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Hello, I have a Google Map which is being supplied with data from an XML file. I am having problems defining one of the elements to simpleDateFormat. In firebug and in the output in my infoboxes it says undefined. The output is defined and formats it properly. I am just having problem defining the parsed XML element to simpleDateFormat.
The parsed input is from this XML which the element of question is <cap:expires>
From this XML file
I have parsed it like this which gives me the new name expires.
var expires = nodeValue(entries[j].getElementsByTagName("cap:expires")[0]);
if (!expires) expires = nodeValue(entries[j].getElementsByTagName("expires")[0]);
Here is the simpleDateformat where I am trying to define expires.
function dateFromString(expires) {
var bits = expires.split(/[-T:+]/g);
var d = new Date(bits[0], bits[1]-1, bits[2]);
d.setHours(bits[3], bits[4], bits[5]);
// Get supplied time zone offset in minutes
var offsetMinutes = bits[6] * 60 + Number(bits[7]);
var sign = /\\d\\d-\\d\\d:\\d\\d$/.test(s)? '-' : '+';
// Apply the sign
offsetMinutes = 0 + (sign == '-'? -1 * offsetMinutes : offsetMinutes);
// Apply offset and local timezone
d.setMinutes(d.getMinutes() - offsetMinutes - d.getTimezoneOffset())
// d is now a local time equivalent to the supplied time
return d;
var days = ["Sun","Mon","Tues","Wed","Thur","Fri","Sat"];
var months =['Jan','Feb','March','April','May','June','July','Aug','Sept','Oct','Nov','Dec'];
var ampm = " am";
var dt = dateFromString(expires);
var yr = dt.getFullYear();
var mth = dt.getMonth(); // months in Javascript are 0-11 so May is month 4
mth = months[mth];
var dte = dt.getDate();
var dy = dt.getDay(); // days are 0-6
dy = days[dy];
var hrs = dt.getHours();
var h1 = hrs;
var mins = dt.getMinutes();
if (hrs >= 12) {ampm = " pm"}
if (hrs >= 13) {hrs = hrs - 12}
if (h1 == 0) {hrs = 12}
if (hrs <10) {hrs = "0" + hrs}; // if leading zero desired
if (mins <10) {mins = "0" + mins};
var dtstring = dy + ", " + mth + " " + dte + ", " + yr + " at " + hrs + ":" + mins + ampm;
If you need to see the entire code you can from this link
To see the result of the code with the map visit the link below. Mouse over a county and you see it says undefined.
What am I doing wrong? I by no means know javascript at all. I have only started using it this past week only because I needed the use of Google Maps which uses Js.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
The error is being caused by line 180 of googlemaps.js:
var expires = nodeValue(entries[j].getElementsByTagName("cap:expires")[0]);
Where Chrome's DevTools is showing the error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: entries is not defined
In line 82 you define entries thus:
var entries = data.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("entry");
However, searching through the source code of the page, I can find no mentions of the string "entry".
Hope that helps a little
Thank you, I am aware of that error. That was being thrown by some debugging I was doing. The error is actually at line 205 expires is not defined
var dt = (dateFromString(expires));
Why I am getting that error I am not sure.
The entries is the variable for the parent element in the XML file for entry.
The strange thing is I can define expires directly to my infoboxes and it outputs the raw ISO 8601 format in the boxes.
Then I can put a date string in the simpleDateFormat and define it to my infoboxes and it formats it without issues.
Once I define expires with the simpleDateFormat so it can be feed the date strings from the parsed XML it says it's not defined even though it appears to be even though I can define it directly in my infboxes an I can output simpleDateFormat with a raw date string but when I put the two together it says it's not defined.
I am not sure what I am doing wrong or what I am missing.
I just wanted to reply to this thread, but looked at your page and saw that you appear to have it sorted (in that the expires date is now displaying).Just for my personal curiosity, can you say how you fixed the error?
Yes sure, it was really easy and I knew it was but not knowing Js I was a little stuck. What it came down to was just adding this.
var dtstring = (dateFromString(expires));
To this...
var expires = nodeValue(entries[j].getElementsByTagName("cap:expires")[0]);
if (!expires) expires = nodeValue(entries[j].getElementsByTagName("expires")[0]);
So all together it was like this.
var expires = nodeValue(entries[j].getElementsByTagName("cap:expires")[0]);
if (!expires) expires = nodeValue(entries[j].getElementsByTagName("expires")[0]);
var dtstring = (dateFromString(expires));
That is why it was saying expires wasn't defined. Expires itself was defined but dstring wasn't defined. Once I defined that dstring variable it started working. Plus I had to make a couple other small changes with defining the var expires in the simpleDateformat.
It's all working great now. Just trying to figure out how to add the date suffixes like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc but that is more like a tweak than a problem.
Thanks for taking the time to follow up.For someone who claims to not know JavaScript, you seem to have debugged that like a boss!
LoL, well thanks! I catch on and learn pretty fast but it took me a week to figure it out with a lot of researching the internet. Having the firebug tool really helps so I know exactly what the error is and where to look.
You have any suggestions on how to add suffixes to the dates?
Oh yeah!
function ordinal_suffix_of(i) {
var j = i % 10;
if (j == 1 && i != 11) {
return i + "st";
if (j == 2 && i != 12) {
return i + "nd";
if (j == 3 && i != 13) {
return i + "rd";
return i + "th";
I can't claim the credit though. Lifted from Stack Overflow.
Thanks, how to I use that with my current time formatting? I am lost where you define it.
normally you would do:
=> 5th
So, you would have to apply it to dateFromString(expires) somehow.What does this actually return?


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A. Doctors at TSRHC use the TRUE/LOK™ External Fixation System, which is made up of two or more rings attached to your limb. After the rings are connected, the doctor separates the bone. Special rods that are designed to be lengthened are then attached to the rings. After surgery, the doctor will show you how to turn the rods to gradually lengthen the bone. This is repeated until the desired length is reached. Because our bodies are programmed to automatically heal broken bone, the gap in the bone created by the lengthening slowly fills in as you turn the frame to lengthen the limb. The frame is worn until the bone is healed.
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MALVERN, PA -- USA Technologies Inc. announced that more than 11,000 locations are using its two-tier pricing program, which the cashless vending provider launched in January. The program gives vending operators the ability to charge two different prices: a standard retail price for credit or debit card transactions, and a discounted price for cash purchases. Operators have the flexibility to set their own credit/debit prices, by account or machine, remotely through the customer portal of ePort Connect.
"Our two-tier pricing program has been gaining strong traction with operators of our unattended retail locations, as they recognize the benefits of cashless adoption and the valuable role two-tier pricing can play in their purchasing decision," said USAT vice-president of deployment services Jim Turner. He added that the company continues to monitor consumer reaction to two-tier pricing through its USAT Knowledge Base, which indicates strong consumer usage and acceptance.
Its most recent September analysis evaluated cashless sales and usage data from approximately 1,500 ePort terminals with two-tier pricing, compared with its initial study of 450 ePort terminals conducted in early 2012.
The analysis tracked key metrics, per terminal, for the one month before and after deployment of USAT's two-tier pricing program, to gauge the impact of the program on cashless sales and usage. Consistent with the initial results, all key metrics -- cashless sales as a percentage of total sales, aggregate cashless dollars, number of vends and average credit vend -- grew, according to USAT.
Lisa Leuchter, founder and co-owner of Snackworks (Bradenton, FL) said that consumers appear to have accepted two-tier pricing because of the convenience it offers. "Adding USAT's two-tier pricing program as one of our cashless payment options has helped us to be more flexible and competitive, and is bringing in enough additional pretax profit to pay for our card processing and one-third of our ePort Connect service fees," she said. "The program has made installing cashless payment more viable with a broader base of customers."
Robin Rawls of Rawls Distributing Co. (Savannah, GA), which has 1,200 machines in the field, said he was prompted to try USAT's two-tier pricing program when he learned about the positive findings in the latest study. "Now, we try to get two-tier pricing on all of our machines as existing contracts run out with some of our more intractable clients," he said. "Their employees want the service and are willing to pay for it."
Another company reporting success with USAT's two-tier pricing program is CNC Vending (Houston). Owner Chuck Olson said consumers are spending more at CNC machines when they can pay with their debit or credit cards instead of cash, both on multi-vends and on higher priced items.
"Every CNC vending machine that goes out now has an NFC-enabled card reader, giving our consumers more convenience, ease of use and speed of transaction, adding so much more value to their shopping experience," he said. "This was another reason for going with USAT's two-tier pricing. We can offer every payment option and open up new streams of revenue."


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ok writers give me a few suggestions on nice ink markers bout to get 1 or 2
ok writers give me a few suggestions on nice ink markers bout to get 1 or 2
like ''graffiti'' brnad or homemade
ya man krink is where its at yo, but homemade is always the best cause its how you want it and its made exactly to your liking man.
ill start with homemade
Only Fuck Fat Bitches Crew !!
MOLOTOW 127hs i just got em there sick for the blackbook,i was using prismacolour but they leave streaks ,molotow all the way
Exactly.. I'm fine with my mops and my ghetto krink. I just recently started wanting to rock a nice thin chisel tag (k-71/Uni style), but I can't find a good place to buy a Uni nearby, and K-71's are a rip.
I guess I'm sticking with pen ink and GK.
You can get unipaints cheap from
The only inks I'd buy would be Grog Red and Garvey Violet. Seem to be the best staining inks in my opinion and stain harder with some more stainers and some carbon and shellac.
My favorite valve marker is probably a zig mini 2way glue pen filled with red pen ink and some iodine or some grog red/garvey violet mix.
