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After 3 months of nonstop construction noise and nerve-racking decision making, the renovation of Soo Photography's studio is complete. New skylights, windows, and LED fixtures have transformed the dark studio into a sun-drenched haven perfect for photo shoots in San Jose. The elegant modern furniture, 2-way fireplace, and sensual wedding-themed design give the studio the feel of an upscale lounge.
"We spent 3 months dealing with the fine white dust from the drywall, the teeth-shattering jackhammering, and the noise from dawn till dusk. Renovation is super stressful, especially if, like me, you're someone who is meticulous about the tiniest details: light, color, the shape of the tiles, design, ambiance, and on and on," says Michael Soo. "But the good news is that our studio renovation is finally complete! Champagne all around, please! Happy New Year!!!"
The new interior, designed by the Soo Photography team, is dappled with natural light from the 7 new skylights and many new windows. Over 60 new light fixtures, most of which use energy-efficient LED lights, brighten the space.
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An elongated see-through fireplace is set into one wall. One side features beautifully curved tiles, bordered by wood. The other side has a large black granite surround, sitting on a sensual red wall.
"The see-through fireplace is fun because it's essentially 2 fireplaces in one," explains Soo.
The salon also received a facelift with new light fixtures, glass French doors and new flooring.
To make an appointment to visit the new studio, or for information about any of Soo Photography's services, call Michael Soo at (408) 666-8455 or visit http://www.soophotography.com.
About Michael Soo and Soo Photography San Francisco
Photographer of the Year Michael Soo is a San Francisco professional photographer who specializes in commercial, wedding, food, corporate, product, editorial, family, fashion, lifestyle, fine art, landscape, and portrait photography in San Francisco. He is also a wedding and love story videographer and director.
Brought up in Asia and educated in America, Michael fuses the best of both cultures in his art form. He gives back to the community by giving photography and Photoshop classes. He hosts free photography forums for over a thousand of active Northern California amateur and semi-pro photographers alike.
Named Popular Photography Magazine's Photographer of the Year, Michael Soo is an internationally respected photographer and guru of digital imaging. His collection of fine art and commercial photography includes executive portraits, lifestyle, products and food. His work has also been featured on numerous international magazine covers, newspapers (e.g. New York Times), as well as exhibits.
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Coral reefs not only provide the world with rich, productive ecosystems and photogenic undersea settings, they also contribute an economic boost valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. But their decline in recent years due to a variety of threats-from pollution to climate warming-has lent urgency to the search for new ways to evaluate their health.
A new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego scientists has revealed that fluorescence, the dazzling but poorly understood light produced by corals, can be an effective tool for gauging their health.
As described in the March 12 edition of Scientific Reports (a publication of the Nature Publishing Group), marine biologists Melissa Roth and Dimitri Deheyn describe groundbreaking research using fluorescence to test coral stress prompted from cold and heat exposures.
Bleached coral (Acropora yongei) under temperature stress in normal light (left) and blue light to visualize coral fluorescence (right). Bleached coral tissue is transparent exposing the white skeleton, but the coral is still alive and polyps can be seen with fluorescence. Photo credit: Dimitri Deheyn and Peter Kragh.
In experimental studies conducted at Scripps, Roth and Deheyn tested the common Indo-Pacific reef-building branching coral Acropora yongei under various temperatures. Branching corals are susceptible to temperature stress and often one of the first to show signs of distress on a reef. Roth and Deheyn found, at the induction of both cold and heat stress, corals rapidly display a decline in fluorescence levels. If the corals are able to adapt to the new conditions, such as to the cold settings in the experiment, then the fluorescence returns to normal levels upon acclimation.
While the corals recovered from cold stress, the heat-treated corals eventually bleached and remained so until the conclusion of the experiment. Coral bleaching, the loss of tiny symbiotic algae that are critical for coral survival, is a primary threat to coral reefs and has been increasing in severity and scale due to climate change. In this study, the very onset of bleaching caused fluorescence to spike to levels that remained high until the end of the experiment. The researchers noted that the initial spike was caused by the loss of "shading" from the symbiotic algae.
"This is the first study to quantify fluorescence before, during, and after stress," said Deheyn. "Through these results we have demonstrated that changes in coral fluorescence can be a good proxy for coral health."
Deheyn said the new method improves upon current technologies for testing coral health, which include conducting molecular analyses in which coral must be collected from their habitat, as opposed to fluorescence that can be tested non-invasively directly in the field.
Corals are known to produce fluorescence through green fluorescent proteins, but little is known about the emitted light's function or purpose. Scientists believe fluorescence could offer protection from damaging sunlight or be used as a biochemical defense generated during times of stress.
"This study is novel because it follows the dynamics of both fluorescent protein levels and coral fluorescence during temperature stress, and shows how coral fluorescence can be utilized as an early indicator of coral stress" said Roth, a Scripps alumna who is now a postdoctoral scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley.
Branching and table-top corals of the genus Acropora dominate coral reef ecosystems such as those pictured here from the Indo-Pacific. Branching corals are amongst the most sensitive to temperature change and often the first to bleach under stress. Photo credit: Melissa Roth
The National Science Foundation (NSF), an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research's Natural Materials, Systems and Extremophiles program supported the research. Birch Aquarium at Scripps provided the corals and technical support for the experiments.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. Now in its second century of discovery, the scientific scope of the institution has grown to include biological, physical, chemical, geological, geophysical, and atmospheric studies of the earth as a system. Hundreds of research programs covering a wide range of scientific areas are under way today on every continent and in every ocean. The institution has a staff of more than 1,400 and annual expenditures of approximately $195 million from federal, state, and private sources. Scripps operates oceanographic research vessels recognized worldwide for their outstanding capabilities. Equipped with innovative instruments for ocean exploration, these ships constitute mobile laboratories and observatories that serve students and researchers from institutions throughout the world. Birch Aquarium at Scripps serves as the interpretive center of the institution and showcases Scripps research and a diverse array of marine life through exhibits and programming for more than 430,000 visitors each year. Learn more at scripps.ucsd.edu and follow us at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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I received today the newest volume of LOGIA. (LOGIA is a confessional journal of Lutheran theology). I have been a subscriber to the journal since it debuted in the early 1990s. The Epiphany 2011 volume is entitled "Lutheranism in Europe". A while ago (six months to a year ... has it been that long?) I submitted two translations to the journal for this issue. I was happy to see both of them printed in the LOGIA Forum section. The translations are "The Hour of the SELK" and "A Sermon on the Holy Trinity". These translations were a work of joy as I wanted to expose a wider audience to the richness and theology of the SELK (Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church) in Germany.
"The Hour of the SELK" is a brief article about the future blessing the SELK can have in Germany and the Church global. "A Sermon on the Holy Trinity" is a sermon preached by my friend Armin Wenz who is a pastor in Oberursel, Germany. He is an excellent preacher.
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If there is one thing that women (and some men) will bitch about until the end of time, it's the phasing-out of a favorite beauty product. I have listened to some bitter tirades about this over the years. I have heard painful tales of love and loss. The fear of losing beloved products has even driven one person I know to make threats of arson.
And I'm a victim, too! I've also been left high and dry by brands that cruelly discarded the stuff I love in order to make room for the latest and supposedly greatest. Hmph. If you've been there, you know it can make you feel like a jilted lover wondering WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?I thought we had a good thing going!
That's why this clever thing that Revlon is doing resonated with me. They brought a handful of discontinued lipstick colors back to life through a five-day promo on Facebook that sounds similar to the battle rounds on "The Voice." Each day, they pitted two vintage shades against each other and the one that got the most comments won. The five left standing are rolling out into stores now and will be around until April or whenever they sell out.
The lipstick that got the most love overall is Fifth Avenue Red (3000+ comments!), which originally launched in 1956. It's so Betty Draper.
When the Retro Revlon line landed on my desk, I thought it was such a cool idea. Sure, I'm surrounded by new products at work and at home, but the majority of the things I use on a regular basis are classics like MAC Powder Blush in Raizin (one of the best shades for brown skin), L'Oréal Voluminous Mascara (the original one with the gray and gold tube) and Clinique Superbalm lip gloss. Unlike other glosses, it doesn't make me feel like I smeared honey onto my lips. I have four Superbalms and at least two tubes are with me at all times.
These are my desert island products. You know, the stuff that I hope is around long enough for my future teenage daughter to steal out of my makeup bag in the year 2032. With skin and hair products, I have more of a George Clooney approach. I'll stick with something I like for a couple of years then I'm onto the next hot thing. I just haven't found an eye cream that want to settle down with yet.
My attachment to certain makeup (especially concealer, powder and blush) has a lot to do with my dark skin tone. It's still surprisingly tough to find colors that work for my complexion, so when I discover something that looks pretty, I keep a death grip on it. Or hoard it. Usually both. But sometimes that's not enough.
A few years ago, Payless started selling a line of makeup called "Unforgettable Moments." Anybody remember this? The collection included lip gloss palettes and I was really into the pink one. Well, I should say there was one color in particular that I loved -- a bright purpley-pink. I ended up scraping the bottom of it twice. I wish I had stockpiled more palettes. Regrets, man.
Every time I wore The World's Most Perfect Pink, someone would ask about it. Once I wore it to a beauty event and the creator of a well-known makeup company who shall remain nameless, made me take the palette out of my purse and show it to her because she wanted to copy it.
The irony is that the palette only cost six bucks! When I wear my pricey department store lipsticks? Crickets. I was so pissed when I found out Payless stopped carrying the line. I've tried other colors that look similar, but I'm still chasing the dragon.
Unforgettable Moments was only at Payless for a hot second so I'm 99% sure that I'll never see it again, but the Revlon thing gives me a glimmer of hope that other companies might also use feedback from social media to bring back the old products that are still haunting us. What's your one-that-got-away? All sob stories are welcome.


