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10 Red Flags Every Young Professional Ignores
One of my biggest concerns, and something we talk about often: it seems many young professionals – from freshman intern to second or third year veteran – tend to ignore certain red flags in their career path (especially in our daunting economy).
The fact is that from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, recruiters sometimes say what we want to hear – and we just buy in rather than recognize when every hair on the back of our necks stands up. Some of these issues can be worked out with a conversation or two with a boss, HR or a mentor. Some might mean a change in your expectations or environment. Others… could be deal-breakers.
Here, with the prerequisite "no particular order" disclaimer, are ten red flags you should watch for as you prepare for, and build the foundation of, your career:
Hype Overtakes Realism
Once a recruiter has identified you as a prime candidate, they turn from researcher to salesman. If it ever appears as though the recruiter is trying too hard – and you sense that insincere, slimy-ish feeling that they are trying "too hard" to sell you on the opportunity, there's a good reason. Run away.
"We Can Pay You – But Not What You're Worth"
The business world is full of claims that your pay will go up as soon as the company gets back on its feet, the start-up gets funded or the non-profit finally gets that big grant. You have to offset this red flag with the need to pay bills, and perhaps fill a hole in your resume… but you may want to alter your expectations to "I'm accepting this offer as is, and if the promise is kept… I'll smile."
Promises of Management Roles
Most recruiters don't hire automatons that will be in the same position seven years from now. They want people who will help the company grow while showing some leadership. Almost always, this gets turned into "you'll be a manager in less than two years." Fine, here's the follow-up question: "What percentage of your entry-level associates ascend to management roles?" If they can't answer, let the red flag fly!
"You'll Create Your Own Role"
While this is the perfect intern or first-job situation for some – those who are independent or entrepreneurial by nature – for others this can be a nightmare. Essentially, the employer is saying: "We know what we need, don't really have a clue how to do it, and are bringing in entry-level talent to get it done." If this isn't for you… take your talents elsewhere.
Your Research Doesn't Back-up Their Claims
You get all excited about the job offer. And then… you can't find anything online that supports the claims of the recruiter. No press release about that new partnership agreement. No customers that openly champion their products. No sign of their "constant presence" on Twitter. In this case, we want to believe. We do. But if there's nothing positive about the company online… there's nothing positive about working for the company.
"This is a Ground Floor Opportunity"
Again, a dual edged sword – depending on your entrepreneurial spirit. If these words are spoken by the Founder of an emerging start-up, more than likely it's the truth. If you are interviewing at a company that has been around for five or six years or more – or with someone even remotely responsible for recruiting salespeople, however, this is desperate shtick on the part of the recruiter, 99% of the time.
"We're Changing the World!"
We all want to change the world. And most of us would choose to work for a company steeped in social responsibility. But here's the fact: organizations that are truly making a difference rarely need to actually talk about changing the world; their actions and reputation speak for them, loudly. All the rest could be accused of spewing buzzwords in hopes of attracting you as an intern or employee.
Creepy is NOT Charming
We all know the type… he thinks he's Pitt or Clooney, but he's really more like a Used Car Salesman. You know, the fake laugh; the over-friendly use of "Pal" or "Brother"; trying to appear WAY younger than they are ("Dude!")… and more. These guys never change. No matter how many drinks or lunches they buy, or how many names they drop. Attach your star to these clowns, and your career will be a 3-ring circus.
The Stalker-Spammer
(This one seems obvious, but YoPros respond by the hundreds…) If you've uploaded your resume to Monster or CareerBuilder, you already know this type. The insurance company who thinks you're perfect for their new sales program. The MLM'er who has a "never seen before" diet supplement. The social networking guy who used to work for Donald Trump. Sounds amazing? No. Huge red flag – maybe the biggest of the bunch.
Gratuitous Nepotism
Especially in start-ups, it seems buddies stick together. In some companies, this works quite well – for a time. If, however, you notice college roomies, frat brothers and sister-in-laws are consistently placed in critical roles despite their lack of qualifications… red flag! This isn't "cute" or "fun" – it is a sign that management cares little about achieving success – or your role as a team member.
What do you do if you're already working for a company where more than one or two of these red flags are already waving?
First, go with your gut when identifying red flags that might exist in your career. If it looks like a snake, sounds like a snake, and slithers like a snake – it's probably a snake.
Second, realize that denial – yours or that of your employer – is not your friend. Debate and confrontation aren't easy, but you've little to lose. After all, not many of these red flag scenarios work out well in the long run.
Third, keep in mind that you do have options – and the opportunity to make the most out of your bad situation. Come up with a plan to create a remedy. Remember… sometimes we learn a great deal from a bad situation; sometimes, we get a PhD in "What NOT to Do".
Lastly, if the road gets too rough, stay calm while you plan your exit. The old cliché about "it's easier to find a job when you have a job" is true. Even if that current job is full of red flags.
What red flags have you encountered in your early career? What advice would you give to others? Let us know, either in the comments below or on Twitter at @YouTern.
About the Author: A passionate supporter of Gen Y talent, YouTern CEO Mark Babbitt is a serial entrepreneur and mentor. Mark has been quoted in Forbes, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, and Under30CEO.com regarding internships, emerging talent and the current job market – and was recently honored to be named to GenJuice's "Top 100 Most Desirable Mentors" list.


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The sky is cloudy and the mood is all about staying home and do some reading. For today we have chosen a couple of books that deal with interior design. Whether you are at work or at your house, take a look around you and try to create the best living space for your needs.
1) CITY INTERIORS, Architectural Houses
We wonder if our #bookcase would be different if our office was located in the countryside.
Well of course it wouldn't, at least not as different as the urban living space has been altered throughout the years.
From contemporary urban refuges to multi functional lofts, this book picks and showcases examples of interiors, in order to underline the nowadays experimentation in styles, textures, lights and space distribution. But first and foremost i is oriented in the one basic need; the design of what is truly necessary from a living space in the city.
2) DESIGNER APARTMENTS, H. F. Ullmann
One of the biggest and most interesting architecture challenges is definitely the creation of a contemporary urban living space with exclusive design and fine solutions for both rest and leisure.
From attics to lofts and from mini-studios to family apartments, this book is a great source of ideas for the contemporary urban living space. The best feature is that the volume includes lots of illustrations which showcase the materials, the techniques and the designing concept behind the projects.

