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The Carcu family lives in Theth, a remote village in Northern Albania. The village's population has diminished dramatically over the last decades. Many of those who remain live off remittances from relatives who emigrated to other countries. During the winter, which can last up to six months, Theth is cut off from the outside world. Mhill Carcu says:
"Of Theth's inhabitants 80% no longer live here during the winter. Only 20 households in Theth, of more than 300, live here year round. They left because of the quality of life, mainly because of the blocked road which is covered with snow. Here there is no access to education, no doctor. That's why most people left Theth. When you have no education, no doctor, no roads, and no means of earning a living, you have no reason to stay here."
Mhill has two young sons. When they are old enough to go to school, Mhill will have to leave Theth with his family. His sisters and brother left years ago, seeking education or work. Mhill says he has stayed up to now in order to take care of the house and farm and because he can make a living from the occasional tourists who make it to Theth. He holds the government responsible for the low standard of living in the village:
"These things are the government's responsibility. If the government had wanted to, it could have ensured that people at least received an education and treatment by a doctor, it could have provided good roads and addressed the other problems in the village […]
"The regional representative doesn't know Theth. He comes occasionally to collect votes and then disappears again, we never see him again."
During communist times, Theth, like many other villages, was completely closed off. The authorities prevented people from leaving. By contrast, political dissidents or citizens mistrusted by the state, such as teachers or doctors, were forcibly sent to settle in the villages. You had to obtain permission to visit another village or receive a guest. Exchanging letters with relatives abroad was forbidden. Mhill recalls this period:
"Theth's population was intact until the year 1990. We lived and worked together as a community. At the time education was a lot better, there were more doctors than there are today. It was a closed zone and we couldn't get out or travel through the mountains. The police might have caught us and thought that we were trying to escape or …
But medical care, education, the roads were better than today. We had greater access to electricity. I'm just speaking for the village here. Some things were a lot better in those days, others were a lot worse."
Age Carcu, Mhill's mother, has lived in Theth for 60 years. She came from a neighbouring village to join her husband.
"I hadn't met my husband beforehand. I was betrothed while still in my mother's womb, with the help of a marriage broker. Five Lek in a casket and I was betrothed. My husband and I had good but tough times together until he died. I bore him seven children. It wasn't easy raising them all."
"I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. It would be difficult for me to leave this region and my house, here in the mountains. It is already too much for me when I spend one hour with my sister in the valley. I don't want to move. I am 75, 76 years old, and have always lived here. Even if you were to offer me all of Tirana, I would stay here. Here, where life has been so hard."
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Q: Do you know of any computer software that's designed for seniors that I can download on an old computer that I have? I would like to set my grandmother up with a senior-friendly system for email and Internet access, but I don't want to spend a lot of money.
A: There are actually a number of companies and services that offer simplified computer software designed specifically for seniors who have little or no computer experience.
These software packages can transform mostMicrosoft Windows personal computers (PCs) — some work with Macsand tablets, too — into a much simpler computer experience that provides seniors easy access to most functions like sending and receiving email, browsing the Internet, making video calls, looking at photos, playing games and more. Here are some top op-tions to check out.
Free software
Since it's completely free, a good place to start is at Eldy, an Italian nonprofit organization that provides simplified computer software in 25 different languages including English. Available to download at www.eldy.eu, this software works on PCs that use Windows and Linux systems, Macs and Android tablets.
Once installed, Eldy converts the computer's desktop into a simple six-button menu that has large text, color contrasts and simplified instructions (no confusing icons) that makes it easy to see, understand and operate.
The six-button menu puts seniors literally one-click-of-the-mouse away from simplified versions of email, the Web, Skype for video calls, chat groups, a simple word processing program and more.
It's also worth noting that Eldy software works on touch-screen computers too, and they also offer online tech-support.
Fee-based services
If, however, you don't mind spending a little money, there are also a number of companies that offer software similar to Eldy, but provide a few extra enticing features. One of the best deals is offered through SeeYouLink (seeyoulink.com) which has a three-month free trial and charges only $4.95 per month after that.
SeeYouLink's web-based software will transform any mouse-operated or touch-screen Windows-based PC, into a simplified big-button operating system with large fonts and color contrasts. This will give your grandmother easy access to a host of functions that she can select from like email, Web browsing, video calling, brain-fitness games, movies, Facebook, a calendar that sends reminders and much more.
In addition, this service also provides a "remote access" feature that will give you and other family members the ability to access your grandmother's computer system from literally any computer anywhere in the world, so you can help her set things up, show her websites, scheduled appointments, or guide her through any other questions or problems she might have. And, when you or your grandmother needs help, SeeYouLink offers free tech-support both online and over the phone.
