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Frugal Fun - 4WordPosted in News on June 18, 2014
I'm frugal. There, I said it. To anyone who has known me for an extended period of time, this is no big revelation. I like being frugal. It spurs the creative side. It also makes me look at alternate solutions to sometimes costly problems.
In recent months, I've spent a fair amount of time at my local pick-and-pull wrecking yard. My last trek to the local vehicle graveyard had me searching for a driver's door for a new project vehicle. Suffice it to say, I came for a door, but left with a wheelbarrow full of other parts as well. Some stuff I needed, other stuff -- well -- I figured I might later.
For less than it cost to fill up my tow rig, I left with stuff that would have cost me hundreds new. Of course, not everything was in pristine condition. But, when you're scrounging parts for your trail rig, a little scuff here and there isn't going to be the end of the world. If you have never experienced a pick-and-pull style junkyard, you are seriously missing out. At my local yard, two measly dollars is all it takes to get you in this penny-wise superstore.
You may think your local yard will never have your specific vehicle, but you might be surprised. On more than one occasion I've spotted late-model Jeep Wranglers. Both were picked over in a matter of days, but not before I grabbed a couple valuable pieces myself! I've also seen an assortment of lifted and modified rigs parked in the sea of crumped metal. Although you'll have to handle the removal yourself, the low-cost tradeoff is well worth the sweat equity.
Even if you don't want to buy anything, I still urge you to go. Part of the fun of the wrecking yard is browsing the rows. You can endlessly rubberneck without holding up traffic. My point is, take time out of your day to remind yourself the automotive hobby doesn't have to be an expensive one. Every budget is different, and this is just one more way to make yours go a little further.


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De-funded during the Bush Administration, US money for the UN Population Fund that supports China's policy of coercive abortion will flow again during the Obama Administration, say supporters.
Supporters of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are confident that President-elect Barack Obama will reverse the Bush administration's 2002 decision to stop the $40 million it received in U.S. funding. The policy was instated because of UNFPA's support for China's one-child policy, which includes coercive abortion practices.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D – N.Y.) said the funding will be approved by the Democratic majority Congress. Her comments came while speaking Wednesday at a press conference at the National Press Club where the 2008 U.N. report on world population was released.
"You know the president will have to do nothing," said Maloney. "He will just have to let the will of Congress go through. One of the changes is that UNFPA will be funded," CNSNews.com reports.
The Bush administration in 2002 had stopped funding the organization, citing the Kemp-Kasten Amendment which prohibits funds from being available to organizations or programs determined to be supporting or participating in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.
In July of 2008, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte announced that for the sixth year in a row, the government had determined that "UNFPA provides support for and participates in the management of the Chinese government's program of coercive abortion and involuntary sterilization."
Rep. Maloney reported that she discusses UNFPA funding controversies in her book "Rumors of Our Progress are Greatly Exaggerated." She said the UNFPA was founded "with American leadership" and "was supported strongly by George Bush's father."
The new UN report, "Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights," calls for "cultural sensitivity" to "mitigate and overcome cultural resistance to couples and individuals using modern contraception." It claims to prepare for the empowerment of women with control over their fertility.
Nevertheless, Rep. Maloney claimed the U.S. will no longer "impose our own ideology" under the UNFPA funding changes.
She said Obama "has already said his administration will change the way we do business in Washington and that improving the role of women around the world is going to be one of his prominent priorities.
"I am thrilled with this report, and I am really thrilled at the new direction of our government," Maloney said, according to CNSNews.com.
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today reaffirmed its second quarter and fiscal year 2013 financial targets that it previously provided on March 19, 2013. The company provided this intra-quarter business update in front of its Adobe® MAX user conference, which begins today in Los Angeles, CA. Adobe management will host a briefing with financial analysts and investors in attendance at MAX later in the day, where it will discuss this business update as well as its strategy and momentum with Adobe Creative Cloud™.
"We are on track to achieve our Q2 and FY13 financial targets, and we're excited about announcements we'll make at MAX today – which are reflected in these targets," said Mark Garrett, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Adobe.
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Today's keynote presentation at Adobe MAX will be webcast beginning at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The live video webcast will last approximately two hours. During the presentation, Adobe executives will discuss several exciting Adobe announcements. People can sign up to watch this free online event and learn more about it at http://max.adobe.com/sessions/online.html.
Adobe will also webcast the meeting with financial analysts and investors in attendance at Adobe MAX beginning at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. People can access the audio and slides from this event from the Adobe Investor Relations webpage at http://www.adobe.com/ADBE. The live audio webcast will last approximately 90 minutes and will be archived on Adobe's website for approximately 30 days. There will be no phone dial-in capability. Listening to the live webcast via Adobe Connect requires Adobe Flash Player version 10 or later. Firewalls designed to protect corporate information can prevent access to the webcast.
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Student entrepreneurs win business plan competitions
The co-founders of Strong Arm Technologies Inc. have scored additional recognition for their entrepreneurial muscle. RIT students Justin Hillery and Sean Petterson are the grand-prize winners of the 2012 New York State Business Plan Competition.
For their efforts, Hillery and Petterson have been awarded $50,000 in cash and $20,000 worth of in-kind services.
The RIT students developed a form-fitting garment that incorporates a system of load-bearing straps that allows workers to lift heavy objects with significantly less risk of injury. The system shifts the forces of lifting from the injury-prone hands, arms, neck, shoulders and lower back and distributes them evenly to stronger and more stable areas of the torso.
The New York State Business Plan Competition, which took place April 26 in Albany, featured student-led startups from across the state.
The Strong Arm Technologies team also earned top honors at the 2012 Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest, where they won a grand prize of $25,000.


