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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – After dropping the first two games of their Peach Belt Conference road trip, the Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurricanes were looking to capture their first win of the trip. The Flagler College Lady Saints stood in the way of the Lady 'Canes and that goal. The Lady Hurricanes split the double header, which saw both games turn into one-run affairs. The GSW win in game two saw them defeat the PBC's leading pitcher Donna Munafo.
GAME ONE: Georgia Southwestern-0 Flagler College-1
It was a dangerous beginning to the game as Katie Maddox would walk the first three Flagler batters she faced. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Katie Wooten would catch a fly ball in right field. Her throw home would skip by Jessica Chewning. Maddox, backing the play up, flipped the ball back to Chewning in time to get the runner at home. The escape from danger would be completed in the next at-bat as Torry Jolley would fly out to Avery Purser in foul territory.
Maddox would again walk the lead-off hitter in the second inning, but she would be unable to keep the runner from scoring as Brittney Little would drive in the game's first run. The damage would be limited to just the one run.
Katie Enright would be dominant on the mound for Flagler. She would retire the GSW side in order in the first three innings. The no-hit bid for Enright would be broken up by a lead-off single by Mason Moreland in the top of the fourth inning. The Blue & Gold would get another lead-off single by Rachel McElroy in the fifth inning. The freshman outfielder would reach third, but she would not come around to score.
The 1-0 Flagler lead would carry into the seventh inning. However, Enright would finish what she started as she retired the GSW side in order in the seventh inning to preserve the two-hit shutout.
Three GSW pitchers (Maddox, Dennison and Burns) would all take the mound for the Lady Hurricanes in the loss.
GAME TWO: Georgia Southwestern-2 Flagler College-1
After being shutout in game one, the task wasn't any easier going into game two. The Lady Hurricanes faced Flagler's Donna Munafo who was 16-1 with a 0.81 earned run average going into the game.
It wasn't too tall of an order for GSW as they scored two runs in the first inning, which snapped Munafo's 26 and two thirds innings streak of scoreless innings pitched. Mason Moreland would kick off game two with a single in the game's first at-bat. That would be followed up by Hayley Knight beating out a throw from third for a bunt single. After a wild pitch moved the two into scoring position, Avery Purser would drive in Moreland on a sacrifice fly. Knight would score on a fielding error by Lauren Roundabush in left field.
It would be GSW starter Jessica Martin who would baffle her opponent's hitters. Martin wouldn't give up her first hit until Whitney Little beat a Gabby Buck throw on her bunt in the third inning. Martin would recover from the hit to keep the shutout intact.
Martin would cruise her way through the first four innings. She would only concede one hit with six strikeouts. Her trouble would begin in the fifth when she opened the inning by hitting Kristen Chapman. A sacrifice and then a wild pitch would move Chapman to third. Sarah Albino would hit a single and drive in Chapman ending the shutout bid for Martin. She would limit the damage to just the one run after striking out back-to-back Flagler hitters to end the inning.
Jessica Martin would only surrender two hits while striking out nine hitters going into the final inning. The Georgia Southwestern coaching staff would give her the opportunity to finish what she started. After getting a lead-off ground out to Buck at third, Martin would answer giving up a single by forcing a groundout right back to her. The last out would come on the last exact play as Martin forced Little to ground out to her.
Martin would get the win in the decision pitching all seven innings. Her finishing line was three hits over seven innings while striking out nine Flagler hitters.
The split decision on Monday pushes the GSW record to 17-25 (2-12 PBC). The Lady Hurricanes will be back in action on Saturday, April 7th at Lady Canes Field. First pitch against Columbus State is scheduled for 2 p.m.


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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Maine energy officials say the statewide average cash price for No. 2 heating oil is $3.83 per gallon, down 2 cents from last week.
The Governor's Energy Office also says the average kerosene price fell a penny, to $4.30 per gallon. Prices for propane increased 4 cents, to $2.82 a gallon over the week.
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Cardinals top Reds, clinch tie for second NL wild-card
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaime Garcia is in fine form for the postseason, winning his last three starts and homering off Bronson Arroyo, too.
The St. Louis Cardinals are almost there, clinching a tie for the second NL wild card and spoiling Dusty Baker's return from a mini-stroke with a 4-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
"I'm excited," Garcia said. "It's a huge win for us."
BOX SCORE:Cardinals 4, Reds 2
WILD-CARD:Dodgers win to keep playoff hopes alive
After winning for the 11th time in 14 games, the defending World Series champions stayed at Busch Stadium more than two hours after the final pitch to watch the Dodgers snap a ninth-inning tie and beat the Giants 3-2 to avoid elimination. The plan for a late-night delayed victory party had been somewhat muted, with five cases of champagne on ice instead of the usual overkill of 20 cases of champagne and 20 cases of beer.
A loss by the Dodgers or another Cardinals win would wrap up a playoff spot for St. Louis and a visit to Atlanta for the wild-card game Friday. Both teams have two games to go.
"It's different with this one-game playoff looming over our heads if we get there," second baseman Daniel Descalso said. "I wouldn't expect a raucous celebration but, you know, some celebration is in order if we do clinch it."
First-year manager Mike Matheny and general manager John Mozeliak, dress shoes propped on an end table, watched the game in the manager's office.
"One step closer," Matheny said. "Too early to start going there."
Arroyo (12-10) threw 73 pitches while allowing three runs over five innings in a tuneup for the postseason after learning beforehand from Baker that he wouldn't go deep into the game. Arroyo topped 200 innings for the seventh time but is 0-3 in his last four starts.
"He talked to us about going shorter, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't take the sting out of it," Arroyo said. "We could be 160-0 and a loss is a loss is a loss. It sits there on the back of my baseball card until I die."
The Reds are 96-64, tied with the Nationals for the best record in the National League with two games to go, and must finish ahead of Washington to get home-field advantage throughout the postseason after losing the season series.
More important at this point is getting to the postseason fresh. Baker made it a point to get work for relievers Alfredo Simon and J.J. Hoover, both of whom hadn't pitched lately.
"It was a matter of trying to win the game, but trying to get your guys fresh at the same time," Baker said. "Right now, we're about preservation and conservation."
Baker missed 11 games, including the NL Central clincher and Homer Bailey's no-hitter, while recovering from a stroke in a Chicago hospital that he had while being treated for an irregular heartbeat. He appeared noticeably fatigued after the game and spoke briefly.
Garcia (7-7) made it 5 for 5 at the plate against Arroyo when he led off the third with a drive that just cleared the right-field wall for his second career homer, although the perfect run ended when he flied out to end the fourth.
"I knew. I'm not going to lie to you. I faced him the last couple years and I knew I was 4 for 4," Garcia said. "He's a really good pitcher and he made a mistake and I put a good swing on the ball."
Allen Craig and Yadier Molina added an RBI apiece in a three-run third, and Descalso had an RBI triple in the sixth that made it 4-1. Jason Motte worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his 41st save in 48 chances.
Garcia gave up six hits, including three singles in a span of four at-bats in the third, with Brandon Phillips getting an RBI. Scott Rolen doubled, advanced on a passed ball and scored on Ryan Hanigan's sacrifice fly in the seventh.
The lefty has been a major asset at home throughout his career, going 20-11 with a 2.48 ERA at Busch Stadium, the lowest career mark of any pitcher with 10 or more starts, including 4-2 with a 2.82 ERA in nine starts this year. He's 3-5 with a 5.02 ERA in 11 road starts this year and 14-12 with a 4.47 ERA overall.
NOTES: Arroyo has allowed 26 homers, tied for third-most in the NL with Bailey and fellow Reds pitcher Mike Leake. ... Ryan Ludwick returned to the Cincinnati lineup after missing eight games with left groin tightness but was removed in a double switch in the sixth. ... Reds pitchers combined for seven strikeouts to set a franchise record with 1,231, breaking the mark of 1,227 in 2008. ... Motte has all of the Cardinals' saves. The franchise has never gone a season with just one pitcher getting all of the saves.


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Dog walkers who don't clean up after their pets on one Brooklyn street could find themselves in for a surprise nastier than the messes their pooches leave behind, thanks to a group of fed-up residents.
The South Oxford Street Block Association said on its Facebook page that it is setting up an online "wall of shame" of photos and videos of dog owners who don't pick up after their pets on walks.
The group's president, Abby Weissman, already posted surveillance footage of a woman walking off after her dog stopped to do its business by a tree box on a sidewalk.
