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Written and directed by Gavin Wiesen, "The Art of Getting By" stars Freddie Highmore as George, a bright and talented kid at a tony Upper West Side prep school who's been doing just enough to pass from one grade to the next, who suddenly finds himself in danger of not graduating high school. Making studying even more difficult is his distractingly beautiful new friend, Sally, played by Emma Roberts.
When George can't find the courage to make a move, his mentor Dustin, played by Michael Angarano, tells him to get down to business. And when George fails to heed the advice, Dustin does what any reasonable young man does in the face of a pretty young woman…
Michael Angarano was born and raised in the streets of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, less than 15 miles northeast from most of the action in his new film, "The Art of Getting By," but light-years away in terms of lifestyle.
"Growing up for me—if my life was made into a movie like 'Tree of Life,' a sweeping epic—shots would be of me playing Wiffle Ball in the street and hanging out and running in the streets with my friends in Brooklyn and Staten Island," Angarano told PopcornBiz.
But George lives a very comfortable uptown life of means, a way of life Angarano didn't really encounter until he moved west to pursue his acting career.
"Being an actor in LA, you see characters you've only read in Bret Easton Ellis novels, these privileged kids who have the resources to do anything. And so I understand both sides of it…I've hung out with these kids who can have private jets and rent out clubs even though they're under 21. It's foreign to me, it's a lifestyle I've never fully related to."
And it wasn't just Dustin's modest Brooklyn-loft life that resonated with Angarano, but also his place in the world at this time in his life.
"When I originally read the script three or four years ago, I was reading for the part of George, and my least favorite part of the script was (Dustin), because Gavin did such a nice job of writing it, that he's obviously the tool who you kind of don't want (Sally) to be with but is obviously going to be with her. But there's a humanity to (Dustin)… that you can't blame her and you can't blame him."
"I think the character captured a very specific point in my life, which I related to so much that it's really hard for me to talk about it. I related to it so profoundly. And that's basically why I wanted to do it."
After "Art," Angarano can be seen Oct. 19 getting held captive by religious fanatics in Kevin Smith's "Red State," and on Thursday it was announced that "Haywire" will be arriving Jan 2012, where Angarano co-stars with MMA star Gina Carano.
"I can only say that I had a really great time making ["Haywire"]. I had such a fun time working with Gina. Working with Steven Soderbergh is unparalleled, he's one of the few geniuses working. I'm so excited. Basically everything that you know about it is probably all I can really say. There's not much, it's basically his version of a Bourne movie with this girl who actually can kick somebody's a** for real—and she did beat people up. Not me—I had her show me what a rear naked chokehold was—naked."
Pause. Laugh. "No, not really naked," he says.
"The Art of Getting By" opens June 17.


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"She's a sketch" is something I used to write about here years ago when I first started Fabulous Doodles. It's a phrase/title that my friend and designer Renaldo Barnette and I always say to one another when we spot a girl with either an impeccable fashion sense and sketch-worthy ensemble and/or exquisite fashion illustration proportions or facial features. I haven't done one in ages but I hope you enjoy it! When inspiration strikes you have to go with it, and I'm so happy I did.
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World Won't End This Week
Come on admit it. I know you think it's silly, but somewhere in your head is a little voice that's asking if the world is going to end on Friday.
The Mayan calendar ends Friday December 21, 2012. Conspiracy theorists are on the bandwagon. They have been for sometime, pointing to an invisible asteroid that will end life as we know it. Or, how about a massive solar storm that will end it all?
NASA says that's highly unlikely. Comets that cause destruction on earth are extremely rare. They could happen once in about 500 years. Nothing like that is imminent.
Scientists say solar storms are are common events and do cause electrical outages. The worst case would be loss of power for weeks, not months and would not kill millions.
But what about the Mayan calendar? It hasn't predicted the world will end. There are thousands of web sites available and videos that are about catastrophes. You can find anything you like. However, none of them have any substantiation from any scientist.
Even though the voice may be in your head like it is in mine, you're probably safe to plan that Christmas party for the weekend, put up the tree and hang the lights if you haven't already done so and buy some Christmas gifts.
In all probability, the bills for January will arrive as usual. Death and taxes are the certain things that we can all count on.


