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When I do a manual retag, I'll often find other tags that look "off" and investigate further. These tangent tags usually lead to handfuls of questions that need retagging as well. If after a thorough search, the desired tag doesn't exist, then I'll create it.
During my retagging session this past Saturday, I ended up creating quite a few new tags in that process. Having created this many is abnormal, but so it goes.
John Saunders approached me directly by e-mail shortly thereafter. He noticed I had created these tags, and suggested that (a) some of them may not be appropriate, and (b) I get some feedback on Meta to improve the process for the future. I agreed completely.
So, here are the tags I created, with an explanation of either their current status, my thought process (or lack thereof), etc. Note: all the new tags are linkified for convenience, even though they don't show up with an underline. Also, between the time I got the list of tags from John and going back to analyze, some of the tags' statuses had changed.
[dual-boot]- This was a retag of a handful of questions marked with
[dualboot]. Not much to say here, as I think it was straight-forward.
[event-notification]- I don't see any questions with this tag now, though I remember creating it. I had run into several questions that mentioned event notification, so at that point I figured there should be a tag for it as people were using that terminology.
[monitor-refresh-rate]- There was a single question about programmatically changing the refresh rate of the display, however that question seems to have disappeared and I can't find it under any tag now.
[display-properties]- I put this on question 245102. There was no existing
[display-settings]either, and I thought using the word 'properties' was more appropriate to find that particular question. I'm really not sure how else to describe that question with a tag.
[device-disconnection]- This was used by 544875, where the question-asker needed to respond to an event when an external hard drive was disconnected from the system. I did my best on that question, as it was somewhat vague.
[virtual-driver]- No questions are currently tagged with this. 540267 was asked by the same user as 544875, and I took the language used verbatim without thinking, transposing
[virtual-driver]. I made a 2nd edit within the 5 minute window and changed
[virtual-drive], but the new tag remained.
[virtual-desktop]- 509733 deals with errors in a class that creates a virtual desktop in C#. Now that I go back and read the question more thoroughly, it really doesn't have too much to do with virtual desktops, and is more of a newbie/fix-my-compiler-errors question. I'm on the fence as to whether
[virtual-desktop]should be kept or discarded at this point.
[libsvn]- A single question (1564797) deals with this SVN library. There is also
[libsvm], but that is something completely different (I thought it might have been a typo, but it's not).
[getexitcodeprocess]- 1763686. Brainfart. I've already removed this one and put
[exit-code]on it (and merged
[exitcode](3) and
[exit-status](1) into
[exit-code](29) while I was at it).
[disk-space]- This was created as the anticipated target for a merge with
[diskspace](50) which I discovered in my retagging. I haven't gone through those questions at all to see if it's a valid merge, but with 50 questions on it, it most likely is, or is pretty darn close.
[virtual-file]- 2157682 was interested in finding a way of executing a program that didn't physically exist in a file on the disk. Honestly I was at a bit of a loss as to how to tag this question, even though I knew what it was asking.
[file-indexing]- I put this on 2238606, and I thought it was pretty straight-forward at the time. Now that I look back there is also
[indexingservice], which may be more appropriate, or at least supplementary.
That's it. I really appreciate John contacting me about this (and also the way he did it, too). I truly want what's best for the site, and the feedback I get here should help me become a more productive member of the community.
EDIT: Thank you all for the feedback. I was expecting a lot more constructive criticism, but if everyone is content with what I'm doing, then I will happily continue. As I said, I welcome any/all feedback (not limited just to retagging) so send me an e-mail if you think it's appropriate. There's a direct e-mail link on my website. Thanks!


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My countdown to my debut novel's release and a chronicle of my attempt to not go stir crazy while waiting. (I post here on Mondays and Fridays. See you then!)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Friday Field Trip: Hijacked!
47 comments:
- Jennifer Hillier said...
This, my friend, is about as good as it gets! WOO HOO! Huge congrats!
- April 8, 2011 at 6:55 AM
Wow! How exciting!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- stacey said...
Woooooooohoooooooooo! Way to go! You rock! Congrats!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- Kenya D. Williamson said...
That's so awesome, Sam. I can't wait to read it! I'm Scotchgarding my sofa for the inevitable teacup event. :D
- April 8, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- Cathy K said...
Promise you won't forget us Sam ;) Seriously, I'm absolutely thrilled for you and Before Ever After and something tells me you are living the Before part of the story right now and that the Ever After will be a wildly successful one!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- Kelly Andrews said...
What a great blurb! So excited to read this one.
- April 8, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- Brynne said...
But of COURSE, bright soul!! Of COURSE!!!:) And many more to follow....!!!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- Kathy said...
I'm impressed that you could come down long enough to write your post!!! How amazing for you! Thank you so much for sharing this excting ride with us! Major congratulations!!!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Sophia the Writer said...
WOOO!!! What a win!!!!!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- R. A. Burrell said...
Wow - Not that I wasn't already planning to, but I'd totally buy your book based on that alone. WIN!!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- monicastangledweb said...
OMG, that sounds amazing. Congratulations. You must be in heaven. What a great write up she gave your book!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:27 AM
Ahhh!!! Sam, I'm so excited for you! This is amazing. I can only imagine how happy you are right now. Congrats!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:32 AM
Sam, that's wonderful -- and it makes me want to read the book even more!!!
- April 8, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- April 8, 2011 at 8:02 AM
- EQ said...
One day your words will also inspire other writers!
- April 8, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Jan O'Hara (Tartitude) said...
ZOMG, woman, that's one energetic and unapologetically eager review! Congrats.
- April 8, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Andrew Leon said...
as my son would say.
I have nothing properly eloquent left.
- April 8, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Joy Page Manuel said...
This is beyond cool!! Congratulations Sam!! I'm really very happy for you!
- April 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Kate Evangelista said...
Wow! I'm so happy for you! Go girl! :-)
- April 8, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Elizabeth Young said...
Congratulations! Rise to the occasion my dear Samantha! Stick your nose in the air like you're the Queen of England and graciously accept the accolades you have worked so very hard for. Elizabeth.
Frisky? Who uses the work frisky unless it's in connection to a kitten! Just go with it...
- April 8, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- Tanya Reimer said...
Awww wow! Good for you girl. I'm smiling for you like you wouldn't believe! Cripes you rock! Enjoy it. This is what being a rockstar feels like.
- April 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Congrats, Samantha! I've been smiling every time I see one of your updates on SheWrites - love the positivity and buoyant energy that you exude. Pretty awesome to follow someone's experience as they go through this for the first time - very, very happy for you!
- April 8, 2011 at 2:49 PM
- MuMuGB said...
This is great news! Congratulations! When do you take on Hollywood?
- April 8, 2011 at 2:57 PM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
Jenny - Thanks!! (I wish I could bottle up this feeling...and sell it on e-bay. LOL.)
Journey - Thank you! :)
Stacey - Thanks! (What nail polish color do you recommend to go with glee? :D)
Kenya - LOL!!! Using a travel mug might be simpler ;-)
Cathy - Haha! Can you skip to end of the book and tell me how everything works out? I can't look!!
Kelly - Thank you so much! :D
Brynne - Thank you for all your positive thoughts and kind words! :D
Kathy - Haha! Thanks!! (Dramamine helps. LOL)
Sophia - Thanks, girl!!!
R.A. - Thanks for all the support, my friend! :)
Monica - Thank you!! I'm still orbiting the moon. :D
Kelly - I have to say that this is definitely one of the "UPS" in this roller coaster ride! Thank you! :D
Liz - Thank you soooo much, my dear!!! :)
Mymommyology - Hahahaha! "Huwaw" indeed. Totally unexpected!
EQ - I really hope so :)
Jan - Thanks! She really was very generous. Sooo happy! :)
Andrew - "Niiiiice" works for me! Thanks!!
Joy - Thank you so much, my friend! :D
Kate - Thank you, my dear!!! :)
Elizabeth - LOL!!! *purrrrrrrs* Thank you!
