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Exit I-44 at Gore Boulevard (exit 37). Go west on Gore Blvd approximately 3 miles. Turn south (left) on University Drive at the Cameron University sign.
From Highway 62 to Cameron University
Highway 62 turns into Cache Road in Lawton. Travel on Cache Road to 38th Street, turning south and traveling one mile to Gore Boulevard. Turn east (left) on Gore. Turn south (right) on University Drive located one block past the next traffic light.
From the Lawton Municipal Airport to Cameron University
Exit the airport turning north (left) on 11th Street. Take 11th Street until you reach Gore Blvd. Turn west (left) on Gore Blvd. Turn south (left) on University Drive at the Cameron University sign.
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Cake cutting causes more issues than need be, due to knives being too short, making sure slices are even and causing infomercial type messes. The solution? Dental floss. Simply cut a long piece of dental floss and use it as a cutting tool as shown in the video.
I came up this this DIY diddy in a pinch when I was having a Make Your Own Sushi Party and the store had only two mats that would be shared among 12 people, not good. Despite regular grocery stores now carrying all the ingredients needed to make sushi, they often don't stock the tool to accompany the tastes. I was making the basic items and was having everyone bring a sushi stuffing ingredient of their choice, so there was no chance for a last minute switcheroo. Plans were set. As I didn't want a watch and wait type of soiree, I grabbed some bamboo skewers and some extra sake(incase this idea didn't work) and headed home. With a little hustle and some creative license I made sushi mats. The additional sake was still consumed despite the crises aversion or to celebrate the success depending on your disposition. Enough chatter, here is the full instructional: Continue reading
Separating Egg Yolks with a Water Bottle
Saw a video the other day about separating egg yolks with a water bottle. It was amazing, and so much so that I had to try it for myself. After the initial shock of how well it worked wore off, I decided to up the ante by seeing if you can you do more than 1. The answer is ….
Video: Turning and Ice Dispenser Into A Candy Machine
Coming up on Valentine's day I decided to make something fun for the lady. I noticed she always kept candy in the freezer and swore that it tasted better that way. Fair enough. So as a little present I decided to turn our refrigerator's ice cube dispenser into a freezing cold candy machine. I picked up a few bags of her favorites and armed only with an x-acto knife, tape measure, duct tape and foam core, I made possible so that when the ice lever is pushed on the fridge door candy shoots out! Instructions after the jump. Continue reading

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- (adj) (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming; "all the men looked debonair and handsome in white tie and tails"
Debonair (डेबनेर) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)
- मिलनसार, मेहरबान, विनीत, सुशील, हँसमुख, ख़ुशदिल, ख़ुशमिज़ाज
Debonair Origin
- Middle English (in the sense 'meek or courteous'): from Old French debonaire, from de bon aire 'of good disposition'.
Debonair in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)
- Shahid Kapoor turns the DEBONAIR mode on in this trippy photoshoot.
- Aamir looked debonair in a Nehru jacket while his wife Kiran Rao looked stunning in a shimmery golden sari.
- He's like some kind of humorless combination of James Bond and Dirk Diggler, both debonair and dirty.
- On Valentine's Day, show your date you're debonair by courting the wines of the world.
- The beautiful ladies and debonair gentlemen arrived in limousines and walked the red carpet donning their elegant gowns and suits.
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of debonair
- debo = bebo = kareena kapoor .. bebo ka husband debonair hi hoga
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Richard Milhous Nixon was a 20th century Human politician who served as President of the United States. His wife was Pat Nixon.
At some point during his time in office, he greeted computer revolutionary Henry Starling, as well as successfully opening the door to China, becoming the first United States President to visit the Communist nation. (VOY: "Future's End"; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
He was central in the Watergate scandal, one of the events that Q considered to have made life on Earth in the past more interesting than in the 24th century. (DS9: "Q-Less")
In 2154, upon return from an alternate version of 1944, Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer was shown the timeline resetting by a temporal agent named Daniels. Images of President Nixon could be seen as the timeline reset itself. (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II")
In 2293, Captain Spock "vouched" to volunteer James T. Kirk as a symbolic olive branch to the Klingons. At the time, he referred to a supposedly old Vulcan proverb that stated "Only Nixon could go to China." (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
|Selected Presidents of the United States of America
|George Washington (1789) • Andrew Jackson (1829) • Abraham Lincoln (1861) • Ulysses S. Grant (1869) • Theodore Roosevelt (1901) • Woodrow Wilson (1913) • Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933) • Harry S. Truman (1945) • Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953) • John F. Kennedy (1961) • Lyndon B. Johnson (1963) • Richard M. Nixon (1969) • Jimmy Carter (1977) • Ronald Reagan (1981) • George H.W. Bush (1989) • William J. Clinton (1993) • George W. Bush (2001) • ...
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- Richard Nixon at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Richard M. Nixon at Wikipedia
- Richard M. Nixon at the Internet Movie Database
- Nixon's China Game at PBS


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Sailing World's Largest 35' One-Design Class
Over 650 J/105s are sailing worldwide. This remarkable boat has sailed across the Pacific, the English Channel and raced single-handed across the Alantic. Sailors enjoy her in the Caribbean as well as the Mediterranean. Plus, there is great one-design class racing in the USA, South America and England. Here's a selection of sailing videos that feature J/105s sailing in venues around the world as well as educational J/105 instructional/ educational videos.


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Churchville is home to the oldest business in Monroe County. in 1810, Samuel Church...
Churchville is home to the oldest business in Monroe County. in 1810, Samuel Church built a grain mill on the banks of Black Creek. Just after the turn of the century he moved it to it's current location to take advantage of rail line. It has continually made flour from wheat since that time. On another history note, there were 10,000 mills in the US in 1900. Today, there are only 6 in New York.
Making flour does pose some risks to the employees of a mill. The Star of the West who now owns the mill and bought it from Agway makes sure it's employees and first responders are educated and prepared for emergencies there. Fortunately, there haven't been any major problems here.
On Monday, December 3, 1012 members of the firefighting and rescue community received two hours of in depth training to prepare for emergencies in relation to the flour mill. Instruction included presentations from the Northeast Center for Agriculture and Occupational Health, Penn State University and Star of the West engineers and safety.
Topics focused on prevention, lessons learned, grain entrapments, dust explosions rescue techniques, hazardous materials found in farm settings, and machine safety to name a few.
Fire departments from Chili, Scottsville, Clifton and the Monroe County Fire Bureau participated.
Some interesting links.
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The Havana Outfit is one of the 12 unlockable outfits in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It is unlocked after the completion of the mission Two Bit Hit. The Havana outfit is worn by the members of the Cubans and is named after their turf. In the mission Two Bit Hit, Tommy goes to the Little Havana Streetwear & Tattoo Parlour, changes into the Havana outfit and kills a gang lord, thus starting a gang war between the Cubans and the Haitians. The Havana Outfit consists of a red bandana, a white T-Shirt with a red circle in the middle, a brown belt, light blue stonewashed jeans, and white sneakers. It spawns in front of the Little Havana Streetwear & Tattoo Parlour after the completion of the mission. Changing into the outfit will remove up to a two star wanted level, even if the player is already wearing the outfit.
The outfit is identical to the clothes worn by an extra during the airport scene in Brother's Keeper, the first episode of Miami Vice.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the Havana outfit becomes unavailable after certain missions because the game relocates the pickup behind an invisible wall due to a glitch. Missions that require the player to change their clothes will remove all clothing pickups, but puts them back after the mission is over. However, three missions ("Cop Land", "No Escape?" and "The Job") misplace the Havana outfit pickup into the wrong place.
To avoid this glitch, the player must complete these three missions before completing "Two Bit Hit". This is commonly referred to as the Havana Glitch or Havana Outfit Glitch and has not been fixed in most subsequent, updated versions. However, this glitch was fixed for the mobile versions.
There is a way to obtain the outfit through a glitch; place a motorbike in the shop doorway and destroy it, jump on the wreckage and try jumping over the invisible barrier. You will fall through Blue Hell but you should collect the pickup during the fall.


