text:
Popular Links
Upcoming Events
Recent News
Recent News
Attached is a link to a new study done by the UNL School of Natural Resources.
Below is a link to download a free pdf of The Groundwater Atlas of Lancaster County, Nebraska. It's newly published, and many have expressed some interest in reading it. A limited number of hard copies are available to purchase, as are CDs containing all of the ArcGIS shapefiles used to create the maps contained in the atlas.
Download the pdf file at:
Hard copies and data CDs can be ordered at the following link:
The groundwater resources of Nebraska have always been a focus of the Conservation and Survey Division, and we look forward to assisting our partners and stakeholders long into the future.
Questions? Contact Dana Divine, Hydrogeologist, Conservation and Survey Division
We had a great turn out for our October Water Roundtable meeting and enjoyed a presentation by Jim Swenson from the Nebraska Game & Parks. If you were unable to make the meeting you can view the presentation and powerpoint below. Hope to see you at our next meeting in November!
Presentation Powerpoint: Water Resources 2014 Jim Swenson
Watch the presentation here:
Holiday Inn Convention Center
110 Second Avenue, Kearney, NE 68847
Download - 2014 Attendee Brochure Online
Download – 2014 Exhibitor Brochure ONLINE
Holiday Inn Convention Center
110 Second Avenue, Kearney, NE 68847
Download Attendee Brochure - 2014 Attendee Brochure Online
Download – 2014 Exhibitor Brochure
Today Common Sense Nebraska called upon Nebraska's Congressional delegation to support H.R. 5078, Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014.
The bill prohibits EPA and the Army Corps from "developing, finalizing, adopting, implementing, applying, administering, or enforcing the proposed "waters of the US" (WOTUS) rule. Instead, the bill requires EPA and the Army Corps to start over, actually engage with state and local officials in an open and transparent process to properly articulate the scope of Clean Water Act jurisdiction.
"The proposed WOTUS rule is an expansive regulatory overreach by the agencies that goes against Congressional intent, legal precedents and even science," said Mark Othmer coalition member with the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association.
Common Sense Nebraska believes H.R. 5078 is of critical importance to the state of Nebraska and an opportunity to interject "common sense" back in to the proposed WOTUS rule which is currently flawed beyond repair. Troy Bredenkamp, General Manager for Nebraska Rural Electric Association, a coalition member stated, "The only certainty provided by this rule is that every place where water flows or stands will fall under the full regulatory authority of the federal government; it has little to do with water quality and a lot to do with EPA having more control over land use."
H.R. 5078 could be considered on the floor of the House of Representatives as early as this afternoon.
Common Sense Nebraska is a Nebraska-based coalition consisting of organizations and entities that have come together in response to EPA's "Waters of the U.S." Rule; a regulatory proposal that would harm both rural and urban Nebraskans through expansion of EPA's powers and authorities under the federal Clean Water Act. The coalition's purpose is to build awareness and understanding of the EPA proposal and the impacts it would have to Nebraskans.
Groundwater hits record low in San Bernardino Basin
GOP senators accuse EPA chief of targeting farmers, ranchers
Jumping mouse set to make big splash at House hearing
GOP subpanel blasts FWS official over opposition to hatchery, refuge bills
Bay to appear at hearing on grid reliability under EPA carbon rules next week
Senate supplemental would approve Obama's wildfire disaster bid
Landrieu presses FEMA for new flood maps
June 12, 2014
Awash with Regulation
By U.S. Senator Deb Fischer
There are nearly 24,000 miles of rivers and streams in Nebraska, among the highest in our country. We pride ourselves on maintaining clean water not just for drinking, but also to support our state's businesses, manufacturing sector, agricultural industry, cities, and counties. In Nebraska, the state owns the water, both surface and groundwater, and all water users understand the importance of careful use and management of that precious resource. Read More…
Western Water Seminar
Flagstaff, AZ
July 28-30, 2014
Join Us July 28-30!
The Western Water Seminar brings NWRA members to Flagstaff, Arizona.
Registration is now available online or you can get the registration form HERE and return via US mail, email, or fax.
We will kick off our event with the newly revived NWRA Memorial Golf Tournament to bring back the NWRA Intern Program. You can register online or get the registration form HERE and return via US mail, email, or fax.
You can find more information about the golf tournament as well as register for the golf tournament on the NWRA Golf Tournament page. MORE INFO…
Nebraska Water Resources Association
is a nonprofit alliance of state organizations and individuals dedicated to the appropriate management, conservation, and use of water and land resources on a statewide and national level. Founded in 1944, the NWRA furthers the development, reclamation, conservation and beneficial uses of Nebraska's water and land resources. Directed by a 24 member board of directors representing Nebraska's river basins, surface water and ground water irrigation, electric power, municipalities, industrial, professional, conservation, recreation and financial institutions, the NWRA provides a diverse but unified voice to government policy makers and the public on water issues.


text:
SlideShare for iOS
by Linkedin Corporation
FREE - On the App Store
by Linkedin Corporation
FREE - On the App Store
We've updated our User Agreement and Privacy Policy.
On October 23rd, 2014, we updated our Privacy Policy and User Agreement. By continuing to use LinkedIn's SlideShare service, you agree to the revised terms, so please take a few minutes to review them.
One fine body…
aboriginal aging collectivits communities community data economics education fall09en fall09fr family homelessness housing itinrance labour logement logements mapping markets migration ontario population sans abri sudbury technology youth more…
aboriginal aging amnagement appartments applied research atlas building cartogaphie census collectivits communities community data dependance development donnes durable dynamics economics education energy entreprise equilibrium fall09en fall09fr family green growth habitation habitations durables homelessness housing identity itinerance itinrance jeunes labour langley logement logements mapping maps marchs markets migration municipalits nergie ontario planification planning policy population post-secondary profil quality of life recherche applique regulation resiliency rserves sans abri secondary suites social safety social services sociaux statistique sudbury survey sustainability sustainable technology terre testing transition transports urbain vert vieillissement visualization youth …less

subset: commoncrawl


text:
FirmTools PhotoPrinter Pro Mirror 1
Langmeier Backup
Langmeier Backup is a network-compatible backup software that can copy files and complete folders to a second hard disk, FTP server and any other drive, even across networks. It supports automatic and manual data storage, ZIP and Encryption.
36.90 to buy Size:
4601KB Mirror 1
Registry Workshop
Registry Workshop is an advanced registry editor. In addition to all the features that you can find in RegEdit and RegEdt32, Registry Workshop adds many powerful features that allow you to work faster and more efficiently with registry related tasks.
29.95 to buy Size:
491KB Mirror 1
Awin System Cleaner
Optimize your Windows system for higher performance,Clean windows registry,remove useless files ,Erase your track and Recover your browser after Spyware hijack.
29.95 to buy Size:
1.15 MB Mirror 1
MultiDistribution automatically keeps any files, folders and documents on your system up-to-date by watching for changes and then redistributing them to specified locations. Based on certain rules, you can choose when and how the files are copied.
0 to buy Size:
1682KB Mirror 1
This emulator allows you to run almost any CD/DVD-ROM (not CSS-copy protected DVD)applications from your hard drive or network server. In your hard drive space, you can establish and access up to 23 different virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives.
29 to buy Size:
8KB Mirror 1
Windows XP Pro Startup Disk
The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system.
0 to buy Size:
4.2 MB Mirror 1
Power Spike - Baldur''s Gate 2 SoA
Baldur''s Gate 2 SoA Character Trainer. Power Spike is a quick and dirty editor that''s fairly straight forward to use.
0.00 to buy Size:
0.23 MB Mirror 1
SiteShelter Website Backup Utility
SiteShelter is an automated, scheduled utility that backs up web sites and FTP sites. It logs into FTP servers, scans directories, and downloads everything it finds. Contains powerful scheduling and custom exclusions.
49.00 to buy Size:
5211KB Mirror 1
Flash Renamer
Flash Renamer renames many files at once by applying rules such as case convert, sequential numbering & seach/replace. It's a time saver for people with large amount of files, eg digital camera users, webmasters & media collectors (mp3/images/movies)
19.95 to buy Size:
2079KB Mirror 1
Optimize Computer
Keep your PC running faster, cleaner, and error free with Optimize Computer! This award wining application is a suite of 7 powerful tools designed to increase the performance of your computer. Free trial available for download.
29.95 to buy Size:
1611KB Mirror 1


text:
What makes a house a home? Throughout American history, people have lived in all sorts of places, from military barracks and twoâ€story colonials to college dormitories and row houses. House & Home, a new exhibition opening on September 2 at the William F. Laman Public Library embarks on a tour of houses both familiar and surprising, through past and present, to explore the varied history, and many cultural meanings of the American home.
Drawn from the flagship installation at The National Building Museum, House & Home explores how our ideal of the perfect house and our experience of what it means to "be at home" have changed over time. Visitors will learn about issues of housing inequality, land distribution, and the role of the government, from the Colonial period though the Homestead Act and the creation of the Federal Housing Administration in the 1930s.
Featured films, construction materials, domestic artifacts, and photographs immerse viewers in how transformations in technology, government policy, and consumer culture have impacted American domestic life. Related sections of House & Home look outward, exploring the relationship of the individual house to the larger society by presenting examples of contemporary community development through film.
This exhibit will be on display in the exhibit hall at The William F. Laman Public Library until October 20. The library is open from 9 AM - 9 PM. Monday-Thursday, 9 AM - 5 PM, Friday-Saturday, 1-5 PM Sunday. Admission to the exhibit is free. For more information please call (501) 758-1720 or visit www.lamanlibrary.org
House & Home was organized by The National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and curated by Sarah Leavitt, Curator, The National Building Museum. House & Home has been made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It has been adapted and is being toured by Mid-America Arts Alliance. Founded in 1972, Mid-America Arts Alliance is the oldest regional nonprofit arts organization in the United States. For more information, visit www.maaa.org or www.nehontheroad.org.
to choose service
Need Help? Browse all our answers to your questions.
The Laman Library System:
2801 Orange Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Phone: 501-758-1720
Map & Directions • Hours
420 Main Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Phone: 501-687-1061
Map & Directions • Hours
Copyright © 2014 Laman Library System. All Rights Reserved.


