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Episode 94: Three Firsts with Five Needles
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My bookbinding teacher allowed me to try my hand at a round-backed book and this is my first attempt. It has 400 pages, all blank except for one which has a drop of my blood on it from where I stabbed myself with a needle. Fortunately, I only stabbed myself once as I was using five needles at the time. My first five-needle sewing and my first round backed book. Wow, two firsts in one book. It is also B6 in size, I think. And no, that is not a full-sized sake (酒) bottle, it's a smaller one, luckily.
More people feel as if the following six requirements make a 'real' book:
1. Hard cover 2. headbands 3. rounded back 4. content 5. Writing/design/picture on the cover 6. Writing on the spine forcing a right-handed head tilt.
Some people even insist on leather covers but when I ask them when was the last time they bought a leather covered book the answer is somewhere between never and never.
Blank books, coptic binding, book covers made of paper... these don't, to some people, convey the idea of a real book. So, I'm working on including all six of the 'requirements' in my books as possible. And the more requirements I add, the more people compliment my work. Is this because I'm meeting their expectations or I'm actually getting better at bookmaking?
This book also has my first use of marbled endpapers. Not a cheap option, let me tell you, but it fit really nicely with the cover. So it has three firsts in one book. My, what an exciting time it has been.
The second re-write of Calvado: A Deadly Love Story is in progress. I hope to have it up on smashwords.com by the end of January. Calvado is the story of a model/medical student who gets involved with a singer with a mysterious disease. There is love, death, violence, mystery, humor, and medical mnemonics. It is also the first in the Calvado Pentalogy. In each book of the Calvado Pentalogy, Calvado makes an appearance, though she might not always be the center of attraction (which is something she doesn't really want to be anyway.)
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Stage director, actor Jack Sydow dies at 88
Earned Tony nom for 1966 revival of 'Anne Get Your Gun'Jack Sydow, a Tony Award-nominated director, actor, playwright and professor at the University of Washington, died May 28 in Los Angeles. He was 88.
Sydow directed the 1966 revival of the musical "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway that starred Ethel Merman and featured new music by Irving Berlin. He was nominated for a Tony for best director in a field that included Gower Champion, Mike Nichols and eventual winner Harold Prince.
A native of Rockford, Ill., Sydow in 1943 collaborated with other servicemen to create "Hump Happy," a satirical musical review that featured him as one of three cross-dressing Andrews Sisters. The show toured military bases in India and the Middle East during World War II.
In 1958, Sydow and Boris Tumarin shared an Obie Award for the theatrical adaptation of "The Brothers Karamazov." That year, he began work on the pre-Broadway production of "Once Upon a Mattress" in Tamiment, Pa., where Sydow also commissioned new work from a young Woody Allen and began a lifelong friendship with composer Billy Goldenberg.
Sydow was assistant director to George Abbott in 1959 for Abbott's Broadway production of "Once Upon a Mattress" starring Carol Burnett. The next summer, after the closing of the Broadway run, Sydow directed the national tour that featured Buster Keaton and his wife, Eleanor.
Sydow directed works produced by Frances Ann Dougherty for the American & National Repertory Theatres and helmed many major tours from 1961-68. Productions included "Mary Stuart," "Elizabeth the Queen," "Ring Round the Moon" and "The Crucible" with casts that included Tallulah Bankhead, Eva Le Gallienne, Pat Carroll, Farley Granger and Denholm Elliott.
Sydow's production of "John Brown's Body" for the National Repertory Theatre reopened the Ford's Theatre in Washington in 1968.
In 1970, Sydow arrived in Seattle to head the directing program at Washington. He directed and taught many who went on to careers as actors and directors, including Jean Smart, Harry Groener, Pamela Reed, Richard Carne, Daryl Anderson, Richard E.T. White and Linda Hartzell.
After retiring as professor emeritus and relocating to Los Angeles in 1986, Sydow returned to acting and had guest-starring roles in such TV shows as "Frasier" and "Touched by an Angel." He appeared regularly at the South Coast Repertory Theater and found work in commercials.
Survivors include his nephew, London-based theatrical producer Karl Sydow, and his family, and several other nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Donations may be made in his name to the Actors Fund.


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In the catalogue of on-going international lawsuits between Apple and other major technology players in the market place, a ruling was made by a German court on Tuesday in relation to Apple's lawsuit against Motorola for alleged patent infringements with their design of Xoom.
Apple had alleged that the Motorola Xoom infringed three separate iPad patented designs with the Xoom and had sought to have the device banned and withdrawn from sale across Europe. The German court ruled that the Google Inc's (GOOG) Motorola Mobility manufactured Xoom tablet does not infringe on the Apple IPad design. However, in a minor victory for Apple, the court rejected a counter claim submitted by Motorola that would have resulted in the Apple iPad's patent being ruled invalid.
Both sides would leave court bearing the costs of the battle, with the court deciding that as they had ultimately rejected both parties' claims, both should pay costs, two-thirds by Apple and the remaining third to be paid by Motorola.
The final ruling is perhaps not overly surprising, given comments previously made during the two hearings prior to the ruling. Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann commented back in March that features, including evenly bent back and shaped edges on the front of the Xoom tablet might be considered sufficient to give the product individual character.
Apple and its iPad design are becoming familiar with the German courts following further recent rulings by the Dusseldorf courts, more successful for Apple than in this case. Last year Apple was successful in obtaining a ruling banning in Germany two tablets manufactured by South Korean rival Samsung, however, they failed recently to obtain a similar ban in an English court to obtain a ban on the Samsung Galaxy tabs. In that case, the judge determined there was sufficient differences in the products and in a comment that may have made Apple executives smile despite the defeat, that overall the Samsung tab just wasn't as "cool" as the iPad.
On the continuing international circus of Apple lawsuits and counterclaims, all eyes now turn to the U.S. Apple sued Samsung last year in the States and a highly anticipated trial is scheduled to begin at the end of July. Crucially, if Apple is successful in this case, it could achieve a permanent ban on the sale of some Samsung products in this key part of the world market. US District Judge Lucy Koh of San Jose, California has already granted pre-trial injunctions against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Nexus phone, with Samsung appealing both of these orders.
Whilst the recent outcomes in Europe suggest the tide might have turned against Apple, it will be a major victory for them if they achieve success in the latest case to hit the US courts. If the ruling goes against Samsung, is it possible that a ban on Samsung's flagship Android smartphone would follow? This would definitely be bad news for the company as well as Google who develop the Android OS. Concerns have already been raised that excessive legal claims from Apple over generic design could harm the industry's potential to innovate as well as severely limit consumer choice.


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NBA suspends Arenas indefinitely
NBA Commissioner David Stern has issued a statement on Gilbert Arenas. You can find it here at Wizards Insider.
The NBA web site reports that Gilbert Arenas has been suspended indefinitely, without pay.
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SHOOT! There goes the season....lol ...minimum one year would be a good start!
