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DEAR AMY: My 19-year-old college daughter is prone to headaches and depression, so I try to be careful about what I say to her so as not to add to her "problems." I have two issues that I have tried to address with her without success.
First, she can't get over her "first love," who decided to leave her more than a year ago. She hosts a website, where she continues to post her "undying love for him" and posts partially nude pictures of other women/couples that she sees on the Internet.
I have told her repeatedly that she is young, beautiful and smart, and she would soon meet someone who will value her for what a great person she really is.
On the second issue, I am afraid that her (hoped-for) master's degree and employment prospects may be adversely affected if school administrators/future employers uncover this website and deem her to be unsuitable. I think any decent, respectable man who might be interested in her may be turned off if he sees what she posts on her website. Could you please help?
Worried Mother
DEAR WORRIED: If your honesty consistently brings on a headache or depression for your daughter, then you are allowing her fragility to manipulate you. This isn't good for either of you. She needs to see a physician and a therapist regularly, if she doesn't already. I agree with you that her behavior falls outside the norm, and that her grief over the breakup with her former boyfriend should have abated by now.
If her partial-nudity website is creative, interesting, well-done and not breaking any laws, then it might not have extreme negative consequences. If it's as whack-a-doo as you make it sound, I agree it's both a turnoff and a cry for help.
Focus on getting your daughter professional help to get a handle on her depression and self-esteem.
DEAR AMY: I have been having issues with my best friend of 15 years, "Jackie." She will make plans with me and then just not show up, with no call or text to say she had to cancel. She even failed to meet me in another city and left me stranded there when she didn't show up. I have spoken to her before about how she is treating me, but nothing has changed.
I have come to the conclusion that she does not care enough to make any effort to change her behavior. In the past week, every attempt to find out why she has been treating me so unfairly has been ignored. I no longer want to be a part of this relationship, but how can I convey this to her, considering that she refuses to communicate with me?
Confused Friend
DEAR FRIEND: Do not make any further attempts to communicate with this person. Any message worth communicating has already been conveyed (mainly by her). She does not care about you. She does not want to spend time with you. She is unreliable, rude and a danger to your self-esteem.
Start the new year by deleting her phone number from your phone, "unfriending" her on whatever social media you use and basically wiping your life clean of this toxic presence.
Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.


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maybe you should bring back reader reviews?
I never really trusted the reader reviews...it seemed like they reviewed a certain game because they had a strong enough emotion towards it to make them do it, either they really loved it, or they really hated it. Compared to the staff reviews where they review the game as unbiased as they can because that's part of the job description.

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How Do You Get Someone to Read Your Email?
I love this meme. I can still hear the AOL sound clip in my mind saying "You've Got Mail!" Back then, email was such a phenomenon (especially through AOL), that a film plot with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan was built around the concept. Not long after, email became so common and inundated with spam that most users end up ignoring most messages that come in.


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Job DescriptionIBM Global Markets is currently seeking a Storage Solutions Sales Specialist for Systems. This position is responsible for the sales of IBM Storage Solutions Portfolio in the Communications Market in the Mid-Atlantic Region.S torage Specialists are consultants to IBM clients. They deliver industry centric business solutions to clients of all sizes and markets. As a client-facing, sales professional, you will be guided by IBM's purpose – to be essential to its clients; help them grow their businesses by solving strategic and tactical business problems with IBM's proven hardware, software defined (SDSS) and Hybrid cloud-based storage solutions. We are seeking individuals interested in making an impact in selling IBM's Storage portfolio.Key Responsibilities:
Use business acumen to understand the client's business requirements, technical requirements and/or competitive landscape.
Collaborate with IBM Software and Services teams to define, design, and detail the aspects and feasibility of proposed integrated solutions
Work with the technical team to deliver effective Proof of Concept (POC), Proof of Technology (POT), support critical situations
Actively engage with clients to develop the trust and credibility to help them grow their businesses by solving strategic and tactical business problems with IBM's proven cognitive and cloud technology solutions
Apply IBM brand strategies and offerings, methods and models, to ensure world-class design and delivery
Demonstrated level of business acumen as it applies to the client's business
Skilled in provocative consultative selling, with an understanding of the client's needs and IBM capabilities
Commercially minded and capable of supporting end-to-end sales engagements with the ability to think, plan and act strategically
Extensive networking and interpersonal skills in complex environments
Self-starter with eagerness to seek and build new skills
Preference to candidates in VA, MDRequired Technical and Professional Expertise
At least 4 years' experience in IT Sales
At least 3 years' experience selling storage hardware and/or software products
Basic knowledge of IBM (Flash, Software Defined Storage, COS) and competitive storage products
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At least 5 years' experience selling storage hardware and software solutions
In depth knowledge of IBM (Flash, Software Defined Storage, COS) and competitive storage products
EO StatementIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


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- Manufacturer: Golden Technologies
- Model Number: PR-505L
Call for Special Offers on this product.
The 505L is the MaxiComfort line's chair intended for a taller person. The MaxiComfort chairs allow the user to position the chair to the correct spinal alignment for the S-curve of your spine. This results in increased back pressure relief as well as disc compression reduction.
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- Weight Capacity: 375 lb
- Recline Positions: Zero Gravity
- For People Taller Than: 5' 11"
- For People Shorter Than: 6' 2"
- Chaise Seat Included: Yes
- Head Rest Cover Included: Yes
- Arm Covers Included: Yes
- Battery Back Up Included: Yes
- Meets CAL 117 Fire Retardant Code: Yes
- Back Height: 28.5"
- Overall Height: 44"
- Overall Width: 34.5"
- Seat Height: 20.5"
- Seat Width: 23"
- Seat Depth: 22"
- Armrest Height: 5.5"
- Back Angle Seat Up: 100°
- Back Angle Seat Reclined: 174°
- Foot Rest Angle Closed: 90°
- Foot Rest Angle Opened: 180°
- Space Needed for Full Recline: 24"
- Warranty Information: Lifetime Chair Frame, Lift Frame, and Recline Mechanisms, 3-Year Electrical Parts, 1-Year Mechanical Labor, 1-Year Electrical Labor
* Chair specifications may vary plus or minus one inch due to home owners environment, fabric selection, foam and other variables in the manufacturing process.
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|This is a truly great chair.
Feb 16, 2011 8:44 PM
|The Facility Manager from Falls Church, Virginia would recommend this to a friend.
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|64 year-old retired government employee
|100% on target. Wished I had purchased this lift chair instead of the previous lazy boy that gave me 3 years of aggravation.
|Service & Delivery
|Excellent!!!! Delivery personnel were courteous and very respectful of my property.
|I will buy another one in the future and I truly hope that (it is as good as well).
|4 of 5 people found this review helpful
|Chair is everything it was advertised.
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|Ken in security from Brooklyn, NY would recommend this to a friend.
|A Little About Myself
|Durable, comfortable, and sturdy.
|Service & Delivery
|The delivery was on time. They tried to get me to sign that I gave permission for them to remove if from the box and it was fine, after they already did it. Then they lied and said that that signature wasn't the one for the overall delivery acceptance. After talking by phone to a supervisor they delivered the chair, were cooperative, and then had me sign. It turns out that they had lied as there was only one signature line and needed only one signature. Had I signed earlier I would have given them the opportunity to give me a damaged item or leave it right in the building lobby.
|I use the liftchair daily. It is so much easier to sit down and get up. It is everything that they said it would be. Real advertising.
|4 of 5 people found this review helpful
|Terrific buy
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|Coastwatcher Mac from Lessburg, Fl would recommend this to a friend.
|A Little About Myself
|Safe and sturdy
|LIft Chair works great. Wife is having hip operated on and it will be just what she needs post operation.
|2 of 3 people found this review helpful
|Chair offers everything as advertised
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|Angela from Tiffin, Ohio would recommend this to a friend.
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|It's sturdy and comfortable
|Awkward storage for switch.
|I put velcro attachments on switch and chair for easier use. My husband used it for ease in helping him stand or return to bed. I would often use it to sleep in so I could be near him during the night.
|2 of 3 people found this review helpful
|It is not tall or wide enough.
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|Allie from Santa Rosa, CA would recommend this to a friend.
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|Working professional. Caregiver of average health.
|This liftchair is difficult to move and required 2 people to move it. It does not fit tall people at all.
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|"We paid to have the chair delivered and set-up. The delivery person wanted to leave it on our front step. It required my husband (who is sick) to help carry it into the house. A treasured nick-nack was broken by the delivery person. It is a very good chair but not as advertised."
|I am 5'6", 200 lbs and it fits me perfectly. Anyone much bigger would have difficulty using this chair. It did not meet the expectations however, created by the sales person.
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Jurist Prudence? Candid Judges Speak Out
Critics Question Wisdom of Justices Who Take Their Opinions Beyond the Courtroom; Dishing on a Blog and in a Book
Judges typically confine their opinions to their rulings. But 2013 was a year of exceptions.
In Nebraska, U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf in February launched Hercules and the umpire, a blog that offers a mix of insights on the judicial process, legal news, personal reflections and wisdom. One nugget of advice to young judges: "It's not your job to save the world. Do law, leave justice to Clint Eastwood."


