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Taste of Tribeca, a culinary fair, celebrated its 11th anniversary last Saturday, May 21. Four-year-old Emmiline Ellsworth, right, enjoys a scoop of homemade ice cream from City Hall Restaurant, one of over 60 featured restaurants at the Taste. Many families came to the event together and there was a kid zone for children to play and do arts and crafts.
Left, Alex Enders and Francesca Soriano sample one of the six tastings their tickets provided from a local restaurant while waiting in line at the Franklin Station Booth. Chicken kebabs are skewered on the grill during the festival for waiting patrons enjoying the weather and the food. The fair is an event held to aid in the funding of public schools P.S. 234 and P.S. 150 arts and enrichment programs. This year the turnout included more people from all over Manhattan, whereas in the past the Taste had mainly attracted its own Tribeca community.
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Foley Hoag Lawyers Claire Laporte and Susan Montgomery to Participate in U.S. Patent & Trademark Hearings
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On Friday, October 3, 2014, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (TTAB) and Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) will hold hearings at Northeastern University School of Law. Foley Hoag lawyers Susan Montgomery, of counsel to the firm, and partner Claire Laporte will take part in this special event, which is co-sponsored by the Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA) and Northeastern University School of Law.
The morning program will concentrate on trademarks at the TTAB, with presentations including "Why the TTAB is Not Like the PTAB or District Court" (delivered by TTAB Chief Judge Gerard Rogers) and "The Top 8 or 9 Losing TTAB Arguments." A three judge panel of the TTAB will hear the final argument in an inter partes proceeding, after which Foley Hoag of counsel Susan Montgomery will lead a question-and-answer period among attendees.
Foley Hoag partner Claire Laporte will lead off the afternoon session, which is focused on patents. Laporte will speak on "Emerging Issues in AIA PTAB Proceeding: Obviousness." A hearing before a three judge panel of the PTAB will follow.
The Boston Patent Law Association provides educational programs and a forum for the interchange of ideas and information concerning patent, trademark, and copyright laws. Through a volunteer Board of Governors and its various committees, the BPLA organizes and hosts educational seminars, social events and conventions. The Association also comments on rules and legislation affecting the profession.
The hearings will be held in the Moot Court Room on the campus of Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. Click here for more information.
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The new Zune, which replaces the old models, is Microsoft's version of the iPod Touch — a gorgeous multitouch screen dominates the front. Its handsome, beveled metal case weighs next to nothing, yet still feels expensive and solid in the hand.
It's nearly buttonless; you operate it as you do the iPod Touch — you navigate by tapping things on the screen, magnify photos or Web pages by spreading two fingers apart, rotate images by turning the player 90 degrees, and so on. The software design is fluid, beautiful and incredibly responsive.
The new Zune has a bright, sharp and colorful OLED screen (organic light-emitting diode, not that that helps). Finger streaks are an ugly problem, but only when the screen is off.
The Zune HD is narrower and shorter than the Touch, and a hair thicker. It's available in black or silver; online, you can order a Zune HD with any of several fancy artist-designed back panels. The 16-gigabyte model is $220; the 32-gigabyte model is $290. (The iPod Touch comes in 8-, 32- and 64-gigabyte models for $200, $300 and $400.)
The "HD" means two things. First, like its predecessors, this Zune can tune into FM radio (when the earbuds are attached; they're the antenna), but now it can tune into HD radio stations, too.
HD radio was an initiative begun a few years ago by existing AM and FM radio stations to compete with the dawn of satellite radio. Today, 1,900 of those existing stations also broadcast free HD channels. These broadcasts sound better than AM and FM, and there's no static, ever.
Better yet, many of these stations broadcast a second or even third shadow channel for added variety. New York's WCBS-HD oldies channel, for example, has two of these multicast channels: an '80s hits channel, and a better-sounding version of its AM news channel.
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Wow! Long time no see....or more like read? Bleh. That was lame. Anyways....I received a friendly reminder that I have not posted in a while, so I thought I would take the time to do so!
Now that I have started the new semester here at lovely, frozen, snow-packed, freezing BYU, I am once again living the day-to-day adventures of college life. SO thrilling...I know. Once again I'm eating too many sweets and staying up too late. Oh how I've missed it. Procrastination is once again my middle name and I've managed to exercise at least once now! PATHETIC. I don't even try to deny it.
A surprising thing, though, is managing to go to bed around midnight almost every weeknight! That's a new record for me seeing as last semester it was more like 1:30 or 2:00. Terrible...terrible. I think what has changed is that EMILY is now an official roommate, rather than a visiting friend till 2:00 in the morning. So her moving in has been way more beneficial than I imagined!
One thing I am looking forward to is this coming Saturday. It marks the 19th Birthday of my all-time favorite person...ALLIE!!! My bff, roommate, soul sister, confidant, giggle buddy, occasional mother hen, and so much more. The girls and I (Allie, Karissa, Emily, and me) are having a sleepover the night before her birthday so we can get up early to go to Salt Lake City for the day! We are going shopping for literally an entire day. To say I'm not excited would be such an understatement.
Well that's all for now...but here is a picture that makes me laugh every time I see it. So I thought I would share the love.


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One year ago I had the jitters. I was focused on soaking up memories and taking in all the details. I was nervous, relieved, and exhausted yet so happy. After all, I was marrying my best friend whom I had spent five years getting to know and whom I would spend a lifetime with. I look forward to our future with such enthusiasm and am so thankful I found someone who supports me whole heartedly. I'm not talking "I guess honey… why not?" support… I'm talking "I believe 100% in you and I'll put everything I have behind you because I know you can do it" kind of support. One of the many reasons I love him.
One of our biggest goals is to pay off our debt. Our credit card debt as well as our two cars. Once we do that, we feel like we will be able to focus on other things like traveling and life experiences. With that in mind, we didn't plan anything for our one year anniversary. My bestie and cousin are getting married this fall. I was on call all weekend. I can go on.
But we don't mind. We're homebodies anyway. We got some takeout [we went out to eat last weekend], a redbox movie, and had a fantastic time. That seems to be our favorite- staying in and enjoying each other. Another reason we're a good fit. We decided that every year we should make it a tradition to do something new, together. Obviously there wasn't much planning this year and we will have to do something a little later. Our ideas include: laser tag [I've been, he hasn't], canoeing [again, I've been], hot air ballooning, sky-diving [?], a pottery class, dancing classes, a weekend trip to somewhere we've never been, cooking classes… you get the picture.
We thought that this would be a good way to push ourselves, create couple time, and cross things off of our never ending bucket list. I think it's obvious we have trouble getting out and this is a way to do it ;]
Until we decide what we want to do this year, I have a little project I wanted to share. Again, we aren't big on presents. We've had five years to do that, and although it's always fun to open gifts, we have the debt free goal. Plus, we want to focus on memories and experiences rather than materialistic gifts. However, I made this little nugget in just a few minutes with stuff I already had sitting around.
I found this little mini-canvas at Michael's for $1.29 awhile back and go it "just in case." Oh me and my hoarding ways. I used some kraft paper that coordinated with our wedding invitations [I'll show you those in a bit]. I typed up our wedding vows and modge podge'd that sucker to it. Easy shmeezy.
Here she be:
Here's our vows if you cant read that [I read the pink lines and he read the blue]:
I promise to fight fair.
I promise to always kiss you goodnight.
I promise to share the blanket.
I promise to never tickle your feet. Ever.
I promise to never go to bed angry.
I promise to always take out the trash.
I promise to never stop sharing my dreams with you.
I promise to put God and our family first in all of my thoughts and actions.
I promise to nurse you in sickness and support you in health.
I promise to take care of my body so that I can enjoy a rich and full life with you.
I promise to encourage you when all others are doubtful
I promise to help you remember in sadness and make memories in happiness.
Though life may not always be as perfect as this moment, I vow to keep my love as pure as it is today.
I promise to respect you and live an honest life together.
I promise to find happiness in all of the little things but not to lose sight of the big picture.
And how could I forget to tell you? I totally fubbed up on our vows. I was so nervous ahead of time that it would be Oscar to falter but put me in front of about 100 people and I lose my ability to form sentences.
I wanted to use a cuter font but that little 4x4 square just wouldn't allow it. In the future I think I may use our vows in a larger piece, like the matting of a photo, but for now I'm pleased with this.
This is quite the sentimental corner we have going on. There's cute little hearts and a 'N' for our last name. The canvas photo is from our wedding, where we said "I do." The large heart print is from etsy. It was a little birthday gift for making it onto the heart team, my job as a RN in the operating room.
I hope I inspired you… art doesn't have to be expensive or fancy. And gifts don't have to be material. It's all about focusing on each other and making pleasant memories.
Before I forget… I stumbled upon our wedding invitations that I had promised to share under our wedding tab and never did. I wanted our invitations to give off a casual vibe. Although we were in a fancy garden with catered food and all the works, I wanted people to have fun. I thought I would convey that in the invitations.
All of my supplies are from paper source because they had the chartreuse color that was hard to find, and all of their products are in multiple colors that are consistent. I knew that choosing chartreuse would make my life difficult but thanks to keeping with one company, I was able to make it easier on myself. I used the fonts Georgia and jane austen.
The invitation was simple and clean. I used a paperclip to keep it with the information card inside [which was an index card] after my friend clipped them together and noticed how cute it was. I used plain paper with a template to create the envelope liners. They were really easy and made it looked more finished.
The response cards were the same colors but reversed. I used a punch to get the scalloped top. The program cards had the names of everyone and a letter to our parents.
Hope you like!
Here's to many more fun filled years,


