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Coping with cold waters
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Penguins are fast, graceful swimmers of the extremely cold arctic waters. Their bodies are adapted to the harsh climatic conditions. Unlike penguins, sea bream is not thriving in cold waters. In fact, during winter, Mediterranean waters can take a heavy toll on sea bream growing in sea cages. At low temperatures, we do witness very low, or even negative, growth rates with weight loss, reduced feed intake and limited capacity of the fish to cover their oxygen needs (systemic hypoxia). Moreover, the "winter syndrome" might turn up, meaning that the internal functions on the fish can get severely compromised.
These effects are particularly serious for the larger sea bream, going through their second winter. On top of the cold, these fish will also go through maturation, which can lead to a loss of 10-20 % of total biomass after spawning.
These are the main points that need to be taken into account when developing a winter feed for sea bream.
In this context of great challenges, BioMar developed INTRO Qardio M and EFICO Qardio M, targeting to help fish maintaining growth and good condition during the winter period by strengthening them from the very core. This way, they get better prepared for the following fast growth period when temperature recovers.
BioMar's Qardio M feed range combines the latest R&D results through optimized formulation using extra vitamins, specific ingredients and potent micro-ingredients. Qardio M feeds contribute to supporting a good immune function and helps to protect and strengthen the heart and the cardiovascular system of the fish, which can help them to better cope with their limited internal capacity for oxygen uptake during cold temperatures, thus contributing to maintain growth and a better fish condition. Moreover, the formulation of the Qardio M range contributes to lower fat storage in viscera, which is particularly important for sea bream.
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Yeah, so those sniffles Frank had on the plane ride home turned into a full-blown cold. He loves to share, and his sicky germs were no exception. My head was heavy from pressure building the first couple days, by Friday night, I was hot and cold. Mainly, hot, which is wildly unusual for me. Frank and I never got out of bed on Saturday. We knocked out the recorded tv on dvr and shared a box of Kleenex. Sunday he went to work rested, and feeling much better. I, on the other hand, felt miserable. After running a few errands that had to be done, I curled up in a blanket and vegged in the recliner.
By Monday, my sinuses were raw and I was simply exhausted after a full day's work, skelelton crews and rainy days mean no time off for me. Still, we had a mini-christmas celebration with my mom, the biggest gift of all was the Bears winning their division. Mattered little to me, heresy with my Chicago roots, I know, but it's true. I never got into football until I could bet on it, suddenly it became far more interesting. We exhanged gifts and had a nice visit before I turned in early due to feeling like utter crap.
Tuesday, I dropped my mom off at the airport before work. She's spending the holidays with the family back in Chicago. She was dreading the cold and snow, but all that fun and laughter with Nicky will keep her warm. My sickness continued throughout the day, and just when I thought I was feeling better, the pressure and gunk made it's way to my left side. Joy. Frank played in a poker tournament so that allowed me time to sleep. I was out by 9pm. Yes, I am a rockstar. I know that's what you were thinking.
Today, unfortunately, is more of the same. I thought the ick was going to stay on the right, but it has indeed shifted left. Looking at the brightside, it should be on it's way out very soon.
A healthy dose of sunshine would make me feel worlds better. I have not seen the sun since we left Mexico last Tuesday. Las Vegas has been cloaked with clouds since, and it has rained practically non-stop since Sunday. Prior to that there were scattered storms. This is great for the roofing business, but I'm so beyond over it. I cannot even express it. At this point, sunshine feels like a distant memory. I told my sister, I forgot what the sun looks like. She said, I was being dramatic. Maybe? But it's true. I complain whenever clouds linger, but I don't remember days upon days of gloom. It feels like California in May or June.
My brother-in-law is coming for Christmas, he and his friend, get in Friday afternoon. He has a history of bringing cold and snow, I have a history of being sick when he visits. We have a deal this time, he won't bring the cold. I will be healthy. We'll see how than pans out.

