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I am curious to know where people on this forum stand on the current controversy of guns. As far as I can see, there is a large group of people who are trying to ban the ownership of a specific gun: The AR-15.
I am of the mind that banning any gun will not have an effect on mass shootings. They will still occur because the people who are intent on killing others will find other ways to do so. Making laws for people who don't follow laws is idiotic. It makes no sense at all. I believe if you ban the AR-15, these disturbed individuals will find other methods to commit mass murder because they are disturbed and they wish to take life (for whatever the reason). I know this is a slippery slope argument, but I do worry about what will be banned after the AR-15. What is to stop the rest of the firearms from being banned for "safety reasons"? After that, how many other constitutional rights will we revoke?
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There's a trend in movies this awards season, apart from the welcome abundance of awards-contenders with an African-American — or simply African — theme ("Lee Daniels' The Butler," "Fruitvale Station," "12 Years a Slave," "42" and "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom").
It first popped up this past fall, with back-to-back releases of the dramatic thrillers "Gravity" and "All Is Lost," each of which centers on heroes — stranded, in one case, in space, and in the other in the middle of the ocean — who are visited by one increasingly grim disaster after another, until it seems that things can get no worse.
Add "Lone Survivor" to that list.
Based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, who is played by producer Mark Wahlberg, the film tells the story of Operation Red Wings, a disastrous 2005 mission to kill a prominent Taliban fighter, Ahmad Shah (Yousuf Azami). As the title gives away, the four-man team of commandos, ambushed and stranded without communications on a remote mountain in Afghanistan, is slowly, agonizingly whittled away, one by one, until . . . well, let's leave some things to the imagination.
Luttrell's comrades-in-arms are played by Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch and Taylor Kitsch, each of whom is barely recognizable behind the scruffy beards, grime and blood that cover their faces. Inexplicably, they wear no helmets.
Is it hard to watch? My gosh, yes, and not quite in the way that "Gravity" and "Lost" managed to make their parades of catastrophes simultaneously awful and compelling. Unlike those films, "Lone Survivor" is a loud and grinding affair, seemingly as intent on wearing down its audience as the Taliban is on the film's heroes. At times, the violence is so unrelenting and fierce that it's hard to believe that there's anyone left alive, let alone with any bullets left to fire.
What's missing here is something, or rather, someone, to care about. Written and directed by Peter Berg ("Battleship"), the film presumes our emotional investment in Luttrell and his fellow soldiers' mission, simply by virtue of — well, it's never quite clear what. The questions of who exactly Shah is, other than one of many murderous thugs, and why we should care so deeply about his fate, is never really explained in a way that grabs the imagination.
He's no Osama bin Laden, in other words, and this is no "Zero Dark Thirty." Even worse, Berg gives us little reason to feel that we know the men who are hunting him, beyond a few lame lines of dialogue about someone's upcoming wedding. They're movie stars in camo, pretending to be massacred for the camera.
That anonymity worked in "Zero Dark Thirty." There, it was about the mission's high stakes, not the personalties of the SEALs who carried it out. Here, we need something — Compassion? Commiseration? Connection? — to leaven the monotony of the mayhem. The fact that things start to go south after the team is discovered by a young Afghan goatherder, leading to an argument about whether to kill him, doesn't do much to generate sympathy for these heroes. Even though the decision is ultimately made to let the kid go — a decision that Luttrell may have lived to regret — the fact that more than one of his pals seemed perfectly happy to shoot the child leaves a powerful, and lingeringly bad, aftertaste.
Of course, the film is supposed to be a tale of heroism. And in the end, it is. Only the film's real hero isn't Luttrell, who survives unimaginable violence, including a gruesome leg injury that requires pushing a bone back into place. I can't say more without spoiling things, but "Lone Survivor's" most fascinating character doesn't even appear until the film's final minutes, and is dealt with mostly in a series of whatever-happened-to titles that run on screen just before the closing credits.
Now there's a guy I would have gladly watched a whole movie about.
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R. At area theaters. Contains intense violence and obscenity. 121 minutes.

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The 'Nobody Knows' Election
From our report today on the 2012 election pundits can't predict:
Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign says it still has momentum. President Barack Obama's campaign says that's all spin.
Meanwhile, there isn't a single well-informed pundit between them who can tell you who's right.
"The problem is: there are so many variables. And now, with the storm, turnout may become an issue in closer Obama-leaning states like Pennsylvania," Time Magazine's Joe Klein told POLITICO. "Polling is inexact, especially with the cell phone factor — not enough data over time for pollsters to be absolutely sure they're getting it right."
In a column headlined "I don't know," Klein wrote earlier this week, "Anyone who claims to know who is going to win is blowing smoke."
Indeed, from Fox News to MSNBC to The Wall Street Journal to The New York Times, all but those aligned or associated with the campaigns — and even some who are — admit to being deeply uncertain about Tuesday's outcome.
"I think more than any other race I've covered this is one where both sides genuinely seem to believe they're going to win. That's different," ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl said. "Given that, it's hard for somebody covering the race to make a call. I'm completely confused. I have no idea who's going to win. And I usually have a sense of who's going to win."
Pundits and reporters are naturally wary of picking a winner in a tight election, because getting it wrong is a nightmare scenario: "No one wants to look like a nincompoop on Nov. 7. You can't get in too much trouble with 'too close to call!' — especially if everyone else is saying it," Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan told POLITICO.
But the final days of 2012 have proven especially confusing when compared to previous elections, including Reagan vs. Mondale in 1984, Bush vs. Dukakis in 1988, Clinton vs. Dole in 1996, and Obama vs. McCain in 2008, all of which had more clear-cut likely outcomes. Other races — Clinton vs. Bush in 1992, Bush vs. Gore in 2000, and Bush vs. Kerry in 2004 — were more difficult, and more similar to 2012.
"It really is too close to call this time, as it was in '00 and (a bit less so) in '04," Bill Kristol, the founding editor of the Weekly Standard told POLITICO. "People are saying it's too close to call because it is."
"The key is that no one on anyone's own side is calling it," said John Podhoretz, the New York Post columnist. "2008 featured a lot of Republicans talking about 'headwinds' and McCain saying it was a 6-point race. That was the tip-off. Now, nobody knows anything."
In addition to tight poll numbers, pundits know that the trajectory of the campaign can turn on a dime. A change in a candidate's message, new revelations unearthed by the media, an unfortunate gaffe — all of these things could change voter sentiment in Ohio, Florida, Virginia or any of the other battleground states and tip the scales in the last days of the election.


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Forum Post: Why it would be a mistake to blame the conductor of the NorthWest France High Speed Train Derailment.
Posted 6 years ago on July 26, 2013, 4:14 a.m. EST by OccupyNews
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I wrote an article on why it would be a mistake to blame the conductor of the horrible High Speed Train Accident. The reason I think this relates to the Occupy Movement is it just shows how easy it is to always transfer the blame to where the rubber meets the road rather than the executives who make gobs of money while not doing their jobs.