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Earlier this week I noticed that Josh Marshall is practically writing off Romney for 2012. Then Eric Kleefeld followed up on Wednesday, as did Jed Lewison at Ye Great Orange Satan this morning. Josh:
If the Republicans want to make Obama's signature piece of legislation a centerpiece of their 2012 campaign (and it's hard to imagine they won't since what else will they run on?), they can't very well run a candidate who supported and passed close to an identical bill. It's a no-brainer.
I too don't like broad and blanket statements about what has to happen two or three years down the road. But can anyone explain to me why this doesn't fatally hobble any GOP presidential campaign in 2012? And because of that make Romney close to impossible to nominate?
Well, let me give it a shot. Let's imagine, crazy as it might sound, that Mitt Romney might try to go around fiercely repudiating positions he once held and policies he once promoted. Sort of like the way Some Bearded Guy suggested back in the winter of aught-seven.
Here's some advice for the Repugnatcons:
http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/the_glass_is_01_full/Posted by Bill Benzon on 03/26 at 12:32 PM
I thought, in terms of Republican strategy, it was defined as having no coherent thought (i.e., no brainer) - doesn't that make a Romney nomination almost a certainty?Posted by on 03/26 at 01:05 PM
Some time in the past decade I came up with the theory that Republicans reward apostasy (in the right direction). Candidates and backers do this consciously, the voters subconsciously. They all understand at a gut level that it is the truly unprincipled person who can deliver on their "agenda". Presumably Marshall et al. were paying attention to John McCain in 2008, right?Posted by on 03/26 at 01:25 PM
You and your zany hypotheticals. It's like sitting around, circa 1984, in a dorm room so hazy with marijuana smoke that you're having trouble reading the Trivial Pursuit questions, arguing whether Reagan could propose a federal budget with a deficit so large even he couldn't campaign as a fiscal conservative.Posted by Gary Oxford on 03/26 at 01:54 PM
Yeah, Romney has been one of the media's go-to guys on how
RomneyCareObamaCare is unconscionable socialism throughout. And it's not been important enough to them to point out the contradictions. Nor will they be noticed by the stupid, violent Fox News crowd, which routinely gobbles down horseshit peddled by another mendacious Mormon. Which affiliation I point out only because the traditional barrier to the fundamentalist Christianist support so vital to the GOP appears to have already been eroded by Mr. Beck. The Rapture Wing might actually be prepared to get behind a member of a "heathen polytheistic cult," as long as he promises hard enough to trample gays, pregnant sluts, and intellectuals underfoot. (Not to mention hand out absolutely smashing "God is with us" belt buckles.) The only potential spoiler isn't Romney's record, but Huckabee getting into the race. Why not get the same views in a Baptist package?Posted by on 03/26 at 02:09 PM
Yeah, Mr Marshall seems unwilling to accept the evidence of his own reporting. If a political figure is judged to be one of the "elect" there is nothing s/he can say or do that isn't totally and unanimously forgive-able. Except, for some odd and no doubt telling reason, plagiarism; which is immediate political death.Posted by on 03/26 at 02:29 PM
Don't forget the Mittster's got Megzilla on his side, or is it Megzilla's got Mitt? Either way, they got the Angel Moroni and boo-coo silicon shekels on their side.Posted by Ezra Hound on 03/26 at 03:51 PM
You fools! Have you no idea how the republican partay can shape your meager little "reality" into a weapon for their own use? Time and space can be folded in upon itself to make military brats into war heroes and grubby Alaskan grifters into caring Everyman!
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Bah! We need it not!Posted by on 03/26 at 04:09 PM
Hmmm, that reminds me.Posted by Michael on 03/26 at 05:32 PM
I know this should be in one of the prior threads but…
I came upon a child of god
She was walking along the road
And I asked her, where are you going
And this she told me
I'm going on down to Harry Reid's town
I'm going to join in a tea party there
I'm going to stay in a nice hotel
I'm going to get my speaking fee
They are starstruck
I am golden
And I've got to get myself
Back to the podiumPosted by on 03/26 at 06:06 PM
There's a lot of Republican physics in that clip, Michael.
capcha: Dr. 'who'Posted by Bill Benzon on 03/26 at 06:11 PM
In the last two days:
Rove attacks Obama White House email usage
Hatch and Grassley deny they were for it in 1993
Palin goes to Arizona to support McCain against a Tea Party candidate while she "reloads" her opinions.
Is there no "sense" (captcha) of cognitive dissonance?Posted by on 03/26 at 09:09 PM
capcha: Dr. 'who'
Not by coincidence. To quote the Doctor, "You humans have such little minds. I don't know why I like you." No one proceeded to punch him, mind you.
Is there no "sense" (captcha) of cognitive dissonance?
No, because in two out of your three examples, the parties involved are simply lying. As for their target audience: see clip or quote above.Posted by on 03/26 at 11:08 PM
And thus, we have RomneyPosted by on 03/27 at 05:41 AM
Or perhaps Romney and MoroniCo have us.
and really, the satire only goes so far.
Fuck Romney, that pretty boy piece of demonic shit. And the DINOs who are defending him, or the nutbag code of LDS, or Meg Whitman the billionaire mental patientPosted by Ezra Hound on 03/27 at 09:02 AM
Fuck Romney, that pretty boy piece of demonic shit. And the DINOs who are defending him, or the nutbag codePosted by Cheap Evening Dresses on 04/12 at 07:54 AM
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When it comes to men's designer clothing then G-Star clothing along with Bench, Henleys and Duck and Cover are at the leading edge of fashion and G-Star Raw's uncompromising and innovative look has won them many fans in markets across the world.Posted by Skate Clothing on 09/14 at 07:11 AM
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Vadim Stein is a Ukrainian photographer who captures elegant pictures of dancers in motion.
Based in St. Petersburg, Russia, Stein was originally educated in the sphere of sculpture and restoration, and his photography is clearly inspired in some part by this as his subjects often look like graceful statues poised for eternity in various entrancing positions.
"Solving the aesthetic problem, I also reveal many ethical questions," writes the photographer. "For me, such things as love and death are revealed through the aesthetic category, beauty is the predecessor of ethics." Stein has over 25k likes on Facebook. You can also find him on Behance.
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Possible to remove Explorer filters?
Tried searching for this but got no results. Is it possible to remove the alphabetical filters in Win7's Explorer? See the screenshot:
Yes, they can be useful, no, I don't want them. Is there a registry key or something that allows them to be removed or otherwise hidden?
It gets in the way mainly because I save a lot of stuff; in the "save as" dialog box that pops up, I used to just hit "shift + tab" twice, which moved the cursor focus from the filename text box to the files being shown in the current folder. From there I just used the arrow keys to navigate existing filenames.
With the filters around though I need to hit another "shift + tab"; I tend to forget, and if you press an arrow key after shift + tabbing twice, the focus is on the filters and the arrow keys just move between them. Ugh. So I have to reach for the mouse.
Obscure use case, I know, shrug. I wouldn't care if I didn't have to spend a couple hours doing this thing everyday.
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Good morning to you. I'm guessing somewhat but I don't think their is a normal way of doing what you are trying to do. With all the people that have looked at your post with no answers I'm thinking that is true but I will ask for help from others.
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If you click on the more options button ....
And set it to anything other than "details" ....
The filters will not show up.
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I don't undertand, how is possible remove remove details view filter?
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Thanks now is clear
I looking for a way to remove filter also in detail view
Several time i click on it by mistake
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On April 27, 1865, about 2,000 people lost their lives on a steamship on the Mississippi River, just near Memphis. The Sultana was a Union Steamship that was built to carry cotton and make runs from St. Louis to New Orleans. Once the Civil War ended, the ship was used on one run to bring some Prisoners of War back home to the North. In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Sultana took on somewhere around 2,300 people on board, even though she was only made to carry 376. A boiler sprang a leak, so while stopping in Vicksburg, they made a temporary fix. After they left Vicksburg, they almost made it to Memphis when disaster struck. Two of the boilers exploded. Flames spewed everywhere and people were thrown from the boat. Most of the passengers didn't know how to swim, and were to sickly or tired to swim even if they knew how. Most of them drowned, including their captain, JC Mason. The event was so catastrophic, but many have never heard of it. Why does this event not make the history books? Why did it not even make the headlines of newspapers in 1865?
The first reason for this was because there were other events happening at this time period. It was the closing scenes of the Civil War. The Confederate Army surrendered to the Union on April 18, 1865 (just nine days before the Sultana Disaster). The country was destroyed, in many ways. Property and land was decimated. It was going to take a great deal to rebuild this country, and most of the newspapers were focusing on the Reconstruction. The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history claiming the lives of 620,000 people. It's not surprising that a disaster like the Sultana, where only a few thousand died, seemed less important.
Another event that took up the headlines was Lincoln's death. President Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. While there, he was shot by a man named John Wilkes Booth. President Lincoln died from the gunshot wounds the next morning. The public was shocked and deeply hurt because of this incident. Many saw Lincoln as a hero and a personal friend. They worried how a new president would fill his shoes, and what would happen if another national crisis was to take place. There was a nationwide panic! A little over a week later on April 26 (one day before the Sultana Disaster), Booth and his cohort were found. This would have created headlines across the United States, and possibly across the world, thus making any other stories seem less significant.
Another reason this story was not promoted much was probably because of the Army's intent to keep it quiet. It was not a courageous or exciting story that would recruit more people to the Army. If anything, it might make the people think that the Army was irresponsible for not taking proper care of the boiler, and for overloading too many passengers onto a ship. It would not be good publicity for the Army, and if anything would just make them look bad. They were probably not in a hurry to publish this story, and may have even encouraged people to not spread the word about it. An investigation was held to quietly find out what happened and who was responsible for this disaster. In the end, everyone was cleared, and no one was blamed for the tragedy.
Finally, one reason that most people have never heard about this event is because most of the major newspapers at the time came from the West or Northeast, while this accident happened in the Midwest. There were not many papers being published during the War because a lot of people were needed to fight. Newspapers that were still in business were extremely interested in the war and sent "war correspondence" reporters to report on the war. While these papers were strong in the North, West, and even Harper's Weekly in the South, there were not really any major papers reporting in the Midwest that could have reported about the Sultana. Even if there had been, they would have been more concerned with the War. The local papers were reporting the story of the Sultana, by calling it murder. However, these were small local papers and they did not carry much weight across the nation.
Even though the Sultana was a serious disaster and many lives were lost, most people have never heard of the event. There is much speculation as to why this is so. It probably has a great deal to do with the fact that the Civil War was ending, so there was something bigger already on people's minds. The president had just been shot and Andrew Johnson was getting ready to fill his shoes. The Army wasn't in a rush to publicize the event. Also, the major papers were not located in the area of the Sultana Disaster (just outside of Memphis), and the major papers of the day were interested in reporting on the War. This is why many people have never heard of the Sultana Disaster of 1865.


