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Now maybe it's the mustache, but white Brian brings to mind a classic SNL sketch starring Eddie Murphy. He didn't party down on a bus when the last black man got off, but he was obviously pleased with the extra attention he received at the shoe store because he was white. Of all the "performances," Brian's is the most convincing. But as he points out, it's easier for him to pass as white because he's had to assimilate his whole life. His son, Nick, is a different story altogether. He doesn't say much and comes across as a typical ambivalent teenager regardless of which skin color he's sporting that day. Carmen looks great as a black woman, and she'll do all right if she can avoid putting her foot in her mouth. (Spoiler hint: Just wait till the next episode.) Rose seems the most grounded of the group. She doesn't have any baggage or a chip on her shoulder, and for the most part she looks as comfortable in her black skin as her white too bad we can't say the same about her parents. "My mom and Bruno dont really spend a lot of time with black people, so I think Im a little nervous that they might say the wrong thing." Hah! Just wait. Dan Roberts
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Black. White. I give the Wurgels…
Black. White. I give the Wurgels and the Sparks major credit for taking part in a social experiment for all the world to see, but talk about showing your true colors! The real star of the show, of course, is the makeup crew. Wow! To their credit is the fact that lily-white Rose was able to pass for a black teenager in front of a def poetry group even after telling them her favorite band is The Cranberries!? Ouch. But Roses minor faux pas is nothing compared to Brunos misguided notion of what it means to be black. At first I thought he only looked a bit like Steve Carell (sans hair), but then he started channeling Michael Scott, Carells character from The Office, and I nearly couldnt watch. When black Bruno spoke up at the diversity seminar and related his fictional account of how he responded to being called the N word, my jaw hit the floor along with Brian and Renee, who were watching from behind the one-way mirror. He obviously doesnt think certain racial epithets should hold any more power than the word "potato" and thats fine, hes entitled to his own opinion but I dont think hes doing himself any favors with his new housemates by continuing to use that word so casually.


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One of the benefits of the interstate move I mentioned is that I now live just a few doors down from my best friend. Obviously this is awesome for about a million every day reasons, but since this is a knitting blog let's talk about the knitting-related ones. Beth was an occasional knitter for about a year, and she's certainly kicked things into high gear since we moved.
In fact, she's now knitting her first sweater!
One of the great things about that is that I'm getting to see, first-hand, in a context where I can pester her with questions, what it's like to approach sweater knitting as a relative newbie. (Because let's face it, it's been a long time since I (or any other designer you're likely to meet) were in that stage of our sweater-knitting journey.)
I'm fascinated by the fresh slate with which she approaches patterns themselves. I had no understanding of how much context and custom we (pattern writers) assume on the part of the knitter – she's mentioned several times how vague knitting patterns are. In most cases when a pattern is vague, there's a reason – different choices exist that you can make entirely based on your own taste, and will probably want to make differently for different sweaters.
So today, I'm starting a series of posts on the options and freedoms you have when you're knitting any sweater pattern. Things you can do this way, or that way, and still get a great sweater. The first topic is edge shaping.
When shaping on an edge, you have a variety of options that will all produce different looks.
The actual pattern instructions for edge shaping often look something like this:
"Decrease 1 st at each edge every RS row 7 times."
And as long as you've gotten rid of those 14 stitches over the 14 rows specified, you're pretty much good. So what are your options, and what look will they produce? There are two different parts to how you'll work your shaping, and they're independent of each other. So let's break things down that way.
The first thing to decide is where you'll work your shaping.
Shaping Placement
Edge shaping should typically be carried out within the 4 or 5 stitches at the edge of the piece, but you can work the shaping wherever you want within that range: Either right at the edge, one stitch in, or more than one stitch in.
Shaping at the edge means that the shaping itself is going to be hidden within the finishing you'll do – whether you're going to be seaming that edge, or picking up stitches within it.
Shaping one stitch in means that the shaping will be just outside the seam of whatever finishing you'll do. It will be visible, but fairly unobtrusive.
Shaping more than one stitch in from the edge means that the shaping itself will become a visual element in the piece. This is sometimes called "fully fashioned shaping".
Shaping Slant
Wherever your performing the shaping, you can either choose to have it slant with the edge being shaped, or slant against the edge being shaped. All of the images above have shaping that slants with the edge being shaped:
Slanting the shaping with the edge, for example using left-leaning decreases on the right edge and right-leaning decreases on the left edge of the armholes of a sweater back, will make the shaping slightly less eye-catching.
Slanting the shaping against the edge, for example using right-leaning decreases on the right edge and left-leaning decreases on the left edge of the same armholes, will make the shaping slightly more eye-catching.
Putting them together
Putting them together, you've got a range of shaping options from completely unobtrusive (shaped at the edge itself, slanting with the edge being shaped):
To fashionably eye-catching (shaped 3 stitches away from the edge, slanting against the edge being shaped):
Which should you choose?
Truly, it's up to you.
I personally prefer a clean look on sleeve caps most of the time, and on necklines when the yarn itself is somewhat busy, and fully fashioned shaping on neck edges when the yarn and design are more plain – as seen in the new CustomFit Basics sweater Firth:
…but really, truly, it's a matter of taste. What look do you like, given the rest of what's going on in the sweater?

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I'm coming close to the end of my soap marathon and I ended up getting to bed late last night. I mean really late.
And then to top it off, I slept terrible and dreamt about work.
Yup, not a good night at all.
So why am I telling you this? Well to give you a background of what happened when I was getting ready for work the next morning.
See I've been testing out a new deodorant for the upcoming wedding . I wanted one that will dry fast and I found out this deodorant lasts 48 hours. So I was pretty pleased when I bought this one even if it is a spray. And this morning when I went to grab it I never looked at the bottle and really coated my armpits to see just how good this stuff really was.
I had no idea what went wrong, but there was something definitely wrong. My arms were stuck down by my sides. Totally weird right?
So I wasn't sure if I didn't shake it enough but it was bad. Well I grabbed a wash cloth quick and tried to wash whatever this deodorant was doing and tried to quick air dry before going to work.
And guess what? My little washing didn't work. My arms still stuck and I swear they even made a noise when I raised them up.
OK, this is serious business. So I ran back in the bathroom, slathered on some soap and scrubbed really hard. Yup, this is going to work.
And finally as I was putting on my shoes I figured out what went wrong. I used HAIRSPRAY instead of my deodorant. Take a look at the bottles – I'm guessing that I was more tired than I thought.
Of course my hairspray is one that is super long lasting too. So I quick sprayed on some deodorant on top of the hairspray and off to work I went.
I was never so happy to get home that night from work and jump into the shower to try to get these layers off from my armpits. But guess what? If you put on a layer of hairspray and then put on a layer of deodorant one the top, I found out that you won't sweat. You can't raise your arms very well… but you won't sweat.