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It's that time of month again--that magical moment before rent is due, and when it's time for a Daring Bakers Challenge, a monthly online baking event. The Cakespy crew always awaits this moment with bated breath: it's always such a fun opportunity to misbehave. This month, the challenge was Cheesecake Pops, a recipe chosen by Elle and Deborah, from the aptly titled Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey by Jill O'Connor. What could be cuter (or more decadent) than bite sized cheesecakes, dipped in chocolate and served on a stick? How 'bout mini cheesecakes shaped like slices of "big" cheesecake? See above for our offering. While we offer our apologies for the lack of chocolate dipping, we believe we've more than made up for this omission through cuteness--it has a mini graham cracker crust! And a dollop of faux-whipped cream (made of a daub of cake frosting)! And even a mini marzipan strawberry with glaze!
Q: Can I use any type of cheese in cheesecake?
A: What is New York Cheesecake?
A: New York-style cheesecake, made famous by establishments such as Junior's in Brooklyn, is a dairy-loaded confection: its filling consists of heavy cream, cream cheese, eggs, and sometimes sour cream too: the result is just about the densest, creamiest, dreamiest cheesecake you'll ever find. The New York Cheesecake is most frequently, but not always, made using a springform pan; most versions have a graham cracker crust, but of course Junior's famous cheesecake has a sponge cake layer.
Q: I have a problem really like wine. Any suggestions for pairing wine with cheesecake?
Q: My cheesecake cracked on top! Do I have to throw it away?
A: On the contrary. Cracked cheesecakes are fairly common--it is often attributed to over-beaten eggs. However, don't despair! Just take a hot knife to the surface and make like a sculptor to redistribute the cake to smooth the cracks. If so moved, this is a great chance to get artistic with your cake, perhaps creating lovely whirls or design elements to the surface. If still lacking a little flair, perhaps you could consider adding a sweet topping in the likeness of a celebrity visage to cover a multitude of cheesecake sins.
Q: Will cheesecake make me fat?
A: No doubt about it, cheesecake is delicious--but in all its rich, creamy and decadent glory, it is not what one might call a low-cal food. However--may we preach for a moment?-- this ought not be a reason to deprive yourself. Fact is, anything can make you gain weight--from carrots to rice cakes to pizza and chips, depending on how much you eat and how active (or inactive) the lifestyle you lead. It's our belief that while it's smart to enjoy rich foods in moderation, it's not at all smart to avoid them entirely if you love them--you'll just keep on eating other foods to compensate, and will end up miserable! So just enjoy your cheesecake!*
*In moderation. As an example of how not to eat cheesecake, consider the example of professional eater Sonya Thomas, who holds the World Record for cheesecake eating, having put away 11 pounds of cheesecake in a mere 9 minutes.
Q: I'm lactose intolerant / vegan / or otherwise can't or won't eat dairy. Whaddya have to say about that?
A: Go soy! Soft tofu varieties and Tofu cream chees, combined with soy milk or creamer, yield a silky-smooth and absolutely decadent result; even nonvegans may find they don't miss the dairy! This one looks pretty awesome to us.
Q: I like cheesecake so much better the day after it's made! Is there something wrong with me?
A: On the contrary. Cheesecake flavors do tend to develop after baking, making the smooth, creamy cheese blossom on the taste buds once the flavors have had some time to set (though truly, we suspect fairies or elves might play a part too). Our serving suggestion? Make your cheesecake, keep it in the fridge overnight, then leave it at room temperature for an hour or two before serving. Sublime.
Q: I just did a Google search on Cheesecake and came up with pictures of scantily clad girls. What gives?
A: We see you've stumbled upon a classic pinup genre of photography. Here's the story: The "Cheesecake Pose" is said to have gotten its name in 1915 when a newspaper photographer named George Miller noticed a visiting Russian diva, Elvira Amazar, just as she was debarking her ship in New York. Miller asked the opera singer to hike up her skirt a little for the sake of the picture. Later, the photographer's editor, something of a gourmet, is supposed to have exclaimed, "Why, this is better than cheesecake!". So there you go.


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For Tony Award-wining director Kenny Leon, the memory of his grandmother is the fuel that helps him decide whether a project is worth undertaking. Honoring the remembrance of her through his work and having no trepidations in staying true to his beliefs, have garnered him career longevity and success. In his latest stage production, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" – which made its world premiere to a near-packed house at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta on July 10 – Leon confidently dives into the crux of racism and illustrates how parents regress on the values they teach their children as the children become adults and make decisions.
The production, written by Todd Kreidler, is based on the 1967 movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" starring Academy Award winners Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. The narrative centers on two families of different ethnicities, the Draytons and Prentices, who are confronted with the issue of racial acceptance when a member of each family decides to marry one another.
Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a young Caucasian girl played by Bethany Anne Lind, brings her African-American fiancé, Dr. John Prentice (Tory Kittles), home to meet her parents and discovers their discontent.
The show features some of Atlanta's most talented African-American actors including Afemo Omilami and Andrea Frye. The stellar cast also includes veteran actors Phylicia Rashad from "The Cosby Show" and Tory Kittles of "CSI: NY."


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RUTLAND, Vt.—Despite Brittany Castillo's (Yartmouth, Mass.) first collegiate goal, women's soccer couldn't overcome a 16-8 Skidmore College shot advantage, as the Thoroughbreds earned a 2-1 victory over UMass Boston in the first round of the Castleton State College Tournament at Spartan Stadium.
The Thoroughbreds move to 2-0-1 on the year and will take on Simmons in the Rutland Herald Invitational Championship Game at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8. UMass-Boston falls to 1-2 and will take on host and regionally-ranked Castleton State College at 12pm on Sunday in the consolation match.
Castillo's goal marks her first career goal, after recording a career-high two assists in the Beacons' opener against the University of New England. UMass Boston goaltender Kristen Spain (Quincy, Mass.) recorded three saves on five shots in the loss.
Keirsten Sires provided the game-winner for Skidmore, finishing off a rebound in the 73rd minute to seal the victory.
In the first half, Skidmore got out to an early lead when Christine Bellotti ripped a bullet from the top of the box to put the Thoroughbreds up 1-0. Skidmore was able to hold their one-goal advantage into the halftime break.
The Thoroughbreds amped up their pressure in the second frame, outshooting the Beacons 12-3 in the period. However it was UMass Boston that drew even in the 63rd minute. Castillo struck gold from nearly 25 yards out, sending a shot into the bottom corner of the net, narrowly beating Skidmore goalkeeper Gab Lawrence, to tie the game.
With the scores level and time winding down, Skidmore stepped up in the clutch. Freshman Emily Saliterman ripped a ball off the crossbar that bounced back into play. The ball fell into the lap of Sires at the six-yard line, and she calmly slotted the ball in the bottom corner to give the Thoroughbreds the lead.
In the final moments, the Beacons had a chance to tie. With three minutes remaining, Krista Ledin (Bridgewater, Mass.) found herself one-on-one with the goalie Lawrence. The Thoroughbreds keeper sprinted from her line and slid out at Ledin who nearly slipped past the sprawled goalie. Lawrence was able to neutralize the attack and preserve the one-goal lead for Skidmore.
The loss marked the Beacons' first two-game losing streak since September of 2011, when UMass Boston lost back-to-back contests to Keene State College and Fitchburg State University.
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A major league pitcher sat on one end of a couch at a downtown hotel earlier this month, turning toward an inconspicuous 20-year-old on the other side.
"I have a question," said C.J. Wilson, the Los Angeles Angels left-hander. "How convinced were you getting into the car for the first time on the track that this was a good idea?"
Wilson — sitting over a plate of bacon and eggs during a break in his team's series with the Orioles earlier this month — looked to the driver on his professional race team.
"I was 16 or 17," Emilee Tominovich said with a smile. "I don't think the danger of what could happen really registered."
The Clarksville native gripped the wheel of the 2008 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in the fall of 2010 for her first trial run on the track. At the time, there was no way of knowing what would come next — a spot on Wilson's team in the Mazda MX-5 Series and a promising start to a professional racing career with two top-10 finishes during the 2012 season.
But she could feel the adrenaline coursing through her — the fuel for a new passion.
"I think I really liked the aspect of going fast," she said.
Tominovich had played soccer for as long as she could remember leading up to her senior year at Archbishop Spalding. But a herniated disk in her back sidelined her during tryouts.
As the season started without her, Tominovich made visits to the Millville, N.J., track, where her father had bought a membership as soon as it opened in 2008.
"When she got out of the car that first time, you could see it through the helmet," said Joey Tominovich, a fan of racing ever since he attended his first NASCAR event in 1983. "She was smiling from ear to ear."
He remembers Emilee's instructor during the run approaching him afterward, telling him his daughter was "a natural."
Her graduation gift was a certificate for a five-day racing course. Once that was completed, she received her racer's license. She picked up club wins in her Pontiac Solstice that summer, and even as she enrolled at Catholic University as a nursing student, she couldn't take herself away from the track.
"If you're a racer, it's in your blood," said Wilson, who as a boy watched his father work as a pit crew member.
Though circumstances limited him, Wilson believed his destiny was in racing.
"As a kid, that's what I figured out," he said. "We couldn't afford to race, so when I was 9, I played baseball for the first time. I wanted to race, but I decided baseball was going to be my best path in life. I was like, baseball will give me cool cars, and eventually I can race."
Sure enough, baseball allowed him to start C.J. Wilson Racing in 2010, a team primarily funded by his earnings from brand sponsorships, he said.
After gaining a sponsorship through TrueCar, the team allowed Emilee Tominovich to stay close to the sport, too. She signed on to race for C.J. Wilson in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Series last year.
"Part of what we do, we try to work on driver development, giving the opportunity to help people improve when they run with us," said Jason Saini, who coaches Tominovich on the team.
Saini said he's seen drivers reach the pro level and depart the sport soon afterward, overwhelmed by the leap of intensity.
"I didn't expect it to be as hard as it was," Tominovich said. "Some people try and go up to pro racing and don't realize how much time it really takes to put in."
She finished last in her first event, the annual 12 Hours of Sebring in Florida. Looping around Turn 1, she collided with another car. But she was never like other racers Saini had known.
"It really became apparent at that point how determined she was," he said. "She really dug her heels in."
She was someone who, in one year,converted herself from a goalie into a forward through hours of dribbling through the cones she set up in her backyard.
"If you want to see her get [angry], tell her she can't do something," Joey Tominovich said.
She pored over data, the charts telling her how the car mechanically responded to the way she physically commanded it. She fired up her iRacing simulator, allowing her to virtually experience tracks she would take on.
"Last year was tough," Tominovich said, "but I never thought about quitting."
This year, she's improved her times on each track from her rookie season. Saini calls the two seasons "night and day."
Currently ranked 13th in points out of the cup's 27 drivers, Tominovich is slated to race next in rounds 7 and 8 at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park from July19 to 21 near Bowmanville, Ontario.
"Emilee's got a lot of support. She's got support from us," said Wilson, who tracks Tominovich's progress on his phone while he travels during the season. "We're all rooting for her when she goes out there."
Tominovich doesn't plan on leaving the sport anytime soon. Not since she first found her place behind the wheel. And not since she met Wilson.
"The racing world is a small world," she said. "There's kind of like a racing family, and it's really nice to be a part of that."


