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((From the diary of Keith Rawkings))
Galloped like hell outa that shootout. Don't know, don't care anymore. Head still hurts from the bullet fragment. Kept going on north 'til I hit that little town a Hope Springs. I saw a nice lookin' cornfield nearby, and I thought it might be a nice place to go git drunk. But I remember goin' on up to the edge a that field and seeing a strange site.
It was a bunch a farmers standin' around not workin'. I saw a few cute bunny rabbits poking around the crop line (I know they're pests, but they're jist sooo cute!) and I decided to poke my nose up in the situation. There was a gal out there who was standin' on the edge of that field, with her rifle drawn, and he looked like she was a comtemplatin' somethin'. I always take the chance to chat with the women folk, so naturally I introduced ma self. She said her name was Autumn, and asked if I was a "vista." I said "well yeah, I guess you could say that." I asked her if she was hired to kill them bunnies in the field. I was relieved when she told me "not yet," cause I jist can't stand the site of them cute lil bunnies gitin shot and skinned!
I used to have me a bunny when I was a kid. His name was Michael Jackson the Rabbit, and he was all brown and furry like a wild bunny. He was jist so darn cute and lovable and harmless. Most wrong he ever did was poop and pee on outside his litter box.
She told me some lil tid bit about a job she jist got done doin' for these farmers, and that was basically findin' some lost farmer in the cornfield who needed an escort out from these "vicious rabbits." Apparently he didn't realize he could just go around the corn field. I laughed at the situation. I explained the ol' coot was probably drunk on corn liquor mash (common thing with corn farmers) and that them bunnies weren't vicious, he was just too wasted to understand the difference.
Well this gal kept insistin' I was wrong. I pointed to the harmless bunnies runnin' all around the edge of the field, and showed her what I meant. She said "yeah, but the ones in the field are vicous." I was jist laughin' at this crazy girl and told her there was no worry, them bunnies easily scare, no reason to be shootin' at em, she could just scare em off and collect some chips for a days work well done. I demonstrated by sneakin' up on one of them cute little critters real slow like. The little rabbit gave me a look, and I expected him to be hippity hoppin' in the other direction by now, but he was such a curious little fella. For a moment I thought he was gonna come on up and present himself for a lil' head rub like my little Michael Jackson used to do. I held out my hand… And the god dang thing bared it's fangs, (I'm not kiddin, thems was some dang two inch fangs it had!) and it lunged out and bit me! I was so shocked I barely had time to pull my shotgun out before it tried takin off my fingers. I put it down immediately.
Now I turned to the girl back on the edge a tha field and she just gave me a look like "I told ya so." I started lookin' around the entire field and saw that these rabbits in the field were not the same ones I saw outside of it. No, these one's had that same stone cold look, and they did not seem afraid of me at all. I do not understand what kind of crap poisoned them or mutated em, or whatever the hell, but I saw that I could not just stand the idea of walkin' away from this without resolution. I could not honor the memory of ma sweet little bunny with all of them nasty little Bunnicula bastards runnin' around that field, terrorizing the farmers. It would be just another reason for people to raise bunnies in cages for meat and skin the fur off a em.
I decided to team up with this gal and take that job cleanin' out the field of these unnatural vermin. The deal was I didn't want nothin' from em, she could keep all the furs and meat. I jist wanted this whole business done, and quickly. After spending some time clearing out that field, it was gitin to about evenin' and the work was done. I was very upset about it all. Autumn thanked me, and we parted ways. I really needed to whet the whistle now, and drown out some memories.
I mosied on over to the bar. It was dead there, but that was jist fine by me. I wanted to be alone anyway. I put a couple back to calm the nerves down a bit. Head didn't hurt as much anymore. I just kinda stood there and spaced out for I don't know how long. I did start to hear some voices outside, and I decided to git up and go have a smoke on the porch.
When I got out there I saw a few people at once. One of 'em was that same odd character named "Jax" who I saw gitin' his ass beat at the Rack last Sunday by Khalil. He is some weird feller. He didn't say much, he just kept eyein up this real fancy painting he was holdin' onto. It looked pretty rare. I commented on it being a "Monet" and how much I jist loved impressionist works such as that. Although I do fancy the most the one with the naked lady on a picnic with the two gentlemen in the park.
Saw some fine lookin' gal out there in the picnic bench just kinda starin' at the sun goin' down. I jist happened to be doin' the same thing, so naturally I came on up and offered her a cigar. She actually accepted, and I lit it up for her as it crossed across those perky little lips she had. She had some dark, tight, leather pants, a cute lil halter top, long dark hair, and sexy eyes. Didn't get too far with her, though, and honestly I was jist too tired to want to. I was just kinda enjoyin' the sunset with another person.
Didn't really matter much that I found her attractive and all, cause I looked over ma shoulder and saw some gentlemen dressed in a black trench coat and cowboy hat walkin' on over in our direction like he had one thing on his mind only. He tipped his hat to me as I did in the same to him in response and when he said "hi" to the young gal, I saw her face light up in delight as if she knew em and was waiting for em.
Then it hit me. Those two hooked up at the Rack the other night like, right in front of me. The shit you remember and the shit you forget when you are three sheets to the wind. It was clear I should be gitin on outta the way and I was tired anyway. I excused myself from the two and the lady thanked me for the cigar.
As I was trottin' on outta there on ma horse, I saw that Jax character on the roof of his car, moving his painting around in the air like he was trying to mount it up on some imaginary wall, and he couldn't quite figure out where it would look right. I hollered over in his direction to "put it on the hood a ya car!" Yep, that would look real nice there. Hope he does that.
Then I left...
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((Hahahaha, I saw ' I saw a few cute bunny rabbits poking around the crop line' and I knew hilarity was on the way. You had me laughing out loud again. Keith's adventures are a hoot!))
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((Have to agree with Muse - this was great fun to read!))
((Heh, Keith's adventures are
((Heh, Keith's adventures are amusing to read - simple everyday stuff that's of no real consequence, just random musings. Fun stuff. :) ))
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((Quite entertaining :)
((Quite entertaining :) always nice to see more lighthearded stuff too ))
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(This is the first one of yours I have read to be honest. Very light ,funny, and enjoyable! *goes back to dig up the others now*)


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Luigi has left Mario, and gone out to prove he himself. With the help of Dimentio, Geminiman and Void; will his dreams of recognition come to fruition, or is he doomed to being second banana? Either way, we can be sure that it will be very silly. Currently on hiatus. Epilogue should be up eventually.
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Satellite War Images Become Available
Associated Press Writer
Bomb-blackened runways and shattered aircraft scar what's left of Kandahar's airfield in one satellite image. The walls and towers of the fortress prison at Mazar-e-Sharif _ where a CIA officer was killed _ dominate the landscape in another.
Still other photos provide views from orbit of the mountains where Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders were thought to be hiding.
Commercial satellite images of the war in Afghanistan are now available to the public. The military has let expire its contract providing exclusive use of the commercial Ikonos satellite when it was over Afghanistan.
