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Mike and his family have roots that grow deep into the red clay of the Northstate, and he deeply cares for its people. He grew up in Redding, graduating from St. Joseph Elementary School and Shasta High School. Then it was on to California State University Chico to earn a broadcasting degree.
He has been a part of KRCR since 1975, first as an intern while attending Chico State, then living and working in Chico as a Bureau reporter, before returning to Redding as a News Anchor and reporter. Then he began a stretch of more than 20 years as Sports Director, during which time he was voted in to the Shasta High School, Shasta College and Shasta County Sports Halls of Fame. Now he brings his experience to the set as a News Anchor.
Mike has been married to his wife Lindy since 1979, is the proud father of three children: Jacob, Andy and Michaela, and just as proud of his grandsons Coby and Joe.
Also an ordained Deacon, Mike is committed to serving the community through his ministry at St. Joseph parish. He also serves on the Shasta Community Health Center Board of Directors, the Advisory Board of Northern Valley Catholic Social Service, and is a member of the Rotary Club of Redding and the Shasta County Citizens Against Racism (SCCAR).
He enjoys jogging, cycling, swimming, golfing, reading, working around the house, and spending time with his family.
His two main goals are to personally meet every KRCR News Channel 7 viewer, and now that his beloved San Francisco Giants have won a World Series, Mike says, "Now I can die a happy man."


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On Thursday, January 17th at 8:04 P.M., Kentucky State Police Post 3 Bowling Green responded to 105 Church Street in Canmer, KY to Woodrow Carter's (26) residence in reference to a drug tip. A search of the residence yielded 83 suspected marijuana plants along with various item used to assist in the growing of the plants were located.
Carter was arrested and transported to the Hart County Jail where he was lodged without incident. Carter was charged with Cultivation of Marijuana 5 plants or more, Possession of Marijuana, and Drug Paraphernalia.
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Using the Facebook enhanced auth dialog, the dialog itself shows a blue button to confirm the app at the user side. The text of this button could be:
- Add to Facebook
- Log in with Facebook
- Go to App
- Play Game
Is there any way to choose the displayed? For example I would like to use Log in with, but I always get Go to App.


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Take an algebraic variety $V$, and its set of smooth functions $C^{\infty}(V)$. One can endow $C^{\infty}(V)$ with a canonical locally convex topology (the seminorms are defined using the local coordinate patches of the variety). With respect to this topology the space is a Frechet space (this means that, amongst other properties, that it is metrisable and complete with respect to the metric).
I have two questions:
(1) If $O(V)$ is the set of regular functions of $V$, is $O(V)$ dense in $C^{\infty}(V)$ with respect to the Frechet topology?
(2) Can one caracterize these locally convex topologies on $O(V)$ that are induced by a differential structure?


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Why is the erech (Vayikra 27:1–8) of a woman less than that of a man? And why does erech depend on age? Sources, please.
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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's approach, if I recall correctly, is that the number 3 represents the family (father+mother+child), and an additional 2 represents the community. Men are obligated to be involved in both, whereas women are only obligated in the former.
(Note that the Torah's stage of "working towards completion" is ages 5 to 20, or 15 years. If we split that in half, we get two stages: 5--12.5, and 12.5--20. That fits well with the concept of bar/bat mitzvah -- half that time is maturing without the technical obligation, and half the time with.)
The Gemara does observe that retirement age proportionately devaluates a man more than a woman, hence the Talmudic saying:
Which sounds similar to the way one lady described having her retired husband home (I believe this is attributed to the Cosby show):
I don't have a source to cite, but historically speaking, since the ancient world revolved entirely around how to continue living, i.e. earning enough money to feed yourself and your family, and since women didn't need to provide income for the family like the men had to, therefore the monetary value of a working man was worth more than that of women, children, and the old. He had more working potential.


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Is it is a community where you enjoy being around people like you?
What does Stack Overflow mean to you?
Is it simply a place to get questions and answers?
Is it is a community where you enjoy being around people like you?
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I think Stack Overflow is a place where even the most beautiful prancing unicorn is no more important than the smallest dust mite. All shall have their chance at glory in the cage, but only one can be crowned Supreme Lord of the Rainbow Sphere!
Of course, I've been licking a lot of brightly-colored toads lately.
Mostly it's a place where I can find answers to my questions. Partly it's a MMORPG.
It's a place where I can see a big number next to my name (and the badges don't hurt either).
I've lurked at programming sites before, but never participated. Then one day in September I saw a question on SO that looked easy, so I signed up and answered it. Then I got upvoted. Then I got a badge. Then I couldn't stop.
I also do quite a bit of editing, mainly because I like making things better; it drives me nuts when I'm on any other forum and I can't edit anyone's posts.
But for all that, I would likely have gotten bored and left months ago if it weren't for that number at the top of the screen.
With Stack Overflow I can:
It's a steel, to keep me sharp. Not that my job doesn't challenge me day-to-day, but those challenges tend to be in the same areas; SO exposes me to problems and ideas that i wouldn't normally encounter.
Also, it lets me purge latent obsessive tendencies by fixing typos in other peoples' posts.
I like Stack Overflow, because it gives the me the ability to contribute and promote growth. I typically try and facilitate this with my editing and moderating abilities. I have been around since the beta, and I have enjoyed watching Stack Overflow grow into an overwhelming success.
I like to think I played at least a small part in this.
I view it as a place to increase my skills and abilities in multiple ways. First of all, obviously, is technically. As a c# programmer there are many areas of the .NET framework I've never had to touch, but I've learned at least bits an pieces about many of those areas from SO. Additionally, I believe it has improved my communication skills. By trying to provide answers that get upvoted, I've had to learn to communicate my thoughts better. I believe this is immensely important to my day job because any time you work with a team, your ability to communicate and show people why you think what you do is extremely important. And finally, as my knowledge and answers have improved it has been a source encouragement and validation of my talents.
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Wall Stenciling 101
Hooray I finally got my stencil done! (almost) I am SOOO excited to show you guys how awesome it looks.
I have a couple of other projects going on in my bedroom so I am going to wait until I can show the whole room for the final final shot. But I couldn't wait to show you how freakin AWESOME my stencil turned out, even though I still have touch ups to do.
I am not really a stencil novice. This is the the third time that I have stenciled a room (click here to see the first and second times) The first was a stencil that I made myself and the second was one that I won from Cutting Edge for winning Crafting With The Stars. If you read the posts leading up to my living room wall reveal I was super frustrated with the way that I couldn't get it to line up, there were bleeding issues, etc. I am really glad that I did it but man it was not easy.
When I contacted Melanie Royals from Royal Design Studio about being a sponsor in the Epic Room Makeover Giveaway they sent me a stencil to try myself. You guys know that I am all about 100% honest opinions and so this is my true blue through and through experience.
I couldn't decide which one to get! Seriously. It took me DAYS of thinking about it 24/7 to choose. The one that I chose is called Hollywood Squares (like the TV show!) But these were my other top 3 (click the pic for more info)
I flippin couldn't believe how much easier it was. The differences between the way the stencils are made makes all the difference in the world. Royal Design Studio's stencil is on a different type of plastic. It's the kind that when you shake it it makes noise (you know what I mean right?) It stuck to the wall by itself. I didn't need to use spray adhesive.
On all of the stencils that are meant to be used as allover patterns they have registration marks so that your stencil will line up perfectly. Seriously who would have thought that a few teeny marks would make the difference in my sanity?
And then you just go to town! The stencil bends really easily for corners, but you will need to do a little hand painting to get it right against the corner.
On the first tutorial (and what is recommended by RDS) I used a small foam roller. I was at Home Depot picking some more up and noticed that Purdy has small rollers too but they aren't foam they are called White Dove. I asked the paint guy what the difference was and he said for my wall the Purdy roller would be better. I already had a white dove roller at my house and so I bought the foam roller just incase.
The foam roller needed 2 coats and got a raised buildup along the edges of the pattern.
(Close up so you can see the amount of bleeding)
Using the White Dove Roller I only had to do one coat (sorry didn't get a pic while the stencil was on the wall)
And here is a shot of a random spot on the wall.
There was still some bleeding but that was more my fault for getting lazy than anything.
When you load your roller you want to have enough paint that you will have coverage but not so much that it seeps below the stencil. The best way to describe it is to roll enough off that its not shiny with paint.
When you start on a wall start in the upper center
That way you can work to the right, left, and down and there will be less down time waiting for your paint to dry!
When you are done get small pieces of tape to mark where you need to touch up. If you are standing right next to the wall you can drive yourself mad with imperfections. Stand a ways back and see where the issues are and mark there. I mean if you want to hand touch up a bajillion little bleeds be my guest but I have more to do in life.
Clearly my roller had too much paint on it when I was doing this section…
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p.s. I stenciled 2 walls in the bedroom that's why the doors seem weird. And sorry about the wonky angles I am trying to not show my other projects that are in the works….
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For example, given etale maps $p : X \to B$, $r : Y \to B$ and continuous maps $f, g : X \to Y$ such that $p = r \circ f = r \circ g$, the equalizer of $f$ and $g$ seems to be $E = \lbrace x \in X \mid f x = g x \rbrace$ with the inclusion map $e : E \to X$ and the etale map $p \circ e : E \to B$. This works because whenever $f$ and $g$ agree at a point, they agree on a neighborhood of the point, and so $E$ is an open subspace of $X$.
Similarly, if I am not mistaken, the coequalizer of $f$ and $g$ is again computed simply as the quotient $Q = Y/{\sim}$ where $\sim$ is the least equivalence relation satisfying $f x \sim g x$ for all $x \in X$. The equivalence relation $\sim$ is fiber-wise, i.e., it never relates things from different fibers. The canonical quotient map $q : Y \to Q$ is compatible with $r$ and so we get a map $t : Q \to B$, which turns out to be etale.
Is this correct? Where can I find a reference? Most textbooks that prove the category of etale maps over a given base to be a topos make a detour via the category of sheaves on $B$, which makes the calculations of limits and colimits indirect, as they pass through the equivalence between etale maps and sheaves.


