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I was listening to NPR one afternoon and a piece on blogging started. I snorted when the commentator said that blogs must "be kept up daily - it is a duty".
Duty my left foot - this is my first entry of 2010!
I am finding facebook a welcome way to keep up with friends and their thoughts/ideas. Still, I want to try to keep up with my blogging habit in some way and decided to re-read Emma (by Jane Austen) and give a critque.
To start, my first encounters with Emma were through film - "Clueless", "Emma" with Gwenth Paltrow, and "Emma" with Kate Beckensale. I liked the films - I found it a funny and well done plot. The character of Emma was so entirely stupid, she was charming.
When I began reading Emma, however, I found it less appealing. Unlike the other Jane Austen novels, there is more dialog. It almost reads like a script - two characters get a chapter and converse. Typical of Jane Austen, there is little description - one must create the setting and her language gives your mind ideas of a characters expression/posture.
The dialog itself would not be unappealing if it were not for characters like Miss Bates. Anytime she begins to speak it is best to skip ahead to where the quotes end. Jane Austen no doubt choose to "let" Miss Bates talk instead of perpetually saying that Miss Bates "went on and on about a topic that no one found particularly intersting and that she did not illumine so that it might be interesting."
I do feel for Miss Bates however - I fear I can be just as verbose and boring. My own mother said of my blog that "she could not read that much."
Then along came the new series on PBS. The first night I found a bit interesting - it gave a lot of unnecessary backstory. The backstory however brought up a lot of interesting character parallels. I never once considered that Emma, Frank Churchill, and Jane Fairfax grew up motherless. What that says of the rest of the novel, I do not know, but it was interesting that the new visual adapation made me ponder this fact.
The second night was slightly better - the story speed up, Emma (played by Rommola Garai) continued to charm. But I still was not totally engrossed.
The last night of the series just plain made me mad! There were additional scenes, conversations that never took place - it was sloppy. Not as bad as the recent version of Persuasion where Anne Elliot was a marathon runner at the end, but pretty darn close. I don't think Jane Fairfax and Emma Woodhouse would ever have a heart to heart about Frank's behavior - but there it was, bold as brass.
It stunk to high heaven.
And I was not sure what to make of Mr. Knightly and Emma looking at the white cliffs of Dover as they headed out on their honeymoon. It was odd.
I will say this about all adaptions of Emma - whoever they get to play Mrs. Elton is always DEAD ON. Perhaps because her character is such a, well, character, it is easy to portray. But even the costuming for her in the adaption was perfect - too much lace, ribbon, and ruffles. They even had her on a donkey. Priceless.
But a well played Mrs. Elton does not a good adapation of Emma make and I would suggest skipping it if you have not already.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Emma - both book and new adaptation
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That quilt top that I had pinned up at the window forever, trying to figure out the next move...
Well, the next move is to quilt it. :)
So I pinned it out (which I need to re-do, because the back is bunched in the middle, dammit.) and it's folded and ready to go, after I finish the wall hanging.
THIS wall hanging. It's a quickie log cabin deal, navy blue and red. I couldn't, for the life of me, get the colors to show up in lamp light. Meh. But here it is. Man, am I out of practice with hand quilting. I forgot to iron the seams open so I wouldn't have to stab through them.
But it's still therapeutic as heck and I need that right now. (school dramas)
And I made some bags. This one is from a feedsack quilt top I got locally (for less than $10, if I remember right) that I couldn't salvage. It's a cute little thing.
More bags! The one on the left was a 'cloth' I put together a year ago. It had to marinate in the quilting cabinet until it, in part, became a bag. There is a bag of rice in it. :) On the left is from the same quilt top as above... and it's holding popcorn. I needed an excuse to display these, what can I say?
Numbah one son, lovin' the jammies his momma made him. :)
Both kids are doing pretty well in school, and Nicky finally has therapy in home on Saturdays, and after school during the week. I am SO hoping these therapies will help with his very difficult behaviors. I mean, the behaviors are diminishing somewhat (I don't have broken glass everywhere now) but they're still there (because now I have sugar and cereal everywhere). Also, the screaming. OMG. We're finding that he has issues with overstimulation (in some ways) and that he needs someone on his butt all the time keeping him busy, or he goes rogue on us. ;) But now that we're finding the problems, it's just a matter of finding the solutions.
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And so I don't waste valuable space in the Episode Blog later on, let me take a moment now, to gush about how much I love Kristen Bell. Me and a pal of mine have decided she's our friend. We don't know her, per se, but yeah... we like to think someday we will. (She's like Reese Witherspoon in that way.) Girls love her, guys love her... she's sassy and funny and waaaay too likeable for her own good, so you can't help but say, "what the hell..." and resign yourself to the fact that as long as Kristen's around, you'll be a fan.
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Mexican drug war city offers police-escorted tours
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican city at the heart of a raging drug war is trying to woo back jittery Texan day trippers by offering free bus tours with an armed police escort.
"The aim is to shake off the bad image that we have and give a boost to the craft markets and restaurants in the centre, where business is almost nil," Nuevo Laredo's tourism director Ramon Garza told Reuters on Wednesday.
The tourist board in the city, which is across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, is sending charter buses to pick up tourists from San Antonio for day tours escorted by guides and police motorcycle outriders.
The three-times-a-week service began in mid-August and comes after more than 115 people have been gunned down in the Nuevo Laredo this year as rival drug gangs battle for control of the lucrative cross-border trade in cocaine, marijuana and heroin.
The escorted visits are being welcomed by traders in the sweltering border city, where several bars and tourist trinket shops have closed since the troubles began last year.
"Tourists think that gangs are waiting to pick them off as soon as they come over the bridge, so anything that the authorities do to challenge that is welcome," trinket stall holder Pedro Rivera told Reuters at an empty craft market.
Washington has issued repeated travel warnings urging U.S. visitors to stay away from crime-wracked Mexican border cities this year, singling out Nuevo Laredo, where more than 40 U.S. citizens have been kidnapped in the past year, for special mention.
The United States shut its consulate in the city for a week early this month after drug gangs fired bazookas and raked each other with machine gun fire in a street battle.