Ikonos images can distinguish ground features roughly three feet in size.
The newly available images also provide insight to where U.S. intelligence was looking during the war. Ikonos doesn't have the eagle eyes of U.S. spy satellites, which are thought to be able to distinguish objects as small as four or five inches. But it aided the military in mapping, mission planning and in at least one case the viewing of bomb damage, officials said.
An Oct. 10 picture, provided to The Associated Press by Ikonos' operator, Denver-based Space Imaging, Inc., shows the blasted remains of the airfield at Kandahar. The blackened craters from more than a dozen U.S. bomb strikes are visible _ several in an almost perfect line along the center of the main runway. The Taliban's jet fighters _ visible in an older image also provided by Space Imagine _ are gone.
One picture of the Tora Bora region _ where bin Laden is believed to have hidden for part of the war _ was taken Sept. 21, before the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan started.
In the closing days of December, Ikonos appears to have been part of the hunt for Mullah Mohammed Omar, the missing Taliban leader. The satellite captured images of roads, mountains and villages south and east of Baghran, the south-central Afghan town where officials believed Omar was hiding.
The Ikonos images could also be supplied to U.S. allies, because they did not betray any secret capability of American spy satellites, military officials said.
Space Imaging CEO John Copple said Friday he expects the military to turn to commercial satellites again in future wars.
"Commercial imagery can be used in a conflict as a surge capability" _ increasing the range of pictures available to war planners, he said. U.S. spy satellites were freed to concentrate on high-priority targets requiring highly detailed images, company and military officials said.
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency, a military intelligence agency that analyzes satellite photos and makes maps, paid about $8.5 million for the images and two months of exclusive access to Ikonos while it was over Afghanistan. NIMA spokesman David Burpee said the agency also purchased additional Ikonos images outside the exclusive-access agreement.
Last month, the military declined to continue paying for exclusive rights to almost all of the pictures, freeing the company to sell them. Lower-resolution thumbnails of them can be viewed for free on the company's Web site; the full color images are available for purchase.
Ordering the satellite to take a new photo can cost a buyer up to $200, company officials said. Buying existing pictures from the company's archive can run around $7.
The arrangement between the military and Space Imaging prevented everyone else, including the Taliban, from buying satellite pictures of Afghanistan.
The advocacy group Reporters without Borders criticized the Pentagon for the deal, saying it amounted to censorship.
Since Ikonos' launch, U.S. military and intelligence officials have been grappling with the new availability of high-resolution satellite pictures to the public, including potential adversaries, said Ann Florini, a space policy expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
In future wars, the United States may not be able to simply buy up all the pictures from orbit, she said. More imaging satellites _ including some owned by foreign companies _ are destined for orbit. Already, Quickbird, operated by Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, is coming online, and it will be able to take more detailed pictures than Ikonos.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
8 comments:
- Angelsdoor * Penny said...
Oh Violet, your pups are going up so fast.. I am sure they keep you busy. What a darling photo of Porsh and her pal.. The children look so adorable... You are such a wonderful photographer.
I love the shadows.
Have a beautiful day.
- February 22, 2015 at 1:02 PM
- Angelsdoor * Penny said...
oops! I meant growing
- February 22, 2015 at 1:03 PM
- Kizzy Von Doll said...
These are so beautiful...growing so big now :)) Sunshine is wonderful...I hope you have a great week :) xx
- February 23, 2015 at 12:03 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Well, YOU inspire me dear friend! And I see our wonderful Penny is here...what a meeting of friendship here this morning for me, as I go out to face some unknowns.
What makes me happy? Just yesterday as Ruben and I spent the entire day together on the couch reading (it was so fun!), the sunshine was streaming into the room. We chose to spend time in the older part of the house where the sunshine comes in better from the east. I started to muse about the hours that pass just by observing how the light shifts. So what makes me happy? Sunshine, and its fleeting dance. It waits for no one, however, but is it ever inspiring.
Your photos this morning speak hope. Thank you my dear friend. Prince the Pup looks wonderful, and the little grands in the sun? Fleeting moments to cherish forever.
OK, so what else are you up to today?
- February 23, 2015 at 3:50 AM
- Row homes and Cobblestones said...
Lovely post Violet. The way you capture shadow play in your photography is really beautiful. Nothing better than Grands and pets with sunshine kissing their face.
- February 23, 2015 at 6:28 AM
- Martina said...
Such pretty pix - and kids! And your new doggie is adorable!
- February 23, 2015 at 11:59 AM
- Privet and Holly said...
When my 7 year old
niece was a toddler,
she ONLY wanted to
wear yellow ~ loved it!
Now it's the typical
pinks and purples and
I miss all of her sunshine-
happy clothes. She even
had a yellow tutu : )
What gorgeous photos.
Love the one with the "pals!"
This morning at yoga I was
inspired by the insistent chirping
of birds outside the studio
window. It was -4 but they
were singing their hearts out!
xo Suzanne
- February 27, 2015 at 1:16 PM
- Burlap Luxe said...
such a lighthearted post Violet, loving the whole sunshine
Thing, our Pia Puppy loves to lay In the sun.
What have you been creating anything special or any plans to create something. I still can't get off my mind your live puppet theatre, it was really grand, made me want to join in with a sock puppet :)
See you soon dear.
- February 28, 2015 at 10:43 PM


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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Twenty years since the World Series Earthquake
October 17, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. At Stanford University, a panel of experts will reflect on what happened in 1989, the likely impact of future Bay Area earthquakes, progress in earthquake science and engineering, how the Bay Area can become more earthquake resilient, and earthquake preparedness.
Speaking of the World Series, go Phillies. And Yankees. What will I do if they face each other?
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Ambition London hosted a Women with Ambition event on the topic "How to Babyproof your career and the careers of your employees!"
More than 30 female clients attended the event to hear guest speaker Caroline Flanagan, author of "Babyproof Your Career: The Secret to Balancing Work and Family So You Can Enjoy It All".
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At least not until now and all I can say is GOD BLESS THE RED SOX for remembering the majority of veterans in this country are still waiting for help!
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I'm not claiming to originate these ideas; they have been in use, in some variations, for several years on pages throughout the web.
Much as with Tapestry's Java code, it is high time that there is a distinction between public JavaScript functions and private, internal functions. I've come to embrace modular JavaScript namespacing.
One of the challenges of JavaScript is namespacing: unless you go to some measures, every
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function you define gets attached to the global
window object. This can lead to name collisions ... hilarity ensues.
How do you avoid naming collisions? In Java you use packages ... but JavaScript doesn't have those. Instead, we define JavaScript objects to contain the variables and functions. Here's an example from Tapestry's built-in library:
Tapestry = { FORM_VALIDATE_EVENT : "tapestry:formvalidate", onDOMLoaded : function(callback) { document.observe("dom:loaded", callback); }, ajaxRequest : function(url, options) { ... }, ... };
Obviously, just an edited excerpt ... but even here you can see the clumsy prototype for an abstraction layer. The limitation with this technique is two fold:
- Everything is public and visible. There's no private modifier, no way to hide things.