In addition to SeeYouLink, some other companies worth a look that offer similar services include InTouchLink (intouchlink.com), which can be used on a PC, Mac or iPad and costs $13.75 per month or $150 per year. Pointer Ware (pointerware.com), which works on Windows PCs and costs a one-time fee of $149, or you can subscribe monthly for $8 per month. And BigScreenLive (bigscreenlive.com), that operates on Windows PCs and runs $9.95 per month for an annual membership.

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Rutherford: I have a short list of coaches in mind. The coach is going to have to adjust to the style of players we have because with the talent level of the Penguins, the Penguins can play however we want, but with the teams that we have to compete with, we are going to have to make the proper adjustments during the game, the regular season, or a playoff series. Obviously the Penguins can score, and score in bunches. But looking at the Penguins, obviously from a distance, because that's where I was, I don't think they can make the proper adjustments against certain teams, and that will be a key factor in what I will be looking for in a head coach. And then it's going to be important to the chemistry, if the head coach is a certain way, we may need to exit those guys, have a motivator as an assistant coach, but we have to get a good mix of people.
Sound like a no BS guy!!! Love how he called out dan!!
so much for the honeymoon
What a fiasco
Pens fail to close deal with Desjardins
"...looks like Pens are low balling coaches..."
"...2 year offer a big slight these days..."
"..an awful insult..."
No one wants to coach here, little crybaby Crosby and half *** Malkin are scaring people away!
Thoughts on the new hire?
As long as Sidney is in charge........SOS......I am not overly impressed.....Time will Tell.....
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Welcome to McIntyre Builders and thank you for visiting our site. Please take a few moments and visit the different areas of our site to learn how we design and build our homes and how we can help you build your dream.
McIntyre Builders Inc was founded in 1987 with the philosophy of providing a simple and enjoyable experience in building your high quality new home.
As our mission statement reads we focus on providing you a completely satisfying buying experience while providing you a quality and economical home.
This combined with a energy efficient, healthy and environmentally friendly design will ensure that you will have peace of mind in owning a McIntyre built home. We understand building a home is one of the biggest decisions in one's life. We work closely with our customers to design the home of your dreams in a method that is most economical to construct while including the amenities that you desire. Each year we build a limited number of homes and use the same trade partners for each home many of which have worked with us for 15 years and are considered the best in their field. To do this we follow a very structured process from the beginning until the last task is complete. This process includes our customers and our trade partners and allows us to be consistent and repetitive with every house we build. By using this method it allows us to understand your expectations and in the end to exceed those expectations; as demonstrated by the many repeat homes for satisfied customers and their families that we have built over many years. Again please take a few moments to visit the other areas of our site to learn more or contact us for more information.
11/1/2008 12:00:00
McIntyre Builders Receives National Energy Efficiency Recognition
McIntyre Builders has received notice as finalist for the National Energy Value Housing Award to Be awarded in Las Vegas in January.
6/28/2007 12:00:00
McIntyre Builders Receives Advocate of the Year for 2007
Arn McIntyre of McIntyre Builders has received the 2007 Advocate of the Year award as awarded by the Home & Building Association of Greater Grand Rapids. McIntyre Builders received this award for our continued education in the industry of green building and high performance construction techniques. McIntyre Builders routinely works with the industry to educate and raise awareness of better home building methods.
5/23/2007 12:00:00
McIntyre Builders is selected as one of 42 people nationwide to develop a ANSI (American National Standard Institute) National Green Building Standard.
4/24/2007 12:00:00
McIntyre Builders awarded State Of Michigan Energy Star Home grant for their spring Parade of Homes #11. The home can be seen at 219 Russwood in Grand Rapids or click here to learn more.
2008 Parade of Homes - House #73
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McIntyre Builders is proud to have received notice as a finalist for the 2009 National Energy Value Housing Award. The EVHA is the premier award for high performance homes.
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Jim & Pam. "Frankly, it's a different sensation." Entertainment Weekly's recap summed it up best, the writers did indeed pull it off. And they accurately judged that stupid real life YouTube wedding dance too: embarrassing, desperate, disgusting – in other words, perfect for the staff of Dunder Mifflin. Full Story
Emily Blunt candid & The Office Wedding
This is Emily Blunt in New York today with Matt Damon shooting The Adjustment Bureau. No need to be worried about having your girlcrush destroyed here… Scott & Claudio, longtime readers with whom I've been having a love affair over email for years, were fortunate to meet Emily at TIFF when she was at the festival promoting The Young Victoria. Full Story
Talking and Just Being
Earlier today, I posted an email from Joan in North Vancouver who pointed out the deficiencies in my marriage because Jacek refuses to take me out to dinner for some "talking and just being". I am a crusty old hag because there's not enough "talking and just being" in my life. Full Story
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The Office 100
The Office celebrated 100 episodes yesterday at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu. Most (all?) castmembers were in attendance including the adorable Jenna Fischer and of course everyone's boyfriend John Krasinski who looks like he has tiny ankles and this is not attractive to me so let's forget about them please, quickly, right away. Full Story
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Faculty Highlight: Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki
The good news is physicists say the universe is expanding.
