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ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (APP): Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday that the case of Dr.Afia would be taken up with the United States after holding consultation with her family and lawyers.Talking with media outside the parliament, he said "The government will move forward on the issue of Dr.Afia with US after the consultation with her family and lawyers." He said the issue of Dr.Afia has been thoroughly discussed with the law ministry, foreign office and legal experts for her return to Pakistan.
The Minister said the government has also written a letter to the US government for allowing Dr.Afia to talk with her family on telephone.Rehman Malik said the government will not impose any condition on Dr. Afia's family for her return.
To a question, the Minister said the President of Pakistan had pardoned his sentence under the law, adding that the same facility was also granted to the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and some other people.
"It was my right and I have done nothing against the law," he added. Commenting on the issue of missing persons, he said although it was created by the Musharraf regime but the PPP-led government has recovered most of them.
He also appreciated the role of Supreme Court in recovery of the missing persons.
To a question, he said Pakistan is playing a role of front-line state in the war against terrorism, adding that the international community has time and again appreciated the serious and effective efforts of Pakistan in eliminating the menace from the region.
About the NATO forces' attack inside the Pakistani territory, he said the government has taken up the issue with the NATO forces. However, he said it is not clear that NATO forces have attacked on 'no-man's land or inside the Pakistan.
The Minister said the government of Pakistan has asked the US for transferring of drone technology. Commenting on the incidents of target killings in Karachi, he said the government has taken appropriate measures to improve law and order situation there.
However, the minister said he will present a comprehensive report on the incidents of target killings in the Parliament on Wednesday.
Responding to another question, he said a judicial commission comprising judges from Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be constituted to probe the alleged murder plot of the Lahore High Court Chief Justice.
The Minister said the commission would find out the motive behind the alleged murder-plot of the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court. He said there was possibility that it would have been designed to create rift among Federal,Punjab governments and judiciary.
To a question he said foolproof security arrangements have been made for judges – App


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What.An.Honor - New Voices of Philanthropy
So, this isn't a Willie Wednesday post but it is a LONG OVERDUE thank you. At the beginning of October, I was notified that I had been selected as one of the Voice-Tribune's New Voices of Philanthropy. In order to be nominated, the nominees had to be young professionals between 21 and 35 years old who "are making a difference in creative and inclusive ways."
The gracious editor of The Voice-Tribune, Tonya Abeln, contacted me and I was blown away. Though my friend Alisa at the Kentucky Humane Society had nominated me, I had actually been recognized for my work with The Backside Learning Center. My sweet friend Heather of HerKentucky fame had nominated me in secret, knowing I would object. With the honor came an interview, a photoshoot (with hair and makeup included!), an honorary event, AND $1000 FOR THE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER!
I arrived at the talented Clay Cook's studio in a bit of a tizzy - the shoot was on the Wednesday of the week when I landed from Orlando Monday evening and took off for Boston Thursday morning. (I know, my life is so incredibly hard. HA!) The insanely talented Ana Perez and Rick Bancroft calmed me down and got me beautified with hair and makeup respectively. While we chatted as they made me over, I got to talk to Tonya about BLC and the organizations I work with a bit. Ana succeeded in making my hair into the relaxed, piecey, beachy waves I always want to have and Rick made my face look better than it ever could!
I brought two options, and Tonya immediately selected the Alexis black lace dress I was secretly hoping to wear but thought I maybe couldn't pull off. I am so glad for professionals!
Clay ever so kindly walked me through posing. I am AWKWARD naturally. I can do behind the camera and tell people what they should be doing, but myself? I see the camera and turn into Chandler from Friends.
Clay was patient and understanding and made me laugh a lot - so I was so excited to see what he came up with! We then moved on to the interview portion with Tonya, which was videoed for the honorary event.
Perhaps its that my emotions are raw from the personal drama of this summer, but I got choked up several times while talking about the Backside Learning Center and what it means to me. I need to do another post on BLC and all of the good it does, but in a nutshell: The Backside Learning Center serves the equine workers and their families of Churchill Downs. BLC serves the hot walkers, the grooms, the BACKBONE of the racing industry in Louisville. I can't imagine working as hard as the BLC students do - and they do it with a smile!
I left the studio feeling a little abashed about getting emotional, but feeling really good. There is something to having relative strangers tell you they admire the work you've been doing AND also make you feel more beautiful than you have in a long time.
I didn't think much else about it until my sweet friend Deanna sent me a picture of the magazine cover. I was floored. Clay - you are a genius. Professional hair, makeup, lighting, and photographer is MAGIC. Like, Harry Potter level magic!
Later that night, a gaggle of of my girlfriends came to support me at the event! Another wonderful friend Maggie and Heather had set about to get as many people as could attend to come! Do I have the best friends or what?
It was a bit surreal, having so many of my friends (and my parents) there to support me and then hear what Tonya had to say about me. I was also empowered by the other nominees and their stories - in fact, Zakiya founder of Mahogany Foster and I have been Facebook messaging! (She needs Thanksgiving donations NOW!).
I finally read the article when I got home, after a lovely night of being toasted and coddled by my friends and family. I sat down and cried. Why is it that other people's words about us are so much more powerful? I couldn't believe that Tonya, this powerhouse woman, had written that I am "one of those people you ask to take the lead when you want to get things done. She has a brain for development, a heart for service and the list of nonprofit organizations for which she has assumed a leadership role could fill a book that might be published by the company she heads, Shircliff Publishing."
Tonya's words. My friends gushing. The professional photos that made me feel like a million bucks. After a couple of months that made me feel low and unsure of myself, this was a nitro boost.
Thank you Heather and Alisa for nominating me. Thank you Tonya for your empowering words and vision for the New Voices of Philanthropy. Thank you to Clay Cook, Ana Perez, and Rick Bancroft for making me feel prettier than I have in months. Thank you to my parents for unabashedly supporting me no matter what crazy thing I rope them into. Thank you to my friends (so many of you to name!!) that came and made me feel so loved.
Most of all, thank you to the other Voices, this giving city of Louisville, and the Backside Learning Center. You all inspire me to give more, be more creative, and see what else I can do!


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Letter: Support our future leaders and vote yes
As we are getting to the final day to make our decision to support or not support a referendum for our local schools, here are a couple of thoughts.
If this referendum is defeated, the issues are still there — the overcrowding is still a problem, the student numbers continue to grow, construction costs continue to rise. The issues are not going away.
Some people question the need for more space because when they went to District 518 schools 30 or 40 years ago, the class sizes were much larger. That might be true, but with federal mandates, advanced programming, technology, ESL and special education our needs require much more space.
I was a school board member when we asked for a referendum to build Prairie Elementary. Little did we know we would outgrow it in such a short amount of time. It was the right thing to do then, and now is the right time to vote yes for a new high school.
I hope that you think seriously about the future and support our youth and the community by casting a YES vote on Feb. 13 and, after that, I hope that district residents from both sides of the issue can start the healing process.
Good luck, and thank you for your support of our future leaders.


