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2011 Kaiken Malbec Ultra, rated 90 by Wine Spectator.
"big" taste, smooth but a bit 'squeaky' on the teeth, might need another yr or so in the cellar. We received 8 bottles, put 7 away for a while. The 2012 wasn't quite as hearty on the taste.
Wine Maker Notes
Handsome ruby red colour. Outstanding and concentrated fruit, with beautiful aromas of red berries, black cherry and hints of tobaccos. A full-bodied wine. Round and velvety in mid-palate, with soft tannins. An added touch of vanilla and toast, followed by a long and smooth finish. Very, very elegant.
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This Malbec shows a beautiful deep ruby color with violet hues. On the nose, flowery and mineral notes are evident, with spicy touches that make the wine more complex and are finely blended with the elegance of the French oak.
On the mouth it's a wine of great structure and power, sweet plum, mocha and black cherry flavors blend with well integrated oak and tannins that are both soft and present. It has an outstanding balance and a very long and polished finish, where red fruits like blueberry and boysenberry are evident. The wine is ready to be enjoyed now and has the potential to be cellared for at least ten years.

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MADISON — Sometimes you get the feeling something's not quite right.
Like when John Hamilton sat in his kitchen Thursday morning and thought what he heard were shrieks of children playing outside.
"We have about 10 kids under 10 in this neighborhood, and they're always out. But then I thought, 'It's a school day …'"
Or when Kelly Ostberg heard her babysitter ring the doorbell, then start pounding on the door.
"I thought, 'Ok, I'm coming, what's the big hurry …'"
Or when Caroline Malia thought she saw a big cat follow her up Ostberg's steps.
"It very weird, and I was, like, 'Shoo!' Shoo!" but it wasn't shoo-ing …"
And that's when a typical, quiet day in this Madison family neighborhood turned into something out of Animal Planet, like, "When Forest Critters Attack."
The cat was a rabid fox, the pounding was not impatience but panic, and those playful shrieks were screams for help.
In the end, the fox was killed, John Hamilton was bit to the bone and Caroline Malia, who escaped with a few leg wounds, was trying to steady herself enough to write the last of her college papers.
"I'm still weirded out by the whole thing. I still can't believe it happened," said Malia, a senior at Fairleigh Dickinson. "But I can't thank John enough. He really, really saved me."
This regular day in ordinary suburban neighborhood started with Hamilton, an IT manager and program director for Savvis, settling down with a cup of coffee to do some work, while his wife, Kate, a Realtor, tended to their 16-month-old, Emma.
"I had to meet a client in the city, but I was taking a late train," he said.
Ostberg, too, was getting ready to go out, when she heard the doorbell, then the banging, then the screaming.
"I thought she was getting abducted, that was the first thing I thought," she said.
Truth is, abduction attempts are more common than fox attacks.
Fox attacks are so rare, the state doesn't bother to keep track of them.
"It's not something we have a category for, not like incidents with bears," said Larry Ragonese, spokesman for the Department of Environmental Protection.
When Hamilton and Ostberg looked out their respective windows, they saw Malia, running in the yard with the animal attached to her leg, shredding her sweatpants. "I ran from the door because I didn't want to let the thing in (Ostberg's) house," she said.
Hamilton bolted out of his house, with nothing but his bare hands. Ostberg, who was holding her 15-month-old, Emily, dialed 911.
"I got halfway there, and thought, 'Okay, what am I going to do when I get there?' It's not something you're mentally prepared for,'' Hamilton said. "I almost turned around to get a garbage can to trap it, but then I saw her fall."
Malia said that's when the panic really set in.
"Up to then, I was scared, but after I fell, I really freaked out."
She got up, ran toward the door, and fell again but Hamilton was right there and tried to grab the fox.
"I was afraid it was going to attack her face," he said. "My hands slipped off because it was wet, and when I grabbed it again, it turned and bit me."
The fox clamped down but Hamilton ripped it off him, and slammed it into a black Audi station wagon in Ostberg's driveway. "It just hit, and slid down, and was just lying there."
Within minutes, Madison police arrived and shot the unconscious fox. One bullet hole remains in Ostberg's lawn.
"What's really scary is that if wasn't raining, we would have been out here with the babies," Ostberg said. "We're always out in the yard."
"It was so weird," Malia said. "I grew up in New Hampshire in the woods and never saw an animal do that."
The most people usually see of foxes is a bushy tail caught in highbeams as it disappears into the forest underbrush off a country road. They don't like to come face-to-face with people. Not like deer, which seem increasingly blasé about human presence, and just stand there, staring at you. Or bears, who saunter off, taking their sweet time.
"They're usually leery of people," said Mike Madonia, a state biologist at the Clinton Wildlife Management Area.
The big game-changer, of course, is rabies. The disease attacks the brain and can turn even domestic dogs and cats into violent twisters of teeth and claws. Almost all attacks on humans by raccoons and fox are because the animals are rabid. The rabies test on the Madison fox came back positive Friday.
But — better safe than sorry — Hamilton and Malia began treatment immediately after the attack. They were taken by ambulance to Morristown Medical Center, where Hamilton got five shots and Malia six, the first of series they'll take over a month.
"I also needed a tetanus shot," she said.
And life goes back to normal. Hamilton will go back to work. The children will be out playing in the yard, but Malia is moving on.
"I'm graduating," she said. "That was my last day to babysit there."
Related coverage:
• Fox attacks babysitter in Madison, bites her rescuer, cops shoot fox


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Hi Borge,
I couldn't find anything to mellow out my trumpet. I wanted that Miles-ish sound but was born with a bright Maynard, Miyshiro type sound. I did some research and after several test models(and alot of input from professors and professionals around the country) I came up with and patented The RingMute. It's a simple looking ring of acoustic foam that attaches to the bell rim of a trumpet. And guess what, the damned thing works. I can go from my typical bright sound to a less bright Miles type sound.
I also came up with a new methodology for learning improvisation based on four sequences which were gleened from different genres of music such as classical, rock, jazz, polka, country, etc.
Hi Borge,
Here's something maybe anybody can help with. OK here goes. Me and an associate have been working on a phenomenon we discovered involving a. pitch b. volume and c. distance
We've done lit serches to help explain or name the phenomenon but could find none.
The research involves a brief understanding of constructive and destructive waves.
In a nutshell with most mediums, destructive waves cancel each other out and constructive waves reinforce each other, i.e. makes a bigger wave.
Here's what you do.
1)you and another trumpet player warm up.
2)then stand about four feet apart.
3)play a tuning note in unison and get it perfect.
4)balance the volume between the two of you where neither is louder than the other What do you hear?
Can you look at the bellrim of your trumpet and sense that a little of the sound of the other trumpet player is coming out of YOUR trumpet?
Our hypothesis is that when the three variables mentioned are insync, each trumpet acts as a small transformer for each other. We call it the SG Effect (initals of the two people investigating this phenomenon). Have fun and let us know what you find. The big adjustment once your in tune with each other, is balancing the volume.
while i'm at work and don't have a pic of my invention, i'll describe it...
i made a "small components soaker" for cleaning my horn. the garbage disposal in my sink looks very menacing against slides and valves, so i needed to rectify this.
i took a tupperware container, drilled about two dozen 1/4 holes in the bottom and lower sides of it, glued some strips of styrene in it to divide the container into segments the proper size for all components. all you need to do is put everything in the container, and drop it in a filled sink.
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1989 Selmer "Bundy" Trumpet
2007 Kanstul "KSB100" 3-Valve Bugle
"Villains always have antidotes... they're funny that way. "
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
Now that's smart. I've never thought about what would happen if my parts were to end up in the disposal part of my sink(where most people probably clean their horn.).
I smell a moneymaker!
YES!! Exactly!!!! Now, the problem is that from our both internet and library liturature research, the topic is not discussed in the way that suggests that when the three factors are insync, some of the other trumpet plays sound is allowed into your horn. We speculate that it is a simple situation of converging constructive waves. I've experimented with some trumpet players and after explaining the directions they all said the approximately the same thing. The hardest thing we noticed was getting two trumpets to get their volume balance to where one person isn't softer or louder than the other.
It's once the volume balance is attained that trumpet players(and a pair of sax players) report that they notice this phenomenon. One trumpet player said that when all was insync, he could look at the bell of his horn and almost see the sound of the other guy's horn. If you have any lit sites that can add to our quest, that would be cool
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take a pringles can and put it to the bell of the horn, leave some space so that it isnt touching. then play a G(the g in the staff). then the can will vibrate only when you play that note.
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Well, as an early morning (pre dawn) player on ANZAC Day (25th April) here in Oz, and having old eyes, I needed a way to illuminate my march music on the lyre. The little lamps that clip to your hat brim aren't bright enough, so I took two AA batteries, connected them through a small toggle switch to a Maglite globe mounted on a short length of light coat hanger wire (like the dry cleaner supplies). The switch, batteries, and base of the wire all got heatshrunk together with the lamp sticking out about 4 inches (100mm). The exposed lamp was then encased in a small glass fuse tube (with one end cap pulled of and slid over the globe for protection), and the wire, lamp and it's 'new lens' heatshrunk together - yeah, I needed some Gaffa tape too - don't you always? I then cut a small window - half a small finger nail - out of one side of the heatshrink around the 'lens' so that when it was all switched on very bright light glared out in one direction - not in my eyes. Now the whole device is taped to my lyre (Gaffa again), the coat hanger wire bent so that the lamp lens faces, and illuminates, the music without getting in my view. This whole device - I can take photos if you need them - allows pre dawn trumpeting to occur under a discete but bright light, and I can actually read the tiny score on the march pack. (Yeah, I could have memorised the music too, but then I wouldn't have been able to invent stuff. All the trumpet section, the low brass and some of the saxes use my little lamp too - manufacturing costs are about AUD$5 each.
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A tractor-trailer overturned about 4:35 this morning on Interstate 80 West near Exit 19 in Allamuchy Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation and New Jersey State Police.
Police were uncertain if anyone was hurt in the crash that the DOT said initially closed the highway. As of 5:50, the right and center lanes were closed and delays heading toward Pennsylvania were 10 to 15 minutes, the DOT said.
TransOptions reports the duration of the tie-up could be six to eight hours west.


