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Ms. Pamela Daly
October 31, 2013
Bill Flores, Chairman, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
House Committee on Veteran's Affairs
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Flores:
Thank you for the opportunity to provide the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs more information about DeVry University-San Diego.
From training Army Air Corps instructors on electronic devices in the 1940s, to being one of the first schools approved to accept the original GI Bill after WWII, DeVry University has been educating and supporting America's military personnel and veterans for many years. Today we help veteran and military students make higher education a reality with year-round scheduling, distance learning and degree programs that provide a solid foundation for career success.
Below you will find a brief history of DeVry University, our mission, program offerings and other information that will give you better insights into the high quality of our programs and our commitment of service excellence to our students.
I have also attached a copy of our Academic Annual Report, as well as links to other independent studies referenced below. These reports go into even greater detail on DeVry University's programmatic offerings, teaching approaches, methodologies we use to measure our performance, and the efforts we make to support students.
Thank you again for the opportunity to submit this information and for all the work you do to support our nation's veterans.
Pam Daly
Campus President, DeVry University-San Diego
DeVry University is one of the largest degree-granting higher education systems in North America. We provide high-quality, career-oriented associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs in technology, science, business and the arts. More than 55,000 students are enrolled at our more than 90 locations in the United States and Canada, as well as through DeVry University's online delivery.
DeVry University's academic structure includes five Colleges that house its growing list of degree programs. The Colleges are: Business & Management, Engineering & Information Sciences, Health Sciences, Liberal Arts & Sciences and Media Arts & Technology.
The mission of DeVry University is to foster student learning through high-quality, career-oriented education integrating technology, science, business and the arts. The university delivers practitioner-oriented undergraduate and graduate programs onsite and online to meet the needs of a diverse and geographically dispersed student population.
Our History
In 1931 the original school opened in Chicago when Dr. Herman DeVry established DeForest Training School to prepare students for technical work in electronics, motion pictures, radio and later, television. During WWII, DeVry University was selected by the United States military to educate Army Air Corps instructors on electronic devices. Following WWII, DeVry was one of the first schools to be approved under the original GI Bill.
In 1953, DeForest Training School became DeVry Technical Institute. DeVry's associate degree program in electronics engineering technology earned accreditation by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology in 1953, and in 1957, the first associate degree program in electronics engineering technology was offered.
In 1969, DeVry offered the first baccalaureate degree program in electronics engineering technology and quickly after that, in 1970, DeVry earned accreditation by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology for bachelor's degree program in electronics engineering technology.
In 1973, Keller Graduate School of Management was founded in Chicago as the CBA Institute. CBA Institute became Keller Graduate School of Management in 1974. In 1981, DeVry earned its initial regional accreditation from North Central Association. DeVry Inc. was created through the merger of DeVry Institutes and Keller Graduate School of Management in 1987.
Keller Graduate School of Management received approval from the North Central Association to offer its master's degree programs online in 1998. In 2000, DeVry Institute of Technology received approval from the North Central Association to offer its business administration bachelor's degree program online. DeVry Institute of Technology and Keller Graduate School of Management become DeVry University following the approval of The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association in 2002.
Today, DeVry University is a critical part of our nation's higher education infrastructure, with more than 250,000 alumni, nearly 100 North American locations and the ability to offer on-site, online or blended programs to its students.
As previously stated, DeVry University has a long history serving the military and veterans, and was one the first schools accepted under the original GI Bill. DeVry University has more than 90 VA approved facilities, with many participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program, such as the San Diego campus.
DeVry University has a dedicated Military Affairs team that is comprised of former service members, reservists and spouses, who provide ongoing support to the veteran and active duty member throughout their education. Veteran student issues are routed to the Manager of Military Affairs in their respective region to assure their full resolution.
Student success coaches work closely with military students to complete education plans, identify potential barriers to success and obtain resources to overcome those barriers. We also offer staff sensitivity training through the VA and provide the VA Vet's Centers open access to the campus, allowing for free communication with veterans and early identification of any issues they may face.
A prospective veteran student goes through a pre-screening with a Military Education Liaison who is a member of the Military Affairs team and is, typically, the veteran's initial contact. The veteran then goes through a comprehensive interview with an admissions advisor. The advisor explains that the interview is a two-way process; we are interviewing them and they are also allowed to interview us, assuring DeVry is a good fit for their educational and career goals. The interview culminates into a formal assessment.
To further support veteran students, DeVry University has an active veteran community at many campuses. At DeVry University-San Diego, a Student Veteran Association is in the forming stage with the first meeting set for January. Quarterly town halls are hosted by the Military Affairs team. And annual military appreciation, as well as Memorial Day and Veterans Day, events are planned at campuses across the country, including at San Diego.
DeVry University offers the following services to veterans:
- DeVry ASPIRE provides confidential and free counseling services to enrolled students and their family members, including: financial and legal consultation and referrals; mental, behavioral and emotional health including post-traumatic stress disorder; career assistance and job referrals; transitioning back to school, work and civilian life; military family concerns, parenting and childcare issues; relating to other students and school environment; and community-based resources.
- Veteran Resource Center
- A dedicated space for veterans to find military-specific resources and contacts, including an advisor who is trained to handle military issues. Additionally, the San Diego campus has hosted military educator forums in collaboration with local ESOs, and created and promoted designated military job fair opportunities.
- VA Collaboration
- DeVry University campuses provide open access to the local VA in an active relationship, as well as partnership with the SVA. VA counselors are also allowed to establish office hours at our campuses.
- Disability Support Services
- Aside from academic accommodation requests, veteran students are referred to the VA for additional disability support services.