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14 November, 2012
Thirty Three
Yesterday two of my local quilty friends, Andrea and Lee, came over to help me get prepped and start moving my scattered quilting stuff to my new space in the basement. It isn't quite done yet, hopefully by the end of the week. But the closets are in and were ready to be loaded. So load and fold and inventory we did.
I love my fabric, but I must finally admit that I do indeed have enough. I've really got to use more before I buy more. Or find it a new home. But I've known that for a while. What was more.shocking to me was the amount of quilt tops, WIPs, and intentional quilts that I had.
Instead of burying it all back in bins and ignoring that I might perhaps have a problem with starting and not finishing quilts I decided to actually inventory all those piles. And because I believe in full disclosure of my faults here is a full listing of all the projects awaiting my attention. I've numbered them for full effect.
Quilt Tops - Ready for Quilting
1. Anniversary Quilt
2. Cosmos Blocks
3. Wine Gums
4. Improv Sampler
5. My version of Checkerboard from Sunday Morning Quilts
6. Slaveship Quilt Inspired by The Book of Negroes
7. Gum on Concrete, my version of Splash from Sunday Morning Quilts
8. An old Amy Butler quilt top I picked up a sample sale
Quilts - Basted and Started Quilting
9. Girlie Quilt
10. Low Volume Circles
Works in Progress
11. Mid Mod Bee - Blocks to be assembled into a top
12. Unscripted Bee - Waiting for a couple of blocks, then to be assembled
13. Hand Pieced Diamonds - always ongoing
14. More Cosmic Burst blocks - I have a whole other set of blocks for a baby quilt
15. Voiles - Still cutting and piecing every now and then
16. Name quilt for my daughter - haven't done anything since this post
17. Chandelier quilt - was so close, then discovered a big mistake and have never fixed it
18. Mountain Meadows - have made no more blocks since
19. Liberty Circles - I make a handful every now and then but I'm still not assembling the top
20. Blue and green Christmas Tree quilt - I cut the pieces last year then promptly put them away
21. The alternate pink/black/white blocks I started when working on the girlie quilt
22. Respite - a project started in a Bill Kerr design workshop
23. Pieced Stars - a BOM I started years ago when I wanted to do some precision piecing breaks when doing a lot of improv
24. Japanese Curves - Fell in love with a Japanese fabric and a curvy pattern, took a class, never finished
25. The Water Quilt
26. Maple Leaves
Class Samples (Pieces I work on while teaching, as examples)
27. A values quilt in neutrals
28. Green/Yellow/Orange Improv blocks
Intentional Quilts
29. Sympatico and Organic solid stack
30. Lucky Penny Bike Path
31. Some vintage feedsacks intended for Amanda's quilt from Fresh Fabric Treats
32. Turkey reds, blues, and whites for a striped project
33. A collection of screen printed and low-volume favourites
To cap all this off, as Andrea and Lee were leaving the mail arrived, and in it was a fat quarter collection of Architextures, my friend Carolyn's new line.
21 comments:
- Lesly said...
God forbid anyone should do an audit of my basement/stash palace. I really want to see that indigo Book of Negroes quilt made up - love those prints.
- November 14, 2012 at 3:21 PM
- Nicole Follow the White Bunny said...
whoa! And suddenly I don't feel so bad about my WIP's (surely not more than 10 quilts in various stages of progress...) Thanks! ;)
- November 14, 2012 at 3:21 PM
- Erin Quinn said...
YAY!! I get to show my husband this list and he is never allowed to complain about my pile of 7 WIPS and mini stash.
Just remember that this is all for fun, so you do what you want when you want and enjoy it! And now you have the space to store it :-)
- November 14, 2012 at 3:54 PM
- elle said...
Been there! Done that! I edited and I really am trying to be a good girl. lol
- November 14, 2012 at 4:34 PM
- Shaman Dana said...
my fabric room shares space with 'stuff' that I either need to (finally) put on Ebay or just haul it off to the Goodwill (but this is the GOOD STUFF!)
On to my fabric staff (that isn't even sorted into any kind of order)
Quite frankly, this room scares me more than just a little! 0.0 I only wander in when I NEED something (like thread) *grin*
Good on you Cheryl for getting your room sorted out!
- November 14, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- MariQuilts said...
You're my kind of quilter!!!
- November 14, 2012 at 6:26 PM
- FlourishingPalms said...
Gosh, I've been quilting for 20 years and don't have as many UFOs as you do! Thanks for making me feel so good!
And your book looks awesome. I've only seen peeps of it on quilters' blogs, but the pictures look great. Keep up the creativity!
- November 14, 2012 at 6:50 PM
- Michelle G said...
I've only been quilting for about 2 years and I already have noticed that I rather start stuff then finish stuff. I think that is normal. Don't be so hard on yourself. You have lots of time to work on these projects and still be inspired to make new projects. By the way I love your book Sunday Morning Quilts.
- November 14, 2012 at 7:58 PM
- Rossie said...
Lol, Cheryl!
I came to a similar realization when I moved into my studio...somehow having had it scattered in various bins, boxes, closets, and things had me not quite realizing how many WIPs and how much fabric I had.
The good news is that having it all sorted and in one place has made it much easier to use up!
- November 14, 2012 at 8:26 PM
Now that you've done the inventory you need to decide what to do with them all (finish them, bail on the project, trade it with someone, etc.)
Pat Sloan has a terrific 12 point system for being HONEST with your WIPs - check it out!
And good luck of course.
- November 14, 2012 at 8:59 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow, just a few UFO'S lol Hope you manage to get through this lot. I love your cupboard, I just squeezed painted bookcases inside my cupboard, wish I had thought of this.
- November 14, 2012 at 9:44 PM
- Leanne said...
That is an impressive number, it is a good thing you are going to have some more quilting space! And you are so lucky to get the Architextures!
- November 14, 2012 at 10:11 PM
- peacedgoods said...
I have no problem with decorating with unfinished works. I have several unfinished quilt tops hanging around my studio and it looks intentional. I also have loads of fabric that is no longer my style but that is accidental.
- November 15, 2012 at 5:33 AM
- CitricSugar said...
Well, the good news is that you always have something you can be doing if you were to ever have time to get bored…?
At least the clear-out gives you a chance to refocus and see what you've got going on. All those orphans get attention again. And thanks for making me feel better about my pile of WIPs and intentionals… But I'll probably be adding Architextures to my stash, too. It's far too pretty to resist.
- November 15, 2012 at 6:27 AM
- Suzanne said...
I like to think of your list as pages in your quilter's portfolio. It's brimming with good stuff.
- November 15, 2012 at 7:12 AM
- Flaun of I Plead Quilty! said...
I know how you feel, Cheryl. I just recently took an inventory of my WIPs and UFOs. I have something like 30 quilts in the mix in varying degrees of doneness.
- November 15, 2012 at 7:44 AM
- thequiltedmitten said...
This makes me feel so much better. I have 29 projects in a list just like this, and it's nice to know I'm not alone haha! Writing the list has really helped me sew with the intent of finishing something, rather than starting new projects. Hopefully it will be useful for you as well; its a great way to keep yourself accountable.
- November 15, 2012 at 7:45 AM
- Anne / Springleaf Studios said...
I'm afraid to count my quilts waiting to be quilted. if only I could afford to have someone else quilt them. Have to admit I'm a starter more than a finisher and definitely a hoarder of fabric. 2013 will be more goal driven to use and finish.
- November 15, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- Barb Neiwert said...
The other day my husband finally figured out that I have a lot of fabric! For so long, he just didn't notice, and now it's like, "STOP!". So, I guess I'm on a fabric diet, too. Sounds like it's time for you to get those WIP finished up! It was nice for you to have help organizing.
- November 16, 2012 at 7:16 AM
- Amanda Jean said...
How fun to have friends come and help you out with a daunting task like that.
I love that you listed all your WIPs here and let us see what your inventory is like. I love reading other peoples lists! Perhaps I'm just nosy? Perhaps you would like to join me for finish it up Friday some week? (ok, now I'm just being cheeky!)
Have fun with those projects and remember that finishing is FUN!
- November 21, 2012 at 5:31 PM
I can't work on more than 2 projects at a time (in my professional life I start and finish everything on a time line) as it leaves me feeling scattered.
Last year my friend Jackie (Birds on a Wire designer)decided she had to cut down on her ufo's because I had inspired her. I believ she has gone from 44 to 12 left to complete - all started with a list and the stage that each quilt was at. Now she has inspired me to be more creative.
Good luck and enjoy the process.
- November 23, 2012 at 9:55 PM


