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Urban Gardener Inc 7 Reviewsmoved location
This WAS a great place to go to. There is a new nursery there now called GardenHood, which has been at this location since Fall 2009... You won't find the plants commonly sold everywhere (Lowe's, Home Deport, etc)... Like that? But YOU will find something pretty awesome! Reasonable too!
Hastings Nature & Garden Center 41 ReviewsBrand New Backyard
Bruce Wells came highly recommended to us by several friends. We had him come out and review plan for new backyard. We took out old deck and added in new patio, graded backyard, retaining wall, new sod, and new plants. Project went on for a couple of weeks and crew was able to work around rain. They did amazing job and everything was set up perfectly. Yard now (for the first time) drains properly and it looks great. Very professional job by Hastings and all of the crew that were at our house this past summer. I would highly recommend Bruce and Hastings. Both of our neighbors are using them on their next projects.
GardenHood 2 ReviewsAmazing nursury
They have an amazing selection of really high quality plants. My wife and I have purchased maybe 20+ plants, all with great results. The staff are fantastic. They really know their stuff, and clearly really like what they are doing. Much better than the staff at most big box stores. It is true that at Gardenhood you might pay a little bit more than at the big box places. Where they have overlapping stock, the staff will tell you that. But there isn't very much overlap, and to me supporting a local business providing quality service and selection as well as enriching the neighborhood is more than worth any difference in price.
Pinestraw Depot 3 ReviewsThese guys are great
I called and ordered 50 bails. They were on time the delivery man Radford was a great guy. The pinestraw was clean the price very reasonable and I would highly reccomend them to anyone. This is a family owned company and they treat their customers great.
Pollen 1 ReviewsWonderful Florest!
My experience with them was great. The person I spoke with was very helpful, gave me several options which we discussed. The orchard arrangement was perfect, beautiful and fresh. Thank you Pollen!


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In most small island states (including high islands such as Seychelles, Reunion,
and Fiji), narrow coastal plains provide attractive locations for settlement
and a variety of infrastructure to support economic and social needs. Most of
the population, settlements, and economic activities are concentrated in areas
where competition for space is acute and where fragile ecosystems, aquatic and
terrestrial, coexist. In most Caribbean islands, for example, more than 50%
of the population live within 2 km of the coast. On atolls, most of the important
infrastructure and population clusters often are less than 100 m from the shoreline.
As the shortage of coastal space becomes increasingly acute in many small islands,
land reclamation often is practiced as a solution to this need. Ironically,
this practice exposes these islands to greater risk by attracting more settlement
and infrastructure to already highly vulnerable locations.
As elsewhere, coastal development in most small islands has been undertaken
in the past without taking climate change and sea-level projections into consideration.
With currently projected rates of sea-level rise and flooding, coupled with
the possibility of more intense and frequent extreme events such as cyclones
(hurricanes) and associated storm surge, critical infrastructure such as social
services, airports, port facilities, roads, coastal protection structures, tourism
facilities, and vital utilities will be at severe risk. Furthermore, the capacity
of most small island states to respond effectively to these threats is limited
by their low adaptive capacity, which results from a combination of factorsincluding
physical size (little opportunity to retreat), limited access to capital and
technology, and a shortage of human resource skills.
In some countries, particularly the low islands and micro-atolls, resettlement
within national boundaries may have to be considered as the only viable option.
However, implementation of this strategy could become extremely complicated,
especially for densely populated coastal lowlands such as in the Federated States
of Micronesia (950 persons km-2), Majuro, Marshall Islands (2,188
persons km-2) and Male, Republic of Maldives (35,000 persons km-2).
In extreme circumstances, it may even become necessary to abandon some atolls
altogether (Nurse et al., 1998). Such an option would be socially and
culturally disruptive and would require access to substantial resourceswhich
most of these countries may be unable to afford.
Increased instability of weather patterns and large interannual variability
in climate enhanced by ENSO forcing and GHG-induced climate change have catalyzed
a new focus on possible health consequences in a changing climate (Epstein,
1997; Epstein et al., 1997; Hales et al., 1997; Woodward et
al., 1998). Many tropical islands are now experiencing high incidences of
vector- and water-borne diseases that are attributed to changes in temperature
and rainfall regimes, which may be linked to events such as ENSO, droughts,
and floods. In the Pacific, there is growing evidence that outbreaks of dengue
are becoming more frequent and appear to be strongly correlated with the ENSO
phenomenon (Hales et al., 1997, 1999a). Many of the small island states
lie in the tropical zone, where the climate is suitable for the transmission
of tropical diseases such as malaria, dengue, filariasis, and schistosomiasis.
Some of the small island states, such as the Bahamas, Kiribati, the Marshall
Islands, and the Maldives, are a mere 3-4 m above mean sea level, which predisposes
them to inundation with seawater and, as a consequence, salinization of freshwater
supplies and flooding from sea-level rise. Furthermore, low-lying islands are
particularly vulnerable to storms and cyclones; these also can adversely affect
public water supplies. Vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue are
particularly sensitive to warming and flooding. Filariasis and schistosomiasis
are less sensitive to short-term seasonal climatic changes, but the epidemiology
of these diseases could change with long-term effects of climate change. Water-borne
diseases such as shigella, cryptosporidium, giardia, and amoebiasis could increase
as a result of disruption of sewage and water systems by flooding (see Chapter
It is also projected that, with temperature and rainfall changes, some vectors
could extend their range, so there is likely to be wider transmission of some
diseases (McMichael, 1996). For example, malariawhich previously tended
to be confined largely to the western and central Pacific regionnow appears
to be extending east as far as Fiji. It also is worth noting that the interior
uplands of many islands, which now are virtually free of vectors (e.g., Aedes
aegypti mosquito) that transmit malaria, dengue, and other tropical illnessescould
become favorable breeding sites in a changing climate (disease-specific details
appear in Chapter 9).
In some regionsfor example, the Pacificit has been noted that extreme
weather events appear to be occurring at a higher frequency than elsewhere (Timmerman
et al., 1997). As a consequence, physical injuries arising from these events
can be expected to increase.
It is well-established that vulnerability to such health risks will vary according
to factors such as availability of quality health care, the present health status
of the population, and availability of technical and other resources (McMichael,
1993; WHO, 1996). Unfortunately, health care facilities and related infrastructure
in many small island states and other developing countries often are inadequate.
Hence, the resilience of such states and their capacity to respond effectively
to (or mitigate) increasing health threats posed by climate change is likely
to be low.
A range of adaptation strategies for reducing the severity of possible climate
change-related health threats has been proposed, and many of these measures
may be successfully pursued in the small island states. Such measures include,
inter alia, implementation of effective health education programs, preventive
maintenance and improvement of health care facilities, cost-effective sewerage
and solid waste management practices, and disaster preparedness plans (McMichael,
Adoption of efficient early warning systems also would be beneficial in vulnerable
small islands (Stern and Easterling, 1999). This process would involve monitoring
of health-risk indicators by improving the forecasting of conditions that are
favorable to the outbreak of climate-sensitive diseases such as dengue, cholera,
and malaria (Patz et al., 1996; IPCC, 1998; Epstein, 1999). Where large
populations exist, as in urban areas, simple, low-cost measures could be implemented
to control the vectors of dengue and other diseases, where a risk of transmission
exists. At the individual level, insecticide-treated bed nets could provide
protection against vectors of malaria and filariasis. Simple technology, such
as the use of sari cloth to filter drinking water, reduces the risk of cholera
transmission at the household level. Although some measures for adapting to
climate change can be deferred, early implementation of preventive strategies
could reduce current and future health "costs."
