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Last week Norah and I attended a trunk show reception at Slater Mill, where we had the chance to meet and chat with lots of enthusiastic knitters. Garments and accessories from Norah Gaughan vol. 9 and Booklet #315 Bohemian Mix were on display, as well as a few additional items. For an extra surprise, Norah and I brought a handful of garments from our upcoming Spring 2012 collection. With cups of hot cider in hand, we spent a great evening sharing stories and discussing the designs. Attendees got the chance to see the garments up close, and before long they were even trying them on. In between my visits to the refreshment table, I took a few photos:
Norah is at the table signing pattern booklets while attendees happily chat about all things knitting-related.
Sweaters were modeled by the mill's antique mannequins, while accessories were draped over looms.
The dramatic lighting really shows off the cables on these two sweaters from Norah's latest collection.
Thanks to Slater Mill for hosting, and thanks to everyone who stopped by the reception!
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It was nice meeting you, Amanda! I am looking forward to starting my Skadarlija after having fallen in love with it last Tuesday, but have to wait until all the Christmas knitting is done. (Great picture of it above, by the way.) That sweater is the perfect example of why trunk shows are wonderful – it was interesting on the mannequin, but became irresistible upon trying it on!November 29, 2011
Wish I could have attended. Those old New England mills are near and dear to my heart, and with great hand knits and warm cider … well … that would have been perfection.
I see from the Tweet roll on the right that you're already starting to design for next Fall. Can't wait to see the new yarns.November 30, 2011
We loved having you!!! Thanks to everyone at Berroco for all the support they offer to Slater Mill!December 1, 2011
I loved it! What a great evening! Thank you!December 1, 2011
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Which book is the cabled cardigan on the right from (last photo) really want to purchase that. ThanksDecember 7, 2011


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For the fifth consecutive year, the Village of Pewamo will close out the summer with a Block Party Friday and Saturday. This year's celebration includes the Grand Opening and Dedication of the Pewamo Trailhead Welcome Center.
The event, tailor-made for families, will kick off at 8 p.m. Friday with an outdoor viewing of the movie Dennis the Menace. Viewers are encouraged to bring their blankets and lawn chairs and settle in for a fun family night.
"Our community members have really come to look forward to our annual block party," said Randy Zenk, village president. "The Grand Opening of our new Trailhead Welcome Center this year only adds to the excitement."
The festivities will continue on Saturday and Main Street will be blocked off and filled with food and fun for the entire family. Here are some events you won't want to miss at this year's festival:
n At 4 p.m. there will be a 4K Run/Walk through Pewamo celebrating St. Joseph's Catholic School's 100 year anniversary.
n At 5:30 p.m. local veterans and the Clintonaires will begin the celebration with a flag raising and tribute to our country.
n Immediately following the flag raising, the Grand Opening and Dedication of the Trailhead Welcome Center will be held.
n A "Home Grown Talent Show" will begin at 7 p.m. and will feature the music of many famous artists as never seen before.
n At 9 p.m. the Cherpes Brothers Band will take the stage and play for the rest of the night.
This year the Pewamo-Westphalia PTO will also be hosting their Fall Fest Carnival at the event complete with bounce houses, food, prizes, and silent auctions, which support the local school. Dancing will be held in the streets to the music of the Mello Tones, and all are welcome to join in.
To learn more about Pewamo's Block Party please contact Sandy Wolniakowski at 989-593-2479.
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I've read a couple commentators who depend fairly heavily in their interpretations of the tower of Babel narrative on the assumption that the tower being built was a ziggurat; but I'm not sure how this predicate is reached. How safe is this assumption? Are there good reasons for thinking that it was a ziggurat?
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Well, the reading of the ToB as a Ziggurat is more or less an example of the duck test: if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...
Stepped pyramids were essentially the only really tall built items of the ancient Near East. (Egypt is not in the field of view here.) So, if you are going to talk about a tall thing, a thing reaching towards heaven, that's what you get.
However, this does not give us much interpretational traction. Whether it's a ziggurat or an anachronistic copy of the Sears Tower, it's a tall thing built by people. Why is it any better or worse for the populace to build in the form of a typical stepped temple than any other form? The plain sense of the text is that the offense was in the ambition, not in the geometry.
If, on the other hand, you're in the mood for a naturalistic interpretation, what you have here is a 'just so story' that explains the multiplicity of human languages. "Why do we have to cope with all these languages? Why can't those Hittites just speak good old Sumerian? Well, once upon a time , ..."
Yes, one can be reasonably certain that the author had in mind a ziggurat.
Whether or not one reads the Tower of Babel story as merely an etiology of the diversity of language, there does seem to be a distinct geographic setting. The wide agreement among scholars is that descriptions of the locale fit southern Mesopotamia.
For one, 11:2 records at the outset of the narrative that the people are moving eastward. As well, the name "Shinar" in verse 2 likely is a linguistic equivalent to "Sumer", another name for the region. The use of bricks is a further indication, as in Palestine there was plenty of stone, which was preferred for construction. But the southern plains of Mesopotamia did not have such quarries and required either imports of stone or the kilnfired bricks we see in 11:3 for construction.
This is all important for two reasons: 1) the predominate tower-like structures in southern Mesopotamia at the time were ziggurats, and 2) it allows for the possibility that the text function as a sort of polemic against a particular culture. Gordon Wenham writes:
The key phrase is in 11:4 where the tower is to be one "with its head in the heavens." While there are not close parallels in literature to the tower story as there are with the flood narrative, etc... Wenham notes, "The temple of Marduk in Babylon was supposed to have been built by the Annunaki gods with specially prepared bricks. Its name, 'house with the uplifted head,' reflects its claim to have reached the heavens."