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I'm Kent Wayne's Frontal Lobe. Think of me like his internal Captain Picard.
To further the analogy, I hum the Star Trek Next Generation theme (not a Star Trek fan but let's admit it: that was the best theme out of all of them) to myself as I correspond with the rest of this dullard's body. I mean come on—he may have a mind for writing, but he's not exactly what you'd call an Einstein. He's got a decent face and yeah he watches what he eats, but he's really more like an idiot savant that likes to lift weights and cloyingly tries the patience of potential romantic liaisons until his shirt and pants come off. That's when he reveals his sculpted body and penile glory. Only then is it pretty much a sure bet.
"Mr. Motor Cortex: give me a status on the nerve ways and musculoskeletal response systems."
Motor Cortex responds: "Everything's looking ship-shape Captain Lobe. The host body's just finished working out and he's just now returned to his Man Child hovel."
So far so good. "Very well, Mr. Cortex. Ensure that the host ingests the proper mix of post workout nutrition."
"Aye aye, captain."
The hypothalamus pipes up: "Captain Lobe: host body is engaging in a sleep cycle—request permission to engage slumber protocols."
I sigh in disgust—it's 1 PM and this moron wants to take a nap. Lazy fucker. "Permission granted. Fire up neuroendocrine regulators. Start restoring ATP. Enjoy the break, people."
A few hours later, Kent's up and moving. So am I.
"Sensory nervous system, give me an update."
"Host body is engaged in conversation, captain. From pheromonal signals, he's trying to coax a female into mating rituals."
I perk up; this is where things usually go awry.
"Okay, look sharp people. Mr. Prefrontal Cortex!"
"Yes captain?"
"Engage all impulse control regulators. Do it now before—"
A red alarm begins flashing in Kent Wayne's skull. It's accompanied by an incredibly loud REE REE REE. God-fucking-dammit!
Kent Wayne's penis speaks up: "The power! THE MOTHERFUCKING POWER!!! I'M driving this train now, you weak-ass bitches!"
I immediately begin barking orders: "Caps on all pheromonal release-ways! Cut that asshole's blood flow now before he—"
Too late. When Kent Wayne experiences arousal, it throws the rest of us into a tailspin. His genitals are now firmly in charge. I grit my teeth in frustration.
"Give me audio, goddammit!"
Kent Wayne's doofy voice resounds through his skull and we hear him saying, "Yeah I agree with you: Volume 3 WAS the equivalent of a modern-day Shakespearean epic. I'm glad we're on the same page." Then he lets out one of those stupid ass chuckles. He sounds like Butthead (I guess that's better than sounding like Beavis).
The woman replies: "Very impressive. I especially like the part where you wrote the blaze avatar—"
Kent Wayne interrupts: "You think THAT'S impressive?"
No. NO. He's gonna use the line—the line that NEVER fails to get a drink splashed in his face.
"You should see my penis."
Through the optics monitors, I see the glass of alcohol flit toward his face, the liquid leaving its confines in heartstopping slow motion. Only one option left.
"QUICK!" I yell. "FOCUS ALL COGNITIVE RESOURCES ON ECHO! WE NEED TO TAP THAT MAGIC DAMMIT!"
All organs (aside from cock-n-balls; they're always doing their own thing) perform the equivalent of Professor X putting his fingertips to the side of his head and closing his eyes. The entire story of Echo—cyborg-soldiers, future wizards, big rowr-things—surges through the whole of Kent's body. Magic flash.
Time reverses, we see the alcohol flow back into the glass, and Kent Wayne's massive penis is—for one precious moment—stripped of its power.
I scream, "ONE CHANCE PEOPLE! MAKE IT COUNT!"
It feels kind of like reversing a ship's course when it's going full steam ahead, but we manage to do it: Kent Wayne's mouth says, "I enjoy puppies and long walks on the beach."
And the woman responds: "What a coincidence!" Genuine laughter. "I do too!"
I sigh in relief. The evening continues as expected, and later on, our goofy bastard host unloads a batch of sperm into a new receptacle.
Good Christ this job is hard.
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Third Man Records worked closely with Touch and Go Records and the surviving members of Laughing Hyenas to craft deluxe vinyl reissues of the band's entire catalog. The seminal Michigan group's releases have been lovingly re-mastered for vinyl and cut by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering. Each record will include unseen photos and images of "Damn, that would have been a sick show!" flyers as well as testimonials/thoughts/stories/liners by Thurston Moore, Butch Vig, Brian Turner, Ben Swank, Aaron Dilloway and Allyson Baker to name just a few.
Formed in 1985 from the ashes of Negative Approach and L-Seven, the original line up of John Brannon (on vocals) and Larissa (Stolarchuk) Strickland (switching to guitar), with the addition of the pocket-locked rhythm section of Kevin (Monroe) Strickland (bass) and Jim Kimball (drums) recorded Merry-Go-Round (1987), You Can't Pray A Lie (1989) and Life of Crime (1990). These seminal 12"s and the live shows that this line up played around these releases are among the scariest music the world has ever heard or seen. Seriously, life changing stuff. Laughing Hyenas were the underground.
Brannon had a howling shriek and stage presence unlike any other frontman in history, with the stare of a perverted street evangelist and voice full of pain like gargling shards of glass. Larissa was a guitar strangler in a very true sense. Highly original and influential, she wrangled possessed sounds out of that instrument that redefined what we think of as a "blues riff." She made it scary and real. The rhythm section was downright frightening. Lock tight hillbilly refugees from the hardcore scene.
This is a straight reissue of their 1989 release You Can't Pray a Lie. The Hyenas didn't record throwaways.
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MBPK is looking for a person of Indian origin, positively aligned to Buddhist philosophy of insight and loving-kindness as well as ecological principles, to organize and manage the development of a 150 foot functional statue of Maitreya Buddha designed to last 1000 years on the Project's 200 acre Kushinagar site. This will initially require aiding […]
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The album begin with LUV XXX, a well audio engineered hypnotize speec. Then a light rock n roll with a bite of female soul singing in Oh Yeah. Second song, Beautiful is much more back to Steven Tyler stuff, a combination of modern rock then accentuation with creative backing vocals. Tell Me is a ballad similar as Cryin' or I Don't Want to Miss A Thing, which is easily can be top ten single if this were out in the '90 era. Looks like a souls backing vocals is favorite stuff in this album, because in Out Go The Lights is best described as Aerosmith with a Disney's soundtrack-like backing vocals. Guitar solos is shine in this track, melodious blues rock licks enable you to stay relax, especially the extended harmonica solos and 'Uh ah-uh' encore. The riff and song writing level is still keep high in next track, Legendary Child. Now it's the male backing vocals that in charge, and guitar effect accentuation is what made this song memorable. Come next is something Boyzone-ish ballad, What Could Have Been Love. Luckily then it has a power chorus best sings by Steven Tyler. Street Jesus is aggresive hard rock combined elements of Sweet Emotion, fast singing style and funky intro riff.
The second half of album started with country feel Can't Stop Lovin' You, a duet with Carrie Underwood. Making this song something like Shania Twain in hard rock setup. It's wonderful how Steven Tyler's voice can be put in a duet with almost every singer and get a great result. Lover Alot trying to break the ice and wake up listener with intermezzo drumming intro. Not stopping here, is We All Fall Down. Piano accompaniment and orchestration to mimic what done in Dream On. Last notable to mentioned is Something, a rather experimental stuff full of psychotic instrumentation. Another Last Goodbye, that co-write with Desmond Child, a vocal-singing-lecture song.
Good accomplishment in this album. Very versatile in styles. This may be because of vast contribution from many co-writers in each song. Aerosmith might be already done most of tricks we hear before, but still they are fresh in this album. Steven Tyler singing is never away too make every song uniquely Aerosmith. Not a bad album by the veteran of rock n roll.
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2. Oh Yeah 3:40
3. Beautiful 3:04
4. Tell Me 3:45
5. Out Go The Lights 6:55
6. Legendary Child 4:13
7. What Could Have Been Love 3:44
8. Street Jesus 6:43
9. Can't Stop Lovin' You (Duet with Carrie Underwood) 4:04
10. Lover Alot 3:35
11. We All Fall Down 5:14
12. Freedom Fighter 3:19
13. Closer 4:04
14. Something 4:37
15. Another Last Goodbye 5:47
Steven Tyler – lead vocals, harmonica on "Out Go the Lights", piano on "We All Fall Down", drums on "Something", mandolin on "Tell Me", production
Tom Hamilton – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Up on a Mountain"
Joey Kramer – drums, backing vocals
Joe Perry – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Something" and "Freedom Fighter", production
Brad Whitford – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on "Tell Me", backing vocals
Additional musicians
Russ Irwin – keyboards, backing vocals
Julian Lennon – background vocals on "LUV XXX"
Lauren Alaina – background vocals on "Oh Yeah"
Mia Tyler – backing vocals on "Beautiful"
Carrie Underwood – featured vocals on "Can't Stop Loving You"
Johnny Depp – background vocals on "Freedom Fighter"
Rick Dufay – rhythm guitar on "Shakey Ground"


