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My dictionary defines a coward as 'a person who lacks the courage to do dangerous or unpleasant things'. House just calls them pathetic.
But the desire to not do dangerous or unpleasant things is entirely rational, is it not? That is the argument of the POTW, who refuses to leave his home despite 3 seizures in 2 days. It seems he was shot and his girlfriend was killed 7 years ago, in a mugging. Cameron brings the case to House, who is distracted mid-differential by Cuddy, who stands outside with a chart in her hands. The chart is a ruse, because she wants to talk about the kiss. House has no interest in talking about it, a point Cuddy seems to concede by thanking him for not taking advantage of her vulnerable state. He pithily replies "Anytime you want to stop kissing, I'm there for you". House comes back to the team and 13 wants to know what Cuddy wanted and he announces that "I hit that" and the team ignores him.
House then launches into an obscure analogy about "olivine, pyroxene and amphibole" and Cameron somehow knows that these are indicator minerals that help find diamonds. Med school is comprehensive! Forman completes the circle by stating that House wants them to provoke a seizure because " the indicator is the increased electrical activity focused around the abnormality. We do an EEG to see the focus. Then we can see where the problem is, which tells us what the problem is". I'm still stuck on the minerals and diamonds, but House is impressed. It was pretty cool to see Cameron and Forman rocking the differential, and House implying that Cameron is trying to get her old job back is pretty intriguing. With only a portable x-ray, sonogram and the orders to search the house for toxins, the team is off.
Kutner must have paid close attention during his psych rotation, because he appears to be the only one with a working understanding of PTSD and how to get the POTW to agree to let them all in his home. Once inside, Cameron goes about inducing a seizure while the team searches for dirt. Cameron tries to get him to talk about getting shot, but he wants no part of that – which is a nice parallel to House not wanting to talk about the kiss. A kiss as an emotional equivalent to a gunshot? To House, maybe so. That aside, the POTW claims to be happy and have everything he needs right in his home.
Back at the hospital, Wilson asks if House spoke to Cuddy last night and he repeats that he "hit that". But Wilson doesn't ignore him. In fact he has a rather shocked reaction and wants more details but House seems more preoccupied with a mosquito bite – a malady that reappears whenever the topic of Cuddy comes up. Paging Dr. Freud? House is saved from the topic by the team calling to tell him the POTW is not seizing and his home is clean.
House uses the phone call to probe about Cameron and Chase's relationship, which makes me wonder why he hasn't done that in person? All the same, he learns that they aren't engaged and mostly stay at Chase's place. House declares that one of them has commitment problems and control issues – he's just not sure whom it is. I'm guessing himself. That aside, he tells them that since the POTW had the seizures when attempting to go outside, they need to recreate his fear. So, House brings over a bunch of random strangers. It seems to work, except when Cameron looks at the data she finds the POTW is not having a seizure at all. The POTW agrees, but let's them know that he's experiencing extreme abdominal pain. New symptom!
Unfortunately, it's not a new symptom that narrows the field at all. House tells the POTW that he needs exploratory surgery. But that requires leaving his home, so the POTW refuses and House agrees to have someone perform the surgery in house. Except, not. He reveals to Cameron that once he's under, they'll move him to the hospital, perform the surgery and bring him back home for post op. There's an interesting back and forth, where House invokes Cameron's dead husband and implies that her relationship with Chase is doomed because Chase isn't broken, and she hits back just as hard regarding the ethics of operating on someone in a way they don't agree to – like a leg infarction – but House wins in the end. Although, it was nice to see someone fight back, just as dirty.
Meanwhile, Wilson has gone to talk to Cuddy about what happened between her and House. Surprisingly, he champions the idea of them dating, despite her reservations. She's saved from the conversation by her pager, while elsewhere in the hospital Chase asks Cameron if she wants to try the new sushi place by his apartment. Instead, she wants to know why they never stay at her place. He's willing to discuss it, but the topic doesn't go far because Cuddy's page informed her what they were up to. She refuses to let them take the unconscious POTW back to his home for post-op and House agrees. Meaning, he backs down.
Cameron apparently can't live with the guilt of having tricked the POTW, so she decides to bring him around and let him know where he is before they operate. Which, of course, leads him to freak out, call his lawyer, threaten to sue and leave the hospital no better off than he was to begin with. And with the lawyer as his health care proxy, now they can't bring him back due to an emergency. Cuddy tosses them all off the case and House backs down, again. Cameron wants to know what's going on between them, but he tells her to convince the POTW to let her in again, to give him drugs for his obstructed bowel. She wants to go further and give the POTW the surgery in his home. An idea that Taub agrees to, but proves his lack of surgical experience when he nearly kills the POTW by setting his bowel on fire when attempting to cauterize. Which is sort of the medical equivalent to lighting a fart, I suppose.
The surgery is a success since it gives them a diagnosis: Whipple's disease. Of course, it can't be the right diagnosis, because there's too much time left. So, when he can't feel his legs, House decides to test him for Celiac's in the most painful way possible – by force feeding him wheat – hoping that the pain will be enough to get him in the hospital. An idea I am surprised the team goes along with. We're used to House torturing the POTW, but usually the team fights him, at least a little. Even when House sneakily replaces the POTW's morphine with Saline, Taub helps. What gives? Don't doctors take an oath about not doing harm?
Elsewhere, Wilson admits to Cuddy that he's always had feelings for her, but he can't act on them because it's too soon after Amber. She ignores that and invites him to dinner and he accepts. The scene is played in a marvelously subtle way, and by the end it's clear that Cuddy believes Wilson was only trying to make House jealous. The big problem with her theory is that she asked Wilson out, not the other way around. It's a fact that doesn't seem to escape Wilson, who looks just a little….well, crestfallen.
House continues on his torturing streak by coming after Taub, stating that he's working late so often because his marriage is falling apart. Taub admits that she asked him to sleep on the couch a few nights, but that he's working late to save the POTW. House seems unmoved, but that night he has a nightmare wherein he blows up his apartment chasing a mosquito. The obvious metaphor is Cuddy is the bug/irritant. Yet, I have to wonder if there is not also the issue of his own volatile nature and lack of consideration before acting playing out in the explosion that obliterates him. Maybe that's my wishful thinking. He runs from the dream and his apartment to Wilson, who tells him to either go to Cuddy or go home, because he can't stay there.
Instead, House goes to the POTW just in time to see him go into cardiac arrest. Cameron wants to go to the paddles but House insists on CPR. Not because it's better, but because he can survive for 15 minutes that way, while he gets the lawyer's permission to take him to the ER. Cameron goes for the paddles anyway, saving him but adding another complication: now he needs a pacemaker. Taub installs a temporary one and House figures out that the POTW's OCD had him cleaning like a fiend. And mixing ammonia and bleach. So, a guy that writes technical manuals doesn't know that mixing ammonia and bleach is bad? Really? They start him on steroids and hope for the best.
Hope isn't good enough for Cameron and she tries to talk Chase into installing a permanent pacemaker. He tells her it is impossible without the proper equipment, which is not portable, and then calls her on trying to find a reason to be mad at him. He tells her that the reason they never stay at her place is because he never felt like she wanted him there due to how she kicked him out every morning and never made space for his things anywhere. He seems about to give up when he tells her he can't keep chasing her forever.
