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Laptops are difficult to upgrade in a meaningful way. The processors, motherboard, and video card usually can't be replaced. Even if they can, the cost and difficulty of replacement is extreme.
That leaves just one choice for laptop owners who want to improve performance: a solid-state drive. While an SSD doesn't change how quickly software runs, it can improve the speed in which it loads, and that makes a PC feel much faster.
Better still, a solid-state drive isn't difficult to install. Most laptops can be upgraded on a kitchen table with a screwdriver. You already have those? Good. Let's get started.
Pick the right solid-state drive
Since this is not a buying guide, we're not going to sit here recommending specific SSDs. You can find more information about buying one in our SSD buying guide and our comparison between SSDs and traditional hard disks.
Still, you'll need to make sure you grab a drive that fits in your laptop. There are two common formats: 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch.
Of this pair, the 2.5-inch drive is by far the most popular. Smaller 1.8-inch drives are found in some new laptops that offer an SSD as standard equip. But this is an upgrade guide, so that's presumably not what you have. A 2.5-inch drive is what you'll need.
Some Ultrabooks have extremely thin drive bays that won't fit standard drives. You'll instead need a drive that's just 7-millimeters thick or less. Be prepared to hunt for slim drives because retailers do a poor job of advertising them. You may need to call the retailer or look up specifications on manufacturer websites.
Most other laptops will have no problem with a standard 2.5-inch drive.
Prepare for installation
There are two ways to handle the data on your existing hard drive. First, you can back up important files and start over with a new operating system install (make sure you have an install disc!). This is an easy approach, but it can be time-consuming.
Another option is to clone your drive. This transfers all the data on your existing drive to the new one. It's quick but requires more technical knowledge, and it will only work if the new drive has equal or more capacity than the old one.
To clone, you'll need a SATA to USB adapter. Connect your new solid-state drive to the SATA/USB adapter, then plug the adapter into a USB port on your laptop. Your laptop should detect your new SSD as an external hard drive.
Cloning is not as simple as dragging and dropping. Everything, including the portions of the drive that allow Windows to use it as a boot device, must be copied. A growing number of SSD manufacturers are bundling software with their devices, but, if you're left on your own, check out Norton Ghost, Arconis True Image, and Paragon Drive Copy. Don't want to pay? Try ShadowCopy, XXClone, or MiniTool. Just remember that free software doesn't have a customer support line to call if you are confused about the software or how it works.
Even if you clone your drive, back up important data anyway. Cloning is not 100 percent reliable.
The installation
Find a level surface with good lighting that you can work on. Place your laptop upside-down with the power unplugged and battery out (if possible). You should see a plastic cut-out panel in the bottom which is covered by multiple screws. Some laptops will have two panels, in which case you should remove the one marked by the hard drive symbol, an engraving that looks like three stacked discs.
A few laptops have no cut-out. This means you'll have to take the entire bottom off, which involves far more screws. Make sure you keep track of them. A Ziploc bag works best because it keeps the screws secure and can't be tipped over.
Once you remove the screws, pry the cut-out panel off with a sharp object. You're up a creek without a paddle if that panel breaks, so please, don't Hulk out on it – just lift it gently. If one section seems stubborn, try loosening another instead.
With the panel off, the hard drive will be exposed. In a modern laptop, the drive is usually covered by a metal bracket or metallic wrap with a tab attached to it. Pull the tab gently out and up to remove the drive. Some laptops will have a loose connector, in which case the cable and SATA connector will begin to go with the drive. Detach it.
If your laptop uses a bracket, you'll notice the drive is secured to the bracket by screws (usually four). Remove them to detach the drive, then place your new SSD into the bracket and use the same screws you removed to secure it. If your laptop doesn't use a bracket, simply discard any wrap used by the previous drive.
Now slide the drive back into the bay and plug it in the SATA connector used by the old drive. Remember, SATA connectors have an L-shaped pattern, which makes them impossible to incorrectly install. You shouldn't need to use much force if you're installing the new drive correctly.
And that's it. Replace the panel, replace the screws, and you're done.
Using your new hard drive
If you opted for re-installing your operating system, the next step is simple: pop in your installation disk or recovery disk and re-install it. There's nothing special to do. Just follow the steps suggested by the installation wizard.
Those who cloned their drive should insert their cloning software disc instead. Your laptop should boot from the disc and provide an interface that lets you finalize the new hard drive, making it bootable for your laptop.
What if you don't have an optical drive? You can usually install from a thumb drive instead. Microsoft provides Windows 7 users with a utility that can create a copy of your Windows disc on an external drive.
If you have a different version of Windows you can instead use BurnAware Free to make a boot disc from your existing Windows disk. You can use the same software to turn a drive cloning software disc into a bootable thumb drive file.
Your new hard drive doesn't need an additional driver installation to function, but it may come with a disc of software tools that can help manage the drive. If no disc was shipped, as might be the case if you purchased a bare drive, you can download the software from the manufacturer's support page.
And that's it. Your new solid-state drive is installed and can provide you with lightning-quick software load times. Enjoy!
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Tech Team Wins National Honorable Mention for Improved Pit Toilet
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
We tend to take flush toilets for granted. We see them in our homes, our schools, our workplaces and our entertainment sites, and one is rarely far away when we need it. Water-guzzling flush toilets have without a doubt improved sanitation for us in the United States. However, the humble pit latrine could be an important piece in the puzzle of improving sanitation worldwide.
A Michigan Tech senior design team has built a better pit toilet, one with improved ventilation, odor control and user acceptability. For Earth Day, they loaded it up and hauled it to the National Sustainability Design Expo on the Mall in Washington, D.C., where they won an honorable mention in the US Environmental Protection Agency's P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) Student Design Competition.
The interdisciplinary team previously won a $10,000 grant from the EPA for their pit toilet proposal and spent the year designing and building a model. More than 100 teams applied, and the EPA chose 42, who were invited to exhibit their inventions at the sixth annual Sustainability Expo April 23-25 in the nation's capital.
This is the second time in the P3 competition's six-year run that a team from Michigan Tech has been invited to participate in the Sustainability Expo.
"The P3 competition is an exciting event on the national stage. It's an honor to participate in it, and I'm looking forward to learning about what other universities are doing, as well as the opportunity for our students to showcase their accomplishments," said advisor David Watkins, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Tech.
The team's project builds on two earlier Michigan Tech research projects: an analysis of the lack of clean water and adequate sanitation, published in 2008 in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, and an evaluation of ventilated pit toilets in Ghana, published in 2009 in the journal Waterlines.
To help the students understand the conditions they were designing for, as well as what the local residents wanted, the team worked closely with Michigan Tech Peace Corps Master's International program volunteers and Etta Projects, a nonprofit organization that partners with local communities in Bolivia to find sustainable solutions. "Most families there have ordinary pit latrines that flood during the rainy season, contaminating the water sources," said Cara Hanson, an environmental engineering student.
The students designed a pit toilet with airflow and ventilation in mind. They built a scale model near the Student Development Complex on the Michigan Tech campus. They monitored it throughout the year, collecting data on wind speed, temperature, air pressure and airflow through the latrine, and used the information to modify their design into a structure that would maximize airflow through the mesh-covered ventilation pipes while minimizing odor. "It also keeps flies away, which reduces the spread of disease," Hanson noted.
Other team members include Craig Gossen (mechanical engineering), Krissy Guzak (environmental engineering), Kim Landick (environmental engineering), Stefan Marek (mechanical engineering) and Ashley Thode (civil engineering).
"I enjoyed incorporating many components of my education into one project," said Thode. "It was cool watching the research, data, literature, interviews, business plans, and cultural understanding blend into one successful project."
Faculty advisors in addition to Watkins are Kurt Paterson, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Donna Michalek, associate professor of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics.
Michigan Tech's pit toilet team hopes to come home from Washington with $75,000 to implement a sanitation project in Bolivia that builds on this project, but whether they do or don't, work on the project will continue through the University's chapter of Engineers Without Borders.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.

