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Whoa! A female political figure who influenced the styles of her time? Shocking! I mean, everyone knows the power that women like Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton hold when it comes to fashion, but what's groundbreaking about Marie Antoinette's sartorial influence was how she leveraged it. She used it as a political tool--to develop her own individual image and persona apart from her husband.
Eighteenth century women (even queens) had no control when it came to worldly issues. What they could control was their physical appearance.
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The pouf was first debuted in the summer of 1775 at Louis XVI's coronation. Marie Antoinette happily watched Louis-Auguste become the new king of France, and while her eyes were on her husband, many of the other participants were pointing theirs at her. Perched upon her head was a heavily teased, heavily powdered tower of hair adorned with white feathers to mark the occasion.
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Despite the public reaction that her big hair was kind of silly, the style immediately took hold among her friends and the wider public. The pouf often involved wire framing for support, decorative objects like fruit, feathers, or flowers, and could stand up to 6 feet tall, which made way for prime mockery of Marie Antoinette and her followers.
Ladies found themselves kneeling in their carriages, having difficulty walking, sleeping with boxes on their heads, and finding all sorts of vermin building nests in their hair. WORTH IT, they said!
Unfortunately, a trendy hairstyle wasn't enough to keep the people of France from resenting the queen. She already had her Austrian heritage working against her, but as she continued to pursue her fashionable existence, the French people began to resent her lavish spending and her failure to produce an heir to the throne. As a result, satirical cartoons poking fun at her extravagance and moral existence by way of her hair began making the rounds. (I'm sure M.A. would sympathize with Snooki.)
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The pouf continued to grow in height and grandeur, and within a few years the style was no longer just a fashionable trend, it was a full on political statement. The pouf a la Belle Poule not only took the pouf to new heights, but showed her support for the newly formed allegiance between the French army and American colonists. Abandoning the traditional feathers and flowers for a fully constructed replica of a war ship allowed the young Queen to assert her own political agenda while still falling in line with the concept that women were seen, but not heard.
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After I had a general idea of the form factor I wanted, I began sourcing parts for the build.
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The Sküt urban mobility device started out like any other project, with brainstorming, sketching, research, more sketching, brainstorming, etc. The project really became interested to me when I began soldering together small copper and brass maquettes. Here are a few of those that I like:
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Gilles at FRROM has very kindly sent a sample of his newly released 1:32 I.A.R.-80A kit - and I had such a blast building the Eduard Fw 190 in the Forum ahead of writing a Review, I'm going to do things the same way again.
The kit features a number of changes over FRROM's original I.A.R.-81C (reviewed HERE), the most obvious being a shorter fuselage and wings. Doug Nelson tackled a Feature Build of the original version superbly for us, so I hope I can do similar justice to the new kit.
It will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the "IAR" that my primary reference will be Radu Brinzan's definitive modeller's study of the aircraft (reviewed HERE).
The kit is produced by Special Hobby and falls into that no-man's land between traditional "short-run " and "mainstream" kits. I guess you'd call it "cutting edge limited run" - a far cry from the very challenging builds we took for granted not too many years ago, but still likely to keep you on your toes at times. In other words, as some might say, "a proper model".
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(mana cost: 90/105/120/135/150): Master Yi leaps across the battlefield striking up to 4 enemies, dealing 100/150/200/250/300 (+AP x 1.01) Magic Damage and has a 20/30/40/50/60% chance to deal 400 bonus damage to minions. 18 sec. cooldown.(Master Yi's early farming ability/harassing ability, I Use this on minions when ever enemy champions are near them, it's great for harassing and the enemy, most of the time, the enemy won't be quick enough to react and hit you as you run back to your minions.)
(mana cost: 80/100/120/140/160): Master Yi meditates restoring 150/300/500/750/1100 (+AP x 1.65) Health over 5 seconds. While Meditating Master Yi has a bonus 30 Armor and Magic Resist. 45 sec. cooldown. (Great ability late game as it restores about 60% of your hp. It also scales pretty well with ability power but stacking ability power is not needed to make use of this ability.)
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(mana cost: 40): Passively increases Physical damage by 15/20/25/30/35. Additionally, Master Yi can activate this ability to double its effectiveness for 10 seconds, this removes its passive bonus damage until Wuju Style becomes available again. 30 sec. cooldown. (This is Master Yi's main ability it works hand in hand with highlander for pushing towers or owning champions. Always use this when attacking Towers as you are a great tower destroyer. Don't waste this on minions try to keep it off cooldown unless your ganking or smashing towers.)
(mana cost: 120): Increases Master Yi's Movement Speed by 40% and Attack Speed by 30/50/70%, and he becomes immune to all slowing effects for 6/9/12 seconds. Additionally, killing a champion refreshes all of Master Yi's cooldowns. 70 sec. cooldown. (Great for champion killing and tower pushing, pop this with Wuju Style and you'll have that champion/tower down in no time. If you kill a champion with this popped it will refresh all your cooldowns, including Highlander! Make sure that you don���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½t pop Wuju style until the old one runs off because it will stack with your popped one [I.E level 5 Wuju Style= 35x2 while it's active +35 of your passive =105 physical damage!])