The federal graduation rate measures only first-time, full-time students. Very few veterans fall into this classification, making it difficult to track graduation rates. However, we can measure the retention rate of veteran students. This is measured from a cohort of new students in the fall semester who persist into a second academic year the following summer or fall semester. Nationally, the retention rate for veterans entering in the fall 2011 is 67 percent. This rate is higher than the non-veteran population from the same semester who retained at a 51 percent rate. At DeVry University's San Diego campus, undergraduate retention was significantly higher for veteran students at 76 percent, versus 49 percent for non-veteran students.
Options for Military Students
To make a DeVry University education more affordable for active-duty military personnel and their spouses, these students receive special tuition rates; we also provide veterans with tuition grants, and veterans and service members alike can qualify for credits based on their military coursework.
We have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Department of Defense that enables us to accept military tuition assistance to help active-duty service members pay for college. As part of our MOUs, we participated in a voluntary third-party review to measure military students' satisfaction and identify best practices for serving this population. A team of assessors visited DeVry University's home office to interview leaders, department heads and faculty members, and followed up by surveying students who currently serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine.
Their report included recognition of our strengths as well as suggestions for how we can better serve our military students. Notable praise included:
- Military students' ability to continue their studies seamlessly – thanks to engaging, high-quality nature of online courses – as long as they are stationed in a location with reliable internet access
- Our specialized training for faculty and staff, and our membership in organizations like the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) consortium, which works to provide quality programs to active-duty military students, their families and veterans
- Responsiveness and flexibility toward service members, exemplified by special tuition pricing and transfer-credit policies
- Our commitment to using student-survey data to evaluate and improve programs, processes and faculty performance
- Our Student Central service model, including specialists trained to work with military students studying online
- Robust career services that will become increasingly more important if predicted personnel draw-downs happen in the military
Independent Studies on DeVry University
There have been several studies in recent years that support the approaches DeVry University takes toward serving students and managing its own operations. Below are brief summaries:
Cicero study
An independent economic-impact analysis, conducted by The Cicero Group, tracked wage growth from 2003 to 2010 for graduates from DeVry University, Chamberlain College of Nursing and Carrington College California across seven states, including California, as well as a control group of individuals who expressed interest in the DeVry schools but ultimately did not pursue a college degree. Both groups had statistically similar starting salaries of $25,000-$27,000 in 2003. But by the end of the seven-year period, graduates from DeVry University averaged wage growth of 60 percent, or an average of $42,661, compared to the control group's average final earnings of 18 percent, or $29,224.
In addition to wage growth, graduates from the three DeVry schools reported greater job security, were more likely to be employed in salaried positions, and more likely to have a job with benefits like health insurance. And because 85 to 90 percent of graduates from the DeVry Inc. schools remain in their communities five years after graduation (compared with 64 to 67 percent for typical college graduates), the economic benefits associated with higher college degree completion rates are more likely to be felt within the community.
The study is available for download at: http://bit.ly/DVimpact
McKinsey report
DeVry University was one of eight colleges and universities profiled by McKinsey & Company as models of how the United States can meet one of its most urgent economic challenges: producing significantly more college-educated workers at a time of shrinking public budgets and rising tuitions.
The McKinsey report, Winning by degrees: the strategies of highly productive higher education institutions, cited best practices at DeVry University and seven other institutions that can serve as examples of how the U.S. can meet its higher education attainment goals without increasing public spending or putting more financial pressure on students.
The international management consulting firm says colleges and universities must produce more graduates without increasing public funding or tuition and without compromising the quality of degrees awarded or reducing access – what it calls increasing "higher education degree productivity."
According to McKinsey, the eight institutions profiled demonstrate that it is possible to increase degree productivity by as much as 23 percent by 2020 without increasing public funding. Those high performing institutions are achieving degree productivity up to 60 percent better than their peer group average, according to McKinsey's research. McKinsey estimates the nation will need to produce roughly one million more graduates per year by 2020 – a 40 percent increase over today's rate – and to ensure it can meet employer demand for skilled professionals.
The report is available for download at: http://bit.ly/vjQa1r
The Pell Institute study
Citing a lack of independent research on "proprietary" education institutions, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (The Pell Institute) conducted a comprehensive review and analysis of DeVry University's academic and support services for low-income, first-generation college students. The study's findings showed nontraditional students at DeVry University received high levels of personal and academic support, which similar institutions could look to replicate.
The study highlighted the following three guiding strategies behind the practices at DeVry University as key to their support for these students:
- Approach support services for students as customer service
- Provide early, in-depth, on-campus student opportunities
- Establish and sustain a shared sense of community
Among the essential elements of DeVry University's support services cited by The Pell Institute are: a one-stop shop advising model, an early intervention warning system, degree progress tracking, academic success centers and career services.
In addition, The Pell Institute found that "valuing students as customers can establish an effective college success culture," especially for low-income, first-generation students. "Students at DeVry express that they appreciate feeling valued as a customer and receiving individualized attention from the staff, administrators and faculty," according to the report.
The report is available for download at: http://bit.ly/DVUpellreport
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Management may very well ask for help in the future. At which point you tell them "$200/hour, 4 hour minimum".
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This is why I use all my own equipment.
Not if the upstream dams slow down their output. That would lower the levels downstream.
I don't know about all dams but the Hoover Dam is not reinforced.
Not if everything is fused together.
Contempt of Cop.
If there is imminent danger the police can enter without a warrant citing "extengient circumstances". They need no consent.
You have to live in a residence for two weeks before California considers you a resident of that address. This is why most leases in California have a clause against letting guests stay for more than two weeks.
Yes comrade!
When that happens you just have to restart the mission.
I doubt a species that has developed FTL travel would need to use us as a source of food. They'd likely have replicator technology.
Pretty much the same thing. Only real difference is one gets paid more and can prescribe drugs.
They dump a bag of chicken bones out and get a reading from the way they land. The bones never lie!