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i would verily like to see a fight scene involving a hovercraft full of eels
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AirCast Mike necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 52 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
AirCast Mobile, Inc.
We are about to launch a new iOS and android application and we need to improve our icon to be used as the application icons in the App stores.
Our application allows users to stream live video from their phone to Facebook.
Since the iphone has a high-res screen with the retina display. We need a high-res icon as well.
iPhone and Android Customers
Attached is our existing company logo. Please turn our existing logo icon into iphone and Android application icons that we can use for our application in the App stores.
We need someone to clean up our existing icon (sharpness, color, etc.) and provide new sizes for us to use on the different App store. The Android app should clean, crisp, and have a shadow effect in different sizes. The iphone app should be the same, clean, crisp icon in different sizes as well.
We need the following sizes:
For the iPhone, I need the following sizes with
App Store Icon (in pixels)
* 512x512 (JPG or TIFF format)
Application Icon
* 114x114 (iPhone 4) (PNG)
* 57x57 (older iPhones) (PNG)
* 72x72 (iPad) (PNG)
Spotlight Search Results and Settings Icon
* 58x58 (iPhone 4) PNG
* 50x50 (Spotlight results for iPad) PNG
* 29x29 (settings for iPad and older iPhones) PNG
For Android, we need to turn our existing icon into an Android application icon using a shadow-affect. The icon should be clean & crisp as the iphone icon.
For Android, I need the following pixel sizes in PNG format.
512 x 512
56 x 56
38 x 38
28 x 28
Our desire is to use the same logo design as attached since we have already built our branding around the logo, but if you are creative, and would like to offer a "new" design with the above colors and sizes, those will be considered as well.


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Energy Weapons Bobblehead
"Arrive at peaceful resolutions by using superior firepower." -- Energy Weapons +10
This Bobblehead is easy to miss, so be absolutely certain you grab it when you can. After being captured by the Enclave forces from Vault 87 after you grabbed the G.E.C.K., you'll find yourself in their capital base, a place called Raven Rock. Traversing the interior of this building is quite dangerous (but still worth it, especially because you can grab Tesla Armor from downed elite soldiers), but unfortunately, you need to get out of Raven Rock in one piece to finish the game.
When you're nearing the end of your Raven Rock excursion, you'll come across a room that you don't necessarily have to explore. This room has a force field in it segregating some item-laden crates from the rest of the room. This should give you a good idea as to the room we're talking about. Near the bed and lockers in this room is a desk; search the desk to find the Energy Weapons Bobblehead you seek, and bask in its +10 to energy weapons greatness thereafter. Make sure you get this booble head as there is no other chance to aquire it EVER so if you want all of the boobleheads and the achievement that come's with finding them all make sure you grab this one before you escape Raven Rock.
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Coreix necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 146 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
We provide backup services to clients and these range from monthly, weekly and daily backup schedules. Our service provides replication to a secondary site and in an event that the primary site is down the data is still accessible via the secondary site where data is replicated.
We provide encryption as standard and our software runs in the background on many different platforms i.e. Windows, Linux, Mac
Our audience is world wide and ranges from individuals that want to backup files/folder from their home PC to business that want to backup multiple servers, desktops, email, databases etc.
We are looking for a professional design that makes it obvious the service we provide is related to data backup and restore.
We are looking for various different colour schemes and sizes, at the moment our preference colour is green.
Our current logo can be seen at http://www.rapidsync.net and contains the text under the logo 'Managed Data Protection and Restore' we would like to replicate this unless you decide otherwise.
The typeface should be clear, simple and bold, we want something that stands out.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .png and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
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Release Date: 2008 |
Album Rating: 4.5Stream: http://virusnorway.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-flux
Constructive criticism is most welcome.
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Good review man. This album rules hard.
This album is a source for inspiration for lots of BM bands lately
Album Rating: 4.0I can't wait for their next record. Excellent review Voivod. Glad to see you covering it next to the Carheart one.
Edit: The dark, somber tone of their music reminds me of the Swedish prog band Landberk for some reasons. I'm gonna add them to the data base, even if Sputnik never credited me in doing so.
thankfully we have Voivod to review such inventive bands like Virus.I need to listen to their stuff ,Carl is a brilliant musician,and Ved buens ende have made amazing music.
thumbs up for the review,each time better!!keep it up homie
you'd better start reviewing some voivod albums.I think the time has come.They need recognition
Album Rating: 4.5Thanks for the good words guys.
@ scissorlocked : you are probably right. My guts tell me the same thing.
@ Jethro42 : i'm gonna check that band you mentioned in the near future.
Awesome review
Album Rating: 4.0This is like Joy Division and Voivod teaming up for a David Lynch movie soundtrack. Awesome.
Album Rating: 4.0There's Gorguts in this, definitely.
Album Rating: 4.5The band is recording a new album.
Album Rating: 4.0Cool!
Carl has such a funky voice
Digging: Kostnateni - Hr?za Zvít?zí
Album Rating: 3.0their best
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We exist to be a Jesus-centered
family on mission with him.
The gospel literally means "good news." Before Christianity is a religion or a way of life, it is first an announcement: Jesus has paid for our sin by dying on a cross, and set us free from our sin by rising from the grave. Through this good news, God now offers us life and right relationship with Him.
Everything we do as a church is motivated by and centered around the good news of Jesus. Our Gatherings, our LifeGroups, our events, our relationships–everything begins and ends on the gospel.
In the New Testament, the primary metaphor used for the church is a family. Through Jesus, we not only have right relationship with God, but also with each other.
When God becomes our Father, we also gain a lot of new brothers and sisters. In all of our relationships, we seek to interact with one another as family. We care for one another, hurt with one another, celebrate with one another, and sacrifice for one another.
Through the gospel, God has made us a family.
The Church has been given the task of inviting more and more people into their family. Through building relationships with people in our world, we seek to testify to the truthfulness of the gospel in word and deed.
Our hope is that people would see the way that we love one another as church family and be drawn to the message of the gospel as a result. In every way we can, we hope to represent Jesus in how we do life together.
We want good for our city because we are an active part of our city.


