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Shayla - posted on 05/09/2010 ( 16 moms have responded )
my son is starting to teeth, going through the fussy stages and i was just wondering what can i do to help!
Shayla - posted on 05/09/2010 ( 16 moms have responded )
my son is starting to teeth, going through the fussy stages and i was just wondering what can i do to help!
Eleanor - posted on 05/13/2010
I swear by Ashton & Parsons teething powders, they really settle the baby and are herbal so are great!!!! Bickie pegs are great too for them to gnaw on!!
Angel - posted on 05/12/2010
my peditrician told me this trick! get a bottle of children's benedryl -dip a q-tip in it then rub the gums with it also chewing on a wet /damp wash cloth works wonders.My daughter cut all of her also pain free.
Rosa - posted on 05/12/2010
Pediatrician popsicles work great and taste great
Margaret - posted on 05/12/2010
Just give him TLC, Orajel nighttime relief (it's been my Bible!), infant motrin...maybe give him soft foods (cereal, pieces of soft bread) so that his gums don't have to do a lot of "chewing".
My 2 girls are BOTH early teethers. My 3-yr-old had 12 teeth by the time she was 1. My 10-mo-old has 9 teeth. We have NO IDEA how that happened, since both of us had maybe 1 or 2 teeth by the time WE were 1?
Be prepared for sleepless nights AND days, lots of wet diapers (when babies teethe, they produce/swallow lots of saliva), and just lots of crankiness, crying, etc....every baby is different when it comes 2 teething, so just keep calm and tell yourself that U will all b ok :)
Bonnie - posted on 05/11/2010
I would also use the wet/ frozen face clothes, the frozen teethers, a silicone bottle nipple only, Anbesol a few times daily, Tylenol no more then every 6 hours as needed and Motrin once daily at bedtime as needed, as it lasts longer then Tylenol (approx 8 hours). My son has been teething almost non stop since he was 2 months 3 weeks. He now has 4 teeth coming # 9/10/11 and 12 and he is going to be 1 year old this month! He has not tolerated the teeth well like some mothers have commented, I wish!!! Good luck
Rachel - posted on 05/11/2010
We made sure our daughter had lots to chew on during the day. Sometimes the pressure of chewing was enough. Night time was differant, we would give her cold to help with the pain and Tylenol.
Stacie - posted on 05/11/2010
hey my son is 4 months old and has 2 front teeth he was crying and up in the middle of the night with his teeth and also wasnt taking as much of his food. i rubbed my knuckle against his gums not very hard but a little bit of pressure every couple of hours and suddenly the teeth broke through the gum
Mandy - posted on 05/10/2010
i was lucky my little one didn't have too much trouble she seemed to get a heap of teeth all at one i did keep up the panadol to her and sometimes she nurofen as well. If you put a wet face washer in the frezeer they do like to chew on them also let himchew on it in the bath, teething rusks are good they help break the skin or the frozen teething rings.
Adrian - posted on 05/10/2010
I gave my daughter a frozen wash cloth and it helped a lot. I found that Motrin worked better for the pain than Tylenol, and it also takes the swelling down some. We also gave her frozen fruit, like bananas and strawberries.
Catherine - posted on 05/10/2010
wet face cloth in the freezer!
September - posted on 05/10/2010
Our son loves frozen fruit when he's teething. He also likes frozen washcloths, ice cubes and teething tablets work great as well. Some nights I have to give him Tylenol so that he can get some rest otherwise he can get a little stir crazy. Poor babies, I'm sure teething sucks! Good luck!
Luisa - posted on 05/10/2010
go to rite aid and get teething pills their in the baby aisle the box is light blue and the pills are natural and num their gums for hours belive me they work.
Carol - posted on 05/10/2010
Most teething rings say they should not be put in freezer, and in the fridge they get soo warm soo fast. We cut up wash cloths and wet them, then put them in the freezer. My daughter loved to suck on them and they stayed much colder than the teethers. I also did tylenol scheduled and tried to time it so i could give a dose right before nap and bedtime. Hope it helps!
Nancy - posted on 05/10/2010
For my daughter, we put teething rings in the fridge and gave them to her and sometimes gave Tylenol when she was in a lot of pain. For my son, he doesn't like the cold, so we just give him the room temperature teething rings, which he doesn't like much either. He really likes fingers and soft things to chew on.
I'd suggest trying the different kinds of teethers that are out there...the ones with water in them have worked best for us. You may also just see what he's trying to put in his mouth and see if there's something with similar texture that he could use. With all of the Tylenol recalls, you may need to wait for the stores to restock the shelves to get some, but maybe some kind of children's pain reliever for the really fussy times. Orajel's kind of scary to me because it numbs wherever it lands and if your son moves and you get his tongue, he may bite his tongue and not realize it.
Emma - posted on 05/10/2010
i found the best thing 4 both my boys when teething is Ashton an Parsons teething powders brought from most pharmacys
Isabelle - posted on 05/09/2010
I used the teething rings and put them in the freezer and gave them to my daughter to chew on but they would become warm and she would toss them. I gave her tylenol every 4 hours also, it helped her relax and to cope with the pain. She didn't really like teething rings, so I also used teething orajel to rub on her gums. Orajel numbed the pain but was putting her to sleep, too much of it isn't good either. That is what I did when she was going through teething, I hope it helps.
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Frontier medicine was the term used to describe medicine practiced in the "farthest reaches of the galaxy" according to Doctor Julian Bashir.
Bashir first used the term when describing why he wanted to practice medicine on the newly-established Federation space station Deep Space 9, claiming it was going to be "real frontier medicine." Explaining that he had his choice of any job in the fleet after graduating medical school, Bashir stated that he wanted to be in the wilderness where the adventure was and the heroes were made. Kira Nerys took offense at this, viewing it as condescending. (DS9: "Emissary")
Bashir's desire to practice frontier medicine was initially disappointing to his parents Richard and Amsha, who expressed that he could do his medical research on Earth just as easily. (DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume")

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Ruth from Makey-Cakey was our March 2013 Daring Bakers' challenge host. She encouraged us all to get experimental in the kitchen and sneak some hidden veggies into our baking, with surprising and delicious results!
For anyone who doesn't know, I don't like vegetables. Ok, so maybe a couple- but not very many. I can remember many nights when I was younger, still sitting at the dinner table while everyone else had finished, staring at my vegetables. Luckily we had a dog! Fluffy (our shih-tzu) would sit by my feet (she was no dummy!), and I would have a conversation with her while I fed her my vegetables. Yup, I talked to the dog. I had too- she was a noisy eater!
Nowadays, I am trying to make an effort to eat more vegetables. It's a slow process though. So when I found out what the challenge was for this month, I was hesitant, but game. My first thought was to use beets, but my local store didn't have any (I didn't want to use the canned ones). However, they did have avocados. So that's what I went with. I made 2 recipes. Chocolate avocado brownies (which I'm sharing with you today) and chocolate avocado cookies (grain-free), which I will share with you soon. I really liked the brownies. They are moist and right in the middle of fudgy and cakey. I couldn't taste the avocado- which to be honest was my goal!
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Chocolate Avocado Brownies
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 avocado
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/3 cup flour
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line an 8×8 inch pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips and heavy cream. Microwave on high, for 30 second intervals, stirring after each one until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
In a food processor, add the avocado, egg, and egg yolk. Process until smooth (you may have to stop and scrape down the sides once). Add in the sugar, salt, baking soda, cocoa powder, and vanilla bean paste. Process until smooth. Add in the melted chocolate and process until incorporated. Add in the flour and pulse until combined. The batter will be thick, so spoon it evenly into the prepared pan. Smooth the top with the back of the spoon. Bake it in a preheated oven for 28-32 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center is clean. Remove from the oven and let cool completely. Enjoy!
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This week the attention of the golfing world will be on Scotland's Muirfield golf course, host of this year's British Open. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and nearly all of the rest of the very best golfers in the world will be there.
