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June 3, 2012 by David Weiss
NOHO, MANHATTAN: Riddle us this: When is your first album not your debut album? The answer is…When you're The Kin, and you're in the studio recording your emotionally moving pop-rock creations with none other than Tony Visconti producing.
Founded in 2005 by the Australia-to-NYC transplants Isaac and Thorald Koren, The Kin became more than two guitarist/singer brothers with a huge gift for songwriting, when they recruited famed subway hand drummer Shakerleg to join them. So even though The Kin had released two independent studio albums — 2007's Rise and Fall and 2009's The Upside – only now do they see the band in its complete form.
"We're calling this our first album, based on the fact that's our first record together as a trio," Thorald explains. "After all these years, we've found our distinction."
As a result, the self-titled collection that's currently in the works and due for release on Interscope Records this year is serving as a retrograde studio premiere for The Kin, a band that long ago made its mark as an elite live act. As evidence of their on-stage prowess, consider a marathon seven-month residency at NYC's Rockwood Music Hall, a live CD/DVD documenting a show there, and the fact that Interscope pursued the band heavily after seeing their hypnotic hold on an audience at the Venice, CA venue The Stronghold.
A visit with The Kin during a recent session at Germano Studios in NoHo showed that they were already in a highly productive groove with the legendary Visconti. A Brooklyn born, Britain-bred bassist, composer and arranger, Visconti started working as a producer in 1967 and never stopped, making his name producing 12 David Bowie albums (including Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold the World, Young Americans, Low, Heroes, Lodger, Scary Monsters, and Heathen), and 13 albums for Marc Bolan's T. Rex. Thin Lizzy, the Moody Blues, the Alarm, and many more are all entries in Visconti's classics-packed discography.
Visconti had liked what he heard of The Kin's demos, but it was his experience of one of their live gigs that sold him on being a producer for their record.
"My manager told me beforehand, 'It's a band like no other – the drummer doesn't play with drumsticks, and there's no bass!'" Visconti recalls, seated at the SSL Duality console in Germano's Studio 1. "I thought, 'This is a Zen parable: How do you make a rock record with no drumsticks or bass?'"
Soon Visconti found himself as one member of a 300+ audience "jammed like sardines" to see The Kin at Rockwood Music Hall. No slouch at evaluating talent on the stage – his first experience of Tyrannosauras Rex was an electrifying set at London's UFO Club – Visconti was excited by what he saw.
"Vocals came easy to them – two singers in harmony," he recalls. "Isaac was pumping out bass on a microKorg, and the drummer plays with no sticks, yet I'm hearing this huge drum sound like Bonham. All of the elements of a rock band are there, just not the way you would do it normally. But when you put a band like that under the microscope of the studio, there are challenges."
Visconti has his work cut out for him when it comes to translating The Kin's mesmerizing live show into recorded format (more on that in a minute), yet he's diving all the way into a project that perfectly fits him as a producer in 2012. "They have all the right ingredients: They're great singers, great musicians, and they write great songs," he explains. "I live to work with a group like this, and once they let me in I'm trying to bring the best out of them. I can't do that with a fluff artist.
"There's a link to the past that The Kin have," Visconti continues. "They write on the same level as Bowie, great lyrics. People are buying stuff that's 40 years old now, and this is a group with the creative ethics that bands had in the '70's. If you listen to Cat Stevens' songs, there's a connection there: fantastic lyrics, melodies and production values."
Raising Their Game
The Kin have been waiting a long time to make this record, and they also know that their patient global fan base has high expectations. Whether it's the songs produced by Visconti or Nic Hard, an additional producer on this eponymous record (Hard also produced Rise and Fall), the band is ready to step up to the pressure.
"Expect everything we've got — we're putting everything into this record," Isaac says. "It's literally the best songwriting we've done yet. We're excited to have put all of these elements into the pot, and we can't wait to put it out to people."
Inside the accommodating live room of Germano's Studio 1, the culmination of Visconti's engineering experience – nearly five decades worth – are on full display to capture The Kin's vision. Meticulously crafted mic and DI combinations, set up with the help of assistant engineer Kenta, cover the amps, Shakerleg's drums, the Bechstein A2 upright piano, the acoustic guitar position, and more. A similar scene was doubtless played out during multiple sessions at NYC's Magic Shop, where no less than elite mixer/producer/engineer Kevin Killen was on engineering duty for Visconti and The Kin.
Visconti will talk about how he achieves his sounds – but only up to a point. "It's a long chain: signal processing, gates, compressors, EQ, and especially mic placement," he says. "I could tell you exactly how I do it, but I think that's futile because you wouldn't get my results. You'd need me and The Kin!
"That's why I prefer not to say, 'I used a Sennheiser 412 and put it next to the drummer's armpit.' I'd rather people use their ears, walk around the room, think about the best mic to use, and figure out where to put it."
How to Make it Translate from Stage to Studio
A listen to 2011's Live At Rockwood Music Hall quickly makes it clear why The Kin work so well live. In between tunes, there's no shortage of the spontaneous interplay that only siblings are capable of. When the songs kick in, there are artfully harmonic structures that only The Kin are capable of — massively moving shifts from light to dark; deftly interweaving voices, guitars, and rhythms expressing solitary stories and universal themes.
Visconti, whose steady clients like David Bowie and Marc Bolan knew how to deliver masterpieces both onstage and on record, has proved an ideal match for The Kin at this stage in their career. As they laid down a musical idea in Studio 1, for example, Visconti deftly combined a creative atmosphere with attention to detail, applying an efficient workflow.
"I feel very encouraged as an artist — and also challenged — by the way Tony works," Isaac says. "We've found it's a completely different approach to studio and live. Live, you're just doing it and not even aware of it. In the studio, you do what you do live and it doesn't necessarily come out the same."
Thorald adds, "Over all these years we've honed in our live shows what it means to have one moment, one shot, one experience. The vocals you're singing at that moment are where you are — if you've been laughing, you're tired, you're cold – and you've been trained to be ready to give everything you have. In the studio, it's a different experience.
"So getting to the place where we feel comfortable is something I've learned with Tony on this record: how to not be slick and not have that safety net, and instead to have that urgency, that one-time feeling."
Notes Visconti, "Live, the adrenaline makes you play faster. The band has it, the audience does too, so everyone accepts 5 BPM's higher. And its sheer volume: Most bands just sound amazing live because it's loud – like 110 dB.