text:
We supply equivalent GBIC transceivers to Cisco GBIC WS G5486, the price is much more economic and delivery is very fast.
WS G5486 is 1000Base-LX/LH GBIC fiber optic transceiver module, it operate over single mode optical fiber and the working distance could reach around 10 km, and it could reach up to 550 m on any multimode fibers as well. The WS G5486 is fully compatible with IEEE 802.3z 1000Base LX standard. We make equivalent GBIC fiber transceiver; the function of our products is same as Cisco GBIC WS 5486.
Please use this Contact Form or write to firstname.lastname@example.com, we will reply as soon as possible.
|Fiber Optic Patch Cord
|Armored Fiber Patch Cord
|OM3 10G Fiber Patch Cable
|Mode Conditioning Cable
|Ribbon Fiber Patch Cables
|Multi Fiber Cable Assemblies
|Waterproof Cable Assemblies
|Fiber Optic Pigtail
|Fiber Optic Splitter
|Fiber Optic Loopbacks
|Fiber Optic Connector
|Fiber Optic Adapter
|Fiber Optic Attenuator
|Indoor Fiber Optic Cables
|Outdoor Fiber Optic Cables
|Fiber Cable Management
|FTTH Products
|Compatible Transceivers
|SFP Transceiver Module
|SFP Plus Transceiver
|GBIC Transceiver Module
|XFP Transceiver
|Xenpak Transceivers
|X2 Transceivers
|1X9 Fiber Optic Transceiver
|Fiber Video Transceiver
|Fiber Optic Converter
|Fiber Optic Test Equipment
|Fiber Optic Tool Kits


text: Dude I have a Silver 05 sti and I was looking to replace my entire trunk with a carbon fiber one. Only problem is I wont be home until June. So if you wanted to wait I would be willing to sell mine to you... anyway hit me up and let me know either way.... later


text:
India Masala
Bollywood and culture in an emerging India
Are Indian audiences ready for the truth?
There is something addictive about watching 'The Moment of Truth', the American TV show where contestants have to tell the truth to win cash.
Contestants go through a polygraph test to determine if they are lying while answering a set of questions based on their lives.
I must admit to feeling a certain thrill when contestants are exposed as adulterers, cheats and liars as family members and viewers look on.
When the show's Indian version 'Sach Ka Saamna' premiered on television this month, I wondered if the questions would be as personal.
Don't like this Bollywood film? Get your money back
Anti-pimple creams, credit cards, items at department stores — now add Bollywood movies to the list of things with money-back guarantees.
The makers of "Mukhbir," a new film, are so confident it will do well they are offering a refund (minus taxes, of course) to people who don't like it.


