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Revised Definition of 'Anchor Baby' Part of Leftist Agenda, Critics Say
A decision by the American Heritage Dictionary to revise its definition of "anchor baby" -- labeling it an offensive and disparaging term -- is an attempt to manipulate the "linguistic landscape" and push a leftist agenda, some opponents of illegal immigration say.
"Anchor baby" was among roughly 10,000 words -- including "hoodie" and "babydaddy" -- added to the dictionary's fifth edition last month. The hot-button term, a noun, was initially defined as: "A child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially such a child born to parents seeking to secure eventual citizenship for themselves and often other members of their family."
That definition caught the attention of Mary Giovagnoli, director of the Washington-based Immigration Policy Center, who heard American Heritage Dictionary executive editor Steve Kleinedler read it during a radio interview last month. Giovagnoli blasted the definition on the organization's blog last Friday, saying it masked the "poisonous and derogatory" nature of the term.
By Monday, the term had been changed. It is now defined as such: "Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially when the child's birthplace is thought to have been chosen in order to improve the mother's or other relatives' chances of securing eventual citizenship."
The revision is now a "well-crafted" definition of how the term is used, Giovagnoli said.
But not everyone agrees.
"That's a political statement and it's not even accurate," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. "[An anchor baby] is a child born to an illegal immigrant."
Krikorian said the revised definition makes a political statement and is much more than neutral, "just the facts" reference material.
"It's a sign of real provincialism," he said. "I understand why people don't like the term, but I know lots of people who use it in a non-disparaging fashion. There really isn't a shorthand way of describing people like this, and there does need to be because it an important source of political debate: Should the children born to illegal immigrants get automatic citizenship?"
Bob Dane, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a Washington-based organization that seeks to end illegal immigration, said the revised definition panders to a small but vocal group of critics who are "manipulating the political, cultural and now linguistic landscape" of the United States.
"Publishing word definitions to fit politically correct molds surrenders the language to drive an agenda," Dane told FoxNews.com. "This dictionary becomes a textbook for the open borders lobby."
Asked if the term has a place in the dictionary, Dane replied: "Yes, it's a descriptive term, but what's offensive about 'anchor baby' isn't the term, but the practice of having a baby on our soil to game the system."
Giovagnoli, for her part, is satisfied with the change.
"I have no idea what their political leanings are, but our conversations were about the precision of language," she said. "They were very scholarly and rigorous in their response to me in their attempts to define how the word is used and interpreted.
"If anything, they realized that the issue started to generate criticism that this really was a term that was a slur, and that they made a mistake."
In a statement to FoxNews.com, Kleinedler said the original definition "lacked standard terminology" to indicate its offensiveness.
"This error has been rectified both in the definition and by the use of the label "offensive," so the term is now treated similarly to how the dictionary treats a wide range of slurs," Kleinedler's statement read. "The editorial staff stands behind the revision."
By comparison, the term "anchor baby" is not found in the latest online dictionary edition by Merriam-Webster. But while it is just one word among 10,000 new terms, William Gheen, president of the Americans for Legal Immigration, said the revision of "anchor baby" is no small matter.
"The future of the United States is a place where you cannot speak your mind freely or engage in any terms or comments deemed inappropriate by the thought police," Gheen said. "What's really offensive is how these pro-illegal immigrant groups are telling people how they can talk."

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Who Knows the Story Behind This Bench in Richland?
Right by the pump house along the Richland dike – just up from the boat ramp – there's a red bench with a little pipe next to it. The plaque reads, "The Bill & Captain Bench." My uncle lives near it and thinks he knows the story. I'm interested in seeing if anyone can confirm his story.
My uncle said Bill was a long-time Richland Fire Chief. The fire house is only a little further down the dike. Captain was Bill's dog – a bulldog. The story is Bill would walk Captain along the dike and stop at that spot and turn around and go back. So when Bill died, his friends built the bench for Bill and the fire hydrant (that's what the pipe thing is) for Captain. They're red in honor of the firefighters.
The paint job was getting shabby when my uncle noticed a mom and daughter sitting on the bench. He told them the story and the next morning a fresh coat of paint had been added. Was it a coincidence? Did the mom and daughter paint the bench?
Does anyone know more about this story?
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Car Buying
American-Made Cars in the Spotlight
There are more than 70 models of American-made cars and light trucks in the U.S., which is roughly 28 percent of the 259 nameplates available at dealers. And this includes the absolute best-sellers. However, not all domestic-made vehicles have American badges. Some come from companies we associate more with places such as Japan, Germany and South Korea.
Toyota makes its highly popular 2013 Camry midsize sedan in Kentucky, using many American-made parts (75 percent, according to the American Automotive Labeling Act report). The Venza and Avalon also come from the same plant. One of the most successful cars in history, the Corolla compact sedan is built (at least for North America) in Mississippi. The Highlander, Sequoia and Sienna are all assembled in Indiana, while the Tacoma and Tundra pickups call Texas home. In all, Toyota produces around 1.25 million vehicles a year in the U.S.
The Camry's traditional rival, the 2013 Honda Accord, hails from Ohio, as do the Accord's Crosstour and CR-V brethren. The Civic comes from Indiana, while the Odyssey, Ridgeline and Pilot are assembled in Alabama. Acura, meanwhile, produces the ILX, MDX, RDX and TL in Indiana.
Alabama is taking on almost as much significance as Michigan these days. Mercedes-Benz makes the M-Class and GL-Class in its Vance factory. And Hyundai's facility in Montgomery is impressive. In go rolls of mild steel that get stamped into body panels; out the other end come the wildly successful Sonata (nonhybrid versions) and Elantra midsize and compact sedans, respectively. In Georgia, Kia has a similar setup producing the Optima sedan (nonhybrid versions, again) and Sorento crossover. It also builds the Santa Fe crossover for Hyundai.
BMW has had a factory in Spartanburg, S.C., since 1994. These days, it makes the X3, X5 and X6 there. In Chattanooga, Tenn., Volkswagen's North American-spec Jetta and Passat are built.
Tennesseans also make Infiniti's JX midsize crossover, as well as Nissan's Altima, Maxima, Pathfinder, Frontier and Xterra. The Altima is also made in Mississippi, along with the Armada and Titan.
Subaru has joined the made-in-USA crowd by setting up shop in Indiana for the Legacy and Outback models. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport comes out of the company's Normal, Ill., plant.
So much for the "import" brands. Home-grown brands sometimes have their vehicles assembled in Mexico, Canada and even (ironically) South Korea -- the Chevrolet Spark, for example. But Michigan is still ground zero for vehicle construction, making the following: Buick Lucerne and Verano; Cadillac CTS; Chevrolet Malibu, Volt, Traverse and Sonic; Chrysler 200; Dodge Durango and Avenger; Jeep Grand Cherokee; Ford F-series, Mustang and Focus; GMC Acadia; and RAM 1500.
Chevy also has a Malibu-making facility in Kansas City, Kan., while its Corvette is created in Kentucky, the Silverado in Indiana, the Cruze in Ohio and the Tahoe in Texas.
Chicago is Ford's kind of town for the Taurus sedan, Explorer SUV and Lincoln MKS sedan. Kentucky enhances the F-series quota, and a plant in Missouri provides the Escape compact crossover.
The Jeep Liberty and Wrangler are made in Ohio, while the Compass and Patriot hail from Illinois. GMC's Sierra comes from Indiana; the Yukon from Texas (same factory as the Tahoe, which is virtually the same vehicle).
It's fitting that America's most modern car is built in Silicon Valley, especially since it has what looks like a giant iPad as a dashboard. It's the all-electric Tesla Model S, produced in Fremont, Calif., in a former Toyota plant.
Although many home-built cars and trucks go to North American buyers, much of the output from these factories goes to other countries, contributing to U.S. exports. The Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a report that American-made cars and trucks accounted for 2.5 percent of the nation's GDP in 2011. Big numbers take time to crunch, but that figure could be higher for 2012 and 2013.