- You can't rely on using
thisto reference other properties in the same object, at least not inside event handler methods (where
thisis often the window object, rather than what you'd expect).
These problems can be addressed using a key feature of JavaScript: functions can have embedded variable and functions that are only visible inside that function. We can start to recode Tapestry as follows:
Tapestry = { FORM_VALIDATE_EVENT : "tapestry:formvalidate" }; function initializeTapestry() { var aPrivateVariable = 0; function aPrivateFunction() { } Tapestry.onDOMLoaded = function(callback) { document.observe("dom:loaded", callback); }; Tapestry.ajaxRequest = function(url, options) { ... }; } initializeTapestry();
Due to the rules of JavaScript closures,
aPrivateVariable and
aPrivateFunction() can be referenced from the other functions with no need for the
this prefix; they are simply values that are in scope. And they are only in scope to functions defined inside the
initializeTapestry() function.
Further, there's no longer the normal wierdness with the
this keyword. In this style of coding,
this is no longer relevant, or used. Event handling functions have access to variables and other functions via scoping rules, not through the
this variable, so it no longer matters that
this is often not what you'd expect ... and none of the nonsense about binding
this back to the expected object that you see in Prototype and elsewhere. Again, this is a more purely functional style of JavaScript programming.
Often you'll see the function definition and evaluation rolled together:
Tapestry = { FORM_VALIDATE_EVENT : "tapestry:formvalidate" }; (function() { var aPrivateVariable = 0; function aPrivateFunction() { } Tapestry.onDOMLoaded = function(callback) { document.observe("dom:loaded", callback); }; Tapestry.ajaxRequest = function(url, options) { ... }; })();
That's more succinct, but not necessarily more readable. I've been prototyping a modest improvement in TapX, that will likely be migrated over to Tapestry 5.3.
Tapx = { extend : function(destination, source) { if (Object.isFunction(source)) source = source(); Object.extend(destination, source); }, extendInitializer : function(source) { this.extend(Tapestry.Initializer, source); } }
This function,
Tapx.extend() is used to modify an existing namespace object. It is passed a function that returns an object; the function is invoked and the properties of the returned object are copied onto the
destintation namespace object (the implementation of
extend() is currently based on utilities from Prototype, but that will change). Very commonly, it is
Tapestry.Initializer that needs to be extended, to support initialization for a Tapestry component.
Tapx.extendInitializer(function() { function doAnimate(element) { ... } function animateRevealChildren(element) { $(element).addClassName("tx-tree-expanded"); doAnimate(element); } function animateHideChildren(element) { $(element).removeClassName("tx-tree-expanded"); doAnimate(element); } function initializer(spec) { ... } return { tapxTreeNode : initializer }; });
This time, the function defines internal functions
animateHideChildren() and
initializer(). It bundles up
initializer() at the end, exposing it to the rest of the world as
This is the pattern going forward as Tapestry's tapestry.js library is rewritten ... but the basic technique is applicable to any JavaScript application where lots of seperate JavaScript files need to be combined together.


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THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS, NYSC DIRECTOR-GENERAL ADVISES CORPS MEMBERS ON SELF-EMPLOYMENT - The Director-General, Brigadier General Sulaiman Kazaure, has advised Corps members to embrace the option of establishing small or medium scale businesses after their service year instead of searching for white collar jobs.
He said the era of salaried job is gradually fading away while unemployment is increasing among graduate youths. Kazaure gave this advice today while addressing the 2017 Batch 'B' Stream Two Corps members deployed to Gombe, Nasarawa and Plateau states, currently having their Orientation at NYSC Camp in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The DG said there are numerous opportunities of becoming self-employed through the NYSC Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme.
He reminded the Corps Members that the NYSC Management has gone into partnership with some financial institutions including Bank of Industry, Central Bank and others, that are ready to give loans to interested Corps Members with good business proposals.
"There is no job out there and l don't want anyone of you to be jobless after your service year. Try and embrace Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme of the NYSC", he said. The Director-General further enjoined them to be diligent and also remember that it takes patience and strong determination to succeed in life.
He also urged the Corps Members to be security conscious bearing in mind that they are in new environments. Earlier, NYSC Plateau State Coordinator, Mrs Olufunmilayo Akin-Moses, said all Corps Members in camp were of good behaviour while Camp Officials have demonstrated high level of teamwork.
'A total of 2,272 Corps Members comprising 851 Females and 1,433 Males were registered for the three States participating in the Orientation Exercise'. 'Plateau has 826 Males and 641 Females, Gombe registered 319 Males and 61 Females while Nasarawa registered 277 Males and 149 Females', Akin-Moses said.


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'Hazard is preparing for Real Madrid move' - Laudrup claims Chelsea star told him he's leaving
Eden Hazard is poised to leave Chelsea to sign for Real Madrid, according to former Blues player Brian Laudrup.
Los Blancos sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in a €100 million (£88m/$117m) deal earlier this week that caused shockwaves around the footballing world.
A number of players have been tipped to fill the void left by the five-time Ballon d'Or winner, including Paris Saint-Germain duo Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, though Madrid have been forced to publicly deny any bid for either.
Hazard, who may play in Belgium's third-fourth World Cup playoff against England on Saturday, is the other hot track, and Laudrup believes that the deal could be as good as done to take the 27-year-old former Lille star to the Bernabeu.
"I spoke to Eden Hazard a few days ago, he is preparing for a move to Real Madrid and it is a good move both for him and for Real," the 1992 European champion told Sportske Novosti of the Belgium international, who has lit up World Cup 2018. "Again in Russia, he proved how good he is."
Speaking previously to beIN SPORTS, Hazard hinted that the move would be of interest to him, but only after the competition in Russia is over.
"I think Real is everyone's dream," he said. "For now, it's the World Cup. As I have said at least 100 times, I am at Chelsea and for the moment nobody has made me an offer."
Meanwhile, national team boss Roberto Martinez suggested on Friday that Hazard is easily capable of playing at a club like Madrid.
"It's a very easy question for me, he is one of the most complete footballers in the modern game now," Martinez told reporters. "Everyone speaks about footballers and about what they can do on the pitch, and rightly so it is very easy to assess what Eden Hazard does on the pitch.
"He's one of the best footballers in one-v-ones, brings an understanding of how to break defensive systems down, he's got an incredible coordination right and left. The biggest aspect I can tell you that not many people know is his incredible personality and leadership.
"He leads in the box and in scoring goals. He never drops his standards, he's a team player with a winning mentality and he can play for any demanding club in the world. Now, with the maturity that he has, you can build a winning project around him."
The situation has been complicated at Stamford Bridge for the Belgian for several months, with speculation that manager Antonio Conte would be sacked finally ending on Friday when he was relieved of his position four days after beginning pre-season training with the team.
Former Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri has taken over the post, signing a three-year contract, and changes are abound for the London side. Several of their players are still in a state of limbo, while the new boss has already outlined his transfer plans to the board regarding figures he would like to sign for his project.