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California Tourmaline Large Stone Ring
California Tourmaline Large Stone Ring
Each California tourmaline is hand cut in our Santa Cruz studio. Our signature mixed precious metal bands are made of 14-24k yellow, rose and white gold embedded into oxidized sterling silver. Gold bands are also an option. See our Cut Stone Rings with Gold Bands section for more info on the bands plus pricing. All settings are made of gold.
Once you purchase a ring, you'll hear from us within 24 hours to discuss the specific design of your ring. Occasionally we will have a ring in stock but mostly the rings in the photos should be used to help you decide what you want your ring to look like. There is no extra cost for custom rings.
See the Build A Ring With Us footnote at the bottom of this page for more information about ordering a Variance ring.
To learn more about how the oxidization of our precious mixed metal bands changes over time please see the Mixed Metal Patina footnote below.
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Campbell Brown said Tuesday that she's quitting her prime-time show on CNN primarily for one reason: Not enough people are watching her.
CNN has struggled in the prime-time ratings as cable news viewers have increasingly sought edgier, more opinionated programming. Brown, a former NBC News reporter, advertised a "no bias, no bull" persona in a straight news and analysis program with a concentration on politics.
Brown said it was her decision to leave. She said she could say she was leaving to spend more time with her two young children or pursue new opportunities, and both would be partly true.
"But I have never had much tolerance for others' spin, so I can't imagine trying to stomach my own," she said. "The simple fact is that not enough people want to watch my program, and I owe it to myself and to CNN to get out of the way so that CNN can try something else."
Her time slot is dominated by Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly, who is averaging 3.3 million viewers this year, and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who has 1 million viewers. The longtime rivals are political polar opposites who host the top-rated hours on their respective networks.
Nancy Grace on CNN's sister HLN network averages 745,000 viewers in the time slot, according to the Nielsen Co. Brown's show stands at 574,000.
CNN's prime-time problems with Brown, Larry King and Anderson Cooper have given rise to dozens of armchair program directors who have published advice this spring. Now CNN's executives will have their first shot at doing something new.
CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein said he respects Brown's decision and wishes her well. "We will announce our programming plans in the coming weeks," he said.
Brown's decision comes at a time when CNN has reportedly been talking with CBS News about ways to combine forces, although nothing has been publicly done.
CNN has tested its own ideas, and there's been talk of reviving some version of its old "Crossfire" political debate show, which was a template for opinionated talk on cable in the 1990s. CNN canceled the series soon after Comedy Central's Jon Stewart ridiculed it. One segment that has appeared on Brown's show features Mary Matalin and Roland Martin in a political debate, an idea that could potentially be expanded.
Brown, who is leaving CNN entirely, noted in a statement her "indomitable" rivals on the other networks.
"Shedding my own journalistic skin to try to inhabit the kind of persona that might co-exist in that lineup is simply impossible for me," she said. "It is not who I am or who I want to be, nor is it who CNN asked me to be at any point. This is the right decision for me and I hope it will be a great opportunity for CNN."
- Lou Dobbs resignation: What next for controversial CNN anchor?
- Beijing launching a 'Chinese CNN' to burnish image abroad
- Should CNN attack its own anchor over 'birther' flap?


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From 1999 to 2015 we offered StretchWare as a product. It is now available for free as unsupported software, without warranty. Enjoy!
The Problem:
If you work at a computer there is a good chance you will eventually suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, along with back pain, stiff muscles, tight joints, tension and stress. Every day millions of workers feel the aches and pains brought on by long hours while sitting at a desk using a computer.
To address and combat the growing problem of workplace injuries, OSHA has recommended taking stretching breaks — a simple activity that can make you feel better. However, most people will not make the time to take a stretching break – they need to be reminded to stretch.
The Solution:
StretchWare is the ergonomic software that reminds you to stretch, developed by stretching expert Bob Anderson, author of the classic best-selling fitness book, Stretching.
StretchWare has:
- Reminders when you want them
- 14 stretching routines to choose from
- Clear drawings that are easy to follow
Educational information on:
- Repetitive strain injuries
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A few weeks ago I was fortunately invited to attend the launch of Cipria Milano in Cape Town at the exquisite Nobu at the One and Only.
Cipria Milano was a brand I was not familiar with – and so I listened very intently to the details. It's refreshing to come across a fresh approach to beauty, strength and confidence at a valuable price. All of which the brand lives up to.With now being freshly available on South African shores, Cipria Milano is fresh from Italy – synonymous with Italian standards of quality and most of all a great choice of hair care, fragrances, a wonderful selection of makeup and cosmetics that are innovative and of a very high quality but most importantly – the affordability is the biggest draw. The brand is proudly family owned and run with strong values and also prides itself in being diverse as well as cruelty free.
A unofficial slogan i took from the launch is… high end cosmetics do not need to be high priced. That is the message that they are trying to get across.
Some goodies we were given to try are the following and as you can see the prices are so affordable – anyone can look good!
1. All in one intensive hair mask – R129
2. Eyeshadow solo – R99.00
3. Keratin reconstruction vials – R49.00
4. Lipstick – R79.99
5. Mascara – R119.00
In time we will feature the individual reviews of these products!
Be sure to check out CIPRIA MILANO on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
CIPRIA MILANO stores are at Cape Gate Shopping Centre and Sandton City – pop in and find your colour.


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"Art is exploration, a subjective discovery." - Tom Benton
Benton created a number of limited edition fine art prints in the 1960s and 1970s using abstract forms and organic themes. He drew upon his career as an architect, the strong influence of Eastern art, and artists such as Mark Rothko and Katsushika Hokusai. Benton incorporated Eastern symbols including calligraphy, sunsets and spirals. A solitary dove also became an integral element in Benton's art, symbolizing peace and the spirit of man.
Benton's frequent use of the circle was a natural progression from his study of Eastern art. The circle, with its implied perfection, became a consistent element in his later work. He also incorporated natural forms such as waves and mountains as well as geometric shapes to add depth and dimension to his art.
These works include large, abstract prints measuring up to three feet by three feet with complex designs and layered colors. Benton frequently printed designs in one color and then reused the silkscreen with a lighter, more translucent ink to create a faded, layered effect. He created these early silkscreen prints in limited editions of ten to forty-four.
Benton avoided lengthy descriptions or interpretations of his abstract work. "There are no hidden meanings," he once told a reporter. "I know art is often what other people bring to it. It's a take-off for their own psychobabble. I don't particularly want to hear it."


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Hello All,
I have returned to this forum again to seek some advice for an old issue that has unfortunately has returned after 2-3 years. Just to give you some back ground (this is the short version). This started 10 years ago as what has been describe as a "Post Viral Event". At that time I had high CPK levels and rapid muscle weakness. All which subsided within days. Everything returned to normal except I started having Muscle Twitching (all over) and pain in my feet with stiffness. Walking and standing made it worse. I went through several months of tests (blood work that checked for metabolic levels and inflammation) EMGs etc. So many tests I cant remember. I saw a Nero Muscular Specialist for about 3-4 years and did follow up. Nothing really got worse and the symptoms came back now and then. About 3 years ago they went away completely. I still suffer some foot pain now and then from lots of standing or walking and the twitching in my calves is 24/7. About 6-7 weeks ago I starting getting the twitching all over and the pain/stiffness returned to my feet and lower legs. Some days are pretty good and some are worse. Has anyone out there had anything like this? I mean years later this comes back again? I really don't want to go back through all the testing again. Seems like something is causing this, but it remains a mystery. Any help would be appreciated.


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This homemade costume for girls entered our 2013 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Michelle, the 'Doctor Who and the Tardis' costume creator:
Being huge fans of the show, both of my daughters wanted Doctor Who inspired costumes this year. My oldest was determined to be The Doctor, complete with TARDIS! We brainstormed and came up with a... Read more »
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The following is a list of Mesquite, NV restaurants. Whether you are searching for a fun place to take all of the kids or a romantic booth for you and your significant other, Mesquite, NV has just what you are looking for.
On this page you will find that the restaurants are listed alphabetically, however if you are looking for a specific restaurant you may opt to use our searchable database instead (available soon). Remember that our restaurant guide is continually being updated with information on St. George's newest restaurants so be sure to check back regularly as you make your weekend or travel plans.


