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The 2010 Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship Application is now available. The application deadline is October 18, 2010, 1 PM (EDT).
The Michigan Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was established in 1970 with endowment grants from the Ford Foundation and the Horace H. and Mary Rackham Funds. The most distinctive aspect of the Society is its multidisciplinary emphasis. Each year the Society selects four outstanding applicants for appointment to three-year fellowships in the social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professional schools. In 2007, the Mellon Foundation awarded a grant to add four Mellon Fellows annually in the humanities, expanding the number of fellowships awarded each year from four to eight. The newly appointedPostdoctoral Fellows join a unique interdisciplinary community composed of their peers as well as the Senior Fellows of the Society, who include many of the University's leading scholars. Past Fellows of the Society have gone on to become distinguished scholars at institutions around the world. The Chair of the Society is Donald S. Lopez, Jr., Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan.
The Society invites applications from qualified candidates at the beginning of their academic careers, having received the Ph.D. or comparable professional or artistic degree between June 1, 2008 and September 1, 2011. Applications from degree candidates and recipients of the Ph.D. from the University of Michigan will not be considered. Non-US citizens may apply.
For more information see http://www.rackham.umich.edu/sof/
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International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12-15, 2011
Monastic Inc.: Expressions of Group Identity in Medieval Monasteries
Chair: Jennifer Ball, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
Medieval monks and nuns shared in an identity most obviously expressed in their uniform dress. But group identity presented itself in myriad ways, through ritual practices, in material culture such as a relic of a monastery's dedicatory saint, or in the literal construction of the monastery built collectively by the monks; some monasteries even wrote their own hymns, which included the history of their founding. This session seeks papers discussing the expression of and function of monastic group identity in the Medieval world, in the east and west. Of particular interest are papers that point to ways in which the monastic group used their identity in dealings with the outside world, jockeying for political alliances, negotiating with other monasteries and the like. Monastic scholarship, as in Medieval studies more generally, often tells the story of monasteries through particularly powerful personalities: Bernard of Clairvaux, Hildegard of Bingen, Theodore of Stoudios, to name a few. This session hopes to explore how monasteries presented themselves, in a corporate sense, mutating to serve changing political and social realities, and to discuss how the corporate identity fulfilled the needs of individual monks or nuns.
Submission deadline: September 15, 2010
Please email a 300-word abstract to firstname.lastname@example.com
You can find a submission form and guidelines at: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/sessions.html
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Graham Loud (University of Leeds)Professor Anna Contadini (SOAS, London)
The University of Southampton is proud to host the 2011 biannual conference of the Society for the medieval Mediterranean. This three-day conference will bring together scholars to explore the interaction of the various peoples, societies, faiths and cultures of the medieval Mediterranean, a region which had been commonly represented as divided by significant religious and cultural differences. The objective of the conference is to highlight the extent to which the medieval Mediterranean was not just an area of conflict but also a highly permeable frontier across which people, goods and ideas crossed and influenced neighbouring cultures and societies. We invite papers, together with abstracts, in the fields of archaeology, art and architecture, ethnography, history (including the history of science and medicine), languages, literature, music, philosophy and religion, and specifically on the following topics:
· Activities of missionary orders
· Artistic, literary and musical exchange
· Byzantine and Muslim navies
· Captives and slaves
· Cargoes, galleys and warships
· Cartography
· Costume and vestments
· Diplomacy
· Judaism and Jewish Mediterranean History
· Material Culture
· Minority Populations in the Christian and Islamic Worlds.
· Mirrors for Princes
· Music, sacred and secular
· Port towns/city states
· Relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims.
· Religious practices: saints, cults and heretics
· Scientific exchange, including astronomy, medicine and mathematics
· Seafaring, seamanship and shipbuilding
· Sufis & Sufi Orders in North Africa and the Levant
· Sultans, kings and other rulers
· Trade and Pilgrimage
· Travel writing
· Warfare: mercenaries and crusaders
Please send abstracts of papers of 300 words maximum together with a brief CV to the organisers, Dr Francois Soyer (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Dr Rebecca Bridgman (email@example.com). Please send any other enquiries to this address too. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is the beginning of October.
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With the latest decision on Keystone XL kicked down the road again, apparently awaiting the administration of either Malia or Sasha Obama (or maybe the Clinton grandchild), it was interesting to read a few articles the past few days on New York politics, spurring thoughts of another energy-related decision that continues to get put off.
It's the question of whether New York will allow fracking in the Marcellus. And even though the issue wasn't even mentioned in two particular pieces, one can read between the lines and speculate about what they might mean for New York's oil and gas future.
In one piece, Harold Meyerson wrote in a widely circulated column that Democrats would be "crazy" to re-elect New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year, because he isn't sufficiently left-wing. The column written by Meyerson — who has described himself as a democratic socialist — rips Cuomo on such issues as the state's minimum wage and not supporting higher income taxes for the wealthy in New York City. It says nothing about fracking.
Cuomo — who has deferred a decision on fracking for several years now, awaiting the result of an ongoing New York state study on the issue — is not seen as vulnerable to defeat in November.
But he has higher goals. He's often mentioned as somebody who would step up and run for president should Hillary Clinton decide against it. Even at the end of two terms of Hillary, should that come to pass, he'd be 67, which is younger than Hillary would be at a 2017 inauguration.
But according to another column, written from the other side of the political spectrum, a lot of Democrats aren't that wild about Cuomo, for the same "he's not one of us" sentiment expressed by Meyerson.
Frederick Dicker of the New York Post — loathed by the left, loved by the right but whose reporting is read by absolutely everyone in Albany — said in his latest weekly column that Cuomo would have almost no chance of being chosen by Democrats as their presidential candidate in 2016.
So what's a moderate to do, trying to establish his bona fides with the left-leaning Democratic voter? Very easy: ban fracking in your state. Or do like Barack Obama has done, and continue to defer the decison as long as possible, which means the ban is the status quo.
That's just conjecture. But as the political analysis of the latest Obama Keystone XL delay has pointed out, procrastination is great for your political base if you're a Democrat. You don't anger that base, the pro-pipeline people probably aren't your voters anyway, and in the meantime, more rail facilities get built to make the project increasingly irrelevant. (Or maybe that Great Lakes option gets more interest.) The industry moves on.
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The difference in New York, of course, is that the hydrocarbon reserves are still there; there isn't another option solving the dilemma of what to do with them, the way rail has helped to solve some of the problems that come with delaying Keystone XL.
That's why Cuomo probably can't delay the decision forever. But given his presidential aspirations, and given the anger he's generated on the left for other policies, keeping that ban on fracking has a lot of political upside for him.
And the people of the southern tier of New York who have pinned their hopes on the economic jolt from oil and gas development? They tend to vote Republican anyway, and you fly over them on the way to Iowa.


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Towards a better prognostic tool for breast cancer progression in early stages
Scientists are meeting to develop a better prognostic tool for breast cancer progression in early stages. Today and tomorrow, the recently created consortium of the HYPOSENS project gathers in LEITAT offices in Barcelona for the kick-off meeting of the project. HYPOSENS is a H2020-funded project that aims to develop a widely accepted, non-invasive and crucial prognostic tool for breast cancer progression in early stages to help clinicians and specially oncologists.
As coordinator, LEITAT hosted the meeting and took care of the organisation. During the meeting, partners will have the occasion to meet physically after many months of preparation and start with the execution of this great project. Each work package will be discussed in detail to assure that objectives will be reached.
The HypoSens imaging system is strategically designed to offer a non-invasive alternative to the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, the current surgical procedure for breast cancer staging. With an approximate cost of 60,000€ per device unit and additional 5,000€ per patient, the device is an affordable, accurate, easy to use prognostic solution for clinicians towards more accurate and fast diagnostics and personalised treatment options.The initial target of the project is metastatic breast cancer, with potential later involvement in other cancer markets, e.g. vulval, renal, colorectal, gastric etc (via the use of different tumor-targeting moiety).
With an estimated 1.7 million new cases each year, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Its low cost will enable a wide and fast take-up by clinicians and hospitals leading to an important reduction of the economic and societal burden related to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.


