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"It is nice to see Jake get this recognition after weeks and weeks of her being understated as far as what we are doing," Lady Bisons coach Brandon Rosenthal said. "She is a wonderful person to have around. I am happy to see her get the awards that she deserves.
"It is hard for a setter to get recognized. If a player has 20 kills that is going to trump a setting performance no matter how great it is. You have to look at the distribution and the hitting percentage of the team."
Pease was the preseason player of the year selection as well. It marks the third year in a row that a Lady Bisons player has been chosen as A-Sun Player of the Year. Middle blocker Alex Kelly won the award in 2008 and 2009.
Pease and Kelly were also named to the A-Sun All-Conference First Team. They were both unanimous choices, the only players to have that honor. Pease and Kelly have been on teams at Lipscomb that have won 20 or more matches all four seasons.
"Jake and Alex are arguably the best players in the conference," Rosenthal said. "I don't think there is any doubt to that. It is great to see the two leaders and the two hardest workers in the gym be recognized. It is a neat story.
"It is a credit to Alex. With Meghan Hinemeyer, Kaycee Green and Char Ursell playing so much better it takes sets away from Alex. I don't think Alex is concerned about that. She just wants this team to keep pushing and keep moving forward."
Hinemeyer, an outside hitter, was named to the A-Sun All-Conference Second Team.
"I wish that we could have seen Meghan on the first team," Rosenthal said. "She deserved it this season.
"It is hard for a coaching staff to understand that we have done everything that we could do in conference and only have two players on the first team and one on the second team. We have had to have more than these players to get to this point."
The Lady Bisons, 21-6, 10-0 in the conference, repeated this season as A-Sun regular season champions. They are the top seed in the conference tournament which begins Thursday in Fort Myers, Fla., on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast. The Lady Bisons, the defending tournament champions, have a first round bye. They will play the winner of the Mercer-Belmont game on Friday.
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SpreadFirefox.com, the community marketing Web site for the open-source Firefox Web browser, was hacked earlier this week, potentially exposing user data.
Attackers broke into the Web site by exploiting an unpatched security vulnerability in the software that runs SpreadFirefox.com, the Mozilla Foundation said in an e-mail alert to registered users of the site late Thursday. Mozilla coordinates Firefox development and marketing. The authenticity of the e-mail was confirmed Friday by a Mozilla representative.
The attack actually occurred on Sunday but was not discovered until Tuesday, according to the e-mail alert. The SpreadFirefox.com was subsequently taken down for a few days to investigate the attack, according to a notice posted on the site.
The necessary patches have now been applied to the software that runs SpreadFirefox.com, Mozilla said. According to its e-mail, the group has also "reviewed our security plan to determine why we didn't previously apply those fixes in this case, and have modified that plan to ensure we do so in the future." The exploited flaw was a vulnerability in PHP, the language in which Drupal, the content management system that Spread Firefox uses, is written.
Mozilla believes the machine was hacked to use it to send spam, according to the e-mail. However, it is possible that attackers obtained usernames and passwords and any other information people may have provided to the site, such as e-mail and home addresses, birth dates and instant-messaging names, Mozilla said.
The hack is an embarrassment to Mozilla, which uses security as the main selling point for the Firefox Web browser.
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The Anthropologist Gerald W. Creed spent one and a half years from 1987 to 1988 in Zamfirovo, a village of some 700 households in North-Western Bulgaria. He returned numerous times until 1997. The resulting book is a detailed and lively study of the social and economic changes in Bulgarian village live under socialism and the transition-phase that followed.
Creed shows how villagers "went from resisting collectivization in the 1950s to defending their co-operative farm in the 1990s". He describes how the inhabitants of Zamfirovo learned to cope with the communist system and to "domesticate socialism". After 1990 disastrous agricultural and land restitution policies of the first post-communist regimes led to a sharp decline in agricultural output. Together with the collapse of socialist industries where many villagers had found work this triggered a dramatic decline in living standards in the countryside:
Many of the non-agricultural enterprises in villages and neighbouring towns were closing or slowing down, making the transition from worker to peasant seem all the more inevitable… Villagers were losing their non-agricultural occupations and having to do more subsistence farming, both for themselves and for their unemployed urban relatives. Given that the additional work tended to be small-scale and manual, the transition seemed to be returning the entire village (maybe all of rural Bulgaria) to a premodern condition. This was most evident in the increased number of villagers plowing with a donkey in the spring of 1997 – a procedure considered comically primitive back in 1987. So while the occupational bases of non-agricultural identities disintegrated, the cultural value of their identity as villagers was also threatened. Hence, the combination of economic trends, their social consequences, and the cultural interpretation of both not only fuelled rural antagonism toward the urban framers of decollectivization but also prompted resistance to transition in general, increasing support for the Socialist Party. Ironically, this increased favour put the Socialist Party in the position of directing the transition after the 1994 elections, a job that eroded the very basis of their support.
The situation in the countryside would only begin to improve as a result of Bulgaria's EU accession process after 1997 and in the context of EU pre-accession assistance (SAPARD programme). This, however, is a story for another book.
Domesticating Revolution. From Socialist Reform to Ambivalent Transition in a Bulgarian Village. Gerald W. Creed. 1998.
