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BOCA RATON, Fla.—Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC, a leader in fire, life safety and security services based here, announced this week the purchase of two companies to build upon its capabilities in the special hazard fire suppression business and the integrated security services arena.
In separate transactions, Red Hawk announced the purchase of Anaheim, Calif.-based Diversified Protection Systems, Inc., (DPSI) and ATCi Communications, Inc. ("ATCI"), headquartered in Miami, Florida. The two purchases represent Red Hawk's fifth and sixth acquisitions in the last 20 months as the company continues to grow both organically and through strategically aligned acquisitions.
"The purchase of both DPSI and ATCi are consistent with our core strategy of bringing on the teams from well regarded, client-centric companies to build on our existing service presence or to expand our geographic footprint to further set Red Hawk apart from our competition," Michael McWilliams, Red Hawk Fire & Security president and CEO, told Security Systems News. "Joining forces with these two great companies on opposite U.S. coasts elevates our expertise and complements our existing geographic presence while also presenting a broader suite of innovative solutions to our valued clients to further our aim of being the preferred choice for all our customers' fire, life safety and security needs."
DPSI's expertise includes special hazard clean agent and water mist fire suppression, early warning smoke detection & controls, hazardous gas monitoring & specialty cooling systems. DPSI President Dominic De Maria will remain with Red Hawk helping develop the new Red Hawk Fire & Security "Critical Infrastructure Division."
"We are just as enthusiastic about this purchase as Red Hawk," De Maria said in the announcement. "Not only does it advance Red Hawk's posture in the fire and life safety industry by adding our specialized team of professionals, but it expands the resources and geographic reach we can now offer our clients as well."
As South Florida's largest independent security systems integrator, ATCi Communications brings an expert team that designs, installs and provides technical support and maintenance services of enterprise-level, intelligent video surveillance systems, access control and intrusion alarms for federal and local government facilities and law enforcement agencies, luxury residential and mixed-use properties and large scale commercial projects. ATCI also expand's Red Hawk's "best in class" specialty portfolio of capabilities through its market leader position in providing customized CityWide Surveillance (CWS) and Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) solutions to municipal clients.
"Being able to now offer fire and life safety services to our existing security portfolio is a win-win for our customers, our people and Red Hawk as well," Vincent. J. Vento, ATCI's founder and president, said in the announcement. "We look forward to combining our sales and business development efforts to maximize our potential across all product and service lines throughout the entire Florida market."
Los Angeles-based Imperial Capital, LLC and Miami-based Pacifica Capital Group LLC co-represented ATCI as financial advisors for the transaction.
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PHILADELPHIA—Comcast recently announced that it will expand its smart home capabilities to the company's Xfinity platforms, including xFi, Xfinity Home, Xfinity Mobile and X1—its TV and voice remote. This will make home automation available to more than 15 million Xfinity customers at no additional cost, according to the company's announcement.
"Our latest announcement reaffirms our commitment to offer our customers an easy to use platform that can help them make their home technology work for them," Neal Foster, vice president of product management, Xfinity Home, told Security Systems News in an email interview.
"By integrating home automation across the Xfinity platform, we are able to unlock new experiences for customers. For example, smart home devices can be automatically detected by our gateway and users can be instantly made aware of the automation experiences that the device can do within the Xfinity platform," Foster said.
Down the road, Comcast is looking to further expand the plaform's capabilities. "Long term we will be able to add even more smart home devices into our platform making it easy for our customers to add the devices they need and manage and control every device from the Xfinity platform. Through the increased breadth of the platform, we will be able to target new solutions across a broad range of areas including peace of mind, protection, entertainment, wellness, energy and home maintenance," said Foster.
In the announcement, Comcast highlighted key smart home developments for the company. In September 2017, Comcast acquired Stringify, which provides a cloud-powered automation service for more than 500 IoT products and digital services. "Stringify's technology will soon be integrated into Xfinity's products and services, significantly expanding the capabilities of Xfinity automation," the announcement read.
Additionally, Comcast's 'Works with Xfinity' program facilitates the integration of smart home devices into its Xfinity platform. "The company plans to expand its partner ecosystem to include new product categories such as: wearables, automotive, voice assistants, email, social media platforms, and more," according to the announcement. "New partners will help improve an Xfinity customer's lifestyle, whether for convenience, entertainment, peace of mind, or to help run their home more efficiently."
In May 2017, the company launched xFi, a digital dashboard for customers to set up and control aspects of their home Wi-Fi network, including seeing what devices are connected and setting parental controls.
The company also recently added enhanced features to Xfinity Home Security Cameras. "Its new AI-powered platform identifies movement, centers on the subject, and delivers a crystal-clear thumbnail image to customers so they can always know what's happening with just a glance in our app," the announcement read.
DENVER—Cyber:Secured Forum, a cybersecurity summit focusing on integrated systems, will launch with an inaugural gathering here, on June 4-6, 2018, under a partnership formed by PSA Security Network, the world's largest systems integrator cooperative, ISC Security Events (Reed Exhibitions, the global tradeshow company) and the Security Industry Association (SIA), a leading trade association for global security solution providers.
"Sophisticated cybervulnerabilities and threats are emerging every day, and it is critical for the physical security and systems integration industry to accelerate its delivery of compelling education to help all industry stakeholders mitigate the risk of cyberattacks to business continuity," SIA CEO Don Erickson said in the announcement.
Cyber:Secured Forum will feature in-depth content on cybersecurity trends and best practices as related to the delivery of physical security systems and other integrated systems. Content is being collaboratively developed by SIA and PSA Security Network's education teams and will feature top cybersecurity leaders.
"Cybersecurity is no longer just a threat—it's a real issue knocking on the doors of security and IT professionals on a daily basis," Bill Bozeman, president and CEO, PSA Security Network, said in the announcement. "The time for just being in reaction mode is behind us now. As security leaders, we have a responsibility to step forward and be part of the frontline defense when it comes to cybersecurity, just as we have been part of the frontline defense when it comes to physical security issues for decades. The goal of this conference is to empower attendees with real tools and knowledge to do just that."
The two-day event will provide leaders in the IT and physical security industries with opportunities to connect and share information on risks and liabilities, responding to cybersecurity threats, and establishing security control standards across IT systems and particularly when integrating physical security solutions and devices on IT networks.
Additionally, sponsor exhibits will help showcase solutions related to cybersecurity, integrated systems and physical security solutions.
"At our recent ISC West and ISC East events, the educational sessions on cyber-physical integration and connected security have been in high-demand," Will Wise, group vice president of the Security Portfolio, Reed Exhibitions. "In-depth education, training and industry collaboration is essential to ensure safe and secure systems for the market. We're enthusiastic about this partnership with PSA Security Network and SIA to address this important market need."
For more information about this new event and to be added to the event mailing list, visit cybersecuredforum.com
Mission 500, a non-profit charitable organization focusing on the security industry and dedicated to serving children and families in need across the U.S., recently gave an overview of its efforts throughout 2017, including the annual Security 5/2K at ISCW, the summer Security Softball Game and the Miami Mixer among other events.
"Engaging and giving back to children and communities in need is at the core of our mission here in the U.S.," Jeff Eichenlaub, director of strategic partnerships for Mission 500, said in a prepared statement. "We look forward to contributing to causes that are important to the security industry again in 2018."
At the Miami Mixer, Mission 500 raised more than $15,000 for children in need in South Florida, according to the announcement. The event had more than 70 attendees and included a fashion show, raffles, an auction and karaoke. Proceeds were donated to children attending to Crosspointe Elementary School, a Title One School in Boynton Beach and Centro Campesino, a not-for-profit organization that hosts a summer camp for children of migrant farm workers living in severe poverty in South Florida.
At the Axis Connect & Converge Conference, Mission 500 spoke to conference attendees about corporate social responsibility awareness in the security industry and why it is important. Conference attendees assembled School Refill Packs for 600 students at a Title One School in Seattle, which will provide students with enough school supplies to get through the second half of the school year, the announcement said.
Axis Communications hosted another event at the company's new Southeast Experience Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event was dedicated to assembling School Refill Packs for 200 low-income students impacted by Hurricane Harvey, the storm that impacted Houston in August 2017.
At the 2017 California Alarm Association Winter Conference held in San Francisco in November, Mission 500 helped attendees assemble School Refill Packs for 200 low- income children impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
At the NY Fire and Executive Security Club Dinner, Mission 500 honored Alan Forman of Altronix Corporation, Zygmunt Staszewski of Z.S. Engineering D.P.C, and Lew Walters of Affiliated Monitoring for their philanthropic contributions. All proceeds from the event benefited children supported by Mission 500, in addition to the NY Firefighters Burn Center Foundation Children's Camp.
In 2018, Mission 500 is already planning for the eighth annual Security 5/2K at ISC West as well as the annual Mission 500 softball game which will take place in the fall.
On the Move Systems recently announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices has executed a strategic agreement to supply its intelligent robotic solutions through Allied Universal, a leading facility services company and one of the largest security forces in North America with more than 150,000 employees.
The robots will be leveraged to help Allied Universal customers supplement existing security professionals and improve safety, increase situational awareness and drive efficiency across the enterprise.
"The RAD portfolio augments the core competencies of our guard personnel because it offers fully autonomous patrolling that stakeholders can leverage to make rapid, informed decisions," Ty Richmond, president, Integrated Security Solutions and Technology, Allied Universal, said in the announcement. "The data captured by the security robot will prove valuable in post-event investigations, enabling our customers to quickly address ongoing issues, close cases and identify trends. We are excited to explore the possibilities alongside RAD."
RAD founder and president Steve Reinharz said in the announcement that RAD's S5 Security Robots add significant benefits to the Allied Universal product and services portfolio by delivering a cost-effective solution to augment traditional guarding services, and serve as a force multiplier that removes security personnel from potentially dangerous situations, reducing injuries and liability. He noted that the combination of human personnel with robotic technologies creates a strong value proposition that results in new levels of security and streamlined operations.
"The market is primed to embrace the combination of human personnel and robotic guarding, and we expect this trend to increase significantly in the coming year," Reinharz said. "We are thrilled with our already valuable partnership with Allied Universal and the size and quality of the sales funnel we've been able to create together."
When Security Systems News spoke with Richmond recently, he noted that Allied Universal continues to work closely with drone and robotics manufacturers "to provide another technology tool that allows you to extend your security operations. We are very bullish on robots and we see them as an augmentation to our man-guarding business."