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If you were a little too slow downloading the The MAME Acrade Emulator, which made a very brief appearance in Apple's iTunes App Store, before being pulled by Apple. You might be pleased to learn that its now available on Google's Chrome Browser.
The MAME arcade emulator has been designed to emulate arcade classics and been ported to Google Chrome by Robert Muth. But remember some of the ROMs required to play the games are of course copyrighted.
The MAME emulator is now available from the Chrome App Store via the Robby Roto arcade game. Which once installed allows you to upload any MAME ROMs you may have to enjoy.
Source: Gizmodo : Chrome App StoreFiled Under: Gaming News


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Announcing a whole new category of Roses! Sweet Spot® Decorator Roses provide a kaleidoscope of colors, ideal for decorating any garden or patio. Available in 2014 in four colors, each punctuated with a contrasting center/eye. Long blooming, disease resistant, hardy to Zone 5.
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Help Your Family Make the Holidays Meaningful
By Cheryl C. Malandrinos
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Does your blood pressure go up a few points every time you hear your children screech, "I want that!" while gazing blankly into the television set? At times I become so frustrated with the "I wants" that I consider tossing the TV into the woods for the chipmunks to use as a hotel.
Even though the level of television advertising has significantly increased over the past forty years, there are several ways parents can encourage their families to embrace the spirit of the season and to think of others. Here are just a few ideas that might work for your family.
Volunteering is an excellent way to help your family move their focus to others. Whether you choose to volunteer at church, raise money for charities or help out at a local food pantry or shelter, it's a good idea to consider what causes and issues are important to your family and what skills your family has to offer before selecting volunteer opportunities.
Donating gently used items
At least twice a year I go through clothes, toys, and other household items to decide what can be donated to our local crisis center and the church's annual tag sale.
But this doesn't have to be a one-person chore.
Include your family in the process by starting off with a brief discussion of being thankful. Encourage family members to share what they are most thankful for and help them understand there are many people who are in need of some of the things they already own.
Ask each family member to donate three gently used items and decide as a group which shelter or organization will receive these items.
Visit Shut-ins
Do you have a relative or neighbor who can no longer drive? Plan a visit with your family. Bring along a baked good or other homemade item to make your visit extra special. Offer to help him/her do a bit of shopping or to decorate his/her home for the holidays.
Focus on People, Not Things
It's easy to get so tied up in buying gifts, baking, and decorating that we forget to spend time together. Help your family enjoy the peace and love of the season by dedicating one night a week to each other. Now is the perfect time to cut back on watching television and have family reading nights. Pick a favorite holiday classic, like A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and settle into the family room together and read a small portion each night.
Children learn a lot by watching their parents, so lead by example. Encourage your family not to focus on how many gifts they receive by spending less money while increasing the amount of time you spend together.
When you make people, not things, the priority, everyone can have a truly meaningful holiday season!
Cheryl Malandrinos is a freelance writer and editor. A regular contributor for Writer2Writer, her articles focus on increasing productivity through time management and organization. A founding member of Musing Our Children, Ms. Malandrinos is also Editor in Chief of the group's quarterly newsletter, Pages & Pens.
Cheryl is a Tour Coordinator for Pump Up Your Book, a book reviewer, and blogger. Little Shepherd is her first children's book. Ms. Malandrinos lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband and two young daughters. She also has a son who is married.
You can visit Cheryl online at http://ccmalandrinos.com.


