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Visitors take advantage of Pope Francis' invitation to visit the gardens of the papal villas at Castel Gandolfo, Italy. The pope has decided not to move to the villa for the summer, but wanted to share their natural beauty and historic importance with t he public. (CNS photo/Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo) |
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- The aisle is paved with stone from an ancient Roman road; the apse is made of carefully trimmed evergreen bushes; the columns are tall, thin cypress trees; and the nave is a lily pond, complete with gold fish.
Welcoming visitors to "our outdoor church" in Castel Gandolfo, Osvaldo Gianoli explains, "it has always been a place of prayer for the popes."
Thanks to a very rainy July, damp and dark woods separate the area — formally known as the Garden of the Little Madonna — from the expertly groomed Boulevard of the Oaks in the gardens of the papal villas at Castel Gandolfo.
So far, Pope Francis has resisted joining the list of popes who have taken up temporary residence in Castel Gandolfo, praying and reciting the rosary in the garden 13 miles south of Rome.
In the meantime, Gianoli said, the pope "strongly desired that (the villas) be opened as a sign of sharing something unique, a common good, and so wanted this opening to share the gardens with the public."
Gianoli, who was named director of the papal villas at Castel Gandolfo in December, has the challenge of fulfilling Pope Francis' mandate to welcome the public while at the same time preserving the historic gardens and ensuring they can fulfill their main purpose: as a place of quiet relaxation for the pope and his top aides.
The papal property at Castel Gandolfo extends over 135 acres — compared to the 108.7 acres of Vatican City — and includes 17 acres of formal gardens, three residences and a working farm.
The formal Italian gardens, planted in the 1930s, are a meticulously maintained historic, artistic and botanical treasure, Gianoli said. The emphasis on symmetry and geometric topiary — the hedges are trimmed flat or carefully rounded — is meant to reflect and extend the architecture of the main buildings to the outdoors.
The other treasure on the property is the first-century ruins of the summer villa of Roman Emperor Domitian, who reigned in 81-96. Visitors can walk around his small amphitheater and peek into the remaining 110-yard-length of a "cryptoportico" where the emperor could stroll far from prying eyes, remaining cool and dry in any weather.
The farm is not included on the itinerary for the public, although school groups have been invited, as have the children served by the Vatican's St. Martha pediatric clinic.
The farm is the real deal, producing 185 gallons of milk a day, 50,000 eggs a year, honey, olive oil and vegetables, including some from the seeds used in Michelle Obama's White House garden and given to Pope Francis as a gift. "The yellow zucchini are ready now — I'd never had yellow zucchini, but they're good," Gianoli said.
A treat he is looking forward to sampling in the winter will be the final result of September's grape harvest. More than 400 little vines were planted three years ago and the first full batch of bunches are ripening on the vine, waiting to be picked and turned into wine.
The greenhouses are used not just for giving an early spring start to flowers that later will adorn the formal gardens at Castel Gandolfo, but also for growing some 500 poinsettias each year to decorate Vatican buildings and to sell to Vatican employees. In addition, the greenhouses are the winter home for the hybrid John Paul II hibiscus, whose brilliant white and yellow flowers are the colors of the Vatican flag. Every spring, the hibiscus are planted in the Garden of the Little Madonna.
Since March the Vatican has been offering a 90-minute guided tour of the formal gardens and the Roman ruins. Gianoli said 2,200 people visited in the first four months, and "I have another 2,000 who have reservations."
The 55 employees of the papal villas at Castel Gandolfo have traditionally focused on maintaining the beauty and privacy of the property as a summer haven for the pope and his top aides.
While Pope Francis spent part of three different days at the villa in 2013, he is not scheduled to visit at all in 2014. But if he changes his mind, "We're ready," Gianoli said. "We're always ready for the Holy Father."
Preparations include such details as a vase of fresh hydrangeas at the foot of the statue of Mary that gives the Garden of the Little Madonna its name.
Castel Gandolfo became a papal summer residence in 1626 when Pope Urban VIII spent his vacation there, as he had done as a cardinal. Many popes never visited or could not — particularly in the years after the fall of the papal states and before a treaty was signed with Italy. When the Lateran Pacts were signed in 1929, the Vatican's ownership was recognized and work began on making the formal gardens "as you see them today," Gianoli said.
At different times in history, the gardens played important roles. The most dramatic was during the Second World War. "In 1944, the villas were a refuge for anyone who wanted to come. In that period, with the advance of the Allies after the Anzio landing," he said, there were an estimated "12,000 people hosted by Pope Pius XII here. In fact, Pope Pius made his private bedroom available as an obstetrics ward; 35 babies were born here."
More recently, television stations across the globe showed the villas when Pope Benedict XVI decided to spend the last hours of his papacy in Castel Gandolfo, flying there by helicopter from the Vatican Feb. 28, 2013. A month later, the newly elected Pope Francis made his first visit to the villas, spending several hours with Pope Benedict.
"These places are important to us because they are places where the popes have come to pray," Gianoli said. "It is a place of peace, tranquility and serenity."
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Editor's Note: Reservations are obligatory for the garden tour and are handled online through the Vatican Museums at http://www.museivaticani.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html.
Copyright (c) 2014 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. This is a syndrome caused by disrupted communication between nerves and muscles. Signs and symptoms include muscle weakness, fatigue, difficulty swallowing, difficulty speaking, irregular eye movement and double vision. Autonomic nervous system problems can include dry mouth, impotence and failure to sweat.
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Myasthenia gravis. Myasthenia gravis is also related to disrupted communication between nerves and muscles and also characterized by weakness and rapid fatigue of any of the muscles that are under voluntary control, including muscles in your face, eyes, arms and legs. The muscles involved in chewing, swallowing, talking and breathing may be affected as well.
When myasthenia gravis occurs as a paraneoplastic syndrome, it is typically associated with cancer of the thymus gland (thymoma).
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Other neurological problems may be related to cancers. For example, tumors may develop in your brain or spinal cord. Non-nervous system tumors can cause tissue injury that results in injury to the nervous system. For example, a tumor may compress a nerve or the spinal cord.
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Also, cancer treatments such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy can affect neurological function. However, these complications of cancer aren't considered paraneoplastic syndromes, even though they may produce similar signs and symptoms.
Any cancer may be associated with a paraneoplastic syndrome of the nervous system. However, the disorders occur more often in people with cancers of the lung, ovary, breast, testis or lymphatic system. People with a history or family history of autoimmune disease may be more likely to experience paraneoplastic effects from a cancer.
Most people with paraneoplastic syndrome experience neurological problems before having any indication of cancer or receiving a cancer diagnosis. Therefore you're likely to start by seeing your primary care doctor about your symptoms. You may then be referred to a specialist in nervous system disorders (neurologist) or a cancer specialist (oncologist).
If you have any of these symptoms, it will be helpful to bring a friend or family member to your appointment. Your doctor may ask the following questions:
Questions you may want to ask your doctor:
In a diagnostic workup for assessing neurological problems that could indicate a paraneoplastic syndrome, your doctor is trying to answer the following questions:
Your doctor or a neurologist will conduct a general physical, as well as a neurological exam. He or she will ask you questions and conduct simple tests in the office to judge:
Laboratory tests will likely include:
Spinal tap (lumbar puncture). You may be given a lumbar puncture to obtain a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) — the fluid that cushions your brain and spinal cord. A neurologist or specially trained nurse inserts a needle into your lower spine to remove a small amount of CSF for laboratory analysis.
