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Topic: Energy/Spiritual Healers are helping my Mom
Hello wonderful family. I am sorry for not posting before. I do enter the website regularly, but don't always have the time to write. I do want you to know that I pray for you every night.
From my last posting, my mom had not started any treatment yet. She had just been diagnosed with CC stage IV with Mets to the peritoneal area (8/31/08). Because of her insurance she didn't have many choices in terms of hospitals or cancer centers. However she has been treated at Moun Sinai, which is not too bad. Initially, I was not satisfied with the doctors since they gave us basically no hope and only offered chemo (gemcitabine) as Palliative care only. I have never believed that there is no cure for this illness. You may call me naive, I am aware of all the research out there that takes you to the same place which is "nothing can be done", but I believe not only in miracles and in the presence of a divine force, but in the fact that Western Medicine does not know everything, they know such a tiny portion of the human body; plus I believe we are not only matter, we are much more complex than that.
To move on with the story. My mother who was very weak after being six weeks in the hospital in Miami and discharged with such a horrible diagnosis, decided to take on the chemo regimen. In miami she had a couple of stents put in which have bothered her tremendously, she had so much pain from the stents (or tumor around the stents) that was only controlled with morphine. I asked the doctor if the chemo would help diminish the pain and she said that it should after the second treatment, well it never did. Then after a month into the chemo I started researching about spiritual healers. I read something about this in a book... and as I researched I found a famous healer that was going to be in nyc for a few days. I decided to try it. I took my mother to a center where he was doing the healings. He was a very pleasant man, he asked about my mom's problems and he simply put on music and proceded to place his hands on different areas of my mothers body. I was in the room along with my husband and it was amazing to watch the muscles of his hands move so fast while he laid them still on my mother. The session lasted around 20 minutes, at the end he told us that if she felt results she should have more sessions, and that it would take about three days after the healing for her to see results, if any. We went home, I asked my mom if she felt anything at the time of the healing and she said that she just felt heat. I was not sure what to expect, my husband was a little skeptical at the idea, but I thought why not try it, it wouldn't hurt her anyway.
Well, she had the healing on Wednesday and the next three days she was very sick, I was so worried, she just seemed very weak. But on Sunday, the pain was gone!!! and she was so full of life and energy, she felt great. I also noticed that she was tolerating the chemo sessions much better, she could eat solid foods the day after a session, when before she had a hard time just taking down liquids. This was very exciting for our family, however after 10 days the pain came back, she continued with the chemo, and her pain was still there... The healer that my mom had seen lives in England and he tours the US, so I couldn't take her back to him easily. By the way, if anyone is interested his name is Malcolm Smith (http://www.malcolmsmithhealer.com). I then, desperately was looking for other healers here in NYC, but no one quite convinced me, their are so many charlatans out there, that makes it difficult to find someone real. I then called the person who was the contact for malcolm and she recommended another healer who practices here in NYC. I researched him and I decided to give him a try. I took my mom two weeks ago (one month after seeing malcolm) to this new healer, my mom was feeling very weak that morning. I came in with her to his office, because I needed to translate for her. He read his aura and told her why she had gotten this illness and that he could help her with the illness but she had to help herself by forgiving and letting go of some hurtful feelings and loving herself very much. I've been convinced that my mothers' condition stems from some strong emotional turmoil that she went through a couple of years ago. My mother, later asked me if I had told anything about her to this man, and I hadn't. He spoke to her as if he could see through her.
This healer, named, Ze'ev Kolman (http://www.zeevkolman.net/index.shtml), said many more things but I don't want to bore you... anyway, Zeev put my mom on a doctor's bed, simply uncovered her stomach area and did a normal meditation with her as he moved his hands around her like sweeping energy out, He never touched her, he would move his hands about 5inches away from her body in a sweeping motion. Mom says, that she felt electricity and a lot of heat. He moved his hands over my face asking me if i felt anything, and I actually felt if he was touching me with a feather. At the end of the session, about 20 mins, my mom right away felt better, I never left my mother's side and when I looked at her belly button, this white, murky liquid, had come out of it. He was very excited, he told me not to touch it and said, wow, you took the energy very well, many of my clients don't have that reaction until 10 sessions later. Anyway, we went home that day, my mom said that she felt sore in her liver area, but no pain!!! The usual pain that she felt around the stents was gone, and still is. That same week we went back in for another session, no more liquid came out of her, but she did feel heat again and has been feeling pretty well. Last week she had her first CT-scan and it showed that the illness has not progressed and that the tumor in her liver shrunk a little bit. So, my mother is not cured, but she does feel a lot better. We cannot tell if the shrinkage was caused by the chemo or by the healers, but what we do know is that healers did take away the pain while the chemo didn't. These particular healers by the way, do not belong to any religious order, they try to help indiscriminately; Malcolm says that he serves as a channel of divine energy and Zeev says he practices bioenergy, which in my mind is the same thing, other call it chi, prana, etc. in the end it is all God's work.
My mom, has decided to take a break from the chemo for the rest of this year and will re-evaluate if she want to go back to it or not in January. I know this story may be hard to believe for many of you. But I felt obliged to share it with all of you, in case it is helpful. I think it so important to also hear positive stories and to feel that there is hope. I don't listen to everything the doctor's say. I asked two of the oncologists at Mount Sinai if they were open to alternative/complementary treatments while my mom underwent treatment and they said they were but that they couldn't make any suggestions because there was no proof. I find this answer mediocre and since then I feel that doctors are simply so limited, by laws, the system and by their own western medicine. I think it's up to us to find the answers and I'm determined with God's help to do all what I can.
My apologies for such a long post
Lots of love and healing energy to you all,


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I'm using Back Track 5, with Broadcom Wireless Adapter / DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card
i've tried to hack my own WEP security before and it was successful!
Now i've changed my router and i wanna try to hack this one but the data stays 0.
So. The vendor is "Pirelli Broadband Solutions" the distance is about -65;
first i've tried with these commands:
airmon-ng start wlan0
airodump-ng mon0
airodump-ng -w wep -c [channel] --bssid [the bssid] mon0
CH 6 ][ Elapsed: x mins ][ 2012-10-13 19:25
BSSID PWR RXQ Beacons #Data, #/s CH MB ENC CIPHER AUTH ESSID
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX 62 100 5240 0 338 6 54 WEP WEP Fashion
BSSID STATION PWR Lost Packets Probes
i was waiting about 30 mins. and still NO DATA!
next method..
doing fake authentication:
aireplay-ng -1 0 -e [the name of wifi network] -a [the bssid of the wifi network] -h [My mac address] mon0
and it was successful,
18:18:20 Sending Authentication Request
18:18:20 Authentication successful
18:18:20 Sending Association Request
18:18:20 Association successful :-)
next step
fragmenation attack
aireplay-ng -5 -b [the bssid] -h [my mac address] mon0
now comes the moment:
aireplay-ng -5 -b [the bssid] -h [my mac address] mon0
Waiting for a data packet...
Read 20427 packets...
(and never stops)
next step:
Chop chop attack:
aireplay-ng -4 -b [the bssid] -h [my mac address] mon0
Read 164125 packets...
(and never stops) same problem..
Can someone give me some help here! Thanks!