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flergalwit wrote:Thanks piffy: I know the definition of correlation and how to calculate it.It means the two things coincide more than they would if there was no relation.
Like most of those claiming to be asexual are feamle between 17-24?...okay get it
flergalwit wrote:There is no "all ... would have to" about it. "All would have to" is a strawman. No-one has said that all asexual people have to be repulsed or all repulsed people have to be asexual.
O how I missed the Strawman coming up, I bet he felt left out and forgotten
flergalwit wrote:What are you on about now? The reason I said you'd been hanging around the asexual community too long is nothing to do with labels but rather your somewhat eccentric idea thatPiF wrote:you go in most [non-asexual related] forums where the age group is mostly late teens early adults then you will find quite a few saying they are sexually repulsed...anti sexual...sexual apathy
Easy to resolve by simply going into those forums such as phsycology, psychiatry, mental health and victims of sexual abuse forums where the age groups are in line with avens of 17-24 ...spend some time in any of those and sexual repulsion can be seen as part of those forums which goes back to my point....sexual repulsion is not specific to asexuality as sexuals experience it too


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Do these:
- Show the signals used by officials in one of these football, basketball, baseball, soccer, or hockey.
- Explain what good sportsmanship means.
- While you are a Webelos Scout, earn Cub Scout Sports belt loops for two individual sports (Badminton, Bicycling, Bowling, Fishing, Golf, Gymnastics, Ice Skating, Marbles, Physical Fitness, Roller Skating, Snow Ski and Board Sports, Swimming, Table Tennis, or Tennis).
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Can you imagine a more inane, pointless and soul-crushing way to spend your day than to pump this crap out and then, a day or two later, grimace determinedly and do a phone-around to try and drum up even the merest trickle of interest?
Kill. Me. Now.
Anyway. Here it is. Thanks to a bespectacled man in a smart W1 office for this.
From: "Holly DELETED" [holly email@example.com]
Date: 28 September 2010 10:51:06 GMT+01:00
Subject: Cameron and Clegg and the battle of the bulge
Cameron and Clegg and the battle of the bulge
David Cameron and Nick Clegg are locked into an unexpected, but nonetheless fierce battle with each other … the battle of their expanding girths [THEY'RE NOT THOUGH, ARE THEY? NOT IN ANY WAY AT ALL.]
"It is not unusual for men in early middle age to start piling on the pounds," said Alison DELETED, CEO of Britain's fastest growing weight loss specialists NAME DELETED.
"It is particularly difficult for Cameron and Clegg because they attend almost daily lunches and banquettes [SHE SAYS, LIKE SHE HAS ANY IDEA]. The answer for them is the same as anyone else: sensible lifestyle change [SENSIBLE LIFESTYLE CHANGE? DO THEY SMOKE? TAKE DRUGS? DRINK TOO MUCH? OR IS IT NONE OF THOSE?] and food choices," she said.
There has been plenty of chatter emanating from inside and outside No. 10 but one insider [OH PLEASE DON'T DO THIS] said: "Both men are worried about their paunches. The contest is under way over who's going to reduce their BLAHBLAHBLAH."
NAME DELETED have offered the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister free individually tailored weight loss programmes and support. So far there has been no response from Downing Street [NO. AND THERE NEVER WILL BE, WILL THERE?]
The Prime Minister has employed the fitness guru Matt Roberts, whose clients include Naomi Campbell and Amanda Holden, to help him keep fit. [RIGHT, SO THAT'S DAVID CAMERON TAKEN CARE OF, WHO'S NEXT?]
Mr Cameron [HANG ON, HAVEN'T WE DONE HIM?] is known to be a keen jogger and when in opposition he famously cycled from Notting Hill to Westminster followed by a Jag carrying his shoes!
"Over-weight people could BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH," said NAME DELETED, Nutrition and Fitness Advisor for weight-loss programme NAME DELETED.
"However, BLAHBLAHBLAH." said Mr NAME DELETED.
"NAME DELETED plans reduce weight by supplying healthy calorie controlled OH CHRIST ALRIGHT, GIVE IT A REST."


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Arlington Storage Company, LLC
First Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 11/08/2009, Docket: RP10-67-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 127 Original Sheet No. 127
provisions of Section 19 of these General Terms and Conditions. The Replacement Customer
must withdraw the portion of its Maximum Storage Quantity by the end of the term of the release.
In lieu of withdrawing the portion of its Storage Inventory, the Replacement Customer can also
attempt to effect a transfer of the portion of its Storage Inventory to another storage service
Customer as provided in Section 19 of these General Terms and Conditions. If the Replacement
Customer fails to withdraw or transfer the portion of its Storage Inventory by the end of the
term of its release, title to the portion of Customer's remaining Storage Inventory will be
vested, at no cost, in the Releasing Customer which released its capacity to the Replacement
Customer on a temporary basis.
4.14 ASC's Rights to Terminate Temporary Capacity Releases.
(a) In the event of a temporary release for which (1) ASC has given notice of termination of the
Releasing Customer's Storage Service Agreement pursuant to Section 27 of these General Terms
and Conditions and (2) the reservation charge specified in the effective Addendum to the
Replacement or Prearranged Replacement Customer's Capacity Release Umbrella Agreement is less
than the level of the reservation charge which the Releasing Customer was obligated to pay
ASC, then ASC shall be entitled to terminate the Addendum, upon 30 days' written notice to
the Replacement or Prearranged Replacement Customer, unless the Replacement or Prearranged
Replacement Customer agrees prior to the end of said 30-day notice period to pay for the
remainder of the term of the Addendum either (i) the reservation and commodity charges at
levels which the Releasing Customer was obligated to pay ASC, or (ii) such rate as mutually
agreed by ASC and Replacement or Prearranged Replacement Customer. Customer may elect to
pay the lesser of the two foregoing options. ASC's right to terminate the Addendum is
subject to ASC providing written notice of termination to the Replacement or Prearranged
Replacement Customer within 30 days of the determination by ASC that the Releasing Customer
no longer satisfies ASC's credit requirements. Termination of the Addendum shall not occur
prior to termination of the Releasing Customer's contract.
(b) In the event that a Customer has received 30 days' notice of termination of the Addendum
to Customer's Capacity Release Umbrella Agreement pursuant to Section 4.14(a) above for
storage service and there is Gas in storage for Customer's account at the end of such
30-day period, the Addendum shall continue in force and effect for the sole purpose of
withdrawal of said Gas by Customer until Customer's Storage Inventory is zero. ASC shall
require Customer to withdraw each Day a quantity equal to the MDWQ, or such other lesser
quantity acceptable to ASC. The requirement to withdraw storage quantities shall be
suspended on any Day to the extent that ASC cannot accommodate a nomination or withdraw
such storage quantities on such Day. Customer may also transfer title of Gas remaining
in Customer's Storage Inventory to another Customer pursuant to Section 20 of ASC's General
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The abortion question
Sir, – Seeing as the Irish media believes religious organisations' opinions on abortion are newsworthy (Front page, December 19th), I can only assume we will be reading news of the opinions of the leaders of the Islamic church, the Jewish faith, Protestant churches, Jehovah's Witness, etc, over the next few days? – Yours, etc,
Sir, – As a church-going Irish Catholic, I am filled with "awe and wonder". Not the "awe and wonder" that is usually associated with this time of year, but the awe and wonder of hearing bishops, croziers flaying, laying down the moral law of protecting the life of the unborn child. The silence has been broken, no, not with Silent Night, Holy Night. No more mental reservations; the bishops are back on terra firma, proclaiming the "good news" that they have found something they can be the vanguards of again. And are they making their voices heard? The troops are been riled and rallied . . . and I shudder as a child of God and as a woman. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – At this time of debate on the issue of abortion and the implied suggestion that the bishops are dictating to politicians and voters how they should vote, it is important to understand that the bishops in their statements on this matter are not dictating to anyone.
The bishops, with priests as co-workers, have as their first task "to preach the Gospel of God to all men" in keeping with the Lord's command.(Catechism of the Catholic. par 888). It is part of the church's mission "to pass moral judgments even in matters related to politics, whenever the fundamental rights of man or the salvation of souls requires it (Catechism of the Catholic Church: par 2246). – Yours, etc,
Sir, – I found my jaw dropping upon reading the letters section (December 20th). Among the (overwhelmingly male) voices was that of a priest based in the Philippines, who presumed to lecture us on Ireland's maternal mortality rate.
I find this the height of irony given the recent defeat of attempts by the Catholic Church in the Philippines to block the provision of birth control to women in poverty. Not abortion, just birth control and just to women in poverty. All this despite a maternal mortality rate of 11 deaths a day. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – I find it deplorable that the overdue announcement of legislation, as mandated by the Irish people, for the X case has been hijacked by the moral minority of the shamed Catholic Church.
That they attempt to pervert Irish society even further by urging democratically elected TDs to ignore the wishes of the Irish people, as set out in two referendums, and vote against the Bill should be treated with nothing but the contempt it deserves. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Claims by Fr Patrick McCafferty (December 20th) that our Taoiseach is trying to impose a "moral dictatorship" ring hollow when one examines the collective actions of the Catholic church and various "pro-life" organisations.
This week the Catholic archbishops called for a free vote on any legislation (at present, unseen) that may be put before the Dáil. Then Kildare Street gets covered in "pro-life" posters urging our Taoiseach not to introduce abortion into Ireland. Both of these acts of intimidation are, at least, being conducted in the public eye, as opposed to the 56,000 calls made by the "Life Institute" ("Inquiry into Life Institute campaign", Home News, December 18th). It is clear several unelected, subversive organisations wish to intimidate democratically elected deputies, picking them off, one by one. To do this, they require a free vote.
There are stark parallels to the conduct and tactics at play here with those by the gun lobby in the US which have blighted democracy there. In both cases the actions show an utter contempt for democracy and the state.
And we have only seen the opening shots. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Bishop of Kilmore, Leo O'Reilly is concerned that legislation on abortion would be a first step on the road to "a culture of death" (Home News, December 19th). But the church hierarchy, with the connivance of Rome, has already taken that step. Behold the lives of abused children, condemned to a hell on earth. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Pat Rabbitte's representation of church opposition to the proposed abortion laws as "the clergy dictating to legislators" – while less than honest – is nevertheless interesting.
Like Enda Kenny's invective against the Vatican and the closure of the embassy, it shows that the Government no longer views a faith community as in any way an important support constituency. I have no doubt that this same faith community will, in due course, prove the Government correct in that view. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – One of the issues the Catholic archbishops raised (Front page, December 19th) was that of the free vote on the forthcoming proposed legislation in regards to abortion. The Government parties appear to be heading to impose the whip on their TDs. Therefore TDs will not be free to vote according to conscience but must do as they are told.
I note the hypocrisy as Pat Rabbitte's insists that he did not want to see bishops dictating to legislators, while he sees no problem in party leaders dictating to the consciences of TDs. Am I missing something? – Yours, etc,
Sir, – I am amazed at Pat Rabbitt being "taken aback" at the vigour of the Catholic archbishops' statement on abortion. What sort of a country does our esteemed minister think we are living in?
Freedom of speech must surely still be a central value of a democracy. Perhaps the minister thinks anybody can speak except those who are in religious leadership? I would have thought that in a democracy all contributions are welcome.
I have sufficient confidence in citizens of this country to be able to take in all public statements and make up their own minds without our politicians deciding who should and should not speak.
Whether we agree with the bishops or not, their contribution is welcome. It is important passionate views be made public before legislation is framed. Human life (born and unborn) is one of the most important issues that this country will ever have to consider.
I welcome informed, clear and passionate statements. If more of us could be passionate about the core values of our life then Ireland would be a better place. Politicians are elected representatives of the people who live in this republic. They are not dictators.
I would ask Mr Rabbitte to please show a little more respect to the people he is elected to represent. This includes individuals and special interest groups and their leaders. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Considering the Roman Catholic hierarchy's dismal failure over decades to protect vulnerable children, their onslaught on politicians who are trying to institute mechanisms to protect women in vulnerable situations has a terrible irony.
Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte was nobly restrained in his response. The archbishops should be told firmly that the people of this State are not prepared to go back to the dark days of the Mother and Child debacle. - Yours, etc,
Sir, – May I suggest there is a principle to which everyone can subscribe: that we shall always save as many human lives as can possibly be saved, whether they be those of the born or the unborn. – Yours, etc,