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Starting An Internet Marketing Business
The following article is about Starting An Internet Marketing Business. Starting, operating and maintaining an Internet business is just the same as in the case of a brick and mortar business. Healthy practices, such as, customers' confidence building measures through honest advertising, charging the correct and fair price for products and services, and developing long-term business relationships, are as applicable to Internet businesses as they are to any other businesses.
But Internet marketing businesses provide a lot of benefits and few hitches too. Some of them are:
The start-up costs associated are very low. Sometimes just a little money and an excellent idea, is all that one needs. Though making money on the internet is just as cumbersome as in a physical location. A lot of creativity, planning, hard work and little money are required to succeed.
Time is another limitation. The marketer should have immense time on hand to dedicate to this start-up. It takes anywhere between 90 to 120 days to build an effective web presence. There a lot of steps involved in developing a website and then making people know about the same. The marketer must accord time and be patient.
There is the requirement to have multiple skills. To use the internet effectively and efficiently, one needs to proficient in some computer skills, such as, programming and graphic designing, international accounting, multi-lingual translations and legal issues. A person need not possess all these skills himself or herself, with the right strategic alliances, whatever is lacking, can be easily found. Specialised skills are an added bonus though.
A good efficient and hardworking team is a pre-requisite. One person cannot definitely manage an internet business. The marketer must have excellent intra-personal skills to motivate and extract work from his/her subordinates.
Internet marketing presents unrivalled opportunities to foster alliances. There are endless marketing possibilities, which are very simple to form and are very profitable.
Another by-product of business on the internet is that potential customers as a group and visitor preferences can be easily tracked and traced.
The prospective buyers for the product/service are an international audience. One point to consider here is that is the marketing company ready to undertake international orders. If you start your online business, you're not aiming at a local market. The shipping of products internationally would have to be done then.
Also there would be need to have the website in languages other than English. The traffic of non-English speaking has dramatically risen in the last years.
The honesty and integrity of the marketing firm are very essential. A parable exists that since the customers cannot see the marketer's products/services; he/she can falsify anything in order to sell his ware. This is far from the truth.
People demand more genuineness and transparency in the virtual world than in the real world. Not only should the marketer be legitimate but the product/service should also be very authentic. Also the return policies of goods sold on the internet are very liberal. Therefore, the marketer is not cheating the customer but himself/herself by falsifying information.


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October 2017 Biomass-based diesel production up 5.5% from September on stronger domestic production
According to the EPA's latest EMTS data, 227.475 million biomass-based diesel gallons were produced. This is the 10thhighest monthly production rate on record and the fifth highest rate this year. Production increased 5.52% from September and was up 1.2% from October of 2016. Year to date, 2.060 billion D4 gallons have been produced, 42.91 million more than was produced over the same 2016-time frame. The production rate through October has surpassed the 2.0 billion gallon D4 mandate.
If the industry were to continue to produce/blend at the rate seen in October, there would be 2.52 billion gallons and 3.86 billion RINs consumed. This would bring production close to the pace necessary to satisfy both the D4 and unspecified portion of the D5 mandate without having to use banked RINs.
105% of the D4 mandate (based on RINs) is satisfied. However, only 18% of the unspecified portion of the D5 mandate has been filled, up from 17% last month. With the D4 mandate satisfied, D4 production will remain necessary to fill the gap in the overall Advanced biofuel mandate. An additional 249.4 million gallons per month could be necessary to fulfill the unspecified portion of the D5 mandate (this amount is up from 243.4 million last month). This holds true only if the EPA's estimated gasoline and diesel consumption figures prove to be on target.
The D4 category is a combination of both biodiesel and renewable diesel production. October saw biodiesel production increase after fading the month prior due to a cessation of Argentine imports, while renewable diesel production rates continued to improve. Renewable diesel output increased 4.6%, moving from 39.26 million gallons to 41.27 million. Biodiesel production also increased, moving from 176.10 million gallons to 186.21 million; a 5.74% rise from September. Biodiesel represents 82% of October 2017 D4 production while renewable diesel accounts for 18%. Biodiesel production is up 0.29% year over year. RD production is 11.23% stronger.
Domestic production accounts for 1.464 billion of the 2.060 billion D4 gallons produced so far in 2017. 596.81 million gallons were received as imports. During October, it is estimated that 45.25 million biodiesel gallons and 10.08 million renewable diesel gallons were imported.
The EPA revised the Jan through Sep production totals higher, adding 560,111 RINs and 353,923 gallons to the D4 totals. During October, domestic production accounted for 267.37 million RINs, importers contributed 54.99 million and 27.70 million RINs were from foreign production. Month over month, domestic RIN production was up 8.25 million, importers increased by 11.75 million, and foreign production was down 0.96 million RINs.
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DVD Release Date: September 22, 2009 (Universal Studios Home Entertainment)
Number of Discs: 3
Number of Episodes: 22
Running Time: 486 minutes
Running Time of Special Features: approx. 193 minutes (Including Commentary)
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Bonus Features:
*Audio Commentary from Tiny Fey, Jon Hamm, Alan Alda, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, and more!
*Deleted Scenes
*Behind-the-scenes with the Muppets
*1-900-OKFACE Ad
*Season Finale Table Read
*The Making of "He Needs a Kidney"
*Photo Gallery
Re-enjoy the complete third season of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning comedy 30 Rock. The show features show creator Tina Fey as the head writer for an SNL-like TV show. (What a stretch!) She reports to *my* favorite character on the show, network executive Alec Baldwin...er...Jack Donaghy. The actions and interactions surrounding Baldwin's character are honestly what drew me to the show, given my initial coolness to the show's technical star (Tina Fey). Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy aren't the only inhabitants of this crazy universe, however. Their office has many crazy and insane employees, from the hapless NBC page Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) to the stars of the show that 30 Rock is about -- Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) and Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski). I could go down the list naming off the entire on-air cast (there's a full writing staff portrayed on-air and they're all wonderful) but I'd be here until Halloween. What you need to know is the end results of this hilarious comedy: topless break-dancing, professional tetherball, geriatric kidnapping, bird murder, sexual espionage, Appalachian witchcraft, patricide, gay lion tattoos and important life lessons learned from sasquatches.
Welcome to 30 Rock.
Memorable Episodes / Notable Guest Stars:
Early on, as you can read in past reviews, I expressed a noted distaste for the show's star Tina Fey. Over time though, I've really warmed to her on this show. She's hysterical. My distaste largely stemmed from fatigue at her work on the show that inspired 30 Rock -- Saturday Night Live. Time heals all wounds, and the misadventures of Liz Lemon continue to get only funnier and funnier. The surrounding cast continues to deliver, too.
The season starts off with an episode that I happened to find hysterical -- and it even features a guest star so I can knock that out of the way now. In the episode, Megan Mullally plays Bev, an adoption agent. Liz Lemon (Fey), you see, is trying to adopt a child. Bev (Mullally) stops by Liz Lemon's workplace to see evaluate whether Liz' job makes her a suitable candidate for adopting. This goes about as well as you would expect. Meanwhile, the character of recurring guest Will Arnett has taken over Jack's job, while Jack is left to work his way up from the mailroom. Again. The next episode? It features Oprah. I'm not a particular fan of Oprah, so I'm moving on because it's in the way of talking about the next episode:
The season's third episode, "The One with the Cast of Night Court," features Tracy attempting to cheer up Kenneth by bringing together several members of the cast of...Night Court. Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charles Robinson all appear in order to give the show a proper finale -- the wedding of Harry & Christine. A mention is even thrown in the direction of John Larroquette, who at the time this episode aired was involved in the final season of Boston Legal and as such was unavailable. No mention is made as to the absence of the other Night Court cast. There's a subplot to the episode not involving Night Court, and at some point Jennifer Aniston plays into things (hence the Friends-esque title), but I won't lie: When I watch this episode I tend to tune out the non-Night Court parts. Night Court is one of my favorite older sitcoms, and I tend to zone out (positively) at its mention.
Episode 4 features yet ANOTHER quality premise -- involving Liz Lemon falling in love with an eccentric wealthy older gentleman (Steve Martin), while Tracy fears his kids have pure evil cooking when they suddenly become nice towards him. The episode also features Bill Kurtis (from the various crime documentary series and the AT&T ads) and John McEnroe as themselves. Yet more guest stars in Senor Macho Solo, as Nancy O'Dell and Billy Bush from Access Hollywood appear as themselves, as does Salma Hayek, who has a recurring roll in various episodes throughout the season. SNL alum Chris Parnell recurs in both Flu Shot and the episode immediately after.
