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Massive tornadoes tore a town-flattening streak across the South, killing at least 269 people in six states and forcing rescuers to carry some survivors out on makeshift stretchers of splintered debris. Two of Alabama's major cities were among the places devastated by the deadliest twister outbreak in nearly 40 years.
As day broke Thursday, people in hard-hit areas surveyed obliterated homes and debris-strewn streets. Some told of deadly winds whipping through within seconds of weather alerts broadcast during the storms Wednesday afternoon and evening.
"It happened so fast it was unbelievable," said Jerry Stewart, a 63-year-old retired firefighter who was picking through the remains of his son's wrecked home in Pleasant Grove, a suburb of Birmingham. "They said the storm was in Tuscaloosa and it would be here in 15 minutes. And before I knew it, it was here."
He and his wife, along with their daughter and two grandchildren, survived by hiding under their front porch. Friends down the street who did the same weren't so lucky — Stewart said he pulled out the bodies of two neighbors whose home was ripped off its foundation.
Alabama officials confirmed 180 deaths, while there were 33 in Mississippi, 33 in Tennessee, 14 in Georgia, eight in Virginia and one in Kentucky.
President Barack Obama said he would visit Alabama Friday to view damage and meet with the governor and families devastated by the storms. Obama has already expressed condolences by phone to Gov. Robert Bentley and approved his request for emergency federal assistance.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it received 137 tornado reports into Wednesday night. The storms forced authorities in some places into makeshift command posts after their headquarters lost power or were damaged, and an Alabama nuclear plant was using backup generators to cool units that were shut down.
A tornado expert at the Oklahoma center said it appears some of the tornadoes were as wide as a mile and likely packed a wallop that only 1 in 100 twisters ever reach. It could be days, however, before scientists make an official determination.
Some of the worst damage was in Tuscaloosa, a city of more than 83,000 that is home to the University of Alabama. Neighborhoods there were leveled by a massive tornado that barreled through late Wednesday afternoon and was caught on video by a tower-mounted news camera.
"When I looked back, I just saw trees and stuff coming by," said Mike Whitt, a resident at DCH Regional Medical Center who ran from the hospital's parking deck when the wind started swirling and he heard a roar.
On Thursday morning, he walked through the neighborhood next to the hospital, home to a mix of students and townspeople, looking at dozens of homes without roofs. Household items were scattered on the ground — a drum, running shoes, insulation, towels, and a shampoo bottle. Streets were impassable, the pavement strewn with trees, pieces of houses and cars with their windows blown out.
Dr. David Hinton was working at the hospital when the tornado hit. He and his wife had to walk several blocks to get to their house, which was destroyed. Several houses down, he helped pull three students from the rubble. One was dead and two were badly injured. He and others used pieces of debris as makeshift stretchers to carry them to an ambulance.
"We just did the best we could to get them out and get them stabilized and get them to help," he said. "I don't know what happened to them."
Back from an aerial tour Thursday morning, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox said the tornado tore a streak of "utter destruction" through the city. There were at least 36 people dead in the city's police jurisdiction, and searches continue for the missing.
"We have neighborhoods that have been basically removed from the map," he said.
Because the city's emergency management building was destroyed, authorities are using Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama as a command post.
University officials said there didn't appear to be significant damage on campus, but the school canceled final exams and postponed commencement from May until August. Dozens of students and locals were staying at a 125-bed shelter in the campus recreation center.
The storm system spread destruction from Texas to New York, where dozens of roads were flooded or washed out. The governors of Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia issued emergency declarations for parts of their states.
The National Weather Service said the deaths were the most since a tornado outbreak killed 315 people in 1974.
A research meteorologist at the Oklahoma prediction center, Dr. Harold Brooks, said the average tornado is on the ground for a couple of miles, measures a couple hundred yards wide and packs top winds of 100 mph. He said most reasonably built structures can withstand storms like those, but the ones that hit Wednesday appeared much stronger.
"There's a pretty good chance some of these were a mile wide, on the ground for tens of miles and had winds speeds over 200 mph. Well, that's obviously a bigger problem," he said.
Brooks said there is some evidence that a single tornado could have started at the Mississippi-Alabama state line before plowing through Birmingham and Tuscaloosa and into Georgia. If that's the case it could be among the longest-tracking tornadoes in history.
In Alabama, where as many as a million people were without power, Bentley said 2,000 national guard troops had been activated and were helping to search devastated areas for people still missing. He said the National Weather Service and forecasters did a good job of alerting people, but there is only so much that can be done to deal with powerful tornadoes a mile wide.
The storm also forced the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant about 30 miles west of Huntsville to shut down its three units because of damage to the utility's transmission lines, the Tennessee Valley Authority said. Diesel generators were being used to cool the reactors. The safety systems operated as needed and the emergency event was classified as the lowest of four levels, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.
In Smithville in northeastern Mississippi, the police station, post office, city hall, an industrial park with several furniture manufacturing facilities and a grocery store were among dozens of buildings ripped apart. A church was cut in half, and pieces of tin were wrapped high around the legs of a blue water tower.
Jessica Monaghan, 24, walked through the wreckage with her 9-month-old son, Slade Scott, strapped to her back, and the baby's father, 23-year-old Tyler Scott, by her side.
Their house was still standing, though the home belonging to Tyler Scott's mother was flattened. He was at work — he's a firefighter in nearby Tupelo — and Monaghan was at home watching TV when broadcasters warned the town could be hit within 10 minutes. By then, she said, the storm was there.
"The baby was already in the closet. I grabbed the cat and got in the closet, too," Monaghan said. "You could just feel the pressure. It really was like a freight train."
In Georgia, parts of Trenton were heavily damaged. Lisa Rice, owner of a tanning salon there, survived a tornado by climbing into a tanning bed with her two daughters, 19-year-old Stormy and 21-year-old Sky.
She said they were working in the salon about 6 p.m. when her husband called to report a tornado warning. She saw the dark sky outside and some debris flying.
"I'd already told the girls which bed we were going to climb into if we need to. So, we got in it and closed it on top of us," Rice said. "Sky said, 'we're going to die.' But, I said, no, just pray."
She said they could hear the cracking of the roof coming off, and the feel the air rushing over. The 30-second ordeal left the salon in ruins, but the family was happy to be safe.
"We're still alive," she said. "We have a lot to be thankful for."
Reeves reported from Tuscaloosa. Associated Press Writers Michelle Williams in Trenton, Ga., Holbrook Mohr in Smithville, Miss.; Anna McFall and John Zenor in Montgomery; Meg Kinnard in Colombia, S.C.; Bill Fuller and Alan Sayre in New Orleans; Dorie Turner in Atlanta; and Bill Poovey in Chattanooga, Tenn., contributed to this report.


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Although no one knows the origins of cheese, it's become a staple of nearly every household in the developed world. The advent of cheese predates written history, and its independent creation can be traced to numerous areas of the globe — Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The miracle substance is a true wonder food: easy to store and keep, high in protein, and calorie-dense. Even the most scrupulous weekly meal planner needs to look for versatile foods, and what better ingredient than cheese? Here are five rare cheeses you should try at your earlier opportunity.
5. Brie De Meaux
France is known for brie, and in the world of brie, Brie De Meux is as good as it gets. This pungent variety is more viscous than your typical wheel. Fattier than its cousin Camembert, Brie De Meaux won't come cheap. It runs $20 a pound.
4. Drunken Goat
This high-fat goat cheese hails from the south of Spain. It's aged for nearly three months before being soaked in red wine for several days. The finished product has an appealing purple hue.
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Taleggio is a popular Italian cheese, but isn't well-known in the United States. One reason is that it ages very quickly which makes it difficult to export cost effectively. Taleggio is creamy and well-suited to desserts.