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Laserfiche is the Document Management System that the university is currently using. Documents are stored electronically by scanning them into a repository and they can then be later retrieved and viewed depending upon the access level that you have been granted. The reason for imaging the documents is that it prevents loss of records, saves storage space, allows easy management of documents and makes finding the information easier.
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A new map to be released later this month by China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation increases from 29 to 130 the number of disputed areas marked as officially part of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) claimed by Taiwan and Japan.
Previous editions of the "Wall Map Series of National Territory," which presented China's claimed territory in horizontal format, only included the larger contested islands in the South China Sea in a separate box at the bottom right of the map, Xinhua news agency said at the weekend. The territories included in the box were half scale and not clearly detailed.
The new map is vertical and is to be distributed by Sinomaps Press on behalf of the Chinese authorities starting next month. It will for the first time display the entirety of the PRC's claimed territory on the same scale as continental China.
"The new map will be very significant in enhancing Chinese people's awareness of national territory, safeguarding China's marine rights and interests and manifesting China's political diplomatic stance," Xu Gencai (徐根才), editor-in-chief at Sinomaps Press, told Xinhua.
In all, the map includes 130 disputed areas, including Taiwan, islets and coral reefs in the Spratlys (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島), the Paracels (Xisha Islands, 西沙群島), the Pratas (Dongshan Islands, 東沙群島), the Macclesfield Bank (Zhongsha Islands, 中沙群島) and the Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Island (黃岩島), which are the object of disputes between Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia. It also includes the Diaoyutais, in the East China Sea.
In another first, an inset shows the northern tip of Taiwan and detailed mapping of the eight major islets comprising the Diaoyutais, known as the Senkakus by Japan.
Tensions in the area escalated last week, with China and Japan dispatching fighter aircraft after Chinese aircraft penetrated Japan's Air Defense Identification Zone near the islets on three occasions.
Lu Chang-shui (盧長水), head of the Mainland Affairs Council's Department of Information and Liaison, said the map was different from the one in new Chinese passports showing Taiwan and the South China Sea as Chinese territory, as well as pictures of Taiwanese tourist spots.
"A passport represents national sovereignty and a map is for a country's internal use," Lu said. "Consequently, the council will use different approaches to deal with the map and the passport."
Lu added that official maps published by the government include the PRC as part of Republic of China (ROC) territory, as dictated by the ROC Constitution.
In related developments, state broadcaster NHK reported yesterday that Japan would deploy two additional patrol ships at its regional coast guard headquarters responsible for territory that includes the Senkakus.
The 335-tonne Kurose and the 3,100-tonne Chikuzen, which comes equipped with a helicopter, will be deployed in August and October respectively, it said.
Meanwhile, during a meeting in Sydney on Sunday, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida and Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bob Carr told a press conference that the two countries had agreed to increase bilateral cooperation on security issues, Kyodo news agency reported yesterday.
Additionally, the Asahi Shimbun reported that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would embark on a trip to Southeast Asia tomorrow — his first since assuming office last month — where he will seek to deepen cooperation with ASEAN countries on trade, energy and security matters.


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Seth Rogen became an unlikely Hollywood star playing loveable losers.
He knocked up Katherine Heigl. He helped popularize a new movie genre — stoner-slash-bromance — in "Pineapple Express." And in Dreamworks' "Monsters vs. Aliens," he gives voice to a viscous mass of blue goo named B.O.B.
The movie gave him — and costars Reese Witherspoon, Will Arnett and Rainn Wilson — a chance to reprise their monstrous characters in video game form, too. The game, published by Activision, hits shelves March 24, three days before the film. In it, gamers get to battle the titular aliens as one of the five monsters from the movie. There's even a co-op mode, where a second player can chime in as Dr. Cockroach, the apparent brains of the monster operation.
Neither Rogen — nor I — have played the game yet. "I was told I'd get to play it, but they lied to me," he said.
Either way, it can't possibly be as bas as "E.T.," the game he blames for game movies having a bad reputation.
During our conversation, Rogen and I covered a lot of ground, including his work on the game (two hours, tops), his favorite games growing up (Nintendo, naturally) and whether he thinks smoking pot has an adverse affect on gaming skills (you'll have to read the interview for that one):
How long did it take to do the voice work on the game? Was it a couple-day deal?
I hate to say it, but I did every single thing I had to for the game in under 2 hours.
Do you go to the same sort of place (as you did for the movie)?
I literally did it in the exact same place. They have a recording booth, and directors and a script and they kind of explain to you the different things — "and in this part you're sort of eating things!" "OK…(munch, munch munch)." It's literally exactly the same.
They don't ask you to do the munching noise a little different for the game?
Nope, it's the same munch. (Laughs) It's the munch people want.
Do you play games much?
Yeah, I play tons of video games … I'm a big fan of the "Call of Duty" games.
On the PC or on the console?
On the console. I've been playing Wii … but my girlfriend is much better at it than I am, and I don't feel good about myself afterward. There's a bunch of new games out that I haven't got and everyone's telling me how good they are.
When you play "Call of Duty," do you play by yourself, or with friends? Online?
I play by myself. (Laughs) To me video games are not a social experience.
Did you grow up gaming?
Yeah! Obviously the Mario games, from Nintendo, were big. I'd say the video game that had the biggest impact on my life was "GoldenEye" on Nintendo 64. Me and my friends wasted so much time playing that game, it is unbelievable.
What were your impressions of past movie games?
The "Spider-Man 2" game is an incredibly good video game. They've had some good ones! "Spider Man 2" was really, really great. The first "Spider-Man" was OK. But that second game, that's one of the best video games ever.
Did you have any trepidation when you were deciding to take this on?
A little bit, but they kind of explained who was behind it and it seemed like a fun idea. It's also like a kid's game and — not that the standard's lower — but it wouldn't be put up to the scrutiny of something like "Spider–Man 2."
Is there shooting involved (in your game), or blood, or anything of that nature?
I have no idea. (Laughs.)
So you may have been a part of something that's going to cause controversy.
I can only hope!
Do you think any of your previous films — "Pineapple Express," "Knocked Up" — would translate to games at all?
I think "Pineapple Express" could have been a good video game.
Sounds like you like to play World War II games, military shooters.
Yes. I like shooting people. … It's a way of shutting my brain off completely. It's like the mental equivalent of taking a nap without actually falling asleep.
A group called abovetheinfluence.com is claiming that smoking weed makes you bad at video games. Thoughts?
(Laughs. Keeps laughing.)
They've come up with (lots of) propaganda about the drug before, it's not surprising to me that they're onto that one.
… This from the people who said that it causes insanity and mania and was supporting terrorists with its drug money. If there's one group of people that's full of s***, it's them.