A great episode is the season's tenth episode. Jack has an eerie resemblance to a character in a telenovela -- putting him on the outs with the grandmother of Salma Hayek's character (Elisa). Meanwhile, Liz Lemon has a new neighbor and the show has yet another recurring character. If you like AMC's series Mad Men, you'll want to tune in starting here as Jon Hamm from the aforementioned show has the first of several appearances as Liz' neighbor. The episode also features the aforementioned Salma Hayek, plus Matt Lauer of The Today Show.
Episode #12, "Larry King" features a guest appearance by...wait for it...Larry King. Surprising, isn't it? Also appearing is the *other* main co-host of The Today Show, Meredith Vieira. This section continues to get longer -- and the show continues to get funnier -- with the appearance by John Lithgow in "Goodbye, My Friend." Nancy O'Dell returns in "The Funcooker." If you tune in to "The Bubble," you'll again see Jon Hamm and Meredith Vieira, but you'll also see Calvin Klein as himself.
In the season's 16th episode, "Apollo, Apollo" you find Jack attempting to plan himself a 50th birthday party, but becomes nostalgic for quaint concepts like youth and happiness after watching an old home movie. Liz and Jenna have one of their little friendship moments, Tracy wants to be an astronaut, and all of the plot lines actually tie together coherently at the end! The episode, as if it wasn't great enough, also features a guest spot from Batman himself, Mr. Adam West. Speaking of guest stars, it was good to see legendary SNL (and NBC) announcer Don Pardo used in the episode "Cutbacks." Highlight of the episode for me. Yet another guest can be found in the season's 20th episode, "The Natural Order." Two words: Steve Buscemi.
Mentioning the appearance of Mr. Buscemi in that episode allows me to better transition into the write-up of the season's penultimate episode, "Mama Mia," also featuring Mr. Buscemi. It also features an appearance by sportscaster-turned-political commentator Keith Olbermann as...a sportscaster. Perhaps most notable is the episode's third guest for the episode. Alan Alda, of great fame through the TV version of M*A*S*H, appears as the end result of a quest on Jack's part to find his real father. This story would continue in the season's finale, Kidney Now!, as Milton (Alda's character) needs a kidney. Appearing in the season's great finale also are Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Clay Aiken...and Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Norah Jones, Wyclef Jean, and the list goes on.
Thanks to someone at NBC Universal having not arrived at the same decision as other studios have, the packaging for this set is still your usual well-visualized digipak instead of the now-near-standardized boring and flimsy translucent plastic case. The various panels feature details on each episode, broken down by disc. The front cover of both the outer box and holding package itself are identical, and are featured at the top of this review. The rear cover of both feature various -- and differing -- photos from the season, with the package holding a few more photos than the outer shell. Inside the package is a your typical promotional insert. Depending on the way it was placed inside your copy, you may see either an ad for SNL DVD sets (Yay!) or...an ad for Jay Leno's 10 PM nightmare. I could derail this review right now into a ten-page missive on the 569 reasons I hate Jay Leno's new primetime series, but for the sake of brevity I'll simply say that I could have done without the plug for that nightmare greeting me. Discs are solid white except for the show logo, disc number, and picture of one cast member each (Fey, Baldwin, and Morgan). First two discs house 8 episodes each, while the final six shows are on the final disc.
Menu Design and Navigation:
The main menu is in fact slightly deceptive. The only animations you see on the main menu are the initial transition into the menu on disc load, and the logo jumping into a larger font and back whenever a certain horn blare plays in the loop of the main theme. Coordinating that animation to time precisely with the horn blares takes a bit of skill, so my sincere admiration to whoever arranged that little bit. Animations kick in with the selection of any option, with an exit animation, with a short clip from an episode playing as a transition in between, and with the intro animation for the new menu. As mentioned earlier you get a perpetual loop of the main theme. You can also find a play all function, for those so inclined towards a marathon.
Video and Audio Quality:
If you're expecting me to complain here, then you clearly haven't viewed the sets for seasons one or two. You likely also have not viewed the majority of releases for DVD shows from 2000-onwards. Modern shows are perfectly preserved (isn't digital storage great?) and are able to be presented up to the limits of a particular medium. In this case, you get a slightly lower resolution than a native HD picture -- this isn't Blu-ray -- but for a non-HD video the picture is spectacular. You of course see the video presented in anamorphic widescreen, so how the video is interpreted will depend on your player, television, and set preferences in both. Audio is a magnificent 5.1 track that, unfortunately, I can't actually take advantage of - it's stereo or bust. Three cheers for mid-1990s televisions! What little I can hear sounds good, but I'm not on my normal reviewing equipment so the little things I'm missing out on. A side effect of the unusual setup I'm on is that while I'm sure there are chapter stops on the disc *somewhere,* this player refuses to acknowledge them. If you're on old or unusual hardware, you may have trouble but normal setups shouldn't pose problems. One fun bonus: though not advertised on the box there are Spanish subtitles in additions to the English SDH track.
Disc 1:
Do-Over: 21:31
Believe in the Stars: 21:02
The One with the Cast of Night Court: 21:10
Gavin Volure: 21:10
Reunion: 21:12
Christmas Special: 21:16
Senor Macho Solo: 21:12
Flu Shot: 21:09
Disc 2:
Retreat to Move Forward: 21:11
Generalissimo: 21:12
St. Valentine's Day: 21:12
Larry King: 21:13
Goodbye, My Friend: 21:09
The Funcooker: 21:09
The Bubble: 21:08
Apollo, Apollo: 21:15
Disc 3:
Cutbacks: 21:12
Jackie Jormp-Jomp: 21:07
The Ones: 21:12
The Natural Order: 21:10
Mamma Mia: 21:12
Kidney Now: 21:12
To those of you familiar with older shows, those runtimes may appear pathetically short. They're not -- this is a modern sitcom and networks have sold more and more advertising space, unaware that viewers generally only retain any brand information for two spots per ad break. Essentially, unless you're either the first or last advert in a break the odds of viewers retaining any information is close to nil. What *I* think networks should try doing is halving the amount of commercial time. Go from 9:45 to roughly 5 minutes. Offer either 3:30 or 4:00 of national spots per break, with a minute reserved for local advertisements. Viewer retention goes up, there's less ad clutter and thus less incentive to skip past ads via DVR, and clients aren't wasting their cash in a money sink as they currently are. Instead viewers get bombarded with ads at a 2:1 content:ad ratio, and they have virtually no incentive to even WATCH ads let alone devote the five brain cells needed to recall an advertisement's brand or message. Brilliant strategy.
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Special Features:
For the sake of brevity, and so that I don't give away any details about their comments, only the participants in commentary will be listed -- no details of the commentary track itself will be spoiled.
Disc 1:
Flu Shot (21:09): Commentary with Tina Fey & Jeff Richmond.
Disc 2:
Goodbye, My Friend (21:09): Judah Friedlander & John Lutz.
The Bubble (21:08): Jon Hamm & Jack McBrayer.
Apollo, Apollo (21:15): Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock.
Disc 3:
The Ones (21:06): Commentary with Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer.
Mamma Mia (21:12): Commentary with ALAN ALDA!
Kidney Now! (21:12): Commentary with Tina Fey & Jeff Richmond.
Deleted Scenes (6:20): There are 13 in total and quite a few each from both the season premiere and the Night Court episode.
Behind the Scenes with the Muppets (3:10): So, at one point Jack imagines himself and those around him as a Muppet. Days like this are why it's so fun to work in television.
1-900-OKFACE ad (1:09): The full ad produced from early in Liz Lemon's career where she did an ad for one of those cheesy local singles lines you see late at night on Fox affiliates.
Kidney Now Table Read (31:27): It's great seeing table read -- it's the entire cast going through the script. The table read plays in the top half, while the script scrolls by in the bottom half.
The Making of "Kidney Now" (12:23): It talks about the little "We Are the World" like stunt arranged to get the Milton character a kidney.