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Also note that about $175,000 has been spent on the vessel since 2001--bottom job with barrier coat, bow thruster, water maker, all new batteries, active tracking satellite TV, engine work, etc etc etc.
However, the real story might be that she's lying downtown Sausalito in a transferable Sausalito Yacht Harbor slip--there's a wait here of many years for a slip this size, ESPECIALLY on the very desirable E Dock turning basin so this is a MATERIAL BENEFIT if you're able to take advantage...
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This game gave me hundreds of hours of fun in the early to mid-eighties. I imagine it plays as well as or better than any other "classic" soccer cart; indeed, the two-player game is more fun than lots of soccer garbage that came out for the NES and SMS. Still, why bother when there are so many superior versions of soccer currently available for the 32-bit systems? Today it's just a nostalgia piece that holds very little play value but lots of fond memories.
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Controlling each player is also problematic, since they never want to move out of their assigned zone. Like most "old school" sports games, you can run off one side of the screen and onto the other, but you have no control of the goalie, and the ball is constantly going out of bounds. The non-stop "galloping" sound effects would be more appropriate for a horse racing game. You can set the clock for any length, but I'd recommend the mercifully short five minute option.


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Sinsi Hernández-Cancio is the Director of Health Equity at Families USA, where she leads the organization's efforts to advance health equity and reduce disparities in health care access and quality. She works on building a thriving and vocal health equity movement to protect the gains of the Affordable Care Act and leverage health care and delivery system transformation to reduce disparities. She is a member of the Addressing Disparities Advisory Panel for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Strategy Advisory Committee, a participant in the Allies Reaching for Community Health Equity effort, and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.
Ms. Hernández-Cancio has worked in the field of health policy for over 15 years and has a longstanding commitment to advancing social justice and fighting for the rights of people of color, especially vulnerable women and children. She started her career as a women's human and civil rights lawyer with a Georgetown University Law Center's Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship at the Women's Rights Project of Human Rights Watch. Later, she advised and represented two Puerto Rican governors on federal health and human services policies in Washington, DC, and was a senior health policy analyst for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and National Campaign Coordinator for SEIU's Healthcare Equality Project. Bilingual and bicultural, she speaks across the country on health care and health equity, and has extensive experience in both English and Spanish national media, including Politico, Univision, Telemundo, CNN en Español, and Radio Bilingüe.
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Last week, Amazon said it has chosen online payments provider Payoneer so Amazon sellers in 24 countries can receive cross-border payments and access their funds through a prepaid card. Sellers can sign up for Payoneer through Amazon Seller Central and get Amazon disbursements in their own currency through local bank withdrawal using the prepaid MasterCard.
"We're very excited to work with Amazon and support the needs of the rapidly growing cross-border e-tailing community by providing efficient and easy payments," said Scott Galit, CEO of Payoneer. "Amazon is the driving force in empowering the world of e-commerce by connecting buyers and sellers from all over the world. Today, marks yet another step in our mission to streamline every step of the payment cycle for both marketplaces and sellers."
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Cone Health Diagnostic Imaging has been granted a three-year term of accreditation in nuclear cardiology by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC).
Cardiovascular diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. Nuclear cardiology allows the early detection of life threatening heart disorders and other diseases. "Time is very important when dealing with cardiovascular concerns. It is extremely important that we provide our patients with the highest quality of service -- from the people who set up appointments for the scans to those who take the scans to those who read the scans," says Rich Lundy, Vice President, Cone Health Heart and Vascular Services, Imaging Services. "Earning this accreditation is one way we make sure that we give our patients the timely service they need and deserve."
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All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)
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|"All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)"
|Single by R.E.M.
|from the album Reveal
|"165 Hillcrest", "Yellow River", "Imitation of Life" (live from Trafalgar Square)
|July 23, 2001
|Warner Bros.
|R.E.M. singles chronology
"All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" is a song by R.E.M., from their twelfth album Reveal, the second single released from that album. According to Peter Buck's sleevenotes to In Time, the R.E.M. best-of on which this song appears, the song describes someone who believes they can get famous if they go to Reno. The working title of the song was "Jimmy Webb on Mars", which, according to Buck's notes, was a "sick tribute to a songwriter who we all admire."
The single did not chart in the US but reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart.
The B-side live performances were recorded at the South Africa Freedom Day concert in Trafalgar Square, London, which was held in honour of South African President Nelson Mandela. The event marked the 7th anniversary of democracy in South Africa.
The song's video was shot at Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School in the Prospect Park area of Brooklyn, New York. It was directed by Michael Moore and filmed by four students from the host and other local schools: Chris, 17; Steve, 17; Andy, 18; Charlotte, 13; Roger, 18; and Juan, 17. In the video, Peter Buck and Mike Mills can be seen entering the Career Guidance office with their respective instruments in hand, only to leave armed with nothing more than a dustpan and brush. Bertis Downs makes an appearance as the school's announcer, only to have his microphone commandeered by Michael Stipe.
Track listings[edit]
- All songs written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe, except where indicated.
- "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" – 4:44
- "Yellow River" (Christie) – 2:36
- "Imitation of Life" (Live) – 3:541
- "Imitation of Life" (Live) (enhanced video)1
- "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" (video)
- "Yellow River" (audio) – 2:36
- "165 Hillcrest" (audio) – 1:34
- German CD
- "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" – 4:44
- "165 Hillcrest" – 1:34
1 Recorded at Trafalgar Square, London, England; April 29, 2001.
|Chart (2001)
|UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[2]
|US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[3]
- ^ "ALBUMS". R.E.M.Hq. 2011-12-18. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
- ^ "R.E.M. Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
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- R.E.M. songs
- 2001 singles
- Songs written by Peter Buck
- Songs written by Mike Mills
- Songs written by Michael Stipe
- Warner Bros. Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Michael Stipe
- Song recordings produced by Mike Mills
- Song recordings produced by Peter Buck
- Song recordings produced by Pat McCarthy (record producer)
- Music videos directed by Michael Moore
- 2001 songs


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Peak perfects retractable USB Flash drive
Sick of losing the caps of the end of your USB Flash drives? Peripheral maker Peak has the answer: a drive with a slide-over cover.
Available now in capacities ranging from 1GB to 8GB - a 16GB model's on the way, Peak said - the Peak Slider cover just retracts back over the drive to reveal the USB connector. Done with the drive? Just slide the cover back again. Doddle.
Peak claimed the 13g, 6.1 x 2.2 x 1.2cm drives deliver read and writes speeds of over 12MBps and 1.5MBps, respectively.
Price range from around £8.50 (1GB) to £47 (8GB). Supplier details can be found at Peak's website.


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Built in 1934, when blocks of flats were going up all over Yeoville and Bellevue, Beacon royal was designed the brothers Obel and Obel. An Art Deco gem, with speed lines running around the corner, it is a landmark building in a suburb where the style flourished in the 1930s l. The place became a beacon of hope when rescued from hijackers in 2005.
55 Grafton Road, Yeoville
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Talk Archive: 30th August 2012
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Month on month, WorthingDigital continues to gain popularity, with the session in August seeing over 30 attendees. 'Web Development with Twitter Bootstrap & Less' presented by Mark Ford introduced some of the latest techniques to streamline web development.
During the talk, Mark highlighted a number of CSS preprocessors, demonstrated the use of LESS and discussed how it can be used to better manage code.
The presentation went to examine the concept of mobile first, using responsive design and how Twitter Bootstrap can help reduce development time.
Mark used a mixture of slides and live coding to explore his points which made the session extremely interactive. All the slides and demonstration files used during the presentation are available to download at http://voiceofthemysterons.com


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Seth Godin Quotes About SafetyQuotes about: Safety
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You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps
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In Tilikum Place Park (right outside the cafe), this more or less all-day party includes music from DJ El Toro, Riz, Larry Rose, and Mel. There's a cash bar (featuring Manny's and Lucille IPA, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, and assorted cocktails), pig roast ($15 a plate), and a prime viewing location as the Pride Parade passes by. Plan on walking, biking, or taking the bus, since traffic will be at a standstill. Also note that you'll be a short walk from other Pride Week activities at Seattle Center following the parade. T. BOND
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I just want to say how BLESSED I am to be surrounded, literally, by such fantastic people. When I started the site, it was me and my lappy. For a few months. Until I discovered Twitter. And the rest is history.
First came the chitter chatter where we all figured out that we lived within 30 miles of each other.
Then came the "night we all first met"…I must admit, I was a little nervous. I mean…What if they were weird? Would I recognize everyone from their Twitter photos? What will we talk about…hadn't we talked about everything already on Twitter…earlier that day? Nope. It was a BLAST!
Then it was Blissdom…6 women. 1 van. 6 hour drive. Each way. You get the idea!
And ever since we just can't seem to go 2 weeks without planning a get together. Seriously. We do see each other that often. And I love it!
All that being said…I got to spend the evening with these very very very fine ladies and some of their husbands (they really should have a blog…perhaps a support group for husbands of bloggers!) at the Yanni Voices concert, presented in part by One2One Network. And most of all, AmyinOhio, for hosting a giveaway that I won…so I could go to the concert!!!
Hanging out at dinner before the concert
Myself, Emily from Momminitup, Andrea from MommySnacks and Jenny from Momminitup
Casey from Mooshinindy, Emily from DesignHerMomma, Andrea and Emily waiting anxiously for the elevator to go back stage to meet the "Voices"
Emily, Amy from AmyinOhio, Nathen Pacheco, Jenny, Andrea and myself
Andrea, Chloe, Leslie Mills, Amy and myself
We had a wonderful time hanging out, chatting and getting to meet and talk with the awesome performers after the show! The concert was phenomenal…the music incredible! Gifted, gifted musicians and singers!
Does this have a point? Yes!
If you are a blogger, I bet you've had MANY of those moments where you are talking to an "in real life" friend about a "virtual" friend and the conversation well, trails off… I had LOTS of those…and still do.
I encourage you to reach out to bloggers living around you, have "tweet-ups" and expand your online community into a "real life" community. I now don't have to refer to Andrea, Amy, Jenny, Emily, Casey and Emily and the rest of my bloggy in real life friends as my "virtual friends". Because they are my real friends! (Not that you can't have "real" "virtual" friends!) You get the picture!
Go turn a "virtual" friend into a "real" friend! You will certainly be blessed!


