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Bed Ends: Ideas for Furnishing the Foot of the Bed
What's at the foot of my bed? A very large cat, sometimes. But more often a child (or two). But there are other things that can go at the end of the bed. A bench is the most obvious choice. But what about a chair or two (if you are blessed with the space), which creates a little sitting area? Or a decorative stool or side table, which adds interest to an often unremarkable or nonexistent footboard. Furniture at the end of the bed can also be used to store books or magazines, of course.
• Pretty little side table at the foot of the bed, from This Is Glamorous.
• Knitted pouf from 79 Ideas.
• Gold velvet bench from Janine Vasta.
• Elle Decor. If you have a spacious bedroom, you could put a single modern chair at the end of your bed to create a little sitting area.
• Houzz. A vintage folding chair at the foot of the bed.
• Elle Decor. A single modern Bo Concept stool is fun at the end of this bed.
• Tilly & Fran. A nice, simple gray chest.
• Domino via Vague Thoughts on Somethings. A suzani printed bench.
• Elle Decor. A Christian Liaigre bench almost becomes an extension of the bed.
• Elle Decor. This wood bench doubles as storage for magazines.
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A former accounting assistant at the $104 million Pinal County Federal Credit Union in Casa Grande, Ariz. was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to repay part of the almost $800,000 she confessed to stealing. The U.S. District Court of Arizona ordered Jennelle Rena Curtis to pay $555,571 in restitution and $200 in court assessment fees.
As part of a plea agreement, Curtis pleaded guilty to a two -count criminal information charging her with embezzlement. A criminal information is often filed when a suspect cooperates with prosecutors, intends to plead guilty or provides information that leads to additional arrests.
In her June 2, 2013 plea agreement, Curtis said she issued about 100 PCFCU checks totaling at least $780,697 for her personal use from 2008 to 2011, including two checks totaling about $226,400 that were deposited into a bank account belonging to her mother, Janet Long.
Curtis was ordered to pay $555,571 to Cumis Insurance Society, Inc., which covers PCFCU,
and to self-surrender by July 7, 2014 to the Bureau of Prisons or U.S. Marshal's Office, the sentencing document said.
The court documents do not explain what happened with the additional $225,000 mentioned in her 2013 plea agreement.
When Curtis was arrested last year, local media reported that she had worked a decade at the credit union and was a mother of four young children whose 23-year-old husband was shot and killed at a truck stop in March.
According to an Aug. 1, 2012 article in the Phoenix New Times, her parents, Howard and Janet Long, claimed that about $200,000 of the money Curtis took from the credit union was rightfully theirs because Janet Long had given her daughter about $200,000 from a 401K account and asked her to put it into a different account.
Authorities with U.S. Assistant Attorney's Office would not say whether additional charges are pending or if an investigation is continuing.
After her release from prison, Curtis will be on supervised probation for a period of five years.
Her plea agreement called for the prosecutor to recommend a sentence of between 24 and 30 months in prison, but did not preclude the defendant from seeking a shorter sentence.
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(Parenting.com) -- Every day, attractive women come by my office to chat. Breast health is a common topic. We also look at pictures of naked bottoms and pick the best one. On a really good day, I'll receive a box of yogurt puffs to sample.
Based on this description, some guys might think I have a killer gig. My job title: executive editor of Babytalk.
That's right: a dad editing a baby magazine. Let's be honest. This is not a traditional role for a guy. I push tandem strollers through the halls of our building, inspiring all manner of rubbernecking.
I receive emails that read, "Shawn, as a mom I'm sure you'll love this new bouncy seat." I am a pro football fanatic who knows the best brand of binkies. I can hook up a DVD player and swaddle a newborn.
I am a 21st-century pop
This new species of father can be found reasserting his place in America's homes and play groups, territory that has traditionally been dominated by moms. He's also shattering societal norms that were established generations ago.
Take, for instance, my own family's birthing history: My grandfather didn't go to the hospital during my father's delivery. My father sat in the waiting room when I was born. I held my wife's leg as my first son, Jackson, came into the world.
"The traditional image of the father is one of lawgiver, moral arbiter, disciplinarian and CEO of the home economy," writes Jeremy Adam Smith, author of "The Daddy Shift: How Stay-At-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms and Shared Parenting Are Transforming the American Family." "[This was] the opposite of the mother, who submissively cared for husband, children and home."
A number of factors -- a growing population of women in the workforce, an unsteady economy and stale cultural stereotypes -- are forcing modern parents to redefine gender roles and change the very definition of father and mother.
"Historically, dads have had a good understanding of needing to be a provider," says Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting responsible fatherhood. "Today's dad understands that's not enough. You must provide, but also nurture and guide. That heart-to-heart connection is critical."
Forget about the guy who came home from work, patted his kids on the head, fell into a recliner and reached for the remote.
Today's dad has more of himself invested in the role. He's the guy who, ahem, works at baby magazine. He's also the divorced dad sharing custody of an 8-month-old daughter. And the stay-at-home dad who works at night, the dad blogger with a devout female following, and the multiracial, multi-tasking Washington, D.C., father known to take daughters Sasha and Malia out for snow cones.
How friendships change for dads
What do we really know about the 21st-century pop? And what do moms think about him?
The stay-at-home dad population is growing, and a lot of guys want a piece of the action.
More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing. A fair bellwether for that statement is the ever-increasing population of stay-at-home dads. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 105,000 fathers stayed home to care for their families in 2002. Six years later, that figure jumped 33 percent to 140,000.
Of course, that number does not include fathers who work from home either full time or part time, or same-sex couples who have adopted. Nor does it include the recent trend of more men than women being laid off during the recession, a likely contributor to the stay-at-home dad population.
Dad's pregnancy symptoms, explained
Let's not forget the dads who wish they were home. In 2007, Careerbuilder.com conducted a survey of 1,521 working dads and found that roughly 37 percent said they would leave their job if a spouse or partner made enough money to support their family; 38 percent would take a pay cut to spend more time with their children. In a survey conducted by the NFI, men were asked to specify the biggest obstacle to being a good father. Nearly half of all respondents said "work responsibilities."
Lance Somerfeld is a 36-year-old father in New York City. When his son was born in 2008, the public-school teacher decided to take advantage of the school system's child-care leave policy: A parent can take unpaid time off for up to four years, with a guarantee that a similar position will be available upon his or her return. Thanks to his wife's well-paying job as an actuary at an insurance company, Somerfeld has been a stay-at-home dad for all 22 months of his son's life.
"A lot of my dad friends are envious," says Somerfeld. "They wish they had as much time with their children."
What mom should know: Fathers participating more and more in their children's upbringing isn't a trend but a permanent shift.
"More men are organizing their lives around their families," says Ben Siegel, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, which shapes policies regarding family well being and parenting.
"In the past, men have been expected to work and provide financial support for the family. More recently, many men are choosing to share in child rearing and participating in running the household."