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S.E. Minn. is a pretty inventive area
Wrote the latest version of the annual IBM leads all other companies with U.S. patents story for today's paper.
I always enjoy the change to chat with some of IBM's master inventors and look at their patents. I often don't understand much, but I enjoy it. Heh.
This year I decided to see how many patents issued in 2012 included residents from area cities. I found some interesting stuff, including the fact a group of guys from Hormel in Austin were issued a new patent on a bacon bits making process on Christmas Day.
I hadn't look at these community numbers, since I wrote a big package in early 2010, where I determined that Rochester was the most inventive city inMinnesota and probably the U.S. (per 100,000 residents).
It is interesting to note that Rochester people had 488 patents issued to them in 2009, so the numbers have gone up considerably since then. I may need to take a run at this story again.
This is a breakdown of how many patents issued in 2012 included at least one inventor from these southeastern Minnesota cities:
• Rochester — 652 patents
• Byron — 42 patents.
• Stewartville — 10 patents
• Austin — 75 patents
• Mantorville — 27 patents
• Zumbrota — 12 patents
• Pine Island — 36 patents
• Dodge Center — 10 patents
• Lewiston — 14 patents
• Oronoco — 38 patents


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There are tons of blogs out there, and there are a lot of people who are writing stuff that get posted on the Internet. Some of them want to get noticed in such a way that they want to be seen on the top pages of the search results, while others just write for fun. I've been wondering, though. I've been writing for fun for a long time, and I've thought of trying to become famous through those things that I write, but I never thought of actually abusing the fact that I can be a lot more visible on the search results if I added some words in my content.
Content creation should be done YOUR way. If you want to get noticed, create something that will be worth sharing across different networks. If people like it, they will share it. You don't have to worry too much about not having certain words in your content that will make your visible on the search results. You just have to be you when you write. Wouldn't it be a lot more fun if you're going to write stuff down without anyone forcing you to put words in it that aren't from your thoughts?
Well, if writing is your day job, your superiors would tell you the topics that you should cover and how you're going to deliver it, but that isn't supposed to be a limiter for your writing style. If they want you to write in a professional manner, that wouldn't stop you from using your style in making things look professional. It's still your words that are going to be in that content, and not some words generated by some tool. You might be able to add words which are generated by those tools within your content without bringing the quality down, but there are times when those wouldn't exactly be a perfect fit.
To cut things short, if you're going to write something that you would want to post on the Internet, just be you, or at least be the persona that you want to be associated to. Don't be too worried about not being on Google's top 10, or something like that. Just put your focus on creating content that the people will like. Reputation builds up faster that way than forcing yourself to add things within the content that would look like you're forcing yourself to become noticed. Write for fun!
PS: Even if my signature's like that, I favor content which have been written in one's own words rather than those written for the sake of being visible in the eyes of search engines.
For the majority of blogs like that, most traffic comes from regular readers, referrals and direct links – very little is going to come from search engines, even for sites that do very well in Google, because the chances are that the content is so niche that there aren't going to be many people searching for relevant terms who are looking to read a blog. So the more you gear your content and your writing towards appealling to search engines, the less likely it is to appeal to real people. Even if you think it's just a case of mentioning your 'key word' a few extra times, that small change can make your writing come across as stilted and artificial, and spoil the flow and style of your writing.
Come to think of it, you're right. It would feel like you're requiring yourself to say something in a way that you don't want to, even if it's just a single word we're talking about.
Although I agree with Stevie D, I also believe it's a poor writer who writes everything down at one sitting and publishes it verbatim. You can often find places where a noun would have better served clarity than a pronoun or where you have repeated a word that could be changed with a synonym or a nuance inferred by one word that another word would better explain.
Additionally, if you are writing for you business, you must keep branding in mind. Although generic words and phrases such as we, I, our company, our web site, etc., have their place in a long composition, you need to make sure that your company name or your products are mentioned often enough to stay in your readers' minds.
This is actually one of the things that I want to point out to those who are so worried about keyword density when they're writing articles. Sorry for the SEO-ish post here, Linda. I've been seeing those people who are saying that you should only have this number of instances that you repeat a certain word, or phrase. I remember asking them something in return:
What about those pages that are selling you something? Wouldn't you want to make sure that the name of the product is something that they're looking for and that it will stick to them once they read it?
No problem Gerald. SEO does sometimes cross over into content. It's the nature of the animal. :shifty: But here's a good SEO pointer, if overuse of a word or phrase makes it difficult reading for your visitor, it also makes it spammy to the search bots. Yet, as we have both mentioned, it is important to emphasize your brand(s). Different from SEO, though, there is no magic number. Text should be written so it gets the point across in as few words as it takes to do the job and with words that get the job done.
Google gives more credit to those writing with sincerity and with sense also. Just pure quality content is still always being favored.
Writing content for your readers and not for Google becomes a win all around the board. Your readers will love it because they get the information they need in a quality article without having to wade through a mess of keywords. And search engines will love it because they can easily analyze and index your article.
Well, as the basic rule of writing implies, "Write to impress, not to express." I think if you will write because you want to express yourself and communicate your ideas or share your experiences/knowledge, writing can be fun. But if you will try to impress the readers and the search engines, writing can be tedious and woeful.
I think you got your basic rule backwards? I think it should be "Write to express, not to impress", shouldn't it? (:
oopsss sorry, hahaha there's some mistake on it. I stand corrected. thanks. what I meant to say is "Write to express, not to impress." sorry for the error anyway how can I edit that post? well, you know, I'm quite ashamed that I made such mistake.
Don't worry, WebOutGateway. We all make mistakes every once in a while. We're human, after all. At least you were honest with your mistake with that rule you've mentioned. Speaking of which, I have to say that I really like that rule. It's like saying that you should just show your presence online and not flaunt whatever it is that you have that other people don't.
No problem. Between the two of us, I believe we have fixed it. When fingers do the talking, it just stands to reason that sometimes they trip.
Thanks for understanding folks. Well, I really like that rule. That is something that I always put into practice every time I'm writing an article. Simply because I don't want to bombard my readers with flowery words that are hard to interpret. Besides, I also do not want to stress myself thinking of complicated words that would make my articles appear 'very intellectual.' It's not very entertaining at all. I write because I love writing.
I agree with you, writing all together is like eating all you need for a week in a single day..,, Writing is an art and you need be in right mood to write well.
i would be nice if you could share you fav article with us, cause i personally think i get overloaded with intellectual stuff and miss the cool point.)
Someone brought up mood, so I might as well talk about that. What exactly IS the right mood? Aren't we writing things based on how we feel? If it's for something professional, you'll have some sort of a professional feel when you're putting things on paper (or, in our age's case, on a digital document). When it's for something personal, it branches out to an even wider field of possibilities.
That being said, would you agree if I said that what you write down is based on how you feel at the moment you're writing?
Well that's correct. Right mood IS noting but interest to write something, for instant yesterday my sister(who is pregnant) had some pain and i took her to hospital,"but yet i had to write a couple of article yesterday, since my mind was so preoccupied with my sister and her well being, i just didn't had the right mood and concentration on writing those articles and so i just postponed the task. And in the end what i meant to say is quite simple "Writing is something different from SEO for it needs more creativity and that eventually needs a proper "mind set" in other words "Good mood to write".
And to your point " i agree we just place words as we feel" but to get that feel and flow possible you need to get your self focused on the task @ hand.
Finally for your question: I will agree to that, but that feel will be influenced by what my client want from me and my knowledge on that niche(or topic).
Let's make it general. I think it would be much more fitting if we said that the mood to write would depend on an external stimulus... or something. Do you agree?
For internet marketers, publishing a blog relevant to their business is important. But for the real writer who doesn't mind SEO and being seen by search engines, creating a post should come from their hearts. Anyway, if a writer's work will gain attention because of its quality, search engines will "see" it anyway.