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Keynote - Tracy Penny Light
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white shoe
The adjective white shoe is used in the United States to denote the establishment, the privileged, moneyed, and usually conservative, elites who traditionally run American businesses. But why white shoes?Read the rest of the article...
Yodeling is associated with Alps, so it's no surprise that the English word is borrowed from German. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the verb to yodel as "to sing or call using a distinctive style of vocalization characterized by repeated rapid alternations of pitch between the low chest voice and the high falsetto or head voice." The German verb jodeln dates to at least the eighteenth century, and the older Middle High German jolen meant to sing loudly and wildly.Read the rest of the article...
run it up the flagpole
The phrase run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes is credited to Madison Avenue admen of the 1950s. The phrase, and many others like it, is used in the context of brainstorming or "spitballing ideas" and refers to making a suggestion to see if people like it.
The earliest use of the phrase that I can find is in the April 1957 film 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Reginald Rose, where it is uttered by Juror #12, a feckless advertising executive played by Robert Webber:Read the rest of the article...
The use of nimrod to mean an idiot or inept person is often said to come from young viewers misinterpreting a 1940s Bugs Bunny cartoon, but that doesn't appear to be the case. A Warner Brothers cartoon does play a role in the word's history, but it's not Bugs Bunny, but rather Daffy Duck, who utters the word. Nor did Daffy invent the insult, rather it comes from a slow change in the word's meaning over the years.Read the rest of the article...
Major League Team Names
It's called the "great American pastime," and baseball has been an integral part of life in the United States for, give or take, the last 160 years. So here are the origins of the names of the Major League Baseball teams, past and present.
For those not familiar with the structure of American professional baseball, the Major League Baseball consists of, and has consisted of since the early days of the twentieth century, two leagues, the National League (founded 1876) and the American League (founded 1901). But at various times, particularly in the nineteenth century, other leagues existed, and I make reference to them below when needed. There are also a number of minor leagues, which now exist primarily as "farm" teams to develop player talent for the majors. And until the middle of the twentieth century, professional baseball in the U.S. was segregated, with African-Americans not permitted to play in the two major leagues. There were separate Negro leagues, with the best teams every bit the equal in player quality with the white, major league teams. Following the integration of baseball with Jackie Robinson playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, the Negro leagues folded. Where I could find the information, I've included the origins of Negro league team names.
The dates listed after the team names are the dates the name came into baseball use, not the date the modern organization that currently uses the name was founded.
Oakland Athletics (1859). Athletics is probably the oldest sports team name still in use, dating to 1859 when an amateur Philadelphia team dubbed themselves the Athletics. The name was used, off and on, throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century for a number of professional, Philadelphia teams. The modern American League franchise played in Philadelphia (1901-54) and Kansas City (1954-67) before landing in Oakland in 1968. Since moving to the Bay Area, the name has alternated back and forth between Athletics and A's, depending on the whim of the moment.Read the rest of the article...
plead, pleaded, pled
The verb to plead, meaning to make an appeal or argument, especially in a legal setting, comes to us from the Anglo-Norman French plaider. It makes its English appearance in the thirteenth century. The verb would be just another unremarkable borrowing from French following the Norman Conquest, but the verb has two past-tense and past-participial forms, pleaded and pled, and there is often wrangling over which is correct.
Both past-tense forms are equally old, so neither has primacy of age. But the irregular form pled disappeared in standard British usage, being retained only in Scottish and other dialects, but not before it made its way across the Atlantic and becoming firmly planted in American English. So in North America, both pleaded and pled can be found in both spoken and written English. Neither one can be considered "incorrect," although the regular pleaded is by far the more common form.
Garner, Bryan A. Garner's Modern American Usage, third edition. Oxford University Press, 2009, s. v. pleaded; *pled; *plead.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. 1994, s. v. plead.
Middle English Dictionary, University of Michigan, 2014, s. v., pleten (v.), pleien (v.(2))
Oxford English Dictionary, third edition. June 2006, s. v. plead. v.
Is Two Better Than One?
My Facebook feed has filled with people posting about this Washington Post article about a study that purportedly shows that "science" has shown that typing two spaces after a period is superior to typing just one. The number of spaces that should follow a period is one of those eternal topics of debate, with peevers and pedants on both sides assuredly proclaiming that their position is the correct one, but almost never with any evidence to show that they are, in fact, correct. So the idea that a study has definitively settled the question would be a welcome relief. The trouble is, the study in question does no such thing.Read the rest of the article...
Butterick's Practical Typography
This website is a wonderful resource for all things typographical, that is fonts, font sizes, spacing, and all those subjects relating to how a document looks.
April fool
No one knows the origin of April Fool's Day or the expression April fool. The expression appears in the seventeenth century, and the association of the month April with fools, especially those foolish because of love or lust, appears to have arisen on the European continent and was imported to Britain in the seventeenth century.Read the rest of the article...
Swearing In Tarantino Movies
Who says linguistics is dull?
Stephen Black is a British data scientist who has done yeoman's work creating a tool for analyzing profanity in Tarantino's movies.
He's also done an online concordance and tools for the King James Bible.
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World's Tiniest Car Is Terrifying, Fantastic, Makes You Look Like a LEGO Astronaut
In the latest episode of the BBC show Top Gear, host Jeremy Clarkson unveils the world's tiniest car, the P45, which he apparently designed himself. A takeoff on the Peel P50, the P45 has the drivetrain of a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle, but all the turn signals, lights, and license plates needed to make it street-legal in the United Kingdom. With a helmet for a roof, a visor for a windshield, and no side doors, the contraption calls to mind a Cozy Coupe crossed with a LEGO spaceman, and turns out to be only slightly more roadworthy.