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South Africa isn't often associated with cheese, but Kwaito posses a unique flavor that shouldn't be looked over by aficionados . The name comes from the Isicamtho tongue and, roughly translated, means "cool".
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Pont l-Evenque is one of France's oldest (and most fragrant) delicacies. It's extremely pungent aroma and soft consistency make it a popular choice for fondue, and over 3,500 metric tons are manufactured each year.
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The following is the statement of the Harford County School Bus Contractors Association regarding the budget approved by the Harford County Board of Education on June 10:
Like a great many of our fellow county residents, the members of the Harford County School Bus Contractors Association (HCSBCA) were dismayed to see the severe budget cuts made by the Harford County School Board at their June 10 meeting. We certainly acknowledge the incredibly difficult position of the school board in being faced with the need to close the gap between the budget they had approved earlier in the year and one they actually had enough money to fund. That being said, we must take issue with several of the recent decisions made by the board as we are deeply concerned by some of the proposed changes to pupil transportation and the impact of those changes on student safety.
The association's first and foremost priority is the safety of the students we transport. We take enormous pride in our record of unparalleled service and professionalism. We serve as a model system which other counties – in Maryland and beyond - look to emulate, a system that has earned this county multiple national safety awards and commendations. We view several of the proposed changes to the pupil transportation system as having the potential to undermine the safety of the students of Harford County.
By consolidating a number of bus stops and establishing "depot stops," students will be required to walk increased distances to reach the nearest bus stop. It follows that they will be more frequently required to cross roadways, at times in less than favorable weather and light conditions. The prospect of larger groups of students at each bus stop also increases the potential for behavior problems, including fights, bullying and horse play at each bus stop. These are all real very considerations stemming directly from the proposed reconfiguration of area bus stops, and ones that concern us as school bus contractors. Moreover, these changes come immediately on the heels of another significant change directly related to student safety: the county's $1 million reduction of our liability insurance just last year, which reduced our county-secured liability coverage by one-half.
A related item of concern to the association stems from the school board's recent decision to purchase four new full-sized, fully air-conditioned school buses to the tune of approximately $100,000 each. We believe the board should have instead transferred responsibility for the routes belonging to those four buses to one or more county school bus contractors, thereby saving themselves several hundred thousand dollars while in no way affecting the job security of their own county drivers, given the existence of county-run special needs routes. Further, in addition to saving money, should the school board have chosen to reallocate the routes to a local contractor or contractors they would have been helping to offset the foreseeable cuts to contractor bus routes and subsequent cuts to positions employed by said contractors.
It is the association's hope that the school board revisits this decision and ultimately reverses it. The Harford County School Bus Contractors Association {HCSBCA} serves as the collective voice of 40 locally-owned and operated private school bus companies that contract with Harford County Public Schools to own and operate the vehicles that transport schoolchildren across the county. In Harford County alone, a total of 400 private contractor-owned school buses service public school students. The county owns and operates 100 special needs buses in addition to those 400 general education buses. Together, they transport over 33,000 students and travel 44,000 miles on a daily basis, servicing 54 public schools and 16 out of county or non-public schools.
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Susan Granger's review of 'Divergent'
According to psychologists, one of the most stressful as-pects of adolescence is finding acceptance within a peer
group. The need to belong has been the basis for popular young-adult fiction like "Twilight," "The Hunger Games," even the "Harry Potter"
In a futuristic, sci-fi world, 16-year-olds are divided into five distinctive factions, based on hallucinatory tests and simulations that determine their dominant personality trait. There's Dauntless for the brave, Abnegation for the selfless, Amity for the peaceful, Candor for
the honest and Erudite for the intelligent. If you're not born into or choose to join any of these groups, or you've been expelled, you're abandoned to survive on your own in the mean streets.
Problem is: in postwar Chicago, Beatrice "Tris" Prior (Shailene Woodley), the daughter of an Abnegation official (Tony Goldwyn) and a nurturing mother (Ashley Judd), doesn't fit into just one category. According to her examiner (Maggie Q), she's a Divergent, and that's a secret she must guard with her life because the government is determined to eliminate all Divergents as threats to the organized social order.
Although Tris' twin brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort) decides to join the Erudites on Choosing Day, Kris opts for the warrior Dauntless. While she's befriended by Christina (Zoe Kravitz) and mercilessly taunted by Peter (Miles Teller), her initiate instructor is Four (Theo James), who admires her grit. But Tris' most formidable adversary is Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet), the ambitious, power-hungry leader of the Erudites.
Based on Veronica Roth's trilogy ("Divergent," "Insurgent," "Allegiant"), it's adapted by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. Director Neil Burger is so burdened by the necessary exposition to ensure a future franchise that, despite the betrayals and surprises, a sense of excitement and urgency doesn't kick in until too late.
Having scored in "The Descendants" and "The Spectacular Now," charismatic Woodley proves a formidable heroine, demonstrating admirable athleticism in her ferociously fearless determination to forge her own identity.
Yet, on the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Divergent" is a disappointing 6, seeming a bit stale after other dystopian escapades.


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The Arabic alphabet contains 28 letters.
This means that the Arabic alphabet contains only two more letters than the English alphabet (26 letters). However, unlike English, the Arabic letters are always pronounced in the same way. In English the letter "c" is sometimes pronounced like an "s" (ceasar) and sometimes like a "k" (cucumber). Or, to take another example, "gh" is sometimes pronounced "f" (enough) and sometimes pronounced "g" (ghost). In Arabic, the letters always retain their sound.
Arabic is written from right to left.
English, of course, is written from left to right like this.
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Sure, this takes some getting used to, but is not that hard with enough practice.
In Arabic short vowels are generally not written.
There are three short vowels in Arabic: a short "u" (as in "look"), a short "a" (as in "can") and a short "i" (as in "with"). Usually these short vowels are simply omitted in writing. Long vowels (such as the "ee" in "tree") are written. A sentence such as:
"The book in the tree is very ugly and rotten."
"Th bk 'n th tree 's vr 'gl 'nd rttn."
This omission of short vowels can be very difficult in the beginning, because it's difficult to guess which short vowels exactly are missing. As you learn more about Arabic grammar you will be able to "guess" the missing short vowels and pronounce unknown words.
Arabic letters change their shape according to their position in a word.
The Arabic script is essentially a cursive script, much like handwritten English. I.e. almost all the letters within a word are connected to each other. This necessitates certain changes in their shapes. If you write an English word cursively, then you will also make certain changes to the letters. For example, the letter "s" will be connected to the letter on the left with a diagonal stroke if that preceding letter is e.g. an "n".
However, in Arabic these changes can be quite drastic. Take a look at the following table that summarizes the letters in the Arabic alphabet and their shapes according to whether they are:
1) on their own (isolated),
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The Eastern Connecticut Board of Baseball Umpires (ECBU) is looking for umpires for the high school and American Legion season. The board will hold clinics for new recruits. For more info, call Ed Nevins at (860) 705-1715.
Salem Youth League is accepting registrations for fall ball. Visit eteamz.com/salemyouthleague to register online. For rookies and minors, call Paul Bureau at (860) 861-1012. For majors, call Vern Vesey at (860) 908-9490.
The CT Heat is looking for players ages 11-12 to compete in travel baseball tournaments. For more info, call Tim Lake at (860) 213-7521.
Shoreline Baseball Academy is holding 2014 Spring tryouts on Nov. 2, 3, 9 and 10 at Tyl Middle School in Montville and at Shoreline Baseball Academy in Old Lyme. All tryouts are free and to register or learn more, visit www.shorelinebaseballacademy.com.
