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(New Brunswick, NJ) -- Police are releasing a 911 call they received moments after the deadly weekend crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left comedian Tracy Morgan critically injured.
Comedian James McNair, known by the stage name Jimmy Mack, died in the crash. Morgan sustained broken ribs, a broken nose and a broken leg and the "30 Rock" star remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The driver of the Walmart truck that hit the limo bus carrying Morgan and his entourage is due in court today.


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Houston aparthotel in Northwest Houston with free breakfast
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Located in Northwest Houston, this aparthotel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Heron Lakes Golf Course and within 3 mi (5 km) of Sam Houston Race Park and Willowbrook Mall. Aerodrome and Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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Along with an outdoor pool, this aparthotel has a fitness center and a rooftop terrace. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a seasonal outdoor pool, a business center, and a meeting room are onsite.
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All 114 apartments feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and dishwashers. Guests will also find free WiFi, free wired Internet, and sofa beds.
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- Spacious guestrooms
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- Helpful staff
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Staybridge Suites Houston Willowbrook features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Event facilities measure 450 square feet (41 square meters). This business-friendly aparthotel also offers a rooftop terrace, barbecue grills, and multilingual staff. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Total number of rooms - 114
- Number of floors - 4
- Barbecue grill(s)
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- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
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- Rooftop terrace
- One meeting room
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- Elevator/lift
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- Multilingual staff
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Picnic area
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 41
- Conference space size (feet) - 450
- Free self parking
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- Family Hotel
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
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Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
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- Air conditioning
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- Cribs/infant beds available
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- Free newspaper
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- Desk
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- Free local calls
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- Iron/ironing board
- Kitchen
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- Free WiFi
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- Sofa bed
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Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the aparthotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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- In-room accessibility
Property Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
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- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 15 per pet, per night (maximum USD 150 per stay)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Deposit: USD 15 per stay
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- Pet fee: USD 15 per pet, per night (maximum USD 150 per stay)
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The nervous system is composed of two divisions, the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS contains the brain and the spinal cord and the PNS consists of thousands of nerves that connect the spinal cord to muscles and sensory receptors.
A peripheral nerve is composed of nerve bundles (fascicles) that contain hundreds of individual nerve fibers (neurons). Neurons consist of dendrites, axon, and cell body. The dendrites are the tree-like structures that receive signals from other neurons and from special sensory cells that sense the body's surrounding environment. The cell body is the headquarters of the neuron and contains its genetic information in the form of DNA. The axon transmits signals away from the cell body to other neurons.
Many neurons are insulated like pieces of electrical wire. This insulation protects them and also allows their signals to move faster along the axon. Without this insulation, signals from the brain might never reach the outlying muscle groups in the limbs.
The operation of the nervous system depends on the flow of communication between neurons. For an electrical signal to travel between two neurons, it must first be converted to a chemical signal, which then crosses a space of about a millionth of an inch wide. The space is called a synapse, and the chemical signal is called a neurotransmitter.
Neurotransmitters allow the billions of neurons in the nervous system to communicate with one another, making the nervous system the master communication system of the body.
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FOUND: Portland Police Looking for Missing Man
Portland Police say Tim Walden has been found safe, thanks to the help from Port of Portland police. Below is an earlier press release from the Portland Police Bureau, detailing the circumstances of his disappearance:
The Portland Police Bureau's Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public's help in locating 64-year-old Tim Walden, who was reported missing from his residential care facility, in the 10400 block of Southeast Cora Street, since about 3:00am this morning, April 11, 2014.
Walden suffers from a serious medical condition, which necessitates immediate care. He can sometimes seem quite lucid, or may seem altered and confused. He was last known to be on foot, and tends to walk very slowly.
East Precinct uniform officers have been working with Missing Persons Unit detectives to attempt to locate Walden, including conducting searches of the surrounding area. A specially trained, state-certified Search & Rescue K9 team is currently en route to assist in the search.
Detectives will also be activating the "A Child Is Missing" (ACIM) emergency, reverse phone notification system in the area, which will send out a pre-recorded message to listed landline phone numbers in the local area, advising of a missing person.
Walden is described as a white male, 64 years old, 5'9", weighing 180 pounds. He has short, salt/pepper gray hair, and brown eyes. He is missing a number of teeth; his clothing description is unknown.
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Thanks to major advances during the last 25 years, most types of heart disease are now treatable. Countless people have been given a second chance at life.
Methodist Hospital has created a first-class cardiac services program designed to provide specialized, advanced care in a compassionate, patient-centered environment. We offer the latest diagnostic and treatment services, and our highly qualified Chest Pain Team is available 24-hours a day to evaluate and relieve chest pain quickly.
There's true peace of mind knowing that our specialized cardiac care is available close to the people who depend on us in the communities we serve.
When it comes to diagnosing and stopping a heart attack, the Methodist Hospital Chest Pain Team is one of the best in the country. Methodist Hospital is a dedicated STEMI receiving center.
Accessed through our around-the-clock, full-service Emergency department, the Team ensures that patients who complain of chest pain undergo an electrocardiogram (EKG) within 10 minutes. If evidence of a heart attack is observed, patients can be brought directly to the hospital's catheterization laboratory and undergo an angiogram, which pinpoints the location of a closed artery. When necessary, a balloon angioplasty or stent procedure can open the closed artery. Open-heart surgery expertise is also available if required.
The hospital offers a full spectrum of services, including screening and diagnostic tests, advanced medical and surgical treatments, and cardiac rehabilitation and education programs, including:
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Every once in a while, we publish a book so special we struggle to pitch it. Not because the plot is too confusing or because the story is so out-there–it's because there is so much good stuff layered into its pages we're actually not sure where to begin. So, instead, we gush. Sometimes throwing out a random array of words related to the plot ("Jeremy Johnson Johnson!" "Brothers Grimm!" "Prince Cakes!!"), sometimes falling over ourselves to tell you how excited we are to publish another amazing book from Tom McNeal, and sometimes we just make happy noises and clap our hands.
Here's the official summary:
It says quite a lot about Jeremy Johnson Johnson that the strangest thing about him isn't even the fact his mother and father both had the same last name. Jeremy once admitted he's able to hear voices, and the townspeople of Never Better have treated him like an outsider since. After his mother left, his father became a recluse, and it's been up to Jeremy to support the family. But it hasn't been up to Jeremy alone. The truth is, Jeremy can hear voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of the infamous writing duo, The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But when the provocative local girl Ginger Boultinghouse takes an interest in Jeremy (and his unique abilities), a grim chain of events is put into motion. And as anyone familiar with the Grimm Brothers know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. . .
Young adult veteran Tom McNeal (one half of the writing duo known as Laura & Tom McNeal) has crafted a novel at once warmhearted, compulsively readable, and altogether thrilling–and McNeal fans of their tautly told stories will not be disappointed.
This story is one part family drama, one part mystery, one part love story, and one part fairytale retelling–only to call it a true "retelling" is a bit misleading. If you or your readers have started to feel some fatigue in the genre, this might be just the thing to spark your love again. The magical, often creepy fairytale-atmosphere expands with each chapter… and just when you think you've figured out what direction the story is headed, it takes a deadly twist. Is this fairytale really a nightmare? You'll have to read and see!
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P.S. Looking for a great fairy tale retelling for middle school students? Hand them this one! Looking for a younger audience? We have you covered.