But did you know that there is another golf tournament this week? It's in Mississippi. It's an official PGA Tour event with points counting towards the season ending
I'm talking, of course, about the
The tournament, only shown on the Golf Channel, will be mostly a local event, and watched really only by hardcore fans who tune in mainly to perhaps identify some potential future stars. (It worked last year: Current Tour hot-shot, Billy Horschel, finished 3rd in this tourney last year.) The British Open—the third major of the year—will attract all of the noise this week.
The Tour realizes this, so they've decided to have a little fun and go full…chicken.
Tee markers on the course? Chickens painted by local kids from the hospital supported by the tournament.
Crosswalk signs? Chickens.
Much of the food? Chicken.
The Friday night concert? Brought to you by local blues artist, Super Chikan.
Official player gift from Sanderson Farms CEO, Joe Sanderson? Big Green Egg grills.
Sanderson Farms has a one-year deal with the Tour. It is presumed that they will see how this year's tournament goes, then make a decision on any future involvement with the PGA Tour. At the very least, they will have given it a go.
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Steve Diamond elated as Sale pick up three points in relegation battle
Sale boss Steve Diamond was thrilled after the Sharks secured three crucial points in the 33-33 draw at London Irish.
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The visitors picked up two for the draw plus a bonus point for scoring four tries in an enthralling basement battle at the Madejski.
That puts them eight points clear of bottom side London Welsh with just three games of the season remaining.
"We're very happy with that," said Diamond. "There were glaring opportunities that we missed and we'll have to correct that next time.
"For both sides you could say that the defensive coaches need to earn their money during the week.
"We let the game slip in the last quarter after going clear at half-time but we showed good resilience. The game showed the measure of both teams - both under pressure but both wanting to play. It was good for the neutral and 33-33 is a good result.
"Welsh were close to Bath on Saturday but we can't worry about them now. Never before has the bottom club at Christmas survived and we want to change that.
Great result
"We have been good at home, we have had a great result getting three points away from home here, and we will take having Gloucester and Wasps in our last two games."
Irish are 12 points clear and all-but safe but coach Brian Smith was furious with his side for blowing an early 14-3 lead.
"We got such a handy lead to begin with and then sat back and admired the good work that we'd done," said Smith.
"We couldn't close out the first half and then got bitten in the backside after half-time. It's a little bit embarrassing to score tries like that at the start and then go to sleep.
"Defensively we were a shambles, which is disappointing compared to last week (against Worcester) when we could have played for three hours and not conceded a try."


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Six writers, six reasons to write
"Being a writer is like being stuck in a leaky rowboat tossed about in a tumultuous sea of poverty, rejection and isolation. But I still love writing." – Arthur Nersesian
"I'd be reaching for the razor blades if I didn't write each day." – Unknown
I recently read the above statement regarding the razor blades and writing while aimlessly trawling through the multitude of conversations on a writing forum. It was from a writer I didn't know but my reaction when I first read that sentence was along the lines of a dismissive "way to exaggerate there". But that line or really my reaction to that line stuck with me for a few days. Why had I so easily dismissed this writer's reason for writing? It's as valid as any other as to why millions of people write every day.
A journalism lecturer had said to me years ago that for some people, if they didn't write regularly, they would start to feel unwell or they just wouldn't feel right in themselves. This is something I can relate to and it made me feel doubly guilty about dismissing the one simple act that made the above writer feel better each day.
My attitude to this line bothered me because I'd allowed my cynical side to immediately invalidate what this person was saying and when that happens you are effectively closing your mind, you're not listening and that's death for a writer.
Hemingway famously said that there was nothing to writing – all you had to do was sit at a typewriter and bleed while James Joyce said that writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in a previous life. Flannery O'Connor went one better by describing writing a novel as, "a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay", although I'm hoping she was indeed exaggerating with that line.
Writing sounds like a torturous process for some while for others it's a form of release, a cathartic act, and the former sometimes leads to the latter.
The need to write, the 'because you have to', can be different from why people do actually write. Writing for a muse, for money (good luck with that) or to get a message across are just some of the reasons why we sit and pour out words onto a blank sheet every day or as often as possible.
With all of the above running through my head and in an attempt to get rid of my recent, hopefully temporary cynicism – to throw the snark from my back as it were, I went to the source and asked six writers one question – why do you write?
Their answers did not disappoint.
Arthur Nersesian, New York
I vaguely remember Kafka's parable The Great Wall of China, in which some emperor initiates this vast, ambitious project even though it would take centuries to complete. Slowly its scope and meaning evolves. Indeed, over time, some of the workers become disconnected from why it was built in the first place and it sort of becomes a thing unto itself. I always saw this as a metaphor for writing.
When I started out, still in my teens, it was a romantic endeavor. Literature seemed like such an admirable pursuit. I thought it could withstand time, gain respect of those around, and had a limitless earning potential. And quite simply I loved the act of writing, of creating. While in my master's writing program, I should have grown suspicious when they never offered a single class on things like income potential, or for that matter any of the business aspects of literature. It seemed almost taboo to mention such details, like the fact that for every novel that earns money – or a sizable readership – there are a million more that never even get published.
Being a writer is like being stuck in a leaky rowboat tossed about in a tumultuous sea of poverty, rejection and isolation. But I still love writing. And in fairness, when I look around and see my friends around me, many have money, but hate their jobs, or find no meaning in them. Everyone has to make some trade-offs, or they get made for you.
Julian Gallo, New York
Writing is something I've always loved to do – ever since I was a little kid. Although music had taken a front seat for most of my younger years, I still found the time to always write something: stories, poems, aborted novel attempts. I was always a voracious reader so I suppose it made sense that I would eventually try my hand at it, to make up my own stories rather than just read someone else's.
My reason for writing is really twofold: I love to do it. I enjoy it immensely. I enjoy making up stories, enjoy making up these characters and trying to bring them to life and see a "slice" of their life story appear on the page. It's also very therapeutic, even though my novels and stories tend not to be autobiographical. However, you mine your own experiences: feelings, thoughts, loves, hates, trials and tribulations, fantasies, childhood experiences, relationships, observations – all of this go into it, of course spread out across the various characters within the story. Whether one likes it or not, it forces you to face certain things about yourself and your life and for the most part it helps you deal with issues you thought were tamped down somewhere in the background or the subconscious.
I also write to get particular ideas across because I feel I have something to say, whatever that may be for the particular project. Writing was never about money, fame, accolades or validation for me. I would continue to write no matter what – even if I had only one reader. And for many years, I did, quite literally. I do it for the joy it brings. I do it because I have to – much like anyone must do whatever they feel is an important part of their life and who they are.
Bill Friday, Los Angeles
I played at writing for years, thinking that my stories had something in them that should be told. But it wasn't until I found myself the owner of a failing used book store that I had nothing but time on my empty hands with which to write.
And I kinda sucked at it.
But I didn't stop.
Now, over ten years later, I still kinda suck at it. But I'm getting better. And along with getting better at words, has come the understanding that the writing of them is, in some less-than-completely knowable way, a birthing of sorts. A birthing of a living, breathing, creative entity or offspring of those first words and ideas that told me there were stories inside me, and that I must share.
Whether the words suck, or not.
Loren Kleinman, New Jersey
I've always written poetry. It seemed to come natural. I think poets are just called to it. I don't want to sound too cliché, but poetry is a calling. I think you have it or you don't. Now, I don't mean to say that by "having it" you don't have to revise, I mean that you have the seed of some flower that hasn't grown yet. You don't write poetry. You are poetry.
I read so much poetry. I love (love) Franz Wright, Charles Simic, Anis Shivani, Sharon Olds, Langston Hughes, Jim Daniels, Galway Kinnell, Sonia Sanchez, Anne Sexton, Claudia Serea, Sylvia Plath, Julia Hartwig, etc.
I also love fiction. I've been eating up Meg Wolitzer. Love Francisco Goldman, Charlie Smith, Vladimir Nabokov. It's important to read outside of your genre. It keeps you less static. There's always something to learn from reading across genres.