The CT Starters will hold tryouts for its AAU teams. The Starters are beginning their 27th season. For more info about tryout times or to register, visit ct-starters.org
The East Lyme Parks and Recreation Department will hold a coaches clinic on Nov. 9 at the East Lyme Middle School gym beginning at 9 a.m. The clinic is for interested high school, AAU and recreation coaches. Coaches Pete Barry, Richie Conover, Todd Peretz and others will be teaching. The fee is $25 and more information is available by calling (860) 739-5828.
St. Bernard School is looking for a boys hockey head coach and boys indoor track coach. Interested candidates should contact AD Brendan Case at (860) 848-1271 Ext. 117 or email email@example.com.
The Fitch/East Lyme/Ledyard co-op boys hockey team is looking for a head coach. Interested candidates should contact Fitch AD Marc Romano at (860) 449-7200 Ext. 3238 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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The Eastern Connecticut State University men�s soccer program will sponsor an ID clinic for boys and girls high school students on Dec. 8 on the Eastern campus. Eastern head coach Greg DeVito and his staff and will run the clinic from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit ecsuyouthsoccercamp.com to register or call Greg DeVito at (860) 465-4334.
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ESPN President John Skipper is stepping down, citing a substance addiction problem, according to a statement issued Monday morning by the Connecticut-based network.
Former ESPN president and executive chairman George Bodenheimer, who worked at ESPN from 1981 to 2014, will serve as acting chairman for the next 90 days and oversee the transition process as the next leader is chosen, according to the statement from ESPN.
Here is the full statement from Skipper:
"Today I have resigned from my duties as President of ESPN. I have had a wonderful career at The Walt Disney Company and am grateful for the many opportunities and friendships. I owe a debt to many, but most profoundly Michael Lynton, George Bodenheimer and Bob Iger.
"I have struggled for many years with a substance addiction. I have decided that the most important thing I can do right now is to take care of my problem.
"I have disclosed that decision to the company, and we mutually agreed that it was appropriate that I resign. I will always appreciate the human understanding and warmth that Bob displayed here and always.
"I come to this public disclosure with embarrassment, trepidation and a feeling of having let others I care about down. As I deal with this issue and what it means to me and my family, I ask for appropriate privacy and a little understanding.
"To my colleagues at ESPN, it has been a privilege. I take great pride in your accomplishments and have complete confidence in your collective ability to continue ESPN's success."
Bodenheimer released a statement, saying he has "great respect" for Skipper's leadership and that he applauds "the courage he's demonstrating by addressing the challenge head on.
"The most important thing right now for John and his family is that he conquers his addiction and the entire ESPN family is behind him," Bodenheimer said.
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Amazing Race's Idries and Jamil: It Was Hard Getting Over Our Fear of Water
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This is the second time I've ever used a pattern and I love the way it turned out! The waist was too high for me (I'm just under 5'3) and my torso just got lost so I shortened the waist and am pleased with the outcome! I also shortened the length so it would fall just about my knees.
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*I only needed one yard of this fabric, though I'm not totally sure how wide it was. I now have an extra half yard- maybe I'll make a vest or something :)
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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series continues by remembering a former Tennessee State student-athlete who was drafted by a professional team four times.
Most TSU fans know about the famous three-peat of NAIA Basketball National Championships that the Tigers earned from 1957-59. Coach McClendon and Dick Barnett led the squad, becoming the first black team to win the title.
However, one player that is sometimes forgotten is guard John Barnhill.
Barnhill was the point guard on those successful squads and assisted Barnett on many of his buckets. Barnhill was no slouch around the basket either, tallying 1,253 points during his career as a Tiger.
Barnhill's career point number ranks him 19th all-time, which is quite impressive considering the hundreds of Tigers that have played at TSU since the 62 years since he retired.
Barnhill's ability around the bucket and the publicity of the titles made professional teams take note of him.
In 1959, the NBA's St. Louis Hawks took a chance on Barnhill with their 11th round draft pick.
Barnhill played an average of 21 quality minutes per game for the Hawks, and tallied 8.5 points per game.
A few years later, in 1966, the Chicago Bulls were set to join the NBA. The Bulls liked what they saw from Barnhill and gained the rights to draft the guard from Barnhill's old team.
Barnhill never played a second for the Bulls, as the Baltimore Bullets bought his rights from Chicago. Barnhill averaged eight points per contest with the Bullets, causing him to get drafted by the NBA's newest team- the San Diego Rockets.
The following season, the Phoenix Suns joined the league and guess who they drafted on their team? That's right, Barnhill.
Barnhill averaged 13 points and four assists per game during his NBA career.
Barnhill eventually ended his career with the Indiana Pacers of the ABA in 1972, and was inducted into the Tennessee State Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
Sports Information Assistant Alex Mitchell contributed to this article.
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According to the Regional State Archives of Stavanger, in 1862, Ole Olsen bought a farm from Bjørn Larsen.
The following link provides some farm information along with the family members in 1865:
"Merknad 387b" now means property nr. 16 of the farm Finnestad.
(Please keep in mind that accuracy of records is less than perfect - so ages and other information are not always correct)
For more information on Stavanger and a map of the area, please go to the following wikipedia link:


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As you know, back in May we celebrated our 11th birthday, and to mark the occasion we asked our followers to vote for their favourite Arkive highlight from the past year. A huge thank you to everyone who filled out the survey, it has been fantastic to get your feedback on what we have been doing and to find out what you felt was the most important focus for Arkive.
The results are now in and we are thrilled to announce that you chose our work profiling the world's most endangered species as your winner. This has been a key aim for Arkive since the very beginning, and today we have over 16,000 species profiles in our collection. Of course, this work wouldn't be possible without the support of the world's best wildlife filmmakers and photographers, conservationists and scientists, who contribute their imagery and lend their support and advice.
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"Build It Yourself: Satellite!" is an online Flash game hosted on the James Webb Space Telescope website. The goal of the game is to explain the decision-making process of satellite design. The user can choose to build a "small," "medium," or... (View More) "large" astronomy satellite. The user then selects science goals, wavelength, instruments, and optics. The satellite is then launched on the appropriate rocket (shown via an animation). Finally, the user is shown what their satellite might look like, as well as what kind of data it might collect, via examples from similar real-life satellites. Satellites range from small X-ray missions without optics (like the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer) to large missions with segmented mirrors (like the James Webb Space Telescope). (View Less)
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An introduction to U.S. taxation of U.S. and foreign persons engaged in international activities. Topics include U.S. jurisdiction to tax, tax treaties, allocation of income, transfer pricing, foreign tax credits, etc. We will discuss the recent changes in legislation pertaining to U.S. international tax rules under the JOBS Act of 2004. The goal of the class is to provide an overview of the relevant law, giving due respect to its complexity and the policies underlying it, and to identify and tackle the types of issues that most frequently arise.
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One of the leading indicators of student success in higher education is the percentage of "persistence" – the number of first-year students who return for a second year of studies. Those that do so increase the likelihood of timely undergraduate degree completion exponentially.
Based on its 2012-2013 performance, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) leads all Texas A&M University System regional campuses with a 74% persistence rate. TAMIU's closest competitor among A&M regional universities is TAMU-Commerce with a 69% persistence rate.
Dr. Conchita Hickey, TAMIU's dean of University College, identified three primary factors that have helped to elevate TAMIU's persistence profile.
"Basically, we committed to an expansion in academic support which has generated an increased awareness among students of the effectiveness of that support. As a result, a dramatic boost in participation by students in these programs has followed," Dr. Hickey explained.
University College is TAMIU's umbrella for various academic support programs and services that focus on advising and mentoring, tutoring, supplemental instruction, testing, writing, service learning, focused seminar courses, a University-wide Common Read and developmental studies.
Hickey said that additional components in TAMIU's persistence success are the strong integration of academic support by TAMIU faculty, an embedded high-tech monitoring and tracking system and reinforcement by Student Life and Career Services offices.