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2017 model. Fiat Ducato Multijet 2.3 litre Euro 6 diesel 180ps engine upgrade (£116,175). Right hand drive (standard). Comfortmatic 6-speed automatic transmission (£1,850). Upgraded Alko low frame 40 heavy chassis plated at 5400kg GVW (£850).
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Super Package which comprises Automatic air conditioning in drivers cabin, Cruise control, Central locking of drivers cab and habitation door, operated with ignition key, with "coming home" function, Central locking to exterior hatches and rear garage doors (not toilet cassette hatch or gas locker door), Angle and height adjustable driver and passenger seats, Rear corner steadies to prevent swaying in park position, Fine wood inlays to dashboard and air vents in silver, "Bestview" bus style mirrors with drivers cabin door lighting, Mirror housing in bicolour black/white, Bar cabinet with glass holder and glasses in kitchen, Rear garage with needle felt on rear/sidewalls, additional luggage nets, fixing system with lashing straps on rear wall, Thetford C 260 toilet with ceramic insert, SOG toilet ventilation via roof chimney, Truma Secumotion gas flow monitor with automatic gas bottle switch over function and de-icer, Alde hot water central heating system operated with 230 volt electricity or gas input with booster in drivers cab area,Alde engine heat exchanger for living area heating whilst travelling including engine pre-heat function, Wiring for satellite and solar system, Radio/DVD double DIN with touchscreen including radio wiring, radio aerial incl. 2 loud speakers in drivers cabin and 2 speakers above lounge seating group, Carthago set of 3 ships instruments, Carthago reversing camera system with 7" colour monitor mounted in side of dashboard and single camera lens on rear wall, "Yacht One " kitchen fronts in high gloss crème (£5,890). Upgrade for electric awning (£405). Upgrade to double lens reversing camera (£515). Media centre upgrade with satnav option and truck software upgrade (£1,030).
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"Kitchen coffee package" - Nespresso capsule coffee machine for standard lift system from roof storage compartment, Inverter for 12v to 230v, 1800 watt mains priority circuit (£1,385).
"Summer air-conditioning" package - Truma Aventa comfort roof mounted air conditioning system (increases roof height by 24cm) and Aluminium 5.0 metre roll out awning frame with special curved mounting to roof (£2,730). 24" LED TV for rear bed area (£685). 16" Alloy wheels upgrade for 'heavy' chassis (£850). Spare wheel with storage bracket (instead of standard 'fix and go' kit) (£230).
"Sky Dream Comfort pack" to include continuous overhead storage cabinets above the lounge seating area, overhead cabinet doors in crème high-gloss, 2 large panorama skylights integrated in the suspended designer roof liner with indirect ambient lighting (£1,705). Static cornering light with dual action fog light (£510).
"Silverline" exterior in silver metallic paint finish (roof in white GRP to prevent unwanted heat) (£2,470). Additional security lock in driver's cabin door (£490). LED lighting system for awning (£260). Storage compartment pull out system with 4 transport boxes (£590). Third leisure battery (total of 3 x 80 = 240 Ah) with 2 x16 A chargers = 32A (£490). 2 xRoof mounted 100-watt solar panel (£1,840). Additional 12V socket in box under L-Shaped seating (£80). Additional 230V socket in box under L-Shaped seating (£90). Remote gas switch (£215). External BBQ/ Gas point (£170). Aluminium chequered floor in rear garage (£125). Fitting of safe in double floor (£375). Kitchen work surface in heavy Corian, seamless surface (£1,060). Dometic TEC tower -160 litre fridge and separate freezer with gas oven & grill (£765). Kitchen work surface in seamless Corian (£1,070). Hot water underfloor heating (in walking areas only) (£420). 24" LED TV in rear bed area (£1,155). Extendable table in lounge (£410). Loose removable carpets to cabin and to living area (£385). Upholstery in full Créme leather (£2,730).
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The interesting thing is, as humans we seem to come together and feel 'something' at places with a natural force. We stop, listen, go inside ourselves and share a moment in time, however fleeting it may be. The funny thing is, that as soon as the couple turned away from the view they started to argue, the energy gone, falling straight back into their previous dynamic. There will be more to come on the lovers.
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text: Nobody wants production code spewing potential security hole advertisements all over their pages, so it's generally considered good practice to define your own error handler--which can send you an email or an IM whenever something breaks--and turn PHP's error reporting functionality off entirely. PHP provides a very simple mechanism for accomplishing this, but unfortunately, it doesn't give you a hook to catch fatal errors caused by invalid code. I've seen a lot of crazy people come up with a lot of crazy solutions to this problem, but most have been unimaginative and needlessly complicated and I have no idea why they proliferate so wildly when simpler solutions are so readily possible with output buffers and a bit of ini_set() trickery. Bits and pieces of this solution can be found sprinkled about in the efforts of many others, but none of them ever seem to put the parts together as well as they could. I'm sure someone else must have figured it all out somewhere, but I've never seen it, and neither have most PHP developers I've encountered, so I'm posting it up somewhere Google will index someday in the hopes that the resultant karma will eventually catch up with me and I'll have less messy code coming in for repair. In order for this to work, you'll need to execute some startup code BEFORE anything else happens in your scripts, including any output buffering. This can be readily accomplished by adding the startup code to your auto_prepend_file as defined in php.ini. If you don't have an auto_prepend_file, make one. It's one of the most powerful and most overlooked features PHP has to offer. Code: //This may seem counterintuitive since our goal is to //hide errors from users, but our output buffer callback will //need to see everything in order to catch the bad stuff. ini_set('display_errors', 'On'); //Use the normal mechanism for catching non-fatal errors. //This process is very well documented, so the definition //of this error handler function's body is left as an //exercise for the reader. set_error_handler('regular_error_handler'); //Define some bogus, invalid HTML tags that no sane //person would ever put in an actual document and tell //PHP to delimit fatal error warnings with them. ini_set('error_prepend_string', '<phpfatalerror>'); ini_set('error_append_string', '</phpfatalerror>'); //Start an output buffer with a filter callback ob_start('fatal_error_handler'); //Skim the buffer for our bogus HTML tags. If we find any //then we know a fatal error has occurred and should react accordingly. //It doesn't matter how the error string is formatted or if our page //contains similar looking text because we're looking for our own //funky tags exclusively; false positives are highly improbable. function fatal_error_handler($bufferContents) { $output = $bufferContents; $matches = array(); $errors = ""; if ( preg_match('|<phpfatalerror>.*</phpfatalerror>|s', $output, &$matches) ) { foreach ($matches as $match) { $errors .= strip_tags($match) . "\n\n---\n\n"; } //Do your error logging/emailing/AIMing here //and overwrite $output so errors are not displayed. } return $output; } You will absolutely take a measurable performance hit by running a preg_match over the output of every single page, but in my experience the difference is imperceptible under normal conditions. Still, you may want to define a global "off switch" to disable this functionality for scripts that don't need it, or for those times when you're debugging something and would prefer to see the default error spewage right there on the page.