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The war machine of the US/zionist/corporate/banker empire must never let the myths rest. Pound it into the public's mind, never let them forget, never let the cheers for blood be silenced.
Let's roll! US Navy's newest ship is a floating tribute to the passengers who fought back on Flight 93 on 9/11
The U.S. Navy's newest ship has been unveiled as a floating tribute to the passengers who lost their lives when Flight 93 has hijacked by terrorists on September 11 2001.
The USS Somerset is filled with reminders of that tragic day including a quilt bearing the names of the 40 passengers and crew on Flight 93 who stormed the cockpit of the hijacked airliner, forcing it to crash in a Southwestern Pennsylvania field but thwarting an attack on Washington D.C.
The ship takes its name from Somerset County where the plane crashed killing everybody aboard while the ship's mess has been named 'Heroes Hall'.
But the warship also bears a physical link with the tragic event after which it was named, 22 tons of steel from a large crane near the crash site was melted down and used to build the sternhold.
Captain Thomas Dearborn, the ship's commanding officer, said: 'Had it not been for their heroic actions, the terrorists would have reached their intended targets, and for sure, countless more lives would've been lost and perhaps even changed the outcome of history as we know it.' more
The ship, now at Penn's Landing PA, will be formally commissioned there Saturday March 1.
Throughout the ship's otherwise spartan interior are reminders of Flight 93 and symbols of Somerset County. A map of the county is painted on the floor. Road signs from boroughs and townships were placed on passageway walls. The words Never Forget are etched on the bow deck.
The words "Let's Roll" - the rallying cry of the passengers and crew who stormed the cockpit doors to confront the four hijackers - are inscribed across the rear of the superstructure.
The ship's motto, "Virtus per adversa," "Strength through adversity," is visible throughout.
The Somerset is the last of three warships built to commemorate the Sept. 11 attacks, along with the New York and the Arlington, named for the location of the Pentagon.
The ship is not likely to deploy before 2016 because it has more testing and sea trials to conduct from its home port of San Diego. By then, it will be ready to mobilize for war. more
There's nothing like touring a big boat while half dressed and waving pom poms.
The Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders get a early look at the USS Somerset and solidify that special relationship between the NFL and the military.
The Avondale Shipyard on the banks of the Mississippi in Louisiana is a place I was once very familiar with. This will be the last warship built there. Don't worry though, someplace else will build others as more borrowed fiat money is available.
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Rep. Graves represents the 51st House District which includes the cities of Fenton and Linden, and Argentine, Atlas, Clayton, Fenton, Flushing, Gaines, Groveland, Holly and Rose townships.
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Proverbs 11:14 (NKJV) declares there is "safety" in seeking counsel from others. I believe that each person should identify a counselor for themselves so they will have an established resource when times of trouble come into their life. My goal is to create a supportive environment where clients can explore their emotional needs and overcome barriers that limit their full potential, a way for you to seek the "safety" of counseling. Using cognitive therapy techniques and psychoeducation as the backbone for treatment planning, I can help you develop a clear plan for improving your most important life decisions. Counseling offers an open-minded approach to client wellness and considers the client's work/school life, family traditions, cultural and spiritual beliefs, and sexual identity in the treatment planning.
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Wedding Costs: Hosting the Engagement Party and Dinner for the Bridal Couple
A friend of the bridal couple is charged with hosting — and paying for — the engagement party
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One of the biggest complaints that I get from friends and family of the bridal couple is that everything is so expensive. Attending a wedding used to be simple thing: You looked at the registry and picked a gift. If there was a shower, a small gift was expected. Today, expenses for the non-bridal couple can run into hundreds upon hundreds of dollars. Here's one friend's predicament:
A friend of the bride asks: "It's my pleasure to host an engagement party for a close friend. I don't mind doing all the work, but my budget just won't allow me to foot the whole restaurant bill. How can I let the guests know that they'll have to cover their own dinners?"
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I am almost done with my lessons for the day and I think that they all came out pretty good. I can't wait to submit my next series of tutorials later on today. In the mean time let's get started with talking about what you will be drawing next. I decided that having a lesson on a seahorse isn't good enough. How about a submission that teaches you "how to draw a cartoon seahorse step by step". The seahorse is one of my favorite saltwater fish. I think it is so amazing how these sea critters look just like horses. The seahorse is really an amazing animal. They have beautifully shaped equine bodies and they come in all different types of colors and shapes. Some cool facts about the seahorse that I will mention, is that these sea animals are 100% monogamous. What that means is, when these animals find their mates, they stay with them for life. There is no cheating, sneaking, or any other kind of adultery when it comes to their mates. In fact, male seahorses are the one single male animal in existence, that carries an unborn young inside of their bodies instead of the female. Do you know what fish is the relative to the seahorse? Well, truth be told they are close relatives to pipefish. Now, I'm sure that I must have talked about his very same thing with the realistic seahorse that I submitted a long time ago, I just wanted to mention these facts again because there is a lot more new members on Dragoart, and I feel that every person that lands on this site should read some cool information for the day. I think you will like this tutorial on "how to draw a cartoon seahorse". Enjoy yourselves people, and keep your minds open, and your imagination endless. Peace!
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With application identity you are taking control of the specification of id's to DataNucleus. Application identity requires a primary key class (unless using SingleFieldIdentity, where one is provided for you), and each persistent capable class may define a different class for its primary key, and different persistent capable classes can use the same primary key class, as appropriate. With application identity the field(s) of the primary key will be present as field(s) of the class itself. To specify that a class is to use application identity, you add the following to the MetaData for the class.
<entity class="org.mydomain.MyClass"> <id-class class="org.mydomain.MyIdClass"/> <attributes> <id name="myPrimaryKeyField"/> </attributes> </entity>
For JPA we specify the id field and id-class. Alternatively, if we are using annotations
@Entity @IdClass(class=MyIdClass.class) public class MyClass { @Id private long myPrimaryKeyField; }
|When you have an inheritance hierarchy, you should specify the identity type in the base instantiable class for the inheritance tree. This is then used for all persistent classes in the tree. This means that you can have MappedSuperclass without any identity fields/properties as superclass, and then the base instantiable class is the first persistable class which has the identity field(s). This is a change from DataNucleus 2.2 where you had to have identity fields in the base persistable class of the inheritance tree.
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Using application identity requires the use of a Primary Key class. With JPA when you have a single-field you don't need to provide a primary key class. Where the class has multiple fields that form the primary key a Primary Key class must be provided (via the id-class).
See also :-
By choosing application identity you are controlling the process of identity generation for this class. This does not mean that you have a lot of work to do for this. JPA1 defines many ways of generating these identities and DataNucleus supports all of these and provides some more of its own besides.
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JPA doesn't define what happens if you change the identity (an identity field) of an object once persistent. DataNucleus doesn't currently support changes to identities.
When you choose application identity you are defining which fields of the class are part of the primary key, and you are taking control of the specification of id's to DataNucleus. Application identity requires a primary key (PK) class, and each persistent capable class may define a different class for its primary key, and different persistent capable classes can use the same primary key class, as appropriate. If you have only a single primary-key field then there are builtin PK classes so you can forget this section. Where you have more than 1 primary key field, you would define the PK class like this
<entity class="MyClass"> <id-class class="MyIdClass"/> ... </entity>
or using annotations
@Entity @IdClass(class=MyIdClass.class) public class MyClass { ... }
You now need to define the PK class to use. This is simplified for you because if you have only one PK field then you dont need to define a PK class and you only define it when you have a composite PK.
An important thing to note is that the PK can only be made up of fields of the following Java types
Note that the types in bold are JPA standard types. Any others are DataNucleus extensions and, as always, check the specific datastore docs to see what is supported for your datastore.
The simplest way of using application identity is where you have a single PK field, and in this case you use an inbuilt primary key class that DataNucleus provides, so you don't need to specify the objectid-class. Let's take an example
public class MyClass { long id; ... } <entity class="MyClass"> <attributes> <id name="id"/> ... </attributes> </entity>
or using annotations
@Entity public class MyClass { @Id long id; ... }
So we didnt specify the JPA "id-class". You will, of course, have to give the field a value before persisting the object, either by setting it yourself, or by using a value-strategy on that field.
Since there are many possible combinations of primary-key fields it is impossible for JPA to provide a series of builtin composite primary key classes. However the DataNucleus enhancer provides a mechanism for auto-generating a primary-key class for a persistable class. It follows the rules listed below and should work for all cases. Obviously if you want to tailor the output of things like the PK toString() method then you ought to define your own. The enhancer generation of primary-key class is only enabled if you don't define your own class.
If you wish to use application identity and don't want to use the "SingleFieldIdentity" builtin PK classes then you must define a Primary Key class of your own. You can't use classes like java.lang.String, or java.lang.Long directly. You must follow these rules when defining your primary key class.
Please note that if one of the fields that comprises the primary key is in itself a persistable object then you have Compound Identity and should consult the documentation for that feature which contains its own example.
Here's an example of a composite (multiple field) primary key class
@Entity @IdClass(ComposedIdKey.class) public class MyClass { @Id String field1; @Id String field2; ... } public class ComposedIdKey implements Serializable { public String field1; public String field2; /** * Default constructor. */ public ComposedIdKey () { } /** * Constructor accepting same input as generated by toString(). */ public ComposedIdKey(String value) { StringTokenizer token = new StringTokenizer (value, "::"); //field1 this.field1 = token.nextToken (); //field2 this.field2 = token.nextToken (); } public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (obj == this) { return true; } if (!(obj instanceof ComposedIdKey)) { return false; } ComposedIdKey c = (ComposedIdKey)obj; return field1.equals(c.field1) && field2.equals(c.field2); } public int hashCode () { return this.field1.hashCode() ^ this.field2.hashCode(); } public String toString () { // Give output expected by String constructor return "" + this.field1 + "::" + this.field2; } }