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Monsters are everywhere! In your town appeared horrific monsters, they frighten civilians and create a mess. Your task is to destroy the uninvited guests using the laser gun. In order to get to some of them you will have to think a little. Good luck!


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The Many Tigers got the revenge they were seeking, defeating visiting West St. John 44-30 Friday night to eliminate the Rams from the Class 2A playoffs.
A year ago, West St. John upset top-seeded Many 34-30 in the second round of the playoffs. This time around, the Tigers, unbeaten and again the No. 1 seed beat WSJ, the No. 24 seed in the quarterfinals.
"We felt they would come with every chip they could find on their shoulder," said West St. John coach Brandon Walters.
The loss ended the Rams' season at 5-8.
"The kids fought hard and well. I can't ask for any more. They poured their heart out into the game and they just came up short this time," Walters said.
Many may have won, but it wasn't easy for the Tigers.
West St. John trailed 21-14 to open the second half but gained a 22-21 lead on a 30-yard run by quarterback Austin Alexander and a two-point conversion less than two minutes in the third quarter.
The Tigers countered with a 9-yard run by Shacori Collier and a two-point conversion of their own to regain the lead at 29-22.
A 13-yard run by Kidric Gray and another two-point conversion at the 1:43 mark of the third quarter gave the Rams a 30-28 edge going into the final quarter.
Gray's touchdown proved to be the last points for the Rams.
Meanwhile, a 32-yard pass from Shannon Sanders to Collier and a two-point conversion put Many on top 36-30 with 5:43 left in the game.
The Tigers sealed the victory with a 28-yard run by A.J. Carter and a two-point conversion with 1:33 left in the contest for the 44-30 final.
Alexander finished with 102 yards on 11 carries while Gray added 66 yards on eight attempts.
Collier had a big night for the Tigers with 240 yards on 28 carries.
The Tigers grabbed a 7-0 lead on a 55-yard pass from Sanders to Isaiah Smith.
West St. John countered with two touchdowns on a 30-yard run by Alexander and a 65-yard interception return by Jamal Walters for a 14-7 Rams lead.
A 2-yard run by Carter tied the game 14-14 before Sanders connected with Smith late in the second quarter to give the Tigers a 21-14 lead at halftime.