Whether the temple of Marduk or some other ziggurat, the Genesis 11 story makes sport of this boast. God has to "come down" in the narrative to even see the tower that is being built up to heaven. A polemic angle to the passage would fit with previous suspicions about the tower's nature.
Unless some other theory comes along that better fits the data, a structure like a ziggurat - with steps indicating its theological purpose in allowing the gods to travel between heaven and earth - seems like the most likely candidate for the tower of Babel.


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Is there a way to know if there is any active solution deployment running on SharePoint server? I'm wondering how to do this using a PowerShell script?
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There is a more fail-safe approach than what @lwbecker2 suggests
This has the benefit of not having a race condition. If you only look for the timer job, it may be that a deployment has already been initiated, but a timer job was not yet created when you check for it. I've had this happen to me consistently on servers with limited resources, where you start the deployment and check immediately after but the timer job did not yet exist.
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Discover this village which will make you travel through time with the legend of Béria Thiméléon Philibert. In Quévy-Le-Petit on 07/09/14!
Who is this mysterious character? The legend dates back to the 18th century when the famous bandit Moneuse, head of the dreaded "Chauffeurs du Nord", was arrested in the village. Throughout the festival, the pretty village of Quévy-Le-Petit will be transformed into a highly original stage. The friendly bandit and his gang will torment the rich and the lords to the delight of the audience, who are more and more numerous each year.
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- Friday at 7pm, dinner under the marquee with musical entertainment.
- Saturday afternoon: children's games, fair stalls, crossage à la planche (a region game resembling a type of urban golf), etc.
- During the evening, bagpipes will lead you through the paths and alleys to mysterious places where you'll discover the schemes and adventures of the bandit and his accomplices.
- In the small hours of Sunday morning, the villagers will be awoken bright and early by the second-hand goods dealers, musical groups and first French empire marchers. Throughout the day, policemen in period costume will lock passing bandits in the jail.
- The "Compagnons de Béria" will feed spectators with Maroilles cheese tarts and water them with Béria beer, specially brewed for the occasion.
- At 3pm, an altercation will see Béria reappear and play his final card.
- And that's not all!
- At 5pm, after some farcical incidents, the bandit will finally be arrested.
- On Monday evening, while he is sentenced, you can listen to different witnesses and discover all of the wrongdoings this evil man is charged with. When the sentence has been passed, torches will be lit and the crowd will head to the pyre erected in the "Cour à Béria" ("Béria courtyard".
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By the time of the "Harmonic Convergence" in 1987 my understanding of the "changes" had
undergone some major re-clarification. When calls came in from individuals who were convinced that
the "Quake-to-End-All-Quakes" was coming, part of our conversation always included this suggestion
from me: the subconscious mind would use whatever it took to bring about a personal transformation
– even fear of earth changes. If the individual felt that he or she was being guided at a soul level to relocate, it wasn't simply to escape from "disaster." The person was also being prompted to make
some personal changes.
During the brief media blitz of the Harmonic Convergence, a few New Age organizations predicted that
the dates August 16 and 17, 1987, would culminate in major geological change. When A.R.E. was
contacted a number of times by representatives of the local media for interviews on the subject, I
repeatedly suggested that the shift was "vibrational and consciousness-oriented" and that people
should not expect physical calamity to certify the happening. But with only one exception, the local
newspapers were not interested in what we had to say, turning instead to others with more
sensational interpretations.)
The next big expectation for The Quake focused on May 10, 1988. Based primarily upon a number of
individuals' interpretations of the prophecies of Nostradamus, the Big One was pinpointed (even
down to the hour!) for May 10, 1988 at 12 noon. That date was also indicated by the interpretation of a
number of Indian prophecies. A.R.E. announced the date and time as a possibility in two of its
membership publications (A.R.E. Journal, July 1980, and Venture Inward magazine, May/June 1988).
The date came and went without incident.
In October 1989, the San Francisco Bay area earthquake of 7.1 on the Richter scale caused many
individuals to believe that the series of "cataclysmic quakes" were finally upon us. However, it was not
the case. Nevertheless, the tragedy did result in many individuals remembering their concern that the
Big One was just around the corner.
A minor media sensation occurred when the Browning Report(1989) predicted a major quake of
magnitude 8 for New Madrid, Missouri, for December 1990. Although newspapers carried the
information, videos were created and sold on the topic, and perhaps as many as a hundred people
called A.R.E. for advice, nothing happened. The report was soon forgotten.
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I was going to buy some pasteurized, natural, no preservatives added cider and throw some honey in it to bump up the gravity. I plan on pitching some pretty voracious yeast, so figure any bacteria in the honey has little chance, but I wanted to check with the wealth of experience from this site. What are my chances of having an issue with the bacteria in the honey? (me: first time cider, long time beer). When I add honey to beer, I throw it in as late as possible so as not to drive off the aromatics. So although I could heat the honey before using it in cider, I'd rather not, and keep more of the honey's aroma.
No, it is not necessary. In fact, many argue that it's much better to not heat it, as pasturizing the honey often time strips the honey of it's aroma & heat-sensitive aromatics. I would add the unfermented cider and the honey and stir it like crazy with sanitized spoon or other mixing device. Much like the "no-heat" meadmaking method. This will help integrate the honey, and you won't have to worry about getting everything back down to pitching temperature. I've made several batches of mead this way and have had no problem with bacteria-related off-flavors. At a healthy pitching rate, the Saccharomyces will out-compete just about everything in the must, and the high alcohol and low pH will prevent most of what's left from getting a foothold.