I watch their stupid commercials all the time. I don't get why there's no "don't do crack" commercials … no "don't drink (when you're) underage commercials," no "don't overdose on pharmaceutical drug" commercials.
Do you smell a conspiracy of some sort?
Uh, yeah.
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International Week celebrates students' diversity
International Week kicked off on Friday, March 23, with a full lineup of events to showcase the diversity of Liberty University's international student body.
Liberty is home to more than 900 international students who represent 83 countries across the globe.
This is the first year the Office of International Student Services has hosted International Week. Students have participated in several events, including a Mosaic Mixer on Friday, March 23, sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Enrichment. The event featured different ethnic groups that displayed their cultures through music, art, food samples and cultural games, as well as a fashion show that highlighted traditional clothing from around the world. A cultural talent show was held on Monday and a free coffee and tea tasting followed on Tuesday.
|Students interact in the International Student Center, which recently moved to the second floor of Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center.
The "Taste of the Nations," a popular Liberty tradition that has been held during Missions Emphasis Week in the past, will take place Wednesday night in the Tolsma Indoor Track at Green Hall from 9-11:30 p.m. With food from more than 20 countries, students can sample a wide variety of traditional dishes made by international students.
Junior David Granda, a junior marketing student from Ecuador, has been involved in Taste of the Nations since his freshman year when his older brother helped manage it. This year he plans to make empanadas as the main dish and postres tres leches for dessert.
"I thought Taste of the Nations was an interesting way to show my culture and my country," Granda said. "And I really like to cook."
The week also includes an International Art Show on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Grand Lobby of Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center. International students will display artwork they have created and brought from their country.
The Office of International Student Services not only holds more than 50 events annually through the C. Daniel Kim International Student Center, but also advocates for international students, aiding them in the admissions process and with scholarships, recruitment, student retention and health insurance.
Kristina Venable works closely with students as the operations assistant and health insurance representative at the center. She said she sees the international students' passion for learning and how their diverse perspectives contribute to the student life at Liberty.
"They have a yearning to learn," Venable said. "If you come to a different country, no matter where you are coming from, you want to learn, otherwise you wouldn't travel so far."
Venable also helps to keep the International Student Center running. Recently relocated to the second floor of Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center, the lounge is a popular place for international students to spend time with each other.
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This $500 scholarship is given annually in honor of Clio, the Greek muse of history. Its purpose is to encourage the study of and the appreciation for the past and to strengthen the history program at Chadron State College.
"Books impart knowledge, but travel gives wisdom" says an old Turkish proverb. Allen as a small boy often visited the C.B. & Q. Railroad station in his hometown Madrid and mused as to where that train had come from and where was it going. He spent his life finding out what was "beyond the horizon". He visited and traveled in some 76 major places around the world, taking some dozen tours with students to Europe, Mexico and Hawaii, one of them being Nebraska Semester Abroad in Europe (1992). He had a Fulbright to Turkey (1988), was a Malone Fellow to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and had five National Endowments for the Humanities summer seminar grants within the U.S. He served a year in Korea as part of his military duty. Dr. Shepherd was awarded his Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska and also studied at Oxford University in England. After obtaining his degree he initially taught history at Nebraska Wesleyan University, joined the faculty at Chadron State College in 1972. While teaching at CSC his courses ranged widely, from the "Asian Cultural Realm" to "Imperial Russia" to "The Ottoman Centuries" and "Modern Germany". He also published two books and a number of articles and delivered numerous scholarly papers at conferences.
Sára László was born in Dunaszentgyörgy, Hungary, experiencing the convulsions of World War Two, the Sovietization of her country and the Revolution of 1956. As a result of the latter experience she fled to Hungary and came to the United States, studying chemistry at the University of Nebraska, where she met Allen. She was employed at Dow Corning in Midland, Michigan prior to joining her husband who was in the military at Ft. Benning, Georgia. She did research at the University while Allen was in graduate school and started a family, son Philip and daughter Lydia. The family lived for a year in Cozad, Nebraska, came back to Lincoln for several years where she also was certified as a Medical Technologist, then moved to Chadron in 1972. Sara spent 24 years as a Medical Technologist at the Crawford Community Hospital, retiring in 1997. She also loved to travel, returning to her native land, Hungary, several times since she left. Sára was an excellent cook, organizing the International Cuisine Society among friends in Chadron. She also loved to garden, always having a profusion of flowers in and around her home at 727 Bordeaux Street.


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Charlie Brown has more to worry about than just kicking that football. "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" will be competing with 15 other openings for audiences this weekend. Photo by Suzanne Simone/Poshtography for Gravity Defied Theatre.
By Saturday, a whopping 27 plays will have opened in an eight-day period in Colorado. This is no time for my tired old, "Is There Too Much Theater Here?" debate. This weekend is just about sitting your butt down in as many seats as you can sit it in. That goes for you, too.
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Bearing arrangements for heavy loads
Lathe spindles are typically used to cut metals at relatively low speeds. Depth of cut and feed rates are usually pushed to the limit depending on the required surface finish. In a lathe, power is normally transmitted to the spindle by a pulley or gears, resulting in heavy radial loads at the non-tool end. On the tool end of the spindle, where there are heavy combined loads, a high degree of rigidity and high load carrying capacity are important operational requirements.
In a lathe spindle, it is common to have a double row cylindrical roller bearing in combination with a double direction angular contact thrust ball bearing at the tool end and a double row cylindrical roller bearing at the non-tool end (fig. 1).
The outside diameter of the thrust bearing housing washer is manufactured to a special tolerance. This tolerance enables the bearing to be radially free when mounted in a housing of appropriate bore diameter tolerance for the adjacent double row cylindrical roller bearing. This clearance is sufficient to relieve the thrust bearing from carrying significant radial load. This bearing arrangement provides a long calculated life and a high degree of rigidity and stability, both essential to the manufacture of good quality workpieces.
A good rule of thumb is to have the distance between the tool end and non-tool end bearing centres in the range 3 to 3,5 times the bore diameter of the bearing(s) at the tool end. This rule is particularly important when heavy loads are involved. For additional information, refer to System rigidity.


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Many people remain in the community where they've been living when they retire, though not necessarily at the same address. Others think of retirement as the time to move to the mountains, the desert, the beach, or anyplace other than where they live now.
Whichever way you're leaning, you may decide it's time to sell one home and buy another. If you do, you should be prepared for the emotional consequences of making such a change, and an even larger financial impact.
In most cases, there are substantial costs in selling real estate that reduce the amount you realize on the sale. If you use a real estate broker, as many sellers do, you'll owe a commission on the sale price. Rates vary by geography and the state of the economy, so you'll want to contact a number of brokers in your area to be sure you're not overpaying. You may also be responsible for certain closing costs, depending on the terms of the sales contract. There's not a consistent rule about who pays for specific expenses, such as termite inspection or title searches.