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The primary goal of small to midsize manufacturing companies, for example in the mechanical engineering and plant construction sectors or the automotive industry, must be to secure their competitive edge in the long term by offering exceptional product quality. "The three most important ways to achieve this are improving and shortening product development processes, harnessing the associated cost savings and increasing flexibility," says Jakov Cavar, analyst at consultancy firm PAC (Pierre Audoin Consultants). In the future, SMBs will need to bring out new and innovative products, together with customer-specific adaptations of these products, onto the market at an increasingly rapid pace. And this is only possible if the entire lifecycle of a product – from development and design to prototyping, manufacture, marketing and recycling – is monitored electronically. "IT support in this respect is becoming more and more of a strategic competitive factor, which is why SMBs must develop the appropriate expertise within their company," recommends Hendrik Dettmering, a PLM expert from the Technical University of Munich.
PLM – much more than a trend
As far as this recommendation is concerned, companies seem to be well on their way. "Compared with other IT solutions, 2002 was a good year for PLM," says IDC analyst Romala Ravi. More and more companies are recognizing the benefits of using PLM with existing systems to better monitor, standardize and control the lifecycles of their products. PAC analyst Jakov Cavar also points out that, "Growth rates for PLM will be significantly higher than for the entire software and services market." IDC is predicting the market will grow annually by more than 26 percent by 2007. The market volume is set to climb from around USD 3 billion last year to USD 9.7 billion by 2007. Forecasts by other market research institutes confirm that product lifecycle management (PLM) is much more than a trend or short-lived hype. According to the Aberdeen Group, global expenditure on PLM will have increased to more than USD 5 billion by 2005 (compared with USD 3.4 billion in 2001). US consulting firm CIMdata, which specializes in PLM, is even going as far as to predict that the PLM market volume will have grown to USD 20 billion by 2007. While the Aberdeen Group reveals that 75 percent of PLM usage is currently confined to large firms, experts and market analysts such as PAC analyst Cavar believe that SMBs will soon be a powerful force on the PLM market. At present, no more than five percent of all industrial SMBs with less than 1,000 employees already have a PLM solution in place, though this figure is on the increase. There are several reasons behind this. Many SMBs, e.g. in the automotive or aircraft construction industries, act as suppliers to large enterprises and therefore cannot avoiding implementing new technology. What's more, an increasing number of companies no longer manufacture their products or parts themselves, but rather have them produced or assembled by others.
From stand-alone solution to PLM system
The logical development of this process is bringing together different data using a PLM solution. This not only facilitates cooperation but also lowers costs, especially seeing as planning and production have both diversified considerably in the meantime. "Production facilities and designers are often based in completely different locations," says CIMdata Vice President Alan Christman, describing the situation. "SMBs, such as suppliers, are nowadays more involved than ever in large firms' product development processes," Hendrik Dettmering of the Technical University of Munich goes on to say. This is taking place against a progressive trend toward outsourcing production due to increasing globalization. Small to midsize manufacturing firms will in future be most affected by this trend, reveals the "PLM4KMU" research project which focuses on SMBs in particular and which involves the IT Research Center (FZI) of the University of Karlsruhe and the Technical University of Munich among others. We are also seeing development collaborations involving more and more countries.
Between 1998 and 2000, the proportion of outsourced production climbed from 15 to 40 percent, says Alan Christman and he believes it will continue to increase. Particularly in the automotive industry, suppliers will have taken over around 75 percent of development and production tasks from vehicle manufacturers by 2015, predict experts from Mercer Management Consulting and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flows and Logistics (IML). In an environment that has seen such change, integrated solutions are crucial to success. Therefore a PLM system not only manages all product-relevant information and data and makes it available to every employee in a suitable form, it also covers all business processes – from technical processes and production to acceptance testing and maintenance. The time for stand-alone solutions is over, since "The PLM approach is both integrated and horizontal and aims to optimize development and production processes across all areas of a company and use integrated e-business functionalities to transcend corporate boundaries," summarizes Cavar.
PLM is more than just software
According to CIMdata President Ed Miller, PLM has become so relevant to business because of a paradigm change within companies. Businesses improved their corporate structures in particular in the 1990s through investment in ERP (enterprise resource planning), while nowadays the focus is on initiatives to increase profitability and value development. As a result of this development, PLM is not simply a piece of technology but rather a strategy with which all information relating to a product can be generated, managed and leveraged. According to a CIMdata definition, business processes are just as important in PLM as the underlying data. For Aberdeen analyst Jack Maynard, product lifecycle management is even the "first business strategy" which promotes the core competence of manufacturing firms, namely the products they manufacture and sell.
PLM gives businesses access to the smallest details and a whole range of aspects in the lifecycle of a product. However, it also has a profound effect on existing structures (strategy, products, processes, systems and organization) and corporate culture, since the individual phases of the product lifecycle need to be coordinated in ever greater detail, comprehensive process and information flows have to be put in place and the product lifecycle systematically changed. A software solution such as mySAP PLM fulfils these requirements, since concepts and ideas can be quickly turned into successful products. Everyone involved in product development – from product designers, suppliers and manufacturers right through to the customer – are linked together, thereby making it much easier to exchange information. mySAP PLM can be easily adapted to suit changing requirements within a company and can grow with the business and, thanks to the open architecture, can even be linked up to other solutions from SAP or third-party suppliers.
A well thought-out introduction
SMBs should certainly give a great deal of thought to the introduction of PLM software. In addition to the usual question of finding the right provider, it's also vital to address business management and technological questions, which at first do not seem to be directly related to PLM. This includes, among others, investment protection (will the manufacturer be in business in the future?), support from the manufacturer, scalability, integratability and low complexity, a factor which Cavar believes is "particularly important for SMBs". PLM expert Dettmering also advises SMBs to work out the right PLM concept before they look at special software.
So when should SMBs introduce PLM software? "At the very latest, SMBs should begin looking for a PLM system if they are in danger of losing an overview of product data, particularly in the design and documentation stages but also in sales and maintenance," advises Cavar. It's best if the investment is made before the worst case scenario actually kicks in. If a production line is shut down for the first time because the wrong components were delivered, it could already be too late.
Further information:
General: www.plant-maintenance.com
Studies: www.aberdeen.com, www.cimdata.com, www.idc.com
SAP: www.sap.com/plm


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Xilisoft DVD Copy Express 1.1.28.0109
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Eufony is a able and simple to use software appliance that deals with about all your audio and video about-face needs. Manage, Play, Convert, Merge, Split, Burn!
Here are some key appearance of "Xilisoft DVD Copy Express":
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Hopefully everyone has plans on how to make the fullest of this year's xmas! :D
I for one am going to spend it somewhere where the weather is horribly un-christmassy, so it seems pretty pointless for me to do a Christmas fashion post since I'd just be wearing a singlet, shorts, and hopefully an icepack on my forehead. So to make up for that I'm going to make a wishlist of green and red things to make myself (and hopefully everyone reading this) feel slightly better.
Although something is telling me it's not going to work out very well, seeing as the word here is wish-list and not have-list.
Green and Red Christmas Wishlist!
1. Christmas Nails
this is probably the only thing I have on my wishlist. I went out with Denise to get them done just this morning. Nails are my weakness, more than anything else. My favourite are the reindeer, because they sort of look like Unicorns, but christmassy. Don't look at me like that.
2. Red Balenciaga Classic Town Coquelicot
Like, I can't even. I want so bad. ):
3. Green Tea Confectionery
So I was blogsurfing and I went to Jean's blog. WORST MISTAKE OF THIS MONTH I TELL YOU. *SHAKES FIST*. Because I saw the pictures, and since then I've had this intense craving for green tea-related confectioneries that JUST WON'T GO AWAY. Dear waistline, you'll have to abandon all hope of coming into existence this holiday.
4. Red Highlights
I used to have them, and now they've faded to a light blonde. I want them back! Here's a picture from back then :D
There are a bajillion more things I could put on this list, but unfortunately they aren't green or red, so the list ends here. I've so much planned for the holiday and been so busy lately I didn't realise till I sat down and looked at my calendar today that I've almost been home for a month. O: O: O: O: O: O:
It just started to rain so I'm going to curl up in my bed. Plus it's already 2AM in the morning. Goodnight everyone!