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If you're researching Caitlyn Jenner by asking Siri questions, then you'd better call the former Olympian and reality star by her real name.
Before you write off Siri as just the sassy voice that lives inside your iPhone who cuts you deep with her snark, wait until you hear about this. Yes, we know she will go on a rant about how you have no friends if you dare ask her for help with a simple math problem. But if you try and call Caitlyn Jenner "Bruce," Siri will rightfully shut you down.
Tumblr user LastNovember4 recently posted screengrabs of Siri correcting her when she asked a question using Caitlyn Jenner's previous name, Bruce Jenner, noting how awesome it was to see the Apple assistant make the change.
READ: How Caitlyn Jenner's story restored by faith in the Internet
For example, if you ask Siri: "How tall is Bruce Jenner?" She will answer: "Caitlyn Jenner is 6'2'' tall."
And if you ask for Bruce Jenner's "real name," Siri will gladly give it to you: "The full name of Caitlyn Jenner is Caitlyn Jenner."
Thank you, Siri, for correcting people.
In April, Caitlyn Jenner revealed she was in the process of becoming a woman in a televised interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC.
'I Am Cait,' a television documentary series about Caitlyn Jenner premieres July 26 at 8 p.m. ET on E!
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Cleaning a microwave: is lemon juice the right cleaning fluid?
You want to clean your microwave? You've heard that lemon juice is good. After all, it's a household substance that you've always got around. We advise you not to clean your microwave with lemon juice. To clean your microwave properly, we recommend removing the turntable and cleaning it in soapy water. Wipe the interior with a damp cloth. Never use the rough side of a universal sponge as this might scratch the interior surfaces. Oven cleaner should not be used under any circumstances. Ideally, don't wait too long before cleaning the microwave, but always clean it immediately after warming and preparing food. This way, the microwave is quickly and easily cleaned. Lemon juice isn't necessary for cleaning your microwave.


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As Israeli soldiers pull back from the Gaza Strip and Hamas's rockets go silent, Israel's dormant election campaign has come back to life.
With just three weeks before voters go to the polls, the center-left government is getting high marks from the Israeli public for its pounding offensive in Gaza. But Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and her ruling centrist Kadima Party may fall victim to the military's success.
Polls show that the conservative opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party have opened up a bigger lead, based on a public concern that the offensive left the Hamas regime intact while failing to free an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, imprisoned in Gaza for 2-1/2 years.
"That's one of the interesting paradoxes of the war," says Mitchell Barak, a pollster who runs the survey group Keevoon. "It restored the Israeli public's confidence in the Israeli army, and in Israel's leadership's ability to defend its citizens ... but it didn't go far enough [to weaken Hamas]."
On the third day of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire, there were rival allegations of violations. The Palestinians said that a farmer was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip, a charge denied by a military spokeswoman. Israel's army said that it returned fire after one of its units inside Gaza was shot at near the border fence.
The three-week Gaza war has shifted the focus of Israel's truncated parliamentary campaign toward the best approach in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and the threat of rockets on southern Israel.
Already, Ms. Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak of the Labor Party are back on the campaign trail hailing the war's achievements. They're touting Israel's restored deterrence against militants and the international support expressed by US and European leaders.
Addressing Israeli college students in a Tel Aviv suburb Tuesday, Livni bragged that European leaders came to Jerusalem to work with Israeli leaders despite the international uproar over the Palestinian civilian toll during fighting. About 1,300 Palestinians were killed, many of them noncombatants and children, according to health officials.
"If Hamas fires a Qassam rocket at Israel, they will get hit again, just like they got hit now, and they know that," Livni said in an interview with Israel Radio on Monday.
Mr. Netanyahu, who had the awkward role of defending the government to the international press during the Gaza offensive, has resumed his criticism of this government's Gaza policy. Right-wing allies of Netanyahu have warned that the military operation has left Hamas in a position to threaten Israel in the future.
Just a few weeks ago, before the fighting, the campaign focused on good government, economics, and leadership.
"Today it's a different world. Security and leadership, mainly in times of crisis, have moved center stage," wrote Yossi Verter, a political commentator in the Haaretz newspaper. "Netanyahu is feeling good – Hamas was always his preferred playing field. In 2006 he was talking about 'Hamastan,' and nobody wanted to listen."
To be sure, the biggest single winner from the war has been Mr. Barak and his Labor Party, which seemed to be fading into irrelevancy with polls indicating a fourth or fifth place finish prior to the war. Labor's 50 percent jump in popularity puts it in third place and makes Barak a leading candidate to continue as defense minister in the next government, but he's still far behind in the race for prime minister.
Netanayhu's Likud party continues to lead Livni's Kadima party by a range of three to six seats, according to recent polls. What's more, right-wing and religious parties are projected to control a 10-seat majority over a coalition of center, left, and Arab parties in the 120-seat parliament. That would allow Netanyahu, who first served as prime minister for three years in the 1990s, a leg up in forming a coalition.
Netanyahu has said that before negotiating a final peace deal can be reached with the Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority needs to build up the Palestinian economy in the West Bank and implement further political reforms. Critics say such a delay in the peace process comes when many fear that the window of opportunity is closing for a two-state solution.
Livni's prospects as prime minister looked more promising at the start of the Gaza war, when several polls showed a coalition of center-left wing and Arab parties pulling even with the right wing. Livni is now coming under fire from those who were unhappy with the UN Security Council Resolution that called for an immediate cease-fire and the international pressure to withdraw from Gaza.
She is also criticized for the failure to force Hamas to negotiate over Corporal Shalit, the Israeli soldier taken hostage.
Political analysts note, however, a fragile cease-fire with Hamas means the fighting might not be finished, creating a volatile environment for public opinion leading up to the Feb. 10 vote. "It's very fluid," says Avraham Diskin, a political science professor at Hebrew University. "If something happens and the Israeli army retaliates, [the fighting] won't be over."