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Spot the Boat
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
An observation: That nursery rhyme might be the first music composition you ever performed. You probably sang it as a round, with other children joining in. It taught you that rhythmic things (like most music, and like rowing a boat) are as natural to life as your heartbeat. It also taught you that music can be a terrifically cool way to interact and communicate with others.
Which brings us to Spotify.
As has been widely stated, you could probably live life without music, but who would want to? It's not for nothing that for more than 100 years, business and technology have devised ways to make more and more music more and more available to us. And the latest Borg-like effort to assimilate all possible music into everyone's everyday life is from Spotify, based in London.
As with other music cloud streaming services, Spotify offers a wide range of music over many genres, from both major and independent record labels. It boasts a library of 15 million tracks (and supposedly adds 10,000 more every day). You can sign up for one of several plans. The Spotify Free plan limits your listening time, has advertising, and is by invitation only during a promotional period. Spotify Unlimited costs $5 a month, offers unlimited listening, and is ad-free. Spotify Premium is $10 and adds offline listening, mobile device support, and a higher bit rate (320 as opposed to 160 kilobits per second) for better sound quality.
All streaming services incorporate some kind of social networking angle, but Spotify, significantly, seems more tuned to socializing. You can create a personalized playlist and share it with other subscribers by dragging the playlist to an e-mail message or using instant messaging. The other users can add your playlist to their Spotify page and see and hear it. If you add or remove tracks from your list, their copy is automatically updated. Collectively, you can also edit playlists with them after you invite them to search yours. A news feed lets you see and hear the Facebook posts of your Spotify friends, and you can subscribe to public playlist feeds that automatically update as their music rotations evolve.
Many streamers provide an "automated discovery" feature that can analyze your tastes and push music tracks to you that it thinks you'll like. At least for now, Spotify doesn't offer this to U.S. subscribers. Instead, its emphasis is on its music-socializing features. Sure, it has the usual search engines, but it clearly hopes that music lovers will discover new music by interacting with other music lovers. That's quite unlike the traditional technique (repurposed to Web pages) of pawing through the bins at a record store and perhaps consulting a knowledgeable employee. Instead of browsing for new music, you and your friends are sharing music.
With all due respect to all the incredibly savvy (and unemployed) record-store employees, my friends have great taste in music and know a lot about my tastes, too. Plus, connecting with friends through music is just plain fun. An emphasis on music socializing for music exploration is as profound a paradigm shift as streaming is from brick-and-mortar record stores. I predict that just as downloading and streaming made the stores obsolete, socializing will eclipse searching as the preferred way to discover new music.
Two final observations: Why would you row a boat down a stream? Why not just let the current do the work for you? And, more darkly, if life is just a dream, then it's a profoundly nihilistic experience, since everything you do is illusionary anyway. Nursery rhymes: merrily proving that it's never too early to rock a person's boat.


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BOSTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Ryan Callahan netted the decisive goal in the fourth round of shootout Tuesday and the New York Rangers salvaged a 4-3 win over Boston.
The Rangers seemed to on their way to a win after Anton Stralman scored an unassisted marker early in the third period for a 3-0 New York lead.
But the Bruins mounted a late comeback as David Krejci, Nathan Horton and Brad Marchand each found the net to force a scoreless overtime.
Then in the tiebreaker, Henrik Lundqvist turned aside three of four shots while Callahan won it with a forehand blast that got past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask on the stick side.
Carl Hagelin and Derek Stepan found the net and Lundqvist finished with 37 saves for New York, which improved to 4-1-0 in February.
Milan Lucic and Dennis Seidenberg each notched two assists while Rask made 26 saves in the Bruins' loss.


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I did a complete backup of the old geocities grandaddy tabs site that bob made (for those who don't know what i'm talking about, was a very complete tab site up to and including Sumday).
I want to put it back up and was curious if anybody wanted to host it, if not, I'll buy one but figured this might be easier.