For mops, I love mini mops for paint or ink and stampendous mops for ink.
Eh, I'm not into buying markers online. I've found maaaad sites with cheap as fuck markers though, so if I feel the NEED for it, then I'll buy from there.
get some otr markers or some krink ones they are probably the best ones out there!
Agree with graff girl. Jumbos are great reliable markers. I love mine filled with some garvey.
Um OTR and Krink are definately not the BEST out there. Krink is definately not, the products are always about half filled and don't really do great against the buff. OTR is better but I still think that the best would have to be Grog, O ink, or Illadel if your gonna buy ink/markers
MOLOTOW 640pp there"s tar in them shits hard2 buff
philip mcdougal try the kingpen escobar
i got the OTR .006 Circle tip. And its got a good strong tip but its just not juicy at all, its streaky and doesnt cover enough and has no pump system.. gunna see if i can modify it a lil. but as is, im not a big fan.
I use a Shoe-polish mop. The nib is fucked, though.... I might just have to buy a new one, or something. Going to make a Deo one, and tried to refill a DecoFabric marker. Its nib is worn out too, though, too worn to pump..... I've also got a sharpie magnum Industrial Version, it would kick ass if only it were wetter.... when you get the ink flowing, it writes good!!! It clearly states on the marker that it can kill you at least five different ways, though, and has xylene....
also, you can only buy online if you have a credit card. I'm a writer, we're poor.
yo man the funnest part of graffiti is creating your arsonal, fuck man chill out put on some beats and just make some mops, stencils, stickers, posters all the fun shit man, thats what i do and personally its one of the funnest parts of graffiti.
home mades cant be beat!
Jumbo Pilot marker's all the way!
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i agree homemade is right down to the nub better


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Fox Hypes RNC Debt Clock With False Attack On Obama
Fox News seized on the Republican Party's attack against the Obama administration regarding the national debt by claiming that "per person debt" in the United States has "jumped nearly $17,000" under President Obama. In fact, Americans' total debt burden has fallen in the past three years.
Steve Hayes Claimed "Per Person Debt" Has "Jumped Nearly $17,000" Under Obama
Fox Panelist Steve Hayes: Debt Jumped "Nearly $17,000 Per Citizen." During a Fox Special Report segment in which anchor Bret Baier referred to the debt clock shown at the Republican National Convention, regular Fox panelist and Weekly Standard columnist Steve Hayes claimed:
HAYES: If you look at per person debt in the United States it's jumped nearly $17,000 per citizen from $35,000 to above $51,000 right now. So I think [Obama] has got a tough record to defend and it's one of the reasons that I think you're going to be hearing about a lot of other issues here. [Fox News, Special Report with Bret Baier, 9/4/12]
Gross Federal Debt Per Person Has Risen Approximately $17,000 Since Obama Took Office. On January 20, 2009, total public debt outstanding was equal to approximately $10.6 trillion. As of August 31, 2012, that figure stood at just over $16 trillion. Hayes presumably got his $17,000 figure by factoring in the U.S. population, which is just over 314 million people, and it works out to $33,700 per person at Obama's inauguration, and $51,000 today -- a difference of $17,300. [Census Bureau, accessed 9/5/12 [1]; Treasury Department, accessed 9/5/12 [2]]
In Fact, Personal Debt Has Seen Substantial Decline
Bloomberg: "Americans Have Cut Household Debt By $1.3 Trillion Since The Peak In The Third Quarter 2008." From a Bloomberg report on new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York:
Consumer indebtedness shrank by $53 billion from the first quarter to $11.38 trillion as of the end of June, according to the quarterly report on household debt and credit released today by the district bank. Delinquency rates for mortgages, credit cards and car loans declined, while rates for student loans and home equity lines of credit rose, the report said.
"The continuing decrease in delinquency rates suggests that consumers are managing their debts better," Wilbert van Der Klaauw, a vice president and economist at the New York Fed, said in a statement today. "As they continue to pay down debt and take advantage of low interest rates, Americans are moving forward with rebalancing their household finances."
Americans have cut household debt by $1.3 trillion since the peak in the third quarter 2008 amid signs of a rebound in the housing market at the center of the 18-month recession that ended in June 2009, according to the report. The lowest mortgage rates on record helped boost the S&P/Case-Shiller gauge of home prices in 20 U.S. cities, which rose 0.5 percent in June from a year earlier for the first gain since September 2010. [Bloomberg, 8/29/12 [3]]
HousingWire: "U.S. Consumers Are Holding Considerably Less Household Debt After Spending The Past Four Years Weaning Themselves Off Certain Types Of Loans." From HousingWire:
U.S. consumers are holding considerably less household debt after spending the past four years weaning themselves off certain types of loans, analysts with DBRS said this week.
In the four-year period, stretching from 2003 to 2007, U.S. debt levels increased by 10.2% per year, the ratings firm said.
U.S. household debt peaked in the fourth quarter of 2008 at $12.7 trillion, declining to $11.4 trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2012, DBRS noted. [HousingWire, 8/21/12 [4]]
The Fiscal Times: "The U.S. Is Way Ahead Of Other Advanced Industrial Countries" In Cutting Its Debt. In an article headlined "Real Recovery: America's Debt is on the Decline," Merrill Goozner of the Fiscal Times wrote that households debt-to-disposable-income ratio had "a greater reduction than any of the ten largest industrial economies over the last four years." He cited a McKinsey report which said that "at this rate [of debt ratio decline, households] could reach sustainable debt levels in two years or so." [The Fiscal Times, 3/16/12 [5]]
MarketWatch: Even Counting Public Debt, "Our Economy Is Reducing Its Debt Burden, Slowly Repairing The Damage Caused By 10, 20 Or 30 Years Of Excess." Rex Nutting of MarketWatch wrote that "total domestic -- public and private -- debt as a share of the economy has declined for 12 quarters in a row after surging over the previous decade." This includes new federal debt that has come during the Obama administration. Nutter wrote that the rise "in federal debt over the past four years has distracted us from the big picture," saying that "we've lost sight of the progress that's been made in bringing total debt back under control." Nutter went on to write:
In the U.S., household debt has now fallen to 84% of GDP from a peak of 98%. Nonfinancial corporate debt has fallen to 77% from a peak of 83%. Financial sector debt has plunged from 123% of GDP to 89%. Public debt has risen to 89% from 56%. [MarketWatch, 6/8/12 [6]]
Fox Has Seized On RNC Debt Clock To Further Attacks On Obama Administration
Megyn Kelly: "The GOP Made The Country's Soaring Debt A Key Theme Of Its Convention, Putting The National Debt Clock Center Stage." From Fox's America Live:
MEGYN KELLY (host): Well, the GOP made the country's soaring debt a key theme of its convention, putting the national debt clock center stage. And now it's on track to hit a record $16 trillion today, on the very first official day of the Democratic National Convention. Just to give you some context on that number, with 12 zeros, you would have to spend more than $900,000 every hour since the birth of Christ, in order to burn through $16 trillion. Really? I always get nervous when we try to do math on the show, because it nine times out of 10 turns out to be wrong. But in any event, that's $900,000 an hour for 2012 years. K. [Fox News, America Live, 9/4/12]
Neil Cavuto: "The Treasury Has Just Made This Official ... What We Owe As A Nation Now Going Over $16 Trillion." On his show, Fox's Neil Cavuto stated:
NEIL CAVUTO (host): The Treasury has just made this official, and it does seem a bit ironic on this, the number nerdy show, that we have, according to the United States Treasury, eclipsed the $16 trillion debt level. Collectively, what we owe as a nation now going over $16 trillion. Now Republicans were actually itching for this last week, no doubt, in Tampa. I think politically they were just as happy to see it happen as the Democrats kick off their convention here in Charlotte. ... It would be like spending $907,000 every hour since Jesus Christ was born and you still wouldn't come quite up to $16 trillion. Now the question, Austan, is what you do to get that under control. [Fox News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, 9/4/12]
Sean Hannity: Obama Has "Given Us More Debt Than Any President In The History Of This Country." From Fox's Hannity:
SEAN HANNITY (host): It's interesting how President Obama said about President Bush that he was irresponsible, unpatriotic for four trillion in debt in eight years. He has 5.4 trillion in debt in under four years. That -- 16 trillion, just so you know -- that's $907,000 every hour since Jesus was born. That's a lot of money. And my point is he's given us more debt than any president in the history of this country and he said he'd cut the deficit in half. [Fox News, Hannity, 9/4/12]
But Most New Federal Debt Stems From Pre-Existing Policies
CBPP: "Bush-Era Tax Cuts And The Iraq And Afghanistan Wars" Account For "Almost Half Of The Projected Public Debt In 2019." Chad Stone, chief economist of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), wrote on the Center's Off the Charts blog that "the economic downturn, the measures enacted to combat it (including the 2009 Recovery Act), and the financial rescue legislation play a smaller role." Stone noted that "[p]ublic debt due to all other factors fell from over 30 percent of GDP in 2001 to 20 percent of GDP in 2019." In other words, without the Bush tax cuts and the two wars, the national debt would be approximately half of what it is today. Note that CBPP is referring to the publically held debt, as opposed to gross debt, which is the figure cited in Fox's debt clock.