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Giampiero Ventura has a rapidly-changing Torino side against Pescara and reveals "there will be another two sales."
Paulo Vitor Barreto arrived this week from Udinese and could receive his debut this afternoon. Click here for a match preview.
"I don't think Barreto has 90 minutes in his legs yet, but this is a game that suits his characteristics. I don't know yet if he'll start or come off the bench," said the Coach.
"This match will be played at a high tempo, so I have to consider physical as well as tactical situations.
"Despite numerous problems, Pescara are a side who won the Serie B championship last year and are also doing very well this season. They seemed like one of the prime candidates for relegation after a few weeks, but have won in Florence."
Toro are fresh from a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Siena, achieved without eight first team picks.
"It was a great performance, although obviously one can always do better. At the end of the game I said I was proud of this group and I reiterate that concept."
Torino are still mutating during an active January transfer window.
"There will be another two sales, because we have some elements who haven't got much playing time and will be very important for Torino in the future. It is only right that they go elsewhere to grow and return even stronger.
"Those who arrive here will have to be better than those who are already in the squad."
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SanDisk Standard SD Card 128MB CANNOT be read. Help!
Here's the story:
I have a SanDisk Standard SD™ Card 128MB for my digital camera. This past weekend, I used the camera to take pictures of my sister's engagement ceremony. By the end of the day, we reviewed the pictures on the camera and were ready to transfer them to my laptop (Note. the pictures were there). But the battery ran out, so I charged the batteries (rechargable batteries). I inserted the battery and tried to review the pictures again and... Boom!... There's a message on the camera screen: "This card cannot be used" with a symbol of card with slash in front of it.
I used USB cable and connected the camera to my laptop and the computer waited but nothing happened. I went to CVS and Walmart to try their kiosks, hoped that any of them could read the card. But NONE of them were able to read my card.
What happened with the pictures?!?! These pictures are VERY important for me, my sister, my family and my family back in my country.
Is there anyway to retrieve the picture?? We didn't delete any of the pictures and the card hasn't been formatted since.
And don't tell me that the card need to be replaced. I NEED those pictures!!
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Re: SanDisk Standard SD Card 128MB CANNOT be read. Help!
Assuming you have a card reader at your house, put the card in it and then do this:
1) Right click on My Computer and choose Manage.
2) When the Computer Management window comes up, click once on Disk Management on the left side.
3) The right hand side will turn in to two panes, an upper and lower. Look on the lower pane, you should see Disk 0, Disk 1, etc. Find the Disk that says Removable under it. If it has a capacity around 128 MB (won't be exactly that) the computer is seeing the card
If the computer is seeing the card, you might be able to run a recovery utility to get the photos.
Let us know what you see.
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Contact www.lc-tech.com they do photo recovery and should be able to help out. They have software that you can use that will tell you if anything can be recovered. One major cause of corruption on memory cards is if it's disconnected, unplugged, or loses power while it's in the middle of accessing the card. If you were using the card and the batteries died right in the middle of this it could cause this problem. Good Luck and hope you can retrieve your pictures.
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I have a Sandisk RapidGX 2.0 GB for my PSP and while I played Madden 08 it worked perfectly fine. It saved the game and everrything. But when I whent to go lisen to my music it said "Memory card could not be read". I have precious photos and videos saved and I wonder if i can get them back.
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Midtown Farmers' Market will begin its' 9th season on Saturday April 16th, and will continue through Saturday, November 5th. This lively neighborhood market, located in the heart of Midtown is run by Midtown Events and sponsored by Duke Raleigh Hospital. The Market features 45+ vendors selling local farm-fresh produce, meats, seafood, cheeses, baked goods and other specialty foods and crafts. This year, the Market is held every Saturday from April 16 to November 5, 8 am to Noon on the Commons of North Hills.
At the Midtown Farmers' Market, we strive each Saturday to answer the ever-pressing question of, "Who's your farmer?" As a 'producers only' market, vendors are only permitted to sell items which they themselves have produced. This means that the vendors at Market truly are 'your farmers' and that each vendor has an in depth, working knowledge of his/her products.
By providing farmers with a place to sell their wares, educate consumers about their farms, growing practices, and the importance of farmland, the Midtown Farmers' Market promotes the preservation of the family farm. And, with so many fresh fruits and veggies, lean proteins, handmade canned goods free of preservatives, made with only natural, farm fresh ingredients – think: jelly, salsa, and BBQ sauce – fitness programs, NH Kids days, green initiatives and other activities, it's true, a visit to the Midtown Farmers' Market really "Does a Body Good!"


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We're sorry your HomePod isn't working as it should.
After you've contacted Apple for service, you'll receive a kit that contains everything you need to return your defective HomePod to Apple. When you've got your box:
- Remove your HomePod from the Home app.
- Take the foam insert out of the box provided.
- Put your HomePod into the box.
- Put the foam insert back into the box, threading the cord through the slit in the insert.
- Roll the cord up inside the hole at the top of the foam insert.
- Close the lid of the box. Then, remove the tape provided from its backing.
- Use the tape provided to seal the box as shown.
Once you've got your HomePod packaged
- Remove the pre-applied top label from the box (that's your copy). Make sure the return shipping label remains on the box.
- Find the name of the courier on the label and visit its website to schedule a pickup or find a drop-off location.*
- Ask the courier for a receipt.
- Track your repair.
*Apple is not responsible for any damage during shipping if the package is not properly sealed or is delivered to the courier in poor condition.
Once you have your replacement HomePod
- Make note of your new HomePod serial number. Your replacement HomePod is covered by a 90-day service warranty or the remainder of your HomePod one-year limited warranty or AppleCare agreement, whichever is longer.
- Set up and use your new HomePod.
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2. A buyer of this product in California has the right to have this product serviced or repaired during the warranty period. The warranty period will be extended for the number of whole days that the product has been out of the buyer's hands for warranty repairs. If a defect exists within the warranty period, the warranty will not expire until the defect has been repaired.
The warranty period will also be extended if the warranty repairs have not been performed due to delays caused by circumstances beyond the control of the buyer, or if the warranty repairs did not remedy the defect and the buyer notifies the manufacturer or seller of the failure of the repairs within 60 days after they were completed.
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How does water allocation happen if water resources increasingly fluctuate? What does sustainability mean in the context of an evolving definition of "normal"?
Changing Climate, Shifting Institutions, Building Governance and Capacity was the focus of a seminar organized by IUCN's Water Programme and members WWF-US and Conservation International at this year's Water Week in Stockholm. Climate change poses a serious challenge to water resource managers. In many cases, institutions have not been able to use adaptive management tools and approaches for water resources – such as Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), basin-level planning or environmental flows analyses, under a stationary climate.
This struggle will become even harder under a shifting, changing climate. The IUCN co-convened seminar saw policy-makers and water managers debating what governance arrangements will be needed to deal with moving targets for water management under climate change.
John Matthews of WWF-US, introducing the session, argued that priorities for climate change adaptation are too often based on a false assumption "that we can really know all we need to know about how climate will change, that modeling will find the answer, that infrastructure will save us." He worried that "thinking like this, we mistakenly try to put complexity aside. Climate change is then just a technical problem, and that to adapt, all we need is the right recipe book."
Participants dissected this assumption in round-table dialogues and a panel discussion. Based on grass-roots experience from Tanzania, Irene Chikira, Community Officer for the Pangani Basin Water Office, spoke of the importance of good governance. "It is very important for us to listen and understand what goes on within the communities. How can people start communicating between upstream and downstream water users? The Basin is stressed, there are many water needs, yet the water quality and quantity is low." Irene pointed to climate projections which show that Basin flows will further decrease and pose serious challenges. "However, through good governance systems, we can assist and support in reducing conflict and vulnerability, and build up climate change resilience. Through different institutions and community knowledge, adaptation activities and coping strategies are developed."
Le Van Minh, from the Vietnam Agricultural and Rural Development Ministry, agreed on the role of governance; "I observed the Ministry did not understand, but step by step, climate change adaptation was accepted, and this was the starting point to good governance."
At the closing of the seminar, Mark Smith, Head of the IUCN Water Programme, concluded that "the management of water resources must be flexible and span multiple possible futures. Water governance institutions will have to be able to learn and evolve in pace with the climate." Summing up, he said "complexity is the true nature of the problem. Yes, infrastructure can help us, but it is organizing ourselves with effective, flexible, adaptive institutions – with the right roles and responsibilities from local through to national and global levels – that is what will save us."
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Heath necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 157 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a new business who will be offering a variety of flight experiences to people through a website. The flight experiences will either be purchased by someone who wants the experience for themselves, or as a gift voucher for someone else. The website will be selling various types of flying activities including:
* Warbird flights
* Training flights
* Glider flights
* Hang Gliding flights
* Paragliding flights
* Hot Air Ballooning
* Skydiving
The site will be similar to: http://www.redballoon.com.au but with a sole focus on flying activities.
People looking for adventure/thrill
People looking to buy an adventure gift for someone else
People who have a desire to go flying
I am seeking a logo design with a web 2.0 feel.
It must:
* Have a generic flying/aviation feel to it
* Include the words 'Flight Experience'
* Stand out really well
I don't mind if 'Flight Experience' is on one line, or 2 lines.
The logo will be put on top of many different backgrounds.
The contest winner must provide me with the source file(s) for whatever program they have designed the logo in (i.e PNG, PSD, AI, etc). Please don't enter the contest if you don't agree to this.
The contest winner has a good chance of getting the gig to do the full site graphic design after the logo has been established.
Sites that offer something similar to what we are doing is:
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From the 1940s to the 1970s, the African American civil rights movement galvanized other communities of color to end discrimination. Inspired by the civil rights movement, Americans challenged authority and secured more rights, and sounded a call for greater democratic participation. An expanding and influential mass media documented and influenced the cultural and political events of the civil rights movement and the "rights revolution."
Inspired by the momentum of the African American civil rights movement, communities of color mobilized to end discrimination, but faced internal tensions and external resistance. More
Motivated by the conviction that everyday citizens could bring about positive social change, movements and individuals challenged authority in schools, churches, corporations, families, and government. More
An expanding and influential mass media simultaneously reflected and reshaped a changing cultural and political landscape. More
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It seems like literally everybody is interested in design. Young people prefer this field to anything else. And deciding between different professions they choose design. It could be web design, design of interiors and of course graphic design. For many people it seems like to be a designer is cool. You ostensibly communicate with cool people, visit cool places and your life is cool. Well, it depends. If you have decided to become a graphic designer then you should realize that the sphere is quite competitive. It means that there are lots of graphic designers. Mostly they are talented and widely recognized as professionals. So you have to work hard to attract one's attention.
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University of Michigan heart researchers are shedding light on a new method for steadying an abnormal heart rhythm.
Irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias, set the stage for a common, debilitating disorder called atrial fibrillation that puts adults as young as age 40 at risk for fatigue, fainting, cardiac arrest, and even death.
Medications can help, but doctors also use catheter ablation in which electrical impulses are delivered to a region of the heart to disrupt the arrhythmia.
However, half of patients require more than one ablation to see results. In a laboratory study, the U-M used photodynamic therapy, a technique long used in cancer research, to disrupt the specific cells causing the arrhythmia.
The study suggests cell-specific cardiac ablation could help patients avoid complications, and get closer to an arrhythmia-free life without having to undergo repeat hospital visits.
Chemists in the U-M Department of Chemistry and electrophysiologists at the U-M Center for Arrhythmia Research collaborated on the study that will require further examination before it is available in the hospital setting.
"This cell-selective therapy may represent an innovative concept to overcome some of the current limitations of cardiac ablation," says lead study author Uma Mahesh Avula, M.D., research fellow at the U-M Center for Arrhythmia Research.
The study was published online ahead of print in the September issue of the Journal of Heart Rhythm.
Learn more about abnormal heart rhythms, arrhythmias
What is cardiac ablation?
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The heart consists of different types of cells such as myocytes, fibroblast, adiopocytes and purkinje fibers, which are all needed for normal cardiac activity.
The new study is the first of its kind to use photodynamic therapy and nanotechnology to ablate only the cardiac myocytes responsible for arrhythmias. In current ablative techniques, all cardiac cells receive ablative energy, which can lead to complications such as puncturing the heart muscle, bleeding or stroke.
"Current ablation techniques are severely limited by its non-specific nature of cellular damage. Besides this lack of cellular discrimination markedly increases the required energy amounts and prolongs procedure times, all of which reduces overall ablation results," Avula says.
Catheter ablation has emerged as an important treatment option that requires careful assessment, planning and execution for optimal success rates. Advances over the past 20 years have made the treatment safer, but it remains highly complex.
"Approaches that could simplify and shorten the procedure may contribute to more patients being treated," Avula says.
Rather than radiofrequency energy, the most common type used in cardiac ablation, the U-M team introduces the use of PDT in cardiac electrophysiology to target specific cell types. Targeted PDT, which was pioneered in the labs of study senior author U-M chemist and engineer Raoul Kopelman, Ph.D., is extensively used in cancer research for selectively killing cancerous cells.
The disruption induced by PDT is confined to cells that have been photosensitized, while adjacent non-photosensitized cells are unaffected. The U-M has applied for a patent for this technology.
"We think this approach will decrease the extent of unwanted cell injury, inflammation, and ablation-related tissue damage, and pave a way for the development of more effective therapies for cardiac arrhythmias," says study senior author Jérôme Kalifa, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at the U-M Health System.
Additional U-M authors: Gwangseong Kim, Ph.D., Yong-Eun Koo Lee, Ph.D., and Fred Morady, M.D.
Reference: "Cell-specific nanoplatform-enabled photodynamic therapy for cardiac cells," Journal of Heart Rhythm, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.05.011
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MICROFORMS are a way of preserving and storing large amounts of print information in a condensed format. Periodicals and books may be photographed in a reduced scale and the resulting microcopies are magnified using special readers. Microforms are considered more stable and long-lived than most electronic (computer) files.
There are two general types of microforms.
Small sheets of special plastic support the photographs of the pages. These are approximately 4 by 6 inches in size. Each microfiche may contain many pages of information.
Microfilm is a long strip of film onto which information is copied. The spools of film are often used for archiving newspapers.
Libraries collect microforms for several reasons. The major one is a space saving device, especially for seldom used periodicals. It is also a way of acquiring copies of information no longer available in regular print. Back issues of a journal are an example. Some documents are only disseminated as microfiche or microfilm.
Though somewhat less convenient than traditional books, newspapers or periodicals, microforms contain much valuable information. High quality microform readers, such as those in the Busse Center Library, facilitate their use.
Among the most used items on microfilm are newspapers like the New York Times. Imagine the stack of newspapers which would be necessary to store and to search when a specific article is needed. The rolls of microfilm are easy to use when to alternatives are considered.
The same is true for microfiche. A 4 x 6 inch microfiche may store many pages from books or issues of journals.
The Busse Center Library keeps back issues of some journals on microfiche. There is also a small selection of ERIC Documents in microforms.
Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance in finding information and in using the Microfilm and Microfiche readers. It is possible to make photocopies using the reader-printers.