The 21st-century pop has to learn to be a father.
The connection between mother and baby begins long before the water breaks. Mom must make conscious diet and lifestyle choices during the conception period. Once pregnant, there are nine months of growing and showing, kicking and elbowing. For dad, the connection largely begins in the delivery room.
"Fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently," says Warren. "For the mother, the connection is biologically constructed. It's a part of her. Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like a jump shot, but most guys need a coach."
After identifying a lack of support and resources in his own community, Somerfeld founded NYC Dads Group, a social network that connects at-home dads in the New York area. The group currently has 190 members.
Somerfeld also is fielding inquiries about setting up stay-at-home dad groups in other cities. When I speak to Somerfeld via phone, he is leaving the Central Park Zoo, having just browsed the penguin and puffin exhibit with five other fathers and their children.
What your husband wants you to know (but isn't telling)
"When I started the group, I was seeking out other people like myself," Somerfeld says. "There aren't a lot of resources for new dads. Moms have mommy-and-me classes, breastfeeding classes and lactation consultants. There's nothing like that for dads."
What mom should know: Having dad present for the delivery is critical to the father-child connection. "In the last 35 years, hospitals have been encouraging fathers to be at the delivery and to cut the umbilical cord, encouraging them to be a part of their child's life right from birth," says Siegel.
You can also suggest one of the NFI's workshops, training sessions, online webinars and a variety of brochures including the "New Dad's Pocket Guide" for new and expectant fathers.
Some moms feel threatened by the 21st-century pop.
There are more women than ever in the workforce, and 18 percent of them earn more than their spouses. It's a recipe for men spending more time with their kids, and women spending less -- and some women are a little uneasy about it.
Earlier this year, researchers interviewed 78 couples with 8-month-old infants. They found that a mother's self-esteem was lowered if they thought the father was capable and hands-on and spending more time with the children.
"Many women are ambivalent and conflicted about needing to stay home to care for their child or be in the workplace," explains Siegel. "With fathers sharing more of the child care, this may help women address some of these conflicting issues."
What mom can do: Be thankful, says Siegel. "What we're seeing is more equality in the gender roles," he says. "Fathers are sharing more of the workload traditionally associated with women: scheduling doctor's appointments, doing household chores and participating in child care. Nothing but good can come from it."
The 21st-century pop is a tale of two daddies.
While the 21st-century pop may be the latest in parenting technology, there are still plenty of fathers in need of an upgrade. One in three children live in a fatherless household. "We have more absent fathers today than at any point in the past," Warren says. "In these cases, the definition of fatherhood has been reduced to the act of conception." In addition, many of the dads who are home aren't sharing any emotional insight with their partner and family.
Why good dads make moms jealous
This dilemma caught Ryan Marshall by surprise. A freelance photographer living in Orlando, Florida, Marshall is a stay-at-home dad to 10-month-old Tessa and his 5-year-old stepson. Last year, Marshall decided to point the lens at his wife's baby bump.
He started a blog to chronicle her weekly growth; each snapshot was accompanied by a tender note to their unborn daughter. ("Week 31: You are still knocking in the belly all the time and we have been watching you move ... Your mama continues to feed you loads of fish, almonds and strawberries.")
What began as an album for family and friends became something much bigger. Thanks to the attention of American Apparel (which highlighted the blog on its website, and sent clothes for the photo shoots) and a plug in Glamour, the blog took off. At its peak, it was getting 25,000 hits every day.
"My readership is mostly female," Marshall says. "I've gotten a lot of notes like, 'I wish my husband could see things the way you do.' You feel bad for the person because they're not getting the communication they need."
What mom can do: "Women have two choices: They can live with it or nudge him to do more," says Siegel. "When fathers care for children, there are amazing benefits that accrue to both fathers and their children. For those fathers who have not participated as much in raising their children, it's never too late to change behaviors. This will help fathers become closer to their children no matter when they increase their involvement."
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Even as researchers and writers try to categorize and encapsulate him, the 21st-century pop continues to grow, change and gain ground. He is everywhere: in line for day-care pickup, wearing a baby sling at the grocery store, awake at 3 a.m. for a feeding, and sitting back in his office, happy that you finished reading his article.
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On the Wine mailing list, there is some interesting information on Leopard's apparent ability to load basic Windows binaries. "When tracking down a crash in the kernel32 loader test, Dmitry found a bug in the Mac OS loader when Wine tried to load his dummy PE file. Upon further research I found that the Mac loader seems to have its own undocumented PE loader built in. I did some further testing with a Windows binary and got some really interesting results." The first thought was that this was a remnant from Mac OS X' EFI support, but upon further investigation, this really seems like new, Leopard-specific behaviour: "This is new to Leopard. On Tiger, dlopen rejects PE files as expected. The Wine testing that Steven was originally trying to do would probably not crash on Tiger." Apparently, Apple is trying its best to hide this behaviour.


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RAPPER/actress Eve seems a little mixed up as to what "vegetarian" means. She was at Blush Boutique Nightclub at the Wynn in Las Vegas recently, where our source says, "She was in the VIP area and got hungry, so she asked if room service could be ordered to the club. They agreed to help her out, but when they took her order, she said she wanted 'something vegetarian, like grilled cheese or chicken fingers.' The staff was pretty confused about it."
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Option 3) Be the Artist. We'll provide everything you need for a fun day out: the brushes, the paints , apron, music and your own bartender then sit down with some music and start to paint from your own imagination... Have an idea in your head, this is the time to paint it into reality.
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VIDEO: Russell Westbrook will be out until after the All-Star break
HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — Kobe Bryant is going to win a starting job on the Western Conference All-Star team. A second round of returns has the Lakers star well ahead in votes among the West's legion of worthy backcourt candidates. Bryant has played in just six games and although he could return from a fractured knee in time to play in the Feb. 16 All-Star Game at New Orleans, let's assume that he will not play.
Oklahoma City's injured point guard Russell Westbrook was well on his way to a fourth consecutive selection as one of seven reserves to be picked by Western Conference coaches until Friday's stunning announcement that he underwent a third surgery on his troubled right knee. Westbrook will not be back in time for the All-Star Game.
That leaves (potentially) two backcourt spots up for grabs.
But first, ink Chris Paul in as the starter at point guard. He's second in fan voting and in all likelihood won't come close to relinquishing that spot as an automatic starter. Golden State's Stephen Curry, last season's sympathy case as the most notable snub, is third in fan voting and should start at shooting guard.