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I was recently laid off from my job of 15 years. Im 40 years old and dont want to go back to the 9 to 5 route. What should I do?
What should I do?
Start your own business where you think you can do the best and have a better plan for it as well
Do you have any hobbies or pass times that you can sell or a simple service you can offer on a regular basis? If so, then you can become your own boss. Work your own hours and enjoy all the benefits.
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How the Smartest NFL Teams Spend Money
For the people who run NFL teams, getting to the Super Bowl becomes a matter of solving an extravagant jigsaw puzzle. Not the kind of puzzle you buy at the museum that has a little print of Monet's haystacks on it, mind you, but one of those 5,000-piece monsters that forces you to recreate every inch of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam.
Because the NFL has rules that limit spending, each franchise starts with virtually the same resources. So the challenge is to figure out how to arrange all the pieces to put the best possible team on the field. Do you splurge on a once-elite quarterback who is just returning from multiple neck surgeries? Or is it better to divide that cash for a linebacker, a tight end and a pair of beefy tackles?
The point here is that the NFL is basically a form of competitive economics—and by looking at the financial decisions teams make, you can learn a fair bit about the essential nature of modern football.
In advance of this weekend, when the playoffs begin, the Journal compared player salary payments for this year's 12 playoff teams with the 20 franchises that didn't make it. The goal: to figure out which spending strategies work—and which don't. The numbers, which are based on figures that were current at the end of the regular season, come from Spotrac, a website that compiles salary data.
CONCLUSION NO. 1: You can spend a lot of money on players who play for other teams and still make the playoffs.
The Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots and Houston Texans all advanced despite what seems like a handicap: spending a lot of cash on players who play elsewhere. In addition to the NFL's salary cap—$121 million this season—which limits a team's total spending (baseball doesn't have one; just ask the Los Angeles Dodgers) there's a nasty little thing called "dead money." Under the NFL's peculiar accounting system, a team can prorate a player's salary or bonus over a number of years. They might also guarantee a portion of a player's salary over the length of the deal. These tactics help teams stretch to sign star players when they need them, but they can also backfire.
Even if a player leaves or gets cut, that prorated or guaranteed money still counts against the salary cap, which reduces the amount of money a team can allocate to its current players.
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Read each team's scouting report and a graphed presentation of their 2012 seasons in the Massey-Peabody index.
Logic suggests teams with less dead money will do better, since they can afford to pay more for current talent. But this year's playoff teams had an average of $11.1 million in dead money, $3.3 million more than the average non-playoff team. The Colts, Patriots and Texans were among the league's top five dead-money leaders.
The reason for that, said former Colts executive Bill Polian, is that perennial winners such as the Patriots have better players they want to keep. The only way to do that is to offer contracts as long as six years, even if the players are in their late 20s. "They know full well that the player will not complete the contract," Polian says. "But if you're competing for a championship, that's a thing to do."
This year's Colts went 11-5 despite a league-leading $38.6 million in dead money, which is more than half of the $75 million the team is paying to its active, non-injured players. More than $10 million of that dead money is going to former Colts QB Peyton Manning, who led the Denver Broncos to the AFC's top seed this season.
Polian said the Colts' success this year is largely due to rookie QB Andrew Luck, who is competing at a Manning level while making a rookie salary. And that leads us nicely to...
CONCLUSION NO. 2: You don't need an expensive QB.
This year's playoff teams allotted an average of $8.4 million for quarterbacks. That's $1.5 million less than the average non-playoff team. There are three starting rookies in the playoffs —Luck, Seattle's Russell Wilson and Washington's Robert Griffin III—and also second-year quarterbacks Andy Dalton of Cincinnati and Minnesota's Christian Ponder.
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(San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick is in his second year, but he's a replacement for an expensive starter, Alex Smith.)
These quarterbacks were all drafted after the league's collective-bargaining agreement went into effect—a deal that cut how much teams can pay top draft picks. So Griffin is making just $3.8 million this year, compared with the $15.6 million that St. Louis is shelling out on 2010 No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford.
What's further bringing down the average cost of a playoff quarterback this year is the success of later draft picks, which are even cheaper under the CBA. Wilson, picked in this year's third round, is earning a close-to-league minimum $545,000. "This is the first quarterback draft class we've seen in the new cap era," says sports agent David Canter, who says the trend of cheaper QBs in the playoffs might continue for the next few years.
It also didn't help that many pricey quarterbacks underperformed or played for disappointing teams, including Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, Philip Rivers of the San Diego Chargers and the New York Jets combo of Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow.
CONCLUSION NO. 3: You can give nearly half your money to three players.
NFL rosters have 53 players. Denver is doling out 41% of the cash it's spending on active, non-injured players to just three guys: Manning and veteran superstar defenders Elvis Dumervil and Champ Bailey.
What helped the Broncos is, again, the league's CBA—specifically, a rule that allows teams to roll over unused salary-cap space for the next season. If a team last year was $10 million under the salary cap, for instance, they could roll it over to this year, meaning they could spend $131 million rather than $121 million, which could more than offset any dead money.
The Broncos this year had $26 million in cap rollover, second-most in the league. That made it easier to pay Manning $18 million this season. "If the don't have that cap rollover, they don't have Peyton Manning," Canter said.
If the Broncos manage to win the Super Bowl, teams may look to replicate Denver's formula. Theoretically, teams that know they're going to have a bad year could try to have the lowest payroll allowed under the CBA to try to roll over cap space to the next year.
The only thing stopping them, Polian says, is pride. "It's good theory, but in practice, nobody ever believes they're going to have a bad year."
Of course, the strategy might not work. The team that entered 2012 with the most cap-rollover benefits was the Jacksonville Jaguars, who went 2-14.
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What is the best Spanish translation of the English phrase "Are you ok?" or "Are you alright?" (said out of concern for someone who has just gotten hurt, for example after tripping and falling or getting hit by a ball thrown at them)?
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The correct translation would be "¿Estás bien?" or "¿Te encuentras bien?". Maybe we use more "¿Estás bien?" for general things and "¿Te encuentras bien?" for ask about feelings. Anyway, you can use both for the same purpose.
Apart from the two ways provided by Sergi, if you want to check if someones alright after getting hurt like you mentioned, you could also ask:


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When I visit my Facebook page I see several random videos that I didn't upload. iPhoto has done this several times to me- scared of what it will post with my knowledge! I try to close it and sometimes I can not even close the application because it is still synching with FB even if I click quit.
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WACO (March 7, 2013)--A Waco man already facing a list of charges involving drugs, money laundering and falsifying government documents was jailed Thursday, facing new charges after a raid on a local business.
Nabil A. Hakim, 63, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after McGregor police and other law enforcement agents served a search warrant at a business on North 19th Street in Waco where police say he was planning to move a smoke shop from a location that was raided and closed down last September.
U.S. Drug Enforcement agents who participated in the raid Wednesday confiscated a significant amount of what they believe is liquid K-2, which local police say may be a first in the area.
"They (the DEA agents) think its liquid K-2, the same thing as synthetic marijuana, but it's in small white bottles," said McGregor police Lt. Joe Coy.
Coy said the product can be ingested out of the bottle or wiped onto cigarettes and smoked.
Synthetic marijuana products are three times more likely to be associated with such conditions as tachycardia and hypertension and five times more likely to be associated with hallucinations, according to a U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention report, which says, given the rise of the products, "outbreaks of unexpected toxicity associated with their use are likely to increase."
Hakim was in the McLennan County Jail Thursday facing a list of new charges including money laundering, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, making a false statement to police and theft of a firearm.
Hakim was released from jail September 2012 after he posted a total of $105,000 bonds on charges of money laundering, falsifying a government document, theft under $20,000.
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10221 LEGO Star Wars EXECUTOR Super Star Destroyer for $335.99 + free shipping
- 3,152 pieces
another one of those epic sets... the old discontinued star destroyer is now going for upwards of $1,500. This is practically an investment when it eventually gets discontinued. 3 thousand + pieces, this should be fun.
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@kamikazeken: I voted for the deal but I think you should be careful tossing out references to investment opportunities on deals...especially toy ones.
I've earned a lot of money reselling lego sets after they've been discontinued.
I've also earned quite a bit of money reselling other toys over the years. I bought 2 of these sets, and one of the death star sets. I plan on keeping one of these star destroyers, and eventually selling the death star and the other star destroyer. They'll be sitting in a closet for a few years I'm sure, because I consider them an investment.
Re-sell value has only exploded for a couple of the earliest Star Wars sets. Once people realized how much the price would go up, they all bought a ton of the new ones, so the potential profit on these sets is minimal.
With the exception of one bizarre sale, the old star destroyer goes closer to $550-$600, even when brand new. Most of the other discontinued sets go for <$100 more than original purchase price.
From the description on Amazon
"With over 3,000 pieces, measuring nearly 50 inches (124.5 cm) long and weighing nearly pounds.."
I want to way nearly pounds myself. I also want someone to buy this for me and put it together.
@asahel01: As an adult whos childhood was built on Legos, I think it'd be a blast to build this. I'll build it if you find a financial backer lol.
Price is now $477.77 w/$12.49 shipping. Apparently the one on sale sold out. Sorry if you missed it. And there's only 1 left at that price. :-(
@kamikazeken: I completely 100% agree with you! I bought 3 death stars last year at 10% off, and two of them are for investment purposes. I have made some good money too, with selling retired sets. A star wars set
I bought last year for $120 sold for me on Amazon last week for $355 :D I had almost sold it last year when I saw the going price was in the mid-200's, so I'm glad I waited.
@nativityinblood: You are incorrect. Period. But thinking like yours only helps those of us who realize the future value of SOME lego sets (not all). If you would like for me to back up my opinion with specific examples, I'd be more than happy to. I'll give you a quick example right now: Village Toy Shop #10199 cost me $60 last year (RRP=$59.99). I bought 10 (5 limit on Amazon, 5 limit on Lego.com). It is now worth more than double the RRP, and I bet it goes up even more towards Christmas.
For anyone interested, the death star is now $335.99 (I'm VERY tempted!), and the destroyer is $359.00
:) Sharon
I did go ahead and post the death star as a deal, but credit should go to @kamikaziken.
For any1 interested, the cost for lego to make this i s probably around $20, pay some royalties, 6000% markup... you get to 400 ish


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Warren County Fiscal Court is considering an ordinance that would impose an insurance premium tax on forms of insurance like casualty, auto, fire, and health, among others.
While that tax would be paid to the county by the insurance companies, some think it won't really be the insurance companies paying the that cost, but you and me.
"It's going to go directly to the clients. The company can't afford to pay the additional premium, so they'll just relay it to the pay and tax the insurer. In my opinion, it would be quite a burden," said Mike Reynolds, Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Agency Manager.
Many are concerned that city and city annex taxpayers will pay a new tax on top of their existing insurance tax, but County Judge Executive Mike Buchanon says that's not the case.
"It does not effect anyone in the city. You can't pay double. All five cities in Warren county have been collecting the insurance premium tax for the past several years," said Warren County Judge Executive Mike Buchanon.
Those county tax rates will be the same ones imposed by the city of Bowling Green but will not overlap. The purpose to ensure fire and law enforcement have adequate radio systems and other essentials.
Those things improve each fire district's Insurance Services Office rating or ISO, which simply means the district is considered safer and less expensive to insure. The lower the number the lower the cost.
"They provide a service that keeps your insurance premiums low. The difference between when we went from 9's to 7's in some departments, was about a 42 percent decrease in premium," said Buchanon.
Buchanon says adding the two to seven percent tax on some premiums will actually lower every taxpayer's premiums much more by lowering the ISO ratings and to pay for them, they propose adding the insurance tax.
Buchanon says the Warren County Fiscal Court is not rushing to vote on the ordinance.
While they originally planned to have the second reading this Friday, they want to further educate taxpayers on its purpose before making a decision. The second reading is being postponed. When it is scheduled, Buchanon says it will be open to the public for comment.
Buchanon says they hope to have a decision by March, so the new taxes can take effect in July of next year.