I don't know where djr obtained his information to say "Crystallized honey is more likely to spoil (ferment)". Honey will only ferment if it is robbed from the hives before the bees have ripened /dried it to less than 18 percent moisture. Commercial bee keepers wreck their honey of it's enzymes by heating it in order to kill the spores which only become activated if unripened honey has more than 18 percent moisture. Honey crystallizes because of the high glucose to fructose content and it is natural. To stop crystallization the honey is heated and ultra filtered. Always remember the hive temperature is a constant 37-38 degrees Celsius and any heating beyond that must be detrimental to it's beneficial qualities.
Honey is usually processed before use to remove wild yeasts, not bacteria. They can contribute to off flavors but will probably be out competed if you pitch vigorous yeasts. If you are worried you can heat the honey-water to 170ish and leave it there for 15 minutes, that should take care of any microbes without driving off much flavor. I would be interested to know how it goes if you don't do any processing though, I have been considering trying this myself. I wouldn't be worried too much about infection, as I know sometimes mead is made with only the wild yeasts that occur in the honey (but this can be highly variable).
I have not not (yet) done what you are planning to do, but I would heat the cider and honey to a pastuerizing heat (I think about 63 Celcius should do for honey but I'm not sure about cider; you don't need to bring it to a full boil). Honey dissolves easier when it's hotter and it will also pasteurize your must before you pitch. I usually do this when making mead.
If you don't want to pasteurize, then you could just put your jar of honey into a bowl of hot water for about 10 minutes. I doubt it gets hot enough to destroy any flavours that are damaged by high temperatures, but it will warm the honey just enough to pour and dissolve easier (I also do this when making mead, just so that it pours easier and faster). Warming the cider will also probably help with dissolving the honey.
I personally would be too worried about bacteria in the honey. I would be worried about the cider having wild yeast and bacteria from the pressing process. I recommend adding potassium metabisulfite or campden tablets(~50-75ppm) the cider 24-48 hours before you intend to pitch your yeast. This will take care of the bacteria and yeast and you should be able to add the honey without heating it just before you pitch the yeast or if you are concerned you could add the honey when you add the sulfite.


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"The week is nearly done,
And it's time to have some fun!
Our worries will be none,
Well, except for some…
There are lots of games to play,
So bid farewell to Friday,
And let's all hope and pray,
The weekend is here to stay!"
Poor attempt…
"Wayne has been captivated by the new Wolfenstein so I'm hoping to check that out over the next two days. I'm also hoping to watch a few movies, eat some cake, and enjoy some time in the great outdoors with the family. Just one week left until the rubber will burn in Mario Kart 8!"
"This w33kend will be all about family for me.
Last w33kend it didn't really go as planned for us. But all is going great again. So this w33kend I will mostly be relaxing, spending time with my son and daughter aka spoiling them rotten (like only dads know how.)
Gaming wise, it will be bit of slow one for me. I will try and get some Wolfenstein The New Order in and then maybe finish off Rain. Rest of the weekend will just be filled with some movie watching and if the weather behaves, I might light up the braai and enjoy some great food.
Have a great w33kend everyone. Enjoy it to the fullest. See you online maybe. Stay Safe."
"This weekend I'll be going up to Martizburg to visit my grandma again and knuckling down with a couple of games I need to review. I'm also looking forward to playing some more Transistor since at times it brings to mind what a Final Fantasy VII HD remake could look like.
I'm busy editing a friend's book draft that he wants to distribute through Amazon so I'll take it with to Maritzburg and hopefully complete my edit by the end of the weekend.
Have a great break everyone!"
"So last week I picked two matches right on Superbru (one was of course the Sharks, best game ever) and I moved up in all of my pools! How weird. Anyway, today / this morning is the Sharks game and then tonight will be work, Saturday will be babysitting, and maybe Saturday night will be FTL: Advanced Edition or LEGO: The Hobbit.
Apart from that, it's business-as-usual for this husband and father so very little time for gaming.
An old rugby injury is knocking on the door again and I have to get my knee checked out (hoping to keep my surgery count to just three, thank you) so that will be nursed with care and affection this weekend provided my son doesn't do his Juggernaut impression again!"
"This weekend is going to be awesome!
Tonight is curry night and then maybe Battlefield 4. Tomorrow is Diablo 3 with a nice anniversary tea in the afternoon (whoa – sounds very civilised). Saturday night I have my boys and much fun will be had. I think the boys will be able to finish Lego Movie Videogame this weekend and they are enjoying Brave.
Big braai planned on Sunday and am looking forward to that as well. Going to be awesome.
Hope everyone has loads of fun and relaxation. Goooooo Sharks!"
"This week welcomed the release of two of my most anticipated games of the year, but I've unfortunately hardly touched either Wolfenstein or Transistor so this weekend I'll be making amends.
Other than that? I don't think there'll be any 'other than that' but maybe some surprises are in store. Enjoy the weekend everybody, it comes but once a week."
What are your gaming plans this weekend? Any ambitions for watching some of the fantastic movies that are doing the rounds lately?
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With this amount of attentive pampering, all that relaxed parents and children will want to do is come back to Paris and enjoy another stay.


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Bubba Watson Competition
We are giving you the chance to feel like a tour pro by giving you the opportunity to slip your feet into un-released FJ ICON's just like Bubba Watson wore en route to his Masters victory, as well as a SPIDR-2 glove.
To enter simply email firstname.lastname@example.com with your answer to the below question, as well as providing your shoe size, glove size and address. The winning entry will be randomly picked after Sunday 15th April.Which fellow FJ ambassador did Bubba defeat during the playoff, en route to his Masters victory?
Good Luck!