The Center's blog post included the following graphic:
[CBPP, Off the Charts, 5/20/11 [7]]
Cutting The Deficit Would Have Hurt The Recovery, Job Creation -- Which Economists Argue Should Be The Focus
IMF: "Fiscal Consolidation Typically Reduces Output And Raises Unemployment In The Short Term." From the IMF's 2010 World Economic Outlook:
Based on a historical analysis of fiscal consolidation in advanced economies, and on simulations of the IMF's Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model (GIMF), it finds that fiscal consolidation typically reduces output and raises unemployment in the short term. [IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2010 [8]]
Wash. Post: IMF Paper Shows "Austerity Does Ugly, Ugly Things To A Country's Economy In The Short Term." From Brad Plumer writing at The Washington Post's Wonkblog:
In a new paper for the International Monetary Fund, Laurence Ball, Daniel Leigh and Prakash Loungani look at 173 episodes of fiscal austerity over the past 30 years -- with the average deficit cut amounting to 1 percent of GDP. Their verdict? Austerity "lowers incomes in the short term, with wage-earners taking more of a hit than others; it also raises unemployment, particularly long-term unemployment."
Now, this doesn't mean fiscal consolidation is never worth pursuing. Some countries do run up against unmanageable debt levels. And the IMF cites a number of ancillary benefits that come from reducing deficits, such as lightening the burden from interest payments. But the historical record is clear: Austerity does ugly, ugly things to a country's economy in the short term, which is why the IMF now recommends passing deficit-reduction plans that kick in only "when the recovery is more robust." [The Washington Post, 9/13/11 [9]]
Economist Menzie Chinn: "A Front Loaded Fiscal Contraction, Heavy On Spending Cuts" Would Make The "Current US Recovery Worse Than That Of The Great Depression." Comparing the U.S. economy to that of the United Kingdom, University of Wisconsin economist Menzie Chinn wrote on the blog Econbrowser:
[W]e too can make the current US recovery worse than that of the Great Depression; just implement a front loaded fiscal contraction, heavy on spending cuts. Furthermore, in order to maximize the contractionary impact, harass the monetary authorities to tighten policy by inciting fears of high inflation (à la Rep. Paul Ryan), when year-on-year inflation as measured by the personal consumption expenditure deflator is 2.1%. [Econbrowser, 5/3/12 [10]]
Robert Reich: "America's Jobs Deficit Continues To Be A Much Larger Problem Than The Budget Deficit." In a February 3 blog post, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich wrote:
When they're not blaming Obama for a bad economy, Republicans are decrying the federal budget deficit and demanding more cuts. But America's jobs deficit continues to be a much larger problem than the budget deficit.
In fact, we can't possibly achieve the growth needed to reduce the budget deficit as a proportion of the total economy unless far more people are employed. Workers are consumers, and consumer spending is 70 percent of economic activity. And cutting the budget means fewer workers, directly (as government continues to shed workers) and indirectly (as government contractors have to lay off workers) and therefore fewer consumers.
Yet deficit hawks continue to circle. [RobertReich.org, 2/3/12 [11]]
Economist Betsey Stevenson: "Pursuing Deficit Reduction Given The Current Economic Climate Is Completely Misguided." In an interview with Think Progress, University of Michigan economist Betsy Stevenson stated:
STEVENSON: Pursuing deficit reduction given the current economic climate is completely misguided. We need to be thinking about investing in the future of the country. If we borrow today, if we borrow today and we invest that money wisely, it's going to be cheap to pay it in the future because the economy's going to grow and we're all going to be earning more.
STEVENSON: We need to be saying that there are costs that come with this. It's not a free lunch to cut the debt. It's certainly not a free lunch to cut the debt at a time when we have such high unemployment and we know that there's the potential for us to be in a situation where these workers are never able to get integrated back into our economy. That has big, permanent, long-lasting effects on our productivity, on our overall economy, and if we could spend money now to prevent that from happening, that money will be well-spent. I think there are programs, and I outlined them when I was talking, the President has proposed getting teachers back into the classroom. Why would be reducing spending on education at a time when we need it more than ever? Why would we be cutting important community service positions like firefighters and policemen at a time where, you know, we need those services and people need those jobs? [Think Progress, 8/1/12 [12]]
EPI's Lawrence Mishel: Deficit Reduction "Should Be Addressed Once The Recovery Becomes Robust." In a column in The Hill arguing that the "preeminent economic challenge of our time is to generate robust job growth and make sure unemployment drops steadily and rapidly," Economic Policy Institute president Lawrence Mishel wrote: "Any further spending cuts at the federal -- as per the plans by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R) or presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney -- or at the state or local levels will only exacerbate the problem and slow the recovery or even cause the economy to shrink." Mishel went on to explain that the "best approach" to jobs creation "means having a higher fiscal deficit for a few more years":
This still remains the best approach: Invest in infrastructure and school modernization at a time when savings are ample and interest rates are low. Prevent further cutbacks in needed state and local services that have been slowing the recovery. Maintain safety net benefits such as food stamps and unemployment benefits that help those hurt by the recession and also help boost consumer spending. These create more jobs than other spending at this moment, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Such a plan necessarily means having a higher fiscal deficit for a few more years. This is necessary to support overall demand in the economy and should be joined by expansionary monetary policy as well. The real deficit problem we face is not from current deficits, which are primarily due to the weak economy and the associated loss in revenues. Rather, our deficit problem is the longer-term rise in healthcare costs and the scaling back of tax rates that have been undercutting revenue. This should be addressed once the recovery becomes robust. We must also do more to strengthen wage growth and improve job quality and security. [The Hill, 7/11/12 [13]]
Even Bush-Appointee Ben Bernanke Warned That Cutting Deficit Would Harm The Recovery
Bernanke: Congress Must "Take Care Not To Unnecessarily Impede The Current Economic Recovery." In a February 2 article, The Washington Post reported:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Thursday cautioned lawmakers against taking any steps that would hurt economic growth as they work to cut the nation's debt, and he defended the central bank's recent actions to support the economy.
In testimony before the House Budget Committee, Bernanke urged Congress to put a priority on finding a sustainable level of federal spending over coming decades.
But, he said, they also must "take care not to unnecessarily impede the current economic recovery." Supporting growth now, he said, "will lead to lower deficits and debt in coming years." [The Washington Post, 2/2/12 [14]]
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51st Annual Sugar Bowl Classic ~ January 1, 1985
#5 Nebraska 28 (Final: 10-2-0, #4)
#11 LSU 10 (Final: 8-3-1, #15)
How Nebraska and LSU Met in the 1985 Sugar Bowl
By halftime, the white-shirted Cornhuskers, favored by a touchdown, resembled a groggy giant trying to catch its breath, having been stung by a squadron of swarming bees.
After 30 minutes of play under the Superdome gondola, the Tigers had eaten up 291 yards against the No. 1 defense in the land. And the Cornhuskers had to scrounge for a modest 141 yards of their own, 31 coming on one play.
LSU's problem was, at that point, it had only a three-point lead (10-7) that could have been 10 points or more.
The difference in the final outcome was Nebraska steaming for 184 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. That, and a switch in the Husker defense limited the Bayou Bengals to 113 yards in the second half. "We felt lucky to be behind by only three at halftime," said quarterback Craig Sundberg, the MVP after passing for 143 yards and three touchdowns despite being ill with the flu. His counterpart, Jeff Wickersham, threw for 212 yards (17-25-1) in the first half, but his second half totals were 3-of-12 for nine yards and three interceptions, stifling a charged up Tiger offense that had the vaunted Husker defense scratching its helmets for nearly three full quarters.
The real difference, though, was the inability of the Tigers to apply the vise once they had Nebraska in a headlock. Garry James caught a 26-yard touchdown that was nullified by a holding penalty. That series ended with a missed field goal. Later, LSU coach Bill Arnsparger elected to take another field goal off the board after a roughing-the-kicker penalty, for a first down at the Nebraska six yard line and come away with no points.
Still, when the Tigers went 73 yards on 10 plays, and scatback Dalton Hilliard went in from the two, it was 10-0 with 13:11 to go in the second quarter. LSU fans had to be wondering what had happened to the feared Nebraska offense.
They soon found out.
The 'Huskers, methodically and quickly, went 70 yards on six plays, scoring when Sundberg hit tailback Doug Dubose with a 31-yard, against-the-grain screen pass. "Craig faked a pass to the left and I snuck out there alone," Dubose said. "LSU's defense pursues real well, and as soon as I cut back across the grain, I knew I was heading for the end zone."
Just 2:40 after LSU took its surprising 10-0 lead, the score was cut to 10-7.
That's when Arnsparger took Lewis' field goal off - and then lost a shot at a touchdown and a possible 17-7 lead. Lewis then missed a 19-yard chip-shot.
It was an omen of things to come for LSU.
Nebraska's Tom Osborne changed defenses from a four-man front to a three-man rush with eight back defenders. "We dropped (DB Chad Daffer) into the middle zone and that helped," the coach explained.
Daffer picked off two Tiger passes on LSU's first two second-half possessions, both leading to touchdowns, putting the Bengals behind for the first time.
Osborne said, "LSU had a tendency to run short crosses and then a deep cross, 15 to 17 yards downfield. We picked it up (the defensive scheme) from the Miami Dolphins a few years ago, and I think Bill (Arnsparger, who was then the Dolphins defensive coordinator) is responsible for that."
Momentum and fortune were shifting to Nebraska. And the Tigers were helpless to curtail the currents of the game.
DuBose, who gained 108 yards on 20 carries, accounted for 50 of the 80 total yards in the 'Huskers' clinching drive, which was sealed when Sundberg hit Todd Frain with a 24-yard touchdown pass with 10:54 left in the last quarter.
It was all Nebraska needed, though the 'Huskers would add one more score for good measure.
There were those, however, who wanted it recorded that Nebraska was not beating the SEC's best team.