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Qantas research aims for smarter flying
Professor Salah Sukkarieh, the Australian Centre for Field Robotics' (ACFR) Director of Research and Innovation, says the commencement of the QFFPP punctuated a decade of research in the area of flight planning and control, and multi-vehicle coordination and optimisation.
"Our initial work looked at how aerodynamics, flight mechanics, large-scale optimisation and machine learning algorithms can be used to design better flight planning routines and fuel prediction models.
"We believe this will help pave the way for optimised flight routes that will improve operational efficiency for Qantas - complementing its existing focus on new navigation technology - and support greener commercial aviation," says Professor Sukkarieh.
This system will help pave the way for optimised flight routes that will improve operational efficiency and support greener commercial aviation, says Professor Salah Sukkarieh.
The agreement with the University will look at further developing the system as well as conduct new research into operational factors such as weather avoidance and traffic flow. The project will support six research fellows and up to 10 PhD students.
Professor Sukkarieh says overall the system is the first of its kind in the world, offering Qantas a suite of algorithms that are custom made to Qantas' operation and that will support its future needs.
Qantas' Head of Operations Support, Peter Broschofsky, said the partnership would help Qantas build on its strong record of innovation through technology deployment in flight operations.
"We are delighted to be working with the University of Sydney on a project that is at the cutting-edge of aviation technology research," Mr Broschofsky said. "We expect the QFFPP will replace our current flight planning systems in around four years and, coupled with new aircraft and ground technology, bring about significant improvements in Qantas' operational efficiency.
"More efficient flying is an operational priority for Qantas - it will help us improve our performance for our customers and reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions. The system being developed by Professor Sukkarieh is in keeping with Qantas' longstanding commitment to smarter technologies such as Required Navigation Performance, where we are an industry leader."
The prototype system was based on the latest research in stochastic optimisation and planning and implemented in software using data supplied by Qantas. The system combined all the relevant aerodynamic, route profile and aircraft performance into the optimisation algorithms that were based on Dynamic Programming principles, and demonstrated greater accuracy and provided enhanced operational effectiveness.
The ACFR is based in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Sydney and is dedicated to the scientific advancement of robotics and intelligent systems. Professor Salah Sukkarieh is a former mechatronic engineering student at the University of Sydney. He completed his PhD in avionic systems and his research has been dedicated to the development of innovative algorithms and software solutions to bring about intelligent aerospace platforms and systems.


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Number: 111- 31
Date: December 30, 2009
The Senate Passes H.R. 3590,
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
On December 24, 2009, the Senate passed H.R. 3590, the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," by a vote of 60-39. The House previously passed related legislation, H.R. 3962 (see Legislative Bulletin 111-24). Because there are some differences between the two versions of the bill, H.R. 3590 now returns to the House for further action. The House may either adopt the Senate bill or request a conference committee be established to reconcile the differences.
The bill includes the following provisions of interest to SSA.
State Exchanges and Marketing Requirements – Enrollment
• Would require each State to establish an "American Health Benefit Exchange" to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans for individuals and employees of small businesses.
• Would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a system under which residents of each State may apply for certain needs-based programs using a single, streamlined form filed with the State Exchange or with State officials operating other State health subsidy programs. Such applications may be filed online, in person, by mail, or over the phone.
• Would require the Secretary of HHS to establish an initial enrollment period, an annual enrollment period and certain other enrollment periods for specific groups.
• Would require the Exchanges to begin January 1, 2014.
Health Care Affordability Tax Credits – Eligibility
Citizenship Status Verification
• Would require the Exchanges, for purposes of preventing illegal immigrants from participating in an Exchange and obtaining premium tax credits and reduced cost sharing, to submit an applicant's name, SSN, date of birth, and attestation of U.S. citizenship to the Secretary of HHS, who would, in turn, submit the information to SSA.
• Would require SSA to determine whether an applicant's name, SSN, date of birth, and allegation of U.S. citizenship are consistent with SSA records and report such determination to the Secretary of HHS.
• Would require the Secretary of HHS to verify citizenship with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), upon notification from SSA that it cannot confirm citizenship.
• Would require such determinations to be made through the use of an online or electronic system developed by the Secretary of HHS, in consultation the Commissioner and DHS.
• Would require, for any applicant whose claim of U.S. citizenship cannot be verified, the use of the citizenship verification procedures specified in section 1902(ee) of the Social Security Act, as added by the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Program Act of 2009, P.L. 111-3. Such verification procedures would require the State to make a reasonable effort to identify and address the causes of the inconsistent information and, after such efforts are made, the State would allow the individual 90 days to resolve the inconsistency with the Commissioner, or to present paper documentation of citizenship to the State.
• Would require the Secretary of HHS to consult with the Commissioner and others to establish procedures related to appeals and periodic redeterminations of eligibility.
• Would authorize the Secretary of HHS and the Exchanges to collect and use the Social Security number for purposes of carrying out this Act.
• Would restrict use of the personal information submitted to an Exchange to ensuring the efficient operation of an Exchange, verifying eligibility to enroll in an Exchange, or claiming a premium tax credit or cost-sharing reduction. Would also establish penalties for disclosure of information collected by the Exchange.
• Would require such citizenship verifications to begin with enrollment in the Exchange. (As noted, enrollment in the Exchange would begin January 1, 2014, but would likely be preceded by an initial enrollment period defined by the Secretary of HHS.)
National High-Risk Pool Program
• Would require the Secretary of HHS – or States or nonprofit private entities under contract with HHS – to verify the citizenship of individuals applying for health benefits under a new temporary national high-risk program, using the citizenship verification procedures described above.
• Would require SSA to perform these citizenship verifications.
• Would be effective beginning 90 days after enactment through January 1, 2014.
Income Verification
• Would require individuals buying health insurance through an Exchange to provide income data in order to receive a premium tax credit. (SSA would not be involved in these determinations.)
Extension of Medicare Coverage for Environmental Health Hazards
• Would require the Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of HHS, to determine whether individuals in geographic locations under declarations of public health emergencies have been affected by environmental health hazards, such as asbestos. The Commissioner would be authorized to draw funds from the Health Insurance and Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Funds to administer this workload.
• Would be effective upon enactment.
Temporary Freeze of the Part B Income-Related Premium
• Would freeze the current income thresholds for imposing income-related Medicare Part B premiums for the period of 2011 through 2019.
TRICARE Special Enrollment Period
• Would establish a 12-month Medicare Part B special enrollment period (SEP) for TRICARE beneficiaries who are entitled to Medicare Part A by virtue of entitlement to disability insurance benefits or End State Renal Disease benefits, but who have declined Medicare Part B.
• Would define the SEP as the 12 months following the last day of the initial enrollment period or, for individuals notified of retroactive Part A and Part B entitlement, the 12-month period beginning with the month of notification of entitlement to Part B.
• Would require the Department of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretary of HHS and the Commissioner, to identify and notify individuals eligible to enroll during the SEP. Medicare Part B premium penalties would be waived.
• Would be effective upon enactment.
• Would impose an income-related monthly adjustment amount (IRMAA) premium increase for Medicare Part D beneficiaries whose Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) exceeds the thresholds used under Medicare Part B (for 2009, $85,000 per individuals, $170,000 per couple).
• Would expand the Internal Revenue Service's current authority to disclose income information to SSA for purposes of adjusting the Part B subsidy to include the Part D subsidy adjustments and appeals.
• Would be effective beginning January 1, 2011.
Special Rules for Widows and Widowers
• Would prohibit conducting Part D Low Income Subsidy (LIS)-eligibility redeterminations on the surviving spouse of an LIS-eligible couple for one year after the date the next redetermination would have occurred after the death of the spouse.
• Would be effective beginning January 1, 2011.
Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations
• Would expand Medicaid eligibility to non-elderly individuals who are not entitled to or enrolled in Medicare Part A, or enrolled in Medicare Part B, and whose income, based on the modified gross income standard, does not exceed 133 percent of the Federal poverty level.
• Would be effective January 1, 2014.
Incentives for Prevention of Chronic Diseases in Medicaid
• Would exclude incentives provided to Medicaid beneficiaries participating in the newly created prevention of chronic diseases programs from being counted when determining eligibility for, or the amount of, benefits under Medicaid or any program funded in whole or in part by Federal funds.
• Would be effective January 1, 2011, or the date the Secretary of HHS develops criteria for the new program criteria, whichever is earlier.
W-2 Reporting Requirements
• Would require employers to report on Forms W-2 the aggregate cost of sponsored health coverage.
• Would be effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.
Additional W-2 Related Provisions
Hospital Insurance Tax on High-Income Taxpayers
• Would impose an additional 0.9 percent tax for certain high-income wage earners and self-employed individuals. For joint filers, the additional tax would apply to any earnings above $250,000. For all others, the additional tax would be imposed for earnings above $200,000.
• Would be effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.
Excise Tax on High-Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
• Would create an excise tax on high-cost employer sponsored health coverage, including government civilian employment health insurance and health spending account programs.
• Would be effective January 1, 2013.
Complete "One PI" Integrated Data Repository
• Would require the Integrated Data Repository, maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to include, at a minimum, claims and payment data from certain programs, including the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance programs.
• Would require the Secretary of HHS to enter into agreements with specified individuals, including the Commissioner, to share and match data in the respective agencies' systems of records for purposes of identifying potential fraud, waste and abuse under Medicare and Medicaid.
• Would be effective upon enactment.
Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity
• Would require the Commissioner, upon request of the Inspector General of HHS, to enter into agreements to match data in SSA's system of records to HHS's system of records. Such agreements must provide for the safeguarding of data.
• Would be effective at a date specified by the Secretary of HHS, but no earlier than January 1, 2011.
Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality
• Would require the President to convene an Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality that would collaborate between Federal departments and agencies to develop strategies to improve health outcomes. The working group would be composed of senior-level officials from Federal departments and agencies, including SSA.
• The working group would be required to provide annual reports to Congress—and make such reports public on an Internet website—the first of which would be due December 31, 2010.
Race/Ethnicity Data
• Would require the Secretary of HHS to ensure that any federally conducted or supported health care or public health program, activity, or survey to include the collection of data related to race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status, among others.
• Would also require the Secretary to analyze and disseminate such information to other appropriate Federal agencies.
• Would be effective for data collection not later than 2 years after the date of enactment.
Community Living Assistance Supports and Services (CLASS) Act
• Would exclude benefits paid under the CLASS program from being used to determine initial or continuing eligibility under any Federal, State, or locally funded assistance program.
• Would be effective January 1, 2011.