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The PEO provides a wealth of information on Parliament by facilitating education programs, including role-plays, for over 90,000 students per year.
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The Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) provides information materials and education resources to raise awareness and build understanding about the role of the Australian Parliament.
Working with students, teachers and parliamentary officers, the PEO offers a wide range of tailored, engaging and highly relevant education resources, including:
In addition, the PEO produces Parliament Now news, publishes the Australian Pocket Constitution and manages the Your Questions on Notice website.
PEO staff are highly skilled education specialists with comprehensive knowledge of the Australian Curriculum and extensive classroom experience. Visit About PEO staff to find out more.
The PEO is jointly funded by the Department of the Senate and the Department of the House of Representatives, and provides whole-of-parliament education services and support.
Detailed information about the activities and achievements of the PEO can be found in the Department of the Senate's Annual Report 2015-16.
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GOP senators stave off primary foes
Lamar Alexander has an inventive way of fending off potential primary foes, one that could be a model for GOP incumbents running in 2014.
Drop by their house for iced tea.
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Just ask Monty Lankford, who threatened to challenge Alexander in a 2014 primary. On a recent afternoon, the Tennessee Republican met Lankford's family at their home outside of Nashville, then sat down with his one-time foe for iced tea and cheese and crackers. The result: Lankford joined Alexander's campaign team as its co-chairman and a chief fundraiser.
( PHOTOS: Senators up for election in 2014)
The iced tea summit is indicative of the new, more aggressive tactics being employed by Republican senators to fend off primary foes in 2014. Instead of waiting for insurgents to catch them asleep at the switch, GOP incumbents running in 2014 — like Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Pat Roberts of Kansas and John Cornyn of Texas — are acting early and proactively to ensure no serious challenger emerges.
"I'm running a Colin Powell military operation, which is assemble an overwhelming force, focus on a single target and have the stomach to see it all the way through to the end," Alexander said in an interview.
The recent Washington controversies are giving the senators a unique opportunity to woo the right — whether it's McConnell's rhetoric against the Internal Revenue Service, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) railing at the White House for its handling of the Benghazi attacks or Alexander slamming Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for soliciting private donations to help with the implementation of Obamacare, comparing the situation to the Iran-Contra scandal.
And some of the senators are finding ways to push issues in Washington that resonate back home, including last week, when the Senate passed a McConnell-Alexander plan they called the Freedom to Fish Act targeting federal restrictions along a river their states share.
Republican senators facing reelection next year are determined to avoid a repeat of 2010 and 2012, when tea party upstarts took out veteran GOP stalwarts Bob Bennett of Utah and Dick Lugar of Indiana. They are doing so by aggressively lobbying prospective foes to join their campaigns rather than challenge them, much as Roberts did in persuading two possible opponents to join his team.
Incumbents like McConnell have built campaign machines designed in part to scare off prospective primary foes while they meet privately with tea party activists. Indeed, McConnell won the endorsement of TheTeaParty.net after privately discussing his views with their representatives.
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In many states, primary elections are still at least a year away, so there's plenty of time for challengers to emerge in races across the country.
But for the moment, virtually all the 11 incumbent Republicans now running for reelection appear safe from primary challenges, including more moderate senators like Susan Collins of Maine.
Of the sitting GOP senators, Graham is seen as the most vulnerable to a primary threat, but even he seems on solid ground. The only GOP foe to have emerged is longshot businessman Richard Cash, who owns a fleet of ice-cream trucks. If others get into the race, it could be harder for Graham's most outspoken foes — largely from the libertarian wing of the party — to unite behind a single candidate.
"I'm a Ronald Reagan Republican, not a Ron Paul Republican," Graham said.
The lack of tea party challengers has significant implications in the national fight for control of the narrowly divided Senate. If a GOP senator were to lose the primary, Democratic chances of winning that seat would improve dramatically and help the party keep control of the chamber.