An inscription on the Superdome scoreboard during the game read: "Congratulations Florida Gators, 1984 SEC champs."Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Louisiana Superdome
Att: 75,608
LSU: Lewis 31-yard field goal
LSU: Hilliard 2-yard run (Lewis kick)
Neb: Dubose 31-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick)
Neb: Sundberg 9-yard run (Klein kick)
Neb: Frain 24-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick)
Neb: Frain 17-yard pass from Sundberg (Klein kick)
Neb.: DuBose 20-102
LSU: Hilliard 16-86, 1 TD
Neb.: Sundberg 10-15-1, 143 yards, 1 TD
LSU: Wickersham 20-37-5, 221 yards
Neb.: Frain 4-53, 2 TDs
LSU: James 4-25
Miller-Digby Award recipient: Craig Sundberg, Nebraska quarterback


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Drake Wears Disguise, Asks People What They Think of Him on 'Kimmel'
By Sarah Bertolino
We all know that Jimmy Kimmel loves to trick people, and when Drake stopped by the show on Thursday he had the rapper take over "Lie Witness News" to do just that!
In disguise wearing a beard and wig, the "Take Care" singer went out onto Hollywood Boulevard to ask people what they thought of his hosting gig at the ESPYs "last night" (it actually doesn't go down until July 16).
Drake started out by asking an unsuspecting passerby how they thought he did as a host, to which they replied, "Uhh Drake … he's kind of an outstandish guy. He says that he came from the bottom … which most likely he didn't."
The 27-year-old kept the act going by asking another person, "What was better? Was it the Taylor Swift impersonation, or was it when he cried at the end because he was so happy."
"I think it was when he cried at the end … it showed he's a genuine guy," replied the pedestrian.
Towards the end, the Canadian native started dropping hints that he was actually the rapper, and some people still did not catch on — even one of his own fans was oblivious until he started to take off the disguise.


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What We're Loving: Secretariat, Vonnegut, LawBy Sadie Stein
To my own amazement I have been reading a handbook entitled The Trial Lawyer: What It Takes To Win, by one David Berg, Esquire. For a manual published by the American Bar Association, The Trial Lawyer is extremely entertaining. (Berg on cross-examination: "If you are funny, be funny. If you are smart, be smart. If you are neither, consider the judiciary.") My favorite chapter title is "Voir Diring for Dollars." Even though you may expect never to conduct a voir dire, or depose a witness, or file a motion, Berg tells you how to do these things in such plain English that you feel you could, if the need arose. He even makes it sound like fun. I just wish the ABA had provided a brown paper wrapper… —Lorin Stein
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With 19 days until National Signing Day, one of the biggest and busiest weekends is coming up, and half the Pac-12 schools will have double-digit visitors.
USC will be welcoming in a slew of commits and top targets, including three five-star prospects: Miami (Fla.) Booker T. Washington linebacker Matthew Thomas, Auburn (Calif.) Placer defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes and Brentwood (Tenn.) Academy cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
Ramsey is a commit to USC, with several schools trying to flip him while Vanderdoes was a long-time USC commit who decommitted last month and has a host of schools trying to snag him.
Concord (Calif.) De La Salle linebacker Michael Hutchings and Mission Hills (Calif.) Alemany receiver Steven Mitchell are also visiting USC, where they both committed in summer, as are Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco offensive lineman Nico Falah and Louisville (Ky.) Trinity defensive end Jason Hatcher, commits that USC is trying to shore up this weekend.
And Oregon commits Tyrell Robinson and Tyree Robinson, the four-star prospects from San Diego (Calif.) Lincoln, will also visit.
UCLA will had 10 visitors on campus, five committed and five uncommitted, and the headliner there is Tempe (Ariz.) Marcos De Niza five-star cornerback Priest Willis and Redlands (Calif.) East Valley defensive end Kylie Fitts, as well as Encino (Calif.) Crespi safety Tyler Foreman and Fresno (Calif.) Central cornerback Johnny Johnson.
Joining them will be commits that are visiting other schools but that UCLA is trying to lock up in Bellevue (Wash.) linebacker Myles Jack and Missouri City (Texas) Marshall linebacker Deon Hollins.
Arizona State has a quartet of Scout 300 prospects visiting from their dozen visitors, the big names being Fresno (Calif.) Central cornerback L.J. Moore and Avon (Ind.) defensive end Elijah Daniel from the uncommitted ranks. Westlake Village (Calif.) Oaks Christian linebacker Cameron Judge, a commit to UCLA, is also visiting Arizona State as is four-star quarterback commit Joshua Dobbs from Georgia.
Washington State's big weekend will bring in 10 visitors, including a trio of commits to other Pac-12 schools.
Leading their list is a pair of Cal commits in Richmond (Calif.) Kennedy defensive end Takkarist McKinley and Menifee (Calif.) Heritage cornerback Darius Allensworth and El Cerrito (Calif.) cornerback Marcellus Pippins, a Utah verbal.
Commits visiting Pullman include Allensworth's teammate, running back Jamal Morrow, Lynden (Wash.) offensive lineman Matt Meyer and Burien (Wash.) Kennedy offensive lineman Cole Madison.
Utah has 14 official visitors scheduled for the weekend, the most prominent name being South Jordan (Utah) Bingham defensive tackle Lowell Lotulelei, the younger brother of Utah All-American Star Lotulelei, and the #2-ranked prospect in state. Also visiting is Euless (Texas) Trinity defensive end Gaius Vaenuku.
The Utes also have a handful of commits coming in, including El Toro (Calif.) quarterback Conner Manning, Euless (Texas) Trinity defensive lineman Sam Tevi and Sandy (Utah) Alta receiver Harrison Handley.
It will be Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre's biggest weekend in his first month in Boulder, with a dozen visitors expected.
Most notable are commits like Tacoma (Wash.) Bellarmine Prep quarterback Sefo Liufau, Mission Hills (Calif.) Alemany receiver Devin Ross, Monrovia (Calif.) linebacker George Frazier and Orange (Calif.) Lutheran offensive lineman Colin Sutton.
They'll be joined by key Buff targets like Valencia (Calif.) safety Tedric Thompson and San Jose (Calif.) Oak Grove cornerback Chidobe Awuzie.
Arizona has a couple of commits coming in, Tempe (Ariz.) Marcos De Niza teammates Paul Elvira and Mauriece Lee as well as Glendale (Ariz.) College lineman Steven Gurrola.
The Wildcats will also be bringing in Oregon commit Darren Carrington from San Diego (Calif.) Horizon and Fresno (Calif.) Edison quarterback Khari McGee.
Cal will welcome commits like Khalfani Muhammad, the Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Notre Dame running back, Paramount (Calif.) offensive lineman Chris Borrayo and Sacramento (Calif.) Christian Brothers lineman Vince Johnson, who flipped to the Bears this weekend.
Oregon will have a small number of visitors in their first weekend with out Chip Kelly as the head coach, but their lone West Coast visitor is a big one in Corona (Calif.) Centennial offensive lineman Cameron Hunt. Two other big namers are visiting, Torrodney Prevot from Texas, a commit to USC and Alabama linebacker Zach Cunningham.
Washington will have a smaller affair than last week, but it includes five commits, including four-star defensive tackle Elijah Qualls from Petaluma (Calif.) Casa Grande, who's cancelled all his other visits and remains a solid commit to the Huskies, as well as Oakley (Calif.) Freedom receiver Darrell Daniels.
In-state visitors include Bellevue (Wash.) linebacker Sean Constantine and Tumwater (Wash.) defensive lineman Jaimie Bryant.
BYU will be hosting a good amount of visitors, including a big contingent from the state of Oregon, all commits to the Cougars.
Leading that group is Beaverton (Ore.) Aloha four-star lineman Brayden Kearsley, who committed to the Cougars as a sophomore and Portland (Ore.) Central Catholic safety Dallin Leavitt. They'll be flanked by Wilsonville (Ore.) teammates Johnny Ragin III, a three-star linebacker and receiver Tanner Shipley.
Fresno State will welcome in Murrieta (Calif.) Vista Murrieta cornerback Treshon Broughton and Los Angeles (Calif.) Cathedral receiver DaMari Scott.
West prospects visiting schools from around the country include Fresno (Calif.) City College offensive lineman Chongo Kondolo visiting Nebraska, Ralston Valley (Tenn.) offensive tackle Dan Skipper visiting Arkansas and Ohio State, Honolulu (Hawaii) St. Louis linebacker Colton Goeas visiting Kansas, Parker (Colo.) Chaparral tight end Mitch Parsons visiting Vanderbilt and Santa Monica (Calif.) receiver Sebastian LaRue visiting Texas A&M.
National Recruiting Analyst Greg Biggins also contributed to this notebook.
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This BSR-supported exploratory meeting of Neuroeconomics of Aging RFA grantees was held in conjunction with the 2009 Society for Neuroeconomics Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. NIA grantees in neuroeconomics and decision science presented findings from their research at Northwestern Kellogg School of Finance. The purposes of the meeting were (1) to share preliminary findings from NIA-funded research in neuroeconomics and decision science; (2) to discuss directions for future research, encourage collaborations, and identify obstacles to progress; (3) to discuss network, training, and other infrastructure needs/opportunities for developing aging-relevant research in these areas. (For more information, contact: Dr. Lis Nielsen, BSR, Ph: 301-402-4156.)
This BSR-supported exploratory meeting was held in Bethesda, MD, to further NIA's work with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to develop a program focusing on (1) changes in motivation and emotion with addiction and aging, (2) changes in cognitive control and decision-making with addiction and aging, and (3) future directions – applying emotion and motivation findings to aging and addiction treatment and policy. (For more information, contact: Dr. Lis Nielsen, BSR, Ph: 301-402-4156.)