I also want to mention that I'm a reviser. I'm a re-writer. My process involves lots of re-writing. Everything sounds good when you're in the thick of writing. Then you go back to it and wonder if you were drunk the whole time or maybe if you fell asleep with your head on the keyboard. Nothing makes sense, and you're sure it did before. So I re-write until it makes sense, until it aligns to what's really in my head, what's really the story. I try to keep myself out of it. I always make things difficult (in regard to writing I mean). But, the writing process is so mysterious. Somehow things come together. It's the closest thing to fate.
Hunter S. Jones, Atlanta, Georgia
How Many Angels Can Dance On A PinHead?
What makes a writer write? That is a brilliant question in this renaissance of indie publishing and much like the great question of the European Renaissance over 500 years ago…How many angels can dance on a pinhead?
The answer? Who knows? Personally, reading and writing have always been my escape from the world. A way to express myself or hide away, maybe at the same time. It's what I always wanted to do, once upon a time, but societal pressures (meaning my parents) forced me into corporate America. That was great and I was very successful, but an Achilles rupture in 2012 led to two surgeries to reconstruct my leg. Creative writing gave me a way to use my imagination and escape the horrors I had to face – physically and emotionally.
Why do writers write? Maybe it's a compulsion as much as an artistic venue. My answer? I do not know why writers write. I am just thankful that we can.
And the last word goes to poet Dean Walker, Forestville, California
My Muse
I first saw her when I was a child.
She was a little girl,
Washing clothes down by the creek.
I was mad she didn't own a washing machine.
I saw her again when we both were teens.
She was picking flowers,
And dancing with the bees.
We spent our evenings at the beach,
Contemplating how to make a change.
She kissed me and then stared up at the stars.
Her words resonated like a bass guitar,
When she strangely asked me, "Who you are?"
I had no an answer for my Muse that night.
And so, to shine some light, I learn to write.
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With all of the hype about HTML 5, it sounded like we were on the way to web development nirvana where as long as you coded to the HTML 5 spec, things would "just work". This is a great idea and it would be true except for the fact that developers are not coding to the HTML 5 spec, they are making sure that their stuff works great with WebKit based browsers. You can't blame them since Safari and Chrome use WebKit, and therefore a huge majority of their mobile users are on WebKit. The W3C sees the danger of this and is very concerned that WebKit could become the defacto standard.
Internet Explorer has made great strides, and they can claim that in some tests they beat out WebKit in support for standards, or that they have better performance in some areas (like with a virtual fishbowl). According to html5test.com, IE10 is still lagging in HTML5 standards support but it's definitely getting closer.
I end up asking myself why Microsoft spends so much effort supporting a browser that still can't become a clear leader in HTML 5 support. Microsoft's insistence on continuing with a non-WebKit based browser, no matter what the supposed benefits are, is negatively impacting their users.
When it comes down to it, what does Microsoft gain from IE? I'm really not clear about this, and I've asked many other people inside and outside Microsoft about this, and I still have no idea. Even if there was a clear advantage, wouldn't that advantage still be around if they built a version of IE on top of WebKit?
VHS beat BetaMax, even though BetaMax was considered by most to be the better technology. This happened again with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Microsoft was on the losing side of that battle, and now rumors are that the next XBox will have Blu-Ray. At this point it really doesn't matter who has the superior technology, so even if Microsoft feels IE is technically superior, it's too late.


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In a city where "stars" come and go, one icon has not only withstood the test of time, but has flourished for 80 years and still seems as glamorous as ever. Featured in films and home to some of Hollywood's greats, the setting seems fit for an epic event -- and it is. How's that for high expectations? It's just fine, according to PGA Head Professional Todd Yoshitake. PGA.com: Your course is one of the oldest on TOUR, having opened in 1927. What is it about your course that makes it so timeless and respected, considering so many courses have had to really go through major redesigns or no longer be suitable for championship events? Yoshitake: George Thompson, the original designer, built this course for championship golf. He had a strong influence from Scottish designs and it shows on this course. There are a number of options on every hole, you'll use almost every club in your bag, and you have to have great control of your game to really excel here. That's championship golf and that's why this course remains a top layout still. PGA.com: Does that mean it's too tough for the average golfer? Yoshitake: No, not at all. Different players with different skill sets can all play the course and enjoy it. It's a tough layout, but also really fair. I think every hole except one is open in the front so a player can run up their approach. Every hole has different ways to play it. That's part of the appeal. PGA.com: Your course is often referred to as Hogan's Alley. Can you tell us where that came from? Yoshitake: Ben Hogan won the L.A. Open in January of 1947 here. He won the L.A. Open the next year in 1948 and then the U.S. Open in June of 1948, all right here. In a span of 18 months, he won three times here in brilliant fashion, including setting the U.S. Open scoring record . The course just suited him great. PGA.com: Does it ever feel more like a movie set than a golf course with all the stars that deck the walls and walk around in the clubhouse? Yoshitake: We've been fortunate to have had a real storied history in terms of Hollywood and film. "Pat and Mike" with Katherine Hepburn was filmed here, so was "Follow the Sun" with Glenn Ford. We have actors, producers, writers, several people here in the entertainment industry. But keep in mind, no matter who it is, when they come here, the focus isn't on movies or scripts, it's about the golf. The course is the big star around here. PGA.com: For us East Coast folks, exactly what is kikuya grass, and why is your course known for it? Yoshitake: Kikuya is a special kind of grass that was originally imported from Africa. Riviera used to have polo fields and the grass was brought in for them. But soon, the grass spread all over the course and actually, is now predominant in the greater Los Angeles area. It's a very thick, wiry grass. In terms of golf, the grass is thick and strong, and so any ball in the fairway, will sit on top of it very well, it's like having a perfect lie for every shot. Now if you end up in the rough, it's just as penal there as it is helpful in the fairway. The grass just wraps around the ball, it's real hard to control your shot and make solid contact out of it in the rough. PGA.com: It's obvious you have to be a tremendous talent to excel on your course. It shows in that the names that have won championships at Riviera read like a Hall of Fame. Snead, Watson, Irwin, Miller, Couples, Crenshaw, of course Hogan, pretty much all of golf's greats. Well, except two. Can you explain? Yoshitake: I really can't, that's a tough one to answer. Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are arguably the two greatest golfers ever, but neither has won here. The irony is, there games are really well suited for this course. You have to have great control of your distances, be able to move the ball in both directions, I can't explain why they haven't won. I've followed Tiger for a few holes in years past, and it's not like he struggles here. It's just always a break or two or a couple of putts here and there. He got his start here, this was his first professional tournament. He's got more fans and friends here than probably anywhere. I think he'll get a win here eventually. We'd all love to see it. PGA.com: What advice would you give them, or anyone, out to play your course for the first time? Yoshitake: Know where the ocean is in relation to you at all times. That will tell you where the wind is coming from and how your putts will break. PGA.com: One thing that strikes me about Riviera, is that you have a few "signature holes" on your course. The 18th hole with the amphitheater around the green and the opening tee shot on no. 1 both come to mind as signature holes, but several people think of no. 6 that has the green with the bunker in the middle. Every have members trying to chip over it? Yoshitake: No, that's not allowed for the members, just the Tour guys. But the truth is, the way the green is contoured, no matter where the hole is cut, and where you are putting from, you can always get within a few feet of the hole regardless of the bunker. The members know that, so the temptation to chip on the green just isn't a problem.
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Mooch-hell wants her turn and isn't going to waste time with a Senate seat like her husband or Hillary.
That whitey hatin' wookie has no chance in hell.
Actually that is my biggest fear, more so than Hitlery or Biden. I recall in 2004 watching 0dumb0 give the keynote speech at Kerry's nomination, and having a sinking feeling that this RAT bastard commie muzlim pig would be our next Dem president in 2008...and sure enough.
I am concerned that phatass mabelle michelle will throw her hat in the ring and will be the INSTANT front runner because 1) She's black & affirmative action and 2) She's a radical socialist demoRAT commie pig just like her metrosexual husband. That's enough credentials for >50% of the country to vote for her!
I hope our country splits in two before that would ever happen -- CW II.


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You've waited long enough, it's time to reveal my precious baby! Here are our Save the Dates!