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It's said that every man wants to be a hero. Jon Snow got his chance last night.
With Ygritte, Tormund, Orell and other wildlings, Snow takes on a seemingly impossible feat: Scaling the 700-foot wall that separates the so-called free people from their warmer foes in the south. They're fleeing from The Others (Whitewalkers) and they're likely to war against the men of the Night's Watch. But first, they've got to get up that huge, icy monstrosity.
As expected, this is no easy task. Dozens of wildlings are falling to their deaths as The Wall cracks in places and sends huge sheets of ice rushing downward.
At one precarious moment, Jon and Ygritte end up dangling from their climbing ropes above a certain death-fall. They're connected by rope to Tormund and Orell. But, fearful the couple will drag him down with them, Orell starts to cut them loose.
This is when Snow shows the hero (and future king??) lying within. He snap into action, swings his body and thrusts his climbing pick into The Wall just as the rope snaps, saving himself and Ygritte.
Hours later, the exhausted couple make it to the top, and enjoy one of the most beautiful views in the fantasy world of Westeros. And then, fittingly, they make out.
On "Thrones," we've seen, recently, heroic moments from Tyrion and Daenerys (who was disappointingly absent from last night's episode). But "The Climb" was all about Jon Snow.
On the road from Winterfell
Meera Reed and Osha are arguing incessantly, when Jojen Reed has a vision that's accompanied by a violent seizure.
"He was on the wrong side of the wall, and surrounded by enemies," Jojen says.
The camp of the Lightning Lord
Arya is practicing her archery, when Melisandre pays a surprise visit to the Brotherhood Without Banners.
In a somewhat tense meeting with Thoros and Beric Dondarrion (with whom she shares a religion), Melisandre appears shocked that Thoros has been able to resurrect Dondarrion six times.
"Our God is the one true God. All men must serve him," Thoros says.
Then Melisandre reveals her true (evil) reason for her trip. She wants Gendry Baratheon. (I assume this is so she can drain him of his royal blood for her dark magic.)
"Forgive me lad," Dondarrion says. "We serve the Lord of Light, and the Lord of Light needs this boy."
But Arya is having none of this. She confronts Melisandre and Dondarrion. "You're not doing this for God. You're doing this for gold," she says.
Melisandre looks Arya in the eye and tells her she sees several sets of eyes looking back, including one that will go dark forever.
"I see a darkness in you," she says.
Mysterious torture chamber
Meanwhile, Theon is still being tortured in a pretty gruesome manner. Is it by a Karstark? Is it by someone else? Who knows? His torturer won't reveal his identity.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention," Theon is told.
(That's what you get for sacking Winterfell, Theon!)
Robb Stark's camp
Robb Stark is sitting down with members of House Frey to try to get them to agree to send more men to support his cause.
Lord Walder Frey is still angry that Robb refused to marry his daughter, and the Freys now want Lord Edmure Tully, Catelyn Stark's brother, to marry one of the Frey girls.
Edmure reluctantly agrees.
"You're paying for my sins," Robb tells him. "It's not fair or right. I'll remember it."
(This can only end well.)
King's Landing
At King's Landing, Tywin Lannister and the Queen of Thorns are negotiating the marriage of their heirs in a (ahem) polite fashion, while Sansa and Loras -- who think they still have a chance to get married -- are making small talk together quite awkwardly
Cersei and Tyrion discuss the events of the Battle of Blackwater, and Tyrion learns that his pathetic nephew, Joffrey, ordered him assassinated.
"Joffrey wants me dead," Tyrion says.
As the episode ends, it's revealed that Joffrey also wanted someone else dead. To feed the boy-king's lust for torture, and to pay back Ros for giving information to Varys, Littlefinger allows Joffrey to kill his whorehouse-partner.
Since Ros didn't exist in the books, I'm not too upset about this killing. Still, it was a sick ending to an episode, and it perfectly sums up the prevailing ethos of Westeros: All men (and women) must die.