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Synopsis:Generate a Constant 1004 Hz tone at 0dbm ( mu-law )
Generate a Constant 1004 Hz tone at 0dbm (mu-law)
Earlier versions of Asterisk generated a 1000 Hz Tone. If the old behaviour is desired for some reason, use the "o" option. The new behaviour is in 1.4.21 and later; the old behaviour is in 1.4.19.
DetailsA "Milliwatt (102 Type) Test Line" is a signal generated from an end office which provides a 1004 (!) Hz tone at 0 dBm0 for one-way transmission measurements towards the customer's location from the Access Service Provider end office.
Milliwatt test tones are often found at NPA-NXX-0010 or NPA-NXX-9935.
Note that, instead of 1000 Hz, 1004 Hz has been the Telco standard for many a year. The sampling rate on a T1 for a DS0 is 8kHz and 1kHz is a harmonic of 8kHz and harmonic distortion can cause significant measurement errors. So early on engineers tuned the test frequency to be slightly off to keep harmonic distortion to a minimum when taking loss measurements.
You can provide this via simple dialplan logic without using the rather non-standard Milliwatt() application:
exten => 8114,1,Answer
exten => 8114,n,PlayTones(1004/1000)
exten => 8114,n,Wait(300)
See also
- Guide on tuning rx/txgain
- http://www.tech-faq.com/milliwatt-test-line.shtml: What is a milliwatt test line?
- Asterisk cmd Playtones
- Tips & Tricks
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Eyeing natural gas market
State's overseer of high-voltage power system sees need to work in new sector
Published 7:29 pm, Friday, December 21, 2012
NORTH GREENBUSH — The people who oversee the state's electrical grid are interested in playing a greater role in the natural gas market as well.
In its five-year strategic plan published last week, the New York Independent System Operator, which oversees the high-voltage transmission system and the wholesale electric markets, says that it wants to possibly start monitoring the natural gas pipeline system in the state as well.
The NYISO, a non-profit that is run with input and funding from the major utilities and transmission line owners to ensure their interconnected systems run smoothly, believes the increasing dependence on natural gas by power plants in New York makes the move necessary.
The most widely used fuel in power plants in New York is natural gas, which is the cleanest-burning of fossil fuels, which include coal and oil.
That trend is expected to continue if the state forces the closure of Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County, a major source of power for New York City. If the effort succeeds, there will likely be a rush to build additional gas-powered plants to make up for the loss of Indian Point, which serves up to 20 percent of New York City's needs.
Natural gas has also become extremely economical. The use of hydrofracking techniques to get previously unreachable shale gas out of the ground in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio has created a glut of domestic supply that has driven down prices to historic lows. And the trend is expected to last into the foreseeable future. That makes building a natural gas plant that much more attractive.
The depression of wholesale natural gas prices in the state has also increased demand on the system by businesses that want to use gas for production and manufacturing. Utilities are seeing an increased demand for natural gas service by industrial customers.
However in many cases, the state's system of pipelines is not adequate to serve all of the customers who want to increase service. For instance, National Grid has said that additional growth by GlobalFoundries, which runs a computer chip factory in Malta, would require it to upgrade its system serving Saratoga County. There are also several pipeline companies that bring in natural gas from other states that are working with regulators to get approvals to expand their systems to bring more gas into the market, especially in upstate.
In its plan, the NYISO does not detail exactly how it will monitor the gas system, or how much such a move would cost.
However, it does say that it wants to "increase NYISO control room visibility into the operations and maintenance of the gas pipeline system serving New York generators."
Currently, NYISO watches the state's transmission system in a large control center in Guilderland. The NYISO is currently building a new control center at its headquarters in North Greenbush, and the large video board that will display the electric grid in the control room could be upgraded to include major gas lines serving power plants.
NYISO says in the plan that this added monitoring capability would "minimize the chances for supply disruptions to impact electric system reliability."
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Institute for CAM Studies degree programs at Akamai University was created as a framework to support a variety of educational levels dedicated to promote complementary and alternative medicine practice, research and teaching.
Degree Awarding
Akamai University awards the degree that is compliant with criteria required by AU's international accrediting body and the laws of Hawaii where the University is located. Established under the leadership of Dr. Mary Jo Bulbrook, Energy Medicine Partnerships Dr. Bulbrook has a 50+ year academic career in major institutions in three countries with active international CAM practice, teaching and research.
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From this rich base the Institute was established a primer program to account for the diverse population with varying interests that center CAM training. The Institute evaluated and recognizes appropriated completed prior training in order to establish criteria that ensures building a solid foundation for the educational goals of the student. Dr. Bulbrook, Dean of the Institute is joined by a core of experts in the CAM field as adjunct faculty who are all dedicated academics and professionals committed to promote the impact of CAM on health and healing providing an integrated health services approach.


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This is probably the best solution to getting someone out of bed in the morning.
A woman has discovered the ultimate alarm clock – a dog and a laser pointer. Watch this fun video of a woman using a laser pointer and her husky to wake up a guy who's just trying to catch a few extra hours of sleep.
The clip is funny to watch, but you have to feel bad for the poor guy in bed.
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The Detroit Red Wings, who actually boasted a power play worse than the Flyers, put on a clinic with the man-advantage and it paid off.
Detroit scored three power play goals and absolutely dominated a slow and sloppy Flyers team, 5-2, Saturday in Detroit. The Flyers gave up seven power play opportunities and it killed momentum much of the game.
The Red Wings got three-point efforts from four of their players. Nicklas Kronwall (goal, two assists), Pavel Datsyuk (goal, two assists), Henrik Zetterberg (two goals, assist) and Daniel Alfredsson (three assists) all put on star performances.
(Photo: Flyers winger Tye McGinn tries to play a puck in the first. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
The Ottawa Senators came into Philadelphia desperately needing a win to right the ship in a bad way and they delivered.
The Flyers, still with a glimmer of hope left for a playoff berth, did not deliver and wasted a great game by Ilya Bryzgalov. Dominated for 60 minutes the Flyers lost 3-1 to Ottawa Thursday night.
This was the second time the Flyers couldn't take advantage of a team on a major losing skid in the last three games.
On Saturday, the Flyers enabled the Winnipeg Jets to snap a five-game losing streak by dropping the game, 4-1. Ottawa was on a five-game losing streak heading into tonight.
(Pictured: Ottawa's Chris Neil throws his body in the 1st period. Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Islanders will kick off 4-game home stand tonight when they take on the Ottawa Senators for the third and final time this season. After a difficult 3-1 loss to the Sens back in February, the Isles took the most recent matchup with a pair of stellar shootout goals by the likes of Frans Nielsen and John Tavares.
So far this month, the Isles are 5-1-1, which has currently placed them 3 points out of the 8th and last playoff seed in the Eastern Conference. The Isles have also improved on their dreadful home record, going 3-0-2 in their last 5 games at the Nassau Coliseum.
It took a dramatic finish, but the New York Islanders finally won a game on home ice during a Sunday matinee game, defeating the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in the shootout.
The Islanders got on the board early in the game when Brad Boyes scored his fifth of the year, beating Robin Lehner glove side under the crossbar. The play started when Matt Moulson received a pass from Mark Streit at the Senators blue line and fed Boyes the puck as he was flying up the slot.
Not long after Boyes' goal, Matt Martin was found banging bodies all over the ice. In fact Martin had 6 hits in just over 3 minutes of play during the first period. Senators enforcer Chris Neil took exception to Martin's physical play and challenged him to a fight, but Martin ignored his request and continued to take out Senators along the wall.
He finished with 11 hits on the night. Coming into the game, Martin was just one shy of tying Buffalo Sabres forward Steve Ott for the league lead of 94 hits.
The Flyers and Senators made some noise outside of the Wells Fargo Center Saturday afternoon.
The big hits and the fights got the crowd vocally active in the Flyers 2-1 win over the Senators, and it will get the NHL's head disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan vocally involved sometime in the next couple days.
The highlight of the extracurricular activities came midway through the first period. Flyers winger Harry Zolnierczyk came flying across the ice to deliver a massive hit on Ottawa's Mike Lundin.
Zolnierczyk left his feet to deliver the hit, driving his shoulder into the head of Lundin. Lundin was knocked out of the game due to the hit, and Zolnierczyk got a five-minute major for charging and a 10-minute game misconduct.
(Pictured: Harry Zolnierczyk lays out Mike Lundin as Zac Rinaldo looks on. AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Major penalties, desperation saves and a lot of bad blood were thrown into the pot Saturday afternoon.
Those were the ingredients in a violent 60 minutes between the Flyers and Senators. Ilya Bryzgalov won the goalie battle and he helped lead the Flyers to a huge 2-1 win over Ottawa Saturday afternoon to cap the home stand.
And most importantly, the Flyers got to .500 for the first time this season. After six previously failed attempts, their seventh try at evening up their record was successful.
(Pictured: Zac Rinaldo fights along the boards with Daniel Alfredsson. Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
The biggest sports team in Canada's capital city will be looking to make a huge splash on Canada Day.
The Ottawa Senators will definitely be looking for help on defense. None of their defensive prospects look ready to make the jump to the NHL, so Senators general manager Bryan Murray will be looking to add help through free agency.
The team has not re-signed UFAs Matt Carkner, Matt Gilroy and Filip Kuba. It is likely the team will bring back Carkner, but not the others. It is curious that Kuba was not brought back considering how well he played alongside Norris-winner Erik Karlsson.
Murray likely has plans for a UFA he would like Karlsson to skate with, or he might b...
It is always difficult to predict which skater a team will draft.
The Ottawa Senators draft in the 15th spot, which is a fairly strong draft pick.
Consider the Senators drafted Erik Karlsson, this year's Norris Trophy winner, with the 15th overall pick in 2008.
The draft looks to be strong on defensemen, which works out well for the Senators.
Ottawa is thin on defensive prospects – who are not already playing in the NHL (hello Jare...
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When it rains, it pours; that has been the mantra of the New York Islanders this weekend. Yesterday the Isles let up six goals in a loss to the Boston Bruins that mathematically eliminated themselves from playoff contention. Today, they continued their struggling ways in a 5-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators, who were without both Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson.
"It was pretty horrible on our part. They were missing two of their top players and we couldn't take advantage of it. The way we played, we didn't deserve to win, that's for sure," said Islanders captain Mark Streit after the game. He would be the only Islander to be credited with a goal tonight with a John Tavares pass going off of his skate and behind Senators net-minder Craig Anderson.