Weissman encouraged other members of the group to be on the lookout for more scofflaw dog walkers and to send in similar photos and videos.
"There is no excuse for this behavior," Weissman said in a Facebook post. "If you can't clean up after your dog you shouldn't have one."
Some residents in the neighborhood said they supported the idea.
"I am with y'all all the way (about) catching dog-walkers leaving their poop on the ground," one longtime Fort Greene resident said in a post to the group's Facebook page. "Oh does that drive me nuts."
Under city law, dog owners who don't pick up after their pets could face a $250 fine.


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A team of Penn State researchers at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) and Materials Science Department have seen the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) they developed between 2005 and 2011 transitioned to its first successful human test in March.
Thoratec Corp., a world leader in mechanical circulatory support therapies for failing hearts, licensed the technology from Penn State in 2010. LVADs are designed to partially take over the pumping function of a failing heart. In less than three years, the preliminary design components, test facilities and manufacturing techniques developed at Penn State to build a prototype device have been evolved by Thoratec to where the LVAD could be tested in humans.
"The excitement for our Penn State team is that our research is now well on its way to saving lives," said Rob Kunz, ARL researcher and principal investigator on the project. "The design goals for the now-termed HeartMate PHP (percutaneous heart pump) were daunting: Develop a blood pump on the end of a long, thin catheter small enough to be inserted through an incision in a patient's thigh and snaked up through the descending aorta to the left ventricle to be deployed. The PHP has to provide enough blood-pumping capability to support an adult male (approximately 4.5 liters per minute at a 60mmHg pressure head) for several days, without causing undo damage to the heart or the blood itself."
Many commercially available long-term LVADs require that the chest wall be surgically opened for device insertion, a complicated and traumatic procedure. The design goals for the short-term PHP device were motivated by a desire for a rapidly inserted minimally invasive acute support technology. The PHP is designed to be inserted, deployed and operating within minutes of a patient suffering a heart attack or other acute heart condition, potentially prolonging the life of tens of thousands of people in the United States each year.
With these requirements, industry came to Penn State because of the University's strong capabilities in hydrodynamics (design, testing and modeling) and materials science, both critical technologies in any blood pump application. "We were essentially given the requirements and a blank sheet of paper," said Kunz, "It did not take long before we had developed the basic concept: a very small, very rapidly spinning collapsible impeller, housed within a collapsible cannula."
Developing the concept for this tiny but efficient turbomachine has required the Penn State team to overcome multiple challenges. An important one has to do with the nature of the fluid. The LVAD works by means of an impeller that pumps blood while spinning at approximately 19,000 RPM; but you can't put blood in a blender – even a tiny one – and expect it to maintain the physical and biological characteristics that enable it to carry oxygen. Instead, the impeller blades had to be engineered so that they minimally damage the red blood cells.
Another major challenge was that the material from which the LVAD blades are made had to be flexible enough to compress within a 4-mm catheter. That same elasticity means the blades deflect under the fluid load when they spin. Thus, the blades had to be designed to offset the deflection while at the same time preserving their desired hydrodynamic performance. Thirdly, the cannula in which the impeller spins, and which guides the blood flow through the pump, also had to be collapsible – essentially a covered stent with enough integrity to support the pumping while being flexible enough to fold completely into a 4-mm catheter.
Said Kunz, "This has been a truly multidisciplinary design and development effort, involving experts in materials science, experimental fluid mechanics, computational fluid mechanics, engineering design, bearing technology, rapid prototyping and controls, as well as machinists and integration testing technicians. We also had the exciting opportunity to become involved in several technologies well outside of our core competencies including circulatory system physiology, blood cell mechanics/biochemistry, animal testing and materials that are 'cleared' for use in the body. Also, despite its 'design & deliver' focus, the project supported a Penn State Ph.D. thesis in Mechanical Engineering on the topic of fluid-structure interaction modeling."
"So where is the device now and where is it going?" Kunz continued, "Four PHP-related patents have been issued with members of our team as co-inventors. The Penn State technology management office successfully negotiated licensing agreements with Thoratec, so the successful human test gave rise to Penn State's first licensing revenue from the device."
Thoratec is a great transition partner for this technology as they are one of only a handful of companies in the world that have the expertise and resources to mature blood pump devices though manufacturing development and clinical trials to commercialization. Thoratec intends to continue clinical trials on the use of the HeartMate PHP to support patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous interventions, as well as those in cardiogenic shock, a population with persistently high mortality rates. The company anticipates initiating a European study in the second half of 2013, followed by a U.S. clinical trial in early 2014.
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Westporter returns to painting after life-altering surgery
Brain surgery survivor follows her heart
Life can at times take on crystal clarity, especially when death threatens.
Such was the case for Westport artist Mary Elizabeth Peterson, who at age 28 underwent "11 hours of life-saving brain surgery."
Before the operation, doctors asked Peterson -- then a financial marketing and communications specialist -- to consider whether extraordinary efforts should be used to keep her alive if the operation was not successful.
"I remember writing down: `If I can't paint, pull the plug.' "
She survived -- and soon after decided to change careers.
She had studied journalism and art history at the University of Connecticut in the hopes of having a career that would pay the bills, but soon came to realize that although she was successful, her heart wasn't in her work.
"I started painting when I was 9. It always gave me such joy. After the surgery, I realized that (art) is what I needed to be doing," she said.
So she headed back to school, attending the renowned Corcoran College of Art & Design in Washington, D.C. That was more than a decade ago.
Soon after art school, she had twins (a boy and a girl) and decided to become a full-time mom. But about three years ago, when the twins turned 10, Peterson returned to painting with a passion.
More InformationTroy Fine Art, 3310 Post Road, Southport section of Fairfield. 203-255-1555; www.troyfineart.com/gallery/. Hours are Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment. Free.
Now through Sept. 1, Peterson is having her first one-artist show at Troy Fine Art in Fairfield's Southport section.
About 20 of the artist's most recent contemporary abstract paintings, 48-inches square, are featured in an array of bright colors.
In her honor, a public reception, "The Colors of Indian Summer," is slated for Thursday, Aug. 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event is free, but reservations are suggested.
"Her vivid colors and delightful patterns are the first things that catch your eye in these contemporary compositions," said Denise DiGrigoli, of Troy Fine Art. "We find our clients (are) engaged with her art from the moment they see it. Mary Elizabeth's style brings an instant smile on your face.
"Peterson is passionate about the tactile, the messy and the raw and the color. Bright, clean colors that transcend the mundane and bring joy to everyday life (are used to create) refreshingly happy moments with acrylic paint on canvas, as well as in mixed-media collage, where she cleverly combines paint, paper, thread and plastics."
The artist said: "More than anything else, I have been drawn to color because it can have real emotional impact, capable of shifting your state of being to a more positive place.
"I really love clean, unmuddied colors: pinks, oranges, teals and blues."
Peterson, who received an international artist residency grant at the Vermont Studio Center in March, describes the works in the show as "color-infused ... whimsical abstract paintings."
"They are happy paintings," she said. "Life is hard enough. I want the viewer to shift to a calmer, more peaceful state; that's my goal."
Troy Fine Art, 3310 Post Road, Southport section of Fairfield. 203-255-1555; www.troyfineart.com/gallery/. Hours are Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment.
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Mozambique government approves 2013-2014 action plan for Green Economy
Posted on 21 October 2013
Following the launch of Mozambique's Green Economy Roadmap by His Excellency the President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza in June 2012 at the Rio +20 talks in Brazil, the Government of Mozambique has moved to firm up its Green Economy plans by approving its Plan of Action for 2013/2014.Following the launch of Mozambique's Green Economy Roadmap by His Excellency the President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza in June 2012 at the Rio +20 talks in Brazil, the Government of Mozambique has moved to firm up its Green Economy plans by approving its Plan of Action for 2013/2014.
Mozambique' Green Economy Roadmap is a vision document that draws broad outlines of the elements of a green growth strategy for Mozambique. The majority of economic activities in the country, including the livelihoods of the population depend on the natural capital that is available, whether for food supply (agriculture), tourism, mining, energy, timber, fisheries, or otherwise. Research recently conducted to assess the country's wealth found that both renewable and non-renewable natural capital accounted for 49% of total wealth, dominated by subsoil resources (41%), cropland (30%) and timber resources (15%), which is significantly higher than the Sub-Saharan African average of 24% (MICOA & AFD 2009).