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The Directory of Education Collections in Illinois was created in July 2002 by the Illinois Education Bibliographers' Initiative. It was funded through a grant from the Illinois Cooperative Collection Management Program, which subsequently became the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) in 2005. The Bibliographers' Initiative identified two goals:
Pockets of excellence and niche collections are defined as small, esoteric collections that might not be catalogued. Examples could include vocal pedagogy books from the 1920s or instructional materials for blind education. This directory was compiled from responses to a survey created by the IEBI.
This site was developed originally in 2002 by Matt Paris and hosted by Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. In 2005, the site location was moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
This directory was developed to identify collections of education materials in Illinois that contain unique items or are of particular strength. These collections are listed under the following categories. Click a category to see which schools identified themselves as having collections in that area. You can also view an alphabetical list of institutions allowing you to see all the collection strengths of a particular school.


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Preventative care is critical to the life and utility of your instrument. We recognize that unattended, lingering problems decrease instrument performance and can lead to unnecessary service bills not planned in your budget. That's why our highest-valued service plans include planned maintenance, where we proactively approach our customers to schedule preventative care service calls and routine inspection.
To help keep your Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, and Ion Torrent instruments in peak condition and available when you need them, we recommend scheduled maintenance at least once per year. Planned maintenance visits are intended to help you avoid unnecessary downtime, reduce strain on your laboratory staff, and substantially extend the life of your instruments. We offer planned maintenance on our capillary electrophoresis, real-time qPCR, and thermal cycler instruments.
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PE Facility Access: Students in a PE class can sign up for a locker and receive access to PE facilities during open recreational hours,by providing a student ID and a printed class schedule to the following areas on the following PCC campuses:
Rock Creek: Building 5, Gym
Cascade: PEB (Physical Education Building) Front Desk
Sylvania: HT 114, Issue Room Window
Students not enrolled in a PE class interested in using PE Facilities during open recreation hours, can pay a $12.50 PE Facility Fee at the business office of the campus they wish to have access to and then present the receipt and student ID at the locations listed above.
PCC does not provide medical coverage. It is strongly recommended that students have medical coverage and a recent physical exam.
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Major Land Uses
ERS has been a source of major land use estimates in the United States for over 50 years, and the related U.S. cropland used for crops series (Summary table 3 below) dates back to 1910 and is updated annually. The Major Land Uses (MLU) series is the longest running, most comprehensive accounting of all major uses of public and private land in the United States. The series was started in 1945, and has since been published about every 5 years, coinciding with the Census of Agriculture.
- See the latest ERS report in the series: Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007
Data from all 14 Major Land Uses reports have been combined into a set of files showing major land use estimates by region and State from 1945 to 2007. Alaska and Hawaii were added in 1959, when they achieved Statehood. Since Alaska contains such vast acreage, 50-State totals in all categories prior to 1959 may appear to change precipitously.
For citations for previous MLU reports and sources for the 2007 data update, see reference citations. See the glossary for detailed definitions of major land uses and terms.


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Microstock Photography Dos and Don'ts
Microstock photographs are low-priced and royalty-free. And you can earn a few dollars more by selling your pictures to many stock photo sites online. Many of you might not be professionals, but that shouldn't mean you don't have pictures that are sellable. Here are a few dos and don'ts, so you can make the most of the pictures you've already taken or are planning to take.
Go back to where it started
By this, I mean stepping back in time and going through all the pictures you've taken from the time you took up photography, including those you took with your point and shoot camera. You never know what pictures might find the stock photography website owner's fancy. But that may be thousands of pictures you have to sift through. So dedicate just 10 minutes of your time every day just before you wind up your work or start your day. And here is where using Lightroom and Picasa helps. Mark pictures that are good and you are good to go. After that, it becomes easier to locate them later. Once you make this your routine, all the newer pictures must be saved in the same manner, so you don't have to deal with future backlog.
Keywords are everything
Okay, you have your dirty dozen pictures and now want your claim to fame. But wait. Just uploading them on the stock photography sites like istockphoto.com, shutterstock.com and dreamstime.com is not it. You have to key in the keywords and slot the pictures in the relevant categories. That takes some time. But the time is worth it, if you feel your photograph has a market of its own. But only if it does. Otherwise, don't waste your time or the websites. If you are short of words to describe your picture, there's online help in the form of keyword search tools like Picniche.com [1] and Arcurs.com [2].
Avoid soft focus
Stock photo agencies abhor soft focus photos where the subject is look painterly and not real. It might work great for an abstract photography exhibition, but not here. Microstock photography demands picture postcard images which are clear as fresh rainfall and don't camouflage the subject.
No photo manipulation please
Don't go too far with Photoshop filters. They could eventually ruin potentially good shots.
Don't upload too many
Stock photo agencies work in a strange way. They give importance to the last images you submitted. So the best way to ensure they look at all your images is to load fewer but better images every time. This way, you open a wider window for approval.
Remove impediments
Grainy images also called 'noise', trademarked firms, landmarks and people need to be out of your pictures unless you have a 'model or property release' form signed by the models in question. These forms are available at all microstock sites. However, you can submit a photo of say, the Eiffel Tower as its copyright has now run out, but its lighting design is copyrighted, so you cannot submit a night time photo of it. To remove trademarks and people, you could use Photoshop [3], Gimp [4], IrfanView [5]. For noise, you could use Noise Ninja [6] and Topaz Adjust [7].
Do I qualify?
Anybody with a camera that is at least 5 mega pixels is good to go. Why? Because you might have done things that are unique. You might have gone to places that are not touristy and therefore not many might know of it. Or you might be good at taking a certain kind of pictures that most others don't. So there is a market for everybody.
Sign up
Register yourself with as many stock photo agencies as possible. The more markets, the better earnings for you. And you never know which small site might fetch you more revenue than the bigger ones. Some sites include: shutterstock.com [8], dreamstime.com [9], istockphoto.com [10], fotolia.com [11], 123rf.com [12], bigstockphoto.com [13] and crestock.com [14], among others.
Now that you are convinced and sign up with microstock sites, you have two ways to upload: web browser or through ftp (istockphoto doesn't allow ftp, but all others do). FTP is best because you don't have to worry about large files and their download times. The computer will do its work. Filezilla [15] is the best free option.
The moment you upload, you won't start earning. You need to be consistent, disciplined and go about it in a meticulous fashion. I know of people who did this for a year and are today earning 300-500$ a month through PayPal. It all depends on the quality and quantity of your pictures. And the best way to find out is to try out many agencies and not be depressed if the first agency rejects your photographs.
Deal with the downside
Microstock, no doubt, fetches some money. But it can kill the artistic part in a photographer. After joining a few microstock sites, you might soon realize that you are clicking only commercial things and no longer interested in clicking landscapes, birds and portraits. So if you want to take up photography as an art, microstock is not the place. If it is just another business, go for it. There are many other ways to earn with your own-type of photography, if you are ready to wait until it all happens.
For more practical tips on stock photography by the same author, click here [16].
~Zahid H Javali