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Seven young men and two girls, their ages ranging from 17 to 20 years, spent a cold and rainy Friday night beside the flowerbed in the Watford High Street precinct.
They were CND [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] supporters, braving the cold night air and teeming rain to observe the 25-hour fast, one of the concluding events of the Northern Home Counties Region CND "We Shall Overcome" activities.
A silent vigil in support of the fast went on through Saturday afternoon, again in pouring rain.
But the campaign was not all silent. Various officers of CND groups, including the Watford secretary Mr David Picton and the chairman, the Rev Edward Charles, gave speeches. In the evening a wreath – "In pledge of our determination it shall never happen again" – was laid at the Peace Memorial Hospital.
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Lolo Jones said "remaining a virgin is harder than training for Olympics" in a recent interview. My question is why is this on the top of Yahoo headlines, shouldn't this be the normal? A young lady saving herself for her future husband without risking pregnancies or STD's. Not to forget the comparisons that could follow. In today's society it's becoming more and more casual to hear 12 and 13 year old girls having sex and experimenting with different substances. Is this really what we want this generation to be recognized by? No wonder why there's TV shows about teenage pregnancy. Why can't there be TV shows that encourage the next generation to do amazing things instead of teaching teenagers and preteens how to make yourself feel good sexually?
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Everyday Words
Год выпуска: 2001
Издательство: Usborne Publishing Ltd.
"Everyday Words" is a bright and lively word finder for young children, containing over 500 simple words. For those just learning to read, this book will provide reassuring and fun-filled practice in word and picture recognition. Very young children will enjoy simply naming and spotting familiar objects. It is also a useful vocabulary builder and friendly spelling guide for anyone studying English as a foreign language.


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Remember last month when we wrote about Samsung's "The Next Big This is Already Here" campaign and how they were back this year with it just like last year? Well Samsung really wants you to know that the next big thing is already here, and that it's a Samsung Galaxy S III. So much in fact they are paying us to let you know that the next big thing is already here. Did I mention that it's the Galaxy S III from Samsung?
Check out Samsung's latest spot below. Have you ever had deja, deja-vu? Because I did writing about the the next big thing being already here, I think it's the Samsung Galaxy S III. Yep, that's the one! Thanks for checking this out, it keeps those nasty pop-up ads off our site!
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We hear a lot about the growing obesity problem in America, but it is really a worldwide phenomenon and one that is hitting the oil patch. Oil and Gas UK, the British counterpart to API, said in its 2014 health and safety report that the average weight of offshore workers in the UK has jumped by 19 percent since the 1980's.
What are the implications of this for the oil and gas industry? Certainly increased health concerns like heart disease and diabetes. In the offshore world, there is a new concern involving helicopters. In the aftermath of a catastrophic helicopter accident last year, the UK is concerned about whether oilfield workers who are too large are able to escape from a downed chopper. Interim measures included size restrictions on passengers. Oil and Gas UK is currently researching the problem with a study on 600 oilfield workers. The study involves computer modeling and creating 3D mannequins to study the best way to improve helicopter egress.
Oil companies in Europe may have another problem that U.S. companies don't. According to Ledingham Chalmers, a British law firm, an EU judge is considering whether to treat being substantially overweight as a "protected characteristic" under EU employment law. that would apparently prevent employers from taking any action that could be considered discriminatory against overweight workers. You can read more about the issue here.


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German utility E.ON SE (EOAN.XE) has warned that its power generation business in Europe remains under intense pressure due to weak demand and low selling prices.
Meanwhile, first-half earnings for 2013 fell, the company said Tuesday, due mainly to the absence of one-off gains that inflated last year's results.
Net profit was 3.07 billion euros ($4 billion), up around 6% from EUR2.89 billion a year earlier. E.ON attributed the rise to higher gains on asset disposals. However, underlying after-tax profit, which strips out these and other non-recurring effects, fell more than 42% to EUR1.91 billion. The figure exceeded the EUR1.83 billion average forecast from a Dow Jones poll of six analysts.
Compensation payments of around EUR1 billion related to a settlement with Russia's Gazprom OAO (GAZP.RS) over gas supplies and prices had boosted the year-earlier figure.
Closely watched earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, were EUR5.7 billion, nearly 15% below the year-earlier figure of EUR6.7 billion. Analysts had forecast EUR5.53 billion.
The company reiterated that it expects 2013 Ebitda between EUR9.2 billion and EUR9.8 billion. This equates to a 15% on-year fall, reflecting poor demand in Europe that has depressed wholesale power prices.
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Here at Trek, we have a few big events that we all love. Things like the Trek 100, trail parties, the TDF, the Hullabaloo, the day the new phone book comes, when the new IPA is brewed at the ale asylum, burrito eating day (oh wait, isn't that meant to be a re-occurring holiday?), etc... But, one of the biggest of them all is #trekworld USA.
That is sort of self serving I know, saying that we at Trek love #trekworld, but hey...it is my blog. If you want, you can skip to the end now.
Since I already told you there are exactly 14.6 reasons that I love #trekworld, I will let you decide if this is the complete list or if they are prioritized in anyway. Other than that they have numbers in front of the description, I do not know what order they are in.
1. Bike demo. We basically turn our parking lot into a scene that is normally reserved for a world cup mountain bike race.
2. Huge party at my house on the day before the dealers arrive. We have done this every year for the past few years. If you are a Trek employee, probably one year or another you have been there. They are big, and can get a little rowdy. Hope no one ends up in the pool this year.
3. Athletes at Trek. Each year, we bring in a bunch of athletes to Trekworld. People from all different kind of racing. I could not get anyone from TWR, as they are at Mt. St. Anne DH world cup. But, we will have a bunch this year.
There will be some surprises for those paying attention. It will be fun.
4. New bikes. Do I really need to explain this? It is our big introduction event, we are bike company, we will show off some grooved new stuff. Trust me, I know these things. Here is an idea of what I am talking about.
Bikes are cool. They have only 2 wheels.
5. The Booth.
6. This year, the son of our european business manager is staying with us for the month. He has worked a bunch at Trekworld, and this is worth noting. I have not had a teenager around in a while, but I am getting the hang of it again.
7. Burrito's at lunch. We always have Qdoba cater during the demo. I hope they will be there again, and that I can get at least 6 burritos in during those days.
There are more reasons, exactly 7.6 -to be exact. But, I will make you wait for those. Every cat has 3 names, btw... their given name, their family name and another name that they will not tell you.