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Further expanding its NAFTA-region footprint, metal stamper and fabricator Waukesha Metal Products, Sussex, WI, has inked its deal to acquire Revstone Fabrication, San Luis Potosi, SLP Mexico. The facility includes stamping presses rated to 600 tons, and a host of sheetmetal-fabricating equipment including manual and robotic-welding cells.
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Tim Gunn. The man is like a saint. Everyone loves him. And I have to say, he is one of the nicest people I have ever photographed or met. He was kind, easy to work with, and the only person who has ever said to me, "Are you sure you don't want more time?" at the end of a shoot. What most people don't know about this picture is that I actually made his suit out of an old soft box, and the lining from one of my camera bags. "Find a way to mitigate that center seam" he repeatedly instructed as I tirelessly worked, rushing to finish the garment. "Make it work!"
Talk about pressure. Thankfully he thought the suit was stunning, and the shoot went great too. While I was packing up, I noticed Tim in the corner of the room tearing up a piece of berber carpet. I gave him a questioning look, and he said, "For our next challenge, you will be designing an outfit for a garden party. You have fifteen minutes to caucus."
Season 6 of Project Runway, hosted by Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum will be starting soon. To hold you over, (here) is one of my favorite Tim Gunn video clips.


text: Friday, February 22, 2013 CMS Issues Interim Instructions for Manual Medical Review Process for 2013 Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued interim guidance on how the manual medical review process will be implemented in 2013 for outpatient therapy claims that exceed $3,700. From October 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012, CMS used a prior approval process at $3,700 under which providers would submit a request to their Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) for approval of up to 20 visits. With the request, providers would include information from the patients' medical record (eg, progress reports, daily notes, plan of care) to support the need for the additional visits. For 2013, CMS has replaced the prior approval process with prepayment review, at least for the interim. Under prepayment review, when the patient reaches $3,700 in outpatient therapy services, the MAC will send the provider an additional development request (ADR) asking him or her to submit documentation so that the MAC can determine whether the services are medically necessary. Typically under Medicare, MACs have 60 days to make a determination. However, CMS has requested that with regard to the therapy cap manual medical review process, MACs decide within 10 days of receipt of the documentation whether the services exceeding $3,700 will be paid. CMS currently is working on a long-term strategy for the manual medical review process. Physical therapists should consult their MACs' websites for specific information about submitting documentation in response to an ADR.


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Lately, the global travel industry has been going through a huge mobile revolution. There are certain constants in several geographies like material differences and customer demands, which are dependent on how hospitality and travel businesses plan to satisfy the demand.
Global travelers, especially the millennials book accommodations and airfare on small screens today.
- In 2016, 51.8% of travelers who book trips via digital means will do so using a mobile device, according to eMarketer's latest estimates.
Moreover, the ever increasing shift towards metasearch engines like Yelp and TripAdvisor, is another prevalent practice among holiday goers and corporate travelers.
- TripAdvisor is travel industry's most popular mobile app, with more than 230 million downloads and 150 million monthly active users. – eHotelier
The millennial travelers also loves to stay connected on the go, all the time. They are the first one to post reviews and rating about their hotel stay or travel experience, online.
Mobile has for sure become an integral part of the sophisticated multi-channel approach. It is driving B2B and B2C growth across the globe, in the overcrowded and competitive hospitality market. This has given rise to a revolutionary business segment – revenue management solutions for the hospitality and travel technology solutions. The impact of mobile is immense in LATAM as well.
- Latin America's travel industry was worth an estimated $60 billion in 2015, and will climb 3-5% for the next five years to reach more than $73.3 billion by 2020, with Mexico and Brazil accounting for more than 70% of the market, according to the latest Phocuswright report.
- Another study by eMarketer suggests that Mexico will have 44 million smartphone users in 2016.
A question arises here. With the advent of smartphones and devices of choice to access the internet, how are global travel agents responding?
Most consumer-facing businesses have started to go exclusively online. After all, mobile in the travel business, mobile is committed to serve a multi-channel segment. No wonder that hotels, airlines and online travel sites are better optimizing their websites and revenue management strategies for more direct bookings. As a result of this, people are finding a simpler way to book their trips from hand-held devices.
Particularly in the US, sales of travel products and services booked on mobile devices continue to grow, while desktop- and laptop-based sales decline in absolute terms -eMarketer.


