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Whenever I send something that has to get there on a given day, I send it UPS no question. The Post Office just doesn't have it together when it comes to on-time delivery and package tracking like UPS & Fed-Ex do.
Postal Dis-Service?
A recent article in the NY Daily News confirmed something I've experienced firsthand - some of the Postal Service claims regarding Priority Mail (2 to 3 day delivery) are not always accurate. In fact, based on what was in the article as well as my own personal experience, the delivery time of Priority Mail was at times no different than first class mail, their cheapest service, which in the case of a letter is forty two cents. The cost of a Priority Mail envelope is $4.95.
The postal service willingly acknowledges that the speed of Priority Mail may not be any quicker than regular postage, and will cover themselves by refusing to guarantee that the letter or parcel will in fact get there in two days, thus leaving it to us, the customer, to make the appropriate choice.
In the article, the Daily News found that 8 of the 10 items arrived at their location on the same day. Now granted, it was not a very scientific experiment, and some of the deliveries were between boroughs, so it was going to take a day, at most. Even still, it makes you wonder, what exactly are they trying to sell us?
Now I'm not here to knock the Postal Service. For the most part, I'm more than satisfied with the job they do, especially in lieu of the horrendous amounts of mail the have to handle. But I have had issues in the past with Priority Mail, even though every time I've used it, they always hedge their claims by saying, "Give or take a day or two." Even then, I'm still willing to pay for it. Sometimes it's come through for me, and sometimes it's let me down.
After giving it a bit of thought, I've concluded that there are five categories that I might fall into:
1. The sender who chooses Priority Mail and could have used regular mail. This usually happens with in-state or cross-town mailings. It's very frustrating because I spend more than I had to. Besides the monetary inefficiency, there is the loss of face in feeling duped and suckered.
2. The sender who chooses Priority Mail and it didn't get there in 2 to 3 days. Even more aggravating because I didn't get what I paid for, but even worse, there is nobody to whine to. In fact, all the complaining in the world will more than likely have little effect on changing the status quo, making me feel powerless and impotent.
3. The sender who does not choose Priority Mail and wished they had. Honestly, I don't think I've ever fallen into this category because even if there's a chance that it might get there late (with dire consequences), I'm going to choose Priority Mail.
4. The receiver who was waiting for something sent by Priority Mail and did not receive it in 2 to 3 days. More disappointing than frustrating, though we've experienced it with our children's holiday presents and consequently really felt cheated. Again, there is nobody to voice your feelings to.
5. The receiver who was waiting for something sent by Priority Mail, received it on time, but wished the sender had saved their money and sent it instead by First Class. Again, I don't think I've ever experienced this one, either, mainly because we're usually so excited about receiving the package that we're more than willing to forgive the extravagance of the sender.
Maybe you've found yourself in one of these situations. If so, please share it with us.
Perhaps the biggest frustration that arises is when the package doesn't arrive on time is lack of accountability. Sure, we can air out our grievances to the person behind the counter, but there is a good chance that they are not hearing a word we're saying and even if they did, would be powerless to do anything about it.
Now I've never attempted this, but I'm guessing the post office isn't going to give you your money back, but I could be wrong. Besides, what's done is done, and all your moaning and groaning is not going to change that.
Furthermore, the Post Office is not technically hiding anything. In the absence of any concrete guarantees, the impetus lies with us to be informed and make the proper choice, and when you really get down to it, the choice of Priority Mail is not without a few perks. The spiffy cardboard envelope and delivery confirmation (which for entertainment value alone is worth something) come to mind.
Best of all, I get the peace of mind of knowing that I did my part and tried my best. If anyone questions my claim of diligence, I fear not.
After all, the Post Office will give me a receipt.
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Used to pay extra for certified mail to mail rent checks. One time it was lost and arrived a month late with a shoeprint on it. Another time it was returned to sender as having the wrong address, even though it had the right address on it.
This has never happened with regular first class mail, which gets there faster and right on time.
However, I did receive a Christmas card sent first class from grandma with an envelope that was literally shredded with only the remains of my address on it. The card and what I hope is the whole contents seemed to be intact and it was all held together with a couple of rubber bands, and marked "damaged". I have no idea how that happened. (caught in a machine?)
Nobody ever said Priority is guaranteed. Its not even called "2 day" or "3 day" delivery". Their website says: "Delivers within 2 days in most cases." Who is going to read that and then assume theres a guarantee or get all upset that it didn't get their in 2 days?
If you want guaranteed delivery time then pay for Express mail or use UPS or Fedex. Sure it will cost you 3-5 times as much. But even then that 'guarantee' only goes so far. UPS will delay delivery due to weather or other events out of their control and that is an exception to their guarantee. UPS and Fedex are not above occasionally damaging or misplacing packages. Trust me I worked in a UPS hub for a while. I saw more than one package with a footprint on it and 'fragile' means *nothing*.
"For the most part, I'm more than satisfied with the job they do, especially in lieu of the horrendous amounts of mail the have to handle."
In lieu means "instead" like "donate to charity in lieu of sending gifts". I think you meant "in light of"
I am one of those rare people who has actually gotten money BACK from the post office. Basically, we live out of state of the rest of our family, and sending Christmas boxes is about the only time we send ANYTHING ourselves. So we pay extra to insure that it gets there and at the time we asked for. We even track it online and call family, and the MOMENT that it's NOT there on time...off to the post office with receipt and printout of the tracker stating that it's NOT delivered yet. Go up and tell them that per their rules, you get your money back. If they say no (which they've tried only once!), ask to speak with the postmaster. That did the trick for us, as the postmaster was taking no nonsense.
Unfortunately for OUR post office, the ones in Missouri (where our family lives) always seem to get the packages stuck in Kansas City around Christmas, so they USUALLY have to give our money back. Can't beat free box mailing, right? *grin* Now if I have to send letters or something that is REALLY important...UPS or FedEx is the way to go...but I've only done that once...
The NY Daily News story is, indeed, extremely unscientific. If you're looking mostly at shipments within a certain radius, then regular letter post can be pretty darn fast and priority is no advantage, unless you need proof of shipment. But if you're sending something several thousand miles, priority will usually be faster.
I also meant to add that priority flat rate prices are often not that much more than parcel post rates.
I send packages FedEx Ground. Delivery in 3-7 days and trackable. Nearly always cheaper than parcel post via USPS.
I even shipped a large heavy painting to Vancouver Island BC via FedEx Ground for less than taking it as excess baggage on the plane with me.
