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My fiance and I arrived in Charleston, South Carolina yesterday evening! We are spending five or so days here for vacation. It's so sunny and warm (high of 75). We left Boston on Saturday morning, and headed toward Connecticut. Connecticut traffic really slowed us down (as a result of this horrific accident), but we eventually made it over the border to Westchester County, New York.
We had lunch in charming Tarrytown, which sits right beside the Hudson River. We chose the Tarry Tavern, a Main Street locale prioritizing locally grown ingredients. I wasn't that hungry, as I had enjoyed a calzone and yogurt in the car. So I just got some acorn squash soup, which was amazing.
My fiance had a "TT Wagyu" burger that he called "one of the best burgers" he's ever had (the meal included bacon onion jam, white cheddar, and hand-cut fries).
Before out meals arrived, they served us rolls with butter.
Here are a few photos from Tarrytown:
From Tarrytown we headed over the Tappan Zee Bridge.
We drove through some more of New York and New Jersey; then we crossed the Delaware Memorial Bridge to Delaware.
We went through Delaware, Maryland and part of Virginia, before stopping in Ashland, VA. After getting prices from several hotels off the rest stop (including a somewhat sketchy hotel with a glass barrier protecting the concierge), we settled on a Quality Inn. Ruby Tuesday was right across the street, so we went there for dinner.
My fiance had lobster macaroni; he said it was rich and very good.
I had one of their tilapia specials. It included a bruschetta sauce, grilled green beans, and white cheddar mashed potatoes. I must say, Ruby Tuesday has really improved their offerings since I was in high school.
The next morning we stepped outside and it was gorgeous out (about 60 degrees and sunny). We decided to take a picture so we'd remember this moment.
We got back on I-95 and drove until Wilson, North Carolina. There, we stopped at a Cracker Barrel for lunch. We had yet another fabulous meal! My fiance had meatloaf with mashed potatoes, green beans and macaroni and cheese.
I had grilled chicken pieces with green beans and steak fries.
Our meal came with corn muffins and biscuits.
While we were in the car, we played the state license plate game (where you write down the names of all the different state license plates you see).
I fell asleep somewhere in North Carolina. Before I knew it, we were in South Carolina. My fiance and I loved the lush greenery on the side of the road.
We stopped at a McDonald's for coffee (by the way they reacted to our request you'd think no one drinks coffee in South Carolina), and then got back on the road. Around 7 p.m. we arrived in Charleston. We drove by an industrial part of the city that wasn't so nice. However, things improved as we got closer to downtown.
I thought we were staying at the Days Inn but my fiance completely surprised me. He had booked a room at The Anchorage Inn, an adorable bed and breakfast on Vendue Range right by the Waterfront Park.
Just so you have an idea of how cool this place is, each day they have a continental breakfast, a 4 p.m. wine and cheese, and an 8 to 11 p.m. sherry. Not bad, huh?


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The 2008 Whale Shark Season has begun in Belize!
Hamanasi is once again experiencing success in our efforts to give guests a once-in-a-lifetime experience at diving with the gentle giants. The first full moon cycle occurred in March, and Hamanasi's highly experienced dive team took guests to Gladden Spit to see and enjoy one of the many special diving opportunities that is unique to Belize! 2007 brought many exciting
encounters with the whale sharks, and 2008 is off to a great start, as well!
Watch for new postings of guests' experiences and photos soon!

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Tony Fernandez is in his third season with the Texas organization after being hired just prior to spring training in 2012.
A five-time All-Star and winner of four consecutive Gold Glove Awards (1986-89), Fernandez had a 17-year major league career with Toronto (1983-90, 1993, 1998-99, 2001), San Diego (1991-92), New York-NL (1993), Cincinnati (1994), New York-AL (1995), Cleveland (1997) and Milwaukee (2001). He had a .288 average in 2158 major league games, compiling 2276 career hits. He played in the postseason for five different clubs, including the Blue Jays' 1993 World Championship squad. Fernandez had a career .327 average in 43 postseason games, including a .395 mark with 13 RBI in 11 World Series contests. Primarily a shortstop throughout his career, his .979 fielding percentage at the position ranks eighth all-time among players with at least 1000 games there, just ahead of Cal Ripken Jr. He led A.L. shortstops in fielding percentage twice in his career, and is among a small group of players honored on the Blue Jays' "Level of Excellence".
Since his playing days ended, Fernandez has earned several degrees in ministry school and is an ordained minister. He assists in running the operations of the Tony Fernandez Foundation, a non-profit organization with offices in Canada, the U.S. and Dominican Republic that helps people in need all over the world.
Fernandez and his wife, Clara, have five children: Joel, Jonathan, Abraham, Andres and Jasmine.


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As sea temperatures rise, many fish species will have to relocate to find waters that can support them. But they won't have a lot of time to look for the right new home. For fish, it's survival of the fastest.
An international team of researchers examined over fifty years' worth of data dating back to the 1960s to determine the patterns of climatic and seasonal changes both on land and in the sea. Professor John Pandolfi of the University of Queensland summarizes their findings:
"Our research shows that species which cannot adapt to the increasingly warm waters they will encounter under climate change will have to swim farther and faster to find a new home. We examined the velocity of climate change (the geographic shifts of temperature bands over time) and the shift in seasonal temperatures for both land and sea. We found both measures were higher for the ocean at certain latitudes than on land, despite the fact that the oceans tend to warm more slowly than air over the land.
Unlike land-dwelling animals, which can just move up a mountain to find a cooler place to live, a sea creature may have to migrate several hundred kilometres to find a new home where the water temperature, seasonal conditions and food supply all suit it. Also, as seas around the equator warm more quickly and sea life migrates away — north or south — in search of cooler water, it isn't clear what, if anything, will replace it. No communities of organisms from even warmer regions currently exist to replace those moving out."
Land animals and plants are currently migrating towards the poles at a rate of about four miles per decade. However, the researchers found that sea animals will likely have to migrate at a rate many times faster than that to keep pace with the changing ocean temperatures. That sort of migration speed — particularly into increasingly unfamiliar waters — is far outside what fish are normally capable of, and it's an open question how many species could survive such treks intact.
There's also the question of the environment that awaits them. There's only so much water around the poles, and the organisms that already live there might not be able to deal with tons of new migrants. This is a thorny issue, and there's no easy solution for us or for fish. Right now, about all we can say is that fish should start swimming as fast as they can. What happens after that is anybody's guess.


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Dealer Wrecks Customer-Owned Camaro ZL1: Accident Watch33
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Every now and again we hear of some sort of unfortunate mishap at one of the many Chevrolet dealerships in the U.S., like this Corvette Stingray Premiere Edition that was crashed through a dealers window, or when a male deer decided to ram its way into a Chevy dealer Pennsylvania. But none have frustrated us to read as much as this story a user posted on the Camaro5 forums.
The user in question traded his 1969 Camaro SS and 2011 Camaro SS in to buy a brand new, 580 horsepower Camaro ZL1. The car went in to the local Georgetown, DE dealer for a simple paint issue, which was covered by warranty. Back in December, an employee came in and decided to take the car for a little joyride, only to lose control of the car and slam it into a pole.
Currently, the dealer and owners insurance companies are sorting this whole mess out. Seeing as the ZL1 was written off as a total loss, the owner wants the dealer to replace it, but the dealership has no interest in doing that. Typical.
Police are currently investigating the incident. Criminal charges have not been laid against the employee, but as you can imagine, he no longer works at the dealership. We don't know how this situation will pan out, but if you ask us, the dealer owes the owner a Camaro. Maybe gifting him a new Camaro Z/28 would be enough to restore the dealer's now tarnished credibility.


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MWC 2012: Nokia reveals 41MP cameraphone
A 41-megapixel Nokia smartphone was among the new technology on show during the opening day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The 808 Pureview offers enhanced low-light performance as well as sophisticated image compression designed to help users share pictures.
Nokia hopes to regain ground lost to Google and Apple in the mobile market.
However, some have criticised Nokia's decision to use its own operating system, Symbian, on the device.
Nokia's other smartphones typically run on Microsoft's Windows Phone software.
Symbian, which first appeared on Nokia phones in the 90s, is widely regarded as inferior to the app and social media-driven Windows Phone system.
"The Pureview 808's Symbian Belle operating system might detract from its appeal to a broader market, where it deserves recognition," said Tony Cripps, a principal analyst with Ovum.
"It's a pity that Nokia was unable to combine the photographic prowess of the PureView 808 with the style of the Lumia 900.
"Such a device may well have been the first smartphone to truly deserve the title of 'superphone'."
Nokia claims the 808 sets a "new industry standard" in mobile imaging devices.
"People will inevitably focus on the 41 megapixel sensor," said Jo Harlow, executive vice-president of Nokia smart devices.
"But the real quantum leap is how the pixels are used to deliver breathtaking image quality at any resolution and the freedom it provides to choose the story you want to tell."
The BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said he expected some consumers would be surprised over the choice of platform.
"Nokia's put this on a Symbian phone, which will seem strange to people," he said.
"It's also pretty chunky, pretty heavy - but it does take amazing pictures."
China push
Also on show were new models in the company's Lumia range - including the 610, a cheaper device aimed at a "younger audience".
The firm also announced it plans to make the Lumia available in China "in the coming months".
Nokia's chief executive Stephen Elop said that introducing the cameraphone and entry-level smartphone were "the actions necessary to improve the fortunes of Nokia".
Once the mobile world's dominant player, Nokia has struggled to compete as sales of Google and Apple devices have soared in recent years.
Last month Nokia announced it was to stop manufacturing mobile phones in Europe, instead relocating to Asia at a cost of 4,000 jobs.


