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Hilton Head Comedy Club
When: 9 p.m. today
Where: Upstairs at the Kingfisher restaurant,
18 Harbourside Lane, Hilton Head Island
Description: Kristen Key, a finalist on the TV series "Last Comic Standing," blends her comedy and music in a return engagement at the Hilton Head Comedy Club.
Details: Admission is $12 per person, 18 years and older, and advance reservations are recommended by phoning 843-681-7757. Go to www.hiltonheadcomedyclub.com .
Open studio
When: 6-9 p.m. May 23
Where: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head
Description: Come and spend the evening with friends and fellow artists and do your own thing, from watercolor to mixed media, scrapbooking to journaling or decoupaging. Bring your own materials or pay $5 to use some of ours.
Details: Cost is for $20 studio fee. Call 843-686-3945, Ext. 233 or go to www.artshhi.com.
The Goliards
When: 7 p.m. May 23
Where: The Shed, 8th and Paris avenues, Port Royal
Description: Performed on instruments of the period, the concert presents music that would have been familiar to the ears of French Huguenot Jean Ribaut who arrived in 1562 - 450 years ago this month - sailing two ships and 150 men into Port Royal. Thus, Beaufort County can lay claim to having the oldest known European settlement in what is now the United States of America.
Details: Go to www.ribaut450.com or the Goliards at www.savannahgoliards.org .
Senior family seminars
When: Tuesday and May 24
Where: Indigo Pines, at 110 Gardner Drive, Hilton Head
Description: A free series of seminars will address a variety of topics including finances, health, elder law and estate planning. ComForCare will share simple, practical ways to prevent falls and avoid fall-related injuries with a special presentation at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Jay Mullinax, Esquire will explain how to understand estate planning and living trusts at 6 p.m. May 22. Brian Treacy, an elder law attorney, will offer his expertise on estate planning, veterans benefits and Medicaid planning at 6 p.m. May 24.
Details: Call Indigo Pines at 843-342-3228.
League of Women Voters
When: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday
Where: Port Royal Golf Club, Hilton Head Island
Description: Campaign finance reform at the national and state levels will be the topic of guest speaker John Crangle, executive director of Common Cause of South Carolina.
Details: The public is invited to attend. For details and reservations, call Katie Miller at 681-6448.
Pentecostal revival
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday
Where: Greater Pentecostal Temple, 5905 S. Okatie Highway, Hardeeville.
Description: Join Deloris M. Young, pastor, and members of the congregation as they continue to "Move Forward" during their Spring Revival. Keynote speaker is Elder Ezekiel Gloster of Bluffton. Everyone is welcome.
Details: Call 843-784-6988.
A Night for the Children
When: 6-9 p.m. Thursday
Where: Hampton Hall Clubhouse, Bluffton
Description: Family Promise of Beaufort County's third annual fundraising gala features the Dick Hoff Band, hors d'oeuvres, drinks and silent and live auctions. Items already on the list include vacations, golf rounds, day spas, private dolphin tour, jewelry and restaurant gift certificates. Proceeds will help homeless children and their families find sustainable housing
Details: Tickets are $40 per person. Call 843-815-4211 or email email@example.com. Tickets may be purchased at the Levy Family Center, 164 Bluffton Road.
Sea Island Quilters
When: 6 p.m. Thursday
Where: Praise Assembly, Parris Island Gateway.
Description: Guest speaker will be Connie Davidson, past president of the National Quilters Association. Her lecture on "Keeping it Warm" will be informative and fun. The guild will celebrate its 25 th anniversary.
Details: The public is welcomed to attend. For details contact Sharon Kimber at 838-2870.
Financial Empowerment Workshop
When: 6:30 p.m. registration; 7 p.m. workshop Friday
Where: First Zion Baptist Church, 10 Robertson St., Bluffton
Description: Nonprofit segment will educate any nonprofit organization on how to obtain free money coming into the organization with on-going monthly contributions as opposed to traditional fundraising methods. Individuals will be empowered on how even during economically challenged times they can recession proof their income. Guest speakers are Samantha Bullard, former legal liaison for Georgia and the Rev. Ron Williams, co-founder of the International Youth Summit.
Details: Call 843-227-0054 or go to www.ltdexclusiveevents.com/. Special drawings will include vacation certificates for a three-night hotel stay, four nights in Las Vegas, airfare and hotel vacation and two-night Bahamas Cruise.
2012 Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
When: 6 p.m. Friday
Where: Lyceum at Parris Island
Description: Tri-Command Area's and Beaufort County's biggest and most colorful cultural event will include Asian-Pacific and Oriental dances, songs, fashion show, martial arts and more. Dinner includes lumpia, chicken adobo, teriyaki, lomein, fried rice, vegetable masala, etc.
Details: Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $7.50 for ages 6-12, 5 and younger free. Call 228-4198 to find the closest ticket seller.
Appliquéd Apron workshop
When: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
Where: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head
Description: Aprons are a true double-duty accessory in the garden, kitchen or studio, both keeping you clean and helping you look your best while doing so. In this workshop instructor Alana Adams will teach you to make your own cute, appliquéd aprons even if you are a novice seamstress with basic sewing skills and do not have a sewing machine.
Details: Cost is $42 and includes $12 materials fee. Call 843-686-3945, Ext. 233 or go to www.artshhi.com.
25th Annual All Saints Garden Tour
When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday
Where: Hilton Head locations
Description: The 25th Annual All Saints Garden Tour will present "A Potpourri of Gardens" at eight of the finest gardens in the area. All proceeds will be donated to the Backpack Buddies Program; Born to Read Inc.; Family Promise of Beaufort County; Neighborhood Outreach Connection; New Destiny Center, Inc.; and Senior Services of Beaufort County. The gardens on display this year are: "A Mini-Landscape Garden" in Sea Pines; "An On-Going Labor of Love Garden" in Hilton Head Plantation; "A California Meets the South Garden" in Leamington; "A Kaleidoscope Garden" in Hilton Head Plantation; "The Arboretum" at Port Royal Plantation; "Our Happy Place Garden" in Port Royal Plantation; "The Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts Gardens;" bonus tour "The Two Gardens of All Saints: The Barbara B. Hodges Columbarium and The Spirit Garden." Other activities at the church will include organ music, a lecture on drought-tolerant plants and a floral arrangement demonstration.
Details: Tickets cost $30 and include a seated luncheon from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the parish hall. The church is at 3001 Meeting St. off Main Street. Call 843-645-4111 or go to http://allsaintsgardentour.wordpress.com/.
Sea Island Quilters
When: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
Where: Carteret Street United Methodist Church, 408 Carteret Street, Beaufort
Description: The SIQ workshop will feature Connie Davidson, past president of the National Quilters Association, will discuss "Perfect Bindings Every Time." Details: Cost is $30 for guild members and $40 for non-members as space permits. For details contact Marie Kositzka at 524-1755.
When: 6 p.m. May 22
Where: TCL Beaufort Campus, Bldg. 22
Description: The Beaufort Branch of American Association of University Women will host its Scholarship Awards dinner. The scholarship is awarded annually to a mature woman continuing her college education. All current members are encouraged to attend.
Details: Interested in joining this dynamic organization who work to protect the rights of women? Call President Diana Steele by Friday at 522-2796 to reserve your complementary dinner catered by Debbie Covington.