She returns to her broken POTW, to find him worse. In a rare moment of humility, House seems to concede defeat, telling her "we're done". But when he's informed that she figured out he had switched morphine for saline and switched them back, he gets his epiphany. The fact that POTW was still in pain despite morphine leads him to take a second look at the X-rays, where he finds density in the hip bone. He goes to the POTW and cuts him open, sans anesthetic, and pulls out bits of metal. The mugger used hollow points and the lead had been slowly poisoning the POTW.
Cameron tries to find a way to tie the agoraphobia to the illness, which sets House off on a rant. He says the patient has been lying about everything, he's not happy, he's miserable and the day he was found in the entryway of his home having seizures was because he was trying to work up the nerve to go put roses on his girlfriend's grave. He tells him he's pathetic and a coward and stop rationalizing those facts while pretending to be happy. It reminds me of a speech Wilson gave House back in season 2, after House pushed Stacy away. Specifically, Wilson said:
"You don't like yourself. But you do admire yourself. It's all you've got so you cling to it. You're so afraid if you change, you'll lose what makes you special. (pause) Being miserable doesn't make you better than anybody else, House. It just makes you miserable. "
And here House is, pushing Cuddy away, just like the POTW has pushed the world away. The show ends with a montage that shows Cameron giving Chase a drawer in her bedroom, Taub's wife joining him on the couch and the POTW leaving his home. All scenes that show one person taking a step past their fear, in order to have a connection – with someone else, or the world itself. And interspersed between these scenes, we see House leave, drive to Cuddy's home and watch her through the window. Yet, eventually, he succumbs to his fear, and leaves.
My favorite moments:
13: What did Cuddy want?
House: I kinda hit that last night, so now she's all on my jock.
13: Wow. She looks pretty good for someone on roofies.
Wilson: If you dated Cuddy there would…
(phone rings)
House: Sorry, I get better reception when you're not here.
POTW: I made my wishes clear.
House: Uh huh, and if the crazy fairy were here, she could grant them.
Wilson: How are you doing?
Cuddy: Better.
Wilson: Great. Everything else good?
Cuddy: Everything involving me kissing House is good. Oh god. You dragged it out of me. You're a genius.
Am I the only one who thought Wilson was being sincere when he admitted to having feelings for Cuddy? How about the dream? Am I way off base thinking that explosion could have multiple meanings and may actually imply House has something resembling a conscience? Given how we saw House back down to Cuddy twice in this episode, would having them date effectively change his ability to be an effective diagnostician, or just his ability to be a jerk?


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What a lovely day you have had, gorgeous gardens and fantastic food, what more could you want. xx
Azay-le-Rideau to Villandry, Langeais and return
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See photos (these are for you Kim). Col chose the last option and headed off after breakfast on a borrowed bike as his was not working properly. The support crew also chose this option along with Pauline and Sue's husbands, Rob and David.
We got to Villandry early before the crowds and had a wonderful time wandering through the gardens. They employ 10 full-time gardeners and plant 85,000 plants twice a year! Better when the sun came out and warmer! Col went through the castle as well as gardens so will add his photos. Then is was time for coffee and the daily pastry!!! Back into the car and we drove along the bank of the Cher River to the point where it meets the Loire.
Then onto Langeais. The chateau here was built in the 15th Century and is partly in ruins. Highlight was the market that was just packing up as we arrived. Found a shoe stall with great casual shoes for only 10 euros! So each of us girls bought a pair!
Then back to Azay-le-Rideau for a picnic lunch in the courtyard of the hotel. Baguettes, ham, 3 different cheeses, tomatoes and strawberries!!! Two different types. One was so sweet and floral it was like eating perfume!
We had planned to visit the chateau here in the afternoon but discovered that the community was having a fete. So wandered around the corner from our hotel and joined in. There was a rabbit 'racing' competition, face painting, food stalls, a bar and traditional folk dancing. Some of our cycling group - including Col were invited to join in - see video for a good laugh!
By the time we left the fete it was a bit late to visit the chateau so just walked around the parts of the grounds that were open to the public. When we returned to the hotel we found that the owner had contacted the local bike repairer (who happened to be walking past the hotel on the way to the fete) who very kindly fixed Col's bike! Sunday afternoon, no double time and a half! Amazing! We will ask the bike hire company to reimburse the cost.
By this time it was beer o'clock, then 6pm is briefing for the next day, then 7.30 for dinner. Tonight we joined another couple from the group, Tony and Jan, who also lived in Canberra before moving to the coast.
We dined at a little restaurant a couple of doors down from the hotel with a limited traditional French menu. The food was excellent and the table service even better. See photos. The waiter had worked on cruise ships so he was well trained and spoke excellent English. Tony had dessert and it was Pavlova! Not the pavlova we know so I agreed to send a photo and a recipe of my mini-pavlovas to the waiter when we get home.
Another late night with too much good food and wine! C'est la vie!

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Thread: Image rotation problem, plz help
- 02-22-2011, 12:22 PM #1Member
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Image rotation problem, plz help
hey guys,
i have 2 problems with my rotating image, first when it rotates it is not a smooth rotation meaning the lines aren't very straight when the image is at an angle and 2nd when the image is rotated 180 degrees (pi radians) it has a vertical displacement by 1 pixel upwards i believe.
what i have is basically a stick rotating around the center of an oval, the stick rotates according to the mouse position. i set an anchor point for the rotation but i still have this vertical displacement at 180 deg, anything im doing wrong? here are my paint and MouseMoved methods, any help would be greatly appreciated, thx..
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g2.transform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(the ta, Ball.x+6, Ball.y+6));
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
o =-e.getY()+ cBall.y+6 ;
a =-e.getX() + cBall.x+6 ;
theta = Math.atan2(o, a);
}Last edited by brigadier90; 02-23-2011 at 11:13 AM.
- 02-27-2011, 07:51 PM #2the lines aren't very straight when the image is at an angle
when the image is rotated 180 degrees (pi radians) it has a vertical displacement by 1 pixel upwards i believe
And you can confirm this, no need to 'believe' -- just take two screenshots and compare them.
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its already cast to graphics2D, and i already tried that, this is the code i used:
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASIN G,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2.transform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(the ta, Ball.x+6, Ball.y+6));
still not smooth.
as for the offset heres the full explanation:
the ball is 13 pixels in diameter and the cue is 3 pixels thick and initially the cue is is at y = ball.y + 5 (pointing at the center of the ball),and x =ball.x+6 when it rotates 180 degrees aropund the ball the cue is one or maybe more pixels higher on the screen, technically its lower cause of the inverted y axis on java but on the screen its higher, the anchor point for the rotation is at the center of the ball(ball.x+6, ball.y+6), but when it rotates there is an offset. i just cant seem to figure out why, if i knew the reason i could work around it but im inda stuck. any ideas?
thanks a lot for replying and taking time to see this.
I suggest you post an SSCCE so that members here can run the code and see your problem. Make sure the code doesn't depend on any image file or other resource that we won't have access to.
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- 02-28-2011, 05:47 PM #5Member
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here is the SSCCE, instead of the images i drew and oval and a rect, the lines on the rect (stick) are straight now, but when i use the drawpic method the rendering hints dnt work.