"Across the board, it's all about everybody maintaining constant communication and partnership in the success of our students. At some campuses, advising and mentoring may occur on an occasional basis, perhaps once a semester at registration. Here at TAMIU, it's virtually a daily effort that's manifested by all of us across the campus. We're especially proud of the critical leadership that our faculty provides in all aspects of our programs," she explained.
Linked to the communication engagement are embedded student monitoring and integration of academic support into Student Life, she added.
"Our DegreeWorks system helps students and faculty share real-time advising information and track their success, making adjustments to schedules and degree plans seamlessly. Likewise, our Student Life offices have done much to integrate the use of academic support programs and services into their campus activities. There was a time when academic assistance programs had a stigma attached. Not so anymore…now students see the real-world implications and dramatic impacts on their performance, their GPA and, most importantly, the return on their investment. After all, they're paying for these services with their student fees; they should take advantage," Hickey noted.
While pleased with TAMIU's persistence rate, Hickey said the University is eyeing bettering that rate.
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Two Twinkies for $350 Dollars
(PALMYRA)—A package of two Hostess Twinkies sold as a charity fund raiser during Bids for Bargains here on KHMO a couple months ago has a new owner. Carl McElwee bought the package of Twinkies during Bids for a hundred dollars. Proceeds of that sale went to Leaps of Love—a Hannibal charity benefitting childhood cancer victims and their families. McElwee put the Twinkies up for sale at a fund raiser for Mike Litteken of Palmyra to help with his expenses in fighting cancer. McElwee says the expensive treats have a new owner. Mark Bross bought the iconic snacks for 350 dollars. McElwee says Bross plans to sell the two twinkie package as a fund raiser for Relay for Life in Palmyra.


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Do you ever struggle to get into the previous work of a band who were brought to your attention well into their career?
Like contextually you just don't get their early stuff or whatever?
Case in point for me is Mercury Rev. My older brother was well into them when I was a kid, Boces and all that. My starting point was Goddess on a Hiway. I think the first album I bouht by them was All Is Dream shortly after I'd heard 'Nite and Fog' played a few times on Lamacq.
Anyways, I can listen to eaerly Mercury Rev but it just doesn't seem to be the same band at all. I mean it's good, I really dig it, but it doesn't carry that same sort of depth and weight that most of their output from Deserters Songs onwards does.
Got me to thinking that this is probably the case for a lot of people - say someone who got into Biffy Clyro or Snow Patrol after they went massive - they'd probably struggle with the earlier stuff, wouldn't they?
I think what I'm saying is context is kind of important in terms of how you perceive an artist, isn't it?
I got into Biffy aged 14 with Puzzle
Bought the first three albums a few months later on some kind of HMV deal. Infinity Land remains one of my favourite albums ever.
I kind of get what you mean, though often I find its more difficult to get into a band due to the sheer volume of material sometimes. Dino Jr are one example, I heard Farm first a few years back, downloaded all their albums and I swear there are still a couple of early ones I just haven't got round to listening to.
In fact, I'm inclined not to listen to / get into an album if I know that the artist has a long back catalogue that I've never heard.
But it's not really to do with context. It's more that I don't think I have the energy to face going through the entire back catalogue. And it's different today than what it was 20 or more years ago. Today, you can have relatively instantaneous access to the entire back catalogue, so it's just this huge wall of albums requiring a great deal of time to listen to, whereas before you'd tend to buy one album and enjoy it over a few weeks before getting another one, etc.andyvine this'd this
Excellent question
and yes, definitely. The Mountain Goats particularly- and I'm sure lots of other people will feel this way about them/him, as there is such a massive back catalogue yet musically it's all fairly similar. I got into them with All Eternals Deck (I'd been aware of them for years, but always assumed they were an earnest 'los campesinos fan' type of band without properly listening to them), then got like three other albums by them which I've enjoyed, but kinda hit a wall as there is SO much other stuff, and I've only got limited time/money.
I find stuff like Spotify more of a barrier to getting into new music in this sort of situation...
Even as a fairly big Mountain Goats fan
There's a decent amount of the early lo-fi stuff I haven't heard yet. They're a great example actually: anyone who's heard them through the 4AD stuff has the hurdle of everything before then being recorded rough-as-you-like onto a boombox...
Really long discographies turn me off a bit
I can listen to the three or so raved about Cure albums, but I'll never bother getting into anything else. But when everyone says a band's ten albums are all as good as one another, and some bands are fairly consistent like that, then I find it hard to motivate myself to get into them.
The Cure have only released 13 albums in the past 34 years tbf
Not that daunting really. 9 if you're only interested in their 'classic' run from Three Imaginary Boys to Wish...
Even then
Japanese Whispers is a compilation easily skipped, and The Top is far from essential (arguably, KMKMKM too), so you're down to 7.
And I reckon if you can get Standing on a Beach (aka Staring at the Sea), the truth is that you could probably live without Three Imaginary Boys as well (though missing out on the title track is a big loss). So all up, you only "need" 6.
don't listen to 6 or 7 of them
problem solved.
I have this problem with a few bands
Namely Yo La Tengo and Low. I love their recent work and hold it in the highest regard, and even after splashing about £50 on some of the Yo La Tengo back catalogue, I still can't quite get into it. Because of this I have been reticent to buy into Low's expansive collection.
And I can see this problem being even worse; it's hard to argue for a band's older material to take up your time.
Yeah, Yo La Tengo is one band I have this problem with
I'm sure if I'd known about them way back, I'd probably be a huge fan today, but I can't get into them now, partly because of the size of the back catalogue and partly because the amount of music I can access nowadays means I don't put in the number of listens that would be required for those tracks that I think of as being weaker to win me over.
Obligatory fall mention
I've been trawling through their back catalogue for a couple of years now. Any time I'm in Fopp and at a loose end as to what to buy, it's usually a Fall album. Have lost track a little of what I have and haven't heard...andyvine this'd this
yeah, they have to be one of the worse for new fans to get into
never play much old stuff live either, so it's not like you can ge tthe albums with live favourites on
Pink Floyd
I've listened to Dark Side of the Moon to death, I ripped my girlfriends copy a couple of years ago and ended up listening to it on repeat for about a week. Love it. However, everything else I've heard (Meddle, Wish Your Were Here, The Wall) just doesn't match and I can't be bothered to continue.


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Democrats who accused Republicans of being anti-women during last year's campaign are strangely silent now that one of their own -- San Diego Mayor Bob Filner -- is accused of groping and sexually assaulting women.
"Don't identify him as my former colleague," an agitated House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi reportedly said Thursday night when asked about the claims against Filner.
Pelosi worked alongside Filner for 10 years in Congress. The two were founding members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Filner was a loyal foot soldier for the House leader, having spent 20 years in Congress. On Friday, however, Pelosi said, "What goes on in San Diego is up to the people of San Diego. I'm not here to make any judgments."
Compare that to the scandal involving Florida Rep. Mark Foley. Republican Foley was accused of sending sexually explicit emails to a congressional page. On the very same day the story broke, Pelosi took to the House floor to demand an investigation.
Or consider the case against Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood, accused of unwanted sexual advances in November 1992. Two days later, the Oregon Democratic Party called for his resignation, followed by a call from California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Twelve days after the story broke and before any investigation, Feinstein said Packwood should resign if the allegations were true. A month later, California's other senator, Barbara Boxer, said Packwood should resign immediately. That was January 1993. Packwood did not resign until September 1995, after a Senate Ethics Committee investigation.
On Friday, Boxer did call for a probe of Filner. "These are shocking allegations that should be fully investigated and I think resignation should be on the table," she said.