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José Valdez—Cherishing classic cars
Most evenings, and certainly most weekends, find José Valdez in his garage, intensely focused on his hobby of refurbishing classic cars, preferably from the 1930s to early 1960s. By day a technician in the Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation Division, Valdez enjoys all aspects of the car restoration process, from finding an old, beat-up wreck sitting neglected in someone's backyard to putting the poor thing on his jack stand to see how much work it will take to make the car run again and turn it back into the beauty it had once been.
"I used to help my dad in his body shop when I was a kid," Valdez explains, "and today my brother James is a car mechanic and my brother Bento runs a paint and body shop like our dad. Cars are in our blood."
Valdez tends to be drawn to the rarer and less popular of the classic cars, which makes it more difficult to find the vehicles and parts. But Valdez likes the hunt and he has one distinct advantage over car restorers from the East and West Coast: The dry air of the arid desert Southwest makes it much more likely to find non-rusty specimens.
"What is really exciting to me is having a new part come in and seeing whether it will work," says Valdez with a smile. "That's the real fun. It's so much easier now with the internet instead of having to hang around junk yards and swap meets."
Car community
Valdez is part of a large community of automobile restorers from all over the country and world, people he does not necessarily know but who can be counted on to help nonetheless. "One time I bought parts from a scammer in Houston," Valdez recalls. "He took money from everyone but never sent what had been paid for. Some local car aficionados heard of the situation, went over to the man's house and got our money back. 'We don't want this crook to make Houston look bad,' they said. I sent them New Mexico chile powder as a thank you."
For a while Valdez pursued fast cars and raced at the Albuquerque Dragway. But nowadays he prefers family-oriented, picnic-type car shows that offer neither adrenaline rushes nor trophies. "I like visiting with my friends more than being competitive," Valdez notes, "and I like cars that you can actually drive, not getting paranoid over every speck of dirt under the hood."
On Sundays Valdez and his fiancée, Leslie Gallegos, take the latest ugly-duckling-turned-into-a-swan for a test spin, going for a long drive to the mountains or down to Albuquerque.
José Valdez works for the Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation Division's Safeguards Science and Technology group.
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The below obituary contained a wealth of information for me. Each paragraph had something I didn't know. There was only one thing missing--that being his parent's names. (However, I already had them.) I couldn't trace John Quincy Adams in census records from 1870 to 1910, as there were too many. Then, I decided to use his wife's name, Frances, and there he was, listed as Quincy! From this obituary, I also learned he was of Wyoming, New York, not the state of Wyoming.
John Quincy Adams
Wyoming, Nov. 29,--John Quincy Adams fell dead at his home here at 5:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon of heart disease. He had been about the house during the day and was about to lie down when he was stricken.
Mr. Adams was born in Stafford on March 17, 1838. He took up his residence in the town of Middlebury when a young man and in 1859 married Miss Frances Maria Cox, who died October 31, 1923. He resided on a farm in Middlebury until 1900, when he moved to this village. Mr. and Mrs. Adams celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage in 1919. Mr. Adams was a member of the Middlebury Baptist church, was a great reader and was well posted on many topics.
Surviving Mr. Adams are two daughters, Mrs. Hattie Blatchford, who lived with him, Mrs. E. R. Jones of Utica; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mary Blair of No. 35 Washington Avenue, Batavia.
Funeral services will be held at Mr. Adams's late home, at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the Rev. C. H. Otto of the Baptist church of Wyoming officiating. Burial will be made in the Wyoming cemetery."
John was my first cousin, 4 times removed.
Descendants of John Quincy A.
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN QUINCY A. ADAMS (HORACE, JOHN) was born March 17, 1838 in Stafford, Genesee Co.,
New York, and died November 1928 in of Middlebury, Wyoming Co., . He married FRANCES MARIA COX November 08, 1859, daughter of JOHN COX and PHEBE COX. She was born February 1827 in New York , and died October 31, 1923. New York
Children of JOHN ADAMS and FRANCES COX were:
2. i. MARY E. ADAMS, b. November 1861,
New York; d. of . Utica, New York
3. ii. HATTIE J. ADAMS, b. February 1864,
. New York
Generation No. 2
2. MARY E. ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY A., HORACE, JOHN) was born November 1861 in
New York, and died in of . She married EUGENE R. JONES 1892. He was born July 1858, and died Bet. 1920 - 1930. Utica, New York
Children of MARY ADAMS and EUGENE JONES were:
FRANCES M JONES, b. May 12, 1894, ; d. August 1986. (The twins were unmarried.) New York
ii. GRACE E. JONES, b. May 12, 1894,
; d. October 1980. New York
3. HATTIE J. ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY A., HORACE, JOHN) was born February 1864 in
. She married WILLIAM BLATCHFORD 1887. He was born March 1864 in New York , and died 1942. New York
Children of HATTIE ADAMS and WILLIAM BLATCHFORD were:
4. i. CLIFFORD E. BLATCHFORD, b. April 1889,
. New York
ii. WILLIAM E. BLATCHFORD, b. May 1891,
. New York
iii. FLOSSIE M. BLATCHFORD, b. January 1894,
. New York
iv. OLIVE R. BLATCHFORD, b. May 1896,
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vi. EDITH BLATCHFORD, b. Abt. 1902,
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vii. ERNEST BLATCHFORD, b. Abt. 1902,
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viii. ARCHIE BLATCHFORD, b. Abt. 1904,
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4. CLIFFORD E. BLATCHFORD (HATTIE J. ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY A., HORACE, JOHN) was born April 1889 in
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Children of CLIFFORD BLATCHFORD and ESTELLE BLATCHFORD were:
i. WILLIAM BLATCHFORD.
ii. ELOISE BLATCHFORD.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
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Maloofs agree to sell NBA's Kings
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The only thing stopping the Sacramento Kings from a sale and move to Seattle is approval by NBA owners.
The Maloof family has agreed to sell the Kings to a Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen, two people familiar with the decision said Sunday night. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal is still pending approval from the NBA Board of Governors.
One person said Hansen's group will buy 65 percent of the franchise for $525 million, move the team to Seattle and restore the SuperSonics name. The Maloofs will have no stake in the team.
The sale figure is a total valuation of the franchise, which includes relocation fees. Hansen's group also is hoping to buy out other minority investors.
The Maloofs will receive a $30 million non-refundable deposit Feb. 1, according to the deal, one person said. They will still be allowed to receive other offers until the league approves the sale.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said last week he had received permission from NBA Commissioner David Stern to present a counteroffer to league owners from buyers who would keep the Kings in Sacramento.
The plan by Hansen's group is to have the team play at least the next two seasons in KeyArena before moving into a new facility in downtown Seattle. The deadline for teams to apply for a move for the next season is March 1.
Johnson said in a statement late Sunday night that the city remains undeterred despite the agreement with the Seattle group.
"Sacramento has proven that it is a strong NBA market with a fan base that year in and year out has demonstrated a commitment to the Kings by selling out 19 of 27 seasons in a top 20 market and owning two of the longest sellout streaks in NBA history," Johnson said.
"When it comes to keeping the team in our community, Sacramento is playing to win. In particular, we have been focused like a laser on identifying an ownership group that will both have the financial resources desired by the NBA and the vision to make the Kings the NBA equivalent of what the Green Bay Packers have been in the NFL."
In a saga that has dragged on for nearly three years, Johnson and Sacramento appear to be facing their most daunting challenge yet.
Hansen, a Seattle native and San Francisco-based investor, reached agreement with local governments in Seattle last October on plans to build a $490 million arena near the city's other stadiums, CenturyLink Field and Safeco Field.
As part of the agreement, no construction will begin until all environmental reviews are completed and a team has been secured.
Hansen's group is expected to pitch in $290 million in private investment toward the arena, along with helping to pay for transportation improvements in the area around the stadiums.
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The plans also call for the arena to be able to handle a future NHL franchise.
The remaining $200 million in public financing would be paid back with rent money and admissions taxes from the arena, and if that money falls short, Hansen would be responsible for making up the rest.
Other investors in the proposed arena include Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and two members of the Nordstrom department store family.
Hansen's goal has been to return the SuperSonics to the Puget Sound after they were moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City in 2008.
Asked in September if he could envision a team being in Seattle for the 2013 season, Hansen was cautious about finding an option that quickly.
The Kings' sale price would top the NBA-record $450 million the Golden State Warriors sold for in July 2010.
Brothers Joe, Gavin and George Maloof bought controlling interests in the franchise from Los Angeles-based developer Jim Thomas in 1999. The Maloofs, who have long waited for an upgrade to the team's outdated arena, backed out of a tentative $391 million deal for a new downtown building with Sacramento last year, reigniting fears the franchise could relocate.
Johnson and the Kings broke off all negotiations in the summer with the team's owners, who said the deal didn't make financial sense for the franchise.
In 2011, the Kings appeared determined to move to Anaheim before Johnson convinced the NBA to give the city one last chance to help finance an arena.
At one point, Johnson seemed so certain the team was gone he called the process a "slow death" and compared the city's efforts to keep the Kings a "Hail Mary."
Johnson made a pitch to the NBA Board of Governors in April 2011, promising league owners the city would find a way to help finance a new arena to replace the team's current outdated suburban facility. That pitch bought the Kings time, before the brokered deal between the city and the Maloofs fell apart last year.
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The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis expanded its graduate programs this summer to include master's-degree offerings for aspiring nurse practitioners and physician assistants with a focus on preparing primary-care providers for rural and underserved communities.
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis was established in March 2009 through a $100 million commitment from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the nation's largest grant for nursing education. The vision of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is to transform health care through nursing education and research. Through nursing leadership, the school discovers knowledge to advance health, improve quality of care and health outcomes, and inform health policy. The school's first programs, a doctoral and a master's degree program, opened in fall 2010. Additional students and programs will be phased in over the next decade. For more information, visit nursing.ucdavis.edu.
"The new curriculum offers a broad education in understanding complex problems and generating solutions, understanding how health systems and health care works as well as how to improve quality, lead teams and deal with the business aspects of care," said Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing and Dean Heather M. Young. "Graduates are prepared to work as leaders of health-care teams."
"Graduates are prepared to work as leaders of health-care teams."
— Heather M. Young
The new physician assistant and nurse practitioner programs at the School of Nursing build upon the UC Davis vision to prepare health-care providers who will practice in areas where they are most needed. Both programs were previously offered through the UC Davis School of Medicine. The physician assistant program was a certificate program with no degree. The nurse practitioner program was a joint program with California State University, Sacramento, requiring enrollment, and tuition, at both universities.
Over the past 40 years, the programs graduated more than 1,800 nurse practitioners and physician assistants, with 67 percent of graduates working in underserved areas. Additionally, nearly 70 percent of graduates work in primary care, compared to much lower national averages of between 30 and 40 percent.
The UC Davis programs were unique, though, because they were the only combined nurse practitioner and physician assistant programs in the nation and the physician assistant program is the only one provided in the University of California system.
Those distinctive qualities will continue, along with a greater emphasis on leadership, said Debra Bakerjian, an assistant adjunct professor at the School of Nursing and the vice chair for Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Studies.
"By learning together, physician assistant and nurse practitioner students are exposed to both medical and nursing perspectives prior to the clinical training for their profession," Bakerjian said. "As part of the interprofessional programs of the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Group at the School of Nursing, those perspectives are further broadened as the students engage in courses with faculty from a variety of disciplines."
The nurse practitioner program is a two-year master's degree program and the physician assistant program is a 27-month master's degree program.
Applications are now open for summer 2014 enrollment. For more information, visit nursing.ucdavis.edu.


