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The five men could sit around the table and swap war stories all day and it would be enjoyable.
"Honor among warriors" is the maxim of the Hillsboro Avamere Cadre, retired Lt. Col. Bob Lance said. Lance, 93, held out a crumpled piece of paper with an almost apocryphal tale of former World War II combatants who defied orders to kill their enemies and lived to meet again decades later.
From the mountains of France and World War II through the bitter winters of the Korean War and into the long morass of the Vietnam War, the group share a common experience regardless of the conflict they endured or the service branch for which they risked life and limb.
"You might be in the Navy, might be the Army," said former U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bob Young, 82. "But you're military. That's it. You're brothers right there."
They meet once a month at the Hillsboro senior living center they call home to laugh, occasionally talk politics, experience the camaraderie of being around fellow veterans and share stories of events that for some, still haunt them decades later.
There's also a new mission: Expand awareness of the benefits available to surviving veterans' spouses.
Sporting a Veterans of Foreign Wars cap and black glasses near the brim of his nose, Stan Parrott said that's partly the reason he organized the monthly meetings. "Believe me, Uncle Sam doesn't come out and say, 'Hey you've got this coming,'" said Parrott, 84. "You've got to beat on his door, am I right?"
Parrott's wife, Mary, was one of two long-time military wives in attendance at a meeting this week. Nancy Finster, 80, recently lost her husband, Fred. Finster came to hear about what benefits she might have coming.
The group wants other veterans in the community to attend their meetings, too. Everyone is welcome, Parrott said. They're hoping to secure speakers from veterans service organizations to inform residents of rights available under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Washington County is home to some 37,000 veterans, according to the county's department on Disability, Aging & Veteran Services. An estimated 104,144 veterans 70 or older live in Oregon, according to U.S. Census records from 2010.
The state has some 23,837 WWII veterans and 31,945 Korean War survivors, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The kinship shared among veterans is hard to replicate in civilian life, Parrott said. "We speak the same words but we speak a different language."
Jerry Carry, 77, said he probably misses the camaraderie of the military the most.
"You get acquainted with everybody in the unit," he said. "You're all friends."
Mary Parrott reflected on her 61 years traveling the world with Stan.
"It was an interesting life," she said. "We had a lot of good times, a lot of bad times, a lot of hard times."


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EVERETT — The city is weathering a surge in new damage claims for recent storm-related sewer overflows, pushing the total to 73 as of Tuesday.
That's about 30 more than last week.
More claims are expected as a result of separate storms that flooded Everett homes and businesses in late August and early September.
The city's latest claim tally, for example, doesn't include an estimated $700,000 in damage to the basements of two Snohomish County Public Utility District buildings.
The PUD had to move staff from the basements of two adjacent buildings, including its California Street headquarters.
Drywall, carpet and furnishing need to be replaced, spokesman Bob Bolerjack said Tuesday. There's also the cost of disinfecting the space, which tested positive for contamination by fecal matter.
The $700,000 damage estimate is "a ballpark figure at this point," Bolerjack said.
It's expected to be several weeks before call center and meter readers formerly housed in the two buildings can move back, he said.
The utility is still weighing whether to file a claim with the city or to handle the damage through insurance.
"We encourage people to file claims as soon as possible so we can begin to address their concerns," Everett city spokeswoman Meghan Pembroke said Tuesday.
Up to two inches of rain fell in some parts of Snohomish County during an approximately two-hour period Aug. 29. Another deluge of nearly comparable intensity fell late Sept. 5 and into the following morning.
The downfall overwhelmed most of Everett's older sewer systems, which channel stormwater and sewage through the same pipes.
Everett's leaders have said the city will cover all reasonable claims. A resolution to put that pledge in writing is scheduled for approval at Wednesday's 6:30 p.m. City Council meeting.
Mayor Ray Stephanson has promised the city will pay for the installation of backwater valves at all homes in the combined sewer area at risk of basement flooding.
"We'll evaluate homes to determine whether backwater valves are appropriate and plan to begin installing valves by October," Pembroke said.
A form to request a backwater valve installation is available on the city's website or by emailing email@example.com.
This fall, city leaders are scheduled to review hundreds of millions of dollars in future sewer improvements planned over the next several decades.
The most common problems from the storm occurred in homes, where sewage backed up through basement drains and toilets. In one case, the sewer backup blew off a manhole cover on a city street, sending dirty water into nearby houses. Six claims, so far, have come from businesses and other commercial properties.
Cleanup is ongoing at several locations hit hard by the high water.
The Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross estimates roughly $175,000 in damage to its Lombard Avenue office, Executive Director Chuck Morrison said Tuesday. Repairs are expected to take about three months. The damaged space houses disaster services, utility assistance and first-aid and CPR classes.
Cleanup and repairs for two Everett Community College buildings could reach $20,000, said Pat Sisneros, vice president of college services. Most of the expense owes to labor costs.
The first floor of Rainier Hall on Wetmore Avenue flooded during both storms, Sisneros said. The building houses classrooms and offices. Toilets also flooded in Olympus Hall, where college administrators have their offices.
Everett endured similar urban flooding after a June 2010 downpour. The city processed more than 70 damage claims and paid out nearly $1 million to homeowners. Because this year's storm affected businesses as well as homes, damage totals are likely to be higher.
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Eating for Life
Eating for Life | Splashes of color make Citrus Chicken Salad a standout
Romans may have draped themselves in togas, but they reportedly dressed their salads with a sprinkling of salt. After all, the word "salad" is from the Latin sal, or salt.
Although modern salad lovers have more healthy baby greens to choose from than ever before, too often they're drenched in a pool of store-bought salad dressing.
"Unfortunately, the majority of these prepared dressings are 'chemical gumbos' freighted with preservatives, emulsifiers, stabilizers, texturizers, artificial colors and flavors. Most are also too sweet, too salty, too expensive," Jean Anderson writes in "The Nutrition Bible."
The Star'sCitrus and Strawberry Chicken Salad
features an easy-to-make tangy strawberry and citrus juice emulsion that dresses the salad in a splash of hot pink — no additives required.
• Cooking tip: To toast pecans, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread pecans in a single layer in a pan. Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until toasted.
The dressing yields 2/3 cup. Store any extra in the refrigerator for later use.
Citrus and Strawberry Chicken SaladMakes 4 servings 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half 1/3 cup orange juice 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon chili powder plus additional for sprinkling on chicken, divided 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 4 ounces each) Salt and pepper, to taste 6 cups baby garden greens 1/2 cup sliced fresh strawberries 1 (11-ounce) can Mandarin oranges, drained 1 green onion, white and green parts, chopped 1/3 cup chopped celery 2 tablespoons toasted pecan pieces
Place halved strawberries, orange juice, vegetable oil, lemon juice, sugar, 1/4 teaspoon chili powder, salt and pepper in blender. Process until smooth. Pour into a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer, stirring occasionally, about 3 to 4 minutes or until thickened; remove from heat. Allow to cool slightly. Measure out 1/2 cup dressing to use for salad; cover and refrigerate remaining dressing for another use.
Sprinkle chicken lightly with chili powder, salt and pepper.
Heat a grill skillet or a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Spray generously with nonstick cooking spray. Cook chicken about 4 to 5 minutes per side, or until done. Set aside.
Place greens, sliced strawberries, Mandarin oranges, green onion and celery in a large bowl. Toss with 1/4 cup of the dressing mixture.
Divide salad mixture equally between four dinner plates. Slice chicken and place on top of greens. Drizzle with remaining dressing. Top with pecans.Per serving (about 2 cups salad, 4 ounces cooked chicken and 2 tablespoons dressing): 273 calories (30 percent from fat), 9 grams total fat (1 gram saturated), 66 milligrams cholesterol, 18 grams carbohydrates, 30 grams protein, 219 milligrams sodium, 5 grams dietary fiber.


