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Tomorrow evening, I'm going to stand up in front of a crowd of 1,000 people at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in my bra.
Before you begin thinking that this is not reality, but perhaps an anxiety-provoked nightmare — let me explain. It's a very special bra, it's for a great cause, and I won't be the only one.
Saturday night is the second annual Bras for a Cause event, featuring Art Bras modeled by breast cancer survivors. There will be 22 of us modeling the 70 Art Bras donated by local celebrities, artisans, survivors and their family and friends. Last year's event raised a whopping $50,000 for Gilda's Club of Metro Detroit.
I was going to wear one of the bras that had already been created. Then, I had an idea.
I was sitting around one day thinking about DNA and the double helix — everyone does this from time to time, right? — when it hit me. I could design a bra featuring the double helix!
Great Idea. Now, how to get it from my head and onto a brassiere? Enter my mother-in-law, Margaret Neilson, also a breast cancer survivor and one smart cookie.
I showed her my idea on paper and within a couple of days, she had created the pattern and sewn the beads onto a bra in the shape of the Double Helix. Then, she and I added red feathers from a boa, sequins, test tubes I'd ordered from an online lab (they probably think they've got a new customer!), and red trim.
Wallah! One DNA double-helix bra!
But the wheels in my brain couldn't stop turning. The bra was the beginning of a Science theme — complete with lab coat, Geek glasses (I found them in the Geek section at the Halloween store!), a five-foot-tall inflatable DNA double-helix beach toy, and music choice: Thomas Dolby's Blinded Me With Science. Not only am I a science geek, but this theme is particularly meaningful to me as the form of breast cancer I carry is indeed in my genes — identified as the Breast Cancer 1 gene (BRCA 1).
It was an exhilirating moment when we hot-glued the last of the trim on the bra and held it up. Then, I began to worry.
I worried about how I'd look on stage. I'm not model thin. Then I happened across the words from some of last year's models, reminding me of what I already know: It's not about being model thin. It's a celebration of life — beating breast cancer and coming out on the other side healthy enough to create such a bra — and model it in front of 1,000 people.
Through a silent and live auction of the bras as well as items donated by businesses and celebrities (think autographed Red Wings' jerseys!), as well as through ticket sales (100 percent of proceeds go to the charity), I'm playing a small part in raising money to support other young people diagnosed with the disease in their 20s and 30s.
And that is plenty of reason to strut a runway in a bra!

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Ith leads Danbury to victory over Norwalk
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DANBURY -- Danbury High quarterback Anferny Ith did a little of everything in the Hatters' 35-14 triumph over Norwalk Friday night.
Actually, the lanky junior did a lot of everything.
Ith passed for 152 yards and four touchdowns -- three to Elijah Duffy and one to Matt Andrew -- and ran for 103 yards as the Hatters (1-1) notched their first win of the young season.
Danbury broke the game open with 28 points in the second quarter, sparked by an electrifying 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Tysheen McCrea that put the Hatters ahead to stay. Duffy caught eight passes for 117 yards and McCrea caught five for 40 yards.
"I was just seeing the breakdown in their line and I was able to take advantage of it and use my legs to get some more time to find my guys who were down-field," Ith said. "Our offensive line blocked very well."
The win follows a disappointing Week 1 loss at Hamden in which the Dragons converted two second-half turnovers into points for a 26-10 win.
"As much as they're glad we won tonight, they're a little mad that one got away," Danbury coach Dan Donovan said. "If they had played with the same effort, intensity and execution that they did tonight, the Hamden game may have ended a little different."
Ricky Mejia scored both Norwalk touchdowns and running back Clifford Joseph ran for 189 yards. Back-up quarterback Andrew Huzina started in place of Jeremy Linton, who coach Sean Ireland said was injured. After Mejia put Norwalk up 6-0 in the second quarter, however, it was all Hatters.
"We're a team that, if we turn the ball over and give up the big play, we're going to be in trouble," Norwalk coach Sean Ireland said. "That's exactly what happened today."
After Mejia's first touchdown, McCrea ran the ensuing kickoff back 87 yards for a score to make it 7-6 Hatters. The next three Danbury drives were all capped by touchdown passes from Ith to Duffy -- of 23, 27 and 28 yards -- as the Hatters opened a 28-6 halftime advantage. Ith's 39-yard touchdown pass to Andrew -- Ith scrambled wildly out of the pocket, found some room to maneuver and threw a strike to a wide-open Andrew in the end zone -- making it 35-6 in the third quarter.
Danbury's defense, meanwhile, made big plays all over the field. Bobby Morrison recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass in the first half and Michael Reid added a first-quarter sack. David DeLeon recovered a fumble in the first quarter and registered a sack in the third quarter. That sack forced a fumble, which Connor Firmender recovered. Jonathan Colon Ramirez also receovered a fumble for the Hatters, Marlon Black notched a sack in the second quarter and joined forces with Tristan Jakobson and Marcus Joyner for another sack in the third quarter.
Our defense really stepped up," Ith said. "Most of our guys go both ways, and we came out and just started putting helmets on the ball and getting turnovers."
Danbury 35, Norwalk 14
Records: Norwalk 1-1; Danbury 1-1.
N--Ricky Mejia, 3 run (kick blocked).
D--Tysheen McCrea, 87 kick return (Michael Schneider kick).
D--Elijah Duffy, 23 pass from Anferny Ith (Schneider kick).
D--Duffy, 27 pass from Ith (Schneider kick).
D--Duffy, 28 pass from Ith (Schneider kick).
D--Matt Andrew, 39 pass from Ith (Schneider kick).
N--Mejia, 2 run (Andrew Huzina run).


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USN-1941-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
06 September 2013
linux vulnerabilities
- linux - Linux kernel
Chanam Park reported a Null pointer flaw in the Linux kernel's Ceph client.
A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2013-1059)
Vasily Kulikov discovered a flaw in the Linux Kernel's perf tool that
allows for privilege escalation. A local user could exploit this flaw to
run commands as root when using the perf tool. (CVE-2013-1060)
Jonathan Salwan discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's cdrom
driver. A local user can exploit this leak to obtain sensitive information
from kernel memory if the CD-ROM drive is malfunctioning. (CVE-2013-2164)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel when an IPv6 socket is used to
connect to an IPv4 destination. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-2232)
An information leak was discovered in the IPSec key_socket implementation
in the Linux kernel. An local user could exploit this flaw to examine
potentially sensitive information in kernel memory. (CVE-2013-2234)
Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Linux kernel's
disk block layer. A local user with administrator privileges could exploit
this flaw to gain kernel privileges. (CVE-2013-2851)
Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in setsockopt UDP_CORK option in the
Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-4162)
Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the IPv6 subsystem of the Linux
kernel when the IPV6_MTU setsockopt option has been specified in
combination with the UDP_CORK option. A local user could exploit this flaw
to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-4163)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
- linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic - 3.2.0-53.81
- linux-image-3.2.0-53-generic-pae - 3.2.0-53.81
- linux-image-3.2.0-53-highbank - 3.2.0-53.81
- linux-image-3.2.0-53-omap - 3.2.0-53.81
- linux-image-3.2.0-53-powerpc-smp - 3.2.0-53.81
- linux-image-3.2.0-53-powerpc64-smp - 3.2.0-53.81
- linux-image-3.2.0-53-virtual - 3.2.0-53.81
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.