"There are studio tricks to make it sound live at a low level, working with things like compression and distortion. In the studio you're hearing microphones, but in the live setting you hear the PA. So sometimes in the past I've experimented with bringing a live PA into the studio, although you need a soundstage. Or I've put a kick drum through a bass amp to shake the room.
"Distortion is your best friend, really. Overloading a preamp or tape gives the impression that it's more than you can bear, just on the verge of pain. Those are audio techniques to create that feeling at a low volume.
"But The Kin do play great in the studio. Sometimes they'll have a click track, sometimes not, and it's amazing how solid they are – tempo shifts might be one BPM slower. Keeping their live feel intact in the studio is what I'm trying to go for."
One of Visconti's earliest producing projects was recording with 20-year old David Bowie in 1967. For years afterward, the producer was making landmark albums in the analog domain — a realm where he observed a fundamental recording technique.
"We didn't have Pro Tools in those days, so the selection of the musicians was very important," he says. "The people who got to go into the studio were great musicians. These days, a lot of young bands – and I'm not talking about The Kin – go into studios prematurely, but they know the safety net [digital editing] exists. They know every beat will get fixed.
"With T. Rex we did five or six takes, but usually one or two would be enough. It's the same with The Kin: We do two or three takes. We don't have to belabor anything. You have to kind of trick yourself that you can't fix it — although we do if we have to. We used to do it with a razor blade and tape, but it was harder and trickier to razor-cut Take Five and Eleven together. I did it then, and I'm doing it now. This time it's with a few mouse clicks, but my ethic hasn't changed."
A Band of Brothers
When The Kin's self-titled record arrives later this year, Tony Visconti will have respectfully preserved the genuine core that sets the group apart. "This is one of the few bands that talks about the emotion they're going for in a song," he says. "And since they're brothers, they don't bullshit each other. If they have a problem, they stop the session and we all discuss it.
"A lot of my notes aren't technical notes – they're notes about how the song should be portrayed. I really appreciate that: They think at a deep level. That's why the record evokes strong feelings."
– David Weiss
Interscope Denies Drug Trafficking Involvement – Possible NYC Studio Connection to Case
September 17, 2011 by David Weiss
According Billboard.biz, Interscope Records has issued a response to a claim by federal prosecutors that the label's offices were used by a drug trafficking ring. Part of the Drug Enforcement Agency's investigation focuses on New York City recording studios, which are alleged to have been the recipients of music cases containing drugs.
Read more in this Billboard.biz article.
TV On The Radio Album, "Skins" Soundtrack Recorded At Headgear
March 3, 2011 by Janice Brown
The upcoming TV On The Radio record, Nine Types of Light — due out April 12 on Interscope Records — was largely recorded at Headgear in Brooklyn last May.
TVOTR's David Andrew Sitek produced the sessions, with engineer Zeph Sowers tracking. Headgear's Scott F. Norton also engineered a couple of days of tracking sessions with the band. Stream the awesome new track, "Will Do" below…
More recently, Headgear — the studio and friends/family of the studio — has had a hand in multiple tracks featured on MTV's Skins.
First, the Skins theme song, "Lina Magic" by 3D Friends (Daniel Chavez-Wright), was tracked at Headgear by producer/engineer (and former Headgear intern and assistant) Gabe Liberti.
Another featured track, Unsolved Mysteries' "You Only Live Once," was also tracked at Headgear and engineered by former Headgear intern, Colin Alexander. Alexander is the electronics maestro in Unsolved Mysteries and he releases his own original music under the name Tiny Specks of Many Things.
Next, the Many Colors song "Peaks and Valleys" also soundtracked a recent episode of Skins — Many Colors is Jackie Lin Werner, otherwise known as Headgear's studio manager. "Peaks and Valleys" was mixed by engineer Nick Smeraski, another Headgear alum.
Keepaway's song "Evil Lady" was also featured on Skins, and was tracked with Headgear's Kyle Boyd for their Baby Style EP.
Meanwhile, producer/engineer John Agnello has been working out of Headgear a bunch, most recently with Joy By Proxy, Andy Shernoff and Sons of Bill. Coming up, Cymbals Eat Guitars will be tracking and mixing their new album at Headgear with Agnello producing and engineering.
And back to TV On The Radio, listen to the advance single "Will Do" off Nine Types of Light here:
TV On The Radio – "Will Do" by Interscope Records
Check out Headgear's new website for more information on the studio and recent projects, and to get in touch.
Jennie Boddy Joins Entertainment Publicity Firm Press Here (NYC)
January 13, 2011 by David Weiss
NYC-based entertainment firm Press Here announced that it has added publicist Jennie Boddy.
According to Press Here Chairwoman/CEO Linda Carbone, Boddy will bring her current roster of artists to the firm, including TV on the Radio, Feist, Die Antwoord, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, M.I.A., Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and several more. She will develop public relations campaigns, and work on strategic development of the company in conjunction with the agency.
Boddy brings over two decades of experience to her post at Press Here. She has the distinction of being the first publicist for the Seattle label Sub Pop when she joined the label in 1988, followed by a lengthy stint at Interscope Records beginning in 1994.


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My 9 week old daughter is very happy and contented and in a reasonable pattern of feeding but she has a late feed around 11.30pm and doesn't go upstairs in her moses basket until after then (which is usually around 12.30pm/12.45pm as she is very sleepy taking this feed and it takes ages to wind her - if you don't she will wake about an hour or so later and be quite unsettled). After this late feed she is sleeping until around 7.30am and then feeding 5-6oz four hourly during the day. She often only cat naps throughout the day but every few days she seems exhausted and sleeps most of the day having to be woken for her feed.
Should I begin a bedtime routine at this age by putting her to bed after her 7.30pm feed and then if she wakes in the early hours give her a feed (I assume if she did this at some point she would stop waking and just go through the night or is tht too optimistic?) or is she too young to expect her to settle as early as this - quite often she is awake downstairs until 9.30pm/10.30pm although she is quite settled.
She is so happy and content that I don't want to risk upsetting her but at the same time I want to make sure she gets into a bedtime routine at sometime. It would also be nice for us to be able to get to bed earlier some nights as well!
Any advice gratefully received!
Definitely start a routine. When my 5 month old was at that age she settled herself into going to bed around 8 every night. But as this just was the time she fell asleep, and not set in a routine, as the weeks went on she started staying awake later and later. Now we have a routine she goes to bed around 9 and sleeps until 7/7:30.
Admit your daughter may get upset for a little while as she gets used to the routine, but in the long run a good sleep pattern will benefit her, and you.
