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NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Marriage may be brief, but divorce lasts a lifetime and a U.S. clinical psychologist says it's worth the effort to make a friend of an ex-spouse.
Judith Ruskay Rabinor, a clinical psychologist, said she was motivated to write her book, "Befriending Your Ex After Divorce: Making Life Better for You, Your Kids, and Yes, Your Ex," after accepting the losses and realities of her own divorce and becoming good friends with her former husband.
"It requires seeing the big picture -- embracing the needs of everyone involved -- and taking the high road," Rabinor said in a statement. "Don't assume you have to continue feeling and expressing anger to justify your divorce."
Rabinor's strategies include:
-- Recognize the need and the benefits to you of befriending your ex.
-- Learn to forgive, including yourself.
-- Let go of the past. Don't dwell on what went wrong.
-- Create a vision of the kind of positive relationship you want with your ex.
-- Tell your ex it's never too late to create a better divorce, and you want to start a cordial relationship.
-- Start with small acts of kindness.
-- Continue trying, even if your ex is slow to acknowledge your efforts or reciprocate.
-- Keep the goal in mind; keeping the peace is easier than continuing the war.
Rabinor acknowledges not all of her strategies apply to everyone and an authentic new friendship might not develop if dangerous behaviors don't change, such as addictions or verbal and physical abuse.
"The only person you can really change is yourself. Do your part and treat your ex kindly, and if he or she refuses to reciprocate, continue to take the high road," Rabinor said. "You'll eventually succeed, or at least have the satisfaction of knowing you're doing the right thing."


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It's silly to cry over spilt milk.
But spilt beer?
That's another story.
Randy Zipperer, 49, was hauled to the pokey for allegedly stabbing his younger brother in a feud over some missing macaroni and cheese and spilled beer in Deltona, reports WKMG CBS News-6 in Orlando.
Zipperer, upset because he couldn't find his mac & cheese, reportedly became enraged when his brother, 47, tried to help him find the food but then accidentally knocked over Zipperer's beer, according to the report.
This is Zipperer's 7th booking into Volusia County jail, inmate records show.
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Ah, the fresh odor of racism floats across the web in news article comments.
Nadya Suleman has a bachelor's degree in child and adolescent development and is currently earning a Master's degree. That's more education than the famous Duggers, who have 20 kids at this point, have earned.
Oh wait! They're WHITE, that totally makes it okay to have as many kids as they can get busy and make.
People are assuming that this highly educated woman is just going to give up her professional status and go on welfare, because her name is not "white" sounding. I have no idea if she is a woman of color or not, but I'm seeing a lot of racism here based on her ethnic sounding name. There are overwhelmingly more white people on welfare than "ethnic" people.
My great grandma had sixteen children who survived to adulthood (at a time with 50% child mortality before age 5), and nobody blinked an eye. Her sister had nineteen surviving children. They were both pregnant and nursing constantly from the time they married in their teens until they reached menopause. As with most contemporary women, unless they died in pregnancy or childbirth before menopause, which happened in about one in 200 pregnancies. Neither one was rich, they were farmers.
Like Ms. Suleman, my ancestors had extended families and supportive neighbors to help them rear their many children. This system works all over the world for many people facing extreme poverty, no birth control and living in conditions that they couldn't begin to imagine in their comfortable racist lives.
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Normally when we learn about the people responsible for writing movies based on video games, there's a round of muted applause. If we're lucky. More often than no there are groans.
So it's a nice surprise to learn that the long-in-development hell Shadow of the Colossus movie project—which last year got a director—now has a talented writer to go with it.
That writer is Seth Lochhead, The Hollywood Reporter... reports, who takes over from Justin Marks' early 2009 script. He co-wrote the excellent Hanna, and has a top-secret project in the works at Warner Bros with Michael Bay.
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LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — Talk about having fun at the Grammy Awards.
Fun. won two major awards midway through the Sunday night's telecast, winning song of the year for the transcendent anthem "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, and best new artist in something of an upset over Frank Ocean.
Photos: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards | Early Winners & Pre-Telecast
"I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote the chorus to this song," lead singer Nate Ruess, 30, joked. "This is in HD, everyone can see our faces, and we are not very young."
Complete Coverage: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards
Fun.'s run – and a surprising victory by Gotye for record of the year – took some of the luster off Ocean's evening, but there's no question all eyes were on him as he won two awards and blew up Twitter. Only Chris Brown, with whom Ocean scuffled last month, remained seated as the 25-year-old R&B winner walked to the stage during a standing ovation. Ocean beat Brown, who attended with girlfriend Rihanna, for the urban contemporary album award that both were nominated for.
Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys appeared headed to an overall win on music's biggest night with four wins, including producer of the year.
Gotye, Jay-Z and Kanye West had three wins – sharing one award with Ocean – along with Skrillex, and a slew of nominees had two wins apiece, including former best new artist winner Esperanza Spalding.
"We Are Young" helped fun. earn a starring role at these Grammys with nominations in all four major categories after the release of their first album, matched only by Christopher Cross in 1981, and six overall. The band turned in a powerful early performance of "Carry On" as a downpour on stage began mid-song and guitarist Jack Antonoff got a kiss from girlfriend "Girls" creator Lena Dunham after winning.
But Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know," featuring Kimbra, was 2012's top-selling song and just as omnipresent. He also won best alternative album for "Making Mirrors" and best pop/duo performance for "Somebody." Prince presented him with the record of the year trophy and the Australian paid tribute to The Purple One's influence.
Auerbach took the early lead thanks to a strong run in the pre-telecast awards show and had only lost once midway through the night.
His Black Keys took best rock performance for "Lonely Boy" during the main telecast and earlier in the day won best rock song for "Lonely Boy" and best rock album for "El Camino" with bandmate Patrick Carney, and Auerbach was named producer of the year. He also got an assist _ but no trophy _ on Dr. John's best blues album "Locked Down," which he produced.
Ocean won best urban contemporary album for "channel ORANGE" and best rap/sung collaboration for "No Church in the Wild" with fellow top nominees Jay-Z and West, and The-Dream. The win came after victories for Jay-Z and West for best rap song and best rap performance for "— in Paris," another "Watch the Throne" track.