text:
the book notebook
Happy Reading!
Sincerely, Adela
Reviews/Rating Policy
Comments and Inquiries
Contact Me
January 2013 -- |||| ||
May 2011 -- |||| |
June 2011-- |||| |||| |||| |
July 2011-- |||| |||
August 2011-- |||| ||||
September 2011-- |||| |
October 2011-- |||
November 2011--|||| |
December 2011--|||| |||| |
January 2012--|||| |
February 2012-- ||
March 2012-- |||| |
April 2012-- ||||
May 2012-- ||||
June 2012-- |||| |||| ||
July 2012-- |||| |||| |
August 2012-- |||| |||
September 2012-- |
October 2012-- |
November 2012-- |
December 2012-- |||
Tumblr theme by ahhfred
The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
Genre: General Historical Fiction
tl;dnr Book Stats
Themes: 16th century England, religion (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism), gender issues, treason/heresy/deceit
Recommended Reads: Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl
Why I chose to read this…: After reading some heavy themes in nonfiction books and facing the semester (my last one of college!) ahead, I needed some light, "guilty pleasure" reading.
I'm sure most of you have heard of Bloody Mary…whether in the form of beddy-bye horror urban myth or alcoholic drink or the historical figure who ordered the torture and burning of hundreds of English heretics during her rule. However, under Philippa Gregory's treatment, Bloody Mary becomes a true woman rather than an infamous caricature.
In fact, Gregory definitely has a talent for honing and developing her characters that adds to the familiar English history without necessarily rewriting it. For instance, beloved and cultured virgin Queen Elizabeth is the stubborn and sultry Princess Elizabeth who constantly and underhandedly competes against her older sister, Mary.
The plot of The Queen's Fool is actually carried by plucky and gifted Hannah Green, who has the Sight and the privilege of serving multiple lords and ladies and being privy to all the secrets and pains of each royal court. While Hannah serves royalty as an innocent Holy Fool, she also struggles with her betrothal to a young Jewish man with traditional views of gender. Hannah's adventures and her own coming-of-age make for a solid and strong main narrative with which Gregory embroiders the rest of the threads involving Lord Robert Dudley, Queen Mary, and Princess Elizabeth together.
Rating: A Bloody Good Read
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Genre: General Educational Nonfiction/Journalism
Themes: women's issues, social justice, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, global health/economics/social issues, writing with an agenda
Recommended Reads: Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains about Dr. Paul Farmer's work
Why I chose to read this: Nicholas Kristof was invited to speak at my college last semester, and I didn't get the chance to see him.
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn bring their keen talents for gritty journalism and their patience and commitment to collecting global stories and championing for those in greatest need. Half the Sky is a galvanizing book that highlights the plights of some of the world's most invisible—the women facing grievous human rights violations such as sex trafficking, genital mutilation, honor killings and gang rapes.
One of the strongest and most effective aspects of this book is the narratives Kristof and WuDunn manage to amass and express. At a certain point, statistics do nothing more than numb readers. Therefore, they use carefully-wrought stories to carry their points for women rights. Half the Sky introduces plenty of heroines who happen to be entrepreneurs, principals, surgeons, or grassroots activists sharing the common qualities of strength, hope, and conviction. Their passion is contagious for readers, and the accounts about what these women went through and then accomplished are truly stirring and inspiring.
At times, the prose does get preachy and a bit too direct. Kristof and WuDunn break the rhythm of the narratives to urge readers to contribute to certain charities or to support certain foundations. I don't feel that it is necessary for a work like Half the Sky. The incredible research the two journalists have done to unearth and present these marginalized women's struggles does more than enough for the book's agenda of calling for attention to women's right and of rallying for change. Personally, I have decided to take a global health rotation during medical school and use some of my elective time to volunteer on site in a medical clinic or hospital overseas, where women need services ranging from post-maternity care to fistula surgery to mental health counseling for rape. And, even if I couldn't do anything active or involved to help, at the very least I was educated and learned a lot about an immensely important global social issue through this book.
Rating: Leaves a Lasting Impression
Oh, intriguing~
It's going to be difficult for me to choose a book if I were to write an essay about one. I don't have a favorite book…maybe because I have never loved one enough or maybe because I love too many!
What Was the Last Book You Loved? We Want Your Essays!
We're excited to announce a Tumblr Storyboard + The Rumpus partnership to highlight Tumblr writers and the books they love — an extension of The Rumpus's ongoing "Last Book I Loved" series. Here's how it works: Got a book you can't stop thinking about? Send us a writeup – a little bit book review and a lot about why you loved it – along with a short bio. Beginning next month, we'll publish our favorites every Friday, both on Storyboard and TheRumpus.net. Visit our SUBMIT PAGE for more information — and get reading!
(Card catalogue scan from the Palatina Library at the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence.)
We're excited to announce a Tumblr Storyboard + The Rumpus partnership to highlight Tumblr writers and the books they love — an extension of The Rumpus's ongoing "Last Book I Loved" series. Here's how it works: Got a book you can't stop thinking about? Send us a writeup – a little bit book review and a lot about why you loved it – along with a short bio. Beginning next month, we'll publish our favorites every Friday, both on Storyboard and TheRumpus.net. Visit our SUBMIT PAGE for more information — and get reading!
(Card catalogue scan from the Palatina Library at the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence.)
(Source: )
Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency can Revolutionize Healthcare by Marty Makary
Genre: General Educational Nonfiction
Themes: healthcare in America, transparency and accountability policies, public health research studies, the role of physicians and patients, writing with an agenda
Recommended Reads…: T.R. Reid's The Healing of America is a good and simplistic crash course in healthcare systems comparison. Atul Gawande's The Checklist Manifesto is itself about Dr. Makary's surgical checklist idea to reduce operation complications.
Why I chose to read this…: In researching what to expect prior to my visit to the medical school at Johns Hopkins, I ran across a forum member mentioning this book by a Hopkins surgeon. I eventually picked it up to read because I thought it would be best to be prepared and informed as possible about the current American medical landscape.
Just this week, I ran into and chatted with a physician-scientist with whom I had worked three years ago. Chitchat aside, I was struck by his honesty regarding his career as a hospital-research institution-employed academic MD/PhD and what he saw America's healthcare and medical system becoming. It was a dismal outlook, a dire situation. In his words, America is "creaking and hobbling around and totally blind to how crippled its healthcare is." He's not being pessimistic. I completed reading Makary's Unaccountable shortly after speaking with my mentor, and the stories and statistics about hospital administration Makary lays out are reflective of his as well as many healthcare professionals' complaints and concerns.
Makary presents readers with a wealth of eye-opening information, but sometimes it can be repetitive. I will list some bits that I thought were most shocking and/or most valuable for current and future physicians and policy-makers to tackle.
- Hospitals are businesses (okay, this isn't that shocking…). Doctors, especially surgeons and those who perform procedures, are usually paid on a per-operation "eat what you kill (or cut open)" basis. Therefore, patients are more likely to be pushed to accept more and drastic procedures that prolong their hospital stays.
- Some doctors don't care. They don't care about the patients' best interests or issues raised by those underneath them, such as nurses, residents, trainees. Interns who whistle-blow or try to rock the boat see their careers derailed.
- It will do well for patients to always ask for second opinions and do some research prior to consultations. Google is your best friend.
- Makary's main underlying point of his book is advocating for increased transparency in the healthcare sector…well, namely in hospitals where the bulk of complications arise. Information is one of the field's most precious commodities, and patients and other healthcare professionals should have access as much as physicians and healthcare administrators (who, according to my mentor, are mostly MBA holders rather than a physician of any kind) do.
All in all, Unaccountable was a honest horror story that might just be worse than Stephen King's fare. I mean, this stuff is happening right now in this country, and, as a result, money and health are both slipping through the cracks. I'd recommend this book to anyone entering medicine to get a picture of the dark sides of American healthcare.
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Genre: Graphic Novel
Themes: illustrated novel, Asian-American issues, adolescence, social issues (fitting in, bullying, finding identity)
Recommended Reads: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is well-known for highlighting inter-generational issues between Asian immigrants and their ABC children (American Born Chinese). Other than the characters' similar ABC background, that book and Yang's graphic novel ultimately focus on different themes.
Why I chose to read this…: I was browsing for graphic novels to read and found this listed on Goodreads.
American Born Chinese follows three different characters' journeys to understanding themselves. Jin Wang is an American Born Chinese boy in love with an American Born American girl. In pursuing his schoolboy infatuation, he must decide what to do with the school bullies, his "fobby" Taiwanese friend, Wei Chen, and his own self-identity. Danny is an all-American teen who is good-looking, sporty, popular and appears to have everything going for him…except for the two weeks out of the year when his foreign cousin Chin-kee visits and ruins the whole year. The Monkey King is a popular figure in Chinese folklore and children's tales. In this graphic novel, the Monkey King learns about his true self after five hundred years of imprisonment beneath a mountain.
On the surface, it seems like these three characters have very little in common other than the shared struggle to make sense of their selves. However, Yang makes an extremely clever move (one that you will have to read for yourself to appreciate) to link them together. In the same way that the characters' substance and development carry more weight than they do at initial impression, the storyline appears to be plain but packs a lot of significant themes and "life lessons" for adolescents (of any ethnic background) who are learning to navigate the shark tank that is middle and high school. The main fault I could find with American Born Chinese was its abrupt ending, however, but readers may have different opinions about the conclusion's effectiveness.
American Born Chinese is jammed full of colorful comic panels that feature charming caricatures. At the beginning, I was reminded of the art for the Powerpuff Girls television show because of the Monkey King (who has an underbite like Mojo-Jojo) and the fact that Jin Wang's parents' faces aren't seen for the majority of the book (like the Mayor of Townsville's faceless secretary).
Yang is great at drawing unique faces that are full of personality (except his male characters are better drawn and more differentiable than his female characters who all look like they just swapped one another's hairstyle in different scenes). The best art, in my opinion, appear in the Monkey King sections; these illustrations are full of life and display Yang's humor and artistic storytelling ability the most.
Rating: A Good and Fun Read
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Genre: General Memoir
Themes: illness narrative, medicine, brain health, memoir
Recommended Reads: William Styron's Darkness Visible (his brief memoir on depression), Jill Taylor's Stroke of Insight (on her stroke and the lessons she learned from it), Lisa Genova's Still Alice (a fictional account of a woman with Alzheimer's Disease)
Why I chose to read this…: I first saw Brain on Fire featured on Goodreads' December Movers & Shakers. I then found the book on my local library's New Books shelf.
Illness can separate life into "before" and "after" sections. Before her mysterious and alarming illness changed her brain and her very sense of self, Susannah Cahalan was an up-and-coming journalist working for the New York Post. She lived in an independent studio loft, started a new and exciting relationship with Stephen, kept in touch with her divorced mother (and not so much with her father). She was a twenty-four-year-old young woman who had a job she enjoyed and a smooth life and future to look forward to.
Then, small things began to go awry. Susannah acted weird, forgetting things and slurring her words. Never the paranoid or insecure type, she started rifling through her boyfriend's belongings and imagining that her mother's boyfriend called her a slut. Susannah was finally sent to the NYU Langone Medical Center following severe cognitive decline and two disturbing seizures (one where she was sitting rigid and rolling her eyes like some girl in an exorcism horror movie).
The majority of the memoir recollects Susannah's harrowing experience in the hospital as doctors struggle to figure out what exactly is wrong (all sorts of maladies are suggested: alcoholism, physical overexertion, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder…). The unveiling of her actual disease is the major revelation within the book and doesn't deserve to be spoiled in a review here.
Cahalan's remarkable story is told though a journalist's clear and detail-oriented eye as well as from a very personal perspective. Her illness affected her mind, body, and even identity, and Cahalan recounts her lost month of madness in a logical and evocative manner for the reader. The especially strong parts of her novel, other than the strong science writing and honest memoir writing, deal with her insights into the medical system and the doctors who helped her most. The physicians whom she acknowledged at the end of her book were the ones who saw her as a person, as someone beyond the medical mystery and the disease.
Rating: Leaves a Lasting Impression; Can't Get it Out of my Head
Scales to Scalpels: Doctors who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine by Lisa Wong
Genre: General Science Nonfiction
Themes: medicine, music, Longwood Symphony Orchestra/its philanthropic model, doctor profiles, a little bit of neuroscience and science behind music therapy
Recommended Reading: Oliver Sacks's Musicophilia
Why I chose to read this…: I saw this on the New Books (medicine/health section) shelf at my local library. I've played piano for over ten years and am pursuing a career in medicine, so I was interested in hopefully learning more about the intersection of the two fields from this book. As I found after finishing the book, my hopes were to be dashed.
The first thing you may notice when you read Scales to Scalpels is how cheery and chipper the author Lisa Wong is. She is the reader's enthusiastic safari tour guide through her paradise of music, medicine, science, healthcare philanthropy, and community arts outreach.
Just to get this out of the way and off my chest…this book is not well-organized and could have certainly benefited from a more conscientious editor and several dozens more drafts. First of all, the title of the book is misleading (in fact, a later edition includes an additional, more informative subtitle—The Story of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra). I opened the volume expecting to learn a history of music in medicine or learn about several notable musician-physicians. Instead, Scales to Scalpels is more concerned with its own Longwood Symphony Orchestra—a unique and remarkable orchestra made up of volunteer physicians and healthcare professionals in Boston. The brief portions where Wong decides to digress into cursory overviews of the invention of the stethoscope and the debatable effects of Baby Mozart on infants, for instance, are hasty and not well-supported with evidence or revelatory conclusions.
I paid more attention when Wong actually writes about what she loves most—the Longwood Symphony Orchestra (LSO), of which she had been president for two decades. Then does her passion truly shine through the page. I really enjoyed reading about the great and inspirational work the LSO does for its community. Every concert the orchestra plays serves as a benefit for a local charity, which ranges from the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship to the March of Dimes.
Rating: Sour Notes for a Noteworthy Cause
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
Themes: Vietnam history in the 1960s, wartime occupation, relationships, gambling (the stakes being anything from money to prostitutes to the protagonist's own life)
Reads like…: I haven't read historical fiction in a while, so I can only think of Lisa See's books at the moment.
Why I chose to read this…: Vincent Lam visited my school and gave a lecture about the use of narrative in medical practice. His first work—Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures—is more based on his career and background as a physician-writer.
To be honest, I was wary to pick up this novel. There are plenty of physician-writers or people who like to call themselves as such. I've found that most lean towards the doctor side in that they're often much better at doing medicine than doing writing, which is much more than just stringing words together. Those who do write evocatively then mostly stick to topics in the realm of health and medicine. So, it is rare to discover someone like ER physician Vincent Lam, who writes of history and of human despair—both sweeping subjects— with a style that is clean, intricate, and incredibly emotive.
The Headmaster's Wager starts off a little slow with a scene of Percival Chen, the headmaster, and his teenage son, Dai Jai. But, as Lam layers on the intrigue and the dangers of wartime Vietnam into his novel, the narrative quickly becomes a powerful vision of what happens to the hapless Chen family, Chinese expatriates caught in the middle of political and military chaos.
This novel could appeal to many, with its elements of suspense (after all, many crucial moments in the narrative hinges on Percival's wagers and gambling with fate) and its fantastic portrayal of several characters, not limited to Percival Chen himself and including his French-Vietnamese mistress Jacqueline and his clever best friend and co-teacher Mak.
Rating: Leaves a Lasting Impression; A Sure Winning Bet
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Genre: General Fiction
Themes: relationships, women, the confluence of fiction and reality, death and suicide, slice of life
Reads like…: Mrs. Dalloway is required background reading, for obvious reasons. I'm struggling right now to think of another book that uses a classic novel as inspiration (I'm sure there must be at least one out there…)
Why I chose to read this…: Several people in my senior seminar on Virginia Woolf mentioned this book as the reason that they began reading Woolf. Having read almost all of Woolf's novels this past semester, I thought this book would be interesting.
It's inevitable for Cunningham's writing to be compared to Woolf's. He's simply asking for it, basing his novel on the iconic work, Mrs. Dalloway. The Hours imagines a day in the life of Virginia Woolf herself, Laura Brown— a discontent American housewife, and Clarissa Vaughan—the book's real-life Mrs. Dalloway. The lives of these three women are inextricably tied through the classic work of fiction itself as well as pervasive themes of relationship and self-awareness.
Their intertwining stories are told through alternating omniscient narrator/third-person chapters that offer a detached but intimate look into each character's development. If you've read Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway before, you know that Richard is another important figure in the narrative and that suicide is at the forefront. While the prose within The Hours isn't incredibly memorable, the plot is well-done (save for a couple moments of coincidence that rang hollow…how convenient in the realm of fiction it is to make a key character the son of another central character), poignant in its simplicity.
Rating: A Good Read
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Genre: General Nonfiction
Themes: science, history of medicine, bizarre trivia
Reads like…: Sam Kean also writes science books that present random information in digestible portions for the layperson.
Why I chose to read this…: This has been on my to-read list for a while now.
The title of this book speaks for itself. If you're going to crack open a book about cadavers and corpses, you'd best be prepared for an assortment of grisly and gruesome nuggets about cremation, cannibalism, crash-test dummies, and crucifixion tests on cadavers.
Mary Roach has attempted to take science writing to new heights. Stiff packages a highly unusual subject (dead people) with absurdity and a healthy helping of deadpan humor. As much as Roach is the "objective reporter and observer" on the strange world of funeral homes, medical school anatomy labs, and ballistics safety laboratories, she also establishes a strong presence, inserting herself neatly within her book's cast of comical real-life characters.
I certainly learned a lot of new things from Stiff (although, for a more moving recollection and perspective on cadavers used in medical training, turn to Pauline Chen's essay Resurrectionist). However, at points, the information was presented in a muddled, disorganized manner, especially when I consider the succession of chapters. Roach states that her goal in writing this book was to change the public's perception of cadavers; instead of regarding these bodies as gross objects, she tries to portray cadavers as valuable, even heroic, parts of scientific progress. The middle chapters of Stiff are therefore all about cadavers' contributions to society. Then, she segues into various other aspects of cadaver-culture, like the history of head transplants and the definition of brain-dead. It is all very interesting (my favorite chapter has to be "How to Know if You're Dead"), but some portions could benefit from a little more re-organization and some condensing.