"I promise it's a real car," Clarkson says, before making the ill-advised decision to attempt to prove it by taking the thing onto a public highway. The trip starts out auspiciously enough, save for some bone-jostling potholes. ("Edit that out!", Clarkson pleads after crying out in agony when he runs over one.) And the host ably demonstrates some of the benefits to an automobile that makes a Smart car look like a fortress by comparison. (You can fill it up with gas without getting out.) But by the end, when Clarkson steers onto the A3, the trip devolves into... well, just watch.
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This is shaping up to be a great year for holidaying in the UK. Add to that the prospect of some great UK events and it's clear that this is the perfect time to decide where to head for your next staycation. Here are our top holiday destinations.
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/ 22 February 2016
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This is shaping up to be a great year for holidaying in the UK. Add to that the prospect of some great UK events and it's clear that this is the perfect time to decide where to head for your next staycation. Here are our top holiday destinations.
Already a popular holiday destination, Snowdonia is one of the most beautiful and unspoiled parts of the UK.
Whatever you want from your holiday, Snowdonia is packed with things to see and do from walking or climbing, pony trekking, mountain biking to a variety of watersports.
Visit fascinating castles, underground slate caverns, old steam mountain railways and sparkling waterfalls. Alternatively, just relax in one of the most beautiful and unspoilt parts of Great Britain.
Where to stay?
On the fringe of Snowdonia, Lake Vyrnwy Hotel & Spa has a breath-taking setting, high on the hillsides of the Berwyn Mountain range. Commanding panoramic views across mountains, forest and the tranquil Lake Vyrnwy, it has a fantastic health club and is renowned for its award-winning fine dining.
The New Forest contains a magnificent and almost unrivalled variety of scenery and has recently been designated the New Forest National Park. It was created as a royal forest by William the Conqueror in 1079 for the hunting of deer and in the 934 years since then, it has retained the "new" part of its name, although it is anything but.
The forest is famous for its abundance of ponies each pony, although privately owned, is allowed to roam free in its natural and original environment. As well as providing a visually remarkable and historic landscape, the New Forest has large areas of surviving lowland habitats which had been lost elsewhere in the country, including valley bogs, wet heaths, dry heaths and deciduous woodland.
Where to stay? There's a a great selection of self-catering properties in the New Forest available at www.saga.co.uk/cottages. From the unspoilt village of Beaulieu to the historical town of Ringwood, with its market charter dating back to 1226, you're sure to find your perfect escape.
Yorkshire's popularity just seems to grow and grow. Characterised by drystone walls, rolling hills, lonely farmhouses and bustling market towns, the UK's largest county has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other region outside London. The Yorkshire Dales remains a fantastic outdoor arena for recreation, peaceful relaxation and a haven for wildlife.
Where to stay? Harrogate was recently voted the happiest place in Britain by property website Rightmove and the White Hart Hotel is a beautiful four-star Georgian manor house located in the heart of the Montpelier District, between The Stray park and Valley Gardens.
Related: Things to do in Yorkshire
This sparsely populated region contains some of Scotland's most stunning scenery, including National Parks and vast areas of unspoilt wilderness. From the vibrant cities of Inverness and Invergordon to the Inner and Outer Hebrides, and the Isle of Skye, its a place that has something for everyone.
Where to stay?
Head for Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands and you can stay amidst ancient Caledonian pine forests. You'll find a wide selection of Scottish holiday accommodation here.
Related: Things to do in Scotland
With its charming seaside resorts, mild climate, golden beaches, beauty spots, magnificent countryside and fine scenic walks, the glorious Isle Of Wight is a treat all-year round. It is a compact island measuring 23 miles from east to west, 13 miles from north to south.
The island is believed to have been sliced from the mainland thousands of years ago, when a river, now The Solent, cut through the chalk.
Where to stay? Warner Leisure Hotels have two popular hotels on the Isle of Wight.
Bembridge Coast Hotel sits on the east shore, just metres away from the shoreline of the Solent. With the array of leisure facilities at the hotel, plus stunning coastal walks on your doorstep you are truly spoilt for choice here. Norton Grange Holiday Village offers something slightly different located on the west coast of the Isle of Wight, it has fabulous views of the Solent and is an ideal choice for that idyllic relaxing break.
There are over 10,000 self-catering properties in the UK available at www.saga.co.uk/cottages and Saga readers can enjoy an exclusive discount of up to 10% off all bookings.
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On September 16, 2013, GSHI's Dr. Tara Lyons was invited to speak on 'Examining sexual and gender minorities in drug use and sex work environments: Youth, violence, and addiction treatment' as part of the University of Victoria (UVIC) Department of Anthropology's annual Colloquium Series.
An excerpt from Dr. Lyon's presentation:
Women who belong to a sexual minority group have been historically under studied, particularly in HIV/AIDS and sex work research, and while certain populations of gender minorities have been the focus of research, gaps persist in the literature. Thus, in this presentation I will outline two research projects with unique populations of sex workers and individuals who use drugs. The first study qualitatively investigates the experiences of transgender, transsexual and two-spirit individuals in drug use and street and hidden off-street sex work environments (e.g., massage parlors, hotels). The second study uses qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the health and socio-structural experiences of lesbian and bisexual women in the same environments. I will focus on the overrepresentation of sexual minority youth and women in sex work as well as findings from both studies demonstrating the extraordinary rates of physical and sexual violence faced by participants. Findings concerning access to drug treatment programs will also be discussed. Policy recommendations will be presented along with recommendations from participants regarding what changes can be made to improve their health, safety and well-being.