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The fact is, Massachusetts has some of the most stringent laws with regard to service worker compensation. There are federal guidelines that dictate this issue as well, but under state law, specifically General Law Chapter 149, Section 152A, a violation is punishable by a $25,000 fine, and/or 1 year of imprisonment.
The law is very clear on this issue. It defines a "service charge" as a fee that is charged by an employer to a patron in lieu of gratuity to the staff. Even if it is not expressly called that, the only requirement is that it is a fee that any consumer might reasonably expect to be given to the staff as a tip.
The law goes on to say that no employer is allowed to demand that a service charge be deducted from tips, and further that any tips collected by the employer must be paid directly to the staff either at the end of the business day, or, at the absolute latest, at the end of the employee's pay period.
Violators of this statute are not only subject to the penalties described above, they also have to repay to employees all of the back tips, plus 12 percent interest. Workers have up to three years to bring action against an employer for alleged violation of any part of this law.
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In this case, the complaint was originally filed last November, while the workers and the club administrators were in the midst of contract negotiations. The wait staff and dining hall workers were represented by a local labor union. The club, which is a private company not affiliated with Harvard University, is only open to graduates of Harvard and of other select universities and colleges.
The clincher in this case was an advertisement that was sent by club administrators, trying to reel in old patrons and new clients. The booklet advertised a surcharge paid at the end of meals, as a substitute for gratuity. This was despite the fact that employees were not being paid tip money.
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CLEVELAND – A novel pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promise in improving survival and represents a potential breakthrough in the treatment of this deadly disease. Jeffrey Hardacre, MD, of University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine presented results of a Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with pancreatic cancer testing the Algenpantucel-L vaccine today at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, part of Digestive Disease Week in San Diego.
In the plenary session titled "Addition of Algenpantucel-L Immunotherapy to Standard Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: a Phase 2 Study" (embargoed May 22, 8:00 a.m. PT Abstract # 028), Dr. Hardacre presented data from a multi-site, nationwide study involving 70 patients with resected pancreatic cancer which showed favorable 12-month disease-free and overall survival.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a visit to the White House, an Abbas spokesman said.
"President Donald Trump invited President Abbas to visit the White House very soon," spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah told Reuters after the two leaders spoke by phone.
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My hometown of Wethersfield Connecticut - settled in 1634 - nestled right between Boston and New York City
Lucky Lou's & First Church in Old Wethersfield, Connecticut on Oct 20 2016 by Paul Braren.
For a while now, I've been wanting to share a bit about my beloved hometown of Wethersfield. How nice to recently discover that a real author has already done all that legwork for me, a really nice job of putting it all together. Two quality pieces actually, just published this month. They really capture the special magic of this Colonial American town of 26,668 souls in a quiet Central-Connecticut suburb, nestled among lush green hills. A mere 2 hours drive from New York or Boston, or 22 minutes to Bradley International Airport (BDL). A short 40 minute drive to New Haven Union Station, where Metro North takes me right to NYC's Grand Central Station for about $21. Very conveniently located for getting to various computer user groups, and for various consulting opportunities I've had these past 20 years in IT.
Back in the 90s, as the local telco installer wired up my home, he mentioned I was the very first residential ISDN subscriber in town. These days, I already enjoy about 200Mbps down, and 20Mbps up for internet, a perk of living in a large metro area of nearly a million humans, where this 16 channel DOCIS 3.0 cablemodem can fly. Coming up next, fiber-based Cox Gigablast.
I've seen about 35 of the 50 United States, and I love exploring each location for unique charms. And each time I return home from one of these business trips, I realize just how fortunate I am to live right here.
You don't have to look far to see my love for where I live, such as my aerial shot here, and my Google+ background showing Old Wethersfield here.
Other than college near Boston and my 5 years in gorgeous Ithaca NY, I've been in lovely Wethersfield since age 1, and my parents and a sibling still live here. I raised my kids who went to public school here, and even married my wife in the church described by author Malerie Yolen-Cohen:
While he was in town, in 1781, George Washington worshiped across the street at The First Church of Christ, built in 1761. John Adams, too, was a guest, and after climbing the steeple proclaimed it the "most grand and glorious sight seen."
I've even had the opportunity to climb up that very same steeple myself. Glorious view indeed! Here's me flying right past that steeple, in a small plane on final approach to Brainard Airport/KHFD.
So, if you're into history, or even if you're British and still a bit miffed ;-), check out these historic articles:
Wethersfield CT: Connecticut Started Here
by Malerie Yolen-Cohen for Getaway Mavens, Dec 3 2015.
- 15 Cool Reasons to Visit Wethersfield, CT
by Malerie Yolen-Cohen for HUFFPOST TRAVEL, Dec 4 2015.
If you're a TinkerTry reader and in the area and wish to say hi, please don't hesitate to contact me so we can try to arrange a meet-up!