This BSR-supported exploratory meeting brought together a group of experts, including applied and theoretical economists to better understand the nature of financial risks that are faced by the elderly in later life. The agenda focused on the following questions: (1) What are promising research paths for private and public sector entities interested in enhancing design and presentation of financial options for retirees?; (2) How can questions of retirement finance be used to stimulate new research paths for microeconomic theorists, experimentalists, and survey designers?; and (3) What are promising new ideas, methods, and possible data sources that can be used to better understand choices among retirement financial options, responses to incentives to work, and the extent of financial planning? Future directions will entail development of models and measures of economic risks at old age with the potential for developing interventions to insure against these risks. (For more information, contact: Dr. Partha Bhattacharyya, BSR, Ph: 301-496-3138.)
In the fall of 2007, NIA and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), through a generous gift from the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, organized and sponsored the Cognitive Aging Summit. This highly successful advisory conference galvanized the field of cognitive aging research. One of the recommendations from that meeting was to hold a second Cognitive Aging Summit in order to maintain momentum in the field. Given the personal, economic, and social cost of age-related cognitive decline and dementing illnesses, and the NIH mandate to examine means of maintaining cognitive health, a second Cognitive Aging Summit meeting has been proposed for the fall of 2010 that seeks to advance and integrate knowledge bases, methods, and perspectives on aging and cognition. In order to adequately prepare and organize for the second Summit, a one day planning meeting was held on November 13, 2009, in Bethesda, MD, to design meeting structure and content and to develop speaker and participant lists. A group of 20 participants, consisting of extramural investigators and federal staff, convened the meeting. The planning meeting was very productive in moving forward with the organization for the second Cognitive Aging Summit. (For further information, contact: Dr. Molly Wagster, DN, Ph: 301-496-9350; email@example.com [1], or Dr. Jonathan King, DBSR, Ph: 301-496-3136, email@example.com [2].)
NIA sponsored this exploratory meeting through Interagency Agreement funds to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee on National Statics (CNSTAT). The CNSTAT appointed a planning committee of experts to organize and conduct a public workshop to identify research that can improve models for projecting healthcare costs for the population aged 65 and older and, more broadly, address factors that drive healthcare spending. Given the substantial growth in the Medicare population, fueled by the aging of the baby boomers and rising life expectancy at age 65, and the continued increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance spending, the availability of well-specified models and analyses that can provide useful information on the likely cost implications of healthcare policy alternatives is critical for public and private sector policy planning. Current models for healthcare cost estimation range from simple rules of thumb (projected rate of GDP increase plus a specified percentage) to dynamic microsimulation models that "age" population cohorts over time to computational general equilibrium models of the healthcare sector of the economy and long-term healthcare spending. The workshop considered the uses and limitations of alternative approaches and suggested priorities for behavioral and economic research that could support improved projection models. The product of the workshop will be a separately authored summary of the discussions; commissioned papers will be made available as part of the summary or separately on the Internet. (For more information, contact: Dr. Richard Suzman, BSR, Ph: 301-496-3131.)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among older adults at the age of 65 or above. Currently, there is no cure for AD; early detection of the disease is primarily based on neuropsychological assessment. In the past two decades or so, studies have begun to suggest that changes in sensory and/or motor function are associated with AD, in particular at the early or even pre-symptomatic stages, and that examining sensory and motor changes in the context of AD may provide us with fresh perspectives regarding the etiology, early detection, assessment, and treatment of AD and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases. The Division of Neuroscience plans to hold an exploratory workshop in Bethesda, MD, in February 2010 to assess the potential of changes in sensory and/or motor function as possible predictors for the development of cognitive dysfunction and dementia. Participants will include experts from the fields of sensory systems, motor systems, cognitive aging, and dementia research. Topics of interest will include: (1) sensory or motor modalities that would be suitable for development as appropriate early biomarkers for cognitive dysfunction and dementia; (2) molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms that underlie the associations of sensory or motor changes with cognitive impairment and dementia; (3) technologies appropriate for early detection of sensory or motor changes related to cognitive impairment and dementia; and (4) early intervention strategies aimed at preserving the sensory and/or motor function in the hope that this would delay the onset of and/or the progression to cognitive dysfunction and dementia. (For further information, contact: Dr. Wen G. Chen, DN, Ph: 301-496-9350; firstname.lastname@example.com [3]).
The Division of Neuroscience (DN), NIA, will sponsor this advisory meeting in March 2010, in Bethesda, MD, whose goal is to further develop, prioritize, and formulate an implementation plan for the recommendations emanating from the meeting of the AD Translational Research Advisory Panel. To this end, the meeting will convene leading therapy development experts from academia, biopharma, and disease-focused foundations to consider the following recommendations: (1) to establish a new public-private partnership consortium that will leverage and build upon existing government, industry, and disease foundation resources and coordinate the strategic planning for future development of AD therapeutics; (2) to establish an external advisory/oversight committee that would review progress of funded preclinical (U01) programs and provide guidance to NIA-funded investigators and advice to NIA program staff; (3) to improve translation of preclinical animal model efficacy to the clinic by defining guidelines and standard methods for use of animal models in AD therapy development; and (4) to provide formal education on topics germane to AD therapy development to potential applicants, funded-investigators, NIH program staff, and reviewers. (For further information, contact: Dr. Neil Buckholtz, DN, Ph: 301-496-9350; email@example.com [4]).
Measurement of cognition is critical for diagnosis, monitoring disease progression, and conducting clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Until recently, most measures used in AD research have been designed to evaluate later stages of the disease. The AD field is moving toward much earlier diagnosis and thus, more sensitive measures that assess different cognitive domains are needed. The Division of Neuroscience, NIA, will sponsor an exploratory meeting in Bethesda, MD, in January 2010 to address these issues, with the purpose of : (1) exploring a range of computerized cognitive assessments and determining gaps and opportunities for further development with respect to understanding the earliest stages of AD and (2) evaluating novel methods and domains (e.g., spatial orientation, prospective memory, etc.) for assessing cognition and looking at the sensitivity/utility of methods and domains that have been used in other populations (college students, normal elderly) to determine which individuals are most likely to develop AD or other dementias. (For more information, contact: Dr. Nina Silverberg, DN, Ph: 301-594-0733, email@example.com [5]; or Dr. Jonathan King, BSR, Ph: 301-496-3136.)
NIA and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will organize an exploratory meeting to assess the state of the science on Elder Mistreatment. It has been seven years since NIA sponsored an NAS Panel resulting in the landmark publication Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America. Since then NIA has funded nine projects resulting from Elder Mistreatment RFAs, funded several unsolicited projects on this topic, and worked with other funders (e.g., Department of Justice/National Institute on Justice). The resulting funded research addresses problems identified by the NAS panel on Elder Mistreatment. It is time to assess the scientific knowledge gained in that interval and further clarify the direction of future research on Elder Mistreatment. NIA has requested brief state-of-the-science papers intended to assess scientific progress and knowledge gaps remaining after the collective investment of these various agencies in Elder Mistreatment research, from 14 extramural investigators and 9 agency representatives (Administration on Aging, Department of Justice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation/DHHS, American Bar Association, and the Wilson Center). (For more information, contact: Dr. Sidney M. Stahl, BSR, Ph: 301/402-4156.)
One important aspect of population aging on which NIA has not yet devoted focused attention is the older worker, and the interaction between work and the aging process. NIA cosponsored with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) a 2004 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Panel and National Research Council (NRC) volume on Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers, and as part of our 2008 NACA Review we began to think about a variety of initiatives in this area. An exploratory workshop is proposed to focus our program development efforts. Recently NIA was approached by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which has an interest and growing portfolio on America's aging work force and issues facing employers of older workers; they are interested in collaborating on a workshop and may be interested in collaborating on a future initiative. (For more information, contact: Ms. Georgeanne Patmios, BSR, Ph: 301-496-3136.)
Epigenetics/epigenomics is an emerging field of science that involves the study of changes in the regulation of gene activity and expression that are not dependent on gene sequence. One of the major take home messages from a recent NIA workshop entitled "Epigenetics of Aging and Age-related Diseases" was that an integrated genetic-epigenetic approach holds great promise for understanding the etiology of complex diseases of aging. With this in mind and in order to further leverage the Roadmap investment in epigenomics and maximize NIA's investment in the genetics of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the Division of Neuroscience, NIA, will convene an exploratory workshop in Bethesda, MD, that will bring together ADGC (AD Genetics Consortium) investigators funded through the Roadmap Epigenomics RFA, other leading epigenomics experts working on related diseases and conditions, and NIA's leading geneticists involved in the major AD genetics initiatives such as LOAD (Late Onset AD Family study). The purpose of this workshop is to explore synergies between these two approaches and to facilitate interactions between leading experts in AD genetics and leading epigenomics experts, and to review the current state of AD genetics and the emerging epigenetic approach to AD. (For further information, contact: Dr. Suzana Petanceska, DN, Ph: 301-496-9350; firstname.lastname@example.com [6].)
This exploratory, NIA-supported, Second Annual Behavioral Economics Conference will be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Approximately 90 behavioral economists have been invited and are expected to attend, making this the largest meeting of its kind in an area of high program relevance to the Behavioral and Social Research Division. It is anticipated that the conference organizers will be submitting a multi-year R13 conference grant to support the meeting in future years. (For more information contact: Dr. Jonathan King, BSR, Ph: 301-402-4156.)