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Haythorne and Liu will assume their posts from Sept. 1, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg News that was confirmed by Thomas Lau, a Hong Kong-based spokesman for HSBC. Julius will take on a newly created role as head of commercial banking origination, capital financing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the memo showed.
Haythorne, currently the bank's deputy global head of banking role and global head of credit and lending, will relocate to Hong Kong from London to take up his new role. The 30-year HSBC veteran will retain his global banking position and continue to manage credit and lending until a successor is named, according to the memo.
Liu, 48, is currently head of banking for Greater China and will join the banking strategy committee. He joined HSBC from Morgan Stanley in 2009.
Both Haythorne and Liu will report to Robin Phillips, global head of banking, and to Gordon French, head of global banking and markets for the Asia-Pacific region, the memo said.


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I've been looking through the forum for this answer and had no luck. I want to know what the correct way of stringing poly/copoly strings on a drop weight machine is. I own a rotational gripper, so do I just start with the weight at the top, wrap the string around the gripper and "stretch" the string untill it is parallel to the groud? Or am i suppose to start the weight at an angle, then wrap the string around the gripper, and hope that its parallel to the ground. If some please explain to me the correct way or if this has already been discussed, send me the link to the page. None the less, Thank you for your help in advance.
You failed to mention the model you own. Briefly, as you've probably already heard, polys stretch less. Strings vary, but you'll know when you first start trying to pull tension on a certain type. You can, as you've noted, hold the bar at an angle, wrap around the rotational gripper, and then let the bar down slowly. Or you can rotate the bar to its lowest position, wrap, and then lift (while holding the gripper) to tension. You may find an angle of the bar at which you can simply wrap the string, and let the bar down to get the bar to (about) horizontal without ever having to ratchet the bar back up (if you have a ratcheting type). NEVER push the bar down. If the bar is too far above horizontal when pulling tension, release the string and try again. Also, remember because polys stretch less that you will need enough string to exit the racquet and reach around the gripper to tension the final mains/cross. Also note, you can feed less string if the bar is above horizontal. Techniques vary slightly based on which gripper type you have on dropweights.
Thanks for the reply. I own a Gamma X-6fc. ive been looking all over the place for a reference on how to string poly and i really appreciate your explination. thanks again.


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I was thinking that it's too bad you can't test for durability before they are so far along... Those look practically finished. Shame.
I was thinking that it's too bad you can't test for durability before they are so far along... Those look practically finished. Shame.
Yeah, they may have been fine once they are epoxied to the tang. I have taken one of them with a crack before and put it on one of my own knives and it looked like the crack it had deepened over time, so I decided to be on the conservative side if I take peoples' hard earned money for them... The amboyna handle really hurt, that was a nice piece of wood, but it snapped apart very easily, so tere was some hidden damage already. And, to be honest, one of the spalted maple handles was as good as finished. I was buffing it, the wheel grabbed it, smacked it right into the wall and it broke from the impact. I am pretty sure the handle would not have shown issues on the knife.
That's painful to see but better it happens in your hands than mine......eeer..... I mean the customer's hands
Zoinks! On the one hand I feel bad for the handle owner and for you Stefan in that you lost all that time to make them. On the other hand, I'm relieved it wasn't mine.
Starting this harvest I'm a starving startling artist/
Lyrical arsonist it's arduous spitting this smartest arsenic/
Still much less loss than in the early days, but the wasted time and care and losing abeautiful piece of wood hurt a bit. Rick, looking at your handle right now, will reglue today and continue working on it this week.
P.S. IPhone keyboards suck.
Nah, he is safe, we have that behind us already, I had to take Rick's handle apart again because the ferrule piece had a crack. Spent 6h in the shop today after work, 2 1/2 with my helper. Because I have so many simultaneously on the bench, it's hard to see the progress, but we did make some. The aim is still to get 25+ out by mid-April, looking good so far.


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21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)
United States U.S. Military Virginia Virginia Military Virginia in the Civil War 21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)
Brief History
21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry was organized in June and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861, at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Most of the men were recruited in the city of Richmond and the counties of Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Cumberland, and Buckingham. Only 6 officers and 50 men surrendered.
The field officers were Colonels William Gilham, John M. Patton, Jr., and William A. Witcher; Lieutenant Colonels Richard H. Cunningham, Jr., and William P. Moseley; and Majors William R. Berkeley, Alfred D. Kelly, John B. Moseley, and Scott Shipp. [1]
Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
Company A (Red House Volunteers) - many men from Charlotte County
Company B ( Maryland Guard) - many men from Baltimore, Maryland
Company C (Oliver Grays) - many men from Mecklenburg County
Company D ( Cumberland Greys) - many men from Cumberland County
Company E ( Buckingham Leaches) - many men from Buckingham County See FHL book 975.5623 H2m for muster roll.
Company F (F Company) - many men from Richmond County
Company G (Brunswick Grays or Brunswick Guard) - many men from Brunswick County
Company H (Chalk Level Grays) - many men from Pittsylvania County
Company I (Turkey Cock Grays) - many men from Pittsylvania County
Company K ( Meherrin Greys) - many men from Prince Edward and Nottoway County
The information above is from 21st Virginia Infantry, by susan A. Riggs.
Other Sources
- Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in Virginia in the Civil War and United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865.
- National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
- Virginia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Virginia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans' censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- Jenkins, John Carrell (1834-1861). John Carrell Jenkins, Color Bearer, Company B, 21st Virginia Infantry: In Memoriam. 1908? FHL Fiche 6082860.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1992- 1995. (Family History Library book 975 M2ss, Ten Volumes.) This gives organization information for each unit and its field officers, assignments, and battles. It also lists sources further reading. Volume 5 is for Virginia.
- Wallace, Lee A. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865. Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, 1986. (Family History Library book 975.5 M2vr, Volume 29.) This gives brief historical sketches of each regiment and lists officers, company names, and commanders.
- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).