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RINO Scozzafava drops out of race in NY 23
Update: Gingrich throws support to Hoffman!
A few days ago we told you about RINO Dede Scozzafava's support from the Republican elite, and how several true conservatives in the party were jumping ship to support the Conservative Party's Doug Hoffman, in the New York special election for Congressional District 23. Now Tea Partiers around the nation have rallied against the GOP to support Hoffman in order to send the message to the national party–Return to conservative principles, or lose!
The TCOT Report has covered the race since Scozzafava's nomination and exposed the level of influence the national Republican Party wielded to secure here nomination. Though Newt Gingrich referred to the decision to nominate Dede as unanimous, TCOT Report exposed that two of eleven county officials still refuse to endorse Scozzafava! True conservatives around the nation have rallied against the GOP to support Hoffman in order to send a message to the national party–Return to conservative principles, or lose!
After the latest Siena Poll shows the race a dead heat between Democrat Bill Owens and Hoffman, with Scozzafava a distant third, the RINO has withdrawn from the race. Here's her statement, compliments of Politico:
Dear Friends and Supporters:
Throughout the course of my campaign for Congress, I have made the people of the 23rd District and the issues that affect them the focal point of my campaign. As a life long resident of this District, I care deeply and passionately about its people and our way of life. Whether as a candidate for Congress, a State Assemblywoman or a small town Mayor, I have always sought to act with the best interest of our District and its residents in mind—and today I again seek to act for the good of our community.
The opportunity to run as the Republican and Independence Party candidate to represent the 23rd District has been and remains one of the greatest honors of my life. During the past several months, as I've traveled the district, meeting and talking with voters about the issues that matter most to them, I've been overwhelmed by the amount of support I've received as I sought to serve as their voice in Washington. However, as Winston Churchill once said, Democracy can be a fickle employer, and the road to public office is not always a smooth one.
In recent days, polls have indicated that my chances of winning this election are not as strong as we would like them to be. The reality that I've come to accept is that in today's political arena, you must be able to back up your message with money—and as I've been outspent on both sides, I've been unable to effectively address many of the charges that have been made about my record. But as I've said from the start of this campaign, this election is not about me, it's about the people of this District. And, as always, today I will do what I believe serves their interests best.
It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so. I am and have always been a proud Republican. It is my hope that with my actions today, my Party will emerge stronger and our District and our nation can take an important step towards restoring the enduring strength and economic prosperity that has defined us for generations.
On Election Day my name will appear on the ballot, but victory is unlikely. To those who support me – and to those who choose not to – I offer my sincerest thanks.
Question for Newt Gingrich, Pete Sessions, John Boehner, and all the other Republican elite who threw their support behind this Democrat who calls herself a Republican: Is it clear now that Americans don't want Republican politicians who act like Democrats, but Republicans with real conservative values for which they'll stand firm?


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April 17, 2012
Moroccan Vegetable and Lentil Stew
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Looks really delicious!ReplyDelete
I've got a nice vegetable soup on the boil at the moment, it's the rainfall tonight that's gotten me in the mood for some warmth! This looks delish too.ReplyDelete
ooho I love this combination!ReplyDelete
Very easy- delicious dish! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
We have opposite seasons happening, but I may have to make this anyway! Look so hearty and delicious!ReplyDelete
Winter and Fall Root Vegetable Dishes are the BEST! We are seeing all the summer recipes coming out now here in the US so its so nice to have a fall favorite!ReplyDelete
I make a similar version all year round. I mix a handful of baby spinach through just before serving and top with natural yoghurt, sometimes a sprinkle of coconut. This is a staple in our household, particularly after a series of eating out. It's our 'rescue' remedy! Haven't tried it with eggplant, so will try that tonight.ReplyDelete
Perfect, thank you. I have all of those ingredients and a son with sore teeth. Nice a warm too as it is getting a bit cooler..ReplyDelete
Looks good, am certain will taste fabulous! As I like to have my tastebuds tingling, shall be happy to add the spices . . .ReplyDelete
I would love a recipe for home made almond milk :) and Sidney's autumn must be gorgeousReplyDelete
Another enjoyable post to read.......thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
- Sarah B26 April 2012 at 09:09
Made this Saturday night and it has lasted me for days! Super healthy, super yummy. I LOVE your blog!ReplyDelete


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Ridge Racer Unbounded
From the creators of Flatout comes a completely new take on the stagnant Ridge Racer formula – one that blends a bit of the former's stunts with Split/Seconds' real-time track destruction for shortcuts and danger, and manages to both play unlike any Ridge Racer before while still keeping the drifty feel of the series alive. The team at Bugbear has worked what some would consider to be a miracle given the "been there, done that" feel of the past few Ridge Racers. While the Unbounded name sounds a bit iffy, there's no denying that the game behind the name is worth-playing thanks to an incredible racing engine that allows for really fast action and a lot of variety with what you can do.
Beyond just racing to the finish line, you can ram into rivals – doing so with your power boost activated (and charged by drafting, jumps, and drifting) takes them out instantly ala Burnout, otherwise, you have to wittle their health bars down to nothing. There's also a surprisingly fluid stunt mode here that allows you to fly up ramps, DRIVE ON THE SIDES OF BUILDINGS, and do flips while trying to grab Ridge Racer logo tokens to increase your points, get more boost, and thus have more time to go do a bunch of crazy stuff.
While there's still a drifting aspect to the game, it's far more optional than before as it is usually activated with the B (or Circle) button, so folks who didn't like the usual Ridge Racers because they spun all over the place will probably enjoy this. You'll really get a lot out of it you liked either the Burnout series or Split/Second, because the arcade-style racing action reminds me a lot of those, especially with building up your boost to power through obstacles – like the aforementioned town hall, a convenience store, or even destroy a bridge support to drive through a straightaway while others are stuck navigating turns. They definitely focused on making a fun game here, which comes through in every part of the game.
The single player campaign is broken up into dozens of challenes spread across nine different districts within Shatter Bay – the fictional town that the Unbounded gang your unnamed character has joined. They're out to dominate by destroying racers and the city itself to get what they want, and if that requires them to literally race through town hall, then so be it. It's broken up into races, drift challenges, stunt courses, and frag challenges where you have to destroy X amount of rivals using a particular vehicle to win. The campaign is surprisingly difficult, and will likely require multiple playthroughs of every stage in order to just barely pass it. Fortunately, you can fail a bunch and still earn enough credits to unlock stages and vehicles, but it'll take far longer due to the rubber-band AI.
It isn't quite as bad as some racing games I've played where it seems like you're totally screwed from the start, but the CPU-controlled enemies put up a struggle, will boost as often as possible, and ram you into things whenever it can be done. That's one of the reasons destroying the track with your boost is so important, because you'll need it to get ahead in races or risk falling far behind the pack. Beyond rubber-band AI issues, there appears to be a problem with AI in online created tracks because I've had multiple races where they'll either all slam into each other, or just slam into an obstacle that's been placed there endlessly giving you an easy, but slightly perplexing and humorous win. I'm not sure if it's entirely due to the AI or just very poor created track design.
Beyond that, the create-a-track mode is outstanding. It's fairly easy to learn, and allows you to make either normal tracks or crazy tracks that blend stunts with screen-filling obstacles like tanker trucks that require you to not only race fast to get to the front of the pack, but also race smartly to avoid those hazards. Going a step beyond the norm, you can make an entire set of stages within a single city theme and upload them – there's a particular thrill in actually doing better than the creator at their own tracks. Of course, you can also take part in the usual online multi-player stuff, although it's a bit more frustrating than I'd like due to the respawn points on many tracks. They tend to trap you behind things you can't go through, leaving you stuck and having to take a lot of time to back up and get back on the track. It's an issue in the offline game as well, but is especially frustrating online since you can't just retry the track if you mess up, you may very well be SOL for that race entirely.
Unbounded controls really well. The cars each feel different, and control as they should. Players who want a drift-heavy race will want to go with a car with better handling, but those who want to barrel through the pack will want to go with one that has a lower handling grade, but is easier to aim without worrying it sliding around. The control layout is great too, with the drift and boost buttons placed next to each other in a logical way that is very easy to remember and the button response is about as perfect as one could expect.
Visually, Unbounded is usually a dazzling game. The only real hiccups come from created stages that sometimes start and don't show the street texture in the pre-race cinematic and from low-res textures when you're up close to them. Thankfully, you don't really notice those things too often. Much of the game is so fast-paced that you're focusing on the cars ahead of you, which all look really good, and making sure you aren't too close to the light trails that show up behind a car during a boost since you can be taken out then rather easily. There are some incredible lighting effects on display here, especially when it comes to sunlight. There's a set of stages in the main campaign that will blow your mind with the reflection effects off the street and the cars themselves.
Unbounded's soundtrack is excellent. I'm not usually a fan of techno or dubstep, but within the context of this game, it works. It really does fit the fast pace of the racing and somewhat light-hearted take on things. The game doesn't take itself too seriously, and the soundtrack reflects that – it isn't goofy, but is just fun to listen to. The sound effect work is also exceptional, with scrapes sounding much different than rams, and the explosion sound effect when you take someone out with boost is incredibly satisfying.
Overall, Ridge Racer Unbounded is a great game with some fairly annoying problems that drag it down. The good news is I think they're all issues that could be addressed with a patch – the bad news is I don't know of one coming out, which means that while this game is worth your time, I don't quite think it's worth full-price in its present state. It's very much worth a rental though, or a $40 purchase in the near future because it is very replayable even with its problems. It delivers very exciting racing action and like the Burnout series, will be worth playing for years to come even if it's just to have some fun with it for an hour or two.
Reviewed By: Jeremy Peeples
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Rating: 84%
This review is based on the Xbox 360 version of Ridge Racer Unbounded provided by Namco Bandai.