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SI.com - 2006 Winter Olympics - Russians dominate in pairs skating - if you ignore 2nd, 3rd and 4th.In Pairs Figure Skating, there wasn't a scoring flap as there was at the last Olympics. The Russians won with room to spare. But how about those skaters from China: 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
The top pair from the USA got 7th.
What does that do to the skating show that tours the states after the Olympics end? Isn't there generally a "Champions On Ice" show that comes to the Civic Arena? Do you think that the pairs from China are going to be as big as an attraction for the masses of spectators? I don't know.
When we were in China, we did go to a skating facility -- but it wasn't for "ice" but rather "roller skating." We were in the southwest part, much like Florida weather, so ice skating wasn't to be expected.
This skating rink was rather interesting however. It was right on the landing within the large, central sports (soccer) stadium. A roller rink was on the cement within the second level of the stadium. No wasted space.
At another edge within the stadium there was a ballroom dancing studio -- where space was used for dance. The space was not enclosed by glass or anything special, but more like a fence or larger metal gates that could have been locked to keep folks from entering into the areas of the seats in the stadium, but you could easily see the field and such.
Other places around town were used for community dance and more group exercises -- but this dance studio within the stadium was more of a formal ballroom set up with more limited use and coaching, it seemed.
Generally, the Chinees are not only world class at diving and syncro swimming -- they are OUT OF THIS WORLD. So, it goes to reason that they'll be tops in the figure skating too. The sports of diving (springboard, platform, syncro) have a similar artistic yet athletic constitution.
Meanwhile, we Americans, and even my 2nd son, is all RAD about the half-pipe and the snowboarders. Yesterday, he got a hand-me-down board and boots from a bigger kid we have known from school. They share the same birthday. But he is four years older. So, of course, my guy is pumped to hit the slopes and try out the new gear.
Today's P-G reported upon the Pittsburgh connection with the guy skater representing the US. His mom and some other family is local. That's 'neat.'


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The caribou of the central Kenai Peninsula are cuter than moose and increasingly visible.
The animals people are most likely to see all belong to a single group called the Kenai Lowland herd, and they are intriguing biologists almost as much as they delight wildlife watchers.
Ted Spraker, the area wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, calls them mysterious.
One of their most puzzling and dramatic activities takes place this time of year, when they gather in huge groups -- for no apparent reason.
About 100 caribou cows and calves will come together within the next few days. The site of the annual gathering is unpredictable, but it usually takes place in the area of Marathon Road north of Kenai or the Kenai River flats near Bridge Access Road, he said.
After a few days, they will drift apart.
Spraker has seen as many as 16,000 animals crowded together in other parts of the state. Why they gather is unclear, but people have speculated it may have something to do with defending calves from predators or avoiding biting insects, he said.
"We call that the post-calving aggregation. That is when I can count them," he said.
Spraker's aerial surveys are part of a concerted effort to monitor peninsula caribou, especially the Kenai Lowland herd. Unlike other herds biologists reintroduced to the peninsula in the 1960s and 1980s (See related story, Outdoors, page C-1), the central peninsula group has struggled to grow.
Last year, he counted 140 in herd.
"This lowland herd has had a tough time," he said.
Spraker attributes the problems to predation. The herd produces many calves, but few of those survive long.
Coyotes, wolves, lynx, bears and even eagles prey on the calves in the wild. Most caribou herds live in open areas such as tundra, where they can keep an eye out for enemies, but the lowland herd caribou spend much of their time in the forest.
"It just makes sense," Spraker said. "If you use your eyes to save your butt, and you live in the trees, something can sneak up on you."
Living closer to humans than most, the herd has other problems.
Domestic dogs are a significant predator on the calves (See related story, page A-1).
"We've had numerous cases over the years," he said.
Spraker urges people to keep Rover from roving, especially this time of year. The calves were born in May and remain vulnerable.
Cars are another big killer of Kenai caribou. In one case, a drunk killed five in a single incident, he said.
Despite their dangerous lives, the surviving adults are in prime condition. They tend to be larger than other Alaska caribou, and they calve earlier, which is a sign of good forage and mild winters, he said.
"The largest set of antlers ever recorded came from this herd," Spraker said.
The rack's measurements added up to 476 1/4 inches, and it is on display at the state Fish and Game headquarters in Anchorage. The official current world's record is 465 1/8 inches.
The Kenai antlers are ineligible for the Boone and Crockett record book, however, because they were shed, rather than taken in a hunt. Spraker knows exactly how big the mount would have been because he handled the bull during studies and measured its head, he said.
Unusual behavior also sets the herd apart.
It has changed since its beginning in 1966, when biologists released 29 head at Watson Lake near Sterling. The animals are fairly tolerant of humans and have shifted their ranges over time south and west, closer to developed areas.
The herd's original calving grounds were on the Moose River flats between Sterling and the Swanson River oil fields, and the animals wintered in the same area. They traveled back and forth to graze the area near Marathon Road and Beaver Creek.
But now they winter near the outlet of Skilak Lake and migrate in spring and fall along Funny River Road and through Soldotna and Kenai to calving grounds in the Marathon Road area and near the gas fields south of the northernmost loop of Kalifornsky Beach Road. That area, north of Kasilof, now hosts about 75 percent of the calving.
Spraker speculated that calf survival may be higher in the new locations.
The animals cross the Kenai River easily. When biologists used radio collars on calves to track their movements, they were surprised at their mobility.
"It seemed to me that the river was absolutely no problem to those newborn calves. And the adults swim like fish," Spraker said.
"I don't know why they've shifted. Changes in wildlife populations are usually pretty subtle."
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When it comes to insurance, it's critical that you read the policy from cover to cover and have a full understanding of what is included. It is a legal document and it will explain to you what you are entitled to, and what you are liable for. Third party is the minimum level of insurance that you must have. It covers you for any damage you cause to someone else's car. This does not though; cover you for your own car. The cost of insurance is based on the risk assessment of you and the insurer's pricing model. So if you can prove to an insurer that you are a lesser risk, you are more likely to pay less. Things such as age, gender, and address can't be changed, however some things can be. For example, if you don't make any claims and have a good driving record, these factors will be taken into account.
If you read up on the reasons why you would pay for more insurance, you can work out what would make you pay more and in turn, what you can do in order to pay less. For instance, if your car is a high risk of being stolen, that will raise the price so any form of alarm or other security device is may bring the cost of your insurance premium down.
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When it comes to car insurance, there are numerous ways you can get a discount. It comes down to how aggressive you are at pursuing them, and how diligent you are with your research.