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Grapevine was a small Texas community in 1953 when Drs. Ed and Minnie Lee Lancaster opened Grapevine Clinic and Hospital, the forerunner of the hospital that was to become Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine. The six-bed facility provided patients with general care, low-risk surgeries, obstetrics and 24-hour emergency service.
In 1960, Dr. Carlton D. Pittard joined the Lancasters at Grapevine Clinic and Hospital. Together they established the Ann B. Lancaster Memorial Foundation, which was named in honor of Dr. Ed Lancaster's mother.
The Ann B. Lancaster Memorial Foundation opened a new 30,000 square foot clinic/hospital, the Grapevine Memorial Hospital and Clinic, on the present College Street location. It contained 25 beds, radiology facilities, a laboratory, physical therapy, a medial records library, and a delivery/surgical suite, as well as a six-bed nursery. A clinic with space for five physicians and three dentists was part of the new facility.
In 1974, The Watson Wing opened, named for donor Clara Stewart Watson. The addition gave the hospital a bed capacity of 55, with structural capacity to accommodate six additional stories. Twenty years after the Lancasters had opened their original small hospital, Grapevine Memorial Hospital was serving not only Grapevine, but also many communities in the surrounding area.
In September 1981, Grapevine Memorial Hospital became part of Baylor Health Care System and acquired a new name: Baylor Medical Center at Grapevine. Under terms of the agreement, the local hospital board remained intact and continued to oversee routine administrative decisions of the hospital operation.
A 55-bed facility when it became affiliated with Baylor, the hospital quickly began to expand its physical structure as well as increase its services and staff. Within months of joining Baylor, the hospital had new specialist on staff, new equipment, remodeled expanded facilities, and the beginnings of a new Medical Plaza.
Until 1983, Grapevine Medical Center had only a temporary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a two-bed room. Consequently, patients often had to be transferred to other hospitals because of lack of space. In October 1983, a donation from a Coppell couple, John and Mary Johnson, helped the hospital open a new ICU.
In December of 1983, Grapevine Medical Center celebrated the completion of the Grapevine Medical Plaza. Built by Baylor Health Care System, the two-story, $2.2 million professional building included spaces for 12 doctors and a day surgery unit. It was structured so that five additional floors could be added as necessary.
In 1985, groundbreaking ceremonies launched a $13 million expansion project for the medical center. On February 15, 1987, Baylor Medical Center at Grapevine dedicated its new four-story patient care tower. The tower expanded the capacity of the hospital to 104 beds. The project also included new operating rooms, a new emergency department, an intensive care coronary unit, and a new labor and delivery area.
The story of Baylor Grapevine is one of continuing growth, but never has the growth been so dramatic as in the past decade. The population boom in Northeast Tarrant County, particularly among younger families, spurred the hospital to expand in order to meet the health care needs of this growing population.
In 1995, the hospital broke ground on a new $17.7 million facility to add outpatient services, expand emergency services, create a women's center, and provide a new intensive care unit.
During July 1997, 101 babies were delivered at Baylor Medical Center at Grapevine, breaking the hospital's record for the number of births in a single month. Hospital officials expected that this record would too soon be broken. They had recognized five years earlier a boom in the population of young families in Northeast Tarrant County and they began planning a women's center. Three months after the record-breaking number of births, the new women's center was open. Named after benefactor Cecelia Cunningham Box, the center provided spacious new facilities for labor and delivery and other women's services along with advanced technology.
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A roundup of all the news Inside Network brought you between April 23 and 28.
Inside Mobile Apps
Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms and virtual goods.
Monday, April 30
- EA PopCap hops on the merchandising wagon
- Emerging free iOS apps: Logos Quiz Game, Cannon Cat and Smash Cops
- Become a hero and build a town in Rule the Kingdom
- CrowdStar and iWin bringing Facebook games to GREE's mobile platform
Tuesday, May 1
- Little Red Riding Hood goes on a grand time-travelling adventure in Elphis
- Emerging paid iOS apps: Ugly Meter, Infinity Blade and Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- EA shutting down Restaurant City on Facebook, iOS
- Google Play doesn't monetize? It does for free-to-play games that use carrier billing
- Facebook platform sent 160M users to mobile apps in April
- GREE buys Crime City developer Funzio for $210 million
Wednesday, May 2
- Heroes and villains clash in Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sojo, King.com, IMVU and more
- Emerging top grossing iOS apps: Slotomania, Castle Age HD and Kingdoms of Camelot
Thursday, May 3
- LifeStreet enters the mobile advertising fray with $66 million in new funding
- Rescue the baby birds with Hareep
- Gameloft smartphone, tablet games make up 40% of earnings in Q1
- Behind the scenes of GREE's latest acquisition: what made Funzio right for the Japanese mobile giant
- New hires in mobile: Big Fish Games, Path and Unity
- Glu Mobile's smartphone revenues climb 192% to $17.4m in Q1
- Emerging popular Android Apps: Rage of Bahamut, Instagram and Shark Dash
Friday, May 4
- Game Insight invites iOS players to rule the Enchanted Realm
- Plumber Cracks and Office Jerks: How Fluik built up an entertainment app empire
- Mobile app news roundup: Google mobile search, Draw Something and WWDC
Saturday, May 5
Inside Social Games
Covering all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms.
Monday, April 30
- CrowdStar and iWin bringing Facebook games to GREE's mobile platform
- Candy Crush Saga continues hot streak among this week's fastest-growing Facebook games by MAU
- Living the frontiersman's life once again in Plinga's Pioneers
- What social games can learn from real money gaming
Tuesday, May 1
- EA shutting down Restaurant City on Facebook, iOS
- Bubble-popping, honey-stealing fun with Buggle
- Zynga turns on Facebook cross-promotion for partner game Woodland Heroes
- Top 25 Facebook games of May 2012
- GREE buys Crime City developer Funzio for $210 million
Wednesday, May 2
- Bejeweled Blitz tops this week's list of fastest-growing Facebook games by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Kixeye, PopCap, Ryzing and more
- Crack cases in the 'big smoke' in Hidden Adventures: Shadows of London
Thursday, May 3
- Zynga.com — two months old and 2.8 million MAU
- Mirrorball Slots brings fairy-tale gambling to Facebook
- New hires in social gaming: Idle Games, Kontagent and Nordeus
Friday, May 4
- Chinese language RPG tops this weeks list of emerging Facebook games
- Scavenge, hunt and survive in The Last Stand: Dead Zone
- Ravenshire Castle launches, marks possible end for "Ravenworld"
- Social games news roundup: King.com, Detroit and Jay-Z
Saturday, May 5
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook platform for developers and marketers.
Monday, April 30
- Socialcam, Viddy, Instagram, Metacafe, Candy Crush Saga, more on this week's top 20 growing Facebook pages by MAU
- Facebook tests new icon to indicate whether activity will be shared after users click links
Tuesday, May 1
- Facebook for Every Phone, sports, 'Titanic,' 'Twilight,' more on this week's top 20 growing Facebook pages
- How social video apps leverage Facebook Open Graph to rapidly gain new users
- New Facebook platform industry hires: Ifeelgoods, Scale Venture Partners, Nanigans, Strutta, more
- Buddy Media acquisition of Brighter Option results in new BuyBuddy ad platform
- Facebook platform sent 160M users to mobile apps in April
- Facebook bug prevents some users from creating event ads
Wednesday, May 2
- Viddy, SocialCam, WashPo, Instagram, quizzes, games, more on this week's top 20 growing Facebook apps by DAU
- New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Sociable Labs, Fiveonenine, SponsorPay and more
- What non-profits can take away from Facebook's organ donation initiative and past activism efforts
Thursday, May 3
- LifeStreet enters the mobile advertising fray with $66 million in new funding
- Involver introduces Engagement Optimization API to be used by any Facebook ad provider
- Zuum updates Facebook strategy tool to provide more insight on page content, competitor performance
- Facebook brings back 'action links' to give developers more ways to engage users directly from feed stories
- Instagram for feature phones? Facebook adds simple photo filter options to mobile app
- Facebook hires: engineering, recruiting, policy, more
- Facebook career postings: engineering, data center, diversity, more
- Facebook sets $28-35 price range for IPO, valuing company at up to $96B
- Facebook Offers beta extends to more local businesses in U.S.
Friday, May 4
- Buggle, games, file sharing, Etsy, more on this week's top 20 emerging Facebook apps by MAU
- After 6-month run, page tab application no longer tops Facebook apps by MAU
- Walkthrough of how to use Facebook's updated self-serve ad tool
- Facebook roundup: Messenger, Open Compute Project, IPO, Like button, FBI, Ordr.in. more
- Facebook makes another mobile acquisition: location app Glancee
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|Puppet Technique
|Puppet Technique
|Literal English
|Puppet Technique
|Other Name(s)
|Puppet Master Jutsu
|C rank
|Short, Mid range
|Ninjutsu, Bukijutsu, & Fighting Style
|Chakra Nature
|Parent jutsu
|Chakra Threads
|Derived jutsu
|Puppet Performance: Skilful Achievement with a Human Body
The Puppet Technique is a unique ninjutsu fighting style; this technique uses chakra threads to control puppets like marionettes. Any number of chakra threads can be used to control a puppet, but users with more skill can use fewer strings per puppet. Both Chiyo and Sasori demonstrated the ability to control entire puppets perfectly using just one thread. While most puppeteers (傀儡使い, kugutsutsukai; ; ; ) would normally be able to control ten puppets at most (one per finger), Sasori's self-modification allowed him to control up to one hundred puppets at a time.
Drawbacks Edit
This technique has few weaknesses: according to Shino Aburame's observations during his fight against Kankurō, the Puppet Technique is a long range style, meaning that the puppeteers are weak against close range fighters. Since most puppeteer use his or her hands to manipulate the puppets, if their hands are disabled, then the technique can be neutralised. And because the puppet's movements are based on the mechanisms that were installed inside, interfering with said mechanisms can stall the puppet entirely. This was demonstrated by Shino during his fight against Kankurō, where he used his bugs to infiltrate Crow's joints, rendering the puppet immobile, and then again by Sasori, who used the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand to stall Chiyo's mechanical Chakra shields. Also, while controlling the puppet, the user is wide open if the opponent bypasses the puppet. For this reason, puppeteers avoid hand to hand battle, relying almost exclusively on their puppets instead. Another weakness is that a puppet's movement is dependent on the will of the user, and as such there will be a time lag between the user's commands and the puppet's response.
Sasori has managed to create innovative methods that can bypass such weaknesses, such as Hiruko, which is worn like a disguise, serving as armour and defending himself from attacks, and converting himself into a puppet, he can fight at close range without worrying about leaving himself wide open for a counter attack.
Appearance in Other Media Edit
In Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower, the main antagonist Mukade could use this technique to control an entire nation full of puppets at very long range, which numbered in thousands; he achieved this by connecting his chakra strings to a large pillar and pipes specialised in flowing chakra throughout the entire Rōran, expanding the number of strings and distance he can utilise.
Trivia Edit
- The inventor of this technique is Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Originally used for entertainment purposes, he worked diligently with other shinobi to convert the theatrical art into a unique form of combat.


