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Dr. Caravelis received her doctorate degree in Geography from the University of South Africa and her two master's degrees, one in Geography and the other in Political Science, from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.
Her research and teaching interests are centered on the ethnic and cultural geography of North America and South Africa, especially the spatial dynamics of international migration settlement patterns and ethno-cultural community formation. These interests have taken her to most countries in Europe, Turkey, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. She has published her research findings in scholarly journals and made academic presentations at conferences worldwide. Dr. Caravelis has been the recipient of many research grants and has conducted fieldwork on ethnic and immigrant communities in the United States, and abroad. She is currently under contract to publish a book based on her research dealing with the spatial extent of the self-identified Greeks in South Florida.
Dr. Caravelis has been an active member of a number of professional organizations. She has been elected and served as President of the Florida Society of Geographers (FSG) and is currently serving as the Treasurer of FSG. She is a member of the Ethnic Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG), the Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) and the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE).


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ARTICLE DATE : May 20, 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 is the obvious choice when it comes to office suites. But is it always the right one? What about Google Docs, OpenOffice.org, Zoho, or Corel WordPerfect Office? Is one of these alternatives right for you?
Microsoft Office 2010 is an impressive, monumental suite of applications. But, let's face it, with every new version Microsoft's juggernaut gets bigger and pricier. And with every new release the question comes up again: do you really need all this? Is it time to jettison Office altogether, and go to one of three main alternatives: a cloud-based application suite like Google Docs (or the less-famous Zoho), a free or low-priced Office workalike such as OpenOffice.org, or even a suite that works very differently from Office, such as Corel WordPerfect Office X5? For some readers, Office 2010 is definitely the right choice: check out Samara Lynn's Analyst's View: 6 Reasons Your SMB Might Choose Office 2010 Over Google Apps for Business. But that doesn't mean it's the right for everyone. We've examined the best of the competition to help you decide.
GoogleDocs This cloud-based service is a terrific choice for editing simple Word documents from someone else's computer, or when you're carrying only a lightweight netbook without Office installed. As a complete replacement for Office, it's only ideal for users with minimal needs for advanced formatting and long-document features, users who'll never need to use endnotes or cross-references (as in "see page 9," where the correct page number is inserted by the word-processor), and who'll never need to print an envelope or send out mass mailings. Google Docs automatically keeps track of your revisionsno need to turn on tracking, as in Officebut GoogleDocs won't satisfy anyone who wants tight control over formatting or who needs to write anything more complex than a term paper. Also, are you really sure you want to leave your documents in the cloud, subject to Google's occasional outages or those times when you can't find a connection to the Internet? I don't want to trust my data to the cloud, and unless your data is worthless to you, I don't think you should trust it there either. For most users, I recommend Google Docs as an adjunct to Office, not a replacement. Note: Cloud-computing fans who want to avoid Google can try Zoho, but they're the only people I'd recommend it for; while Zoho has a richer feature set, it's far harder to use.
OpenOffice.org This suite is free, powerful, and compatible with almost all Office documents, but it's clumsy to navigate, and it lacks dozens of conveniences that make Microsoft Office worth having. On the other hand, it doesn't try to format your documents for you the way Word does, and if you're comfortable with the old menu interface in Word 97 through Word 2003, you can still use it in OpenOffice.org. Also, if you're ideologically committed to open-source software, OpenOffice.org is the least bad choice. OpenOffice.org still looks and feels like a last-century application, and it contains import filters that let it open dozens of ancient document formats that Office can't handle. If you even need to work with old documents that nothing else can open, OpenOffice.org is an essential feature in your toolbox. But the main reasons anyone would use it instead of Microsoft Office are price and open-source ideology.
Corel WordPerfect WordPerfect is the only surviving alternative of note to the Microsoft Word way of organizing documents, and the only word processor that gives you clear and simple control over the way your documents are formatted. With WordPerfect, all formatting is controlled by codes that (for example) turn on double-spacing and then turn it off again. When you move, modify, or delete one of these codes in WordPerfect's Reveal Codes window, you control exactly where your document's formatting will change, and exactly how. You won't get the kind of surprises you get in Microsoft Word when you delete a specially-formatted paragraph and other paragraphs suddenly change format. WordPerfect retains its last-century interface and overloaded menus, but it's by far the best program for managing long documents, and it includes security features like redaction that Word still doesn't offer. It isn't for everyone, but plenty of legal and government offices rightly refuse to settle for anything else.
Mac Users If you need a desktop suite, your best fully-functional suite is still the disappointing Microsoft Office for Mac 2008. If you don't need quite so much office power, you'd probably be far happier with iWork '09at least until Microsoft Office for Mac 2010 is released sometime later this year.
To read the full texts of all our office suite reviews, click through the links below. Make sure to tell us which office suite you prefer (and why) in the comments section.
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Boy, I had quite the weekend away! I ate lots of turkey and other good floor food. Good thing my Mommy's family is so clumsy! Anyhow, I spent the whole weekend playing with my Uncle Baron and my new Auntie Lucy. She's just a baby, and she looks like lots of my friends all mixed together in one dog. She could be part Golden Retriever, Dachsund, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Beagle, who knows! But she jumped all over my belly and it tickled, and she nibbled on my ears, and we played lots. It was fun to pretend I was a little kid again. Anyhow, my time with Uncle Baron was fun too. My human Uncle Joe wrestled with both of us, and my grandparents are always impressed at how well-behaved I am (if they only knew... haha!).
Anyhow, it was totally exhausting! I think I was the only one in the car happy to see the "New Jersey Welcomes You" sign...I just wiggled my bum and wagged my tail in anticipation of the smelly air and loud college kids. And I finally got to completely relax. I slept and slept and slept.
The hardest part about coming home, though, is that my grandparents have a big fenced yard and I don't ever need to be on a leash. My mommy brought me for a walk this morning and boy, was it a pain in the bum to have that thing pulling on my neck the whole way. I mean, my goodness, if I want to stop and sniff something, I should be able to do that. I know I played with a puppy this weekend, but I AM a big girl and can make my own choices about what I sniff and where! Sheesh!
Seriously, though, it's good to be back!
Well, it's been about a month and a half since Pinky got adopted and I have settled back into my solo-pup routine pretty well. I miss having company but I get my people ALL TO MYSELF again, which is great.
I have finally figured out the best game in the whole world. Most dogs probably know it... I've seen some other pals playing it at the park before, but I only figured it out a little while ago. See, it's called "fetch." It's when your person throws something for you and you have to run as fast as you can to get it, and then you bring it back and they throw it again!!! It is so much fun and it makes me so pooped that I just sleep all day after we go play. Of course I played games like "fetch" before but I never really understood the "bring-it-back-and-chase-it-again" part. I still like those puppy games, like wrestling and tag, but this fetching thing feels so sophistocated! I get so proud of myself when I know I did a good job.
I still have to figure out how to be graceful about getting the ball or the squeaky or whatever, though. I usually overrun it, trip, and fall on my butt when I try to stop...Then I get grass and mud stains and I have to get a bath (grumble)...I'm working on it, though. Before you know it I'll be catching things in the air and on the bounce! Woah, that would be so cool.