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2010 In-store Favorites:
This year in San Francisco, Amoeba Music was host to 48 live music performances! Here are some of my favorite photos that I edited for Amoeba.com's "In-store photos" section. While I did not take all of these images, I had the pleasure of editing them and they are some of the most fun photos I've edited this year.
This Japanese female rock trio was loud and got the crowd into it.


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British Broadcaster David Frost Dies at 74
David Frost, the British television journalist best known to American audiences for his series of interviews with President Richard Nixon, has died. Photo: Associated Press
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With one week left in October, the SEC East Division race can be defined in simple terms: Barring a final-month collapse, No. 14 Missouri can cruise to the divisional title in its second year as a member of the conference.
The Tigers' 36-17 win against No. 22 Florida, which moved Missouri to 7-0 overall, 3-0 in league play, is augmented by losses by No. 16 Georgia and No. 9 South Carolina – leaving Missouri, a preseason afterthought, as the lone East Division team with fewer than two losses against SEC competition.
HIGHLIGHTS: How the top 25 fared in Week 8
It took an afternoon to clear up what had been a muddied, unsettled division. Missouri put up 500 yards on offense on Florida's defense, the Gators' worst single-game performance since a 2008 Capital One Bowl loss to Michigan. The Gators' offense gained only 151 yards, a program-low since 1999.
At the same time, over in Tennessee, two ranked teams were sent tumbling on the road: Georgia lost 31-27 to Vanderbilt – the Bulldogs' second loss in a row – and South Carolina lost 23-21 to Tennessee, with the latter loss perhaps defined by the Gamecocks' late-game clock mismanagement.
So where do things stand today? Missouri caps the regular season with five games against SEC competition: South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A&M at home, Kentucky and Mississippi on the road. Although quarterback James Franklin's shoulder injury against Georgia raised a red flag, redshirt freshman Maty Mauk's confident performance quiets the team's greatest concern: whether the offense could continue to move the football behind the backup quarterback.
Georgia is reeling, now 3-2, and must rebound before taking on Florida to open November. In essence, due to the head-to-head tiebreaker, the Bulldogs stand three games behind Missouri in the loss column – since even if Georgia wins outs, Missouri would need to finish 5-3 to finish behind the Bulldogs in the final standings. (Unless multiple teams tie for first without any deciding tiebreakers, in which case the BCS standings would decide the divisional winner.)
South Carolina's two-pronged loss: One to Tennessee, the other an injury to quarterback Connor Shaw, a left knee strain that could derail the senior's final season. Like Georgia, the Gamecocks are 3-2 in the SEC; the Bulldogs also own the tiebreaker.
Florida's a mess offensively, as has been the case throughout coach Will Muschamp's three-year tenure, but Saturday's defensive collapse paints UF as a team in drastic need of a wall-to-wall overhaul – not necessarily a good sign for the program's hopes of a second BCS berth in a row.
It's fair to include Tennessee in the conversation after the Volunteers' first SEC win under coach Butch Jones, but only temporarily: UT, now 1-2, is set to embark on a three-game gauntlet of Alabama, Missouri and Auburn. Optimistically, perhaps the Volunteers can be 3-3 heading into the end-of-year stretch against Vanderbilt and Kentucky; realistically, UT could very well be 1-5, on the outskirts of bowl eligibility, before closing against the Commodores and Wildcats.
For Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, hope comes from Missouri's remaining schedule – not necessarily the opponents themselves, but the idea that the Tigers have five SEC games to go, all in a row, beginning with the Gamecocks on Oct. 26. But a win Saturday would give the Tigers yet another tiebreaker, perhaps settling what already seems in the cards: The SEC East is Missouri's to lose.
Paul Myerberg, a national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @PaulMyerberg.


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HALLEIN – Designed for heavy-duty machining the VT 250 is equipped with an integrated self-loading system and even though, it gets along with a small foot print. High productivity, high repeat accuracy and good operability are the convincing product features that characterize this machine.
The turning machine has an integrated pick-up system and self loads chuck parts with a diameter of up to 200 mm, thus saving the user the additional costs and programming time involved with the use of an automated unit. It is no longer necessary to align the automated unit with the machine causing downtime.
The VT 250 is also supplied as standard with a conveyor belt system in which customers can store up to 24 workpieces. The conveyor belt moves the workpieces into the pick-up position. The vertical, high-power spindle makes turning, drilling and threading operations easy. The rigid machine structure creates the requirements for substantial cutting performance in serial production and is ideally suited for fine- and hard machining.
Equipped with specially large roller guides the new machine is predominantly suited for work on short and heavy workpieces with a large diameter. The large guide rails and guide shoe guarantee excellent stability even at high loads.
On the tool turret 12 tools with the VDI40 shank can be mounted. The basic machine also includes a coolant device and a chip conveyor, which ensures optimal chip removal.
The new VT 250 is also ideally equipped from a control perspective: The new Sinumerik 828D from Siemens is impressively simple to operate and program. The ShopTurn interface particularly facilitates job shops with programming.
EMCO VERTICAL VT 250 – this compact, high-performance machine, developed and produced in line with the "Design to Cost" principle, is your entrance ticket to vertical turning for a very attractive price!
Versions EMCO Vertical VT 250
EMCO Vertical VT 250 – Basic machine without driven tools with belt drive on the main spindle
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EMCO Vertical VT 250 MY (ISM) – Basic machine with driven tools, Y axis and hollow spindle drive


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It's time again for Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that likes AoE. In fact, you can expect those three specific letters in that precise configuration to appear approximately fourty-three thousand times during the course of the column to follow. Pretty impressive, considering the column's only a shade over 1,500 words long. How'd I do it? A true magician never reveals his tricks, guys.
A brief history of fire:
- 17,000 B.C. - Motivated mainly by an intense desire to cook bacon, mankind discovers fire.
- 3,000 B.C. - On Azeroth, the first mage, motivated mainly by an intense desire to cook warlocks at range, discovers how to hurl a Fireball.
- 2004 A.D. - Mages set fire to Hogger for the first time. Bacon is served.
- 2010 A.D. - Cataclysm comes out, bringing with it such fiery wonders as Flame Orb, moving Scorches, and the reworked Combustion. Warlocks are served.
- 2015 A.D. - Following the Zombie Apocalypse, mages find that Blast Wave + conjured strudel is the ideal skill-set for surviving in a world full of ravenous undead. Zombies are served. Also: zombie warlocks. Also: zombie bacon. Mmmm ... zombie bacon.


