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5 Innocent Things That Science Says Make People Hate You
#2. Your Voice Is Too Masculine (for Men) or Feminine (for Women)
According to pop culture, the perfect guy has a deep, soothing rumble of a voice that spills out of his mouth like a landslide, and the perfect girl communicates exclusively via coquettish, youthful squeaks. That's the ideal we all subscribe to, wearing our pricey voice augmenters and taking all those voice-enhancement supplements the spam keeps selling us -- all in the name of trying to conform to the part we think we should play. But researchers have found that, despite what society tells us, people actually don't like the stereotypical masculine and feminine voices. At least not when it comes to relationships. In a study by McMaster University, researchers recorded feminine and masculine voices, then altered them to make versions that were higher (for the women) and lower (for the men). They had these voices make short, neutral sounds, like "aah," "ooh," and "touch it."
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Then they brought in participants of both sexes and had them listen to the voices and rate them on their respective attractiveness. Scientists found that men rated the more feminine, high-pitched voices as the least datable, while women did the same for the more masculine, low-pitched voices. It gets weirder: Without knowing anything else about the person, both sexes believed that the owners of the voices at either end of the spectrum were not only less datable, but also the most likely to cheat on their partner. Seems awful specific just for the pitch of a voice, doesn't it?
There's a reason for it: Men with the lowest voices are also men with the highest testosterone, which bestows a tendency to run around and cheat; and for women, those with the highest pitches had the most estrogen, which made them more "adventurous" as well. Researchers believe that the dislike of both deep and high voices evolved to stop us from getting together with less loyal mates.
Sorry, opera fellows.
Hey, there's a reason why James Earl Jones and Barry White had multiple marriages.
#1. You're Too Nice
Jesus. Don't talk too deep, don't stand close to anybody, don't squint your eyes, don't cover your genitals -- what can you do? Are people really influenced by all this trivial crap? Whatever happened to just being a nice person and letting people like you for that?
That's still an option! The worst option.
"Let me help you up out of there, you dumb whore."
To study the nature of "niceness" and likeability, researchers had participants play a computer game with five other players, who, unbeknownst to them, were actually computers with pre-programmed personalities. Three of the four were average players -- not too nice, not too mean -- and they played the game fairly. The fourth player, however, would vary between either excessively selfish or exaggerated selflessness -- either flipping the proverbial board after every game, or throwing themselves on the carpet so the player didn't get their shoes dirty when they went to use the bathroom.
Afterward, scientists asked the participants how much they'd like to play with those "people" again. The experiment was actually meant to study how we punish cheaters -- the good guy was only put in there as a control -- but researchers found that people were actually just as unwilling to play with the nice guy as with the jerk, because they believed that the player had ulterior motives, or that their crazy, unrealistic goodness made the participant look bad by comparison.
"Whoa, you think you're better than me now?"
That's not to say that being a good person is a bad move or anything: You just can't be so good that other people feel bad about themselves for being around you. People only dislike the nice guy if they think he's "raising the bar" for everybody else via his impeccable, shining visage. It's better to be perceived as an average person, with your own set of relatable human faults. But if you're still dead set on being so blasted "generous" and "giving," at least remember to mix it up: For every four good deeds, reach up and just smack somebody in the mouth.
That's the secret to popularity.
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Wilmington Police officers and local citizen recognized for lifesaving efforts
Five Wilmington police officers and an off-duty Pender County paramedic were recognized during the April 16 City Council meeting for their lifesaving actions. The actions for which these heroes were recognized took place during four unrelated incidents between January 2012 and March 2013.
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Officer/Detective Travis Williams – Lifesaving Award
On November 29, 2012, a woman reported her father missing from their residence in the 1000 block of Summerlin Falls Court. She advised Wilmington Police that her 82-year-old father had never gone missing before and that he suffers from dementia. She also said her father walks with a cane. The last time she had seen him was the night before, so she could not provide any clothing description.
Wilmington Police Officers along with the SABLE helicopter started looking for the missing man. Detective Travis Williams was searching in the area of Carolina Beach Road and George Anderson Drive. Even in the darkness, Detective Williams spotted the elderly man about thirty yards into the woods. When Detective Williams located the man, he was tangled in some shrubs, one of his legs was stuck in a drain pipe, he was confused, there was blood on his face and he said that he was very cold. The victim was freed from the pipe and EMS and the daughter were contacted.
The temperature was a low of 29 degrees. The missing man's age, medical condition and the fact that he was not dressed for the nighttime and early morning temperature all contributed to the urgency of the situation. The actions of Detective Williams saved the man's life.

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We believe that Jesus died for all our sins, past and future, so why do we need to keep asking to be forgiven if Jesus already died to forgive that sin?
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The general belief, that I think applies to most Christians, is that Jesus' death and resurrection opens the gates of heaven, saving us from sin in general, but that we must still choose to actually enter through the gate -- to repent of our individual sins and desire to sin no more.
To put it another way, Jesus' death makes repentance and forgiveness effective. Without His death and resurrection, repentance and forgiveness accomplish nothing.
Though each major tradition may have a slightly different basis for coming to this conclusion, it's easily validated by the oft-quoted John 3:16, particularly if taken with a little more of its context.
Emphasis is mine. And really, the whole thing could be emphasized, because the general point is that Christ's salvation, though universal, is only effective for those seeking and trusting in it.