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La. Police: Boy fatally shot 90-year-old relative
SLAUGHTER, La. (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana said Friday that an 8-year-old boy intentionally shot and killed a 90-year-old woman who was his caregiver after watching a video game with violent themes.
East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies did not provide a motive. But they said the juvenile was playing the video game "Grand Theft Auto IV" — a realistic game that's been associated with encouraging violence and awards points to players for killing people — just minutes before the fatal shooting.
Authorities are calling the shooting a homicide.
They said it happened shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday at the Country Breeze Mobile Home Park off La. Highway 67 east of Slaughter.
Sgt. Kevin Garig told The Advocate (http://bit.ly/1dz7ssO) that the identities of both the shooter and the victim are being withheld to protect the identity of the juvenile. Garig said the woman died after suffering at least one gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
WAFB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/14q67Bg) the sheriff's office said that although the child told investigators that he accidentally shot the woman while playing with a firearm, evidence has led investigators to believe the child intentionally shot her in the back of the head while she was watching television.
Authorities said the woman was the child's caregiver. Garig said the shooting involved relatives.
The child was released to his parents Thursday night.
Louisiana law prohibits authorities from charging the child with a crime because of his age, the sheriff's office said. The law states: "Those who have not reached the age of 10 years are exempt from criminal responsibility. However, nothing in this article shall affect the jurisdiction of juvenile courts as established by the constitution and statutes of this state."
The investigation is ongoing.
Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com
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Clinical Lead GP, Bedford
- Recruiter
- Menlo Park Recruitment
- Location
- England, Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Salary
- Circa £9,500.00 - £10,000.00+ per session + 6 weeks' leave + Indemnity + NHS Pension
- Posted
- 04 May 2017
- Closes
- 01 Jun 2017
- Ref
- 11332
- Sector
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We are appointing a Salaried GP for a practice centred on making your role as a GP, as patient-centric as possible. This has been achieved by focusing on making the back-office function as efficient and streamlined as possible; meaning better workflow and protection from unnecessary paperwork. They've also addressed current recruitment shortages by employing a multi-skilled clinical team, including ANP and Pharmacist support. They believe that their GPs should be protected from unnecessary distractions and be given a platform to spend quality time with their patients; promoting continuity and better patient outcomes.
- Circa £9,500.00 - £10,000.00+ per session + NHS pension + 6 weeks' leave
The Surgery
- GP led forward-thinking practice
- Highly efficient admin team and good IT infrastructure
- Multi-skilled clinical team; including ANP and Pharmacist support
- Career development opportunities
- Excellent links with local health authorities and medical schools
Your role
- 4 - 8 session GP considered
- Patient facing, rather than telephone heavy
- Flexibility and support, with regards to structuring your day
- Highly efficient back office team, working to reduce GP workload
- Reasonable appointment numbers
The Benefits
- Superb remuneration and benefits package
- Support with professional development
- Regular appraisals; a practice that wants to understand their GPs
- NHS pension
- Child Vouchers
- Support with indemnity payments
- 1-week study leave
- Newly Qualified GP considered
Next Step
If you would like to be considered for this GP post, please use the 'Apply' section below and attach your latest CV. Or, you can talk to us in confidence about this opportunity on 0113 350 1308.
We are looking to fill the post as soon as possible although the practice is happy to wait for the right Candidate & notice period.