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Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The Colorado SoS has issued a letter to ES&S to inform them that state certification testing of their voting machines has been suspended due to a lack of concern and inaction taken by the vendor. In that letter the Secretary accused the vendor of "changing project managers multiple times since April, providing incorrect programming of required databases for testing, providing incorrect ballots for testing, failing to provide required documentation of Federal testing, and test failures requiring extensive machine servicing". Meanwhile election officials in Mesa Co Colorado have decided that they will just ignore what is happening at the state level and they are going to buy more machines from ES&S for another $500,000. What are these people thinking? Where is the outrage from the citizens whose money is being wasted by these same election officials? Rather than buy more products from this company that is arrogant beyond belief they should be taking ES&S to court to get back the original $2.7M they spent....
- NAtional: 'What's Obama's Plans for Election Reform?' Let's Help See the Question Get Asked Tomorrow!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5215 - CO: Mesa County Looks To Add Voting Machines
http://cbs4denver.com/lo...cal_story_301004650.html - FL: New voting system in Indian River County to cost $676,000
http://www.tcpalm.com/ne...e-system-to-cost-676000/ - IN: Randolph County - 27 Lynn voters will have chance to cast new ballots
Those voters will either be sent a new ballot in the mail or be given an opportunity to vote by having the traveling board visit their home.
http://www.thestarpress....27/NEWS01/710270330/1002 - KS: Vote from your home more often?
Local lawmakers ponder a push for broadened use of mail-in ballot
http://www.themercury.co...5a2a483a9feaee20478c2257 - NC: Pender County - Early Hampstead incorporation voters running into problems
http://www.wwaytv3.com/node/4614 - NY: Most in Rochester area will still vote on older machines
**"Daily Voting News" is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in "Daily Voting News" may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or BradBlog.Com**


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Downloading as I type.
Hopefully the servers will come up soon, snowed in over here!
Found IT!This isnt the official blizzard profile link, but somebody else has gotten it up first.Wasnt too hard to find.1.Go to youtube2.Type in 3.3 trailer3. find a legit one4. ?5. Profit
Been waiting all day for this! /cheer
Very nice. ima pwn his newb a$$
Great find, Frubara! Amazing cinematic for (hopefully) an amazing patch. My thirst has been quenched.
Frostmourne, hungers...
Awesome trailers !
Just watched it. It looks amazing.I'm hoping Arthas is hard as who knows what!
the lich king's fall you say? well, you're certainly the barer of good news. next you' ll be telling me that an apocalyptic dragon will raise from the core of the earth to destroy us all.pfft...like that would ever happen. and am pretty sure you'll be saying that the worgen in silverpine will join the alliance!
Bring EU servers down already!
Don't look so smug, I know what you're thinking, But Icecrown Citdael was merely a setback!Do you honestly believe i'd trust the future to a human possed undead mongrel? Oh no, no, no, He was merely a instrument, a stepping stone to a much larger plan. And this time, You will not interfere!
Terenas is fearsome in this trailer. Made me shiver.
Hungers, eh? I am coming, and I'll make it starve!
King Terenas says, the countless souls imprisoned within the blade crys out for release. This must mean in defeating Arthas, and whoever takes up the mantle of the lich king, will release those souls.Also.. hee, doesn't seem to have any horde players shown fighting in this trailer. Thats kind of a !@#$ take.
The last line sent chills down my spine. :D
I actually did a little dance of excitement at the end of that trailer. Cant wait til tomorrow!


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World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 23, 2012
Australian police have smashed a child porn ring and arrested 14 men, including fathers, after hundreds of thousands of images and videos were seized, some depicting toddlers, they said on Friday.
New sex scandals hit Australian defence force
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 12, 2012
The Australian military was rocked on Thursday by more sex scandals, including allegations of assault, child porn, rape and drug-dealing within its ranks. Documents obtained by Channel Seven News under the Freedom of Information Act detail what it called "ongoing, often major, breaches of discipline in Australia's armed forces".
I collected child porn for thesis: Man tells court
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday June 26, 2011
A former art teacher in Australia has been jailed for possessing over 200,000 child porn images. The accused told the court he was collecting them for a thesis.Richard Ufnalski, 66, was found guilty by a Melbourne court of possessing around 215,000 images that depicted children in sexually explicit situations.His claims that he collected the images...
Child porn website mastermind held in Australia
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 21, 2011
Australian Police have arrested an alleged mastermind of one of the world's largest child pornography websites, a media report said on Saturday.Four children from New South Wales (NSW) are among 29 victims of child abuse rescued from different parts of the world after a crackdown on the website. An 11-year-old Brisbane boy, eight children in Russia...
Jail for man who had 60,000 child porn pictures
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 26, 2010
An Australian man has been sentenced to five years in prison for downloading nearly 60,000 "depraved and disgusting" child pornography images.Ian David Blundell, 31, downloaded 56,767 pornographic images, 1608 videos and 963 stories showing child pornography in years between 2005 and 2008. Victorian County Court judge Sue Pullen Monday said the por...
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Menopause |
About the total hysterectomy at 4701/08/2007 |
i am going to have a surgery on jan 8th. i`ve been worrying after the surgery about all of the symtoms i am going to have. As i understand from my doctor...my ovaries still ok but my tube is all twisted and it gives me pain once every 2 months. so i am going to remove it and my doctor sugested to remove the ovaries at the same time to prevent future problem. should i go remove my ovaries at this age?
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So let's get right to it! Today I bring you LOVE giveaway #1: Alphabet Glue
I've offered Annie's downloadable magazine here before and it's been ADORED... so we're doing it again with the latest issue! Annie has generously offered 5 copies of the most recent edition of Alphabet Glue. Here's some details:
"In this issue of Alphabet Glue you will find a variety of projects and activities to take you and yours from the cold days of deep winter into the earliest moments of spring warmth. As with past issues, Volume Five focuses on helping families make connections around a shared love of all things literary. To this end, this latest issue of Alphabet Glue contains multiple book recommendation lists to accompany a variety of fun and whimsical projects designed to make reading, writing and creating together an enjoyable part of the daily household routine."