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Cops say an Annadale man had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he was pulled over early yesterday morning.
Christopher Hermus, 23, of Woodrow Road, was driving a 1991 Honda Accord when he was pulled over at the corner of Arden Avenue and Arthur Kill Road at about 3:30 a.m. yesterday, police said. A test showed his blood alcohol content at .165 percent, well over the .08 percent legal limit, court papers allege.
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PARRSBORO - An arson investigation continues into a weekend fire that destroyed a local landmark, the former Berry's Restaurant.
The Willow Street building, which has been vacant since the restaurant closed several years ago, was severely damaged by fire early Saturday morning. The call came in at 1:33 a.m., and the Parrsboro Fire Department and local RCMP responded within minutes.
"We've interviewed a lot of people, as there was a lot out and about that night watching the high tide in the area, and there was a considerable amount of people on the go," said Const. Dal Hutchinson of the Cumberland RCMP. "However we have no leads and no suspects at this time. The investigation is still ongoing."
The fire was determined to be arson after an investigation by the Nova Scotia Fire Marshal's office.
Parrsboro RCMP are asking if anyone has any information about this crime to contact them at 902-254-2424 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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I couldn't find a tutorial that I liked, so I figured one out on my own. Just in case there are some of you out there that would like to make one for yourself, here is a tutorial.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Diaper Stacker Tutorial
I couldn't find a tutorial that I liked, so I figured one out on my own. Just in case there are some of you out there that would like to make one for yourself, here is a tutorial.
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DANG cute! I absolutely LOVE this! Thank you for posting a tutorial. What a champ you are.ReplyDelete
I love this! This saved my life with my kiddos. I featured this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Hopefully, you will see a jump in your traffic and followers!ReplyDelete
Saw you on somedaycrafts and had to come bookmark your page! Love it!ReplyDelete
Great tutorial!! I featured your project on Craft Gossip Sewing:ReplyDelete
I love this tutorial. I had to show it off and posted a link here http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=907740ReplyDelete
Hi, Thank you for the tutorial...it's great tutorial....ReplyDelete
What a fantastic project- this would be great for customizing your nursery any way you want! I don't see many diaper stackers these days, but always found them handy when my lil one's were still little. ;)ReplyDelete
Please feel free to add this tute to my Baby Week link party at My Frugal Family.
It can be found at:
Hi Tam! I also featured this idea for our Baby Week at Oopsey Daisy with a roundup of fun baby ideas. Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tutorial! I made a cowboy themed one for my son today with piping. Your directions are great, and the instructions at the link for the piping are really easy to follow as well. I was able to use fabric that I already had on hand, so it was free, except for my time. Gotta love it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your tutorial!ReplyDelete
It guided me in making this...
Thank you for this tutorial! I was having a hard time organizing my daughter's diapers, and being a novice sewer, I found other tutorials on the internet very confusing. Your tute had really clear and easy to follow instructions. I love the diaper stacker that I've made! Thanks again!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I am a novice when it comes to sewing and this was great. I changed it a little but it came out awesome! Again, thanks.ReplyDelete
I'm a beginner sewer and I found this tutorial to be really easy to follow! I'm at about step 5 right now, but I will definitely be linking to your tutorial when I post pictures of the finished diaper stacker on my blog. Keep up the great work! :)ReplyDelete
Here is my finished project :)ReplyDelete
I was wondering..if I took out the ruffle would it mess up the steps? I have a little boy..lolReplyDelete
You can definitely take out the ruffle and it won't mess up a thing. Also, see the note at the end of the tutorial where it references a tutorial for piping if you wanted to add that. I'm having a little boy any day and I did piping instead of a ruffle for his diaper stacker.
Thank you so much! I just made this for my granddaughter and the directions were perfect!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! I just made this for my soon to be here baby girl! Thank you so much for posting this! :) :)ReplyDelete
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I just had to stop by and post a picture of the one I did for my little Leah on the way. Thank you thank you thank you for posting this. You are awesome! I tweaked mine a little bit only because I wanted to hang it directly on the changing table and there was nowhere to hang a hanger. :)ReplyDelete
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Just finished making one of these for my son! I just opted for no ruffles, thank you so much for posting! I turned out great! Thank you!!ReplyDelete
What type of interfacing did you use? I'm a beginning sewer...new to a lot of this terminology but if I remember right...there are different types... Thanks! :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing this easy-to-follow tutorial. I managed to make a very basic version today (I'm a very beginner sewer).ReplyDelete
AWESOME tutorial!ReplyDelete
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Thieves ransack house while residents sleep
WARREN – Thieves burgled a Northfield Avenue home while the elderly residents slept, according to a police report.
The man, 77, and woman, 76, told police they went to bed around 10 p.m. Aug. 8 and woke up around 7:30 a.m. to find several kitchen cabinet drawers open, the report states.
A door to the garage had been pried open. Drawers in the garage work area and the vehicles had been searched with the glove boxes left open.
Police believe vehicles – which had the keys in them – in the garage were moved to allow access to a scooter in the back of the building, reports state.
The back door to the house was pried open and parts of the home were ransacked. A scooter, bicycle, old coins and a tackle box were among the items taken, reports state.
Police followed footprints from the house and tire marks from the scooter to an area behind the garage, where a wooden box that had been taken from the home was emptied and left behind. Police also found work gloves and a watch in the driveway in front of the garage that both residents said did not belong to them.
A crowbar was left on the kitchen table.
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The Bayonne Bridge is closed as of last night from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday due to the $1.3 billion "Raise the Roadway" construction project, Port Authority officials said.
The Port Authority says motorists should use the Goethals Bridge as an alternative.
The raising of the Bayonne Bridge was fast-tracked by President Obama and the additional 64 feet will allow larger vessels to pass below.
A pedestrian and bicyclist shuttle service runs on Fridays through Sundays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with departures every 30 minutes.
Commuters can take the shuttle at 214 W. 1st St., near Kennedy Boulevard on the Bayonne side, and at 209 Innis St., near John Street on the Staten Island side, officials said.