Another explanation, coming from the Reformed tradition, is this: Christ died only for His people, not for all people. Various passages that support this are Matthew 1:21, John 10:7-18, John 17, and Romans 8:30. The idea here is that Christ's death does not make justification possible for His people - it actually effects justification for His people. And, since Christ did not die for everyone, those for whom Christ did not die must pay their own penalty.
In this view, Christ's death, all by itself, pays the penalty for the sins of His people. There's nothing added to it, not even our faith. This accomplishes the work of justification. Now, the Reformed position would also add that justification will always result in sanctification (faith without works is dead). However, the Reformed position is always very careful to add precisely nothing to Jesus' work in our justification.
We must still ask for forgiveness of our sins, because that is one vehicle through which God has ordained that our sanctification should take place. God is not just interested in delivering us from the guilt of our sin (done by Jesus' death on the cross), He also wants to deliver us from the power of sin. That's sanctification.
It is important to understand the difference between sin and sins. We have sin, and we are sinful. We also commit sins.
Our state of being sinful results in us being under a just condemnation in the sight of God. God, however, removes this condemnation and the penalty of our sign through our faith in Jesus.
So, Christ's work on the cross and our faith in His finished work takes care of the penalty of sin. However, we still commit sins. This does not impact our destiny, but it does impact the intimacy of our relationship with God. Through faith, we are born into the family of God, and we will forever be sons and daughters of God. The relationship remains, but the intimacy suffers when we sin.
This is true in our relationships with each other as well. I will always be my father's son, but sometimes we have to ask forgiveness from each other to restore intimacy.
Although Jesus died for the sins of "the whole world" (1 John 2:2), the whole world does not get the benefits of His death unless it follows the condition, specifically, acknowledging their need of forgiveness of sins from God. With this statement of faith, that I have sinned against God and I need forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ, I am saved from my sins. Without that step of faith, the Lake of Fire awaits.
Why must I still ask for forgiveness when I sin again? It is the natural thing in normal life to say, "Oops, sorry about that," when we bump into someone, or to say something more substantial when we've hurt another. Confessing your wrong to God and others is your way of saying that you want to put it right, and you are accepting responsibility for your actions. There is nothing "mystical" about it; couples make up when one admits fault and sincerely makes it right, and it works in the spiritual sphere as well, though we call it confession and repentance. It's expected with our confession that we'll also take steps to make it right, as we see in 2 Cor. 7:9-12, in which Paul approves of the steps of repentance that were made.
If Jesus saves us from our sins, but we prefer to sin, what are we saying about our salvation? What are we saying about the gospel of our Savior?
Confession is so important because we need to call our sin what it really is or we will not deal with it on Christ's terms. If we call sin a "mistake," then we may not take hold of the benefits of our salvation, which is the blood washing away our sin, and seeking the power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to change the habits of sinful ways. See Psalm 15, which paints a portrait of one who is able to approach a holy God, and you'll find one trait is "speaking the truth in his heart" (rather than using euphemisms to lighten the severity of the problem within).
Psalm 51 is a terrific example of a prayer of confession, where David not only sees that he is wrong, but needs restoration from God for what sin did in him, and seeks to do better as a result.
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One measure Western Kentucky University uses to tighten the belt is to cut down on full-time faculty.
Luther Hughes, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Enrollment Management, said if the university is operating at full funding, administration would be able to hire 70 additional faculty. As it stands, they've hired additional part-time faculty to save expense.
If funding continues to decrease and enrollment continues to increase as it has for the past few years, Western will look at a number of other options, including another possible tuition increase, or even setting higher standards for admission to the university.


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Five-foot-six and currently weighing in at 195 pounds, NPC Bodybuilding Kentucky State Champion Kevin Johnson stands out in a crowd. The Voice-Tribune caught up with the muscle-clad fitness expert to find out what it takes to be a
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– Interview by Aimee Jewell, Contributing Writer
Have you always been interested in fitness?
I've always been active; I always ran track and played cross-country. It's just something I've always enjoyed since a very early age. I mean, I have magazines from when I was in middle school and high school. I still collect them. It was just interesting for me to see muscles and people in shape. I would read articles. I've been like that since a child. I've always wanted to be bigger. I know I can't grow taller so I want to be wider and bigger.
How did you get into bodybuilding?
It was kind of by accident. I was always smaller. … In 2002, which was when I went to UofL for my first year, I started weight training and I noticed that… my body was changing faster (than those of others training). … So somebody told me about an AAU competition called Mr. UofL in 2004 so I did that for the first time and placed second, and then I came around in 2005 and did the Mr. UofL, and won that one. I did the Mr. Kentucky Muscle Show, which is the one we have at the Convention Center every year in November, I won Men's Lightweight Novice and I won the Men's Open welch weight and it's been full steam since then.
Do you ever have a cheat day when you can eat anything you want?
Yes, I actually contacted the guy who handled my prep, Steve Lineburger. We started off nine weeks before the competition. So for the first six weeks, one meal a week, we had a cheat meal. …It depended on how I looked, he told me what my cheat meal was going to be. And that was crazy. A cheat meal is needed to increase your metabolism. So if you keep eating clean and you're taking in fewer calories than you're burning, your body will stop responding to it. So the cheat meals actually trick your body into shooting your metabolism up a little bit higher.
What was it like at the State Championship?