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COLLEGE STATION – All Johnny Manziel did last season was set the Southeastern Conference single-season record for total yards with 5,116 and win the Heisman Trophy. For that, SEC coaches on Thursday voted Texas A&M's sophomore quarterback preseason second-team All-SEC, behind Georgia senior Aaron Murray.
Of course, Manziel's eligibility is in question, considering the NCAA is investigating whether he accepted pay for signing autographs this past offseason. Meanwhile Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, who's led the Crimson Tide to the past two national titles, rated third-team All-SEC (there's obviously some stiff competition at quarterback this season in the SEC).
A&M offensive tackle Jake Matthews was on the first team, while receiver Mike Evans joined Manziel on the second team. Cornerback Deshazor Everett, who had A&M's game-winning interception last year at Alabama, was the lone Aggies defender on the defensive side, rating third-team mention.
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East Region: No. 1 Pittsburgh (28-4) vs. No. 16 East Tennessee State (23-10)
When: Friday, 2:55 p.m., EDT
Where: University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
1) Gary McGhee plays for Pitt. Well, kinda. I'll try and make this as objective as possible, but he might be the worst basketball player to see significant playing time for a team, any team, ever given a realistic shot to win an NCAA title. When the season began, fans had hope that the Gary McGhee project had seen improvements in the off-season and that Pitt would have a solid backup down low for Tyrell Biggs and DeJuan Blair. None of that worked out. When the Big East season began, a friend and I began a Deadspin commentor-esque style of awarding points to Gary. +1 for every good play, -1 for every time we rolled our eyes and thought "put Blair back in." We usually lost count at -9. Instead, we began giving Head Coach Jamie Dixon -5 for every time McGhee subbed in. So, to put my Pitt education to use, more specifically college level algebra, -9 + -5 + (Blair + 5 personals) = Pitt loses in the Sweet 16 or earlier for the 8th time in 8 years. To any coach scouting Pitt for a potential match-up this March, it's that easy, get Blair and Biggs into foul trouble, you win! . Dante Taylor can't get here soon enough.
2) The Oakland Zoo is to Pitt as the Cameron Crazies are to Duke. You know, minus the pretentiousness. I'd go on with the comparisons, but we were given strict instructions to leave our dick jokes at the door. During home games, and possibly when just hanging out, members of the zoo can be seen wearing animal costumes, telling Jim Calhoun to sit down and enticing football recruits to commit via signing a dry-erase board. LeSean McCoy credited this stunt with getting him to commit to Pitt. Unfortunately that trick didn't work on Tyrell Pryor. But, what sets our student section apart from any other are the gold shirts worn by everyone in attendance. Not the shirts themselves, but the fact that the founders of the Zoo were once entrenched in a legal battle with the Pitt Stop (a street vendor on campus) over a copyright issue involving said shirts. It may or may not have gone to the Supreme Court. Also, the proceeds of the t-shirt sales now go to charity. Which is nice.
3) A Season of Firsts When Boston College beat North Carolina on January 4th this year, there was probably more celebrating in Oakland that night than in Chestnut Hill. With UNC's loss, Pitt became the heir apparent to the #1 ranking for the first time in the program's history. They went on to hold that distinction on two separate occasions for a grand total of 3 weeks. Their second rise to #1 coincided with another first for the program. Hasheem Thabeet and the UConn Huskies picked themselves up off their home floor in mid-February just in time to see Pitt win their first game ever against a #1 ranked team (beating themselves at Louisville a couple weeks earlier didn't count). Pitt now heads into the NCAA tournament after claiming another first during this historic season. Here's hoping their first #1 seed in March doesn't coincide with the first 16 seed to win a game. Unless it's UNC. — whowantsawanstacheride (The Mosh Pitt)
1) What? The East Tennessee State University Buccaneers are the Atlantic Sun Conference champs. They can be found during the regular season playing in the Mini-Dome in Johnson City, TN. The Bucs's last NCAA tournament appearances were in 2003 and 2004. This completely land-locked school located in the mountains of Tennessee near the NC and VA state lines claims to be located on top of an underground river named Pirate Creek, giving themselves the right to a mascot that looks like Davey Jones in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
2) Who? Senior forward Kevin Tiggs, senior guard Courtney Pigram and junior guard Mike Smith led the team in points this season. Tiggs and Pigram carried the team in their push to win the conference tournament. If Pigram can make his 3's, then the team may have a shot to upset Pitt. Of course, the game may be fun to watch with Kevin Smith's showmanship.
3) Why? Courtney Pigram will also be interesting with his ability to shoot from well behind the arc and fragile temperament. He had a bad five game stretch in February in which the team lost 4 of 5 games. Boosters organized a grassroots email campaign of "support and encouragement." The school's administration even cooperated by organizing pre-game chants focused on boosting his confidence at the Feb. 26 game against Kennesaw State. Pigram also remembers working out with Tyler Hansbrough at 3 Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, MO. His report of the encounter, "I didn't know who he was, but he knew who I was." — Rachel Thomasson
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ARCADIA — One of the toughest decisions that owners and trainers of talented race horses face is where and when to run their horses. A hundred grander here, a Grade I or II stakes race there. It's a quandary that can keep a horse's connections awake at nights.
But owners Gary and Mary West and Midwest-based trainer Wayne Catalano made the right call with their talented filly Room Service, bypassing the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 2 in favor of the $350,000 American Oaks on Saturday at Santa Anita Park.
The $1 million Kentucky Oaks is run on dirt. Heading into Saturday, Room Service had won two races on the turf and one on synthetic when she romped home by seven lengths in the Grade I Ashland Stakes over Keeneland's Polytrack. She's never raced on dirt.
Catalano shipped Room Service, a More Than Ready filly, to Churchill Downs after the Ashland to test the waters on dirt. When she didn't train well over the main track, they turned their attention to Plan B – the American Oaks at 1 1/4 miles on the grass.
"This was our race if we weren't going to run in the (Kentucky) Oaks," Catalano said.
Turned out pretty well for Catalano and the Wests. The paycheck wasn't as big, but Room Service, the 2-1 second choice, added another Grade I victory to her resume and picked up a handsome $210,000 first-place check for her connections.
"She's mainly a grass horse, but she will handle synthetic pretty well," Catalano said.
Catalano was pleased the victory came in the Wests' home state. He remembers how happy he was when he won the Louisiana Derby with Crypto Star in 1997 in his hometown of New Orleans.
"They're all great races when they're Grade I's," Catalano said. "This is a little more special, being in (the Wests') home town. I know how it feels. They're always special when you're at home."
The race set up perfectly for Room Service, who's now won four of seven races lifetime for earnings of $546,565. She was seventh early on in the eight-horse field for 3-year-old fillies under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, but the first half-mile of 48.03 meant pacesetters Kissin Lucky Lips, Tiz the Key and Sweet Bliss had little left for the stretch.
"I was licking my chops," Catalano said.
Bridgmohan and Room Service made their move around the far turn, taking the lead from Tiz the Key at the head of the stretch and then pulling away for a 2 1/4-length victory over Diversy Harbor. It was a neck farther back to Little Journey and Tiz the Key finished fourth.
Nashoba's Gold, the 3-2 favoritte, finished fifth after a troubled trip with Joe Talamo aboard.
"We had a perfect trip," Bridgmohan said. "It really set up well for her style of running. We obviously wanted a little pace to run at and we got it. I happened to work her on the grass at Churchill (five furlongs on May 6) and she's got a great turn of foot on it. She showed that here today."
The winning time was 2:01.28 for a race that was started at Hollywood Park in 2002 and was held for the first time at Santa Anita. It was the fastest running since Gozzip Girl's 2:00.22 in 2009.
Talamo didn't know if Nashoba's Gold would have won with a cleaner trip, but he said they'd have definitely hit the board.
"It got a little tight around the quarter pole," he said. "I was going for a spot, but that's horse racing. I really had a good trip up to that point. Actually, me and the winner were kind of moving at the same point. I was going for a hole but they just had a little more momentum and we got squeezed a little bit out of there … it cost her a lot of momentum."
•Earlier, Clubhouse Ride won his first race in a year when he rallied along the rail to upset 1-2 favorite Fury Kapcori by a half-length in the $200,000 Grade II Californian Stakes – the major prep for the $500,000 Gold Cup on June 29 at Santa Anita.
Ridden by Talamo, Clubhouse Ride dueled with pace-setting Fury Kapcori virtually the length of the stretch before prevailing and posting his first victory since winning last year's Californian at Hollywood Park on June 1.
Sent postward as the second choice at 6-1, Clubhouse Ride ran the 1 1/8 miles on the main track in 1:48.74 and trainer Craig Lewis said the Gold Cup is a "strong likelihood."
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Physics Program Overview
The Physics curriculum at Western Colorado University provides opportunities for students to take coursework that supports other scientific and technical disciplines, to complete an academic minor, or to prepare for physics or engineering programs at other institutions.
Western Colorado University Physics Program offers some of the most challenging academic work you will find on campus; work that leads to new skills, knowledge and insight. Studies in these mathematics based sciences will serve you well in your academic work here, in graduate school, or as a professional.
We take pride in the personal attention you will receive from your professor. The hours can be long and the work is hard. The professors will push you to do your best, and they insist on top quality work. The payoff is knowledge and skills that can lead to a challenging, rewarding, professional career. Our graduates are successfully employed as teachers, software engineers and as business, scientific and industrial professionals.
The word physics comes from the Greek word for nature, and we think of it today as the study of matter and energy. Physicists are concerned with understanding the way nature operates: the basic constituents of the universe and how they interact. The pursuit of that understanding leads to many practical applications. Physics is a rewarding area to study because it provides the basis for much of today's technology,and it helps us satisfy our intellectual curiosity. The fundamental character of physics makes it a discipline that is central to the liberal arts.
The Physics curriculum at Western provides opportunities for students to take coursework that supports other scientific and technical disciplines, to complete an academic minor, or to prepare for physics or engineering programs at other institutions. Students are also encouraged to participate in research projects with physics professors. Western's Physics Program is a member of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium.
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Degludec Side Effects
What should I watch for?
Visit your health care professional or doctor for regular checks on your progress.
A test called the HbA1C (A1C) will be monitored. This is a simple blood test. It measures your blood sugar control over the last 2 to 3 months. You will receive this test every 3 to 6 months.
Learn how to check your blood sugar. Learn the symptoms of low and high blood sugar and how to manage them.
Always carry a quick-source of sugar with you in case you have symptoms of low blood sugar. Examples include hard sugar candy or glucose tablets. Make sure others know that you can choke if you eat or drink when you develop serious symptoms of low blood sugar, such as seizures or unconsciousness. They must get medical help at once.
Tell your doctor or health care professional if you have high blood sugar. You might need to change the dose of your medicine. If you are sick or exercising more than usual, you might need to change the dose of your medicine.
Do not skip meals. Ask your doctor or health care professional if you should avoid alcohol. Many nonprescription cough and cold products contain sugar or alcohol. These can affect blood sugar.
Make sure that you have the right kind of syringe for the type of insulin you use. Try not to change the brand and type of insulin or syringe unless your health care professional or doctor tells you to. Switching insulin brand or type can cause dangerously high or low blood sugar. Always keep an extra supply of insulin, syringes, and needles on hand. Use a syringe one time only. Throw away syringe and needle in a closed container to prevent accidental needle sticks.
Insulin pens and cartridges should never be shared. Even if the needle is changed, sharing may result in passing of viruses like hepatitis or HIV.
Each time you get a new box of pen needles, check to see if they are the same type as the ones you were trained to use. If not, ask your health care professional to show you how to use this new type properly.
Wear a medical ID bracelet or chain, and carry a card that describes your disease and details of your medicine and dosage times.
Side Effects to watch for
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
- allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
- breathing problems
- signs and symptoms of high blood sugar such as dizziness, dry mouth, dry skin, fruity breath, nausea, stomach pain, increased hunger or thirst, increased urination
- signs and symptoms of low blood sugar such as feeling anxious, confusion, dizziness, increased hunger, unusually weak or tired, sweating, shakiness, cold, irritable, headache, blurred vision, fast heartbeat, loss of consciousness
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
- increase or decrease in fatty tissue under the skin due to overuse of a particular injection site
- itching, burning, swelling, or rash at site where injected
What may interact with this drug?
- other medicines for diabetes
Many medications may cause changes in blood sugar, these include:
- alcohol containing beverages
- antiviral medicines for HIV or AIDS
- aspirin and aspirin-like drugs
- certain medicines for blood pressure, heart disease, irregular heart beat
- chromium
- diuretics
- female hormones, such as estrogens or progestins, birth control pills
- fenofibrate
- gemfibrozil
- isoniazid
- lanreotide
- male hormones or anabolic steroids
- MAOIs like Carbex, Eldepryl, Marplan, Nardil, and Parnate
- medicines for weight loss
- medicines for allergies, asthma, cold, or cough
- medicines for depression, anxiety, or psychotic disturbances
- niacin
- nicotine
- NSAIDs, medicines for pain and inflammation, like ibuprofen or naproxen
- octreotide
- pasireotide
- pentamidine
- phenytoin
- probenecid
- quinolone antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ofloxacin
- some herbal dietary supplements
- steroid medicines such as prednisone or cortisone
- sulfamethoxazole; trimethoprim
- thyroid hormones
Some medications can hide the warning symptoms of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). You may need to monitor your blood sugar more closely if you are taking one of these medications. These include:
- beta-blockers, often used for high blood pressure or heart problems (examples include atenolol, metoprolol, propranolol)
- clonidine
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Kids Return
^ Please take five minutes out of your day and listen to this beautiful piece! I am in the process of learning the string parts, which will be arranged as a violin/acoustic guitar duet with my boyfriend. We'll be playing it at a Japan disaster relief charity concert in June. I have never played music with him before and I am super nervous, but as with everything else he'll probably make me feel comfortable and confident. 🙂
I have been doing very well this week; keeping calories under 1500 for the most part and exercising faithfully when I can. I have noticed some symptoms of low blood pressure popping up, namely feeling lethargic and light-headed with a foggy mind. At the office health check on Tuesday, the doctor noticed my low BP (89/54 in the morning after coffee) and suggested I eat more salt. It's weird to be consciously trying to get more sodium in my diet when the rest of the world is trying to cut down!
Since Monday, my weight has dropped nearly 4 kilograms, and I definitely notice it. Bloat and fat alike seem to be running for the hills. I was back down to 59 kg/130 lb this morning. which is my lowest weight since March 18 (I remember because my mom arrived in Japan that day).
I'm not sure what "goal" is or whatever, but right now I feel like I could keep doing this indefinitely. Despite food-trigger-landmines peppering the landscape of my future (farewell dinners! work enkais! buffets! party weekends! vacations!), my confidence in my ability to control myself is fairly high. Vanity plays a big part – I want to look as good as possible for my new life. The current plan is to move to Texas, where everything is bigger – I don't want to fit in to that stereotype!
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malek's curator insight, March 26, 2013 10:00 AM
Since Facebook removed the option to choose where visitors could land on your Page when they launched the new Timeline, it's much harder to get traffic to visit custom tabs unless you have a worthwhile incentive or a catchy app icon.
Tabfoundry's comment, April 2, 2013 4:31 AM
it's true that it became a lot harder to get people to go to your tabs, however it's understandable because a lot of people felt tricked into going there. If you can get people to your tabs now, you know that they are committed to exploring it.
Debra Askanase's curator insight, February 26, 2013 8:32 PM
The real insight here is how negative feedback (people hiding your posts) can affect EdgeRank overall.
Ken Morrison's comment, January 31, 2013 9:25 PM
Wow. This is interesting and scary. I'm glad that the blog also offers a solution. Thanks for sharing! Ken
Ken Morrison's curator insight, January 31, 2013 9:28 PM
Did you know that Facebook has strict new guidelines on how much text you can have in photos? They will punish your brand page if you break this rule. This article explains the new rules and offers a nifty tool to help protect yourself
Pedro Barbosa's curator insight, January 16, 2013 8:30 PM
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Maria Velarde Valdivia's curator insight, June 23, 2013 6:40 PM
Esta información ha hecho volar mi cabeza.Muy bueno
Lisa Norman's curator insight, September 7, 2013 10:12 PM
Helpful insites on what not to do on facebook when marketing
Tomas Jansma | FlexMind's comment, April 13, 2013 5:43 AM
I wrote to Marck to make a 160 degree turn but he didn't answer. http://www.flexmind.nl/FlexMind-Blog/?p=766
mcgrawmarketing's curator insight, April 13, 2013 7:28 AM
I've been seeing this happen over the past few years...a slow migration off Facebook to places unknown. Well those unknown places are identified in this article and I have to admit that Twitter is a huge surprise. (Sure, it's like texting but it's not!)
Now we can expect to see lots of blog posts and articles on "Developing an effective strategy for SnapChat."
jaynalocke's curator insight, April 7, 2013 11:39 AM
Excellent post about social media marketing mistakes, by social media expert Genevieve LaChance.
Stephen Dale's curator insight, March 12, 2013 3:54 AM
A useful and compact visual guide to the various Facebook privacy options and what they do.
Jennifer Perry's comment, March 17, 2013 8:48 AM
It isn't just the settings. All the information in your profile can show up in a graph search so delete anything you don't want a criminal or stalker to see
Jennifer Perry's curator insight, March 17, 2013 8:50 AM
Today, 12:48 PMIt isn't just the settings. All the information in your profile can show up in a graph search so delete anything you don't want a criminal or stalker to see
Pedro Barbosa's curator insight, January 3, 2013 4:14 AM
Facebook faske accounts deleting is important, to mantain the network with the reputation it needs
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Lisa Norman's curator insight, September 7, 2013 10:15 PM
Some helpful marketing tips on how to tripple your YouTube Views with Facebook


