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Intercepting Passes [804kb]
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Positive Parenting [189kb]
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101 E-Learning Tips to Support Volunteer Education in Youth Soccer [2.95mb]
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Great cooking isn't about recipes—it's about techniques. In our classes you'll work together with other students in a fun, hands-on environment led by our professional chef instructors.
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text: Today was a hot and humid one here in TPA. Five heats of ripping just finished up. Free tattoos were going down out back as well as drinks and food in the VIP Beats By Dre lounge (if you were lucky enough to be let in by Scotty The Body). Ishod nailed the first heat, Chaz Ortiz had insane lines and took the top spot, Malto looked flawless on his board, Grant Taylor did the most ridiculous wallrides and airs on the quarterpipes. Rookie pro Walker Ryan was killing the course switch, Sean Sheffey was gettin' some too. You'll see it all in the video highlights coming as soon as we can edit them. Here are some photos to tide you over. Stay up on our Tampa Pro blog too! Live Webcast tomorrow here! Full Semifinal results here.


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Before we discuss Flat Roof Repair in Brendon let's first clarify what the roof is. The roof offers us a vital layer of protection from the outside environment. It holds off the harshest weather to protect both the contents and our selves. It also provides insulation, keeping the temperature inside stable and reducing our heating needs.
A roof is covered on the outside with tiles or slates, stacked in an overlapping fashion. This prevents seals from stacking on top of each other and allowing water to leak through. They are stacked in rows and are secured to the battens spread across the roof structure. Battens are nailed directly to the rafters that help hold the structure of the house together.
Roofing felt that is laid underneath the battens forms a dust and water vapour barrier. It prevents the warm air within the roof from coming into contact with cold air under the tiles, therefore reducing the chance of condensation. It also prevents dust from being blown under the tiles and into the house.
Whilst you are eager to learn how to replace roof tiles, you must first familiarise yourself with the different sections that back up the roof. Here is a quick summary to bring you up to speed:
Ridge – Where the two opposing angles of tiles or slates meet you have a ridge. At this highest point of the roof it will be capped using ridge tiles.
Valley – On the downward part of the slope where two sections meet, it forms a "V" called a valley.
Hips – Where two sections come together at the top of the roof it forms a line called a hip.
Flashing – A seal between the roof tiles and the building structure (brickwork), often using lead.
Verges – Above the gables where the roof edge is exposed.
Eaves – The overhang where the roof protrudes past the walls of the house.
Facia Board – A board that runs along the roof at the lowest point, usually supporting the guttering.
Most will have a tough life holding off the notorious British weather and temperature swings. With this in mind you should understand the roofing materials shall naturally age over time. However the tiles, flashing and mortar on the roof receives increased stress during high winds, hard rain, heavy snow and penetrating frost.
With manufactured tiles the typical lifetime expectancy is around 20 years. At this age the roof's ability to hold out the elements starts to decline.
Damp patches on the ceiling and stained plaster up high are dead giveaways. Once a leak is visible within your house it can be frustrating and expensive to trace and rectify all the damage caused along the way.
A leak usually begins as water finds it way through a broken slate or tile, flows down the felt and finds a small sag in the material. The water collects and makes the sag swells until it drips through a breach.
Going up and fixing roof tiles involves working at height, it demands extreme caution. It's well worth having a professional tradesman complete the Flat Roof Repair in Brendon on your behalf if you don't feel confident. Costs of Flat Roof Repair in Brendon is going to be covered in detail further on.
The first item you should grab if you believe your roof is leaking is your binoculars. Scan the roof for damage as indicated above. You may be able to locate the problem from the ground and minimise your time scouting the roof.
Replacing roof tiles is often a small repair you can do yourself but make sure you use the following safety devices:
If it's time for an entire roof replacement you should almost certainly be calling in a qualified roofer, unless you're in the trade yourself. Scaffolding and a team of roofers will be required to get it done in good time. Now let's discuss the common problem areas and how to fix roof tiles.
A mighty storm can cause damage to all the tiles on your roof. Cracked, missing or dislodged tiles will need to be carefully replaced.
How to remove roof tiles: First lift up the next overlapping tile. This then begins to lift tiles on the row above.
How to replace roof tiles: Lift a tile on the row above from the bottom and then slide your new tile into place.
If your ridge tiles have been displaced they will need repointing. If the mortar is in good shape you may be able to simply adjust them. But if it has been completely dislodged you will need to replace the mortar and re-set the tile.
Over time the roofs internal structure, timbers and trusses can warp. The movement of these members puts increased pressure on the walls and chimneystack. Eventually, it will crack through the mortar used at the joins. Once rainwater enters these joins the freezing/thawing breaks these joins further apart.
The chimneystack lead flashing is the most vulnerable to this kind of damage. If gaps have emerged in the flashing it will need to be repointed. You will need to scrape out the bad mortar and use new mortar to seal the breach.
If mortar crumbles and tiles become dislodged around the roof valley it will soon allow water in through the roof. Build-up in the valley will cause rainwater to rise underneath the tiles and through into the loft space. Internal roof timbers can begin to absorb water and your ceiling may become water damaged. It's a typical cause of the damp stained ceilings you may encounter.
