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Eye Exams and Eyeglasses
Independent Doctors of Optometry
san francisco, CA
For Eyes
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About this Location
At For Eyes Optical 120 Kearny St. The Crocker Galleria (Suite 52) San Francisco, CA 94108 an Independent Doctor of Optometry will examine your eyesight to determine your exact prescription so that you will enjoy the best possible vision from your new glasses.
Services available at this store: contact lens fitting, eyeglasses and sunglasses, maintenance, frames selection
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What Should I expect at an eye exam?
During your eye exam, your optometrist will check the health of your eyes through a series of tests. These tests will check for near- and far-sightedness as well as for eye conditions and diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, and more. The optometrist will also check for underlying medical conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes which can also be detected during an eye exam. Early detection of these conditions can make treatment easier and more successful. During or after the exam, you should also ask any questions about your eyes and share any complaints about your vision with your optometrist to address any concern you have.
Why Customers Choose For Eyes?
An Independent Doctor of Optometry at San Francisco, CA location will also examine the internal health of your eyes and test for eye disease such as glaucoma and cataracts, which are among the leading causes of blindness in the United States today.
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Any serious piece of storytelling involving adult relationships strives to walk the line between believable and exceptional, with most films erring so far on the side of exceptional as to render them unbelievable. But "Tuesday, After Christmas," a Romanian drama that showed in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2010, suffers from the opposite problem.
Paul (Mimi Branescu) is roughly 40, a moderately successful businessman who deals in real estate, with a wife, Adriana (Mirela Oprisor-Branescu's off-screen wife), and daughter, Mara, both of whom he loves very much. But he also has a girlfriend, Raluca (Maria Popistasu), who is a decade younger, blonde and Mara's dentist.
With Christmas approaching, a last minute change in Adriana's schedule allows her to join Paul at Mara's dentist appointment. Paul can only look only helplessly while Raluca gives Adriana an insanely in-depth explanation of the state of her daughter's teeth and the need for braces. It's a bizarre meeting, with Adriana so fixated on the health of her daughter's teeth that she's oblivious to the tension in the room. Paul soon realizes that one of his relationships has to end.
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Raluca, of course, knows everything, and is remarkably sanguine about her role as the other woman. It's not her ideal, there is a level of resentment to be sure, but she's made peace with it. With no exterior pressure to end either relationship bearing down on him, Paul is forced to struggle with the issue alone.
Branescu and Oprisor are as good together as you would expect real-life spouses to be, there's an organic rhythm to their conversation and their body language that you only find in two people who know each other intimately. The chemistry between Branescu and Popistasu works, as well--his pursuit of her isn't a midlife crisis, but an honest romance.
"Tuesday, After Christmas," is all building tension, with no release. When Paul makes his decision known, he does so with an uncommon levelheadedness, and the message is received with a level of calm that seems, while mature and admirable, almost unworthy of our attention.

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Recently I came across an opinion piece which, at first glance, scared me a bit: Why Wikipedia was wrong to ban Scientology, Foreign Policy, May 29, 2009:
Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee has taken probably the worst decision in its existence: they banned the IP addresses associated with the Church of Scientology from editing any scientology-related articles. To my knowledge, this is the first time that Wikipedia higher-ups have decided to exclude a particular social group from contributing to the "encyclopedia that anyone can edit" (that slogan should now probably carry an asterisk, stating "anyone but scientologists").
… . Bowing down to Scientology-bashers is almost guaranteed to trigger similar requests from people who hate satanism, fascism, or even pokemons.
However, according to other news stories, it appears that (1) the Scientology folks were banned for bad behavior against Wikipedia's rules, not merely because critics complained about them; (2) some critics of Scientology have been banned too; and (3) the ban against the Scientologists is not absolute, but can be lifted under certain stated conditions.


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I can't believe it took me this long to make it down there - I had heard so many good things and never went. Finally, in a moment of inspiration, I decided to head in the direction of downtown LA on a weekday holiday - thinking that no one goes downtown area/ Little Tokyo on a weekday when they don't have to work, right?
Apparently Sushi Gen is busy every.single.day.365.a.year. I got there at 1:30pm, they are supposed to close at 2pm and there was a line out the door and a mob 8-10 deep around the tiny hostess stand, with an agitated host repeating over and over what he knows no one wants to hear - two hour wait for a table, and that's with a reservation. Don't even think about it if you just walked in.(Don't go by the photo of the deserted entrance - this was hours later, after the lunch rush) One of the beautiful things about dining by yourself is that when you encounter a situation like this - you can just slide past the crowd and into a seat at the bar instantly. Which the host was more than happy to let me do - one less irate customer is one less person to get in his face every five minutes for the next two hours. I was duly warned though, "no lunch specials at the bar" - which explains the legions of Asians willing to wait for 2 hours for a table.
I would normally be among them, but I was starving and glistening panels of fish beckoned me from behind the glass. As soon as I was seated I received a slip of paper listing all the available fish - no prices, but you could basically use that menu to guide your requests to one of six sushi chefs along the wall to wall bar. Sometimes it's nice to save the best for last, but that day was not one of those days - I wanted my favorites, in my mouth, ASAP. So I started with Uni (sea urchin, always a favorite), which was plump and one of the freshest I've had in the city in recent memory (huge caveat of course, my experience is colored by price and as I stated, having never been to the lets-mortgage-the-house-I-don't-have-pricey-dinners where the fish would of course be in a whole different, transcendent, league). Toro is a great staple roll, but not one that normallly blows my mind - these ones at Sushi Gen did. They were a gorgeous, lush deep pink, beautifully fatty - a perfect amount of fat - and absolutely glides in your mouth. I had two sets of these.
I followed that with another favorite: Ama Ebi (sweet shrimp) - this sort of is a test for the quality of ingredients and skills of the chef - almost every sushi place will have this, but the quality of the shrimp will be immediately apparent and speak to the quality you can expect with the rest of your meal. Sweet shrimp is raw shrimp - too often, with places where it's not super fresh, the meat will be sort of flaccid. Sushi Gen's is nice and structured, not firm because the beauty of raw shrimp is that great, unique smooth texture midway between jelly and the bursting-at-the-seams quality that's reminiscent of lobster, of cooked shrimp meat, but is smooth and soft while giving a beautiful crunch.
With sweet shrimp, comes the shrimp heads - and I was offered a choice of having them put into miso soup, or served deep fried. I went deep fried - and they came beautifully fried to a crisp golden color, with the 'candy striped' legs in graceful arcs overhead. Friends who have seen me eat these shrimp heads always get creeped out by the sight of the decapitated creature - and wonder how I coud eat it when it's shell and 'hard' legs. I actually think these look gorgeous but did feel a little guilty with the beady eyes glaring at me - luckily the crunchy, fragrant fried bits (which tasted like shrimp chips, ha!) provided delicious distraction.
Then there was the Yellowtail Belly, a lovely cut of the mild fish which serves as nice palate cleanser in a way.
I was really excited to see quite a few items that I hadn't seen at other sushi spots before - one of these was Gizzard Shad. The name sounds so exotic! I somehow thought it would be some kind of organ (maybe I was thinking chicken gizzards) - but it's actually a North American fish with silvery skin. Really beautiful to look at, a little oily - not bad tasting but not one that I would crave.
Engawa was another one that caught my eye on the menu - turns out it's fatty meat from the dorsal fin of halibut. According to the Sushi-pedia, the word engawa usually refers to the exterior hallway on the side of a traditional Japanese home, which I guess is what the dorsal fin reminded people of on this fish. It's got sort of a unique looking structure, with flesh and fat interlacing to form open ridges and valleys in the flesh. It's muscular yet deliciously fatty at the same time - chewy yet lush - and incredibly fresh: I LOVED it!!! Actually ended up getting 3 orders of this and wish I could have eaten more. Will be looking for this at every sushi place I go to from now on - knowing I may just have to go back to Sushi Gen, and soon.
Another item not often seen on sushi menus: Abalone, which I expected to be that brown, thick seafood-steak like presentation you normally see in Chinese banquets - but perhaps thinly sliced. These were light in color - almost like the inside of octopus tentacles - and were crunchy around the edges as well. It wasn't as flavorful as I expected either. Glad I got to try these but probably wouldn't order again.
It just so happened that I had been seated directly in front of several rolls of fresh monkfish liver, wrapped in tinfoil - but which looked so smooth and perfect I had to try one. I've had the infamous one at Toranoko, and thought it was a bit too firm, without a lot of flavor, and didn't love it. But the chef who was assigned to me recommended that the Ankimo would taste better in an appetizer versus as a sushi course. And I found that Chef does know best - Sushi Gen's ankimo appetizer was gorgeous - with an almost origami-like structure made of red onion atop roe atop the silkiest, softest, most tofu-like rounder of monkish liver, all sitting in a light soy sauce strewn with green onion for flavor. Delicious. Mark that moment as the one I really fell in love with monkfish liver.
Then, back to one more item I've never had before, that I can remember at least: Half Beak. I let my imagination run wild again, and had a half-macabre vision of some tiny beak of a sea bird (what that has to do with sushi or fish, no idea).
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But it was simply an odd name for a fish that is long, narrow, also known as needlefish - that has silver skin which is hand stripped from the pieces beore serving. It's rich with omega-3s, which while good for you (supposedly cleans out bad cholesterol from your body) makes it a very oily fish in texture/taste. The chef served up the pieces with ginger to break up the grease. I didn't love this one as I like my fish / sushi clean, but thought it was interesting to serve it up with Chinese style chopped ginger root.
I also of course couldn't leave without getting Mackerel - and these pieces were perfect - just the right size and thickness, and degree of tartness. Loved the skin as well.
I don't typically do dessert at sushi places as it's usually something generic like green tea ice cream or slices of orange. In this case I wouldn't have had any stomach capacity left anyway.
All in all, my total bill with 13 'courses' of sushi and a drink, came to just a little over $100. Much more than I would normally spend on lunch - but for the quality of sushi, and the number of rolls i had, that price is well worth it. The focus is unostentatiously about the food here, there are no frills, no catchy taglines and gimmicks built on being anti-gimmick - and it's really just letting the beautiful, fresh and flavorful ingredients shine. (Just like Zara is with clothes, it's just great quality for the price - its not the ultimate word in luxury, but it was never meant to be.) It's no wonder they are constantly packed.
Nothing will compare to fish from Tsukiji market, the largest fish market in the world, in Tokyo - but in my mind this is probably as close as I can get, where I live, without blowing my non-existent-life-savings on one meal. I am grateful for places like Sushi Gen, for people like me whose palates do not match their wallets - this gives you an option for great sushi at an affordable price.
If anyone needs me for anything, I'll just be over here plotting my next visit and insidious slide into Sushi Gen...
On a 7 point scale:
Flavor - 6 bites
Presentation - 6 bites
Originality - 5.5 bites
Ambience - 5.5 stars
Service - 6 stars
Overall experience - 6 bites
Price - $$ (2 bite marks)
Probability of return visit - 100%
Sushi Gen
422 E Second St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ph: 213.617.0552
Parking: Park in strip mall lot attached to restaurant or meters on 3rd