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Archive for April, 2007
Random thought:
If I could bring back any two forgotten old school rappers to do a duet, I'd team up Chill Rob G and Lakim Shabazz. Hey, it could happen, they were both Flavor Unit members!
Paco breaks down the absurd cost and low quality of hotel food.
A sumo game in 96kb. Impressive. The movies are pretty amusing. [via smallist]
I cannot believe this is still online.
On Sunday, Nov. 29th [,1992], at 9:30 PM Eastern time, the Writers Ink RT will have a Real Time Conference (RTC) about electronic publishing. The publishing of information purely in electronic form, is a rapidly growing industry that promises to provide many benefits to readers and writers. The RTC will be hosted by a panel of experts from all aspects of the business, including: Ron Albright (founder of the Disktop Publishing Association – DPA), Ryan MacMichael (publisher of STANZA, a free on-line poetry magazine) and J. Neil Schulman (founder of SoftServ Publishing, the first company to distribute electronic editions of novels and nonfiction via modem). If you are interested in attending this conference, type M440;2 at any GEnie prompt on November 29th.
I remember Dr. Farmer (who is in this video) showing this to us in class.
A D-Nice directed short where Dana Dane discusses the origin of "Nightmares."
I tend to get a lot of IM spam. It's usually some twit posing as a girl looking for some hot cyber action. Usually I just block them and am done with it. Today I decided to take a couple of minutes and screw with one of them. I tired of it quickly, though, as they had trouble keeping up with my razor sharp wit.
[10:53] *** sky_tearse has added you to their contact list. You may choose to accept or deny this action. You may also add this user to your contact list or ignore this user.
[10:53] sky_tearse: hi
[10:53] *** You have denied access to sky_tearse.
[10:54] sky_tearse: hi
[10:54] laze: green is the new purple
[10:55] sky_tearse: how are you dear
[10:55] laze: ready to hand out a beatdown
[10:55] sky_tearse: nice
[10:55] laze: Pigs can fly!
[10:55] sky_tearse: yes
[10:56] sky_tearse: if have wigs
[10:56] sky_tearse: wings
[10:56] laze: And magicians are magic.
[10:56] sky_tearse: sure
[10:57] laze: so, the real question is: why are you IMing me? You have five seconds before you're plonked.
[10:57] sky_tearse: cose i need you
[10:57] sky_tearse: 5 second befor?
[10:57] sky_tearse: :-P
[10:58] laze: You need me? As a spelling tutor?
[10:58] sky_tearse: common
[10:58] laze: He's a good rapper.
[10:58] sky_tearse: must be
[10:59] sky_tearse: asl?
[11:00] laze: Nah, I prefer lip reading.
[11:01] sky_tearse: mmm like lips?
[11:01] sky_tearse: cum beter
[11:01] laze: Jokes are lost on the clueless.
[11:01] sky_tearse: somtimes'
[11:02] laze: Well, it's been fun. Plonk.
[11:02] *** sky_tearse has been ignored.
This is seriously slick.
California Baby stuff is great.
A well-written piece about showing forgiveness to those with mental illnesses that commit violent acts. People can both be victimizers and victims at the same time.
Brad Warner's take on the VT killings.
Roger Ebert is so great. I'll even overlook his thrashing of Fulci's "The Beyond."
Roethke album available in MP3 format. Great!
Battling another headache, grunting through a sore, stiff back that's been hitting me every afternoon for the last month, and having a tough time focusing on any one thing because there's too many vying for attention. Something's gotta give.
Sounds like an interesting book, one that points out that no music is "authentic," including the oft-pedestalized blues and country.
Lots of a great stuff to catch up on here.
One guy strives to give in-depth reviews of every Criterion Collection movie.
The world's most obsessive movie magazine's accompanying blog.
A look at women in horror movies (particularly the lack of female directors).
I respect Mingus even more now.
This would be a great coffee-table book.
An analog drum machine in a temple in Bangalore. [via BB]
History of the Amen, Brother break. [via Pauldiggy]
Discusses the recent (re-?)rise in popularity of Buddhism in the west. There are some slight mischaracterizations of Buddhism here, I think.
Or, "How to Try and Convert Buddhists."
Hard to take stuff like the seriously when they use phrases like, "Buddhism sees the world as unreal, like a cloud in the sky that drifts along and changes its shape with the wind."


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"Thank you for the recent work you have done to heal my ongoing back issues.
Back pain has been something that I have had to manage since my early twenties. In recent times I have taken up triathlon and have had the support of a sports physio, which has been very beneficial. I have never used an Osteopath but have been very pleased with the effectiveness of the treatment to date, on both my back and neck. My range of movement has increased significantly and my back feels stronger. Having you on my doorstep is also a bonus and thanks for being so accommodating on treatment timing whenever I have had an acute episode."
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It's the "third anniversary" of Hulu, otherwise known in the beginning of the end of network TV. And now, the message that Hulu is leaking to the press is that Hulu is a grand success. The company has released revenue numbers — $100M — and said it's profitable. The loyal press mavens (myself included, I guess), are lapping up the Hulu success story.
Yes, it is a success story. Hulu's a great site, and a good concept. Real media people banded together to take on low-quality Internet viral video. There's no reason we should be surprised that large amounts of high production-quality entertainment TV can't be successful over cat videos on the Web. As I wrote a few months ago, it's likely that video will take on an increasingly large role on the Internet, and become more profitable, because the costs of delivery are declining rapidly.
The New York Times has a classic 'We Are Too Erudite to Commit' headline on the topic: "Successes (and Some Growing Pains) at Hul." Thanks NYT. You mean growing a $100M company from scratch has some challenges? To its credit, the NYT story does add a minor scoop: Hulu will have an iPad app.
The New York Times says that the Website is coming under pressure from its content owners NBC Universal, the News Corporation and the Walt Disney Company, to add subscription products and boost advertising margins. Well, of course the content companies want more money. That's because they still haven't come to grips with the fact that their broadcast business model is turning to sand, and they think there's going to be a gravy train on the Internet. My message: Chill out dudes, you have a massive, growing Internet property. Use it to your advantage!
Actually, I think the place that Hulu should focus most is the mobile space. Can you imagine a conrnucopia of high-quality content available for iPads, tablet computers, and the like? There will be huge opportunities to ad new subscription and advertising models there.


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"Empire" could well be rapping its way to becoming America's No. 1 show.
Fox's hip-hop soap -- with Terrence Howard as an ailing record mogul struggling with family intrigue -- keeps climbing higher in the ratings. Wednesday's episode drew 14.2 million total viewers, again crushing all competition as the night's most-watched program, according to Nielsen.
"Empire" has scored eight straight weeks of ratings growth since it premiered in January -- an almost unheard-of feat in television.
Like many dramas, the series also scores well in delayed viewing. People who watch within a week of the original air date boost the already-high rating among adults ages 18 to 49 by another 42%.
And the best may be yet to come. "Empire" has already been picked up for a second season, and if past patterns hold, it will grow even more. Primetime soaps tend to accumulate their audiences for the first two seasons and peak before slowly burning out. Ratings for the original "Dallas" on CBS peaked in Season 4; ABC's "Dynasty" hit the high point in Season 5.