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Sorry for the long hiatus...between this little thing called Hurricane Irene that destroyed our connection to the outside world for almost a week and then I FINALLY just this week had my mole and scar tissue removed.
So, due to all of that, I've fallen off of my path to a fitter mommy and gone back to my unfit ways. But I'm back in action and going to give it another go.
Unfortunately, while I recover from my procedures, I'm out of commission physically. I've got quite a few stitches in my foot and it's rather painful. My thigh piece went deeper than expected, so they have taken me out of the physical exercise rotation until that one healed. So I've been trying to eat better.
I feel like I started to gain weight again...I doubt its true - probably more bloat than anything else. And, my water bottle broke. So I'm doing awful on water intake and need to do better eating. So that's my plan for the near future. More water intake again and increase in the fruits and veggies.
At least it's a good time of year for both. I'm loving my farmer's market produce lately. Just finished a large plate of asparagus. Not quite as good as the early summer asparagus, but still yummy. I also have a fridge full of cauliflower, butternut squash, and corn I'm looking forward too. :)
Today is the first day of fall, so I'm thinking my wonderful produce will come to an end soon. I didn't get to freeze anywhere near the amount of produce I wanted...so maybe I can do some farmer's market stock ups in the next couple of weeks for colorful winter foods.
We'll see I guess.
In the meantime, fellow mom and blogger Dodging Acorns is also on the path to fitness so I'd like to give her a quick shout out and tell her I'm proud of her! Thanks for re-inspiring me M! :) ...And you Go Girl! :)


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EE launches a £1-a-week 4G pay as you go
EE have launched a 4G pay as you go option which will cost you £1.
The telco reckon that their quid-a-week 4G PAYG deal will give users 10 minutes, 10 texts and 100MB data for seven days. They confidently assume that this will "transform the pay as you go market".
In truth, you'll be able to listen to a handful of songs on Spotify and that's it.
That said, if you only use your phone when connected to WiFi, then you can't knock how little you'll be paying.
EE have also rejigged their other 4G pay as you go tariffs too. For a tenner a month, you can get 250 minutes and unlimited texts, or 150 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of data. If you pay £15, you'll get 750 minutes and unlimited texts or 500 minutes, unlimited texts and 2GB of data. Up top, those paying £25 get 1,000 minutes, unlimited texts and 4GB of data each month.
And if you top-up for three consecutive months, they've promised some freebies to be doled out. So, if you're paying a quid a month, you'll get things like an additional 25MB data, 10 minutes and 25 texts.
These new deals are available now, so if they tickle your pickle, you should go and check them out.
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- Ray P.utter shite, then. the £15 one is the only one really worth having.
- RussWhats the point of 4G if you are only using it over WiFi?


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|Donated toys one of Harris County's refugee resettlement programs
The Alliance for Multicultural Community Services is currently having a toy and clothing drive for the winter holiday season to benefit the children in our program. Most of the children who will receive these gifts have been in the country for less than six months. Our goal is to present each child with a toy and some warm clothing (jacket, gloves, hat, etc.) on December 22nd.
The children are from Iraq, D.R. Congo, Ethiopia, Bhutan and Burma and have arrived mainly from refugee camps with very few possessions. Therefore, Raindrop Turkish House-Houston donated toys one of Harris County's refugee resettlement programs which is The Alliance for Multicultural Community Services If you would like to participate, please drop off new toys or cloths to Raindrop Turkish House, 9301 W Bellfort Ave Houston, TX 77031


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Updates & Features
CAIT hosts first-ever port and energy sustainability workshop
March 1, 2013 – Hosted by CAIT, this one day workshop united public and private stakeholders and international experts to discuss the impact of energy and sustainability on port operations and growth.
Memorial Scholarship Established for LPS Director Altiok
April 17, 2012 – The entire Rutgers community was shocked and saddened to learn that Tayfur Altiok, Ph.D., died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 14, from a sudden illness. Altiok was a professor of industrial and systems engineering in Rutgers School of Engineering and director of the Laboratory for Port Security at CAIT.
Maritime Risk Symposium 2011 Huge Success
November 2011 – Rutgers' CCICADA, CAIT, and DIMACS partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Area Commands to host the second symposium focusing on risk and economic assessment and risk management methodologies applicable in the maritime domain. The theme of the symposium was Developing Public-Private Partnerships in Homeland Security: How Risk Impacts Government Policy and Business Requirements.
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LPS Hosts Brazilian Port Delegation
Dr. Tayfur Altiok, program director for the Laboratory for Port Security (LPS), will host a delegation of port managers from Brazil as part of a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) agreement with Agland Investment Services, Inc., and the Brazilian Secretariat of Ports. For three days beginning December 6, the group from Brazil will spend three days on the East Coast where they will visit marine terminals and U.S. Coast Guard facilities in the ports of New York/New Jersey and Philadelphia. The group will spend December 7 at Rutgers' CAIT to discuss and exchange ideas on port security and logistical operations. (December 2010)
Philadelphia Area Regional Transit Security Working Group (PARTSWG) Training and Exercising
LPS Program Director Tayfur Altiok, Ph.D. will serve as principal investigator on a $416,000 project that aims to enhance threat detection, prevention, and response capabilities of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The project is part of infrastructure protection guidance efforts that stem from the National Transportation Security Center of Excellence program. Rutgers is one of 12 NTSCOEs in the United States.
CAIT LPS Collaborates with NTSCOE on Rail Corridor Resiliency Project Funded by DHS
LPS and the National Transportation Security: A DHS Center of Excellence (NTSCOE) are collaborating on a project that focuses on resiliency of rail corridors. The purpose of the project is to build a risk-based model of a rail network, estimate the consequences of specific disrupting events to the rail corridor, and develop a set of engineered and human resiliency measures that reduce the likelihood of an event or speed recovery from one. The goal is to help corridor decision makers improve response to accidents and attacks and create a valuable tool for education and training that can be applied to other rail corridors.
Past LPS news stories can be accessed in the CAIT News Archive


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Wyoming 65, Portland St. 51
Adam Waddell scored 15 points and Luke Martinez returned from a
one-game layoff to add 13 as Wyoming defeated Portland State 65-51
in the Jim Thorpe Classic on Friday night.
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Leonard Washington added 12 points and Francisco Cruz 11 for
Wyoming (4-1).
Nate Lozeau led Portland State (2-2) with 11 points.
Wyoming sank its first six shots of the second half, including
two 3-pointers and a layup by Martinez, to take a 49-32 lead.
Martinez, who sat out a game because of a head injury suffered in
practice, swished a floater with 7:37 left that gave Wyoming a
58-38 advantage.
Portland State ended a seven-minute scoreless drought on Charles
Odum's layup at the 6:46 mark, but the Vikings were down 58-40.
They would come no closer than 14 after that.