Java Code:import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import javax.swing.*; public class SSCCE extends JPanel { public SSCCE(){ Handler handler = new Handler(); addMouseMotionListener(handler); Ballx = 200; Bally = 200; stickx = Ballx+6; sticky = Bally+5; } public void paintComponent(Graphics g){ super.paintComponent(g); g.fillOval(Ballx, Bally, 13, 13); Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g; g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); g2.transform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(theta, Ballx+6, Bally+6)); g2.setColor(Color.red); g2.fillRect(stickx,sticky,200,3); } private class Handler implements MouseMotionListener{ public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) { o =-e.getY()+ Bally+6 ; a =-e.getX() + Ballx+6 ; theta = Math.atan2(o, a); repaint(); } public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {} } double o; // used for stick rotation double a; //used for stick rotation double theta; // rotates stick private int stickx; private int sticky; private int Ballx; private int Bally; public static void main(String args[]){ JFrame f = new JFrame("SSCCE"); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.setSize(500,500); f.setVisible(true); SSCCE s = new SSCCE(); f.add(s); } }
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Re: Image rotation problem, plz help
Hello there!
This is my first post here.
I noticed that this is an old thread, but since I am working on something similar I thought I might share my work anyway .
Java Code:import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.io.File; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; import javax.swing.*; public class SSCCE extends JPanel { public SSCCE() { try { image = ImageIO.read(new File("Path_To_Stick.png")); } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(System.out); } Handler handler = new Handler(); Ballx = 200; Bally = 200; ballW = 20; ballH = 20; ballHalfW = ballW/2; ballHalfH = ballH/2; stickWidth = 3; stick = new Rectangle2D.Double(Ballx + ballHalfW - stickWidth/2, Bally + ballHalfH - stickWidth/2, 200, stickWidth); addMouseMotionListener(handler); } @Override public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g; g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); g.fillOval(Ballx, Bally, 20, 20); g2.transform(AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(theta-Math.PI, Ballx + 10, Bally + 10)); g2.setColor(Color.red); g2.fill(stick); if(image!=null) { g2.drawImage(image, null, (int)(stick.x + ballHalfW + 5), (int)(stick.y - image.getHeight()/2)); } } private class Handler implements MouseMotionListener { @Override public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) { o = -e.getY() + Bally + 10; a = -e.getX() + Ballx + 10; System.out.println(o + " " + a); theta = Math.atan2(o, a); //stick.setRect(Ballx + ballHalfW - stickWidth/2, Bally + ballHalfH - stickWidth/2, 200, 3); //no need for that since you are rotating the houl perspective anyway repaint(); } @Override public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) { } } BufferedImage image = null; double o; // used for stick rotation double a; //used for stick rotation double theta; // rotates stick double ballW, ballH;//width and height of the ball double ballHalfW, ballHalfH;//half of the ball width and height for convenience and efficiency final double stickWidth;//the width of the stick private Rectangle2D.Double stick;//the actual stick private int Ballx; private int Bally; public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame f = new JFrame("SSCCE"); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.setSize(500, 500); SSCCE s = new SSCCE(); f.add(s); f.setVisible(true); } }
Replace "Path_To_Stick.png" with your image location.
I hope this is what you were looking for and that it might help others.
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Drew Gulak has wrestled in Northeast Philadelphia before.
In April of 2005 - two months before he graduated — Gulak made his professional debut at Northeast High School. Back then, he was just getting started.
"It was my first match, but I had trained for about a year before," said Gulak, who starred on the Vikings' wrestling team. "That was a fun place to start because it was my home."
On Saturday night, Gulak returns to Northeast Philadelphia as part of House of Hardcore. The promotion will hold an all-star event at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory, Southampton Road and Roosevelt Boulevard, where the Rhawnhurst native will meet Tony Nese and Petey Williams.
The match is part of a big card that includes Tommy Dreamer against Abyss in a Monster's Ball match and former ECW legends the Dudley Boyz against former TNA stars Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian.
"Tommy Dreamer asked me if I wanted to wrestle, he came to CZW for a few matches and he asked me if I'd be interested, and, of course, I was," Gulak said. "CZW is great, but our home base is Voorhees (New Jersey) and even though it's right over the bridge, it's not Philly, so a lot of people don't come over to see me.
"I'm excited because Tony Nese was in TNA, I watched him there, and Petey Williams was in TNA for a long time. They're both very good wrestlers, so I'm looking forward to getting in the ring with them."
Gulak has wrestled all over the United States and has done tours of Europe. And while he is a proud member of Combat Zone Wrestling, he isn't your typical blood-and-guts star in the promotion known for wild brawls and bloody matches.
In fact, the crazy barbed wire and glass matches that CZW is known for is what drew Gulak to the promotion. But once he started training, he made a promise he wouldn't take part in those dangerous matches.
"That's not at all what I do, even though I love that kind of wrestling and it's what made me start watching," Gulak said. "But I don't do that. I was actually the CZW heavyweight champion for a while, and I love CZW, but I'm more of a wrestler. It's good because CZW has something for everyone."
Gulak is one of the top independent (think not signed with WWE or TNA) wrestlers in the country. And because of that, not only does he get to wrestle high-profile matches, but he's able to pass on that knowledge. He's been teaching at the CZW Academy for years.
"I didn't really think I was young to be doing it, but I guess so," Gulak said. "I came in and learned. And then the more you wrestle, the more you learn. Then after I was doing it for a few years, I would go and work out with new wrestlers. It's something I enjoy doing."
Wrestling is something that Gulak does because he's good at it and he loves it.
And while he's quite successful, he has yet to make it his full-time career.
He admits he probably could do it if he constantly traveled around the country, but right now he's content starring for CZW, working as a swimming instructor at the Northeast Racquet Club and spending time with his girlfriend, Liz Deitz.
"I love working as a swim instructor because I teach children, adults and adults with learning disabilities," Gulak said. "All are very rewarding. I love when I take an adult who has never swam before and teach them. It's incredible to see how great they feel after accomplishing that."
Teaching kids swimming? That doesn't sound like such a bad guy.
But believe it or not, the good-looking 27-year-old has been just that. It's all part of pro wrestling.
"Wrestling is all about being a psychology," Gulak said. "I studied behavioral science in college because I wanted to get better at reading people and doing either what they want if I'm a good guy or what they don't want if I'm a bad guy. I like both."
Still, he'll probably be the conquering hero on Saturday.
And he's looking forward to seeing a lot of friends in the crowd since he's competing about 10 minutes north of his home in Rhawnhurst.
"I think this will be a different crowd than I'm usually wrestling in front of," Gulak said. "I think there will be a lot of old ECW fans there because of Tommy Dreamer. And I think there will be a lot of people who just love wrestling. Hopefully, I get a bunch of friends out, family, and have fun." ••
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I've been thinking that I need to get out there and find a community in desperate need of books. So here's the story:
I grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Pine Ridge Reservation is a short drive away. I went to school with kids whose parents were still on the reservation all through out my school years. I knew that they had it hard out there. I knew they struggled and that life was bleak. I also remember when my friend Raymond came over to my house he was in awe over all my books.
So when I saw a website where they were asking for donations for a family (diapers, etc) in Pine Ridge, it clicked in my head. I had just found who needed me, needed us. Our help. I had just drove through there a couple weeks ago and had thought about them and wished I could find a way to help them. Just something to cheer them up, give them hope and something to wile away the time. I had forgotten about it though. It just slipped my mind. So when it came back to me it was like it was meant to be.
Here are some facts:
Pine Ridge is an Oglala Sioux Native American reservation. It's the eighth largest reservation (according to Wikipedia though I found other sources that said second largest) in the US. It's larger then Delaware and Rhode Island combined. It is within the boundaries of Shannon and Jackson counties which are two of the poorest counties in the US. According to a study by Colorado State University it's estimated the resident population at 28,787.