And they say it is expanding at an accelerating rate.
The bad news is they don't know why this is happening.
The puzzle has placed the work of 20th century genius Albert Einstein front and center. That the universe is expanding contradicts Einstein's initial assumption – that the universe is static or at equilibrium, neither expanding nor contracting. But Einstein included a term in the equations of his general theory of relativity to allow for a static universe, which was the prevailing thought at the time.
This brings us to newly hired UTD physics Associate Professor Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, Ph.D., who's conducting research "at the intersection of modern cosmology and general relativity." In other words, he studies the large-scale universe with an emphasis on the mechanics of how the universe operates. Ishak and others trying to understand the universe's accelerating expansion are investigating whether the acceleration is caused by "dark energy" or by modifications to gravity.
The dark side of the force
"The real problem is cosmic acceleration, and one of the solutions is dark energy – a new energy that we don't know anything about but it has become something that covers all possibilities.
"It is an energy component of the universe that instead of having an attractive gravity, it has repulsive gravity. Dark energy has negative pressure. And if you take that and you put it in general relativity in the gravitation equations, it is what makes the universe accelerate," Ishak said.
The "gravitation equations" that Ishak refer to involve Einstein's cosmological constant, the mathematical adjustment hinted at earlier.
"In general, dark energy, or the cosmological acceleration, can be caused by the cosmological constant. This cosmological constant can be just a geometrical term in the Einstein equations and it will provide the acceleration of the universe. However, because this cosmological constant can also be related to particle physics by the vacuum energy from quantum theory, it is something that has some observable consequences.
"It [the cosmological constant] actually has a very interesting history because Einstein himself proposed it very early to make the universe not expanding. The cosmoloigcal constant would be like a constant of nature governing gravitaion. Later, [astronomer Edwin] Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding, so Einstein removed the cosmological constant. His general relativity equations do indeed produce an expanding universe," Ishak said.
Ishak described the cosmological acceleration as a science blossoming in many directions: "It's related to particle physics via the vacuum energy and the cosmological constant; gravitation, because of cosmology and general relativity; and it's related to string theory and other mathematical theories that try to unify physics," he said.
"If we try to match these equations with quanum physics, then this cosomolgoical constant is indistinguishable from vacuum energy. And there are other problems. The sign of the cosmological constant is a problem because if it is negative it would make have an attractive gravity effect. But because it is positive, it has a repulsive effect," Ishak said.
"Dark energy and the acceleration of the universe have become the most challenging and most important problems in physics. You have the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) all putting huge amounts of money to try to understand this problem," Ishak said.
Ishak added that the cosmological constant would be like a constant of nature governing gravitation.
"If we try to match these equations with quantum physics, then this cosmological constant is indistinguishable from vacuum energy. And there are other problems. The sign of the cosmological constant is a problem, because if it is negative it would have an attractive gravity effect. But because it is positive, it has a repulsive effect," Ishak said.
Expanding view of the universe
To get the big picture, look at the universe in its entirety.
"We only know 4 percent of our universe, which is baryonic matter. It is matter that we know in the laboratories. It is luminous and emits some electromagnetic radiation but is observed by our telescopes.
"The other 26 percent of all content of our universe is dark matter. We see its gravitational effect, but we don't observe it [directly]. We see this dark matter making objects spin faster than they should, for example. And in galaxies, we see them in rotation curves. The only thing is this doesn't radiate anything.
"In the last six or seven years we have dark energy, which is the remaining 70 percent of the universe. It also is derived gravitationally, or in other ways, and we don't know what it is. We know that it is requested to explain many observations in the universe.
"So this is a fascinating field to work in, of course, using mathematical theories and checking them against observations, which is how we proceed in astrophysics. The accepted theory is the one that is compatible with observations," Ishak said.
The pull of UT Dallas
Formerly a Research Assistant and Lecturer at Princeton University, Ishak moved to Texas in August and currently teaches the physics course Mechanics and Heat.
"I have 71 students. It's a more diversified class. And they are good kids. I graded the first exam, and, of course, I have to work very hard with them to work enough, because physics is not an easy topic. It's the kind of material that a student assimilates from week-to-week, week-to-week. I view it like small blocks, one on top of the other. I like my students very much and I am happy with what they've done so far.
"Students are coming to knock on my door. We already have two graduate students and a potential third one, so things are certainly moving very nicely here.
"I plan to teach a cosmology course next spring. I already have 11 students who have expressed interest in taking the course. I expect to have a good number in there. There is a lot of excitement around that course in cosmology," Ishak said.
In addition, Ishak said that he liked the direction the university is going and that that played a role in his coming here to teach.