Total running time of special features: approx. 193 minutes
Final Comments:
This was a long review, but then again there's an awful lot of quality content in this humble little three-disc set. And a lot of gold, too. This show continues to clean up at all the various award shows, including this past weekend's Emmy Awards where it won Best Comedy. There's a reason why this show keeps getting the hardware piled atop its proverbial mantle. 30 Rock is a tremendous show, and if you haven't discovered yet you'll get your chance this fall on NBC. I don't recommend buying into the show blind unless you actually have $35-$50 in discretionary income lying around. The show's humor could rub you the wrong way, in which case you've blown your investment. And unlike people on a popular financial channel, I actually favor investments that allow you to keep your money.
If you ARE a fan of this show, hopefully you have the set in hand right this very second – it was just released to the public on the day of this writing. It is an absolutely tremendous series, and there are laughs all around. And after three years I've even become a fan of Tina Fey again. The show also airs in the middle of one of the last two great comedy blocks on television. While ABC still has Scrubs and a couple of interesting pilots in development, right now there are essentially only two remaining bastions of great sitcoms on network television - CBS Monday and NBC Thursday. Between the two you can find – in my opinion – SIX great, and entirely different, sitcoms. One of those six happens to be THIS fantastic show. There aren't many shows this funny left on television, and it's why I so enthusiastically support this show.
Strongly recommended.
Final Numbers (out of 5 stars - How our point system works)
Video Quality: 5/5
Audio Quality: 5/5
Menu Design/Navigation: 5/5
Special Features: 4/5
Overall: 5/5
-- Reviewed by Seth Thrasher on 09/22/08
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With his infectious energy and huge stage presence, it's easy to see why Junior is a circuit favourite. He finds humour in the humdrum of everyday life with anecdotes of his world travels as a comedian adding a personal originality to his set. A true observational comic, Junior is mischievous and daring.
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Storrington were beaten heavily for the second game in succession as they went down 5-0 to Wick on Saturday.
In the Division 1 clash, their visitors clinched their first victory of the year.
It means the Swans have now conceded 16 goals in their last two games after an 11-2 hammering by Langney Wanderers the previous week.
The success gives the visitors some hope of catching the top three, while the Swans could do with a couple of victories to put some daylight between themselves and the bottom three.
Storrington now face mid-table Selsey at home on Saturday.
Steyning Town, who were without a fixture on Saturday, saw their league clash at St Francis Rangers on Tuesday night called off due to the snow.
Gerry Murphy's side welcome Midhurst & Easebourne on Saturday.
Roffey missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of the Mid Sussex Senior Charity Cup with a shock home defeat on Saturday.
Two goals from Luke Trotter saw Cuckfield Rangers progress into the next round.
Cowfold's Division 2 clash away to Jarvis Brook was postponed owing to a frozen pitch.
Cowfold host Rottingdean Village and Roffey welcome Rustington in the second round of the Division 2 Cup on Saturday.


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The Golden Bears (3-1 overall, 1-1 PSAC) won their first conference game, one day after suffering their first setback of the season, falling 89-87 on Saturday at California (Pa.).
Ridgeway tallied 30 points and added nine assists in the win over the Rock, topping the 30-point mark for the second straight game, after scoring a career-high 40 points versus the Vulcans. He went 11-for-11 at the free-throw line and is 25-of-26 (96.0%) at the charity stripe this season.
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five steals, tying a career-high. He connected on 5-of-5 free throws as the Golden Bears as a team went 16-for-16 at the line, with only Ridgeway and Lee getting to the line.
Slippery Rock (2-2, 0-2) led by as much as seven (11-4) early in the first half, and after a 20-14 advantage with 11:19 to go until halftime, KU climbed back into it and eventually took its first lead of the game (25-24) on a Dan Cuevas layup with 7:07 to go.
The Maroon and Gold finished last 3:50 of the first half on an 11-6 run to take a 40-34 lead into halftime.
The Rock cut their deficit to three early on in the second half and trailed 42-39 at the 18:02 mark, but after that point Kutztown turned up the heat and grabbed a double-digit lead with 9:41 remaining.
KU forced Slippery Rock into 25 turnovers.
Cuevas and Moe Williams both finished in double-figures in points, scoring 12 points and 10 points respectively. Cuevas added six rebounds and Williams had seven rebounds, five steals, three assists and two blocks.
Max Wagner finished with five points and three rebounds and Oenis Medina contributed four points in the win.
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I recently discovered that defendants' recent filings in the Dover trial are available on the Middle District's website. Here they are.
2 thoughts on "Never let it be said that we're not fair and balanced"
I was curious about what the defendants would say and I must admit surprise at this gem(Doc #335e p10 aka p134) Re: wedge document, ~ no evidence that the defendants "have never seen" the wedge document and that there is no evidence that the defendants "do not know" Philip Johnson, (p11 aka 135) no evidence that the defendants spoke with Buell or "knew nothing about the origins, purpose, or mission of FTE". Obviously these are typos, but enormously humorous nonetheless.
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Virginia Woman Facing 5 Years for Concealing Fetal Remains
A 24-year-old woman, Katherine Dellis, in Virginia is facing up to five years in jail for unlawfully concealing human remains, a Class 6 felony.
Police found a stillborn fetus in a dumpster in Rocky Mount, Virginia after they were tipped off by a local hospital. Hospital officials became suspicious when Dellis arrived with severe vaginal bleeding, symptoms that suggest she may have given birth during her third trimester. Dellis denied that she had given birth.
Upon investigating Dellis' home, and interviewing a family member who revealed that they had disposed of soiled bedsheets, police determined that Dellis had indeed given birth.
After the deceased fetus was found in a dumpster, a preliminary autopsy was performed. The results of the autopsy revealed that the fetus was a stillborn.
This case is very reminiscent of Purvi Patel, an Indiana woman who was sentenced to 41 years in prison for feticide upon having a miscarriage and throwing the stillborn fetus away.
As if having a miscarriage or stillbirth weren't tough enough, women in America must be fearful of being prosecuted or punished if it happens to them. While Dellis isn't being charged for having a miscarriage, rather for concealing the fetal remains, it speaks volumes that she didn't feel comfortable admitting the truth to the hospital or police. Having a still birth is an extremely tragic, shocking thing for anyone to experience. Instead of punishment or finger wagging, the correct response would be compassion and medical care.
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Area, State fishing report (September 28)
Look for | Red drum, flounder, spotted seatrout, black drum, sheepshead, tarpon.
Comments | Fishing continues to be very good in local inlets and around the jetties with red drum leading the way. Large bull redfish on a spawning mission can be found at jetties and near ocean passes, hitting cut or live bait. Please carefully release these fish above the 15 to 23 inch slot limit which are the future of the species. Inside the inlets, smaller reds from 15 to 30 inches are available near grass banks and oyster bars. At midday Thursday, Capt. Mark Dickson of Shallow-Minded Inshore Charters had caught three reds in the 25 to 30 pound range while drifting at the Little River jetties. His customers were also catching Spanish and blues on topwater lures just outside Little River Inlet. "Bait's everywhere, the whole inlet is alive," said Dickson, who noted most of the Spanish were in the 3-pound range. On a Wednesday trip in Winyah Bay, Capt. Mike McDonald of Gul-R-Boy Guide Service in Georgetown started the morning by catching three trout and two reds (31 and 26 inches) on topwater lures then moved to the channel to catch a pair of huge reds (44 and 42 inches) on cut bait. His customers finished the trip by catching 14 more trout on artificials. McDonald noted a water temperature of 76.6 degrees Thursday morning in Winyah Bay.
Look for | Spanish mackerel, bluefish, whiting, flounder, cobia, king mackerel, black sea bass, black drum, pompano, sheepshead, weakfish, spadefish.
Comments | Best bet is for Spanish mackerel which are ripping into schools of menhaden and mullet along the beach, with plenty of bluefish also in the mix. "I've fished out of [Ocean Isle Beach] for 20-plus years," Capt. Brant McMullan told his audience on www.oifc.com earlier this week. "There are more pogys [menhaden] outside the inlet right now than I have ever seen." The surf is producing good catches of whiting and pompano. Look for weakfish, also known as summer trout or grey trout, gathering on nearshore hard-bottom areas. The daily bag limit for weakfish is one fish per person. Spanish are also the top catch on nearshore artificial reefs, with flounder, weakfish and spadefish also available. King mackerel and cobia are also possibilities. Numerous species have been caught on Grand Strand piers this week including whiting, pompano, black drum, red drum, bluefish, Spanish, spadefish and sheepshead. A manatee was spotted moseying around the Cherry Grove Pier on Thursday. Anglers are reminded the recreational black sea bass fishery is closed until June 1, 2013. Ocean water temperature was 78.29 degrees Thursday at 2 p.m. on the Cherry Grove Pier.
