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In a huge match-up of two top teams in the boys third- and fourth-grade division of Newport-Mesa NJB, the Spartans beat the Celtics in overtime Jan. 27, 41-39, to remain undefeated (9-0) heading into the final regular season game.
The back and forth game was highlighted by two of the league's top players: Luke Barnes from the Spartans and Tommy Griffin of the Celtics. Both players dazzled the crowd with Griffin tallying 21 points and Barnes with 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Augie Fisher added a season-high 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Spartans, while Jordan Stucki added six points. Calder Overfelt scored nine for the Celtics in the loss.
Griffin led a fierce comeback for the Celtics, who were down eight in the final quarter, scoring four straight buckets to take the lead with seconds to go. But Barnes came back and hit a big shot, plus a foul, that would have won the game. However, the referee called off the basket and the Spartans were fouled, sending Christopher Dolack to the line where he tied the game to send it into overtime.
In overtime, Fisher and Travis O'Neil hit consecutive baskets to pull away for the win.
The Spartans roster is Luke Barnes, Adam Casler, Christopher Dolack, Travis O'Neil, August Fisher, Jordan Stucki, Matt Neiger and Luke Redoutey. The team is coached by Scott Stucki and Mike Barnes.
– Information provided by Scott Stucki.


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FishHawk Ridge Homeowners Association
***Special Announcement*** - Announcement of Painting PDF
FishHawk Ridge offers a low-maintenance lifestyle in a gated neighborhood. Featuring 2 bedrooms and a den with 2-1/2 baths, these beautiful townhomes offer the best of everything within a master planned community. FishHawk Ridge enjoys its own pool and cabana, and since it is a part of the FishHawk Ranch CDD, owners may also utilize the CDD facilities, which include numerous pools, playgrounds, tennis courts and soccer fields.
Owners of FishHawk Ridge townhomes visiting this site can find all of the essential homeowner's association documents on the Documents page. Documents relating to assessments can be found on the Assessments page. Members of the Board of Directors and links to Board and Annual Meeting minutes are on the Board page. The General Community Information page focuses on common concerns, like trash pickup, water and mail. Contact information about your professional management company is on the Management page. To find shopping, government offices, schools or local sport franchises, visit the Local Info page.
Did you know?
- There are eleven (11) dumpsters located throughout the community, 1 of which contain recycling bins.
- The dumpsters are emptied twice each week on Mondays and Thursdays, but this schedule is subject to change. To report trash that has not been picked up, please contact the Community Association Manager at 600-1100 ext 136.
- All owners/tenants are to place their household trash only INSIDE the dumpster. Always close the dumpster bin lid and the gates surrounding the dumpster.
- There is no on-site maintenance staff to pick up after residents.
- If a dumpster is full, go to one that has room for your trash. Please be aware that leaving trash, boxes, furniture, toys, grills, etc outside the dumpster bin is considered illegal dumping in Hillsborough County and is reported to and investigated by the Sheriff's Department.
- If you witness illegal dumping, please call 813-545-1624 at once. Attempt to get a license tag or address of the offending person and give this information to the Sherriff's Department. You can request the Sheriff dispatcher to notify Officer David Stossel, Hillsborough Co Environmental Crimes Division.
The Board has been aggressively pursuing illegal dumping. Anything that does not belong with regular house hold trash should be disposed of properly. Call Waste Management for proper disposal procedures of your electronics, furniture and other bulk items. Remember that you should NEVER leave trash outside of trash bins. You will be violating Hillsborough County ordinance. Violation of this ordinance is A LOT MORE SEVERE than walking to next garbage bin. Local sheriffs and detectives assist HOA with tracking violators and punishing them to full extent of the law. Also we have to hire someone to clean up trash that is outside of trash bins. Waste Management is not responsible for anything not inside bins. If you see someone dumping their trash then say something. Your fees stay high because there are people in this community that do not respect their neighbors and local and state laws.
While we are on topic of trash STOP leaving your full garbage bags by your front door. You are violating HOA guidelines for this community and enticing local wildlife to tear into your trash.
Lastly please follow pool hour guidelines. Pool hours are posted at the pool's gates and information board. It is strongly advised that you refrain from violating noise ordinance at the pool.
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please, pardon the gajillion pictures of sadie you are sure to see in the next while. i just can't stop taking pictures! somebody help! except i don't want any help…if this is wrong, i don't wanna be right.
rumpled morning sadie. ah how sweet. she's been sleeping later in the mornings which is nice…but she is moving more towards one nap a day, which i am not sure how i feel about. on one hand, it's nice to be able to do stuff with her in the morning, on the other hand, it's nice having two spots of sadie-free time during the day. (not that i don't love her!) today is going to be one of her one nap days.
playtime sadie. with pigtails! she looks grumpy cause she doesn't like pigtails much. silly girl. doesn't she know they are momma magnets?
sadie sans pigtails (pulled out of course), insisting for the fourteenth time that i sing her old mcdonald had a farm. she loves that little finger puppet glove thingy.
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Diarrhea is a common problem in people living with HIV. At times, diarrhea may be a side effect of certain medications used to treat HIV. But, at other times, it is the result of an infection of the gastrointestinal system, with numerous possible agents and causes.

One of the more common causes in people with HIV is a bacteria known as Clostridium difficile (also referred to as C. difficile.) C. difficile is an organism normally found in the human gastrointestinal tract, accounting for about 3 percent of the bacterial flora in healthy adults.

However, when immune function is compromised, the systems that keep bacterial growth in check can go awry, allowing for C. difficile to increase in population until it can represent anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of the bacterial flora in chronically ill patients. This overgrowth produces toxins that cause both severe infectious diarrhea and inflammation of the large intestine (known as colitis).

Primary symptoms include:

watery diarrhea, sometimes with blood or pus

fever

abdominal pain, cramping, or tenderness

Causes of C. Difficile Diarrhea

In addition to HIV infection, C. difficile-associated diarrhea can be caused by a number of other factors:

Antibiotic use: When an antibiotic inadvertently kill both "bad" and "good" bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, overgrowth can occur. In fact, some studies suggest that around 90% of all healthcare-associated C. difficile infections are a result of broad spectrum antibiotic use.

Anti-ulcer medications: Anti-ulcer medications decrease the acidity of the stomach. In doing so, it and sometimes alter stomach acidity, allowing C. difficile to grow unchecked.

Long hospital stays: A combination stress from illness, weakness from laying around in a hospital bed, and the potential for patient-to-patient contamination can increase the likelihood of a C. difficile infection. In fact, C. difficile is cited as the most common cause of hospital-associated diarrhea.

Older and younger age: People older than 65 years of age are a greater risk as their immune function tends to be weaker, while younger children and infants can also be subject to infection due to their immature immune response.

How Is C. Difficile Spread?

C. difficile is present in the stool of infected people, forming spores that can be transferred by direct contact with toilets, bed rails, towel racks, etc. People can also spread the spores from hand to mouth when in contact with contaminated surfaces.

C. difficile spores can live up to five months on environmental surfaces. They are not easily killed by traditional disinfectants and often require a 1:10 concentration of chlorine bleach to ensure complete eradication of the spores.

Hand washing is the primary way to prevent the spread of C. difficile  from person to person. Surfaces should also be thoroughly cleaned, as well as utensils or personal hygiene items that may have been in contact with an ill or hospitalized individuals. Avoid alcohol-based cleansers as they are less effective in killing C. difficile spores.

How Is a C. Difficile Infection Treated?

Treating a C. difficile infection requires a two-fold approach: treating the symptoms and treating the cause. In some patients, this can prove to be difficult, often require treatment over the course of several months to even a year. The emergence of drug-resistant only complicates the matter further, particularly in patients with severely compromised immune systems.

Therapy can often include:

Antibiotics such as Flagyl and Vancomycin (the latter of which more effective against drug-resistant strains).

Oral hydration with water and electrolyte replacement solutions, as well as the intravenous replacement of fluids in severely dehydrated patients.