Tanya - Thank you!!! It does feel pretty crazyawesome. :D
Nerka - Thanks!!! I just dropped by your "Hooked" blog. Soooo cool!!
Muriel - Haha! I wish. I'd be happy with a BBC miniseries. LOL ;-)
- April 8, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Danielle said...
Awesome blurb, Sam!! Congrats!
- April 8, 2011 at 5:54 PM
- Wall-to-wall books said...
Oh! I am so glad you commented on my blog again! The last time you commented I meant to save your blog in my favs. but forgot, so I lost you! I bookmarked you this time!
I love your book cover by-the-way! Gorgeous!
- April 8, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
Danielle - Thank you! :)
Wall-to-wall books - Thank you so much! (And thanks for bookmarking me :D)
- April 8, 2011 at 8:14 PM
- Serendipity's Library said...
I have pre ordered my copy from Barnes and Noble now I just have to find some time jumping goggles. Congratulations to you I am sure there will be much more praise to come!
- April 8, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- DEZMOND said...
oooh, this is super exciting, as soon as I read what your book was about I immediately thought of the writers such as Fortier. I smell a future bestseller, darling, with your upcoming book ;) Is your publisher thinking about selling the film rights as well?
- April 8, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Mama Mia said...
W-O-W! O-M-G! That is beyond AMAZING! I am so excited for you Sam!!! Really, really happy for you! Cupid and I were just talking about you after watching tonight's Oprah episode...about how great it would be if Before Ever After makes it to Oprah's Book Club! It's a monthly thing, right? Aaaarrgh! August is just so, so far away! :((
- April 8, 2011 at 9:10 PM
- ~Wendie said...
Okay Samantha - you are a vocal supporter of mine with all your comments and I truly appreciate it - I've been lacking on my computer time and getting back - mother is still sucking up my time until tomorrow - at whick point I will bawl like a baby until she comes back again. I digress - I am here to give you the VERSTILE BLOGGER AWARD (now say that in your head with the echo of an announcer!) I love your blog! I can't wait to read your book (summer is coming fast!)
So, please go copy the link from my page and let everyone know that you are getting the love!
Have a great weekend!!
- April 8, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- C.M. Villani said...
*Breaks out the smelling salts*
Sam....Sam can you hear me? Wake up girl!!!
O_O Wow! Girlfriend, that is an amazing blurb! Way to go!
Are you ecstatic? Cause I'm ecstatic! *does happy dance.*
- April 8, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- Mieke Zamora-Mackay said...
Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your journey with us. It's exciting to watch.
- April 8, 2011 at 10:45 PM
- (Florida) Girl said...
That is A SPECTACULAR REVIEW. Congrats.
- April 8, 2011 at 11:16 PM
- Movies on my Mind said...
- April 8, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- Deborah Lawrenson said...
OH, yes...things are getting exciting! Well done, Sam.
- April 8, 2011 at 11:50 PM
- Janel said...
Woo-Hoo! Congrats. :)
- April 9, 2011 at 1:19 AM
- ONID said...
Sam, if I were you my head would be in the heavens and I'd be seeing a billions stars. Congratulations . . . what a wonderful blurb about you and your book! So proud of you = )
- April 9, 2011 at 1:39 AM
- Julie said...
Wow, what an amazing review! Makes me even more anxious to read the book. Congratulations!!
- April 9, 2011 at 3:39 AM
- Susan Flett Swiderski said...
Wow, fantastic! Congratulations. (and stop pinching yourself ... it's REAL!)
- April 9, 2011 at 5:14 AM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
Serendipity - WOW! Thank you!!! :D (I should ask my publisher to include the goggles with the book ;-) But swimming goggles work well too.)
Dezmond -Thanks!! Movie rights? I WISH :D
Mia - Thanks!!! Too bad her last show is in May (as if she'd ever feature me! LOL. Oh well. Dreams are free, right? Haha!)
Wendie - Thank you! I'm thrilled!! :D
Christina - *sniffs salts and sits up* huh? wha? where am I? *sees blurb and faints again* *does happy dance while in blurb induced coma and tries not to step on your dancing toes* :D
Mieke - Thank you so much for sharing this crazy ride with me! :D
Florida Girl - Thanks, my friend!!!!
Movies on My Mind - Thank you!!!
Deborah - Thanks!!! My head is still spinning!
Janel - Thank you so much!!
ONID - GOD is GREAT, my friend:D
Julie - Thank you!!! Anne Fortier was so generous. :D
Susan - Thank you!!! That's a relief! *stops pinching and checks bruises* ;-)
- April 9, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- Meryl Jaffe, PhD said...
Congratulations! What a great review and great boost! I am looking forward to reading it!
- April 9, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Kara said...
Wow!!!! How exciting! I especially love her description of your "spunky writing" and "rambunctious plot". I can't wait to read it!
- April 9, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- blueeyedadri said...
Congrats, I think it will take a while to calm down from this!
- April 9, 2011 at 9:22 PM
- Janus said...
Congratulations Sam!
- April 10, 2011 at 2:38 AM
- Katie @ Chicken Noodle Gravy said...
Hi there! I found you through a fellow blog buddy. I just wanted to say a HUGE congratulations on your book...AND on this excellent review. I'm an aspiring writer, and I seriously cannot IMAGINE how excited you must be.
Oh, and I LOVE your "about me"! So cute. I miss David Tennant, too!
- April 10, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Samantha Sotto-Yambao said...
Meryl - Thank you!! I'm enjoying the post-blurb high. Hehe
Kara - Those are my fave bits too! Thanks!!!
Blueeyedadri - So true! I'm still hovering close to the ceiling. I'm thinking of doing some dusting while I'm up here. ;-) Thanks!!!
Janus - Hey, you!!! Great to see you here! Thanks!!!
Katie - Hi! OMG! OMG! You like Dr. Who too??? Wooohoooo! *tackle hugs*
- April 10, 2011 at 8:52 AM


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On the show I discussed the study published in Psychological Medicine that examined the relationship between religious beliefs and major depression. The prevailing view has been that religious belief provided some protective and/or mitigating effect on major depression. This study puts a serious dent in that view with its conclusion that "These results do not support the notion that religious and spiritual life views enhance psychological well-being."
The study included over 8000 participants in seven countries and found that stronger religious beliefs were correlated with higher risk of depression. You can read the abstract of the study yourself here (unfortunately, you'll have to pay if you want the full article), or you can read Tomas Rees excellent summary here.
Something I neglected to bring up on the show is the implication this research study has on the Army's Spiritual Fitness program. As many of us foxhole atheists have known all along, religious belief is not some magic talisman that wards off depression, PTSD, or other mental health problems that may arise in humans exposed to traumatic events. In spite of this, the Army continues to promote a program that its own statistics show has, at best, had no effect on the suicide rate. At worst, this program may be exacerbating the suicide/depression rate among soldiers, if only by promoting something that doesn't work over things that do work.
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Corey Haim's childhood mixtape inspired Jenny Lewis to launch music career
A mixtape the late COREY HAIM gave to JENNY LEWIS when they were kids inspired the actress/singer to pursue a career in music.
The former Rilo Kiley rocker first rose to fame as a child actress in the 1980s, starring in shows like The Golden Girls and Growing Pains, but she became hooked on music at the age of 10 after The Lost Boys actor Haim gifted her with a compilation of his favourite songs, including tracks by the Beastie Boys and Run-D.M.C. at a party.
She tells The New York Times Magazine, "There have been a couple of cassette tapes that have changed my life, and that was the first one."
However, it wasn't until Lewis hit her 20s that she decided to switch the focus from her acting to her musical talents and launch her first band, Rilo Kiley.