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Five Things You Need to Know NOW
The world moves faster now than it did just decade ago. In fact, while writing that last sentence, I lost two bets, texted a girl without using my fingers and imagined an elaborate Broadway staging of my favorite Bukowski quote.
So naturally, it would be easy to miss out on some important informational nuggets throughout the day. But do not fear. The RSBS interns have been hard at work to bring you these five things you NEED to know NOW:
1. Rick Perry Is Insane
You didn't have to watch the *YAWN* GOP debate last night to know that. All you need to know is that he truly believes setting aside an entire day for his state leaders to focus on talking to their imaginary friend is an acceptable way of tackling Texas' problems. Um… please, someone tell me that being "delusional" makes one unelectable in a general election???
2. MLB Playoff Changes Are a Comin'
If today was September 8, 2012, the Cardinals, Giants and Rays would all still be fighting like hobos for the last drop of playoff wine. Generally speaking, I don't like change; but to be fair, this seems imminent and fitting. I give it my blessing. VOILA!
3. Mr. Krause's Retort Is Weak
In his most recent attempt to derail my celebratory allegiance to Liberty, he wrote: "I don't have time to go back and correct all of his logical and factual fallacies one by one," which is Big Government Liberal speak for: "I don't know how to slip that dude's jab-jab-right hook-left cross combination so let me try and talk around it." Just sayin'!
4. John Smoltz Is Awesome… At Everything
He was a bad@$$ mound maestro during his playing days. He also was/is one hell of a golfer — good enough to, at one point, even consider going pro. And after listening to him in the broadcast booth as the color commentator on an entire season's worth of games, I gotta say: Smoltz is one hell of a broadcaster. With a Hall of Fame baseball acumen, superior poise and uncanny timing, he definitely warrants kicking Tim McCarver's dusty rump aside.
And finally…
5. The Astros Will Be Going to the American League
Don't worry. No one will probably even notice.
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Christy Clark has done Alberta a huge favour by giving the Northern Gateway pipeline project the only second chance it will ever get in the court of B.C. public opinion.
As an Angus Reid online survey of 804 British Columbians reported last week, 51 per cent "are taking a moderate position of support or opposition that could change depending on specific considerations."
B.C.'s premier, by articulating five conditions for provincial support of the pipeline between the oilsands and Kitimat, has given the $6-billion project a small but fighting chance.
If her conditions are met, it's possible the 51 per cent who are moderates ultimately could become supporters.
Add to their numbers the seven per cent who, according to the survey, already "completely support" the project and it's conceivable the pipeline and tanker port have a shot at majority backing.
At this point, Enbridge and Alberta should be assiduously working to see that Clark's five conditions are fully met instead of dissing British Columbians and their premier.
Clark's demands are more than reasonable in a province where environmentalism trumps cash, tourism and the fishery are economic mainstays, and aboriginal treaty rights remain unclear.
A preeminent consideration outlined by Clark relates to heavy oil spill prevention and cleanup capacity, which should already have been addressed by Enbridge.
Its record lately, regarding spills in Alberta and the U.S., has been abominable. The company expressed confidence last week it can meet B.C.'s safety demands, but talk is cheap.
Another Clark demand relates to B.C.'s share of economic benefits.
Right now, the benefit to Alberta of the pipeline and tanker port is projected by the Calgary-based Canadian Energy Research Institute to be $352 billion by 2035.
B.C.'s benefit: $5 billion — 1/70th of what Alberta nets. No wonder British Columbians aren't interested. B.C. environmentalists assert the environment isn't for sale, at any price. In addition, aboriginals reject the notion of "selling our lands out from under us."
By that argument, B.C. would have zero economic activity from resource development.
And let's be clear: B.C. can use the revenue and jobs from Northern Gateway.
June's jobless rate in the North Coast/Nechako region was 12.2 per cent. Youth unemployment in B.C. is 13 per cent. Among aboriginal youth, it's more than 20 per cent.
B.C.'s deficit this past year totalled $2.36 billion, by auditor general John Doyle's reckoning.
Health costs are ever-growing. Anyone in B.C. needing orthopedic surgery at the moment faces a waiting time of about 22 weeks for the privilege, according to the Fraser Institute.
On Northern Gateway, the fiscal benefit and spill response issues are the easier considerations to sort out.
Clark's insistence that legal complications concerning aboriginal rights be addressed will be the thorniest challenge. If the Conservative government wants to keep the Northern Gateway proposal alive, it should immediately join hands with B.C. to set up a working group focusing on this one issue.
The truth is, all of B.C.'s demands are sensible, even logical.
By articulating them, Clark has given Enbridge and the province of Alberta a roadmap to follow, one that might lead to a resolution of the existing impasse. They ought to thank her.
Personally, I view the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to Burnaby as being far more palatable and saleable than Enbridge's option.
Count me among the 24 per cent of those in the Angus Reid survey who oppose Northern Gateway, "but could change their minds based on economic or environmental considerations."
So far, however, I am entirely unimpressed by responses to Clark's demands from both Enbridge and Alberta Premier Alison Redford.
Barbara Yaffe is a Vancouver Sun columnist.