Sometimes, paraneoplastic antibodies may be found in CSF fluid when they can't be seen in your blood. If these antibodies are found in both your CSF and your blood, it provides strong evidence that your nervous system symptoms are caused by a specific form of activation of the immune system.
Imaging tests are used to find a tumor that may be the underlying problem or to identify other factors causing your neurological symptoms. One or more of the following tests may be used:
If no malignant tumor is located or no other cause identified, the problem may still be related to a tumor that is too small to find. The tumor may be causing a powerful response from the immune system that is keeping it very small. You'll likely have follow-up imaging tests every three to six months until a cause for the neurological disorder is identified.
Treatment of neurological paraneoplastic syndromes involves treating the cancer and, in some cases, suppressing the immune response that's causing your signs and symptoms. Your treatment will depend on the specific type of paraneoplastic syndrome you have, but it may include the following options.
In addition to drugs, such as chemotherapy, to combat your cancer, your doctor may prescribe one or more of the following drugs to stop your immune system from attacking your nervous system:
Depending on the type of neurological syndrome and symptoms, other medications may include:
Other treatments that may improve symptoms include:
Other therapies may be helpful if a paraneoplastic syndrome has caused significant disability:
Many people with cancer benefit from education and resources designed to improve coping skills. If you have questions or would like guidance, talk with a member of your health care team. The more you know about your condition, the better you're able to participate in decisions about your care.
Support groups can put you in touch with others who have faced the same challenges you're facing. If you can't find an appropriate support group where you live, you might find one on the Internet.
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/paraneoplastic-syndromes/basics/coping-support/con-20028459


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Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities by using Outbreak Data, United States, 19982008
Each year, >9 million foodborne illnesses are estimated to be caused by major pathogens acquired in the United States. Preventing these illnesses is challenging because resources are limited and linking individual illnesses to a particular food is rarely possible except during an outbreak. We developed a method of attributing illnesses to food commodities that uses data from outbreaks associated with both simple and complex foods. Using data from outbreak-associated illnesses for 19982008, we estimated annual US foodborne illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths attributable to each of 17 food commodities. We attributed 46% of illnesses to produce and found that more deaths were attributed to poultry than to any other commodity. To the extent that these estimates reflect the commodities causing all foodborne illness, they indicate that efforts are particularly needed to prevent contamination of produce and poultry. Methods to incorporate data from other sources are needed to improve attribution estimates for some commodities and agents.
Despite advances in food safety, foodborne illness remains common in the United States; >9 million persons each year have a foodborne illness caused by a major pathogen (1). One challenge in preventing foodborne illness is determining how to prioritize limited food safety resources across a large number of foods (2). Furthermore, attributing all illnesses to specific foods is challenging because most agents are transmitted through a variety of foods, and linking an illness to a particular food is rarely possible except during an outbreak.
To help determine priorities for food safety efforts, we organized the large number of foods implicated in outbreaks in the United States into 17 mutually exclusive food commodities. Here, we provide estimates of the number of domestically acquired foodborne illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths attributable to these commodities.
Data Sources
State and local health departments report foodborne disease outbreaks to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (3). Reports include, when available, number of persons ill, outbreak etiology, description of the implicated food vehicle(s), lists of ingredients, and identification of the contaminated ingredient(s). We reviewed all outbreaks from 1998, the first year with detailed information on ingredients, through 2008 that were reported to the CDC by October 2010. For this analysis, we included all outbreaks with an implicated food vehicle and a single etiologic agent.
Health officials may report whether an etiologic agent was confirmed or suspected on the basis of published criteria (4,5) and the method of confirmation. Reports may include >1 of 5 reasons for implicating a food vehicle: 1) statistical evidence from an epidemiologic investigation; 2) laboratory evidence identifying the etiologic agent in the implicated food; 3) compelling or other supportive data; 4) previous experience suggesting that the food vehicle is the source; and 5) other data, such as identification of the same etiologic subtype on the farm that supplied the implicated food. We considered an implicated food confirmed when 1 of the first 2 reasons was reported. Other implicated food vehicles were considered suspect.
To determine whether to analyze outbreaks with suspect foods, we reviewed a convenience sample of 117 outbreak reports for which the reason for implication was not reported. Supporting evidence implicated the food vehicle for 65% of these reports. Some of these outbreaks involved too few persons to conduct an epidemiologic investigation; in most, no food was tested. Outbreaks with suspect vehicles constituted a large proportion of the dataset, but it was not possible to locate and review the documentation for all investigations. However, because a large percentage of documentation reviewed had reasonable evidence to implicate the reported food, we included all outbreaks with suspect foods in the analysis.
During 19982008, a total of 13,352 foodborne disease outbreaks, causing 271,974 illnesses, were reported in the United States (Technical Appendix 1 Table 1 [PDF - 723 KB - 8 pages]). Of those outbreaks, 4,887 (37%), causing 128,269 (47%) illnesses, had an implicated food vehicle and a single etiology; 300 of those outbreaks were excluded because information about the vehicle was insufficient to categorize the ingredients. We also did not include the 3% of outbreaks that had multiple etiologies reported.
To assess possible bias when including outbreaks with a suspected vehicle or etiology in our estimates, we compared the rank order of each of the 17 food commodities in our model based on the total number of associated illnesses with the rank order when including only those illnesses with a confirmed etiology and vehicle. The order of the top 8 commodities associated with the highest number of illnesses changed only slightly (ranks 5 and 6 switched); therefore, we included all outbreaks to maximize the data available for the lower-ranking commodities.
The estimated number of domestically acquired illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths for each etiology was obtained from published estimates (1) or, when not available, by extrapolating from available data. To highlight differences in sources for nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. serotypes, we made estimates for those most frequently isolated from humans (i.e., Enteritidis, Heidelberg, Javiana, Newport, Typhimurium) and, separately, for all others. We estimated the number of illnesses, hospitalization, and deaths by multiplying the numbers for nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. (1) by the proportion of all serotyped human Salmonella isolates reported during 19982008 (6).
The outbreak dataset included outbreaks with chemical etiologies and those caused by Anisakis simplex, for which published illness estimates were not available. For these, the number of illnesses was estimated as the product of the mean annual number of illnesses reported to CDC through outbreak surveillance during 19982008 by using the same multipliers for underdiagnosis (×25), underreporting (×30), case-hospitalization rate (×0.006), and case-fatality rate (×0.0004) as for infection with Clostridium perfringens, a short-duration illness (1).
We attempted to attribute food commodities for an estimated 9,638,301 illnesses, 57,462 hospitalizations, and 1,451 deaths caused by known agents (Technical Appendix 1 Table 2 [PDF - 723 KB - 8 pages]). We did not attribute illnesses to commodities for illnesses caused by astrovirus, Mycobacterium bovis, Toxoplasma gondii, and Vibrio vulnificus because no outbreaks were reported for these pathogens. These pathogens caused an estimated 1.1% of illnesses, 8.1% of hospitalizations, and 25.2% of deaths (a high number of deaths were estimated to be caused by toxoplasmosis [1]).
