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It`s Halloween, and tomorrow the stores will be filled with Christmas (if they aren`t already)!
I got a head start on this last weekend at Home Sense, and with some of my favourites this week.
They aren`t too chistmassy, but a little.
Favourite Recipe:
The Cozy Apron: Rum-Spiked Eggnog Creme Brulee
I don`t love eggnog, but I love dessert, and I think this would be so delicious!
Really nice dessert to try for the holidays.
Favourite Organization:
Apartment Therapy: 20 DIY Projects You Can Make For Under $10
I like the way this bathroom is organized, and the necklace hook storage.
Favourite Eye Palette:
Bobbi Brown 'Surf & Sand - Sand' Eyeshadow Palette
I love the colours in this palette! They are light and not too much.
Exactly the colours I have been wearing lately.
Favourite Holiday Table Setting:
Natalie Bradley: Holiday Party Ideas
I love the earthy touches to this table setting. Some of it is a little too much, but the burlap runner, and branches, pine cones etc., are so pretty!
Favourite Clothing Item:
Joe Fresh: Cable Knit Sweater
I bought this yesterday, right after returning another sweater (apparently I have a problem with sweaters...). This looks cute with jeans or leggings and is so soft and lovely.


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Linda Cohn
Linda Cohn
Cohn in 2015
Long Island, New York, U.S.
|SUNY Oswego
|Anchor, ESPN
Notable credit(s)
|National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
SUNY Oswego Athletic Hall of Fame
Women's Sports Journalism Award from the Women's Sports Foundation
|SportsCenter Anchor and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Writer for NY Based Sports
|Stew Kaufman (1980-2008)
Linda Cohn is an American sportscaster. She anchors ESPN's SportsCenter.
Early life and education[edit]
As a child, Cohn would watch sports on TV with her father, who is a huge sports fan.[1] When she was 15, her mother found a hockey league where she could play with boys, although the boys were eight or nine years old.[2] As a teenager, Cohn demonstrated talent at ice hockey as a goaltender, making her high school's boys team.[3] Although she didn't make her high school hockey team as a junior, she ended up making the team as a senior.[1] After graduating from Newfield High School, Cohn attended SUNY Oswego, where she was the goalie for the women's ice hockey team.[4] She graduated with a bachelor's degree in arts and communications in 1981.[3] Cohn was inducted to the Oswego State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.[3]
Early years[edit]
Cohn debuted as a sports anchor for the Patchogue, New York-based radio station WALK-AM (also WALK-FM) in 1981 and worked there for four years. After leaving that station in 1984, she worked as a sports anchor for four other New York area radio stations until 1987, including a brief stint as an update person at WFAN in New York City.[5]
In 1987, Cohn made sportscasting history by becoming the first full-time U.S. female sports anchor on a national radio network when she was hired by ABC. She anchored WABC TalkRadio from 1987–89. In 1988, Cohn got her first television break, after being hired by what was at the time one of ESPN's top competitors, SportsChannel America. In 1989, she hosted a call-in radio sports show in New York.[5]
Cohn was a reporter at the SportsChannel America Network before being hired by KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington to work as a sports anchor there.[5]
ESPN (1992–present)[edit]
Cohn returned to the East Coast in 1992, when she was hired by ESPN to work on SportsCenter. She anchored her first SportsCenter on July 11, 1992 with Chris Myers.[6] She has also been featured in many of the show's This is SportsCenter commercials. Despite her success, Cohn was almost fired in 1994 because the network argued that she wasn't showing her love for sports on TV. The company gave her six months to improve and hired a video coach to help her out.[7]
In addition to her work as a sports journalist, Cohn made a name for herself as a prognosticator during the 1997 NCAA basketball tournament. Her bracket that year for ESPN accurately predicted 15th-seeded Coppin State's shocking victory over South Carolina in the first round, to this day one of the greatest upsets in the tournament's history.[citation needed]
In 2005, Cohn signed a contract extension with ESPN, which added play-by-play for WNBA telecasts to her duties.[8] On June 20, 2008, ESPN announced that Cohn would be a regular anchor for the new morning block of SportsCenter, which launched on August 11 that year. She was to have been the co-anchor, alongside Steve Berthiaume, of the first three hours of the block, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET on weekdays.[9] Several weeks later, however, ESPN announced that the new SportsCenter morning block would be scaled back from nine to six hours.
She hosted her 5,000th edition of SportsCenter on February 21, 2016, a record for SportsCenter anchors.[10] Cohn continues to regularly anchor SportsCenter from 1–3 pm eastern Monday through Friday. She is also the host of the podcast "Listen Closely to Linda Cohn".[11]
Cohn has reported, commentated, interviewed, written, and called play-by-play throughout her career at ESPN.[6]
The network suspended Cohn for saying in a radio interview that left-wing bias at the network had contributed to a loss of subscribers.
Since 2016, she's been co-hosting the Sportscenter from Los Angeles on weekends with Neil Everett.
In mid-July 2018, ESPN issued a press release announcing that Cohn had "signed a new deal to remain with the company for years to come." At the time of signing the new contract, the network's Executive vice-president Norby Williamson noted that in her 26 years with the network, Cohn had "hosted more SportsCenters than anyone else." As part of the new deal, Cohn's role in hockey coverage will be enlarged, with In The Crease, a show that she was the primary host of from its inception in the 2016-17 NHL season's Stanley Cup playoffs, expanding to five nights a week for the entire season, as well as doing hockey-related interviews and features for SportsCenter and other ESPN platforms, in addition to her continuing SportsCenter duties.[12]
In 2008, Cohn released her memoir, Cohn-Head: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Breaking Into the Boys' Club, in which she recounts her passion for sports and her experiences working on SportsCenter. It is a tell-all about her rise to the top of a male-dominated sportscasting world.[13]
Personal life[edit]
In 2008, Cohn's long-time marriage to Stew Kaufman ended and the couple filed for a divorce.[14] In 2014, Cohn was named one of the 25 most influential women in sports.[15]
Cohn has a daughter named Sammy[16] She is Jewish.[17][18][19] She is an avid New York Giants, New York Mets, New York Knicks and New York Rangers fan.[20] In 2019, Cohn's 11 year relationship with Matt Voity ended.
- ^ a b Josephs, Susan. "Setting the Pace for Women in Sportscasting". Jwi.org. Jewish Women International. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Meet the Author: Linda Cohn". YouTube.com. Youtube. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Oswego Alumni Association Past Inductees – 2006". State University of New York at Oswego. Retrieved 2010-03-08.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Phan, Khuong (August 27, 2009). "5 Quick Questions with... Linda Cohn". Daily Tailgate. Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ a b c "Linda Cohn bio". ESPN Media Zone. 28 October 2009. Archived from the original on 31 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ a b Hall, Andy (28 January 2016). "#LCo5KSC: ESPN's Linda Cohn to Anchor Record 5,000th SportsCenter". Espnmediazone.com. ESPN MediaZone. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Linda Cohn on The Dan Patrick Show (Full Interview) 02/22/2016". YouTube.com. Youtube. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Connors, Greg (20 February 2016). "ESPN's Cohn setting longevity mark with 5,000th SportsCenter". The Buffalo News.
- ^ Gough, Paul J. (June 20, 2008). "'SportsCenter' rounds out its new roster". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ Best, Neil (February 11, 2016). "Linda Cohn to host a record 5,000th 'SportsCenter' on ESPN". Newsday. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "ESPN Podcenter". ESPN.
- ^ Hall, Andy (19 July 2018). "Linda Cohn Signs New ESPN Deal; SportsCenter Tenure Continues, Hockey Profile Increases". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Hiestand, Michael (July 2, 2008). "ESPN anchor Cohn's memoir is a refreshing change of pace". USAToday.com. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- ^ Evans, Jayda (16 September 2008). "Former Seattle broadcaster Linda Cohn looks back at career in sports". Seattletimes.com. The Seattle Times Company. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Lee, Amber (3 April 2014). "25 of the Most Influential Women in Sports". Bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report Inc. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Ariens, Chris (21 February 2016). "Linda Cohn's 5000th SportsCenter Even Surprises Her". Adweek.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Cohn-Head: A No-Holds Barred Account of Breaking into the Boys' Club. Cohn, Linda. Lyons Press. Published: September 2, 2008. Page Accessed September 15, 2016.
- ^ Linda Cohn Profile JWA.org Jewish Women's Archive. www.jwa.org Accessed September 15, 2016.
- ^ Berman, Lazar (3 April 2015). "Jewish NFL star posts Pesach photo". Times of Israel. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Cohn, Linda (December 8, 2006). "Exorcising my Devils demons with Zach Parise". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
External links[edit]
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- American television sports announcers
- American Jews
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- Living people
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- Television personalities from New York City
- People from Suffolk County, New York
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Kissed by Death #3
Published by: Entangled: Teen, June 2, 2015
Pages: Adobe Digital Editions 272 pages, Paperback 320 pages
Genre: Romance, Young Adult, Fantasy
Source: Entangled Publishing, NetGalley
Easton doesn't believe in love. He believes in Death. Darkness. Sin. As a reaper for Hell, it's all he's known for over 400 years. When he gets slapped with training the boss' daughter, an angel who knows nothing but joy, he knows he's in for a world of trouble.
When the dangers of Hell threaten Gwen, Easton will do whatever it takes to save her. But as the darkness closes in on them both, will he be able to save himself?
I love this unusual scenario of Angel of Joy and Reaper for Hell! The pairing is very unlikely but Tara Fuller writes it in a believable way. It helps that angel Gwen has an unquenchable need to 'fix' Easton. I want to give this a 3.75 but there are some really sweet moments between Gwen and Easton so it has to be a 4.0.
Gwen is kind of an odd angel in that she wants to experience more than just her angelic joy. When one of her human charges accidentally gets taken to Hell, she's determined to get him out. She's foolishly, but outstandingly, brave in descending into the pits of Hell, but at least she picks the right guy to bring her there – Easton!
Easton is a cool guy/reaper and doesn't take guff from anyone, though he's a bit moody. He even has a conscience about having to bring Gwen down into Hell, but he pretty much has no choice when Balthazar, Gwen's father and Easton's boss, commands him. I also think he punishes himself unnecessarily for his own past but then maybe it's Gwen's role to bring him out of it.
It's interesting that when they touch, part of their elemental natures (misery versus joy) seep into each other, starting to create a better balance.
The author rotates the POV between both Gwen and Easton, and I liked seeing what they're both thinking. The growing attachment between them is well timed and sweet. Amazingly Easton is willing to endure hellish pain for Gwen, and she for him, showing their growing feelings for each other.
Their journey into Hell is well done with torturous misery at every turn, and various unsavoury characters.
Overall, I was still looking for a little more depth, but Descent is very entertaining and I think Easton will be the next book boyfriend hottie! Unexpected ending.
My favourite quote on Page 125:
"Your jokes are terrible," he finally said.
I shrugged, resting my chin on my knees. "I like them.""So do I," he said. "But then again, I'm kind of wired to enjoy terrible things."
Tara Fuller writes novels of teen angst, and kissing. You will find her on the web here:
Thank you to Entangled Publishing for a NetGalley reading copy for the purposes of a review.