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Alcohol Ink Wall Art on Yupo Paper Royal Blue and Pink
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Here in the states when kids start getting ready to go back to school, our hearts and thoughts turn to Kenya. This year with the new mobile art kits we will be able to spread the healing power of art to even the most remote places in Kenya.The kits are designed with simple instructions, and with activities that are designed to be used with local found art materials.
|A Samburu child from Northern Kenya - Art class in the dusty streets with street children.
|The Samburu are artists but many had never seen crayons.
|One of the beautiful children of S.H.E.R.P. (Samburu Handicapped Education Rehabilitation Program) in a remote area of Northern Kenya
|Children in the Nairobi slum of Kawanguawe enjoy creating a mural-their first.


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Strawberry Sorbet Recipe
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...
The quickest, easiest, most intensely flavored strawberry sorbet.
Note: You can scale this recipe up or down depending on your strawberry supply. The important ratios: 1 quart of whole strawberries (about 20 ounces) should yield 2 cups of purée. For every cup of strawberry purée, add 1/4 cup sugar to ensure a smooth, scoopable sorbet.
Read more: Scooped: The Best Strawberry Sorbet
- Yield:makes 1 quart
- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:3 hours
- Rated:
- 2 quarts strawberries, washed (about 2 1/2 pounds)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, to taste
Remove tops from strawberries and purée in a blender or food processor until smooth. 2 quarts whole strawberries should yield 1 quart of purée. Add sugar and blend for 30 seconds. Add lemon and salt, blend to incorporate, and adjust to taste.
Strain purée and transfer to refrigerator; chill for 2 to 3 hours until very cold. Churn sorbet in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer sorbet to freezer to firm up for 2 to 3 hours before serving.
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ZCS 7 Appliance mail in queues
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I'm having difficulties getting my Beta appliance to receive emails. I see in the logs that the emails get into the queues and they are marked active. Yet I never get any delilvered. My Appliance is located in the DMZ. Would I need to setup split-DNS? I'm confused because if the email in the queue shouldn't I be able to see it? Thank you for any advice.


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So here we are, official confirmation that the game previously known as The Phantom Pain is the fifth chapter in the Metal Gear Solid franchise. The initial trailer fooled just about no one, the internet was a blaze with MGS theories mere moments after it was shown at the Spike VGAs. Nice try Kojima!
There's a new trailer to help fans understand what's going on but man I gotta say I was more confused after watching it than I was before! The basic premise is that Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain are both elements of Metal Gear Solid V and what we see is the aftermath of events that transpired in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker.
The best news is that those of us not looking forward to scraping up cash to play the game on a new system won't have to. Metal Gear Solid V is going to release (date TBD) for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360! Hit the break to peep the full press release and hit the MGS site here to watch the 6 minute trailer.
Next Chapter of METAL GEAR SOLID Franchise is Revealed in All-New Trailer
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – March 27, 2013 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced the next chapter in the METAL GEAR SOLID franchise, METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN, will be released on the Sony PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. To reinforce the announcement and address all the questions fans have been asking all year, Kojima Productions unveiled a brand new trailer for the new title at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.
"Following the success of METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS, we have extremely high expectations for METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN," said Tomoyuki Tsuboi, President of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "We hope to expand and revolutionize the METAL GEAR SOLID franchise utilizing the FOX Engine, while providing fans the high-quality and immersive experience they have come to expect from Kojima Productions."
First unveiled in METAL GEAR SOLID: PEACE WALKER, the new METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN trailer shows the fall of Mother Base and provides visual hints that unveil the connection between METAL GEAR SOLID: GROUND ZEROES and METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN. The trailer also showcases the FOX Engine's exceptional level of visual quality with seamless integration of gameplay and cut scenes.For the newly released METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN trailer, please make sure to visit:www.metalgearsolid.com.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN will be released on the Sony PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises METAL GEAR SOLID, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at http://www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami can be found athttp://www.konami.com.


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Crédito. I have my first evening of socialising since getting here, with a colleague in Algeciras. We try out a few beers in a few bars (nice bars in Algeciras!) and then we down a bottle of red on the balcony. And then we down a bottle of white on the balcony. It means I spend a little money I don't have but it is good to talk and get out of my solitary routine. And to get very, very drunk.
Débito. Predictably, the following day is not a pleasant experience.
Crédito. Finally move into the apartment we'll be in for the next year, which is to say, our new home. It has been left spotlessly clean for me and there is a bidet. I've never had a bidet. More


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A Modern Rooftop Wedding at a Private Residence in New York City
After dating for more than four years, Whitney Little (33 and Social Media Director at The Knot) and Henry Bell (32 and a lawyer) "woke up one day, looked at each other, and just realized we wanted to be married," Whitney says. They got excited by the prospect of a courthouse wedding but not because of Henry's background. "Neither of us had ever been interested in throwing a big celebration," Whitney says. However, once their out-of-town parents got wind of the news and asked to join in the festivities, the pair settled on an intimate rooftop wedding very close to home—as in, on the rooftop of their Manhattan apartment. In just seven weeks, with only immediate family and closest friends present, the Texas natives made it official within view of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty. "It was important that the celebration was a reflection of who we are as a couple," Whitney says. "We had no motif, dress code or design inspiration, and it didn't matter to us what it looked like on Instagram, which is weird to admit because I work in social media!" Whitney and Henry's nearly endless list of inside jokes inspired much of the wedding's personalization. Because the two met watching football, Henry wore a maroon tie to honor Whitney's favorite team, Texas A&M University, though he also represented The University of Texas, his pick, with burnt orange socks. The guy who introduced Whitney and Henry to each other officiated the wedding, and during the service, the pair pinky swore. "When we first met, we pinky swore that we would always try," Whitney says. "Though that sounds so simple, it can be taken for granted." Once rain hit, guests moved inside the couple's apartment for a spread of New York City's best: Hill Country Fried Chicken, in honor of the couple's first dinner date, Artichoke Basille's Pizza, which they ate the night Henry asked Whitney to be his girlfriend, and micheladas, courtesy of Henry, which were a staple during their early days of dating. Guest left with cookies from Milk Bar and coffee from Blue Bottle, both favorites of the couple, plus a funny memory: "At the bar, we danced to our song, Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together,' Whitney says. "Henry accidentally dropped me, but it was the perfect metaphor for our wedding: We had a great time but didn't take it too seriously and laughed when things went wrong."
Our favorite #MakeTradition moment: "When my grandmother on my mom's side passed away, she left behind a lot of her jewelry for me, including her brooches," Whitney says. "My mom made a bouquet out of them—and even found one from my late grandmother on my dad's side to include—so I could have my late relatives with me on my wedding day."
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The exterior of a subway station was part of the block of Around the Corner sets on Sesame Street from Season 25 to Season 29, between Finders Keepers and the playground.
Since Season 30, the subway station facade is located at the far end of Sesame Street, beyond the Fix-It Shop.
The sign over the subway station's entrance indicates that it is a stop for the 1, 2, A and B trains. The only borough of New York City through which the 1, 2, A and B trains pass is Manhattan. Although there is currently no subway station at which these four lines stop, all of them pass through the Columbus Circle station at the intersection of 59th Street and Broadway.
Sesame Street's Twitter feed has specifically noted that none of the above lines make stops in Astoria, but they haven't entirely ruled out the show takes place there.
According to Production Designer Victor DiNapoli, the design of the subway station mimics that of the 72nd Street Station on Manhattan's Upper West Side.[1] In 2016, the facade was revamped with a new, stylized, tile design indicative of those found in the New York City subway platforms.
In the TV special Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, the cast rides the subway from a skating rink back to Sesame Street, getting off at the 86th Street station. There are four 86th Street stations in New York City: two on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (a 1 stop and a B/C stop), one on the Upper East Side (a 4/5/6 stop), and one in Brooklyn (an R stop).
In the studio, the subway station façade is over the actual exit door that leads to the dressing rooms and offices.
Book appearances
- Big Bird Follows the Signs (1980)
See also
- ↑ Sesame Street: Made in NY, 'Time Out New York'