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Families occur in many different configurations beyond the traditional nuclear family, composed of a husband, wife, and children, and the extended family, which may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and others. Changing social conditions and lifestyles have prompted a redefinition of family to include households led by single parents or by grandparents, cohabitating opposite-sex and same-sex couples, and "chosen families" who are biologically and legally unrelated but linked by ties of affection and commitment. All families affected by HIV/AIDS, regardless of their configuration, face multiple serious challenges.
As rates of HIV infection have risen in women of childbearing age, HIV/AIDS has evolved into a disease of families with children. The devastating effects of adult HIV infection are reflected in the increasing numbers of children, adolescents, and young adults who are losing one or both parents to AIDS. It is projected that as many as 125,000 children, adolescents, and young adults in the United States will lose their mothers to AIDS by the year 2000.
The issues associated with progressive HIV infection in a parent are particularly complex as each different stage of HIV illness -- diagnosis, illness progression, late-stage illness, death, and family reconfiguration -- presents a different challenge. Upon diagnosis and often throughout the course of illness, parents must confront issues of disclosure of their HIV status to children, adolescents, and extended family. They also need to plan for the placement of children after parental death. With progression of parental HIV illness, children and teenagers witness the physical and mental deterioration of their parent and are often forced to cope with these changes in the absence of clear information about their parent's health status. In some cases, HIV-associated dementia can impair an adult's capacity to function in a parental role, leaving children without adequate care or forcing older children and adolescents into parental roles.
With parental death, children and adolescents move into reconfigured families, most commonly into extended families also grieving the loss of loved ones. In those cases where children and adolescents move into foster care by non-relatives, they must make the difficult adaptation to a new family system and often different family lifestyles. Furthermore, with parental death, the supports available to the children and the family by virtue of the parent's AIDS diagnosis generally diminish or disappear. Most commonly, children and adolescents orphaned by AIDS are moving from one situation of poverty to another, with their care assumed by already financially limited families.
Complicating family adjustment is the close association of HIV infection in women with drug use. In the United States, injecting drug use has been the risk factor for HIV transmission in 49 percent of women with AIDS. Heterosexual contact with a drug-using male accounts for a significant percentage of the remaining cases. Families affected by parental substance abuse often include a range of other problems that can impair their adaptation to HIV. Thus, children and adolescents often bring histories of abuse, neglect, and exposure to parental drug addiction to the overwhelming stress of parental HIV illness.
For parents with histories of drug or alcohol use, disclosure of HIV status, either to the extended family or to children, is a complex process that brings into direct light the parent's risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission. A parent's feelings of guilt and shame about drug addiction and associated behaviors as well as children's feelings of anger and/or their sense of abandonment can greatly complicate open family communication. Planning for children's future care can be undermined by family dynamics related to a parent's substance abuse, as well as by the stigma that prevents many adults from discussing HIV infection with extended family members, who are potential future caregivers and sources of social support.
"Permanency planning" is the process by which a parent makes arrangements for the placement of his or her children after his or her death. Successful execution of this process requires selection of future caregivers, disclosure of HIV serostatus to these individuals, and efforts to finalize the legal transfer of guardianship. Although there is considerable geographic variation in procedures, two options are generally available for children's placement. Most commonly, extended family members assume the care of orphaned youth either as legal guardians or within the foster care system. Children and adolescents are also placed within the child welfare system in non-relative foster care, group homes, and other arrangements.
The "standby guardianship" law, developed in New York State, allows parents to specify a standby, legal guardian who will assume care of children in the event of parental illness or death without the parent giving up legal rights. This new family law allows parents with episodic AIDS-related illness to maintain some control over the temporary placement of their children and to communicate over time with the caretakers they have selected for their children. Although somewhat hampered in its implementation by bureaucratic complexities, the standby guardian law represents a significant advance in HIV-related family law.
Psychosocial and mental health supports for orphaned children and adolescents are important in facilitating children's adjustment to HIV-related loss. Such supports need to include comprehensive evaluation of children's needs and the capacity to refer children and adolescents for appropriate interventions and/or mental health treatment. Many of the HIV-infected parents who have histories of drug or alcohol use also have heritable psychiatric disorders that may have preceded substance abuse and HIV infection. Thus, the children are at risk for mental health problems that have a genetic basis, including major depression, bipolar disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and learning disabilities. Second, the traumatic life experiences that can be associated with parental drug addiction, such as child neglect, abuse, and foster care placement, can greatly complicate a youngster's adaptation to the stress of HIV illness and death of a parent. A significant proportion of children and adolescents losing parents to AIDS have ongoing mental health needs that are best addressed in clinical settings with multidisciplinary expertise in child and adolescent treatment as well as familiarity with the needs of children of substance abusers and the effects of HIV progression on family life.
Children and adolescents living in families affected by parental HIV and substance abuse are at high risk for their own HIV infection given the potential for exposure to psychosocial stressors and parental risk behaviors. Standard protocols for HIV-risk reduction based on educational and informational models are inadequate to address the particular problems of these children, which include feelings of anger and ambivalence toward parents, identification with parental high-risk behaviors, self-esteem deficits, and feelings of hopelessness.