Pine Ridge is not only the eighth largest reservation in the US but it is the poorest. Unemployment is between 80-85% and 97% are below poverty level. Teen suicide is four times the national average. Many families have no electricity, phone, running water or sewer.
Pine Ridge has the shortest life expectancy out of any group in the Western Hemisphere. That is an average of 47 years for males and 52 years old for females. The infant mortality rate is five times the US national average.
School drop out rate is over 70%. The schools are in the bottom 10% in school funding. Teacher turn over is 800% that of the US national average.
Most live in rural and isolated areas. There are few paved roads and most rural homes are inaccessible during rain or snow. The weather is extreme. Severe winds, and bitter cold that can reach -50*F (I remember one winter was -60*F). Summers temperatures reach over 110*F.
There are no banks, discount stores, movie theaters. There is only one grocery store of moderate size and it is in Pine Ridge. There are NO PUBLIC LIBRARIES except the ONE at Oglala Lakota College.
Now imagine living in an area that vast and there only being a college library? Most people don't have access to a vehicle so many live a very long ways from any of the branches.
Fortunately the one library has a program running for the summer called the Build Your Own Library Project. They deliver books to each community. It's mainly about providing books to the children, but they also provide books for the adults who bring the children. LaVera is the wonderful librarian who I've been communicating with. She's assured me that they need books for all ages. She also says "The Build Your Own Library Project is our vehicle for book distribution during the summer months but we also deliver to our district branch libraries on a bi-weekly basis year round. In addition, we have delivered books to the juvenile detention center, senior citizen centers, and other places when the resources are available."
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She is a 2006 graduate of LEAD VIRGINIA and was selected by her class colleagues to serve as class graduation speaker.Horne was elected to public office in 2004 to the Leesburg, VA Town Council and in 2006 was elected vice mayor of the town of Leesburg.
During her four years in elected office, she co-founded the annual community Keep Leesburg Beautiful campaign and was a driving force in the creation of citizen task forces to successfully collaborate on community initiatives of neighborhood improvements, parks and trail networks and economic development. While on the council, she served as a voting delegate to the Virginia Municipal League representing Leesburg. She also served as council liaison to the Airport Commission and to the Leesburg and Loudoun County Economic Development Commissions.
As LEAD VIRGINIA's president and CEO, Horne works closely with the board of directors to guide the organization's strategic direction. She strives to build and maintain relationships with corporate and community partners across Virginia; works closely each year with regional curriculum planning teams for each of the seven program sessions; works with the alumni committee to plan and execute an annual alumni conference; and is responsible for recruiting a class representing a widely diverse group of Virginia's leaders each year. Horne has served as a frequent presenter at national and state conferences on community leadership.
Horne holds a master's degree in public administration and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Texas at El Paso. She is a 1999 fellow of the Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership from the University of Virginia. She is the former CEO of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce where during her tenure she established a major business-to-business expo and an array of business networking events, and served on the Loudoun School Business Partnership Executive Council to broaden business involvement in the local schools.Horne currently serves on the board of directors of the Virginia Leadership Association and the Richmond Regional Board for the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. She is a member of a national consortium of state leadership program directors.
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Obama Warns Russia on Ukraine Intervention, Silent on Cuban Intervention in Venezuela
U.S. President Barack Obama has rightfully warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin against military intervention in Ukraine.
The question remains whether Putin will heed Obama's warning after so many unconditionally extended hands; inconsequential breached "red lines"; and unilateral concessions to tyrants around the world.
Let's hope so, but it's not clear.
Unfortunately, in dealing with tyrannical leaders, our policymakers sometimes forget how concessions — or even apparent concessions — are interpreted as acts of weakness that embolden misbehavior.
The "nuances" of our policies are lost on them, for these tyrants aren't reasonable, peace-loving actors — they're anti-American megalomaniacs, obsessed with absolute power.
For example, extending permanent normal trade relations ("PNTR") to Russia (with the help of Congressional Republicans) in December 2012, while Putin was enabling a genocide in Syria, showed him the fickleness of our priorities. This would later come to bear in his giving U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden refuge and protecting Assad after he breached Obama's chemical weapons "red line."
(This is also a reminder of why the Chamber of Commerce should not formulate U.S. foreign policy.)
Similarly, this was the problem with easing travel sanctions for "people-to-people" trips to Cuba in January 2011, while the Castros hold a U.S. hostage and increase repression against their own people. This untimely decision showed the Castros that there are no consequences to misdeeds — hence the illegal trafficking of weapons to North Korea, welcoming Russian military ships to Cuba and committing acts of violence against the Venezuelan people.
Yet, in contrast to Russia's intervention in Ukraine, the Obama Administration remains silent regarding Cuba's ongoing intervention in Venezuela.
Perhaps Obama should borrow from his statement on Ukraine, and issue a similar warning to Cuba's regime:
"Over the last several days, the United States has been responding to events as they unfold in Ukraine (Venezuela). Throughout this crisis, we have been very clear about one fundamental principle: The Ukrainian (Venezuelan) people deserve the opportunity to determine their own future… We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation (Cuba) inside of Ukraine (Venezuela)… It would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the Ukrainian (Venezuelan) people… The United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine (Venezuela)."
The Venezuelan people deserve no less.
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I bet that old fart is wearing Hush Puppies shoes with that uniform.
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Posted on 03/28/2010 4:28:51 AM PDT by tobyhill
Representative Henry Waxman called the chief executive officers of AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Caterpillar Inc. and Deere & Co. to provide evidence to support costs the companies plan to book related to the new health-care law.
Waxman of California, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak of Michigan released letters they wrote to the executives, saying their plans to record expenses against earnings as a result of the law contradict other estimates. The lawmakers requested the executives appear at hearing Stupak plans on April 21.
The new law is designed to expand coverage and bring down costs, so your assertions are a matter of concern, Waxman and Stupak, both Democrats, wrote in the letters yesterday. They also appear to conflict with independent analyses.
AT&T, the biggest U.S. phone company, is among employers that have announced plans to book costs related to the health- care law signed this week by President Barack Obama. The 10- year, $940-billion legislation is intended to cover 32 million uninsured Americans and provide benefits such as restricting premiums and ending the practice of denying coverage for pre- existing conditions.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessweek.com ...
Tell the criminals to pack sand.
Dear Waxy:
Screw you.
OK, boys and girls, this is the way it's going to be. Not only are you going to take your medicine, you're going to LIKE it.
Waxman and Stupid Stupak just contradicted Obama's claim that premiums for companies will decrease between 15% and 20%.
Next up, "premiums would have increased more if we hadn't acted".
This is gonna be popcorn time, I'm thinking.
I heard earlier today that about 3500 companies participate in this program. And if publicly traded, they ALL have to report these losses within the quarter they are announced. Which is the first quarter of 2010. That is the law.
The deadline of which is Wednesday this upcoming week.
The Pig Man is trying to intimidate these companies.
Not only do Americans get screwed by this health bill we have to have people like the Pig Man Waxman harass them.
More discussion here. Good explanation at post #34. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2481533/posts
Of course we must trot out DemonRAT lapdog GE to say "we don't expect to have higher costs this year".
Who to believe....?
Hey Nostrilus, can we give them a Show Trial like you love to put on for the media? Somehow, I'll bet he doesn't want cameras around when these guys start quoting figures.