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Over the winter, FAC Columnist, Vance Gilbert, proposed a new just-for-fun class of FAC flying for the non-Nats – MEGA Scale. He defined that as greater than Giant (48″ monoplanes) and targeting 54″ span. I like big planes, I've built … Continue reading
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Platform Uses a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 algorithm that allows for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth
Platform Uses a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 algorithm that allows for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth
KIRKLAND, WA--(Marketwired - Oct 19, 2016) - XKL LLC, a leading provider of fiber optic networking systems, announces the launch of its 100GE coherent product line eVolocity. The eVolocity platform provides up to 96 channels of coherent 100GE and 9.6 terabits of line-side bandwidth per fiber pair. eVolocity maximizes line utilization and uses statistical multiplexing to flexibly allocate capacity on a per client basis. The platform provides a bandwidth-on-demand solution in a high port density, 1RU form factor.
eVolocity was developed by XKL's team of accomplished engineers and spearheaded by the company's CEO and founder, Len Bosack. Ideal for data center interconnect, metro and long haul transport, the eVolocity platform uses a first-of-its-kind, OSI Layer 1 statistical multiplexing algorithm that allows for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth on an as-needed basis. The virtualized interfaces enable seamless capacity growth as customer demands increase. The eVolocity platform maximizes line utilization, allowing customers to run at full line rates. The statistical multiplexing feature supports flexible bandwidth allocation, with physical ports soft-assigned priorities, providing QoS controls.
"Spectral efficiency is essential for optical networking solutions," says Bosack. "In addition to this, eVolocity is engineered to prioritize and allocate customer data intelligently, thus minimizing idle capacity. This dynamic bandwidth allocation is unique for Layer 1 and provides another means for customers to handle the explosion in bandwidth growth. Customers are looking for additional methods to get more data through the fiber. Spectral efficiency improvements via more complex modulation formats alone will not get the job done."
"As with all XKL products, eVolocity is designed with the future in mind," adds Chad Lamb, Director of Engineering for XKL. "Typical channel utilization of 50% or less leads to a large amount of unused Layer 1 capacity, eVolocity enables customers to reclaim this lost bandwidth. On top of this capability, we are using standard, off-the-shelf, 100GE coherent transceivers and, as coherent technology improves, we'll integrate these enhancements into the product line. XKL customers will be taking advantage of both improved spectral efficiency in the optical domain, and superior efficiency in channel utilization. This is the XKL differentiator."
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XKL Founder & CEO Len Bosack sits down with JSA TV to discuss the company's new product, eVolocity. eVolocity is the first 100GE coherent platform to strategically and automatically allow for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth on an as-needed basis. To learn more about eVolocity, please visit www.xkl.com.


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He was a high school and college basketball great, an NBA champion and an All-Star, a front-office executive and a respected broadcaster, but Johnny Kerr, who died tonight at 76 after a long battle with prostate cancer, always will be known as a Chicago Bull.
Perhaps the best ambassador the Bulls will ever have, Kerr's nickname, "Red" -- for his hair color -- couldn't have been more appropriate. In many ways, Kerr was Mr. Bull: the first coach in franchise history, NBA Coach of the Year that 1966-67 season, later the club's business manager and finally its television and radio analyst for 33 years.


