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Setting up and covering college basketball games aboard U.S. military ships will be featured this weekend on TV
To understand why 14th-ranked Michigan State and Connecticut will play a college basketball game around midnight local time Friday in front of a crowd literally ordered to wear their camouflage fatigues, consider the basics of TV.
Starting with this: Follow the ratings.
Whether it's reality TV or amateur singing contests, any novel TV format that racks up eyeballs will spawn imitators.
So when a North Carolina-Michigan State men's basketball game last year was played on an aircraft carrier docked in San Diego on Veterans Day -- and drew First Fan Barack Obama -- it just seemed like a fun novelty.
Until the Nielsen rating came in. That game drew ESPN's highest regular-season college basketball rating in five years and its highest-ever college hoops rating in November -- a time when other sports can crowd out coverage of the start of college hoops.
Well, ahoy there!
As a result, various networks are suddenly interested in the U.S. military and how it can provide the kind of novel event backdrops -- like the outdoor venue for the NHL's Winter Classic or football games played in heavy snow or fog -- that can lure viewers.
Friday's Michigan State-Connecticut match-up on ESPN (6 p.m. ET) will be in a jet hangar at the Ramstein Air Base in Kaiserslautern, Germany. That's midnight in Germany, so the game can lead-in to a Maryland-Kentucky game in East Coast prime-time. ESPN senior coordinating producer Dave Miller, speaking by phone from Ramstein on Thursday, says there were a few wrinkles to iron out -- the hangar floor is tilted for fuel drainage -- and the military is providing "a four-man rock band." And, he says, "We're still working on getting a humvee or small aircraft alongside the court."
That will be the fourth college basketball game from a military site Friday. It will follow the NBC Sports Network airing a college basketball doubleheader -- No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 21 Ohio State in a women's game (4 p.m. ET) and No. 4 Ohio State vs. Marquette in a men's game -- to be played on the deck of the retired USS Yorktown docked in Charleston, S.C.. You might recognize that game venue: It rescued the Apollo 8 space capsule in 1968 and appeared in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!
Later Friday, NBCSN airs Georgetown vs. No. 10 Florida in Jacksonville from the USS Bataan, which is an active vessel. Dan Steir, NBCSN senior vice-president/production, suggests that presents a TV wild card because "some of their radars and frequencies" are active. And, from aboard ship Thursday, Steir says his crew has to remember to leave slack in its cables from shore "to take into account rising and lowering tides."
The USS San Diego, docked in San Diego, is meant to take marines anywhere in the world to launch amphibious landings. Saturday, it will just launch sports yak as it hosts ESPN's College GameDay football pregame show.
And Sunday (4 p.m. ET), the Fox Sports Net regional channels will cover No. 9 Syracuse vs. No. 20 San Diego State on the retired carrier USS Midway in San Diego. The Fox on-air crew will include Dick Enberg, now a San Diego Padres announcer, TNT/CBS analyst Steve Kerr and Fox sideline reporter Erin Andrews.
The game already produced a novelty -- a college basketball rainout -- when it was moved from Friday to Sunday because of a bad weather forecast. Fox producer Jeff Byle says unlike modern arenas "where everything is pre-wired and it's plug-and-play," setting up on the ship "is completely different. You have to build your entire infrastructure."
Andrews on Thursday wasn't exactly sure what she would be doing in roaming the sidelines Sunday, but she's game: "I'm kind of the person in my family who'll try anything. ... I like being a guinea pig."
And if these TV sporst guinea pigs produce solid ratings, maybe next year we can finally see college basketball played on, say, a sub.
Spice rack: MSG Network has taken down ad signs meant to compel male viewers to stay home and watch its coverage of New York Knicks games. The ad had this subtle suggestion: "It's Friday night. You can either go out and attempt to pick up sixes and sevens or stay home and watch (Knicks guard Jason) Kidd dish out dimes." Charming. ... Disney can thank NBC's Al Michaels for the latest merchandising hit at its theme parks -- new Oswald the Lucky Rabbit hats. Michaels was famously traded in 2006 from Disney's ESPN/ABC in a deal that sent rights to Oswald, a Disney character created in 1927, back to Disney after they had been acquired by an NBC-related business unit decades ago. ... CBS-owned Showtime on Thursday announced the debut date for its new Jim Rome on Showtime weekly talk show -- Nov. 21. ... Golf Channel and the LPGA, for the first time, will let fans vote online to create a player group that will be featured on TV coverage of a tournament. Via golfchannel.com and lpga,com, users can vote on players to be in that featured group for Nov. 15 first-round coverage of the CME Group Titleholders event.


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Something that is young and fresh, usually dealing with the physical makeup of a human being. The opposite of old and busted.
Breon is old and busted. Meghan is the new hotness.
by meghan August 20, 2003
To refer to something as being better than a previous ownership. Mostly used when talking about cars. Made famous by J.W.A.S!
Yo did u check out Josh's new hotness? Much better than that p.o.s Escort he used to have.
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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Saving Lives In Africa With The Humble Sweet Potato
"A regular old orange-colored sweet potato might not seem too exciting to many of us.
But in parts of Africa, that sweet potato is very exciting to public health experts who see it as a living vitamin A supplement. A campaign to promote orange varieties of sweet potatoes in Mozambique and Uganda (instead of the white or yellow ones that are more commonly grown there) now seems to be succeeding. (Check out this cool infographic on the campaign.) It's a sign that a new approach to improving nutrition among the world's poor might actually work.
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It is November and tonight is Game 4 of the World Series. There are so many things wrong with that picture.
We know this is all because of greed and MLB prostituting itself for the bucks. We also know that as long as Bud Selig remains commissioner things will not change. Hell, regardless of who is commissioner things will not change.
That's because the owners are running the game in all capacity, and the Players Association, once powerful, doesn't stand up anymore because they are getting their share.
Yes, the World Series scheduling is dictated by the network, but so are the earlier rounds. With both FOX and TBS broadcasting, MLB will not schedule conflicting games as to interfere with each other's ratings. That also necessitates spreading out the scheduling. God forbid they broadcast in the afternoon (there were some, but not nearly enough).
There is another solution, but it is doubtful MLB will go in that direction because it makes too much sense.
MLB can cut a week off the season – and STILL keep it at 162 games – if it implemented day-night doubleheaders throughout the season for division games. Interleague play and the unbalanced schedule has provided enough opportunities because teams within the division play each other up to 19 times.
We know MLB won't go for the traditional doubleheader because of its insistence of not wanting to lose a gate. So, schedule the day-night variety once a month. In doing so, over the six-month season you'll free up six days. That means starting the postseason a week earlier.
Even better, would be doing it every other week. That could free up to 12 days.
MLB says the Players Association won't go for it, but they never asked. I've spoken to numerous players and they like the idea because it would mean more off days during the season.
Returning to the old way of starting the World Series on a Saturday would be a prudent thing to do. IT'S THE WORLD SERIES!!!! People will watch on the weekend, and they'll watch during the day, too.
MLB, in capitulating to the networks, says the ratings will go down. Who's to say? Will the drop be that significant? We won't know unless they try it.
Instead, MLB doesn't want to compete with college and pro football. In taking that approach, the sport is saying it isn't good enough. Nonsense. Baseball is plenty good enough to compete, and if the match-up is good, it will win. If the match-up is bad – and MLB defines that as anything without the Yankees – they won't watch anyway.
This weekend, the games are in the National League city. Had Colorado made it, we'd still be stuck on Game 2.
MLB should say, "this is when we're playing, if you want to broadcast the games, show up. … If this isn't good enough for you we'll get somebody else to televise the games."
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I think I enjoyed doing this one the most so far.
Really enjoying the discussions. I thought the comparison between Zodd and Guts at was certainly my favorite part of the discussion.
Excellent podcast! I was kind of interested in what Griffith was going to say about the Kushans invading because of the dream but he never got around to it again. I never thought about that.
8-4 Play was definitely one of the bigger inspirations for the creation of this podcast. I admire Mark McDonald for keeping such a good pace and reign over his podcast. Don't really like anyone else on his show though. That JJ... ugh!
I thought the comparison between Zodd and Guts at was certainly my favorite part of the discussion.
We actually went over that very quickly, would have benefited from a more in-depth discussion in order to avoid simplifying things.
I think we also tried to tackle too many things at once, which resulted in the practically doubled duration.
By god, we're going to nail down the future of the God Hand, events on Elfhelm, Guts and Casca, Serpico's future, Guts and the Beast reconciliation, and EVERYTHING ELSE in 1 hour. Also, we have a re-read to do.
I've studied and worked for NBC and it's sister broadcasting companies, and Walter seems to have a good idea in writing the script of what topics are to be mentioned.
But if it's structure you guys are worried about, I'd suggest to not "hold back" onto whatever it is that any of you want to share. For instance, Walter... Give Aaz and Griff the list of topics that you wish to bring to air, and all you three can write down reminders of what you may think or question to bring up. Trying to figure all that stuff from your brain gets tricky, specially in the middle of a recording. People always forget something.
As for this episode, I truly enjoyed the God Hand discussion in general.
Like said before, the audio quality was a major improvement and Walter opened up the episode flawlessly.
Enjoyed the episode to the fullest and I think I speak for all that the little sessions where you guys get to be a bit more personal always gives it a nice taste.
Usually podcasts revolve around a constant news cycle, which steers discussion for each episode. Berserk obviously doesn't have new "topics" or "events" to cover every two weeks, outside of the newest manga episode that comes out. So it makes sense that SkullKast be a bit less formulaic than the average podcast.
I think this episode was the closest to a comfortable medium that you've had so far.
That being said, if you'd like to add some more structure to it, one trick I like a lot is musical or audio cues in between podcast segments. Some of my favorite podcasts (Dan Carlin's Common Sense, and The Instance.net back when I played WoW) have short, recurring sound effects preceding each major segment. It establishes a pattern, and helps break up an otherwise 60+ min block of conversation. Maybe we could benefit from something like that?
Sure, but Ill need Nomad to come up with a few more 10 second tracks
Awesome Skullkast guys. The free flow really worked and I didn't even mind the longer length. The re-reading of volumes is an excellent idea and should sustain topics for the podcast for quite a while. It's always great to hear reflections on older volumes now that we can see their context in the larger story.
To spring board off of that, it might be interesting to discuss the oracles that have been mentioned on several occaisions by both the Kushan, Locus, and the Holy Iron Chain Knights. The territory is similar, but it seems like another way the God Hand are directly influencing the world pre-Falconia.
A question though. The consensus seemed to be that most of the Hawks didn't know about Griffith's dream to have his own kingdom, and that most were simply in it for the money or to furthur their own personal ambitions.
Griffith rose from having nothing to being a top general in Midland.That's practically a miracle itself. Ordinarily you'd throw your hands up and celebrate, without hoping for more.But ... he won't stop. The goal he pursues ... is one of a kind.
But the question I guess is, would Griffith risk telling many of his men about his goal, as it was potentially treasonous?