Hope ive helped. Em x
Hi Carole,
I was the same as you exactly. Like emma, My son is now 5 months old and sleeps for 12 hours from (7.30 till 7.30) At about your daughters age my HV sugested I put him to bed at the beginning of the evening and then gave him a feed at about 11.30 as usual, it meant waking him up for what is known as a 'dream feed' (a nappy change is not always necessary either). He then slept till morning. For a little while he woke at 5 ish but we gave him a dummy and tided him over till 7, then he just kept to that. When I introduced solids at 17 weeks I missed out the dream feed and he did indeed sleep through, i kept putting off trying it as was worried he would wake at an early hour but it was fine!
Thing is, at some point you get your evening back and you can go to bed at a more reasonable time and that is lush! Sounds like you are on the right track tho as you're thinking about it and that tends to be the way really, you know best x
Thanks everyone for your advice. I like the sound of what Katy's son did from the first night! I favour trying that intially, i.e. cutting out the late feed rather than trying a "dream feed" as I'm sure she will be sleepy and we will have the same problems. My question arising from this that I need advice on now is: if baby sleeps for approximately 12 hours at 9 weeks how many bottles are they having during the day? My daughter will usually not take more than 5oz (sometimes only 4oz) at a feed and my health visitor told me she should be having 23oz a day (she weighed 10lb 7oz this week and is 10 weeks old today). I can't get 23oz into her with only four feeds. Yesterday she only had four feeds and went 5 hours between one of them and she still didn't take any more and had a total of 21oz all day. She had her last feed at 10pm and was in bed at 11.10pm ( a great improvement but I am keen to get it earlier). She woke at 4am but I left her and she settled herself back to sleep. I got her up at 7am for a feed when she was stirring but I think she would have gone back to sleep if I had left her but I was concerned that if I did the first feed too late I wouldn't get enough milk into her again by the end of the day. Today she will have 5 feeds as I have been bringing each one forward by approximately 15 minutes (waking if necessary) so last feed should be around 10.30pm. My health visitor said that if she goes a long period at night she will make up for it next day but I don't think that is the case with her as she rarely cries for a feed and is so happy and content that she will just wait for it. As I say, if she goes longer than 4 hours she still doesn't seem to want any more at that feed. Also, she is always slow taking the first feed of the day - possibly an indication that she could go longer from earlier in the evening and may not have had enough sleep? As I say, she seems to like her moses basket and will settle herself if she wakes so I think she would possibly go all night from early evening but how do I get enough milk into her throughout the day so that she can go to bed at a normal time? I know it is trial and error with babies but if anyone can give me any advice as tothe best thing to try I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
My daughter is slow taking the first feed aswell. Think its because baby has just come out of long sleep so probably hungry, but just not as quick as they are when more awake.
Dont worry if you cant get 23oz into her very day. That guideline is the general amount, but your baby may just not need quite as much. As long as she is happy, and gaining weight, dont worry. I would never wake a baby for a feed, if they were that hungry they would wake and cry for it. Letting them sleep through gives you more time to relax and the baby a better nights rest.
Em x
Hi Em,
Thanks for your advice again. I think you're right that I shouldn't worry too much about the 23oz as if she was being breastfed I wouldn't be able to keep track of the amounts.
I am gradually bringing the feeds in the evening forward, this morning she woke at 7.15pm but was quite content in her bouncy chair downstairs so I sorted my other children's lunchboxes and got their breakfast then dropped them off at school and fed Megan when I got back at 8.40am. She only really started making a fuss when the car stopped at home and took the full 6oz feed in 15 minutes! That's a record for her and she has had a nap and been her usual content self all morning so I don't think I've been too awful keeping her waiting for the feed! If she manages 4 hours during the day she will only have had 4 bottles but will hopefully be in bed at around 9.30pm. I may well have to get up in the night but then again I may not - here's hoping!
As long as there is not another earthquake tonight (that was quite scary as I was still awake!) I will hopefully get a good amount of sleep!
hi ya.my little bot is 9 weeks today and his rountine is 8pm he has a feed then goes to about 430 or 5 am ?? i am ver keen to get this 5 am feed to 7am any ideas ???? x
my 9 week old goes to bed at 7pm, sleeps till about 10pm feed her again and then sleeps through till 5 - 5.30am, she goes 4 hours through the day but i can only get her to drink 5oz she drinks every bottle. I have tried on several occastions to put her milk up to 6oz but she just messes with it and wont even drink 5oz from them. so has been on 5oz for a while, shes very happy though and putting on weight so trying not to worry that she not taken 6oz, any ideas on how i can try to get her to drink a bit more because she missing a bottle at night and only having 5 bottles throughout the day
hi my 9 weeks old baby tends to cat nap during the day and wants a feed every 2 hrs his on 150ml at 5pm i bath him give him his bottle and put him dwn just after 6pm and sleeps right up until 10.30pm then wakes up at 2am , 5am 7am his been doing that for about 2 months is it normal for him to be fed every 2 hours please some one give me some advice
Everything with babies is a personal choice and what suits one family doesn't work for another. Your baby and you are an individual and therefore listen to all the advice even try it out if you like, but only keep doing something that feels right for the two of you. So taking the above into your mind I would give you this advice... (which in some circles can be considered a little unusual or 'alternative')
A 9 week old baby is still very young and whatever he/she asks for, be it feeding every 2 hours or rocking to go to sleep, or waking up several times a night is totally normal for his/her age. Many of their habits change, daily, weekly and sometimes monthly it all depends on the needs. I know its really hard work when they're that age and they need you such an awful lot that it can take its toll on every mum and dad, but continually responding to his needs for feeds in the nightime will increase your bond and his trust that he can rely on you when he needs you.
As a guideline research has shown (ask me to provide if you wish) that it is normal for an infant from birth to 2 years old to wake during the night for milk or reassurance from their parents. I know that a lot of advice from books and mums would tell you that babies SHOULD sleep through the night at 6 months and a few may do so by themselves with no encouragement, but the majority will not do this on their own. Some parents choose to enter into sleep training at 6 months to try and gain some control back over their families sleeping habits, a lot of these techniques are controversial in themselves so please do some good research and thinking before you go ahead. However all the people who use and advice these techniques would say don't use them before your child turns 6 months.
As an example, my daughter is now 13 months old and has never slept through the night. She now only wakes once, or occassionally twice and either needs some milk or a cuddle from mum and dad and she's straight back off to sleep. I have no idea when she will sleep through but I know that she won't still be waking when she's 13 so I tend not to worry! Hope that helped a little.