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What is up with those "fake" cell towers?
1 Comment · Posted by lance in cellular, Surveillance
When you think your phone is connected to your wireless provider, you might actually be connected to a rogue tower set up to capture your data.
Such devices have been demonstrated at the Black Hat security conference and a law enforcement fake tower called "Stingray" has been known for some time. Recently sophisticated secure phones have been able to detect these fake towers and people are starting to map them. Popular Science covered it here, and here.
There is very little transparency around law enforcement or US Intelligence use of such devices, so the could just as easily be operated by foreign intelligence services, criminals, or hackers. If we had strong end to end encryption there would be little to worry about, but many Internet connections and all phone calls are vulnerable to this attack.
Lance Cottrell is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Anonymizer. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
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Supreme Court requires warrent for cell phone searches
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a warrant before searching suspect's cellphone. Before this, cellphones were treated just like anything else a suspect might carry, including wallet, keys, address book, or various other "pocket litter".
Police are generally allowed to search suspects for weapons and to prevent the distraction of evidence. Because of the massive amount of storage on a modern smartphone, and its direct connection into so many other stores of data and communications, the court felt that the contents of these devices was qualitatively different and deserving of greater protection.
It is important to remember that the police can still take the phone, and that they can then get a warrant to search it if there is probable cause. They are simply prevented from searching it without the warrant, possibly in the hope (but not expectation) of finding evidence.
This decision may lay the groundwork for according similar protections to cloud stored data, which once would have been kept in the home in hard copy. Law enforcement officials claim that technology is making life easier for criminals and harder for law enforcement. I find that hard to believe and have not seen any really good studies of the matter. If you have, please let me know!
It strikes me that the routine preservation of emails and other communications, along with the massive use of server logged communications from text messages to social media, actually makes things much easier for law enforcement on the whole.
The fact that the decision was unanimous suggests that we may be entering a period of re-evaluating outdated precedents from the pre-internet era.
Some key quotes from the decision:
- Regarding treating phones like other pocket litter – "That is like saying a ride on horseback is materially indistinguishable from a flight to the moon,"
- On the impact on law enforcement – "Privacy comes at a cost."
- "Cell phones differ in both a quantitative and a qualita- tive sense from other objects that might be kept on an arrestee's person. The term "cell phone" is itself mislead- ing shorthand; many of these devices are in fact minicom- puters that also happen to have the capacity to be used as a telephone. They could just as easily be called cameras, video players, rolodexes, calendars, tape recorders, librar- ies, diaries, albums, televisions, maps, or newspapers."
- "The scope of the privacy interests at stake is further com- plicated by the fact that the data viewed on many modern cell phones may in fact be stored on a remote server. Thus, a search may extend well beyond papers and effects in the physical proximity of an ar- restee, a concern that the United States recognizes but cannot defini- tively foreclose."
- "Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cellphone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple—get a warrant,"
Some Excellent Articles for further reading:
With cellphone search ruling, Supreme Court draws a stark line between digital and physical searches – The Washington Post
Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Cellphone, Supreme Court Says | Re/code
Supreme Court: Police Need Warrants to Search Cellphone Data – WSJ
Note: In the picture above, the policeman is actually just using his own cellphone.
Lance Cottrell is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Anonymizer. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
Chicago to track cell phones with streetlight poles
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The city of Chicago is getting ready to deploy several monitoring stations on light poles along Michigan Avenue. In addition to collecting environmental information like sound volume, light intensity, and air quality, the devices will also count people by detecting wireless signals from passing mobile devices.
The system is designed to only count devices without capturing unique identifiers. While this may be true, it would certainly be easy to change in the future with only a tiny tweak to the software.
This set up looks similar to the tracking trashcans I discussed last year.
Capturing this kind of data is inevitable, and would be invisible if the city had not announced its intentions. The key will be to ensure appropriate protections for collected information, whoever does the collecting. It is refreshing that all of the data captured as part of this project will be published immediately. Assuming nothing is held back that will give a clear sense of exactly what kinds of information can be extrapolated from the raw data.i
Additionally architectural changes like the random MAC addresses in iOS 8 can significantly improve privacy in the face for such monitoring and tracking.
Chicago Tribune – New sensors will scoop up 'big data' on Chicago
Lance Cottrell is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Anonymizer. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
Law enforcement access to your cell tower location may require a warrant
No comments · Posted by lance in cellular, Location, Tracking
A federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled that there is an expectation of privacy in cell tower location information, and therefor it is protected by the Fourth Amendment. This runs counter to other recent rulings that allow access to the information without a warrant under the Stored Communications Act.
The recent ruling relies on precedent from the 2012 Supreme Court decision in United States vs. Jones which stated that a warrant was required to place a tracking device on a suspects car. Phone records provide the same information, just with a different technical means.
This would not apply to intelligence gathering activities, nor would it prevent access to your location information with a warrant. It is a move to recognize that our personal information, about which we have real privacy interests, is increasingly existing in the networks of third parties. Laws that assume anything sensitive would be on paper and stored in your house or on your person are absurdly outdated.
For now this is only a local precedent. The issue will almost certainly end up in the Supreme Court at some point.
The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone
No comments · Posted by lance in cellular, hacking, Mobile
OS News has an interesting article: The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone
It discusses the security implications of the fact that all cell phones run two operating systems. One is the OS that you see and interact with: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, etc. The other is the OS running on the baseband processor. It is responsible for everything to do with the radios in the phone, and is designed to handle all the real time processing requirements.
The baseband processor OS is generally proprietary, provided by the maker of the baseband chip, and generally not exposed to any scrutiny or review. It also contains a huge amount of historical cruft. For example, it responds to the old Hays AT command set. That was used with old modems to control dialing, answering the phone, and setting up the speed, and other parameters required to get the devices to handshake.
It turns out that if you can feed these commands to many baseband processors, you can tell them to automatically and silently answer the phone, allowing an attacker to listen in on you.
Unfortunately the security model of these things is ancient and badly broken. Cell towers are assumed to be secure, and any commands from them are trusted and executed. As we saw at Def Con in 2010, it is possible for attackers to spoof those towers.
The baseband processor, and its OS, is generally superior to the visible OS on the phone. That means that the visible OS can't do much to secure the phone against these vulnerabilities.
There is not much you can do about this as an end user, but I thought you should know. 🙂
Lance Cottrell is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Anonymizer. Follow me on Facebook and Google+.
Tech companies respond to reports of NSA tracking switched-off mobile phones | Privacy International
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Tech companies respond to reports of NSA tracking switched-off mobile phones | Privacy International
Based on a single line in a Washington Post article, Privacy International has been investigating whether it is possible to track cell phones when they have been turned off. Three of the 8 companies they contacted have responded.
In general they said that when the phone is powered down that there is no radio activity, BUT that might not be the case if the phone had been infected with malware.
It is important to remember that the power button is not really a power switch at all. It is a logical button that tells the phone software that you want to turn the phone off. The phone can then clean up a few loose ends and power down… or not. It could also just behave as though it were shutting down.
They don't cite any examples of this either in the lab or in the wild, but it certainly seems plausible.
If you really need privacy, you have two options (after turning the phone "off"):
1) If you can remove the phone's battery, then doing so should ensure that the phone is not communicating.
2) If you can't remove the battery (hello iPhone) then you need to put the phone in a faraday cage. You can use a few tightly wrapped layers of aluminum foil, or buy a pouch like this one.
Lance Cottrell is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Anonymizer. Follow me on Facebook and Google+.
No warrant needed for cell location information in the Fifth US Circuit
No comments · Posted by lance in cellular, GeoLocation, legal, Location, Surveillance
ArsTechnica has a nice article on a recent ruling by the US Fifth Circuit court of appeals.
In this 2-1 decision, the court ruled that cellular location information is not covered by the fourth amendment, and does not require a warrant. The logic behind this ruling is that the information is part of business records created and stored by the mobile phone carriers in the ordinary course of their business.
Therefor, the data actually belongs to the phone company, and not to you. The Stored Communications Act says that law enforcement must get a warrant to obtain the contents of communications (the body of emails or the audio of a phone call) but not for meta-data like sender, recipient, or location.
The court suggests that if the public wants privacy of location information that they should demand (I suppose through market forces) that providers delete or anonymize the location information, and that legislation be enacted to require warrants for access to it. Until then, they say we have no expectation of privacy in that information.
The Fifth Circuit covers Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
This ruling conflicts with a recent New Jersey Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled that law enforcement does not have that right, which ruling only applies in New Jersey.
Montana has a law requiring a warrant to obtain location information, while in California a similar bill was vetoed.
It seems very likely that one or more of these cases will go to the supreme court.
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Cloud and telecom needs the same legal protection as snail mail.
2 Comments · Posted by lance in cellular, legal, Surveillance, Tracking
The ACLU just posted an article about a recent federal magistrate judge's ruling. It is a somewhat bizarre case.
The DEA had an arrest warrant for a doctor suspected selling prescription pain killer drugs for cash. They then requested a court order to obtain his real time location information from his cell provider.
The judge went along, but then published a 30 page opinion stating that no order or warrant should have been required for the location information because the suspect had no expectation of location privacy. If he wanted privacy, all he had to have done is to turn off his phone (which would have prevented the collection of the information at all, not just established his expectation).
So, if this line of reasoning is picked up and becomes precedent, it is clear than anyone on the run needs to keep their phone off and / or use burner phones paid for with cash.
My concern is that, if there is no expectation of privacy, is there anything preventing government entities from requesting location information on whole populations without any probable cause or court order.
While I think that the use of location information in this case was completely appropriate, I would sleep better if there was the check and balance of the need for a court order before getting it.
This is another situation where technology has run ahead of the law. The Fourth Amendment was written in a time where information was in tangible form, and the only time it was generally in the hands of third parties, was when it was in the mail. Therefor search of mail in transit was specially protected.
Today, cloud and telecommunication providers serve much the same purpose as the US Postal Service, and are used in similar ways. It is high time that the same protection extended to snail mail be applied to the new high tech communications infrastructures we use today.
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Amazing power and danger of data retention
1 Comment · Posted by lance in cellular, GeoLocation, International, Location, Personal Privacy, Surveillance, Tracking
This Blog has an interesting article and link to the website of a german newspaper article (translated here).
The story is about a german politician Malte Spitz who sued to obtain the retained cell tower records for his own phone, then provided them to the newspaper. The newspaper has created a nice map and timeline tool to allow you to play Spitz's movements over 6 months. The resolution is impressive and should be a real wake up call about the level of detailed information being gathered on us all.
Of course, if the phone company was capturing GPS or WiFi based location information the data would be much more accurate. While GPS would quickly drain the battery, many modern phones have WiFi enabled all the time, so that information would be readily available without any additional impact on the phone's performance.
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FirstHealth to introduce Reid Heart Center with Jan. 9 open house
| Date Posted: 12/20/2010
John F. Krahnert Jr., M.D.
David M. Cowherd, M.D.
PINEHURST – The public is invited to help FirstHealth of the Carolinas celebrate the completion of the Reid Heart Center: The FirstHealth Cardiac & Vascular Institute during an open house scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. The 186,000-square-foot facility is located on the Page Road side of the FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital campus in Pinehurst.
Highlights of the open house, which will be held from 2 to 5 p.m., will include tours of the newly constructed cardiovascular hospital. Refreshments and entertainment will also be a part of the celebration.
Named for long-time FirstHealth supporters Walter and Betty Reid of Pinehurst, the Reid Heart Center consolidates Moore Regional's multidisciplinary cardiac and vascular services into a single location. Features include 27 designated cardiology/telemetry beds, 30 critical care beds, five cardiac catheterization labs, two electrophysiology suites and six state-of-the-art operating rooms.
Two of the operating rooms have been specially designed as "dual-purpose rooms" to accommodate open-heart surgeries as well as interventional cardiac and vascular procedures.
"There's very little by way of cardiac and vascular surgery that we are not already doing, but this new hospital makes room for all the cardiovascular services a patient could need to be consolidated into one place," says Stuart Voelpel, chief operating officer for FirstHealth of the Carolinas and president of Moore Regional Hospital.
The Reid Heart Center was built by Brasfield & Gorrie of Raleigh on a design by the HKS Inc. architectural firm of Richmond, Va. Mechanical/electrical engineering was provided by IES Engineers of Chapel Hill, and the civil engineer was McGill Associates of Pinehurst.
The construction of the Reid Heart Center is the latest milestone for Moore Regional's nationally recognized cardiovascular program, which began in July 1987 with the hospital's first diagnostic cardiac catheterization. That procedure was performed by invasive cardiologist David M. Cowherd, M.D., who also did the hospital's first balloon angioplasty in January 1991. The invasive program paved the way for the hospital's open-heart program, which was started by cardiothoracic surgeon John F. Krahnert Jr., M.D., in September 1990.
During the 2010 fiscal year, FirstHealth's interventional cardiology service performed 7,389 procedures, an average of more than 600 a month. The three cardiothoracic surgeons performed more than 550 open-heart and thoracic surgeries, an average of more than 45 a month, while three vascular surgeons performed more than 600 vascular surgeries (about 50 a month) during the same period of time.
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|Hypericum Perforatum
|St. John's Wort
Wildflowers of Quebec in July: a photo essay
or excerpts from stories the flowers tell
Apocynum Androsaemifolium
|Spreading Dogbane
Be bold, but not so bold as to need attention. Thoughtfulness is bold. Be proud to call the world your own. Write all your friends. They are always in your thoughts. Sometimes those that you need the most are far away, and the depth of loss you feel can be regained through a gift or a letter, but never a facebook post. Connection is so beautiful.
Silene Nivea
|Evening Campion
I am a luminescent school of anchovies.
I am a choir of violas.
I am the candle lit spine of the ocean.
I am everyday.
I am the part behind your eyes.
I am strong in numbers.
Body dysmorphia.
low self esteem.
It's for the birds.
Prunella Vulgaris
In the morning, I will wake up and drink coffee on my balcony. I will pretend the neighbours don't see my half-naked body and take for granted that their presence gives me comfort, that the loneliness of a balcony is made better by the loneliness of another, that throughout the ages, we will wake and drink hot beverages on our balconies, alone and together, until it's over.
Cirsium Arvense
Fell asleep in the park but I kept my wallet stowed tightly in my thigh pocket. People will hurt you. They have that power. I don't ever want that to happen again.
Asclepias Syriaca
Be it a gust of wind or a symphony, let's play.
Krigia Virginica
|Dwarf Dandelion
I remember the old times. They come to me like wild raspberries on the trail, or fireflies in the moonlight. I remember the feel of the sandy lake floor on my feet, the river water spilling out of the crisp parting of the mountains. I remember acres upon acres of being alone with you.
Being quietly misunderstood is perhaps the noblest pursuit of them all.
Achillea Millefolium
Choose to love. So much of your world is love. Open yourself up through small gestures, through caring. Sometimes a kind deed is the key to a reactionary love. However forced, it can lend itself to positivity and serenity, casually leaning
towards love. Before you know it, you are surrounded.
Impatiens Capensis
|Spotted touch-me-not
You are not just a brain, you are a body. Sleep. Feel your exhaustion upon you and rest your weary head. Sleep. You can only control your thoughts, and even then, not very well. Sleep. Put it all away for a while. Let's sleep together.
Vicia Cracca
|Boreal Vetch
It's no big deal if you get a little wet.