Most everyone recieved a kraft envelope with a "luggage tag†with their name and address on it.
I had to take out the address but I was so happy to have my mother's handwriting on my Save the Dates. I've always loved her handwriting so this was more precious to me than calligraphy. The envelopes had a Love stamp and a Disney stamp. I loved the Up stamp but my favorite version had a Green stamp and a Wall-E stamp.
What's inside?
The STD postcard comes first, followed by the Early Bird RSVP and then the Passport of travel details
And if you recieved a larger package in the mail it looked like this…
I used a combination of stamps I liked to acheive the collected, vintage stamp look.
To be green, instead of buying new packing materials I stuffed the boxes with various packaging materials I had saved from bubble wrap, to peanuts, to newspaper to tissue paper. In addition to the envelope pictured above guests recieved one of three different piggy banks inside their box. Each piggy had a label with our logo that said "It's Better in The Bahamasâ€
And the final package…
I was very proud of how well it all came together despite the little hiccups.
Here's a detail of the contents:
Front of the STD
Back of the STD (includes a magnet)
Front of the Early Bird RSVP
Back of the Early Bird RSVP (with edits to the address)
Passport Pages
The first page of the real Passport had a picture that represented the country and an intent for the purpose of travel. I decided to use a picture of us and a scripture that I felt was the intent for the purpose of our wedding.
I turned this page so you can read it correctly but it is turned the way a real passport booklet is. On the US Passport it features an eagle and the Constitution. I used a conch shell since it's our symbol and rewrote a Constitution for our United State of Marriage. I didn't want to use United States because I didn't want to favor my country over his. I did my best to make it look realistic.
I wanted to have a page that looked like passport stamps, so I put some travel details like the Travel Agents contact information in a few faux passport stamps. You wouldn't believe some of the questions I've gotten about Bahamas. I didn't realize how little Americans know about what's outside our country until I started dating Ra. About 70% of people think Bahamas and Jamacia are the same, they ask me what language they speak there and they want to know why they need a passport since it's US territory. To be honest I didn't know all of this information but I wanted to answer a lot of the questions I get asked often and make guests feel comfortable knowing a little something about the foreign land they are traveling to.
Because convenience was important to me I wanted to give everyone the option of flying down or traveling on a cruise ship since they wouldn't need a passport. I put the necessary information for flying and cruising on the next two pages, directing them to the website for more details. My favorite part is the little line that says it's either the least expensive option or gives you more time in Nassau.
Because quotes and poems are important to both of us I wanted to include a poem that was special to me and described how I felt about marrying Ra. After working on it for a month I felt so proud of this little passport. I felt so proud of the entire Save the Date package. I hope my family and friends are surprised by the package, appreciate it and are motivated to make the trip. Have you ever recieved an unexpected package in the mail that made you smile?
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5 Tips to Craft a Rockin' College Resume
This weekend, my college-aged cousin asked me for some first-time resume guidance and I couldn't have been more excited to help due to my geeky love of awesome resume designs and on-the-job experience. But as I searched around for help on the web and through friends, I noticed a shortage of resume advice for college students.
While there are plenty of helpful articles on how students can attain experience and fill in resume gaps during four years of college (see here, here, and here), there is a lack of guidance on formatting, writing, and editing the resume to make sure it's in shipshape form and ready to be sent.
During my college years and now while looking though others' resumes, I've realized that many people (not just college students) make simple spelling mistakes, formatting errors, disastrous design blunders, and other resume no-nos that are sure to put them in the trash pile. So I thought back to what I did in college and what a few professors recommended in order to avoid these resume worries.
1. Take a Class
During my senior year of college, I took a web design class featuring the entire Adobe series. I'm not a design person and as painful as it was to spend my last quarter hunched over a computer in the library night after night completing assignments, I can honestly say this is the class that has taken my resume skills to the next level.
If your college offers a class in digital design tools, take it! Make use of that extra elective you've been dying to fit into your schedule. If you're cringing because you've heard or seen how hard Photoshop or InDesign can be, know that the hardest classes are usually the ones with the biggest payoff in the end. Trust me, you'll be thanking yourself for it long after college.
2. Visit Your Adviser or a Professor
Your adviser or a trusted professor are there to give you undivided attention, not just for helping you arrange your class schedule, but for anything related to your future career success. The best thing about them is they were schooled in your major and have probably had to write multiple resumes and CVs over the course of their career. Take advantage of these resources because most students don't, which leaves more time for you!
3. Visit the Career Center
Counselors at your college career center are trained to help you with resumes and all things pertaining to finding an internship or job. Use them because they're there and they're free!
4. Go to the Tutor Center
No, you're not going to look like a slacker if you visit the tutor or writing center. Everyone needs a little extra help sometimes and even though you're not going there to solve a formula or write an English paper, smart, fresh eyes on your resume are always helpful and can catch errors you may not see.
5. Make Friends with a Journalism/English Major
This is an untapped resource that students of all majors should get in on. English and journalism majors are experienced in copyediting, summarizing, using proper syntax, and regularly putting their creative juices to work. Propose a trade. Maybe they can help you with your resume if you can help them learn a subject you're knowledgeable in. If all else fails, just offer to buy them a drink or dinner. Everyone appreciates a good meal in college!


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Calling all student videographers!
Georgia State University invites currently enrolled students to create a 60-90 second original, unpublished video that tells their story…their friends' stories…or alumni stories about the value of their experiences in Atlanta.
This video contest begins April 2 and concludes at 5 p.m. April 29th, 2013. Up to three winning videos will be selected. The videos will be judged on April 30th, with winner (s) notified shortly thereafter.
Entries will be judged by university faculty and staff on how well they reflect students' experiences in Atlanta during their studies at Georgia State. These experiences can range from internships and service projects to cultural activities and networking.
Georgia State's location in Atlanta provides students with wide-ranging opportunities to connect with the city's business, government nonprofit and cultural communities. Students can expand their view of the world, find doors open to internships and opportunities just a few blocks from campus and develop professional skills and relationships that enhance their post-graduation success. They may even get to work alongside faculty on research or other projects in Atlanta.
Given this unique opportunity to attend a university in one of this century's top global cities, students are encouraged to capture their own (or their friends') experiences and perspectives on engaging with the City of Atlanta.
In addition to internships, jobs and networking experiences, students may also wish to consider capturing their perspectives on these kinds of topics: volunteer and/or service-learning opportunities; participation in civic fundraisers or nonprofit campaigns; the experience of getting around town to take advantage of cultural and entertainment venues, the parks and the wide variety of dining establishments; class or research projects in town, participating in Atlanta's growing film industry, etc.
The resulting video must be appropriate for all audiences.
First Prize – Canon EOS Rebel T4I Dital Camera (body only)
Second and Third Prize – GoPro Camera
Currently enrolled GSU students may reserve and check out video equipment from the Equipment Checkout Room, adjacent to the Digital Aquarium (Room 390 of the Student Center; 404-413-4732). A current PantherCard ID is required. Checkout hours are: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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Dr. Dre's alleged assault victims question public apology
Dr. Dre's alleged assault victims have questioned the timing of his public apology to "the women I've hurt" as it was published around the release of N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton."
Journalist Dee Barnes blasted the movie, about the hip-hop mogul's 1980s rap group, for failing to mention his assault on her in a nightclub in 1991 over an interview she published.
Earlier this month, the producer, real name Andre Young, released a public apology via the New York Times to all the women he hurt, writing, "I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives" while Apple bosses, who have a business relationship with Dre, also issued an apology.
However, the timing has not sat well with his accusers, who have questioned his motivations, but Barnes has now responded with an article on Gawker praising him for taking ownership of his mistakes.
She writes, "I understand people's apprehension. The stakes are high now and money talks, loud. Is this a PR move by Universal, which released Straight Outta Compton?… Is it damage control by Apple, which can no longer ignore that if you take the 'Beats by Dre' logo and remove the 'S', you get a double entendre describing several woman he just apologized to? Is Dre himself really remorseful or just saving face? To me, the answers to these questions matter less than the fact that Dre stepped up and performed his social responsibility by finally taking accountability for his actions. Who cares why he apologized? The point is that he did."