This is often caused by heavy storms and then the damage continues to spread slowly over time. Eventually, this leads to rotting roof timbers.
At the very end of the roof, you have your verge tiles, secured within a bed of cement and sand. Water ingress then frosting/thawing can cause damage here. If the bedding is cracked it will begin to flake and crumble away. Verge tiles will need to re-set within fresh bedding.
Prevention is the key to longevity for your roof in Brendon. Check your roof with binoculars often and especially after a stormy patch. You can catch and fix many of these problems before any internal damage is caused.
Potential leaks can soon become real damp within your home. At this point it becomes more costly than a simple Flat Roof Repair. Timber, plastering, interior décor may also need replacing. The cost of replacing roof tiles is far lower than re-plastering and re-finishing your bedroom.
If you spot any potential problems you can go and fix it yourself if it can be done safely. Otherwise you can simply call a professional roofer in Brendon to check it out.
Whilst repairing a roof is not always difficult to do yourself, you must always consider whether you need professional help. As always gather a few quotes to ensure your getting the most competitive rate.


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The Higher End: The Clarks' Brutus Awards for 2004
The Higher End: The Clarks' Brutus Awards for 2004
by Dave and Carol Clark
Well… we have spent the past year being very picky about what we wanted to review or listen to as our time is just not what it used to be—work, family, and PFO have all taken a big chunk out of our time and as it now stands, reviewing gear is rather low on our list of things we just have to do!
Even so, we have had a few products come through our home that turned our heads and as such are clear choices for the our 2004 Brutus Awards.
We will admit that while David has a way more comprehensive approach to choosing his award recipients, we see things as being a bit simpler in terms of categories and such—meaning electronics, speakers, and simply the other odds and ends.
LINN Classic Movie Di
A clearly superior all-in-one home theater unit (CD player, AM/FM tuner and 5 channel amplifier with full surround sound abilities) to anything else out there (throw in the majority of separate boxes as well), the Di is sooooo much fun and amazing in its abilities to reproduce movies (DVD) and play back CDs (Redbook), that having a stack of separate components each chosen for its audio idiosyncrasy is sheer lunacy. Easy, simple, elegant, musical, and fun—not much else to say, except that the Di is the best we have used and is not leaving this home. Watch for a full review in December.
Reference 3A Dulcets
Not reviewed by Carol nor myself, but we did have them here and well, an amazing sound in an oh-so-small box. For the person who wants really, really big sound in something that looks like fine furniture at IKEA prices, this is the way to go. Not perfect, but what speaker is, that is not much larger than a lunch pail for toddlers? (see http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue15/dulcet.htm for more.)
Gallo Reference 3
Now this is a really cool speaker as well, and while considerably larger and twice the price of the Dulcets, it brings just as wide a grin as anything else that we have heard this year. Way bang for the buck with looks and performance that is leaps ahead of speakers costing several times their price (Danny Kaey has them is quite smitten—another review to follow soon). Again not perfect ( http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue16/galloref3.htm ), but again what is? Though with a visual statement that is more a work of modern art, who really cares?! An amazing speaker from someone who has been making just that since their beginning—Anthony Gallo.
Walker Audio SST
All the reports are true—a simple and effective way to raise your system's performance several notches without breaking the bank. Heck, for little more than a few dinners one can see the light at the end of the tunnel! David offers a lot more on this in his awards, and you can read more at http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue13/walkeraudiosst.htm .


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BBE Two Timer
Inspired by the long-gone Boss DM-2 (made from 1981 to 1984), the Two Timer ($209retail/$149 street) analog delay provides two independently adjustable delay times of up to330ms that you preset with the Time 1 and Time 2 controls and then select between them using the Time 1/Time 2 footswitch. A master Repeat control determines the number of echo repeats for both delay settings, while a Mix control adjusts the wet/dry signal ratio. Infinite repeats are available at high Mix settings, making it possible to elicit spacey feedback effects à la early Pink Floyd. The Two Timer delivers warm-sounding delay effects at extremely low noise levels, however, the ability to preset two completely different types of echo is somewhat hampered by having only one Repeat control. Still, for what it offers, the Two Timer is a sweet deal. —Art Thompson
KUDOS Two independent delay times. True hardwire bypass. Quiet operation.
CONCERNS Can only assign one repeats setting to both delays.
CONTACT BBE Sound,(714) 897-6766; bbesound.com
Burriss Boostiest II
A combination distortion and boost pedal, the Boostiest II ($299street) features a booster preamp with Output, Highs, and Input controls,and a "TS flavored" overdrive circuit with Gain, Tone, and Level controls. The two circuits can be used separately or combined. Power is provided by a 9-volt battery or external adapter (not included), and the voltage is stepped up internally to 16-18 volts for the Booster channel only. The Booster's Output knob provides a huge range of clean signal, and the stepped Input control is actually a bias adjustment that sets the overall gain of the preamp. Switching to the Overdrive side brings you into familiar TS-808 territory, with gobs of touch-sensitive distortion available via the Gain control and plenty of output. Using the two circuits together, however, creates a massive overdrive sound that is beyond what even two TS-808s could achieve. —Art Thompson
KUDOS Extremely flexible distortion/over driver. Excellent clean preamp.