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"My best support came from my dog," is a common sentiment among people who have been through a divorce. That's no surprise given the well-known benefits of dogs. They ease feelings of loneliness, make us feel loved, encourage exercise, promote playfulness and facilitate social interactions. They don't put pressure on us to cheer up, to get back out there or to stop dressing like a slob. They always seem glad to see us. There are countless ways that they make life better for people in any kind of emotional pain, including those whose marriages have ended.
On the other hand, if your ex gets custody of the dog, the agony of the split may be compounded. Not only is your spouse gone, but so is your dog. When I've talked to people who have not gotten custody and miss the dog, sometimes that pain seems more raw and intense than the loss of the human relationship. In some cases, that may be because the relationship with the dog is better and healthier than the marriage ever was, and sometimes the loss of the dog is the straw that broke the camel's back. Either way, losing one's dog adds to the pain of divorce.
It takes commitment to help a dog through the changes divorce brings. For some people, the focus on the dog is a helpful distraction, but for others, it's just one more exhausting challenge. One friend of mine knew that her ex would be the best guardian for the dog because he works from home and runs with the dog every day. In contrast, she works long hours and travels a lot, and exercised the dog only on the weekends. To her credit, she did not fight for custody, although she does have visitation rights. She loves the dog, so in his interest, she agreed to a situation that she knew would be more painful to her, and it has been.
If you've gone through a divorce, how did your dog play into the pain and the process of healing?


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Written by Dave Pankew / Photography by RCH Designs
Huntington Beach in California is an odd place. On the one hand you have loads of tourists from around the globe taking in its beautiful scenery. They are milling around the immense sprawling beaches armed with cameras and usually wearing too much clothes for a sunny day. After the sun dips down, they pack the restaurants and bars to unwind from the days activities over a few pricey cocktails. But on the other side, this place is pretty hardcore. It's home to plenty of fringe surfers, skateboarders, mixed martial arts and extreme sports enthusiasts. There is never a dull moment around here and action can be found at every turn. Huntington Beach has a style all its own, from clothing to music, to bikes and cars. There are loads of young cats rolling in retro muscle cars and lifted OC-style trucks, making it rare to spot highly modified imports at the corner of PCH and Main on any given night.
Manny deEncio has bucked the trend at his Huntington Beach customizing business, Automotive Design Concepts with this neck-breaking 350Z. A Muscle car it's not, but it certainly packs a lot of heat under the lid of this Japanese roadster. With a list of clients ranging from a widebdy G37 sedan to outrageous Hummer H1s, deEncio has experience with many different platforms.
On this project, the focus was some basic modifications under the hood starting with a Mishimoto aluminum rad and Mishimoto silicone hoses, plus a K&N Typhoon intake system and a growling Magnaflow 3-inch stainless system. The OEM battery was upgraded more to a powerful race-ready Kinetik Racing Cell.
The exterior though was a totally different deal. The owner wanted some outrageous body styling that would get serious looks and that came in the form of a kit from California-based AIT Racing. The Nissan GT-R inspired looks of the 4-piece kit were complimented by an AIT Racing R1-series carbon fiber hood. The bodywork was performed at Auto Explosion in Gardena, CA who shot the car in flawless PPG Radiance Collection Hell Fire Red and buffed it to perfection.
The wheels selected for the project were bound to turn some heads. A set of popular PIAA Super Rozzas were added with 19x8.5-inch front wrapped in sticky-icky Toyo Proxes R888 235/35R19s. On the rear, the Rozzas expand to 19x10-inches with wide 295/30R19 Toyo's camping out in the back. The Brembo brakes, dampers and suspension goodies are all stock with the exception of Eibach Springs which slightly drop the car only 1-inch. Drop the top and we found some subtle moves inside this 2-seater that really set it off.
The ADC Upholstery shop in Huntington Beach, CA took the car to re-skin the seats with Katzkin covers. A Momo GTR2 steering wheel and matching shift knob were added in addition to a Momo stainless pedal set. The majority of the factory audio system had to go, making way for what this project is really all about.
Using the factory DVD Navigation, the balance of the speakers, amps and wiring was pulled in favor of new and improved aftermarket gear. A pair of Crossfire amps, the XP1000D and the XP4802 were wired up to drive the subs. There are three subs installed in the project, twin Crossfire BMF 10-inch subs and a single Crossfire BMF 12-inch in the trunk. The mid-range amp is a Crossfire XP3204 driving three sets of Crossfire HCX652 coaxials inside cab and trunk.
The entire system is lit up by single and powerful Kinetik HC1800 connected by Tsunami gear throughout the car. The end result is a powerful, yet tight sounding install done by the guys over at Pro-Line Car Audio in Irwindale, CA. Builder deEncio considers this Z strictly a demo vehicle that doesn't see much street time. It is a blend of good looks and audio with already inherent performance from the potent VQ35DE. For now, deEncio wants to keep it pretty for the various shows he attends and that is all about staying off the mean streets of Huntington Beach.
Builder: Manny de Encio
Location: Huntington beach, CA
Vehicle: 2008 Nissan 350Z
Engine: Nissan 3.5L VQ35DE-HR V6
K&N Typhoon intake system
Magnaflow stainless exhaust
Mishimoto aluminum radiator
Mishimoto silicone hoses
Eibach Pro Line springs
AIT Racing GT-R body kit
AIT Racing R1-series hood
PPG Hell Fire Red paint
PIAA Super Rozza Wheels
Toyo R888 Tires
F: 19x8.5-inch with 235/35R19
R: 19x10-inch with 295/30R19
Momo GTR2 steering wheel
Momo GTR2 shift knob
Momo Pedal set
Katzkin leather upholstery
Factory DVD/Nav
Crossfire XP1000D mono amp
Crossfire XP4802 bass amp
Crossfire BMF 10-inch subs x2
Crossfire BMF 12-inch sub
Crossfire XP3204 mid-range amp
Crossfire HCX652 coaxial x3
Kinetik HC1800
Kinetik Racing Cell (under hood)
Tsunami wiring
Toyo Tires, AIT Racing, Auto Explosion, Crossfire Audio, Eibach, K&N Filters, Katzkin, Kinetik Power Cell, Mishimoto, License Frame Inc, Magnaflow, Meguiar's, Metra, Momo, PIAA, PPG, Superior Mats, US Speedo


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Women and Depression
depression (in psychiatry)
depression, in psychiatry, a symptom of mood disorder characterized by intense feelings of loss, sadness, hopelessness, failure, and rejection. The two major types of mood disorder are unipolar disorder, also called major depression, and bipolar disorder, whose sufferers are termed manic-depressive (see bipolar disorder). Other types of depression are recognized, with characteristics similar to the major mood disorders, but not as severe: they are adjustment disorder with depression, dysthymic disorder, and cyclothymic disorder.
Close to 20% of Americans are likely to suffer major depression at some time, and women tend to be more susceptible to the disorder than men. Major depression is likely to interfere significantly with everyday activity, with symptoms including insomnia, irritability, weight loss, and a lack of interest in outside events. The disorder may last several months or longer—and may recur—but it is generally reversible in the short run.
Bipolar disorder is much rarer, affecting only about 1% of the U.S. population; women and men tend to be equally susceptible. Its sufferers alternate between states of depression—similar to that which is experienced in unipolar disorder—and mania, which is characterized by intense euphoria and frenetic activity. Bipolar disorders are often interspersed with periods of relatively normal behavior, which may last for long periods of time between episodes of depression or mania. Manic-depressives have an extremely high rate of suicide, and episodes of the disorder tend to recur.
Medical evidence suggests that depressive states may be connected to deficiencies in the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin. Drug therapy includes various antidepressants that act on the flow of neurotransmitters and lithium for bipolar disorder (antidepressants can cause mania when used to treat depression in bipolar patients). There also has been success with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depression.
In recent years, theorists have argued that many depressed individuals depend upon others for their self-esteem, and that the loss of one of these emotional supports often precipitates a depressive reaction. A number of psychologists contend instead that depression is a result of learned helplessness, which occurs when a person determines through experience that his actions are useless in making positive changes. Other theorists have shown that genetic factors play a role in depression.
See L. Wolpert, Malignant Madness (2000).