In conjunction with the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Boston, MA, the Behavioral and Social Research Division proposes to sponsor an exploratory meeting focusing on opportunities for psychology-economics collaborations. The meeting would highlight emerging findings around a wide range of psychological variables that increasingly come to figure in discussions about "economic behavior" and "behavior change" including: self-control, impulsivity, risk taking, altruism, cooperation, competition, contagion, emotion regulation. (For more information contact: Dr. Lis Nielsen, BSR, Ph: 301-402-4156.)
An exploratory Workshop on Technology to Monitor Physiologic Functional Problems in Older Adults will be held in the summer of 2010. The meeting, co-sponsored by the NIA Divisions of Behavioral and Social Research, Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, and Neuroscience, and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, will explore ways in which new and improved sensor technologies can be used to monitor ambulatory patients inside and outside of their homes and help them maintain independence longer. (For further information, contact: Ms. Winifred K. Rossi, DGCG, Ph: 301-496-3836, firstname.lastname@example.com [7].)


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Only moments away from the delightful beach at Combe Martin, Sunset sits at the heart of this seaside village. Tastefully furnished and well-appointed, this semi-detached holiday cottage is an ideal place to spend time unwinding and exploring this beautiful part of Devon. Just a short walk from the beach - an ideal…
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I have nice systems voice recording software that records and archives telephone recordings. If you don't put the backapp application into retrieval mode before you put the new dvd-ram into the drive it will stay in auto-archive mode and write over the disk you put into the drive. We didn't put it into retrieval mode, ejected it after about 10 seconds and now cannot read the data on the dvd-ram. Now I am attempting to see if I can retrieve any .wav files from the disk using backtrack utilities. I tried to mount the disk from /dev/sr1 with every format I could think of but it doesn't recognize the format. So I used the autopsy utility to image /dev/sr1 which copied the raw data over to my hard drive. Now I have a file that I have called sr1.raw. I have tried to use scalpel and foremost to try and carve .wav files from it but neither utility finds anything. I called nice systems and they said they don't format the dvd-rams with any kind of format since it's proprietary, that's why trying iso9660 and udf, vfat, didn't work. The nice tech did say that when you put it in the drive with auto-archive set, that it immediately re-indexes the disk and that it's proprietary meaning there's no way he knows of to recover the data. Now that I have the disk image on my hard drive is there any way to extract .wav files from it? Can anyone point me in any direction as to what utilities I might try to grab data from this disk? Am I out of luck?
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Saturday was a first…ice climbing in Ouray's Ice Park during the world's most famous ice climbing festival! I slinked away from the Osprey demo tent to see just what this ice climbing thing was all about. Osprey athlete Majka Burhardt hosted a climbing clinic and I was lucky enough to squeeze in.
Putting on our harness, crampons, helmet and grabbing our ice axes, we headed up along the ravine edge to our destination, the Schoolhouse area. My eyes widened a bit as I surveyed the metal ladder. Hmmm. Exposure anyone? Ignoring a slight adrenaline surge, I turned around and gingerly made my way down the steps, my crampon points occasionally getting stuck between the inch-thick bars until I met the near-vertical snowy path, where a rope lay on the snow.
"Turn around Kerry!" Majka called to me, "It's easier to pick your way facing downhill."
Oh. And indeed it was, as I regained composure coming down.
We followed the path, passing under belayers' ropes and gathered around. Majka methodically went through all we needed to know before getting on the ice. Harness safely in place. Check. Laces tightened up. Check. "Loose boots are no good ice climbing. You're pivoting your foot and you want your feet snug in the boots, so make sure you cinch down the laces, especially around your ankles," Majka explained. Next, she described the differences of tools–the shapes of the handles, what a leash will or won't do for you and the types of crampons we all had and what they were good for.
Wasting no time, she showed us the motion and plane that the ice axes should be wielded, how far we should reach and where our arms and legs should be positioned to get leverage on the ice. The first two guinea pigs where up (okay, actually…there were only two of us who hadn't tried ice climbing). As they made their way up the ice she instructed them and gave them pointers, both when they were climbing up and rapping down. A few more went. I happily snapped shots, occasionally chirping in with "Ice!!" as chunks came careening down.
"Alright, you're up Kerry," Majka surprised me.
No panseying-around here!
Despite my lack of excitement for heights paired with my cautiousness with two strained wrist muscles, this was just the ass kick I needed. Off I went. I didn't have time to get worked up, although I did tell my belayer to take up a little more slack, that I preferred to know the rope was a bit more taut. My feet and my arms worked simultaneously in rhythm as I ascended the ice, Majka correcting me from the ground. I could feel the difference–the ease of proper technique versus relying on an awkward hold or foot placement.
So different from rock climbing. But I liked it. And I'll be trying it again! Time to get back to the tent to help Sam show the Osprey love…


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I am the best Amateur Bantamweight in the country. Does anyone dispute this???
I am the best Amateur Bantamweight in the country. Does anyone dispute this???
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I agree.
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I Disagree Britain is not a country.
I think a few people would dispute this...lots of good bantamweights around ;-)
The best British Bantamweight in this country basically means Best English Bantamweight then?
Whats your record? I have a couple i could match you with for 25th November in Huddersfield at NSAC Am rules.
I'm 5-0 and will beat anyone you could possibly put me in with and name another bantamweight who you think could beat me???
At what point will you decide to go Pro? as i'm sure 'if' you are the best Amatuer then a step up is in order or do you feel you need to improve in certain areas before?
Oh bless...Originally Posted by Patrick Pimblett;803186[B
"Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep" Rudyard Kipling
What rules are you fighting under Patrick? I mean 'amatuer' can mean a lot of things nowadays!
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Monday Morning Quarterback Week 3
The Good
The Bad
New York GiantsCarolina Panthers
Days after Eli Manning pulled off a fourth-quarter miracle against the Bucs, he directed a systematic destruction of the Panthers. Manning completed 27-of-35 passes for 288 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions.
It was all set up for Cam Newton to have a big game on his home field against the defending Super Bowl champions, but he was ineffective and immature. He threw three picks and did not have a scoring pass.
Chicago BearsSt. Louis Rams
This was not a great game for quarterbacks. While Jay Cutler completed 17-of-31 passes, the best thing he did was run 21 yards on a fourth-quarter scramble that set up a field goal.
The Bears could not put their new passing game on display and the Chicago defense stopped Sam Bradford from doing the same. Bradford threw for 152 yards and two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.
Buffalo BillsCleveland Browns
Ryan Fitzpatrick has responded with two sharp games in a row. He completed 22-of-35 passes for 208 yards with 3 TDs and 0 interceptions. Fitzpatrick looked as confident as those numbers would indicate.
Brandon Weeden is going through growing pains with the Browns. While he is standing in and trying to compete, he makes too many mistakes. He threw for 237 yards and a touchdown, but he also tossed two interceptions.
Dallas CowboysTampa Bay Buccaneers
Tony Romo did not do much, but he did enough to help the Cowboys secure a victory. He kept mistakes to a minimum in throwing for 283 yards. He completed a 49-yard pass to Miles Austin that forced the Tampa Bay defense to respect him.
Greg Schiano may continue to attack the victory formation, but he would make better use of his time by finding a consistent NFL quarterback. That is not Josh Freeman, who completed 10-of-28 passes and looked shaky throughout the game.
Jacksonville JaguarsIndianapolis Colts
Blaine Gabbert certainly picked the right time for his only touchdown pass of the game. He hit Cecil Shorts with an 80-yard TD pass with 45 seconds to go to steal the victory for the Jaguars. Colts' star rookie Andrew Luck threw for 313 yards.
Luck continues to make plays in the opening games of his first season, but this time he could not overcome a late miracle touchdown by the opponent. Luck needs a bit more seasoning to take advantage of all of his opportunities.
New York JetsMiami Dolphins
Mark Sanchez played with urgency in the fourth quarter and overtime. His touchdown pass to Jeremy Kerley gave the Jets the late lead and when the Dolphins missed a FG attempt in overtime, he directed the drive that gave them the win. Sanchez threw for 306 yards.
Blaine Ryan Tannehill does not have much receiving talent to work with in Miami. Still he hangs in there and led a game-tying drive in the final seconds. Tannehill is not accurate enough, completing 16-of-36 passes.
Minnesota VikingsSan Francisco 49ers
Don't look now, but Christian Ponder may be the most improved player in the NFL. He looked calm and cool against the ferocious 49ers defense and led the upset by completing 21-of-35 passes for 198 yards and 2 touchdowns without an interception.
It's not about preseason hype or finishing the season undefeated. From that perspective, a 49er letdown was not that surprising considering they opened the season with wins over two playoff teams. That said, Alex Smith looked uninspired and was not overly effective in throwing for 204 yards with an interception.
Kansas City ChiefsNew Orleans Saints
The Chiefs looked dead and buried when they were down 24-6, but Matt Cassel kept fighting. He grew sharper as the game got closer and he completed 26-of-44 passes for 248 yards while under duress.
The Saints are down in the dumps after blowing a big lead against the previously winless Chiefs. While you can't put it all on Drew Brees, he displayed none of the killer instinct that has been part of his game for so long. Brees seemed to lack big-play capabilities against Kansas City.
Tennessee TitansDetroit Lions
A spectacular game for the fans and those who love big plays. Jake Locker has shown much improvement and impressive athletic ability in completing 29-of-42 passes for 378 yards and 2 touchdowns. Lions backup Shaun Hill threw two TD passes in the final minutes to force the game into overtime.
