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Bronx, NY – Hiroki Kuroda shut down a red-hot Toronto lineup, and the New York Yankees continued their home mastery of the Blue Jays with a 5-0 triumph in the opener of a three-game set.
Toronto had racked up 33 runs in the last three victories of a season-high four-game win streak it brought into Friday's showdown, but mustered a mere two hits and three baserunners in Kuroda's (6-2) eight innings of work.
The veteran righty added five strikeouts in leading New York to its eighth straight win over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium, where Toronto is a brutal 3-19 over its last 22 visits.
"He's had our number," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of Kuroda. "He's beat us three times this year. We haven't been able to do anything with him."
David Adams, Brett Gardner and Austin Romine backed Kuroda by collecting two hits apiece, with Adams scoring twice and Gardner and Romine driving in a run. Jayson Nix added a pair of sacrifice flies to help the Yankees bounce back from consecutive home losses to Seattle in their previous series.
Mark Buehrle (1-3) was charged with all five runs allowed in six-plus innings for Toronto, with Melky Cabrera and Edwin Encarnacion accounting for all four of the Blue Jays' hits on the evening.
Kuroda yielded a double to Cabrera to start the game, then proceeded to retire 18 of the next 19 hitters until Encarnacion singled with one out in the seventh. The only Blue Jay to reach over that stretch was Munenori Kawasaki, who walked in the third, but Kuroda promptly picked off his Japanese counterpart off first.
"That's what he does, he throws strikes and keeps guys off-balance," Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells said of Kuroda. "And that slider, when it's working it's as good as anyone's."
Buehrle also gave up an extra-base hit to the first batter he faced, as Gardner laced his second pitch of the night into the gap in left center and hustled his way to a triple. The speedster crossed the plate on a soft grounder from Robinson Cano two batters afterward, giving Kuroda all the support he eventually needed.
Like Kuroda, Buehrle settled down thereafter, not surrendering another hit until Adams opened the bottom of the fifth with a single. A base hit from Romine and a walk later loaded the bases with one out, and Adams beat Cabrera's throw home on a fly ball off the bat of Nix to put New York up by a 2-0 count.
Buehrle bounced back with a 1-2-3 sixth, but failed to record an out while faltering in the seventh.
Adams began a three-run inning with a ground-rule double and Ichiro Suzuki followed with a bunt single before Romine delivered a two-base hit into the left-field corner for a 3-0 game. Aaron Loup then came on in relief and was greeted by an RBI single from Gardner, with Romine scoring on Nix's second sac fly of the night to increase the margin to 5-0.
"He pitched good if you look at it realistically," said Gibbons. "He was right in it until the end there, two runs [allowed] going into the seventh inning."
Game Notes
Prior to the game, the Yankees placed Andy Pettitte on the 15-day disabled list after the 40-year-old lefty strained his trapezius muscle during Thursday's 3-2 loss to Seattle ... Buehrle fell to 1-10 in 15 career starts against New York and has lost eight straight decisions to the Yankees since besting them on Apr. 10, 2004 with the White Sox ... Romine was in the lineup in place of Chris Stewart, who exited Thursday's contest as well with a groin injury ... The Yankees are now 17-0 when scoring first this season, the majors' only unbeaten team in such situations ... Adams became the first Yankee to hit safely in his first three major league games since Shelley Duncan did so in four straight in 2007.


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It's the story of a cranky old former U.S. attorney general who tears through one secretary after another as he writes his memoirs until he runs into a feisty young Canadian woman. Based on Joanna McClelland Glass' real experiences with Francis Biddle in his octogenarian years, the play touches on the life of a pivotal statesman (Biddle was a key figure during the Nuremberg trials and attorney general under FDR).
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The rest of the country might be gearing up for Thanksgiving, but at South Coast Plaza, Christmas officially began Thursday evening.
The shopping destination hosted its 31st annual tree lighting ceremony at Town Plaza Center with traditional carolers, tap-dancing reindeer, and Santa and Mrs. Claus' arrival from the North Pole leading up the main event — lighting up a 96-foot tall tree.
"From our family to yours, we wish you the very best the holidays have to offer, and we thank you for coming to celebrate with us today," said Stan Taeger, speaking on behalf of the Segerstrom family and South Coast Plaza.
The tree, a white fir — which traveled more than 650 miles from Mt. Shasta to Costa Mesa — stood in a bed of poinsettias and was decorated with more than 20,000 multicolored lights, which were turned on as snow descended softly on the crowd.
"Today we light the traditional Christmas tree as a reminder of all that is good in the world," Santa said.
Thousands of families came out to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season, bundling up against the chilly, starless night and taking family photos in front of the tree. There were holiday cookies, hot cider and red-and-white Santa hats for everyone.
Orange Country High School of the Performing Arts students performed carols dressed in traditional costumes straight out of Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol." Students also put on a montage of upbeat Christmas songs featuring gingerbread girls, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman and Ol' Saint Nick himself.
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How Can I Trust Her if I Can't See What She's Doing?
Heather Corinna replies:How do I find out if my girlfriends flirting and talking about other guys? She says she doesn't, she's begging me to trust her but how can I if we are in a long-distance relationship?
Long story short? You already asked her. She says she doesn't. You either believe her or you don't. She also seems to be expressing frustration that you're not extending trust to her and believing what she tells you. We can trust someone whether they're right next to us or far, far away. Trust isn't about checking in on someone constantly or always being around so you can see and know what they're doing. Instead, when there is trust, we don't feel a need to do that. It's a lack of trust which makes that feel necessary.
Here's the much-longer answer.
For sure, we'll often want to know what people we're in a relationship with are doing because we're interested in their lives or because we want to know when they'll be home from an outing so we don't worry something bad has happened to them. That's all fine and good, and not about trust. That's just about liking someone and caring about them. Wanting to know those things isn't the same as needing to know those things or exactly what they're doing, with whom, or every single thing they are thinking to trust them.
A lot of people don't totally get to understand what trust is or what it's all about, so I want to share a few paragraphs from another article here with you to make it clear:
Trust is is a firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; to have or place confidence in, to believe. Trust between people is something to be extended and built, not something to be proved. We can't demand someone else trusts us: we can only prove ourselves to be trustworthy, extend trust ourselves and give that person the choice to place trust in us if they want to, understanding that for healthy people, that often takes time.
When we trust each other, we believe what each of us says we feel and do. We feel our private and personal information and lives are in safe keeping with another person, that that person won't betray us or our confidences. We have faith in each of us doing our best to keep and honor our agreements. We feel we can depend on one another, and feel confident that we and a partner are people of integrity and good character. When we trust each other, we allow one another freedoms and accept that not only can we not know what someone else is doing 24/7, but that we shouldn't need to know that if we trust someone.
Some people will say they trust a given person or people completely right from the start. What they usually mean when they say that is that they don't have limits or boundaries, that they're engaging in some kind of denial or are just not taking care of themselves. Trust is built gradually, just like the whole of a relationship. What's healthy with trust is to each be extending little bits of it at a time, such as by sharing personal information, making smaller agreements, and then expanding that trust more and more as we show each other that we are can both trust and be trusted.