Finally, although many of the youth orphaned by AIDS will be taken care of by extended family members, some significant percentage will be placed in the foster care system. The need for advocacy for the expansion of an already overburdened child welfare system to meet the needs of a high-risk group of children and adolescents has important policy implications, particularly in this time of fiscal austerity and constriction.
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Adolescents; Babies; Bereavement; Caregiving; Children; Couples; Death and Dying; Disclosure; Ethics, Personal; Family Policy; Maternal Transmission; Social Work; Women
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adolescents, babies, children, family, grandparents, orphan, parents, relatives
Further Reading
Davis, B. O., and C. Levine, eds., AIDS and the New Orphans, Westport, Connecticut: Auborn House, 1994
Geballe, S., J. Gruendel, and W. Andiman, eds., Forgotten Children of the AIDS Epidemic, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995
Havens, J., C. Mellins, S. Ryan, and A. Locker, "Mental Health Needs of Children and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS," in Mental Health Services for HIV Impacted Populations in New York City: A Program Perspective, edited by H. Goodman, G. Landsburg, and A. Spitz-Toth, New York: Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies, 1998
Levine, C., A Death in the Family, New York: United Hospital Fund, 1993
Michaels, D., and C. Levine, "Estimates of the Number of Motherless Youth Orphaned by AIDS in the United States," Journal of the American Medical Association 268 (1992), pp. 3456-3461
The Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the HIV Epidemic, Raymond A. Smith, Editor. Copyright © 1998, Raymond A. Smith. Carried by permission of Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers.
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Hia all, hope you guys can use and want a full list of all the trainers in the game, that i have found so far, as far as I know, iam just missing the Dagger GM, but he will be added to the sheet as soon as i find him. Everyone should able to see this good sheet, so have fun in your continudes gameing experience
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Winners of Many Languages, One World to Meet at United Nations General Assembly in July 2016
From a pool of over 3,600 entrants, ELS Educational Services, Inc., has selected 60 students from 36 countries and 54 universities as winners of the 2016 Many Languages, One World® international essay contest.
Many Languages, One World is organized by ELS Educational Services, Inc., and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI). The winners have been invited to attend the Many Languages, One World Global Youth Forum at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Students will be provided with an all-expense paid trip to New York City and the opportunity to speak at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Winners will present action plans related to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Students who participated in the contest are pursuing undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees. Winners include students of prestigious international universities such as University of Pennsylvania (USA), Xi'an International Studies University (China) and Bologna University (Italy). Their fields of study include language and linguistics, medicine, architecture, computer science and technology, business and sustainable research management.
The Many Languages, One World contest challenged students around the globe to write an essay examining global citizenship, cultural understanding, and the role that the multilingual ability can have in fostering both. Entrants submitted essays in one of the six official United Nations languages, which could be neither the student's first language nor his/her primary language of instruction.
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<b>STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -</b> Competitors at the 2013 North Pointe Junior Gold Championships presented by Ebonite, Hammer, Track and Columbia 300 finished their 15-game qualifying totals on Wednesday.
Nick Kruml of Downers Grove, Ill., leads the 20-and-under boys after three rounds by a wide margin with a 15-game total of 3,442 (229.47 average). Kruml fired a huge 1,232 block in the third round.
Darren Tang of San Francisco is second with 3,268, while Tylor Greene of Davison, Mich., is third with 3,265. It took a score of 2,880 (192 average) to make the first cut.
Lizabeth Kuhlkin of Rotterdam, N.Y., remained the leader in the U20 girls division with 3,105 (207 average). Julia Bond of Aurora, Ill., is second with 3,058, while Amanda Fry of Antelope, Calif., is third with 3,035. The cut score was 2,766 (184.4 average) to advance to the fourth round.
With the third round completed in the 15-and-under division, Cortez Schenck of Phoenix leads the boys with 3,132 (208.8 average). Brennan Haugh of Faribault, Minn., is second with 3,130, while Jerod Hromek of Towanda, Kan., is third with 3,092.
Defending U15 girls champion Breanna Clemmer of Clover, S.C., remained on top of the leaderboard with a total of 2,999 (199.93 average). She was the only player in the U15 girls division to go plus in the third round with 1,033. Kaci Collins of Charlotte, N.C., is second with 2,854, while Mykaela Mitchell of London, Ontario, is third with 2,831.
Three players in the U20 boys division picked up perfect games in the third round on Wednesday. Spencer Werthmann of Davenport, Iowa, Michael Preston of Oswego, Ill., and Jordan Richard of Imperial, Mo., all shot 300 at Sunnybrook Lanes.
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All bowlers bowl 15 games of qualifying over three days. One out of every seven bowlers will advance to the next round, where an additional five games will be bowled Thursday. After 20 games, as many as 64 bowlers in each division will advance to five final qualifying games Thursday evening before the field is cut to the top 16 in each division for the double-elimination match-play bracket on Friday.
Automatic Junior Team USA spots will be awarded to the top two boys and top two girls in the 20-and-under division after 25 games of qualifying. Additional automatic spots will be given to the winner and runner-up after bracket play in the 20-and-under division. If one or both of the finalists in the bracket already earned a spot through qualifying, the automatic spot becomes an at-large selection.
