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When asked to design a house, it is assumed architects would rather start with a blank canvas than reinvent an existing structure. That's especially true when the house is of no particular provenance—say, a bi-level production home near the end of its life cycle. Clients, too, often overlook the opportunities to piece together old and new.
An exception is Eric and J.J. Edstrom, who live in a wooded subdivision west of Milwaukee. After 10 years in their boxy 1970s-era home, the couple agreed that its 1,300 square feet was roomy enough for them and their young daughter, even if it was dull and dysfunctional. They wanted a modern, compact design, one that would salvage the building's still-viable structural parts.
The couple enlisted Milwaukee-based Johnsen Schmaling Architects, who saw the project as a chance to experiment with using the foundation, perimeter walls, and plumbing stacks of an outmoded structure as the framework for a new one. Architects Brian Johnsen, AIA, and Sebastian Schmaling, AIA, thought of it as a clean box, if not a clean slate.
"We thought about how to bring in light, take advantage of views, and connect the house to the outside—all the things you'd do when designing from scratch," Schmaling says. Reorganizing the interior added space and opened up the cellular floor plan, while three bigger moves judiciously accomplished the other goals. A new shed roof, supported by exposed metal and wood trusses, slopes up toward the north, inviting light deep into the interior through a long band of translucent, aerogel-filled polycarbonate glazing.
"Before the remodel, it was like a dungeon in here; now we don't have to turn on any lights during the day," Eric Edstrom says. "The roof design was an important eco-issue—how to use a translucent material across the front of the house without losing heating or cooling."
In fact, Schmaling says, the polycarbonate's ?-inch aerogel cavity has an R-value of 7, compared to 2.6 to 3.5 for 1-inch-thick insulated low-E glazing. (Solutions such as these earned the home a 2010 AIA Housing Award, a recognition that is increasingly looking to honor ecological design.)
The facades are built for environmental performance. Walls with large windows were reframed using 2x6 studs, and the remaining walls were furred out to create a 5-inch cavity filled with spray-foam insulation. Attached to the sheathing is a VaproShield membrane that allows the house to breathe. A COR-TEN steel rainscreen, hung 1 inch from the membrane, wraps the house on three sides and eliminates heat and moisture buildup.
In these straitened times, Johnsen and Schmaling's approach offers a sensible alternative to the default response of tearing down and building bigger. "We were probably more involved in construction than on a new home because of not knowing what we'd encounter," Schmaling says. "But I don't think it's anything people should be afraid of." He estimates the owners saved about 25% in construction costs by using the existing house's bones.
"There's a sense of pride when you know you've saved something you easily could have torn down," he says. "You don't have to start from scratch to create something of value and artistic integrity." AIA


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Garhmukteshwar Overview
You can reach Garhmukteshwar from Madurai by road in about using a cab upon driving using a cab.
Garhmukteshwar is a town cum village and a municipal board in Panchsheel Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Garhmukteshwar is a popular religious spot close to Delhi and is also a mini-Benares. This closest encounter with the river Ganges is only 100 km from the national capital, and on the way to Kolkata. Holy dips in the sacred Ganges River are widely celebrated on chosen occasions of the year. Garhmukteshwar has been mentioned in the Mahabharata and Bhagwat Gita and is believed to have been an ancient city of Hastinapur which was the capital city of Kauravas.Earlier the town was called "Gan-Mukteshwar" - "Gan" meaning and "Mukteshwar" meaning place of deliverance.If you are looking for car rental Garhmukteshwar let us know and we will be happy to provide you with best budgeted deals for . Book cabs in Garhmukteshwar

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The Nikon AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8DThursday February 09 2012
Having analyzed the Nikkor AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D last week, we continue with our series of articles about Nikkor AF-D lenses, this time focusing on the famous Nikon AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D.
Here we have analyzed its full-field performance when mounted on a Nikon D3x, but as per usual, performance results are available for this lens when mounted on other cameras — for example, the Nikon D5000 or the even older Nikon D200.
The Nikon AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D review
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Community and elected officials from four east Valley communities joined Banner Health leaders on a "whistle stop bus tour" on Thursday visiting the future sites of four Banner Health Centers which will provide new jobs and highly-coordinated patient care in convenient, neighborhood locations.
The four new centers, a $45.2 million investment by Banner Health, will bring new medical services to markets with a demonstrated need for additional primary care in the east Valley. The centers, including sites in Gilbert (Warner and Gilbert roads), Queen Creek (Ellsworth Loop and Ocotillo roads), Chandler (Alma School and Willis roads), and east Mesa (Crimson and Baseline roads), are anticipated to open in mid-2013.
Each 21,000-square-foot facility will offer a mix of primary care services for everyone in the family. Depending on the community, this may include Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and, in some cases, Obstetrics and Gynecology. In addition, rotating physician specialists are expected to be scheduled onsite to meet patient needs.
Basic imaging and laboratory services are available onsite at each center for added patient convenience. Electronic medical records at all centers are accessible from all of Arizona's 14 Banner hospitals and other Banner facilities. Each Banner Health Center will have the capacity for future growth in both size and staff. The architect for the east Valley health centers is HMC Architects and the general contractor is Kitchell.
"We look forward to providing residents in the east Valley quality and convenient care that is close to where they live," said Jim Brannon, Chief Executive Officer for Banner Medical Group. "Our care will be patient-focused and stress preventative care for the entire family."
All east Valley Banner Health Centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.


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I agree that it can be irritating to get emails days after you have posted a "promised" or "taken" note on FC. Even worse is when you have deleted the ad and still get the emails. I don't consider it a big deal, but it's just annoying enough to cause me not answer them at all, something I otherwise always do.
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Neil Young's new album arrives quietly for record store day
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Neil Young's New album is now out.
Billboard.com says A Letter Home was unveiled without fanfare last Friday through Jack White's Third Man Records. Fans can order the 12-inch vinyl album at ThirdManStore.com.
The disc received a wider distribution on Saturday, and was available at participating Record Store Day outlets.
A Letter Home has been described as "an unheard collection of rediscovered songs from the past recorded on ancient electro-mechanical technology."
The covers album features Young's renditions of songs originally made famous by Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Springsteen, and others.
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Lollapalooza 2014 Tickets ON SALE NOW!
Lollapalooza 2014 tickets are ON SALE NOW!
UPDATE: 3 day passes are officially sold out! Don't worry music lovers, single day passes go on sale Wednesday, March 26th at 11am ET. Be sure to head over to www.lollapalooza.com/tickets to snag yours before they sell out!
While you're at it, gear up for this year's festival by listening Lollapalooza Radio on iHeartRadio, featuring music from festivals past.
Lollapalooza 2014 takes place August 1-3, 2014 at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.