There's more flexibility in how much work to do on your home once you've decided to sell. There are two schools of thought. One says that the better a property looks, the more attractive it is to buyers. So some new paint and a general fix-up will probably pay for themselves with quicker sales and higher prices. The opposing view is that most buyers will have their own ideas about how they want the home to look, so anything more than ensuring the home is clean and uncluttered isn't worth the bother or the cost.
If there are major problems, though, like a bad roof or an aging furnace, you may have to pay for the repair or lower the sales price in negotiating the final contract. It's hard to tell which way you'll come out ahead.
When you sell a home you've owned for a long time or during a period of rising home prices, you may have a capital gain. In other cases, you may have a capital loss. You calculate the gain or loss in several steps:
You should be aware, though, that you may have to make an adjustment to the total basis if you sold one or more homes before 1997 but none since. Prior to that date, if you reinvested in a more expensive home within two years of selling your home, there was no tax on any capital gain you realized. However, when you sell this time, you'll have to subtract the accumulated profit on which you deferred paying taxes in determining the adjusted total basis.
The law provides a tax break on the sale of your primary residence if you've lived in the home for at least two of the five years before you sell and pass the other qualifying tests. Specifically, if you're single, the first $250,000 of capital gains is excluded from tax. That number doubles to $500,000 if you're married and filing a joint return. You may qualify for the larger exemption if your spouse has died within the two years prior to the sale.
If you used part of your home for business or rental you usually don't qualify for the full exclusion. The same applies if you haven't occupied your home for the required two-year period and don't meet one of the allowable reasons for not doing so. Even in these cases, however, a portion of your gain may still qualify for tax exemption, though determining that number requires a detailed calculation.
In most cases, if you have a taxable gain that is less than the exempted amount, you don't have to report the sale of your home on your tax return, though you may choose to do so. Other income from the sale such as the sale of personal property that will remain in the home may have to be reported, though, so you should always work with your tax advisor to ensure you're reporting the correct amount.


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Our specialty at Full Motion Chiropractic is to move our patients from pain or discomfort to Wellness. While many of new patients come in because they have been chronically suffering from pain, many come for acute injuries.
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I first investigated Disc Rehab due to my own injury 25 years ago when I was thrown off my horse and stepped on. My L5 disc was crushed and at that time only surgery was the option. Fortunately, as I was already a chiropractor, researched and developed this new natural technique to reverse the damage. Today after 25 years, my back is still at 100% with full function and no pain. Our motto is: "We Care, We Listen, We Get Result
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I was on the fast track to becoming an Electronic Engineer and would have added myself to the scores of engineers in Silicon Valley had it not been for my wife who began to suffer from lack of circulation in her hands and fingers.
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A friend referred us to his chiropractor who found a pinched nerve that was cutting off circulation to her fingers. Within 2 weeks blood was once again flowing into her hands and in 2 months her hands healed. No finger amputations! And to this day over 30 years later, her hands have been normal! That's when I decided to change career paths to chiropractic and dedicate my future efforts for other patients!


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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Free Pattern - Little Lark Lavender Sachet
.: 4x6 inch felt for body
.: 2x3 inch fabric for the tummy
.: 2x3 inch felt for eye patch
.: Scraps of felt for beak, toes, bow and hair tuft
.: Pair of 6mm black safety eyes or pair of 7.5mm coloured safety eyes
.: 7 inch length of crewel embroidery thread or narrow ribbon for hanging loop
.: Polyfil
.: Embroidery thread/floss
.: Dried lavender
.: Embroidery scissors, orange stick, tooth pick, Fray Check
.: Disappearing ink pen or water soluble pen
** Please read through all instructions before starting this little project.
** I've used one strand of embroidery thread/floss for seams etc. Keep your stitches neat, tiny and evenly spaced.
To download the pattern pieces, please Click Here
: Print pattern pieces and cut out.
: Pin pattern pieces onto corresponding felt/fabric and carefully cut out each piece.
: Transfer dotted lines onto felt and fabric with your disappearing ink marker - these will help with placement.
: Run a thin bead of Fray Check along the outer edge of the fabric Tummy and allow to dry.
: You'll notice on the Body pattern piece that I've drawn the placement of each piece onto it. Use this as a guide when you're positioning each piece in place.
: Pin Tummy onto front Body and sew on with tiny running stitches.
: Position Eye Patch in place and sew on with tiny running stitches.
: Center the Beak, applique the sides on leaving the top edge open. Add tiny pinches of stuffing, gently pushing it in with a tooth pick and applique opening closed.
: To make the ornament loop, fold your length of ribbon/crewel embroidery thread in half and knot the end.
: Position knotted area onto the dart on the back Body (wrong side of felt) and stitch securely in place. Your stitches will blend in with the stitches you've used to close the dart.
: Center the bottom of the Hair Tuft just below the top edge of the back Body as shown and sew it in place with a few stitches, making sure the keep the stitches a few millimeters below the top edge of the back Body.
: Being very careful, make a tiny hole through each dot using the tip of your embroidery scissors. Insert safety eyes and connectors at the back. Add tiny eyelashes at the outer corners of each eye and eye brows above.
: Position bow just above the eye patch and sew in place with couple of teeny stitches in the center of the bow.
: Blanket stitch all the way around the body, leaving an opening at the bottom for stuffing.
: Stuff firmly, alternating with polyfil and dried lavender.
: Blanket stitch opening closed. Don't cut your thread just yet, bring it out through the center of the bottom seam. You can use it to sew on the little feet in the next step.
: Stitch on with tiny stitches.
I used the 6mm black safety eyes for these two...
And the 7.5mm coloured ones for these two.
Wishing you all a happy, crafty day!
~Shelly xo
96 comments:
Oh Shelly these are the cutest!! Thank you so much. :)ReplyDelete
Thank you, I am going to make these with my daughter xxxxReplyDelete
Lindo e tão meigo!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the cute patternReplyDelete
Thank you for the pattern. Love it!!ReplyDelete
You are the kindest girl. Thank you so much for the lovely owl sachet.ReplyDelete
Big thank you Hugs
Wow so cute - thanks Shelly xReplyDelete
Thank you for the really fun and delightful pattern, Love your work! I have blogged about it too.ReplyDelete
thank you so much....Shelly...super cute! Love it!!ReplyDelete
Thank you sooo much! What great little gifts they'll be! I have some lovely Liberty prints for the belly. Thanks againReplyDelete
I love these, they are so cute! Thank you so much Shelly!ReplyDelete
Sooo cute!!! Thank you, Shelly!!!ReplyDelete
❤Love them! So sweet!ReplyDelete
So sweet! Thank you.ReplyDelete
Your work is such an inspiration, thank you .ReplyDelete
Thank you sweet Shelly!!! These are adorable!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2014 at 9:22 AM
Lindas, lindas! Obrigada pelo tutorial. Adoro suas coisas. Parabéns! Beijos e tenha um lindo dia!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the pattern Shelly, they are so cute!ReplyDelete
Passei para conhecer e ainda ganhei presente...oba!!!