The launch of the roadmap at Rio +20 was followed by the development of a clear Action Plan for Green Growth, in a process linked to the long-term National Development Strategy (ENDE) 2015-2035, which clearly recognises the fundamental role of the sustainable management of natural resources for economic development to benefit present and future generations.
The plan outlines what the Government of Mozambique will do over the period of one year, on the road to Green Economy. Among others, the plan outlines a nation-wide assessment of the country's natural wealth that provides Mozambique with ecosystem goods and services imperative for survival and well-being. The results of this process will be used, among others, to inform the country's five-year national planning document for the period of 2015-2019.
Deputy Minister for the Coordination of Environmental Action, Ana Chichava, noted this week that the plan envisages sustainable use of natural resources through the integration of three pillars of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental.
"We cannot approve any business project without analysing the economic gain, the social impact and the environmental impact thereof," said the Deputy Minister.
Currently, WWF and other partners such as the University of Eduardo Mondlane, Stanford University, the African Development Bank, UNEP and UNDP, are helping the government of Mozambique implement their Green Economy plan. WWF will be specifically providing technical support in baseline mapping and valuation of all natural resources, zoning of territory according to natural capital management objectives and strengthening civil society organizations participation in the valuation process for effective and inclusive management of Mozambique's all important natural assets.
WWF's Country Director for Mozambique, Mrs. Anabela Rodrigues, notes that the conservation organization will continue working with government and partners to help Mozambique realize its Green Economy action plan and help it secure areas that are critical to livelihoods in the country.
"We are currently supporting the Government in carrying out a detailed natural capital mapping for the newly declared Primeiras and Segundas multi-use management area as input for the development of a management plan for the same. This recently gazetted conservation area is of significant importance considering that it will make a major contribution to the livelihoods of the people in the region and Mozambique as a whole, while ensuring that biodiversity is preserved for present and future generations" said Mrs. Rodrigues.
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Chronic Pain in Nursing Home Residents Underestimated
- Publish Date: 2009/09/17 - (Rev. 2016/05/20)
- Author: Wiley-Blackwell
Outline: Relatives and healthcare staff find it hard to diagnose pain levels in nursing home residents accurately.
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Health staff and relatives underestimate chronic pain experienced by nursing home residents - Researchers call for more education and greater awareness of strategies that don't involve drugs.
Relatives and healthcare staff find it hard to diagnose pain levels in nursing home residents accurately, especially if they are cognitively impaired with illnesses such as dementia or unable to speak, according to a study in September issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing .
The findings have led experts from The Netherlands to call for nurses to be given more education about how to assess and treat chronic pain. They would also like to see relatives being given more information about pain and for both parties to use other methods, like encouraging greater mobility and providing soothing massages, to alleviate pain.
Researchers led by the Pain Expertise Center at the Erasmus Medical Center studied 174 nursing home residents - 124 who had cognitive impairments and 50 did not. They also spoke to 171 nurses and 122 relatives.
Six nursing homes took part in the five-year study, with the researchers speaking to the patient, someone responsible for care and, wherever possible, a relative who had regular contact with the patient. In some cases nurses reported back on more than one patient.
Patients were included if they had a pain rating of more than four out of ten, assessed by themselves - if they were not cognitively impaired - or a staff nurse if they were. The majority of the 110 women and 64 men, who had an average age of 82, experienced pain as a result of musculoskeletal and circulatory problems.
Previous studies have shown that some people with mild or moderate cognitive impairment are still able to use simple zero to ten scales, where zero is no pain at all and ten is the worse pain imaginable.
In this study, all of the 50 patients in the non-impaired group were able to report pain levels in the previous week, together with 19 in the impaired group, making a total of 69. Fifteen patients in the impaired group were able to report pain levels at rest, making a total of 65.
"When the team interviewed the residents without cognitive impairments they found that all of them reported pain in the last week, but that only 89 per cent of the caregivers and 67 per cent of the relatives were aware of that pain" says Dr Rhodee van Herk. "However, if they were aware that the patient had experienced pain, the nurses and relatives gave it a median score of six out of ten, with the same score reported by the patients."
Nurses and relatives were less unaware of pain levels when the patient was at rest. They gave their pain levels a median score of zero, compared with the patients, who gave it a median score of four out of ten. However relatives were more aware of pain issues than nurses, with their median scores ranging from zero to five, compared with nurses, who reported a median score of zero to two.
In general, there was more agreement between residents and relatives on pain levels than between relatives and nurses. The only exception was pain at rest in the impaired group, when relatives and nurses were in greater agreement.
Eight-three per cent of nurses and 65 per cent of relatives were certain about the level of pain the patient had experienced in the preceding week and 83 per cent of caregivers and 58 per cent of relatives were certain about pain at rest.
"Our study shows that nurses and relatives find it hard to accurately assess pain in nursing home residents, especially if the resident has a cognitive impairment, such as dementia, or is unable to speak" concludes Dr van Herk.
"Pain seemed to differ, not only on an individual basis but also in different daily situations. It is clear that pain at rest is a particular issue that needs addressing as residents rated this much higher than caregivers and relatives.
"Using a simple pain intensity scale, like the zero to ten scale employed in our study, is clearly not enough. We would like to see nurses use a combination of the existing pain intensity scale, together with multi-dimensional pain observations scales to judge how much discomfort a patient is experiencing.
"We are also keen to ensure that relatives receive more information on chronic pain and that both relatives and nurses explore pain relief methods that don't always rely on drugs.
"These can include massage, applying warmth, encouraging residents to be more mobile and distractions such as music and storytelling."
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Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Neve Campbell are all set to "Scream" again.
The trio will reunite with director Wes Craven for "Scream 4," Dimension Films announced on Tuesday.
All three stars will reprise their roles from the original "Scream" movie, which was released in 1996. Fright film master Craven has helmed all of the "Scream" films so far.
Joining the returning vets will also be a new group of young actors, the studio announced. However, no further casting details were available.
The fourth installment – which will hit theaters on April 15, 2011 — comes more than a decade after "Scream 3" was released in February 2000.
"Working with Courteney, David and Neve was a blast ten years ago and I'm sure it will be again. And I can't wait to find the talent that will bring new blood to the screen as well," Craven said in a statement.
All told, the "Scream" film franchise has grossed more than $500 million at the worldwide box office.
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By Liane Kupferberg Carter Sep 17, 2013 8
Busman's Holiday
"Will there be funnel cake?" I asked my husband Marc.
"What's funnel cake?"
"No idea," I said cheerily.
It was a sunny, no-humidity, not-a-cloud-in-the-sky day in August; Marc and I were going to the Dutchess County Fair. I was looking forward to some "just us" time. A day away for the two of us, where, by tacit agreement, we weren't going to talk about autism.
I consulted the brochure. "Horseshoeing … weaving … chicken clucking and rooster crowing contests … husband calling? I think that means yelling, 'Soo-weee' to the hogs, not 'Ralph, pick up your dirty socks.'"
We held hands as we passed through the gates onto the midway, stopping to gape at the food concessions. Fried Oreos. Fried pickles. Chocolate-covered bacon. "And this is why America has an obesity problem," Marc said. Virtuously, we split a Greek salad.
After lunch we strolled through livestock pavilions. Mickey would have liked seeing the animals, I thought. But I knew that the music, the crowds, the rides and games would have driven him into sensory overload. I could imagine him fearfully eyeing the oversized stuffed animals and asking, "Do they move? Do they talk? I've had enough!" I remembered the time we'd taken him to the Northern Vermont State Fair. He'd been so terrified of a policeman on horseback that he'd bolted.
We were standing by a pen filled with goats. Suddenly a tall boy shoved in front of us, hung over the fence and thrust out a handful of hay.
A man grabbed him, and hissed, "Stop it! Say 'Excuse me!'"
"No problem, it's fine," Marc said amiably. Autism Radar: both of us recognized immediately that this boy was on the spectrum.
"Really, it's fine," I repeated.
I don't know if the man—I assumed he was the father—heard us; he was still reprimanding the boy. I heard exasperation. Anger. Shame.
I wanted to offer reassurance. To tell him how we of all people understood. Please don't apologize, we're not like all those strangers who roll their eyes, I wanted to say. He's not misbehaving, he can't help it. Our son used to do the same thing. But I couldn't find the right words. I didn't know the right words. I was afraid that instead of offering support I'd embarrass him. Or worse, make him angry. I looked around; a woman—the boy's mother?—stood nearby, eyes averted.