I'm going to assume, based on how you're talking, that you two have made an agreement to be romantically and/or sexually exclusive with each other. However, because the agreements people have and make about exclusivity (for those who do) are so different, I can't make any assumptions about what those agreements entail. All of our relationships vary, all of our wants and needs vary, so all of our agreements in relationships will tend to vary. But we can talk about what I think is healthy and isn't with agreements and expectations, and I can tell you what I think is generally reasonable and unreasonable.
People talk about people. We talk about friends, about family, about strangers, about celebrities, about acquaintances; we talk about people we find attractive in any number of ways or people we find unattractive in any number of ways. Very, very few people will only ever have romantic or sexual interest in one person alone, not over a lifetime, and often not even when they are in existing romantic or sexual relationships. People who are earnestly single-mindedly and completely focused on only one person who they find attractive to the complete exclusion of every other person on earth also don't tend to be psychologically or interpersonally healthy people.
Most people who choose to be sexually and/or romantically exclusive with someone don't choose that because that is the only person in the whole world they find of sexual or romantic interest, but instead because that is a person they have the highest levels of those interest in, who shares those feelings for them and who wants the same kind of relationship that they do. If people were only monogamous because they had no other interests or options, then monogamy wouldn't be meaningful, just like when women don't have the right to reproductive choice, a woman choosing to give birth and parent is only so meaningful. It's the ability to choose, and having choices to choose from, that makes any one choice have weight and meaning.
Human beings are curious critters. We wonder, we daydream, we ruminate, we question. We think about things: things we want, things we don't want, things we might or might not want, but we don't really know. And sometimes we talk about it. So, she might talk about other guys at some point. But I'd encourage you to also recognize that even if she is, that doesn't mean she's being disloyal to you or that she intends to break any agreements with you per seeing other guys. It may just mean that, just like the rest of us, probably including you, she thinks and wonders about people and sometimes thinks and wonders out loud with words to other people.
I want to also point out that because someone is sexually oriented in such a way that they may be attracted to a given sex or gender (like to guys) doesn't mean every thought or interaction they have with people of that sex or gender is or must be sexual or romantic. Lots of people are platonic friends with people who are members of a group they might find attractive romantically or sexually. So, if she's talking about guys, some of the guys she's talking about might be her male friends, people she wants to keep as friends.
Flirting is trickier to address, because people define and enact flirting very differently, and with a variety of motivations. As well, one person may not be flirting or be intending to flirt, while someone else might think they were. Some people are just "flirty" -- are very physical, a little sexual, or just very open and warm -- with other people by their nature, because that's just the timbre of a lot of the way they socialize or express themselves. All the same, what flirting is by dictionary definition is to behave amorously without serious intent, and to to show superficial or casual interest.
Flirting isn't always about pursuing anything or taking any kind of sexual or romantic action. When someone is doing it, it's usually just a way of expressing that person may have fleeting sexual or romantic feelings, NOT any kind of promise to put those feelings into action or even a desire or intent to ever do so. Flirting doesn't have to lead to anything that would be beyond whatever agreements we have made together, such as an agreement to only be sexual with each other, or to only pursue any sexual or romantic relationships with other people within certain agreed-upon boundaries and protocols. Flirting often doesn't lead to anything else for a whole lot of people.
Some people who have sexual and romantic exclusivity agreements with a partner don't have an issue with a partner flirting, because they know that flirting isn't having sex with someone else or having a romantic relationship with or any kind of serious interest in someone else. It's just casually expressing a momentary feeling. Being comfortable with that, though, can also be something that takes some time, some personal growth and maturity and certainly some trust. Not feeling threatened by flirting can be something that's tougher for younger people to do than for older people, who have had more time to become secure in themselves and others.
Like I said about talking about guys, when we trust our partners and when we also feel secure in ourselves we'll accept they may be attracted to other people, as most people are, but we also will feel pretty okay about that because we believe they want to and will honor the agreements they have made with us. It's faith and trust that leads us to make those kinds of agreements and believe the person we've made them with will honor them, not the ability to keep an eye on every single thing they are doing every single day. If we didn't think they'd honor agreements, we wouldn't asked them to make them, right?
I don't know what agreements you and your girlfriend have made around flirting or other parts of your relationship. Have you talked about what flirting IS for each of you and come to a definition you both agree on? have you made sure any exclusivity agreements you've made together are healthy, sound and fair? For instance, it's generally considered healthy to agree that a partner will not have sex with someone else outside a relationship, not do anything expressly sexual or romantic with someone else. It's generally considered unhealthy to make agreements that a partner won't speak to a given person or group of people, won't talk about people in any given way, or won't be affectionate with people they are close to. Obviously, there can be some fine lines there, but to give you an example, many people are physically affectionate with their close friends. So, asking someone not to hug or platonically snuggle a male close friend wouldn't be so cool, but asking them not to give that friend a lap dance or kiss them the way they kiss you would be fair.
One of the fine lines with all this is making sure the agreements you're making are about things that help you be close to each other, not about trying to police or control anyone. It's also sound to be sure we're making agreements from a place of security within ourselves, not from a place of insecurity where we're asking partners to enable us in avoiding challenges so we don't have to grow.
I understand that some people, when dating, prefer from even the most casual date to agree to make exclusivity agreements right from the start, but that's not what I'd advise. Certainly, people can choose to date others who are clear they're not dating other people, but that's not quite the same as an express agreement to be exclusive. Any time we make agreements with someone, if we want them to be sound and appropriate, we have to walk in with some measure of trust. If we don't have any or enough trust yet to feel confident we and others will honor agreements, then in my book it's usually too early to make them. Let me give you a couple examples outside the realm of romantic or sexual relationships, in case that's obtuse.
When most of us were little, our parents or guardians got babysitters for us. The agreement with them, of course, was that they agreed to take very good care of us, in exchange for payment or as a personal favor. If they asked someone to care for us, since we were vulnerable, valuable and in need of care, they likely asked someone they knew they could trust to honor that agreement. Maybe they knew that person was trustworthy because he or she babysat for friends of theirs, and the friends had good things to say; maybe they called for a reference for that person. Maybe they already knew that person, over time, and had a clear sense they could be trusted. What our parents probably did not do as just find someone to do that off the street who they had never met or barely knew, because they could not have had any idea if that person would have honored that agreement.
To give another example, I trust the people who volunteer here at this site. I don't accept volunteers here who I haven't already observed in some way and felt are capable and trustworthy or who I know are from references. I will also gradually build trust over time, not giving a new volunteer the ability to have full access to and control of every part of the site, because I need to find out first if that's sound. If and when I am giving them a lot of responsibility, and access to anything in which the site could be vulnerable, it's because I know I can trust them and we have built trust together. In other words, I accept volunteers I feel I can extend some trust to right from the start, but then as that trust is gradually built and increased over time, I gradually increase what I'm trusting them with.