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State budget cuts have forced the Onslow County Health Department to charge a fee for two commonly sought vaccines for adults, local health officials said.
State budget cuts have forced the Onslow County Health Department to charge a fee for two commonly sought vaccines for adults, local health officials said.
The health department will now charged a fee of $25 for a Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td) shot and $78 for the Twinrix vaccine, according to a vote Monday by the Onslow County Board of Commissioners.
The move was necessitated by recent state budget cuts leading the N.C. Immunization Branch to announce they would no longer provide free vaccines to adults, said Pamela Brown, the preparedness coordinator and public information officer for the Onslow County Health Department.
The state still provides free vaccines to Medicaid patients and uninsured children so the new fees are not a barrier for a low income patients or uninsured infants or children in receiving a required vaccine, Brown said.
In the past, the health department could offer state-provided Td or Twinrix vaccines to anyone who met the criteria for the shot without charging the patient any out-of-pocket expense, regardless of the patient�s income or insurance status.
�We are noticing a trend of the state providing fewer and fewer vaccines, especially vaccines for adults,� Brown said.
She said the health department sees a mix patients with about 60 percent insured and 40 percent uninsured. Of those insured, there is a wide variety of different types of insurances. Some types of health insurance cover practically all vaccines, but some health insurances cover very few vaccines or have an extremely high deductible for them.
Both vaccines are frequently requested by patients of the health department, Brown said.
Tetanus, commonly called lockjaw, is a serious bacterial infection that kills about one out of every five people infected. Tetanus enters the body through cuts, scratches or wounds. Diphtheria is another type of bacterial infection that is spread person-to-person and can lead to breathing problems, paralysis, heart failure and death. Booster doses of Tetanus-Diphtheria are recommended every 10 years and after unclean cuts or burns, according to information from the health department.
Twinrix is a combination vaccine for protection against Hepatitis A and B, serious infections that affect the liver. It is recommended for people who are at risk for these diseases such as certain international travelers, men who have sex with men, illegal drug users, people who have multiple sex partners, or people who simply want to be immune to both diseases. Primary immunization consists of three doses given intramuscularly with the first followed one month and six months later, according to the health department.
Since the county health department can no longer get the vaccines from the state for free, the county has to establish fees for these shots to recoup the costs for these vaccines from private insurances and patients, Brown said.
�As with all of our fees, our charges are based on the direct and indirect costs associated with providing the service,� she said. �We have reviewed our costs for providing these vaccines and feel that $25 is the appropriate fee for Tetanus-Diphtheria immunizations and $78 is the appropriate fee for the Twinrix immunization.�
In order to ensure regional comparability, the Onslow County Health Department surveyed several surrounding health departments and the proposed fees are slightly less than what other area health departments are charging, Brown said.
Some parents are concerned about possible side effects. However, they and their children are much more at risk from the disease itself than from a side effect from receiving the vaccine, Brown said.
�Our health department only provides vaccines that have been rigorously tested and determined to be safe for infants, children and adults,� she said, adding that serious side effects to the vaccines provided by the health department are extremely rare.
Typically, the only reactions are some soreness at the injection point or a low grade fever, Brown said.
In countries where vaccination programs have not been comprehensive, diseases are a concern. Polio has been eradicated in the U.S., but children still get the disease, which can cause permanent paralysis or death in a few areas overseas such as Afghanistan, India and Nigeria � all areas frequented by U.S. citizens, Brown said.
�There is really no comparison between these slight reactions and the long-term disability or death that is possible from the diseases prevented by these vaccines,� Brown said.
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For the organizers Sir Bob Geldof, Live Aid co-founder Midge Ure - who has just been made an \"Officer of the Order of the British Empire\" by the Queen - Harvey Goldsmith and Richard Curtis, Live 8 is more than just a rehash of the 1985 Live Aid charity concert: this time, it is not a question of fundraising, but mobilizing people to exert pressure on the governments that will attend the G8 summit. To date, the richest industrial countries have already agreed on debt relief for some of the world\'s poorest nations. However, it is hoped that more can be achieved - Live 8 regards this as a historic opportunity to agree on more development aid and new trade policies and thus make poverty history once and for all.
This is a vision that has also captured the inspiration of many artistes: the line-up for the Live 8 concert in London, for example, includes Sting, U2, Keane, Robbie Williams, Annie Lennox, Dido, Sir Paul McCartney and Madonna; on stage in Paris, the names include Shakira, Johnny Hallyday, Muse and Youssou N\'Dour. The Brandenburg Gate venue will feature A-ha, Herbert Groenemeyer, Die Toten Hosen, Lauryn Hill, Sasha and Wir sind Helden; Rome, in turn, boasts headliners such as Faith Hill, Nek, Tim McGraw and Zucchero. In Philadelphia, Live 8 has attracted artistes and bands such as Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Destiny\'s Child, Rob Thomas, Sarah McLachlan and Stevie Wonder, while Bryan Adams, Simple Plan, Our Lady Peace, Bruce Cockburn and the Barenaked Ladies will all perform in Barrie, Canada. The complete line-ups are featured on the Live 8 website www.live8live.com.
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Inside ASIS&T
DASER-2 to Examine STM Publishing
The American Society for Information Science and
Technology (ASIS&T), ASIS&T Special Interest
Group/Scientific and Technical Information Systems (SIG/STI) and the
Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T are pleased to announce
DASER-2, the second Digital Archives for Science &
Engineering Resources Summit, December 2-4, 2005, at the
from a late April date, DASER-2 will examine
new issues and challenges related to digital archives and
science-technology-medicine (STM) publishing. This conference will
explore issues surrounding digital libraries, institutional
repositories and open access publishing:
impact of OA on the future of STM libraries
institutional repository models: what works and what doesn't
publisher-library collaboration strategies, now and in the
near future
institutional repository object issues theses, datasets,
learning objects, etc.
user needs and patterns related to digital libraries
and technology libraries are undergoing
intense change. Patrons are demanding more e-content
with better tools. Print collections must still be maintained.
Digital archiving and preservation is still in its infancy. The
serials pricing crisis is exacerbated by the need to purchase many
materials in dual formats. And now we
have institutional repositories and open access to manage.
It is within this chaotic environment that the DASER (pronounced
like laser but with a "d") summits operate a
venue where the movers and
shakers in our profession get together to assess and
evaluate, collaborate and communicate.
For more information about DASER-2, please visit www.daser.org
or www.asist.org.
SIG/III Announces
6th International Paper Contest
Special Interest Group/International Information Issues (SIG/III)
invites submissions for its sixth
International Paper Competition on digital libraries and information
science and technology advances in developing countries. The theme
for this years competition is Bringing Research and Practice
Together The Developing World Perspective.
winning papers will be selected. Each winner will receive a two-year
individual membership in ASIS&T. In
addition, the
first place winner will receive financial support toward travel,
conference registration and accommodations while attending the
ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, October
28-November 2, 2005.
papers may address issues at either the country or regional level.
Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific
aspects of this theme, such as, but not limited to, the following:
Social, ethical, political, legal and economic and
cultural issues
Information organization, management, access and
Information seeking and use
Information technology, social equity and development
panel of judges including Liwen Vaughan, chair; Yunfei Du;
Yin Zhang; Duncan Omole; Merlyna Lim; Julian
Warner; and Nathalie Leroy will select winners.
Eligible Authors
authors of submitted papers must be citizens of and residents in
developing countries. Previous winners of the SIG/III International
Paper Contest are not eligible. Papers should be original,
unpublished and in English. SIG/III encourages submissions from
librarians, information and network specialists and educators
involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange,
discovery, delivery and use of digital information.
are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5000 words, by June
30, 2005, to Duncan Omole at firstname.lastname@example.com .
information about the SIG/III International Paper Contest is
available at www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/papercontest.htm
News about ASIS&T Chapters
The Los Angeles Chapter of American Society for Information
Science and Technology (LACASIS) scheduled The Mind's
Eye: Theory and Practice of Digital Imaging in Cultural Heritage
Institutions as its April meeting, held at the Berkeley Art
Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Among the featured presenters on
cultural imaging projects was Layna White, head of
collections information and access at San Francisco Museum of Modern
For May, LACASIS scheduled a half-day program on Open
Source from a Decision-Maker's Perspective. Several
organizations were to give insights into how they have dealt with
open source applications. Among the topics were open source
software; DSPACE as a tool for disseminating training videos; the
Archivists' Toolkit; and legal aspects of using open source
its March meeting, the Wisconsin Chapter of ASIS&T
planned a presentation entitled The
Pinyin Conversion Project and the Challenge of Cleaning Up Afterward, featuring Philip Melzer, vice-president/president-elect of the Council
of East Asian Libraries, and team leader of the Korean/Chinese
cataloging team at the Library of Congress. The session focused on a
massive undertaking by American libraries to convert to the pinyin
system of romanizing the Chinese language. The presentation
described the planning of the project, the mechanics of the
conversion, some of the complexities involved and the challenge of
finding and converting romanized Chinese text on non-Chinese and
pre-MARC cataloging records.
In early May, the New
England Chapter of ASIS&T (NEASIST) took a shot at making sense of
many of the new and maturing technologies now in the marketplace. Syndicate,
Aggregate, Communicate: New
Web Tools in Real Applications for Libraries, Companies and Regular
Folk featured three early adopter information specialists who
have explored and experimented with such tools as blogs, wikis, RSS,
instant messenging (IM), chat, browser add-ons, bookmarklets and
folksonomies. They discussed how these tools could be used for
personal information management; internal staff or project
communication; website content development; and making content
findable on the Internet.
Then in late May, NEASIST scheduled its annual spring
awards dinner recognizing colleagues for their hard work and
contributions to the Society. Three chapter awards were to be
announced: two Student Paper Awards (travel grants to attend the
2005 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina); the
Simmons Student Member-of-the-Year award; and the NEASIST Chapter
Member-of-the-Year award.
The Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology (CO-ASIST) held its
annual meeting in early May with a presentation by Joe Branin,
director of libraries for Ohio State University, speaking on New
Spaces and Places in the Ohio State University Libraries. He
described how research libraries are responding to changes in the
information technology, higher education and public funding
The Indiana Chapter of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology (I-ASIS&T) presented Understanding,
Motivating and Successfully Working with the Millennial Generation
in May. Speakers and participants in the session discussed
generational differences between the millennial generation
beginning with people born in 1980 now hitting the workplace and
workers of earlier generations.
The Southern Ohio Chapter of the American Society
for Information Science and Technology (SOASIST) will
take an in-depth look at Google at its June meeting. Glen Horton,
technology coordinator for the Greater Cincinnati Library
Consortium, will discuss some additional ways to get better results
from your searches. In addition, he will demonstrate some of the
features and tricks that make Google more than just a search engine.
News from ASIS&T SIGs
Special Interest Group/Library Technologies
(SIG/LT) published its first newsletter recently thanks to
the group's chair, Cindy Campbell. The SIG is eager to share
information about its mission and its plans for the ASIS&T 2005
Annual Meeting with all ASIS&T members. The group is also
looking for dynamic members who can help promote SIG/LT and help it
develop projects in the field of library technologies. Check it all
out at http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/siglan-l/attachments/20050215/3df9bf6f/Jan2005.pdf.
Special Interest Group/Scientific and Technical Information
Systems (SIG/STI) is continuing its annual grant to a library and
information science student with an interest or background in
chemistry or chemical engineering. The $1000 grant, made available
by a gift from Chemical Abstracts Service, is to defray the cost of
attending the 2005 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. The application form
is available at www.asis.org/SIG/SIGSTI/awards/award-cas2005-app.html
(or www.asis.org/SIG/SIGSTI/awards/cas2005.doc). Application
deadline is July 20, 2005.
News about ASIS&T Members
Marcia J. Bates, professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA,
and her colleague Mary Niles Maack, have accepted appointments as
editors of the third edition of the Encyclopedia of Library and
Information Science (ELIS), published by Marcel Dekker. They
will take over from current editor Miriam Drake. With the
help of an expanded editorial board, the new editors plan a thorough
review of the overall plan for the encyclopedia, re-conceptualizing
the compendium for the greatly expanded domains of the information
professions and institutions in the Internet age.
Charles W. Bailey, Jr., assistant dean for Digital Library
Planning and Development at the University of Houston Libraries, has
published Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly
Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals. This book,
which is under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial
License, has been published in print form by the Association of
Research Libraries (ARL). ARL
and the author have also made the book freely available as a PDF
file (http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/oab.htm).
Bailey is the author of a number of digital publications, and
he was the founding editor-in-chief of The Public-Access Computer
Systems Review.
Suzie Allard and Kendra Albright, both assistant professors in the School of
Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, received major
university awards at the College of Communication and Information
Convocation program. Allard was honored with the Outstanding Faculty
Teaching Award and Albright received the Innovative Technology
Teaching Award. The awards honor faculty in the four schools of the
College of Communication and Information.
from an ASIS&T Institutional Member
IU Informatics Team Takes First Place in
International Student Design Competition
student team from the School of Informatics at Indiana
University won first place in the International Student Design
Competition, sponsored by the Association for Computing
Machinerys Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI).
second annual competition is a three-phase, six-month process, which
ultimately brings a select few teams to the CHI conference. IUs
winning team was one of four IU teams all human-computer
interaction graduate students selected to attend the second
round of competition in Portland, Oregon, after beating out national
and international teams in the first round.
teams from all over the globe were invited to submit their written
solutions to this years research challenge: create a design for
artificial companionship to support the social well-being of seniors
above the age of 65.
years winning team proposed Project mPath, a volunteer network to
be implemented within assisted-living facilities. As part of the
project, volunteers would assess social relationships and emotional
reactions, inputting information into the system, which would
examine data over time to isolate anomalies, highlight trends and
anticipate future responses.
ASIS&T Presents Audit
The full report of the ASIS&T auditors on the 2004 financial statements is presented on this and the following pages.
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Information Science and Technology