Posted by: fide | January 6, 2010 4:07 PM | Report abuse
The players' union will file a grievance and he will later be reinstated with backpay. Nothing really changes, but the NBA looks decisive for having taken action. Only the Wizards as a team get dinged by this course of action.
Posted by: JoeSchmoe06 | January 6, 2010 4:08 PM | Report abuse
I think that there is a real possibility that Arenas is mentally ill. A smart attorney would get him into an institution right away.
Posted by: MKadyman | January 6, 2010 4:09 PM | Report abuse
This is racism, racism I SAY!!
Posted by: cr10 | January 6, 2010 4:09 PM | Report abuse
good bye Gilbert nice knowing ya
Posted by: donaldtaylor | January 6, 2010 4:10 PM | Report abuse
I do think there has to be a consequence for bringing guns to the locker room. But the context is important, too. If you believe that he was storing them so as to not be around his children, they were unloaded, no ammo, etc., then the punishment does not end up having to be out-sized. He should eventually be allowed to play basketball. Even if I got fired from college for some reason, I could still work at another college. I don't want to see the NBA make it so that he can't do what he does for a living. But, there does need a consequence that fits the "crime."
Posted by: erick99 | January 6, 2010 4:11 PM | Report abuse
This should be enough for the Wiz to void the remainder of Gils contract. The remaining 80 mil will be put to good use. Dear Uncle Teddy; I hear this LeBron James kid may be looking for a home at the end of the season.
Posted by: wiz_fan | January 6, 2010 4:13 PM | Report abuse
It is indeed unfortunate that the NBA is faster to impose justice than our justice system. What would have happeded, and how fast do you think it would have happened if two janitors in the Verizon building committd the same felony!!
They would have been arrested and not given the privildege of delay via prerpared statements through lawyers. Justice must be blind and swift.
Posted by: DesertOne | January 6, 2010 4:13 PM | Report abuse
It'll be interesting to see what happens. I believe that "bringing guns to work" is specifically included in the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that is agree to and signed by the owners and the players' association. I don't know that the PA is willing to stand-up to this one since they agreed to add the language to the CBA. Mr. Arenas might lawyer-up but I think a court would find it difficult to overrule the CBA. I think Arenas is in for a rude surprise. Here is Article 6, section 9:
"a) Whenever a player is physically present at a facility or venue owned, operated, or being used by a Team, the NBA, or any League-related entity, and whenever a player is traveling on any NBA-related business, whether on behalf of the player's Team, the NBA, or any League-related entity, such player shall not possess a firearm of any kind. For purposes of the foregoing, "a facility or venue" includes, but is not limited to: an arena; a practice facility; a Team or League office or facility; an All-Star or NBA Playoff venue; and the site of a promotional or charitable appearance.
(b) Any violation of Section 9(a) above shall be considered conduct prejudicial to the NBA under Article 35(d) of the NBA Constitution and By-Laws, and shall therefore subject the player to discipline by the NBA in accordance with such Article."
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Posted by: saintex | January 6, 2010 4:13 PM | Report abuse
Good riddance! Let's hope whoever they sign to fill his roster spot can play defense (without armed assistance) and play more than two weeks at a time without pulling up lame.
Posted by: Cossackathon | January 6, 2010 4:15 PM | Report abuse
Gil brought this on himself... Last nights little dance routine certainly didn't help his case. I hope this helps make him a better person in the long run.. It certainly will make him less wealthy, or at worst a convicted criminal.
Posted by: bigceedee | January 6, 2010 4:16 PM | Report abuse
I like Gilbert, but he has to be the biggest moron on the face of the earth. First he has previously has issues with firearms. Did he learn his lesson...NO. Secondly while he is being investigated, Gilbert shows his lack of remorse and makes fun of the situation during pre-game.
Who thinks it is ok to bring firearms into the workplace? Worse is the fact these firearms don't have proper registration or license.
So far Gilbert hasn't shown he has one brain cell in his often injured body.
Posted by: Boogadiggy | January 6, 2010 4:17 PM | Report abuse
Good riddance. He's got the mentality of a 5 year old.
Posted by: getitritegov | January 6, 2010 4:17 PM | Report abuse
I dont care about the suspension. He can play for all I care.
Void the contract so we can start building a team here folks!
Look at the big picture. Gil ain't been in the equation for quite some time.
Posted by: Woodbridge45 | January 6, 2010 4:17 PM | Report abuse
Had he been any average black man in this city busted for having an illegal gun, he would be in the DC jail right now, and everyone knows it. That is EXACTLY where he should be, even if it is for a few hours until he posts bail. How in the heck can the DC police say they are cracking down on illegal guns and not arrest him? He admitted to having the gun. Seems simple to me. Lock him up, then throw the bum out of the city for good once he does his time.
Posted by: Aimhigh2000 | January 6, 2010 4:20 PM | Report abuse
I agree with Woodbridge45, VOID THE CONTRACT! This may be your only chance to get out of the worst contracts in professional sports.
Posted by: Boogadiggy | January 6, 2010 4:21 PM | Report abuse
He's getting what he deserves - the asinine move before last night's game was the cherry on top. A shame.
Posted by: gjtache | January 6, 2010 4:23 PM | Report abuse
this was a good move...
the NBA is rife with thugs who can't control their emotions and who feel that their position in life gives them special privileges. there's no excuse to reward their bad behavior.
actually, you can say just about the same for all other professional sports.
Posted by: yesnomaybe213 | January 6, 2010 4:23 PM | Report abuse
Hey Gilbert say Hello to Plaxico Burress will you?
When will sports celebs learn they are just not above the law? Anyone else would have been in jail already.
Posted by: mikefward | January 6, 2010 4:24 PM | Report abuse
I'm listening to some of you people talk about "justice" etc,etc,..Does anybody here really believe Gilbert is violent and wasn't joking? Seriously? What would Abe say? Abe would be ashamed at Washington. He loved Gilbert and nobody gave more to the kids and community than Gilbert Arenas. The guy has always been a smiling, giggling, joking nice guy. Period!!
For Stern to listen to sportstalk radio idiots and determine that Gilbert isn't serious enough therefore must be fined is crazy. What do folks want...TEARS? Does Gilbert have to go on Oprah? David Stern is a joke. Read Sterns comment. Because Gilbert is smiling and not giving up much information the Commish has deemed him remorseful. Wow!!! Whatever happen to due process and innocent until proven guilty?
Shame on you Washingtonpost Posters. What would Abe say? I ask you that....he knew Gilbert and now the Wiz look like Texas Tech. A team trying to save money and using some false morality issues as the reason. Abe would NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS!!!!
Posted by: kentonsmith | January 6, 2010 4:24 PM | Report abuse
"Void the contract so we can start building a team here folks!"
I hope so.
- Ray
Posted by: rmcazz | January 6, 2010 4:24 PM | Report abuse
Wow -
Tiger is too big for his family, Portis is too big for his team and now Gilbert is TOO BIG for the whole NBA!
I don't need all sports stars to be role models but I expect some common sense and respect for others. Being silly when you are also being a superstar seems better than being stupid when you are no longer one. All three of these guys may be lost causes but I hope some of the other superstars start to pay attention.