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Easy Dessert Recipe: Crisp Meringues with Whipped Cream
When I was in Switzerland last autumn, our hosts served us a very simple dessert that nevertheless made me sit up and take notice. They told us that it is a favorite dessert in that region: Large, crisp meringues purchased from the grocery store, served with barely-sweetened whipped cream. Together the crisp meringue and soft cream melted together into one sweet yet simple, rich yet light dessert.
This is just about the simplest dessert imaginable. You can make it with meringues purchased at the grocery store or at a bakery, or make them yourself. The recipe below is quite straightforward; it takes very little hands-on time, but you will need an electric mixer of some sort.
When I served this at a Mother's Day lunch, all my guests loved it. You pile bowls full of crisp, airy meringues, and dollop whipped cream over top. The sweet meringues are complemented by the barely-sweetened, rich whipped cream. It also happens to be gluten-free, and all together this dessert only calls for a handful of ingredients.
Serve alone, or with seasonal fruit; the raspberries livened up the taste and what would have been a rather monochromatic plate.
4 egg whites from large eggs
1 cup white sugar
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Fresh fruit, such as raspberries or sliced strawberries
Heat the oven to 250°F. Line two large baking sheets with Silpats or parchment paper.
Put the egg whites, salt, and vanilla into the bowl of a stand mixer. Start the mixer on low speed. As the whites turn opaque start adding the sugar in small increments — just a tablespoon at a time. Continue adding the sugar, and gradually increase the speed of the mixer. You will see the egg whites turn into an opaque foam, and then a "soft plop" stage where a drizzle of the foam holds its shape on the surface of the egg whites.
After this, the egg whites will get to the soft peak stage, where they hold soft peaks on a spoon. They are still quite soft, and easily slump over. The next stage is firm peak, where the egg whites are much glossier, with a tight surface. They hold peaks on a spoon or in the bowl, but their very tips flop over. The final stage is stiff peak, where the meringue will hold almost any shape. It will form sharp, distinct points in the bowl, and it is quite stiff and glossy. It should feel smooth and silky, with no sugar grains when the mixture is rubbed between thumb and finger.
Fill a piping bag with the meringue and pipe it long, overlapping strips of meringue that form cookies about the size of your hand, or a little smaller. (See this video for more visual instruction on piping meringue.)
Bake the meringues for 75 minutes. Turn off the oven and crack it open. (Stick a wooden spoon in to hold it open, if necessary.) Let the meringues cool completely. Then remove from the oven and store in an airtight container until serving.
To serve:
Whip the whipping cream with the tablespoon of powdered sugar until it forms soft peaks.
Serve each guest a meringue or two with about 1/2 cup of the whipped cream. Serve fruit on top or on the side.
Related: How To Make Meringue Stars, Kisses & Cookies
(Images: Faith Durand)
Per serving, based on 4 servings. (% daily value)
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This sounds amazing... David Lebovitz recently posted about a similar dessert he had in Switzerland, except he ate his meringues with Gruyère double cream. I think I need to make this this weekend.
This appears to be the classic English dessert called Eton Mess. It's crushed meringues, whipped cream and berries (usually strawberries). Yum!!
Is this a Pavlova? Looks absolutely luscious.
I'd recommend the Gruyere double cream, but it's un-pasteurised, so not to everyone's liking... oh, and I think it's only available here in Switzerland! If you can source some unpasteurised double cream elsewhere, I think it's worth trying (but make sure it's from well managed cows as you don't want them to be filled with medication to avoid illnesses from being stuck in big barns being over-fed hormones just so they produce oodles of milk!)
Pavlova has a soft center and is traditionally made with strawberries. It can also be made with layers of crisp meringue and stacked with frangipane and strawberries.
I made it in high school all the time, but haven't in years. Must make today..
I adore meringues! I usually serve them with lemon curd or creme patissiere, either of which will neatly use up the left-over yolks, and a spoonful of macerated fruit and its rich, bright syrup drizzled on top.
@AbraCat - I thought the same thing! Of course, I've been drooling over those pictures of his ever since he posted them, so it's very much on my mind...
It seems to be in a middle ground, between eton mess and pavlova.
You can also serve them with ice-cream. When we children were small and my mom didn't have a lot of time, this was often her go-to dessert when we had guests. Meringue, whipped cream and ice-cream and everybody could have the combination they loved best. Some took everything, some only ice-cream, some only meringue and cream, some ice-cream and whipped cream....


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William C. Wilson (Arrested)
Address: 5726 126th Avenue, Pinellas Park
Arrested for two-counts burglary to an occupied dwelling; and violation of community control supervision probation.
Angelina Scisco (Victim – Hid in closet)
Address: 3400 Arcadia Drive, Palm Harbor
Deputies have arrested a suspect after he burglarized two homes. Both homes were occupied at the time of the crime. In one of them, a 13-year-old girl was home alone. She hid in a bedroom closet and called for help while the suspect was inside her home. According to deputies, the suspect, a career criminal, had been released from prison in November of 2012 for armed burglary; and was under community supervision.
Deputies responded to the call at about 12:24 p.m. on July 5, 2013. The suspect was in custody by 12:34 p.m..
The suspect burglarized two private residences. The first one is located at 3400 Arcadia Drive, Palm Harbor. The second at 2801 Longleaf Lane, Palm Harbor.
According to deputies, the suspect identified as 47-year-old William C. Wilson, arrived at the Arcadia Drive residence by scooter. He rang the door bell and when no one answered the door he parked the scooter in a nearby plaza. Deputies say he then pried open the kitchen window of the residence and made entry. He filled a duffel bag with coins, video games and jewelry.
Deputies say when the victim, 13-year-old Angelina Scisco, realized the suspect was breaking into her home, she hid in a bedroom closet and called her mom, who in turn called 911.
When deputies arrived on scene, the suspect was still inside the residence. The suspect realized the deputies had pulled up near the front of the house, and fled out the back door. A witness flagged down the deputy and directed him towards the suspect. The deputy engaged in a foot pursuit after Wilson and saw him enter the lanai area of another occupied residence at 2801 Longleaf Lane. The deputy then saw the suspect attempted to enter the home through the sliding glass door. The deputy challenged the suspect and held him at ECD point until backup deputies arrived and secured the suspect.