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Anjarwalla, a member of the South Carolina Honors College, graduated magna cum laude in May 2011 from the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies with a minor in Islamic world studies. She earned the award for Most Outstanding Print Journalism Student and Outstanding Senior. Anjarwalla was a Carolina Alumni Scholar, a SC Palmetto Fellow, a McClatchy Minority Scholar, and a 2009 Greenville News Scholar; in 2009 she received the Henry T. Price Copy Editing Award.
On campus she was managing editor of the Garnet & Black Student Magazine, where she worked for four years, and a writer for The Daily Gamecock. She interned for CNN and while studying abroad in Prague, interned at Vice Magazine and the National Library of the Czech Republic. She will work in Turkey.
Buru is earning a master's degree in public health and a master's in social work. She is a member of Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society and is a magna cum laude graduate of USC's College of Mass Communications and Information Studies. Froms 2007-2009 she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania and currently works as a Quality Assurance Graduate Assistant at Student Health Services at USC.
She volunteers with the Catholic Diocese of Charleston Youth Ministry programs and is the director of the Young Ladies Retreat for high school girls. She is an active member of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Carolina and is serving as the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary chairperson. In Romania she will explore cross-cultural collaborations in the Jiu Valley to understand the relationships between foreign volunteers and Romanian non-governmental organizations.
Grasso, who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in May 2011 with a double major in anthropology and art history, was the recipient of the Life Scholarship and a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.
She was committee chair and curator of the McMaster Student Gallery and Jo Holladay Funchess Memorial Gallery, in the USC Department of Art and the curator of the Clemson Extension Children's Garden Educational Kiosk. She was a member of the Anthropology Student Association and a conversation partner with the English Programs for Internationals.
Last summer, she taught English to German elementary students through the university's Checkpoint Charlie program. After her year in Germany she plans to return to the United States to combine studies in cultural anthropology with museum training.
Jordan, a double major in Russian and dance performance and choreography, graduated Summa Cum Laude in May. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Lambda Delta, and Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honors Society and is the recipient of the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. She also was a University Scholar. She was a performing member and choreographer of the USC Dance Company, an officer of its Student Advisory Board, and the USC Russian Club President.
In the community she was involved with Midtown Fellowship, and was a conversation partner with International Friendship Ministries and a volunteer ESL assistant for Richland One Adult Education and the Greenville Literacy Association. After the year in Russia teaching English, she plans to attend graduate school to study for a master's to teach English as a second language.
Risher is a May graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, having double majored in biology and German. He was a Palmetto Fellows Scholar during his entire undergraduate career and received the Walker Institute International Experience Award for study abroad in Germany his junior year. In the summer between his sophomore and junior years he participated in the Checkpoint Charlie Teaching Program in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, where he assisted in English classes for elementary school children. His senior year he did research at the USC School of Medicine. When he completes his Fulbright, Risher plans to enroll in graduate school to prepare for a career in research.
These students and others seeking national fellowships were assisted by the Office of Fellowships & Scholar Programs.
Fulbright recipients are among over 40,000 individuals participating in U.S. Department of State exchange programs each year. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is administered by the Institute of International Education.


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8th November 2013 02:45 AM #1
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How to get bub to nap in her cot?
Our daughter is now 3 months old. She has been co-sleeping with us from 2 weeks as she never did take to her cot. Recently, she does not even nap in her cot. I am not sure if this is just a phase she is going through. How do I get her to nap in her cot without using a cry it out method?
18th November 2013 11:57 AM #2
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At 3 months of age, I found that my babies simply wanted to be close to me, and the easiest thing to do was to breastfeed baby to sleep, and then put her down. If she would wake up when I put her down, then I found that laying on my bed, with baby next to me, and breastfeeding her to sleep worked well. She would fall asleep at the breast, and then I would unlatch her and she would stay asleep on the bed because I didn't have to move her.
Sometimes, if I didn't want to lay down to put baby to sleep, I would breastfeed and then put her in the swing and she would nap in the swing. Newborns and infants love motion, so the swing worked quite well.
I recently learned of a new product which seems to be very helpful in getting babies to sleep in their cot. It's called Munchkin Lulla-Vibe Vibrating Mattress Pad.
Dr. Ben Kim recently posted a review of the Vibrating Mattress Pad on his website, along with a testimony from parents who tried this product and loved it!
I had a family bed with my babies for many years, but around 1 year of age I would transition them out of my bed by starting to put them down in their own cot for naps.
Hope this helps - please post back if you need more help.
Warm Regards,
30th November 2013 07:17 AM #3
Dear MumtoZoe,
Have a read of Pinky McKay's article 'Co-sleeping, is it part of bonding?'. Pinky writes:
'When my own babies were small, neither social ideology nor wakeful babies caused me a lack of sleep – my babies slept snuggled up with me at night.'
I love this quote and I come back to it tima and time again. There seems so much pressure on parents (and so pressure on babies) to be 'sleeping through the night' (whereas all babies actually normally wake briefly throughout the night as do adults even if we cant remember it) and sleeping in their own cot. Yes there are safe sleeping guidelines to be followed but sleeping close to your baby means you can breastfed them with ease and sooth them with ease.
My baby often naps in his sling or in the pushchair in the daytime.
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Windows filesystems don't support some features needed by Linux such as symbolic links etc. , so you cannot full install BT on NTFS or FAT ( however
it is possible to install compressed BT say on USB stick on FAT system ).
You will need to resize or destroy D: partition to have some 4 GB free space for installing BT on linux filesystem as :
ext2, ext3 or reiserfs.
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Brevard College Finishes Third at Road National ChampionshipsMay 6, 2013
Ogden, Utah- The Brevard College cycling team earned a third place finish in the Overall Team Omnium at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships this past weekend.
Brevard College, led by Erica Zaveta's second place finish in the Overall Individual Omnium, finished just 21 points behind second-place Colorado Mesa University. The Tornados compiled 307 points over the event's six races.
BC edged fourth-place Mars Hill College by just two points, while The Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the Overall Team Omnium after compiling 428 points.
Zaveta finished third in the Women's Road Race, only 31 seconds behind winner Mackinzie Stanley of Whitman College. Zaveta also took seventh in the Individual Time Trial.
The Tornados placed two riders in the top five in the Men's Road Race as Nick Jowsey took third and Lewis Gaffney captured fifth. The two BC riders finished just one second apart.
Brevard College also had a strong showing in the Criterium with Caleb Welborn leading the way in 12th place. Teammates Brandon Milet and Lewis Gaffney placed 29th and 35th, respectively.
Overall, 400 riders from more than 100 schools around the country competed in the event.
After finishing third at Road National Championships, the Tornados will prepare for the 2013-2014 season as reigning National Champions in Mountain Biking and Cyclo-cross.