August 4, it was in Frankfort, Kentucky. That was the state show and that's considered one of the most prestigious shows because everybody wants that state title. … I placed first in the Men's Light Heavy Division, I got Men's Best Chest Award, and I won the overall trophy for the whole show, which means I beat not only my weight-class, but the other competitors in their weight-classes. … I talked to my prep coach and we're looking at a national show early next year in the spring, so we're going to do Jr. USAs.
What is your proudest accomplishment so far?
I would say the state title. … I trained so hard for that. I don't really care about the trophy or the placing, I was just really happy that I've made it through the 12 weeks of prep, I got down to the weight I wanted to get down to, and liked how I looked.
What are three improvements people can make in their lives to be healthier?
Be more active. … If you do anything more than you do on a daily basis, that's a big plus. Take the stairs, instead of taking the elevator. Walking to the convenience store instead of driving. If it's going to add more steps in your day, that's where most people need to start.
Secondly, make better choices. …You know that fixing your food at home, rather than going to McDonalds is a better option. Or you know that drinking water is better than drinking a pop.
Third thing is educating yourself. Don't get caught up in propaganda and fads. There's no magic pill and there's no magic protein shake. … It always starts in the kitchen and ends in the gym. Anything in between won't help you in the long run.


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Have you gotten "Loko" yet?
"I will probably try to buy as many as I can get before they are out and try to hold on to them."
Texas A&M student Joel Lopez said that after learning the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission wants to close the tab on Four Loko and other malt alcoholic drinks with caffeine.
This week the Food and Drug Administration sent letters to the companies that make the products saying the caffeine in the drink is unsafe, but Lopez says this issue should be left to the drinkers.
"People need to be more responsible with it," said Lopez. "A lot of people don't understand what the energy drink and the combination of the alcohol do together because it's already a mixed drink, but people assume it's just a beer."
Four Loko contains 12 percent alcohol and you have to be 21 or older to buy it.
Kathy Montoya, the store manager where Lopez buys his Four Loko said TABC is being rash and policy makers are not looking at the real issue.
"Probably what is happening is that it is falling into the wrong hands and they are over drinking this stuff," said Montoya.
According to the letters sent out last week, the FDA is giving manufacturers 15 days to come up with a solution. In the meantime, TABC is asking store owners to take it off the shelves.
Since it's not mandatory, Montoya says the request is hard to swallow.
"Because if we decide to take it out and my neighbor down the road decides not to, then we are going to lose business," said Montoya.
Lopez also thinks TABC is not solving the issue.
"That's a little bit ridiculous, basic economics say if there's a demand for it, they are going to supply it," said Lopez. "Most retailers know there's a lot of money to be made of off Four Loko and people want them."
Lopez says people should have common sense and know their limit. Instead Lopez says the concern should shift to how Four Loko and other similar drinks are advertised.
"More focus needs to be that it's an alcoholic drink than just an energy drink," said Lopez.
On Wednesday the Federal Trade Commission also warned the makers that the way the products are being marketed could be considered unfair and deceptive, a civil offense that comes with a hefty fine.


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The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a joint administrative supplement grant to Dr. Brian Schmidt, professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and director of the Bluestone Center for Clinical Research at the NYU College of Dentistry (NYUCD), and Dr. Markus Hardt, a protein chemist at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, to collaborate with informationists at the NYU Health Sciences Libraries in their study of the role of the molecular mechanisms of cancer pain in general and oral cancer pain in particular.
Informationists are medical librarians who provide in-depth research and knowledge management services to clinical or biomedical research teams. While scientific literature has become increasingly easy to access through computer-based systems, the vast amounts of information available, coupled with the increasing complexity of library systems, frequently prevent researchers from effectively accessing the required data. This has led to a vast amount of relevant literature going unnoticed, which has negatively affected patient care as well as creativity and productivity in research. Informationists use data management systems to bridge the gap between available scientific information and relevant scientific information.
The grant builds on a $1.25 million, five-year NIDCR parent grant awarded to Drs. Schmidt and Hardt in 2010 to spur the development of more sophisticated analgesics (pain medications) to alleviate the pain that is so often manifested in patients with oral cancer.
"Oral cancer is a logical place to start when seeking clues about cancer pain," Dr. Schmidt said. "To begin, oral cancer is very painful. In fact, pain is the most common presenting symptom associated with this cancer. Secondly, oral cancer is painful at the primary site, not just at sites of metastasis as in the case of all other cancers. Lastly, the primary site of the oral cancer is readily accessible, enabling us to directly sample the cancer microenvironment."
The scope and complexity of Dr. Schmidt's and Dr. Hardt's project offers a prime example of the pivotal role of informationists in conducting research in today's world. The project involves ten scientific collaborators from New York and Boston working to transfer complex data files, manuscripts, specimens, and citations between the New York City and Boston laboratories. The informationists will streamline this process by developing Web-based systems to enable the researchers to efficiently share data and citations, and automated literature searching processes to quickly and effectively identify and elucidate the role of specific molecular mechanisms -- proteases and peptides -- in cancer pain, thereby allowing them to focus on the most relevant peptide and protease candidates for drug development.
According to Aileen McCrillis, a research librarian at the NYU Health Sciences Libraries and a member of the team of informationists joining the NYUCD-Boston research team, an informationist's role is going to gain importance in the coming years, as data management systems become more complex.
"Informationists are essentially a more evolved librarian," explained Ms. McCrillis. "They take a more active role in the research than a traditional librarian and are more deeply involved with the research team. They typically also have an in-depth understanding of the medical literature."