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Ready for Potty Training?
Q: My son is 26 months old and doesn't want to begin potty training. At first he refused to put on a "pull-up" and began crying, telling me he didn't like them. I took that as a cue that he wasn't quite ready. Eventually, he would wear the pull-up, but began to cry when I would put him on the potty chair. Is he just not ready? I don't want to force the issue if he's not ready, but I don't want to wait too long either.
A: You are reading your son's cues correctly. He's probably not quite ready to start toilet training. There isn't a "right" age for him to begin. The average age for toilet training is about 2 1/2 years of age, but can range from one to four years or so. I agree that his potty training shouldn't be forced -- tomorrow's another day.
During your child's check-up, talk with your pediatrician about your child's developmental readiness. Signs of readiness include imitating you in the bathroom, coming to you to say he's "going" or he has to "go," understanding two step commands (for example, "go to your room and get your shoes"), putting on and taking off his own clothes, and staying dry for several hours.
Even though your son doesn't sound like he's quite ready to potty train, it's still important to introduce the potty chair and have him become familiar with it. Place it in a convenient location (which doesn't have to be in the bathroom) so that he begins to feel comfortable with it as you encourage him. Also, allow him to watch his parent(s) use the toilet and introduce simple matter-of-fact words for anatomy, as well as urine and stool.
Toilet training is a gradual process that can take up to three months or more. As a parent, you can explain what needs to be done, but it's your child's determination that's necessary. When he's ready, it will seem to happen overnight. Your role as a parent is to encourage, reinforce, and praise your son as he is achieving this developmental milestone.
Hank Bernstein
Children's Hospital
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Henry Bernstein, M.D., is currently the associate chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and director of Primary Care at Children's Hospital, Boston. He also has an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School.