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A's hope for fresh start from Gonzalez
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Gio Gonzalez said he suddenly woke up at 2 a.m. two nights ago and realized that his brother inadvertently had taken his U.S. passport back to Miami with him after visiting the left-hander in Sacramento and leaving with one of Gonzalez's suitcases.
" 'The A's are in Toronto,' " Gonzalez said he thought when he jolted awake. " 'What if they call me up while they're there?' It was very upsetting. I thought I might not pitch because of my passport."
The 22-year old had an accurate premonition. On Tuesday, shortly before their 4-3 upending by the Blue Jays, the A's announced that Gonzalez will make his major-league debut today at Rogers Centre. He'll be trying to snap Oakland's eight-game losing streak, a skid that nearly ended Tuesday - until Huston Street, he of the shaky-closer status, blew his sixth save of the season and took the loss. With two outs in the ninth, Kevin Mench rapped the first pitch he got from Street into left-center, sending in pinch-runner Brad Wilkerson.
Potentially more bad news for the A's, who have lost 17 of 19: Starter Sean Gallagher, obtained in the Rich Harden deal last month, is likely to go on the disabled list today to make room for Gonzalez. Gallagher has had some shoulder soreness, which might account for his four walks and two hit batters in three innings Monday. Dan Meyer is expected to take Gallagher's spot in the rotation, at least initially.
Gonzalez will be entering Canada legally. Having been able to consider solutions before he even got word of his promotion, Gonzalez had a friend fly from Miami to Chicago with the passport Tuesday morning, and the handoff happened while Gonzalez made his connection at O'Hare to get to Toronto.
"I was more worried about my passport than I was thinking about getting called up - but I was going to get there somehow, even if they had to stick me in a suitcase and drive me there," Gonzalez said by phone from Chicago on Tuesday evening, passport safely in his possession.
Gonzalez, who came from the White Sox in the Nick Swisher deal in January, has pitched well for more than a month at Sacramento. In his past nine starts, he has allowed 14 runs in 52 innings, with an ERA of 2.43. His 128 strikeouts are second most in the Pacific Coast League, and last year, he had the most strikeouts in the minors, with 185. He is 8-7 with a 4.24 ERA overall, and has allowed 106 hits and 61 walks.
Justin Duchscherer originally was scheduled to pitch tonight, but he already has thrown 31 innings more than his previous major-league high, because he spent the past four years working in relief. So Duchscherer, the major-league ERA leader, will get an extra day off and will start Thursday. That also means Duchscherer will match up against A.J. Burnett (13-9), who is among the league leaders in wins, while Gonzalez will face Shaun Marcum (5-5).
Gonzalez will be taking Dana Eveland's spot in the rotation. Eveland, also a left-hander, was sent down Sunday after allowing a career-high nine runs the night before.
The A's have not announced that Gallagher will be placed on the DL, but after Tuesday's game, manager Bob Geren confirmed that the right-hander has some shoulder discomfort. Earlier in the day, he had mentioned that Gallagher's next start might be pushed back but he did not explain why that might be.
To make room for Gonzalez on the 40-man roster, third baseman Eric Chavez, who is having season-ending shoulder surgery next week, is likely to go on the 60-day DL.
By calling Gonzalez up in August rather than a month or so earlier, there is no chance that he will granted super-two status (which would have allowed him to be eligible for arbitration a year early).
Gonzalez is not the A's only rookie left-hander to debut in Toronto this year. Greg Smith was called up here on April 9.
Tuesday night, Smith was on the same mound again, but when Street blew the game in the ninth, Smith was denied what would have been his first victory since June 30 even though he held the Blue Jays to two runs in six innings.
For just the seventh time in his 22 starts, Smith's teammates provided him with more than two runs of support, squeaking out three against Scott Richmond. Mark Ellis had an RBI double in the second and Bobby Crosby a two-run triple in the fourth, while rookie Carlos Gonzalez had the first four-hit game of his career.


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Udinese defender Mehdi Benatia continues to attract interest from around Italy and Europe, including Tottenham and Chelsea.
According to TalkSport, both London clubs are preparing for a bidding war over the summer to get their hands on the centre-back.
Benatia had already been close to Anzhi in January, while he has been linked with the likes of Milan and Fiorentina too.
This week Udinese came out to deny there was already a deal with Napoli.
The Moroccan international has been at the Stadio Friuli since joining from Clermont in 2010 and turns 26 next week.
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ARTS, BRIEFLY; Sade Soldiers On Atop Billboard Chart
By BEN SISARIO; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: March 4, 2010
Sade's ''Soldier of Love'' (Epic) is No. 1 on Billboard's album chart for the third week in a row. It sold 127,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its three-week total to 820,000. Lady Antebellum's ''Need You Now'' (Capitol Nashville) holds at No. 2 with 118,000 sales, and Johnny Cash's ''American VI: Ain't No Grave'' (American/Lost Highway), said to be the last of Cash's prolific late sessions with Rick Rubin, opens at No. 3 with 54,000. Also on this week's chart, the Black Eyed Peas' ''E.N.D.'' (Interscope) is No. 4, with 50,000 sales, Lady Gaga's ''Fame'' (Interscope) is No. 5 with 48,000, and Lil Wayne's ''Rebirth'' (Cash Money/Universal) is No. 6 with 38,000.


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Beuth Hochschule fuer Technik Berlin (University of Applied Sciences) Chooses Avenza's MAPublisher and Geographic Imager
Toronto, ON, August 4, 2009 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop, is pleased to announce that the Civil Engineering and Geoinformation department at Beuth University of Berlin (Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin), formerly Technische Fachhochschule in Berlin Germany has deployed multiple licenses of both MAPublisher and Geographic software for use in their cartography and GIS labs.
"We are using both programs (MAPublisher & Geographic Imager) in the Bachelor degree courses for Cartography and Geomedia and in the Master degree course Acquisition and Visualization of Geodata. Both programs provide very valuable functions within the intersecting area of GIS, remote sensing and cartography", said Dr. Ursula Ripke of the university's cartographic laboratory. "We have found that both programs are essential for our work especially for satellite image based cartography", she added.
Avenza's products will be primarily used in the software lab by staff and students towards their degrees as well as in faculty-student collaborative research projects. All users will be able to take advantage of the graphics capabilities of MAPublisher, Geographic Imager and Adobe Creative Suite to produce high-quality maps and work with spatial imagery.
More about MAPublisher and Geographic Imager
MAPublisher is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics capabilities of this graphics design software for working with GIS data and producing high-quality maps with efficiency. Full details and downloadable demo versions are available at www.avenza.com.
Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of this powerful raster-based image-editing software.
Full details and downloadable demo versions are available at www.avenza.com.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
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The department houses 8 study courses leading to Bachelor and Master degrees in Civil Engineering, Cartography, Geoinformation and Geodesy. Particular attention is given to practice-orientation in studies, teaching and research. Practical training is supported by several well-equipped laboratories. Among these, the lab for cartography and reproductional techniques is responsible for basic and advanced studies in cartography, internet and multimedia presentations as well as geodata visualization.
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The phone connection sounded a bit like Oliver, one of my closest Ugandan friends, was crushing newspapers on the other end; I held the phone an inch from my ear. But I didn't miss what made my hand fly to my chest: "Aisha…she passed. It was just too late. Things were already too bad."
Aisha. Perhaps you remember her from this photo, snapped from my phone two and a half months ago, outside a mud hut in the slums of Namuwongo. She's the young mother of four kids. A twenty-something.