I suddenly remembered a time I'd taken Mickey to see his big brother Jonathan play clarinet in a school concert. Initially, Mickey had sat quietly. I'd felt relieved, believing he was actually blending in. That no one was staring. Then Mickey began to squirm and talk to himself. I handed him a picture book. A Beanie Baby. A bag of pretzels. He kept squirming. I started to panic. If I couldn't pull something out of my bag of tricks fast, Mickey was going to disrupt his brother's concert. I knew the woman beside Mickey was watching, and inwardly I shriveled. I saw her reach into her purse; then she handed Mickey a loop of string.
"Thank you," I whispered. I wondered if I should I say more.
But I didn't have to.
"I have a son with PDD too," she said.
Autism Radar.
Later that day at the fair, I saw the boy and his parents again. They were walking between exhibition halls; the father was holding the boy's hand. So familiar, it made my throat ache.
I wanted so much to tell them, "It gets better. It will be ok." But I didn't know that, did I? How could I? That was my family's truth, but every family's journey is different.
Marc reached for my hand and squeezed hard. We didn't say a word.


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Death Inc.
Take Dungeon Keeper, Theme Park and Pikmin, set it in the 17th century and add a Grim Reaper. A game for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Death Inc.
Take Dungeon Keeper, Theme Park and Pikmin, set it in the 17th century and add a Grim Reaper. A game for Windows, Mac and Linux.
The Last Post
Dear friends, backers, supporters and well-wishers,
There are a handful of hours left on the clock but I think we can all see the outcome. What a ride it has been. But it's OK! Together we've taken an exciting, gruelling, and enlightening journey over the last month. We've created and released a tonne of content (including a demo and a house!) and received loads of useful feedback. We wouldn't change that for the world.
We would like to assure you all that you haven't seen the last of Death Inc! We are working extremely hard to make this beautiful, bonkers, original game a reality for you all.
Please keep in touch! There are so many ways:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/AmbientStudiosLtd
- Twitter: www.twitter.com/ambientgames
- Our website: www.ambientstudios.co.uk
- Email: email@example.com
We'd love to hear from you and take the next steps of our journey together.
All the best,
- the Ambient team
The Death Inc. Story
Peter Molyneux, Alex Evans and Sean Murray endorse Death Inc!
In between Life and Death, there lies the Nether. And this is where Grim T. Livingstone, freelance Reaper, lives.
As Assistant Underreaper at the Ministry Of Mortality, Grim's task is soul collection. Filing reports, data processing, administration. Thankless and soulless.
And so Death Inc. is born: A way to escape the rat race and establish the Nether's premier mortality outsourcing agency, moving souls from Life to… somewhere better.
As Death Inc. grows, Grim discovers a terrifying threat: The villainous King Of England is in league with the Black Hearts, a secret society intent on discovering the secret of immortality.
And in doing so, they start to destroy Grim's world. With not only the Nether but Life itself under attack, Grim has his work cut out and the Ministry Of Mortality either doesn't know or care.
As is often the way, if you want something done right, you do it yourself.
The Death Inc. Demo is available for Windows, Mac and Linux! Go here to check it out: http://www.deathincgame.com/demo/
Update Highlights:
March 1st Update #22: Day & Night
March 1st Update #21: The House That Jon Built
Feb 28th Update #19: Unit Types
Feb 27th Update #17: #SaveOurSouls
Feb 26th Update #16: iPad and Multiplayer revealed
Feb 25th Update #15: Peter Molyneux, Alex Evans and Sean Murray endorse Death Inc!
Feb 19th Update #13: Demo! Add-ons! Greenlight!
Feb 14th Update #10: The King Is Dead, Long Live The King
Feb 13th Update #9: Villager Edition Backer Names
Feb 11th Update #7: A Global Afterlife Enterprise: The Business Of Death Inc.
Feb 6th Update #3: Rewards! Steam Greenlight!
Feb 5th Update #1: Death Inc. comic - Grim T. Livingstone, Origins (Part 1 )
Ambient Studios is proud to present Death Inc. - a pungent re-imagining of the Black Death.
- Play as the Grim Reaper and unleash the bubonic plague upon 17th century England
- Command an infected horde against the evil King Of England
- Paint your orders with a unique and intuitive control scheme
- Ransack ports, towns and cities and convert their citizens to your cause
- Use special abilities like Plague Rats, the Pigeon Pox, or the Cowstrike.
- Use physics to alter the course of battle with siege weapons and cunning tricks and traps
- Save souls in battle and use them to expand your operations
- Build your base in the Nether and manage the growing business of Death Inc.
- Hire minions, underlings and assistants to spread Death Inc's reach further.
- Unlock powerful units like the Plague Doctor and the Monk
RockPaperShotgun.com: "A marvellous, horrible, brilliant, horrible idea"
IGN.com: "Think Wind Waker ... but mixed with the sly humour of the gallows"
PCGamer.com: "A development supergoup"
vg247.com: "Bat-sh*t crazy but brilliant"
TheVerge: "An adorable strategy game... an incredibly charming art style"
The Guardian: "Gorgeous art style ... a fascinating concept with an intuitive interface"
IndieGameMag.com: "Exactly how a modern day Bullfrog game would look"
IndieStatik.com: "It sticks out on presentation alone, but combined with the intuitive control system that presentation becomes artistic"
Want to know more about what you're getting? Click here for pictures!
Can't find a tier that gives you what you need? Here's the add-ons we've announced so far:
- If you've chosen a reward that receives a copy of the game, you can get an extra digital copy for just £6.50 / $10.00 (approx) / €7.50 (approx)
- Add £5/$7/€6 (approx) Digital design doc - read all the info from our amazing designers, get an insight into how they approached the game the finer details of our game mechanics.
- Add £3/$5/ €4 (approx) for a special private 2 hour live stream Q&A with the team - pick our brains on our jobs, our plans for the game and anything else you care to think of!
- You can get access to all future expansions, DLC and upgrades for just £10.00 / $15.00 (approx ) / €11.50 (approx)
- Get a digital copy of the soundtrack for just £5 / $7.50 (approx) / €5.80 (approx)
- Get a beautiful Death Inc. t-shirt for £16 ($24 / €18.50)! You'll also need to add £10 for international shipping if your pledge level doesn't already include it.Click here for a super high-res image of all the shirts.
Simply raise your pledge by the required amount and we'll sort it all out in the aftermath.
And there's more! Everyone who pledges £40 or more (approx $62) will also get to name a cow.
Disclaimer: This animal may or may not explode during the course of the game.
Death Inc. is not your typical strategy game. It's a unique mix of real-time strategy, god game and business sim, harking back to some of the classic Bullfrog games like Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper.
Simply paint your orders into the world and unleash your infected minions on serfs, wenches and noblemen. Every human that falls will join the ranks of your pestilential horde.
In between battles, build your business empire on the bones of your victims and strive to become the greatest Reaper the world has ever endured.
It's time to show the artistic side of infection and paint your way to the ruination of mankind. And a bigger office.
Every unit in your horde has a primal instinct to attack anyone and anything not affected by the plague. People, cows, chickens... you direct it, they'll infect it.
But beware! Humanity's not going to go down without a fight. Your potential victims will defend themselves with sticks, swords, bows or muskets, even siege weapons; anything they can find.
You'll face a variety of increasingly complex challenges through the game, battling from quaint country villages to bustling seaside ports before finally storming the castles and cities of England.
Overpower soldiers, archers, pikemen, musketeers, plague doctors and knights, turning each into a baneful weapon to overpower your enemies.
To learn more about the enemies you'll face in the game click here
Death Inc's fluid control mechanic allows you to quickly and simply paint orders directly in the world for your horde to follow. Use broad brush strokes from afar to direct large swathes of infected, or zoom right in for pencil sharp accuracy. You'll be able to control your troops as you would in any other real-time strategy game, just with greater tactical finesse.
Here are just some of the challenges any Reaper faces, and how you might solve them:
- Angry pitchfork wielding lynch mob: Two mouse strokes lets you split your horde and crush the mob in a pincer movement.
- Town crier scuttling to sound the alarm: Flank him in one motion and cut him off with a wall of infected with the next.
- Company of knock-kneed archers: Draw their fire with peasant arrow fodder, charge your malignant cavalry into their rear and watch them scarper.