Food Categorization
We defined 3 commodities for aquatic animals (fish, crustaceans, and mollusks), 6 for land animals (dairy, eggs, beef, game, pork, and poultry), and 8 for plants (grains-beans; oils-sugars [refined plant foods]; fruits-nuts; fungi; and leafy, root, sprout, and vine-stalk vegetables) (7). Foods were categorized into >1 of 17 mutually exclusive commodities according to ingredients listed in outbreak reports, or, when ingredients were not listed, in recipes found on the Internet (7). In some analyses, we grouped commodities (Figure 1).
We defined as simple an implicated food vehicle that contained ingredients from 1 commodity, such as apple juice (fruits-nuts commodity). This category included foods such as fruit salad that were composed of several ingredients from the same commodity. We defined as complex an implicated food vehicle that contained ingredients from >1 commodity, such as apple pie (made of ingredients from several commodities: fruits-nuts [apples], grains-beans [flour], oils-sugars [sugar], and dairy [butter]). We excluded water as an ingredient.
Estimation Method
We calculated for each etiology the proportion of outbreak-associated illnesses transmitted by each commodity. We allocated illnesses from simple food outbreaks of a given etiology to their single implicated commodities. For each complex food outbreak, we partitioned the associated illnesses to the multiple implicated commodities in proportion to the relative numbers of illnesses in all simple food outbreaks that implicated those specific commodities; we then added the results from all outbreaks to obtain commodity illness percentages. We then applied the commodity-specific percentage of ill persons to the total estimated proportion of domestically acquired illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths for each etiology (1). Last, we added the total proportions of commodity-specific illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths for simple and complex foods for all etiologies. We considered these the most probable estimates for each commodity (Technical Appendix 2 [PDF - 723 KB - 8 pages]).
To provide a range for the most probable estimates, we determined a minimum estimate by attributing illnesses to commodities implicated only in outbreaks where illness was transmitted by simple foods and a maximum estimate by including complex food outbreaks and attributing the outbreak illnesses to each ingredient in the implicated food (Technical Appendix 1 Table 3 [PDF - 723 KB - 8 pages]). Thus, all illnesses in a complex food outbreak with 3 ingredient commodities were included 3 times, once for each commodity. The numbers provided in the Results section are the most probable estimate, unless stated otherwise. Calculations were performed in SAS version 9.3 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA).
The final dataset consisted of 4,589 outbreaks with an implicated food vehicle and a single etiologic agent (Technical Appendix 3 [PDF - 723 KB - 8 pages]; Technical Appendix 1 Table 1 [PDF - 723 KB - 8 pages]); a total of 120,321 outbreak-associated illnesses were caused by 36 agents (Technical Appendix 1 Table 2 [PDF - 723 KB - 8 pages]). Norovirus caused the most outbreaks (1,419) and outbreak-associated illnesses (41,257), far above the median for all agents (29 outbreaks, 1,208 illnesses). No outbreaks were caused by Mycobacterium bovis, Vibrio vulnificus, astrovirus, or Toxoplasma gondii. The implicated food vehicle was complex for 2,245 (49%) outbreaks (Technical Appendix 1 Table 2); the median number of commodities for complex food vehicles was 4 (range 213).
We applied percentages derived from outbreak-associated illnesses for each etiology to the 9.6 million estimated annual illnesses assessed and attributed ≈4.9 million (≈51%) to plant commodities, ≈4.0 million (≈42%) to land animal commodities, and ≈600,000 (≈6%) to aquatic animal commodities (Table 1). Produce commodities (fruits-nuts and the 5 vegetable commodities) accounted for 46% of illnesses; meat-poultry commodities (beef, game, pork, and poultry) accounted for 22%. Among the 17 commodities, more illnesses were associated with leafy vegetables (2.1 million [23%]) than any other commodity. The high estimate for illnesses attributable to leafy vegetables was many times higher than the low estimate (Figure 2, panel A), which indicates that leafy vegetables were frequently found in complex foods. After leafy vegetables, the commodities linked to the most illnesses were dairy (1.3 million [14%]), fruits-nuts (1.2 million [12%]), and poultry (900,000 [10%]). Norovirus comprised 57% of all illnesses.
An estimated 26,000 (46%) annual hospitalizations were attributed to land animal commodities, 24,000 (41%) to plant commodities, and 3,000 (6%) to aquatic animal commodities (Table 2). Produce commodities accounted for 38% of hospitalizations and meat-poultry commodities for 22%. Dairy accounted for the most hospitalizations (16%), followed by leafy vegetables (14%), poultry (12%), and fruits-nuts (10%) (Figure 2, panel B). Among the estimated 57,000 hospitalizations, 8% were not attributed to a pathogen, mainly because the dataset did not include data for Toxoplasma spp.
An estimated 629 (43%) deaths each year were attributed to land animal, 363 (25%) to plant, and 94 (6%) to aquatic commodities (Table 3). Meat-poultry commodities accounted for 29% of deaths and produce 23%. Among the 17 commodities, poultry accounted for the most deaths (19%), followed by dairy (10%), vine-stalk vegetables (7%), fruits-nuts (6%), and leafy vegetables (6%) (Figure 2, panel C). Of the 277 deaths attributed to poultry, most were attributed to Listeria monocytogenes (63%) or Salmonella spp. (26%). Among the 1,451 estimated deaths, 25% were not attributed to a pathogen, mainly because the dataset did not include data for Toxoplasma spp.
Most bacterial illnesses were attributed to dairy (18%), poultry (18%), and beef (13%) commodities (Table 1). Most chemical illnesses were attributed to fish (60%, most caused by the marine biotoxin ciguatoxin). Most parasitic illnesses were attributed to mollusks (33%) and fruits-nuts (29%); this reflects the fact that 1 simple food outbreak was caused by Giardia intestinalis (mollusks) and 1 by Cryptosporidium spp. (fruits-nuts). Most viral illnesses were attributed to leafy vegetables (35%), fruits-nuts (15%), and dairy (12%). Of the 20 outbreaks associated with simple foods and caused by norovirus transmitted by dairy, 14 (70%) were transmitted by cheese products.
The plant commodity group accounted for 66% of viral, 32% of bacterial, 25% of chemical, and 30% of parasitic illnesses (Table 1). This group accounted for a greater proportion of illnesses than the land or aquatic animal commodity groups for Bacillus cereus; Clostridium botulinum; enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157; non-O157 STEC; Salmonella enterica serotypes Javiana, Newport, and other (e.g., serotypes other than Javiana, Newport, Enteritidis, Heidelberg, Typhimurium, and Typhi); Shigella spp.; mycotoxins; other chemicals; Cryptosporidium spp.; Cyclospora cayetansesis; hepatitis A; norovirus; and sapovirus (Table 4). The land animal group accounted for the highest proportion of illnesses for Campylobacter spp., Clostridium perfringens, Listeria spp., Salmonella serotypes Enteritidis and Heidelberg, Streptococcus spp. group A, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Trichinella spp.