I once had a problem with a Priority Mail package. It wasn't needed by a certain day, but it was needed soon (an out of town friend had left her cell phone behind.) When it didn't arrive within a week, I contacted the Post Office, who refused to do anything - not even investigate until a month or two had passed. The package was delivered about a month later.
However, last Christmas, I was sending packages from California - one to Maryland with USPS Priority, and one to Texas with FedEx 2nd Day. The Priority Mail to Maryland was delivered first. So sometimes the post office beats FedEx for price AND speed.
If you think about it logically, of course packages get their in the same amount of time in a lot of instances!
I worked at FedEx Ground and UPS in college as a loader/sorter. It's not like they purposefully slow down non-priority packages.
The only time you really experience a difference is if it is far enough away that a plane needs to be used. In those cases parcel will go via truck and priority will go on the plane.
Usually. (That's the way it seems to work in the package business ;) heh)
What the heck do you expect from a quasi-governmental business?
The good ol' USPO -- their business has dropped precipitously because businesses and individuals just don't send the mail they used to. That and more efficient private businesses are kicking their butt.
Naturally, they want to cut service - cut out Saturday service. But woe to those who suggest cutting bene's or pensions. The Post Office CEO, during these most recent trying times, pulled down $850,000 last year. How's that for rewarding the incapable?
Obama says that's just fine. No problem.
Thanks for chiming in and sharing your thoughts. I agree that no system is perfect, and if you really want guaranteed delivery, you have to pay for it. In the end, I'm not out to villify the USPO, and want to reiterate that for the most part, I've had nothing but good experiences with them.
Jim, I agree that there are no guarantees with Priority.
Daniel, thanks for setting me straight. I love that expression, even in lieu of the fact that I've been using it incorrectly.
Jesse, kudos to you for getting your money back. Just goes to show you that you've got to try.
Kathryn, I agree, the difference in sending parcels Priority or Parcel Post is often negligible, which always made me scratch my head.
Nancy, I've actually found that Fedex can be surprisingly cheaper at times.
Lacey, you just never know. I've had for the most part excellent service from the USPS, and very few reasons to complain.
MLR, thanks for the insight.
And Kelja, what I expect from a quasi-governmental organization is quasi-governmental service.
Thanks again for sharing all your thoughts. We've all had our share of good and bad experiences, but when you really get down to it, most of the USPS service is just fine. We get our mail every day of the week without having to even think about it. When something goes wrong, it's easy to condemn the entire system, when in fact the system is doing it's job.
As I understand it, the real value play with USPS is the Priority Mail flat rate box ... you can put in whatever fits and the weight does not affect the price ...
As a former, serious eBay seller I used Endicia to print and manage my USPS shipping.
Over a period of 3 years and approximately 3,000 packages sent via USPS I observed the rolling 30 day average for Priority Mail package deliveries stayed under 2 days. The overall average was 1.8 days.
Here's a major tip. Don't ever ship PM unless you print off your own label from the USPS website. The uniformity of the label lends itself to less hand sorting needed, thereby ensuring faster processing. (This is on an average, not necessarily on a single package.)
That does require a scale though.
As an added bonus you get delivery confirmation for free.
PS. My personal record? Next day from NC to NM for a PM package. That package was smoking.
PPS. My personal record for the Flat Rate Box? 65 pounds! Yeah baby! I got my money's worth that time. (70 pounds is the limit.)
I did not ship that many parcel Post packages but they averaged 4.3 days. First Class (which I did ship a lot of) averaged 3.2 days.


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The human heart usually beats with a regular rhythm at a predictable rate. But sometimes the rhythm and rate will change. There are a variety of reasons that this happens. The condition is called arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-uh).
An arrhythmia is a heartbeat that is not normal. It is also called abnormal or irregular.
Sometimes arrhythmia has no symptoms. In other cases, it causes upsetting and sometimes life-threatening conditions. To understand arrhythmia, you need to learn how the heart works.
Your heart is a muscular organ that is about the size of your fist. It sits in the left side of your chest. Its job is to pump oxygen-rich blood all through the body. As tissues in the body use oxygen, they return wastes in the form of carbon dioxide to the blood. These wastes are carried to the lungs and exhaled.
Your heart pumps nearly 5 quarts of oxygen-rich blood through your body every minute. The heart's 4 chambers work together to pump the blood. The two upper chambers are called atria (AY-tree-uh), and the two lower chambers are called ventricles (VEN-truh-coals).
To do its pumping work, your heart uses a network of electrical pathways, similar to the electric wiring in your home. This electrical system passes signals from one part of the heart to another, which makes the heart beat regularly.
The heart's electrical signals begin with a natural pacemaker called the S-A (sinoatrial) node. The S-A node is located in the heart's upper right chamber. The specialized cells in this pacemaker send an electrical impulse from the S-A node down to the next part of the electrical system, the A-V (atrio-ventricular) node.
The A-V node serves as the bridge between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. It sends on the electrical impulse to the bundle branches, which are located inside the right and left ventricles. The electrical signal causes both the right and left ventricles to tighten or contract, then relax.
This network of signals is called the electrical conduction system. It involves passing (or conducting) the electrical current down the heart muscle to produce a strong, regular, and healthy heart contraction. The result is a single heartbeat, which occurs over and over again to pump blood all through the body.
The cardiac conduction system speeds up your heart rate as you climb stairs, for example. As a result, your heart pumps faster and your body gets more oxygen-rich blood. The conduction system also slows down the heart rate as you sleep.
Any disease or abnormality along this electrical pathway can result in an abnormal heart rate. The normal resting heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Sometimes your heart's natural rhythm becomes too slow, too fast, or irregular. When you have arrhythmia, your heart may not deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to your body.
Some irregular heartbeats are common and usually harmless, such as when it happens just once in a while or without any other symptoms. It is not uncommon for a person to feel an occasional "missed beat." It is also normal for someone to have a faster heart rate when excited or exercising.
However, when these irregularities happen over and over again, it is important to check with your doctor. Some of the signs and symptoms of arrhythmia include:
A heart rhythm that is too slow is called bradycardia (bray-dee-CAR-dee-uh). This happens when the system that sends messages to contract the heart muscle does not work properly. Sometimes the message is not sent. In other cases, the message is sent but blocked, or takes another route. The result is a heart rate that is too slow. Your body does not get the oxygen and blood that it needs to work properly.
There are several types of bradycardia:
A heart rate that is too fast is called tachycardia (tack-ee-CAR-dee-uh). Sometimes the electrical signals are sent so quickly and irregularly that they cause the heart muscle to tremble or quiver. The resulting beat is not strong enough to pump blood correctly. This leads to a condition called fibrillation (fib-ril-AY-shun).