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The optic nerve allows you to see by carrying images from your eye to your brain. Optic neuritis involves inflammation of the optic nerve. This may cause reduced vision or loss of vision. It is a serious condition that requires immediate care from your doctor.
|The Optic Nerve
|Copyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
Optic neuritis has several causes. These include:
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)—most common cause
- Neuromyelitis optica (NMO, Devic's disease)
- Autoimmune disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Infection
- Exposure to toxic substances—this may be associated with optic neuropathy (injury to the optic nerve)
- Some medications
In some, the cause of optic neuritis may be unknown.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chance of optic neuritis include:
- Personal or family history of multiple sclerosis or other autoimmune disorders
- Previous history of optic neuritis
- Previous history of transverse myelitis (inflammation of the spinal cord)
In some people, optic neuritis may not cause any visual problems. In those that have them, optic neuritis may cause:
- Relatively sudden decrease in vision, such as blurring, darkening, or dimming of vision
- Loss of vision in the center of, part of, or all of the visual field
- Abnormal color vision, such as dull and faded colors
- Pain in or around the eye, which is often made worse with eye movement
Eye pain will often go away within a few days. Vision problems will improve in the majority of people. Some may be left with blurred, dark, dim, distorted vision, or complete visual loss. Vision usually improves over several weeks or months.
Optic neuritis may be difficult to diagnose. Your eye may look perfectly normal. Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. It will include a neurologic examination. You may be referred to an ophthalmologist (eye specialist) or neurologist (nervous system specialist).
Your doctor may need to test your eye function. This can be done with:
- Tests of color vision, side vision, visual acuity, and the reaction of the pupil to light
- Dilated eye examination
- Visual evoked potential test (VEP)
Your doctor may need to test your bodily fluids. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
- Lumbar puncture to check the cerebrospinal fluid that protects the brain and spinal cord
Your doctor may need pictures of your internal bodily structures. This can be done with an MRI scan or optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Your doctor may also need to evaluate you for spinal cord problems. This can be done with a somatosensory evoked potentials test.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include:
- Steroid medication to reduce swelling of the optic nerve
- Medication to treat the cause of optic neuritis
Eye Smart—American Academy of Opthalmology http://www.geteyesmart.org
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society http://www.nanosweb.org
Canadian Association of Optometrists http://www.opto.ca
Canadian Ophthalmological Society http://www.cos-sco.ca
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Bianchi Marzoli S, Martinelli V. Optic neuritis: differential diagnosis. Neurol Sci. 2001;22(Suppl 2):S52-S54.
Boomer JA, Siatkowski RM. Optic neuritis in adults and children. Semin Ophthalmol. 2003;18(4):174-180.
Chan JW. Optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2002;10(3):161-186.
Hickman SJ, Dalton CM, Miller DH, Plant GT. Management of acute optic neuritis. Lancet. 2002;360(9349):1953-1962.
Lis SY, Birnbaum AD, Goldstein DA. Optic neuritis associated with adalimumab in the treatment of uveitis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2010;18(6):475-481.
Optic neuritis. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: https://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114935/Optic-neuritis . Updated March 4, 2016. Accessed October 2, 2017.
Romero RS, Gutierrez Y, Wang E, et al. Homonymous hemimacular thinning: a unique presentation of optic tract thinning in neuromyelitis optica. J Neuroophthalmal. 2012;32(2):150-153.
Volpe NJ. The optic neuritis treatment trial: a definitive answer and profound impact with unexpected results. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(7):996-999.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Rimas Lukas, MD
- Review Date: 09/2018
- Update Date: 09/30/2013


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Julie White stars in the New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new play.
Tony Award winner Julie White, Emmy Award nominee Justin Kirk and TV star Mark-Paul Gosselaar take the Laura Pels Theater Stage at Roundabout Theatre Company's big opening of new comedy The Understudy.
Photographer: Bruce Glikas, © Broadway.com


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Pete Treloar necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
APSD - Association of Property Scene Designers - http://www.apsdmembers.com
APSD is a Worldwide Training Organization that provides business programs and training courses for individuals to become successful Certified Home Staging Professionals. We are know as the "New Generation of Home Stagers"
Targeting existing Home Staging Professionals - Real Estate Agents, Property Investors and in general - Females (age 35-60) with financial needs to start their own Home Staging Business.
Design a "Membership Kit" web graphic similiar in size and layout to the one found on http://www.dotcomsecrets.com (see right hand side starts with "NOT a Member Yet?")
Color pattern should match those found on http://www.apsdmembers.com - Including the APSD Logo.
The kit will be delivered in a 3-ring binder / CD w/case and multiple inserts in the binder - as listed below.
Be sure to include the "trademark" symbol after any "APSD" logo or text.
Layout of the Web Graphic as follows:
1st line: "NOT part of our Continuing Education and Business Support as an APSD Member yet??
2nd Line: "Join APSD Membership Today and get your Business of Staging Kit FREE!"
<Graphic of kit -see below>
3rd line: "<<<Sign-up" (button)
Details for Kit Graphics:
Kit Includes the following pieces:
- CD called "The 10 Proven Steps to Guarantee you get the Home Staging Booking"
- Checklist called "144 Pieces You Should Always Have in Your Home Staging Inventory"
- Checklist called "59 Tools for your Home Staging Tool Kit"
- ebook called "5 Questions you must ask your client..."
- Certificate for "A One on One Call-in Certificate with Karen Schaefer, Founder APSD"
- ebook called "Extraordinary Careers in Home Staging"
Please plan on providing a 3D "look" to the materials package including the raw PSD files for the entire materials image, web graphic and individual pieces.