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The big hitting lefty from Bagdad, Florida, Bubba Watson is now a Masters Champion. Bubba wearing a new FJ ICON pattern and SPIDR2 glove, shot under par in each of the first three rounds of the tournament to sit at six under par after the first three days of competition. For the final round Bubba was paired with fellow FJ Staffer Louis Oosthuizen. Louis was one stroke in front of Bubba as they stepped onto the first tee of the final day.
Oosthuizen (DryJoys Tour and SciFlex) struck first, on the downhill par five second hole Louis blistered a four iron from over 250 yards at the open-center of the green. The shot landed just short and took a hard break right towards the hole on the back of the green, the ball continued to roll and roll until hitting the flag and dropping into the cup for a double eagle. This was only the forth double eagle in Masters history and first double eagle on the 2nd hole. The albatross moved Louis to the top of the leaderboard - four strokes in front of Bubba Watson.
Bubba fought back with a birdie on the 5th hole to draw a shot closer to the leader Oosthuizen.
Watson kept the pressure on Oosthuizen converting a two putt birdie on the par five 13th hole. He then added birdies on 14, 15, and 16 to draw even with the former British Open Champion. Both players parred the final two holes, setting up a sudden death playoff.
Teeing off the eighteenth hole for the fifth time this week, both players hit drives straight up the narrow fairway. They then exchanged brilliant approach shots, setting up potential birdies. They both narrowly missed their birdie putts, halved pars, and headed to the steeply downhill tenth hole.
Bubba's tee shot missed the fairway well right of his intended target, landing behind the galleries lining the fairway. With Bubba seemingly in some trouble, Oosthuizen laid back with a fairway metal only to miss the green short on his approach. Now Bubba sized up his shot from the pine straw right of the fairway, it called for a 30+ yard hook from a dodgy lie with a short iron to hit the green. The lefty pulled the shot off perfectly giving him a birdie look for the win. With Oostuizen failing to get up and down, Bubba would need two putts for the win. Watson calmly lagged the putt to the hole and tapped in to claim the green jacket.


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$2,9283 Bedroom, 2 Baths
1090 sqft.
Available immediately
One Year, Market Rate Lease
3050 Corlear Avenue
Bronx, NY 10463
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Bronx, NY 10463
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Apartment Features
- Hardwood Floors
- Granite Countertop
- Stainless Steel
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Marble Vanity
- Marble Tiles
Building Features & Amenities
- Elevator
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- On-site Garage
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- Covered Parking
- Units: 63
- Mid-rise (7-25 Floors)
- Built 2009
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This building now requires a Broker's Fee to rent in it! It is no longer No Fee!
Located in the Kingsbridge section of Greater Riverdale, this new development proves that it is possible to live in a luxury apartment building located in a very established neighborhood, at affordable prices. The quality of the materials, the craftsmanship, and the attention to every detail is normally associated with developments costing twice as much, or more...Hopefully as you browse through our website, we're sure you'll find the new home that you've been looking for.
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I got one and my current dilema is how many controllers of what type to get. I usually play alone as I visit family more than family visits me and even then communal gaming comes in second to communal travel. If Super Mario allowed the Pro controller I'd get a spare one easy. I plan on getting rid of my current Wii and all it's white accesories. I suppose I need at least on Remote but the charging kits are usually in pairs. I don't need two since even the games that require them require one pad also.
I guess we'll have to wait and see how it all shakes down. Hopefully Nintendo will make better use of the Pro and let the Wii Remote die a painless death.
I got the HD they had at gamestop. It cost 80 bucks but uses a y cable so it doesn't need a power source. I really like it. It's a bit costly for a mere 320 gigs, but it's tiny and works well. I plan on going digital with the Wii since that's worked well for my PS3 so far. Gamestop will lose out but having Super Mario as a permanent icon without keeping up with the disc is nice. Let's just hope Nintendo works out a Wii U to Wii U transfer system just for the future. Since you can re-download things on one console there has to be a way.
So anyone else still here and have a Wii U? Any must have downloads?


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Do you like the TIMED WOOT! off?
Since it will probably be buried in the other question and this deserves its own discussion, I shall ask.
It looks like the current WOOT! off has a timer on each item. So far, it is 1/2 hour per sale. I, personally, LOVE the idea. Less wear and tear on the F5 key and I am less likely to miss something if I can come back every 30 minutes to see the new item. Looks like a change for the better if it continues.
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Yes ! I like it too. Not much fun during woot killers these days, so let's move it along.
currently I am only seeing a % left and not a timer
@natedogg828: Dang! That was a short lived, good idea.
I loved the timed idea but happy it is on sellout!
I like the time idea but with the new possibility of BOCs (being optimistic, don't burst my bubble) the timer might actually hurt your chances if everyone knows exactly when the items change. could the timer be a little different for each item?
I have a feeling they're timed for the same reason the home shopping network and infomercials have a timer in the corner of the screen; gives a false sense of urgency so you'll impulse buy.
If they could find it in their hearts to offer all-day flat-rate shipping, I'd like it a lot better.


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TEMPLE (November 6, 2012)--Employees at Grounds Guys in Waco, a member of the Dwyer Group, will volunteer their time Thursday at the Ronald McDonald House to prepare a meal and perform maintenance work around the property.
The Grounds Guys, an international company, volunteers every November 8 to honor the memory of Monika Van Stralen, of Canada, a mother of 7 who tragically lost her life, along with her children.
"Since that fateful day we have experienced great comfort and strength from our faith and the unbelievable support that comes from pulling together as a family," a family member (who also works for the company) said.
The Ronald McDonald house serves as a home away from home where staff and volunteers strive to provide a sense of normalcy for children and their families during chaotic and traumatic times.