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Autor: Lawrence Salomon
Título: "The Deniers"
Editor: Richard Vigilante Books
Data: 2008
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"Al Gore says any scientist who disagrees with him on Global Warming is a kook, or a crook.
Guess he never met these guys:
Dr. Edward Wegman--former chairman of the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences--demolishes the famous "hockey stick" graph that launched the global warming panic.
Dr. David Bromwich--president of the International Commission on Polar Meteorology--says "it's hard to see a global warming signal from the mainland of Antarctica right now."
Prof. Paul Reiter--Chief of Insects and Infectious Diseases at the famed Pasteur Institute--says "no major scientist with any long record in this field" accepts Al Gore's claim that global warming spreads mosquito-borne diseases.
Prof. Hendrik Tennekes--director of research, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute--states "there exists no sound theoretical framework for climate predictability studies" used for global warming forecasts.
Dr. Christopher Landsea--past chairman of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones--says "there are no known scientific studies that show a conclusive physical link between global warming and observed hurricane frequency and intensity."
Dr. Antonino Zichichi--one of the world's foremost physicists, former president of the European Physical Society, who discovered nuclear antimatter--calls global warming models "incoherent and invalid."
Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski--world-renowned expert on the ancient ice cores used in climate research--says the U.N. "based its global-warming hypothesis on arbitrary assumptions and these assumptions, it is now clear, are false."
Prof. Tom V. Segalstad--head of the Geological Museum, University of Oslo--says "most leading geologists" know the U.N.'s views "of Earth processes are implausible."
Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu--founding director of the International Arctic Research Center, twice named one of the "1,000 Most Cited Scientists," says much "Arctic warming during the last half of the last century is due to natural change."
Dr. Claude Allegre--member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Science, he was among the first to sound the alarm on the dangers of global warming. His view now: "The cause of this climate change is unknown."
Dr. Richard Lindzen--Professor of Meteorology at M.I.T., member, the National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, says global warming alarmists "are trumpeting catastrophes that couldn't happen even if the models were right."
Dr. Habibullo Abdussamatov--head of the space research laboratory of the Russian Academy of Science's Pulkovo Observatory and of the International Space Station's Astrometria project says "the common view that man's industrial activity is a deciding factor in global warming has emerged from a misinterpretation of cause and effect relations."
Dr. Richard Tol--Principal researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit, and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, at Carnegie Mellon University, calls the most influential global warming report of all time "preposterous . . . alarmist and incompetent."
Dr. Sami Solanki--director and scientific member at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany, who argues that changes in the Sun's state, not human activity, may be the principal cause of global warming: "The sun has been at its strongest over the past 60 years and may now be affecting global temperatures."
Prof. Freeman Dyson--one of the world's most eminent physicists says the models used to justify global warming alarmism are "full of fudge factors" and "do not begin to describe the real world."
Dr. Eigils Friis-Christensen--director of the Danish National Space Centre, vice-president of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, who argues that changes in the Sun's behavior could account for most of the warming attributed by the UN to man-made CO2.
And many more, all in Lawrence Solomon's devastating new book, The Deniers."