- A deadly rain of boiling oil streaming from a castle gate: Paint a simple circular gesture to tell your infected to scatter.
Your enemies can be simply, deftly and brutally dealt with. Just like that.
In a few quick strokes and gestures, you'll see exactly what your troops are going to do, where they're heading and how they'll get there. Multitasking becomes easy and adapting to the ebb and flow of battle, intuitive.
Unlockable special abilities make your battles even more dynamic, spectacular and bizarre:
- Need to disrupt enemy defences? Just send some plague rats their way.
- Farmers refusing to play along? Sabotage them with exploding livestock.
- Villagers cowering indoors? Get them outside with a norovirus brunch.
- Long range attack required? Unleash the pigeon pox! Those filthy skyvermin will be dive-bombing in no time.
Every level is a sandbox for you to experiment with, with different strategies to try out and challenges to overcome.
In between all the reaping, Grim T. Livingstone returns to the Nether, Death Inc's base of operations. This begins humbly, but you'll soon need to expand it to cope with the needs of an international reaping corporation.
Harvested souls are the currency of the Nether. Spend them to upgrade troops and abilities, or to renovate your base of operations and make a personal statement about the business. Office furniture not only looks snazzy but can modify your in-game abilities too.
But why not hire lost souls as assistants? They'll increase your profits, ramp up your efficiency and can head out into the world to reap secondary targets.
Rise through the ranks of the Nether and become the top dog of the soul reclamation industry.
The project is at an early stage of development with plenty of features still to finish. However, we already have working levels in-game that demonstrate both the game's visual style and some of the gameplay features.
Everything you've seen so far has been built by our team in a short space of time. Achieving our target will allow us to build, refine and polish the remaining gameplay features and complete the art assets and levels needed in the final game.
We think Death Inc. is a fantastic fit for PC and Mac, and for Kickstarter. It's an innovative and original take on the strategy genre, brimming with humour.
With your contribution and assistance we can create an awesome game that will appeal to both new and old fans of strategy and god games, without a publisher in the middle. We love that Kickstarter allows us to build something new and different directly with you, the players.
It's only with your help that we can make Death Inc. a reality. With your support we'll be able to deliver a fully realised single player campaign for Death Inc. Our experienced team have the knowledge and most importantly the passion to be able to do this by October 2013. Whatever distribution platforms the game ends up on, we will always provide a DRM-free option.
Raising more than our initial target will allow us to be even more ambitious with the game's design and in turn create more great content for you. We have exciting plans for stretch goals, we'll reveal them when we get close to the target.
We'll be discussing the design of the game in our private backers' forums and you can help us to prioritise the features that you're most excited about.
Ambient Studios is a small independent developer based in Guildford, UK, unexpected centre of the British games development universe. Founded in 2011 by Media Molecule alumni, Ambient now comprises 11 experienced, senior game developers, with pedigrees including LittleBigPlanet, the Fable franchise, Burnout and Need For Speed.
We've all been lucky enough to have a hand in some amazing games over the past few years. Ambient was formed so we could make original games the way we wanted to, directly for the people who play them. If we can do it without a middle-man in the way, then so much the better.
We're passionate about creating unique, beautiful experiences. Help us make Death Inc. one of those!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read about our game. If you're unable to pledge but you still think Death Inc. sounds like an awesome idea, please share this page with friends and family and help spread the plague (and news) further.
Like us on Facebook and let us know your thoughts. We'd love to hear from you, why not email us on firstname.lastname@example.com?
Risks and challenges
Creating games can take a lot of time and things can sometimes take longer than originally planned. We are committed to delivering what we say we will, when we say we will. If for any reason circumstances change, you will be the first to know.
A major risk of any software project is QA (Quality Assurance). We have to ensure that it's up to the standards that we require and you expect. The backer-only alpha will not only allow you to play the game early but it will help us ensure the quality is on track from your feedback.
Not only will you be able to get your hands on the game before anyone else, you'll be able to play an active part in its development by giving us comments, criticism and ideas.
Another interesting challenge is localisation. The demographic of our backers will help us decide into how many languages the game should be translated. If you want to get involved, you could even help us crowdsource the translation, for extra special rewards.
To significantly reduce the technical risk, we are using the well known and widely praised Unity technology platform. This allows our programmers to concentrate on codifying Fun, and our artists on encapsulating Beauty, without the headache of tools development along the way.
We will be completely open about the development of this game by releasing regular dev diaries to keep you, our supporters updated on our progress and we'll be engaging regularly with everyone on the backers forum regarding important decisions we have to make.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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Get that good mojo going. A favorite topic of yoga teachers everywhere, this three-hour workshop will explore yoga's mysterious subtle anatomy called the Chakra System. Join chakra expert Carrie Tyler as she explains the imagery, symbolism, and philosophy of each of the seven major chakras and how they relate to our lives. Carrie is known for keeping things real and for using plain speak to discuss topics that can sometimes border on the mystical and bizarre. The workshop is open to all who are curious and looking to deepen their yoga knowledge.


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Just last week, Chevrolet and NASCAR unveiled the Camaro Nationwide car that will be hitting race tracks for the first time next year.
But we got an email today from a digital artist that shows he designed a car that was nearly exactly the same two years ago.
Mike Gehri of 3dAutosports sent us a video of a rendering he put on YouTube in 2011 of a NASCAR Nationwide Series Chevy Camaro. Mike says that he "doesn't know anyone at GM and has never contacted them about it."
He created the car as a bit of an aside when he was working on 3D models of all the 2011 NASCAR racers, just to see how it would look. This is because when the new Nationwide cars were introduced, Chevy did not want to run the Camaro because of the differences in the shape of the body, no matter how marketable it could be. They ran the uninspiring Impala instead.
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The creator and cast of "Downton Abbey" admit they suspected when the series debuted that they might become relatively famous faces in the United Kingdom, where the hit series originates. But they never suspected the juggernaut period drama would propel them to become celebrity sensations around the globe.
As the series enters its fourth season, creator Julian Fellowes has seen it become a pop culture phenomenon. "One of the odd things about this particular show is that it's been very successful in all sorts of bases like China or Africa, and you think 'I wonder what they're getting from it' sometimes," he muses.
As the show and its stars have garnered various Hollywood acting awards nominations and traveled to the United States to promote the series, which is broadcast on PBS's "Masterpiece" several months after its original presentation on British television, they've gotten a clear indication of the passion "Downton" inspires in its American audience.
"It feels that Americans fans have more of a confidence, I guess, to come over and say something to us and say that they love the show," says star Michelle Dockery, who stars as the tragedy-prone Lady Mary Crawley. "The British are more reserved, so they'll maybe look but they won't say anything."
"I think perhaps America people really do think I'm a Lord or an Earl or whatever," chuckles Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. "Back in the UK, people see me in the supermarket and aren't quite as surprised because they know it's not real."
"People have taken it very much to their hearts here, and in a slightly surreal way sometimes," adds Bonneville. "We were invited to a wedding in Florida by complete strangers because they wanted Lord Grantham at their table. I did have to write back and point out that he was only a fictional character."
"Downton Abbey" Returns With Changing Attitudes, Tragedy
After moving about largely unrecognized in London, Sophia McShera, who plays the assistant cook Daisy, got her first taste of fame in America during a visit to New York City. "People were really recognizing me – it was bizarre!" she laughs. "I went to the theater with Lesley [Nicol] who plays Mrs. Patmore, and we nearly got mobbed in the theater."
"I don't think anyone gets a job and goes 'We're probably going to be a worldwide hit,'" admits McShera, who's found herself stunned by encounters with celebrity fans of the series. "I met Steve Buscemi, and he and his wife loved the show. I was chatting to him for ages, and I was like 'No, wait – this is not right. You can't watch it.' It's very exciting. Someone just told me that Tom Hanks watches it. My mum absolutely loves him, so she'll be happy to hear it."
The stars themselves confess to being fans themselves when it comes to the show's addictive characters and plotlines outside their own, digging into each new script for the latest twists facing their favorites. "I love reading Anna and Bates," enthuses Dockery. "I think if I wasn't in the show I would follow their story more than anyone's really. I just love their relationship. I love Anna as a character. She's like the heart of the show. She's a constant. She's the eternal kind of generous and good person."


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infections acquired in the hospital cost the U.S. health care system $10 billion a year, new findings show.