Now comes the difficult part for the West's coaches: There's so many worthy point guards — just point guards — that you could select an All-Point-Guard All-Star team even without Westbrook. Check this out:
PG: Paul
SG: Curry
SF: Damian Lillard
PF: Eric Bledsoe
C: Ricky Rubio
Bench: Tony Parker, Ty Lawson, Mike Conley, Jrue Holiday
OK, so it takes some of imagination there, but you get the idea how deep the West is at the quarterback position. Then you've got the shooting guards to consider. James Harden figures to be a lock for a second consecutive selection. And what about Klay Thompson, Monta Ellis, Kevin Martin, Goran Dragic, Wesley Matthews and Jamal Crawford, who felt he got dissed last year? Even 36-year-old Manu Ginobili can make a compelling case.
There's plenty of basketball to go before fan voting ends on Jan. 20 (the starters will be announced on Jan. 23) and until the reserves are announced soon after, so selections could become more crystallized by then. But probably not.
So of five guards to get a 2014 All-Star nod, here's my early locks: Paul and Curry as the starters with Harden as a reserve. That leaves two spots open.
Let's begin with the power of elimination. As strong as they've been, apologies to Martin, Dragic, Matthews and Crawford. Holiday was an East All-Star last year and benefited from Rajon Rondo and Derrick Rose being hurt, and even though he's a hometown Pelican, I'm not seeing it. Rubio has gone from the magician everybody wants to see up close to standing in the back of the line.
Onto the rest. This is going to be tough and there could be not one, not two, not three … but even more deserving guards taking the snub.
Here's a brief comparison of a few of the backcourt candidates that I don't consider to be locks (in no particular order):
>Parker, Spurs — Scoring (17.8 ppg) and assists (6.0) are down, but he's the irreplaceable team catalyst, San Antonio is rolling and it's hard to see him not making it
>Lillard, Blazers — As clutch as any player going, the reigning Rookie of the Year is averaging 21.1 ppg, 5.8 apg and is shooting 43.1 percent on 3s for a team that's taken the league by storm
>Bledsoe, Suns — A fearless competitor, has meshed beautifully with Dragic while averaging 18.4 ppg, 5.9 apg, 4.3 rpg and is shooting 49.2 percent overall for arguably the most surprising team in the league
>Ellis, Mavericks — He's turned analytics on its head, averaging an efficient 20.7 ppg — highest since 2007-08 — and 5.8 apg, and he's as exciting swooping to the cup as anyone
>Lawson, Nuggets — He's slowed a bit as the team has struggled recently, but still putting up 17.5 ppg, 7.9 apg and 3.4 rpg in a new, slower-tempo system
>Thompson, Warriors — The other half of the Splash Brothers, he's scoring 19.6 ppg on 43.2 percent shooting from beyond the arc, plus 2.7 apg and 3.3 rpg.
>Conley, Grizzlies — He's been garnering greater respect for a few seasons now and while the team has struggled, especially without fellow All-Star Marc Gasol, Conley's averaging 17.0 ppg, a career-best, and 6.2 apg


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New Lipscomb Lady Bisons' basketball coach Greg Brown got his first look at the 2012-2013 recruiting class when the players and their parents arrived for the start of Junemester classes earlier this week.
All six newcomers, five freshmen and one college transfer, were signed by former Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett and his staff. Brown has watched the players on videotape. His first impressions were positive after meeting them in person.
"I've heard good things about their work ethic," Brown said. "You can tell they are very loyal to the school and to the program. We had heard so many things about them. I am excited about that.
"I knew coming in that they are going to be high-quality, high-character kids, tough competitors and loyal to the university. All those things are what we want, no matter what. You know they are going to have the intangibles."
The backcourt situation will be very competitive with four guards included in the class. Brown plans to use a motion offense that will need those skills and will blur the difference between the guard and forward designations.
"We want to be as interchangeable as we can be," Brown said. "The skills of the guards will help us with that. You want your big players playing like small players and your small players playing like big players."
Brown cannot work with the players during the summer. He sees that as both an advantage and a disadvantage.
"I am on go to get ready for the season, but in a way it might be good that they are able to come in here and get to know me," Brown said. "It gives me a chance to make up for lost time in getting to know them."
Takeya (T.T.) Flowers was named the 2012 Class A Miss Basketball. She was a finalist for the honor at the end of her junior season at Lake County High School.
Flowers, a 5-foot-6 guard, scored 2,087 points in her career, an average of 14.78 per game. She also grabbed 821 rebounds, 5.82 per game; 679 assists, 4.82 per game; and 416 steals, 2.95 per game.
She started 141 consecutive games over a four-year period. She was first-team All-State two years. She was also a two-time Region 7-A Most Valuable Player and a three-time District 14-A MVP.
Presley Stastny, a 5-9 guard, is a three-time All-State performer from Celina High School in Celina, Texas. She also was a four-time All-Region and All-District selection.
As a senior she scored 404 points, 10.6 per game. She hit 36 percent from the field, 28 percent from 3-point range and she connected on 72 percent of her free throws.
Helena Pouengue, 5-7, is a point guard from Lilburn, Ga. Playing for Parkview High School she was honored with a Naismith Award Flourish Scholarship from the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
Pouengue lettered four seasons and served as captain her senior year. She also was a member of the Gwinnett County Senior All-Star team.
Alex Banks, 5-11, is a forward from Hendersonville, Tenn., where she was a two-sport star in both basketball and softball at Beech High School. Her father, Alan, was an All-American performer in the 1980s for then Lipscomb basketball coach Don Meyer.
Banks scored more than 1,000 points in her high school career.
She also holds the state record for wins in a season as a softball pitcher with 46 this past season.
Mallory Charpentier, 5-6, is a guard from Nashville's Christ Presbyterian Academy. She set a state tournament record this past season with 14 assists in a quarterfinal win over Memphis Manassas.
Forward Ashley Southern, a 6-2 forward from Tuscumbia, Ala., played her freshman season at Chattanooga. She played in 21 games, averaging 9.0 minutes, 1.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.
At Deshler High School she was a three-time All-Stater and was a McDonald's All-American nominee as a senior. She finished her high school career with 2,267 points, 18.3 per game; and 1,434 rebounds, 11.6 per game.
Southern will be red-shirted this season due to NCAA transfer rules.
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First Pretexting Charges Filed, But What About The Companies Giving Out The Info?
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The first charges under the federal pretexting law have been filed by authorities in Ohio. The law came about after the 2006 scandal in which HP spied on some of its board members and reporters, in part by calling their mobile operators and posing as the members to access their calling records (a method referred to as "pretexting"). After the high-profile case, politicians responded to calls to "do something" by putting the law into place. This worked out well for the mobile operators, which were able to avoid much scrutiny over how or why they released the info in the first place. The operators spun pretexting as a governmental problem, and sought to play down the fact that they were actually the ones giving out info to people they shouldn't. So kudos to the operators for being able to continue to so deftly stay out of the spotlight of scrutiny for what are, essentially, data leaks.


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Christopher E. Baisley
Christopher E. Baisley, a resident of Garrison, passed away suddenly and heroically, on Friday.
He was 52.