Other winners included Rihanna, Beyonce, Mumford & Sons and Taylor Swift, who opened the show as the Mad Hatter. Swift dressed in white top hat, tails, shorts and tall boots during the surreal version of her hummable hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" that included a troop of mime clowns and a guy on a tricycle with a flame-thrower attached.
The singer pretended to talk to the offending boyfriend on the phone: "I'm busy opening the Grammys and we're never getting back together."
Justin Timberlake debuted new tracks "Suit & Tie" with Jay-Z and "Pusher Love" in a performance that was broadcast in retro black and white. Rihanna and the extended Marley family paid tribute to Bob Marley. Sting and Bruno Mars helped each other out on their hits "Locked Out of Heaven" and "Walking on the Moon." Elton John and Ed Sheeran teamed on "The A Team" and Miguel and Wiz Khalifa joined forces teamed up on "Adorn." Alicia Keys played drums during Maroon 5's "Daylight," before Adam Levine's band backed her on "Girl on Fire."
Adele won the first award of the night on the main telecast, taking home best pop solo performance for "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)," in one of the night's least-surprising moments _ though the singer was somewhat taken aback.
"I just wanted to be part of the night, because I loved it last year, obviously," she said of winning a record-tying six awards in 2012.
Carrie Underwood won best country solo performance for "Blown Away," Zac Brown Band won best country album for "Uncaged" and Kelly Clarkson turned in the night's most exuberant acceptance speech after winning best pop vocal album for "Stronger." After hugging much of the front row and momentarily getting stuck to Miranda Lambert's dress, Clarkson charged the stage with a giant smile.
"Miguel, I don't know who the hell you are, but we need to sing together," she said. "I mean, good God. That was the sexiest dancing I've ever seen."
Skrillex won best dance recording for "Bangarang," featuring Sirah, best dance/electronica album for "Bangarang" and best remixed recording a year after winning those same awards in his first appearance at the Grammys.
"You know what, I thought I'd get used to it, but I tripped over every word when I was up there," Skrillex said of his acceptance speeches. "I felt like I just wanted a pool of ice water and just couldn't even breathe or think. It was crazy. I think it was even crazier than last year."
Celebrities rolled down the red carpet in the early afternoon under heavy police guard during a continued manhunt for an alleged cop killer. Many stars showed a fair amount of skin despite CBS's mandate that stars dress appropriately with butts, breasts and other sensitive areas covered adequately.
Nevertheless, Jennifer Lopez showed up on stage in a dress slit all the way to her hip.
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Set app protection settings for Android or iOS devices
Create an app management policy
Go to the admin center at https://admin.microsoft.com.
In the left nav, choose Devices > Policies > Add.
On the Add policy pane, enter a unique name for this policy.
Under Policy type, choose Application Management for Android or Application Management for iOS depending on which set of policies you want to create.
Expand Protect work files when devices are lost or stolen and Manage how users access Office files on mobile devices > configure the settings how you would like. The Manage how users access Office files on mobile devices is Off by default, but it is recommended that you turn it On and accept the default values. See Available settings for more information.
You can always use the Reset default settings link to return to the default setting.
Next decide Who will get these settings? If you don't want to use the default All Users security group, choose Change, choose the security groups who will get these settings > Select.
Finally, choose Done to save the policy, and assign it to devices.
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On the Policies card, choose Edit policy.
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I've been suffering with writers block…well not suffering to the degree of a bad sunburn or sprained ankle...I was told I just need a bit of inspiration. So to make it easier on myself and ease back into my blog posts, I have decided to write about the 2 things I'm passionate about right now. The sweet faces of donkeys and lemons.
I fell in love with a donkey when I visited Tanzania, there is an abundance of donkeys over there, and when this little donkey looked at me with his huge lovely eyes, I felt like he could see straight into my heart & soul. So when I found a small watercolor of a sweet little donkey a few weeks ago, it was like finding a long lost friend, and now it sits humbly on my desk, with those big eyes gazing at me, I am smitten.
Now lemons I have been blessed to have around me my entire life in one form or another. One of my friends in grade school loved lemons so much she would cut it into wedges, and suck on them. I like mine a bit sweeter (lemonade, lemon drop candies, lemon bars, lemon meringue pie, coconut lemon crème cake, lemon sorbet...).
One of my favorite lemon desserts can be found at Le Ciel Crepe Café, and is named The Avila Bay on their menu. The thin crepe is filled with a light airy lemon cream topped with lemon zest, and a nice scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on the side.
I'm also a hug fan of their Chicken Ranch Salad--fresh spring mix, chicken breast, bacon, tomato, and cheddar cheese served with Heather's homemade ranch dressing, which has a bit of dill in it, Yum!
They also make wonderful homemade soups daily. I have tried them all, except for the African Banana. I am told it is delicious; I am not a fan of the banana...but I did see a lot of bananas in Tanzania too. I have just linked the donkey and lemon together via Tanzania.
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2 Cups Cane Sugar
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2 Cups Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice (8-12 lemons depending on how juicy they are)
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Daily entertainment news with what to watch tonight on TV, news on the summer solstice and a California beach fight that was caught on cellphone video.
Video: California beach fight caught on tape
Man starts fighting beachgoers, pulls out a knife, then tries to resist arrest when police arrive. Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch the video.
What to watch: 'Snookie & JWoww' on MTV at 10 p.m. EDT/ 9 p.m. CDT
Tonight is the series premiere of "Snookie & JWoww," a spinoff series from "Jersey Shore." Watch what crazy antics the now-pregnant Snooki and her best friend JWoww encounter.
Trending topic: Summer solstice
Many people were expecting the summer solstice –– and the first day of summer –– today because the longest day of the year usually falls on June 22. But this year, it fell on June 21.
Video: California beach fight caught on tape
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Should We Accept That Indie Film Is Now A Hobby Culture?/
I don't intend to get down on hobbies here; I love building model rockets with my son, but I don't harbor any fantasies about earning a living from doing it (well, I do have a plan for a BowlOfNoses Summer Camp, but...). Thing is, there once was a time when all my friends earned a living making and sharing independent features. It didn't feel like a hobby then, but now it does. I wonder if anyone still earns a consistent living making indie films?
Okay, the sales markets of Sundance & Toronto have increased my hopes that the economic situation for filmmakers will improve and, yes, "earning a living" is a relative phrase. True, many still are paying most of their bills from working in the film biz, but I suspect that either it is at a level 50% lower than it was three years ago, or else the company that pays them is earning substantially less than they were years back and just hasn't passed the losses on to their employees beyond staff reductions. Yes, there are still some folks who hit a vein and get a windfall, but don't mistake that good fortune as a career. I have seen highs and lows, but I don't see consistency any more.