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How do you add secondary language input capabilities?
This section applies to all openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise versions. Thanks to YaST, the way to enable this functionality has remained consistent over the years.
Click Ok button and YaST will install the proper software and language package to enable this functionality.
Frustration #1: Where is the configuration panel?
Unfortunately, for me, when I do that it launches LibreOffice to read the configuration content in text.
To overcome this little hurdle, you will need to install an additional package called fcitx-config-kde4 because I'm using KDE4 as my desktop manager. If you're on Gnome3, you can try fcitx-config-gtk3 but I have not tested this out.
As root, execute zypper in fcitx-config-kde4
To access this GUI config, go into Configure Desktop and click on Locale, click on Input Method.
Note/Problem: You still cannot call up the dialog box via the Configure option when you right-click on the Input icon on the System Tray.
Frustration #2: Why can't I toggle/see more Chinese character options when typing?
This is a Human Computer Interaction challenge. The visual UI does not provide any usable hints; in fact, it was a little misleading.
Ctrl-Space and the icon in the System Tray would change and you can start typing in Pinyin and a range of characters would show up. You select the appropriate character via a numeric key. See example below:
|Icon on System Tray
|Started typing in English, switched to Simplified Chinese
|Example: Typing 'wo' and a list of characters appear for you to choose
The initial frustration I had was just trying to type my name. The first character in my first name is Han. However, the first 5 choices are not what I'm after. How do you bring up more character choice? There's an arrow, let's click it.
Nope, doesn't work. The arrows are useless! Next, you try to be clever and hit numeric 6... nothing. Next you try the different keys on the keyboard hoping it would bring up the next set of characters... no joy.
At this point, I'm getting rather frustrated at a lack of visual hints on how I can type out just one character. Long story short, the keys to scroll through the characters are the minus '-' and plus '+' keys.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 17, 2013 – American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) operating unit Indiana Michigan Power today announced that it will retire the 500-megawatt (MW) coal-fueled Tanners Creek 4 generating unit in Lawrenceburg, Ind., along with the other generating units at the plant.
The decision to retire Tanners Creek Units 1 - 3 (495 MW) by mid-2015 was announced in June 2011. An agreement reached in February 2013 provided the option of refueling or retiring Tanners Creek 4. Extensive analysis determined that projections for limited electricity demand growth, combined with the amount of generation currently available to serve Indiana Michigan customers, make it financially unfeasible to refuel Tanners Creek 4. All four generating units at Tanners Creek will be retired by mid-2015.
"The decision to retire Tanners Creek 4 was made as part of our ongoing analysis of resource needs and environmental compliance costs as part of our disciplined approach to capital investment. Based on relatively flat electricity demand and the fact that our Indiana Michigan Power customers don't need additional generation at this time, we've determined that the cost of refueling Tanners Creek 4 is not the right capital investment," said Nicholas K. Akins, AEP president and chief executive officer.
The retirement of Tanners Creek 4 does not impact AEP's 2013 operating earnings guidance range of $3.05 to $3.25 per share, and the company still expects to deliver an earnings growth rate of 4 to 6 percent off of 2013 operating earnings guidance. Indiana Michigan Power currently recovers Tanners Creek Plant costs in its rates and plans to seek appropriate regulatory approvals to recover its costs going forward.
"Tanners Creek Plant has served Indiana Michigan Power customers well for many decades," said Paul Chodak III, Indiana Michigan Power president and chief operating officer. "However, the plant's age, combined with new environmental regulations, our successful energy efficiency programs and the fact that we currently don't need additional generation make retirement the best decision for our customers. We are mindful of the impact of this decision on the employees at Tanners Creek and will work with them as they manage their way through this transition."
Approximately 115 employees working at Tanners Creek Plant will be impacted by the plant closure. AEP will work to find job opportunities for displaced employees at other AEP facilities. Employees whose positions are eliminated and who do not find other positions with the company will be considered for severance benefits.
AEP previously announced the retirement of 6,676 MW of coal-fueled generation to comply with new environmental regulations affecting coal-fueled power plants. With the addition of the Tanners Creek 4 retirement, AEP will retire 7,176 MW of coal-fueled generation by early 2016.
American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5.3 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation's largest electricity transmission system, a 40,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined. AEP's transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percent of the electricity demand in the Eastern Interconnection, the interconnected transmission system that covers 38 eastern and central U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand in ERCOT, the transmission system that covers much of Texas. AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP's headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.
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Monday, October 04, 2010
Interview (YR): Eric Braeden on Immigration, Alternate Energy Sources and Campaign Reform
Daytime Dial: When you first heard about the Gulf oil spill, what initially went through your mind?
Eric Braeden: What went through my mind most of all was we, obviously, have to become independent as far as energy is concerned and not rely on oil as much as we do. We need to put a lot of money into the development of alternative sources of energy, period. The second thing that came to my mind was, obviously, everyone knows that BP, apparently more than any other of the oil companies, has been warned many times because their safety measures were not upheld. That apparently applies to the huge pipeline in Alaska as well. So, hold their feet to the fire and make them pay for it. That's all. The most obscene thing is when you see the millions of dollars they have now put into commercials. They look like Santa Claus, know what I'm saying? It's a joke.
DD: That's exactly what I think when I see those commercials. I think about how the money they spent "campaigning" for themselves could have really helped out the people who need it on the Gulf Coast.
EB: Absolutely, absolutely. No question about it. And my heart goes out to those who are affected by it, but when will we finally learn to devote a lot of attention and development money to alternative sources of energy? How long does it take? Our involvement in the Middle East really hinges on oil. It really does. Think about it: Do you think otherwise we would have given a damn about Saddam Hussein or about any of those people? We couldn't have cared less. We are there because of oil.
DD: Do you think we'll ever lessen our dependence on this form of fuel and head toward alternative energy sources?
EB: Even if we use natural gas — which we apparently have plenty in North America — according to T. Boone Pickens, we have plenty of natural gas in America, which burns 30 percent more cleanly than gasoline. He said we could almost be independent from the rest of the world. It is not that difficult, apparently, to change engines over to the use of natural gas. Already that would be one source of improvement, because I still think we have to improve our air quality whenever we can. Now imagine the developing countries like China and India, where we are going to sell hundreds of millions more cars, imagine them now contributing to the CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. How disastrous will that be? We need to really be a leading example of how to fix that problem.
DD: And also, think of all the jobs it could create to develop this hydrogen technology!
EB: Definitely! And of course, the technology with hydrogen is one that has been developed, but to what degree it has prospered, I don't know yet. I do know that there are a number of car companies that are playing with it. But we need to really be serious about it.
DD: Tell me what you would do if you could be in charge, if for only one day.
EB: First of all, I would create a public-works program. I would employ a lot of the unemployed people right now by rebuilding America's infrastructure. The roads are in terrible disrepair; America's bridges are in disrepair. Anyone who knows anything about that will tell you that. We could employ a lot of people in building America's infrastructure — sort of a works program like FDR had it. That is the first thing I would do to get people their jobs back.
Then I would encourage, in the terms of tax benefits or direct support, those companies that are already on the front line of developing alternative sources of energy. But the most important thing is to get people into jobs and to fix America's infrastructure. It would employ a lot of people … a lot of people. It would employ a lot of people who are not necessarily technically qualified to do the kind of white-collar jobs that are now more and more in demand because a lot of the blue-collar jobs have gone away. But you would employ a lot of blue-collar labor in the rebuilding of America's infrastructure. For example, with roads, all you have to do is drive through L.A. on Sunset Boulevard or Wilshire Boulevard, and you'd be lucky if you don't blow out your tire in potholes. It's an outrage. And that, I assure you, happens everywhere in America. So, there would be plenty to do in the rebuilding in America's infrastructure.
DD: What else would you do?
EB: I also think that campaign laws should be changed. I think it is absolutely outrageous how candidates are allowed to so skew the messages of other candidates. It's just obnoxious. Isn't it obnoxious to watch? I don't watch it for five seconds. I just can't. It's bull from the onset. And people buy it. The cynicism in the business is just extraordinary. How can you believe anything in those ads? Nothing. It's paid for by behind-the-scenes interest groups.
DD: I know — I turn the channel the moment I see a political ad starting up.
EB: Let me tell you, I think what should happen is there should be no ads — they should not be allowed. A certain amount of money should be allocated to all the candidates. They should have a series of debates without a moderator, who interrupts rudely, and let them go at each other. Just let them go at each other. I would want to see that. People are smart enough to know what they are talking about. The way the system is, we have a moderator and everyone gives his spiel, and it is all canned. I want to hear real debates. It's not happening, and we keep on buying that stuff. So, yes, I think that every candidate running should only get so much money. Period. That's it. And then you have a series of debates. No ads. No negative ads. I want to see what you stand for, not what you think about your opponent. That's all.
DD: I know you have some strong views on immigration reform. Tell me your thoughts on that and how our current government is handling it.
EB: As you know, I am an immigrant to this country. I love this country, and I came in here legally. And it is extremely difficult for Europeans to get into this country now. Let me tell you about the hypocrisy in regard to immigration. As far as I'm concerned, it's either legal or illegal. Many of them cross the border illegally, to the tune of 12 million people now. Let me tell you why we allowed that to go on. It is the most hypocritical issue, one of the most hypocritical issues in American politics on both sides, Republican and Democratic. Since the '50s, we have been absolutely petrified of another socialist or communist revolution in Mexico, one like Cuba had. We are afraid of another Cuba south of our border. Conditions in those countries are so dismal that if you did not have that safety valve of the poor, the destitute coming to America and making a living here, they would have shouted "revolution" in Mexico. You know that. The conditions in those countries are so horrendous, and the chasm between rich and poor is so enormous, there is an obvious potential for revolution. We didn't want that, so we just sort of, you know, winked with one eye and said: "Well, there's the border. Let him sort of come in."
DD: And think of all the cheap labor!
EB: Exactly! A lot of the big industries in California, Texas, etc., are profiting enormously from that cheap labor. The agricultural business in California, by the way, California produces more agricultural products than any other state in the union, which is unbeknownst to a lot of people. This is an enormously productive state. But where does agriculture profit from? From the cheap labor that comes across the border.