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Friday, August 18, 2006
Red Onion Nails
I am the kind of person that you should never give a digital camera to, 'cause I get all wierd and start shooting everything in sight (with the camera, I mean). I was making dinner and slicing up some red onions when I noticed that my nail polish is exactly the same colour as the onions - isn't that wierd! The nail polish is called Chrome Shine by L'Oreal and it's number 346 (no it doesn't have one of those cute names like "Moon beam" or "Perfect Romance" or something). It's vintage nail polish circa 2003 (I think - I got it in Dallas). It's kind of like the metallic paint on cars. I am sure it's no longer available.
Yes, I actually use my nail polish for years and years. When it dries out, I use nail polish thinner from Mavala. Highly recommended. The cutting board is from Ikea. Red onions - available at grocery stores (almost) everywhere.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
what the future beholds
I had a nightmare. It wasn't pretty at all. Right now, i feel like getting married and have babies and b a full-time wife. Since i don't see anything near that so far, medic is kinda my priority right now. Plus i bet my parents would kill me if they read this. Hahaha. Do pray for me yah guys. Still searching for my mr.right :)
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
My Panda Bear's 25th Birthday
This is why I love this man....
truly he keeps me sane and reminds me of all the fuzzies of life.
I hope he had a good time at his birthday party.
The preparations definitely put me a week behind in school work but it was worth it to make him happy. He does so much for me.
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Sunday, August 21, 2016
The Spiritual Path is THE UNDOING
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- AnonymousAugust 23, 2016 at 4:20 PM
yes it is all illusion ,even the one who says its illusion-karl renz advaita you tube.hey jeff you remember me in palo alto at p0lowshare and at your dad's house.wont say name just I n case you accidently show this.you know we talked don juan all the time. yeah it's me .freaking out the weed but no longer. weed all day ,sometimes but not like abusive americans excess everything. anyway, seen lots of ''UFO'S' the past decade in palo ALTo ,too no less.eveywhere. near midtown and other places. this little white disc with a black spot on it hovered over me in daytime near some isolated area in suburban palo alto. also saw 2 flying fake ''ufo clouds' fly by at about 800 miles per hour and vanish in broad daylight. as if it was a show just for me. saw multi color bursts of lightining like colored lights behind some clouds right near city hall one night. thought if someone walked by ,I would have to explain what it was.sure didn't want to have to tell someone we are being found by ''aliens''. but the lights stopped.those alien forms are doing things all over the world. palo alto too. they might know me , as a bird shaped form flew by me in a downtown alleyway and vanished in thin air. all those you tube light orb formations yousee are the so called ''phoenix lights'' that were seen in 1997. they found me somehow. maybe the ones you saw followed you and around and followed me too. you never know. are they ''magicians'' in another light frequency? maybe, but they don't seem to be machines. forms and imagery. real forms that loo0k like dense light. a ufo ''disc'' is actually a form to fool people into thinking ''people from outer space'' the aliens like to fool with humans. don't blame them. americans are so out of it.like zombies .the government is a strictly a Jonestown affair. check ''phoenix lights 1997 you tube''.those are who is here now.BTW, they built one of those bigger new house where your cottage was near that crrek bridge, and put a bike bridge alongside it. mc mansions crush idyllic palo alto. bring on the aliens!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hey there Mr. N Think about you often...Is the Laning Chateau still there downtown. Good to hear from you. I seem to remember you had a brother living in Eugene years ago, but not sure....Those were the days huh. We're living the Life here...working all the time....but, trying to keep it real...and not working for anybody else. Only eat Organic...quote you often..."Clean Burning Fuel" I think you called it...but my memory might get things mixed up. Really good to hear from you.Delete
Yeah, I think a lot of those UFO's are lie inter-dimensional beings. I've had some pretty intense memories...actually pretty cool of being in a "craft"... Bunch of other folks there...humans and a few non humans...tall, grey...don't say much. The humans were all "asleep"...but I was looking around, looked out the window and they were bringing us to this Pristine planet.... Beautiful, also had a bunch of memories surface from the time my family saw the one in the desert in front of our car...my Dad and Mom got belly scars then..... but these memories, and there are a bunch..... took place over a period of time, I think ..... Trippy stuff. My sister told me she has ZERO memory from before that night and most of mine are..... where I have pictures....otherwise not a lot of memory before that. But now stuff is coming together. Found out my folks were both Black Government Lifers and I'm pretty sure they volunteered me for some experiments in the desert . (I know they did later).... but this place in the desert keeps coming back in pieces.... lots of em, and they all fit together. I could draw a map of the Facility (that appears like it was abandoned)..but was not. How about these Crazy Humans HUH??? OMG...the mind control has reached epic proportions. They are spraying hard core over Eugene and all over around here, constantly. We have fighter jets buzzing over our house all the time WTF??? Airport and Congressman claim ignorance. Man we had some awesome talks and did a lot of Laughing, I remember my sides aching.ReplyDelete
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Self-help appeals to the will of the people by challenging them to apply biblical principles without necessarily applying the gospel to their hearts. In self-helpism Christ as example is placed above Christ as Savior … Self-help preaching does not take the pervasiveness of sin seriously because it assumes that people want to obey and can obey, they just need to be told how to do it. Such preaching is not biblical because completely discounts the reality of human resistance to obeying God.
Self-help preaching many times makes the Bible character "like us." We are David, and our problems are like Goliath, and so forth. A straight line is drawn directly from the character's struggle or victory to us without connecting any of it to the person and work of Christ.
Thus, it produces consumeristic, shallow people because it does not bring them face-to-face with God.
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I have been instructed to write an introduction. This is a good thing — when I'm instructed to write I'm much more likely to do it. I respond well to assignments.
But, I feel kind of dumb trying to start this. Um … I'm Angie. Hence the user name. I live in Raleigh, NC with my boyfriend of almost one year (February 7th marks our anniversary). His name is Dave. I'm not really supposed to call him David, but I love to. It means "beloved" and I find that very fitting.
When he and I met I was at this point in my life where I basically just wanted to give up on the scene.


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Knock. Knock. Knock.
Nikki sighed in annoyance. She really didn't want to get up. She muted the TV and stood, making her way from the living room to the hall and opened the door.
"Oh. It's you," she said, crossing her arms.
Clint pulled off his sunglasses and tucked them into his pocket. "Well aren't you a bright little ray of sunshine this morning," he grinned.
"I rather thought I'd never see you again."
"Are you still going to pay me a thousand a week?"
Nikki shrugged, but pride prevented her from being the one to back out so she muttered, "I guess."
"Then you're going to see me again."
Seeing no way out of it, at least not one she was willing to take, Nikki stepped aside. Clint entered and waited till she'd shut the door before gesturing towards the living room. "Shall we?"
"I guess," Nikki said again, a little grumpily. Clint hid a smile and followed her into the other room.
"What are you watching?" Clint asked, catching sight of the television.
"Reality show…the producers sent over the tapes. There's an offer on the table for me to do one."
Clint turned to her in alarm. "To which of course you're going to say no."
Nikki blinked in surprise for a couple of seconds and then crossed her arms angrily. "I think I can make my own decisions."
"And I think I was just hired as your manager to help you rework your image. And I'm saying it's a terrible idea."
"Oh come on. We both know you being my manager is a joke!" Nikki snapped.
Clint took a deep breath and tried to approach the issue from a different direction. "Alright, you may have a point. I'm new and I need to prove to you that you can trust me. So hear me out on this. Reality TV does have a stigma to it. Jersey Shore, Kardashians, Paris Hilton, I could name more, they've all done it and a lot people don't respect them for it. What you need at this point in your career is respect. Let's be honest, your songs now aren't any worse than they were eight years ago but each CD for the past couple years has been selling worse than the last. Why is that?"
"They're still selling," argued Nikki defensively.
"Yes they're still selling, but you can't keep losing sales between each CD or eventually no one will be buying them. Look, the whole world of pop stars and singers, is built on perception and image. You don't even have to sing that well anymore what with auto tune and lip syncing. I'm not saying you can't sing," he added hastily as Nikki opened her mouth to protest, "I'm just illustrating to you the importance of image. And your image has been seriously compromised. I was doing some research last night. I went online and read a lot of people's opinions of you. They see you as troubled and unreliable. Six months ago you cancelled a concert an hour before it was supposed to start."
"The marketing and promotion for that concert had been butchered. They only ended up selling half the seats."
"Then you sing to the seats that are full. You don't cancel an hour before show time unless you've broken something other than your pride," said Clint. "With one cancellation you alienate everyone that has a ticket and make them far less likely to buy one again. Look," he sat down on the couch and pulled her down next to him, turning towards her seriously. "You keep getting your picture taken while drunk, you crash cars, have DUIs, cause scenes. You were a teenage star which means people are even more hyper sensitive to any indiscretions, since there's a history of child stars falling off the deep end and the public loves it."
"They love it?"
"Of course. The movies, songs and television, aren't the only entertainment people get out of Hollywood. They love the drama of the stars' lives. And they especially love the drama of a falling star. They express shock, always blame the media, but at the end of the day they eat it up."
Nikki frowned. "So how do you stop it?"
"It's not easy, but it's doable. First off you have to stop clubbing and coming home drunk. You need out of tabloids for a while. Now unless you are a legitimate alcoholic-"
"I am not an alcoholic," Nikki snapped.
"Then we shouldn't have a problem. You stay in. If you have to go out visit the book store. Buy…I don't know War and Peace or something and try and get the paparazzi to snap that…in fact…I could probably help you there."
"War and Peace? Really?" asked Nikki skeptically.
"You don't actually have to read it. And I know it's a bit heavy-handed, but why not? The tabloids have been using you; it's time you used them. You're perceived as the dumb blonde valley girl who's cracking under pressure. We need an alternative image to reach the public. And it's all up to you. Can you do it?"
As Clint had talked Nikki had shifted uncomfortably. He was saying a lot of things no one had ever said to her before but it making a certain kind of sense. Part of her was taking a deep dislike to him; another part, a small part that hadn't spoken to her in a while, was telling her to shut up and listen.
"Alright," she conceded at last. "We'll try it your way."
Clint beamed at her and nodded energetically. "Good…err," he cleared his throat nervously, "There's also the matter of your…wardrobe."
"You really need a new one."
Nikki's jaw dropped open in disbelief and then she surged to her feet. "I can't believe you have the audacity to come in here and start nitpicking at my clothes!"
"You look like a-…" Clint cleared his throat again and restarted, "Your clothes are currently promoting the image of the former teen pop star that doesn't do anything but drink and drugs."
"I do not take drugs!"
"If we want to promote a classier image you have to dress classier. Hey, it means shopping, don't girls love that?"
"And now you're stereotyping me, thanks."
Clint laughed. "Fair point. But that's what the public does. They put all celebrities into categories. Heart throbs, serious actors, indie stars, sex symbols, comedians, cute, troubled, the list goes on. You need to break out and show them something new."
As he continued to talk, Nikki slowly returned to her seat on the couch.
"And," Clint went on, "I know there is something else in you. I know you can do this. But that something new is not Reality TV," he added, gesturing towards the television screen.
"Well," admitted Nikki with a smile. "I wasn't seriously considering that anyways."