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The President In Profile: 'The Magic Can't Last Forever'
After hours of interviews with President Obama, David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, has written a feature article in the upcoming issue. He tells Robert Siegel about what he learned from the president and wrote about in his piece, "Going the Distance."
The President In Profile: 'The Magic Can't Last Forever'
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
President Obama has now been in the White House for five years and the fifth year has been a rough ride: The Snowden leaks about NSA surveillance, the dysfunctional debut of Healthcare.gov, Syria's crossing of the president's own declared red line leading him to the brink of air strikes that his own party rebelled at. How Barack Obama processes these events is a theme of David Remnick's story in the current issue of The New Yorker, "Going the Distance."
Remnick, who is the magazine's editor, also wrote the 2011 biography, "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama." And he joins us now from New York. Welcome to the program once again.
DAVID REMNICK: Good to talk to you.
SIEGEL: First, does President Obama acknowledge that this has been a terrible year for him, one that has witnessed his approval ratings going down?
REMNICK: I think it's so undeniable that even he has to admit it. And he certainly has to travel the country and enact his fury at the rollout of Obamacare, which was really self-inflicted.
SIEGEL: Self-inflicted meaning when he says: I take responsibility for this, does he seem to feel that responsibility?
REMNICK: I think so and you can't blame the Republican Congress or only up to a degree. That rollout was a classic botch. And the best they can do is say look, Social Security when it rolled out was also a bit of a botch and then it got fixed very quickly, and nobody remembers anything other than the fact that it's an incredibly popular program.
SIEGEL: There's an accusation against Barack Obama that you always hear in Washington: He lacks the necessary gregariousness for the job. Senior members of Congress, even Democrats, seldom see him socially. And the argument goes his daily dinner with his wife and daughters is personally admirable, but presidentially it's a waste of time. What does he say about that?
REMNICK: Well, he makes no excuses for the fact that he likes to have dinner with his family. And I know he feels that personal relationships are important only on the margins. And his difficulties with Congress don't have anything to do with schmoozing. They have to do with the fact that there is a transformed, radicalized Republican Party. It's deeply, deeply conservative and deeply devoted to blocking the Democratic Party agenda at every move. And this was not always the case historically, whether you had a president who knew how to break arms and cajole people or not.
SIEGEL: So his view is he could play golf with John Boehner every weekend and it would make no difference whatever?
REMNICK: I think only at the margins, that he could play golf with Boehner or have a drink with Mitch McConnell, and do that night after night. And it would not change the fact that somebody like Lindsey Graham at home faces a challenge from where? The Democratic Party, no. He's facing challenges from four different candidates from the Tea Party, so that Lindsey Graham begins to seem like a moderate or centrist in our political geography.
And that's not what our political geography look like it in the days of Lyndon Johnson, when you had actual liberals in the Republican Party and centrists. And you also had a different kind of party discipline where the president could get a committee chairman on board - or threaten a committee chairman or make a deal - and you would have discipline throughout the party. Everybody is his own or her own political actor now in Congress.
SIEGEL: But apart from that political reading of the Congress and the Republican Party, you watched President Obama travel. How long were you with him actually?
REMNICK: I was on a three-day trip where he was raising funds in one preposterous mansion after another in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles. And I've gone down to the White House any number of times but had hours of on the record interviews and other contact that was really useful.
SIEGEL: One of the first things that happens in your story, in your time with him, was the deal with Iran emerging - the nuclear deal emerging. And I gather he was very surprised by the criticism he got for that. Fair?
REMNICK: I think that's fair. I think he is especially more than surprised. I think he's pretty outraged by the fact that there were so many Democrats that seem more interested in the point of view of Bibi Netanyahu and the Saudi leadership, than in their party leader and president.
So that the morning after the Iran deal was signed, Chuck Schumer went on the Sunday shows. And without any fear of punishment from the president or the party leadership, simply pronounced that he was going to possibly favor increased sanctions against Iran, which would really be counterproductive for the deal as it is at this point. And he's not the only one: Cory Booker, Gillibrand.
I mean there are a lot of Democrats that talk in this vein, forcing Obama to say if such a bill came to his desk he'd have to veto it. That's the kind of fluidity and lack of party discipline and the atmosphere of Washington that Obama faces. That's just the fact of how Washington is these days.
SIEGEL: But you don't see that as an example of the lack of fear that Barack Obama has inspired in members of his own party; that you will not get what you want from this administration if you don't show some discipline.
REMNICK: Well, look. If you're a senator from Alaska and you're a Democrat, you already feel endangered, you already feel on the brink of extinction. So a Democratic senator from Alaska goes to the administration and wants a big favor, a road deal, and he gets it. And then it comes time for a crucial vote on gun control, there's no way that senator is going to vote for gun control, because that'll be the last vote he ever makes.
By the way, I'm not saying this is necessarily a terrible thing. The old days of strict party discipline and smoke-filled rooms and deals done over dinner had real demerits too.
SIEGEL: In his first term, I mean this is a president who was given the Nobel Peace Prize essentially for being Barack Obama and getting elected. He hadn't been in office...
REMNICK: And not being George W. Bush.
SIEGEL: And not being George W. Bush.
SIEGEL: Now you find a president who has to spend time defending second-rate IT work on the Healthcare.gov website. Any sense there of where did the magic to my presidency go?
REMNICK: You know, at one point I said to him: Don't you find that there is a certain sector of your base that has gravitated now away from you and toward people like Elizabeth Warren or even Bill de Blasio? And he said: Look, this is the most natural thing in the world. You know, we live in this media-saturated country and the magic can't last forever, and in some ways the caravan marches on.
William Daley, his former chief of staff, told my colleague Ryan Lizza that after 2014 - politically speaking - no one cares what Barack Obama does. Now a lot can happen between 2014 and 2016 in any number of areas where the president is essential. But what he means is that the air goes out of the room, our political attention starts turning and lame-duckness sets in. And, of course, he's faced with the Congress that he's faced with.
So the notion of enacting big programs, big legislation, ambitious work on climate change or income inequality - all these things that he held so dearly in the second inaugural, it already looks quite bleak.
SIEGEL: David Remnick, thank you for talking with us once again.
REMNICK: Always a pleasure.
SIEGEL: That's David Remnick whose article in The New Yorker, based on recent interviews with Barack Obama, is called "Going the Distance."
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Things certainly seem to be breaking President Barack Obama's way of late. A slew of new polls last week showed gains for him in crucial battleground states, most notably Ohio, the one state no Republican has ever won the presidency without. Mr. Obama won't repeat his feat of taking Indiana, and North Carolina may be a stretch, but polls in Florida, Virginia, Nevada and elsewhere suggest the possibility that this election might not even be that close.
But before Obama supporters start measuring the White House for second-term drapes, they may want to consider the strong possibility that the race is far from over. There's enough time left and enough volatility in this race and in the world for Mitt Romney to eke out a victory on Nov. 6. Here are a few things that could scramble this race:
•A foreign crisis. There are several simmering conflicts around the world that could pull in the United States in the coming weeks, including the Syrian civil war and the territorial dispute between China and Japan over a small group of islands. But tops on the list of possible game-changers is an Israeli attack on Iran. That's unlikely to happen before the election; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have tried to draw a "red line" around Iran at the United Nations on Thursday, but he also made it clear that an attack would not be launched against that nation's nuclear facilities until next spring at the earliest. Still, the prospect of the United States getting drawn into an armed conflict with Iran is clearly on the rise.
Foreign policy has generally been a strength for Mr. Obama, and Mr. Romney's efforts to score points in this arena (from his gaffe-prone foreign tour to his quick criticism of the president even as news broke about the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens) have fallen flat. But the president's decision not to meet one-on-one with world leaders at the United Nations last week and continued questions about the circumstances surrounding the attack on our Libyan consulate could give Mr. Romney openings if a crisis erupts.
•An economic stall. A key factor in Mr. Obama's recent success in the polls has been his ability to chip away Mr. Romney's advantage on whom voters trust more to manage the economy. Growth remains weak and unemployment remains high, but voters have historically been more interested in the trajectory of the economy than its actual status on Election Day.
Given the stops and starts of the economic recovery, it's certainly possible for that perception to change in the next month. Continued trouble in the Eurozone could quickly upend American markets — and given last week's anti-austerity protests in Greece, it's clear the political and economic situation there has not stabilized. And there will be two U.S. jobs reports between now and the election — one of which will come out the Friday before voters head to the polls. The August report was weak, showing just 96,000 jobs created. If the numbers dip further (certainly a possibility, given the uncertainty over the mandatory budget cuts and tax increases scheduled to go into effect at the end of the year), voters may be more receptive to Mr. Romney's economic message, particularly if he provides more specifics about his plans.
•The debates. Presidential debates don't usually determine the course of an election, though there have been some notable exceptions, such as the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates. Still, Mr. Romney proved an adept debater during the Republican primaries, and he has been deeply enmeshed in preparations for next month's meetings with President Obama. Mr. Romney has been sparring with Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, an experienced surrogate who also played the role of Mr. Obama during Sen. John McCain's 2008 debate preparations. (Mr. Obama, needing someone to play a somewhat stiff Massachusetts politician who has historically been a bit squishy on the issues, has been practicing with Sen. John Kerry.) Mr. Romney is perhaps best advised not to go for a knockout blow — that can backfire — but instead to take advantage of the elevation a challenger receives by standing on the same stage with the incumbent.
•The open microphone. Mr. Romney's campaign was upended by the secretly recorded "47 percent" remarks, and Mr. Obama is just as capable of being caught saying something that rubs much of the nation the wrong way. There was the 2008 description of rural Pennsylvanians as "bitter" and "clinging" to their guns; the exchange with Samuel Wurzelbacher ("Joe the plumber") about redistribution of wealth; and more recently, the "you didn't build that" gaffe in Virginia.
Add to these the inevitable uncertainties of Election Day, particularly voter turnout and the possible influence of untested voter ID laws — even weather can be a factor in a close race. The incumbent's position in the polls may actually hurt his chances if over-confident supporters choose to stay home, while undecided voters traditionally break heavily for the challenger. The bottom line is that five weeks is an eternity in politics; the unexpected could greatly influence voter perspective; and in an ideologically divided nation, the outcome is unlikely to be certain until all the ballots are counted.