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A stroke occurs when a blood vessel (artery) that supplies blood to the brain bursts or is blocked by a blood clot. Within minutes, the nerve cells in that area of the brain become damaged and die. As a result, the part of the body controlled by the damaged section of the brain cannot function properly. If you have symptoms of a stroke, you need emergency care, just as if you are having a heart attack. If medical treatment begins soon after symptoms are noticed, fewer brain cells may be permanently damaged. Uncontrollable risk factors include:
- Age. The risk for stroke increases with age. The risk doubles every decade you are over 55.
- Race. African-Americans and Hispanics have a higher risk than those of other races.
- Gender. Stroke is more common in men than women. However, at older ages, more women than men have strokes. At all ages, more women than men die of stroke.
- Family history. The risk for stroke is greater if a parent, brother, or sister has had a stroke.
- Prior history of stroke. About 14% of people who have a stroke have another stroke within 1 year. Up to 25% have another stroke within 5 years.
Risk factors that you can change include some diseases. If you can control the disease, you lower your risk for stroke.
Controllable risk factors include:
- High blood pressure (hypertension). High blood pressure is the second most important stroke risk factor after age.
- Diabetes. About one-quarter of people with diabetes die of stroke. Having diabetes doubles your risk for stroke because of the circulation problems associated with the disease.
- High cholesterol. If you have high cholesterol, it can lead to coronary artery disease and heart attack, which can damage the heart muscle and increase your risk for stroke.
- Other heart conditions. Heart problems, such as atrial fibrillation, endocarditis, heart valve conditions, and cardiomyopathy, increase your risk for stroke.
- Other diseases and conditions, such as lupus, syphilis, hemophilia, pneumonia, high levels of homocysteine, and periodontal disease.
Treatment may include medication or surgery and is based on the severity of symptoms and type of stroke suffered. Just as with a heart attack, permanent damage from a stroke often develops within the first few hours. The shorter the amount of time blood flow in the brain is blocked, the less permanent damage will develop. Call 911 or other emergency services immediately if:
- Any signs of a stroke develop suddenly. These signs include:
- Numbness, weakness, or inability to move the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body.
- Trouble seeing in one or both eyes, such as dimness, blurring, double vision, or loss of vision.
- Confusion, trouble speaking or understanding.
- Trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
- Severe headache with no known cause.
- You have signs of a transient ischemic attack (TIA). Symptoms are similar to those of a stroke, except:
- The loss of vision is usually described as a sensation that a shade is being pulled down over your eyes.
- TIA symptoms typically disappear after 10 to 20 minutes but may last up to 24 hours. Since there is no way to tell whether the symptoms are caused by a stroke or TIA, emergency medical care is needed for both conditions.
Call your doctor immediately if you have:
- Had recent symptoms of a TIA or stroke, even if the symptoms have disappeared.
- Had a TIA or stroke and are taking aspirin or other medications that prevent blood clotting and you notice any signs of bleeding.
- Had a stroke and have a choking episode from food going down your windpipe.
- Signs of a blood clot in a deep blood vessel, which include redness, warmth, and pain in a specific area of your arm or leg.
Call your doctor for an appointment if you:
- Think you have had a TIA in the past and have not talked with your doctor about it.
- Have had a stroke and have signs of a pressure sore. Pressure sores, which usually develop along the elbows, heels, knees, buttocks, and tailbone and on the back along the spine, are caused by staying in one position too long. The first sign of a pressure sore is a reddened area that does not go away with rubbing or massaging.
- Have had a stroke and notice that your affected arm or leg is becoming increasingly stiff or you are not able to straighten it.
- Have had a stroke and notice signs of a urinary tract infection. Signs may include fever, pain on urination, blood in urine, and low back (flank) pain.


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Gem Residences – Toa Payoh New condo launch by Evia Real Estate
Gem Residences condo is a 99-years leasehold new launch condo development in Toa Payoh / Bradell by Evia Real Estate. Located in District 12 at the junction of Toa Payoh Ave 4 & Ave 6, Gem Residence condo is located mins walk away to Braddell MRT and also a short distance away to Toa Payoh Hub. With expected completion in 2020, it comprises of 2 high rise 37/38 storey towers with 578 units. This project's residents will practically have all their transport, recreational and also amenities all at their doorstep. An exciting and convenient lifestyle awaits
The Gem Residences new launch condo will consist of full and interesting facilities over its luxurious landscape. The facilities will includes a guard house, clubhouse, Function Room & Indoor Gym, Tennis Court , swimming pool & Sun Deck, Aqua Gym, Yoga Deck, BBQ Areas, Outdoor Fitness Station, Children's Playground,. The Gem Residence condo facilities provide full family entertainment needs for your family and loved ones. Indulge in a tranquil and serene lifestyle right in the heart of Toa Payoh.
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There are many transport options are available at Gem Residences condo which is also just 5 mins away from the Braddell MRT Station which is just a 10 minutes ride to Orchard thus commuting to Orchard as well as the city area is therefore very convenient. Located nearby are also the Toa Payoh Safra where residents can get their full sporting indulgence with activities. Nature lovers can indulge in the tranquillity of Macritchie Reservoir Park. Entertainment for your loved ones and friends are therefore at your fingertips with the full condo facilities as well as the amenities nearby. Residents get to enjoy numerous fun-filling nearby recreation activities.
Gem Residences Toa Payoh is also near good schools such as CHIJ Toa Payoh, SJI international school, Beatty Secondary, PeiChun Public School and Raffles Institution. For vehicle owners, it will take less than 10 minutes to drive to the business hub and vibrant Orchard Road shopping district, via Central Expressway (CTE). From the rental perspective, you can easily cater to expats from the international schools around, from the Central Business District and Marina Bay Financial Centre due to Gem Residence city fringe location.
Why Gem Residences condo?
- Located in the mature estate of Toa Payoh on the city Fringe with many famous food around. Good transport network around.
- Located within mins to Braddell MRT Station. Condo developments near MRT are becoming increasingly rare. Only one Stop to Bishan MRT/Toa Payoh MRT, four stops to Newton and five stops to Orchard Road
- Toa Payoh Safra or Macritchie Reservoir can bring nature and fun to your family and friends
- Reputable developer Evia Real Estate that developed sold out projects such as Heron Bay and Lake Life.
- Easy access to various shopping, dining and entertainment mall.
- Easy access to CBD, Orchard shopping belt via the various expressways
- Full resort style condominium facilities for you and your family to enjoy.
Please also see the project details, site plan, location.
Evia Real Estate is a Singapore based firm that has been actively developing various residential projects in Singapore, providing quality spaces which in turn resulted in sold out projects since their debut.
In 2010, the company decided to enter the market due to rising incomes and the growing middle-class, believing there would be healthy demand for reasonably priced properties with good specifications, said Leslie Lim, Co-Managing Partner at Evia Real Estate.
Having been responsible for two past EC projects – the 416-unit Watercolours in Pasir Ris launched in 2011, and Heron Bay in Upper Serangoon View that came to market in 2012 with 394 units – the group is now leading a consortium to develop the 546-unit Lake Life EC in Jurong Lake District.
The first two ECs were warmly received by the market. "Watercolours was sold out in about six months and Heron Bay was more than 90 percent sold over one weekend. We then went on to secure our third EC site – Lake Life," Lim noted.
But right now the EC market is facing a double whammy. "We have the 30 percent mortgage servicing ratio (MSR) at the lower end putting a lid on borrowing, and the $12,000 income ceiling cap at the upper end.
"Secondly, a resale levy was introduced in December 2013. Fortunately for Lake Life, buyers are exempt from this as the land was purchased before the measure was introduced," added Lim.
Foreign Fund Manager too
Unknown to many, Evia Real Estate is also a property fund manager in South Korea. With a portfolio of over 2.3 million sq ft of industrial and commercial space, its assets under management have a combined value of more than $1.5 billion.
"Back in 2010, we expected demand and rental rates for industrial assets in Singapore and Asia to rise along with growing economies. While we tried to secure assets here (in Fusionopolis 3 and 5, and Biopolis 3), we had better success in South Korea," said Lim.
Currently, the company manages three logistics warehouses and one mixed-use property. These are AMB Incheon Logistics' facility at Incheon Airport Free Trade Zone, AMB Incheon DC1 Warehouse at Gyeonggi-do, Suwon Ice Logistics Centre at Suwon City and Apple Plaza in Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi.
With a gross floor area of 1.2 million sq ft, the last site is set to be completed by end-October or November. "We upgraded a tired looking building and repositioned the mall into F&B and fashion, two segments that South Korea is particularly strong in," Lim shared.
Moving forward, Evia is hoping to secure a land development site in the country and build another warehouse by year-end.
"Evia is committed to South Korea with a deep local team of asset managers. Our pipeline there is strong and we intend to grow the portfolio there to about $600 million to $800 million," added Lim.
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Stem cell tourism--a challenge for trans-national governance.
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The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2010 May ; 10(5): 40-2
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text: Hello, I am new to iMovie '09, and while I have searched many forums, I find bits and pieces of the information I need, but I haven't found a comprehensive step-by-step. I am hoping someone here will have the patience to answer my multi-part question I have many events in iMovie. I have many more project clips - I just split the events into smaller clips and trim them here - nothing artistic. Next, I export to Quicktime as .mov via "share" Finally, I upload to youtube via iMovie "share" I was ready to burn to DVDs, via iDVD or Toast Basic, and delete everything from my HDD (I'm running out of space!) when I read that if I delete the files in iMovie, the links will be broken, I won't be able to play the DVDs, and the youtube videos will disappear! Can someone please explain the following processes to me? How do I take my iMovie files, burn them in the highest quality to DVDs that can be played on computers and DVD players, upload the videos to youtube, and delete everything from my HDD without worrying about losing everything? How should I handle this process in the future? I plan to import videos from my camera as well as from old DVDs and upload them to youtube, but I can't leave any of it on my HDD. I welcome any help you are willing to give