Climate change could have direct and indirect impacts on other economic and
social sectors in some small islands. The insurance industry is one sector that
is highly sensitive to the magnitude and frequency of various hazards, including
climate-related phenomena such as tropical storms and floods. Because insurance
premiums are based on assessment of risk of occurrence of a particular event,
any indication of an increase in the frequency or intensity of phenomena such
as tropical cyclones and floods is likely to trigger an increase in the cost
of insurance. Within the past decade, insurance costs in the Caribbean have
increased significantly, following the passage of a series of severe hurricanes
that caused widespread socioeconomic dislocation, injury, and loss of life.
Claims were so high that some reinsurance companies withdrew from the market;
others imposed higher deductibles, separate conditions for windstorms, and a
premium structure to minimize the risk of underinsurance (Murray, 1993; Saunders,
1993). Even in cases in which these systems did not make landfall in the insular
Caribbean itselfas with Hurricane Andrew, which devastated southern Florida
in the United Statesan increase in insurance premiums in the islands subsequently
Certain traditional island assets (goods and services) also will be at risk
from climate change and sea-level rise. These assets include subsistence and
traditional technologies (skills and knowledge), community structure, and coastal
villages and settlements. Sea-level rise and climate changes, coupled with environmental
changes, have destroyed some very important and unique cultural and spiritual
sites, coastal protected areas, and traditional heritage sites in the Federated
States of Micronesia, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, Niue, and Kiribati and continue
to threaten others (Kaluwin and Smith, 1997).
Although some of these assets fall into the category of nonmarket goods and
services, they are still considered to be of vital importance in small island
states. In Tuvalu, for instance (as in other Pacific atoll states), strong traditional
ties to land and sea constitute a vital component of local cosmology (Sem et
al., 1996). Some of these values and traditions are compatible with modern
conservation and environmental practices; therefore, priority action is needed
in the following areas: research into traditional knowledge and practices of
conservation and environment controlwhich have sustained these societies
for generations, even in the face of hazards, risk, and uncertainty; inventorying
of traditional, heritage, and other cultural sites; encouragement of practices
that marry use of modern science and technology with traditional wisdom; and
more effective transmission of traditional knowledge to younger generations.
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Heart Center
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Our aim is to provide you with the best possible advice and care in the event of heart or vascular problems.
Our aim is to provide you with the best possible advice and care in the event of heart or vascular problems.
The Cardiology Centre Zurich aims to give patients the best possible advices and care in the field of heart and blood vessels diseases. Experienced and renowned cardiologists and cardiac surgeons guarantee individual treatment at the highest level.
As a member of the Swiss Leading Hospitals, the Multispecialty Hospital Lindberg in Winterthur ranges amongst the leading medical facilities in Switzerland. With more than 100 accredited doctors of various specialties, the Lindberg Hospital offers a broad range of medical services.
All over the world, the heart diseases comprise the leading cause of death. Our Cardiology and Interventional Surgery Center of Clinique de Valère jointly with an interdisciplinary team of highly qualified specialists offer a number of special procedures.
Cardiology is the branch of medicine concerning the heart which deals with the structure, the function and diseases of the heart and cardiac circulation.
A Therapist, a specialist in internal medicine, has very broad medical knowledge about diseases suffered by adolescents, adults and older people. In addition, the therapist may offer a complete physical examination, which will help to identify disease at an early stage.
Artavazd and Susambar, Armenia
Artavazd and Susambar, Armenia, November 2017, University Hospital Düsseldorf.
Sanzhar A., Kazakhtan
Sanzhar A., Kazakhtan, November 2017, University Hospital Cologne.
Ali Abdurahman A., Saudi Arabia
Ali Abdurahman A., Saudi Arabia, April, 2017, Asklepios Childrens Hospital in Sankt Augustin, Prof. Dr. med. Boulos Asfour.
Boris T., USA
Boris T., USA, Marth, 2017, Academic Hospital Schwabing, Prof. Dr. med. Robert Ritzel.
Alexej E., Russia
Alexej E., Russia, July, 2017, University Hospital Bonn, Prof. Dr. Frank G. Holz.
Sos V., Russia
Sos V., Russia, November 2017, University Hospital Cologne, Professor Dr. med. Axel Heidenreich.
Hazem Mahmoud Samy M., Egypt
Hazem Mahmoud Samy M., Egypt, August, 2017, Preventicum.
Marwa Nabil Abdelmaksoud M., Egypt
Marwa Nabil Abdelmaksoud M., Egypt, July, 2017, Multispecialty Medical Center Preventicum.
Younis Talib Jalal S., Iraq
Younis Talib Jalal S., Iraq, August, 2017, Urological Private Practice, Prof. Dr. med. H. Schuldes.
Lisa S., Russia
Lisa S., Russia, May, 2017, Clinic for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery in Cologne.
Enrika I., Russia
Enrika I., Russia, February, 2017, University Hospital Bonn, Prof. Dr. med. Frank G. Holz.
Aizaryk D., Kazakhstan
Aizaryk D., Kazakhstan, August, 2017, University Hospital Bonn, Dr. Petrak.
Victoria I., Russia
Victoria I., Russia, July, 2017, University Hospital Cologne, Prof. Dr. med. Karl-Bernd Hüttenbrink.
Nemattilo T., Kyrgyzstan
Nemattilo T., Kyrgyzstan, July, 2017, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Prof. Dr. Walter Zidek.
Anatoli Y., Russia
Anatoli Y., Russia, September, 2017, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Prof. Dr. med. Peter Albers.
Oksana K., Belarus
Oksana K., Belarus, March, 2017, Park-Clinic Weissensee, PD, Dr. med. Oliver Hauschild.
Galina G., Russia
Galina G., Russia, September, 2017, University Hospital Bonn, Prof. Dr. med. Frank G. Holz.
Farid K., Jordan
Farid K., Jordan, September, 2016, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Prof. Dr. med. Bertram Wiedenmann.
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Summertime is here! Before you head off to your summer destination, you can plan ahead with some help from nature. Don�t let minor stings and aches spoil your travel fun! Put together a natural first aid kit so you are prepared for the unexpected.
When traveling, it�s always easier to have things close by and avoid the emergency scramble to find things and/or communicate your needs in a foreign language. All it takes is a few trips to an organic store and a pharmacy to take care of the essentials.
So what are some emergency essentials to keep on hand? The Belgian Red Cross has a First Aid kit available for around 20 euros and contains all the basics including bandages, an emergency thermal wrap, etc. In addition, here are some natural remedies (in alphabetical order) to get you started.
Arnica � a tube in gel or cream form of this is useful for any trauma � but do not use on open wounds. Arnica also comes in oil form which you can use on sore and strained muscles. Try arnica in homeopathic form for internal use to minimize trauma.
Aloe Vera � the gel of this plant is great for sunburns and skin irritations.
Calendula � available in many forms including cream, this plant has soothing, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties often used for healing wounds and burns. Many baby creams and oils contain calendula to help skin irritations.