No Charge at GE
General Electric Co., the worlds biggest maker of jet engines, power-plant turbines and locomotives, said today it doesnt anticipate taking a charge tied to the health-care law.
GE, of Fairfield, Connecticut, doesnt see any material effect from the law, spokeswoman Anne Eisele said today.
I also think that it should have a big ole'
ATT is required by law to tell their shareholders the truth. Waxman and the rest of his lying politician cronies are under no such constraint.
Yeah. No doubt. This is most extremely interesting in how its going to play out.
You don't think it'll amount to telling truth to power do you?
The fact is, the more "victories" the Democrats accumulate, the more they "own".
Waxman and Stupak. Thank you, Dems, for providing two such excellent examples of your intellectual prowess. "Holy crap," as Frank Barone would say.
Let's see if I got Waxman's rant about right.
Guess certain members of Congress won't have much of a recess. They will be too busy threatening CEOs (and news media) between now and Tuesday.
Most of the media simply won't report the losses.
3 Percent? That's 3 orders of magnitude below the savings of 3000% as claimed by our dear leader.
Please, CEOs, kick the polemic crap out of that freak of nature, Waxman, and other socialists on the panel. Show them and the rest of us that the country is not the government and that the country will not stand by to be spoliated by a small group of social planners headed by a community organizer.
It is UTTER MADDNESS!
Waxman to corporations-
"Here are the new hellcare laws! You must spent a billion dollars, or else! What? Your accounting says it will cost you a billion dollars? COOK YOUR BOOKS to say otherwise! We CANNOT have the American public knowing we LIED......yet again!"
Obama and the Dems made such a deal: Corporations were paying for 72% of pharmaceutical benefits for retirees and the government was paying for 28%. This kept retirees out of medicare prescription coverage. Now that the cost has gone up because the government no longer is going to send the Corporations the 28% Obama & the Dems are stunned that 1) accounting rules dictate that the coporations have to book the loss of the 28% for the next few decades that they anticipate the retirees receiving this benefit will live and estimate the liability on new retirees AND calculate if now is the right time to bump them off the corporate benefit plan and make medicare absorb 100% of the cost of them.
Real smart there obama.
I'm sure you saw yesterday the dems were ALREADY BLAMING Repubs for the 'mandatory coverage for everyone' part of the bill! And the media ran with it, reporting it as fact.
As more poop hits the fan, before long I expect the media to report that Repubs wrote the ENTIRE BILL!
Dems own it and they can SHOVE IT.
Gentlemen, See that man over there he is from the IRS. Have any of you ever had your personal returns audited?
I got a feeling the CEOs will fall in line with the government line.
That is because, unlike 3M, AT & T, Caterpillar, etc, GE long ago DUMPED their retirees off the prescription benefit and onto the taxpayer by moving them to medicare coverage. Now AT & T, 3M etc will be inclined to do the same as they are expected to foot 100% of the cost of retiree prescriptions instead of 72%.
The costs of the health bill will ultimately be billed to consumers, which can only weaken America's corporations and lead to further downward pressures on an already shakey economy. Our nation's congressmen clearly flunked Econ 101; not that they care - unlike workers in the private sector, their salaries and perks are all quite ample and secure, thank you.
This is hilarious!
This is like a pharmaceutical company demanding that a dying man prove he is dying because they have an independent analysis that showed their medicine was the cure.
"We have an independent analysis, dammit!!! You can't die!!!"
You are NOT over reacting.
I have been amazed and HORRIFIED watching the suppression of free speech since the beginning of the Obama campaign first started.
Anyone who cannot see the parallels between him and Hitler is just closed minded. It is glaringly obvious!
It is apples & oranges. The loss to AT&% and others arises because they still carry retirees on their benefit plans for prescription coverage. Previously the government was paying 28% of this cost but no more - this bill cuts off that 28% so the companies have to book the additional expense for all future years in the current period as a result of the loss of this 28%. BUT they will also now do what GE did a long time ago - dump retirees prescriptions on medicare and so medicare will now pay 100% instead of 28%.
Math ain't Obamalamadingdong's strong suit......
True. Remember unemployment is supposed to be no greater than 8%, right?
I didn't get that far in my studies of it, but can I also assume do to "Sarbanes Oxley" they have to report it right away, and the CEO must sign it and risk jail time if they don't? It sounds like they will "ammortize" the loss over the time frame you mentioned vs. taking a one time hit, Why?
The irony is Corp America is held to a much higher accounting standard than Congress. The RNC should in their 2nd Contract with America (what ever they call it, if they even have the brains to go their) make Congress abide by Sarbanes Oxley. Then watch the resignations and watch them reach for the Kayopectate.
Nope. I did not see the Dems accusing the Repubs insisting that universal coverage be part and parcel of the Dems universal health care bill.
That's a hoot.
Got link?
They can't "fall in line", they would be breaking the law and would go to jail. This administration has no power to force these companies to come in for an "interrogation", regardless of what they say. If they had the power they would have issued subpoenas.
Honest to goodness, we've never had a dumber group of people in charge.
It's downright stunning.
Indeed. GE seems to be playing nicely at the government's game. Submissive, quiet, funny accounting, just what the democrats ordered.
Ah, well that explains a whole lot.
Too bad the article didn't include that piece of vital information.
Thanks for the info.
I don't think you're overreacting. It will very soon be illegal to demur in any way from our Great Leader's plans. Let me clarify: it won't actually be illegal, because there won't actually be any laws providing this. But they won't need the laws, because they'll enforce it in other ways, ranging from media shows to tax harrassment to, if they can manage it, trumped up criminal charges on other matters.
So GE doesn't cover any prescription costs of its retirees? That piece of information won't be reported, of course.
No to amortizing the loss. The company carried a liability on its balance sheet representing a projected cost for retiree benefits for a few decades of expense based on having to pay 72% of the losses. They had already hit the income statement with this charge as they built the liability up over financial years as employees retired and the company decided to allow them to remain on the company drug plan. Now the calculations for all those years are off by the 28% the government was paying. They have to take a hit now on the income statement for the entire amount that loss of 28% for a number of years in the future represents based on actuary calculations. The companies will now weight whether they should just dump the retirees off the company drug plan and onto the government (medicare) so medicare pays 100% of the cost. If they did this they could reverse a lot of accrued expense on their books and then watch the Democrats brag how their HCR enabled companies to shave costs WHEN IN FACT their doing so dumped it on medicare!
Bizarro world.
They'd better fly "commercial" to D.C.
Reality really bites, don't it Nostrils?
HD1200 has an explanation at Post #26.
Oops, sorry - Post #27.
Nostildamas predicts that costs will come down.
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By Ellen Ernst Kossek and Kelly Hannum
If you've squeezed all the productivity gains you can out of your workforce or the people around you are stressed out or disengaged, we've got some advice: Be more flexible about how, when and where your employees work.
This isn't a plug for formal telecommuting or flextime programs. It's an argument for adapting work in ways that allow for the greatest productivity by taking into account individual differences.
Let us explain.
Typically, we think of productivity and efficiency in terms of creating work structures and routines that boost output and reduce error. This approach is fine – as far as it goes. But individual productivity should also be factored in.
Research (our own and others') shows that employees are healthier, experience less stress, and are more productive and engaged when they effectively make choices about how, where and when they work. One way to do this is by responding to individual "work styles."