text:
Try our Advanced Book Search
Advanced Book Search
Search books by title, genre, publication month, publication year, and rating or search by any combination of these options (i.e. all Mysteries published in January 2001 with 4.5 rating).
If you want to search for a name or phase, include quotation marks around your search term (example: "Deborah Smith")
Visitor login is required to post a review and comment on the blog and other interactive features on the site. Use your same username and password to register for the RT Forums.
Genre: Series, Current Series Imprints, Harlequin Intrigue
TWILIGHT WARRIOR (3) by Aimée Thurlo: P.I. Laura Perry is determined to nail the maniac who killed her friend and other women, and there's only one man she'd trust to watch her back. The problem is that she hadn't seen Det. Travis Black-sheep since they were teens, and she's operating more on intuition than hard evidence. Though pleased to see her, Travis is worried about Laura's involvement with the investigation. His concern is justified when the killer sets his sights on Laura. Working together is the only way they can survive, but can they rely on their teenage connection to keep them together? The characters' relationship takes a backseat to the action and the dog is the real scene-stealer here.
Reviewed By: Pat Cooper
Publisher: HARLEQUIN
Published: January 2011


text:
The median home value in Covelo, CA is $159,900.
This is
lower than
the county median home value of $160,000.
The national median home value is $170,100.
The average price of homes sold in Covelo, CA is $159,900.
Approximately 57.13% of Covelo homes are owned,
compared to 26.85% rented, while
16.02% are vacant.
Covelo real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
Commercial properties are also available.
If you see a property you're interested in, contact a Covelo real estate agent to arrange a tour today!
Learn more about Covelo Real Estate.
Paved road frontage with nice flat and old barely standing cabin, well of unknow depth, quality or quantity (owner states that well produces a lot of water from their pump test), close to the Eel River, Mendocino National Forest and Wilderness, all south facing, view building sites up on the property, mostly oaks and meadows.
Northern Mendocino County, mixture of open meadows and forested areas, nice views, developed spring water, has many large flat bench areas and easy access to the North fork Eel River, has approximately 1/2 mile of pristine river frontage.
Northern Mendocino County, mixture of open meadows and forested areas, developed spring water, has many large flat benches and easy access to the North Fork Eel river, has approximately 1/4 mile of frontage on the River
Unique Covelo property! Just under an acre, the front house is a 2 bedroom, 1 bath stick built, the back house is an older 2 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home. Privacy at end of a cul-de-sac; in town with beautiful large old trees.
End of road privacy, variety of trees, great views and view building sites, spring, reasonably close to town.
The Table Rock Ranch is the ultimate outdoorsman's paradise. Situated just east of downtown Covelo in Mendocino County, this spectacular ranch is comprised on 1,980 +/- acres of land in 10 legal parcels. This terrific ranch offers several spring fed year round ponds, main ranch house, guest house, 3 barns and a fishing cabin perched on the shore of a nicely stocked, spring fed pond.
2 consecutive parcels. One 40 acres and one 20 acres.
2 consecutive parcels. One 20 acres and one 40 acres.
Charming vintage home with 4 bedrooms and 2 baths home. The yard is fenced and is nicely landscaped with shrubs, roses and flowers. There is a large garage/shop and a storage building. Convenient location, close to shopping.
Warm Ranch Home built by original owners. This 2 bed, 2 bath home has solid bones. It sits on 9 distinguished acres with a horse barn, hay barn, tack shed, outbuilding storage sheds and plenty of room to bring all your critters. Enjoy sitting out on the large front deck or taking a peaceful walk through the property. It's all here for you to move right in!


text:
George Armistead - Professional Experience,Email,Phone numbers..Everything!
Results 1 - 12 of about 12 for George Armistead
Celebrity/Public Figures
American People Of The War Of...
George Armistead was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry...
American People Of The War Of 1812
American People Of The War Of 1812
Public Profiles
Field Guides, Inc, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Germantown Friends SchoolGreater Philadelphia
New Business Development, Revenue Source Group, clements paper company, Birmingham-Southern CollegeGreater Nashville, États-Unis
Benefit from unlimited Yatedo Premium Search!
Find, Organize and Contact Talents all over the Web.
Improve your online visibility and Control your web content!
Holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing, Fiction from
George Mason University and graduated in 2010
Holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing, Fiction from
George Mason University and graduated in 2010
Holds a N/A degree in General from
George Washington University and graduated in 1996
Holds a N/A degree in General fromNew London Family...
George Washington University and graduated in 1996
*Fourth generation native Nashvillian, *husband of...New Business Development, Revenue Source Group...Nashville
University of Southern California, Bellarmine College PreparatoryLos Angeles, California
Attorney at Egerton, McAfee,
Armistead & Davis, P.C. from 2001
Attorney at Egerton, McAfee,Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, P.C....
Armistead & Davis, P.C. from 2001
HarperCollins, Random House, Lexicon Branding, Artist, Princeton University, Fairfield High SchoolSan Francisco, California
Pinsent Masons, McGrigors, Talisman Energy, University of Dundee, The University of DundeeEdinburgh, United Kingdom
How Yatedo can help you find people?
Sorry, we couldn't find the person you're looking for, maybe because :
- they have no publicly available information on the web.
- our beta robots haven't found this person yet but it's just about time!
- the person you're looking for doesn't exist or moved to Mars :)
Joking aside, you can fill in the form below and our robots will actively search for this person all over the Web - whatever it takes :) - and you'll receive a real time notification as soon as they find him/her.


text:
(970) 668-5859
101 Forest Dr
Frisco, CO 80443
.7 Miles
(970) 668-5859
101 Forest Dr, Frisco, CO 80443
Products: Steam Room, Jetted Tub, Massage Rooms, Aroma Therapy
Services: Day Spa, Therapeutic Massage
Latest review: "From the personal attention we always receive (not just because we've been clients since the..."
23.0 Miles
(970) 331-2377
PO Box 7788, Avon, CO 81620
Latest review: "Only party shop in the vail area. Great friendly service."
27.0 Miles
(970) 926-4438
105 Edwards Village Blvd, Edwards, CO 81632
Products: Animals, Candles, Cards, Gifts & Gift Wrap, Invitations, Party Supplies, Photography, Picture F...
Services: Custom Designs, Framing, Photography, Production
Latest review: "Best card, gift & stationery store in the Vail Valley. Nice helpful people to answer your q..."
Nourish Body, Mind & Soul at Summit's finest Day Spa, renowned since 1990. Massage, HotStone, Wraps, Scrubs, Facials, Waxing, Nails, Hair & Getaway's
main: (970) 668-5859
Edwards, CO
Serving your area
Your All Inclusive Resort and Upscale Luxury Resort Experts
Serving your area
Copyright 2014 Local Corporation - US Patent Number 7,231,405. - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service
Some data provided by Acxiom.


text:
The Buzz in Paris: Major Claude Monet Exhibition Opens Soon at the Grand PalaisSeptember 13, 2010 By: Mary Winston Nicklin
Culture vultures and art buffs won't want to miss the blockbuster exhibition of the year— opening in Paris next week. Billed as France's first major Monet exhibition in 30 years, The Guardian says it's "the biggest the world has ever seen and has already sold 38,000 tickets." The last major retrospective was showcased in 1980 in Paris. Running from September 22, 2010- January 24, 2011 at the Grand Palais, the exhibition traces the artistic development of the most famous father of impressionism: Claude Monet.
Monet painted for some 60 years, and 200 of these paintings—landscapes, figures, still-lifes—will be on display from both the Orsay Museum and major foreign collections. (There is a British co-curator, The Guardian likes to point out, and indeed, as "one French museum boss put it, "The Anglo-Saxons have written everything on Monet for the past 30 years.")
Opening hours are from Friday to Monday from 9 am to 10 pm, on Wednesday from 10 am to 10 pm, on Thursday from 10 am to 8 pm, closed on every Tuesday and on December 25. Admission: 12 €
Video Showcase HomePage


text:
by alin.gherghescu 4,806 KB | 2009-09-21 | ZIP File |
C250+_EU_ROM_R11.3.0160.1107 - download at 4shared. C250+_EU_ROM_R11.3.0160.1107 is hosted at free file sharing service 4shared.
| Uploaded via: 4shared site
Share Add to my account
Is owner
View only
Upload & Edit
Members may only view items in this folder.
Members may view, add, edit and delete items in this folder.
Checked by McAfee. No virus detected.
1 comments Add new comment
Remove Ads x
Show QR Code