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3/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups self-rising flour
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, cut in small pieces
9 tablespoons water
1 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 cup fresh or frozen mixed peas, corn, and carrots
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh ginger
1/2 habenero chile, minced
1/2 teaspoon garam masala spice blend
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon red chile powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 lemon, juiced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander leaves
Vegetable oil, for frying
Chutney, for serving
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To make the dough: Mix the salt and flour in a medium bowl or a food processor. With a pastry blender, incorporate the butter until crumbs have formed. Add the water a few tablespoons at a time, until you can form a ball. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes. Let it rest for about 15 minutes more. You can prepare the dough in advance and refrigerate it.
To make the filling: Boil the potatoes until tender. Drain and set aside.
If using fresh carrots, chop and simmer in water, to cover, in a small pot. Add the corn and peas to barely cook. Set aside to cool.
Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion until golden. Add the garlic, ginger, and chile and cook for 2 minutes. Add the garam masala, turmeric, chile powder, and salt and cook 2 minutes more.
In a bowl combine the mashed potatoes, the onion and spice mixture, carrots, peas, corn, lemon juice, and chopped coriander. Mix well.
To assemble the samosas: Divide the dough into 9 equal size balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball into a 5-inch circle. Cut each circle in half.
Brush the straightedge side with a little water, fold it in half, and align the two straight sides so they overlap to form a cone shape. Squeeze the edges together to make a tight seal. Place approximately 1 generous tablespoon of filling inside each cone, leaving the top edge clean. Moisten the inside top rim of the cone and press the edges together to make another tight seal. Place the samosas on a tray until ready to fry. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
Heat approximately 3 inches of vegetable oil in a deep saucepan. Fry several samosas at a time, being careful not to crowd them. When 1 side turns golden brown, flip it over to brown on the other side. Drain on paper towels. Serve with chutney.


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Aspects of Our Program Shaped by Catholic Values
There are several ways in which the Catholic identity can be seen in our institutions:
- The term "catholic" means universal and applies to a church that is both global and multicultural. As the Catholic church becomes increasingly and genuinely global, our faith and identity must be continuously shaped and informed by the voices and viewpoints of these many cultures and world views. In practice, this means dedication to a study abroad program that includes countries from third world, and continued effort to recruit and welcome international students and faculty to our campuses.
- Catholicism values social service. We are called by Christ to love our neighbor as ourselves (Luke 10:27). This value is seen in our evolving traditions of service learning, service trips and the integration of topics such as social justice, social economics, and rural ministry into a variety of classes.
- Catholic worship is sacramental and liturgical, involving the senses as well as the mind. Our institutions evince this through the architecture and artwork on campus, through vigorous art, theatre and music programs and also through the presence of the churches and liturgical worship.
- Catholicism values tradition. Our curriculum remains rooted in the liberal arts, integrating our students into the larger community that includes those in the human family who have preceded us. The Catholic thought and tradition (further resources page) on many issues is always a potential aspect of our discussions and scholarly activities and is thoughtfully examined where it has a bearing. It is not a perspective into which students are indoctrinated, however, nor are faculty limited in their academic freedom of inquiry and expression.


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Despite having a perm a YEAR AGO – yes a YEAR AGO that was supposed to grow out after 12 weeks, my perms is still very much alive and kicking. I find it really hard to cope with burly hair – I have come to realise my curly haired friends have to work at getting beautiful bouncy curls.
For days when I can't be straightening my hair, I need to keep the curls and as unfrizzy as possible.
Step in Bumble & Bumble Curl Conscious range:
There are also some shampoos and conditioners in the range.
I really like Bumble & Bumble hair products! They're expensive but effective.
First off the holding Foam! This is like a mousse but quite unusual because it comes out as a thick gel that you need to rub to get it into a mousse texture.
How to use: Dispense a quarter-size amount and activate in hands; apply to damp hair from the nape forward, roots to ends; heat-style or air-dry.
This product left me with quite defined thick curls, you only need the tiniest amount of product. Too much and they look a bit crispy. Use just enough and it really defines the hair.
The only problem with the foam is that it tends to run a little more from the nozzle and leaves a bit of a sticky mess no matter how many times you wipe it. Not a huge deal but something to bear in mind.
Next is the defining creme for fine curls. They give your hair soft and fine curls. Once again only a small amount of product is necessary to make the hair look shapely, and it reduces frizz too although I didn't think it made the curls look more 'bouncy'. This is better for a laid back look. Use this on damp hair then heat dry.


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text: Spidey. 0 Posted May 16, 2005 The fight for jersey No. 26 is going all the way to courtroom No. 161B. Next month, the District Court of Maryland will try to answer the question being posed in locker rooms everywhere: how much for your number? Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis agreed to pay defensive back Ifeanyi Ohalete $40,000 for No. 26 last year, but after Ohalete was released by the team in August, he accused Portis of stopping payments and paying only half the sum. Ohalete, now wearing No. 25 for the Arizona Cardinals, is claiming breach of contract and suing Portis in a trial scheduled to begin June 7 in Upper Marlboro, Md. "It's not exactly the kind of case you see every day," John Steren, Ohalete's lawyer, said. But it is just the kind of conflict that plays out every season. When a prominent athlete joins a new team after contract talks, the negotiations in a high-stakes numbers game have often only just begun. Jeff Feagles, the punter for the Giants, wore No. 10 until he sold it to the rookie quarterback Eli Manning last spring for a one-week vacation in Florida. Then Feagles switched to No. 17, which he sold this off-season to receiver Plaxico Burress for a new outdoor kitchen at his home in Phoenix. "The guys in the equipment room tell me I'm the luckiest person they've ever seen," said Feagles, who hashed out the kitchen deal with Burress's agent, Drew Rosenhaus. "Think about what I've profited in the past two years just from my jersey number. Now I have No. 18, and everyone is wondering if any of the rookies are going to want it." Mets pitcher Tom Glavine never really even liked No. 47, but it was given to him by the Atlanta Braves at his first spring training and therefore symbolizes everything he overcame to stick in the major leagues. So when Glavine signed with the Mets two years ago and Joe McEwing handed over No. 47, Glavine and his wife financed a baby nursery in McEwing's home. "If you play long enough," Glavine said, "that number becomes your identity." For many professional athletes, a jersey number is a personal brand. It is worn on shoes and helmets, wristbands and turtlenecks. It inspires tattoos and is engraved on medallions the size of manhole covers. Players who have been successful with certain digits are often too superstitious to change. They wonder if they can put up the same numbers while wearing a different number. Lee Evans was a rookie for the Buffalo Bills last year when he paid $20,000 to his teammate Mark Campbell for No. 83. The Cleveland Browns rookie Kellen Winslow pried No. 80 from his teammate Aaron Shea for a package of suits, meals and a vacation totaling around $30,000. Last month, the veteran outfielder Brian Jordan trumped both of them when he bought a $40,000 motorcycle for Fredi Gonzalez, the Braves' third-base coach, to thank him for No. 33. "I think he was just expecting a golf shirt or something," Jordan said. "But this number is important to me. It's the way people in Atlanta recognize me." The price of jersey numbers has escalated at almost the same rate as the value of player contracts. In 1989, Oakland's Rickey Henderson got No. 24 from Ron Hassey by substituting for him at an autograph session. In 1991, Philadelphia reliever Mitch Williams got No. 28 from John Kruk for two cases of beer. But by 1993, when Henderson wanted No. 24 with the Toronto Blue Jays, he had to pay outfielder Turner Ward $25,000. "I didn't even think of asking for money," Kruk said. "The only reason Mitch wanted the number is because his wife had a lot of No. 28 jewelry and he didn't want to buy her any more jewelry. "Not long after that, he got divorced and changed numbers." There have been Hawaiian baseball players, like Sid Fernandez and Benny Agbayani, who wore No. 50 because they were from the 50th state. There have been baseball players whose last names began with the letter O, like Al Oliver and Rey Ordóñez, who requested and wore No. 0. And there was one self-deprecating hockey player, Neil Sheehy, who wore No. 0 because he said that he was as far away as anyone could get from Wayne Gretzky, No. 99. The trends are so difficult to