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Film Review: Hyde Park on HudsonA Roosevelt cousin remembers her affair with the President and when the King and Queen of England visited the Hyde Park estate.
An uneven blend of fact and fantasy, Hyde Park on Hudson works best as a glimpse into a vanished world of aristocratic privilege. Set in and around the Roosevelt compound in New York's Hudson Valley, the film recreates a visit from the King and Queen of England, and, with less success, an affair the President had with a distant cousin. Part bedroom farce and part sordid tell-all, Hyde Park on Hudson never establishes a convincing tone.
The film is narrated by Daisy Suckley (Laura Linney), a fifth cousin to Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray). The impoverished Daisy is called to the Roosevelt compound to entertain the President during one of his periodic visits. Conversations between the two progress to rides through the countryside, culminating in a sexual relationship.
The mousy Daisy becomes a fixture at Hyde Park, tolerated by the President's old-fashioned mother (Elizabeth Wilson) and his more progressive wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams). The First Lady is rarely present, preferring to stay in her own nearby cottage. Roosevelt's personal secretary Missy (Elizabeth Marvel) is less accommodating to Daisy, and the President's assistant Tommy (Martin McDougall) can be downright gruff.
As Daisy will soon discover, Roosevelt has plenty of lovers, including Missy and a wealthy wife who has built a remote cabin reserved for trysts. Daisy must choose between her pride and servicing the President, a choice made all the more unpalatable by Missy's territorial attitude.
Director Roger Michell handles the film's sexual elements with a degree of restraint. Still, Daisy's story feels creepy instead of romantic. As portrayed by Linney, she's a naive, poverty-stricken girl seduced into an affair with an abusive, serial philanderer. Linney's gushing voiceover only highlights the film's queasy morals.
As Roosevelt, Bill Murray doesn't bother with prosthetics and accents. Instead, his President is an expert manipulator, someone with penetrating insight into character, a force of nature who can bend anyone to his will. It's a clever, carefully modulated performance, even when the actor is forced to be a heel.
Despite Murray's presence, much of Hyde Park on Hudson feels slow and plodding, with the camera swooning over gleaming period props and pop tunes warbling behind pastoral interludes. But when the King and Queen of England arrive, the film suddenly sparks to life.
It's the first royal visit to the United States, and the filmmakers delight in detailing the culture shock between the two leading classes. Desperate for support in the war against Germany, King George VI, or Bertie (Samuel West), is also insecure enough to worry that the Americans are taunting him. (This is the same stuttering Bertie from the Oscar-winning The King's Speech.) His bundle-of-nerves wife Elizabeth (Olivia Colman), just a gasp away from hysterics, agonizes over whether it is becoming for a royal to eat a hot dog.
When Roosevelt sits Bertie down in his study for late-night drinks, or the bewildered royals spot three of the President's lovers from their bedroom window, or Eleanor stages an authentic Apache tom-tom dance in honor of the British, Hyde Park on Hudson's high-toned gossip is both fascinating and fun. Unfortunately, Michell and screenwriter Richard Nelson seem afraid to stage the material as a farce. As a result, the film's sodden pacing lets the air out of its best jokes.
See Hyde Park on Hudson for the always likeable Murray. Or for its smart depiction of the British. But don't get your hopes up for romance.


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Like last year, I forgot to re-register the domain name skullknight.net
I guess the "Bills Paid?" thread pissed someone off...
Does it really matter if the site went down for a little while?
Oh at last, it was back... I thought my server was down instead, never did expect everyone was also experiencing this...
Damn I must be hooked, Berserk is like a drug
Forgot to mention, October 19th was the sites 3 year anniversary.3 years... who'da thunk it'd go on this long?
Tell me about it. I haven't been able to get the English manga yet and I'm about to bomb LA if I don't get it soon. Shit, WHY?!
mmm 3 years already??? it seems like a lot of time, it is such a pitty I didn´t find this site sooner you have done a great job walter.
Skullknight.net was not the first site if i m not wrong, it was orginated from Walter Sanctuary... Or was it...?
Perhaps it should be good to add a history section, just to remember from the begining how much the site has grow and I don´t know maybe some major events or changes.
No, I think my personality is egotistical enough that I dont need a "website history" section to validate it.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
Hosting the CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock TV special had all kinds of perks for Kimberly Perry. But seeing Luke Bryan's underwear? Not one of them. The Band Perry's front girl recently told me that as much as she loved, loved, loved co-hosting the special with Bryan, her dressing room was a little too close to his. Perry and her brothers got to know Bryan when they all toured with Tim McGraw last summer. But she didn't need to get to know him this well. "On the first night, when we were getting ready to head to the stage, I walked into the bathroom attached to my dressing room, and all of the sudden I see guy's jeans, guy's shirts and a pair of camouflage underwear all over the floor," she said. "I probably could've gone my whole life without seeing Luke Bryan's underpants." Bryan later corroborated that story for me, even telling me he has many pairs of those exact same camo underwear. And they're all Under Armours. "Under Armour underwear is the best underwear. They're awesome. They hold all of your business together," he said. The show airs Monday night (Sept. 17) on ABC.


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Davies reveals Sven's overseas hope
Sven-Goran Eriksson had plans to integrate as many as four foreign-born players in his England side according to David Davies, the former executive director of the Football Association.
Davies, in a Daily Mail serialisation of his book FA Confidential, claimed that Eriksson reacted to the 2004 exit from the European Championships by suggesting a list of Premier League imports who were uncapped by their countries and could legally be brought into the England side due to FIFA's residence rules.
The four names suggested by the Swede were Chelsea's Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini, Brazilian midfielder Edu, then of Arsenal, and French pair Steed Malbranque and Louis Saha, who played for Fulham and Manchester United respectively. None of the four ever went on to play for England, with Edu and Saha subsequently capped by their own nations.
Davies wrote: "'I like Carlo Cudicini', Sven told me - an opinion which led to a very serious consideration being given within Soho Square to recruiting Chelsea's Italian goalkeeper.
"However, our goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence was particularly concerned, insisting to Sven it would destroy our keepers.
"'Can you also find out about Malbranque, Edu and Saha?' Sven asked me. I wasn't sure what the public reaction would be to an Italian, a Brazilian and two Frenchmen coming into the squad but I did Sven's bidding.
"However, all my discreet enquiries to clubs and agents led to nothing. Miraculously, the moment our interest became known Saha and Edu were called up by their own nations, making them ineligible."