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Usually, when the calendar turns to February we are dreading the continuing days of a seemingly neverending winter. We look far ahead to the official start of spring and bundle up and tough it out.
That has been far from the case this year. This winter has been a breeze as far as Iowa winters go.
We didn't see a significant snowfall until mid-January and temperatures have been way above normal. It feels like we haven't even "earned" spring yet.
What a strange occurrence it was to hear that the bank sign down the road was flashing 60 degrees as the temperature Monday. That's Monday Jan. 30 if you are asking.
I gladly traded in my winter coat for my smaller coat over my lunch break Monday when I was home. I can't remember if I ever did that this time of the year in the past, but I'm guessing not. By the middle of the afternoon, I didn't even need the small coat either.
I'm well aware I may jinx us and we'll get a blizzard-a-day for the next two months and I'm not talking about something tasty from Dairy Queen. But we are so far ahead of the game now, it's nice to breathe and relax knowing winter has yet to drive us crazy this year.
Who would have thought that by this time of the year Marshalltown schools would only miss two hours due to winter weather?
Two hours.
And I've only had to break out the long underwear under my work pants a few times this winter. I know, not a vision you probably want to think about right now, or ever.
Another good thing is the snow actually melts after it falls within a few days. Unlike two years ago when it kept piling up higher and higher and made corners treacherous as you couldn't see around them when driving. It was like we were stuck in some sort of mice maze of snow, trying to peak around every corner to see if the coast is clear.
Even that big King Kong made of snow on Third Street has dropped some weight the past few days. Two years ago, he would have been buried in snow a few days after being sculpted.
I guess Mother Nature owed this to us after the walloping she put on us for two straight winters a few years ago. Although, she was pretty nice to us last winter if I remember right. I guess we have nothing to do but sit back, relax and enjoy this weather while we can.
You never know when Ms. Nature can change her mind.
Especially in Iowa.
Reporter Andrew Potter is a Tuesday columnist for the Times-Republican. The views expressed in this column are personal views of the writer and don't necessarily reflect the views of the T-R. Contact Andrew Potter at 641-753-6611 or email@example.com


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Sketch: The PM as 'mensch'
Gordon Brown's long-dormant oratory skills certainly galvanised his UJIA audience at London's Hilton Hotel on Monday night.
He made them laugh: "I'm the man who had to tell Nelson Mandela who Amy Winehouse was," capping this with the possibly apocryphal story that Ms Winehouse sang "Free Blakey, he's my fella" to the tune of "Free Nelson Mandela" at the great man's 90th birthday concert this summer.
He made them cry when he spoke of his and his wife Sarah's emotional response at Yad Vashem during his July visit; and he somewhat astonished the 800 guests with such a pro-Israel address that it could have been made by an Israeli PM rather than a British one.
The man introduced by UJIA's Gerald Ronson as "a mensch" produced a eulogy likely to have few parallels. Not many British prime ministers, after all, can have said: "This year may God write you, the people of Israel, and all of us in the book of life, and let me wish you Shana Tova" - a greeting which produced a standing ovation.
Cynics may have wondered whether Mr Brown had come to dinner to seek financial advice from a community renowned for fiscal providence. Certainly his speech helped the dinner generate a remarkable £3.77 million. That was eight per cent up on last year - the sort of economic growth rate that mere Prime Ministers these days can only dream about.


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With the 2011 MLB Season winding down in just under two months, the race for the NL West is in full force. Despite numerous injuries and low expectations for the defending World Series Champion San Francisco Giants, after a rough start they have finally seemed to have gotten it together, but sit just a half game up on division rival Arizona Diamondbacks. If the postseason were to start today, the second-place Arizona team wouldn't be there, as it sits 4.5 games behind the Wild Card leading Atlanta Braves. So it's pretty clear how important it is for the Giants to win the West.
It's going to be a very tight race down the stretch, which includes the Giants having two more series against the Diamondbacks in September. In order to ensure that the Giants, not the Diamondbacks, will be in the Fall Classic, there are certain things they will need to do and count on happening.


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What is a database name?
December 4th, 2009, 05:07 PM
And will it show up in the url of my site?
Chuck S
December 4th, 2009, 05:16 PM
The database name is the mysql database you create to house the program data. It does not show up anywhere in urls.
December 4th, 2009, 05:43 PM
Thanks Chuck!
I have once more question. I am having photo post installed and paid for the service. I got a email asking for the install path and I don't know what to do with this?
These are my options from my hosting service...
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December 4th, 2009, 07:25 PM
The install path generally means the place on the server so for example you way want a directory called gallery in the public_html directory
December 4th, 2009, 09:25 PM
Thanks Chuck and you've been very helpful :)
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December 4th, 2009, 09:26 PM
No problem they will send the install to me so if there are any questions I will let you know ;)
December 4th, 2009, 09:32 PM
ok great Thanks so much. I just faxed the info a little while ago.
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December 5th, 2009, 09:07 AM
Yeah I woke up this morning and its there in my email box
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great. I hope everything is filled out right. :)
Chuck S
December 5th, 2009, 04:37 PM
I should be doing it sometime tonight so will let you know.
December 5th, 2009, 06:54 PM
Thanks Chuck for all of the help.
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December 5th, 2009, 09:05 PM
have a good weekend.
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JACKSON — The fourth-ranked Lumen Christi High School football team picked a bad night to battle turnovers.
The Titans had enough on their hands Friday night battling unranked Lake Fenton and its high-scoring offense, led by 5-foot-10, 210-pound bruising fullback Nick VanDuser. The Blue Devils piled up 387 rushing yards, including 200 by VanDuser, and the Titans chipped in four turnovers as Lake Fenton scored a 41-20 victory over the Titans in a Division 5 pre-district game on Dungy Field at Withington Community Stadium.
Lake Fenton (8-2) came into the game averaging 47.4 points per game.
"Honestly, if you take the turnovers out of it, we're still in the ballgame," said Lumen Christi coach Herb Brogan, whose Titans finished 8-2. "I think we probably turned it over as much as we turned it over all year long, starting with the opening kickoff."
Devon Barrett fumbled the opening kickoff, and Lake Fenton recovered on the Lumen Christi 27. After an initial 3-yard gain by Neil Allor, VanDuser finished the last 24 yards on five carries – the last a 5-yard touchdown run to open the scoring.For more on this game and other Jackson area playoff action, check out the Jackson region preps page.