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She was young the night she was ravaged. She was innocent and guileless with a simple, honest beauty that would have served her well over the course of her life. She was taken brutally…defiled without mercy and left dying by the side of the road with the only evidence being a single drop of blood upon her forehead. So savage was her violation, her agonized screams are said to resonate still as the Shrieking Winds that can be heard when the moon hangs just right over the land of Skyrim.
Found by nomads, she was brought to their village, and her terrible injuries tended to for nearly two weeks, but to no avail. Once life had left her, the wise women of the village wrapped her in the vestments of the dead, and a bonfire was lit to cremate her broken body in the ancient way of the nomad.
As the flames touched her, she awoke and set upon those who had tried and failed to rescue her. In life she had been gentle, in death she was monstrous. The violence of her own assault paled in contrast to the carnage she unleashed upon the nomad camp. She ripped out the throats of the women with her teeth, and gorged on their steaming blood with hungry, animalistic snarls. She laughed murderously as she plucked out the eyes of their terrified, wailing children and ate them whole, before finally turning her attention to the men. She violated them as mercilessly as she herself had been violated and their tortured cries lasted long into the night. No life remained in the village as she strode soundless into the dark, drenched in blood and lit by the lurid glow of her own funeral pyre.
Where she walked…death would follow. In the millennia to come her name would be spoken only in terrified whispers. Lamae Beolfag, she who is the brood mother of the vampire, and matron of the undead.
Who had the power to turn this innocent lamb into an abomination and taker of life? Whose thirst for blood and dominance is so great? The woman's defiler was the Daedric Prince Molag Bal…the God of Schemes, Harvester of Souls and Father of Vampires.
Molag Bal is the Daedric Lord of enslavement and domination, whose sole purpose is to spread conflict and contention among mortals. His defilement of Lamae Beolfag and the subsequent creation of the vampire menace was directly intended to spite the god Arkay of the Nine Divines, who Molag Bal resented for holding sway over the eventual deaths of all things that lived. Through the centuries, vampire bloodlines split and acquired characteristics unique to each clan, but all originate in that first defilement of Lamae Beolfag. Molag Bal enjoys not only the sadness Arkay feels for the foul and perverse imitations of life but also the chaos and misery the immortal creatures bring to the existence of Man and Mer. This is but one of the ways Molag Bal incites suffering among living beings in his never ending quest to subvert and collect the souls of mortals. He has at times murdered mortals directly, as he did to all those in the Bosmeri town of Gilverdale, wiping it away in a red mist for the sake of an insane king. It has been written that as the rolling crimson fog erased everything and everyone in its path, Molag Bal strode along in front of it, a red skinned giant that laughed heartily amid the screams of the doomed.
Although Molag Bal appears to revel in the destruction of mortals, he much prefers to warp them into his own twisted image. One of Molag Bal's most inhuman moments was the breaking of the good and honorable Melus Petilius, an Imperial Champion. Petilius had sworn to never again raise a weapon after the tragic death of his wife Vena. His unshakable valor, deep conviction and life of courageous selflessness was most offensive to Molag Bal who thrived on the degradation and corruption of the mortal spirit. Rather than see this righteous man dead, Molag Bal wished to see him damned. The Daedric Lord assigned a mortal the task of goading Melus Pelitius to the point of murder.
Molag Bal knew that the man could never tolerate disrespect at the gravesite of his beloved wife, and made sure there was a cursed mace near the guilt ridden widower when the mortal fulfilled his charge and drove Petilius to raise the weapon against him. Broken of both oath and spirit, Melus Petilius lived the rest of his days in anguish, as a haunted and broken man. Ruining a mortal life by taking away their very faith is Molag Bal's greatest pleasure.
Of particular interest to the Dark Elves, Molag Bal has come to be considered one of the four corners of the House of Troubles to the Dunmer, particularly in the land of Morrowind. They believe Molag Bal and the three other Daedric Lords; cunning Malacath, infernal Mehrunes Dagon and the demented Sheogorath exist, each in their own way to test the mettle of the Dunmer and as such the Dark Elves choose to endure their malice.
Molag Bal's disregard for life extends even to his own flesh and blood. From his union with Vivec, the Daedric Prince created a daughter named Molag Grunga, a Winged Twilight who dared to fall in love with a relatively unimportant Frost Atronach. Due to his contempt of the Atronach and displeasure at their union, Molag Bal attempted to have them both murdered. It would be much easier to torture his child's spirit once it was forcibly removed from her body and returned to the realm of Coldharbor. The status of Molag Grunda and her lover are unknown as of the time of this writing.
Like each Daedra Lord, Molag Bal has procured a Daedric artifact that serves as a conduit for his will on Nirn. At some point, he created an artifact known as the Mace of Molag Bal or simply, the Vampire's Mace. Apparently designed after the nature of his minions, the Mace is enchanted with a spell that drains the life energy of an opponent and transfers it to the wielder. Molag Bal has been exceedingly free with the weapon, and it has been possessed and used many times over the years, including during the events of the Warp in the West where it was used to slay a powerful wizard. No matter where the Mace finds itself, it has represented its master well.
Molag Bal's plane of Oblivion is known as Coldharbor, and it is a perfect reflection of the Daedric Prince himself. It is a frightening place of slag, burning skies and freezing air; but, the truly eerie thing about Coldharbor is the fact that it surrounds a mirror-version of Nirn including Tamriel and the Imperial Palace. The only difference between this Nirn and the real one is that it is a desecrated, decaying place washed in blood and smeared with excrement. Daedroths roam freely, and are counted as servants to Molag Bal, along with the legions of anguished souls he's gathered.
Bal's thirst to defile everything good and fair on Nirn is unquenchable. There came a turbulent time in Tamriel's history when Molag Bal attempted to merge his realm with the mortal realm. A time when the races of Men and Mer slaughtered each other over a crumbling kingdom. Many a hero would be forged during this time of adversity, and be called upon to stop Molag Bal's threat against the world of the living, but that story has yet to be written…
Molag Bal continues to be a force of strife and misery in a world already mired in suffering. He revels in corruption and death and encourages the behavior of his vampiric minions in their obscene rituals and horrific acts of rape, mutilation and murder. He is the Prince of Domination and Enslavement, and as such he often comes into conflict with another Daedric Prince; a Prince whose very nature is to encourage treason and revolt against authority. Such discord is familiar ground to the Daedric Prince of treachery, and the Lord of Plots.
Like Molag Bal, Boethiah revels in the suffering of mortals and has for millennia tormented Mer and Men alike. Boethiah's violent and tumultuous influence has changed history, and has determined the destiny of Empires.
But that- is a story for another day…