Artist Showcase 2012
When: Noon-8 p.m. May 25; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. May 26
Where: Sea Island Best Western, Beaufort
Description: The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce is hosting the 10th annual showcase featuring local and visiting artists, as well as live entertainment by recording artist Mahoganee during a free reception from 5-7 p.m. May 25. Exhibitors will include Hank D. Herring, Claudette Humphrey, Patricia Wells, Marquita Willis, Marie D. Lewis, Mary Anderson and Bridget Murray. Liz and Charlie Mitchell, authors, marketing consultants and event managers for international clients and cultural organizations, will be showing their mobile travel apps Hilton Head Essentials and Myrtle Beach's Best.
Details: Go to www.bcbcc.org, on Twitter @BeaufortBlack or the Facebook page Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.
26th annual Gullah Festival
of South Carolina, Inc.
When: May 25-27
Where: The Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, Beaufort S.C.
Description: May 25 will be "Family Day" from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. with featured performances from elementary to high school students. The official opening ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. followed by the Miss Gullah Teen Pageant. An Evening of Jazz and Blues for adults is at 9 p.m. at The Quality Inn. May 26 will feature music, Gullah storytellers, African dancers, arts and crafts, special features such as an Off Broadway Play "Decoration Day," Gullah historical experiences, food and clothing vendors, "Back in the Day" The Gullah Village and DJ Mike Fresh of E93-WEAS 93.1 Radio Station, Savannah. Recording artist Tony Terry will sing his hit "When I'm with You" at 8 p.m. On May 27, featured artists will be The Swanee Quintet, Tommy Ellison's Legendary Singing Stars, The Blessed Ones from Ridgeland, and the legendary "Manhattans" from New York City.
Details: For more information call 843-525-0628 or go to www.gullahfestival.org/.
Grooving with the Beatniks on Paris Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. May 26
Where: Paris Avenue, Old Village Port Royal
Description: Angela Easterling and The Beguilers - Angela Easterling was raised in the South Carolina foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and her debut album, "Earning Her Wings" was chosen as "Americana Pick of the Year" by Smart Choice Music. Her second album, "BlackTop Road", produced by Will Kimbrough, was released in July '09, landing in the top 5 for adds to the Americana radio charts and debuting on the Americana top 40 chart in September, where it remained for 7 weeks. She was selected for an official Americana Convention Showcase and also named a 2009 & 2010 Kerrville New Folk Finalist and a 2011 Telluride Troubadour.
Details: The concert series is produced by ARTworks and is free. Bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
America Sings!
When: 7 p.m. May 27
Where: First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head
Description: The Hilton Head Choral Society presents its annual Memorial Day concert with brass, percussion, singing of the National Anthem and a Salute to the Armed Forces.
Details: General admission is $15, preferred seating $20. Call 843-341-3818 or go to www.hiltonheadchoralsociety.org.
Beaufort Beauties
When: 7:30 p.m. May 31
Where: The Shed of Port Royal, Port Royal
Description: Main Street Beaufort will host the third annual Beaufort Beauties fundraiser to benefit Main Street Beaufort, USA, Lions Club of Beaufort, Thumbs Up and Friends of Caroline Hospice on Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Details: Tickets are available at Main Street Beaufort at 525-6644 or 101 West Street Extension, Beaufort.
Hilton Head Jazz Camp
When: Registration deadline is June 30
Where: Hilton Head Christian Academy
Description: A jazz camp will be held July 9-14 for aspiring young musicians entering grades 7-12 to further their understanding of and skill playing jazz. The day camp will be split into two divisions - a Junior camp for grades 7-9) and a senior camp for grades 10-12. No audition is required, but students should have 1-2 years experience on their instrument and basic skill reading music. The camp will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for older students, with a shorter three-hour day option for junior students.
Details: Deadline for registration is June 30. Call James Berry at 843-321-8174 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Go to jwww.hhjazzcamp.com.
'Time and Timelessness'
When: June 4-July 14
Where: Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA), corner of Calhoun and Church streets
Description: Mary Sullivan is the featured artist and will present all new work, exploring her theme with the poured ink abstracts for which she has become known. She will add two additional techniques which ultimately evolved from the ink paintings.
Details: The opening wine and cheese reception is 3-5 p.m. June 10 at the gallery. Call 843-757-6586.
Summer swim for dogs
When: Begins June 15 and continues all summer on Fridays
Where: Various water locations in the Lowcountry - Bluffton, Hilton Head, Ridgeland, Okatie
Description: Want to teach your dog to swim, safely get out of a pool, enhance their swimming abilities, romp with other dogs in the water? And just have some plain all out wet fun? For the 13th year, Abby Bird of Alphadog Training Academy, will offer free training and play on Friday late afternoons or evenings.
Details: For more information and to get on the swim email list for weekly locations and times email firstname.lastname@example.com. There is no signup required, come when you want.
Photography workshop at Skidaway
When: June 16
Where: Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Causeway, Savannah
Description: 2012 South Carolina Artist-in-Residence Jackie DeBusk will teach a workshop for beginning digital SLR photographers. Choose either the morning session from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or the afternoon session from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The workshop includes three hours of instruction with a visual presentation, hands-on activities and a booklet to keep. After the workshop, participants head out into the beautiful coastal park to apply their newfound skills.
Details: There is a $5 parking fee. To find out more about this event and about Skidaway Island State Park call 912-598-2300 or go to gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. Go to the artist's website at www.DeBuskPhoto.com.
Grooving with the Beatniks on Paris Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. June 9
Where: Paris Avenue, Old Village Port Royal
Description: Havana Son - Cuban native Rene Herrera is a seasoned veteran of Cuban symphonies and bands, recording artist, and accomplished composer and arranger. His wife and partner Lillian Herrera uses her background in classical music in concert with her Cuban roots to create an intoxicating and soulful sound of her own. Havana Son plays authentic Latin rhythms such as Salsa, Merengue, Son, Cha Cha, and Boleros in traditional and modern styles the way you would hear them in their respective countries.
Details: The concert series is produced by ARTworks and is free. Bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
Grooving with the Beatniks on Paris Avenue
When: 6:30 p.m. June 23
Where: Paris Avenue, Old Village Port Royal
Description: Webb Wilder and The Beatnecks - Webb Wilder is an evangelist for real rock 'n' roll. As a singer, guitarist, bandleader, film actor, songwriter and humorist, he may be roots-rock's only true Renaissance man. The Webb Wilder Credo: "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
Details: The concert series is produced by ARTworks and is free. Bring your chairs and dancing shoes. The rain location is The Shed, adjacent to the street venue, in Old Village Port Royal. For more information, contact ARTworks at 843-279-2787, www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
Stroke Survivors Support Group
When: 4-5 p.m. second Wednesdays
Where: Beaufort Memorial Keyserling Cancer Center Library, 1680 Ribaut Road, Port Royal.
Details: There is no registration required. For more information, call Jessica Kurpis at 522-5593 or Kathy Campbell at 522-7445.
Buckwalter Farmers Market
When: 2-6 p.m. Opens Tuesday for the season
Where: Opposite CareCore National at Buckwalter Place
Description: The market will include traditional produce as well as baked goods, frozen pierogis, local jams, jellies and honey.
Details: Go to www.buckwalterfarmersmarket.com.
'My Muse is Back'
When: Through May
Where: The Filling Station Art Gallery, 69 Calhoun Street, Bluffton
Description: Art Cornell, acclaimed artist, photographer and poet, presents "My Muse is Back," a collection of new paintings.
Details: Go to www.fillingstationartgallery.com.