Christopher was employed by United Rentals, in Queens, as an Operating Engineer.
He was born in Cold Spring on July 20, 1960, the son of Albert and Christina Galati Baisley.
He served as a Counselor to many people for Alcoholics Anonymous throughout the region for the last 10 years.
Christopher is survived by his parents, Albert and Christina Baisley, of Cortlandt Manor, a brother, Craig (Kathy) Baisley, of Charlotte, N.C; nieces and nephews, Kayci, Kylee, Joseph and Averi; and his longtime companion, Kathy Cancerelli. Several cousins also survive.
Friends called on Monday at the Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home, 414 Washington St., Peekskill, NY 10566.
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Details have emerged from Sony's "PlayStation Day" in London that Nissan will be sponsoring a Gran Turismo-branded competition with one hell of an eventual prize: the opportunity to compete in a 24-hour race in Dubai next January. Getting to that race is quite the task, though. Beginning on May 23 you can fire up your PlayStation 3 and hit up the PlayStation Network to begin the dirty work of qualifying by virtual driving races.
To get to the 24-hour race it begins with elimination tournaments for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. This will eventually whittle down to two winners who will then partake in four months worth of racing lessons eventually leading to the opportunity to take Godzilla around the track, for 24 hours of Dubai racing action. Sony will also be filming the bulk of the academy and will be made available for download on the PlayStation Network.
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Pleasant Grove Public Schools received a $5,000 grant from Lowe's Home Improvement Store to build an outdoor classroom.
Pleasant Grove Public Schools received a $5,000 grant from Lowe's Home Improvement Store to build an outdoor classroom.
Superintendent Tyler Bridges said the grant will be used to create a "native Oklahoma reading garden."
The 25 foot by 50 foot space will include benches created by students working with an artist-in-residence, as well as featuring several raised-bed gardens. Bridges said he hopes to have enough room to have a small garden for each class.
The gardens will include plants native to Oklahoma and placards giving information about the plants, he added.
"We're really excited about it," Bridges said.
The garden will serve as a multi-functional learning space for students, he said. They will be able to utilize it as a reading garden, learn about plants native to Oklahoma, and learn about the process in which plants grow.
"It's something our students will greatly benefit from," Bridges said.
Bridges added that the work will likely begin in the spring and he doesn't not anticipate the garden will take long to complete.
"We're going to try to do something pretty permanent," he said, adding that he hopes it will last several years to benefit as many students as possible.
Bridges said he is very thankful to Lowe's for their support.
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Good Luck Chuck: Unrated (US - BD RA)
Gabe doesn't care enough about this movie to write something clever here...
Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) is cursed, and his curse is every woman's blessing. Every girl he sleeps with is guaranteed to find their one true love shortly after. The curse is all fun and games until Charlie meets Cam (Jessica Alba) and falls in love. Now he cannot consummate his love without risking the loss of his one true love.
Anyone that knows me knows that right off the bat Good Luck Chuck isn't the kind of thing I would watch voluntarily. I just don't like this brand of gross-out romantic comedy. Good Luck Chuck is an Adam Sandler movie, and I hate Adam Sandler movies. I don't hate Dane Cook or Jessica Alba, but I'm not exactly fond of either of them either. The concept of the film strikes me as something a writer made up on the spot while trying to impress executives. There's nothing interesting to me here.
The final film isn't an unmitigated disaster, and that's probably good enough if you like this kind of film. The courtship process is actually pretty charming, and some of the pure slapstick of Alba's character is genuinely amusing. Alba manages to not be a total talent vacuum, and Cook keeps himself in check, at least until the third act when he becomes an obnoxious mess. I laughed at a few jokes, felt some emotional attachment to the characters, saw some nice breasts, and I didn't want to murder myself during the film's 101 minute run time.
On the awful side, which outweighs the not too bad side, are a bunch of really bad jokes, and an unbelievably predictable plot. Supporting star Dan Folger is one of the worst and most obnoxious characters I've ever had the displeasure of watching on screen, no hyperbole. His jokes are right off of a dirty Cracker Jack box, and would be rejected even by ten-year-old boys as childish. His place in the plot is pointless, because the leads are both their own comic relief. The whole film is effectively a countdown to the inevitable happy ending, and every step is so insipid it's as if the script was written by a computer program. All the writers needed to ad was the single sentence set-up and hit the enter key.
Did you know that Dane Cook survived a bout with teenage acne? Well I do because I just saw his face in full 1080p high definition. Presented in 1.85:1 widescreen, Good Luck Chuck is just as predictably sharp looking as it is generally predictable. The minute craters in Cook's face and the fibers of Alba's underwear are both brimming with detail, with only slight edge enhancement or artefacts during some shots. Like most modern comedy I hate the film at the very least looks very colourful (I think there's some kind of rule). The colours here are very vibrant, and the black and white levels are effectively separated and balanced. Skin tones are a bit on the orange side, and reds bleed a little bit, but overall we've got us a hi-def transfer.
Again I extend my apologies for not having the capabilities to review the disc's PCM 7.1 track. The Dolby Digital EX track is generally effective given the film's minimalist approach to sound. The entire track is skewed towards the centre channel, which is fitting and ensures clear dialogue during the punch lines. The surround and LFE channels come alive only during musical montages and when clumsy Jessica Alba creates violent chain reactions. The track isn't impressive, but I noticed no errors while listening to it.
I know I've said this before, but there really is little worse then listening to people laugh at their own bad jokes. Dane Cook is joined by director Mark Helfrich, producer Mike Karz, and writer Josh Stolberg. Cook rules over the track, and is only slightly obnoxious. I couldn't tell the difference between the other commentators, but all three do their best to get interesting facts in between Cook's shtick, but they mostly just name actors and tell us where they're shooting. The blank space is pretty extreme considering Cook's penchant for speaking and the fact that there are three other commentators on the track.
The seven 'Chucked Up' (sigh) featurettes begin with 'Frank the Penguin Actor', a joke behind the scenes bit about one of the penguins. It's stupid, and reminded me way too much of Bob Saget's monster pile of crap Farce of the Penguins. Thank God it was only three minutes long. The next featurette is a look at the special effects behind the three breasted woman. If you want to watch a lot of digital breasts this one's for you. This is followed by a look at the wacky sexual positions from the musical sex montage.
And hey, if you didn't have enough penguin crap in theatres the last few years, next is a featurette about the penguins that steal every scene in the movie. It covers the set design, the real penguins, and the digital penguins. From cute to gross we move to the discovering of the woman that played Eleanor Skepple, the fat woman Chuck sleeps with to test the curse (because we can't possibly have a comedy without making fun of the fatties can we?). 'Good Luck Chuckles' is just a general behind the scenes look, and it's followed by the last featurette about the 'Real Life Good Luck Chuck'. The guy they based the movie on had five of his seven most serious relationship end in someone else getting married. The full run of all the featurettes is just under thirty minutes.