There are a number of conditions that result from a fast or quivering heartbeat:
There can be several reasons why arrhythmia occurs. In some cases, a medical condition such as high blood pressure or coronary artery disease can be the cause. In other cases, caffeine, smoking, or certain medicines (prescription and nonprescription) can be the cause.
If your doctor thinks you might have arrhythmia, he or she will do a complete medical history and physical exam. The doctor also may order any of the following tests:
There are a number of ways to treat an irregular heart beat. Treatment depends on the type and seriousness of the irregularity. It also is affected by the patient's age, general physical condition, and medical history. Treatment may include any of the following:
If arrhythmia is caused by coronary artery disease, this condition must first be treated with medicine, surgery, or special medical procedures. These can include:
In addition, further coronary artery disease may be prevented through the following self-help approaches:
Many times, arrhythmia can be successfully treated with a medical or surgical treatment plan. It is very important to call your doctor if you have any symptoms ofcardiac arrhythmias.
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Imperial is conveniently located to Pittsburgh International Airport, Downtown Pittsburgh, Bayer, Covestro, and routes 376, 22, and 30. (all within 5-16 miles)
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DOHA, Qatar
Bleary-eyed negotiators from nearly 200 countries haggled through the night over new draft agreements on emissions cuts by rich countries and aid for poor as United Nations climate talks spilled into Saturday.
The two-week conference was set to finish Friday, but as so often in the annual U.N.-led talks, negotiators struggled to reach an agreement, especially on money matters.
After all-night wrangling, the latest drafts Saturday lacked the strong commitments on climate action and financing by rich countries that poor countries had hoped for. But they did include a text on "loss and damage," a relatively new concept which relates to damages from climate-related disasters.
Island nations under threat from rising sea levels have been pushing for some mechanism to help them cope with such natural catastrophes, but the United States has pushed back over concerns it might be held liable for the cleanup bill since it is the world's second-biggest emitter behind China.
A final agreement from the talks was expected Saturday.
Countries plan to adopt a new climate pact by 2015. The Doha conference focused on side issues such as extending an existing emissions treaty for rich countries and increasing financing to help poor countries deal with global warming.
Poor countries came into the talks demanding a timetable on how rich countries would scale up climate change aid for them to $100 billion annually by 2020 _ a general pledge that was made three years ago.
But rich nations, including the United States, members of the European Union and Japan are still grappling with the effects of a financial crisis and were not interested in detailed talks on aid in Doha.
The latest texts included no reference to any mid-term financing targets, just a general pledge to "identify pathways for mobilizing the scaling up of climate finance."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Wizards and their players will celebrate the Thanksgiving season with Wizards Cares events to assist the underserved community in the metropolitan area.
Chris Singleton, along with his L.E.A.G.U.E Foundation, has purchased 200 thanksgiving baskets that he will distribute on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 10 am at the Grace Calloway Food Bank at Calvary located at 600 W Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
The Wizards, Mystics and Capitals will host their annual canned food drive in partnership with NBC-4's Food for Families initiative on Monday, Nov. 25 from 6 am to 6 pm at Verizon Center. In addition to canned goods, financial donations will also be accepted. Otto Porter, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt and Joel Ward will serve as spokespeople for the Food for Families drive this season.
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SUBJECT 1: Help WIC Work poster Addressing Participant Fraud
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SUBJECT 3: State WIC Office Holiday Closings
Help WIC Work poster Addressing Participant Fraud: We revised the Help WIC Work poster at the suggestion of a LWP. For clinics that also have satellite locations, they will receive one (1) poster for the main clinic and one (1) for each of their satellite locations. This is a poster that should be posted in your participant waiting areas. This fraud prevention poster has information including examples of potential fraud (selling WIC checks or formula/food through websites such as eBay and Craigslist) and contact information if a person suspects potential fraud and wishes to contact the State WIC Office. Please replace the Help WIC Work poster that we sent out early October with this new poster. Please place this poster in a highly-visible area, such as the participant waiting room. Attached is the poster if you want to copy it and post it in additional areas of your health clinics. The poster has been added to the web. The direct link is http://health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/wiclwp/pdf/HelpWICWork.pdf. If you have any questions, please contact the State WIC Office at (573) 751-6204 or 1-800-392-8209 or contact your District TA staff persons. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
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Originally from an Apparel background, Shireen designed for the special occasion, evening and bridal markets, then moved into Beading/Embroidery and Surface Design before ultimately finding her current niche as a Digital Designer for Fashion and Textiles. Shireen has worked for such clients as Nautica, Victoria's Secret, Liz Claiborne and Coach, among many others. Additionally, Shireen also provides personal or group training for the Adobe Creative Suite, for use in the Fashion and Textiles Industries.
As an educator, Shireen engages students to make meaningful connections across various design processes and work flows, with specific emphasis on reflection, editing and refining their work based on thoughtful analysis and insight. Students are encouraged to synthesize ideas and images to create their unique voice and awareness of personal aesthetic.
Recently, through her work at Bank Street College of Education's "Leadership in Technology and the Arts" Graduate program (in collaboration with Parsons, the New School for Design), Shireen has aligned her expertise in Fashion and Design education, with her research and advocacy related to Cultural Diversity and Identity Development. Shireen conducts workshops and seminars, at private and independent schools, as well as community organizations.
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Does your child's teacher have big plans for the "long" summer vacation? Will he or she be traveling the globe? Writing her memoirs? Lounging by the pool? Reading the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy? Maybe…
More likely than not though, your child's teacher will be participating in one of the following:
- Professional development. This includes workshops, online trainings, college courses, teacher resource books, participating in book studies or learning communities and more! These time consuming, yet necessary and often rewarding experiences are what keep teachers on top of their game! I will be heading out of state for training at Columbia University. I will also be participating in Common Core training for both math and language arts. But that is not all! I have a stack of professional reads and will be working with my team on tackling our new state standards!
- Employment. Studies show that a large percentage of teachers (between 45-60%) work part time jobs both during the school year and especially over the summer. These jobs range from retail jobs to tutoring and babysitting to teaching summer college courses. I will once again join the ranks of these educators by presenting a couple of workshops for compensation. While not enough money to fund my dream vacation to New Zealand, it is nice to be paid to share ideas that work in my classroom. This is also a two way street as I learn from the other teachers, too. Yeah for reciprocity!