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This week's topic: Big houses, little lots and their reputed link to hamburgers.
Q. So what's a McMansion?
A. Definitions vary. But City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena has publicly described a McMansion as a three-story house with turrets.
Q. Turrets?
A. One of the lesser known ingredients in a Big Mac.
Q. So what's wrong with McMansions?
A. The anti-McMansion people say too many big houses are going up on small lots in South Tampa, right beside ordinary McBungalows, McRanches and McMediterraneans.
Q. Which means?
A. McPeeping Toms. McZero lot line. The good news is we can all share toasters.
Q. The bad?
A. For some, it's an issue of privacy. Or scale. Others worry that South Tampa is getting devoured by huge, unaffordable homes and that pretty soon the rest of us will be living in tree houses on cell phone towers.
Q. Is there a silver lining?
A. Free long distance, unlimited weekend calling and a new city motto: "We love to see you smile."
Q. I mean, are there pro-McMansion people?
A. Absolutely. They say South Tampa land values will drop if developers don't recoup their investments by building big houses. The way the argument goes, ending the McMansion boom could erase years of real estate appreciation in South Tampa.
Q. What did that guy call it the other day?
A. "Choking the goose that lays the golden egg."
Q. Wow.
A. I know.
Q. Even Bubba would have gone to jail for that.
A. Yep.
Q. So, this Salcines woman . . .
A. Saul-Sena.
Q. What's she talking about doing?
A. Putting limits on architects and builders so that new homes don't monopolize small lots and neighborhoods.
Q. So what kind of reaction is she getting?
A. Developers are furious.
Q. Isn't there a less drastic way to infuriate developers?
A. She could shut down the Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club and set the land aside as a ballpark to keep kids off drugs.
Q. Would they stop coming door to door selling M&Ms for $5?
A. Maybe, but we would still have to buy fake magazine subscriptions and sign surveys rating their personalities.
Q. So what's to become of this McMansion debate?
A. Some people figure it will blow over. Others are bringing in a heavyweight.
Q. Lemme guess. He wears a clown nose? Initials, "R.M."?
A. You got it.
-- McMansions will be the topic of a public hearing April 16 at 7 p.m., at the Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, 3910 S. Manhattan Ave.
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Topic: Learning for Life (08/23/04)
TITLE: Rumble with Love
By Annette Bury
"Girls, what's that noise?" I asked, walking to the back window.
Delaney, my youngest daughter, hopped off her chair, clenching a jumbo-sized red crayon, trailing on my heels. "I dunno know, Mommy."
Glancing out the window, the bright sunlight permeated on my face. Squinting, I looked right and left, finally looking up. The blue sky shone clear, without a single cloud in sight. I turned toward Delaney, shrugging. "It doesn't look like thunder or rain."
"Thunder?" Alena, my oldest daughter, scrunched up her face.
"No, Alena, just relax." I walked back to the table. "You don't have to worry it's not going to storm." I picked up her coloring page. A giraffe munching on a tree without a smudge of crayon marks over the lines stared back. "Alena, this is beautiful!"
"Can we hang mine?" Delaney shouted, running hers to the fridge.
"We'll hang them all up."
Squeezing my eyebrows together, I leaped out of my chair, trotting to the front door. "What is that sound?"
I stepped onto the front porch as my heart pounded. "Anton, Robert, get out of there now!" I shouted, darting to the driveway. "What are you doing?" I pointed my finger under Robert's nose.
"We're-we're, huh, well," Robert mumbled looking at his brother Anton.
Anton bounded out of the over-sized black hefty-duty plastic garbage can. "Mom, we're taking turns rolling each other down the driveway."
"In the garbage can?" I held my nose as the smell of yesterday's garbage – a combination of rotten eggs and even rottener fruit almost toppled me over.
"But it's dirty in there," I announced, hiding a smile, taking my familiar pose, hands on my hips with my heels dug in.
Anton bit his lip. "But-but there's no garbage in there now."
"There was yesterday." I sighed. "Let's get it back in the garage, and you'll both have to come inside and get washed up."
With a garage full of bikes, roller blades, balls, and hockey sticks, I marveled at my boy's desire to play with a dirty, stinky trash can. But these same boys have picked up snakes, climbed the tallest trees, and wanted to jump out a bedroom window into a pool. They have slept with dirty socks in their bed, brushed their teeth only because of my nasty threats, and brought countless bugs and insects into their bedroom – naming them all and claiming them as pets.
Growing up as a feminine girl, with one sister and girl cousins, my boys have really taught me a thing or two. I smile when I think about how raising these boys have been an on-going lesson in life. But the best surprise is knowing that no matter what adventure we find ourselves in, they run over and give me a hug, which makes my heart rumble with love.


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FOX's Animation Domination High-Def is back with another anime spoof, this time taking on Attack on Titan. Here, Mikasa, Armin, and Eren finally meet a Titan they can't kill. 'Cause it's just too cute.
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The Oceanic Fisheries Programme (OFP) is part of the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems (FAME) Division of SPC, and is the Pacific Community's regional centre for tuna fisheries research, fishery monitoring, stock assessment and data management. It was established by the 1980 South Pacific Conference (as the Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme) to continue and expand the work initiated by its predecessor project, the Skipjack Survey and Assessment Programme.
Tuna fisheries assessment reports provide current information on the tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean and the fish stocks (mainly tuna) that are impacted by them. The information provided in this report is summary in nature, but a list of references (mostly accessible via the Internet) is included for those seeking further details. This report is a smart PFD so if you click on a reference within the document it will take you to the figure/section, to return to the page you were on press alt and the left arrow key.
This report focuses on the main tuna stocks targeted by the fishery - skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (T. obesus) and South Pacific albacore tuna (T. alalunga).
OFP-EMA team is embarking again on a new adventure: PUFFALIS
The goal of the Puffalis cruise is to characterise the feeding grounds of the shearwater at sea.
It is a joint scientific cruise between SPC and IRD which will study where the birds are feeding at sea.
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This report focuses on the main tuna stocks targeted by the fisheries - skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (T. obesus) and South Pacific albacore tuna (T. alalunga).
From 27 to 29 June, SPC will be hosting a workshop in Noumea aimed at drafting the Technical Standards to implement E-Monitoring.
Traditionally the Tuna Fishery Data Collection Committee provided regional standard data forms for use in SPC/FFA member countries. Increasingly e-reporting and e-monitoring tools are being introduced to capture tuna fishery data. The DCC strategy meeting will look at the future role of the DCC in an increasingly electronic environment.
The regional Tuna Data Workshop is conducted on an annual basis for SPC member countries to improve their scientific tuna monitoring and data management capacity, and satisfy their data reporting obligations to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). 2017 marks the 11th annual Tuna Data Workshop and it is held from the 24th to the 28th of April 2017, in Noumea, New Caledonia.
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The workshop was jointly organised and facilitated by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Pacific Community (SPC). Representatives from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu met in Nadi, Fiji from 06 – 10 February 2017 for the 17th Annual Regional Observer Coordinators Workshop (ROCW17). Observers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), Parties to Nauru Agreement (PNA) Observer Agency, MRAG Asia Pacific and the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Secretariat also participated in the meeting
The Oceanic Fisheries Programme (OFP) of the Pacific Community (SPC) is conducting two week-long Stock Assessment Training Workshops at SPC headquarters in Noumea from 4-8th July and 11-15th July 2016. A total of 16 regional scientists, will attend an introductory course and 9 will attend an advanced course. The participants represent 13 Pacific Island Countries as well as observers from the Forum Fisheries Agency and Shanghai Ocean University college of Marine Science will participate. The workshop will be led by OFP's two National Scientists, Dr. Stephen Brouwer and Dr. Steven Hare.
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Are you looking for a healthy, nutrient rich, green drink recipe? If so, you've come to the right place.
My Sister In Law wanted to learn how to use the Vitamix and make a green drink recipe, so she came over and watched a demonstration. This is one silly video, but you CAN actually see the green drink recipe below:
Ingredients are as follows:
- A couple shakes of Spirulina
- 1 carton of Almond Milk
- 1 Banana
- 1 Organic Apple
- 6 Organic Dates
- 1 Bag of Organic Mixed Greens
Blend all in the Vitamix and pour into Blender bottles. It's that simple and tasty too!
So easy to make!
She tried it and loved it. I made it with no ice because I was making them for the work week. If you want to drink right away, you can add ice at the time of making your green drink.
Make Your Green Drinks In Advance!
I usually make the green drinks in advance for the week. My husband loves to include this healthy drink as part of his healthy lifestyle.
Dates Are A Great Substitute For Sugar!
By the way, one of the ways to stop eating sugar is to replace sugar with organic dates, which I usually include in all of the green drinks. Why eat sugar when this is a great substitute? He honestly can't live without his daily healthy drink, it's a must for him AND it keeps him full.
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Cheap RV or Boat Storage in the Bay Area
Thought I would pass it on to my fellow boat owners in the Bay Area.
We now offer storage for RV's or boats to the public at one of our RV dealerships. It is off of Hwy 101 in San Martin. So it is between Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Security on site 24/7 in fenced in area.
$40 a month for the first 3 months.
After the the first 3 month:
RV up to 30' in size only $50.00 a month.
RV's 31' and Larger only $60.00 a month.
Pretty cheap deal if you ask me. That is why I wanted to pass it on. Here is my ad on Craigslist. I was going to put it in the classified, but didn't know where it should go if at all.
Dave kick me off it it shouldn't belong. Just wanted to pass on the great deal.
It is only a 7 minutes from Lake Anderson or Coyote and maybe 10 from Calero.
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Huge mass of Macross Lineart found!
In what little spar time I have lately I found a website with a ton of Macross art that's actually in color and high quality. We might want to work out a trade for using their images. http://www.un-spacy-qmtdb.com/M3.html
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Wow, that guy put together a fantastic website! I don't think anyone has ever seen the Macross mecha colored like that, in very high resolution images too!
You know, there's this thread in the MAHQ Advertisements section that I think is about this site. That forum just doesn't get enough attention.
You know, there's this thread in the MAHQ Advertisements section that I think is about this site. That forum just doesn't get enough attention.
As Kuruni pointed out, the lineart on Macross Mecha Manual is custom-colored, by MrMarch. Although the lineart is well-done and high quality, I'm personally not interested in replacing all of MAHQ's Macross lineart with custom work. I'd prefer to wait until someone can come along with higher quality colored official scans.
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I'm feeling very unloved.
"I don't love you Mummy" is my beautiful 2 year old's not so beautiful phrase of moment. It's sometimes interspersed with a slightly less cutting "I don't like you". It makes me want throw myself onto the floor in a sobbing heap. I have a feeling like I'm getting a glimpse of what she'll be like as a teenager. Help!
I don't know why she is so fixated with saying this, I can only assume this is a normal phase for children to go through. Anyone? She actually a very sweet, good-natured little girl.
It's hard not to take it personally and feel heart-broken, even though you know they don't really mean it, especially if you've had a bad day and all you hear from them is "I don't love you". I've got a feeling it will be a thousand times worse when she is a teenager and "I hate you" or worse comes out, but she does mean it.
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On Friday during an interview with the PWTorch, former WWE star Chris Masters announced that he will be among a group of wrestlers that will be heading to India the week of December 15 to tape footage for TNA Wrestling's planned debut with the Colors TV network. The project will reportedly not utilize the TNA logo or name.
Tough Enough coach Bill DeMott said on Twitter today that he still awaiting news on the next season of the reality series and noted that he may know about the future of the series as soon as today. There's no word if USA Network will pick up the series to a second season or if it will be moved to the WWE Network.