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The uproar over the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 video game just got crazier. Just look at the long lines in front of video game retailer Game stop, the trending topic on twitter, and the news of a truck hijacking and robbery in France.
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How coveted is Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3? Enough for thieves to hijack a delivery truck loaded with 6,000 copies of the game, tear gas the inside of the truck and disable the innocent drivers. Man, Modern Warfare 3 is going to be huge when it launches tomorrow.
UltimatePS3.fr reports that the robbery happened on Saturday morning in south Paris's Créteil and was performed by two masked thieves.
The total value of the the 6,000 copies of Modern Warfare 3 is reported to be worth about 400,000 Euros. There has yet to be any report on what platform the stolen copies of Modern Warfare 3 were for. They could have been for PS3, or Xbox 360 or both.


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You are the measure of conquered adversities
This is the season of sharing life's lessons as we enjoy the holiday with family and friends. If you have any inspirational stories or accounts send them to firstname.lastname@example.com Hope you enjoyed columnist Wattree's account.
I've been through all manner of hardship, and I've found that we often suffer needlessly over minor adversities. We should never agonize over minor setbacks or disappointments.
As long as you and the ones you love have your health and well being, everything else in life is transitory and insignificant. Much like physical pain, adversity merely serves the purpose of alerting us that corrective action is necessary.
When I look back over my life, I now see that many of things that I thought were horrible at the time, had to happen in order for something that would have a positive impact on my life to take place.
Thus, thinking that we can control every aspect of our lives is a myth. We only have limited control over our lives. Life plays itself out in the way that life plays itself out, and our control over it is limited to making the right decisions once unforeseeable events take place, good, bad. So all we can do in life is to prepare ourselves to make the right decisions when we're confronted with adversity, and take advantage of opportunities when opportunity presents itself. Many unforeseeable things are simply going to happen, and the course of our lives are determined by how we deal with them when they do.
A perfect example of that is when I was exposed to drugs as a kid. My mother thought that was the most horrible thing that could ever happen in life. But her control over the situation was limited, because young people being exposed to drugs is a fact of life in the inner city. But she had done her part to help me face that challenge when she raised me, so even as I was using drugs, I knew it was stupid. But drugs did control my life long enough to cause me to go to my mother's office begging for money when I was 16 years old. That's where I met my late wife, Val, who my mother had hired as a young girl to address Christmas cards to the patients, and we made an immediate connection.
So the time had come for me to face my first major bout with adversity, but it was a moment that my mother had already prepared me for. So little did I know when I walked through the door of that office to con my mother out of some money to get high, that due to the foundation that my mother had laid when she raised me regarding the horrors of drugs and a man's responsibility to a woman, combined with the young man I saw reflected in this young girl's eyes when she looked at me, that I was walking out of one life, and into another. While I had no idea at the time, at that very moment the trajectory of my life had changed.
While my exposure to, and use of drugs, was undoubtedly one of the adversities faced by many young people as a result of inner city life, the combined influence of the foundation my mother had laid for me, and the passion that I felt for this young girl, who would later become my wife, placed me in good stead to face my very first challenge in life -- finding the strength to face down adversity, and the wisdom to seize the opportunity that life presented in its stead.
The challenges of adversity invariably come hand-in-hand with the rewards of opportunity and growth, and one's fate is invariably tied to whether one collapses in the face adversity, or can conjure up the strength and presence of mind to embrace the opportunity that comes along with it. Then, if one can manage to conjure up the strength and good sense to embrace the opportunity and growth, that strength and presence of mind will remain theirs forever. So we become stronger, and wiser, with each challenge or adversity that we overcome.
For that reason, I raised my children not to agonize over adversity. While no one welcomes adversity, when it does come into one's life, it should be viewed as an opportunity for growth, because there's nothing more formidable than an individual whose been dragged through the pits of Hell and then manages to come out the other side as a well-adjusted and knowledgeable adult. That's why I take great pride in referring to myself as a hood rat. Some people tell me that I'm denigrating myself, but I wear the title with great pride, because it says I that have a Ph.D. I'm a Doctor of Adversity, and no institution of higher learning can confer a more prestigious, or learned degree.
And the challenges of adversity continue throughout one's life. No matter who you are, how old you are, or your status in society, life is going to continue to present you with a series of challenges and opportunities, and your fate will be directly tied to how you address those issues. This is how and why we become wiser with age.
My next challenge came after Val and I were married and had two small children. I was laid off of my job unjustly. I was an Assistant Warehouse manager for a nationally known furniture and mattress company, and I was one of only two Blacks with the company. The other was an older gentleman, and a master upholsterer. So when the company had a minor business reversal, instead of laying off someone with lesser seniority, they decided to lay me off. At the time, I was devastated and hurt. I thought I had a future with that company, so not only was I devastated because my young family and I were already struggling, I was also hurt over the gross injustice and blatant racism that led to my layoff. It was the first time that I had ever come face-to-face with raw and unvarnished racism.
I was 23 years old, married less than three years, and already had two children, so I was in a panic, because it was my first real challenge as a new father and the head of a household. So I went out looking for another job - on foot, because the economy was slow, so I decided to go from one company to the next, therefore, I didn't need a car. I decided upon a strategy of selecting one block each day in the industrial section of the city, and then go from one business to the next until I either found a job, or the day came to an end. I covered several miles a day for weeks, with no luck. I've only since found that a study showed that a White man with a felony conviction stands a better than equal chance of being hired on a job than a Black man with a clean record - and it must have been much worse back then.
But one night while watching television I saw a commercial by the Army. They were trying to recruit new enlistees, and it mentioned the V.A. benefits that were afforded veterans. So being a Marine Corps vet, I decided to try checking into school again to take advantage of my veterans benefits. I had checked into school immediately after I was discharged, but the benefits took so long to be processed that I ended up having to dropout and go find the job from which I had just been laid off. But this time the benefits started almost immediately, and they were great at the time. Even though my wife was working, I could have supported the family by myself on my benefits alone.
Then shortly after I began school, my old job contacted me requesting that I return to work. But of course, I told them that I wasn't interested. I thought that would be the end of the matter, but two weeks later they called again, and asked me would I come and meet with them. Through pure curiosity over their chutzpah, and to see why all of a sudden they were so interested in having me return (along with the opportunity it presented for me to tell them to shove it in person), I agreed.