Consider Kevin. He works at a firm that has been slow to hire even though business is growing. Kevin manages several key initiatives and is on the road twice as much as he was last year. Even so, he is expected to put in significant "face time" at the office. Kevin schedules flights on evenings and weekends, and commutes into the office even when much of his work could be done remotely. And, since he's connected 24/7 via his smart phone, he feels pressure to maintain a visible online presence by responding to even non-urgent emails.
Here's the thing: Kevin loves his work and is willing to put in long hours to be successful. But, juggling his many roles and responsibilities is starting to strain his work, his health and his marriage. Although he won't admit it, Kevin often feels distracted and not at the top of his game.
The key for Kevin is to better manage his time and energy so he can be more accomplished both at work and at home. Some changes he could make on his own; others require support. To boost his focus and productivity, Kevin should first clarify his preferred ways to work by asking questions such as:
- How am I currently managing boundaries between work and personal life? Do I let work interrupt family? Family interrupt work? Both or neither?
- How do I describe my primary identity? Am I primarily work focused, family focused, equally focused on work and family? Or is my primary identity tied other interests such as recreation, athletics, volunteering, religious activities?
- To what degree do I have control over how I manage transitions between work and family?
- How engaged and effective am I? What changes would I like to make?
For example, Kevin would like the flexibility to work from home occasionally or travel during the work day or take a longer lunch to exercise at the gym. These changes would suit his preferred work style, giving him more energy and strengthening his commitment to his work. But to do this consistently and confidently, Kevin also needs reassurance from his boss that he's a valued employee and that face time is less important than results.
As a boss, you can support your employees and create a high-performance culture by leveraging employees' work styles in four ways:
First, focus on results that matter. Many managers worry that employees will take advantage of flexible arrangements. Or they don't know how to be both flexible and fair. The key is to establish a work culture that focuses on the results that matter most for the business. Of course, this requires you to clearly understand your organization's goals, be a good communicator of your expectations and define results accordingly.
Second, personalize it. People work effectively in different ways. Some employees may want to blend their work and family roles; others prefer to keep them separated. For example, some will view working while on vacation as a stress-free way to stay on top of things. Other employees will find working on vacation as a stressful intrusion and it may contribute to burnout. As a boss, your role is to help employees mesh their preferred style and needs with their work reality.


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fuckkkk, he killed it. if you missed this i feel bad for you.
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fuckkkk, he killed it. if you missed this i feel bad for you.
He/They were fucking awesome, best set of the weekend for me.
Best set of the weekend for me as well. Phenomenal!
Simply Amazing! I'm glad I went to see them, I was having doubts but it was proba ly the best decision of the weekend.
Agreed, best of the weekend!
I was so happy I caught this. Really amazing. More than what I expected.
definitely top 5 for me this weekend. the balance of mellow ambiance and driving rhythms was just what i needed.
his was the only performance that came close to making me feel the way i felt at fever ray last year. and the screens showing the sunset behind the ferris wheel during the set? done.
Caught the last three tracks of Trentemøller and enjoyed it. Wished I would have caught more.
Killed! not best of weekend but definately killed. needed bigger stage!
This set was GREAT! Will post some video of it later today. One of the best sets of the weekend.
SO FUCKING GOOD! Was amazing, thank you GV
Such a fucking good set. I danced my ass off.
Hopefully my heads up after he annihilated sxsw Got a few people to go. I expected nothing less. Wish I could have gone.
It was so amazing, also having Ratatat follow was just insane. I was so happy.
"take me into your skin" as the sun was setting, surrounded by my friends and all you fantastic muthafuckas. I cried
Great set to see while the sun went down, I think he was the one that brought all that wind to Coachella afterwards.
Couldn't agree more!!! This set was legendary, i'm still speechless after witnessing it. Absolutely LOVED the crowd (maybe the best of the weekend along with cut copy), the energy was immense and it was an all-out dance party. THANK YOU TRENTEMOLLER!!!!!!! Hot damn that shit was FIRE!!!!
Undeniably the best set of the weekend for me. My first Coachella too.
It was like the wind was a part of his set at times, and that harmonica was the one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
I managed to watch about 5 songs before Duck Sauce and they were all phenomenal. Definitely one of the highest level electronic music performances of the weekend for sure. I think maybe I would have preferred to see him in an intimate, headline setting, though. There's just so much else going on in the festival at the same time that it can be hard to give a performance of that quality the attention and appreciation it deserves.
Blew me away! LOVED every second of it. Moan made me moan out loud.. Thought I scared the people around me but they were feeling it too..
Killed. They really finished with a bang.
Gah, I was upset they didn't webcast this. Would have been one of my must-sees had we been there.
Does anyone remember the setlist?
I know they opened with The Mash and the Fury.
Other songs I remember hearing:
Silver Surfer Ghost Rider Go
Take Me Into Your Skin
I think I heard Sycamore Feeling but I can't remember too well.
it was amazing!! so glad my friend dragged me to this. I danced my ass off.
I just went though all of the sets I saw and I'm going to say that Trentemøller was definitively the best one, in my opinion. The exaltation after and during every song was not matched at any other sets I witnessed. I saw Ratatat afterwards and the greatest cheer from one of their songs did not even come close to matching the smallest cheer at the end of one of the songs during the Trentemøller set. The Ratatat crowd looked bigger too...
I only knew 2 tracks and wasn't sure what to expect, so I was just following the hype when I chose to see them. I loved every damn second, it was just magic. More than 1 person stopped me to ask who the band was. I guess I looked like I know what's going on.


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In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April, Guess is partnering up with Los Angeles non-profit organization Peace Over Violence for Denim Day. Denim Day will be observed on April 23rd across the nation as people wear jeans to raise awareness about sexual violence and support those who have been victims of sexual assault. To support this effort Guess Inc. and the Guess Foundation have made a donation of $100,000 to benefit Peace Over Violence in its mission to end sexual violence. The Denim Day movement was created after an Italian Supreme Court case sparked international outrage when judges did not convict a rapist due to the fact that the victim wore tight-fitting jeans thus "implying consent."
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Martha Heller is the President of Heller Search Associates, and the author of The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership. In addition to placing a number of high profile IT executives, she also writes about hers and many other placements for CIO magazine together with advice for chief information officers everywhere. She has developed a strong personal brand, and has helped improve the personal brands of IT executives who have adopted some of her methods.
In light of this experience, I recently caught up with Martha to engage her on the topic of the CIO's First 100 Days. Since she is often in touch with CIOs before they get their jobs, and then stays in touch as their tenures progress, she offers some interesting insights into how CIOs should prioritize their activities early in their tenures to ensure that executive recruiters are not called back in for a replacement soon thereafter.
(This is the eleventh article in the CIO's First 100 Days series. To read prior interviews in the series with the CIOs of Intel, Caterpillar, J. Crew, and Johnson & Johnson to name a few, please visit this link. To listen to a podcast interview I conducted with Martha Heller, please visit this link. To read future interviews in the series with the CIOs of AmerisourceBergen, Viacom, and Amtrak, please click the "Follow" link above.)
Peter High: Martha, as an executive recruiter, your client is the hiring manager to the CIO. You learn about what the prior CIO did well, and, more often than not, what he or she did not do well. Of course, all of that is taken into consideration in finding the right candidate for the position. Let me begin by asking what thoughts you have about the reasons why CIOs typically fail, and have the factors evolved over the course of your career as a recruiter?
