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Thursday, December 30, 2010
December is gone???
Although I haven't blogged this month, I have been busy with the holidays, lost my camera for two weeks (found hiding under a quilt project), and the days are too short for me. So the camera is found, the holidays are almost over and we are past the winter solstice. I have posted a couple of ornaments I have made in the past and my favorite ornament...a bee sitting a comfy chair and quilting!!! What have I been doing quilting-wise. Actually quite a bit.
This is what took up my wall space thru this month...my Double Cross quilt. It took many 15 minutes of play to get it done.
I thought I would show a little bit of the process I used to make it. First the double cross blocks were made with one just two fabrics. Then I used fabric I had made, but it just wasn't right (bottom block with pale yellow crosses). Then I made strips and made squares of them and added the double crosses. I put them up on the wall and played around until I was happy with the sortof sashing. The borders were trickier; my first attempt got way too busy and then I calmed it down. I love it.
Have been working of putting my quilt along blocks together. I had an interesting set I wanted to use in my head, but when I tried it, it didn't work. The only set that worked was putting like quarters together. The final set will vary from this, but not by much. The other discovery is that if you use a group of K Fassett fabrics, the quilt will look like he made it. Ah well, now I know.
I did get the last scrap blocks done with the alternate background fabric. It is close enough that when I went to put it on the wall I was afraid I have put the last blocks somewhere other than with the first groups. That would have meant I would have to search for them. Hallelujah!! They were all together. I am not even sure it shows well in the picture.
The block is called Yreka and was designed by Nancy Cabot, my favorite Depression era designer. The quilters in block exchange I am in made the block of squares and I added the corners.
I also thought I had all the dresden plate blocks done. Eek!! I am missing one block. Oh well, I can make one more.
Would it have been easier to do this over the entire month. You betcha!!! But it didn't happen and I will try to be better, besides it will be easier on my fingers.
Time to wish you a Happy New Year! Bonnie


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Authorities say at least three people suffered minor injuries when a smoke bomb went off in a haunted house in the Florida Panhandle.
Panama City Police Sgt. David Blaich told The News Herald that at least two females suffered smoke inhalation and a male who grabbed the smoke bomb burned his hand.
Fifty to 60 people were evacuated from the haunted house when the smoke bomb was set off Saturday night.
Blaich said the smoke bomb wasn’t one of the haunted house’s props or scares. It wasn’t known who set it off.
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Top Lesotho referee Souru PhatÅ¡oane is set for yet another milestone in Lesothoâ€™s football history after he was announced amongst a list of match officials for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games to be staged in Japan from July to August.
PhatÅ¡oane had already written his name in the history books having been the first referee from Lesotho to officiate at the Africa Cup of Nations (2017) as well as the Under-17 World Cup held in Egypt and Brazil (2019) respectively.
He becomes the first referee to officiate at the Olympics football tournament from Lesotho.
Lesotho refereeâ€™s committee coordinator, Mohau SentÅ¡o described the selection as a great achievement for PhatÅ¡oane and the local footballing fraternity.
â€œThe best news indeed for the refereeing department, the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) and the whole country because PhatÅ¡oane will be representing Lesotho. This shows that Lesotho is fast growing in standards of footballingâ€ SentÅ¡o said.
The president of LeFA Advocate Salemane Phafane KC also had nothing but great things to say in his statement saying PhatÅ¡oaneâ€™s appointment was a major achievement.
â€œThis is a massive achievement not only for football, or PhatÅ¡oane as an individual, but for the whole country. It shows that there is something we are doing right in football to have had a referee breaking all these records officiating in the continent and globally in the last few years,â€ Phafane said.
According to a statement that was issued by the football governing body in Lesotho PhatÅ¡one will become the first football referee from Lesotho to officiate at the Olympics football tournament.
Deputy secretary-General of LeFA Chris Bullock also congratulated the top referee for his achievements.
â€œI am absolutely delighted for PhatÅ¡oane, he is amongst the best that Lesotho has produced, top quality referee. This is a fantastic achievement and a result of a lot of hard work. A brilliant motivation to all our referees and potential referees in the country when they see what can be achieved with hard work and dedication and I cannot wait to see others follow in his footsteps,â€ Bullock said.
PhatÅ¡oane was not able to give a comment stating that he wonâ€™t be able to because there are still some few procedures he has to go through first.


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1890 Rare color illustrated French Book ~ Contes de Fees Fairy Tales Perrault
Author : Perrault, Charles
Title : Les Contes de Fées
Publisher : Paris, Librairie de Théodore Lefèvre et Cie, Emile Guérin, no date (circa 1890's). First thus.