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Mental health, work-life integration and the obesity epidemic — these are just a few of the topics most relevant to today's workforce that will be covered at Workforce Strategy 2018, September 25–27, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Satisfied employees are good for business. Research has found links between job satisfaction and employee turnover, customer satisfaction-loyalty, safety, productivity and employee health.
Satisfied employees are good for business. Research has found links between job satisfaction and employee turnover, customer satisfaction-loyalty, safety, productivity and employee health.
The experience of the American family has changed drastically. Today, there are more dual-earner households, single parents and female breadwinners than ever before. By the same token, demographic shifts and technology breakthroughs have transformed the nature of work. It's not surprising that work-life struggles are common.
It is, however, time to rethink what we know about work and family. As we recognize National Work and Family Month, let's reflect on some of today's work-life secrets and what you can do to stay ahead of the curve.
Success cannot be defined nor sustained by one dimension of our lives. Our physical health affects our work performance, and our job satisfaction affects our emotional well-being in and out of the office. The lessons we learn in one role make us stronger in another, but we oftentimes find ourselves in conflict between responsibilities. A workplace culture of health and flexibility can assist employees in achieving work-life harmony and position businesses as employers of choice.
Do you have a best friend at work? If so, chances are you're more engaged in your job than your peers without one.1 You may even be more successful at engaging your customers or clients and produce higher quality of work.2 While it may seem counter intuitive to some, research shows that having strong social bonds with coworkers is associated with a number of positive business outcomes, including those mentioned above. In fact, research also indicates that even minor increases in social cohesiveness among employees can lead to large gains in productivity.3
In our modern world, flexibility is the freedom to thrive in and out of the office, and it's what women want. Today's top talent is attracted to forward-thinking, flexible, and family-friendly workplaces.
After decades of growth, women's participation in the U.S. workforce has been declining. In 1990, the United States had the sixth highest female workforce participation rate of 24 OECD economies. By 2014, it dropped to 22nd.1 Research indicates the lack of family-friendly policies accounted for approximately 28% of the relative decline.2
Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman and CEO of global private equity firm Blackstone and chair of the President's Strategic and Policy Forum, published a letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal on June 19. His letter was in response to an earlier WSJ editorial on paid family leave, "The Ivanka Entitlement," which critiqued the President's 2018 budget proposal requiring states to provide six weeks of paid family leave for new mothers and fathers, including adoptive parents.
At no other time in history have we had people across so many different age groups co-existing in the workplace: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. By 2017, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, U.K. and the U.S. will have at least 40% of employees aged 50 and older. They are predicted to retire within the next 10 years. This mass exit will lead to a shortage of senior and skilled workers. The millennial generation will not be able to fill all the open positions left by the retirees.
In today's workplace, more generations are working side-by-side than ever before, with the largest portion of the U.S. labor force made up of millennials (34%), Generation X (34%) and baby boomers (29%).1 To best support the needs of a multigenerational workforce, employers should consider taking a refreshed look at how they develop benefits and programs, with an eye to what is most important to employees at each life stage.
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A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
This is for a celebrity gossip website that posts candid pictures of celebrities, photoshoots, news, and bikini pictures. The main text of the logo is , "Derek Hail" and the tagline is "Stealing Celebrity Dignity and Fame." Also, please try to make the logo situated in a 990 x 100 header (if you need more height, you can go up to 150).
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For a more detailed description, to get a feel for what the site is like, the current site can be located at http://www.derekhail.com . However, that isn't the color scheme of the new theme. The new theme can be found at a test site, http://www.slimphox.com . Although it isn't particularly finished, it is going to look something like that, and the logo is going to be placed in that 990 x 100 image section. However, if the height of the image is larger, the size can be adjusted.
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Smithsonian launches marine effort with $10M gift
(AP)—The Smithsonian is launching a new initiative to study coastal waters and create the first global network monitoring climate change and human impacts on ocean life with a $10 million gift.
Los Angeles hedge fund manager Michael Tennenbaum is announcing the donation Thursday. He says long-term data is needed to raise the level of dialogue about climate change and biodiversity.
The project will begin with five marine observatories, studying plants and animals in the Chesapeake Bay, Fort Pierce, Fla., and sites in Belize and Panama. The Smithsonian plans to add 10 more stations within a decade, using federal money, partners and fundraising.
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough says coastal ecosystems are highly affected by humans. He says the Smithsonian will foster long-term study, while universities and others depend on short-term grants.
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The popularity of communities on the Internet has captured the attention of marketing professionals. Indeed, the word "community" seems poised to overtake "relationship" as the new marketing buzzword. So-called "community brands" like the Geocities Web site ("home" of more than three million community members "living" in 41 "neighborhoods") provide communication media for hundreds of thousands of individuals who share common interests. As consumer-goods companies create online communities on the World Wide Web for their brands, they are building new relationships with their customers and enabling consumers to communicate with each other. Many famous brands host online communities through bulletin boards, forums, and chat rooms, such as CNN (http://community.cnn.com), Disney (http://family.go.com/boards), the Shell International Petroleum forums (www.shell.com), Pentax (www.pentax.com; see the discussion group in the U.S. section), and the Bosch tools forum on www.boschtools.com. Heineken (www.heineken.com) allows individuals to establish their own virtual bars, where, as bartender, they can chat with other visitors or meet their friends; similarly, Nescafé has a café (http://connect.nescafe.com).
In fact, the number of companies hosting consumer-to-consumer communication is escalating. Forum One, a West Coast U.S. consulting firm that specializes in monitoring consumer community sites, currently catalogues more than 300,000 online topic-based discussion boards (up from 96,000 in September 1997). Some 85% of these are operated by commercial organizations (i.e., they do not have .edu, .gov, or .org as the final suffix in their Web addresses), although many are small businesses and online retailers.1
The desire to create online communities based on brands raises many questions concerning commercial corporate objectives and their implementation, as well as issues about consumers' willingness to participate. "Is there some power to be had in claiming a word like 'community'?"2 If there is, and if companies can harness it, will their creation of online communities necessarily reinforce their brands? The problem is that no one can guarantee the outcome, but the potential for success is there.
To extend the brand relationships established with their loyal customers into communities of brand consumers, strategists need to examine the long-established user communities, in order to learn what makes them thrive. Strategists must also address the many issues surrounding brand-based online communities and incorporate the leadership and communication skill sets necessary to manage such communities.


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Relief, horror for NYC 'Baby Hope' investigators
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York police Assistant Chief Joseph Reznick went this weekend to visit the grave of a child long known as Baby Hope, as he's often done in the past two decades, but this time he came with more answers than questions about her death.
Her name was made public the same day a distant cousin confessed to sexually abusing the girl, then suffocating her, police said. So Reznick replaced a placard on her headstone at St. Raymond's Cemetery that read "the identity of this little girl is unknown" with one that spelled out her name, Anjelica Castillo.
For investigators including Reznick, who worked as a lieutenant in 1991 when the body of the unknown 4-year-old was discovered inside a picnic cooler discarded along a Manhattan highway, the long-awaited answers were both a horror and a relief.
"Her picture, and now this confession, I'm going to have in my mind for the rest of my life," Reznick said. "Not knowing what had happened, I imagined a sort of best-case scenario. But now that I heard the real story, I know it is one of the most disturbing things."
Conrado Juarez, 52, was charged Saturday with murder in the girl's death, one of New York's most notorious cold cases.
"This case really touched us, because she was just an innocent child, we all have kids or know them," said retired Detective Jerry Giorgio, who also investigated the case. "I know it haunted me."
The girl's body, naked and bound, was found in a 32-quart blue cooler discovered by construction workers in 1991. She weighed just 20 pounds, half that of an average 4-year-old, Reznick said.
But no one reported her missing, and detectives had no leads.
"It became just intensely frustrating," said Giorgio. "The frustration stayed with a lot of us, which makes it more relieving now."
Affection grew for the girl they nicknamed "Baby Hope." Officers organized a funeral for her in 1993, and hundreds attended. They paid for her gravestone at the Bronx cemetery and visited annually.
Detectives made a publicity push this summer on the 22nd anniversary of the discovery of her body, canvassing the area, plastering posters, asking for anyone with information to come forward.
This time, it worked. A tip came in that led to the girl's mother, her sister and a birth certificate.
The methodical investigation pieced together evidence using officers across the department, the Real Time Crime Center technology hub, intelligence division, special victims unit, and the Manhattan district attorney's cold case unit, led by Melissa Mourges, who was assigned to the case when the body was found.
Filling in the child's family tree spanned two countries.
"There's no room for mistakes in a 1991 case," said Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski. "You have to be careful you don't move too fast that you preclude evidence from coming forward. There is a lot of planning, and planning is work."
The evidence led them to Juarez, a 52-year-old cousin of the girl's father, Pulaski said.
He told police he took Anjelica into an empty bedroom at a family apartment and sexually assaulted her, then suffocated her with a pillow, authorities said. He and his sister, who has since died, folded up the body, bound it, wrapped it in cloth and put it inside the cooler, then told relatives they were headed to the beach, Reznick said.
Police and prosecutors are confident in the confession. But Juarez's lawyer questioned the legitimacy of admissions gleaned after more than 12 hours of interrogation.
"If this statement was made, under what circumstances was it made? ... There are questions that need to be answered," the attorney, Michael Croce, said Monday.
"I'm not, in any way, shape or form, trying to minimize this tragedy," he said, adding that he was trying to point out the uncertainties of the case, including the idea that family members may have known but said nothing.
The girl's mother, Margarita Castillo, refused Monday to tell reporters why she never reported her daughter missing or whether she knew she had been killed. The family will never have peace, she said in Spanish.
For Reznick, when the gavel comes down at the end of the trial, he said he'll feel true relief.
"I remember saying at her funeral, 'This little girl was the most innocent of the innocent,'" he said. "I think that remains."
Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Claudia Torrens contributed to this report.