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Recently my friend Brent shared with me a story about his 11 year old daughter, Taite, He said, "I know you are going to love this story." He was right.
Taite was given two birthday gift cards to Target. Coupling those with a little additional cash, she was eager to spend her booty on several different items. Accompanied by her dad, she relished her journey around Target, perusing her many choices, carefully collecting coveted items in her cart, and painstakingly keeping a running tab. Fifteen items in all. As the register tape hit the magic $70, Taite was mortified to hear the dreaded words, "And that will be $6.46 tax." With all the Saturday shoppers lined up behind her, she began the painful process of de-selection. Which of her beloved, coveted and carefully chosen items must be returned to accommodate that darn 9.25% tax? Impatient tapping feet and drumming fingers, shoppers in line watched the tab eek down, finally reaching $63 before tax. "You need just $.54 more." As Taite rummaged around the bottom of her purse, fishing out penny after nickel, the cashier offered, "Here, I have $.46 in my pocket." A similar offer came from the lady next in line, and the next and the next. But my friend Brent saw the lesson brewing and rejected their offers. "She'll take care of it." The last penny, covered in lint and a few stray hairs, did the trick. $70.46. Taite bought almost all of what she wanted, and it was all with her very own money.
How many lessons were learned at Target that Saturday!
- Sometimes you have to make hard choices
- You don't always get just what you want
- Your Daddy loves you enough to insist that you take responsibility for yourself…despite your complaints and the groans of the impatient shoppers.
- The easy way out is usually not the best way out, nor does it teach the lesson
- Some kinds of help to children aren't really helpful in the long run
- Proper parenting doesn't necessarily lead to a popular review (from your child, other family members, or onlookers)
- Taxes can be taxing
Hopefully, this holiday season you will have the opportunity to teach your children some meaningful lessons..about choices or taxes.


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Less than a year after Hi-Rez announced the return of Tribes Ascend with the "Out of the Blue" patch, the game's final patch has been released. Titled "Parting Gifts," the update implements a bunch of technical fixes and makes the patcher stand-alone.
This patch follows Creative Director Sean McBride announcing his departure from the company, stating that he and Hi-Rez are "not aligned" at this time. For the time being, Hi-Rez does plan to continue supporting the game with live servers and bug and balance fixes as needed.
Those interested in seeing the changes made in the game's final update can read the Google.doc changelog.
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I think half my brain cells just died reading all of these comments. ^
MMOBOMB has some of the most intelligent followers I have ever seen. hahahahaha XD
is that hard to another company create another tribes online with all the tribes istead of only blood eagle and diamond sword?(i dont think so) because as far as I know the original tribes existed more than two tribes,unfortunately hi-rez is not a fancy company they barely update tribes ascend they is like "uptade now and who knows when they will update again?" for me the best games they made it was global agenda and tribes ascend. i hope someday one company create another tribes online or take the tribes ascend and make it better.
Hir-ez is a stupid developer. I looked into their games I tried to download them couldn't get them to work but I looked up the playthroughs but they don't even look good in quality but smite looked decent enough I guess if your a moba fan which I'm not. All I'm trying to say is they can't make seem to make original games games like paladins looks alot like overwatch. But I know I'm not gonna play on their crappy games.
I'm not a fan of MOBA too but I really like SMITE. And you say they can't make original games when you haven't even played a single one. Their games are all original with the exception of Paladins. You talk without fundament dude, that's the only stupid thing here.
I assume by your butthurt post that you work for them or that you are just some pathetic little kid to dumb to see how bad they are. smite is garbage just like everything else they touch.
now be quiet.
Dude smite was good, its just old and tired now. Sounds like u sucked hard at smite.
omg you have no idea. he was sooo bad. Now if anyone says he was good then you obviously dont work for the company. We company folks are here to read and post shit to this mmobomb here becuase we dont have jobs to do. lol
plus were all like super butthurt
Hirez have gone to shit. They cant create or uphold good quality in their games.
Fu c k this supe s hh it, flight simulator, jump and camp neverending, so shit game was dead so many times, why they revive this poop no clue, hi rez ur games after global agenda is shit for brainless people.
You are more the S,H,I,T, brine-less F,U,C,K!.. Why even Coment on this post.. Tribes Ascend R.I.P was good game back in 2009 naw its just to far behinde.
Agreed. Hirez are idiots. Global Agenda was rescuable but they let it die. They announced that they would created Global Agenda 2 whch was going to be a Global Agenda 1's PvP…that is right, just the PvP gutted out and recreated into an entire game. But SMITE came up and took off (they actually almost scrapped SMITE). Got popular, and they never touched global Agenda. Tribes was good with POTENTIAL, but again, they let it die. I even watched their official stream channel and watch them give hacks to players. I uninstalled never went back. I am enjoying Paladins as a casual shooter, but it too is barely put together, has issues, and treated like a side kick project. They need to shut down several prjects, excel in some or excel in all. Just crooks popping out titles and profiting.


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Japanese is mostly learned through the 'practical usage' style where you learn things that will pertain to what you'll have to use in life, unlike how French is taught in Canada. So before you even learn to count, you learn the basic sentence and some vocabulary fit for a university/college student.
Nakama 1: ch2 – Greetings & Introductions
いちねんせい – 1st year (freshman)
にねんせい – 2nd year (sophmore)
さんえんせい – 3rd year (junior)
よねんせい – 4th year (senior)
だいがくいんせい – graduate student
がくせい – student
だいがくせい – univeristy/college student
りゅうがくせい – exchange student
せんせい – teacher
ともだち – friend
せんこう – major
けいざいがく – economics
ぶんがく – philosophy
こうがく- law
けいえいがく – business admin
おとこ(のにと) – male (person)
おんな – female
Section I – ~は~です。
Affirmative – Noun は Noun です。
Negative – Noun は Noun じゃありません / じゃないです。
This is the most basic form of sentences: something IS something. "Desu" doesn't translate well but it's a polite ending to sentences and is present most of the time.
The order in which you say your nouns matter. My prof was always talking about the topic and the subject but I still don't know which is which. My trick is, whatever you want to talk about will always be denoted by the particle "は". Sometimes it'll be denoted by "も" or "が" for also but that's for later. You can also think of it the other way, "は" will always follow the thing you're talking about.
わたしはがくせいです。 watashi wa gakusei desu. I am a student.
すずくさんはがくせいじゃありません。 suzuki san wa gakuseija arimasen. Suzuki-san is not a student.
Once we switch what gets followed by the "は", the sentence changes in meaning the same way it does in English.
がくせいはすずきさんです。 gakusei wa suzuki san desu. The student is Suzuki-san.
がくせいはすずきさんじゃありませんです。 gakusei ha suzuki san ja arimasen. The student is not Suzuki-san.
"は" here is pronounced as "wa" but when you type it you must still type "ha" to get the proper hiragana to show up.