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We've seen several brilliant "Mad Men" finales over the years, but "In Care Of" is a true showstopper.
The series could literally end right here, with every character having undergone a tremendous six season arc. But there's one more season to go (barring any last minute decision to extend the run even longer), and considering everything that happens in "In Care Of" we can't wait to see it.
If there was a single recurring complaint lodged against this overall excellent season of "Mad Men," it was that Don Draper seemed stuck in a rut — which, as "In Care Of" solidifies, was exactly the point. After the illusion of happiness he found in his marriage to Megan was shattered, Don fell back into his old habits with a vengeance. He cheated with a married neighbor. He drank more than ever. And at work? Well, as Pete put it in "For Immediate Release," he was Tarzan swinging from vine to vine.
It all finally caught up with him. The past two episodes saw Don lose Sally, then Peggy. Now Megan is finished. His partners in the firm are very near done. Don has successfully pushed everyone out of his life.
He needed to hit rock bottom to make peace with his past. And now Dick Whitman can start to rebuild.
[Note: In the spirit of showrunner Matthew Weiner declaring
that this season is about Dr. Arnold Rosen telling Don, "People will do
anything to alleviate their anxiety," we're tracking the happiness of key
characters week by week. And now, one last time…]
The "Mad Men" happiness index, week twelve:
1) Joan (last week, #1): Becoming a partner wasn't always a smooth ride for Joan (mostly because of how she got there), but she's ending the season seemingly more stable and content than anyone else. No one's making decisions for her or telling her what to do. It's her call to invite Roger to Thanksgiving, and spend time with Kevin.
2) Bob Benson (last week, #5): Well, Bob certainly came out a winner, didn't he? Roger accused him of toying with Joan's affections and Pete accused him of being an accessory to murder*. No matter. All Bob has to do is set Pete up to test drive a car with a stick shift and Pete promptly embarrasses himself right off the Chevy account. And Joan happily allows him to don that apron and cook a Thanksgiving meal in her apartment, with Roger as a guest.
*(Matthew Weiner may not have foreseen the "Bob Benson's a psycho killer!" theories that circulated online, but having Bob's pal Manolo marry and possibly bump off Pete's mother at sea plays like a darkly funny twist on that idea. It also could suggest Bob isn't quite as savvy or perceptive when it comes to fellow grifters as he might think he is.)
3) Roger (unranked last week): Roger's barking up the wrong tree when it comes to Bob and Joan, but that unfounded jealousy could be exactly what Joan needs to remind her Roger cares. Joan's decision to allow Roger into their son's life couldn't come at a better time — Roger's daughter bans him from Thanksgiving after he declines to make another investment in her husband's career. Here's hoping Roger has it in him to do a better job with both Kevin and Joan.
4) Pete (last week, #4): No one's world turned upside down quite as dramatically this season as Pete Campbell. Trudy threw him out, his career started to flatline and now his mother joins his father lost at sea. Pete even blew his shot with Chevy by doing exactly what he swore he wouldn't do last week: mess with Bob Benson. So, time to head to California? We're not quite sure if Pete is joining Ted to start up the west coast offices of SC&P or what, but if he heeds Trudy's kind words ("It's going to take you a moment to realize where you are: You're free") this could be the beginning of something great for Pete. I'm rooting for him, honestly.
5) Peggy (last week, #8): What a roller coaster this finale was for Peggy. Her ploy to get Ted's attention and stoke his jealousy with that tiny little dress worked. He showed up at her door, vowed to leave his wife and took her to bed. She told him she didn't want a scandal, and she could wait. Ted had other plans. "Well, aren't you lucky, to have decisions," Peggy practically spits at him when he tells her he's decided to move his family to California. But it's not all heartbreak for Peggy. She winds up in Don's office on Thanksgiving, ready to assume his role right — as she tells Stan — "where everything is." As we observe Peggy from behind — looking out Don's window and striking a Draper-like pose from his desk — we know she's exactly where she's always wanted to be.
6) Sally (last week, #7): She's acting out at school and she still doesn't want to have anything to do with Don. When he calls her up to explain she'll need to give a statement about Grandma Ida, Sally sneers "Why don't you just tell them what I saw?" It's a verbal punch that hits her cheating father in the gut. But now that Don's finally ready to open up — and let her understand where he comes from and how he was raised — will they be able to mend their fences? It's doubtful Sally will ever again be daddy's little girl, but Don may be able to help her avoid becoming a little girl lost.
7) Betty (last week, #3): Betty's maternal instincts may not always be spot-on, but is there ever a doubt she's trying her best? Because she doesn't know what happened between Sally and Don, Betty blames herself for Sally acting out. "I've done everything I can think to do everything my own mother did and it doesn't matter. The good is not beating the bad," Betty tells Don over the phone. If Betty had all the facts, chances are we'd be seeing a very different side of her (with good reason). But sad Betty is touching enough to break guilty Don's heart, and ours.
8) Ted (last week, #9): Oh Ted, you chump. After finally succumbing to his feelings for Peggy, he turns into a frightened child running in the opposite direction. Maybe Don recognized some of himself in Ted when he tried to warn Peggy that Ted's not such a noble guy. Still, Ted has his reasons for bolting to Los Angeles, even if he should've had them in mind when he dropped by Peggy's apartment. "I wanted this so much, but I have a family," he tells her in her office. "The world out there… I have to hold onto them, or I'll get lost in the chaos." (The sentiment calls to mind the words of Ginsberg's father in "The Flood": "Now's the time when a man and a woman need to be together the most — in a catastrophe.")