Of course, those shows date from the 1980s, when the TV landscape was much less competitive than it is today.
But "Empire" has a good shot at toppling "NCIS," which has occupied the top spot for months. Last week, "Empire" ranked No. 6 on the list of most-watched shows, within striking distance of not only "NCIS" (17.4 million) but also "The Walking Dead" (14.4 million) and "The Voice" (14.1 million).
The big question is what all this will mean for Fox next season. Network executives are currently pondering how many episodes to order and when to schedule the show.
A full order of 22 episodes is considered unlikely because the original musical numbers that dot the show take so long to produce. Fox also doesn't want to burn out viewers on a show that could help prop up its schedule for years.
Stay tuned, as the network will unveil its fall schedule in May.
What do you think of "Empire"?
Twitter: @scottcollinsLAT


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Daily aspects
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Moon (Virgo) Trine Venus (Capricorn)
For family life it is preparing promising development and aspects. Prevailing emotional aspects are dominating – modification and adaptability. Out of the blue your heart is joyful - family life and family aspects are significant with the tendency to avoid disputes.
Moon (Virgo) Opposition Neptune (Pisces)
This constellation causes fancy and imaginativeness – passive tendencies and imbalanced sensitiveness and interference. Thinking is changeable and concerning truth it is not taken too literally... This day has characteristics like being capricious, uneasy, daydreamed and maybe passionate.
Moon (Virgo) Sextile Mars (Scorpio)
This sextile gives us strong will, courage and adventurous spirit – we are open-minded with a clear mind.
Operating stars:
Tuesday, 22nd January
From 10:53h a.m. - 12:52h a.m. the moon takes shape for a trigon with Venus what does mean to meet gentle fellow human beings... preferably in the evening hours. In the evening the moon forms an opposition with Neptune and this represents a moment when reality, wishful thinking and dreams of the illusory world are melting together. Be wary - with particular regard to friends and partners!
Advice that is given: It would be a good moment to clean the house, clearing up love affairs, to do some sports, apply hair care and you could take some time for craft work.
From midnight - 4:47h a.m.: Decrescent moon in the sign of Leo
From 4:47h a.m. - midnight: decrscent moon in the sign of Virgo.
apply hair care, time for dieting, the doctor's consultation and transplanting.


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Galore magazine has us sweating with their hot new summer 17 issue featuring cover star Tinashe.
The R&B/pop artist graces the mags latest edition, the 'Sisterhood of Sound' issue, wearing super sexy summer looks. In her interview, the "Flame" singer talks sexism in the studio, what it's like to date while famous, where she gets her signature style, advice from Madonna, and more.
In her photoshoot with Prince and Jacob, Tinashe models some trendy, sexy swimwear by Gigi Hadid x Tommy Hilfiger, Haus of Pink Lemonaid, Lolli Swim, Bunny Holiday, and more. She straddles a shell shaped pool float, stands on the edge of the pool overlooking Los Angeles, and lounges in a Ferrari.
Check out excerpts from her interview and pics from the smoking hot photoshoot below.


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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Creation Fingerplay & Craft
by Heidi
Creation is one of the most important stories in the Bible for children to learn. When they learn that God created all that we know out of everything,they understand God's power. When they learn that God created us because He desires a relationship with us they understand God's love for us. And the lists goes on.
But understanding Creation can be hard for our human finite minds. Trying to bring the story to a preschooler's level can be even more challenging.
While teaching the preschool kiddos at church the story of Creation, I came up with the idea of a fingerplay to help them remember the order. This has been added to the 2 Year and 3 Year Curriculum. The actions are simple yet add another level of learning. As you teach the story, add another verse of the fingerplay.
• Creation Fingerplay
On Day 1 (On numbers - put corresponding fingers in the air)
God created light (close fist and then quickly open in the air and bring down to side creating arches)
On Day 2
God created the sky (wave arms in the air) and water (make waves with hands)
On Day 3
God created land (with palms facing the floor, run hands flat in front of you) and plants (place one fist inside the other and pop the one fist through the other - sign language for plant)
On Day 4
God created the sun (hold arm up in the air with fingers spread wide), moon (with opposite arm make a "c" formation with your hand in the air), and stars (with index fingers putting up alternate right and left hand moving up in the air - sign language for stars)
On Day 5
God created the fish (swim hands with palms together) and birds (join thumbs and fly hands in the air)
On Day 6
God created animals (choose your favorite animal) and people (point with thumbs at self)
On Day 7
God rested (place hands together by face as sleeping)
I also found the craft idea of a Creation Wheel from Big Book of Christian Crafts. I tweaked it to make it easy to do with preschoolers and added to the 3 Year Curriculum.
• Creation Wheel (Adapted from Big Book of Christian Crafts)
- Print the black and white creation wheel template on cardstock and then cut out the circle. Add a title to the empty segment. Color the pictures.
- Using construction paper, trace and cut out a second circle the same size. Cut out a "pie" segment from the second circle that is slightly smaller than one segment on the first circle. Make sure not to cut all the way into the center. Insert a brad (paper fastener) into the center of both circles with the second circle on top.
- Review the creation story by turning the top wheel to expose the pictures below.
- Cut two circles and create your own wheel by drawing or using stickers for the 7 days of creation.
• Creation Book
The 2 Year Curriculum creates a Creation Book with pages representing each day of creation.
Find examples of each day and many more ideas available on the Creation page at ABCJesusLovesMe.
What is your favorite Creation craft or activity?
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Tourist signs in Lviv
Arriving in Lviv for the first time tourist signs will help you find your way around the city. They are plates with street names transliterated into latin letters, signposts to the main sightseeing objects: architectural monuments, museums, churches etc, stands with a map of the city and information signs at the architectural monuments of Lviv.
Tourist signs were introduced since 2010. Development and production were done in the framework of the Neighbourhood project "Development of Tourist Information Infrastructure in Lviv City", with financial support of the European Union.
In the development process such requirements were put:
Understandable. The biggest problem faced by foreign visitors to Lviv is their inability to read the Cyrillic alphabet. It is, therefore, imperative that a system of transliteration be introduced into the development of signage for tourists in the city.
Signs should be easily and quickly legible to drivers, cyclists, people with sight impairment, people in wheelchairs, in cloudy weather, at dusk, and during dark periods of the day.
Compatible. The rich and varied architectural environment of Lviv is its most precious and important asset, attracting tourists from all over the world to the city. This is precisely why a system for tourist signage should not dominate nor be dissonant with it. All of the elements of a tourist signage system should, on the one hand, be friendly to the environment, but on the other, able to compete with other signs and advertisements that are situated on building facades and themselves interfere with the historical environment.
All elements of the tourist signage system, in particular pictogram systems, colour schemes, translation and transliteration into foreign languages should relate to world standards for signage to enable foreign tourists to easily understand them.