I've also decided that i'll take it upon myself to tab out Fambly Cat, Commuter and any other odds and ends out there (suggestions???)
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The Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts, located in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, is a beautiful granite brown neoclassical style high rise that neighbors The High Museum of Atlanta.
I pull up to the grand edifice and there to greet me were waiting bell hops and valet. Public parking was unavailable and the valet parking was a little pricey.
However the staff was very courteous and quick to ease any and all discretions I had before I entered the hotel.
The lustrous brass doors of the hotel opened up to an interior with ornate granite marble trimmings and polished brass accents. Elegant oil paintings, extravagant floral arrangements, beautiful chandeliers, and Belgium tapestries embellished the contemporary European styled lobby.
The scale of the room was smaller than expected however the earthy brown pallet, alluring impression of the room coupled with the high quality content within the room, made up for it's size.
Plush Settees in the setting area, a fairly large desk with high work-flow outlets, flowing white draperies, generous sized closets, attractive wool carpeting, a comfortable bed with linen and pillows of exceptional quality, and a granite bureaus with contemporary shelving lined with little gourmet snacks that balanced a 36 inch flat screened TV, and a well stocked mini bar made up the room.
Leading to the outside was a patio made up in bright ruby-red bricks that gave an omni- directional view of the Atlanta city night lights. Two chairs are placed right in the middle of the patio with a little table in between them, giving the option to sit back with a cocktail and enjoy the view.
The bathroom bolstered brass fixtures, marble counter tops, a stall shower, a hairdryer, and a standard sized tub. Styled in black marble and gold trimmings, the bathroom had plenty of quality toiletries, over-sized towels, and cozy robes available.
The room service meal I ordered was delivered in a timely fashion and set up quite nicely with a quaint little flower to adorn the table. The meal I had was simple and delicious with every condiment I needed already available on the table.
My entire stay with The Four Seasons was outstanding from the moment I checked in until the moment I checked out. My room was immaculate and inviting leaving me feeling complacent and comfortable. The Four Seasons staff were professional, friendly, and extremely accommodating to every need I had during my stay including providing the locations of local drug stores and shopping.
The service received as a guest at The Four Seasons was beyond magnificent and well worth the stay away from home.
The Hotel itself was beautiful and elegant, castle on the outside and a grand palace on the inside.
The Four Seasons also offers additional services like a 12,000 sq ft nine room spa, a jazz styled restaurant and lounge named Park 75, a state of the art fitness center, and an Olympic indoor pool. I did not partake in these services however I look forward to gratifying them in the future.
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Started in early 2007, GovLoop features a newsfeed, forums, job and event boards, blogs, and profile pages. Most of all, it crackles with an energy that signals the start of a thriving community. We caught up with Ressler, who by day is an information technology specialist at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to find out what he did — and did not do — to create such a thriving community.
GCN: When did you come up with the idea of GovLoop? Was there a sparking factor?
Steve Ressler: When I came to the government in 2004, I was fresh out of grad school, and I didn't have any ins in government, there weren't many other young government workers, and I was trying to figure out the bureaucracy.
So I started having happy hours, which grew into [a social-networking] organization, called the Young Government Leaders, which has over 2,000 members now.
Through that, I got to go to a number of conferences, and I saw all these different groups that were interesting — webmasters, people who worked for academia, people who worked for government — and I thought, wouldn't it be great to have these conversations online? I moved to Tampa, Fla., in the winter of 2007, I was out of the of the D.C. conference and happy-hour circuit, and so I [built GovLoop then].
My main thing was that I saw that there were government people siloed and couldn't talk with each other, and so it would be a great place to share ideas and best practices. It's fun as a government person to meet other smart people. It's encouraging and makes you want to stay in government. Even if you are having a bad week, you know you have another support system out there.
GCN: What benefits that GovLoop offers that can't be provided by the government work site?