'How to Succeed in Business …'
When: Through May 27
Where: Elizabeth Wallace Theatre of the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Island
Description: Follow window washer Pierrepont Finch as he makes his way up the corporate ladder, landing the corner office and the girl, with the help of his trusty "how-to" book.
Details: Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. April 29 and May 27. Tickets are $55 ($50 for the April 25-26 previews), $39 for children 15 and younger ($35 for the previews), and may be purchased at the Arts Center box office, online at www.artshhi.com or by phone with a credit card by calling 843-842-ARTS (2787).
The Artist's Path
Where: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, 14 Shelter Cove Lane, Hilton Head
Description: The Artist's Path is a new course of advanced independent study offered by the Art Academy of the Art League of Hilton Head. Sign on with a faculty/mentor to review your portfolio. Then explore your artistic goals in 10 hours of one-on-one sessions in your chosen media. This personalized program also allows you to drop in on any classes, workshops or round-table sessions led by your mentor.
Details: Call 843-842-5738 or email email@example.com.
Coast Guard Auxiliary
When: 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month
Where: BJWSA Community Room, S.C. 170 and Snake Road/Callawassie Drive, Okatie.
Description: Beaufort-Jasper Flotilla 070-10-01 welcomes new members. Learn how to help keep the waters safe by assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in various inspections, courses and search and rescue missions.
Details: Call Tom Sellers at 705-7174, email firstname.lastname@example.com or go to http://a0701001.wow.uscgaux.info.
Bereavement Group
When: 5 p.m. every Tuesday
Where: Summit Place of Beaufort, 1119 Pick Pocket Plantation Drive, Beaufort
Description: Tidewater Hospice and Summit Place have joined together to offer a weekly bereavement group. This free forum will provide help to people who have experienced a loss and would like support and information associated with grief and bereavement.
Details: Call Marie James, MA, Tidewater Hospice, at 757-9388.
Bluffton Relax-and-Create Meetup Group
When: 10:30 a.m., on first Saturdays
Where: Each Other's Muse Studios, 19 Buckingham Plantation Drive, Bluffton.
Description: Join for creative, art-orientated, no-pressure fun. Go to www.meetup.com/Bluffton-Relax-and-Create/.
Old Town Dispensary
When: 7-10 p.m., every Friday
Where: Calhoun Street, Bluffton.
Description: J. Howard Duff performs his brand of Lowcountry blues and rock'n' roll.


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"Camels Prairie Stash" GC25 GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – January 9, 2011
"Camels Prairie Stash" (GC25) in the Western U.S. state of Idaho has two major distinctions.
First, it's the oldest cache in the state, placed by Mount10Bike on June 17, 2000.
Second, this traditional cache has also received the most Favorite Points in the state of Idaho.
Geocaching Favorites is a new feature on Geocaching.com providing a simple way to track and share the caches that you enjoyed the most.
Nearly a hundred geocachers have logged a smiley on The Camels Prairie Stash geocache. The difficulty two, terrain three geocache is hidden above Priest Lake in Northern Idaho.
One geocacher wrote, "Wow………….what an adventure! Taking one wrong turn can sure get you way off course fast, ha! Priest Lake has always been one of [my] most favorite areas to be at, a bit of heaven on earth."
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text: What is kswapd doing when swap is off? Ivan... On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Daniel Kidger wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Galen Arnold [mailto:arnoldg at ncsa.uiuc.edu] > > >I'm looking for some opinions (based on real cluster setups would be nice > >too). If you've got nodes with lots of memory (>1GB) do you run with swap > >space configured or not? > > >We're seeing the occasional run that misses its memory request by a lot > >and it hangs nodes due to excessive paging. > > > I think that opinion is quite divided here. > > There are still religious issues with the virtual memory subsystem in Linux. > Even with swapoff, you can get kswapd taking lots of CPU time as memory > usage gets close to the physical limit. > > > Because some codes will leak memory by accident, use of 'ulimits' to limit > the max. address space a user program can use will probably help more than > having swap on or off. Also some resource managers / schedulers can police > excessive memory usage. > > > > > Yours, > Daniel. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Dan Kidger, Quadrics Ltd. daniel.kidger at quadrics.com > One Bridewell St., Bristol, BS1 2AA, UK 0117 915 5505 > ----------------------- www.quadrics.com -------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >


text: dissent (link to Miami Herald article) about Meb Keflezighi being the first American to win the NYC Marathon since 1982. "People" (and I think I found some of these people, see below and be sure to check their spelling.) feel that he is not American enuff... hmmm, i'm willing to bet that most of these people are not even 1/50th Native American. Who are they to say that someone is not American enough? What is American anyway? Hopefully, it's someone like Meb showing number 1's with his fingers while crossing the NYC Marathon finish line... and not these people (be sure to click on the pics so you can read their signs)


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Harmony Technologies needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 6 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
Harmony Technologies - http://www.harmonytechnologies.com
We are a small technology consulting company. We have a nice logo that has worked well for over 10 years.
Clients and prospective clients.
Just need two logos that are variations of the original. The original logo is attached. The two additional logos would need to be the same, except for slight change in the second word. So, as you can see, the original logo type says "Harmonytechnologies", with the alternating colors (black and green). The first logo variation is "Harmonynotes", and the second one is "Harmonyworks". Again, same as the original logo, just substituting "notes" and "works" for "technologies". By the way, the Pantone color of the green is 577. Attached is a gif. I would like to have both gif and jpg versions of the two logos.


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Comparing the roughly half-dozen Intel Atom Windows 8 tablets that we've seen to date is relatively easy. Nearly all of them, from the HP Envy X2 to the Dell Latitude 10, are built around essentially identical hardware platforms, starting with an Intel Atom CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 64GB SSD, along with either a 10- or 11-inch 1,366x768-pixel screen.
The real differentiators are price, available accessories, and the design and construction of the tablet (plastic versus metal, for example). For Lenovo, in particular, this is a tale of two tablets, the 10-inch ThinkPad Tablet 2 and the 11-inch IdeaTab Lynx, also known as the IdeaTab K3011.
On paper, at least, these two products are remarkably similar. Both stick to the guidelines outlined above, and have a 1.8GHz Intel 2760 processor, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of solid-state storage, and both cost about the same, with the ThinkPad Tablet 2 starting at $679 and the Lynx at $649.
But there are differences beyond the $30 price break, and they don't always favor the allegedly more consumer-friendly Lynx. The ThinkPad version has a full USB 2.0 built in, offers wireless broadband and NFC options, and has dual Webcams. The IdeaTab version has a bigger screen, 11 inches versus 10 inches, and its keyboard dock includes a second battery for longer overall battery life.
Like the HP Envy X2 or Acer W510, the Lynx feels more like an ultraportable laptop when plugged into its clamshell-like keyboard base, but it doesn't stack up to even inexpensive ultrabooks in terms of hands-on utility and usability. Annoyingly, Lenovo's Web site doesn't seem to have the $129 keyboard dock for sale as of this writing, but I've seen it from Amazon, Staples, and others, for as much as $20 above the list price.
As a standalone tablet, the Lynx benefits from its bigger screen, but also feels less substantial, with a plastic back instead of the metal back panel of the ThinkPad Tablet 2. Side by side, unless you really need an 11-inch screen over a 10-inch one, or just can't spare the $30, it's hard to see this as the better of Lenovo's two Windows 8 tablet choices.
|Price as reviewed / starting price
|$779 / $649
|1.8GHz Intel Atom Z2760
|2GB, 800MHz DDR2
|Hard drive
|Intel GMA
|Operating System
|Dimensions (WD)
|11.8 x 7.4 inches
|0.37 inch (tablet only)
|Screen size (diagonal)
|11.6 inches
|System weight / Weight with AC adapter
|1.4/2.9 pounds (tablet only); 1.6/3.1 pounds (w/keyboard)
|Ultraportable hybrid
Design and features
With lower prices than Core i5 tablets, most of the Atom-powered Windows 8 tablets we've seen tend toward plastic construction and generally looser designs. There are rare exceptions, as in the case of this tablet's sister product, the ThinkPad Tablet 2.