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Chicago at San Francisco: So, this might have been a decent game but neither starting quarterback will be playing due to concussions. Instead it's Jason Campbell and Colin Kaepernick. Yikes. Kaepernick did surprise the Jets earlier this year with some solid Wildcat-esque play, but presumably the Bears will actually be prepared for that now. At the very least, we can hope for some more Bears defensive thievery and scoring.
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Here are a few things from around the 'nets for you guys to read and talk about.
- HBO renews 'Girls' and 'Veep' for second seasons - I just watched Veep and it's funny! Recommended.
- Dentist gets revenge by pulling ex's teeth - GAH.
- Some amazing historic photos of New York - You can practically smell the city. Look at the shots of the Manhattan Bridge!
- An octopus eats a seagull - Do you need to hear more than that? Nope.
- Here's Chris Potter live on "The Wheel" - Dude can play, is what I'm saying.
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This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week. Influenza activity is increasing in parts of the country and further increases are expected in the coming weeks and months. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months receive a flu vaccine each year. Join the Fairfax County Health Department's Deputy Director for Medical Services Dr. Raja'a Satouri for an Ask Fairfax! chat on Wednesday, December 5, at 1 p.m. to discuss the flu, vaccinations and winter health. For more information about the flu, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/flu.
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I've read that flu shots only prevent one type of flu strain. Is this accurate? What about all the other strains of flu out there?
Raja Satouri
Each year, experts from Food and Drug Administration (FDA), World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other institutions study virus samples collected from around the world. They identify the influenza viruses that are the most likely to cause illness during the upcoming flu season so that people can be protected against them through vaccination. The 2012-2013 seasonal influenza vaccine will protect against Influenza A H1N1 -like virus; Influenza A H3N2-like virus; and Influenza B virus. CDC reports that this year's flu shot is a very good match to the circulating viruses and it is recommended that anyone over the age of 6 months obtain an influenza vaccine.
Anonymous User
What are good suggestions for protecting children under 6 months from the flu? why can't newborns get a flu shot?
Raja Satouri
The flu vaccine is not approved for children under the age of 6 months. One way that you can protect infants is by ensuring that parents and caregivers who are around the infant get vaccinated, which creates a "cocoon" of protection around the infant. Additionally, washing your hands frequently with warm soap and water before interacting or feeding the baby is a good practice. People who are ill or have flu-like symptoms should not visit or care for the baby. It's also a good idea to avoid bringing unvaccinated infants to crowded public places during flu season.
I just had a baby and I made my parents get a flu shot before they came over because I didn't want them to infect my son. But, they said they couldn't infect my son if they weren't sick. Is that true? I thought they could.
Raja Satouri
People can be infectious with influenza 24 hours before they exhibit their first symptom. Your baby can't get vaccinated against influenza until he or she is 6 months of age, which is why we recommended that parents and caregivers of young infants get vaccinated.
Charlie C.
I've heard that you can get your flu vaccine through a nasal spray. I absolutely hate shots. But where do I get the nasal spray, and is it as effective as the shot?
Raja Satouri
Both the flu shot and the nasal spray flu vaccine are effective and protect against the flu. The nasal spray vaccine is available for people 2 through 49 years of age, who are not pregnant or do not have other chronic health conditions. (People who cannot get the nasal spray vaccine can usually get the flu shot.) Nasal spray vaccine is available at many doctor's offices and pharmacies, but not everyone carries it so you may want to call ahead if you're interested in the nasal spray. In addition, the nasal spray flu vaccine is available at the Health Department's five district offices. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/flu to learn more.
Anonymous User
Do those new flu shots with the 90% shorter needles that are advertised on TV work?
Raja Satouri
Yes, they are effective. The intradermal flu vaccine is a shot that is injected into the skin instead of the muscle. The intradermal shot uses a much smaller needle than the regular flu shot, and it requires less antigen to be as effective as the regular flu shot. Antigen is the part of the vaccine that helps your body build up protection against flu viruses. The intradermal vaccine protects against the same three flu viruses that are included in this year's other seasonal flu vaccines. The intradermal flu vaccine works in the body in the same way as a regular flu shot.
Anonymous User
If I don't want to get a flu shot is there another way I can prevent the flu?
Raja Satouri
Getting the flu vaccine is simple, and it's the most important thing you can do to protect yourself and your family from the flu; however, there are many other things you and others can do to reduce your risk. These include washing your hands properly and frequently; covering your coughs and sneezes; and staying home when sick for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone. These are healthy habits that everyone should practice throughout the year. In addition, other general healthy habits such as eating well, exercising, and sleeping well will help you fight off illnesses like influenza. With all that said, if you haven't gotten your flu vaccine yet, there is still time to protect yourself and your family by getting vaccinated.
Franklin R
Is stomach flu caused by the same virus as seasonal flu?
Raja Satouri
Influenza and what most people call the "stomach flu" are different.
Influenza, or the flu, is a respiratory disease and not a stomach or intestinal disease. Symptoms of influenza include fever plus a cough and/or sore throat, feeling feverish/chills, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue (tiredness). In addition, some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.