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Donaji & the Magical Poncho
This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.33 / 5.00 6,320 ViewsAt last, my old Sci-Fi Guys episodes shall be ported to the portal! The "Punch Bungi" game is just a little extra to pass time while waiting for the rest of the file to download. This episode was made in 2000, before broadband, back in the days when timewaster-preloader games were a necessity!
I've made around fifty Flash movies since then, but this... this is my very first one! Sci-Fi Guys. And ahh, the badly handled audio, with its terrible clicks and distorted, loud dialog. I tried to clean it up a little, but you should really see the timeline for it in Flash. It's a MESS. Holy crap, I had no clue at all back then. For one thing, I used about 20 different scenes (!!), using the Event setting on some sound symbols, making it very challenging to figure out which sounds needed action script to shut the fuck off between scenes, and which ones not to. I can't recommend just making one big scene for your movies, kids; you'll have a much easier time of things!
Since these episodes are here mostly for posterity, and since I was about to punch the screen in frustration after spending all morning trying to correct the billion problems this clunky piece of shit needs fixed, I've opted to instead lay bare my learning process, warts and all.
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Its got potential, the RAB series was so good though, hope this one comes close to matching it, and please make one of the characters a Bruce freak. My favorite line is "I'm Bruce Willis man, yippie ki a mother fucker, hahaha
Although the RAB series are much better this shows a very promising start. Keep it up !
Hm..Quite nice
It was quite nice for a pilot episode...
but i don't think it was mucho fantastico. It missed stuff.
Better stick to RAB. Yoou're a lot better in making those.
I liked it, it really has some potential for becoming something great!..
I thought at first that it would be pure randomness due to the first few lines of each character, but then it looked like you wanted to make a plot, which kind of made it confusing.
The background music were too sloppy though, you could easily hear the distinct loops, which made it rather anoying to listen to.
Else I enjoyed watching it even though it was rather short.
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We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up ev'rybody and sing
Ev'ryone can see we're together
As we walk on by
(FLY!) and we fly just like birds of a feather
I won't tell no lie
(ALL!) all of the people around us they say
Can they be that close
Just let me state for the record
We're giving love in a family dose
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Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of the world's delights
(HIGH!) high hopes we have for the future
And our goal's in sight
(WE!) no we don't get depressed
Here's what we call our golden rule
Have faith in you and the things you do
You won't go wrong
This is our family Jewel
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The Community Life Program is designed to reflect the College's commitment to provide an atmosphere that creates an interactive learning environment that supports a total educational experience.
We aim to create a safe environment which is committed to a holistic approach to both an intellectual and social atmosphere, while fostering the emotional and spiritual growth of our students.
Our program supports an atmosphere that emphasizes a strong sense of community celebrating diversity, creating leadership opportunities and encouraging our residents to take pride in themselves and each other through mutual respect and understanding.


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Saturday, August 18th, 2007
By William Kincaid
Officials concerned about financial side of new law
School officials from throughout the area are unsure how a new safety accountability law will affect their districts' facilities and pocketbooks.
This fall local health departments are supposed to begin enforcing Ohio's new Jarod's Law, which was created in response to a 6-year-old Lebanon boy who was killed when a 290-pound cafeteria table fell on him at school. The law requires county health departments to annually inspect public and nonpublic schools for dangerous health and safety conditions.
"I'm assuming we're going to be in good shape," Coldwater Exempted Village Schools Superintendent Rich Seas said the week before school starts. Most area schools begin Tuesday.
But Seas pointed out that because school officials have received little input from the health department about the full extent and requirements of the inspections, he "honestly doesn't know what to expect."
Seas and board of education members began talking about the law and its possible consequences in early 2006. At that time, Seas addressed concerns about one person conducting the entire inspection process, which includes an assessment of many areas such as water infiltration, structural integrity, outside air intakes, exhaust stacks, playground areas and mechanical rooms. Mercer County Health Department Sanitarian Michelle Kimmel will conduct the inspections this fall.
Seas met with Kimmel during the 2006-2007 school year to discuss the law and its implications on the school, and she said there could be an issue with the proximity of water fountains and carpeted hallways. Seas said that is the only problem he foresees.
Fort Recovery Local Schools Superintendent David Riel also believes the school district mostly will be in compliance with the law. He said the only concern is the auditeria because of its multiple levels. School officials, he said, could be required to include railings. Riel said he doesn't know how much the railings would cost and hopes that doesn't happen, as it would adversely affect the aesthetics of the facility.
Superintendent Rod Moorman of St. Henry schools said because the school facilities are still new, he doesn't expect any alarming situations during the inspection process.
When asked about possible concerns at the New Bremen Local School, board member Mark Barhorst said he didn't think so, but was unsure because of the vagueness and unknowns of Jarod's Law.
Carl Metzger, superintendent of Marion Local Schools, said the district's two buildings are ready for the required inspection to be conducted under health department auspices in September.
A walk-through of buildings and a tour of the grounds took place Aug. 3 with school administrators and two board members joining maintenance supervisor Larry Hemmelgarn.
"We did not find any glaring problems," Metzger added. "Our buildings are older, but they have been renovated so there could be issues newer buildings don't have."
While school officials have received plenty of information regarding Jarod's Law, they are unsure about inspection specifics since the legislation covers all aspects of school operation from actual classrooms to responsibilities of the principal, chief administrator or governing body. Additionally, the district must have abatement plans in the event hazards are detected.
"Basically Jarod's Law addresses everything from air quality to boilers to playground equipment," Metzger said. "We know our buildings, but a lot depends on the inspector."
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text: On May 3, 2014 at Lampe Park, our AYSO Region will join with hundreds of AYSO communities across America to celebrate our 50th Anniversary by making soccer history! AYSO's soccerFEST14 is a fast, fun tournament format where kids play on a one day team...making new friends and trying new soccer moves. Together, we're going to set the World Record for the Biggest Soccer Pick-Up Game on Earth. Sign-up today! It will be a great day for the whole family! $10 per player. AYSO and non-AYSO players welcome. U6 & under, U8, U10, and U12. U8 - U12 players assigned to a six-person co-ed team. Registration starts at 9:00 am and continues until 2:00 pm. Games will be played between 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Participation medals to the first 100 players registered. |


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Set in the shadow of political unrest in France during the late '60s, eight very different radicals and utopians gather to renew friendships, discuss the world's problems and come to grips with their disillusionment. The reunion offers reasons to look toward the future with hope -- or to stare at the present and lament. In the face of impending middle age, can a once-passionate activist, a blonde bombshell, and the rest make something positive together?


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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A report by the National Transportation Safety Board says faulty pieces of equipment used to secure ships to docks led to a Carnival cruise ship breaking free before hitting two other vessels during a windstorm.
The report says the April 3 accident caused about $2.7 million damage to the Carnival Triumph and $203,000 damage to two other vessels at the BAE Systems shipyard. A dock worker also drowned when he was thrown into the water.
In a statement Tuesday, BAE Systems officials say they're sending information to the NTSB that wasn't available during the fact-finding phase of its investigation. They want to try having the agency reconsider listing faulty bollards as the probable cause.
The Triumph was undergoing repairs in Mobile after being stranded at sea for five days.


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Not sure what they have in stock now.