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I went to a small car show in Amherst, NH this morning. It was awesome, and I'm currently working on sorting and editing all the pictures I took. I'll have a full gallery up soon but for now here's this!
Unfortunately my camera has a crap microphone. You can barely hear the idle, but it picks up the WOT howl fairly well.


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GULF OF MEXICO — Red snapper, one of the most popular fish in the Gulf of Mexico, are the biggest and most plentiful in years, but the red snapper season in federal waters keeps getting shorter.
A branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has rejected the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council's request for a 22-day recreational season across the Gulf Coast rather than seasons varying by state.
This year's federal recreational season is nine days off of Louisiana, 12 for Texas, 21 for Florida and 28 for Mississippi and Alabama. Those spans were set to give anglers across the Gulf an equal chance, because seasons in state waters vary widely, regional administrator Roy E. Crabtree wrote in a letter.
Texas keeps its waters open year-round. Louisiana's 88-day season runs every weekend from March 23 through Sept. 30 — though it can be cut short if the quota is filled earlier. Louisiana also lets anglers keep three red snapper rather than the federal limit of two. Florida has a 44-day season starting June 1. Mississippi and Alabama matched the federal season.
"I know that fishermen are frustrated and dissatisfied with the progressively shorter fishing seasons," Crabtree wrote in an emailed statement. "The red snapper population is rebuilding and that's a good thing. Now we need to be creative and make some tough decisions that will enable all fishermen to share in the hard-earned benefits provided by this growing population."
Legislators and members of Congress are demanding that NOAA loosen up. The governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida recently wrote to U.S. House and Senate leaders, citing the shortened recreational season and a range of seasons as reasons fisheries management should be turned over to states.
"We believe this confusing management is just the latest evidence of a federal management system that is irretrievably broken," they wrote.
"Broken" is a word that Randy Pausina, assistant secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the state's top fisheries official, uses often about the system. "It looks good on paper … but the practicality is it doesn't work," he said.
Louisiana and Texas have also sued to block NOAA Fisheries from regulating the length of the red snapper recreational fishing season in federal waters off their coasts.
And Louisiana officials have claimed jurisdiction over more than triple the coastal waters set out in federal law. But anglers who follow that are getting tickets that can cost them up to $1,000 per fish.
The fisheries management council has proposed letting states set seasons and bag limits next year.
The total recreational and commercial quota was cut in 2007 from 9.1 million pounds to 5 million pounds but has risen steadily since. The proposed 2013 quota is 8.46 million pounds, up from last year's 8 million.
Commercial boats are regulated differently: Each gets an individual quota.
So are charter boat captains. They must abide by the federal season and limit even in state waters, or risk losing federal licenses. The fisheries management council asked NOAA Fisheries to change that part of the rules. It also was turned down Tuesday.
Texas has a longer federal season than Louisiana because most of its landings are from chartered boats, while most of Louisiana's are by private anglers, NOAA Fisheries spokeswoman Kim Amendola said.
Crabtree said there were several reasons to cut recreational seasons in federal waters even as the total allowed catch is rising.
The recreational quota fills fast because anglers are catching bigger fish and over a wider area of the Gulf than they used to, Crabtree said.
"I live in the Tampa Bay area. Fifteen years ago, we had very, very few red snapper in this area and down the west coast of Florida. Now we have a lot of red snapper all the way down to the Florida Keys," he said.
The fish are about twice as big as in 2005-06, now averaging 8 pounds, he said.
Pausina said creel checks this season show the feds are wildly overestimating the catch rate off Louisiana.
NOAA Fisheries doesn't have enough agents to make good estimates, he said. "Their margins of error are enormous. For an individual state they might say the catch is 1 million pounds, but the margin of error's around 25 to 30 percent. It might be 700,000 to 1.3 million pounds. … You can't manage a fishery on that."
He said his agents have stopped hundreds of boats and measured thousands of fish this year. Their creel checks indicate that anglers have caught about 42 percent of the total NOAA expected by May 6 — 3,874 fish rather than 9,240, he said.
Some of those weekends were too stormy to fish.
"That's the whole point. They projected and we do it real time," Pausina said.
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As HuffPo Grows, Arianna Huffington Makes Some New Year's Resolutions
Twelve months ago, it was just possible to dismiss the impact of the celebrity-infested aggregation-and-blogging site with a supposition: HuffPo readers were mostly interested in political news; therefore, once the hoopla around the election and inauguration of Barack Obama died down, the site's traffic would ebb.It hasn't worked out that way. Quite the opposite, in fact: In November, HuffPo (the site prefers to call itself HuffPost, but everyone else uses the shorter version) attracted 7.9 million unique users, according to ComScore -- a 95 percent increase over the same month a year earlier. That might seem surprising, but it shouldn't be, according to Arianna Huffington, who says the idea of HuffPo as a gathering place for politics junkies is out of date. "Less than a quarter of our current page views are generated by political content," she tells DailyFinance.
Entertainment is the second-most-popular subject area, followed by comedy. This year, HuffPo has been sprouting new "verticals" (as it calls them) left and right. One of the newest, a sports vertical, "has had incredible success within weeks of the launch, partly thanks to Tiger Woods, but not just thanks to him," Huffington says. Next up: A vertical devoted to colleges, which should arrive in February if all goes according to plan.
Besides getting that off the ground, Huffington's goals for 2010 include "bringing more personalization to the site" through such methods as the recently-launched "Social News" initiative; taking the model it employed to provide standout coverage of the Iranian election crisis and applying it to other breaking-news stories; and, perhaps above all, finding new and more effective ways to monetize all the eyeballs it attracts. To that end, the site recently hired former AOL and Yahoo executive Greg Coleman as president and chief revenue officer.
Coleman may have more eyeballs to monetize than anyone previously realized. HuffPo recently received the first batch of data from ComScore's new measurement service, ComScore Direct. Whereas the standard ComScore audience measurement service is panel-based, relying on a relatively small group of volunteers willing to have their Internet usage recorded, ComScore Direct employs "beaconing," which records every time there's a server call on a given Web page. This method is believed to provide a more accurate view of Internet usage that takes place while people are at work, since big companies are reluctant to have their employees serve on panels.
For HuffPo, the difference between the two measurement methods is stark: ComScore Direct pegged the site's unique audience at 17.7 million, versus 7.9 million for the panel-only method. "My belief is the reason the Huffington Post numbers grew so dramatically is because it has very high at-work usage," says Michele Madansky, a media consultant who works with HuffPo. Madansky also believes the disparity shows that HuffPo readers have a high media household in come; affluent Internet users are less likely to take part in panels, which offer cash incentives for participation.