It turned out that their deliveries were backed up to nearly the week that I'd been laid off. I didn't even recognize the warehouse - it was overflowing with undelivered merchandise. My primary job was selecting merchandise to be loaded onto the trucks for delivery every morning. The company had a catalogue of the types, models, and various colors and fabrics of the furniture they produced, but having to look through the catalogue for everything before having it loaded onto the trucks was extremely time consuming. In addition, there were very small variations in the color and styles of various items that had to be recognized to insure the right product was delivered.
I had memorized the catalogue and every item that they produced, so that expedited delivery. It also prevented customer frustration and the costly necessity of redelivery. It seemed that the manager, who was now doing my job, obviously hadn't taken the time to do that. When I was doing the job the crew was always ahead of schedule, so after I had them prepare merchandise for the next day's deliveries, we spent a lot of the afternoon just sitting around, with the exception of doing will calls and stocking merchandise. Perhaps that's why the company thought I was expendable.
I had already told my immediate boss (the manager) and the head of the department that I wasn't interested in returning to work when I spoke with them over the phone, so my meeting was scheduled with the Vice President of Operations - go figure it; little old me meeting with a man who wouldn't even bother to say good morning when I was working there. But as soon as I walked into his office and sat down he said: "Let's get right to it. Do you have another job?"
I made it a point not to tell him what was going on in my life, or about my returning to school, because a good rule of thumb in life is to always make sure that you have more information than the other person when involved in a serious discussion.
So for the benefit of future employees, I decided to base my refusal on principle. So I told him, no, I don't have another job. He then asked, "Then why don't you want to return to work?"
I told him that I didn't want to return because of how unfairly I was treated when I was laid off. Without once mentioning race --I didn't think I had to-- I pointed out that all of the people who were working under me are still down there working, yet, I was laid off, and I didn't think that was fair.
He told me that he agreed, and if I returned to work he would find out whose decision it was to lay me off and he would see to it that they paid a price for that decision. In response, I told him that I wasn't interested in retribution: "I was a loyal employee, and I took great pride in the company. I expected the same in return, but I didn't get that. The company made it clear that I wasn't appreciated, so in spite of any hardship that I might have to endure, I've decided not to return."
To that he said, "You can't be serious. Don't you have a family? It's rough in this economy without a job. I'll tell you what. I don't want our company to be responsible for any hardship for you and your family, and somebody in this company is responsible for your being treated unfairly. So here's what I'll do - first, I want to apologize on behalf of the company; in addition, I will give you a raise and a promotion to manager; and I will also see to it that whoever made the decision to lay you off pays a severe price."
To which I said, I accept your apology and I appreciate your offer, but no thank you. I feel that I have to move on. Then I stood up and held out my hand.
As I was leaving he said, "Well, maybe you'll change you're mind later. If you do, I will stand behind my offer." I thanked him again, and left.
Again, when those people first laid me off, it devastated me. I thought my entire world was coming to an end. But as it turned out, what I thought was a horrible event, was simply a moment of adversity that I had to endure in order to gain an opportunity to change the direction of my life. If it were not for that adversity, I probably never would have gotten an education, and I'd still be there working in their warehouse for chump change.
So adversity should never look upon as something bad. It's simply inconvenient. One should always view adversity as one of life's challenges, and an opportunity for growth. Because adversity makes us stronger and wiser, and we wouldn't grow without it.
Body builders have such muscular bodies due to the adversity of repeatedly lifting heavy weight against the pull of gravity, and the only reason we even learn to walk and talk is because as babies we had to deal with the adversity of not being able to get around and tell people what we wanted.
And finally, chances are, the only reason that President Obama is President of the United States is due to the tools that he had to cultivate in order to deal with the adversity of always being an outsider throughout his formative years. So while adversity may hurt for a moment, if handled properly, in the long run it makes us more, rather than less.
The Hood Rat
I'm sure you know that I love you;
You're everything that I need.
You fit the bill of all my desires,
a perfect match for all of my dreams.
You're everything I've always craved,
that luscious vision from across the tracks;
that delicate flower,
just beyond my grasp, and
now here you are at last.
But what you ask is foreign to me;
You need something that I'm not.
You said, if I'd tweak my nature, just a bit,
you'll give everything you've got.
But that "tweak" you need is who I am;
It's my essence, can't you see?
You want to abolish the hood rat from my life,
the very thing that makes me, me.
While a hood rat may seem trite to you,
a hood rat's what you see;
So forget about what the other's say -
here's what it means to me:
I've been brutally dragged through the pits of Hell,
yet, managed to survive,
well educated and fully functional,
when I came out the other side.
I scrounged the lessons taught at Harvard,
because knowledge, I found, was free;
But Harvard can't teach the lessons I've learn -
that knowledge is unique to me.
While they've heard the sounds of a mournful Trane,
and Miles moaning in the night,
not against the backdrop of hunger and pain,
or injustice, hatred, and blight.
Yet, these are the things you want me to purge,
and spurn the life I've led.
Well, I'm sorry sweet thing, as much as I love you,
the soul of a hood rat is my edge.
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- Date: 12/23/2017 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Thomas MacEntee is the driving force between High-Definition Genealogy whose goal is to help companies, non-profits and individual "focus" on family history. Thomas has been involved with genealogy and family history for close to 20 years and for the past two years has dedicated himself professionally to various aspects of the genealogy industry.
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Every child is unique.
In my own house, with four children that all share the same exact genes, there are many similarities across the board. However, when I look at each of my children individually, I see a lot of differences.
Take Cameron, for example.
There is just something about this child that I can not explain. Everyone that meets him loves him almost instantly. He has a way with his actions, his mannerisms, his words....it's not really something I can put my finger on, entirely--so it may be hard for me to express in one post exactly what I am talking about--but I am going to give it my best shot.
When you live with Cameron, you hear things like this:
"Mommy? When I was in your belly....did you eat a lot of cauliflower?"
"Mommy, I would like to be a walrus for Halloween next year. They seem nice."
"Mommy? I love you eighty seven percent."
You also hear a lot of *thuds*. When you inquire about said *thuds*, asking something like:
"What in the world are you doing, Cameron?"
You might receive this answer:
"I'm doing some hard damage."
When you live with Cameron, you say things like this:
"I'm pretty sure there is no super hero named 'big-fat-jerk-man', Cameron."
"No, I don't believe there is ever a time when a fly could beat a tiger, honey." {{pause}} "No....I don't think that a tiger would get sick if he ate a man with only one eye."
"Cameron, what'cha doing?"
"Playing Chinese."
Or, you see things like this:
"What'cha doing, Cameron?"
And you get this answer:
"Playing superheroes. I'm Diver Man."
{And, yes--those are underpants on his head. Don't worry. They're his.}
You don't.
(By the way, all that stuff cost me less than four dollars....but that's another post for another day.)
He sometimes forgets how big he is, and does things like this:
or his Bears backpack from Grandma 'Nette and Grandpa)....
Like the time he offered me some help when I was cutting some onions for spaghetti sauce.
I sure feel lucky that God chose me to be his Mom.