With exclusivity agreements, not only do you need to be sure they're reasonable, you need to be sure you have the level of trust you need to make them in the first place. If you don't yet, but still want to make the agreement, then you need to at least extend faith. Faith is different than trust: it's about believing something without proof. In this case, maybe you can't know or verify a girlfriend isn't doing a thing, but you have faith in her that she won't. Same goes for calling someone a boyfriend or a girlfriend, if those are meaningful terms to you, rather than words you use to describe anyone you're dating, seriously or casually. Until you have been able to build some trust or have some faith, and have some clear sense that your heart will be safe in that, you don't want to leap to that.
It's also wise to check in with yourself to be sure you're in the right headspace for a relationship at a given time, or for one where you're making exclusivity or other agreements. Sometimes people want someone they are dating not to do the things you're worried about because they feel very insecure about themselves. Sometimes people want those things out of a need to control someone else. Sometimes people feel so vulnerable for any given reason -- maybe they have had their trust betrayed before -- that they don't feel safe dating or entering intimate relationships without a whole lot of protections.
I don't know you, and your post gave me little to no information, so I can't know what your motivations or feelings are here. But I do know that any motives like that, should you have them, suggest that you getting serious about someone right now might not be what's best for you with where you're at. If and when someone is feeling deeply insecure, strongly vulnerable or easily hurt, and/or feels a need to control, the best bet is usually to invest the kind of energy you'd put into an intimate relationship into yourself, and doing work on feeling better about yourself first.
Long-distance relationships also require both a bit more trust and faith than in-person relationships. So, it may be that the issue is that a long-distance relationships isn't the right thing for you right now, or with this person, or it's too soon for this relationship to have that kind of distance. If this is an online relationship, it may be non-optional that it's long-distance. If that's the case, but you can't handle the distance or can't build trust this way, then this may be someone best as a friend, not as a girlfriend.
Let's go back to the basics of trust from the top. We can't beg someone to trust us, or try and push someone to trust us before they actually have started to or before we have built that trust. We also need to have some basis on which to build trust, even if that basis is as simple as the fact that you like that person enough to want to be intimately involved with them, which, in a healthy relationship, does tend to suggest you think that person has some integrity. I have no idea how long you two have been together, so again, there's a lot I don't know. If this is a very new relationship, then it's obviously not the same situation as it would be if you two have been together for a while. If you have been together a while, have made agreements with her, and/or are continually asking her about what she's doing without believing her, it's understandable she's frustrated. If you are brand-new to each other, though, she can only reasonably expect so much trust, even though it is reasonable for her to expect you will believe her when you ask these things and won't hound her about them.
You get to have what needs you do, including what your needs are in protecting your own heart. If you don't feel you can build trust with someone at this distance, that's okay, and the other person needs to honor and accept that. But you still have to be forthright about that with her and only ask things that are healthy and fair. If what you're asking really isn't fair or reasonable -- or even possible -- then you need to stop asking and figure out if you can handle this relationship and this model of relationship without doing that. If what you're asking is reasonable, but you still don't feel secure, you can either talk about this together and come up with some healthy, creative solutions (like maybe seeing each other more often, or like her more vocally expressing how she feels about you so you can have more confidence in those feelings) or again, figure that this just isn't the right relationship or situation for you right now and part ways.
Long story short again? Asking her not to think or talk about a whole gender isn't reasonable or healthy. Asking her not to flirt may or may not be okay, depending on what exactly you're asking, but it can be problematic. Saying you can't trust her because you can't listen in to all her conversations or watch her with others not only isn't true, because that's not what trust is, that would probably be about insecurity and/or control, not about love or trust. Saying you can't trust her because of being long-distance may be true for you, but if it is, this isn't the right relationship for you right now. So, you've got to think through all of this, sort it out in your own head, figure out what you need, can handle and is best for you, then make some choices.
I'm going to leave you with some extra links that might be of help in that process, but I also want to leave you with a clear message that it's okay if you're just not ready for a serious relationship right now, or this relationship, for whatever reason. All of us will have times in our lives when we're just not, or when we might really, really be into someone, or into the idea of being in a relationship, but the timing just isn't right for where we or the other person are at. That's okay, even if we might worry that we might not have the opportunity again to be with someone we like, or anyone we like, in a romantic relationship. Chances are, we'll have more than one chance at that with more than one person, or even the same person, and we're much more likely to have a healthy and mutually-awesome relationship when the timing and situation is really right for us.


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Christian Brothers University's RN to BSN Nursing Program is strengthening its relationship with the Congregational Health Network with a new online training course.
The online course is being developed with the help of a $12,100 grant that CBU recently received from The Promise of Nursing for Tennessee Nursing School Grant Program, which is administered by the Foundation of the National Student Nurses' Association.
The Congregational Health Network is a partnership between Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, more than 500 local church congregations and community health organizations. To participate with the health network, CBU nursing students must complete a 14-hour training session.
The online version of the course will be accessible at any time and completed at the student's chosen pace, which will relieve a burden on many CBU nursing students who work full-time in addition to attending classes.
In 2010 CBU's RN to BSN Program partnered with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare to provide nursing students with the chance to fulfill their clinical requirements while serving in the health network. Students earn real-world experience working within diverse local congregations and communities.
"What we are trying to do overall is increase the access to care and improve the health of our communities," said Dr. Peggy Ingrem Veeser, director of the CBU Nursing Program. "As a faith-based organization, we were happy to be able to partner with this particular program from Methodist."
–Dr. Peggy Ingrem Veeser Director, Christian Brothers University Nursing Program
The CBU Nursing Program graduated its first class of 18 students in December, and Veeser expects the college's RN to BSN program to get full approval for accreditation from the Tennessee Board of Nursing later this month.
The program is designed for working registered nurses and has an enrollment of 63 students.
Since forming in 2006, the Congregational Health Network has reduced mortality, inpatient utilization and health care costs and charges, while improving satisfaction with hospital care. On average, total health care costs among participants are $8,700 lower than among similar nonparticipants, generating more than $4 million in savings to the health care system.
Hospital charges among participants are significantly lower in 10 of the 12 most common diagnostic groups, including congestive heart failure, stroke, other cardiovascular diagnoses, and diabetes.
Program leaders say the savings stem from patients coming to the hospital before their conditions became highly acute.
"In our last cohort, we had six nurses involved with the CHN program, and we are hoping to increase that number with this new online availability," Veeser said. "Students are able to learn about in-hospital support, community health promotion, the social system between among congregations, volunteers and partners, and the training and education of the liaisons."
Students get health care training in areas like community care, visitation, end of life, mental health and first aid.
The health network employs 10 full-time navigators that work inside and outside the hospitals and serve as community case managers.
"They link into more than 550 unpaid volunteer liaisons from the churches that really do the work on the ground," said Dr. Teresa Cutts, CHN director of research for innovation for the center of excellence in faith and health.
Enrolled congregants are flagged by the health system's electronic medical records whenever admitted to the hospital. A hospital-employed navigator visits the patient to determine his or her needs, and then works with a church-based volunteer liaison to arrange post-discharge services and facilitate the transition to the community.