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Hogi Bartini – You say Goodbye, and I say Hello.
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First time for Everything – Five things I never thought I would find myself doing
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Due to valentines day and women's day my mom and I got bouquets of roses from dad.
I love real flowers and I can spend hours in the garden or on the meadow smelling and adoring them.
Favourite flower of mine is peony, both how they look and smell, but roses are pretty too, but they must be on third place because second place is already taken by lilacs, they smell incredible and remind me of spring.
One of the roses from dad found it's way into my bathroom, because it's stem broke and became short.


text: Richard M. Juang As part of GLAAD's ongoing series of posts dedicated to Celebrate Bisexuality Day, we invited bisexual people to share their stories and talk about what today means to them. ____________________________________ By Richard M. Juang If you learned about bisexuality strictly from a quick scan of mass media representations you would learn that being bisexual is hard. Not that bisexual people have tough lives, but that bisexuality is, variously, an experiment, a phase, a passing fad, or a brief excursion en route to a more stable, longer-lasting gay, lesbian or straight identity. This misrepresentation of the identity isn't done maliciously, I think. Rather, it's part of a larger cultural reality in which the story we like to tell ourselves about how love and affection works centers around the idea that there is, out there, one and only one person who satisfies all of a person's emotional needs, that the big emotional task of our lives is to find that person, and that one of the defining features of that person will be his or her gender. Most romantic comedies are built this way, for example. The unfortunate part for bisexuals is that is become difficult, perhaps close to impossible, to represent, in any ordinary romantic, way, what it means to be attracted to more than one gender, to be attracted, sometimes, to a plenitude of genders which cannot be contained in any one person. Which is not to say that bisexuals are incapable of monogamy. But it is hard to represent, on TV and film, complex bisexual attractions in ways that affirm fully the reality of our attractions to more than one gender. We've gone our merry way, of course, not relying on mass media for accurate representations. Romantic comedies, and mass media portrayal of human attraction and sexuality are pretty limited for everyone, anyway. So bisexual people are hardly alone: transgender persons, persons of color, persons in poverty, persons with disabilities, persons who aren't terribly interested in sex, persons of faith, and even straight persons all get misrepresented at times. Nonetheless, I do think that trying to get accurate representations of bisexuality out there is important. I'd like to see us doing, as a culture, some growing up about how we think about human sexuality, attraction and love. Sexuality, attraction and love are complicated. We live in a reality that is something more than "finding the right one," and "happily ever after," and we need to find ways of affirming that complexity. Media representations affect how laws get made, what political goals we have as an LGBT community and whose human rights get respected and why. So, as we celebrate bisexuality, I hope that we, to quote the title of Robyn Ochs' book, start getting, I mean really getting bi. Richard M. Juang is a bisexual, genderqueer writer living in Cambridge, MA. He's the co-editor of the anthology, Transgender Rights. His writing also appears in the anthology, Getting Bi. Issues: News Tags: bisexual, Celebrate Bisexuality Day


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'Deep Throat' star Harry Reems dies
Harry Reems, star of the 1972 porno crossover hit Deep Throat, died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at Salt Lake City's VA Hospital. Reems's passing was first reported this morning by the actor's close friend Don Schenk; a representative of the hospital confirmed his death to EW. Reems was 65.
Born Herbert Streicher, Reems initially pursued a career in legitimate theater. He began appearing in pornographic films in the early 1970s, achieving national notoriety when Deep Throat premiered in the summer of 1972. The film's popularity led the FBI to indict Reems for conspiracy to distribute obscene material across state lines, making him the first actor to be prosecuted by the federal government on obscenity charges. Though he was convicted in April 1976, the conviction was overturned the following year.
Reems later descended into alcoholism and homelessness, recounting his downward spiral and road to recovery in the 2005 documentary Inside Deep Throat. The actor said that he took his last drink in 1989; in 1991, he married his wife, Jeannie. The couple had no children.
Reems's death comes just months after Lovelace, a film about the making of Deep Throat, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Amanda Seyfried stars as the title character, Linda Lovelace; Adam Brody appears in the film as Reems. The movie was acquired by RADiUS — TWC for a reported $3 million, and will likely reach theaters nationwide this year.
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Three Ohio State University graduates' invention is at the center of a national debate: Are caffeinated alcoholic drinks safe?
Three Ohio State University graduates' invention is at the center of a national debate: Are caffeinated alcoholic drinks safe?
Chris Hunter, Jason Freeman and Jeff Wright came up with the idea for Four Loko in 2005, after noticing that students were mixing alcohol and caffeine in bars.
The trio, who met while studying at Ohio State, formed Phusion Projects LLC and started selling 23.5-ounce malt beverages on convenience-store shelves near campuses. Four Loko costs $2.50 a can.
"We found an opportunity that wasn't really being filled," said Hunter, originally from Youngstown.
But critics say that Four Loko - which contains 12 percent alcohol and as much caffeine as a 12-ounce coffee - are dangerous because they keep drunks awake and engaging in riskier behavior longer.
Rob McKenna, the attorney general in Washington state, said all states should ban the products. McKenna is leading the call after a report this week determined that nine Central Washington University freshmen were hospitalized after mixing Four Loko with more alcohol.
The founders of Chicago-based Phusion released a statement yesterday saying they support the goal of making college campuses safe but "know that curbing alcohol abuse on college campuses will not be accomplished by singling out a lone product or beverage category."
Hunter would not comment further on a possible ban but said the label warning consumers that Four Loko contains alcohol is as large as the federal government allows.
"We will continue down the path that we've been, which is enforcing enjoying alcoholic beverages responsibly," Hunter said.
In Columbus, Four Loko is becoming more popular with college students looking for a cheap way to get drunk, said Micah Kamrass, a senior and president of OSU's undergraduate student government.
Kamrass said he hasn't heard of any OSU students getting horribly sick after drinking Four Loko and doesn't think a ban would be effective.
"If it's not Four Loko, it will probably be something else," he said.
Jesse Neader, president of the Ohio University student senate, said some students on his campus are stocking up on Four Loko, fearing a ban.
The senior said many students in Athens drink alcoholic energy drinks before hitting the bars.
"College students don't have a big budget, so they buy what's effective," Neader said.
"People buy them because they don't have to buy a pack of beer or something like that."
Terry Koons, associate director of OU's campus involvement center, said he is concerned that more students are turning to caffeinated alcoholic drinks.
He said the school is educating students about the dangers, especially going into Halloween weekend, which typically has been a big party weekend in Athens.
Drinking one Four Loko is the same as drinking three or four alcoholic beverages, Koons said, which wreaks havoc on one's cardiovascular system because alcohol goes through the system so quickly.
"They may feel less intoxicated, so they drink more, but then your body is fighting the effects of alcohol," he said.