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I would like to know what position is contraindicated post pneumonectomy and why. Thanks
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Generally Head down or tipping positions should be avoided in Pneumonectomy. The ideal position for care after surgery is half lying or crook half lying.
Definition for further clarification:
A pneumonectomy (or pneumectomy) is an surgical procedure to remove a lung. Removal of one lobe of the lung is referred to as a lobectomy, and that of a segment of the lung as a segmentectomy. The term pneumonectomy may also be used in a more general sense to encompass removal of all or part of a lung.
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In patients with pneumonectomy,sidelying on non-operated side is contraindicated till the drainage tube is removed +the tissues around is fibrosed and cannot compress or alter physiology if made to lie on affected side.
Let me add further that Pneumonectomy patients should not be positioned on their unoperated side. This can result in bronchopleural fistula due to space fluid washing over the bronchial stump. Patients undergoing intrapericardial pneumonectomy should be treated in sitting for the first 4 days unless advised otherwise by the medical team.
Position the patient in a semi Fowler's Position (head of bed elevated to 30 degrees and hips and knees slightly flexed). This position reduces traction on the thoracic incision.
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Structure Is Structure
Many of Lydia Davis's best stories involve problems of language, its insufficiencies and irregularities, how lives can be undone—or remade—by a preposition or pronoun. A sound. Punctuation. Misunderstandings pivot on the misapplication of an adjective or the absence of one. Quite literally, tenses make people tense. The page-long story "A Mown Lawn" was included in Best American Poetry 2001. Its opening lines: "She hated a mown lawn. Maybe that was because mow was the reverse of wom, the beginning of the name of what she was—a woman."
Davis is almost as well known for her translations (of, among others, books by Michel Leiris, Maurice Blanchot, and Marcel Proust) as for her fiction. William Gass has described translation as reading ("of the best, the most essential, kind"), but for Davis it's the obverse, a kind of writing: "everything but the invention." The work of translation is indeed, on one hand, very Davisian labor, a way of creating and engaging with entirely new problems of language as well as new solutions.
In the April issue of Poetry, Davis translates the traditional Catalan carol "The Song of the Birds," which she first heard sung in Spain soon after the Madrid bombings in 2004. Here she discusses the specific difficulties of translating the poem, how her musical training informs her writing, and the pleasures of translation.
Jason McBride: To my untrained eye, "The Song of the Birds" seems as though it might have been a relatively easy poem to translate. How difficult was it actually?
Lydia Davis: Well, "relatively" is a relative term. It was definitely much easier than many other poems would have been, starting with the works of the most difficult poets, such as Mallarmé or Celan. But it wasn't entirely easy, either. One problem being in fact that its narrative appears so simple, another being its religious content, given our present political context. Beyond those two problems, there were the usual questions: for instance, how to handle the rhyming "sight," "light," and "night" in the first verse so as not to come down on them too heavily (they are, unavoidably perhaps, just a little too prominent as it is); and how far to depart from the original, of course—in the original, the eagle flies through the air rather than soaring on the wind. In a longer prose translation, I would probably follow my usual practice, keeping closer to the original and also not "enhancing" the original, as I think "soaring" and "wind" enhance this. But one defense that is always useful to the translator, of course, is that since one is losing the force of the original in certain places, one has some liberty to make it up in others. Lastly, a major element missing from this poem is the melody of the song for which it served as lyric. There is hardly any way to supply that lack.
Is there any difference in technique when you translate from different languages? In this case, is translating from Spanish much different from, say, translating from French or German?
First of all, this poem comes from the Catalan and not the Spanish—that difference is very important to the Catalan people but tends to be confusing to outsiders. And in fact the languages are quite different, Catalan being closer to French than Spanish is. Take the word "amb"—a strange-looking one, to us, and very un-Spanish. It means "with"; compare French avec and Spanish con. It's not really like either one. I'm guessing it's from the Latin amb-, "ambi-" meaning "both." But to answer your question—I think the greater difference is in translating a poem as opposed to a piece of prose. Beyond that, though the languages are different, once you understand what is happening in the poem or prose, you proceed the same way. (Right now I'm trying to read German, and I'm feeling almost physically how different it is from French—those long attributives!)
What is the difference, for you, between translating a poem and translating a piece of prose?
The more formal constraints there are, in a text, the more difficult it is to stay very close to the original. In a poem with line breaks, and especially, of course, in a poem with a regular meter and a rhyme scheme, you have to compromise right and left. If you're going to keep some sort of a rhyme scheme and meter, something else will have to go. The translator has to do more inventing, substituting, creating equivalents. In a piece of prose, you're much more likely to be able to stay very close to the original.
Why did you choose to translate this shorter version of the song, rather than the full 14 verses?
I was familiar with the shorter version and only discovered the longer one after I had embarked on the translation. I suppose I thought this presented enough problems as it was—but that is a good idea!
I know that you studied music quite seriously when you were younger. Do you still play piano or violin? How does that training inform your own writing, and how useful was it in translating this particular poem?
I still play both, although my violin playing is not something anyone should witness. It took me years to realize how studying musical structures—which I did in very good music theory classes in high school—must have laid down matrices in my brain that later influenced the forms of my writing. Structure is structure, whether in music or writing. I learned structural patterns, but I also learned to listen very closely. Again, although it was music that I was being taught to listen to, the close listening then became an ability that could be applied to texts, and to linguistic meaning. That awareness of structure, and of course sound, and the close attention, all come into play in translation.
Your translation of Du côté de chez Swann has been described as "understated" and "disciplined." That is to say, you didn't impose your own narrative voice but tried to hew as literally as possible to the style of the original text. Is that an ideal that you strive for in all of your translations? Does it apply here?
Yes, it is an ideal of mine to stay as close as I can to the original while still producing a living, breathing text in English—which is primary. In fact, imposing my own style would take away some of the enjoyment of translating for me—which is to leave my own style and my own sensibility behind and enter fully into the sensibility and style of another writer, to be able, in a sense, to take a vacation from my own writing, while still writing. Certainly, this approach applies to anything I translate. In this poem, as I explained earlier, I felt I had to depart more from the literal—and that would be true with almost any translation of a poem, I think. But that did not mean imposing my own style.
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When we look at Tammy as an example of a broader theme—that women don't really have it all together—this is problematic. The McCarthyism that women are basically an inherent mess doesn't leave much room for accomplishment.
The beauty of McCarthy's character in Bridesmaids is that she was both: ultra competent at the things she cared about, but unconcerned by the expectations of competence in more traditional areas. Ever since then, McCarthy has played a diminished version of the same character until, in Tammy, she's not even good at the drunk-driving, bank-robbing, hamburger-throwing skills the film boldly showcases.
Women are better off rejecting the idea that happiness requires only acceptance of our mess. Such logic idealizes blindness: to our faults, to room for change, the needs of other people, and goals beyond the physical.
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Tammy is rated R for consistent use of strong language and sexual references that include several frank discussions of sexual activities and an extended sequence in a car where two characters narrate their interaction as "first base" and "second base." A male and a female character spend the night together in a hotel room; sex is implied though not shown. Later, a character makes a lewd gesture with a stalk of celery while referring to the scene. Multiple characters engage in extramarital sex (off screen) and discuss it with others. One character flashes her boobs to a crowd (shown from the back). Several characters flip off others. There is an ongoing plotline involving lesbians, including an extended party scene. Grandma Pearl is an alcoholic who drinks from clearly labeled bottles in almost every scene. Two characters drive while drunk. Two underage teenagers attempt to obtain beer. A character also pretends to rob several people at gunpoint (without a real gun).
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After the United Auto Workers union and the Detroit Three automakers signed concessionary labor agreements in 2007 that many called "historic," an economist told me public-worker unions were next in line for pain.
It appears that day has come.
Gov. Rick Snyder's "Citizen's Guide to Michigan's Financial Health" says state government workers' total compensation jumped 19 percent over the past decade while private sector workers saw pay and benefits fall 13 percent.
Pay for public school teachers has fallen 4 percent since 2000. Compensation figures were adjusted for inflation.
The guide also shows that pensions of state and local government workers and public school employees are underfunded by nearly $60 billion.
Snyder didn't just throw out those facts because he thought we'd find them interesting. It's clear he's about to swing the budget ax aggressively to chop state government costs.
Michigan is facing a turnaround situation not unlike what the automakers went through a few years ago. Labor costs are too high; retiree benefit obligations are ballooning; revenues are shrinking, and economic competitiveness is declining.
Team Snyder might want to look up a speech the late Jerry York gave years ago at the Detroit auto show for some valuable advice in righting Michigan's ship.
York, who served on Apple Computer's board of directors and helped lead financial turnarounds at Chrysler and IBM, offered a prescription for fixing ailing General Motors that is still talked about in business circles.
Had GM embraced York's plan, it might not — and, yes, that is a big "might not" — have ended up in bankruptcy three years after his 2006 speech.
First, York said GM needed to go into "crisis mode" in which no "sacred cows" would be protected in a restructuring.
"Be realistic about market share and revenue expectations, and gear the cost and expense structure accordingly," he said.
Snyder has said numerous times in his first month as governor that Michigan is in crisis. But it might take payless paydays or some other financial calamity to get folks to believe it.
As York noted, in democracies and large companies there's often "an inability to galvanize the populace to deal with a crisis until the crisis is very near at hand."
In trimming wages and benefits at GM, York called for "an equality of sacrifice" to try to maintain worker morale during the difficult restructuring period.
York proposed slashing GM's stock dividend in half and substantially slicing the pay of directors.
He recommended that GM's top five executives, who were earning a combined $7 million at the time, take "significant" pay cuts.
"Again, not huge dollars in the scheme of things, but a very important indication that 'we're all in this together,' " he said.
York said he would have cut pay for GM employees on a percentage basis, with the lowest-paid workers taking the smallest percentage cut.
Snyder, a wealthy venture capitalist, presumably could afford to forgo his $159,300 annual salary and take a symbolic $1-a-year paycheck as some top auto executives did during their dark days.
The comparison of the auto companies and state government isn't a perfect one. For example, the state constitution guarantees state employees' pensions and makes it difficult for the governor and lawmakers to cut state workers' pay.
Even York might have found Michigan's turnaround to be daunting.
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Is Robert Really Team Jacob?
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Has Robert Pattinson Met The Author Of 'Water For Elephants?'
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RPattz Talks Making Love On Camera
Robert Pattinson's Hair Evolution
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'pretty easy' filming love scenes with kristen eh?
awwwwwww ;)
Oh, My Eward it wasn't about "Team Jacob" and twilight really. Robert's character's name in WFE is Jacob, so they were more laughing that this next character's name will be Taylor.