Ms. McCrillis's background includes an MS in Library Sciences and an ongoing MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The other members of the team are Alisa Surkis and Richard McGowan. Alisa Surkis is a translational science librarian at the NYU Health Sciences Libraries whose professional training includes a PhD in Neural Science and an MS in Library Science, as well as a decade of computer programming experience. Richard McGowan is a research librarian at the NYU Health Sciences Libraries and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion at NYUCD. His professional training includes an MS in Library and Information Science. He also has experience in comprehensive literature searches and management of bibliographic information.
"We are looking forward to working with such an experienced team in streamlining our ongoing drug development process," said Drs. Schmidt and Hardt.
About New York University College of Dentistry: Founded in 1865, New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) is the third oldest and the largest dental school in the US, educating more than 8 percent of all dentists. NYUCD has a significant global reach and provides a level of national and international diversity among its students that is unmatched by any other dental school.
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What should I do with my 6 days off?
First some background information: My coworker on the 'swing shift' went on a honeymoon with his wife in Europe and I had to work 3 of my off days (in fact this is the 10th day in a row I have worked)...
So tomorrow starts my 6 days off in a row. (3 days for working on my normal days off + 2 normal days off + 1 floating Holiday)
So with 6 days off in a row... I have no clue what I am going to do (other than probably devote 1 entire day to doing absolutely nothing)...
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You should probably go into work, your colleagues might be worried about you.
Pick a coast (use a coin if necessary).
Drive to it.
Find a beach (again, use the aforementioned coin-flip technology).
Order fruity cocktails (1D20 may be required. there are lots of fruity drinks).
Sleep in a roadside hotel for cheap.
Go home 5 days later with a new outlook on life.
Have you checked to see what's going on in your area? Outdoor concerts, Ren. Fairs, theatre, whatever you're into. If the weather's nice, you could try your hand at disc golf.
@eraten: the funny thing is, there is a Company golf outing tomorrow.. and I will NOT be attending this.. despite them wanting me to come.. I need some relax time lol
@lumpthar: This would be very difficult to do with a pregnant wife who has had constant morning sickness for the past 4 weeks :D
Bake a cake for @pemberducky .
@raider9924: Best idea ever!
Everybody wins with cake.
@inkycatz: Tell that to Marie Antoinette.
@ruger9mm: The TARDIS is in the shop this week, so I'm stuck on this planet. Otherwise I'd totally hop back in time and do so ;)
take a nap
do a long drive to be a leaf looker (if there are leaves to look at in your area I guess)...
another nap
take your wife to the spa for a massage
another nap
find a new frisbee (or regular) golf course to play
go to the hardware store
another nap!
aside from baking a cake for @PemberDucky, which i already upvoted, there's:
1. wootoff
2. movie marathon (either at home or (gasp) in a theater - no annoying kids during matinees!)
3. picnics in the park - no annoying kids during the week!
4. museums/galleries - no annoying kids during the week! (or ever, possibly)
5. hangin' out with the wife
bake six cakes for @pemberducky.
Well, you've already spent SOME time doing what I was going to suggest, as you mentioned that wife is pregnant. So moving along, how about just enjoying some "the baby isn't here yet" time with pregnant wife?
I'm honestly clueless. I've never taken off more than 3 days in a row. Lots of good ideas so far though. Enjoy!
Completely "unplug".. get away from everything electronic.
If you are in Metro Detroit, visit these places from Diners Drive-ins and Dives : http://youtu.be/G4mrgJCEcPQ
If you have a "bucket list", or something like it... try to do something on it. Also, rest, do (at least) one thing productive around the house, and the rest of the time... do something you like to do, with people you like to do it with.
Go someplace.
At least 50 miles away.
Look for tourist carp. Big ball of yarn, whatever.
Hang out at a cafe, talk with locals.
Next day, go someplace else.
Repeat until done.
i wish i were you....
I'm betting that there are probably several dozen things around your house/apartment that are in the "I really need to get around to fixing that". Do so. This is also a great opportunity to do stuff like clean out the closet (donate the excess), the refrigerator, and the pantry.
If you don't want to stay home, then roadsideamerica.com is your friend (or maybe that uncle that provides comic relief at family gatherings).
I typically take a week off in the spring & fall and concentrate on one project. This year I'm building a new entertainment center & learning how to use my new lathe.
Assuming you have a passport. Book you an adults only all inclusive in the Mayan Riviera, I would recommend the Excellence. Pre arrange car service to transport you to/from the hotel. (The cabbies there are vicious.) Enjoy one of the most relaxing times in your life, no worries, all you can drink, all you care to eat fine dining or have your waiter bring you snacks to eat while laying out on the beach under a cabana when he brings you drinks. Enjoy the scenery on the beach, its top optional.


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Are you an experienced RN with a heart to work with survivors of sexual violence in Palm Beach County? Palm Beach County Victim Services is sponsoring 40-hour Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Training Feb 25-Mar 1st. To find out more, attend their Open House.
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We want your feedback! Any STC member who is interested in the community funding model is invited to attend.
The STC Board of Directors is considering alternatives to the community funding model now in place for chapters and SIGs. STC Treasurer Aiessa Moyna will explain the options being considered, as well as the schedule and process for collecting input from STC members. During an extended Q&A session, you'll have a chance to ask questions and provide feedback.