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Miss Adams: Mrs Smith, let me introduce you to Mrs jonhson, the director.Mrs Smith: How do you do Mrs jonhson?Mrs jonhson: How do you do Mrs Smith? Welcome to our company.Mrs Smith: Thank you.Mrs Jonhson: I see you already know my personal secretary, Miss Adams. And this is Mr Lancaster; he's our sales representative in London and he's going to stay with us for a couple of weeks.Mrs Smith: How do you do Mr Lancaster?Mr Lancaster: How do you do Mrs Smith? Welcome again.Mrs Smith: Thank you.Mrs Jonhson: Miss Adams, please, could you show Mrs Smith to her office?Miss Adams: Yes, of course. Will you follow me Mrs Smith?
My birthday is on __________ of __________. I'm going to celebrate a _____ party. We will play funny _______, we will dance and sing songs.We will eat a chocolate ________ and sandwiches and we will _______ coke and lemonade. I will blow _______ candles on my birthday cake and I will get a lot of ___________. It's going to be a __________ birthday partyDo you want to join us?
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Come to my party
My name is Pete and I'm six years old, but tomorrow is my birthday, so tomorrow I'll be seven years old; I want to celebrate my birthday. I'll prepare a great party and I'll invite all my friends and school mates. I'm sure I'll get wonderful presents. My mother is going to bake a delicious chocolate birthday cake and I'll blow seven candles. We will dance we will sing funny songs and play a lot of cool games. It will be a fantastic party. We will have great fun. Do you want to come to my party? You are invited.
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-Have you got any previous experience as a secretary?
-I was a secretary five years ago in a Portuguese firm.
-Can you speak English?
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-Are you familiar with personal computers?
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-How do you do Mrs Lancaster?
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02. Public Places. Find the words. Post office, pub, bank, theatre, hospital.
03. Public Places. Find the words. School, bookshop, park, car park, zoo.
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Mrs Adams: Well, I can speak English, French, Italian, Russian, Portuguese and, of course, Spanish.
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Every three months we provide an update to our board which sets out what we've been working on, the progress we've made and areas that we need to focus on.
As part of our commitment to working in the open (a key part of the Local Digital Declaration) we'll be publishing these on our blog so that others can see what we're up to. We're particularly keen to hear from other councils who'd like to compare notes, share ideas and suggest ways that we might be able to go even further with the work we're doing at Hackney. And we're very open to following up opportunities for closer working together too.
In this quarter's update we've got plenty of great progress, including:
- Over 4,000 residents checked their registration to vote in the May 2018 election using our One Account service
- The design led approach we've taken for the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act means we are able to complete interviews with people presenting as homeless much more quickly and easily
- We're starting to link in with the 'Government as a Platform' services provided by GDS through our work to improve income collection
- 50% of repairs contact is now entirely online (with no need for a call back from the contact centre)
- Our new digital service for fostering is live, making it easier for people to find out how they can provide a caring home for vulnerable children
- We've successfully moved c 3,500 people over to modern productivity tools
- Our Local Land & Property Gazetteer has achieved the gold standard for data quality this month
- Our commitment to data is continuing through a broad programme of work supporting the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, including new Digital Action Plan training for all our staff – designed to make it easy for our people to understand their data responsibilities
- We're continuing to do the hard yards to make sure our systems and applications are reliable and secure (thankless, never-ending, but vital)
- We've had brilliant new colleagues joining our team following our recent recruitment, and we're well underway with the recruitment to our new apprentice programme
- And our work with colleagues in other support services is helping to make it easier for our users to get help and advice when they need it so that they can focus on delivering excellent services for our residents
But it's also essential that we're frank about where we need to give more attention so that we can do even better. Key areas we're focusing on at the moment include:
- Making sure that we can demonstrate and realise the benefits of the work we're doing
- Supporting our team so that they can provide high quality support for the new services we're rolling out
- Learning more about how we can understand data and data quality
- Making sure that we are focusing on users and user needs in everything we do
- And making sure that we take the time to bring new colleagues joining other Council services up to speed, which is well worth the time and effort
You can read the full update here: http://bit.ly/2KdM6Wb


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Our School in Mililani
Our Philosophy
Dance Island, with classes in the Mililani Rec. Centers, is perfect for Mililani families who want a ballet school that is a part of the community. Dance Island brings a new level of excellence to ballet with classes that are inclusive, educational, and creative.
- Creative Movement Ages 3 - 5
- Beginning Ballet Ages 6 - 9
- Intermediate Ballet Ages 9 - Teen
- Advanced Ballet
- Pointe
- Musical Theater Ages 6 -Teen
Why Ballet ?Ballet is an organic art form, a living entity that can adapt and encompass new ideas. But how could ballet be a positive part of your daughter's life? There are obvious benefits of ballet exercises. Ballet builds muscles strength. Ballet develops a healthy body alignment and good posture. Ballet promotes resiliency. Beyond that, ballet is a system of body awareness. The progression of ballet exercises at the barre and in center floor has been developed over the course of 400 years. Careful consideration has been given to each specific muscle group.
Ballet promotes an adaptive body that can move with both strength and grace.Ballet movement radiates outward from a dancer's center. Ballet teaches dancers how to achieve subtle weight transfers and how to manage the entire body around a central core of strength. Ballet lengthens and uplifts the carriage of the torso, lengthens the neck, and uplifts the head. Ballet corrects alignment problems which can predispose children to injury.
Movement requires tension. Ballet's fluid motion in linked choreography and coherent phrases encourages the release of tension.Ballet focuses on: purity of line equilibrium agility suppleness coordination endurance concentration discipline work ethic grace respect
The wisdom of classical ballet training is in its focus on long, lean, balanced musculature that has fluidity and an extended range of motion. Ballet refines and stylizes athletic movement.
Our Goals at Dance Island:
- Take students through the natural progression of ballet's structured curriculum and technique.
- Learn and grow with our students. We are constantly increasing our ability to meet individual student needs and continually refining our effectiveness.
- Enable students to develop power and movement confidence.
- Be flexible and sensitive to a variety of learning styles, skill levels, backgrounds, and unique body types. We develop strategies for evaluating, sensing, and processing how students learn more effectively.
- With each new class, we look forward to sharing our years of experience with students who are open and receptive to developing their style and strength as dancers. This "attitude of receptivity" may not be immediately present in all students, but our goal as teachers is to communicate that, with the hard work required in ballet, they will be elevated to a new level of freedom of movement and increased skill in all their physical endeavors.
- We are able to sense who students are, how they relate to people, and how they react to criticism and praise. We can sense their degree of commitment to excellence. Unlike words, movement does not lie or cover up true feelings. Ballet is a silent, nonverbal language; it speaks clearly without words. Observing this is wonderfully rewarding.
- I enjoy being the recipient of the positive energy that encouraged young people are often willing to share. Their energy helps us to grow as teachers. I have been studying ballet and dancing since age five. Yet, even with a half century of experience, ballet continues to engage and stimulate. It is what I love to do. It is at the center of my creative life.
Dance Island Curriculum
Dance Island's curriculum is based on classical ballet's French lexicon artistic elements technical proficiency classical music. Our curriculum is interwoven with training in related theater arts, personal expression, and the dynamism of performance.Ballet is the place where you learn the lines that make you look good no matter what style of dance becomes your forté. Ballet gives you a reference point from which you can decipher many styles of movement. Learning to dance without ballet is a little like trying to go to college without having studied English.
Dance Island connects students with the rich heritage of choreographers of the past such as Petipa and Cecchetti with the contemporary choreographers of today such as Jerome Robbins, Balanchine, and Fosse.
The curriculum starts with Creative Movement. As students mature, they move through Ballet I, II, and III.
Creative Movement 3-5 years old
Creative movement classes are an important first step in a child's understanding of self-expression, movement, and the art of dance. Children are encouraged to explore and experiment with new ways of moving in pre-ballet, modern and jazz dance. Students learn basic dance elements and are given the opportunity to experience the joy and freedom of self-expression through movement.