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Michigan Relief Workers Prepare to Help Storm Victims in Oklahoma
Posted: May 21, 2013 11:31 AM EDT Updated: May 21, 2013 6:21 PM EDT
By Roop Raj, Fox 2 News – email
(WJBK) – As people struggle to pick up the pieces in the areas of Oklahoma ravaged by tornadoes, we've learned some relief will be coming from right here in Michigan.
Members of a local group that travels across the country providing aid to those hit by natural disasters will soon be heading to Oklahoma City.
We caught up with Greg Martin at Detroit Metro Airport on Tuesday and asked him about the goals of his upcoming trip to Oklahoma. "Try to catch up with city officials, try to talk to the teachers in the neighborhood, try to talk to the people who live there to find out who needs what," Martin said.
Before his trip Martin and other members of the group he founded called 'Disaster Relief at Work' or DRAW were preparing supplies.
DRAW has already helped in 10 other disasters in the past year. "Superstorm Sandy, we've hit a couple of tornadoes. We also went to the fertilizer plant, the explosion that happened in West, Texas about a month ago. And so we're ready to help now, here," Martin said.
Volunteers filled buckets with everything from restoration materials to cleaning supplies at an Oakland County warehouse.
Martin was leaving on Tuesday to assess and then on Thursday he and a group of 12 people from Michigan will head out to help. "We need to get all the information we can, of areas so that when we go we know what areas have been hit hardest and what needs they have. Whether it's moving trees or patching roofs or if it's just bringing buckets of supplies that we do."
DRAW can always use help preparing buckets for its relief efforts.