Ressler: There is a diversity of thought. You may be stuck inside a firewall with agency people that you work with. Or maybe at best, you're stuck [speaking only with other] federal employees. There are diverse views of government, whether it comes from academia, students or reporters. I think there is something to adding state and local perspectives when discussing similar topics, like technology and training. It's also cool to tap into the international community. It's mostly English-speaking [governments on GovLoop] — Canada, U.K., New Zealand and Australia. They are working on the same issues. They are trying to deal with government 2.0. All these people are on GovLoop, and you can share ideas with them.
GCN: At last count, GovLoop has more than 8,000 members. Why did GovLoop take off when so many other sites have failed?
Ressler: I think a key part of this is being neutral third-party. It's a hobby [for me]. That definitely helped in the beginning. I had no agenda.
I also found that the Young Government Leaders participants had some experience in building communities, and so I think people got what I was doing.
There is a real trick [to doing this]: There has to be enough content to get the right people to feel comfortable and come back. I've been lucky enough so that when the site grew, it seemed to have the right people.
We've had a group of volunteers that help make the site interesting, just by monitoring for any bad behavior and acting as a welcoming community. That's been really helpful. They interview members for the member-of-the-week series. We also have a project-of-the-week series.
When new members join, they get welcomed by a member [of the welcoming community] and are urged to join in. It's been a good part of this community that people get welcomed in.
GCN: When do you work on it? Is it a time-sink?
Ressler: Evenings and weekends. I spend some time each night on it and on the weekends. My lady is a tenure-track professor so she is always busy. So I can go to the coffee shop and work away.
GCN: What content management software do you use? How much customization work did it take?
Ressler: I used the Ning platform. Ning is a company co-founded by Marc Andreessen, who co-founded Netscape. Ning is a white-label social-network platform [offered] as software as a service. So it is really easy technology-wise to create your own social network through Ning. I had to do a few hacks to get what I like, and there are definitely some tricks of the trade — there is a Ning community where we share ideas on how to make things better. But it's been a great platform for me, to build something quickly without a ton of coding. It's highly reliable. It doesn't go down very often. It goes down about as much as your e-mail.
GCN: We noticed you use Yahoo Pipes for a news feed. So is it pretty easy to hook in these additional features?
Ressler: Yeah, with a lot of technology now, you need to be tech savvy, though you don't need to be a coder per se. For instance, I read about Yahoo Pipes and thought it'd be great to have a top news section on site, which would be a mashup of different government technology news sites. With Yahoo Pipes, [I] created an RSS feed which Ning will pull.
I think most people will need to play around [with these Web 2.0 technologies]. Same thing with Twitter. I noticed a lot of people were using Twitter, including myself. My handle is @GovLoop. That's where I get a lot of new members. So I [wanted] to have some of that conversation shown on GovLoop. So we use the hash tag [#GovLoop] of GovLoop a lot. So on the GovLoop home page there is a search for the hash tag. [Now] when people are talking about something related to government [on Twitter] and they include the GovLoop hash tag, it shows up on the GovLoop site as well.
[Another use of Twitter]: Just the other day, one of our members came up with the idea of having a daily "Best of Twitter" [compilation] on GovLoop. So she takes the top stuff from the GovLoop tag and writes a blog about it.
GCN: Could you offer an example of how GovLoop helped a government employee in some way?
Ressler: One this week was pretty cool — a person had a general human resources question. This person was a GS-13 Step 4 and was wondering if the pay was going to increase going to their GS-14 Step 1.
Within seconds, he had three answers from HR people giving him the exact answer. The answer was your salary must go up a certain percent. He said he already asked his HR people and got the general runaround.
Another one was from this person who worked for the Guam government, which is a U.S. territory. She had to write a standard operating procedure for one of her HR processes and asked if anyone had any tips on doing a large-scale SOP exercise. She got five responses right away — everything from templates to tips of the trade.