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I smile and wave at Zeynab, my neighbour, as she hauls her double buggy down the street. Her two boys are huge, surely big enough to be walking. I imagine her in twenty years: aged, weary, still pushing around two big beardy men. The older one is sucking one of those boiled sugary lollipops that bring dentists out in hives.
I always stop and chat to Zeynab, partly because she is not one of the squeezed-middle mums. Why should we stick together so anxiously, like Boden-clad Spartans under attack from all sides? One of the good things about our area is that there is a real social mix; many of the flats in our street are still social housing. We should all make the effort to reach out, across the barriers of class.
Besides, all the property-price chat and Danish-design baby clothing just stresses me out. Spending time with more down-to-earth mums like Zeynab might help me to appreciate my lot in life – even if her English isn't great and there are some cultural differences in our approaches to child-rearing.
"Hey! You had a new baby!" she says. I am on my way to pick up Larry, my two-year-old, from nursery, carrying Moe asleep in his sling. She peeks in and coos at him. "How old is he?" Moe is three months. "Wow, he's tiny for three months. You're breastfeeding him?"
Immediately, she has my back up. Never, ever tell a breastfeeding mother that her new-born baby looks small. It's like pointing, laughing and wiggling a little finger at a naked man. It's just not nice.
But she has only just begun. "Did you mean to have a second? Or was it a mistake?" I am so gobsmacked that I fail to tell her to sod right off, and instead blurt out something polite about how I'd always wanted two.
"It must be very hard. I mean, you have a mortgage, right? You have to pay for the nursery. You have to go back to work. Very hard."
I feel like I have stepped through the looking glass. There was I, feeling all socially superior. I was not expecting Zeynab's pity, let alone her suggestion that if I had any sense I would have chosen not to breed. For a moment, I wonder if she's right: would life be easier if I gave up work and signed on? I'd have to cut back on the lattes, but at least I'd get my rent paid and get to stay at home watching C-Beebies full time. It doesn't sound so bad…
No, no, no! I banish the thought from my mind and immediately feel dirty, like some kind of flasher with a copy of the Daily Mail hidden under her tasteful John Lewis trenchcoat. I value my independence, economic and professional. And anyway, who am I kidding? I've only been on maternity leave for three months and I'm already wishing Bob the Builder would die in a horrible workplace accident.
Nevertheless, it is with some relief that I bid Zeynab goodbye. Sometimes this reaching out business doesn't quite go the way you expect.


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Here is my brand new work for Windows 8. Aero8Tuner is the successor of my famous Aero Tuner (for Windows 7) and White Windows (for Windows 8 ). It allows you to change all settings of DWM/Aero at Windows 8 RTM+.
Warning! This version is for Windows 8 RTM and above! For Windows 7 and Windows 8 CP/DP/RP you may use previous Aero Tuner software.
With Aero8Tuner you will able:
- to set any color of windows.
- to disable windows coloring. If you will enable this undocumented feature, the color of windows borders in Windows 8 will be always white. The taskbar will use Aero color. So, this is way to have separate color for windows and taskbar.
- to change color balance (affects the intensity).
- to force High Contrast mode for regular themes. The blurless buggy Aero transparency will be appeared in this case.
Aero8Tuner in action
Why some features of "classic" Aero Tuner is missing in this version?
Microsoft changed DWM in Windows 8. Some parameters was completely removed, such as Transparency and amount of Aero Srtipes. Some parameters like second Aero color, Blur, balance between colors has no effect in Windows 8 because DWM ignores their values.
This is a free and portable application and does not require to be installed. It works only on Windows 8 RTM and does not require any additional software.
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Newborn Screenings: Protecting Children
By Yan Kennon, Public Affairs Senior Writer, Naval Hospital Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Newborn screenings identify conditions that can affect children's long-term health or survival. Each year, millions of babies in the U.S. are routinely screened for certain genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders, and are also tested for hearing loss and critical congenital heart defects, prior to discharge from a hospital or birthing center.
The screenings are a vital public health program that tests babies for congenital disorders that aren't outwardly visible.
Naval Hospital Jacksonville has been recognized, by the Florida Department of Health, for having zero unsatisfactory newborn screening specimens collected this year. Florida screens for 31 disorders recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and an additional 22 secondary disorders.
After discharge from the hospital, parents should bring their child in for a check-up in the first month of life; at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 months of age; and at ages 2, 21/2, 3, 4, and 5 years. Check-ups track growth and development, prevent illness (with immunizations), and answer parents' question. Parents should talk with their child's primary care manager about checkups during the school-age years.
For appointments, call 904-542-4677 or go to the TRICARE Online Patient Portal at http://www.TRICAREonline.com. For 24/7 clinical advice, call the Nurse Advice Line at 800-TRICARE (800-874-2273). For secure email messaging with the care team (for non-urgent issues), sign up for free at http://mil.RelayHealth.com. To view the care team's PCMs, visit the command's website at http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navalhospitaljax, click on Medical Home Port, and click on each team (or download the command's app).
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Tim Scott's bio raises Senate appeal
Rep. Tim Scott already brought a remarkable personal story to his first term in the House: a conservative black Republican, raised poor in the corner of South Carolina where the Civil War started.
But if the buzz in Washington and South Carolina is right, Scott might soon be the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction if Gov. Nikki Haley decides to appoint him to the seat vacated by Sen. Jim DeMint, who abruptly resigned Thursday to take a job running The Heritage Foundation.
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( Also on POLITICO: All eyes on Haley to pick DeMint successor)
It seems to be a logical fit: DeMint and Scott are close, personally and ideologically, and Scott has the conservative bona fides that are undoubtedly DeMint-approved. He's risen in the House quickly since his election in 2010, serving on the powerful Rules Committee and working closely with GOP leadership as a liaison for the freshman class, while maintaining good relationships with the tea party wing of House Republicans.
At least for the moment, DeMint is staying mum on his preferred pick, saying he'll leave the decision to Haley. Likewise, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he isn't going to speculate on who might join him in the upper chamber.
( See also: Sen. DeMint, tea party leader, resigning)
"Tim is a great guy. I don't know what the governor is doing; it's her call. Jim and I are going to talk among ourselves about that issue," Graham said. "The good news for South Carolina is we've got a deep bench."
Scott, along with fellow South Carolina GOP freshmen Trey Gowdy, Mick Mulvaney and Jeff Duncan, quickly became known as the "fab four," or more ominously, "the four horsemen," who came to Washington ready to shake things up. They've remained united on most issues and are all steadfastly conservative.
But Scott also has the kind of personal story that's undoubtedly appealing to a party that's trying to diversify its base: He worked his way out of poverty to become a successful small-business man, local politician and eventual congressman. If appointed, Scott would be the only black senator to currently serve in the chamber, and the first since Illinois Democrat Roland Burris left the Senate in 2010.
At the crux of his conservative beliefs is the idea that capitalism and hard work can help the poor move up the economic ladder. And he tells that story at every opportunity.
"As a poor kid growing up in a single-parent household in North Charleston, S.C., I felt like I didn't have much going for me," Scott said in a speech at the Republican National Convention this summer. "I did have a mom who believed in tough love, and that love comes at the end of a switch … and [a] small-business owner, who was my mentor, who taught me I could think my way out of poverty."
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Borrowed from Old French losenge ("rhombus"), from Old French *lose ("flag-stone"), from Vulgar Latin *lausa, from Gaulish *lausā, from Proto-Celtic *lausā ("stone"), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- ("stone"). Cognate with Spanish losa ("square tile").
lozenge (plural lozenges)
- (shapes) (heraldry) A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 167:
- Wherein the decussis is made within a longilaterall square, with opposite angles, acute and obtuse at the intersection; and so upon progression making a Rhombus or Lozenge figuration [...].
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vani8ty Fair, Chapter 9:
- How the junior partner of Hobbs and Dobbs leads her smiling to the carriage with the lozenge upon it, and the fat wheezy coachman!
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 14:
- The floor is constructed from marble lozenges and triangles of every imaginable hue: yellow and pink and all manner of mottled and blotched shades, framed in white.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, p. 167:
- A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 3, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on "The Inner Life." He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
- (quadrilateral): diamond (informal), rhomb, rhombus (most common in mathematics)
- (medicated sweet): pastille, throat pastille, troche
medicated sweet
lozenge (third-person singular simple present lozenges, present participle lozenging, simple past and past participle lozenged)
- (transitive) To form into the shape of a lozenge.
- (transitive) To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.