Sustainable. Long-lasting Elements of the Tourist Signage System should be weather resistant, especially in conditions of fluctuations in temperature or high humidity; they should be easy to clean and maintain, and be sturdy and resistant to acts of vandalism.
Signs should be inexpensive to produce in small quantities. According to statistical research conducted by the Tourism Information Centre, the proportion of domestic tourists to foreign tourists is 60 to 30 percent.
Street plates with names and numbers
Plates with street names should first and foremost be functional elements of the city environment and they should relay precisely the information a person needs. These plates are mainly located in the central part of the city and placed at the crossroads.
These signposts are located at the intersection of the main tourist routes and indicate the direction of the main Lviv sightseeing objects: architectural monuments, museums, churches etc. A hundret of such signs were instaled in the city. On the signposts are also placed icons of the object for better visual perception.
Information pylons
Most tourist attractions are concenrated in the small central part of the city. In order to provide more information on the objects special two-sided pylons with the indication of location and directions to key destinations have been developed.


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Eastern Wake: Sports
Swiger's home run helps East Wake pull away from Clayton
The first home run of Madison Swiger's softball career couldn't have come at a better time for East Wake.
Swiger, a freshman who was the designated player for the Warriors on Thursday night, belted a three-run homer in the fifth inning to break open a close game with Clayton and East Wake went on to defeat the Comets 7-2.
The East Wake win created a logjam at the top of the Greater Neuse River 4A Conference. Clayton dropped to 5-2, 2-1 in the league. East Wake improved to 4-2-1, 2-1 in the league. And three other teams in the Greater Neuse had one league loss entering Thursday's play.
"This was a big game for us," East Wake coach Melissa Bell said. "Clayton is always near the top. This was a confidence booster for our girls.
"I have told the girls that's how it always is in the Greater Neuse River Conference. The top four teams were so close last year that it could have been anybody's (to win). I think it will be the same way this year."
Swiger's blast over the wall in left field was a no-doubter that easily cleared the wall, a special moment for the freshman.
"That was my first home run ever," Swiger said. "It felt like it (was going to go over fence) when I hit it."
The homer came in the top of the fifth of what had been a scoreless pitchers' duel. Breanna Boggs led off the fifth with a single to center field and advanced to second on a groundout. An infield single by Megan Fullwood put runners at first and third and Boggs scored the first run of the game on an infield error.
The Comets got the second out of the inning on a fielder's choice force out at third base, bringing up Swiger with two outs and two on. One swing later, she was in the first home run trot of her life – and she was so excited that she was jumping up and down as she rounded second base.
"It was a victory lap," Swiger said.
As it turned out, it was.
Clayton scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull within 4-2, getting a one-out single from leadoff hitter Lindsey Hodge and back-to-back two-out RBI doubles from Jenna Harris and Ashley Murphy.
East Wake added three runs in the top of the seventh to go up 7-2, getting four hits. Swiger had an RBI double and Jasmine drove in two runs with a double that hit the top of the fence in left field and bounced back into the field of play.
The Warriors finished with 12 hits, backing the strong pitching of sophomore Annabeth Watkins, who gave up five hits and one walk while striking out seven.
"This was a confidence booster for Annabeth," Bell said. "I had been pitching half and half (with Swiger sharing the pitching duties) but when your pitcher is firing it and is into it and ready to win, you let her go."
Fullwood, Swiger, Boggs and Haley Glover had two hits each for East Wake.
Clayton made it interesting in the bottom of the seventh, loading the bases on two errors and a walk. Watkins pitched out of the jam, however, stranding three runners.
"One characteristic of this team is they don't give up," Clayton coach Jay Westbrook said. "We battled all the way through. (East Wake) made some fantastic plays on defense. Credit East Wake. They had some timely hits and that's the game of softball sometimes."
The timeliest hit of the night also happened to be a first for Swiger, who has been hitting the ball well all season for the Warriors, Bell said.
"She has been close to the fence a lot," Bell said. "That (homer) was huge. It was big for her."
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Invitation to the AYPT 2009
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The association
Forschungsforum junger Physiker
the Montanuniversität Leoben and the
BG/BRG Leoben neu
have the honour to invite You to the
11th Austrian Young Physicists' Tournament from Thursday, May 14th to Saturday, May 16th 2009 at the Montanuniversität Leoben Franz Josef Street 18, 8700 Leoben
under the patronage of the
President of the Montanuniversität Leoben
His Magnificence Univ. Prof. DI Dr. Wolfhard Wegscheider
Organisation and Direction
Gerhard Haas (BG/BRG Leoben neu) – Leopold Mathelitsch (President of the AYPT)
Organizing Committee
Gerhard Haas, Georg Hofferek
Jury and Regulations
The jury consists of national and international experts in physics. The official Regulations of the AYPT can be found on this website.
Important Information for Foreign Teams
International (= non-Austrian) teams are requested to read, understand, acknowledge and agree to our Policy regarding the participation of international teams to be allowed to participate.
Registration Deadline
Friday, March 27th 2009
A Registration Form can be downloaded here.It can be transmitted by e-mail, by fax or by mail to the below stated addresses of the organizing committee. Registration fee: € 250 per team (Austrian teams), € 350 per team (international teams). The organisation covers the costs for board and lodging for 5 team-members and 1 team-leader for the time of the tournament.
Further Informationen
For further information you can contact us at any time.
General information on, the invitation to and the preliminary schedule of the 18 th Austrian Young Physicists' Tournament 2016 are available now as well as some changes in the regulations !!
2015-10-05 — General Assembly 2015
The General Assembly 2015 will take place on November 28, 2015.
2015-07-09 — Problems for 2016
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Wahome and Githaiga clinch Karindi cross country titles
Wednesday December 26 2012
While many were unpacking boxes of gifts from their loved ones on Wednesday, hundreds of residents of Karindi Village in Nyeri spent Boxing Day running in the fifth edition of Karindi Cross Country Championships.
Running on a hilly, hard and dusty course, Nyeri-based upcoming runner Peter Wahome and Nyahururu's Nancy Githaiga emerged as the day's stars in the 12-kilometre senior men's and eight-kilometre senior women's categories respectively.
The 25-year-old Wahome came scared of his training mate Paul Maina, who is the Mombasa International Marathon champion, but had the last laugh after a cautious run.
"It was a tough race. The course was very hilly and the competition was tough but thanks to God I am in top form," he said.
The race started off on a low tempo with the leading pack being controlled by Nyahururu based Daniel Kahinga and Maina. Little known Wahome was breathing behind the duo as he tried to gauge their strength.
"I took charge in the seventh kilometre when I saw my competitors run out of power and I blasted off to a safe distance," said Wahome.
He easily won the race posting a low time of 41.11:13 with John Ndung'u second as Kahinga came in third.
Pre-race favourite Maina came hopping in at fifth but lauded his training mates for a good race describing it "a worthy competition."
The eight-kilometre senior women's race turned to be a motivational race for the winner Nancy Githaiga after struggling with her body weight problems for a long time, almost giving up running at some point.