As a standalone tablet, the Lynx has a footprint on the larger end of the spectrum. It's thin and light, but the plastic back panel does not inspire confidence (nor do other plastic-backed tablets, to be fair). It's when connected to its optional $129 keyboard/battery dock that the Lynx really finds its own personality.
The two pieces together look and feel more like a clamshell laptop than a tablet with a keyboard accessory -- it's a style also found in the HP Envy X2 and Acer W510. The balance between the screen and base is better in the Lynx than those other two examples, and less prone to tipping over. The connection is made via a bulky central hinge, and the release mechanism is a big physical button in the middle, similar to those found on similar systems from HP, Samsung, and others. It's an inelegant look, especially compared with the way more tablet-oriented hybrids, such as the Surface Pro or ThinkPad Tablet 2, connect with their keyboards, but I don't think anyone has really nailed the perfect clamshell hybrid hinge design yet.
The keyboard dock adds some additional ports, but more importantly contains an extra battery for extended use. The keyboard is of the usual Lenovo design, with flat-topped keys that bow out slightly at the bottom. The keyboard layout is great for typing on a small system, but the entire keyboard dock has a lot of flex, especially towards the middle. It's frankly unusual for a Lenovo, and a bit cheap-feeling.
Adding to my frustration, the latch connecting the screen and keyboard felt sticky. Even with the release button firmly pressed, the two parts didn't come apart cleanly and required some awkward tugging almost every time.
The touch pad below the keyboard omits both left and right mouse buttons and a trackpoint in favor of clickpad-style buttons, which gives you the maximum finger surface on the small pad.
The big 11.6-inch display is a highlight. The 1,366x768-pixel resolution is standard for an Atom-powered Windows 8 tablet, but the screen is clear and bright, with excellent off-axis viewing angles, and a very responsive touch surface.
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You can change the picture that's displayed on your Mac's desktop. You can choose one of the desktop pictures that comes with your Mac, a solid color, or one of your own pictures.
- Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, and then click System Preferences. If you're using Mac OS X v10.6 or later, click the System Preferences icon in the Dock.
- Click Desktop & Screen Saver, and then click Desktop.
- To select the kind of desktop picture you want to use, do one of the following:
- To use an image that come with your Mac, select a folder under the Apple section.
- To use a solid color, select "Solid Colors" under the Apple section.
- To use your own picture, select the Picture folder under "Folders," if the picture you want is stored in your Pictures folder. If your image is in another folder, click the Add button (+), then find and select the folder that your picture is in. Then, click Choose.
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Does The NFL Need To Limit Alcohol Sales At Stadiums?
NOTE: This article was written on Friday, but in light of what happened on Sunday in San Francisco, it seems appropriate to re-run the article. A 49ers fan fell to his death at Candlestick. Witnesses say the man appeared to be intoxicated when he fell.
I'm not sure if you've been to a NFL game lately and walked into the bathroom, you'll probably buy into my argument from the jump.
Now I have been spoiled over the last five years having the ability to be in the pressbox and experience civilized individuals go about their work and observe a NFL game without involving over use of alcohol and acting as if we were cast to play a role on "Animal House".
I also want to make clear that I understand its the minority that ruins it for the majority. There are only a small portion of the attendance that feels the need to start fights, slur vulgar language and be "puking guy" but in the end, those actions spark my reasoning for by position.
The NFL needs to limit alcohol sales at NFL games, plain and simple.
Create a system where each patron is only given two drinks per game. I'm sure the suits in the league office could come up with suitable way to make that work and implement a process.
Are there going to be people who cheat the system? Absolutely, people cheat the system everyday in all walks of life. But at least you would decrease the percentage of idiots who are drunk beyond belief and caution others as well.
Is it sad that this is where we are it in society? Of course it is, but when you have fans allowing their children to drink, other fans tipping over cars and fights becoming the norm in upper level sections across the league with alcohol nine times out of ten being involved, rules need to be instituted.
So clean it up, class it up, you pay a lot of money to go to NFL games, the league should realize its their duty to have a safe place to watch their product and at the rate we're going, its becoming less and less safe each year.


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Any good SkyNet starts with a robot. Well, we are in luck…User "badcat89" posted in our forum about a Web-enabled, Wireless Robot that is controlled via a web interface. We can imagine a swarm of robots controlled by data received from the web.
The robot uses a pair of serial bluetooth adapters to form a wireless link with the ioBridge IO-204. The serial levels of the IO-204 are TTL and a circuit using the MAX-232 was required to allow the serial interface work properly. On the robot is a set of serial servo drivers that control the steering and speed.
The interface is standard web page using an embedded ioBridge.com serial widget to make the connection to the IO-204 base station module. You can control the direction and throttle by clicking on the itnerface and using the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard. The interface generates serial strings that the serial servo drivers react to when received. You can see the strings and the serial widget in the debug part of the web interface.
Here is a YouTube video of the web powered robot in action – looks like a lot of fun to drive. One step closer…


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Re: Brick Wall Roll Call - WILLIAMS, ONEIL, TN
In Response To: Brick Wall Roll Call - SURNAME, State, County, Date ()
Hi folks,
One of my major brick walls is my great grandmother and her parents. Her name was Louise WILLIAMS at birth. According to her death certificate from Topeka KS she was 69 at her time of death in 1925 - which would place her birth in 1856. On the death certificate her parents were listed as:
Frank Williams
Her place of birth - Nashville TN.
I have located her in 1900, 1910, 1920 census records with a variety of surnames - and children.
The earliest record found was 1900 where she is listed as Lou Edmondson in Nashville. Family records indicate she was called "Lou".
She was indexed mis-spelled and I have submitted a correction to ancestry:
Low Edmondson
Her children were:
George Shelvy OLIVER born 07 Jan 1875 Nashville (father John OLIVER)
There are several discrepancies in the 1900 record. Her son Reuben is listed as surname JONES - I knew him to be THOMPSON, and have his WW2 records and other family data.
Her birthplace is listed as AL. Other records - marriage to George, census records of her children, and death record (information given by her daughter Ophelia) says TN.
The last census record she is found in is in 1920:
Name: Louisa Perkins
I have searched for her in 1880 and 1870 in TN and AL and have not found her.
I have not found my grandfather George Shelvy(sometimes spelled Shelby) OLIVER in 1880 at age 5 either. I have located his father John OLIVER (I think) in 1870 - single in Nashville. I have found my grandfather - married in 1900 in Topeka, and in a KS state census of 1895 living with relatives in KS.
I have not found Louise (Lou) in 1870 or 1880, or her parents - Frank and Fanny WILLIAMS in either AL or TN (or the entire census) Have searched for both Williams and ONeil (ONeal) as well.
I have her marriage record to George EDMONDSON in Nashville, in which to confuse things even more, she is listed as Ella WILLIAMS. Her birthplace is listed as TN. No parents listed.