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1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … My mom and older sister had lots of Broadway and folk LPs, but my first purchase was Beatles '65. I would jam my head right into the speaker for "I Feel Fine," and that guitar tone still gives me chills.
2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … I remember Johnny Puleo & the Harmonica Gang in 1959 at age seven, and they were phenomenal and hilarious, but my first rock event was a package show at LeMoyne College, Nov. 1967: Buffalo Springfield, Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Soul Survivors and the Beach Boys. Springfield had been my fave band at the time, so that was heaven.
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If you could have a summer pie with attitude, this would be it. The filling is a giant mountain of blueberries with a hint of apple and the crust is the kind that flakes apart when you take a bite. The filling stays with the slice of pie because of the natural pectin in the apple sauce and a tiny extra bit of citrus pectin added to the filling.
Pie crust anxiety?
Once you have gluten-free pie crust making down, nothing can stop you from being a pie-d piper. Pie crust may seem crazy difficult, but it is a simple ratio – 3 parts flour to 2 parts fat to 1 part liquid. As it goes with gluten-free baking, the ratio shifts, just a little, to accommodate how rice flours and starches absorb fat and liquids – it usually requires a bit less liquid.
While you can mix it all up by hand, the food processor makes quick work out of pie crust. The biggest mistake that folks make when mixing up pie crust is to add all the water at once – then they end up with a soggy dough, too wet to hold a shape. Add the water a bit at a time until the dough holds a shape.
The trick is simple. Add just a bit less than half the water and then a little more as needed until it looks exactly like a raggedy, crumbly ball of dough – messy, but not gooey or wet. It might even look slightly too dry. But when you gather all the dough together and give it a knead or two, it comes together nicely. It shouldn't be terribly sticky or smeary.
You don't want it to feel like a pile of wet sand. Have you ever baked a crust that looked pretty good only to have it dissolve like a sand dune once you start to bite into it? That's usually because it was slightly too wet going into the pan, or the flours didn't have time to absorb the liquids – by letting it rest for at least a few hours or even better, overnight, it turns into a cooperative dough. Even if the dough seems a bit too gooey to start – once it sits for a while (overnight) in the refrigerator it feels entirely like a different dough ball. It will be less gooey because all the rice flour and starches are hydrated.
Also, chilly dough means you can work it into shape more easily. It won't bend as easily, but it will be easier to roll and move around. Give it a few minutes to warm up once it is placed in the pie pan, and it will bend just fine. Press to fit where it cracks or misbehaves.
Roll the top crust between sheets of plastic wrap or parchment paper, a bit wider than the diameter of the pie pan and refrigerate it while preparing the filling. Once you place the chilled top crust on the pie, let it warm up for about five minutes to avoid cracking it while pinching the edges.
And always, always, chill the pie before baking so the fats can solidify which then makes it bake up nice and flaky. How do you know when it is chilled enough? The crust should feel cold and not very pliable. Make sure the pie has vents (either by creating a hole in the center of the dough or by piercing it with a knife) so the filling can release the steam and sort of bubble up and out of the vents – giving it that homey pie look.
Let it cool until room temperature and slice away. The blueberries are not overpowered by the apple, which become a subtle back note. It's a terrific pie to start the off the berry season.
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|Blueberry Apple Pie, Gluten Free
- 300 grams Canteen Flour (2⅓ cups)
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 115 grams unsalted butter, cold (8 tablespoons)
- 48 grams shortening (Spectrum solid) (4 tablespoons)
- 35 grams cream cheese, cold (scant 2 tablespoons)
- 70-100 grams ice cold water (remove ice before weighing)
- One twelve ounce package frozen or fresh blueberries
- 60 gram unsweetened applesauce (1/4 cup)
- 3 tablespoons tapioca starch
- ¼ teaspoon citrus pectin (Pomona's brand)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 lemon zested
- 1 extra large egg, beaten for brushing
- Coarse sugar
- In the bowl of a food processor blend together flour, sugar and salt. Cube butter, shortening and cream cheese. Add to the processor and pulse a few times until the mixture looks like uneven coarse crumbs. Pour about 70 grams water down the chute while the processor is running and let it drip into the bowl. As soon as the dough begins to form a ragged bowl stop adding liquid.
- Place the contents on plastic wrap and knead just until all the dough comes together. Divide dough in half. Wrap and refrigerate dough for 4 hours minimum or overnight (better). Roll each half between two pieces of plastic wrap. Remove top plastic and use the other piece to flip the dough into a 9 inch pie pan (metal or ceramic for best results). Place dough between sheets of plastic wrap - roll slightly larger than the bottom and use a cookie cutter to cut a hole in the center, if desired. Refrigerate top piece between sheets of plastic wrap while preparing the filling.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl stir together, blueberries, applesauce, starch, pectin, cinnamon and sugar. Fold in zest. Place filling in the center of the pie crust making sure the pile is higher in the center than the edges.
- Using the plastic wrap (from the bottom of the crust) flip dough on top of the pie placing the cutout in the center. Remove plastic wrap. Let dough warm up for 5-10 minutes. Without stressing the dough, pinch together edges and crimp with a fork by pressing down with the tines to seal the crust. Refrigerate pie before baking for at least 15 minutes. Brush the crust with the beaten egg and sprinkle generously with sugar.
- Place pie on a baking sheet to catch any drips and bake 40-50 minutes or until the crust is dark golden brown on the edges and the filling is bubbling over in the center. Cool completely on a rack and serve at room temperature.