Language : Text in French
Size : 11 "X 7 "
Pages : (48) unpaginated pages
Binding : Very good and nice illustrated hardcover binding (hinges fine, slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, one very small chip to the lower margin of 2 pages not affecting the text or images.)
Illustrations : Complete with the 16 full page color illustrations and the intext illustrations.
Estimate : (USD 200 - USD 400)
The book : Scarce and very nice color illustrated french edition of Perrault's fairy tales. Including : Le Petit Chaperon rouge. Les Souhaits ridicules. Peau d'âne. Le Petit Poucet. Le Chat botté. Cendrillon. La Barbe bleue. Riquet à la houppe. and Les Fées.
The author : Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories may have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm 200 years later. The stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (such as Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty), theatre, and film. Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.
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Imagine: it's a cold winter's night.
You're in your warmest sweater, buried in blankets, watching the snow fall while sipping elderberry lemon tea. This could be you .
It's cold and flu season, which means you're probably going to be stuck at home sniffling soon enough. While nothing makes up for rest, time, and Emergen-C, there are some natural home remedies you can use to ease your cold and get yourself back to full energy levels STAT.
These teas are great all year round, but here at Trueself we hope they help you find a little warmth in the heart of cold season.
The moment you feel that pesky cold coming on, stock up on citrus fruits and try to ingest as much vitamin C as possible. Oranges, limes, grapefruits, and lemons are all great choices. You can squeeze lemon into a cup of tea, along with honey and any of the following ingredients, to ingest all its benefits in a sweet and comforting form.
The bees' finest product is also amazing at fighting off colds and coughs, as it has the ability to destroy bacteria and viruses. Try putting a spoonful of honey into any hot mixture to ease a sore throat or other illness.
The syrup made from these purplish berries has long been used as a folk remedy for the common cold. Scientifically, elderberries are powerful antioxidants, and they can help strengthen your immune system and can even block viruses—so this is a great option even if you're not already sick. Try putting some elderberry syrup into your tea for a quick cold fix.
To make elderberry syrup , you'll need ⅔ of a cup of elderberries, 2 tablespoons of grated ginger, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, ½ teaspoon of ground garlic cloves, and 1 cup of raw honey. Chop up the elderberries, ginger, and cinnamon, and boil them together in a saucepan. Let them simmer for 45 minutes to an hour, then remove them from the heat. Mash the berries up into a paste, pour the mixture through a strainer, and let it cool. Finally, add the honey, stir, and pour into a glass. You can keep it in your fridge and pour it into your tea a few times a day.
Echinacea is a powerful remedy for any sore throat or irritation, and it's also quite effective at preventing colds. You can buy echinacea syrup to put in tea, or just purchase a box of echinacea tea. This can also help you regain your voice if you've lost it, and it can lower anxiety and control blood sugar.
If you're looking to live longer, you can actually add zinc to your tea or coffee, or try eating it alongside chocolate for added benefits. Zinc can reduce oxidative stress, which is believed to have a role in the aging process. To reap its healing qualities, you can take zinc supplements or look for zinc-heavy teas or foods that contain dandelion, cayenne, fennel seeds, rose hips, chamomile, nettle, skullcap, milk thistle, or wild yam, among others.
Putting a pinch of salt in a cup of hot water could be all you need to take the edge off of a bad cold. While you might not want to add salt to a mixture of more delicious ingredients, its presence will only help your health. Salt can be helpful with respiratory tract infections and other ailments, so try mixing a teaspoon of any saline solution into lukewarm water and gargling with it for a few seconds to maximize its benefits.
Cinnamon is more than just a holiday decoration or a hot cocoa topping: It actually has powerful antifungal properties and can fight against urinary tract infections, reduce menstrual cramps, and more. Try placing some cinnamon sticks in your cup of hot tea, and enjoy, or grind them up into a powder and use a tea strainer to let the hot water absorb their benefits.
Elecampane is a root that was used for healing in ancient Greek and Roman times. Today, we know it contains a high amount of inulin, which can promote digestive health and general vitality. It can also soothe irritation from coughing and congestion. To make elecampane tea, just boil the root in water for 20 minutes, then add honey or elderberry syrup or other ingredients as needed.
Ginger is a powerful antioxidant, which can reduce inflammation and congestion. To make ginger tea, slice up a ginger root into quarter-sized pieces and place them into a pot of boiling water; let them sit and simmer for 20 minutes, then mix in honey and lemon and enjoy.
Turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory, and it works great in flu-fighting teas. You can put some turmeric in hot water and boil the mixture (then strain it into a cup), or make a honey-tumeric paste to add to your evening brew. To make the paste, you'll need ⅓ cup of honey, 2 ½ teaspoons of dried turmeric, lemon, and black pepper. First, mash the turmeric and the honey together until it forms a paste, then place a spoonful of the paste at the bottom of a cup when you're ready to make the tea. Pour in the boiling water, add a squeeze of lemon and a sprinkle of black pepper, and let the healing begin.
While you're making your tea, make sure to breathe deep. Steam and humidity can ease congestion and relieve irritated nasal passages (just make sure you have some tissues on hand).

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On National Geographic's YouTube channel they have a short video on imagining alien life to herald their Known Universe program. It has a number of interesting creature concepts worth checking out. Enjoy!
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When describing a different culture in a tabletop roleplaying game, sometimes the little things such as the manner in which someone speaks, what they find important in comparison to the norm for the player characters, or even what they do not find engaging, can say a lot. Take a look at this clip from the National Geographic YouTube channel and see if it strikes you as meaningful too. Enjoy!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Someone on EN World pointed out a video of an Eagle Owl swooping in for prey from the vantage point of the prey itself. More information on this wonderful creature can be had from a wiki entry on the Eurasian Eagle-Owl here. Quite astonishing!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
One of the things I like to integrate into tabletop roleplaying games that have magical spells is the ability for the caster to describe, to some degree, how that magic manifests. I was recently pointed toward a video on YouTube, and I somewhat apologize that it is actually a Samsung commercial, but it has such neat CGI work added to a very cool display of manual dexterity that I felt like sharing it. If a player decided that this was how his character cast spells, I would enjoy it immensely. Imagine a character "building" a wall of force in this manner, or any number of other spell-like effects. Take a look!
Friday, February 24, 2012
There's a place in Ireland known as No Bottom Lake. In this YouTube video from underwaterireland's channel, the camera explores the ruins nearby, bizarre vegetation that grows in the water before the drop off, and some of the strangest suggestions about the supposed mystery. It's a very weird video but the underwater shots are so amazing that it's worth watching. Enjoy !
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Yahoo News had an article from last month about the extinct Galapagos Tortoise apparently making a comeback. I could easily see the infamous Land Shark suddenly coming back in a Fantasy setting and wreaking havoc on some unsuspecting villages that would require rescueing by adventurers. Read more here!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Over on Discover Magazine's blog, there's an article about a 30,000 year old plant that was discovered in a ancient squirrel's den under many layers of ice and brought back by scientists. It raises the question, does your tabletop campaign setting have such depth of history that something lost this long could be rediscovered? Read more here!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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A recent Gizmodo.com article asks the question, "What the Hell Did Researchers Pull from the Depths of New Zealand’s Seas?" Pretty scary and quite a food source for those deep ocean dwellers in your tabletop roleplaying setting. Check it out here!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
If you're looking to do a little light research and enjoy a good lecture series on video, check out The Western Tradition from the learner.org website. Here's a link directly to the first in the series though you'll need to allow popups from learner.org to get the full screen version. In their own words -
A video instructional series on Western civilization for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 52 half-hour video programs and coordinated books. Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events woven with many strands — religion, industry, agriculture, demography, government, economics, and art. A visual feast of over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art portrays key events that shaped the development of Western thought, culture, and tradition. This series is also valuable for teachers seeking to review the subject matter.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Carpet Sharks, also known as Wobbegong, includes 12 species of sharks that are bottom-dwelling ambush predators that have been known to eat other shraks due to the remains found within them. However recently a photo has been captured of one such feasting and it's quite spectacular. You can check out more on the National Geographic website here!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
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There's a Kickstarter project underway for Story Forge to create Brainstorming Cards for Storytellers. It's a neat little timesaver or brainstorming deck to help come up with ideas for plotted adventures or for writing fiction. Reminds me a lot of the Deal-a-Plot or Deal-a-Story decks from times past though geared toward fantasy fiction. Check it out!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The website known simply as They Fight Crime! has been around for a while but if you've never checked it out you're in for a treat. This funky little generator can be used to come up with scenarios for some excellent tabletop roleplaying action in a Supers genre. Below is an image created for the StudioBueno.blogspot.com website as a tribute to this classic generator. Have fun!