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I am very confused as to your definition of gapping up. i.e. there was no gapping at all today. It picked up almost exactly where it left off yesterday.
Gapping is when it skips over an entire price range. A very good example of that can be seen Monday. It closed at 18.20 on Friday, but Monday skipped over everything in the mid to high 18's and went straight into the 19's.
However, I'm sure you know this and were just trying to think of yet another worthless post. I was impressed the day you had 27 of them in one day. It truly takes someone with no life or job to post 27 times throughout the course of the day when most people actually work


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You know what makes me mad? It's Presidents Day.
At one point in time, the powers that be decided for whatever reason, to cease to honor our most famous presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, on their birthdates, Feb. 22 and 12, respectively. This is the most outrageous disrespect to our Founding Father and the Great Emancipator.
It was George Washington who led the 13 colonies to victory over the British and established the republic of the United States of America. And it was Abraham Lincoln who changed the course of history by abolishing slavery and healing the wounds of a young nation.
Using generic terms to honor these great Americans is wearing away at our American heritage. We must remember from whence we came. Their names, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, don't even appear on the calendar. I bet dollars to doughnuts the average American doesn't know their birthdates.
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Bill, If lightning is travelling a mile or so on its way to ground does your friend think that disconnected coax from the rig will stop the strike at the end of the 259 or N connector? Well I sure hope he not only disconnects but throws it outside...far far away from the house. What about the AC mains? Taking a surge there could not only hit your ham equipment (if not unplugged) but also tv, computers, etc...The single copper wire out of the box into the ground behind the house is inadequate. These discussions are not about tower/antenna grounding but about a complete home and shack ground system. Does this same person have a very limited budget ? Relative to other things in the hobby (rigs, towers, antennas, etc..) a good ground system is not very expensive. However, it does NOT offer 100% protection. Why did I do it? One reason is that Colorado and where I live in Colorado is one of the most lightning prone areas of the country. According to NOAA, about 494,000 cloud to ground lightning flashes occur in Colorado every year. In addition, I am along the Palmer Divide which is one of the worst areas for severe weather in the state. Disconnecting is not an option - I would be off the air for 3-4 months. How did I do it? I did it close to commercial specs. According to a friend in the cellphone industry only 20 cell sites (out of about 500,000) are lost to lightning each year. Jay - KT5E bill rubin wrote: > I have a friend (will not say his call sign) who believes that if you can't > do a full grounding system (building halo, rods every 16 ft, etc) is is > better NOT to ground your antenna system and just disconnect your coax when > not used. Sort of the "lightning does not see me" idea. While I have > argued this issue with him I was looking for technical documentation why his > reasoning is false. Any information to disclaim the no ground and antenna > disconnect practice ? > > 73' Bill > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > email@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > > > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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Planting a flag
Paul Stewart founded "Bucs UK," the bravura Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan club based in London, in 1984 with five other original members. In the 25 intervening years, the club's membership has swelled to over 300 and Stewart's historical Buccaneer knowledge has expanded even further, both in his head and on the Bucs UK website, Bucpower.com.
For instance, Stewart has a record of every Mike Alstott touchdown on Bucpower.com, and he can probably describe most of those 71 scores in great detail. But it's doubtful that any Alstott touchdown run will live more vividly in Stewart's mind than the one recorded Saturday afternoon at Richmond Park in South London.
That's because it was Stewart himself who delivered the handoff to the former Buccaneer great, sending him over left guard for an easy one-yard score. As he turned from the line with his arms raised, Stewart joyfully yelled, in his best Gene Deckerhoff impression, "Alstott up the gut!"
No, there was no defense on the field at the time and both Stewart and Alstott were in jeans. This was an exhibition flag football game staged by Stewart and featuring two squads clad in Buccaneers and Patriots jerseys. Alstott was wearing a red #40 jersey gleefully handed over to him moments earlier straight off the back of one of the club members. The opposing team was still warming up nearby and Stewart purposely announced that his pass to Alstott moments earlier had gotten down to the one-yard line, all to set up the memorable handoff.
Obviously one of the most passionate Buccaneer fans anywhere – which could be said of all the Bucs UK members in attendance – Stewart was thrilled by the moment.
"It just got past a certain night in San Diego," said Stewart, referring to the Bucs' Super Bowl XXXVII win in January of 2003. "It's not often I'm left speechless but [these] guys have left me speechless, and every other Buccaneer fan here today."
NFL Films was on hand to document the event, as they continued their week-long coverage of the Bucs and Patriots trip to London for Sunday's much-anticipated game at Wembley Stadium. The two teams are most concerned with getting a victory out of their Week Seven matchup, but they are also eager to be ambassadors for the game outside of the United States. In few places was this accomplished more successfully than at Richmond Park on Saturday.
In fact, the Bucs UK members would probably have been satisfied simply by the pregame festivities. As the two flag teams were gathering, a trio of vehicles for the Buccaneers' team hotel pulled up, and out spilled Alstott, Hall of Fame defensive end Lee Roy Selmon and former Pro Bowl linebacker Shelton Quarles. Stewart and company knew a Buccaneer contingent would attend the game but had no idea it would include three of the most popular alumni in franchise history.
"It means so much to [the club members]," said Stewart. "Most of these guys have never been over to Florida. They've had to watch all the games on TV. Suddenly here they are, in a park in South London with Mike Alstott, Lee Roy Selmon and Shelton Quarles. I can't believe it and they can't believe it but I can tell you this: They're never going to forget it."
The morning was a little damp but pleasant, and the park was beautiful. The field itself was relatively small and obviously visited by numerous wild animals, but the game had all the outings of a real Buccaneer contest. There were Buccaneers Cheerleaders, mascot Captain Fear, team captains and cheering fans. There was no apparent score kept, but sideline observers believed Stewart's crew got the upper hand on the Patriots-clad squad.
"I think there's a little talent out there," said Selmon as the teams prepared to start the game. "They're taking it seriously, warming up and everything. They're going to go out there and play hard, have some fun. The main thing is just some good camaraderie among the guys."
The Bucs UK history reaches back into the last few seasons of Selmon's career, and the former Buccaneer great is well aware of what Stewart and his friends have accomplished over the years. For all the Buccaneers, it was a heartwarming feeling to travel so far and still find such personal support.
"To finally have a chance to meet Paul Stewart and see the enthusiasm of the club up close and in person is pretty impressive," said Selmon. "You have to really appreciate that and be thankful for it. We had an eight-hour journey, and to find a club that has the enthusiasm of this one, and the history, over 25 years of supporting the Bucs is pretty impressive."
Stewart took his turns at quarterback for the Bucs squad, throwing a nice spiral and, more impressively, rattling off play calls that sounded as complicated as anything in the team's playbooks through the years…for effect, of course. Like the rest of Saturday's players, Stewart was simply ecstatic to see his support through the years returned by the Buccaneers.
"I'm in awe of them and suddenly I've got Lee Roy Selmon saying he's in awe of what I've done," said Stewart, shaking his head. "I'm just a guy from England who supports the Buccaneers. It's absolutely amazing."
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GLASSBORO – The board of education has received a grant from the New Jersey School Boards Association Insurance Group for safety and security improvements.
The $8,614 Safety Grant will support district loss prevention efforts and assists the district in securing the best insurance coverage at the lowest possible rates.
"The grant will be used to enhance safety for our students and staff," explained Supervisor of Buildings, Grounds and Maintenance Andrew Sole. The grant-funded improvements, to be completed this summer, include replacement of replacement of concrete decking at the entrance of Glassboro High school. Settlement issues have resulted in uneven concrete sections that cause a tripping hazard. The decking will be removed and replaced, and the storm water pipe that carries water off the canopy will be checked for leaks as part of the scope of the project.
Last year, Glassboro Schools received a Safety Grant in the amount of $11, 069. Those funds were used to add a snow blower to a ground tractor, upgrade the transfer switch for the emergency generator at the Dorothy L. Bullock School and install two additional security cameras at the Bullock School.