Well, my people sent Pinky (also known as Keita, but we all call her Pinky because I am the Brain...) off to stay on a trial run with a new family. I kind of miss her....but it sure is fun to have all the attention to myself again. Since I don't have Pinky to play with all the time anymore, I have energy left for my favorite thing in the world: MISCHIEF!
Yesterday, I decided to try out some cosmetic products. I was sort of confused by the avocado body butter... do you eat it or put it on your paws to make them smooth? Well, I did both. It was kind of hard to chew through the plastic container, but smelling good was worth it!
Today was great. My mommy forgot to close the closet where they keep my treats. Oh, boy. What a treasure trove! I had two puppy energy bars, a bunch of Hip Chips, and about a quarter of a bag of plain old biscuits. I didn't even have room for dinner, and I always have room for everything!
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The limp-mode and "gear can be engaged without pressing brake" are somewhat related.
First the "gear can be engaged without pressing brake" issue:
There are two locking systems on the gear shift lever for 2004-2007 E60s, and the solenoid operated lock is only operational when the engine is running.
The first is a cable linking the ignition lock to the gear shift lever. The key can only be removed when the gear shift lever is in park. Moving the gear shift lever to park also operates a cable connected to the mechatronics transmission to lock the transmission output shaft. Conversely, the gear shift lever can only be moved out of park if the key is inserted and turned to a least the first position.
A second locking system is employed when the car is started and the shift lever is in the P or N position. A solenoid in the transmission mechatronic unit sends a signal to the transmission control module that then sends a voltage to a locking solenoid in the center console to move a solenoid and pin to a locked position, preventing the gear shift lever from being moved. When the brake is depressed the voltage returns to zero and the solenoid/pin retracts.
Either the mechatronics unit is not sending the signal or the TCM (transmission control module) is not forwarding the voltage.
The second issue "limp mode" can be a number of things
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I would check your transmission fluid level first. If you haven't serviced it in a while I would consider a drain and fill. If you do it twice (with maybe 100 miles of driving in between) you will have 85% fresh fluid after both drain and fills. Even though the system holds about 11 quarts when you drain the transmission sump you will only get about 6 quarts out as the rest is held in the torque converter.
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Meowma Cheri here posting for my much loved Buddee. He has gone missing for the last two days and last time I saw him he had a nasty wound on his upper left leg just at the point where it joins to the body. He wouldn't let me touch him or pet him as I normally would and came in just long enough to scarf up some food and he was gone. We usually have a schmoozing session, but he was having none of it and I haven't seen him since. I've called and called till I'm hoarse, hoping to hear his little meow or have him come to me. We have an acre and a half and I've been over every inch of it plus across the road and up the road. Can't go the other way or I'll be in Canada and breaking some laws.
Please, can everyone just give him some PoP that he's okay and doesn't have some infection in that wound that's keeping him down and without food for two days now? He's gotten to be such a sweet boy and never attempts to bite anymore or even scratch. He's come a long way from what he was when we first got adopted by him and I'm scared to death for him out here with no attention to his wound.
*bows her head and says a prayer for her boy Buddee that he finds his way home for care and food. Asks her angel Starr to light his way home to her, no worse for wear.*
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Meowma Cheri for Buddee
Meowma just entered me in the Outdoor Cat category of the Coolest contest!!! Come vote for me please?
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OMC!!!! Meowza!!! I am in total, absolute shock! I neffur, effur thought I would be a DDP, but I am so very honored to be one! Meowma is so happy and so am I! I even got treats for it! I didn't even like those till about a month ago, then Meowma got some that I dearly love and she gives them to me every few days.
I am doing fairly well now and have been out patrolling the yard and staying fairly close. I don't meander around as much as I used to and I sure do know that there will always be plenty of food and love here for me when I want it. One day maybe I will learn to trust enough to stay on the porch during bad weather, but for right now I tend to go in and out at my will and find shelter close but not on the porch. Meowma has a nice large crate out there with a warm towel in the bottom, but I choose the outdoors where I can see what's going on. Thankfully the limp is almost gone. It's still there, but nowhere near what it was. I thank effuryone for all the rosies and purrs and purrayers! I know that's what helped me through this.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Stop Time - The Photography of Rachel Walther
"That was taken in the back of a 1975 Dodge Dart. I bought it on September 11th, 2001", the artist remembers while reflecting on a particularly striking self-portrait. "Wow. In the morning? Before the attacks?" I ask. "Nah. In the afternoon. Afterschool", she admits. "I guess for us it didn't stop time." Stopping time. The impossible act that every photographer attempts every time they click the shudder. In the case of Rachel Walther, she is able to hit the mark more often than not, creating images that seem to exist outside of their contemporary origins in an ambiguous temporal space. "I inherently like things that are timeless" she says, "I guess it comes out that way in the photos because its how my brain thinks." Walther grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father was a location scout for the film business and "always had photography equipment lying around", her mother had artistic ambitions but never pursued them professionally. "'Don't be like us' they would tell me. So I propelled myself out of Phoenix." She attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and was accepted for an internship at the Chicago History Museum, archiving photos and soaking in the rich architecture and history of the Windy City. "I would pour over microfilm for hours and hours. Searching through pictures of old Chicago bars to get an address for a photo taken in front of the 'Shamrock Tavern' or something." Though financially strapped and without a social net, the time in Chicago was instrumental to shaping her photographic eye. "Most people are influenced by their peers. I think because I was isolated there socially… I stayed in this tunnel of being influenced or having a sensibility of the past." Walther returned briefly to Phoenix and began capturing her hometown in a series of intimate and melancholic images. Friends, family, houses, they all take on their own sense of character and time. "I like getting the very day to day" Walther describes, "The nice old house that is still jerry-rigged, trashy, and threatening. Regular folks doing their thing. Not royalty or paupers. They get caught up in drugs or they have kids. Either way you never see them again…" Walther's document of this distinctly southwestern atmosphere acknowledges a dark streak of decay, be it physical or moral, while also providing a sense of immortality. An underlying tone in her images leaves you feeling anxious or unsafe. They tap into the precarious, uncomfortable aspects of the enduringly common. It was during Rachel's next artistic adventure that I first met her. In winter of 2011 I moved into a small one bedroom in-law at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Walther lived a few doors down in a gorgeous blue and yellow beach house. She had moved to San Francisco in 2008, and was hoping to get a job with Noir Fest, a traveling film festival focused on screening rare noir films from the 40s and the 50's. She had worked in the Video Department of Amoeba Records for three years, and currently held a part-time job at one of the last remaining VHS rental houses in the city, while working full-time at Photo Works, a specialty film and camera supply shop on Market Street. She immediately stuck me as a wholly original presence. Beyond the interesting (and damn near enviable) occupations she had, she also retained a near encyclopedic knowledge of a wide breadth of obscure art