Martha Heller: CIOs fail because they have not managed to build credibility with their business peers. Technology is expensive; technology is complicated, and technology does not always work the way we want it to. When the inevitable happens, and people are not happy with their technology, it is the CIO who bears the brunt of all of that frustration.
Over the years, the situation has evolved, but not necessarily for the better. Years ago, the CIOs role was to make IT work operationally, and when it didn't, they were held account able by their CEOs. Today, IT still needs to work operationally, but it also needs to innovate. CIOs need to keep IT efficient and secure, but they also need to deliver new technologies to drive new revenue and take the company into new markets.
While the demands on the CIO have evolved, the tools CIOs need to meet those demands have not changed. The CIOs who are successful, despite these competing demands, do one thing very well: They build solid relationships, developed through years of successful IT delivery, so that when technology sputters (as technology will do) they have the credibility to weather the storm.
High: Are there certain things that new CIOs do in their first 100 days to set themselves up for success?
Heller: In their first 100 days, CIOs need to do a number of things in parallel. First is to find some low-hanging fruit --- a technology problem that has been creating problems for internal users for years, but that could be fixed by a relatively simple (and inexpensive) solution. CIOs should not attempt to re-engineer all of the back-end systems in their first 100 days. Most companies provide a "target-rich" environment for new CIOs looking to add value right away. CIOs need to find their target and deliver. The good-will they create from that early quick-fix will give them the space and support to start working on the longer-term initiatives.
Second, CIOs should spend much of their first 100 days with their major business partners. If the new CIO's predecessor was fired, he probably spent too much of his time holed up in his office with his head down. By setting meetings with the business unit presidents, the chief marketing officer, the head of operations and other key leaders, the new CIO will make a powerful statement about his leadership role in the organization.
Not only does this "get out and meet the business" strategy send a message about the changing IT regime, it allows the new CIO to learn an awful lot about the new business – another skill critical to CIO success.
Finally, CIOs need to spend some time with their IT team. Again, if the previous CIO was asked to leave, life has not been fun for the IT organization. A demoralized IT team is an unproductive IT team. The CIO needs to send a strong message to his team that they are skilled, valued, and will be well represented to the rest of the company. This attention also allows the CIO to assess his team as he starts building the new IT organization.
High: Do you see any patterns in what they do in the first, second, and third months on the job?
Heller: Most CIOs spend the first, second and third months working three parallel paths simultaneously:, attending to "easy fix" problems right way, meeting with executives and learning the business, and assessing their own teams. But if we were to break it down into how they approach each individual month, I would say that the first month is listening and learning, the second month is planning, and the third month is delivering on some part of that plan.
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BOSTON – At least three former Sea Dogs are still in the Eastern League and one, Tommy Hottovy, will likely be facing his old team this week.
Hottovy, 31, is relieving for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Hottovy pitched in parts of five seasons for the Sea Dogs, moving from starter to reliever.
In 2011, Hottovy ascended from Portland to Pawtucket to Boston. He was sent back down to Pawtucket that year. After the season he signed with the Kansas City Royals, and pitched in both the majors and Triple-A.
Kansas City traded Hottovy to Texas this past offseason. But when the Rangers took him off the 40-man roster, the Blue Jays claimed him on waivers. Eventually, Toronto also took him off its 40-man roster and Hottovy signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays.
Assigned to New Hampshire, Hottovy has appeared in 12 games through Thursday. He's pitching mostly scoreless outings, along with a few rough ones, giving him a 6.60 ERA early in the season.
CALEB CLAY WAS another pitcher to leave the Red Sox as a minor league free agent. Clay, 25, signed with the Nationals after the 2012 season and is with the Double-A Harrisburg Senators.
Clay, once a sandwich-round draft pick out of high school, was eventually moved to the bullpen by the Red Sox. He never advanced past the Sea Dogs.
With the Senators, Clay is again a starter and shining. Through Thursday he was 3-1 with a 2.75 ERA in six starts.
STOLMY PIMENTEL is starting for the Altoona Curve after the Red Sox traded him to Pittsburgh in the offseason in the Joel Hanrahan deal. Pimentel, 23, is 2-0 with a 1.99 ERA, and that's after a tough start Thursday (six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings).
CHRIS BALCOM-MILLER is still with the Red Sox organization but had been stranded in Fort Myers, Fla., until last week. Balcom-Miller, 24, was working his way back to health in extended spring training after being shut down with back problems. He was finally cleared to leave and arrived at advanced Class A Salem.
Balcom-Miller will eventually be in Portland. He came to Hadlock Field in the middle of 2011 as a starter. Last year, after 12 starts, Balcom-Miller and his sinking fastball converted to the bullpen. He had a 3.62 ERA in 14 relief appearances.
KYLE KAMINSKA began the season in the Sea Dogs rotation but had a 9.00 ERA after four starts. He was sent to Salem where he gave up six runs in 12 1/3 innings.
After those two starts in Salem, Kaminska, 25, decided to retire. Drafted out of high school in 2007 by the Marlins, Kaminska was in his seventh pro season. He came to the Red Sox this past offseason from Pittsburgh in a trade for pitcher Zach Stewart.
THE SEA DOGS have been in New England since May 3. They finish their series in New Britain on Sunday. After taking Monday off, they play three games in Manchester, N.H., before starting a seven-game homestand Friday.
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My ongoing struggle with wildlife
A couple of nights ago I was sitting on the front porch after having put both girls to bed trying to enjoy the cool evening temperature and setting sun.
Little pink stars along a dirt path in the mountains. Summer in Utah is why I live here.
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How many hours I've spent in photoshop designing things, trying to get that perfect gradient, the one right there between the yellow and magenta in the center of this lily. And nature just whips it out like it ain't no big thang.


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Supermodel Adriana Lima may be the only pregnant woman who isn't craving chocolate.
"It's funny because I used to love chocolate -- I was such a chocolate lover until I got pregnant!" she told Usmagazine.com at a Louis Vuitton event in NYC Monday. "But now it just doesn't appeal to me at all. I haven't really had any since I got pregnant." The Victoria's Secret stunner -- who announced she and new husband, NBA player Marko Jaric, were expecting their first child in May -- hopes her sweet tooth isn't gone forever. "I guess that's a good thing since it's chocolate and it's probably not good for the baby to eat too much sugar, but I hope I get my love of chocolate back afterwards because I really did enjoy it!" she tells Us. Still, the chocolate detox seems to be agreeing with her. "I've really never felt better," she says of being pregnant. "I feel like I'm glowing because I just -- right now --I just have everything. My life is complete right in this moment." Although the Brazilian model tells Us that she plans to be surprised with the sex of the baby, it hasn't stopped her and Jaric from filling the nursery. "We actually went out and bought a stroller the other day even though I'm only 17 weeks pregnant!" Lima says. "He was telling me that he can't wait to push the stroller around and how he's going to be the proudest dad in the whole world." Have the soon-to-be parents agreed on any names? "Not yet!" she tells Us. "But we will!" Source |


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Maybe it was the multi-year modeling contract she recently signed, or maybe the pressure's just too much when your sister's in and out of rehab and jail, your dad's on "Celebrity Rehab," and your mom is trying to make a movie starring your brother as a junkie. Either way, Lindsay Lohan's 17-year-old sister, Ali, has become downright gaunt. After she was photographed in Beverly Hills this week, Us and other tabs wondered if Ali had undergone plastic surgery to make her cheekbones and chin so much more prominent. But we think there's a high probability that those newly scrawny limbs, utter lack of curves and emaciated facial bone structure are related to a lack of food. Ugh -- just in time for Fashion Week. (DailyMail)


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When a man who spoke only Spanish made repeated calls to 911 earlier this year, Vigo County Central Dispatch reached out to Indiana State University for help.