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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Glitter Queens October Blog Hop-Day 1
Good morning Ladies,
Welcome to our October Blog Hop!, we are so glad to have you join in and hop along, we hope you enjoy your visit and that we inspire you with our fall projects.
I chose to use the Stamp Set's 'French Foliage', from the IBC and 'Faith in Nature' one of the hostess sets from the IBC, I also used the DSP Spice cake. For anyone out there thinking of hosting a workshop there are some fabulous hostess sets to choose from and they are so affordable, you will love the new benefits of hosting a workshop! Plus in October you also get a Big Shot when you become a demonstrator!
For today's Hop I created 2 greeting cards. I love the leaves in the French Foliage set and I played around and stamped them in greens, yellows, oranges and browns, trying to mimic the colors mother nature gives the leaves this time of year.
For my first card, I wanted to showcase the pear stamp from the 'Faith in Nature' set, so I used two dies to cut out and create the frame using 'Spice Cake' DSP, I used dimensional's to attach the frame, after stamping the pear image in 'Lucky Limade' I used SU Watercolor Pencils to color in the image and added dimensional's to the back, then centered and attached it to the card front. I finished the card front by accenting the frame with some of the stamped leaves, I also added one leaf to the inside of the card.
I hope you like it, love the way it turned out and will be using the 'framed' technique again!
For my second card I decided to create and easel card, I started out with some neutral CS. After cutting and scoring I used the 'French Foliage' set, and I randomly stamped the CS with the cursive wording stamp, the leaves, and the distressing stamp, then I used 2 layers of complimentary CS ( more mustard & tempting turquoise) to frame the DSP before attaching it to the front, I used the same CS frame around the sentiment before attaching. To complete the card I attached the leaves around randomly and used the cursive writing stamp layered on DSP to make the easel stand up.
I really love the way this card turned out too, I think it would make a nice fall display at any Thanksgiving table.
I hope you like my projects today, be sure to leave a comment and I will put you in the drawing for my Blog Candy!!!
Just in case you missed someone along the way, links to the all of the Glitter Queen blog hoppers can be found below in order from beginning to end. Don't forget to leave a comment at the end of this post if you liked my project and I'll put you in the drawing for my blog candy! Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!!!
Now on to Candice's Blog!
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tamara, beautiful cards! i love all the colors and designer paper you chose too. absolutely fabulous!ReplyDelete
Love, love, love the easel card. The colors of the card is just beautiful.ReplyDelete
Tamara, gorgeous. Love how you used the French Foliage set. Just beautiful.ReplyDelete
Just Beautiful! I love the colors you choose, they go great together. Your projects always look so good!ReplyDelete
Your cards are gorgeous! Love the easel card...might have to try one.ReplyDelete
All cards are beautiful. I have Faith in Nature set and didn't quite know what to do, thanks for the great ideas.ReplyDelete
Your cards are very elegant and I just love easel cards they are so easy to display. Great job on your hop projects TFS :)ReplyDelete
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The early morning hours of October 16, 2010 were clear with calm winds over the Southern Appalachian region, providing an ideal set up for radiative cooling. The ADAS objective analysis of temperatures revealed some interesting temperature profiles that reflected the nocturnal inversion across the complex terrain of East Tennessee and southwest North Carolina.
The ADAS temperature analysis at 09Z (image above) shows surface temperatures in the Great Tennessee Valley (about 800-1200 ft MSL) mainly in the lower 40s. In the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains and the sheltered valleys of southwest North Carolina (about 1200-1800 ft MSL), the temperatures drop to between 34 and 40 degrees, matching very closely to observations. These lower temperatures at the base of the mountains reflect colder, more dense air sinking down the mountainsides and collecting in the elevated sheltered valleys.
As we move toward higher elevations, temperatures begin increasing sharply at around 2 kft MSL. ADAS temperatures in this warm layer are between 43 and 48 degrees. This creates the appearance of a "ring" of higher temperatures around the Great Smoky Mountains in the image above. Also note how the higher temperatures across the northern Cumberland Plateau correlate very well to the higher terrain of that area (the highest elevations in this area are below 3000 ft MSL).
As we continue above 3000 ft MSL, temperatures decrease to between 43 and 39 degrees. The difference from the ADAS valley temperatures to the higher "mountainside" temperatures is about 10 degrees. This temperature pattern can also be seen by overlaying the ADAS temperature contours with the topography image (image below).
The RUC sounding at that same time (image below) showed a strong temperature inversion, with maximum temperatures in the warm nose of 54 degrees, and a surface temperature of 44 degrees. Temperatures in the sounding begin to drop off at about 2800 ft, very close to the same level as shown by ADAS. Though actual temperature values between the RUC and ADAS differ, the temperature difference from the surface to the warm nose is about 10 degrees – the same as show by ADAS.
Some observations of minimum temperatures that morning from across the region reflected this temperature inversion:
McGee-Tyson Airport (TYS) @ 981 ft MSL – 41
Sugarland Center @ 1600 ft MSL – 36
Cades Cove @ 1900 ft MSL – 43
Newfound Gap @ 5000 ft MSL – 36
The benefits of using the ADAS temperature analysis are even more striking when we compare it to the LAPS objective analysis of temperature in the image below.
A Frost Advisory was also in effect on this morning, and ADAS temperature analysis helped to get a better idea of which areas may have received a frost or a freeze.


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Free Hearing Checks for over 18's/
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 18 years and over have the opportunity to have free hearing checks when the Australian Hearing bus visits Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) on August 18 from 9am to 2pm.
Australian Hearing will provide hearing awareness advice, measure people's hearing and provide steps on the different options available if a patient's hearing is suffering.
GRAMS chief executive Deborah Woods said, because hearing loss often occurred gradually with age, many people were unaware their hearing was diminishing.
"We'd encourage anyone concerned about their hearing, or those whose family complain about their hearing, to take advantage of this opportunity for a free hearing check," Ms Woods said.
"It's a great chance to find out how your hearing measures up – and learn what steps you can take if you're having hearing problems."
As well as having a hearing check, visitors to the bus can find information on a range of common hearing issues and view a display of easy-to-use hearing devices for around the home. This includes headsets for watching the TV and alert systems for doorbells.
Australian Hearing Geraldton manager Julie Faulkner said hearing loss was a prevalent issue in the community, with around 60 per cent of Australians over 60 suffering from some form of hearing loss.
"Not everyone who is experiencing problems hearing needs a hearing aid," Ms Faulkner said.
"Sometimes it's just hearing the TV at normal volumes, hearing your doorbell, or hearing your friends on the phone that's the problem."
Bookings can be made at GRAMS clinic or by calling 9956 6555.


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Saturday, May 1, 2010
What i 8 Friday (4/30) #lowcarb
Yeah, that's all I ate all day...
Tomorrow - well, I guess it's after midnight so it's today now - is my mom's birthday. We're going to take her to lunch at Coyle's, a local landmark. I have a hard time resisting the homemade cinnamon raisin bread on the bar there, and usually don't even bother trying. I only go to Coyle's once every few months. We'll see how I do with it tomorrow :). The one thing about Coyle's is that, even back when I had more of an appetite, I only ate one meal when I ate there. Now that I don't have much of an appetite it will still be one meal but a smaller one I'm sure!
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The best one I've found is made my Applied Nutrition, they are get caps, but I can't find them locally anymore, so I use Carb Intercept which is all I can find around here. They don't work as well.ReplyDelete
After using the gel caps I get no "symptoms" after eating starches (my weakness), such as indigestion, headache, gas/bloating. After using the Carb Intercept I get mild "symptoms" but I figure it's better than nothing.
They only work, of course, for inhibiting starch digestion, not sugars. And I use them rarely, as a backup to my occasional caving in to temptation, not as a "diet plan"...although I know someone who has used them without changing her diet, and still lost 30-some pounds. But that really defeats the purpose of the low carb lifestyle and overall, lifelong health benefits, IMHO...
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In the article, "Post Feminist Radical" it is mentioned that there is a "hesitancy and at times outright hostility to 'feminism' on the part of both young men and young women (246)." I would agree and disagree with this statement, and in particular it calls to mind in interview, Divergent star, Shailene Woodley did for Time Magazine. In the interview, she tells Time contributor, Eliana Dockterman, after being asked if she is a feminist that she is not. Shailene says, "No because I love men, and I think the idea of 'raise women to power, take the men away from the power' is never going to work out because you need balance. . . And also I think that if men went down and women rose to power, that wouldn't work either. We have to have a fine balance." When I read her original statement my first reaction was "well, I'm pretty sure feminism doesn't do any of those things" and "You kind have missed the whole point of feminism."
I believe it is less to do with hostility and more to do with of a lack of understanding of what feminism is and particularly what it is today. Since then there have been many responses to Shailene's comment ranging from "how can you be a woman today and not be a feminist" to "She doesn't know what a feminist is." I believe that a lot of the hostility toward feminism today is a result of a lack of understanding of what feminism is. Shailene likely thinks that feminist are "bra burning men haters", but what feminist really advocate is an end to sexual abuse, equal pay, and equal rights across the board. So is there really a ton of hostility or are people just totally misinformed. People misinterpret this shift from the "F" word as the death of feminism but I don't believe this is the case. I just think that a lot of uninformed people don't know what it means today.
Frith, Hannah. 2001. "Young Women, Feminism and the Future: Dialogues and Discoveries." Feminism & Psychology , 11(2): 147–151.
Gournelos, Ted. "The Post-Feminist Radical: Jenna Marbles and the Digital Masquerade."