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Adding to the mess is another wreck in backup at Round Lake Blvd. A nice tangled mess up in Anoka/Coon Rapids.
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University Associates names officers
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Pamela P. Lackey, president of AT&T South Carolina, has been elected president of the University of South Carolina's University Associates for 2012-2013.
"USC is one of this country's outstanding research universities and an essential part of South Carolina's future," Lackey said. "I look forward to continuing to work with all the University Associates in supporting this tremendous institution and its dedicated faculty and administrators."
University Associates is a "town and gown" organization of Midlands-area business, community and professional leaders who are committed to supporting and promoting USC. Meetings throughout the year feature addresses by the university president and highlight special programs and activities.
Charles D. "Chuck" Beaman Jr., CEO of Palmetto Health, was tapped to be president-elect; Charles W. "Chuck" Garnett, president and CEO of the National Bank of South Carolina, was elected vice president; and J. Cantey Heath Jr., special assistant to the university president, was elected secretary-treasurer.
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- Workshop on use of Simulation for Physicians from the Jefferson Affiliated Hospitals. Half day workshop that allows clinicians from our affiliated hospitals to have "hands-on" interaction with the tools here at the Rector CSSC. We allow them to experience and then begin to use programs with human simulation, multimedia simulation (including JEFF PLAYERS), and the low and high-fidelity simulation equipment including ultrasound equipment, laparoscopic simulators, endoscopic simulators and Sim-man, located at the Rector CSSC. Approximately 45 faculty in 2008 and in 2009 have attended. The mechanism to access the Rector CSSC for program development and for individual practice sessions is given to them. Many have used this access.
- Remediation and Professional Development Programs for practicing physicians. Under the leadership and vision of Dr Vergare and our full time Rector CSSC faculty member, Joseph Majdan, MD (Director of Professional Development) we have developed, and are implementing and evolving programs for retooling and remediating skills set deficits in practicing physicians. We have developed the Physician Clinical Assessment Program (PCAP) for practicing physicians who have potential remediation needs. This uses the full resources of the Center including faculty, curriculum development, human simulation, evaluation, multimedia and manikin simulation. The program, which is entirely run in the Rector CSSC, currently involves several physicians as learners.
- Conflict Resolution Program in the Emergency Department. With the Rector CSSC, Alan Forstater, a faculty member in the TJUH ED developed, four cases based upon real-life conflicts in the Emergency Department. Screenplays were written, cases were cast using the JEFF PLAYERS group and two video clips were produced. These were then integrated into a curriculum for teaching conflict resolution in an Interdisciplinary manner with RN, NA, MD, attending physicians, techs, security guards, and secretaries all in attendance in these small group teaching sessions. Tim Brigham helped in the development of this Faculty Development and interdisciplinary curriculum.
- High fidelity simulator training: The Rector CSSC has scheduled programs for training and use of the high fidelity simulation models for faculty across the Colleges at the University. These include NOELLE, SIM-MAN and Harvey.
Faculty Development Programs
The Rector CSSC develops, produces and evaluates curricula for faculty development using simulation and simulation tools. In working with the Dean of the Medical College, specifically the senior Associate Dean for CME, Karen Novielli MD and with our Director of Professional Development, Joseph Majdan, MD, the Rector CSSC team has developed, supported, and evolved many simulation-based teaching and evaluation programs that cover the scope of the clinical core competencies delineated by the ACGME.
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- The Rector CSSC is committed to developing and fostering programs to support and train faculty in the use of simulation in clinical skills teaching and assessment
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- We have developed several faculty development and physician-in practice programs here at the center.
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However, revenue from arcade operations during the first quarter posted a net drop of 8.3% compared with last year. Arcade profits were also down. One bright spot was that same-store sales in arcades ticked up slightly compared with the previous quarter. Sega operates 240 facilities.
Sega's home videogame sales were down in the U.S. and Europe in the first quarter. But sales of online and mobile game content were up, as were pachinko sales and profits.
Sega Sammy Holdings, Sega Corp.'s parent, said overall revenues for its first quarter were $894.2 million, up 7.1% from the previous year's first quarter. After recording overall losses of $28 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2012, Sega said first-quarter 2013 profits rose to $32.5 million.
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Is it patched in Backtrack 4 Pre Final?
Tutorial on how to inject with zydas zd1211 and zd1211b usb chips.
Tutorial URL here: forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=5334.0
Note: even though this driver is patched under BT4b if you apply those steps you will triple your injection speed!
Is it patched in Backtrack 4 Pre Final?
The injection finally works.. is how it works.. I've had this Atheros Chipset, zydas1211b for 2-3 years now.. and on every version of backtrack I could never make it work.. (last one I tried was backtrack 3 final or beta.. been a while..)
Now in Backtrack 4 Pre Final.. it finally hacks properly.. (injects was it's problem with Bt3) I was just wondering if it would hack faster.. cause now after I broke my test router in 30 minutes (to speed up the hack.. I popped a client onto the router) I'm just watching it slow hack another router with no traffic.. and I was wondering if these patch's would do the speed up as talked about..
Perhaphs as you say it only injects a 1/3 of the time explaining why this hack has been running passive for hours with only about 800 IV's
To check if injection is running well, use:
What do you mean by "running passive"? Without ARP replay attack?Code:aireplay-ng --test wlan0 (don't forget to set the channel to your router's channel, and I would like to know your results)
Window 1
airodump-ng --bssid 00:22:75:38:E7:A8 mon0 -c 5 -w output
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aireplay-ng -1 6000 mon0 -a 00:22:75:38:E7:A8
Window 3
aireplay-ng -3 mon0 -b 00:22:75:38:E7:A8 -e bla
Window 4
Decrypting of key..
aircrack-ng output*.cap
I'm currently working on installing the patch.. which is a bitch for me.. cause I don't have working internet in vmware.. or a working sd card reader.. finally just compiled up a ISO image of the 3 latest files..
BTW.. I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate, vmware 6.5.2 and a amd x2 550 unlocked to a x4 50 w/ 6 Gb of ram running at 1300 mhz (just to speak full on geek)
Well I installed various variations of the driver.. but didn't see much cracking improvement.. without data/sign on whatever.. it takes forever and a day to hack in vmware.. so either it kind of works.. doesn't work well or not..
I probably won't experiment with it for a while how good it does or not..
Course I couldn't even get my normal choice cracking card to crack fast.. linksys wusb54gc
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Rambling Through 2006
Wow. Can you believe this year is over already? Twenty-ought-six went by faster than any other year in my memory. I think this is because I filled it wall-to-wall with my two favorite activities: Riding and writing.
It's warm outside right now. Forty-three degrees F, (6°C), and raining. Certainly not riding weather. That's alright. My house is warm, and I don't need to go anywhere. Since all the TV channels are doing some variation on "The Year in Review", and since I can't sit still to watch that crap, I am going to do my own Ride to Work version here for you. This is going to run a bit long, and I hope I can make it more interesting than the tube…
(Pause here for a bathroom break, or to pour your favorite beverage.)
As the year began, I was battling the icy roads and cold weather of our Minnesota Winter on a 150cc Chinese scooter. This was quite an undertaking, and it caught the attention of the local media, both radio and television. You will find links to the TV pieces in the sidebar. This provided some needed exposure for Ride to Work, and inspired a few other riders to explore commuting by motorcycle, and to find ways to extend their riding season.
Part I: The Baron in Winter
The Red Baron navigates Frozen Butter, exactly one year ago today.
The photo above was taken on my home street, on December 30th of last year. I rode the Red Baron for eight miles with both boots sliding over the snow, and frequently saving us from going down on roads as slippery as frozen butter. Then, exhausted from the constant strain, I elected to take the freeway for the rest of the ride to work. We survived that, but I would never attempt it again. You can read that harrowing tale here.
On New Year's Day, the Red Baron and I competed in the I-Cycle Derby.
Photo by someone named "RickCorwn" on the web.
This was a Time/Distance Rally event, and since we had neither stopwatch nor accurate odometer, we didn't place very well. But we finished, and without crashing. Others, like my friend Mark Foster, weren't so lucky.
The roads, as you can see, were a treacherous mix of ice, snow, and bare pavement. Traction conditions varied wildly, and the sidehack rigs had a massive advantage: Two riders, one to navigate while the other steers, and no worries about falling down. Still, to this day, they don't compete in a separate class. It seems that if you want to win the I-Cycle Derby, you have to be riding a `hack.
Shortly after that I developed my theory of "Existential Gravity"; that force which makes time at work crawl, while time at play flies. While investigating this phenomenon, I consulted with my brilliant engineer friend Denny McGinn, who did all the math and figured out that Existential Gravity emanates from an entity that we have dubbed "Brown Holes". Patents are most certainly pending…