Obrigada e uma linda semana para você.
Thank you selling for the wonderful pattern and instructions.ReplyDelete
oops -- guess some sort of spell checker intervened. It should have said "thank you so much for the wonderful pattern and instructions".ReplyDelete
Thank you so much!ReplyDelete
These are so cute ! Thank you so much for the tutorial and pattern !ReplyDelete
It's lovely! Thank you. ;)ReplyDelete
They are so lovely! Thank you for sharing them! ♥ReplyDelete
They are adorable! Thank you!ReplyDelete
how cute! thanks for sharingReplyDelete
MUITO LINDO.PARABÉNS.ReplyDelete
Lindas, maravilhosas!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
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lindo e criativo, parabénsReplyDelete
lindo maravilho, muito criativo parabénsReplyDelete
Wath a lovely pattern. I want you when I buy a pattern of you, can I sell my own made fursions of them? I live in the Netherlands ant I want to open a web shop with some felt objects.ReplyDelete
Or can I buy a pattern of yours and sell them with felt as a package ? Here in the Netherlands designers of felt objects sell there patterns this way, so I hope u will to,. I want to sell something divergent than the others. With kind regards, Esther blankenzee
Super cute!ReplyDelete
love your workReplyDelete
I am for sure to make this once I go to the store and get some felt. It is really cute and will make a great birthday present for my mom. I really like the colors you chose! Really AMAZING!ReplyDelete
Many thanks for share this beautiful patterns with us. Best regards from Brazil!ReplyDelete
These little owls are so very cute! love the colours! My daughter lives in Mi and sells Origami Owl Jewellery she will just adore these little creatures thank you for sharing your tutorial!!! I had better get some made for herReplyDelete
parabéns tudo muito lindo,bjos do Brasil...ReplyDelete
Thank you for these little owls. They are soo cute! I haven't made them yet but I plan to soon.ReplyDelete
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Muito lindo seu trabalho.parabéns.ReplyDelete
Hi Shelly, I just found your blog through facebook and so in love with these little larks. I can not wait to try to make it, I am sure my little son will love it :-)ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing.
C'est top mignon, merci pour le tutoReplyDelete
Trop mignons ces petits hiboux (que l'on peut sans doute réaliser avec d'autres formesReplyDelete
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Thank you for this tutorial!! They're so cute :))ReplyDelete
ADORABLE! Thank you! I can't wait to try these! Wouldn't these be super adorable as a crib mobile!?ReplyDelete
qué preciosura! Qué bien explicado, muchas gracias, desde Argentina! <3ReplyDelete
Que cosa más graciosa, y quien lo hace ............graciasReplyDelete
I love them, thank you xReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 10, 2014 at 12:45 PM
I love them. I did some as a teacher apreciation gitf thank you! Take a look http://filsanddraps.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/adios-retales-hola-buhos/ReplyDelete
Oh, I just love these!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the free pattern!ReplyDelete
I have a dear friend who will appreciate these very much.
Making some to go on her Christmas tree.
God Bless You!
Lovely! Could you tell me the name of the tiny floral fabric on the bellies?ReplyDelete
Whipped up one of these while my LO took a nap - it was just the perfect project for that amount of time and is absolutely adorable! I plan on adding it to a work Christmas party exchange gift. ♥ And I may make more to give to others as well. Thank you for the lovely tutorial!!ReplyDelete
Great tutorial, thank you sew much,, Like Sara just wrote,,,perfect project...with five daughters and seven granddaughters, I shall make a flock of Owls for Christmas gifts to put in a Fabric box..ReplyDelete
Adorable and a great tutorial! Thanks for the pattern!ReplyDelete
I came across this tutorial on Pinterest earlier today. Beautiful little project, thank you for sharing :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for developing and sharing this adorable pattern!ReplyDelete
Do you ever make the little kitties on top to sell??ReplyDelete
Just so cute. Thanks for the pattern and directions. I am going to make up a bunch of these for a little Christmas tree for my Granddaughters bedroom.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 6, 2015 at 12:35 PM
These are just darling! Thank you so much for sharing the pattern.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 6, 2015 at 3:33 PM
Adorable. Thanks for sharing the pattern.ReplyDelete
These are so cute, and I absolutely love the eyes! Where can I find those, I have never seen anything like it!ReplyDelete
I found you on Pinterest and wrote down my list of things to buy. Like Heather, above, I'm stumped as to where I can buy those eyes. These are just the cutest and so professionally done. Your quality of work is superb. I hope to make enough to give as Christmas presents and for my Christmas tree as I'm an owl collector.ReplyDelete
Have shared these on my FB page and I hope it brings some traffic your way..ReplyDelete
All of your work is just so cute...xx
Love , love , love. keep these comingReplyDelete
These are so very cute, but I can't get the pattern, it says that it has been moved. If I send you my email will you kindly pass the pattern on to me, please.ReplyDelete
Any way to still get this pattern?ReplyDelete
I would like to know if this pattern is still available?ReplyDelete
I would like to know the same! Is there a way to get the pattern for these? They are so cute.ReplyDelete
Love love love!!! This is going to be a gift for my niece. She adores owls. Thank you so much!ReplyDelete
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Oh my stars! Such a cute project. Thank you for the pattern.ReplyDelete
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I love your book, my daughters love their mermaids and fairy dolls perhaps not as much as I secretly do but very much so. Thank you for sharing this fun project!
These are SO cute! I have an owl themed Christmas tree and I'm totally making these into ornaments for it this year! Thank you for the pattern and instructions!ReplyDelete
So sweet! I will make for gifts for my small quilt group! Thank you!!ReplyDelete
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text: This is a cute heart quilt made with a Jelly Roll from a great client, I have one made but I don't have mine quilted yet, but will be getting it quilted soon. I did a free hand heart shaped feather in the hearts and stippled in white and did a feather in outside border. Thanks for looking.


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Looking for an original idea for the sports fan in your life? Learn how to make bookends! These baseball bookends use scrap wood and Mod Podge to personalize.
Need a great project for the sports-oriented man (or woman) in your life? This week Man Podger Walter delivers the perfect idea – decoupage baseball bookends. All you need are wood and Mod Podge (well, and a few other things). I've never told you, but my grandfather was a Brooklyn Dodger.
Yep! His name was Herbert Olson and he was a catcher. I'm not sure for how long – but I know it was in the late 50's/early 60's.
He passed away not so very long ago, so I kind of think of these as a tribute to him. Man Podger Walter had no idea that he made something with so much meaning to me. Here's how to make these bookends for yourself.
This project is for one bookend! Duplicate each supply for a pair.