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Usually, the best way to start building respect and trust is to get together and talk. Face time is important.
Yet despite leaders of China and the United States meeting more often than ever before and voicing commitments to improve Sino-US ties, trust is an issue.
Tough issues like cybersecurity, market access and regional disputes are big problems with no easy solutions—even harder to fix with contradictory expectations and a lack of real trust.
Over half of the general population of each country, influenced in large by what they read in the media, harbor unfavorable views of the other country, with general sentiment trending for the worst, according to Pew. Negative sentiment for China by Americans increased by 16 percent since 2011, with Chinese negative impressions of the US up by 7 percent.
Distrust, in fact, appears to be the norm among the people of each country. A survey by the Committee of 100 found that 56 percent of Chinese and 50 percent of Americans think each nation should trust the other only a little or not at all.
With these negative views as a given, the US-China Bi-National Commission on Trust-Building and Enhancing Relations (BNC) hopes to reverse the trend of increasing popular fear and distrust.
"Strengthening trust between our countries is essential if we are to tackle the big problems that confront us," said Ernest Wilson III, co-chair of the BNC and dean of the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, at a conference last week. "The two sides often pay far more attention to their differences than to the interests they share."
More frequent meetings that turn out to be ceremonial exchanges where the two sides merely repeat well-established talking points don't help.
"We have more contact and less trust," said Jia Qingguo, BNC commission member and dean of the Peking University School of International Studies. "The problem is that meetings are too structured to forge significant breakthroughs and that too many hard won agreements are not fully implemented."
Notes Wilson, "Clearly, greater and more effective communications is essential to fostering the development of trust."
To that end, the BNC, a collaboration between the University of Southern California and Peking University, invited senior experts from both countries with extensive experience in politics, diplomacy, economics, trade and communications to hammer out possible solutions.
One worthy solution that I like a lot focuses on young people. The BNC experts found that while majorities of Americans and Chinese see the other country in a negative light, young people are significantly and consistently more positive toward the other country.
In 2011, the German Marshall Fund found that 59 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 had a favorable view of China, compared with only 33-37 percent for other age groups. In 2013, Gallup found that while only 43 percent of Americans had a favorable view of China, 72 percent of those between 18 and 29 saw China as either an ally (20 percent) or friendly (52 percent). In China, half of those under age 30 have a favorable impression of the US and are optimistic about the future of Sino-US relations.
Research shows that Americans and Chinese who have even minimal contact with each other tend to see the other's country in a more positive light.
"More frequent and deeper engagement produces greater understanding of and empathy towards the other, preconditions for greater trust," said Jia. "Focusing on younger people through new programs utilizing new communication platforms holds the greatest promise for strengthening trust between the two countries over the long term."
These programs, in the near term, will zero in on social media as young people are heavy users.
"Because of the target audience's comfort with new communication platforms and the platform's ability to reduce barriers of cost, time and distance, new programs will use them not merely to facilitate collaboration but to expand awareness of the programs and their benefits," said Wilson.
Another cool BNC initiative is US-China Exchange, a database (www.uschinaexchange.usc.edu) of hundreds of past and current US-China exchanges, collaboration efforts and their impact. The idea here is to document what has been and is being done to deepen understanding and nourish trust. I found the website fascinating, with keyword searches by topic, location or participant pulling up a treasure trove of information.
Competing visions and expectations will always complicate Sino-US ties, but I think mutual suspicion can be waylaid with a little mutual trust.
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If there is to be revolution against corruption, make sure that your heart is not corrupted as well.
Never fight with rage and fury as your leader, but follow the God of Love that goes before you in battle.
Desire first to be at peace with God, and the do your best to be at peace with men. You can never please everyone, but you can please God, and in the end that is all that matters.
Desire first to be content with what God has for you, rather than the cares of the world. You will never have your desires met, until you replace them with God's desires.
Remember to give thanks to God first, and cudos to men second. People may have great intentions, but it is God that makes it happen.
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The more I think about Amoris Lætitia, Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on love in the family, the more it seems to me that the great impact it will have on the lives of families may even be among its lesser contributions to the world. Amoris Lætitia is a dramatic sea-change in how the roles of the individual and of the Church are understood in all aspects of life and it is a re-setting of how the perfection we are called to as children of God, and the necessary imperfection resulting from our finite powers, now relate to each other and to our being community.
By way of analogy, I believe that Amoris Lætitia is a move from the Church being modeled on Noah's ark to a recognition that she is journeying towards Emmaus. The Church cannot be thought of as having been constructed following strict, specific and complete instructions and being called to the role of a gate-keeper who lets creatures in following a pre-determined passenger list, with those who are in being destined for hope and salvation, while those who are out being condemned. Instead, she is on a journey, huddled together for mutual support, discussing worries and fears that transform into hope, joy and salvation by the, initially unrecognized, presence of Jesus in her midst.
What Amoris Lætitia does first of all is break down the false categories of "good" versus "irregular" families by recognizing that each family and each one of us is in need of mercy, forgiveness and growing perfection. This is the result of the twofold nature of the family. First, that it is an ideal of divine proportions: "The triune God is a communion of love, and the family is its living reflection. [...] it is a particular reflection of that full unity in distinction found in the Trinity. The family is also a sign of Christ." (§11, §161) Second, that it is, here on Earth, sought by finite and imperfect persons and that, therefore, "there is no need to lay upon two limited persons the tremendous burden of having to reproduce perfectly the union existing between Christ and his Church, for marriage as a sign entails "a dynamic process..., one which advances gradually with the progressive integration of the gifts of God". (§122).
Given what the fully-realized family is, we are all members of imperfect families and what we - both as families and as the Church who is "a family of families" (§87) - are called to is to support each other and help each other get ever closer to the ideal we seek. Instead of drawing an arbitrary line between different levels of imperfection and calling one side "good" and the other "irregular," we need a change of paradigm that Pope Francis is proposing in the following way:
"Here I would like to reiterate something I sought to make clear to the whole Church, lest we take the wrong path: "There are two ways of thinking which recur throughout the Church's history: casting off and reinstating. The Church's way, from the time of the Council of Jerusalem, has always always been the way of Jesus, the way of mercy and reinstatement... The way of the Church is not to condemn anyone for ever; it is to pour out the balm of God's mercy on all those who ask for it with a sincere heart... For true charity is always unmerited, unconditional and gratuitous". Consequently, there is a need "to avoid judgements which do not take into account the complexity of various situations" and "to be attentive, by necessity, to how people experience distress because of their condition". (§296)Before we look at what "reinstatement" looks like, it is also worth hearing from Francis what he thinks about how the Church has done lately in passing on the Gospel message of the family, in his characteristically direct words:
"At times we have also proposed a far too abstract and almost artificial theological ideal of marriage, far removed from the concrete situations and practical possibilities of real families. This excessive idealization, especially when we have failed to inspire trust in God's grace, has not helped to make marriage more desirable and attractive, but quite the opposite. (§36)In the very next sentence, Francis then delivers one of the key points of Amoris Lætitia: "We have been called to form consciences, not to replace them." It is not the Church who acts as my conscience, as the gate-keeper to right or wrong, but it is she who helps me develop my conscience, given to me by God, that it may be ever more attuned to discerning and acting on God's will.
We have long thought that simply by stressing doctrinal, bioethical and moral issues, without encouraging openness to grace, we were providing sufficient support to families, strengthening the marriage bond and giving meaning to marital life. We find it difficult to present marriage more as a dynamic path to personal development and fulfillment than as a lifelong burden. We also find it hard to make room for the consciences of the faithful, who very often respond as best they can to the Gospel amid their limitations, and are capable of carrying out their own discernment in complex situations. (§37)"
This, however, does not at all mean an individualization, a move to it being just up to me to understand what the right thing is to do. Amoris Lætitia places discernment firmly in the context of relationships. For me to act according to my conscience imposes a duty on me to form my conscience by understanding it in the context of a relationship with another person who is also committed to living the Gospel. Pope Francis here proposes the following: "I encourage the faithful who find themselves in complicated situations to speak confidently with their pastors or with other lay people whose lives are committed to the Lord." (§312).
There are great treasures in the 264 pages of Amoris Lætitia on a broad variety of topics, but I believe that the revolution it brings is in replacing a "cold bureaucracy" of rules not with new, albeit more inclusive, rules, but with the need for discerning God's will in the context of a relationship, "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." (Matthew 18:20).