What a drag for Antawn, Caron and Brendan who have towed the line waiting for the final piece (even if the piece was not loaded)
Posted by: bkuebler | January 6, 2010 4:28 PM | Report abuse
This guy has tons of money. Why the heck doesn't he just build a safe room in his house - a totally locked, safe area - where he can store his guns? Instead of using the dumb excuse that he wants to keep them from his kids. I know a couple of people in the DC area - with far less money than Arenas, regular people like you and me - who hunt and who have built safe rooms to store their rifles and ammo and to reload the shells in a place inaccessible to their kids. Then he can have people over and bring them into the safe room and show them his firearms. Parenthood requires sacrifices. Perhaps he needs to get with the program and take responsibility for storing his firearms safely so his kids are safe...or getting rid of them entirely.
Posted by: huntysmom | January 6, 2010 4:28 PM | Report abuse
Well - getting suspended will probably save Gilbert from a season-ending injury.
Posted by: h2izcool1 | January 7, 2010 10:09 AM | Report abuse
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Pudge is decent but the elite catchers are Mauer, Victor Martinez, and Brian McCann, and not necessarily in that order.
But according to the OP, Mauer is protected and this is an AL-only league, so McCann's not part of his equation.
One name I haven't seen mentioned here is Piazza. I'm guessing you can get him for less than V-Mart, and he'll give you similar if not better offensive numbers and may even get more ABs as Oakland's full-time DH. And I agree with the previous poster who mentioned Laird. If you can land these two guys, you're in pretty good shape at the C position.


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If you have ever tried Double Dutch jump roping, you know it takes three people to play. But what if there wasnt anyone else who wanted to play? That was the problem Tahira Reid, a senior mechanical engineering major, faced in third grade. Tahira conceived of a machine that would solve her problem, but it was not until her second year at Rensselaer that she could actually finish the design and build it. The solution is called the Automatic Double Dutch Turner. Reid and her Rensselaer classmates just received a patent for the device, which is composed of four mechanical arms moving two ropes in syncopated rhythm.
Reid brought her concept to life in 1997 through Introduction to Engineering Design (IED), a sophomore design course in which students work together on interdisciplinary teams and design and build devices to satisfy needs that they have identified.
Bill Foley, clinical associate professor in decision sciences and engineering systems, heads IED with the help of Burt Swersey, lecturer in mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, and mechanics. Swersey also teaches Inventors Studio, a course that helps students shape their projects into commercial products.
Reid and her mechanical engineering teammatesColleen Conlon, a junior; Tom Manning, a senior; and MBA candidate Zafer Mustafaare currently enrolled in Inventors Studio. They are exploring design options for the Automatic Double Dutch Turner to lower manufacturing costs.
If the design is licensed and sold, Rensselaer, which holds the patent, will distribute 75 percent of the income to the inventors. Reids team received a National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) grant for $10,000 in December 1998 to cover costs of building an advanced model and applying for a patent. In March 1998, NCIIA invited the team to participate in an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of American History. In Washington, Reids Automatic Double Dutch Turner received national attention. A representative from the American Double Dutch League said the device could be a useful tool for conditioning competitive jumpers.


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Assume he's guilty (as most people do, "innocent until proven guilty" being for the court fo law, not the court of public opinion. What is all the fuss about? Granted, he did a terrible thing, as I'm sure anyone who has a dog will tell you. Dogs are man's best friends and they deserve better treatment. But really. Is this really worse than domestic abuse, to name just one example? Athletes beat their wifes and we tsk tsk. They cheat on their wifes and we yawn. Heard it all before. But abuse animals and people take to the streets in protest.
Speaking of which, how many football fans do you think there are in PETA? Sorry, I just can't get excited about any cause PETA advocates. Let's fix the way we treat human beings before we start marching in the streets over how we treat our animals.
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"How about Algernon Cadwallader?"
"They always seemed…"
"They always seemed what? They always seemed really great is what they always seemed. They picked up where your precious Cap n' Jazz left off, and you're sitting around complaining about no more Cap n' Jazz albums. I can't believe you don't own this fucking record. That's insane. Jesus."
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
How about Algernon Cadwallader?
Posted by Algernon S. Cadwallader at 9:00 AM
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What movie on this screen ?ReplyDelete
it's from the movie "high fidelity".ReplyDelete
i just watched this movie like two days ago, so it's an amazing coincidence that you guys made this joke.
haha i had thought that this is for real, so i watched that movie immediately! but it was pretty boring most of the time\\ReplyDelete
hahaha.. so true.. This band fills the CapnJazz void in me..ReplyDelete
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September 15, 2010 8:57:00 AM
The Starkville High School volleyball team beat Columbus High 3-0 and cruised to a quick win in its Legue 3, Region 2 opener Tuesday.
The set scores were 25-16, 25-3, 25-13.
Starkville (19-7, 1-0 region) beat Columbus ( 3-9, 0-2), setting up a Thursday home match with Tupelo for the region lead.
Starkville junior setter Wheeler Richardson recorded 20 assists, six aces, six digs and two kills to lead the Lady Jackets, whose only points conceded in the second set came from errors.
Starkville dominated Columbus, leading nearly the entire way outside of a pair of Lady Falcon 2-1 leads.
Elizabeth Scott had five kills and McKay Richardson had four kills for Starkville, which got a strong performance from its starters and bench players. Substitutes Jondia Weatherspoon and Tierra Tillman combined for five kills and pair of aces, while Priyanka Parajuli had five aces and four digs.
Starkville coach Lauren Love lauded her bench players'' efforts against Columbus and hopes the total effort continues in the last two weeks of the season.
"We''ve been in the gym and toward the end of the season the work they''re starting to put in is starting to pay off," Love said. "It''s carrying over on match day and we''re real proud of everybody who got in today. Everybody played their part."
For Columbus head coach Shay Ashford, her team''s loss was a mirror of what she''s seen all season. The Lady Falcons rallied to within 16-11 in the first set after a pair of aces and two kills. Columbus, but was outscored 9-2 to end the first set.
The dismal second-set effort that followed was disappointing, Ashford said.
"We typically play like that," Ashford said. "We''ll do good the first game, then we''ll lose the momentum the second game and we''ll get to the third game and struggle to get back over that hill. We have to work on shaking off a bad game and getting back in it. Just because we lose one game doesn''t mean we''ll lose the match. We haven''t grasped that concept yet."
Columbus was paced by Jabrai Jones with three kills, Amanda Hill with six assists and Zenobia Jones with six digs.
While Columbus struggled to regain its short-lived form, the Lady Jackets worked to maintain their strong attacking play. In the second set, they tallied four kills and six aces in the blowout second set.
"We definitely tried to keep up the momentum," Scott said. "It was a little hard because (Columbus) let up a little bit, but we had to keep going and not play on their level. We had to get excited even when it wasn''t exciting. We just had to keep it going."