There is a possibility that she was not ever married to John OLIVER (father of my grandfather) and was married to a Willliam Henry JONES
There is a possibility that she may be:
(I'm grasping at straws here)
Her son Reuben Thompson was born 1891. I have his WW1 draft registration and his marriage record. It does not have his parents names.
Have not been able to get birth records for Reuben or my grandfather George Oliver from Nashville. Her son Ernest JONES does not exsist in any records other than the 1900 census - and I never heard my father or grandfather speak of him.
Am stumped at this point. Have made contact with the family of Ophelia's husband - they knew nothing about her, or her mom.
Have mailed out letters, with photos - to folks I think might be related.
I go back and research the census from time to time, still no luck.
If someone would take a look for Fanny or Fannie (ONEIL) WILLIAMS
I may have missed them.
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George Strait and Martina McBride Announce 2012 Tour
With his new album, 'Here for a Good Time,' just a few weeks from store shelves, it's time for George Strait to start getting ready to hit the road again.
As he revealed in a recent announcement, that's exactly what he has planned for 2012 — and he's bringing Martina McBride with him.
"I love Martina," Strait explained. "She's been on our tours before and she's great. I'm really looking forward to the tour. Martina will definitely make it a special night."
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Although the economic recovery continues to chug along at a snail's pace, the comics retail market, at least anecdotally, is doing much better than in recent years. Buoyed by successful events such as DC's New 52, the reboot of its superhero comics universe last Summer, and The Avengers movie earlier this year, and sustained by savvy booksellers who've learned to pivot quickly no matter what the economy throws at them, the responses to this year's annual, informal survey of comic book retailers and general bookstores leaves little doubt that sales of book format and periodical comics are up in nearly every area of the market.
This year Publishers Weekly spoke with six direct market comic book retailers (the direct market or comics shop market is a network of roughly 2,000 shops serviced by Diamond Comics Distributors that generally buy nonreturnable at wholesale) that do a brisk Wednesday (new comics day) periodical comics business, including Midtown Comics in New York City; Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn, N.Y.; A Comic Shop in Orlando, Fla.; House of Secrets in Burbank, Calif.; the Secret Headquarters in Los Angeles; and Mission Comics in San Francisco. We also included two "hybrid" shops that sell a mix of zines, periodicals, graphic novels, and prose books, Atomic Books in Baltimore and Quimby's in Chicago, along with two general bookstores with well-stocked graphic novel sections, Book People in Austin, Tex., and Powell's Books in Portland, Ore.
A Stronger 2011 Continues in 2012
Nearly every retailer we spoke with had stronger sales—in book format comics or graphic novels, traditional comic book periodicals and pop culture merchandise— toward the end of 2011 that have continued through 2012. None of the stores included in our survey have had to lay off staff, and several had to hire full-time employees or bump up their part-time staff's hours. Additionally, almost every retailer reported that every portion of their business is up, with the exception of manga titles.
Dave Pifer, co-owner of L.A.'s Secret Headquarters, says that he's been surprised by how well 2012 is going, noting, "it's almost like a switch went off" toward the end of 2011. Elizabeth Jordan, the book buyer for Book People in Austin, Tex., concurred, saying, "Graphic novel sales are up this year by almost 14%." Retailers also reported having a good 2011 holiday season, with shoppers picking up copies of trade book editions of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead and Hark a Vagrant by Kate Beaton, along with graphic novel mainstays like Amulet. vol. 1. by Kazu Kibushi and Bone. vol. 1. by Jeff Smith, in healthy numbers across most of the stores we surveyed. Pifer summed up Secret Headquarters' holiday selling season: "I wasn't losing my mind, but it was good." He also noted that the 2011 holiday season "started a little earlier than it has in recent years. The [decline in sales] that started a few years ago was really at its most obvious a week before Christmas."
But while retailers were, as a whole, upbeat and positive about sales and how the market is doing, their comments on the economy and its effect on their stores also reflected the economic mood of the country at large; there was an overall weariness with the current economic uncertainty as opposed to anxiety about it. As Gerry Donaghy of Powell's Books described the 2012 customer mindset, "I could get laid off tomorrow, but I'm really in the mood for a good book."
However, the realities of tough economic times has also appeared to galvanize publishers and the comic book industry at large to take necessary action. Aaron Holland of Orlando, Fla.'s A Comics Shop says, "The economy kind of kicked the comics industry in the ass. The regular attrition we were having wasn't going to survive [it]," suggesting that harsh economic realities, coupled with the rise of digital distribution through Comixology, other digital vendors, and the proliferation of digital reading devices like the iPad, forced publishers to put their best foot forward.
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Of the stores Publishers Weekly spoke with who carried DC Comics' New 52 line of revamped superhero periodicals, all reported that sales increased along with the media fanfare around the event. (Book collections of the initial story arcs of the New 52 debut series have also just been released). The New 52 is considered a "reboot" of the DC Universe that eliminated significant chunks of plot continuity (and issue numbering) to start over with new issue #1s for its line of superheroes like Batman and Superman. However, opinions differ as to how much of the sales increase was due to the New 52, the success of The Avengers movie, or both. Bestselling periodicals across all stores included the New 52 titles, Animal Man by Jeff Lemire, and Batman by Scott Snyder, and Marvel's AVX (Avengers vs. Xmen, a series that pit the two groups against each other), with many retailers also mentioning Wonder Woman, Brian K. Vaughan's Saga, and Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead single periodical issues as top sellers.
While crediting DC's broad marketing of the reboot, some retailers noticed a wider demographic of readers coming into their stores for the New 52. "Having this entry point seemed to make a difference to people," says Leef Smith of San Francisco's Mission Comics. He also noticed many younger readers in their early 20s coming in to check out the line. Aaron Holland agreed, saying, "It was an easy sell to new people to get them into #1s for a lot of these characters. I got a lot of college students into it who [previously saw] comics and DC as impenetrable."
Tucker Stone from Bergen Street Comics noted that "DC did a decent job of reminding people that [comics] still exist." Secret Headquarters' Pifer agreed, saying the New 52 titles, with "better stories that were a bit easier to jump on," had done well for them. Asked if the New 52 attracted new readers to Atomic Books, co-owner Ben Ray, who did not carry DC or Marvel periodicals before the launch of the New 52 line, replies, "It did bring in a number of new readers," many of whom were younger men and women. He says they've retained a lot of those customers even though they "tend to be doing some adjustments in what they're reading and not reading."
Amy Dallen, a staffer at Burbank's House of Secrets, says she mostly saw lapsed comics readers come back, adding that she worries DC may have alienated its hardcore fans in hopes of attracting new ones. "The most heartbreaking thing about [the New 52] is that it's not clear which aspects of DC continuity still exist," she says. "For people who spend a long time invested in the characters, they've seen the universe reboot every 15 years or so. But this one felt like it wasn't planned out carefully for those devoted fans."
Dallen saw the opposite effect, however, with the readers that The Avengers movie brought into the store. "It's [the first comic book movie] I've seen that seems to directly translate to [customers saying], 'I want to buy a comic book with The Hulk in it for my eight-year-old.' " But by the midpoint of 2012, Gerry Gladston of Midtown Comics says, "Periodicals are doing significantly better. A big part of that is [the New 52] along with initiatives by Marvel, especially Avengers vs. X-Men."
Walking Dead, Image Comics, and Manga
Every store we spoke with says that their bestselling graphic novels in both 2011 and 2012 were the various editions of The Walking Dead trade collections. Each of the comic book stores that stock direct market periodical comics says that single issues of The Walking Dead were bestsellers as well. What's truly noteworthy, however, is how many other Image titles are not only doing well but often rivaling Marvel and DC's sales figures.