It's not all doom mind you. Some people are adapting well to the current situation, working on lower budgets, and creating a variety of forms -- but the earnings are at a much different level. The need to find ways to subsidize one's creative passions has become more urgent than ever before. Speaking fees and consultancy gigs have become a necessary part of my balance sheet. Academia is growing more appealing by the day.
People used to toss off that Indie Film was the province of the rich or the young, as a way of saying that there was no long term survival path, but that was said most frequently by those that somehow had managed to embed themselves in the process -- and thus contradicting their statement by their very existence. Those days are gone though. Indie film is only a viable stopover station and then only for the young and the rich. I am at a loss of how someone can earn enough to live in NYC making the kind of movies I did for the last two decades. It requires something completely different.
I wish it was as simple as scaling down. As budgets come down so do the stories and the styles by which they are told. Miracles occur on a regular basis and we are all treated to some beautiful work, but generally speaking, we are watching Norma Desmond's words become our reality. As Indie's stories get really small, not only does the audience follow suit, but the hope of a recovery becomes slimmer and slimmer. Part of the appeal of cinema is that it exposes the expansive nature of our lives -- and that still is hard to do on a six or five figure budget (but not impossible).
There are many reasons to think, even to believe, that there is an alternative to this dark vision. Mike Ambs was right when he mused that the short form online crowd was building their side of the bridge much faster than the indie film side. As true as that may be, it ignores the fact that that progress is rarely done professionally. Yes it is done passionately, but it still requires those so driven that they have found an alternative way to afford a creative life than financial support from the industry they focus on.
When people speak of "profit" as the holy grail when speaking of "saving" indie film, they focus on the money because they want to survive. When people choose to make indie films, I don't think they are ever really hoping to get rich, they just want to be able to survive doing what they love. Granted, very few are willing to live at subsistence levels in order to be an artist, but they still want to make a living, and hence they need to "profit" from their work. And right now I would wager that less than one percent of those that create indie films, "profit" from their work.
What is going to happen to the swarm of experts we've developed over that last two decades when we ultimately accept that the business is dead? As long as we are willing to drive the transactional price point to zero, artist will not support themselves by their practice? Do you really want to earn your living exploiting those whose passion prevents them from creating consistent work? Just because some are privileged enough by their reputation or wealth to aggregate libraries not by compensating at a respectable value, but by being the only legitimate option, does that mean that they should?
It is going to take a lot of thought and experimentation to get us on track towards a sustainable film industry of diverse and ambitious work. It is going to take a lot of patience. It is going to take a lot of collaboration.


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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) executive Jacqueline Beato is scheduled to speak at 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time Friday, October 5, at the Credit Suisse 2012 Global Credit Products Conference in Miami, Florida. A webcast of the event will be available in the Investor Relations section of www.caesars.com for 30 days following the event.
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Students Take Tattoos to New Depths
When the Providence studio The Story Hat (TSH) began to develop their concept for a feature-length animated horror film, they didn't need to look far to find an abundance of talented young artists to start the production process. Fifteen Illustration students got in on the ground floor of Bloodlines, the shared creation of TSH execs Kevin Mowrer and Rob Travalino, and Michael Corrente of Eagle Beach Productions. It was a film the producers had hoped would become the first feature-length CGI-animated horror film produced for wide release in the US adult market.
The script for Bloodlines centers on a teenage tattoo artist whose tattoos come to life and turn on their bearers. Producer/director Corrente, whose credits include the live-action films Federal Hill, American Buffalo and Outside Providence, says that when he "heard the idea of making an animated horror film that would combine the elements of horror, animation and tattoos, I knew I had to make this film." Illustration students in a studio taught by Shanth Enjeti RISD 98 IL worked with a mix of traditional and electronic media as they developed the overall look of the animation, including characters and locations. A collaborative process assisted by the team of directors and a roster of visiting professionals brought the artists quickly up to speed on the complexities of a real-world, large-scale commercial animation project.
Assistant Professor Nick Jainschigg RISD 83 IL says that students quickly rose to the challenge of producing professional work. The studio "has been very valuable, both in pushing the students to professional levels of production and in introducing them to collaborative ways of working," he says. Enjeti adds: "When our students do fine work, I always say, 'I am pleased, but not surprised' – but seeing them mature throughout this process was truly rewarding."


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Rob Hubbard enters his eighth season as the head coach of the UMBC men's and women's tennis programs.
The Retriever mentor has compiled a record of 74-45 with the men and 57-62 on the women's side during his tenure. He has piloted the men to the America East Conference title match in four consecutive spring campaigns (2010-13). Last season, the first for the men in the Missouri Valley Conference, UMBC reached the semi-finals and gave nationally-ranked Wichita State quite a battle before falling, 4-2, to the Shockers.
The Retriever men completed the 2010 with a 17-6 record, posting its most wins in a season since 2002, when the Retrievers won 18 of 26 matches. The 17 wins tied for the third-most in UMBC's Division I history and the team finished the campaign ranked No. 6 in the Atlantic region.
Following the 1978 season, Hubbard turned professional and enjoyed three seasons on the ATP Tour where he was ranked in the top-300 in the world and competed in a pair of U.S. Open's during the 1979 and 1980 seasons.
He was a two-time USTA National Champion and was selected to represent the United States at the Italia Cup, which was a 35-and-over Davis Cup competition, during his post-professional playing days. He was also the USPTA Maryland Pro of the Year in 2000 and was the USPTA Mid-Atlantic 35-and-over Player of the Year during his elite playing career.


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Contestants Needed For New Antiques TV Show
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ITN are making a brand new show for the Sky Arts Channel. The programme will be called Antiques House and contestants are being sourced.
Julia Burnett from ITN says:
We are looking for contestants to take part in our brand new antiques television gameshow for SKY ARTS: ANTIQUES HOUSE. Contestants have the chance to win antiques worth up to £1000 initially, or £5000 in the final. The show is also a national competition, and contestants will also compete to win a place in the final, where the ultimate winner will be named the best amateur antiques brain in Britain!