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Nothing positive about this school. My kids have always been in private school & never had to deal w/ nonsense that comes w/ a public school until now. Only reason my children went to this school is b/c we are on temp. military orders & only in the area for 1/2 the school yr. In 1 mo. time, my child has been bullied repeatedly by the same child to the point I filed a police report for assault. Needless to say after 3 incidence, a police report & complaint to AVUSD, the kid was placed back in the same classroom & only b/c I complained AGAIN about my child's safety, my child was removed from the class as if he was the problem rather than the victim. The bully has repeatedly been protected, all disciplinary info. Always withheld & I'm always told "he's being dealt w/. "Both teacher & principle are incompetent & tell you they will handle it just to shut you up. I was raised in this area, I know what the schools "used" to be. Academically, children are not allowed room to grow & are restricted to only doing reading in their grade level even if they are advanced. Children need to be allowed to excel w/out restrictions. ----from a Completely disappointed Parent / College Professor.....
My child has been attending since kindergarden. She loves her school, her teachers and is always ready to go and be with her BFF's as she says. I believe with all the improvements that has been made the classes are smaller and the teacher with their helpers and everyone you see helps each other out is nice. A lot different from where we come from although it was in the USA. I believe my daughter has more potential to grow here and not just become a number in the classroom. She is succeeding more than we ever imagined. Maybe it had something to do with the preschool we sent her to as well. Because if we hadn't sent her on our own $$$ we wouldn't have never even known about DK. We immediately went and transfered her into DK rather than the school she was suppose to go to. No regrets. Good to see the security is so good and put into action here. Very Happy also to see she started Algebra in the 1st grade which was like ugh ok! We know it's for her though to be ahead of the game when she graduates. Thank You Desert Knolls. We are glad we found you.
My child has attended DKE for 4 yrs., and continues to grow both socially and academically. I have a younger child who will be starting Kindergarten next year and she can't wait! We have always stressed the importance of education, but have never pushed our children to fulfill some need of our own. The entire staff knows our family and treats us with respect and love, as we treat them. I choose to ignore parent's gossip about their experience with this school, as I am perfectly capable of making that choice myself. My children will finish their elementary education here at DKE and will have the skills and values needed to further their educational goals.
My child has been at DK for 4 years and he LOVES it! He is a happy, well-rounded child - of course as parents that's what WE encouraged and expected. Too many parents bring in their own educational baggage when they bash a school, they look at their own kids with rose-colored glasses and everyone else is under the microscope. The new staff is caring and supportive and my pre-schooler can't wait to start next year!
My daughter has attended school here for 4 years, I have seen this school go downhill. I am pulling her out soon.
I have been very happy with this school. It is unfortunate that classes sizes can't change due to budget, but in my opinion that just means we need to do our part and help out! My son started 1st grade last year and has been given many opportunites to be eduacated at his level. I would recommend this school ! The new principal has brought a much needed excitment and structure to this school.
I am a little bothered that this school has 31 students per teacher. My daughter went to prechool next door and there was 1 teacher with 2 aides for 23 students. I loved the preschool program! Now my 5 year old is in kindergarten and they have extended the hours to a full day and a larger class size! I volunteer every week b/c I am a big part of her education. Her teacher does a wonderful job yet I find it hard for any teacher to give one on one attention with that many students. I am starting to wonder if I should home school her since she comes home exhausted. Education seems to be 2nd priority where $ is the 1st.
I too, had high hopes for this school. I have volunteered for three years and my son has been attending for four . The staff gets continually worse and so does the communication. I will be taking my son out this week, and it is too bad because he is an excellent student.
I have had my 2 children at this school for the last 5 years and I have seen a dramatic change in the children and staff which is very disappointing. I don't understand why the administrative staff can not see what is happening. I have seriously thought about changing schools and plan on doing this soon. This is sad that a school with such a great reputation has gone down the tube, not to mention certain staff members that have nothing better to do that yell all day at the children rather then make school a safe haven where they can feel relaxed but yet get the great education all parents want for their children. My children tell me everyday that they do not want to go to school anymore, that they 'hate' school. Children should not feel stressed being at school. This is sad and upsetting to me.
This school really went down with the new staff very dissapointed
I have three children, all of whom are now attending DK, with my youngest just starting Kindergarten. My oldest started DK before all of the staff changes and were both pleased then and now. I feel this school does very well in educating 'high academic' children. All of my children consistently score 95% and above on district tests and I think much credit should be given to the teachers teaching them. I'm very impressed with the new discipline program the school has adopted and feel it's working well. I help out in my children's classroom so I am able to observe first hand what goes on and I have to say I am impressed.
My child has attended DK for three years and loves it! I've been impressed by the caring staff and academic values that exist at the school. I'm glad that my child attends a school with diversity and teachers that are able to meet all their needs.
My child has also been attending DKE for three years & loves it too! it saddens me to read the two, 'not-so-nice' prior comments . I feel the new staff & principal are doing a wonderful job academically & behaviorally. My child really enjoys their new discipline program! In addition, I enjoy the fact that my child is exposed to a culturally & academically diverse student population, as this is preparing her for the real world. I would definately recommend this school to any inquiring parents. Keep it up DKE!
I have had children at Desert Knolls Elementary for ten years. I have been very disappointed with the changes in Desert Knolls since the new administration and staff came on two years ago. The principal does not communicate with the parents even when specifically asked in writing to call. I am pulling my kids from Desert knolls and moving to the new Great Elementary School Sitting Bull. The old administration and majority of the old staff from Desert Knolls are now at Sitting Bull and I am following the people who make the school great!
This school has not had any recent reviews for over a year and a half. My children have been at Desert Knolls since 2007 and from these reviews I was quite misled. I would not recommend this school to anyone who has high academic children. The teachers try very hard but they have many low level students. Very high percentage of kids with bad attitudes and no parental invovlement from home. There needs to be more discipline in the classrooms and more consequences for bad behavior.
This is a great school and with the new principal, they are teaching more of the other subjects other than just math and language arts.
Desert Knolls is an awesome school. The teachers do a wonderful job educating students. My daughter has been attending DK for 2years. It's a great place!
My son goes to 3rd grade at Desert Knolls and I love the curriculum, teachers, staff who are very knowledgable and friendly. No wonder it is one of the top elementary schools in Apple Valley. Hurray for Desert Knolls!
Great school. Great teachers. Very academically orientated. Main goals are reading, writing and math. Music is available. Awesome Principal, she is very goal orientated and knows all the kids by name. This school strives to reach high scores and tries hard to meet the needs of each child to get them to where they should be.