Would love to know how the Isolation is for the Tandem, Ceramique, and SBA-03
Like a number of members, I'm interested in using these on airplane trips and would love to be able to eliminate airplane engine noise
If you want the best of isolation, Etymotic and Shure are usually the better choice. My review of the latest FA's IEM should be ready by either the weekend or early next. Stay Tuned.
I've been listening to the Fischer IEM's I have in the Tandem, Silver Bullet and the Consonance and all 3 sound quite good and are well worth what they cost imo.
I didn't like the Tandem at first because they sounded to relaxed and easy going but after a good 20 hour burn-in they opened up much more and sound really nice with good detail very clean textured bass imo and the soundstage is better than I was expecting. They have much more detail than I was expecting after a lot of the reviews I read and now that they've opened up a bit sound quite nice with edm and make so you can listen a little louder than normal without any fatiguing.
The Silver Bullet is very clean with good detail clean mids nice bass and one of the most spacious soundstages I've heard in an IEM under $100. The mids might be just a touch forward if anything and they do have well I don't want to say strangest sounds of the 3 but they have the most unique sound signature of the lot imo. Bass is very impactful at times and I love how spacious the soundstage is on them.
Now the Consonance might just be my favorite (along with the Tandem now) of the 3, its much more detailed than I thought it would be with really nice bass impact and a good soundstage and they also have a nice full sound much like the tandem. These kind of feel like the TF10's little brother with the V-shaped signature though the Consonance has more bass impact and depth but the do remind me of the TF10 in some ways.
For 3 IEM's that are under $100 they preform very well and makes me want to know what some of the other Fischer IEM's sound like.
Made a lil video regarding two of the IEMs here:
nice video, I want to male one myself now Lol
are they supposed to be the newer cable, or is it rev.1?
This is my first post here. My question is to Swimsonny; are Silver Bullets bass heavy, neutral or natural? I already have a Hifiman Re0 and how is the bass and mids on these if you compare it to Re0? Is it still worth buying? Is it an upgrade or downgrade and in which ways?
All helps will be appreciated.
This is not a rev but a version two. Brand new cable, housing and sound and its awesome! I am going to start a new fischer thread for new stuff, reviews do may do as well as others and also to announce that Fischer is no longer just a russian company but it is in the EU now!
Swim. They have a distribution page on their web site. Lots of eu resllers and shows their sales agent as well..
Where can I buy Silver Bullets?
Yeah the Silver Bullet (the newer one) is a really good IEM for the price and has the largest soundstage of any under $100 IEM I've hands down.
Top dog headphones sell SB if in the UK, dunno if they ship worldwide!
Things may get rebranded under a company you would not believe, i am not making a thread yet, only if it gets too a point where i think it would interest people and i think it is going that way.
Techno Kid, do you think it is an upgrade from Re0 in terms of bass and mid? I already have Re0 the new batch but I think I need more bass and a little mid bass.
I've never heard the RE0 so I don't know but I can tell you it will be an upgrade in the bass quantity over the RE0 from everything I've read about them and the bass is clean with good depth. As for the mids I can't say and don't want to speculate.


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Point Park's B Team places 4th of 9 teams at Westminster tournament
Oct. 3, 2011
Team Results, Individual Results
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Point Park men's golf entered its B Team in the Westminster Autumn Classic Monday and came away placing 4th of 9 teams.
Point Park's Steve Veydt, a sophomore from Cecil, Pa., finished tied for fifth individually as his score of 79 was just two off the winning total.
On a cold and rainy day at New Castle Country Club, the medalist was Brian Clause of Pitt-Greenburg, who fired a 5-over 77. Veydt, who transferred from Spring Arbor (Mich.) University this year, was one of eight players in the 52-man field to break 80.
Point Park shot a team score of 336, which was 13 strokes behind team champion Grove City (323). Mt. Aloyisius (324) and Westminster (327) also placed ahead of the Point Park B Team.
Billy Wivell, a junior from Deer Lakes, Pa., who transferred from CCAC-South, placed 9th with a score of 80. Shane Killeen, from Mt. Lebanon, Pa., turned in an 85 and placed tied for 26th.
Also competing for Point Park were Brandon Moon (92) and Jerry Ferrell (101).
Point Park's A Team was scheduled to compete in the California (Pa.) Invitational Sunday and Monday, but that event was rained out and rescheduled for Oct. 22-23.


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The Slippery Slope of Concession
"We show that with common knowledge and a common rate of time preference, the potential loser can always avoid wasteful conflict through a time-consistent series of small concessions. We examine how the failure of each of these assumptions may explain why conflicts arise. We also debate which actions may be helpful in such unfortunate circumstances." Copyright (c) 2008 Western Economic Association International.
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Garry's Mod gives me an error whenever I launch it somethin bout DLL missing?? can anyone help!
(User was banned for this post ("Wrong section, didn't search" - postal))
Garry's Mod gives me an error whenever I launch it somethin bout DLL missing?? can anyone help!
(User was banned for this post ("Wrong section, didn't search" - postal))
This happens to me too, no idea what it is, or how to fix it.
im going to try reinstalling windows
No no no dont reinstall windows, wait for an Update from Valve.
Try deleting System32.dll
That's what's holding up the launcher.
is that really the cause?! because it has .dll in the name where is "System32.dll"
*facepalm* He was joking with you, its a problem with source update, look on the link >.<
Don't. just don't. Wait for Valve to release an update.
Even Garry himself has this problem?!?! wow this is bad surely someone knows the fix
He's joking, System32 is the main part of your computer and it controls actions like start up and shutdown. You can't delete it even if you want to, it'll give you an error if you try.
You can't be serious.
I tried to call valve to hlep every1
This is why moms should stop letting their 10 year olds get on the internet.
Let this fail thread die
stop givin me dumb
English mother fucker, do you speak it?
Not until you make a post that doesn't make me want to throw a dictionary at your face.
I have news everyone, valve has been called they are fixing with garry!!!
Here is another dumb.
Basshead I don't know who you are or what this website is, but you need to stop swearing at my son... He's told me he is just trying to solve in issue with his game and is only asking for advice, show a little courtesy and respect.
Welcome to the internet.
jesus christ the amount of dumb in this thread
fuck it im out
He shouldn't be on this forum, he can't even type a proper sentence.
Tell your son to suck my dick
Here, a great fix for this problem is to turn off your computer.
LOL is this real life?
That is beside the point, I give him permission to play this video game and apparently this is the website he can use to get questions answered and have some help... All he was doing was asking for help why his game won't work I don't know what is wrong with it so I cannot help him.
This kid is either a troll or a 5 year old.
No one can fix it right now, we're waiting for an update to fix it, as someone said in one of the first replies.
Gah, stop leeting your 5 year old on the computer
If it's the latter, I wonder how the fuck he found out about Facepunch.
He is not 5 years old he is of appropriate age by my standards to play this game, granted I didn't know how much swearing and foul language there is but regardless I monitor his activities and assure he is capable of handling "mature-content" games such as this one. Now I believe the rest of you should leave it be now seeing how there is a supposed fix for this and if I read correctly the problem will be resolved when the author of the game releases an update.
Tell your son to suck my dick
If he's going to be annoying piece of shit, he shouldn't even be playing games like this.
Game was just updated, it's workin.
The butt hurt is strong with this one..