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Welcome New Year 2014
Hello Guys,
Wishes to everyone who online on this post.
Wish you all the best to you and your family for your bright future.
This year may come the biggest joy and joy so that you can't explain that.
You all are invited here to wish Happy New Year 2014 each other.
You can easily wish each other just commenting below.
You have a big opportunity to start the new work today, you can enjoy yourself and motivate yourself by opting the following positive lines: –
Say to yourself every morning:
-Today is going to be a great day!
-I can handle more than I think I can!
-Things don't get better by worrying about them!
-I can be satisfied if I try to do my best!
-There is always something to be happy about!
-I'm going to make someone happy today!
-It's not good to be down!
-We always have an option!
-Life is great, make the most of it!
BE AN Optimist!
Best Wishes to all
Balt (selvabalaji)
Why do we celebrate Christmas on December 25?
December 25 is the traditional anniversary of the birth of Christ, but most scholars are unsure about the true date for Christ's birth.
The decision to celebrate Christmas on December 25 was made sometime during the fourth century by church bishops in Rome. They had a specific reason for doing so.
Having turned long ago from worshiping the one true God and creator of all things, many early cultures in the Roman empire had fallen into sun worship. Recognizing their dependence on the sun's yearly course in the heavens, they held feasts around the winter solstice in December when the days are shortest. As part of their festivals, they built bonfires to give the sun god strength and bring him back to life again. When it became apparent that the days were growing longer, there would be great rejoicing.
The church leaders in Rome decided to celebrate Christ's birth during the winter solstice in an attempt to Christianize these popular pagan celebrations. For the most part their efforts failed to make the people conform, and the heathen festivities continued. Today we find ourselves left with a bizarre marriage of pagan and Christian elements that characterizes our modern celebration of Christmas.
Regardless of the pagan background of so many December traditions, and whether or not Jesus was born on December 25th, our goal is still to turn the eyes of all men upon the true Creator and Christ of Christmas. The light of the world has come. And the Christmas season and celebration presents the church with a wonderful opportunity to preach the good news–that men can be made righteous and have peace with God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.
My Team Plugin for WordPress
We are happy to release "My Team" a new WordPress to display team/staff members. You can also display a set of pictures and information in different layouts.
Nowadays, WordPress is more than just a blog. And behind such website is a team. The plugin acknowledges those guys, by creating a template which anyone can copy in his theme directory and have a page ready for the people behind it. The plugin provides the administrator with a nice interface to add/edit/delete the team members. The plugin is under active development so keep checking the page. The plugin uses the short-code given at
You can display the entries in 4 different main ways
- Grid view.
- Grid view with Information on hover.
- Table list view.
- Number of Columns.
- Image Shapes and effects.
- Text Align.
- Special Settings.
- Image Sizes.
- Email Settings.
- Single Page Settings.
- Auto Generation Shortcode & PHP Function.
Gmail takes image loading out of users' hands – here's how to take it back
Do your shoulders feel lighter?
They should if you're a Gmail user, since Google just lifted from users what one assumes must have been the heavy burden of having to choose whether to display images in email.
You were relieved of this choice as of Friday, when Google announced that Gmail users will now see images automatically.
Automatic image viewing for desktops was enabled on Friday, and we'll see it on Android and iOS apps in early 2014.
Up until now, we've had to mull whether or not we want to view images because all sorts of security sliminess and privacy pitfalls can lurk behind them.
Clicking on images is like leaving whatever fortress you're holed up in and venturing out into the wide, open, scary world of somebody else's HTTP territory.
That's because emailed images, though they might look like they're part of the email, are normally hosted on a web server controlled by the email sender.
As far as privacy issues go, when you load the images, you not only get to see whatever pretty picture the sender wishes to bestow upon your eyeballs; you're also sending a message about yourself (an HTTP request) to the email sender.
First off, by clicking on an image, you're giving the sender any cookies you might have previously received from their website. You're also giving them your IP address, which can provide a rough idea of your location, and your user-agent string which is a brief description of the browser and operating system you're using.
Also, unless you're using a browser or a browser add-on that blocks the action, the sender will also get an HTTP referrer: an HTTP header field that shows the URL of the page that you are on.
Perhaps more useful than all of those though, you're giving email marketers and spammers confirmation that their email has been read and that your email address is 'live'.
As Ars Technica's Ron Amadeo points out:
It's even possible to uniquely identify each e-mail, so marketers can tell which e-mail address requested the images—they know that you've read the e-mail. And if it was spam, this will often earn you more spam since the spammers can tell you've read their last e-mail.
So if images are on by default then by the time you've looked at an email, determined it's spam and hit the 'junk' button you've already told the spammers that you've opened the email.
But wait, there's more: given that the images are hosted on remote, third-party servers, there's even the possibility that images themselves can be rigged to exploit security vulnerabilities and inflict malware on the computer systems of those who click.
Google aims to curtail the risks of clicking on remotely hosted images by henceforth serving all images from its own, secure proxy servers.
It will be great – just great! says Google:
Your messages are more safe and secure, your images are checked for known viruses or malware, and you'll never have to press that pesky "display images below" link again. With this new change, your email will now be safer, faster and more beautiful than ever.
With Google serving as the image middleman marketers, spammers and phishers should be starved of all that leaky HTTP stuff but will they still know who's opened their emails?
Up until now marketers have been able to look at how many times their images have been loaded and use it to work out, at least roughly, how many times their emails actually got opened.
Now that Google's putting itself between you and the marketers' servers they will presumably be requesting each image just once from the original server and then caching it for the benefit of all Gmail users.
That ought to mess up marketers' "open rates" and prevent confirmation that your email address is active, right? Nope, it won't help matters at all.
As a Google spokesperson acknowledged when CNET asked, senders can simply use a unique image URL per recipient.
Instead of requesting one image from the sender and caching it, Google would have to ask for each unique URL. This ought to make email open-rate tracking even more accurate than it is now because, thanks to this update, every email that's opened will automatically download images.
This is, in fact, the conclusion reached by security researchers including H.D. Moore and Robert Hansen.
Moore told CNET that the proxy servers will turn on default "read tracking" for all Gmail users, which bestows power on people we don't necessarily want to empower:
This would allow a stalker or other malicious entity to determine whether the e-mail they sent to a target is being read.
The Google spokesperson pointed out that the proxy server helps protect the recipient's IP address, geographic location, browser user agent, and "other identifying information."
OK. But Google could have given their users all that good stuff without taking away their ability to choose whether they want to see images or not.
Luckily, Gmail users can disable automatic image viewing – here's how:
- Open Gmail.
- Click the gear icon in the top right.
- Select Settings.
- Stay in the General tab.
- Scroll down to the Images section.
- Choose "Ask before displaying external images".
- Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
Irandam Ulagam Movie Online – Review
Irandam Ulagam is selvaraghavan's dream project. It appears that Selvaraghavan must have really scripted the story in his dream. Selva's courage to bring to life an out of the world experience for the audience should be applauded; But, the execution could not match up to his vision. As a result, Irandam Ulagam falters throughout its laborious running time of 2 hours 40 minute.
Plot – Selvaraghavan's Complex Vision
Selvaraghavan wanted to portray the concept of how women would be treated in a second world where men have not experienced the feeling of love. The story is all about a man(Arya) from Earth who gets transported to the second world due to mysterious circumstances and ends up infusing love in the air and makes the flowers bloom. It is odd that a movie about "pure love" doesn't have a single scene that conveys the feeling of love effectively for the viewers.
Script, Screenplay and Direction
Selva's script is unconvincing, characterizations are weak and screenplay is not taut enough. Right when you begin to invest in the characters residing in one world, the director switches to the other world. This is repeated back and forth until the end of first half. The second half is entirely set in the second world where white men speak fluently in Tamil. There is a healing "amma" character in the second world who has some magical powers. Selvaraghavan's cult followers will come up with hundreds, if not thousands of explanations for every scene. For the common man, the subtext of a lot of things that happen on the screen is as clear as mud.
Cast and Acting
Almost all of the actors on the screen have acted amateurishly and do not lend any sort of credibility to the story. Arya could not do much to salvage the movie. Arya's dialogue delivery brings laughs among audience during inopportune moments. Selvaraghavan went gaga about Anushka's acting skills and how he had extracted the best out of her while other film-makers have used her only as a glam-doll. It is not sure whether some of the scenes that Selva is referring to made it to the final edit. The expressions and voice dubbing for many of the white men don't match in any of the scenes. The same dubbing artists were used for many of the characters intentionally (e.g., Arya's father character in both the worlds).
The computer graphics and post production work looks mostly unimpressive. The scene when Arya fights the wild animal is well done. But, the overall output is still a far cry from what our audience may have already experienced in scores of Hollywood movies. By now, it is important that our Tamil movie-makers should know that audience will not give credits or appreciate sub-standard graphics just because it is in a lower-budget Tamil movie. The expectation bar is set high no matter where the movie is made. Ramji's camerawork is mostly good whenever the scenes are devoid of obtrusive post production works. A number of daylight scenes were converted to night effect scenes to accommodate post production graphics.
Songs and Background Music
This is not an easy movie to do background score due to complex emotions. Anirudh's background score is a let-down and sounding dissonant with the flow. It was clear that Anirudh struggled to understand Selva's cryptic vision of what he was trying to accomplish. Harris Jayaraj's decision to not score the background music may not be the most ethical decision. In the hindsight, this is a great escape for Harris who would have been severely criticized badly if he had done the background score. Some of the songs (Kanimozhiye) were not picturized well and did not do justice to Vairamuthu's lyrics.
Creative people have courage and conviction. It is no doubt that Selvaraghavan has got it in loads. Let's hope that he gets his execution right in his future movies, it will be a treat for the audience. For now, Irandam Ulagam is just an expensive experiment with unintended consequences.
IRANDAM ULAGAM First Review
Read more at: http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/movies/irandam-ulagam/user-reviews-1476.html
Understanding Regular Expression
Regular expression is the most important part in form validations and it is widely used for search, replace and web crawling systems. If you want to write a selector engine (used to find elements in a DOM), it should be possible with Regular Expressions. In this post we explained few tips that how to understand and write the Regular Expression in simple way.
Will discuss about basic regular expression in three stages.
Stage 1
Symbol Explanation
^ Start of string
$ End of string
. Any single character
+ One or more character
\ Escape Special characters
? Zero or more characters
Input exactly match with "abc"
var A = /^abc$/;
Input start with "abc"
var B = /^abc/;
Input end with "abc"
var C = /abc$/;
Input "abc" and one character allowed Eg. abcx
var D = /^abc.$/;
Input "abc" and more than one character allowed Eg. abcxy
var E = /^abc.+$/;
Input exactly match with "abc.def", cause (.) escaped
var F = /^abc\.def$/;
Passes any characters followed or not by "abc" Eg. abcxyz12….
var G = /^abc.+?$/
Stage 2
Char Group Explanation
[abc] Should match any single of character
[^abc] Should not match any single character
[a-zA-Z0-9] Characters range lowercase a-z, uppercase A-Z and numbers
[a-z-._] Match against character range lowercase a-z and ._- special chats
(.*?) Capture everything enclosed with brackets
(com|info) Input should be "com" or "info"
{2} Exactly two characters
{2,3} Minimum 2 characters and Maximum 3 characters
{2,} More than 2 characters
Put together all in one URL validation.
var URL = /^(http|https|ftp):\/\/(www+\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4})\/?/;
URL.test("http://selvabalaji.com); // pass
URL.test("http://www.selvabalaji.com"); // pass
URL.test("https://selvabalaji.com/"); // pass
URL.test("http://selvabalaji.com/index.php"); // pass
Stage 3
Short Form Equivalent Explanation
\d [0-9] Any numbers
\D [^0-9] Any non-digits
\w [a-zA-Z0-9_] Characters,numbers and underscore
\W [^a-zA-Z0-9_] Except any characters, numbers and underscore
\s – White space character
\S – Non white space character
var number = /^(\+\d{2,4})?\s?(\d{10})$/; // validating phone number
number.test(1111111111); //pass
number.test(+111111111111); //pass
number.test(+11 1111111111); //pass
number.test(11111111); //Fail


