 to participate in the body's physiological role. The mechanism by which cobalt stimulates hematopoiesis is to stimulate hematopoiesis by producing erythropoietin. Cobalt elements can inhibit intracellular respiratory enzymes, so that tissue cells hypoxia, stimulate stimulation of erythropoietin production, and thus promote bone marrow hematopoiesis. the role of iron metabolism. Cobalt can promote intestinal absorption of iron to accelerate the storage of iron into the bone marrow. through the involvement of vitamin B12 ribonucleic acid and hemopoietic material metabolism, the role of hematopoietic process. cobalt can promote spleen release of red blood cells (hemoglobin increased, reticulocytes, erythrocyte hyperplasia, peripheral blood red blood cells increased), thereby promoting hematopoietic function.


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I am SO excited about Sweet 'n Sassy carrying Clear Stamps again. As much as I like digi's I LOVE clear stamps!
The first is the April Daisy. The ever so talented Leah Cornelius is the illustrator for the entire line of Birth Month Flowers. So, here is the "April Daisies" stamp.
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sociology of educationthe application of sociological theories, perspectives and research methods to an analysis of educational processes and practices. It is characteristic of industrial societies that, compared with previous societies, education is provided by specialized institutions. It is the performance of these institutions that is the central object of study in the sociology of education.
Although the emergence of the sociology of education as a distinct field of enquiry is of fairly recent origin, it has its roots in the early development of sociology, especially the FUNCTIONALISM of DURKHEIM. For Durkheim (1922), the process of education was to be understood in terms of its contribution to the promotion and maintenance of the social order. A related viewpoint (e.g. MANNHEIM) was to regard education as a means of solving problems and removing social antagonisms.
Until the 1950s, the sociology of education remained strongly influenced by such perspectives, although the development of the discipline owed much to the role of sociology in teacher training, especially in the US, as well as to the tradition of'political arithmetic' in the UK. The latter tradition led to a range of surveys and statistical studies exploring the social influences on educational attainment, and educational and occupational selection and SOCIAL MOBILITY (e.g. Floud, HALSEY and Martin, 1957). Although these studies revealed the persistence of class and gender inequalities in educational opportunity, the assumption remained that education could become a means of social transformation in the long run. In the UK, the introduction of COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS, programmes of COMPENSATORY EDUCATION and the expansion of HIGHER EDUCATION in the 1950s and subsequently, were intended to achieve this end, creating not only a more equal society, but also eliminating unnecessary waste of the nation's human talent.
During the 1960s, a breakdown of the functionalist hegemony in sociology and an increasing pessimism about reformist policies in education, especially in the US, led to the emergence of a sociology of education markedly different in tenor. Sources of inequality lying outside the school were seen as intractable and fundamental questions were raised about both the traditional sociology of education and the assumed relationship between education and social reform. One aspect of this new phase in the sociology of education was to direct attention to features of schooling such as classroom interaction and curriculum organization, work which derived from the application of standard interactionist approaches. Other work was more radical (e.g. Young's work on the curriculum, and Bowles and Gintis's Schooling in Capitalist America, 1976), suggesting that schools function above all as agencies which necessarily reproduce the social relations of capitalist production. Part of the inspiration behind analysis of this type was Marxist (e.g. drawing on the conceptions of GRAMSCI and ALTHUSSER). Other sociologists, however, combined the thinking of Marx, Durkheim and Weber to achieve much the same outcome, e.g. BOURDIEU's arguments about the dependence of education on CULTURAL CAPITAL.
It would be wrong to imagine that later perspectives in the sociology of education have entirely replaced earlier ones. Nor should it be assumed that all attempts to expand educational opportunity have been to no avail. For example, in the UK the percentage of men and women entering higher education is now approaching parity the overall proportion of schoolchildren entering higher education has substantially increased since the 1950s, and the number of entrants from working-class homes has also greatly increased. On the other hand, class differences in educational achievement remain striking and the role of educational systems in sustaining a class society equally apparent. See also BERNSTEIN, HIDDEN CURRICULUM, INTELLIGENCE, MERITOCRACY, CONTEST AND SPONSORED MOBILITY.