Past studies have pegged the annual cost of treating those infections at $20 billion to $40 billion, so the new numbers show progress is being made, Dr. Eyal Zimlichman of The Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, one of the new study's authors, told Reuters Health.
Nevertheless, he said, much more can be done.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in every 20 hospitalized patients contracts a hospital-acquired infection.
Zimlichman and his team reviewed 26 studies to identify the costs associated with treating the five most common, expensive and preventable infections among hospitalized patients.
Bloodstream infections from central lines, which are long tubes inserted in a large vein such as in the chest or arm to deliver medication, fluids, nutrients or blood products, were the most expensive, at a cost of $45,814 per case. Ventilator-associated pneumonia, or a lung infection that develops while a person is on a respirator, came in second, at $40,144 per case.
Post-surgery infections occurring at the site of the operation cost $20,785 per patient. Infection with Clostridium difficile, a tough-to-treat bacterium that causes severe diarrhea and can spread within hospital units, cost $11,285 per case. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs) were the least costly, at $896 per case.
About 441,000 of these infections occur among hospitalized adults in the U.S. every year, for a total cost of $9.8 billion, Zimlichman and his colleagues reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Surgical site infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia each accounted for about one third of the total costs. That was followed by central line bloodstream infections (about 19 percent), C. difficile infections (15 percent) and catheter-associated UTIs, which accounted for less than 1 percent of all costs.
"This study really adds further evidence that not only are these infections too common and often lethal, they're extremely expensive," Dr. Peter Pronovost, director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, told Reuters Health.
"We really need to accelerate our efforts to reduce these infections."
Up to 70 percent of central line infections and ventilator-associated pneumonias can be prevented if the healthcare team treating the patient follows a checklist of best practices, added Pronovost, who did not take part in the new study.
Patients can protect themselves by asking hospitals about their infection rates and what they are doing to reduce them, he said.
Many states also require hospitals to report data on hospital-acquired infections to the CDC, which provides this information on its website (1.usa.gov/1aYZ1r2).
When patients are in the hospital, there are a few simple steps they can take to protect themselves, Pronovost added. "If someone walks into your room and you don't see them washing their hands, ask them if they did," he said.
Although there's ample evidence on how to prevent central line infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia, Zimlichman noted, less research has been done on the best strategies for heading off surgical site infections.
"There's not one magic bullet for them, but a series of small little things of being meticulous," Pronovost said - for example making sure a patient's skin is cleaned properly and that he or she is being prescribed the right dose of antibiotics.
Nevertheless, he added, if nurses and doctors follow these strategies they can reduce the rate of surgical site infections by 40 percent to 50 percent.
In the past, hospitals had little financial incentive to prevent these types of infections, since insurers would reimburse them for any additional costs associated with treating them, Dr. Mitchell H. Katz wrote in a note accompanying the study.
"Under this perverse payment scheme, a hospital that invested money to decrease infections would pay 'twice': once for the intervention and once through not getting the additional money for treating the patient for the additional complication," Katz, a deputy editor at the journal, wrote.
But that has begun to change, he added, since Medicare - the government-funded insurance program for the elderly and disabled - is no longer paying hospitals to treat these infections. "Not paying for hospital-acquired infections or errors is an important part of the movement toward paying for quality, not quantity, of care," Katz wrote.
SOURCE: bit.ly/1eb1COz JAMA Internal Medicine, online September 2, 2013.


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So, Conscious Box.
This and Bulu box are going to be written differently because I don't want to come up with a cost, at the end, I'm just going to mention value. I got this box on either Groupon or LivingSocial and it was a great deal. This isn't going to be nearly as in-depth as my other box-reports. And I'm really stressed out this month so I don't have time for the blog--I think I'm going to cook though! Cooking relives stress. And I need to save my blogging power for blogging about cooking, right?
So much!
Seven Seas tea: I'll drink this, I like tea. I really really wish it said what type of tea it was.
Truvia sweetener. One packet of sweetener seems a little bizarre. I'm not a sweetener person, I don't really drink sweet things.
Choco-slim. I like to lose weight through diet and exercise, so this really isn't up my alley. Plus I'd rather drink my tea in tea form.
Evironne fruit and vegetable wash: These really aren't necessary. I've taken a lot of food safety classes and won't use this.
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts--I think this is hilarious and going to be sent to a friend. Apparently it works as a protein source for salads and smoothies and such.
Everly drink mix--I think this is pretty cool. Apparently when you buy it, Everly donates money to help children who are sick with waterborne diseases. This is peach and mango, so I'm allergic to it, but it will find a new home.
Fruitbreak blended fruit with Greek yogurt--I think this is a great idea (and only 100 calories) if you like Greek yogurt, which I don't. And I'm super allergic to it (see a theme?).
Natralia: Heel balm. I will use this! My heels are always a disaster.
Honest kids juice drink: There is no ingredient label but I'm going to guess I'm allergic to it. And it's too bad because I really like Capri Sun.
Clif bar: I'll use this after a workout (they are tasty for the class of bar they are in, protein bars as a whole are usually...not my favorite. I'm not into sweets)
Glutenfreeda oatmeal: I don't like oatmeal. And oats are gluten-free (people, learn what gluten actually is before you decide it matters if you eat gluten or not). Some oatmeal is not gluten-free because they dust it with flour so that it doesn't clump.
Anyone tried any of this stuff?


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It's Wednesday--Time to Wet the Wick
I was going to title this post Friday, Time to Fuck but thought it sounded a little crass.
A good friend of ours was in town this week and stayed with us for a couple of nights. He's the father of a six-month old girl, so we had lots to talk about. After all of the requisite bragging about our girls' sparkling personalities, the conversation turned to the effect of a new baby on marriage; in particular, the effect on one's sex life (I've mentioned before the challenges we faced in this department).
We learned our friends have a strategy for coping with the post-baby coital slump. They establish a minimum sex threshold by scheduling it once a week. Yep, if Friday comes around, regardless of how many times they've done it, how tired they are, or any other excuses, they just do it. This way, you never have more than a week go by without a bit of the old in and out.
At first we laughed, then I thought, wait a minute, this is brilliant. If you wait until you're in the mood for the old mattress mambo, it never happens. There have been times when I haven't felt like bumping bellies but did it anyway because I thought I should. Every time, I'm glad I did it. It's like diving into the ocean—you feel lazy and don't want to bother getting your hair wet; the water is kind of cold and is a bit of a shock to the system at first; but once you're in, you feel invigorated and refreshed.
So, Papa and I have decided to do the mommy-daddy dance every Wednesday, at the absolute minimum. We chose Wednesday because we're less likely to have plans, I don't have school, there's nothing on TV (oh shit, I just remembered Lost is on Wednesday). No matter, we're doing it anyway. If he's working Wednesday, we move it up to Tuesday (by the way, it was my idea to move it forward, not back. I'm really on board with this plan).
I'll let you know how it comes, I mean goes.
All's well when ends meet.
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sound recording
sound recording
sound recording, process of converting the acoustic energy of sound into some form in which it can be permanently stored and reproduced at any time.
In 1855 the inventor Leon Scott constructed a device called a phonautograph that recorded tracings of the vibrations of sound. Thomas Edison, starting about 1877, made great improvements in mechanical sound recording and was the first inventor to achieve the actually audible reproduction of recorded sound. The greatest advances, however, were made after the adoption in 1925 of electromechanical systems using electronic amplifiers (see record player).
Generally, in recording, the sound waves impinge on a microphone and are converted into an electrical signal that is recorded by a tape recorder. The tape can be edited if desired. When a commercial phonograph record is to be made, a disk of soft acetate composition coated on an aluminum base, called an original, is placed on a rotating turntable. The tape is played back and controls a stylus that cuts a spiral groove starting from the outer edge and moving to the inner edge of the original. For monophonic sound the stylus vibrates from side to side as it cuts the groove. For stereophonic sound the stylus vibrates vertically, as well as from side to side, recording one sound channel in the left wall of the groove and one in the right.
In a series of steps the original is used to make a metal stamper that presses the groove into commercial records. In order to play a commercial record, a stylus, or needle, is placed in the disk's groove while it is in motion on a turntable. The vibrations of the stylus cause the transducer to which it is attached to produce a varying voltage. This voltage is amplified and fed into a loudspeaker.