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My name is Kayla and I have been thinking about going Vegan for awhile now. I am a huge animal lover but I am thinking about going vegan more for health reasons. It's disgusting how processed so much food is these days and with every new generation more and more people are getting more allergies and health problems. I truly want to live a healthier life style but I'm honestly not sure where to start. I've seen a Lot of fantastic looking recipes but how do I know if I will be eating a well balanced diet with all the vitamins and minerals I need? My biggest fear is because of my lack of knowledge I will end up manutirished. I also wanted to try juicing, and I was wondering if anyone had some advice or even recipes for that as well. Because of digestive issues I've been living on soups, bread and Bolt House and Naked Drinks. I went to a gastroenterology and Liver Specialist yesterday and all he did was throw some drugs at me, set me up for a few tests and said see you in 4 months... I was really hoping for more than that but I guess I was being too optimistic. Any advice on starting a vegan diet would be more than greatly appreciated. Please and thank you!
Hi Kayla. Welcome. I think the best advice is that Nike logo--just do it. It's almost impossible to be malnourished if you livein the US. Seriously, (Once you are completely vegan you should take a B12 supplement..) The bigger challenge is getting the right ingredients in your home to prepare foods you find satisfying. Start by making some of the recipes and incorporating them into your daily diet. You can have a phase-in, or transition period. It won't just happen, though, if you don't make an effort, because most people do not have a cabinet filled with whole grains and beans and some tofu in the fridge. I think you should find a couple of recipes you like, especially ones with beans or tofu or seitan, and make them for dinner. Then you're on your way!
Hi Kayla. Great to meet you.
I agree. It is so easy to find a wide range of Vegan products now, that you will have no worries with being undernourished. Also, there are some great free resources on the net that show you how to get the nurtrients you need in your diet. One site to start with is the Vegan Society. Google them and on their site you will see free downloadable content on everything you need to know about being Vegan. The only thing I would suggest, when you are new to veganism, is that you do take a Vegan Vitamin and Mineral supplement to be sure you are covering everything you need. I think as soon as you take the leap, you will see how easy it is and how much better you will start to feel.
Good luck and if you need any help or advice, then let me know...I will be happy to help :)
I was trying to improve my cardio and hit a wall. The movie "Forks over Knives: opened my eyes. Mayo clinic diet has so much meat and dairy, I think if I can clear my viens with vegan eating then my cardio will improve. I am almost 60.


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This passage from the book The Lives of a Cell, first published in 1974 by Lewis Thomas (at one time a Professor of Pediatric Research at the University of Minnesota), compares human organisms to those of ants. In comparing the two from an even different lense, there's a humorous (or not) result. I can see this modern example of "the one or the many" at the heart of any debate between the extremes of libertarianism and socialism.
Let's say that Thomas' solitary ant becomes a modern-day libertarian, one who treasures individual liberty and the government's protection of that liberty. Then, let's say that the collective societies that ants form are instead a modern day working class or worker state of humans, like the animated character of Z-4195 (voice of Woody Allen) in the movie ANTZ. "The Hill" (ant hill) that Thomas refers to could be replaced with "Capital Hill," our center of government in America.
Thomas' point, at least one, is that ants as individuals are pretty much worthless, but when grouped together into a collective, all working toward the focused goals of "the Hill," then they become more of an "idea" or a single organism. Contrasting the much older Oriental examples in my last post [ The One and the Many: The Blind Men and the Elephant, plus two ], two of which emphasized "the many" in life as a manifestation of one God or of one Truth, this modern text seems to hint at a wholly secular application: humanity as a manifestation of the State.
Give this short passage a read with that in mind and decide for yourself. –SB
[From: Thomas, Lewis. The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. 1974. Bantam, 1975. pp 12, 13.]
"Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. . . . They exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.
. . . they, and the bees and termites and social wasps, seem to live two kinds of lives: they are individuals, going about the day's business without much evidence of thought for tomorrow, and they are at the same time component parts, cellular elements, in the huge, writhing, ruminating organism of the Hill, the nest, the hive. . . . collective societies with the capacity to behave like organisms.