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Listening to @han's 2010 dConstruct talk whilst wrestling with my printer. It will print my gurdy plans. I will make it.
I hope that as I continue my #lutherie career the excitement of designing an instrument and ordering the wood never wears off.
@joviansalak awesome! Chainsaw is certainly on my list of #lutherie purchases… some way under metalworking lathe though ;)
Finally got a #gurdy body design I'm happy with. Just spent 30 mins trying to persuade the printer to print it. Finally, success!
Iterating over a #gurdy with sharpies and a TV:
This morning I am brutally murdering approximately 80 ice cream sticks for #lutherie purposes.
Just uploaded a demo of my Vio Hurdy Gurdy's pickups: https://soundcloud.com/barnabywalters/vio-hurdy-gurdy-bouree-aurore-sand
Just realised where I'd seen the @geoloqi logo before. Hurdy Gurdies have loads of them inside:
Got a lot of good work done on the vio — much more expressive now. Looking forward to showing it off next week!
Off to the workshop to make some last minute changes to my Vio Gurdy before Chateau d'Ars!
Doing a fret dress whilst listening to Peter Gabriel. I love my job.
More tags+@openphoto API fun: My instrument catalogue now pulls in tagged photos on most pages: http://waterpigs.co.uk/lutherie/
I demonstrate my first hurdy gurdy build: http://youtu.be/HqWbRE_aGyI
Gurdy people: know anyone who wants to get into Gurdy playing? I'm making custom gurdies from £900, with the option to rent a symphonie 1/2 price whilst I'm building.
Fitted the low G string to my Gurdy. WOAH. I have been missing out all these years. Video coming soon.
I put all the Vio Gurdy info and links in one place: http://waterpigs.co.uk/lutherie/catalogue/hurdy-gurdies/vio/
Just did a photo shoot of my latest build: My Hurdy Gurdy!