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Dr. Seuss Favorites Come to Life in "SEUSSICAL: The Musical" at the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 17th – April 8th
March 17, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Children across the nation recently celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss with Read Across America Day. The Roxy Regional Theatre continues the celebration in Historic Downtown Clarksville with the staging of "SEUSSICAL: The Musical", opening this Friday, March 17th, and continuing through April 8th.
Kendall Adaire Payne stars as The Cat in the Hat in this musical extravaganza that is sure to entertain the entire family.
"The Cat in the Hat is the narrative host who guides the audience through the show," Payne said. "He pops up here and there and pretty much everywhere, usually out of nowhere, with comedic blurbs."
Calling All Whos! Children's Auditions for "Seussical The Musical" at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Saturday, February 11th
February 1, 2017
Clarksville, TN – Local youth will have the opportunity to work alongside professional actors when the Roxy Regional Theatre holds children's auditions for The Whos in "Seussical The Musical" on Saturday, February 11th, at 1:00pm.
Children ages 10 and up should come prepared with "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think" and be dressed to move in comfortable clothing and shoes, as the audition will also include a dance portion. All auditionees will sing through "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think" with the recorded track prior to individual auditions. To avoid distractions, parents will be asked to wait in the lobby during the auditions.
Exciting Lineup and Changes in Store for Roxy Regional Theatre's SEASON 34
July 11, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Roxy Regional Theatre is gearing up to celebrate 34 years of presenting live theatre in the heart of Historic Downtown Clarksville on the corner of Franklin and First. The Roxy has long been regarded as "the cornerstone of downtown re-development," and SEASON 34 will see new productions and exciting changes to the programming and structure of the theatre.
Ryan Bowie, longtime company member and former Director of Fundraising and Development, will take the reins as the organization's new Executive Director.
Clarksville's First Thursday Artwalk to be held March 3rd, 2016
March 2, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Produced by The Downtown Clarksville Association, First Thursday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour spanning a 5-block radius that combines visual art, live music, engaging events and more in the heart of Downtown Clarksville.
With 10+ venues, bars and businesses participating each month, the First Thursday Art Walk in Clarksville is the ultimate opportunity to savor and support local creative talent.
Catch a sneak peek of "The Cat in the Hat" tomorrow afternoon at the Roxy Regional Theatre
February 29, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Don't let tomorrow's rain keep you inside with nothing to do, take advantage of the day off from school, and be the first to see Dr. Seuss' classic story brought to life on stage at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
In celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday (a day early), we are offering a special sneak preview of "The Cat in the Hat" this Tuesday, March 1st at 4:00pm. Tickets are $10.00 (cash or check only) and will only be available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.
Roxy Regional Theatre offers savings with Subscription Packages
July 12, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Have you heard about the Roxy Regional Theatre's new subscription packages? Save money on tickets, and see all of the great offerings in the Roxy Regional Theatre's 33rd Season! With savings ranging from $20.00 to $145.00, this is an offer you cannot afford to miss … but hurry, as it only lasts until Thursday, August 27th.
Subscriptions allow you to receive the best vantage point at the best price by choosing the exact seat you would like to sit in for each performance.
Lionel Bart's "Oliver!" to Lead Roxy Regional Theatre's 33rd Season
June 17, 2015
Clarksville, TN – In 1983 an abandoned movie house was saved from the wrecking ball, and on November 3rd, what has become the cornerstone of arts and entertainment in Clarksville-Montgomery County opened to a grand ovation.
Through grit, determination and support from likeminded individuals, the Roxy Regional Theatre is now poised to celebrate 33 years of providing an educational and artistic outlet for the Southeast.
Featuring world premieres, red-hot musicals, theatre standards and fantastic children's programming, the Roxy Regional Theatre's 2015-2016 mainstage season will open on September 25th with Charles Dickens' classic tale of the boy who asked for more, Lionel Bart's "Oliver!"
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
February 15, 2009
The Cat in the Hat. Green Eggs and Ham. And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street. Dr. Seuss's ABC. Fox in Socks. Horton Hears a Who. If I Ran the zoo. Lorax.
These staples of children's literature, created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss), were created in the mid 1950's as a response to concerns about literacy in young schoolchildren.
Youngsters can join in a birthday celebration of Dr. Seuss at the W. G. Rhea Public Library in downtown Paris, on Saturdsay, February 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. [Read more]