Many people use the term "stomach flu" to describe illnesses with nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. These symptoms can be caused by many different viruses, bacteria or even parasites. In children, vomiting, diarrhea, and being nauseous or "sick to your stomach" can sometimes be related to the flu.
I received a flu shot in October. I'm in my late forties and healthy, but, I had a horrible cold in November that lasted a full week. Do I need a pneumonia shot as well?
Raja Satouri
Cold and flu are cause by different viruses. Flu vaccine protects against only influenza viruses. So, even if you get the flu shot, it is still possible to get a cold. Compare the symptoms of cold and flu on our webpage: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/flu/flu_vs_cold.htm
As for pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot), CDC recommends it for adults age 65 years and older and younger adults who smoke or have certain chronic health conditions. You can learn more on the CDC's website here: http://www.adultvaccination.org/professional-resources/public-health-toolkit/pneumo-fact-sheet-hcp.pdf. Check with your health care provider to see if the pneumonia shot is appropriate for you.
Anonymous User
What are the side effects from the flu shot? Is it safe for young children?
Raja Satouri
The flu shot is safe and is recommended for children as young as 6 months of age. Many children need two doses of flu vaccine this season to be fully protected. For example, some children 6 months through 8 years of age who are getting vaccinated for the first time will need two doses. Even some children in this age group who have received a flu vaccine in prior seasons may need two doses. Your child's health care provider can tell you whether two doses are recommended for your child.
Common side effects of the flu shot are soreness, redness or swelling at the injection site, fever (low grade), or aches. If these problems occur, they begin soon after vaccination and usually last 1 or 2 days.
Does the health department have free flu shots this year?
The health department offers flu shots to the general public for $25. There are some federal programs like the Vaccine for Children's program where eligible children can obtain a flu vaccine for free.
The Health Department has flu vaccine available, including flu mist vaccine, at our five district offices. (find location here: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/hdclinicsite.htm)
does medicaid cover the cost of the vaccination?
Raja Satouri
Yes, Medicaid in Virginia does cover the cost of an influenza vaccination. Most insurance companies also cover the cost and you can check with your individual insurance provider if unsure.
Kristi Coats
can my son get the flu shot at the same time I'm taking him to get his dtap or does it have to be separate?
Raja Satouri
Yes, your son can get the flu shot at the same time as he gets most of his routine vaccines. Your health care provider should let you know whether your son can receive a nasal spary vaccine or flu shot in at the same time as other vaccines.
Raja Satouri
Thank you all very much for your questions. I have enjoyed today's online chat. We have now run out of time, but I'd like to conclude by saying that I hope everyone will take time to get a flu vaccine this season and remember to take these simple steps that will protect yourself, your family and the whole community: wash your hands, cover your coughs and sneezes, and stay home when sick.
Remember, you can learn more about the flu and flu vaccine on our website, www.fairfaxcounty.gov/flu and more about the simple steps you can take to prevent here: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/flu/flu_prevention.htm
Thank you,
Dr. Raja'a Satouri
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1420 Washington Blvd
Detroit, MI 48226
Corner of Grand River across from Trolley Plaza
Are you ready for a NEW experience in the Metro Area? We have the answer! This is a great place to have fun with your friends, or meet new friends; relax or just let your hair down and be you; or simply discover your inner artist. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint along with our artist to create your own work of art that you will take home at the end of the evening.
We provide all painting supplies and artist instructions. No art experience is needed. Simply be ready to have a Twisted good time!
Two hour classes are offered for $37 and three hour classes for $47. Select Family Friendly and Seniors classes offered for $27.
Open classes are fun for you and a friend or small group.
Private party for adults or kids are great for groups of ten (10) or more.
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Below you will find our 2900mm (height) left hand opening welded wire mesh Hinge Panels used in Machine Guarding applications. Small hinges (shown below) allow the panel to be setup to in various configurations. These powder coated panels are also used for Perimeter, and Robot Guarding applications.
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Caregiver Questionnaire
School Address: _____________________________________________________________
Home Address:______________________________________________________________
School Phone: __________Home Phone ____________Cell:_____________Carrier_______
Email Address:______________________________________________________________
Preferred way of communicating:_______________________________________________
What hours are you available during the following times:
_____ Semester
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday Saturday Sunday
Any planned vacations or absences?_____ Dates:_____
Range of Hours Minimum Maximum
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When could you start working?_____
Are you willing to do overnights? _____
Are you willing to do weekends? _____
How long would you commit to a family? ___________________________________________
What job situation(s) do you feel most comfortable with?
Infant/Toddlers:____School age: _____Teens: ____Adults needing assistance:_____
What is your preference? _____________________________________________________
Have you worked with children with special needs?___ Autism?____ Please describe your experience.