Pain relief can be used but only with caution as they can sometimes mask abdominal symptoms, thereby delaying diagnosis of an underlying illness. Over-the-counter medications like Tylenol can be used to relieve mild to moderate pain. Narcotics should be used with caution as they can affect gastric function, while Motrin should be avoided as it can cause further gastrointestinal irritation.

Finally, one of the newer treatments reserved for the most severe cases is the fecal transplant. Is is not commonly used, but involves the process of removing stool from a healthy individual and transplanting into the person with C difficile.

It is considered more of an emerging therapeutic procedure and therefore must be performed by a gastrointestinal specialist experienced in fecal bacteriology.

Sources:

Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Clinical Affairs."Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) and Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy." Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology. June 1, 2005; 19(6): 1272-1276.

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology."Guide to Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections." February 2013: ISBN: 1-933013-54-0.

Brown K.; Khanafer, N.; Daneman, N., et al. "Meta-analysis of antibiotics and the risk of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection." Antimicrobrial Agents and Chemotherapy. May 2013; 57:2326-2332.

Kahn, S; Gorawara-Bhat, R.; and Rubin, D. "Fecal bacteriotherapy for ulcerative colitis: Patients are ready, are we?" Inflammatory Bowel Disorder. May 2011; DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21775.


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Augustin, team defense lead No. 12 Texas past Texas Tech
Published 6:00 pm, Friday, January 25, 2008
AP Sports Writer
D.J. Augustin scored 19 points and A.J. Abrams broke out of his shooting slump with 17 points to lead No. 12 Texas to an easy 73-47 win over Texas Tech on Saturday night.
Texas (16-3, 3-1 Big 12) held the Red Raiders to 16 points in the first half and kept their top scorer, Martin Zeno, in check. Defended most of the game by Justin Mason and Augustin, Zeno was 3-of-12 shooting for nine points.
Mike Singletary led the Red Raiders (11-8, 2-3) with 11 points, all in the second half.
Texas has won 12 in a row over Tech in Austin, and 22 of the last 24 overall.
Abrams, Texas' best 3-point shooter, had been stuck in a 7-of-32 slump from long range in the Longhorn's first three conference games. He missed his first two of this one, then found his touch in the second half and hit three of five.
Abrams scored 15 points after halftime as Texas seized control of what was a tight defensive game the first 20 minutes.
Texas led 28-16 at the break and a 16-6 run to open the second half broke the game open. The 26-point final margin was a breather for the Longhorns, who won their previous two games by two points each.
Texas outrebounded the Red Raiders 38-27 and forced 15 turnovers, all the while holding Tech to 36 percent shooting. The Red Raiders were 3-of-13 on 3-pointers.
The first half was all defense, and poor shooting when either team managed to get an open look. Texas was 11-of-31 shooting _ and 0-of-8 on 3-pointers _ while the Red Raiders had more turnovers (eight) than field goals (six).
Texas and Abrams broke their slumps with the surge to start the second half.
Augustin had ended the first half with an off-balance jumper that rattled around the rim and bounced high before falling in, then started the second with the Longhorns' first 3-pointer.
Tech began bumbling around on offense _ phantom passes into the bench and dribbles off a foot and out of bounds _ as Texas pushed its lead to 42-24.
Abrams finally hit a 3-pointer and his long jumper put Texas up 48-28 with nearly 12 minutes left. He went on a roll from there, finishing the night six of 12 from the field.


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Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, Children Without A Voice USA is a grass roots 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated and determined in fighting crimes, child abuse and neglect in America through education and advocacy. The founder, Lin Seahorn, is a survivor who has overcome her abusive childhood turned a life of tragedy into one of triumph.
The statistics on crimes against children each year in the U.S. are staggering, sobering and should compel each of us to want to get involved.
According to a recent congressional hearing in Washington in July, 2011, experts testified that they believe nearly 10 children in America die each day, from abuse. That is 4 times the amount of fallen soldiers in the War on Terror. There are so many causes out there that are worthy of our time, money and attention, but children in America and this cause, needs to be among them.
You hear about the horrific child abuse cases in the news each day. Relatives and neighbors said they suspected child abuse but didn't take the time to report their suspicions to law enforcement. Experts say nearly 3 million child abuse cases go unreported each year. One out of 6 boys and 1 out of 4 girls will be sexually molested by the time they are 18 by a trusted close person, uncle, aunt, sibling, cousin, coach, teacher, neighbor or babysitter. Please get the facts today and educate your children! Nearly 4 out of 10 children will drop out of school this year because they are being bullied at school or abused at home. Furthermore, crimes against children typically carry 25% of the sentencing of the same crime committed against an adult.
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8. He thinks Austin "sucks."
7. He shares current Texas Gov. Rick Perry's distrust of the federal government.
"[The NSA has] absolutely everything. They have all of the levers. They can follow you in real time… They've been tracking your purchases and your credit card activity, they've been capturing all of your phone conversations… They have your whole life."
"Who knew, when you were watching the Verizon ad and the guy said, 'Can you hear me now?' … [The secret surveillance of America's phone records are] a fundamental misuse of the massive power of the federal government. … These acts are something I would expect to see out of China but not out of the United States."
6. He has his own blue jeans line. So very Texas.
5. His argument for slashing the debt is easy to explain.
4. His Westlake home is just like Texas… it's HUGE.
3. He wants to build a $2 billion libertarian utopian community called, "Independence, USA." How Texas is that?!
"[Beck] plans to create an entirely self-sustaining community called Independence Park that will provide its own food and energy, produce television and film content, host research and development, serve as a marketplace for products and ideas, while also housing a theme park and serving as a residential community." — RightWingWatch
2. He flipped one of the biggest birds in history at the city of New York.
Beck decided to move the majority of his Mercury Studios operation out of the center of the media universe to the heart of Texas, something most Texans wouldn't even dream of doing.
1. He's already thought about it.
Read more: http://buzzfeed.com/dorsey/there-are-so-many-reasons-glenn-beck-should-run-for-governor