In magnetic tape systems the varying electrical voltage is converted in a small electromagnet, called a head, into a varying magnetic field that causes magnetic particles embedded in the tape to become aligned in varying degrees as the tape passes through the magnetic field. On playback, the magnetic tape moves past the head, generating a varying voltage in the coil of the head, which is boosted in an amplifier and converted to sound by a loudspeaker.
Compact discs, first introduced commercially in the early 1980s, employ laser technology to inscribe and "read" digital information in a way that avoids actual physical contact between the disc and any type of stylus. The optical properties of the disc's tracks are measured by a sensor and converted to digital signals and then to sound. Compact discs have the advantage of minimal wear and a greater possible dynamic range. Compact disc technology was superceded by digital versatile disc (DVD) technology with the introduction of the DVD-Audio format in 1999. Using a similar optical technology, DVD offers greater storage capacity and even more accurate sound reproduction. Recorded music and other sound may also be stored on and played from computer disks using several different computer-program file formats.
Motion picture soundtracks are called optical recordings. The sound to be recorded is converted into an electrical signal that is used to modulate the intensity of a beam of light. This modulated beam exposes a moving film to make a recording of the sound. Reproduction is effected by shining a steady beam of light through the developed film that is the sound track. As the film moves across the light beam, some of the light passes through it into a photocell, the amplified output of which activates a loudspeaker. See tape recorder.
See L. Baert et al., Digital Audio and Compact Disc Technology (1995); F. Jorgenson, The Complete Handbook of Magnetic Recording (1995); J. Borwick, ed., Sound Recording Practice (4th ed. 1996); G. Alkin, Sound Recording and Reproduction (3d ed. 1997); R. E. Runstern and D. M. Huber, Modern Recording Techniques (4th ed. 1997); B. Bartlett and J. Bartlett, Practical Recording Techniques (2d ed. 1998).


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Protecting yourself
When you connect to the Internet, the Internet also connects back to you. Even before you connect to the Bank's web site, someone out there could potentially get access to your computer. Also, as you surf the Internet, there is a trail of information left behind.
Decrease your chances of being hacked by following the tips in our 'Don't Take the Risk!' video.
Verify Web Addresses
For all BMO websites
When you're banking online, be sure to verify BMO's website address in the address bar of your web browser. Valid BMO website addresses include:
If you are using a current browser, you will see our web address is green, another sign that you have reached our legitimate web site.
Protect passwords and PINs
Your password is your best protection
Here are a few simple ways you can protect your passwords.
- Memorize your debit and/or credit card passwords and/or PINs.
- Never write down a password or PIN.
- Change your passwords and PINs on a regular basis (every 4-6 months). Always choose a strong password.
- Don't let web sites store your passwords. While this can seem convenient, storing passwords grants anyone with access to your computer, access to your accounts and information.
- Do not share your PIN with anyone. Learn more at the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.
Clearing your cache
These instructions will remove the information stored on your computer that lists where you have surfed on the Internet and the passwords you have provided to websites:
If you're using any version of Microsoft Internet Explorer :
- From your browser menu select: Tools.
- From the View drop-down menu select: Internet Options.
- On the "General" tab (the first one at the top) look for the "Temporary Internet Files" section near the middle of the window.
- Click on the "Delete Files" button.
- A new window appears. Check the box that says: "Delete all offline content". Click the "OK" button. An hourglass tells you that files are being deleted.
If you're are using Firefox:
- Click "Tools" and select "Options" on the Firefox menu bar.
- Click the "Privacy Icon" on the Option menu bar to open the Privacy Properties.
- Click "Clear" across from the Cache/Private Data option.
- Click "Ok" to return to the browser main page.
- Exit and re-launch the browser.
For other browsers, please refer to your browser's documentation on memory/disk caching.
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Keep your computer secure when you're not around.
- Do not step away from your computer when you're logged in to a secure session.
- Always log off when you have finished banking online.
- If your session is idle for more than 10 minutes, you will automatically be logged off.
- Once you've logged off, delete all traces of your session from your computer's memory by clearing your cache.
- If you can avoid it, never use a public computer for your online financial transactions.
Protect your Pin
Millions of Canadians use debit cards and credit cards for multiple transactions every day. BMO payment systems are more secure than ever thanks to chip technology, the latest innovation in payment systems.
Do your part to keep your account safe from intrusions by safeguarding your BMO Debit Card and PIN. Here are some smart ways you can counteract fraud.
- Change your PIN often. You can change the PIN on your BMO Debit Card and BMO MasterCard at any BMO ATM.
- Shield your PIN when conducting transactions at an ATM or at a point-of-sale terminal.
- Never let your banking card out of your sight when conducting a transaction at a point-of-sale terminal. Always remember to take your banking card and transaction record with you once your transaction is complete.
- Check your statements and balances regularly to verify all transactions have been properly documented. If entries do not accurately reflect transaction activities, for example, if there are missing or additional transactions, you should contact your BMO Bank of Montreal branch immediately.
- If your banking card is lost, stolen or retained by an ATM, notify your BMO Bank of Montreal branch immediately.
- Your banking card and PIN are the keys to your account(s). Never disclose your PIN to anyone—not even BMO. You are the only person who should know it.
- Your PIN is your electronic signature—memorize it. If you suspect that someone knows your PIN, change it immediately or contact your BMO Bank of Montreal branch to cancel the card.
- When selecting your PIN, use obscure information rather than your telephone number, date of birth, address or social insurance or social security number.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Yusmeiro Petit fell one strike short of a perfect game last September against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Over the past month, he has found a different way to etch his name into the history book.
Petit retired the first eight hitters he faced Thursday, setting an MLB record for most consecutive batters retired. Over eight appearances since July 22, Petit set down 46 straight, edging Mark Buehrle's previous MLB record of 45 straight.
He entered the day with a streak of 38 straight outs going back to Marlon Byrd's double in the fifth inning of Petit's start in Philadelphia on July 22. The appearances since have all been out of the bullpen, but Petit had no issues readjusting to life in the rotation. He was given Thursday's start when the Giants moved struggling right-hander Tim Lincecum out of the rotation.
Charlie Blackmon led off the game with a hard-hit ball to right, but Hunter Pence hardly had to move. After striking out DJ LeMahieu, Petit went 3-2 on Justin Morneau and got a flyout to the warning track in center. When Nolan Arenado flied out to deep center in the second, Petit had broken Jim Barr's franchise and National League record. Barr retired 41 straight in August of 1972.
He tied the record in the third by striking out former Fresno Grizzlies teammate Jackson Williams, and broke it with a strikeout of former Giant Charlie Culberson. Petit's record was shown on the scoreboard at AT&T Park and he was given a long standing ovation. The record run ended quickly. Opposing pitcher Jordan Lyles followed with a double to the left field corner.
Petit lost a perfect game last September 6 when Eric Chavez poked a two-out, ninth-inning single just out of the reach of right fielder Hunter Pence.


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iLife '04: The Missing Manual gives you everything you need to unleash your creative genius with iLife '04, a suite of five programs (available at the Apple store and preinstalled on all new Macs) that is revolutionizing the way we work--and play. Everybody's talking about Apple's unparalleled software package for digital music, photography, video, and DVD creation:
iTunes 4.6 is digital jukebox software for Mac (and even Windows!) that rips songs from your music CDs onto your hard drive, organizes and plays your music collection, lets you buy songs from the iTunes Music Store, and syncs all your music with your iPod.
iPhoto 4 pulls photos from your digital camera and then helps you organize and present them--as a slideshow, Desktop picture, screen saver, email attachment, Web page, DVD, printout, or hardbound photo book.
iMovie 4 turns those old, seemingly endless home movies that bore everyone to tears into short, fun, tightly edited highlight reels that friends and family actually beg to watch.
iDVD 4 transforms your iMovie productions and digital slideshows into Hollywood-style DVDs that play on everyday DVD players.
GarageBand is the all-new program that turns your Mac into a digital music-recording studio.
David Pogue, computer columnist for the New York Times and creator of our Missing Manual series (you know, those indispensable books that should have been in the box), wants to make sure there's nothing standing between you and professional-caliber music, photos, movies, and more. His authoritative, witty, all-inclusive iLife '04: The Missing Manual gives you the essentials of every program in the iLife '04 suite. Pogue highlights the newest features and improvements, covers the capabilities and limitations of each program, and delivers, in one volume, countless goodies you won't find anywhere else: undocumented tips, tricks, and secrets for getting the very best performance out of each and all of these life-changing new applications. iLife '04: The Missing Manual: it's your guide to livin the iLife!