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Have you seen the "Ready for Hillary" bumper stickers? I've seen one already and wondered about the implied insult to the current occupant of the White House. You're "Ready for Hillary" when the greatest statesman of our age isn't even halfway through his second term?
Are you ready because Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state was such a rousing success? As of this writing, Islamist forces are marching south from newly conquered Mosul and Tikrit in Iraq. Wasn't Clinton the chief architect of our foreign policy when we failed to negotiate a status-of-forces agreement with Iraq in 2011? Reviewing that history in September of 2012, The New York Times quoted an administration spokesman: "As we reviewed the 10,000 option, we came to the conclusion that achieving the goal of a security partnership was not dependent on the size of our footprint in-country, and that stability in Iraq did not depend on the presence of U.S. forces."
That worked out well.
When asked in April what she was most proud of in her term, she squirted a lot of ink about preventing another Great Depression and "stabilization" and "positive growth," adding: "I think we really restored American leadership in the best sense. That, once again -- people began to rely on us as setting the values, setting the standards."
With which country are relations better now than in 2009? Canada? Israel? Britain? We've rebuffed and insulted Canada by failing to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, bullied and alienated Israel, betrayed Poland and the Czech Republic on defensive missiles, and insulted Great Britain by, among other things, sending back Winston Churchill's bust.
Has the U.S. position improved vis-a-vis adversaries? Is Clinton proud of the Russia "reset"? It began with a gaffe when she, in a stunt that would have been puerile even if it had gone right, presented to the Russian foreign minister a button that was supposed to say "reset" in Russian. Instead, it said "overcharge." Since then the President Barack Obama/Clinton policy toward Russia has been marked by Vladimir Putin running rings around the U.S. while the president issues clueless rebukes to critics about the Cold War being over.
The surge in Afghanistan was unsuccessful and is now to be followed by unilateral withdrawal. Iraq's fragile peace is collapsing, even as a revived al-Qaida stands ready to dominate large swaths of Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. Libya is heading for civil war. Benghazi, Clinton admits, is a regret. China is throwing its weight around in Asia. America's global popularity declined steeply during her tenure.
Perhaps none of this is actually Clinton's fault. Obama explained in 2008 that he was: "a better speechwriter than my speechwriters ... I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm going to think I'm a better political director than my political director." So maybe Clinton's advice wasn't heeded. Or maybe she's an empty suit who saw the post as a way to pad her resume rather than advance our national interests.
I doubt the lady who sported the "Ready for Hillary" bumper sticker was thinking of Clinton's record as secretary of state. No, the rationale for the Clinton candidacy is the heart and soul of the progressive project -- identity politics. It isn't what you can do or have done, it's which box you can check on the approved victim scorecard. The "first woman president" was trumped in 2008 by a superior victim claim, but now, unless a black woman candidate should materialize, Clinton holds the high card.
She may not know how to avoid pitfalls like saying she and Bill Clinton were "broke" when they left the White House, but Hillary knows how to bow the "woman" violin. To extricate herself from the embarrassing stories about her wealth, she wasn't above knifing her former rival/boss. The Obama campaign, she's begun telling interviewers, was riddled with sexism. Why, they asked her to criticize Sarah Palin! If you can buy Hillary -- who mercilessly trashed every woman who stepped forward to accuse Bill Clinton of harassment -- as a stalwart defender of Palin in the name of female solidarity, you'll buy anything.
Hillary Clinton has nothing to offer the country except her sex. She managed to parlay her status as wronged spouse into a Senate seat, and to leverage her status as failed presidential candidate into the job of secretary of state. She now plans to milk her status as unsuccessful secretary of state into the presidency. She isn't an example of female accomplishment so much as the Peter Principle -- that is, people will be promoted until they reach their "position of incompetence."


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A question in e-mail that I've been meaning to get to for a while:
I know you don't do media tie-in novels, but have you ever been tempted to? I think a John Scalzi Star Wars novel would be really cool.
Heh. I've noted before that given how frequently I've flayed the Star Wars franchise (and George Lucas' writing and directing thereof), the chances of the LucasFilm people even thinking of approaching me about writing in their universe is about as likely as Admiral Ackbar enjoying the calamari platter at the Olive Garden ("Oh! My brothers! Did you not see it was a trap?"). So I wouldn't get my hopes up for that one.
I've been approached in the past to do media tie-in work and have largely turned it down, not because I think it's below me — I think I've been pretty clear in the past that I think the class snobbery regarding tie-in writing is pretty bogus — but because I have my own list of projects to get to, and that list is fairly extensive. If and when I do work with someone else's property, I want it to be something so very cool and special that it's worth taking time away from my own personal slate of projects. Basically, I'm picky.
That said, I'll tell you a story. Probably about 12 years ago I wrote an e-mail to John Carmack of id Software, explaining to him why he should really let me write a novel based on the Quake games, with a long list of rationales that in the end pretty much boiled down to "because if you did, dude, I promise you that novel would f'n rock." I never did hear back from Carmack, which is of course not at all unexpected, because 12 years ago I was not a published novelist, I was some random member of the Quake-and-Cheetos Brigade going all squeegious on John Carmack. Think how often John Carmack must have gotten e-mails going "dude, you don't know me, but you should totally trust me with your intellectual property." I suspect Carmack read the e-mail, went okay, then, Mr. Fanboy McCrazypants, and dumped it straight into the trash bin. He would have been right to do so.
That said: Dude, if I had written a Quake novel, it would have been so very awesome. Because I loved those games, man. It hurt when I had to admit I liked Unreal Tournament more than Quake III Arena. It was like me saying that Pepsi One is a superior taste experience to Coke Zero. Which it isn't and I would never say it was. But you see what I'm getting at, here. All other things being equal, what makes a media tie-in novel work is that the person writing it says to him or herself, Hey, I get to play with this thing I love so very much? And they're paying me for it? Coooooool. And then goes off and has a ball.
So there it is: my sole attempt at media tie-in-ery, so far.