For Githaiga, the pressure was not only coming from her running mates but also her sponsor, Lucy Kabuu, the 2006 Commonwealth Games 10,000m bronze-medallist, who was on the line cheering her on.
Local ladies, led by Alice Kamunya, Lydiah Wangui and Josephine Wairimu, were bursting with energy throughout the race forcing Nancy to keep up up with their speed until the third circuit when she opened up long strides and broke off.
And if her strong kick is anything to go by, then little known Githaiga might be the next big thing to hail from Mukurweini.
The zeal to win and to have fun was especially seen in under-12 and over 40 races.


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Indian envoy meets PM Nepal
Indian ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, on Friday, met Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and discussed developments in the country, a news report said.world Updated: Jun 11, 2010 20:39 IST
Indian ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, on Friday, met Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and discussed developments in the country, a news report said.
Sood, who met the Prime Minister at his residence in the capital, discussed bilateral issues and recent political developments in the country, including efforts to end the political standoff through a consensus, the Himalayan Times online reported.
He also discussed the delayed constitution drafting process and the peace process which have been stalled due to differences among the political parties, the report said.
The government and the main opposition UCPN-Maoist remain deadlocked over the May 28 deal to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly by one year. CPN-Maoist party, with nearly 40 percent of the parliamentary seats, has refused to give up its demand for a national government under its supremo Prachanda to rescue to the peace process.
Even as embattled Prime Minister has agreed to step down as part of an eleventh-hour deal, the ruling alliance has refused to give a time frame for his resignation. Leaders of the three major political parties -- the UCPN-Maoist, the Nepali Congress and the prime minister's Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) -- have repeatedly met but failed to reach an agreement end the standoff.
The Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, the two largest parties in the ruling 22-party coalition, have asked the Prime Minister not to resign unless the Maoists agree to a six-point agenda, including the integration of the former PLA combatants and the dissolution of the paramilitary structure of the Young Communist League, the youth wing of the former rebels. They also want the Maoists to return all properties captured by them during the decade-long insurgency that came to an end in 2006.
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Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD) is a painful flatfoot condition that affects adults, primarily over the age of 50. Also known as Adult Acquired Flatfoot, this issue affects women more than men and is linked to obesity, hypertension and diabetes. Most people with PTTD have had flat feet all of their lives. Then, for reasons not fully understood, one foot starts to become painful and more deformed.
Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is the most common cause of acquired adult flatfoot. Sometimes this can be a result of specific trauma, but usually the tendon becomes injured from wear and tear over time. This is more prevalent in individuals with an inherited flat foot but excessive weight, age, and level of activity are also contributing factors.
Symptoms shift around a bit, depending on what stage of PTTD you?re in. For instance, you?re likely to start off with tendonitis, or inflammation of the posterior tibial tendon. This will make the area around the inside of your ankle and possibly into your arch swollen, reddened, warm to the touch, and painful. Inflammation may actually last throughout the stages of PTTD. The ankle will also begin to roll towards the inside of the foot (pronate), your heel may tilt, and you may experience some pain in your leg (e.g. shin splints). As the condition progresses, the toes and foot begin to turn outward, so that when you look at your foot from the back (or have a friend look for you, because-hey-that can be kind of a difficult
maneuver to pull off) more toes than usual will be visible on the outside (i.e. the side with the pinky toe). At this stage, the foot?s still going to be flexible, although it will likely have flattened somewhat due to the lack of support from the posterior tibial tendon. You may also find it difficult to stand on your toes. Finally, you may reach a stage in which your feet are inflexibly flat. At this point, you may experience pain below your ankle on the outside of your foot, and you might even develop arthritis in the ankle.
It is of great importance to have a full evaluation, by a foot and ankle specialist with expertise in addressing complex flatfoot deformities. No two flat feet are alike; therefore, "Universal" treatment plans do not exist for the Adult Flatfoot. It is important to have a custom treatment plan that is tailored to your specific foot. That starts by first understanding all the intricacies of your foot, through an extensive evaluation. X-rays of the foot and ankle are standard, and MRI may be used to better assess the quality of the PT Tendon.
Non surgical Treatment
Nonoperative therapy for adult-acquired flatfoot is a reasonable treatment option that is likely to be beneficial for most patients. In this article, we describe the results of a retrospective cohort study that focused on nonoperative measures, including bracing, physical therapy, and anti-inflammatory medications, used to treat adult-acquired flatfoot in 64 consecutive patients. The results revealed the incidence of successful nonsurgical treatment to be 87.5% (56 of 64 patients), over the 27-month observation period. Overall, 78.12% of the patients with adult-acquired flatfoot were obese (body mass index [BMI] = 30), and 62.5% of the patients who failed nonsurgical therapy were obese; however, logistic regression failed to show that BMI was statistically significantly associated with the outcome of treatment. The use of any form of bracing was statistically significantly associated with successful nonsurgical treatment (fully adjusted OR = 19.8621, 95% CI 1.8774 to 210.134), whereas the presence of a split-tear of the tibialis posterior on magnetic resonance image scans was statistically significantly associated with failed nonsurgical treatment (fully adjusted OR = 0.016, 95% CI 0.0011 to 0.2347). The results of this investigation indicate that a systematic nonsurgical treatment approach to the treatment of the adult-acquired flatfoot deformity can be successful in most cases.
Surgical Treatment
Surgical intervention for adult acquired flatfoot is appropriate when there is pain and swelling, and the patient notices that one foot looks different than the other because the arch is collapsing. As many as three in four adults with flat feet eventually need surgery, and it?s better to have the joint preservation procedure done before your arch totally collapses. In most cases, early and appropriate surgical treatment is successful in stabilizing the condition.


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Hyderabad: In a recent survey taken up by India's top job portal Naukri.com 23% people said that they would love to work in Hyderabad as opposed to other
cities and the February job index saw Hyderabad being most bullish on hiring, with both old and the new job index.
The job index of Hyderabad moving up by 29% as and 25% in Feb'10 over Jan'10.
The hiring activity for Kolkata picked up by 21% in Feb'10 after two successive months of dip in the index. Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore witnessed a growth in index by 21%, 12% and 11% in Feb'10 over Jan'10.
On the overall, the new Naukri Job Speak index at 947 for Feb-10 as compared to 808 in Jan-10 indicates a positive hiring sentiment among recruiters and jobseekers. A similar sentiment is echoed in the old job index (includes only jobs posted online by clients) as well, where the job index moved up by 14% in Feb'10 overJan'10. This clearly shows that the tidings in the job market has seen stability over the past few months and major industry sectors like IT, ITES, Auto and Banking have started hiring again.
A detailed analysis of the Job index shows that hiring activity across functional areas have moved up with IT software, Sales and Production witnessing the highest growth. All cities show a positive hiring index with Hyderabad being most bullish on hiring in Feb-10 over Jan'10. Although majority of industry sectors show an upsurge in hiring activity but job index for the Telecom sector at 850 is the highest index for the sector in the last six months. The job index for all experience brackets moved up with growth ranging between 17-19% in Feb'10 over Jan'10.