Look for | Wahoo, blackfin tuna, dolphin, king mackerel, sailfish, grouper, vermilion snapper, amberjack, triggerfish.
Comments | Trolling action has been very good offshore with dolphin, wahoo, blackfin tuna, king mackerel, sailfish and even blue marlin available. Georgetown Landng Marina reports The Christy II landed two sizable wahoo, 10 blackfin tuna, a dolphin and five kings on a trip last weekend. Big Sky released a blue marlin. Bottom fishing is in fine fall form with vermilion snapper, grouper, triggerfish, porgy and amberjack available. The two whirlwind weekends of the recreational red snapper season have come and gone and the species is now off-limits indefinitely again.
Look for | Bream, bass, catfish, crappie.
Comments | "It's as good as I've seen it in a long time for this time of year," said Jay Booth of Fishermen's Headquarters in Conway. "We've got good tides, mixed in with good weather at a good time. I think you've got optimum conditions. The fish aren't messed up by a drastic change in weather." Bream fishing including morgans and shellcracker is excellent with fish hitting crickets and worms in 2-3 feet of water. Booth noted the bream "are still up in shallow water," and mentioned the Punch Bowl, Yauhannah, Samworth, Bucksport and Bucksville as prime areas. Booth called the crappie bite fair to good on minnows in 5-6 feet of water around structure and ditch mouths. Catfish action is fair on cut mullet and live bait. Booth himself landed 20 bream and shellcracker plus three bass while fishing on the Great Pee Dee Tuesday afternoon. Tom Alexander of Conway won the weekly bass tournament with a three-fish aggregate of 5.01 pounds. The next tournament will be held out of Bucksport Marina Saturday from safe light to 2 p.m.
By Gregg Holshouser, For The Sun News
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Santee Cooper System | Bream: Good. Bream are starting to leave the shallows and grouping up on mid-depth brush piles. As temperatures continue to cool almost all of the better fish will be around brush where they can be caught on crickets.


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Business as usual for defence brass
June 19, 2000
Business as usual for defence brass
Green MP Keith Locke has criticised a government defence framework issued today for not tackling the air and naval combat issues.
"It consciously avoids all the controversial issues, like the future of an air combat force," said Mr Locke, the party's defence spokesperson.
The Government misleads when it says the "new approach" is based on last year's select committee report, Defence Beyond 2000. The Defence Policy Framework is instead a "damp squib", Mr Locke said.
"Defence Beyond 2000 boldly put forward an option 'to disband the jet training and strike capability, on purely financial grounds'.
"Without addressing such issues, there won't be the money for the Framework's 'greatest needs', an 'upgrade of the Army's mobility, communications, surveillance and fire-support capabilities', and better 'and naval transport capabilities'. Air and naval combat forces currently take a lion's share of the defence budget, $234 million and $437 million respectively."
Even worse, the Framework opens the door to major new air and naval combat-related spending. That is, it defines the planned $445 million upgrade of Orions' anti-submarine detection and anti-radar system as an "urgent capital acquisition" which could proceed even before the completion of a review this year of maritime surveillance.
Participation in South East Asian Five Power Defence Arrangement exercises, which involve primarily Skyhawks, frigates and Orions, are restated in the Framework document.
"Today traditionalists in the Defence Force will be clinking glasses," Mr Locke said. "Nothing they are currently doing is ruled out. It's 'business as usual'. True, the document allows for peacekeeping, which the Greens support. But it also allows for participation in 'appropriate multinational peace support operation', outside of UN auspices, like our previous participation in US-led task forces in the Gulf."
The most positive section in the document is that which stops New Zealand engaging 'in military cooperation or exercises with the armed forces of states which sanction the use of their armed forces to suppress human rights'. Hopefully, that would be applied not only to the Indonesia, but to governments like Malaysia an Singapore, which persecute their political challengers, Mr Locke said.
Keith can be contacted today at: 09-630-0789 (home), or 025-528-353. Paul Bensemann, press secretary 021 214 2665.


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Max Roach's Stolen Drum
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I'm a little late on posting this, and if the story interests you you've probably already read it, but nonetheless here it is. In short, legendary drummer Max Roachs' drum kit has been missing for decades until now in a somewhat Scooby Doo ending.
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What got you interested in rugby and why did you join the Crusaders?
I became interested in rugby because my coworker thought I would be good at it so I thought I'd try it out. After my first game, even though I got stepped on really early which damaged my leg a bit, it was so exhilarating to just tackle people and feel like there were no rules! You just went at it. It makes you feel like a beast. I am with the Crusaders because they are the team I started on so why not continue with them. Everyone on the team is friendly and outgoing! I have a blast every practice and every game. Even though I'm brand new, I feel like a member of the team.
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With a breathtaking 360 degree view, the observation deck of this historic tower stands 142 metres (465 feet) above Lake of Bays.
The Dorset Scenic Lookout Tower Park is operated and maintained for your enjoyment by the Township of Algonquin Highlands.
The Dorset Scenic Lookout Tower is located off Highway 35 just north of the village of Dorset.
The original tower was built in 1922, was 25 metres high (82 feet) and used as a fire lookout tower until 1961. The current tower was built in 1967 and is 30 metres high (100 feet) and was erected for visitors to enjoy the view.
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For the third time in his career, Michael Self made the journey to Kansas Speedway for the ARCA Racing Series finale on Friday night, with Sinclair Oil on board his No. 15 Venturini Motorsports Toyota.
The defending Kansas race winner, Self turned in another solid performance narrowly missing out
on his third victory of the season finishing third behind race winner Sheldon Creed and second-place finisher Harrison Burton. Self, who led 15 of the event's 100 laps, was in position on the final restart of the night but couldn't hold the advantage during the short dash to the checkered flag.
"I'm disappointed we weren't able to bring home the win after leading late but I'll definitely take third
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I will try to write few words about the perfect day spent how else than the mountains in via ferrata Konigsjodler, so let me inspire yourself.
Let us go to the Austria to the Alps to locality called Hochkoning for a while. There, in the mentioned locality is situated via ferrata Konigsjodler in mountain Berchtesgaden Alps. Our first visit in Alps was at different place called "Nationalpark Gesäuse" where we did short hike and later we climbed short "via ferrata" way in rainy weather, before we went at place about which I am going to write.
After we finished at that small via ferrata around lake we have moved at parking place in locality Dienten am Hochkönig. When you reach the right distance and go Dienten am Hochkönig direction, you need not go down to the village where is by the way more hotels as homes, but it is much better to park your car on the hill above the village. After you are on the top in front of village and you see only route going down turn right at parking place near to main route. This is the right place to go on cottage called Erich, original German Erichhütte. In the village down is several parking places from where you may go on Erichhütte but this place is the best in order to not spend unnecessary time to reach the cottage. From here it is only 30 minutes by peaceful walking and cool trail leads there.
If you are lucky and Erichhütte is not fully occupied, you can take the place to sleep, to use all comfort which Erich offers, meet people from abroad as it usually goes to similar lodges and sunset on a clear evening, also shows a view of the highest mountain in Austria – Grossglockner and outside it is also possible refuel drinking water.
It is already morning of next day, weather seems by very good and we feel that we are going to experience adventurous day on via ferrata Konigsjodler:) .
Start of ferrata day was 6 o'clock in the morning. The first part is ascent at foothills of via ferrata Konigsjodler way, which took us one and a half hours although somewhere they write about two hours. But it is about your actual physical condition and it does not make sense to hurry up.
During walking on via ferrata Konigsjodler we may see very nice inversion and valley shrouded in fog, just peaks protrude from white fog, what made a nice scenery, you can imagine. After we reached the foothills of ferrata way we have taken short break to have enough time for our climbing harnesses, later there will not be more time for it.