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This issue of the Journal marks the beginning of its 10th year of publication. The Journal was "born" on March 19-20, 2004 at a meeting of the Academy's board of directors to address a concern regarding insufficient publishing venues for clinical research in the field of sleep medicine. At that time, there were six journals focused on sleep, but one was a review journal, another was devoted to behavioral aspects of sleep medicine and two were perceived to be more basic research oriented. Thus, the Journal was launched in 2005 with the mandate to publish excellent science, but to be clinically relevant to sleep practitioners. As the founding Editor-in-Chief, I believe that this goal has been achieved.
The Journal has grown since those early days. The 1st issue was a blueprint for future issues. In addition to original clinical research papers and case reports, there was a Pro/Con Debate,1,2 a Sleep Medicine Pearl,3 Board Review Cases,4,5 a Review Article,6 and two Special Articles.7,8 The Special Articles on the history of sleep medicine and a summary of the proceedings of a National Institutes of Health conference on health and quality of life with a forward by the Surgeon General of the United States were especially appropriate for the launch of a new journal focused on clinical sleep medicine.7,8 These sections of the Journal continue as they remain relevant today. Since that inaugural issue, the Journal has increased its publishing frequency from quarterly to monthly. It now processes over 400 submissions per year with the number continually increasing. They originate from all the permanently populated continents on earth. Although not a priority of the Journal, its initial impact factor was 3.232 in 2011, a highly respectable level. The number of indexed papers in PubMed is now approaching 1,000, and citations to articles published in the Journal exceed 2,200. Some papers have received considerable attention in the lay press.9,10 Thus, by any objective measure, the Journal has been quite successful in accomplishing its mission. However, more gratifying has been the verbal feedback from Academy members and other readers who have indicated that the Journal fills a void in their need for ongoing medical education, and being informed regarding advances in clinical care and changes in the practice of sleep medicine.
With the advent of electronic publishing, smart phones and tablet computers the Journal has evolved from a traditional print venue to a multi-media platform. Starting in 2012, it became an online only publication with the option of print on demand and Kindle compatible issues for an additional fee. The Journal also is available in an easy to read electronic "magazine format". For those who would rather have a summary of the editor's pick of the most interesting papers, a monthly podcast is available for download. The Journal also offers the capability of incorporating videos and other recordings as an optional component of a published paper.
Over the past decade, the appearance of the Journal also has changed. Color schemes, tables and fonting have evolved to make the pages more visually appealing. In addition, a "Brief Summary" was added to each original research paper so that the reader could assimilate the essence of an article in less than a minute in order to determine whether it provoked his/her interest to read more. The "Brief Summary" is available in the electronic table of contents emailed to Academy members and subscribers with each issue as well.
What does the future hold for the Journal? Probably the greatest challenge is competition from other publications for excellent content in the field of clinical sleep medicine. As previously noted, 10 years ago, there were 6 sleep journals. Now, by my count there are 15, and perhaps others that I have overlooked. Virtually all of the new journals are "fee to publish" open access publications. Is there sufficient new clinical information to justify all of these new journals? Admittedly, the amount of new scientific information is growing rapidly, but it seems unlikely that it has expanded so rapidly that 9 new sleep journals are required. Nevertheless, it will be important that the Journal continue to attract high quality submissions to maintain its leadership in the field. The second challenge of the future will be to continue to evolve the Journal's publication model to be relevant for the world of smartphones, tablets and social media. Information is now being disseminated in smaller "chunks" to facilitate learning. Determining how the Journal will accomplish this in the world of Twitter and Facebook remains to be determined. In reality, there are no crystal balls, but hopefully in the next decade, the Journal will remain nimble in the face of the ever evolving medical publishing landscape and the advances in the practice of clinical sleep medicine.
Quan SF. The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine–a decade of progress: looking backward and forward. J Clin Sleep Med 2014;10(1):5-6.
Naughton MT, author. Routine polysomnography is indicated in congestive heart failure. Pro. J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:16–8. [PubMed]
Pack AI, Goldberg LR, authors. Routine polysomnography is not indicated in congestive heart failure. Con. J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:19–22. [PubMed]
Berry RB, Smith CL Jr, authors. I can't stand CPAP. What else can you do for me? J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:91–3. [PubMed]
Parthasarathy S, author. A case of insomnia with incontinence of emotion. J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:95–6. [PubMed]
Young DK, author. I couldn't sleep at all last night. J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:95–6. [PubMed]
Owens JA, Babcock D, Blumer J, et al., authors. The use of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of pediatric insomnia in primary care: rational approaches. A consensus meeting summary. J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:49–59. [PubMed]
Carmona RH, author. Frontiers of knowledge in sleep and sleep disorders: opportunities for improving health and quality of life. J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:83–9. [PubMed]
Shepard JW Jr, Buysse DJ, Chesson AL Jr, et al., authors. History of the development of sleep medicine in the United States. J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:61–82. [PubMed Central][PubMed]
Chervin RD, Ruzicka DL, Vahabzadeh A, Burns MC, Burns JW, Buchman SR, authors. The face of sleepiness: improvement in appearance after treatment of sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013;9:845–52. [PubMed]
Drake C, Roehrs T, Shambroom J, Roth T, authors. Caffeine effects on sleep taken 0, 3, or 6 hours before going to bed. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013;9:1195–200. [PubMed]