CONCERNS None.
CONTACT Burriss Amplifiers, (800) 513-2256; burrisamps.com
Danelectro Cool Cat CF-1 Fuzz
This diminutive orange pedal will make a lot of guitarists on tight budgets very happy. Despite its compact size and bargain price, the CF-1 ($39 retail/$29 street)sports 3PDT true-bypass switching and a metal casing with metal jacks. Inside, the unit's modest electronics are tidily organized (though after putting the bottom plate back on, there was a small pile of metal dust on my countertop). The tones are squarely on the corpulent side, boasting sizzling highs, robust mids, and a pleasingly flabby low end—with lots of gain on tap. This entry-level pedal gets the job done at a way cool price. —Barry Cleveland
KUDOS Lots of buzz for the buck.
CONCERNS Tones not particularly focused.
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Danelectro Cool Cat Drive CO-1
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An auction buyer has plenty to contend with, including rival bidders with deep pockets; a heavy load of boasting by the auctioneer; loud, in-your-face bid spotters; a fast-paced and adrenaline-charged sale ring; a steady stream of well-groomed horses that look so much better under the bright lights; and, yes, even shady sales practices at some auctions.
Savvy buyers understand the risks, yet many continue making bids at their favorite sales year after year. Obviously, their experience and knowledge of the market gives them an advantage in the sale ring gauntlet.
Lately, horse sale prices in general have declined due to a receding U.S. economy and an oversupply of horses. And as prospective buyers prepare for this fall's ranch production sales, many anticipate finding plenty of quality horses at cheap prices.
However, bargains won't be quite so easy to find. First of all, ranch horses have remained in high demand. Secondly, most horse people agree that the top-end horses, particularly seasoned, dependable ranch geldings, still draw big-money bids.
"The buzz everywhere has been on the good geldings, and that's the way it should be," says Bill Smith, who operates WYO Quarter Horse Sales in Thermopolis, Wyoming. "I still think there's a lot of money out there. It's just that now buyers are getting more discriminating with their money."
At a horse sale, discrimination is a good thing. The buyers who get the right horse at a good price are those who know how to objectively evaluate stock, and the ability to do so comes from thorough preparation.
"Do your homework," says Jann Parker, who, with her husband, Bill, manages Billings Livestock Sales in Montana. "Know what you want. Make phone calls. You need to take the time to do it right. You cannot expect somebody else to do it for you."
Parker and Smith have both been directly involved in horse sales for more than 20 years. Craig Haythorn, who has organized his Nebraska ranch's popular production sales, and Bob Moorhouse, the former manager of the Pitchfork Ranch who has been instrumental in numerous ranch horse sales in Texas, agree that the most prepared buyers typically find the best deals. These four industry professionals listed the following 13 principles buyers should consider before nodding to the auctioneer at this fall's ranch production sales.
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Faith, Family and Horses
In his 2004 sale catalog, Jim and his wife, Joni, wrote, "To become a good horseman, you have to be dependent upon a good horse. You take care of him, and he'll take care of you - our family's way of life for [more than] five generations."
The Hunt-Lopez Legacy
The Hunts have a truly historical horse operation that traces to more than 100 years ago, when horsepower was the only mode of transportation, and a good mount was just as important on the ranch as a tractor and four-wheel-drive pickup are today.
Geno's maternal grandfather, Ford Annis, was a wagon-boss on a Texas outfit, and his father, Jack Hunt, was a top hand on the Laurel Leaf outfit in Devils Tower, Wyoming. Jack eventually settled in Dupree Creek, South Dakota, to raise his family.
Geno, who grew up in agriculture during the Great Depression, says horses played a critical role in everyday life. "We did everything with horses," he recalls. "We rode 4 1/2 miles each way to school."As is common in closely knit, country families, Geno learned to love what he lived.
At the time, draft-horse crosses, called chunks, ruled the horse market for utilitarian reasons. South Dakota also was home to numerous breeders of Remount horses for the military, many of which worked their way into ranch-horse breeding programs. "A lot of the horses were Morgans," Geno reflects. "They were tough and liked to buck."
Effie also came from a rich ranching background that originated in the mid-1800s in southern Colorado. There Effie's grandfather, Elfido Lopez, a pioneer of Spanish descent, grew up and worked for such outfits as the Prairie Land and Cattle Company and the Bar 4 Ranch. In 1911, Lopez and his wife, Rebecca, homesteaded 160 acres near what's now Las Animas, Colorado, and raised eight children.
The couple's fifth son, Albert, was a savvy horseman and went to work for Warren Shoemaker, the New Mexico breeder of Quarter Horse foundation sire Nick Shoemaker, the sire of Skipper W. Then Albert served as wagon-boss for Diamond A Cattle Company, a nationally known outfit with holdings in Colorado, New Mexico and South Dakota, operating between 1885 and 1939.