And speaking of robots in security, Reinharz and Allied Universal will both be participating on a session/panel at our SSN TechSec Solutions conference, Feb. 26-27, in Delray Beach, Fla. Click here for more on the session and the entire education program.
YARMOUTH, Maine—Now that we are in the second half of December, it seems like a natural time to look back over the year and some of the common topics from the monitoring side of the industry in 2017.
The Monitoring Association had some notable developments this year, including changing its name from CSAA in March—a change made to better portray the focus of the organization.
It was great to attend TMA's Annual Meeting this year. You can read an overview of that event here. At the close of the meeting TMA welcomed its new president, Ivan Spector, president of Montreal-based Sentinel Alarm Co., along with several other officers. You can read more about that here.
And, more recently, TMA announced its new Level 1 training course for monitoring center operators.
PERS, yet again, was a big topic of the year.
Affiliated Monitoring held its second annual Catalyst conference in Miami in mid-May, examining the sales and marketing aspects of the PERS industry.
AvantGuard held its fourth PERS Summit in late September, in Park City, Utah, covering a variety of topics.
Medical alert provider Medical Guardian also announced a change-up to its branding and marketing, looking more at overcoming one of the biggest obstacles in the PERS industry, which is "the perception of the service," according to company founder and CEO, Geoff Gross.
PERS manufacturer Freeus also started a dealer education initiative. There were also some acquisitions announced; VRI made a purchase in the PERS space, as did Tunstall Americas, and GTCR was purchased by a private equity firm. PERS company ONKÖL started production.
There were also a few notable hires and role changes at monitoring companies: Security Partners named Randy Hall as its president, Justin Bailey became the president of AvantGuard in addition to being its COO, MONI's Bruce Mungiguerra was promoted from SVP to COO, and NMC recently hired Nicola Oakie as its new director of national sales.
DALLAS—MONI Smart Security on Dec. 11 announced a renewed relationship with Skyline Smart Home Protection, based out of Los Angeles. Starting on Jan. 1, 2018, Skyline will begin selling exclusively for MONI.
"We're really excited about it and it really comes at a good time for us—to start off the year with a great new partner," Jeff Gardner, CEO of MONI, told Security Systems News. "One of the things that drives our revenue growth at our company is the strength of our dealer program, so … adding a dealer with the prominence of Skyline and the size of Skyline will send a great message."
Skyline was previously a MONI dealer, from 2010 to 2014. Gardner said that increased advertising and publicity for the MONI brand, as well as MONI's sales training opportunities were among factors that drew Skyline back to MONI's dealer program. "We're just thrilled to get them back," Gardner said.
"I am thrilled to be partnering again with MONI," Edwin Arroyave, CEO of Skyline, said in a prepared statement. "It has always been important for Skyline to align itself with partners who understand the value and importance of technology and innovation, while consistently providing the highest levels of customer service. MONI shares these values and I could not be more excited to be renewing our relationship. I look forward to the opportunities ahead."
Skyline was founded in 2004 and offers home security products and services, such as interactive and home automation, mobile apps, video monitoring and energy management products. The company currently has more than 80,000 smart home customers across more than 30 states.
"They're going to be one of the largest dealers in the MONI program," Gardner said. Skyline is "the largest dealer partner that we've recruited since I've been here, and I've been here just a little over two years," he said.
"I'm hopeful that Skyline will be the first of many new dealers that we add to our program in 2018," said Gardner.
No one can refute the impact that Amazon's Echo device has had in the home—if I had a nickel for every time someone yelled out the name Alexa in the home, I would be on a warm beach somewhere instead of trying to keep the cold drafts at bay in my office here is chilly Maine. But I digress.
With the success that Amazon has had with Alexa in the home, it is not surprising to see the company try to move into the office with the introduction of Alexa for Business, which was announced earlier this month at the AWS Re:Invent event.
As much as this raises interesting questions about possible uses within the office—in addition to the way these devices interact with other IoT devices in the office—it also raises many questions in regard to the place for voice assistants and voice assistant devices outside of the home.
In the home, Parks Associates estimates that nearly 50 percent of U.S. broadband households use a personal assistant through an application or dedicated device. And currently 10 percent of U.S. broadband households own a smart speaker with a personal assistant, such as an Amazon Echo or Google Home.
Parks Associates recently released a new whitepaper, Enabling Voice in the Smart Home, with research showing 49 percent of U.S. broadband households use a personal assistant through an app or dedicated device, which is a key use case for a voice-based user experience. The whitepaper, sponsored by the ULE Alliance, examines the influence of the voice-first interface on the adoption of connected products and presents market strategies for long-term success in the voice technology market.
"Collectively, companies are competing to stay in the race for dominance in the voice-first market," Dina Abdelrazik, research analyst, Parks Associates, said in a prepared statement. "Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung continue to announce new product enhancements in order to stay ahead of the demand for voice technologies. As the voice-first landscape expands, we will see voice capabilities embedded into a variety of devices, from appliances to thermostats to lighting. Voice alleviates complexity in the user experience for these products, and as a result, voice will serve as a prime differentiator in the user experience for the smart home."
But will this same battle for the smart home play out in the business world as well? That is a question that only time will answer, but Amazon is hoping that the demand at home will influence and drive the demand outside the home, as consumers come to expect the same kind of convenience and seamless experience in the office.
Amazon offered up some interesting use cases at the launch of Alexa for Business, such as having Alexa make calls, send messages, record important meetings and control thermostats, lighting, and other IoT-enabled devices around the office, for example, but what role will voice play in the overall smart building ecosystem that we are moving toward as an industry right now? This is a question that is loaded with other concerns, such as privacy and cybersecurity, to name just a few.
What do you think the role of the voice in the office will be and how far are we from hearing Alexa called out incessantly in the office as well?
ASIS International announced this week that it has changed the name of its annual security conference from the ASIS Annual Seminar and Exhibits to the Global Security Exchange (GSX). Building on its 60-plus year legacy as a premier security event, the newly branded GSX will take place in Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 23-27, 2018, in partnership with InfraGard and ISSA.
"In what will be our 64th year of delivering the security industry's flagship event, the Global Security Exchange, or GSX for short, will build upon the change and reinvention introduced at ASIS 2017," Peter J. O'Neil, CAE, CEO, ASIS International, said in the annoucement. "This name reflects the Society's commitment to unite the full spectrum of security—cyber and operational security professionals from all verticals across the private and public sector, allied organizations and partners, and the industry's leading service and solution providers—for the most comprehensive security event in the world."
The education program, led by ASIS, InfraGard, and ISSA subject matter experts, will deliver an immersive and interactive learning environment for security professionals at all experience levels. The exhibit hall will be transformed into a learning lab environment, showcasing new and emerging products and technologies such as machine learning, robotics, forensic analysis, and artificial intelligence. In addition, the revitalized networking events will facilitate relationship building and the sharing of best practices with peers from across the globe.
"From the Internet of Everything and soft target attacks to data breaches and drones, the velocity of change and risks knows no boundaries," Thomas J. Langer, CPP, 2017 president, ASIS International, said in the announcement. "GSX fills the industry's need for a global event that brings together the entire security industry, to exchange ideas and lessons learned, keep informed of current and emerging risks, and gain exposure to the emerging technologies shaping society and our workplaces."
While the annual event's new name is debuting now, the full rebrand will launch at the 2018 ASIS International Leadership Conference, which will be held Jan. 16-19, in Arlington, Va.
The Security Industry Association on Dec. 1 announced its new Autonomous Security Robots Working Group, appointing Mark McCourt as the group's chair. McCourt talked with Security Systems News about the group's formation and core focuses.
McCourt said that he's been working on the group since September. "We thought about getting out in front of this topic by taking the robotics, the drone, the anti-drone [or] drone defense, underwater unmanned vehicles, that section of the market that serves security, and start early on what SIA's platform should be to help grow this industry successfully as a partner."
This would give robotics companies a more direct reason to be a part of SIA, getting a voice at the table with SIA's various segments, such as its legislative, education and standards teams, McCourt added. The Autonomous Security Robots Working Group is a part of SIA's existing Public Safety Interest Group. The working group is currently seeking input and participants.
"We want to create good communications around this topic that we can get out and talk to people about."
The working group will be looking at a variety of relevant topics. "One of the things we want to do is hone in on the go-to-market strategy and the role of channel partners," McCourt said.
Education for end users and security practitioners—to inform them of the benefits of robots within security—will be a goal of the working group. "It's not all about job replacement and cost reduction," McCourt said. There are other elements of productiveness, and allowing people who might have their jobs impacted by robots doing other tasks to add value to their organization
"Robotics technology, especially when powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, has the potential to reshape how we think about security," SIA CEO Don Erickson said in a prepared statement. "The Autonomous Security Robots Working Group will help industry members and end users manage and leverage this change to greatly enhance the protection of people and property."
McCourt currently works with Cobalt Robotics, helping the company with commercialization.
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On August 16, 2013 while Egypt was witnessed the aftermath following the dispersal of Rabaa and Nahda sits in ,the Mallawi museum in the city of Mallawi , Minya governorate was completely looted and destroyed.
For hours the museum was looted completely and the police did nothing , it did not stop the looters. I ran through the photos of the looted antiquities and one thing for sure the looters did not come individually but they came in big pick up in order to transfer that large amount of artifacts. Here is a slide show for the museum from "Egypt's heritage task force"
It is very sad.
Officially 1089 artifacts were stolen from that museum. Only 216 artifacts have been restored so far.
Of course people and media back in Cairo accused the Muslim brotherhood and Islamists especially that there were on going attacks against Churches and shops owned by Christians in the same governorate at the same time. Well I do not think they are Islamists but rather the antiquities traders and their thugs in the area. I believe the looters and their bosses of antiquities traders seized the opportunity in the chaos.
Well regardless of the police ,I wonder why all those years since the inauguration of that valuable museum in 1960s, it did not have enough modern security systems at all !!
To be honest I admit that as Egyptian , it is the first time I know that there is a museum in Mallawi in the first place let alone a very rich and important museum like that despite it was founded in 1962 !!!
Anyhow in an attempt to save what we can save from our stolen heritage , archeological Facebook pages published some of the stolen artifacts including some of their descriptions.
Many of the antiquities go back to the Greco-Roman age. There are antiquities from more ancient times.
I gathered dozens of the photos in a Storify slide show, may be we can save some of these artifacts and stop them of being sold in auctions and so on.
I will post the rest of the photos in another post. Please spread them as much as you can especially if you are in country that got auction houses that sell ancient artifacts.
You must know that the illegal digging and excavation are spreading like epidemic through out Egypt. Looters do not give a damn for the police or the army.
For decades we saw our history while it is stolen in front of us. This has to be stopped.