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Anaheim, Calif. – The first half battle was close, but it was Cal Poly's hot start to the second half that ended UC Santa Barbara's season. The Gauchos fell to the Mustangs 62-43 in the Semifinals Round of the Big West Tournament in the Honda Center.
UCSB entered the tournament as defending Big West Champs, and they expected nothing less this year than to successfully defend their conference crown.
"We came into this game looking to win," UCSB assistant coach Heather Zurich said after the game. "We were not prepared for our season to end this early."
The Mustangs had the regular season sweep against the Gauchos and in both games they were led by the Big West Player of the Year, Molly Schlemer. And in the conference semifinals, it was Schlemer again who led Cal Poly to victory.
The Mustangs were the number two-seeded team in the Big West, so they had byes through the first two rounds of the tournament. And Cal Poly seemed to put that extra rest to good use, as Schlemer, who averaged 21 minutes per game in the regular season, played 36 minutes against the Gauchos in the semifinals.
The 6'5'' center scored a game-high 26 points, going 10-23 from the field and 6-7 from the free-throw line.
Nicole Nesbit led the Gauchos with 11 points, all coming from the second half. Nesbit turned her offensive game around with 11:28 left in the game when UCSB was trying to overcome a 37-23 Mustang lead.
To start the game, the Gauchos showed that they were ready to attack early and often behind the play of senior Angelei Aguirre.
With both teams still scoreless, Aguirre stole the ball away from Ariana Elegado and ran with it for three-quarters of the floor to finish with a layup on the other end.
"I tried to be aggressive and take open shots," Aguirre said. "We all knew that we had to be aggressors at the beginning."
The rest of the Gauchos showed that they were following the senior's lead. To protect her team's early lead, Sweets Underwood threw down a block, denying Molly Schlemer a basket, and made the tough defensive rebound. The ball was eventually put up the floor to find Aguirre who capitalized on the opportunity and connected on a jumper for two.
By the 15:40 mark in the first half, UCSB was up 4-0 and held Cal Poly to a 0-8 shooting performance from the field.
When the halftime buzzer sounded, Cal Poly had found some rhythm on offense and went into the locker room with the 22-19 lead.
After the break, Cal Poly wasted no time in scoring points and went on a 13-2 run to start second half play. The stretch ended when Jackie Luna-Castro put a shot off the glass to move the score to 35-23. By that point, though, Cal Poly had enough control to win the game.
For UCSB's three seniors (Angelie Aguirre, Kirsten Tilleman, and Sweets Underwood), the loss will be the last game of their Gaucho careers. Those seniors all played vital roles in UCSB's championship run last season.
But during the post game press conference, Tilleman made a point regarding the seniors' careers as Gauchos.
"It was not about this one game," Tilleman said. "It was about the journey that we had with these players and these coaches."
To which Aguirre agreed, "Dido."


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We should know better by now, but Kotaku bossman Stephen Totilo and I are actually excited by the impending relaunch of a superhero comics universe. Crazy, huh?
It's been a long time. We shouldn't have left you… without some geek talk to step to. But that's all in the past now, as Stephen and I re-convene to talk about comics that we're read and liked. This episode we talk about a new original series from DC Comics' Vertigo imprint and the planned revival of Marvel's Ultimate line.
Here's the rundown of comics discussed this episode:
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busy_designer necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 43 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
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target audience: world of warcraft players
I need a nice background for an informational website about world of warcraft. I don't need a full website mockup only a background that helps to associate the content with world of warcraft.
For an example what I mean please have a look at http://www.ronischildcare.com.au/ … the white content area is placed over a simple but nice background.
I need the design as .psd (up to CS3, not higher) so I could design the rest of the website based on your background. Please keep elements in layers (no flatten image).
Please keep some space for "the logo" (will be simple text), like in the linked example.
Regarding the first comment I'll add some more specifications I've forgotten *sorry*:
* width: 900px
* fading: to left, right and bottom so it's easier to integrate in a single fill color
* tileable: don't have to
* filesize: doesn't matter
* limitation in races or anything else: no, I don't want to limit your creativity only you're missing a single image


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It seemed inevitable that there would be some flare up from Charlie Hebdo's decision to have this week's issue 'guest-edited' by the Islamic prophet Mohammed, but we're surprised at the speed (and force) of the response.
Yesterday, around 1am, the magazine's Paris offices were attacked with a Molotov cocktail. While the fire was put out quickly, the editor-in-chief of the paper, known as 'Charb', has said that the magazine cannot possibly put out a paper this week due to the damage.
Charlie Hebdo's website had also been hacked, with the message: "You keep abusing Islam's almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech. Be God's curse upon you!" (At the time of writing, the original website is back online).


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3 AccuWeather
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N ow that ski season has officially begun, it's time to get serious about shredding — and tracking and sharing what you've shredded, or maybe just finding the right place to shred.
We've compiled a list of the most useful and user-friendly apps for ski and snowboard this season, general outdoor living and tracking your favorite winter sports. There are tons of ski-inspired apps out there, but none that are as fun, helpful or easy on the eyes and brain as these.
Our five picks help you plan your trip with weather forecasts, track your skiing or riding stats and use a social networking and mapping app to find your friends out on the slopes.
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eGPS Elevation
Cost: Free for Android users, $1.99 for iPhone users
Made by: Exetik Systems
Purpose: This app tells you altitude and elevation readings for your spot on a map, even when your phone's GPS is turned off. Perfect for backcountry skiing, and you can use it for climbing fourteeners come spring, too.
The app's interface is clean, and you can switch between U.S. or metric units. Click on the globe icon at the bottom of the screen to see latitude, longitude, accuracy and altitude.
Cost: free for Android and iPhone users
Made by: Maprika
Purpose: This app gives you ski and snowboard maps from resorts and areas around the world, and you can download them straight to your phone for when service is crappy or non-existent.
(You can also check out hiking and cycling trails, theme parks, zoos and campus maps for non-winter use.)
It also tracks your GPS with a "You Are Here" sign, and allows you see where your friends are on Maprika maps (with their permission). You can create your own maps to share as well. It's social-networking meets real-time GPS meets digital ski maps.
Cost: free for both Android and iPhone users
Made by: AccuWeather
Purpose: When it comes to a day of skiing or riding, just having a solid weather app can be handier than anything else. AccuWeather allows you to set favorites for the resorts or ski areas you hit most often; the user interface is clean and easy to navigate, and it tells you which activities are best for the day's weather.
Check it before you fall asleep to know which socks to wear the next day, which resorts to hit up and when to wake up to get the maximum amount of sunlight.
AlpineReplay Ski & Snowboard
Cost: free for both Android and iPhone users
Made by: AlpineReplay
Purpose: This app lets you track all the important "data" from your day on the slopes: speed, airtime, vertical, calories, distance and other facts. It keeps track of how long you spent on the lifts, number of runs, resting time and more.
Plus, you can share your stats to Facebook to compare with friends to see who shredded the hardest. It even lets you replay your runs in 3D.
Cost: free for Android users, $0.99 for iPhone users
Made by: Fappian
Purpose: It's a nifty app that lets you follow the FIS-Ski World Cup on your phone. You can grab results from each discipline, cup standings, a calendar and more.
World Cup events for 2013 start in January and run throughout the year, so this handy-dandy app is the equivalent of ESPN for skiers.


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(Unintentionally I have previously asked a similar and perhaps in itself not uninteresting question Galois theory: Generalization of Abel's Theorem? but this is what I originally had in mind.)
Let $L$ stand for the smallest extension of ${\Bbb Q}$ closed under the operation of adjoining all roots of all polynomials of the form $x^n+ax+b,a,b∈L$.
What polynomials $p$ don't split over $L$? In particular, how low can one make the degree of such a $p$? (This http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring%E2%80%93Jerrard_form#Bring.E2.80.93Jerrard_normal_form would seem to guarantee degree($p$) $> 5$.)
Classically, $S_n$ occurs as a Galois group for certain $x^n+ax+b$, $n\geq 5$. That means that obstructions for $p$ splitting over such $L$ must reflect information beyond the Galois group of $p$. So absent a full answer to my question, what candidates does one have for such an obstruction? For example, does the form of the polynomial single out particular representations of $S_n$?
Again, absent a full answer, does the literature contain theorems about polynomials not splitting over similar large extension of ${\Bbb Q}$?