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Vietnam has become the world's third largest shrimp exporter and the world's leading exporter of giant tiger prawn with foreign sales representing 50 per cent of its total exports of seafood.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged the shrimp industry to apply better technologies to increase its productivity to aim at reaching an export value of USD 10 billion by 2025.
"I urge the sector to earn USD 10 billion by 2025 and become a major industry of Vietnamese agriculture," Phuc said during a conference on shrimp production held in the southern province of Ca Mau this week.
Vietnam has become the world's third largest shrimp exporter and the world's leading exporter of giant tiger prawn with foreign sales representing 50 per cent of its total exports of seafood.
Giant tiger prawn and white-legged shrimp are being farmed in 30 provinces and cities and are key export products.
Most of the production comes from the southern central provinces of Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Khanh Hoa, and the southwestern provinces such as Ca Mau and Bac Lieu.
According to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyen Xuan Cuong, shrimp, due to its high value, has been chosen as an important product for restructuring the seafood industry in particular, and agriculture in general.
Phuc said the shrimp industry should work to account for 10 per cent of the country's GDP and asked the State Bank of Vietnam to instruct commercial banks to provide sufficient capital for the industry, especially for high-tech breeding.
"Inadequate high tech for intensive farming has resulted in only modest productivity of 250 to 300 kilos of shrimp per hectare; if productivity is doubled, we can immediately reach our goal," he stressed.
The government said key to the development of the sector was advanced biotechnology as well as automation plus improvements in packaging and branding.
The sector was expected to get a boost from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), whose members accounted for almost half of seafood export destinations, but US President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the trade deal has left the project's fate uncertain, DW informed.
The US is Vietnam's largest shrimp importer, accounting for 23 percent of exports worth USD 520.2 million in the first nine months of 2016.
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text: Sure, groom's cake has been around for a while, but some of these cakes are so un-wedding-like, they defy two tiers in their construction. They range from almost traditional in cake shape to a mini-replica Black Jack casino table. Of course, there's the ubiquitous topsy-turvy style that's been around forever. Im of the mind if you're going to have a groom's cake, then really go out of your way to make it a showstopper. I really like the laptop cake and the athletic ball cap because they tell a great story into the life of the man getting married. What are your thoughts? Planning to have a groom's cake also?


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The beautiful church of St Martin in the Fields in Central London is often called "the church with the open door" because it welcomes people from all walks of life. It believes that people who are homeless, refugees, struggling and feeling on the edge are at the centre of God's love and the centre of the church. It was a fitting venue then for a memorial talk 'Remembering Romero' (audio here) delivered there last Sunday evening by Fr Thomas Greenan, a priest of Edinburgh diocese now living and working in the remote Petén area of Guatemala. Before that he spent many years as a missionary priest in El Salvador, and is an admirer of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who was assassinated while celebrating mass in March 1980. He wrote his masters and doctorate studies on the life and work of Romero.
Fr Thomas, who had also spoken in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Liverpool, described Romero as "a prophet possessed by the Spirit of God" whose homilies rallied a population suffering persecution and murder by death squads. A recording of a section of the homily Romero gave the day before his killing was played in St. Martin's and Fr Thomas translated: "Brothers, they are our own people! You are killing your own brothers and sisters, peasant folk, rural workers….And faced with an order to kill, that a human being gives, there ought to prevail the Law of God which states 'Thou shalt not kill'" The words were interspersed by the clapping of a congregation who found him to be an inspirational leader, who took the gospels and Catholic Social Teaching seriously and who put his own life at risk to defend them. Fr Thomas noted, sadly, that assassination was the second principal cause of death in El Salvador; the first was diarrhoea.
In February of 1979 in Puebla, Mexico, Romero met the Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff. Fr Thomas reported that Boff remembered that encounter. Romero had asked him for some theological ideas on the theme of life. Boff recalled: "I remember very well how he spoke in a soft, gentle voice saying – 'In my country they kill with cruelty. The poor are murdered; simple rural folk are tortured from day to day with the most extreme violence. We need to protect the minimum, which is God's greatest gift - Life. Father Boff, help us to develop a theology of life." Boff remembered that, after a pause, Romero said that, "we need to give our lives in order to protect the lives of others: this was the path of the Crucified One".
Fr Thomas highlighted the sad stories of ordinary Salvadoreans who found comfort in Romero's championing of their rights, through the life of a man he knew called Rodolfo. This man was a peasant, forced into exile by the persecution unleashed throughout the decades of the seventies and eighties. He hid in the hills before crossing into neighbouring Honduras and taking refuge in a refugee camp. In 1989, under the protection of the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations, he was among hundreds of these refugees who returned to El Salvador, and his village was a place which Fr Thomas visited and served. Rodolfo told the priest he was very proud that he had shaken hands with Romero on two occasions.
Unfortunately, soon after his return, Rodolfo was killed by a booby trap which exploded as he attempted to repair tiles on his roof.
Julian Filochowski, chair of the Archbishop Romero Trust, urged the congregation to visit its website regularly, become supporters of the Trust and to purchase some of the books about Romero advertised there.
The full text of Fr Thomas Greenan's talk will be available at: http://www.romerotrust.org.uk/ after the final lecture at St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, on Friday 2 July at 7.30pm.
A priest of Edinburgh diocese, Fr Tommy lives and works in the remote Petén area of Guatemala. In Guatemala, Fr. Tommy covers a broad mission area and collaborates with three religious sisters who work in health education and catechetics. Also he collaborates with the Human Rights Office with special attention to migrants from the area, who are looking for work in Mexico and the U.S.A.
Before coming to Guatemala, he spent many years as a missionary priest in El Salvador. He was there during Hurricane Mitch and told his experience in graphic detail to The Tablet. He has researched and written a major study which compares and contrasts the lives of Saint John Chrysostom in the 4th Century and Archbishop Romero in our own times. And he is also the author of El pensamiento teológico pastoral en la homilías de Mons. Romero published by Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador, 1998.