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Top 10 Reasons to Apply for a Master Course
Getting a college degree is the most gratifying experience you'll ever have. On the contrary returning back to college to get you Post Graduate is among the most crucial decisions you will ever have to make. Some return to college with a promised raise in income or promotion upon completion of the degree while others opt it for self satisfaction. Reasons may be tangible or not but many ponder on this crucial issue. Having a post-graduate degree will indeed yield many benefits.
Surviving in college may not be so easy for everyone. Reasons may be diversified. Some might find themselves 'done with studies', some are academically too weak to grasp, some go for higher education to attain pride, some opt it to garner respect and acknowledgement socially, a few do it to brush up their skills. Financial position is also a major reason. Despite the fact that tuition fees are too high, more and more professionals decide to go back to school.
Apart from all these reasons one main factor which motivates you to go back to school is the fact that job market for freshers is pretty bleak. It is quite difficult to survive in cut throat competition of industry.
Here are 10 pretty fair reasons to motivate the slightest of consideration for masters within your mind:
10. Self Satisfaction
Do you ever feel that you lack concepts from your graduation? Going for higher studies is solution to your enigma. Earning a Post graduation degree makes you feel proud and accomplished. Adult learners who balance numerous priorities every day should allow their degree to serve as a jolt of confidence when they tackle future challenges. They know how much they're capable of achieving, and they have the degree to prove it. Higher education can empower you in all kinds of ways to be more in control of your life.
9. Experience
While attending masters you are more exposed to challenges. You get to live among experienced colleagues, highly intellectual faculty, and an influential surrounding. The ambiance in a post graduation college is quite competitive. Hence the experience of earning a master's degree will allow you to learn from and absorb perspectives and information you may not otherwise have the opportunity to encounter. Broadening your experience through advanced education can more adequately prepare you for working at your work place.
8. Respect from your peers
This point is to motivate the interests of those with high esteem. This is the best way to garner acknowledgement at work place. Your proficiency in your area of work decides your position at many times. The highly intellectual ones with excel in their field are always socially accepted, respectfully. This is a pretty fair way to gain attention, respect and acknowledgement for yourself.
7. Challenge Yourself
It is not so easy to survive in master's programme as it sounds. Bachelor degree is often focused on learning several subjects rather than focusing intimately on one.Graduate school will offer the challenge of deeply understanding your subject of interest. The courses are more difficult and schooling is more strenuous but the reward of mastering a subject you care about can be extraordinary. And the immense joy of attaining that extraordinary reward cannot be described..
6. Explore New Opportunities
Do you ever feel that if were in some other field you could have been Master? Or some of you may find your job too monotonous! Even if you realize your inclination in your late twenties don't get dismayed. New options are waiting for you with an aura of immense opportunities and advantages. All you need to do is Dare! Dare to explore them.
5. Promotion
To the one's captivated by a dumb ass boss, Man you are capable enough to be at his place. You don't need to bear his stupidity. Take a step forward to improvise yourself and the destination is right there waiting for you with arms widespread to engulf your immense talent and reward your efforts. As the name the suggests, Master's degree, makes you maser of your own field and mastering your own field accelerates your chances of promotions at your work lace. Also going for master degree while working shows your interest and devotion for your work. This opens up new and exclusive options as well as opportunities for you at your work place which might have been unavailable for graduates. Apart from this issue if you simply think that returning to your job with masters promises you a fair deal of promotions or your pay scale could double up then why and what to wait for? It's the time to nurture and improve your skills and get a fair Promotion!
4. Market Competition
In this changing rather fluctuating scenario of world economy there is cut throat competition for survival in the market. Learning more about your specialized area of study and gaining extra knowledge can increase your chances of landing the comfort zone of the job you desire. During market downturns having a post graduation degree could serve handy for you to handle curves of life. A master degree strengthens the roots of your comfort zone, especially during the time of adversity.
3. Make Yourself Marketable
As a product needs fine deal of advertisement for it's success similarly you need to make yourself marketable. To accomplish this crucial task of making yourself marketable the very first step is to excel your field and going for masters is best way leading to it. Applying for a post with master's degree differentiates your resume from the bulk of applications as the company always seek as well as prefer qualified and experienced applicants.
2. Excel Your Field
You might be having conceptions within your mind that going for masters would brush up your skill and you will be more proficient in your area.The hiring professionals also go on with same conceptions while recruiting as well as promoting, especially for reputed posts. Also you must be familiar with the fact that your proficiency in the knowledge of core, your position at your work place and your pay scale are interwoven. They are mutually related. Earning a master's degree can be beneficial in adequately preparing for your chosen area of interest. In present scenario, education is everything, more and more employers are viewing the education credentials of candidates with a sharp bird eye. After hiring you no one wants to waste time on training you for months and months. The industry is searching skilled and trained personnel.
1. Money
Now coming to the point number one, Money! Money is the major driving force behind your all deeds. Everyone works to earn, getting a six-seven figures salary per month is like living your dream. With a post graduate degree you get the opportunity to apply for a sequence of job, earlier you were ineligible for. Apart from this it is proven fact that there is direct relation of proportionality between the level of your degree and your pay scale. On average employees with a master's degree will earn over $10,000 more each year than fellow employees with a bachelor's degree. The median annual income for post graduate employees holding in 2006 was $75,430 compared to $60,910 for graduate ones in the same year. A post graduate degree opens a new window for you to accelerate your earning.