Monday, February 13, 2012
I posted a link to a video a little while ago on making your own mead, a process worth exploring if you wish to add some great details to libations in your campaign setting. On gizmodo.com, they've recently uploaded an article with lots of great details on this process. Check it out here!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
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Trial by Ordeal is a concept of determining guilt or innocence by ritual, usually dangerous and requiring faith. Such scenes added to any campaign setting can be a compelling part of game play. In a recent YouTube National Geographic channel video, a trial by oil plays out in Togo, in West Africa. Check it out!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Some situations in your setting don't need to be directly life threatening to be very awkward and dangerous. Imagine traversing a monkey-infested territory during a power struggle for leadership of the tribe. "After hours of fighting, the struggle is over." Check out the YouTube National Geographic channel video for some inspiration.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Watering holes in your campaign don't have to be peaceful places, nor even seemingly peaceful places with hidden dangers. They can often be crowded affairs with a lot of local competition so desperate and thirsty that even normally shy animals will not give way to a band of adventurers. Check out this National Geographic YouTube channel video on one such place in South Africa. Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
io9.com has a recent artcle called Nearby super-Earth might be the Predator’s real-life home planet" that gives some details on the newly discovered GJ 667Cc, a planet in the Goldilocks Zone of a red dwarf star just 22 light-years from our home. Read more here!
Monday, February 6, 2012
There's a lot to be said for how music can enhance a tabletop gaming experience. Even if you like to keep things relatively music-free, sometime a good theme song for a villain playing quietly in the background can add some tension to a game that makes its introduction worthwhile. Over on EN World, I've made a point of collecting links to other threads where they discuss music use during tabletop roleplaying games which you can find here. There's also a recent Forbes.com article on Supervillain Songs that should prove fun to check out. Enjoy!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
zmescience.com is reporting on some cool findings at the bottom of Lake Michigan in the northern USA. If you're planning on having some underwater adventures, always remember that not everything that is found down there started under water! Read more here!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
A recent National Geographic channel video on YouTube reminded what a magnificent place Machu Picchu is. Follow along with the first person in 2012 as they go to the top for that fantastic view. Enjoy!
Friday, February 3, 2012
There's a very good website I was reminded of recently by a Facebook Friend called omniglot.com and on that site is a great section on Runic Alphabets that would be good for any setting creator to read. Check it out here!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Over on psdreview.com, they've collected 40+ Eye Catching Wonders of Underwater Photography Examples which are so amazing they are sure to get your descriptive juices flowing for the next time you are detailing an underwater scenario for your tabletop roleplaying games. Check them out!

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Speaker of the House John Boehner criticized President Obama for failing to submit his budget proposal to Congress ahead of the government deadline.
The President missed the deadline for the fourth time in five years. He is required by the Budget and Accounting Act to submit his budget request to Congress by the first Monday of February.
Boehner and other Republican House members are hoping to submit new legislation that would force the President into presenting them with a plan to jumpstart economic growth and cut federal spending.
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Reece James responds to Graham Potter’s sack after Chelsea lost the game to Spurs
Reece James insists Graham Potter’s ability is ‘absolutely not questioned’ following Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat to Spurs on Sunday.
Spurs won despite Chelsea’s poor record, thanks to goals in the second half from Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane.
Chelsea have now gone six games without a win and have suffered their third successive defeat in all competitions.
Pressure will mount on Potter’s position at Stamford Bridge, but James is certain that the former Brighton manager is the man for the job.
‘Nothing happens overnight,’ James told beIN Sport after Chelsea’s defeat to Spurs.
‘We don’t just wake up tomorrow and we’re out of the situation we’re in, it’s going to take weeks and months to get to where we’re meant to be.
‘But we’re all on the same page, we’re sticking together and that’s a big positive.’
When asked if Potter is as excellent as other Chelsea managers under whom he has played, James said, ‘Oh, for sure.
‘Everyone has witnessed what a great manager he is. That was evident while he was at Brighton, where they were in or near the top four.
‘His ability is undeniably impressive.’
He’s in a similar situation to us players in that we’re the ones out there on the field performing, so just as much criticism he receives, the players are also playing; we’re all in this together.
‘I think it’s hard to say, it’s not like we’re not trying, we’re giving it our all but results are simply not going our way at the moment.
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As the nation debates whether to institutionalize same-sex marriage, social scientists have been weighing in -- often with a heavy hand. As Mark Regnerus, author of a new study examining outcomes for children in a variety of home environments, notes social science regarding gay and lesbian parenting has swung from "presents challenges," to "no difference" to "superior" in the space of one decade. The American Psychological Association declared flatly in 2005 that, "Not a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents." That prompted skepticism from...
Marriage reflects the natural moral and social law evidenced the world over. As the late British social anthropologist Joseph Daniel Unwin noted in his study of world civilizations, any society that devalued the nuclear family soon lost what he called "expansive energy," which might best be summarized as society's will to make things better for the next generation. In fact, no society that has loosened sexual morality outside of man-woman marriage has survived. Analyzing studies of cultures spanning several thousands of years on several continents, Chairman of Harvard University’s sociology department, Pitirim Sorokin. found that virtually all political revolutions that brought about societal collapse were caused by homosexuality.