One should really take a very close look at when our immigration laws changed or were amended, and who was responsible. Get back to the source. Why is it so difficult for Europeans, who built this country? Immigrants from Germany, the largest ethnic group in America, from England, from Ireland, from Poland, from everywhere in Europe, they were usually trained professionals who came here. If you are an immigrant from Europe, it's very difficult to immigrate. That we open the border, allow this cheap labor to come in, it is so hypocritical I could scream. Although I'm a liberal, in that case I'm very conservative. I say, either you're backed by the law or you get the hell out. That's all. Simple as it is.
DD: We could, literally, close the border, but like you said, imagine the uproar from the businesses that need the cheap labor!
EB: Of course we can close the border, but we don't really want to. The Latin American people who come here, the ones I have known, are very hardworking people. There is nothing lazy about them. I respect them enormously. But, either there is a law or there is not a law. So, what do we do with the ones who are here? We cannot send them back. So, the 12 million illegals here, I think we need to obviously come to some accommodation and find a way for them to become citizens, because they are hardworking people. I'm not blaming them — not at all. Our government and the governments of California, Arizona and Texas have allowed them to come in. It's nonsense that they haven't closed the borders.
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Y&R: Such a Tease!
* As couples fall back into old habits, Adam plots to intervene at the Harvest Festival.
* Cane (Daniel Goddard, pictured) starts keeping secrets from Lily again in order to protect her and the twins but does Lily know more than he realizes?
* Things start to fall apart for Meggie when someone from her past recognizes her.
* Friends and family remember Colleen on the anniversary of her death.
Emmy winner Michael Badalucco ("The Practice") will be playing the role of Hogan, a charismatic tough guy bookie, who will be involved with Jeff and Kevin in finding new avenues of revenue for Jeff and Gloria's nightclub/restaurant, Gloworm. He starts airing on October 13.
Paul Leyden ("As the World Turns") arrives in Genoa City as Blake, a police officer. His first airdate is October 6.
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Days: Such a Tease!
Vivian realizes that Nicole was seduced by Brady.
Kayla urges Stephanie to be honest with Nathan.
Sami warns Will that Arianna can't be trusted.
Kate realizes that Chad could never replace EJ.
Thursday – Nathan is forced to tell Melanie about Chloe's cheating on Daniel.
Friday – Chloe finally admits the truth.
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B&B: Such a Tease!
· A malicious woman goes out of her way to obtain the object of her desire.
· Hopes are dashed for a young man wanting to reunite with his former flame when he learns that she is now dating someone else.
· Drastic changes in management are made at both Forrester Creations and Jackie M.
· Two people set out to fulfill an outrageous goal.
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Libraries host Summer Reading Program
Published: 06/09/2011 12:20:00
Our public Libraries are much more than just places to find a good book to read, they are also the host of many different types of events and among them is their Summer Reading Program. For 2011 it's known as "One World, Many Stories". M.J. Grande, the Youth Services Librarian for the Juneau Public Libraries, filled us in on a few of the activities planned for the program, elaborating on the event that we were attending.
VIDEO: Our public Libraries are much more than just places to find a good book to read, they are also the host of many different types of events and among them is their Summer Reading Program. (Image: Juneau Public Libraries)
"We call it Storytime plus crafts, for the summer we go ahead and add an extra half hour to our programming so there's an activity to tie in with the group experience. For Storytime its for primarily the preschoolers and early elementary and we have a half hour of songs and stories and literary experiences and then a half hour of crafts, and that's just one element of our Summer Reading Program".
As she said, that's only one element of the Summer Reading Program; remember,
"One World, Many Stories"
"Friday the 17th we have an author Bruce Hale, who's going to be coming to town , he's the author of the "Chet Gecko; Private Eye" series of which "The Chameleon wore Chartreuse" is one of the battle of the books for this year so we're really lucky to get him here on his summer Alaskan tour. And we're having Roustabout Circus Performers as part of the 4th of July celebration over in Douglas on the 2nd. Jeff Brown will be doing a magic show in August and then one of the series that lots of kids are reading this summer is "39 Clues" so we're going to have a 39 clues party the last Saturday before school goes back in and we'll be here and we're going to be finding clues at the Library".
If you're interested in finding more clues about the Summer Reading Program, you can stop by the Library for a calendar or visit www.juneau.org/library
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With all the Susan in Narnia talk yesterday I got thinking about my favorite fantasy books when I was growing up, the things that made me feel ok to be a girl/young woman, the books that prized diversity and normalized being not a cis, white, hetero dude. So I've made a list, and I'd love to hear your suggestions, too!
(Sorry/not sorry for the length. The more I thought the more I remembered and I'm starting to realize my parents were far more awesome than I even knew for buying me all of these because holy cats. This is a couple hundred bucks worth of feminist fantasy novels and this is less than 10% of what I read from 11-15 years old. Also, fair warning that I read adult books by the time I was about 14, but most of these could be handled by someone in the 11-18 range depending on comfort level and interest.)
Let's be honest. The best place to start is with East of the Sun, West of the Moon. It's a Norwegian folk tale and an illustrated children's book about the costs of being selfish and how a young woman saves her family form her own bad decisions. I read this obsessively as a kid, along with Jane Yolen's the Girl Who Cried Flowers which appears to be sadly out of print.
Mercer Mayer's art for the copy that I have is just astonishingly rich.
First, the female authors:
Kate Elliott's Jaran books focus on the story of a scientifically minded female ambassador to an alien race. The aliens at some point made themselves a "zoo" planet and populated it with humans who have little technology. She ends up living among them, marrying one of them and having his children. She often leads him through very fraught social situations, and her STEM/social sciences background is just amazing, she is entirely self-possessed and the idea of humans given the chance to develop a second time in a new setting is really interesting. One part that stuck with me is when she tried to explain to him why Catholic priests are celibate and he responds with (paraphrasing) "Wouldn't you want your most holy men to procreate more, not less?" (Crown of Stars series is also good, but VERY thick and sometimes hard to get through. Game of Thrones-esque in terms of violence and abuse.)
Lynn Flewelling is a filthy heartbreaker. Nightrunner Series is about two men who work together as thieves. The pain of having pasts they refuse to talk about, the slow growth of respect, begrudging friendship, and finally (in the THIRD BOOK) romance that you don't really expect. This is what being queer in a fantasy novel should look like.
Monica Furlong wrote a series about several powerful witches that does not rely on stereotypes of Druidic behavior or the bitchy/jealous witch trope. Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman are all really great, and fairly quick reads.
Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy (and later the Tawny Man Trilogy) are about some really amazing characters that have a very strange will they won't they thing, but mostly they're just friends. Women a strong, politics are complicated, the kingdom can't come before personal happiness and yet it does every time. Liveship Traders has female captains of ships that are alive! Sailing the sea being general badasses on ships that sort of think for themselves.
Mercedes Lackey All amazing. All, seriously. Here's a couple of favorites:
- Black Swan: a rewriting of the classing fairy tale from the woman's point of view. Female protagonist (with flaws) saves herself, the people she cares about, and the day.
- Chronicles of Valdemar: There are scores of these, usually laid out in trilogies. Every gender, race, and socio-economic class is written about in at least one of these books. No way of life is portrayed as any better than another. The Herald Mage trilogy, which focuses on a queer, very anxious and depressed mage who struggles with his family's expectations and acceptance of himself and his sexuality is still really powerful for me and I get teary just thinking about it.
Patricia A. McKillip's Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Song for the Basilisk, and the Book of Atrix Wolfe are also lovely. The first in particular is very focused on a young female protagonist with a strong, questioning voice, and she saves herself.
Robin McKinley really perfected the retelling of several classic fairy tales (Beauty and the Beast in particular) that just transcend expectations. Rose Daughter and Deerskin are also both great female protagonist books.
Tamora Pierce(These are the books I will read my kids to put them to sleep.)
- Song of the Lioness: a first female knight breaking the biggest glass ceiling, gender queerness-ish, not falling for the "right" guy.
- The Immortals: owning your own power, rejecting expectations, taking care of your diverse friends.
- Circle of Magic: diversity leads to strength, fantasy novel with explicitly non-white female (and male) protagonist.
- Protector of the Small: one generation after Song of the Lioness, a second female knight comes to carry the fight forward…great metaphors for later waves of feminism after the trail has been blazed.
- Dalemark: I'm not sure a set of books broke my heart and made me more whole than these books did. Family ties, romantic love that has to remain unrequited for real reasons of safety, just…ugh. I want to be buried with my tear-stained copy of Crown of Dalemark, I've only ever been able to force myself to read it once.
- Howl's Moving Castle (enough said, I hope)
- Dark Lord of Derkholm and Year of the Griffin are parody of the D&D style sword and sorcery novels, with goofiness and some serious poking at gendered stereotypes.
- Pit Dragon Chronicles: Platonic love, the importance of building your own family.
- Wizard's Hall: proto Harry Potter and in my opinion better, and at only 144 pages much faster read.
- Briar Rose: retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale during World War II. Yolen is Jewish and this story deals with concentration camps and very strong themes, but is beautiful and reaffirming.
And a few guys that write really great women:
Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. The classic YA contribution from an author who clearly loves what he does and entertaining young people. I still want to be Eilonwy when I grow up.
Piers Anthony On top of the great Xanth series (which I haven't read honestly) the Incarnations of Immortality series is just astonishing. Strong women, PoC, real compelling stories. (ETA I have ONLY ever read his Immortality series and after Wenchette commented I went and Googled some of his other books. Dude has ISSUES. IoI is really great, but you may want to avoid his other shit like the plague.)
Neil Gaiman I hope I don't really need to explain this one, but Coraline and Stardust and Four Witches in particular are just amazing for young women.
Brian Jacques's Redwall books are awesome...although he technically writes female anthropomorphic animals, not women! Especially if you have a talent for accents, read them aloud to someone. All of the types of animals have a different accent (Cockney, Scottish, Irish, Welsh) and it's one of my favorite memories with my mom, bundled up with the flu listening to her read. The lady badgers are my favorite.
Garth Nix's Old Kingdom (aka Abhorsen Trilogy) focuses on the family of the Abhorsen, the best necromancer in a world where magic and science are only divided by a single wall that cuts Old Kingdom from New. The main character of all three books is a young (under twenty) woman who struggles and loves and loses and really just is a fully fleshed out person. Sabriel (the first book) has a sort of lose love interest that doesn't impede on anything and is very much a Peeta to her Katniss.
So tell me, GT. What books did you read as a wee bairn that the rest of us should know about?