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Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) with regular period cycle
I am 27 years old, and i was recently diagnosed with Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). But to my surprise , I am regular on my periods cycle and my friend have told me that PCOS will be identified with irregular periods. When i consulted my doctor, she said as long as my mensuration cycle are regular there are high chance of getting pregnant and she said there are chances for Twins pregnancy as well. How is this possible? can any one explain this?
6th July 2014 01:36 AM #2
Hi janemartina,
Whilst PCOS does tend to mean a woman has irregular cycles (or doesn't ovulate at all) it is possible to suffer from PCOS and have regular cycles. How regular are your cycles? How long is a cycle for you?
How was your PCOS diagnosed? A blood test can be used to see if you have a higher then normal androgen hormone level (which occurs in PCOS sufferers). An ultrasound can be used to see if you have cysts in your ovaries. If your periods are regular then you would typically have both of these tests performed in order to diagnose PCOS.
I am not aware of PCOS sufferers naturally being more likely to conceive twins. However, many PCOS sufferers are given fertility medication (such as the drug Clomid) to help them conceive and this does make conceiving multiples more likely.
I look forward to reading your reply.
Warm wishes,
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Hi LJ, I was diagnosed PCOS during Ultrasound scan . My cycle is 30 to 33 days. I am not pretty sure about the Androgen hormone level. May be i need to look into my blood test.
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Thanks for your reply. To diagnose PCOS you normally need to have at least 2 of the following:
- irregular menstrual cycle
- cysts on an ultrasound
- blood test showing higher than normal androgen levels
The ultrasound scan does give a good indication but if you feel your periods are regular then you could request a blood test to confirm this.
Hope this helps,
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Hi LJ,
Will request my doctor for my blood test
8th July 2014 07:04 AM #6
That sounds wise. Do let us know how you get on.
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Board seeks answers about cycling event
By Tom Lappas, Citizen Editor 09/24/12
The UCI World Road Cycling Championships will take place in the Richmond region three years from this week, but Henrico County officials need more information before formally committing to climb aboard for the ride.
Officials from Richmond 2015 – the nonprofit organization that will host the nine-day international event – asked Henrico's Board of Supervisors during a Sept. 11 work session to contribute a total of $1.4 million to the championships during the next three years. But supervisors and County Manager Virgil Hazelett, while pledging support for the event in general terms, bristled at the request because it lacked the specifics they were expecting.
"It is clear to me that we do not have sufficient information," Hazelett said. "My main concern is the cost. I don't have a comfort level yet in what's going to happen."
Richmond 2015 has established a budget of $21.4 million, its CEO, William Flohr, told the board. The City of Richmond has committed a $2 million contribution, he said, and presentations to officials in Hanover and Chesterfield counties followed the visit to Henrico. The organization arrived at its $1.4 million request of Henrico by following the regional funding format that was used for the Greater Richmond Convention Center, to which Richmond contributed 50 percent, Henrico 35 percent, Chesterfield 13 percent and Hanover 2 percent.
Board 'disappointed' in approach
But it was clear during last week's work session that at least some county officials felt slighted by the organization's decision to approach them now to assist with an event that may have quickly outgrown its original scope – and by the implication among some in the public that the county was not being a regional partner.
During a steady and pointed line of questioning, Brookland District Supervisor and board chairman Dick Glover expressed as much, suggesting that Richmond 2015 officials had dropped the ball by waiting more than 18 months to meet with the full Henrico board.
He implied that if the organization had involved Henrico from the beginning (in late 2010), the county would have felt more like a true partner and less like a bank account.
"I am very disappointed that this is almost two years after [the process began] that the Board of Supervisors of Henrico County has been approached," Glover said. "I feel like you've left us out of the picture, and now you're coming to us with not enough information."
Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson was similarly unimpressed.
"You came to us and gave us nothing today," Nelson told the organization's contingent. "I think it's a healthy promotion for our region, but you're asking us to spend a million and a half dollars that are not in our budget. We each have capital improvement projects [awaiting funding] in our districts, and I've got people in my district ready to shoot me because we don't have a new school yet."
Nelson also suggested that if the county were to donate the requested $1.4 million, it should receive more than just one of the 12 races scheduled for the nine-day event – particularly if Richmond's $2 million donation is enough to earn it nine races. (Hanover and Chesterfield also would receive one race each by contributing to the event, Richmond 2015 organizers said.)
Flohr, who joined Richmond 2015 in April, conceded that the organization might have done some things differently before his arrival, in retrospect.
"It perhaps should have been a regional effort," he said, "and we're trying to make it into a regional effort now."
Economic impact debated
Henrico stands to realize a $42 million economic benefit from the event, Flohr said; some 450,000 spectators are expected to attend the races. Flohr told the board that Henrico would receive an additional $832,000 in hotel and lodging taxes during the nine-day period, but Hazelett questioned his math, saying that the county typically receives about that much during the month of September, when the occupancy rate is about 60 percent.
"We can't double that [amount] in nine days with only 40 percent vacancy available," Hazelett said.
The race proposed for Henrico is the initial time trial for men and women, which might begin in Short Pump and travel east to its conclusion in the city. That race would be televised live on a national network, Flohr said. But though Henrico would receive commercials during the broadcast and the opportunity for other exposure, Flohr could provide no specific details. The organization must purchase TV time from a network and has not yet completed the negotiation process, he said.
Tuckahoe District Supervisor Pat O'Bannon told Flohr that the board would need to see a specific list of the benefits it would receive for a $1.4 million donation before determining how to proceed.
Hazelett expressed serious concerns about the costs associated with heavy police and security needed to protect the 1,000 cyclists – some of whom will represent nations with volatile political climates – as well as spectators and citizens.
Those costs, combined with shutting down more than 60 intersections for the race, could total nearly $500,000, Hazelett said – money that he said should be deducted from any donation Henrico makes.
To date, Richmond 2015 has financial commitments from five corporate partners totaling more than $2 million, but Flohr declined to name those companies. He promised Hazelett and the board that he would have specific details and answers to their questions by the first week of October, however.
The UCI event, which began in 1927 and has been held annually since (except for a seven-year period during World War II), will be held in The Netherlands this year, Italy next year and Spain in 2014. The United States has hosted it only once, in Colorado Springs in 1986.
Eyes in the sky
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 07/21/2017 General NewsGovernment
Members of the Henrico Citizens Police Academy Alumni (pictured) got a rare peek at the "high" side of law enforcement recently, with a trip to the Metro Aviation Hangar adjacent to Richmond International Airport.
About 25 academy alumni gathered at the hangar July 11 to hear Officer Shaun McCarthy describe a typical day aloft - and some not so typical – in a Cessna owned by the Metro Aviation Unit. > Read more.
Rock on!
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 07/21/2017 FeaturesGeneral News
The painted rocks craze is thriving in Henrico, as a walk around the grounds of local libraries and parks will demonstrate. This rock was spotted near Libbie Mill Library, and there's a slideshow of many more uniquely-painted stones on the RVA Rocks Facebook page (https://facebook.com/groups/RVARocks/).
Painting and hiding rocks is a family activity appropriate for all ages, and parents especially like the way it fosters creativity and gets kids outdoors. > Read more.
Goochland man arrested at RIC with gun
Citizen Staff Reports 07/20/2017 General NewsPublic Safety
A Goochland County man was arrested at Richmond International Airport July 19 after Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the traveler's carry-on bag.
A TSA officer detected the 9 mm caliber handgun inside the man's carry-on bag as it entered the security checkpoint X-ray machine. The handgun was loaded with 12 bullets. > Read more.
Kansas man struck, killed while crossing West Broad Street
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A 54-year-old Kansas man was struck and killed by a car while attempting to cross West Broad Street near Bethlehem Road in the Near West End at about 10:30 p.m., July 19.
Julius A. McBride of Overland Park, Kansas, was struck by a car traveling east on West Broad Street. > Read more.
Julius A. McBride of Overland Park, Kansas, was struck by a car traveling east on West Broad Street. > Read more.
Henrico Police warn citizens to 'Take it, Lock it or Lose it'
By Ashley Luck, Special to the Citizen 07/20/2017 General NewsPublic Safety
Eastern parts of Henrico County have witnessed a recent increase in larceny from automobiles, so Henrico Police officials are spreading the word to encourage citizens to lock their vehicles.
Police are handing out and posting fliers and putting message boards in neighborhoods to educate residents.
There usually is a rise of larceny from automobiles during Christmas, spring and summer break, said Henrico Police Officer James Bupp. > Read more.
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Brussels started life as a village toward the end of the 10th century. It was ruled over by various kings of Flanders through the ages, most notably Charles V, Archduke of the Habsburgs and Holy Roman Emperor. The city grew gradually around its increasingly magnificent Grand'Place, but it really began to flourish following Belgian independence in 830. By the end of the 19th century it had established itself as one of the liveliest cities in Europe.
In 1958 it was chosen for its central location and political neutrality to be the European Economic Community's new headquarters, an honour which was a precursor to its current hosting of many of the European Union's administrative and political arms. As a by-product of Europe's increasing integration, more and more international businesses have invaded the city, all wanting to be close to the hub of power. The result is a clash of old and new: swaths of steel-and-glass office buildings set only a few steps from cobblestoned streets.
But this contradiction has always been part of the city's strength—and charm. Here, it seems, architectural harmony has never been a major influence on building design. A step-gabled medieval town house may sit right beside something made of brick from the 1950s, and the only thing separating that from an anonymous concrete structure might be a swirling Art Nouveau creation designed by Victor Horta. This architectural randomness is so synonymous with the city that it's even been termed "Brusselization" by some.
In terms of population, diversity is now the capital's greatest strength; one-third of the city's million-strong population are non-Belgians. You're just as likely to hear Arabic or Swedish spoken on the streets as French or Flemish.
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Seriously though... What would happen if the Great Green Arkleseizure didn't fram up the rammastam before the hermite curve achieved maximum nurdfurdle velocity? Now THAT would be something. AmIrite?
Another embarrassing letter to the editor in the Erie Times-News today. Second letter down, titled "Freedom is still at stake" There is however (as most of you are probably aware) a document from the founding days, signed by the most Christian of the founding fathers, that says the US is "not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion".
Well, McConnell said today that any talk about guns would have to take a back seat in congress. So I guess prayer is all we have left. I guess thinking about the faces of those little kids looking at a gun in their faces has worn off enough. Shoot em up.