'High Definition Sex Matrix' is a pick your favourite wacky sexual position screen, which is a magnificent waste of time considering that each position lasts fewer seconds then they take to load. Perverts should probably just depend on the internet, especially anyone looking to see any real dirty bits, because they're blurred.
A series of ad-libs are divided into Stu scenes (cringe), Charlie scenes, and scenes featuring the airport security guard. These are followed more traditionally deleted scenes, extended scenes, alternate scenes, and a slightly different ending. Everything here was deleted for pacing, and it's a good thing because 101 minutes is really already too long for a not very good comedy. And because adlibs are enough we also get a collection of outtakes and bloopers.
If you really liked The Honorary Title's 'Accident Prone' and The Flaming Lips' 'I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow', you can enjoy two oddly unprofessional looking still and film montages set to the songs. This way you don't have to watch the movie again to hear them. All these extras and the included trailers are presented in HD.
I didn't like it, but if you're a fan of this brand of comedic entertainment you could probably do a lot worse. Cook and Alba, two actors I expected nothing from, are genuinely charming, and the film has an overall sweetness that's somewhat affecting. The HD presentation is very detailed, and the extras will probably please the feature's fans.
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#1 Why Barack Obama Should Resign09-16-2012, 12:37 AM
WHY BARACK OBAMA SHOULD RESIGN. Just for the record, this is what it looked like for a man who made a film that made the Obama Administration uncomfortable:
Here's the key bit: Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.
When taking office, the President does not swear to create jobs. He does not swear to grow the economy. He does not swear to institute fairness. The only oath the President takes is this one:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
He wont resign, of course. First, the President has the appreciation of free speech that one would expect from a Chicago Machine politician, which is to say, none. Second, hes not getting any pressure. Indeed, the very press that went crazy over Ari Fleischer's misrepresented remarks seems far less interested in the actions of an administration that I repeat, literally sent brown-shirted enforcers to launch a midnight knock on a filmmakers door.
But Obamas behavior and that of his enablers in the press has laid down a marker for those who are paying attention. By these actions he is, I repeat, unfit to hold office. I hope and expect that the voters will agree in November.
Related thoughts from Ann Althouse:
Thats a scarf wrapped around his face, not a towel. Is the L.A. Times nudging us to think of this man as a towelhead? And look at this headline in the Daily Mail: The man who set the Middle East ablaze hides his face in shame . Shame? If I were imputing a motivation to this man, Id say he has a fully justified fear of becoming a recognizable face.
But I think our government is delusional if it thinks the people who are rioting in Africa and killing our diplomats would if they knew the facts see individuals like Nakoula as the proper focus of their rage. They dont believe the necessary premise: freedom as the superior value. As long as they favor a system in which blasphemy is outlawed and severely punished, they will continue to blame the American government for standing back and allowing blasphemy to flourish and flow everywhere. What good does it do to ask them to please understand our system? They hate this system.
Meanwhile, our government would scapegoat a free citizen. Its not even effectual scapegoating.Good men sleep peaceably in their beds at night because
rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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Why didn't the decision makers at the local level question the "orders" and weigh those orders against written law? I blame them for succumbing to pressure more than the "Brownshirts." Law enforcement needs to use their powers of discretion and question illegal orders rather than blindly and cowardly following those orders.Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Sacred Heart track and field team earned two weekly honors from the Northeast Conference on Tuesday. Sophomore Sean Ferguson was named the Men's Track Athlete of the Week after winning the mile race at the Yale Collegiate Invitational. Freshman Nicole Bartosch was named Women's Rookie of the Week after placing fourth in the long jump at Yale.
Ferguson ran a personal-best time of 4:17.85 on Saturday at Yale, winning the race by more than seven seconds. In his three races this season, Ferguson has ran a personal best and a top NEC performance. The sophomore has the top times in the NEC in the mile, the 3000 meters, and the 5000 meters.
Bartosch recorded a personal best jump of 18' 3.75" in the long jump on Saturday, finishing in fourth out of 40 competitors. She took over the top spot in the NEC in the event to go along with her top spot on the NEC pentathlon chart that she recorded at Manhattan. In addition to her top NEC rankings in the long jump and pentathlon, Bartosch is third in the high jump, seventh in the 200m, ninth in the 60m hurdles, and 10th in the 800m.
The Sacred Heart track and field teams are back in action on Thursday, Jan. 16 with a quadrangular meet at Boston University.


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One too many visits to gay nightclubs has finally caused the C list movie actress of this A list all movie actor to finally give him the boot. He kept saying it was a place where he would not be mobbed by fans. Has he looked at himself in the mirror? She has just finally realized that she will come a distant second to guys.


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Bruce Springsteen: Born to Philosophize? The Boss Studies Socrates
We know the Boss has a hungry heart, but he may also have a philosopher's soul.
A high-brow study of famous thinkers got a jump in sales after Bruce Springsteen was photographed reading it recently.
On June 23, the U.K.'s Daily Mail published a photo of the musician with his wife, Patti Scialfa, at their daughter's equestrian event in Rotterdam. He's poised over James Miller's "Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche," a collection of short biographies of 12 famous philosophers, in a suede jacket and glasses, pencil in hand. The book's title is a bit of philosophic wordplay on Socrates's view that the unexamined life is not worth living.
Since the photo's release, "Examined Lives," which was published in 2011, has enjoyed a small bump in sales, said its publisher, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. "The Boss does have an impact," said Eric Chinski, editor in chief at FSG. "He had his pencil out in the photo too, so he was obviously reading closely."
The image came as a surprise to the book's author, Mr. Miller, a politics and liberal studies professor at Manhattan's New School for Social Research. "It looked like he was actually reading it, sort of mid-way through. The whole thing floors me," he said. "It's not what I would have considered light reading."
In addition to politics and philosophy, Mr. Miller has written about music since the 1960s and included a chapter on Mr. Springsteen in his book "Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock & Roll, 1947-1977." He was the original editor of "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll," and also wrote about Mr. Springsteen as a critic for Newsweek in the 1980s.
When a google alert for the Daily Mail image popped up on the author's computer, he sent it immediately to his friend Greil Marcus, the cultural critic and author of the rock 'n' roll history "Mystery Train." Mr. Marcus wrote back to tell him, 'Ok, you can quit now.'
A 2012 profile of Mr. Springsteen in the New Yorker described how the musician took reading suggestions from his manager and advisor, Jon Landau—from Steinbeck to Flannery O'Conner. Mr. Miller says he hasn't been in touch with Mr. Landau for years, but that they were friends as young critics in the 1970s. Mr. Springsteen and Mr. Landau did not return calls seeking comment.
"Bruce is a real autodidact, with a vast and intense interest in all kinds of fields, and a great reader," said Mr. Marcus, who has known the musician since 1975. "I know he reads about history, he reads about music, but his interests are very broad."