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Free Game Token Tuesday (CANCELLED)
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Soyuz capsule: A NASA photo
MOSCOW (AP): A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and an American touched down on Earth on Wednesday after undocking from the International Space Station following 166 days in space.
NASA's Chris Cassidy and Russians Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin landed safely at 8:58 am local time in Kazakhstan.
The capsule undocked from the space station on Tuesday for a flight to Earth that took just over three hours before a punctual landing. The three men had blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome on March 29.
Live NASA footage showed the three men emerging from the capsule on what was an unusually sunny September day on the Kazakh steppe. Each of the men was carried to reclining chairs, where they spent several minutes in order to acclimatize to Earth's gravity.
A NASA TV commentator said that crew members Misurkin and Cassidy would be taken to a medical centre to undergo various tests that could provide information for future flights.
Vinogradov, at 60 the oldest human ever to land in a Soyuz vehicle, would not be taking part in the same experiments.
The Soyuz is the only means for international astronauts to reach the orbiting laboratory since the decommissioning of the US shuttle fleet in 2011.


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Power problem leaves popular lighthouse in the dark
Fix could cost more than $30,000
Nearly one month after an electrical problem shut off Cape Neddick's renowned Nubble Lighthouse, the town of York, which operates all but the navigational beacon, still is not sure when the problem might be fixed.
The Coast Guard, which operates the beacon, has installed a temporary emergency light, but hopes to convert the lighthouse to solar power in the near future.
Restoring power while maintaining the Nubble's historic integrity is the dilemma facing York, which maintains the lighthouse. Only the light and foghorn are the Coast Guard's responsibility.
"The lighthouse in general is extremely important to the community," said Mike Sullivan, director of the York Parks and Recreation Department. "There are a lot of people in York who are concerned about the existing Fresnel lens that's in there now is an important part of the lighthouse history, and they consider it part of the preservation process."
Saving the Fresnel lens could cost more than $30,000, officials said.
"It's going to be tough," said Rob Lehmann of the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard has been considering switching as many lighthouse lights as possible to solar power and away from the Fresnel lenses. Solar power would cost a fraction of replacing the current Fresnel lens.
"We'd like to see as many as possible just for the fact it's cost efficient, the greener technology -- it also minimizes out man hours that we need to go out and visit our lights," Lehmann said.
Sullivan said the lighthouses first and foremost function is to serve as a navigational beacon. But historically, Nubble remains one of only a handful of Maine lights still using the famous Fresnel lens.
At stake is the town's annual Christmas in July celebration in which the lighthouse is lit up as it is during the holiday season in December. This year's event is scheduled for July 28. The town hopes it can still happen.
"When I don't see the light on, it's depressing," said Dave Elwell, a visitor from Michigan.


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CLSA analyst Paul Knight and his team were the only analysts attending the recent American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting, and he has since updated his outlook for the life science companies in his coverage universe.
Knight writes in a note that "our experience left us with the confidence that the commercial opportunities for diagnostic and clinical applications have never offered more promise. "
He has Buy ratings on Agilent (A), Danaher (DHR), Sigma Aldrich (SIAL) and Thermo Fisher (TMO), while he also rates Life Technologies (LIFE), Mettler-Toledo (MTD), Neogen (NEOG), PerkinElmer (PKI), Safeguard (SFE), Waters (WAT) and WuXi (WX) as Outperform. (CLSA rates stocks it expects to beat the market by as much as 10% as Outperform, while those rated Buy are expected to beat the market by more than 10%.) Knight rates Bio-Rad Lab (BIO) at Underperform and Illumina (ILMN) at Sell.
Below are his insights into demand, potential new products and other catalysts he sees in the sector:
Concept to clinic
Niche conferences like the annual AACR are gaining in importance over industry staples like PittCon.
Customers are focused on buying tools for research that are most likely to help find utility in genetic discoveries, a target most likely to obtain grant funding.
The ability to monetize research places a greater emphasis on fields like oncology, which represents approximately 18% of the US$5.9bn molecular diagnostics market.
Diagnostic and clinical applications prime for commercial success
The development of diagnostic tests is becoming a more costs-effective process due to increases in equipment technology.
Regulation has the potential for fields to create new standards in diagnosis and ultimately clinical usage.
Next-generation sequencing methods are in their infancy, while Qpcr and fluorescence and capillary electrophoresis were the most prevalent technologies for test commercialization.
A look into research end-market demand
Attendees were largely academic and government researchers who, upon our conversations with sales and company representatives, were remaining cautious with capital equipment.
Epigenetic research dominated the booth representation, similar to the hype surrounding stem cells 5 years earlier, according to a sales representative from a leading chemical company.
Color into pharma end markets was similarly cautious with a number of peptide and antibody companies anticipating the rise in demand from CRO companies.
PerkinElmer and Techne stand out
The PerkinElmer booth was consistently jam packed and our tour with Caliper reps clearly demonstrated the synergies among product lines that will amount to an impressive discovery workflow.
Techne's R&D systems and their recently acquired sister company, Tocris, provided insight into the sales force, which is just now integrating and allowing cross-selling each others and recently acquired Boston Bio chems products.
A few private companies of note were Rain Dance technologies, who unveiled their digital PCR machine, and PrimeraDx, who produces a next-gen PCR machine that ombines PCR and capillary electrophoresis for clinical and research applications.


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When even Phil Rogers implores you to get a DH:
The guess here is he can make enough plays to make a difference in 2010. He [Johnny Damon] appears headed to the Tigers, but the White Sox ought to stage an intervention.
Imagine Damon in the Sox leadoff spot and Juan Pierre as the No. 2 hitter — or the other way around. Can a rotating DH including Mark Kotsay, Andruw Jones, Omar Vizquel and Jayson Nix outproduce Damon? And what would be the harm in having 23-year-old Jordan Danks spend time with Damon? They seem to be the same kind of player.
Dye's continuing unemployment relates to an unflattering statistical analysis of his outfield skills and his reluctance to accept a role as a DH or extra outfielder (the Cubs pursued him before turning to Xavier Nady).
… Branyan, like Damon, could improve the White Sox's DH spot. He strikes out a ton but delivers long balls — 43 in 563 at-bats the last two seasons — and the Sox haven't added power after sliding to sixth in the AL in homers. He could fit on almost any team in a bench role but fits best in the AL, where he would be an instant upgrade for the Indians, Athletics and Rangers.
then you know,
The run projections I calculated with Dye as DH yielded 12-18 runs more than the ones with Kotsay/Jones.


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One of the oldest private cemeteries in Southern California, El Campo Santo, or "The Sacred Ground," contains the remains of Workman and Temple families, as well as Pío Pico, the last governor of Mexican California. Within its low brick walls, the one-half acre cemetery features a neoclassical mausoleum and a small cemetery plot surrounded by an ornate cast-iron fence.
In the early 1850s, the Workmans established El Campo Santo as a cemetery for their personal use. Along with a fenced-in burial plot, they built a Gothic Revival brick chapel (top right), dedicated to St. Nicholas by Bishop Thaddeus Amat of Los Angeles. Among the first to be buried in the cemetery was William Workman's brother David, who was killed in 1855 while driving sheep to the gold fields in Northern California.
After the Workman family lost the property around the turn of the century, the cemetery was neglected and its brick chapel was destroyed by fire. Walter Temple, a grandson of the Workmans, successfully filed a lawsuit preventing any further desecration of the cemetery. In 1917, he was able to purchase the cemetery and the surrounding 75 acres and began restoration. In place of the chapel, he built a cast stone neoclassical mausoleum (middle right) and moved the remains of his family inside. He also transferred the remains of Ygnacia and Pío Pico from the original Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles, which was relocated in the 1920s.
Today the cemetery (bottom right) is restored and maintained as a California State Historic Landmark and is open to visitors to explore on a self-guided basis.