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Ever wonder if you're doing it right?
I guess by "it" I mean everything you are committed to--being a mother, being a wife, being a coach or a neighbor or an employee, or whatever else you may be. There's no doubt "it" can be so overwhelming it seems impossible to really excel at. I guess in reality, "it" is simply life. And so I wonder, am I doing life right?
If there is anything being named Utah's Young Mother of the Year has done, it has made me more aware of my mistakes and weaknesses as a mother. Maybe it's because I'm afraid my life is under more scrutiny now; maybe it's because I know I have a lot to live up to; maybe it's simply because I never want to be a hypocrite--encouraging mothers to be something I'm not being myself. Whatever the reason, I have definitely spent more time in introspection, wondering deeply if I am doing enough and being enough.
I think being aware of weaknesses can definitely be a good thing. It can bring humility and earnest striving to be better. But I also know for many, me included, it can also be a source of discouragement. The thing is, I know discouragement doesn't come from God. He may prompt me to change, show me a better way, and plant seeds of desire in my heart for me to understand my true potential and strive for it, but he doesn't prompt feelings of failure or doubt or uncertainty. So, if God's true desire for women is to feel capable and worthy and valued and loved, why do we as mothers so often feel the opposite?
Maybe one disadvantage to blogging is that we tend to record the good and silently deal with the bad and the ugly. And I think that's a good thing overall, but I promised myself when I began writing about motherhood that I would be honest. That I would be real. And so, today, as tears fall on my computer keys, I will tell you, that no matter how things look outwardly, the truth is, I feel so inadequate.
I am no one special. I can look at the women all around me and see so much that is great and fabulous and incredible, while I stumble over the simplest things. I long for peace but my heart only seems to feel unrest. I want to be so much more than I am, but something--maybe lots of somethings--hold me back. Why is that?
Maybe it's because, without even realizing it, I've begun to listen too much to what the world thinks of me, and not enough to what God thinks. Today, while in the shower, I stuck a new CD in, Woman of Destiny, hoping to find some vision and some clarity. I listened to the uplifting words in the songs and before I knew it, I was wracked with sobs. Not because I was sad, but because I remembered something I had forgotten momentarily--that God knows me and loves me, and He sees me so much differently than I see myself. He knows my weaknesses, but He also knows my strengths and He knows what I can become, and so He believes in me. He's not constantly disgusted with me, as I sometimes envision He must be; instead, He's filled with deep love and respect--and even admiration at times--for my willingness to be a mother at this time in the world and my desire and effort to do the best I can.
And so, for anyone who feels like they are not enough, who feels lonely and inadequate, listen to the words of this song and remember Who You Are. (even better, watch and listen: It's by Hilary Weeks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2saTjwg7_g )
I know you wonder if you'll ever have a day
When the kids stay calm, the laundry's done, and the dishes are put away
And sometimes you feel like your days are spent and gone
And the question running through your mind is what have I gotten done?
And when you finally have a moment to slow down
At the end of your day
I know Father would say
Believe in what you're doing.
Believe in who you are.
Hold tight to the truth that you're a daughter of God
Believe in who you're becoming
Believe in who you are.
It may seem simple--all the little things you do
But the lives you touch matter so much
And there's no one else like you.
And Father needs you to stand tall and faithful
To be all you can be
Oh, if you could see what He sees you'd
Believe in what you're doing.
Believe in who you are.
Hold tight to the truth that you're a daughter of God
Believe in who you're becoming
Believe in who you are.
When it's hard to believe in yourself
And you feel like you're beginning to doubt
Remember . . .
He believes in what you're doing
He believes in who you are
Don't lose sight of the truth that you're a daughter of God
That He believes in who you're becoming
He believes in who you are.
If God believes in me, how can I doubt? If He knows I can do this and do it well, well . . .
I believe it, too.
So today, when I feel the desire to be so much more, I'm grateful to remember that to God, I am enough. And so my tears of sorrow are now tears of gratitude for the knowledge of who I am. And even though I know I will still make mistakes and do "it" wrong sometimes, it's OK. I know God believes in what I'm doing. And so I will, too.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Who You Are
Ever wonder if you're doing it right?
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
My Most Important Function
As part of the portfolio I was asked to complete for my nomination as Young Mother of the Year, I was asked the following question:
Finally, last week as I was driving home from St. George where my son had played in a baseball tournament, I had some time to really think. I was feeling an urgency to rush back to a volleyball tournament in Salt Lake my daughter was playing in (I just happen to be one of the coaches and felt doubly responsible to get there as quickly as I could), and the questions came to mind, Am I doing this right? Am I living what I really believe? I truly think that one of our greatest challenges at this time in the history of the world is just plain busyness. It keeps us from feeling grounded and at peace, and it keeps us from taking care of our most important functions each day if we are not careful.
I offered a silent prayer as I drove, asking God to help me remember each day what really matters and to not get sidetracked, promising I would work harder to sift through each day's demands and make sure my most important function preceded all else. Prayers like that often are followed closely by a test. And so, this morning, it came. A phone call to substitute teach at the elementary school. Something I love to do, something I need to do to keep certified, something that forces me to drop my children off to someone else for the day. I told the caller I would try to find someone to take my kids so I could teach, but then I hung up the phone and I looked at my five-year-old, who was trying desperately to get his laundry put away so we could spend time together we had planned, and I knew in that moment what I had to do. I had to say no so I could perform my most important function today--letting my child know he was more important, following through with my promises to him.
It was not easy calling back and declining the offer because I wanted to help this person out. I even felt a tinge of guilt for not doing so, knowing it can be difficult to find a last-minute substitute. But when the phone call ended, and I grabbed my little guy's hand to go play a game with him, the feeling that overrode it all was . . . peace. And gratitude that I can choose.
Today, my most important function was staying home. Tomorrow it might be something else. But whatever each new day brings, it will always be to put my family first, to show my children and husband in every way possible that they are what matter most. If I can somehow do this, then I hope and believe I can look back someday with no regrets. And that is my goal.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
What I Find Most Fulfilling in Family Life as a Young Mother
When I was a young girl and dreamed about becoming a mother one day, I knew it would not be an easy job. I watched my own mother struggle through sleepless nights, potty training, piles of laundry, and lots more, so I assumed it wasn't always a picnic; what I didn't know or even begin to understand was how fulfilling it would be, despite all the challenges.
For me, the best part about motherhood is seeing the personal growth of each of my children. Nothing is more rewarding than watching a child master something he/she once thought difficult or impossible, or helping him/her reach a personal goal, or seeing him/her gain the skills necessary to overcome challenges. I love watching my children problem-solve. I love seeing the excitement in their eyes when they learn something new or grow another inch or lose another tooth. Mostly, I find it extremely fulfilling to be a part of helping these amazing spirits become who they were always meant to be, to help them find the best that's within themselves, to see them reach their potential. The amazing part is I find myself growing right along with them. Motherhood has stretched and challenged me in ways that have required me to become someone better, to reach within myself and be more than I previously was. How fulfilling that growth is!
I've also learned to enjoy the little things: one-on-one time with each child, arms around my neck, smiles, wet kisses, eating dinner together, spontaneous laughter, snuggle time, and so much more. Life can get so hectic and demanding it's easy to miss the best parts. I never want to look back and wish I would have soaked it up better or appreciated it more, so I try to notice and enjoy all the little moments with my children that add up to happiness. In the end, I find there are tons of such moments. Even on the most difficult days, I can find moments to treasure. These small, seemingly insignificant moments are what truly make motherhood fulfilling.
|Ice skating together--cold but memorable
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The latest patch includes the Magic Knight class, new areas, the Achievement Rune and Fame Trophy Systems.
WEBZEN, a global developer and publisher of free-to-play games, today released the latest major content patch for its real-time mobile MMORPG, MU Origin.
The patch introduces its newest class, the Magic Knight, to join the fray as the fourth class in the game. Unlike the other classes, the Magic Knight is a genius proficient with both Sword and Magic, endowed with a multitude of skills based on the skills of the Dark Wizard and the Dark Knight. He also possesses the ability to choose a path and specialize between wielding mighty combat arts and powerful magics.
With the arrival of the Magic Knight comes major additions to features recently introduced to the game. The Pet Synergy System allows a Warrior to draw strength from multiple pets at once, with rare combinations granting new buffs such as Double Damage Chance and major boons to current stats. Pets now have the ability to provide Special Buffs based on the pet's total level. Aside from Pet Synergy and Special Buffs, Warriors can now upgrade their Wings with special feathers, adding a new layer of customization that allows players to upgrade their wings further than before.
The Achievement Rune and Fame Trophy Systems also comes with the Magic Knight update, bringing a level of progression that allows players to enhance their character's stats with Achievements from PvE and Fame from PvP content. With both additions to the Fame and Achievement systems, a new statue will also be available in town called, "Statue of the Lorencia Ruler", where the designated winner of the Loren Castle Siege will be displayed.
New areas also is now available, such as the Swamp of Peace and a new Story Dungeon called Devil's Hatchery. Both areas contain powerful monsters to provide a greater challenge for high level players.
The latest MU Origin trailer has been released today, the video content is now available on the official WEBZEN YouTube channel.
Meanwhile, current and returning players can receive the Magic Knight Update Gift upon logging into the game starting from November 24, 2016 (UTC). The Update Gift contains a variety of items designed to help the players with the new content that comes with the Magic Knight update.
For more information on the game and new features, interested players are invited to check out MU Origin's official website at: muorigin.webzen.com, and join the official Facebook community at: facebook.com/MUOriginWEBZEN/.
MU Origin is available for a free download on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and Google Play for Android devices.
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His first online project was in 1998 when he launched the unofficial website for Ansalon MUD (a text-based online game) and his own community forums Laibcoms.Community. Today, he owns a variety of online properties and help others establish their online presence.
Confirm his identity through Keybase, and learn more by reading his central bio. Yuki's hubsite, Tomes of Knowledge, is located at jcsesecuneta.com.
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Vydiatech employs deep industry and functional expertise, as well as leading technology practices. It operates using an advanced global delivery model to help clients transform their highest-value business processes to improve their performance in field of Distance Education and eLearning.
Our IT department excels in engineering, and our business associates provide the highest quality e-learning product development, supply chain management, client relationship management, business process, business intelligence, enterprise integration, infrastructure management, web development, e-commerce, and other key capabilities. Vydiatech has development centers in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Europe.
Founder & Visionary Vydiatech Inc.
Harpal Singh is an entrepreneurial executive with a Bachelor of computers degree and over 15 years of business development and management experience in the fields of eLearning and software development.
Harpal Singh has been a training technologies consultant and Founder of Vydiatech INC., since 2011.
Mr. Singh has gained international experience in several industries and acted in roles varying from Consultant to Director. With his business insight and leadership capabilities he has lead complex organizations, projects and multidisciplinary teams to success.
Business Engagement Ambassador
Bernice Schnick is a Business Development professional with over 20 years experience including expertise in consultative selling skills, marketing, vision methodologies and executing customized complex selling cycles for hundreds of clients in diverse industries. She is the creator and facilitator of two successful signature sales workshops ("Kissed Enough Frogs Lately"/"INSTAR), this engaging entrepreneur teaches you core success principles that allow you to tap into your intrinsic value, own your Vision, craft and communicate the right compelling messages and story's that propel your target audience to take action and ultimately position you in front of Ready Made Sales. A featured keynote speaker for the Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre, An advocate for budding entrepreneurs and businesses wanting to launch their ideas into successful thriving business ventures. Bernice has also been published in the Mississauga Business Times and has launched her first E- book Discover Your Business Wings and is working on her second book Making your J connection.
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Advisory Board Vydiatech Inc.
Ravi is a former Managing Director at PharmEng Technology, Managing Director Trillium Technologies Group Inc., Executive VP PharmEng International, who was also on the Board of Director of the publicly traded company.
Currently he sits as member of the Vydiatech Inc, Advisory Board along with other distinguished and accomplished industry leaders.
He brings vast multinational experience as a Director Pharma Development Novartis Canada, Director Technical Services Sandoz Canada and Associate Director Production Sandoz Canada, Manager Quality Services, Sandoz Canada, Production Manager Sandoz Canada.
His international experience was gained as a Production Manager Boots Drug Company Kenya.
Ravi Joshi brings over 30 years of North American leadership experience in Management of Consulting practice, and hands-on experience in recruiting technical staff in Quality Systems, Product Development, GMP and Technical Audits, Commissioning and Validation activities in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
Mr. Joshi holds extensive expertise in pharmaceutical solid, semi solid and liquid dosage formulation, process development and process validation. He is an expert in conceptual design for sterile and non-sterile manufacturing, filling and packaging operations in pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. He is an innovative strategist, skilled at assessing and implementing cost effective solutions with ability to deliver efficient training and team building.
Mr. Joshi's business acumen and unique perspective have provided effective solutions to all clients.
Dr. Vipan Dhall founded Credence Pharma Consulting to provide strategic and technical leadership for product development and portfolio selection.
Currently he sits as member of the Vydiatech Inc, Advisory Board along with other distinguished and accomplished industry leaders.
Dr. Vipan Dhall has taken increasing responsibilities in R&D and business operations over his 23+ years of experience. Until 2018, he has been the global head of formulations with Piramal Healthcare, Canada, while managing R&D teams based in US, UK and India. He has vast experience in development of Generics, Complex generics formulations (505B2s) and NCEs, having worked in companies like Dabur, Ranbaxy (now Sun Pharma), Dr. Reddys, Piramal, NPS Pharmaceuticals (now Shire) and Patheon.
Dr. Dhall brings demonstrated leadership experience with P&L responsibility having led teams in Formulations development, Drug discovery and Clinical BE US, UK and India. Over the years, he has been involved in development of over 100+ NCEs and Generics formulations, including Para IV generics. He is the inventor in 4 patents filed so far.
Global Director IT and Operations
Gaurav Bharadwaj is highly qualified and well developed Director IT Manager with extensive programming and project management experience that excels at leading cross-functional teams and coordinating multiple software development projects simultaneously.
Solutions-oriented with notable success directing a broad range of IT initiatives while participating in planning and implementation of web-based solutions in direct support of client objectives.
Gaurav Bharadwaj has been a training technologies consultant and Director IT and operations of Vydiatech INC.,since 2012.
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Joseph Fredricks is and experienced Canadian Marketing & Sales, online education and Training Technologies Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the IT solutions and e-learning industry.
Joseph Fredricks is Skilled in IT Communications, Audio Engineering, LMS platforms and Education. Strong marketing professional graduated from Centennial College Ontario Canada