Have you had experience with disabled adults or the elderly? ___
What are your educational interests and plans? ________________________________________
What are your interests outside of school and work?___________________________________
On a scale from 1 – 10 (1=low; 10=high) rate your:
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_____ Mop kitchen floor
_____ Ironing
_____ Assist, or drive with assistance, person with autism to school/camp
_____ Drive mini-van for transportation assistance
_____ Walk/feed dog
_____ Scoop out kitty litter
_____ Dog sit: Overnight___ Extended stays___
Any pet allergies?_____
Like dogs?___ Cats?_____ Owned or cared for either? _______________________________
Do you swim?_____
Have you watched children in a pool?_____
Own transportation?_____ Year/size _____
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Have you transported pets in your car?_____
Willing to drive others in your car?_____
Food allergies?_____
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Favorite meals to prepare?_________________________________________________________
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suelfam necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 95 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
I would like a simple family logo created for use on family correspondence (letters, emails, postcards, blog entries, etc.) and for possible use on certain clothing items (shirts, t-shirts, hats, etc.).
Desired Color Scheme:
We need the design to work in both colour and black/white.
Accepted File Formats:
Files should be supplied in a vector format, preferably AI and SVG, but just SVG would be ok.
I am looking for a designer to create a family logo for our 5-year anniversary.
Our family name is Suel, but we call ourselves Suelfam (an abbreviation of Suel Family). I would like our logo to have the Suelfam name. I am undecided on if the first S should be capitalized. It is lower case in most of the communication we use. It might be nice to leave the letter lower case but to set it off from the rest of the letters by putting it in a circle or something like that.
Allow me to tell you a little bit about us, so that you can create a custom design. We are adventurous people. In fact, despite being American, we now live and work in England. We made the move to England so that we could explore Europe. We have visited numerous countries since weve been here and we plan to visit many more before we move back to the States. We are also heavily involved with our Christian Church. I, Jason, am a drama teacher and Sarah, my wife, is an Occupational Therapist. If you are interested in learning more about us, please visit http://www.suelfam.blogspot.com.
As far as design concepts go, I dont have a very clear picture of how I want the design to look, but I can give you some things that interest me. First, we love the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. I think I would like the design to be similar to the designs used on apparel in the film. If you could slip a red stocking cap (like those used in the film) over one of the lettersthat would be great. Then again, you are the designerits completely up to you.
As far as colour schemes, it's completely up to you. But, the light blue, yellow, and red used in "The Life Aquatic" are pleasing.
If you are unfamiliar with The Life Aquatic check out:
As far as any possible other symbols you might want to usejust remember that we are adventurous travellers.
Other than that, its in your capable hands.
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Kip Moore, Chris Young + More Join Dierks Bentley for 2014 Miles & Music Event
Strap on your helmets and put on your dancing shoes! Dierks Bentley's ninth annual Miles & Music for Kids is going to be filled with roaring motorcycles and popular country stars like Kip Moore, Chris Young. And by the time it takes place, Nashville's neighborhood lawns could be taken over by orange 'Riser' birds, which are helping spread word about the event.
That's right. The same bird symbol that Bentley's album 'Riser' made popular is being turned into a 'Riser Bird Movement,' with the winsome orange fowl popping up on lawns all over Music City. As word spreads, the Miles & Music for Kids event will gain even more momentum.
"The Riser bird symbol we've been using to represent this album has really come to mean something to my fans," Bentley explains. "I've been hearing stories about it on the road, people are getting tattoos of it. It's a symbol of strength and resilience, and I think it's perfect to extend into what we do for Miles & Music, especially when we are talking about the history of the event, the bikers and fans who come out every year to support it and most importantly, the children and their families being treated at Vandy."
"The Riser Bird Movement that started this week is a cool way to get the community involved in a deeper way and earlier this year ... it's been fun to see it start to spread across town," he adds.
The Arizona native's name is synonymous with the celebrity motorcycle ride that takes place before an all-star concert, all to benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. In addition to Moore and Young, Randy Houser and Jon Pardi have been tapped to take part in Bentley's event, which has raised over $2.5 million to date for Children's Miracle Network hospitals across the country.
The 2014 Miles & Music event on Sept. 28 will once again begin at the Harley Davidson of Columbia in Tennessee for an hour-long ride that ends downtown at Nashville's Riverfront Park. Once the ride hits the park, Bentley and his country friends will hit the stage for an exciting lineup with more names still to come.
Last year, Luke Bryan, Jake Owen, Brett Eldredge and others performed.
Tickets go on sale Friday (July 11) at 11AM ET. Fans can purchase a combo ticket for the ride and concert for $50 or individual concert tickets for $30 here. Special VIP packages and student tickets are also available. Nashville fans can get in on the 'Riser Bird Movement' fun and 'Flock It Forward' by sending Riser Birds to their friends -- more information here.
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Medline Plus Breast Cancer Resources: "Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives. Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. No one knows why some women get breast cancer, but there are a number of risk factors. Risks that you cannot change include
- Age – the chance of getting breast cancer rises as a woman gets older
- Genes – there are two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that greatly increase the risk. Women who have family members with breast or ovarian cancer may wish to be tested.
- Personal factors – beginning periods before age 12 or going through menopause after age 55
Other risks include being overweight, using hormone replacement therapy (also called menopausal hormone therapy), taking birth control pills, drinking alcohol, not having children or having your first child after age 35 or having dense breasts."