In 1923, Albert headed north to South Dakota with the Diamond-A herd, where "he was intrigued by the belly-deep, hardy grass and American Indians," Geno says. He met and married South Dakota horsewoman Luvisa Pelter of Hermosa. For many years, he continued to work for the Diamond A, which controlled substantial lan...
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Teal Blake
While growing up, Teal was surrounded by western art and the creators of that genre. His father's artist friends, Cary Carter, William Mathews, Vel Miller and Dave Powell, were frequent visitors to the Blake home and studio. Young Teal listened in on their conversations, which were usually about western art.
Viewing Carlie Russell paintings at the Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, helped the young artists see that cowboys were seldom clean-shaved, their shirts weren't always creased and clean, and horses manes weren't long.
"An artist sees the big picture, rather than the imperfections,"Teal says. "Overall, art is not copying the image in detail, but telling the story with feeling. That's one of the main attributes of western art - it's honest."
Teal's heritage is more than having an artist for a father. His mother is a photographer and journalist, and his great-grandfather, Samuel Coke Blake, was on of the American Quarter Horse's founding breeders. The Blake family continues to raise Quarter Horses for cutting and roping, and Teal competes in both events.
Bucking horses have always been a favorite for Teal. They represent the timeless battle between man and animal, he says. "There's a feeling when you watch a young horse blow up, you tend to remember something about him. It might be his color or a marking, and when you see that horse later working cattle, being used or standing hobbled at a branding, it's not a conquering feeling but a handshake, ...
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LYON, France – Colombian Ambassador to France, Dr Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal Sinisterra met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble today in his first-ever visit to the world police body's General Secretariat headquarters.
Ambassador Carvajal Sinisterra accompanied by Ministro Plenipotenciaro Sergio Restrepo, was briefed on the range of INTERPOL's tools and services including projects tackling drug trafficking, terrorism and financial and high-tech crime, in addition to visiting the 24-hour Command and Coordination Centre.
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Absolutely Free Psychic Reading in Eagle River
There are a lot of people who believe in psychic power and in psychic reading providing them with an insight of their future. But, most people would like to avail of such a service free of charge.
In fact, there are many good psychics available and they offer their service free of charge. By this way, they would like to build their reputation and a loyal clientele so that people would come back them for more predictions. At that time, they may start charging for their services. You will have to keep it in your mind that a psychic reader would have to make living and they cannot go on providing their service free of charge all the time. Providing free service at the beginning would be good strategy to develop a loyal client base.
But, what you should do to locate such psychics who are providing their services free of charge? Here, a few tips are given to help you:
While searching on the internet using any search engine, you should no search for "free psychic reading". What you will be presented would be a lot of trash. Instead, you should use keys like "accurate psychic medium" or "professional psychic medium". After all, you are looking for a genuine psychic person who will be able to help you in your difficulty.
Secret tips to get absolutely free psychic reading in 99577 Alaska
From the search results, you should eliminate those entries which claim to be expert, the best, and 100% accurate or master. Nobody could be 100% accurate. Those people who claim it may not be the person you are looking for. Please disregard these entries.
Amongst the remaining entries you should look for entries who claim to be professional, authentic, certified or licensed. Some of them would like to provide free review. These are the persons you would like to deal with. To get more detail about them, you may click on their link and explore farther. You should look for the training they have, the testimonials provided by their clients or other psychics.
After you have made your selection, you must now turn your attention and review their free offer if provided by them. You should be careful in your decision in selecting a psychic person. You should be able to trust such a person. You should look at what the person is offering. While trying out you should look for opt out option also.
Following this guideline would help you in your selection of proper psychic person for your psychic reading sessions in Eagle River AK.
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Now this statement is a bit of an oxymoron. A perfect psychic reading is not one that you hear everything you ever dreamed of hearing. A perfect one is a reading that you are told everything you need to know that will affect your life good or bad. Psychics on the World Wide Web are a dime a dozen, but the good ones are like gems in a mine. Just like psychic reading sites themselves. They can be found in the millions on the internet but that does not mean they are all reputable. You have to look hard to find one that is the right one for you. A good psychic will tell you your future with the upmost honesty, at the same time as council you on the path you are on. Sugar coating is good in a dessert but deffinently not in a psychic reading.
The first thing you need to look for is the reader's feedback and profile. This will let you know exactly what other clients have expressed as to their happiness or dissatisfaction of their reading itself. You will gain the first hand knowledge of what to expect or not to expect. Are the comments negative? Then move to the next. Do you have a good feeling about this particular reader? Then by all means feel comfortable. The readers profile will help you gain a feeling using your intuition as to what level of trust you can get from the reader itself. You will learn how they are qualified to do psychic readings and their modes of divination like runes, tarot cards, or pendulums. You will also learn what their abilities are like clairvoyant (power to see), clairaudient (the power to hear), and empathic (the power to feel emotions) just to name a few.
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Oh man that game is awesome!! 5 stars! Seriously, that's game of the year material.
Its fictional, they're attention *****s.
oh it's a love/hate romance. 'cause i could watch her dance, if i've got my boots.