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the portland bazaar: free breakfast from west elm!
There are few things I enjoy more than eating in Portland. There's Pok Pok, Tasty & Sons, Toro Bravo and Meat Cheese Bread . . . I could go on forever. But the only thing I like more than eating in Portland is eating for free in Portland. And thanks to West Elm, the first 100 guests at this weekend's Portland Bazaar will be eating and drinking for free!
If you're one of the first 100 guests to enter the Bazaar on Saturday, you'll receive free coffee from Heart Roasters! And if you're one of the first 100 guests to enter the Bazaar on Sunday, you'll receive a tasty breakfast biscuit from Pine State Biscuits. All you have to do is walk in and we'll hand you a 15% discount card good for West Elm shopping (just in time for the holidays) and either a free cup of coffee or a breakfast biscuit. I drank way too much Heart coffee this summer and had my share of Pine State biscuits, so you're in for a treat no matter which day you come.
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West Elm also donated furniture from their Portland store to create a lounge inside the Bazaar where you can relax (or rest during shopping bouts), eat, drink or listen to music. And they made it possible for us to rent a generator, so we can have coffee and espresso-based drinks from Heart inside. So a big thanks to everyone at West Elm for helping out at this weekend's Bazaar. Hope to see you there (our D*S team will be handing out the freebie tickets)! xo, grace


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Villa manager Martin O'Neill has been keen to secure the 19-year-old on a long-term deal after he broke into the first-team squad this season.
Osbourne made his debut in the draw with Fulham in October and has gone on to make nine appearances.
"There is no doubt that Isaiah has got potential," said O'Neill. "I'm very pleased with the way he has played."
The deal will keep Osbourne at Villa Park until the summer of 2010.
The 19-year-old is the latest member of Villa's Academy to break into the senior squad after the likes of Steven Davis, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Luke Moore and Liam Ridgewell.
"His whole approach to the game is so refreshing and he's got really natural ability which is encouraging," added O'Neill.


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Tornos News — Clothes made of recycled 'ghost' fishing nets will be on show at the CretAquarium in Crete, one of the biggest and most modern aquariums in Europe, until September.
The "Healthy Seas Fashion Project" is held with the support of the European Commission's representation office in Greece to celebrate one year of successful action by the environmental organisation MEDASSET to protect sea life in Greece.
The discarded 'ghost' fishing nets that litter the seabed, presenting a deadly danger to sea animals like turtles, dolphins and seals, are taken and recycled to make a high-quality yarn known as 'ECONYL®'. Students and graduates of a fashion school then used fabric made of this thread to create stylish, eco-friendly clothes.
The visitors of the Aquarium can also admire more than 200 species of animals populating the Mediterranean Sea in the 60 aquariums and watch a film showing the procedure of the making of the "Fashion Project". Underwater captions record the great destruction that invisible 'ghost' fishing nets inflict on sea life.
The "Healthy Seas: A Journey from Waste to Wear" Fashion Project is supported by the United Nations (UNEP/ MAP), the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises and the UNESCO, as also by the enterprises ASAP Athens, Kosmocar, ANEK Lines and Blue Star Ferries.
CretAquarium is at the area of the former American Base in Gournes, 14km from Heraklion and the International Airport Nikos Kazantzakis. It is easily accessible and the national road connects it with the most important destinations of the area.
NB — There is no information about the "Healthy Seas Fashion Project" on the site but a call to the Aquarium confirmed the exhibition is on.


text: Trainbearers are lopsided hummingbirds: they have short bills (for a hummingbird, anyway), but very long tails. The Black-tailed Trainbearer occurs from Colombia south to Peru. Over much of its range it overlaps with a related species, the Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), but the Black-tailed is the larger of the two species, with a longer bill. The two species also differ in the color of the upper surface of the tail: the tail feathers of Black-tailed are mostly black, with only narrow glittering bluish green tips, but are mostly green in the smaller species. Unlike the superficially similar sylphs (Aglaiocercus), trainbearers are not hummingbirds of the forest. Instead, the Black-tailed Trainbearer forages in montane scrub, in gardens, and other semiopen habitats.