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Trilye Restaurant is one of the most beautiful places where you can eat fresh fish.
The entrees and fish varieties were plentiful and enjoyable.
There are special sections for those who want silence. Also the garden part is great. A special place where you can eat delicious and wonderful fish.
I'm going here with my friends and my family. Also a great venue for business celebrations.
When you go to the Trilye Restaurant, you will enjoy the taste and fun.
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A cookery course with a difference will launch this winter, serving up an authentic taste of medieval times.
In a first, Blackfriars restaurant in Newcastle has teamed with a history department at Durham University on the idea for a series of virtual cookery courses and the initial one will take foodies on a journey back to 1170.
With the help of academic experts and professional chefs, it will recreate the likes of meals eaten by the monks at Durham Cathedral Priory as well as a medieval spiced wine: a digestif called Hypocras which is described as "amazing".
Co-launched with the university's Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the course will be broadcast from the cookery school above the restaurant: a fitting setting given that Blackfriars is a 13th century former Dominican friary and regularly hosts medieval banquets.
It's a first time the university has teamed up with a restaurant and Blackfriars owner Andy Hook thinks that they have come up with the first virtual course of its kind in the world.
He sees it is a natural progression from their work in exploring medieval food with Giles Gasper, professor of high medieval history at the university who will act as course co-host.
Eat Medieval, part of the planned A Taste of the Past series, will run over five days starting on November 2 and will feature 15 recipes originating from the 12th Century and thought to be amongst the oldest in Europe.
Those signing up to it will learn from chefs about preparing the dishes; cooking techniques and how to balance flavours, while academics will explain the history of the period and what can be learned about the past through food.
At the end of the week they will receive a set of recipes to cook at home.
Professor Giles Gasper said: "Medieval food was one of the great cuisines of the world: sophisticated and a wonderful mixture of local ingredients and spices from the caravans and traders across the Steppes, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean."
He said the online course will take viewers "on a gastronomic journey" using the recipe collection of the monks and other sources.
"We'll move from spiced ginger sauce to herb relishes, and from pepper and garlic condiments, to a medieval spiced wine, the amazing digestif Hypocras," he said.
"This isn't re-enactment cooking but learning how to bring a Taste of the Past to life."
Andy Hook said: "We have been working with Giles and his team at Durham University for over a decade now exploring medieval food and bringing it to life within a modern restaurant with medieval cookery classes, banquets and lectures.
"In this new Covid-world, a virtual online course seems like a natural progression."
He said they gave a series of talks and demonstrations together last year in California which illustrated the wide interest there is in medieval food and drink and added: "We'd love to share our passion for eating medieval with as many people as possible. "
The plan is to continue with a series of virtual courses involving live cooking demonstrations, question and answer sessions and pre-recorded films.
The November 2-6 course will cost £99 and student concessions and discounts are available. For tickets see here.


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Are you ready for a little Mary Jane in your life? No, I'm not taking about the kind Snoop Lion covets.
BET has released the trailer for Mara Brock Akil’s Being Mary Jane. The series stars Gabrielle Union as a “successful African-American career woman, who has achieved a decorated career as the host of a fast-paced”.
Rounding out the all-star cast are: The Bold and the Beautiful’s Aaron D. Spears, The Haves and The Have Nots' Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick (For Colored Girls,The A-Team), Richard Roundtree (Shaft) and Margaret Avery (The Color Purple).
Take a look at what’s to come after the jump!
ETOnlinehas snagged the first look at Lifetime's highly-anticipated Anna Nicole Smith biopic, starring The Bold and the Beautiful alum Agnes Bruckner. Anna Nicole showcases the late celebrity's modest beginnings as a single mother and high school drop out in Texas and charts her rise to fame.
The flick will also explore Smith's controversial marriage to billionaire J Howard Marshall (Martin Landau) and her addiction to drugs. Check out a sneak peek of Anna Nicole below!
Former One Life to Live star Tika Sumpter is taking a trip to The Wendy Williams show this Wednesday. The actress will dish her sizzling, new role as scheming, temptress Candace Young in Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots. To find out when the talk show airs in your area, click here! READ MORE
Corbin Bernsen will guest on the Marie show on June 5 to celebrate the life of the late Jeanne Cooper. Bernsen and Osmond will discuss the grand dame of The Young and the Restless' career, as well as Bernsen’s fondest memories of his mother.