- Preparation. Teachers start planning (on some level) for back to school as soon as the school doors close for summer! Whether it be lesson planning, room arrangement, classroom organization, or leveling books-the prep never ends! We walk the aisles of stores to purchase items for our family, but cannot help picking up cleaning wipes or crayons if they happen to be on sale. The teacher mindset simply does not take a summer vacation!
- Relaxation. Hopefully, teachers all over the United States will take some time for themselves. They will find their own happy place and just relax. They will leave the children (though they are always in our hearts,) parents, classroom, books, professional development, part time jobs, body aches and pains, etc behind and spend time with family or friends. They will rejuvenate!
This mommy and teacher will be doing all four, but focusing mainly on the relaxation. I love being a teacher. I love helping children become confident readers and writers, problem solvers, and mathematicians. I also really love being a mommy. I love snuggles and story time, getting splashed at the pool, and sleeping late! My summers are devoted to spending time with family and becoming an overall better me. I think that makes me be an even better educator!
Just for fun, ask your child what they think their teacher will be doing this summer!
Lyssa Sahadevan is mommy to an adorable preschooler. She is a first-grade teacher in Georgia, wife to a terrific hubby, an education advocate, and Georgia's 2011 Mom Congress Delegate. She loves all things books and tells all about it at My Mommy Reads.


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I need a rest after Rockies Fest
Rockies Fest 2010.
This would be the second time this special Rockies season ticket holder event has taken place and the second time we've been there. The weather was expected to be in the mid-40's today and for January in Colorado I'll take that.
Below are two things that don't mix.
Let me tell you though I did have to fight of the urge to run out there lay my a-ss on the field and start pumping out snow angels 🙂
Mylee didn't make Rockies Fest today because she's been sick for almost a week.
Let me tell you my little girl was extremely sad she couldn't go so we promised to get her Rockies mini-bat signed for her. We did just that thanks to Huston Street. I chatted with a lot of people yesterday and everyone agreed Street has one of the nicest autographs in baseball today.
Hunter and I had a little time to kill before our the "Pitcher and Catcher interviews" so we toured the Press Box.
While inside we each took our photo ops.
Me in that chair, high above with the killer view of the field. I tell ya it felt like I was home.
I must have been sitting in "The Cowboy's" chair because it was broke in real good.
As we killed more time and wandered the Club levels of Coors Field we walked up on a huge bin of baseballs.
I was half expecting Zack Hample to pop out of them so when he didn't I asked someone what this was.
I was informed that object was to guess the number of balls in the cage and it you could only enter if you were 15 or younger.
Lets just say the prizes were a baseball collector's dream.
I took a few moments and filled out entries for Hunter and Mylee as did every parent with kids I'm sure.
While we were standing there fixated on the autographed bats I bumped into Joy aka LUVMYROX who was there with her family. I believe they also were killing time waiting for their Outfielder interviews to begin.
A few minutes and a hundred feet later I ran into Marianne aka R-Luv who was also exploring the festivities with her family.
Funny thing and I hope I get this all correct. Joy and Marianne have known each other for years through the Rockies forums. During Rockies games they comment back and forth with each other on the forum but up until today had never physically met.
When I met up with Dan today he mentioned that the two of them finally met each other here at the Rockies Fest.
Ladies I'm sorry I missed that photo opportunity. Congratulations how appropriate that you met at Rockies Fest as you both are HUGE fans….Too Cool.
It was time for us to head up to the Pitcher/Catcher interviews. This took place up in Club level. The MC's hosting this Q N A were Alana Rizzo (my favorite FSN employee), and that other guy Drew Goodman.
For some reason my hands started to shake every time I tried to take a picture of Alana. The above picture was the clearest of the bunch.
Here's a shot of most of your Rockies pitchers and catchers for the upcoming 2010 Season.
Let me break it down a little better. Below is Chris Iannetta and Matt Daley.
Taylor Buchholz, Aaron Cook, Jeff Francis and Huston Street
Randy Flores, Greg Smith and Miguel Olivo
Last but not least Jason Hammel and Matt Belisle
Most of the questions they asked were a bit regular side. However,I did manage to get video of Jeff Francis when he was asked about his arm and his return.
Here's the video:
So I guess he's back. I wish him the best. We need the Canadian.
After the interview session it was autograph time. Our first session was Huston Street and first base coach Glenallen Hill.
As I approached Huston Street I said "Hi I'm Don I write the Rockpile Rant" and I asked him if he was going to continue his MLBlog. Street replied "Yeah, I'd like to".
You heard it here first.
Then I moved onto Glenallen Hill. As he was signing my mini-bat Hill asked me "What do you do with all those autographs?" I started laughing and said" Mr. Hill you asked me the same exact question a year ago at spring training."
Hill looked at me and said "You know I don't ask everyone that question".
I'm not sure what he meant by that but he was smiling when he said it so I'll take it as a positive.
Two down and we had time to burn again. As we walked by the Jeff Francis/Rich Dauer autograph session we noticed the line was short. I asked if we could just go through as it was the tail end of this session and the extremely cool Usher let us.
That totally made my day because I just happend to have with me my 2007 Sports Illustrated magazine with Jeff Francis on the cover. Hunter went into the room first and right away Jeff asked him what his name was.
Then Jeff wrote "For Hunter" on the picture and autographed it.
Very classy Jeff….Thank you.
I handed Jeff my magazine and he looked left at the Usher standing beside him and said "See told you, here's the first one". Again I was like WTF? But I think Jeff was making note that every time he autographs for fans someone hands him one of those Sports Illustrated issues.
Least I hope he wasn't making fun of me..We're both from Canada?
Rich Dauer signed a picture for Hunter and a mini-bat for me and then we were outta there.
We headed downstairs and while wandering around an Usher asked if we would like Eric Young Jr's autograph. Without hesitation I said "Yes Sir" and within a few minutes we were standing in front of EY Jr.
Here he is signing Hunters baseball.
EY Jr signing my mini-bat.
EY Jr really seemed like he was having a good time. Keep'n it real, I like that.
When we walked out of there directly across from us was the long line for Don Baylor and Randy Flores. I felt a big smile growing because I've never managed to get Don Baylor's autograph before. It's not that he wouldn't sign, just really bad timing on my part.
Today Don Baylor signed an Inaugural Year Rockies Magazine with his picture on it for me.
When I handed him the magazine I said "Mr. Baylor you haven't changed a bit", He looked up at me and said smiling "Yeah right". Then he autographed it for me.
Here's Don Baylor autographing Hunter's baseball.
Here's Randy Flores autographing Hunter's baseball.
Hunter and I hurried upstairs so we could catch the tail end of Matt Belisle's autograph session..