The programme should be a lot of fun to film, and we are very much hoping to attract people with a genuine knowledge and interest in antiques, so that we have the opportunity to showcase the many beautiful items we have on each week.
We expect to reach an audience with an interest in arts and antiques, and hope that some dealers may benefit from the publicity they would gain from an item on the programme. We would be happy to credit the dealer/ auction house at the end of the programme or show details of where to buy on our website. We are looking for dealers to come on board to help provide genuine antiques for our programs. We are looking for interesting antiques to feature from the Georgian, Victorian, Pre War and Post War periods; i.e. Valuable and/or with a history/story of interest.
The programme will also feature collectors and their collections, so it would be great to be put in touch with anyone with large or interesting antique collections - for this section, we are literally interested in all manor of interests, from antique jewellery, to dolls, spoons, star wars figures - you name it!
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What on earth could have possibly driven the ESPN duo Mike And Mike (or greenberg golic ESPN) to the "On Fire" setting on Google trends earlier this afternoon? I saw this earlier today and thought something preposterous happened on-air this morning, like Golic attacked Greenberg with a mallet. But apparently it doesn't take anything remotely that interesting to have Mike and Mike "on fire" according to Google trends. No, it just takes Greenberg talking about how he was sitting at home Googling himself while he took a sick day to find out all the negative things people said about him. (Honestly, it's not that bad considering their the first to play up the whole ex-jock vs. hair product-slathered weenie comparisons. We all know ESPN has a tremendous reach and this show is extremely popular, but can some quick banter about Google really cause Mike and Mike listeners to react so instantaneously? If so, it appears Greenberg's got some David Koresh-like magnetism stuffed inside that man-purse of his. No wonder someone would pay $57,000 to sit in a room with them. Enjoy tonight and please come back tomorrow. Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin.
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When Apple introduces new iPhones on Tuesday, as everyone expects them to do, the company that practically created the smartphone will face an unusual task: keeping up with the competition.
There's still plenty to be said for the iPhone's sleek, simple design, easy-to-navigate operating system and tidy "closed garden" app environment.
But as phones running Google's Android operating system, particularly Samsung's, have gained in popularity, iPhone owners have increasingly found themselves looking around and wondering, "Why can't my phone do that?"
Many Android phones have bigger screens than the iPhone. Some are water-resistant and can even snap photos underwater. Android apps can update automatically. Users can control Motorola's new Moto X phone with their voice, without touching it. And that's just the beginning.
Add to that the fact that many in the tech world saw the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 as incremental advances, not the seismic leaps forward we'd come to expect from Apple, and you've got the more pressure on the company to ramp up the "wow!" factor.
"The smartphone market is more competitive overall, and in the high-end it has become a duopoly between Samsung and Apple," said Carolina Milanesi, a consumer-technology researcher with Gartner Research. "Many feel that Apple needs to regain the distance they once had over their competitors."
The iPhone has remained the world's top selling smartphone, save for a few quarters when it was dethroned by phones in Samsung's Galaxy S line. But after making up nearly 24% of all smartphones sold in late 2011, Apple's device is now down to about 14%, while Android phones account for a whopping 79%.
The iPhone and iPad "were revolutionary when they first came out, but (rival)products that are out there now are about as close to Apple's devices as they've ever been," Scott Kessler, an analyst at S&P Capital IQ, told CNNMoney. "The question is whether Apple is going to introduce products that are different enough from their competitors."
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"Apple needs a new 'hero product,' but I do not think it necessarily has to be a phone," she said. "With technology innovation slowing down, maybe they are better off turning iPhone into a market-share grabber and showing innovation in another product."
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Riffing off my last post about places… here is a series of birds in their environments. If you're ever caught out with a short lens or the birds are just too far away, you can still get good shots that tell the wider story. Above, a Burrowing Owl near the Salton Sea.
A Western Meadowlark floats near San Francisco Bay.
A Wilson's Warbler in the reeds at a lake's edge.
A Black Turnstone at the edge of the sea.
A Red-shouldered Hawk preens in a Eucalyptus tree.
Young Great Horned Owls await night in the woods.
A Red-tailed Hawk out for a sunset stroll on the beach.
A Varied Thrush ghostly through the trees.
Red-tailed Hawks in the countryside.
Northern Pintails are the perfect addition to any lagoon scene.
Almost done. Here are Cinnamon Teal in tucked into their chosen habitat.
A Eucalyptus tree frames a Red-shouldered Hawk keeping watch over its nest.
*Environmental Photo Bonus Round: Extra points if you can find the hawk in this picture.
Until next time…
In all honesty I've always preferred these somewhat wider bird photos to the frame-filling ones of just the bird itself. I like seeing the habitats where the birds were found. The photos that include habitats always seem more artistic to me. The really close birds shots often look as though they were taken in a zoo or some other non-natural setting. I've always felt that birds and their habitats are part and parcel of the birding experience, and shots where I can only see the bird leave me feeling a bit cheated somehow.
Looks like he could be perched almost in the center on a power pole.
Not only can I spot the last hawk, I've got it in the scope from the living room.
Excellent work, Walter! Very well captured. Always a pleasure to look through what you're sharing.
Do I see 2 hawks? One on the roof of the mustard colored house and one on the tele pole?
Looks like it's perched on the roof of the structure beyond the Pacheco street sign.
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The majority of these shots are superior in nearly every way to those increasingly common ones which are normally featured. In these composition is factored in…. How nice.
Carolyn H said it exactly the way I feel it. I think they're captured more artisticly in wider shots that capture the bigger picture of the bird in his element. A wider photo is more of a "heart" experience and not just an "eyes" experience. These are all gorgeous and evocative!
So interesting; and I was "forced," but happy to Zoom-Out this morning on this Meadowlark shot:
while out shooting some Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks this morning
Damn…the shots of the turnstone and the pair of Red-taileds are phemonenal, dare I say PERFECT.
Phenomenal photo of the Black Turnstone! Wow!
I like the idea of showcasing birds in an environment obviously has experienced human development to one degree or another. I often find myself trying to position myself to avoid that in my shots, or to crop it out, but these pictures do just fine with it in—not in spire of but because of. My favorites are the BUOW and the pair of RTHA.
Perhaps I should have proof-read that better before hitting submit…
"…in an environment *that* …"
"…in *spite* of …"
Your photos are knockouts. I really prefer shots of birds in their environments.