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The village of Lumina is in trouble! Rikou, our magic tree, cannot protect us anymore.Alrik the mage needs your help to restore the sanctuary. Travel through 200 levels in this fun Match-3 game and collect enough money to restore the village.Defeat your challengers with the help of powerful spells, and find treasures in a dozen of hidden object scenes. Enjoy your trip through this enchanted world, listen to amazing soundtracks and prepare for an epic quest.
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Oct 27, 2014 • Blog
Dr. Bucshon Campaigns with Republican Statewide Ticket
Last week, Dr. Bucshon hit the campaign trail to support the Republican statewide ticket of Secretary of State Connie Lawson, Auditor Suzanne Crouch, and candidate for Treasurer Kelly Mitchell. Dr. Bucshon joined the group during four stops on their "Experience and Transparency" bus tour.
First stop, Knox County:
In Vincennes this morning w/ @Suzanne_Crouch @kellyforindiana @VoteConnie & @basslerINsenate! #IN08 #INGOP pic.twitter.com/NHBqCdnKSV
— Dr. Larry Bucshon (@DrLarryBucshon) October 20, 2014
Second stop, Daviess County:
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Fourth stop, Gibson County:
Great fourth stop in Gibson County! @Suzanne_Crouch @kellyforindiana @VoteConnie @GibsonCountyGOP #IN08 pic.twitter.com/nHemwC4R6K
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2 months ago, in July… I got the approval and accredition to attend the MTV Asia Awards 2008 as media and I was given access to the photo room and red carpet during the show.
This was a part of the email that I got. I was too excited about this I couldnt wait for the 3 days experience in Genting!
… and so on 31st July I met up with other media at KL Sentral and we took the bus up to Genting.
We checked into our rooms at First World Hotel and each got a media kit which comprises of an MTV MAA 08 bag, badges, umbrella, lanyards and information about the whole event.
After checking in, we met up for lunch at about 2pm cos an hour after that we had to go to the ballroom for the press conference already.
These are some new friends I've made when I was there…
We basically hung out together for the whole 3 days..
As I was enjoying my burger, I got a call from JasonChen… he was there and he saw me.. ahah we then took a photo together…
OK Next up… the MAA08 press conference!
P/s: Guess who I peed with right before the conference… hehe