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When I walk at the Bolsa Chica wetlands I rarely wear a watch. That's because of the fire station located across from where I park at Warner Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway. There's a large sundial on the side of the building and so that's how I measure time while I'm there.
Warner Fire Station 7 opened in 1977, and the sundial was merely a novel idea the architect, Dick Tom, had when he designed the station. He explained this to me as we sat on the deck of his home in Huntington Harbour the other night, as multi-colored lights from the annual boat parade, now in its 50th year, reflected in the black water.
To the music of the light-festooned passing vessels, he told me all about other buildings he designed in the area, including banks and other fire stations. But we also got to talking about Tom's earlier life, which prompted a move inside their cozy home (which he designed in 1972) to look at some photos.
There, both he and his lovely wife, Marilynn (whose wonderful paintings, sculptures and other handmade works of art adorn walls, shelves and other spaces not taken up with pictures of their daughters and grandchildren) took my family on a journey back in time, to Los Angeles in the early 1930s.
The Chinese-American Tom, then known as Layne Tom Jr., was born and lived right by the USC campus (where one day he would go to school for architecture). But as a child in the '30s, his mom got him singing, music and acting lessons in the hope that he might be cast in Hollywood as a child actor.
And that's how he became "Son #3" in the famous Charlie Chan film series staring first with 1937's "Charlie Chan at the Olympics." Chan, the fictional Chinese-American detective character popularized by Warner Oland, was wildly popular at the time, and so it was a major achievement for the young actor. But that was just the beginning.
From there he landed a major role (that of "Mako") in the Oscar-winning epic, "The Hurricane," with Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour and Mary Astor (among others). He was in "The Stowaway" with Shirley Temple, "San Francisco" with Clark Gable and "Pork Chop Hill" with Gregory Peck.
As he got older he played older sons within the Charlie Chan series along with other roles on the big screen. Then he enlisted in the Navy, and came home after two years on an aircraft carrier to go to college at USC.
And 62 years ago, he married Marilynn.
Tom told me how much fun it was to work at all the big studios with so many of Hollywood's most iconic stars. But architecture was his first passion and so that is what he pursued. Still, as he looks at all of the black-and-white glossy photos on the wall, he wistfully describes the past, of how nice Shirley Temple was on set, of the 13 weeks he spent on "The Hurricane," and how even today, Charlie Chan fans reach out to him via the mail for autographs.
Eighty-five years old now, Tom is a quiet, humble man. I see him slowly and steadily walking their small dog some days across the street from us, and I just marvel as I watch him, knowing where he has been and all that he has done. I picture the young boy on so many movie sets, the soldier at sea, and the talented designer that thought to put a giant sundial on the side of a fire station, something I take full use of (as long as the sun is out).
This week, I just thought you might enjoy the story of these neighbors of ours — exceptionally interesting, vibrant and creative people that have left a meaningful mark, especially here in Huntington Beach. Each time I see them, I'm reminded of something I learned early when we moved here in 1999. You just never know who you will meet in this city.
CHRIS EPTING is the author of 19 books, including the new "Baseball in Orange County," from Arcadia Publishing. You can chat with him on Twitter: @chrisepting or follow his column at http://www.facebook.com/hbindependent.


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There is no dispute about the benefits of education; a child born to a literate mother is 50 per cent less likely to die before the age of five. Every extra year of education is estimated to increase a girl's earning power by 10 to 20 per cent. Girls who have completed seven years of education will marry on average five years later than uneducated girls.
Education transforms societies. It challenges inequality and discrimination. And education is often the most effective means of reducing inequality. But more than 150 million children in the world have to work to help their families instead of going to school. And for hundreds of millions of other children, access to education is hopelessly inadequate.
ActionAid believes a good quality, publicly-funded education should be available to all children. We work in over 5,000 communities across the world to help girls and boys get the education they need. By empowering local communities and supporting organisations at all levels, we are working to remove barriers and aim to help all children realise the full potential of education.
For example, our Right to Education project in Nepal has brought together community leaders, teachers, parents and children, to press for higher standards in schools. This has led to the production of school improvement plans that are both understood and widely supported in the community.
In Nigeria, where more girls are denied an education than anywhere else through risk of violence or child marriage, our projects are setting up girls' clubs and school committees so that girls can demand their right to a quality public education, free from abuse.
Our education work focuses on four key areas:
Promoting rights in schools
ActionAid supports parents, children, teachers, unions, communities and local organisations to monitor and improve the quality of public education, including delivering the ACRE project (action for children's rights in education) in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Ghana.
Financing education
In many poor countries, education is chronically underfunded. ActionAid campaigns for a greater share of funds to be spent on education in ways that benefit girls and marginalised children.
Girl's education and violence
In many societies, girls suffer discrimination at school, through violence and prejudice. ActionAid's ground-breaking projects in Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique are helping over 10,000 girls stay in school.
Empowerment through literacy
At least five million women have learned to read and write – and many more millions of lives have been changed – through Reflect, our internationally renowned approach to adult learning.