from decades past. From early Rip Torn films to the novels of Jim Thompson (before it was cool), and our mutual adoration (you could call it an obsession) with the plays of Sam Shepard and photos of Bruce Davidson, I quickly become lost in an endless labyrinth of artistic dialogues. Even with her quick wit and rapid-fire discourses, there would never be enough time in the universe to discuss all that Walther seemed to know. And than she showed me her photos. In San Francisco, Walther began a series of digital collections. When I asked if photographing in the digital medium seemed unnatural to such a retronaut she replied, "I'm not a super purist. I just want something to be interesting. Even trying to capture a document of the past, digital is an incredible tool" Of course there were logistical factors as well, "In some of these old places where they're not to keen on you taking pictures, you have to be quick." For the first of these digital collections, Walther photographed the plentiful but hidden movie houses of the Bay Area. Some still meticulously kept in all their Art Deco glory and others with the bruises of economic decline in plain view. As a filmmaker, this series and in particular this one image of the Piedmont Theater in Oakland, CA is such a mind-bending treat. This image is trapped somewhere between 1985 and 2010. The marquee displaying films made over various years and the theater displaying a sort of stalwart dignity in the face of advanced age. It's just a movie house, but it's the neighborhood movie house and plenty of laughs, tears, and make out sessions have occurred in the flickering light of its screens. Walther also began a series documenting the wildly erratic architecture of the Outer Sunset neighborhood in San Francisco. In its infancy, The Sunset was merely a collection of decommissioned cable cars turned flophouses spread out across the sandy dunes of Ocean Beach. Over the years as the city spread farther out and "progress" flattened the land, row after row of houses of every shape, size, and color scheme proliferated across 16 streets and 30 avenues. For as vast and ever changing a neighborhood as it is, the Sunset maintains a tight-knit and timeless quality. Narratives seem to pour out of every window and radiate from every salt battered building. It was a fertile stomping ground for the rich and evocative imagery of Walther's eye. "I love the colors out here and the little knick-knacks everywhere. It's visually engaging enough to be interesting but not so fucking loud. It gives you space to breath." Walther's images of The Sunset certainly provide breathing room, with homes seeming to fade into an ocean of sky. They are lovingly felt but still retain the shiftless chronology of her previous works as well as a subtle sense of foreboding. Occasionally time passes slowly, mostly it seems to fly right by. The images captured by Rachel Walther seem to exist in a world between, one of infinite temporal possibilities and a complicated emotional range, much like the artist herself. While she is a young woman, Walther maintains an old soul with an artistic integrity and breadth of knowledge uncommon in those twice her age. I feel fortunate to already be a fan, now I can sit back and watch as her work grows richer with the passing of time. www.rachelwalther.com
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Postgame Audio: Coach Anderson | Kiki Golden
Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center)
Event: CWPA Western Division Championship Final
Score: #13 Michigan 7, #19 Hartwick 6
Records: Michigan (21-11), Hartwick (25-11)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., April 27-29 -- at CWPA Eastern Championship (Providence, R.I.)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Kiki Golden (Danville, Calif./Danville) scored with 3:55 left in the fourth to give the No. 13-ranked University of Michigan water polo team the edge to defeat No. 19 Hartwick, 7-6, and win its 11th consecutive CWPA division title on Sunday (April 15) in Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.
Golden led all players with a hat trick from four goals on the day while tallying a team-high three steals. Kelsey Nolan (San Jose, Calif./Leland) recorded four assists, which included the assist to Golden for the deciding goal.
Nolan also added a score for the Wolverines, with Audrey Pratt (Burlingame, Calif./Burlingame) and Meagan Cobb (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville) recording goals early in the game.
In a game that featured four ties and two lead changes, the No. 3 seed Wolverines trailed the No. 4 seed Hawks, 6-5, with 6:33 remaining in the game. For the second straight game, Nolan evened the score to give Michigan a chance. Her goal with 5:36 left tied the board at 6-all.
Hartwick threatened to regain the lead on its next possession, but Alex Adamson (Coronado, Calif./Coronado) sprawled to block a skip shot at the left lower corner. She finished with eight blocks on the day to complement two assists and helped U-M's defense manufacture 12 steals and two field blocks.
On the ensuing counter and after a Hartwick ejection with 4:14 left, U-M capitalized on the 6-on-5 power play when Nolan aired a pass into Golden on the breakaway. Golden lunged out of the water and found room to skip in the shot from the air, just tipping the ball in the direction of the cage to help U-M retake the lead for good.
The Wolverines stopped the Hawks on their last two possessions, including an opportunity with seven seconds remaining. From the middle, Michigan forced Hartwick to commit a long pass to the right corner and out of range for a final strike to secure the lead.
Cobb opened the scoring in the first quarter (6:52). Hartwick tied things up at one until two goals from Golden, at the 4:30 and 2:02 marks, gave the Wolverines a 3-1 edge at the end of the first frame.
After a 3-2 halftime score in favor of Michigan, the Hawks tied it at three with 6:14 on the clock in the third. However, Pratt's goal at 5:50 pushed U-M back in front, 4-3.
Two possessions later, the Hawks called a timeout (4:02) and used the break to answer with a score, drawing the game even at four with 3:48 left. To close out the period, Golden completed the hat trick with 32 seconds left. U-M led, 5-4, at the start of the final frame and after the game was knotted up twice, Michigan's third power-play goal secured the victory.
Next, Michigan will be of 13 teams to compete at the CWPA Eastern Championship beginning Friday, April 27, and concluding Sunday, April 29, in Providence, R.I.
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Hartwick Goals: Jemma Dendy Young, Kamila Zakirova 2, Lisa Bass, Lily Martinez, Sasha Freeborn
Saves: U-M 8 (Alex Adamson), Hartwick 10 (Haley Cox)
Ejections: U-M 6, Hartwick 8
Michigan has won 11 consecutive CWPA division crowns (2002-12), including nine Western Division titles. The postseason divisional tournament returned this year after a one-year hiatus. Last year, Michigan was named the 2011 Western Division champion based on its regular-season record. Michigan had won the previous seven CWPA Western Division tournament championships and a pair of Southern Division tournament crowns before that.
U-M is now 15-4 all-time vs. Hartwick and 2-0 against the Hawks this year, including a 10-9 overtime win on March 11.
Michigan is 5-10 against ranked opponents this season after defeating the 19th-ranked Hartwick Hawks.
With the win, Alex Adamson is now 14-9 this season with 53 career wins in the cage for second all-time in school history.
Kiki Golden registered four goals and now has seven hat tricks this season.
Michigan held a 3-2 lead at the half and moved to 16-1 in games it led at the break.
Meagan Cobb tallied one point (a goal) and is now 16 points shy of 200 in her career.
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And in his annual statement to shareholders, club chairman Terry Brown spells out the cost of the transfer wheeling and dealing of former manager Harry Redknapp.
The statement also discloses that Redknapp's departure last summer cost the club more than £3m in compensation and pension contributions.
But it is the wages paid to players, some of whom were barely used, that Brown finds most worrying.
One loan player, thought to be French defender Christian Bassila who was brought in from Remmes, cost the Hammers more than £720,000 and played a total of just 86 minutes on the pitch.
Another, rumoured to be full-back Gary Charles, will cost the club £4.4m in salary and transfer fees over the length of his contract, despite making just three starts in two years.
Another player (thought to be Croatian striker Davor Suker), earned as much in wages as the entire revenue from one stand for the whole season but made only eight starting appearances. Redknapp signed all three players.