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Bowhunter superstore - just lost another customer
After reading several posts on several websites about their services, I continued to trust they maybe were isolated incidents until now.
In a nutshell order placed and their website re-routes me without any confirmation message, I'm thinking the website didn't take the order so I re-order. The next day I receive and email stating my order was cancelled due to an issue with my card, so I re-order. No phone call or email and I see I've been charged twice so I call BHSS and without a breath she says "you'll have to pay to ship the extra package back". Now I paid $10 shipping twice & $5.60 to return the box (a $5.60 sticker was on the box when they sent it so they made a $5 profit additionally in shipping TWICE!) and now after a week I call to check the status of my refund and her response is she is unclear of the note I left in the package (she was unclear but didn't call or email me a week after receiving my returned package). Also, I can't get a refund, only a store credit even though they botched the deal and she told me a refund would be issued after I paid for shipping the box back to them.
Now here's the kicker, I call back and place an order for substitue items for my store credit and she says, "you're going to have to pay for shipping on these items" and I remind her it was their website that botched the order and noone had the professionalism to call and clarify my purchase so her words are "I'll let it slide this time, but if it happens again you'll have to pay the shipping cost".
Let's see that would have been roughly $30 in shipping for $30 worth of items, well you live and you learn. If you fool me once, shame on you, if you fool me twice shame on me. BHSS won't have to worry about a next time with me!
I know some have no problem with them, but I have given them the benefit of the doubt until now and I'm very easy to get along with. There was never an attempt on their part to make this right and keep a customer who has over the course of the last 2 months spent >$700.00 at their business. In this day and age it is not the time to lose customers, unfortunately some have to learn the hard way.
Sorry for the rant, but it really struck a nerve!Romans 10:9
9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
i wonder if this is the same bhss thats on Ebay? If so, ive ordered lots of stuff from them, and never had a problem?
Sucks it happened to you thou..Ive been there beforeWelcome to New Jersey..Home of where the weak are killed and eaten
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You paid by Credit Card.. open a dispute w/ your CC Co.
BHSS will have those disputed charges put on hold and they must then prove to the credit card Co that they did not screw up, which they cannot do.
Bottom line you get a refund that is due to you and they get nothing extra, and it starts a "paper trail" on them w/ the credit card Co.'s, if they get enough of them they will get their merchant account pulled.SandSquid
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You should have bought from Lancaster Archery.
But, I guess you got a "Good Price", huh?
It goes back to what I've been saying for a long time now. Customer service is dead. Seems like no retailers give a south side of a north bound rat about the customers anymore. Whatever happened to "the customer is always right?"That look on my face is not concern, its shock at your utter stupidity!
Check out Redneckarcher.com. It's an adult archer/hunting site that feels like hunt camp.
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That is why I shop local if I can. I want to be able to get my hands around someones neck if they don't do the right thing. I think email and phone allows people to be detached.
Amen for buying local. I may pay a bit more at a local bow shop, but I know that if something goes wrong the will not only fix it, they will bend over backwards to make it perfect. Saving $10-20 just doesn't compare with that kind of service.CSAA Member
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Bring back The Elmers
Yes, I know LinuxCon is next, and that's in mid-August, but I think they've got the publicity thing covered, especially with the 20-year thing and with Linus being there and all. But if you're going to the next show, make it the Ohio LinuxFest in September. Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting, so you'll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!)
Brian Proffitt posted an excellent story from LinuxCon North America this morning expanding on the FUD — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, for those of you keeping score at home — that has followed Linux over the past 20 years.
Rather than repeat them here, go ahead and check out the story here.
Back in 2007, I proposed — and had a list of nominees — having an award called The Elmers. This award, of course, was named after Elmer Fudd (two Ds, I know), and is given to those who presented the most outrageous and ridiculous FUD. I even missed some of the more classic FUDmeisters in the first item, so I corrected that here.
Now if we could only get Rob Enderle and Ken Hess to be presenters . . . .
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Get ready for the fifth and final season of "Orphan Black." Find out what you can expect from Sarah and her sestras as they take on the Neolutionists.
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"The Walking Dead" Season 7 finale left us with hope and excitement but also several questions. Here are the most urgent ones we want addressed in Season 8. Spoilers ahead!
How well do you know Season 7 of "The Walking Dead"? Take our quiz. See all TV quizzes.
Take a look back at all the different actors who have played the Doctor. Spot any of your favorites?
From "Bates Motel" to "The Path," check out a gallery of our favorite recent TV posters.
NBC's award-winning "This Is Us" is a true ensemble piece — and its ensemble members have enjoyed interesting turns to their careers. Check out some fun factoids about the show's stars.
IMDb users voted, and now we have the results. Check out our list of the very best horror-themed shows from the last 25 years to grace the small screen.


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If I may wax pedantic for a moment, here's a rather striking example of the remarkable creativity that can result from radically limiting one's options. "What is the coolest thing I can make using all the myriad resources available in the world?" may be a stultifying proposition, but picking something ready to hand—"What is the coolest thing I can make from just this pile of paperclips?"—is a more manageable and, in my opinion, often a more interesting and enjoyable process.
This and a dozen other similar photographs were taken by Flickr user Danforth Nichols, and the weapons themselves are attributed to his friend "Brett." [via Boing Boing]


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Articles by Jerrod Larson
Jerrod Larson works as a user experience specialist at a U.S. aerospace company where he conducts user research and design for various applications. He earned an M.S. in Technical Communication from the University of Washington, where he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Human Centered Design & Engineering.
User-Centered Procurement: Evaluating the Usability of "Off-the-Shelf" Software
UX teams must extend the role of usability evaluation to the "off-the-shelf" software procurement process itself. [Read More]
Absent, Undefined, Undervalued: Usability in Technology Research Firm Software Evaluations
Usability practitioners should understand how their management decides upon enterprise software, reading and responding to reports in order to ensure usability is a key factor in the decision-making process. [Read More]


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Let's say I own a website. Would it be unethical / illegal to gain access to your own server/site hosted by a company or independent?
The web / server is mine, but in the grand scheme it still falls in someones playground that you don't own.
I couldn't see how I could use this for ethical reasons unless I owned the server itself.