9) Don (last week, #10): Always ready to run from his problems, Don made one last ditch effort by stealing Stan's plan to set up a shop in California. ("Just let me set up the homestead," Stan tells Don. "I think it'd be exciting, to build one desk into a real business." Two days later, Don tells Megan he wants to move to Los Angeles: "It's an opportunity to build one desk into an agency. We'd be homesteaders.") But Ted's panic attack got in the way. And Don finally snaps.
Could you even breathe during Don's pitch to Hershey? We've seen Don use his past to his advantage in business, trade on his knack for spinning lies and masterfully sell the illusion of a perfect life, but we've never seen Don so nakedly vulnerable. So honest. So real. (And it's only appropriate that once Don stops peddling the lie, he's flat-out awful at his job: Roger and Jim watch him in horror, while Ted is simply stunned.) That shocking display of honesty costs Don his job (his fellow partners require him to take time off and "regroup") and probably his second marriage (Megan understandably goes berserk when Don backs out of California). But the price just might be worth it if he can regain his soul.
"This is where I grew up," Don tells Sally, Bobby and Gene as they stand in front of the Pennsylvania whorehouse we've seen in sporadic flashbacks this season. And Don Draper has never looked more mature.
10) Megan (last week, #2): While Don ends the season on a hopeful note, we can't say the same for his wife. Except it's probably for the best
that she finally got so fed up with Don she had to leave. It sure sounded like she was calling it quits on their marriage ("You want to be alone with your liquor and your ex-wife and your screwed up kids," she yells in frustration after he breaks his promise to move to California). Who knows what Don might do, if anything, to try to salvage it, but hopefully Megan follows through and moves to Los Angeles on her own. She wouldn't be the only character headed that way. (We'll leave any resulting speculation involving 1969's Manson family murders in California to the conspiracy theorists.)
Falling off the index: We had an all too brief sighting of poor Ken Cosgrove — and his eye patch — in the finale.
That's a wrap on the happiness index for Season 6. If you're in the mood to reminisce, take a look back at all the highs and lows: week eleven, week ten, week nine, week eight, week seven, week five, week four, week three, week two and week one.
Or check out our Best and Worst of "Mad Men" Season 6 gallery and 8 burning questions for "Mad Men" Season 7.
And because it's probably going to be stuck in all of our heads this week, here's Judy Collins' cover of "Both Sides Now":


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April 18-19, 2016 - John Elder Robison
Visiting the College of William & Mary campus
April 17, 2016 - Donovan and Zucker "In a Different Key" book talk
7:00 p.m., Tucker 127A (Tucker Theater). Free and open to the public.
March 28-29, 2016 - John Elder Robison
Visiting the College of William & Mary campus
March 28, 2016 - John Elder Robison "Switched On" book talk
7:00 p.m., Free and open to the public.
March 1, 2016 - Disability Day of Mourning Vigil
A vigil to remember the lives of people with disabilities murdered by their families and caretakers.
February 29 - March 1, 2016 - John Elder Robison
Visiting the College of William & Mary campus
February 8-9, 2016 - John Elder Robison
Visiting the College of William & Mary campus
November 8, 2015 - Olitsky Family Foundation Neurodiversity Speaker Series with Steve Silberman
Steve Silberman, journalist and author of Neuro Tribes, will speak at 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2015 in the Sadler Center's Commonwealth Auditorium. It's free and open to the public.
December 8, 2014 - "Life on the Autism Spectrum"
Community Outreach Event with John Elder Robison
John Elder Robison, New York Times Best-selling author and W&M Scholar in Residence
Monday, December 8 at 7pm
Jamestown High School Auditorium, Williamsburg
April 8, 2013 - "I Am W&M" week
The week of April 8 is "I am W&M" week, in celebration of campus diversity. The Neurodiversity Initiative will co-sponsor events during this week. Stay tuned!
Lydia Brown, Disability Rights Activist, Georgetown University Student
Politicizing Disability and the Crisis of Disabled Oppression
Monday, April 8 at 7pm
Commonwealth Auditorium, Sadler Center, College of William and Mary
Co-Sponsored by the Neurodiversity Working Group and the Student Assembly
Lydia Brown, a disability rights activist and student at Georgetown University, will speak on the history of the disability rights movement and the emergence of the neurodiversity movement. She will also discuss the current realities of erasure, oppression, and silencing. Q&A will follow the talk.
February 11, 2013
University Teaching Project on Neurodiversity participants Josh Burk, Cheryl Dickter, Karin Wulf, and Janice Zeman presented material on "Neurodiversity: Creating an Inclusive Classroom" to a lunch crowd of 30 faculty. Individual departments have expressed interest in a version of this presentation for a department meeting. See the "Resources" section for postings about this and other material for interested faculty.
"The Art of Small Talk," a workshop "focused on developing conversation skills that can get you through any occasion" was held at the Counseling Center. For upcoming workshops contact Patrick Hudgins at firstname.lastname@example.com.
February 6, 2013 - Dr. David Black, Stixrud Associates and NIH
Dr. Black met with the Neurodiversity Working Group for a brainstorming session about programs and support for autistic students, and gave a lecture, "Navigating College and Beyond with an Autism Spectrum Disorder." The lecture was well attended by faculty and students, many of whom expressed interested in joining the Neurodiversity Working Group.
October 2012 - Garret Westlake, Arizona State Polytech and Stemforce Technologies
Garret Westlake met with faculty, staff and students to talk about how we can expand our services for students, and how we can connect students' academic experience to service and to employment opportunities.
Garret Westlake's lecture: Disability as a Catalyst.
April 2012 - Launch
The William & Mary Neurodiversity Working Group was excited to host NY Times bestselling author, John Elder Robison, for the Group's April 2012 launch. April, Autism Awareness month, was an excellent time for Mr. Robison, noted self-described Aspergian author and speaker, to visit the College. While here, he met with smaller groups of students, faculty and staff, the culmination of his visit being a community address that packed Andrews Hall beyond capacity!