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Discussion in 'Sports Zone' started by juck, Oct 31, 2012.
Who is it?
I know. I can't see how there can really be secrets about stuff like this with in today's world.
They call him the "LeBron of Europe". Donnie's words, second hand, not mine.
I don't buy it until I see it. Not the Lebron thing...because i know that can't be true...but any of it.
They don't make this stuff up, so I'm sure there is an actual player. I just doubt he's the best since Dirk. Still, I am curious who this guy is so we can look him up.
Unless we somehow already hold the rights to someone, I don't see how we have an advantage.
The Mavs are finding their footing and slowly working Dirk back into the mix.
Will be interesting to watch them around the trade deadline as Cuban promises they'll be active.
Collison and Mayo maturing this year into real NBA player is very important.
I think Kaman ,Brandon Wright,Dojo, and probably more gonna get traded. Kaman definitely. Good O horrid defense. We play so much better with Elton at the 5 next to Dirk.At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Cubes pulled off Dwight in the offseason. Its not working for him in LA.
Rudy Gay
I never said he is done, he just isn't at his prime anymore. he is still one of the best players in the league when healthy, but he won't dominate like he used to anymore
Every year people say this lol. :laugh2:
every year since last year?
Dirk is fine.
It started before he won a title.
He was supposedly in decline then. Until he mutilated all those defenses in the playoffs.
He isn't relying on raw athleticism to be great. Just skill, size, conditioning. There's very little to believe he can't be effective at an elevated age.
He lacked quickness and speed when he entered the league at 19.
+1 Stop making sense
I dont know who was saying that then, I never heard anything about him declining. The criticism I heard of dirk was all about his mental toughness, not his skills declining. You guys won't agree with me and will acuse me of beig a hater, but it's just a fact of life, he isn't as good as he was in his prime anymore and won't be at that level ever again. You are dreaming if u think 2011 dirk will return for more than a chameo every once in a while
Wow I haven't seen this thread in weeks lol I was wondering why nobody posted but on second thought I knew right away. I can't lie I am a Mavs fan but this year has been just blah. Not too much into basketball this year, mainly because the Mavs are horrible lol
Hang in there...it's getting better.
Plus all the non playoff team except the Mavs are stinking it up. And Houston is begging someone to take their playoff spot
It could get fun here in a week or two
Don't worry, he's fine!
In the Dallas Morning News today the Mavs players said that although they all realize its way too early to pay much attention to the standings, Rick Carlisle never quits reminding them that "this is a Playoff Franchise".
The in no way want to be the team that ends the current 12 consecutive year playoff streak.
Ill remember this
worst loss of the season.
Go ahead, but remember the part where I said that version of dirk will make chameos, much like 2003 Duncan shows up once every 15 games or so
We gotta be hovering around the record for most overtime games / most overtime losses.


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Organizers look at revamping car shows
Original post made on Apr 13, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, April 11, 2008, 11:47 AM
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a resident of Danville
on Apr 13, 2008 at 8:18 am
uh, hey Town Council geniuses - why don't figure out a way to take the businesses who are profiting hugely from the shows (restaurants like Crown, etc) and share their profits with those who must close? I can't think that Pup_purr_Ee "loses" more than a couple hundred bucks, while the Crown's take for the night must be near 10 grand at least. It's call "profit sharing".
Or is that too simple for you?
a resident of another community
on Apr 13, 2008 at 9:15 am
Dear neighbors,
Would it be too simple to suggest that Hot Summer Nights be staged at several locations including the Alamo business district. Closing Danville Blvd from Stone Valley Road to Jackson would provide a wonderful stage for the cars and our shopping center would profit from the access lanes created and opportunities for outdoor extensions of their retail offerings.
Imagine the surprise for commuters when "road closed" stopped their abuse of our roads if only for one night.
One HAL of a Pal
a resident of Danville
on Jun 8, 2008 at 6:35 am
I don't give a crap about these stupid car shows.
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on Jun 8, 2008 at 6:36 am
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Preheat oven to 425°F. Spray Doughnut Pan with vegetable pan spray.
In large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Combine buttermilk, eggs and melted butter; add to dry mixture. Beat by hand until just combined. Fill each pan cavity approximately 2/3 full.
Bake 7-9 minutes or until the tops of the doughnuts spring back when touched. Let cool in pan 4-5 minutes. Remove to cooling grid. Finish doughnuts with chocolate, vanilla or cinnamon glaze, cinnamon sugar or confectioners' sugar (see below). For glazed doughnuts, add sprinkles or colored sugars, if desired. Doughnuts are best served fresh.
Spread whole cookies with jam; top with cookies with cut-outs. Gently press together. If desired, lightly dust with confectioners' sugar.
Makes 12 doughnuts.
Omit nutmeg. Add the grated zest of one whole lemon (about 1 tablespoon). Mix and bake as instructed above.
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1-2 teaspoons hot water
In medium bowl, melt chocolate chips, butter, and corn syrup in microwave on 50% power for 1 minute, stirring frequently until completely melted. Stir in 1 teaspoon hot water, stirring until the glaze is thick and smooth. Add another teaspoon butter if glaze is too thick. Use immediately to glaze donuts.
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
In small bowl, stir together sugar, milk and vanilla until sugar is completely dissolved. Use immediately to glaze donuts.
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter, melted
In shallow bowl or plate, stir together the sugar and cinnamon. Dip the baked doughnut in melted butter; immediately roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture to coat.
Put 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar in a resealable plastic bag. Add doughnut, close the bag and shake to coat. Repeat with remaining donuts.
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3-4 tablespoons milk
In shallow bowl or plate, stir together the sugar, cinnamon and milk until sugar is completely dissolved. Use immediately to glaze donuts.