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Movie poster
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:14 pm
I made a movie poster To put outside the theater I'm building, I think it turned out pretty well.
All done in illustrator.
Ragnablok is Coming
Blitzen wrote:It's broken.
Thesson wrote:MWAHAHA! I was able to see it using the power of:
Blitzen wrote:Thesson wrote:MWAHAHA! I was able to see it using the power of:
I also use Chrome, but the image wasn't working. It is now though.
mr. duckie:
I like it. The layout is nice, and it manages to convey a lot despite the simplification of images. One thing: the glasses should behind the right hand, not in front. It looks a bit wonky the way you have it.
You might want to look into a variety of typefaces instead of just the one; it' a bit illegible at small size. I'd suggest keeping the title the way it is, but changing the rest to a simpler sans-serif.
Good job!


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It was announced months ago, but all that we've seen from Beware the Batman — the new CG series featuring the Dark Knight — has been the tiniest of teasers. This new trailer shows a bit more of the show's version of Bruce Wayne and his Bat-themed vehicles and gadgets.
I can see Professor Pyg from the Grant Morrison run of Batman & Robin and 1990s villain Anarky. Beware the Batman starts airing on Saturday, July 13. What do you like about the clip?


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The following pic is from an online ad for advance sales of the X2:
If you want to check prices and propaganda go to
One of the pics on their site looks strangely familiar: Like one posted here on Kiteforum recently. Always one step ahead around here, aren't we guys?! Anyway,
can't wait to hear the reviews on this kite!Does anyone have additional info on the X2 besides what was already posted?
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South Sudan is running a marathon, not a sprint | Toby Lanzer
09 Jul 2013
Two years ago today, South Sudanese around the world celebrated their country's independence after decades of war and struggle.
Today, the hope remains but reality has set in. It is going to take a long time for South Sudan to achieve its goals. Like a marathon runner, South Sudan and its international partners need to commit for the long haul.
Building health services, a professional police service, and a judicial system, along with all the other institutions needed in a modern state, can seem daunting in the best of circumstances.
Only one in seven children complete primary school and only 27 percent of people over 15 know how to read and write. Fifty percent of South Sudan's civil servants lack the appropriate qualifications for their jobs.
To meet the gaps in the short term, the U.N. is helping to deploy civil servants from neighboring countries across South Sudan's ten states, transferring knowledge and skills in 19 institutions.
In the long term, overcoming the capacity gap requires huge investments in education. Encouragingly, this is on the government's agenda: the budget presented to parliament for the 2013/14 fiscal year makes it a priority.
In 2013, aid agencies are planning to reach nearly 200,000 children with emergency education, helping lay the foundation for development and increased opportunity in the country's volatile areas. South Sudan and partners are working to ensure this progress is sustainable.
As long as oil continues to flow, the results of such investments should be evident in the coming decades. Similar investments by the government and its international partners in healthcare are already showing results.
Relatively unencumbered by bureaucratic backlogs, South Sudan can build schools and courts which promote the participation and rights of women, establish a transparent and trusting relationship between citizens and leaders and create a political culture of equality and solidarity.
We know that it is possible. One decade after independence, Timor-Leste, once among the largest peacekeeping and aid operations, is focusing squarely on long-term development.
South Sudan can achieve the same, but it will take at least a generation. The country needs hard work and steady dedication and its international supporters must be steadfast and patient.
The United Nations is committed to staying the course and to stand by South Sudan for as long as it needs us. When it no longer does, we will celebrate again.
Talk to us: How can we best ensure lasting peace in the world's youngest country?


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Don't let the low price here fool you. The method is simple but the handling puts it into the miracle class. A half dollar with a large hole through the middle is examined. The coin is then carefully and fairly threaded onto a piece of ribbon. The ends are held by the spectator as a handkerchief is thrown over the coin. Reach under the handkerchief and immediately the coin comes free. Everything is examined, the hands are empty and your audience is dumb-founded. Easy to follow routine included.
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This is SO boring that I cannot imagine that too many people will care, but I read this earlier today regarding the Lions and Jason Hanson being at odds on a new contract: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... on-hanson/
Since Steven Hauschka is still a FA, I was thinking about maybe Seattle extending a contract to Hanson. I know that he played nearby at Washington State, and maybe that would help draw him back to the West Coast. Though he is in his mid-40s, he can still boom it (16-19 from 40-49, and 2-3 from 50+). He is a bit more consistent than Hauschka was from deep, though to be fair, he also played indoors. His touchback numbers are about the same as Hauschka's as well. He also doesn't line-drive his XPAT kicks as Hauschka is sometimes wont to do.
Hanson is in his mid-40s, but he is still booming it. Maybe he would want to play here to get a ring and something like 2/3.5M would entice him to do so?
I like Hauschka as a kicker and all, but this might be one of my favorite low-key signings if Seattle can get it done. Just a thought.
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Sure, you've made your resolution to get into shape and channel your inner Gisele/Matthew McConaughey, but did you make any resolutions this year to start dating on the right foot? New Years is a great time for self-improvement, so what better time than now to stop dating your couch and venture into the real dating world! But where does one start on the journey out of singledom? Whitney Casey, our resident relationship guru, has some tips on how to be a productive single this year:
The first step is to start putting yourself out there. That means joining a new book club or Dodgeball league, flirting with the guy you always see in the elevator, etc.
Tell everyone you know that you are available and ready to be set up on a date. Your friends, family and coworkers know you, and they have connections as well. By empowering your network to become your personal matchmaker, you may very well find your cupid with hardly any work on your part.
1 in 5 relationships now begin online. So joining an online dating site like Match.com or Chemistry.com is a no brainer – it not only gives you instant access to thousands of singles bit you'll also be able to check out your competition so you're in the know as you hunt for your next Romeo or Juliet.
Are you ready to be a productive single this year? Tell us your plan of attack in the comments below!