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Uh oh. It seems that more than a few National Leaguers have been paying attention to all of that let's-walk-Barry-Bonds-stuff . . . and Albert Pujols is about to pay for their enlightenment.
He walked four times on Sunday in the St. Louis Cardinals' 9-2 victory over Washington -- once intentionally, three times unintentionally intentionally -- to thus bring his total of free passes on the year to 28.
That's right . . . 28. And the Cardinals, who have the second-best record in baseball at 17-8, have only played 25 games.
I know you can do the math on that one yourself, but I'll save you the time: Over a full season of 162 games, that would compute to 181 walks for Pujols, who is baseball's finest player and the NL's reigning MVP.
Now, this would mean that Pujols, between walks and hits, would reach base some 350 times for the Cardinals, which is a big part of his baseball existence. But the treat-Albert-like-Barry strategy could possibly exasperate Pujols and will likely gall St. Louis fans.
The rest of us, meanwhile, would be denied the pleasure of watching the master batsman at work. And master batsman Albert Pujols is.
The guy's numbers, after all stand at .346, 14 and 32. And that means he's on a .346-91-207 pace in terms of batting average, home runs and RBIs. And that means he's the new Barry.
You know, without the steroids and without the snarl. But you get the idea.
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On August 2, 1805, the party was well into the valley of the Jefferson River, south of the Three Forks of the Missouri. With mounting anticipation, they were approaching the long-sought Continental Divide, but Lewis expressed his disappointment in one certainty:
The bones of the buffaloe and their excrement of an old date are to be met with in every part of the valley, but we have long since lost all hope of meeting with that animal in these mountains.
Indeed, there were to be no more buffalo feasts until their return to the east side of the Rockies, 16 months later.
—Joseph Mussulman


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Here's a fantastic movie idea: Tropic Thunder takes place on the set of a big-budget Hollywood Vietnam War film also entitled Tropic Thunder.
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Pop Art lives again at Milan Gallery. The downtown venue hosts a show of paintings by James Gill, a contemporary of Andy Warhol's. The San Angelo-based Gill has been in seclusion for several decades, but now he's pr...
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"I ask my students about their dreams," said Greg Mansur, who teaches filmmaking at Texas Christian University. "They think it's silly at first, but film is like a dream. And when we analyze the dreams, ...
Hot, AiryThe veterans of the new improv outfit PFFFFT! have something to say.
The expression "Pffft," under the scrutiny of a Google search, reveals several meanings, including "The sound you make when someone says something really stupid" and "A whole lot of hot air."
Glove the BloodVampire-boxers, vampires, and non-Hollywood folk duke it out in The Butterfly Connection's new show.
Give theatergoers a knotty plot to unravel, new ideas to understand, complex issues to mull over, and chances are they'll enjoy the mental work involved.
Paradise LostTheir acreage in Azle was "stress-free" until the drilling started.
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When Mike and Annette Daniel moved to the Reata Estates gated community outside Azle last November, they thought they'd found paradise.
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One of the reasons we learn history, teachers tell us, is so that we're not condemned to repeat it.
Inner UniverseA global physics research project is revving up in Europe — with UTA faculty in key roles.
God particles and dark matter may sound more like topics for theological debate than terms of science, but they're both part of a global collaboration in physics research in which the University of Texas at Arlington is p...
Mixed SubjectsThese North Texan filmmakers work in Austin, but their hearts remain here.
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Transcribing an interview with Jeff Fraley and Harry Lynch proves to be hard work.
GracefulFrom cast to stagehands to music, Fort Worth Opera's production of Angels in America is nearly immaculate.
Perhaps the best way to describe Fort Worth Opera's production of Angels in America, composer Peter Eötvös and librettist Mari Mezei's adaptation of playwright Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning...


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heres the link http://wii.qj.net/Wii-are-ready-for-.../49/aid/135048Nintendo head honcho Reggie Fils-aime was interviewed in CNBC, and here he talked about what they, as a company, have to do in order to sustain the phenomenal interest of consumers to their product.
Reggie maintained that their price cut was not a response to Microsoft and Sony's own price cuts, but that instead, it was for their preparation for the holiday season. Will they need to cut prices again in order to lure in more customers? Reggie thinks they don't need to anymore. They've got the value for consumers' money, and value is what customers are willing to spend for.
Walmart is my biggest customer, when talking about my region which is Canada, US, and Latin America. What we see across the world is the same as the US, consumers are very hesitant to spend and when they do they are doing it thoughtfully. As a consumer product manufacturer we have to step it up and keep delivering great experiences.