Dre's ex-girlfriend Michel'le, who claims he was violent during their relationship in the 1990s, is not convinced he is truly sorry, telling BBC Radio 5 Live, "I don't really think it's a sincere apology… I didn't ask for a public apology, if I asked for one at all, but I think if he is going to apologize he should do it individually… I think we deserve a personal apology, if he's going to apologize.
"I think right now he's selling a movie and that's what you do… I just think it's good PR at the moment and if there was a sincere, personal apology, I would say 'Wow, he's really grown into a very sincere man'. To just group us like we are nothing and nobody – I just don't think it's sincere that's all."
Dre and Michel'le dated between 1990 and 1996 and have a son together.
Dr. Dre releases formal apology to 'the women I've hurt'
Rap mogul Dr. Dre has offered up sincere apologies to all the women he has treated badly in a new statement after journalist Dee Barnes ripped into the filmmakers of his hit N.W.A. biopic for ignoring his assault on her in 1991.
Barnes, who caught a glimpse of the rap star's temper during a nightclub encounter after she published an interview with Dre's bandmate-turned-rival Ice Cube, told Gawker she didn't expect the incident to feature in "Straight Outta Compton," but she was stunned when it wasn't even mentioned.
Dre has already briefly addressed the drama in a new Rolling Stone interview, stating, "I made some f– horrible mistakes in my life. I was young, f– stupid. I would say all the allegations aren't true – some of them are. Those are some of the things that I would like to take back. It was really f– up. But I paid for those mistakes, and there's no way in hell that I will ever make another mistake like that again."
And now the rapper, who pleaded no contest to assaulting Barnes and received probation, has issued a formal apology to "the women I've hurt" in an exclusive statement to the New York Times.
He writes: "I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.
"Twenty-five years ago I was a young man drinking too much and in over my head with no real structure in my life. However, none of this is an excuse for what I did. I've been married for 19 years and every day I'm working to be a better man for my family, seeking guidance along the way. I'm doing everything I can so I never resemble that man again."
Meanwhile, Apple executives, who employed Dr. Dre as a consultant following their purchase of his multi-billion dollar Beats empire, have also issued a public statement on the subject of his violent past, adding, "Dre has apologized for the mistakes he's made in the past and he's said that he's not the same person that he was 25 years ago. We believe his sincerity and after working with him for a year and a half, we have every reason to believe that he has changed."
Dre tells Rolling Stone that 'change' began while he was serving five months behind bars in 1995 for driving his Ferrari drunk.
He explains, "I came out (of jail) literally a changed person. After my brother passed away, I had started boozing. When I got out of jail, I backed off of all of it… got married, just re-evaluated my whole life.
"My whole plan that I decided on in jail, I put that s– into action."
Dr. Dre wants Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix holograms
Dr. Dre hopes his hologram extravaganza at Coachella over the weekend will inspire other acts to bring icons back from the dead – he wants to see projections of Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix on the stage.
The rap mogul and Snoop Dogg wowed the crowd at the music event on Sunday when a hologram of late star Tupac Shakur 'performed' "Ain't Nothin' Like A Gangsta Party" alongside the duo.
And Dre is adamant the showstopping finale will start a trend of resurrecting late superstars through technology – and he wants to see his peers perform with Gaye and guitar legend Hendrix in the near future.
He tells MTV News, "I think everybody's in love with it right now, so we're having fun. Hopefully, different artists are able to bring out their favorite artists. Hopefully, we can see Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye.
"Let's see what happens… there's a technology that's happening where the hologram could be 360 degrees. Right now it's flat, it just looks like it's three-dimensional from the front, but I'm working on some new and different things for the future."
Snoop & Dr. Dre bring back Tupac via hologram
Snoop & Dr. Dre brought Tupac Shakur back from the dead for a showstopping finale to the first Coachella weekend on Sunday night.
Shakur appeared as a hologram on the festival stage after a tribute performance of his hit California Love and the late star 'teamed up' with Snoop on "Ain't Nothin' Like A Gangsta Party" after an eerie solo rendition of "Hail Mary" from beyond the grave.
The ghostly apparition drew mixed reactions from those watching the set online, with one fan calling it "wrong on so many levels" and others stunned by the Tupac trick, tweeting, "WTF!"
But most rap fans were thrilled, including the stars in attendance. Katy Perry tweeted, "I think I might have cried when I saw Tupac," while her pal Rihanna boasted: "TupacBACK unbelievable IWASTHERE STORY4myGrandKidz (sic)."
Estelle added, "TupacBack Yeaaaahhhh omfg… Real tears" and actress Teresa Palmer declared, "Coachella could not be cooler right now."
It was somewhat of a who's who of rap, with Eminem, 50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa and Kendrick Lamar joining them onstage, while Warren G teamed up with the hip-hop icons for a tribute to the late Nate Dogg and rap trio 213.
Shouting out, "If my homie Nate Dogg was here he'd wanna hear something like this…" Snoop performed "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" with Warren G, as a photo slideshow of Nate Dogg flashed up on big screens behind and over the stage.
Eminem appeared to rap through "I Need a Doctor" immediately after the Tupac Shakur tribute and then joined his mentor Dre on Forgot About Dre.
50 Cent took to the stage with G-Unit sidekick Tony Yayo for a brief solo set, performing
P.I.M.P. and In Da Club, and Wiz Khalifa joined Snoop for a rendition of their hit Young & Wild & Free.
In between the superstar turns, official headliners Snoop and Dre celebrated their 20-year partnership with a set that included Drop it Like It's Hot, Next Episode and Gin & Juice.
The duo also performed Dre's first solo single, "Deep Cover (187)," "Nuthin' But a G Thang "and a brief cover of House of Pain's "Jump Around."
The rap superstars closed their 60-minute set with their classic hit "Still D.R.E." and it was clear the reclusive producer/hitmaker had really enjoyed what one Twitter fan called "Epichella." He left the thousands at the festival with the line, "Coachella, I wanna say thank you for all the love over the years."
Taking to his Twitter.com page after his performance, Wiz Khalifa told fans, "F– 2pac Ahhhhhhh!!! I Performed Wit Dr Dre And Snoop Dogg!!! Awww F– Im So Happy To Be Alive. That Was The Best S– I Seen In My Life! Thank Everybody!!! Snoop. Dre. Warren G. Pac. The Stoners. The Ratchet!!! Usher. 50 Cent. Coachella Was Life Changing!!!"
The stunning weekend festival – perhaps the best ever – also featured headlining performances from The Black Keys and Radiohead and other highlights from Florence & The Machine, Miike Snow, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, M83, The Shins, Bon Iver, A$AP Rocky, Pulp and Arctic Monkeys.
The acts will repeat their performances and festival time slots at a second Coachella next weekend.
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Late rapper Nate Dogg to perform at Coachella via hologram
Rapper Nate Dogg is reportedly set to appear at the Coachella festival in California this weekend – as a hologram.
The hip-hop star, real name Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, passed away in March, 2011, after suffering complications from multiple strokes.
However, the he is set to "perform" a short set with his former 213 bandmate Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre on Sunday during their all-star headlining set at the much-hyped music festival.
According to TMZ.com, the late rapper's image will be projected onto a large screen beside the stage, allowing both artists to complete their gig with the support of the hitmaker's vocals.
Reports suggest Snoop and Nate's 213 bandmate Warren G, Eminem and Wiz Khalifa will join the headliners on stage for their two Coachella shows, spread out over two weekends.
Dr. Dre under fire for fox fur headphones
Rapper Dr. Dre has come under fire from animal rights activists for selling headphones which feature real fox fur.
The hip-hop star teamed up with designers at fashion house Oscar de la Renta to create a limited edition range of headphones, which are covered in "luxe silver fox," for his line Beats by Dre.
However, the new sound piece has infuriated bosses at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and executive Michelle Cho has now written an open letter to the hitmaker, urging him to discontinue the collection and shun the use of fur and exotic-animal skins in the future.