Marie airs weekdays on The Hallmark Channel. Click here for broadcasting times in your area.
Family drama hasn't slowed Sharon Osbourne’s career down. Britain’s ITV network has announced The Talk co-host will return to Simon Cowell’s U.K. version of X Factor, in time for its 10th season later on this year.
Osbourne was one of the original judges from 2004-2007. Mrs. O will join Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger, former Take That frontman Gary Barlow and music manager Louis Walsh. In a released statement on Osbourne’s return, Cowell remarked:
Three words I never thought I'd say.... Welcome back, Sharon! READ MORE

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The cell was sealed into the rig by silver paste, and the test rig was heated in a programmable horizontal tubular furnace. Both I-V and electric power data have been recorded by changing the external load to the cell (0 to 2 KΩ) at fixed temperatures of 450°C, 520°C, and 550°C, at a fixed hydrogen flow. Figure 6 shows the performance of samples selleck screening library etched using wet
and electrochemical etching. Both samples showed increases in the open circuit voltages, closed circuit current, and power density with increasing operating temperature. The sample with linked nickel islands exhibited higher closed circuit current and higher power density than the sample with clean pores. This can be related to the larger surface of contact between the Ni anode, the YSZ electrolyte, and the fuel, the triple-phase boundary which increases the oxidation process of the hydrogen at the anode and results in the release of more electrons selleck compound producing higher current and thus GS-7977 price higher power density. The areal power density of the device is lower than that of thick solid
oxide fuel cells; however, due to the extreme thinness of the device, the volume power density can be much greater than thick solid oxide fuel cells, and the temperature of operation is much lower. Figure 5 Schematic diagram for thin SOFC fuel-air test system. Figure 6 Performance of samples etched using wet and electrochemical etching. Performance of thin SOFC with anode clear holes (sample S1) and nickel islands (sample S2) as a function of operating temperature tested in terms of (a) current vs voltage and (b) current vs produced power. Conclusions Thin film solid oxide fuel cells were fabricated on porous nickel foils using PLD. Micropore openings were etched into the nickel foils for hydrogen fuel flow by wet and electrochemical etching so as to allow them to act as anodes. The electrochemical etching process showed incomplete etching leaving nickel islands
linked to the pore frames. These islands lead to more surface area of contact between the nickel, fuel, and electrolyte – enhancement of the triple-phase boundary. The sample with the greater triple-phase boundary surface exhibits better performance and higher output power. Authors’ information Dr. RE is a senior research Montelukast Sodium scientist at the Center for Advanced Materials and the Physics Department at the University of Houston. His research is focused on advanced oxide materials and also involved in materials science in the energy arena where he has contributed to work on thin film solid oxide fuel cells and to safely store the hydrogen needed for fuel cells to operate. Mr. MY is a promising research assistant at the Kazakhstan Institute for Physics and Technology and also at the Center for Advanced Materials; during his Master work, he was focusing on the development of thin film solid oxide fuel cells. Dr.


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Donald Trump masks lay in boxes at the Shenzhen Lanbingcai Latex Craft Factory, which produces of Halloween costumes and masks
I have minor quibbles with the final product – whoever chose the paint colors for the hair made some terrible choices – but overall I'm on board with this whole operation. The mask-makers may not have nailed every detail, but this photograph perfectly encapsulates our unending fever nightmare of a national election.
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Students at Cuba's National Ballet School take a break from rehearsal
Ballet in Cuba is not reserved to the upper crust who dresses up once a month and quietly sits through a performance, shushing those who dare to move on their chairs. I've heard, in Cuba, Ballet is the national sport. People know the dancers names and last names, they are the superstars of their gossip world. Everyone goes to the theatre and cheer the dancers, loudly gasp after a good pirouette, and stand up at the end of a difficult jump went right--or wrong!
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A rat peeks through the bottom of a garbage can
There's nothing like the improbable beauty of of rusted garbage can to show the even more unlikely cuteness of a rat. Adult rats can squeeze through holes the size of a quarter, as this furry fellow seems about to prove, as he pokes his head through a hole in the bottom of this refuse container in Brooklyn. That's where we tend to see them — there and on the New York subway tracks. For a long time, folks believed there were four times as many rats as humans in New York City. In 2014, a scientific survey found that in fact the rat population of the city was only one fourth that of humans. So maybe our fear of them too is a bit overblown.