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Welcome to the wonderful world of hiring a live-in caregiver through the Canadian Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP). You've made your mind up that you need a nanny and you have done your homework and realized that a live-in nanny through this program is the cheapest way to go. You have moved past the idea that a complete stranger will be coming to live with you and raising, or helping in the raising of, your child(ren). You have met with, interviewed and assessed strangers, or sponsored from overseas – relying on the judgement of an agency (more strangers) and at the end of the day, this turns out to be the easiest part of the process. Who knew?
There is paperwork… Lots of paperwork and a really good agency will prepare that for you, or help you prepare it while at the same time educating you on the LCP and the same time preparing you for the interview with Service Canada, setting up the terms of the contract with the nanny, helping get your CRA payroll number in place and making sure all other paperwork is in good order.
The LCP, you see, has changed a lot since 2004 when we sponsored our first nanny and that is solely because people abuse the program and in turn they abuse the people that they have hired to look after their houses and their children. By forcing these nannies to work super long hours (the story goes that because in Hong Kong they are not treated well, in Canada they would not complain about a 12 hour day), or they treat them like prisoners not allowing them to come and go freely from the family home outside of working hours. Expecting them to be on call 24/7, or expecting them to look after your 3 children, and keep the house spotless and cook for the family. If you cannot do it, what makes you think they can? The abuses always make the news.
As a result, the Federal Conservative government has been tightening the screws on the LCP for the past five years, making the rules tighter on the employment side, requiring potential employers to provide contracts to the employees outlining overtime (after 44 hours worked per week) and the giving of 2 weeks notice (or payment in lieu) prior to termination. A lot of attention was paid to having these employees respected and treated accordingly.
Then came the attack on nanny agencies in effort to force out the illegitimate ones but also unnecessarily tightening the screws on the legitimate ones, requiring them to have lawyers and immigration consultants in their business' as well. Driving up the costs to the agencies ultimately means it is more expensive to hire an agency and really are these people not seeking full-time nannies because they need to work in order to make ends meet?!?
Then came the regulation requiring the potential employer to pay for the airfare of the nanny to bring her to Canada. That has been a huge issue since in many cases, there is not a good fit between employer and employee and if the employee is released, the employer already forked out for their flight to Canada. Another burden to the employer, and potentially critical blow to the program. Or even worse when the nanny comes to Canada on the potential employer's dime then they quit.
But the latest decision by the Minister of Immigration, Jason Kenney just before Christmas and if you employ(ed) a live-in caregiver who had completed their mandatory 2 years in the program, you know exactly what happened there and you have most certainly had to deal with it already. Not only did it come out of no-where but it's impact was far and wide on may people.
Back in 2004 when we first hired our live-in caregiver we kept her employed until she received her open permit and knowing this we worked with her to ensure she had a post-nanny career option, and we had time to work with our amazing nanny agency to help us sponsor a nanny from overseas to ensure there was no gap in care for our children. The time between the applying for the open permit and the receiving of it was invaluable as it gave us time to get moving on our post-nanny plan.
By 2007, however, the regulations began to tighten for the LCP and it was taking longer to get the open permit, now up to 8 months. Fast forward to 2010, and it was taking well over a year with no end in sight. There was a backlog of 10,000 cases and speculation that none of the nannies in the system were going to be granted their open permits.
This uncertainty made it very difficult for employers to plan for life after their nannies and for the nannies it delayed their planning for their life after employer. None of the nannies could take courses at recognized institutions since they would be deemed to be a foreign student and those students pay a lot of money to take classes which is not feasible on a $23,000/year salary. They needed to know when they could take courses so they could pre-register and employers needed an idea of when they might be leaving for potentially greener pastures.
Then without warning the Federal government granted open permits to everybody in their systems just before Christmas, whether they were waiting over a year, or just a week and within no time there was a lot of chaos.
Nannies, working long hours for low pay through this program, living in someone elses house – usually in the basement – became free agents and wanted more money, and a live-out job, and a Metropass (if in Toronto). Probably different by community, but in our nook in the city there is a going rate for live-outs, apparently, and it entailed more money, and less working hours.
These caregivers needed to earn more to pay for their rent and food, so they could go to school and begin to prepare for their life in Canada they dreamed about when they made the decisions to leave their families and come here.
Not entirely fair to the employer now is it? One day you have a nanny, the next day they are expecting a huge raise and to live out and if you cannot afford the higher salary you get 2 weeks notice, and 2 weeks notice is not enough time to find a suitable replacement, let alone time to sponsor someone from overseas.
Not exactly fair to the caregiver either, I'll tell you.
You see, my family and our caregiver have really bonded. I mean she looks after the most important things in the world to me, my children and she also teaches them, keeps them safe, keeps my house clean and keeps them fed. Whew. It's a lot, and in return for this, we pay her, but not just monetarily. We also consider her to be part of the family and in doing to we have always encouraged her to consider life after being a caregiver, life with an open permit and what she wants to do when she grows up.
In my opinion, far too many nannies jump at their opportunity to leave their employer once they receive an open permit and they leave a happy, loving situation to make more money but become more miserable and for what benefit? Nobody wins that situation.
For years now, we have been working with our caregiver on what she needs to do to succeed post-nanny so she doesn't leave us to work at Tim Horton's the rest of her life (unless she wanted to) or to be a caregiver for another family – still nowhere near her career goals and dreams. We had already cut back hours for education, recommended courses and locations, and we will do whatever we can to help her hit the ground running full steam ahead into her next career when she's ready to make that next step, and I strongly feel that as employers we should all be doing this. I do it for my staff that report to me at the office, why wouldn't I do it for her?
Since we took the time to get to know her and build a relationship with her, we can help her prepare for life after us, and hopefully keep her a part of our children's lives. Also gives us piece of mind for babysitting.
So if this sudden influx of open permits has caught you by surprise and you have managed to sort through the process think about how you would want to be treated if you were in their shoes, or if you cannot, think about how you would want to be treated if you were an employee working in an organization. Would you want your employer to talk with you about life after that job, career development and opportunities, or would you want them to work you to the bone – content that they are paying you – and then waiting for you to be offered another opportunity and threatening to leave before getting that better offer.
I think we all know the answer to that.


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Editor, the Record:
Editor, the Record:
Many years ago, married couples, and women in particular, expressed their concerns about the marriage tax or marriage penalty that was part of our Social Security and tax codes — where are those women now? This marriage tax or penalty happens when the single person's higher tax threshold is $200,000, but when they marry, their combined threshold is only $250,000; $200,000 for one and $50,000 for the other.
If you are single and living together, you each would have a $200,000 threshold before higher taxes kick in. For 2013, we have the marriage tax or penalty back again, and now applied to certain aspects of both Obamacare, and for the new tax increases. In this day and age of trying to keep family as the focal point of our society, government is now actually making marriage a poor fiscal choice.
Please voice your concerns to your legislators to rectify, once again, this form of discrimination.
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Report: Intel Bumps Up Ivy Bridge Launch to April 23
The rumor mill can't seem to make up its mind about when Intel's new Ivy Bridge chips are going to make their official debut. In the past few weeks, we've heard about delays, a staggered roll out of new product, and most recently, a rumor that Intel is pulling in the Ivy Bridge curtain-raiser by a week to help its OEM partners get their new Ultrabooks on the market as soon as possible.
The last, most credible report we heard about the debut of the next-generation, 22-nanometer processors sporting Tri-Gate goodness was that Intel was planning to release a whole bunch of them on April 29. That juicy bit of information came from some leaked Intel slides rounded up by CPU World that also included basic speeds-and-feeds data for a dozen new Core i7 and Core i5 parts ranging in price from $184 to $1,096.
But on Thursday, DigiTimes, citing its usual anonymous supply chain sources, reported that while an April 29 Ivy Bridge launch was in fact the original plan, Intel has moved up that date to April 23 to accommodate partners like Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and Hewlett-Packard who are raring to go with snazzy new Ultrabooks using Ivy Bridge chips.
Intel hasn't officially announced when its third-generation Core processors will be made available.
The stage is certainly set for the introduction of Ivy Bridge and for a big marketing push for the second generation of thin-and-light Ultrabooks.
Intel this week made its 7-series chipsets for notebooks and desktops using its current-generation Core processors as well as the new Ivy Bridge parts available to OEM partners. The new platform supports USB 3.0 and features Intel responsiveness technologies like Smart Response, Smart Connect, and Rapid Start.
Meanwhile, there was a report earlier this month that HP was planning to launch new Ivy Bridge laptops as early as this weekthat obviously didn't come about, but it does point to quite a bit of excitement over this launch.
On the Ultrabook front, Intel executive Kirk Skaugen made waves at the Intel Developer Forum in China earlier in the week with a prediction that sub-$700 Ultrabooks would hit the market by this summer. It certainly seems possible that to hit that price target, OEMs might use older, Sandy Bridge-generation chips that could get a price cut when the new Ivy Bridge parts come out.
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
9 Seasons
Several friends own Paddy's Pub, a neighborhood bar in Philadelphia, and try to find their way in the world of work and relationships. But often, they can't get out of their own way, leading to uncomfortable situations, which usually worsen before improving. The gang includes twin siblings Dennis and Sweet Dee Reynolds, along with their longtime friends, Charlie Kelly and Ronald "Mac" McDonald. Charlie lives with Frank, Dennis and Sweet Dee's father, who has left his cheating, money-grabbing wife in an attempt to redeem himself after a history of doing business with sketchy people.


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Shmups won't die! Let's talk about 2D scrolling shooters old and new here: news, tactics, your high scores. Keep it OT so we can keep it going!
I'll start with some new shmup release news!
Dodonpachi Black Label Extra has been dated for Xmas release in Japan for Xbox 360. This old school-style arcade shmup has been tweeked with smaller hit boxes, a revamped scoring system, and a new beginner's mode!
Let's hope it sees a US release next year!
Pre-orders finally being taken, so here is the referral link for the CAG big ass chains fund!
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Mushing Experiences for Tourists
No matter when you visit, there is an opportunity to either learn about the dogs and the sport of mushing, or to experience it first-hand. Guests are always thrilled to see the dogs up close, and to feel what it's like to be on a sled: and unforgettable experience that is finding its way onto more and more "bucket lists."
Canine Meet-and-Greets
Owners often open their dog yards to visitors, letting them meet the team and learn all about the animals. Guests see how the dogs are kept warm in the winter and cool in the summer, learn how the animals are trained and what they eat, and much more. If your trip is timed right, puppy-cuddling and playtime may also be included in the experience!
Sample Mushing Rides
Owners may hook up their teams to give visitors a taste of the Alaska's State Sport. This experience is sometimes combined with the Canine Meet-and-Greet activity.
Mushing Tours
Tours can range from part of an hour to most of a day (or more)! You are usually introduced to the tools, the dogs, and shown the basics before the on-sled tour starts. During a tour, you are usually handed the reins to experience the thrill for yourself. Sometimes the mushing tour is just one part of a larger experience, while other times it IS the experience! Outerwear is often provided for cold-weather runs, but check with your chosen tour company to be sure.
Winter Dogsled Tours
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Minnie Street B&B
A combined experience often takes guests to a remote area of the state, whether it be onto a glacier, into a park, or to other sites. Guests are flown into the location, and the dogsled team is waiting there to either return guests to their starting point, or offer a sledding experience there at the remote location before guests are flown back from whence they started. These tours can often be done in the summer as well as the winter.
Summer Dogsled Tours
Some handlers continue to work their teams through the summer by way of a wheeled cart which the dogs gladly pull over wilderness trails where you can both enjoy the dog-sledding experience and see the area flora and fauna. As always, visits to the dog yards and cuddling with the young pups is included! Mushing experiences are available all over the state. Most can be found in the Interior near Fairbanks, where the largest population of mushers reside. The South Central area is probably the next most populous where mushers are concerned. However, your Alaska bed and breakfast innkeeper can guide you to nearby dog sledding experience, no matter what part of the state you decide to visit!
Enjoying a vacation here in Alaska might be considered the very best way to "get away from it all." And what better way to enjoy the time here than to spend it at one of our numerous bed and breakfasts? Choose an inviting room in any of our member inns and know that comfort and warmth await you after your dog-sledding activities. So plan your Alaskan vacation today and we'll make sure you have the time of your life!