The "due process" many of Filner's supporters are demanding can take a long time, putting his party in a tough spot. On Thursday night in a closed door meeting, the San Diego County Democratic Party was deadlocked 24-24 on asking Filner to resign.
"We feel somewhat betrayed that we have to deal with these allegations," party Chairwoman Francine Busby told reporters. "We all condemn it. It's abhorrent and we stand with these women. If the mayor has done this and it is proven to be true, we will ask for his immediate resignation."
A conclusion in the case, however, could be weeks or months out. Attorneys representing the three women say they are preparing their cases. Legally, the two alleged victims who are not city employees have two years to file a case against Filner. The former head of the criminal division of the City Attorney's Office says Filner could face criminal charges.
"If the descriptions we heard are accurate, that isn't workplace sex harassment -- it supports a charge of sexual battery," said Chris Morris, now in private practice. Morris says all of the mayor's alleged victims, employees or not, must still file a claim with the city's risk management division prior to filing a lawsuit in Superior Court. The city has 60 days to pay, negotiate or deny it.
And while Filner says he is not resigning, the case is progressing on another political front – an effort to demand a recall.
"Mr. Filner knows me, he knows when I say, 'He did wrong. When I tell him I'm coming I'm coming,'" said Mike Pallamary, who is leading the recall effort.
Pallamary is holding a recall rally Friday night. He expects to begin gathering signatures in about three weeks to recall Filner. He estimates the effort will cost up to $500,000 to collect 107,000 signatures from San Diego registered voters. Once he files with the city clerk, Pallamary has 69 days to collect the requisite number.
A local newspaper poll indicated 59 percent want Filner to resign.
Filner is the first Democrat to be San Diego mayor in two decades. His supporters say Filner deserves the benefit of the doubt and time to straighten out his life.
"We will not endorse a public execution," said Enrique Morones. "Bob Filner, you deserve due process -- you have earned it more than most."
Link to story: High-profile Dems reluctant to weigh in on San Diego mayor groping claims | Fox News
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Record Audi Melges 20 Fleet Readies For Lake Garda Action
21 July 2010
Six Nations Represented At Inaugural Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup
July 21, 2010 (Malcesine, Italy) - It was just twelve months ago that the first Audi Melges 20 sportboat fleet raced in Europe, yet tomorrow, an incredible 37 boats from a record six nations will square off for the first day of the inaugural AUDI Melges 20 Gold Cup in Malcesine, Italy. "We're so excited to see such a big fleet racing at the Gold Cup so early in the Class's existence," said Melges Performance Sailboats President Andy Burdick on his first trip to Lago di Garda. "Even more exciting for me is seeing how friendly everyone is, and the sense of camaraderie shared by everyone in the fleet, from the first-time Melges racer to fifteen-year veterans of sportboat racing." Burdick, a multiple World and National Champion, won't be racing in Malcesine, though the fleet certainly doesn't lack talent; America's Cup sailors like Matteo Ivaldi, Flavio Favini, and Andrea Felci will battle on the water along with Olympians like Chris Rast, Gabrio Zandona, and Nathan Wilmot.
One first-time Melges 20 racer is British-born Singapore resident Andy Bird, who traveled with his crew nearly 7,000 miles to join the action in Malcesine on his chartered Audi Melges 20. "We're used to racing similar boats both in England and Singapore, but I've been itching to get into a Melges 20 for a while now, and it's pretty hard to ignore the chance to race such a fun boat in one of the best sailing venues on Earth," said Bird.
The Englishman isn't exaggerating - Malcesine provides perhaps the most stunning backdrop in all of sailing - with 2000-metre peaks towering over the race course, their sheer faces funneling the afternoon Ora breeze right past the historic castle city. "We are truly lucky to have a place like this for the biggest regatta in Audi Melges 20 history," said Melges Europe President Federico Michetti, who will sail with Stefano di Properizio aboard Hulk along with Australian Olympic Gold Medalist Nathan Wilmot. "I'm just the liasion between the guy yelling in Italian behind me and the guy yelling in Italian in front of me," Wilmot joked.
While bragging rights for the victor of the first Gold Cup are important, the big picture sees Benedetto Giallongo's Value Team with a strong lead in the Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series, with the final stage in Rimini in 8 weeks. With Series second place holder Calvi Network missing Malcesine due to other commitments, Giallongo will rely on strong tactics from Enrico "Chicco" Fonda to hold off Luca Domenici's Notaro Team if he is to become a two-time champion of the Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series. "We have been working hard to get our boatspeed back since we broke our original mast earlier this year," said Giallongo. "I'm confident that our team can continue to sail consistently well, but the best we can do is cross our fingers, work hard, and hope our decisions keep us at the front of the 2010 Audi series."
Melges Europe welcomes On-The-Water Anarchy to Malcesine for the first time this week for their live streaming video coverage of the 2010 Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup. The US-based sailing broadcasters will film from the grounds of the Fraglia Vela Malcesine while multiple professional photographers contribute high quality photos during each day of racing and the shore team posts up-to-the-minute racing information. "The Audi Melges 20 Class continues to attract more and more attention, and for good reason," said Burdick. "It's a blast!"
Please check out the Melges Europe Facebook Page for links to all the exciting video, pictures, results, and reports from Malcesine.
Official Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup Event Website
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2010 Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series Results (After 3 Events)
1.) Benedetto Giallongo, Value Team; 51 pts.
2.) Carlo Alberini, Calvi Network; 53 pts.
3.) Luca Domenici, Notaro Team; 62 pts.
4.) Francesco Farnetti, Reggini Sailing Team; 63 pts.
5.) Renato Vallivero, Turnover; 71 pts.
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Full race reports, interviews and photo galleries will be posted online each day after racing. Stay tuned to the Official Audi Melges 20 Web Site, the Official Audi Melges 20 Blog, Melges.com and Melgeseurope.com for all the latest details. You can also friend the Audi Melges 20 on Facebook, follow on Twitter and/or subscribe to the Official Audi Melges 20 You Tube Channel.


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One BIG Pumpkin – Shelby Man Recaptures State Pumpkin Record
Shelby man recaptures state giant pumpkin record
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A northern Montana man has recaptured the state's giant pumpkin record with a 1,168-pound gourd he raised in his grandfather's garden in Shelby.
Kyle Koschmeder used a backhoe to lift it into the back of a pickup truck to haul it to Ronan for the Big Sky Giant Pumpkin Growers Association weigh-in last Saturday.
His pumpkin beat the old record of 1,039 pounds set last year by Emmett May of Polson.
Koschmeder, 34, last held the state record in 2010 with a 782-pound pumpkin. May answered with an 893-pounder in 2011.
The Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/18qd4kS ) reports the giant pumpkin is on display at Shelby Paint and Hardware. Koschmeder said he's thinking about having the community help carve it into a jack-o-lantern for Halloween.
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Freerunner LightSaber
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Here is the link http://filmsbykris.com/freerunner-debian/ko-user/ko-lightsaber.tar.gz
How to install: Just un-tar it to your root directory and it should place everything where it needs to be and give you an icon on your desktop.
What it does: Start the App and the phone sounds like a LightSaber Extending and then Humming (You know, Like StarWars) Swing the Phone Around and it sounds like you're having a LightSaber Fight.
Features so Far: Sound, Vibration, and The Power Button LED flashes Blue on Swings.
Todo list: Work on the GUI (Currently just a big exit button) add buttons to extend and retract Saber ( so you don't have to exit the program to stop the sounds ) And some sort of graphic or image of a Light Saber. Add More sounds Have buttons so you can choose the color of you lightsaber.
Bugs: Sometimes while exiting, if you are still swinging the phone around, the LED and/or the vibrator will stay on. If this occurs, start the app up again and then close it with out swinging the phone around. I believe I can fix this with ease. I just wanted to get what I have done out before I continued working on new things.