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BOSTON, Mass. - The MIT women's track and field team completed the New England Indoor Championship tied for tenth place with New Hampshire University with 25 points. The Engineers finished just four points behind the University of New Haven with 29 points. Connecticut College came in first place with 149.33 points.
To start of the second day, six Engineers competed in the mile and all of them finished in the top 30. Freshman Sarah Quinn (Watchung, N.J.) was MIT's highest finisher, coming in fifth place with a 4:51.50, breaking her own freshman and varsity school records from last week. Senior Brooke Johnson (Shoreham, N.Y.) and freshman Nicole Zeinstra (Holland, Mich.) finished in seventh and eighth place with times of 4:58.42 and 4:58.64 respectively. Junior Louise van den Heuvel (Nashua, N.H.) came in 23rd with a 5:10.33, classmate Alexandra Taylor (Harbor Springs, Mich.) was 28th in 5:16.04 and freshman Allison Hallock (Boulder, Colo.) came in 30th with a time of 5:17.04.
In the field events, freshman Isabella Stuopis (Amherst, N.H.) finished in seventh place in the shot put with her second best throw of the season at 42-04 1/4. Sophomore Michelle Johnson (Glendora, Calif.) had a season best in the triple jump with a 36-5 and, in the high jump, fellow sophomore Preethi Vaidyanathan (South Windsor, Conn.) clearer 5-3 1/2, which earned her an 18th place finish.
Next weekend, a handful of Engineers will compete at the ECAC Division III Championship at the Armory in New York City, an event that will take place from March 1-2. Another group of athletes will return to Tufts for the last chance qualifier.


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In terms of Linux time, many a eon has passed since its inception and yet there are few other distributions that are able to claim the same level of usability (even with the inclusion of commercial distributions such as Redhat, Suse and Mandrake Linux).
Even so, many attempts have been made to emulate the success of this Debian based distribution and the instant gratification that can seem to be rare at times in the Linux world. For example, of the major distributions Suse, Lindows and Mandrake have already made forays into this difficult area. Given the fact that we are in the midst of multi-gigabyte operating systems that we there would be such a competant one that could be run entirely from a CDROM is stupendous. Not only that, but that the minimum system requirements (see http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html#requirements) would be so miniscule (82 MB RAM, CDROM drive, SVGA card, Intel compatible CPU (i486 or better)).
For this reason, I have decided to put these specifications to the test and see how it would perform. The base/reference/test system is an NEC Versa SX laptop with the following hardware configuration
- Intel Celeron 233 MHz
- Trident 2MB Cyber 9388/9388-1
- Toshiba CD-ROM XM-1702B
- Linksys WPC11 Instant Wireless Network PC Card
- Ricoh R/RL/RB/5C478(2), R5C522 or Compatible CardBus Controller
- ESS Maestro2E PCI Audiodrive (WDM)
- Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
- Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
More detailed specifications can be found at http://support.necsam.com/download/VersaSXug.pdf
The version of KNOPPIX being reviewed is
KNOPPIX version V3.3-2003-11-14-EN.iso File version 11/14/2003 3:20AM Purdue University Mirror RELEASE: 2003-11-14-BETA
Please note that this version is a BETA release. Consideration of this fact must be taken into account and some latitude given.
For those who aren't in the know the official Knoppix website is http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html. You have the choice of downloading the ISO image file from the website (or any of its mirrors) and burning to CD or obtaining it via local Linux user groups and/or computer shops. Its quite possible that it will appear as cover CDs of some Linux magazines.
Once you have obtained you Knoppix CD you simply place it in your CD drive, enable CD booting in the BIOS and reboot. For those of us who have slightly more antiquated systems (and hence BIOSes) there is also the option of building a boot floppy which would then automatically boot the Knoppix CD.
First impressions have a lasting effect and this is also the case here.
The average load time experienced was approximately five minutes.
The results obtained are tabulated below and are calculated from the time the boot prompt is displayed to the point at which the default KDE desktop environment has been completely loaded into memory.
Load time, 11:08:02 Start, 11:13:20 End 5:51:20 Start, 5:57:00 End 8:17:00 Start, 8:22:30 EndFor a normal operating system such a lacksidasical load time would be unacceptable. However, we must place things into perspective and take into account the 'live' nature of this distribution.
Even so, I still believe that this is somewhat of a large period of time for a person to wait.
Bootup is like any other hard disk based distribution. We are greeted with something that resembles the lilo/grub boot prompt with a Knoppix splashscreen. Hit F2 to display a series of 'cheatcodes' which will allow someone to change the window manager to be loaded, keyboard locale, screen resolution, toggle blind support and toggle whether hardware autodetection, etc.... Alterntively, press Enter to proceed normally or wait for the boot prompt to time out.
Knoppix will then go through a period of hardware autodetection with PCMCIA card configuration commencing first, then USB, mouse, soundcard, video, monitor, networking and finally mounting of removable storage devices such as hard disk partitions, USB sticks, Zip disks, etc....
From what I could see all hardware detection and configuration ended with success with the exception of the soundcard. This was to be expected though seeing as the device is classified as a WDM device (see http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WDM.html). The NTFS formatted hard drive (normally running Windows 2003 Server, Enterprise Edition) was automounted and an icon was waiting for me on the desktop to read its contents. The choice and naming of the mounting points was rather interesting though being at /KNOPPIX/cdrom and /KNOPPIX/floppy. This could pose a problem to new users to KNOPPIX. Nonetheless, this is offset by the ease of use of the KDE desktop environment. Further to this, I must wonder about the purpose of the /KNOPPIX/none directory. Could someone please advise me of the reasoning behind this directory within the KNOPPIX filesystem hierarchy and whether there could have been a more logical name for it?
To my surprise the Linksys card was correctly found. Not only that, but it was also configured correctly for Internet access, with all details about name servers and DHCP being correctly determined.
- "Knoppix review, Page 1"
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Nissan Sets New Direction for Crossover Design, Debuts Versa Note at 2013 Detroit Auto Show +VIDEO
• SEE ALSO: Nissan Buyers Guide
DETROIT - January 15, 2013: Nissan presented two important all-new vehicles today during a press conference at the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS): the 2014 Nissan Versa Note, which made its North American debut, and the dramatic Nissan Resonance, a design concept previewing the direction of future Nissan crossovers.
The list of advanced features offered on the roomy, 5-passenger 2014 Versa Note includes a segment-first** Around View® Monitor, NissanConnectSM with Navigation System with Hands-Free Text Messaging Assistant and Active Grille Shutter - which helps it deliver expected 40 miles per gallon highway fuel economy with the CVT transmission.
Watch the entire Nissan Press Conference
The Resonance concept is being shown at NAIAS, which runs from Jan. 19 through 27 at Detroit's Cobo Center. "The Resonance concept leads Nissan into a new 'innovation era' of smart design and smart technology, ensuring that Nissan will continue its global crossover design leadership for many years to come," said Nissan Executive Vice President Andy Palmer.
The Resonance concept was created at Nissan Design America in San Diego, CA and features an open, airy architecture highlighted by a unique "floating" roof created through the use of the thin, steeply raked A-pillars, large full-length glass panel and flowing D-pillar design.


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UPDATE: A computer specialist at Atwater Elementary School has been charged with nine counts of possessing and transmitting child pornography.
North Port Police were alerted to Elliot Christopher Bullard, 37, by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after he allegedly distributed some of the pornography on the Internet.
A school district spokesman said that the material Bullard had did not appear to involve students at the school on Huntsville Avenue in North Port.
Bullard — an informational technology specialist at the school who had no teaching responsibilities — was arrested by North Port Police detectives on Friday at his home in the 2600 block of Vedado Street.
He faces eight counts of possession of child pornography and one count of transmitting child pornography.
He has been put on administrative leave and will not get paid because he is an hourly employee, Sarasota school officials said Tuesday.
Records at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement show this is Bullard's first arrest in this state.
Bullard was hired by the school district in 2005 and his current salary is $29,718.
Atwater Principal Kirk Hutchinson could not be reached for comment Monday.
School District spokesman Scott Ferguson said that law enforcement is handling the investigation and that district officials are not privy to many of the details at this points.
"What we're doing — as always — is collaborating with law enforcement," Ferguson said.
North Port Police Capt. Anthony Sirianni said the investigation is in its initial stages and that investigators are only now conducting a forensic analysis of Bullard's computer.
Bullard was responsible for maintaining the school's computers.
Asked about Bullard's interactions with students, Gary Leatherman said, "I would imagine he had casual interactions, in classrooms."
Bullard is being held in the Sarasota County Jail, facing $90,000 bail. Additional charges may be pending, police said.
His employment status will be determined at a later date, Leatherman said.
"If and when he's released, he will be put on administrative leave or terminated," Leatherman said. "Of course, he is entitled to due process."
Staff writer Gabrielle Russon contributed to this story.
UPDATE: A computer specialist at Atwater Elementary School has been charged with nine counts of possessing and transmitting child pornography.