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ATF, State/County Enforcement Group Arrest 3 Narcotics Traffickers in Continuing Federal And Local Investigation
May 11, 2006, 01:00 ET from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
CHICAGO, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrew Traver, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Anthony Rapacz, director of the Illinois State Police/DuPage County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, announced today the arrests of two men and a woman on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and "crack cocaine" in and around communities throughout the DuPage County area. The arrests in Naperville, Ill., yesterday of Thomas Sirtoff, Ciji Harris and Donald Endicott culminated an 11-month investigation of a large-scale crack cocaine distribution organization. ATF special agents and members of the Enforcement Group and Illinois State Police Tactical Response Team also served a federal search warrant at Sirtoff's residence. A fourth defendant, Antoin Battle, remains a fugitive. Sirtoff and Harris, his girlfriend, appeared before Federal Judge Michael Mason today and were ordered held without bond pending a detention hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. May 16. Endicott is currently in custody on unrelated state charges and will appear before a federal magistrate on a future date. According to the federal complaints, Sirtoff headed the organization and used a network of codefendants and others to help distribute the cocaine, employing intimidation tactics, including with firearms, to coerce customers to pay their debts. Named in the federal complaints were: THOMAS SIRTOFF, Age: 28 1030C Heritage Hill Drive, Naperville, Il. Charge: Title 21 USC 846 - Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. CIJI HARRIS, Age: 22 1030C Heritage Hill Drive, Naperville, Il. Charge: Title 21 USC 846 - Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. ANTOIN BATTLE, Age: 31 (FUGITIVE) 1473 Berta, Crest Hill, Il. Charge: Title 21 USC 846 - Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. DONALD ENDICOTT, Age: 47 155 West Mertens #304, Kankakee, Il. Charge: Title 21 USC 846 - Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The complaint charges that Sirtoff and Harris resided in Naperville, with Harris assisting Sirtoff by "cooking" powder cocaine into crack cocaine, packaging the cocaine for resale, counting drug proceeds, delivering drugs to Sirtoff's customers, and arranging future deliveries of cocaine over the phone. Harris also assisted Sirtoff in obtaining firearms for him and other organization members. Endicott and Battle, among others, redistributed Sirtoff's cocaine. More than one kilogram of crack cocaine and a firearm were purchased from the conspirators during the course of the investigation. If convicted, the defendants face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. Note, however, that the court will determine the appropriate sentence to be imposed under the United States sentencing guidelines. The public is reminded that complaints contain only charges and are not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Other agencies in this investigation were Downers Grove Police Department, Naperville Police Department, Aurora Police Department, Lisle Police Department, Westmont Police Department, Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center (MOCIC) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Assistant United States Attorney Valarie Hays, Northern Judicial District of Illinois, represented the U.S. government. Contact: SA Thomas Ahern (312) 846-7228 (312) 735-0675
SOURCE Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives


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Anna Brumback and Josh Anderson, Fort Scott, and sibling Sofeea Leeann Anderson are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Lucillia Sueann Anderson at 9:13 a.m. May 11, 2012, at Mercy.
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Japan: Victim of Scalar Warfare Attack by Lord Stirling ~ link
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30 Signs that America has become a horrible place for children ~ link ~ Beyond sad! Stirling
What in the world has happened to the United States? Once upon a time the U.S. was one of the best places in the world to raise a child, but today it is an absolutely horrible place for children. We physically abuse our children at staggering rates, we pump them full of antidepressants and other pharmaceutical drugs and we send them off to public schools that more closely resemble prison camps every single day. Meanwhile, the economic decline of the America is hitting children far harder than it is hitting the adult population. More than one out of every five children in America is living in poverty and one out of every four children is on food stamps. One of the ways that a society is judged is by how it treats its most vulnerable members. As you will see below, the way that children are treated in America today is absolutely shameful.
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Scientists Sequence Black Death Bacteria DNA ~ link ~ link ~ There is a medical debate if all waves of "Black Death", which killed between 1/2 and 2/3 of Europeans off in the Middle Ages, were really Yersinia pestis bacteria based. Some experts feel that at least some waves of the "plague" were really an unknown viral hemorrhagic fever. One recent dig established that there were very few dead rats (which if it were Yersinia pestis based one would expect to see lots of dead rats), and records of the time seem to indicate a very rapid airborne human-to-human transmission. However, this study (the one linked here) falls on the side of those experts who feel that some version of Yersinia pestis was totally responsible. In any case, the use of Advanced Biological Warfare, which is very likely to happen in the near future, is an insane strategy. World War III, with all the 21st Century weapons-of-mass destruction (nuclear and radiological, advanced biowar, scalar war, etc.), is apt to be an Extinction Level Event for the Human Race. Stirling
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Writer Jordannah Elizabeth wrote up a list of her five favorite black women musicians for Bitch this week. People loved the post and wanted more. So Jordannah put together a whole mixtape of Black women artists. Enjoy!
R&B/Soul mixtapes can be cheesy and predictable! I want to spice this mixtape up with songs from Black female musicians from different genres and eras. These amazing women had strong and influential careers and enormous talent! All of the tracks are thoughtful, empowering, sweet and emotionally penetrating, just like every strong and classy lady should be!


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Basketball!! Beat the buzzer in this classic arcade game for your iPad! In Skyworks® Arcade Hoops Basketball™ HD, it's a race against the clock to sink as many baskets as you can.
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- The Justice Department asks for an injunction from an appeals court
- The state of Alabama will have to respond in the coming days
- Some parts of the law were already blocked by a federal judge
The Obama administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a tough new immigration law in Alabama from going into effect, saying it "invites discrimination against many foreign-born citizens and lawfully present aliens."