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LocationOslo, Norway
Area14500.0 m2
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Text description provided by the architects. Fyrstikkalleén School, also known as F21, is the first facility in Oslo to house kindergarten, middle and high schools in one building. The school is situated in an area under development, and serves the local community by offering a multi-purpose hall, library, cafeteria as well as a meeting place for the residents.
The design intentions were to create a coherent school, fusing the old industrial buildings to the west, previously a match factory, together with a new modern school building to the east. The new and the old are linked by the new building's third floor, which creates a portal that serves as an easily identifiable main entrance to the school, cafeteria and library and as a thoroughfare to Grønvold Square in the north.
All general teaching areas are located in the new building, and specialized areas such as science labs and art/media studios are found in the existing building. An internal communication hallway and two large staircases connect the areas together and contribute to informal meetings between students and teachers.
The precise dark stone cladding and extensive use of glass facades on the new buildings results in a deliberate contrast to the 100-year old brick facades of the previous match factory. Only a few materials were specified in order to keep coherency between the old and new. The use of brick, concrete, stone, wood, steel and MDF are all highly durable materials and contribute to lowering the building's environmental impact. The color scheme is gentle, with a palette of black, gray and white, with the thought that the students and teachers will give color and vibrancy to the school.
Transparency and clear organization of the building has been important in the design of the facility. The school's courtyard is clearly organized with different activity zones. Skylights and extensive use of glass walls provide overall visual contact between students and departments, and contributes to excellent daylight conditions in the building.
The existing brick building was in need of extensive refurbishment, which was done in consultation with the local heritage authority. Almost all of the roofs were replaced with new structures, the original brickwork was refurbished as well as the windows which benefitted from a new double layer. The floors were radon proofed and a new concrete floor was laid out to improve thermal efficiency. The net energy use of the whole building was calculated at 128 kWh/sqm per year and is a fine result considering large parts of the facility contains the existing un-insulated buildings.
Fyrstikkalléen School is a sleek interplay between the historical and modern that provides unique learning areas that can be a catalyst in an area of Oslo that is under development.