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We at SunWind are big proponents of direct ownership, and as such, we discourage potential solar customers from seeking leasing options as a solution to their financing. Why? Because when you own a system (instead of leasing) you take advantage of all the incentives that are in effect in Massachusetts (such as tax incentives, SRECs, and net metering, not to mention the federal tax credit as well!) that you simply do not have access to when you sign a lease. This is a substantial loss for a small short-term gain, and it really does not make sense, especially when there are loan programs in place that can make owning a solar system affordable on any budget.
If you're worried that solar may be beyond your budget, have no worries! The MassCEC and SunWind are there to help you out with a solar loan program that typically covers the cost of any residential and small-to-mid-sized commercial system. We are well-versed in guiding clients through the loan process through MassCEC and third parties as well, so if you have any questions about it, feel free to contact us!


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It's that time of year again. Fall travel has come, this means the majority of our counselors have hit the road running.
I've been on the road for 2 weeks now, this starts my third week, I've already spent time in Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut. I personally "recruit' in Connecticut, Vermont and Rhode Island but we all lend a hand when another counselor needs coverage. Most counselors are on the road for about 2 months straight (with the exception of most weekends).
If you're wondering what exactly "fall travel" entails it usually consists of high schools visits in the morning and afternoon and then a college fair in the evening. High school visits are an opportunity for us to meet with high school students who have interest or want to know more about The College of Saint Rose. We also usually have the opportunity to meet with a guidance counselor at each high school to fill them in on the new programs and physical development we have going on on our campus.
This is a GREAT opportunity for students to come prepared with questions, comments or concerns. Often times students will have one on one attention with our counselors. It really helps if you've done a little bit of research so you know what to ask but we are more than willing to tell you all about our school and the programs we offer.
The second part of our day consists of a college fair. College fairs are put on by high schools across the country and they are another opportunity for students and their families to learn more about their options when it comes to choosing the institution that best fits them.
The college fairs are filled with tables from colleges all over the country. Some college fairs have about 50 schools attending and some about 200. It is a good way for students to see all of their options especially if they're just starting their search.
Travel season is a very busy time for everyone in our office and we are jumping from hotel to hotel as we go from state to state or county to county. One of my favorite things about travel (next to meeting new students and families) is the sites I get to see along my journey.
I took this picture this morning on my way to Connecticut. I have many, many pictures of beautiful scenery I get to take in on my long drives around the Northeast. (side note: I do not suggest taking pictures while driving, or cell phone use in general, pull over if you need to use your phone)
Here's another photo that my fellow counselor Christine sent me this morning on her way to Long Beach High School.
As nice and important as it is to meet students and families on the road I always urge everyone to visit campus. It is such an important part of the college search process. If you haven't already visited The College of Saint Rose an open house is a great way to do so! You can check out the dates and sign up here!
On behalf of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Saint Rose I want to tell you how excited we are to hopefully meet you on the road! If you're interested in seeing when we'll be in your area please comment below and I would love to follow up with you.
You can also follow me on twitter at @AbbyStRoseAdmit, where I update where I am, where other counselors are and share some pictures from the road!
Happy fall!