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3 Apr 2010 12:38 AM #1
Third Party Code Contrubutions
Is there a way to get a third party patch included as a default component in ExtJS. I don't mean a whole new class of widget, or just a small bugfix, but something in between, an upgrade to an existing component, but not a rewrite.
Is there a process for submitting code, or guidelines about what will/won't be accepted.
My request concerns something fairly specific, and I ask because I wrote an extension which adds "basic" functionality, but I don't really have time to maintain it. A few users have asked if the functionality will ever be in the core version. So far I've assumed that is impossible I could contribute it.
The extension is the multiselect drag and drop for trees. The component was written because I considered this a "missing" feature.
If I rewrite this extension as a patch, is there any way to get it added to the core. I assume it's not possible, (for a host of licensing, QA, and compatibility reasons) but if it is possible, what are the rules, and limitations I would have to abide by.
3 Apr 2010 12:45 AM #2
We rarely accept patches to the source as is. Contributions to the library normally come in as concepts or ideas which we implement ourselves so that they meld well with the framework.
In some situations we will allow for users to submit a CLA and contribute the code back to Ext proper. Multiselection drag and drop would be something that is worthwhile and we will consider adding such a feature in Ext 4.Aaron Conran
3 Apr 2010 3:08 AM #3
That makes sense. I imagined that it would be rare, and each instance evaluated on it's merits. I personally dread future maintenance for code I didn't author.
I'm willing to reorganize my code into a patch, even it is just a functional reference rather than a final implementation. If that will help get the features included in the default tree, it's not a massive undertaking.
If I do it, what then. Do I just post it to the extensions forum with a patch sign on it. Is there any chance at all it will be picked up and looked at.
Of course I'm aware that your devs are probably mindlessly busy already. I know I usually am.
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Fixed dll compilation in Windows. Now works with VS and mingw
Better integration of debugging library gdbprintlib into admb. The admb and admb.bat scripts now pass a debug flag to tpl2cpp.exe and tpl2rem.exe which insert the void function call to pad() in the main body of the CPP file. This allows the debugger to see the functions inside gdbprintlib and allows the user to use them inside a gdb session. CG
Add qoutes to fix broken build.
Get colfill tests working.
Store compiler and linker options in windows batch files.
AMD builds should be -O2.
Build files should work with system variables CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS.
[Issue #118] add shared target$ make shared
Fix broken build. If there is no tpls, should use the first file argument as the filename.
See http://lists.admb-project.org/pipermail/users/2013-May/002337.html. Fournier contributed code.
Revert file, I commited the wrong one
Made DLL linking work for VS compiler. Now admb -d modelName will create a DLL properly.
Add -O option to admb.
Change order of linking libraries for mingw and cygwin.
Additional fixes for spaces in path.
Don't use qoutes in PATH.
Put qoutes.
Put qoutes around path.
Try this
Simplier admb script.
Fix up admb script to set admb_home correctly.
Do not output rm.
Fix admb to follow symlink correctly.
Ignore ADMB_HOME in batch.
Avoid using system ADMB_HOME. Script should do it.
Modify build script to work with MinGW without msys.
Update mingw scripts for linking just two libraries.
First non tpl file should be output name.
Added contrib/lib and contrib/include.
Added compile only option to admb.
Watch out if ADMB_HOME is not set.
Catch errors.
Don't use -Wno-deprecated for CC.
Remove more unneeded scripts.
Merge CC scripts to main admb scripts.
Do exit if linker fails.
Start combining scripts.
Fix admb scripts to build with$ admb ad2csv.cpp
Delete any temporary files before running tpl2rem.
Allow admb and admb.bat scripts to do the following$ admb simple additional.cpp another.cpp
$ admb simple.tpl add.cpp
Should be cxxflags instead of arch_cxxflags.
Minor improvements in adcomp/adlink/admb for Linux
[Bug #10] uses compiler defaults and clean up admb script.
Simplify and comment CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS in adcomp, adlink, and admb
Remove old scripts.
Fix scripts to pass CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS to adcomp and adlink.
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u shows extreme creative photo......excellent
Light, colorful with a little bit of an artistic secret. Well done, Tanya.
So great
Great Shot
Nice work!
Excellent work.
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu padrisimo
Lovely shot, so simple and colourful. Nice work, Tanya.
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color & composition makes this a perfect shot..
Beautiful and elegant silhouette combined with the colorful shadows and amazing patterns makes for a fantastic shot ,makes for a "Photo of the day " shot !! Congrats !
I can imagine what the girl is doing among this picture.
great composition
Every day the pics are great.
Looks to me she is performing gymnastics with her shadow. Nice color and composition.
This is fantastic. I love the silhouette amidst the riot of color. Strong leading lines and framing. Very creative set up.
nice shot.
wow so nice pic,friend.
This photograph is seriously amazing! great work!
Foto do dia
Love it.
I love the spectacular colors! Plus, she has a beautiful point
Great color, great shadow, and a great title.
Vivid and rich with possibilities of the creation of art in Dance.
Lovely colors and the dancing shadow! Fabulous harmony of colors and shadow. The red of foot where the body and shadow meet is gorgeous
The second i saw the picture i knew where it was taken. In fact i did similar picture at the "Palais des Congrès" but i was alone and no ballerina was dancing around at the time. So my pics was interesting but not oustanding. Next time i will put the camera on the tripod and dance my self may be. My shadow might do the trick even if i'm not a dancer.
......And the green, and the pink,and the yellow, with the shadow on the oblong tiles form a picture that is different, to be looked at, and enjoyed a whole heap. The colors are exciting, as are her legs in the red tights. I don't know about dimensions etc; but I do know what a good picture is. j.e.s.
The colors & shadows are impactful!
Riot of colours
Beautiful colours!
For Goldie!
So cool! Pretty!
Very Nice!
very nice..
vary nice...
beauty and the beast.
Wonderful photography!
Photographic marvel!
love the colors:)
Nice capture !!
There are many appealing aspects about this photo. One is the juxtaposition between the orientation of the geometric shapes of the coloured glass and window frame shadows, and the different orientation of the long rectangles of the floor tiles. The ballerina's shadow is positioned so well in the composition, and the highlight of sunlight on her red leotards nicely balances the red light on the floor from the tinted window. The collaboration between photographer and subject to set up the image bespeaks a joyful experience, and the association with the fine art of dance is also appealing. The title has a poetic rhyme too.
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May 25, 2010
Cape Town's Top 20 Nightlife Venues
Cape to Cuba. Photo courtesy benti.namibia
Cape Town's party scene heats up as the sun sets and locals head out for sundowners along the Atlantic Seaboard.
In summer, the Camps Bay strip is the ultimate venue for cocktails, but is also an ideal spot to enjoy a glass of red wine on a cold winter afternoon. Cape Town City is one of the main nightlife hubs on the Peninsula and offers a real mix of entertainment from restaurants and pubs to live music venues, clubs and bars clustered around Long and Kloof streets. Green Point, Sea Point and Bantry Bay also have their fair share of watering holes, ranging from ultra-chic to quirky.
The V&A Waterfront has an international feel, with pubs and bars inspired by cultures across the globe, while Lower Main Road in Observatory and Edward Street in Bellville boast young and funky nightlife spots, featuring creative décor and many regular patrons.
Kommetjie, Noordhoek and the Southern Suburbs have plenty to offer in the way of neighbourhood pubs and quietly sophisticated lounge bars.
Out in the winelands – it's all about wine and many bars are extensions of popular restaurants that patrons just can't find a good reason to leave.
Here we've put together 20 of Cape Town's hottest and coolest night-time venues, guaranteed to give you a fantastic time out on the town!
Paulaner Brauhaus
German (or local) beer and traditional eats such as bratwurst and sauerkraut make this pub a truly continental experience.
Clock Tower Precinct, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
+27 (0) 21 418 9999
Bascule Wine and Whisky Bar
This is the perfect setting in which to take in the sights and sounds of the busy Waterfront harbour while sipping on some of the finest – and rarest – whisky in the world.
Cape Grace Hotel, West Quay Road, V&A Waterfront
+27 (0) 21 410 7100
Caveau at Heritage Square
Stop in for a glass of the fine wines on this spot's extensive wine list. Look out for Caveau in Newlands too!
Heritage Square, 92 Bree Street, Cape Town
+27 (0) 21 422 1367
Alba Lounge
Featuring a bird's eye view of the Waterfront with a cosy two-way fire, this is a great place to wile away the afternoon, or take in a live music performance.
Above the Hildebrand Restaurant at Pierhead, V& A Waterfront
+27 (0) 21 425 3385
Watch the girls (and boys) go by at this stylish sidewalk city spot.
70 Loop Street, Cape Town
+27 (0) 21 426 1001
Boer 'n Brit
As its name suggests, this old pub heralds the skirmishes and spats between these old rivals.
A roaring log fire complements the weathered red leather banquettes inside.
The Alphen Hotel, Alphen Drive, Constantia
+27 (0) 21 794 5011
Perseverance Tavern
Cape Town's oldest bar is known to locals as Percy's.
83 Buitenkant Street, Gardens
+27 (0) 21 461 2440
A popular spot – this was one of the first bars in the newly developed V&A Waterfront. Enjoy matches here in the British ambience, along with an international clientele.
Cnr East Pier and Dock roads, Ground Floor, Market Square Area, V&A Waterfront
+27 (0) 21 419 7748
The Toad in the Village
A village local, this lovely pub is tucked into a homely loft with thatched eves and wooden outdoor decks amidst green surrounds.
16 Noordhoek Farm Village, Village Lane, Noordhoek
+27 (0) 21 789 2973
Forrester's Arms
Featuring a Sunday carvery, Forries is also a perfect outdoor garden pub and is child-friendly.
52 Newlands Ave, Newlands
+27 (0) 21 689 5949
Dubliner at Kennedy's
Cape Town's authentic Irish pub sports a block-long queue on St Patrick's night!
251 Long Street, City Centre
+27 (0) 21 424 1212
Boo Radley's
Inspired by the New York bistro-bar and the old fashioned cocktails of the '30s, this stylish bar is a popular after-work spot and hosts regular live music nights with a swing, blues and jazz focus.
62 Hout Street, Cape Town
+27 (0) 21 424 3040
Green Dolphin
This charming restaurant also offers patrons live jazz sessions.
Victoria and Alfred Hotel Pier, V&A Waterfront
+27 (0) 21 421 7471
Cape to Cuba
Excellent mojitos and more in this quaint indoor-outdoor bar featuring genuine Cuban décor.
Main Road, Kalk Bay
+27 (0) 21 788 1566
Buena Vista Social Cafe
Cuba comes to Cape Town in the Stadium precinct! Enjoy good mood-inspiring music as you celebrate your country's victory!
1st Floor Exhibition House, 81 Main Road, Green Point
+27 (0) 21 433 0611
Dias Portuguese Restaurant
This Portuguese-themed tavern inspired by Bartholomew Dias welcomes all. Sports-lovers will appreciate the big-screen games.
15 Caledon Street, Cape Town
+27 (0) 21 465 7547
Polana Restaurant
You can't get closer to the waves than here! Polana is one of the best places from which to watch a winter storm head in across the sea while cosying up to a warm fire.
Kalk Bay Harbour, Kalk Bay
+27 (0) 21 788 4133
Vista Lounge
This dynamic lobby lounge and bar features captivating views of Table Mountain.
The One & Only, Dock Road, V&A Waterfront
+27 (0) 21 431 5888
Planet Champagne and Cocktail Bar
A "Sex and the City"-style venue offering an extensive cocktail, champagne and wine menu. Your drink is served with bar snacks beneath the twinkling stars of the venue's faux night sky.
Mount Nelson Hotel, 76 Orange Street, Gardens
+27 (0) 21 483 1000
Bronx Action Bar
Bronx is one of Cape Town's best know gay bars – it's open till late!
22 Somerset Road, Green Point
+27 (0) 21 419 9216