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Your command of color viewing and matching is critical to client satisfaction. Discover how to identify and remove the variables associated with these processes.
We've all had the client from hell who can't seem to approve anything we send them without a fight or an outright rejection. One client of mine, who was unbelievably critical, immediately comes mind. We could never get our color matches right. Our solution was to do our best to color-match an ink color and then cut it into three different parts. Being careful to disguise the color's source, we'd send the color-sample chips with a note saying one was more red, one more yellow, and the middle one was our best choice.
Invariably, the client would pick one of the two that we didn't select and would send some sarcastic note informing us of our incompetence with color. It was always good for a chuckle. However, like most issues in our industry, the closer you look at a situation, the less likely you are to find the obvious. That's exactly what happened with these color approvals. This scenario demonstrates that the ability to maintain reliability and continuity when viewing and evaluating images is critical, whether you're in the pressroom or at the client's location.
While this month's column is not limited to the prepress portion of the production process, it directly relates to the immense complexities of getting a client to approve images and color. What follows is an overview of the key areas you need to study and understand when it comes to getting client approvals.
Viewing images and color
We determine how we'll view images and color for approval at the very front of the process. We can view under two conditions: emissive and reflective. Emissive refers to our computer monitors and is how we see all of our images before they're converted to reflective versions on press. Each has its own set of control points and characteristics. Our goal is to minimize the differences between the two to the point where there are no appreciable variations. This is the holy grail of proofing, and most color experts would agree that we've finally achieved the objective.
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WARNING: This video contains VERY explicit language.
During the 12 minute clip, Perez says the whole thing started after a confrontation with Fergie at an award show after-party. Perez claims Fergie came up to him and asked why he trashed her on his website.
Hilton claims they eventually went their separate ways, but later in the night, Will.I.Am -- Fergie's bandmate -- saw Hilton and came at him "like a heat seeking missile," demanding Hilton stop writing about Fergie and his band on his PerezHilton.com.
Hilton claims Will and his manager, Polo, followed him outside the club -- and then Polo punched him in the head "2 or 3 times."
Hilton claims when he got hit, he thought to himself, "I think my eye might be falling out of my head."
Perez added this parting shot to Will, "God knows it was not a random fan that hit me ... you a re a f**king liar."
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
the summer wasting
top: american apparel
skirt: super sale anthropologie
scarf: thrifted
shoes: devotte [who sadly seem to be defunct]
bag: cambridge satchel co
i ordered this bag months ago and had it embossed with my new initials - AEL. you married ladies, how did you make the transition to your new name (if you changed it?) i'm overwhelmed by all i have to do - it's official, on our marriage certificate, but there are still drivers licenses, passports, credit cards, and email addresses to change, not to mention the fact that whenever someone asks my name my auto-response is still "audrey dettmar." when does a workin' woman get to the dmv?! /rant.
after friday's shenanigans i slept until almost noon on saturday and then spent most of the day working on invitations for a shindig my parents are throwing for some friends and coworkers at the end of the summer. yep, my dad hired me to design the invitations! nepotism at its best. i made sure to give him his money's worth, though, working from noon til almost 11 pm to hand sew, assemble, and then decorate each and every envelope. thank goodness it's a small party.
the idea was simply to try to convey summer with some graphic elements, so i made a template of a wine bottle and cut it out of each card, then formatted some type with the who, what, where, & when in illustrator to fill the wine bottle, and printed it on vellum; put the thing through my sewing machine to attach and add a bit of texture, and slipped it inside a little sleeve to hold it in place with the tag line, of sorts, of the party - "where did the summer go? come help us search for what remains." then i drew flags on each envelope, just to make 'em a bit more festive. pretty simple, but i'm happy with how they turned out.
after finishing the invites, i retreated to bed with my laptop and fell asleep watching so you think you can dance. the exciting life on a 20-something in the big city! the weekend was somewhat rescued, though, by a long bike ride to the farmer's market yesterday and a barbecue with friends to end the evening. all in all, not a bad showing.
more from me soon!
xo audrey
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I don't know what I admire more...the way you chopped off your hair to uncover the most unbelievably gorgeous gamine look in decades, or your remarkable talents?ReplyDelete
Sam must pinch himself daily to make sure being such a lucky man isn't just a dream!
i love the design of the invitations . simple but works with the idea very well :)ReplyDelete
I love the tied scarf around your neck, also the yellow on yellow skirt & bag seriously rock.ReplyDelete
Don't forget to change your Social Security card too! It was hard for me to change my name, and I didn't even drop my maiden, just tacked on my new last name (no hyphen). It's been 2.5 years, and I now officially don't have to think when I say my full name. It just takes some time.ReplyDelete
your outfit is gorgeous by the way! The invites are too.
Hmmm...still trying not to think about the logistics of changing my name next month. Too overwhelming!ReplyDelete
Love the invites.
it took me 2.5 years to finally get it together and change my name. i just never had the time. honestly, there isn't time enough in the universe for me to justify going to the DMV.ReplyDelete
I LOVE what you did with the scarf in this outfit. It looks very cute. Yay for girls' night! The invitations look awesome as well. I really like the pennant design on the envelopes.ReplyDelete
I can't give the best advice on name changing because I simply added my husband's last name to my full name to make the transition easier. Since I did that, I only ended up changing my name on my Social Security card, driver's license and bank account. I didn't bother changing my credit cards or any other accounts. So now I officially have four names, which looks kind of pretentious, but it made my life easier...although I don't know if it's even legal that I didn't change my name elsewhere. I just figured I could get away with not doing it since my maiden name was still part of my legal name.
I am not looking forward to the work that goes into changing your name, but I am glad you reminded me, so I can get on the call come March. And, let me tell you, those invitations, SO GREAT! I love them and am adding them to my inspiration board pronto.ReplyDelete
Love the invites. I'd hire you in a heartbeat. :)ReplyDelete
love that you got the bright yellow satchel! i have a practical brown. i like it but it's too skinny to fit my camera not awkwardly so i havent used it in a while. and dang girl you got some swank graphic design skills- really nice invites!ReplyDelete
Cambridge! Satchel! So jealous! And I love the adorable envelope bunting :)ReplyDelete
Those are SUCH cute invitations! And I love your outfit. The skirt is such a divine color!ReplyDelete
I love the scarf worn like that, I'm gonna have to try it! Those invitations are so clever!ReplyDelete
great invites audrey! i'm getting an iconic twiggy mod cool vibrant vibe from the outfit, hair & color.ReplyDelete
I'm obsessed with that satchel, everytime I see one I get angry haha! I have a confession..it's been almost 3 yrs and I still haven't changed my name, still not sure if I will! I think before we have kids I'm going to but right now I'm too lazy and it's too much work haha! I wish we had more married friends to go out with, the single ladies thing isn't really workin for me anymore. Sounds like you had a blast!ReplyDelete
Oh man, if you were MY relative, I'd rope you into slave labor and make you design cards and outfits and dinner for me daily! You're just all kinds of talented, aren't you? Don't worry, I already know the answer to that. Was your dad overjoyed with the results?ReplyDelete
I love your girls night out getup. It looks so feminine and preppy + totally unique.
@Eleanor thank you so much! what kind words. i'm pretty sure i'm the luckier of the two - sam ends up having to do all my dishes.ReplyDelete
@Julia thank you! so good to hear. i'd been worried at first that they were too simple but they've definitely grown on me.
@Loren thank you so much! i think this yellow is my new favorite color.
@Michelle Kendrick Hartney aaah! lord. what a nightmare. i am so dreading all this paperwork. and thank you so much!
@Lenore @ Lather. Write. Repeat. thank you and GOOD LUCK!
@Lauren seriously. it is so nice to hear i'm not the only person with this problem - i think my little sister had changed all of her ids, cards, and everything within a week or two. she's the responsible one of the family.
@Heather, 29 Skirts thanks lady! i spent way too much time drawing all those flags, but i'm really happy with how they turned out. i'm kind of wishing i'd gone that route - changing everything over seems like an overwhelming nightmare.
@Chelsea@BucketsAndBunches thank you so much! good luck with your wedding!!
@Heather thank you!!
@hannah, heart city i have the same problem with mine - i can really only carry it on weekends since i bring my camera to work every day to do a post and there's no chance it's fitting in the satchel. thanks lady! hope your move was smoooth. . .
@Cosmia thank you!
@Marathank you so much! i'm loving this color these days.
@FutureLint thank you! the scarf was a litttttle warm for the weather but i think will work perfectly in fall.
@Teddi wow, thank you!! that is pretty much the look i would give off in my dreams. so sweet of you to say!
@dear winsome hahaha. i'd been lusting after one forever and finally broke down - i have to say, though, it's not quite as practical as i would have thought - a little too skinny to carry much. i feel SO much better hearing that, hahaha! i guess i don't really have to hurry. such a bummer you don't live closer - i'd love some married friends to go out with, too.
@Rachael girrrrl, any time! you are way too kind. and keep in mind that when you point at someone there are three fingers pointed back at you. talented-y mctalentmeister. yeah, i've seen your blog. i know you're funny, brilliant and artsy. so there.
such beautiful invites! i'm hosting a small afternoon tea soon, & this has inspired me to make my own invites too!ReplyDelete
Katie x
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 11:30 PM
OMG..SYTYCD never disappoints me as a show. I don't know how I manage to get so wrapped into every season. Love the invites they are so so sweet!!ReplyDelete
And I was just having the holy crap I miss you like crazy convo with my girlfriends. Just 3 years ago we were all single dance party u.s.a and now we all have boys and never see each other!!! I heart the BF but I doooo miss my ladies.
Your close look mega super fun! Fantastic outfit per usual.