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Value in Health Care:
Key Information for Policymakers to Assess Efforts to Improve Quality While Reducing Costs
GAO-11-445: Published: Jul 26, 2011. Publicly Released: Jul 26, 2011.
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The U.S. has devoted an increasing proportion of its economy and federal budget to the provision of health care services, but high levels of spending do not guarantee good care. Policymakers, health practitioners, and others have implemented numerous health care interventions that make discrete changes in the organization of health care services in order to enhance the value of health care--that is, improve the quality of care while reducing costs. Examples include programs to reduce bloodstream infections and to coordinate patient care following hospital discharges. This report (1) examines the availability of evidence on the effect of selected interventions on quality of care and costs; (2) identifies key dimensions for assessing the strength of such evidence; and (3) examines factors that can facilitate the implementation and replication of health care interventions. GAO identified a broad and diverse set of health care interventions using published and unpublished sources. For 127 of those interventions, GAO analyzed responses to a questionnaire that it sent to persons knowledgeable about available information on the effect of that particular intervention on quality of care and costs. GAO's questionnaire also asked respondents to assess the relative importance of seven factors in the implementation and potential replication of the health care intervention. In addition, GAO consulted the methodological literature and experts on assessing evidence on the effects of health care interventions.
About half of the respondents to our questionnaire reported some information on the effect of an intervention on both quality of care and costs--the two types of data needed to determine whether or to what extent a particular intervention enhanced the value of health care. Overall, the vast majority of our respondents reported at least some information on the observed effect of the intervention on quality of care. Relatively fewer--though still over half--of our respondents reported at least some information on the effect of the intervention on costs. Whether or not policymakers can rely on information that indicates an intervention enhances value depends on the strength of the underlying evidence about quality and cost effects. From studies on the effect of health care interventions on quality of care and costs, policymakers and others can assess the strength and limitations of available evidence along three dimensions. One, the credibility of evidence on the effect of health care interventions on quality of care and costs depends primarily on whether those studies apply rigorous study designs. Two, the applicability of the results of studies to a broader population depends on the extent to which the study population is representative of that larger population. Finally, the capacity of health care interventions for widespread replication can be examined in terms of the consistency of results obtained by each intervention across diverse health care organizational contexts. Respondents reported, generally by large margins, that leadership support as well as other factors, such as organizational culture and staff resources, significantly facilitated implementation. However, respondents were more divided when asked about the reported effect that health IT had on implementation, and most respondents reported that financial incentives were not a factor in the implementation of the intervention. A majority of respondents reported that each of these factors, with the exception of financial incentives, would be either very or somewhat important if one were to attempt to replicate the intervention as widely as possible. Progress in achieving greater value in the U.S. health care system will depend, in part, on the availability of information regarding the effect of interventions on quality of care and costs and on how policymakers and others assess and use that information. Information can guide the choices of policymakers among multiple interventions vying for support, but those decisions will have a sounder basis if the information meets certain criteria regarding its content and strength of evidence. At least some information on both cost and quality effects was available for about half of the interventions GAO examined. However, for many interventions the credibility of this information was put into question by widespread reliance on studies that did not incorporate rigorous designs that could isolate the effect of an intervention from other factors. We requested comments from the Department of Health and Human Services, but none were provided.
Jun 6, 2018
Medicaid:CMS Should Take Steps to Mitigate Program Risks in Managed CareGAO-18-291: Published: May 7, 2018. Publicly Released: Jun 6, 2018.
May 31, 2018
Animal Use in Federal Research:Agencies Share Information, but Reporting and Data Quality Could Be StrengthenedGAO-18-459: Published: May 31, 2018. Publicly Released: May 31, 2018.
May 29, 2018
Prescription Opioids:Medicare Needs Better Information to Reduce the Risk of Harm to BeneficiariesGAO-18-585T: Published: May 29, 2018. Publicly Released: May 29, 2018.
VA Health Care:Progress Made Towards Improving Opioid Safety, but Further Efforts to Assess Progress and Reduce Risk Are NeededGAO-18-380: Published: May 29, 2018. Publicly Released: May 29, 2018.
May 24, 2018
Infectious Disease Threats:Funding and Performance of Key Preparedness and Capacity-Building ProgramsGAO-18-362: Published: May 24, 2018. Publicly Released: May 24, 2018.
Mental Health:Federal Procedures to Oversee Protection and Advocacy Programs Could Be Further ImprovedGAO-18-450: Published: May 24, 2018. Publicly Released: May 24, 2018.
May 21, 2018
Medicare:CMS Should Take Actions to Continue Prior Authorization Efforts to Reduce SpendingGAO-18-341: Published: Apr 20, 2018. Publicly Released: May 21, 2018.
May 15, 2018
Drug Discount Program:Status of Agency Efforts to Improve 340B Program OversightGAO-18-556T: Published: May 15, 2018. Publicly Released: May 15, 2018.
May 14, 2018
Medical Records:Fees and Challenges Associated with Patients' AccessGAO-18-386: Published: May 14, 2018. Publicly Released: May 14, 2018.
Zika Supplemental Funding:Status of HHS Agencies' Obligations, Disbursements, and the Activities FundedGAO-18-389: Published: May 14, 2018. Publicly Released: May 14, 2018.
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You cannot download an msi for .NET Framework 3.5 and install in Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
What you need to do is:
1. Open your Windows Explorer.
2. Click on Uninstall or change a program.
3. Click on Turn Windows features on or off.
4. Check the .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.).


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Don't get me wrong, but I love to read and all that junk, but at the same time, being forced to read something from my "ancestors" in the writing biz is horrible. I know that Stephen King emanates Mr. Poe, but I don't like King, so what do I have to learn from Poe? How to write while your drunk, maybe? Or, how to interpret a glass of gin into a horrible monster out to eat your insides? Just kidding, but really, that guy's grip on reality was minimal…maybe even non-existent. Anyway. So, at the beginning of the year, we were studying poems centered around death and I sat in the back of the class mumbling under my breath as I tried not to throw my book at the annoying twit who sits three seats in front of me. *grinds teeth*
My teacher kept trying to get us to respond and tell her what we thought about poems, asking us why they talk about death…. I WILL TELL YOU!! (Since she wouldn't listen to me in class…)
Humans are obsessed with the unkown. We chase after it, like we chase our fears, because we fear what we aren't, what we don't understand, and what we don't know. We don't understand the afterlife, so we examine and fear death–what happens when we die? No one knows, so we fear it. We hold funerals to console the living–the dead don't care. They have moved onto wherever, hopefully and I think that if you mourn for them, you are keeping them from their afterlife, or whatever they are going to.
This is why I am going to be cremated and scattered in a forest, so the ground can soak me up… I won't tell my Catholic grandmother that, she might keel over from a heart attack. Maybe I should pay attention in class….