A solitary ant, afield, cannot be considered to have much of anything on his mind; indeed, with only a few neurons strung together by fibers, he can't be imagined to have a mind at all, much less a thought. He is more like a ganglion on legs. Four ants together, or ten, encircling a dead moth on a path, begin to look more like an idea. They fumble and shove, gradually moving the food toward the Hill, but as though by blind chance. It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits."


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United KingdomA Dalek lent its aid towards 'exterminating' prejudice and inequalities at Sunderland College. Joe Leggett, director of learning support, said: "We were trying to think of a creative way of explaining diversity and engaging with the students. In Dr Who, the Daleks have a very hierarchical society, with prejudices within their ranks based on their colour." [Sunderland Echo, 13 Dec 2011]
Meanwhile, another Dalek has been immortalised in Lego by the Addis family in Huntingdon. The seven foot Christmas-themed creation was constructed from over 100,000 bricks as part of a eighteen year personalised Christmas card tradition. Catherine Addis said: "'We thought we'd have a bit of fun this year and build something a bit out of the ordinary - but obviously, we want to keep it quite festive. You get a great feeling of satisfaction once the model it complete - all our friends are so complimentary of it, it really makes all the hard work worthwhile." [Daily Mail, BBC News, 15/16 Dec 2011]
A Cyberman went on patrol at the Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells, as part of a promotion for the forthcoming Big Blue Box convention being held there on 14th January. The event is raising money for the local charity which helps disabled people, Compaid, and will see a number of Doctor Who names appearing including Louise Jameson (Leela), Paul Magrs and Jonathan Morris (writers). Compaid's chief executive Stephen Elsden said: "Big Blue Box marks the first ever fan convention for Doctor Who in Tunbridge Wells, which has a long history of associations with the show. From a screening of a classic Peter Cushing Dalek movie to more recent fan films, we will be taking full advantage of Trinity's superb theatre." [Stephen Elsden/Compaid, Kent News, 14 Dec 2011]
Basil Brush is appearing at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton in Aladdin, and imparted a joke from his co-star: "I like Bobby Davro. I collect jokes and he told me a good one. What is Dr Who's favourite food? Dalek bread. He is my friend for life now." [Northampton Chronicle, 16 Dec 2011]
United StatesRory Williams aka Arthur Darvill has made it through the first round of Chicago Redeye's Best TV Character Tournament. The Doctor Who character was up against True Blood's Eric Northman and won the face-off with 50%/49%. Round two has started with Rory facing Breaking Bad's Walter White and continues until the end of the week. [Chicago Redeye, 14 Dec 2011]
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Skokie resident Allegra Rosenburg is a local Doctor Who fan celebrity thanks to her love of "Trock Rock" aka "Time Lord Rock", a sub-genre of pop that celebrates the show. The teenager is popular at conventions, and has even been praised by writer Neil Gaiman who said: "Took me 3 years of scribbling and rewrites to make 45 minutes of Dr. Who, summed up in 2:29 by a smart girl with a ukulele." [Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec 2011]


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Hi,I just turned 40 last week and after 10+ years in IT anything will be better! What I feel about law is that it interests me quite strongly, maybe no burning passion but then what job really does that? I`m doing the PT 4 year route starting Fall 2011, so a long road but a career that I`ll do for another 30 years ..
Good. The legal assistant position will give you better insight. Hopefully you're working for a small firm and not necessarily doing transactional stuff.
Megan,Anything too specialized as a legal assistant wouldn't necessarily give him a broad view of the legal field. I was thinking of sitting in the basement of a dirt law firm doing title searches, for example.A smaller firm (but not a boutique firm) may give him a wider range of tasks and areas to observe. If he were to do general scheduling, file management, preparing motions, etc., the view would be broad. In other words, absent him having an interest in a specific field, like patent, bankruptcy, etc, broader is better.The tedium is there no matter WHERE you go in the field. He'll be exposed to that anyway.