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4443 Aicholtz Rd Union Twp OH
Value is in the land and location. New hot area of development in Eastgate at 275/32. Property can be sold with 4439 Aicholtz for additional price, commercial use. Approx. 1 AC total. Located at corner of future Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Adjoining proposed parking lot. Viewable from 275.
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Civitas Lecture Series to Feature Ecologist, Theologian
Ecologist Dr. Carter Johnson will discuss "South Dakota's Prairie Farm: An Experiment in Ecological and Economic Sustainability," at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 14. Theologian Dr. Michelle Bartel will discuss "Love, Something a Good Deal More Dangerous: The Power of Subversive Ethics," at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 28.
Arts Scholarship Auditions for Today, Feb. 21
Today's auditions for music, theatre and visual art scholarships will still be held as scheduled. However, if students are unable to safely travel to Augustana, we ask that you call 605.274.5451 to reschedule your visit. There are two more audition days: Saturday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, March 5.
Celebrating Augustana Presidents on President's Day
In honor of the Sesquicentennial and in celebration of President's Day, Augustana honors the College's 23 presidents who have guided the institution through 15 decades of history, including wars, economic depressions, the civil rights movement, and major advancements in technology.
Rapid City Senior Awarded Scholarship for Study Abroad
Senior Danielle (Dani) Doran, a government, French and English major from Rapid City, S.D., has been awarded a scholarship for summer study in France by Pi Delta Phi, the National French Honor Society. She will spend eight weeks at the American University of Paris.
Following Revolution, Students Reflect on Experiences in Egypt
Following Friday's historic announcement that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had resigned, four student members of the Augustana Band shared experiences from their recent Egyptian Tour.
Following Mubarak Resignation, Students to Discuss Egyptian Tour
Following today's historic announcement that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned, student members of the Augustana Band are set to share experiences from their recent Egyptian Tour. The discussion is free and open to the public and begins at 3 p.m. today in Kresge.
Exhibition Features Internationally Acclaimed Printmaker
"Juxtapositions: Prints by Michael Goro," features Chicago-based, internationally-known printmaker Michael Goro. A reception at Augustana's Eide/Dalrymple Gallery is set for 5-7 p.m. on Friday and will include a gallery talk by the artist. The reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public.
'A Streetcar Named Desire' to Arrive at Augustana Feb. 24
Tennessee Williams' award-winning play deals with the culture clash between a fading relic of the Old South and a rising member of the industrial working class. The play runs Feb. 24-26 and March 3-5 at the Edith Mortenson Center Theatre.
'Heritage and Hope' Series to Pair Emeriti, Junior Faculty
A first-of-its-kind program, the series will feature reflections on interviews with iconic figures of Augustana's past, including Dr. Art Olsen, Bob Aldern, Dr. Lyn Oyos and Dr. Harry Krueger, conducted by today's faculty.
Augustana to Go Red for Heart Health Awareness
To support heart health awareness and in recognition of American Heart Month, Augustana is proclaiming Friday, Feb. 4, as Wear Red Day. Throughout February, the College will promote heart health and educate faculty, staff and students about cardiovascular diseases.


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The Hard Blue Sky
Grau, Shirley Ann
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Ancestry Library Edition (accessible in the library only)
Ancestry Library Edition delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. It is an online collection of individuals from North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more.
Fold3 Library Edition (accessible in the library only)
Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. Fold3 has a collection of nearly 500 million military records for the U.S. and around the world.
Heritage Quest Online (accessible in the library only)
Heritage Quest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources-rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, convenient research guides, interactive census maps, city directories, wills and probate records, and more.
Tehama County Historical Images
Browse over 1,100 historical images of Tehama County. You can access the image collection here or by going to www.tehamacountyhistory.org/omeka.
California Digital Newspaper Collection – CDNC at UC Riverside
This collection contains 132,960 issues comprising 1,290,418 pages and 14,418,937 articles. You can access the collection by going to http://cdnc.ucr.edu/
Local History Card Catalog
Limited indexing of Tehama County subjects found in newspapers, student papers and other publications. This index is complete through 1985.
Photo Catalog
A collection of photos organized on catalog cards, most with a snapshot of the original. In most cases we have a negative and larger copy of each catalogued photo which can be used for reproduction. We also have a large collection of uncatalogued photos. Special arrangements may be made to have a professional photographer copy a photo at your expense.
Kraft Vertical Files
Articles, newspaper clippings and local history biographies and ephemera are also organized in general subject files, many of which are indexed in the Local History Card Catalog and noted as KVF for Kraft Vertical Files. Ask a librarian for assistance in accessing the KVFiles.
Almost all newspapers published in Tehama County between 1857 to the present are available on microfilm at the Red Bluff branch library, with the exception of the Corning papers which are kept at the Corning branch. Newspapers are not indexed by story or subject matter but arranged by chronological date. Therefore research is easiest if you have a date certain or at least as narrow a date time frame as possible. Articles, obituaries, pictures, etc., can be photocopied for a fee.
The Red Bluff and Corning branches have actual current copies of the Red Bluff Daily News, Corning Observer and Wall Street Journal. Also in Red Bluff the San Francisco Chronicle and the Redding Record Searchlight. These copies are retained from 4 months to a year and photocopies of articles may be made on the public copy machine.
Magazines & Journals
Publications of state, regional and local historical societies, usually including cumulative indexes are available for reference use in the library.
A large 1878 wall map of Tehama County showing place names and property ownership is in the Red Bluff branch. A similar 1923 map is located in the Recorder's Office in the County Courthouse. The library has late 19th and early 20th Century Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Corning and Red Bluff on microfilm. Various other Tehama County historical and plot maps as well as northern California topographical maps and world atlases are available for reference use.
Telephone Books, City & County Directories
The Red Bluff branch has a hand-typed Tehama County telephone book for 1910 and then regular Tehama County telephone books dated from 1920 to the present. The library maintains a current reference copy of most California telephone books as well as selected directories for major cities in Nevada, Oregon and Washington, New York City and Washington, D.C.
Red Bluff maintains selected Red Bluff City Directories, dated as early as 1884, and various city directories between 1936 to 1990, which are available for reference use.
Census Record
United States Federal Census for Tehama County 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 are available in Red Bluff on microfilm. The 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses have been indexed. The 1940 census will not be available to index undil 2012. The 1850 census for California is in book form and may contain names of families living here prior to 1856, the date of Tehama County's charter. As the 1890 census is not available, researchers use the 1890 Great Register of Voters for Tehama County.
Student Papers
Selected student papers known as the Osborne collection from Red Bluff High School local history classes of the 60's and 70's covering general and family related subjects are available for reference use in the Red Bluff library.
High School Yearbooks
The Red Bluff branch has random reference copies of many Red Bluff Union High School yearbooks (Dictum Est) dated from 1898 through 1996 and on microfilm from 1898 through 1968. The Corning branch has random reference copies of many of the Corning High School yearbooks (Cardinal) dated from 1919 through 1988. The Los Molinos branch has reference copies of many of the Los Molinos High School yearbooks (Cinders) dated from 1937 through 1980.
Cemetery Lists
The library has cemetery lists for the Oak Hill and Sacred Heart cemeteries in Red Bluff current through November 1, 2007 and lists of burials for other county cemeteries such as Sunset in Corning, Manton, Cottonwood and Belle Mill (Lyonsville).
The most current and comprehensive history of Tehama County is Tehama County 1856-2006, 150 years of photos and history, published by the Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society, 2008. Each branch has circulating and reference copies of this book.
Two general local reference works or outline of pioneers are: Leaves of the Past, 1829-1880, a Pioneer Register , Including an Overview of the History and Events of Early Tehama County, compiled by Ruth Hughes Hitchcock, 1964-1980. Microfiche organized in two parts: (1) Pioneers and (2) Subjects, with a bibliography of sources indexed.
Tehama County Pioneers, compiled by Keith Lingenfelter, 1996. In six volumes and also available on the Internet at: www.csuchico.edu/lbib/spc/lingenfelter/mtoc.htm. Includes family information for many Tehama County pioneers between the mid 1800's to the mid 1900's.
Research Help
The Tehama County Genealogical & Historical Society members serve as volunteers the the Red Bluff of the Tehama County Library. You can reach them at www.tcghsoc.org of follow them on Facebook.