JAN 01 2016 Update
JAN 07 2016 Update
See also some of my public Google+ photos from around town, here's some of them:
JUN 06 2016 Update
.@DSLReports @CoxComm Great way to start today, 344/32 speed, https://t.co/XvFBwJZfNl nice! https://t.co/9w4UGmed9W pic.twitter.com/JPqeHh54fQ— Paul Braren (@paulbraren) June 6, 2016
JUL 25 2016 Update
Contacted Cox about Gigablast availability at my address. Was routed to a third party representative who tried to answer my pre-sales questions, claiming that Gigablast roll-out is intended to be complete by 2017 for all Cox internet customers. I was then transferred to a Cox representative, who said the 3rd party is likely incorrect, and that Cox doesn't have a set date. She also mentioned that Flanagan's Landing Apartments in the next town over called Glastonbury is where Gigablast is first arriving in Connecticut.
Oct 20 2016 Update
Time to share two more seasons.
See also at TinkerTry
Took a sleek Cirrus SR22 plane out for a half hour spin over Connecticut today, awesome!
Tornadoes, hurricanes, and snowstorms motivated me to get a generator, here's a look at my ETQ TG72K12 with 8250 Watts, 14 HP, low THD, and clean sine waves
Brushes with fame, how I (barely) missed Steven Sinofsky, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs visits to a wired, well-connected Cornell University
Motorola Arris SB6183 16 Channel DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem, future-proof through 686 Mbps?
- Firsthand experience with ASUS RT-AC68U, Netgear R7000, and Linksys EA6900 802.11ac WiFi routers


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M.Div., Harvard Divinity School
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|Location | Population | Housing | Labor | Transportation | Utilities | Tax Structure | Municipal Services | Education | Recreation | Health Facilities | Commercial Services | Local Manufacturing | Largest Employers | Industrial Properties | Community Notes | Local Contacts |
|A lively and progressive community, Superior, Nebraska is positioned to provide. Superior resides in Nuckolls County, the agricultural heartland of south-central Nebraska adjacent to the Kansas border. Superior is ideally located in the center of U.S. transportation routes - on the intersection of Nebraska Highway 14 and 8; only 22 miles west of U.S. Hwy 81; 60 miles south of Nebraska's I-80 and 90 miles north of Kansas' I-70. Offering a safe and welcoming hometown atmosphere, Superior is ready to grow with you.
1) Labor market population is the county population plus the contiguous county population.
|County Age Distribution (2016) :
Median Age (2016): State 36.3 years County 49.2 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, County Population
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State Data. U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 American Community Survey
|In Superior, you will find a wide selection of various priced homes, townhouses, apartments and assisted/independent living facilities. All located in friendly neighborhoods with easy access to shopping, schools, medical assistance and recreational fun. The cost of living is well below the national average.
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|Superior gives you access to large markets in just a day's drive. In the unlikely event that your customer's LTL carrier doesn't have a presence in our community or region, it is certain they will have an interline agreement with one of our locally owned and operated statewide LTL carriers that call Nebraska home.
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Marion Baker Corbin, 90, the widow of New Jersey Attorney, Robert Dunham Corbin, departed this life, Thursday, Jan. 3, at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown, S.C.
Mrs. Corbin was born the daughter of Clinton Mansfield Baker and Jessie Duncan Baker on Feb. 14, 1922 in Rahway. She was a graduate of Rahway High School and Ballard Secretarial School of New York City. During World War II she was employed with the British Air Commission in New York City and thereafter, held positions with Merck Pharmaceutical Company in Rahway. Over the years she worked in a secretarial position for companies such as: New Brunswick YMCA, Rahway Public School System, and the Town of Newton.
She was active in the Red Cross and a member of the Girl Scouts where she was a Mariner and earned the Golden Eagle award. She was a member of the Ilderan Outing Club of Rahway and the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club. In 1982 she moved to Calabash, N.C. where she lived for 16 years before retiring to Pawleys Island, S.C.
She leaves behind: a sister-in-law, Lorraine P. Corbin of Pompton Plains; and a niece, Jeannie Howe of Baltimore, Md.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
McKenzie Funeral Home is honored to serve the Corbin family. Online condolences may be sent at McKenzieChapels.com.
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Settlement, subject to court approval, reached in Category L Commercial Halibut Fishing License Case
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Report NEP-INO-2011-10-01This is the archive for NEP-INO, a report on new working papers in the area of Innovation. Steffen Lippert issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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Other reports in NEP-INO
The following items were announced in this report:
- Siedschlag, Iulia & Killeen, Neil & Smith, Donal & O'Brien, Catriona, 2011. "Internationalisation and the Innovation Activities of Services Firms," Papers WP406, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
- Olczyk, Magdalena, 2011. "A demand for innovation support in small and medium sized enterprises in the Baltic sea region," MPRA Paper 33657, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Bergman, Karin, 2011. "Internal and External R&D and Productivity – Evidence from Swedish Firm-Level Data," Working Papers 2011:27, Lund University, Department of Economics.