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Music and Hearts Share the Stage at Williams Backyard Boogie Aug 28
August 18, 2015 by Teresa Lischka
Local musicians will bring their music and hearts together on stage at Williams Backyard Boogie on Friday, August 28 in memory of local musician Marcus Buckner. The memorial benefit jam will also feature a silent auction to include a painting "30A Angel Band" by local musician and folk artist Franko "Washboard" Jackson depicting local musicians who have passed away over the years and recently, including Marcus.
Tickets are $20 donation at the door with all proceeds going to benefit the Buckner family. The show starts at 5:00 p.m. in the backyard, where the locals love to go for a great night of music. Live music accompanied by a silent auction, food by Grayton Beach Catering and drink by Grayton Beer Company.
Friday night's music lineup will include members of Waco Ramblers, Tennessee Firearms, The Owsley Brothers, Dread Clampitt, The Courtyard Saints, Franko & Fiends, Dismal Creek, Duke Bardwell, Forrest Williams, Red Rocket, Bud Dillard, Joleen Jones, and more. It's going to be quite a show put on by SoWal's favorite local musicians sharing the stage.
Bring your own chair and bring your own bottle. Food will be available for purchase. All proceeds go to help the Buckner family of Santa Rosa Beach. A website has been set up for contributions to help with family expenses and Hartford's education: www.gofundme.com/zqibsk.
The South Walton Community is filled with beautiful hearts and great music.
Local music lovers are crazy for great live music and good times at Williams Backyard Boogie. It has become a favorite gathering spot and music venue tucked away in the woods off Chat Holley Road in South Walton. Forrest and Pherrel Williams created the Backyard Boogie to provide local musicians and the music loving community with a casual and comfortable outdoor venue at 1921 Chat Holly Road, santa rosa beach, Florida 32459.
See SoWal.com Live Music for a complete calendar of local music in and around South Walton, including local favorite Forrest Williams Band, playing in many of the area's hottest venues all year round.
We love these words from our local friends recently published in the Beachcomber.
In Memoriam - Marcus Buckner...
I first met Marcus in the Winter of 2011 when I watched Tennessee Firearms play a Sunday afternoon gig at Great Southern in Seaside. He was tearing up the banjo. Jared Reynolds was on fiddle, Neal Sebree on standup bass and Brian Wise on guitar. The band had just formed when Marcus moved down to the beach from Birmingham. They were all wearing suits, which made them stand out around here, and they were all playing their asses off.
Marcus' wife Whitney was there with baby son Hartford. It was good to see a new music family bringing more talent to our town.
Marcus could make great music on just about any instrument with strings. Not only could he burn up a banjo, he was equally impressive on acoustic or electric guitar and mandolin as well as being a fine songwriter. He was one of the finest musicians I've ever had the pleasure to share a stage with.
Marcus' love of music was only surpassed by his love for Whitney and his fine son Hartford. While he may not have been the most effusive in many things, his love for his son was unreserved, and he was the kindest of fathers to Hartford. If Marcus was onstage, odds are little Hartford was at his side strumming along on his toy guitar to begin with, and more
recently on a full-sized instrument which dwarfed him to comic effect.
The site of them together on stage never failed to bring a smile to anyone fortunate enough to witness it. Marcus beamed whenever he looked at his son. While the loss of Marcus is a huge one to those of us who knew and worked with him, it is to Hartford that our deepest sympathies go.
A benefit will be held Aug. 28 at the Williams Backyard Boogie in Santa Rosa Beach. Live music will be featured, as well as a silent auction.
- Franko "Washboard" Jackson and Billy Garrett _____________
Marcus Buckner was the Doc Holliday of wire and wood.
When I take the stage, never will another plug that hole like my lost brother. Although I know a better place he must go, I'll always be missing my favorite banjo.
I will miss him extensively. He was my very good friend and brother in song.
He was a committed father and worshiped his wife.
He loved fish, Phish and fishing. Hartford, Whitney and water. He was a man of many talents who should have been recognized in his time here for how truly gifted he was.
Goodbye, my friend. I'll see you in the sky, Lord, in the sky.
- Jeremiah "Red Rocket" Campbell
Marcus Buckner, portrait of bluegrass. Photo by Dawn Chapman Whitty


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Earlier today thanks to a text from Paul Lewis I headed over to Woodoaks Farm near Maple Cross. On arrival I soon connected with; Wheatear (3), Stonechat, Red Kite, Yellowhammer, Meadow Pipit, Golden Plover (150+). All near the dung heap!
I met Paul Frost there and he managed the Wheatear pic below.