Brown says that, during Redknapp's seven years, 134 players were bought and sold at a net deficit of £16m, even after the £18m sale of Rio Ferdinand to Leeds United last season.
Brown says: "During the five seasons ending in 1999-2000, our net transfer expenditure was the 10th highest in English football (just £100,000 below that of Arsenal, for example)."
Brown is also critical of Redknapp's overall record.
He writes: "Throughout Harry's stewardship we maintained our status as a Premier League club and that was extremely important.
"We also achieved a very creditable fifth place in 1998-9 and qualified for the UEFA Cup via the InterToto Cup but it has to be said that the team Harry took over from Billy Bonds had just finished 13th in a 22-team Premier League with 52 points and, after a seven-year rollercoaster ride, he left us with a team which finished 15th (out of 20 teams) with 42 points."
The report says that, despite a six per cent increase in turnover, the operating loss for the financial year increased from £700,000 to £3.3m and the pre-tax loss rose from £2.1m to £4.7m.
Brown has a warning for the future. He says: "TV rights have brought massive funds into Premier League football but the growth of digital subscription television may be slowing and television viewing figures are, at best, steady.
"We see football agents becoming profitable quoted companies, managers earning salaries that could only have been imagined five years ago and young footballers becoming millionaires before becoming first-team regulars.
"Rapidly rising revenues which do not lead to rapidly rising profits should be a warning to us all.
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The Michigan Department of Community Health has reported an increase in cases of Pertussis. This is a bacterial respiratory infection that can be found in all ages of people including babies and children.
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The future of food
I had the privilege of attending a food conference that also featured the most famous father-in-law in the world, at least right now.
Fresh from the royal wedding, Prince Charles was one of the keynote speakers at "The Future of Food," sponsored by The Washington Post and Georgetown University last month.
I had the interesting experience of being the only panelist representing a major food company at the conference.
"The Future of Food" primarily focused on sustainability and healthy food. There were many great moments during the conference, but I want to highlight a few of the discussions from the panel about health and nutrition.
First, when asked by Mary Jordan, editor of Washington Post Live, what General Mills is doing to promote health, I told her we have a "food movement" happening inside our company.
One example is whole grain in our cereals. Many Americans know they need more whole grain in their diets but only 5 percent of us get enough. Our company delivers 36 million 16-gram servings of whole grain every day – equal to 10 percent of all the whole grain eaten in the U.S.
Mary then asked if our panel could name some surprisingly healthy foods that the audience may not have considered. I shared the fact that frozen vegetables are as nutritious as fresh, because vegetables that are frozen soon after they're picked have the nutrients sealed in.
Our panel also discussed the fact that 60 percent of consumers are very challenged to follow a healthy diet. Some are overwhelmed by all the changes they need to make, many lack knowledge about how to eat healthier, and more than 85 percent aren't willing to trade taste for healthier food.
I pointed out that the food industry plays an essential role in supplying foods that taste great, are convenient and also deliver nutrients that consumers need.
The panel also featured Debra Eschmeyer, outreach director for the National Farm to School Network; Marion Nestle, a professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University; and Mike Taylor, deputy commissioner for Foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
You can see a clip from our discussion on the Washington Post Live website (Panel 3: The growing food movement).
I spend my days identifying ways to improve the nutrition profiles of our products at General Mills. Attending conferences like "The Future of Food" allows me to engage with health professionals and others outside of the food industry in our constant quest to deliver health, taste, value and convenience to our consumers.
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Well, hello again! It's been a while. A little over two months, but who's counting?
I haven't forgotten you all, I've just been really busy with life and working behind the scenes on my blog redesign. I'm hoping it will be ready to go live by 2017, so let's keep our fingers crossed!
In the meantime, let's enjoy some pie. As we all know, I have a very public love affair with chocolate SO the instant I saw this recipe for a double chocolate silk cream pie, I knew it needed to happen as soon as possible.
And OXO's 9" pie plate from their awesome new glass bakeware line came perfectly in handy. I love their new line so much because it is made from thermal shock resistant borosilicate glass, which means it can withstand extreme temperature changes without cracking or shattering. Also, the generously sized rims make the pans so easy to carry.


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Pirates and Yankees in Agreement on Burnett
News and Rumors
I feel like I've typed this before, but we may be at the end of the A.J. Burnett saga. Buster Olney reports on Twitter that the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates hope to take a deal to the commissioner today for approval. Whenever a deal involves more than $1 M in money changing hands the commissioner has to sign off on it. The recent reports have the Yankees sending about $20 M to the Pirates, which is well over the limit. The process is usually a formality.
What this means is that the two teams are close to a deal. If they're submitting the deal to the commissioner, that means they've agreed on players and money. I'll keep this post updated throughout the day with more news.
UPDATE 12:34 PM: Joel Sherman has some updates (all links on Twitter). He says that the deal is ne...
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March 12, 2004
HILO, Hawai'i.
The Lady Vol tennis team had its three-match win streak snapped, as sixth-ranked Duke University defeated the 36th-ranked University of Tennessee, 4-0, on Friday. The Blue Devils improve to 8-1 with the victory, while UT falls to 8-8 this season.
Duke got off to a strong start in doubles play, as the tandem of Julia Smith and Tory Zawacki defeated senior Tammy Encina (Miami Beach, Fla.) and sophomore Melissa Schaub (Lexington, Ohio), 8-0, at the No. 1 position. DU then clinched the doubles point with an 8-3 victory by Saras Arasu and Amanda Johnson against sophomore Sabita Maharaj (Gainesville, Fla.) and junior Ashley Robards (Henderson, Ky.) at the No. 2 spot.
The Blue Devils did not slow down in singles play, as Zawacki defeated Robards, 6-1, 6-3, at the No. 3 position to give Duke a 2-0 lead in the match. Smith then downed UT freshman Blakeley Griffith (Middleburg, Va.), 6-4, 6-2, at No. 4 singles to give DU a 3-0 lead. The loss ended a three-match win streak by Griffith, who now owns a singles record of 24-7 this year.
Fifth-ranked senior Amanda Johnson then sealed the match for Duke with a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over 24th-ranked Encina at No. 1singles. The win marked the seventh consecutive victory for the Blue Devils.
Of Tennessee's eight losses this year, six have come by scores of 3-4. Additionally, in their first 16 matches of the season, the Lady Vols have faced 14 ranked opponents and 10 teams that received bids to the 2003 NCAA Tournament.
UT will complete its Hawaiian stay with a clash against No. 18 Notre Dame on Saturday at 10 a.m. HT. After returning from the Aloha State, Tennessee continues a string of six matches in 12 days, as it plays host to 10th-ranked Texas on Wed., March 17, 33rd-ranked Mississippi on Fri., March 19 and Mississippi State on Sun., March 21.