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Since one home improvement project seems to lead to another, it`s not surprising that the growing practice of renovating or upgrading homes is creating a secondary market for renovation or upgrading of landscapes, especially among owners of custom homes.
``Many new owners of existing custom homes make alterations to fit the home to their needs and tastes. They also may find that the landscaping is


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Cat Insurance for Outdoor Cats
So you have an outdoor cat. Do you have cat insurance for your furry feline? I certainly hope the answer is YES! Having cat insurance for your cat is pretty imperative especially if they like to hang outside on the porch. You have to keep in mind that cats can get easily distracted, so when they see something that catches their eye, like a butterfly, they might chase it. If your cat is out on the streets, the unimaginable can happen. It looks like car accidents are the most common injury or death for outdoor cats. This is completely unfortunate. Not only that but out in the real world there are other animals that sees your outdoor cat as dinner. I hear that it is becoming more and more common for coyotes and bears to be popping up in peoples backyard. Your cat can get hurt defending themselves.
With cat insurance, although it won't bring your beloved kitty back to life, but it can help you financially afford those vet bills for their injuries. It really bums me out when I have to read that someone's cat was hit by car. Not only that but when they took them to the vet, they were unable to afford to pay the bill and the person decided to euthanize their cat. I know that this is a hard decision but I believe it is a decision that you don't need to make. You don't have to put your cat to sleep because you can't afford it! Cat insurance is there for you!