Matthew Stafford had a solid game, but he had to come out after suffering a strained leg muscle in the fourth quarter. Even though Hill was spectacular, the Lions will not fulfill preseason hopes if Stafford is unable to play.
Cincinnati BengalsWashington Redskins
Andy Dalton may be a second-year player, but he looks like a savvy veteran at this point. He riddled the Redskins secondary for 328 passing yards and 3 touchdowns. Robert Griffin III continues to compete well for the Redskins, nearly bring them back from a late two-TD deficit.
RGIII may have spectacular talent and athletic ability, but every NFL quarterback learns that you can't put yourself at risk by running the ball with abandon. RGII had 12 rushing attempts and was sacked five times. He was hit hard throughout the game.
Arizona CardinalsPhiladelphia Eagles
Has Kevin Kolb really led the Cardinals to a 3-0 record? Truth really is stranger than fiction. Kolb is starting to put his physical tools to good use and he was a satisfying 17-of-24 for 222 yards with 2 touchdowns against his former team.
Michael Vick continues to underwhelm for the Eagles. The Eagles were never really in the game against Arizona and Vick was just 17-of-37 for 217 yards against the Arizona. His fumble at the end of the first half was returned 93 yards for a touchdown.
Atlanta FalconsSan Diego Chargers
Matt Ryan has been consistent throughout his career but is taking a step up early in the season. He was 30-of-40 for 275 yards and 3 touchdowns in leading the Falcons to a road blowout win over a solid team.
Philip Rivers followed up two solid performances with a terrible one against the nasty Falcons defense. He threw two interception and did not throw a touchdown pass.
Houston TexansDenver Broncos
The Texans broke off to a big lead and Matt Schaub was a big reason why as a result of his poised play. Schaub threw for 290 yards and 4 touchdowns despite getting battered around by the Denver defense. Despite a slow start, Peyton Manning got the Broncos back in the game.
Manning is struggling after two straight losses in this comeback season. He completed 26-of-52 passes for 330 yards and 2 TDs, but his timing is not what fans are used to seeing from him.
Oakland RaidersPittsburgh Steelers
A superb performance by both quarterbacks. Ben Roethlisberger threw for 384 yards and 4 TDs without suffering an interception. Carson Palmer was effective for the Raiders in the second half. He led the comeback victory by throwing 3 TD passes and then leading the drive that resulted in Sebastian Janikowski's game-winning field goal.
Palmer was a little slow to get started, but he more than made up for it with his strong finish. Roethlisberger was unable to sustain any drives in the fourth quarter and that allowed the Raiders to register the comeback.
Baltimore RavensNew England Patriots
Joe Flacco is establishing himself as one of the best quarterbacks in the league. He came through with a 382-yard, 3-touchdown effort against the Patriots and he led his team on a game-winning drive in the final two minutes. Tom Brady was nearly as good for New England, throwing for 335 yards and a touchdown against Baltimore's hard-hitting defense.
The Patriots had a two-score lead in the fourth quarter, but Brady could not sustain two drives in the last quarter that would have allowed the Patriots to hold on to the ball and come away with the decision.


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Yes its true that your internal wireless will not be found inside a VM. The VM will only have full access to a wireless card that is a USB device.
You 'could' mess up your operating system by installing BT on your harddrive, but only if you do not know what you are doing... And seeing as how your name is what it is, I'll assume that you will mess up your system if you try.
Yes, IF you install to the harddrive you will see your internal wireless card.
My suggestion? Run a LiveCD instead of installing it, that way you don't break your 7 machine and you can still use BT4.
Seeing as how your other post was a little... Fuzzy with your ethics this might be the most I'm willing to help you with.
Link to fuzzy ethics: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...tml#post157921


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NEW YORK CITY -- The U.S. division of Atari filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, moving to separate from its French parent company. The company said it filed a Chapter 11 proceeding in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan amid "adverse trading conditions and limited development funds."
Atari cited the scheduled March 31 expiration of its credit agreement with Bluebay, its main investor and only lender, and said no lending successor has been found.
Founded in 1972 by coin-op legend Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, Atari was one of the first videogame innovators, and is known for such early arcade games as Pong, Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command. Since Bushnell, the company has changed owners several times. In 2009, Infogrames Entertainment, SA, the parent company of Atari Inc. and Atari Interactive Inc., announced it would be changing Infogrames' name to Atari, SA. In April, Atari SA board member and former chief executive David Gardner resigned. Atari Inc. cofounder Bushnell joined the board as a representative for Bluebay Holdings.
Atari's U.S. group expects to complete a sale or restructuring of all or most assets within 90 to 120 days.


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CAC Movie - The Hobbit (PG-13)
When Saturday April 13, 2013 @ 6:00 PM (1562 days ago)
Where Science Center, 106, Auditorium
Duration 2 hours 49 minutes
A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. Director: Peter Jackson. Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage.
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"It was reported that when Ray Bradbury died yesterday, he had a smile on his face."
The celebrated author, who died Tuesday night at age 91, once told the Press-Telegram that's what he wanted the first line of his obituary to read.
The author met with a group of us in 2005 to discuss the selection of his book, "Fahrenheit 451," for Long Beach Reads One Book.
When former Press-Telegram columnist Tom Hennessy asked Bradbury how he would like the first paragraph of his obituary to read, he didn't hesitate.
He let out a loud laugh, and we all smiled with him. I think he is still smiling.
Bradbury had a long love affair with Long Beach.
It started years ago when Acres of Books in Long Beach became his favorite bookstore.
He would talk of the "cozy, wonderful feeling of dropping by the bookstore, going in the back and listening to raindrops beating down on the tin roof."
"I dare you to go in there and stay for just an hour," he told a Long Beach City College audience in 1994.
In 2008 he came to Long Beach to mourn the closure of Acres of Books on Long Beach Boulevard downtown to redevelopment.
"Since 1934 this unique cultural heritage landmark bookstore has been a destination for book lovers from around the world with its inventory of over one million books," he said.
He also wrote a song, "I Sing the Bookstore Eclectic," a paean to Acres of Books.
At the same time, he bemoaned talk of the possible closing of the Long Beach public library downtown because of the budget deficit. "This is heartbreak and an outrage," he roared. "Is Long Beach at war with the printed word and books?"
He said he had great love for public libraries and that he had received his education there. "In fact, it was in the basement of the UCLA Powell Library I wrote `Fahrenheit 451' on a pay typewriter (10 cents an hour)," he said.
After the Long Beach Public Library Foundation selected "Fahrenheit 451" for the city's Long Beach Reads One Book program, I made a memorable visit to Bradbury's home in Cheviot Hills in Los Angeles with Hennessy (since retired) and fellow Library Foundation member Diane Jacobus. We wanted to talk to the author about his coming visit to Long Beach for the One Book event.
Bradbury greeted us warmly and was the perfect host. Hundreds of copies of his books were stacked around his three-story house. He explained that there was a huge call for all of his books, and he wanted them there to have them available for different events.
Jacobus on Wednesday remembered the day like it was yesterday: "I will always, always remember that wonderful visit and when he looked at me and said, `Where were you when I was 18?' I don't think I would have been born then, but that's OK. He was a great man and a great writer. This is a sad day and a great loss for all of us."
In 2002 Bradbury was honored by the LB Library Foundation with its Library Leadership Award aboard the Queen Mary. In 2006 he was named Senior of the Year by the Long Beach City College Senior Center/Lifetime Learning.
"He was in a wheelchair, but it didn't slow him down," said Mary Thoits, director of the center. "He just thrilled us with his stories."
Kathy Berry, now executive director of the Long Beach Police Foundation, remembers when Bradbury came to Long Beach in the 1980s as the keynote speaker for the Press-Telegram's Academy of Achievement program honoring high school seniors. At the time, Berry was the newspaper's marketing director.
"We brought him down in a limousine because he never drove a car," Berry said. "When the time came for him to go on stage, he turned around and handed me his briefcase, bulging with papers. He said, `This is for you to take care of. It's the only copy of my new book inside there so don't lose it.' Believe me, I held tight and never put it down until I could hand it back to him."
In the wide-ranging interview by Hennessy in 2005, Bradbury was asked if he would ever retire. He was 84 then.
"I'm never going to retire. C'mon. God is going to have to hit me with a baseball bat," he said.
Bradbury said each of us should leave something behind when they pass. What would he leave behind?
"I'm going to leave behind two things," he said. "The totality of my fiction, the proof that I loved being alive and the essence of myself; when people look at me (I want them to) say, `There's someone who enjoys being alive and proves it every day."'
He also said he would like to go to Mars, but he thought he was a little too old to wait for that day when spaceships would land there. However, he said he would like to be buried on Mars "in a Campbell's tomato soup can. Bury my ashes on Mars. I'll be the first dead man on Mars."
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Provo School District Associate Superintendent Greg Hudnall was haunted by the reports of student suicides in his district, so he decided to do something about it.
"We were losing one to two students a year to suicide between 1997 and 2004," he told me in a recent interview. That was when he launched the Hope Project in his district, which has become a comprehensive effort involving school teachers, administrators, parents, several civic and health organizations in Utah County and the city of Provo.
Since that project was launched, "we haven't had one suicide since 2005 (in the district)," he told me.
The Hope Project began by surveying sixth-, eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders throughout the district and asking them to name three or four students they would trust with their personal problems.
In each of the grade levels, Hudnall said, "the same 30 or 40 kids were listed by most of the students."
So those students were chosen to be student peers available to befriend and counsel at-risk students who reached out. It expanded, with programs to help teachers and parents identify suicidal tendencies in their students and get them counseling.