Aaron Holland says that while "the last half of 2011 was definitely on an upswing—mainly to do with the New 52 re-launch," he adds, "It's the independent books from Image that have really captured people's imagination." Along with all of our other respondents, Tucker Stone pointed to Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples as a consistent big seller, noting that it "surpassed Batman in single issue pulls and sales with the fourth issue. He pointed to other Image books that have launched strong, including The Manhattan Project by Jonathan Hickman, Prophet by Brand Graham and Farel Dalrymple, and Ed Brubaker's Fatale.
Which brings this survey to the area of the market that's still clearly suffering. Sales of manga are on a continued downward slide with no signs of stopping. "Manga was through the roof up until 2006, and it just sort of ground to a halt. Teens who are reading it aren't waiting a year for the English translation when you can go online and read everything that's published translated by fans in an afternoon," says graphic novel buyer Gerry Donaghy of Portland's Powell's Books. He points to another possible reason for the decline: "Cartoon Network used to show a lot of Japanese animation [such as Bleach and YuYu Hakusho] that tied into manga properties. I think somewhere along the line they figured out it was cheaper to program things [they] don't have to pay the license for."
Stone adds that Bergen Street was "going to expand the manga section—not kids' manga, adults—but then it pretty much immediately became clear that what we needed to expand was the kids' section. The whole front of the store is dedicated to all ages books [now]." Elizabeth Jordan of Book People in Austin has seen a similar jump in sales of kids' graphic novels: "We expanded the footprint of our children's department in 2011 to capitalize on the increase in sales in that department." So while stores may be losing manga readers in their teens and early 20s, they are gaining younger kids in droves. In edition to Amulet and Bone, other strong sellers include children's periodicals like Adventure Time and The Simpsons.
Another trend is the increased fracturing and disparity between the distribution and sales of literary and underground comics and the sales of other kinds of comics. While most stores report that sales for titles such as Are You My Mother? by Allison Bechdel, Athos in America by Jason, and My Friend Dahmer by John "Derf" Backderf are doing well, successes for literary, eccentric or indie publisher comics that aren't distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors or by digital comics vendor Comixology tend to be few and far between. A couple of stores mentioned that while Microcosm's underground hit, Henry & Glen by Tom Neely, Scot Nobles, and Igloo Tornado, and anything by U.K. indie comics house Nobrow Press sells really well, anything that's not by such modern masters as Dan Clowes, Charles Burns, or Chris Ware is lost in the shuffle.
Publishers, Promotion and the Power of Social Media
All the retailers in the survey indicated that social media along with their own digital storefronts have become a vital part of their business with several stores mentioning that that, combined with in store events, are helping to keep the doors open. Dave Pifer says that "Social media and physical attendance (at Secret Headquarters events) means more people coming in, and that, "people will come to our webstore and pick up that thing we were promoting for the night." Many of the retailers surveyed also mentioned robust customer interactions through social media tools like Facebook and Twitter and say that publishers could help them more if they would provide stores with more content to populate their often highly trafficked digital promotion channels. "We could use links," says Gerry Gladston of Midtown Comics, "We do a ton of social media and we could share those links and promote them."
Pifer, along with every other retailers surveyed, also said that comics publishers need to "dedicate more of their budgets to PR and marketing outside of regular comics venues and try to make their best stuff known to more of a general audience." As a whole the retailers agreed that publishers needed to be smarter and more consistent about their marketing efforts and often had complaints along the lines of not receiving promotional materials for books until after they ship. Liz Mason of Quimby's Books said that "publicists need to be more engaged with promoting the events they're setting up for their authors," adding that often they fail to properly research local "newspapers and alternative weeklies," or "send out their own press releases" or respond to "inquiries bookstores have" in a timely manner.
Retailers would also like more PDF's or advance copies of books so they can properly assess how much to order and whether or not their customers will like it. "If I can read it ahead of time and experience it [I can sell it]. A lot of times I have to get that from the creators themselves," says Aaron Holland of A Comics Shop.
According to Tucker Stone it would also help stores like Bergen Street if, publishers didn't have "a lot of lag time between first and second printings." While Mission Comics' Leef Smith said that, "overships are helpful when people are conservative in their ordering," [overship programs in the comics shop market allow stores to get additional returnable stock, in addition to the nonreturnable book they have ordered]. Smith says he would see more sales if publishers worked harder to get books that customers want into the storesp. To that end, Amy Dallen notes that while "Watchmen is a classic," at least part of the book's perrenial is, " because they've had to keep it in print. It's because you've consistently been able to get a hold of it for the last 20 years."
The Digital Apocalypse Never Happened
In a stark contrast to 2010, both the general bookstores and comics stores in this year's survey say they no longer fear an impending exodus from their stores by digital customers. "A few years ago, my feelings about digital downloads and e-content would be a little different than they are now," says Ben Ray of Atomic Books. "The best case scenario is that both of those kinds of formats are going to exist in the marketplace."
Comixology, a vendor that has grown to be the dominant digital distributor in comics, has also been aggressive in tying its digital delivery to a program that allows consumers to buy physical comics and download digital ones from physical comics shops. Many of the retailers surveyed said that Comixology is not the same curated experience of a physical bookstore or comics shops and only half of the direct market comic book stores Publishers Weekly spoke to participate in the Comixology Retailer Program. Some participating retailers complained about Comixology's Retailer Interface and technical problems, particularly the fact that it runs on Flash, which is incompatible with most tablets, making it difficult for customers to purchase through retailers' Comixology storefronts.
Most retailers reported seeing no discernable effect of same-day release for digital and print (called "day and date" in the comics industry), which was widely initiated throughout the comics market with the launch of DC's New 52, although many concede that there is no way to really tell if they are missing out on sales. "Maybe some new readers are going to go digital, but I don't really know. I haven't really seen people leave," says A Comic Shop's Holland. One retailer even indicated that Comixology and publishers could actually do more to attract readers to the comics medium and grow the marketplace by lowering the price of single-issue digital comics.
"It technically still costs more for [customers] to buy books from Comixology than from our store. How are comics ever going to go mass market if you're charging people $4 for a tiny piece of electronic content when I could watch an hourlong drama for $1.99?" says House of Secrets' Dallen, adding, "Digital is something that I think will save comics—not the thing that will kill comics."


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Learning to live with PHN, Part 1
This is typical in my family, actually. We age beautifully with nary a wrinkle nor gray hair in site for eons, but healthwise, we have the shittiest genes on the planet. Cancer, heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and a few other formidable disease foes run in my family on both sides. I do my best to keep things under control through diet & as much exercise as I can get in on those special days when I have zero unbroken bones, but even that's not enough sometimes. Some things you actually can't control.
I learned that the hard way this year.
In March, in the midst of all the craziness of my unexpected, random move upstairs, I ended up with shingles. Yes, shingles! At this age! Maybe it was extremely ignorant to think this way, but I always thought shingles was something awful reserved for the poor elderly population of the world. It certainly should not afflict a young lass of 34... should it?
Apparently it does, regardless. Advanced age, a compromised immune system, or extreme amounts of stress can all cause shingles to just pop up out of nowhere and flip your life upside down. I fell under the latter category, with my both my doctor & my chiropractor both telling me that I need to figure out a better way to handle stress.
Um, do you think I LIKE having a tiny volcano on my abdomen?