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[First published February 10, 2005] Why, it is asked, should we be so afraid of terrorists having nuclear weapons when during most of the Cold War the Soviets had enough nuclear weapons to utterly destroy every major American city, and then some? Surely, the terrorist could not develop such a vast number of nukes. Yes, may be one or two, maybe in the long run even three of four, and certainly they will be a threat, but nothing like the Soviets were, it seems. And since we handled the Soviets, we should be able to deal with terrorist's nukes. Right?
Wrong. What protected us from a Soviet first strike with their nuclear weapons was the American defense policy of deterrence. That is, if the Soviet's attacked us, we would massively retaliate with our own nuclear weapons. In the early years of the Cold War, this meant attacking Soviet cities and major military targets. In the waning years of the Cold War, this policy was redefined to mean targets of value to the Soviet rulers, which were not only the most important military targets, but also the Communist Party, the rulers themselves, and their means of control over the nation.
Now, if the terrorists get nukes, how do we deter them? They operate in diffuse gangs, often with the secret help of sympathetic nations or groups within nations (such as a Muslim sub-community). And they are willing to die for their cause, which is often simply killing Americans. If the terrorists are able to hide a small nuclear bomb in a container unloaded in New York, and set it off, the result would be a city destroyed and perhaps half-a million murdered. Now, whom do we retaliate against?
Of course, we will try to track the source of the nuclear bomb, and perhaps find that it was constructed with the secret help of rogue scientists from Russia and Pakistan, with ingredients and parts from N. Korea, France, and China, much of it commercial. You can be sure that if such a bomb is exploded in the U.S., there will not be a clear relationship between the terrorists and any nations, as there was between El Quida and the Taliban of Afghanistan.
In other words, an anti-terrorist-use-of-nukes policy of deterrence will not work. For this reason alone, their getting nukes are more dangerous than when the Soviets had them.
This understood, then what is to be done? What we are doing now. Imprison or kill the terrorists, destroy their infrastructure, warn states that are supporting them about the consequences and apply pressure and sanctions, and prevent supporting states such as Iran from getting nukes themselves. And work at the underlying cause by working to democratize possibly supportive tyrannies. Democracies will never be a danger to us, or support terrorism. Above all, treat global terrorism as the war it is. There is too much at stake not to.
Oh, yes, let "nukes" stand for all weapons of mass destruction, and not a word of the above need be changed.
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"N. Korea Announces It Has Nuclear Weapon" (2/10/05) By Sang-Hun Choe
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea on Thursday announced for the first time that it has nuclear arms and rejected moves to restart disarmament talks anytime soon, saying it needs the weapons as protection against an increasingly hostile United States.
N. Korea was helping Libya develop nuclear weapons, and is reportedly helping Iran. How long before Kim Il-jong decides the way to hit at its greatest enemy, the United States, is by helping the terrorists go nuclear. As for N. Korea itself, too much is made of its lack of reliable and long-range nuclear tipped missiles. Come now, there are many ways to deliver nuclear weapons without a missile (beside which the source of a missile is easy to track). How about exploding one hidden in a freighter off the port of New York?


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Factory Floor – 'Bipolar / You Were Always Wrong' (Outside Sound)
London three-piece Factory Floor make noise like pylon cables sizzling in the wet; the sound of taut menace splayed ominously overhead. A two-note guitar hook sounds out while a minimal kraut groove bleeds out over the background. Then cymbals and voices flare up like they're trying to be heard over the tyrannical hook, before giving out, exhausted, as said hook makes plain its quietly evil victory. The B-side, 'You Were Always Wrong', is a leaden rockabilly death rattle that'd make These New Puritans weep into their post-punk noddy guides. Track these down like the minimal, hatchet-faced dogs they all but definitely are.
These New Puritans – 'Swords Of Truth' (Angular)
Come back, These New Puritans, we were only pulling yer legs! Skittering, paranoid dubstep with some brilliantly-deployed horns, 'Swords Of Truth' couldn't be any more obtuse if it scrawled giant question marks on its behind and waggled it in our faces. The Loving Hand, aka Tim Goldsworthy of DFA, is on hand to give the 'Navigate, Navigate' a quicksilver, eleven-minute overhaul on the flip, but really you should be all over this by now.
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Ebony Bones – 'Don't Fart On My Heart' (self-release)
Yet another Londoner with a Myspace wallpaper set to 'nu-rave zebra', acts like Ebony Bones seem carefully contrived with their shiny colours to lower critics' resistance to that of a fuckwit dog, shitting their middle-class drawers that they might be about to miss some new pan-cultural phenomenon, hence presumably the cavalcade of rabid applause from the broadsheets proclaiming things like "this is the sound of new black Britain – hear them roar!" 'Don't Fart On My Heart', despite its atrocious title, actually isn't half bad – like The Slits rubbing a muddied teat on Bow Wow Wow's panting visage.
The Delays – 'Hooray' (Polydor)
While we're on a Myspace-related theme, The Delays list their favourite three influences as The Stone Roses, Verve and The Beatles – interesting, really, since my three favourite colours are red, yellow and blue – but they're not being particularly sharing with their new single 'Hooray', of which only a thirty-second teaser exists on their media player. Whatever, it's enough – this is turgid, toothpaste-corporate indie in the manner of our dear departed The Calling.
Los Campesinos! – 'My Year In Lists' (Wichita)_
At the risk of sounding an increasingly grumpy old man note when did everyone start sounding so fucking shrill these days? Grace, restraint – these qualities are increasingly a thing of the past with prize cretins like Kate Nash, Operator Please, Be Your Own Pet and this lot all squawking in your face for attention like grub-devouring cuckoos. A shame, really, since Los Camps! are obviously a talented bunch, but 'My Year In Lists' is still the kind of tune that dollops ice cream on its margarita pizza, pisses its pants and falls face down in the plate.
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Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell – 'Who Built The Road' (V2)
A wiser man than me once said if it ain't broke, don't fix it, but equally applicable to this first single off Campbell and Lanegan's second long-play collaboration Sunday At Devil Dirt would be 'if it ain't broke, you don't really need to make another one'. 'Who Built The Road' is an agreeable ditty, of course; a swirling country number that sketches the prerequisite shades of dark with admirable lightness of touch: "Who built the road / That left in my self esteem / Twisted and crunched / Black metal and bones". Just don't go expecting the unexpected.
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It's been about 8 years in the making but I have finally finished my Prairie Primer quilt. Years ago when I used to homeschool my children I belonged to a yahoo group dedicated to all things related to the study of the Little House on the Prairie books. Now, if you're asking yourself what one could possibly have to study that would turn these books into schooling - you'd be amazed.
When my children and I used these books for our schooling one year we learned all sorts of things. We studied the gold rush, learned about various Indian tribes, learned how to make butter/jerky/other foods, learned a variety of 'crafts' such as sewing and making soap, we learned about homesteading, the Civil War and many other history items and we learned a variety of science related items about the human body and nature. It was a great year and I think one of the most enjoyable of our homeschooling.
Now during our time in this group the ladies got together and decided to do a quilt block swap. We all designed a block that told who we were and what state we were in and the fabric was related to something studied in the Prairie Primer. Once I received my blocks I decided to make a Jacob's Ladder block to intertwine with mine and then put my quilt top together. Well that was as far as I went all those years ago.
Fast forward to a couple months ago when I came across my quilt top and decided it was high time that I finish putting it together. A month later I am happy to say that she is finally done and ready to be enjoyed!


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Washington (CNN) - Longtime Rep. Buck McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will announce Thursday that he won't seek re-election this year and will retire at the end of his term, a Republican source with knowledge of McKeon's thinking tells CNN.
McKeon's office neither confirmed nor denied reports about retirement. But it put out an e-mail release saying the 11-term Republican from California would make a statement before cameras at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday.
McKeon, 75, was first elected in 1992 and represents California's 25th Congressional District. The district is located in Northern Los Angeles County and includes the city of Santa Clarita.
Home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and a large Air Force plant, it had one of the highest foreclosure rates when the housing crisis struck last decade.
McKeon was a staunch opponent of the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration that took effect last year because of their large hit on defense spending.
He also opposed repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy on banning openly gay servicemembers.
With McKeon retiring, the seat is considered competitive. He won re-election in 2012 with 55% of the vote, his toughest re-election fight in years. President Barack Obama narrowly carried the district in his 2008 and 2012 presidential election victories.
With McKeon retiring, Republican Tony Stickland, a former state representative, will launch a campaign to keep the seat in party hands.
And the war machine just keeps on grinding. Americas biggest export? Death. Good riddance buddy.
Any one with a brain is getting away from Bammans admin. Cant wait to see this whole thing to collapse !!!
Rand Paul just picked up a new donor!
Just another size 52 coat, with a size 2 hat. Someday with any luck at all we'll be done with war , and those that preach of it's virtues.
Smiotty, anyone with brain can see that this is a republican! You are missing something!