These plates may not be fine china but I'm sure their worth more than the plates I eat off of.
These beauties are a couple of the bat-shovels used to break ground on the Rockies/D-Backs new Spring Training Facility east of Scottsdale last year.
I just wanted to show how the MLB labels game used items. Specifically ones from big games.
Notice how they misspelled Tulowitzki's last name on the first helmet.
You can see me Tulo and Coors Field in this picture.
This is a special helmet made just for Charlie Hayes who suffered a broken jaw. This is the unsigned original artwork used to make the Coors Field Inaugural year opening day ticket.
The World Famous Colorado Rockies Humidor.
Hunter with a lean mean Don Baylor.
My Inaugural year Rockies magazine with Don Baylor's fresh autograph on it.
My 2007 Sports Illustrated with Jeff Francis on the cover with a fresh Jeff Francis autograph on it.
My mini-bats In order…Glenallen Hill, Eric Young Jr, Huston Street, Rich Dauer, Randy Flores, and Clint Barmes.
Here's all of it minus the hampster and Hunter's stuff.
Here's a shot of Ryan Spilborghs on his way to his next session.
Just as Hunter and I were leaving Club level heading home we ran into Robert.
Best hat of the day.
Hunter making his mark just like his pops.
The Rockpile Ranter blessing Coors Field for the upcoming season.(I can legally do that).
It was great to see all of you again. Dan, thank you once again for this special opportunity.
This is the year folks. The chemistry between this group of fellas feels right. We've had a taste of the post-season twice in recent years and we can't go backwards right?
It starts with believing. I believe, Hunter believes, everybody I ran into at Rockies Fest believes.
I'm D The Rockpile Ranter and I believe I'm finished with this entry.


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The iBeam Active System reproduces the natural tone of an acoustic guitar while maintaining perfect string balance and providing full dynamic range.
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This week in Island history Compiled by Sue Maden Week of June 29
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, June 25, 1906:
Mr. Mason of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company is in town, superintending the erection of the line from Fox Hill to Bull's Point.
From the Newport Daily News, June 29, 1906:
Manager Kinney of the Thorndike has secured the services of an orchestra for his house, especially for concert purposes during the evening dinner hour, a feature new to the hotel business here, and one which seems to be meeting with success by the number of bookings for that hour in July and August.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, June 24, 1931:
A petition presented by Stanley Narus and signed by a large number of the residents of the town and the summer colony, protesting the issuing of a license to out-of-town bakers to peddle from house to house, and requesting the rescinding of same, was received and recorded and laid on the table for further consideration.
From the Newport Daily News, June 25, 1931:
(At the school committee meeting) a delegation of parents of pupils in the graduating class was present. Charles H. Brooks, in behalf of this group, requested that the ninth grade in Jamestown be abolished and that the pupils be permitted to go directly from the eighth grade in Jamestown to Rogers High School in Newport. (They voted that the matter be postponed for one week.)
From the Newport Daily News, June 29, 1931:
Double service went into effect on the ferries Saturday morning, with Steamers Governor Carr and Jamestown plying between Jamestown and Newport, and the Hammonton and Beavertail running between West Jamestown and Saunderstown.
The celebration of the Feast of the Holy Ghost Society was held at the hall of the society on Narragansett avenues yesterday. . . . a barbecue was served to nearly 600 guests.
The Jamestown Casino will open on Friday evening for the season. Edward Cox of Newport will be the manager, and the Majestic orchestra of Newport has been engaged for the summer. Dances will be held Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, Monday evening being the children's night.
Another running board accident occurred yesterday afternoon.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, June 26, 1956:
Dr. Alfred B. Gobeille, Jamestown Town Council president, told the council at its meeting last night, he did not believe the present tax rate of $31 per thousand, the limit under the state law, should be changed. . . . Gobeille added "we are only assessed at 40 per cent of the fair value and I don't know of any tax assessor who wants to double the cost of valuation." The present assessment presents a false picture, he said, and if assessed for the full valuation the tax rate should be $20.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, June 24. 1981:
The Zoning Board of Review Tuesday night granted Estes-Burgin Partnership a regulatory variance to restore the Hunt Block on Narragansett Avenue and to add a second and third floor for four apartments.
From the Newport Daily News, June 27, 1981:
The state Department of Transportation has asked the Federal Highway Administration to approve a proposed location for a new Jamestown Bridge and for authority to start construction designs.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, June 27, 1991:
The Town Council Monday night approved a list of road maintenance and drainage projects to be carried out from July until the end of summer. (There was about $20,000 in the budget for road improvements.)
Nine options were offered as alternatives to the tabled Helm Street overpass for the cross-island connector road as the Jamestown Design Study Committee's June 20 meeting.
Photo caption: The Class of 1991 graduated from the Jamestown School last week (June 18).
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, June 27, 1996:
Jamestown School Principal and Superintendent Phyllis Schmidt Monday announced her intent to retire in a letter to the Jamestown School Committee. . . . Schmidt, the principal of the Jamestown School for 17 years, wrote in her letter, "I truly love Jamestown and the Jamestown School."
The second annual Ferry Days celebration this weekend promises plenty of old-fashioned fun for the whole family. Sponsored by the Jamestown Village Association, events get underway Saturday at 10 a.m.
Jamestown's first public fireworks display in 25 years will light up the sky this Tuesday evening. The July 2 display will start at 9:15 p.m. at Mackerel Cove.


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Download here: Episode 16 - New Year's Special
For our New Year's episode, we'll be giving you an overview of the trends in robotics for 2008 and an insight into next year's developments with our five experts in robotics from different backgrounds and continents. We speak with Dan Kara from Robotics Trends about the robot marketplace, Terry Fong from the NASA Ames Research Center, Dario Floreano from the EPFL, Steve Rainwater from robots.net and Minoru Asada from Osaka University.
Dan Kara
Dan Kara is the president and co-founder of Robotics Trends, a US based company specialized in the burgeoning personal, service and mobile robotics market. His company has been working over the years to compile a business image of robotics and inform through their webportal.
Terry Fong
Terry Fong is the Director of the Intelligent Robotics Group at the NASA Ames Research Center. 2008 was a busy year in space robotics with several missions sending back loads of scientific data from Mars.
Dario Floreano
Dario Floreano is the director of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland where he focuses on taking inspiration from biology to design swarming, evolving and flying robots as well as researching how biological societies can evolve to communicate and cooperate.
Steven Rainwater
Steven Rainwater is one of the founding editors of robots.net, and was previously featured in a Robots episode on the robot blogosphere. His specialty is hobbyist robotics, and he tells us about the latest products that you can find in your local hobby shop.