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Driver of stolen pickup truck leads police on chase from Lincoln Park to Detroit
Police: Suspect driving stolen vehicle crashes in Detroit during chase then runs
LINCOLN PARK, Mich. – A Wyandotte resident reported their pickup truck had been stolen after leaving the car running to let it warm up Wednesday morning.
Police spotted the truck in Lincoln Park and a chase ensued.
On and off sidewalks and over a few lawns the suspect lead police to Pleasant Streets in southwest Detroit, near I-75 and Coolidge Highway.ng away from police.
The driver then crashed the car into a telephone pole, jumped out and started running.
Police were unable to catch the man.
Watch: Raw footage of police chase.
Police say a handful of unattended cars have been stolen recently in Lincoln Park, Southgate and the Allen Park areas.
Drivers are reminded not to leave cars running to warm up on cold days.
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Rockies still firmly in mix for Iguchi; O'Dowd expects Cook deal to get done
By Troy E. Renck and Patrick Saunders
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Nashville, Tenn. – The winter meetings' version of the closing scene – the Rule V draft – closed without the Rockies peeking their head out of the curtain for headlines. But they haven't staged their final act.
The Rockies remain firmly in the mix for free-agent second baseman Tadahito Iguchi, continue talking with reliever LaTroy Hawkins, will soon finalize a $30-million deal with pitcher Aaron Cook and are determined to clear create roster space by trading veteran Jamey Carroll.
The Rockies lost Double-A pitcher Stephen Register, 24, to the New York Mets in the Rule V draft, the only player snatched who was not protected on their 40-man roster. With the draft completed, the Rockies are expected to sign pitcher John Koronka, who has started with the Rangers and Reds, to a minor-league contract. He would compete for a job in spring training.
Iguchi is looking for Kazuo Matsui money – three-year, $16.5-million. The Rockies won't do that, but they may not have to. That offer hasn't materialized for Iguchi and Colorado is attractive because it is the only team pursuing him as second baseman. Other teams with interest include Giants, Phillies and, to a lesser degree, the Dodgers.
"Absolutely,'' said agent Rocky Hall today when asked if Colorado was still in the running for Iguchi.
O'Dowd needs to thin the middle infield to create a spot for Iguchi. As many as five teams are pursuing Carroll, including the Cardinals, Indians and Marlins and possibly Padres. O'Dowd said today that he had no intention of eating any money on Carroll's contract – he will make $2.15 million this season.
Clint Barmes has also been offered in trades, including to the Astros. However, the team would prefer to move Carroll.
Carroll and prospect Jayson Nix profile the same for the Rockies at second base. Nix is 24 and Carroll is 33. Nix is also out of options, so this could be his last chance to make it with the Rockies.
Other updates:
–O'Dowd said he believes Cook's extension "will get done. There's too much momentum going in that direction for it not to.''
–Colorado continues to talk with the agents for LaTroy Hawkins, Shawn Chacon and Octavio Dotel. Hawkins wants to come back and is trying to work with the Rockies to make that happen.
–Agent Scott Boras confirmed to The Denver Post last night that he has not received a contract offer from the Rockies for Matt Holliday. O'Dowd said that he's going to regroup before making a decision where to go with a proposal.
–Pitcher Victor Zambrano is being eyed for a non-roster job to compete for a bullpen/rotation spot. The club also likes Kip Wells.
–As many as six teams are interested in Josh Fogg, including the Cardinals.


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BALTIMORE – Last season, the UMBC men's swimming and diving program regained its America East Conference title by scoring 1,075 points, a conference meet record, and earned its first-ever national ranking. In addition, Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) was named the National Swimmer of the Week by CollegeSwimming.com and later became the first Retriever male swimmer, and third overall, to qualify for the NCAA Championships. On the women's side, UMBC finished second to New Hampshire at the conference meet, but also made its first jump into the national poll. But none of that now matters, in a way, because the new season starts on Saturday.
"Last year was great, but this time around we need to take it a step further," said head coach Chad Cradock, who is entering his 13th season in charge of his alma mater. "Our team is focused on the task at hand and not previous accomplishments.
"This team has really adopted the unity and team spirit that we started last year, which I believe is the key to our success."
It is important for the team to develop a family atmosphere quickly as UMBC welcomed 29 freshmen to the squad this season. The number of newcomers does not worry Cradock, but rather gives him, his coaching staff and team more excitement heading into the new season.
"We're excited to have all of the freshmen joining our team because they bring a fresh feel to the program and a lot of positivity," Cradock stated. "They have already made some unique and smart decisions which are putting our program in a shining light, and I'm proud of how they've integrated nicely into our team."
"We're eager to watch each of our newcomers grow and become major contributors to our program."
With all of the freshmen coming to campus, Cradock and his staff have had plenty of veteran leadership to rely on both in the pool and in the locker room. Even with the graduation of 19 seniors from the 2012-13 team, UMBC brings back 11 athletes who won at lead one gold medal at last year's America East meet, including Hussein who was named the America East Championships and ECAC Championships Most Outstanding Male Swimmer.
Since coming to Baltimore, Hussein has taken the Retrievers' competition by storm, claiming six individual conference golds in the past two years America East meet, and winning 27 events in 15 dual meets. In addition to being honored as the national Swimmer of the Week on Feb. 20, 2013, Hussein has received the conference's top weekly honor on six occasions.
"Mohamed brings a sense of accomplishment to our team and he is a leader by example," said Cradock. "He always give 100-percent in practice and he's just a happy guy that people enjoy being around.
"Obviously having an NCAA qualifier on our roster is a positive thing as it gives our team someone to aspire and grow with."
But the leadership does not run through one person for Cradock's Retrievers as the men and women both selected three captains to lead them through the upcoming campaign. Seniors Evan Carey (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Grand Island), Brian Keane (Hanson, Mass./Boston College HS/Arizona), and Reed Neuendorf (Blauvelt, N.Y./Tappan Zee) will guide the men's squad, while seniors Patty Hallberg (Severna Park, Md./Broadneck) and Erika Ronning (Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township), as well as junior Lexi Coon (Camden, Del./Milford), were chosen to lead the women.
"We're very excited for our new leadership," said coach Cradock. "Each individual is very different and brings something unique to the position and to the program."
Last season, the three male captains combined to win eight dual meet events as the Retrievers completed just their second-ever undefeated season. Then, at the conference meet, Carey aided the 200 and 400 free relay teams to gold medals, in addition to winning silver medals in the 100 and 200 free, while Neuendorf picked up a silver in the 400 IM and a bronze in the 1,650 freestyle.
For the women, Ronning collected a total of four golds after winning six dual meet races and Coon earned her first career dual meet event win. Combining leadership in the pool and in the classroom, Hallberg was one of seven Retrievers to earn a spot on the America East All-Academic Team in 2012-13.
In addition to the six captains, the Retrievers have plenty of other accomplished veterans to lead them into the new season.
Junior Rob Breen (Danvers, Mass./St. John's Prep) collected his first career gold medal last year while leading UMBC to a sweep of the top medals in the 1,650 free. Breen also won silver in the 500 free and bronze in the 200 and looks to pace the distance squad again.
As a freshman, Leo Endres (Bamberg, Germany/Kaiser Heinrich Gymnasium) vaulted himself to the top of UMBC's breaststroke list by winning a gold medal in the 200-yd. event in school record time, while also taking third in the 100-yd. competition. Mid-year transfer Daniel Cano (Madrid, Spain/IES Ortega y Gasset) provides a nice back-up punch after claiming silver in both of the breaststroke races.
Lauri Kaei (Harjumaa, Estonia/Talllinn Secondary Science) continued to cement his place as one of the Retrievers' go-to swimmers after winning nine dual meet events as a sophomore and then helping the Black and Gold win two relay golds at the conference meet.
Though two-time captain and NCAA Zones qualifier Andrew Eckhoff graduated in the spring, the Retrievers will still be strong on the diving boards with the return of junior Ryan Green (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) and junior Carson Wong (Hong Kong/Kowloon Technical School). Last season, Green joined Eckhoff at the regional meet after scoring a career-best 318.08 against West Virginia, while Wong finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 3-meter and 1-meter events at the America East Championships.
The women also have a strong returning contingent of veterans to hopefully push the Retrievers back to the top of the America East leaderboard, including seniors Talor Tadena (Orangevale, Calif./Bella Vista) and Klara Pavelkova (Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnasium Pripotocni). Tadena earned five total gold medals (two individual, three relay) last year as a junior, setting a new UMBC school record en route to winning the top medal in the 100-yd breaststroke. Pavelkova, meanwhile, combined with Tadena on the record-setting 200 medley relay team while also breaking the school record and claiming the 100-yd. backstroke title.
On the diving boards, sophomore Corinna Darelius (Rye, N.Y./Rye) returns after a successful rookie campaign. As a freshman, Darelius qualified for the NCAA Zones Meet, in addition to winning four dual meet events, earning conference Diver of the Week twice, and collecting a silver medal at the conference championships.
With this combination of youth and experience, Cradock is ready for the season to start.
"We can't wait for the new season," the head Retriever said. "This season looks really bright for us as we have some great competition lined up during the dual meet season, but we're even more excited for our conference meets at the end of the year and enjoying them one at a time."
The 29 freshmen change the complexion of the team, but the biggest alteration for this year's Retriever squad is the post-season championships schedule. While the women will look to overtake 2013 America East champion New Hampshire, the men have moved to the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) which will hold its championship meet at the University of Tennessee on Feb. 20-22.
"Our women absolutely got a taste of the opportunity for success by being so close last year," said Cradock. "I think it has made them hungry to compete as the underdog this time around and that sets us up well to achieve our desired success.
"For the men, this is a big year as a lot of our individuals have grown and the CCSA meet will be the most competitive atmosphere that our program has been in since I started coaching here in 2001."
The Retrievers begin their 2013-14 schedule with an exhibition meet at Bucknell on Saturday, Oct. 5. The next week UMBC will travel to Lawrenceville, N.J. for its first dual meet of the season.