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There were black birdies everywhere! Mom said it looked like thousands of them!
Reminds me of a nursery rhyme.......
Sing a Song of Sixpence (AKA, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie)
Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,
Oh wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?
The king was in his counting house counting out his money,
The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey,
The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose!
These birdies must have been having a birdie conference. I like birdies a lot and they are my friends, but this might be too many birdies for me all at one time.....I would not want to get my nose pecked off like in the nursery rhyme!
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Vitamin A Deficiency Increase Risk Of TBJune 15, 2017 12:33
A new research discovered that, the people with vitamin A deficiency and living with the individuals infected with tuberculosis (TB) tend to develop the disease 10 times more than the people with high levels of vitamin A.
"If the link is affirmed in a clinical trial of vitamin A supplementation, it would make a powerful case for using this approach to prevent TB in people at high risk of disease," said the senior author Megan Murray, Professor at the Harvard Medical School, at Boston in the US.
The discoveries of the research were published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, are based on the analysis of blood drawn from more than 6,000 household people diagnosed with the TB.
In the year 2015, more than 1.8 million people have died from TB. TB strikes hard in the low- and middle-income countries, as vitamin A deficiency affect up to 30 per cent of the population in these countries
"It's exciting to think that something as simple and inexpensive as supplementing people's diets with vitamin A may be a powerful tool for preventing TB," Murray said.
Vitamin A which is also known as retinol, is best known among the public health experts for its connection with blindness. Healthy levels of the vitamin A have been defined as those needed to prevent the damage to eyesight.
Many previous studies have suggested that good levels of vitamin A boosts the immune system and may also prevent the infection. But how vitamin A affect the risk for TB is still unclear.
Deficiency of Vitamin A is defined as less than 200 micrograms per liter of blood would raise the risk of developing TB disease. That risk of the disease is 20 times higher among the young people between the ages of 10 and 19. The researchers said that, the findings suggests vitamin A may play a vital role in the immunity among younger people.
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If you have ever done a jigsaw puzzle you know the hard work is at the beginning when you have a box full of pieces and pictures. Most of the time, the task of putting the puzzle together gets easier as the pieces fill in and you have more places to match the remaining pieces. Often, at the end you are racing to fill in the vacant spaces and finish the puzzle. Genealogy is NOT like doing a jigsaw puzzle. In fact, it is the exact opposite.
With a jigsaw puzzle, you almost always have a picture of the completed item before you start. You can refer to the picture to give you hints where to go and what to look for next. In genealogy, the "picture," an empty pedigree chart, is pretty grim. There are no hints of colors or textures to let you start categorizing your family members so they fit in the appropriate spot. But there is one thing about genealogy that is similar to completing the puzzle, I feel an urgency as I get to the last little piece.
What I have frequently noticed, however, is that too many researchers never finish the puzzle. It is like having the entire puzzle completed on the table and then walking away when there are just a few pieces left. What do I mean by this? Far too often, I see entries in family records that look like these:
C. A. Peterson, Ohio abt. 1857
Ronald P. Steinway, New York.
Eldon, Greenwich, Conn.
Maybe the first person's name really was "C. A." instead of Charles Allen or whatever, but when a pedigree is full of such incomplete entries, it is obvious the person left the blank spaces on purpose, or ran out of time before the died, but in many, many instances, it is simply sloppy research.
Yesterday, I went to the dentist and the hygienist started a short conversation. I mentioned I was a genealogist (my current answer) and she immediately asked me, "Oh, how far back have you traced your family?" I realize that this is the most common perception of genealogy, but it still rankles my soul. The real question should be, "How carefully and completely have you documented your family with real sources?"
So how about you? Do you complete the puzzle? Oh, but you say, "I have been looking for that particular piece for years and it is still blank." But I answer, yes, but you have a lot of blanks and maybe that indicates something. There is always another record someplace you have not looked at yet. Maybe, you need to go back over your pedigree and look at the missing puzzle pieces again. Maybe, just maybe, the answer to some of the blanks has been staring at you all along.
Every day, we hear about millions of records going "online." It is only reasonable that all this additional information may contain the piece you are looking for.
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On June 15, 2016, the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union reached a political understanding on the broad framework for a future EU Conflict Minerals regulation. This FAQ document outlines key elements of the political understanding of agreed upon on June 15, 2016.
From a legal perspective, only companies which are publicly traded in the USA under the supervision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must comply with the rules of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act. However, these companies will need to examine their whole supply chain in order to trace back the origin of minerals. In this way, the reporting requirements will be passed down the supply chain and will affect suppliers all around the world.
Under the CFSI approach to conflict minerals reporting, minerals are traced back to the smelter where they have been processed, with the smelters being independently audited for their conflict-status. This means that you need to find out from which smelters your company and your company's suppliers are sourcing the minerals in question. To learn more about the CFSI reporting framework, go to www.conflictfreesourcing.org.
The current version of iPCMP fully supports English, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, German, and Portuguese. For the conflict minerals report form fields, all languages that are available within the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) can be displayed in iPCMP.
U.S.-based companies with a filing obligation to the SEC are required to report conflict minerals usage and origin for their entire company, so entities outside of the U.S. are in scope for conflict mineral reporting.
While your company may not have an obligation to report information to the U.S. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), as a supplier to our company (based in the US) your information is critical to their ability to report to both their customers and, if required, to the U.S. SEC.
The iPCMP system allows for cascade and roll-up of the CFSI data from your supply chain instead of managing individual spreadsheets to and from your suppliers. This makes the whole process transparent and traceable.
Rolling up reports allows you to aggregate different supplier reports. This requires one or more Conflict Minerals reports which are created either by you or sent by your supplier. These reports may be visible in iPCMP database (e.g., which report is accepted by you on iPCMP system) or in CFSI/CMRT format or stored in your Online Storage.
When logged in to iPCMP, go to "Preferences". Enter your current password and the new password into the corresponding fields. To save the new password, click the button "Change password".
We offer on-demand webinars and regular workshops enabling you to use our tool more effectively. Click here to download the webinar on-demand. Click here to find out when and where the next workshop will take place. Whenever you log in to your account, you can click on the "?" on the top right hand corner of the iPCMP page to access the Help section. Here you can download the latest iPCMP User Guide which gives you an overview of the iPCMP functions. You can also access the iPCMP eLearning Module which walks you through the various functions of the tool with accompanying screenshots and videos.
For a more hands-on training there are two other options: As a Premium and Premium Plus License holder, you can book the iPCMP Interactive Guided Tour for a minimal fee of $95 to help speed up your reporting process. You can also contact a consultant directly for one on one training session.
Yes. You can subscribe for the desired license type via the admin ID. The data/reports that are currently saved on the system will be retained after the subscription change.
Yes, when you log in to the iPCMP using your unique login information for the first time, you are prompted to read the iPCMP usage terms and conditions and to agree to them.
Your information will be very valuable for lots of our iPCMP users as you probably have very good knowledge about the origin of your raw materials. Since you are at the start of the supply chain, you should choose the BASIC license, which is available for FREE, to enable you to handle incoming customer requests.
iPCMP is a web-based portal. So you just need to have Internet access and a web browser installed on your system. The Enterprise License can be either web-based or hosted within your company's firewall.


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Computational photography with ImgTec PowerVR SGX GPU and Khronos OpenCL and EGL
Imagination Technologies has developed a set of extensions to allow image conversion on the fly, using the Khronos Groups OpenCL and EGL technology. ImgTec converts the camera YUV data to RGB using the OES_EGL_image_external extension, and then use PowerVR's zero-copy functionality to directly access the camera texture data from OpenCL. Find the in-depth explanation on ImgTec's website.


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Body found at Channelview home likely of missing woman
Searchers found a body beneath a trailer on Tuesday afternoon that Harris County sheriff's deputies say is likely that of a missing Channelview woman who lived there with her husband and adult daughter.
Although an autopsy has been ordered, detectives said there were no obvious indications of foul play in the death of the woman believed to be Rosemarie Hutcheson, 52.
She disappeared Friday afternoon from the home where she lived with her husband at the Oak River Acres Trailer Park, 918 Becker and Ridlon.
Texas EquuSearch volunteers had searched the thick woods near the trailer park since Monday, when they were asked to join the effort to find Hutcheson.
About 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller decided to take a fresh look around the family's mobile home.
Miller said he could smell a foul odor coming from the trailer. He noticed the skirting wrapped around the bottom of the mobile home appeared to have been pulled back and haphazardly replaced.
"We got down on our hands and knees and we could smell (the odor) even stronger," Miller said.
"We put a flashlight under there and we could see her hand," he said.
Miller called sheriff's detectives over and pulled the skirting back even further. Most of the woman's body then became visible.
Hutcheson disappeared while talking to her husband, Sam, near a shed in their backyard.
"He kind of walked away for a bit and when he went back, she was gone," Miller said.
Sam Hutcheson, 69, reported his wife's disappearance later that night, and family and friends searched unsuccessfully over the weekend.
Friends said Hutcheson was devoted to her family and was the primary caregiver to her husband, who is a cancer survivor.


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