In February, I coined the term "sloppery" to define road conditions that were sloppy and slippery from a combination of slush and underlying ice. It's hard to read these roads while underway, and it slows you down considerably. Still, with my Kenda 761 tires I was able to cope with the worst conditions Winter was able to throw at us, boots to the ground when the going got rough.
This was not always the case, however. One morning in February, the Red Baron and I crashed right off the end of my driveway, for no good reason. This is what happens when we take extraordinary conditions for granted. I had been riding on Winter roads for only a few months, but in my mind I thought I had them all figured out. Ergo, splat.
The Duel…
On another day in February, we had an interesting encounter which really illustrated the utility of the motorbike over four-wheeled transportation for commuting. But more than that, it was my own favorite blog entry of the year. This was the only blog entry to date which elicited a response from Ride to Work founder Andy Goldfine:
Ya nailed 'er today, Gary.
Keep it up.
That statement motivated me. I began to concentrate more on the reactions that we got from drivers out on the Winter roads. One reaction that really surprised me was what we got while broke-down at the side of the road. This, more than anything, illustrated the general public's opinion of anyone who would try to ride a scooter through a Minnesota Winter. There is no such thing as "Minnesota Nice" if you are doing anything outside the accepted norm. That sort of behavior elicits cold, even hostile indifference.
But herein lies a paradox… Every time I stopped in a restaurant or gas station, during foul weather, I was received as some sort of hero. As long as the conditions were bad, and I was prevailing over them, I was welcomed with open arms. But whenever I had trouble at the side of the road, I was avoided like the plague: "What an idiot! Don't even look at him!"
America loves a winner, but they loathe anything they perceive as a loser.
Still, while we were looked at askance by the Minnesota Winter motoring public, the Red Baron and I were getting things done.
Commuting at 80 miles-per-gallon, and hauling the groceries home are the stuff of middle-class dreams. Yet those poor slobs still drive the mini-van or SUV back and forth to work because, twice-a-week, they have to transport the kids to some sporting event. The rest of the time they have two-tons of metal hauling their singular person around. How wasteful is that?
It was a dark and stormy night… The Red Baron conquered all!
Most of them could buy a decent motorcycle or scooter for the money they would save on gas.
They couldn't talk on the cell-phone while they ride to work.
It is very difficult to sip a Latte through a full-face helmet.
Messing around with a laptop, or paging through the local paper, is not an option on a motorbike.
And finally: They couldn't be completely ignorant of their surroundings, as they can in the bowels of a Comprehensively-Insured Hummer. "Out of my WAY, peasant!"
The Red Baron crosses the Finish Line, March, 2006.
In March, I retired the Red Baron, along with "The Baron in Winter" blog, and embarked on my new gig as development rider for Baron Scooters. With the change in mission came a change in blog title. Now that I was going to be riding Frogwing again, along with whatever scooter I was currently testing, I needed to find a title that would fit the new format.
By the way, if you want to read a comprehensive review of The Baron in Winter, pick up the Fall 2006 issue of Scoot Quarterly magazine. This is available on their website.
Part II: Rush Hour Rambling
Ride to Work and I held a contest to name the new blog, and Paul Streeter came up with "Rush Hour Rambling". The focus of this blog aligns perfectly with the Ride to Work mission. The guiding premise is that you can ride to work, but you don't always have to ride straight home. On a motorbike, you have a passport to adventure every day when you get off work. The homeward commute is a time for exploration, relaxation, and recovery from the stresses built-up during the workday.
Then, of course, there were the weekend rides, like the Spring Flood Run in April. That report was the first of what I would call "Work to Ride Specials".
Frogwing emerged from Winter hibernation just in time for the
Spring Flood Run.
This was a huge event, up and down the St. Croix River, on both sides of the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. Like most events put on by bikers, this one benefits charity. Originally conceived to bring needed relief for local victims of flooding, the event has evolved to benefit various other charities as well. You can find more info here.
April was a month of extensive testing on two new Baron 250cc scooters; the PM, and the SX. Not only that, but it was the first time that I got my girls up on two wheels. Talk about a milestone!
Emily settled into the role of enthusiastic passenger, and Amy took delivery of her very own Baron 150 VLA scooter. We went on family rides together, usually around the local parks down by the river, and always culminating in a picnic. Family scootering became our new favorite sport.
The month of May belonged almost exclusively to Frogwing. From the frantic First Thursday to the great road trip we took to "Fort Pierre and Beyond", my faithful adventure-touring steed and I really racked up the miles. Of all the rides and rambles I went on this year, that trip out west was the best by far.
My faithful Frogwing, on the long and winding road.
June brought the Blind Lizard and the Farmington Antique Motorcycle show. These are both big events in the Minnesota Motorcycling calendar. You get to see more Fine Machinery in the space of a couple weekends than you do all the rest of the year.
We did some more family scootering in June, and Frogwing and I rambled around the lake country in North-Central Minnesota, chasing Forest Fairies and Wood Nymphs near the tiny mythical town of Automba. Another intense month of riding.
July found me completing another round of testing on some of the new Baron scoots, and taking delivery of my very own Scarlet O'Baron. She is a 250cc version of the same tried-and-true SX chassis that I rode through the last Winter. But of course, as I have mentioned elsewhere, in slippery conditions she is a tail-happy wench. This is due to the bigger, heavier, and more powerful engine mounted unsprung to the rear wheel, and the drivetrain inertia that she works up when you twist the throttle.
July was also a month of reunions, both with my cousin Eric, and my old Kawasaki cafe racer, "Gypsy". Frogwing and I rode up north to the little Iron Range town of Chisum, and spent a weekend riding and visiting relatives.
Gypsy was made for roads like this.
August was a busy month as well. This was when I began putting together Ramble Plans, for my homeward commutes, and did a restaurant review that would set the standard for future culinary adventures. I learned that there is something about a close-up photograph of a well-presented plate of food that really grabs the reader where they live.
In late August, Frogwing and I hit the road for work again. I did quality audits in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and Aberdeen, South Dakota. This trip was all-business, with very little time for rambling. We did manage to do another restaurant review and write-up in Watertown, South Dakota, but that wasn't published until early September.
Reading back through that month's blog, I can really feel the sense of impending Autumn, and the slowing-down of my riding season. Even though Autumn is my favorite time of year, for some reason I was dreading it back in September. It had been such a hectic riding season, with so much happening all the time, that the thought of slowing down should have been welcome. But for some strange reason that I have yet to figure out, it wasn't.
October brought the first hints of the coming Winter, along with my first ride with our local Minn-Max group. These folks were wonderful; friendly, unpretentious maxi-scooter enthusiasts. We had an interesting group ride through the heavy traffic and detours around the Twin Cities Marathon, and out to our picnic destination on Grey Cloud Island. The Minn-Max'ers put on several big group rides during the season, and I'm sure Scarlet and I will join them again sometime in 2007.
It was also in October that Kenda supplied me with Scarlet's Winter tires. The K761s that served us so well on The Baron in Winter have done well on Scarlet, though her extra power and drivetrain inertia overcome rear wheel traction too easily to ride confidently on ice and snow. This year, we are choosing our rides around the road conditions, and not tempting fate too recklessly.
Emily Witch on Halloween night, filmed in Night Vision Green.
November was surprisingly busy. We began the month by unmasking the Mysterious Red KLR Guy. Only the hard cores showed up for First Thursday, and some of them were driving their cages.
Later in the month, I reviewed Mickey's Dining Car in downtown Saint Paul. That was a classic. I have dubbed that route "Ramble Plan Charlie", and will probably go that way to work again someday soon.
Finally, in late November, Scarlet and I crashed for the first time. This set off a series of three unfortunate events, (Why do they always come in threes?) that brought us into this current month of December.
Things have calmed down now, as we stare down the barrel of 2007. Twenty ought-six was a hectic, busy, but in the end very satisfying year. Frogwing is in hibernation until sometime in late March or early April, and Scarlet O'Baron is carrying me on my Ride to Work and the adventures I tell you about in this blog.
I have big plans for Ought-Seven, but I'm not prepared to tell you about them yet. A lot depends on my negotiating skills, and the size of my loyal readership here on Rush Hour Rambling. We are going in new directions, because routine is my enemy, as I have said so many times before. I promise to try and keep it fresh, to inform as well as entertain. We will investigate new Ramble Plans together, and I will review some more tasty local cuisine. You all seem to like that.
Tomorrow is New Years Day, and the I-Cycle Derby. Scarlet and I are going to skip this one. I still don't have a stopwatch, and we are supposed to get freezing rain and snow overnight. The Tail-Happy Wench is going to stay in the garage, and I guess I am going to spend the day surfing through channels, watching the many different versions of The Year in Review after all. This will probably lead to napping, but that's all right. Twenty ought-seven is coming, and I had better gather my strength to greet it.