How to Make Baseball Bookends
Step 1
These are the supplies you need:
- 2 – 5 x 5″ wood
- 4 wood screws
- Screw driver
- Mod Podge Gloss
- Baseball
- Plaid FolkArt Paint, I used Licorice
- Tape measure and/or Ruler
- Foam Brush
- Drill
- Self Stick Rubber Pads
- Pencil
Step 2:
Measure about 1 1/2″ in at each end, from the left and right sides.
Drill a hole; I used a counter sink bit.
Next hold the drilled 5″ x 5″ wood upright to the other piece (base).
Insert an awl through the hole, penetrating into the base – this will make for better contact when assembled.
Step 3:
Paint both wood piece with the Licorice. FolkArt paint dries so fast!
Step 4:
Decoupage the paper and cardstock! This is the step where all the cut pieces of paper will be decoupaged.
Tip: I suggest using Mod Podge tools for ease and accuracy.
I like to lay out everything as seen in the photo. This way I know what pieces will be decoupaged to the right area. I used a nice green textured cardstock for the outside and edges of the bookend. Then I mounted the vintage images last. Let dry for at least 15 minutes.
Step 5:
Seal both pieces. I love using FolkArt Water Base Varnish (792 Satin Finish). This Varnish dries in 15 minutes. Apply two coats and set it aside for another 15 minutes of drying. Clean up is so easy. . . soap and water!
Step 6:
Ready to assemble! Attach two screws into the bottom base using a screwdriver. Base is done! Easy . . .
You can use industrial glue like E-6000 to attach the baseball in place
I eyeballed where the contact point was and drilled through the upright piece and then screwed the baseball into place. Either way works, though "I am a perfectionist at times" and attached the baseball with a screw.
last step: Attach four self stick rubber pads to the base. This keeps the bookend from moving.
Bookend is completed. I think I hit a home run with this project! Try different variations to fit your liking. Don't forget to make two so you have a complete set of baseball bookends!
Walter, thank you so much – you totally hit a home run. To all of you, please visit the rest of the Man Podger projects here.


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Loaded Crock Pot Baked Potatoes are versatile and fun! Make them your own by loading 'em with your favorite toppings!
Well Mother Nature did not disappoint last night, as she hand-delivered a foot of snow in just about 12 hours. This morning, a snow-day was declared across nearly the entire city!
dreaming going to have a whiiiiite Christ-MAS! Oh wait, that's not true!
Ben and I leave for DC in three days, where it's so warm that a huge batch of purple pansies are actually currently blooming in my Mother-in-Law's garden. She messaged me a picture the other day and I almost spit out my almond milk at the sight. I could hardly believe it!
Anyway, Ben and I were actually woken up by wind gusts shaking the house around 5am (after being kept awake by thunder and LIGHTENING late last night!) so we tossed our hands in the air, got up and clacked away on our perspective laptops for a couple hours before he went out and braved the cold. An hour later, the driveway was clear. Go Ben! It was heavy, wet snow, too. Yuck.
Well he scooped, I scrubbed and organized inside. After a couple hours of solid effort, you can now take more than two steps into our home office (I won't even show you pictures – it was too shameful!) the house is vacuumed and dusted, and my spice cupboard has gone from mass chaos, to, um, organized chaos?!
How I managed to curate a collection of 4 Pumpkin Pie Spice jars (which even spans re-branding efforts,) I will never know. I think I get SO EXCITED for pumpkin season every fall that I just buy a completely new jar, which would explain why I have 4. One for each season we've lived in our house! (Hangs head…)
Anywho, at about 2pm the timer on my crock pot went off. Loaded Crock Pot Baked Potatoes were up!
Loaded Crock Pot Baked Potatoes are incredibly creamy, customizable, and easy as 1, 2, 3. That's right.
1. Wash and dry as many Russet potatoes as you want, then pierce each one a few times with a knife or fork. 2. Roll potatoes in foil then place in a crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours. 3. Fluff, then top with your favorite toppings. That's it!
Whether you're looking for a hearty dinner base to add tons of toppings to, or an easy side to have with dinner, these Loaded Crock Pot Baked Potatoes will totally satisfy. Ben and I crowned ours with lots of yummy things including organic butter, low-fat shredded cheddar cheese, center-cut bacon, and chopped tomatoes and green onions, but you could top them with everything from leftover chili, to beans, or even stew!
Serve with a side salad, or cup of soup for a complete meal.
Loaded Crock Pot Baked Potatoes
Loaded Crock Pot Baked Potatoes are versatile and fun! Make them your own, by loading them with your favorite toppings!
- Russet potatoes (1 per person)
- Toppings:
- Butter
- Shredded cheese
- Cooked bacon
- Chopped tomatoes
- Green onions
- Sour cream/Greek yogurt
- Chili
- Beans
- Stew
- Wash and dry potatoes (to avoid rust forming on inside of foil) then pierce several times with a knife or fork. Wrap in a sheet of foil then place inside crock pot. Cook on low for 7-8 hours, or until very tender.
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
Loaded Crock Pot Baked Potatoes taste super potatoey – kind of like stewed potatoes – since they bake inside their own juices all day. I can't get over how velvety their texture was, too!
I always forget about baked potatoes for some reason, but I really need to make them more often – especially since they're this easy to make. My Mom used to serve baked potatoes with dinner all the time, and I can still remember scraping every last bit of potato, dripping with butter, natch, off the peel. Ahh, memories!
Well, with the wind howling and temperatures so low, Ben and I aren't going anywhere tonight. Think we'll strike up a warm fire, and call it a day! Have a great night!


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Q3 GDP Comes in Higher, Jobless Claims Up 17,000
Dow Jones Newswires Mananging Editor Michael Casey reports on the third quarter GDP, changes in jobless claims and the latest news from the markets. Photo: AP Images.
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Company's June Leaders
WILLARDS – Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley Insurance Brokers (ASC&D) has announced Gary Waldych as the top producer for the month of June.
Waldych specializes in commercial lines insurance with an emphasis on condominiums, trucking, and contracting companies. He has been with ASC&D since 1986.
Meagan Krause Kohut received special recognition for her June production, as well. Kohut, an Account Executive, licensed in property and casualty insurance joined A/SCD in 2007.
Grad Jumps Into Real Estate
OCEAN CITY – Sarah Miller, a 2008 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School, went straight from the classroom to the classroom.
While most graduates began their "Senior Week" celebration rituals the moment commencement exercises concluded, Miller signed up for a little different program. She began attending the Ed Smith Real Estate course first thing the next morning.
Miller's graduation experience was much like other seniors; all the pomp and circumstance of commencement, the arrival of many excited family members from out of town, too much attention and too many family pictures. Afterwards Miller was determined to squeeze in at least a little post graduation celebration before turning in early. "It's the most important night of my life and I was definitely not happy missing out on all the graduation night plans, but it was the only time of the summer that the real estate course was available. I didn't have much choice," Miller said.