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Courier IMAP/POP3
If you're using only Courier IMAP, it's possible to do a perfectly transparent Dovecot migration. If you're using Courier POP3 and you have users who keep mail in the server, you may have problems keeping the POP3 UIDLs unchanged.
Courier v0.43 and later
[http://www.dovecot.org/tools/courier-dovecot-migrate.pl courier-dovecot-migrate.pl] attempts to do as perfect migration from Courier as possible. Basically it reads Courier's uidlist files from all maildirs and generates dovecot-uidlist files out of them. If you're using only IMAP, it should work with any Courier version. If you're using Courier POP3 also, it reads courierpop3dsize files using a Courier v0.43+ format. If you have an older Courier POP3 version, see the following sections how to convert the UIDLs.
Before the actual conversion, you can check how well it can be done:
# courier-dovecot-migrate.pl --recursive Finding maildirs under . home/tss/Maildir/courierpop3dsizelist: 2 / 2956 needs changing home/tss/Maildir/courierimapuiddb: 2956 / 2957 needs changing Total: 2 POP3 changes, 2956 IMAP changes, 0 errors
This means that 2 POP3 UIDLs need to be changed (clients will download them as duplicates) and only one IMAP UID can be converted without changing it. Changing IMAP UIDs isn't as bad, it will only cause a somewhat heavier load to your mail server when the IMAP clients begin downloading the old mails again.
The actual conversion can be done for all users at once by running the script with --convert --recursive parameters. Make sure the conversion worked by checking that dovecot-uidlist files were created to all maildirs (including to subfolders).
You can also convert each user as they log in for the first time, using PostLoginScripting with a script something like:
# WARNING: Be sure to use mail_drop_priv_before_exec=yes, # otherwise the files are created as root! courier-dovecot-migrate.pl --quiet --convert ~/Maildir # This is for imap, create a similar script for pop3 too exec /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
Dovecot configuration
Courier by default uses "INBOX." as the IMAP namespace for private mailboxes. If you want a transparent migration, you'll need to configure Dovecot to use a namespace with "INBOX." prefix as well.
protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v } mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace private { prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes }
Manual conversion
Courier's courierimapsubscribed file is compatible with Dovecot's subscriptions file, but you need to remove the "INBOX." prefixes from the mailboxes.
Courier's courierimapuiddb file is compatible with Dovecot's dovecot-uidlist file, just rename it.
- Courier's message flags are compatible with Dovecot (as they are specified by the Maildir specification)
- Courier's message keywords implementation isn't Dovecot compatible. There doesn't exist a simple way to convert the keywords manually.
Older Courier POP3 versions
- Courier version 0
# Courier version 0 (using maildir filenames) pop3_uidl_format = %f
- Courier version 1
# Courier version 1 (UID) pop3_uidl_format = %u
- Courier version 2 and early Courier version 3
# Courier version 2 (UIDVALIDITY and UID - you most likely want this) pop3_uidl_format = %v-%u
Dovecot v1.0, managesieve server and namespaces
Dovecot v1.0's [:LDA:deliver] ignores namespaces, so [:LDA/Sieve:Sieve] scripts shouldn't include namespace prefixes in fileinto destinations. If Sieve scripts are generated by some tool it probably includes these prefixes. If the script is uploaded via [:ManageSieve:ManageSieve server] you can kludge around this problem by using the script below. Dovecot v1.1's deliver doesn't ignore namespaces and this must not be done with it.
First modify managesieve configuration in dovecot.conf to execute your script instead:
protocol managesieve { .. mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-nsfix.sh }
Then create the /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-nsfix.sh script:
# by Allan GooD: allan.cassaro (at) gmail.com export PATH="/bin:/usr/bin" CONF="/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf" /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve ERR=$? NAMESPACE="`grep prefix $CONF | head -n1 | awk '{print $3}'`" if [ -h "${HOME}/.dovecot.sieve" ] && [ "${NAMESPACE}" ]; then FILE="${HOME}/`ls -l ${HOME}/.dovecot.sieve | awk '{print $11}'`" SIEVE="`sed s/${NAMESPACE}/''/g $FILE`" echo "${SIEVE}" > ${FILE} fi exit $ERR
Note that this script removes everything from the script matching the namespace prefix, so in some rare cases it might break the script.


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Futuristic displays by Etisalat at GITEX 2016
Etisalat's focus this year at GITEX 2016 is 'Sparking Innovation'.
Etisalat's focus this year at GITEX 2016 is 'Sparking Innovation'. Given the growing focus on Internet of Things and M2M technologies, Etisalat's participation highlights 'smart' projects of the future, which are inherently built on IoT and a well-connected infrastructure.
Dr Ahmed bin Ali, senior vice president, corporate communications, Etisalat Group says: "Etisalat is introducing concepts and ideas based on strong technologies and bringing world-class solutions and services that facilitate not just end-users, but also businesses and governments for a better future. When we say that innovation is at the core of Etisalat's operations, we do not only mean it in terms of telecom technologies. We are also paving the way for smarter digital solutions and applications that will mobilise people, businesses and the government sector for a better tomorrow."
Some of the main highlights include connected retail a fully connected interactive 'lifestyle shopping' experience with Etisalat's portfolio of services, digital education platforms, connected transportation, connected healthcare, industrial IoT, and smart home technologies.
The stand also features robotics and virtual reality entertainment. RoboThespian and SociBots are the interactive humanoid robots on the stand.


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Demand Justice For The Angola 3
40 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000 acre former slave plantation called Angola.
Peaceful, non-violent protest in the form of hunger and work strikes organized by inmates caught the attention of Louisiana's elected leaders and local media in the early 1970s. They soon called for investigations into a host of unconstitutional and extraordinarily inhumane practices commonplace in what was then the"bloodiest prison in the South." Eager to put an end to outside scrutiny, prison officials began punishing inmates they saw as troublemakers.
At the height of this unprecedented institutional chaos, Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, and Robert King were charged with murders they did not commit and thrown into 6×9 foot solitary cells.
Robert was released in 2001, but Herman and Albert remain in solitary, continuing to fight for their freedom.
Despite a number of reforms achieved in the mid-70s, many officials repeatedly ignore both evidence of misconduct, and of innocence.
The State's case is riddled with inconsistencies, obfuscations, and missteps. A bloody print at the murder scene does not match Herman, Albert or anyone charged with the crime and was never compared with the limited number of other prisoners who had access to the dormitory on the day of the murder.
Potentially exculpatory DNA evidence has been "lost" by prison officials—including fingernail scrapings from the victim and barely visible "specks" of blood on clothing alleged to have been worn by Albert.
Both Herman and Albert had multiple alibi witnesses with nothing to gain who testified they were far away from the scene when the murder occurred.
In contrast, several State witnesses lied under oath about rewards for their testimony. The prosecution's star witness Hezekiah Brown told the jury: "Nobody promised me nothing." But new evidence shows Hezekiah, a convicted serial rapist serving life, agreed to testify only in exchange for a pardon, a weekly carton of cigarettes, TV, birthday cakes, and other luxuries.
"Hezekiah was one you could put words in his mouth," the Warden reminisced chillingly in an interview about the case years later.
Even the widow of the victim after reviewing the evidence believes Herman and Albert's trials were unfair, has grave doubts about their guilt, and is calling upon officials to find the real killer.
Albert's conviction has now been overturned three times, most recently in February of 2013 due to a finding
of racial discrimination in the selection of his grand jury foreperson. The first two times judges cited racial
discrimination, prosecutorial misconduct, inadequate
defense, and suppression of exculpatory evidence.
Herman's conviction is similarly under Federal Court
scrutiny after a State Judicial Commissioner recommended
reversing his conviction based on new, compelling
evidence exposing prosecutorial misconduct
and constitutional violations.
Meanwhile, Louisiana prison officials refuse to release
them from solitary because "there's been no rehabilitation"
from "practicing Black Pantherism."
We believe that only by openly examining the failures and inequities of the criminal justice system in America can we restore integrity to that system.
We must not wait.
We can make a difference.
As the A3 did years before, now is the time to challenge injustice and demand that the innocent and wrongfully incarcerated be freed.
Write the Angola 3
Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
PO Box 174
St Gabriel, LA 70776
Robert King
c/o Kings Freelines
2008 New York Av. #B
Austin, Texas 78702
kingsfreelines@ gmail.com
Please help spread the word about our website and online networking at You Tube,Live Journal, Care2, Twitter, Facebook, and My Space. For more info, please contact the A3 Coalition and visit our other websites:


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Dr. Sean B. Rourke
The incidence of severe forms of HIV-associated neuorcognitive disorders, or HAND, has declined significantly with the availability of combination antiretroviral drug therapy over the last 20 years.
But the prevalence of the milder form has remained stable and even slightly increased, affecting 50 to 60 per cent of people living with HIV and AIDS.
"Screening tools have not been updated to reflect this change," said Dr. Sean B. Rourke, a neuropsychologist who heads the Neurobehavioural Research Unit at St. Michael's. "We are still trying to use or adapt the older dementia screening tools to catch the milder form of HAND."
Dr. Rourke said that having effective screening tests to identify and differentiate the two different forms of HAND is important for treatment decision-making. The current standards of practice requires a detailed neuropsychological examination, which is time-consuming and not readily accessible.
"Identifying that patients have a mild form of this condition is critical," said Dr. Rourke. "Even mild neurocognitive problems can have a significant impact on a person's everyday functioning, affecting his or her ability to take medications or ability to perform at work, and may also lead to more social isolation and withdrawal."
In a review of literature published today in the journal AIDS, Dr. Rourke and colleagues looked at 31 previously published studies to see the rate at which commonly used tools in practice were detecting milder forms of HAND.
They found that the two most frequently used tests – the HIV Dementia Scale and the International HIV Dementia Scale – were effective in identifying severe forms of neurocognitive impairment such as dementia, but ineffective for more mild form of HAND. None of the tools studied identified mild HAND conditions well enough to be recommended for broader use.
"With the prevalence of milder forms of HAND increasing, and limited resources available for formal neuropsychological examinations, there is a critical need to be able to screen and identify people with HAND," Dr. Rourke said. "Improved screening tools could go a long way in improving the care, quality of life, and study of treatment interventions of individuals living with HIV and AIDS."
Dr. Rourke said tools should be brief enough to be used in a clinic or health centre setting, and able to be administered by a trained individual with minimal equipment.
Dr. Rourke has received funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research to conduct the largest and methodologically rigorous study to date that will further examine existing screening tools for HAND to see if there are any modifications that can be made to make them more effective. He will also be testing new tools being developed by his colleagues in the United States, which show promise for being more effective with the milder forms of HAND. Final results from this study should be available in 2014.
Today's study was funded by CIHR and the AIDS Bureau of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
About St. Michael's Hospital
St Michael's Hospital provides compassionate care to all who enter its doors. The hospital also provides outstanding medical education to future health care professionals in 27 academic disciplines. Critical care and trauma, heart disease, neurosurgery, diabetes, cancer care, care of the homeless and global health are among the Hospital's recognized areas of expertise. Through the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Centre, which make up the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, research and education at St. Michael's Hospital are recognized and make an impact around the world. Founded in 1892, the hospital is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Media contacts
For more information, or to speak to Dr. Rourke please contact:
Leslie Shepherd
Manager, Media Strategy


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Deuteronomy 9 (NLT) "Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you… But recognize today that the LORD your God is the one who will cross over ahead of you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will subdue them so that you will quickly conquer them and drive them out, just as the LORD has promised. "After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say in your hearts, 'The LORD has given us this land because we are such good people!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way. It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land… "Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him… "Then, as before, I threw myself down before the LORD for forty days and nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of the great sin you had committed by doing what the LORD hated, provoking him to anger. I feared that the furious anger of the LORD, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me. The LORD was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the LORD spared him. I took your sin—the calf you had made—and I melted it down in the fire and ground it into fine dust. Then I threw the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
The ears of the Israelites were probably sore from listening to all that Moses had to say to them. Is God not simply too verbose and does God expect more than just Sunday morning messages from us? (more…)


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West Seattle provides a good test of golf, but don't get so focused that you forget to take in the views.
In part five of this series reviewing golf courses around the region, Seattle Times golf writer Scott Hanson and golf writer emeritus Craig Smith head to West Seattle Golf Course, which provides the toughest test of Seattle's public courses and some great views of the city.
Before we start, I (Hanson) have to give full disclosure. West Seattle is the course that is closest to where I grew up, where I played nearly every day during a couple summers in high school, and I have a father who believes West Seattle is unquestionably the best course in North America, a notch above Pebble Beach and Augusta National. I admit I also have a soft spot for the course, but I have to be honest, and I will. I just hope my dad still loves me after he reads this.
First thoughts
Hanson: It's been years since I had played West Seattle, and coming back I got the same feeling you get when you see a good friend after a long time. One reason I quit going to West Seattle is that the course can beat you up if you are not playing well, and I have mental scars that go back 40 years. The course remains the most challenging of the city's three 18-hole public courses, with a great variety of holes, particularly the first 13.
Smith: Good, solid municipal golf course the city of Seattle can be proud to own. First impression of clubhouse would have been better if there weren't some dandelions growing near the building.
The good
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Hanson: This is a great place to come if you are looking for challenging, well-designed holes that make you feel like you're far away from the city, except for the ones that have amazing views of the skyline. And it comes at a good price, particularly if you get one of the off-time specials. It took less than 4½ hours to play, even with the marshal adding a friendly fifth player to our group midway through the round. The last five holes are not nearly as good as the first 13 (they go back and forth, with little imagination), but are still challenging, particularly the uphill 14th and 16th, which can have diabolical hole locations. When I was a kid, the story often was told that the architect died after designing 13 holes, and thus the rather unimaginative finish. As a journalist, I should confirm this, but after believing it for four decades, I am not sure I can handle the truth. And I passed the story along to my playing partners while enjoying excellent food in the clubhouse (whether it was the fish and chips, fish tacos or club sandwich).
Smith: Course is long enough and tough enough to provide challenge for scratch golfers but can be enjoyed by recreational players, too. Good history: Held the 1953 U.S. Public Links Championship. Designed by H. Chandler Egan, two-time U.S. Amateur champion whose accomplishments include the Eugene Country Club and Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane. (Sorry to spoil your preferred history, Scott, but what I read said Egan designed the course in 1935, died of pneumonia in 1936 and course opened in 1940). The par-5 12th hole, with a view of the Seattle skyline, is one of prettiest and most memorable holes in the state. Club sandwich and fries were delicious.
The bad
Hanson: I have never liked starting with a long par-5 without a driving range to get you ready. The condition of the course, while not bad, is what you would expect at an affordable municipal course and would be a step down for those who play at high-end courses and country clubs. In the winter, the course can get very muddy (even my father begrudgingly admits this), so take advantage of it before the winter.
Smith: No range. Last five holes are back and forth.
Quote of the day
"Well, at least the ball went farther than your divot," Smith to playing partner Brett Miller after Miller complained about a long approach shot that traveled about 15 yards.
Surreal moment of the day
The 8-year-old son of the player who joined our group during the round, rolling down the hill above the 16th green and onto the green, clutching his stuffed octopus and laughing loudly while two members of our group were putting balls so poorly they rolled off the green.
Rating (from 1 to 4)
Hanson: 3. This is an interesting and good test of golf at a fair price. Sorry, Dad, I can't give it a 4, but it's a solid 3, maybe even a 3-plus in the summer.
Smith: 3. Life would be good if all municipal courses were of this caliber.
West Seattle Golf Course
4600 35th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98126; 206-935-5187
Scott Hanson has been covering golf for The Seattle Times since 2005; Craig Smith covered golf for decades for The Seattle Times before retiring in 2008.


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Any one who know me, knows that I wear gloss and lashes to check the mail! No, REALLY, it's true. I have pictures!
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Without parabens, formulated without mineral oil, formulated without phthalates, formulated without sodium lauryl sulfates, and formulated without synthetic fragrances
So be FEARLESS and LASH out!!!
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