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My mom had Parkinson's, heart disease, and Alzheimer's–and she lived with my family (husband, daughters and me), and I was her full-time caregiver. I remember when I realized my mom was dying., literally dying–and that she would pass away in our home. I wanted to give her a home passing, but I felt sucked into death with her. The atmosphere of our home was somber. I was sleep deprived, zombified, and barreling toward depression. As crazy as it sounds, I told my husband I wanted a puppy.
Yes, I know dogs are work. I know puppies are even ten times more work. Why would a caregiver want something else to take care of? Because I needed to surround myself with new life. I needed a roly poly furry baby body to hold. I needed puppy's breath (which to me smells like coffee, an aroma I adore) and tiny wimpers. I needed to surround myself with life as we faced the end of my mother's days.
It wasn't that I had read or considered studies about stress and the healing powers of pet therapy. It was pure instinct.
I'm often asked for hints to help caregivers and I know it might sound lame, but I deeply believe that the answer, at least part of it, lies in nature. We're surrounded by this lush world of variety, color, texture, sights, smells, and sounds. The earth is our food–for our bodies and our souls.
My greatest comfort during my most stressful caregiving times was to go outside, stand by the river behind our house, wander in and out of the trees, pick wildflowers (commonly known as weeds), and feel the ground beneath me and the wind brush past me. Nothing brought me back to a place of calm than to simply step outside, take a few minutes, and breathe.
My husband and I went for a bike ride just minutes after I said I needed a puppy, that all of us needed a puppy. We'd only be gone ten minutes–a jaunt around the neighborhood…and there was a sign near the front of our community. "Free puppies."
Not kidding. There it was. I took it as a sign (ha!) and we turned into the driveway. It was a wide, flat yard with a doghouse, a trailer for a boat and a few spread out trees. And there was my puppy. A six-week old Alaskan Malamute/German shepherd mix curled in a C under the boat trailer. She was fat, sweet, and I knew she was to be mine.
We came home from that ten minute bike ride with Kismet. That's her name. It's means fate.
Our daughter's eyes lit up, and even my mom, lost in muddled memories so long ago, connected. We were smitten. Kismet made us all laugh, play, and cuddle. It was exactly what we needed. New life. Hope. Proof that life goes on.
Yes, it took energy and time to train her, and we all pitched in. And yes, puppies do get up in the middle of night–but hey, I was already up with my mom anyway. She had sundowning and many of her nights resembled a late night brawl in a lively Irish pub. My mom yelled, ate handfuls out fo the frig or pantry, tried to escape, wrecked her room–it was wild. At least I could calm her, get her in bed, and hold my pudgy puppy for a few minutes and take in that musky, earthy puppy breath that only lasts for a few months.
Maybe this sounds like too much work, and don't think you have to commit to a pet in order to feel joy and connection.
Simple ways to surround yourself with new life:
- Get flowers at the grocery store each week. Start collecting African violets–get some feed solution, and set yourself up a window of violets in pinks, lavenders, deep purples and blues. If one dies, toss it!
- Get some stick-on bird feeders that attach to your windows. They're so cool and you can get them at a local bird or pet store, hardware or even WalMart. You can get hummingbird feeders or songbird feeders. It's amazing to stand in your kitchen washing dishes and see a hummingbird hover right in front of you.
- Buy bird feeder and put up a bird bath in your garden. Who cares if the squirrels eat it, too. Squirrels are fun to watch as well. I had a little guy with a bent tail visit me outside my home office window for years–every morning at 10am. I rushed to get in there to see the little guy and I enjoyed their antics–he apparently had a thing for a girl squirrel who was the equivalent to the prom queen because every male squirrel fawned over her. It's better than watching the soaps!
- Get binoculars and sit on the porch with your care buddy and bird watch together.
- Stop by your local animal shelter–or even the pet store. On your way home from errands, stop and pet some kitties and puppies at the local shelter. They need love and will be better pets for their adoptive family if they get touched and talked to every day. You don't have to "own" a pet to enjoy them.
- Go to the zoo, local butterfly garden, or nature preserve. Caregiving can include field trips! Even if your loved one can't walk far, many places have wheelchairs or can drive you in a golf cart. And who says you need to go through the whole place? Pick one animal you love, let your care buddy pick one animal they love, and only go there. Even thirty minutes is worth it–and with senior discounts, it's a reasonable price and will change your whole day.
Kismet is now 7 years old–and what I had no way of knowing is that she would give us another gift. The last few months of my mom's life was excruciating and poignant. Alzheimer's took her ability to eat, to chew, to swallow, and her death was slow but I'm grateful to have this experience. On the year anniversary of my mom's passing, Rupert, Kismet's son was born.
Life trumps death.
He is the most adorable dog–sweet, funny, goofy and he came right on time. Just when we all needed another infusion of life.
I hope you find life–in the midst of caregiving–in the midst of sorrow and stress. Go with your gut and find something that quickens your heart. Life. It's all around you.


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Oct. 13 Joe Girardi postgame interview
Q. Joe, do you have an update on Derek? What exactly happened?
JOE GIRARDI: His ankle fractured, so he's out. He's out. They talked about a three‑month recovery period. Won't jeopardize his career, but he will not be playing anymore for us this year.
Q. It won't jeopardize his career?
JOE GIRARDI: No.
Q. Joe, had that been something he had been dealing with and got worse?
JOE GIRARDI: No, it is a totally different place. I know that foot is extremely beat up, but it is a different place.
Q. Joe, what was his state of mind when you talked to him?
JOE GIRARDI: I mean, Jeet has always been as tough as a player as I've ever been around. And you know that's what he showed, was toughness. I mean, even when I went to the field and I was going to carry him in, and he said "No, do not carry me." That is the kind of guy he is. He is going to play through injuries and everything. And you can see the disappointment in his face. Everyone in this room knows who he is.
Q. Joe, when you see him not get up, you think it is about as bad as it can be?
JOE GIRARDI: Yeah, it is kind of a flashback to when Mo didn't get up. And it brought me back there. Oh, boy, if he is not getting up, something's wrong. We have seen what he played through in the last month and a half, and the pain he has been in and how he found a way to get it. So it brought back a flashback for me.
Q. How do you regroup from this?
JOE GIRARDI: Just like Mo said, we have to move on. We have to find a way to get it done. I think some people left us for dead when Mo went down, and here we are in the ALCS. And Jeet is going to tell us "let's go." That's what he's going to tell us.
I'm sad for him because I know how much he loves to play and play in these type of situations, but he would tell us "let's go."
Q. Joe, I wonder if you could put into any kind of words the emotional swing in 90 minutes from Ibañez's homer to what you are feeling now. I assume you thought you were going to win the game at that point?
JOE GIRARDI: It's pretty emotional. There is disappointment that we didn't win the game. There is disappointment that our captain and our leader went down for the rest of the year. But we've been through some disappointing times before this year, and here we are, we've only played one game and we have an opportunity to do something great. And we have to find a way to get it done, just like we have all year long.
Q. Joe, you have come in here 100 times in the last couple of years and joked when he had a nick or scrape, and you always laugh it off and he seems to laugh it off. Was it especially poignant the moment you realized it was not going to be laughed off, it was for real?
JOE GIRARDI: I knew I wasn't going to hear those words from him. You know, there's some times where you see him limping pretty bad and I will ask him, "are you okay?" And he says, "I'm great, let's go." That's exactly what he says to me. He doesn't say ‑‑ never tells me what is bothering him, ever. And I can't tell you how much I appreciate his toughness and his grit. It's, to me, a great example for everyone. And I am not just talking about athletes, I am just talking about everyone that goes through struggles in life or goes through pain in life. This guy really knows how to handle it. And it's disappointing that we're not going to have him, but as I said, I know he would say, "Let's go, I'm great."
Q. Joe, how did you communicate to the team the news?
JOE GIRARDI: I haven't yet.
Q. What are your options in your mind going forward?
JOE GIRARDI: We'll activate Nuñez. That's our option. He'll be on the roster tomorrow and Jeet will be there with us as well, just not on the field.
Q. Joe, did Derek have a chance to explain to you what happened? One moment he is going to the left for a ground ball, like he has done a million times, and the next time he fractured the ankle.
JOE GIRARDI: I didn't even ask him. I mean, the important thing is not how it happened, the important thing is that it did happen. And that's what we have to deal with. I don't know if his spike caught or what happened.
Q. Where is he now?
JOE GIRARDI: He is here.
Q. Surgery planned or anything? What is next?
JOE GIRARDI: My guess is they will do some more tests. Usually an x‑ray is not the only test they do when they have something like this. But they saw a crack. And it's up in his ankle. It's got to be his left ankle, his left ankle. So the best way to explain it is I will just show you, it is like right up here(pointing to ankle).
So they said it is a three‑month period and they didn't say anything about surgery. Just said it would take some time to heal.
Q. What you just said to us, will you deliver that message to your team? They have been resilient all year, losing Derek in this game, they can do something special.
JOE GIRARDI: We'll take this one day at a time. You know, I'm not sure how we'll deliver it, how we'll talk about it. When we went through it with Mo in Kansas City, Mo spoke to the team and told us to get it done. So we'll see what happens tomorrow.
Q. Joe, two questions: First of all, is Alex at all an alternative at shortstop for you?
JOE GIRARDI: No, I wouldn't do that. It's just been too long.
Q. And the other one: I understand you feel you have to move on, how much do you think it compromises your chance from here?
JOE GIRARDI: I think anyone would admit that you have a better chance with Derek Jeter in the lineup, but sometimes one man's injury is some man's opportunity. And someone has to take a step and do well with this opportunity. A lot of players get their chances because of an injury.
I have to tell you, I don't want to be without him. Nobody in that room wants to be without him, but we have to move on. And I don't say that in a cold way, but trying to win a series here.
Q. Joe, would you anticipate starting Nix?
JOE GIRARDI: Let me sleep on it. I always tell you, I don't make my lineup the night before. But it is the morning though, I will say that.
Q. And Alex, looking again, did you see anything in the first few at‑bats?
JOE GIRARDI: The first at‑bat he had a good at‑bat. You can look at this game, and Peralta makes an outstanding play. They get a break. And Fister is skinny and I am still trying to figure out how the ball hit him. There are other pitchers I can understand that hits the guy up the middle, but not this guy. We had some bad breaks early and a bad break at the end, too.