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GENESEO, N.Y. -- The Board of Directors of the Northeast Greek Leadership Association has named Wendi Kinney, coordinator of Greek affairs and off-campus living at SUNY Geneseo, as the organization's third executive director. She will continue her full-time duties at Geneseo while taking on the new responsibility.
"I am honored to be selected to work with such a dynamic and talented team of professionals," said Kinney. "I look forward to carrying on the work that previous Executive Director Tim Wilkinson started during NGLA's 10th anniversary of leading the board through the strategic planning process."
Kinney has been a member of the NGLA board since 2005, serving in various roles, including educational programming chair, conference registration chair and secretary. She is entering her 11th year as a professional in the field of fraternity/sorority advising. Prior to joining Geneseo in 2001, she worked for Sigma Kappa as the associate director of finance.
Kinney received her master's degree in higher education administration from the University at Buffalo and a bachelor's degree from SUNY Fredonia. In addition to her professional work, Kinney has volunteered for the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, SUNY Fraternity/Sorority Advisors Association and Sigma Kappa Sorority.
The NGLA promotes the founding principles and positive traditions of all Greek letter organizations through opportunities that encourage learning and leadership. Fraternity and sorority leaders from the Northeast will convene at the organization's annual conference this February in Hartford, Conn.
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#4. "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
Offending Lyrics:
All you did was wreck my bed
and in the morning kick me in the head
You lured me away from home
just to save you from being alone
You stole my heart
I couldn't leave you if I tried.
I suppose I could collect my books and get back to school.
What It's Saying:
This song's been a staple of soft rock stations for years and seems like a pretty standard kind of a mind-gelatinizing love song, until you start wondering why Rod's singing about going back to school and maybe going home to his parents one day.
Who knows why Rod Stewart does anything?
The line about being lured away from home clinches the deal. Maggie is a lonely, lecherous old sex offender who apparently steals little boys with terrible haircuts, fucks them mercilessly and destroys their beds in the process.
#3. "My Sharona" - The Knack
Offending Lyrics:
Never gonna stop, give it up
Such a dirty mind, always get it up
For the touch of the younger kind
What It's Saying:
While a quick listen makes it seem like this is a song by idiots that's barely anything beyond gibberish, it's in fact an ode to pedophilia and general debauchery. Who knew?
If you're appalled, try using "Ray Liotta" in place of the chorus for renewed enjoyment
The singer wants us to know over the course of the song that he really wants to bang this Sharona girl and, apparently, that's whether she likes it or not because he has no plans on stopping. And he always gets it up for younger girls. Normally when you advertise this kind of stuff, Chris Hansen asks to sit down and talk to you.
#2. "Young Girl" - Gary Puckett
Offending Lyrics:
Young girl, get out of my mind
My love for you is way out of line
Better run, girl,
You're much too young, girl
What It's Saying:
This song is almost too obvious a choice--clearly it's about a guy who has a thing for a girl who's too young. Underage young? The song came out in 1968, so we're guessing somewhere around 14. Hey, at least he's bothered to give her good advice. That shit's creepy. "Better run, girl."
Who cares? It was in Glee!
In a testament to self control, Puckett immediately goes from trying to dissuade a girl who should be off playing with Barbies or Susan Sontag dolls or whatever girls in the 60s were into, to threatening her with unspoken consequences if she doesn't leave. If you don't run away now, I am going to have to do all manner of acts that haven't been permissible since the Middle Ages, and it'll be your fault.
#1. "Possession" - Sarah McLachlan
Offending Lyrics:
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear
What It's Saying:
This almost seems innocuous at first, maybe describing a little rough play going on up in Canada for Sarah but nothing crazier than when grandpa and grandpa break into the schnapps on their anniversary, right? Except that this song was inspired by McLachlan's brush with a stalker who sent numerous, crazy-as-a-shithouse-rat letters to her. The stalker actually sued McLachlan after the song was released for plagiarism, alleging she'd used the content of his letters in the song, but the case never made it to trial because he killed himself, potentially because he realized he was obsessed with Sarah McLachlan for some fucking reason.
When not making videos, Sarah stars in Cirque du Soleil as "The Pendulum Mummy"
In any event, it's safe to assume that when he wrote about holding her down and kissing her so hard it takes her breath away, he meant it in the horrifying literal sense and probably intended on stuffing her with old socks and keeping her on the sofa for the next few years as well.
You can find more from Ian Fortey over at FunnyCrave.com, or right here on Cracked, where the chef is recommending his look at 12 "Sexy" Ads That Will Give You Nightmares, and his last guest column wherein he explained Why Homemade Porn is a Worse Idea Than You Think.


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Breaking news: Philips to acquire Wellcentive, provider of population health management software solutions.
Transformation from an institution for acute care to an organization devoted to preserving health and improving care for given populations is daunting. Not all organizations will take the same approach because the circumstances of each vary widely. To succeed in this changing world, health systems must understand and address this complex array of issues and opportunities for improving population health.
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Fifteen years from today, there will be twice as many older Americans – those age 65 and older – as there were in 2000. These Americans – along with their health and wellness teams, families and loved ones – are beginning to make crucial and complex decisions about where and how they will spend their aging years. Understanding that many prefer to live fully independent lives, and aspire to age in place, Philips is partnering with experts and decision-makers in the healthcare and aging arena to host its "Aging Well Expert Series" that examines the challenges, opportunities and necessary steps associated with aging in place.
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2014 was a landmark year as we continued on our journey to unlock Philips' full potential and drive value for our customers and other stakeholders.
Health and fitness apps, smart devices and connected products are making us more aware of our own health—and more active participants in our efforts to stay healthy. At the same time, health providers are looking to technology for smarter ways to deliver quality care, whether we are in the hospital or at home.