Both new as well as the old job indices show that most industries are on the track to bounce back to the pre slowdown levels. Telecom sector has witnessed a 27% growth in hiring in Feb'10 over Jan'10. This is primarily because of the introduction of six to seven major operators in the country. The Hiring activity for IT-software and Auto sectors moved up by 24% and Banking and Insurance sectors moved up by 14% in Feb'10 over Jan'10.
The IT sector has been witnessing a rapid growth in hiring and this trend is also reflected in the demand for IT software professionals where the new job index moved up by 24% in Feb'10 over Jan'10.Professionals in Sales and Accounts also witnessed an increase in the new job index by 18% and 19% in Feb'10 over Jan'10. Both the new and the old job index indicates that the top 15 functional areas have seen an upsurge in hiring activity
Overall, the index seems to be moving in a robust manner with hiring moving up across all industry verticals, functional areas and cities.
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Celta Vigo stunned Barcelona, racing out to a 3-0 lead in their La Liga contest and taking a 4-1 victory.
Perhaps Celta Vigo's place near the top of La Liga's standings is no fluke after all.
Celta Vigo, fifth in Spain with 10 points from its first four games, welcomed reigning UEFA Champions League winner Barcelona to Estadio de Balaidos and stunned the Spanish league favorite, taking a 3-0 lead through a goal from Nolito and two goals by Iago Aspas (both assisted by Nolito) en route to a 4-1 victory.
Barcelona, which entered the day a perfect 4-0-0 in league play, fielded a regular lineup, with its South American front line of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, but it was the Spanish duo of Nolito and Aspas that created all the trouble.
Nolito opened the scoring in the 26th minute by curling an acute, left-angled shot from inside the Barcelona box inside the far corner and pulling into a tie (for the time being) with Cristiano Ronaldo atop the league's scoring chart:
Aspas followed four minutes later, chipping Barcelona goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Stegen on the counter:
He doubled his tally in the 56th minute, finishing off another precise counter attack and beating ter Stegen from close range:
Despite Neymar pulling a goal back with 10 minutes to go, John Guidetti responded almost immediately, and the result opened the door for Real Madrid to take sole possession of first place in La Liga through five games with a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao. Celta Vigo is level on points with Real but behind on goal differential and sits a point above both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.


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No question about it, Honolulu loves live theater. We have more than a dozen local theater groups -- more if major high school theater programs are counted -- and their collective efforts create a broad spectrum of theatrical fare, from mainstream Broadway musicals and Shakespeare, to edgy experimental stuff and the earnest work of island playwrights.
"The regional theater movement is very strong in the large cities (on the mainland), and it has always been lacking here in Hawaii," Sackett explained.
"The Actors' Group does a lot of (repertory)-type of material, but they haven't got the space to fully stage it, and we've got the resources here."
By "here" Sackett means the Princess Abigail Kawananakoa Auditorium at Kawananakoa Middle School. HRT grew out of a school group presenting children's theater at Kawananakoa. The new group is a separate nonprofit corporation, but has access to the same facility.
"We've got this huge auditorium, a huge stage (and) we've built the reputation with the school here, so why don't we take those resources and start using them to stand out and grow in this direction as well?" he says.
One example of a show "not done here" is HRT's inaugural production of "The Real Thing," by Tony Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard, opening this weekend. It is described as "an intellectually and emotionally engaging backstage comedy" about a romantically idealistic playwright, his actress/wife and a self-styled "political prisoner" who considers himself a radical playwright. The wife, who wants to merge politics and theater, asks her husband to make over the prisoner's clumsily written screed. The husband accepts the challenge, but begins to wonder if the "political prisoner" may be nothing more than a thug who has learned to win sympathy by claiming that his crimes are political acts.
It's the sort of production that TAG or the University of Hawaii at Manoa might take on, Sackett says, but not Diamond Head Theatre or Manoa Valley Theatre. "It's not gonna draw enough people."
"We're willing to nurture our audience -- start small, get people used to this type of theater. ... You can't just give up on them and do another 'The King and I' or 'Oklahoma.' You're never gonna nurture them into changing their expectations, and we're willing to do that. That's the direction we want to go," he says.
But what about the Hawaii Shakespeare Festival, which presents three shows each summer? And as for "Death of a Salesman," Hawaii Pacific University presented it in 2002.
Sackett says it's not the same.
"HPU is an educational theater, which is a different realm, and the Shakespeare Festival has a different purpose. I think it's more to enjoy the process -- it's more of a festive thing. We have a very focused goal of presenting professional-quality polished productions like you'd see in regional theater ... not the musicals or 'entertainment,' but challenging, engaging dramatic literature."
Sackett hopes that HRT will give veteran actors the opportunity to return to the stage in roles that they find interesting and challenging. To do that, he'll have to get Honolulu "hooked" on the type of shows his group will be presenting.
Firsthand experience tells him it can happen.
"I was in musical theater. That's where I started, and that's what I had always wanted to do -- 'Man of La Mancha' and all the big ones -- and then I started going to see the (shows at) the Guthrie and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and the Indiana Rep, and I was amazed that theater could have that kind of power. ... Now that I've found it, I'm hooked on it and can't go back to the other."


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Caribbean: Dominica, Roseau – Burgled whilst asleep
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Posted on 2010-01-21
On Monday, June 29, 2009, we were boarded and robbed at Roseau, Dominica.
We were on a mooring ball with 4 other boats (our friends) near the Anchorage Hotel. The boat boy was Poncho and we believe he had something to do with it because of a disagreement at the fuel dock (our boat was damaged and he still wanted 100% of his fee, which was unknown to us).
Approx 3 am we were boarded whilst asleep in the forepeak. The companionway doors were shut and the hatch closed but not locked. They lifted one side of the cafe doors off the hinges and slipped into the boat that way. Somehow they knew to get to my backpack (maybe night vision goggles) without disturbing anything else. My backpack was taken from the settee right beside our bed where we were both sleeping. They had gone to the back step and went through everything in the backpack and only took the cash approx $150 US.
We didn't realize what had happened until we were sailing after leaving the mooring ball at 4 am and headed to Martinique. We first found my wallet in the back of the cockpit and saw that the money was gone. Then we checked the back step and found my backpack there with misc cards strewn about.
Needless to say, we were quite upset that our boat had been penetrated and relieved that no injury had come to us.
Barbara Melson
Message Received 2010-08-08
Having operated in the Roseau Bay for over 10 years I am very disappointed that the Melson's believe I had anything to do with their boat being burgled. This is categorically untrue and I am both disappointed and astonished that they have made such an allegation.
Equally, I am disappointed they had a negative experience in Roseau. I earn my living from the boats that come and moor here; it damages my business when an incident like this happens as we all know word travels fast in the yachting world and potential visitors just sail on by. I was part of the initiative to start night security patrols and have worked hard to ensure Roseau Bay is a safe and secure harbour for our visitors.
Thank you to all who have contacted me to tell me they do not believe the Melson's posting and will be happy to use Pancho Services in future.
Pancho James; Pancho Services
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