Columbus returns to the court Tuesday at Tupelo before traveling to Starkville for a rematch on Sept. 28.
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A TripAdvisory survey for 2009 suggests some rather surprising findings regarding where people plan to vacation in 2009.
Topping the list of hotspots this year: Budoni in Sardinia, Italy in Europe and St. George, Utah in the United States.
73% of those surveyed said they planned to visit a national park this year, while 11% say they plan to engage in some form of extreme sport.
With the focus on ecology, it isn't surprising that 34% of those surveyed said they plan to stay in green-friendly hotels and resorts.
Another not-so-surprising factor involved in making vacation plans this year is the cost of fuel. 61% of those surveyed said fuel plays a strong role in their vacation decisions; 18% said they will make more car trips because of lower fuel costs.
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Transfers: Edcarlos
European clubs clearly do not want to leave Sao Paulo in peace. After Racing Santander failed to buy Alex Silva, Portuguese Benfica started wanting another fullback - Edcarlos. After the activity of European scouts in Brazil Sao Paulo can count in its central midfield only on young Fernando and on Hernanes.
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special power strips that will let you keep your devices plugged in without drawing unnecessary power, but for a low tech yet organized option look at the
velcro wall socket. This concept is made up of a simple velcro wall plate and coresponding velcro wrapped plugs. This could work well if you only have a few regular devices that you plug into a specific outlet, but you just have to remember to unplug.
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Patrick Kochanek, MD, Director of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, and his co-investigator, Raj Aneja, MD, have been awarded a three-year contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) to study novel pre-clinical strategies to prevent brain edema in traumatic brain injury and polytrauma. They will be pursuing TLR4-related pathways. Their work is a collaborative study between the Safar Center and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
Professor Kochanek's 30-year research career has focused on experimental and clinical traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cardiopulmoary arrest (CA) for the pediatric and adult arenas. He pioneered the groundbreaking concept of multi-center, multi-model, pre-clinical therapeutic and biomarker screening in TBI through his involvement as principal investigator of Operation Brain Trauma Therapy (OBTT), a partnership between civilian and DoD investigators. OBTT produced the first pre-clinical multicenter consortium evaluating novel therapies and biomarkers for TBI across multiple models. Dr. Kochanek is Director of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, which is one of three research centers within the Department of Critical Care Medicine. Researchers at the Safar Center identify and promote ever-improving methods of preventing premature death and reducing associated disability from trauma and cardiac arrest in people with "hearts and brains too good to die."
Dr. Aneja, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Critical Care Medicine, studies the regulation of the heat shock response by a nuclear protein called Poly (ADP) ribose polymerase (PARP). His clinical research interests include the use of plasma exchange in multi-organ failure associated with sepsis. He is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.


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The Early Show Amos Lee; Phil Keoghan. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Adele performs. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America Francis Ford Coppola; chef Emeril Lagasse. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Rachael Ray Nancy Grace vies with Donny Deutsch; Ed Helms. (N) 9 a.m. KCBS
Live With Regis and Kelly January Jones. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View David Frei; Denise Richards. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
The Doctors Dr. Ruth Westheimer. (N) 11 a.m. KCAL
The Talk Susan Flannery, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood and Katherine Kelly Lang. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
Oprah Winfrey A child's violent mental illness. (N) 3 p.m. KABC
Dr. Phil A family ripped apart by accusations of child molestation. (N) 4 p.m. KCBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Cory Monteith. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC
The Dr. Oz Show Food cures; concussion. (N) 5 p.m. KTTV
Washington Week The budget: John Dickerson, CBS; Jeanne Cummings, Politic. Egypt: Jim Sciutto, ABC. Protests in Middle East: Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE
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Late Show With David Letterman Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real performs. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
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So taking small steps as instructed, I've now got a half hour of walk/run under my belt (which is somewhat tighter than it was this time last year).
Today's mission was accomplished early this morning along the beautiful Nightcliff foreshore in steamy build up conditions.
A chance encounter with Pocket Rocket Nikki and hearing about her IM 70.3 Sunshine Coast experience further fueled my enthusiasm.
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Sarah Shahi is one of the few lucky people who get to attend the Super Bowl this year in Dallas. Â However, she probably won't know what the heck she's watching. Â Sarah recently Tweeted:
"Help. I know nothing about football. What can I say to sound impressive tomorrow?"
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Soon after the major polio epidemic in 1957, the government started vaccinating children against this disease. This was the go ahead for the National Immunisation Programme, which was offered to everyone free of charge and to which other vaccinations weresubsequently added. Today, the programme protects children against a number of dangerous diseases and prevents epidemics. RIVM directs the National Immunisation Programme and coordinates its implementation by the Community Health Services, Child Health Clinics and the Centres for Children and Families.
The number of vaccines in the National Immunisation Programme has increased, vaccines are continually being improved, and the target group has extended from children to include 13-year old girls. Based on ongoing innovation and improvement, theeffectiveness and safety of the immunisationprogramme and vaccines are continuously monitored. Currently, immunisation is offered against 12 diseases. Population participation in all immunisations is high, between 92 and 99%, with the exception of the human papillomavirus vaccination, for which participation is 58%.
Public Health Status and Forecast
Instead of reading thousands of reports, one report is sufficient", says Henk Smid, Director of the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, ZonMw.
At four-year intervals since 1993, RIVM has published the Public Health Status and Forecast Report in the Netherlands. This report provides an overview of disease and health status, disease prevention, health care and policy in the Netherlands. The report has considerable impact, and the results are used as the basis for formulating public health policy prepared by the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport.
The sixth edition published in June 2014 has taken a new direction. In addition to an overview of current and future public health trends, the report presents future scenarios based on public health perspectives. These scenarios present a vision of the future and what needs to be done to achieve this, for instance, through policy.
The scenarios are based on discussions with stakeholders to assess whether the Dutch population can recognise itself in the scenarios. Thus, the report has become more of a co-creation than previous editions, which were based on close cooperation with health care professionals and other partners. As the report is available online, the results are widely accessible.
More about the Public Health Status and Forecast Report
To the website www.eengezondernederland.nl (Dutch only)
RIVM's work on air quality is wide ranging. As well as monitoring quantities of air pollution, RIVM investigates the impact of air pollution on people and the environment.
Long-term exposure to fine air particles can aggravate health conditions, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, causing thousands of deaths in the Netherlands annually. Air pollution is also a threat to the natural environment, to plant and animal biodiversity. Thus, emissions of air pollutants have to be reduced.
RIVM's work on air quality is wide ranging. As well as monitoring quantities of air pollutants, the institute investigates the impact of air pollution on people and the environment. The results of these investigations are used as the basis for decisions by government on measures to mitigate air pollution have to be reduced.
Expertise is combined in the National Cooperation Programme on Air Quality, in which the Dutch Government and other government bodies work to ensure that the Netherlands promptly meets EU limit values set for fine particles and nitrogen dioxide emissions.