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Acalanes 49, Irvington 21: The host Dons scored two rushing touchdowns and two passing touchdowns in the first half on the way to the nonleague win over the visiting Vikings on Friday.
Peter Mitchell ran for 125 yards and two scores in the first half for Acalanes (3-0), scoring on runs of 16 yards in the first quarter and 11 yards in the second quarter.
Mitchell finished the game with 224 yards on the ground and scored four touchdowns.
"We saw this as a trap game," Acalanes coach Mike Ivankovich said. "We were coming off two big, emotional wins, and we were a little tight in the first half and weren't having fun. But we played much better in the second half."
Sandwiched in between the two first-half touchdown runs were scoring passes from Casey Harrington to Robbie Stern. A 9-yarder in the first quarter made it 14-7 and a 19-yard strike on fourth down in the second quarter made it 21-13 as the Dons opened up what was a close game to that point.
The Vikings (1-1) kept it close early, trailing just 14-13 midway through the second quarter. Jack Shank had a 1-yard run in the first quarter that was set up by a Daniel Gusev interception. Randon Navarro's 2-yard run made it 14-13 in the second quarter before Acalanes reeled off 35 unanswered points.
— Matt Smith, correspondent
Dougherty Valley 14, American 13: Dougherty Valley (2-1) is off to its best start since 2010 with a nonleague win over American (2-1) at Tak Fudenna Stadium.
American closed to within 14-13 on a 4-yard touchdown run by Drew Lyell with 1:58 left. Rather than going for the tie, American coach Bret Casey went for two, but Lyell was held out of the end zone on a run up the middle, all but securing the victory.
"I'm playing for the win, not the tie," Casey said.
The win marks the second of the season over a Mission Valley Athletic League opponent for Dougherty Valley, which claimed a season-opening win over Newark Memorial. The Wildcats played without quarterback Umar Farooq, who separated his shoulder in last week's loss College Park.
Lyell had 148 yards rushing on 31 carries and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Eagles.
— Steve R. Waterhouse, correspondent
Newark Memorial 31, San Lorenzo 23: The visiting Cougars (2-1) scored four different ways to take a 19-0 lead in the second quarter, then used two touchdown runs by Franco Napal in the second half to hold off a fierce rally by the Rebels (2-1).
The Cougars' King Slocum opened the scoring with a 20-yard touchdown catch from Adriano Arroyo. Then Slocum blocked a San Lorenzo punt out of the end zone for a safety and a 9-0 Newark Memorial lead. The Cougars finished the half's scoring with a 33-yard field goal by Bryon Jones and a 4-yard run by Napal.
Newark Memorial increased its lead when Napal scored from 3 yards out on the Cougars' first drive of the second half. But San Lorenzo scored on its next two possessions on a 14-yard pass from Kevin Mosi to Hamilton To'o and a 5-yard run by Raymon Moore. Moore's two-point conversion run after his touchdown narrowed Newark's lead to 25-15 with 3:05 left in the third quarter.
— Phil Jensen
Moreau Catholic 50, Mt. Eden 43: Jason Hinton ran wild against the Monarchs, and the Mariners forced a late turnover to come away with a thrilling nonleague road win over Mt. Eden.
Hinton rushed for 343 yards on 28 carries and scored on touchdown runs of 54, 20, 24, 60 and 75 yards. The junior also scored on a 90-yard kick return early in the third quarter. Hinton's 75-yard touchdown gave Moreau (3-0) the lead for good with 3:56 remaining.
After Giovanni Remmen returned the ensuing kickoff to the Mariners 16, Mt. Eden was facing a third-and-20 situation from the Moreau 26. Rian Goulart recovered a fumble for the Mariners with 2:10 left, and Moreau ran out the clock.
Monarchs quarterback Jonathan Sturholm had a huge day as he rallied Mt. Eden from a 14-point second-half deficit, throwing for 272 yards and four touchdowns on 14 for 20 passing. Sturholm's 19-yard touchdown pass to Dominic Williams gave Mt. Eden (1-2) a 43-42 lead with 4:19 before Hinton rallied the Mariners.
— Tony Gonsalez, correspondent
Bellarmine 31, San Leandro 21: K.J. Carta-Samuels threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the visiting Bells overcame a slow start to pull away from the Pirates in a nonleague game at Burrell Field.
Defensively, Bellarmine (2-0) held San Leandro (1-2) to just 30 yards on the ground, including minus-28 in the second half while sacking Pirates quarterbacks four times.
Trailing 14-3 late in the second quarter, Carta-Samuels marched the Bells down the field when Armoni Bryan caught a screen pass from Carta-Samuels and went 18 yards for the score, cutting the San Leandro lead to four. The third quarter was all Bellarmine as Carta-Samuels scored on a 1-yard sneak before hitting Kyle MacAuley for a 27-yard touchdown to give the Bells a 24-14 lead.
— Tony Gonsalez, correspondent
Hercules 28, Salesian 6: The host Titans (2-1) allowed the Pride just 45 yards of offense in the second half to secure the victory.
The Titans took an the lead 14-6 early in the third quarter on a 34 yard run by Josh Jackson, who finished the game with 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
Hercules stopped the Pride, forcing four punts and an interception by Jerrick Bernstein in the second half.
Antwuin Prowes scored the Titans' first points on a 36-yard inception return with 8:31 left in the first half.
Salesian scored its only points with 18 seconds left in the first half on a 10 yard run by De'Angelo Hernandez, following a pass interference penalty on Hercules. Aaron Hayes and Austin Ambion each had an interception for the Pride (1-2).
— LeAnn Shea, correspondent
Northgate 31, Livermore 7: Running back Eric Haynes carried 23 times for 118 yards and scored two touchdowns as the undefeated Broncos (3-0) won their third game to start the season.
Quarterback Kyle Austin threw a touchdown pass for visiting Northgate.
Andre Kasten ran 14 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter for the host Cowboys (1-2).
The Broncos scored two touchdowns in each of the first two quarters. Haynes scored on a 5-yard run on Northgate's first possession of the game, and Austin threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Jake Smith with 5:28 left in the period.
Haynes scored his second touchdown on a 1-yard run with 11:01 left in the second quarter, and Matt Huang scored on a 37-yard run with 4:58 left.
— Scott Strain, correspondent
Piedmont 44, Albany 16: The Highlanders' Gabriel Watson electrified the home crowd by returning consecutive kicks and then continued to impress by scoring four more touchdowns on long runs in the victory for Piedmont (1-2) over Albany (0-3).
Watson took the game's opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown. After an Albany safety on the Piedmont kickoff, the sophomore returned the Cougars' free kick 75 yards for his second TD return. Piedmont led 16-0 with 11:09 left in the first quarter and Albany yet to run an offensive play.
— Jim Bucci, correspondent
Santa Rosa 25, Antioch 14: Santa Rosa forced five turnovers in a road victory over Antioch, including a fumble recovery in the end zone with under two minute left to preserve the win.
Jahi Hayes ran for 152 yards for Santa Rosa (2-0), 138 coming in the second half along with two touchdowns.
However, as Santa Rosa was running the clock down in the game's waning stages, he fumbled the ball after a couple nifty moves on the Antioch 5-yard line.
Antioch forced four Santa Rosa turnovers. Down 19-14, Antioch (1-2) started the drive with 2:28 remaining at its own 3. After a 4-yard run, they attempted a reverse play, but the handoff was bobbled and fell to the turf. Santa Rosa defensive end Kerr Bation fell on the loose ball in the end zone.
Isaac Lewis led Antioch with 99 yards rushing and a touchdown, while Michael Gray added 84 yards on the ground with one touchdown.
Vince Jones led Santa Rosa with 111 yards passing. He also had 30 yards rushing and a touchdown.
— Paul Burgarino
Liberty 18, Hayward 6: In a game marred by penalties and turnovers, the Lions (1-2) pulled away from the Farmers (0-3) in the second half for a nonleague victory.
Ivan Oseguera led all rushers with 86 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter on a 10-yard run. Cody Maghuyop added a 3-yard scoring run early in the fourth quarter to provide the final margin.
Oseguera took over as quarterback for the Lions in the second quarter, trailing after a fumble recovery in the end zone had given Hayward a 6-0 lead. Oseguera accounted for all 55 yards on the ensuing drive, tying the game with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Conor Green, just 40 seconds after the Farmers went ahead.
Liberty had multiple opportunities to extend its lead in the second half, but consecutive possessions inside the Hayward 10 came up empty, as penalties pushed the Lions out of scoring range on each drive.
The Lions also committed four turnovers, enabling Hayward to stay close throughout the game.
— Nate Smith, correspondent
Central Catholic-Modesto 38, McClymonds 24: Raiders running back Matt Ringer had four touchdown runs to go with his game-high 264 rushing yards as host Central Catholic edged the Warriors.
Central Catholic led 14-12 at half but Ringer's rushing touchdowns of 10, 9 and 25 yards sealed the deal.
The Warriors were led by junior running back Lavance Warren and senior quarterback Emoni Foutain, as Warren scored three touchdowns and ran for 199 yards. Foutain had 112 passing yards with a touchdown to Lavon Washington, completing 9 of 19 passes. Foutain also ran for 48 yards on nine carries.
The Warriors had an interception return for a touchdown called back, then were penalized on a muffed punt by the Raiders.
"I am very proud of my team. They stayed in it until the end," said McClymonds coach Michael Peters. "Any other circumstance we win the game, but we were there, we were in it."
— Brandon McGuiness, correspondent


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One of the most significant moments in Major League Baseball history was when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier on April 15, 1947. In 2004, Commissioner Selig proclaimed that April 15 would always be known as Jackie Robinson Day. Our goal is to celebrate this moment by bringing more exposure to the life, values and accomplishments of not only Jackie Robinson but other African-American leaders who have inspired us to break any barrier and succeed. So in celebration of Jackie Robinson and Black History Month, we held a "Rockies Honor Robinson" Youth Artistic Contest.
The contest theme is "Breaking Barriers" and elementary, middle school and high school students are invited to submit an art form that best depicts what breaking barriers means to them. Your students can focus their entry on an individual or something they have experienced in their personal lives that applies to the theme of breaking barriers.
Each student at your school who submits an entry will receive 4 tickets to a Rockies game on Monday, April 20, Tuesday, April 21, Wednesday, April 22, Monday, May 4, or Tuesday, May 5, depending on availability and at the discretion of the Rockies. Out of all of the entries submitted within your school, teachers will select the top three, which you will send to us by March 20 to compete with other top entries from other participating schools for prizes that include VIP tickets for the students' families to the April 20 game and participation in a pregame onfield ceremony!
This is a great opportunity for the students to learn about inspirational African-American leaders.
If you have any questions, please call Erin Shneider at 303-292-0200