I rate this school very high in terms of quality of teachers, family programs and involvement, and they have a very effective principal and good administrative management.
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Colors to unveil on July 21
It's official!
Colors, the Hindi general entertainment channel by Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd (a joint venture between Viacom Inc and Network18), unveiled its power-packed line-up of eight new shows covering an entire spectrum of emotions. They range across genres – fiction-based social family dramas, fun-filled chat shows, high-voltage action reality shows, and blockbuster Hindi movies.
Colors will be launched on Indian television screens on July 21, 7.00 p.m.
Post their announcement in Bangkok, Colors has been tight-lipped over their program scheduling. There speculation over the programming package. And the speculation ended with Rajesh Kamat, CEO and Ashwini Yardi, Programming Head took the media through a sneak preview tour of what is on offer.
The programming line-up on Colors includes an explosive combination of Bollywood's ultimate action hero Akshay Kumar's reality based show 'Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi' to a fantasy drama 'Rahe Tera Ashirwaad'. From, Krishna's childhood glory in the epic tale 'Jai Shri Krishna' to a gripping new drama 'Balika Vadhu' a first ever on Indian television on the social evil of child marriage. Presenting the journey of a bride in 'Bandhan Saat Janamon Ka' to a romantic tale of love that triumph against all odds in 'Jeevan Saathi' and a period drama of 'Mohe Rang De'. But the icing on the cake is a chat show with the precocious Sajid Khan in his first ever talk show, Sajid's Superstars.
Rajesh Kamat said, "I am delighted to announce that as planned, Colors will beam into Indian television screens on July 21st from 7:00 pm onwards. The wide spectrum of emotions covered in our programming offers something for everyone and everything for some. We are confident that every household in India will have some member or the other watching Colors between 7 and 11 p.m.."
Ashvini Yardi said, "Through our basket of shows, Colors will also present to Indian TV viewers some of the most exciting new talent." She added, " One of the highlights of our shows is the music, with title tracks composed and sung by Bollywood's most renowned names- Alka Yagnik, Anand Raj Anand, Neeraj Shridhar, Suresh Wadekar, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shreya Goshal amongst many more."
And to cater to the movie buffs, Colors announced its acquisition of some of India's latest blockbuster Hindi movies like 'Singh Is King', 'Bhootnath', 'Heyy Baby', 'Om Shanti Om', 'One Two Three' and 'Dus Kahanniya'.
But, we couldn't help, but wonder, how different would the newly launched GEC be vis-à-vis the titans in the industry? Yes, there is always space for more, but every GEC walks in with a statement, "We want to be numero uno." They do have 'beaten to death' concepts of dowry and inter religious romance, but, going by the sneak preview, there seems to be originality in the concept. But, pitted against the "song-and-dance routine" reality shows, how would the concepts work is a million-dollar question? Would the viewers give up their 'Waar Parivaar' and their 'Sapna Babul Ka…Bidaai' to tune into 'Mohe Rang De' or 'Balika Vadhu'?
A sneak peek into the programs
'Rahe Tera Aashirwad' is the tale of a blessed girl Bhakti who is born and orphaned on the same day due to the evil deeds of Bali and Bukhandi. Will her implicit faith in Mata Vaishnodevi, catch the potent combination of 'Indianised version of 'Indiana Jones', 'The Hulk' and a bit of 'Mummy Returns' come alive on the small screen. Fantasy combined with devotion, which is based on the Indian value system of faith could prove to be an instant hit across the segments. Bali and Bukhandi have an international flavour in their characters.
The programming package unveiled two social issues – dowry and child marriage. So whilst 'Bandhan Saat Janamon Ka' follows the saga of a an intelligent, mature, simple girl who gets married to be caught up dowry worries. 'Balika Vadhu', Set in rural Rajasthan, narrates the story of a child bride Anandi.
Catering to the romantics, the channel unveiled two shows – 'Jeevan Saathi' and 'Mohe Rang De', the latter, a period drama set against the 'Quit India' movement.
And, the latest GEC realising the power of mythologies unveiled 'Jai Shri Krishna' from the house of Meenakshi Sagar Productions. Speaking exclusively to us on the occasion, Moti Sagar said, "There are only three main subjects which are dominant in Hindu mythology. The other two are already taken. And there was an appeal in showcasing the colorful life of Lord Krishna."
But, unlike the rumor mills, which have been ablaze with the news that Colors is bringing in Mahabharatha, Moti Sagar said, "Why would I want to do something which is already beaten to death by the other channels? We have always been unique and there is a mass appeal when it comes to the antics of Bal Krishna. Mythologies are our forte. And, I believe, that no one can tell a story better than us!"
So, they have drama, romance and mythology! But the GEC's big ticket is clearly Bollywood's superstar, Akshay Kumar's 'Fear Factor- Khatron Ke Khiladi'. Produced by Endemol India, 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' has India's 'Charlie's Angels' look alike, in this case, 13 Bollywood beauties, who will compete with each other, to be the last one standing. Yaana Gupta, Aditi Govitrikar, Pooja Bedi, Sonali Kulkarni, Anita Hasnandani, Meghna Naidu, Tapur Chatterjee, Tupur Chatterjee, Nethra Raghuraman, Anjana Sukhani, Dipannita Sharma, Vidya Malvade & Urvashi Sharma. The show has been shot in the exotic locales of South Africa.
And, the icing on the cake is Sajid Khan's first ever talk show, 'Sajid's Superstars'. A trim Sajid Khan unveiled his talk show with his typical banter. "My show is not about making people cry (a take off on Simi Garewal's talk show) nor am I going to offer a cup of coffee to our stars (of course, the reference to K Jo's 'Coffee with Karan'). My show will have celebrities like Malaika Arora Khan, Vidhya Balan, Sanjay Dutt…the list is endless. I'm planning to push the envelope when it comes to my talk show."
This is Phase I for you. A combination of drama, mytho and reality…the channel has got itself a winning formula. The reality segment is clearly catering to the mass; the fiction shows are pegged to cater to the non-metros. Between Ekta Kapoor's daily sagas and the mythos and the reality shows, Colors does have heavy-duty competition to watch out for. The absence of saas-bahu sagas is glaring. And Ashwini Yardi stated, "For now, we are not looking to get into that space!" She also added, "It is not the channels that the viewers tune into, but the serials." Confident of the spectrum of genres that they are catering to, Colors looks like a clear winner all the way through.