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Norway, ah Norway. The land of rugged mountain men who scale craggy peaks and ... plunk pianos atop them? It may be a scene from a TV documentary, but the handsome guy hammering the ivories cliff-side is no actor. Leif Ove Andsnes is the real thing.
The windswept island of Karmøy off Norway's western coast isn't exactly known for world-class concert pianists. But who better to host a Norwegian TV special about that nation's only well-known composer, Edvard Grieg, than Mr. Andsnes, who, from Karmøy's remote shores, launched an unlikely career of global stardom?
So popular at home that he had to acquire a flat in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, for breathing room, Andsnes occasionally has the opposite problem abroad.
"I've had some rather arrogant Italian audiences – it takes time to convince them," laughed Andsnes over breakfast in Boston last weekend. "You know, I am coming from cold Norway to their great country with so much culture. But once they are convinced, they are very faithful.
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This weekend, it will be a New York audience he'll try to win over, tackling his biggest project of the year – the nearly hourlong Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 – with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He's coming off a successful Boston stop where he teamed with veteran conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and the Boston Symphony Orchestra for three well-received performances of Rachmaninov's Concerto No. 2.
Less flashy than young virtuosos like China's Lang Lang, Andsnes is known instead for his depth of feeling.
"There are hundreds of pianists with incredible technique, who can play millions of notes as fast as you want. But when it comes to playing music, you don't see many," says Mr. Frühbeck de Burgos, who has conducted nearly every symphony in the US. "[That] distinguishes [Andsnes] from other people who put emphasis on playing notes."
Under his hands, the piano purrs – captivating audiences not so much with his fingers as with the fervent interpretations they evoke. By turns, he pounces on the keys playfully, dribbles them like an NBA star, and tucks them into bed with a lingering good night.
Andsnes will be more available than ever to US listeners this year. On Jan. 15, EMI Classics released the Grieg documentary he made last year on the centenary of the composer's death. In February, two new CDs will follow – Mozart concertos and Schubert sonatas, which will be highlighted in his spring tour of seven cities including Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.
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With 115 concerts this season, Andsnes is living a life he hardly imagined when he came to Norway's Bergen Music Conservatory as a 16-year-old in 1986. Having skipped high school, he was three years younger than most students. "I was like the little mascot of the school," he grins. "Many of the girls developed motherly feelings for me – I think I often misunderstood that."
Though young and socially naive, his skill was immediately apparent. "When he came to the conservatory many said his level of playing and music understanding was better than [that of graduating] students," says Kjell Wernøe, who soon became Andsnes's general manager.
A four-hour journey across a fjord from his island home – where his music-teacher parents had indulged his 5-year-old pestering with a beginner's book of his own, Andsnes began lessons with Czech dynamo Jiri Hlinka.
"He was pushing me ... but I had no idea where that would lead me," says Andsnes. "I was a very shy boy from western Norway, and he was a Slovanic explosion.... For him, music was life and death..... It was very important for me to get that attitude into my system."
He found an eager if somewhat subdued student in Andsnes. The boy would always show up for lessons with a fistful of newly sharpened pencils in his hands, which look as if they'd be more at home gripping an ax than resting on ivory.
"What we had to work the most with was his tendency to take too long to "catch fire" artistically," writes Mr. Hlinka in an e-mail. But Andsnes made the most of Hlinka's expertise – even milking it through the conservatory's thin walls by practicing adjacent to his teacher's studio.
"[Hlinka] would come running in and say, 'No, no, no, you have to use this fingering,' " recalls Andsnes with a chuckle. "So I got all these extra lessons that way.
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At 18, and with some international competition success, Andsnes "became Norway's hero and idol," says Hlinka, who was afraid the success had gone to the boy's head. "I often spent the lessons getting him back down to earth again."
The teen behavior Hlinka disliked subsided, and Andsnes's realization that he could communicate something special matured.
He always had a love for music, says his mother, Sissel Andsnes, who recalls that her son's practice dwindled to only an hour a day when he was 11 and was absorbed more by soccer. But, she says, eventually he developed "a feeling that ... music has chosen him, so he has to interpret [it] in the best way he can. If it makes people happy, he's really happy."
Indeed, in today's world of ringtones, iTunes, and YouTube, securing a global audience for one's music is perhaps no longer the mark of greatness. It's getting people to listen that requires genius.
"I've noticed from the start that when I play concerts, people get quiet, they listen when I play ... that's what I want to achieve even more of," says Andsnes, who has been nominated for a Grammy several times.
Larry Wolfe, a bassist with the BSO for 38 years, compares the pianist's talent to a parent's ability to communicate in just the right tone. The musical moments he chooses to dramatize, observed Mr. Wolfe after rehearsing recently with Andsnes, are carefully chosen and appropriately expressed. It is "believable, it resonates, it's respectful of the listener and of the composer."
Though respectful, Andsnes also tries to bring new insight to pieces that were often written within weeks. "Maybe sometimes I can find secrets that [the composers] didn't necessarily see, even in their own music," explains Andsnes.
With such freshness, he says he's trying to keep classical music from becoming a subculture in a society that caters to short attention spans.
"It's so hard to get people to sit down and listen," he says. "But because of these distractions, this music is quite important today."