Walter, I have no idea what you are talking about. ALL my shots are like that, and then I crop, crop, crop! 🙂
awesome shots!!!!! great!!!
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Granddad and the top 3 technology trends for 2013 … Digital Mentor Stories
My granddad died last year aged 94; he was born with the Model T Ford. We would often sit, talking about the monumental changes he had seen during his life.
Cars changed travel, offered freedom and mass manufacturing. Television spread ideas, changing entertainment and marketing forever. Personal Computers put power into everyone's hands. The internet connected everyone and everything. I remember so well the first time I spoke to Granddad on a mobile phone; it was from the hospital as my first son was born. Granddad said we lived in a world of magic and mystery.
This was the 20th century, changes were gradual and he understood everything. For him, the world was just catching up with science fiction. As new things appeared in real life, he was comfortable, because he had been waiting for them.
His last 10-years were different. Reality caught up with science fiction and then sped past. eCommerce, social networks, smart phones, apps, complete libraries on eReaders, iPads and more. It was almost impossible for him to comprehend the changes. He no longer had the science fiction reference points to make sense of everything.
And this is how I feel, trying to predict what will be important in 2013. Who could really have predicted, only 12-months ago, that pictures would dominate the internet with Instagram, Pinterest and SnapChat, that crowd-funding would make VC's look old fashioned and that Android would take over from the iPhone because it was better, not because it was cheaper.
Having said all that, here are the three most important technology changes that I am excited about in 2013:
During 2013 more and more people will record their entire lives, life logging or LifeLog as I call it. This is possible by wearing miniature cameras, that constantly take photos and track every moment. Users can then go back and re-live their lives later. Check out Memoto and Autographer.
You can now manufacture almost anything you need at home. 3D printing is accessible to everyone; I call it HomeBuild. Not only can we print jewellery, chairs, human bones, organic chemicals, jet engine parts, washing machine parts and even guns; 3D printers can create items that are impossible to manufacture in any other way. Check out the Mojo 3D printer from Stratasys Ltd. (the post merged identity of Israeli Objet Ltd.) or the Form1 High Resolution Desktop 3D printer.
Story Telling
It seems like only yesterday that Google's search results were garbage. Armies of search engine optimisation (SEO) experts, fooled the system to push any site to the top. Well, Google has been on the attack and in 2013 it will win. Google's algorithms are now sophisticated enough to place the most compelling content at the top of the results. For a company to be visible, they need relevant and highly creative content, every day as part of their marketing strategies. You need to be telling stories, like in the good old days. Check out Oreos and Coca-Cola.
If my Granddad was still here, he would understand this second decade of the 21st century. This is no longer about science fiction or the unimaginable. Technology has advanced to where it fits smoothly into our lives. Helping us record and retrieve our memories, helping us build and design products, helping us find the information we want.
Still magical, but not so mysterious.
What do you think are going to be the top technology trends for this year? Let me know in the comments below.
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Monday, 28 May 2012
Med City Half Marathon minus the Med
La Crosse
Green Bay
Madison (added to the list today)
We happened to choose the Med City Half today (Rochester, MN), where they gladly accepted transfers from the Madison Marathon and announced there would be "no cap" on the number of runners allowed. (perhaps this was a way of the Mayo Clinic saying they could handle the emergencies?!)
Anyway, with nearly 3000 runners, there was a very frantic scene at the busses in Rochester this morning when they suddenly realized we needed to pack into the busses in a highly illegal and sweaty way in order to tranport all the runners to the start in Byron Minnesota, 13 miles to the west, by 7 am. It looked like everyone made it.
This race would be tough. Very strong headwinds (how often do winds come out of the east, seriously?) and a high projected in the 90's. It is a hilly course on roads with a net downhill. I lined up with Jen, from the blog Marathon Mom, very nice, cool girl even in real life. I had to point out this woman to her at the startline, whose physique, I couldn't help but admire.
She was only 4 minutes behind this guy, who ran in 1:18:20. He had a good race, though is probably in 1:14 shape minus the headwind. Here he is holding a big sponge.
I ran a pretty even-tempo'd race and came in with the 1:35 pacer to take 4th for the women (out of 509 women).... (actually the pacer, Kelly, let me finish ahead for her and then she showed up as taking 4th in the official results because of her chiptime- how naive of me to think that pacers didn't get a placement!) I think this could be considered a relative PR, since my current PR is 1:33. SR and the leading men estimated one could take at least 4 minutes from the finish time if there weren't a headwind and high temps. That would land me at about a 1:31, which is a lot faster than I thought I could run right now.
I didn't even think I could run a 1:35 today, especially given my ITB, which amazingly, didn't bother me during the race. Let's just say I'm getting excited for the full marathon at Grandma's June 16th.
Another thing that went well for me this race was I had no stomach issues! I made the big decision on Tuesday to go off the PPI (stomach acid blocking med) that I have been on since I was 19 years old! I got acupuncture to help prevent the pain of the rebound acid on Thursday. And now it seems that it was all of that inadequately digested food being sent from my stomach to my intestines that was causing a lot of my distress. Plus now I actually get heartburn when I eat things I shouldn't - and that might be a good thing!
There are no pictures of me posted yet, so I will leave you with the guy who I aspire to be like when I am 60:
The men's 3rd place winner, David Kallmes, who ran in 1:21:12
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16 comments:
- Karen said...
Did you guys use the frozen sponges trick too? It soooo rocked my world at Green Bay.
Great job to both of you! What a tough month May has been in the midwest marathoning world.
- 28 May 2012 at 05:19
- Danni said...
Ok I will bite. What shouldn't you eat? I have a friend who has been hospitalized with her anorexia a couple times and being physically unable to eat isn't a good progression...
- 28 May 2012 at 07:42
- Olga King said...
I think SR might be faster without a (black and floppy) t-shirt and by wearing skimpier shorts. Rumor is, wind resistance plays role in short races. It sounds brutal to run a half in this temps. While I ran plenty of ultras (via living in TX) in high heat and humidity, pushing LT in it sucks. Reminds me NYC days and all the half's I used to run there in the summer series...blech. Congrats.
So, about stomach meds. What did you have, and how did you decide to get off it?
- 28 May 2012 at 13:30
- sea legs girl said...
Karen - I wish I would have. My hearing is terrible and I had no idea what they said they were offering! SR loved them.