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June Campbell will celebrate her 75th birthday with an open house hosted by family from 2 to 4 p.m. June 30 at Spring Valley Mennonite Church.
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Freshman Midfielder Brittany Aanderud
After finishing in sixth place in the conference standings, the Liberty women's soccer team (11-7-2, 5-4-2 Big South) is headed to Farmville, Va., on Saturday for the quarterfinals of the 2012 Big South Championship. With first-round matchups taking place at campus sites, the No. 6 seed Lady Flames will square off with No. 3 Longwood. Liberty holds a 6-4-2 advantage in the all-time series between the two squads. The Lady Flames look to upset Longwood on its home field after the Lancers edged Liberty this past Tuesday at the East Campus Fields, 1-0. Game time for Saturday's rematch is slated for 6 p.m. How to Follow the Lady Flames Live stats will be available on LibertyFlames.com, by clicking the appropriate links on the women's soccer schedule/results panel. Live stats will be provided by the Longwood media relations office. A live video stream will also be available for a nominal fee. A Look at Liberty Looking to remain unbeaten on the East Campus Fields, Tuesday afternoon, the Liberty women's soccer team hosted Longwood in both squads' regular-season finale. Unfortunately for the Lady Flames, a penalty kick in the 18th minute proved costly, as the Lancers took the contest, 1-0. With the defeat, Liberty closes out the regular season at 11-7-2 overall and 5-4-2 in the Big South. The Lady Flames finish the year 6-3-2 at home, holding a 5-1-2 mark at the East Campus Fields. Goalkeeper Karen Blocker closed out the regular season second in the conference in goals-against average (0.73), save percentage (.842) and most shutouts (9).The Bowie, Md., native is the program's record holder in career shutouts with 20, surpassing the previous record of 15 set by Natalie Mayer (2001-2004) earlier this season. Blocker's shutout total on the year also ties her with Mayer for the most shutouts by a Liberty goalkeeper in a single-season. In addition to being No. 2 all-time on Liberty's career saves list with 333 stops, Blocker is also on pace to end her career with the best goals-against average (1.34) in program history. Freshman forward Jaime Bouffard leads the Lady Flames with 12 points on five goals and two assists, followed by Helena Pereira with five goals for a total of 10 points. Freshman midfielder Brittany Aanderud is pacing Liberty with five assists. Liberty is second in the conference in goals-against average (0.73) and fewest goals allowed (15). Longwood at a Glance The Lancers closed out the regular season with a 13-5-1 record overall and an 8-2-1 mark in its first year of conference play. Kelsey Pardue leads Longwood with 20 points on seven goals and six assists. Kelsey McDonald has three goals and three assists for the Lancers, while Lindsey Ottavio has two goals and five assists on the year. Kyra Byron has appeared in the net in 18 contests for Longwood and is third in the conference in goals-against average (0.78), save percentage (.833) and shutouts (8). Head Coach Jessica Hain Jessica Hain is in her fifth season as the head coach of the Lady Flames. Coming into the tournament, Hain has a career record of 40-44-13. In 2009, she earned Big South Coach of the Year honors, becoming the first coach in Big South history to take a last place team to first place the following season. Liberty's All-Time Marks in Big South Championship The Lady Flames are 15-8-5 all-time in the Big South Championship, capturing titles in 2000, 2001 and 2005. Liberty is currently tied with Radford for most tournament wins and is third all-time behind the Highlanders (4) and High Point (4) with three championships. Last season, Liberty advanced to the semifinals for the second consecutive year. Tied at 1-1 in the overtime of a quarterfinal matchup with No. 4 seed High Point, Helena Pereira netted a golden goal to give the No. 5 seed Lady Flames the 2-1 victory. Liberty then faced No. 1 seed Radford, falling to the Highlanders, 4-1. Radford went on to claim its fourth Big South Championship with a 1-0 victory over Campbell. The Lady Flames' most common opponents in the tournament have been Charleston Southern (2-1-1), High Point (3-1) and UNC Asheville (2-0-2). The Lady Flames have also played Radford (2-1), Coastal Carolina (2-0), Winthrop (0-1-1), Gardner-Webb (0-0-1) and former conference members UMBC (0-3), Elon (2-1), Howard (1-0), Towson (0-1) and Birmingham Southern (1-0). Lady Flames and the Big South Championship The Lady Flames captured their third Big South Championship by winning the 2005 Big South Women's Soccer Championship. By winning in the finals, Liberty also won its 11th tournament contest overall. Liberty's other titles came in 2000 and 2001. In 2006, the team won two games to extend its tournament win total to 13. With quarterfinal victories in each of the last two years, the Lady Flames now have 15 wins in Big South Championship play. With their appearance in 2006, the Lady Flames have played in five conference finals, posting a 3-1-1 record. Liberty made three straight trips to the Big South final from 1999 to 2001. Liberty fell in its first appearance in the title game in 1999, 3-2, in overtime to Elon. The following year, the Lady Flames claimed their first championship with a 2-0 victory over Elon and then made it back-to-back titles with another 2-0 title-game win over the Phoenix in 2001. Liberty returned to the title game in 2005 and added its third trophy since 2000, with a 3-0 victory over UNC Asheville. Looking Ahead The winner of Saturday's contest will head to Winthrop's Eagle Field in Rock Hill, S.C., for a meeting with the winner of Game 4, between No. 2 Radford and No. 7 Campbell, next Friday. Game time for the semifinals matchup is slated for 7 p.m. The championship game will take place at Eagle Field on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m.
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(Pocket-lint) - Dyson continues to roll out, no pun intended, its new ball technology to the 2012 range of vacuum cleaners. The hope being you'll get your cleaning done even quicker than before. But is the Dyson DC41 - the new flagship model - up to the task, or is it just a lot of hot air with no suck?
To find out, we've been living with the upright cleaner for the last couple of weeks in a family house of four with a moulting dog.
The DC41 is a large machine with a big capacity, and as such, it's designed for people with large homes. But don't let that put you off: it might be bigger than the company's miniature DC24 designed for small city flats, but it's still smaller than the Dyson cleaners of yesteryear that you've may already own, but which are now coming to the end of their life.
The striking Dyson design ethos is still kept in the new DC41. The overall design goes through a refining process compared to previous models, but it is still clearly a Dyson. The vacuum cleaner is still grey, with a strong dash of colour - in this case blue - and a clear bin topped with all those "cyclone" funnels which still looks really "industrial". And, of course, the clear bin still lets you can see the dirt you are collecting.
This being an upright cleaner you get the large capacity bin (2.1 litres) siting on top of the Dyson Ball that not only allows you to manoeuvre your way around the living room quickly but also, in the case of the DC41, hides the engine.
The bin has been tweaked ever so slightly, making it easier to get to the filter, which, Dyson claims, can capture particles down to .5 microns in size, like pollen, mould and bacteria. It's also now easier to empty the bin without getting dirty yourself.
The extendable handle is strong and sturdy, pulling out to become the hose that stretches some 14 meters - five times the length of the handle - handy for reaching the top of the stairs. Out of the box everything slots together for a quick setup.
Dyson cleaners have never been ones to lack in the suction department, and that's still true of the DC41. The cleaner likes dirt and likes to suck it up, especially once you press the "turbo boost" button on the handle which is designed to really get to work on dirty carpets or rugs.
We noticed a vast difference in cleaning power compared to the DC24 (the company's city cleaner) in our house, and it had no problem picking out a labrador's hair from our carpeted, tiled and floor-boarded house. For the vacuum cleaner geeks you get 255AW of suction power.
We tested a number of substances to clean on carpet including sawdust, dirt, dog hair, shredded paper, and sugar. The DC41 copes will all of them.
Included in the box is also a mini turbine head for the hose - handy if you need to get into tight spots as, remember, the DC41 isn't the smallest of cleaners. There's also a host of other more simple attachments.
With every Dyson we get easier movement and the DC41 is no exception. Zipping around our house was no trouble at all, although with a change to the engagement system - Dyson has removed the back foot pedal which used to engage the cleaner head - moving it around the house without the cleaning head lowered is a new knack you will have to learn. It was something both we and Mrs Pocket-lint have struggled with.
It is also a fairly heavy cleaner, weighing in at 7.8Kg. That's still lighter than previous models, but again, something to bear in mind if you are going to have to lug it up and down stairs. There are plenty of grab handles, but combined with its size, and that sucking power, for some it will come across as unwieldy.
We are really impressed with the cleaning performance of the Dyson DC41. It coped well with our house, alarmingly managing to fill half a bucket, even though we had cleaned with our previous vacuum (also a Dyson) a couple of days earlier. In fact Mrs Pocket-lint was keen to comment that it managed to add new "fluffiness" to our living room rug. Praise indeed.
Here's the bad news though, the Dyson DC41 Animal isn't cheap. This is a flagship Dyson that comes with a premium price point - £389. You do though get a vacuum cleaner that will ensure your house's floors are cleaner than you've probably ever seen them.
If money is no object, and you are looking for the best of the best, then the Dyson DC41 Animal is certainly worth the investment.
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Moratorium items and unapproved purchases
Moratorium items and unapproved purchases
Equipment is placed on the moratorium list based on the current research data needs of the Safety Intervention Grant Program. This list is dynamic and will be updated throughout the course of the Safety Intervention Grant Program. Additionally, we've included a list of unapproved interventions which are outside the scope of the Safety Intervention Grant Program.
Note: The unapproved list is NOT all inclusive.
Moratorium items
- Anti-fatigue mats: floor mats intended to ease the strain of standing.
- Automated beverage dispensers: devices used to deliver ice and beverages.
- Automated external defibrillators (AEDs): portable electronic devices that treat life-threatening cardiac conditions with defibrillation.
- Bathing systems: typically used in health care to provide height adjustment or easier entry.
- Bleachers/powered bleacher systems: raised, tiered rows of seats and/or associated equipment to open and close the bleachers.
- Boom lifts – articulated and/or extensible: aerial work platform with multiple boom sections that hinge or "articulate" allowing the operator to gain access to work areas over obstacles and barriers.
- Bulk material transferring/dispensing equipment: portable equipment that dispenses mulch or other material at a worksite.
- Cable pulling equipment: powered equipment that pulls cable or wire.
- Chairs (i.e. office chairs, industrial stools, etc.): anything used for seating.
- Clothes pressing, laundering and/or dry-cleaning machines: equipment used to iron/press clothing or any type of machines used to clean clothes.
- Exception: firefighter turnout gear washing machines.
- Conduit bending equipment: equipment used to manipulate meta and/or plastic piping for a wide array of applications.