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DREAM Act: The Democrat Re-Election Act
By David Karki
One of the several awful bills that can't-be-former-Speaker-soon-enough Nancy Pelosi lame-duck-marched through the chamber in the last few days was the DREAM Act.
To be sure, the Democrats' main interest in this is that they can rubber-stamp millions of new Democratic votes to replace all those they lost when they suffered the biggest mid-term defeat in U.S. history. The overwhelming majority of these new instant citizens would have a direct financial interest in keeping, if not growing, welfare state programs, not to mention be influenced by racial loyalty and groupthink in their voting patterns. As such, the Democrats can't wait to say to all those evil tea partiers and other voters who turned against them: "If you won't re-elect us for life, we'll just find someone else who will!"
Of course, the Republicans are nowhere to be found on this issue, so terrified are they of the race card being played against them, trumpeted by the Democrats' media allies.
What would immigration policy look like if I could wave a magic wand and make it reality?
• Step One: Border Security. Seeing that any border open enough for migrant workers and drug dealers to slip across is open enough for a terrorist to sneak WMDs across, I would build the biggest, most un-traversable wall in history from San Diego, CA to Brownsville, TX.
No one would leave their home without closing and locking the doors and windows on their home, if not enabling a full-blown security system. That's all this is, in principle, just on a corporate instead of an individual level. The alternative is a terrorist getting a weapon that could kill millions onto American soil. The least we can do to prevent it is the same thing that anyone with common sense would to prevent their own home from being burglarized: shut and lock the door.
And without first stopping the flow, the rest of the discussion is entirely academic. What good is shutting and locking the door if the window beside it sits open? Or what good is bailing out a boat if water keeps pouring in through a leak?
Since Congress and the federal government have proven repeatedly that they cannot ever be trusted to do this – so much so that President Obama committed treason in suing Arizona to prevent it from exercising its right to individual and corporate self-defense against any and all persons and entities who'd cross that wide-open border to perpetrate crime and evil – it may well fall to the people to take the initiative themselves.
• Step Two: Dealing with those already here. Now that the spigot has been turned off, and enforcement will have some real teeth to it, since those deported will have a much harder time coming back, we can deal with those already here.
This is where I part company with some conservatives. It's wholly impractical to forcibly deport every illegal in one large fell swoop, and attempting to do so would become ugly and violent in a real hurry. Nobody would willingly go back to a third-world craphole dominated by drug lords and awash in violence, which is what Mexico is. They would fight tooth and nail to stay.
So what do we do? By all means, strictly enforce employment laws and unapologetically punish hirers who break them. And deport, a few at a time as they are caught, any and all new illegal aliens that are found.
Second, let illegal aliens know that we will do everything we can to not reward their criminality any further than what letting them stay represents. No chain migration – you want a family reunion, head back home. No voting, at least for some period of time – if you break the law to enter, you lose the privilege of having a voice in making it. Paying of a fine and/or reimbursing to whatever extent is practical the cost one incurred upon the taxpaying American citizens for prior use of public schools, hospitals, and prisons.
There could be more than this, but in exchange for letting them stay, I think it's a fair deal.
• Step Three: Cleaning up Where They Came From. The last logical step to this is to do what we can to stop the flow from reaching that wall in the first place.
Mexico, as already stated, is a total craphole run by drug lords. They count on being able to export their excess people to the American southwest and taking their criminal behavior with them, while sending back dollars. It's especially sad when they could so easily be prosperous and stable off oil and tourism alone.
All options – including whatever measure of military force it takes to shut down the drug cartels that really run the place – should be on the table so that at the soonest possible juncture, Mexico becomes a place people aren't fleeing.
I would think that the building of the impenetrable security wall on the border might act as the metaphorical cork on the bottle of shaken champagne; that with their main release valve now shut tight, the pressure will find another way to escape. One way might be that all those who flee Mexico only to wave its flag in our face might just screw up the nerve that America's Founders had and pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to take their country back from the drug kingpins. Failing that, we may have to take action for our own security beyond that which the wall would bring about.
I don't pretend to have any pie-in-the-sky fantasies about turning Mexico around overnight. But you can only play so much defense, and that's what the wall would be. At some point, you have to go on offense and score some points in order to win the game.
So there you have it; my informal, unofficial policy white paper on illegal aliens and border security. Hopefully it's founded on and driven by common sense, first principles, and reality. Certainly it's founded on something better than what the DREAM Act is, which is pure selfish interest.


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The second of two luxury apartment developments planned for Deerfield received the final stamp of approval from the Village Board at a recent meeting.
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Alright! You have roughly 20 minutes before the owner arrives. You have the find the object. Unfortunately, I don't know how it looks like, but I'm sure you'll know when you see it. We need to get our hands on it. I've never seen such amazing spiritual aura around an object like this. It has strong connetctions to the Otherworld. I think we might be able to finish the portal with this piece. Let's go my apprentice. Show me what you're capable of and prove your worth to become a real necromancer. I'll be at my library, preparing for your glorious arrival.