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Those of you who read my journal for more than the weekly episode reviews know that my father has been fighting GI cancer for the past couple months. On Sunday, April 21st, he lost his fight. I had flown to IN from my meeting in Sydney to be with my family once I knew there was nothing more they could do for him.
He was there when I came into the world; I was there when he left.
I'm home now, but only for a couple days. Hubs, Mo Chuisle and I are driving back to IN on Friday for his memorial service this coming Saturday. While watching our show and Rambling through my review has always been cathartic for me -- a true escape -- I find I just don't have the energy for it today.
I apologize for any disappointment caused for those of you who do look forward to reading these. What I thought I'd do was offer you a two-fer with next week's episode: two reviews and lists in one post, minus the recap of each (since you guys have all seen it anyway). I'll be back to my regular style for the final two episodes. I am very much looking forward to these final four episodes and to writing the finale Ramble after the episode on May 15th.
Thank you for understanding. My world has been irrevocably changed and right now I feel like I'll be sad forever, though I know from experience that time will heal the parts of my heart that are ragged and torn. I look forward to hearing from you guys next week; I hope you choose to return.


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West Buckland students enjoy outstanding facilities. These include an exceptional sports complex centred on the Jonathan Edwards Sports Centre which opened in 2008. The Centre includes a first class fitness suite and sports hall equipped for a wide range of sports including basketball, cricket nets, indoor hockey, netball, five-a-side football and many other activities. The expansive campus also provides students with cricket, rugby and football pitches, an all-weather hockey pitch, an indoor 25m swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, two shooting ranges, obstacle course and a nine hole golf course.
The award winning 150 Building opened in 2010 and provides incredible facilities for Art, Design Technology and Drama. These include a dedicated studio for sixth form artists, a print workshop for textiles, a photographic dark room and kiln. Design Technology students work in two first class workshops together with a dedicated ICT room.


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Dec 09, 2016
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This year the snow came before the actual winter did,
so we took advantage of the mild temps combined with fluffy,
white, untouched snow, and planned one last quick styled shoot.
The local ski hill hadn't yet opened to the public so we decided to shoot the session there.
Cassie is always a pleasure to work with. Kyle, you're not so bad either ;)
It's not very often that I get to photograph outdoor winter sessions and not have to edit out
the rosy red cheeks and slightly blue lips afterwards. This was a perfect way to wrap up the season.


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Text Mining Discussions of Drug Abuse on the Social Web
In light of the recent experiments with marijuana legalization, illicit drugs have become a subject of much public discussion. Seeing a disconnection between the growing push for legalization and the lack of research on the effects of drug abuse, my colleagues Elizabeth Jones, Cameron Randall, Nicole White, and I turned to the large (~20GB of text) collection of subjective drug experiences stored on the Erowid.org website.
We gathered the data using Python with the Beautiful Soup library. Primary analysis and data cleaning was done with R, and textual sentiment analysis was done with LightSIDE. Gephi was used to visualize a graph of relationships between abused drugs:
Using R's ggplot2 library, we visualized the commonality of target words in the discussions of each drug:
Another visualization with ggplot2 shows the percentage of drug abuse reports mentioning 'sleep' and 'dream' by drug:
Using Python we captured text snippets discussing target words, and then using LightSIDE we determined if these texts snippets showed positive or negative sentiments:
More visualizations and a complete discussion of the findings can be seen in the full report.


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I had the privilege of being part of the delegation from the Diocese of Fall River that participated in the Convocation of Catholic Leaders last July in Orlando, Fla. The overall purpose of the convocation was to help dioceses from around the country to meet Pope Francis' challenge to that we be a Church of "missionary disciples." Missionary disciple may be a new term, but the concept is as old as the Church. It refers to Christians living out their Baptismal call. The Second Vatican Council taught that the "Church by nature is missionary" (Ad gentes, No. 2). This call to missionary discipleship isn't a narrow call to those sent to the far reaches of the world as missionaries. Rather, it is the broadest possible description of the Christian life.
Yes, we take time in individual prayer and Faith Formation, but we also gather as a family of Faith for Mass and other Sacraments and moments of prayer and socialization. But we continue to live what we celebrate throughout the rest of our week. What we celebrate is Christ's victory on the cross, our adoption by God as His beloved children and the gift of Salvation offered to us. It allows us to live in joy, even in our times of trial, because we know that if we are faithful to God, there is nothing in the world that can separate us from Him (Rom 8:35). Joy is our most effective tool in the evangelization of the world.
Evangelization is a word that makes most Catholics squirm. We think of the fundamentalists angrily screaming Scripture verses at people, threatening them with damnation. We think of the televangelists who seem to preach a gospel of wealth and not love. However, there is nothing more Catholic than the true meaning of evangelization. Evangelization comes from the Greek word, euangelion, meaning good news. Evangelization (in the Catholic sense) is sharing Good News, the Good News of God's love and desire for us, the Good News that with this love comes great mercy and forgiveness and the gift of eternal life. This Good News is shared by living joyfully. St. Paul teaches that we evangelize the Gospel most effectively when we "put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience" (Col 3:12).
Pope Francis in his Letter "The Joy of the Gospel" (Evangelii Gaudium) stresses that "an evangelizer must never look like someone who has just come from a funeral" (EG No. 10). Many link being a faithful Christian to being serious 24/7 and deplete of joy. There is nothing further from the truth! When we remember what Christ has done for us and what He offers us, we cannot help but be joyful!
To help one another to live such joy, let us work together to make sure that our gathering at the table of the Lord is one of joy. My challenge to each of us is this: when we arrive for Mass or when others sit near us, let us acknowledge them with a smile. Let us make use of the invitation at the beginning of Mass to verbally greet those sitting near us. Believe it or not, such a simple act (smiling to others and greeting others) is the greatest preparation for what we are about to do: celebrate the Eucharist with our family of faith.
Let us then bring that spirit of joy with us to school and work, to our homes and neighborhoods. When others observe us living joyfully, it will attract their attention and provide the opportunity for us to invite them to see where our joy comes from.
Anchor columnist Father Frederici is pastor of St. George Parish in Westport and diocesan director of Campus Ministry and chaplain at UMass Dartmouth and Bristol Community College.


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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:54 am
Re: duration of Bup withdrawal varies from fast to never...average to zero is several months by mutual agreement. One of my patients is a parochial school teacher with a young family. He has been on suboxone 1 mgm for a year. He does not go to more than 2 self help meetings/month. Another patient is on bup 20mgm who states he wants to remain on it for 'security' and pain relief...all signs indicate he is in 'full recovery'. I have been prescribing bup for 14 years, and more pts are off MAT than remain on it. I think some who remain on low/high doses seem to enjoy the structure of meeting with the doctor and/coming to group (many arrive 20-30 minutes early and socialize in my parking lot; timing of the group meeting make it possible for them to attend a follow up self-help group--alone or in pairs. This is helpful for newcomers.


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