- 28 May 2012 at 13:55
- sea legs girl said...
Danni - what I shouldn't eat: empty calories/artificial sweeteners like gum and diet soda. Plus meals consisting only of a ginormous quantity of greens with ketchup- my stomach can't take it anymore now!
- 28 May 2012 at 13:57
- sea legs girl said...
Olga, let's just say I will pass on your advice to SR without interjecting further comment, other than to say he looks really good when he wears tight clothing (or so I would imagine!).
As for my stomach- yes. What do I have? I have seen stomach specialists since I was very young and had colic as a baby (probably also due to stomach issues). Starting in high school I became totally disabled by heartburn anytime I ate fruit, vegetables, fatty foods or sugar. I would lie down for 1-2 hours after every meal unless I only ate a bland carb product. Trust me when I say I ate a lot of bagels and rolls.
I have had 3 upper endoscopies (without sedation, mind you!) and before I went on the meds there was serious gastritis and esophagitis from all of the stomach acid. But otherwise no explanation was found.
- 28 May 2012 at 14:03
- Danni said...
- 28 May 2012 at 17:43
- PiccolaPineCone said...
congrats on the relative PB. What would I give to see you run a half marathon under the following conditions:
1. with zero wind (in a vacuum?? in a wind tunnel?? or is that the opposite of what i am looking for)
2. under a constant 15 deg C
3. on an accurately measured course (perhaps a track inside a vacuum)
4. with your shoes tied tightly (though that seems to be under control)
5. with no stomach issues (ditto)
6. after a proper taper.
sub-1:30. no question in my mind.
- 28 May 2012 at 18:18
- kathleen said...
Have you ever tried playing around with your diet? Higher fat and lower carbs, more cold water fish for omega-3's, FODMAPS for irritable bowel syndrome, SCD, what about gluten, fructose or lactose malabsorption (these malabsorptions also play a roll in mental health issues)...
I think it's an interesting blog. Her name is Melissa Mcewen. She blogs at hunt.gather.love. (I would link but I am on my phone) she was on PPI's for GERD and apparently no longer has it. Although I don't think she knows what exactly she changed to cause her GERD to disappear, she does have some nutrition studies you might find interesting.
- 28 May 2012 at 19:55
- sea legs girl said...
PPC, every time I run a race under less than ideal conditions (every race), I think of what you would say. Today I concluded that Montreal must be a city in a vaccuum that is always 15 degrees; I need to do more racing there. If nothing else, I could be inspired by your presence.
Kathleen, thank you so much for this link. I have gone lactose-free, gluten free, high omega three intake, atkins (high protein) and nothing changes the fact that I regurgitate everything I eat. Except bread. And when I'm not on those meds, it hurts (heart burn) every time I eat and it has been this way as long as I can remember. But now is the time to see if it has gone away on its own I guess. If it hasn't, I am going to find alternative ways of treating it because I don't want to be on any medication anymore! (I will go to her blog - thank you!!)
- 28 May 2012 at 23:05
- SteveQ said...
When I look at the photo of Laura Brostolon, all I see is that she swings her arms all the way across her body and rotates her feet way to the outside on the backswing and maybe rolls her head as well.
- 29 May 2012 at 17:23
- Marathon Mom said...
It was great to meet you finally. Those buses were fun to the start, so happy it was before the race and not after as our driver had us smashed in 3 to a seat, yikes!
I had been on PPIs for years and found no diet changes worked, I'd get heartburn and reflux from water! Finally gave in about 10 years ago and had a Nissen for a hiata hernia and no issues since :) Hope your stomach continues to be fine off the meds.
- 29 May 2012 at 17:38
- Ana-Maria RunTriLive said...
Congrats! Races in hot and windy conditions are HARD. Yes, sub 1:30 no problem. And sub 3:10 for the marathon:)
I agree with Steve Q...and I also see a bad foot strike. But, who cares? She is FAST!
- 30 May 2012 at 00:50
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- 1 June 2012 at 07:42
- Alicia said...
That is super fast in that heat! Wow. Divesh is going to have his work cut out for him if he wants to beat you at Grandma's. Speaking of which, I'm really sad I will miss the party at my parents' house... did you guys hear that you and SR are getting your very own key?
I had no idea pacers counted as finishers!
- 1 June 2012 at 07:43
- sea legs girl said...
Congrats, Alicia, on your marriage!!! Loved all the photos on Facebook, again wish you had a blog.
I think I will have to send you an email or FB message about Grandma's - thank you :).
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Here is the reception of the Iranian President in Cairo airport.
It is a historical moment but not the perfect one. It is not the correct image in my mind for this important meeting between the heads of those two important countries in the Middle East not to mention these are not the correct image for the "heads" of these states !!
|The two presidents at Cairo airport "Egyptian presidency"
The Iranian president has met the Sheikh of Al Azhar and the grand Mufti.
You must know that Ahmadinejad is visiting Egypt as a the head of member state in OIC. In case you do not know we are having an OIC summit in Egypt.


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Chaska City Councilor Scott Millard resigned his seat effective at the end of the May 20 City Council meeting, and the Council has chosen to appoint a replacement to hold the seat through the end of Millard's term. The seat will be up for election in 2014. Ward 1 residents who are interested in the position are welcomed to pick up an application package at City Hall (inexplicably, there's no information on this process on the city website's homepage). Applications are due back by June 12, and applicants will interview with the Council on June 17. The appointment will be made at the July 1 City Council meeting. Don't know if you live in Ward 1 (the southwest ward)? Check out this map to see where to fall among the city's four wards. Per the Chaska Herald, former Ward 1 Councilor Gino Businaro has indicated he intends to apply.
In other news:
- State Senator Julianne Ortman (R-Chanhassen) is attending the 2013 National Security Seminar at the U.S. Army War College this week. Certainly such news can (and will) be viewed within the prism of other rumors.