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It seems that there are around 14-17K Google results on each of "雨を降って" and "雪を降って" keywords. Is 降る yet another intransitive verb that are used with を? Does it mean something like "rain on me" and "snow on me", or is it simply typo?
Some sample usages taken from Google results:
- 今夜雨を降っている
- 雨を降っても傘ささないのが仇となった
- 沢山の雪を降っているの画像
N.B. I don't think either "through" or "leaving something behind" interpretations can work with "を降る".


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Let's ignore that a good republican, by virtue of their doctrine, sees in humanitarian aid a personal responsibility, while a good democrat sees it as mostly a state responsibility, which obviously translates into some kind of figure (assuming people have deep convictions about their political doctrine).
Are you ignoring that? Now, what exactly does the survey tell you? Without that perspective, what does it tell you? That republicans are good people and democrats are bad people? Or that there are more good republican people, than there are good democrat people?
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PIRATE TIME: There's two big reasons to love that Catalina Island has hosted a swashbuckling celebration for nearly a quarter century. One? Pirates, we don't need to tell you, are rather popular; look no further than the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise as well as "Talk Like a Pirate" Day (you likely saw a lot of pirate-talkers popping up on your social media sites on Sept. 19). But the other biggie, at least in our mind? The celebration is not in Avalon, as many of the larger Catalina parties are, but in Two Harbors, the rocky outpost's other city. We know, we know, calling Two Harbors "a city" is a stretch, given its Shangri-La-esque appearance and perfectly wee size and remoteness, but it is indeed other municipality on the famous island. In short, while a lot of us get to Avalon on a regular basis, Two Harbors is more of an effort, in every good way, and thus any visit deserves a rousing "arrr!" And the arrr-ing will be flowing on Friday, Oct. 5 and Saturday, Oct. 6 when the pirates take over for Buccaneer Days.
SEAWORTHY HAPS: Treasure hunts, tunes, and other pirate-related to-dos are part of the 23rd annual Buccaneer Days. Cost is twenty bucks, plus you'll need to get to-and-from Two Harbors. If you can't make the annual celebration, though, you can visit the town whenever. Seriously; can you believe the place pictured above is within reach of Southern California mainland? It seems so faraway and fictional to us, a small burg with two harbors so snug together. Hollywood, did you design this place? 'Fess up.