Did the ISU Public Safety Department have an officer on duty who spoke Spanish?
Unfortunately, the department did not, ISU dispatcher Sandra Stuck recalled.
The calls kept up for more than an hour. By the time university police reached Theresa Ortega, who teaches conversational Spanish at Indiana State and Ivy Tech Community College, the calls had stopped. Ortega called the man's cell phone but there was no answer and no voice mail.
"So we didn't know if that person died, if they lived, if it was a house fire or someone bleeding. We didn't know what the problem was," Stuck said.
Because of that incident, Stuck jumped at the chance when she learned Ortega would be teaching a class in conversational Spanish for law enforcement.
"That's why I wanted to take this class - to perhaps help somebody down the road, find out if there is a problem and to get help to them."
Ortega, whose main job is as an administrative assistant in ISU's recreational sports department, is the first person in Indiana and the first person in the country other than a law enforcement officer or firefighter to be certified to teach the course by Public Safety Language Training.
Ortega's father is originally from Venezuela. Her parents met when they attended Indiana State. Her family moved to Venezuela when she was 5. When her parents divorced, she returned to Indiana with her mother.
She previously served as an interpreter for city, county and federal courts in Terre Haute. In the three month class for law enforcement, Ortega doesn't expect her students to become fluent in Spanish, but she does hope they learn enough to be able to communicate in emergencies.
"It takes an average adult five years to become fluent, but they will be very qualified first responders," she said. "The important thing is getting the information from the person who is hurt or who needs assistance, finding out what the crux of the matter is and getting them some help. That's what these officers and dispatchers will be able to do."
With few police officers in Terre Haute and Vigo County able to speak and understand Spanish, encounters with the area's growing Spanish-speaking population sometimes lead to misunderstandings and heightened tensions, officers said.
"We have a lot of Hispanics who live in town. It seems like the majority of them don't speak English or speak very little English," Terre Haute police officer Mike Ellerman said. "Then when they're around us they forget all that because they don't want to talk to us. They don't want to get in trouble. But a lot of times we're not trying to get them in trouble, we're just trying to help them."
Ortega's lessons move at a fast pace and she keeps thing fun, often passing out stickers to students when they do well and praising them with a "Muy bueno!" or an "Excelente."
Two-thirds of the way through the 12-week class, her students report their studies are progressing nicely.
"It's going well," Ellerman said. "I had three years of Spanish in high school so that helps. I think I'm doing all right. I'm at least able to understand what they're saying."
The small class size of three dispatchers and two officers, coupled with software that demonstrates the correct pronunciation of words, helps, said ISU officer Tamara Watts.
"It's easy to retain because of the repetition and the software we're using so you know the proper way to say things. Vocabulary is the biggest challenge because one word can mean two or three different things," Watts said.
Words that may be spoken in harmless fun in English can be taken quite seriously in Spanish, said ISU dispatcher Tonia Tucker.
"For example, calling somebody stupid. A lot of us will sometimes whip that off and not think about the consequences of it, whereas in another nationality it is very offensive," Tucker said.
Even occupations and places common in the United States, such as "babysitter" and "nursing home" don't exist in most Latin American countries, Tucker noted.
Ortega's students learn both formal Spanish, the preferred style for addressing adults the speaker does not know, and informal Spanish, used when communicating with acquaintances or with children.
"The child may know more English than the parent so sometimes officers may be able to get more assistance through them," she said.
The difference between formal and informal Spanish is much more than simply addressing people as "senor" or "senora." It also involves the use of different verbs, Ortega explained.
The officers and dispatchers taking the class should be commended, she said, especially because of the schedule that results.
Ellerman, for example, frequently attends the 7 a.m. class after working an overnight patrol shift and then may have to report for training with other Terre Haute police officers at 8 a.m.
But the effort will be worth it if it helps him overcome a language barrier that can lead to unnecessary tension, he said.
"Sometimes that little bit of a barrier escalates to where it becomes hostile when it doesn't need to be. The main reason I wanted to do it is just to make it a lot easier to deal with these types of situations, to just be able to communicate."
Photos: http://isuphoto.smugmug.com/photos/928733403_9RwuU-L.jpg - Representatives of area police departments taking a conversational Spanish class at Indiana State University are (left to right) Sandra Stuck, ISU Public Safety Department dispatcher; Tamara Watts, ISU police officer; Tonia Tucker, ISU dispatcher; and Brian Pierce, ISU police officer. (ISU/Tony Campbell)http://isuphoto.smugmug.com/photos/949400762_cyXWV-L.jpg - Theresa Ortega teaches conversational Spanish for law enforcement at Indiana State University (ISU/Tony Campbell)
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Linux Foundation Recommends Say "No" to OpenXML
The Linux Foundation has taken a clear position on the acceptance of Microsoft's OpenXML format as an international ISO standard. The Foundation recommends that standardization committees in the countries involved in the process say "No" to the application.
Amanda McPherson, Head of Marketing with Linux Foundation quotes several reasons for dismissing the move. In the Linux organization's opinion, it would server users better if all suppliers, including Microsoft, were to implement the approved ISO Open Document Format standard (ODF). This would remove the need for time-consuming conversions between various formats.
At the same time, the statement by Linux Foundation criticizes Microsoft's Office OpenXML specification as too bulky and immature. Additionally, the document format is Windows and Microsoft-centered with frequent references to the vendor's proprietary standards.
More arguments against Microsoft's format are quoted by the members of the Foundation's desktop working group, which includes Knoppix creator Klaus Knopper and Jeremy Allison, who currently works for Google.
Linux Foundation thus advises all ISO member committees who have not yet cast their votes to say no and add their comments. The voting period ends September 2.
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Old Linux Kernel Bug Discovered
The bug was introduced back in 2009 and has been lurking around all this time.
OpenSSH 7.5 Released
The new release deprecates the sshd_config UsePrivilegeSeparation option.
Ubuntu Touch Not Dead
Lives on as a community project
Dell Launches Five New Linux Systems
Five new systems join Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition that come with Ubuntu pre-installed.
Microsoft Takes Skype for Linux Out of Alpha
The Skype Linux client now has almost the same capabilities that it enjoys on other platforms.
CeBIT 2017 OpenStack Day
At CeBIT 2017, OpenStack Day will offer a wide range of lectures and discussions.
Munich Plans to Ditch Linux and Go Back to Windows
A major setback for the Linux desktop.
Linux Kernel 4.10 Comes with New Security Features
Improved support for GPU in virtualization.
OpenSUSE Site Hacked
News site for the openSUSE community falls victim to a Wordpress exploit.
LibreOffice Goes Online with 5.3 Release
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Thanks for your comment, the hats always sell well. I've been making them for about 14 years so most people I know have brought them for their children.
Hope you do well with the flowers... so much cheaper then Liberty's, that's why I started making them. Once you start you can't stop, I see you have the same problem!!! I've only made 4 this weekend..... 1 for the swap, 2 for a pair of gloves I'm giving as a birthday gift & 1 for a member of staff... she works really hard so it was her treat... what a nice boss!!!... now I'm not sure the boys would agree!! x
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