Minoru Asada
Minoru Asada is the director of the Asada Lab at Osaka University and the director of the Asada Synergistic Intelligence Project. He is also greatly involved in the Robotcup Federation.
Christmas Contest Winner
In our last episode, we asked you to guess what our WowWee Femisapien did on her first weekend in Switzerland for a chance to win one. Well, you most likely won't be surprised to learn that she took advantage of the excellent snow in December to go down a few slopes with her newly learned ski moves and her personal coaches here at ROBOTS (video coming soon).
Congratulations to Erin at robotgrrl.com for her excellent animation and correct guess!


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Boys' elementary basketball tourney concludes
PUNXSUTAWNEY — The Punxsy elementary boys' basketball tournament came to a close with three narrow finishes and a pair of decisive victories Thursday night at PAHS Gym A.
Pittsburgh 20, Michigan State 18
Brandon Matthews provided 13 points, and Pittsburgh started the last day of the tournament with a 20-18 victory over Michigan State.
Also scoring for Pitt was Walter Mock (three points), Jacob Ward (two), Adam Haught (one) and Garrett Smith (one).
Carter Newcome led the Spartans' (1-3) attack with 10 points. Following Newcome were Matt Wehrle (four points), Matt Greenblatt (two) and Logan Geist (two).
Michigan 15, North Carolina 11
The fourth- and fifth-grade portion of the tournament continued with a 15-11 Michigan triumph over North Carolina.
Pushing the Wolverines (2-2) toward the victory was Matt Blose, who tallied 10 points. Austin Ewing added two points, Cameron Coble had two points, and Andrew Pifer contributed one point.
For UNC (1-3), five of six players scored, led by Brandon McGee's four points. Alex Gianvito, Kevin Constant and Kyle Burkett scored two points apiece, and Ben Presloid totaled one.
Syracuse 14, Washington 13
In the tightest match-up of the night, Zach Pape and Syracuse edged Washington, 14-13, to give the Huskies their first and only defeat of the tournament.
Syracuse (2-2) received seven points from Pape. Willie Hoover, Skyler Catarouche and Ethan Blose each scored two points, and Austin Passmore made a free throw for one point.
Tyler Richardson scored a team-best seven points, Jacob Good scored four points, and Chase Lorelli added two points for Washington (3-1).
Ohio State 20, Georgetown 11
Ohio State completed a 3-1 tournament thanks to a 20-11 win over Georgetown during the first of two sixth-grade contests.
The Buckeyes received another big game from Sky Anderson, who scored 12 points. Also scoring for OSU were Chandler Emhoff (four points), Nick Constant (two), Andrew Burkett (one) and Trenton Peace (one).
Caleb Smith tallied a team-best four points for the Hoyas (1-3). Also scoring for Georgetown were Drew Maines (two points), Nathan Pifer (two), Joel Triponey (one), Cody Verostic (one) and Michael Lin (one).
Texas Tech 25, Connecticut 18
Texas Tech (3-1) scored early and often while taking out Connecticut during the tournament's final game, 25-18.
The Red Raiders had three players score at least six points, led by Devin Kelly's eight points. Both Tanner Zimmerman and Ethan Riley tallied six points.
Austin McKendree added three points, and Josh Godo had two.
UConn (1-3) had six different players score, led by Brady Snyder's five points. Following Snyder were Jacob Horner and Ryan Young, who each totaled four points.
Also putting the ball in the basket were Blake Bizousky (two points), Lucas Burkett (two) and Pat Fedigan (one).


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Is one of the most beautiful things I can imagine! But for an instruction librarian, an impossible dream. Unless.. unless… Unless Internet Librarian accepts both a pre-conference workshop and a conference session from you. In which case, you better show up!
And this, this is my burden.
I will be putting together a pre-conference entitled "Dance Dance Library Evolution" with seven other twitter friends: Laura Carscaddon (U of Arizona), Colleen Harris (UT Chattanooga), Kenley Neufeld (Santa Barbara City College), Kate Sheehan (Darien Library), Courtney Stephens (Belmont University), Cindi Trainor (Eastern Kentucky University), Jezmynne Westcott (The Claremont Colleges). If I were a better blogger, I would link to all their blogs, but, alas, not tonight!
Today's librarian must be nimble and fast-moving. Nine librarians from different parts of the country and different areas of librarianship will demonstrate what is emerging in their libraries and in their lives today: hot technologies, social networking and services and tools for users. You will enjoy this fast-paced and engaging lightning-round session from nine Twitter friends who are using these technologies to move themselves and their libraries beyond 2.0 and ahead of the curve.
Colleen Harris and I will also be presenting in the Learning track: 2.0 Learning & 1.8 Users: Bridging the Gap
For many instruction librarians, the challenge of Library 2.0 isn't the technology, it's the users. Despite the extreme 2.0 savvy attributed to the Millennials in the buzz that dominated early 2.0 reports, the media is finally catching up to what many instruction librarians have known all along: The Google Generation may need some help moving from passive consumer to active participant in the read/write web. Join two academic library instruction librarians for a discussion of challenges in and suggestions for bringing students, professors, librarians, and IT staff onto page 2.0 and why doing so is an important first step in bringing about Library 2.0 services and technologies our communities can embrace.
This will be my first Internet Librarian, but by all accounts this is a great conference, one of the ones where every session is just great. It's also one of those wonderful opportunities for tech folks to get together with public services folks and talk to each other about the magic we can make happen when we work together. If it's anything like Computers in Libraries was, the out-of-session conversations were so great they deserved a program track all to themselves!
Will I see you there?


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Wayne County Railfan Platform/Train Triangle
Jesup, GA 31545
The Wayne County Railfan Platform is located in the City of Jesup on the Chamber of Commerce lawn and is a part of the Jesup Train Triangle. The platform allows visitors to watch trains under a shady shelter and listen to the chatter of the conductors and engineers on passing Amtrak, Norfolk Southern, and CSX trains. Look for the geocache that is located somewhere in the train triangle.
New this year, an additional platform is now on the east side of the tracks by the ACL Caboose. Additionally, the radio receiver and speakers have been upgraded to digital equipment.
Info & Amenities
Hours of Operation
Sunday: All Day
Monday: All Day
Tuesday: All Day
Wednesday: All Day
Thursday: All Day
Friday: 12:00AM - 12:00PM
Saturday: 12:00AM - 12:00PM
Admission & Fees
Admission Free
Facility Amenities
Free Parking
Parking on Site
Self-guided Tours
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Defiant North Korea launches rocket
Despite U.N. ban, nation conducts suspected ballistic missile test
(BBC) — North Korea has launched its rocket in defiance of international warnings, South Korea and Japan say.