For now, the channel seems have an air of supreme confidence and are positive on hitting the 'numero uno' position in the months to come. Viacom 18 has been in the industry forever. So, we tend to rely on the plain simple logic – "Ok, they have been around forever and they know the industry far better than the others who have mushroomed and are still trying to find a slot!"
Keep reading this space as we bring you more of what's in store with Colors.
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Deroy Murdock: Obama lives large while Americans struggle to get by
Amid the alleged horrors of the sequester, truly shared sacrifice is the last thing on Obama's mind. The American people are enduring 0.4 percent GDP growth and 7.7 percent unemployment. A record 48 million citizens are on food stamps. Meanwhile, those in America's royal palace are enduring tropical beaches, country clubs and ski resorts.
As Joseph Curl recalled in Sunday's Washington Times, the Obamas rang in 2013 in a 6,000-square-foot, $8 million estate in Oahu's Paradise Point. That's when Obama played his 100th presidential golf round, one of five during the First Family's 17-day Hawaiian getaway.
The First Lady and her daughters skied Aspen, Colo., in February. Some like it hot. So, Obama rode Air Force One to Palm City, Fla., where he swung his clubs with Earth's now-No. 1 golfer, Tiger Woods.
Not to be outdone, Clown Prince Biden greeted 2013 in the Virgin Islands. He slid down the slopes of Snowmass, Colo., in February. That month, Biden visited Europe. He and his entourage invested $459,338.65 in tax money for 136 rooms tied to Biden's one-evening sleepover in London. Biden stopped overnight in Paris. Rather than rely on, say, the U.S. Embassy's car fleet, Team Biden spent $321,665 for limousine rentals. This reportedly was just for Biden's party; Biden himself appropriately used his secure official vehicle, which was flown with him.
Meanwhile, Uncle Joe could have stayed, essentially for free, at the magnificent, 60,000-square-foot American ambassador's residence. Instead, Team Biden bunked at the Hotel Intercontinental. That one night cost U.S. taxpayers $585,000.50.
Late March found the Obama daughters on spring break in the Bahamas. They enjoyed the Atlantis resort, which boasts three breeze-caressed beaches, 11 swimming pools, and a 141-acre water park.
After their fun in the sun, Malia and Sasha frolicked in the snow. "The Sun Valley Ski Patrol confirms the girls were enjoying the wonders of the mountain," Idaho's KMVT-TV revealed.
Easter found Biden on South Carolina's posh Kiawah Island for five days. Located 15 miles from Charleston, Kiawah's lush golf facilities are world-famous. These include the Ocean Course. Greens fees: $353.
Obama whipped out his putter on Easter Eve. He and some pals played Andrews Air Force Base's course. This was Obama's first golf round since the sequester, his sixth in 2013's first quarter, and his 115th as President.
No one begrudges Obama, Biden, and their families some relaxation from the pressures of their duties. And who can blame the Obama daughters for wanting to cavort with their school mates?
However, as Americans struggle by the millions, such self-indulgence is like devouring a double cheeseburger, fries, and a milkshake right in front of someone who is fasting on Yom Kippur. This soon grows unnecessary, unseemly, and uncaring. And expensive, as Secret Service agents, advance personnel, motorcades, helicopters, and jumbo jets facilitate such extravagance.
Obama literally endangers the American public by padlocking airport control towers and releasing criminal illegal aliens from federal custody, so that this country's citizens squeal beneath the sequester. Instead, Obama should set an example and save taxpayers millions by tempering his and Biden's monarchic lifestyles.
This gluttony would be easier to tolerate if Obama did his job. Instead, in violation of federal law, Obama's budget is now two months overdue. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 requires that the President's spending plan reach Congress by the first Monday in February. What on Earth have some 500 Office of Management and Budget employees done since Feb. 4? If Obama won't busy his OMB staffers with budgeting, they should conduct White House tours. Instead, troupes of Girls Scouts touring Washington are barred from the Executive Mansion. Message: Let them eat cookies.
Obama now reigns over Versailles on the Potomac. And America's taxpayers are the vassals who bankroll the opulence of King Louis-Barack and Michelle Antoinette.
Deroy Murdock is a Fox News contributor, a nationally syndicated columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service, and a media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.
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on August 9, 2006
in São Paulo
scientists help conceive and
carry out Brazil's most
ambitious brain research project
ever; focus will be epilepsy
The State University of Campinas
(Unicamp) has conceived and
is going to coordinate the broadest
multidisciplinary research program
focused on brain mapping ever
carried out in Brazil. Named
CInAPCe (Cooperação
Interinstitucional de Apoio
à Pesquisa sobre o Cérebro,
or Inter-Institutional Cooperation
for the Support of Research
on the Brain), the program will
be funded by the State of São
Paulo Research Foundation (Fundação
de Amparo à Pesquisa
do Estado de São Paulo).
At least 150 researchers –
professors, students and technicians
– of nine Unicamp units
will be involved in the project,
whose thematic focus is epilepsy.
Also in the project are the
University of São Paulo
(Universidade de São
Paulo, USP), through units in
its São Paulo, Ribeirão
Preto and São Carlos
campi, the Federal University
of São Paulo (Universidade
Federal de São Paulo,
Unifesp) and São Paulo's
Albert Einstein Hospital. In
the next four years, the program
is expected to form and train
at least 300 researchers –
30 post-doctors, 100 PhDs, 50
Masters', 100 scientific
initiation students and 20 technicians.
the end of the year Unicamp
will receive a high field magnetic
resonance machine. The US$ 2
million-worth equipment is going
to be the platform for the creation,
in the next few months, of the
Multi-Modal Center of Neuro-Imaging
for Studies in Epilepsy (Centro
Multimodal de Neuroimagem para
Estudos em Epilepsia). Three
other similar devices will go
to the Albert Einstein Hospital
and to USP's Medical Schools
in São Paulo and Ribeirão
Preto. The project is going
to cost approximately US$ 10
million. The CInAPCe is expected
to start operating in early
Roberto Covolan, of Unicamp's
Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute
(Instituto de Física
Gleb Wataghin, IFGW), one of
the program's coordinator,
has been involved in the project
from the start. He recalls that
by the end of the 1990s Unicamp
already had a multidisciplinary
team structured for carrying
out research in neuroscience,
an area that experienced expressive
growth in the past decade. The
group was comprised of scientists
from the School of Medical Sciences
and from the Physics, Biology
and Computing Institutes. In
2000, Professor Covolan, neurologist
Li Li Min and Fernando Cendes,
who heads the School of Medical
Sciences' Department of
Neurology told then president
of Fapesp's Superior Board,
physicist Carlos Henrique de
Brito Cruz, about their interest
in turning Unicamp into a sort
of advanced laboratory for research
in the area of neurosciences
with the purchase of a high
field resonance equipment. Cruz,
who later became rector, supported
the initiative but suggested
not to limit it to Unicamp.
project began to take form with
a workshop held at Unicamp in
December of 2000, when the idea
of creating a multidisciplinary,
inter-institutional statewide
program was first presented.