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My Cydia is havin problem for refreshing
Plzz somebody tell the solution...
I used 1.4 to JB after restoring to 6.1.2. I would have stayed at 6.1.1, but I was still having app crash problems. On 6.1.1 I would get that boot fade out thing, up to five times before I would see my animated bootlogo. After updating and using evasi0n 1.4, It boots in about 45 seconds, sometimes, up to a minute.
I'm glad I read this, I've been having problems with this issue since 6.1. I just applied that tweek, so we'll see if it helps.
With respect to Ryan and gratefulness for his workaround tweak - this is an Apple or Evasi0n bug that needs to ultimately be addressed.
Speaking of which - Anthony - have you heard anything more about the battery stats erase upon respringing bug?
Yeah. Fair enuff. I agree on this too. And glad to have Ryan's tweak running flawlessly.The cache fix isn't only for respringing. I respect Ryan's ultimate opinion, although I think it could shine when integrated into the jailbreak.
[QUOTE=NewdestinyX;6778030]Something else be causing what you're experiencing. The fix today - fixed boot times for everyone - without 'other issues' is my point. The way you worded your response in last post sounded like you misunderstood what got fixed today. You said 'faster before jailbreak' which I thought meant you were comparing boot times of a non jail broken phone to a jail broken phone.
Thanks ! I get your point about 'something else' being the reason ( will revert when i isolate the issue ).
Feedback - Even after JBv1.5 with just Cydia installed - 60 secs. But i'm Cool with it as lot's folks on iP4 are facing similiar issues, including baclikght dim on homesceen at 45 secs.
Thanks again for your inputs though.