Charcoal � look for this at a bio store and get the activated charcoal variety. This is a highly absorbent powder that is great for stomach ailments including diarrhea. It comes in powder, granular or capsule form (easiest when traveling).
Clay � Bring along a tube of ready-to-use green clay paste made from raw illite clay which can be used for clay packs and compresses in case of bone or muscle damage.
Essential oil-based insect repellant � make your own or buy one of the ready-prepared mixes that include essential oils like lemongrass, peppermint, cedar, geranium, or rosemary.
Natural eye drops made from euphrasia are useful for long flights. They come in handy, single-use tubes.
Ginger � with anti-spasmodic properties, ginger capsules are especially useful for motion sickness. Keep on hand for car or sea sickness. Another easy way to bring it with you is in tea bag form. You can also try specially formulated wrist bands that use acupressure to soothe stomach upsets.
Homeopathic remedies � head over to a specialist pharmacy like Debrus-Tensi near Montgomery for some tubes to help with common problems like runny nose, fever, stings, and overindulgence. You can also get homeopathic bug bite ointments.
Oregano � another plant with anti-bacterial properties that comes in capsule form, oregano is useful at the onset of a cold or sore throat. Pranarom has a whole line of essential oil formulas that come in capsule or spray form for easy transport and storage.
Other essential oils that come in handy include lavender and tea tree oil. Lavender is easy to use directly on the skin (test a small area first to ensure there are no allergies) and helps with burns and wounds. It�s also good for relaxing and for easing headaches. Both lavender and tea tree take the swelling and itch out of mosquito bites. Tea tree has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties.
Rescue Remedy - Bach flower remedies for calming all kinds of emotions like anger, grief, and fear are also handy to have. There is also a specific night time formula to help with sleeplessness.
Keep all of the above in a safe place � you can get creative and store them all in a recycled cookie tin or lunch box, and remember to include some padding for the glass bottles so the contents stay safe for traveling.
Happy travels!
Spend Time in Nature, Take Care of It and It Will Take Care of You!
Spend time in nature and you might just be curing what ails you. Easier said than done, you might say. After all, the weather in Belgium isn't always kind to those who spend time in the outdoors. Those gloomy grey skies with the ever present rain clouds? How can they amount to any good apart from keeping Belgium a very green place to live? And what about all the puddles, mud and cold weather? It doesn't sound like the recipe for a fun time (although you have to admit, it sure looks like fun when you see scouts running around in shorts and muddy boots in the parks on the weekends).
Sunbeams Sprouting Workshop
Sunbeams is holding a free 'sprouting' workshop for anyone interested in learning how to sprout their own seeds
and beans for tasty, fresh and nutritious food that is easy to make at home.
Wednesday, 09 February 2011, 09:15 - 10:30
The workshop wil be held at:
International Montessori School,
Bergestraat 24,
3080 Tervuren
Sunbeams Nature Workshop - Birds in Winter
Sunbeams Nature Workshop - Birds in Winter
30. January, 13.00h - 16.00h,
For children aged 7 and up.
Fee: 15�
Learn how to identify birds that stay during the winter and how to attract them to your garden, nature walk with winter bird survey.
More information: www.lokilino.com
2010 International Year of Biodiversity
Sunbeams has written a series of articles to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity.
Join us to make small steps for biodiversity around us.
Sunbeams articles on what you can do for biodiversity:
- main areas to do small steps - Sunbeams Newsletter May 2009 ( pdf 590Kb)
- small steps advice by IUCN - Sunbeams Newsletter January 2010 ( pdf 1.1Mb)
Sunbeams articles on biodiversity in Away Magazine:
- Interview with IUCN representative, by Leanne Halewyck [Jan-Feb 2010]
- Permaculture, by Dave Meyer [Mar-Apr 2010]
- You and me and biodiversity, by Ilke [May-June 2010] (available here soon )
Sunbeams article in Small Talk (BCT):
Celebrating biodiversity with children [June 2010] (available here soon)
Sunbeams Events related to biodiversity:
- 4 Workshops for children on nature and wildlife (as from October 2010)
- Annual workshop for adults on wildlife in Belgium (fall)
- Annual tree planting event (spring)
- Annual composting event (May-June)
- Build a herb spiral together with Sunbeams in your commune
- Guided nature walk in Zoni�nwoud/For�t de Soignes (in the fall)
Other events focusing on biodiversity:
- Natuurpunt needs your help to count biodiversity in your garden, weekend of 22-23 May 2010 www.waarnemingen.be
- EU Green Week, 2-5 June 2010
- Environmental Party outdoor in Jubelpark/Cinquantenaire, 6 June 2010 (come and see us at the Sunbeams stand)
Useful links can be found in all teh above articles, and here are a few more:
Check out the activities at the Museum of Natural Sciences and their focus on Biodiversity
Order a little booklet with 366 ideas on what you can do for biodiversity in Dutch:
or in French:
More Sunbeams articles relating to specific areas of biodiversity:
- Biodiversity (!)
- Composting - April 2009
- Organic food baskets in and around Brussels - Sunbeams Newsletter September 2009 ( pdf 517Kb)
- How and when to plant trees in Belgium - Sunbeams Newsletter October 2009 (pdf 760Kb)
- Gardening for wildlife [Sunbeams Newsletter November 2009 ( pdf 560Kb)
- Saving energy - Sunbeams Newsletter December 2009 ( pdf 500 Kb)
- Precycling - Sunbeams Newsletter February ( pdf 600 Kb) and March ( pdf 1.0Mb) 2010
- Bees and biodiversity - Sunbeams Newsletter March 2010 ( pdf 1.0Mb)
- How to build a Herb Spiral - Sunbeams Newsletter March 2010 ( pdf 1.0Mb)
- Nature Nook, a new series on nature - starting in Sunbeams Newsletter May 2010
This article was originally published in the January 2010 issue of the Away Magazine.
Flowers and Plants in Four Languages
This is an overview of beneficial plants and flowers for bees, bumblebees, hoverflies and butterflies. To find a specific term, just use the search function of your browser.
Bees for Biodiversity
In our series on biodiversity, we will focus on bees this time. There are two major groups of bees: the honeybees, whom we all know, living in big communities and the solitary bees, less known and with a big variety of species (more on them later).
As you might know, all bees are crucial for humans, because they pollinate: if bees were extinct, it would take human kind another 4 years to disappear as well. The problem is we do not know where the tipping point is in the declining numbers among bees we see today. Even the causes are not always clear. Recent studies show that the general loss of biodiversity is a main factor, the excessive use of chemicals and climate change have all been mentioned in this regard. Hopeful news is reaching us, like the French government announcing a large scale project to plant wild flowers, the thriving of bees in towns, and the raised interest in beehive associations. There are also things you can do!