- James Bessen & Jennifer L. Ford & Michael J. Meurer, 2011. "The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls," Working Papers 1103, Research on Innovation.
- Galasso, Alberto & Schankerman, Mark & Serrano, Carlos, 2011. "Trading and Enforcing Patent Rights," CEPR Discussion Papers 8573, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Azagra-Caro, Joaquín M. & Mas-Verdú, Francisco & Martinez-Gomez, Victor, 2011. "Forget R&D – pay my coach: young innovative companies and their relations with universities," INGENIO (CSIC-UPV) Working Paper Series 201107, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV).
- Dierk Bauknecht, 2011. "Incentive Regulation and Network Innovations," RSCAS Working Papers 2011/02, European University Institute.
- Item repec:eca:wpaper:2013/87167 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- KOBAYASHI Yohei, 2011. "Effect of R&D Tax Credits for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Japan: Evidence from firm-level data," Discussion papers 11066, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
- Bergman, Karin, 2011. "Productivity Effects of Privately and Publicly Funded R&D," Working Papers 2011:28, Lund University, Department of Economics.
- Bergman, Karin & Ejermo, Olof, 2011. "Swedish Business R&D and its Export Dependence," Working Papers 2011:26, Lund University, Department of Economics.
- Francesco Lissoni & Patrick Llerena & Bulat Sanditov, 2011. "Small Worlds in Networks of Inventors and the Role of Science: An Analysis of France," Working Papers of BETA 2011-18, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
- Ortega-Argilés, Raquel & Piva, Mariacristina & Vivarelli, Marco, 2011. "Productivity Gains from R&D Investment: Are High-Tech Sectors Still Ahead?," IZA Discussion Papers 5975, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Kaiser, Ulrich & Kuhn, Johan Moritz, 2011. "Long-Run Effects of Public-Private Research Joint Ventures: The Case of the Danish Innovation Consortia Support Scheme," IZA Discussion Papers 5986, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Item repec:udb:wpaper:uwec-2011-13 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Dessi, Roberta, 2011. "Innovation, Spillovers and Venture Capital Contracts," IDEI Working Papers 684, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse, revised Dec 2013.
- Magdalena, Olczyk & Marzena, Starnawska & Izabela, Richter, 2011. "Improvement of cooperation among SMEs and other stakeholders as means of fostering innovation," MPRA Paper 33654, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2011.
- Link, Albert N. & Scott, John T., 2011. "The Theory and Practice of Public-Sector R&D Economic Impact Analysis: The Case of the National Institute of Standards and Technology," UNCG Economics Working Papers 11-16, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics.
- Link, Albert N. & Ruhm, Christopher J., 2011. "Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent," UNCG Economics Working Papers 11-15, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Economics.
- Link, Albert N. & Ruhm, Christopher J., 2011. "Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent," IZA Discussion Papers 5988, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Albert N. Link & Christopher J. Ruhm, 2011. "Creativity and the Family Tree: Human Capital Endowments and the Propensity of Entrepreneurs to Patent," NBER Working Papers 17441, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.


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This is your place to talk about the funny, sad, outrageous things that are happening in your life -- whenever you're ready.
Two Howard University students filed a federal lawsuit against the oldest African-American sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. The students, Laurin Compton and Lauren Coefield say their human rights were violated when the sorority refused to allow them entry despite each of their mothers being members. As "legacies," the young women believe they should have had priority entrance into the sorority and allege they are being treated unequally due to their "familial status," which is a protected class under the D.C. Human Rights Act.
On Friday, AKA responded to the women's allegations in a public statement: "Despite the Plaintiffs' disappointment and complaints, AKA did not violate the "Legacy Clause" in its Constitution and Bylaws, because that is not a guarantee of membership to a particular chapter, but simply provides for a priority process."
Also, in the lawsuit, Compton and Coefield allege they were hazed by the sorority. The list of accusations include not being allowed to wear the sorority colors, talk to non-sorority members, or hang out in common areas on campus. By far, the very worst allegation the two women make is that they were called "weak bitches," which isn't cool, of course, but that's it?
When the story broke in the Washington D.C. City Paper last week, Compton and Coefield fueled a resounding guffaw around the Internet that the City Paper even addressed the next day.
Unless you're actually a member of a Black sorority, you'll never really know what it takes to get into one. The first unofficial rule of membership is akin to the first and second official rules of Fight Club, which are "You do not talk about Fight Club."
I've never joined a sorority, but I did pursue membership in AKA twice. I knew that rule about not talking going in. I've now to decided to break it, which I'm not entirely sure is a good idea. I've chosen to leave my name of this article for that reason.
Like I said, if you're not in it, you don't know exactly what's required. Rumors abound about what goes on though, from "basic" mind-fucking described in the current lawsuit to taking wood, i.e., being hit with a paddle, and potentially horrific craziness like whatever happened to the two women in California who drowned allegedly during an AKA hazing process. Everyone knows it's not going to be a cakewalk.