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A player with excellent potential, Jocques is anxious to prove it to the Golden Eagle faithful...staff hasn't had much of a chance to see him shine due to transfer and injury...arrived at Tech in the fall and sat out the 2009 as a transfer from University of Kansas...injury kept him sidelined throughout spring drills...eligible to hit the field this fall...expected to be a big contributor...hard runner with elusive skills...has one final season of eligibility remaining.
AT TECH (In 2009): Sat out the season due to
NCAA transfer rules.
AT KANSAS (In 2008): Jocques played in 13 games for the Jayhawks, rushing for 232 yards and four touchdowns...also had 46 receiving yards and 126 on kick returns for coach Mark Mangino's squad.
AT CISCO (TEXAS) JUNIOR COLLEGE (In 2006-2007):
Played two seasons at Cisco (Texas) Junior College where he was
named the National Junior College Player of the Year under coach
John Parchman...was the top Juco rusher in the nation with 1,935
yards and 19 touchdowns, the most yards by a JC runningback in
seven years...had 1,069 yards and eight TDs as a freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Helped coach Leonard Crutchfield's Cordova High School team to three consecutive TSSAA playoff appearances...as a high school junior, he rushed for 1,400 yards and 19 touchdowns and was named All-State...was ranked as the 13th best runningback in the nation as a prep senior...originally recruited out of high school by Texas Tech.
PERSONAL: The son of Xavier Crawford and Jennifer Sanders...birthdate is November 6, 1987...full name is Jocques Crevell Crawford...majoring in speech communication.


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Link between autism and planned violence discounted by experts
Unconfirmed news reports after the Connecticut school shooting that gunman Adam Lanza had been diagnosed with a milder form of autism prompted strongly-worded statements from autism advocacy groups that the developmental disorder was not associated with "planned violence.''
Psychologists who treat people with autism point out that pre-meditated violence toward others isn't one of the traits associated with the disorder in the psychiatric diagnostic manual. While some individuals may thrash out violently when feeling emotionally overwhelmed — usually those at the extreme end of the autism spectrum — there's no evidence linking the condition to the type of forethought required to pack guns into a car, shoot through the entrance of a locked school, and methodically gun down tiny strangers in pigtails and baseball caps.
"Autism is related to different ways of processing information in the brain, but not in those areas related to violence,'' said Dr. Donnah Nickerson-Reti, a neurodevelopmental psychiatrist with a private practice in Boston. Generally, people on the autism spectrum tend to be driven by rules and logic, making them highly cognizant of laws that shouldn't be broken and taking extreme efforts not to break them, she said.
"Can autistic individuals get flooded emotionally and act irrationally?'' said Nickerson-Reti. "Of course they can, like everyone else, but that's not a defining characteristic.''
There's a dearth of studies measuring how often any sort of psychotic or delusional behaviors occur in the context of an autism diagnosis. "What little research we do have suggests that these people are much more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators,'' said epidemiologist David Mandell, who conducts research at the University of Pennsylvania on improving the quality of autism care. That's because individuals with the developmental delays typical of autism tend to have a hard time reading social cues or detecting danger signs from someone who's threatening them.
Typically autism associated with impulsive aggressive behaviors occurs in those who are low-functioning, not with milder forms of the condition such as Asperger's syndrome, which Lanza was purported to have had.
"Most of the folks who come here are kind, gentle, and peace-loving,'' said Dania Jekel, executive director of the Asperger's Association of New England in Watertown. "It's sort of a shame for them that this association with violence has been made.''
Michael Appell, of Newton, said his 24-year-old son who has Asperger's hasn't decided yet whether to reveal his condition to his new boss at a high tech firm. "My son has never had any violent tendencies, but many people may now paint a different profile of him, which makes this whole thing shocking and disconcerting.''
Some of those who treat autism note that they do occasionally see patients who pose a real risk of harming others — even when not acting out on impulse. "I've had autistic patients like this,'' said Dr. Martha Herbert, a pediatric neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and co-author of the Autism Revolution. "But I wouldn't say it's the autism causing those behaviors. We need to learn more about the underlying biology to see how much autism overlaps with other psychiatric conditions.''
Autism has been linked to a wide range of medical problems such as gastrointestinal illnesses, low bone density, and asthma, but researchers still haven't determined whether it's associated with psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, which, when untreated, have been associated with violence.
What's not known is how often those who assault loved ones during fits of rage are misdiagnosed with a form of autism when they really have a form of psychosis or a personality disorder. "There's not a lot of cohesion among psychiatrists about how to define the entire diagnostic category of autism including Asperger's,'' said Nickerson-Reti. "We don't always see the same thing'' with a given set of symptoms.
Many mental health practitioners are upset by a new definition of autism that's expected to be published in the updated DSM-V psychiatric diagnostic manual in 2013. It eliminates subgroups of the disorder such as Asperger's and distills the diagnosis down to a simple gradient from mild to severe.
But most agree that the most pressing issue is getting adequate help to those who need it most, regardless of whether they have autism or some other mental health disorder. "How do we identify people who are at increased risk of mental illness and intervene in a meaningful way?'' said Mandell. That said, the rate of mental illness doesn't vary much among industrialized countries, but the rate of gun violence does. "I think the overwhelming difference,'' Mandel added, "is access to firearms.''


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Steven Moffat appeared on stage last night as part of ad-lib, at the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The idea behind ad-lib is that 'some of the nation's most creative minds engage in surprising conversation with some of the sharpest comedians in showbiz' and last night was an opportunity to see the Moff chatting to Frank Skinner and Fred MacAulay. And so it was that, in this unusual context, the current Showrunner of one of the most popular shows on British television gave some interesting answers to some fairly commonly asked questions.
On the topic of Jenny, the Doctor's 'Daughter' returning to the show:
The door is open, it's entirely possible.This is, of course, not a very meaningful answer, and we all know that Moffat is exceptionally good at managing the information he gives away about the show's future, but even so, it's nice to hear that he doesn't seem to have forgotten about Jenny. And what about Romana? Less positive news for her fans, I'm afraid:
I have actually given no thought at all to Romana. The Time Lords are dead in my mind. They died.Frank Skinner also asked whether Moffat acknowledged the convention that the Doctor can only regenerate twelve times. Moffat replied (drum roll, please),
Yes.No one can accuse the man of being loose-lipped in this regard, either.
It is, of course, an important question. If John Hurt's Doctor is an incarnation between the eighth and ninth Doctors (and there's plenty of evidence to support this now), then this would make the key event in this year's Christmas special the last of these regenerations and Capaldi's Doctor would, in fact, be the final one - at least, until something changed the rules. Clearly it is a question whose answer has major consequences, although there's no fear of Doctor Who ending anytime soon regardless. There are so many ways around any established piece of canon - this show practically invented the art of retrospective continuity, after all - that the only question left (and it is the most important question in all storytelling) is 'how?'
So those were the beginner questions. Now we're onto the more advanced stuff, like whether or not Peter Jackson's likely to direct an episode of Doctor Who, to which Moffat sayeth,
He's serious about it. We talked at The Hobbit premiere - he just wants a Dalek. So we'll give him a Dalek and he'll direct an episode. I think he'd like to us to go to New Zealand. I think it's entirely possible.and on the rumour that J. K. Rowling is writing a short story for the 50th anniversary he gave this rather press release-y answer:
I can't confirm that... right now.which could mean everything and nothing, like every other press release-y answer in history.
Other interesting snippets from the evening included a comment about Billie Piper -
Those first two years, that was Billie Piper's show... it was all about Billie, and Billie as Rose. And Russell was clever in writing that character and casting that character so perfectly.- the possibility of bringing Dorium Maldovar back (at Frank Skinner's request) -
I love the character. We would bring him back if we had a good story for him. But he's just a head in a box, which could make it slightly limiting.- and about Peter Capaldi keeping his Scottish accent when he plays the Doctor:
I'd be very surprised if he didn't.That'll keep everyone blogging and tweeting for the next couple of days at least (and as an honorary Scot, I'm rather pleased myself). Christmas can't come soon enough.
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15 Toughest Interview Questions (and Answers!)
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May 19, 2009
9. What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?
Bad Answer:
I never finished law school – and everything that's happened since has taught me that giving up, just because the going gets tough, is a huge mistake."
You don't want to actually highlight a major regret – especially one that exposes an overall dissatisfaction with your life. Instead, focus on a smaller, but significant, mishap, and how it has made you a better professional.
Good Answer:
"When I was in college, I took an art class to supplement my curriculum. I didn't take it very seriously, and assumed that, compared to my Engineering classes, it would be a walk in the park. My failing grades at midterm showed me otherwise. I'd even jeopardized my scholarship status. I knew I had to get my act together. I spent the rest of the semester making up for it, ended up getting a decent grade in the class. I learned that no matter what I'm doing, I should strive to do it to the best of my ability. Otherwise, it's not worth doing at all."