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An off-duty Seattle Police officer accused of misconduct during an incident that happened near closing time outside a Ballard bar has been reassigned, and the police department's Office of Professional Accountability has referred the matter for an internal investigation.
Click here to read the latest about the Ballard bar Seattle police incident.
Speaking to seattlepi.com in December, an attorney for one of the men disputed the police version of events, saying his client intervened when he saw the off-duty officer "roughing up" a young woman shortly after 1 a.m.
"He saw a grown man roughing up a woman, and he stepped in to intervene," said Tim Leary, attorney for defendant Jake Keegan Baijot-Clary. "Had he known it was an officer, he wouldn't have responded the way he did."
"I think there's a lot to this case not being explored and hopefully will be," Seattle Police Officers' Guild President Rich O'Neill said.
Police say the investigating officers immediately reported the off-duty officer's contact with one of the detained suspects to their supervisor, and the matter was referred to OPA, the civilian-led office than investigates use of force complaints.
He said the off-duty officer is African–American and questioned if, given the location, race might have been a factor in the men charged with assault confront Haynes when he was near the woman suspect of theft.
Three men involved were charged last month with assault. Follow this link to read the police narrative from the Ballard incident charging documents.
The name of the officer's friend has been redacted because he was an alleged victim and not charged in the case.
Our news partner, KOMO/4, obtained video of part of the the incident, which is embedded below.
KOMO/4 reports that as one of the assault suspects is face down on the sidewalk, the officer is seen walking over to the man and kicking him in the head, and a uniformed officers is seen moving Haynes off to the side.
The video replays that motion, which was described as "physical contact" in the police department statement released Wednesday.
O'Neill, who had not seen the video obtained by KOMO, said Wednesday he thought the officer was victimized twice — once when he and his friend had their jackets taken, and again when they were assaulted.
"They put their boots to him pretty good," O'Neill said of Haynes, who went to Swedish Hospital with swelling and contusions.
Court documents show that the Seattle Police Department is fighting the release of internal investigations records related to Haynes requested by a defense attorney for one of the men. Writing the court, Deputy Chief Clark Kimerer said the release of Haynes' personnel file would threaten department morale.
Click here to read the full police declaration about keeping the disciplinary records private
Seattle Police Officers' Guild President Rich O'Neill said the documents should be kept private while the internal investigation is ongoing.
The full statement from Seattle police about the incident is below:
Seattle Police Department Statement
Office of Professional Accountability Investigation
The Seattle Police Department Office of Professional Accountability (OPA) received a complaint of misconduct that occurred during the early morning hours of December 12, 2010.
An off-duty male Seattle Police officer and his male friend were at a nightclub in the Ballard neighborhood when they discovered that their coats were missing. The off-duty officer noticed a woman outside of the nightclub holding the missing jackets. The off-duty officer identified himself as a Seattle Police officer and informed the woman that she had taken two jackets not belonging to her and asked for them back. The woman refused, claiming that the jackets belonged to a friend. The woman began to walk away. The off-duty officer called 911 and together with his friend followed the woman on foot. Both the off-duty officer and his friend were attacked from behind by three male subjects unknown to them.
On-duty officers responded to the scene to restore order and investigate. The first arriving officer did not immediately recognize the off-duty officer among the five men. He decided to separate all five individuals by ordering them to the ground until back-up arrived. The on-duty officer witnessed a melee that included the first subject and the off-duty officer's friend both standing up but struggling with each other. The on-duty officer separated them and proceeded to the two remaining subjects and the off-duty officer. The off-duty officer was on his back on the sidewalk while the other two subjects were physically assaulting him. He removed the second subject off of the off-duty officer. At this point the on-duty officer recognized the off-duty officer as a colleague who worked in the same precinct but on a different watch. While attempting to disengage the third subject, the first subject had come over and kicked the off-duty officer in the head.
Additional officers arrived on the scene. With their assistance, all five men were separated and the scene was stabilized. By this time the woman who had stolen the two jackets had left the scene. As the investigation commenced, the off-duty officer made physical contact with one of the three handcuffed subjects. The investigating officers prevented any further contact between the off-duty officer and his assailants. The three subjects were booked into King County Jail and have since been charged with Assault in the 3rd degree. The off-duty officer was treated on scene by Seattle Fire Department medics and received additional treatment at an area hospital.
In adherence to department policy, the investigating officers immediately reported the off-duty officer's actions to their supervisor and subsequently the matter was referred to OPA. On December 14, 2010 the officer in question was administratively reassigned. The OPA referred the matter for internal criminal investigation and this remains active and ongoing. The off-duty officer in question was hired in January of 2009.
The release of this statement is in direct response to an existing media inquiry.
Seattlepi.com reporter Levi Pulkkinen contributed to this post. For more Seattle police and crime news visit the front page of the Seattle 911 blog.


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Date of Posting: 12 August 2011
Posted By: Cathy Willis
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Date of Posting: 25 July 2011
Posted By: George and Elisa
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Date of Posting: 25 July 2011
Posted By: Elsie Abwi
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My husband, John, and I would like to thank you for creating a wonderful wedding invitation.
When our guests received the invitation they were blown away with it - they all thought that they were attending the royal wedding! The invitation was really regal and breathtaking! Everyone was saying that they had never seen such an invitation that was so grand and unique, which it truly was. It really added to the whole theme of our wedding.
Thank-you for being so patient with us and providing us with great advice as to what would work and what wouldn't. Your help, efforts and speed of getting those invitations out to us was incredible. We would definitely be recommending you to everyone we know.
Again thank you so much for everything. You truly gave us an invitation that was beyond our wildest dreams.
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Date of Posting: 20 July 2011
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Date of Posting: 10 July 2011
Posted By: Marietta
"Dear Tess and the GREAT team at Invitation Chateau,
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Your work is impeccable , the attention to detail was unlike anything we have ever seen. Thank you so much for your generosity and your time.
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Date of Posting: 06 July 2011
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Date of Posting: 23 June 2011
Posted By: Jon and Melissa
"Hope you are well!
Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you... been so busy with everything .....
We just want to say a HUGE thank you for all your help!!! The invitations look stunning and the response we are getting is fantastic!!
Many thanks
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Date of Posting: 22 June 2011
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You guys are wonderful, thank you very much!"
Date of Posting: 17 May 2011
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The final product is amazing – high quality invitations and the detail is perfect. Everyone has commented that they are the nicest invitations they have received! I would not hesitate in recommending Wedding Chateau to anyone how wants unique and memorable wedding invitations.
A big thank you to Jo and the team.
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Date of Posting: 11 May 2011
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I just want to say a very big thank you for all your hard work in getting my invitations finished within such a tight deadline.
They look so amazing, better than I ever imagined and everyone has commented on the very unique style.
The level of customer service was excellent from day one, up until the end when I received my invitations over a week before the agreed date which was a very pleasant surprise.
A big thank you to Tessa for making this possible, I really appreciate all your hard work and would not hesitate in recommending Wedding Chateau to anyone who is after the perfect wedding invitation."
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Our dealings with you right from the start have been second to none and throughout the whole process you have been incredibly helpful, friendly and obliging. You will come highly recommended for our friends and family who will get married in the future.
We couldn't find anything high quality, personalised and affordable invitations prior to coming to you.
Our sincere appreciation for everything and for the wonderful service you offer. Thank you again for making the invitation process that much better, as we had both been dreading it."
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backlinking techniques ensure long term rankingsDec 27th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Backlinks
Build long term rankings using a strategic approach and gain website stability
Many people practising seo manage to get their websites to page 1 of google only to find it crawls down and loses its rankings after a week or so, from page 1 to page 2 and so on. They then go on a backlinking quest and give the site another boost, only to be faced by the same issues over and over again. Now many people encounter this problem and its very frustrating. There are a few things we can do to help our rankings maintain their positions in the search egines and gain website stability.
- 1.Frequently work on your offsite optimisation(optimization)
- 2.use a LSI structured anchor text backlinking method – even include backlinks without anchor text to ensure everything looks natural
- 3.use a variety of backlinking sources – as noted at the bottom of the article
- 4.update your website frequently
- 5.build backlinks to your backlinks and make them rank in the search engines – they will also become stronger backlinks passing better authority to your site.
1. Its self explanatory – work on your offsite optimisation frequently. Dont do it once a week or once every 2 weeks – try and do it about 3 times a week – this makes it easy and will stop the sudden dropping of rankings. 2. When we build our backlinks its a very good idea to use our keywords as anchor text.- in the same way that we do our onsite optimisation by using a LSI (latent semantic indexing) structure, we should do the same with our anchor text when backlinking – What this means is that we should use different variations of our keywords as the anchor text – in the same way that we do it with our onsite optimisation when laying out our text. This will ensure we rank for all of our keywords and will look natural – not spammy. Its also a good idea to link back to your webpages by using your url only. The reason for this is because if your website was pulled up for a human review and they went through all of your backlinks and found that every single one was a anchor text with more or less the same keyword used as the anchor text then this would look spammy and un-natural. If you do it the LSI anchor text way while using your url alone at times then this would not happen. 3. Get backlinks from a variety of sources such as
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Mimi Faust "Indifferent" on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Season 3, "Role" on Showby Free Britney at . Updated at . Comments
Mimi Faust says she is "indifferent" to Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Season 3, despite the sex tape diva's seemingly enhanced and prominent role in the drama.
"When you film, you think it's one way, once it gets edited and you see it, it's something completely different from what you thought," mused the reality star.
"Honestly, I think we're going on [Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Season 3 Episode 4] this week but I haven't really watched. It will just make me mad."
The star of the Mimi Faust sex tape said "it's been that way since the beginning" and by now, she's used to being in a " box where they want you to be."
"It takes all different types of characters and people to run the machine that is Love and Hip Hop," Mimi acknowledged, adding, "you have to have a villain."
"You have to have the stupid girl, you have to have the naive one, you have to have the bad girl. I get it, but am I doing cartwheels about it? No [laughs]."
"I mean, at this point, it's a job and I look at it as such. I'm a little indifferent."
Mimi went on to discuss her disdain for her "role" on the show, saying that at this point, she knows people will judge her and she has no control over it.
"So if the rest of the world wants to watch 5-6 minutes and judge my whole life and me as a person on 5-6 minutes that they see on a TV show? That's their ignorance."
"There's NOTHING I can do about that. I'm going to keep doing what I do, they can keep doing what they do, and it's not going to make a damn bit of difference."
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I generally enjoy "Weird Al" Yankovic. I don't think he's a comedic genius, but I enjoy some of his songs, and I like that there's someone making a sincere effort at real parody.
Parody is imitating a piece of creative work in order to trivialize or or comment on it. We live in age of parody where any successful song has dozens of parody videos on YouTube.
"Weird Al" admits this is a problem for someone who makes a living from parody. "Weird Al" said "When I do my parodies, because of YouTube, I'm never the first person to do a parody of a certain song," in an NPR interview. "And all the obvious ideas seem to be taken already, so nowadays when I do a parody I try to think of an angle that might be a little bit different or left-of-center that somebody else hasn't thought of already."
His new album "drops" this week and he's releasing a new song each day to promote and celebrate the release. He released the first song yesterday with "Tacky" a parody of Pharrel's "Happy". Today he released "Word Crimes", a parody of last summer's mega-hit "Blurred Lines", and it was shared widely across my timelines.
Initially I thought the song might be a boon to anyone who teaches language. Anything that helps to present grammar and punctuation in a fun and interesting way is useful.
But the more I listened to it, the more I heard the underlying social commentary loud and clear. We have rules in writing and anyone who doesn't follow them is an idiot.
"Weird Al" calls those who commit "Word Crimes" a moron, a mouth breather, a spastic, a lost cause, a pre-schooler, a dumb mouth breather and says they should get out of the gene pool and he'll hit them in the head with a crow bar. Take a breath Al, it's just an apostrophe.
So what's a "Word Crime"? Not being able to write "in the proper way". Some examples:
- Properly conjugating verbs
- Understanding the difference between "less" or "fewer"
- "I could care less"
- Improper use of contractions (it's vs its)
- Using text speech short forms.
Creating a parody song is very hard. You have to rhyme words and fit them to the rhythm of the song. And of course, "Weird Al' is exaggerating for comic effect. But even so, he seems overly angry with anyone who doesn't know what a participle is.
Weird Al is giving voice and tapping into widely held fears. He hopes that the public will identify with the sentiment and buy his music.
We're in the throws of some titanic social changes. Jesse Wente says the "generation gap" has never been wider than right now, due to the effects of digital technology. Most don't see the impacts and pace of this change, except for an occasional quick glimpse, and it shocks and scares them. When a teen is checking their phone instead of listening, when someone can't make change at the check-out or someone "breaks" the rules of language and no one corrects them.
We used to teach students that conformity, following the rules, mattered most. Increasingly, in our society, an inability to think outside the accepted parameters is a hinderance. People who find new solutions are lauded and valued, and those who can only follow the rules have limited value.
The rule followers are going away, but they won't go quietly. They will continue to assert that their world view is correct. That being well educated is knowing facts, and that it's more valuable to follow the rules.
The struggle between these two poles in education, between Back to Basics and the Progressive education has been raging for centuries. What we believe about them is the most fundamental question about education. Are we trying to help students fit the world or create a new world that fits them?
From time to time this struggle spills into popular culture. That "Weird Al", an artist who tries not to be "political", is taking so many obvious shots at youth culture is surprising. I guess everyone gets old.
What do you think? Are students who don't follow the rules "criminals" or free thinking innovators?