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It is common in many countries to have expressions or sayings that represent something especial and that are generally used to exemplify a situation or clarify a specific point of view. Sometimes they have been transmitted form generation to generation, some others they are just created based on the necessity to make fun of something or to exaggerate the meaning of a situation. Here there is a list of popular proverbs that are said in Colombia and in some other countries. They are translated into English in case you are interested in using them.
|early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise)
|a quien madruga Dios lo ayuda. madrugar = to get up early
|brain is better than brawn
|más vale maña que fuerza. maña = skill, knack
|out of sight, out of mind
|ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente
|we all make mistakes
|el que tiene boca se equivoca
|if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it
|en boca cerrada no entran moscas
|if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly
|lo barato sale caro
|you can't teach an old dog new tricks
|loro viejo no aprende a hablar loro = parrot
|better late than never
|más vale tarde que nunca
|no cows, no cares
|quien no tiene, no teme
|better safe than sorry
|más vale prevenir que curar;
|it's no use crying over spilt milk
|a lo hecho pecho
|every cloud has a silver lining
|no hay mal que por bien no venga
|never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
|no dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy
|the end justifies the means
|el fin justifica los medios


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Over the course of three hours of conversation at a roadside diner here called Pete's Henny Penny, Tom Waits, the singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, actor and note taker, will offer the following similes and metaphors, seemingly at random though just as likely cataloged in his memory for future use: an aging musician as "a Popsicle in the sun on a bus bench in Florida"; the process of creation as "like making Chinese food — it's very exotic and it takes a lot of time"; the Henny Penny as "privately owned, like I am"; and a woman losing her wedding ring near a lake, biting into it later when eating fish, and how such magical irony may or may not have something to do with the way Waits and his longtime collaborator-wife, Kathleen Brennan, create songs.
Waits, 61, had walked into the diner just off Highway 101 around lunchtime last week wearing blue jeans and a jean jacket and carrying a black leather bag the size of a briefcase fastened shut with buckles and packed with whatever it was that I'll always regret not asking about. (Notebooks? Change of clothes? Horse manure?)
He sat down in a booth, dropped a few pocket-sized notebooks on the table — messages and reminders regarding his new album, "Bad as Me" — and ordered a cup of decaf. He lives somewhere around here in Sonoma County with his wife — his three children are all in their 20s now — and will swing by the diner from time to time when he's "washing the dishes," his term for the requisite media rounds that accompany the release of new music after the feast that is creating it.
The singer with the lowdown Howlin' Wolf yowl, which is richer and more elastic than ever on "Bad as Me," still has a mound of dark brown hair, same style, though thinner, that he's worn since his first album in 1973. The Whittier native but longtime Northern Californian swung by the 24-hour restaurant to talk about studio album No. 20 (give or take), being released Monday on Los Angeles-based Anti- Records, his first new studio album in seven years, and one of the best of his wildly fruitful creative life.
Waits, of course, has his own take on the new work. The born raconteur, whose way with words has created such American classics as "Downtown Train," "Jersey Girl," "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" and the perfect midperiod classics "Swordfishtrombones," "Rain Dogs" and "Frank's Wild Years," takes a sip of coffee, opens one of his notebooks and reads some of his scribbled words on "Bad as Me."
"If I was listening to this, and I didn't know me," he says by way of introduction, "the notes that I would make" — his voice takes on a tone of authority — "He's a soul man in chain mail on a burnt rocking horse. Brutal lurching. Strange train set. Come on, put your stumps together. Clear water from a dirty glass. Studly vibrato. Songs of broken trust. The riddle of death in the face of war."
Process of creation
After settling in by addressing the futuristic insect-sized drones that he says the government has developed and the "aviaries" that house them, Waits edges closer to a discussion about making "Bad as Me." He much prefers talking around the process of creation to talking about the finished work, as if to poke at it too much would disturb the humming hornet's nest that generated it.
The record, however, swirls with adventure and includes the instant classic ballad "Back in the Crowd," the stomping march "Hell Broke Luce" and the transcendent closer "New Year's Eve," a quiet yarn of a waltz.
Waits and Brennan populate these songs with a cast of characters that include Mackey Debiasi ("a complicated man"), Nimrod Bodfish ("have you any wool?"), Ice Pick Ed Newcomb ("on a slab in the morgue"). A guy named Calvin recommends that the narrator of "New Year's Eve" go back to driving a truck; Geoff, who was a chef before he died in battle, is recalled in "Hell Broke Luce," a war lament, as is Sergio, who's "developing a real bad cough" while fighting. They're meth heads and soldiers, revelers and tight-sweatered ladies, many rich with enough detail to build one-acts around.
As they have done since his transformative "Swordfishtrombones" in 1983, Waits and Brennan, listed as co-writer on all songs, have created tunes that draw from all corners of folk and popular music. Few if any artists working today contain these foundational multitudes that make Waits a composer who's absorbed the breadth of 20th century musical instrumentation so completely that it's melted into one beautifully chaotic thing.
He's done this gradually, over time. His work in the 1970s relied on standard instrumentation — mostly Waits on the piano with smoky-jazz accompaniment. But as he moved into the '80s and married Brennan, herself a screenwriter and playwright, the musical palate expanded greatly. Where once he banged on pianos, he now bangs on everything, and he weaves layers of sound, dust and melody throughout.
You're just as likely to hear hints of rockabilly as Brechtian song cycles; blues and show-tune sounds blend together with gospel hand claps and baritone sax runs that sound ripped from classic doo-wop; avant rock mergers with soul and R&B; his big-tent music includes nods to Gypsy ballads, Mexican rancheras, foot-stomping Sousa marches, sad, violin-scratched laments and sweet, Sinatra-esque love songs. Vocally, he channels Elvis Presley, Don Van Vliet, Louis Armstrong, Blind Willie Johnson and Billie Holiday.
James Booker-esque barrelhouse piano rolls on the slow-galloping "Talking at the Same Time." It wobbles with a pedal steel as Waits, in a raspy falsetto, captures in couplet America 2011: "Well we bailed out all the millionaires / They've got the fruit, we've got the rind / And everybody's talking at the same time." References to war and class permeate the record, though much of it indirectly. Mortality, especially, is on his and Brennan's minds, most successfully in "Last Leaf."
I fight off the snow
I fight off the hail
Nothing makes me go
I'm like some vestigial tail
I'll be here through eternity
If you want to know how long
If they cut down this tree
I'll show up in a song
Busy during break
Waits says there's no real reason why it took seven years between "Bad as Me" and 2004's "Real Gone," which has sold 202,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. In the interim, he did some acting gigs ("The Book of Eli," "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus") and released a triple-disc collection of outtakes and unreleased songs called "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards." As well, he undertook an acclaimed Glitter and Doom tour and issued a live document of it.
"I haven't been fishing," he says of the time away from the studio. Touring is his least favorite part of the musicmaking cycle, though he says he'd like it much more if his was a traveling family band. Thus far, he has no plans to take "Bad as Me" on the road.
He has, however, been camped out in the metaphorical natural world listening for signals. "You just have to be ready," he says of his relationship with inspiration. "It's like nature photography. You have to be in a bunker with a piece of plywood and a camera and sit there for three days. You have to be watching. And it happens. And it happened with all of the people who played on this record."
Those people include both Waits regulars and occasionals, most notably Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Los Lobos multi-instrumentalist David Hidalgo, Les Claypool of Primus, Waits' son Casey on drums and longtime guitarist Marc Ribot, along with Keith Richards on guitar and backing vocals on the exquisite lament "Last Leaf." (Richards, in fact, comes up lyrically in the fantastic "Satisfied," in which Waits declares confidently that "Mr. Jagger and Mr. Richards … will scratch where I've been itching." Waits says Richards "got a kick out of it.")
"Once you sit down and decide, 'OK, we're going to write some tunes,' then you've begun. But you're either absorbing or you're secreting, and sometimes a little bit of both at the same time. Everything you listen to and see is somehow going in there, and it'll find its way out in one form or another."
Waits cites as an example the strange birth of the song "Raised Right Men," a sturdy blues with classic James Bond/John Barry brass bursts and Waits' gruff throat complaining about worthless men and the trouble they carry. The song got its start as a playful interaction between Waits and Brennan about the morning coffee, he recalls. Riffing on Johnson's call-and-response version of "John the Revelator," whenever Waits would bring Brennan her coffee, he'd sing, "Who's the bring-alator?" and she'd answer, "You're the bring-alator!"
Brennan soon introduced "raised-right men" as a phrase she'd sing to him in the same fashion. "We were throwing it back and forth: 'There ain't enough / Raised-right men.' It was an attempt to do an Aretha song, something Aretha would say, like 'Be a do-right man.' This was like, 'There ain't enough raised-right men. Where are all the raised-right men?' And we made some examples. The guy in the toll takers' booth? There's your trouble right there. His head was so thick she had to knock out a tooth."
Waits' blue eyes light up as he recalls his playful interaction with Brennan. "So, we had this little exchange going back and forth, a little litany. Sometimes, songs come out of other songs. The eggs are always inside other songs waiting to be broken open or fertilized, or released in just the right weather conditions. Who knows why? It's a mystery, and I'm filled with wonder about it. And it's probably why I keep doing it. If it happened every time, I'd stop doing it."
Over the course of three hours of conversation at a roadside diner here called Pete's Henny Penny, Tom Waits, the singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, actor and note taker, will offer the following similes and metaphors, seemingly at random though just as likely cataloged in his memory for future use: an aging musician as "a Popsicle in the sun on a bus bench in Florida"; the process of creation as "like making Chinese food — it's very exotic and it takes a lot of time"; the Henny Penny as "privately owned, like I am"; and a woman losing her wedding ring near a lake, biting into it later when eating fish, and how such magical irony may or may not have something to do with the way Waits and his longtime collaborator-wife, Kathleen Brennan, create songs.