She writes, "Foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals – including cats and dogs – are bludgeoned, genitally electrocuted, strangled with wire nooses, drowned, and even skinned alive for their pelts. Most animals killed for their fur are slaughtered in China, where there are no penalties for those who abuse animals on fur farms…
"With so many fashionable, cruelty-free materials available these days, we hope that you will keep animals in mind and choose not to use fur or exotic skins in your collection… You have a tremendous amount of influence on young people – won't you please consider using your platform to advocate kindness toward animals by pledging never to design with real fur and exotic skins?"
Rap icon Dr. Dre teams up with Justin Bieber
Rap superproducer Dr. Dre took a break from working on his long-awaited comeback album on Tuesday to make music with an unlikely collaborator – teenage pop star Justin Bieber.
The "Still D.R.E." hitmaker has been perfecting the tracks for "Detox" for months and his first new release in over a decade is expected to hit music retailers by the end of the year.
But Dre temporarily put the album on hold this week to provide Usher's protege Bieber with some beats and share a few wise words with the 16 year old.
Revealing the news on his Twitter blog on Tuesday, Bieber wrote, "Got to be in the studio with the legend himself Dr. Dre. Made a couple beats and he gave me some advice…i was hyped. can u blame me?"
"Detox" is Dre's much-delayed follow-up to his 1999 album, "2001."
Reverend Denies Dr. Dre Blackmail
Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has blasted allegations he demanded money from hip-hop producer Dr. Dre to end a disagreement between rival rappers 50 Cent and the Game.
Bruce Williams, a confidant of the superproducer and author of a recently released book about him, claims Sharpton issued an ultimatum to Dre to end the long-running feud between the two stars in early 2005, shortly after The Game had been axed from 50 Cent's G-Unit crew.
Sharpton is alleged to have challenged the Dre to settle the pair's discrepancies and pay up $500,000, or he would lead a National Action Network march and call for fans to boycott the stars' music.
But Sharpton and representatives for his NAN organization have staunchly denied the claims.
In a statement issued to AllHipHop.com, they say: "The National Action Network and Reverend Al Sharpton were not involved with and did not attend a press conference held by Hip-Hop artists The Game and 50 Cent to announce their truce and donation to charities.
"At no point has Reverend Al Sharpton or an authorized representative of National Action Network met with Dr. Dre."
The Game and 50 Cent held a joint press conference in May 2005 to publicly declare a truce. They also made a combined donation of $253,500 to the Boys Choir of Harlem, New York.
However, the two rappers have since reignited their feud.
Dr. Dre Sues Death Row
Rapper Dr. Dre is suing his former record label Death Row over the rights to his groundbreaking 1992 album The Chronic.
Dre — real name Andre Young — filed the lawsuit last Wednesday at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles. It includes claims the now-defunct label is attempting to sell copyrights for the album, which launched fellow rap star Snoop Dogg's career.
When he handed over his 50 percent share in Death Row Records in 1996, Dre struck an agreement with the label whereby the company retained copyrights for The Chronic — provided it continued to pay him royalties. In 2000 he canceled the agreement, claiming he had received no royalties from the company.
He is asking the court to officially rescind the agreement and force Death Row to return the copyrights to him. He is also seeking restitution from Death Row's use of the copyrights.
Dr. Dre Donates Cash to Selected Hurricane-Hit Families
Rap veteran Dr. Dre has dipped into his personal fortune to donate $1 million to 50 hurricane-affected families.
The former NWA member has donated the cash through the Julia C. Hester House, a Texas, organization which will give $20,000 to each of the 50 families in need.
The families were chosen after a needs assessment based on criteria established by the hip-hop star, whose real name is Andre Young.
He says in a statement, "I wanted to be sure that my donation went directly into the hands of hurricane victims."
In the past few weeks, hurricanes Katrina and Rita have left a trail of death and destruction across the Gulf Coast region.


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I've managed to get through life without ever having a deep fryer. Likely because my weakness is sweetness, not salty/savory. My new family - which is really just adding a new husband and two kids to the two kids I already have from a first marriage - prefers the salty. So they end up eating a lot of store bought from the freezer oven baked fries. I suspect that technology has advanced enough that you can make fries in a deep fryer that aren't that much worse for you than oven fries (and possibly better: no addititives, etc) but is this just me wanting a new toy? And will we end up eating terrible things like deep fried oreos? Will it be a dustcatcher in the storage space?


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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6(3), 862-873; doi:10.3390/ijerph6030862
Hospital Board Infrastructure and Functions: The Role of Governance in Financial Performance
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Re: Kaleidescape and Toshiba Claim 1080p Upscaling Players Rival Blu-ray
That is correct; and legacy DVD's are actually encoded in only 480i, so "progressive scan" players are already upconverting (deinterlacing) to generate the 480p output.
Just a FYI,
DVDs are encoded by "field" rather than by "frame", so in one sense progressive-scan DVD players do need to do a little bit of work to recombine the proper pair of fields back into a complete frames. And there are different ways of doing this (reading flags to instruct you as to which fields go together, or analyzing a series of fields to determine the cadence). But when done properly, you get back the *real* actual original progressive frame that is identical to the frame before it was split into fields.
This is only true of native "frame" based video images like those derived from film. Native 480i signals, like from standard-def video cameras, are inherently 480i because there are no "pairs" of fields that make up a compete frame... each field was recorded 1-60th of a second apart from the one that came before. So when you "deinterlace" raw interlaced video material, you *are* indeed interpolating to fill in the missing lines.
But when you deinterlace native progressive material, even when it's been split into fields as is the case on DVD, you don't interpolate at all... you recombine and get back the frame you started with.
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Australian Cup goes to Super Cool
Super Cool, a Southern Hemisphere 3-year-old, won his second stakes of 2013 in Saturday's $1,020,000 Australian Cup at Flemington Racecourse, earning a spot on the list of contenders for the Melbourne Cup at the same venue on Nov. 5.
In the Group 1 Australian Cup over about 1 1/4 miles, Super Cool beat a field that included Green Moon, the winner of the Melbourne Cup last November. Green Moon finished fourth of 10 on Saturday.
Super Cool, ridden by Michael Rodd, closed from the middle of the field to catch another Southern Hemisphere 3-year-old, Fiveandahalfstar. The result was a reverse of the Victoria Derby at Flemington last November, a race that Fiveandahalfstar won by 1 1/2 lengths.
Super Cool and Fiveandahalfstar are recognized as 4-year-olds in the Northern Hemisphere. Super Cool, by Fastnet Rock, won the Group 2 Autumn Classic at Caulfield Racecourse in February. Trainer Mark Kavanagh said that Super Cool has the Cox Plate in October as his main goal for the Australian spring.
There were two other Group 1 races in Australia on Saturday.
In the $1,020,000 Lexus Newmarket Handicap at Flemington, the 14-1 shot Shamexpress caught 11-5 favorite Moment of Change in the final strides to win the race over about six furlongs by a short head. Moment and Change and Shamexpress were second and sixth behind the unbeaten star female sprinter Black Caviar in the Lightning Stakes on Feb. 16.
Shoot Out defended his title in the $357,000 Chipping Norton Stakes over about a mile at Warwick Farms Racecourse. One of five runners in the field of 12 trained by Chris Waller, Shoot Out finished a short head in front of the 30-1 shot Monton.


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Dedi Wright, his grandfather, Richard Wright, football coach Cully Welter,
athletic director Randy Moss, and principal Tip Reedy.
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Kansas University's football team ranked 47 out of 56 for its academic progress when compared with other teams headed to bowl games.
KU officials say the report does not include the most up-to-date information and maintain the university is making strides to improve the academic performance and graduation rates of athletes.
"We pledged that we will improve year to year," KU associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said. "That's still what our goal is."
The KU football team, which will play in Fort Worth Bowl on Dec. 23, appeared in a report released Monday authored by Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.
The report looked at graduation and academic progress rates, a measurement devised by the NCAA and based on the number of student-athletes who meet eligibility standards and remain with their institution. The NCAA sets the bar for progress rates at 925. Teams that don't meet the standards could lose scholarships.