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Philips has announced a portfolio of innovative, inspiring and playful lighting products, combining Philips' lighting expertise with Disney's beloved characters.
The products - which include StoryLights, SoftPals, LED Candles and Micro lamps - feature Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and characters from Cars and Monsters Inc. They transform children's bedrooms into imaginative spaces for reading, playing and sleeping. Children can interact with stories through connected lighting, fall asleep to the nightlights, or benefit from lights that promote healthy sleep patterns.
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Corpus Christi photographer Jason Page tells how state-of-the-art lighting transformed Harbor Bridge into a landmark. City pride grew – and Jason's business took off. Discover how Philips innovations improve the lives of individuals around the world.
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Philips hue is your personal wireless lighting. It enables you to create and control light using your smartphone or tablet. Bringing endless possibilities to help you get creative and help you personalize your lighting to suit your and your family's lifestyle. Hue can help you relax or concentrate, change the atmosphere of a room, help keep your house safe when you're out, and even remind you of that magical moment on vacation. The possibilities are endless.
The world is facing an urgent global health challenge. Rapidly growing/aging populations and the rise of chronic and lifestyle related diseases are taxing current resources. Healthcare systems are struggling to react – with differing degrees of success.
In an analysis of the U.S. Future Health Index results, the report "Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Healthcare," invites readers to consider the external forces that may reshape the opinions and attitudes of patients and providers, alike.
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Royal Philips announced on December 15, 2015 that Philips North America will use 100 percent renewable energy for its North American operations by the end of 2016, a major step toward its 2020 carbon neutrality ambitions shared at COP21. Working with EDP Renewables North America, Philips will purchase 250,000 MWh of electricity per year over the next 15 years from the Hidalgo Wind Farm in McCook, Texas, an amount equivalent to the power used at the company's 133 sites which support over 21,000 employees in the market.
Royal Philips and Mackenzie Health, a regional healthcare provider serving Southwest York Region in Ontario, Canada, announced a CAD 300 million, 18-year large scale alliance that will advance Mackenzie Health's medical technology procurement and maintenance programs for the existing Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital and the future Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital, which will be completed in 2019.
We're excited to return to Dreamforce in 2015, where we will demonstrate our commitment to help transform health and care into a seamless and people-centric experience through a range of products and technologies across the health continuum.
Look for cool innovations in healthy living, as well as exciting new prototypes in connected care. We're collecting data from consumer and medical measurement devices, as well as patient self-entry and medical records using our HealthSuite Digital Platform—and empowering patients to be true partners in their own health and care.
Philips Foundation brings to life Royal Philips long commitment to improving the lives of people and communities around the world. Most recently:
In rural areas of Turkey, 180,000 children will get heart scans, as part of the Little Hearts Project. Children in Switzerland are learning the importance of balanced diets and active leisure time. Philips is providing expertise and facilities in a pilot project in Xinjiang, China. Partnering with the Austrian Red Cross, a Philips program aims to reduce the risk of disease by improving health-related behavior.
To learn more about these projects and the Philips Foundation, please visit our website.
Non-actionable alarms in the ICU can strain hospital resources and can affect the quality of patient care.
Alarm fatigue has been identified as the top technology hazard for healthcare organizations and is the subject of the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals on Alarm Management.
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With our comprehensive alarm management solutions and consulting services caregivers can get the right information at the right time for targeted care.
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The partnership is based on an enterprise managed services model through which Philips will provide WMCHealth with a comprehensive range of clinical and business consulting services, as well as advanced medical technologies such as imaging systems, patient monitoring, telehealth (Philips EICU) and clinical informatics solutions.
Companies can no longer rely on doing business in the same way. As regulated industries are disrupted by new digital technologies, big data and growing consumer engagement, we cannot tackle the world's greatest challenges alone. Enter partnerships, like ours with 1776, that embody the spirit of open innovation.
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I love Todoist, even though I have plans to create my own task list eventually.
One of the mixed blessings of Todoist is that it is extremely flexible. This is great because it can conform to your specific needs. It's not so great because sometimes you don't know what your specific needs really are, and a little guidance would be more helpful.
Well, I think I've finally come to terms with what works best for me, so I'll share it for posterity.


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Thyroid, anxiety, and caffeine
December 30, 2010
I've been off caffeine now for two weeks, and while I greatly miss my daily cups of black tea and coffee, I think cutting out caffeine has made my arthritis better. I've been meaning to give it up just for general health purposes, but this time it's been out of necessity.
The back story that prompted my caffeine sacrifice is that two weeks ago I started suffering from extreme anxiety and mini panic attacks for seemingly no reason. I've had anxiety and panic attacks in the past, but they were always a result of some specific thing(s) I was worrying about. This time, the anxiety hit me out of nowhere. The normal stresses of work and Christmas busyness have been getting on my nerves this month, but nothing to freak out about. Nothing worthy of heart palpitations, shaky hands, stomach pain and nausea.
After a couple days of very uncomfortable jitters and jumpiness, I decided to call my pharmacist and ask about one of the medications I've been taking that had just changed. I've been on citalopram, a generic for celexa, for the last two years. I've never had a problem with it, but wondered if the latest refill might be causing the anxiety. The new refill was also for 20 mg of citalopram, but it was from a different manufacturer than what I was used to taking. Speaking with the pharmacist made me feel a bit relieved (that I wasn't going crazy) and confirmed that changing the manufacturer of a generic drug could indeed cause these types of side effects. She immediately offered to refill my prescription with the former generic I was used to. The next day I threw out the "bad" drug and started back on my regular medication. I was hoping this would solve the problem and that I'd feel normal again right away. However, it's not until…um…yesterday that I really feel better. Maybe it just takes this long for the "bad" generic to get out of my system and my old stuff to kick back in? I have no idea, but it's been really awful feeling so anxious for this long.