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A Gallery of Wallpapers in Cool Hues
A few years ago, I tackled my first wallpaper job with Orla Kiely paper and, although it took my whole Saturday to do one wall, I was really pleased with the result. Seeing all this beautiful wallpaper, I almost want to give it second go in another room!
Each makes an impact too; when I redid my kitchen, that wall scored the most compliments. Since I'm a blue person, I stuck with cool colors for this roundup, but many of these prints come in a range of hues.
1. Ferm Living, Remix, Turquoise
2. Ferm Living, Harlequin
3. Juju Papers, Salad Days
4. Graham and Brown, Soprano, Teal
5. Oh Joy! Petal Pusher, White and Blue
6. Julia Rothman, Daydream, White
7. Emily Isabella, Otomi, Turquoise
8. Juju Papers, Sou'Wester in Copper and Patina
9. Ferm Living, Family Tree, Blue
10. Ferm Living, Half Moon, Black and White
11. Karla Pruitt, Garden Green
12. Abigail Edwards, Seascape, Winter
13. Ferm Living, Tree Bomb, Green
14. Graham and Brown Steve Leung Ling, Blue
15. Celerie Kemble Feather Bloom, Emerald & Ore
16. Ferm Living, Ribbled Wallpaper, Turquoise
17.Graham and Brown, Temple Tulips in Ocean by Amy Butler
18.Grow House Grow, Hotel Fantome, Absinthe
19.Graham and Brown, Harlem Tulips, Bosphourous + Blue
20. Anthropologie, Vanuatu Twilight
Are you debating a wallpaper job soon? Share your favorite patterns below!
(Images: as linked above)
- A Gallery of "New Traditional" Wallpaper
- New Wallpaper Designs from Around the Web
- Best of Modern Wallpaper: 10 New British Wallpapers


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23 October 2011
It was Maddie's turn this weekend.
Like her brother, she was more quiet on this trip than she typically is when in Riley's company. Part of that can be chalked up to not feeling well—she's had a cold to varying degrees since starting school in early September, and this weekend things hit a particularly low point—but some of it also seems to be a phenomenon of not being so chatty when there's no one to compete with. Or maybe when I'm listening to half as much talking it just seems quiet. Hmmm.
We had a really nice, relaxing time. We started with some shopping on the way out of town, stocking up on spices at Penzey's (Maddie is very olfactory and loved sniffing all the sample jars) and then picking up some fun bath stuff at Lush (I'm addicted to the Grass shower gel and we got Maddie a super fun bath bomb. We arrived at the beach to dismal weather, but chose to hit the pool, try out the bath bomb, eat some dinner, watch a movie, and snuggle up in bed together for an early night.
Maddie fell asleep almost immediately. It had been a long day, she was not feeling well, and we stayed up "late" for the movie. As she fell asleep and then throughout the night, her sleeping habits called to my mind the 5 Love Languages. OK, I know: SO HOKEY! I had never heard of the 5 Love Languages until, oh, over a year ago when a guy I went out with a few times mentioned them and the idea kind of stuck with me. I've still not read any of the books, but I tend to like these overly simplistic ways of categorizing emotions, actions, and feelings; I find these broad ways of categorizing behavior useful when trying to identify what's important to me and for gaining perspective on actions of others that seem otherwise without any identifiable motivation.
So the love languages, for those not familiar, are: physical touch, quality time, acts of service, words of affirmation, and receiving gifts. I put them in the order for which they resonate for me. The first two are pretty much tied as far as I'm concerned, with the second two being also tied and totally meh, and the last one (gifts) a distant, distant last. But that's neither here nor there. What I started to wonder about, as I was all snuggled in with Maddie, was how early a preference for one language over another might start to manifest. It's clear to me that for Maddie, as for myself, physical touch is very important. Even in sound sleep, that child could seek me out and needed contact with me even if just with a finger. I kept waking up to find a hand on my shoulder, a foot on my leg, her whole body pressed against mine. If I would move away (HOT!!!), she'd fling out an arm, searching for me, or scootch closer, closer, closer, until she made contact.
Riley's pretty sunggly, to be sure, but not at this base even-while-sleeping level. In fact, I'm not sure what I'd say his primary love language is at this point. Maybe quality time? I think all kids love some quality time; that's certainly big for Maddie, too. And receiving gifts! What child does not love to receive a gift!
I'm sure the Love Langauges people have something to say about when and how these preferences develop and how they change, or don't, over time. I haven't bothered to look into that. But it was nice, for two of us who feel emotionally fulfilled by that physical closeness, to snuggle up together and listen to the waves. As another example of that, we sat right up next to each other at dinner, on a bench on the same side of the table rather than across from each other as the menus had been set out.
The Love Languages people say that we are often drawn to partners who do not share the same linguistic priorities. I have seen friend couples for whom this is true, and it can be quite stressful. John and I were totally on the same page about this. We always held hands, and he was especially good at doing things for me that he knew I didn't enjoy doing for myself (acts of service). We were slightly out of phase on quality time (he needed more alone time than I did, which I sometimes took too personally), but we never gave each other gifts and that was fine with both of us. Whew. This all strikes me as a morning person/night person kind of thing: it's super helpful when both people in a couple are on the same page, and when not, it's way more stressful than it seems it should be. Insurmountable? Probably not, but nice to have an awareness.
And so I had a special appreciation of my time with my snuggly girl last night. I reminded myself of how important that touch was to her as she did that typical small child thing of turning herself completely around more than once in the night and connecting to me physically by kicking me in the face. It comes from a place of love, right? It comes from a place of love.
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- RG said...
We had to read the Five Love Languages as part of our pre-marriage counseling. We also had to read some other cheesy book. We also found it kind of useful to talk over which things we preferred. Our lists were similar - not exact, but similar.
Glad you are making time for each kid alone. I have two (not twins, but close in age), and lots of times I want to do that, too.
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I would love to hear your thoughts on how Steve Jobs survived for so long with pancreatic cancer--and why most don't. I loved your crazy sexy cancer piece and want to hear more of that voice.
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I'm a fan from MN who was in the Portland area last weekend visiting family. My husband and I also spent a couple of days at the beach in dismal weather. While in Portland, I thought about the odds of running into you, but it never occurred to me that I could also have run into you at the beach!
Dismal weather notwithstanding, we had a great time and I'm glad to hear you and Maddy did too.
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the Five Love Languages has been very helpful for me as a companion, a parent, and Aunt to many neices and nephews.
I am divorced and now dating my high school boyfriend again (!)after 25 years. He and I are physical touch people. He said he has always remembered how I touched him all the time, his arm, back, holding hands, and has always longed for that kind of affection in his past relationships but didnt get it. Neither did I in mine. I agree there is something peaceful with having this language in common. I always felt misunderstood and rejected in the past by my husband ( who didnt even want to be touched intimately!)
- 12:13
There's a book on the love languages for kids - it's great on how to tell what language(s) work best for your kids and how to help fill them back up when their tank is low.
- 20:31
- Mary Ellen said...
What a terrific tradition to create (or continue) with each of your short people.
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- OTRgirl said...
Catching up a bit. I love that you did overnights with each of the twins. Those sound like wonderful memories. I'm also happy to hear that your quietly and happily dating!
As for the love languages, I have read the book. I like that it gives a basis for discussing differences and values.
My husband and I both share a value on quality time and could care less about gifts most of the time. In other ways though, we're opposites. Even in terms of quality time, our approach is dissimilar. One of the subcategories of quality time is quality activity. He's happy if we just sit on the couch and talk, where I'd rather talk as we do something fun together.
I need verbal affirmation and he grew up in a culture that actively discourages it! I've had to literally ask him on occasions to 'say nice things to me'. The good thing is that he does! For him, it's acts of service and that's the hardest one for me to do. Somehow we've made it work, but it's been challenging. Worthwhile, obviously, and having the love language framework has helped us discuss those differences and figure out work-arounds.
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- ~lifedramatic~ said...
I swear you are /were on twitter. Maybe I'm crazy or my iPhone is failing me. Anyway, I somehow convinced my husband we needed to go to LUSH today... Thank God he left the store. I got so carried away. I totally blame you!! Please pray he doesn't ask me how much I spent. Thank goodness I had cash on me!!!!!!
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- Wanderoke said...
The loss of touch....and the joy of finding some.
What a wonderful read. Thank you.
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MENEZES, Paulo. Major Reis and the visual constitution of Brazil as a nation.Translated byLetícia Maria Costa da Nóbrega Cesarino. Horiz.antropol. [online]. 2008, vol.4Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0104-7183.
This article analyzes the movie Ao Redor do Brasil, by Thomaz Reis, taking as main theoretical references Paulo Arantes's, 'O sentido da formação' and Foucault's 'The Order of Discourse. It interprets the movie as a discourse immersed in debates of its time about the constitution of Brazil as a nation, a constant theme in everyday life and intellectual circles during the 1920's and 30's. In parallel to what was being discussed in literature and plastic arts, the movie is carefully assembled, using several scenes from Reis's previous movies to visually denote a Nation, not on its way towards consolidation, but with its hinterlands already pacified. This would lend it a label of civility, therefore inserting it in the civilizing process and, at the same time, showing definitive frontiers secured by the presence of institutions characteristic of the modern State: schools, police, army and others (an image very different from what could be effectively verified at that time).
Keywords : civilizing process; ethnographic movie; major Reis; nation.