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Veterans Job Fair returns to Armed Forces Reserve Center
MARYSVILLE — Area veterans came to the Snohomish County Regional Veterans' Job and Resource Fair ready to pursue careers, as the event returned to the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Marysville on Tuesday, April 10.
Marysville's Laurence Finrow, whose prior service includes stints in the Army National Guard and Marine Corps, was one of many lining up to speak to Boeing representatives, in Finrow's case because he was laid off by Kimberly-Clark.
"I've made several different contacts," said Finrow, who was also keeping an eye out for possible employment opportunities for his wife. "I have trouble just staying at home and searching for jobs on the Internet. I've had job offers from places in Memphis, but before I make any sort of move, I want to try and get something here."
Everett's Jun-aris Gomez left the Navy after 12 years just last month, and took the time to visit the table for Columbia College, whose Naval Station Everett branch is located next to the PX and commissary in Marysville.
"I'm going to school for IT security," Gomez said. "This fair has been very helpful as far as offering a lot of resources and showing what's out there."
Bobby Davidson of Stanwood spoke with representatives of Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1561 about the programs that were available to him after his 13 years of active duty serving in the Army. Davidson described himself as multifaceted, with hands-on experience not only as a bodyguard and in working with military vehicles, but also as a cook and a tutor to autistic children.
"I'm highly trained," Davidson said. "An event like this is very rewarding, because it brings everything so close. With a fair like this, people who are already having a hard time with the economy and their lives don't have to go so far. Everybody wants to work."
Post 1561 Cmdr. Willy Hughes estimated that at least 50 veterans had stopped by their table within the fair's first two hours, and agreed with Post Adjutant Bill Morse's assessment of the recession's disproportionate impact on veterans.
"The general population has an unemployment rate of a little over 8 percent now," Hughes said. "For veterans, that's closer to 12-14 percent, depending upon their ages. What's great about an event like this is that you get to see who's being affected. It can be hard otherwise to tell who has a job. A lot of people need the assistance that this fair is providing."
"A lot of folks are hurting," Morse said. "They're looking for anything that can get them on their feet again."
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EASTHAMPTON –When artist Lise Lemeland turned 40, she decided it was time to get over her long-standing fear of flying. She enjoyed rollercoasters and skateboarding, but flying was another story.
Once she got into the air in a World War II-vintage biplane on Martha's Vineyard, she liked the slow, throaty sound it made, and she found the sunset particularly beautiful from the open cockpit.
The pilot banked and tilted the plane and did loops and barrel rolls that "totally thrilled me," Lemeland recalled recently in her studio here one of the city's refurbished mill buildings.
The experience so impressed Lemeland, she earned a pilot's license and has been participating in aerobatics competitions throughout the Northeast.
Now, the 46-year-old widow and mother of three focuses her art on her aerobatic flying. And, it's landed her work in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
"My work reflects a personal translation of the physiological experience of aerobatic flying," she said. "As an artist and a pilot, what draws me to aerobatics is the hyper-stimulation of both the visual and vestibular senses."
This extreme type of flying requires intense focus and sensatory interpretation. "My goal is to create artwork that communicates this multi-sensory, multi-dimensional experience," she said.
Her work is mostly oil paintings, prints and works on paper; some include text. She has done several commissioned works for pilots who are also art lovers.
Currently three of Lemeland's paintings are on display in an exhibition entitled "High Art: A Decade of Collecting," which opened in July at the Smithsonian.
"It's the ideal museum for my work because they value two things I value: art and aviation," said Lemeland, who was born in Ithaca, N.Y.
"High Art: A Decade of Collecting" showcases 50 pieces of art acquired by the museum during the past 10 years. These pieces bring the static collection of airplanes and spacecraft in the museum to vibrant new life. The exhibition includes three sections: "Visions of Flight" (conceptual works), "Faces of Flight" (portraits) and "Looking Back" (works related to historical events).
Works by Fran Forman and Berndnaut Smilde create surreal visions of imagined worlds through photography while real pilots and astronauts, such as Lemeland and Alan Bean, share their own recollections of flight. World-famous photographer Annie Leibovitz offers an iconic portrait of Eileen Collins as a confident and determined space shuttle commander, and Albert Watson captures the beauty of the museum's own space suit collection.
The exhibit is open to the public through Dec. 1.
Currently on leave from her position as an associate professor of painting at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y., Lemeland moved to Montgomery in June and hangars her American Champion Super Decathlon at Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield.
There's an element of danger to flying, Lemeland acknowledges, but she says she is careful and focused, always aware of her surroundings.
"I'm a very careful pilot. I'm not a hotshot," said the trim, petite woman who likes to wear aviation-themed jewelry. (On a recent afternoon she wore matching clear-stone airplane earrings and necklace.)
Lemeland took flying lessons from Pat Jessup, whom she married. "I totally fell in love with Pat and with flying," she said.
He was killed in a 2010 chartered plane crash in Lock Haven, Pa., the year after she earned her pilot's license. Part of the reason she flies is to keep alive that connection to him.
There's also the thrill of it.
"The visual pictures are so crazy, different than anything I had seen," she said. "It's so cool."
As she works in her sunny, wood-floored One Cottage Street studio, her artwork now focuses on flying: Most is oil on canvas, oil on panel or gouache on paper. She does some printmaking.
Before learning to fly, her work used patterns significantly. "My longstanding fascination with pattern and the decorative arts from other cultures, combined with my interest in pattern have been at the core of my work for many years," she said. "I have looked to many sources – in particular carpets, embroidery, textiles and lace. Pattern is beautiful, decadent and visually complex, and yet despite the visual activity, it inspires a meditative state."
Many of her aviation-inspired paintings have lace-like sections along with nods to aviation like symbols on aeronautical maps or lights at airports.
"At its heart, my work celebrates extreme flying with visual splendor, reflecting the multiplex sensory and spatial experience of aerobatics," Lemeland explained.
She flies year round, but more in summer when competitions take place; she has been placing in the top four at competitions.
She logs about 100 hours of flight in a year and usually flies one to three times a week, sometimes more.
"When I don't fly, I don't feel inspired in my studio as much," she said.
If she had to use one word to describe her work, it would be "symbiosis" because flying and painting collaborate in a complicated interwoven art form that embodies the essence of beauty to her. "When I am in the plane 3,000 feet above the ground and upside down, everything I see is catalogued in my brain for future painting reference," she explained. "When I am in the studio, I am devoted to finding ways to translate into a two-dimensional art the disorienting and physically taxing experience of flying aerobatics."
Lemeland received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and her master of fine arts from Hunter College.
When she is not painting or flying, she enjoys running, hiking and visiting art museums and galleries.
She is scheduled to have a show of her work at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield in October and one next year at the Williston Northampton School.
Lemeland is considering ways to continue to link her passion for art and for aviation and has been lecturing at schools and airshows about art and aerobatics. "My perspective is different. It's art from a pilot's perspective," she said.
For more information about her, visit her website at liselemeland.com.


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Voice: Janine Barringer, Bentley
In reference to story on page A10 on Friday, Dec. 16, "With little fanfare, U.S. Ends Iraq war:" Well, duh!
Even you put it on the last page of Section A. So, you don't think it's front page news. It seems to me that the media has downplayed what should matter to Americans the most. And I, for one, don't understand why that is.
There wasn't a lot of fanfare when President Obama finally got Bin Laden, either. And I, for one, can't help but wonder how much ado would have been made were a Republican in the Oval Office.
And I wonder just how many kudos we could be giving our president if today's Congress wouldn't blockade all his ideas. They seem to be using the Keystone XL Pipeline as a means of extortion! Why can't Canada build their own refineries? Why would we want an oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas (through an aquifer, no less)? Could it be so the Republicans' Big Oil buddies can make even bigger profits?
I hope and pray all our service men and women will be home safe and soon. And I applaud the end of this "mission" in Iraq. In my opinion, it really should be "front page" news.


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Love Letter from Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning (10 January 1846)
Dear Robert Browning,
…Do you know, when you have told me to think of you, I have been feeling ashamed of thinking of you so much, of thinking of only you--which is too much, perhaps. Shall I tell you? It seems to me, to myself, that no man was ever before to any woman what you are to me--the fullness must be in proportion, you know, to the vacancy...and only I know what was behind--the long wilderness without the blossoming rose...and the capacity for happiness, like a black gaping hole, before this silver flooding. Is it wonderful that I should stand as in a dream, and disbelieve--not you--but my own fate?
Was ever any one taken suddenly from a lampless dungeon and placed upon the pinnacle of a mountain, without the head turning round and the heart turning faint, as mine do? And you love me more, you say? Shall I thank you or God? Both, indeed, and there is no possible return from me to either of you! I thank you as the unworthy may…and as we all thank God. How shall I ever prove what my heart is to you? How will you ever see it as I feel it?…
Elizabeth Moulton Barrett (1806 - 1861) was born near Durham, England, the eldest of twelve children to a wealthy family whose fortune came from Jamaican sugar plantations. Elizabeth was 39 years old and was already an established poet when Robert Browning (1812-1889), a great Victorian poet, began to correspond with her. Robert, born in London, was the son of a clerk in the Bank of England. He was educated by his father, who paid for the printing of his first poems.
Elizabeth's widowed father was neurotically possessive and forbade his adult children to marry. So Elizabeth and Robert married in secret and settled in Florence, Italy. Their only child, son Robert Wiedemann Barrett (known as 'Pen" for short), was born in Florence in 1849.
Gradually illness overwhelmed Elizabeth and she died in Florence, Italy, on June 29, 1861at the age of 55. Robert had abandoned his writing to care for his adored wife. After her death, he turned again to poetry and became a literary giant. He died in Venice, Italy in the winter of 1889.
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Common Core Training: Five Essentials
Teachers are too savvy to fall for an empty promise that something is "common-core-aligned."
I just returned from a full-day workshop for middle school social studies teachers at Plainfield CCSD 202 (IL). It was entitled "Think Like a Historian: Literacy and the Common Core."
Teachers everywhere are concerned about the impact of Common Core. But they won't benefit from lecture-style PD that itemizes specific strands and standards of Common Core. Promoting curricular "checklists" doesn't build capacity, it fosters either resistance or mindless compliance. Don't talk about "close reading" - do it!
As Charlotte Danielson has written: "I think the common core rests on a view of teaching as complex decision making, as opposed to something more routine or drill-based. … So I see the common core as a fertile and rich opportunity for really important professional learning by teachers, because — I don't know now how to say this nicely — well, not all teachers have been prepared to teach in this way. I see that as one of the enormous challenges facing the common core rollout.
Teachers need a demonstration what Common Core teaching actually looks like, how the essential elements of Common Core connect to what they are already doing and why students will need to master these skills to be successful lifelong learners.
Here's five PD essentials to support teachers in transitioning to close reading and the Common Core followed by specific comments from the Plainfield teacher evaluations.
1. Make it real. Teachers are too savvy to fall for an empty promise that something is "common-core-aligned." And remember you lose credibility if you "paper over" Common Core's controversies.
- Thanks for the opportunity to freely express our opinions.
- It's great to be able to discuss the frustration and then move forward to what's best for kids.
- I appreciate that you never "dodged" a tough question.
2. Start from where teachers are. Reinforce their existing practice and offer a feasible framework for Common Core "make-overs" to their current lessons.
- I now think it's possible to successfully teach close reading. The responsibility is mine to teach how to do so.
- I feel affirmed. It was nice to hear that how I run my classroom is right on track with today's workshop.
- My confidence has increased. I have a real chance of making these things work.
- Loved the close reading using images. I've done this for years and never had a name for it.
- I have a lot of these pieces already in place, but now I know how to more neatly tie them together.
3. Teachers don't want abstract theory. They want ideas they can use in the classroom. Model the strategies, don't just talk about them.
- Each piece of information was attached to examples, how-tos, and evidence of its value. I was shown what works, why it works, and how to use it in my classroom.
- It's so helpful to participate in the activities just as our student should.
- "Practice what you preach." We were part of our learning just as we expect students to be.
- Your presentation hits all learning styles.
- I'm stealing a lot of these activities.
4. Common Core relies on relinquishing responsibility for learning to the student. Teachers have to be encouraged to "be less helpful" as they shift to student-centered, constructivist approaches.
- I need to remember that when it comes to student responses - there doesn't need to be a "right answer."
- A great reminder / inspiration to be student centered and remember that kids will need to be invested and own their learning.
- Summarize and comparing - students need to share what's actually important to them - powerful!
- I will focus more on peer and student reflection and revision.
- I like the idea of students evaluating their own progress and realize that it's an easy thing to do if we make the effort.
5. The critical competencies of Common Core asks students to operate at higher levels thinking. They'll need to analyze, evaluate, share and debate their ideas with others. Those activities should form the basis of the training.
- I now understand more about Bloom's Taxonomy than I did in college.
- Getting students to think at higher levels is not as difficult as I thought it was.
- I need to stop starting every lesson at the low end of Blooms. Want to start some at the top.