#36 Tennessee vs. #6 Duke
Hilo, Hawai'i. - March 12, 2004
Final score: DU 4, UT 0
No. 1 #5 Amanda Johnson (DU) def. #24 Tammy Encina (UT), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 #73 Sabita Maharaj (UT) vs. Jennifer Jika (DU), Unfinished
No. 3 Tory Zawacki (DU) def. Ashley Robards (UT), 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Julie Smith (DU) def. Blakeley Griffith (UT), 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Majen Immink (UT) vs. Saras Arasu (DU), Unfinished
No. 6 Victoria Jones (UT) vs. Kristin Cargill (DU), Unfinished
Order of finish: 3, 4, 1*
No. 1 Smith/Zawacki (DU) def. Encina/Schaub (UT), 8-0
No. 2 Arasu/Johnson (DU) def. Maharaj/Robards (UT), 8-3
No. 3 Immink/Kray (UT) vs. Cargill/Zika (DU), Unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2*
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Another new poll shows President Obama's approval rating dropping, with just 40 percent of registered voters viewing his tenure in a positive light. The poll also shows the GOP asserting what would be quite a favorable lead in a generic 2014 matchup, 43 percent to 38 percent.
But at least on its surface, the McClatchy/Marist College poll suggests the 2014 election isn't really about Obama. In fact, most registered voters -- and the vast majority of swing voters -- say he's not even a factor for them.
The poll shows just 29 percent of Americans say Obama is a major factor in their vote, with another 17 percent saying he's a minor factor. A majority, meanwhile, says Obama has no effect whatsoever on whom they vote for (52 percent).
In addition, most of those who say the election for them is about Obama are already partisans -- 48 percent of Democrats and 56 percent of Republicans. Among independents, just 37 percent cite Obama as either a major (22 percent) or a minor factor (15 percent) factor in their vote. Six in 10 say he doesn't matter one lick.
And that might actually under-sell the lack of Obama-related motivation among those in the political middle. Among independents who don't lean toward either party -- let's call them "pure independents" -- 68 percent say Obama doesn't matter for them.
Now, Obama is surely a factor in the 2014 election. The history of midterms suggests an incumbent president has a very difficult time maintaining his party's congressional standing. In addition, just because people say it's not about Obama doesn't mean that's not really part of their calculus. Those who feel strongly about Obama will probably vote in higher number than those who don't; such is the nature of a midterm election, in which the most motivated and politically polarized voters tend to dominate the electorate more so than a presidential election. Also, the Senate battle is notably being fought on very red turf, where voters are definitely more anti-Obama than the broader electorate.
But the poll also suggests that most Americans, and the vast majority of swing voters, aren't heading to the ballot box with Obama on the mind.
And for Democrats who are worried that their president's long-standing unpopularity will be their death knell in 2014, that's not nothing.


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Jeff is quite an interesting guy, he worked as an SEO and later worked as online marketing manager for Hilton before becoming the director of online marketing for Napster. He talked a bit about how it was to set up the online marketing strategy for Hilton, including an affiliate program, it turns out he had to do that all on his own…
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They're talking about how rules were being created in the process of building up this affiliate program, companies that were doing SEM for them as well as being an affiliate for instance. At Hilton he didn't allow affiliates to do paid search, as there was a lot of competition from their own franchises.
At Napster though they are encouraging their affiliate to use search, and even to use their brand. They were using their own budget to fill in the gaps were their affiliates weren't doing anything, making their campaign look incredibly big. Napster doesn't exclude affiliats from using it's own brand in PPC and SEO either, making sure all the results on brand terms are either affiliate or Napster itself, which isn't working the way I see it (see for yourself).
He says they even go as far as sharing keyword lists with affiliates, and give them artwork. To be honest a lot of the issues he's talking about seem quite simple to solve from a technological standpoint.
I was looking at some of their affiliates and caught one javascript cloaking and copying their frontpage, and Jeff said they would probably ask them to remove it and "come back to the light side of the force". Someone else asked how important affiliate is for their program, an, without revealing any numbers, he said it was very important for their sales.
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Smudging a better smell than cigarette smoke
I had to laugh at the explanation by the Brandon School Division citing the "strong smudging scent draws unwanted attention to the student." It can't be any worse than that disgusting stench on the breath and clothing of a smoker that us non-smokers have to deal with! I would rather smell the burning of the natural essence of sage and cedar mixed with real tobacco over the disgusting smell that comes from the poisonous toxins added to a cigarette and creates that disgusting stench that as a society we ignore to be polite. Give me a break!
Don't change the rules for anyone
Really … another day of front page news for smudging? Way too much press given to that. Every business, hospital and workplace have the "scent policy" in place and there doesn't seem to be a problem. The rules shouldn't have to be changed just for a certain few.
A disaster waiting to happen
Why isn't our city stopping CN Rail from hauling oil along its tracks? They need to think of the hospital and the residents who live along the tracks, too close in my opinion! What if the worst happens?
Affordable housing should be a provincial issue
For the person who was talking about our city's high cost of living due to tax increases, you are not alone! Brandon is not affordable for many people now! That's what we get for voting in a tax-and-spend socialist. We are all paying for those who do not want to make their own living. I, for one, am tired of seeing some people get new housing at a reduced cost courtesy of us taxpayers! The responsibility of affordable housing should be a provincial issue, not foisted upon our small tax base in Brandon!
Get the facts straight
The media along with this paper need to stop cheerleading for the Harper government and investigate false statements. Sick time was negotiated years ago in lieu of larger wage increases, while it is true that the average public servant retires with 111 days of accumulated sick leave, these days are not paid out on retirement so there is no financial obligation to the government.


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RSA's Acquisition Of NetWitness Validates Forrester's NAV Concept
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Today EMC's security division RSA announced the acquisition of NAV (Network Analysis and Visibility) vendor NetWitness. Some pundits have suggested that this is a direct result of the recent breach of RSA, but Forrester has been aware that this acquisition was in the works long before the breach was known. In fact, the public announcement of the acquisition was delayed by the breach notification. It is fortuitous timing, however, as the RSA attack shows the need for improved situational awareness.
As part of our Zero Trust Model of Information Security, Forrester advocates the inspection and logging of all network traffic — both internal and external. To facilitate this, we have defined a new space, NAV, which helps companies achieve this type of situational awareness in a scalable manner. NetWitness is one of the significant players in the NAV space and the first of the bunch to be gobbled up by one of the major security vendors. We anticipate more consolidation in the marketplace as high profile insider breaches such as the Bradley Manning/Wikileaks story is getting considerable play on executive floors these days. Insiders like Manning are not caught by traditional security controls. The failed Trust but Verify security model facilitates their crimes. Why would you verify someone who is trusted? To catch the Bradley Manning's of the world, companies must adopt Zero Trust — "Verify but NEVER Trust." NAV tools, such as NetWitness, make this actionable.
My guess is that VCs and vendors are on their red phones right now and we should see some additional acquisitions soon. What self-respecting security company wants to see their competitor with a new toy in the driveway while theirs is bare? Expect to see a ton of traffic at the NAV dealerships in the near future with M&A teams doing a bunch of tire-kicking and looking-under-the-hooding to decide which model they'll be driving off the lot.
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Homecoming is supposed to be fun. The home team is going to win! Today's story:
The city of Richmond, Calif., continues to wrestle with the effects of a brutal attack on a teenage girl who was gang-raped at her high school. Some of the suspects in the case may enter their pleas in court Tuesday. At least 20 people saw the October incident but did not intervene.
Instead they took pictures.