I went to law school in the mid west in 2007 (from NYC) to my first choice, a Top 100 school. I was unprepared for the academic program involved and began experiencing severe anxiety towards the end of my first semester due to the pressure of family obligations 2000 miles away and returning to school at a fairly advanced age (39). I was given the bad advice by a teaching assistant to proceed with my finals because "no one gets below a 'C' with the curve;" my grades were: B, D-, and an F. I took a medical leave of absence to have the symptoms of anxiety and depression I was experiencing evaluated and treated by university medical professionals. I returned the following Fall semester to repeat the classes, and found myself unable to balance work, and school, and still a little bit rattled by having receiving the poorest grades of my lifetime in my first semester. With the loneliness I was feeling, symptoms of depression, and concern about not being able to work as a part-time student in the prime earning years of my life, I withdrew from school. Two months later, I immediately regretted the decision, and was re-admitted for the third time to retake the first semester already $30,000.00 in debt. My third semester was somewhat of a success however I made two critical mistakes: I did NOT take practice exams in preparation for two finals, and handed a paper that represented 60% of my grade late by twelve hours; I ended up with a B-, C, and C this time around. The anxiety of being on academic probation and having little margin for error eventually resulted in more severe health problems for myself, an inability to concentrate, pressure from my family and friends, a decreased and weakened confidence in myself, and I eventually withdrew from law school altogether, $79,000.00 in debt. I will always regret having quit, even with the mounting debt, and not securing the J.D., and not having found a way to enhance my mental fortitude, find the right help and resources and the right mindset and support system to get the job done. I am now faced with trying to explain to my family and friends what went wrong, address psychological issues I never experienced before attending law school, and returning to a career I have been absent from for three years without being able to explain why I went to law school and did not work for three years and do not have a law degree to show for it. If I had to do it all over again, I would have went to a Tier Three school and a little more relaxed environment for someone my age - the first year is the toughest and if I was successful I could transfer; otherwise I could remain in the Third Tier School and earn one of the most coveted of graduate degrees: a J.D. Think carefully about yourself, especially if you have been out of school for sometime, about what you are capable of, and what this degree might mean to you. I now dread turning 55 without a professional degree, and not a minute goes by that I do not wish I knew in 2007 what I know now; as of today, the law school experience, while providing some of the fondest memories of my life, has in many ways ruined my life. A law school curriculum, particularly for non-conventional students, should be designed to give such students every possible chance for success (e.g., three exams per class in the first semester, not one final and an automatic dismissal for students with a G.P.A. of 2.20 or less).
It is real-life situations about real cases (and hypo's), which, to me, is like being in the multitude of law shows currently on TV and I am not being flippant or media-excited.


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Education has always fueled the American Dream.
Education has always fueled the American Dream.
Being educated meant having the knowledge, skills and capabilities to do meaningful and relevant work for a lifetime. Education also provided a telescope and microscope to examine our world and our place in it.
Going to school for most people was a joy, but we didn't realize it until it was over. School often was a place of enlightenment and wonder. It was also where we made friends, shared goals and learned to work as a team.
We were never smarter or more focused than when we were in school. We could learn anything, from calculus to cooking. Yes, we would occasionally discover our shortcomings, like not being able to see a certain construction in geometry or not being able to bring back from memory a Latin conjugation, but for the most part, we did well. We learned things well enough to be able to stride confidently into our futures.
That is why the opening of a new school year carries such promise. It is also why parents need to encourage their children to look at school as an enchanted and safe kingdom in which they can grow and fulfill their dreams.
Education is still the engine of opportunity and the healer of nations and peoples. Welcome to the first day of school.


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I love London and its diversity, dynamism and originality. This is a city of modernity and conservatism, a city of contrasts where different every-day-realities melt all together. There are hundreds of secret corners that offer something unforgettable, something unique, something inspiring.