track that espn.com has its own uniform columnist, Paul Lukas, who can tell you that Nick Van Exel once wore No. 37 because he was the 37th pick in the N.B.A. draft, that catcher Benito Santiago once wore No. 09 so that the strap on the back of his chest protector would not cross through the No. 9, and that the Czech hockey star Jaromir Jagr wears No. 68 because of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. "Anyone playing the lottery can tell you about lucky numbers," Lukas said. "And as long as salaries go up, the price for numbers will probably go up, too. For today's athlete, what's the difference between buying a case of beer and buying a motorcycle?" Sally Faubion of San Francisco, who studies numerology, the effect of numbers on people's lives, said: "When there's a number that resonates with you, it will bring you something positive. If someone says, 'I hate my number; I wish I had another number,' they probably won't do well with it." Faubion would advise any athlete to pick a jersey number that corresponds to his birth date, making Mets pitcher Kris Benson her ideal example. Benson said he wore No. 7 in high school because he was born on Nov. 7. When he could not get that number at Clemson - the head coach was wearing it - he opted for No. 34 because three plus four equals seven. If Benson were a European soccer player, he might have even taped a plus sign between the digits on his jersey, a recent trend spotted overseas. Oakland's Barry Zito came up wearing No. 34 because he wanted to pitch like Benson, but when the Athletics retired it as a nod to the Hall of Fame reliever Rollie Fingers, Zito picked No. 75. "I'm really into numbers and symmetry, and if you look at the 75, it creates a really nice shelf under my name," Zito said. "There's also an added bonus. Not too many people have it, so if I get traded somewhere else, I probably won't have to give up a Rolex." That is exactly what pitcher Roger Clemens gave Carlos Delgado as thanks for No. 21 in Toronto. When Clemens went to the Yankees, he had to settle for No. 22 because Paul O'Neill had 21. And when Clemens bolted for Houston, he had to keep No. 22 because his teammate Andy Pettitte got No. 21 a month earlier as a tribute to Clemens. Delgado, who gave up No. 21 even though he was wearing it for the Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, a fellow Puerto Rican, said he still had the Rolex in a safety deposit box. Even college teams are starting to recruit by numbers. When safety Darnell Bing signed to play safety for Southern California, he asked to wear No. 20, which had long been retired for Mike Garrett, winner of the 1965 Heisman Trophy. Conveniently, Garrett is still on campus, working as the athletic director, and he gave Bing the necessary permission. For all the locker-room deals that have been struck, nearly as many have stalled. Jacksonville running back Fred Taylor reportedly offered $10,000 to his teammate Aaron Beasley for No. 21 after the 1998 draft, but he was turned down. Frank Viola asked Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden for No. 16 in 1989, to which Gooden responded: "He can have my wife. But he can't have my number." The same season, Steve Sax joined the Yankees and inquired about No. 3. He apparently forgot it had been retired for Babe Ruth. The Yankees, who used to give out jersey numbers based on a hitter's position in the batting order, have retired 15 numbers. But their ranks are empty compared with the Boston Celtics, who have 22 banners in the rafters. Still, when forward Antoine Walker returned to Boston this season, the rookie Al Jefferson handed him No. 8 and did not ask for anything tangible in return. "I just told him to teach me everything he knows about the game," Jefferson told reporters. "Ain't all about the money." Credit: AOL News. People buying NUMBERS...damn... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Campus Theatre was opened as a single screen theatre by United Artists. Later operated by the Commonwealth Amusement chain and finally by Regal. I have been told that the two Ballantyne Pro-35 projectors that are now installed at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado came out of the Campus West. The theater was still operating until at least 2003.
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This theater may (key word) be demolished. I did a quick drive by of the sight the other night and I saw a lot of redevelopment but could not spot any vestige of the theater building. That said, this was a quick drive by and at night so I will need to do some more detailed research.
Could somebody who has seen the Campus West Theatre take a look at the architect's rendering at upper left of this page of Boxoffice from September 4, 1967 and see if they recognize it? The caption places the theater in Boulder, but I think that must have been a mistake and it is actually the Campus West in Fort Collins. If it is, then the Campus West opened as a single-screen with 750 seats, Perhaps before the end of 1967 or in early 1968, and was designed by Mel Glatz & Associates.
That rendering does appear to be the Campus West in Ft Collins, although the carport/drive-through wasn't located to the right (which would have been Elizabeth St). In that drawing, the carport/drive-through would be in the center of the image in front of the theater. It makes some sense that they confused it with being in Boulder because the Campus West was pretty much adjacent to the Colorado State University campus (not the University of Colorado, which is Boulder). It was a nice little theater and probably had the best presentation in Ft Collins for many, many years. Saw The Living Daylights, Die Hard 1&2, The Abyss, War of the Roses and many others there. There was a second, smaller screen added at a certain point that was pretty much identical to the set up at the Cooper/Cooper Cameo in Denver. Maybe the carport/drive-through was relocated when the second screen was added.
The theater has definitely been demolished. I was in Ft Collins for an afternoon last summer and there is no longer any trace of it.
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President Barack Obama is ready to sign into law the most sweeping economic package in decades, a rescue plan meant to reinvigorate job creation, consumer spending and public optimism. Add the bill to an ever-growing deficit.
Capping the biggest victory of his month-old administration, Obama will sign the economic legislation Tuesday in Denver.
The setting, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, is meant to underscore the investments the new law will make in "green" energy-related jobs. It also allows Obama to get away from Washington, where the bill's passage was a mostly partisan affair, and be among people who may benefit from the huge government intervention.
The flailing economy continues to dominate Obama's time.
Tuesday is also when General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, which are living off a combined $13.4 billion in federal bailout loans, are due to hand in plans to Obama's government about how they can remain viable.
And on Wednesday in Arizona, Obama will unveil another part of his economic recovery effort — a plan to help millions of homeowners fend off foreclosure.


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(CBS News) Texas Governor and former Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry described President Obama's assertion of executive privilege over documents related to the gunwalking case known as "Fast and Furious" as "Nixonian."
On "Face the Nation," Perry compared the scandal involving the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms' cross-border transfer of weapons to Watergate and said of the current controversy, "This is almost Nixonian, if not absolutely Nixonian, in the cover-up that's going on with the Fast and Furious.
"I mean, with Watergate, you had a second-rate burglary," Perry said, adding that in the Fast and Furious case, "A former marine and a border patrol agent by the name of Brian Terry lost his life."
However, when asked twice by host Bob Schieffer if Congress should hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for not providing documents requested by a House panel, Perry refused to answer, and instead said the president is orchestrating a coverup.
"What I would favor is the President of the United States being transparent with what is going on. I mean what is so important - what are they hiding? What has gone on that's so important that I'm going to use executive privilege to keep the United States Congress from having documents?" Perry rhetorically asked.
"This is really troubling."
Perry said he doesn't know what he is accusing the president of: "That's the issue. If he will be transparent, if he will be open with the Congress and the American people, then we will know what went on with Fast and Furious," Perry said.
House Speaker John Boehner has said the House will vote on contempt this week, after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted along party lines to hold Holder in contempt.
The governor, who was a Republican presidential candidate until he left the race in January, also discussed immigration on "Face the Nation," and said the issues surrounding the DREAM Act are "completely and absolutely different."
Days after both President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney spoke at a Hispanic conference, Perry criticized the president and defended Romney, even though Perry has a different position than Romney on the DREAM Act, the measure that would give supporting undocumented youth to attend college at the same price as in-state residents.
Also on "Face the Nation:" LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Romney has "amnesia" on immigration
"These two issues, of which President Obama and what we as governors have to deal with, are completely and absolutely different," Perry said. "President Obama is going around the Congress and, frankly, a very lawless way of doing it. He's basically - he couldn't get it done through Congress, so he's just basically, during an election year, using this as the political wedge issue. Very, very different."