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Upgrade Samsung Galaxy II OS to android 4.0?
I want to know if there is any official documentation on how to upgrade Samsung's Android enabled devices?
I want to know if there is any official documentation on how to upgrade Samsung's Android enabled devices?
marked as duplicate by Al E., eldarerathis♦ Jul 6 '12 at 19:44
This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
I assume your device is not rooted since you did not mention it. For non-rooting device you just have to wait for the Over The Air (OTA) update from Samsung or your network provider.
Official documentation can only come from your carrier, or if you bought it sim-free, then from your country's Samsung website.
Ota is definitely going to be the "easiest" but you aren't guaranteed to ever get the update. If you want to get ICS as soon as possible, I'd recommend flashing CyanogenMod (full update guide for the S2), downloads are here. Believe version CM9 is ICS 4.0.4, and CM10 (aka. Jelly Bean) is also available as nightly builds. I've heard some great things about it.
But... that may not be what you are looking for if you are trying to go completely stock...


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I copied the package folder (ProPac, http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~hgk22/software/ProPac/ProPac.html) in
$UserBaseDirectory/Applications in Linux mint.
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the ouput is
Get::noopen: Cannot open ProPac`. >>
I tried install it from File menu but appears the same error.
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Do we have to worry about byte orders in the process of programming a game? Do game consoles use different byte orders?
If you're writing networking code, this often is something you have to deal with, yes.
Also it's possible that the byte ordering in a file format is not what your platform uses, so sometimes it matters there too.
Do you have to worry about it? Likely not. A vast majority of game programming is going to be at such a level that the endianness is abstracted away. Even in networking, you're almost certainly going to be using a library for networking protocols. It's good that you're aware of it, but I doubt you'd run into an issue with it.
Most of the time, no.
Endianess is usually abstracted away in the high level modules of a game engine, and you don't have to worry about it on a daily basis. If it isn't abstracted, then the engine has a serious issue and should be fixed, because this isn't the kind of details you should be worrying about when making a game.
However if you're working on some low-level parts of a C/C++ multi-platform engine, you might have to deal with it. All three current-gen consoles use a PowerPC architecture, which is big-endian, whereas the x86 architecture used on PC is little-endian. So if you're working on some code that reads raw bytes from somewhere to put them in data structures (binary serialization, networking...), yes you will have to deal with it.
For instance, in C/C++, it's common to see this kind of byte swapping in action (not tested, welcoming corrections):
Once again, this is OK in low-level code, but this shouldn't be something used everywhere.
It depends on the platforms you're targetting. For example, I believe that the PS3 is big-endien so if that's one of your targets then it's something you need to be aware of, yes.
In the home computer space the "Big 3" (Windows, Linux, Mac) are all exclusively, or all but excelusively, on Intel x86/x64 architectures these days, so endienness concerns are no longer relevant.


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Here's a collection of best tweets from 2010, from the thumbs of your favorite celebrities to your computer screen. No fake accounts, thank you.
Dear every song with the words "just the way you are" in it, I fucking hate you. Love, Donald.
20! How about we kick it off with one of the hottest actors working in show business today? A great year for Donald Glover.
1,030,895 views on YouTube... Inching closer to that coveted 1 bajillion mark.
19! Who could forget Old Spice's amazing ad campaign at earlier this year, first with it's absurd and hilarious TV ads, followed by it's ingenious social media responses? It would not have been possible wihout it's dashing, unforgettable pitchman, Isaiah Mustafa.
I have a physical today. Some stranger is going to touch my privates. And put something inside of me. And handle my urine. For free.
18! Rob Huebel! A consistently funny twitterer.
Any song with more than 2 of these words, I hate: rhythm, night, heat, dance, love, kiss, feel, fire, pokerface.
17! Ditto.
Cleavage. It speaks to us from the time before memory of love, comfort, warmth, softness and food. Cleavage. Oh yes. Cleavage.
16! Who knew Roger Ebert would be such a candid twitterer?
Every asshole who ever chanted 'Drill baby drill' should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty
15! The logic doesn't necessarily follow, but we love Bill Maher's passion and outrage.
To explain hours I spend Tweeting in front of computer, I tell my trusting, charming, educated, wife that I am writing a screenplay.
14! Ever since Steve Martin started tweeting in September he's been a comedic freight train, logging over 1700 tweets in mere months.
Do ants have dicks?
13! (presented without comment)
Your desperate &misguided attempt to look younger is the reason your daughter doesn't look up to you
12! Ouch! We threw a curveball at you.
So has everyone else been getting their checks from Twitter? Not sure if mine are getting lost in the mail or what.
11! We started to see a lot more sponsored tweets in 2010, because, well, why not.
Back from Yale. Good show, but a notable lack of undergrad billionaires.
10! We could fill this list with twenty Michael Ian Black tweets; he wins Funniest Twitterer Award.
If a year ago you would have told me I would be RTing @JustinBieber, I would have said, "I am doing what to who?"
9! Exactly. And what will 2011 hold?
I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle
8! Hey! Remember when Kanye West didn't have a Twitter, and then he had one solely to promote his album (only we didn't realize it at the time)? Well played; we miss Kanye's eccentric tweets.
7! Martha put her stamp on Halloween like a boss.
On Thanksgiving, I visit the hospital and deep fry turkeys for the kids in the burn unit, just to see the looks on their "faces."
6! Good year for Anthony Jeselnik, whose comedy album is making many year-end best-of lists. Yes, the jokes are all as offensive as this.
I feel like I have something to do tonight that I keep forgetting.
5! What a year for Conan O'Brien! Jumping on the Twitter bandwagon after... well, you know what happened.
hey twitter, why haven't i been nominated for a prestigious tweetie yet?! i won't take "there's no such thing" as an answer.
4! Soothsayer and unstoppable force Stephen Colbert asks for an award in June, receives an award (Golden Tweet Award) at the end of the year. He might take over the world some day.
I can multitask man. I fuck a bitch, type on twitter and write a song at the same time. And all of them be a hit! I'm a cold nigga
3! How can we leave out the flagrant writings of 50 Cent? Nope, we can't.
i didnt win
2! This guy ran for South Carolina Senate. He didn't win. A couple days later he tweeted this. Are you in stitches with laughter? You should be.
I'm not going to say anything about Sarah Palin this time. Because really it's not that interesting that both of her tits are disgusting.
1! Louis CK found out that his hatred of Sarah Palin was great for publicity. Even after he deleted his booze-induced, on-flight rant "@SarahPalinUSA kudos to your dirty hole, you fucking jackoff cunt-face jazzy wondergirl" he found ways to dig into the former Governor and boost his follower count. Hooray for killing two birds with one stone!