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Spanish Language Film Series
When Wednesday February 6, 2013 @ 6:30 PM (1631 days ago)
Where Science Center, 106
Duration 2 hours 30 minutes
Presented by the Department of Language and Literature
Wed., Jan. 23 – También la lluvia (Even the Rain) Dir. IcÃar BollaÃn
Wed., Feb. 6 – El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) Dir. Guillermo del Toro
Mon., Feb. 18 – Machuca (Machuca) Dir. Andrés Wood
All are welcome.
Films will be played in Spanish with English subtitles
in Suter Science Center 106
at 6:30 p.m.
Discussion afterwards led by Don Clymer, Carol Snell-Ââ€Feikema and Adriana Rojas Campbell
Intended Audience General Public
Contact Information
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WESTCHESTER, N.Y. – Unseasonably warm weather will move into Westchester starting Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Patchy fog before 10 a.m. will gradually become mostly sunny, with highs near 63 degrees. There is a chance of showers after midnight with overnight lows around 46 degrees.
Wednesday will see highs of around 54 degrees, while Thursday will see highs near 42 degrees.


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Gold Coast Titans coach John Cartwright praised his side's composure when a man down as critical in their emphatic 22-6 win over the Wests Tigers on Sunday.
Leading 6-0 after 24 minutes at a rainy Leichhardt Oval, Titans forward Nate Myles was sin-binned for 10 minutes for a professional foul on Martin Taupau, who was attempting to link with a runaway Luke Brooks.
However, the visitors ended up banking eight points through a penalty goal to Greg Bird and a converted try from Anthony Don while conceding no points.
That was despite Tigers centre Tim Simona diving over for a try that was controversially denied after it was ruled Bodene Thompson had obstructed Aidan Sezer.
"I thought we played it very smart," Cartwright said.
"It was really courageous to hold them out the way we did, and keep getting to the tackles.
"We controlled the game really well in that 10-minute period. We had most of the ball, we made sure we kept hold of the ball. We kicked really well."
It was the Titans' sixth win of the season in front of a crowd of 8929 to lift them to third on the ladder, equal on 12 points with table-topping Canterbury and Manly.
Hot-stepping Titans halfback Albert Kelly limped off in the 23rd minute with a left lower-leg injury after coming off second best in a collision with Adam Blair but he was later cleared of a fracture.
The Tigers smashed the Titans 42-12 in round two, but a repeat never looked likely in this fast-paced and physical affair that was the two teams' first encounter at Leichhardt since 2008.
The Tigers were largely rudderless and sorely lacked the flair of injured captain Robbie Farah and fullback James Tedesco.
Aidan Sezer, who played through an ankle injury also caused by Blair, opened the Titans' account in the seventh minute, scoring under the posts following one of two tremendous runs from Kelly before he was sidelined.
The five-eighth also converted Don's try that came after Paul Carter charged down a Braith Anasta kick.
Down 10-0 at halftime, the Tigers responded when centre Tim Simona pounced on the ball in the corner after a Blake Austin kick ricocheted off Bird.
Simona was put on report five minutes later for a dangerous lifting tackle on Sezer while Carter was also put on report for high contact.
The Titans sealed the deal in the 53rd minute to pull ahead 22-6 thanks to a Bird four-pointer.
Gold Coast are learning to deal with life at the top of the NRL ladder after emerging as surprise premiership frontrunners in the first third of the season.
But Myles said the Titans aren't concerned about the scrutiny or the pressure they are now under.
"It doesn't really bother us to be honest," he said.
"Tonight I thought our start was a lot better which is something we wanted to do."


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Student lives classroom lessons with internship
By Liz McCarthy, email@example.com, 803-777-2848
Marie Morrissette first decided on her career choice in physical therapy as an active young athlete in high school. But her recent experience has cemented that decision for the USC senior and now she's dedicated her summer to getting hands-on experience in a field that has come to mean a lot to her personally.
Morrissette was always an active kid, playing soccer and softball. She trained for marathons with her father, who is one of her inspirations for staying fit and healthy. Then, earlier this year, Morrissette's father was diagnosed with a sarcoma, or a soft tissue cancer. Doctors amputated his left leg to remove the cancer faster. Now he is working with physical therapists to relearn how to walk.
"Through those events it has really reaffirmed that I want to work with people to help them get up and moving," she says. "I've seen such great strides with him through physical therapy."
This summer Morrissette, an exercise science student in the Arnold School of Public Health, is helping patients like her father as a physical therapy extern at Providence Hospitals in Columbia.
"I work with both physical and occupational therapists," she says. "I do whatever they need me to do whether it's set up the room, clean up the rooms when they are done, getting patients out of bed and getting them walking."
Morrissette's personal experience not only has kept her on track toward her career goal, but it's given her valuable experience in her internship.
"Seeing the progress he's made has made me want to do this job that much more. I want to help people get back to living a normal life," she says. "I can sympathize with the patients. I've seen how hard it is and even though my dad is really fit, it's been extremely challenging for him. It solidified that this career choice was a good one for me."
Tom Halasz, director of USC's Career Center, says that's one of the big reasons why internships are so important for college students – it helps them make better decisions.
"We know students that get experiences are more competitive for opportunities as they have a resume with information on it and they can speak in an interview with some authority about the business or industry," Halasz says. "As important, in my mind, is that if a student has those experiences, they make a better decision."
Recent studies have shown that having an experiential education opportunity, which includes out-of-classroom learning opportunities like an internship or co-op, increases the likelihood of a student finding post-graduate employment.
But, Halasz points out, that doesn't just apply to employment. Experiences like the one Morrissette is having at the hospital can also impact a student's post-graduate educational opportunities.
"The key is the students are knowledgeable about their choices and they make better choices," he says. "People wonder why students going to professional schools need internships. If you're going to make a good decision about your career, you need to have some experience."
The Office of Pre-Professional Advising works with students looking to go into the medical field, for example, to get this kind of experience, Halasz says. Although these students won't need to seek employment until after finishing graduate school, they will make better decisions and be more competitive by having undergraduate internship experience, he says.
Last academic year the Career Center posted 976 internship opportunities for students of all majors, something the center's outreach to employers has been instrumental in increasing.
"Internships give students a clearer sense of direction," Halasz says. "A student going on to graduate school has a sense of direction based on academic experience, which is important. That experience outside the classroom provides even more direction and in my thinking, a sense of confidence about that decision as well."
Morrissette's experience at the hospital so far supports Halasz's thinking. It has already helped her define what steps she wants to take in her career. She has decided she prefers out-patient work, which can involve more problem solving techniques, to in-patient work, she says.
"I think a lot of students that go into physical therapy don't realize just how much work and effort it takes to really be a physical therapist," she says. "It's nice for me to see that especially in the hospital setting."
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All gathered round the picture; all admired, and with justice: it was a chef-d'oeuvre.
He said the portrait of Mrs Housman was Bell's chef-d'oeuvre.
Their chef-d'oeuvre is perhaps "pooadugghiedugghie," which is their version of putangi-tangi, the paradise-duck.
But the chef-d'oeuvre was the portrait of the Author himself.
I: "Later on I will be glad to see the chef-d'oeuvre; but let us first talk about the business which brings me here."
There is scarcely an instance of a musician producing his chef-d'oeuvre after the age of thirty.
I will reply, that I bought this carriage because I had the opportunity; it is a chef-d'oeuvre.
Your conduct up to the present time has been a chef-d'oeuvre, for which you shall be amply compensated.
This story of the two girls weeping, and filling Madame's bedroom with the noisiest lamentations, was Malicorne's chef-d'oeuvre.
Perhaps her panels of the "Four Seasons" may be called her chef-d'oeuvre.


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Speed limits on publicly dedicated and county maintained roads in Larimer County are set based on several important criteria and changes must be supported by an engineering study. Some of the criteria used when setting or changing speed limits include:
Rarely will one of these criteria be adequate to justify a speed limit change. To balance the needs of the general public with adjacent property owners and customers it is often necessary to look at the "big picture" as well as the spot locations.


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GSA's Governmentwide Contract Fulfills HUBZone Program
Through Justice Department Task Order
October 1, 2004
Contact: Viki Reath (202) 501-1231
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – GSA continues to support opportunities for small business by announcing the largest order placed to date against its governmentwide contract set aside for HUBZone firms. TELESIS Corp. of Rockville, Maryland was issued a task order for data-processing services worth an estimated $150 million over five years. The order, funded at $90 million, is expected to create an estimated 200 new jobs in economically distressed areas of West Virginia, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today.
In 2003, GSA became the first executive agency to create a Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) that features the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program, which promotes economic development through direct job creation. GSA awarded contracts to 36 SBA-certified, HUBZone businesses.
The five-year task order was awarded by the Department of Justice for the Martinsburg, West. Virginia, National Tracing Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The HUBZone Program, created by Congress in 1997, requires a firm's principal office and 35 percent of employees to be located in a HUBZone.
TELESIS' services will support receiving documents, capturing data, scanning, media conversion, maintenance and searches. The firm has offered jobs to approximately 260 West Virginia residents who live in HUBZones.
GSA's HUBZone Governmentwide Acquisition Contract, or GWAC, enables federal agencies to meet their statutory goals to devote three percent of their federal procurement dollars to Small Businesses Administration-certified, HUBZone small businesses.
GSA builds on its established acquisition mission with the HUBZone GWAC by ensuring careful adherence to regulations and contracting compliance issues. Helping federal agencies follow these procedures is one more example of GSA's "Getting It Right" for its government customers.
For further information on the HUBZone GWAC please visit: www.gsa.gov/hubzone.