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The current 12th season of long-running TV comedy Two And A Half Men will be its last.
Network bosses at CBS in America have confirmed the series will end later this year, but there are a few surprises in store for fans.
Announcing the news on Wednesday morning, network president Nina Tassler revealed the show's creator Chuck Lorre has a "season long event" to close the show, adding, "He's very psyched about this. He's got some great ideas in store and some very big surprises."
The sitcom first aired in 2003 and became an instant ratings success in America.
Original star Charlie Sheen was fired in 2011 following a spat with Lorre, and his role was filled by Ashton Kutcher.
Child star Angus T. Jones departed the show last year after criticizing plotlines and themes in a video message posted online.
Pretty in Pink star Jon Cryer, who has been with the show from the start, will appear in the final scenes, opposite Kutcher and newcomer Amber Tamblyn.
The current 12th season of long-running TV comedy Two And A Half Men will be its last.


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BRUSSELS – A Belgian artist has created a tribute to Michael Jackson at the annual Blankenberge Sand Sculpture Festival.
Borescki Wiaczeslaw was first inspired as a teenager by Michael Jackson. The first drawing he did was of the late singer, that he gave to his girlfriend!
Wiaczeslaw used 15,000 pounds of sand to create the tribute he built below!
The sculpture will be on display until August 31.


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Shia LaBeouf was working hard to discover to his character for "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman" — but it turns out he couldn't quite get there without taking an acid trip along the way.
LaBeouf first sought advice from costar Evan Rachel Wood, someone he said he's always looked up to as an actor.
"I remember sending Evan tapes," he said in an interview with MTV News at Sundance. "I remember trying to conjure this [character] and sending tapes and Evan being like, 'Yeah, that's good, but that's not, but this is, but that ain't.'"
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The 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics
It's hard to believe these days, but bankers do occasionally base their decisions on rational and robust bits of mathematics. A central player in this context is the Black-Scholes equation, which won its discoverers the Nobel Prize in Economics almost exactly 11 years ago, on the 14th of October 1997. The Black-Scholes equation is a partial differential equation which tells you how to price options. An option is a way of reducing risk: it's a forward contract giving you the opportunity (but not necessarily the obligation) to buy a certain commodity or stock, for example fuel, at some specified time in the future for an agreed strike price. An option is an example of a so-called derivative, because it derives its value from the underlying variable (the price of the fuel).
Derivatives and options, as we all now know, can be traded in their own right, and have the potential to make people very rich, but also to break the bank (as happened literally with the Barings Bank in 1995). One important question if you're in the business of trading derivatives, is how much they should cost. Since options are all about the future, it may seem as if pricing them should involve a certain amount clairvoyancy, but in fact the Black-Scholes equation does it all for you (for a type of option called a European call). All you need to know to use the equation are the current price of the stock and strike price of the option, the expiry time of the option, the interest rate and an estimate of the versatility of the stock.
In their original 1973 paper Black and Scholes built their model on the assumption that the stock price was a function of a Brownian motion. A Brownian motion is a random motion, as you would expect to see when you let a particle float in a liquid or gas. Mathematically, you can describe it as a stochastic process: at any given time, the stock price (or the particle) moves up or down (or, with a particle, in any of the available directions) with equal probability. Using this model for stock price behaviour, Black and Scholes found that the problem of pricing an option becomes equivalent to that of solving the heat equation from physics.
The original Black-Scholes model made some simplifying assumptions, for example that shares don't pay dividends, but it is possible to work around many of these and obtain more sophisticated and comprehensive models. These have been at the heart of financial mathematics ever since. Unfortunately, Fischer Black died two years before the award of the Nobel Prize, so Myron S. Scholes and Robert C. Merton (who's name isn't attached to the equation) ended up sharing it.
If all of this makes you wonder who should really be blamed for the current financial crisis, read the Plus article Is maths to blame?
For more in-depth information on derivatives, read the Plus article Rogue trading?
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- At 12:26 AM, Jason Underdown said...
1997 was 21 years ago? Wow! How shameful for a maths magazine...
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O dear, sorry! It's been corrected. Well, arithmetic's only a small part of maths...
The Internet is huge. With mobile phones and other devices now being hooked up as well as computers, it will soon comprise many billions of endpoints. In sheer size and complexity the Internet is not far off the human brain with its hundred billion neurons linked up by around ten thousand trillion individual connections. If you're finding it hard even to read these huge numbers off the page, how can anyone be expected to cope with complexity on this vast scale? While mathematical tools that deal with complexity have experienced rapid development it recent years, there still isn't an overarching science of complexity, a mathematical toolbox serving everyone who's dealing with it in whatever shape or form.
This month a group of experts from a range of different areas got together in Cambridge to try and remedy the situation. It was the first ever meeting of the Cambridge Complex Systems Consortium. Delegates included a climate scientist, a former head of MI6, a neuroscientist, a sociologists, and a mathematician. Plus went to see them, to learn about their struggle with complexity.Read more...
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For those of you who enjoy Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column in the Guardian, now is your chance to meet him in person. Ben is talking about "How the media promote the public misunderstanding of science" on Tuesday 21 October (next week) at 5.30pm in the Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Cambridge. It's a free public lecture and everyone is welcome, just turn up on the night.
The lecture is brought to you by Understanding Uncertainty, the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk at Cambridge. You can read more from the Understanding Uncertainty team on their site, or in their column on Plus.
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Good science is all about good method. Every scientific study worth its salt should begin with a clearly delineated question to be investigated, followed by the systematic gathering of evidence (often involving the use of statistics), and concluding with a sober-headed interpretation of evidence found.
Plus recently came across an excellent example of correct scientific method in the British Medical Journal, which we would like to share with our readers. The paper in question is a longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute.
Plus is thinking of launching a complementary study into a phenomenon often observed in the Plus offices: the spontaneous acquisition of dirty tea cups.
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When I packed up to leave the UK, I found 10 forks, 4 spoons and 1 knife that weren't mine that had somehow migrated from work (not Plus) to home. I returned them without fuss before I left!
On the other hand, various workplaces over time have scored my tea towels and Tupperware, and I'm still looking for that rugby ball...


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Hard Drive
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A hard disk drive (HDD) is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces.
Data Recovery
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- Full Disk Encryption
- Disk Encryption
- Hard Drive Passwords
- DCO and HPA
- Advanced Format - the move to 4K sectors, and problems with Windows XP