But the measures are new.
"It's going to take us and others time to get used to them," Marchiony said.
KU received an academic progress score of 899 on Lapchick's report. The report also said KU's graduation rate for football players was 46 percent. African-American football players at KU had a graduation rate of 34 percent, while white football players had a graduation rate of 64 percent. This compared with a 64 percent graduation rate for all student-athletes and a 57 percent graduation rate for all students.
Houston -- KU's opponent in the Fort Worth Bowl -- scored 893.
Marchiony said the report's information was dated and the most recent figures indicate the graduation rate for KU football players is 56 percent and the APR also is higher.
Lapchick said his report used the most recent information available from the NCAA. The researcher said he was glad to see academic progress rated by the collegiate sports governing body.
"It provides sanctions that I think are going to move schools to make sure the resources are there for students to have better academic support," he said.
Marchiony said since Lew Perkins arrived at KU, the athletic director had added four full-time academic advisers, doubled the budget for tutors to $240,000 and added a life-skills position in the student support area.
"That tells you how serious we are about paying attention to the APR and the graduation rates and doing whatever we can to make sure that we have the best rates we possibly can," Marchiony said.
KU officials will know more in upcoming months how their rating affects scholarships.
Paul Buskirk, associate athletic director for student support, said there is an appeal process. And the new system is making waves, he said.
"It's certainly heightened the awareness of every coach in this country about the importance of academics," he said. "It's a high bar. There's no question."
- 6Sports video: KU's Ashley heading home for bowl (12-06-05)
- APR Rates and Graduation Rates for 2005 06 Bowl-Bound Teams (.doc)
- On the Street: Do you expect college athletes to maintain high grades? (12-06-05)
- Jayhawk players know little about Cougars (12-06-05)
- Report reveals academic side of bowl-bound football teams (12-06-05)
- 6Sports video: Jayhawks going bowling in Fort Worth (12-05-05)
- 6News video: Fans excited about Fort Worth Bowl (12-04-05)
- Photo Gallery: Fort Worth Bowl Press Conference
- KU: Bowl bid Worth the wait
- Fort Worth Bowl beckons Jayhawk fans
- KU's bowl history
- Fort Worth Bowl
- Tickets and stadium map
- Fort Worth travel guide
- Southwest Airlines specials
- Houston Cougars team page
Here's a look at how other bowl-bound Big 12 Conference football teams stack up in an analysis of graduation and academic progress rates. ¢ Iowa State, 938. ¢ Colorado, 936. ¢ Texas, 934. ¢ Nebraska, 929. ¢ Oklahoma, 929. ¢ Texas Tech, 919. ¢ Missouri, 907. ¢ Kansas, 899. Houston, KU's opponent in the Fort Worth Bowl, received a 893. The team receiving the highest score is Navy, at 992. The lowest-rated team is Toledo, at 864.
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Play as Mecha-Sweet Tooth: Use a memory card with a saved file from Twisted Metal: Black with Sweet Tooth completed. A message stating that Mecha-Sweet Tooth will appear when the game loads. Then, play as Agamo and select costume #4. He is slow, but still laughs.
Defeating Cerebulon: When you first fight him, he is in a full body of UFO armor and shoots an extremely powerful last cannon from his hands. Hide behind either of the pillars and hold R2 to block one (it breaks, and you will receive little damage). Or, jump on the buildings that are along the perimeter. Get beside one of the buildings that are slightly higher than the rest. Cerebulon will shoot the buildings before he hits you. However, you will most likely receive damage. After hitting him about seven times with throwable objects or ranged special attacks such as Preytor's Parasite or Kineticlops' Electric Bolt, he will strip off his armor and become a mechanical brain. To destroy this, pick up either of the two pieces of spacecraft that are indestructable and throw it. Hit him about six or seven times. He will damage you; there is nothing you can do to stop his orange electric bolt attack that he does every ten seconds. Hit him as many times as you can with the spacecraft pieces. When the metal breaks off him, his real body will appear. He will do a 10-hit combo that takes off about half of your life -- block if he gets close to you. Do your best by combining good combos, special attacks, and throwing items. When he dies, you shall receive between 30,000 to 45,000 Battle Tokens, depending on how quickly you killed him.
Multi-player mode: Easy win: Select Congar and trick your opponent to choose Midtown Park. When you start, pick a radio tower and head to the building that falls toward the center of the park. Lure your opponent there. When he passes in the path of the building , "impale" him with the radio tower. As soon as he is impaled, turn toward the building and do an long-range attack (at the building ). If done correctly, the building should land on your impaled friend, killing him instantly.
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Who said the NFL was a passing league?
In a season where all kinds of passing records were broken, running the football was the key to all four victories in the Divisional Round.
Of the four teams that won this weekend, only one of the winning quarterbacks (Peyton Manning) threw for over 200 passing yards. Two of those quarterbacks (Russell Wilson and Tom Brady) didn't register a touchdown pass.
Seattle and San Francisco couldn't have been surprised by this trend. They built their offences to play in this fashion. In fact, no team had fewer passing attempts during the regular season than Seattle and San Francisco.
Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll wanted their offences to be built around physical running attacks because that's what historically wins in the elements in January. That was evident in New England and Denver over the weekend.
With that in mind, here are our takeaways from this weekend's games:
Rough game for Sean Payton: As good as Sean Payton has been this season with New Orleans, he was not at his best in the Saints' loss to Seattle. Hindsight is 20/20 but there were a number of head-scratching decisions that hurt his team late in the game. The most notable was his choice to attempt a field goal on fourth-and-15 with his team down by eight points in the fourth quarter. Why not put the game in Drew Brees' hands? Big mistake. Payton's clock management was a recurring problem on Saturday, as he also wasted his final timeout on a hopeless challenge. It was an out of character game for one of the gutsiest head coaches in the league. We'll excuse him for the Marques Colston fiasco, though.
Seahawks need more from their passing game: As effective as Marshawn Lynch was running the football, the Seahawks will need a better effort from their passing game if they want to win the Super Bowl. The Seahawks offence has struggled as a whole over the final month of the season, scoring just 100 points in their past five games. After Percy Harvin left the game, the passing game sputtered until the final attempt of the game to Doug Baldwin. The wind clearly hurt both passing attacks, but Seattle's offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell didn't call enough high-percentage passes for Russell Wilson. He finished with only nine completed passes and that won't be enough to get past San Francisco.
Former Bucs make huge contribution: It must have been a strange feeling for Greg Schiano and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers watching the divisional games on Saturday. Two of the biggest contributors, New England running back LeGarrette Blount and Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett, were former Buccanneers that were basically forced out of town by Schiano. The Pats' top cornerback, Aqib Talib, was given away by Tampa Bay two years ago because of off-the-field struggles. Blount was traded to New England last spring for a seventh-round pick and Bennett signed a one-year deal with Seattle because he didn't want to stay with the Bucs' former disciplinarian head coach. Tampa Bay may not have been a playoff team over the past few years but at least they're developing key players for other teams.
Colts exposed in New England: Andrew Luck couldn't do enough this time to make up for a deeply flawed Colts roster. The Colts simply have too many holes to be a contender. That's why they allowed 40-plus points in back-to-back playoff games. The run defence isn't good enough—they gave up six rushing touchdowns against New England—they can't protect the passer with any consistency and they invested too much in big-name players (Trent Richardson, LaRon Landry) that didn't play up to their reputation. Colts general manager Ryan Grigson has work to do to surround Luck with better talent. And he'll have to do it without his first-round pick.
Carolina needs to invest in a receiver: It was an impressive season by the Panthers and first-year general manager David Gettleman, but they didn't have enough experience and talent to keep up with the 49ers. Carolina is for real, though. They have solid building blocks in place and now Gettleman has to find a way to get better receivers around Cam Newton. Steve Smith, the team's top wideout, is getting older and there isn't enough talent behind him. Brandon LaFell and Ted Ginn, Jr. have shown flashes of brilliance but they're not consistent enough receivers for Newton to bank on. Don't be surprised if Eric Decker and Hakeem Nicks are legitimate targets for Carolina as free agents.