Brick Lane, one of my favourite areas of London and the epicenter of the Bangladeshi community, is a place of disorder, culture melange, vintage fashion, vibrant treasure and trash market, unconventional individuals and attention grabbing street art.
Visiting Brick Lane is like experimenting Indian culture and quirky London at the same time, where tradition meets liberation and liberation meets tradition, where Easts meets the West and West meets the East …
What fascinates me about Brick Lane is its kitsch, energy and the history behind as London's centre of textile.
Today, Brick Lane's identity can be explained by what's happening on its walls …. pure madness ….
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BOSTON - The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with Together Boston (http://togetherboston.com), will present "A Celebration of Summer: The Donna Summer Memorial Roller Disco Tribute Party" on Friday, July 18, 2014, at City Hall Plaza from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m
Born and raised in Boston (Mission Hill, Roxbury, and Dorchester), Summer is beloved for her hits like "I Feel Love," "Last Dance," "MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," "Dim All the Lights," "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," and "On the Radio." A five-time Grammy® Award-winner, Summer has sold more than 130 million records, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time.
Two years after her passing, Boston will celebrate Summer's legacy with a roller disco tribute party featuring Dorchester's own Kon and friends spinning disco and funk. Dance Spot Boston, a mobile dance floor art installation, will create a custom dance floor to celebrate this Boston music icon.
Two of Boston's most famous drag queens, Frieda Fries and Nicholle Pride of Perestroika, will also model some of Summer's most iconic looks.
This is a free event. Attendees must provide their own skates or blades, or may rent them for free on-site.
City Hall Plaza is accessible by MBTA via State Street (Orange and Blue lines) and Park Street (Green and Red lines). For additional information, call617-635-3245 or visit http://www.cityofboston.gov/arts.


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Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writerdirector features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age.
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I remember waiting for BET's Midnight Love to begin to see this video. I always felt the song literally cried, with the lyrics being tremendously deep. Her metaphor of a broken heart near the end of the video is absolutely stunning. On a lighter note, this is my one month anniversary! Do you know what today is!?!
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Automatic doors allowed a year-0ld female black bear to wander into a Sears store about 20 minutes before closing time Saturday night, startling shoppers at Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
It turned out the bear was likely more afraid than the shoppers, who quickly evacuated the store. No one was harmed and the bear was safely sedated and taken away by wildlife officials.
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The bear was carted out of the store and put in a waiting bear trap trailer in the parking lot around 10 p.m. to the "awes" of a gathered crowd who were taking whatever pictures and videos they could with cell phones and iPads.
The cub wandered around the store for about 10 minutes until officials chased her into a double-door area where she was cornered for about an hour. That's where a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer was able to climb a ladder and shoot her with a tranquilizer, TribLIVE reports.


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WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Robert Vasa, until now bishop of Baker, Oregon, as Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Rosa in California.
The appointment as coadjutor bishop confers on Bishop Vasa, 59, the right to succession to Bishop Daniel F. Walsh, current bishop of Santa Rosa. Bishop Walsh is 73.
The appointment was publicized in Washington January 24, by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Robert Francis Vasa was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on May 7, 1951. He studied for the priesthood at St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, Colorado, and Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas, and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lincoln on May 22, 1976.
Bishop Vasa holds a Master's of Divinity from Holy Trinity Seminary and a Canon Law Licentiate from the Gregorian University in Rome.
He served the Diocese of Lincoln in various positions, including chancellor, judicial vicar and vicar general. In 1995 Pope John Paul II named him a "Prelate of Honor" with the title of "Monsignor". He was appointed bishop of Baker November 19, 1999.
At the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Vasa is a member of the Catholic Home Missions Subcommittee and also serves on the Task Force on Health Care.
The Diocese of Santa Rosa in California includes 11,711 square miles. It has a population of 909,361 people, of whom 169,567, or 18.6 percent, are Catholic.
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