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Frédéric Boucheron is born in 1831 into a family of clothiers. He breaks with family tradition at a young age to open his jewelry shop. Having learnt much about delicacy in materials, he begins to make his gold work as supple as the fabrics and lace of his childhood. Success is immediate and soon the whole of Paris is rushing to the door of his Palais Royal boutique. In 1893, he is the first jeweler to open a boutique Place Vendôme, making this place a showcase of savoir-vivre, savoir-faire and French elegance that has no equal in the world. It is Frédéric Boucheron's unique ability to capture the zeitgeist that also leads him to invent new ways of wearing jewelry. His success spreads abroad and the order books start to include the names of members of Royal families and later of Hollywood's biggest stars.Discover all of the Boucheron moments
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Students Projects - Theory of atoms and molecules: introduction courseActivity by Andrea C. Navas Calixto | added on May 15, 2011 | Colombia
Sponsor(s): Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Students proyects to celebrate IYC 2011. We present the videos and educational materials for dissemination on topics such as atomic models, history of chemistry and quantum chemistry. Student projects were made in class theory of atoms and molecules in Chemistry program at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá - Colombia
Introduction to the theory of atoms and molecules is a class of the first year Chemistry programme. It has like an objetive that students know the origin of contemporary theories of atomic and molecular structure. Current chemistry is based on these theories.
The most important thing is to assimilate the foundations of these theories and understand their relationship with the concepts of modern chemistry.
This activitie involves students into celebration of IYC 2011.
Students made videos and educational materials related with topics teached in this class. For example, atomic models, history of chemistry until the quantum theory.
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Several states are using the busy Independence Day weekend to spotlight a dangerous increase in cellphone use while driving.
Cellphone use – especially texting – has become so ingrained in society that far too many people ignore laws banning the practice. A 2008 study by the mobile industry's trade association CTIA found that among teens ages 13 to 19, 57 percent view their cellphones as key to their social life, and most view texting as a vital feature.
Yet to mix this activity with driving is statistically extremely dangerous.
The California Highway Patrol released a report Wednesday showing that talking on a cellphone while behind the wheel is the leading factor contributing to crashes blamed on inattentive drivers. Furthermore, the US Department of Transportation reports that distracted driving played a role in nearly 6,000 deaths and 500,000 injuries in 2009.
The key to reversing the trend is education about the danger, say several experts. Physiologically, there are three different kinds of distraction, say experts: visual (taking eyes off the road), manual (taking one or more hands off the wheel), and cognitive (mental attention.) Texting involves all three, which a July 2009 study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows increases the risk of a crash 23.2 times higher than non-distracted driving – higher than driving while intoxicated.
"That is a recipe for danger," says Bob Petrancosta, the VP of Safety for Con-way Freight, a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. "The message needs to be communicated across society … and if [it] were really understood, maybe we would have a chance to stem the problem." [Editor's note: The original version has been edited to clarify Mr. Petrancosta's affiliation.]
But cellphone use – particularly texting – has become attitudinal and built-in, studies show.
The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reports that text messaging has become the preferred method of communication for American teenagers, with one in three teens sending more than 100 texts a day. The same study found that 26 percent of US teens admit to texting while driving. And the National Safety Council announced in January of this year that nearly 30 percent of all auto accidents were primarily caused by using a cellphone while driving.
"We're now a mobile society," says Chicago attorney Howard Ankin. "Everyone wants to use their phone while driving and not be stuck and unproductive in traffic. Most people think the people who get in accidents while using a cellphone is the other guy, not them," he says.
"In congested cities across California, where the commuters can spend hours in traffic, using a cellphone to send a text or email can seem harmless," says Reza Torkzadeh, a personal injury lawyer and author of "Accidents Happen But Who's Going to Pay the Bills?" She says studies have shown 8 out of 10 drivers support some type of restriction or ban on mobile device usage while driving.
Since California's hands-free law took effect two years ago, banning cellphone use behind the wheel, California has issued an estimated 500,000 tickets to drivers ignoring the law. Nationwide, 28 states and the district of Columbia ban text messaging behind the wheel, and nine states prohibit texting by novice drivers. Six new texting-while-driving bans will go into effect in July.
But many in law enforcement want stronger penalties and deterrents and more tools for enforcement.
"I would appreciate stricter laws," says Colonel Brendan Doherty of the Rhode Island State Police. "We need search warrant capability so when we are researching an accident, we can find out if one or more of the drivers was texting at the time of the accident," he says. Rhode Island prohibits texting but not cellphone use, which makes enforcement problematic, he says.
One bright spot is that there are a host of technological advances making their way into the marketplace, says experts.
Coinciding with the holiday weekend, Iconosys Inc., a mobile app maker, has announced several applications that can send automatic responses to text senders.
"It has become commonplace among youth that when they can't immediately text back to a received message, they feel like the sender will feel ignored," says Iconosys president Wayne Irving II. His company's applications – some free – are capable of sending messages that say, "I'm driving a car now. When I can pull over, I will call you back." Some are even cued automatically by satellite technology that shows when the cellphone is in motion.
"We are trying to develop these for youth who want to be cool but also don't want parents and bosses being able to snoop too much over their shoulders,
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In Concert
Natalie MacMaster
Share the spirit of St. Patrick's Day with Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster. The virtuoso fiddler will thrill her audience with her invigorating technique as she performs music inspired by her beloved traditional Cape Breton sound. Whether performing with her band – featuring guitar, piano, bass, drums and percussion, or with a classical orchestra – MacMaster delights fans with her dynamic stage persona.
Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m. $40 and $45. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.
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John Williams and John Etheridge
The two guitar greats join forces for an unforgettable evening, displaying their guitar prowess, The two living legends perform together and solo, offering a blend of world music, jazz and folk with a soupçon of Bach. Williams, the legendary classical guitarist and Etheridge, acclaimed for his creative jazz-fusion style, have collaborated for more than a decade. Together they perform an eclectic mix of music, illuminating their distinctive skills.
Sunday, March 17, 7 p.m. $52. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Hillwood Recital Hall, LIU Post, Brookville. (516) 299-1300 or (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.tillescenter.org.
Art Adventures
NCMA's Family Day
\Welcome spring at Nassau County Museum of Art. Take the kids on a docent-led walk-through of the current exhibition, "AB-EX/RE-CON," and the contemporary galleries, featuring the works of Asad Faulwell and Chris Johanson, beginning at 1 p.m., with supervised art activities, at 1:30 p.m. Also, spend some time in NCMA's sculpture park, which features over 50 works, many of them monumental in size.
Sunday, March 17, 1 p.m. Free with museum admission. $10 adult, $8 seniors 62 and older, $4 students and children. One Museum Dr. (off Northern Blvd.), Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.com.