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Confused Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Confused Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Costa Rica View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message piscean21Joined: 15 Nov 2004Posts: 20Location: Houston, TX Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:23 pm Post subject: Confused Quote: Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- word has come down from our sister campus in San Jose that the Costa Rican government has issued a zero tolerance in respect to foreigners being issued work visas. All I know is that a number of US and Canadian citizens recently lost their jobs at that private university. So I´ve been told. I´ll go along with moonraven; marrying a Costa Rican may be an alternative . Good luck! I'm getting mixed messages from people on this subject. I saw this in reply to getting a work visa in CR. I also got this reply: Quote: I am presently working in Costa Rica at a university and they have now decided that we all will become ´´legal´´ or start the process, or we will not work or get paid. The university is footing the bill but we do have to go thru the process of having our certificates authenticated and then we are fingerprinted and criminal record searched. This will probably take a while, But in the mean time, as long as the paperwork is started, we don´t have to do the 90 day visa runs. i personally have enjoyed leaving the country and seeing Panama and Columbia but i do think that it can get a little pricey. this being compared to what you make in salary here. Buses are cheap enough but food and accomodation add up over 72 hours and then i usually have to take 2 days off work, so there´s loss of revenue. The government is clamping down on illegal workers and this profession seems to be one it wants to legalize and collect taxes from , from what i´m told from my employers. However, this is Costa Rica and things do take their sweet time here. Has the current situation changed? Has anyone lost their job? I know I've asked about this several times, but I keep getting different responses from people, which is making me a little wary. I'm perfectly prepared to work illegally, but I'd just like to make sure I've researched this issue as much as possible. sigh...the trouble of being new at all this.. Back to top doreenpJoined: 13 Oct 2003Posts: 147 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject: work visa in CR I was the one who posted the message about getting work visa's thru the university. Well the situation has now changed. We all went thru the process, only to be declined by the government for the work visa's. The university stated that we were declined because there are many (35,000 ?) Tico's who are qualified to teach english and therefore the government will not give visa's to foreigners. Understandable. However, as a result of being declined, we are now forced to give up our jobs here so the university can hire only those who are legally able to work here, namely Tico's. The advertising of this uni was 100% Northamericano's.... guess that will have to change ! There are still lots of agencies and language schools to work for and no one seems to be to worried about finding other placements. Unfortunately the universities pay the best . Becoming a resident and getting a working visa is still an option, as soon as i can find a "Tall, dark latin lover" to marry me! 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UCLA Men, BYU Women Win At The Aztec Invite
Sept. 18, 2010
Courtesy of Northern Arizona Athletics
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Racing for the first time on the cross country course in nearly 11 months, junior Diego Estrada made his season debut for the Northern Arizona cross country team with a third-place finish at the Aztec Invite from Balboa Park. The men's team finished second on the day, with the women placing seventh.
Estrada picked up right where he left off last year before suffering a season-ending lung injury. The third-place finish by Estrada matched his effort from San Diego last year, and is his fourth-consecutive top-five finish dating back to last season.
"It was a good experience out there today, and I am really excited coach allowed me to race this early in the season," Estrada said. "Overall I feel the race could have gone better, but I am just happy to be out there racing again. I am excited for the rest of the season, especially next week when we head to Stanford because it is close to home and I get to race in front of my family."
The team totaled 58 points on the day, and was one point shy of the victory. Redshirt freshman Daniel Filipcik recorded his second top-10 finish of the year after securing sixth-place on the day (26:08.3). Sophomore Joe Withers took 12th (26:24.8), senior Kam Holbrook followed in 15th and sophomore Myles Kloer rounded out the team with a 24th-place finish.
"It was a good day for some of the individuals on the team, but I think today shows that we have a lot to improve on," Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Eric Heins said. "If we want to reach our goals this season, we will need to race better and not focus just on our times. "
The women began their 5K race at 8:45 a.m. PDT, and were led by senior Danielle Hunt (19:21.6) and junior Lisette Michaels (19:26.3) who finished 32nd and 33rd, respectively. For both ladies, the trip to sea level enabled them to drop almost 20 seconds off of their 5K times for the year.
Sophomores Alex Meyers and Lyndsey Rakestraw finished 50th and 51st, respectively. Rakestraw, a native of Woodinville, Wash., dropped 20 seconds from her time at the Aztec Invite last season (19:58.5). Freshman Carissa Gwerder concluded her first collegiate race, finishing behind her teammates in 52nd to round out the scoring for the Lumberjacks.
Both teams return to action next week when they head to Palo Alto, Calif., to take part in the Stanford Invitational. The race will feature two top-five men's teams as the Lumberjacks, ranked No. 3 in the USTFCCCA Coaches' Poll, will go up against the top-ranked Stanford Cardinal.


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Princess Zelda is the prettiest princess of all time alot better looking than Princess Peach. She also is the charachter who needs saving by Link in The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time when Ganondorf captures her & takes over Hyrule. She has powerful magic spells that you mainly see in super smash brothers melee & she also transforms into Sheik in Ocarina of time & super smash brothers melee. Sheik helps Link in Ocarina of time & in super smash brothers melee shes wicked fast & has an amazing fighting style.
by Enchantress May 13, 2006
A slutty whore in the Zelda Series of Video games that often poses as being in trouble because of ganondorf (Actually her child from when she got screwed in the backseat of her dads carriage.) To get ahold of link and sexually please herself. She takes it up the ass from him every time he "saves" her. And his biggoron sword doesn't usually break when he does this. These actions are usually omitted from the games.
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Let's Roll!
Why I moved heaven and earth to build a backyard bocce court.
The word has gone around via neighborhood drumbeat that there's this long, green, rectangular thing in my backyard that looks like an Area 51 landing strip. Most people have heard of bocce even if they've never played it, and they're curious. So, they come. Once they're here, they feel the glorious 2-pound, 2-ounce heft of a bocce ball, and they experience my backyard court's smooth glide. When they let fly with that first shot, they're already addicted, because that's the way bocce is. Indeed, I think society is lucky that bocce balls are too large to load directly into a crack pipe.
My road to bocce glory started and ended with ignorance. I'd never heard of the Italian game of kiss-ball until 1996, when I was living in Hoboken, N.J. One summer afternoon, my wife and I went to a nearby public pool, where I noticed a long, gravelly rectangle off to the side. Closer inspection revealed that it was a beat-up old bocce court. Before long, I got into a game with a competitive Italian-American geezer who haunted the place like a trapdoor spider.
Looking me over and no doubt thinking "meat," my opponent explained the basics. He started by throwing out a little ball called the pallino—the target. Then he rolled one of his four larger bocce balls, establishing the distance from the pallino that I had to beat. After that, I rolled until I got closer or used up all my balls. If I did get closer, he had to roll, and so on. At the end of each frame, you got a point for every ball closer to the pallino than your foe's closest shot. Four points max per frame, play to 12.
Somehow I scratched out an upset victory that day—beginner's luck, I guess. In any event, that was The Beginning. What followed was The Caesura, a 10-year period of reflection, doubt, and inactivity in which I didn't play bocce at all but thought about it a lot. I'd tried many backyard games, but bocce was clearly the best. It was fun and challenging and hypnotically relaxing, easy on the mind, body, eyes, and soul. My unrequited pining increased during a three-year stint in Northern California, where bocce (I'd heard) was widening its appeal beyond the classic demographic of geriatric Italians. There were whispers that it was also popular at nudist camps, wineries, and the backyards of forward-thinking enthusiast dudes whose wives were a little too slow with their rolling pins.
The dream really came to life in 2001, when we moved to Santa Fe, N.M., and bought a house with a 60-by-90 rectangular backyard in which almost everything had died. I would have filled the blank space with a bocce court right away, except I'd heard that a custom-made setup costs $8,000. And in the back of my mind, I kept hearing my mom's voice saying, justifiably, that I would "quit" before I completed such a mammoth task myself.