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Question: Is a banana a fruit or a herb?
Answer: This was a new question for us. We'd been asked whether a tomato was a fruit or a vegetable, but no one had ever questioned us about the fruit status of a banana before.
A bunch of ripe bananas from Museum Victoria's wax fruit collection. Photographer: John Broomfield, Source: Museum Victoria
A true fruit develops from the ovary at the base of a flower and contains the seeds of its plant. A tomato is therefore definitely a fruit. Other "vegetables" that are really fruits include capsicums, zucchinis and chillies.
A cluster of vine-ripened tomatoes from Museum Victoria's wax fruit collection.Photographer: John Broomfield, Source: Museum Victoria
Bananas also develop from the ovaries of flowers, but where are their seeds? We've eaten a lot of bananas and we've never found any. When we did some research, we discovered that wild bananas have obvious, black seeds. Apparently, the plants of commercially-grown bananas are sterile and the seeds only develop into tiny black specs. If you look closely, you should be able to see them.
So, now that we're sure a banana is a fruit, is it a herb? A herb is a plant whose stem does not contain any woody tissue. Banana "trees" are therefore not trees. They are herbaceous plants and should perhaps be called banana herbs.
So to answer this week's question, a banana is both a fruit and a herb.
Hi Rikaya, the infosheet explains why a banana is both a fruit and a herb. Have a read of the text above and you should be able to find the answer.
Hi David! The confusion here lies in the definition of "herb". Most people think of a herb as tasty vegetable matter used in cooking; the word herb really has two separate meanings as indicated by these Macquarie Dictionary definitions:
"1: a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody and persistent2: such a plant when valued for its medicinal properties, flavour, scent or the like."
This suggests that rosemary fits the definition of a herb in a culinary sense, but not in a botanical one.
What gets confusing is when a culinary plant is called a herb but is not used as a herb in a culinary sense!
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I totally agree.
I'm very pleased that someone is reading the "man aptitude"...That is the way to learn..Congratulations fmsam, great contribution to the community..
By the way, did you like reading the "man aptitude"?..See how easy it is..Now you learned a lot and know all options to aptitude..
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I am still getting:
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
when i run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade.
This is on a BT5 R3 32bit KDE. This was not an upgrade but rather a fresh install in august.
Updates seemed to work for a while after the installation, but then stopped.
Seems like it been like this for awhile.
Have you...g0tmi1k?
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How Sensitive is Your System?
Running a Sensitivity Analysis is one of my favorite mechatronic system simulations. I like SystemVision's ability to analyze my design and tell me which parameters have the most effect on a performance metric of my choosing. Makes designing systems a bit easier if I know which parameters to tweak in order to influence a particular measurement.
Before joining the SystemVision team…in another life with another simulator…I used a standard sensitivity analysis with a traditional flow: change a parameter, run a simulation, measure the results, then compare the measurement with nominal results to determine the sensitivity. Straightforward and simple. But SystemVision lets me dig a little deeper into my system's sensitivities with two additional sensitivity analyses, Tolerance-Based and Statistical, added to its standard Relative Sensitivity analysis.
SystemVision's Relative Sensitivity analysis is the standard simulation outlined above. The results tell me the percent change I can expect in a measured metric for a 1% change in parameter value. So if the waveform analyzer returns a relative sensitivity measurement of 0.45 for a performance metric, the default interpretation is "a 0.45% change in performance metric is expected for a 1% change in parameter value". More generally, a parameter change of N% will lead to a change of sens_result*N% in the measured value, where "sens_result" is the raw number returned by the sensitivity measurement.
The Tolerance-Based Sensitivity analysis adds additional detail. If tolerance information is added to a parameter, and the parameter is included in the sensitivity analysis, the tolerance information is considered in the sensitivity measurements. By combining the Relative Sensitivity and Tolerance-Based Sensitivity analysis results, I end up with some interesting insight into my system. Turns out that a parameter with a high relative sensitivity but a very tight tolerance may have very little affect on my system's performance metric. Even though the relative sensitivity is high, there isn't much room for the parameter to vary within its tight tolerance. On the other hand, if a parameter has a low relative sensitivity but its tolerance is very loose, the parameter is more likely to have a measureable effect on my system. Even though the relative sensitivity is low, the parameter has lots of room to vary within its loose tolerance.
Finally, the Statistical Sensitivity analysis might be the most interesting of all. It tells me which parameters contribute most to a performance measurement. In other words, it shows me what percentage of the performance metric variability is due to a specific parameter change. When all of the percentages are added up, the total should be approximately 100% — the more runs I require for the statistical analysis, the closer to 100% the total reaches. Results are interpreted a bit differently from either the Relative or Tolerance-Based sensitivity analyses. To reduce the variability of my design, I need to tighten tolerances on the parameters that have the most effect on my chosen performance metric. To reduce the cost of my design, I can loosen tolerances on the parameters that have little or no effect on my chosen performance metric – less precise components cost less money.
So what does all of this mean? First, and perhaps most important, if I only use the standard sensitivity analysis, I will miss important insights into my system – insights that will not only improve my system's performance, but also might improve reliability and perhaps reduce overall manufacturing and maintenance costs. Second, no performance metric should be considered in isolation. Optimizing my system for a specific performance metric may have a negative effect on other metrics. I need to make sure I understand the performance metric priorities for my system. Finally, and probably most obvious, a sensitivity analysis should not be used in isolation. It's just one option in SystemVision's toolbox for making sure my system works as it should.
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Former NSA Director Michael Hayden Responds To Edward Snowden Claim
One of the most startling disclosures from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked top secret documents to The Guardian andThe Washington Post was that he could tap into the private email of any American citizen—even President Obama—from his desk station in Hawaii.
Former top NSA officials interviewed by The Daily Beast Tuesday, however, say Snowden's claim that systems administrators like himself could eavesdrop on U.S. citizens is incorrect, and that any NSA employee that targeted even a foreign source for personal reasons would be stripped of clearances and fired on the spot.
"Not all analysts have the power to target anything," Snowden told The Guardian in an interview posted Sunday. "But I, sitting at my desk, had the authority to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president if I had a personal email."
Michael Hayden, a former NSA director and CIA director, said Snowden's assertion was "absolutely outrageous." "He was not a collector," he said. "I don't know he could do anything like that," adding that Snowden, a low-ranking contractor, would not have the authority or access to listen in on phone calls or read emails from anyone.
It is difficult to evaluate the claims of the officials—or those of Snowden—because the organization operates in almost total secrecy. A running joke inside the intelligence community is that NSA stands for "no such agency."
Adding to the confusion is that even members of Congress, such as Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, are now saying they were not fully informed about the dragnet collection of call records of U.S. telecom companies, and other data from internet companies. On Tuesday, lawyers from the Justice Department and the NSA briefed members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on the two NSA programs disclosed by The Guardian and The Washington Post.
"Rogue collection" at the NSA over the years was extremely rare, the former top official said. Asked for an example, Hayden said he remembered a collector who was fired for trying to snoop on his ex-wife overseas.
"A rogue collector would lose his clearance and be run out of the organization," said Joel Brenner, a former inspector general and senior counsel for the NSA who left the agency in 2010. Brenner said that he didn't recall ever dealing with "rogue collecting" during his time at as inspector general.
What did occupy his time, said Brenner, was what he called errors and "over-collection"— information with no foreign intelligence value or unintentionally collected information about a U.S. person. "You've got to understand that over-collection is to some degree inevitable," he said. "When you are taking information off of a fiber optic cable with unimaginably large volumes passing at the speed of light, you are going to get some stuff that has to be filtered out later."
Another issue, Brenner said, is "analytical error," when a collector who believes he or she was targeting a foreign person turned out to instead be targeting an American citizen. In such an instance, the NSA is compelled to eliminate the data that was collected. "If someone is making lots of errors they will get a talking-to."
While the NSA has been rocked by the week's disclosures, the agency appears to have anticipated a backlash against its mining of Internet data and call records. In February, the agency's general counsel Rajesh De gave a public, if little noticed at the time, speech at Georgetown University responding to what he said were three "false myths" about the NSA: that "NSA is a vacuum that indiscriminately sweeps up and stores global communications;" that "NSA is spying on Americans at home and abroad with questionable or no legal basis;" and that "NSA operates in the shadows free from external scrutiny or any true accountability."
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- Issa's Missing Testimony
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East Bank Flats hotel now open
(Cleveland) - Another project in the long awaited revitalization of the Flats East Bank takes a major step forward today, with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Aloft Hotel.
Attending were developer Scott Wolstein, Iris Wolstein, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, and County Executive Ed fitzGerald.
Aloft Cleveland Downtown becomes the newest addition as The Wolstein Group and local leaders will be on hand for the ribbon cutting.
The 150 loft style room hotel, owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, is connected to the new Ernst & Young Tower by climate controlled walkway. Phase one of the project will officially be completed when restaurants Willeyville, Lago, and Ken Stewart's are added later this summer.
George Kimson with The Wolstein Group says that the project represents the rebirth of a long awaited construction plan.
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"For us, it's part of the revitalization of the Flats East Bank Project," Kimson says. "This is just the first phase of the redevelopment of this project."
The next phase of the project will include more entertainment and restaurants, as well as apartment style housing that Kimson says downtown is in desperate need of.
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Romeo Santos Talks Getting Nicki Minaj and Drake Into Bachata
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The King of Bachata, Romeo Santos, called in to On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Thursday morning to talk about his new album and its big-name collaborations.
In fact, his show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles sold out, so he had to a second night on May 24!
"It's a blessing," says Romeo. "I'm really extremely excited [about] my second solo album. It's been an incredible musical journey. I started with Aventura over 10 years [ago], and now this is my second album. I've been a solo artist for three-and-a-half years, maybe four, so I'm really blessed."
His new album Formula, Vol. 2, features none other than Nicki Minaj and Drake … so was he worried they wouldn't be able to pick up Bachata (a Latino genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic, as well as a sexy style of dance)?
"To be honest with you, every time I'm gonna produce a new record, I'm thinking about artists and the caliber of Drake, Nicki, I have that fear, like 'Ok, will they be able to adapt to what Bachata is?' And to be honest, it's always been their initiative, they always want to sing Spanish, and I find it incredible. The funny thing is they do it so simple, you would think they've been influenced or listen to Bachata for a while."
Tickets for Romeo's second Staples Center concert are available on AEGLive.com!