Every hour of the day, RIVM updates the air quality map of the Netherlands for nitrogen dioxide, ozone and fine particles on the website of the National Air Quality Monitoring Network. RIVM also publishes forecasts for several days of these substances. Being warned of concentrations exceeding certain levels is vital for COPD and asthma patients in planning their
outdoor activities. This type of information is also available on the new app on air quality.
Set up 40 years ago, the National Air Quality Monitoring Network is now the official reference point for air quality measurement in the Netherlands. RIVM also plays a key role internationally in monitoring air quality. RIVM leads the European Topic Centre for Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation, a consortium of 14 organisations in Europe that collect and monitor data on air pollution, climate and noise in Europe. Studies are also carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of human health and environmental policy. In addition, RIVM transfers knowledge on air quality monitoring to other countries such as Turkey.
An innovation in monitoring fine air particles is the iSPEX-app that enables citizens to monitor levels themselves on smartphones. RIVM expects that this new technology will provide additional information about the type of fine particles in the air. iSPEX was developed by a large team of scientists from different organisations in the Netherlands.
iSPEX is a great innovation, involving citizens in air quality and health. By measuring air pollution, you are contributing to scientific insights and solutions.
Drs. Mariette van Empel Director Climate, Air and Sound, Acting Director General Environment and International Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Attention to health in schools has advantages for students, teachers, schools and parents. RIVM is active in promoting the Healthy School.
The Healthy School concept was developed in the USA and builds on what schools are already doing. The school selects relevant health themes from a range of themes that include health education, school environment, and ways to identify student health problems. The approach is embedded in school policy and the school evaluates its
health activities every year.
RIVM cooperates with national and local partners including Community Health Services and the Education Agenda on Sport, Movement and Healthy Life Style.
Community Health Services advise schools that wish to adopt the Healthy School approach. Organisations, such as the Nutrition Centre, Trimbos Institute, and the Netherlands Institute for Sport and Movement (NISB), develop programmes to be implemented in school classes. For instance, the higher age limit on alcohol consumption was the reason for programmes to make schools alcohol free. Schools can develop their own health activities with financial support from the Healthy School project. For instance, six schools and the Community Health Service are working together in an innovative programme to make children aware of the importance of healthy eating.
To the website www.gezondeschool.nl (Dutch only)
Nanotechnology has unknown potential. Solar cells with higher energy yields, better diagnosis and treatment of cancer, new materials with special properties. But as yet too little is known about the risks because nano particles have other characteristics than larger particles of the same substance.
To gain more insight into the potential risks of nanotechnology, the Knowledge and Information Centre for Risks of Nanotechnology KIR-nano) was set up in 2007 to provide independent and verifiable information. This information is used to improve legal frameworks for the safety of products containing nano particles.
KIR-nano is based at RIVM because of the institute's task in advancing public health and environmental safety. Knowledge and research from different areas are brought together and the results are translated into policy. KIR-nano is represented in all major national and international forums on nanotechnology. As a result, RIVM has a unique position as an objective party, as an institute that informs and advises, and in national and international research.
In line with government policy to stimulate nanotechnology, KIR-nano has an eye for societal and economic advantages. Thus, in the coming years, efforts will be directed to making knowledge and expertise about risks and regulatory frameworks available in order to support innovative developments. KIR-nano is well positioned to establish what knowledge is required and where the knowledge development focus should be. To guarantee its independence, KIR-nano knowledge and expertise are not used to develop specific products.
The Round Table on hospital infections and antibiotic resistance provides maximum transparency on outbreaks of multiresistant bacteria in hospitals in the Netherlands.
Prof. Dr. Marc Bonten | Microbiologist | University Medical Centre Utrecht
In 2012, there was an outbreak of Salmonella Thompson in the Netherlands. Rapid action by Community Health Services, RIVM and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Products Safety Authority revealed that those infected with the pathogen had eaten smoked salmon from a specific producer. The infected salmon was immediately removed from the shops in order to prevent more people becoming infected. To take rapid action in such situations, RIVM has set up a permanent alert system. Regional, national and international alerts are immediately picked up and appropriate action is discussed with experts.
There is increasing concern about emerging infectious diseases, diseases that are new to an area, and known diseases that are occurring more frequently. New emerging diseases are particularly those transmitted from animals to humans (zoonoses), such as Q fever and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), or are modified pathogens making a disease easier to transmit, more virulent and not treatable with known medication. New infectious diseases can be imported through food, animals and other products. In addition, as more people travel worldwide they are likely to come into contact with new pathogens.
Emerging infectious diseases are identified and discussed in three separate Round Tables. The first is the assessment of the ider scope of infectious diseases, the second focuses on infections in hospitals and nursing homes that are often caused by pathogens resistant to antibiotics, and the third concerns zoonoses. In each component, RIVM works closely with Community Health Services, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Products Safety Authority, and where relevant with other parties.
More about infectious diseases
Everyday products, such as household cleaners, clothes, paint, children's toys, cosmetics and glues, are made with industrial chemicals. Through the use of such consumer products, people can be exposed to substances that could pose potential health risks.
RIVM expertise on the risks of substances and products is recognised nationally and internationally. RIVM has developed the ConsExpo model that has become the standard method in Europe to support experts in assessing consumer exposure. The model is also used by national authorities, institutes and companies in countries, such as Canada, Australia and South Korea.
The extent to which people are exposed to substances in consumer products depends on a range of factors. For instance, the place where the product is used and also the substance properties, extent of exposure and individual sensitivity. On the basis of information obtained from the ConsExpo model, governments and companies can take measures to prevent and limit damage, such as replacing a certain substance in a product. In this way, RIVM contributes to knowledge about the risks of substances to make consumer products safer.
Some 1.1 million people in the Netherlands are disturbed at night by traffic noise, which together with noisy neighbours are the main sources of noise hindrance in the Netherlands. If noise is too loud or certain sounds are experienced as noise, this can eventually lead to health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
But sound is more than a collection of decibels. Natural sounds, such as bird song, can be a positive experience and help to relax people, and thus contribute to human health and well-being.
For many years, RIVM has investigated the impact of noise on human health and well-being, and regularly conducts surveys on noise hindrance. RIVM also has expertise on the impact and experience of noise, and carries out studies on the urban population, on the sound quality of their environment, and on noise and vibration along railway lines. RIVM advises government on the consequences of noise hindrance, and records and monitors that legal noise hindrance levels are not exceeded. In these different ways, RIVM contributes to improving the quality of the environment.
More about noise (Dutch only)
RIVM manages three population screening programmes for cancer – breast cancer, cervical cancer and since 2014, bowel cancer. These screening programmes have been set up for early detection of cancer in people who do not have symptoms.
Participating in population screening in the Netherlands reduces your chance of dying of breast cancer by 50%. This is the result of 25 years of continuous improvement.
Drs. Mark J.P. Steinbusch | Management Board | Population Screening South Eindhoven
Since 1990, women in the Netherlands have been screened for breast cancer. All women between the ages of 50 and 75 are invited every two years to participate in breast cancer screening, which is carried out in mobile screening units. In 2015, population screening for breast cancer will have been carried out for 25 years. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the Netherlands. Every year, breast cancer is identified in some 16,000 women and annually some 3,200 women die of the disease. The population screening prevents some 775 deaths annually.