I still suspect you're trolling or the kid trying to play as his parents. How in the hell do you think with guns, blood, and other stuff you shouldn't be exposing your kid to is appropriate for a 5-year old (if you're not trolling or the kid)? Plus, in the beta, the new menu screen has it open to a spot where it says "Guns and shit". If your kid decides to swear in public, you're be shamed upon as a bad parent.
That is, provided you aren't trolling or the kid. Otherwise, get out.
Oh yes I suspect you think you are a real "wise guy" huh? Leave me and my son alone, what he does is my business.


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Town Square
Walgreens to pay $1.4 million to settle suit
Original post made on Jan 10, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, January 10, 2013, 11:56 AM
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 10, 2013 at 12:22 pm
It was just last month that Walgreens was in the news for illegal dumping practices--
Walgreens to pay $16.57 million for violations:
Web Link
Now .. it seems that they have the Santa Clara DA looking into their business practices.
> "Scanning cases are not uncommon," she said. "It
> is not a perfect technology."
This comment does not make a lot of sense. The scanned codes (usually Bar Codes) are used as a key into a database to obtain the product description and the price. If the database does not match the price on the shelf, then there will be a mismatch. The question is--where do the prices on the shelf come from, and what forces the local stores to change the posted prices once the prices in the databsse are changed. Errors in "scanning" would result in a different kind of error.
Missing from this article is just how the DA came to look into this situation. People might have compared their receipts to advertised prices, or gone back into the store and compared their receipts to posted prices. It would be very helpful to know what would trigger a DA's investigation for what is effectively fraudulent business practices. Presumably there is a law that requires a retailer to charge the customer the advertised/posted price, but without have continuous checking of receipts--there is really no way to know if your favorite retailer is ripping you off, or not.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jan 10, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Someone should go after Safeway, given that the prices they display are never the same at the register. I hate them because of this.
Walgreens is either paying for incompetence or for deliberate bait and switching, which is illegal. There should be no excuse for this sort of incompetence. We have a retail business with 200 SKUs. Once in a blue moon there is a human error, but we're small. They're a massive retail outlet. I highly doubt that it's incompetence.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 10, 2013 at 11:36 pm
I agree, Maria! The Safeway on Middlefield often charges more than what is advertised.
In fact, Safeway's new "Just For You" program will boast a certain price when it has been "added" to your card. However, I have had to argue with workers -- and even show the price via Safeway's app on my cell phone -- just to "prove" the advertised price. They almost always blame it on a "glitch" in this store's system.
Between that and the inability to keep enough advertised items in stock (Diet Coke, seriously?), this local store is just not worth my business. It seems like they are out of one of the "get-you-in-the-store" sale items at least every week.
Just this morning, I went to pick up one of their "$2.49 if you buy two small sandwiches" for lunch. The woman behind the counter told me that they "ran out of bread" and that I should "come back tomorrow or Saturday."
I don't think that stores like this realize that it leaves a bad impression on the rest of us. Then again, they are a little cheaper than the other grocery stores in town and we are left with little options in Palo Alto.
a resident of Ventura
on Apr 21, 2013 at 3:07 pm
I work for the company, the issue many of the times, isn't higher prices. The issue is that there are too many different type of tags that go up, & that must come down at different times. There are too many types of store coupons that we can't keep track of, & that customers don't look for on their own, which leads to an overcharge. When there are mark ups or even mark downs, those automatically go up, so the new retail prices are current. It is the tags put up that get confusing, & it's even more confusing for customers now with the Balance Rewards program which charges customers full retail price if they aren't members.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 21, 2013 at 3:54 pm
Walgreens is just trying to create price confusion for the customer and got busted for it. Customer don't want to play with coupons and loyalty cards. Most of the time, even if you use all those gimmicks at Walgreens, Target's everyday prices are cheaper anyway and Target has a better selection of products. I never go to Walgreens or CVS any more because of this.
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Monday, December 24, 2007
Life through Fresh Eyes!
9 comments:
- Betty C. said...
That is amazing! I can only imagine the mixed emotions...
I think one of my best blogging buddies, Ali of AliThinks, lives in Lexington if I'm not mistaken.
Bon courage! And happy holidays... - 7:40 AM
I have enjoyed your blog so very much. I look forward to reading your new adventures in cooking. You will give us a "fresh" view.
What a funny coincidence! I am reading this in my kitchen in Danville, Ky (30 minutes from Lexington). I happened on your blog today for the first time having just returned from 9 days in Paris over Christmas! Welcome to the Bluegrass state!
- Jeena said...
Hi there you have such a lovely blog.I have a blog also here is my link Food Recipes
Let me know if you would like to exchange links. Thanks Jeena x - 5:55 PM
- Barbara said...
Melissa good luck with your move. We moved in December also, back to Australia. I love being here and am slowly finding where to go for the best bread, cheese, meat, fruit and vegies, which papers to buy on certain days, where the wine bargains are. We already have a favourite table at three different restaurants which we ask for by number. Until my Nespresso arrives there is perfect coffee just one block from our front door.
- chuck said...
Change can be the best thing sometimes. It can also be a little scary. I wish you the best and hope it becomes a positive move for you.
- Melissa said...
Betty, I'll be looking at Ali's blog....of course, checking in with you as well. Happy New Year!
Anonymous, Thanks, I'll try to get an update on very soon.
Good Peasent Stock! Great to see you, I'm actually in Georgetown. Nice to see a local gal who loves Paris like I do!
Jeena, I'll take a look at your blog. Thanks for checking in with me!
Barbara, They say change is good, I'm just slow to change! But you are right, finding out where to put some good quality products on the table will make me happy! Happy, Healthy 2008 to you and your family!
Chuck, thanks for the good wishes! I'm going to try to stay positive and look at the good things of life in the U.S.! - 12:47 PM
I have missed your blog most of this year. I knew something was going on and evenually heard the news. I wish you and your family(Gary and Clay) the best and have missed your classes over this past year. Your will always be someone special that got me hooked on cooking and gadgets!!! I hope after you are settled that you start cooking classes. You have so much to offer and you are a beautiful person. Best of luck with the transition and if you are ever in Rhode Island in the summer give me a shout. - 7:21 PM
We are all looking forward to hearing more from you. You are in a great place to open a tea, quiche and crumpet shop. With all your expertise, it would be a winner! Remember "Le Cottage" in Marly le Roi?
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR, -0.88% were the best performers on the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.11% Wednesday after Citigroup initiated coverage of the solar power panel maker with a buy rating and a $41 price target. Shares of First Solar rose 7.5% to $31.20 in recent activity. Other buy ratings launched by Citi in the space were for SunPower Corp. SPWR, +0.33% MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. wfr and Advanced Energy Industries Inc. AEIS, +0.07% The other three stocks saw gains of 4% or more.
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London, UK – October 8, 2012 – IMGROUP Online, a leading UK provider of Office 365, hybrid, public and private cloud solutions, has announced the launch of "ONCE", an innovative new service which harnesses the power of Microsoft Azure to help organisations more rapidly deploy Microsoft Office 365 and to facilitate and streamline migration to the cloud.