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No, just that you are behaving like one. Why can't you quote any evidence that you are not? You haven't actually denied that you are a creationist. so you have three times still to go. How about it?
I have explicitly stated that I was not arguing for a creationist position when asking these questions. I said this from the beginning and Roger responded with:
Bullshit. You are.
This was without any evidence from my posts. That is why I have not explicitly denied being a creationist. I would first like someone to quote any part of my questions that evinces that affiliation, or rather admit that there are no such quotes. I want Roger in particular to admit that he came to and maintains his assessment of me as a creationist independently of any actual evidence.


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Comparison of ppb-level gas measurements with a metal-oxide semiconductor gas sensor in two independent laboratories (2018)
In this work, we use a gas sensor system consisting of a commercially available gas sensor in temperature cycled operation. It is trained with an extensive gas profile for detection and quantification of hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the ppb range independent of a varying background of other, less harmful VOCs and inorganic interfering gases like humidity or hydrogen. This training was then validated using a different gas mixture generation apparatus at an independent lab providing analytical methods as reference. While the varying background impedes selective detection of benzene and naphthalene at the low concentrations supplied, both formaldehyde and total VOC can well be quantified, after calibration transfer, by models trained with data from one system and evaluated with data from the other system. The lowest achievable root mean squared errors of prediction were 49 ppb for formaldehyde (in a concentration range of 20–200 ppb) and 150 μg/m³ (in a concentration range of 25–450 μg/m³) for total VOC. The latter uncertainty improves to 13 μg/m³ with a more confined model range of 220–320 μg/m³. The data from the second lab indicate an interfering gas which cannot be detected analytically but strongly influences the sensor signal. This demonstrates the need to take into account all sensor relevant gases, like, e.g., hydrogen and carbon monoxide, in analytical reference measurements.


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We're moved by delighting you and your members and providing you with innovative solutions to engage them. For nearly three decades we've driven fitness forward. We continue that heritage every day by advancing what's possible in design innovation, member experience, and service—all so they keep coming back and moving forward.
Take a moment and think how far the industry has come in the past 30 years. Consider all the ways it's grown and truly come into its own. Fitness is a cultural force. It's a movement—one we joined as a proud participant in 1980.
We began by launching the first ergonomically sound rowing machine, and we've been moving with the natural motion of the human body ever since. Every breakthrough product and service we've brought to the industry has always put fitness first.
And it shows. We've done more than simply introduce new products; we've introduced entirely new categories, such as the industry's first elliptical trainer, the Elliptical Fitness Crosstrainer™ (EFX®), in 1995, along with the user-defined Adaptive Motion Trainer® (AMT®) in 2007. They've done great things for the industry.
But, more importantly, they've done great things for the people who use them. That's the end result we strive for—constant improvement for every participant in the fitness movement. It guides us as we pioneer and push the possibilities of fitness equipment for members and owners alike.
A perfect example of our commitment to introducing the latest technology is our new Experience Series™ 880 Line. Its touch-screen console and simple, intuitive interface draws your member deeper into their workouts. It's a reliable fitness solution that gets more powerful the longer you own it.
We look forward to you experiencing our latest innovations, ones that you and your members will be excited about.
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More congressional TV ads go up in NY
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee rolled out a new TV ad in central New York Thursday. as the party's top-tier candidates headed to Manhattan for a fundraiser with former Vice President Al Gore and House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California.
Attendees at the fundraiser will include freshman Rep. Kathy Hochul of Erie County and former Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei of the Syracuse area.
New York Republicans will hold fundraisers in the next few days with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.
The fundraisers highlight New York's role in the competition for control of the House.
Boehner has a public event Saturday morning in the Buffalo area with former Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who is challenging Hochul in a district stretching from Erie County to the western Rochester suburbs.
Cantor will be in Rochester Tuesday morning for a fundraising breakfast with Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, who is challenging veteran Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter in a Rochester-area district.
The new DCCC ad targets Republican Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle of Onondaga, who is being challenged by Maffei in a Syracuse-based district that includes Wayne County near Rochester.
It's the fourth anti-Buerkle TV spot run by the national party's campaign arm. The ad attacks Buerkle for supporting a budget that the spot says "would end the Medicare guarantee'' and "increases taxes on middle-class families.''
That's a reference to the budget blueprint authored by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney's running mate. Ryan's budget would change Medicare into an insurance premium support program for people currently
under 55.
Democratic challenger Julian Schreibman, who is running in a Hudson Valley-Catskills region district against freshman Republican Rep. Chris Gibson, also has a new TV ad with a similar Medicare-related theme.
Schreibman's ad features senior citizens accusing Gibson of voting to gut Medicare.
But Gibson is the only Republican in the New York delegation who voted against Ryan's budget proposal this year, after voting for it in 2011. Instead, he voted this year for a bipartisan budget proposal authored by Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee and Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio that would combine spending cuts with revenue increases. The proposal got only 38 votes.
Several other New York Republicans also voted for the proposal, but they also voted for Ryan's competing budget plan.
A Democratic super PAC said Thursday it is running TV ads in three New York congressional districts stretching from western New York to eastern Long Island, and plans to spend money in two other districts on TV and direct mail.
The House Majority PAC has ads running in western New York against Collins and on eastern Long Island against Randy Altschuler, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop.
In the lower Hudson Valley, the super PAC said it's spending $1 million for TV and direct mail to oppose freshman Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth, who is being challenged by Democratic attorney Sean Maloney.
The super PAC said it plans to spend $300,000 on direct mail to back Schreibman's upper Hudson Valley race against Gibson, and $175,000 on TV ads in the Syracuse-based district where Buerkle is being challenged by Maffei.