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During Japan Robot Week 2016, participating companies exhibit the latest in service-oriented robotic technology
One unforgettable episode of Aziz Ansari’s comedy “Master of None” co-starred an adorable robotic seal named Paro, the latest model of which is in this photo taken at Japan Robot Week. Paro provides companionship to residents in extended care facilities and nursing homes, weighs about six pounds and responds to touch, movement, sound and other stimuli. And if you’re wondering why every home doesn’t have a Paro, the answer is because each costs around $5000. When you consider that you will never have to feed or clothe Paro, or pay for its education, that’s a bargain.
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Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Saturday he had decided
to stand as head of the International Monetary Fund, presenting a
potential serious challenge to front-runner Christine Lagarde.
"There arose an extraordinary and unplanned opportunity, perhaps one
that will never happen again, to compete for the head of the IMF, which
after much deliberation I decided I wish to follow through on," Fischer
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Edmeston, NY (PRWEB) September 27, 2012
To be a buccaneer of the sky, that is what Timmon Strongtail dreams and daydreams as a young, especially talented otter among the reeds and warm waters of home. Taylor R. Powers’ The Adventures of The Summerswill follows him as he journeys to seek the realization of this dream. The White-Eyed Wolf stands in the way of this dream. The skies above Sylva are no longer free under its vicious heel. The Eagles had left the Valleys for the rising of warmer winds, and the buccaneers of the sky are only a memory to the remaining populace of the forest.
Timmon is an amazing but slightly funny otter among his clan. His dream sometimes makes him an object of ridicule among friends and family. There are those who believe in him, though, and grandfather Miter Strongtail is one of them. With his blessing, Timmon is given the werewithal and the companions for the quest for flight and adventure in the sky. Among them is the wise old owl Hoory Softflight. They have to find Admiral Featherscarf at the Inn of the Rising Sun in their westward journey.
As Timmon assembles his crew and attempts to live out the stories and fables that he learned by heart as a pup, the White-Eyed Wolf’s Sky-skinner circles the skies ready to shatter Timmon’s dreams. A buccaneer adventure aboard airships begins as the time for a final confrontation between the divided creatures of Sylva gathers momentum.
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Taylor R. Powers grew up in Cooperstown, New York, and still lives nearby. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst for veterinary and animal science and currently works as a veterinary technician, wrestling coach, and tattoo artist. He spends what little time is left showing exhibition poultry, exploring new artistic mediums, driving aimlessly, and always off in his own world. The Adventures of the Summerswill is his first book.
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Fake News Detection
The rapid spread of fake news within social media platforms has been an increasing problem. With the use of AI tools such as Machine learning and Natural Language Processing, misinformation can be categorized. Fake news can be identified by multiple factors such as; Authenticity, clickbait, political affiliation, and unreliable sources.
The spread of information happens incredibly fast on Social media. Faster than it has ever happened before. We have access to all the information we may ever need. Although, how can we tell what information is true or what is fake? New technology using AI can help us determine what we see on social media. Joyce Annie George is one woman working on this program. She explains, “ Our job is to create a model which predicts whether given news is real or fake. As this is a supervised learning problem, we are creating a target column named ‘label’ in both real and fake news data and concatenating them” (George).
These are clearly examples of fake news!
Fake news is written and put online with intention of influencing people while supporting a particular bias. Authenticity can be checked on our social media platforms using Natural Language Processing. This is done by AI going through a detailed model of datasets. Joyce Annie George describes, “we are using this dataset for news classification using NLP techniques. We are given two input files. One with real news and the other one with fake news”(George).
This process is pretty complicated. Something I can’t even begin to understand. For some of us who have a hard time feeding into fake news, this new technology is incredibly helpful. Joyce Annie George also details how this program categorizes information. She says, “We train the model using the train data, and test the performance of our model using test data. Generally, the data is split in such a way that we have 80% of our data in the train set, and 20% of our data in the test set”(George). These are called Machine Learning Models.
Looking at these programmers’ work is mindboggling. The arrangement of every letter and number means something to the process. This AI technology is necessary for our social media platforms becoming more informative. Joyce explains Machine Learning Models as “Machine learning uses a simple model called bag-of-words to deal with textual data. The idea is to find all the unique words in the document, and create a vector of size equal to the number of unique words” (George). Pretty interesting right?
The average person like myself may have a hard time understanding the process of this new Technology. However, it’s important for us to understand the benefits it can have on our social media platforms. This process won’t eradicate the idea of fake news, but more so give the audience a warning that it might not be truthful. You may have already seen this implemented on Instagram! Fake news has been a hot topic for many years now, it’s time to know the real facts.
George, Joyce Annie. “Fake News Detection Using NLP Techniques.” Medium, Analytics Vidhya, 4 Dec. 2020, medium.com/analytics-vidhya/fake-news-detection-using-nlp-techniques-c2dc4be05f99.