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There are few contemporary acts that inspire the trans-demographic, multi-generational devotion of the Beastie Boys, the Brooklyn rap trio whose incorporation of rock, funk and soul left an indelible mark on the face of modern hip-hop.
This Saturday night, the group will be re-imagined through a New Orleans lens with "Sabotage: A Tribute to the Beastie Boys" at One Eyed Jacks. The concert features an all-star lineup of local musicians and MCs, including members of Flow Tribe, Gravity A, and Empress Hotel.
"We've got every corner covered," Flow Tribe's K.C. O'Rorke says of the collective he and Nick "Jermaine Quiz" Pino brought together for the event. "It's really cool to get this diverse group of people who are all friends and hang out socially and put something together that's kind of outside our respective groups."
The tribute, which also features Koan, M@ Peoples and James Martin, will take place Saturday, July 14 at One Eyed Jacks and again on July 20, at the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge. Opening for the event will be the Brass Monkey String Quintet, as well as Empress Hotel's Micah McKee covering Beastie Boys songs acoustically.
Over months of practice sessions, which included both line readings for the MC parts as well as full band rehearsals, connections between the Beasties and New Orleans began to emerge. "A lot of their influences…I mean, they talk about Lee Dorsey and Dr. John," O'Rorke explains. "We've been going through the lyrics just being like, wow, this is amazing."
For rapper Koan, this will not be the first time performing a Beastie Boys song live. "When I was young I played alto saxophone, and I remember when I first heard "Brass Monkey" and they've got that saxophone…I learned how to play that part on the horn and I played it for like the next 15 years, just on the porch over and over and over."
While O'Rorke and Pino began planning the concert in early April, the significance of the concert was heightened after news of the death of Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch in early May. "We realized we really needed to bring it," Pino says. "We knew we really needed to take time and learn and really study."
The resulting concert will incorporate multimedia displays as well as multiple costume changes, and aims to be both an homage to the band as well as a theatrical performance. "I wake up with Beastie Boys in my head, go to sleep with Beastie Boys in my head," Pino says of preparing for the tribute. "What other hip-hop artists really span so many decades?"
"We don't want to give away too many secrets, but we're going to play 'Sabotage'."