In college, many of my friends joined AKA and when they became members, they asked me to do the same. The rumors -- and having watched my friends go through it -- gave me a general idea of what I would be signing up for.
I'd have to sleep -- when that was possible -- on the floor or a mattress in one room with the other women on my line. My GPA would likely plummet. A friend lost 20 pounds in 8 weeks, so I wondered how often I would eat and how much physical endurance was required.
My friends who became members had recalled a story of being taken to a community service site 5-6 miles from campus, asked to work an eight-hour shift, then left to walk home afterward. I wouldn't be able to straighten my hair. I might have to carry around a brick in my backpack at all times. What was mine -- clothes, jewelry, shoes, etc. -- no longer belonged only to me, but all my would-be sisters.
I was assured I wouldn't be hit, which I didn't really believe (and wasn't down for) but figured I'd cross that line if/when it came up and hoped it wouldn't. I'd be asked to do lots of silly stuff, under the guise of humbling me or giving a sadist her kicks. Most of it seemed harmless like what happened to my friend, "Keena" who was instructed to say, "Keena, Keena, pants on fire!" every time she saw a member. (She'd lied to a member and had been caught. This was her punishment.)
I stayed on board with AKA long enough to be told by one member to call a certain member by a silly name (that I can't remember). She chastised me when I did it and told me to grow up. Stupid, but not a big deal.
Later I was asked, to call members at certain times of the day, or the middle of the night. They would talk about the minutiae of their day -- like whether or not to shape their eyebrows -- and I would feign interest. Sometimes they would call another member on three-way and talk to each other and expect me to be quiet and listen, or maybe even chastise me for not talking more. (I learned early on that everything I did would be wrong.)
Or they would put me on hold for however long they wanted and I would be expected to remain on the line. The waste of my time annoyed me more than anything else that went on.
The last straw was when a member gave me 60 seconds to come up with a hook and verse to a rap song describing what I knew about her and how great she was. I wasn't able to. She hung up on me. I laughed and called my best friend and told her, "I'm out. Not built for it. Don't want it this bad."
The sorority member actually called me back to say, "Hey, you know you were supposed to call me back, right?" I appreciated the gesture because it let me know that none of it was personal, just the process. I was annoyed though, so I told her, "Hold on" and clicked over to continue talking to my friend. I have no idea how long she waited on the line.
The next day I called the friend who suggested I'd try to become a member and gave her a "Thanks, but no thanks." It's their organization and the chapter had their way of doing things. I wasn't down for it. No offense. She said there were no hard feelings.
Two years later, I'd moved to a new city for work and befriended a co-worker who happened to be an AKA. She suggested I go with her to an event hosted by the organization, so I did. For about a year, I kept going to the events and volunteered for multiple community service programs they organized. I met members and other women who were also interested. Sometimes the interested women would share stories with me about someone who was rude to them, but I never experienced anything to complain about.
Through the grapevine, I heard that the chapter was accepting new members, a process that only occurs every few years. For whatever reason, I wasn't chosen.
Once the new line crossed, a few members suggested that I continue to pursue my interest by going to programs and volunteering for events and maybe I'd be chosen next time. My feelings were hurt and I figured they had an opportunity to take me, but they chose not to for whatever reason. I thought about it as if AKA was a man I was dating. I wanted a commitment, he said no, so the best thing for me would be to respect his decision. If he, or AKA, changed their mind, they would call, right?
Laurin Compton and Lauren Coefield would have been better off to wait their turn, or simply accept that for whatever reason, they were not wanted. Life, unfortunately, is not "fair."
And in their refusal to accept that, they have embarrassed themselves, displayed their entitlement and have dragged AKA, which they still want to be a part of, through the mud. And it's all for what, when their chances of becoming members, or even AKA changing its laws, are slim to none?


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Greetings this a online of how the new patch system for .hack will work, this will be distributed with all the tools required to work the patch no more looking for the proper files you need. Download it here, unzip it, move the data.cpk file into the uncompressed folder and click the "patch" batch file. This will overwrite the data.cpk file in the folder. Once it is done insert the data.cpk file back into the iso using UMDTOOL 3.5. Simple right?
I tried my best to make this foolproof, but it can fail. If your Java Runtime Environment is installed in a non standard folder, please make sure the folder containing java.exe is in the system path. If you have no idea what this means you probably are safe, but there were a bunch of people with issues with this before. Leading me to to consider a tutorial post, Google system path java, and you should be safe.
Why use this over the old one? Because it is simpler and also take advantage of compression of the files that I have been neglecting at this point, which should fix a few slowdown issues we have been having. So please test it out and let me know.
Jun Bansyoya
PS This is still the same version of the patch as last time, there is not new translated dialog here. The translators are working hard I hear they may have a new release soon. This is purely something I am testing on the technical side, please ignore it until the new patch if you wish.