text:
News from WTOP
News from the AP
Mike Causey
Shows & Panels
- Agency of the Month
- Business of Government Hour
- The CFO Agenda: Delivering value from financial transparency and audit efforts in the public and private sector
- CXO Surveys
- Federal News Countdown
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
Shows & Panels
- The 2014 Big Picture on Cyber Security
- AFCEA Answers
- American Readiness: Renewable Power and Efficiency Technologies
- Ask the CIO
- Building the Hybrid Cloud
- CDWG/NetApp
- Connected Government: How to Build and Procure Network Services for the Future
- Continuing Diagnostics and Mitigation: Discussion of Progress and Next Steps
- Delivering the Digital Government Mission
- Federal Executive Forum
- Federal News Radio's National Cyber Security Awareness Month Special Panel Discussion
- Federal Tech Talk
- The Future of Government Data Centers
- The Future of IT: How CIOs Can Enable the Service-Oriented Enterprise
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- The Intersection: Where Technology Meets Transformation
- Maximizing ROI Through Data Center Consolidation
- Mitigating Insider Threats in Virtual & Cloud Environments
- Modern Mission Critical Series
- The New Generation of Database
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
- Targeting Advanced Threats: Proven Methods from Detection through Remediation
- Transformative Technology: Desktop Virtualization in Government
- The Truth About IT Opex and Software Defined Networking
- Air Traffic Management Transformation Report
- Cloud First Report
- General Dynamics IT Enterprise Center
- Gov Cloud Minute
- Government in Technology Series
- Homeland Security Cybersecurity Market Report
- National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- Technology Insights
- The Cyber Security Report
- The Next Generation Cyber Security Experts
Shows & Panels
Search Result
Search Tags: sexual assault
Eight-year-old sexually assaulted in Centreville
Police say Salvador Portillo-Saravia, 29, of Sterling sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl the morning of Dec. 26 in a Centreville home in the 4700 block of Cardigan Square.
Tags: Fairfax County Police , Salvador Portillo-Saravia ,
Police investigating four assaults in Montgomery County
Montgomery County police are investigating a series of assaults that happened in the past few months in the Aspen Hill and Wheaton areas.
Tags: Montgomery County Police , Paul Starks , rape
No charges for six arrested in alleged Dunbar assault
Six boys arrested following an alleged sexual assault at Dunbar High School last week will not face charges.
Tags: Dunbar High School , Peter Nickles , Gary Emerling
Security increased at Dunbar after alleged assault
Security is being stepped up at a D.C. high school after an alleged sexual assault last week.
Tags: Dunbar High School , Safiya Simmons , Kaya Henderson , D.C. police , Mark Segraves , Gary Emerling
Six boys charged with sexual assault at Dunbar HS
Six boys have been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a girl at Dunbar High School in Washington.
Tags: Dunbar High School , D.C. police ,
Photos of Arlington hotel assault suspect released
Arlington County Police have released surveillance photos of a man who allegedly assaulted and robbed two women at a hotel in August.
Tags: Arlington County Police , South Glebe Road , robbery
Day care worker charged with sexual assault
Police are waiting for a Manassas day care worker charged with sodomizing a 4-year old girl to be extradited back to Fairfax County after he was detained trying to enter Canada.
Tags: Siyamand Salehzadeh , Minnieland day care center , Centreville , Manassas , canadian border , Paul D. Shinkman
Man charged with sexual assault of eHarmony date
Investigators believe there may be other victims who have not come forward.
Tags: Loudoun County Sheriff's office , South Riding , eHarmony ,
MetroAccess driver arrested on sexual assault charges
Metro Transit Police arrested 59-year-old Samuel Kinston of Gaithersburg on Sunday. He was charged with a third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault of a MetroAccess passenger.
Tags: Metro , WMATA , MetroAccess ,
Police investigate assault at Fairfax bus stop
Fairfax County Police are investigating a sexual assault at a bus stop early Wednesday morning.
Tags: Fairfax County Police , Franconia , Inova Fairfax Hospital ,


text:
A Plague Of Lighthouse-Keepers:(iv) S.H.M. Lyrics - Van Der Graaf Generator
( Hammill )
"Unreal, unreal" ghost helmsmen scream
and fall in through the sky,
Not breaking, through my seagull shrieks:
no breaks until I die.
The spectres scratch on window-slits
hollowed faces, and mindless grins
only intent on destroying what they've lost.
I crawl the wall till steepness ends
in the vertical fall;
My pain has sailed into the sea -
no joking hopes at dawn!
White bone shine in the iron-jaw mask
Lost mastheads pierce the freezing dark
and parallel my isolated tower...
no paraffin for the flame -
sponsored linksno harbour left to gain.
Click here to submit the Corrections of A Plague Of Lighthouse-Keepers:(iv) S.H.M. Lyrics
The following area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of A Plague Of Lighthouse-Keepers:(iv) S.H.M. Lyrics.


text: #SantaDG I do not have enough moolah to buy gorgeous F21 pieces, thank you to my course! #Nursingprobs And besides I know that this would actually be a big help for me to boost up my self confidence and for me to learn how to dress up appropriately for my future profession. So yeah, just trying my luck. ✌☺


text: The right's persistent paranoia: Rutland Herald Online However, with Democrats in control of Congress and Barack Obama about to become president, the maestros of talk radio see an opportunity. They know that the more threatened their audience feels, the higher their ratings get. And what better way to rile up their listeners than to claim that the Democrats are out to silence talk radio itself, the medium that brings conservatives the truth as they want to know it. So for months, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and others have been warning their audiences that once in power, the Democrats plan to bring back the Fairness Doctrine. Politicians such as Newt Gingrich have joined the chorus, and right-wing pundits insist the issue will be part of Obama's agenda in his first 100 days in office. But it's all nonsense. Obama, for example, is on the record as very clearly opposing a new Fairness Doctrine. The most recent bill calling for reinstatement of the doctrine was introduced back in 2005 and it went nowhere. In the current Congress, controlled by Democrats in both chambers, no such bills have been introduced and no Democrats have announced or even suggested an effort to resurrect the policy. With no justification for their paranoia, right-wing media outlets have gone seeking it out, asking individual Democrats whether they think that restoring the doctrine might be a good idea. When they get a yes, it sets off a whole new round of bemoaning. You get the sense that the Democrats are amusing themselves, much as you'd toss a hunk of meat into a tank of piranas just to watch them go into a frenzy.


text:
NEW YORK – Jonathan Quick and the Los Angeles Kings are close to finishing off the New York Rangers in a big hurry.
The All-Star goalie had his best game of the finals by far, making 32 saves to put the Kings on the cusp of another coronation with a 3-0 victory over New York in Game 3 on Monday night.
Los Angeles escaped with two overtime wins at home and then took complete command inside Madison Square Garden to take a 3-0 series edge. The Kings are a win away from winning the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years.
The Kings took their first lead of the series on Jeff Carter's goal in the final second of the first period and then stretched the edge to three goals in the second – something the Rangers failed to do in California.
New York will face elimination at home Wednesday night in Game 4.
We got to make sure that's our best game, the fourth one is always the toughest to win, Quick said.
While there has been only one comeback from a 3-0 hole in the finals, the Kings erased such a deficit in the first round against San Jose.
Defenseman Jake Muzzin scored a power-play goal in the second period, and Mike Richards pushed the lead to three with a goal off a 2-on-1 in the middle frame.
Henrik Lundqvist was hardly at fault on the goals, and finished with 12 saves.
But Quick was perfect.
The Connecticut native, who grew up a fan of the Rangers and 1994 Stanley Cup-winning goalie Mike Richter, made a brilliant save with his stick blade to deny Derick Brassard with 8:40 left in the second shortly after a Rangers power play. That stop came on the heels of Brassard having two chances during the advantage off a rebound of Brad Richards' shot. Brassard's first attempt was blocked, and the second was stopped by Quick.
The Kings goalie was also on his toes just 8 seconds into the third period when Chris Kreider came in alone but was stopped in tight.
That eliminated the little hope the sold-out, towel-waving crowd had of a big comeback.
You make one save, and you're trying to make the next one and go from there, Quick said. They got a great team so you're not trying to take anything for granted while it's going on. You're just trying to make one save at a time. The team played great in front of me cleared out a lot of rebounds that I left in front.
Los Angeles took its first in-game lead in the series when Carter scored with 10th of the playoffs on Los Angeles' fifth shot. Carter came in and snapped a hard drive that clipped the skate of diving defenseman Dan Girardi in front of Lundqvist and caromed inside the right post with 0.7 second on the clock.
The red and green lights behind Lundqvist both flashed at the same time while the Kings celebrated. At no point did Los Angeles hold the lead at home in the first two games until they ended each contest with an overtime goal.
The quick pace played into the Rangers' preferred style, but New York managed only four shots in the period. The Rangers led 2-0 in each of the first two games but couldn't hold on. They nearly took the lead again when Mats Zuccarello faced an empty net at the left post with 7:24 remaining, yet he was stopped by Quick's lunging stick.
Playing with the lead didn't work for New York in Los Angeles; the Rangers lost Game 1 in overtime and Game 2 in double overtime.
Quick had plenty of support in front of him to post his second shutout in these playoffs and ninth overall in the postseason.
Muzzin made it 2-0 at 4:17 of the second after former Rangers forward Marian Gaborik and Anze Kopitar worked the puck up the right wing wall to Muzzin at the point for a shot that struck New York's Martin St. Louis and got past Lundqvist.
Richards finished a 2-on-1 with Trevor Lewis when his attempted pass across bounced back to him off defenseman Ryan McDonagh and was put it with 2:46 left in the second.


text:
Avery's Touring Floor Mats TR1315-01
- Our Price: $94.94
- Shipping:FREE SHIPPING
- Part Number: TR1315-01
$94.94Free Shipping
Select your vehicle details above to ensure item compatibility.
Ships between 10/31/14 - 11/04/14
Avery's TR1315-01 fits:
- 1992-1997 AM General Hummer
There are no reviews for this application.
See All Avery's Touring Floor Mats Reviews.


text:
Espresso Machines
Why wait in line in at the cafe when you can make great tasting coffee at home? We're confident that we can help you find a machine that best fits your personal needs. Browse our large selection of espresso machines from top manufacturers, watch our videos and join the conversation on our Community. Still can't decide? Give us a call, we love to talk coffee!
- 1 - 1 of 1
- We Price Match!
This product has not been rated
After 28 years Saeco seeks to redefine the bean-to-cup experience with the Gran Baristo Super-Automatic espresso machine. Slimmer, faster, and more efficient than any of their previous machines, the Gran Baristo is designed to address the needs and wants of the modern espresso drinker. With variable pressure brewing, 16 one-touch drink specialties, an improved water system, and simplified maintenance, the Gran Baristo is a machine that will elevate your standards of quality at a price that...
- 1 - 1 of 1
- We Price Match!


text:
|Adventure Games Cooking Games Dress Up Games Make Up Games Baby Games Puzzle Games
Free Online Restaurant Games. Play Now!
More Restaurant Games Online
All Free Restaurant Games Online
Free Online Games Categories. Play Free Games Online!
Welcome to GirlsMiniGames.com! At our website you will find a great number of best free online games for girls. GirlsMiniGames features more than 100 different game categories: free Restaurant Games, dress up, make up, cooking, painting, doll, baby, animal games, puzzle, adventure, arcade, fashion, barbie, bratz games and other genres of flash online games.
|2014 © GirlsMiniGames.com


text:
Related Photo Galleries
One never knows what to expect when they are working on an old truck. Somewhere in the truck's life a shade tree mechanic used pop rivets in addition to bolts to hold the grille in. After I figured out what the problem was, I had to cut and drill the rivets out.