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BELLAIRE - When Cameron Opic returned Saturday's opening kickoff 75 yards for a score it looked like it was going to be a good day for the folks on the home side at the Irish Youth Sports Athletic Complex.
But it wasn't to be.
Sciotoville Community scored 42 unanswered points en route to a 48-21 triumph against St. John on a rainy Senior Day along Ohio 7 in the Irish's home finale.
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ST. JOHN'S Cameron Opic hauls in a pass during the first quarter of Saturday's game against Portsmouth Sciotoville Community School. The East Tartans prevailed, 48-21.
''We're a team that continues to struggle with getting things right and being consistent,'' St. John head coach Jeff Paolina said after watching his team fall to 0-8.
''We'll go back to the drawing board Monday and start getting ready for Cameron.''
The Irish face the Dragons at 7 p.m. Friday before finishing the season the following Friday at Beallsville.
''Our goal is to come out and try and win the last two games,'' Paolina said.
Jordan Bowen rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns and Akia Brown tacked on 98 yards and a score as the Portsmouth-based school racked up 501 yards of total offense, including 392 on the ground.
The East Tartans scored all of their touchdowns on the ground. The only time it didn't score a TD was the first time it scored; a safety at the 8:54 mark of the first quarter when they tackled an Irish runner in the end zone that made the score 7-2.
Four plays after St. John punted the ball back to the East Tartans, the visitors took the lead for good when Brown scored his only touchdown, a 12-yard scamper. Bowen's pass from Michael Stiltner made the score 10-7.
The East Tartans (2-6) ran the ball at will against the Irish and scored on all but two of their first-half possessions.
Meanwhile, St. John struggled offensively. The Irish had six first-half possessions. One ended with the safety, one ended with a fumble, two ended on punts, one ended on a blocked punt and the final one ended with the half.
All told, the Irish garnered 104 yards of total offense, with the bulk of that coming late in the game with the second-string in.
''We got our younger guys in and they did a nice job off the rainy bench,'' Paolina said. ''They've worked hard all year and I'm glad to see them get a chance to get in the game and have an opportunity to make some things happen.''
Bowen followed Brown's TD jaunt with scoring runs of 20, 1 and 8 yards to give Sciotoville a commanding 28-7 advantage early in the second half.
Stiltner, guided by a stout offensive line, got into the act, with a 37-yard TD run with 1:34 showing in the third quarter to make the score 34-7.
Kyle Coppa scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns for St. John.
The first came on a 76-yard kickoff return, the team's second of the day, and brought the Irish to within 42-13 with 11:04 left.
With 6:47 remaining, his 40-yard jaunt helped make the score 42-21.
But Sciotoville added an insurance score with 3:30 left when DeShawn Martin scored from a yard out.
Opic paced St. John with 52 yards rushing and a 14-yard catch.


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We have developed our programs with ExtJs 2.3.0 and now we want to migrate to ExtJs 4.x but we haven't find out any document or information about this. Can any one help about this subject ?
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I am wondering what Ski Resorts are available (open) for skiing during the Northern Hemisphere's summer?
Level of comfort and amenities don't really make a difference for the purposes of this question.
I am wondering what Ski Resorts are available (open) for skiing during the Northern Hemisphere's summer?
Level of comfort and amenities don't really make a difference for the purposes of this question.
In Switzerland, there are 2 ski resorts where it is possible to go skiing in summer. This is because of the glaciers there. The ski resorts are:
Saas-Fee: Saas-Fee is not open year-round, but the summer season is between: 14.07.2012- 28.10.2012. For 2013 you can assume that more or less the same dates are available.
Zermatt: Zermatt is open year-round. You can go skiing there every day. Obviously, during the summer, not all lifts are open. But nevertheless, there are halfpipes, jumps, etc. during the summer on the glacier.
Although the other answers are OK, I will use the opportunity to advertise one peculiarity in the area where I live: midnight sun skiing..
Yes, you read that right. The ski resort of Riksgränsen, Sweden advertises with midnight daylight skiing, possible every year in May, and midnight sun skiing. Midnight Sun skiing is usually heli-skiing offered a few days around midsummer, and not guaranteed to be possible.
The ski resort is small compared to resorts in the Alps, but the possibility to ski 24 hours per day(*) should be quite unique.
(*) I don't think the lifts are open 24 hours per day.
Summer skiing is definitely a thing. For Europe, I found an article that says many places used to offer it, but now it's pretty much just Les Deux Alpes, near Grenoble. But then this article disagrees and lists a bunch of others (and has pictures.)
And according to this Globe and Mail article, if you head to Whistler you can be taken by bus up to a glacier where you can ski even in the summer. They sell combo ski-ing and mountain-biking day passes :-)
I even found a Top Ten list that claims there is only one location in the US. It cheats by using Southern Hemisphere locations to offer you local-winter skiing during your home-summer, which I suspect you didn't want. So your list of possible locations dwindles to a handful.
I know of a few options you can have in the Northern Hemisphere that may appeal:
More unusual options
In the Tyrolean Zillertal Valley, you can ski all year round at the Hintertux Glacier. They claim to be the only resort in Austria where you can ski 365 days a year.
In the French Alps, you can ski during Summer at the Glacier of Tignes.
Arapahoe Basin, in Colorado has a very long season. Not a full 12 months, but most years they're open into June, sometimes early July.
It's not glacial, but I believe it is the highest ski area in North America. The peak is just over 13,000 feet, on the Continental Divide.
Norway also has summer skiing spots.