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Event: A grand Premiere for the award winning highly acclaimed film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE which has been nominated at Oscars was held in a style at Imax, Mumbai.
Guest List: Madhuri Dixit Nene, Aamir Khan, Anil Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Suzanne Roshan Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Sushmita Sen, Imraan Khan, Avantika Malik, Genelia D'Souza, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Amrita Rao, Neha Dhupia, Ritwik, Jia Khan, Sophie Chaudhary, Preity Zinta, Nash Wadia, Dilip Kumar, Sayera Banu, Sonali Kulkarni, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranbir Shorey, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, Maria Goretti, Irfan Khan, Jeetendra, Tusshar Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Soniya Mehra, Sabana Azmi, Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Shefali Chhaya, Vipul Shah
Venue: Imax, Mumbai.
Date: 22-Jan-2009
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Apple Inc. will build a new facility in Austin that is expected to create more than 3,600 jobs.
Gov. Rick Perry announced the facility Friday. He says Apple's new campus will more than double the number of workers Apple has in Texas during the next decade.
Apple will get $21 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund, created by the Legislature in 2003 to lure businesses and job growth. Perry says a local incentive agreement with Austin and Travis County is still pending.
The new campus will provide customer support, sales and accounting functions for Apple.


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Justin Timberlake Makes Triumphant Super Bowl Return
Justin also debuted new songs called "Little Pusher Love Girl" and "Bad Girl" at the party. Click inside to watch those performances!!!
Justin Timberlake performs his song "Suit & Tie" live for the first time at the DIRECTV Super Saturday Night during the 2013 Super Bowl Weekend on Saturday (February 2) in New Orleans, La. The 31-year-old entertainer was joined by surprise guest Jay-Z for the performance.
"Getting ready for 'Super Saturday Night' with @DIRECTV," Justin tweeted before the event. It was recently revealed that Justin will be reteaming with his Social Network director David Fincher for the music video for "Suit & Tie," which reportedly began production earlier in the week, according to The Playlist.
Photos from the Event (Click for largers)
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The Complete Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) Gear Guide
Nick Zinner, of New York band The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, has certainly cemented his position as a true "guitar hero" for the 21st Century. With new album It's Blitz out now and a string of live dates recently announced - including Reading and Leeds Festival - it's time to have a look at the gear Zinner uses to create his unique sound.
Nick Zinner (center) & his band mates of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The sounds he gets from his guitar and his style of playing are truly unique, but it's not that easy to find info on his gear on the web. We did some search for you, looked at some photographs and also dug out an old "Vice" magazine which published an interview with Nick Zinner, solely about his gear, over 2 years ago...here's the complete Nick Zinner gear guide
His main guitars are a Fender Stratocaster and a custom First Act Delia , a pretty cool semi-acoustic.
Nick uses a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 (a favorite amongst several new indie bands, such as The Strokes, Bloc Party, Babyshambles and others) and a Mesa/Boogie Mark III combo amp. But he also uses a small Vox Pathfinder 15 for his drum-machine (a Zoom RT-123, discontinued. Easy to find on ebay. There's a new model, the Zoom RT-223). Nick said of this setup: "Lots of Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs feature a keyboard sound from this, like "Rich" and "Maps." I like running the RT-123 through either a distortion pedal or a cheap amp...you can program loops into it. I have that through a foot pedal so I can turn it on and off with my foot while we're playing"
A more recent photograph seems to show Nick using an Ampeg B-100R between the Hot Rod DeVille and a Fender Twin...
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According to a 2003 article, he used to have two Boss delays: the vintage DM-3 and the new Boss DD6 (discontinued, now DD7). Nowadays, however, it seems Nick Zinner uses even more delay pedals! According to eyewitnesses, he has two Boss DD-6 onstage, as well as the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler, a Boss RC-20 Loop Station and 3 (!!!) Digitech JamMan pedals.
This is probably accurate...he seems to use lots of delay and loops to beef up the YYYs sound!
Nick Zinner - note DigiTech JamMan left of pic, and Line 6 DL4 right, between monitors
For Distortion, Nick used to have the classic Pro Co Turbo Rat (used by everyone from Radiohead to Sonic Youth) and now uses the Deucetone Rat. Apparently he also uses a Homebrew Power Screamer. He used to have a Octave Up Fuzz pedal as well, made for him by a Japanese company. We have no info whether he still uses it.
Other pedals he uses is an Electro Harmonix POG, and a DigiTech Hyper Phase.
Early Nick Zinner pedalboard:
1. BOSS DD-6 Digital Delay
There are reports that his ever-growing pedalboard now also includes a Line 6 MM4 (Modulation Modeler), a Digitech Whammy, an Electro Harmonix HOG and an EHX 2880 as well.
Finally, in a video for the "Down Boy" song, he can be seen playing a MicroKorg...which probably has been used on the new album!
Nick Zinner and his First Act Delia...and Space Echo in the background
Here's what Nick Zinner himself said of some the pedals and FX he uses or have used:
"This pedal is advertised as a means to basically "play with yourself," but I don't like to use it that way. You can record a sound and have it play back as a loop (repeating indefinitely) and record on top of that, then record on top of that, and so on forever and ever. To me, it's a sampler. I like to record and store sounds and parts of music I can't reproduce live on it. The RC-20 is able to sample a sound that's five minutes long."
"Hands down, the greatest delay pedal. If you don't know, delay is another word for echo. Play a note and it keeps repeating and repeating and repeating… triiiippy. The DL4, commonly referred to as "the green pedal," digitally reproduces every type of delay effect and pedal, from analog tape echo to programmable backward digital delay. It also has a sample loop function, but unlike the RC-20, it's not able to store the sound after it's been turned off. I use this in the beginning of the YYY song "Maps" to keep that one note ringing through the whole damn song. Live, the green pedal usually gets the highest nod approval rating from the guitar players in the front row who stare at my hands and feet ..."
"I prefer to use the RE-201, without the chorus, as a pre-amp/compressor with a slight amount of spring reverb. The Space Echo works by having a reel of tape which is continually fed through three heads that play back while recording, making an echo, or delay. By alternating the path of the playback within the heads, you can control the timing and pattern of the echo. All the old dub records were originally made using only these units." [ the Space Echo is very rare and expensive, however, Boss has just released the RE-20 Space Echo pedal, which faithfully reproduces the Space Echo sounds]
"Phase is produced by splitting a signal and shifting one of the sounds ever so slightly. The more you shift the signal, the more "whooooeeeeesh" effect you get. The pedal works by doing this through different frequency and sound-wave variations, recombining the effect with the original source sound at different speeds, with harmonic and non-harmonic relationships. Or something like that. Everything sounds "cool" through it, especially feedback, but please, use it sparingly. It can get very irritating."
"My favorite new pedal. This is a Polyphonic Octave Generator, meaning you can make multiple real-time re-creations of the input sound in different registers, or octaves. I can play one note, and it sounds like a goddamned orchestra. Unlike most octave pedals, which have a slight delay in the output sound, this one is very fast and works with chords. This is all over the new YYY record ["Show Yr Bones"] Even though this pedal only came out like last year, Jack White already beat me by using one on the first single from the last White Stripes record [ "Blue Orchid"]."
Updated For 2013!
Premier Guitar had a word with Nick's guitar and looked at his massive pedal rig in depth. Many of the core pedals remain with a DD-7 rather than a DD-6 for tweaking live and creating soundscapes between songs. The Homebrew Power Screamer & Deucetone Rat are joined by an Electro Harmonix Graphic Fuzz for fuzz/distortion sounds. The sample pedals have been augmented with the inclusion of two Digitech JamMan Stereos, as the YYY's have gotten more comfortable using samples in the studio they've had to incorporate more tech on stage. Another important reason for so many pedals is that they don't have a bassist so Nick has to fill in on the low end and filling up the spectrum. It's fair to say that with his third (!) pedal board now taking on a second Line 6 DL4 and 3 Eventide effects including the PitchFactor, Space & TimeFactor pedals. Surprisingly Nick says he's not a techy pedal buff however, mainly using tweaked presets and just getting inspired by good sounds.
I really try to makes it as simple as possible, I'm not that much of a gear head... I'm a sound head.
In terms of guitars Nick tells us that he's recently been given a Johnny Marr Signature by the man himself, using it live in standard tuning. He's still rocking his favourite First Act Delia and Strats, including the Jumbo fretted model that he modded in his teens.
Visit the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Artist Page at Dolphin, to see which Nick Zinner gear is available now!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs official website
Onstage interview with Nick Zinner
Vice interview with Nick Zinner