- Last week was a crazy week for politics in the Sixth Congressional District (which covers Carver and central and western Carver County) as both U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and DFL challenger Jim Graves pulled out of the 2014 race. Former State Representative, current talk show host, and 2010 governor's race loser Tom Emmer seems poised to jump in the race, making him the leading contender for the GOP nomination. Meanwhile, no names have emerged on the DFL side thus far. The Sixth is the strongest Republican district in the state, so there's a thin bench of state legislators to pick from. St. Cloud's Tarryl Clark, who lost to Bachmann in 2010 before failing to secure the DFL nomination in the Eighth Congressional District in 2012, is sure to come up as a possibility. State Auditor Rebecca Otto also lives in the Sixth, but is considered unlikely to run. Graves would have likely stood a stronger chance to win the seat given the fundraising he's already accumulated, which makes his decision curious. Politicians who fear defeat are unlikely to make a difference in the long run, so perhaps Graves's decision is less of a loss to Democratic hopes than thought.


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Hands On: Google Voice's Voicemail Transcription
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|now that grand central has become cool voice i thought i would be a good idea to review it and the best way to do that would be to test it out bye doing a little voicemail message and then leading school voice transcribe it for me so here's a chance to see how accurate it really is but they're a part of the site the really do about me
|Now that Grand Central has become Google Voice I thought it would be a good idea to review it and the best way to do that would be to test it out by doing a little voicemail message and then letting Google Voice transcribe it for me. So here's a chance to see how accurate it really is. But there are parts of the site that really do bug me.
I tried to speak distinctly. I didn't want to make it harder for the system than it needed to be. Still, Google didn't recognize Google! The end of the message reads as if it was just made up! An earlier message from an auto body shop was even more garbled--though the all-important phone number made it through intact. Obviously, this is quite an achievement, but is it useful if it's only close? Advisedly--yes.
Unlike 'normal' voicemail notification from Google Voice is not instantaneous. I suspect the translation takes a little time. I never waited more than a few minutes. Though emails come nicely formatted with the actual audio one-click away text messages get split into multiple pieces making them less useful. There should be a choice to get only the time and caller ID data with text's limited space.
Though Grand Central's control panel was really easy to operate I uncharacteristically found this Google product in need of a clearer explanation of its functions! Though I wanted all my calls to go to voicemail the method to accomplish this wasn't clear (I have since figured it out). Minor inconvenience. I also wish there was a cell-by-cell company 'how-to' for having your voicemail go to Google instead of your carrier. Again, I finally figured it out, but it was a hassle.
As always there's a little head scratching here because I don't quite understand how Google will make money on this. It's possible the massive number of transcriptions created will help advance the art of voice recognition. In the end that knowledge will find its way into more products. One can only hope.Originally posted to AppScout.


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Bats Hibernating
For the first time in three weeks, the Phillies lost a series. For the third time in three days, the Phillies had excellent starting pitching but the lone win in PNC Park went to the bullpen.
For the entire series, the Phillies bats were in hibernation. Runners in scoring position? 3-for-28. If hitting is contagious, then I suppose sleeping is contagious. It seems as if we only score when we go deep. Nearly 45 percent of our runs come on home runs.
Good news? Today's a new day, a new series, another opponent, another home game, another sellout. And, the division lead remains at 7. Atlanta comes to town tied for second with the Marlins. In the wildcard race, they are one of four teams in the running for October baseball.
Roster Expands
September 1 (Tuesday) clubs can increase their rosters from 25 to 40. Ruben and his staff are discussing which players to bring up from the minors.
Adding a third catcher is number one on the list. Another lefty or two in the pen is next. Perhaps a bat or two.
Currently, the Phillies have five players on the DL: J. C., Condrey, Dobbs, Myers and Bastardo. At some point in early September, these guys may be reinstated to the active roster. That would be a huge addition.
Retro Night
That's tonight's promotion. On May 19 twenty years ago, the Phillies wore all burgundy uniforms at the Vet. Larry Christenson was the starting pitcher against Montreal, the only time the Phillies wore that uniform.
He'll throw out the first pitch tonight wearing that burgundy uniform.
I remember LC commenting in the clubhouse pre-game that day when he saw Greg Luzinski in the burgundy uniform, "Bull, you look like a big grape."
Minor League Notes
Clearwater CF Javis Diaz stole his 30th base last night, the fourth Phillies minor leaguer to reach that number this season: Anthony Gose (73), Quintin Berry (48) and Harold Garcia (39) . . . 3B Neil Sellers hit his 30th double of the season for Reading two nights ago to become the first R-Phil in the team's 43-year history to have two seasons of 30+ doubles. Last night, Sellers had his 31st double and 15th homer in Reading's 9-6, 13-inning win over Erie.
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Sorry I cannot ak it to retro night….I will wear my bell bottoms at home in honor of the occassion….or, maybe not :O) Better luck tonight!!


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HOUSTON - A Bellaire police officer and an innocent bystander were shot and killed by a suspect in a southwest Houston parking lot Monday, officials said.
Investigators said Cpl. Jimmie Norman, 53, was chasing the suspect, Harlem Harold Lewis, 21, when they drove into the parking lot of a Maaco body shop at 5611 Bellaire Blvd. at Alder at 8:55 a.m. Witnesses said Lewis got out of his vehicle and began firing shots.
"The guy stands up out the car and just starts shooting. The gunshots continued even as I ran off. After the first 10, I was thinking, 'What kind of gun does this guy have?'" witness Stephanie Pacheco said.
Another witness, Selvin Romero said Lewis side-swiped his pickup truck. He said he followed Lewis into the driveway of the body shop.
He said he saw Norman, a 24-year-veteran of the force, approach Lewis' car in an effort to get him to surrender. But within seconds, police said the Lewis pulled a gun and opened fire on the married father of two.
"He started shooting the officer, and then he started shooting the owner of the body shop," said Romero.
The owner of the body shop, Terry Taylor, who loved ones said walked out of his shop to help the officer, was fatally shot in the head by Lewis at close range. Police said he died instantly.
Family members said Taylor was a retired army vet, a married father and a new grandfather.
Norman was taken to Ben Taub Hospital, where he died a short time later. He did not exchange gunfire with the suspect, HPD said.
"The saddest thing is that (Officer Norman) didn't even get an opportunity to pull his weapon and defend himself. That's how fast it all happened," said John Cannon with the Houston Police Department.
"The police officer is inside the door. He got hit first. You see him hit the ground on his back. The guy gets out the car and just starts shooting and we hit the ground," Pacheco said.
Houston police said Lewis fired at responding Bellaire police officers.
"They hear gunshots and they see the suspect standing near their fallen officer and they exchange gunfire with the suspect," Cannon said.