I stalled by planting trees, building paths and shade structures, and (as a warm-up) constructing an 8-by-16 brick patio. This spring, I decided to go for it, knowing from the patio that the digging would be murder. The shape of my yard locked me into an 8-by-50 rectangle that runs into an upslope. I tried to concoct a scheme that involved not digging—basically, a system of railroad ties supported by flying buttresses—but quickly realized this was impossible. So, out came the shovel: I had to dig trenches for my frame of pressure-treated 4-by-6 beams and keep digging down far enough to add successive coats of rubble, gravel, sand, crushed granite, and the top layer.
I did all that by following the idiot-proof instructions in The Budget Bocce Court, a tract self-published by a Californian bocce buff named Bryan Mero. The shovel work was horrible, but my bigger problem turned out to be finding the obscure substances Mero recommended for the top layer: crushed oyster shells and a finely ground companion product called "oyster-shell flour." I eventually found the crushed shells at a local feed store—chickens eat them, so they're commonly stocked. I couldn't find oyster-shell flour anywhere. Judging by the words of Commander Mero, blowing off this magic dust was unwise—it was the binder that helped solidify the rolling surface. "Without the oyster shell flour," he warned, your court will play "very slow." No!
Boy, was he right. I tried to substitute crushed granite for the oyster-shell flour, but it was too slow and rough. Then I went ahead and spread the crushed oyster shells I'd bought—that was even slower, like playing on a bed of Chiclet casings. Growing desperate, I tracked down an oyster-shell flour supplier from Washington state who offered to sell me a shell-and-flour mix for the "delivered to your driveway" price of $1,250. I'm sure this was great stuff, but that was a budget-buster and a buzz kill. Was I fated to get stuck with an alley of sluggish despair?
A few days later, I lucked out. Mero and other bocce wizards had mentioned that tennis-court clay can also work. I called a local tennis club that, I'd heard, had retired its lone clay court because of the maintenance headaches. Bingo! For the sweet price of $150, they sold me two pallets of prime granular clay that had been trucked in from Colorado. All I had to do, with help from friends, was haul it, stack it, wheelbarrow it, shovel it, spread it, and roll it. That wasn't easy: My arms are now 6 inches longer, I think I hallucinated a few times, and I definitely would have quit if those extraterrestrials hadn't shown up with their big squirt guns full of Kool-Aid. (Sorry I didn't have any cold beer to offer you that day, guys.)
Was it worth it? Yes. The bocce court unifies my yard, it's great for socializing, and it makes me feel better instantly anytime I'm depressed. It's like a Japanese rock garden with colored balls. Since finishing the great crusade, I've had several groups give the court a whirl. At first they're a little confused: What's all this? But before long the transformation occurs. They play a few games; and the combination of the beautiful balls, the soothing clay, the nifty contrails your rolls leave behind, and the game's inherent pleasures suck them in.
When I first picked up a ball 10 years ago, I realized that bocce is one of the few games in which losing is just as much fun as winning. Perhaps it was stupid of me to build a court having played the game only once. If so, it's the best stupid thing I've ever done.


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Election or Art?
Harry Shearer turns satellite feeds into found objects.
To see a slide show of some pieces in the "Face Time" exhibit, click here.
In the 20-odd years since I first met Chris Matthews, I have never seen him, on television or off, with his mouth shut. Until now. I am standing in the Conner Contemporary Art gallery in Washington, D.C., taking in the art installation, "Face Time." The work consists of 17 flat-panel video screens playing raw satellite feeds of various important people waiting patiently for their turn to appear on a TV news broadcast. Matthews is one of them. And even though there is no sound, I can tell he isn't talking. He's just staring into space.
The video monitor showing Matthews is one of six mounted in a V pattern straight ahead as you enter the white-walled gallery. These six screens display raw feeds of network and cable news anchors. To their right is a line of four screens that show raw feeds of political "experts." On the back wall, two screens, arranged horizontally, display raw feeds of government officials. On the third wall, two horizontal rows of five screens show raw feeds of this year's presidential candidates. The pervasive quiet ensures that no one will mistake this for a control room.
The fascination of raw feeds—the useless video stream bounced off satellites before and after the "real" video stream appears on live programming—is an old story. As long ago as 1985, the writer David Owen marveled in the Atlantic about a phenomenon he called "network television in its underpants," wherein owners of home satellite dishes could eavesdrop on, say, an unsuspecting Max Robinson—now deceased, but until 1983 the Chicago anchor for ABC's World News Tonight—as he yelled at colleagues, told dirty jokes, and purchased consumer goods by phone. In 1992, documentary filmmakers Ken Rafferty and James Ridgeway fashioned a movie, Feed, from raw feeds of presidential candidates noisily making asses of themselves as they stumped through New Hampshire. Since then, most celebrities have wised up and learned that while you're waiting to go live, it's best to be silent. You never know who may be listening.
It is this silence that sets "Face Time" apart from attempts by others to place raw feeds into a distancing context. The artist is Harry Shearer, the radio host, filmmaker, occasional Slate contributor, and actor best-known as the voice of Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders, and assorted other characters on The Simpsons. For years, Shearer has been collecting (and posting on his Web site) raw-feed "found objects." He has a particular fascination with silent feeds, and since 1988, he's worked in that medium on HBO, at Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, and even in the window of Barney's New York. "The whole project," he told me at the opening of "Face Time," "is called 'Non-Talking Heads.' "
Why is the silence so disconcerting? Perhaps because it underscores that these non-talking heads are stuck in a no-man's land that's neither public nor private. Each has his own strategy for negotiating this TV purgatory. Larry King, peering at a monitor off-screen as he waits to go live at Ronald Reagan's funeral, chews popcorn with open-mouthed abandon. He looks like your Great-Uncle Ira pigging out on the Early Bird Special. Peter Jennings, sitting in the ABC newsroom, takes notes and strokes his mouth, not inelegantly. Bill Kristol smiles, and smiles, and smiles, and, finally, gives up. Judy Woodruff, standing outside Boston's FleetCenter during the Democratic convention, knits her brow worriedly. Henry Kissinger looks bored. Newt Gingrich looks tired and eventually closes his eyes. (Is he asleep?) Ralph Nader endures the application of hair spray; God knows what toxic chemicals are contained therein, but it's a small price to pay to change the world. John McCain looks expectant, light shining in his eyes. I'm going to be on television! Paul Begala scowls.
In the raw feeds, the non-talking heads seem both more and less human than they are on "real" television. More human, obviously, in the sense that each has developed an idiosyncratic style of waiting his or her turn. But also less human because every facial expression is placed inside the frame of a TV screen, which in turn is placed inside the larger frame of the work as a whole. These aren't people; they've been cruelly objectified into absurdist art. Sad to say, they are much more compelling in silent repose than they'll ever be once they finally get to speak about the Iraq war, or the budget deficit, or the latest political polls. We'll stop staring as we listen to what they say. But we won't listen very hard.
To see a slide show of some pieces in the "Face Time" exhibit, click here.


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Us owners of 'dangerous dogs' flock together. Though pits are virtually always a target (if not the only target) of Breed Specific Legislation, owners of other breeds arent stupid.
theydo-nothing politicians who need an election platform come for the pits, to play on their rich white constituents inherent racism (lol whites dont own pits!).
theythe same morons who dont understand risk assessment come for the Rotties.
theyshrill half-retarded parents who left their babbies at home alone with their dog come for the German Shepherds and Huskies.
theythe government is practically required to come for the Great Danes, cause their brains dont stop growing, and they eventually go crazy and kill their owners.
theyyou might as well come for the rest of the bully breeds, cause their jaws lock when they bite!