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What Is It?
And Where Does It Come From?
Stevia Rebaudiana [Stevia] is a shrub species native to Paraguay, in South America. 1 Paraguay is a South-American nation that borders on Brazil, Bolivia and Argentina. The plant is also harvested in China, Brazil and Japan.
Under testing, Chinese stevia has been shown to be of questionable quality. Many contaminants have been present in the Chinese product that are harmful when consumed by humans. Obtaining Stevia from a reputable manufacturer will ensure a quality product that is safe.
The Stevioside that is extracted from the plant comes from the leaves. In supplemental form stevioside comes as green or white powder, or brown liquid. Is important to distinguish between the green and the white powder, as one is healthier than the other.
The green powder is a result of using the whole leaf. The white powder comes from removing from the leaf sweetening agent [glycoside]. It is recommended, if possible, that one use the green powder because the leaves of the plant contain a variety of minerals, vitamins, and other immune system boosting agents and factors.
The Stevia plant yields its major glycosides, stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside C and dulcoside A, from its leaves. The main glycoside, stevioside, is between 110 and 270 times sweeter than sugar. 2
Of the Stevia plants major glycosides, rebaudioside A has been shown to have the least amount of reported aftertaste. 12
As a sweetening agent stevia has almost no calories, which, in contrast to table sugar has 4.5 calories per 1 gram. Stevia concentrate has a mildly bitter aftertaste when placed in the mouth. The degree of aftertaste will depends upon which glycoside is consumed.
What Does It Do?
And What Scientific Studies Give Evidence To Support This?
Stevia is used widely as a sweetner, in place of artificial sweetners like aspartame. It has been used for thousands of years, and is today often used by diabetics and people with hyperglycemia, due to its ability to regulate blood sugar levels. 3
Stevia is also able to perform a number of other beneficial tasks. For example, it has been shown that Stevia may enhance moods and increase energy levels and mental alertness. What's more, it is also been shown to stop the growth of bacteria in the mouth is responsible for the production of acids that are responsible for gingivitis and cavities.
Due to its almost zero calorie nature, Stevia is extremely useful to bodybuilders or obese persons that are attempting to loose body fat. Because it is sweet, it reduces cravings for sugary foods. Stevia essentially fools the body into a state of satiation. This will result in less food being craved [and thus consumed], and reduce caloric intake. Stevia will help with the reduction of cravings, and the suppression of the appetite, without having to resort to products containing stimulants.
The cosmetic industry also employs the use of Stevia in many of the available skin care products. It has been shown to reduce skin blemishes when applied topically. Stevia also relieves stomach discomfort.
Who Needs It?
And What Are Some Symptoms Of Deficiency?
There are no symptoms of deficiency but everyone can benefit from the use of Stevia. Populations that may benefit from the use of Stevia include: diabetics, the obese, the elderly, children, and athletes.
Diabetics, individuals with blood sugar problems, or the obese, may benefit from supplementing with Stevia due to its ability to regulate blood sugar. 4
Individuals suffering from hypertension may also benefit from the use of Stevia. It has been shown that in cases of high blood pressure Stevia has the ability to act as a vasodiolator, thus helping to lower hypertension. 5, 6
Children or individuals attempting to satisfy sugar cravings will find that Stevia will reduce such cravings and satisfy the sweet tooth. Given the nature of the obesity epidemic present in North America there is wisdom in using Stevia instead of table sugar.
How Much Should Be Taken?
Are There Any Side Effects?
Stevia may be consumed in pill or beverage form. Many people enjoy Stevia in the form of the tea. It is totally non-toxic.
There are no known side effects associated with the use of this natural supplement. Individuals suffering from diabetes, hyperglycemia, or obesity, should consult with a qualified medical doctor prior to the use of this supplement.
Studies have shown that Stevia is non-toxic. 7, 8, 9 Other studies have shown that long term use of Stevia is safe. 10
The recommended daily dose of Stevia is between 5.0-7.9 mg.kg-1.11 It is, however, recommended that one follow the directions as prescribed on the products label.
Where Can I Get It?
There are different brand names that manufacture supplemental Stevia.
Written by Bodybuilding.com writer, Clayton South.
1. Katayama O., Sumida, T, Hayashi, H. and Mitsuhashi H. 1976. The practical application of Stevia and research and development data (English translation). I.S.U. Company, Japan. 747 pp.
2. Phillips, K.C. 1989. Stevia: steps in developing a new sweetener. Pages 1-43 in T.H. Grenby ed. Developments in sweeteners, Volume 3. Elsevier Applied Science, London.
3. Jeppesen PB, et al. Stevioside acts directly on pancreatic beta cells to secrete insulin. Metabolism 2000 Feb;49(2):208-14.
4. Curi R, Alvarez M, Bazotte RB, Botion LM, Godoy JL, Bracht A. Effect of Stevia rebaudiana on glucose tolerance in normal adult humans. Braz J Med Biol Res. 1986;19(6):771-4.
5. Melis, M.S. A crude extract of Stevia rebaudiana increases the renal plasma flow of normal and hypertensive rats. Braz J Med Biol Res. 1996 May;29(5):669-75.
6. Chan P, Tomlinson B, Chen YJ, Liu JC, Hsieh MH, Cheng JT. A double-blind placebo-controlled study of the effectiveness and tolerability of oral stevioside in human hypertension. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2000 Sep;50(3):215-20.
7. Aritajat S, Kaweewat K, Manosroi J, Manosroi A. Dominant lethal test in rats treated with some plant extracts. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2000;31 Suppl 1:171-3.
8. Das, S., Das, A.K., Murphy, R.A., Punwani, I.C., Nasution, M.D., and Kinghorn, A.D. 1992. Evaluation of the cariogenic potential of the intense natural sweeteners stevioside and rebaudioside A. Caries Res. 26: 363-366.
9. Kinghorn, A. D. and Soejarto, D. D. 1985. Current status of stevioside as a sweetening agent for human use. Pages 1-52 in H. Wagner, H. Hikino and N. R. Farnsworth, eds. Economic and medicinal plant research. Academic Press, London.
10. Suttajit, M., U. Vinitketkaumnuen, et al. (1993). Mutagenicity and human chromosomal effect of stevioside, a sweetener from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Environmental Health Perspectives 101(Suppl. 3): 53-56. {a} 11. Xili, L., Chenggjiany, B.C., Eryi, X., Reiming, S., Yuengming, W., Haodong, S., and Zhiyan, H. 1992. Chronic oral toxicity and carcinogenicity study of stevioside in rats. Food Chem. Tox. 30: 957-965.
12. Tanaka, O. 1997. Improvement of taste of natural sweeteners. Pure Appl. Chem. 69:675-683
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Honors [1]
Commonwealth College Honors for Mathematics Majors
Are both commonwealth college honors and departmental honors offered?
Mathematics majors who are also students in Commonwealth College [2] may pursue honors through any of the three standard tracks: Commonwealth College Honors [3], Commonwealth College Departmental Honors [4], or Commonwealth College Interdisciplinary Honors [5]. Mathematics majors who satisfy the requirements [6] may also enter Commonwealth College after enrolling in the University.
Honors Courses
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers several honors courses at all levels. All qualified students are encouraged to consider these courses; however, only Commonwealth College students directly benefit from the honors designation.
|Requirements Satisfied
|Math 127H
|Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences I
|Math 128H
|Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences II
|GenEd: R2
|Math 131H
|Calculus I
|GenEd: R2
|Math 132H
|Calculus II
|GenEd: R2
|Math 233H
|Multivariable Calculus
|GenEd: R2
|Math 499C
|Capstone Course I
|Not offered
|Math 499D
|Capstone Course II
|Not offered
|Math 511H
|Abstract Algebra I
|Not offered
|Math 512H
|Abstract Algebra II
|Not offered
|Math 523H
|Introduction to Modern Analysis
|Math 532H
|Topics in Ordinary Differential Equations
|Math 534H
|Introduction to Partial Differential Equations
|Math 563H
|Differential Geometry
|Stat 515H
|Introduction to Statistics I
|Not offered
With the approval of the Honors Coordinator [7], students may also receive Honors credit for the following types of courses [8] (subject to the Commonwealth College enrollment cap of 25 students):
- 600/700/800-level courses
- 500-level courses
- Honors independent study courses
Under exceptional circumstances, and with the prior approval of both the instructor and the Honors Coordinator [7], students may also arrange to obtain honors credit for a 400-level course by adding an Honors Colloquium.
Departmental Honors
To graduate with Departmental Honors [9], a student must complete the Mathematics Major [10] with a GPA of at least 3.200 and complete the following courses with grades of B of higher.
- EnglWP 112H or approved substitution (or exemption)
- GenEd honors course
- GenEd "I" honors course
- Dean's book series
- One Math/Stat Honors Courses at 400-level or higher
- A second Math/Stat Honors Courses at 400-level or higher
- Math 499C Capstone Course or Math/Stat 499Y Honors Research
- Math 499D Capstone Course or Math/Stat 499T Honors Thesis
In order to graduate with Magna Honors a student must have a GPA of at least 3.500 and receive a B+ or better in the courses used to fulfil requirements 7 and 8. In order to graduate with Summa Honors, a student must have a GPA of 3.800 and a recieve a A- or better in the courses used to fulfil requirements 7 and 8.
In order to enroll in Departmental Honors, a student must submit a change of major form, signed by the Honors Coordinator [7], to the registrar.