The screening involves a series of steps carried out by different parties: an invitation to participate in the screening; the breast screening (mammogram); assessment of the mammogram; dispatch of the results; and a referral, where necessary. These steps are closely coordinated to safeguard the quality of the screening. RIVM is the national coordinator, ensuring all elements of the screening process meet the highest standards. RIVM also ensures that the screening is easily accessible and cost effective.
More about population screening
Non-smokers live on average five to ten years longer than smokers. Yet people continue to smoke, partly because of an addiction to nicotine. It is less well known that substances are added to tobacco products to enhance the taste of cigarette smoke, such as sugar, liquorice and cacao. As a result, it is easier for people to start smoking and to continue smoking. Also, substances that are harmful or that even cause cancer may be released from burnt sugar.
What are the harmful substances? And what effects do these have on human health? RIVM works as an independent body to investigate the composition of tobacco products. This is done using a smoking robot to simulate a smoker and then the composition of the smoke is analysed.
Based on the findings, information for consumers such as young people is made available on a special website (watziterintabak.nl). RIVM advises policy makers in the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports on the EU guidelines on tobacco. The risks of new products, such as the shisha pen(electronic water pipe) and the e-cigarette, are analysed.
For the Netherlands Food and Consumer Products Safety Authority (NVWA), RIVM monitors whether the quantities of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarettes are in line with the quantities stated on the packet. RIVM is the WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Product Regulation and Control, and works on new methods to measure harmful particles in cigarette smoke.
To the website www.tabakinfo.nl (Dutch only)
To the website www.watziterintabak.nl (Dutch only)
People can be exposed to harmful substances after a major fire, accident, attack or other type of incident. Governments and citizens want to know the risks associated with such events and whether adequate measures have been taken. RIVM Environmental Incident Service supports regional and local authorities and helps organisations, such as the police and fire brigade, to answer such questions.
As an independent unit, the Environmental Incident Service monitors the extent and dispersal of hazardous substances, assesses whether people have been exposed and the potential risk to human health and the environment. This information is used by the uthorities in deciding whether measures that are often taken directly after an incident are still applicable, or need to be changed ordiscontinued.
The Environmental Incident Service has specialised knowledge and skills. The highly trained team is equipped with mobile laboratories containing advanced equipment to rapidly monitor, collect and analyse air, water and soil samples at a disaster site. If necessary, samples can be analysed by one of the specialised laboratories in the Netherlands that are combined with RIVM in a Laboratory Network.
The Environmental Incident Service is on call 24/7 and responds to incidents and disasters in the Netherlands and also in other countries.
The lifestyle intervention 'Be interactive' aims at raising the social standing of migrant women through walking and running to improve fitness and health. This intervention is published on the intervention database Active and Healthy Living, available on www.loketgezondleven.nl, the support site for health promotion professionals by RIVM and its partners.
'Be Interactive' is one example of a recognised lifestyle intervention. Research has shown that these interventions are effective and professionals have established that they can be implemented. By sharing life style interventions online, organisations no longer have to develop interventions themselves.
The quality system for recognised lifestyle interventions and the results published on a website give health care professionals access to the best available interventions. Professionals can also have their own interventions assessed. In addition to the RIVM Centre for Healthy Living, many organisations cooperate in assessing and implementing lifestyle interventions
in the Netherlands.
Promoting an enabling environment to facilitate healthy lifestyles and choices nationally and internationally.
Dr João Breda PhD, MPH, MBA | Programme Manager Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity | Division of Non Communicable Diseases and Life-course WHO Regional Office for Europe Copenhagen
To the website ww.loketgezondleven.nl/en
Information about lifestyle and diseases is essential for everyone as knowledge about health risks and information about what you can do yourself often helps to prevent problems. However, information on the internet or via other channels is not always understandable, clear and complete. So, RIVM together with other partners in public health have developed a number of toolkits.
A communication toolkit can include films, photos, posters, sample letters, presentations and questionnaires on a specific theme, for instance a toolkit on hand hygiene. The toolkits are on the RIVM website and are easy to download. They are designed for anyone who needs to provide information about disease and care, such as Community Health Services, youth health organisations, schools and pharmacists.
There are toolkits for all types of themes, such as health problems caused by the oak processionary caterpillar, prevention of hearing damage, cold and flu prevention and also health problems caused by extreme weather conditions and air pollution.
What does the Dutch population eat? And how has the diet changed over the years? How healthy is our diet? Every few years since 1987, a detailed survey has been conducted of what people eat in the Netherlands. This survey covers the whole population and also specific groups, such as young children and the elderly.
As an independent government organisation, RIVM coordinates data collection, and is responsible for design, methodology and quality control of the national food consumption survey, and data publication and management. The data are used to calculate the quantities of nutrients consumed, such as vitamins, and potential harmful substances, such as pesticides. The food consumption data are used in formulating policy on healthy diet and food safety to improve the range of food products on offer in the Netherlands, and also in public information and research. Recommended food intake A healthy diet is essential in reducing overweight and in managing chronic diseases. The food consumption survey shows what people are eating on average in the Netherlands in relation to recommended food intake. For instance, we consume too much salt and trans-fatty acids such as butter, but too little fish, fruit and vegetables. This can be improved by adjusting the range of food products on offer and encouraging people to eat a healthier diet. For instance, the food consumption survey shows which products are the main sources of high salt intake. Based on this knowledge, the overnment has stimulated food manufacturers to reduce the salt content of products such as bread, cheese, processed meats, and ready-to-eat products.
More about the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey
Is electromagnetic radiation from my mobile phone harmful? Are my concerns about electromagnetic fields from wind turbines in my neighbourhood justified? The Knowledge Platform Electro-Magnetic Fields and Health provides answers to such questions and concerns about potential health effects of electro-magnetic fields. RIVM is continually looking for professional partners in knowledge platforms and networks. Here are two examples of knowledge networks and platforms in which RIVM is active or has a contributing role.
The Knowledge Centre on Healthy Urban Living provides integrated knowledge to enable people to live healthy, long and independent lives in clean, sustainable and prosperous towns and cities. Five well-known Dutch organisations (TNO, RIVM, KNMI, Utrecht University and Deltares) have combined expertise to find solutions to complex everyday issues in urban areas. This information benefits governments, companies and citizens, nationally and internationally.
RIVM participates in the Biocide Knowledge Network, an independent network of producers, suppliers, professional users, representatives of government and consumer organisations. For instance, biocides are used in disinfectants, in preservatives and in pesticides. By working together, the Knowledge Network ensures the right substance is used at the right time and in the right way.
Healthy Urban Living turns a societal challenge into an economic opportunity by sharing knowledge on healthy living in urban areas with the private sector.