"The impression I had when I first visited UTD is I felt that the floor is going up. It is a university that is going up. There is a lot of energy here. It's not the kind of university that's on a constant horizontal path. I felt that and I think that was an encouraging point to join UTD," Ishak said.
Wormholes and the space-time continuum
Ishak places his work in three "folders."
"The first folder is dark energy and other topics in cosmology. The second folder is gravitational lensing and similar techniques. And I think my third folder of my research is classic general relativity and some of its extensions to new modern problems in cosmology. My plan is to work at the intersection of these two to find answers to open questions in modern cosmology," he said.
Ishak describes gravitational lensing as a new technique that exploits deflection of rays of light by heavy masses to gather information about the universe.
"Very early, when Einstein proposed general relativity, one of the triumphs was that it predicted that gravity can have an effect not only on particles as we know them but can also have an effect on the trajectory of rays of light. And indeed, if there is a massive object and there is light that is passing through it, it gets deflected by that mass. That's the basic idea of gravitational lensing. It's deflection of light by heavy objects like galaxies, cluster of galaxies, a massive one that gives you multiple images of a background galaxy," Ishak said.
"When combined with cosmic microwave background radiation, called the CMB, and supernovae searches, which try to measure distance as a function of the red shift of the supernovae, we have techniques that complement each other, and that's a very precious thing to cosmology," Ishak said.
Ishak hopes the techniques will reveal whether expansion is caused by dark energy or if it signals a new gravity theory — a discovery that would mark the breakdown of Einstein's general theory of relativity at large scales.
"The idea [behind general relativity] is that matter content of the universe exists in a fourth dimensional space time. And this matter curves the space time. It creates that curvature of space time that tells the matter how it moves," Ishak said.
So, matter curves space time and then the curvature of space time tells the matter where it moves?
"It's like taking a curved piece of paper and you put a bowl that's really round down on it," Ishak explained. "That's the idea, and the math of it is the math of general relativity.
"In the back of the universe you have galaxies sending light to us. The light these galaxies send travels through a very important portion of the universe. So when it arrives to us, it does have a lot of information on where it traveled. It is mathematically written in terms of the cosmological parameters. So this information can be expressed in terms of cosmological parameters, and that gives us information about different characteristics of our universe," Ishak said.


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Jimmy Fallon has been widely recognized as one of the nicest guys in the late night business, but that hasn't stopped him from being sued for punitive damages and lost wages by former employee Paul Tarascio. Tarascio claims Fallon had him fired and replaced by a "totally incompetent woman." Tarascio accuses Fallon of a "gender bias" that has allegedly cost several men their jobs. According to the documents filed by Tarascio, Late Night's director David Diomedi told him that "Jimmy just prefers to take direction from a woman," then Diomedi "knowingly fabricated alleged performance issues" against Tarascio in order to have him terminated.
Jimmy Fallon Lawsuit Claims He's Into Female Domination ... at Work [TMZ]


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We are glad to say Lo Galluccio, Bagel Bard, published Ibbetson Street Press poet (" Hot Rain" 2004), has been elected Cambridge Populist poet. Lo has been in numerous issues of Ibbetson Street, was on the planning committee for the Grolier Poetry Room Reading Series, sponsored by the Ibbetson St Press and the Blind Elephant Press, and was a reader at the Somerville News Writers Festival founded by Timothy Gager and Doug Holder in 2003. She has also participated in many of our readings for the last decade...so glad for you Lo!
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Cambridge, MA –The City of Cambridge announces that Lo Galluccio has won election as the 2013 Poet Populist. The Cambridge Poet Populist is selected by Cambridge residents to represent the art of poetry for the City of Cambridge. During her two-year span, Lo will have the opportunity to affect the artistic landscape of the Cambridge community and help the unique creative spirit of Cambridge thrive. The official induction ceremony for Galluccio will take place under the Poet Populist Tent at the Cambridge River Festival on Saturday, June 1, 2013 2:30pm.
Lo Galluccio is a vocal artist, memoirist and poet whose roots lie in the Lower East Side of NYC, though she is a Cambridge native and a Harvard graduate. Lo has released three books in Boston, since returning in 2001: "Hot Rain," a chapbook with illustrations put out by Ibbetson St. Press, "Sarasota VII" a prose-poem memoir published by Cervena Barva Press and "Terrible Baubles" a chapbook on Propaganda Press. Some of the poems in "Terrible Baubles" were set to music or made into songs for a CD released on Studio 234 records this past year, with piano by Eric Zinman and cello by Mobius artist Jane Wang. Lo has two other vocal CDs "Being Visited" on the Knitting Factory label in NYC, and "Spell on You," self-released in Boston, an avant jazz and blues CD. Her websites are www.logalluccio.weebly.com and www.logalluccio.alalla.com. She was the Arts editor of the Cambridge Alewife from 2003-2007 and continues to review poetry for the Ibbetson St. small press blog. Lo has developed a distinctive lyrical style of poetry and uses spoken and sung iterations for some of her pieces, especially the more surreal texts. As a page poet, Lo often likes to follow a rhyming pattern, following poets like Anne Sexton. She hopes to combine her love of music and spoken word as the Poet Populist while reaching out to many venues in Cambridge and including all styles of poetry, including slam.