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When a taxpayer submits a Claim for Refund with all of the following, then the refund can be issued within 90 days without interest:
In the event one of the criteria is not met, the Department will send the taxpayer a letter. The letter will outline the steps needed to be taken to resolve the missing or inaccurate data and it will provide a deadline for the taxpayer. This letter also will caution the taxpayer of the possibility of having the file closed, if a response is not received before the deadline.
Should the taxpayer miss the deadline for submission, the Department will send the taxpayer another letter. This letter will inform the taxpayer that his file has been closed. In order to reopen the file, the taxpayer must submit a new Claim for Refund with supporting documents.
The process does not extend the three years Statute of Limitation on the refund, which began on the original due date of the return.


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Orem • Dalila Rodriguez would have preferred one of her teammates to be on the free-throw line in the closing seconds.
Rodriguez missed one of her two attempts moments earlier, and she now faced two more free throws with her team clinging to a one-point lead.
"I was actually really nervous," she said. "I tried to focus my best to make those."
She wiped the bottom of both shoes, caught the ball from the referee and quickly fired her first attempt.
She went through the same quick routine for the second and swished the second too.
The two free throws with 6.2 seconds left secured American Leadership's 41-38 victory over South Sevier in a Class 2A state girls' basketball tournament opener Friday.
"She's harder on herself than anyone," American Leadership coach Lora Mitchell said. "She was in her own head because she's a good player. She's fun to watch."
Rodriguez made nine of her 10 free throws in the game, but she said she'd prefer teammate Mauri Staheli be on the line in crunch time.
"I trust her more on the free-throw line than me," Rodriguez said.
South Sevier used a 10-0 run in the third quarter to grab control, and the Rams entered the final quarter with a seven-point lead.
"Offensively we had to be patient and pass," Mitchell said. "We kept trying to dribble through a trap. I don't know how many times I told them not to dribble through a trap, and yet clearly that's what we were doing half the game."
The Eagles chipped away at the lead before pulling even on a basket by Nikayla Wride with 2 minutes, 39 seconds left.
The Rams had a chance to go back ahead less than a minute later, but they missed on the front end of consecutive 1-and-1s.
American Leadership jumped on the opportunity by going 7 of 10 from the line over the final 2:04 to secure the win.
The Eagles advance to face Parowan, which beat North Summit 48-39 on Friday, in Thursday's 5:50 p.m. state quarterfinal at Southern Utah University.


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N.Y. filmmaker captures public, private Obama
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. – As President Obama's personal videographer during the 2008 campaign and the first 2 1/2 years of his presidency, Arun Chaudhary quickly learned to check his ego at the door.
"Capturing the authentic self of the candidate is the more important thing," said Chaudhary, 36, a Chappaqua native and a 1993 Horace Greeley High School graduate. "You're not smarter than the game; you're not bigger than the message."
His new book, First Cameraman, which debuted late last month, chronicles his time with the president and his inner circle circling the globe in an attempt to document the true Obama.
Chaudhary, a former New York University film professor, said he knows his journey to become the White House's first personal videographer is a surprising one. At Cornell and then NYU, the self-described "staunch independent" trained to tell fictional stories through film, not craft documentaries — but he soon became captivated by the notion of showing the American people that the public and private Obama were the same.
"My job is to get the behind-the-scenes moments, right before he gets out on the stage," he said. "I was someone who kind of traveled within the bubble and sat on the margins trying to capture those moments."
Though Chaudhary said he doubts Obama's 2008 primary opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton would have hired a personal videographer if she ascended to the presidency, the filmmaker said she's the type of politician who would benefit from letting the public see her organic, unscripted moments.
"It turns out that her private persona is extraordinarily winning, and a lot of people were reacting negatively to her public persona, which seemed like her idea of what a president should act like," he said of the Chappaqua resident and former first lady.
Obama doesn't possess that sort of duality, Chaudhary said.
"It turns out when you get behind the curtain he's exactly the same on and off camera," he said, "which is the only reason that this kind of project was approved by his senior advisers."
Chaudhary, who lives with his wife and toddler son in Washington, said he decided to write the book after several White House colleagues chided him for not better chronicling his own time with Obama toward the end of his tenure with the president. Chaudhary said he left the job to spend more time with his family and because of "general fatigue."
As he looked back on his experiences with Obama, Chaudhary said he realized he had been occupying an "interesting intersection of art and entertainment and politics and technology."
Though presidents have been recorded on film since William McKinley, Obama was the first presidential candidate to fully tap into the potential of the Internet, Chaudhary said, making him a fascinating subject to document.
"Barack Obama's temperament and sort of ability to engage and bring people together is one reason why he's so good at YouTube and social media," he said. "He was the right man at the right time."
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Hello, everyone,
I'm including a menu.htm file in every htm page, getting a feel for working with plain htm files (as opposed to ColdFusion .cfm files).
In the menu.htm file, I'm including jQuery and $(document).ready() to give a highlighted appearance to the link that the current page is associated with.

Home

Services

And within $(document).ready();..
$('a[href=' + thisScript + ']').addClass('selected');
$('a[href=' + thisScript + ']').parent().addClass('liselected');
FireBug is showing "IE8 doesn't work on object elements" (href=index.htm).
??? I'm not viewing this in IE8, I'm using Firefox. And, no, I don't have Firefox emulating IE8.
Suggestions to get this working appreciated.
I've made some progress.
By inserting quotation marks around the value for the href, I did manage to get the error message to stop displaying.$('a[href="' + thisScript + '"]').addClass('selected');
But it's not actually doing it. No error messages in the console.. it's just not highlighting anything.
N/m.. I have no idea what I did, but it's working as expected, now.
(I hate it when that happens... I never learn anything from it.)

I would want to get that sorted out, as otherwise the code is invalid. There will be a simple reason for that.
Putting the LIs within a UL breaks CSS. I'm not that good with CSS. Got any suggestions?
Could you show us a demo of the strange behavior, or describe what's breaking? It could be the default margins/padding on the ul, which is a common gotcha.
That's most likely the case, I would guess, since I don't have anything in CSS for the UL.
My dev system is isolated from the internet, but I will manually type the relevant CSS code, below. There is a div with a class = "navigation" at the top of the page.
/* css */
.navigation li {
padding: 0px 10px;
display: inline-block;
border: 1px solid transparent;
height: 44px;
margin: 0px;
width: 75px;

Home

About

Services

Login

As it is, the nav links are at the top of the page, horizontal: Home About Services Login.
When I first posted my question, if I put
...
 around the LIs, then they would become vertical:HomeAboutServicesLogin
Now, it's keeping them horizontal, but pushing them down and to the right by at least 10 pixels. (Since first posting my question, I've added left/top/right border 1px black and rounded corners to the selected LI).
Yes, that's just the default margin/padding on the ul. Commonly, a reset is added to a style sheet to zero those out. E.g. ul {margin: 0; padding: 0;}.
ul {margin: 0; padding: 0;}
That did the trick. Thank you.
For some strange reason, if I use just 0 (instead of 0px), it doesn't work. Adding the "px" to it does work. It's not important, I'm just curious to know why.
It should do. :-/