Remco van Lunteren | Vice Governor, Infrastructure, Economics and Finance | Province of Utrecht
To the website www.kennisplatform.nl (Dutch only)
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I found this cute colored rhinestone hair comb on Etsy but it's no longer available because it's sold out. When I went to the seller's website it seems to be abandoned. I can't tell.
I am hoping that someone in the Weddings Community or Women's Accessories Community would be able to point me in the right direction to find something as close to this as possible. My mom suggested that she and I buy some supplies at Pearl Art Supply and Michael's to make it ourselves. And I might just do that. But for $28, I'd much prefer ordering it and having it mailed to me. I don't want to mess around with supplies as I am not a jewelry designer.
If anyone has suggestions or ideas, please let me know! THANK YOU! <3


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Terrific! Batteries on Missing #MH370 Black Box Were Expired, Due to Be Replaced
Malaysian officials admitted Saturday that the batteries on the black box of missing flight MH370 were expired and due to be replaced.
The plane has been missing for 28 days.
A Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing has lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 2.40am, 8th March 2014. The plane was carrying a total number of 227 passengers including two infants and twelve crew members.
(Strait Times)
The Strait Times reported:
Malaysia Airlines chief executive officer (CEO) Ahmad Jauhari Yahya today confirmed that the batteries of the black box pingers of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 were due for replacement in June.
"And as far as the batteries are concerned, we confirm that there is a maintenance programme whereby the batteries are replaced prior to its expiry.
"We do know that the batterries are due for replacement only in June 2014," he said at a briefing on the search operation for MH370, here today.
Ahmad Jauhari said this in respond to a question from the floor whether the pinger batteries were due for replacement in 2012, as claimed by its US based manufacturer Dukane Seacom Inc.
On Friday, Dukane Seacom Inc president Anish Patel told CNN that the recorders were scheduled for battery replacements in 2012, but they were never returned for the overhaul.
All commercial aircraft are required to carry pingers, known as underwater locator beacons, to help investigators locate them should they crash into water.
One is attached to the flight data recorder (FDR) and another to the cockpit voice recorder (CVR).
The FDR and CVR make up the flight recorders, also known as the black box. The pings sound about once per second, and can be detected from two nautical miles away by towed pinger locators (TPLs).
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Located in a converted barn, Rooster's offers a little bit of everything. On weekends, guests can arrive at 8 a.m. for a full breakfast menu. Lunch and dinner are served all week, with fish fries on Wednesday and Friday. The full bar and game area on the lower level have big-screen TVs. Rooster's owner Frank Cook also has an interesting side venue. He offers 500 different hot sauces that can be sampled and purchased. The biggest seller, Dave's Insanity, comes with a disclaimer -- "Warning: this sauce also strips wax floors and driveway grease." Don't say you weren't warned.


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Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Wouldn't it be Loverly?
"Okay, I'll stop now," he said.
So he lied. Live with it.
I thought my attempt at sounding anywhere near Eliza was so bad that it just had to go up.
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text: As the latest alpha version of DD-WRT is over 20MB when compressed using zip, I have tried compressing the same set of files (extracted from the zip archive) using both WinRAR and 7zip. When compressed using 4MB dictionary size and solid archive, they both exhibit a much smaller compressed size comparing to zip. Code: -rw-r--r-- 1 raymond raymond 6102036 2005-09-11 16:00 dd-wrt.v23-alpha.7z -rwx------ 1 raymond raymond 6051634 2005-09-11 16:16 dd-wrt.v23-alpha.rar -rwx------ 1 raymond raymond 21630898 2005-09-10 04:23 dd-wrt.v23-alpha.zip Do you think that it is a good idea moving to use any of them to archive the firmware for future distribution? The RAR archive is produced using WinRAR standard interface without recovery record and 7z was produced using the following command: Code: 7z a -t7z -m0=lzma -mfb=255 -md=4m -ms=on ../dd-wrt.v23-alpha.7z *


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Current Newswire:
eRacks Offers High End PCs to Open Source CrowdMay 22, 2012, 08:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Christopher Tozzi)
Gamers are not exactly the first group that comes to mind when one thinks of Linux users. Yet eRacks, a PC vendor specialized in open source systems, recently launched a new line of high end desktops, called AresPro, aimed at gamers and other customers with specific needs for powerful computers.
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Nymbler is the smart baby name guide that responds to your personal taste.
Nymbler makes name connections with insights from baby-naming expert Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard.
TaureanInspire Nymbler with Taurean
A boy's name of Latin origin that has been particularly popular with African-American families. Taurean was most popular in 1983 and is currently not among the top 1000 U.S. boys' names. Meaning: Latin: strong; forceful. Astrology: born under the sign of Taurus.
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What a crazy, horrible story. A young woman was just dismissed of all charges for causing a fatal car crash when she lost her bikini top while driving on a NYC thruway back in 2008. Brittany Lahm, who was 19 at the time, was driving back to Manhattan after a trip to the Jersey Shore when one of the passengers in the car, her friend Brandon Berman, jokingly untied the bikini top she was wearing, prompting her to take her hands off the wheel in order to cover herself.
The teen then lost control of the vehicle and it hit a guardrail and flipped, injuring several passengers in her car and killing Brandon. Her mistake cost someone his life, but the jury's decision wasn't the wrong one.
The court ruled that Brittany "did not anticipate" that her friend would do something that caused her breasts to become exposed and that her decision to cover up was the result of a "sudden and unforeseen emergency not of her own making."
You can argue that Brittany could have simply pulled over to the side of the road to fix her top. But then you are assuming that each and every time we are faced with a sudden surprise while driving we stop and think before reacting. More often than not, we make quick decisions on the road and this case shouldn't be viewed any differently than if Brittany had spotted a wild animal in the middle of the street and swerved in order to avoid hitting it.
Now 24, this young woman has to live out the rest of her days knowing she killed one of her friends and ruined several other lives. From what we know, she wasn't found to have been driving recklessly. Brandon did something playful and foolish that a lot of other teens might do and pulling a stupid prank certainly doesn't make him a monster. But it in no way makes it Brittany's fault. At the end of the day, this was an unfortunate and sad accident and Brittany will suffer enough without having to deal with charges she doesn't deserve.
Do you think the jury made the right decision or should Brittany face charges for causing a fatal car accident?
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December 21, 2012
Ithaca, New York
|Ithaca in winter
The way that the call of a crow can make you feel rooted to the earth, like you belong, or the way you can look out a window you used to gaze out years ago and feel at once so very much changed and so very much the same. It's an intimate relationship between person and place, and sense of belonging that nobody can take away from you.
Being here this time of year, tears are always close to the surface. The last time I saw my father was December 27, seven years ago, and yet even now, when I come home, he is everywhere. It's as though in passing away he expanded into this place that he loved so much, in the quiet paths that run the endless acres of forest, in the cold shimmering reflection of our winter streams. The creek beds, the dark stacked towering cliffs of shale, the gnarled tree roots and in the rich scent of decaying leaves. It is here that I feel closer to him than ever, as if I could turn on the trail and he'd be right there beside me, breathing it all in.
|Frozen falls in Six Mile Creek
A few weeks ago I had a dream about my father. We were walking in the winter woods, the rim trail at Treman Gorge. I had on a winter hat and he was wearing his battered old anorak, just like he always did. Suddenly, I looked down to see a big brown feather sticking straight up out of the trail. I bent to pick it up. And at the same time, in this dream, I remembered that I couldn't be walking with my father, not really, because he was no longer living.