We are ready to start climbing via ferrata Konigsjodler and the first part on ferrata is difficulty C/D I think, quite consuming for the first moment. After a while you are on main ridge and view of surroundings is quite nice. Here starts climbing lasting several hours by style, up and down. Via ferrata Konigsjodler is not among the technically most difficult path, but what makes it difficult is the path length and the fact, that all the time you are the highest point on main ridge. After some time we are reaching first metal cable bridge which was passed easily and we can continue to the other passages. I do not remember, whether we were at the beginning of the first half or further, but we reached also some places where you are totally on the edge of ridge, very nice and exciting passages. Somewhere later you come to the place called "Flying fox" what is only one metal cable linking two walls. Here you have two options what to do. You can go down by ferrata and on the second side climb up on the level where ends "flying fox" or you can try to go via metal cable by using separate carabiner to be closer to main cable, this is also one of the most exciting place and it is much easier as to climb down then up.
Later about first half end is a place where is possible to leave main round, but using this escape route is good only in case it is really necessary because, it is steep and full of falling rocks, so quite danger. After you pass this point you are continuing in short trek with nice view at ridge where you were recently.
Now you reach a place where start climbing on second half of via ferrata Konigsjodler with D difficulty and it worth to take a break before continuing even only two peaks are before you and you come on the top where is the end of ferrata but still not top of the mountain. After we made some pictures with fantastic overview, we continued at cottage situated on the top, 2960 meters above sea level. Even if the initial glide path is right to the end of ferrata we used as way back normal route at cottage Matrashaus, this route is longer but still more safety as the first one. The way back was about 3-4 hours but you could see all mountain from each sides, and at the end you come to hotel area where is also parking place and bus stop. To return on your parking place you can go by bus , last one leaves 06.45 pm.
As you can see on pictures it was really nice and amazing day on mountains, but the power of yes and to have good climbing on rocks even depends on with whom you are there. I was there with beautiful girl…..
and from that time I love those things more.
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GAINESVILLE - As the No. 18 Florida Gators head into the bulk of their Southeastern Conference schedule, they'll be without defensive tackle Dominique Easley who has something else on his mind - the NFL Draft.
After suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his right knee during a Sept. 24 practice, the senior's time at UF took a new direction. Gators coach Will Muschamp on Monday made no qualms about Easley's future plans. Easley, a projected first-rounder pre-injury, will enter the draft and not pursue a medical redshirt.
This is the second ACL tear in his Florida career. He suffered a torn left ACL against Florida State in 2011.
"You know, I think that's the best move for him right now and going to prepare himself for April and get ready for that," Muschamp said. "He and I talked briefly about it and that's what he wants to do, and I support it 100 percent."
Easley finishes his Florida career with 72 tackles, 18 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. Replacing him inside is sophomore defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard, who Muschamp said had the best game of his career on Saturday against Kentucky.
Redshirt junior defensive tackle Leon Orr played 18 snaps in his first game action since suffering a shoulder injury against Tennessee on Sept. 21.
Bullard moved inside during training in preparation for a potential injury to one of Florida's interior linemen. Easley's injury marked the third torn ACL suffered since fall camp and the sixth season-ending injury.
Muschamp doesn't see any problem with the strength and conditioning program. For Easley, freshman linebacker Matt Rolin and redshirt senior receiver Andre Debose, their knee injuries came during non-contact drills. Rolin re-tore the same ACL he injured while in high school.
"We constantly evaluate those situations absolutely and making sure we're doing the right things," Muschamp said.
"I've pulled our medical staff in [and] our strength staff in. I've consulted with outside orthopedics to make sure and watch the film in certain situations. There's nothing we're doing wrong."
During his last practice in full pads, Easley planted one way to switch directions on a screen pass only to have his knee buckle. Sophomore defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. remembered the scene where Florida's emotional leader went down.
"I was there when it happened," Fowler said following his two-sack performance on Saturday. "Seeing him like go down and stuff like that, it kind of sucked. We just had to battle through it. We just played mad. We just played for him."
Before the season, Easley switched to defensive tackle with the departure of Sharrif Floyd to the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings selected Floyd with the 23rd-overall pick. Easley was playing like a first-round selection himself.
In the season opener, he had three quarterback hurries. A week later, he helped limit Miami's offense to its worst statistical performance this year, a game the Gators lost.
An ACL injury may have hurt Easley's first-round draft status, but Muschamp thinks he'll have his fair share of NFL suitors.
"His tape speaks for itself, and how he plays the game and approaches the game," Muschamp said. "He'll be fine. There will be a lot of organizations that want him in their organization."


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We were in Hawaii. An art gallery attracted me. I stepped in. As I walked around a set of photographs caught my attention. I gazed upon them for endless minutes. There was no indication where the pictures were taken. I walked out. But the images stayed with me.
The next time we were planning a vacation. I tried endlessly to find this place. Saw images of Zion National Park and thought I had hit the mark. Trip was planned and executed upon. I loved Zion, a lot. But did not find the one thing I had planned the entire trip around. On our way back, as is our custom, we stopped at a souvenir store to buy a coffee mug for our places visited coffee cup collection. I saw the image I had dreamed dreams around on one cup. Picked it up and walked up to the cashier. While paying up, got talking to the lady at the checkout counter.
Only interiors of Zion are similar to what I was looking for, I was told. Which would mean multiple day backpacking trip. But the image on the mug was taken at the Antelope Canyon. A few hours' drive off of Zion.
Antelope Slot Canyon was written down in bold with the next place to visit. I read up extensively on it. Gazed on un-countable pictures online, each more stunning that the previous.
Somewhere around the end of last year, the guys..D, Bhaiya, Papa..started planning a boys road trip. D having caught up on my obsession for this place mapped the route of the road trip to pass through Antelope, leaving a very long faced me behind.
Every time I see these pictures, I want to hit D for going there without me. Every time I see these pictures, I want to pick up and go visit. Every time I see these picture, I go green with envy.


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A failed experiment in the Horizon Labs of another universe transported their Peter Parker to a universe where he never existed, the home reality of this Avengers.
Some time after he arrived, Iron Man noted a chrono disturbance, during which only Peter Parker was transported to different moments of his time. Fearing it would represent a big threat, he assembled the Avengers in order to investigate what caused the disturbance, detected an abnormality in Parker and headed to capture him, who was visiting the Ben Parker of this universe.
As soon as another disturbance appeared, which center was revealed to be Horizon Labs, Peter asked the team to take him there, and maybe the time continuum would be fixed. As soon as Peter Parker entered the epicentrum of the disturbance, he returned to his universe.[1]
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How To Beat Instagram + Have Fun Again | Ending The Comparison Game
Let me precede this post by saying I've decided to inject a bit more of myself and my thoughts into my blog. I have a lot of tutorials, encouragement posts, and shares of my work. But every now and again I have things on my mind I'd like to share, and a blog seems like the perfect place to share them right?
So, let's talk Instagram.
And no, not in a "How To Get More Followers On Instagram" type way. Not even "How To Use Instagram To Your Advantage".
I want to talk about the dangers of instagram. Because lately I've been hearing so many people lamenting on how their follower numbers aren't growing on instagram as rapidly as they'd like. Or how instagram isn't fun anymore and they want to delete it. Or how everyone's life seems so perfect (via their timeline) and theirs isn't.
GUYS. GUYSSS. I get it, I do. But when did we decide to let a social media app weigh so heavily in our lives? When did we link our value to the notifications that pop up on our screen? The more I see comments like these, the more concerned I am.
Now, I'm not perfect. Honestly, I spend wayyyy too much time scrolling through my feed. And sometimes I even find myself playing the comparison game, too. But there's a faintly drawn line in the instagram sand, and if you've crossed that line it's probably time to start re-evaluating some things.
For one, what does more followers mean? Really? For your business, yes it COULD mean more sales/money flowing in. But if you're not using instagram for business, then why do you need 28.6K followers? More followers doesn't mean more VALUE in your life. It just doesn't. The equation doesn't add up. If you find yourself yearning for more followers, I want you to answer this question aloud: "what will having more followers do for me?" If you can't come up with a legit answer, it's time to re-think your desires when it comes to instagram.
And a note on the comparison game: STOP.
I know it's been said before but we've all got to cut it out. It's human nature to compare every once and again, but not to the point that you feel like everyone else's lives are perfect and yours is in shambles.