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Im making a small DNS client for a project for school. So far Im pretty sure I've crafted the query properly as I do get a response, and it contains the question name the same as my query, and the RCODE section is well thats another question I have. When I made the query improperly Id get 0x01 as the RCODE on the response, now when I use printf("%x") I get ffffff80. I don't quite get why its printing out all the extra F's but if I look at the last 2 digits it seems correct.
I printed the hex for the packet and started looking through it to figure everything out. Past the question portion I figured the compression, points back to the NAME in the question. I figure the next 6 octets are TYPE, CLASS and TTL. From there I get confused. The 2 octets that should be RDATA are printed in hex as 0x45 and 0xffffffb3. From there Im completely clueless on the makeup of the rest of RDATA.
Ive included a small set of my data
spot 32: ffffffc0
spot 33: c (these 2 octets point back to question for NAME)
spot 34: 0
spot 35: 5 (these 2 octets are TYPE should be CNAME)
spot 36: 0
spot 37: 1 (THese 2 should be CLASS for IN)
spot 38: 0
spot 39: 3 (These 2 octets 38+39 are the TTL)
spot 40: 45
spot 41: ffffffb3 (These 2 octets should be the RDLENGTH)
spot 42: 0
spot 43: 8
spot 44: 3
spot 45: 77
spot 46: 77
spot 47: 77
spot 48: 1
spot 49: 6c
spot 50: ffffffc0
spot 51: 10
spot 52: ffffffc0
I just need to figure out how all this fits together before I can start parsing it.


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Here's the thing about this blog:
I am going to eat a slice of pizza at every pizzeria in New York City. I'm going by neighborhood, starting in Manhattan, getting a plain slice at every place. I am fucking sick of the current trend in Pizza Journalism that's all about fucking artichoke guacamole tahini pizza on rice dough. That shit isn't pizza. Sorry. The only instances where "not pizza" actually is pizza are Zante's in San Francisco on like, 27th and Mission that makes Indian Pizza, and the Turkish Pizza places in Berlin. The rest of it, not pizza. Brie cheese with prosciutto bits and a horseradish mustard, cooked to perfection on flat dough in a hot oven? Sounds delicious, not pizza.
I digress. No one has done a proper survey of every single plain slice in New York City to scientifically determine which is the absolute best one. It's all Grimaldi's this and Difara's that. Those places are good, sure, but some days I think that one place Gino's, right across from the last stop on the 4 train in the Bronx is better than both of those places put together. And speaking of specific pizzerias, I will only be eating at mom and pop joints. No chains. That means the Pizza Hut in Kew Gardens, the Dominoes in Inwood, the Sbarros on W. 8th, the Papa John's in Crown Heights, etc., ad infinitum.
All in all, a slice can be damn near perfect, but if you aren't in the mood to be receptive, it can blow right by you. As such, I'll be doing my best to explain to you the exact, well, head-space, as our poor-lexiconed, West Coast brethren might say, that I was in at the time of each slice's eating.
Finally, you may be asking yourself, who is this guy and what does he know about pizza? Well, truth be told I am just some shmuck from New York with too much time on my hands.


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BENEFITING: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston South Carolina, Inc.
EVENT: Red Shoe Walk 2014
Have you seen the Big Red Shoes around town? Would you like to own a pair just like the ones Darius Rucker wore?
Well here is your chance! The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston is presenting the first ever Red Shoe walk, this October, in Hampton Park. It is sure to be an action packed event that you will not soon forget!
Each night we have 27 families of critically ill children, who have traveled to Charleston for treatment, calling our House a 'home away from home'. Our home offers these families comfortable beds, hot meals and a caring staff, all just steps from the hospital. It is through your support, that we are able to continue to help these families during their darkest times.
The Ronald McDonald House Charities empowers families by providing stability and vital resources so they can get and keep their child happy and healthy. By keeping families together, RMHC helps children heal faster and cope better.
Here's our plan… Sign up now on the registration form below and we will provide you with your very own brand new pair of the big red shoes. A $50.00 deposit fee is required. Between now and October 25th, we are asking each participant to raise $1,600, the cost of running the House for 1 night. On average, our House turns away 8 families every night due to a lack of space. This year, we are expanding our home to help more families in need. We will be adding 5 bedrooms for a total of 32 rooms.
We will then convene for a walk like you have never experienced before! Don't worry about the size of the shoes, as one size fits all! All participants will in fact be wearing the Big Red Shoes for a mile walk around Hampton Park.
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When: October 25th, 2014 10:00am
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CA theater students and staff revamped a Model T to have on stage with them in this year's production of "Ragtime."
Canandaigua Academy's musical will feature Dorothy from Kansas, but they're not performing "The Wizard of Oz."
For this year's production of "Ragtime" — a turn-of-the-century musical about three American families set in New York City, based on E.L. Doctorow's novel — a Model T that the drama department purchased from a dealer in Kansas will hit the stage. Students call her "Dorothy."
"I remember the first time I got in it," said sophomore Aaron Michalko, one of the leads in this year's show. "I just sat down and was like, 'oh man, I'm in a Model T.'"
When the car first arrived on a flatbed trailer to director Scott Schauman's house, it wasn't the shiny black beauty it is today. It was covered in rust, without a speck of paint. The district bought it for $2,700 off the Web site ModelThaven.com. It had wheels (but no tires), a gas tank with a hole and an interior consisting of a bunch of rotted wood.
"When it came to us, it was just a big pile of rust," said Schauman.
Schauman said he wanted a real Model T in the show because it is iconic to the time period "Ragtime" represents. According to Ford's Web site, more than 15 million Model T's were produced, beginning in 1908 and ending in 1927. The car was introduced with a cost of $850 and later sold for as little as $260. Henry Ford called it "the universal car" because it was a low-cost, reliable vehicle that could travel the poor roads of the era.
And with a little more work, Canandaigua's Model T could possibly travel the roads of Canandaigua, too. To get it ready for the stage, students sanded the entire vehicle and then sent it to the school's operations center, where building maintenance worker Fred Barnhardt was given the task of painting it. He gave it a fresh coat of shiny black paint, and a carpenter with the school district worked at the interior. Barnhardt has been revamping cars for most of his life, but this was his first Model T.
"It was kind of hard to see it go," he said. "With a little more time and a little more money, that car could drive down the road again."
The engine turns over, but the hole in the gas tank prevents it from hitting the road. Students push it on stage, and sometimes it even rolls on its own.
The car appears four times in the show, including a song about Henry Ford — a scene in which the main character uses it to win the love of a woman, and another when the same character is confronted by bigots who make him stop to pay a toll for a non-toll road. They destroy his car in the script, but Schauman said his actors would "just pretend." With a price tag of $4,600 after repairs, it's too expensive of a prop to be wrecked.
"I'm hoping someone will consider it for a new home," he said. "The car is in amazingly good shape."
The money for the car came from ticket sales and the theater department budget. Other repairs were donated by Trombley Tire & Auto and Dobbs Sunoco.
It isn't perfect. Student actors admitted that sometimes the door doesn't open during a scene, so they have to jump in. Still, freshman Abby Rice said the car helps her get into an early-1900s kind of mood.
"It's actually from that time period, so it kind of gets you in that state of mind," she said.
The Canandaigua Academy Players will perform "Ragtime" on March 7, 8, 9, 14, and 15 at 7:30 p.m., with March 9 and 15 matinees at 2 p.m. in the Academy auditorium.
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Sunday School – 10:00 am
Worship Service – 11:00 am
Bible Study – 12:15 pm
Wednesday Bible Study - 6:30 pm
12859 Martin Road Spur
Northport, AL 35473
Paul's example of Abraham is completed by Pastor Todd in this lesson. Since Abraham is clearly shown Biblically to be saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, so are his spiritual children - Jew and Gentile alike. We pray you are trusting Christ alone and not your own efforts.