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I am new to DND and want to make a raptoran cleric who will eventually become a skypledged. The Prereqs state that I need summon Monster or animal IV. How do learn these abilities as a cleric and not a druid?
- It says or, not and; Summon Monster IV is on the cleric list, so you should be good to go. I don't actually have the book it's in, and I'm not your DM, so I could be wrong on this. --IGTN 18:36, May 9, 2010 (UTC)


text: I log into Back track linux today and the whole thing has changed for no reason. The Back track linux logo screen comes up and everything appears nornmal untill the desktop comes up. Don't know why but Gnome desktop comes up now and back track linux desktop has dissapeard for some reason. When I try to create a new doc and open it right away, so I can write down everything going on " Aircrack comes up stright away" instead and can't access txt doc at all. I have'nt installed anything new lately. Has anyone else had a simular situation. What would be the best way to get back track desktop back? Never seen this issue before


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Yea see your point lol its rare that you find a very effective striker from the bottom.
On another note war diaz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4DvSxuS5s
Yea see your point lol its rare that you find a very effective striker from the bottom.
On another note war diaz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4DvSxuS5s
Not that Suprised bŷ the result and manor of victory but a bit disappointed with Gsp. Suprised that he couldn't take Diaz down at will and that Diaz was able t get Back to his feet. Far more confident that silva would beat and finish Gsp after watching last nights fight. No disrespect t Diaz but silva has far better tdd and he will not be able to do what sonnen did and put silva on his back from the start to finish of each round.
Hendricks and ellenburger have to get the next 2 shots. I personally think ellenburger is a far bigger threat. Hendricks is far 2 obvious with his wild leaping left hooks, Gsp will deal comfortably with it where jake definitely has tidyer boxing and decent knees as well
Just another day at the office really. One sided, best WW ever.
We all knew what would happen, even Diaz but he was powerless to stop it from happening. This is why he is so good
If you didn't see it with your own eyes, or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth!
You all was right and I was wrong I do feel Diaz did well to stop a lot of the takedowns though.
Not the most exciting fighter in the world, but the most dominant for sure.
Sherdog.com - The number one MMA site on the web today!
Why does GSP need to finish fights?... He's winning and that's all that matters, he could be 50-0 with all wins by Decision. I think Diaz has a better takedown defence than Silva, and Anderson wouldn't be able to stop GSP taking him down. I think he'd beat Silva by Decision as well, if he doesn't submit him before hand. He's got to get past Weidman's top game yet.
GSP lands 9/16 take downs and OUTSTRIKES Nick Diaz by a large margin 210-80.... Once GSP beats Hendricks he's going to be forced to fight Silva which I like because there aren't anymore fights for him.


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29th December 2011 12:22 PM #1
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Do you feel that you got the birth experience you wanted?
I think that my last birth was pretty close to my dream experience. I have always felt that my earlier births could have gone a lot better. Many people do not understand how someone could be disappointed with a birth experience that ended in a healthy, happy baby and mom. It happens though, millions of women leave their birth experience with feelings that they do not have have a word for; carrying around a type of disappointment that is hard to discuss.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you all feel that you had the birth you wanted? Could it have gone better? How will your feelings affect any future births (if you plan on having more children)? How did/do you deal with residual disappointment, if you have any?
10th January 2012 08:30 AM #2
My first birth was a very traumatising experience. While I had unexpected outcomes (breech baby at 35 weeks of pregnancy) - the way I was treated (bullied) left me feeling angry, sad and distressed. Not a great way to be as a first time mum. This type of experience stays with you and I believe my experience caused the postnatal depression I experienced.
For my next births I was so much better informed. I had gone over (and over) my previous birth experience chose my birth team (which were two wonderful private midwives), planned homebirths and clearly let everyone know what my desires were for the birth. While each subsequent birth had their own unexpected outcomes (things that no one could control) the experiences were vastly different and very positive.
30th January 2012 07:48 AM #3
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For me, my birth is experience was very traumatic. I had preterm labor at 32 weeks and really thought that I was going to give birth already but thank God my contractions were halted. It was really a traumatic experience because of course, my baby was in danger, and as for me, I wasn't prepared yet like how to push and all those techniques to give birth successfully. And there were those resident doctors who kept on doing the internal exam which was very painful because they didn't do it slowly. It's as if they don't care and they should've been very careful because anything that is stressful could trigger my contractions. I was already 7cm that time. Anyway, the contractions stopped then 3days after confinement, went home, then after a month I gave birth which was still far from my expected due date but it was just okay because baby was exactly 37wks that day. :-)
30th January 2012 09:20 AM #4
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I can say that I definitely had the birth experiences I wanted... all five times.
This was very much due to the fact that I took the time to interview my midwives carefully and made very good choices. I had two different midwives during my 5 births. Each was excellent. I also had challenges with three of my five births but even though I had challenges, I had the birth experiences I wanted.
With my first birth, my baby's heat tones were dropping towards the end of labour, and weren't recovering fast enough. My midwife worked her magic, gave me an episiotomy, and got her hands in there to help bring the baby out quickly. I had to push, even though I never felt an urge to push. We just had to get the baby out. My midwife inferred that if I had been in the hospital, they would not have let me go as long and I would most likely have ended up with a C-Section.
With baby #3, he had a hard time breathing when he was born. They took him into a steamy bathroom and worked on him, massaging him, and helping him to breathe. He was born with Tegralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect and typically these babies have cyanotic episodes. Due to the cyanotic episodes, these babies are often called "blue babies". My baby was a "pink tet" which meant that enough oxygenated blood was getting to his body. Had I been in the hospital, they would have whisked my baby away and I can't even imagine how I would have felt, let alone, what they would have done to him. I have a really hard time with babies being separated from their mothers at birth.
I decided to have ultrasounds during my next two pregnancies simply because I was at a slightly higher risk for having another heart baby, and if my baby was going to be born with a heart defect, I wanted to know which one and what the risks to baby would be so I could make an informed decision as to where I wanted to give birth. Babies #4 and #5 were perfectly healthy so I had two more home births.
Baby #4 had shoulder dystocia. This is where the top shoulder of the baby got stuck on my pubic bone. I was in the water while pushing. My sister-in-law who had assisted with my prior 3 births, went for the top shoulder, but couldn't free the baby. So my licensed midwife stepped in to provide the woods maneuver. They brought my body up flat on top of the water and the midwife went to free the lower shoulder. Baby popped right out. When I chose this midwife, she told me that shoulder dystocia was her specialty, that she had delivered a lot of babies with this challenge. I had no idea what shoulder dystocia was, so didn't think much of it. However I was very thankful for her skillfullness when I needed her help.
I'll share about my birth challenge with baby #5 below, but first I want you to see this video that shows what shoulder distocia is and the different techniques that can be used to help birth the baby. The first is where the mother's leg is moved into a different position. The second is pressure applied to the public bone, and the 3rd is the Woods Maneuver.
My 5th birth was one month before my 41st birthday. It was the fastest and easiest of all. It was another water birth.
This time the birth went perfectly, but I haemorrhaged afterwards. My midwife gave me herbs to help my uterus clamp down, then an injection of pitocin, but still I continued to bleed. She then started massaging my abdomen as she thought that there were still some large clots in the uterus which was keeping the uterus from being able to clamp down effectively. She used her hands to work inside while another midwife worked on my belly from the outside... and though it was not comfortable, it was needed, and they were able to remove the clots and then my body was able to stop the bleeding. I lost a lot of blood, but I was able to get right up and take a shower without fainting. I had to replenish my iron levels over the next few weeks and I looked quite pale, but I was able to care for my baby normally.
When I talk to the references that my midwives give me, I want to know about the problems they had and how they were handled. I really don't want to hear "everything went great - no problems at all". Of course that's the ideal hope that every mother has, but perfect births don't happen all the time and I want to be sure that my midwife is going to be as equipped as possible to handle challenges that could arise.
So did I have the births I wanted? Absolutely! Even though I had some challenges, I was well pleased with how the challenges were handled and the outcome. All in all I was able to birth every one of my babies at home, in the love and care of family and friends, and that's what I wanted.