And then the only dog you can legally own is a Dachshund, Chihuahua, or Jack Russell Terrier cause theyre so tiiiiiiiny eeeeeeeee cuuuuute!!!!!!
So as a PSA to my Rottie comrades, I post this hysterical YouTube vid:
In other news, Arnie apparently saved a Yorkies life today, just by being his goober self.
So we were on our walkie this afternoon, when Arnie starts pulling backwards. Me: "WTF Arnieman?"
Turn around, this teeny Yorkie had gotten away from her mama and was going on a joy-run, making a beeline for me and Arnie. Her poor mama was an older lady, and there was no way she was going to catch her pup before she got to Arnie, so I just stopped and let Yorkie catch up. No point in walking away, cause Yorkie was gonna follow us anyway. Besides, Arnie follows the same rules as Max— if the dog is smaller than you, PLAY! Bigger– Assume play, prepare for fight. I knew Yorkie was in no danger.
So Yorkie zips up to Arnie and Arnies tail is all waggy and everybody is happy.
Just when Yorkies mama is about to catch up, Yorkie realizes the joy-run is almost over, and tries to bolt again. I stomp on her leash and hold it until Mama gets to us. She thanks me for catching her pup, we laugh at this 6 lb dog fearlessly introducing herself to another pup ten times her size, hehe.
I turn around to continue our walk, and who do I see but The Dog With One Eyebrow, no more than 25 yards away, eyeballing the whole situation. TDWOE is a neighborhood off-leash, intact male pit bull (he has owners, theyre just too fat and lazy to walk him. its easier just to let him roam about and terrorize the neighborhood). Hes bitten Arnie once, and Arnie remembers this fact vividly. So before Arnie sees his nemesis, I turn on my heel and walk back towards Yorkie to avoid TDWOE, and warn Yorkie mama.
I dont think anything of it, but Yorkie mama gasps "If your dog hadnt stopped [dogs name I forgot] she would have run straight into the jaws of that other dog before I could catch her!"
Good boy, Arnie.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Critics of an oil-industry tax cut handed a petition with 50,000 signatures to Alaska state officials on Saturday, more than enough to force a referendum that would overturn a new oil tax law.
The bill, approved by the legislature three months ago, replaces taxes tracking oil prices with a cap on tax at 35 percent of net profits. Expectations for the new system were for a likely tax range from about 14 percent to about 20 percent.
"This bill that they passed is against the interests of Alaska," Vic Fischer, a former state senator and one of two surviving authors of the Alaska constitution, told a group of about 50 banner-waving tax-cut opponents gathered outside government offices in Anchorage.
Referendum supporters, organized in a group called "Vote Yes - Repeal the Giveaway", needed 30,169 signatures of registered voters - 10 percent of the total turnout in the last statewide election - to qualify their measure for the 2014 ballot.
Leading oil producers in Alaska include BP Plc, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil Corp.
Governor Sean Parnell, sponsor of the new tax, argued that steep cuts in oil taxes were needed to lure industry investment away from North Dakota and other booming oil-producing areas. He dubbed the bill the "More Alaska Production Act".
Opponents say the tax cuts are too steep, will cost the state $4.5 billion in lost revenues over five years, and do nothing to reverse North Slope production declines that they say are inevitable as the area's main oil fields age.
(Reporting by Yereth Rosen; Additional reporting by Braden Reddall in San Francisco; Editing by Louise Ireland)


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So, based on the exit polls, here's what resulted from the Israeli elections:
– Likud-Beiteinu ("Likud-Our Home," the merger of Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu) dropped from 42 to 31 seats. However, Habayit Hayehudi ("The Jewish Home," the merger of the traditional National Religious Party and National Union) gained 7 seats, going from 5 to 12. And the ultra-orthodox parties (Shas and United Torah Judaism) also gained 2 seats, going from 16 to 18 seats between them. So the right-religious bloc as a whole is projected to drop two seats, from 63 to 61. When the military votes are fully counted, this will probably go up by a seat or two, for basically no net change. (The ultra-rightist Oztma L'yisrael ("Strength For Israel") is projected to drop from 2 seats to none, but nobody considered them plausible coalition partners for anybody, so I'm not counting them in the right-religious bloc.)
– A brand new centrist party, Yesh Atid ("There Is A Future"), founded by a former TV journalist, won 19 seats, rocketing to the largest faction in the Knesset. However, the previous brand new centrist party, Kadima ("Forward"), which held 21 seats in the last Knesset, was wiped out. (And it's worth noting that the last election, which saw the creation of Kadima, wiped out the previous brand new centrist party, Shinui ("Change"), which was headed by the father of Yair Lapid, founder of Yesh Atid.)
– Labor gained 9 seats, going from 8 to 17. However, the Independence Party, a breakaway party splintered from Labor by former Labor Prime Minister Ehud Barak, which held 5 seats, was wiped out. Labor's leader, Shelly Yacimovich, ran a campaign that strove mightily not to mention anything about peacemaking, and hinted broadly that she was comfortable with Netanyahu's approach to the Palestinians, so in security terms Labor should be considered centrist rather than on the left. Counting it as part of the center bloc, the grouping as a whole gained 2 seats, going from 34 to 36.
– Two Zionist parties ran explicitly on achieving a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians: Meretz, the traditional social-democratic and pro-peace party, and Hatnuah ("The Movement"), a liberal breakaway faction from Kadima founded by former Kadima leader Tzipi Livni. Hatnuah is projected to retain its 7 seats, while Meretz is projected to grow from 3 to 6 or 7 seats. The Arab parties (including Hadash, which is not an ethnic party but is non-Zionist in orientation), who are generally understood not to be acceptable coalition partners, are projected to lose 2 seats, largely because of low turnout in the Arab sector.
What does it all mean? Well, mostly it means that Netanyahu will either be completely beholden to parties to his right (if he forms a narrow right-religious coalition), which he doesn't want, or he has to lure Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid, the bright new centrist star, into coalition.
How hard will that be? Based on past experience, including that of Lapid's father when he ran the Shinui ("Change") party, not terribly hard at all.
Here's the thing about "centrist" Israeli parties: they are always very popular when they first appear, and they never last. They are popular when they first appear because they promise to square the circle that everybody wants squared. They are in favor of a negotiated peace—but on terms that are broadly popular among Israeli Jews and that are basically non-starters with the Palestinians. The same is true in domestic matters. They favor liberalization (in a European sense) of the economy—and they favor strengthening the social safety net. They are in favor of a renegotiation of relations between the state and the ultra-Orthodox—permitting civil marriage, opening up the rabbinate, drafting yeshivah students—but to be part of the government they have to agree to sit with religious parties who are resolutely opposed to these very things. And they have to join the government, or they can't accomplish anything. And if they sit in opposition, then aren't they just another left-wing party?
Centrism in Israel always presents itself as the voice of hope. But it is really the voice of despair—and can't you hear the despair in the very name of the latest centrist phenomenon? "There Is A Future"—forget what that future might bring, call us brave and hopeful simply for asserting that there is one.