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The Cambridge Poet Populist program was developed in 2007 to celebrate the creation and appreciation of poetry throughout the city. The Poet Populist will be honored in an official capacity, receive a stipend, and maintain a schedule of public appearances for a two-year term. Cambridge poet Peter Payack initiated the role in 2007, and was succeeded by Jean-Dany Joachim in 2009 and Toni Bee in 2011.
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Once you catch up on the series, counting down 15 more episodes on AMC (split into eight this season, eight next), you'll no doubt be reminded of another brilliant TV antihero. How does Walter White, spectacularly played by Bryan Cranston, compare to Tony Soprano, the James Gandolfini HBO creation, in terms of the possibility of redemption? In terms of sheer evil?
Walt began as a sympathetic character, a high-school chemistry teacher whose cancer diagnosis sent him on a crazy path to cooking meth in order to provide for his family. Faulty logic resulted in misadventures that were not only illegal but deadly. His descent into amoral drug kingpin and deranged killer has been steady. He is now a power-mad king of Shakespearean proportions.


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KANSAS CITY, MO - The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has signed two-time All-Star pitcher Brad Penny to a minor league contract for the 2014 season, which includes an invitation to Major League Spring Training, which opens on Friday, February 14 in Surprise, AZ, when pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report.
Penny, 35, is a two-time All-Star (2006-07) with the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning 16 games in each season. He led the National League in winning percentage in 2007 (.800), going 16-4 with a 3.03 ERA (70 ER in 208.0 innings). The right-handed hurler last pitched in the Major Leagues in 2012, with the San Francisco Giants, going 0-1 with a 6.16 ERA in 22 appearances out of the bullpen. Penny has pitched in 13 Major League seasons, spending time with Florida (2000-04), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2004-08), Boston (2009), San Francisco (2009, 2012), St. Louis (2010) and Detroit (2011). He was originally a fifth round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1996 draft. The veteran pitcher has helped three different teams reach the postseason, including in 2003 when he was a member of the World Champion Marlins' starting rotation. Penny went 2-0 with a 2.19 ERA in two World Series starts that season against the Yankees.
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It is no surprise that the "Queen of Country Music," Ms. Kitty Wells, is well represented at the Southern Folklife Collection. Hundreds recordings, photographs, publications, and memorabilia chronicle her remarkable life and career. While we want to start giving peeks via Field Trip South into our plans for the upcoming symposium, exhibit and concert The Banjo: Southern Roots, American Branches, the passing of Kitty Wells deserves some attention here as well.
To start, we found a fascinating newsletter, the Macon News, announcing Kitty Wells signing with then independent record label Capricorn Records after her release from a lifetime contract she originally signed with Decca records in 1952 (click photo to enlarge)
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Oscar, the Garbage-Can Kitty
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Oscar was named after the Sesame Street character who lives in a garbage can because that is where we first became acquainted. I was working at a pizza-delivery chain and had been assigned garbage duty.
While tossing bags into a Dumpster, I heard a faint meow. I began digging through the trash, and several layers down I found a cat - bruised and thin. I wasn't sure if the cat had crawled into the Dumpster to scavenge for food or if he had been put there purposely. Our establishment sat directly behind an apartment complex, and unsupervised and abandoned pets were common.
Back on solid ground, it became evident that the cat had an injured leg. He couldn't put any weight on his right hindquarters. The situation created a dilemma for me. Finances were tight, and I was moving back home to my parents' house - with two cats already in tow. Dad barely tolerated the two established felines. His reaction to another injured stray was sure to be less than receptive.
I took the stray to the vet, hoping to patch him up. After shots and X-rays, the vet discovered the cat had a cracked pelvis. I posted notices, hoping someone would claim the cat or adopt him.
Meanwhile, the response at home was swift and firm: No more cats! Dad insisted I take the cat to the Humane Society immediately. I protested that the cat would be put to sleep. Luckily, my mother intervened. She agreed the injury would make the cat unadoptable, so we would keep him long enough for his hip to heal. Then he would have to go - no arguments.
Oscar must have somehow understood his situation. He seemed to study the other two cats and their interactions with my father. We suspect he bribed Tanner, our golden retriever, with table scraps in exchange for etiquette lessons. When the other cats were aloof, Oscar was attentive.