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The terror in Syria is totally despicable and evil led by a human scourge of a dictator, Bashar al-Assad. I don't believe a strike, however limited, against the Syria military is the best direction to take.
We Americans and all other countries and their citizens need an international response team. America should lead the way to organize this force for peace in the United Nations. With such action the demagogues such as Assad would be stopped. There would even be a sentinel effect to deter some potential violent offenders.
Such a peacemaking force would not only save lives and property, but allow a more prosperous functioning of any otherwise threatened culture.
I believe this could happen quickly given such great need — within a year.


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Any strategic changes you will make heading into this Race: I will be more uplifting to my teammate.
Did yesterday's episode say that Christina was engaged to Azaria?
I loved how Ron stopped at every food place to get some Chinese food
Does anyone know what the confection actually was?It looked to me to be peanut brittle, as I'm assuming the use of peanut in some Chinese cuisine in this country was brought over from China, even though peanuts are a staple crop in parts of the southern US.In which case I can understand why Ron was wanting it so much as something with a lot of protein and carbs for energy.
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Green Turquoise and Stone Mix Leather Wrap Braceletluu-b262t
This Chan Luu charcoal leather wrap bracelet exudes an earthy, edgy appeal. The blue mixed stones, shimmering silver, and green turquoise beads are arranged between two lengths of supple dark blue leather to create a statement-making cuff. Bold and distinctive, this bracelet has a cool, casual appeal.
total length : adjustable : 32", 33", or 34" : leather
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CALIFORNIA - Following her childhood dream of becoming a jewelry designer, Vietnam native Chan Luu moved to California in the mid-1970's to study at the Los Angeles Fashion Institute. Creating a fashion-forward, trend-setting collection featuring precious metals, leather, vibrant beads and colorful crystals, her jewelry has accessorized spreads in magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and INstyle.
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A Charming New Facility
Recycled Equipment, a New Automation System, Electronic Marshalling and Remote I/O All Go into a Greenfield Sulfuric Acid Plant
Wilmington, N.C.-based Southern States Chemical (www.sschemical.com), a division of Dulany Industries Inc., is the Southeastern United States' largest provider of sulfuric acid. Two locations (Savannah, Ga., and Wilmington, N.C.) combine to produce over 1800 tons per day, with total marketable tons exceeding 750,000 annually, and combined storage capacity exceeding 35,000 tons.
The company's existing Wilmington plant had produced around 500,000 tons of product per year, but the aging plant was almost entirely manually operated, and meeting EPA emissions limits was a concern. So to expand production capacity and ensure conscientious environmental stewardship, the company looked beyond expanding and upgrading the existing facility to building a new state-of-the-art plant on a 15-acre site next to the old plant with ready road and rail access to transport raw materials and finished product.
Another important consideration was the fact that this particular site meant that the principal byproduct of the sulfuric acid manufacturing process—steam—could be converted into a marketable commodity energy source. The new plant is located adjacent to the plant of Invista Wilmington, a large synthetic polymer and fiber manufacturer, which made a ready customer for a reliable supply of clean, high-pressure steam. The new plant would have three absorbing towers, a sulfur furnace, two waste heat boilers, two SO2-to-SO3 converters, gas-gas heat exchangers, four liquid heat exchangers, four storage tanks, and truck and rail loading facilities.
Southern States also went all in with high-tech tools, abandoning its largely manual operations in favor of the latest in automation technology, including HART communications, remote terminal displays, flow elements, DeviceNet networking and a DeltaV automation system from Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com) along with Emerson's electronic marshalling system, the new characterization modules (CHARMs). All this technology comes together to regulate temperature, pressure, flow, level, conductivity and weight by means of around 235 I/O points.
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The company was challenged with keeping down the expense of building a new plant from the ground up. Among the solutions it found was the recycling of major components from a decommissioned government munitions plant in Baraboo, Wis., and transporting them to the Wilmington site. The Baraboo "imports" included all three towers, two gas heat exchangers, some acid pumps and most of the structural steel. To this equipment were added two new converters, a new furnace, new waste heat boilers, two new economizers, a new cooling tower and new storage tanks. This recycling effort gave the new plant its name—Wilbara, in recognition of the two contributing cities located 1100 miles apart. It also saved Southern States an estimated 20% on the cost of the new facility.
Relocating the old equipment and integrating it with the new was only the first challenge. With Southern States' new supplier relationship, reliability became a crucial parameter for the new plant. Southern States not only had to be a reliable supplier to sulfuric acid customers, but also reliable as a supplier of steam under a contract with its neighbor. The company could not afford to have delivery delays caused by start-up glitches or problems getting employees up to speed on the new systems.
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Furthermore, Southern States had little previous automation infrastructure within the corporation. Everyone from upper management to the junior operators had to be shown how to look at things from an automation point of view. Training the on-the-ground personnel to operate the new system from a computer screen was another challenge. Working with automated equipment was a completely new experience for them and a challenge to the new plant's operational schedule. But staff took to the new equipment thanks to hands-on, in-the-field training.
Another potential challenge to the new system and technology's installation and start-up was the fact that Southern States was working with two different firms for system configuration and support, so coordinating the two teams' efforts without costly overlap, omission or schedule deviation was a concern.
Integration of technology between the two different companies went smoothly. Process automation consulting and engineering firms Control Southern of Suwanee, Ga. (www.controlsouthern.com), and R.E. Mason of Charlotte, N.C. (www.remason.com), the local distributor of Emerson and Fisher valve products, worked together during the entire project to provide a seamless handoff from inception to operation. The former firm ordered all the field devices, performed programming and graphics design. The latter was involved in the initial concept, FAT, on-site installation and commissioning, then took over all on-going programming and site support. One R.E. Mason employee worked with Control Southern from the beginning to get an overall perspective on the project, and then the Mason team took over completely upon start-up.
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To automate its processes, Southern States implemented Emerson's DeltaV v11 digital automation system. While that system has proven itself a reliable performer, Southern States took a leap of faith in the system's new CHARM technology. In fact, this project was one of North America's first installations of the new I/O technology.
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Lea Michele: No Matter How You Feel... Never Give Up!
Lea Michele is all smiles while stopping by a studio on Tuesday (September 24) in West Hollywood, Calif.
"No matter how you feel… get up. dress up. show up. never give up," the 27-year-old actress tweeted the day before, which was after the 2013 Emmy Awards aired a tribute to her late boyfriend Cory Monteith.
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Saturday, August 07, 2010
Mixer love
And can I just mention how much I love having 2 mixers? I have this new snazzy
Breville one
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bright aqua Kitchenaid
I've had for years. I might have an old, 1930s era, strangely laid out kitchen but I love having great equipment to work with. It made making cupcakes a breeze and I didn't have to stop in the middle to wash out bowls or beaters. It felt decadent.
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Thursday, 5 August 2010
Baby boom
Obviously as I neared 21/22 years of age it was pretty clear I was not ready to start my family, I still felt a child myself to be fair! My priorities were shoes, alcohol and having a jolly good time not breast feeding and playschool. I wanted to live my own life a bit more and worry about myself for the time being. It just so happened that 22 was the year I really had to think of myself and nothing else. That was the year I was diagnosed.
Throughout the first few months of realising I had this condition, the constant tests, medication, being off work etc took pretty much all of my time and plans for any kind of future were firmly put on hold until I could figure out how this was going to affect me.
I was told that certain treatments were not considered safe if I was looking to have children in the near future, but as that was the furthest thing from my mind at the time I probably didn't ask enough questions.