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Eric Dane (AKA Dr. McSteamy from Grey's Anatomy) was reported to have been diagnosed with a skin malignancy. The 35 year-old developed a lesion on his upper lip that was diagnosed as sun damaged tissue according to the actor, as reported by OK! Magazine. Dane goes on to say that the freezing treatment (liquid nitrogen) used to treat his problem led to an overreaction of his "sensitive lips" and that he couldn't eat for weeks, leading to a 10 pound wait loss.
2 thoughts on "Eric Dane's Skin Malignancy"
I'm sorry, but I guess it seems like the magazine cover is an over reaction. I understand he may have had a reaction that caused the weight loss, but would it have been that scary? I didn't freak out about my weight loss after my tonsillectomy. And I didn't need to lose the weight. His battle was against the oversensitivity, but that just doesn't sound exciting.
My dad has had several skin cancer lesions over the years and it seems less complicated and painful than the plantar wart removal I had about the same time as his first.
The word cancer itself does have a lot of scary implications but the fact is that some cancers are just really not that dangerous.
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Augusta's Senior Citizens Council's executive director said he was not aware of any dissatisfaction among senior citizens in the 14 counties his agency provides meals for until the contract was abruptly rebid and awarded to a Florida for-profit company.
Ron Schoeffler also said he didn't know the decision to rebid was based on a CSRA Regional Development Center survey last summer that purportedly found five counties dissatisfied with the senior nutrition program.
"We were not aware of surveys or complaints," Mr. Schoeffler said Tuesday, a day after calling a news conference to blast the development center and its executive director, Andy Crosson. "We will be writing a letter today, asking for copies."
The survey was partially the basis for rebidding the contract that was awarded last week to for-profit G.A. Food Services Inc., Mr. Crosson said.
The award will cost Augusta 31 jobs and a $600,000 annual payroll and about $2 million of its $3.2 annual budget, Mr. Schoeffler said.
The Senior Citizens Council is a subcontractor for the development center, in which the Area Agency on Aging is located. It is a planning and funding agency that receives state and federal money and allocates it to service providers such as the Senior Citizens Council.
The Augusta Chronicle obtained copies of the surveys from Mr. Crosson on Tuesday. The surveys simply asked each county's board of commissioners whether they were interested in collaborating with a local facility to provide congregate and homebound meals for its senior citizens and to check yes or no. The survey also asked them to identify potential providers.
Mr. Schoeffler contends the surveys and Mr. Crosson's complaints about the nutrition program are a sham. The center has daily feedback forms that can be returned from the 14 nutrition centers overnight. Quarterly menu planning meetings are also held with senior center directors, where complaints are addressed.
"The Regional Development Center should have made those complaints available to us and talked with us about those, so we could have addressed those complaints," he said.
Mr. Crosson said the decision to rebid also was based on the Senior Center's cash-flow and financial-management problems which, among other things, prompted the development center board to direct him to meet with Mr. Schoeffler twice during the past year and a half.
"We had been afraid because of their financial problems and cash-flow problems one day we'd wake up and they're not going to be there, and we've got to figure out how to get meals delivered," Mr. Crosson said.
The Augusta Commission kept four city senior centers open last year with a $130,000 bailout. Audits of the council found a history of poor record-keeping and irresponsible spending.
"Let's talk about why we've got a cash-flow problem," Mr. Schoeffler said. "The Regional Development Center is a big part of why we had a cash-flow problem. The RDC has been slow up until the past two months in reimbursing us for services provided to them.
"Let's talk about Medicaid reimbursements because of the Medicaid situation in Georgia for reimbursements to hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, as well as the Georgia Community Care Services program providers which are Medicaid funded services."
The Senior Citizens Council is a Medicaid provider in a 16-county service area through the Community Care Services program and provides as many as 15,000 Medicaid-funded meals per month, he said.
"Medicaid pays for those meals," he said. "We have not been reimbursed approximately $200,000. We have written off $251,000 in meals we've served we have not been able to get reimbursed for."
Augusta Mayor Bob Young, a member of the development center board who was not present when the contract was awarded, said it was only natural for Mr. Schoeffler to blame the RDC.
"Since their price is not competitive for meals and they've lost that contract, they're screaming and crying," he said. "The people that ought to be screaming and crying are the seniors for the way the staff and the board over there have failed at their stewardship to the seniors in this community."
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December 21, 2005
Crashed Miami seaplane had cracked wing support
By Michael Christie
MIAMI (Reuters) - Federal investigators raised the wreckage
of a twin-engine seaplane from the seabed off Miami Beach on
Wednesday and said they had found "fatigue cracks" that might
have caused the aging aircraft to lose its right wing and
crash, killing at least 19 people.
aircraft like the 58-year-old Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard,
which plowed into shallow waters near Miami's Art Deco District
on Monday after taking off for the Bahamian island of Bimini.
The aircraft's operator, Chalk's Ocean Airways, voluntarily
grounded its fleet of four remaining aircraft.
Mark Rosenker, acting chairman of the National
Transportation Safety Board, told a news conference the doomed
plane's cockpit voice recorder had been found, after the
fuselage was hauled onto a barge, and the recording device was
sent to Washington for analysis.
However, Rosenker later said the contents of the voice
recorder, a potentially huge clue as to the cause of the crash,
were undecipherable.
"It was treated, it was dried and played late this
afternoon. Unfortunately the recording was unreadable,"
Rosenker told reporters.
The investigation appeared likely to focus on cracks in a
spar connecting the wing to the fuselage. The piece in question
was also sent to Washington to be studied.
"I suspect if they had known that there was a deep or a
serious fatigue crack, and they would have learned that perhaps
through a series of inspections, they would have repaired it
and we wouldn't be here today," Rosenker said.
He added that it would have required "a very serious type
of inspection" to have discovered the fissures. Experts said
fatigue cracks are largely invisible and can only be identified
by soaking components in a chemical dye and then using X-rays.
Chalk's of Ft. Lauderdale voluntarily grounded its
remaining planes, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Including the plane that crashed, there are 31 registered
G-73s in the United States. Ten have had their original piston
engines replaced by turbo engines and Chalk's operates the only
ones in commercial service, according to the FAA.
Jack London, a Texas attorney who specializes in air safety
cases involving vintage aircraft, said fatigue cracks were
inevitable in old planes with tens of thousands of takeoffs and
landings, and especially in planes retrofitted with more
powerful, modern engines that they may not have originally been
designed for.
London said Chalk's was in a quandary. Spare parts are no
longer manufactured and there are no alternative seaplanes that
can service the route between South Florida and Bimini, a tiny
island with no space for a runway on dry land.
The bodies of 19 of the 20 people on board, including three
infants and two pilots, were recovered, according to the U.S.
Coast Guard. One person remained unaccounted for.
Most of the passengers were residents of Bimini, 50 miles
away, who had come to Miami for Christmas shopping.
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Two words for Denver's cash register building: Move over.
The old skyline standout has been usurped by the inventive Daniel Libeskind-designed addition to the Denver Art Museum. Officially titled the Frederic C. Hamilton Building, the Mile High City's newest urban icon is a showpiece in a cluster of aggressively atypical structures.
The eccentric addition combines with a variety of existing buildings to create a cultural locus. The path from the new to the old is a glassed-in walkway spanning 13th Avenue, connecting Libeskind's exploding wing with the original seven-story rectilinear museum the DAM now calls the North Building. Designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti, the tiled "castle," when opened in 1971, seemed as radical as Libeskind's titanium-clad origami.
Also in the soup is the Central Library of the Denver Public Library, completed in 1995. Michael Graves renovated a small and sleepy 1956 structure, incorporating it into an award-winning post-modern design that's colorful and playful – something like the Jolly Green Giant's grandchildren might erect with gargantuan building blocks. The seven-story library features a tubular rotunda topped with a copper truss cap.
Toss in the new neighboring condominium, a six-story companion piece that was designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind, and you can understand why the area is increasingly being referred to as the Civic Center cultural complex.
A senior architect with Studio Daniel Libeskind, Guadalupe "Lupe" Cantu, 29, cut his architectural teeth on Denver's arts plaza.
"Personally, I feel very lucky to work on a project that included not only an art museum that will be a keystone of the city, but also the parking lot and the housing," Cantu said. "To be asked to wrap them all up – there's a tension and an openness there. It's probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Once in a lifetime or not, the buildings in the area always have drawn mixed reactions from the public and experts. The Ponti building and the Graves library have taken more than their share of slings and arrows from architectural critics.
Similarly, the Hamilton building has gotten positive reactions in such places as Time and Newsweek, but not everywhere. Online magazine Slate posted a piece snarkily titled "The Mile-High Club: Why experimental architecture isn't working out for Denver," in which the architecture critic called the complex "an interesting failure." The Los Angeles Times art critic wrote a scorching review of the new facility last week.
The Clyfford Still Museum is the next addition to the cultural stew. Whether the building will have the same avant-garde flavor as the abstract expressionist's paintings it will showcase remains to be seen. Museum director Dean Sobel is still hammering out the details of hiring an architect, but he does consider the future museum's site at West 13th Avenue and Bannock Street picture perfect.
"There's an unbelievable assembly with the library and the DAM buildings and the residences," said Sobel, an art historian. "Within a block, you almost can trace the development of architecture since the Second World War."
The Still Museum "provides the opportunity for another architect to add another voice. … It will attract people from around the world."
Sobel is not alone in his prediction that the arresting architecture of Denver's arts district might put the cow town moniker to pasture. In a city consistently noted for having the nation's most educated population, literature and learning, art and history do matter. And apparently, so does architecture.
A principal with Davis Partnership Architects, Brit Probst partnered with Libeskind on the Hamilton Building. Probst maintains that given Libeskind's celebrity architect status, his Denver buildings deliver a considerable measure of cultural clout.
"Daniel is such an influential architect right now, and that this is his first completed project in the U.S. is very important," Probst said. "In terms of perception, it helps open up Denver as a world-class city."
Even acknowledging the mixed critical reaction, Probst sees building blocks in the discussion.
"If people are talking about it, that's wonderful, even if they talk about it a disdainful way, they marvel at the buildings," he said.
"Most public buildings are not appreciated when they open, yet after a generation they become an important treasure of the city. Give these buildings 15 years, and people will talk about them in a different way."