Microsoft Office 365 takes the industry's most recognised set of productivity and collaboration tools and delivers them as a subscription service – an attractive proposition for businesses and public sector organisations of all sizes. IMGROUP Online has created "ONCE" to complement and enhance Office 365, bringing enterprise scale single sign-on identity management and security to the cloud 'as a service'. "This solution will help bring the 'opex nirvana' closer to a reality for organisations that want to put their capital behind what they do, rather than what they need", explains Jeremy Neal, Head of Online Services at IMGROUP.
IMGROUP Online initially implemented "ONCE" across its own expanding organisation, migrating the active directory listing application that was previously run from its London data centre, into the cloud. This local data centre was a valid option while IMGROUP Online only had offices in the UK, though recent expansion into other markets, including a rapidly expanding Indian operation and new office in New York, drove the need for more reliable and scalable identity management process across the whole business. IMGROUP Online is now deploying this to many more of their O365 clients.
"Migrating the application to the cloud eliminates the risk of the data centre becoming a single point of failure, and removes the need for multiple user IDs, increasing the resiliency of the system and improving its performance".
Neal continues, "ONCE provides a horizontal and complimentary layer to existing public cloud offerings, reducing their dependence on external infrastructure and so minimising obstacles to the cloud. This offering is part of IMGROUP's commitment to bringing enterprise class IT solutions to businesses of all sizes, providing them with IT services that are aligned with their business objectives and which support their growth strategy."


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The Bright Forever
About the Book
The Bright Forever
On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, daughter of the most affluent family in a small town on the plains of Indiana, sets out on her bicycle to return some library books.
This simple act is at the heart of The Bright Forever, a suspenseful, deeply affecting novel about the choices people make that change their lives forever. Keeping fact, speculation, and contradiction playing off one another as the details unfold, author Lee Martin creates a fast-paced story that is as gripping as it is richly human. His beautiful, clear-eyed prose builds to an extremely nuanced portrayal of the complicated give and take among people struggling to maintain their humanity in the shadow of a loss.
Reminiscent of books such as The Little Friend and The Lovely Bones, but most memorable for its own perceptions and power, The Bright Forever is a compelling and emotional tale about the human need to know even the hardest truth.
A Featured Alternate of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and Book-of-the-Month Club.
The Bright Forever
- Publication Date: April 4, 2006
- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Broadway


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Message to New York State (NYS) Unemployment Insurance Claimants From www.labor.ny.gov:
UI Bill Update
Friday July 23, 2010 9:00am
President Obama signed the UI extension last night. We're working to update our UI Calculator sometime today to make sure that everyone knows how many weeks of benefits they will receive. Benefits will be retroactive to June 2. If you had your benefits stopped the week of June 6 or after, you will receive a lump sum payment for those back weeks in your accounts.
UI Bill Update
Thursday July 22, 2010 4:00pm
Good Afternoon All – The House has just approved extending the jobless benefits bill! Now, it's off to the President to sign it. We'll update you as soon as we learn when that might be. However, he has stated publicly that he will do it right away. We'll keep you posted.
UI Bill Update
Thursday July 22, 2010 9:30am
Today is a big day! The House is now debating the Unemployment Insurance Extension bill and a vote is likely very soon. We will continue to update you as the day goes on.
Drop in NYS Unemployment Rate Shortens Weeks of Unemployment Benefits
Albany, NY (Wednesday July 21, 2010 2:00pm) –
New York's monthly statewide unemployment rate has been on the decline since February 2010. New York State's 3 month average unemployment rate for April, May and June is 8.3%.
This is now below the 8.5% three month average unemployment rate that is required by the federal government to trigger six weeks of additional benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Tier 4. The U.S. Department of Labor has informed us that, starting August 16, no new claims can be filed for Tier 4 benefits.
This will reduce the maximum number of available weeks of UI benefits from 99 weeks to 93 weeks. However, the UI bill states that all Extended Benefits (EB) will end the week of December 5, which means that most unemployed New Yorkers will not be able to reach a maximum of even 93 weeks. December 5 is also the date when New Yorkers will no longer be able to move on to the next Tier of benefits.
To be eligible for EUC Tier 1, New Yorkers must exhaust regular benefits (26 weeks) by the week of November 21, 2010 and claim their first week of EUC by the following week. To move into a new tier, you must exhaust your current tier by week ending November 28, 2010.
For updates on benefit extensions, continue to visit http://www.labor.ny.gov/ for updates. We encourage all claimants to check our Unemployment Calculator once the bill is signed to find out the exact number of weeks you are eligible for.


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Slidell workshop set at Cross Gates
By KEVIN CHIRI
Slidell news bureau
SLIDELL — Anyone who is worried about the future of Slidell's children, wondering if they are spending their lives on the computer, needs to talk to Mary-Brent and Beverly Brown.
The two girls are a far cry from the picture much of America has of today's young people using every waking moment playing video games or texting on their cell phone.
The two sisters from Covington are now reaching out to Slidell with their organization, "Kids Wanna Help," which was formed in 2007 as a way for young people to get the skills to start a business, and help charitable groups in need.
"We were really tired of being involved in groups where the adults made all the decisions," Mary-Brent said. "We had just been involved in a party at school, but the adults made all the decisions, and we wanted to show adults that kids could make decisions and do some good things."
Mary-Brent, now age 14 and going into the tenth grade, is a big reader and had recently read a story about a young girl who put on a fashion show.
"I thought that we could do that, and have all the money go to a charity," she said. "So Beverly and I started planning it."
They found an excellent charity called the J.L. Foundation, which helps families whose children have pediatric leukemia. Mary-Brent wants to be a pediatric oncologist when she finishes school, so the charity was perfect.
"We liked their charity since 100 percent of the money goes to families with problems paying bills, or the expenses associated with the illness of the kids," she said. "And that's what we wanted to do."
The girls named the group "Kids Wanna Help," and began organizaing a fashion show that was held at Tchefuncta Country Club.
"Our theme was 'To be Beautiful, You Have to be Yourself,' and we ended up raising $11,000 by selling tickets, and from a silent auction," Beverly said. "It was awesome to be able to do that."
The young girls, with Beverly only 9 and Mary-Brent 11 at the time, called and visited businesses and asked for donations for the silent auction, while recruiting young kids to help with the fashion show.
One of the children who came to the fashion show was a 6-year-old with cancer. She needed a wig since she was about to start treatment that would make her lose her hair, so Beverly and Mary-Brent came up with another idea.
"We decided to have a lemonade stand to raise money to buy her a wig," Mary-Brent explained. "We had it at my grandparents house in Slidell (Ed and Karen Smith), and got other kids to help. We walked the neighborhood and asked for donations, besides selling lemonade, and raised $300. We made so much that we were able to buy her two wigs."
That led to the next big idea by the girls, which was to begin the Kids Wanna Help Lemonade Brigade, that would teach other children how to properly operate a lemonade stand so they could make money—all with the goal of helping charity groups.
"We knew that if we could raise this money through a lemonade stand, then other kids could do it, if we taught them the right way to go about it," Mary-Brent said.
They began putting the word out that they would have a workshop to teach kids about how to operate a stand in a professional manner. The workshop cost $85 to attend, but kids were given their outfits for the stand, supplies to get started, a handbook with everything about starting a business, and even heard from successful business people, teaching them about business principles.