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MVG café, an informal networking coffee break, will take place on Tuesday 21st July at 11am on the MVG stand 28/29, IEEE AP-S, Vancouver. All are welcome to attend. For more information click here.
The Conference App is now available.
Online registration closes Sunday, July 12, midnight (PST). On-site registration will be open starting Sunday, July 19 at The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver.
Members of the local science and engineering community and the general public are invited to attend our noon hour plenary talks. Registration is free, but required.
Author Instructions for preparing your oral or interactive forum presentation are posted. Take note of the Poster Printing Service to have your poster printed and ready for pickup at the registration desk.
Click here for details regarding the spectacular day tour of Southwestern British Columbia and the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory.
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The 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and URSI CNC/USNC Joint Meeting - Vancouver 2015 will be held on July 19-25, 2015, at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The symposium and meeting are co-sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S), the all U.S. and Canadian National Committees (USNC/CNC) of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) The technical sessions, workshops, and short courses will be coordinated between the two groups to provide a comprehensive and well-balanced program. This meeting is intended to provide an international forum for the exchange of information on state-of-the-art research in antennas, propagation, electromagnetic engineering, and radio science.
The paper submission deadline is January 16, 2015. (23h 59m at International Date Line; UTC -12 hours) This is equivalent to 6:59am January 17 Eastern US Time.
With 2.2 million residents, Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area in Western Canada and the third largest in the country. It offers a stunning combination of modern architecture, sophisticated shopping and leading edge entertainment projected against a spectacular natural backdrop of mountains, forests and ocean. Its climate is temperate by Canadian standards and is usually classified as "Marine West Coast". The summer months are typically dry and ideal for all types of outdoor recreational activities.
Vancouver International Airport is consistently rated among the top airports in the world for overall passenger satisfaction. It is serviced by 40 carriers that offer hundreds of direct flights to cities throughout Europe and Asia and thousands of direct flights to North American destinations each week.
More information about the airport can be found at http://www.yvr.ca.
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit contributions for review and possible presentation in the symposium on topics of interest
to AP-S and URSI including advancements and innovations in the fields of electromagnetics, antennas, and wave
propagation. Suggested topics and general information are listed in this call. In addition to regularly scheduled
sessions for oral and poster presentations, there will be a student paper competition as well as special sessions,
workshops, and short courses that will address timely topics and state-of-the-art advancements in these fields.
All paper submissions are due January 16, 2015 (23h 59m at International Date Line; UTC -12 hours) This is equivalent to 6:59am January 17 Eastern US Time.
General Submission Information
All paper and abstract submissions must be received in PDF format via the symposium website on or before Friday, January 16, 2015. This is a firm deadline. Papers will not be accepted after this date. Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be accepted. Please consult the symposium web site for the latest instructions, templates, and format examples. Only the author who submits the paper will receive an acknowledgement of the submission. Please do not include page numbers on submitted documents. All papers must be written in clear, idiomatic English. Please note that AP-S reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the proceedings submitted to IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Address all AP-S and URSI correspondence, including inquiries concerning papers, abstracts, the technical program, and copyright forms, to Costas Sarris (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Instructions for AP-S Authors
All AP-S summary papers for the 2015 symposium must be submitted in the IEEE standard two-column format. Templates for Microsoft Word (.doc) and LaTeX2e are available at the symposium Web site. Papers must be two pages in length, including text, references, and figures. Note that the information density of the new two-column format is roughly twice that of the old format. The introduction of the paper should clearly indicate the unique aspects of the submission and how it relates to previous work. A signed IEEE copyright form must accompany all AP-S submissions. Papers submitted without copyright forms will be rejected. Instructions for electronically signing and submitting copyright forms are available at the symposium Web site.
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Each additional co-author must submit a signed letter indicating that his/her contribution is primarily advisory. Letters must be
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review process used for regular submissions. Detailed instructions will be available on the symposium Web site.
For additional information, contact Mojgan Daneshmand (firstname.lastname@example.com).
AP-S Student Design Contest
Join the 6th IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Design Contest! Design and build an antenna that is optimized for body area networks.
The top 3 teams will receive up to US$2,500 in travel funds to attend the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium in Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015 to demonstrate their working systems.
From these 3 teams, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be announced at the 2015 IEEE AP-S Awards Banquet at the conference and will receive cash awards of US$1500, $750 and $250, respectively.
Moreover, final reports will have the opportunity to be considered for publication in the IEEE AP Magazine.
The deadline for a two-page proposal of the preliminary design is November 3, 2014. Further details are available on the symposium website.
For additional information, contact Buon Kiong Lau, via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Industrial, academic, and book exhibits will be open July 20-22, 2015. Exhibitor registration and additional information can be found on the symposium Web site.
Short Courses/Workshops
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A survey has revealed almost 40 per cent of people read through their partner's private messages to test their loyalty.
Research undertaken by OnePoll to mark the release of the new film 'Unforgettable' starring Katherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson, which has revealed 38 per cent of people aged between 18 to 24 will browse through their lovers texts, web history and apps to keep checks on their other half, whilst only 11 per cent of couples over 55 years old will carry out the intensive search.
The survey also shows one in ten people have secretly contacted someone in their partner's phone book and has had no shame in quizzing them about the nature of the exchanges made, whilst six per cent of people have admitted to catfishing their companion, and lured them into an online relationship under a fake identity to test their wandering eye.
The poll has discovered men are the more trusting gender, whilst 24 per cent of people confessed to searching their ex's new flame on social media.
'Unforgettable' is set to hit cinemas on Friday (21.04.17).
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What To Do When Your Kids Don't Like Veggies
Parents provide the environment in which eating behaviours are set. It makes me sad when I'm at the supermarket and see some parents shopping with their children, loading up the trolley with soft drinks, packets of chips and processed foods. Childhood obesity is an issue that hits home The number of overweight children is increasing each year. According to the latest NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS), 1 in 4 – 27% of Australian children aged... Read More


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Lady Gaga teamed up with Tony Bennett at a private ball for Barack Obama's staff on Tuesday (22Jan13) to thank them for their hard work during the President's re-election campaign.
The Poker Face singer invited the veteran crooner to join her onstage as she headlined the event for aides who helped Obama win four more years in the White House.
The pair performed The Lady Is A Tramp, which they covered for Bennett's album Duets II, after the President honoured supporters for their hard work, telling guests they represented his "deepest hopes for America".
He said, "It makes me know that America's future is in good hands. As long as all of you understand the immense and incredible power that you possess when you work together, when you join voices."
According to the Associated Press, proceeds from the event will be donated to a memorial fund for Alex Okrent, a 29-year-old campaign worker who collapsed and died at Obama's headquarters in Chicago, Illinois in July (12).
Obama paid tribute to Okrent, adding, "Alex was one of you. This incredibly thoughtful, talented, compassionate, caring young person who decided to get involved because he thought he could make a difference. And tragically, he ended up leaving us while working on the campaign... It was heartbreaking. It reminded us of how precious our time on this earth is."
Jay-Z and Arcade Fire headlined a similar party for staff in 2009 after Obama's first inauguration.