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Yes, Virginia, You (Probably) Got a "Tax Cut"
People want a simpler tax code … except for the mortgage interest deduction. And the charity deduction. And state local taxes, definitely. And daycare, obviously. And …
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/// April 15, 2019
People want a simpler tax code … except for the mortgage interest deduction. And the charity deduction. And state local taxes, definitely. And daycare, obviously. And …
Holly Whitman
/// August 5, 2016
It's been well documented that Trump refuses to release his tax information in the run up to the election. But does it really matter?
Ethan Gach
/// September 6, 2012
[ORIGINAL] — So it is being reported, by various outlets, that a "group of hackers" has obtained, through something resembling Mission Impossible/Sneakers like antics, several of Mitt Romney's prior tax returns.
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From the Daily Mail:
Mexico and Colombia may have their first coronavirus cases as the contagious illness that has killed 17 spreads from China to at least 531 people around the world
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Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77, four years after being diagnosed with dementia.
A statement from his family said: "We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man."
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Day one done, day two kicks off at 1PM EST. Let's Talk about it..
Senators voted 53-47, approving a set of procedures for the impeachment trial put forward by the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, all amendments introduced by Democrats were rejected https://t.co/o8eFFt2exh pic.twitter.com/6xSb0A8TNL
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 22, 2020
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With a marathon day of debate on the rules of President Trump's impeachment trial now behind them, the Senate will gather at 1 p.m. Wednesday to hear opening arguments from the House's impeachment managers.
The Senate approved the parameters for the impeachment trial in the early morning hours Wednesday after Democrats were roundly rejected in their efforts to subpoena witnesses and documents before opening arguments are finished.
Increasingly restless senators sat silently over the 13-hour session as House impeachment managers and White House lawyers debated 11 amendments to the resolution introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell setting the rules for the trial, all of which failed, and all but one in party-line votes. McConnell's resolution was adopted in another party-line vote of 53-47.
A particularly bitter exchange in the early morning hours prompted a stern rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial.
WATCH: Chief Justice John Roberts admonishes House impeachment managers and president's counsel for "speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse."
"I do think those addressing the Senate should remember where they are" https://t.co/TVuArFZFGD pic.twitter.com/smOHfyqufd
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The Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is underway in the Senate:
The first day of President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate is officially underway, just the third time a president has faced removal from office in U.S. history.
The proceedings began with debate over the rules of the trial. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican and an ally of the president, unveiled a resolution laying out the procedures on Monday.
The resolution delays votes on whether to call witnesses or admit new evidence until after opening arguments by House impeachment managers, who act as prosecutors in the case, and the president's defense team. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, blasted McConnell for delaying votes on witnesses and said he planned to offer several amendments to allow witnesses before opening arguments.
A simple majority of senators — 51 votes— is needed to approve the resolution and other motions. There are 53 Republicans in the Senate, and 47 Democrats, including two independents.
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For this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The New Yorker compiled various pieces on the man and his legacy in their Sunday Reading:
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This week, Americans will be celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. In 1965, Renata Adler published a report in The New Yorker on King's march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, writing about the participants' experiences along the way and describing King's calm and steady presence. At one point, King approached an old man with a cane and asked if he would join them. "I'll walk one step anyway," the old man said. "Because I know for every one step I'll take you'll take two." This weekend, we're bringing you a selection of pieces about King's legacy and the significance of the upcoming holiday. In "The Hours Before 'I Have a Dream,' " from 1963, Calvin Trillin joins the March on Washington and writes about the events leading up to King's famous speech. In "When I Met Martin Luther King, Jr.," Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who became one of the first black students to integrate the University of Georgia, in 1961, recounts how her meeting with the civil-rights leader that year inspired her. In "The Mission," David Levering Lewis examines the complicated political alliance between King and President Lyndon Johnson. Finally, in "Martin Luther King Day with Trump," Jelani Cobb explores how the holiday has taken on a new meaning in our current political climate. We hope that you find these pieces as fascinating—and inspiring—as we do.
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ELLICOTT CITY, Md. – UMBC softball's offense exploded for 20 runs and a .308 batting average in Wednesday's doubleheader sweep of Howard at Kiwanis Park. The Retrievers' offensive efforts were highlighted by a pair of grand slams in game two from senior Caitlin Chance (Easton, Md./Easton) and sophomore Jordan Sganga (Edgewater, Md./South River).
UMBC picked up a 10-6 victory in game one behind a three RBI three-for-four performance from junior Taylor Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) and two runs batted in apiece from Sganga and junior Kathleen Sharp (Toms River, N.J./Toms River/Brookdale CC). Chance and Sganga helped the Retrievers to a 10-0 five-inning victory in game two. Sganga ended the day with seven runs batted in.
The Retrievers (22-11) took advantage of Howard's defensive miscues in the top of the first inning, loading the bases and scoring four runs on two hits in the frame, with Sganga and Sharp each picking up an RBI in the inning.
The Bison (1-20) led off the bottom of the second inning with a double to center fielder from right fielder Alexa Walker. A muffed throw on a bunt from second baseman Sade Estes brought Walker home and started a five-run inning for Howard. Designated player Briana Banks singled to put runners on first and third and short stop Jasmine Gammons tied up the contest at four apiece with a three-run home run over the right field fence. Pitcher Alex Flynn added one more run for the Bison, knocking in catcher Rejanae Brooks from third on an infield single, to take the 5-4 advantage.
The Retrievers knotted up the contest in the third on a single to right field from Sharp and regained the lead in the top of the fourth on one of Hall's three doubles on the day.
On a full count with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Walker struck again for the Bison, launching a shot over the center field fence to even the score at six apiece. UMBC starting pitcher Nicole Casagrand (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) finished her day in the fifth, allowing three earned runs on six hits in 4.2 innings of work .
A lead-off single from Katlin Olesky (Irvine, Calif./Northwood/Saddleback College) and an errant throw on a bunt from Bridget O'Malley (Brooklyn, Md./Seton Keough) put runners on first and second for Hall in the top of the sixth. The Retrievers' RBI leader delivered, driving in the go-ahead run with a double down the left field line. Sganga and freshman Kelly Lane (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) each drove in runs in the frame following a walk that loaded the bases from sophomore Danielle O'Neill (Lothian, Md./Southern), giving the Retrievers a three-run advantage, 9-6.
Hall added further insurance in the top of the seventh inning tallying her third RBI of the game on a sacrifice fly with runners on second and third, extending UMBC's lead to 10-6.
Lane (5-5) earned the victory in the circle, allowing one hit in 2.1 innings of work. Flynn was credited with the loss surrendering four earned runs in six innings of work.
The Retrievers jumped out in front in the top of the first of game two, as a lead-off walk and stolen base from O'Malley was followed by a pair of fly outs that scored her from second.
A single to left field from Lane loaded the bases in the top of the third after Hall was hit by a pitch and O'Neill drew a walk. Chance cleared the bases and gave the Retrievers a 5-0 advantage on a grand slam over the left field fence. UMBC was not done in the inning, as Sganga recorded her third RBI of the day on a double down the left field line that scored freshman Kaelin Jackson (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) from second. UMBC's outburst prompted the exit of starting pitcher Dominique Lawrence.
Control issues from relief pitcher Alexa Walker loaded the bases in the top of the fifth for Sganga, who increased her runs batted in to seven for the day on her first collegiate grand slam.
UMBC starting pitcher Jessica Holte (Ashland, Va./Atlee) tossed the second shutout of her career in her 13th victory of the season. Holte allowed two hits in the win.
The Retrievers return to America East action with a weekend series at Binghamton. A doubleheader is schedule for Saturday, April 5 and a single game on Sunday, April 6.


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So cool, but
Zagi-chan's a picture now.
. Mobília do quarto tv. . . . . . . . . . Espaço saver. . Maquiagem bronze.
Bancos de jardim. Mesa móvel para laptop. . Sistema de nivelamento piso. Cadeira sit. . . Cinema em casa. . . . . Sala de deslizamento. . Fezes de animaisRack de cabide.
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[originally posted 1.23.17]
So cool, but
Zagi-chan's a picture now.
[originally posted 1.23.17]
I've been~ captured~…
I didn't do anything though~….
Someone save me
[originally posted 1.27.17]
Good morning!
Today is an especially important day for filming
so I'll do my absolute best!
I was rummaging through my folders
and found this thing that I sung
in December at 3AM.
The song I'm recording
is Ryouta Mitsunaga-san's
I think you probably all know it.
I'll do my best all day today!
I hear a melody which brings back memories
I freeze in the midst of the crowd
What am I doing?
The pieces of that boundless dream
that you painted when you were small
Do you still have them? Are you still proud of them?
Suddenly, the words that you wrote
cross my heart
"The future expands endlessly"
I think I'm going to cry because I want to see you so much
Even though I was taught
that no matter how hard you try,
There are some things
you can't reach
"Anyone can make
one wish come true
Don't force the answer,
so you don't extinguish
that fire you lit"]
[originally posted 1.24.17]
Dinner with Kunipon.
A two-shot, a two-shot.
We're friends because we're the same kind of awkward.
[originally posted 1.25.17]
Tiny eagle face.
[originally posted 9.18.16]
Happy birthday, Yuuki!
Thank you, Mikami-san. I'm grateful for my blue senior!!!
Oh~, I'm grateful too! Let's do a blue collab sometimes!
#gokaiger #boukenger #sentaiblue
[originally posted 9.18.16]
Thank you for watching episode 49 of "Kamen Rider Ghost"!
Thank you so much to all of the Ghost fans who supported the show this year and kept watching.
The next episode really is the end.
Please watch our way of life all the way until the end!
Kamen Rider Ghost episode 49
Thank you for watching!
All of you Ghost fans who have supported us this year!! Thank you so much!
That last Takeru scene! I'm so glad
Don't look away from the special episode next week ❤
Thank you for watching Kamen Rider Ghost episode 49!
As the final episode ended… Takeru, I'm so glad We've been through a lot of troubles, but I'm glad we all came together in the end~ ♪
Next week is the special! Will it really be the end of Ghost? Meow~
[originally posted 9.18.16]
Did you see today's episode of Zyuohger, "The Legendary Beast Hunter"?
The legendary beast Cube Whale!!
Very strong, and huge.
Enough presence to rival Tusk-san's…
We have to do our best to get him to accept us as friends.
Speaking of friends, Misao.
He wants too much to be of use to us so he's just making fruitless efforts…
I'm glad he feels that way but he's just too hard to follow. haha
Micchan in the wetsuit today was pretty impressive.
Please watch next week!
I've been thinking a lot lately about how amazing friends are!
When I think about how we have less than half of filming left, it makes me really feel how fast time flies…
I've got to do my best with no regrets today!
[originally posted 9.18.16]
Thank you for watching episode 49 of #kamenriderghost!
For now, this is where Ghost's story ends.
Thank you so much to those who have supported us all this time.
Next week is a special last episode.
Let's stay together a bit longer.
Thank you for watching Kamen Rider Ghost's last episode!!
We were able to make such a lovely show all the way t o the end due to the support of the fans…
I'm so grateful!
I was finally brought back to life…
Let's all eat together!!
[Thank you for this year of Kamen Rider Ghost]