- Crash attenuators: device intended to reduce the damage to structures, vehicles, and motorists resulting from a motor vehicle collision.
- Deep fryers: equipment associated with frying processes.
- Digital x-ray equipment: x-ray imaging equipment using digital sensors instead of radiographic film.
- Dough mixers: device used to mix ingredients.
- Earth moving equipment: all earth moving equipment (i.e. skid steers, front-end loaders, bobcats, etc.).
- Electric beds: powered height adjustable beds.
- Floor cleaning equipment: floor scrubbers, waxers, buffers, vacuums, dryers or any other manual or powered device whose purpose is to clean, wax, buff, vacuum or dry a floor or walking surface.
- Flooring/floor treatments: flooring or floor treatments that minimize slipping.
- Food slicing, shredding, dicing and/or portioning equipment: any device or machine that reduces the size or portions of food or food products, slices, chops, cuts, etc. food.
- Forklifts: passenger industrial vehicles with the ability to lift and move loads.
- Fry hoppers, oil filtration systems and related equipment: equipment for processing of french fries and/or oil filtration equipment.
- Lighting: changes or improvements in lighting to improve visibility.
- Pallets: flat transport structures that support goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by forklifts or other jacking devices.
- Powered hand tools: tools held in the hand and powered by battery, electricity, or other power, including standard industrial/construction tools such as drills, saws, drivers, etc.
- Exceptions: pipe saws, specialty tools and tools specifically designed and used to reduce exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
- Remote meter readers: technology used to automatically collect and read consumption, diagnostic, and status data from water meter or energy metering devices.
- Road repair systems: equipment used to repair potholes, cracks, etc.
- Saws with flesh detection technology: saws designed to stop immediately when the blades come in contact with a person.
- Shoring: aluminum, hydraulic, or other types of supports to prevent soil movement and cave-ins.
- Shielding: trench boxes or other types of supports to protect against soil cave-ins.
- Shrink wrap equipment: any equipment used to wrap film around products to be transferred or shipped.
- Sit/stand workstations: workstation that allows the user to raise and lower their desk to sitting and standing height.
- Snow removal equipment: equipment in which the primary purpose is to remove snow and/or melt ice, i.e. blades, snow blowers, salt spreaders, etc.
- Standard guardrailing systems: guardrails for platforms, walkways, process areas, etc.
- Storage bins: any bin or tub used for storage.
- Tables (i.e. cafeteria tables, etc.): any tables that allow for easier material handling (i.e. lighter tables).
- Tire changers, wheel balancers, alignment machines: equipment used in the tire industry to change tires and/or balance wheels.
- Trailers (standard transportation trailers): equipment designed to be pulled by vehicles to transport vehicles, materials, goods, etc.
- Exception: trailers with intervention permanently/integrally mounted.
- Truck/trailer restraints, dock leveling systems: equipment intended to prevent trailer/dock separation accidents.
- Vehicle lifts: lifts used to perform work on vehicles such as trucks, cars, tractors, etc.
- Veterinary bathing systems: any bathing system used for animals.
- Wire/cable stripping equipment: equipment used to cut and strip away wiring and cable.
Unapproved purchases
- Back belts: wearable devices that support the back while lifting objects.
- Building and/or property improvements
- Consumable goods
- Equipment intended to meet minimum OSHA compliance, including basic machine guarding devices and equipment
- Equipment related to capital improvement projects; equipment for new buildings
- Exercise equipment: equipment used for the purpose of exercising.
- Insurance
- Interventions used solely for rehabilitative purposes
- Office interventions: office furniture and computer workstation accessories.
- Personal protective equipment: any equipment worn by a worker protecting him/her from harm.
- Passive safety/security devices (i.e. cameras, security equipment, monitoring equipment, warning devices, etc.)
- Rented or leased equipment
- Routine equipment replacement
- Training
- Training simulators: any virtual medium through which various types of skills can be acquired.
- Vehicles: all driven vehicles including cars, trucks, tractors, utility vehicles, etc.
- Warranties
- Weaponry: all weapons including tasers.
- Wrist splints: any brace/split for your wrist.
Guidance for powered cots and cot loading equipment
Employers may apply for cot loading systems or cots with an integrated loading system. They may apply for a powered cot that raises and lowers the patient only if they are replacing a manual cot AND if they're also purchasing or applying for a powered load system that will safely assist in loading the cot and patient onto the ambulance.
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IBM 5 in 5: Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives within Five Years
Date added: 17 Dec 2012
Physical Analytics Research Manager Hendrik Hamann examines an array of wireless sensors used to detect environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, gases and chemicals at IBM Research headquarters in Yorktown Heights, NY, Monday, December 17, 2012. In five years, technology advancements could enable sensors to analyze odors or the molecules in a person's breath to help diagnose diseases. This innovation is part of IBM's 5 in 5, a set of IBM annual predictions that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years. (Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
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But first: Georgia Tech buffy-slayed Clemson 30 to 27.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans blessed the opening of the 2009 NFL season Thursday night. Broadcast on NBC, and narrated by Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, the scoreboard remained empty for most of the first half. The CW was also premiering its new undead-teen-fiction-turned-undead-teen-TV-show. I watched it (Nina Dobrev, who plays the female lead, is lovely). When the pilot was over, I flipped back to NBC and the score was still 0 – 0.
By the end of the first quarter, each team's quarterback, the stealing Ben Roethlisberger and the tightening Kerry Collins, had thrown an interception. The Steelers eventually beat the Titans 13 (a Santonio Holmes touchdown and two field goals), to 10 (a Justin Gage TD and a field goal) in overtime.
Observations & Miscellania:
1. Goodness Graceland, Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels. What were they wearing? Collinsworth had on a white, long-sleeve button-down shirt, black pants, and a light blue tie with dark blue diagonally arranged squares on it. Michaels wore a yellow long-sleeve button-down shirt, grey pants, and a gold and dark blue/black diagonally striped tie. Tres moche.
2. After returning to the game from a commercial break in the first quarter, one of the cameras cut to a medium shot of Faith Hill (sans makeup) sitting next to Tim McGraw (who had performed in pre-game festivities). Faith looked great without the makeup, and she appeared to be eating a cookie.
3. Pepsi is the official soft drink of the NFL? Vraiment? There was a then-and-now-in-the-NFL commercial.
4. I saw two Old Spice Swagger ads (with karate and with arm wrestling) and one Old Spice different scents commercials. Unsavory. Disconcerting.
5. What exactly did Steelers nose tackle Chris Hoke do with his helmet in the third quarter? He yanked it off and then plopped it back on?
6. Steelers safety Troy Polamalu took a nasty left knee injury in the second quarter as a result of colliding with Titans tight end Alge Crumpler's lower body.
7. Steelers owner Daniel M. Rooney is now also the US Ambassador to Ireland.
8. Why did Titans defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch jump across the line of scrimmage in the fourth quarter? He was charged with encroachment. It was quite a sight. I was looking on the Steelers side of the field when suddenly, there Vanden Bosch was…surrounded by black and yellow. I think time actually slowed down there for a bit.
9. Hines Ward?! Hines Ward! Don't be mad. Don't be sad. Don't cry a puddle, not even a puddle. What did he do or didn't do? He made a reception in the bottom of the fourth quarter but was bumped from behind by one of the Titans' players and dropped the ball. Ward was roughly twelve yards away from the end zone.
10. A tender moment occurred in overtime. Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace caught a pass and was cradled down to the field by Titans safety Vincent Fuller. They remained in that "embrace" for some ten seconds longer than was probably necessary.
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March 6, 2012
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Pitman, N.J. - Ramapo College junior Anita Rogers (Wyckoff, N.J./Ramapo) has been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Most Outstanding Athlete for the 2011-12 season. Her selection highlighted the 59-member NJAC women's indoor track & field all-conference team which was announced on March 6. All NJAC special awards were determined by a vote of the league's nine head coaches, while the league's all-conference honors were based on performances at the NJAC Indoor Track & Field Championships conducted at the New York Armory on February 24.
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In their first year in the NJAC, Farmingdale State had received two All-Conference honors. Junior Kathleen Clermont (Uniondale, N.Y.) and junior Victoria Mandat (West Babylon, N.Y.) both received Second Team honors. Clermont was honored for the 200 Meters, where she took 2nd place at the NJAC Championships with a season-best time of 26.02. Mandat's honor was in the 60 Hurdles, where she most recently ran a 9.12 at the ECAC Championships last weekend, her best time this season in the event. At the NJAC Championships, she took 2nd place in the Hurdles.
Rogers was named the NJAC Most Outstanding Female Indoor Athlete for the second consecutive season after claiming NJAC championships in both the long jump and the triple jump with respective conference-record leaps of 5.68 and 12.16 meters. The 2008-09 NJAC Women's Indoor Rookie of the Year, she also placed fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 26.51. Rogers also was a member of the Roadrunners' NJAC champion 4x200 meter relay (1:43.80).
Montclair State University junior Heather Gearity (Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford) was named the NJAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season. She claimed the NJAC championship in the 400 meters with a time of 57.39. She also placed fourth in the conference 60 meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 9.43. Gearity also was a member of MSU's conference runner-up 4x200 and 4x400 meter relays which produced respective times of 1:44.28 and 3:59.17.
Ramapo College junior Michelle Favre (Saddle Brook, NJ/Saddle Brook) was selected as the NJAC Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. The former 2009-10 NJAC Women's Indoor Rookie of the Year claimed the conference crown in the pole vault with a school-record mark of 4.01 meters.
Montclair State University freshman Imani Jones (Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark) was selected as the NJAC Women's Indoor Rookie of the Year. Jones claimed the NJAC championship in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 25.94. She also placed third in the 60 meter dash with a personal-best mark of 7.98. Jones also competed as a member of MSU's conference runner-up 4x200 and 4x400 meter relays which produced respective times of 1:44.28 and 3:59.17.
Ramapo College head coach Mike Jackson was selected as the NJAC Women's Indoor Coach of the Year by his peers for the second consecutive season. Jackson guided the Roadrunners to a first place finish in the 2011-12 NJAC Indoor Championships, becoming just the second program in the history of the conference to claim the NJAC women's indoor team crown.