The first workshop brought 30 children, who took the idea out into their own "Kids Wanna Help Lemonade Brigade" teams, one of which raised $1,500 with her stand.
Since the early start, the girls have had two more fashion shows, raising a total of $25,000 more for the J.L. Foundation, while hosting a workshop once a year for the Lemonade Brigade. With all their success, they decided it was time to branch out to Slidell, so more children could find the same success.
They will be hosting a Slidell workshop on Monday, June 28 at Cross Gates Family Fitness, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"We want to give other kids the skills to run any business they want," Mary-Brent said. "As they learn, we hope they will pass the knowledge along to others. This is all about helping people."
Mary-Brent and Beverly said they are not overly religious people, nor are they so unusual. They just love the idea of making decisions on things they want to do, and helping others.
"I just like to help people," Mary-Brent said. "I can't say exactly why, but I just like doing it. This new group we have formed is giving adults a new perspecive on kids and I like that."
The last two workshops held in Covington have drawn 45, and most recently 55 kids. The guest speakers throughout the day teach kids every aspect of business, from accounting and finances, to "the customer is always right" attitude.
"This is not for every kid," Mary-Brent added. "But the kids who have come to this want to be there, and have been really excited at what they have learned."
As added incentive, there will be an end of the summer pool party, with awards given.
Kids Wanna Help is for children from the third through the seventh grade. Anyone who wants to sign up for the Slidell workshop, or wants more information, can go online to kidswannahelp.com, or call the Lemonade Brigade Hotline at 985-875-0407.


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UH Manoa Campus Events Calendar
The Wild Party
October 24, 2013 - October 5, 2013Manoa Campus, Earle Ernst Lab Theatre
Oct 23, 24, 25, 26 at 8pm; Oct 27 at 2pm Nov 1 and 2 at 8pm; Nov 3 at 2pm
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directed by Brittni Michele Shambaugh, MFA Directing Candidate
Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, and Vaudeville! This gritty musical set in the 1920s explores what happens when emotionally vulnerable and sexually hungry performers get together during the age of Prohibition. Does the party overtake the individual? Is the humanity lost in the chaos? What is left at the conclusion of this riotous night? Come dressed in your best roaring twenties attire and be part of the wildest party in town!
Ticket Information
$18 Regular $16 Seniors, Military, UH Faculty/Staff $13 UHAA Members $13 Students $5 UH Mānoa Students with valid ID Tickets are available at the door only, beginning one hour before the show begins.
Event Sponsor
Theatre and Dance, Manoa Campus
More Information
956-7655, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.hawaii.edu/kennedy/2013/wildparty/index.php
Thursday, October 24 | |
10:00am |
Electrical Engineering Final Oral
Manoa Campus, Holmes 389 |
12:00pm |
iClicker Online Webinar!
Manoa Campus, Online Webinar |
12:00pm |
Archiving Maus: MetaMaus as collaborative process
Manoa Campus, Kuykendall 410 |
1:00pm |
Translating a Military Resume to a Civilian Resume
Manoa Campus, Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services, Room 208 |
2:00pm |
Persian Film Screening: A Separation (2011) directed by Asghar Farhadi
Manoa Campus, Moore 258 |
3:00pm |
Convergence "Happenings" & Class Schedule
Manoa Campus, Art Building, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery |
3:00pm |
Ka Leo Arts Festival (Manoa)
Manoa Campus, McCarthy Mall |
3:00pm |
Ka Leo Arts Festival
Manoa Campus, Hamilton Stage in Hamilton Square |
3:00pm |
Oceanography Seminar
Manoa Campus, MSB 100 |
4:30pm |
Chinese Studies Public Lecture
Manoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium |
5:00pm |
Salsa Night
Manoa Campus, UHM Campus Center Ballroom |
7:30pm |
Manoa Campus, SPALDING 155 |
7:30pm |
Kevin Tsunoda, composer
Manoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium |
- Highlighted dates have scheduled events.
- Select the date to view all events for that day.
Ongoing Events
- Course Reserves Deadlines and Information
- EWC Arts Exhibition: Bollywood & Beyond: Costume in Indian Film
- Kalaupapa -- A Source of Light, Constant and Never-Fading
- Trip Around the Island
- Convergence: Glitch_Click_Thunk, Featuring Mark Amerika
- Trip Around the Island exhibit
- Sticky-An Architectural Installation
- Conflict Resolution Day Book Displays
- UHM Costume Museum Exihibition
- The Wild Party


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Moved to Toronto's bench, sat out last game with an 'injury' ... I'd gladly take him off Toronto's hands and make him the primary backup for both Rip and Tay.
Dear Joe, I noticed you have a vacancy on the bench. Please adopt MoPete. He would be the best addition to the family that you have made in years, and would give you the opportunity to do a little house cleaning. Best Regards, DARTHTEAM
that also would have been my reply :D i like the way you think webz. besides, wasn't cato waived by the knicks? :O
I don't want to see Delfino leave... Peterson is decent, but Delfino can be just as good as him. And now that I've seen him struggeling for 3 years, I feel with him just like I still feel with Darko.
what do you mean? Probably I'm simply a guy who keeps everything even if he doesn't need it any longer or if it doesn't serve its original purposes because of newer additions. This is probably the reason why I'm still having tons of old magazins and Comic books in my apartment.
peterson is a better player, better shooter, more experienced, and fits into our offense. plus he's a good defender. delfino could be put to better use in toronto with the style they're trying to instill.
I have to admit that I've got absolutely no idea if Peterson is good. My main problem (besides that I don't want to see Delfino leave although he enver played much) is that our bench is pretty thin and if Peterson is really better than Delfino, Toronto has no need to trade him for a weaker player- or do they need a translator for Garbajosa and Calderon? And packing 2 players of our already weak bench for one means the bench can provide even less. Even the NBA power rankings were stating that 4 starters are averaging 35+ mpg.
Wondering if this is the reason D.D. has been getting some burn lately... to show he still has some game to other GM's It looks like Sheed is being positioned more as a center to create spacing.... as he slows down (and adds weight) this position may fit him better and allow the youngsters a chance to play. Delfino may have more upside than Mo... he's a little too cool for school.... Mo fits our team better now.
but how does our potential offer compare with what other teams might offer? and with dale gone... maxiel would actually get some minutes. this would be a great trade for us.


text: Spy Photos: More on the 2009 Toyota Land CruiserMike Spinelli6/25/07 1:00pmFiled to: Tres SheikSuvSpy PhotoscruiserDubaiJapanlandLand CruiserToyota13EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkBroad-daylight testing of the next Toyota Land Cruiser in sundry, sultry sultinates continues, apparently unabated by impromptu drifting contests or sandal surfing. New images showed up today courtesy of Carscoop. They're showing an undisguised Cruiser baking in the heat and sucking up the searing sands of Dubai. Toyota's hot-weather testing of undisguised Cruisers has gone on in the mideast for at least a year, so by now it should be able to take some dry heat, powered rock and extreme hoonage. We'll likely see the finished product at the Tokyo show in October. Advertisement2009 Toyota Land Cruiser Spied Again [Carscoop]Related: Oh, Mon! Possible New Toyota Land Cruiser Spotted in Sultanate [internal]