However, Perry said he supports the issue because of "the economic impact that it has on the states."
Perry was also highly critical during the Republican primary of Romney's role at Bain Capital, as pointed out by Schieffer. But on Sunday, Perry said he was wrong for attacking Romney over the issue.
"I'm saying that is a wrong attack that's not going to work politically," Perry said. "That attack didn't work during the primary. It's not going to work during the general election, either."
Watch the full interview here.


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Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, assistant professor of entomology at UC Davis, will be one of the featured speakers at the International Symposium on Pollinator Conservation, to be held Jan. 27-29 in Fukuoka, Japan.
His talk will explore agricultural landscape change and the role of bee life history in predicting and understanding responses of bee communities. The conference, sponsored by the Japan Society of the Promotion of Science and themed "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators: Towards Global Assessments," will take place on the Hakozaki campus, Kyushu University.
Williams is the only invited speaker from California. (See his lab research)
"Bees provide a critical ecosystem service for humanity through their pollination of crops worldwide," said Williams, who will speak on "Bee Life History and Resource Distributions Determine Population and Community Responses to Agricultural Landscape Change."
"There is increasing recognition of the contributions of wild species to crop pollination and their role in sustainable pollination into the future. The persistence of wild bee species depends on the availability of essential nesting sites and forage resources within the landscape. Agriculture management can profoundly change the abundance and distribution of these resources over time and space."
"Because bee species differ in specific nesting and forage requirements, there is the potential for land transformation to filter wild bee communities based on such ecological traits," Williams said. "I will present two separate studies from central California exploring the role nesting and forage resources in determining bee responses to agricultural intensification. The first study explores the effects of bee life history traits and resource distributions on observed changes in bee communities between semi-natural and farmland components of an agricultural landscape.
"I will use a combination of empirical data sampled over multiple landscapes and spatial modeling of bee communities to reveal the relative importance of forage and nesting resources to bee responses. The second study focuses on the bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii. I will use empirical data on bumble bee colony performance and a spatially-explicit model of floral abundance to quantify the importance the forage-resource landscape in determining worker and queen production."
Williams pointed out that "the abundance of forage strongly affected worker production; however, it was most sensitive to early season resources. Spatio-temporal variation in the resource landscape across the season reduced the overall effect of the forage landscape on queen production. Nonetheless consistent forage resources are key to the persistence of bumble bee populations in this region."


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PeaceHealth is seeking a Respiratory Therapist - Respiratory Care for a 0.9 full time equivalent Non-Exempt position. This position will be working Night shift with shift durations of 12 Hours .
Req ID: 172678 Night Shift NICU and Neonatal Transport. Candidate must have a minimum of 1 year NICU experience and the ability to train and maintain competency in the neonatal intensive care unit and neonatal transport team. Pattern: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, ($), Monday, Friday, Saturday. Pattern subject to change per department need.
Cares for the Cardio-Pulmonary needs of all assigned patients, from those who are undergoing routine diagnostic procedures to those requiring more complex critical care support, intervention, and transport support, as applicable to care setting. The work requires a team focus working collaboratively with all members of the healthcare team aimed toward the best outcome for the patient and organization.
1. Provides respiratory care to include diagnostic testing, oxygen and medication delivery, bronchial hygiene, arterial/capillary blood gas draw and analysis, advanced airway and life support.
2. Patient assessment including the ability to monitor labs, hemodynamics and radiology findings. Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates individual patient care appropriate to the age of the patients.
3. Calibrates, cleans, sets up, maintains and troubleshoots all patient related equipment and instruments. Assembles and stores cleaned equipment.
4. Participates in in-house educational in-services inter and intradepartmental as well as attending outside seminars and work-shops, as requested by Manager.
5. Participates in various intermittent department tasks including; audits, quality assurance, statistical record keeping, patient charting and other special projects as specified by Manager.
6. Performs other duties as assigned.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Comcast's plan to merge with Time Warner Cable in April and another on retransmission issues in late March, the committee said on Wednesday.
Senator Patrick Leahy, who chairs the committee, said the panel would meet on April 2 to discuss plans by Comcast, the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, to buy TWC for $45.2 billion. TWC is the No. 2 U.S. cable operator. Both companies are major broadband Internet providers.
On March 26, the panel will discuss the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, known as STELA, which expires at the end of 2014 and tackles, among other issues, the retransmission of broadcasting content by satellite companies. Congress must reauthorize the measure.
The planned Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable has raised eyebrows even though the companies directly compete against each other in very few markets.
"Millions of Americans rely on cable connectivity to receive the programs they love and to access the Internet at the fast speed needed as we conduct more of our lives online," Leahy said in a statement. "The pending merger is an important opportunity to examine how Americans access these valuable services."
Critics of the deal say it could give one company too much power over what Americans see online and watch on television.
Beyond cable, a top executive of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc raised questions recently about Comcast's potential dominance of the U.S. broadband Internet market if the deal is allowed to go through.
Speaking at an investor conference this week, Chase Carey, president and chief operating officer of Fox, said the broadband issue was key.
"Is there choice in broadband? Are you really headed toward every home having simply one broadband provider, and what are the implications of that?" he asked rhetorically.
The proposed transaction is subject to approval by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Justice Department.
The panel's first hearing will focus on STELA, which allows satellite providers such as Dish and DirecTV to bring in stations from other markets when subscribers cannot pick up local stations' signals over the air.
Lawmakers face pressure from broadcasters and cable and satellite companies, which see the must-pass legislation as a chance to push for new regulations amenable to them.
It also gives the FCC power to oversee retransmission consent deals to ensure the negotiations are in good faith. It expires at the end of 2014.
The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week started the process with a draft of a bill that has already come under fire from Democrats who worry it does not properly address retransmission.
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You must go on a vacation at least once a year and spend some quality time with your family and many psychologists opine that an annual vacation is necessary to preserve one's mental health. If you want to truly enjoy a happy vacation, you should just forget all your personal problems and remain cheerful. To spend a happy vacation you should meticulously plan your entire vacation program ahead of time.Please remember that planning a happy vacation will be quite easy once you decide on your destination, the number of people accompanying you, mode of travel, the duration of your vacation and things you would wish to see and do during the vacation period.Once you are clear in your mind what exactly you want out of your vacation, you can easily prepare the entire vacation program. The most critical component of your vacation is the accommodation. The one assured way to have a happy vacation and spend quality time with your family is to opt for a vacation villa or a holiday cottage instead of staying in hotel rooms.Vacation rentals and holiday cottages are generally attractive for varied reasons – cost savings, more space, no payment of tips, taxes or service charges – all of which become payable when living in hotel rooms. Besides, renting a villa or a holiday cottage can be much cheaper when compared to hiring hotel rooms.A vacation rental is a fully furnished property and includes a holiday cottage, condominium, town home or single-family-style home, also referred to as villa rentals. If you have good accommodation with all amenities, then you really can relax and thoroughly enjoy the vacation trip. Before planning everything else, you need to make sure that you have chosen the best vacation villa or holiday cottage.There are accommodation options galore but you must take into consideration quite a few factors into consideration before selecting the vacation rental. Make sure that the vacation rental or holiday cottage you choose has easy access to places of tourist interest and reliable transportation is available for you to go around.If you prefer to be away from the din and bustle of the city center and want to have a quiet holiday with your family, you should select a villa or holiday cottage in some peripheral areas. You have to take into consideration the size of the vacation rental you need depending on the number of persons accompanying you.Vacation rentals and holiday-cottage are available in varying sixes ranging from 2 to 20 persons. Besides, renting a villa or a holiday cottage can be much cheaper when compared to hiring hotel rooms.Having a happy vacation means you should spend maximum hours with your family and loved ones and vacation rentals and holiday cottages will provide you the opportunity to stay close together whereas in hotels you may have to hire multiple rooms.Eating out can be very costly and staying in a vacation rental or holiday cottage means you can cook your own meals and save a lot of money to meet other useful holiday expenses. Of course you should also visit restaurants to taste the local food and enjoy the local flavor but eating out should be rare.