Mr. Miller, meanwhile, is preparing to teach a class in Poland. Reached in his hotel room on a stopover in Prague, he speculated on Mr. Springsteen's next move. "Who knows, maybe his next album will be about philosophical lives. Wouldn't that be weird?" he said. "Born to Philosophize."


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Women's Rights in Ancient Sparta will the topic of Andrew Hanssen's talkby Karen Handley • January 21, 2008 Share:
Wabash College will host F. Andrew Hanssen who will give a talk on "Rulers Ruled by Women: An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Fall of Women's Rights in Ancient Sparta" at 8 p.m. Thursday, January 31, in Room 101 (Lovell Lecture Room) in Baxter Hall.
Hanssen is professor of economics at Montana State University. His areas of research include industrial organization, law and economics, and political economy. He has published articles in a number of referred journals, including Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of Legal Studies. He serves on the editorial board of Social Science Quarterly. He was a National Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution in 2000. Hanssen received his B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Before getting his Ph.D., he was a management consultant, working in Europe, Latin America, and the Far East. He joined the Montana State faculty in 1995.
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Get Ready for 2013: 10 Kid-Friendly Calendars
My husband thinks having a physical wall calendar at home is an outdated notion, but my son and I use it all the time so I try to pick one that appeals to us both. We mark down upcoming events and I use it to visually show him how much time he has to wait for one of these events to arrive (especially his birthday which is more than 6 months off but inquired about weekly).
The past few years I've ordered an illustrated animal-themed calendar from Sadly Harmless (#8 above) and here are some others I've pulled together in case you're looking for something along these lines.
Another idea is to make your family a photo calendar starring your kids. I make one every year for the grandparents, but it would be fun for my son and I to look at photos of him from when he was a year younger.
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2. Life Calendar: How was your day ($13.21, Brigada Creativa)
3. Illustrated Calendar ($19.75, Steph Says Hello)
4. When My Baby Dreams Calendar ($12.99, Calendars.com)
5. Kate Endle Collage Calendar ($13.99, Kate Endle)
6. Cute Animal Calendar ($15, Loopz)
7. Stitch the Stars ($25, Branch Home)
8. Grand Champions Calendar ($12, Sadly Harmless)
9. Taro Gomi Daily Doodle Calendar ($12.99, Chronicle Books)
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Miramar's Rickae Jinks and Dillard's Kayla Wright may be busy helping their teams prepare for regional semifinal games on Tuesday, but last week Jinks had a chance to celebrate a pretty big accomplishment--her signing with Tulsa.
While Jinks officially signed back in November during the early signing period, she was honored during a National Signing Day ceremony at Miramar this past Wednesday. For her, it was an opportunity to look forward and that includes having the opportunity to play with a familiar face: Wright.
Wright also signed with Tulsa back during the early signing period and now both girls are looking forward to taking a little bit of South Florida basketball with them to Oklahoma.
"We went on our official visit together and when she committed, it was like I committed all over again," said Jinks on National Signing Day. "I'll be up there with someone that I know. I wasn't too scared to go up there and meet new people on my own. The team is very nice, but when Kayla committed, it was like, 'I'm not the only one going up there and I've already got my roommate.'"
Jinks and her Miramar teammates take on Flanagan in a regional semifinal on Tuesday while Wright and three-time defending state champion Dillard take on American Heritage.


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Jack Tatum clearly believes that a moving target is harder to hit, having been in near perpetual motion since he first broached the music scene in the guise of Wild Nothing back in 2009. Since then we've been treated to his dreamy pop earworms across two full length albums and an intervening EP, each released to wide acclaim and each feeling like a distinct progression from the last.
If the lush lo-fi ethereality of 2010's Gemini showed Tatum's first tentative steps blinking into the light, its finespun melancholic foundations were only extended and illuminated through follow up EP, Golden Haze. Then came last year's Nocturne, which felt like a distillation of Wild Nothing's sound and influences, having a clearly defined melodic structure but coupled with an effervescence, that created something which remained high on 'dream', but equally strong on 'pop'.
This all brings us to the new Empty Estate EP and (initially at least) familiar ground on an opening pair of tracks clearly designed with summer in mind. Shafts of light flood the jangle of guitars on 'Bodies In Rainfall', while breathy vocals and pulsating synths create hooks on follow-up 'Ocean Repeating (Big Eyed Girl)'. These form a couplet, which serve as head nodding reminders of everything Tatum does best, erring on the lighter side of his sound, they are a floatation device to keep us buoyant as the music pools into more less familiar waters.
The change in current comes with instrumental 'On Guyot', its paired down mechanised thrums reminiscent of the Beta Band's 'Dry The Rain', which gradually gives way to a sparkling wash of harmonic synths that feel like dawn breaking over industrial cityscapes. It's the longest track here and together with its instrumental counterpart (the bittersweet drone of EP closer 'Hachiko') form intriguing experimental diversions, albeit ones which never quite hit their stride. In fact, these tracks are perhaps better viewed as entry and exit points to the prevailing digitised sound fused to the core of Empty Estate.
Robust may not be a word which you readily associate with Wild Nothing, but sandwiched between this experimentation are three surprisingly bold tracks. 'Ride' echoes early Cut Copy or later M83 depending on your viewpoint, with distant vocals overlaid by shuddering waves of electro, which feel upbeat on a down note. 'Data World' is the soundtrack to some parallel world montage of Eighties Judd Nelson strutting unrepentantly through a school library; deep bass lines and precision drumming rattling headlong into a startlingly exultant synth climax. Each track in this triptych attempting to push Wild Nothing's sound out from the shadows and shuffle it closer the dance-floor. That's not to say Tatum's going to be dropping floor fillers from here on out, even if he is writing tracks like the shimmering and standout 'Dancing Shell', with its Aztec Camera-as-remixed-by-Washed Out sounds; spoken word verses and sub-aquatic saxophones providing the theme to a thousand sun-kissed days yet to come.
While this isn't Wild Nothing stalling, Empty Estate never coalesces into anything as confident as his previous releases, leaving the impression that for now he's running on the spot. Like a warm up for the main act, this is colourful and intriguing but ultimately just a few elongated jams that add substance to some summery tunes. That said, Tatum's boundless energy and talent for consistent, durable, modern pop is something we should treasure so if Empty Estate isn't quite as evolutionary as its predecessors then, as he sings on 'Data World', "There's always the next and there's always the next after that".
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Selected content from volume 27, numbers 5-6, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website, featuring reports on a disastrous excursion for "intelligent design" in Oklahoma, developments in the Answers in Genesis schism, and the failed attempt to earmark $100,000 in taxpayer funds to a creationist organization in Louisiana. Additionally, RNCSE's editor Andrew J. Petto considers "The History of Life as a Walk in the Park" -- with color photographs of J.