After completing and passing the real estate exam, Miller went on to pass the State of Maryland Real Estate Commission exam. At 18, Miller is a licensed real estate agent for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at the 104th Street office. She currently assists the Peck Miller Group with sales of her father's projects.
Miller will attend the College of Charleston in the fall.
"I know it's a tough time to get into real estate but even if I sell one property, I have the potential to make a decent amount of money to put away for college," Miller said. "Besides, I can learn a lot from my dad this summer, he's a great teacher and a very good realtor. Next summer should be a better real estate market and by then I'll have more experience at selling property."
5-Star Rating Earned
BERLIN – Calvin B. Taylor Bank President and CEO Ray Thompson wishes to remind consumers that the bank has again achieved a 5-Star rating from Bauer Financial, Inc., the nation's leading independent bank rating and research firm.
The rating indicates that Taylor Bank is one of the strongest banks in the country. This is the 70th consecutive time that the bank has earned this high rating, which gives it the added prestige of being an "Exceptional Performance Bank" (for earning this highest honor for ten years or longer).
"Fewer than 16 percent of the nation's banks can claim this distinction," said Thompson. "We are all aware of the concerns in the banking industry these days. Consumers need to know that Taylor Bank continues to be safe, sound, stable, and secure, making our bank an ideal place to put your deposits".
Calvin Klein Arrives
OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Factory Outlets and the Cordish Company announced this week the conversion of the 5,000-square-foot Geoffrey Beene Outlet store to a Calvin Klein Outlet store, a worldwide leading fashion brand designer and retail marketer. The outlet retailer is expected to open by mid-September.
Through an extensive network of licensing agreements and other arrangements worldwide, Calvin Klein offers a broad range of brands/lifestyles. Their product lines include apparel, accessories, shoes, sleepwear, hosiery, socks, swimwear, belts, eyewear, watches, jewelry, coats, suits and fragrances, as well as products for the home.
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, one of the world's largest apparel companies, acquired Calvin Klein in 2002. Phillips-Van Heusen is the world's largest shirt and neck wear company and markets a variety of goods under its own brands. The Ocean City Factory Outlets are already home to IZOD, Van Heusen and G.H. Bass & Co., three of Phillips-Van Heusen's other extremely successful brand retailers.
Service Applauded
WILLARDS — Allstate Insurance Company has recognized Atlantic/Smith Cropper & Deeley in Willards for 15 years of service to the company.
"We are very fortunate to have Atlantic/Smith Cropper & Deeley as a part of the Allstate family," said Kathleen Farrington, Regional Sales Manager for the company's Capital Region. "This is certainly a milestone for Laura Deeley and Atlantic/Smith Cropper & Deeley. They have made great contributions to Allstate and have become an intricate part of the Willards community. We wish them continued success."
Regional Recognition
BERLIN – Dr. Geoffrey Robbins and Dr. Lawrence Michnick were recognized as one of the region's finest cosmetic and family dentists by the Exclusively® Series.
The doctors of Atlantic Dental Cosmetic & Family Dentistry are featured in the 2008 lower shore edition of Exclusively's Eastern Shore publications as leaders in the dental field and active members in the community. Exclusively profiled the doctors' desire to provide the highest quality of care while using the latest technology and providing a relaxing, spa-like atmosphere to each patient.
Not only have the doctors shown great care for their patients, according to the magazine, but Robbins and Michnick are both extremely active in various community organizations in and around the Greater Ocean City area.
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GORHAM, Maine – With a combined 65% shooting from the field and from 3-point range in the second half the Huskies of the University of Southern Maine held on to defeat men's basketball by the final of 75-68 in a Little East Conference contest Tuesday evening at Hill Gymnasium.
Tuesday's defeat drops the Beacons record to 5-13 overall, 0-8 in the Little East. For the Huskies they improved to 6-12, 2-6 in the conference.
After going into the halftime break trailing by five the Beacons cut the Huskies lead to two as they started the final 20 minutes of play with a lay-up from Selim Omerovic (Saugus, Mass.) and a free throw from Luc Ulysse (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
The early push by UMass Boston was quickly countered by the Huskies as they responded with a three-point play of their own as Conor Sullivan completed an and-1 to push the Huskies lead back to five. UMass would once again cut the Huskies lead to two following a 3-pointer from Omar Benabicha (Saugus, Mass.). They would then tie the game at 38-38 on a lay-up from big-man Kadeem Coulter (Boston, Mass.).
Unfortunately a 9-4 run gave the Huskies some breathing room. UMass would continue push to retake the lead, but they were never able to regain control of the early momentum, as the Huskies lead never fell to less than three points.
Four of Southern Maine's starting five played a major part in Tuesday's decision, with Cole Libby leading the way with his game-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Conor Sullivan finished second on the team with 15 points followed by Tyler Penney who dropped in 14 points, while also collecting nine rebounds.
UMass was led by junior Carl Joseph (Brockton, Mass.) who came off the bench to finish with 21 points on 7-of-17 shooting from the field, which included a pair of 3-pointers, and a 5-of-5 showing at the line. Ulysse posted a game-high nine boards and handed out an impressive 11 assists. Sam Freeman finished second on the team with 12 points, while Benabicha was the lone starter for UMass to record double-figures with 10 points.
Men's Basketball returns to action on Saturday when they host Rhode Island College at 3 p.m. in a Little East Conference game.


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Dan Duquette's Orioles have become the landing spot for players looking for a second chance.
If you were a failed, can't-miss prospect, an aging veteran or a successful independent league player, well, come to the Orioles and show whether you can make it to the big leagues.
So it's really no surprise that the Orioles have announced they have signed left-handed hitting outfielder Adam Greenberg to a minor-league deal. He will not receive a formal invitation to spring training, however.
Greenberg made news last year when an online petition to get him another plate appearance in the majors gained steam. The 31-year-old outfielder and 2002 ninth-round pick made it to the Chicago Cubs in 2005 but was hit in the head by the first pitch he saw as a big leaguer, a 92-mph fastball from Florida Marlins pitcher Valerio de los Santos.
Greenberg dealt with the effects of the beaning for weeks and months after that and never played in the big leagues again, eventually ending up in the independent Atlantic League for several years.
But last season, on Oct. 2, the Marlins signed him to a one-day deal -- with the one-day salary donated to a brain trauma research fund -- and Greenberg received a pinch-hit appearance in the sixth inning against the New York Mets.
He struck out on three pitches from eventual National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey.
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Alcohol and Drug Problems: Prevention
Flavio F. Marsiglia, David Becerra, and Jaime M. Booth
Prevention is a proactive science-based process that aims to strengthen existing protective factors and to diminish or eliminate other factors that put individuals, families, and communities at risk for substance abuse. Prevention is important because alcohol and drug abuse are a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and health expenditures in the United States. Alcohol and other drug abuse is also associated with infectious diseases, chronic diseases, emergency room visits, newborn health problems, family violence, and auto fatalities. The comorbidity of drug and alcohol abuse with mental health disorders and HIV adds urgency to the development, evaluation, and implementation of comprehensive and effective prevention interventions. The social work profession plays a key role in substance abuse prevention, as it not only targets the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs but also aims at reducing the related negative health and psychosocial outcomes and economic burden they produce on individuals and society at large.