The home-town journalist rightly blames poverty, the loss of new jobs in an industrial town that succumbed to crack cocaine in the eighties and hasn't exactly bounced back. Yet optimism had returned. Indeed, this "rough place" launched several kids each year to college, despite rising unemployment. It's hard to study when you've lost your home, a nice home. Like everywhere else, foreclosures are rife in Richmond.
The guidance counselor:
"The dehumanizing actions of these young men is frightening. Where was their humanity?"A student tells us that she walked into the bathroom to find a naked girl. CNN reported the crime last October.
As many as 10 people were involved in the assault in a dimly lighted back alley at the school, while another 10 people watched without calling 911 to report it according to police.Hundreds at the school condemned the attack on their schoolmate, steamed that outsiders recommended a quarantine be placed on the school. A senior:
"This happens everywhere, why single us out?"Oy vey. She's right. Don't single out this school. Single out every school. Start teaching our children right from wrong, that sex is something that can be lawful, or not. There's a lot to know when it comes to sex, like it requires informed consent.
A rape crisis worker tells us that to rape you have to "other-ize" distance yourself sufficiently to detach, not care. In other words, de-empathize.
"Where there's no hope, empathy is hard to find."I don't know, maybe. No doubt depression contributes to insularity, apathy. But nobody's tested those ten boys for depression. What you're going to find is anger, is my guess, and objectification.
What's objectification? Objectification is taking the human out of the body, seeing the body as a source of pleasure, like food. It is an object to be beat on, like the dog, on a bad day, or to be punished, like a kid who has acted out. When parents beat their children they are objectifying them, denying their humanity. You hurt? I don't care.
Rape is all about this. I don't care. You are here for me, nothing's going to stop me. One blogger writes a post Why Men Rape tells us the following
Sociologists have discussed women as objects, commodities to be bought or stolen—the pornographication of women, a process by which men relate to women as pornea, a Greek word for whores.There's more. It's way down on the side-bar.
This perception of a woman's body as property or a commodity is grounded not just historically, but in contemporary metaphors, language, and common slang for sex. Like:
Sex is a hunt, a conquest: I'm going to go out and get a piece of ass.
Sex is instruction: I know how to show a woman a good time.
A review of the literature into the etiology of rape indicates that overall, men who rape have rape supportive attitudes, misinterpret social clues, and blame the victim.
Younger offenders learn from their families, peers, or the media that their role in a relationship is to take the initiative in sexual relationships. This is called the dominance theory.
So sure, poverty contributes something to this mix. But I wouldn't overdo it. It's less about not having money, more about having human decency, understanding female sexuality, and knowing, really knowing, that you have no right, even if you think you love her or she loves you, you have no right to take her sexually, not without her full, informed consent.


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The 2012 Golden Gods Awards took this place this past Wednesday (4/11) in Los Angeles. Among the award winners were Nikki Sixx (best bassist), Slash (Riff Lord), Slipknot (Comeback of the Year), Amy Lee of Evanescence (Best Female Vocal), Wrestler C.M. Punk (Most Metal Athlete), Gene Simmons (Golden God) and Rush (Ronnie James Lifetime Achievement Award).
Aside from the awards, the program had some amazing collaborative performances, Below are some of the highlights including a somewhat surprising yet awesome guest that joined Marilyn Manson on stage.
Corey Taylor from Slipknot, Machine Head's Robb Flynn and Trivium perform Metallica's "Creeping Death."
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Lawyers for stood-aside Transport and Main Roads boss Michael Caltabiano have called on the state opposition to stop claiming the former Liberal MP misled a budget estimates hearing.
It prompted Queensland Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk to suggest the letter may entail contempt of Parliament because it threatened and intimidated her in the carrying out of duties.
Mr Caltabiano has stood aside as director-general of the Department of Transport and Main Roads while the parliamentary ethics committee investigates whether he provided misleading answers about his ties to departmental liaison officer Ben Gommers, the son of Arts Minister Ros Bates.
The senior bureaucrat's lawyer Adrian Braithwaite took issue with Ms Palaszczuk's letter to Speaker Fiona Simpson.
The Opposition Leader had declared Mr Caltabiano's assertion that he "had no previous professional working knowledge or experience" of Mr Gommers was "clearly untrue" and "calculated".
Mr Braithwaite said his client considered the claims "to be not only factually erroneous in character, but also highly defamatory in nature".
"The allegation that the answers given by Mr Caltabiano highlighted in your correspondence to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly were misleading in any manner are vigorously rejected and Mr Caltabiano is confident that once a proper consideration of all materials is undertaken, any such assertions will be established as unsustainable," he said in the letter, dated yesterday.
Last week, it was reported Mr Caltabiano, Ms Bates, Mr Gommers and former Liberal Party state director Geoff Greene were all listed as employees or ''persons ... who conduct lobbying activities'' for the lobbyist firm Entree Vous in a document that was tabled in Parliament in August 2009.
However, Mr Braithwaite said: "Our client is confident for example that the relevant evidence will easily prove he was never a part-owner of Entree Vous, was never appointed a director or shareholder of the company, never drew a wage or director's fee or received any other form of remuneration or reward."
Mr Braithwaite said the claims that Mr Caltabiano's answers to a parliamentary committee were misleading and untrue were "quite improper given that no investigation or inquiry proper has been undertaken into the matter".
"Accordingly, we are instructed to insist that you not repeat any such allegation or statements in any forum and further that you inform and instruct your colleagues likewise," he said.
Ms Palaszczuk said she believed the letter demonstrated an apparent case of contempt against the Parliament, as it threatened and intimidated her in the discharge of her duty, in breach of parliamentary laws and standing orders.
"I will not be silenced," she told Parliament.
"As leader of the opposition I will not be threatened or intimidated on seeking to keep this government accountable."
Ms Simpson asked Ms Palaszczuk to write to her so she could consider the matter.
Ms Palaszczuk said she would write to Ms Simpson asking her to refer the matter to the parliamentary ethics committee to investigate whether the actions of Mr Caltabiano and Mr Braithwaite constituted "a serious contempt" of the Legislative Assembly.
Ms Palaszczuk pointed to reports Mr Caltabiano's legal bills were being picked up by the taxpayer.
"What we now have is a situation where taxpayer funds are being used by the director-general of Transport and Main Roads to send me a threatening and intimidating letter," she told Parliament.
The opposition sought to pursue the matter in question time this morning.
Transport and Main Roads Minister Scott Emerson was asked whether he knew the departmental liaison officers personally or professionally prior to their appointment.
"In terms of the DLOs in the department some I may have met personally previously," Mr Emerson replied.
"I didn't know any of them professionally."
The Department of Transport and Main Roads employs several liaison officers who act as a communication bridge between the department and the minister.
Ms Palaszczuk asked whether one of the liaison officers, an A06 level employee, was a tenant of Mr Emerson's property at St Lucia, but Mr Emerson emphatically denied the claim.
"No, no, no, no, no – that's the reality – no and no," he said.
Ms Palaszczuk claimed Mr Emerson's comment that one of the departmental liaison officers was physically located in his office contradicted Mr Caltabiano's comments to the estimates committee hearing.