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'It's no wonder the Bills and Sabres have so many out-of-town booster clubs. We might not have many jobs left here, but we take Buffalo with us wherever we land because we know Western New York isn't just a snowy place in February. It's a state of mind.'
Buffalo roots taking hold on newest Sabre
June 28, 2001 Submitted by
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Yeap, I have a similar problem.
ISP <> m0n0 <> | FTPserver1
| FTPserver2
| FTPserver3
Connection to my ISP is made by using PPPoE which returns an IP (DHCP) and
it is A.B.C.193. I have olsa 5 more Ips which are all used with ServerNAT
option + ProxyARP. So If I set a NAT rule to forward port 21 from WAN to LAN
on default IP to one of my local server, FTP work. Bu I want to enable FTP
on all my servers. So, If I do that and enable a NAT rule for port 21 on all
other Ips, I can reach my FTP server from WAN side, I can LOGIN, but I NEVER
get a file list. At this point is process stoped!
Any Idea, what is wrong? Setup or it is a bug :(
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From: Markus Fischer [mailto:markus at fischer dot name]
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:42 AM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: [m0n0wall] Problem with active ftp
I'm expiriencing a wierd situation with m0n0wall and active FTP connection
to one of our partner hosts.
I'm opening the ftp connections are for some time (browsing to the rather
big directory structure remotely) works. But often at one point, wenn the
internal PORT command is issued the ftp client seems to hang and later stops
because of a timeout.
Whenever this timeout happens, I find multiple entries in the firewall log:
block | WAN | remote-ip 21 | my-public-gatewat-ip 4000 | TCP
The port of the remote-ip is always 21, the port on the public ip of the
gateway varies but is usually in the range 2000 to 4000 or so.
I have not set up any rule to block these. I even added a rule for testing
to accept all packets from everything to everything, and still I got those
reported as blocked in the firewall log.
I've tested multiple ftp clients, all exhibit the same problem. The
administrator of the remote company said he did many hours of debugging at
its best and could only come to the conclustion that he suspects a problem
in the ftp-nat module of my firewall (m0n0wall). He says his firewall does
state matching he can see that many tcp connections are not correctly
initiated from our firewall; packets are dropped.
I'm using version 1.11, generic-pc.
thanks for any pointers,
- Markus
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|Body Found:
|Jun 20, 1982
|Crime Scene:
|The victim was found at the Rinker rock pit at 7000 N.W. 16th Lane, unincorporated Broward County near Pompano Beach.
|She was a white female who was 5'5" tall and weighed 75-80 pounds. She was wearing a thin gold necklace with brown beads every two inches, a dark green Lacoste striped pullover sweater with red and orange stripes and a size 32-36 Maidenform natural color brassiere.
|Approx. Age:
|A dental examination revealed the victim had several fillings and was also a smoker.
The victim wore a gold necklace with beads and a unique striped shirt


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State Legislative Affairs is responsible for TxDOT's interactions with the Texas Legislature, the Office of the Governor and other statewide elected officials.
The office's work includes responding to legislative information requests, researching and analyzing policy issues, monitoring relevant legislative hearings and preparing TxDOT's testimony for those hearings. State Legislative Affairs also provides educational briefings to legislative members and staff, prepares transportation materials for legislative visits, tracks legislation and legislative actions, oversees TxDOT's reporting requirements and communicates with experts throughout TxDOT.
Trent Thomas serves as director. Contact us with questions or comments.
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This is the season of the 'cosy' knit, the 'wrap up against the elements' knit, sweaters that 'cocoon' the body. Capes are still important as well as the key accessories of large wrap scarves, leg warmers and chunky socks.
Extremes are seen in knit design from the neat and elegant to the grungy and worn out. Different scales of fairisle, motifs, stripes and checks are used together to create the 'untraditional fairisle'.
This is represented in Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine 52 in our three stories:
Hebridean – historic Fairisle knitting
North Sea – British heritage fisherman knits
Essentials – key shapes and textures of the season
Click here to view the Magazine 52 look book.
If you're having trouble viewing the online "look book", or if you're using an iPad, iPod or iPhone:
Download a PDF version here.
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Our favorite singer/actress Tamela Mann's new CD, Best Days, is available everywhere today for purchase. The favorite track on the CD is the Kirk Franklin penned hit "Take Me To The King," but the CD is full of other awesome songs such as "Lord We Are Waiting," "All To Thee" and "I'll Hold On." Preview [..Read More..]
Take Me To The King by Tamela Mann continues to do well on Gospel radio
I'm really not surprised by this because this song is beautiful!! The Kirk Franklin penned and produced tune is holding the #2 position at Gospel radio for the second straight week. Take Me To The King" is the debut single from the Tamela's [amazon_link id="B008EU8014″ target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]upcoming CD, Best Days[/amazon_link]. You can pre-order [..Read More..]
David and Tamela Mann on Good Morning Texas, see Tamela sing 'Take Me To The King'
Gospel music's favorite couple, David and Tamela Mann, interviewed on Good Morning Texas recently. David and Tamela talked about how they got started with Kirk Franklin and Tyler Perry, how they keep their marriage strong, their new cooking show Hanging With The Mann's and the upcoming Sparkle with Whitney Houston. And Tamela sung "Take Me [..Read More..]
Tamela Mann attributes all her success to Jesus Christ
In an interview with Good Day Columbia, Tamela Mann shares that she attributes all the successes in her life to Jesus Christ. "A lot of times I still cry because I can't believe I'm in this place", says Tamela Mann. "I just believe that someone needs to be a light and people need to see [..Read More..]
LOL! 'Take Me To Burger King' Darlene McCoy's parody of Tamela Mann's 'Take Me To The King' (@DarleneMcCoy)
Aww, man!! Too funny!!! I love the "leave me there" part (4:24)!!! Check out Darlene McCoy's parody of the hit gospel song "Take Me To The King". What do you think? After you watch the video, be sure to head over iTunes to pick up the Kirk Franklin penned song as performed by Tamela Mann. [..Read More..]
Sunday Gospel!-Tamela Mann-Take Me To The King (with lyrics)
The Kirk Franklin penned 'Take Me To The King" is sung beautifully by the talented Tamela Mann! The lyrics are very poignant and pierce straight through to the heart. Be sure to support this song by purchasing it on iTunes. "Take Me To The King" will be on the new CD, [amazon_link id="B008EU8014″ target="_blank" container="" [..Read More..]


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We're pretty excited about our new logo, which you'll notice if you hard refresh.Check it out...
Better do something about that favicon now!
Nice work, guys. Looks great!
Good job! Is it done by Alex?
clap clap clap Great job!
Elegant (like ourselves :lol: - although I'm sure molona would agree with me that it would be even more elegant in green than in orange and blue :D).
It's beautiful! I love it! But the new SP logo doesn't appear in the forum header, it's just on the main website for me, and I did a hard refresh too. But yes, I was going to mention the favicon xD
It appears for me.
The new logo is fresh and terrific... way to go to whomever designed it!
F5 refresh my friend....
I'm sure a 99designs contest would've been more fun.
Anyway, here's what I did, just for fun:
I don't mean to upset anyone by it. If so, please remove it.
EDITThis is how it'd look like in place: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-splogo01-inplace.png
Not bad. But it doesn't capture the S idea, which is a nice aspect of the logo.
Alex and Harley collaborated on it.
It is definitely on the forums, although it is an older version - we'll sort that out today. We're working on the favicon but it's proving to be tricky.
I quite like it.
That's odd. It seems very well suited for a favicon.
Sorry, not what I meant - we have a file - we're just working on updating it.
liked your logo itmitică, I can see an S in the inverted space, but yours is too much of a departure from SP's brand. Nice design though.
I never went for an S.
In fact, I started with the base in the graphic part of the old design, the half bracket, the parallelogram. I took the top orange part and I rounded just a bit around the corners and then I duplicated it down for the blue half.
EDITIt could even tell you a story: the years of coding on SP (the brackets symbols in the old one) have became books (the overlapping half brackets symbols in the new one).
I didn't notice the S at first, but now I see it and it makes the logo look even nicer than when I initially saw it.
Good job. Just ... moar cowbell! And llamas! And strobing lights! And, and, and...
Damn, I don't think I like it after all.
I absolutely like it! I think it's a lot more elegant and has better dynamics.