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"One of the most malevolent Iagos I've seen in Nelson……stealthy, sinister and frightening. You believe he's capable of destroying Henry's Othello. And you believe in Henry's destruction"
The Times (Benedict Nightingale)
"Henry truly triumphed – From his entrance, there is no mistaking his sheer stage presence and impressive bearing. But he delivers the verse with compelling clarity and dignity too The fact that he is such a big, powerful man, and his Desdemona, heart-wrenchingly played by Jessica Harris, is so tiny, young, naïve and vulnerable make these scenes almost too painful to watch. And then, in the magnificent last, Henry delivers some of the greatest poetry Shakespeare ever wrote with clarity and depth of feeling and reaches the heart of a terrible sense of tragic loss."
The Daily Telegraph
"This is one of the most astonishing debuts in Shakespeare I have ever seen. It is impossible to praise too highly Henry's courage in taking on so demanding and exposed a role, and then performing it with such authority and feeling. "
The Daily Telegraph
"Conrad (Nelson) is a great performer…he gives one of the best performances of his career. (Lenny Henry) is a massive presence and you easily believe that he is a soldier that could run through twenty men with an arm and a dagger, as he later boasts.The rest of the cast are as usual solid – Maeve Larkin as Emilia is exceptional.
Yorkshire Post****
"Barrie Rutter has directed a touring Othello that is both visually accessible and theatrically captivating."
The Independent****
Iago – Conrad Nelson
Roderigo – Matt Connor
Brabantio – Barrie Rutter
Othello – Lenny Henry
Cassio – Richard Standing
Duke/Gratiano – Fine Time Fontayne
Senator/Lodovico – Simon Holland Roberts
Desdemona – Jessica Harris
Montano – Andy Cryer
Emilia – Maeve Larkin
Herald – Chris Pearse
Bianca – Rachel Jane Allen
Director – Barrie Rutter
Composer – Conrad Nelson
Designer – Ruari Murchison
Costume Designer – Stephen Snell
Lighting Designer – Guy Hoare
Regional tour 14 Feb – 10 May 2009
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Theatre Royal, Bath
Rose Theatre, Kingston
New Vic Theatre, Newcastle Under Lyme
Viaduct Theatre, Halifax


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Top seed Silvia Farina Elia of Italy has advanced to the semifinals of the Bell Tennis Challenge in Quebec, Canada with a three-set win over sixth-seed Alexandra Stevenson of the United States.
Farina Elia dropped the middle set 3-6 late Friday, but easily won the first set, 6-2, and the deciding set, 6-1.
She will face Switzerland's Marie Gaianeh Mikaelian, who advanced on Thursday by upsetting number three Magdalena Maleeva.
The other semifinal Saturday will be a battle between two Russians: unseeded Anastassia Rodionova and number seven Elena Bovina.
Rodionova beat unseeded Marlene Weingartner of Germany on Friday, 7-6, 6-0. Bovina ousted unseeded Angelika Roesch of Germany, 6-2, 6-0.


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Disney's Split/Second Gets A Release Date And Final Box Art
Disney Interactive Studios has announced that Split/Second, the action racing game from Black Rock Studio, will be released in North America on Tuesday, May 18. The European release date is May 21. Set within the world of a fictional reality TV show, Split/Second players don't just try to race to the finish line – they trigger explosive events that alter the track to take out opponents or create short cuts.
The game will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. Winner of the prestigious Game Critics Award as Best Racing Game of E3, Split/Second has a SRP of $59.99 for Xbox 360 and PS3 and $49.99 for Windows PC.
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This is a Roman portrait bust of a woman dated to circa 260 A.D. It is made of marble and is here shown from front and the side.
The late Roman portrait busts are perhaps not as beautifully made as earlier ones, but it clearly shows the hair-fashion of the third century, which was quite elaborate.
The hair was artificially curled in even waves that was formed around the head to resemble a helmet. But the hair was long and the lower part of the hair was then pinned up to make the big, oblong bun at the back of the head, all the way from the nape up to the top of the head. Around the face there were small curls that serves as a contrast to the rest of the hair.
Who this woman was is not known.
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This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe's Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on the Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today's post is about nursing in public. Please read the other blogs in today's carnival listed below and check back for more posts July 18th through the 31st!
Nursing in public. A sore topic among many. I am so completely and utterly baffled by this, I can not begin to explain my shock that someone would fine feeding one's own baby in public offensive. "Urination is a bodily function, but you can't just go around peeing wherever you'd like." To this statement I say "Eating is a natural function (as are breathing and blinking) and you certainly do that in public." Not to mention that people chewing their food is much more disgusting to look at than a child nursing! Why can we not tell the difference between defecating and breastfeeding in public one might ask? Well, usually toilets are not thought of as sexual objects, but breasts sure are. I bet you a hundred bucks that whoever said the above statement (I actually read that comment in the comments section of a blog posts once!) wouldn't bat an eye at a half naked woman on a Budweiser billboard. Do I think more women need to nurse in public? Hell yeah! Take off your whole top honey! Do whatever you need to do to feed your baby, because that is who is important! Plus, the more women see other women breastfeeding, the more likely they are to succeed at breastfeeding themselves. Enough said.