text: Here is Mary Gaitskill's most poignant and powerful work yet—the story of a Dominican girl, the Anglo woman who introduces her to riding, and the horse who changes everything for her. Raw, heart-stirring, and original, "The Mare" is a timeless story of a girl and a horse joined with a timely story of people from different races and classes trying to meet one another honestly. Watch CHF associate artistic director Alison Cuddy in conversation with the author of the National Book Award-nominated "Veronica and Because They Wanted To" as they discuss her latest tale of love and mutual delusion.


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Former Tavares High and UCF guard Jermaine Taylor relishes every opportunity to play in Orlando.
After he spent last season playing overseas and for the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, Taylor suited up Friday night for the Cleveland Cavaliers in an exhibition game against the Orlando Magic.
Taylor, 26, is attempting to make the Cavaliers' roster.
He spent Thursday night at his family's home in Tavares.
"I love it," Taylor said before tipoff.
"Every time I come back here, I kind of have the same routine. I go back to see my mom and see my family. I was able to sleep in my own bed last night. Since I've been in Cleveland — I've been there for a month — I've been sleeping in a hotel. So just to get back and lay in my own bed and be back in my hometown and see my family, my mom and my cousins . . . just the way everything was planned out was perfect."
Taylor played for the Cavaliers in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and earned a chance to make the squad's regular-season roster.
"Jermaine's been fun to have around," Cavs coach Mike Brown said. "He was great for us in the summer. He's a great, great guy. Every possession, he's leaving it out on the floor, and he's very talented. He's helped us tremendously as a staff and as a team, and he's got a legitimate shot of making our team."
Taylor didn't receive any playing time Friday as the Cavs beat the Magic 110-105.
'Baby' steps
A few days ago, Magic power forward Glen Davis was given clearance to begin some light shooting, and he put up some shots on Amway Center's game court before Friday's tipoff. He didn't elevate on his shots like he would during a game, but he appears to be progressing in his rehab from surgery on his left foot in July.
• Magic guard Doron Lamb is still hampered by a sprained right ankle. He walked around Amway Center in a walking boot.
• Former Magic combo forward Earl Clark started at small forward for the Cavs.
• Magic training-camp/preseason invitee Solomon Jones is from Mount Dora, but Jones didn't have an excessive number of ticket requests for Friday night. "Nobody's come out of the woodwork yet," he joked. He gave out three or four tickets — including one for his mom and one for his sister.
• The Magic are modifying their in-game presentation this season. The team is using the preseason to audition new in-game emcees.
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If you met someone on MySpace in late 2003, hooked up and got pregnant, then gave birth the day Facebook was launched in Mark Zuckerberg's dormroom at Harvard, your kid would be 8 years old today.
The Facebook is growing up fast.
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg posted on her page today,
"Happy 8th birthday Facebook! Thank you to all of the people around the world who use Facebook - and congratulations to the dedicated Facebook team."
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News from around the country and around the globe
At the time of this post, of the 129 comments, they are almost exclusively positive towards the network.
On February 1, the company filed a Form 2-1 with the SEC, preparingfor an IPO with $5 billion.