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When he isn't telling us "true facts" about various animals, Ze Frank is improving the health of our stuffed animal friends. What's inside of teddy? Candy, meat, and a few items that don't belong inside a healthy toy.
Although Frank's video is strange (and contains far more meat than I would have expected), there's a certain perfect childhood logic to his teddy bear surgery. It also reminds me a bit of the Fables arc "Cubs in Toyland," perhaps because both involve a teddy bear who isn't quite right.
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U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Heart surgery to repair the mitral valve is safe and leads to a better quality of life for older patients previously considered too high risk for the operation, new research shows.
The findings provide much-needed data on patients 65 years and older that could guide future treatment recommendations for people with severe heart disease.
"It is widely accepted that mitral repair is the treatment of choice for people with severe heart disease caused by a leaking mitral valve, and it can restore life expectancy to normal," says Vinay Badhwar, associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.
"However, in older patients, current guidelines recommend initial medical management of the disease, delaying surgery until symptoms are very advanced. In some cases, delays in surgery can lower quality of life and make the eventual surgery riskier as the patient's health further deteriorates."
Badhwar and colleagues collected national data on 14,604 people age 65 and older who had mitral valve repair operations between 1991 and 2007 and examined rates of mortality, re-operation, and readmissions for heart failure, bleeding, and stroke.
As reported in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery, less than 3 percent of the patients, who had an average age of 73, died during surgery. The five-year survival rate was nearly 75 percent.
One of their most important findings was that following mitral repair, the 10-year survival rate was more than 57 percent, comparable to the average age-matched US population without heart disease.
Five years after surgery, 3.7 percent of the patients had to have another mitral valve operation; 18.4 percent experienced heart failure; 7.2 percent were readmitted for bleeding; and 7.7 percent had a stroke. Readmissions were most common in patients that presented to surgery late in their illness from mitral valve disease.
"Our data show that not only is mitral valve repair a safe option for elderly patients because of its excellent early outcomes and the low incidence of late stroke and bleeding, but it also is a well-tolerated and lasting solution for the treatment of severe heart disease," says Badhwar, who is also co-director of the UPMC Center for Mitral Valve Disease and chief of cardiac surgery at UPMC Presbyterian hospital. "This information will improve medical guidelines to emphasize the importance of timely referral of older patients for mitral valve surgery."
The mitral valve lies between the atria and ventricles of the heart and helps control blood flow. When it malfunctions, blood doesn't flow the way it should, which can lead to congestive heart failure. Symptoms include shortness of breath and decreased ability to endure physical activity.
Benefits of promptly repairing the mitral valve include preservation of heart function, leading to an improved quality of life; less need for re-operation; lower operative mortality; and improved long-term survival. It also can lead to a lower likelihood of readmission for heart failure, a globally important health care issue as costs associated with readmissions continue to climb.
"The baby boomer generation will be entirely over age 65 by 2030, making it critical that we research and promote therapies that can influence long-term, hospital-free survival of older people," Badhwar says. "Such measures will have lasting health care implications and allow hospitals to best manage their resources."
Researchers at Duke University, University of Florida, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Harvard University, University of Colorado, and University of South Florida College of Medicine contributed to the study, which was supported by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Research Center through the Adult National Cardiac Database.
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Creative Dining Services (CDS) has honored several of its employees based at Hope College for their volunteer commitment to a local food bank.
Zeeland-based CDS manages the college's Haworth Inn and Conference Center as well as the dining services at Hope, which include the Phelps Hall Dining Hall, Cook Hall Servery and Kletz Snack Bar.
The team of employees, a mix of hourly staff and managers, received the company's 2010 "Community Service Award" for assisting First Reformed Church and Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Zeeland in distributing food provided through the churches' sponsorship of a truck from Feeding America - West Michigan Food Bank each month. The staff volunteers, often accompanied by members of their families, help organize and distribute the food. A total of 22 employees have volunteered for the effort, four to seven each month.
The staff team was recognized during a meeting of the fall CDS managers held at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The award included a plaque for the team as well as a $500 check for Feeding America - West Michigan Food Bank from CDS.
CDS provides hospitality management services to 64 clients throughout the country, including Fortune 100 companies, colleges and universities, conference centers, corporate dining, full-service retirement communities, elementary and secondary schools and camps. CDS has managed Hope's dining services since the company was founded in 1990, and the Haworth Inn and Conference Center since the facility opened in 1997.


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For the oscillation of a torsion pendulum (a mechanical motion), the time period is given by
$T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{I}{C}}$ which is a result of the angular acceleration $\alpha=\frac{d^2\theta}{dt^2}=-(\frac{C}{I})\theta$ where $C$ is the restoring couple of the string.
Do we relate $T=\frac{2\pi}{\omega}$ and $\alpha$ for finding the time period of torsion pendulum? I can't really understand how they arrived at $2\pi\sqrt{\frac{I}{C}}$ ?