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I have rewritten the plot for my movie, and I have fired the old writer and have decided to take matters into my own hands.
here is the new and improved poster:
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Plot summary for #SPP-MISC- Korusan Cifala (Rob Schneider) is an aspiring big-time video game developer. As he attempts to pull the strings of a business deal that will 'change his life forever', what follows gives an entirely new meaning to those words. In a sudden twist of events, Cifala's business partner, Matt Drat (Steve Carell), is assassinated in Vegas on a hotel rooftop, and Cifala is framed for the murder. After spending some time in prison with unreasonably high bail, he develops a growing bond with his cellmate, Josh Yeah (Simon Cowell). Josh acts as Cifala's bodyguard, protecting him through thick and thin. Meanwhile, Cifala's dreams begin to crumble as his video game company begins to rapidly lose supporters, due to his incarceration. Cifala is notified one morning that someone has paid his bail. Hot-shot lawyer slash video game tycoon Fatal Fatal (Ashton Kutcher) sees Cifala's potential in the game industry and offers to defend him in court. Cifala accepts, but not without his questions and the request of also having Josh released from prison. In an epic and pulse-pounding investigation, Josh and Cifala begin to unravel the clues behind Matt Drat's mysterious assassination. And just as it's too late to turn back, they find themselves in the thick mist of a worldwide terror plot organized by the sinister Cruxis (Omar Bin Laden). With his unrivaled IP changing abilities and his extremely muscular physique, the mastermind Cruxis proves to be a tough challenge. Josh and Cifala enlist new recruits to help them take down the mastermind Cruxis and his henchmen. Explosions, tears, and bromance ensue as all the people of Las Vegas are exposed to a water supply infected with Cruxis' Roid Rage Venom. Battling through Casinos, brothels and dark streets, Josh and Cifala fight to save the world, save Cifala's company, and make it home in time to play Smash Bros.
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Ellie (Jamie Lynn Spears) as drunk pole dancer in Vegas #1
Kreis (Kelly Clarkson) as drunk pole dancer in Vegas #2
other members of #SPP-Misc as various background characters.
Yeah, if you don't go to #SPP-Misc (the irc chat) you are not in this movie.
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Is SGG still a masturbating lunatic?
Huh, so I'm a background character, eh? What exactly do background characters do?
*goes by the name Xepher on #SPP-Misc but hasn't been in there for a while*
What happened?
Caught a Trapinch, then found out Growlithe learns Outrage via level up. I don't have will power to deal with Trapinch though, gonna get a Archer instead.
hey maggots
so i'm at the pokemon league. my team is blastoise, leavanny, lucario, flygon, arcanine, and drapion
to quote the wise egyptian prince Cruxis, the Pokemon League should "pepper their angus"
So you traded in the REALLY good water starter? Besides, the ingame is always pretty easy. Mostly.
Meanwhile, I'm in Mistralton, after getting lost in Chargestone Cave (probably because I barely really explored it before). Okay, only slightly lost, I basically just took most of the loop back to the start.


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DescriptionThe Sound Of Music (20th Century Fox, 1965). Three Sheet (41" X 81"). Sister Maria, a novice at an Austrian convent, is sent to be the governess for the von Trapp children. She teaches the family to sing and to open their hearts to each other. Starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker. There is a 3" x 4" censor stamp in the upper left corner. A few light wrinkles and some pinholes. Overall, this Roadshow poster is in great shape, with sharp bright colors and the well-known images of Andrews, Plummer and the children. Very Fine.
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It turns out the NSA wasn't just spying on Angela Merkel. It was apparently spying on Angela Merkel and at least 34 other heads of state! Over the weekend the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag quoted an NSA official saying that President Obama had been briefed on at least the Merkel operation, though the story was quickly denied.
Whatever the truth is there, the real issue exposed here is how the NSA and its brother agencies are genuinely threatened by the exposure of their most controversial programs. It's time to take this potential for outrage into account, and ditch the scandalous, low-benefit operations.
From my reading of history the American security apparatus has often acted against America's interests. Things like: the Vietnam War, installing the Shah in Iran, arming mass-murdering guerrillas in Nicaragua, the Bay of Pigs, etc. etc., weren't just bloody fiascoes. They actively undermined the long-term security of the nation. (And that's not when they were just being weird, like feeding random citizens LSD, or researching "psychic" charlatans.)
But even if you take all the claims of the various NSA apologists at face value, it is unquestionably clear that the security state faces new challenges in a world where their various controversial activities can be exposed en masse, in real time, as opposed to irregularly and long after the fact, like before. Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore wrote a splendid article about this problem in Foreign Affairs (paywalled). They conceptualize it brilliantly, thinking of American hypocrisy as an essential component of American strategy, which is critically undermined by whistleblowers like Snowden:
The deeper threat that leakers such as Manning and Snowden pose is more subtle than a direct assault on U.S. national security: they undermine Washington's ability to act hypocritically and get away with it. Their danger lies not in the new information that they reveal but in the documented confirmation they provide of what the United States is actually doing and why. When these deeds turn out to clash with the government's public rhetoric, as they so often do, it becomes harder for U.S. allies to overlook Washington's covert behavior and easier for U.S. adversaries to justify their own.