The liaisons and clergy members also receive training and other benefits from the health system, allowing them to serve as role models and provide education to congregants.
"The overall goal of the network is to improve the health care status of everyone in the Memphis area by 2020. The focus is more on community care giving, but the idea is to integrate that with the more traditional clinical work that we do in the hospital. It's all about the person-centered journey of health." Cutts said. "We've done more than 2,000 very in-depth training classes that are so high caliber that two local community colleges offer elective credit for completion of the core courses."
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Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus
By now you may have heard that a new strain of bird flu has been identified in China where a new virus – H7N9 – has infected chickens and pigeons sold in markets. On April 1, 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) first reported 3 people had been sickened with the new virus. Since then, additional cases have been reported inside China.
The new H7N9 virus has not been detected in people or birds in the United States.
Most people with H7N9 have severe respiratory illness; some have died. The virus does not appear to be spreading from person-to-person at this time.
H7N9 – a New Bird Flu Virus
The new H7N9 virus is a bird flu – or "avian influenza" – virus. The new virus is very different from other H7N9 viruses previously found in birds. Birds infected with H7N9 do not show signs of being sick. Genetic information about the virus suggests that H7N9 may be able to infect people and other mammals more easily than previous avian influenza viruses.
This is the first time that bird flu H7N9 virus has been found in people.
Spread of H7N9
Human infections with bird flu are rare but have occurred in the past. Most probably these infections happen after contact with infected poultry. Many of the human cases of H7N9 are reported to have had contact with poultry. However, some cases reportedly have not had such exposure.
Critically important, no person-to-person spread of the H7N9 virus has been found. Based on previous experience with other bird flu viruses – most notably H5N1 – some limited person-to-person spread of this H7N9 virus would not be surprising. Close contacts of confirmed H7N9 patients are being watched for signs of human-to-human spread of H7N9.
Source of H7N9
At this point, it is too early to tell much about what course this virus will take. Although H7N9 has been found in birds, birds are not necessarily the source – sometimes called "reservoir" – of the infection. Until veterinary experts can learn more about the source of the virus and how it spreads, they can only speculate – which means to make guesses – based on what similar viruses have done in the past.
Still Much to Learn
This is a developing situation as the H7N9 virus continues to change – or to "mutate". There is still much to learn. CDC is following this situation and working closely with national and partners around the world. With time, research will provide the answers we need.
For the Latest Information About Avian Influenza A H7N9 Bird Flu
To find answers to your questions about H7N9, please visit:
- Access the weekly report on number of confirmed human cases for avian influenza A(H7N9) reported to WHO
- Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus (CDC)
- Emergence of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Causing Severe Human Illness — China, February–April 2013 (CDC)
- H7N9: Frequently Asked Questions (CDC)
- Frequently Asked Questions on Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China (WHO)
- Latest Disease Outbreak News (WHO)
Practice Usual Precautions: Avian Flu (H7N9) in China (CDC)
Source: Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Chamber Orchestra Concert on Sundayby Karen Handley • November 27, 2007 Share:
The Wabash College Chamber Orchestra invites you to an evening concert at 7 p.m., Sunday, December 2 in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Under the direction of Wabash music instructor, Alfred S. Abel, the Wabash College Chamber Orchestra consists of a diverse group of Wabash College students, faculty, and members of the Crawfordsville community.
The concert will begin with Mozart's overture to Don Giovanni — an exciting and darkly dramatic piece that sets the stage for Mozart's romantic treatment of the Don Juan legend. The Chamber Orchestra's principal horn, Anne Sexton, is featured next in Mozart's Eb Horn Concerto #3, K. 447. It is a mature work that amply demonstrates Mozart's love of the horn and serves as a fine vehicle to display the soloist's virtuosity.
Three examples of Brahms' Hungarian Dances will follow. Originally written for piano, the orchestrated versions have become a part of the standard symphony repertoire, and continue to captivate audiences with their colorful ethnic beauty. The concert will close with Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite #2. Along with his piano concerto, the Peer Gynt Suites are Grieg's best loved and best known works, full of brooding Norwegian harmonies and lively character dances.
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Winter Storm Nemo has come and gone. Luckily, most of Philadelphia and its surrounding areas received more of the usual: a few harmless inches that could be swept away with a broom. For others, their luck didn't hold up as well. Five states had locations that received 30 inches of snow or more. Massachusetts and other parts of the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard were hit by powerful winds, some exceeding 80 mph, which caused power outages and significant coastal flooding. In many places today, they are still clearing roads and working to fix the damage done by Nemo.
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May 10, 2010
By Justin Tang
LOS ANGELES -- UCLA Anderson and UCSD's Rady School of Management organized the fourth annual California Clean Innovation Conference (CACI) at Covel Commons on May 7, 2010, an event that focused on current clean energy technology trends. The all-day conference featured panels that discussed California's progress in reaching its renewable energy goals and new technological innovations in the industry.
Highlighting the conference was an appearance by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who felt encouraged by a student-organized conference like CACI. "I'm here because I see the future of Los Angeles right here in this room who will write the future chapters of this city's story," Villaraigosa said. He also spoke about the success of Los Angeles' green movement and said, "While in the short term this may be a costly investment, the development of new technology will reduce costs, clean our environment, and better the future for our children."
After Villaraigosa finished, Brian Robertson, CEO of Amonix, delivered the opening keynote address. He spoke about the current state of solar energy in California and how it has steadily improved as a result of recent innovations. Despite the difficulties of paying for and installing solar energy, Robertson believed that, "Solar energy provides us the chance to pass on a cleaner planet to our children for the first time since the Industrial Revolution."
For more information about the conference, please check out http://cacleaninnovation.com
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the leading business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty members are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,800 students enrolled in MBA, Fully-Employed MBA, Executive MBA, UCLA-NUS Global Executive MBA, Master of Financial Engineering, and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 36,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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Foxy Brown may have been behind bars, but she lived the high life at Rikers Island.
Guards drooled over the rapper like fawning fans, bringing the incarcerated diva food and makeup. They gave her limitless TV and phone privileges and chilled in her cell, even carrying her bags when she got out last April, according to The New York Post.
Brown, charged with parole violation, got nine months in the slammer after she smacked around a few manicurists back in 2006. She spent her time prancing around in Gucci sneakers and a Fendi scarf, and when those got soiled, her jailhouse entourage brought her clean ones, according to the Post.
Princess Foxy even got some free press for her new album. Guards organized a photo shoot and interview with a magazine that featured Brown in time for the album's release.
Some people within the Department of Corrections are furious that guards jumped at the opportunity to be lackeys to Brown behind bars. And they say it's not the first time a star gets an easy time behind bars, courtesy of corrections officers. Officials told the Post the treatment Brown got is yet further proof that the system bends the rules for a lucky few.
"It's just out of control," one authority told the paper.
Another official said the problem stems from a lack of leadership at the top.
Last week, the jail's top rabbi, Leib Glanz, and correction chief Peter Curcio stepped down after the Post revealed they had orchestrated an extravagant bar mitzvah for a wealthy prisoner's son at a jail in lower Manhattan. That inmate was a regular recipient of perks and special treatment, according to published reports.