Here are more post by the Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival participants! Check back because more will be added throughout the day.
- Dionna @ Code Name Mama-Twiddle Me That
- Judy @ Mommy News & Views Blog-Breastfeeding in Public
- Natasha @ Natural Urban Mama-NIP by NUM
- Timbra @ Bosoms and Babes-In Public Eye
- Claire @ The Adventures of Lactating Girl-How It Should Be
- Xela @ Happy Hippie Homemaker-Why I feel the need to nurse in public
- Shelly @ Lousy Mom-Breastfeeding Welcome Here
- Renee @ Just the 5 of us!-Take it All Off
- Sylko @ Chaotic Mama-Breastfeeding Carnival Day 5
- Ana @ Motherhood: Deconstructed-Breastfeeding in Public is Good for Society
- Sara @ the Momzelle blog-Shy Girl Nursing in Public
- Ashley @ Adventures with my Monkeys-Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival Day 5: Nursing in Public
- And of course the guest poster on the Breastfeeding Cafe's blog today is Melissa LaVange-Breastfeeding is Not Taboo


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Decision to staff Downe Hospital A&E with GPs challenged
A shortage of doctors forced the night-time closure of the A&E unit at the Downe Hospital in Downpatrick, the High Court has heard.
A judge was told services would have remained unchanged if enough middle-grade practitioners were available to staff the department round the clock.
Campaigners are challenging the health minister's decision to have GPs provide out-of-hours cover at the hospital.
Judicial review proceedings have been brought by pensioner John Duggan.
His case is being backed by Down District Council.
Campaigners want the decision to have GPs provide the out-of-hours cover reversed.
They argue it is irrational to undertake such a change just over a year after the hospital opened in 2009.
It has also been claimed that the Department of Health recognised 24-hour emergency services were needed for the local rural population, and that the night-time closure decision involved an element of predetermination.
Since April, GPs have been staffing shifts between 22:00 GMT and 08:00 GMT.
The decision taken by the South Eastern Trust and approved by Health Minister Edwin Poots earlier this year was said to be necessary because of a shortage of middle-grade doctors.
Counsel for the department set out on Wednesday the staffing levels assessed as necessary to properly run the unit.
Eleven middle-grade doctors, not including consultants and associate specialists, would cover the rota without using locums, the court heard.
Barrister Paul McLaughlin said the trust began to realise a 24-hour service was unsustainable when only five such doctors were available.
Asked by Mr Justice Treacy if the A&E department would have continued as envisaged if the staffing problem had not arisen, the barrister replied: "Absolutely.
"Quite simply the staff just don't exist. That is the case right across the UK and it isn't actually challenged by the applicant."
He confirmed that the steps would not have been taken but for the regional shortage.
"These changes wouldn't have been made. That's the trust's position."
The judge questioned him about a radio interview where a doctor claimed he and others would have been interested in positions if they had been aware of a job advertisement.
Mr Justice Treacy put to him a suggestion made in the case that the authorities were more interested in financially-driven reductions by stealth than filling vacancies.
He was told that no evidence exists to support any such theory.
Mr McLaughlin claimed the doctor in question had been "coy" when asked in the interview if he would go for one of the jobs.
A similar problem was identified at the Ulster Hospital, according to the barrister.
"There's a critical shortage of middle-grade staff there," he said.
"That is the ultimate problem here and that affects the sustainability of the service."
The hearing continues.
The decision to use local GPs to staff the A&E unit at the Downe Hospital was agreed by the South Eastern Health Trust (SEHT) at a meeting in November.
Campaigners opposed to the move said lives would be put at risk.


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Tornado Watch Cancelled For The Mid-South
(WREG-TV) The tornado watch has been cancelled for entire News Channel 3 viewing area.
Strong storms moved through early Friday morning prompting tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings.
Tim Simpson and Todd Demers were live on air and on-line for several hours tracking those storms.
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The NWS recommend you take the following steps:
- Have a family emergency plan.
- If a tornado threatens, go to the lowest level of your home and shelter in the most interior room, like a closet or bathroom and cover with pillows or blankets.
- Residents in mobile homes or manufactured housing should have a safe place to wait out the severe weather.
- When riding in a vehicle never attempt to outrun a tornado. You should abandon the vehicle and get into a nearby sturdy structure.
- If you encounter flood covered roads, remember the phrase, "Turn Around, Don't Drown."
- Check and restock your emergency supply kit in case you are without electricity for an extended period of time.


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She was an amazing dog. She became part of our family in August of 1998. She was an adorable puppy. Full of energy and as mischievous as they come. We affectionately nicknamed her 'Devil Dog.'
She knew how to love unconditionally. She adored our daughter, and spent an entire day laying in a recliner chair after Lori had her wisdom teeth pulled. She wasn't allowed on furniture, but her need to be close to Lori, to make sure she was ok, threw that rule temporarily out the window. When Lori went away to school, Sierra missed her so much that she got sick. The vet diagnosed her as being depressed. She loved Lori that much. The first time Lori came home from school Sierra laid in her lap and wouldn't get up.