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The service starts at 10am in the auditorium and will include some singing to Jesus and about Who He is, what He has done and what He means to us. The singing will be followed by a message from the Bible and how that applies to our everyday lives. Kids Ministry Check-In starts at 9:40am.


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- Rafael Caro Quintero, a former cartel leader, is accused of killing a DEA agent
- A Mexican judge overturned his conviction in a surprise ruling in August
- The U.S. State Department is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture
- DEA administrator: Caro Quintero's release "was shocking and disturbing"
Months after a surprise ruling from a Mexican judge made him a free man, U.S. authorities have placed a new bounty for the capture of accused Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero.
The U.S. State Department says it will pay up to $5 million for information leading to Caro Quintero's arrest or conviction.
Caro Quintero, 61, once leader of Mexico's now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel, is accused in the 1985 kidnapping and killing of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena and his pilot, Alfredo Zavala Avelar.
He'd served 28 years of a 40-year sentence for the killings when a judge in Mexico's Jalisco state overturned his conviction in August.
"Caro Quintero was the organizer and mastermind of this atrocious act, and his unexpected release from a Mexican prison was shocking and disturbing to law enforcement professionals on both sides of the border," DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart said in a statement Tuesday. She said the U.S. government "will utilize every tool available, including the State Department Narcotics Rewards Program, to bring Caro Quintero to justice."
After a meeting in Washington in September, Mexican Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam promised that authorities in his country would reapprehend Caro Quintero.
But there's been no word on the accused drug lord's whereabouts since then.
The Drug Enforcement Administration described Caro Quintero as fugitive from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on felony murder and kidnapping charges, in addition to other criminal charges.
On August 9, a Mexican federal court overturned Caro Quintero's conviction, ruling that he had been incorrectly tried in the country's federal judicial system, when he should have been tried at the state level.
The slayings decades ago profoundly damaged U.S.-Mexico relations and remained a sore spot in the drug war. And the drug lord's release in August infuriated U.S. officials once again.
The U.S. Justice Department said freeing Caro Quintero was "deeply troubling" and it would "vigorously continue its efforts to ensure" that he faces charges for his crimes.


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David Timothy Irving, aged 48, from Wimborne, died in the scene of accident on Southampton's A33 Mountbatten Way last week.
His long-term partner and two daughters have been left heartbroken by the tragedy. In a family statement they also described David as "fun-loving" and "thoughtful."
A Hampshire Police spokesman confirmed: "David has been described as kind, thoughtful and devoted to his long term partner and two beautiful daughters. He had a great sense of humour and love of cycling, skiing and kayaking.
"David Timothy Irving died from his injuries at the scene of the crash involving multiple vehicles during rush hour last Monday (Dec 17) morning.
He was on his way to work as an IT consultant at Carnival Cruise Lines.
"The family would like to thank the police, friends and neighbours for all their support at this very difficult time."
Mr Irving was wearing a bright orange fluorescent jacket at the time of the collision.
Two men, a 37-year-old from West End who was driving a white Ford Transit minibus, and a 56-year-old from Fordingbridge who was driving a silver Mercedes coupe, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.
They have been bailed until March next year.
Police are still anxious to speak to anyone who witnessed the crash, which took place around 8.45am on December 17.
A Hampshire Police spokesman said: "Anyone with information is asked to contact the Road Death Investigation Team at Eastleigh, quoting Operation Ruddy, on 101 or the anonymous Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111."


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Anyone had a 24 or 25 weeker little boy?
Are you part of the NICU club? Do you have a child who is still struggling with the effects of being born too soon from preeclampsia? Share your concerns and stories here among parents who have been there.
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Re : Anyone had a 24 or 25 weeker little boy?
I'm so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you.
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Re : Anyone had a 24 or 25 weeker little boy?
I know I'm late to the topic, but my son was born at 23 weeks and he survived. He was a "wimpy white boy" as the nicu nurses refer to them. He was only 1 lb 7 oz and 12 1/2 inches at birth, losing down to 1 lb 4 oz. Our only major disability that we have that is long term is blindness. He has stage 5 ROP. He had surgery at 5 months old by a world renowned surgeon (who happens to be in our city-we got lucky there) and the retinas just didn't reattach enough to make a difference. He spent 141 days in the NICU before we finally got to bring him home and it was NOT easy. There were a few times where I found out in the morning that he had required chest compressions in the night because his heart stopped. We were the fortunate ones...most do not survive that early, much less without even worse disabilities. At this point, my son is a small but healthy 5 year old. He didn't start kindergarten this year, because he still has to learn more Braille, but aside from that, he's basically caught up with other kids his age.
Re : Anyone had a 24 or 25 weeker little boy?
Thank you so much - that does give me some kind of glimer that it can be ok. I know every baby is different even at the same gestation. I just got my urine test results back and it is def PE again and my protein level is at 660, my swelling has gone down some and Ive lost 2 pounds since I was admitted yesterday. Now we are waiting to hear from my OB to come and go over the results and see how long she will allow me to stay pregnant before delivering. My 1st one I went to Eclampsia so quick that no chances will be made.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
Re : Anyone had a 24 or 25 weeker little boy?
My son was born at 24 weeks and 6 days is just about 17 months old now. He was only 15 ounces when he was born, and it was a very rough road. He spent 5 1/2 months in the NICU and came home on oxygen and a monitor. He ended up having three surgeries, but to look at him today, you would never know. He recently had his one year (adjusted age) developmental checkup and tested on target for his adjusted age in everything! Don't give up hope because miracles do happen!!
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My boy was 26 weeks and has survived, but developed every preemie issue except NEC and will have life long challenges. Even though my son has special needs, I am grateful every day to have him with me, as it is a miracle he has survived. When he was in the NICU, there was a 25 week boy who "sailed through" with NO issues (he was not white). I recently read a "study" of babies born at 23-24 weeks, which basically concluded that there was a 25% chance of survival, with no issues; 25% would not make it; 25% would survive with moderate disabilities; and 25% would survive with severe disabilities. Every day you can keep him in makes a huge difference! Praying for a good outcome for you - hopefully your boy will be in that miracle 25%, it can and does happen!
Anyone had a 24 or 25 weeker little boy?
I am currently 23 weeks and 6 days so tomorrow I will be 24 weeks! I was admitted into the hospital yesterday and will have some results back today with my 24 hour urine about how bad the protein levels are already. My Peri started the steroid shots yesterday and so today I get the second dose she set up a meeting with the Neonatologist and we toured the NICU. I know im lucky to have such amazing Drs surrounding me and to be taking care of me and the baby but I was wondering if anyone has had a little boy between 24 and 25 weeks who has survived? I know every baby is different and you can never know what is actually going to happen. Right now I have the fact hes a little white baby boy against us and hes already measuring a little small. My 1st son was delivered at 27 weeks and only lived a week so I know the chances of having a baby a few weeks earlier def has a high rate of him not making it just wondering if anyone has had a little one this early who has been that miracle baby.
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Google is experimenting with a new look for its search results page and so far users don't seem impressed.
For the past few days, people have been taking to Twitter to largely complain about the new look that Google has been toying with. According to Google, the experiment is part of what the company calls a "bucket test", which is a test with changes made visible only to a small percentage of users.
"Google is constantly experimenting with new features," a Google spokeswoman said.
Google appears to be playing around with simplifying the look of the search results page. There appears to be less information, a lot more white space and dotted lines in between the results. There are also fewer search results per page.
Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group, said there's a finesse to presenting search results, and Google seems to have missed it with this new look. "There's a line between uncluttered and obtuse," he said. "It looks like Google's new sparse search page is on the obtuse side. Sometimes less is more, but in this case, it's just less."
Olds also noted that users have flocked to Google over the years because of the amount of information that the search engine gives them. This experiment seems counterintuitive.
"This new look puts many fewer results up on the screen and will force a lot of scrolling and next paging," he added. "A suspicious person might wonder if putting fewer results on the first page might lead to greater hits on those results - meaning higher value for whatever result ends up on the prime real estate."
While only a small number of users have been getting the experimental results pages, those pages are getting a lot of comments on Twitter.
Atli_vidar tweeted: "New google layout being tested, doesn't look as efficient as before," while DaveChaffey tweeted: "I've been getting the new Google SERPS over the weekend and dislike it too = slower to scan. Agree?"