Whatever one thinks of Snowden, his very presence is proof that the security state can't be trusted to provide 100% security against leaks, and that one single disgruntled person among the hundreds of thousands of NSA employees and contractors can completely obliterate the Strategic Hypocrisy Reserve. What this suggests is that the cost-benefit analysis for particular security programs ought to be recalibrated in light of their outrage potential. Programs of dubious benefit that would be explosively controversial should they come to light — like snooping on the German Prime Minister's cell phone — are probably not worth the benefit (which, again, is what?).
Nobody would care if the NSA confined itself to snooping on actual terrorist suspects and so forth, even if they defined such things very loosely and occasionally spied on a few hundred citizens by honest accident. By contrast, dragnet surveillance is both infuriating (witness Germany threatening to break the Internet over it) and of little use, not to mention hugely difficult and expensive.
This is a real problem, because even I will admit that some of the national security state's public goods are worth having — the Navy providing basic security for most of the world's shipping lanes comes to mind. One doesn't see mass protests over that very often. It's time we focused the NSA and its fellows back onto those kinds of programs, even if it means the nation has to bear the bitter taste of its own medicine.


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Egypt drops premeditated murder charge from Abdel Latif Red Notice
Statement by INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters, Lyon, France
On 13 June 2013, INTERPOL's National Central Bureau (NCB) in Cairo asked that the Red Notice previously issued at its request for Sayed Abdel Latif on 1 October 2001 be changed to remove any charges relating to premeditated murder, destruction of property, and possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives without a permit.
The remaining offences listed on the current valid Red Notice for Mr Abdel Latif are for membership of an illegally-formed extremist organization and forging travel documents for the organization's members.
Egypt's original 2001 Red Notice request stated that Mr Abdel Latif had been convicted and sentenced, in absentia, for premeditated murder, destruction of property, possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives without a permit, membership of a terrorist group and forgery of documents.
Based on the above, a Red Notice for Mr Abdel Latif was issued by INTERPOL's General Secretariat on 1 October 2001 for a variety of offences, including premeditated murder.
As required by INTERPOL's rules on maintaining information in its databases, on 29 January 2007 and again on 24 October 2011, INTERPOL's NCB Cairo requested that the Red Notice for Mr Abdel Latif remain valid and active for the same charges as originally requested.
Therefore, any law enforcement authority consulting INTERPOL'S databases between 1 October 2001 and 13 June 2013 would have read and believed that Mr Abdel Latif was wanted for arrest by Egyptian authorities for a variety of terrorist-related offences, including premeditated murder.
Questions have recently been raised in relation to Mr Abdel Latif's convictions as stated by Egyptian authorities in their original Red Notice application.
In following up on the matter with NCB Cairo, the NCB asked INTERPOL'S General Secretariat to remove the charge of premeditated murder and the other charges as outlined above.
INTERPOL immediately implemented NCB Cairo's request and is advising all member countries accordingly.
All further enquiries on this case and on the underlying charges against Mr Abdel Latif should be directed to INTERPOL's National Central Bureau in Cairo and to the Egyptian authorities.
Red Notices are one of the ways in which INTERPOL informs its 190 member countries that an arrest warrant has been issued for an individual by the competent authorities of a member country or by an international tribunal. It is not an international arrest warrant.
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Free World Baseball Classic app for iPad and iPhone now available
World Baseball Classic, Inc. today announced the availability of 2013 World Baseball Classic, the official mobile application of the World Baseball Classic, to be played March 2-19, 2013, in seven different cities spanning multiple continents. In the United States the World Baseball Classic will be televised exclusively on MLB Network (English) and ESPN Deportes (Spanish), beginning Friday, March 1 at 11:30 pm ET with Australia @ Chinese Taipei.
Many of the game's elite stars and veterans of Major League Baseball (MLB), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and other leagues from Asia, Latin America, Europe and Australia will participate in the third edition of the World Baseball Classic.
2013 World Baseball Classic is a free app for iPhone and iPad built and powered by MLB Advanced Media, the industry-leading mobile app developer of At Bat, the top-grossing sports app of all-time. It will deliver live coverage of every game in the tournament with Gameday pitch-by-pitch tracking as well as mobile access to scores, schedules, statistics, video highlights, news and analysis from MLB.com reporters.
The 2013 World Baseball Classic app will also make live and on-demand telecasts of all 39 games available on an authenticated basis to Bright House Networks, DirecTV and Time Warner Cable subscribers who receive MLB Network as part of their TV subscription. MLB Network is the exclusive English-language telecast partner of the 2013 and 2017 World Baseball Classic in the United States.
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"As the field of fetal surgery and therapy continues to advance, we are treating more and more babies before they are born.The Special Delivery Unit is a very important part of the comprehensive care our Center is able to provide."
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 17, 2012
Less than four years after opening the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit, the world's first birth facility exclusively for mothers carrying babies with known birth defects, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) celebrates 1,000 deliveries. All babies delivered in the Special Delivery Unit are prenatally diagnosed with birth defects, such as spina bifida or congenital heart disease, and will either undergo fetal surgery to treat the condition before birth or need immediate specialized care or surgery after birth.