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ETFs: Are they for you? Add to ...
Let's Talk Investing: Rob Carrick looks at at who's buying them and how they compare with mutual funds
Segment Two: ETFs for everyone
-ETFs get a lot of attention, but how big a force are they in the financial marketplace?
-who's buying ETFs?
-how big a threat are they to mutual funds?


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The Attorney General's Appellate Victim Notification Program offers the following services:
After offenders are convicted of crimes and sentenced, they can choose to appeal. When they do, the Attorney General's Office represents the state to uphold the conviction and sentence to keep the offenders in jail or prison. The Attorney General's Appellate Victim Notification Program works to keep victims and their families informed throughout the appellate process and provides them with resources and referrals to other victim service providers.
The Appeals Process
Frequently Asked Questions
The appeals stage in a criminal case includes all legal proceedings during which an offender tries to overturn a conviction. The offender's goal is to gain freedom, a new trial, or a reduced sentence. The appellate process can be lengthy and complex because several courts may need to review the case. With nearly 2,500 criminal and civil appeals filed with the appellate courts every year, the entire process could take years to complete.
An appeal is a review of the trial proceedings and record. In an appeal, the offender seeks to prove that legal errors were made that are substantial enough to justify a reversal of the conviction or a reduction of the sentence. The appellate court will not reweigh the evidence or try the facts of the case again but it will limit its review to legal issues.
The Steps of the Appeals Process
Additional types of reviews and appeals
Most appeals are initiated by criminal offenders and occur after a conviction and sentence are rendered. However, a legal issue may arise that needs to be addressed before the actual trial of a case begins. These are known as interlocutory appeals.
After the direct appeal stage is completed, or if a direct appeal was not pursued, offenders may have convictions and sentences reviewed a second time. This is known as a "Petition for Post Conviction Relief" or "PCR Petition." A PCR Petition is filed in the court that originally convicted and sentenced the offender.
Once the Supreme Court has decided a case, by refusing to hear the case or issuing an opinion on the legal issues, this stage of the appellate process is complete.
Affirm: When a court on appeal approves the decision of the trial court.
Appeal: The process by which either the offender or the prosecution asks a higher, appeals court to review the decision of the trial court.
Appellant (Petitioner): The party which starts or takes an appeal.
Appellee (Respondent): The party that does not start or take an appeal, but responds to the other party's (appellant or petitioner's) claims of error.
Brief: The written legal arguments or positions of the appellant and an appellee that are filed with the appeals court.
Credit Time: When a sentence is served at a correctional institution (prison), a prisoner is entitled to credit time, or time off for good behavior.
Habeas Corpus: After the state appeals process is concluded (which consists usually of a direct appeal and a post-conviction review), a criminal Offender can ask a federal district court to review the case for violations of federal constitutional law.
Interlocutory Appeals: An appeal that occurs in the middle of a case to resolve a legal matter that may affect the trial before a final judgment is entered.
Opinion: The document by which an appeals court decides an appeal.
Oral argument: After all the briefs have been submitted, the appeals court can order the case to be "heard" before them.
Order: A decision or ruling by a court, often in response to a motion by one of the parties.
Post Conviction Relief: After a Offender has appealed his conviction and/or sentence to the Court of Appeals (and Supreme Court, if accepted), the Offender may return to the trial court and file a post-conviction relief petition that raises legal issues which were unknown at the time of the appeal, or for some legal reason, could not be raised at that time.
Rehearing: When an appeals court has issued its decision by opinion, the parties may ask the court to reconsider its decision; that process is known as a rehearing.
Remand: A remand is an order by the appeals court to send the case back to the trial court for a specific reason.
Re-sentence: When a Offender is given a new sentence by the original sentencing court, often as a result of an appeal.
Reversed: When an appeals court overturns a conviction, the original judgment or conviction has been reversed.
Sentence: The penalty imposed following a conviction, and can be comprised of combinations of incarceration (imprisonment), fine, restitution, restraining orders, community service, home detention, etc. Certain terms describe the type of incarceration imposed:
Aggregate sentence: The total time a Offender must serve after the consecutive and concurrent sentences are calculated.
Concurrent sentence: When two or more sentences are imposed, but the court orders all to be served at the same time, or simultaneously. The total time in prison will be equal to the longest individual sentence.
Consecutive sentence: When two or more sentences are imposed, but the court orders the individual sentences to be served one-after-the-other, or sequentially. The total time is the sum of all the individual sentences.
Transfer: After the Court of Appeals has decided a case, the losing party (state or Offender), may ask the Supreme Court of Indiana to hear the case. This is known as transfer, because if the Supreme Court accepts the case, the case is transferred to the Supreme Court as if it started there – and the prior decision by the Court of Appeals is vacated, or cancelled.
Vacate: To cancel a decision or ruling of a court.


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[FTR Per Diem Bulletin 03-2]
Federal Travel Regulation; Maximum Per Diem Rates for California
AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of revised continental United States (CONUS) per diem rates.
SUMMARY: To improve the ability of the per diem rates to meet the lodging demands of Federal travelers to high cost travel locations, the General Services Administration (GSA) has integrated the contracting mechanism of the new Federal Premier Lodging Program (FPLP) into the per diem rate-setting process. An analysis of FPLP contracting actions and the lodging rate survey data reveals that the maximum per diem rate for the State of California, city of San Diego, should be adjusted to provide for the reimbursement of Federal employees' lodging expenses covered by the per diem. This bulletin amends the final rule published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2002 and amended on November 18, 2002, and May 9, 2003, by adjusting the maximum lodging amounts in the prescribed area.
DATES: This bulletin is effective June 12, 2003, and applies to travel performed on or after that date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact Joddy P. Garner, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Travel Management Policy, at (202) 501-4857. Please cite FTR Per Diem Bulletin 03-2.
A. Background
In the past, properties in high cost travel areas have been under no obligation to provide lodging to Federal travelers at the prescribed per diem rate. Thus, GSA established the FPLP to contract directly with properties in high cost travel markets to make available a set number of rooms to Federal travelers at contract rates. FPLP contract results along with the lodging survey data are integrated together to determine reasonable per diem rates that more
accurately reflect lodging costs in these areas. In addition, the FPLP will enhance the Government's ability to better meet its overall room night demand, and allow travelers to find lodging close to where they need to conduct business. After an analysis of this additional data, the maximum lodging amounts published in the Federal Register at 67 FR 56160, August 30, 2002 and amended at 67 FR 69634, November 18, 2002, and 68 FR 25034, May 9, 2003, are being changed in those area listed in the Summary, above.
Per diem rates change more frequently than other information contained in the FTR. Effective April 28, 2003, GSA changed the travel procedure to allow the Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP), GSA, to issue/publish Appendix A per diem rates on the GSA website. FTR Per Diem Bulletins supersede Appendix A to Chapter 301 (41 CFR Chapter 301). This will ensure timely notification of any increase or decrease in per diem rates established by GSA for Federal employees on official travel within the continental United States (CONUS). Per diem rates will be published on the internet at www.gsa.gov/perdiem as an FTR Per Diem Bulletin and published in the Federal Register on a periodic basis. This bulletin gives notice of a revision in per diem rates prescribed by OGP for CONUS. Per Diem Bulletins published periodically in the Federal Register now
constitute the only notification of revisions in CONUS per diem rates to agencies. The text of the Bulletin follows:
Maximum per diem rates for official travel in the continental United States (CONUS) by Federal Government employees as prescribed in FTR Per Diem Bulletin 03-2:
Lodging M&IE Per Diem
Locality Amount Rate Rate
San Diego (San Diego) $110 + $50 = $160
David A. Drabkin
Acting Associate Administrator