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I am very confused about what to do with this assignment. I am relatively new to java programming and I have to calculate GPA when given a grade and the corresponding amount of credits in an input file. The exact description is
The first requirement is to "1. Use a method that takes a letter grade and a number of credits as parameters, calculates and returns the points for the course."The course points equal (gradePoints x credits). Write a program that reads data from a text file that contains a sequence of (letter grade, credits) pairs, and calculates the overall GPA of the student. An example of the input may look something like this:
My problem currently is that I am unsure how to create a new method after the main and still keep the information from the input file. my code so far is below.
import java.util.Scanner; import java.io.*; public class GPA { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Darrien Kamai"); System.out.println("CPS 180"); String filename = scan.nextLine(); File file = new File(filename); Scanner inputFile = new Scanner(file); String gradePoint, readData; //Read grade and amount credits from data file public static void readData(String grade, int credits) throws IOException { grade = inputFile.nextLine(); credits = inputFile.nextInt(); } }
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The Wapakoneta Redskins ended a six-match winning streak Tuesday with a 3-0 loss to the Coldwater Cavaliers in a non-league varsity volleyball match.
Tuesday's scores were 25-12, 25-7 and 25-15.
"Coldwater is a very disciplined and well-coached team," Wapak varsity coach Amy Ruppert said. "We struggled with our serve-receive and that contributed to our loss because we couldn't get our offense going.
"Coldwater has a solid program," she said. "You can't take anything away from them."
The loss put Wapak's season record at 6-2 overall.
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Some years Easter is in March and other years it is in April. Why is this? Thank you.
Thank you for your question. Actually, the date of Easter is a controversy that goes back at least to the First Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325.
Two things should be noted: (1) The Western Church (Roman Catholic and Protestant churches) celebrate Easter on a different date than the date used by the Eastern Church (Greek Orthodox, etc.) and (2) some Protestants (such as the New England Puritans) did not celebrate Christmas or Easter, a conviction shared by some Protestants today in the Puritan tradition.
The Eastern Church follows the Julian Calendar (established by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.); their Easter can be celebrated anywhere from a week to more than a month after the Western churches.
The Western church uses the Gregorian calendar, which was established in A.D. 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a reformed version of the earlier Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar is 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which, coupled with differing definitions of a full moon and an equinox, accounts for the date disparity. (The Gregorian calendar is the one now used worldwide for civil purposes.)
Again, as I suggested above, there are as many as five weeks between the two Easter celebrations. In the Western Church, Easter falls between late March and late April; in the Orthodox Church, it is between early April and early May.
A bit strange, isn't it?
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Fall maintenance tips for a lush green lawn next spring
"Once temperatures are consistently below 60 degrees, your lawn will start storing up nutrients in preparation for winter. That's when you should start your fall lawn care regimen," says Bryan Ostlund, executive director of Grass Seed USA.
Following are three proactive measures you can take:
Reseed thin or bare areas. By reseeding after the summer's heat subsides and before the first winter freeze, you can repair damage and give turf a jump start on root growth.
Aerify. You can hire a professional to aerify your turf, or rent a core aerator that uses hollow tines to pull up small plugs of soil at regular intervals. If you're reseeding, aerify right before you apply new seed.
Apply fertilizer. Cool-season grass should be fertilized in fall — even if your lawn looks healthy and has no bare patches — to promote good root development, enhance the storage of energy reserves and extend color retention.Roofs
3 reasons fall is a great time for roofing
Cool breezes and falling leaves are around the corner, and for many parts of the country, signs of fall signal the best possible season for roofing.
What makes fall a great time for roof repairs or a full replacement?Perfect weather: The same perfectly cool weather for camping and outdoor activities also makes it a great time for roofing. Spring and summer storms: The warmth and humidity of the spring and summer months are notorious for spawning severe thunderstorms. Hail and high winds can also damage the roof. "We always recommend homeowners hire a professional to examine their roofs, both for their safety, and to protect their roof," said Stephen McNally of TAMKO Building Products. Winter is coming: Winter can bring subzero temperatures and snow. Freeze-thaw cycles, ice dams and damp weather require the roof to be in top shape to defend against these threats. Life hacks
Hacks for a cleaner home
Check out the following hacks for a cleaner home from www.bobvila.com.
1. Clean the dishwasher by emptying a packet of lemonade-flavored Kool-Aid into the dish detergent compartment and running the dishwasher.
2. Clean your blender by filling it 1/3 full with hot water and adding a few drops of dish soap, then running it for a while.
3. Keep your vehicle's cup holders clean by dropping cupcake liners into the bottom of each. Use silicone models and you can wash them in the dishwasher.
4. Freshen smelly sneakers by sprinkling a little salt in them.
5. Wipe up pet hair by sliding a squeegee (like you'd use to clean windows) over the carpet.
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The European Data Protection Supervisor has called for a new agency to be set up to oversee the massive three-horned citizen watching database proposed by Brussels earlier this year.
The Commission in June proposed an agency - "responsible for the long-term operational management of the second-generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), Visa Information System (VIS) and EURODAC.
Other large scale systems could be added "to gradually build up expertise with a view to becoming a centre of excellence for IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice". It's fair to say fewer people would have been surprised at the proposal for the new agency than at the fact the EU was proposing such an all-encompassing database.
In his report published this week, the EUDPS Peter Hustinx reviews the proposals for running this super network, including the Commission's preferred options of a new agency and handing operation control to Frontex and/or Europol.
The involvement of Frontex and Europol raises issues of function creep, he says.
He proposes that it should be a really independent agency: "an independent entity which does not not have its own interest as user of the database". This would also have the benefit of diminishing the risk of data misuse, he thinks.
At the same time, says Hustinx, "The creation of an Agency for such large-scale databases must be based on legislation which is unambiguous about the competences and the scope of activities of the Agency. Such clarity would prevent any future misunderstanding about the conduct of the agency and avoid the risk of function creep. As currently drafted, the proposals do not meet those standards."
Hustinx asks that the Commission clarify the scope of the agency, and whether it will restrict itself to border checks, asylum and immigration, or whether it should cover all "large scale IT systems developed in the area of freedom, security and justice."
The Commission should also clarify its "notion of large-scale IT systems within this framework", and make clear whether it is restricted to systems with a centralised database for which the Commission of the agency is responsible.
Hustinx warned that the Commission should be cautious about how many large scale IT systems it brings under the new agency. Presumably, he hopes it should get its act together before the Commission completely takes over our digital lives. ®


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In a recent study of its retirement clients, New York Life Retirement Plan Services found higher default deferral rates in 401(k) plans with auto enrollment lead to higher participant retention and proactive asset allocation selection.
According to the company, this counters "the auto-enrollment myth that higher auto-deferral rates result in participants opting out of plans in larger numbers."
The New York Life analysis indicates that plans auto enrolling their participants at higher deferral rates have lower participant opt-out rates. Plans implementing auto enrollment with a default deferral rate of greater than 3% have consistently experienced lower opt-out rates than plans with lower default rates, year over year. Plans with less than 4% default rates experienced 14% opt-out rates, versus 10% for plans with greater than 3% default deferrals.
The study also shows plans that auto-enroll participants at a rate greater than 3% of salary have a 95% overall participation rate—superior to auto-enrollment plans with less than a 3% deferral rate, which have 88% participation on average.
According to the study, 30% of participants in plans with default deferral rates higher than 3% proactively increased their deferral rate within a year of being auto-enrolled. That percentage has steadily increased since 2006, when only 13% of the population had done so.
By comparison, the percentage of those enrolled at lower rates have raised their contributions has varied between 27% and 26% over the same time period.
The analysis involved 480 plans and 800,000 participants across New York Life's retirement platform. Auto-enrollment in 401(k) plans was encouraged in the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The number of plans on the New York Life platform that have adopted auto-enrollment climbed to 61% as of March 31, compared with 21% in 2006.