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He will be officially presented with this professorship by the Board of Regents in a ceremony in March, 2005.
In 1987, the University of Minnesota Graduate School established the McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, a program of career development awards for junior faculty. The McKnight Land-Grant Professorship was named for a significant endowment gift from the McKnight Foundation that was then combined with a share of the Permanent University Fund (PUF). This Fund, released to the University by the legislature in 1985, came from the original Land Grant to the University. The name of the Professorship emphasizes this public-private partnership.


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Sizzling nightlife, long beaches and luxury boat trips are just a few of the things that make travel to Miami. Tucked away on the Southeast coast of Florida, the city has an enviable climate which, given its close proximity to the Bahamas, is hardly surprising.
When you're not relaxing on the beach or enjoying a range of water sports, you can take some time to explore the Florida Everglades, or discover the city's thriving Latin culture.
Tourist attractions
Miami is a city whose development and tourism opportunities are inseparable from its location on the coast. Few people take a trip to Miami without embarking on at least a few boat tours, while Miami Beach is not just a place to soak up the sun, but also to spot a Hollywood star or two on vacation from LA.
As if that wasn't enough, the city has a unique ecosystem worth exploring just outside its boundaries in the form of the Everglades, which is populated by numerous alligators. Further animal attractions can be found at the Miami Zoo, Miami Seaquarium and Jungle Island.
Leisure activities
Some people make the trip to Miami just to spend time on its sun-kissed beaches and to indulge in some of the many activities on offer there. Choose from diving, kayaking, sailing, and fishing for starters, or take your time and try them all.
Hot air balloon rides and yacht charters are a good way of seeing more of the local surroundings during your trip to Miami. If you want to experience one of America's national obsessions for yourself, head to Marlins Park in Little Havana, the stadium of the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball Team. During football season, the Miami Dolphins are often one of the country's top teams. People don't just go to an American football match for the sport, but for the razzmatazz and the half-time show too. So if your stay does coincide with a Dolphins home game, it's definitely worth trying to get a ticket.
It's also worth taking a look at the city's cultural calendar prior to your stay, as it might coincide with one of Miami's eclectic events. March sees the Ultra Music Festival and Carnival Miami, while the city is lit up by fireworks on July 4th for Independence Day. In December, visit Miami Beach for Art Basel.
After the day is done, head to South Beach for its legendary nightlife scene with countless numbers of restaurants and entertainment options.
Eating in Miami
Miami offers visitors a cornucopia of flavours from around the world, but is best known for its 'New World' cuisine. This fusion of different foods and dishes is based around local produce, but takes as its inspiration, recipes and cooking techniques from Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean.
Cuban cuisine is well represented in many of the city's restaurants and diners, while food from Asia and the Middle East are increasingly easy to come by. Seafood lovers are also unlikely to be disappointed in Miami.
Shopping in Miami
Miami has a number of main shopping areas, while you'll find lots of tourist shops located along the seafront. Collins Avenue offers a diverse range of high-end retail opportunities, while South Beach is known for its fashion boutiques. If you'd like to have a proper American mall experience when you travel to Miami, then head to the huge Aventura Mall on Biscayne Boulevard, or the open-air CocoWalk on Grand Avenue.
Cultural considerations
Though Miami is a distinctly American city, more than a third of the population is of Cuban origin. There are also substantial Haitian, Nicaraguan, Honduran and Dominican communities within the city.
So although English is the main language of the city, Spanish and other languages are common in some areas.


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Improving the educational outcomes of foster youth starts one student at a time.
Earlier this month, a groundbreaking report described the academic lives of 43,104 foster youth and compared them to both other statutorily disadvantaged students, as well as all the nearly 6 million students who attended California public schools in the 2009-10 school year.
Across the board, save some troubling lows for English Language Learners, foster youth proved to be the most likely afforded negative academic opportunity, the most impacted by trauma, and subsequently, the least likely to succeed.
Of the 5,043 foster students attending the Los Angeles Unified School District's 1,000-odd schools, 192 were seniors. Among the 128 who would graduate that year, was Roy Clarke, then a student at Westchester High School.
He shared the same dream as three quarters of high-school-aged foster youth statewide: to attend college. But only about half of all foster youth will graduate high school. More than two thirds of those who do not, will not go onto attend any college. But Roy did, and when he decided to go to college, joined the 69 percent of foster youth grads who do the same thing.
Roy had some advantages.
At 6, Roy and his younger sister were first removed from the custody of their mother, only to be placed back in her care after a stay with an aunt. The second time social workers from Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services intervened was after Roy's mother attacked him with a crowbar in a Jack-in-the-Box parking lot. Both times the social workers came he remembers feeling relieved. "I was happy," he said. "I was happy to get away."
At 15, Roy moved to his grandmother's house. He is still there today, at age 22. For those important adolescent years, Roy was rooted to his South Los Angeles neighborhood and enjoyed school stability. Only two thirds of the students in foster care during Roy's senior year made it the entire year without a school move, as compared to 90 percent of their similarly disadvantaged peers, according to the report released last week.
But for the benefits, and Roy's resilience, making it through Los Angeles Trade Technical College — a 25-acre eruption of monolithic buildings not far from Skid Row — was still far from certain. Having managed the hurdles of high school, he was now attending one of California's 112 highly impacted community colleges, where self-reporting campuses identified as many as 16,000 foster youth in the spring of 2013. Whether at the community college or university level, 26 percent of foster youth across the country manage to stay in school, or persist, as compared to 56 percent of students nationwide.
But here is the point in the story where the numbers stop working against Roy and foster youth like him. He is one of 167 students who participate in Trade Tech's Guardian Scholars program, which does everything it can to see young people move up and on. There are around 80 other California campuses with similar programs, according to a 2012 evaluation of the California College Pathways initiative, which serves as the umbrella for such programs. Persistence rates among the 14 campuses surveyed ranged from 42 percent to 92 percent, blowing past the national average for foster youth on all counts and beating the general population in many.
Roy, soon to finish his studies at Trade Tech, weighs the costs and benefits of enrolling in a private arts school to continue his studies in fashion design. He understands that to do so would require going into debt, something he has proudly avoided up until this point.
So now Los Angeles, I offer you a simple challenge. Find out why LAUSD does better than the state average in terms of foster youth graduation rates, and build up those numbers. Feed Trade Tech with more foster youth. Find the money to pay for the growing demand. Give the program what it needs to experiment, test and improve. Stay committed.
The reward for accepting this challenge is knowing that every day there is one more Roy Clarke out there. Young men and women, who, while not free of the cruelty they experienced as children, are free from the continued cruelty of being forsaken of a fair chance at success.
Daniel Heimpel is the founder of Fostering Media Connections, the publisher of The Chronicle of Social Change and a lecturer at USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy.