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As it's the anniversary of 7 Quick Takes, I wanted to do something a little different today (can you believe this is my 33rd Quick Take, out of 257 total blog posts?) Anyway, earlier in 2015 (erm, at the beginning in fact) I vowed to find more about the saint chosen for me for the year ahead, St Juan Diego. Well, it's been a heck of year, turning 40, exploring ordination, looking after the 4Sisters, approaching 15 years of marriage, singing a solo in concert and having my gallbladder removed. So I think at least one of 'my' saints has been petitioning for God to hold me in His hands, and therefore St Juan deserves a little exploration and respect! (Or at least me reading Wikipedia and regurgitating stuff.)
|Copied from the St Juan Diego Parish website
Firstly - we have tons in common! His Feast Day is December 9th, which is good, because I really like Advent already. And he's Mexican. Which is supercool, because I loves me some Mexican food! (How did this post get to be about food already?!) (Specifically, guacamole and quesadillas, if anyone is interested. Or cooking for me.)
He is the first indigenous Roman Catholic saint from the Americas. In light of the recent Papal visits to Cuba and the USA, this feels pretty special.
He saw Mother Mary four times. He saw Mother Mary! FOUR TIMES! Her image was impressed upon his cloak in what is known as "the Guadalupe event" - and those of you who know about Our Lady of Guadalupe know what followed. (Church/basilica built, thousands of local people converting to Christianity, St Juan seen as God's way of bringing the New World on board.) Wikipedia tells me that the Basilica of Guadalupe is the go-to pilgrimage spot for Catholics - in 2010 it received 22 million visitors.
St Juan de Marco is a relatively young saint. Although born in 1474 and died in 1548, it wasn't until 1990 that he was beatified , and canonised in 2002.by Pope John Paul II. Unlike some of our saints, he wasn't poor, but neither rich. He worked as a mat weaver, farmer, and labourer, and had a wife, but no children. He was extremely religious, and was particularly devoted to Our Lady. He pleaded with her to cure his sick uncle, who he looked after, and she did.
|Painting by the acclaimed Miguel Cabrera
I have gone all year thinking of St Juan as 'St Juan de Marco', having mixed him up with Don Juan de Marco, a Johnny Depp character in a film I have never even seen. Oops. Apparently they are very, very different.
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11,000 Coins, Archaeological Artifacts Seized on Bulgaria's Border in Attempted Smuggling from Turkey into EU
Over 11,000 ancient coins as well as dozens of archaeological artifacts have been seized by customs officers at the Lesovo Crossing Point on Bulgaria's border with Turkey in a car entering Bulgaria and the EU during a smuggling attempt.
Bulgarian, Turkish Man Sentenced in Shumen for Trafficking Roman Artifacts from Middle East
A Bulgarian and a Turkish citizen have confessed their guilt in the smuggling of dozens of Ancient Roman artifacts, and possibly a Sumerian slab, after their arrest in a police operation almost two years ago generated international interest.
Archaeologists Find Bishop's Inscription, Mosaics with Middle Eastern Motifs in 5th Century AD Great Basilica in Bulgaria's Plovdiv
The archaeologists and restorers working on the excavation and conservation of the 5th century AD Byzantine Great Basilica in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv have made a series of new intriguing discoveries at the Early Christian temple.
Bulgarian Archaeologist Concludes Roman Artifacts Seized from Smugglers Authentic, Originated in Asia Minor and the Middle East
The 19 statues and slabs which were seized from several treasure hunters and antique traffickers, including a citizen of Turkey, by the Bulgarian police in the northeastern city of Shumen back in March 2015 are fine examples of Ancient Roman art…
Unique Early Christian Monastery in Bulgaria's Varna Vandalized by Camping Parties, Archaeologist Alarms
The ruins of an absolutely unique Early Christian church and monastery from the 5th century AD located in an area known as Dzhanavara in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna have been vandalized by camping and drinking parties, which are…
St. John the Baptist Relics Found in Bulgaria's Sozopol 'Could' Be Authentic, Oxford Archaeology Dating Expert Finds
The relics of St. John the Baptist, which were discovered on the St. Ivan Island in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria's Sozopol back in 2010, belonged to a Middle Eastern man who lived at the time of…


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Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone today officially declared that he will be seeking another chance at the top job.
Livingstone, mayor from 2000 to 2008, announced his intention in the London Evening Standard.
He wrote:
"I want to be Mayor for one overriding reason. If I am elected my focus will be to do everything I can to protect Londoners from the recession and the effects of the Government's policies.
I will use every lever to make sure our quality of life is protected and improved. Not a Mayor who spends his time defending bankers and instead one who will use mayoral budgets and powers to protect ordinary Londoners."
His campaign website was also revealed today.
Livingstone will have to secure the backing of the Labour party to be their official candidate.
Former MP Oona King recently announced that she would be running for the Labour party's nomination for mayor.
Livingstone lost the mayoral job to Boris Johnson in 2008 after he secured 53.2% of the vote. Boris has yet to declare if he will be standing for a second term.
Any other potential Labour candidates have until 18 June to put their names forward. A shortlist will then take part in a series of hustings across London and the result will be announced on 24 September – the day before Labour reveals who has won the race to succeed Gordon Brown as the party leader.
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Over the years of photographing families and couples on the Coastside, I have discovered many secret places. This ocean cave is only accessible during low tide and offers gorgeous natural light...
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- Nada Nekrep { Half Moon Bay Photographer }
- I have been taking photographs all my life. At age 10, I borrowed my father's old Pentax camera and headed out to the fields. I took my first photography class a year after under the guidance of a documentary filmmaker, developed my first B&W photo and was hooked. I have never stopped "thinking in frames" since. I pursued a career in science that trained me to be thorough, precise, patient. But photography remained my passion and I am only truly happy when behind the camera.
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- preference: I've grown less used to beef, since I haven't been eating it as often.
- economic: Ground Empire Turkey, $3.99/lb at Trader Joe's, vs $6.50/lb for beef when they have it.
- Health: turkey's less bad for you anyway.
The fear was that ground turkey wouldn't taste enough like "real" meatballs to go with red sauce. I think it turned out better, in a way, since it didn't have as much of the excess grease that beef burger produces.
Spices to make the turkey more beefy:
- Worcestershire sauce
- tamari
- ground sage
- ground bayleaf
- coriander
- thyme
- oregano
- ground peper
- Ro insists on cumin, so I added a bit
- egg to bind it
- next time, I'll try potato flakes too. Ro says he's been adding it to the turkey burgers.
Previously, meatballs turned into meat sauce. Yesterday, I learned to have enough frying-pan surface to allow each to cook on the bottom and be turned before it can stick to its neighbor and be merged.
The sauce: sauteed red onion, rosemary, celery, garlic clove, zuchinni, in olive oil then added meatballs as I formed them. Moved the meatballs to the auxiliary frying pan before dumping in a can of tomato paste and 2-3 cans of water. After the water stirred in to a good sauce consistency, I put the meatballs back in. Then added a few sprigs of chopped frozen broccoli and some frozen spinach to give it more green.
Served on top of whole wheat spaghetti. Thought red wine would go with it. Looked in Christmas-present crate from Gonzalo and Lisa. Chose THE VELVET DEVIL MERLOT 2009 WASHINGTON STATE. All caps on the label, so here too. I liked it quite a lot. The first Merlot I've liked. Screw-top cap. Fun.


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How to Make a One Hour Table Runner
Posted by supermom on November 1, 2011
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How to Make a One Hour Table Runner
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November 2, 2011 at 12:17 am
Well done and you clever making the candle mat/mugrug.
November 3, 2011 at 12:03 pm
I finally get it! I've read versions of that blog online many times but the instructions for the pointed end always went over my head – until now — NOW I GET IT!!
November 6, 2011 at 7:39 am
Wonderful tutorial. I like how you figured a way to use up the last bit of fabric to make a candle mat.
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Well, that was fun. The Bulls, 6-4 (4-2), won 44 to 23 to beat the 22nd ranked Temple Owls to get the program to bowl eligibility for the first time in nearly 1000 years (estimated). This was a huge win for not only this team, but for the program itself.
Let's talk offense for the Bulls. It got started in the first quarter on a 68-yard strike to Rodney Adams to tie the game. After that, the USF run game got going with runs from Quinton Flowers and Marlon Mack. Both players were healthy and both got it done for this team with big runs and on explosive plays. In the second half, it was the run game of Mack and field goals from Emilio Nadelman that kept the Bulls ahead for the game. The Bulls finished the night with 556 yards of offense with 326 of them coming on the ground. Big throws by Flowers and the running of Mack carried the day for this team.
Flowers was 15 for 22 for 230 yards, 2 touchdowns (no interception) and had 18 carries for 90 yards and a score. He continues to get better passing and now he is healthy to run all over people. The big story was Marlon Mack who had 21 carries for 230 yards and 2 touchdown (3 receptions for 42 yards and score) as he moved into 5th all time rushing and went over 2000 yards in his career. Mack is something special to watch. Catching the ball, Rodney Adams tied Elgin Hicks for most touchdown grabs in a season at 7 as he caught 7 passes for 147 yards and a score. Marlon Pope, Chris Barr and others had solo receptions, but the night belonged to Flowers and Mack. If the Bulls were going to win they needed big games from their stars and they came through in the clutch.
What a game from the Bulls. On several drives from the Owls, the Bulls were able to stand up to force field goal attempts to stop a very talented Temple offense. A big play came in that second quarter on the interception that turned into a touchdown for the Bulls. That was a big momentum play in the game that turned things around for USF before halftime. Time after time, the Owls would drive only to be held to field goals or forced to punt late in the game. They held Temple to just 380 total yards and 121 yards on the ground as PJ Walker and Jahad Thomas failed to get going for most of the game. Jaime Byrd led the way with 9 tackles. Deatrick Nichols had 5 tackles with 1 interception as he continues to stand out in the secondary (PI call on him early in the game was BS). Auggie Sanchez had 6 tackles and Eric Lee had 4 tackles with a sack in the game. Overall, they did an incredible job in this game, holding down a top scoring offense and giving the ball back to the offense, allowing them to continue to strike and add to the scoreboard.
Special teams
Mattias Ciabatti had 3 punts, averaging 37.7 yards per kick. But the big story was the kicking game for two reasons. One was Emilio Nadelman who was 3 for 3 including a 47-yard field goal as he kept his job and showed he has the leg talent. I was impressed with him after wondering if they should change the last few weeks. The bigger issue was on kickoffs as Michael Hill struggled to get the ball down the field and big returns, with no thanks to the coverage teams, hurt the defense with starting field position on several occasions. While it didn't hurt the Bulls in this game, it is something to be concerned about heading into these last two games of the year. But for now, we should still be celebrating after this game.
So what a night last night. We beat a ranked team for the first time since 2011, became bowl eligible, stormed the field, and finally had a big reason to smile at Raymond James. We should enjoy the win, but there is still work to do. USF returns to the field on Friday night to face Cincinnati on senior night. We can enjoy the victory a bit, but the team is already preparing for the next one.