Personally, I am reasonably confident that there is a future for Israel, the character of which remains to be determined.
For Yair Lapid's party? Not so much.


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Teachers union wants assurances over ISTEP woes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A teachers union wants proof from Indiana officials that problems with the online portion of the ISTEP+ exam won't hurt teachers economically because their pay is linked to students' success.Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz ordered testing stopped Tuesday after some schools reported a second straight day of issues accessing the exam's online portion.The Indiana State Teachers Association wants the ISTEP+ issues fixed immediately. It says that under recent changes in state law, ISTEP no longer just tests student proficiency but now also drives school grades, individual teacher evaluations and teachers' compensation.Former schools Superintendent Tony Bennett pushed for the changes in state law linking teacher pay to student performance. Ritz was a member of the teachers union when she defeated his re-election bid last November.


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10 Best Audition Monologues for Actors
Let's be clear: There is no such thing as a perfect list of the best monologues for actors.
10 Best Audition Monologues for Actors
Let's be clear: There is no such thing as a perfect list of the best monologues for actors.
How to Set Yourself Up for Success in 2014
Jackie Apodaca with resolutions for success in your career in 2014.
Jackie Apodaca on the differences between film acting and stage acting. Spolier alert: there really isn't any difference.
Jackie Apodaca takes on Michael Shurtleff's beloved book "Audition".
How to Ace Your Next Acting Workshop
Quality casting workshops can offer valuable insight about the changing face of the business, the process of auditioning, and practical tools to take into the real world.
Why Actors Should Leave Criticism to the Critics
If you're criticizing the local 99-seat production of "Spring Awakening" because it wasn't as good as the one you saw Off-Broadway, you need to check your expectations.
Give Thanks and Generosity to Actors
Simple acts of generosity toward other actors, at auditions or in a scene, can make a big difference.
What to Do Before You Walk Onto a Stage or Set
Affirmations may seem hokey, but bringing them—the modern-day version of the long-practiced religious mantra—into your craft can have very positive effects.
How To Get Cast in Family Theater
Kids are the best audience you'll ever have. They'll let you know instantly if you have them enthralled by listening intently, and if you don't, the wiggles, the giggles, and the talking will start.
Treat Your Acting Career Like a Journey
Acting will be a journey, with many twists and turns. Your ideals and interests will change as you travel the long road.


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A paranormal thriller with a graphic novel aesthetic, Cognition is a classic point-and-click adventure with a gripping storyline.
FBI agent Erica Reed has a "sixth sense" that reveals flashes of the past. She is able to piece together how crimes have unfolded. But she starts finding clues at crime scenes that seem to have been left specifically for her, and suspects that someone knows her secret.
Past and present converge when the details of Erica's brother Scott's death are revealed in The Cain Killer. Erica comes face-to-face with his murderer in a showdown. Will Erica's paranormal powers be enough to stop the Cain Killer from finishing what he started?
In celebration of the season finale, an online livestream launch party will be hosted by Phoenix Online Studios on its YouTube channel on Thursday, September 19th at 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern. It will feature live Q&A with the directors; giveaways; and not one but two special guests: Amy K. Browne, the voice of Cordelia Smith, and the one and only Jane Jensen.


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GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)-- The parents of an 11-month-old who had drugs in her system have been charged.
Brianna Devereaux, 23, was arraigned Monday via video on a third degree child abuse charge. Her bond has been set at $15,000.
Devin Devereaux, 27, was arraigned Monday via video on charges of third degree child abuse and habitual offender. His bond has been set at $75,000.
The incident involving Brianna and Devin's 11-month-old child happened back in June.
According to the Grand Traverse Sheriff's Office, initial information indicated the 11-month-old girl may have swallowed an unknown pill.
Deputies say EMS arrived on scene and administered Narcan to the little girl. The child was then taken to Munson Medical Center where she was treated before being airlifted to DeVos Children's Hospital. The little girl has since been released from the hospital and is okay.
Investigation revealed that the child at some point ingested cocaine and an opiate. After an investigation by Grand Traverse County Sheriff's detectives and Child Protective Services, a report was sent to the Grand Traverse County Prosecutor's Office. Charges of third degree child abuse were then authorized against the parents, Devin and Brianna Devereaux.
With assistance from the Michigan State Police, Devin and Brianna were both arrested at a house in Gladwin Saturday.
Child Protective Services took the 11-month-old as well as another child who was inside the house at the time to a relative's home in Ogemaw County.


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Buffalo's new HS-DHGL "LinkStation Living" lineup sticks to the general HDD bump scheme, with options for 250GB, 320GB and 500GB hard drives (at the respective prices of roughly $287, $306 and $441), spices things up a bit with DLNA for media pushing, and breaks new ground with iTunes server functionality.
It seems as if they are seeking to abandon the PPC/Freescale and MIPSel/IDT platform/processors altogether in favor of the system on chip ARM/Marvell processor. The device will probably be the same from a hardware standpoint as the LSPro just as the HS is the same from a hardware standpoint as the HG.
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- Seamlessly Integrates with iTunes® 7 and Allows You to Access Your Music Files on the LinkStation from Your iTunes Software
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The japanese verson of the firmware for this device is available: http://downloads.linkstationwiki.net/stock_firmware/hdh103b1.exe
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Metaphoric imprinting of the body
If you repeat a word or phrase to yourself, or if it is said to you by an authority figure (particularly by your mother or father when you are in the early stages of learning about your relationships with the world), it may become imprinted in your unconscious mind. For instance, if you keep saying, "What a pain in the butt this is!" or if your father keeps complaining, "What a pain in the neck you are!" then your buttocks (or nearby tissues and organs, such as hemorrhoids or rectum) or your neck may listen to these words and respond by tensing up, going into spasm, forming blood clots (in hemorrhoids) and literally becoming an embodiment of those often-repeated, emphatic statements.
This is one of the ways in which the body acquires symptoms. As you can see from Table 1, there are countless metaphors and images of body language through which this could happen. For the most part, such imprinting occurs entirely outside your conscious awareness.
A pungently clear example was shared with me by a very gifted British healer who was invited to work in a pain clinic in Liverpool in England. For ten years Helen Smith offered healing to people who suffered chronic, intractable pain. She worked with groups of people, finding that this was both more effective and more time-efficient.
One day, a heavy-set man wearing a neck brace barged in during the middle of her group session, totally oblivious to the fact that he was interrupting the healings in progress, saying, "Is this the healing group? I was sent by my doctor to have healing. I don't know anything about healing and don't believe in healing, but he said he had nothing else to offer me."
Helen was not your typical, understated English lady. She confronted him firmly, saying "I see you have a pain in your neck."
"That's most astute of you to notice," he replied, with obvious sarcasm, "considering that I'm wearing a neck brace in a pain center."
"So, who is the pain in the neck in your life?" Helen shot back at him.
"My wife!" he blurted, with surprise on his face.
"Well go home and sort that out, and then come to me for healing," Helen said, with a wry smile.
Conventional psychology has learned that the unconscious mind is very literal. Under hypnotic suggestion this becomes exceedingly clear. A hypnotist may say to a good hypnotic subject, "Your hand is getting lighter." With several repetitions of this instruction, the subject's hand may start to rise into the air. Or the hypnotist may suggest, "Your other hand is so heavy that you cannot raise it." The subject will struggle mightily but will be unable to lift that hand.