The rocket went up at 09:49 local time 00:49 GMT from a west coast site. It is not yet clear whether the launch was a success.
North Korea says its rocket will put a satellite into space, but many countries believe the tests are a cover for weapons development.
A previous launch in April failed when the rocket broke up after take-off.
That rocket flew for only a few minutes before exploding and crashing into the sea west of the Korean peninsula.
This rocket was scheduled to pass between the Korean peninsula and China, with a second stage coming down off the Philippines before launching the satellite into orbit.
The Japanese government, which put its armed forces on alert ahead of the launch, said the rocket appeared to have passed over Okinawa prefecture.
It had threatened to shoot down any debris which infringed on Japanese territory.


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Blue Chambray 40s Shirtwaist Dress
Added Apr 1, 2013
by aur0ra
Nashville , Tenn...
I made this dress for the Sew for Victory sew along challenge, hosted by Rochelle from Lucky Lucille.
I used a vintage pattern from the 1940s, Simplicity 4036. I had to make a lot of alterations to the pattern (it was two sizes too big and I always have a lot of fit issues anyway), but I'd say it was worth it.
The fabric is a vintage chambray that I picked up at a thrift store a while back for about $2. I made the buttons and the belt, using material I had left over from a previous reconstruction. It has little red cherries with navy and light blue stems and leaves.
Read more about it here.
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Apr 8, 2013, 09.17 PMby claudinka
Soooooo nice!
Apr 2, 2013, 02.47 PMby aur0ra
Thank you all, so much! I'm quite happy with it. :)
Apr 1, 2013, 11.19 PMby littleash
Your dress is adorable! I particularly love the matching buttons and belt. Great job.
Apr 1, 2013, 09.37 PMby Ruth Meiland
Love youre dress Great Job!
Apr 1, 2013, 08.54 PMby Käsekosmonautin
Very cute!
Apr 1, 2013, 07.20 PMby pampula
Lovely dress, it looks great in chambray!
Apr 1, 2013, 06.53 PMby Sara Álvarez
This is too cute. Nice job!
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The Republicans have worked hard to paint Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell as an incompetent congressman who is best friends with a left-wing president and responsible for lost jobs in his rural North Carolina district.
The reality of Kissell's work in Congress is a lot more complicated.
Kissell, of Biscoe, N.C., has one of the most conservative records among House Democrats and bucked his party enough that some feel he might as well hop over the aisle.
The former social studies teacher has never had it easy running in the South, where white conservative Democrats have become an endangered species. His challenge is exponentially tougher this year as he runs for reelection in a newly redrawn district that includes thousands of new Republican voters who know little of his conservative credentials, such as an endorsement by the National Rifle Association.
The situation has given an opportunity to his challenger, Richard Hudson of Concord, N.C., a former Capitol Hill chief of staff for Reps. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., John Carter, R-Texas, and Mike Conaway, R-Texas. Hudson is working to depict Kissell's record in a liberal light and to tie him to the policies of President Barack Obama.
About 40 minutes into candidates' hour-long debate at Wingate University in September, Hudson accused Kissell of lying about his opposition to Obama's healthcare policy.
"The congressman says he voted against the Affordable Care Act every time, but the fact of the matter, Congressman, you voted 23 times to support it or to oppose partially defunding Obamacare," Hudson said.
Kissell voted against the health care law, but he didn't support early attempts to repeal it. He did vote this year to repeal the measure when it was clear that he would have to run in a more conservative district.
Hudson's list of 23 votes includes those against repeal of the law as well as other votes on an array of amendments and budget resolutions that involved pieces of the policy.
Kissell's office calls the accusations a distortion.
"Setting the record straight on Obamacare, there have been three votes on passage of Obamacare in the House, all during the 111th Congress," said Christopher Schuler, Kissell's spokesman. "Larry Kissell voted no every single time."
Schuler touts Kissell for taking on both parties by opposing Obamacare and standing up to the "reckless budget plans that Hudson has embraced."
This summer, Kissell supported House Republicans who championed their jobs bill, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, which would limit government regulations for businesses until the unemployment rate falls to 6 percent, Schuler said.
Kissell voted with Democrats about 72 percent of the time over the past two years, but on key votes he often sides with Republicans. He was one of just 17 Democrats who voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress. He voted with Republicans to audit the Federal Reserve system and to extend provisions of the Patriot Act. And this election season, he declined to endorse Obama and skilled his party's political convention, which was held within 15 miles of his district's borders.
He had a less conservative voting record in his first term. He supported Obama's positions 89 percent of the time in 2009 and 81 percent in 2010, according to Congressional Quarterly. He voted with Democrats on the stimulus bill and opposed an amendment that would prohibit federal money for health plans that include abortion coverage. He supported the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the provision that kept gays in the military silent about their orientation.
It doesn't help Kissell that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which raises money for House candidates, has pulled $1.1 million of planned TV ads targeting Hudson. The National Republican Congressional Committee, meanwhile, has spent $900,000 in the Charlotte, N.C., TV market on tough ads linking Kissell to Obama.
Hudson's campaign charged Kissell with trying to distort his own four-year record. The bottom line is that Kissell has a 17 percent conservative voting record and 100 percent pro-abortion rights rating, said Hudson communications director Anna Haberlein, citing political scorecards of Heritage Action and an abortion-rights group, NARAL Pro Choice.
"He is cherry-picking certain votes – votes he made after learning his district would be more conservative – but his overall record has been consistently aligned with the Obama agenda," Haberlein said.
Kissell did vote with Republicans in his first term. In 2009, Kissell voted against the cap-and-trade bill designed to reduce global warming. His votes against the health care bill led one pro-health care group to run ads charging him with "betrayal."
"He's got Democrats angry at him for not being enough of a team player," said Ferrel Guillory, a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill political analyst. "And now he's got Republicans hitting him for the support that he did give Obama... They're doing the political equivalent of guilt by association."


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NEW YORK | Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:28pm EDT - Many people with arthritis have periodic difficulties on the job, but the problems might not make them less productive, a new study suggests.
And in many cases, simple changes in the workplace can be helpful.
It's known that people with arthritis often deal with work limitations. A U.S. government study found that one-third of working-age Americans with arthritis said their condition interfered with their jobs.
But the new study, which followed nearly 500 working people with arthritis, found that while work difficulties are common, they are not constant.