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Stakeholders plead for county help to get high-speed bandwidth
MARSHALL CO. — Many who stand to gain from a high speed bandwidth connection between Plymouth and South Bend visited the Marshall County Council meeting Tuesday.
Representatives from local organizations including Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, K-Trade, and the Niles Lankford Group joined others representing small business, city and county government in asking the council to consider support of the $2.2 million project. Proposed by the county's Technology Squared committee is connecting existing Metronet fiber in St. Joseph County to Marshall County along U.S. 31.
To accomplish this, the city of Plymouth and Marshall County will need to share costs.
"Each and every passing day, month, and year, we become more dependent on the Internet," said Ron Clinger, Chief Financial Officer for KTrade and Niles Lankford Group — both companies in Plymouth dealing with retirement plans.
"When the Internet is bogged down, (our employees) can't work — literally," said Clinger, adding that out of the companies' 50 employees, 20 work from remote locations.
"We are out of options to meet the needs that we have, in order to meet the needs of our clients," said Clinger.
Gary Miller, regional information technology director for SJRMC, also spoke in favor of the project.
"We have been customers of Metronet for the past five years in St. Joseph County," said Miller. "It saves us a quarter of a million dollars every year."
Miller said that SJRMC is expanding its practices in Marshall County and "we have to assure that this data connectivity will be available to us."
He noted that communication between St. Joseph and Marshall County locations of SJRMC would be easier and quicker with the Metronet connection between the two counties.
Curt Feece, who owns a small information technology business and also teaches vocational classes to area high school students, spoke on the project.
"I've been a passionate advocate for Metronet," said Feece. "This is absolutely critical to Marshall County and to small businesses."
He said that he's seen a big difference between his Marshall and St. Joseph County customers, as far as what they are able to do with their technology. The difference, he said, is that St. Joseph County has access to the Metronet while Marshall County does not.
Feece added that Internet use in local school corporations also keeps increasing.
"I've been able to witness firsthand our limitations just in our high school's system," said Feece.
Jennifer Laurent, Marshall County Economic Development director, said that she repeatedly sees large companies passing Marshall County by because of the area's lack of fiber connectivity.
"For us, status quo is not an option," said Laurent. "We need high quality jobs to maintain a good quality of life. The current thought that many of us share is that Marshall County is a good place to live. This thought will not be shared by future generations…(Without the connectivity) Marshall County will increasingly not measure up, and that's why (this project) is urgent."
Laurent said that high speed bandwidth that will come from the Metronet fiber is a line item sought by companies looking to expand into new areas. It's also needed to help keep companies already in Marshall County on a competitive level nationally and globally.
Michael Marshall, county information technology director, said that the connectivity is important to the county for backing up information and storing it off-site.
"It's our job to be thinking ahead, and if both (the Marshall County Building and the courthouse) were to go down, how would we function?" said Marshall, continuing,
"I'm not promising cost savings, I'm promising sleep at night. If this building were to collapse, how would we take in tax payments?"
Plymouth's mayor, Mark Senter, and city attorney, Sean Surrisi, were present to confirm that the city is behind the project and willing to negotiate the shared costs with the county.
"Plymouth's cooperation with Marshall County now is as strong as I've ever seen it," noted Senter.
Brent Martin, of the Technology Squared committee, said that the purpose of stakeholders visiting the Tuesday meeting is to keep council members up to speed on the project and make sure they are well informed. The committee is not yet officially asking for funding. The first step in the Metronet project is to pay an engineering consultant $60,000 to determine specific costs. Then the city and council can consider moving forward with "Phase One" — installing infrastructure for the fiber to run from South Bend to Plymouth, and in a loop around Plymouth. Later phases of the project include extending the infrastructure to other communities in Marshall County including Bourbon, Bremen, Culver, and Argos.
Martin explained that although federal funds were sought for the project, they were not granted, and as a result a public and private partnership is needed.
"No other providers give us the capability…that Metronet does," said Martin.
Ralph Booker, council member and member of the Technology Squared committee, said, "I think it's no secret that I am in favor of this…We can either stay as we are — a small community — or we can grow. We just have to make that decision."


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Virginia Legislatures Block Judicial Appointment of Gay Prosecutor
In a move which I'm sure their children will look back upon with great pride, Virginia lawmakers have blocked the appointment of a well-regarded prosecutor to the state's bench.
Tracy Thorne-Begland serves as Chief Deputy Commonwealth Attorney in Richmond, and is a former Navy fighter pilot. By all accounts his professional record is impeccable, and his supervising attorney stated that he would have made an "outstanding judge." Nonetheless, the state legislature voted 33-31 to block his appointment, and all of the votes against him came from Republicans.
So, why did state lawmakers choose to deny a judicial appointment to an extremely well-qualified attorney with an incredibly impressive professional record? Because he's gay.
Most of the people who voted against him didn't even bother with a pretext. They claimed that the fact that he is gay and the fact that he is an advocate for gay rights causes meant that he couldn't be an impartial judge.
This argument is, to be frank, completely absurd.
The notion that a person could not be an impartial judge because they served as activists in the past makes absolutely no sense. After all, every judge in the world is a person, and every person has opinions on a wide range of issues. You probably wouldn't have heard anyone complaining if this judicial candidate had previously advocated for, say, environmental causes, or equal rights for African-Americans (or any other racial group). Nobody would speculate that such a record of advocacy would lead to someone pressing an "activist agenda" from the bench.
While this individual case is certainly unfortunate, and I imagine that the state will, sooner or later, see it for the embarrassment that it is; I think in some ways it's a sign that the anti-gay rights movement is in its death throes. This reeks of a group of anti-gay forces becoming increasingly isolated and in the minority, and are simply lashing out at progress for LGBT individuals in the only way they know how: keeping them out of public life to the greatest extent possible.
However, recent polls show that public acceptance of LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage, is steadily increasing. Even in relatively conservative states like Virginia, the public probably won't stand for this type of conduct for much longer.
Unfortunately, however, it appears that Mr. Thorne-Begland has little to no legal recourse. Generally, when it comes to voting to confirm judicial and other appointments, Congress, as well as state legislatures, are free to vote for or against a particular candidate, for any reason they like, and they are under no legal obligation to justify their voting choice (the political consequences of these votes are another issue entirely, however).
Furthermore, no federal law bans discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation, and while many states in the U.S. do ban such discrimination, Virginia does not appear to be one of them, and given the recent actions of its legislature, it's doubtful that such a law is likely to be enacted in Virginia anytime soon. And I think that's a shame.
In this relatively conservative state, Thorne-Begland has amassed quite a few supporters, with the likes of the governor and high-ranking judges calling the vote things like "embarrassing" and "disgraceful." I tend to agree with them.
So, what can be done about this? Unfortunately, not much, at least in the short term. As discussed above, there is no legal recourse. And despite the fact that I think the lawmakers in this story did the wrong thing, and, frankly, should be ashamed of themselves, I think that the current method of appointing federal (and most state) judges, which involves an appointment by the chief executive (the president or governor), and confirmation by a majority of one or both houses of the relevant legislative body (Congress or the state legislature) is a good way to select judges.
Traditionally, the United States is seen as having three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. While the executive and legislative branches (the President and Congress, respectively) are both more or less directly elected, the judiciary is not. Typically, judges are appointed by elected officials, and usually serve for life (or until retirement or removal by impeachment or other legal procedure).
This means that we have judges who are more or less insulated from the political process: to keep their jobs, they don't have to campaign. In fact, they don't even need to be popular. I think this is exactly how it should be: judges should be as free as possible to answer hard legal questions according to their good-faith interpretations of what the law and constitution require, and they should be as insulated as possible from the ever-shifting whims of public opinion and politics. In general, having major constitutional issues resolved by "unelected judges" (a term only used when a judge rules in a way the speaker doesn't like) has served us pretty well.
It does come at an unfortunate cost, however: legislatures can decline to confirm highly-qualified judicial appointees for terrible reasons.
However, everything we value as a society comes at a cost: not living in a police state comes at the cost of a slightly higher risk of being a victim of a crime, and protecting our rights to privacy and due process entails a slightly higher risk that people guilty of crimes will escape.
Likewise, ensuring that we have an independent judiciary that is as free as possible from judicial pressure means that judges will sometimes be appointed by people desperately clinging to an old set of views, out of step with an ever-growing segment of mainstream society.