The unconscious mind has such powerful control over the body that it can even create redness and blisters if told that the skin is being touched with a hot metal rod, when actually it is being touched only by the hypnotist's finger .
It is also possible to give self-hypnotic suggestions, through firm statements and many repetitions. This is commonly used for relaxation. In progressive muscle relaxation, for instance, you first tighten your muscles and then repeat phrases such as "Relax," "Soften up," or "Unwind." With practice, you will be able to relax rapidly when you tell yourself the words that you have practiced for un-tensing your muscles.


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Saint Mary's (Calif.) upsets UC Irvine
Howard nets game-winner as Gaels surprise host Anteaters
IRVINE, Calif. -- Justin Howard headed in the winning goal in the 103rd minute, sending Saint Mary's (Calif.) to a 2-1 victory against No. 7 UC Irvine on a stormy night on the Anteater campus. The Gaels advance to the NCAA tournament round of 16 on Nov. 27 against Brown (12-4-3).
The Gaels struck first on Riley Hanley's goal in the 58th minute and SMC looked to be headed to the next round with under 10 minutes to play. UCI rallied to score the equalizer in the 84th minute, just six minutes away from the Gaels winning the match in regulation.
After a scoreless first 10 minute overtime period, the Gaels came out attacking in the second OT. After Malcolm Alugas fired a shot from eight yards out that was saved, the Gaels kept the ball on the UCI side of the field.
A cross into the box was headed by Trevor Newquist which found Howard near the goal for his winning header.
The match was nearly even as UCI took 14 shots compared to 13 by SMC. Both squads attempted six shots on goal. The Anteaters attempted 13 corner kicks compared to just three by the Gaels. SMC had 14 fouls while UCI had 11 fouls. The Anteaters had the only two yellow cards of the match.
Julian Godinez led the Gaels with five shots while Howard attempted three shots, with all three coming on goal, including the match-winner. Hanley attempted two shots which included his goal to put the Gaels on top 1-0. Justin Grider was the only other Gael to attempt shots as he took three shots.
In goal, Doug Herrick made five saves in 103 minutes, allowing UCI's lone goal.
Miguel Ibarra scored UCI's goal in the 84th minute while Christian Hernandez and Marco Franco attempted three shots each.
The next clash will mark the first meeting between Saint Mary's and Brown in men's soccer. The Bears advanced earlier Sunday, defeating national No. 9 seeded St. John's 1-0. This is Brown's second consecutive NCAA appearance in the round of 16.


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Debbie Gibson turns 42 on August 31, 2012. Yes, the '80s pop sensation who told you to "Shake Your Love" is over 40 now—and looks fabulous. Worth noting, her secret to turning back the clock may have something to do with the fact that the music prodigy does not drink or smoke, and also practices yoga religiously. In honor of Debbie's birthday, our friends at Snakkle.com look at Debbie and other pop songstresses who seemed to have turned back the clock as they enter their 30s, 40s and even 50s! -- By Brett Singer


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Just in time for the holiday shopping frenzy, two startups have rolled out mobile apps designed to help consumers choose which credit card to use at checkout.
Wallaby Financial released a free app that helps iPhone users determine which card will yield the most perks. Wallaby supports more than 300 cards.
"The app allows users to get a real-time recommendation of the right credit card while shopping on the go to maximize their rewards," says Matthew Goldman, Wallaby's founder and chief executive.
Which card Wallaby determines is ideal for the cardholder depends on data points such as limited-time offers and type of transaction. After a consumer tells the app which type of cards he has, Wallaby will recommend which card to use at nearby shops or restaurants.
Wallaby, of Los Angeles, also offers a cloud-based digital wallet that houses all of a consumer's credit cards and links that payment data with a physical Wallaby Card. As the wait list for those wanting the physical card is long, Goldman says "the app lets us give access to everyone right away while we continue to ramp up."
The new app also gives people the ability to decide whether or not to take Wallaby's advice. "We tell them what the deal is so they can make an individual decision," Goldman says. "Just because it's the best deal, it's not necessarily a card" the customer wants to use.
Wallaby is also developing an Android app that Goldman expects to launch by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Glyph launched an iPhone app that aims to guide consumers into picking the best plastic while they're out shopping.
"The consumer needs — we believe — a financial advocate on the go," says Mike Vichich, the Detroit-based startup's chief executive. "There's no real advocate for the consumer at the point of purchase."
On that note, he points out two primary benefits of his company's inaugural product, which lets consumers view the annual percentage rates, annual fees and reward details on more than 250 credit cards.
First, like Wallaby, Glyph's app recommends which cards to use at nearby stores in order to maximize the credit card rewards when users tap on button labeled Guru.
Second, the app's dashboard shows a user what portfolio of cards they should have to avoid leaving any money on the table. In other words, the mobile app feature helps consumers find out about credit cards that would earn a consumer more rewards on their purchases, such as 6% cash back on groceries.
As with Wallaby, Glyph users do not have to provide their sensitive credit card data. Instead, consumers tell the startup which type of cards they have.
Vichich foresees a user sweet spot with business travelers, small businesses and people who are in the habit of pulling out their phones to do things while out.
Glyph is working with Yodlee to synchronize credit card account information into its offerings. It also has plans to offer bill pay to users.
The startup is speaking with financial services players to see how they may work with one another.
A possible scenario: Say a consumer has two credit cards in his wallet, with one offering more cash back for his swipe. Perhaps the issuer can make a counterbid so its plastic remains top of wallet, Vichich says. Or an airline credit card could give a valued cardholder a free drink during his flight.
Vichich plans to release a freemium model that allows consumers to pay for valuable features in the future. Glyph gets a lead-generation fee from its current partnership with Discover and is pursuing partnerships with other key issuers, Vichich says.
The idea of helping people assess a payment type before they buy something has caught the attention of a number of financial services players — including a government agency. The Treasury Department held a contest this fall to help develop new ideas aimed at helping Americans gain better control of their finance through the mobile channel.
The financial technology vendor Banno announced a Help Me Decide feature for its mobile app, Grip, at FinovateFall in New York. Banno sells Grip to banks.
Rather than focusing on which credit card gives the best rewards, Grip's Help Me Decide feature takes into account more consumer data sources, such as the average payment made to a credit card, to help a user see what effect buying an item has on his finance before he buys it. Simply put: the interest rate could cost the consumer more than the reward.
"That's how we select the best," Wade Arnold, Banno's chief executive, tells Bank Technology News.
"Overall," Arnold says, "consumers don't think about the total cost of ownership when they put something on their credit cards. … The traditional banks can do a lot by showing these insights to their consumers."
The consumer would scan an item with his smartphone, so Grip can offer him advice before he buys a discretionary item. Arnold says he thinks consumers would first use his service for pricier discretionary items, such as electronics.
"It's more of a large-ticket item that could disrupt the cash flow," he says.
The two startups' offerings reflect trends in card-user rewards.
Rewards "have become more complex" in the last five years, says Andrew Davidson, senior vice president at Mintel Comperemedia, which tracks the amount of promotional direct mail credit card companies send.
Davidson says that such mobile apps could encourage consumers to favor certain cards over others.
"The bigger shift," he says, concerns the ways in which these types of apps affect consumer attitudes about rewards and the implications for the "ongoing battle for share of wallet."