On the tourism website for Norway, some of them are listed, claiming they're the largest :
I am surprised about the northern hemisphere bias, especially since @karlson explicilty states not beong bound to the northern hemisphere. I would say go to Chile. Some years ago, while traveling through Chile I went skiing just an hour drive from Santiago. It was a resort with modern facilities. I didn't even have to stay there, since day trips from Santiago were feasible. In the bus to the resort, I spoke to someone who told me that there were several other resorts spread over the country.
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Can any one tell me use of plugins . I searched on net but didn't find any proper links/documentation.
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We would love to figure out what's going on with Seth's profuse vomiting. It does seem somewhat better since he was switched to an elemental formula, and MUCH better since we started venting his tube to let the air out, but he still heaves and loses everything several times a day. Please pray for wisdom for the medical staff. There is often some blood in it, too, as it's damaging to his tummy and esophagus to be vomiting like that. He's not on Prevacid yet, but that's the next step (tomorrow, perhaps).
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- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 11:32 AM
I don't know if this will help with any of the babies but I had one baby who vomitted nearly every time I nursed him. I was concerned. We were in a place with no doctor but a nurse told me that one of hers also had done than and that when he began to stand it stopped. That is exactly what happened with our baby. It seems that sometimes their stomach muscles are not strong enough until they can stand and, ultimately walk. Our baby did not lose weight but continued to gain normally so there wasn't concern for that.ReplyDelete
I want to hear how Seth responded to suddenly being surrounded by all of these BABIES when he came home??ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 5:49 PM
Could Seth not be tolerating breast milk or cow milk based formula? Blood in vomit sometimes indicates an allergy...?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 8:30 PM
When our son was this age, we would by a helium mylar silver balloon and loosely tie it to his foot or hand when he was laying on the floor. This entertained for a good 30 minutes as he watched it dance against the ceiling. I'd also tie it to a toy rattle and put that in front of his swing so that as the swing moved forward the seat would kick it keeping him entertained and giggling.ReplyDelete
Also, have you checked any FB sites for vomiting, G tubes and GJ tubes. Those moms can be a viable resource as you navigate being tubie parents.
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Praying for discernment for the medical staff as they try to determine Seth's tummy issues and praising God for how well he and the other quints are doing otherwise, and for a regular nap schedule! Thank You for all your blessings, Lord. NKLReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2013 at 1:07 AM
When it comes to G-tube feeding for our one twin son with reflux and a lot of gas problems, venting the tube 3 times per feeding is what really helped him. (But I see you say you are venting so guess I'm not much help suggesting that :-) Also how fast is he getting his milk, could it be that he receives it too fast for him to handle? For the first while our G-tube fed son, received his milk (breast milk fortified with formula) over on hour's time. So he started with 1 hour feeding and 2 hours in between. Very time consuming but was what worked for him to handle it. He also was on a very very slow continuous feed at night. Then eventually discontinued that and kept giving the milk faster till it was down to 20 minutes I think. He was 5 months before I really started working with him to take a bottle and then it would take about 30 minutes for one ounce at first, and finished off with G-tube, but he did get to 11 months and taking everything by mouth. So there's a few suggestions, but I understand that things work different for each child. Ours has congenital heart defect caled Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, so totally different from your Seth. By the way our little guy is three now and no G-tube and totally up to 3 yrs level development. Hang in there and thanks for all the wonderful pictures. Praying for y'all!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2013 at 1:10 AM
P.S. Our son also took a product called Bubble B-Gone. (A natural herbal liquid) that worked wonders for him. Okay, Thats all now. God bless y'all with the strength needed for each day!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2013 at 9:18 PM
Be careful of using any product not prescribed by your physician. Herbal products are not FDA approved and certainly not intended for premature infants. Their liver and kidneys are immature and may not be able to metabolize or excrete the ingredients in that product.ReplyDelete
I noticed in the video that he was lying flat when you were giving him the gavage feeding. Is there a possibility that you could put a wedge under his crib where you are feeding in a more head up position?
What is the amount and frequency of his feedings?
Has he had an xray to check for malrotation? My 4 month old was born with it and vomited all the time until it was fixed.ReplyDelete
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Whenever I play my Game Boy or Game Boy Advance for a long time (more than an hour), I noticed that my neck starts to hurt from bending down to look at the game. I also start to get some finger pain from gripping the game system too tightly. I've tried many different posture changes such as laying on my back, laying on my side, sometimes even laying on the bed on my stomach with the Game Boy dangling in my arms. My question is, does anyone know the correct posture to play a hand-held device for a long period of time?
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I am not a doctor or medical professional so if you are experiencing serious problems you should seek one out rather than relying on what I'm about to write.
Being an avid handheld player (I travel a lot), I also have to deal with the issues you come up with frequently. Here are ways to alleviate some of them, though there's really no way that I know of that can completely eliminate the issue other than not playing.
For neck pain:
For hand pain:
Avoid bending your neck awkwardly and try to prop your elbows so you don't hold the weight of the device on your elbows.
Overall, proper posture for handheld games or other handheld devices aligns very similarly to proper posture for reading a book, except you don't have the option to simply set the device on a reading stand of some sort.
Like books, handheld gaming devices don't lend themselves well to proper ergonomics over long periods of time. You want to keep your neck straight and not have to hold your arms up awkwardly. Best you can do is prop up your elbows (on the armrest of your chair or your desk) and try to get the device as close to eye level as possible.