"Look, Dad. It's a feather from you!" I said to him, smiling.
He reached over and playfully flipped the edge of my winter hat away from my eyes, to make sure he had my attention. His brown eyes, when they met mine, were welled with tears, and he was smiling at me as though I had made him quite proud in noticing:
Feathers come from my father.
Thank you, he mouthed. Embarrassed by his tears, he gave me a wink.
I woke.
There will be no bonfire for me this year. Instead, I will go to the woods to be close to him. My mother and I will walk the same trail that we've all walked hundreds of times before, arm in arm, wrapped against the cold, our faces feeling clean in it, looking up at the evergreen trees, the gray winter sky, and the delicate naked branches that feel like home. On Sunday we will welcome the new life, little Haven Mae, the grand-daughter he never knew, now sixth months old, on her first visit from Seattle to the lands her family have so loved through the years. She will see the thick wooded hills, hear the gurgling of the water as it runs over smooth rock, and begin to understand something of home.
|Ithaca Falls in high water


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Honor Compact
Editor: John Micklos' letter to the editor on Lieutenant Gov. Melvin Steinberg's plight (Sept. 5) does raise questions. The record of accomplishments should equally list the governor who initiated the programs.
Mr. Steinberg's public service record contains some positive results. However, public interest groups can also classify his certain policy performance as poor. The term "ugly," however, is reserved for the current, sad period of relationships between two public servants. Citizens should ask Mr. Steinberg why he took the oath of office after the 1990 election, given the governor's policy positions.


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The premiere of the new season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is upon us and this season is going to have quite the change in dynamic as Lisa Vanderpump and Brandi Glanville are not speaking. First, Brandi claimed that the feud with her former BFF started because she learned that Lisa was using her to get Scheana Marie, who slept with Brandi's husband, Eddie Cibrian, a spin-off show.
"You might have heard some stuff about Lisa and I having a bit of a tiff," Brandi wrote in an Australian magazine. "I found out some unsettling things about her using me to get this Scheana girl, the girl Eddie cheated on me with, publicity."
"I thought I had done my part by talking to her [Scheana] in the first place," Brandi continues. "I wanted Lisa to get her show. But then to find out Lisa is like her second mother and there are plans to help her [Scheana] get a spin-off show?"
"I really trusted Lisa," Brandi adds. "I'll always love her, but I want an apology. I feel like I was becoming her sidekick and I needed to find me again."
It was also reported that Brandi turned on Lisa while filming regarding rumors that Kyle Richards' husband, Mauricio Umansky, was cheating. "Brandi tried to pin the blame on Lisa for confronting fellow housewife Kyle Richards about allegations her husband had cheated on her, it was the end of their once very close friendship," an insider revealed.
A RHOBH insider is telling us, EXCLUSIVELY, how Lisa feels about the feud with Brandi. "Lisa is extremely hurt from Brandi's betrayal," our source reveals. "Brandi has been trashing Lisa in interviews, behind the scenes and to other RHOBH cast members, while Lisa hasn't said anything."
"Brandi came into season 4 with a pre-meditated plan," our insider reveals. "She needed a storyline and betraying Lisa was the only way she knew she would stay relevant on the show and create drama. Everyone is sick of hearing about how Eddie cheated on her with LeAnn Rimes, so Brandi needed a new way to keep her herself relevant and secure her job. It didn't matter who she had to betray to do that."
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The American Family Bible
1. Second Timothy 1:7
I have several favorite scriptures, but one that comes to my minds is Second Timothy 1:7. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
This scripture reminds me of how quickly that emotion of fear can creep into my mind. I recall my former workplace. We could keep our jobs if we located out-of-town with the new company. The company manager interviewed us all individually. Prayer was definitely a reality for me at this time. This was a time I was constantly in prayer. During the interview, I graciously thanked the manager for the offer. I declined the offer. I did not want to move. I told him, "I do not know what my future will hold, but I know who holds my future." "I may not have this job, but I was not too proud to work at McDonald's if it was necessary to put food on the table." Two people moved out-of-state for the jobs. The rest of us stayed. It is scary loosing your job. I repeated that scripture Second Timothy 1:7 many times during this period.
Very soon the other company contracted us. We worked right there at our present job site. While we worked for the new company at our present job site for one year, I discovered that God is good. During this one year, I received a hefty raise, numerous company benefits, such as luncheons, caps, umbrellas, and the biggest reward was a performance bonus for every employee that made General Motors recent performance bonus in Michigan look like candy. I never imagined. I had not given much thought what would happen at the end of the year, but I should have.
At the end of the year, which seemingly came very quickly, my former company made my coworkers and me an offer to come back to our previous jobs with the same rate of seniority and pay? I thought this was ideal, because I was now making much, much more than before I left, and I had a bonus too. Therefore, I am thankful that I did not let fear, my emotion, rule me during this time. It would have been so easy to do, because money, work, and lifestyles can play an important role during one's lifetime. Therefore, I have deep reasons why this scripture is one of my favorite things.
2. Yaya's Restaurant
I like Yaya's flame boiled chicken salad. This is great for take out or eating there. For those that just like to buy the meat, you can do so by just asking for a "cold pack." I really like being able to see the chicken cooking. That visibility is important for me. According to Yaya, the chickens are never frozen, battered fried in thick oil, or never marinated in oil. This is a big plus for me.
3. Liver & Onion
Not only is it good for me, I actually like liver and onions with gravy. I usually fix them with mashed potatoes or rice. I prefer mashed potatoes. I do not cook it often enough. Meijer usually has nice calf liver. I find that the beef liver is just too tough. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find calf liver at Kroger's or Great Giant's, which are two of my favorite stores also.
4. Beets
Beets are good for me and I like them. I like the original beets and the pickled beets in the jar.
5. Search & Find Books
I originally tried crossword puzzles, but found I do not like them. As I explored some of my likes, I was surprise and happy to find that I enjoy working on the search & find books. It is a challenge to find the words. I usually just get them from the dollar store. I like the Bible search & finds, because they tend to tell a biblical story. Some of my favorite books are Bible word-finds, word-finds large print, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.
6. Online Word Game
The online word game on Face book was a game that I tried. I like it, because it is challenging. I like to play against other players. I have found some very good players at this game. I have not won too often, but I am getting better at it everyday. The more I play the better I get. This online game starts you out with seven letters. You must make a word using as many letters as you can. There is triple word, double word, triple letter, and double letter scoring in this game. It is similar to scrabble, but the scoring is different. I usually play this game when I need a break from writing. I love writing, but need frequent breaks. What are some of your favorite things? [2955][2956]