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NEW ORLEANS -- For the Harbaugh brothers, there's no better time than Super Bowl XLVII to "grind the meat and rattle the molars."
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has uttered that phrase this week, and his brother John, the Baltimore Ravens coach, unpacked its meaning during Thursday's media session.
Its roots date back to the Harbaugh family's well-publicized and longstanding obsession with Bo Schembechler, the iconic University of Michigan coach who spoke those words repeatedly on the gridiron.
"That's straight Jerry Hanlon, Bo Schembechler, you know, Michigan, Big West, Big Ten football," John said. "That goes back to the roots. But, when Michigan would be ahead, I know Bo would be on the headphones with Jerry and say, 'It's time to grind some meat.' That would mean it's time to run the ball. It's four-minute offense, you know, they'd run that off-tackle play. And rattle the molars, you know, that's coming off the ball, that's trench warfare for football upfront. That's football."
And that's certainly the case for both the Ravens and 49ers. San Francisco has made waves with its Pistol offense and Baltimore rolls into Sunday with a passing attack operating at high levels, but both teams -- squads Bo would be proud of -- know how to pound the ball, and love to do so.
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Saints Versus Rams Wednesday Injury Report
In their first practice leading up to Sunday's matchup versus the St. Louis Rams, the New Orleans Saints were missing 5 active players on the practice field.
Rookie tight end Josh Hill (pictured, hamstring issues), rookie offensive tackle Terron Armstead (nose), safety Rafael Bush (ankle), defensive tackle Broderick Bunkley (back), and linebacker Keyunta Dawson (calf) all sat out Wednesday's practice.
Only one other player was listed on the injury report, as rookie defensive end Glenn Foster (knee) practiced on a limited basis.
For a Wednesday practice on a game week, the Saints injury report is lighter than in weeks past.
St. Louis' injury report listed the following 4 players as unable to practice: running back Daryl Richardson (thigh), wide receiver Tavon Austin (ankle), cornerback Brandon McGee (foot), and cornerback Janoris Jenkins (back).
Austin, a rookie out of Boise State, and Jenkins, a second year pro out of North Alabama, are keg cogs to the Rams offense and defense. If neither is able to practice Thursday, there status for Sunday will be in doubt.


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Alan Moore
Grant Morrison
Admittedly I was semi-aware that there was "some" particularly bitter distaste between comics god Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, but that's about all I knew… until this morning. Now I know a whole lot about the matter—at least I know Alan Moore's side of the story in minute, excoriating detail—and you will too, if you click over to Pádraig Ó Méalóid's Slovobooks blog for the extremely long email interview—that Moore claims will be his last—in which the comics mage addresses controversies surrounding depictions of rape in his work, his appropriation of the Golliwogg character, a sort of minstrel doll once commonplace in England (and the trademark/mascot of Robertson's Jam until 2001) as the Galley-Wag in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier and his loathing for a particular comics author who he describes as a "Scottish cover band."
The backstory, summarized succinctly at TechnoOccult, more or less begins in the aftermath of a November 2013 appearance in London that Moore made in with biographer Lance Parkin and others, including Méalóid. One attendee, Will Brooker, took to social media and stated his displeasure with the event on Twitter:
Really wish An Evening with Alan Moore hadn't involved four white people on stage defending the "golliwog" as a "strong black character"
Followed by a short film about a young woman stripping, dressing in "slutty clothes" and killing herself on screen
Followed by Moore insulting Gordon Brown based on mental and physical disability
I then left the venue.
You can watch the video below and form your own opion, but suffice to say, this stirred up reactions across the Internet—you'll find several of them linked in the TechnoOccult article—and Moore, obviously pissed off by these accusations of racism and sexism, responded with rhetorical guns-a-blazing.
Moore concludes his lengthy essay—it could hardly be considered a Q&A—devoting nearly 5000 words to the subject of why he absolutely hates Grant Morrison's guts. Stalker, tapeworm, parasite, "feverishly fixated non-entity," "my own personal 18th century medicinal leech"—these are some of the nicer things Moore has to say about Morrison. It's daggers out the whole way. I could just pick a random paragraph. In fact that's what I will do. Eeny, meeny, miny… Moore:
Having removed myself as much as possible from a comic scene that seemed more the province of posturing would-be pop-stars than people with a genuine respect for themselves, their craft or the medium in which they were working, I could only marvel when the customary several months after I'd announced my own entry into occultism and the visionary episode which I believed Steve Moore and myself to have experienced in January, 1994, Grant Morrison apparently had his own mystical vision and decided that he too would become a magician. (It wasn't until I read Lance Parkin's biography that I learned that as a result of Morrison's apparently unwitnessed magical epiphany he had boldly decided to pursue a visionary path of 'materialism and hedonism'. Could I point out for the benefit of anyone who may have been taking this idiotic shit seriously that this doesn't sound so much like a mystical vision as it does an episode of The Only Way Is Essex? How does this magical discipline and philosophy differ in any way from the rapacious Thatcherite ideologies of the decade in which Grant Morrison wriggled his way to prominence?) I'm reliably informed that he has recently made the unprecedented move of expressing his dissatisfaction with the superhero industry, if only because there isn't as much money in it as there used to be, and I imagine that there is a very strong likelihood that he will contrive to die within four to six months of my own demise, after leaving pre-dated documents testifying to the fact that he actually predeceased me.
Moore continues, wishing that:
"...admirers of Grant Morrison's work would please stop reading mine, as I don't think it fair that my respect and affection for my own readership should be compromised in any way by people that I largely believe to be shallow and undiscriminating."
That's really throwing down the gauntlet, you might say, when one writer would like another's readers to fuck the fuck off.
It cannot be said that Alan Moore doesn't know how to express himself, can it? Read the entire thing—it's long, but I promise you it's worth it—at Pádraig Ó Méalóid's Slovobooks blog.
The Strange Case of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, As Told By Grant Morrison
Below, "An Evening with Alan Moore" at the Prince Charles Cinema, November 26th, 2013:
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Jason Bay is starting to warm up, but it is premature to say the line-up switch lit the fire. Dropping Jose Reyes from leadoff to third is, in theory, supposed to provide Bay with more fastballs.
After a RBI triple Friday and three hits yesterday, Bay said: "It's really only relevant if Reyes is on first or second,'' Bay said. "I haven't noticed a huge difference. I think it coincides with me feeling lot better.''
Bay is too good a hitter for results to not eventually show. Bay said he's not there, yet, but does feel more relaxed at the plate.
"A few hits I've gotten and at-bats I've taken, I feel a lot more comfortable and it's starting to show,'' said Bay, who has struck out 23 times, but none since the switch.
Bay is right, to fully see the merits of the switch we have to have multiple situations of Bay up with Reyes in steal situations. The one time we had that, Reyes stole second and went to third on a wild throw.
For Jerry Manuel's switch to work, we need a broader sampling of at-bats.


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Steve,Great idea. I would vote for adding Ed Levine's "Pizza A Slice of Heaven." I took delivery of it yesterday and cannot put it down.
Good point Steve. It is primarily a guide book. But it has a true Neapolitan American recipe as well as a sauce recipe. It also details, better than some of the other books already listed, the ingredients used and preparation techniques of some of the world's best pizzerias. That's a unique perspective for me at least.
Steve,I'd like to nominate a book for inclusion on the "recommended books" page.The book is Pizza (From Its Italian Origins to the Modern Table) written by Rosario Buonassi and published by Firefly Books Inc., Buffalo, NY (2000).Beautiful design and photography compliment this thoughtful, well-written book. Topics covered are historical development of pizza, many recipes, wine and beer recommendations for specific pizzas, and future trends.This book is probably more "coffee table art book" than "how to" manual, but it is sophistocated, engaging, and insightful. This book is currently out of print but is available as a remainder for around $7 to $8 (orig. $24.95) through Amazon resellers.
Steve--Evelyn Slomon's is good, too--not quite accurate, but a good book to have!
Do you have James McNair's New Pizza? It's a nicely-done book.
I'm putting together a new "Recommended Books" page for the website. This page contains books that I would consider good to excellent for making great pizza. Please look over the page and let me know of any books that should be on the list. http://www.pizzamaking.com/pizza_books.html
I would like to see your ratings next to the title. (ie. do you consider it good or excellent)


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Inspired by work conducted by Museum scientists at Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, Cretaceous Alberta provides a rare glimpse of Alberta over 69 million years ago. Featuring four Albertosaurus moving across a dry river channel, the exhibit is based on scientific evidence gathered from a mass grave, or bonebed, where at least 22 Albertosaurus sarcophagus skeletons have been discovered. Though scientists determined these dinosaurs all died within a relatively short period of time, there is much debate over whether they lived in packs or not.
Located 6 km from Drumheller, the Museum is nestled in the heart of the Canadian Badlands where fossil hunters have prospected for over a century.
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