If you go for propping your elbows on a desk, keep in mind you want to keep your back straight as well -- no hunching to get to the desk. Also keep in mind other standard ergonomics for desk sitting -- feet on the floor, knees bent, back straight.
Get into a comfortable chair, make sure the hand held device is right in front of your face. It works for me.


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I upgraded today from 11.10, and now I cannot stay connected to my secure network for more than 10 or 15 seconds. I keep getting asked to put in my Network key. I can however wireless tether connect through my droid with out a network key, and stay connected for as long as I want.
I've been poking around and have not been able to get this fixed on my own. I threw some codes in my terminal and came back with this.
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product: BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 03
serial: 00:1f:e1:88:99:c4
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
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resources: irq:17 memory:f9ffc000-f9ffffff memory:f8000000-f80fffff
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:21:70:6d:3f:21
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:17 memory:f9bfe000-f9bfffff
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I play a Pokemon tabletop game with a few friends. We're all in college, and our GM recently stepped down due to falling grades. I offered to take over if there were no objections, and as you can likely guess, I got the position. Now, I have a few ideas of my own and our old GM will be providing me with everything he has, but I'm still rather nervous as this is my first time GMing. What advice do you have for a completely new GM taking over in the middle of a campaign?
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You've got two separate challenges/opportunities:
Don't panic!
Make your training a group project:
You'll still be the GM, who's word is law, but this should be a honeymoon period - take advantage of it!
Most of all, have fun!
If it's possible, run your first session like it's the first episode of a new season of a TV show. Run the session in a way that spotlights the core elements of the characters in a relatively familiar circumstance. This way, the players can see how you handle their PCs in a typical game, and you can start to show them what your GM style is like.
Don't try to be the old GM. Everyone has their own style and it can take a while to figure out what that style is. But don't try do something a certain way because the previous guy did. Make it your own, with your own flair. Talk to the previous GM about what his ideas and goals were for the campaign, and then turn them into your own campaign. Keep the primary goal at least close to the same for the purpose of continuity. But for everything else, keep what you like, alter what you want to change, toss out what you don't like.
I think it's especially important to make abundant changes if the previous GM is staying with the group as a player. You want to make it clear very quickly that you are the one at the helm now. If you don't, you'll be constantly struggling with "that's not what was supposed to happen" kind of situations from them.
But even if they aren't staying in the group, it's important for any GM to make it their own to at least some extent. That gives you more motivation to be a genuine and enthusiastic story teller than you would be if all you did was read from the script. And I think for the players that can make a huge difference in their enjoyment.
It might be a good idea if you played something different for the first session. If you have the time, prepare a quick one-shot (either a pre-gen adventure, or something you cooked up yourself using the five room model) with low-level characters. This allows you to try out some of the base mechanics, and it allows you and the players to get used to one another without jeopardizing the main campaign. It also makes for a cleaner break with the past, and you'll be more confident and quicker when you resume the old campaign.
I'm a GM of an endless (six years now) campaign and I'm tutoring my brother before he becomes the main GM; I moved to another city meanwhile and I won't be able to continue playing with that group forever. So I'll try to add my experience - if it's too late for you, then for others in a similar situation.
First: you need to maintain the universe, but not necessarily the area where most adventures take place.
One of the two would-be GMs for our campaign is my brother, who already ran a story arc in eastern wilderness, where the party have never been before. We regularly discuss everything about our gaming world outside sessions, so I'm sure he will be able to run games in the well-known lands as well, but having first few sessions in new, though not so distant, area helped him with the first steps.
So do something less radical, but similar to what Jonas suggested: take some place you know better than any other player (because it's connected to your former PC's backstory, because you have created the area, or because it's a module you just slightly modified to fit into your game world) and run your first few sessions there. This decreases the chance that someone else would tell you (or, what's worse, silently feel disappointed) that something is different than ever before.
You already know the PCs, so playing for other characters can have only one advantage: if you are not sure whether your adventure is well suited for their level, using different characters reduces the anger after eventual party wipe. But I would rather suggest to start with slightly easier adventure and then increase the difficulty, when you get the sense of adequate challenge.
Making the party travel somewhere else will also help the players understand that there's a new GM and that slight differences in gaming style are OK. Make this story arc not "forever", so that players liking their old homes and NPCs wouldn't feel too disappointed, but long enough so that you can say "it's a long time, they have changed" whenever you roleplay some NPC in a way other players see as inconsistent with the way the previous GM roleplayed them.
Also, ask other players for help, mercy and feedback, as Randall suggested.


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The Pope Isn't a Party Boss
President Obama's first salary as a community organizer was paid by a Catholic group and his earliest social justice work was rooted in Catholic social doctrine. He identified with Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, then Chicago's archbishop, whose consistent ethic of life encompassed a dedication to the poor, a concern over the human costs of war, and opposition to the death penalty.
You could imagine that at his meeting with Pope Francis on Thursday, the president was tempted to ask: Why can't these American bishops get along with me? Or, perhaps more humbly: Holy Father, what can I do to make these guys happy?
It is a sign of how politicized the American Catholic Church has become that its different factions were lobbying hard over the message the bishop of Rome should send after meeting with the president of the United States.
Catholic conservatives hoped that Francis would again condemn abortion by way of upbraiding the pro-choice Obama. They were also seeking strong language supporting the campaign spearheaded by the more conservative bishops against the contraception mandate in the health care law.