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An encounter with electricity can be particularly dangerous. A severe electrical shock may knock your child unconscious, and he may stop breathing. There may be deep burns at the point where the current entered the body, as well as internal
Depending on the location, extent, and cause of the burn, your child may need immediate medical care. A burn can cause scarring, which may limit functioning of the burned area. Regardless of their size and severity, burns on the face, the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, or on or near a joint can have serious implications. Burns in these areas should always be checked by a doctor and watched with special care. Any burn should be watched for signs of a possible infection.
When evaluating your child's burn, here's what to look for.
Remove the cause. All burns should be treated first by removing the cause-putting out flames, washing off chemicals, or breaking electrical contact. If your child's clothing is on fire, douse him with water or wrap him in a blanket and place him on the ground to put out the flames.
For electrical bums. In the case of electrical shock, your inclination will probably be to snatch your child out of harm's way. Don't You may receive a severe shock yourself and become unable to help your child. To break electrical contact safely, first switch off the current. If that is not possible (as in the case of a live wire) use a nonconductive item, such as a wooden broom handle, to lift or push the source of the current away from your child. Always take your child to the emergency room for medical evaluation after an electrical burn, even if he seems to have suffered only a minor burn.
For chemical burns. If your child suffers a chemical burn from a corrosive liquid, immediately flood the area with cool running water to dilute and wash away the chemical.


text: 5 Must-Have Hong Kong Favorites Site News 12/09/11December 09, 2011 By Samantha, Asia/Hong Kong ContributorSam is a 16-year old junior with a passion for all things beauty, though she has a soft spot for lipstick and blush. She started off her collection with mostly Western brands but began to get more interested in Asian brands because they were so much more accessible.Born and raised in Hong Kong, Sam speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, a little German, and, of course, English. In her free time, she enjoys photography, craft projects, and spending time with family and friends. She's studying for the SAT this year and looks forward to applying to universities in the U.S. next year. 5 Must-Have Favorites from Hong KongAs a high school junior, I stay up late doing homework and wake up early for school. I typically go for a fresh and polished look and look for products that are quick and fail-proof when I'm stumbling around at 6am, as well as long-wearing to make it through long days. I have luckily been able to find these qualities in products by brands that are locally available to me.I'm lucky to have pretty good skin so since I do not need coverage all over, I prefer to spot conceal. Canmake UV Stretch and Protect Concealer (1,000 yen) has a thick, cream consistency and is housed in a long tube with a doe-foot applicator. Its consistency covers amazingly well without being drying or looking cakey, whether I'm using it to conceal redness, blemishes or under-eye circles. This is the most long lasting concealer I have ever used, holding up exceptionally well at parties, concerts and even when swimming. When I remove my make up at the end of the day, I can count on this still being on my skin.Marker-styled liquid liners usually have a felt tip applicator, but the Dollywink Liquid Eyeliner ($13.50) actually has a brush that tapers off like felt tip applicators do. The thin brush tip makes creating really fine lines right by the lash line a breeze, but apply a little extra pressure and the brush flattens, creating a thicker line. The long, thin packaging gives you great control and makes winged liner quick and fuss-free.Fairydrops Mascara ($18.00) has a very unique wand that resembles the wand of Rimmel Sexy Curves. I have to say, the first time using this was tricky and quite frankly, a little intimidating. The wand has three circular bumps that grabs my lashes, gives them a good coat of mascara, and deposits a lot of product near my lash line, making my lashes look fuller and my eyes more defined. The waterproof formula is creamy but dries quickly, so the occasional clump must be brushed out quickly, and does not smudge or flake on me.You can spot Hope Girl from a mile away by its tell-tale leopard print packaging. The Milky Balm Lipstick in RD102 Watery Red (12,900 won) is a great, moisturizing sheer red that adds brightness and color to the face. It is a neutral red which should work well on a variety of skin tones and is extremely easy to wear, although it can also be built up for a stronger payoff. It does not stay on for very long, but as a sheer lip product, I don't really expect it to. I can swipe this on without a mirror and use it to transition my look from day to night, making it a great lipstick for on the go.Similar in concept to Benefit Benetint, I think that Lioele Blooming Pop Tint in Cherry ($13.60) multi-tasking lip and cheek stain is one of Lioele's star products. The main thing that sets the Blooming Pop Tint apart from other lip and cheek stains I have used before is that it has a gel-like consistency, giving you more blending time before it sets. The stain just sinks into the skin, leaving a rosy flush that looks very natural and not streaky or patchy at all.


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It seems like that handy canister of antibacterial cleaning wipes is everywhere these days. Grocery stores dispense them for dabbing at the handle of your cart, gyms park them conveniently for wiping down exercise equipment. Many schools hand them out so kids can scrub their desks and even include them on back-to-school supply lists.
Yes, wipes are everywhere. But are they harmless? Unfortunately, for most popular versions, that's not the case.
Why worry? In a word: Quats
The most common antibacterial agents in cleaning wipes are called "quats" (short for quaternary ammonium compounds) and include such chemical mouthfuls as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride and benzalkonium chloride. Of course, difficult pronunciation does not necessarily equal danger, but in this case we are talking about pesticides that are certainly toxic to bacteria and can affect human health, too.
The American Medical Association discourages the use of antibacterial agents in consumer products because they may encourage the development of "superbugs" – antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Quat-resistant bacteria have been detected in homes routinely cleaned with antibacterial products. These bacteria were also resistant to a number of other important antibiotics, suggesting that regular exposure to quats could create microorganisms difficult or impossible to control with today's antibiotic arsenal.
The Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, a leading international authority on asthma, considers these chemicals to be "asthmagens," – substances that can cause asthma to develop in otherwise healthy people. With asthma now affecting nearly one in ten children in the U.S., it makes sense to avoid unnecessary exposures to asthma-causing chemicals, especially for kids.
Hold the fragrance, please!
The mystery mixtures that provide a wipe's burst of fragrance can contain hundreds of untested chemicals, including toxic ingredients like phthalates and synthetic musks – both suspected hormone disruptors. Fragrances are also among the top five allergens worldwide. Just skip them; does a wipe really need a scent?
Greener options for clean hands and surfaces
Regular hand washing – with ordinary soap, not antibacterial versions – is the best way to fight germs and avoid getting sick. Fragrance-free alcohol hand sanitizers are good options when no sink is available (like a school classroom, for example). And because antibacterial pesticides don't always penetrate the dirt and grime that hide germs, routine cleaning with regular – not antibacterial – cleaners is the best way to keep surfaces free of germs. So don't ask kids to clean school surfaces with antibacterial wipes – a quick squirt with soapy water and some elbow grease is healthier.
Where an antibacterial cleaning wipe is necessary, look for alcohol-based wipes, rather than those containing quats. If you don't see these in the cleaning aisle of your grocery or drug store, try the aisle with bandages and antiseptics. And if you do use wipes, pulls them from the container slowly and with a sideways motion – a quick, upward jerk can spray disinfecting chemicals right into your eyes.
PS – Diaper wipes for babies are a whole different ball of wax. The ingredients to avoid there are preservatives (specifically ones that release cancer-causing formaldehyde, like 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, also known as bronopol) and fragrance. You can find safer, fragrance-free options in EWG's Skin Deep database, or make your own at home using cloth or paper towels (that way you'll know exactly what's in them!).


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Want to help an Angel Mom ? Vote for Susan Winfrey and her hipperbibs for Best Mompreneur! - Susan is an Angel mom who's helped make a difference for a lot of angels and their hygiene and dignity :)
In October of 1999, my son Liam-Jacques was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome. This came after a first year of life filled with more struggle, pain and difficulty than any new-born should have to go through.