text:
THURSDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say current
laws don't curb American teens' use of indoor tanning and that
parents' attitudes about indoor tanning have a large influence on
their children.
It's known that indoor tanning increases the risk of melanoma,
the most deadly type of skin cancer.
The study authors interviewed 6,125 teens aged 14 to 17 and
found that about 17 percent of girls and 3 percent of boys had used
indoor tanning in the past year.
Factors that made it more likely a teen would use tanning beds
included: Being female, white and older; having a large allowance;
having a parent who used indoor tanning and allowed their teen to
do so as well; and living within two miles of an indoor tanning
Living in a state with legislation controlling youth access to
indoor tanning had little effect on use, said the researchers, who
analyzed state indoor tanning laws and evaluated youth access
practices at nearly 3,400 indoor tanning facilities.
"Our data suggest that current laws, most of which involve parental consent requirements, are not working," the researchers wrote. "The high rate of indoor tanning by older adolescent girls suggests that better laws are needed, preferably in the form of bans for those younger than 18 years as recommended by the World Health Organization. Parents who influence their adolescents' indoor tanning behavior both by modeling this behavior themselves and by granting their permission for their adolescents to tan could play an important role in lowering their adolescents' melanoma risk."
The study appears online March 17 and in the May print issue of
American Journal of Public Health.
More information
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more about
indoor tanning.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
Latest News
Crouse Hospital Appoints Chief Information Officer
more >
MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery Service
Free service offers convenience, patient education at discharge.more >
Weight Loss Surgery
Is it right for you? Attend a free information seminar held twice monthly.more >
Quality at Crouse
See how Crouse Hospital strives to provide the best in patient care.more >
Cheer Up That Special Someone
Say get well or welcome a new arrival with a gift purchased right at Crouse.
more >
Make an Online Donation Now
Your donation of any amount helps support Crouse services & programs in a meaningful way.more >
Shop Online Now
Say get well, thinking of you or welcome new baby with a unique gift from the Crouse Gift Shop.
© 2014 Crouse Hospital / 736 Irving Avenue / Syracuse, NY 13210 / 315-470-7111


text:
Safe as Houses: Tana French's extraordinary Dublin mysteries portray a city where everyone's looking for a home.
My latest for Slate is a look at Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series.
I got in the way-back machine to examine girlhood, sex, dystopia, and cannibal mind-melding in my Slate Book Review piece on The Clan of the Cave Bear. Really fascinating to take that journey with Ayla again. Also totally psyched about the accompanying Chip Zdarsky illustration.
My latest for Slate: how Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel are changing superhero comics. I feel like maybe the Big Two are finally starting to understand that by investing in a wider range of characters, they're cultivating a larger, wider range of readers. Comics fans are only getting more diverse and sophisticated, and it's time for publishers like Marvel to lead instead of lagging far behind.
I've been waiting a long time to be able to write a piece like this. I'm peeking through my fingers, hoping the good news lasts.
Sarah Connor's Legacy An Inspiration For Single Moms
The Terminator turned 30 this year. Part of the genius of the franchise was its depiction of Sarah Connor as an image of powerful, protective motherhood that was nearly unheard of at the time.
Very excited that Arun Rath and Carlos Watson chatted about my Sarah Connor/Terminator piece on this weekend's All Things Considered.
For the 30th anniversary of The Terminator, I wrote this piece for Ozy on why Sarah Connor is one of the most important mothers in film history.
StellarEngine just turned three years old. Last week, we live tweeted the Super Bowl for our client Skittles, earning nods from the likes of CBS Sports, Fox Sports, Twitter, and BuzzFeed. Starting and running a business is an exhausting and utterly crazy thing to do. Working in social media tends to exacerbate all the challenges: everything needs to be done fast; organizational processes can't hope to keep up; the landscape is unpredictable; the data sucks; expectations are often unrealistic. On the other hand, the internet is amazing, and people on the internet are amazing as often as they are terrible.
The first year of StellarEngine was powered not so much by ambition but by a total fear of failure. The last two have been much more about relishing the challenge. I'm working on joy and pace. "Work/life balance" is a dumb dichotomy. "Inbox zero" is a dumb thing to strive for. Surfing the current of anxiety, goals and responsibilities is the only thing that works for me. Sometimes I manage it very well and sometimes I'm just under water.
I get asked by friends and colleagues on occasion for my thoughts on running a creative business, and for advice on being successful in social media. Here are a couple of things I've learned:
I think that standing up often, not eating lunch at your desk, and staying hydrated is important, too.
I am so grateful to all my friends, clients and teammates for helping to make these last three years possible.
Here's my Slate essay on Flowers in the Attic and why the Dollanganger family saga has had such a powerful grip on the women of my generation. I really love the Matthew Roberts illustration accompanying this piece.


text:
Can you guess who we went as last con? We got lots of good feedback for it!
Can you guess who we went as last con? We got lots of good feedback for it!
I know she adores me very much but… I'm not exactly the most appealing person or as easy on the eyes as some of those guys…
lololol maybe. c:
nah, i'm not!
its a shame but Snow just doesn't lyk touchin' strangers much! but i touch her enough for everyone.
special party when we get to 1000 ne1? ;)
ohhhh my god she goes CRAZY over that stuff! Its like, im eating cereal one minute and then next BAM shes crying into my chest about how she has all these feels about madoka (? iunno what that is but I think its some anime she watches. )
I dont normally get it but i kind of pet her hair till she calms down. Then she goes back over to the tv and I finish my cereal. I'm used to it by now. :)


text:
Genesee County Board of Commissioners
Genesee Cty Commissioner Stepping Down as Chair of Animal Shelter
Flint Councilman Wants State to Investigate Genesee County Animal Shelter
A Flint City Councilman is asking the state to investigate the conditions at the Genesee County Animal Shelter. According to MLive, Watwaz Davis wrote a letter to the Attorney General's office in which
Volunteer Program Reinstated at Genesee County Animal Control [Video]
A decision to suspend the volunteer program at the Genesee County Animal Control has been reversed by county commissioners. According to ABC 12, on Thursday, commissioners listened for about an hour to volunteers as they expressed their alarm and disappointment they were no longer allowed there. The problems began on Tuesday when County Commissioner Pegge Adams temporarily suspended the program after she said there were onlin
Genesee County Board Agrees to Maintain, Patrol Four Flint Parks
The Genesee County Board of Commissioners agreed to a plan on Wednesday that will see the county take on maintenance and ranger patrol in four of Flint's biggest parks.
According to MLive, it wi
Wednesday On The Tom Sumner Program
Chairperson of Genesee County Board of Commissioners to Give State of County Address
Genesee County Commissioner to Hold Public Forum On Fracking
Wednesday On The Tom Sumner Program
Monday On The Tom Sumner Program
Don Pfeiffer talks about his plans to challenge Genesee County Commissioner John Northrup followed by ARMCHAIR POLITICS with former Lt. Governor John Cherry on the left, former long-time State House member Charlie Mueller on the right and resident cynic Barry Simon on The Tom Sumner Program Monday February 17 beginning at 3 p


text:
time to hire up a coach?
View Single Post
Jul 1st, 2009, 08:20 PM
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: UK
Posts: 5,818
Re: time to hire up a coach?
I think Maria is mentally motivated - and hungry to be back.
The problem has been a) Serve, still not grooved in and secure. b) Match toughness-fitness, getting tired too early. c) Lack of appropriate shot selection and variety.
C. is where new coaching input will help. And it would be silly not to get it through stubbornness or misplaced loyalty. Safina has benefited immensely from the new coach she took on 18 months ago, who has converted her from also-ran to elite player. Dementieva finally took the advice to change her serve, and has also become a much better player. Maria does not have a proper coach atm, and with Yuri, Lansdorp and Bollettieri out of the picture, she needs extra tactical input.
of the Maria Mafia
View Public Profile
Visit xan's homepage!
Find More Posts by xan
View Blog


text:
Here's a blast from the past. We made this prototype stainless steel lock mechanism tube back in April for Social Bicycles as part of helping them develop their lock mechanism.
It's fairly simple, but the accuracy of the features is what makes it work. This is the part that makes it really, really hard to steal one of these bikes.