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The New York Times is a funny newspaper. On the big issues, it's awful: unreliable, biased, arrogant, untrustworthy. But when it comes to things that don't matter, no one is more scrupulous than the editors of the Times. That's one of the reasons why it's fun to cruise the paper's Corrections section. This one from tomorrow's paper made me laugh:
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Born in the Black Hills of South Dakota, I grew up with a sense of magic and wonderment about the natural world. I received a medical degree from the University of Iowa and practiced Internal Medicine, both in Iowa and in South Dakota. In 1990, I left the full time practice of medicine, in part, to become a professional wildlife and nature photographer.
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Some Vietnamese foods have been poorly translated into English, and thit bo luc lac is one of them. Thit bo means beef and luc lac refers to how you have to shake the skillet or wok to cook the small pieces of meat. For years, my husband expected the meat to quiver and I assured him that the dish wasn't all that dramatic. It's had its usefulness at crossover Vietnamese restaurant menus where it's presented as the meaty option for steak lovers. Let's just say it's become downright popular, despite it not being part of many Vietnamese home cook's repertoire. It's actually a celebratory dish.
In general, Vietnamese people, like many other Asian people, don't eat large piece of meat unless they're cut into small pieces. We just traditionally didn't (and people still don't) have enough meat for things like roast beef. And, if you slice anything up, it will feed people on biblical proportions! In the case of thit bo luc lac, named after the back and forth shaking of the skillet as you sear the cubes of beef, was likely a clever dish invented to deal with tough cuts of steak. Many Vietnamese restaurants in America prepare this dish with super tender, expensive fillet but it's rather hard to find such a splendid preparation in Vietnam. And the beef you get in Vietnam is likely to be tough and from an animal that's walked plenty of miles and eaten lots of grass, not grain. The meat will have some good chew and flavor. It's not for those with weak teeth.
Abroad we have lots of good tender, flavorful beef for tasty renditions of this dish without having to spend tons of money. When I prepare "shaking" beef, I use my favorite inexpensive cut of beef — trip tip (bottom sirloin, cullotte steak) and have the butcher select marbly pieces. At my local grocery store, Shopper's Corner, I typically pay about$6/pound for the steaks. Once home, I trim off most of the excess fat before cutting the beef into cubes.
With its peppery bite, the watercress is a great contrast to the beef. Coating the watercress in a light dressing and then putting the hot beef over the top, the cress wilts ever so slightly and the beef juices and dressing blend together into a tangy sauce that's great spooned over rice. This is a pretty easy dish to whip up from readily available ingredients.
Wok-seared "Shaking" Beef
Thit Bo Luc Lac
Use both the light and dark soy sauces if you want a little extra deep color. Feel free to dress up the final platter with some tomato wedges. If serving without the watercress, opt to present the beef with a side of salt, pepper, lime dipping sauce (muoi tieu chanh) for guests to dip the cubes in.
Serves 4 with 2 or 3 other dishes
1 1/4 pound tri-tip (bottom sirloin/culotte) steaks
1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon light (regular) soy sauce, or 2 teaspoons light (regular) and 1 teaspoon dark (thick) soy sauce
1 shallot, thinly sliced (1/4 cup total)
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 or 2 pinches salt
3 to 5 cracks black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
2 tablespoons water
4 cups watercress, use only the tender leafy parts
2 tablespoon canola or peanut oil
1. Trim excess fat from the steaks and then cut each into 3/4-inch cubes. In a bowl, combine the pepper, sugar, garlic, oyster sauce, fish sauce and soy sauce. Add the beef and toss well to coat. Set aside to marinate for 20 minutes or up to 2 hours.
2. For the dressing, put the shallot in a mesh strainer and rinse under water for about 10 seconds to reduce some of the harshness. In large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, salt, pepper, vinegar and water. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the shallot. Put the watercress on top but hold off on tossing.
3. Heat the oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat. Add the beef and spread it out in one layer. Cook in batches, if necessary. Let the beef sear for about 1 minute, before shaking the wok or skillet to sear another side. Cook for another 30 seconds or so and shake. Cook the beef this way for about 4 minutes total, until nicely browned and medium rare.
In between shakes, toss the watercress and transfer onto a platter or serving dish. When the beef is done, pile the beef on top of the watercress and serve immediately with lots of rice.


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Megyn Kelly, a Westchester resident, is not off to a great start at NBC.
According to Page Six, "Megyn Kelly Today," which airs at 9 a.m., has seen its ratings drop 32 percent compared to a year ago. Ratings have also fallen for "Kathie Lee and Hoda," which follows "Megyn Kelly Today."
Page Six said NBC is alarmed by the drop in ratings, though an NBC insider told Page Six that Kelly's show delivered high ratings Monday.
Kelly's Sunday night newsmagazine show that aired over the summer also struggled in the ratings. Kelly left FOX News in January, signing a $17 million a year contract with NBC.
Kelly lives in Rye.
Kelly also attracted controversy for her interview with Alex Jones, who claims the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
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The Vancouver Canucks have lost Henrik Sedin to injury, leaving them thin in the middle. Linden Vey has been called up from Utica to join the Canucks in Detroit tonight. Last night in Philadelphia, Henrik was hurt in the first period of the game and did not return. A lower body injury was the report. I have a suspicion this has been an on-going injury that was propelled to worse after that hit along the boards in the first of yesterday's game.
Brandon Sutter has been out with an abdominal injury and went through a successful sports hernia surgery not long ago and is recovering. Sedin and Sutter the Canucks' No.1 and No.2 centers. Henrik is top 10 in scoring in the NHL, his production with brother Daniel, has been most of the production for the Canucks overall. While Sutter's 200 foot game has been surely missed, especially on the Canucks penalty kill.
Due to these injuries down the middle, Linden Vey has been called up from the Utica Comets to fill a gap. Jared McCann will be staying with the Canucks and not joining Jake Virtanen at the Hockey World Junior Championship. In the middle of a six game road trip, Hank's injury couldn't come at worse time. The Canucks have struggled on the road, having difficulties scoring. Henrik is listed as day to day and doubtful to play in Detroit.
The Canucks aren't the only ones thinning up front, due to all the call-ups, the Comets are dressing 7 defencemen to fill their lineup.
Thin in the middle and flat on the back isn't a good sign for the rest of the road trip for the Vancouver Canucks. Now sporting a three game losing skid and getting closer to the basement of the Western Conference, the Canucks are looking closer to high draft pick than lower playoff seed.