This site is here to do one of many small parts towards making the general public more aware of Angelman Syndrome in particular and genetic disorders in general. It is hoped that you will leave this site with a little more understanding of what Angelman Syndrome is and what you, a member of the global community, can help to do about it.
Update: Liam is sitting up on his own! All on his own, and with no help from the government at all (since the government has cancelled ALL of Liam's support, therapies and programs), Liam began sitting up all on his own! It took three and a half years, but he's doing it now!
Update: Liam CRAWLING!!!!! Only one month after learning how to sit up on his own, he just started crawling across the floor! WAY TO GO, BUDDY!!!
Update: Liam STANDING!!!!! Liam will now pull himself up to standing and, using very tiny steps - furniture cruise :) Woohoo!
Update: Liam In therapeutic horseback riding!!! Liam is enjoying this immensely and improvement to his balance and self-preservation reflexes are improving!
Update: Seizures are back, unfortunately. So far, like last year, they are short, lasting from 15 to 40 seconds and no medication so far (they are too infrequent and unpredictable for medicating, yet).Here is a picture of Liam immediately after the seizure, asleep in his little room at the school.Here is a picture of Liam at home, about two hours after the seizure - still a little zonked out.
Update: After almost a year with no seizures, they're back again: Four seizures in the space of two weeks. Knocking on wood that they go away again :(
Sometimes, the comment is made that people like Liam cost the tax payers an awful lot of money. This is nothing but the truth. He does. It is expensive to keep people with severe disabilities not only alive, but living in comfort and dignity.However: Liam is a reminder of the social contract we, as citizens and taxpayers, have with each other.To those who may question the money and resources spent on the severely handicapped, I suggest you think on this: All it takes is one car accident, one fall down the stairs, one mugging in a dark alley or any number of other, horrible instances - and you could be just like Liam.
Without that social contract- without reminders like Liam, who will wipe our bums when we cannot reach around ourselves? Who will feed us when we cannot hold a fork or spoon ? Who will change our clothes when we cannot lift our arms through the sleeve of a t-shirt ? Who will speak for us if our voices have been taken away ?
If you were the victim of tragic happenstance, or, like my son, the recipient of the genetic roll of the dice, would you want to be left in a dumpster or left on a curb to die because you were too expensive or too inconvenient to keep alive ?
Lest we forget, our citizens, our brave men and women fought and died for exactly this right: The right to life and dignity. If you think I am being dramatic, perhaps you should educate yourself on Action T4. Briefly (from Wikipedia):
Action T4 (German: Aktion T4) was a program, also called Euthanasia Program, in Nazi Germany spanning October 1939 until August 1941, during which physicians killed 70,273 people specified in Hitler's secret memo of September 1, 1939 as suffering patients "judged incurably sick, by critical medical examination", but described in a denunciation of the program by Cardinal Galen as long-term inmates of mental asylums "who may appear incurable".
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Both AnswerGarden and PollEverywhere let you pose questions to poll your students and get instant feedback. What makes AnswerGarden so cool is that it can tabulate the responses and display them in a word cloud. That means that it could be most effective as a brainstorming tool because it would reflect the frequency with which specific answers were given. You will pose questions to your students and then display their responses using an LCD projector on a screen. AnswerGarden's Moderator Mode lets you manually approve student responses before they are displayed to the class. (Phew.)
The reason that AnswerGarden is a micro-polling application is that student answers must be limited to just a few words. So it would not replace review games like Triventy, Quizizz, or Kahoot. Here's a sample AnswerGarden question ("What makes you happy?) and resulting word cloud:
And here's a tutorial (4:34) on how to use AnswerGarden:
As of now, AnswerGarden operates just with computers, laptops, and iPads. That's a deal breaker for me because it won't operate on iPhones. (Our school has laptops but they're not reliable and have other problems.) I've written to AnswerGarden's developers about when they might have an iPhone app and am awaiting their reply.
T/H to @rmbyrne for his post on AnswerGarden.


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This is an authentic, pre-owned LOUIS VUITTON Delightful PM Bag. It's a classic hobo-style handbag for everyday. This is the small Delightful, featured in the Monogram canvas with a vachetta leather trim and a detachable key ring. It has a wide shoulder strap for comfort and support and gold-tone hardware. The interior is roomy with a fuchsia striped textile lining, a zip pocket, a d-ring, and a hook closure. Whether for work or leisure, it's the perfect handbag for all Louis Vuitton lovers! This item is in very good condition, will have minor signs of wear and/or use, hardly noticeable. Please view photos carefully for details. Pay close attention to sizes and measurements.
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As we have noted here several times, the administration has announced what amounts to a one-year delay in the enforcement of the Obamacare employer mandate. The announcement came in an unusual package for such things. It was wrapped in a cotton-candy blog post by Treasury Assistant Secretary Mark Mazur. The post cited no legal authority and delivered something like a royal edict with respect to a law that by its terms goes into effect in January 2014.
Yesterday President Obama held a press conference. The White House text of the press conference is posted here, video here. Working on this post I used the Washington Post transcript posted here.
Ed Henry asked Obama about his authority to suspend the implementation of the employer mandate:
You recently decided on your own to delay a key part of that. And I wonder, if you pick and choose what parts of the law to implement, couldn't your successor down the road pick and choose whether they'll implement your law and keep it in place?
In response Obama's unspooled the blather and the billingsgate in which he always wraps his defense of Obamacare. Here Obama addresses Henry's question regarding his authority:
We did have the executive authority to do so, and we did so.
Mr. President, thank you for clearing that up. We have been wondering about it.
Here are Obama's comments about Obamacare in their entirety, including the quote above:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: With respect to health care, I didn't simply choose to delay this on my own. This was in consultation with businesses all across the country, many of whom are supportive of the Affordable Care Act, but — and who — many of whom, by the way, are already providing health insurance to their employees but were concerned about the operational details of changing their HR operations if they've got a lot of employees, which could be costly for them, and them suggesting that there may be easier ways to do this.
Now what's true, Ed, is that in a normal political environment, it would have been easier for me to simply call up the speaker and say, you know what? This is a tweak that doesn't go to the essence of the law. It has to do with, for example, are we able to simplify the attestation of employers as to whether they're already providing health insurance or not. It looks like there may be some better ways to do this. Let's make a technical change of the law.
That would be the normal thing that I would prefer to do, but we're not in a normal atmosphere around here when it comes to, quote- unquote, "Obamacare."
We did have the executive authority to do so, and we did so. But this doesn't go to the core of implementation.
Let me tell you what is the core of implementation that's already taken place. As we speak, right now, for the 85 percent of Americans who already have health insurance, they are benefiting from being able to keep their kid on their — on their plan if their kid is 26 or younger. That's benefiting millions of young people around the country, which is why lack of insurance among young people has actually gone down. That's in large part attributable to the steps that we've taken. You've got millions of people who've received rebates because part of the Affordable Care Act was to say that if an insurance company isn't spending 80 percent of your premium on your health care, you get some money back. And lo and behold, people have been getting their money back. It means that folks who've been bumping up with lifetime limits on their insurance that leaves them vulnerable — that doesn't exist. Seniors have been getting discounts on their prescription drugs. That's happening right now. Free preventive care, mammograms, contraception — that's happening right now.
I met a young man today on a bill signing I was doing with the student loan bill who came up to me and said, thank you — he was — he couldn't have been more than 25, 26 years old — thank you; I have cancer; thanks to the Affordable Care Act, working with the California program, I was able to get health care, and I'm now in remission. And so right now people are already benefiting.
Now, what happens on October 1st, in 53 days, is for the remaining 15 percent of the population that doesn't have health insurance, they're going to be able to go on a website or call up a call center and sign up for affordable, quality health insurance at a significantly cheaper rate than what they can get right now on the individual market.