text:
My Friend Lyrics - Jimi Hendrix
Review The Song (6)
Hey, look out for my glass up there, man!
That's my drink, man, that's my drink, alright...
Make it a double, or eh...
Somebody has to sing
Some body will sing?
Somebody will sing, right?
(I don't know!)
Y'all pass me that bottle,
And I'll sing you all a real song
Let me get my key, ahum!
Well, I'm looking through harlem
My stomach squeal just a little more
A stagecouch full of feathers and footprints,
Pulls up to soap?box door
Now a lady with a pearl?handled necktie
sponsored linksTied to the driver's fence
Breathes in my face,
Bourbon and coke possessed words
& quot;haven't I seen you somewhere in hell,
Or was it just an accident? '
(you know how I felt then, and so..)
Before I could ask 'was it the east or west side?'
My feet they howled in pain
The wheels of a bandwagon cut very deep,
But not as deep in my mind as the rain
And as they pulled away I could see her words
Stagger and fall on my muddy tent
Well I picked them up, brushed them off,
To see what they say,
And you wouldn't believe..
`come around to my room, with the tooth in the middle,
And bring along the bottle and a president'
And eh sometimes it's not so easy, baby
Especially when your only friend,
Talks, sees, looks and feels like you,
And you do just the same as him
(gets very lonely up this road, baby)
(yeah, hmmm, yeah)
(got more to say!)
Well I'm riding through la (huh),
On a bicycle built for fools
And I seen one of my old buddies
And he say, 'you don't look the way you usually do'
I say, 'well, some people look like a coin-box'
He say, 'look like you ain't got no coins to spare'
And I laid back and I thought to myself, and I said this..
I just picked up my pride from underneath the pay phone,
And combed this breath right out of my hair
And sometimes it's not so easy
Especially when your only friend
Talk, sees, looks and feels like you,
And you do just the same as him
Just got out of a scandinavian jail,
And I'm on my way straight home to you
But I feel so dizzy I take a quick look in the mirror,
To make sure my friend's here with me too
And you know good well I don't drink coffee,
So you fill my cup full of sand
And the frozen tea leaves on the bottom
Sharing lipstick around the broken edge
And my coat that you let your dog lay by the fire on
And your cat he attacked me from his pill?box ledge
And I thought you were my friend too
Man, my shadow comes in line before you
I'm finding out that it's eh not so easy
Specially when your only friend
Talks, looks, sees and feels like you,
And you do the same just like him
(lord it's so lonely here, hmmm, yeah)
(pass me that bottle over there...)
Yeah, yeah, okay...
Click here to submit the Corrections of My Friend Lyrics
Thanks to steppenwolf2424 for submitting My Friend Lyrics.
The correct lyrics... | Reviewer: Jay | 5/28/11
Ya got it pretty spot on, man..with a couple minor errors, but since it was kind of an improv style song there's always gonna be a few 'uh' and 'ya know' missed....
@ Timothy Tunson, sorry dude but it's not "corn pop" it's "coin box" (Sounds like you had the munchies, hah) and not, "'walk', sees, looks and feels..." it's "'talks', sees, looks..." and "you do just the same as him" not "just like him" So there ya have it...
And yes, he was obviously referring to himself, "I take a quick look in the mirror, to make sure my friend's here with me too.."
From a true Jimi fan with dozens of albums and who's clocked thousands of Jimi listening hours
Awesome tune,Cheers!
My Friend | Reviewer: Tyler | 11/16/10
Somehow I only just heard this song today. Really powerful lyrics though. "Especially when your only friend talks, sees, and feels like you, and you do the same as him." It's not a physical friend but himself, specifically his shadow(notice how he actually mentions the shadow at the end). I agree that some of his blues-y stuff needs to be more public.
the corect lyrics to My friend. | Reviewer: Timothy Tunson | 8/24/10
well Im riding through LA sitting on a bicycle built for fool and I seen one of my old buddies.he say ; you dont look the way you use to do. I said ah some people look like a corn pop; he said look like you aint got no corn to spare; so I layed back and I thought to myself;so I just picked up my pride from underneath the payphone and comb his breath right out of my hair;you see cause ah sometimes its not so easy,specially when your only friend;walk, sees ,looks and feel likes you and you do just like him.
these lyrics have been with me in my mind for approx 35 years.
great obscure Jimi | Reviewer: Brian Newsham | 12/2/09
I never get tired of listening to this great gem in Jimi's collection. One of my favorite songs of all time from any artist. You know when you talk to most people they have no idea how great Jimi is or why he is regarded as one if not the best at what he did. The reason is because mainstream classic rock stations literally play his worst songs regularly. I could do without ever hearing Fire or Foxy Lady ever again. there are so many great ones to choose from, why just a select few that don't really give you the true picture of his greatness.
The Meaning of My Friend | Reviewer: Steev Fleet | 11/9/07
What Hendrix is singing about to me is quite apparently loneliness. Who 'talks, looks, sees, and feels' like him? He does. It's himself. The reason it's not so easy is because his only friend is himself.
There are also many other references to himself. For instance, the one about his shadow towards the end of the last verse.
hmm..pretty deep | Reviewer: vratik sharma | 6/6/07
well these lyrics remind me of a frnd of mine...
who actually thot to act like me...it isnt everyday that u come across such frnds...
aspirations build on endless queries...queries that can b only freed from the help of a frnd...a frnd who
i firmly blive hendrix had such one frnd...whom he lost due to some unknown reason...hes done pretty well to let his frnd knw bout the times he misses without him or her...
The following area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of My Friend Lyrics.


text: Sassafrass are Musical Activists~ an environmental folk duo who've forged a path and sound all their own. One of the best mostly-under-the- radar singer-songwriter acts in the eco folk music genre, their driving folk/rock rhythms and sparkling harmonies give their original songs, from tongue-in-cheek eco-comedy to hard-biting protest songs and heart-wrenching exposes about endangered animals, an unexpected dynamic presence. The duo are serious environmental educators/activists who've played for Greenpeace and WWF in Copenhagen during COP 15, and for 350, Gulf Restoration, One Sky at regional and local events. Sassafrass's Green singing telegrams to politicians who have ignored the environment is one more original way to push the door open for ecological dialog. Pubs and coffeehouse crowds also have found their beautifully performed compositions to be as rousing as love songs, which in essence, they are.


text:
A nation's treasure is its scholars.
This quote is about wisdom.
Record how this quote makes you feel.
You can report quote corrections via the "Conversation" tab below
Search on Google Books to find citations of this quotation.
We don't have a biography.
I'm male, single
I'm female, say nothing
I'm female, say nothing


text:
A Tale of Two Homeschoolers: Of Deadlines and Deficiencies
- Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The West Virginia Legislature has not delegated authority to public school superintendents to deny parents the right to homeschool under the "notice option," but that does not stop some from trying.
This summer, two families in West Virginia were "denied" the right to homeschool because they allegedly "failed" to demonstrate "acceptable progress" in the form of an academic assessment by the statutory deadline of June 30. West Virginia homeschool law does make assessments due by June 30, and HSLDA encourages members to make every effort to comply with this deadline.
However, a missed deadline, even one set by statute, does not necessarily equate denial of a homeschool program. A simple mistake or oversight should not, and does not in our opinion, prevent a person from homeschooling nor does it give authority to superintendents to deny parents the right to homeschool.
Missed Deadline
One HSLDA member family overlooked the deadline due to a number of significant factors and submitted their notice in August. Instead of a letter from the superintendent requesting the required assessment, the superintendent wrote that he was "denying" their homeschool program, something the statue does not authorize him to do.
Mike Donnelly, HSLDA staff attorney for West Virginia member affairs, coordinated with Christian Home Educators of West Virginia on behalf of this family. He arranged for an end-of-year written narrative from a certified teacher and then wrote a letter to the family's local public school superintendent.
Donnelly explained that the legislature has only delegated authority to a circuit court to deny a homeschooling program. The law permits the granting of such an order by the court only "upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence that the child will suffer neglect … or that there are other compelling reasons."
The family appreciated HSLDA's rapid intervention to defend their rights to homeschool. They wrote: "To thank you doesn't seem enough to cover what both of you have done to help and guide [us] though all the legal side of this and the 'hand holding' with our first homeschooling adventure … HSLDA is truly a Godsend."
Ordered to Enroll
Another member family received a similar "denial" and an order that they "enroll [their] child into an approved school immediately."
The student in question had submitted test results with some scores below 50% and others that were slightly lower than the previous year's scores. Not all students demonstrate their learning achievement on tests. That is why HSLDA encourages members to carefully select the best evaluative tool for each child.
This is particularly important because West Virginia requires homeschoolers to score at or above the 50th percentile on certain standardized tests or to show improvement upon last year's results in order to demonstrate "acceptable progress." While this may be an unreasonable requirement (most states that require tests do not require such results: New Hampshire is 40%, Minnesota is 30%, Ohio is 25% and Colorado is 14%), the law does provide alternative options for homeschooling families such as an end-of-year narrative and a review by a certified teacher.
Nevertheless, regardless of the end-of-year assessment requirements, the law does not grant superintendents any authority to either deny a home education program or to require that homeschoolers enroll in an "approved school." The law does require that students who do not demonstrate "acceptable progress" receive remedial instruction. And after a year of remedial instruction a family may provide additional evidence that appropriate instruction is being provided if remedial instruction isn't sufficient to improve test scores or other academic measures.
Recently on Homeschool News
Editors' Picks
Have something to say about this article? Leave your comment via Facebook below!
Listen to Your Favorite Pastors
Add Crosswalk.com content to your siteBrowse available content


text:
Your Rating:
Hold the CTRL or Command key to select multiple releases
11 total votes
#53 lowest rated ARC action game (#57 on ARC, #3072 overall)
100% of 1 total votes
1 total votes
19% of 16 total votes
In order to save your ratings you must have a GameFAQs account. Please log in or register to continue.
0 Users
1 Users