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First Race of 2010 NW Gold Cup March 26-28 hosted by Tri-Cities Kart Club, Richland, WA.
Tri-Cities Kart Club members have been working through out the winter with track and facility improvements to make the Horn Rapids track one of the top facilities in the Northwest.
The kick off race will be one to attend as Karters from over 4 states and Canada will be in vying for their share of the prestigious Gold Cup one of the oldest continuous running series in the country.
Saturday Night of the event TCKC will be hosting a complementary Barbeque prepared by award winning chief: Doug Root. Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Chicken, hot dog, with slaw and the Gold medal winning Baked Beans are just some of the items on the menu for the Barbeque.
There will be lots of action in all of the Classes for this years Gold Cup Series including Rotax MAX, Shifters with opportunities to win engine packages in the IAME Cup and Four Cycle Classes.
So come on out watch the race have a sandwich or be a part of the race. For online registration and information see: www.nwgoldcup.com www.tckc.net
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Watch our Muse gig again
19 Feb 2013
Our huge thanks to everyone who came down to O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire last night to watch Muse play a very special gig in aid of War Child. And of course we'd like to say a huge 'Thank You' to the band themselves. Tens of thousands of fans also got to taste the electric atmosphere via the live-stream on YouTube last night.
For those of you who missed it, or just want to relive a magical night, watch it again here.
Photos: Andy Willsher


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This morning, the House Appropriations Committee's Legislative Branch Subcommittee marked up its FY 2014 funding bill, agreeing to a plan that would cut funding for Congress and legislative support agencies well below FY 2013 levels, and even beneath sequestration ...Continue reading
Is the GPO a Digital Printer or a Digital Publisher?
The tension between the Government Printing Office's traditional role as a printing operation and its future as a publisher of digital government information was apparent at a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee's Legislative Branch Subcommittee last week ...Continue reading
GPO is Closing Gap on Public Access to Law at JCP's Direction, But Much Work Remains
The GPO's recent electronic publication of all legislation enacted by Congress from 1951-2009 is noteworthy for several reasons. It makes available nearly 40 years of lawmaking that wasn't previously available online from any official source, narrowing part of ...Continue reading
House Convenes Second Public Meeting on Legislative Bulk Data
On January 30th, the House of Representatives held a public meeting on its efforts to release more legislative information to the public in ways that facilitate its reuse. This was the second meeting hosted by the Bulk Data Task Force ...Continue reading
Access to Legislation Gets Better, Promise of More to Come
Earlier today, Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor and the Government Printing Office announced an improvement in how legislation is made publicly available. Starting in the 113th Congress, GPO will make all bills available for bulk download in XML format ...Continue reading
Congress launches THOMAS successor Congress.gov
Seventeen years after the creation of THOMAS, Congress today launched a sleeker, more intuitive and user-friendly legislative information website, beta ...Continue reading
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It's been 225 years since the signing of the U.S. Constitution in September 1787, so the three years ...Continue reading
How to Count Regulations: A Primer for Regulatory Research
Data and Research Intern Alex Engler wrote this post. The regulatory process is a politically charged arena, where the perception of over-regulating, or not regulating enough, can become a political liability. Whether it's Tom Donohue of the Chamber of ...Continue reading
After 578 Days, Where's the Constitution Annotated?
578 days ago, Congress directed that the legal treatise Constitution Annotated be published online, but it's still not available ...Continue reading


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Republicans Christianists continue to ignore Jesus?
In today's news:
(T)he West Front of the Capitol took on the atmosphere of a down-home revival Wednesday, as roughly 40 members participated in a "call to prayer for America."That's right. Republicans have gone out on the steps of the Capitol to pray and set up a web site for you to publicly declare your promise to pray. All this, despite Christ's specific admonition against such things:
But before they could recognize the power of prayer and ask Americans to pray for their country five minutes per week, members and spectators alike had to clear off the steps as Capitol Police inspected an unattended suspicious package.
Undeterred, they relocated to the West Lawn, where the regularly scheduled revival continued, sans amplification. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., assumed the duty of flag bearer.
Shouting to be heard, Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., the founder of the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, referred to the "enormous power in prayer."
He asked "those will join with us to agree to pray for five minutes per week for our country. As these few become thousands, we will build a spiritual prayer wall around America 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
Mike McIntyre,
RD-N.C., then encouraged the crowd to visit PrayerCaucus.org and sign up for a five-minute block of time to pray for the country.
(W)hen thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. -Matthew 6:5-6Of course we all know it's really an e-mail net for fundraising, which makes it all even worse.
Update: By the way, in case you haven't heard, the 9/11 attacks were the modern equivalent of the burning bush. So sayeth Michael Savage.


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Lynne Spears is writing a parenting book -- it's just not a parenting advice book, clarifies the Christian publishing company behind the trainwreck-spawning celebumom.
After Spears' 16-year-old daughter, Jamie Lynn, the star of a top-rated Nickelodeon show, revealed in OK! magazine last week that she was pregnant and planned to keep the baby, publishing house Thomas Nelson announced Lynne Spears' planned book would be delayed.
"Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame in a Tabloid World" is still being written and a publication date has not been set, a representative for Thomas Nelson tells Us magazine's Web site.
Thomas Nelson publisher Michael Hyatt also released a statement about Mama Spears, in light of Jamie Lynn's unexpected tidings: "Lynne's memoir will provide a window into the real-life world of fame and worldly success, including the toll it extracts from some who aspire to it." (Fame and success got Jamie Lynn pregnant?) "It will provide a much-needed corrective to a world obsessed with the wrong priorities." (The world got Jamie Lynn pregnant? ) "We believe in redemption. Therefore, we are standing with Lynne and her family during this difficult time. Though the book has been delayed, we believe God is at work." (God ... ?)


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NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio -- The North Royalton City Schools are asking voters to approve a $49.8 million bond issue May 6.
It's the same bond issue that voters rejected in November. The schools would borrow $49.8 million and repay it over 35 years, with money from residents' property tax bills.
District Superintendent Greg Gurka said the bond issue would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $85 a year. None of the money would be spent on operations or salaries, only buildings, he said.
The district would use the money to, among other things, build a new science wing at North Royalton High School; expand the high school's music wing; replace the roof at North Royalton Middle School; enlarge the gyms at Albion, Royal View and Valley Vista elementary schools; increase security at each elementary school; and build four new kindergarten classrooms at each elementary school.
To see how the bond issue will appear on the May 6 ballot, see cleveland.com/voterguide.