Here's a challenge for you: Scroll through your own feed. Scroll scroll scroll. Take note of what you see. Now, answer this: does it look like YOUR life is in shambles? Probably not, right? Why? Probably because you're only showing the highlights for the most part. You're sharing the good, fun stuff and keeping the bad tucked in where no one can see. SO WHAT MAKES YOU THINK EVERYONE ELSE ISN'T DOING THE SAME!?
Newsflash: most of us DON'T have our shit together. We just don't. But we've all learned to make it look like we do, all while simultaneously looking at everyone else thinking "I know I'm pretending but SURELY they must ACTUALLY have it all together".
In reality, we're all just doing the best we can to make it look like we're doing the best we can. Don't be fooled by the facades. Just don't. Because guess what? There's probably someone right now comparing YOUR life to theirs, thinking yours is perfect and theirs is a mess. It's a very unhealthy cycle we should all be looking to break.
I don't want this to sound super preachy, AT ALL. But I DO want it to be a wake up call and a point for self-reflection.
I want us all to turn in our jerseys for the comparison game because we're no longer playing.
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Seeds of Awareness Annual Fundraiser and Silent Auction
Growing Our Future – A Community Fundraiser at Tara Firma Farms
Seeds of Awareness Inc. (Seeds) is a San Francisco Bay-Area non-profit organization that facilitates evidence-based social and emotional support programs. Comprised of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, school counselors, and trainers, Seeds provides cutting edge mindfulness-based counseling in schools and unique nature-based social skills groups to children in our local communities.
Wildly passionate about both kids and nature, KicKee jumped at the chance to donate two baskets full of everything a boy and a girl could possibly need to stay warm and cozy, such as an adorable PJ set, onesie, coverall, layette set and best of all, a children's book written by the KicKee founder herself, Aerin Nicole, with a stuffed animal to match! Both baskets will be auctioned off during the Seeds of Awareness Silent Auction for two lucky families to enjoy!
If you believe in Seeds' values as well and want to donate to their important cause, please visit: http://www.seeds-of-awareness.org/donate/!


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Sports medicine is a field of medicine that involves illnesses or injuries that can result from exercise, physical activity, or sports. Sports-related injuries can be particularly debilitating, particularly if the player is a professional. Sports medicine can help to diagnose injuries properly, provide and recommend the best treatment plans, medicines, and even surgery if required.
Sports medicine can be classified into two different types. The first is the type that seeks to prevent injuries. This may be done through physical checkups or lab testing of the patients to determine fitness levels, and whether they should participate in extreme sports. Proper planning and analysis can be done to help prevent injuries.
Dealing with Sports-Related Injuries and Treatment
At Florida OrthoCare, our physicians are committed to reviewing the medical needs of each patient. If you or a loved one may be experiencing pain from a sports-related injury, our medical team is here to help. These may include being prescribed specific exercises, such as stretches or yoga, to help improve muscular movement. It may involve nutritional advice to ensure that every structure and system in the body has the nutrition it requires to function well. It may include other types of athletic training, physical therapy, and even sports psychology. Sports medicine may even involve losing weight in order to perform better at fitness.
The other branch is for patients who have suffered injuries through their lifestyle, sporting, or recreational activities. First aid will be provided, and injuries will be properly diagnosed. Specific treatment plans will be put in place to help aid the patient to recovery. They may also involve exercises or physical therapy, medications, supplements, and rest.
Sports medicine may even involve surgery if the body can't adequately heal the injury. Often lingering pain or lack of movement are the two main reasons that surgery would need to be done.
A sports medicine clinic is more focused on sports-related injuries, though anyone with an injury related to neck or back pain, or joints or ligaments can book an appointment. Sports medical doctors are specialists who understand the types of injuries that a sports team member may suffer when playing football, soccer, or baseball. These types of doctors are extremely knowledgeable about sports training and athletic performance. These experts will have additional credentials in sports medicine that you'll want to check out before you book your appointment.
Preventing Sports Injuries
Both the prevention of sports injuries and seeking immediate medical treatment at a sports medicine facility treatment center such as Florida OrthoCare are extremely important. While your family physician can provide basic treatment, if you want to get back into action, Florida OrthoCare will be happy to evaluate your care needs and accurately diagnose your pain or injury to help get you back to your favorite activities quickly.


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Karen Leibowitz is a restaurateur, writer, and activist seeking improvements to our food system . She is co-founder of three award-winning and path-breaking restaurants--The Perennial, Mission Chinese Food, and Commonwealth--and she is Executive Director of the non-profit Perennial Farming Initiative. She co-wrote the Mission Street Food and Atelier Crenn cookbooks and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and other publications. In 2018, Karen created a sexual harassment PSA and InStyle included her in their inaugural list of "50 Badass Women." In 2019, she was nominated for a James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur. Karen lives in San Francisco, where she is working to build a more regenerative and equitable food world. She is also available for freelance writing, editing, consulting, and design projects.
Bon Appétit: "America's Best New Restaurants"
James Beard Foundation Semifinalist, Outstanding Restaurateur 2018
SF Chronicle: "The Top Cookbooks of 2015"
Cherry Bombe 100: Women Who Inspire Us Every Day—With their Creativity, Hard Work, and Humanity"
InStyle: "50 Badass Women" (I'm #32!!)
The New York Times Notable Cookbooks of 2011 ("the whole project is sui generis, including the cookbook portion of this volume"--Pete Wells.)
New Yorker: "A Modest Proposal to Help Combat Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry"
Mother Jones: "A Heimlich Maneuver for Stopping Harassers" + podcast interview
Cherry Bombe: "Sexual Harassment PSA Poster"
New York Times: "The New Restaurant PSA Poster"
Edible SF: "Stamping Out Sexual Harassment"
Quartz: "These Design Solutions Could Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry"
Mic: "Why every restaurant should display this restaurant PSA on its walls"
Refinery29: "These Women Created a Sexual Harassment PSA Poster"
Paste: "Build It Sustainably and They Will Come" (Interview)
OpenTable: "How The Perennial Was Built Environment First" (Interview)
Yale Climate Connections (plus audio interview with KL about The Perennial.
Vice News/HBO: "Climate Change is Shaping the Future of Food" (video)
Commonwealth Club/Climate One podcast: "How Climate Change with Change the Way we Eat"
SF Chronicle: "Remembering Mission Street Food, the Most Influential SF Restaurant of the Past Decade"
Edible SF: "How to Resist: In Times Like These, What's a Restaurant To Do?" (Cover Story)
Condé Nast: "The Daring 25 Most Intrepid People, Companies, and Innovations of 2016"
Food & Wine: "Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint are Fighting Climate Change with The Perennial"
SF Chronicle: "Is this the Restaurant of the Future?"
Fast Company: "The Most Environmental Restaurant in the World Just Opened"
Eater SF: How The Perennial's Sustainable Model will Break the Restaurant Mold"
SF Chronicle: front page article ("The Perennial has the potential to highlight and encourage a new generation pushing for sustainability and addressing climate change.")
Washington Post: "Perennial wheat is an ecologist's dream; soon it will be what's for dinner" (2016)
FoodTank: "Greening the Restaurant Industry: an Interview with Karen Leibowitz"
Civil Eats "It's clear the Perennial's founders have done their homework" 2015
WIRED "For the founders of The Perennial, farm-to-table isn't enough"
San Francisco Magazine ("Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint are restaurateurs, but you could also describe them as breeders of culinary Trojan horses" 2015)
TakePart ("Myint and Leibowitz are asking themselves—and their industry—just how sustainable a restaurant can be" 2015)
New Yorker review of Mission Street Food book: "it's a fun read, the food photography is alluring, and it's nice to see a bit of life breathed into the traditional cookbook format."
San Francisco Chronicle "Don't want to open a restaurant? Take over someone else's."
The New York Times "At Pop-Up Restaurants, Chefs Take Chances with Little Risk"
New York Times Real Estate section: "Confessions of an Open House Addict"
San Francisco Magazine: "Happiness During the Bleakest of Days"
J Weekly "Gloves comes off as writers battle for bragging rights"
J Weekly "What a night for food, stories, and knishes"


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WASHINGTON - In an unprecedented move, 56 newspapers around the world in 20 languages including Chinese, Arabic and Russian are publishing one editorial on the urgent need to address climate change now: "The politicians in Copenhagen have the power to shape history's judgment on this generation: one that saw a challenge and rose to it, or one so stupid that we saw calamity coming but did nothing to avert it. ..."