Our son was always difficult to get up in the mornings. If I really wanted to annoy him, I'd send Sierra into his room to wake him up. She would get up on his bed with him. Slowly, she would take over the entire bed until she had pushed him out. She loved him enough to tolerate how irritated he got over that entire process. Once he was up, she had no problem laying her head on his pillow and taking over the bed. When he went away to school she had already figured out that she would survive his being gone. That both of the kids would come and go and she would see them often. When he would come home she would lean up against his legs and cry and carry on to welcome him home.
She loved Jon and I and wanted to spend every waking moment near us. If Jon was working in the yard, she was laying somewhere near by. Every night when Jon got home from work she would meet him at the door with a stuffed toy hanging out of her mouth. She would walk along behind him and push it into his legs as if to say, "Look what I brought you." Often, she would catch an unfortunate bunny in the back yard and bring that to us too. She loved me enough to go on my weight loss journey with me. Getting up at O dark hundred to walk 3 plus miles every.single.day. I sometimes think that all that walking kept her young longer. She never once complained, or said she wanted to sleep in that morning. In fact, if I decided that I didn't want to go for a walk that day she would stare at me and shame me into going.
She loved to go camping with us. We bought a trailer about 8 years ago and she went on every trip we ever went on. She would stake her claim to laying under the dining room table and happily settle in for the weekend. She didn't care what the weather was like. She didn't mind the down pours we had in Pismo or the thunderstorms in Big Bear. Any day camping was a good day. She was born for adventure.
She loved going to Lake Tahoe. She was probably never happier then when we were there. If we pulled up and stopped along the side of the lake she would jump out and run as fast as possible to take herself swimming. She would swim after a ball or a stick for hours. She never grew tired of it. She loved to raft down the Truckee river. She would contentedly lay in the yard of the cabin for hours, knowing that her beloved lake was nearby. She loved going on long evening walks in the cool mountain air. Bringing her home from there was always hard because it seemed she was meant to be there.
She loved kids. She was so good and tolerant of both of our grandsons. When Garrett was learning to stand, he would grab fists full of her hair to pull up. She let them climb all over her and she never got snappy with them. Sometimes she had that look. The one that said, "Seriously, people, do you not see that these beasts are crawling all over me?" She would give them a kiss and patiently wait for them to lose interest in her. She would let them play with all of her toys and gently take treats from them.
She had her own friends too. First there was her cousin, Sandy. Sandy was a black lab/ golden retriever mix. She was a dark mirror image of Sierra. They would play for hours when they were younger. Sandy was waiting for Sierra in Doggie Heaven today. I'm sure, by now, Sierra is swimming and Sandy is standing on the shore glaring at her, because Sandy didn't like water. Maybe something changed in heaven :) The only pictures I have of them are of a light and a dark blur rolling in the grass.
Then there was Bogey. Bogey was a golden retriever that we met while we were out walking. The two of them lived to play in the dirty, stinky creek on the trail near our house. I became friends with Bogey's owner and we walked together nearly every day. When he moved away Sierra missed him like crazy.
Next came Beckham. Beck (as he is affectionately called) is Sierra's nephew. He is Lori and Troy's dog. He is a Golden Retriever and he and Sierra shared many adventures together. They loved to swim in Lake Tahoe. She would even share a large stick with him. She happily shared her spot under the trailer table with him while we were all stuck in the trailer during a thunder storm in Big Bear. Older and wiser, she often looked amused at some of his shenanigans, knowing that they were just going to get him into trouble.
There was Nicholas. Nicholas was a Newfoundland. Huge, handsome and gentle all rolled into a slobbery playmate. They walked together and played at the park. Nicholas would not take a treat from his owner until Sierra had been given one first. A true gentleman. Nicholas was also waiting for Sierra today. I'm sure there is some damp, green grass that they are rolling in together.
This past weekend she got to meet her niece. Jon and Heather's first puppy, Kona. Kona is a mix of breeds and a sweet, smart, adorable little puppy. Sierra wasn't too interested in playing, but I have a feeling that she may have given Kona some tips about how to behave just enough to stay on your owners good side.
When I think about how Sierra approached life and about her disposition I realize that she has silently taught me a great lesson. To love with all of your heart and to enjoy what each and every day brings. There wasn't a day that she didn't take time to stop and smell the roses (and the plants and the fire hydrants.)
Our life is going to seem very empty for awhile. While 14 years is a long time for a big dog it wasn't nearly long enough. There are so many places she would have loved to go. So many trails she would have loved to have explored. I choose to believe that there is a special place for these special animals. Hopefully, I will see her again someday. I choose to believe that she is getting a head start on picking out the lakes we will swim in, the rivers we will raft down and the trails we will explore together.
We love you Sierra! Thank you for enriching our lives in ways you could never ever begin to understand.