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Flow cytometry is a technique used for analysis of expression markers of single cells. It is widely used within the clinic for diagnosing disease and in research to understand the pathology of disease and to identify different cell subsets. During the last decennium, flow cytometers have been equipped with more lasers, enabling measurements of up to 17 parameters per cell. Analyzing these data still occurs by manual gating in two dimensional plots, which is time consuming and could leave potential correlations undiscovered. In collaboration with the group of Jeroen Jansen at the Radboud University we developed a method to analyze flow cytometry data in a multi-dimensional disease specific space: FLow cytometric Orthogonal Orientation for Diagnosis (FLOOD). The use of FLOOD enables researchers to identify disease-specific cells in an unsupervised multi-dimensional way. We will collect data of HIV patients and lung cancer patients to compare neutrophil subsets of these patients with neutrophil subsets found after LPS infusion. Additionally, we analyze expression markers on bone marrow cells of leukemia patients using FLOOD, enabling us to identify and characterize tumor clones.
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text: Ford union rejects GM auto deal The president of the union local representing Ford employees in Oakville, Ont., says it's not prepared to accept the template that secured a deal with General Motors. ``We as a local bargaining committee have sent a very clear message to Ford Motor Company and the national union that the framework agreement between GM and the membership will not suit the needs of the membership in Oakville,'' Dave Thomas, president of Unifor Local 707, wrote in a message posted on the union's website Tuesday. ``Investment in Canada was the No. 1 priority when we opened up bargaining but we all agreed that it would not be at the expense of the rest of the membership,'' he said. Thomas added that the local bargaining committee ``will not sacrifice the needs of the membership in Oakville and settle on an agreement that doesn't address our issues.'' Thomas said GM negotiators faced difficult decisions because there was no future investment planned for its operation in Oshawa, Ont. That agreement includes a two per cent wage increase this year and another two per cent increase in September 2019. There is also a $6,000 signing bonus plus lump sum bonuses, benefit improvements and a commitment by GM to invest $554 million in its Canadian operations. Thomas warned that the union faces a difficult fight as it enters into bargaining with Ford later this month. The GM agreement was meant to serve as a basis for Unifor as it moves on to its next round of bargaining with the so-called Detroit Three. Talks are currently underway with Fiat Chrysler. The Canadian Press Recent stories: How to encourage accountability Sustainability a top retention tool Liberals to fall short on jobs promise Leave a comment SHARE


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WASHINGTON — As his official jetliner neared Washington early Sunday at the end of a 31-hour round trip to Stockholm, Secretary of State George P. Shultz thanked bleary-eyed Air Force crew members for their contribution to one of diplomacy's longest days.
"If it is any comfort to you, I think this was an important trip for the country," Shultz said.
The secretary of state seemed pleased with the outcome of his day's work despite the late hour--about 20 minutes before 3 a.m. on a foggy Sunday morning. He had just traveled about 10 hours each way for the sake of about 10 hours on the ground in the Swedish capital.
The high point of the trip was a 105-minute meeting with the new Soviet premier, Nikolai I. Ryzhkov.
It was the first high-level U.S.-Soviet encounter since President Reagan and Soviet Communist Party leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met last November in Geneva.
Shultz said the meeting helped to clear away some of the underbrush that has developed in the superpower relationship since the summit. He made it clear that the talks were useful, even though no substantive agreements were announced and despite the negative tone of the most widely quoted sentence of his statement: "We also agree that neither of us is satisfied with developments since that time (the summit)."


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"Well, he was a randy lad, wasn't he?" chortled Brian Blessed on learning that his great-grandfather had, in the mid-1800s, sired no fewer than 13 children. Not that "chortling" adequately describes the pneumatic boom of a Blessed laugh, especially when it's married to a line like: "Nothing wrong with him, eh? He didn't need a purple pill, did he? Ha-ha-ha-haaaah!"
Blessed was the entertaining subject of Who Do You Think You Are?, a show that despite being 11 series in still has the power to captivate every now and again. Often with family histories that aren't exactly star-spangled. Not that the 77-year-old actor and adventurer (he made three attempts to scale Everest and holds the record for being the oldest man to reach the magnetic North Pole) was expecting to unearth prestigious forebears.
"I'm not looking for crowns and coronets. I'm looking for humanity," he enunciated at the outset. Which was probably just as well given that the ancestral story unfurled for him was rooted largely in workhouses, penury and plucky survival against the odds.
None of this derailed the freight train of rumbustious joie-de-vivre that is Blessed. Every expert and archivist was greeted like a dear old friend. Even the dead were embraced with gusto: "I can feel them. It starts sinking into your DNA molecules. You can feel them growing within you."
It wasn't tragedy but the happy final years of his great-grandfather Jabez – a man who survived Dickensian levels of neglect and abuse to emerge eventually into the sunny uplands of domestic comfort and hyper-fecund familial bliss – that finally reduced Blessed to tears. For the first time in his life, so he said.
But that's the beauty of Who Do You Think You Are? At its best it reveals far more about those taking part than their ancestry. Blessed met his forebear's misfortunes with an unself-conscious, if predictably actorly concern. But with an irrepressible optimism, too. Here was a man who did not wallow in tragedy but sought out every available crumb of hope, even for the dead. You could just picture him clinging to an icy mountainside, or facing into an Arctic gale, refusing to give up, convinced that triumph is but the very next step away.


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text: I've never understood this, but why do people insist on buying fake knock offs of designer anything, especially bags? In my opinion I could never get any satisfaction knowing that I was toting around a fake bag or fake watch or fake anything. If I can't afford to buy it, then I'd rather buy something in my price range instead of posing like I can afford something I can't. Some people argue that they'd rather spend their money on something else like fixing their house or going on vacation, and would rather carry a knock off instead, and then have the nerve to make fun of people that buy the real thing. What they don't realize is that people that can usually afford a real $2,000 bag, can also afford to fix they're house and go on vacation too, without having to sacrifice one for the other...it's all relative. Buying knock off bags and seeing women with knock offs doesn't make any sense. It's like a guy wearing a fake rolex, you just can't take him seriously, or respect him for that matter. I would rather see him wearing a timex...the same applies to women. If you can't afford the bag, stick to coach or kate spade or something, right? You're fooling no one but yourself, where's the satisifaction there? Thoughts anyone? I don't mean to stir or churn, but I just had to!


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Recently I had an opportunity to sit down with Melissa Macogay, RN, who is the Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Surgical Neuroscience unit here at All Children's Hospital. Her story is unique, in that not only is she responsible for one of the most complex pediatric units in the hospital, but she spent seven years in Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as a staff nurse in PICU before joining All Children's.
I asked Melissa about the natural stress level that undoubtedly comes with working in a critical care unit which she quickly acknowledged. "The PICU is forever changing, one day you have to care for a child with a neurological condition, and the next day you have a complex trauma patient. You never know what is coming next, which is what we thrive on here. It's non-stop."
This naturally brings up the challenge of finding the right people to work in such a hectic environment but Melissa just smiled and explained her philosophy. "I specifically hire professionals who embrace a true team environment. We know that when we look to our right and look to our left we have colleagues who have made a personal choice to work with our kids. We back each other up no matter what. Yes, we have some of the most advanced technology in the world here, but we have also built a team that is dedicated to the children and each other."
As I mentioned, Melissa worked in the PICU at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for seven years. "I left an organization that has so much pride and I wasn't sure if I could find that again. Florida was my destination, but the options to work in pediatric critical care are extremely limited here. When I interviewed at All Children's, I knew that I had found exactly what I was looking for."
Melissa is an excellent example of the type of leadership team we have here on the "South Campus" of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Feel free to reach out to her, or any member of our team to learn more.


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