In January, thanks to several organizations and support from Provo Mayor John Curtis, the district plans to air an anti-bullying video and is promoting the idea that the entire Provo community view it on the same day, through showings at public venues or through community television.
That should lead to group discussions, more awareness and more reporting and understanding of bullying in school and its potential consequences.
Granite School District, which lost a student at Bennion Junior High School last month when he shot himself in front of other students on a sky bridge in Taylorsville, also has employed an innovative program aimed at preventing bullying, which is one of the behaviors blamed for the troubling amount of suicides. Utah, according to the Utah Department of Health, has the 17th highest number of suicides among youths between 10 and 17 in the nation.
But while classmates said the student who shot himself in Taylorsville had been horribly bullied at school, no teachers or administrators had been notified of that problem.
Efforts to expand anti-bullying and suicide programs have run into resistance because of politics.
When Rep. Carol Spackman Moss sponsored anti-bullying legislation a few years ago, she wanted to include at-risk groups of students. But she was told that would never pass the Legislature because conservative groups like the Eagle Forum feared the protected groups would include sexual orientation. She eventually got a bill passed that simply required districts to adopt anti-bullying policies.
Last legislative session, Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, sponsored a teen-suicide prevention bill that borrowed from some of the ideas of Provo's Hope Project.
His bill would require school districts to offer an annual seminar to help parents recognize suicidal signs in their children. The seminar would cover such topics as drug abuse, bullying, online harassment, etc.
At first, it had overwhelming support and passed the House easily. But the Senate added an amendment that also would require a sex education component in the seminars for parents.
That was when the Legislature was passing the Eagle Forum-inspired bill that would effectively eliminate sex ed in the schools. Some senators felt they could fill the gap by offering the education to parents.
That amendment was met with derision in the House and was eventually taken out of the bill.
So when it came up for final passage, Senate President Michael Waddoups, who had originally supported the bill, voted against it and made some comments that led two more senators to change their votes. It was defeated because the Senate decided to teach the upstart House a lesson about respect.
The tragic irony: The Bennion Junior High School student who shot himself lived in Waddoups' Senate district.


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In The News 02-24-2012
Your Weekly Update In The World Of Technology
Yet Another Big Cat…
Apple released the developer preview of the next version of Mac OS X yesterday. The new version, 10.8, keeps up with Apple's big cat theme and is named Mountain Lion. The release is not available to the typical Mac user yet, however the developer preview version gives app makers a head start on developing new apps before the main OS release.
The main draw for Mountain Lion is that it brings the Mac experience closer together with the iPhone and iPad experience. Some of the big changes include swapping out iChat for iMessage and Twitter integration, reminders, notifications, iCloud, and the Game Center. This is Apple's attempt to bridge the gap between OS X and iOS devices. The change is not completely merged, however, since you will have to purchase apps separately for both Macs and iOS devices… at least for now.
The Game System That Is A Smartphone… Or Is It The Other Way Around?
People of the tech world, meet Sony's PlayStation Vita. The new portable gaming console, which hit stores this past Wednesday, aims to be more than a gaming system. Sony has made a point of adding many features included on a smartphone. These features include a similar interface, dual cameras, and access to social media. The Vita is meant to be a high-end portable gaming system with all the advantages of having a smartphone (without, you know, making phone calls).
The PlayStation Vita will cost between $249 and $299 as well as the option of a 3G data plan. The WiFi version is on the lower end at $249 and the 3G version will go for $299, plus applicable data plan. Currently AT&T is the only 3G provider for the Vita in the U.S. Despite not having the ability to make calls, the Vita does include a voice chat feature through its Party application. Other applications for communication and social connections that are available include Facebook, Twitter, and Skype.
Sony has made the point that the Vita is first a gaming console and second a device that provides smartphone features. At launch there were only 25 game titles available, however more are expected to be released shortly. Some big name games that will be included are "Assassin's Creed," "FIFA," "Madden NFL," and "Little Big Planet." It's hard to tell if people will jump at this new gaming console, but it's clear Sony is trying to make their consoles a more social experience.


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CSULB main site. Information about the GWAR policy, WPE testing, new GWAR Coordinator office, and how to get help.
*Note: although every effort is made to keep this Web site
up to date, you should also consult the printed catalog for official
information and program requirements, which may vary depending on the
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Thread: first haircut stories...
13th April 2012 02:26 AM #1
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first haircut stories...
Hi there everybody,
Please share you stories here about the first haircut of your baby.
Here is mine.
My 1-year-old son had a haircut last week, it was his very first. It was alright at first, he just sat there looking at the mirror and just being plain naive little boy wondering what was happening (he looked so cute how he looks at the mirror to look at himself) but when his hair got all over his face and neck he got irritated and wanted to get off the chair. But finally, we got it done. Good thing, the barber had a lot of patience. And I was very thankful to him for exerting an extra effort to give an excellent haircut on my little boy.
Share your stories here. Thanks!
13th April 2012 12:45 PM #2
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The one I remember the most was my 2nd son. I just remember wanting to trim his hair up but my husband thought his curls were so cute and he didn't let me cut them until he was 3 years old.
17th April 2012 08:22 PM #3
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His hair must have grown long...
but it must have looked good with those curls.
Thanks for replying.
17th April 2012 10:25 PM #4
Awww these are sweet! I still have not had my toddlers hair cut as it's so lovely and soft and curly at the back.
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Hi LJ,
I bet you enjoy their soft and curly hair. But don't forget to share your story, I can't wait.


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'"That dug us a hole right off the bat,'' Ruff said of the two power-play goals. "Our skills guys — I didn't like our emotion or work ethic on our power play. You have to tell me where Miroslav Satan was tonight. You have to tell me where Curtis Brown was tonight. Five-on-five, we were pretty decent. We still have a lot of work to do, and that's what ticks me off.'''
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Tim Cook (CEO)
Who is he?
At the fairly ripe old age of 51, Steve Jobs' successor is a fitness nut and reportedly sends emails at 4:30 in the morning, presumably after a long run to gear himself up for another day in charge of the world's most coveted tech company.
Why he matters
Cook single-handedly pulled Apple out of a manufacturing slump in the late 90s and helped Apple reduce inventory levels and streamline its supply chain. The result? A company that can announce a new iPhone one day and deliver it to your hands in a matter of weeks – an Apple tradition.
Sir Jonathan Ive (Senior VP, Industrial Design)
Who is he?
Perhaps the second most famous Appleite after Steve Jobs himself, British-born Jonathan Ive has received countless awards and titles, including numerous accolades for the being one of most influential Brits in technology and business. His OBE and KBE appointments have cemented his status as one of the top designers and innovators in the world.
Why he matters
Jonathan Ive's long list of iconic creations began with the iMac and continued with the iPod and iPhone. He holds over 400 design patents to his name alone. You only need to pick up an iPhone 4S to appreciate its beauty – and we're already drooling with anticipation for the iPad 3, the iPhone 5 and whatever other wonders he's cooking up in his secret design lab at Apple HQ.
Scott Forstall (Senior VP, iOS Software)
Who is he?
Forstall headed the team responsible for the iPhone's revolutionary iOS. He worked at NeXT (a company founded by Steve Jobs following his 1985 resignation from Apple) and moved over to Apple when it purchased NeXT in 1996.
Why he matters
Forstall has been described as a 'mini Steve' and reportedly shares the same attention to detail, ambition and high standards as the late visionary himself. Forestall has also been tipped to be Apple's next CEO after Tim Cook – a fitting position for a man who is considered to be one of the fathers of Mac OS X.
Philip Schiller (Senior VP, Worldwide Marketing)
Who is he?
Phil Schiller's biology degree is proof that many people end up straying far away from their academic disciplines. Luckily for Phil, he strayed into Apple and helped launch a whole host of iDevices from iMacs to iPods.
Why he matters
Schiller served as Steve Jobs' right hand man, supporting him during many of Apple's legendary keynote presentations. He's still at the forefront of the Apple stage spotlight and presented the January 2012 keynote for the introduction of iBooks 2 and iTunes U.
John Browett (Senior VP, Retail)
Who is he?
Until very recently John Browett was the chief executive of Dixons retail – but he has transferred over to Apple to spearhead its retail division.
Why he matters
Browett will be in charge of expanding Apple Stores around the globe. Whether or not this means that Apple Stores will be popping up in high streets as frequently as Starbucks remains to be seen, but it's certainly an area in which his retail experience will come in more than handy.
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When consumers begin to associate a brand with old age or the past, it might be time to rebrand – which companies have successfully done through strategically contemporary marketing campaigns (such as Old Spice's social media campaign, which garnered over 23 million YouTube views in just 36 hours). Whether online videos or promotional items are the vehicle by which rebranding is achieved is irrelevant; what's important is that it is possible, so executives don't need to start applying for jobs as soon as surveys show that a brand has an antiquated connotation.
In an attempt to show off the cooler side of the Smithsonian Institute, a team of artists recently launched a campaign to illuminate some "Historically Hardcore" heroes, including Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, and Genghis Khan. Through a series of promotional items and posters, the artists attempt to appeal to a younger demographic's interests by illustrating some of the biggest and baddest moments and figures in world history.


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Pat Moore is someone you can all ways count on. I spent the whole season shooting with Pat. In that time I got to see a side of him that many people don't get to see. Pat is all ways willing to lend a hand or help anyone out at any time. He's actually one of the nicest guys in snowboarding. He gives 100 % every waking moment. Let's just say he is a very passionate person. Check him out in the Forum movie "Forum or Against 'Em" and you will see what I mean.
Oh yeah, he is really good at snowboarding too.
-Ian Ruhter
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