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Autism Spectrum Disorders Health Center
Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs)
In this article
What Are the Symptoms of Pervasive Developmental Disorders?
The use of the word "pervasive" to describe these illnesses is somewhat misleading. The definition of pervasive is "to be present throughout," but children with PDDs generally do not have problems in all areas of functioning. Rather, most children with PDDs have specific problem areas and often function very well in other areas.
Children with PDDs, such as autism, can display a wide range of symptoms that range from mild to disabling. They also vary widely in their individual abilities, intelligence, and behavior.
General symptoms that may be present to some degree in a child with a PDD include:
- Difficulty with verbal communication, including problems using and understanding language
- Difficulty with non-verbal communication, such as gestures and facial expressions
- Difficulty with social interaction, including relating to people and to his or her surroundings
- Unusual ways of playing with toys and other objects
- Difficulty adjusting to changes in routine or familiar surroundings
- Repetitive body movements or patterns of behavior, such as hand flapping, spinning, and head banging
- Changing response to sound; the child may be very sensitive to some noises and seem to not hear others.
- Temper tantrums
- Difficulty sleeping
- Aggressive behavior
- Fearfulness or anxiety
What Causes Pervasive Developmental Disorders?
The cause of pervasive developmental disorders is not known, but researchers are looking for answers. Many genes have been implicated as contributing to autism as have some biochemical or metabolic disorders. Some studies suggest that PDDs are caused by a problem with the nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Studies currently in progress are examining the structure and function of the brain in people with autism for clues that may help us better understand these conditions as well as how to treat and prevent them.
How Common Are Pervasive Developmental Disorders?
It is estimated that pervasive development disorders occur in about one in 88 children. In general, PDDs are more common in boys than in girls with the exception of Rett syndrome, which occurs almost always in girls.
How Are Pervasive Developmental Disorders Diagnosed?
If symptoms of a pervasive development disorder are present, the doctor will begin an evaluation by performing a complete medical history and physical exam along with a developmental screening questionnaire. Although there are no laboratory tests to diagnose a PDD, the doctor may use various imaging studies and blood tests to determine if there is a physical disorder causing the symptoms.


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outputs is a newly designed unit. It features a digital display to depict the frequency of stimulation during operation, and a numerical display to indicate the sensitivity of detection during the location of
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- Four (4) output channels.
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- High/ Low voltage switch: low for needles, high for TENS .
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- Two frequency range setting: 0 to 100 and 10 to 999 Hz .
- Improved alligator clip wires and detection probe .
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- Low: 500 ohm loading,. 0 ~ 40 mA r.m.s.
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- Output 4 independent channels .
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- Power supply 9 volt battery .
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WACO (October 16, 2012)—The Waco-McLennan County Library System's Genealogy Division in cooperation with the Central Texas Genealogical Society will host the 12th annual Genealogy Lock-in Friday.
It will feature a genealogy beginner's class, reenactments, ancestor's road show and informal tutorials.
Numerous hereditary societies will be represented at the event.
Early registration for pre-event programming begins at 1:30 p.m. at the West Waco Library and Genealogy Center.
Registration for the evening begins at 5:30 p.m.
The lock-in is expected to last from 6:30 p.m. until 12 a.m. and is free to attend.
For more information, call (254) 750-5945.


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Mitt Romney is quietly plotting to move into the White House in January.
Deep inside the Romney campaign, six weeks before Election Day, Romney's transition to the Oval Office is being called "The Readiness Project," which is designed to assemble a list of candidates for top White House jobs and offer a blueprint for Romney's first 200 days in office.
The transition is being led by former Bush Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, a Mormon, like Romney, who is also major player in Romney's campaign, according to POLITCO.
It seems that Romney's people have been conducting low-key meetings in Washington, D.C. to review potential candidates to serve as Romney's advisors and begin the transition from candidate Romney to a Romney administration.
The Romney campaign didn't want to telegraph this news because Romney's advisors don't want the public to think Romney is over-confident in the final stretch of the campaign.
So much for secrecy.
But if national polls are any indication, Romney, the Republican nominee for president, may want to slow his roll and not appear too eager to start measuring the drapes at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
A new Politico-George Washington University Battleground Poll of likely voters shows that President Barack Obama now has a national lead in his close presidential race with Mitt Romney. He leads 50 percent to 47 percent, with a 50 percent job-approval rating, Politico reports.
And according to a new Washington Post poll, Obama now has a significant lead over Romney in Ohio and holds a slight edge in Florida, which puts great pressure on Romney to focus his vision for America during the first presidential debate on Oct. 3.
Obama also has history on his side: No Republican has won the White House without winning Ohio and Florida.
"The window is narrowing for Romney, and he's in deep, deep trouble," Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told reporters. "Ultimately, people don't like this guy. If they don't like someone, it's hard to get people to vote for him, particularly to fire someone they do like."
Romney, the billionaire candidate, is in trouble for several reasons: Polls show that voters are skeptical of Romney because of his clandestine overseas bank accounts, his arrogant and out-of-touch persona, and his failure to release all of his federal tax returns. Many voters correctly believe that Romney acts as if he has something to hide.
But there's more: aside from Romney's flawed domestic policy ideas, Romney often makes comments that are just plain thoughtless and raises serious questions about his intelligence.
This week, for example, when Romney was asked about his wife's plane making an emergency landing in Denver after the cabin filled with smoke, Romney made a startling admission.
"When you have a fire in an aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly, there's no — and you can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open. I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem," Romney said.
So Romney doesn't know why airplane windows don't open? He actually thinks it's fine to crack a window to get a little fresh air at 32,000 feet?
This goes beyond his "not elegantly stated" excuse after Romney tried to explain away his remarks last week when he was caught on a secret video telling wealthy donors that "47 percent" of Obama's supporters think of themselves as "victims" who are "dependent on government" and don't take personal responsibility for their lives.
"[My] job is not to worry about those people," Romney said. "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
That was the real Romney – an arrogant billionaire who is only concerned about tax breaks for the rich.
But the bizarre airplane window comment is something altogether different: It highlights Romney's blatant stupidity and further demonstrates that Romney has no business in the White House making critical decisions that will impact the lives of millions of Americans.
Rachel Maddow, the MSNBC talk show host, said Romney has hit a new low.
"It's a real problem that the windows don't roll down on airplanes? Is it also a problem that guns don't shoot backwards through the barrel this way? Or that diving boards are only really ever mounted over very deep water? Why don't the windows roll down?" Maddow asked.
"I don't think he was joking because he couldn't possibly be joking about his wife almost being in a plane crash," Maddow added. "You can't joke about that, especially with her standing right there."
Maddow is right. And I'm not sure what's worse: That Romney truly wonders why airplane windows don't open or that he was dumb enough to ponder it out loud.