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Have you thought of building your own kayak? Are you tired of paddling around in a faded piece of plastic which might have been a laundry detergent bottle in a former life? Did you see a drop-dead gorgeous wooden kayak the last time you were out paddling and now you want one? Have you wondered how to get a high performance sea kayak without spending your life savings?
Guillemot Kayaks specializes in designing high performance wooden sea kayaks and supplying plans and building instructions for the do-it-yourself builder.
The kayak form patterns are all drawn out at full scale. No lofting is required. The forms are drawn in full, not just one half, so no tracing is necessary. Kayaks built to these plans are being paddled world wide. The builds range from first-time wood workers to skilled carpenters.
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All the patterns required to build the boat are provided. Each station is drawn out individually with no further copying is required to cut the forms. The plans are complete and ready-to-go, just glue them to a sheet of plywood or MDF and cut out around the lines to make the building forms.
The designs are created by a sea kayaker for sea kayakers. The first thought in each design is the performance. Each design is created using the latest technology to create the best performing, best looking sea kayaks available.
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The book "The Strip-Built Sea Kayak - Three Rugged, Beautiful Boats You Can Build" provides a complete description of how to build a sea kayak using the "strip-built" or "cedar strip" method. Plans for three kayaks are provided in the book.
Chances are this is the first time you have tried to build a boat. You will probably want a little support. Guillemot Kayaks will be happy to answer any questions you have before, during or after the building process. Feel free to call or email. There is also a whole community of kayak builders ready to give you assistance and advice at the Kayak Forum.
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Aaron Hernandez -- WORST BIRTHDAY EVER
Aaron Hernandez WORST BIRTHDAY EVER
Accused murderer Aaron Hernandez turned 24 years old yesterday ... but unfortunately for him, it was no happy birthday ... in fact, it was pretty damn depressing, TMZ has learned.
-- No cake.
-- No party.
-- No presents.
In fact, sources at the Bristol County House of Corrections tell us ... there was no acknowledgement of AH's birthday whatsoever.
We're told ... no one in the slammer gets any sort of special treatment and birthdays are no exception.
Perhaps the saddest part of the whole situation -- Aaron's daughter Avielle Janelle turned 1-year-old on November 6 (they're birthday buddies) ... but Aaron didn't get to celebrate with her either.
The lesson here -- don't (allegedly) murder people.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Republican congressional candidate Ted Yoho defeated Democratic challenger JR Gaillot for the U.S. House District 3 seat.
Yoho gathered 65 percent of the vote to win the race. He said after his victory he plans to work across the aisle to get things done in Congress.
"That's the only way to fix this," he said. "You know, we can't say, 'The Republicans have got to beat the Democrats, and the Democrats don't have to beat the Republicans. Because if we focus on that, who is focusing on the country."
The year began with four Republicans, a Democrat, a candidate with no party affiliation and two write-in candidates vying for Florida's redrawn and re-branded 3rd Congressional District.
Eleven-term incumbent Cliff Stearns was upset by Yoho, a Gainesville veterinarian, in the Republican primary in the district that was moved a little further toward west and south in redistricting earlier this year.
The district no longer covers Jacksonville's Westside or Baker County. The new district picks up most of Clay and Bradford counties and includes Columbia and Union counties, then stretches to the southwest and the Gulf of Mexico.
Meanwhile, Republican Ron DeSantis took the newly created 6th Congressional District over Democrat Heather Beaven.
"I ran because I thought our country was stuck in a rut. I thought people in Washington really didn't appreciate the founding principles of our country, and they were really taking us in a direction that the founding fathers never intended," DeSantis said. "My job is to serve the people who have elected me. I am not better than people just because I'm going to have an office in Congress."
The district -- much of which used to be represented by Republican Rep. John Mica -- was one of two new Congressional districts created during the redistricting process as a result of the 2010 Census. The district includes all of St. Johns an much of Flagler, Putnam and Volusia counties.
In two other congressional races in north Florida, incumbent Republican Ander Crenshaw held onto his District 4 seat, defeating Jim Klauder, while Democratic incumbent Corrine Brown retained her District 5 seat over Republican LeAnne Kolb and Eileen Fleming.


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Okay, I'm very, very new to java. I'm in an intro to computer science class and we got out first assignment to write a program. its from "An Into to Object Oriented Programming with java" by C. Thomas Wu.
all we have to do is create a program that calculate body mass index using the formula Bmi=Weight/(Height/100)^2 where weight is in kg and height is in cm.
Here is my code:
import javax.swing.*; class Bmi { public static void main(String[] args) { //***** // Declarations: //***** final double NUM1=100.0; //The constant 100 in the formula String weightin; //weight input String heightin; //height input String description; //if the output bmi is normal int weightp; //weight primitive int heightp; //height primitive double denom; //height/NUM1 double denommod; //(height/NUM1)(height/NUM1) double bmi; //final value-bmi heightin=JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Please Enter your weight:\n (Kilograms)"); //get weight weightin=JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Thanks you. Now, Please enter your Height:\n (centimeters)"); //get height weightp=Integer.parseInt(weightin); // convert height and weight to primitive values heightp=Integer.parseInt(heightin); denom=(heightp/NUM1); //calulations denommod=(denom*denom); bmi=(weightp/denommod); if(bmi<=18.5); //Understanding what the value means description="underweight"; if((bmi>18.5)&(bmi<=25)); description="normal"; if((bmi>25)&(bmi<=30)); description="overweight"; if(bmi>30); description="obese"; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Your Body mass index is:" +bmi+ " \n This is considered " +description+"."); } }
I think the problem is in the middle chunk there with the operators labelled "calculations"
but it could be my data types?
my professor (who i think to be completely incompetent) told us to use these test parameters to start:
50 kg and 160 cm
i keep getting 640 with this program but the correct answer is roughly 19.5
if you could point out any convention errors, too, that would be great!


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CIOs have adjustments to make as more employees work remotely.
How do I manage what I can't see? This question comes up every time teleworking is discussed. As public-sector organizations embrace mobility beyond simple voice and data communications deployed in the field, more managers are facing this issue and others related to supporting a remote work force.
IT leaders are especially important in the virtual workplace since they face dual responsibilities. First, they must enable and support the organization's virtual employees. Second, they have to manage their own remote employees.
The benefits of allowing employees to telework -- i.e., work remotely, often with flexible hours -- are numerous and fairly well known. There's less environmental impact -- fewer people commute and use less office space -- as organizations "homeshore" employees for all or part of the workweek. Employees benefit financially because of commute-related savings. They also experience less stress and a higher level of job satisfaction on noncommute days.
Employers benefit, too, from cost-savings; lowered transportation costs for field employees; less office space; and decreased use of land lines, network connections and other office equipment. They also benefit from increased productivity in noncommuting employees.
When telework programs provide flexible hours and remote work locations, employees can take advantage of their personal peak time -- the time of day (or night) when they are most productive -- thereby increasing their productivity. Telework programs also help employers attract and retain talent.
When Arizona evaluated its telework program, which is used by 20 percent of its work force, the state found proof of all these benefits.
However, many challenges can sideline a telework program. Attitudes and other issues, like funding, security and policies, must be addressed. While traditional managers often rely on "face time" when evaluating employee performance, today's virtual supervisors understand that results count -- whether their employees are working onsite or offsite.
Successful telework programs identify the right people to do the right jobs under the right conditions. Accepting that some jobs and people aren't cut out for teleworking is important. Establishing a telework program also requires a team effort that not only includes IT representatives to address technology needs and support, but also HR and management to address policies, and information security specialists to address security and privacy issues.
The best telework programs have well-developed evaluation procedures, strong- yet-flexible policies and a training program for everyone. Though finding startup funding for a telework program can be daunting, the strong business case and cost-savings potential make it very attractive, especially in today's economic climate.
Telework is just one way government is beginning to move into the virtual world. There's a shift from place-based conferences, seminars and training toward networking and learning in the virtual world. Virtual conferences are gaining popularity with several scheduled for 2009.
However, whenever I bring up this topic, I'm quickly given the reasons place-based events are important and must continue despite a speaker's unavailability to attend due to fiscal or policy constraints. I tend to disagree with the suggestion that face-to-face networking is more beneficial than the virtual kind; it's a moot point when you can't attend an event in the first place.
The excuses to stay away are quickly disappearing. Economics, the green moment and practical reasons, like avoiding travel hassles, are all driving us into cyber-space. At the same time, tools and technologies to support online collaboration, learning, information sharing, and even socializing are becoming more stable and mainstream. From coast to coast, public-sector organizations are venturing into the virtual world to get work done, network with peers, and obtain training and education.
Given technology's vital role in making the shift to the virtual world successful, IT leaders should quickly adopt the right attitude, processes, policies and technologies necessary for success. If you're already there, congratulations and welcome to the virtual world. If you're not, we hope to see you soon!
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The purpose of the Black Studies Program is:
- Introduce students to the history, culture and society, and political and economic conditions of Black people in Africa, the Americas, and elsewhere in the world
- Explore new approaches–in perspectives, analyses and interdisciplinary techniques–appropriate to the study of the Black experience.
Black Studies has often stood in critical relation to the traditional disciplines. Its scholars have used traditional and nontraditional methodological tools to pursue knowledge that assumes the peoples and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora are central to understanding the world accurately. The courses in the Black Studies Program at Swarthmore enhance the liberal arts tradition of the College, acknowledging positivist, comparative, progressive, modernist and postmodern, postcolonial, and Afrocentric approaches.