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The Magician shows a small black bag both sides and inside out.
He removes his gloves and drops them into the bag. (A dove could also be dropped in the bag)
In a flash the bag changes into a cape!
It is a completely different color, shape, and size!!
The items previously dropped in the bag are gone.
The magician can wear the cape the rest of his performance!!
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University names 2009 Homecoming Court
Nick Riley of Louisville, Ky., and Maya Procinsky of Oakton, Va., were named Homecoming King and Queen at the University of South Carolina Monday night (Oct. 19) at Carolina Coliseum, part of the university's Homecoming Showcase.
Alex Stroman of Chester and Maria Scalici of Birmingham, Ala., were named prince and princess.
A panel of judges comprising faculty, administrators, alumni and members of the community made the selections after the application, interview and showcase phases of the competition.
Riley, a junior majoring in chemistry and psychology, is the son of James and Deborah Riley and a graduate of Ballard High School. A student in the South Carolina Honors College, Riley is a McNair scholar and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. He also serves as a University Ambassador and a University 101 peer leader.
Procinsky, a senior majoring in accounting, is the daughter of Mike and Marta Procinsky and a graduate of Oakton High School. She is the historian of Omicron Delta Kappa, a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and treasurer of Mortar Board.
Stroman, a junior majoring in political science, is the son of Jim and Sandra Stroman and president of Phi Kappa Sigma. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, vice president of the student body and legislative aide to S.C. Rep. Greg Delleney.
Scalici, a junior majoring in nursing, is the daughter of Paul and Teena Marie Scalici. She is a McKissick scholar, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, Omicron Delta Kappa and the Student Nurses Association.


text: This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert—who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary forms of expression. These exceptional artists reveal their aesthetic philosophies, their techniques and personal styles, and the exaltation they feel when they are immersed in the act of creation. This film is a moving testimony to the role that female Aboriginal artists have played in maintaining the voice of Aboriginal culture.


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text: Hi everybody! I've been having this problem for a while now and I haven't been able to solve it: Whenever I access a MPI shared file my program freezes and it doesn't give any output or errors. I made this very very simple program in C to test it: #include "mpi.h" #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { MPI_File fh; MPI_Init(&argc,&argv); MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, "datafile", MPI_MODE_CREATE | MPI_MODE_RDWR, MPI_INFO_NULL, &fh); MPI_File_close(&fh); MPI_Finalize(); return 0; } As I said it freezes and I have to kill it myself with qdel command. It actually creates the file "datafile", and there's no output in the error or output files besides the ones related to being manually killed. I send this program to torque with this PBS script: #! /bin/bash #PBS -S /bin/bash #PBS -A batch #PBS -N test_mpi_file #PBS -l nodes=2:ppn=2 #PBS -l walltime=00:02:50 #PBS -j oe cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR mpiexec.hydra -rmk pbs /home/pablo/Programs/mbg/c/test_mpi_file I have the next SW configuration: - mpich2 1.2.1 using Hydra - Torque 2.5.7 - Maui 3.2.6 Maybe it has something to do with the NFS home directory that is shared with all the nodes, because I can execute the program with no problem when I do it in just one machine, being the head node or any other. It only fails when two or more machines are accessing the file. Any help would be very appreciated! Thanks