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I've worked some terrible jobs in my life, but these 12 people have had experiences that make mine look like a walk in the park. Bloody hotel room cleanup anyone? Yeah, doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun…
1. Housekeeping!
Hotel housekeeping. If it comes out of the human body, I've cleaned it up. I started in a by-the-hour motel when I was 14, owned by a woman who didn't bother with hazardous waste procedure and cleaned up what looked like a murder scene with nothing but bleach and kitchen gloves. I walked into that room, and was absolutely positive that when I pulled the shower curtain open there was going to be a body in the bathtub. Thankfully there wasn't, just blood everywhere. Owner refused to let me report it, made me clean it, and I didn't want to get in trouble for bleaching a murder scene at 14 so I never did call the cops.
2. Wow
Dancing Bear.
I was a waiter at a kids restaurant, which had a bear as its mascot. The new guy had to "be the bear" on their first day, which meant putting on a massive bear costume over our waiter's uniform, including a huge fur head that you could barely see out of. You were then led around the place to wave at the parents and play with the kids, once per hour. If you spoke you were fired, as some of these kids were return customers who would recognise a waiter's voice.
Wanting to impress my boss, I really hammed it up. I danced, I gestured, I goofed around, I sat on a mother's lap, I ruffled a father's hair while he growled "get off me or I'll stab you". The boss loved it so much that he made me be the bear every day I worked there.
Which would be great, except it was August, and so hot that the restaurant's air conditioning broke. The bear suit hadn't been washed in the history of the restaurant, so served as a memorial to the sweat of a hundred fallen waiters. Little kids would run headfirst at the bear and headbutt my testicles with depressing regularity. And all it earned me was the disgust of my wait team, who thought I was "goofing off work" by being the bear, since it was clearly easier than carrying two plates of reheated lasagne across the room and refilling drinks.
3. Slaughterhouse
I worked at a slaughterhouse for a little while. They killed steers there but got pork shipped in. The hams came in a gigantic cardboard vat, probably 5′ wide and 4′ deep.
They were heavily waxed on the inside to make them waterproof and had steel banding running around the outside kind of like an old keg or barrel. Once we fished out most of the hams and trimmed them there was always a couple feet of blood at the bottom. As the new guy it was my job to dangle over the edge with a meat hook in one hand fishing for the remaining hams and scraps. Usually it was about an hour in shoulder deep blood with your face next to the surface.
4. Booooooring-oh wait!
Lifeguard. It was hours upon hours of boredom intermingled with seconds of sheer terror.
5. Breaking Rocks
Worked in a granite quarry. It was hell on earth.
You know in the old black and white movies where the prisoners were punished by making big rocks into smaller rocks with a 12lb sledgehammer, that's sort of what I did for a living. Some parts of it were bearable, especially when I got to blow stuff up with primer cord. Touching your wires to the crane battery's positive and negative post and feeling the ground leap underfoot as you separate 40+ tons of granite from the earth is awesome. I just had to be careful and stay under the crane as debris from the explosion rains down. That was it however.
It was generally 120° in the hole during summer and seemed to always be below freezing in the winter. Swinging a sledgehammer hundreds of times in these conditions is brutal. The only people that the hard physical labor didn't phase were two of my coworkers. These dudes were superhuman. The heat didn't bother them, they would be wearing long sleeves in June when the temperature dipped into the 80's, they were chilly. I had to make them give me the hammer when it was my turn to pound in the wedges and the foot-spikes, otherwise they would keep the sledgehammer and start down the line again.
Any normal man would be physically exhausted from swinging the sledgehammer dozens of times. Not my coworkers, they were beasts. That goes for the jackhammer too. I laugh when I see one person running one on TV. It takes two people to run them monsters, at least ours did. Enter the supermen. I would turn my back for one minute then feel the vibrations in the ground that you can feel when the jackhammer is, well, jacking. Turn around and there would be one of them running it by himself, defying the law of physics. That was over 25 years ago. Much respect for these men. For me, however, I was in hell.
6. The Internship Blues
Internship at a public relations firm in college. Was promised agency experience, writing opportunities, and valuable experience.
Turns out what they actually meant was "sitting in a room for 8 hours cold-calling CEOs from an outdated call list and trying to trick them into a sales presentation."
Might I add, about a month into the job they hired a new intern manager. Drove to work every day from the Cape on his Harley (2+ hours one way), lauded his degree, chain smoked, and DJ'ed on the side at north shore nightclubs. He insisted on sitting in the room with us, for 8 hours to check if we were actually making calls, all while berating us for being poor employees and cheap labor.
On my last day of the internship, he called me into his office and told me "the only reason you are still here is because we didn't have to pay you. You'll never be successful like me. You're not cut out for the business world, if I were you, I would drop out and try to find a trade you'll succeed in."
Even as a 19-year old, I knew an idiot when I saw one. I looked him square in the eye and said "you can do the work yourself" and walked out with the other interns. He then wrote a letter of complaint to my school to try and have my internship credit revoked, but luckily my advisor knew the situation and cut him out.
Dan the DJ, if you're reading this, I want you to know I took your advice and did my best to never become you.


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McDonald's Corp. said Tuesday that October sales rose 3.4 percent, helped by the fifth straight increase in Europe and a Monopoly-game promotion in the U.S. It was the company's 30th straight monthly sales increase.
Same-store sales in the U.S., or sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, gained 3 percent from a year earlier, Oak Brook-based McDonald's said. Same-store sales in Europe increased 3.3 percent. Same-store sales are considered the best indicator of a retailer's health.


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Bull dog, Getting the Better of Smaller One, Is Killed
Rockford - A bull dog belonging to Ed Hartnett was stabbed to death yesterday morning at the corner of Avon and State streets, it is said, by a man owning a smaller dog which the bull dog had encountered. Seeing that the larger dog was getting the better of the smaller and threatened the latter. The man is said to have drawn his knife and stuck the dog in the throat, causing it to bleed to death soon after.
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2012 PAYOUT: Health insurer Aetna Inc. gave Chairman and CEO Mark T. Bertolini a 26 percent increase in total compensation last year, according to its annual proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
THE PARTICULARS: Bertolini, 56, received a $977,159 salary, an $892,800 performance-based bonus, $11.1 million in stock awards and $256,971 in other compensation.
ABOUT AETNA: The nation's third-largest health insurer saw its earnings fall 17 percent last year to $1.66 billion, but revenue climbed. The insurer also increased the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders and launched a $5.7 billion acquisition of fellow insurer Coventry Health Care.


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Of Birds and Beasts (1979)
for 2-part treble chorus (SA) or 2 soloists and piano
1) The Owl (text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
hear an excerpt
2) The Little Forest Bird (Transylvanian folk song)
3) The Two Rats (anonymous poem)
4) Song of the Whales (Albanian folk melody)
5) The Cuckoo (Austrian folk song)
Winner of the 1979 Music Teachers Assn. of California "Composers Today" Competition.
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The JagConnect program at the University of South Alabama (USA) is designed to address the needs of students, faculty, and staff through a multi-level, public health approach to suicide prevention.
The program aims to increase access to mental health services for those at risk for suicide by promoting mental health treatment resources and increasing knowledge and awareness about suicide risk factors.
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