He came when his name was called and he would roll over on his back to have his belly scratched. As his injury began to heal, he would jump on the ottoman by my father's favorite chair and eventually, into his lap. Initially, Dad pushed Oscar away, but persistence paid off. Soon, Oscar and a muttering Dad shared the chair.
At mealtimes, Oscar would come to sit with us. Positioned on the floor by my father's chair, every so often Oscar would reach up with one paw and tap Dad on the knee. At first, this provoked great irritation and colorful expletives expressed in harsh tones. Oscar, however, refused to be put off. Repetitive knee-taps soon led to semi-covert handouts of choice morsels.
Oscar greeted my father at the top of the stairs every morning and waited for him at the door every evening. My father sometimes ignored Oscar and at other times stepped over him, complaining the whole time. Oscar mastered opening doors by sticking his paw underneath the door and rocking it back and forth until it opened.
Soon, he was sleeping in the master bedroom at the foot of the bed. My father was completely disgusted, but couldn't stop the cat from sneaking onto the bed while they were sleeping. Eventually, Dad gave up.
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Three months passed and the vet pronounced Oscar healthy and healed. I was heartbroken. How could I take this loving soul away from what had become his home, from the people he trusted? Sick at heart, I brought Oscar home and told my parents what should have been good news: Oscar was a healthy cat with a healed hip. "I'll take him to the Humane Society like I promised," I said dully.
As I turned to put Oscar in the carrier for the trip, my father spoke, uttering three magic words:
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Oscar is home to stay. He now has his own chair at the table and sleeps - where else? - in the master bedroom between my mother and father. He is their official "grand-kitten" and living proof that persistence will melt even the most stubborn among us.
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As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Congress budgeted more than 2.5 billion dollars to provide infrastructure development for high-speed Internet access in rural communities. After passage of the Act in 2009, the Federal Communications Commission established the National Broadband Plan with a goal of providing broadband coverage for all Americans.
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As you can see in the video, you can now do things like add exceptions to all of those harsh rules you lay down for your kids in terms of what games they can and can't play on the 360. That means less trips to the TV to tap in your parental unlock code, which is a big win in my book.
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Jax family sues friends and Mankato bar over her drinking death
The family of Amanda Jax has filed a wrongful death lawsuit four months after Jax died from excessive drinking at a Mankato bar on her 21st birthday.
The suit blames the owners of Sidelines Bar and Grill, and five of Jax's friends, for contributing to the 21-year-old's death by continuing to serve her alcohol and neglecting to get her help, even as she lost consciousness.
The complaint alleges Jax bought no alcohol on the night she died. But it presents a potent list of drinks purchased by her friends.
Jax's friends found her lifeless body later the morning of Oct. 30, 2007, and called 911. The Blue Earth medical examiner reports Jax's blood alcohol level was 0.46 at the time of her death.
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Game Development with Unity 5 Online Course
Game Development with Unity 5 Online Courses in Botswana
development is an ever changing, constantly improving, and highly
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you're not careful you can get left behind. That's why it's
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2KO Africa is a professional training company, delivering cutting edge programs in the IT space and in selected business applications. Our training is offered online, live online and also by instructor led classes. 2KO Africa's business courses are available world-wide, many of them leading to European Certification.
a Unity 5 Developer
Build your first functioning game in 60 minutes
Create more complex games as your skills improve
Increasing levels of complexity to cater for both beginners and experienced developers
Grasp game development fundaments in a practical way
Gain practical skills than can instantly be used in the real world
the Secrets of Unity 5 Game Development
Whether you're completely new to game development or have gained some experience developing games with Unity already, this course is for you. With 85 lectures and 9.5 hours of content, it takes starts off at beginner level and advances up to more complex projects.
This course goes beyond merely explaining or showing you how everything works; you'll be shown how, and then you'll do it for yourself. As you progress through the course you'll create three games of increasing complexity; a trivia game to demonstrate programming basics and show you the Unity user interface, followed by a 2D platforming game, and to finish, first person shooter game complete with visual effects and artificial intelligence.
By creating these games, you'll learn all about scripting and user interface including questions and answer options, creating different levels, adding audio, freezing game play, building scenes, learning Nav Mesh, character and object movement, and game narrative, among other things.
This course emphasises coding and development, and is suitable for anyone who wants to learn to develop games or learn how to code. To start this course, you will need to have Unity installed on your computer; we'll show you everything else from there.
About Unity 5
Unity is a games engine used to create and develop 2D and 3D games and interactive experiences. It is fast becoming the industry standard for creating multiplatform games. Unity5 is the latest version of the tool, and includes a number of advanced powerful features such as a 64-bit editor, frame debuggers, graphics command buffers, and more.