Over four and a half years, three-quarters of the study participants reported occasional, rather than continuous, difficulty with work. Only 9 of every hundred people in the study had consistently severe difficulties -- the types of problems that might prevent them from getting their job tasks done, or force them to cut down on work hours.
Work limitation due to arthritis has "tended to be discussed as something that is constant. But I think it's more episodic," said Dr. Monique A.M. Gignac, an associate professor at the University of Toronto in Canada, and the lead researcher on the study.
And that, she said in an interview, is important for employers, insurers and workers with arthritis to know. "There is a belief that people with arthritis are often a liability in the workplace, but that's not the case," Gignac said.
Still, many workers with arthritic conditions do, at some point, have problems at work. In this study, the most common issues included problems with lifting, carrying, kneeling and standing for long periods -- all experienced by anywhere from one-half to three-quarters of study participants.
When it came to easing those problems, workers most often took simple measures, like using "gadgets" or furniture changes to make their work easier.
Having a better chair, a stool under the feet or a special computer keyboard, Gignac noted, can be helpful. So too, she said, can cost-free steps like organizing your desk to put everything in easy reach, or getting up periodically to move and stretch.
"There are things you can do to sustain your energy and reduce pain," Gignac said.
Relatively few people in the study took more significant steps, like changing their work schedule. Over the course of the study, no more than 17 of every hundred people made schedule changes.
The findings, reported in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, are based on surveys of 490 working adults with either osteoarthritis -- the common "wear-and-tear" form of joint problems often associated with aging or heavy sports activities -- or inflammatory arthritis.
Most people in that second group had rheumatoid arthritis, a disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the lining of the joints.
The participants worked in a range of fields, including transportation, sales, teaching and business, and were surveyed four times over the four and a half years of the study.
The fact that people's work limitations waxed and waned over time may be due to the nature of the arthritis itself, according to Gignac. For some people, changes in treatment or their work might have made a difference.
Gignac suggested that workers with arthritis symptoms act sooner rather than later -- which, first of all, means seeing a doctor to get a diagnosis and start treatment.
Some people might be reluctant to tell their employer they have arthritis, and that is a "personal decision," Gignac noted. But she also pointed out that there are many people in the workforce with arthritis or other chronic health conditions.
"There are a lot of you," she said. "You are not alone."
In workplaces with a human resources department, Gignac noted, people with arthritis can anonymously ask about any job accommodations that are available to them.
And if people are reluctant to bring up their health at work, she said, they can also ask their doctors for advice on work adjustments that might make their jobs easier.
SOURCE: bit.ly/gxVCK8 Arthritis Care & Research, online February 25, 2011.
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Google updates Street View with 250,000 miles of footage
Rubbing salt in Apple's wounds
Google has released its biggest-ever update to Street View, adding 250,000 miles of updated photography and double the number of image collections from notable spots around the world.
"We're increasing Street View coverage in Macau, Singapore, Sweden, the US, Thailand, Taiwan, Italy, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway and Canada," announced Ulf Spitzer, Google's Street View program manager. "And we're launching special collections in South Africa, Japan, Spain, France, Brazil and Mexico, among others."
Among the sites of interest covered in the new update include Elsinore Castle in Denmark, used by Shakespeare as the setting for Hamlet – although there are no ghosts on the ramparts, as far as we can see. The monks of the famous Ferapontov monastery in Russia have also allowed Google's cameras in for the first time.
The updates will make Street View better for users trying to plan routes or find out where they are going, Spitzer said. The new special sites mean you don't have to travel, get ripped off by local taxi drivers, and elbow your way past fat, chattering tourists to get a feel for historic monuments – or maybe that's just El Reg's experience.
Spitzer was kind enough not to mention Apple by name, but Google is clearly not going to slow the development of its mapping service so that Cupertino can catch up.
Microsoft, too, was quick to stick the boot in after the iOS 6 Maps fiasco, recommending that disgruntled iPhone owners check out Bing maps as an alternative.
Both companies may be wasting their time - the attachment of fanbois to Apple could be too strong to break, according to a recent poll which found Maps was only important to less than one in ten Apple users. The sample size and methodology of the survey make the results a little untrustworthy, but suggest that Apple might not have too much to worry about. ®


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|Albany (GTA V)
The Alpha is a sport coupe in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto V.
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Resembling an early-1990s Dodge Stealth, the Alpha is designed with a sporty and modern body design, implying the vehicle is one of the newest models in its time. Having two doors, it only seats two, and is depicted with a front-engine, rear-drive configuration. Despite the Dodge Stealth (Alpha) being related to the Mitsubishi 3000GT (Super GT), the Super GT is much smaller.
Acceleration and speed match those of some of the sports cars in the game. Handling and braking are also highly competent, and match the power of the large and throaty V6 very well. The Alpha's somewhat flimsy construction, however, limits its ability to absorb heavy damage.
Released as part of the Business Update, the Albany Alpha is based on the Cadillac XLR luxury roadster; however, unlike its real-life counterpart, which is a hard top convertible, the Alpha has a fixed hard roof. Unlike the Jester and Turismo R, both of which use a rear mid-engine layout, the Alpha uses a front mid-engine layout.
The Fortune can be modified at a TransFender, but features very limited modification options.
Italicized pricing denotes prices at the Las Venturas TransFender, which charges 20% more except Colors.
Mission appearances
- The Alpha is used in the mission Zeroing In for Cesar Vialpando, as part of the Wang Cars asset strand. Carl Johnson hops on an Alpha and follows the driver of a certain vehicle, for it to be put in the Wang Cars showroom. Carl performs a PIT maneuver on the car, urging the driver to leave the car. Carl hops on the desired car and takes it back to the garage in Doherty.
- The Alpha is used in a race which can be accessed behind the Wang Cars showroom, just near the Pay 'n' Spray. The race, named "San Fierro Fastlane", pits Carl against five other racers to race around the northeastern area or San Fierro.
- When entered, the default radio station in the Alpha is Radio Los Santos.
- Spawns while driving a ZR-350 in Queens, San Fierro (Saturday).
- Spawns while driving a Uranus in Santa Maria Beach, Los Santos (Monday).
- Spawns around Los Santos and Las Venturas, especially around the richer areas.
- Spawns occasionally near the strip in Las Venturas.
- Sometimes spawns in Prickle Pine in Las Venturas.
- Sometimes spawns in Vinewood, Los Santos.


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My mother's GP is 2 1/2years old has yet to shed her undercoat.She has owned GP's before so she knows they shed twice a year. Just wanted to know if this is common or could be caused by a health problem.
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