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MILESTONE: The Ohio State Bar Association will recognize Casimir Adulewicz of Steubenville and Karl W. Sommer of Martins Ferry for passing the 50-year mark in their practice of law at the OSBA District 15's annual meeting on April 2 at the Belmont Hills Country Club, 47080 National Road, St. Clairsville.
Judge Patrick F. Fischer, president of the bar association, said the two will be presented with a special certificate recognizing their accomplishments.
The event also includes two and one-half CLE credit hours, including one hour of professionalism, one hour of ethics instruction and a half-hour of substance abuse instruction. Those attending also will elect one member to the Ohio State Bar Association Council of Delegates for a two-year term, succeeding attorney David Scarpone of Steubenville.
APPOINTED: Nita J. Hughes is the new branch manager at First National Bank's Follansbee office.
She will manage branch operations and sales efforts, including the development of new business and customer service efforts. She will report to Greg Conrad, vice president and market manager.
Hughes has more than 20 years of industry experience. She joined First National Bank in 2000 as manager at its Conneautville, Pa., office and previously worked for Mellon Bank in Meadville, Pa.
She attended Edinboro University and expects to earn her bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Phoenix in 2013. A past board member for the Crawford County Heritage Foundation and past secretary for the Martin Luther King Scholarship Board, she resides in Weirton.
Ohio Valley Oil & Gas Association has added two staff members with local ties.
Lisa Duvall will be industry and community relations director, while Tricia Zaccagnini has been named membership renewal and event manager.
"The impact of the Marcellus and Utica shale drilling is enormous in this region," said Matt Steele, OVOGA board president. "The mission of the OVOGA is to educate our members, provide networking opportunities and help businesses grow. Lisa and Tricia will play integral roles in this."
A native of Belmont County, Duvall is a graduate of Bellaire High School and West Liberty University with a bachelor of arts degree in secondary education. She was a reporter and associate local news editor at The Times Leader; field representative and press secretary for then-U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland and regional director for Gov. Strickland. She most recently managed a successful statewide judicial campaign in West Virginia.
With the exception of her college years, Zaccagnini is a lifelong resident of the Ohio Valley. She is a graduate of Ohio University with a bachelor of science in communications, Wheeling Jesuit University with a master of business administration and is pursuing a teaching certificate.
Prior to working for the OVOGA, Zaccagnini served as the public relations manager with the National Technology Transfer Center. She also is a coordinator with the Gala Group in Wheeling, which provides quality wedding and event planning for the Upper Ohio Valley. She resides in Rayland with her husband, Neal.
The Ohio Valley Oil & Gas Association is a regional alliance of businesses whose mission is to support oil and gas production and distribution in the Eastern Ohio, Northern West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania areas through the use of local businesses and employees; to be a resource to match needs of the oil and gas producers and distributors with local providers; and to be a resource for new business entities serving the oil and gas industry. Membership information may be found at www.ovoga.org.
RECOGNIZED: A pair of employees at Family Connections have been recognized by the organization, their peers and the local community for giving their time and talents to those in need.
At the 2012 West Virginia Child Care Association conference in Charleston recently, Ashley Boyce of Weirton received the Children's Service Worker award and Cathy Sobel of New Cumberland received the Champion of Children award.
Boyce is a shift leader at Brooke Place, Family Connections' residential program for adolescent girls. An excerpt from her nomination reads, "While her narrow focus might be one girl at a time, she is able to keep the larger picture in mind. She sets her treatment sights on all the girls. She connects regularly with families, acts as a liaison with the school and mentors the girls about wellness."
Cathy Sobel, a Family Connections board member since 2003, has been a leader on the fund development committee since its inception and, according to the group, embraces the spirit of volunteerism in words and actions. "Active in church and community clubs, the girls at Brooke Place have a special spot in her heart. She is always on the lookout for some activity, community connection or chance for them to give back that will entertain and raise their positive profile," they said.
Family Connections operates as a licensed nonprofit child care agency and behavioral health center. The agency provides residential treatment services for teenage girls at its Brooke Place facility in Colliers, and provides out-patient counseling services at its Weirton Medical Center location. It receives funding from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid, Medicare, private insurances, self-pay and contributions.


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Reviewer: Ryan Smith, MD
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: September 26, 2003
Authors: Shasha D, George MJ, Harrison LB
Source: Cancer, 2003;98:1072-9
Patients undergoing treatment for cancer with radiation therapy and chemotherapy often have anemia. This can cause profound fatigue with associated decreased quality of life, as pointed out by the authors. Anemia has also been shown to decrease cure rate in cervical and head and neck tumors. Therefore, it is imperative that anemia, especially severe anemia, be rectified. This study demonstrates that weekly epoetin-α can be used safely and efficaciously in this regard. However, this was a single arm, nonrandomized study in which several hundred of the patients were not evaluable for hemoglobin response or quality of life. Most were dropped because they did not meet the minimum radiation requirements, though this still could have skewed the data. Seventy four per cent of patients had a response to epoetin-α as measured by a 2 g/dl increase or a hemoglobin of > 12 g/dl with associated decrease in transfusion requirement and increase in quality of life. However, these parameters could be achieved at any point during the study, which was up to 16 weeks. Therefore, though the efficacy was high, its onset could have also been very slow. This is a large disadvantage in patient symptom relief and especially cancer treatment efficacy. Another aspect of the study not reported is cost. Epoetin-α is an expensive medication, especially if achieving efficacy means increasing the dose to 60,000 units per week. This should also be considered before initiating therapy. Therefore, although epoetin-α is efficacious and safe, it is often also slow in onset with a high expense. Transfusions increase the hemoglobin immediately and may be better in some patients. However, this increase in hemoglobin with transfusion may be short-lived. In addition, blood bank resources are finite, there is always the risk of infection or immunosuppression, and there is a cost associated with transfusion as well. Therefore, weekly administration of epoetin-α is a good alternative to transfusion, as long as the disadvantages are considered.


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MARTINS FERRY - A pedestrian is dead following an accident in the center of town Friday afternoon.
According to Patrolman Aynsley Hildebrand, who was present at the time, an elderly man was crossing Zane Highway at the Hanover Street intersection when a truck stopped at Zane and turned right onto Hanover.
"There was a heavy flow of traffic," Hildebrand said.
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A Martins Ferry police officer speaks to a witness at the intersection of Zane Highway and Hanover Street, where a man was struck and run over by a pickup truck Friday morning. The man was pronounced dead at East Ohio Regional Hospital.
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The pedestrian was struck and run over.
Two city workers with paramedic training happened to be on the scene. CPR was administered but the pedestrian was unresponsive. An emergency squad was dispatched and transported him to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
The driver was brought to the police department and interviewed. An investigation is ongoing and a full report will be sent to the prosecutor. As of now, the driver has not been charged.
The vehicle was impounded and BCI&I will dispatch a special investigating agent to examine it for evidence.
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Dave Douglas New Quintet
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Ever-inventive composer and jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas returns to the Wexner Center with an all new lineup in support of his latest RCA Bluebird release, The Infinite.
On hand for tonight's performance are Uri Caine on Fender Rhodes piano (its 1970s fusion sound is making a big comeback), Rick Margitza on sax, James Genus on bass, and drummer Clarence Penn.
With this stellar group Dave Douglas amply demonstrates his preeminence on today's scene with smartly crafted, melodically rich originals, as well as surprising covers of Rufus Wainwright, Mary J. Blige, and Bjork.
Admission$16 students (tickets required)
$14 members
Season Support
Lead support for the 2001-02 performing arts season is provided by AT&T and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Major season support is provided by Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Additional season support is provided by the Ohio Arts Council and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.


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