Seriously, that's what I came home to one day. My very first full day at my new place, I got home, fed the furbabies, checked my mail, and proceeded to take off my clothes before taking a shower. The minute I had my shirt off I gasped in horror. WTF was that??? A rash? Chicken pox? Chicken pox do start on your tummy, right?
But you can't get chicken pox twice, unless you're totally weird... Shit, shit, shit! Maybe it's not a disease, maybe it's just an allergic reaction to something. Soap that wasn't rinsed well in the shower this morning Maybe something I ate?
All these thoughts swirled through my mind as I turned around and inspected the rest of myself in the mirror. That's when I realized that the volcano had friends. Even tinier, nano-volcanoes of fiery discomfort were on my back & side. SHIT. What was wrong with me???
I snapped a picture with my phone, sent it to my mom (who, when I am in a panic, immediately receives a medical degree), and proceeded to freak out. We did a complete inventory of everything I'd eaten, drunk, touched, etc., and she finally decided it was "that one rash [I] can't remember the name of right now". Gee, thanks, Ma! I hopped online, trying to compare my inflamed skin with pictures of folks with other dermal afflictions and came to no conclusions. In my flustered state, they all looked the same to me. It's a good thing I never decided to be a dermatologist.
When the volcanoes kept multiplying the next day and I could no longer stand the feeling of my bra against my skin, I hastily made an appointment with my doctor and dashed out of work early. "I think it's the shingles," said my mom when I called her and let her know I was going to get checked out. "Shingles, Ma? Seriously?"
"Yeah, this is a classic case of shingles," my doctor told me about 40 minutes later. "It's almost textbook! Very nice example [why are you so excited about this??? Quit being a nerd & make it go away!]. You just stressed yourself out again, kiddo..."
Of course I did.
The next few weeks were nothing short of torture. I missed an entire week of work because I was in such serious pain & discomfort. Between the whole left side of my torso feeling like someone was repeatedly splashing scalding hot water on me, the intense nerve pain deep in my side and back, and having to take pills every 3-4 hours, I had never experienced anything like it. And I'm no stranger to being laid up sick in bed! Surgeries, pneumonia, vertigo, you name it; I've probably been laid up with it. But never with this kind of intense pain.
It was brutal, cruel, and never-ending. It never, ever stopped (still hasn't), no matter how many vicodin I took or how many ice packs I'd use for relief. Sometimes it felt like I'd cracked a rib, so every time I breathed was sheer torture. Sometimes it lessened to a deep, but persistent ache that I could sort of huff & puff my way around throughout the day. Other times, it felt like some giant demon was inside of me, taking my entire T-3 nerve and gnawing through it with razor sharp teeth & vicious jaws.
I couldn't think, I couldn't sleep, I couldn't even putter around my new place and put stuff away. The cats were all confused, particularly Miss Hana, who is very used to calling my tummy her "bed" whenever I'm at home. The pain made it impossible to move into a comfortable position no matter how hard I tried. Even wearing clothes was sheer torture.
Over the next couple of weeks, things started to die down a bit. My blisters finally healed over & were starting to slough off on their own, the back pain I'd assumed was from a pulled muscle was now just a faint ache, and I could almost wear proper clothes again. But that stinkin' pain in my side - from the middle of my ribcage down to my waistline - just wouldn't go away.
So I called my doctor and she prescribed more pain meds. Lovely. Just what I needed: to continue assaulting my liver on a regular basis with more Vicodin. But I took the refill anyway, because how else was I going to get through the days & nights? It's not like Motrin did the trick, and the ice packs were a very temporary type of relief.
A couple weeks later I was still in pain & decided to get checked out one more time. Sure enough, I had the one "rare condition" that "usually just afflicts those over 50": postherpetic neuralgia, otherwise known as PHN, otherwise known as hell:
It had already been two months and I had no clue how to make it through the pain every single damn day. How do I go about this? How do I make life as close to normal as it used to be? How does one live with perpetual, acute pain and still find reasons to smile?
That, my friends, is going to be my biggest new project of the year.
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- Anonymous said...
Good luck!
- May 5, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Sarah Thompson said...
Hi Kimberly,
I am a fan of you because you find a way to create beautiful plates on a limited budget and then, you share the beauty with me through your blog. You really inspire me. Your positive attitude is contagious.
Having said that, nerve pain is excruciating. A friend of mine who manages a wound care clinic found a medical device that she convinced Kaiser to purchase. It is called the "Micro Vas." It treats a variety of different types of nerve pain and non healing wounds. Do you have insurance? If not, you may be able to work out a trade with the practitioner. I have a call into the company to see if the machine helps specifically PHN. But, I don't see why not. I can help you find a microvas practitioner if you are interested. http://www.microvas.com/2007/10/pain-syndromes.html
Secondly, I manage a podiatry clinic. If you ever decide to seek treatment for your feet, give me a call. Dr. Kelso is a gifted diagnostician and good listener. Maybe he could help you.
I really hope that you feel better very soon.
Sarah Thompson
American River Podiatry
- August 16, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Teresa said...
I have lupus and as a result of a compromised immune system, have now had shingles TWICE! So I know how you feel--it sounds like such a gross old person's disease, doesn't it? And it's hard to explain to friends that it's not contagious, etc. etc.
Hope the PHN is better under control. My grandmother has that (but she is definitely one of those who fall in the "over 50" category). If you've found anything to manage the pain, I'd love to hear it!
- March 8, 2012 at 10:04 AM
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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- It was a day of celebrating and honoring the state champion Pleasantville Panthers football team.
The village celebrated its state champions Sunday with a parade and proclamations. Pleasantville defeated Chenango Forks in Syracuse on Nov. 26 to capture the Class B title. The parade went from Bedford Avenue to Wheeler Avenue and ended at the front steps of the high school on Romer Avenue.
Monday was declared Pleasantville High School Football Day throughout Westchester and a sign was unveiled that reads "Welcome to Pleasantville Home of Pleasantville High Football Champions 2017," that will be displayed in the village.
Playing in its first-ever state championship game, Pleasantville defeated Chenango Forks of Binghamton 28-14 in the Class B title game at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend.
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Thanks to a substantial decrease in transportation costs, a performance grant and a half-year freeze in Step salary increases for teachers, the Valley Stream District 30 preliminary school budget for 2013-14 should mean a minor tax increase for residents.
Superintendent Dr. Nicholas Stirling and his administrative team gave the community its first look at the proposed spending plan for District 30 at a forum at the Forest Road School on Feb. 13.
The proposed 2013-14 budget of $33.2 million is an increase of a little more than $800,000, or 2.48 percent, over the current year. The tax levy would rise 2.34 percent to $26,591,128, which is less than the allowable maximum tax levy so a simple majority vote would be needed for the budget to pass in May.
Driving the budget increase are numerous mandated expenses. Health insurance premiums are rising 10 percent, and contributions to the state retirement funds for teachers and staff are also increasing drastically. There is a technology initiative in place allowing for more iPads for instruction and additional interactive white boards for classrooms.
Stirling and his team began working on a preliminary spending plan in November. "We are very conscious about the dollars we are proposing for our budget, but at the same time we are committed to a program of excellence and it does cost for that," he said, "but we have to make it economically sound as members of the school community."
He and Assistant Superintendent for Business Lisa Rutkoske credited cuts in previous budgets for this year's low increase. "We also looked at all of our budget lines and we made reductions in our budget lines to the point where we are just having enough to get by in terms of what we need," Stirling said.