My treatments have obviously changed over the last year and as I am receiving more aggressive treatment, I have been informed of the consequences it has on "making babies". To put it simply, the medications I am receiving will have devastating effects on a foetus, exactly what effects are still being researched I believe, however this means that if I wish to have children I must stop my treatment at least a year before conception is considered. Scary thought for any female, that now I actually have to carefully consider and plan when to have a family when for most people it is unplanned but welcomed nonetheless.
The thought of coming off medications for an entire year is daunting enough, how would my condition be controlled during this time? Would I be in agony for a whole year just waiting until I could get pregnant? Then obviously what if it takes a long time to conceive? All questions I think of now my head is a bit more screwed on but should have maybe asked before I agreed to have the treatment.
There is already so much to consider for the future that extra pressure is surely not needed, however that's the way the cookie crumbles folks. In some ways I envy the people who have had children and sorted their families before they were diagnosed, however I know that it is not an easy ride for anyone and can't imagine how tough it is if you're feeling crappy and having to take care of your children as well as yourself. Phew, tough one.
One good thing I have heard on the grapevine though is that pregnancy often sends women with RA into short term remission (something to do with the hormones) so when actually pregnant, you may have less symptoms and pain. Maybe then, I should give up the drugs and continue to have babies for as long as possible?! It could be like the Von Trapp family (only without the singing).
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- Anonymous5 August 2010 at 15:34
Many mom's have stated that during pregnancy for whatever reason, their symptoms had abated. Now I don't any scientific info to back this up for you other than, when I was pregnant, aside from passing out cold from low blood in spite of 2000mg a day of iron, I felt great. You should talk with your dr's about this and see if they can offer you any hope. Or you could weigh out the desires and odds. How bad do you want a child vs what can you bare for pain. TazzyReplyDelete
Do not be discouraged. There are medications for RA that are safe to take while you are pregnant but obviously you should coordinate with your OB and your rheumy when the time comes to plan this out. I feel for you in that this is very confusing. I wanted to have one more child (hopefully a girl, I have two boys) but RA changed my plans.ReplyDelete
As far as far after you have the baby and being able to take care of the baby - that totally depends on the circumstances. I had symptoms of both RA and FMS going back ten years but a few days after I had my son (who is now almost 2); I had the worst flare-up that I have ever had. I woke up one day to the inability to move or walk. My hands were clenched into fists and this feeling became the norm for many weeks. My sister stayed with me from a week after my diagnosis, by my family doctor, until the baby was three months. (I did not see a rheumy until three months later because of waiting lists.) I was able to go back to work because I received support from my family and I was able to feel somewhat better emotionally and making diet and lifestyle changes was new process but I was learning. It was, however, overwhelming. The first six months after diagnosis were the worst period of my life. I was juggling a career, a family, tending to an infant, and trying to make sense of my diagnosis.
In your case, you have had experience in dealing with RA and I strongly doubt that your experience will be similar. If you want to have children, work with your team of doctors and make that possible, and when you do get pregnant – plan for the days and weeks after birth because despite remission during pregnancy, you may have a bad flare. Make sure you have the support from family to get through the first few months and it will be a rewarding experience. Don't let RA scare you or discourage you.
I'm 24 and was in noooo way thinking about babies anytime in the future, plus I'm gay so that's even further from my 'plans' but as soon as I got diagnosed and found out about the difficulty with medication etc, I've been stressing about it. It's like, I'm not even sure I want kids or if it'll ever be something that comes my way but I'd like to have the option. Im not too keen on passing down my RA genes anyway, although I know it's unlikely the kid will get it. I'd feel terrible if he/she did though.ReplyDelete
It's tough to think about such serious things at our age. It's one of these little extra 'fun' life changing things about RA that they don't tell you at first.
Hi im currently off methotrexate to try for children i came off mrah they gve me steriod injection and kept me on planequil as safe for ttc and when preggy to also stayed on anti inflmmatories,pain relief i am to have planequil(also known as hydroxyqlourquine sulphate) and low dose steriod while preggy if need to.ReplyDelete
im end of 30's so hoping goes well. just thought id sa love your blog thanks sharing this.
im not however a straight froward ra ase i have lso systemic lupus,fibromyaliga,endometriois.so until preggy only thing i had stop was methotrexate is harder without it but mostly i have balance ativities out more.keep mobile.good luck on your journey.my Ra Started at 17.got married late 20's here for support when need it hun.hugs m
- Chantelle11 August 2010 at 00:19
I am 25. I was diagnosed 2 years ago. I am single without kids. I have been putting off taking mtx bc of the same reasons. My dream has always been to have a husband and children. But now the plaquenil sulfazine prednisone and mobic are not helping. On my next rheumy appt, I will begin mtx. It scares me to think I may not be able to have children. I often wish I would have had a child before my RA. It hurts when I see people who neglect or abuse their children because I know I would give anything for the chance to be a mother.ReplyDelete


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Tefillin & Tefillin Sets
In Judaism, one who comes of age begins wearing Tefillin. We perform this commandment by placing black boxes and straps on our arms and on our heads. In the past, Tefillin were worn all day. Today, Tefillin are worn during prayers services in the synagogue, similar to Tallit Prayer Shawls. When doning a tefillin, one must recite the Shema prayer, also inscribed on a Kosher parchment placed inside each tefillin box. Our Jewish blog will be a great source for you on Shema, tefillin and its significance in Jewish Mitzvot, simply visit our Jewish blog to learn more.
Tefillin consist of leather boxes with straps. The boxes are black, as are the straps. Depending on whether it is Tefillin for the head or arm, there will either be four pieces of parchment in the box or just one large piece of parchment. The arm Tefillin has one large piece of parchment inside the box. Attached to the box is a long black strap with a knot on one of the sides and the placement of the loop will be based on whether the wearer is left or right-handed. The head Tefillin have four very obvious compartments on them and like arm Tefillin, there is a leather strap that goes through the box. The difference here is that the knot is at the end of a loop which secures the Tefillin to the head. This knot is usually in the shape of a Daled or a box. The parchment has sections of the Torah written on it.
There are differing opinions as to the order of the text written on the parchment and this reflects the main options when purchasing Tefillin. The two opinions are that of Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam.
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Tefillin and Tefillin Sets Guide
Tefillin - phylacteries in Latin and English - is one of the commandments, or Mitzvot, that a Jewish man performs during the day. This Mitzvah, which consists of wearing leather boxes and straps, has numerous rules and is also considered to be a symbol of closeness to G-d and a reminder of G-d's redemption of the Jews from Egypt.
What are Tefillin?
The term Tefillin refers the sets of two black boxes and straps that Jewish men wear on their head and arm following their Bar Mitzvah during prayer services during the week, although it may also refer to a single box and strap. Many Rabbinical leaders wear Tefillin throughout the day.
Materials and Construction
Tefillin are made from the hide of a kosher animal, usually a cow and are painted black. The boxes are inserted with parchment that has sections of the Torah that refer to the Mitzvah of Tefillin written on it in Hebrew script known as Stam and is the font also used in Torah Scrolls and Mezuzahs. It should be noted that the ordering of the text inside the Tefillin is the subject of a complicated rabbinical dispute between Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam, two medieval commentators on the Torah. Their dispute has led to two different traditions regarding Tefillin. All Jews follow the opinion of Rashi, although Chassidim also wear those in accordance with Rabbeinu Tam's ruling.
A set of Tefillin consists of two boxes. The first box is known as the Shel-Yad, or "Hand Tefillin" and is placed on the arm not used for writing, which means that a left-handed person wears his Shel-Yad on his right arm and a right-handed person wears his Tefillin Shel Yad on the left arm. The hand-Tefillin box has one large compartment in which a long piece of parchment is inserted. The other box is known as the Shel-Rosh, or "Head Tefillin" and has an identical shape to the hand-Tefillin. However, it has four separate compartments, each of which is inserted with a section of the Torah that speaks of Tefillin.