Glanz's boss, Imam Umar Abdul Jalil, apparently was the primary person authorizing royal treatment for Brown, placing special calls to the warden to adhere to Foxy's whim, according to the Post. He's under investigation by the city and the Manhattan DA.


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The warmth and energy of the earth
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The Geothermal museum in Larderello and the natural geothermal manifestations
Every Thursday afternoon, from 16.00 to 19.30
At 16.00 meeting at the Museum of Lardarello and guided tour with opening demonstration of an extraction well.
A completely renovated museum, an extraordinary history between man and geothermal phenomena starting from the use of the resource in the Etruscan and medieval period to the industrial development and the challenge of today's alternative energy.
At 17.30 transfer to the geothermal manifestations of Sasso Pisano.
Water sources sizzling between hot jets of steam and gurgling puddles of water, forming a scenic natural environment compared to a "hellish place".
At 19.00 welcome drink in the village of Sasso Pisano with products of the "Comunità del cibo pulito" by Slow Food
PRICE: €8, free for children up to 14 years old
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JMAPC needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 124 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
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we are a law firm based in New York City
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We need a complete setup including logo, business cards, and letterhead. We need everything to look professional, easy to ready with a logo that infuses confidence of law firm with the subtle flair that should reflect that we are young and dynamic. PLEASE NO GAVEL OR SCALES OF JUSTICE. Also, please do not simply use the initials of our name as a logo.


text: Give your dog the look of a four-legged guest at the Imperial Palace. This bright dog coat is emblazoned with circular symbols representing longevity. Flying dragons and clouds are sewn in shiny threads on the red section on the back. Traditional and elegant, this coat will keep your pet warm and also work double-duty as a doggie Halloween costume.


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2013 vs. 2014 Nissan Rogue Styling Showdown
More Aggressive Lines for Nissan's Best-Selling SUV
The compact SUV segment is not exactly the sexiest or most exciting in the automotive world, but like midsize sedans, the sales of these models pay the bills for many brands, with the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, and Nissan Rogue being some of the brands' best-selling models and certainly their best-selling SUVs. Although the Nissan Rogue is not about to knock off the Escape or CR-V as the best-selling compact crossover any time soon, it is one of Nissan's highest-volume models, just behind the Altima sedan in sales. So the company took no chances in messing with the fundamental formula on the 2014 Nissan Rogue.
That being the case, you won't see radical, controversial styling, a gas-guzzling 400-plus-hp engine, or an exorbitant price tag. The key elements that made the Rogue popular before are present and accounted for: value, efficiency and practicality. Most of them have been enhanced for the new model year.
Introduced in 2008, the current Rogue was starting to look a little dated, with most other models in the segment being much newer. But if you're a fan of the current Rogue, fear not. It will continue to be sold into 2014 as the Rogue Select for a discounted price for value-minded shoppers. The 2014 model has a much crisper, more modern look, strongly reminiscent of the larger, three-row Nissan Pathfinder. Like the Pathfinder, the Rogue also offers an optional third row for 2014. However, unlike the Pathfinder, in which the third row is actually somewhat habitable by adults, the Rogue's "way back" should be considered suitable only for small children.
The most obvious stylistic change to the 2014 Rogue is its grille design, with a V-shaped interpretation of Nissan's signature twin-strut grille design replacing last year's eggcrate design. As is all the rage in the car world, the headlights get LED driving lights for an upscale look. The 2014 model also gets mirror-mounted turn signals for added safety. Around back, the Rogue maintains a clean, uncluttered look, with the license plate recess going from a small, square cavity to a wide, rectangular one, likely to accommodate the wider European-style license plates. The Rogue will also be sold in Europe as the X-Trail. Similar to the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, the 2014 Rogue's taillights are mounted high up on the tailgate, and border the rear glass.
Moving on to the interior, the 2014 Rogue's Dashboard has a much more distinctive, premium appearance than the outgoing model's, with horizontal, rectangular HVAC vents replacing the previous round units and the touchscreen head unit larger and higher than before. Available on the 2014 model is a dual-zone front climate control and push-button start. The steering wheel design also shows more intricate sculpting and detailing than the flat, chunky wheel of the 2013 model.
Under the hood, the 2014 model has the same 2.5-liter, 170-hp, 175-lb-ft I-4 and CVT transmission, but careful tuning has yielded a significant claimed 5-mpg improvement in highway fuel economy, from 28 to 33 mpg. Final, official figures have not yet been announced.
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Become a Nurse >> Browse Articles >> Nursing 101
9 Qualities of a Great Nurse
It takes many great qualities to be a good nurse. Nursing as a specialty requires people to be as smart as doctors, as patient as a mother does, and as compassionate as a friend. A nursing career allows you to experience a level of personal gratification that does not come with any other job. What are the qualities that a great nurse should possess?
1. Excellent Communication Skills
One of the most important qualities for a nurse is solid communication skills. A nurse must know when to speak, when to listen and when to intervene. A nurse must also be able to follow directions easily and communicate patient's health status to the patients and their families. A nurse also has the task of ensuring he or she anticipates his or her patient's needs, and act as the patient's advocate with others in the hospital. Emotional Stability
Nursing exposes a person to the stresses of watching a favorite patient die, observe and participate in gruesomely graphical surgeries and the painful task of comforting a bereaved family. All these traumatic situations can tax the strongest of nurses. It's extremely necessary, therefore, that anyone desiring to be a nurse should be emotionally stable and accept human suffering as a part of their career.
2. Empathy for Patients and Their Families
Feeling empathy for patients and their families paves the way to true compassion, which is the hallmark of nursing. It's not easy to watch a patient suffer. However, to be able to empathize and provide the support, kindness and compassion when needed without becoming hard and cynical is not easy. Watching people suffer day in and day out can make the best people harden themselves. A nurse has to remain empathetic and compassionate in order to remain a great nurse.


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The Robert Sorby TurnMaster is the first tool in the world to combine three cutting edge technologies in one flexible tool. Cutters are available in Tungsten Carbide, Titanium Nitride (TiN) coated high speed steel and M2 High Speed Steel (HSS) providing unsurpassed range to woodturners at every level.
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South Street Fish Bar, Lewes is categorised as 'Takeaway/sandwich shop' and is located in Lewes. It currently has a food hygiene rating of '4' (Good) from Lewes Food Safety.
Takeaway/sandwich shop
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High standard of compliance with statutory obligations and industry codes of recommended practice; conforms to accepted good practices in the trade.
Generally satisfactory compliance with statutory obligations and industry codes of recommended practice. Standards are being maintained or improved.
Good record of compliance. Has satisfactory documented HACCP based food safety management procedures. Audit by Food Authority confirms compliance with documented procedures with few or minor non-conformities not identified in the system as critical control points. Very good track record.
Note: for detailed scores, lower is better (zero is best) and higher scores are worse. This is the opposite way round to the overall rating where higher is better!Read more about how food ratings are calculated
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Thursday is Groundhog Day. According to legend, if a groundhog comes out of hibernation and sees its shadow on this day, we will have six more weeks of winter.