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There is a huge demand for training in the policing of environmental legislations across the Pacific region. This was the popular feedback from participants and partners of the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Training Course as it concluded on July 22, 2011 in Fiji.
The two weeks course, offered in Vanuatu and Fiji, included training in the detection of environmental offences, use of powers by authorized officers, and collection of evidence that could withstand scrutiny in court.
"The course was successfully completed and showed how great the demand is for this kind of training, particularly at the national level," says Christine Trenorden, Environmental Legal Mentor at IUCN Oceania and one of the course facilitators.
There were a total of 24 participants who attended the two rounds of training, 13 in Vanuatu and 11 in Fiji. Participants came from Palau, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Fiji and were selected based on their work in the environmental enforcement area.
The lack of proper enforcement of existing environmental laws has remained a contributing factor towards the unsustainable management of natural resources in most island nations and this is an area the course is hoping to help address.
"I see this training as an important element to help the countries with the enforcement & compliance of their environmental Acts and Regulations," stated one of the participants. "And this type of course should last for one month instead of just two weeks"
This is the first time a course of this kind has been offered for environmental compliance and enforcement for Pacific Island Countries.
"We are very grateful to the British High Commission and the Institute of Applied Science, University of South Pacific for funding this important course," said Trenorden.
Given the positive feedback from the participants and the demand for the course, IUCN hopes to continue this training in partnership with USP in the future for other Pacific Island Countries.
The course was an initiative of IUCN, supported and assisted by the University of the South Pacific and was based on materials prepared by the Australian Centre for Compliance and Enforcement, who led the training.
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Porto Vergogna is a spec of an island in Italy where The Adequate View is located. Pasquale Tursi whose father died just recently inherits this isolated hotel.
The ambitious Pasquale is working on his minuscule beach when he realizes that The Adequate View has a surprise guest! A beautiful American actress who is terribly sick landed on the young man's turf.
50 years to the future in the city of angels (LA), Claire Silver is on the brink of quitting her job when an old Italian guy and a 30-year-old man shows up at work.
In the hopes of encountering a good movie concept this time, Claire decides to hold on a bit longer. When her boss Michael Deane arrives, he is instantly in terrible shock upon seeing this old Italian guy.
The four of them takes a journey (literal) that will soon define who they are and how their lives turn out to be!
This book is an explosion of flavors. I got Italian/American culture, 60's celebrity gossips, humor, wit, midlife crisis, riveting and heavy drama, frustrated writer, porn addiction, plastic surgery PLUS so much more! You can tell that this seasoned author has had a lot of experience in life, either that or he's just an excellent narrator of other people's comic tragedies. I'd prefer to believe the former.
It took a while before I finished Beautiful Ruins, maybe it's because it was something far from what I usually read. I loved the book, there were boring parts but oh the nostalgia and catastrophe rammed in one interweaving story. It is so diverse and unexpected.
No wonder Emma Roberts and Taylor Swift decided to read it too.


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Faculty Promotions AnnouncedMuhlenberg College is pleased to announce the following faculty members have been promoted to Professor by the Board of Trustees.
Monday, April 29, 2013 03:34 PM
Dr. Luba Iskold has been promoted to Professor of languages, literatures & cultures. She is the director of the Language Learning Center, director of the Russian Studies Program and advisor to the Russian Club. Since her arrival at Muhlenberg College in 1995, she has been teaching a variety of courses, including all levels of Russian language, Advanced Conversation & Composition, Readings in Russian Literature, Russian Culture & Civilization, 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation, and First Year Seminar: "Strangers in Paradise," as well as directing independent studies on the post-communist art and novel.
Dr. James Peck has been promoted to Professor of theatre & dance. Peck has directed at theatres throughout the U.S., including the New York Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage and the Hangar Theatre. He is a founding member of the performance laboratory Parade Ground Unit. He has published numerous scholarly articles in academic journals and has chapters in books from major university presses. He serves as editor of Theatre Topics. His intellectual interests include the theory and practice of directing, performance studies, Restoration and eighteenth-century British theatre history and contemporary African theatre. Peck has taught at the Yale School of Drama, the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the Playwrights Horizons Theater School.
Dr. Mark Sciutto has been promoted to Professor of psychology. Sciutto has been at Muhlenberg since the Fall of 2001. He teaches Psychological Statistics, Research Methods, Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Assessment,
Developmental Psychopathology, and Advanced Research in Psychology. His research focuses on the role that knowledge and misconceptions of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) might play in families' help-seeking behavior. He is also researching issues of stigma related to Asperger's Syndrome and Autism.


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Searching for James Pugh, b. 1810 in Philadelphia, d. aft. 1880. Married Mary Ann Slagle b. 1815 in Maryland, d. 12/15/1883. Daughter Annie b. 7/1/1846 in Philadelphia, d. 4/1/1928 in Vineland, NJ. Annie married Mesheck P Fish in 1871.
Lennen in Virginia, and Indiana
Looking for Samuel L. Lennen b. abt. 1750 in Ireland. Came to US before 1768. Resided in Virginia. Married Eliza Davis in 1768 in Virginia. Any help would be greatly appreciated. They had a son Charles C. Lennen abt. 1769 in Virginia.
Looking for William & Matthew Martin of Southern New Jersey
I am looking for info on William Martin b. 1810-1811 in Ireland. Came to US in 1845. He was accompanied by son Matthew Martin b. 2/1840. I do not know where they lived in Ireland. I cannot find the ship they came over on. William is my 3rd great grandfather. They settled in the Camden/Gloucester County area, New Jersey. The earliest I have found them is 1862 in Camden/Gloucester County. Any help where to look next would be greatly appreciated.
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Essay: A New Capitalism
I'm a businessman. I believe society should reward successful initiative with profit. At the same time, I know that profit-seeking activities have unhealthy side effects. They cause pollution, waste, inequality, anxiety, and confusion about the purpose of life.
I'm also a liberal, in the sense that I'm not averse to a role for government in society. Yet history has convinced me that representative government can't adequately protect the interests of ordinary citizens. Even less can it protect the interests of future generations, ecosystems, and nonhuman species because most (though not all) of the time, government puts the interests of private corporations first. This is a systemic problem, not just a matter of electing new leaders.
If capitalism as we know it is deeply flawed, and government is no savior, where lies hope? The Right says that government is flawed and that only privatization, deregulation, and tax cuts can save us. The Left insists that markets are flawed and that only government can save us. The trouble is that both sides are right that markets and state are flawed and wrong that salvation lies in either sphere. But if that's the case, what are we to do? Is there, perhaps, a missing set of institutions that can help us?


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Architecture, fast and furious
The local chapters of the American Insititute of Architects have dubbed April Colorado Architecture Month.
Why, you ask? We can only answer with this: Why not?
We'll take these concocted moments celebrating creativity as long as there are some smashing events to make it worth our while. And guess what, the AIAs have put together an A+ month of happenings.
In addition to the April 16-17 weekend of Doors Open Denver – where ordinary folks can peek inside extraordinary buildings they are usually barred from stepping into – there are talks, seminars and some cool kid stuff.
We'll give you the schedule right off their own website, but suggest
you pay attention to three things in particular. The two, fun-filled Tuesday night presentations (because speakers will have to talk fast and get off stage) and the desserts that have been co-created by local designers and local chefs (because it's a great idea, and it's dessert).
OK, here goes (note that the Brad Cloepfil talk is postponed, but we'll include it because it would have been swell):


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Casual puzzle-platformer. Help Grim find love by becoming a grim reaper
Shuffle World is a platformer puzzle game where you shuffle segments of the level.
Defeating bad guys is hard when you have only one item-slot.


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Review: Epcot After Hours Wind Down
I love being in the theme parks at Walt Disney World when it is quiet. I got the chance on opening night to experience Epcot's After Hours Wind Down. There is something magical about being in the parks when you don't have to share it with thousands of people.