The straps run through the back of the Tefillin boxes and are painted black on their front side. The straps are also knotted; on the hand Tefillin the knot appears on the left or right side, depending on which hand the person writes with and the head-Tefillin knot is directly opposite the Tefillin box.
The Commandment of Wearing Tefillin
The Mitzvah of Tefillin is a complicated one, mainly because the rules regarding its construction are quite intricate and the rules regarding its wearing are equally complex. According to normative Jewish tradition, Tefillin are worn during prayer services during the week. They are not worn during Shabbat or days in which work is forbidden, specifically Jewish holidays.
In terms of the wearing of Tefillin, the hand Tefillin are put on first. The box sits atop the bicep and the straps are wrapped around the arm seven times and around the hand. The head-Tefillin box sits above the forehead and the knot sits on the nape of the neck.
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ORDER INSTITUTING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO RULE 102(e) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES OF PRACTICE, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted against Frank D. Edwards ("Respondent" or "Edwards") pursuant to Rule 102(e)(3)(i) of the Commission's Rules of Practice.1
In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Respondent has submitted an Offer of Settlement (the "Offer") which the Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the purpose of these proceedings and any other proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Commission, or to which the Commission is a party, and without admitting or denying the findings herein, except as to the Commission's jurisdiction over him and the subject matter of these proceedings, and the findings contained in Section III.3 below, which are admitted, Respondent consents to the entry of this Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Rule 102(e) of the Commission's Rules of Practice, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions ("Order"), as set forth below.
On the basis of this Order and Respondent's Offer, the Commission finds that:
1. Edwards, age 50, served as CFO at Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. ("Robotic") from March 1999 to September 2001. He is licensed as a "chartered accountant" ("CA"), the Canadian equivalent of a certified public accountant ("CPA"), in the province of Quebec.
2. Robotic is a Delaware corporation currently based in Nashua, New Hampshire. During the relevant time period, Robotic's corporate offices, as well as the offices of its Acuity CiMatrix ("ACIM") division, were located in Canton, Massachusetts. Robotic's ACIM division manufactures bar code reading systems and computer systems that inspect products. At all relevant times, Robotic's common stock was registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and was traded on the NASDAQ National Market System, and the company was required to file annual and quarterly reports with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act").
3. On November 18, 2004, the Commission filed a complaint against Edwards in SEC v. Baker, et al. (Civil Action No. 04-12444-DPW). On November 29, 2004, the court entered an order permanently enjoining Edwards, by consent, from future violations of Sections 10(b), 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A), 13(b)(2)(B) and13(b)(5) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5, 12b-20, 13a-1, 13a-13, 13b2-1 and 13b2-2 thereunder, in the civil action entitled SEC v. Baker, et al., Civil Action No. 04-12444-DPW, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Edwards was ordered to pay a $75,000 civil money penalty, and barred for a period of five years from serving as an officer or a director of any issuer which has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or which is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
4. The Commission's complaint alleged, among other things, that Robotic made material overstatements of revenue and net income resulting from improper recognition of revenue at the ACIM division. Between December 1999 and September 2000, ACIM entered into approximately 36 purported sales to its customers and distributors that contained non- standard terms that deferred, conditioned or even negated their obligation to pay ACIM for the products. ACIM recognized approximately $4.74 million of revenue on the purported sales. This improper recognition of revenue constituted a failure to comply with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). The complaint alleged that, among other things, Edwards participated in the preparation of Robotic's financial statements and knew, or was reckless in not knowing, that the financial statements contained materially false or misleading revenue figures arising out of the ACIM transactions with non-standard terms. The complaint also alleged that Edwards failed to disclose to Robotic's outside auditors relevant information about the transactions with non-standard terms, and that Edwards violated and aided and abetted violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions of the Exchange Act.
In view of the foregoing, the Commission deems it appropriate and in the public interest to impose the sanction agreed to in Respondent Edwards' Offer.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED, effective immediately, that:
A. Respondent is suspended from appearing or practicing before the Commission as an accountant.
B. After five years from the date of this Order, Respondent may request that the Commission consider his reinstatement by submitting an application (attention: Office of the Chief Accountant) to resume appearing or practicing before the Commission as:
C. The Commission will consider an application by Respondent to resume appearing or practicing before the Commission provided that his Chartered Accountant license is current and he has resolved all other disciplinary issues with the applicable accountant licensing authorities. However, if licensure is dependant on reinstatement by the Commission, the Commission will consider an application on its other merits. The Commission's review may include consideration of, in addition to the matters referenced above, any other matters relating to Respondent's character, integrity, professional conduct, or qualifications to appear or practice before the Commission.
By the Commission.
Jonathan G. Katz
The Commission, with due regard to the public interest and without preliminary hearing, may, by order, . . . suspend from appearing or practicing before it any . . . accountant . . . who has been by name . . . permanently enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction, by reason of his or her misconduct in an action brought by the Commission, from violating or aiding and abetting the violation of any provision of the federal securities laws or of the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Palestine on a PlateMemories from My Mothers KitchenJoudie Kalla; photography by Ria Osbourne
published 2017 7.5" x 10" • 240 pages • full-color photosISBN 9781566560696 • hardback • $35.00 •
The food of Palestine is mouth-watering and colorful. This treasure-trove of a book shows it at its best.Sami Tamimi, coauthor of Ottolenghi: The Cookbook and Jerusalem
Joudie Kalla also looks homeward for inspiration in PALESTINE ON A PLATE: Memories From My Mothers Kitchen (Interlink, $35). These easygoing recipes revel in freekeh and fava beans, almonds and orange blossom water, and of course tahini, which Kalla loves so much it turns up in her brownies. She gives monkfish an excellent makeover by roasting it in a thick coat of sumac, zaatar and cilantro, and dresses a lively cauliflower salad with yogurt and, yes, tahini. Theres a showpiece array of stuffed vine leaves and lamb chops, flipped out of the pot and served upside down with yogurt, or you could entertain more simply with her generous platter of well-spiced chicken wings. I want to pay homage, she writes, to the Palestine that my family knew and remembers. And thats exactly what this book does so gracefully. The New York Times
Palestinian food is not just found on the streets with the ka'ak (sesame) bread sellers and stalls selling za'atar chicken and mana'eesh (za'atar and sesame bread), but in the home too; in the kitchens all across the country, where families cook and eat together every day, in a way that generations before them have always done. Palestine on a Plate is a tribute to family, cooking, and home—old recipes created with love that brings people together in appreciation of the beauty of this rich heritage. Immerse yourself in the stories and culture of Palestine through the food in this book. This is a celebration of real Palestinian food, cooked with the ingredients that Joudie's mother and grandmother use, and their grandmothers used before them. Experience the wonderful flavors of Palestine through zingy fattet hummus (tangy yoghurt, chickpeas and hummus, served over toasted pita bread and drizzled in buttered pine nuts), satisfyingly spiced makloubeh (an upside down spiced rice dish with lamb neck and fried eggplant), eggplant and zucchini stuffed full with spiced and herbed lamb, and sublimely decadent awameh (honey dumplings) all accompanied by fresh mint tea and white coffee (not actually coffee at all, but a refreshing mix of water, orange blossom water and sugar). Colorful, stunning photography evoking the vibrancy and romance of the country will bring Palestine into your home and make you fall in love with this wonderful way to cook and enjoy food.Joudie Kalla has been working as a chef for over 16 years. She trained at London's prestigious Leith's School of Food and Wine and has worked at restaurants such as Pengelley's, Daphne's and Papillon. She has been running her own private catering company for over seven years and holds regular supper clubs. She also ran a hugely popular deli, Baity Kitchen, for three years and hosted Palestinian-themed dinners for Jamie Oliver's Fifteen charity.
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