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City lifts voluntary water boil advisory for the Pocket area, west of I-5
Test samples are negative for coliform
January 12, 2016
After coordination with the State Division of Drinking Water, the City of Sacramento has lifted the voluntary boil water advisory issued for the Pocket area, west of I-5. Customers were notified on January 10, 2016 of the presence of bacteria in the drinking water and were advised to boil their water for cooking and drinking purposes as a precaution. We are pleased to report that the water sampling test results received yesterday and today are negative for coliform.
"I am pleased that the test came back negative and the State authorized the lifting of the boil water advisory. The Division of Drinking Water Safety agrees with the City that our water supply is safe. I want to encourage my fellow Pocket/Greenhaven neighbors to enjoy a cold glass of water!" stated Vice Mayor Richard Jennings, II.
The City will continue normal weekly sampling at about 60 sites throughout the City water system. We will also continue to investigate the source of the bacteria that was in the system, and in the meantime, the City will be increasing the frequency of samples in the Pocket Area from one to at least three a week.
City issues voluntary water boil advisory for the Pocket area, west of I-5
January 10, 2016
A voluntary water boil advisory has been issued for the Pocket area, west of I-5, in the City water system.
The advisory was issued due to presence of bacteria during a routine weekly water sampling in the Pocket area. We are not aware of any health issues. The City is advising customers to use boiled tap water for drinking and cooking purposes as a safety precaution.
Bring all water to a boil, let it boil for one (1) minute, and let it cool before using. Boiled water should be used for drinking and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water.
The advisory is a precautionary measure and recommends that residents in the affected area voluntarily boil their water for at least one minute before consuming it until the advisory is lifted. The advisory pertains only to water used for consumption. Again the advisory is only a precautionary measure. This is a boil advisory, not a boil order.
The city will notify the community when the advisory is lifted.
For more information call 3-1-1 or 916-264-5011.
A fine day for a walk along the canal…
Our Library's 5th Birthday
Otterby Reading was at the Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library's 5th Birthday Celebration today.
Trucks & Such at Garcia Bend Park
Starting today at 5pm (now) at Garcia Bend Park, food trucks and entertainment, with a showing of the movie Frozen later this evening.
Updated Sunset Gallery
TBT: 2005 Pocket Fireworks Show
Sadly, they were discontinued some years ago.
This year, enjoy the Fun Run, Pocket Parade, and the celebration in Garcia Bend Park.
Sunday Afternoon Sit in the Park
New Site Design
I went live a new website design today. It is more modern and should work better with mobile devices.
Do let me know if you notice any issues.


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With the new year on the horizon, its time to celebrate the year gone past by sharing some of the best and brightest campaigns on IndieGoGo. These are campaigns that have knocked it out of the park with their GoGoFactor, fundraising goals, or overall idea and execution. We began with the best Creative, Cause and Entrepreneurial campaigns. Today we will finish … read more
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Year in Review Part II: IndieGoGo's Best of 2011
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With the new year on the horizon, its time to celebrate the year gone past by sharing some of the best and brightest campaigns on IndieGoGo. These are campaigns that have knocked it out of the park with their GoGoFactor, fundraising goals, or overall idea and execution. Yesterday we began with the best creative campaigns. … read more
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City Attorney Phil Malouff approached the Utilities Board with the idea that Swink will soon be asking to connect with the La Junta Water Department.
City Attorney Phil Malouff approached the Utilities Board with the idea that Swink will soon be asking to connect with the La Junta Water Department. Director Joe Kelley requested that the Swink City Council submit a letter.
Once again, La Junta will have a Christmas Lighting Contest. The prizes are first place, $300; second place, $200; third place, $100. The town lights up and makes for an excellent auto tour with the little ones aboard.
A full complement of commissioners was present, along with La Junta city staff, City Manager Rick Klein, Assistant City Manager Bill Jackson, Financial Director Patty Hurt and City Attorney Phil Malouff, and also the heads of the all the departments, Joe Kelley, Reuben DeLeon and Dan Eveatt.
Water and Wastewater
A serious sewer main blockage between Smithland and Cimarron near 12th street caused a section of the sewer to be dug up to get it flowing again, with Work Force Inc. called in to camera the line. A highly contributing factor was 10 feet of a 100-foot sewer snake/tape/rodder dangling in the sewer main. Work Force pulled out about 100 feet of the snake. In most cases the customer or a plumber contacts the Water and Wastewater Department if something like this happens, but in this case the department was not notified. The metal snake caught debris and solids which Kelley believes would otherwise have been washed on down the system. The main had been cleaned in August and found to have no cause for imminent failure.
The new bar screen is scheduled for installation starting the week after Thanksgiving. Annual jet-rodding is about 95 percent done with an expected completion the end of this week, said Kelley.
Service lines and meter pits at 10th and Smithland and at 14th and San Juan were replaced. The cause of unexpected shutoffs of the reverse osmosis C was discovered and the unneeded control switch which was defective was removed. Well #10 has developed a bad vibration and may need the pump pulled and repaired. The distribution crew disconnected an abandoned service line at Second and Smithland this week.
Christmas lighting contest
The Christmas lights were hung early this year so that they would be on for the People's Christmas Tree celebration on Monday night. The crew has finished working on the light fixtures that were damaged in the last hail storm which took out about 120 fixtures or photo eyes. They have finished with the tree trimming for the season with about 1025 hours, which is fewer hours than last year.
In other work, the crew replaced a pole that was hit by a van at 10th and Rice and relocated the pole onto the Junior High Property at the request of the school district. The relocation will give them better access to the sidewalk.
The line crew has trenched in new primary line and added a 500 KVA transformer in preparation for the new heat treatment building at Lewis Bolt and Nut. The Santa Fe took an outage so Main Electric of Pueblo could come in and do some necessary repairs. The crew has been doing some line maintenance on the G-52 20 which is the Gardner Sub feed out toward Walmart.
The power plant crew completed retrofit of interior lighting in the motor pool building. They rewired the new pump motor at the 22nd Street ball field, wired a new furnace in the hood at the sewer plant and repaired the grit system at the sewer plant. They repaired, replaced or wired various lighting, fixtures and outlets.
Also, the crew attended an electrical hazards seminar in Denver.
Alley cleanup is continuing. It was delayed by other projects (the storm). They are on the section from 10th Street to 22nd and Colorado to Best, between Cimarron and Raton.


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Bora has put together a history of science blogging, and there I am, one of the grizzled old pioneers, chewin' tobaccy and slapping mules around. There's also mention of my old Tangled Bank carnival, which isn't totally gone — I've got the archive stashed on my lab computer, and someday I have to figure out how to extract and resurrect an old Expression Engine blog.
Larry Moran also talks about the crucible of talk.origins, and how a lot of the early science bloggers got their start on usenet (myself included). A lot of the feisty, confrontational style comes straight out of a history of prolonged combat with idiots.