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Become a super model
Ritika Ramtri known for providing training to top models of the country, shares beauty secrets with the Guide
Ritika Ramtri, owner and trainer at The Tiara Pageant and Model Training Studio, has trained participants of several beauty pageants of the likes of Femina Miss India and Gladrags Megamodel. As a personality development trainer, she shares her take on etiquette, grace and communication skills. Also, the woman in focus will divulge the difficulties of being a model.
How rigorous is the training of a beauty winner?
To win a pageant a girl has to not only concentrate on her looks but also be aware and knowledgeable. She should be charitable and delve into social work. She also needs to read a lot of books on a daily basis. Compassion is an important quality while she should constantly upgrade herself. Commitment, no doubt, is important to win a pageant. You can only think of joining Bollywood once you've won it but before that you should have only one focus.
What is the diet of a model? Are there any rules that one should follow?
You don't have to eat less, but eat proper food at proper intervals. You should have three to four meals in a day and not have dinner after 7.30 pm. One should concentrate on a fibrous diet such as whole wheat bread. Exercise is an absolute must while over-eating is a strict no-no.
What do you think of international pageants?
The models in international pageants are extensively involved in cosmetic surgeries.


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…And Other Weekendy Things.
Compared to last weekend's glorious hibernation, I'm pretty sure this weekend has led Nora to believe that her car seat is her new nursery. (It is very nice.)
Saturday: P.J. had an audition. (Good little trick for all you actor pals out there- disregard all audition notices for one calendar year. Have a big ol' life event. Despair a little bit about your career. One year to the day later- you'll be batting auditions away with a stick. A soft stick. Because you'll still kinda want to go to them.)
During this time Nora and I were to have a chill session of floor-blankie-blocks-nappin'. But a call from the Food Network changed all of that. (Doesn't it always?) The segment I was going to help tape the following day now needed me- and a few awesome friends- Saturday afternoon.
Most of my artsy friends were either working or supplementing their work with more work. (Bears season opener, anyone?) One friend who was available had her dreams of glory shot down due- yet again- to vegetarianism. (It's the meanest!) Did I mention that the show centered around adventurous eating and random types of game? (More "pheasant" and less "Connect 4.") Another pal has pneumonia. (Come on!) Crazily enough, my friend with a two year old was able to attend. Go figure.
So, she and I- and, at the last minute not Nora because Peej made it home in time- jetted down to the taping. Only to find that they had cancelled "actors" for the day. And were shooting stills of that temperamental artist known as The Kitchen.
So Leah and I went to Lincoln Station and had a beer and a Reuben apiece and enjoyed our kid-free date by…comparing labor and delivery stories. (The irony is that our friends are always at Lincoln Station and send us texts to join and we're all like- We can't. We have kids.) Sigh.
That night P.J. and I enjoyed an Outta Money, Kinda Tired, No I'm Not Cooking Date Night. (Marriage is awesome.)
The next morning we all put on our Sunday best because The Schoeny family was to be on the telly. Hopefully. When the producers asked me to return the next day, they asked if I knew a guy who'd be good on a food challenge.
Yeah, I know a guy.
And we just decided to bring Nora because, let's face it. Who's the most camera-ready of us all? Exactly. Nora= meal ticket.
We wanted to stop by the German Fest in Lincoln Square first, as Nora is a quarter German via Alsace-Lorraine (via Chicago.) We got her a bratwurst, some German potato salad and some sauerkraut- actually, she and I "shared" a plate, but I didn't get more than three bites in before she was gnawing on the Chinet. So, yeah, she likes German food. The Oompah band was a little much for her, but that just shows that she's discerning.
Started to head downtown and got a call that the taping had been pushed back one hour.
So we got some gelato. (Nora is a citizen of the culinary world.)
Drove down by the lake to kill some time and got a call saying we needed to come half an hour later than that. This put us smack dab in the middle of Nora's second nap. "She'll sleep in the car," we told ourselves. She did not. Not until we were all the way downtown and in the noisiest of 'hoods. This was also, coincidentally, when we needed to park and remove the sleeping child from the car. Ah well. I read that power naps are sometimes even more rejuvenating.
Got to the restaurant where the shindig was being filmed and met up with Leah and Kat, two of my most camera-fabulous friends. (I don't know how Leah swung the childless thing two days in a row, but rock on.) We proceeded to wait for an hour and a half in the blazing sun. They eventually told us we could come inside out of the heat- for the baby (yay baby!)- as long as we were silent during the last bit of kitchen taping. (That kitchen was a diva!) That worked for- oh- about thirty seconds. Then Nora screeched a random, happy shriek of babyhood and about twelve pairs of death-glarey eyes turned on us. So we loitered in the CVS.
Once we got going, however, it flew by. Without giving too much away, Peej and I were in a competition of sorts for a different kind of game show. We had to introduce ourselves numerous times to get the right angle/audio/dialogue and some of the stuff they had me say was a little, uh, non-family friendly?
"Tell them how much you like meat."
"Say you'll eat ANYTHING. Any kind of meat!"
"Tell them that your husband thinks he's gonna beat you BUT HE'S WRONG."
I kept it simple. And smiled a lot. A nice, 'don't listen to my words' kinda smile.
Leah and Kat hung out with Nora while we taped the segment and all was good until I dinged a stupid bell as hard as I could- in the heat of competition- and remembered at the very last second how much my daughter hates sudden frantic sounds.
So, she cried. And by "cry" I mean "purple-faced Sicilian mourner keening." Leah and Kat took her outside. And I had to keep taping. Because we were still rolling. And I was facing the street so, through the picture window I could see my baby gal soundlessly giving herself an aneurysm. But we kept going. (Watch for the part in middle of the contest where I glaze over and stare off into space and well up and bite my lip and clench my fists. Oh, TV is magical.)
And I won't tell you how it ended, other than to say that Nora was just fine and I'm pretty sure my friends are still talking to me.
We got home in time to let Nora run around nudie in the backyard while P.J. gardened and I- well, I don't know what I did much beyond telling P.J. that He Thinks He's Gonna Beat Me But He's Wrong. (It takes me a long time to get out of character.)
And I promise to discuss the season enders of Psych and True Blood- as soon as I can process them/acknowledge that I am programme-less for a few months.
But tune in tomorrow for a bonus posting- a featurette of a fabulous company (go say hi to them in the upper right hand corner!) And remember, the more you like them, the more they'll like me, and the more they like me, the more other people will like me, and maybe- just maybe- all this likin' will equal a decent paycheck which will also equal more columns and postings and features and antics.
After all, I just got the Fall L.L. Bean catalogue- and it ain't gonna mock itself.


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Lathe Shavings – Gotta Catch Them All! (Fail?)
Dust collection is a big topic in the shop these days, and so it should be. But some tools do not play well with a dust collector, and the lathe is on the top of that list with all those pesky shavings flying this way and that. So I came up with a solution that did not quite live up to my expectations, but even though I stopped using it, I give you – the lathe shroud. Let me know if you find some use for this in your shop! And as always, remember to be Inspired!