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Silent Cry heard in North America
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Emily Woof, Douglas Henshall, Kevin Whately, Clive Russell and Frank Finlay star in the urban chase thriller about corruption and murder in the medical world.
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Strippers for Jesus
A longshot candidate for Congress is trying to win his primary with the endorsement of a controversial Bush. Not George or Jeb—but the Great Alaskan Bush Company, a Phoenix strip club.
Rev. Jarrett Maupin is a convicted felon as well as a man of God and a man of the people who is campaigning for the Democratic nomination in Arizona's 7th district. He is, according to his campaign website, the "son of a wise Latina" who accidentally lied to the FBI and has progressive positions on equality, immigration reform, and the environment—oh, and also on strippers.
Last week, Maupin, who did not respond to a request for comment, was endorsed by the Great Alaskan Bush Company—and he welcomed his new fans with open arms. "The Lord works in mysterious ways," he told the Arizona Republic.
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Jonah Lehrer: Blowin' in the Wind
I have to admit, when the news broke a few weeks ago, that New Yorker writer Jonah Lehrer (of the now removed-from-sale Imagine) had plagiarized himself--i.e. he'd recycled some of his words and ideas from previous articles or posts published under his name--I breathed a big sigh of "So What?" Haven't we all done this, at one point or another? Especially lately, as the mantra is to Tweet and Facebook and publish, publish, publish, some self-repetition seems inevitable. And yet, Lehrer was called out for this, and while he was allowed to keep his prestigious job at The New Yorker, editor David Remnick was "reluctant" about it, according to the New York Times.
But, now--or actually at least a year ago, the publishing cycle being what it is--Lehrer has really done himself in by making up quotes he then attributed to Bob Dylan. That's a particularly stupid idea, and not only because it violates journalism's rule #1, the one that says you can't make stuff up. But misquoting Bob Dylan, of all people? Not only are there, to estimate conservatively, at least 47 million Dylanologists out there (I have several amateur versions in my own family); not only is Dylan still very much alive and sometimes even talking, mostly in his own memoir; but even a casual observer could see, if he looked, that Lehrer's quote--"It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say"--couldn't possibly have come from Dylan: IT WAS WAY TOO COHERENT. (A friend remarked that a more believable quote would have gone something like this: Mumble, Mumble, Mumble [harmonica chord] Mumble.)
So why did Lehrer do this? Because he was in a hurry and, after all, it wasn't such an earth-shattering statement he attributed to Dylan? Because he was lazy or overwhelmed by pressure to succeed? (That's often the excuse: Remember Jayson Blair from the New York Times, or Stephen Glass from The New Republic?) Or maybe, just maybe, we're going to find out that the self-plagiarism and the Dylanism were Jonah Lehrer's gateway drugs, the first steps on a slippery slope of lies that lead we know not yet where?
Years ago, I wrote about the now famous James Frey scandal, which involved the author allegedly fictionalizing key aspects of his memoir, A Million Little Pieces. (Question: Is it self-plagiarism if I tell you I'm doing it while I'm doing it?) There was also the case of Norma Khouri, whose Honor Lost was found by an enterprising Australian reporter to be a hoax. I could go on... but I won't, because I don't want to keep on promoting books that ripped readers off. But I do notice that with Lehrer, as with Frey and Glass, there's an element of self-destructiveness in these acts. I mean, if you really want to get away with something like this, wouldn't you pick a much more obscure plaigeree than the Bard of his Generation? And wouldn't you bury your deed a bit, instead of putting it in the very first pages of your book?
I'm not saying that Lehrer is conscious of this, of course--and let me say clearly that I have never met the man, and have only skimmed his book. Still, even an amateur psychotherapist--I've got several of those in my household, too--can see that this wasn't an accident. "The lies are over now," Lehrer said to the New York Times. "I will do my best to correct the record." Let's hope so.
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It's said that when you're interacting with someone and smiling, that person can perceive you're smiling, even if they can't see you. So what do your customers perceive with they interact with your customer service representatives?
Within many organizations, CSRs don a perpetual frown as the low-paid, low man on the corporate totem pole. But that perception is changing as more businesses and organizations recognize their customer service representatives' direct impact on corporate brand and top-line revenues – and their potential as future leaders within the company. After all, who knows your customers better than someone who has interacted with them on a daily basis for the past five or ten years?
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By ensuring your CSRs are happy and feel valued, your company is also ensuring that your customers feel happier and more valued, because strengths emphasis – when it's perceived as sincere – directly correlates to employee engagement. Consider these impressive statistics:
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According to JoAnna Brandi, founder of customer service consultancy JoAnna Brandi & Company, high-performing service organizations use positive reinforcement, recognition, and similar productivity drivers five times more often than negative enforcement techniques.
And for those organizations that can't afford to implement sophisticated pay-for-performance programs, non-financial incentives such as increased status and perks (i.e., performance-based department celebrations, the opportunity to request scheduling times, have the first choice of holiday leave, or to occasionally work from home) can work equally well. "Efforts that highlight appreciation are huge to engagement and retention," says Brandi.
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Christopher Mulligan, CEO of TalentKeepers, notes that an engaged agent is a better agent and much more geared toward high performance. "An engaged service employee is more motivated to make discretionary efforts – they take that extra call or chat session, and try more solutions before they escalate a contact."
He cites four engagement attributes that rank high on all agents' needs lists:
- Credible leadership: Agents want to work for managers they see as knowledgeable, skilled, accessible, and compassionate.
- Support of co-workers: When agents feel part of a good team, they perform better individually and are more open to coaching and mentoring. Overall team performance climbs as well.
- A job within a high-performing company: People want to work for a winner, and raise their game if they feel the company is doing well.
- Job and career satisfaction: Agents want the opportunity to leverage their strengths and have a defined path to achieve their career goals. These may change as the worker matures and they gain experience, but organizations that manage to strengths, review individual goals, and offer career-path options significantly increase their chances of retaining their best workers.
Read Mulligan's advice for meeting these needs, more about what makes customer service representatives happy ("the three Ts"), low and no-cost ways to achieve employee satisfaction, and more beneficial customer service insights, as the experts weigh in on the best incentives to motivate your front-line workforce and make them true champions of your company and brand. Download Parature's new FREE white paper: Treat Your Agents Well: Service Thrives on Engaged Employees.
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'"It's disappointing because we let ourselves down. We could have taken another step forward, you're definitely taken a step backward when you have an effort like this. When you're trying to build something, you want to keep things moving."'
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The results are in! Adam Levine has officially been named People Magazines' Sexiest Man Alive! No brainer! The news was released Tuesday night via twitter and Levine could not be happier. He told People Magazine, "I was just amazed and stunned and it almost seemed like they were kidding, but they weren't, so that's cool." The Maroon 5 frontman who is also engaged to model Behati Prinsloo, will now join the ranks of Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Channing Tatum. Congrats Adam, you definitely deserve it!
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PHILADELPHIA – Duke Lacroix has been at the forefront of Penn's attack all season long, leading the Quakers in scoring as they claimed the program's eight Ivy League men's soccer championship. On Wednesday, he was named the first Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year.
Lacroix was also named unanimous first-team All-Ivy by the Ivy head coaches, one of three Quakers to be named first-team All-Ivy. He was joined on the All-Ivy first team by midfielder Louis Schott and defender Jonny Dolezal. Freshman forward Alec Neumann was named second-team All-Ivy, while Matt Poplawski, Austin Kinn and Tyler Kinn received honorable mention All-Ivy selections.
The seven total All-Ivy selections for the Quakers were the most of any Ivy school and are Penn's most since the 2010 team also had seven selections.
Lacroix leads the Quakers in scoring with eight goals and three assists for a career-high 19 points. He becomes the sixth player in Ivy League history to earn Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year over the course of a career and first since Harvard's Andre Akpan (2006, 2009) pulled the double. He is the second Penn player to earn an Ivy Player of the Year, joining Matthew Haefner who was Player of the Year in 2002. This is the first season the Ivy League has awarded and Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year award after presenting a single Player of the Year award since 1979. This is Lacroix's third career All-Ivy selection, joining second-team All-Ivy distinction in 2012 and honorable mention All-Ivy honors in 2011.
Two other Penn players earned their first career first-team All-Ivy honors this season in Louis Schott and Jonny Dolezal. A backbone of Penn's midfield, Schott earned his first career All-Ivy award as a key cog in the Red and Blue's middle-third play. He scored two goals and added three assists for a career-high seven points, connecting on a pair of game-winning goals. A two-year captain, Jonny Dolezal added his second career All-Ivy honor (2012, honorable mention) from his spot on Penn's back four. Tied for fifth on the team with two goals, Dolezal had the game-winner against Cornell to start Ivy play in addition to his defensive work which led to six shutouts for the Red and Blue.
Freshman forward Alec Neumann was a welcomed addition for the Quakers in 2013, ranking second on the team with 12 points on four goals and four assists. He was named second-team All-Ivy, the highest ranking for a Penn freshman since Stephen Baker earned second-team honors in 2010.
Twin brothers Austin Kinn and Tyler Kinn were named honorable mention All-Ivy to cap their senior seasons. Defender Austin and goalkeeper Tyler were instrumental to a Penn defense which posted six shutouts in 2013, including four in Ivy League play. Freshman Matt Poplawski was also named honorable mention All-Ivy from his midfield spot where he was a force in the aerial game to clear balls from dangerous spots. Poplawski also pitched in two goals and two assists, scoring twice in Ivy League play to tie matches Penn would go on to win.
The Quakers will open the 2013 NCAA Tournament Thursday night at home against Providence at 7 p.m.