She would request it be considered by the ethics committee.
In response to a question about the qualifications of the departmental liaison officer based in the ministerial office, Mr Emerson said the department was responsible for the appointments, not him.
Mr Emerson accused the opposition of "dealing in rumours" and asking "pathetic" questions.
"They get in wrong every time and they don't know anything," he said.
"What a pathetic effort by Labor today."
Mr Emerson criticised the former Labor government for changing the law to decriminalise lying to Parliament in the wake of disgraced minister Gordon Nuttall's evidence to a committee hearing.
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When my son was small, he asked me so many questions! Why do dogs bark, Mom? How do fish learn to swim underwater? How do eggs grow? (Now, that's a good one - have you tried answering that one, recently?) How do mountains get so tall?
Truly, like all parents, I was in a position of both anxiety and honor - here I was, a first-time parent, in the dubious position of doubling as a walking, talking encyclopedia (uh-oh!). I was this little guy's introduction to the process of the world. Even now, when I look back, I'm not entirely sure that when I offered up my answers, all my facts were right - but I tried the best I could, and that's what counts.
There is something about the earnestness of a child's face, shining up at yours; something about the innocent charm and beauty of his world! And being the loving parents that we are, we don't want to break this tenuous line of trust! Children are so dependent on the adults they need to teach them. We are, after all, the only role models they have for the adult they need to be one day, somewhere down that distant, hazy path into the future, when they grow up.
In some ways, it occurs to me, I think this is how we are with God. We talk to Him, we pray, we ask Him all the questions, and wait hopefully for His answers - yet with one important difference - God (unlike our Mom and Dad) is always right! Whatever it is He plans for us, no matter how unlikely it may seem, no matter how surprising or plain downright absurd it may appear to us at the time (with our worldly blinkers on!) - He's always right! And as we move into our spiritual 'adulthood', as we build on those early questions that we asked of Him as children, we need to reach out and trust Him more and more. Why? Because as we travel through this world, we pick up certain luggage; our own agendas are apt to put confusion in the works - so-called logic, sampled experience, social pressure, imposed desires - these all make the loudest, most clamoring of claims in this world of urgent noise in which we live. It's like advertising bill-boards for the indecisive ego - Listen to me! Listen to me! They say. So, I'm here to remind you, next time they scream at you? Well, here's the thing...
We need to make some space and find that quiet time with God. We need to sit down like a child, and when we ask the questions, we need to let God provide the answers. We need to sit down on that school-room floor (metaphorically speaking!) and cross our legs and listen wide-eyed, like a child; trusting, like the child way back in memory, that we used to be.
Nobody knows us like God.
Nobody loves us, like God.
So, c'mon - Jump in! Let loose that child within. Give God your trust! I guarantee you won't regret it! And by the way... I still haven't quite figured out the exact biology of how that fish stays underwater and learns to swim!
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Hey Kids,
In the winter months I like to dress in cozy clothes to keep warm. My favorite kind of warm weather clothes are the ones handmade by a favorite person, and some of my favorite stories to snuggle up with are about that cozy kind of creation. Read on for a list of a few knitting stories to share with a loved one. Don't forget the fireplace and hot tea.
Bear Hugs,
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Your local range probably has some rentals. Just keep hitting ranges until you find the guns you want to try.
Now this is probably a ridiculous question but is there such this as a place that you can actually go out and test pistols before you purchase? This is assuming I don't have friends that have the guns I would like to try. I am not a member of a gun club (yet) so I am unsure if they provide a service like this. Let me know.
Your local range probably has some rentals. Just keep hitting ranges until you find the guns you want to try.
A lot of gun stores that have a range have rental guns. Or ask your buddies if you can try their guns.
...is to join a local gun club.
I'm a part of a Concealed Carry Weapon's club and we have monthly range day. I've tried out Sigs, H&Ks, Berrettas, other Glocks, even M1 Garands and Springfield 1903 rifles!
Or if you're the loner type, scope out the local gun ranges and see if they have rentals. If you're in CA, I can suggest some.
Trying out a specific gun is a plus, especially if you're looking for comfortable gripping and different calibers. Good luck my friend.
I am lucky my local range has many rentals - but not all do...
Every year a couple of ranges in my area have "Manufacturer Weekends" Many of the makers show up with all their wares for you to fondle and shoot. All you supply is the ammo. One range does it in Feb. and the other in Sept. Great fun, free goodies,I love it. My calender is marked for this year. Check with your local ranges.
Where are you located? Maybe someone on this forum can help you. My local range has rentals as well.
Make sure you call around to local ranges because some have different rules. I know some ranges require you have someone else with you when renting and some even require that you already have a gun of your own before you can rent from them.
Gun stores often have lists of local ranges. One thing you might want to find out before making a trek to a range with the intent of renting is if they have any requirements.
My range for instance won't let you rent if you don't bring one of your own. Part of their suicide prevention policy. I'm not sure that that is a common thing though. Some also require that you have had at least "some" experience, but it's usually fine if you don't just outright say "I've never fired a gun before".
I find it rather ironic that other people are held accountable for self-inflicted injuries and deaths. It is saddening that this is common these days and is a violation of people's civil liberties.
To get back on topic, this may not be an option depending on area. It is not an option for me for in my current situation. I usually politely ask others at the public range if I'm really intrigued by their weapons. More often than not they'll let you examine and try their prized weapons. Likewise, if anyone wants to try my weapons and if I have the ammunition or they have the ammunition, I see no reason not to.
I agree with Revolver. It can be a slower way to do it, but some stores don't have what you want to try for rent. Also, make friends with the people working in the store. It isn't unheard of to get the range staff and sales staff setting up a date with you for you to try their personal guns. I pimp my Bersa out to customers all the time, and if I have the ammo I will let some of the customers try out my K31, too.


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Every once in a while, I will sneak into a playground to find an empty swing. I still get a thrill from going just a little bit too high and I find it just as effective as meditation for clearing my head. Now, with one of these in my own backyard, I can swing to my heart's content, knowing that it is also a sustainably produced toy for all ages.


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The greatest challenge for those marketing security systems and services is to correctly identify their potential customers and engage in a meaningful communication with them. The subject of security is for obvious reasons extremely sensitive and it would be difficult to engage in a two-way dialogue for a better understanding of the requirements, if any at all, of the potential clients without being invited to do so in the first place.
Establish an Online Business Presence
It becomes all the more important to have a website that attracts eyeballs of potential customers when meaningful interactions have to be initiated by potential clients. Scientific use of search engine optimization techniques will ensure that the website is promoted to the most appropriate profile of persons surfing the net. A presence on the web is not a substitute for an email mailing list of security alarms systems and services but a very useful tool to supplement your marketing efforts.
Engage in Appropriate Targeting of Online Messages
Proper customer targeting can also be done by inserting banner advertisements on websites that are popularly visited by clients who have security concerns or are involved with any the business or subject that has the potential of having a security concern. Enquiries generated from online advertisements as well as your website will form the basis of an email mailing list of security firms and services that can be built over time to yield an important and refined marketing tool.