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First, just a reminder that Sunday, August 28, 2011, is our monthly exercise in folly, Savoy Cocktail Book Night at Alembic Bar. If any of the cocktails, (they also have a great beer selection,) on this blog have captured your fancy, stop by after 6 and allow the skilled bartenders, (and me,) to make them for you. It is always a fun time.
Silver Fizz
The Juice of 1/2 Lemon. (Juice 1/2 Meyer Lemon, Juice 1/2 Lime)
1/2 Tablespoonful Powdered Sugar. (Generous Teaspoon Rich Simple Syrup)
l Glass Gin. (2 oz Junipero Gin)
The White of 1 Egg.
Shake well, strain into medium size glass and fill with syphon soda water.
Do I need to mention that the recipe for this drink was published in Hugo Ensslin's 1916 "Recipes for Mixed Drinks before the Savoy Cocktail Book? His recipe is minimal: "Made same as plain Gin Fizz, adding the white of an egg."
I have nothing against Egg White in Fizzes, but just to reiterate, a "plain Gin Fizz" does NOT have Egg White.
However, a Silver Fizz DOES have egg white.
All those Egg White containing Gin Fizzes being served at modern fancy cocktail bars are, in fact, Silver Fizzes. And fine, fine drinks they are indeed.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the drinks in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, the, uh, Sauterne Cup.


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The National Football League and more than 4,500 retired players, including former Ravens and Baltimore Colts, reached a $765 million settlement Thursday over concussion-related lawsuits.
The settlement comes a week before the NFL kicks off the 2013 season in Denver with a game between the defending Super Bowl champion Ravens and the Broncos.
As one of the litigants, former Ravens safety Bennie Thompson's said he was satisfied, but his enthusiasm was tempered, though, by the reality that this financial settlement represents just 2 percent of the combined value of the 32 NFL teams, an estimated $37.4 billion, according to Forbes.
"It was a good win for the players because now it's settled and guys get something, but the NFL wins even more because they can afford to pay a lot more," Thompson said. "I'm happy about the guys who really need it will get something to help them out with their situations, many of which are really bad and the families of the players who committed suicide like Junior Seau and Dave Duerson. There's guys that are hurting and have a lot of problems."
The settlement, which will compensate players, pay for medical exams and fund research, applies to all retired players and the families of deceased players involved in the concussion lawsuits, including Seau, Duerson and former Philadelphia Eagles safety Andre Waters, who all committed suicide and were later diagnosed with the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, based on autopsies.
Thompson was among the litigants with Baltimore ties, a list that included former Ravens running backs Jamal Lewis and Bam Morris, defensive linemen Michael McCrary, Rob Burnett and Larry Webster, tight end Ben Coates, cornerbacks Chris McAlister and Gary Baxter, offensive linemen Wally Williams and Edwin Mulitalo, safety Will Demps and outside linebacker Adalius Thomas.
Among the retired Colts who sued the NFL: safety Bruce Laird, defensive lineman Joe Ehrmann, quarterbacks Mike Pagel, Jack Trudeau and Mark Herrmann, linebacker Barry Krauss, running backs Lydell Mitchell, Joe Washington, Sam Havrilak and Eric Dickerson, tight end Ken Dilger, center Ray Donaldson and offensive guard Ron Solt.
"As a 12-year veteran and president of an organization for the advocacy for retired players, my reaction is I'm extremely pleased the NFL took the moral high ground and worked within the system to come up with this settlement," Laird said. "I'm extremely happy for the families of the deceased players and the ones now suffering from dementia. I'm taken aback that the NFL denies any wrongdoing and says the plaintiffs' injuries didn't come from playing football. I really feel it's such a hypocritical statement to pay $765 million over a 20-year period, but say there's no liability and football never caused this."
Under the mediation overseen by former U.S. District Judge Layn Phillips, the agreement will now be submitted for approval in federal court in Philadelphia. Attorney fees will have to be approved and won't be deducted from the settlement.
"This is a historic agreement, one that will make sure that former NFL players who need and deserve compensation will receive it, and that will promote safety for players at all levels of football," Phillips said in a written statement.
Some players with serious medical problems could receive as much as $5 million, the limit for players suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's disease or other severe cognitive impairments. There is a $4 million limit for families of players diagnosed with CTE after they died, and it is capped at $3 million for players suffering from dementia.
Under the terms of the settlement, it was stipulated that it "cannot be considered, an admission by the NFL of liability, or an admission that plaintiffs' injuries were caused by football."
NFL teams are required to pay $23.9 million apiece over the course of the settlement. Under terms of the agreement, the league has 20 years to finish paying the settlement. Half of that total is required to be paid in the first three years.
A Ravens team spokesman deferred any comment to the NFL, and executive vice president Jeff Pash issued a statement on behalf of the league and commissioner Roger Goodell.
"This agreement lets us help those who need it most and continue our work to make the game safer for current and future players," Pash said. "Commissioner Goodell and every owner gave the legal team the same direction: do the right thing for the game and for the men who played it."
The NFL is also required to spend $10 million on research and education.
Many individual players' settlements will be $170,000.
"If I get $170,000 or whatever, I would be happy," Thompson said. "I didn't expect the players to win that lawsuit at all and really the NFL won the lawsuit because they make billions of dollars per year. You don't want to fight in court for years and years. I still think the NFL got the best of the deal. They've got a lot of money."
Whether it was on social media or interviews, several retired and current players had a shared reaction to the settlement, characterizing it as low considering the NFL is such a lucrative business.
But Willams, the former Ravens lineman, called this settlement "a beginning. I'm happy there's some settlement."
"If I get a $170,000 check, I would be pretty happy," said Williams, the former Ravens lineman. "I don't want to sound like a guy who's not appreciative of the luxury the NFL afforded me. It's all about money, but at least there's something that's been done for the guys who are going to get something that are having issues. There's a benefit to this."
Former Colts running back Mitchell, 64, played nine seasons in the NFL and said he sustained one concussion during his six years with the Colts.
"It's good news, I guess," Mitchell said. "I'm encouraged but I won't know what it all means until someone explains it to me. There's a lot of gray area here. What if you don't have dementia yet but you get it down the road. Why should we have to wait to get to that stage before we can enjoy the fruits of this?
"We all played the game and we all took hits that jumble the brain. We came off the field woozy, used smelling salts, got the cobwebs out and returned to the game. All of us have something affecting us from all those hits — I'm forgetful sometimes — so why shouldn't everybody get a piece of the apple while we can enjoy it?"
Williams said he can't recall experiencing any specific concussions during his playing days, but recalled getting shaken up on many occasions and remaining in the game.
The lawsuits alleged that the NFL hasn't been forthcoming about the risk of suffering concussions.
"I was brought up old school," Williams said. "I come from the generation where if I got my bell rung, you just got your bell rung, throw some water on your face and keep playing. I'm sure I've had many concussions, but was just never really diagnosed or knocked unconscious."
"I'm elated," Mackey said. "I thought it would drag on forever, but it seems the NFL has finally decided to get on top of things. Even though it seems the NFL doesn't want to admit the faults of the past, they do want to move on and address the issue.
"So many former players are in such need. I wouldn't call this 'shut-up money,' but somebody else might. Let's call it 'calm-down-money-and-we're-working-on it.'"


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