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Vocollect 联系信息
10 May 2010: Mamas & Papas, the UK's number one parenting brand is investing in Vocollect Voice technology to increase accuracy and productivity in their Huddersfield warehouse. VoiteQ will initially integrate their VoiceMan middleware to Mamas & Papas in-house warehouse management system (WMS) to allow them to gain rapid benefits from the voice solution, proved by an eight week trial over the peak Christmas period.
The Voice-directed picking solution will be installed in two areas of their main Huddersfield warehouse, both the ground floor which includes general merchandise and the mezzanine with the clothing. The ground floor utilises a 'pick and pack' operation, where products ordered are firstly picked into totes which then move on to the packing area to be prepared for despatch. The new voice solution directs the operatives to the location where the products are stored, the check digits (a section of the product code) are verbally confirmed, before the system confirms the quantity to be picked. The eight week trial in this area proved that the voice solution increased both accuracy, by the use of product check digits, and the productivity, which increased by 17%.
The mezzanine where the clothing is stored, mostly as hanging garments, used a similar pick and pack operation. The implementation of voice enabled Mamas & Papas to combine these processes, by directing the operative to pick the items required and place them directly into the carton or box for distribution, removing the requirement for the packing process. In addition to enabling the streamlining of the process, voice again provided a significant improvement in accuracy of the picking process, increasing the accuracy to 99.85%.
Chris Greenwood, I.T. Director at Mamas & Papas commented, "The implementation of VoiceMan middleware enabled us to test the benefits of voice technology during our peak Christmas period, but with minimal risk to the business. With middleware simply taking a feed from our existing systems, we did not require any alterations to be made to our core system but gained additional functionality. The 'picksnake' has proved to be a very useful tool, enabling us to easily manipulate the route that the operatives take around the warehouse to make the 'tour' more efficient."
Gary Glessner, managing director, Vocollect Europe says; "The nursery equipment market is extremely competitive and subject to very tight profit margins. Voice picking introduces immediate cost savings for retailers by ensuring the quickest and most accurate delivery of stock from warehouse to store. Further more, in addition to pre-determined purchases, many prospective parents are subject to high-value impulse purchases, so it is vital that stock is available at all times."
The VoiteQ solution, built using Vocollect Voice technology, comprises a wearable Voice computer, Talkman T5, running Vocollect's Voice Client Voice recognition software attached to a securely fastened belt and headset worn by the employee. This enables interaction between the user and the in-house WMS via VoiceMan middleware. Operatives can work completely hands and eyes free by receiving picking commands from the WMS, via the plug-in headset and the mobile Voice device; the system literally talks the operative through their task.
Greenwood concluded, "The flexibility of VoiteQ's solutions has worked really well for us, allowing us to gain the benefits of voice via middleware whilst we develop our new in-house WMS. We look forward to working in partnership with VoiteQ to create a native voice interface into our new WMS, their knowledge and experience in this area will no doubt prove to very useful over the coming months."
David Stanhope, VoiteQ's CEO commented "We are pleased that VoiteQ can add another major UK brand to our list of voice customers. Being able to implement a voice trial quickly and easily enables us to prove the benefits that voice can bring to an operation, as demonstrated by Mamas and Papas trial results. This provides the operation with the confidence to fully implement a voice solution and statistics to prove the return on investment."
About Mama & Papashttp://www.mamasandpapas.com
Mamas & Papas is a family owned business based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom and is currently celebrating 29 years of trading. The global brand, which started as a small independent nursery specialist in 1981, was awarded Superbrand status in 2005 and now operates 60 stores worldwide with further brand expansion programmes planned for the UK, USA and Greece for 2010. Mamas & Papas currently has 1,300 staff, over 2500 products in the range and had a turnover of over 130 million pounds in 2008.
"When we first came to the nursery industry and we were looking for products for our first child, we were surprised at the very few concessions to style and fashion. We believe that these elements, along with comfort and safety should be inherent in every Mamas & Papas product.
We always strive to understand and anticipate the needs of pregnant women and their partners, their babies and young children to facilitate the design and development of a range of innovative and stylish nursery related products.
By anticipating the ever changing needs of the pregnant mother and their families whilst remaining true to our core values, we are proud to be the UK's number one nursery brand. Welcome to our world"
- David & Luisa Scacchetti
About VoiteQ http://www.voiteq.com VoiteQ provides industry leading voice directed solutions enabling hands-free and eyes-free warehouse picking, resulting in a smoother, more continuous operation, increasing productivity and accuracy.
VoiteQ is the UK's leading supplier of voice directed distribution systems, having supplied hardware, software, services or support to the majority of UK warehouses which have voice implementations.
VoiteQ supplies fully integrated retail solutions which incorporate Business Management Systems, Warehouse Management Systems, and EPoS systems, as well as VoiceMan, the UK's leading middleware software for voice solutions.
Part of the CentriQ Group.
About Vocollect http://www.vocollect.comSince 1987, Vocollect, Inc. has delivered proven performance improvements in productivity, accuracy, cost reduction and job satisfaction for mobile employees. Vocollect Voice literally talks people through their daily tasks, replacing cumbersome lists and traditional data capture methods with hands-free, personal voice dialogs. Through a premier global network of resellers and supply chain performance experts, hundreds of thousands of people on six continents use Vocollect Voice to improve work every day. Vocollect is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A., and supports its clients and resellers through offices in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Vocollect®, Vocollect Voice®, and Voice-Directed Work® are trademarks of Vocollect, Inc. All rights reserved.
For further information please contact:
Aileen Brown VoiteQTel: +44 (0)870 3000 480Email: email@example.com: www.voiteq.com
For further information about Vocollect please contact:
Caroline Howlett / Sara CollingeStrategic PRTel: +44 (0)1494 434434Email: carolineh / email@example.com: www.strategicpr.net


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We Have the Key
"So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key." The Eagles, Already Gone (Quote taken from Aging Abundantly's A Little Book of Hope)
Sometimes it takes a major crisis in our lives to wake us up. Often it just takes turning fifty to realize that our youth has passed us by and it's time to get moving, to look at things differently. Midlife is fraught with issues of aging, as well as, external challenges and there are adjustments to be made; values to be examined; beliefs to be questioned. Enough time has passed for most things for us to look back and really evaluate our choices and to begin to see patterns in our behavior.
I read again and again, in blogs and articles written by women at midlife, about waking up to the need for change at midlife; of divorce, new careers, moving across the country, taking up a significant new hobby and more. There's a sense of urgency, of the willingness to jump into something with both feet that seems to be driven more by fear than sense. The sense is that it is now or never to break free from the chains of our lives.
In many cases, however, it is more true that the chains have been of our own making, than the externals we view as the source of our bondage. Throwing out our husband may provide temporary relief from our unhappiness. Marriages and husbands are easy to blame for our unhappiness. We've had twenty or thirty years to study our mate's problems and foibles , decades to master the blame game and to divert our attention from ourselves to them for the cause of our misery. Likewise, a job, a boss, a series of circumstances can take our attention from the true source of our freedom.
Making changes will certainly shake up the status quo, but to think these changes will bring about our freedom and happiness is delusional. Until we look inside of ourselves, the changes we make today will always only bring us back to the unfinished business we still hold, the fears and anxieties we don't want to face, and too the job of finding the key we hold within us. The sooner we get down to the real business of breaking free from our false beliefs and in-congruent lifestyle, the sooner we will find true peace.
© Dorothy Sander 2013


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Enterprise Apps News & Reviews - Page 6
More Enterprise Apps News
With the release of PowerShell Core 6.0, Microsoft delivers on its ambitious goal of bringing the command line and scripting language to Linux and Mac users.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Microsoft is halting all updates, including security updates, on Windows systems with badly-behaved antivirus products. But you can fix this problem.
NEWS ANALYSIS: "Fun" is now becoming "functional." For example, the use of virtual and augmented reality started out as "fun" consumer apps and are now being used in health care, oil and gas exploration and myriad other professional applications.
The County of San Mateo's aging server infrastructure and lack of physical space made it difficult to support operations and take on new IT projects. Here's how it handled the problem.
Cisco is showing service providers its new Infinite Video Platform, a package that utilizes a virtual cloud stack to deliver what the company describes as "best-in-class, secured video experiences" to all consumer devices from one platform.
Networker institutes consumption-based pricing that enables cable operators to improve the economics for high-speed broadband services.
Up to 7.5 million users may have downloaded apps embedded with ad-serving malware dubbed LightsOut, Check Point Software said.
The latest of release of the Opera web browser enhances its built-in VPN service and adds crypto-currency security features.
The open-source WordPress-based platform vendor raises new money as global adoption for the popular content management system continues to grow.
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies team up on medical research that applies artificial intelligence to find ways to detect cancers and other diseases earlier.
Public cloud services continue fast growth, but spending on servers, routers, switches and other hardware is also going up. Cisco Systems and HPE remain the dominant vendors.
The largest transaction in the year was Digital Realty's $7.6 billion acquisition of DuPont Fabros, but there were four other deals that were valued at $1 billion or more.