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A Pun-Tastic Oscar Party Menu
I have a few caveats to start this post off with: one, Niki campaigned hard for me to call it "Oscar Noms Noms," which I refuse to do on principle; two, just roll with the puns here, because being forced to come up with clever movie-recipe tie-ins isn't an exact science.
Moving along! I take the Oscars very seriously—it's the only "sporting" event that I place actual cash bets on every year, competing not just for money, but for the glory of year-long bragging rights. And because I also take food very seriously (see my employer), and puns perhaps even more seriously than money and food combined,* the pressure is on to create a truly exceptional pun-themed Oscar menu every year.
*This is not actually true, but food, money, and puns are a close three-way tie for my affections, in case you're taking notes.
So here are my 2014 creations, with very loosely corresponding recipes. Unlike Will's all-hot-dog-all-the-time menu, which was thematically based, mine draws mainly from titular puns, not plot points.
What do you think? What's on your menu this Sunday?
What's New On Serious Eats
American Mussel: With an appropriately red sauce for this Mob-inflected tale of the American dream gone awry.
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The Waffle of Wall Street: That's right —make a savory waffle, because when you're an unscrupulous finance whiz with money coming out of your every orfice, you live life on the edge.
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Phyllo-mena Cups: A heartwarming tale of a mother searching for her long-lost son deserves a twee snack with a sweet finish. You're welcome.
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Dallas Buyers Club Sandwich: Because if you were given one month to live, wouldn't you want to eat a sandwich stacked high with bacon and mayo?
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Captain Millets: We don't have a ton of millet recipes, but guess what? Neither did Tom Hanks when his ship got taken over by Somali pirates. So make this millet flour zucchini bread and don't ask any more questions.
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12 Years a Slave: Much like Will did with the hot dogs, we're going to leave this one alone.
Pickled Her-ring: Did you hear the one about the sexy-voiced operating system being a real cold fish? Ba-dum-dum. No recipe for this one, just lots of pictures of a Swedish herring festival Robyn went to once.
Baked Nebraska: This Gilded Age dessert is just the ticket when you collect that cool million from Mega Sweepstakes Marketing.
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Gravity-Defying Soufflé: There's nothing lonelier than being lost in space. No one can hear you scream —might as well drown yourself in dessert while you still can.
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Hey All,
I totally screwed up and forgot to post this last week. My apologies!
Anyway, your challenge, in honor of the month of June, is to build some sort of celebration. Anything goes, from a traditional wedding to International Cave Troll Day. Let's see what you've got!
Remember, there are no rules in the monthly challenges (other than the normal Terms of Service). Build whatever, however it strikes your fancy.
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This rad cover of "Sexy And I Know It" by LMFAO is currently blowing up the internet and blowing ladies' minds. Turns out this guy looks a lot like me, and he is from South Carolina where I lived for many, many years. I am starting to wonder if we are long lost twins… and […]
Here it is folks – The Justin Bieber Bible Study: Never Say Never… For Nothing Is Impossible With God. This short booklet with a poorly worded title was sent to youth group leaders as a part of the promotional campaign for the recently released Justin Bieber film Never Say Never. Clearly they had been reading my blog and knew that youth leaders are running out of things to do.
This promotional tactic is nothing new. The trend began with Mel Gibson's The Passion and has been used many times since. Much like the material for that film this discussion guide provides questions, Bible readings, and, of course, information on how to arrange a special group showing of the film.
The only difference is that The Passion was about Jesus and Never Say Never is about Justin Bieber.
I readily admit that I am skeptical of the need for a discussion guide on this film. But, I am willing to approach it with an open mind. After all, I don't aim to doubt the faith and sincerity of Justin or his mother, who likely supported this with the best of evangelical intentions. What I do doubt though, are the intentions of others who stand to profit from the film. Since it isn't possible to know whether Justin even contributed to this or not, any criticism I may make isn't aimed at him. He is only 16 and besides, I am very scared of teenage girls.
Check back in for Part 2 where I examine the opening, including a letter from Justin's mother and an introduction that tries really hard to convince you that this is a film about faith. I'll be discussing whether it succeeds or fails miserably. See you then!
What are your reactions to the Justin Bieber Bible Study?
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AAII Journal Editor Charles Rotblut explains to Chuck Jaffe why Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) is his "Buy of the Week" for May 9, 2017, on the MoneyLife Radio Program. MoneyLife is a daily personal finance show that sorts through the financial clutter to bring you the information you need to lead the MoneyLife.
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Having lived my entire life in Virginia, I was amused that people could actually have never heard of chiggers. Got my first "bad" case when I was about 8, sat on a stump and got a butt slam full of them.
Challenge is going to be anything you buy to kill insects you risk damaging your bees. I would remove the mulch; they thrive in dead wood. Or try delicately applying an insecticide at night to minimize the risk to your bees.
I grow pumpkins and we apply liquid insecticides in the late evenings and the next day the bees are buzzing around no problem, but them Cukes bettles is D.O.A
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A typical product testing scenario
The final round of testing was going on in full swing in a Product company and the team was under pressure to certify the product for release.
The Project manager was a smart person who, to fulfill his interests, wanted testing team to certify the product with minimal testing as otherwise he would miss the deadline to launch the product. He was playing safe. On one hand he was progressing to deliver the product to the market, on the other hand he himself was not to loose anything. Later he could easily put the complete blame on testing team if anything crashes in production.
The test manager was reporting to the Project manager and so he had to follow the orders that he got.
Now as the testing was proceeding further and the critical areas were being tested, the team found a bug.. a critical regression issue that got introduced due to the fixes made for another bug. The team was in a dilemma, if they reported the issue, the Project manager will be literally killing them, but if they don't report the issue, the customers will kill them. As they were struggling to get out of this situation, the test manager came in. Everyone asked him, what to do?
He was very clear in his thoughts and what was expected from the testing process. He said, we are into testing business and we are providing a service to the development team. In case we don't report this bug, it will be that we will not be doing our duty. If we don't report this bug, it is such critical in nature that the customer will report it and we will be in soup again. It is better to report something early than later.
He asked the team to report the issue in bug management system. The tester was very much afraid to do so, but had to follow the orders. The project manager came in and shouted at the tester as he was surely going to miss the deadlines. The project manager went to his room and talked to development team to review and fix the bug. The development team found the possible cause of error and fixed the same.
Now the testing team again tested the issue and the affected areas and found another critical defect, which went to development lab for fixes. The Project manager was getting red as each minute was passing. The testing team was not following the orders!
To safeguard his interests, he wrote an e-mail to all the stakeholders. As the testing team is keeping everyone busy and finding the bugs at the last stages of the release cycle, we need to postpone the release by a day.
The stakeholders called up a meeting and discussed the issues. On analysis, it was seen that the testing team had nothing to do with the stage at which the bug was getting caught. As the bugs were arising due to the fixes that the development team was making. So the testing team was no one to blame.
Can you predict what happened at the end?
Few days later, all the stakeholders praised Test Manager and testing team in front of the whole group and told that if they released the product with those defects, it might have pushed them into legal battles with their clients.
What is my intention of writing all this?
The testing team often faces pressures like the above one in any PDLC, yet they need to be persistent in following the mission that is defined for testing. There will be various people on the top who will sometimes try to build pressures on you, but remember the fact that though these will be decisive times for you, but never divert yourself from the mission that you are on. Believe me, doing this, you will not only get self satisfaction, but will also gain respect of others. It is rightly said "Darr ke aage jeet hai"


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HealthSmart: Eliminate those pesky jiggles under your arms
November 20, 2012
Bat-wings: That's what some people call the flab that hangs down from when we stretch our arms from side to side. For women in particular, triceps rank high on their list of trouble spots, but with a consistent cardio workout and a few targeted toning moves, you can ditch those flabby "wings" for good.
The American Council on Exercise evaluated eight tricep exercises and found that the three here were most effective. One set of eight to 12 repetitions for each move, two to three times a week, is good for most adults.
Triangle push-ups
You'll need a mat.
Get into a push-up position, on your knees (for beginners) or the balls of your feet. Place your hands beneath your chest, with forefingers and thumbs touching to form a triangle. Slowly lower your body by bending your elbows straight back until your chest or chin touches the floor. Make sure to keep your torso straight, head aligned with your spine and elbows close to the sides of your body. Then slowly press up through your arms, straightening your elbows. Repeat.
Tricep kickbacks
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You'll need a jug of water or dumbbell.
Hold the weight in your right hand. Take a step forward with your left foot, placing your left hand on your left thigh. Lean forward at your hips, keeping your abs tight and head aligned with your spine. Bend your right elbow; your upper arm should be close to your body and forearm vertical to the floor. Without moving your upper arm, exhale and slowly extend your forearm back, straightening your elbow; then inhale, and slowly bend your elbow to start position. Do a set, then switch sides.
Chair dips
You'll need a steady chair.
Sit on the edge of the chair and rest your hands on either side of your hips, with palms resting on the chair and your fingers over the edge, pointing down. With feet together, extend your legs in front of you, bending your knees 90 degrees. Gently shimmy your rear off the chair, lower your hips straight down toward the floor until your upper arms are parallel to the ground. Slowly push back up to your starting position using your hands. Repeat. Proper form is especially important for dips. Done incorrectly, it can overstress your shoulder joint.
"The Doctors" is an Emmy-winning daytime TV show with pediatrician Jim Sears, OB-GYN Lisa Masterson, ER physician Travis Stork, and plastic surgeon Andrew Ordon. Check http://www.thedoctorstv.com for local listings.