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A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life
Don Veinot, Joy Veinot, and Ron Henzel
21st Century Press, 384 pages, $16
A Matter of Basic Principles is the latest volley in a protracted conflict between popular seminar speaker Bill Gothard and an apologetics ministry known as Midwest Christian Outreach (MCO). Gothard's ministry, the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), is based in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, and MCO is only seven miles away in Lombard—but the two groups are worlds apart in their understandings of Christian faith.
Gothard has attracted previous controversy in his ministry, especially after his brother confessed to sexual affairs with various secretaries of the Gothard ministry, then known as the Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts (CT, Feb. 6, 1981). Gothard's IBLP came under fire in early 2002 amid reports of excessive discipline at its Indianapolis Training Center for troubled youths.
Midwest Christian Outreach has been researching and critiquing Gothard's ministry since the early 1990s, when it began receiving calls from residents of Oak Brook and another Chicago suburb, Hinsdale, who expressed concern about how Gothard's ministry was treating young people.
Gothard's Basic Youth Conflicts seminars have attracted more than 2.5 million participants since the mid-1960s. One of the primary conflicts between Gothard and MCO is whether the apologetics ministry is accurate in calling Gothard a legalist. Gothard heavily stresses submission to godly authority, referring to it as an umbrella of protection from worldly temptations. A Matter of Basic Principles also quotes Gothard's teachings that all Christian men should undergo circumcision and that uncircumcised men are more promiscuous ...1


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This article presents an overview of a technique that involves the use of an inkjet printer to generate a series of continuous-tone progressive separations that will serve as visual guides on press.
By Joe Raymond
Printing has always relied on various forms of proofing to predict what an image will look like after it prints on a specific press. These proofing systems vary from simple to sophisticated, precise methods and devices. However, for achieving the best accuracy, proofing generally requires an investment in hardware, software, and training to produce the best outcomes.
In the past, screen printers wanting a visual reference for color targets relied on a color key—comparing the target to the actual process color as an image printed. The color key used transparent overlays made photographically in a dot-for-dot fashion. Each overlay had C, M, Y, or K (cyan, magenta, yellow, or black) pigments imaged onto individual acetates made from the same negatives used for making halftone films. Each colored film was layered to produce a dot-for-dot process printing proof.
A color key is one visual method for comparing the accuracy of a printed image to the expected image produced at press after each successive ink pass. Adjustments at press could be made after this visual comparison of the color key to the print in process as each pass is laid down, and in the same order that it prints. This comparison method is seldom used today because it is considered expensive, labor-intensive, and slow when compared to reading color control patches with a spectrophotometer – the most commonly accepted current technique.
The visual-color-key method remains valid, however, especially for less demanding process screen printing. And more screen-printing firms would be printing four-color process if they could simply stop thinking that four-color proofing requires an additional investment in hardware, software, and training just to get started. Delivering an inexpensive, fast, predictable and easily corrected method for visual proofing and print development using tools that most shops have already would incentivize those printers who have not yet tried it. This may be true for decorators in the industrial sectors who are looking for value-added process printing but lack the internal resources to train printers in these techniques—even if they were willing to make the capital investment to get started.
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To keep an eye on potential complications of diabetes, people with diabetes must have regular health check-ups and tests. These will continue through adult life. Here is a general program of continuing care recommended by the American Diabetes Association.
Regular doctor visit -- the doctor will check weight and blood pressure. (Doctor visits should be more frequent if diabetes is not yet controlled.)
Hemoglobin A1c test -- this lab test shows the average amount of glucose that has been in the blood over the last 3 months. It is an indicator of how well the diabetes is being controlled. (Again, this should be done more often if diabetes is not yet controlled.)
Kidney exam -- this urine test looks for "microalbumin" levels, and it should begin at puberty once the person has had diabetes at least 5 years.
Eye exam -- starting at age 10, all children with diabetes should have eyes checked once a year.
Foot exam -- the doctor should check pulse, reflexes, calluses, infections, and sores once a year. (Adults with high-risk foot conditions should be checked more frequently.)
HDL/cholesterol test -- for adults, this test should be done every year, and more often if being treated for high cholesterol.
American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes--2009. Diabetes Care. 2009 Jan;32 Suppl 1:S13-61.
Alemzadeh R, Wyatt DT. Diabetes mellitus in children. In: Kliegman RM, ed. Kliegman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders;2007:chap 590.
Eisenbarth GS, Polonsky KS, Buse JB. Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In: Kornenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR. Kronenberg: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2008:chap 31.


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Coyotes Send Seniors Off With Win Over Western Illinois
The Trevor Guis era at DakotaDome came to an end Saturday as the senior played in his 118th career game in a South Dakota uniform, and he saw his team best Western Illinois 64-54 in Vermillion.
Gruis, who has been battling the flu all week, didn't figure much in the scoring, finishing with just six points before he fouled out in the second half.
The visitors jumped on top early, scoring the first six points of the game, but after starting just 1-of-4 from the floor, USD hit four of their next six, keying a 9-0 run to take a two-point lead.
The Coyote defense was tough early on forcing five Leatherneck turnovers in the first eight minutes.
With the game tied at 17, USD went on another run, this time 7-0 to push the lead to seven. They were up 30-24 at the half despite being outshot 48 to 42 percent by WIU. The difference? A pair of 3-pointers from both Casey Kasperbauer and Tyler Flack and a 5-1 scoring advantage at the free throw line. Kasperbauer had eight first half points, Flack with six.
Freshman phenom Garret Covington, who scored 21 against USD in the first meeting, had seven first half points.
In the second half, the two teams traded runs, USD first with a 7-2 burst to push the lead to 11, but just as quickly WIU put together a 12-2 run to pull to within one.
With the Coyotes up one with 5:37 left, it was the two seniors, Gruis and Karim Rowson, playing in their first regular season game in Vermillion, keying a run with back-to-back baskets to give USD an eight point lead with 1:53 left.
Down the stretch it was free throws that made the difference as the Coyotes were 12-of-12 from the line in the second half to secure the win.
Rowson led USD with 11 points, Tyler Larson added 10. Covington's 19 was tops for WIU.
Both teams shot right around 45 percent, but the Coyotes outscored the Leathernecks by 12 behind the 3-point arc and by 10 at the free throw line.
South Dakota (12-16/6-6) finishes the regular season at North Dakota State Thursday, at South Dakota State Saturday.


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Derrick Rose Posted Pics of His New Baby
Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose and his girlfriend Mieka Reese recently gave birth to a bouncing baby boy he calls PJ. Though she tried to keep both the relationship and pregnancy on the low, Mieka Reeese (who happens to be the niece of former baller Tim Hardaway) gave birth to her and Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose's brand new baby boy. Derrick tweeted that he calls him, "My lil man PJ." And 2-week-old Derrick Jr. isn't the only reason to celebrate these days. Adidas recently unveiled a new colorway for Derrick's signature shoe, The D Rose 3 "Michigan Avenue" which drops November 15 for $160.
From shoes to pizza, it seems like Jr. will have the world at his hands as he grows up under Derrick Sr.'s empire. Congrats to the couple!


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MikeinDenver wrote:AlanSqB wrote:Get somebody to put a QC down there and we could have a group, Leaf hill climb. Right now that would have to be a multi-day trip for me due to lack of charging options in the springs.
There are quite a few charging options in the Springs including one of the best I have found at the Colorado Springs Utilities.
Have you found any L3? I don't see any on plug share down there. I commute to the springs about once a month and would love to take the leaf but can't find any L3 or even L2 close to a decent hotel.


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On Tuesday, we pointed out that running back Willis McGahee didn't get many reps upon his return to the Broncos after skipping the voluntary portion of the offseason schedule working out on his own.
Those reps won't be going up anytime soon. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Broncos have released McGahee. McGahee alluded to the possibility that he'd be asked to turn in his playbook earlier this week, saying that "if something happens, it happens" when asked about the competition at running back in Denver.
McGahee's departure signals confidence in that competition, particularly Ronnie Hillman and rookie Montee Ball. They've gotten the majority of work with the first team this spring with McGahee in Miami and Knowshon Moreno rehabbing his own knee injury, but it was widely expected that the Broncos would wait until training camp before making any decisions about the future of the two missing veterans. That proved incorrect and McGahee's $2.5 million salary for the coming season may have also played a role in the decision to cut ties now.
McGahee is 31 and coming off a knee injury of his own, but he'll still likely draw interest from teams looking for help in the backfield. He's a more appealing prospect than other veteran free agents like Brandon Jacobs and Michael Turner and brings a more versatile skill set with him than Cedric Benson, although the experience of other older backs this offseason suggests it won't be a stampede for McGahee's services.
UPDATE 10:55 a.m. ET: The Broncos have officially announced the move.
"It's never easy to part ways with a veteran player who made so many positive contributions to our team and community," John Elway said in a statement. "I appreciate all of the competitiveness, toughness and leadership Willis brought to the Broncos. He was an integral part of our team's turnaround during the past two seasons, and I wish him the best as he continues his NFL career."