text:
Wii U
"How U Will Play Next"
The Wii U is Nintendo's latest home console and the successor to the Wii. It was announced during Nintendo's conference at E3 2011. The main feature of the Wii U is its controller, the GamePad, which has a touch screen, camera, buttons and other new features. According to Yoshiaki Koizumi, the Wii U was never shown to Nintendo's software development team prior to its unveiling at E3 2011. The Wii U was the third Nintendo console to be released in North America before Japan, the other two being the Wii and Nintendo DS.
The Wii U console resembles the Wii, except with rounder sides, a slot to insert 12-centimeter proprietary high-density optical discs as well as the Wii's DVD optical discs, and is also much longer. The console can play high-definition games at 720p and 1080p, the first of Nintendo's consoles to do so. The console itself is approximately 4.6 cm or 1.8 tall, 17.3 cm or 6.8 wide, and 26.7 cm or 10.5 long. Since it is placed on its side, it slightly resembles the Wii Family Edition.
The Wii U supports all of the controllers (and respective peripherals) used with the Wii: the Wii Remote, the Nunchuk controller, the Wii Remote Plus, the Classic Controller, the Classic Controller Pro, and the Wii Balance Board. Like the Wii, it is compatible with the Wii hardware or software. However, similar to the Wii Family Edition, it is not compatible with the Nintendo GameCube hardware or software.[4] Instead, players may have the option of downloading Nintendo GameCube games on the Wii U in the future.[5]
Currently, the Wii U has support of six-player games if four players use 4 Wii Remotes, one player uses the GamePad and one player uses the Wii U Pro Controller, which has been used in Need for Speed: Most Wanted for Wii U. The Wii U has support for 2 GamePads, but this has not been used for any games yet, and is not currently sold at retail. Like Nintendo's previous home consoles, it won't play DVDs or Blu-ray discs.[6] The console has an internal flash memory, holding up to 8 GB for the standard set, and up to 32 GB for the deluxe set. Additionally, the Wii U has the option to expand its memory by using an external USB hard disk drive. However, even though the Wii U has an SD Card slot, SD Cards cannot be used for Wii U data storage (excluding Mii storage), meaning that they can be used for storing Wii data, via, the Wii Menu only. This also means that Wii U game data cannot be transferred onto other Wii U systems.
Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector is incompatible with the Wii U system. As a result, players need to establish a wireless internet connection on the internet routers in order to use any of the Wii U's internet features. Games will also be digitally downloaded from the console[7]. The Wii U connects to the internet using Nintendo Network, the successor to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Wii U GamePad[edit]
The Wii U GamePad is the main controller of the Wii U console. The GamePad has a 6.2 inch (15.7 cm) touch screen in the center, and is the first ever controller for a home video game console to have this feature. Its button layout is somewhat similar to that of the Nintendo 3DS, having the traditional to the left of the screen and the , , , and buttons to the right. The GamePad has two traditional , one on each side of the screen and over the traditional buttons. The sticks are slightly displaced nearer to the edges of the controller and are clickable. The and buttons are located behind the GamePad, as are the and buttons. Below the screen is the button, situated between the microphone aperture and the battery light, and next to the light there is the TV button. The select button and start button are found below the ABYX buttons. The button is directly below the screen right to the TV button. The controller also has a NFC sensor, able to read objects or codes near to the controller. It can be used with a stylus and features a frontal camera, a microphone, a stereo speaker, sensor strip, rumble system, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, rechargeable battery and built-in flash memory to store data. [8] Using the controller, one can browse the internet, send videos, flip channels, take screenshots, and connect to Miiverse while playing any game. It can also be used as universal TV control. Video chat is also included but cannot be executed while playing. Games for this console can be played on the TV screen, the controller screen, or a combination of both,[9] known as asymmetric gameplay. The controller cannot be used to play Wii games.
Wii U Pro Controller[edit]
The Wii U Pro Controller is an alternate peripheral for the Wii U console. Introduced by Satoru Iwata in a Nintendo Direct video on June 3, 2012, the Wii U Pro Controller is somewhat similar to the Wii's Classic Controller and Classic Controller Pro and the GameCube Controller by the frontal button layout and that it has grips. However, the , , , , and the are found below the , also clickable, the only thing besides the button names that sets its layout apart from that of the Microsoft Xbox 360 controller. The player's number's lights from the Wii Remote, and the , have been added in the center of the controller, as it is wireless and battery-powered. The Wii U Pro Controller is also slightly bulkier than the Wii's wired controllers, and the and are arranged differently as actual trigger buttons, similar to how they were arranged on the Classic Controller Pro, though they are now pressure sensitive. The controller shares the same battery as the 3DS and can last working for 80 hours approximately.[10] When using it in the home menu, the left controls the pointer. Like the Wii U GamePad, the Pro Controller is incompatible with Wii games. New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, Super Mario 3D World and Mario Kart 8 are compatible with this controller, in addition to the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
GameCube Controller Adapter[edit]
The GameCube Controller Adapter is a peripheral allowing use of Nintendo GameCube controllers for compatible Wii U games. It was announced on May 29, 2014 during of a video published by Nintendo[11] overviewing the Super Smash Bros. Invitational at E3 2014, and has been confirmed to be released during the 2014 holiday season.[12] So far, GameCube controllers have only been confirmed as an input method for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, but Nintendo says that they "plan to utilize [it] in future Wii U releases". It has 4 ports for GameCube controllers, and plugs into the Wii U through two USB ports; one is for power, while the other is for receiving and sending input. It has been confirmed to launch alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii Uon November 21, 2014, and that there will also be a special bundle which contains the game, the adapter, and a Super Smash Bros.-themed GameCube controller.
amiibo is an upcoming line of figurines usable in compatible Nintendo titles. By placing a figure on the Wii U GamePad's near-field communicator, the amiibo is able to interact with the game. The product line will launch in late 2014, with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as the first title to be compatible with the line. amiibo functionality has also been announced for Mario Kart 8, as well as the upcoming Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario Party 10, and Yoshi's Woolly World. Certain amiibo figures will also be compatible in others games (i.e. the Super Smash Bros. Mario will be compatible with Mario Kart 8 and Mario Party 10, having the amiibo functionality programmed for those games[13]). A Nintendo 3DS peripheral has also been announced to be released in 2015, allowing amiibo compatibility for the handheld.[14]
Wii Peripherals[edit]
See also: Wii Remote, Wii Balance Board, Wii Wheel, and Wii Zapper.
In addition to being compatible with Wii software, the Wii U is also compatible with most Wii controllers and accessories. This includes the Wii Remote, the Wii Balance Board, the Wii Wheel, and the Wii Zapper.
Wii Remote, Wii Remote Plus, & Nunchuck[edit]
Both types of controllers make a full return in almost every Wii U game, acting as the common second controller for multiplayer action. In certain titles, it can also be used instead of the GamePad. New Super Mario Bros. U, for example, demonstrates how the Wii Remotes act as the second controllers moving Mario and co. while the player with the GamePad places platforms to help or hinder the players. Other titles such as Pikmin 3 can be completed only using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck, without the need for the GamePad.
Wii Balance Board[edit]
The Wii Balance Board will be reusable for upcoming Wii U titles, Wii Fit U in particular, with no added features.
Wii Wheel[edit]
The Wii Wheel is compatible with the now released Wii U title Mario Kart 8. The Wheel, originally bundled with Mario Kart Wii, had added features making it usable by current owners of the device.
Wii Zapper[edit]
Like all the other Wii-originated peripherals, the Wii Zapper will also be utilized in certain games. While no release titles or announcements have appeared to use this accessory extensively, a tech demo called Shoot Mii uses the Zapper, however in conjunction with the GamePad. The latter is placed on to the gun, acting as a periscope, although for this to work a holder is needed to attach the Pad to the peripheral. How this holder will be distributed is currently unknown.
WaraWara Plaza[edit]
WaraWara Plaza ("bustling plaza" in English) is the main menu for Wii U. This feature allows players to see Miis on-screen gathering around accessible tiles. The Miis represent all the player's friends, familiars and miscellaneous individuals who are using the service, and the tiles they are surrounding represent where they are communicating in real time. Because the tiles are integrated with Miiverse, the user can explore the topics on every tile and look up what games their friends are playing. WaraWara Plaza also offers chat, video conference and information sharing, and it can be quickly accessed even when playing a game by pressing the button. The WaraWara Plaza had a different design shown in Nintendo Direct's pre-E3 video, as it featured some game icons in the middle of the plaza.
Miiverse is a built-in social network also integrated with WaraWara Plaza to bring people together to share ideas and comments on the games they are playing. Players can make posts in game communities where others can respond to them, as well as follow other users and add friends. First accessible on the Wii U and on the Internet, Miiverse is also an application for the Nintendo 3DS and smartphones.
Wii U Chat[edit]
Wii U Chat is an inbuilt application allowing users to communicate in real-time with other Wii U owners using the inner camera of the Wii U GamePad. Apart from this, it also allows the user to draw designs on the touchscreen so they appear on the face of the person they are conversing with. The video chat can be displayed on both the television screen and the GamePad, meaning programs can still be watched while talking to the person. Wii U Chat in itself confirms that applications such as Skype will not be seen on Wii U. Wii U Chat was originally made available with a system update released on launch day via a wireless Internet connection.
Nintendo eShop[edit]
Nintendo's current online shop service, first released on the Nintendo 3DS, is also present on Wii U. The Nintendo eShop was first made available on the system through a system update released on launch day via a wireless Internet connection. With the eShop, users can download exclusive Wii U software, demos and videos, as well as view information on upcoming games. Virtual Console games for NES, SNES, and Game Boy Advance are available, while Nintendo has confirmed that Nintendo DS[15], and Nintendo 64 games will be added in the future. These games can be played on the Wii U GamePad via Off-TV Play; games transferred over from a Wii console do not support Off-TV Play nor do they support other Wii U Virtual Console features.
Nintendo TVii[edit]
A new television based service by Nintendo debuted on the Wii U. Together with Hulu Plus, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and YouTube, Nintendo TVii (pronounced Nintendo TVee), collects and collaborates these services so they can be enjoyed on one software. This service is free although the subscriptions for Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon are not. Videos on TVii can be playable on both the television screen and the GamePad. It also provides instant information from Wikipedia and IMDb about the film or program the users are currently watching. Control over the user's DVR is also possible via the service.
Nintendo TVii can only be received through a system update released on launch day via a wireless Internet connection.
Wii Menu[edit]
The Wii Menu is a built in section on the Wii U Menu. It takes players to the Wii Menu from the Wii so they can play Virtual Console games, original Wii and WiiWare games. There is a Wii Shop Channel where players can purchase downloadable games or download the Wii to Wii U System Transfer to transfer the data from the Wii to the Wii U. The Wii Menu serves the same function as that of the original Wii with the exception of loading Nintendo GameCube games.
A system update released after the Wii U launched provided the user the ability to hold once switching on the console. This will automatically take the user to the Wii Menu without having to go through the Wii U menu first.
Another system update released after the Wii U's initial launch provided the option of using the GamePad as well to control the Wii Menu, where a sensor bar is built-in to the GamePad to provide Wii Remote support.
Mario-Related Games[edit]
Tech demos[edit]
External Links[edit]


text:
I've mentioned before of certain ways to make your favorite foods in a healthier fashion, and this is another way to do so! I can name so many recipes that use oil as a main ingredient. In fact every person I know has oil stocked in their cupboards because of how often they use it. [Continue Reading]
Chicken Egg Drop Soup Recipe with Mazola® Sobrecitos™
We have a very unique palette in our house, we go from asian inspired dishes to my mother-in-laws delicious Peruvian cuisine. It doesn't matter what type of food we are cooking, bouillon has always been a staple. We use it in everything from soups to rice dishes, and believe me when I say we always [Continue Reading]
Homemade Chocolate Pudding
This is super easy to make and much better than any box mix you buy at the store. Once you make it, you'll never go back to buying. It may seem like a lot of work or many steps but really it's easy. As long as you don't burn it, and get the mixture to [Continue Reading]
360 Cookware Stainless Steel 3.5 Quart Sauté Pan Review and #Giveaway
Did you know that when you cook foods, some of their natural goodness dissipates? Neither did I! Not until I had the opportunity to review the amazing 360 Cookware Stainless Steel 3.5 Quart Sauté Pan with Cover. One of the most amazing features of this pan is that it locks in the natural vitamins and [Continue Reading]


text:
By Miriam B. Weiner
Though you may mourn the end of summer, the shorter days and cooler temperatures bring about something worth celebrating: harvest season. These nine autumn festivals will keep you in high spirits and delight your taste buds.
Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy. Copyright 2014 © U.S.News Rankings and Reviews.


text:
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo says he will stay at his job next year after agreeing to a request from President Dilma Rousseff.
Rebelo is the government official in charge of preparations for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
He announced Wednesday he would likely resign in December to run for Sao Paulo state governor. But the sports ministry said Friday that Rebelo accepted the request from the president.
Rebelo would have been leaving just as Brazil has to deliver the last six of the 12 World Cup stadiums that will be used next year. FIFA says all venues must be ready by December.
Presidential elections will be held after the World Cup, so it's uncertain if he will stay for the Olympics.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.