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Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. ~ Louis Pasteur
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- Things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams — day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing — are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. ~ L. Frank Baum (born 15 May 1856)
- selected by Kalki
- 2006
- The voice of the individual artist may seem perhaps of no more consequence than the whirring of a cricket in the grass, but the arts do live continuously, and they live literally by faith; their names and their shapes and their uses and their basic meanings survive unchanged in all that matters through times of interruption, diminishment, neglect; they outlive governments and creeds and the societies, even the very civilization that produced them. They cannot be destroyed altogether because they represent the substance of faith and the only reality. They are what we find again when the ruins are cleared away. ~ Katherine Anne Porter (born 15 May 1890)
- selected by Kalki
- 2007
- Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist — the only thing he's good for — is to take these handfuls of confusion and disparate things, things that seem to be irreconcilable, and put them together in a frame to give them some kind of shape and meaning. Even if it's only his view of a meaning. That's what he's for — to give his view of life. ~ Katherine Anne Porter
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory. ~ Irena Sendler (recent death)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2009
- The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own — even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being. ~ Katherine Anne Porter
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward. ~ L. Frank Baum
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- There seems to be a kind of order in the universe, in the movement of the stars and the turning of the earth and the changing of the seasons, and even in the cycle of human life. But human life itself is almost pure chaos. Everyone takes his stance, asserts his own rights and feelings, mistaking the motives of others, and his own. ~ Katherine Anne Porter
- selected by Kalki
- 2012
- To be individual, my friends, to be different from others, is the only way to become distinguished from the common herd. Let us be glad, therefore, that we differ from one another in form and in disposition. Variety is the spice of life, and we are various enough to enjoy one another's society; so let us be content. ~ L. Frank Baum
- proposed by Kalki
- 2013
|I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it. Those who turn sad faces toward the world find only sadness reflected. But a smile is reflected in the same way, and cheers and brightens our hearts.
|~ L. Frank Baum ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2014
|Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams — day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing — are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. A prominent educator tells me that fairy tales are of untold value in developing imagination in the young. I believe it.
|~ L. Frank Baum ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2015
|One might think you knew all about witches, to hear you chatter. But your words prove you to be very ignorant of the subject. You may find good people and bad people in the world; and so, I suppose, you may find good witches and bad witches. But I must confess most of the witches I have known were very respectable, indeed, and famous for their kind actions.
|~ L. Frank Baum ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2016
|To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.
|~ L. Frank Baum ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2017
Se um dia alguém, perguntar por mim
Tell them I lived to love you.
Before you, I only existed
Tired and with nothing to give.
|~ Luísa Sobral ~
- proposed by Kalki; opening lyrics to the song of this year's Eurovision contest winner, her song "Amar pelos dois ", as sung by her brother Salvador Sobral.
- 2018
|It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.
|~ L. Frank Baum ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2019
|The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.
"You people with hearts," he said, "have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful. When Oz gives me a heart of course I needn't mind so much."
|~ L. Frank Baum ~
- proposed by Kalki
Ranking system:
- 4 : Excellent – should definitely be used. (This is the utmost ranking and should be used only for one quote at a time, per person, for each date.)
- 3 : Very Good – strong desire to see it used.
- 2 : Good – some desire to see it used.
- 1 : Acceptable – but with no particular desire to see it used.
- 0 : Not acceptable – not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.
The whole problem of life, then, is this: how to break out of one's own loneliness, how to communicate with others. ~ Cesare Pavese
- 3 because incommunicability is one of Pavese's main themes. Nemo 14:05, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
- 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:07, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
3 ♞☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)but with a lean toward 3, which is what I would likely rank it on date more clearly associated with the author, such as his birthday of 9 September.
Now we can cross the Shifting Sands. ~ L. Frank Baum
It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. ~ L. Frank Baum


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App Review: iQuarium for iPhone by Infinite Dreams Inc.
by Rob on
April 22, 2010
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Entertainment, Kids
iQuarium is one of those apps that keeps you coming back for more not because it's an addicting game, but because you want to know the next tank gadget that you've earned (oh, and you have to keep feeding your fish). That's right, iQuarium is a fun and addicting pocket pet if you will, requiring that you feed him (or her, depending on how you named it) on a daily basis. The longer you keep your fish alive the more tank gadgets such as backdrops or driftwood or whatever you can collect to decorate your tank.
The graphics of iQuarium are amazing! They've really done a great job on this app. The backgrounds come alive with water reflections and the fish moves and behaves in a very real manner. Every 10 minutes you earn a point and the more points you have the more fun stuff you get to add into your tank. For my six year old, this is the real fun of iQuarium – to check the app periodically to see what he can add to his tank to make sure Speedy is happy (Speedy is the name my son gave his fish, my fish is named Albert and my wife's is Gloria).
Here at AC HQ we make it a family affair to check on our fishies daily, make sure they get fed and see what we get to add to the tank. Earning points can be slow at 1 point per 10 minutes, especially when some of the cool stuff doesn't happen until 5000 points or so here are the findings. This is probably the only drawback of this app, is that after the first day or two the earning of gadgets and tank decorations slows down considerably. Sometimes it will be a day or two before you have enough points for the next item to add to the tank. However, feeding the fish regularly is required, otherwise he'll go 'belly up' and for a six year old that can be pretty traumatic even if the pet is a virtual fish (there's no imaginary toilet flushing of the dead fish, though that would have been kinda funny if there was).