Yesterday I finally went into the doctor to talk with her about my weird anxiety. Based on my symptoms, she suspected that my thyroid medication was to blame – that the dose was too high and was causing hyperthyroidism symptoms (anxiety, shaky hands, stomach upset). I got blood drawn Tuesday afternoon to test my TSH level so the doctor would have the result in time for my appointment yesterday. During the appointment she disappointingly told me that my TSH was .44 and in the "normal" range. However, it was on the low end of the range and she still suspected that it was the culprit, especially since there was some question months ago regarding if I even needed to be on hypothyroidism medication. So. The doctor told me I can go down in my levothyroxine (generic for synthroid) dosage or just go off it all together and see how I feel. I was also told it takes six weeks to get a stable TSH reading once medication changes. I was a little undecided about how to proceed, if I should just go off the medication or try tapering down. Well, this morning I didn't take anything so I guess I'm going to take that route. While my anxiety and jittery feelings are pretty much gone, I still have shaky hands and still feel just…a little strange and on edge. It's hard to explain. I really hope going off the levothyroxine will take care of this. I can deal with the pain and annoyance of RA every day, but when other health problems start to get added on to that, it's so incredibly stressful and frustrating. It's too much, really.
Anyway, back to coffee and tea (and my Diet Coke addiction). Perhaps the good thing to come of this unusual anxiety episode is I've been able to go off caffeine and I really think it's had an effect on my RA. I've had my suspicions in the past but was never able to totally give it up for very long. My joints have felt very good these past two weeks; before they were a bit stiff and sore – especially my hands. The plan is to stay off caffeine for maybe another week and then try to add it back to see what happens. If I have a noticeable flare-up after adding back caffeine, it just may be an inflammation trigger. This would be great news, actually, despite having to give up something I love. I'm willing to do just about anything to keep my RA under control so that I can hopefully stay off of prednisone longer than a couple months.
Bad news: I've gained 6 lbs – says the clinic scale yesterday. Goodbye coffee. And goodbye Christmas cookies, candy, chocolate, AND EVERYTHING THAT TASTES GOOD IN LIFE! Sigh. Has anyone else noticed a difference with or without caffeine and their arthritis? I'd be really interested to hear your experiences.
Thanks for reading and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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January 15, 2012 at 10:51 pm
I've been off of my methotrexate for three months and recently stopped taking my Enbrel. I've been off of my Enbrel for four weeks and was worried about swollen joints. However, I have been off of caffeine for four weeks as well and my joints are fine. I'm curious if it has anything to do with the lack of caffeine. I firmly believe it is because I've stopped drinking caffeine. I used to drink anywhere from three to six cups a day. Since I've given up caffeine, I have no problems with my RA and I feel great!
February 2, 2012 at 12:38 am
I have greatly reduced my consumption of coffee from a full cup to a third and eliminated all dairy products, meat, poultry, fish and eggs. I arthritis has been reduced by approximately 85 percent.
November 17, 2012 at 11:16 am
I have RA and gave up caffeine a couple of weeks ago and my arthritic wrist moves better already. Have not been able to move it for about three years. I will post again and update.
June 8, 2014 at 6:58 am
Hi Angela, how are you getting on with your RA and giving up caffeine ?
July 11, 2014 at 5:04 am
Don't worry youre not crazy. I had a similar problem with a generic Cipramil. It gave me an awful taste in my mouth and severe headaches!


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Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them takes a closer look at the nerd stereotype and has gotten nods from The Washington Post, The Economist, The Boston Herald, and The Boston Globe among many other media outlets. As the The Washington Post describes it: Anderegg's book "deconstructs the [nerd] stereotype, traces its history and makes the case that it undermines individual kids and the country as whole."
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Beyond exploring nerds individually, the book zeros in on America's anti-intellectual culture. Offering further insight and depth to this phenomenon, Anderegg has been frequently featured on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation programs, most notably Q. In addition to his CBC appearances, Anderegg appeared on The Bob Edwards Show carried on XM Satellite Radio.


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STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County commissioners on Thursday didn't give a thumbs up or down to the possible purchase of the Towers building on Market Street but did present arguments on how buying the......
Are there any other bidders? If not offer a lot less. Or ask for cheaper rent. I think he would have a hard time getting renters or buyers at this time.
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I am re assembling a swing set made of pretty hard wood. My electric drill won't drive the screws in all the way and I have to try to use plain screwdriver. I don't want to strip the heads though. Is there a good lubricant to use? Is spit the best?
A good lube is beeswax. It lubes the screw, but does not retain moisture. I have also been known to use a stick type of teflon, used for lubing drawer guides. Or a chunk of paraffin is fine too.
You don't want to add water, so spit is a poor idea. Why encourage the screw to rust???? This is the same reason why soap works poorly. Soap is hydrophilic. Soap actually draws moisture to the screw, causing it to rust away prematurely, so a BAAAADDDDDD idea.
Drilling a pilot hole is often a help, but don't make the hole too fat, or the threads won't bite. I'll often go considerably smaller than the root diameter of the screw. Just a small pilot hole is often adequate in wood, unless one is working in a very hard wood.
Finally, if a screwdriver fails, I often resort to a brace, a hand held drill from the antique bins. Just check a hex bit into the drill and off you go. Even better, I keep my brace fitted with a quick connect for 1/4 inch hex bits always at hand.
I keep one of these tools always on the wall of my shop. It will drive a screw quickly into wood, with enough force to twist the head off most screws if I overdo it. But you also have perfect control over the torque. And the nice thing is, the battery never dies, it needs no extension cord.