Harbaugh's magic: Jim Harbaugh's childish sideline antics may be tough to watch at times but it's impossible to doubt his impact with the 49ers. The guy can flat out coach. With San Francisco's win Sunday, Harbaugh became the first coach since the merger in 1970 to make three straight championship game appearances in his first three seasons. An impressive feat considering how screwed up San Francisco was under previous coach Mike Singletary. The media or opposing players will never be fond of Harbaugh's tactics but it's clear the players are responding to his message.
Good for John Fox: The Denver Broncos coach is conservative by nature; some would say too conservative. It hurt his team last year when Denver tried to run out the clock and couldn't put the Baltimore Ravens away. This year, Fox still ran the ball sufficiently down the stretch but when the game was on the line he put the ball in the hands of Manning, who made multiple clutch throws on third down to seal a tough game over San Diego. NFL coaches tend to be stubborn in their beliefs but it was refreshing to see Fox adjust to his players. That's why they're still alive in the tournament.
Ideal Championship Sunday: In one-and-done situations, it's been rare over the past decade for the four best teams to play on Championship Sunday. There have been too many upsets and No. 1 seeds coming in ill-prepared after the bye week. But it doesn't get much better than next week's matchup with Tom Brady and Peyton Manning facing off for the 15th time and the league's best and meanest rivalry, Seattle and San Francisco, going head-to-head in the NFC final. As much as the NFL loves to talk about parity, having these quality matchups is when the league is at its best. It's impossible not to be excited for next week's slate.


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British man accused of killing wife
A British national has been charged with killing his wife after her body was found buried in a shallow grave on the Caribbean island of Grenada.
The Royal Grenada Police Force said 32-year-old Alexander Clack was in custody on a charge of non-capital murder, meaning the death penalty cannot be considered if there is a conviction.
A post-mortem conducted on Sunday on the body of Nixiann Downes-Clack revealed she died of blunt force trauma and asphyxiation by strangulation.
Her body was recovered on Friday, days after she was reported missing by relatives on the island.
The 27-year-old woman was "suspected to have been the victim of domestic abuse and gender violence," said Delma Thomas, Grenada's minister of social development, housing and gender affairs.
Police said Clack led investigators to his wife's remains in Mt Moritz, a village just north of the capital, St George's.
A teenage girl detained with Clack on Friday has since been released from police custody. The couple apparently had a two-year-old daughter.
Clack was born and raised in London but lives in Grenada, a small country in the eastern Caribbean.
He is the owner of SGU Fish Market, a company that delivers fish to hoteliers, supermarkets and retailers.
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Ojibway-Cree Bark Canoe
This canoe, built near Lac Seul in Quebec, has stylistic features of both Cree and Ojibway design. Note the continuous gunwale lashings along the sides. In most bark canoes, the gunwales are rectangular, but in this case they have been shaped and rounded.
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Model U.N. Competition Scheduled for Nov. 16Nov. 6, 1996
WACO, Texas - High school students from around the state will gather at Baylor University at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center to compete in a Model United Nations Team Competition.
"This is only the third year of the competition, but more than 350 students will compete," said Dr. Linda Adams, professor of political science and director of the Model United Nations Team. "We try to recreate a meeting of the United Nations so that students are exposed to other countries and how they think. It is a great educational experience."
Students will represent delegations from different member countries of the U.N. and will debate a variety of topics. Competitors must thoroughly research their chosen country and take its position. Individual awards based on speaking ability, knowledge of the representative country and cooperation with other delegates will be given. The team with the highest number of individual awards will be selected the outstanding delegation.
Additionally, Dr. Peter Murphy, visiting professor in political science from the University of Ballarat in Australia, will speak on the importance of the United Nations.
For more information, call Adams at (817) 755-6049.
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Just so i can backup my configurations. Where are the start up apps configurations saved. I guess the answer would be something like 'in gconf'. So, to be clear: which file must i backup if i want to mess around with the start up apps in a way that my DE gets unusable?


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- United lose in Europa League opener
- Coach Mourinho says club is a target
(CNN)The Europa League is not a competition Manchester United wants to be in, as coach Jose Mourinho freely admits, and the Premier League side might exit it sooner rather than later if it continues to perform as it did when losing 1-0 to Feyenoord.
United was playing in the group stage of European club football's second tier competition for the first time in its history, but it was an underwhelming start as the Dutch hosts won 1-0 thanks to Tony Vilhena's late goal.
Feyenoord coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst commended the spirit and determination shown by his team -- qualities Mourinho fears three-time European champions United will face in every game in Group A, where Turkish side Fenerbahce and Ukraine's Zorya Luhansk drew 1-1.
"We know that when Manchester United goes in the Europa League, we are the team that everyone wants to play against, that everybody wants to fight (against) until their limits, which they did," Mourinho told British television.
"Feyenoord defended with everything -- a great crowd, a great spirit. Some of our players were playing their first minutes of the season. Obviously some played better than others but I cannot judge them just for a game."
United may never have won the Europa League but an indication of its priorities came from the fact that only David de Gea, Paul Pogba and Eric Bailly were retained from the side that lost Saturday's Manchester derby.
Wayne Rooney, Antonia Valencia and Luke Shaw may have been resting in England ahead of Sunday's Premier League at Watford but there was still plenty of experience with Juan Mata, Ander Herrera and Chris Smalling all starting.
Since winning the Europa League's forerunner, the UEFA Cup, with Porto in 2003, Mourinho had not overseen a match in the competition, concentrating -- and winning -- the Champions League instead, with the Portuguese side in 2004 and Italy's Inter Milan in 2010.
United are no strangers to the Europa League though, having dropped into the knockout rounds under Louis van Gaal and Alex Ferguson, but this was the first time the club had entered at the group stage -- after only finishing fifth in last season's Premier League.
Should they rebound and win the competition, they would become only the fifth side -- after Juventus, Ajax Amsterdam, Bayern Munich and Chelsea -- to win the European Cup/Champions League, the Uefa Cup/Europa League and the defunct Cup Winners' Cup.
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Elsewhere, Ajax -- who have been crowned European champions four times -- played Panathinaikos in a repeat of the 1971 European Cup final, which the Dutch side won.
They were victors again in Greece on Thursday, winning 2-1 under new coach Peter Bosz.
Bosz was appointed after Frank de Boer left Ajax in August in charge but the former Dutch international is finding life difficult at new club Inter Milan.
His poor start to the season intensified worse when Inter lost their maiden Europa League match 2-0 at home to Israel's Hapoel Be'er Sheva in Group K.
Arguably the game of the night involved another Israeli outfit as Maccabi Tel Aviv led Zenit St Petersburg 3-0 with 13 minutes left in Group D only to lose 4-3 as the Russians scored a 91st-minute winner.


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Ships In The Night
Well, we pushed back late on Friday night, taxied to the end of our runway preparing to take off, then had to park for 20 - 25 minutes while the airport was locked down and Air Farce One departed. I don't begrudge the delay. I consider it a gift to the city of Milwaukee to get Georgie out of town with the greatest despatch. However, it meant that I landed in Detroit with less than 15 minutes until my connecting flight to Atlanta departed. If you know what the new Detroit terminal is like, you know it's a long and desperate slog from Gate 73 to Gate 25. They were a few minutes late loading that plane, so I arrived at the gate sweating, but in plenty of time to get on.
I was scheduled to leave Atlanta Monday afternoon for Seattle, and my brother improved my spirits by telling me that Bush was coming to Atlanta Monday to fund-raise. I'm starting to feel all Sleepless In Seattle about this guy. I volunteered, as it turned out, to visit my client's Georgia plant and cover a bit for a fellow that passed away suddenly last week, so I'm flying home Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Bush raised nearly $3 million in Atlanta Monday, visiting the luxurious home of a Home Depot honcho for a $5,000/plate dinner. Me, I had Mexican with my brother and sister-in-law. Guess GW and I aren't travelling in the same circles after all. Though that in no way demeans my brother and wife. Really. $5,000 a plate. No, Mexican's fine, I'm not picky.