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Cytovance Biologics, Inc. and Selexys Pharmaceuticals, Corp. Announce Development and cGMP Manufacturing Agreement for SELK2 Drug Product
Oklahoma City, OK (May 6, 2014)-- Cytovance Biologics, Inc., a leading full-service contract manufacturer ("CMO") of mammalian and microbial biologics, announces a development and manufacturing agreement with Selexys Pharmaceuticals, Corp., an Oklahoma City-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company.
Selexys Pharmaceuticals is developing drugs that target certain underlying mechanisms of inflammatory diseases and cancer. SELK2 is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody directed toward the treatment of Crohn's Disease and Multiple Myeloma. Selexys has contracted Cytovance Biologics as its CMO to provide process development, scale up and cGMP manufacturing services of SELK2 in support of a Phase I human clinical trial.
"With this agreement, Selexys continues its longstanding relationship with Cytovance," said Dr. Scott Rollins, President and CEO of Selexys. "Cytovance has been an integral part in helping us advance our clinical trial programs. We look forward to working with the company's team of professionals on this new product for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer."
"Cytovance has been a manufacturing provider for Selexys since 2010 and welcomes this new project of SELK2 drug product for Phase 1 clinical materials," said Darren Head, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cytovance Biologics, Inc. "We are proud to be an established partner with Selexys and support them in finding an effective therapy for Crohn's Disease that affects nearly 500,000 patients in the U.S."
About Selexys Pharmaceuticals, Corp.
Selexys Pharmaceuticals, Corp., is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that is focused on development of therapeutics for the treatment of inflammation, thrombosis and cancer metastasis across a broad range of severe diseases. Selexys is also developing an antibody directed against PSGL-1 for the treatment of Crohn's disease, multiple myeloma, and other inflammatory disorders. Selexys is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK. For additional information about Selexys Pharmaceuticals, visit www.selexys.com.
About Cytovance Biologics, Inc.
Cytovance Biologics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing company specializing in the production of therapeutic proteins and antibodies from both mammalian cell culture and microbial fermentation. In addition to its cGMP manufacturing services, the company offers process development, cGMP cell banking and support services from its Oklahoma City state-of-the-art facilities. Learn more about Cytovance Biologics at www.cytovance.com.
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Reclaiming Christmas, Radical Homemaker Style
I signed on to my email this morning, and there, at the top of the list, was a very sensitive, careful email from my Aunt Katie. She was broaching the ever-touchy subject of Christmas presents for my daughters, Saoirse and Ula. What is acceptable this year? USA-made? Eco-friendly? We will be allowing gifts, yes? And, can we please make some time to talk about the holiday menu and what foods will be allowed?
Here's the bitter truth. I'm my family's biggest pain the ass every Christmas. Most radical homemakers probably are. We want to honor the earth and her inhabitants at all times, to create quiet time for reflection, to encourage generosity in our children (as opposed to the greed of gift-receiving). And, more likely than not, we adhere to dreadfully annoying dietary regimes that render our relatives insane: gluten-free, local foods only, no refined sugars, vegetarian fare, no processed foods, only organic and grassfed meats, dairy-free—the list is endless and (admittedly) ever-changing. We're sick of the consumerism, we're sick of feeling sick after all the crappy food, we're sick of being pushed around with our kids in an endless stream of command visits and activities, we're sick of the over-stimulation wrought by endless, ecologically rapacious, quickly- broken toys.
From the time Bob and I entered onto our radical homemaking path, Christmas has been a touchy subject. The worst Christmas ever ended, 7 years ago, with my mother standing six inches from my face screaming "SCROOGE" at the top of her lungs while tears of frustration poured down her face. I held baby Saoirse close to my body in an effort to protect her from the toxicity of an American holiday. The best Christmas was last year, when Bob and I woke up with a stomach bug on Christmas Eve, and my extended family whisked Saoirse and Ula away from our tree-side, eco-friendly vomitorium to have a holiday while we barfed in peace and watched foreign movies.
This year, we're changing things. Again. We're ambushing relatives well in advance with pre-approved, inexpensive gift suggestions for the girls; we're advocating for all away-from-home holiday meals to be potlucks so that our quirky food choices won't interfere with other friends and relatives' celebrations. We're paring back our schedule so that we are not out of the house more than once or twice per week over the season. We've hand-made candles with the kids from our beef tallow and beeswax so that we can have our own Yule altar, complete with 12 days of quiet family-only ceremonies to honor the change in light. And this year, for the first time, Bob and I are making gifts to ourselves. While the days are short and the nights are long, we are indulging our desires to learn new things we've always wanted to know. Bob is teaching himself DADGAD tuning on the guitar and practicing jazz chords to accompany the girls' favorite Christmas songs. I'm finally learning how to work my sewing machine and teaching myself how to cable-knit.
Christmas with No Presents?
"No Impact Man" suspected the holidays would be just as merry without all the stuff.
Since we embarked on our path 12 years ago, every Christmas has been different as we've experimented with new ideas for traditions that fit the kind of holiday we want to have. That can be pretty unnerving for a family that reveres never-changing holiday rituals from year to year. But in 12 years on this path, the extended family has gotten used to us. Our evolving holiday experiments have become a tradition of their own. If Christmas is supposed to be about surprises, then perhaps our perpetual change-in-traditions might be considered a special annual family surprise in their own rite.
Thankfully, our relatives understand that we are committed to our own, alternative life path, and they have made room for our perpetual efforts to reclaim the Christmas season for our own family and ideals. As for Bob and me, we acknowledge that we can't simply dismiss the holidays all together. We need to find balance, and try again each year to find ways to make the holidays work with us and our relatives. Some years are better than others, and that's okay.
I longed for simpler surroundings. So I made a resolution: Each week I would move more stuff out of the house than came in.
The Story of Stuff will take you on a provocative tour of our consumer-driven culture—from resourc extraction to iPod incineration—exposing the real costs of our use-it and lose-it approach to stuff.
Shannon Hayes on the process of replacing the "givens" of mainstream life with more resilient ways of living.


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Colorado Avalanche star Milan Hejduk to play in Summit Hockey Classic
Summit Hockey Classic
Friday, April 5
5:30 p.m. Copper Mountain Resort vs. Vail Summit Orthopaedics
7:30 p.m. Peak One Surgery Center vs. Beaver Run Resort
Friday, April 6
5 p.m. Consolation Game
Celebrity Shootout (Approximately 7 p.m.)
7:30 p.m. Championship Game
Tickets are $5
Former Colorado Avalanche star and 2001 Stanley Cup champion Milan Hejduk headlines a host of former NHL and Division I hockey players participating in this year's Summit Hockey Classic celebrity hockey tournament.
The two-night tournament returns to the Stephen C. West Ice Arena Friday and Saturday night, April 5 and 6. The annual event — now in its sixth year — features teams composed of former NHL and Division I college hockey players in addition to area youth hockey coaches and local players. The tournament raises money for Summit Youth Hockey.
"Summit Youth Hockey is excited that Milan Hejduk could join the Classic this year," event organizer Kathy Grotemeyer said. "The combination of the celebrities and the local talent makes for a fast-paced and fun tournament."
Hejduk officially retired from the NHL earlier this year. He played with the Avalanche's for 14 years, between 1998 and 2013, and holds the record for most career games played with the team (1,020). He's also second on the Avs' all-time scoring list with 375 goals, behind Joe Sakic (391).
Hejduk will by joined by fellow NHL players Rick Berry, Trevor Pochipinski, Marty Wakelyn and Rick Boh, as well as a few members of Denver University's national championship team and other former college players.
Teams from Vail Summit Orthopedics, PeakOne Surgery Center, Copper Mountain Resort and Beaver Run Resort will hit the ice Friday night starting at 5:30 p.m. Winners of the opening round will face each other in a championship game Saturday at 7:30 p.m. A consolation game between the other two teams will be played prior to the championship.
Grotemeyer said that past tournaments have raised up to $30,000 for Summit Youth Hockey.
Brad Dickerson, president of the organization, added, "Summit hockey is dedicated to providing opportunities for all kids in Summit County to participate in hockey. We fund raise so that registration fees can stay affordable for all families."
Tickets will be $5 per evening. The event will also include a silent auction, celebrity shoot out and other activities.
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