Ief the swing set was in the weather it is possible that the hardware may have rust on them the rust could increase the resistance making it tougher to drive them in. Gunner soap idea is worth trying along with some new hardware and a bigger drill.


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I have been trying to share my wired Internet connection with my Android phone. However I could not succeed in doing this. Has anyone of you ever succeeded? Operating systems that I use are as follows:
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I have been trying to share my wired Internet connection with my Android phone. However I could not succeed in doing this. Has anyone of you ever succeeded? Operating systems that I use are as follows:
Yes, it is possible. I have Ubuntu 11.04, NetworkManager 0.8.4, Android Nexus One phone running Cyanogenmod 7.
As described by Roman, right-click on the NetworkManager icon and choose "Create new wireless network". I chose to leave the connection wide open (no WPA, no WEP). My phone was able to see the network right away and I connected without trouble. The bridging was automatically done so I could browse the internet without configuring anything extra.
The reason why you having trouble with the above method is because stock Android 2.3 doesn't support ad-hoc networks. To be precise, Android's wpa_supplicant does not show ad-hoc networks. There are a number of ways to fix this. Google around and go hunting in the xda-developers forums. You will probably need to do some hacking on your phone that is beyond the scope of this answer.
My personal recommendation: if your phone supports Cyanogenmod, you can install it to get ad-hoc support and other hackish delights. You will need to root your phone, which may or may not be to your taste.
Another alternative is to try "Infrastructure mode". After setting up the ad-hoc wireless network as per above, click on the NetworkManager icon, choose "Edit connections". Hit the wireless tab and Edit the ad-hoc network you just created. Under Mode, choose "Infrastructure". I am unsure if this will work for you since I don't have a stock Android phone to test with. My thought is if ad-hoc mode is the problem, then the another mode might be the solution.
Good luck!
First of all as we all know stock ROM of Android i.e. the one which comes with the phone does not support ad-hoc mode (surprisingly), and even Ice-Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) won't support ad-hoc mode.
So, we need to create an access point using Ubuntu to which any android phone can easily connect. In Windows you can use Connectify to do that and it works perfectly well but with Ubuntu you may have certain problems, depending on whether your wifi-card supports access point mode (master mode) or not.
Now, even if your wifi-card supports access point mode, the next problem is whether the driver of your wifi-card supports AP mode or not, if it does then the problem is solved and if does not then you have three options:
If you are interested you can post the name of your wifi-card driver so that I can help you further. Use this command:
Please check out this link and tell me if it's roughly what you're looking for.
I found a working solution to share my Internet connection with my phone via USB reverse tethering, but my laptop uses a wireless connection for it:
Internet -> Wireless -> Laptop -> USB cable -> Android phone
So if that would be possible for you, or if you have a second ethernet card for your pc, you should check out the 'Reverse Tether Trial' app from the play store.
Assuming you also have a wireless card in your computer: In Network Manager, click the menu and 'Create New Wireless Network...'. Later, you would be to see the network in your Android.
You can create a wireless network from your computers wifi menu. Right click on the wifi icon in the taskbar and click create new network. Fill out the options then connect to it from your phone. Make sure your computer is also connected to the wired network cable. The cable should be automatically bridged to the wireless from my understanding, and it should all work fine.
A working solution for me with USB Cable on Kubuntu 15.10 & Android 4.2.2 on a Samsung S3 mini was following
you can add default route to your computers network address you fixed in point 2 with
I tether with Android via USB tethering. You can also use Ubuntu's "broadband connection" feature that's in the nm-applet as well, but it's slower.
This works for me
Install hostapd
After installing hostapd install dhcp server
sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server hostapd
Then, open a text editor program, for example
Please change to fill in the name of your network after
save the file as
Create a new ad-hoc wireless and connect it.
Now, Open terminal and type:
Turn on your phone wifi and find your ssid.
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I know that Android uses the Java language with a limited Java SDK and that Google claims it isn't Java. But is it right to say that Android is a Programming language? Or is it more right to say that Android is a framework in Java? Or is both true?
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Android is an OS (and more, look below) which provides its own framework. But it is definitely not a language.
Android does not use the Java language. It has an offline compilation process that translates JVM bytecode to the Dalvik bytecode that Android understands, but there's nothing that comes with Android that directly understands or works with Java. Instead, you use other existing tools to compile Java (or any other JVM language) to bytecode, and then hand that off to Dalvik to go the rest of the way.
Java is simply the supported language of choice for Android development. Google chose to create and SDK for Java language and a Plugin for the popular Eclipse Java IDE, so there was a easily available tool set to create Android apps in a popular language.
Android is an open-source software stack (a solution stack is a set of software subsystems or components needed to deliver a fully functional solution, e.g. a product or service) for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. So you are partially correct in considering it as a framework.
Android is a free open source platform available for anyone to use. The Android operating system is a multi-user Linux system in which each application is a different user. And Android relies on Linux version 2.6 for core system services such as security, memory management, process management, network stack, and driver model.


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A ribbon-cutting and Open House will be held at the MTC on campus.
"Washburn Tech is extremely excited to have Trane, Snap-on, NC3 and Ingersoll Rand as corporate partners as we strive to provide the most state-of-the-art training to those either entering, or professionals presently employed in, the field of climate and energy controls," said Clark Coco, Washburn Tech Dean. "Our goal at Washburn Tech is to be the leader for the Midwest in developing a training center which is considered a premier training center in the nation for HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) and climate and energy control technologies."
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Dr. Jerry Farley, President of Washburn University and Blake Flanders, Vice President for Workforce Development at Kansas Board of Regents will provide remarks. Kansas dignitaries as well as executive leaders representing business and industry will be in attendance.
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