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By Christian Zerbel Herald Writer
The Snohomish County Arts Commission is looking for site-specific art proposals to be featured at Miner's Corner Park.
The potential works will be placed at up to three sites within the park, and only artwork that integrates Americans with Disabilities Act design guidelines will be considered, seeing that Miner's Corner Park is set to become the county's first fully inclusive park.
The new park is located at the intersection of 228th Street southeast and 45th Avenue southeast, east of Bothell.
"The opportunities are boundless," said Wendy Becker, county economic and cultural development officer. "The county is really going to get a good bang for its buck."
Money for the project comes from fees some construction projects must pay for public art.
The budget is $51,500, according to Becker.
"All of us believe that art in public spaces make for great communities, and one of the best places to have great art is in our parks." said Tom Teigen, county parks director.
The competition is open to professional artists. The deadline for conceptions is April 1. Up to three artists will be chosen as finalists and will be asked to develop formal proposals. A winner or winners will be picked from those.
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My grandson and I went on an adventure last week. We were riding TRAX downtown when a guy wearing a tuxedo got on. He was carrying a violin case.
"A hit man," I whispered to Gage. "Be careful. There's probably a machine gun in that case."
My grandson is only 9 but he's got some of me in him. He's just rude enough to ask complete strangers personal questions.
A few minutes later, Gage said, "He plays in the symphony. And it's a viola. Not a machine gun."
Our adventure began Saturday evening. We put on nice shirts and neckties and went downtown to Abravanel Hall. It was his idea that we go on an adventure to the symphony.
And because he asked me in front of his mother and grandmother, there was no way of talking him into staying home and shooting lug nuts out of a homemade cannon instead.
"You better make it exciting for him," my wife warned.
The Utah Symphony was performing the movie scores of famed composer John Williams, who's won something like 800 Oscars and Grammy awards for soundtracks to movies such as "Star Wars," "Valley of the Dolls," Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Cowboys."
I didn't know any of that before the symphony. Had I been asked, I would have said John Williams was Hank's younger brother.
I managed to work a little real excitement into our adventure by leaving our tickets at home. We had to stand in line to get new ones so we could go in.
We sat down in the orchestra pit. A symphony warming up sounds like a stockyard in Oz: hoot, squeal, thump, bleat, whine, honk. It's a cacophony of discordant noise but all of it magically in tune.
While we waited, I explained to Gage what I knew about the various musical instruments. That one was just plumbing with a mouthpiece. A mentally ill monkey could play that other one. And that one over there made my teeth hurt when it was played by itself.
I managed to impress Gage with the fact that I once played in an orchestra. I was third chair trombone in the fourth and fifth grades at Garfield Elementary.
When he asked if I still played, I admitted giving up music in sixth grade because I had discovered girls and didn't want to look like a dork lugging a trombone to school. Also, I wasn't very good. There were only two trombone chairs in our band.
I asked Gage which of all the instruments in the symphony he would most like to learn to play.
Gage: "The bass. That big one that stands up."
Me: "The bass? That's not a musical instrument. It's a canoe with a neck."
The disapproving looks of several nearby patrons invited me to shut up. Lucky for them, it was time for the symphony to start. The lights dimmed and the maestro appeared.
Jerry Steichen conducted the Utah Symphony Saturday. He marched in wearing some kind of "Star Wars" costume, and said, "Happy may the fourth be with you." (Hint: Saturday was May 4).
Some of the audience applauded the play on words. I told Gage that Jerry probably got chased home a lot from school.
Much as I was prepared to be bored by the symphony, I wasn't. There's something about watching music being played by people who REALLY know what they're doing. Gage was thrilled when we spotted our friend the hit man playing.
By the second song "Memoirs of a Geisha" I had forgotten all about cannons and was enthralled by the magic of blending 50 instruments into a single heartbreak. It was beautiful.
Two hours and a secret sack of candy later, it ended with Gage's favorite: the score from "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial." On the way out, Gage said he liked the symphony even though it wasn't really all that dangerous.
But the adventure wasn't over yet. The symphony lasted so long that we missed the last train home. We had to call and get his grandmother out of bed to come and get us.


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Contenders For the 2013 Annual Report Oscars: Our Picks
It's not just screenwriters and supporting actresses who get their night on the red carpet: The people who labor over corporate annual reports also have their night in the spotlight.
And September 26 is that night this year: The Gold & Grand Gala of the 27th Annual International ARC Awards. That's an acronym for Annual Report Competition, in case you were wondering. The contest is run by MerComm, which describes itself as "the world's only independent awards organization dedicated to defining the standards of excellence in the communications fields."
This week the winners in almost 60 categories were announced, and the categories get pretty specific — Best Printing and Production – Sri Lanka, for example (Here's the winner, in case you're interested). But the real action comes in late September, when the Best in Show is chosen from among those category winners, along with Platinum and Titanium achievement awards.
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Blevins late goal clips Eagles wings, 4-3September 27, 2008
Brevard, N.C. - Tim Blevins came off the bench to score the game-winning goal, leading the Tornados to a thrilling 4-3 victory over the visiting Toccoa Falls College Eagles on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Brevard improves to 2-7-1, 0-4 SAC on the season while Toccoa Falls drops to 3-6.
Scoring in the first half was early and often as both teams had several runs deep into their opponents' territory and the goalkeepers faced an onslaught of shots. The Tornados struck first, seven minutes into the game when Miika Kastarinen (Jyvasleyla, Finland) ran through the Eagle defense and buried the ball in the net, despite goalkeeper Travis Julian's (Brazaville, Congo) deflection.
Toccoa Falls nearly scored two minutes later when a corner kick by Evan Strouse (Deland, Fl.) landed in front of an unmarked Jeremy Bill (Pittsburgh, Pa.). However, the Tornado defense recovered to deflect the ball out of the box to end the scoring chance.
Both teams traded shots up until the 31st minute when Kastarinen maneuvered his way through three defenders to find a wide-open Jussi Halonen (Joensuu, Finland) inside the goalie box. Halonen slipped his shot in the bottom right corner of the goal increasing the lead to, 2-0.
The Eagles got on the board in the 42nd minute when Jonathan Yang (Akron, Pa.) led David Eckman (Jakarta, Indonesia) into the box. Eckman took the pass and rolled a shot past the advancing goalkeeper Jerry Hatsady (Orlando, Fl.) to cut the lead in half, 2-1.
Less than a minute later Kyle Hamilton (Peterhead, Scotland) answered when he unleashed a rocket from near midfield off a pass from Henri Erti (Kangasala, Finland). Hamilton's shot carried the distance and cleared Julian's fingertips by inches before slamming into the back of the net bringing the score to 3-1.
The score remained the same until halftime. For the half, both goalkeepers were busy as the teams combined for 20 shots, with Toccoa Falls holding the slight advantage 11-9. Julian made two saves on the five shots on goal, while poor shooting by the Eagles led to Hatsady not needing to record a save.
In the second half, the Eagles came out on the attack behind Jake Warren (Gainesville, Ga.) who single-handedly brought the team back into the game. In the 68th minute Warren made a brilliant move in the goalbox, faking Hatsady left before placing his shot in the lower right corner of the goal. In the 83rd minute Eckman made a run through the defense before dropping a pass back to an open Warren who hammered home the shot, tying the game at 3-3.
With most of the crowd assuming the game was going to overtime, the Tornados went on one last attack. After Halonen received a pass from the back, he slipped the ball to Blevins (Boiling Springs, N.C.) who crossed his defender and placed a shot past a diving Julian into the bottom left corner of the net, scoring his first career goal putting Brevard up, 4-3.
After a desperate attack by the Eagles which was cleared after several great plays by Tornado defender Chris Maness (Jacksonville, Fl.), the Tornados celebrated on the field as time ran out.
In the second half, both keepers faced another barrage of shots as Toccoa Falls attempted 12 and Brevard added another six. Hatsady stopped two of the three shots on goal, while Julian allowed the game-winner on the two shots on goal he faced.
The Brevard Men's Soccer team is back in action on Wednesday, October 1, when they play the host to Queens University of Charlotte, with a kickoff time of 4 p.m. Toccoa Falls returns home to host Warren Wilson College on Monday, September 29 at Toccoa Falls, Ga.