The emergency motion from the Justice Department was filed Friday, and asks the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to quickly issue a temporary injunction, until the larger questions over the measure's constitutionality can be addressed.
A federal judge last month had already temporarily blocked enforcement of some parts of the law known as H.B. 56, while allowing other provisions to go into effect.
Other opponents of the measure -- including state church leaders and the American Civil Liberties Union -- had filed their own separate lawsuits against the state.
At issue is whether H.B. 56 intrudes on the federal government's power over all immigration matters. State officials argue the law would help Alabama and not violate civil rights.
"H.B. 56 creates a panoply of new state offenses that criminalize, among other things, an alien's failure to comply with federal registration requirements that were enacted pursuant to Congress's exclusive power to regulate immigration," said the brief from the federal government.
State officials will now formally respond in coming days to the Obama administration's motion, and a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit is then expected to issue a decision on the injunction request.
Oral arguments on the larger constitutional issues will likely be held in coming months. The issues may ultimately have to be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The federal judge had upheld a section of the Alabama law requiring that police "attempt to determine the immigration status of a person who they suspect is an unauthorized alien of this country." That provision is similar to other laws aiming to crack down on illegal immigration passed by other state legislatures over the past year.
But Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn blocked the following provisions from being enforced:
--One saying undocumented immigrants in the state are not allowed to "knowingly apply for work, solicit work in a public or private place, or perform work as an employee or independent."
--One banning the "concealing, harboring, transporting, etc., of unlawfully present aliens."
--One prohibiting employers from "taking of a state tax deduction for wages paid to an unauthorized alien."
Another provision going into effect this week requires the state to check immigration status of students in public schools.
During court hearings earlier this summer in Birmingham, Alabama, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center argued the public school portion of the law is unconstitutional.
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange told the judge at the hearing the law would not prevent undocumented immigrants from having access to public school education.
Strange also argued that the law is not an anti-immigrant measure, and that the state welcomes visitors.
Several school districts in the state this week have reported a significant number of Hispanic students skipping classes, which many immigrants' rights advocates attributed to the public school provision.
The Justice Department warned of national implications for Alabama's law.
"Other states and their citizens are poorly served by the Alabama policy, which seeks to drive aliens from Alabama rather than achieve cooperation with the federal government to resolve a national problem in a manner consistent with the full range of national interests," according to the federal government motion.
In August, leaders from the Episcopal, Methodist and Catholic churches of Alabama separately sued Alabama's governor, its attorney general and a district attorney over H.B. 56.
Bishops from two of those churches have opposed the provision preventing the harboring or transporting of undocumented aliens, saying it violated their "religious liberties."
"We will continue to provide food, shelter, transportation, housing, and the church's sacraments to all of God's people, regardless of race, class, or citizenship status," said Bishop Henry N. Parsley Jr. of the Episcopal Church's Alabama Diocese and Bishop William H. Willimon of the United Methodist's North Alabama Conference.
But Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, who signed the law in June, has said the law he signed would not have been needed "if the federal government would have done its job and enforced the laws dealing with this problem. However, they have failed to do that."
He added, "This law was never designed to hurt fellow human beings."
Republican Alabama state Rep. John Merrill told CNN in June that the legislation would be "good for Alabama" because it would reduce illegal immigration to the state and "provide equal opportunities for all people who want to come to Alabama legally."
ACLU attorney Andre Segura noted the complexity of Alabama's law compared with other state measures.
The Mexican government had also appealed, arguing the law would promote racial profiling, targeting Hispanics especially.
Alabama's law is considered the strictest in the nation. Key portions of Arizona's immigration reform law have also been blocked while a federal appeals court and the U.S. Supreme Court consider various challenges.
The Alabama case is U.S. v. State of Alabama (11-14532).


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Lawrence Kasdan's return to director's chair after eight years, "Darling Companion," starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, will open the Santa Barbara Film Festival on January 26. (Unhappily, many of us will still be at Sundance.) Sony Pictures Classics will release the marital comedy –which also stars Dianne Wiest, Richard Jenkins, Sam Shepard, Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, and Ayelet Zurer–in 2012. Werc Werk Works, Likely Story and Kasdan Pictures produced the $5 million indie.
In "Darling Companion," written by Lawrence and Meg Kasdan, Keaton plays a Denver woman struggling with an empty nest who bonds with a lost dog she saves from the side of the road. When her distracted husband (Kline) loses the dog after a wedding at their vacation cottage in the Rockies, Beth and some stragglers conduct a search. Kasdan has admitted that the cast got "paid nothing." (More of my interview with him here.)
SBIFF is also mounting a Kasdan retrospective including "Body Heat" (1981), "The Big Chill" (1983), and "Grand Canyon" (1991)–all are must-sees.


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Top 5+ Best Twitter Tips & Tricks
|Twitter is one of the most popular social networking sites today. Unlike its counterparts, Facebook and LinkedIn; Twitter, the micro-blogging platform restricts its users by only allowing them 140 characters of space for their updates.
People are using Twitter, not only for personal and entertainment uses, but also for business use. This is a great way to reach millions of new customers every single day. When you are a member of Twitter, you are able to have followers and you are able to subscribe to other's Twitter updates as well.
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It is important to know why you are planning on using Twitter. Some people use Twitter for entertainment purposes only, some use it to catch up with family and friends, and others use it as a blog or even to help promote their business. If you plan on promoting your business, keep your two worlds separate by having an account for personal use as well.
When you use Twitter for business, you can keep your followers updated with sales, specials, press releases and other important information about your company.
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When you're a member of the fastest growing social network, your content will be available to millions of people and businesses alike. There is a competition for followers among entertainers, businesses and bloggers too.
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Anything to get your followers interested enough to Re-Tweet is a good thing! Practicing is the best way to get a handle on the 140 character restriction.


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