A decrease in transportation costs of 14 percent, or $131,600, gave the budget a much needed boost. Also, district officials are most proud of a performance grant for high student achievement, which netted the district a quarter of a million dollars and is funding some salaries as well as technology initiatives.
"Because of the hard work of our superintendent and our assistant superintendent for curriculum, we are the only Valley Stream elementary district that was fortunate to receive a performance grant," Rutkoske said. "A lot of this is through efforts of our faculty and staff to leverage grants that are out there."
Stirling, not resting on his laurels, also is grateful state aid didn't drop. "That helped us," he said. "Some districts dropped and some went up. The last piece is we also used some reserves, so our 'rainy day' fund has been reduced."
Planned additions for the 2013 school year include a teacher to support both Academic Intervention Services and enrichment programs, one co-teacher, special education aides, a part-time data support clerk, a technology assistant, a computer aide, school monitors, noon aides and a psychologist. Stirling noted that a parent survey indicated a need for the district to look at the level of supervision at lunch time in order to provide a better social environment for students.
Voters will recall a social worker was cut during last year's budget process, prompting the Board of Education to call for the creation of a task force. "One of the recommendations was for a psychologist to be added back to the program," Stirling said. "Funding for this will be from a grant so it's not impacting the budget for this year,"
Rutkoske spoke to the community about how sacrifices in previous school budgets have helped the district with the proposed spending plan. "Out of the elementary school districts in Valley Stream, we made some very hard choices the last two years, very deep cuts that we are now able to realize some of the benefits for," she said. "It is a year-to-year stage right now."
She also spoke about the Capital Reserve Fund, which has been in place since May 2007 when the district first asked voters to approve the establishment of the fund for major repairs as needed. Voters are required to approve the initial establishment of the fund as well as the subsequent use of the money. Last May, voters approved the replacement of the ventilation units at the Shaw Avenue School.
This May, a proposition requesting voter approval to replace ceilings, lighting and ventilation units at Forest Road School, and the installation of a new district-wide communication system, will be on the ballot. Since the fund was created, there is no borrowing needed or no additional cost to the taxpayer.
Stirling closed the meeting by encouraging the community to pay it forward and spread the word about voting.


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Weightage Procedure: The Government of Andhra Pradesh has initiated the recruitment process of Panchayat Secretaries. District wise recruitment notifications for Panchayat Secretary posts are being issued by District Collectorates. This is a good chance for Contract Panchayat Secretaries as they will get weightage in selection. There is no entrance examination or interviews for this recruitment of Panchayat Secretaries posts. 75 percent weightage will be awarded for marks secured in Degree / Graduation. In the remaining 25 percent, 15 percent weightage will be given for experience as Contract Panchayat Secretary and 10 percent for the gap period after the award of the Degree qualification. Following are details of Panchayat Secretaries Posts in Kurnool District (http://kurnool.ap.nic.in/).
1) Post Name: Panchayat Secretaries Grade IV.
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3) Recruitment GO. No: G.O.Ms. No. 379, PR & RD (MDl.II), Dept., dated:14 August 2013
4) Age: Between 18-36 years.
Educational Qualifications: Applicants should have Degree in any discipline. 75 percent weightage would be based given to the marks in Degree examination. Remaining 25 percent weightage will be for service as Gran Panchayat Secretaries (15 percent - 3 marks per every year of service) and 10 percent for the seniority after the date of acquisition of educational qualification (1 mark for each year of waiting after acquiring Degree qualification). This is applicable for contract Panchayat Secretaries only.
Application Procedure: Interested candidates can obtain application forms from the office of District Panchayat Officer, Kurnool District after the release of notification. Application fee is Rs. 50. No Application fee for SC and ST candidates. Filled in application forms along with attested copies of certificates related to qualifications have to be submitted to the District Panchayat Officer, Kurnool District.
Preparation of Selection List: The District Selection Committee (DSC) shall prepare a selection list based on degree marks and weightage to experience etc. The rules of local reservations will be applicable and there will be no waiting list in the selection process. The selection will be displayed on the notice board of the District Collector / Office of the District Panchayat Officer.


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Fabio Borini vows to prove he is good enough for Liverpool
LIVERPOOL striker Fabio Borini insists he will stay at Anfield next season to prove that he is good enough to compete at the top level.
The Italy international has battled multiple setbacks since signing from Roma last summer, suffering a broken foot at the beginning of the campaign and a dislocated shoulder shortly after his return.
The 22-year-old has managed just nine Premier League appearances for Liverpool this season and has not hit the back of the net in the top flight.
Despite struggling to make his mark, Borini has denied speculation over a possible move, claiming he wants to prove his worth in the run up to the World Cup in Brazil next summer.
I hope to be helpful in these remaining four games and the 2014 World Cup is a big goal for me
"It's been a difficult season due to some unfortunate injuries, but these things happen and you can only accept them," Borini told Italian radio programme Rete Sport.
"This is not a totally wasted season, I hope to be helpful in these remaining four games and the 2014 World Cup is a big goal for me.
"In regards to my future, I'm not really thinking about next year, but I will stay at Liverpool because I have yet to prove that I can compete here."


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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Federally insured credit unions with more than $50 million in assets that have concentrations in real estate loans, member business loans or delinquent loans would gain additional capital requirements per a proposed risk-based capital rule the NCUA Board introduced Thursday.
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According to the proposed rule, to be classified as well capitalized, affected credit unions would be required to maintain a risk-based capital ratio of 10.5% or above, and pass both net worth ratio and risk-based capital ratio requirements.
Adequately capitalized credit unions would be required to maintain risk-based capital ratios between 8% and 10.49% and pass ratio requirements. Undercapitalized credit unions would fall below 8% risk-based capital ratio.
Additionally, individual federally insured credit unions could be required to maintain higher levels of risk-based capital to address unique supervisory concerns raised by the NCUA, according to the rule's Board Action Memo.
The risk-based capital proposal for natural person credit unions would replace the current risk-based net worth risk-weighting method, putting them more in line with the NCUA's risk-based capital requirements for corporate credit unions, the NCUA said, as well as capital requirements at the FDIC, Federal Reserve and Comptroller of the Currency.
The proposed risk-based ratio would be determined by the percentage of a credit union's net worth available to cover losses, divided by the credit union's defined risk-weighted asset base, the NCUA said.
NCUA estimates that more than 90% of affected credit unions – approximately 2,237 institutions – would be in compliance with the proposed rule, based upon June 30, 2013 call report data.
However, 189 credit unions would experience a decline in their PCA classification from well capitalized to adequately capitalized, and 10 well-capitalized credit unions would experience a decline to undercapitalized status.
The NCUA estimated that, collectively, those 10 undercapitalized credit unions would need to retain an additional $63 million in risk-based capital to become adequately capitalized, assuming no other adjustments.
The capital requirements and PCA supervisory actions for "new" credit unions and credit unions with fewer than $50 million in assets would remain largely unchanged.
The rule was given a longer-than-usual comment period of 90 days.
In July 2013, NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz said the current 7% net worth requirement would remain the base requirement in a proposed risk-based capital rule, as defined by the Federal Credit Union Act. Credit unions with more than $50 million in assets would be subjected to higher risk-based net worth requirements.
Board Member Michael Fryzel was seeking a balanced approach to the rule in November 2013, advocating for a new standard that was not overly stringent or overly permissive.
"I advocate 'right sizing' NCUA's risk-based capital rules. One of the undeniable lessons learned from the crisis is the value of a financial institution's capital—capital that is ample, durable and can be readily deployed to shore up a balance sheet under duress," he said.