And if, even with lower premiums, they still can't afford it, we're going to be able to provide them with a tax credit to help them buy it. And between October 1st, end of March, there will be an open enrollment period in which millions of Americans for the first time are going to be able to get affordable health care.
Now, I think the really interesting question is why it is that my friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from getting health care their holy grail. Their number-one priority. The one unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making sure that 30 million people don't have health care; and presumably, repealing all those benefits I just mentioned — kids staying on their parents' plan, seniors getting discounts on their prescription drugs, I guess a return to lifetime limits on insurance, people with pre-existing conditions continuing to be blocked from being able to get health insurance.
That's hard to understand as a — an agenda that is going to strengthen our middle class. At least they used to say, well, we're going to replace it with something better. There's not even a pretense now that they're going to replace it with something better.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: The — the — the notion is simply that those 30 million people, or the 150 million who are benefiting from the other aspects of affordable care, will be better off without it. That's their assertion, not backed by fact, not backed by any evidence.
It's just become an ideological fixation.
Well, I'll tell you what — they're wrong about that. There is no doubt that in implementing the Affordable Care Act — a program of this significance — there are going to be some glitches. No doubt about it. There are going to be things where we say, you know what? We should have thought of that earlier, or this would work a little bit better or this needs an adjustment. That was true of Social Security. That was true of Medicare. That was true of the children's health insurance program. That was true of the prescription drug program part D that was rolled out by a Republican president and supported by Republicans who are still in the House of Representatives.
That's true, by the way, of a car company rolling out a new car. It's true of Apple rolling out the new iPad. So, you know, you will be able to, whenever you want, during the course of the next six months and probably the next year, find occasions where you say, aha, you know what? That could have been done a little bit better, or that thing — they're kind of making an administrative change. That's not how it was originally thought this thing was going to work.
Yes, exactly, because our goal is to actually deliver high- quality, affordable health care for people and to reform the system so costs start going down and people start getting a better bang for the buck. And I make no apologies for that.
And let me just make one last point about this. The idea that you would shut down the government unless you prevent 30 million people from getting health care is a bad idea. What you should be thinking about is, how can we advance and improve ways for middle class families to have some security so that if they work hard they can get ahead and their kids can get ahead.
In case your mind was wandering, let me run this by you one more time:
There is no doubt that in implementing the Affordable Care Act — a program of this significance — there are going to be some glitches….That's true, by the way, of a car company rolling out a new car. It's true of Apple rolling out the new iPad.
And some people think the guy lacks a sense of humor!
Peter Suderman comments on several of Obama's points and reminds those of us who might have forgotten of this interesting fact:
[I]t's not even true that House Republicans refused to pass legislation lifting the employer mandate. Last month, a majority of House Republicans voted for and passed legislation codifying the administration's delay of the employer mandate, in conjunction with a bill to similarly delay the individual mandate to purchase insurance. A majority of Democrats, meanwhile, voted against both bills. Obama himself threatened to veto both pieces of legislation should they come to his desk.
Suderman also comments on the price of the ticket. This is a point that will be proved in the fullness of time:
Obama also claimed that when the health law opens for enrollment, it will offer individuals who currently do no carry insurance the opportunity to buy plans "at a significantly cheaper rate than what they can get right now on the individual market." That will likely be the case for some number of older and sicker individuals, but it is certainly not true for everyone who might buy insurance through the exchanges. In many states, younger, healthier individuals will end up either paying a penalty or buying plans that are more expensive than the cheapest plans they can buy on the market today. Obamacare's defenders sometimes note that, thanks to the law's benefits rules, plans bought on the exchanges will be more robust than many inexpensive plans are now. For anyone who might be concerned about cost—which, thanks to the mandate requiring people to purchase insurance, could be millions of people—misses the point. More expansive, more expensive coverage is still more expensive.
There's a joke here somewhere. Is it the joke that 57 percent of voters cite as the joke of Obamacare's implementation?


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Pacers Stay In-House, Promote Vance Catlin
Pacers Keeping It In-House, Building Continuity
by Scott Agness
September 18, 2012
This summer, there has been a variety of movement from the Pacers' front office on down, but it all comes back to comfort and familiarity. Donnie Walsh, who had previously directed the Pacers for 24 years, returned as President of Basketball Operations. Kevin Pritchard was upgraded to General Manager and Peter Dinwiddie, who has held a couple titles within the organization, was named Vice President of Basketball Operations.
There's more.
Pacers Head Coach Frank Vogel has promoted Vance Catlin to Director of Pro Personnel/Scout, Hansen Wong to Head Video Coordinator, and hired Jhared Simpson as Assistant Video Coordinator. These promotions and new hire are notable in that all three were once interns with the Pacers.
Catlin, who had a stint as a video intern with the Pacers in 2002, has worked a long time to get to this point in his career.
"[The promotion] is made because certain guys put in their hours and pay their dues," Vogel told Pacers.com. "Vance has paid his dues probably three-fold what he should have in terms of advancing to a front office position. We considered him for a position on the coaching staff but ultimately, his passion is with team building and player evaluations and he wanted to pursue something in our front office."
Catlin has been a tireless worker in the organization, beginning in 2004 when he started as the Indiana Fever's video coordinator. From there, he has been the Pacers assistant video coordinator, and head video coordinator for the past five seasons.
"I'm definitely excited and honored that the higher-ups think highly of me to promote me to such a position," said Catlin. "I'm definitely thankful for learning from such great basketball minds: the entire coaching staff—Frank, Dan Burke, Coach Boylen, Coach Shaw—and Coach O'Brien, Lester Connor and Rick Carlisle through the years. I've taken a piece of all their basketball knowledge to make my own."
In his new role, Catlin will do advanced scouting and be responsible for every NBA player not on the Pacers' roster, including those in the NBADL. It's a position further up the ladder, where one day, he hopes to be a general manager.
Catlin's path is very similar to Coach Vogel's. In Boston, Vogel was the head video coordinator for five seasons under Rick Pitino. He then was an assistant coach and advanced scout for four teams before joining Jim O'Brien's Indiana staff. Now as head coach, he's where he always wanted to be.
"There's a parallel there," Vogel admitted. "Rick Pitino told me a long time ago: 'In order to run a team or become a leader, you've got to understand the foundation.' That's what Vance has spent the last seven or eight years doing."
"He's been the hardest-working guy in the organization ever since he's been here. To have that type of work ethic, experience and knowledge of NBA players is a huge boost to our front office."
With Vance's responsibilities changing, Hansen Wong has been elevated to Head Video Coordinator. He has been with the franchise since finishing graduate school at the University of Minnesota in 2004. Most fans don't know who he is, but the coaches and players depend on him. Wong is always around, just, in the background.
"He's a complete workhorse," Vogel said of Wong. "He, like Vance, [is] here well before everybody else and well after everybody else—everyday, all year."
"Hansen has extensive experience at everything that goes into being a video coordinator—from the editing equipment to the statistical packages that we use to the all the software that we use for our scouting reports and data and analytics. He's an expert at all of it. We're hopeful the transition will be seamless and just promoting him to more of a management position"
Moreover, Jhared Simpson returns to the Pacers as Assistant Video Coordinator after acquiring his master's degree and coaching at his alma mater for two years, Division II Wheeling Jesuit University. After he received his undergraduate degree in 2008, Simpson was an intern under Catlin and Wong for two seasons.
Coach Vogel praised Simpson's skills in the video room, but he was also quick to point out that his ability to help on the court is an added plus.
"He's a great practice body on the court, Vogel noted. "He's played the game at the collegiate level, has good size and you can throw him in a pickup game or you can throw him in a drill and he can hold his own with some of these guys. That really enhances your practice when you have guys that can do that.
"Anytime you can hire or promote from within, it strengthens continuity and stability. We're in a place right now where we've clearly turned the corner from... [t]he rebuilding days. Now we're one of the elite teams in the league and in order to sustain that, continuity is very, very important."
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