Catholic progressives were looking for Francis to push the president to move more forcefully against poverty and inequality, around the world and not just at home. They hoped for some of the pope's searing criticisms of global capitalism by way of reminding Obama that the Catholic Church is well to his left on economic matters.
Both sides, in other words, want Francis to bless their own positions inside the American Catholic struggle. The progressives believe they now have a friend in Rome and conservatives worry the progressives might be right. After all, as Michael Sean Winters pointed out in the National Catholic Reporter, "the American bishops who are most aggressively hostile to Obama are also the American bishops who have been most resistant to Pope Francis."
But this meeting underscored something else: While Francis has decidedly moved the church back toward the social justice Catholicism that Obama connected with as a young man, Francis' worldview is plainly not American. Efforts to shoehorn him into our debates will always have a distorting effect. And the Vatican -- which itself is divided into factions -- has other things to think about besides the contention within the American church.
From everything he has said, Francis is, in our terms, a social conservative. Yet the issues about which he feels a genuine sense of urgency involve the hundreds of millions around the globe who suffer from extreme deprivation and oppression. From this standpoint, the political and theological skirmishes that consume so much energy among believers in wealthy countries might seem a form of self-indulgence.
Francis didn't leave conservative U.S. bishops out in the cold in their contraception battle, as the Vatican statement after the meeting made clear. But it's difficult to see the pope joining them at the ramparts. The veteran Vatican correspondent John Allen has documented attacks on religious liberty from state-sponsored persecution, including the outright murder of Christians. In light of this, the American uproar over a requirement that contraception be subsidized in health insurance policies seems disproportionate. That's especially true since the government-led health systems in many predominantly Catholic countries routinely cover contraception.
As for foreign policy, the Vatican has an approach of its own. It has often found itself allied with Obama -- for example, on his quest for Middle East peace -- but has also opposed him, as when he threatened military retaliation for Syria's use of chemical weapons. Conservatives have ignored or downplayed the Vatican's relative dovishness, except when it provided them with another club to use against Obama.
But this highlights the larger truth that Francis defies many currents of American thinking. Francis is anti-consumerist and anti-materialist. That is quite at odds with an American ethos that turns the mall into a religious shrine and shopping into a sacrament. The pope preaches a code of sacrifice that is not widely celebrated in our society outside the realm of military combat. He extols the simple life, a value popular in sections of the environmental movement, but not a big seller in a country obsessed with stuff and gadgets.
It would be good if Francis encouraged the parts of the American Catholic leadership most alienated from the president to stop treating this former church employee as an enemy. But the pope's main job is to pose a radical challenge to our complacency and social indifference. In doing so, he should stir an uneasiness that compels all of us -- and that includes Obama -- to examine our consciences.
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Thank you E.J. for putting this perhaps historic meeting into perspective. Indeed, politcal factions within the Church and within the broad American body politic have tried to influence the agenda of this meeting and no doubt will try to spin the result to their advantage. To the perceptive observer, all these efforts will l be seen as failures. This Pope will not be pigeonholed. As the title of the article says, "The Pope Isn't a Party Boss."
The conservatives will win. They will drive out the liberal and the flexible. The children of liberals will leave the church. The conervatives know this.
Conservative Republicans have turned "community organizer" into an insult. That says it all about what they value and believe. They've completely turned their backs on the Church's mission of social justice. They prioritize their political hatreds above all else.
On one hand, it would be easy for me to agree with you. But on the other hand, many of us exihbit a liberality in our youth and then at some point find times when "my parents were right." And yet, sharing that "right"ness didn't necessarily mean that we then lived and exhibited the exact same social values as our parents.
For example some simple as loving God and loving neighbor has led to such complexities as loving someone of another race, another class, another religion. All of these can and have been overcome without the church at large succumbing one way or another to being more liberal or more conservative (except when perhaps those issues became the fuel for political fires of the day).
But perhaps more to the point, I think your truism is only true on the surface. Many liberals (and I assume their children as well) have learned how to uphold values and how to move on and be part of a family lineage without making every difference a watershed moment of who was "in" or "out." There are quite a few of us "liberals" and our children who aren't going to leave the church. And whether or not the conservatives "win" just makes us sad for other reasons than being liberal.
It reminds us of being with someone who wants all the toys and attention, but doesn't know how to play.
Jay ... and loving someone of the same gender.
The world, and Christianity, is a big sand box. There are plenty of places to play well and with others, not matter who says that their sand box is the only true sand box.
Sadly I think you are right. And this is exactly why so many of the young are leaving the church. These Amerian bishops have made the American church into a Latin rite evangelical protestant denomination. And when the American Bishops openly show disgust with a Pope who has the nerve to say all this materialism is wrong, that he wants a "Poor church".
Its alittle tough to have a poor church that has a revulsion to the Poor.


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A federal judge has awarded a couple $202,500 in a dispute over a dam that was once part of Hutchinson's flood-control program.
Jerry and Georgia McGonigle bought a home in 2008 without being told they would be responsible for maintaining the dam. The previous owner had received complaints about the dam's condition.
The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/13cztyz ) couple owned the property before being told about their liability. Bids for repairing the dam were as high as seven figures. After litigation began, the city of Hutchinson abandoned the dam agreement and was not part of the case.
The $202,500 awarded to the couple on Monday is for removal of trees that weaken the dam. The McGonigles settled a lawsuit against the home's previous owner for an undisclosed sum.
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