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When you think of e-book readers, you might think of the Amazon Kindle or the Barnes & Noble Nook. But you're not limited to just those two choices.
Sony also offers a line of e-book readers, and this past week, I tested the company's latest model, the Sony Reader PRS-T2. Available now for $129, the Reader features a touchscreen and offers a number of improvements that bring it more in step with the competition, namely the Amazon Kindle Touch ($99 or $139) and Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch ($99).
Some of these catch-up features include more fluid page turns, smoother zooming capabilities, and integration with Facebook. It also syncs with the note-taking app, Evernote. But while it's a good e-reader, it's still in third place behind the Kindle and Nook, as it trails in performance and content selection.
Design is definitely not a downfall of the Reader. It's compact and weighs less than either the Kindle Touch or the Nook Simple Touch. It's easy to carry in a bag, and the tapered edges and matte finish make it comfortable to hold.
The six-inch E-Ink touchscreen is easy to read — even in bright sunlight — and you can adjust the font size and switch the screen orientation. The latter is a manual setting, so the orientation doesn't change automatically if you rotate the Reader. The Kindle Touch offers a similar feature, while the Nook Simple Touch does not. The Reader doesn't have a backlit display like the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight for nighttime reading.
To turn pages, you can simply swipe from right to left on the touchscreen, and the page turns were quick. The screen flashes briefly after a couple of page turns, a subtle but annoying feature that doesn't happen as frequently on the more sophisticated Kindle Touch or Nook Simple Touch. Occasionally, I also noticed faint outlines of text from the previous page.
You can zoom in on a page by using the pinch-to-zoom gesture, and the touchscreen comes in handy for other functions, as well.
For example, you can do a long press on a word to look up its meaning in one of six built-in dictionaries, or add notes. You can also perform a search on Wikipedia or Google using the Reader's Web browser. This came in handy while reading Susan Casey's "The Wave," as I was able to get more context on some of the historical references in the book.
The Nook Simple Touch does not offer a true browser experience, but you can look up words using the preloaded dictionary, and share passages via email, Facebook and Twitter. Kindle offers a built-in dictionary, Web search capabilities and a feature called Xray that brings up a book's characters, historical references and more, so you can quickly find more information about them.
I found that it's difficult to select text on the Reader or jot down notes using just your finger. Often, I'd end up selecting the wrong word. Sony includes a stylus with the Reader, which helps you be more precise, but there's nowhere to store the stylus on the Reader so it's easy to lose.
I appreciated that Sony included physical buttons below the display to help with page turns, jumping to the home screen and more. These controls, though not the most comfortable, made it easy to operate the device with one hand.
You can post a short excerpt and an image of the book cover from any title purchased from the Sony Reader Store to your Facebook wall. The process is simple, but the execution isn't flawless. After logging into my Facebook account on the Reader, I selected some text and then chose the Send to Facebook option from the pop-up menu. Afterward, I found it posted on my Timeline, but the excerpt wasn't formatted correctly.
The Evernote feature is really cool. Evernote is a free digital note-taking app that's available on multiple platforms, and you can sync any notes you take on the Reader back to your account.
What really came in handy is a feature called Evernote Clearly, which strips down blog posts and Web articles to make them easier to read on mobile devices, including this Sony Reader. I used it to save several Web articles from my MacBook to my Evernote account, and then synced them to the Reader over a Wi-Fi connection. It was great way to catch up on the day's news on my bus ride home from work.
Aside from the flashing issue, the Sony Reader has some other downsides, including user interface and content selection. Though Sony revamped how books are displayed on the device, I didn't find the interface to be as intuitive or easy to use as the Kindle or Nook. I also preferred the organization of the Amazon Kindle Store, since it offered a clearer breakdown of categories.
I bought a copy of "Let's Pretend This Never Happened," by Jenny Lawson, from the Web-based Sony Reader Store, and it wirelessly downloaded onto the device. The Reader has a microSD expansion slot for more storage, and it offers up to two months of battery life, which is on par with the competition.
The Sony Reader first came out in 2006, but the Reader Store still doesn't offer as vast a selection as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. For example, I wanted to purchase "The Anthology of Rap," by Adam Bradley, but it wasn't available from the Reader Store; it was, however, available from Barnes & Noble's and Amazon's e-book stores.
The Reader is compatible with file formats, such as EPUB and PDF. (The Nook Simple Touch supports both, while the Kindle Touch supports PDFs but not EPUB.) That means you can view any e-books using that format, including those from the Google Play store. It requires a fussy USB transfer process, but I was able to get my Google Play copy of "Bourne Dominion" over to the Reader.
As with the Kindle Touch and Simple Nook Touch, you can check out e-books from your local library with a valid library card. You can read purchased books on your computer with the desktop Reader software. There's also an Android app, but there is no iPhone or iPad Sony Reader app, so you can't read your content on any iOS devices.
Sony has done some nice work to bring its Reader up to speed with the competition, and it's definitely worth considering. The Evernote integration and best-in-breed design are particular highlights. But when it comes to content, performance and ease of use, Amazon and Barnes & Noble remain at the top.


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Why You Should Actually Be Watching 'Mom'
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If you're one of the viewers that routinely switches off CBS as soon as Mike and Molly ends, well, shame on you: you're missing out on Mom. The freshman sitcom starring Anna Faris as a recovering alcoholic single mom who moves in with her also recovering mother, played by Allison Janney, holds enough of the audience on CBS' Monday night lineup that it will probably earn a second season, but that's not good enough. The show deserves more.
Faris has had an up-and-down career in the movies, but her emotional vulnerability and comedic timing has found a home on the sitcom. Her Christy, a waitress and AA regular, is hopeful and easy to root for as portrayed by the doe-eyed actress. Having a character that the audience can root for isn't always a given on a Chuck Lorre show, nor is having fully formed female characters… as anyone that's watched Melissa McCarthy descend into caricature on Mike and Molly can attest.
Janney, who's proven her chops in everything from The West Wing to Juno, provides even more incentive to watch. She infuses her Bonnie with a seen-it-all outlook that works perfectly for a character that's not as enamored of the sober lifestyle as her daughter is. More than that, Janney plays Bonnie as a real person, even when the writing is broad. She doesn't work too hard for the laughs, but instead lets them come naturally, which helps temper the over-the-top elements that are a Lorre hallmark.
The show has also featured an enviable group of guest stars, starting with Kevin Pollak as Christy's long-absent father. The veteran comedian was the perfect choice to play off of the two leading ladies as a mensch who's trying to make things right. Justin Long, Mimi Kennedy, and Octavia Spencer have also put in appearances.
The show isn't perfect; the writers have yet to find a good rhythm for Christy's daughter, played by Saddie Calvano, and her boyfriend (Spencer Daniels). Additionally, Matt Jones and French Stewart, who play Christy's ex and boss respectively, seem like they might be more at home on Lorre's Two and a Half Men. While not everything might have jelled quite yet, the performances by the leads rises above any of the first year quibbles.
It's hard to play addiction recovery for both laughs and empathy, but Faris and Janney are doing a brilliant job of exactly that. Their efforts deserve to be rewarded with viewers that seek the show out as opposed to ones that just forget to change the channel after Mike and Molly.
Show Mom some love and you won't be disappointed.