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She & Him | 30/01/13
We are very happy to announce that She & Him – Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward – will release their third album of original material, entitled Volume 3, on Double Six Records on May 13th 2013 in the UK and Europe (and on Merge Records on May 7th 2013 in the US). The duo will also be hitting the road for a month-long US tour this summer which includes a headlining show at the legendary Hollywood Bowl on June 23rd, as well as an evening at Central Park Summerstage in July. The incredible Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell and Camera Obscura provide support on select dates. A full list of tour dates are below.
With fourteen songs – 11 Deschanel originals and 3 covers – Volume 3 is an effortlessly effervescent, bleached-out-in-the-sun pop record. The album features some of the most dynamic, complex songs Deschanel has ever written, allowing for tempo shifts, disco grooves, string arrangements on multiple tracks, and horn flourishes that perfectly suit the She & Him sound. Produced by M. Ward, and recorded in Los Angeles, Portland, and New York City, Volume 3 features guest contributions from NRBQ's Joey Spampinato, Mike Watt, Tilly and the Wall, Pierre de Reeder from Rilo Kiley, and Tom Hagerman from Devotchka.
Since the release of the band's album Volume Two in 2010, much has happened to both She and to Him. Deschanel, whose television show New Girl has cemented her status as a sitcom star, continued to hone her songwriting skills, writing the theme song for her new show, in addition to being nominated for a Grammy for Best Original Song for the movie Winnie the Pooh. She wrote songs for Volume 3 during small pockets of downtime while filming New Girl, as Ward toured the world behind his latest solo creation, A Wasteland Companion, which was released to massive critical acclaim last year. Together and separately, the duo has sold over a million albums in the US – a testament to their classic sonic arrangements, their rich, incomparable voices, and their ability to craft pitch-perfect, Brill Building-esque choruses around timeless, universal themes.
Volume 3 will be available on CD (DS075CD), LP (DS075LP) and digitally (DS075D). Pre-order it HERE. Track listing for Volume 3:
- I've Got Your Number, Son
- Never Wanted Your Love
- Baby
- I Could've Been Your Girl
- Turn to White
- Somebody Sweet to Talk To
- Something's Haunting You
- Together
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
- Snow Queen
- Sunday Girl
- London
- Shadow of Love
- Reprise (I Could've Been Your Girl)
Tour dates:
13/06/13 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
15/06/13 Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Wireless at Grand Prairie
16/06/13 Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
18/06/13 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater
19/06/13 Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
21/06/13 San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre
22/06/13 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre *
23/06/13 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *
25/06/13 Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Gardens
27/06/13 Council Bluffs, IA @ Hurrah's Stir Cove
29/06/13 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom #
1/07/13 Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium #
3/07/13 Montreal, QUE @ Montreal Jazz Festival – Symphony Hall #
4/07/13 Toronto, ON @ Toronto Urban Roots Festival #
6/07/13 New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage #
9/07/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for Performing Arts #
10/07/13 Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion #
11/07/13 Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf Trap #
* with Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
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At our house we do a lot of process art. Not only is it fun and different every time, but process art tends to be pretty quick to set up -- bonus. Process art is the term used to describe art that is created with no specific end result. Rather than making a craft that should look a certain way, a child makes whatever comes to mind. It's big hit with toddlers.
Here's how to get started.
Since children have the space to explore as they paint because there are no set steps and no one showing them what they should be making, there's more room for creativity and innovation. I am continually amazed by the things my 4-year-old daughter discovers as she paints in this open-ended way -- things I would otherwise miss. We still do crafts, of course, because those are fun, but most of our art projects are process art.
What you'll need for this activity: A large sheet of butcher paper; a paper plate (or other paint palette); washable tempera paint (we used neon); LEGO and DUPLO bricks in various shapes and sizes.
To begin:
1. Tape down a large sheet of butcher paper (it can be frustrating to the artist if their canvas is constantly moving).
2. Dispense a variety of paint colors onto the paper plate and set it on or near the paper.
3. Select the LEGO bricks. I had my daughter pick six bricks of different shapes and sizes for the project herself, but if your child is younger, you may want to select the bricks yourself ahead of time.
4. After presenting the materials, sit back and watch your child explore. If you have a toddler or a child new to this type of art, you may need to model investigating by trying a few different LEGO painting techniques yourself. Once they see what to do, they will likely take the lead themselves.
As your child works, ask questions about what they're painting or narrate what they're doing as they do it. The latter can be very helpful in language building since there are lots of fantastic new vocabulary words you can use to describe the shapes and patterns they are likely creating with the bricks.
My daughter discovered that the long narrow red DUPLO brick made train tracks. She used a scraping technique and the oddly shaped blue DUPLO brick to write the letter H. She created a thin rainbow colored line by painting the long narrow edge of the red DUPLO and dipping it in one color at a time, then stamping, and so on until she'd created a continuous color-changing line. She even thought to use the bottom of a square DUPLO dipped in neon purple paint to make a flower!
Your child will investigate, explore, and create an entirely different set of artwork. In fact, this is a favorite activity around here (in part because it's just so easy to set up), and every time my daughter paints, she creates a new, original piece of art.
When she's done creating, I set up a washing station for her and the LEGO and DUPLO bricks we used. We always wash our bricks right away and we've never had any staining.
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Mallory Day ran a lifetime-best 18:57.45 in the 5,000 meters at the Asics/Steve Scott Invitational (May 1) ... also clocked season-bests of 11:10.74 in the 3,000 meters and a career-best 39:19.59 in the 10,000 meters ... finished 65th at the Big West Cross Country Championship in the fall with a time of 24:00.9 ... placed a season-best 58th at the Northridge Cross Country Invitational after clocking a time of 24:35.3.
Day did not compete during the indoor and outdoor seasons ... during the fall, placed 59th at the Big West Cross Country Championships with a time of 23:18.8 ... also ran at the Asics/UC Irvine Invitational 5k where she finished 77th in 19:28.60.
Competed in the distance races for the Matador track team while also running cross country ... competed in the 10,000 meters at the Big West Championships where she ran a season-best 40:49.64 to finish 21st ... also posted season-bests of 19:52.16 in the 5,000 meters at UCLA's Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational (Apr. 10) and 5:19.99 in the 1,500 meters at Azusa Pacific's Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 17) ... did not compete during the indoor season ... finished 68th at her first Big West Cross Country Championship in a time of 24:52.9 ... also ran at the Bakersfield Quad Cross Country Meet where she placed 32nd in 20:51.3.
Earned varsity letters in both track and cross country at Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Calif. ... earned the Ricky Gabrielson Foundation Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2007 ... was also named track team MVP and Mojave River League Athlete of the Year ... earned MVP honors for the Sun Devils cross country team in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... graduated in 2007 with a 4.6 grade point average.
Born July 26, 1989 in Apple Valley, Calif. ... parents are Esther and Murray Day ... has three sisters, Celina, Sophia and Sinead ... Celina also attended Cal State Northridge ... her mother competed for USA Track & Field and her father competed in track for New Zealand ... favorites include U.S. Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix, the TV show "What Not To Wear" and the movie "West Side Story" ... favorite band is Radiohead and favorite singer is Morrissey ... says the toughest thing about being an athlete is "staying motivated" ... major is Psychology.


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DETROIT - Gustav Nyquist broke a tie with 7:12 left in the third period, and the Detroit Red Wings held on to beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Nyquist scored 1:42 after teammate Tomas Jurco tied the game. Jimmy Howard finished with 33 saves to seal the win.
The NHL-leading and Atlantic Division-champion Bruins had won a franchise-record nine straight on the road and had earned at least a point in their previous 16 games. Boston led the Red Wings twice, but couldn't put them away.
Detroit's Tomas Tatar scored early in the second period to tie it 1-1.
Nyquist has scored in three straight games and has a point in 10 consecutive. Since Jan. 20, he has netted an NHL-best 23 goals.
Johnny Boychuk's slap shot put the Bruins up 1-0 late in the first period, and Carl Soderberg gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead early in the third. Tuukka Rask made 17 saves.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ? Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist for the second straight night, and the New York Islanders earned back-to-back victories with a win over Ottawa.
Bailey, playing in his 400th NHL game, scored a power-play goal in the first period, and assisted on Casey Cizikas' winning goal midway through the third. Ryan Strome had two assists, and rookie Anders Nilsson followed up Evgeni Nabokov's home victory against Florida on Tuesday by making 35 saves. The Islanders have won three in a row and five of six.
Milan Michalek's power-play tally 6:41 into the third period was the lone goal for the Senators, who had won three straight. Ottawa had earned at least one point in five straight games.