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We all have different talents. For example, you might be an expert at identifying birds, while your friend can't tell a robin from a root vegetable. So what do you do? You sigh exasperatedly, grab your friend's binoculars, and unleash a stream of invectives informing that hopeless, imbecilic good-for-nothing that her efforts at birding are embarrassing and, what's more, that she's a terrible person who's probably working towards the collapse of civilization – right? No, of course not. But this petulant impatience with others who don't see things our way is one of the defining hallmarks of contemporary discourse on the Big Issues. If we don't cut it out, we'll never solve any of those issues – and civilization itself, along with all our descendants, will suffer for it. [Read more…]


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Tornados defeat Coker in Saturday afternoon action, 3-1September 19, 2009
Seaman and Atkinson had double-digit kill games in victory
Hartsville, S.C. - Brooke Seaman and Jamie Atkinson both recorded double-digit kills as the Tornados improved to 7-3 on the season with a 25-16, 25-12, 18-25, 25-13 win over the host Coker Cobras.
Seaman had 13 kills on the day, hitting 22.6% with five total blocks, while Atkinson had 10 kills, hitting 34.8% and two blocks as the Tornados recorded 13 total blocks on the game.
Bethany Stevenson set up the Tornados offense, recording 37 set assists to go with two service aces, while junior libero Rebecca Schoonover led the backline with 18 digs. Caroline Merrill and Chelsey Trojan each had 11 digs for the Tornados as they held Coker to a 3.9% hitting percentage on the day.
The Tornados opened the first set with a 6-2 run as kills by Christin Johnston and Stevenson paced the Brevard attack.
A Coker rally to bring the game back within three was met by a 7-3 run as Trojan fired an ace and the Tornados were helped by a pair of Cobras' attack errors.
Brevard finished game one on a 9-4 run as Jordei Osby slammed home the last point as the Tornados claimed the first set 25-16.
Seaman served the Tornados to a 10-1 lead at the beginning of set two, placing a service ace and Atkinson recorded a pair of kills as Brevard laid claim to the second game early.
The teams played out the rest of the set evenly, but a kill by Johnston ended the game in BC's favor, 25-12.
Coker responded to rally and take set three 25-18, going up 15-9 due to a trio of Brevard attack errors. The Tornados fought back to put the game back within two at 17-15, but Lisa Ross was able to put in the last point of the third set to put the score at two games to one.
Coker opened up set four with the first point on a kill by Abby Frame, but the Tornados responded with a 21-11 run to go up 21-12 as Seaman recorded five kills in the run. A kill by Stevenson ended the match in favor of the Tornados at 25-13.
The Tornados jump back into conference play, heading to Wingate, N.C. on Tuesday, September 23rd as they play Wingate University, with first serve coming at 7 p.m.


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Educators from Mount Saint Mary College and beyond examined the
challenges "digital native" adolescents face – and how to use
technology to teach them – at "Adolescence in the Digital Age," the
fourth annual conference of the college's Center for Adolescent
Research and Development (CARD).
The conference consisted of five powerful presentations: "Social
Media and Adolescent Risk Behaviors" by Mount professors Frances R.
Spielhagen (education) and Paul D. Schwartz (psychology), CARD
co-directors; "Digital Resources for the Common Core State
Standards" by Ludmila Smirnova, professor of education at the
Mount; "Cyberbullying and Other Web-Based Crimes" by investigator
Christopher Jones of the New York State Troopers; "Digitalk:
Literacy Concerns in the Digital Age" by Kristen Turner, associate
professor at Fordham University; and "What's New on the Digital
Horizon?" by Alex Valentin, director of information technology at
the Mount.
The proliferation of technology – from computers and cellphones
to ever more elaborate video game consoles – has created a complex
digital world for today's adolescents, explained Spielhagen.
"The social interactions which have nurtured people to adulthood
have changed in definition, thanks to Facebook and Twitter," she
Thus, there is a "remoteness" not present in other generations,
said Spielhagen.
"If you think of all the traditional psychologists, they say
that maturity comes from connectedness. So how do we define that
connectedness, and how do we define that interaction?" she asked.
"That might be a challenge for our digital natives moving
At least, that's what it appears to be.
"I wonder if, in fact, adolescents still have their 'best buds,'
and they are redefining what it means to be connected," Spielhagen
said. "That's the question we're all facing: What does this
What it could mean for educators, according to Smirnova, is a
new way to reach their students.
"Our students have changed as learners," she said. "With the
right preparation and understanding, teachers can use the power of
student learners, enhanced by technology."
For example, Smirnova demonstrated a program called Nearpod for
mobile devices, which can engage students with classroom surveys.
The program produces instant results, so it can be used to assess
prior knowledge before beginning a new unit, or as a way for
students to express opinions during a roundtable discussion.
Valentin presented a brief study on social media, blogs, wikis,
and other tools "to enhance your classroom and teaching
experience," he said. "Apps can be fun and open new roads to
connected learning."
Spielhagen and Schwartz recently edited "Adolescence in the 21st
Century: Constants and Challenges," consisting of topics presented
at prior CARD conferences. The upcoming book features chapters
written by Mount Saint Mary College faculty and others, on topics
such as communication between adolescent daughters and their
mothers (Debra A. Hrelic, PhD, RNC); the changing definition of
what it means to be literate (J. David Gallagher, PhD); how to
increase religious tolerance in adolescents (Margaret Murphy, OP,
PhD); the case study of a child born with a positive toxicology to
crack cocaine (Rae Fallon, PhD); how service-learning projects can
prepare students for the workforce (Moira Tolan, PhD); and
increasing communication skills in adolescents with autism spectrum
disorder (Irene Van Riper, EdD).
CARD was established at Mount Saint Mary College in 2009 by
Schwartz; Spielhagen; Sarah Uzelac, associate professor of
psychology; and Amanda Maynard, associate professor of
Initiatives include:
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Republicans Have Money Edge in Open Seat House Races
September 30, 2010 | This fall, Republicans need a net gain of 39 seats to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Some of the seats most likely to flip from the Democratic column to Republican control stem from the retirements of sitting Democratic incumbents. And when it comes to competing for these open seats, Republicans own a financial advantage.
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Thread: Too tired to have sex.
28th May 2012 04:41 PM #1
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Too tired to have sex.
I'm a stay home mum and on a normal day it's just me and my daughter.
And I could say whole day is not enough to finish all the chores inside the *house
as well as attending to my kids need. End of the day I'm already worn out to have sex with my hubby, what advice you could share on this?
29th May 2012 10:33 AM #2
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Hi Mumnlikenit,
I've been in your shoes! Except with me, it happened after I had my 3rd child and I was starting to experience Adrenal Fatigue which the doctor completely missed (I realized it a few years later when it got really bad).
So now is definitely the time to be addressing this as it's possible to have way more energy than what you're experiencing AND be energetic and excited to make love at night.
Apart from not having enough energy in the evening, there is usually one part of the month when a woman is much more interested in sex than at any other time in the month, and that's during her fertile window, most especially at ovulation. When hormones change in order for the body to release an egg so that conception can occur, these hormonal changes cause a woman to feel more amorous. In fact there have been studies showing that you can tell when a woman is fertile because she buys sexier clothing during that time. Makes sense!
Please see my post about managing PMS as the advice I left there will not only help to balance your hormones so that you're more eager to make love, but will give you a lot more energy too.
One thing that can quickly help to balance hormones and skyrocket your energy is to eat a mostly raw diet. One really healthy, yummy and easy way to eat some raw foods is to make a green smoothie. Children love them and so do adults.
Here's a video showing you how to quickly make a green smoothie packed with nutrients and energy for your body. Please note that she starts with water in the bottom of her blender before adding the greens. I would start with less greens and then gradually, over a few weeks, add more. You want to love this smoothie, and if you're not used to drinking greens in your smoothie, you'll want to be sure it tastes more like fruit so you enjoy it.
I'd also like to mention that Traditional Chinese Medicine can be really good for balancing hormones.
Hope this helps!
Warm regards,
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I feel the same way! Also, that is great information Kate.


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Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Department overview
The Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is committed to advancing our field through scientific discovery and education. We foster the next generation of orthopaedic leaders through our training programs. Our Division of Musculoskeletal Sciences (DOMS) expands the scope of basic science, translational research, and regenerative medicine interests within the department.
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Our blog publishes articles by our orthopaedic staff to share discoveries and successes.
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- Case report: Osteochondral glenoid reconstruction for recurrent glenohumeral instability
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- Novel Pin Array Guide Boosts Accuracy of Glenoid Component Positioning in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
- Identify Stem Cells in Shoulder Bursa, Intend to Explore Use in Tendon Repair
- Space flight and bone loss - learn about a collaborative research effort to understand the impact of weightless environments on bones.