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During a recent public meeting seeking input on the issues and challenges surrounding the standardization and assessment of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies(www.fda.gov) (REMS), the FDA heard from multiple stakeholders, including health care providers, drug manufacturers, prescribers and vendors, as well as from standards development organizations such as the AAFP.
Ann Karty, M.D., medical director of the AAFP's Division of Continuing Medical Education, delivered a presentation on REMS requirements that pertain specifically to extended-release and long-acting (ER/LA) opioids and also represented the Academy on a discussion panel.
Karty said the FDA needs to continue prescriber involvement when determining whether and how risks posed by certain classes of drugs and biologics will be mitigated. Because the REMS for ER/LA opioids is the first to involve a specific CME component, it "serves as a sort of case study," she said.
The AAFP supports prescriber education on many topics, including patient safety, but when it comes to ER/LA opioids, the AAFP also focuses on appropriate pain management and maintaining patient access. According to Karty, if REMS-related CME was mandatory for prescribers, the overall continuing professional development of physicians, which includes a variety of information and procedural skill acquisition, could be diluted.
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- The FDA recently held a public meeting seeking input on the issues and challenges surrounding the standardization and assessment of the agency's risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS).
- The AAFP presented information on REMS requirements that pertain to extended-release and long-acting opioids, stressing the importance of ensuring that the educational components of the REMS for these products remain voluntary for physicians.
- Family physicians are encouraged to participate in voluntary REMS-specific CME to demonstrate the specialty's ability to mitigate risks of pharmacologic and biologic agents identified by the FDA through education and self-regulation.
"I explained that REMS CME needs to be voluntary for prescribers, not mandatory," Karty told AAFP News Now after the meeting. "(Physicians and other medical professionals) really need to keep patient outcomes in mind, and if the FDA is planning to include CME in their risk evaluation and mitigation strategies for products going forward, (the agency needs) to have a good reason for it." Ultimately, she noted, mandating CME to prescribe specific drugs could have an impact on patient access to those medications.
Asked in the question-and-answer session after her meeting presentation why she so strongly stressed the need for prescriber education to remain voluntary, Karty said mandatory CME has the potential to create a significant amount of confusion for physicians.
"Physicians, on average, have multiple licenses in multiple states, each of which may have different requirements," she said. "So, for example, you have a physician who has two to four different licenses, many of which have different CME credit requirements that may or may not be reciprocal from state to state.
"You also have to consider those folks practicing in states that are already required to have topic-specific CME to maintain their license, as well as requirements for board certification," Karty said. "On top of that, with the consideration by the FDA regarding recommendations for additional REMS-specific CME to be able to prescribe certain drugs, you can see how it gets confusing.
"If you start adding more requirements, sooner or later, there is the potential that some people will not participate," she said. "And then, for example, you'll have a critical-access physician who isn't able to meet the requirement and, suddenly, nobody in that region can prescribe a certain drug, thereby cutting off patient access."
Karty said she thinks some form of prescriber education -- whether formal CME or not -- will continue to be a component of REMS going forward.
"As long as it continues to be an ongoing conversation, we are on the right track," she said, referring to discussions with the FDA during public forum sessions. "In the meantime, family physicians need to participate in (REMS-specific CME) as it becomes available, because that will demonstrate to the FDA that we can self-regulate.
"Participation is the current metric by which we are going to be judged by the FDA, so the continued recommendation is that physicians engage when presented the opportunity."
According to Kathy Marian, M.Ed., AAFP manager of CME standards and outcomes, REMS-specific CME to address the FDA blueprint for ER/LA opioids(www.fda.gov) will be available during the 2013 AAFP Scientific Assembly in San Diego, Sept. 24-28, with online CME launching in late October.
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Postal service in Canada has united the country since Confederation.
In a country that spans a continent, the one thing you can count on wherever you go is a Canada Post office and a postal service that serves all of us, no matter where we live.
These days, digital technology is how many of us communicate with each other, but Canadians still rely on mail and parcels for many daily activities – business, shopping and bill payments.
That is why Canada Post is a Crown corporation. Crown corporations are created by governments for specific public policy objectives – in this case, delivering the mail.
Crown Corporations are not corporations with strictly commercial objectives. They are supposed to be managed in the best interests of the public and work for the public benefit. Their performance should be assessed based on the social and economic benefits they provide, not just on the money they make.
Canada Post has consistently reported profits, fulfilling its mandate to be self-sustaining.
But that is not the Crown Corporation's only purpose. It is also mandated to deliver affordable, universal mail service, and to improve the services it offers the public.
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Christopher Pyne's higher education reforms to benefit more students
Published by The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 8 May
Over the past few weeks, Education Minister Christopher Pyne has loudly hinted at major reforms to Australia's higher education system. Government funding is likely to be extended beyond the public universities, and current limits on student charges increased or abolished. Over time, this would lead to a more diverse and competitive system, but on average, a more expensive one too.
With the government looking for budget savings, higher education was never going to escape scrutiny. Spending on higher education had increased significantly in recent years, mainly due to the removal of most restrictions on bachelor degree student numbers in public universities.
With David Kemp, I was appointed by the government to review this "demand-driven system". We recommended extending the system to cover sub-bachelor qualifications, such as diplomas and associate degrees, and broadening it to encompass private universities and non-university higher education providers. These include specialist vocational or professional colleges, TAFEs offering degrees, and "pathway" colleges, which offer diploma courses that lead into bachelor degree programs at public universities. There are already about 130 non-university higher education providers.
Pyne has responded positively to this suggestion. Especially the TAFEs and pathway colleges meet the needs of a much wider group of people now seeking higher education. Compared to public universities, they offer intensive teaching methods and a more personalised environment.
Students who arrive at university via a pathway college do much better than would otherwise have been expected, given their prior school results. Some universities require students with weaker Year 12 results to attend a TAFE or pathway college before they are admitted. Although the academic outcomes are good, in private colleges students have to pay fees that are often $5000 to $10,000 more than they would pay at a public university.
Fourteen per cent of these undergraduate full-fee students are from low socioeconomic backgrounds, compared with 17 per cent of government-supported students in public universities. Most full-fee students borrow under the Higher Education Loan Program, a HECS-like program known as FEE-HELP. Under what the government now seems to be proposing, many of these students would pay much less than they do now. However, it is likely that students at public universities would pay more to finance extending the public funding system.
This reform and other financial savings mean higher student charges from the 2014 budget. The government now seems to have decided to go further. In a speech given at Monash University yesterday, Pyne talked about giving "universities and colleges greater control over their budgets". Rather than just getting private money to replace public money, universities and other higher education providers will be allowed to set higher fees and keep the money.
Possibly, the government's political calculation is that any increases in student charges will lead to Q&A-style protests. If they are going to spend their political capital, they might as well get major higher education reforms as well as a budget saving.
There are clear attractions in a more diverse and better-funded higher education system. One attraction, according to Pyne, is that it would allow more universities to compete with the world's best, which typically have much higher revenues per student than any of Australia's universities. Vice-chancellors of our leading research universities have publicly supported this idea. But of course there are also objections to such a change.
One concern is that students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be disproportionately affected. Despite the intuitive logic behind this concern, historical experience suggests that prospective students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are not generally put off by higher charges if income contingent loans are available. They make similar decisions to other prospective students about the costs and benefits of their realistic alternatives. Pyne has made it clear that FEE-HELP would be retained, although possibly modified.
Pyne's broader package of reforms directly targets a bigger problem for prospective students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Unfortunately, their school results are heavily skewed towards lower Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATARs). Students directly entering a bachelor degree at a public university with an ATAR below 60 have only a 50 per cent chance of completing the degree within six years. Pathway colleges are important for improving their prospects and a necessary part of widening access to higher education.
Senate approval of these reforms is far from assured. Clive Palmer has indicated support for free education. Labor and the Greens are sceptical of higher student charges and private colleges. But these policy positions have contradictions Pyne will be able to exploit. Letting private colleges into the system would reduce fees for many students. Even if the broader fees agenda is postponed to another political time, there may be a Senate majority for opening up the system to all higher education providers.