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"Apostrophe", designed by Gabriele Chiave, is an unusual object that doesn't reveal at first sight its function. It's like an agile plough that can engrave the peel with free and decorative signes. It's a small Kitchen accessory that can be used to draw on the orange skin to create food design, easy to use, thanks to its ergonomic handle.
Born in Bergamo, Italy, Laura Polinoro graduated in Drama Art and Music Studies in Bologna. Her first job was in the field of contemporary dance as art director and costume and set designer. Later she undertook research at the Domus Academy in Milan. From 1990 to 1998 she was in charge of the Centro Studi Alessi, where she operated as meta-project designer and art director, coordinating workshops both in-house and in association with various universities and design institutes the world over. She was also involved in publishing and communications activities. Items which entered production in that period are identified with the acronym "CSA". Since 2004 products overseen by Ms. Polinoro have been identified with the letters "LPWK"
Gabriele Chiave knows no boundaries. As a lifelong observer of the world around him, Gabriele is driven by the comprehensive nature of design and a desire to ignite meaningful interaction between product and consumer. Born to diplomat parents in Metz in 1978, he has lived in France, Dakar, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Rome, Milano and now makes his home in Amsterdam. These diverse resident experiences enable him to bring a global perspective to design like no other. Having won competitions for Emergency, Rotari, Epson, Toshiba and Pirelli, as well as spending significant time at Marc Sadler studio, and working with prestigious Italian brands such as Alessi (organization of 7 Workshops held by LPWK/Alessi), Dainese, Foscarini and Serralunga, Gabriele has mastered the subtle nuances and balance between form and function, industry and art, structure and experimentation. Currently serving as creative director at Marcel Wanders, this art aficionado and jazz lover oversees all projects in product and interior design, and art direction for a range of premium brands – passionately leading all to participate in the expression of beauty and technical simplicity in order to expand the human experience.


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Instagram, the iPhone app that manipulates mobile photos in a matter of seconds, makes ordinary folks into photographers and photographers into superheroes. Really. All a user has to do is snap a photo, select a "look and feel" and voila! Instagram automatically edits the picture -- no Photoshop necessary. The photo-sharing app recently hit 150 million photos.
Some of those "photogs" are celebrities! Take a look at these stars' recent Instagram shares...
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"Ashley and I say hi Georgia :)" -Selena Gomez, pop singer and actress
"#showyourhearts" -Justin Bieber, pop/R&B singer
"This is not LA" -Chris O'Donnell, actor on "NCIS"
"Bossin up wit dat Blast" -Snoop Dogg, rapper
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"Just posted a photo" -Tori Spelling, actress and best-selling author
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Holmes Beach is a small town on Anna Maria Island in the Gulf of Mexico just south of Tampa Bay. It boasts miles of gorgeous white, sandy beaches, emerald Gulf waters, abundant sunshine, and an eclectic selection of holiday rentals. Visitors to Holmes Beach can stay anywhere from a luxurious beachfront house to a rustic rental cottage. Friendly locals welcome everyone to relax and enjoy this "Florida old charm" paradise.
Rental homes can provide not only flexibility but the amenities of the best resorts at a fraction of the price. If you are holidaying with the family, having extra space to spread out is also an asset. Whether you want a weekend getaway or a long trip the rental choices are endless, and you're sure to find something that will fit your family's needs.
A scooter is an inexpensive and fun way of getting around the island from your holiday rental. If you want to spend a day on the water, there is excellent fishing in the waters surrounding Anna Maria Island. Take a charter boat and head out in the Gulf for an exciting day of sport fishing. The grouper, snapper, or mackerel you catch can provide the ingredients for a delicious seafood dinner at your holiday rental. Inshore or backwater fishing is also very popular.
Enjoy a beach picnic with the locals under the Australian Pines, or find a secluded cove and enjoy some private sunbathing. Prefer an animated beach crowd? Then the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfasts at "Cafe on the Beach" is your scene.
Join a volley ball game. There are numerous nets along the beach, and there is always an exciting game taking place. Not in for that much activity? Then lie on the beach soak up some sun while you cheer for your favorite team.
Enjoy a burger and a cold beer at Dusty's Tavern steps away from your holiday rental. The Beach House Restaurant provides beachfront dining and live music for your enjoyment. Enjoy fresh grouper and a beer close to your holiday rental. You can also rest and relax at the pool at your holiday rental and enjoy a barbeque with your family and friends. Whatever your choice, you will leave the island with unforgettable memories.


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I just wanted to let you know that at our last genealogy program we had our quarterly "Breakout" groups at which researchers sit together with other researchers interested in the same area of ethnic research e.g. Irish researchers, Polish researchers, German researchers etc.
This was the evening we were going to replace an older breakout table with a new one. The new table group was intending to have those that have actually created a family history book or report on their research share with others how they went about creating this wonderful book achievement.
I was a little nervous prior to the program because I simply did not know how many people would be interested in participating. Even more so I was a little concerned if I had everyone at the table wanting to learn how to create your book and have no one actually at the table who may have created a book.
But to my pleasant surprise this new table started out with a "bang". There must have been at least 10 people around the table (seating for 6 is what I set up!). Of the 10, it looked like about 5 of the participants had created an actual family history book of their research! WOW! What a great way to start this quarterly table exchange of creative information!
This group was highly active and very animated during the course of the evening, something I really like to see as fellow researchers help out other fellow researchers in areas one researcher may be familiar with while another just wants to know.
I want to say thank you to those that brought their family history books to share with those at the table. I had hoped that maybe 1 person with a book might be present, but to see 5 present during the inaugural startup of this new table was just wonderfully over the top!
We will do this overall program again in December 2012 and again include this new table at that program. I will still be seeking those that have created a family history book to come out again and share their expertise.
What a great start to a new table at which research ideas are shared!
Tony Kierna
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A best seller since it was first produced in 1994, the Anna G. corkscrew is a tongue-in-cheek homage to a real woman. Her smiling face has become something of a cult figure over the years, giving birth (so to speak) to a rich family of objects for the table and kitchen in a wide range of materials.
Alessandro was born in Milan in 1931 and graduated in 1959. He is an architect, artist, designer and design manager, theorist and journalist and began his profession at the Nizzoli studio. In 1970 he gave up planning to concentrate on journalism relating to architecture and design: He has edited Casabella, Modo and Domus through which he has transmitted his ideas of renewing the world of design. Along with Branzi and Sottsass and with his presence in Global Tools and Radical design, he was the main force behind the renovation of Italian design in the 80's. In the late 70's he went back to designing and various projects and in 1979 joined the Alchimia Studio. This group of radical designers in the 80's in Memphis had upset functionalist designers by designing objects for sheer artistic pleasure and by referring to popular culture and kitsch. This was well outside the norms of industrial production and practicality. With Alchima he created objects, furniture, environments, paintings, installations and architectural works. Among his most significant works during this period were the Groningen Museum and the reinvention of the Alessi image for whom he is meta-projectual consultant. In 1989 he opened the Atelier Mendini in Milan with his brother Francesco and continued his career as a sophisticated, pop designer. The key element is always a clever hybrid between art and design resulting in popular objects that achieve great commercial success. He died on 18 February 2019.


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