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Last night I took it easy in hopes of kicking my Fall cold, so I threw on my 3 sizes too big sweatpants, my ratty college sweatshirt, and plopped myself down on my big leather couch and watched the first episode of 666 Park Avenue. Holy mother of everything, that show was creepy and intense. I'm not a big fan of watching TV, but I'm officially HOOKED!
I called it an early night and read a little of my October issue of Shape Magazine. Did you know that if you eat one handful of candy corn (20 pieces, 150 calories), you would have to walk for 37 minutes to burn off that small handful? Since candy corn is a candy that I can only enjoy a few of before getting sick to my stomach, I think that small fact is enough to keep me away from the candy. Sorry candy corn, you're not worth it. However, the candy corn flavored Hershey kisses would get me walking miles to inhale those tasty candies.
I woke up feeling refreshed and back to my normal self, and was ready to tackle my run. My legs weren't on the same page. 2 back to back days of HIIT running took its toll on my midget legs and I have to admit, that had to have been the most painful 3 miles I've run in a long time. Usually when I have a rough start to my run, I kick that feeling by the end of the first mile and find my groove. Unfortunately, it took a little more than 2 mile to get there.
My arms have been sore from a lot of the upper body work I've incorporated into my regime this week. I'm thinking the increase in push-ups could be the culprit. I love the feeling of muscle pain, and didn't let the burn stop these arms from doing their thing.
Morning Workout
- 3 miserable miles
- 3 sets of 15 stair push-ups
- 1 minute plank hold
- 2 sets of 20 rock climbers
- 50 crunches & 50 side-to-side crunches
- 2 sets of 13 skiing dumbbell squats
- 2 sets of 13 standing dumbbell side crunches
- Stretching
It's another rainy day here in New Hampshire, and why not make my day even colder by enjoying a bowl of Raspberry Mango Overnight Oats. These oats are so good, bring on the cold!
Raspberry Mango Overnight Oats
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 Chobani Mango yogurt
- 1/3 cup Almond Milk unsweetened vanilla
- handful of frozen raspberries
- chia seeds– I sprinkled my heart away, not sure how much went in
Speaking of rain. I forgot that my American Eagle canvas slip-ons don't do well with rain.
I went from cute and sophisticated (yes my mirror is too low and I'm kneeling), to fashion fail.
Gotta keep those men on their toes when they try to figure out my style! 😉
Jen and I have RIPPED at noon today so it'll be nice to mix up my lunch workout. Ohhhh these muscles are going to be crying tomorrow!


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Accreditation and the NSQHS standards
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care ('the Commission') developed the 'National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards ('the NSQHS standards') to drive the implementation of safety and quality systems, and to improve the quality of health care across Australia. The standards provide a nationally consistent statement about the level of care consumers can expect from health services.
There are ten national standards focusing on areas that are essential to the implementation and use of safety and quality systems:
- Governance for Safety and Quality in Health Service Organisations
- Partnering with Consumers
- Preventing and Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections
- Medication Safety
- Patient Identification and Procedure Matching
- Clinical Handover
- Blood and Blood Products
- Preventing and Managing Pressure Injuries
- Recognising and Responding to Clinical Deterioration in Acute Health Care
- Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls
In 2011, all State and Territory Health Ministers endorsed the national standards and a national accreditation scheme, developed by the Commission. The Department of Health and Human Services, as the regulator for Tasmania, has since developed the Tasmanian Health Services Accreditation Framework to support the implementation of the national accreditation scheme in Tasmania.
Private health service establishments that are licenced to operate in Tasmania must be accredited by an approved industry body in accordance with the deadlines below.
The Commission's Advice Centre provides support for health service organisations, surveyors and accrediting agencies on implementation of NSQHS Standards. They can be contacted by emailing email@example.com phoning 1800 304 056. Further information regarding accreditation and the national standards, including resources for implementation and details of approved industry bodies, can be found at their website www.safetyandquality.gov.au .
For further information about the Tasmanian Health Services Accreditation Framework, and accreditation requirements, please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Existing Facilities – Transitional Arrangements
All existing facilities that were licensed under the previous legislation (i.e. all Private Hospitals previously licensed under the Hospitals Act 1918) are required to be accredited to the NSQHS Standards by 1 January 2015.
Day Procedure Centres, which were previously unlicensed, are required to be accredited within two years of the date of issue of their licence. This includes being accredited to the relevant NSQHS Standards by 1 January 2015.
New Applications
All new licensed health service establishments are required to be accredited under the national scheme by an approved industry body within 2 years of commencing functions. This includes being accredited to the NSQHS standards that apply to your facility.
Ongoing requirement for Accreditation
It is a condition of your licence to operate that you ensure you remain accredited. You are responsible for providing continuing evidence of your accreditation status to the Secretary (i.e. a copy of your accreditation certificate and a copy of your most recent accreditation report), and notify the department in the event that there is any change to your accreditation status.
If at any time accreditation is not maintained/there is no accreditation for a private hospital or day procedure centre (other than a 'low-risk' class of day procedure centre), and no exemption from the Secretary has been granted, the licence is taken to be cancelled.
The Health Services Regulation Management Guide outlines the steps taken by the Department in response to issues with accreditation. Further information can also be obtained by contacting email@example.com.
Health Service Establishments Regulations 2011, Schedule 1, Part 2(2).
The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
Tasmanian Health Services Accreditation Framework
Health Services Regulation Management Guide


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What In The Hell Kind Of GD Outfit Is This?
June 9, 2011 / Posted by: Michael K
Here's Nicole Kidman with her frosty locked husband at the CMT Awards last night just minutes after a striped velour couch barfed all over her sheer black slip while one of the My Little Ponies lived out its rope bondage fetish fantasy by tying up her feet. It's as if someone was making a Charlie Brown-inspired dress using old velour tracksuits when the power in the sweat shop factory got turned off and they had to stop halfway through.
But if we're going to play the Say Something Nice game, then I will say that I like the way her Sally's Beauty Supply clip-on bangs act like a safety curtain to protect us from the wall of Botox above her eyebrows. Her gelatin slug lips however….
Our commenting rules are pretty simple: If you make any overly offensive comment (racist, bigoted, etc..) or go way off topic when not in an Open Post, your comments will be deleted and you will be banned. If you see an offensive or spammy comment you think should be deleted, flag it for the mods and they'll be forever grateful and give you their first born (although, you probably don't want that).


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December 27, 2012 (CHICAGO) --A musical salute was held Thursday night for Chicago gospel singer Inez Andrews, who died December 19th at the age of 83.
Andrews was a singer and songwriter known for the range of her voice.
She got her start as a member of the Caravans, a group led by the late Albertina Walker.
Andrews' signature song was 'Lord, Don't Move that Mountain.'
Thursday night's salute took place at Apostolic Church of God on S. Dorchester, where Andrews' homegoing celebration will take place tomorrow.