We sure could use more winter. Since California, like most of the United States, hasn't had much of real winter yet, our only chance for a good snow in the mountains lies ahead of us. It's been so warm that some pundits were calling the past month "Junuary."
Let's hope that Mr. Groundhog doesn't see his shadow, because we sure need the snow.
There is a very good reason for us to care about snow in the mountains, and it has nothing to do with skiing. Mountain snowpack is where much of our drinking water comes from. Not only is mountain snowpack crucial to our drinking water supply, it is essential to California agriculture.
Farmers in the Central Valley and Imperial Valley grow much of our nation's food supply, especially fresh winter produce. They use water from the Sierras and Rockies, respectively, to wrest edibles from the soil.
So far this year, it hasn't snowed much in either the Rocky Mountains, which supply water to the Colorado River, or the Sierras, which supply water to the California Aqueduct. That bodes ill for farmers and urban dwellers alike.
On Jan. 26, Vic and I attended a lecture and slide show at the Newport Beach Public Library. Photographer and author Peter McBride was promoting his new book, "The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict."
As I expected, his photography was stunning. Many of the photos were aerial shots, providing a unique perspective on the river and its surroundings. What I hadn't expected was such thought-provoking text.
To gather material and photographs for this book, McBride and his co-author, Jonathan Waterman, traveled the Colorado River from its headwaters in Colorado to its end at the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.
A series of dams along the 1,450-mile length of the river helps accumulate water in years of high flow, and generate electricity. But we are in a period of drought, warming climate, and low flow.
As a result, reservoirs all along the river are dropping in water level. If the water level in Lake Mead drops below 1,050 feet, the hydroelectric turbines of Hoover Dam that supply power to 29 million people will become inoperable. In late 2010, levels had dipped to only 1,081 feet, a mere 31 feet away from power production failure.
One of the most dramatic portions of McBride's talk, and of the book, covered the last section of the river. A hundred years ago, the Colorado River flowed free and unfettered all the way to the Sea of Cortez.
No more.
The river stopped running to the sea in the late 1990s. We've used up all of the water in the river and it no longer ends its run at the ocean. It dries up miles before it reaches the sea.
Before the river soaks into the soil and disappears, it changes from a free-running torrent to a sluggish, trash-filled trickle. The surface is coated with a thick layer of foamy mousse, the result of pollution at its worst.
Waterman made the mistake of putting his feet in the water when the river became too shallow to paddle, and was hobbled with infected feet for the last 60 miles of his journey.
The Imperial Valley is one of the many areas that uses Colorado River water for irrigation. Farmers there have installed drainage tiles under the soil to prevent salt buildup. By the time the river reaches the Imperial Valley, it has been used over and over, and has collected a load of salts and minerals.
There are two series of canals or ditches throughout the Imperial Valley. One series brings in water from the Colorado River to irrigate the agricultural fields. The other collects water that has soaked through the soil of the farmers' fields and dumps it into the Salton Sea.
In 2003, during the George W. Bush administration, a pact between the Imperial Valley Irrigation District and the County of San Diego transferred water from the farmers to urban dwellers in San Diego. The agreement was touted as the largest transfer in the nation of water from agriculture to cities.
The loss of water to the farmers meant not only that fields would lie fallow, but also that the used irrigation water would no longer be flowing into Salton Sea. Even though that water was polluted with pesticides and salts, it kept the water level of the sea at a steady level. Now, that the sea is receiving less runoff, water is receding further and further from the shoreline.
Vic and I were at Salton Sea this past weekend, where Vic led a Sea and Sage Audubon birding trip. We saw that the shoreline at Red Hill Marina has receded many hundreds of feet since last year, and almost an equal amount the year before that.
The dried lake bed is now covered with a salty crust just like at Owens Lake below the Eastern Sierras. The desiccation of Owens Lake has resulted in clouds of toxic dust when winds blow.
The Salton Sea is already so saline that tilapia is the only species of fish that is still reproducing. If the sea gets much saltier, even the tilapia will fail to reproduce. The result will be a literally dead sea.
More than 300 species of birds live at least part of the year at the Salton Sea, and a million eared grebes winter there. The sight of hundreds of thousands of birds sets the hearts of bird watchers aflutter.
Last weekend, we saw an estimated 5,000 snow geese, 2,000 white pelicans, 1,000 Northern pintails and 1,000 white-faced ibis. But if the sea becomes too salty to support the tilapia or the pileworms that they feed upon, the sea will cease to be a refuge for those throngs of birds. The sea needs water from the Colorado River to survive.
The human population of the Southwest continues to grow. But at a time when we need more water from the Colorado River, its bounty is diminishing. Global climate change has brought less snow to the mountains, and that means less water.
We sure hope that groundhog sees his shadow.
VIC LEIPZIG and LOU MURRAY are Huntington Beach residents and environmentalists. They can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ellie needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 19 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Required an innovative, captivating & memorable company logo.
confuciusbrush.com. (Reference only)An example of what might be offered is : http://www.taimaobi.com.sg/en/baby.asp.
The company specialises in baby memorabilia product and naturally the target market will be parents. Its a premium product that is of cultural and historical value. highly memorable. this product is designed for babies.
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text: New DFA Plant Provides Home for Michigan Milk Production September 26, 2013 10:42 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By MILK Editors Email Co-op breaks ground on $40 million dairy ingredient processing facility. Source: Dairy Farmers of America Reinforcing its commitment to bring more value to its members, today Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) broke ground on an ingredient processing facility in Cass City, Mich. The $40 million plant will serve a region where milk production is steadily outpacing local plant capacity. "This plant will provide a local home for our members' milk, answering the growing need for Michigan plant capacity while building a base for value-added processing in the future," said Mark Korsmeyer, executive vice president of DFA. "Furthermore, the project is consistent with DFA's strategic plan, creating supply chain efficiencies and increasing commercial investments to bring increased value to our farmer owners." Numerous partner agencies contributed substantial support to the plant. The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) approved a $500,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant and a $1 million Community Development Block Grant, while the Michigan Economic Development Corporation is contributing $300,000 in corporate funds. MSF also awarded Tuscola County and Cass City a new 15-year Agriculture Processing Renaissance Zone designation for the project. The Village of Cass City also offered support by providing revenue bonding valued at approximately $6.7 million for a wastewater pretreatment system and public infrastructure improvements. In addition to creating at least 25 full-time positions at the facility, increased employment opportunities are expected to occur on member farms and in agriculture support industries. "This new plant underscores the growth and continued expansion opportunities for Michigan's food and agriculture companies," said Jamie Clover Adams, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. "The plant will not only increase our dairy processing capabilities in the state, but it will also create jobs and support the Thumb region." At completion next fall, the 33,000-square-foot plant will process up to 3 million pounds of fresh milk each day, which will be supplied by DFA member farms in the Michigan Thumb area. Initially, the plant will produce condensed whole and skim milk, as well as cream. A phased construction plan will allow for growth among current and future DFA members, and the potential to manufacture value-added demand products. The facility's operating system will deliver superior taste, protein functionality and yields, with reduced operating costs and a smaller physical footprint than alternative systems. Reflecting the Cooperative's focus on sustainability, the plant is designed to recover and re-use water in plant cleanup operations. Back to news


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NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Picofemto LLC, a biomedical software company specializing in neuroanalytics and personalized medicine, is pleased to announce the deployment of its first product, EEG Decision Support, based on its proprietary cloud-based biomedical engine, CliniscanTM.