Course Curriculum
Introduction to the course
Course Introduction
What is Unity 3D
Unity Interface and Navigating the Scene View
Creating and manipulating basic objects
Wrapping up the Basics of the Unity Editor
Section 1 Quiz
Introduction to scripting and ui
Introduction to Scripting and UI
Overview of Trivia Game
Creating The Question Banner
Adding the Answer Buttons
Introduction to Scripting
More Data Types
Creating A Structure
Finishing The Question Structure
Assigning The Question To The UI
Making The Answers Interactive
Assigning A Random Question
Getting The Question Numbers
Transitioning Between Questions
Showing Results
Creating a Play Again Button
Delay Next Question
Giving Feedback
Commenting The Code And Final Touches
Building the Game
Section 2 Quiz
Creating a 2d platformer
Overview of the 2D Platformer
2D Platformer Design
Creating the Project and Importing the 2D Package
Begining Level 1 Design And Importing Assets
Setting Up The Elevator Platform
Setting up the Kill Floor
Creating The Ui For Health
Spinning The Buzzsaw And Depleting Health
Setting Up The Knockback Function
Pausing Movement For Knockback
Transitioning To The Next Level
Designing The Second Level
Making The Buzzsaw Move Up And Down
Designing Level 2
Adding The Play Again Button
Putting in Backgrounds
Showing A Message At The End Of A Level
Freezing The Player At The End Of A Level
Improving Level Creating Workflow
Adding Audio
Wrapping Up Audio And Fixing Collision Bug
Section 3 Quiz
Creating a horror first person shooter game
Overview of Horror FPS
Introduction to Horror Shooter Game and Finite State Machines
Creating The Project And Importing Assets
Building The Scene For Character Navigation
Baking The Nav Mesh And Setting A Desitination
Finding The Closest Waypoint
Creating The Pursue Behavior
Turning The Head
Restructuring Scan For Player
Casting A Ray To Check For Player
Creating Rays At More Angles
Making Enemy Look At The Player
Tilting The Enemy When Going Up Ramps
Lighting The Scene
Giving The Enemy An Animation
Cleaning Up The Ai Test Scene
Introduction To Particle Systems
Creating The Flame Thrower Effect
Making The Flame Thrower Effect Work While Moving
Testing For Flame Thrower Collision
Creating The Death Screen And Managing Health
Take Damage And Heal Functions
Creating Conditions For Flame Thrower Toggle
Creating The Toggle Flame Function
Improving Enemy Collision
Importing The Stun Gun Assets
Creating The Stun Gun Particles
Making The Stun Gun Reduce Enemy Health
Creating The Disable Corutine
Managing Stun Gun Input
Limiting Stun Gun Shots
Improving The Disabled State
Hiding The Cursor And Fixing Healing
Improving The Collision For The Player
Setting Up The Charging Station
Recharging The Stungun
Showing Recharge Message
Section 4 Quiz
Building the level for the 3d shooter
Overview of Level Building
Making Some Of The Environment Prefabs
Making The Rest Of The Environment Prefabs
Setting Up And Animators For The Door And Door Switch
Making The Door Open And Close Automaticly
Unlocking A Door With The Door Switch
Changing The Door Appearance When Locked
Adding Lights To The Prefabs
Setting Up The Scene For Level Building
Making The First Room
Finishing The Rest Of The Walls
Laying Out The Props For The First Room
Laying Out The Rest Of The Props In The Level
Making The Level's Nav Mesh
Adding The Enemies And Their Paths
Locking The Doors And Targeting The Player
Fixing The Tilt Bug
Adding Ceiling And Overhead Lights
Adding The End Game Condition
Section 5 Quiz
Adding in the audio for the 3d shooter
Overview of Adding the Sounds and Finishing the Game
Going Over the Sound Effects and Adding Ambient Sound
Adding The Stun Gun Fire Sound
Adding The Recharge Sound
Adding The Enemy Movement Audio
Adding the Flame Audio
Adding The Hurt Sounds
Adding The Door Opening And Closing Audio
Setting Up The Snapshots For The Reverb Effect
Setting Up The Snapshot Triggers
Final Fixes And Making The Build
Course Recap And Future Resources
Section 6 Quiz


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In the wake of the horrific mass shooting in Tucson on January 8 that killed six people, including U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, and injured fourteen others, among them U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, speculation has understandably been intense over the possible motives of the suspected shooter, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner.
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In his writings, Loughner repeatedly returns to certain topics, including grammar, literacy, and "logic;" distrust of the government; and religion.


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What's in a name? In the case of Measha Brueggergosman, plenty. Should you be wondering (and you will be), it's an amalgam of her married and family names. A lot of name for a lot of talent. Jaw-dropping in every sense. On that there is universal agreement. The young Canadian soprano has been turning heads and confounding expectations since the turn of the new millennium. That's when she started winning prizes and stepping out (barefoot, I should add) onto the world's stages. It wasn't just the big voice and sunny countenance that instantly won her so many new friends and admirers, it was the overwhelming sense that singing was both a joy and an adventure for her, that words and music chronicled an emotional journey that all good listeners could have a stake in.