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Get Out Of The Kitchen!
Family, football, delicious food, and overeating; these are all trademarks of a proper Thanksgiving gathering! Well, I'm sure you will agree that crowded kitchens can also be considered a trademark of this festive holiday. So, why not move the preparation of your feast outdoors? Many people already deep fry their turkeys, and there are a
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A Dutch Oven Thanksgiving
Contributed by Laura Cromwell, Cabela's Thanksgiving has a way of turning any American kitchen into a culinary battlefield. Scrambling to put together side dishes only to leave out a key ingredient, forgetting the dessert-destroying difference between a teaspoon and tablespoon are just a few of the ways Murphy's Law can take over your holiday. Amidst
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Have A Happy, Smoky Thanksgiving
The holiday season is among us, and there isn't a better way to kick off this season than by delivering a gorgeous bird on Thanksgiving Day. Now, in many parts of the U.S. – and the world over – there are two things that generally embody these next 2 months: cool weather and tradition. Cool
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Candied Yams with Apples
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Holiday Outdoor Cooking section Only on Roku
The Outdoor Cooking Channel on Roku has been given something special, a special section that is! From 11-25-2013 through 1-1-2014, A new We are featuring a special section for our Roku users, this section is dedicated to Holiday Cooking. You can see lots of items getting cooked such as Turkey, and Ham, Standing Rib Roast,
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Giving Thanks for Outdoor Cooking
November is here and that means one of the greatest days for both cooks and eaters – Thanksgiving! Although the typical Thanksgiving feast is done indoors in a crowded kitchen, full of family members frantically running around with cranberry sauce while juggling stuffing, green bean casserole and mashed potatoes it doesn't need to be that
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14.Apr.2014 Net Neutrality, Comcast, etc…
Maybe you guys don't care about this, but it will affect anyone using Comcast/Time Warner to watch or stream games. You will likely be paying more for a worse product, all so Comcast doesn't have to compete legitimately (because true Capitalism would render them obsolete). Now we get this incestuous bastard child hybrid of FCC + Comcast/TW. It equals a big, steaming pile of shit for society. Since this will effect your streaming experiences of games, disposable income (you will pay more for less), and sets precedent for future restrictions/regulations, I urge everyone to get informed and start to care. You can start by signing the petition, but then you should cancel Comcast and use any other option (city internet is a good choice if you have it). Also write the FCC and any other applicable agency.
Bad news: Three judges just dealt a huge blow to the open Internet.
Their ruling means that companies like Verizon can now block or slow down any website, application or service they like. And they'll be able to create tiered pricing structures with fast lanes for those who can afford the tolls — and slow lanes for everyone else.
Tell the FCC to do everything in its power to fight back.
It's not legit to mope and take it up the ass because you're middle class and feel like you have no say. That attitude makes you much more of a loser than being lower or middle class.


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Recording Magazine Echo2 Review
We're happy to be reviewed by Recording Magazine. Please take a look at their write up about the Echo 2.
We're happy to be reviewed by Recording Magazine. Please take a look at their write up about the Echo 2.
Echo Digital Audio today announced the release of the first Streamware™ products: the Streamware NIC-1 and the Streamware SDK.
The Streamware NIC-1 is a PCI Express network interface card with hardware support for Ethernet AVB. With traffic shaping and MAC packet timestamping, the NIC-1 enables time-sensitive networking applications for Microsoft Windows.
The Streamware SDK is a Windows software development kit providing full access to the time-aware and IEEE 1722 stream generation features of the NIC-1.
The Streamware NIC-1, along with the SDK, is the recommended network interface for the University of New Hampshire IOL VIOLETT™ AVnu certification tools. This enables AVnu members to run the certification tools for in-house FQTSS, BA, MRP, MSRP, and MVRP testing. The NIC-1 is designed to work with Echo's upcoming Streamware for Windows product, a complete AVB controller, protocol stack, and audio driver (available soon). Each NIC-1 includes a software icense for 16 channel audio playback and recording.
Both the Streamware NIC-1 and Streamware SDK are currently available for purchase directly at www.EchoAVB.com.
About Echo: Echo Digital Audio Corporation has designed and manufactured computer-based audio hardware and software for over 30 years. Echo's technology is licensed and sold to numerous leading companies in the pro audio, broadcast, test and measurement, and audio simulation markets. The Company is currently focusing its R&D efforts exclusively on AVB technology.
We're happy to announce the review of the Echo 2 has been released on the web! Feel free to check out this great review by Sound on Sound here
Echo is proud to be at InfoComm 2013 and a part of the AVnu pavilion, booth 459e, where we will be demoing our software and hardware with AVID, Waves and XMOS.
We have spent the majority of the last year developing products and software that is used strictly with AVB ( Audio Video Bridging ) over Ethernet technology.
We are very pleased to announce our new Streamware products and control software.
Please look at our sister site that showcases our AVB based audio endpoints and software at http://www.echoavb.com/
Sound On Sound "A high-quality, easy-to-operate device with
a novel user interface. Good build quality and design with user-friendly touch control.
Pristine preamps and converters."
Echo Digital Audio introduces the Echo 2, a combined personal mixer and USB audio interface. Featuring innovative touch panel controls and premium microphone preamps, the Echo 2 is ideal for live performance and for recording. The Echo 2 is compact enough to mount on a microphone stand, providing the performer with immediate control. It can work as a capable standalone mixer, as a professional grade computer audio interface, or both simultaneously.
The Echo 2 is a versatile creative tool, with audio quality comparable to interfaces costing hundreds more.
• Touch panel control surface for selecting:
- Input type
- Input levels – EZ Trim auto setting option
- Output levels and muting
- Real-time hardware monitoring
• Two digitally controlled inputs switchable between:
- High performance mic-preamps with 70dB of gain and +48V phantom power
- Balanced line level inputs
- High impedance guitar inputs
• Four outputs with adjustable volume
- Balanced ¼" main outputs with muting
- 1/8" headphone output
• 24-bit A/D and D/A conversion up to 192 kHz
• USB 2.0 audio interface - supports Mac CoreAudio, ASIO, and Windows audio
• iPad compatible via Apple's camera connection kit
• Includes microphone stand bracket, XLR adapter cables, and international AC adapter
• Powered by USB or external supply
• Just 5.4" x 3.6" x 1" (137mm x 92mm x 26mm) – 10 ounces (0.3 Kg)
Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, iOS 5, Win XP, Vista or Win7 32/64 bit
Power adapter required for phantom power.
Today with the ever growing number of plug-ins available for our DAW, we are faced with multiple options. This can be very confusing. There may be so many, in fact, that it could distract us from the original intentions for our project.
It would seem that we spend too much time searching for the perfect effect for all the diverse instruments in the mix. That does not even take into account the time we spend learning the mechanics of some pretty sophisticated and graphically attractive plug-ins - rather then sticking with the basics like EQ, Compression, Reverb, and Delay.
Some of us are curious and anxious to try anything and everything hoping to get inspired. On the other hand, some of us may get frustrated too quickly and perhaps miss out on a plug-in that might actually benefit our project.
What is the best way to mix your recording project? Should you mix with headphones, speaker monitors or both? After all, most people listen to their iPods with headphones. A good pair of headphones sounds great, but what about the stereo image? What if you want to mix your project with a good pair of speaker monitors but your home recording studio space is not sound proofed well enough? You want to listen to your mix at a high decibel level so you can hear everything. To be safe, you should really listen to your project mono, stereo and at different volume settings. What about a good pair of near field speaker monitors positioned relatively close to your computer and equi-distance between you and the monitor speakers themselves? You will still have some stereo image - with the correct speaker positioning - and you'll be close enough to your speakers so that you can pump up the volume without driving your neighbors crazy.
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