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"The Mighty Macs," opening this Friday, doesn't just give Carla Gugino a chance to channel her inner inspirational basketball coach (think Gene Hackman in "Hoosiers"), it also ended her long bench-warming streak in sports.
"I can truly say I never was a jock," Gugino chuckled to PopcornBiz. "I'm a very athletic person, but I moved a lot as a kid and so I never really got into team sports. I was never in one place long enough really to sort of do that. I never got to be really part of the team in sports, and I got to really do that in this movie, which was so much fun."
The film, a rare G-rated offering that's neither animated nor specifically aimed a children, casts Gugino as real-life college coach Cathy Rush, who in the early 1970s led Pennsylvania's Catholic university Immaculata's women's team to the first of six consecutive championship appearances, a classic sports Cinderella story given Rush's relative inexperience and the team's ramshackle beginnings (their gym had burned down, among other misfortunes).
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"I was really compelled to by this woman, Cathy Rush, who didn't set out to change the world," Gugino explains. "She just basically really wanted a job, really wanted to do something that fulfilled her. She was good at basketball. She really fell in love with these players and really saw their potential. I don't think they ever thought to themselves that they could do anything on a professional level in that way. And she just step by step kept breaking down these walls. A fantastic tale that was being told and that it happened to be women – really strong, interesting women."
Although she experienced her first acting successes in her teens, Gugino says she knows well how valuable that early determination to pursue her dreams really was. "I started acting really young," she says. "I continued through high school, but I was acting as well, and I was valedictorian and a very academic person. And I think my parents thought I was going to go into business, or something much more sort of, much less artistically inclined and possible – just a whole different deal. And so when I really fell in love with acting I had a lot of support in my family. But I also had people really concerned sort of giving me articles, saying,'You know, only 10% of the actors in Screen Actors Guild make over $10,000 a year,' and all these sort of terrible statistics that are true. I remember really clearly going, 'Oh, well, I'm not going to be one of those. I'm going to succeed.' And looking back on that so many years later now I really realize that was something so important."
Gugino's diverse and eclectic range of roles over the past two decades defy pigeonholing or typecasting – and that's just what she's been aiming for. "If I have just done a Greek tragedy on Broadway, I'm ready to do a comedy with Jim Carrey," she laughs. "It comes from a natural place of just wanting to do something different than I just immersed myself in. But also since acting in a way is the love of my life, I kind of want to do it all."
"I've never been interested in being a brand or being a celebrity or any of those things," she explains. "It's just I want to be able to disappear into different characters and have people be able to watch me in a movie and believe me as that person. The thing that keeps me going is getting to really mix it up. And it's also like I feel like I'm making a new friend each time. Like the character that I played is someone that might have changed my life along the way."
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The fifth-seeded UMBC men's basketball team opens competition in its 11th America East Men's Basketball Championship when the Retrievers face No. 4 seed and host Albany on Saturday, March 8 at UA's SEFCU Arena. The contest is the second quarterfinal game of four on the day, as top-seeded Vermont kicks off the afternoon by taking on No. 8 New Hampshire at noon. The No. 5 seed is UMBC's highest since the 2007-08 team earned the No. 1 seed and went on to take the title. The two squads split a pair of thrilling contests this season, with Albany winning, 73-72, in double overtime at SEFCU on Jan. 8 and the Retrievers getting a last-second tip-in from Quentin Jones and triumphing, 71-69 at the RAC Arena on Feb. 12. Paul Mittermeier and Dan Levin have all the play-by-play action and video streaming is available via ESPN3.
RETRIEVER UPDATE: UMBC achieved its most victories (9) since the 2008-09 season, but its last victory came versus Albany on Feb. 12 and the Retrievers enter the tournament tying a season-high with four consecutive setbacks. Three of those losses occurred on the road, including a 67-56 loss at Hartford on March 2. FR G Rodney Elliott (14.9 ppg), selected as the AE Fans' Choice Player of the Year, scored 21 points versus the Hawks, posting 20 or more for the seventh time in his initial campaign. The Retrievers have enjoyed great tournament success at SEFCU Arena, posting a 3-1 record in the 2009 and 2013 championships.
GREAT DANE UPDATE: Albany could have clinched the No. 3 seed in the tournament with a win at Stony Brook on March 2, but dropped a hard-fought 73-68 decision. The setback snapped a three-game win streak for the Danes, which started after their loss at UMBC. SO G Peter Hooley, who scored 21 second-half points in the Danes' setback to the Retrievers, leads the squad with 14.8 points per game and is the league's most-proficient free throw shooter (132/150, 88.0 percent). Three other Danes average in double figures, including JR F Sam Rowley (11.3), who leads the team with 6.8 caroms per game. UA is 9-3 on its home floor and 7-1 versus America East foes in 2013-14.
WHO'S UP NEXT: Should the Retrievers advance, they would face the winner of the No. 1 Vermont vs. No. 8 UNH contests in the first semifinal on Sunday, March 9 at 5:02 p.m.