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CliniscanTM, the innovative web-based software as a service (SaaS) platform, provides rapid analysis of complex biomedical data to support clinical decisions by physicians. In addition, Picofemto's open-standards base design emphasizes security, anonymity, and trust, while enabling partnerships for third party diagnostic algorithms with its dynamic open API. The easy-to-use-web interface addresses the medical community and removes the burden of data manipulation and storage while enhancing interoperability for the physician and the patient.
The product immediately benefits healthcare professionals and institutions, particularly in the neurology field, by providing software that integrates multiple biomedical modalities (EEG, MRI, CT), into a single package that can efficiently process complex data – including quantitative EEG analysis and brain segmentation. Additionally, CliniscanTM will permit the storage, retrieval, and sharing of digital biomedical files, including DICOM. A number of studies have demonstrated that the primary driver increasing healthcare costs is technology. Kai Matsumiya, Chief Operating Officer, states "This technology will lower healthcare costs by decreasing both time and cost while increasing efficiency."
The core of the CliniscanTM platform is a custom engine that divides workloads dynamically across a number of computing nodes. This greatly reduces the time required to analyze data sets and to run workflows that are beyond the capabilities of desktop systems. According to Brian Kennedy, Chief Technology Officer, "The CliniscanTM toolkit accelerates the development of medical data processing algorithms and reduces the complexity of developing parallel distributed code for cloud processing." Brad Johnson, Lead Developer, describes the open API as "providing third party access to partners with scalability to handle complex data." For these reasons, CliniscanTM stands to become the premier open-architecture, self-proliferating repository for third-party diagnostic algorithms.
EEG Decision Support, the first plug-in modality within the CliniscanTM open architecture, is the most comprehensive product of its kind available in the market. Fatih Sirin, Ph.D and Head of Analytics, notes"EEG Decision Support addresses the paramount components of quantitative EEG analysis - insomnia, dementia, epilepsy, head injury, sleep apnea, using an array of "gold standard" algorithms." Dhinakaran Chinappen, Biomedical Engineer, reports "EEG Decision Support features automated spike detection, seizure detection, classification, thereby saving the physician a substantial amount of time."
Cecily Xi and William Bubel, Senior Software Engineers, emphasize that "Users are provided with a complete, comprehensive, and objective report conveying abnormal characteristics of the EEG recording, clinical correlations, and notes from the physician."
Picofemto distinguishes itself with the ability to process large scale biomedical data in an efficient manner - within the medical sector which has experienced unprecedented high costs and increased volume. Robert Callan, Quantitative Analyst, is excited about "a wider range of analytics for biomedical modalities including ECG, MRI, CT, and PET that will be deployed in the near future." In addition, because of its cloud-based delivery, Picofemto is planning for international expansion within both the developing and developed world contexts where many would reap the benefits of a critical healthcare component.
Srikant Krishna, Founder & CEO, states "We are very pleased to have developed this sophisticated product on a very aggressive schedule since inception. We strongly feel this will be a game-changer in the utilization of technology in healthcare." There are expected to be significant changes in the healthcare system and practices derived from the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare").
For more information, please contact Kai Matsumiya at (email@example.com, +1.212.502.3770).
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The president does not appear inclined to enforce a no-fly zone in Syria. However, that could change. It did change with regard to Libya. After weeks of wavering, leading from behind and letting Europe undertake the military action, President Barack Obama eventually sent U.S. warplanes to bomb Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses and other military targets.
Suppose Obama similarly changes his mind about Syria. A no-fly zone would necessitate bombing Syrian military anti-aircraft batteries, surface-to-air missile emplacements and radar installations. These are all acts of war. War must be declared by Congress, under our Constitution. However, Obama will say that he has the authority to act alone.
When U.S. bombs were falling on Libya, President Obama said that the evil of Gadhafi necessitated America sending a unified message. He scoffed at Congressional concern over war powers, saying, "[T]his suddenly becomes the cause célèbre for some folks in Congress? Come on." We will hear the same words about President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
The evil nature of the adversary, of course, has nothing to do with the question of who has the power to go to war under the U.S. Constitution. As for the value of sending a united message, the founders intended the war power to be exercised by Congress precisely because Congress would debate the issue, allowing dissenting voices to be heard. More recently, Vietnam has taught us that we need Congressional commitment to undertake an effective use of force overseas. Presidents going off on their own will find Congress running away from supporting a war, with disastrous consequences, unless the members of Congress have cast their own votes on the record, committing to the undertaking, in advance.
The President might claim he has complied with the Constitution by consulting with the Intelligence Committees of Congress. He has said this about drone killings. The Constitution, however, requires Congress, not simply members of one committee, to give its approval. Another defense he will be expected to give is that no U.S. troops will be put in jeopardy. That is what his State Department's Legal Advisor claimed regarding Libya – despite the fact that U.S. pilots were flying planes above anti-aircraft batteries.
Suppose the U.S. accomplishes its mission by stand-off missiles and drones? The Syrians would still be under attack by the U.S. That constitutes war or the term is meaningless. When I challenged Secretary of State Madeline Albright about whether Yugoslavia would be within its rights to consider the U.S. bombing of Belgrade, Serbia in 1999 to be an act of war, she replied that bombing another country constituted armed conflict but not an "act of war." She then added, that since I was a law professor, I could go figure out the difference.
Fundamentally, however, President Obama will get away with going to war in Syria, if he chooses to do so, not because of any of these pretexts and word games, but because the courts will let him. When I sued President Clinton for going to war in Yugoslavia without Congressional approval, the courts ruled that a U.S. congressman did not have adequate standing to bring such a lawsuit. One judge said that, instead, a soldier could sue the President – forgetting that the Commander-in-Chief could give the soldier an order to drop the suit.
Without the courts, a majority of the House or the Senate can't stop him – because it takes two-thirds of both houses to override the veto that the President would surely cast of any bill to cut off funding. The constitutional design, however, was that a majority of one house could prevent war by not voting for it.
Abraham Lincoln described war as the "most oppressive of all kingly oppressions," and saw the requirement that Congress, not the president, declare war the only way to provide that "no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us." In closing the courthouse door, the courts would be responsible for just such a result.
Tom Campbell is dean of the School of Law at Chapman University and a former five-term U.S. congressman. These views are his own.


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The Pole, while performing well at times has become complacent, leading to costly errors.
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Among the list of targets is QPR's Brazilian shot stopper Julio Cesar who's currently away with Brazil playing in the Confederations Cup.
The former Inter Milan has enjoyed huge success in Italy, with a Champions League medal just one of many medals in his collection.