Lewis was wounded and ran off, but was found behind a nearby business. Investigators said a gun was recovered from the scene.
Lewis was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical but stable condition. Doctors said he is expected to survive. Charges of capital murder of a police officer and murder are pending.
No other officers were wounded.
"He pretty much at close-bank range murdered a Bellaire police officer and murdered an innocent bystander who emerged from the shop," Cannon said.
Trust Fund for Cpl. Norman's family:
Donations can be made at Prosperity Bank
5123 Bellaire Blvd.
For the "Jimmie Norman Trust Fund"
Community activist Quanell X visited Lewis in the hospital. He said he's known Lewis for years, and said he's had behavioral issues and his family was concerned about his drug use. He said the suspect's family is devastated by the news.
"The family wants to extend their deepest, deepest sympathy to the victim's family. The family is absolutely heartbroken about what their son is accused of," Quanell X said.
"Jimmie had a police mind and a big heart. His heart was as big as anybody I ever worked with. He was always thinking about things that would better the department, better the city, better the working conditions of officers and the way we could serve the citizens of Bellaire," Bellaire Police Chief Byron Holloway said. "Words can't express what the men and women of the Bellaire Police Department are feeling today."
Cpl. Norman was the first Bellaire police officer to be killed in the line of duty.
"He was someone that you would want as your neighbor," Holloway said.
The suspect has been charged with capital murder.
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- Physical Demands Job Analysis (F252‑036‑000) for temporary (transitional) or permanent work.
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Find a complete list of vocational forms and publications.
Helpful links
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See page 17 for the Job Analysis and Essential Functions section.
WAC 296-19A-137 (www.leg.wa.gov)
When can the department request a stand alone job analysis?
WAC 296-19A-170 (www.leg.wa.gov)
What information must a provider include in a job analysis?
About Stand-Alone Job Analysis
A Stand-Alone Job Analysis (SAJA) referral is made if there isn't already an open vocational referral. SAJA authorizes a vocational provider to conduct a job analysis when no other services are requested. The provider must:
- Conduct the job analysis on-site whenever possible.
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On Twitter this morning, President Trump announced a ban on transgender people serving in the military, citing "medical costs" as the primary driver of the decision.
"Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail," the president wrote.
While Trump didn't offer any numbers to support this claim, a Defense Department-commissioned study published last year by the Rand Corp. provides exhaustive estimates of transgender servicemembers' potential medical costs.
Considering the prevalence of transgender servicemembers among the active duty military and the typical health-care costs for gender-transition-related medical treatment, the Rand study estimated that these treatments would cost the military between $2.4 million and $8.4 million annually.
The study didn't include estimates of these costs for reservists, because of their "highly limited military health care eligibility." It also didn't include estimates for retirees or military family members, because many of those individuals may also have "limited eligibility" for care via military treatment facilities.
"The implication is that even in the most extreme scenario that we were able to identify … we expect only a 0.13-percent ($8.4 million out of $6.2 billion) increase in health care spending," Rand's authors concluded.
By contrast, total military spending on erectile dysfunction medicines amounts to $84 million annually, according to an analysis by the Military Times — 10 times the cost of annual transition-related medical care for active duty transgender servicemembers.
The military spends $41.6 million annually on Viagra alone, according to the Military Times analysis — roughly five times the estimated spending on transition-related medical care for transgender troops.
Looked at another way, the upper estimate for annual transgender medical costs in the military amounts to less than a tenth of the price of a new F-35 fighter jet. Or a thousandth of 1 percent of the Defense Department's annual budget.
The cost of providing medical care to transgender servicemembers, in other words, is negligible, and hardly "tremendous," as the president put it.
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2014 Triathlon at Pacific Grove
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Friday, September 12, 2014 at 12:00 PM - Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM (PDT)
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See Tri-California website for a full is of FAQ's
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There are no Cash refunds!
If you wish to withdraw from an event you may receive an event credit to a future Tri-California Event. You must notify us in writing (email- firstname.lastname@example.com or fax- (831) 373-7731) of your intent to withdraw and meet one of the following scenarios.
If for any reason, you notify Tri-California Events more than 30 days prior to the start of an event weekend of your withdrawal you will receive a 50% credit towards a future Tri-California Event.. This credit only covers the race entry fee. USAT/USATF/USA Cycling one day passes, processing fees and online registration fees will not be included with your credit.
If you have a medical reason, you will need to provide a signed doctors letter advising us that you are not able to compete. This letter must be received by Tri-California Events 14 days prior to the event weekend in order for you to receive your 50% race event credit. This credit only covers the race entry fee. USAT one day passes, processing fees and online registration fees will not be included in your credit.
Extenuating Circumstances:
If you have an injury or a member of your immediate family has a death or a medical emergency and it is within 14 days of the scheduled event yet greater than 72 hours prior to the event, you will need to notify us in writing. The race director will consider each request on a case by case basis after the event, for future Tri-California event credit.
No credits will be issued with less than 72 hours prior written notice to event weekend.
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Credit- All event credits are good for any of the following races owned by Tri-California Events (Wildflower, San Francisco- Alcatraz, Pacific Grove,Scott Tinley's Triathlon, and Alcatraz Challenge Aquathlon/Swim). If you have a credit, it does not guarantee your entry into a race. You must still register prior to the event being sold out as all registrations are on a first come first served basis. These credits expire one year from issuing event (ex. credit for Wildflower 2013 may be used up to and including Wildflower 2014).
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Holiday parties are fun, full of boozy eggnog and good cheer, but there's too much ugly sweater one-upsmanship. The winner is inevitably whoever found the ugliest old thing at the Salvation Army. Nuts to that. Blow everyone's mind with this high-tech solution.
Our NASA engineer pal Mark Rober is at it again. Remember his interactive Halloween costume from a couple months ago? Well, this is the peace-on-Earth, goodwill-toward-men version, and in kind, he's made it completely free. You simply download the Digital Dudz - Christmas app for your iOS device, print out one of the hi-res images he included, iron it onto a sweat shirt, cut a hole, and blam, you win your party.
Obviously, it's going to take a little bit of craftiness if you want a yule log sweater like his in the video, but if you're low on time the image for the iron-on looks good, too. There are three other designs you can choose from, as well. You can download the iPhone version here, and the iPad version here (sorry, no Android this time). Now go show those lo-fi ugly sweaters who's boss. [Mark Rober]