"Approximately one in 33 babies is diagnosed with a birth defect each year," said Julie S. Moldenhauer, M.D., CHOP Maternal Fetal Medicine/Reproductive Genetics Specialist and Medical Director of the Special Delivery Unit. "Traditionally, these mothers will give birth in one hospital, and their newborn will be transferred to a specialized pediatric hospital shortly after delivery. The Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit changed that by allowing for mother and baby to be simultaneously cared for at one institution by a team with great experience and expertise."
The Special Delivery Unit opened in 2008 and is the delivery arm of CHOP's internationally recognized Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, which has been providing care for women expecting babies diagnosed with fetal conditions for more than 16 years. Established in 1995, the Center is the largest and most comprehensive fetal program in the world, having welcomed more than 12,000 expectant mother from all 50 states and more than 50 countries.
"When we opened the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit, we anticipated that this unique, multidisciplinary approach would improve outcomes for mother and baby before, during and after birth," said N. Scott Adzick, M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief at CHOP and Medical Director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. "We are proud and excited to reach this milestone less than four years after opening."
The 1000th Delivery
Like approximately 40 percent of the babies born in the Special Delivery Unit, the 1000th delivery was a newborn prenatally diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.
Kathy Banks of New Britain, Pa., found out nine weeks into her pregnancy that she and her husband, Andrew, were expecting twins. Their 20-week ultrasound raised some concerns about one of the twin's hearts and their doctor quickly referred the Banks to CHOP's Fetal Heart Program for further evaluation.
Once at CHOP, the team found that although the Banks' daughter was developing normally, their son had Tetralogy of Fallot, a serious structural malformation of the heart.
Although the news was difficult to receive, the prenatal diagnosis allowed the Banks to adjust and prepare for their son's arrival. It also provided valuable time for the team at CHOP to formulate a plan for the baby's delivery and postnatal care.
Kathy was carefully monitored by CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment team and Fetal Heart Program for the duration of her pregnancy. On March 19, during a regular prenatal appointment, she asked about scheduling her upcoming cesarean delivery and was told it was too soon -- she wasn't due for another eight weeks and the goal was to deliver the twins as close to full term as possible. However, no sooner did she and her husband return home that day, than Kathy's water broke. The couple turned right around and drove back to Philadelphia.
Obstetrician Jodi Slepian, M.D., and her team performed a cesarean delivery in the early hours of March 20. Angela Rose and Liam Andrew Banks were born within seconds of each other, both only weighing a little over three pounds. The multidisciplinary neonatal team was ready and waiting to care for both newborns.
Liam, the baby with the congenital heart defect, was born pink and active. The team ensured that his condition was stable. After the parents were able to see both babies briefly, they were taken to CHOP's Harriet and Ronald Lassin Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit to be treated for prematurity, while Mom recovered just a few floors away in the Special Delivery Unit.
"The babies are gaining weight and plumping up," says Kathy, "but they are still peanuts." As she recovers from the cesarean delivery, she is able to visit her twins as often as she feels up to it, for as long as she likes.
Jack Rychik, M.D., Director of the Fetal Heart Program, says "The babies need to continue to grow and Liam will need surgery to repair his heart in a few weeks time"
"Babies diagnosed with birth defects in utero and their moms need specialized obstetrical services, including prenatal and delivery care," continued Rychik says, "Without the Special Delivery Unit, and the immediate care offered by experienced specialists in pediatric cardiology and neonatology all under one roof, the Banks' outcome could have been much different."
About the Special Delivery Unit
The unique eight-bed labor and delivery unit was the first of its kind to exclusively care for babies born with a wide range of birth defects such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, omphalocele, and gastroschisis, or genetic conditions and other fetal conditions unique to complicated twin pregnancies such as twin-twin transfusion syndrome. After delivery, the baby is treated immediately in the Harriet and Ronald Lassin Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit or the Evelyn and Daniel M. Tabas Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, while the mother recovers in a comfortable private room nearby.
"Babies with special needs require very specialized and experienced care, both before and after birth -- and so do their mothers," said Lori Howell, RN, MS, Executive Director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. "This is our mission and our passion, we are constantly working to improve care, treatment and outcomes for these fragile babies and their families. The high volume of patients we see with incredibly complex, rare conditions makes all the difference. Our experienced team has treated hundreds - and, in some cases, thousands - of patients with a given diagnosis and knew that the addition of the Special Delivery Unit would allow us to provide the very best care for mom, baby and really the entire family."
The Special Delivery Unit is staffed by a highly specialized, multidisciplinary team that includes some of the world's most experienced experts in fetal surgery and therapy, including maternal-fetal medicine specialists, reproductive geneticists, obstetricians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, neonatologists, fetal cardiologists, genetic counselors, midwives, fetal imaging experts, social workers, child life specialists, respiratory therapists as well as advanced practice, obstetric, neonatal and operating room nurses. All are specifically trained to care for mother and infant pairs in which the baby is prenatally diagnosed with birth defects. The team's decades of experience provide both the fetus and expectant mother with an unparalleled level of care.