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Thursday, 19 May 2016
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
JrF contact mics & hydrophones - built specially for the acoustic garden display at this years Chelsea Flower show, in collaboration with the Peter Eustance, Papworth Trust & Evelyn Glennie:
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digital reissue of 'estonian strings'
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Estonian Strings. Jez riley French is well known for his work exploring sounds that are normally hidden from the general listener. His recordings bring forth new life into environments that are not actively forthcoming when it comes to sharing their acoustic qualities, thereby opening up new sound environments to explore. "Estonian Strings" is the latest offering from French and takes the form of a 42 minute composition based on recordings made during his first trip to Estonia in the spring of 2009. With his constant desire to investigate new sonic sources, French applied his contact microphones to a variety of "found strings". "I found transmitter cables, long chimney support cables, disused piano wires stretched across old farm utensils, rust covered fences -- each one a surprise, a discovery and a joy to listen to." The result of this foray into the unknown is a select series of field recordings that have been patiently worked together to create a pulsating, otherworldly piece that quietly beckons to the listener. Headphones are a definite must if you want to fully appreciate the multilayered intricacies of this work. With headphones, 'Estonian Strings' takes on an almost mesmeric quality; the piece is unhurried and minimal, yet it seems almost impossible to remove oneself from this strange world. The changing tone of the work is unquestionably subtle, but there is enough happening to retain more than a passing interest in the content. With his ear for the unusual and an unflinching curiosity, French once again opens up a portal to reveal a wealth of usually concealed sounds. Just the right balance has been struck between content and composition here, making 'Estonian Strings' an intriguing and enjoyable listening experience. ct
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Breast cancer is a disease that starts in the breast with a malignant tumor. A malignant tumor is a mass of cells that grows out of control. The cancerous cells can also metastasize, or move to other tissues or parts of the body.
The cancer can develop in any of the three types of breast tissue: lobules, ducts, and connective tissue.
Most cancer begins in the lobules (the milk-producing glands), or in the ducts, along which milk travels to the nipple. (1) But tumors can also develop in the fibrous and fatty connective tissue that surrounds the lobules and ducts.
Several different types of breast cancer exist. The type of breast cancer and its stage, or how far it has grown, determine the treatment for it.
Breast cancer that spreads into normal tissue is called invasive breast cancer. Noninvasive breast cancer stays within the breast lobule or duct. (2)
Breast Cancer Is a Common Disease — but Numbers Are Going Down
Breast cancer makes up about 30 percent of new cancer diagnoses in women and 15 percent of all new cancer diagnoses each year. (3) However, the rate of breast cancer cases began dropping in the year 2000 and have continued declining since.
About one in eight women (about 12.4 percent of all women) will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at some point in their lives. (2) Breast cancer can occur in anyone with breast tissue, but it's much rarer in men than in women.
The disease is more common in middle age. About one in four breast cancer cases occur in women between ages 55 and 64. Among women younger than 45, black women have the highest risk of breast cancer. Black women are also more likely to die from breast cancer than women of other races or ethnicities. (3) At least some of this increased risk is due to less access to follow-up care after an abnormal mammogram and lower rates of health insurance. (4)
Rates of death from breast cancer have been decreasing since 1989. (3) The majority of women survive this cancer. Overall, 89.7 percent of women will survive at least five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. As of 2015, more than 3.4 million women in the US were living with breast cancer. (2)
Finding Your Best Treatment Team
After receiving a diagnosis, you will have several decisions to make about the healthcare providers who will handle your treatment.
Cancer treatment usually involves a team of people, such as a surgeon, a medical oncologist, a nurse practitioner, a counselor, a patient navigator, and specialists associated with your cancer type.
Factors to consider in choosing your oncologist and treatment team are their expertise in your cancer type, what your insurance will cover, your ability to travel to and from appointments and procedures, and recommendations from others.
Even after you have a treatment team, it is a good idea to look for another oncologist to get a second opinion on your diagnosis and treatment options. It is acceptable and sometimes common to change doctors during your treatment if needed.
Breast Cancer Signs, Symptoms and Risk Factors: Where Do You Stand?
The biggest risk factors for this disease, besides being female, include:
- Age — risk starts to rise after age 50
- A family history
- Genetics
- Previous exposure to radiation
Each woman's risk involves a combination of different factors. If you're concerned, your doctor can help you assess how great your risk is, and whether you need to take any extra precautions with regard to screening.
Women who are worried about their risk may want to keep an eye out for the following common symptoms:
- Any lump in or near the breast or underarm
- Warmth or unexplained tenderness in the breast
- A hardening, thickening, or swelling area in the breast
- Nipple tenderness without another cause
- Nipple discharge (except breast milk), especially clear or bloody discharge
- Any unexplained change in color, texture, size, or shape of the breasts or nipples
- Skin dimpling on the breast or enlarged pores (like an orange skin)
- Swelling, redness, scaliness or general pain in the breast or nipples
- Nipples that turn inward without explanation
- Irritated or itchy breasts
- Breast cancer rash, which can be a sign if inflammatory breast cancer
Is a Lump in the Breast a Sign of Cancer?
While a lump can be a sign of cancer, nearly eighty percent of lumps found in the breast turn out to be non-cancerous. The most common causes of non-cancerous lumps include:
- Fibrocystic changes as a result of hormonal fluctuations
- Cysts
- Benign lumps called fibroadenomas
- Wart-like growths called intraductal papillomas
- Fatty tissue that occurs as a result of trauma to the breast
How Is Breast Cancer Diagnosed?
Doctors can screen for breast cancer using a mammogram. A mammogram is an X-ray with low-dose radiation that lets doctors look for abnormalities in the breast tissue.
Doctors may also screen for breast cancer with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, or 3-D mammography (called breast tomosynthesis).
An MRI uses a large magnet to create images of the breast. An ultrasound sends sound waves into the breast that create an image when they bounce back. A 3-D mammogram uses X-rays like a regular mammogram, but it takes images of multiple slices of the breast at different angles to construct a 3-D image.(3)
Screening tests look for possible signs of breast cancer but cannot diagnose it. If doctors see a suspicious lump or mass of cells, they may use some of those same tests to get a closer look at the abnormal area. A diagnostic mammogram provides more detail in the image of the breast.
The only way to make a certain diagnosis of breast cancer is a biopsy. A biopsy involves removing some breast tissue or fluid from the suspicious area and looking at the cells under a microscope.
Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer: BRCA1 and BRCA2
In some cases, particularly if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, a doctor may suggest genetic testing for two of the most common gene mutations known to increase risk for developing these cancers: BRCA1 and BRCA2. Inherited BRCA gene mutations cause about 5 to 10 percent of breast cancers and about 15 percent of ovarian cancers
Breast Cancer Stages 0 - IV
Doctors use stages of breast cancer to describe how far along the cancer has grown or spread. Stages range from 0 to 4 (stage 4). Each stage has further subcategories of A, B, or C. (5)
Stage 0 The cancer is noninvasive and shows no evidence of leaving the part of the breast where it began. One type of stage 0 cancer is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
Stage 1 The cancer cells are spreading to surrounding breast tissue, but the group of cancer cells or the tumor remains very small. It is usually easily treatable.
Stage 2 The cancer has begun to grow but it remains only in the breast or nearby lymph nodes. Treatment is not usually very difficult.
Stage 3 The cancer has begun invading lymph nodes, muscle, and other body tissue near the breast, but it has not reached organs farther away. Treatments vary according to the person and type of breast cancer.
Stage 4 The cancer is very advanced and has spread to several organs or other parts of the body. Stage 4 breast cancer is considered incurable, but women may live several years or more with ongoing treatment.
DCIS/LCIS: The Slow-Moving Breast Cancers
A biopsy may reveal a noninvasive cancer that is not growing beyond its starting location. These types of cancers are called carcinoma in situ. (6)
"Carcinoma" refers to a cancer that begins in the outer layer of cells around an organ. "In situ" means something stays where it began.
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) are the two types of in situ carcinoma in the breast. Doctors usually find DCIS or LCIS on a mammogram or other imaging because they rarely have signs or symptoms. (7)
DCIS means abnormal cells exist in the lining of the milk ducts but have not invaded surrounding breast tissue. DCIS can become invasive cancer if not treated. (8)
LCIS occurs in the breast lobules, where breast milk is produced, without spreading further. LCIS is not technically cancer, but it is sometimes called precancerous. (9)
LCIS is less common than DCIS but indicates a higher risk of invasive cancer. LCIS may not require treatment beyond observation to see whether breast cancer develops. (9)
Invasive Breast Cancer: More Treatment Options Than Ever
Invasive (or infiltrative) ductal carcinoma (IDC) is the most common type of breast cancer and the type most likely to occur in men. It makes up 80 percent of all new breast cancer cases and becomes more common with older age. (10)
Like DCIS, IDC begins in the milk ducts, but it spreads beyond the ducts into the surrounding fatty tissue. It may continue to spread from there into the lymph nodes and bloodstream.
Treatment for IDC will depend on the stage, the type of breast cancer, its aggressiveness, and other characteristics. Treatment generally consists of some combination of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, hormone therapy, and immunotherapy.
Triple Negative and HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer
A subset of women diagnosed with breast cancer will be told that their tumor is triple negative, which means that the cells within the tumor lack receptors on their surface that respond to hormone epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) as well as estrogen and progesterone receptors.
What does that mean? Some of the drugs used to treat breast cancer, which are designed to interact with these receptors, won't be useful in these cases. Doctors will need to tailor a treatment regimen to aim at other weaknesses in this tumor type.
Learn More About Triple Negative and HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer
Diet and Breast Cancer: Is There a Right Way to Eat?
A healthy diet helps your body remain strong while you undergo breast cancer treatments. Your diet can help your body rebuild damaged tissue, reduce therapy side effects, or reduce the risk of infection. (11)
A healthy diet includes a variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, dairy, and lean, high-protein foods, such as chicken, fish, legumes, and beans. It is important to get enough calories each day even if you don't feel like eating.
Some breast cancer treatments may have side effects that make it difficult to eat well. These side effects may include nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, dehydration, a sore mouth or throat, weight gain, or changes to your sense of taste or smell. (12)
Your doctor can help you identify strategies to treat these side effects, reduce their impact, and find ways to eat as healthfully as possible despite the effects.
Foods to avoid during breast cancer treatment include alcohol, fried or greasy foods, and foods with high amounts of fat or sugar.
Breast Cancer Doesn't Mean Give up Your Gym Membership
There was a time when women with breast cancer were told to rest, and exercise was an afterthought. But a growing body of research suggests that a reasonable exercise program not only won't hurt, it might actually benefit patients by relieving treatment-related fatigue, reducing the risk of lymphedema (a painful buildup of fluid in the lymph nodes) and improve cognitive function, which many women say can be impaired by treatment.
Breast Cancer Resources: Support When You Need It
People with breast cancer will likely need several types of support. This can include emotional support and resources such as counseling, support groups, online groups, and advocacy organizations. (13)
You may also need financial assistance, informational resources, help with travel arrangements for treatment, help identifying appropriate doctors and treatment teams, and recovery resources.
Editorial Sources and Fact-Checking
- What Is Breast Cancer? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. September 27, 2017.
- Non-Invasive or Invasive Breast Cancer. BreastCancer.org. January 26, 2017.
- U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics. BreastCancer.org. January 9, 2018.
- Study: Lack of Insurance Linked to Higher Breast Cancer Death Rates in Black Women. American Cancer Society. October 16, 2017.
- Breast Cancer Stages and Staging. Susan G. Komen. April 4, 2018.
- Understanding Your Pathology Report: Lobular Carcinoma in Situ (LCIS). American Cancer Society. March 9, 2017.
- DCIS, LCIS — Do I Have Breast Cancer? Michigan Medicine Rogel Cancer Center.
- Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. BreastCancer.org. February 23, 2018.
- Symptoms and Diagnosis of LCIS. BreastCancer.org. September 15, 2013.
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. BreastCancer.org. February 19, 2018.
- Diet and Nutrition During Breast Cancer Treatment. Susan G. Komen. 2017.
- How and What to Eat When You Have Treatment-Related Side Effects. BreastCancer.org. February 18, 2017.
- Breast Cancer. CancerCare. 2018.


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BENEFITING: Autism Alliance of Michigan
ORGANIZER: Angela
EVENT: AAoM Autism Heroes Walk
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Angela Beech wrote -
Autism Alliance of Michigan Autism Heroes Walk
Join us on June 28th at the Detroit Zoo for a 1.5 mile walk among the giraffes, tigers and bears. After the walk, enjoy some entertainment in the event pavilion. There will be plenty to enjoy for the whole family!
Funds raised during the Autism Heroes Walk will directly support AAoM programs:
- The Navigator
- GPS Award Programs
- Insurance Reform
- Safety Trainings
- Family and Community Inclusion Events
Day of Event Details
7:30AM Registration opens
8:30AM Walk Begins
9:30AM-Noon Post Walk Celebration in the Event Pavillion