The proposal was accepted by
groups of scientists specialized
in brain dynamics. It was also
decided then that researchers
from the exact and technology
sciences would be called to
join in. The workshop's
most immediate results were
the creation of work groups
and the organization of further
was much debate before we reached
the points of convergence,"
recalls Professor Covolan. In
2001, the main points were presented
to the Fapesp, which showed
interest in supporting the project.
The foreign exchange crisis
of 2002 and the vicinity of
presidential elections, however,
stalled the process. It was
only in May of 2004 that Fapesp
promoted a workshop with the
research groups and things stated
to move again. An evaluation
by international experts –
Brian Meldrum, professor of
experimental neurology at London's
King's College; Bruce
Pike, from Montreal's
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre;
and Ana Nobre, from England's
Oxford University – indicated
that it was worthwhile for the
fostering agency to invest in
the program. The selection of
participants, made through an
edict, consolidated the basis
of the CInAPCe. Now there are
only a few bureaucratic details
left before the contract is
signed, says Professor Covolan.
first the CInAPCe's goal
was to study the nervous system
as a whole. But along the way
it was decided that the focus
should be more specific. Professor
Cendes, who coordinates the
thematic project, explains that
a number of reasons are behind
the choice of epilepsy as the
object of the research. For
example, the fact that Unicamp
already hosted a group whose
priority was that pathology.
In addition, the other institutions
involved in the project already
had background in the area and
had significant production in
terms of volume and quality.
important aspect is the clinical
components of the disease, which
scientists see as "a window
for the comprehension of brain
operation," as professor
Cendes defines. A large number
of pathologies, he explains,
have epileptic crises in common.
"There are a number of
diseases, among them cranial
trauma, that can cause epilepsy,"
he says. According to him, the
advance of the neurosciences
is directly linked to the studies
on epilepsy, be them the mere
observation of problems with
memory, be it through medical
procedures. He points out that
the very representation of the
brain's movements was
drawn and elaborated through
surgeries performed on epilepsy
patients, and that it is possible
to understand, from behavior
alterations caused by the disease,
how the brain works and some
of its manifestations, among
them language abilities, movements
and how memory organizes itself.
focus on neuro-imaging, in such
a context, will be essential
for carrying out comparative
studies between volunteers without
the disease and epilepsy patients.
That kind of analysis, argues
Professor Cendes, is crucial
for understanding why epilepsy
patients have histories of loss
of memory, depression and other
associated symptoms. With this,
he believes, it will be easier
to detect the alterations and
to study comprehensively the
brain subsystems in which they
take place. The most immediate
effect of this analytical effort
will be the advent of new approaches
for treatment, diagnostics and
thus prevention.
public health problem
Professor Cendes, the main goal
of the scientists who work in
this area, both clinically and
experimentally, is to understand
how the process that unleashes
epilepsy works. The expectation
is that the CInAPCe will provide
enough subsidies to contribute
to the clarification of those
mechanisms and to the discovery
of other components present
in pathologies derived from
epilepsy. "With this,"
he says, "not only we
will be able to understand the
disease, but also to take steps
to protect the brain of people
who are exposed to the pathology,
from birth or after a certain
pathology that, besides being
confused with other diseases
whose common symptom is the
frequency of the crises, does
not affect just human. Epilepsy
is quite common among dogs,
cats and small primates. That,
according to Professor Cendes,
makes possible to apply experimental
models on animals so as to simulate
certain types of epilepsy similar
to those that affect humans,
thus opening up a wide range
of possibilities in the study
of countless biological variables.
"That's where, for
example, the groups of biology
that work with neurophysiology,
molecular biology and so on
fit in," he says. Professor
Cendes points out that, in the
case of experimental models,
it is possible to study the
dimension of the interference
of the crisis, to carry out
behavior analyses and to evaluate
the damages to memory. "From
the study with animals we will
be able to come close to what
happens with humans,"
he hopes.
is something that will benefit
a lot of people. It is estimated
that epilepsy affects 1 percent
of the population worldwide.
Inhabitants of developing countries
are more susceptible to it,
another factor that was also
taken into consideration in
the formulation of the program
– the causes range from
recurrent infections, common
in poor countries, to accidents.
In short, epilepsy is a public
health problem.


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Part of the problem here, as in Left Behind, is that the "storytellers" of Evangel Films aren't nearly as interested in telling their story as they are in settling the score with their perceived enemies. These are the same enemies that haunt the sleep of Tim LaHaye — those sophisticated "liberal" Christians who refuse to concede the expertise of "Bible prophecy" experts. Just like Left Behind, The Missing Christians is a revenge fantasy in which those evil sophisticates are "proved" wrong and the righteous are proved right.(More Slacktivist on MetaFilter)
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Im fairly webpage design/development literate, designed a number fo sites and currently in the process of creating a school website, little front end to the school while we get exhange, share point, and class server up and running.
IVe been looking at a number of CMS's plone, mambo etc...all seem very nice liike the look of wordpress too. But does anyone have any links to tutorials or screencast/podcast about using the systems. I can set them up easily enough but its the rest i have problems with setting up pages and such like?
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Written on July 20, 2012 at 12:21 pm , by Colleen Travers
You don't have to be in the Athlete's Village to exercise like the Olympians this summer; you can get the same results right in your own gym! Last week we got the chance to chat with trainer Josh Holland, who will be traveling to London as the only American trainer on behalf of TechnoGym, which will be supplying all the Olympic workout facilities with gym equipment.
Though Holland won't be training individual athletes (as they have their own personal trainers), he'll be on site showing them how to use the TechnoGym equipment to get the most out of it for their sport. Below, Holland demonstrates three exercises you can do on the Kinesis Personal system. Try these on your own with your gym's cable cross machine to improve your form in running, swimming and basketball.
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Categories: Fitness, The Fit Stop, Workouts | Tags: exercise, Fitness, Olympics, Strength Training, workout
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