In a statement submitted to the platform committees of both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, the Anti-Defamation League reiterated its position on creationism and intelligent design:
NCSE is pleased to congratulate, belatedly, the recipients of the Darwin-Wallace medals for 2008, who include one member and two Supporters of NCSE. In a press release dated May 27, 2008, the Council of the Linnean Society of London announced the award of thirteen medals for "major advances in evolutionary biology" since 1958 to Nick Barton, M. W. Chase, B. C. Clarke, Joseph Felsenstein (a member of NCSE), the late Stephen Jay Gould (a Supporter of NCSE), P. R. Grant, Rosemary Grant, J. L. B.
The third issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach -- the new journal aspiring to promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience -- is now available on-line.
Louisiana's Senate Bill 733, signed by Governor Bobby Jindal on June 25, 2008, continues to draw scrutiny. In New Scientist, Amanda Gefter reports (July 9, 2008), "The new legislation is the latest manoeuvre in a long-running war to challenge the validity of Darwinian evolution as an accepted scientific fact in American classrooms."
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One Dead, Many Injured in Northern Illinois School Bus Crash
Authorities say one person has died and more than three dozen people are injured, including elementary school children, in a school bus rollover in northern Illinois.
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran Jr. says everyone aboard the bus survived Friday's crash in Wadsworth, 45 miles north of Chicago.
The coroner's office says a male died at the scene but has not provided other details.
Authorities have not elaborated on the extent of the injuries, but officials at two hospitals say they've received patients in good to serious condition.
Television footage from the scene shows the bus on its side, with two mangled cars nearby. Debris was scattered in an adjacent farm field.
The accident happened around 8 a.m. about a mile from Newport Elementary School, which has about 400 students.


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UH West O'ahu to host internationally acclaimed Reggio Emilia exhibit
"The Wonder of Learning" illustrates the "hundred languages of children"University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
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The University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu will host The Wonder of Learning: the Hundred Languages of Children, an internationally renowned traveling exhibition of the infant-toddler centers and preschools of the Istituzione Municipality of Reggio Emilia Italy, from July 11 - December 7 in the UH West O'ahu Library.
The eye-opening exhibit will make its first trip across the Pacific Ocean, and illustrates the acclaimed Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood learning, and the core belief that the child is capable. The exhibit provides a setting to engage in discussion about early childhood education and continue the dialogue about the establishment of a quality early learning system for all of Hawai'i's keiki.
The Wonder of Learning is composed of six thematic areas: Introduction, Dialogues with Places, Dialogues with Material, Ray of Light, The Enchantment of Writing, and Ideas and Projects. These themes are delivered through a sequence of interconnected micro-places that can be viewed separately. The micro-places include seating areas, tables, reference areas, sofas and film areas to allow in-depth views of children's and teachers' processes, adults' roles, working tools, and more.
The exhibit is co-sponsored by UH West O'ahu, Mid-Pacific Institute, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Kamehameha Schools, the Atherton Foundation, UH Manoa College of Education and PATCH. The Wonder of Learning is free and open to the public during UH West O'ahu Library hours.
About UH West O'ahu
The University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu offers a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences with a concentration in Early Childhood Education as well as more than 25 other degrees and certificates. The University is currently accepting applications for fall 2013. The final application deadline is Aug. 1.
UH West O'ahu became a four-year, regional comprehensive university when it served its first class of freshmen in fall 2007. The University offers quality education, small classes and personalized attention at convenient locations. UH West O'ahu serves approximately 2,000 students at its brand new, state-of-the-art campus that opened in the City of Kapolei in 2012. For more information, visit uhwo.hawaii.edu, twitter.com/uhwestoahu, facebook.com/uhwestoahu or call 689-2800 or toll-free (866) 299-8656.


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Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp., in East Rutherford, a designer and maker of avionics and test equipment for commercial, military and general aviation, announced Tuesday it has received three additional delivery orders from the U.S. Navy totaling $1.244 million for the CRAFT program.
The new orders come as part of a contract worth up to $9.5 million to the company. The contract is in support of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army and various foreign military sales customers.
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It is 9 a.m. and the thermometer shows -15°C. I have a Nexus S with Google Latitude in my left pocket and my new Lumix LX-5 in the right one. I am in Davos and I am ready for a fantastic day of skiing when I decide to use the new feature of Panoramio: geotagging photos with Google Latitude.
Panoramio is a community photos website that enables digital photographers to geo-locate, store and organize their photographs -- and to view those photographs in Google Earth.
Google Latitude allows you to share your location with friends and view their location on a map. When enabled, Google Latitude History allows you to store your previous locations and this allows you to match your photos with the locations stored in Google Latitude History.
By combining Panoramio and Google Latitude your photos get geotagged automatically as the time stamp of the photos is matched with your location record in Google Latitude History. To use this feature you need to explicitly enable it in your Settings page in Panoramio. With your permission, Panoramio will access your Google Latitude History to find out your location at the time when your photos are taken, so make sure the time in your camera is correct and it matches the value you entered in the Panoramio Settings page.
Using Google Latitude while skiing allows you to find your friends when you get lost on the slopes, and at the same time it allows you to focus on taking nice photos not worrying about the location where you are taking them.
Mapping photos within the city is normally not a problem as you can easily remember street names, points of interest, etc. It is much more difficult to do it in the countryside and that is why I decided to give the feature a whirl while skiing in Davos:
Thanks to Google Latitude, my photos were geotagged just after uploading them in Panoramio. The day was great, snow was perfect, weather was amazing and when I arrived home my photos were already geo-positioned.
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- Wabash Entrepreneur Summit and Start-Up Weekend: The Summit is Feb 23, Start-Up Weekend April 6. We are seeking alumni panelists and participants. For info, Scott Crawford, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Ahh, but now you're grouping desktops and consoles together, while confronting them previously - a bit of a moving target
Tablets and consoles might as well blend a bit, possibly - maybe Wii U, however ridiculous it seems at first sight (also to me; but then, Wii also seemed that way), is a first swan of what might be in 10 years... (and I didn't say the desktop computers won't be around; they ought to lose mind-share, though)
Mouse is also quite limited, it's geared to one specific type of interaction; it works well because so many games (and their UIs) are build around the simple mechanics of pointing at things. With which touchscreens aren't bad either, even if in a slightly different way (in some aspects worse, in some other better) - but they are also more conductive to few other types of interaction. Especially if the UI is via slightly nested, scrollable lists - which also always worked better on joypads (unfortunately way too many releases didn't remember that, trying to transplant "pointing-UIs"), and lessen the need for keyboard (which might be also, perhaps, finally supplemented by voice commands by then). Heck, where adventure games are still thriving, they have mostly just ~such UI (and OTOH maybe the purely "pointing at things" point'n'click ones weren't so great after all, if they sort of died...)
And then, nothing would stop you from just having a bt joypad, etc.