"Our unit is different from other high-acuity delivery units. We provide care only for mothers whose babies have serious and life-threatening birth defects," said Joanna Horst, RN, MSN, Nurse Manager of the Special Delivery Unit. "We never forget that we are caring for two patients: mom and baby. While newborns are receiving the world's most advanced medical, surgical and nursing care, mothers experience an equally high standard of delivery and postpartum care."
Special Delivery Unit nurses are not only highly experienced in labor and delivery care, but are specially trained in the unique needs of the Unit's patients, including mothers undergoing fetal surgery. They are also skilled in providing palliative and bereavement care for families facing the most difficult outcomes.
"As the field of fetal surgery and therapy continues to advance, specifically in light of our recent developments in fetal surgery for spina bifida, we are treating more and more babies before they are born. The Special Delivery Unit is a very important part of the comprehensive care our Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment is able to provide," said Adzick.
The Special Delivery Unit is an alliance between the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and the Fetal Heart Program at CHOP. Within the unit there is a stabilization room, located adjacent to two of the inpatient delivery rooms, where CHOP's world-class neonatology staff can be waiting to care for a baby born in distress. There are also two operating rooms equipped for cesarean sections and fetal surgery. A third operating room is a hybrid that can be used by both the fetal surgery and cardiothoracic surgery teams.
The Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and Fetal Heart Program outpatient services are housed adjacent to the inpatient area, and the outpatient area is staffed by a team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists, obstetricians, genetic counselors, nurses, midwives, radiologists, ultrasound and echocardiography technicians, sonographers and others, all dedicated to both mom and baby. When an expectant mother comes for an evaluation, she has a series of tests including a highly specialized detailed anatomy ultrasound, and possibly an ultrafast fetal MRI and an echocardiogram. After the images are evaluated, the team sits down with the family to discuss the diagnosis and treatment options. All of this takes place in one day.
"Learning your baby has a birth defect is a life-changing experience. It requires families to think about their pregnancy and delivery in a new light. Here at CHOP, our entire team is dedicated to making sure families have the best possible experience, no matter what the outcome," said Moldenhauer.
The Garbose Family
In 1988, during a routine pregnancy ultrasound, Lynne and Bill Garbose received devastating news: Their first baby, Emily, would be born with a very rare and fatal heart defect. She would require the most sophisticated level of care immediately after birth. The only option, they were told, was for Lynne to deliver the baby in a hospital near their home in Washington, D.C., and then have Emily transported to the pediatric hospital 30 minutes across town.
"I was stunned to learn that I could not deliver this very sick baby at the children's hospital," recalls Lynne, "In fact, I learned that nowhere in the country could a pediatric institution handle the care of an adult obstetrical patient."
In the days following delivery, as Lynne recovered from her cesarean delivery, only able to leave her bed for a few hours each day to visit Emily, Bill shuttled back and forth across town, desperately trying to balance his time between his wife and his child. Three days after her birth, while Lynne was back in her hospital bed, Emily passed away in Bill's arms.
Back then, it would have been hard for the Garboses to believe that something good would come out of that experience. But after returning to the Philadelphia area, where Lynne grew up, they met pediatric and fetal surgeon N. Scott Adzick, M.D. and Lori Howell, who told them about their vision to create a delivery unit within CHOP's Center Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.
"It was so on target with what we had experienced, and we knew there was a real void," Lynne says.
The Garboses generously provided the lead gift to create the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit.
"On the occasion of the Special Delivery Unit's one-thousandth delivery, we are so proud to be associated with the dedicated, multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses and other staff who work there," said Lynne Garbose, a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Board Member. "We remember vividly the afternoon many years ago when Dr. Adzick and Lori Howell laid out their thoughts and plans for the world's first Special Delivery Unit. We – and thousands of parents and their children – are so grateful for the team's vision, dedication and perseverance."
Visit The Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment website for more information about the Special Delivery Unit.
About the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at CHOP
The Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is an internationally recognized leader in fetal surgery and fetal care. One of the only programs of its kind in the world, it offers a comprehensive breadth of services, including fetal therapy, to support patients from prenatal evaluation through delivery, postnatal care, and long-term follow-up. Established in 1995, the Center has welcomed more than 12,000 expectant parents and received referrals from all 50 states and more than 50 countries. Its multidisciplinary team brings decades of experience to the care and treatment of the fetus and the expectant mother. The Center has performed over 800 fetal surgeries, including complex open procedures for birth defects such as spina bifida; less invasive fetoscopic or ultrasound-guided surgeries for conditions such as twin-twin transfusion syndrome; and specialized coordinated delivery approaches for babies that require surgical intervention while still on maternal-placental life support (EXIT delivery).
The Fetal Heart Program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia specializes in the detection, evaluation and management of fetal heart defects prior to a baby's birth. The team performs more than 2,500 fetal echocardiography studies annually, making it one of the largest fetal heart programs in the US. The program's offerings include: state-of-the-art technology, planning for labor and delivery and complete care for the newborn after birth, access to the full Cardiac Center team and the most advanced fetal heart defect treatments available, including fetal heart interventions if necessary. The Cardiac Center performs more than 800 cardiothoracic surgeries per year and the Center's outcomes are among the best in the world.