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No drill this – the alarm saw Fireman Sam and friends turn out to attend to the incident. Here's hoping they packed some marmalade along with the hoses in their engines.
I understand the alarm was down to burnt toast.
My information is that it was someone in the company's private client practice making toast for his lunch.
Apparently his wife normally makes his lunch for him. Well, it's a tricky thing isn't it?
Shetty pays £6m curry house bill
I see that Indian actress, model and former Big Brother star Shilpa Shetty has launched a range of Indian food products alongside her £6m investment in V8 Gourmet Group.
Apparently Shetty's culinary skills have moved on since her attempt two years ago to cook a frozen chicken under the grill in the celebrity version of the reality TV show. Her business partner Andy Varma now claims that she can cook a "mean south Indian chicken curry".
Good for her, and the best of luck with the "Shilpa's Gourmet Creations."
Apparently the range will include poppadoms.
Miner digs in to protect its gold
London-listed Minera had some disturbing news to report yesterday. In a stock exchange announcement the mining group announced that one of its Peruvian gold mines was "briefly occupied on Thursday evening by a band of approximately 20 thieves".
Crikey, not the normal subject matter for a RNS announcement. Still, I'm happy to report that there were no injuries and, according to the company, "the thieves subsequently departed without achieving their goal".
There's no more detail, so I call them up to find out more. "What were they after?" Diary blurted before brain caught up with mouth.
"Gold" was the short response.
Moving quickly on to other news…
Grant Shapps shut out of Twitter
The interesting thing about the social messaging website Twitter seems to be not so much who is doing it, but who isn't.
The latest "tweeter" to have his site suspended is shadow housing minister Grant Shapps. Go to his site and you get the message: "Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity. Mosey along now, nothing to see here."
No more details I'm afraid. However, I do know that in the past Twitter has had to suspend accounts after too many followers were added at the same time. Apparently this is normally due to, er, twits, buying followers in order to make them look more popular.
That can't have happened this time. Can it?
Chief executives find it's all in the name
This is what you need to know. According to recruiter MBS the most popular name for chief executives is David (sadly, there are no Goliaths for these Davids to fight).
It turns out we favour saints' names for our industry leaders – John, Paul and Peter are also popular.
The religious connection doesn't stop there – not for fans of Monty Python, anyway.
One of other names gaining popularity among chief executives is Brian.
Boycott Boyle is the answer
A lot of people are getting very excited about the looming transatlantic boycott of all things Scottish.
"Boycott Scotland, boycott Britain," was the call coming across the Atlantic. "Yes, and the Irish," added one, at the very least confused, supporter on Twitter.
Where does all this support for the boycott come from? Well, from the decision to release Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, obviously, and nothing to do with other vested interests, whatever some of the comments on boycottscotland.com website might lead you to believe.
"I support your campaign to boycott Scotland," writes S.M. on the website, adding, "and the promotion of Ireland as an alternative holiday destination and whisky supplier!"
S.S (they are only identified by initials) is even blunter: "Travel to any part of the United Kingdom should be avoided. For those who want to see countryside similar to Scotland's – travel in rural Pennsylvania."
The markets might have ignored the boycott – the FTSE 100 rose almost 1pc yesterday – but that doesn't mean it won't be bad news for homegrown products.
"What could I stop buying that comes from Scotland and the UK?" asked one puzzled boycotter.
"Kilts and Susan Boyle Albums," was the answer.


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"'im blowing back the kisses i blew to you before, blew to you before.
and i'm tearing up the letters saying i adore, saying i adore you.
and i will wait for the real thing
i will wait for the real thing." the m
I came to my senses
confronted a pyramid
that has blocked my vision
across this desert of wishes.
He asked me what was wrong
I said baby,
its just one of these things
friends cant remain friends
one of us has to do the falling.
And I looked the fool
And you never knew
untill now.
This won't be able to be fixed
and please
you can't say your sorry
for love things
it still leaves a scar
it still leaves my hands empty
it still stings.
I will wait,for the real thing.


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Re: Eliminate white border around DensityPlot?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg75176] Re: Eliminate white border around DensityPlot?
- From: Jeremy B Maddox <maddoxjb at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:35:38 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <email@example.com>
On Apr 18, 2:34 am, AES <sieg... at stanford.edu> wrote: > I want to combine multiple frameless (i.e., Frame->False) DensityPlots > in a GraphicsArray with no gap or white space between individual plots, > and with certain features in the individual plots lining up where the > plots meet. > > Using GraphicsSpacing->{0,0} doesn't do it; the individual density plots > seem to have a white border around them. GraphicsSpacing->{-0.1,0.1} > comes close to what I want, but with some odd features. > > Any way to eliminate the white border? [I know about the alternative > way to combine graphics using Show[Graphics{Rectangle[-],...}]], but > haven't gotten to trying it yet.) Try something like the following where the FrameTicks are removed, you can probably add them back again in Show. plot = DensityPlot[x^2 + y^2, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}, FrameTicks -> None, PlotRange -> All, Frame -> False, Ticks -> None] Show[GraphicsArray[{{ plot, plot}, {plot, plot}}], GraphicsSpacing -> {-.08, -.08}, Frame -> True, FrameTicks -> Automatic] Best, Jeremy


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America prepares to get flavor saved
These are amusing videos because of how much rancor they've drawn in their comments sections. Is America preparing for a plague? Are they ready for The End in 2012? I have a different thought: these are LARGE containers. I think after Labour Day, FEMA is going to twist their legislation and then have all of the really fat people in America killed then stuff their chubby carcasses into these big Rubbermaid bins and bury them. I applaud FEMA for its forward thinking: in 60 million years these former fatsos will be fossil fuels for the insectoid overlords who will have overtaken the world by then. This is also long term planning on the part of the Republicans. No? What party do you think insectoids would vote for?


text: For those who know me, know that I love my music and my iPod. Ever since copping it back in '05 I've been carrying it everywhere I go. Since I got the OG 5th Gen iPod (60gb) and knowing how I download music by the gigabyte, it's a surprise I have lasted this long without ever reaching full capacity. I always like to keep things fresh deleting stuff I don't listen to no more (or wondered why I even downloaded in the first place). But recently it's been kind of tough since I am very sentimental, and I hate to part with some of the files. This has also created another problem, I know that one day I will go over that 60gbs (55.68) and I know I will need a new iPod. But I love this one so much I can't come to the fact that I will have to part with it one day. I hate having to throw away things, because I feel like everything has a sentimental value and it's very difficult for me to ditch things. Well I am still alright at the moment floating around 10 gbs, I really don't want to delete anything or get a new iPod (because I'll miss it). I just wanted to rant about this that's all.


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Good Morning Ark-La-Tex,
Here's a look at some of the stories we're covering on KSLA News 12 This Morning:
A teenager is dead after a rollover crash in Bienville Parish. Louisiana State Police have now released the names of those involved in the crash. We'll have the latest on their condition this morning.
Also, rescue crews begin day three of their search for six-year-old Dalton Lycklama along the Little River in McCurtain County.
Plus, an official groundbreaking ceremony is set for this morning at the site of Bossier City's newest riverboat casino complex. KSLA News 12's Summer Knowles will have a live report with all the details coming up at 5am.


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So far, this offseason has already been one of the most noteworthy under Kirk Ferentz. Some big moves were made with offensive coordinator Greg Davis retiring, Brian Ferentz taking over the position and not welcoming back special teams coordinator/running backs coach Chris White nor wide receivers coach Bobby Kennedy. Most recently, Iowa brought in Ken O'Keefe to coach the quarterbacks, Tim Polasek as the new offensive line coach and Kelton Copeland to be the wide receivers coach.
Ken O'Keefe is a former offensive coordinator for Iowa under Ferentz and has been with the Miami Dolphins since 2012. Polasek comes from North Dakota State after serving as the offensive coordinator and running backs coach the past three years. Copeland was brought into the same positions that he was at Northern Illinois, who he coached with for the past four seasons.
There is more youth injected into the Hawkeyes coaching staff now with five coaches under 40 (Brian Ferentz, Kelvin Bell, Seth Wallace, Polasek and Copeland).
We want to know, are you happy with the new coaching additions of O'Keefe, Polasek and Copeland? Vote inside our latest HN poll!
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