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As part of the 31 Flavors of Fun experiment where I created 31 new releases, one for each day in August, I applied some of the knowledge gained along the way and created a new OS for the XO-1. It's called Tic Tac Toe because, just like when we see a tic tac toe board, how to use it becomes imediately apparent.
It'a main feature is that it works like using any other desktop application, making it extremely easy to use. The Menubar at the top was of the two biggest features that came to the forefront during the building of the various releases.
If you want to see the new OS in action come and see the demo during my talk at 4:00pmn on Saturday the 29th at the Ohio Linux Fest. I'll also be giving away free DVDs of the final E2O Release featuring the other most inovative feature that emerged from the release marathon.
If you just can't wait, On-Disk.com has Tic Tack Toe available on a Class 10 SD Card/USB Flash at $20 off.
See you in Columbus!


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hi, i just bought a pc microphone, i tried entering yahoo voice chat and recording my voice in windows sound recorder but i can't hear anything. I already have a sound driver. I tried checking my microphone configuration and it is set to maximum level. Do I need to download any driver? pls help me...
I will check this forum when I get back....pls pm me your response..thanks


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Birds' Snap Skid To Beat St. Paul
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Two streaks ended on Sunday afternoon at Sioux Falls Stadium, both welcome relief for the Sioux Falls Canaries.
The Canaries' 6-3 victory over the St. Paul Saints snapped their seven-game losing streak while halting the Saints' five-game winning streak. The Birds (14-29) salvaged the finale of the three-game series and a six-game homestand.
Canaries starter Kyle Ruwe (4-5) played the stopper role by limiting St. Paul (22-20) to one run across eight innings. After giving up a run on back-to-back hits in the second inning, he shut out the Saints over the next six on four hits. He scattered eight hits total while walking one and striking out one.
Down 1-0 in the second inning, the Canaries rallied for four runs on five straight hits to start the bottom of the fourth. Cory Morales and Marcos Rodriguez each singled, and Clark then knocked Morales home. Tim Pahuta followed with a three-run home run into the right field parking lot, his second in as many games and 13th of the season.
Pahuta, who was 1-for-4, wrapped up an exceptional month of June in which he hit .396 with 11 home runs and 26 RBI.
Nick Van Stratten doubled to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning and scored on a double play. In the eighth, Jared Clark belted a triple off the center field wall and plated on Jake Taylor's double for a 6-1 Canaries advantage.
The Saints had the bases with two outs in the ninth inning when they were helped to two runs by Stephen King's fielding error. That brought the tying run to the plate, but J.P. Ramirez slid to grab Adam Frost's sinking liner in left field for a game-saving catch.
Wes Roemer (4-5) suffered the loss for the Saints. He allowed five runs and nine hits in six innings of work while striking out two.
After a day off on Monday, the Canaries open a four game series in Kansas City against the T-Bones on Tuesday.
Courtesy: Sioux Falls Canaries


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Tech Investments Falling Short of Full Potential
Global organizations must take better command of their tech investments to manage change, according to a recent survey from The Hackett Group. On the positive side, this means a bigger budget for CIOs (albeit, not a staggering increase). But the pressure is on to develop better methods and tools to oversee talent recruitment/retention, data assets and performance assessment, among other needs. "IT priorities are being driven by the dramatic shift we're seeing globally," says John Reeves, leader of the global IT advisory program for The Hackett Group. "These changes are driving pressure on IT organizations to play a larger role, to be operationally flexible, reduce overhead and increase customer satisfaction to counter market volatility. IT needs to move beyond its traditional role as a cost center and focus on business enablement, to help companies drive towards one view of their products/services, their customers, and their financials." An estimated 200 global CIOs and other top execs took part in the research.


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Newton to host candidate forum Tuesday
The public is invited to the Meet the Candidates Forum Tuesday 7 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Catawba County Farm Bureau and prepare voters for the general elections in November. The forum will be held at the Newton-Conover Auditorium located at West 6th Street and North Ashe Avenue.
The forum includes a question-and-answer session. Questions directed to the candidates will be general interest questions from voters as well as agricultural-specific questions.
To read more of this story, pick up the weekend print edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.


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This year's annual Barnard Block party, a barbecue organized by the College Activities Office, as always celebrated the first day of classes. This year the event marked two additional noteworthy occasions: the party's return to Lehman Lawn from the Quad, and the official opening of the walkway reuniting the north and south ends of the campus. With the Diana Center nearing completion, the wall that surrounded the building site has been removed, and once again, there is an outdoor on-campus corridor joining the Lehman Walk with the Milbank Courtyard. In addition to the block party's tasty array of comestibles, class deans were on hand to greet students, answer questions, and hand out Barnard tote bags. "Lehman Lawn was wonderful and quite festive," said Vivian Taylor, vice president of community development and chief of staff. It was a spirited beginning to the academic year.
-Photographs by Martina Szarek '08


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1 By Fryd: New Online Magazine
The last few years have seen the death of many of our favorite flesh and blood magazines. Happily, within the last year or so, we're beginning to see the birth of new online magazines. 1 By Fryd is one we've been enjoying recently.
Created by Jeanette Lunde of Fryd + Design, whose home we checked out over on Apartment Therapy San Francisco, it's a visual treat of home inspiration, recipes and simple DIYs illustrated by Jeanette's beautiful and compelling photos. Click here to download the first issue.


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Boots and Bling: United Way kickoff set
It's time to unite, Howard County. It's time to come together for the United Way of Big Spring and Howard County's 67th Annual Campaign Kick-off Boots and Bling. The event will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Big Spring Country Club. Throughout the evening there will be a silent auction, live music from Freeride, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $25."It doesn't matter if you put on your tuxedo, a sundress or your boots and jeans. The main thing is to come out and support these agencies," said Jeanie Coor, outgoing executive director of United Way of Big Spring and Howard County. The 2012 campaign will run Sept. 1 through Nov. 20, of this year with funds being designated and distributed to the agencies next year. This year, the 14 agencies are the American Red Cross of Southwest Texas, Buffalo Trail Council Boy Scouts of America, CASA of West Texas, Dora Roberts Rehabilitation Center, Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest, Howard County Council on Aging Mobile Meals, Howard County Humane Society, Isaiah 58, Northside Community Center, Rape Crisis/Victim Services of Big Spring, The Salvation Army, Westside Community Day Care Center, YMCA of Big Spring, and the two new agencies — Big Spring Chaplains Association and Spring of Siloam. The kickoff is first-come, first-serve, due to limited seating. Tickets for the evening can be purchased from any of the 22 board membersor at the United Way office between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Chamber of Commerce will also have tickets available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Both offices are located at 215 W. Third St.To find out more information on Boots and Bling, call the United Way office at 267-5201.