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Always remember to keep the conversation on a light note. Do not get too engrossed. This helps avoid hurting the escort. It is wise not to get too personal lest she thinks you are going beyond the limit. This is unless you have plans. Some men are looking for high class London escorts to date from London escort agencies and if you fall, in this category, you can choose to get a bit personal. Make sure not to raise contentious issues that may leave her frustrated. An irritated girl might not fulfil your needs to the core. They are well-trained hence you might not notice when she gets irate. To avoid this, keep the conversation short.
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In opposition to eReaders, I've been hearing a lot of people say, "But I like books. I like the way they smell, I like turning pages, I like libraries and book stores…"
You know what I like? I like a good story. I don't read so I can smell and touch something. I don't read so I can turn pages or hear paper crinkle. I buy books and read them to be entertained, educated, inspired, or all of the above.
I'm going to dust off my psych degree for a sec and suggest that maybe people like the way printed books look and smell because they've learned to associate those trappings with something they love. Sort of like catching a whiff of your lover's cologne, your stomach jumps, your heart races.
Seeing an open book, its cover spread wide and its pages beckoning, is like seeing a quill pen and an ink well. It means something we all understand. But when's the last time you saw someone writing with a quill pen?
I love the weird way the water smells at Disneyland, inside the Pirates of the Caribbean or Splash Mountain. But if someone told me I could ride those rides — and millions more — anytime I wanted to activate my holodeck device… only, I'd have to give up the watery smell…
I'd say, "No way. If it doesn't have the smell, and I don't have to wait in long lines, and it doesn't offer over-priced churros, forget it."
No I wouldn't.
I think people love libraries and book stores for the same reason. They aren't beautiful because we like seeing rectangles stacked on shelves. They're beautiful because they represent possibility, revelation, power, knowledge, imagination, discovery. When we are there, we are surrounded by fellow adventurers, with a mocha latte in our hands.
Yet, that's exactly what I see when I hold my eReader in my hand. To me, it's beautiful for the same reasons. Even more beautiful, in fact, because I can put it in my pocket and have it with me always.
To those who are afraid eReaders will make books "go away," I say, don't panic. Novels, novellas, reference works, encyclopedias, biographies and all of that won't go anywhere, any more than music went away when we transitioned from minstrels to opera houses. Or from wax cylinders to records to 8-tracks to cassettes to CDs to mp3. The works will always be there, the delivery devices will just change. In fact, there will be more books to choose from than ever before.
And if you're afraid that "digital will get lost, but paper is forever," let me ask you:
1) If you have a digital camera, aren't you afraid all of your pictures will go away?
2) If you do your banking online and/or use a debit card, aren't you afraid the money will go away?
3) Have you ever heard of the library of Alexandria? It was the ancient world's single greatest archive of knowledge, on paper (or papyrus), and it was lost via fire and conflict. Digital won't be lost, unless the Internet and every single device connected to it, every back up system, server room, computer, and company are wiped off the Earth. And at that point, we'll have bigger problems to worry about than your copy of Black Beauty.
I promise, you can still turn pages on your reader app. You'll get used to pushing a button or tapping the screen, just the same as you eventually figured out how to scroll down a web page like this one. You probably did it just now, without even thinking about it. You were so busy reading the actual content, you didn't stop to say, "Hey, this isn't on paper. I don't like it." Did you?
Maybe digital pages don't make any noise, or have crumbs in between them. Maybe they can't be grasped and flicked with a sharp and satisfying snap of your wrist. But if you're engaged in the words upon them, why would that matter? What matters are wonderful tales, insightful theories, and the unprecedented proliferation and distribution of storytelling and information.
I can already hear the disgruntled grumbles from bibliophiles digging in their heels and decrying the momentum of the digital age.
I just love the feel of a buggy whip in my hand. It's nothing like a steering wheel. I enjoy bouncing at 8mph over a rutted dirt road. Horses and carts will never go away completely. What will happen if we run out of this gasoline stuff after awhile, anyway? And how can we guarantee there will be replacement parts for all of these cars? They're too expensive for most people to have one. Horses will always be around. And buggies. I love my buggy collection.
In a perfect world, I'd like to see the option of choice for ALL books, that they are available as both digital and print-on-demand, just to make everyone happy. But the fact is that digital book sales continue to grow, while paperback sales continue to fall, and eReader owners buy more books, on average, than people without eReaders.
(A)lmost three-quarters of eReader users are reading 6 or more books in an average year. Among those who do not use an eReader, the numbers are reversed… three in five non eReader users are reading 5 or fewer books on average in a year. (Marketwatch)
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'I love these games' - Hodge on England-Scotland
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Steve Hodge can still feel the crunch of his first England-Scotland fixture.
The midfielder who played a key role in our great 1986-87 team that finished third in the league, runners-up in the FA Cup and reached the semi-finals of the League Cup joined us with his first taste of football's oldest international rivalry still fresh in the memory.
That came just three months before he switched to Spurs from Villa in November, 1986.
As the teams prepare to face each other again at Celtic Park this evening (Tuesday, November 18, 8pm), Steve recalled his match-up against Graeme Souness and what it means to play in a match that goes back to 1872.
"The first time I played Scotland was my second cap," he reflected. "I'd come on as a sub against Russia and my first start was England against Scotland at Wembley in 1986, prior to the World Cup.
"The World Cup was two months away and we all knew we had a chance of making the squad. I gave it my best shot and I was up against Graeme Souness, a great player at Liverpool and a bit scary on the pitch!
"Those were real battles because in those days, you could kick players three or four times before you'd get a yellow card!
"I played decently, we won 2-1 and I got into the World Cup squad.
"I remember watching England against Scotland as a kid, I remember when they won in 1977 and the fans took the crossbar down at Wembley, so to be on the pitch in front of 75,000 fans with the World Cup at stake, it was a pressure game but the sort of game you want to play in and want to win - and we did that with a Glenn Hoddle header!
"I love these games. I remember going back England played Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland at the end of every season.
"It's great to see all the Home Nations doing well. I always love England vs Scotland battles. I played in Forest vs Celtic, Leeds against Rangers in the European Cup, they are always feisty affairs and you always want to win those games!"


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For the first time in four seasons, the Carlisle Lady Bison are headed back to the Class 2A state tournament.
Carlisle (19-8) routed two-time defending state champion England 64-42 in the first round of the Class 2A East Region tournament at Bison Arena on Feb. 21. With the win, Carlisle will play Magnet Cove in the second round Friday at 7 p.m.
The Lady Bison have not been to the state tournament since losing to Smackover in the first round of the 2009 tournament at Melbourne. This will be Carlisle's seventh appearance since 2003.
The Lady Bison were coming off an emotional loss to Hughes in the finals of the 2A-6 district tournament Feb. 16.
"I thought my kids showed a lot of mental toughness bouncing back from Saturday," Carlisle coach Jonathan Buffalo said. "They were focused on what our task was. We didn't get it done Saturday. We didn't get one of our goals but I told them that we still had a chance to go to the state tournament."
Buffalo said his team did a good job of handling England's pressure.
"We were able to get easy buckets, breaking the press," he said. "Overall, it was a great team effort and a great win for our program to get to go back to the state tournament."
Early on, it didn't look good for the Lady Bison as they trailed 13-9 late in the first quarter but Sloane Henderson hit a late three-pointer to tie the game at 14-14.
Carlisle scored the first four points of the second quarter — two each by Breanna Young and Faith Walker — to take an 18-14 lead — a lead the Lady Bison would never surrender.
Carlisle pushed its lead to 28-18 at halftime.
The Lady Bison outscored the defending champs 20-8 in the third quarter, including a three-pointer by Maddie Harrison at the buzzer. Carlisle led 48-26 heading into the final eight minutes.
Carlisle's lead grew to 27 points at 64-37 following a basket by Henderson and two free throws by Walker.
Walker led the Lady Bison with 27 points. Young had 10. Henderson added nine. Presley Carter, starting in place of injured Callie Hillman, scored seven. Hannah Cooper and Harrison scored five points each.