Surprise, the title of her debut album for Deutsche Grammophon is doubly fitting. It's the title of a song - one of the William Bolcom cabaret songs which are the foundation of the album - but it also says something about Measha's whole artistic philosophy. The first big surprise" that she sprang on the world was her repertoire. In an age when quick fixes are the norm and young singers are impatient for stardom, often burning themselves out through poor choices on the treadmill of the international opera circuit, Measha has opted for a different pace and a different focus - her way, she says, of slowing the ball from rolling too fast". With a big lyric voice such as hers the temptations are that much harder to resist. But where some young singers with her voice type might already have been contemplating their first Manon or Tosca or Salome or Isolde, Measha chose to take herself off to Germany where she studied with the lieder specialist Edith Wiens. She'd grown up speaking French in her native Canada (do not underestimate her fierce patriotism), the French chanson and the American Songbook were already well established in her growing portfolio. Now she fell in love with the German Romantic poets and their composers. Few young singers have explored song as Measha has. She loves the fine detailing that the song repertoire demands, the very particular and very intimate dynamic of recitals where, in her own words, she gets to control the shape and ambience of the evening.
Arriving at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for the recording sessions for this album Measha is wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words BOYS NOT ALLOWED". Underneath - writ much smaller but no less assertively - Men very welcome". That's definitely the kind of shirt you wear when you sidle up to Schoenberg's cabaret songs, succumb to the intoxication of Satie, or probe the subversive surrealism of Bolcom and Weinstein. This repertoire represents art songs with a twist, decadence made divine, or as Measha might say through one of her throaty laughs, kinda dirty". The Schoenberg and Satie songs very much define and test the temperature of alternative" Berlin and Paris at the turn of the last century. Schoenberg's Galathea" or Mahnung" appear to have been written on an illicit sigh of enticement. Gigerlette" certainly does that; Jedem das Seine" is a real empire of the senses; Nachtwandler" (in Schoenberg's own bizarre orchestration) marches to a grotesquely unsettling tune. With Satie the heady waltz song - Je te veux" - rubs shoulders with the English music hall or American burlesque of La Diva de l'Empire". Then there is L'Omnibus automobile" which Measha describes as a morbidly hilarious strophic song.
In every case these alternative" songs tap into the earthy, erotic undercurrent of Measha's way with words and music. Their demands are very particular, she says: The trick is never to allow the singing to overwhelm the storytelling. The Bolcom songs sit lower so you have a much easier time making them talky. But it's much more of a challenge in the Schoenberg and Satie - though in the case of the Satie, which goes in for the kind of schmaltzy melodic richness that only the French can do, it's just fine by me if people say 'Oh, will you just listen to that!' In the beginning, though, I always think about how I would speak rather than sing a song."
Which brings us to William Bolcom. Many of his songs were written for his wife, Joan Morris, who would almost certainly describe herself as an actress who sings. That's an important distinction for Measha: What these songs do so brilliantly is to create highly theatrical mini-dramas in which the music is borne out by the texts - not the other way around. It's catching the sly mix of the casual and the formal in these songs that is their particular challenge. Because what's so amazing about them is that they are not even really stories but rather snapshots from stories with so much of the action happening outside of the frame. And yet you know exactly what happened before the song began and what will probably happen after it finishes. There really aren't many who can achieve that in song. Hugo Wolf is one, Poulenc another, and Stephen Sondheim, definitely. But they are few and far between."
Bolcom would be flattered by the comparisons. Watching the recording from the sidelines (like a Pasha", he says) he is quick to acknowledge his roots: The French had their troubadours, the Germans their mastersingers, and we had Irving Berlin!" He's been a songsmith all his life. Like Irving Berlin, he and his late writing partner Arnold Weinstein could find a song for every eventuality. The cabaret songs (orchestrated for Measha by Bolcom himself) are peopled by characters mostly real, not imagined, but all of them larger than life itself. You might think of Black Max" as a death figure in the Weill/Brecht mould, but actually he was inspired by a tramp in pre-war Rotterdam as relayed to Weinstein by artist Willem de Kooning and his brother. George" (call me Georgia") hails from closer to home, a composite of characters from Christopher Street in New York's Greenwich Village, a drag queen who sings opera and trusts too much. Then there's The Actor" who dies for a living to keep the show alive", the wife whose husband might or might not be The Total Stranger in the Garden", and the provocative young Venus who goes by the name of Amor". Toothbrush Time" sprang from songwriter-composer Kay Swift's recollections of George Gershwin, who was quite a lover but never stayed overnight; and Surprise!"? Well, that's a surprise. Because nobody sleeps while Measha Brueggergosman's on.
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