Bullying in Youth
Jonathan Singer and Karen Slovak
Bullying is the most common form of violence in schools and has been shown to disrupt the emotional and social development of both the targets and the perpetrators of bullying (Raskauskas & Stoltz, 2007). Bullying can be physical, verbal, relational, and direct or indirect. There are well-established age and sex trends (Olweus, 1993; Smith, Madsen, & Moody, 1999). There has been considerable research on bullying-prevention programs and scholarship on best-practice guidelines for school social workers (Dupper, 2013). An emerging concern is with the use of electronic and Internet devices in bullying, referred to as "cyberbullying." In this article we define bullying and cyberbullying; discuss risk factors associated with being a bully, a victim, and a bully-victim; describe prevention and intervention programs; and discuss emerging trends in both bullying and cyberbullying.
Client Violence
Christina E. Newhill
Client violence and workplace safety are relevant issues for all social workers across practice settings. This entry addresses why and how social workers may be targets for a client's violent behavior, and what we know about who is at risk of encountering violence. Understanding violence from a biopsychosocial perspective, identifying risk markers associated with violent behavior, and an introduction to guidelines for conducting a risk assessment will be discussed. The entry concludes by identifying and describing some general strategies for the prevention of client violence.
Community Healing and Reconciliation
Joshua Kirven and George Jacinto
Community healing and reconciliation have been a focus of many nations in response to civil war, genocide, and other conflicts. There have been increasing numbers of high-profile murders of African-American youths in the United States over the past 10 years. This article provides an overview of gun violence and its effects on African-American youths. Sanford, Florida, and Cleveland, Ohio, experienced the murders of Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, and the responses of the cities will be highlighted. The two cities provide potential models by communities to address historical injustices in the aftermath of high-profile fatal black male tragedies.
Early Brain Development for Social Work Practice
Terri Combs-Orme
Development of the brain in the first 3 years of life is genetically programmed but occurs in response to environmental stimuli. The brain is organized "from the bottom up," that is, from simpler to more complex structures and functions, so the experiences and environment that shape early development have consequences that reach far into the future. This entry describes the ontogeny and processes of fetal and infant brain development, as well as major risks to early brain development (during pregnancy and after birth), with emphasis on the factors seen in social-work practice. Neuroscience research is changing social work practice, and understanding early brain development and the contributors to poor development is critical for social workers in medical, mental health, child welfare, and other practice settings.
Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence
Larry W. Bennett and Oliver J. Williams
Perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) use coercive actions toward intimate or formerly intimate partners, including emotional abuse, stalking, threats, physical violence, or rape. The lifetime prevalence of IPV is 35% for women and 28% for men, with at an estimated economic cost of over ten billion dollars. IPV occurs in all demographic sectors of society, but higher frequencies of IPV perpetration are found among people who are younger and who have lower income and less education. Similar proportions of men and women use IPV, but when the effects of partner abuse are considered, women bear the greatest physical and behavioral health burden. Single-explanation causes for IPV such as substance abuse, patriarchy, and personality disorders are sometimes preferred by practitioners, advocates, and policymakers, but an understanding of IPV perpetration is enhanced when we look through the multiple lenses of culture and society, relationship, and psychological characteristics of the perpetrators.
Primary Prevention
Martin Bloom
Primary prevention involves coordinated efforts to prevent predictable problems, to protect existing states of health and healthy functioning, and to promote desired goals for individuals and groups, while taking into consideration the physical and sociocultural environments that may encourage or discourage these efforts. This entry discusses the history of this basic approach to professional helping from medical, public-health, and social-science perspectives. It also reviews major theories that guide preventive thinking and action. One section sketches the substantial empirical base for evidence-based practice and how such information can be retrieved. This entry concludes with a review of practice methods for increasing individual strengths and social supports while decreasing individual limitations and social stresses, which together characterize most contemporary preventive services.
Social Work and Coercion
Tomi Gomory and Daniel Dunleavy
Social work is perhaps most distinctive for its clear and outspoken commitment toward improving the well-being of society's vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, while still emphasizing the importance of respecting and defending personal rights and freedoms. Though there is a fundamental necessity for coercion, or its threat, for eliciting civil social behavior in a well-functioning society, it is professionally and ethically imperative that social workers make explicit our rationales for, justifications of, and the evidence used to support or reject coercive practices in our work. Social work's engagement with coercion inevitably entails the ethical and social policy arguments for and against its use, as shown in a review of the empirical evidence regarding its impact on the professions' clients, exemplified by three domains: (1) child welfare, (2) mental health, and (3) addictions. Recommendations for future improvements involve balancing the potential for harm against the benefits of coercive actions.
Stress Effects on Health
Paula S. Nurius and Charles P. Hoy-Ellis
Evolving understandings of stress have literally transformed how we think about health as contextualized within complex and multilevel transactions between individuals and their environment. We present core concepts of stress through the lens of life-course and life-span perspectives, emphasizing appraisal-based and biobehavioral models of stress response systems. We describe theories of allostatic load, embodiment, epigenetics, weathering processes, and accelerated aging that operationalize mechanisms through which stress affects health and contributes to health disparities. In addition to social determinant and life-span developmental perspectives on stress and health, we emphasize the value of health-promotive factors that can serve to buffer stress effects. Social work has important roles in targeting health-erosive stress from "neurons to neighborhoods".
Sheara A. Williams
Violence is a serious social issue that affects millions of individuals, families, and communities every year. It transcends across racial, age, gender, and socioeconomic groups, and is considered a significant public health burden in the United States. The purpose of this entry is to provide an overview of violence as a broad yet complicated concept. Definitional issues are discussed. Additional prevalence rates of select types of violence are presented in addition to risk and protective factors associated with violent behavior. The entry concludes with a summary of approaches to address violence in the context of prevention and intervention strategies.


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California, like other states, is moving from its own curriculum tothe new nationwide "Common Core" curriculum. And it's not just textbooks and homework assignments that are changing – it's the standardized tests, too. With this new law, California will ditch "STAR" testing this school year, even though the "Common Core" tests won't be fully ready until next year.
"Why spend $25 million, waste $25 million, on testing old standards that aren't being taught in our classrooms any more," asks state schools Superintendent Tom Torlakson, when the money would be better spent trying out the new testing system instead?
But U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said the legislation would violate federal law, since California students will not be fully tested this year. He's threatened to withhold federal school funding as a result.


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I already have the coordinates (x ; y) of the pentagon, I just need an example of how to plot the coordinates and draw the pentagon in Java.
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