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When marketing security systems one should always keep in mind the profile of the potential customers. One good way is to insert advertisements in a widely-circulated address database and directory of security services and firms that are more likely to be picked up by persons or businesses with security concerns. An attractively-designed advertisement in such a publication, whether print or online, will surely yield a large number of enquiries from potential customers.
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The singer was spotted enjoying time on a gorgeous yacht, a parasailing ride with model, Cara Delevingne and one other girlfriend, and jet skiing behind a very handsome, in shape man.
No word yet on how Gomez plans to spend the rest of her day, but we're sure it'll be extravagant.
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What does Miya mean?
Miya [miya]▲ as a girls' name is pronounced MEE-yah. It is of Japanese origin, and the meaning of Miya is "temple". Also form of Maya.
VariationsCREATIVE FORMS
(female) Mida, Mita, ..
(male) Mine, Mita, .. MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Miya Adrienne (M.A.), ..
How popular is Miya?
Miya is an uncommonly occurring first name for women but a very prominent last name for all people (#58397 out of 150436, Top 39%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Miya was first listed in 1990 and reached its top rank of #877 in the U.S. in the year 2013, and is currently at #966. (2015 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?with its source form and related girl names. The only other popular alternative form of Miya (#966 IN 2015) listed in the Top 2000 is Maya (#69). These relations of Miya were popular in the year 2006 (ADOPTION OF 0.4%) and are almost as common today (ADOPTION 0.3%, ▼23.8%). Maya and Miya are two of the more trendy baby names among these.
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Miya▲ is alike in pronunciation to Mae▼, Mai, Maia▲, Maiah, Maiya, Maiyah, May▼, Mayah, Maye▼, Mea, Mei, Meya, Mia▲, Miah▲, Mo, Moia, Moya and Mya. Other recommended names are Aliya, Alya, Amya, Ariya▲, Asya, Daya, Dinya, Haya, Inya, Jaya, Kirya, Leya, Liya, Maida, Maira, Maisa, Maja, Mala, Manya, Mara▲, Marya, Mayra▼, Mdina, Meica, Mela, Mesa, Meyta, Mica, Micah▲, Mika, Mila▲, Milka, Milla, Mim, Mima, Mimma, Min, Mina, Minta▼, Mira▲, Mireya▼, Miri, Mirja, Mirta, Miryam, Misha, Mitra, Mona▼, Moyra, Muna, Myka, Nya, Reya, Silya, Taya▲, Zinya and Zoya. These names tend to be more frequently used than Miya.


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Brief overview of Wine architecture...
Wine is often used as a recursive acronym, standing for "Wine Is Not an Emulator". Sometimes it is also known to be used for "Windows Emulator". In a way, both meanings are correct, only seen from different perspectives. The first meaning says that Wine is not a virtual machine, it does not emulate a CPU, and you are not supposed to install Windows nor any Windows device drivers on top of it; rather, Wine is an implementation of the Windows API, and can be used as a library to port Windows applications to Unix. The second meaning, obviously, is that to Windows binaries (.exe files), Wine does look like Windows, and emulates its behaviour and quirks rather closely.
"Emulator": The "Emulator" perspective should not be thought of as if Wine is a typical inefficient emulation layer that means Wine can't be anything but slow - the faithfulness to the badly designed Windows API may of course impose a minor overhead in some cases, but this is both balanced out by the higher efficiency of the Unix platforms Wine runs on, and that other possible abstraction libraries (like Motif, GTK+, CORBA, etc) has a runtime overhead typically comparable to Wine's.
Wine main task is to run Windows executables under non Windows operating systems. It supports different types of executables:
DOS executable. Those are even older programs, using the DOS format (either .com or .exe (the later being also called MZ)).
Windows NE executable, also called 16-bit. They were the native processes run by Windows 2.x and 3.x. NE stands for New Executable <g>.
Windows PE executable. These are programs were introduced in Windows 95 (and became the native formats for all later Windows versions), even if 16-bit applications were still supported. PE stands for Portable Executable, in a sense where the format of the executable (as a file) is independent of the CPU (even if the content of the file - the code - is CPU dependent).
Winelib executable. These are applications, written using the Windows API, but compiled as a Unix executable. Wine provides the tools to create such executables.
Let's quickly review the main differences for the supported executables:
Table 7-1. Wine executables
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|Win16 (NE)
|Win32 (PE)
|Win64 (PE)
|Only one application at a time (except for TSR)
|Address space
|One MB of memory, where each application is loaded and unloaded.
|All 16-bit applications share a single address space, protected mode.
|Each application has it's own address space. Requires MMU support from CPU.
|Each application has it's own address space. Requires MMU support from CPU.
|Each application has it's own address space. Requires MMU support from CPU.
|Windows API
|No Windows API but the DOS API (like Int 21h traps).
|Will call the 16-bit Windows API.
|Will call the 32-bit Windows API.
|Will call the 64-bit Windows API.
|Will call the 32/64-bit Windows API, and possibly also the Unix APIs.
|Code (CPU level)
|Only available on x86 in real mode. Code and data are in segmented forms, with 16-bit offsets. Processor is in real mode.
|Only available on IA-32 architectures, code and data are in segmented forms, with 16-bit offsets (hence the 16-bit name). Processor is in protected mode.
|Available (with NT) on several CPUs, including IA-32. On this CPU, uses a flat memory model with 32-bit offsets (hence the 32-bit name).
|Only available on AMD64 and AArch64 architectures.
|Flat model, with 32/64-bit addresses.
|Not available.
|Not available.
|Available, but must use the Win32/64 APIs for threading and synchronization, not the Unix ones.
Wine deals with this issue by launching a separate Wine process (which is in fact a Unix process) for each Win32 process, but not for Win16 tasks. Win16 tasks are run as different intersynchronized Unix-threads in the same dedicated Wine process; this Wine process is commonly known as a WOW process (Windows on Windows), referring to a similar mechanism used by Windows NT.
Synchronization between the Win16 tasks running in the WOW process is normally done through the Win16 mutex - whenever one of them is running, it holds the Win16 mutex, keeping the others from running. When the task wishes to let the other tasks run, the thread releases the Win16 mutex, and one of the waiting threads will then acquire it and let its task run.
winevdm is the Wine process dedicated to running the Win16 processes. Note that several instances of this process could exist, as Windows has support for different VDM (Virtual Dos Machines) in order to have Win16 processes running in different address spaces. Wine also uses the same architecture to run DOS programs (in this case, the DOS emulation is provided by KRNL386.EXE).


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- Community Host Drum | Young Bear
- Head Veteran | George Martin
- MC | Maheengun Shawanda
- Arena Director | Brian Dayson
- Head Male Judge | RJ Smith
- Head Female Judge | Netawn Kiogima
- Head Male Dancer | Greg Morsaw
- Head Female Dancer | Christine Morseau
- Head Junior Male Dancer | Frank Wesaw, Jr
- Head Junior Female Dancer | Mimika Rapp
Kee-Boon-Mein-Kaa literally means "I have quit picking huckleberries."
Every Labor Day Weekend, we gathered and celebrated the good harvest, our families and friends, and our Potawatomi way of life. We do this through song, dance, food and prayers. Though the pow wow began in 1985, our people have gathered to celebrate these things since the beginning of time.
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