The following analysts and activists now in Copenhagen for the global warming summit are available for interviews:
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Boas and Langelle are with the Global Justice Ecology Project -- which is running a blog during the summit: climatevoices.wordpress.com -- and can connect media to analysts and activists from around the world, including: Lidy Nacpil from the Philippines, Ana Filippini from Uruguay, Camila Moreno from Brazil, Anna Pinto from India and Ben Powless from Canada (Mohawk). Profiles of these and others available for interviews are posted at New Voices on Climate Change.
From the Independent (UK):
"Climate Change Conspiracies: Stolen Emails Used to Ridicule Global Warming -- Climate skeptics are blamed for disrupting crucial negotiations, say scientists"
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"Copenhagen Climate Change Talks Must Fail, says Top Scientist -- Exclusive: World's leading climate change expert says summit talks so flawed that deal would be a disaster"
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Arts Provide Platform to Connect Cultures
Walton Arts Center CEO Peter Lane recently returned from a trip to Hong Kong where he attended the 2018 Vocal Asia Festival. Now in its seventh year, Vocal Asia and its founder Clare Chen are the inspiration behind Walton Art Center's annual a cappella festival, VoiceJam.
Chen approached Walton Arts Center about starting VoiceJam because she wanted to create a premier a cappella festival in the U.S. and connect it to the broader world of a cappella.
"Clare reached out to us four year ago, at a time when we were looking for new ways to engage high school and college-aged audiences in the arts," Lane said. "A cappella was becoming very popular and more mainstream because of "The Sing Off" and Pitch Perfect so it was a natural partnership for all parties."
A cappella: a cap·pel·la [ kə'pelə ] voices only.
Groups that keep experimenting with the art form, like Pentatonix or Straight No Chaser, keep inspiring the next generation of acapella groups. Walton Arts Center's 2017 VoiceJam Festival, just in its third year, included five groups from around the country and one from China.
"Clare loves the art form and has been working for years to create opportunities for a cappella in Asia," said Lane. "She developed the Vocal Asia Festival to attract the best groups for competition, to help teach and inspire new groups and to promote the cultural literacy between nations."
While Vocal Asia Festival happens just once a year, Chen spends the rest of her time leading the Vocal Asia organization, which focuses on providing a cappella education throughout the countries of China, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea and Japan.
Ten teams completed in the Vocal Asia Festival this year, while Narin - a five-person group from Korean - took first place. Lark, 2017 VoiceJam winners, also made a performance at the festival. In turn, Narin will perform during the 2018 VoiceJam Competition on April 7.
"Watching these groups from different countries interact together with music as their language was invaluable, especially in today's world where there are so many walls that can separate us," Lane said. "It just reminds us that the arts are able to transcend cultural differences."
… This is not your grandmother's a cappella. This is current music and old music made current by extreme vocal range and control, tight harmonies, sick beats and vocal percussion… Whether you want to compete, learn or listen, VoiceJam has something for everyone.
VoiceJam 2018
Video audition submissions for 2018 VoiceJam will be accepted from Wednesday, Nov., 2017 until Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018.
Competition finalists will be announced Mon., February 3.
Don't want to compete, but you're interested in learning more about a cappella? Sign up to attend the VoiceJam workshops on Sat., April 7. For more information, visit waltonartscenter.org/voicejam.


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THC vs CBD choose the right medical cannabis
To date, more evidence is emerging about medical cannabis and its benefits against chronic physical and psychological conditions, and the debate roars on between CBD vs THC. For those with prescriptions, it's important to understand that there are many strains available, whose efficacy varies depending on the plant's properties. Typically, companies will show two percentages labeled on the cannabis containers: THC and CBD.
However, if you live in a state where medical marijuana is not yet legal, or, just don't want to go through the hassle of getting a medical marijuana card, then there is a great alternative as CBD oil can also be extracted from the hemp plant, still in the Cannabis family, and hemp is abundant in rich CBD when the plants are purpose grown for CBD production.
Both THC and CBD are naturally occurring chemicals found in the cannabis plant, and cannabis plants with high percentages of THC are considered "marijuana" while low THC (and almost always high CBD) cannabis plants are commonly known as "Hemp" plants. THC from the marijuana plant is what causes the "high" we are aware of; however, the specific effects between THC and CBD are radically different. If you feel unsure about which strain will work, understanding the difference between the two substances and plant types will help guide you in the right direction. So, let's take a look at the CBD vs THC argument below.
You can read an informative article we did recently regarding the benefits of CBD HERE
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is arguably the most well-known ingredient found in marijuana. Used as a natural insecticide by the plant, THC produces the stereotypical euphoria and comedic behavior depicted in mainstream media. By targeting specific receptors in the brain responsible for pleasure, cognitive skills, movement, and coordination, patients feel an intoxicating, sedative effect colloquially referred to as being "stoned." It also stimulates the metabolism to increase appetite — a.k.a. "the munchies."
Because THC's effects are primarily psychoactive, a strain high in THC is ideal for people who suffer from migraines, certain pain types, insomnia, depression and a host of other issues affecting the brain.
Naturally, more THC causes a stronger high, but it's important to use caution. People who are new to medical cannabis should not try too much at once, as an excessive amount could trigger paranoia, vomiting, and severe dizziness, to name a few. Fortunately, patients can order cannabis that primarily contains THC, but in a lower percentage as indicated on the label.
In addition, you can also obtain CBD from the hemp plant as mentioned above and not experience the THC "high", as hemp does not contain illegal amounts of THC that can cause a psychoactive effect.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is the other possible chemical found in the cannabis plant — specifically the Hemp plant. Put simply, CBD is not psychoactive. This means that exposure won't create the same euphoric sensation triggered by THC. Motor and cognitive skills are minimally impacted, if at all.
Instead, CBD creates what some call a "body high." While under its effects, patients experience a pleasurable, numbing, calming sensation throughout their bodies, while staying lucid and functional. A lot of patients do not like being stoned, so they will opt for either a pure CBD strain extracted from hemp, with no THC, or, a marijuana strain that has a much higher CBD to THC ratio.
Because CBD's effects are primarily physical, CBD from hemp is the best choice for those with body aches and it won't get you high. Some examples include arthritis, multiple sclerosis and general chronic pain from injuries or illnesses; however, it has also been known to help treat diabetes and even epilepsy. Furthermore, a few preliminary studies suggest that CBD is effective for preventing cancer, although more research is needed for verification.
Ultimately, every person is different. While THC and CBD seem to have their clear uses, these are only guidelines. Many people can take THC for body pain and CBD for body pain, neurological issues, and many other ailments. In the end, medical cannabis clearly revolutionized the way we approach conventional medical treatment, and will likely continue doing so as regulations and restrictions are lifted. In the meantime, you can get medical grade CBD extracted from hemp and legally delivered to your door in all 50 states, without a medical marijuana card and without the THC. We explored this and recommend several great companies in a feature article we did HERE.


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- Salary in the $75,000 range
- Comprehensive Benefit and Retirement Programs etc.
- Monday- Friday days
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Skilled Nursing Facility seeks a Physical Therapist to evaluate and treat residents, under orders from a physician, through the use of a variety of therapeutic procedures designed to restore the loss of muscle strength, coordination and body alignment, to relieve pain and to improve movement and function.
Who Will Be a Great Fit?
- MS/DPT in Physical Therapy
- State of Pennsylvania Physical Therapy license in good standing.
- Demonstrates an ability to effectively interact with all age groups to which service is provided.
- Must have an understanding of the principles of growth and development to assess each patient's / resident's / registrant's age specific needs and provide age specific treatment and care.


text: Do you live in Hawaii or Alaska, but you need a quality string trimmer delivered to you? String Trimmers Direct delivers string trimmers and accessories to Alaska and Hawaii, however free shipping is not included. Here's how it works: Accessories These are simple. You simply check-out through our online shopping cart. It will automatically calculate the shipping cost in real-time. If the accessory is currently in-stock, you can also order Expedited Shipping, such as Next Day Air or Second Day Air. String Trimmers We do NOT offer free shipping to Alaska and Hawaii because of the increased shipping costs. We will, however, ship to Alaska and Hawaii if you are willing to pay the extra shipping charge.