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As the sun rises over Gig Harbor, sailboat masts and stately evergreens stretch toward the sky. The pale outline of Mount Rainier is sketched into the horizon. Within the serene setting, two redheaded boys carry a rail-thin kayak to the public dock for an early paddle. In this Washington community, locals don't want to waste a minute of the new day.
"We wake up every morning to incredible beauty―the mountains and rippling harbor. You never take it for granted," says Janis Denton, owner of the Waterfront Inn. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, she says, "creates a psychological break from the rest of the world. We will always stay peaceful because of the surrounding water."
Geography has long defined the town's identity. For more than 100 years, fishing, boatbuilding, logging, and farming dominated life in Gig Harbor. This place once boasted the largest fishing fleet in the Pacific Northwest. Today, many descendants of original Croatian settlers still own and operate the barnacle-encrusted vessels and net sheds lining the shore.
Born and raised here, fisherman/photographer Guy Hoppen takes pride in the area's maritime past. "A lot of guys I went to school with couldn't wait to get out, but that thought never occurred to me," he says. "I'm still very connected with the water. I want to make sure Gig Harbor retains its nautical character."
Citizens support conserving both the marina and the town center. A sign outside No Dearth of Books reads, "Shopping the Internet is easy and convenient, but it does nothing to fix Gig Harbor potholes." With the recent addition of a megastore center to the north, some worried the populace would abandon the historic district. But with improved sidewalks, beds of tulips, and two new parks that preserve open space, the downtown stays viable and fun.
"Everyone loves to get involved," says resident Jennifer Kilmer. "During the Fourth of July parade, there are more people marching than watching." It's small enough for everyone to know each other, she adds, "but there are enough new people for the town to feel welcoming."


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A car fire in San Bernardino spread to a mobile home Monday night, displacing a family and causing an estimated $50,000 damage.
San Bernardino city firefighters came to the 2700 block of East Rialto Avenue at 6:20 p.m. and found heavy fire coming from a vehicle in a carport.
Fire officials said wind conditions and excessive materials stored in the carport area caused the fire to spread to a nearby mobile home.
Crews extinguished the blaze before it could spread to other homes.
The family escaped without injury.
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'This is a lousy team, and it's in an awful pickle in a browbeaten sports town. Yet McKee is in no hurry to leave Buffalo, nor his favorite hobby shop (Elmwood Magic & Novelty) behind. "If I do become a free agent," he says. "I'd hope the Sabres give me an offer no one could match. I like it here."'
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