The experienced goalkeeper was arguably QPR's only consistently solid performer,in a disappointing season for the club, ending in relegation.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Arsenal will bid £1.5million for the player once he has returned back to London from the Confederations Cup. While £1.5million may not be enough to secure the player it won't be far from the eventual fee.
Asmir Begovic and Pepe Reina have been looked at as potential options, but their much larger fees make Cesar the preferred option.
If the Gunners were to sign Cesar he could bring much-needed experience and consistency, something they have been missing for far too long.
His small fee would also allow the majority of their warchest to be used to bring in marquee signings such as Gonzalo Higuain and Marouane Fellaini.
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"Angel at Work" --- based on this text by Ben H. Swett.
Light pouring out ... infinite patience ... joy ... compassion ... love for the tiny being trapped in the little dark egg.
Might the egg be ... ?
I had been interested in doing a visual version of the vision for some time. In the earliest semi-satisfactory attempt (1996), the egg glowed (you can see the traces of it still), but Ben told me it was dark. Which makes sense, because that kind of shell blocks light.
The exercise here was to capture a bit of the radiance of the story. I think I caught a minute fraction of it, less than I had wanted and less than I had even expected. On the other hand, exercise is for improvement. Revisions have happened off and on and probably will continue.
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More got added with the stuff with our Beagle but I cant even sit atthe computer without crying because he was either getting in trouble where I had to get up every 5 seconds or he was laying at my feet like a good boy. so just sitting her reminds me so much of him. When I walk outside I see the spot in the grass where I laid with him and then everytime I leave the driveway I see the spot where he was hit in the road. The house is empty. No Noah to clean up our crumbs, run into the walls for the laser pointer, no elephant like noises running through the house. Its horrible. I miss him something terrible.
I guess it gets better day by day. We talk more about the funny things he did than that tragic day. The dogs still look for him but not as much as the frist day. Its hard losing a pet, especially when it is so sudden.


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Many people have asked me what is the most photographed place of the world at Panoramio. I can't check the whole planet, but after some searches I believe that Saint Peter Square in Rome is the place where more people have mapped photos. The second place is Tour Eiffel, followed very closely by Piazza San Marco in Venice and the Roman Colosseum. Italy has three places in the first four positions, it doesn't look like a coincidence that Italy is the country with more places in the World Heritage list from Unesco.
Other places that have been very much photographed are Statue of Liberty in New York (USA), the Opera House of Sydney (Australia), Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Turkey), London Eye (UK), Alhambra Palace in Granada (Spain), Inca Ruins in Machu Picchu (Perú), Athenian Acropolis (Greece), Church of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and Niagara Waterfalls.


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I am not native to Sunnyside. I'm not even native to Washington state. My parents uprooted our family from the Navajo Reservation (actually, we were never "rooted" there to begin with) just before I turned 13 years old.
After moving four times in those 13 years, Sunnyside, to me, was a pit stop - a brief intermission between moves - because I knew my family was nomads and no town could hold us for long.
The move from Arizona to Washington was strange. Chinle, the town I had left, had one grocery store and one traffic light... a flashing red one. The school was 98 percent Native American and my parents were never able to make grass grow in our front yard... not successfully, anyway.
Then, suddenly, we were in Sunnyside - still, technically a desert, but greener than my previous residence and with a greater amount of cultural diversity.
We moved into a house on Grant Avenue, just a block away from the library - an actual library where I could visit on my own and read to my heart's content! No words could express my nerd-like joy.
But moves are never easy and I spent more time in middle school and high school missing Arizona than I should have. But during that time Sunnyside was growing on me.
I don't know when it happened, but I do know that one day I stopped romanticizing the Southwest and started loving Washington. More importantly, I started to love Sunnyside.
This town and its people has been a constant presence in my life for 12 years now. I have my parents, three of my four siblings and seven nieces and nephews within easy reach. We celebrate holidays and birthdays together, run into each other at the store and more often than not, I meet people who say, "Hey, are you related to (insert name of close relative here)?"
And Sunnyside has been a backdrop for it all, because even when things went awry - through some of the most painful and heartbreaking times of my life - Sunnyside was a continuous positive presence.
After growing up on the move, Sunnyside is the only town I consider home.
So I wish to say, Sunnyside, I am a fan. But as your devoted supporter, there is only one thing that irks me after all this time - the pessimists.
I suppose every town has them, but Sunnyside's seem particularly vicious and determined.
Now, let's be clear - pessimists are not critics. I understand critics - those who see something wrong and use their voice to initiate positive change. That sort of criticism is necessary for growth and development.
Pessimism, on the other hand, is just plain useless.
You see, pessimists will have you believe that Sunnyside has one foot in Hell and the other on a landmine, and nothing short of a Divine miracle can save it.
Because of these naysayers, I have to deal with people who smirk when they hear that I live in Sunnyside. From the reputation these pessimists project, people outside my town seem to think Sunnyside is the hub of chaos and violence, where all things wrong and wicked in the world converge.
But the worst thing about these pessimists isn't their scathing tongues, but their refusal to do anything to change the focus of their ire.
I am a firm believer that if people don't like something, they have two options - shut their mouths or change it.
The community of Sunnyside is not blind to the problems plaguing this town and several businesses and individuals have courageously stood up to take charge of change and there-in lies the opportunity for Sunnysiders to take pride in their community.
Sunnyside High School, the Chamber of Commerce, Sunnyside's Promise, the community center... these are just a few organizations seeking to invoke fundamental change in the community, but they are met and hindered by the pessimists.
But even worse, these pessimists are contagious. Their dangerous homilies infect others and leave a community of dejected and unmotivated individuals.
Why not use your words to do something better. Sunnyside is not devoid of opportunity, so volunteer - take a day and visit the schools, teach a class at the community center, or simply befriend a neighbor.
But more importantly, still that unforgiving pessimism and use your words to defend Sunnyside. Take a little pride in the community you call home and others will follow suit.
There is no easier way to improve Sunnyside than to support it, even if only with your words.
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Financial Doppelganger
by Him • May 25, 2010 • Tagged: about, finances, past  • Comments
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On last night's season finale of How I Met Your Mother, we're reminded that almost all of the gang has seen his or her corresponsing doppelganger roaming the streets of New York, except for one (Barney, of course, for all of the HIMYM fans out there, HOLLA).
Anywho, at the end of the episode Ted compares the Robin of today with the Robin of 5 years ago. He says that the Robin of the past was great, but her doppelganger, the Robin of today, is AMAZING.
That got me to thinking: As my doppelganger from 5 years ago, how have I changed financially?
I think that the me of 5 years ago would be shocked at the current me. Not only because I've kept my boyish good looks, but because of all of the financial obstacles that Her and I have overcome. The me of 5 years ago had little financial knowledge, and had even less knowledge about our financial situation back then. I don't know if the me of 5 years ago would even believe everything that has been accomplished.
What about you? What would the you 5 years ago think about their doppelganger of today?
(yes, this post doesn't exemplify the best use of the word "doppelganger", but just run with it, ok?)