Having now taken care of my first ever virtual pet for the past couple of weeks I can honestly say that it has been kinda fun. I'm sure my fun factor is influenced by the excitement that my son gets out of it more than the satisfaction that I get out of actually feeding a digital pet, but hey, it works! Highly recommended if your kid is asking for a real gold fish or if you just want some time killer for the occasional moment of boredom. Oh, and it's well worth the buck.
What we liked: Great graphics, realism of the fish and tank, keeps you engaged over a long time.
What we didn't like: Once you get going it takes a long time (days even) to earn the next tank trinket.


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Early European explorers, mistaking the plains bison for water buffalo, tried to domesticate the animals. One of the earliest recorded histories of the San Luis Valley includes an account of one such incident. The tale involves Spaniards who entered the Valley around 1599 in search of gold, meat and religious conquest. Upon hearing of the bison in the north, a small party of Spaniards was sent to domesticate the animals. On the East Side of the Valley, The Ute, who gave an elaborate demonstration of bison hunting, greeted the party. With little knowledge of the temperament of bison, the would-be Vaqueros stampeded a herd of 500 bison. Many of their horses were killed, and the idea of domestication was abandoned.
With winter approaching, the initial friendliness between the Native Americans and the Spaniards deteriorated rapidly. The Spanish needed food and shelter, so they commandeered the Native Americans' corn and enslaved them. For nearly a century the Spaniards enslaved the native peoples. When the slaves finally rebelled, they drove the Spaniards down from the mountains, across the sand dunes, and into makeshift rafts on the Rio Grande River. Francisco Torres, a Catholic missionary, had been mortally wounded in the uprising. Too weak to make it into the raft, his dying vision was of the mountain peaks tinged blood red by the setting sun. As he lay dying in great pain, he cried out, "Sangre de Cristo!" (Meaning blood of Christ) giving the mountains surrounding the ranch their name.
There are several archaeological sites on what is now called the Medano-Zapata Ranch, which point back to early Native American and bison co-habitation in the region. Archaeologists Pegi Jodry and Dennis Stanford, from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, uncovered bison bones believed to be roughly 11,000 years old. They later uncovered a bison kill site.
The Spanish were the first Europeans to settle the San Luis Valley, as they came in search of gold, meat, and religious conquest. Their foothold in the valley ebbed and flowed as relations with the Native Americans shifted. Eventually, the valley fell under Mexican rule and finally, after the Mexican-American War, the land was ceded to the United States.
By the early 1800s, New Mexican pastors began herding sheep up the Rio Grande for summer grazing. Considerable trouble developed with the Ute Indians, but each year the sheep ranchers secured more land. The demand for wool and mutton was so great in Colorado that cowboys are said to have planned raids to rustle sheep from Native Americans in Texas and brought them back to sell at Fort Garland, CO.
In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson sent Lt. Zebulon Pike to discover the source of the Red River, which was considered to be the dividing line between the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase and the Spanish Territories. In the dead of winter, Pike crossed the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with twelve men. Upon exiting Mosca Pass, he described his first view of the sand dunes. He said it was as if one was looking upon a sea. We know from his journals that he descended and camped in a "copse" of cottonwoods that is now the headquarters for the Zapata Ranch.
The Dickey Brothers were an early cattle outfit in the San Luis Valley, moving to the area at a time when the valley was dominated by Mexican sheep ranchers. They set up their ranch Headquarters on the Medano Ranch in 1877, a site that still stands today, and quickly began purchasing and leasing land from the neighboring sheep ranchers.
Portions of both ranches changed hands until 1911, when the whole of the Medano Zapata ranch fell into the eager hands of G. W. Linger. When the train delivered Linger's first cattle to Fort Garland in 1914, the cows were in such bad shape they could barely stand. Having just acquired the ranch, the Lingers faced total disaster. They built sleds, strapped each cow on a sled, and hauled them to the Ranch. The journey to the ranch was difficult considering there was no snow at the time. The Linger operation survived and, with his children, he eventually built the Medano and Zapata Ranches into one of the greatest cattle spreads in Colorado.
The ranch changed hands several more times until, in 1989, a Japanese investment group known as Rocky Mountain Bison Inc. purchased the ranch. Rocky Mountain Bison began to renovate the lodge and surrounding buildings with the aim of creating a high-end resort, spa, and golf course. They also introduced bison to the Medano Zapata Ranch, and began running a herd of up to 2,800 on the Medano side of the property. In the early 1990's, Hisa Ota emerged as the sole owner of Rocky Mountain Bison, Inc. Through his time on the ranch, Mr. Ota came to appreciate the landscape and realized the need to protect the natural integrity of the property. Mr. Ota sold the Medano Zapata Ranch to the Nature Conservancy in July 1999. The Nature Conservancy continued to operate the inn, restaurant and golf course. In the fall of 2004, The Nature Conservancy contracted Duke Phillips to manage the land, cattle, and bison at the ranch. The restaurant and golf course were closed, and efforts are underway to restore the land to its native condition. The lodge now serves as a center for a guest ranching program and Nature Conservancy events.


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