...but I can see people very much NOT preferring a waste of "could just as well have a separate device" (though "the hub" might as well be not the tablet per se, but for example an evolved set-top-box of sorts - it seems to be the aim of Xbox division ...then there's Apple TV and particularly how Google just bought a widely used line of set-top-boxes in Motorola, so who knows what might become of Google TV)
Overall, you again remind me a bit of "PCs won't supplant Amiga for gaming" (and remember, they were more different than they look at first sight - for example, joystick was the primary gaming input method before that transition)
BTW, are you known from such accurate past predictions of tech landscapes "in a decade"?


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Sheehan syndrome is a condition thatcan occur in a woman who bleeds severely during childbirth. Sheehan syndrome is a type of
Alternative Names
Postpartum hypopituitarism; Postpartum pituitary insufficiency; Hypopituitarism Syndrome
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Severe bleeding during childbirth canresult intissue death in the pituitary gland. This causes the gland to lose its ability to work properly.
The pituitary gland isat the base of the brain. It makes hormones that stimulate growth,production ofbreast milk, reproductive functions, the thyroid, and the adrenal glands. A lack of these hormones can lead to a variety of symptoms.
Conditions that increase the risk of bleeding during childbirth and Sheehan syndrome include multiple pregnancy (twins or triplets) and problems with the placenta. The placenta isthe organ that develops during pregnancy to feed the fetus.
Sheehan syndrome is very rare.
Symptoms of Sheehan syndrome may include:
- Inability to breast-feed (breast milk never "comes in")
- Fatigue
- Lack of menstrual bleeding
- Loss of pubic and axillary hair
- Low blood pressure
Note: Other thannot being ableto breast feed, symptomsmay not develop for several years after the delivery.
Signs and tests
- Blood tests to measure hormone levels
- MRI of the head to rule out other pituitary problems, such as a tumor
Treatment involves estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement therapy. These hormonesmust be taken at least until the normal age of menopause. Thyroid and adrenal hormones must also be taken. These will be needed for the rest of your life.
Expectations (prognosis)
The outlook with early diagnosis and treatment is excellent.
This condition can be life threatening if not treated.
Extreme bleeding during childbirth can often be prevented by proper medical care. Otherwise, Sheehan syndrome is not preventable.
Cunningham FG, Leveno KL, Bloom SL, et al . Obstetrical hemorrhage. In: Cunnigham FG, Leveno KL, Bloom SL, et al, eds. Williams Obstetrics. 23rd ed. New York, NY; McGraw-Hill; 2009:chap 35.
Malee MP. Pituitary and adrenal disorders in pregnancy. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Obstetrics - Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2012:chap 41.
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ECBC Poseidon Messenger Bag K7202 Review
ECBC Poseidon Messenger Bag K7202 Introduction:
Laptops, tablets, and smart-phones play a very important role in our daily life. We carry them around and use them everywhere. These devices became thinner and lighter over the years and with portability comes the risk of drops, spills, and all sorts of accidents that usually happen when we least expect them. Some manufacturers saw the opportunity and for every device made there is a plethora of cases, armors, and protectors available. But some of us have more than one device to carry around; not counting the chargers, USB drives and all sorts of little gadgets that complement our portable electronics. Multi-compartment laptop bags are the answer! They usually offer good protection and an efficient way to organize our electronic gear for easy access on the go. But are they all made equal? Certainly not, the majority of you will answer to that. ECBC's lineup of backpacks and messenger bags was introduced with that question in mind. The Southern California-based company offerings are made of high end materials with the main focus "on giving people a more functional, comfortable and stylish way of transporting their laptops, iPads, tablets and other essentials".
Today I will be reviewing the POSEIDON Messenger Bag K7202; designed to fit laptops up to 13" screen size and made of highly abrasion resistant 1000d Kodra material with a 210d Double Diamond Ripstop lining. The bag is packed with cool features like the luggage handle pass through, a zip-away side bottle pocket, and water resistant YKK zippers. Let's move to the closer look and features section and see if the POSEIDON Messenger BAG K7202 lives to its expectations of durability and comfort.
ECBC Poseidon Messenger Bag K7202 Closer Look:
The POSEIDON Messenger Bag K7202 is very light at only 1.8 lbs and feels nice to the touch. I received the blue version but it's also available in black and green. The pictures on the ECBC website also show a red and a white units. The body and base of the bag are made of 1000d Kodra abrasion resistant material with waterproof coating. The front of the bag has a very sober design with a water resistant YKK zipper across the top and a discreet ECBC logo on the bottom. The zipper gives access to a large compartment meant essentially for personal documents and includes a small fleece lined cell phone pocket. The back of the bag is nicely padded and breathable for improved comfort. The middle section is actually pass through and upon detaching a dissimulated Velcro piece a luggage handle can be fit through so your bag is secure during those marathons in between airport terminals!
The front is held securely in place with two large pieces of Velcro and two stealth buckle sets. When lifted it gives access to four compartments and a key set attachment. The first compartment consists of four pen or stylus pockets and a middle free access section. The next two compartments are not segmented and are held in place with the same high quality Velcro. The zipper equipped fourth compartment is not segmented either. Inside the bag you will find another large - non segmented - compartment, two medium sized pockets made of expandable mesh material, and the extra padded laptop compartment. This section is fleece lined to ensure protection against scratches. Tucked inside is the adjustable shoulder strap, roughly measuring four feet long when totally extended by two inch wide. The shoulder strap is equipped with a detachable/adjustable padded section measuring an impressive full foot! Extremely comfortable and very easy to adjust, no matter how you like to carry your bag.
On the left side is located a large heavy duty clip used to adjust the length of the shoulder strap and a small pocket made of an expandable mesh material. The right side sports an embroidered 'E' letter and a "Zip Away" water bottle pocket that can be expanded or hidden on demand. All the elements are of great craftsmanship and show the ECBC's high attention to detail.
I had my doubts about the effectiveness of the large clip used to adjust the length of the shoulder strap. After using the bag for a few days I came to realize that it's well thought out, and even with a fairly heavy load in the bag it held in place nicely. Another aspect of the attention to detail is the implementation of extra protection on the clip in case it gets undone by accident. If that happens, the shoulder strap gets locked towards the end of it's length and so avoiding an imminent drop. Another nice feature is the removable modular inset found at the bottom of the laptop compartment by default. Covered with a smooth microfiber fabric and equipped with Velcro on each side, this insert will make it possible for smaller laptops to fit firmly inside the POSEIDON Messenger Bag K7202. The modular inset can be removed easily to accommodate larger laptops up to 13" in size.
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Our 32-credit curriculum is designed to provide the technical education needed by graduates to lead the transformation of the economy to a renewable and sustainable basis. To earn the Master of Professional Studies in Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems (RESS), students are required to take the following 14 credits:
- A B E 589: Management and Design of Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems (3 credits)
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