Kumari, Kajal. “Detecting Fake News with Natural Language Processing.” Analytics Vidhya, 19 July 2021, www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2021/07/detecting-fake-news-with-natural-language-processing/.


By Daniel Wako
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, as per the World Health Organization (WHO), with an estimated 604 000 new cases and 342 000 deaths in 2020 alone. About 90% of the new cases and deaths worldwide occurred in low- and middle-income countries.
In Kenya, a 2021 report by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Information Centre says the country has 16.2 millions women aged 15 years and older who are at risk of developing cervical cancer. It’s current estimates indicate that every year 5, 236 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3, 211 die from the disease.
According to Felida Hashora, a senior nursing officer in charge of cervical cancer treatment at Bungoma Referral hospital, cervical cancer is a disease of the opening of the womb, also known as the cervix that causes rapid multiplication of abnormal cells fighting for nutrients and water.
Hashora states that HPV, sexually transmitted viral infection among men and women, is the main cause of cervical cancer which comes as either HPV 16 or HPV 18. Four out of five people have at least one type of HPV infection during their lifetime. Despite that, most HPV infections do not cause any symptoms and most people never know they are infected with it.
“Any woman can get this cancer but factors like co-infection with other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), use of tobacco, having multiple sexual partners, unfaithful sexual partners, early sexual activities and immunosuppression due to HIV/AIDS infection puts high the chances of getting this disease,” she said.
“Though cervical cancer does not have specific symptoms, I will encourage our people to come for testing when they experience any of the following signs: vaginal bleeding during or after sex, between periods or after a pelvic exam, vaginal bleeding after menopause, abnormal virginal bleeding or discharge, pain during sex, pelvic pain and backache, and abnormal vaginal discharge that may be watery, bloody or heavy with a foul odour.”
She further explains that most women ignore most of those symptoms because they start as something normal.
Data from Bungoma county health records indicates that it has 421,553 women of reproductive age, of whom 14, 635 have undergone cervical cancer screening with 335 women turning positive. The records further reveal that 156 of the positive cases were treated within Bungoma county hospitals, majorly at Bungoma referral hospital and Webuye county hospital.
The county referral hospital offers both screening and treatment of cervical cancer if detected at an early stage. Currently, Bungoma referral hospital uses The VIA (Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid) as the only screening method.
“We inspect the cervix using acetic acid (distilled vinegar) to identify abnormal changes on the cervix. This method is the most recommended where HPV testing is not available,” Hashora said.
The second method of screening is The HPV DNA Test which detects HPV that can cause pre- cancerous cell changes and cervical cancer. This method helps in identifying women at risk for cervical cancer who may need to be treated to prevent this type of cancer. This method of screening is best recommended for women above 30 years of age.
The third method is the Pap smear ( pap method) which looks for pre-cancer or cell changes on the cervix that can be treated. This method is the primary screening method in women under the age of 30 years and those with an age of above 50 years.
“Early screening that enables treatment and uptake of HPV vaccine are the only ways to stop cervical cancer. Like in the year 2020 we had two women who were identified to be having cervical cancer at an early stage. We took them through cryotherapy (freezing of the pre-cancerous cells) and they were healed. I would also request the county government of Bungoma to make available all the machines required for screening and treatment of cervical cancer,” Hashora said.
Irene Nelima from Kanduyi constituency is one of the first women to be confirmed with cervical cancer at Bungoma referral hospital. Nelima says she was forced to go for screening after experiencing abnormal vaginal discharge that was bloody and with a sharp odour- symptoms of the disease.
She underwent treatment successfully at the facility and is now a cancer survivor. Nelima encourages women to go for routine screening so that they don’t bear the burden of the disease which is often associated with stigma.
“I had been sick for long, a continuous bleeding that was smelling bad. When it was starting I thought it was a sign of menopause but it later worsened with back pains. I came for screening after listening to an announcement on radio about free cancer and fistula testing at Webuye county hospital,” said Gladys Nekoye, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2018.
After the screening which showed she had the disease, a sample from the affected cervix area was taken and pap smear testing done at the She said the screening confirmed that she had the disease and a pap smear test done at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH).
She commenced treatment two weeks later and the uterus and the left ovary was removed through surgery. She also underwent six chemotherapies and about eight radio therapies among other treatments.
Though COVID-19 which broke out in 2020 disrupted her last clinic appointment at Kenyatta National hospital in Nairobi, Nekoye says she is now well and is not experiencing any more pains unlike before.


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NGO building ICC war crimes case against Hamas over flaming Gaza kites
The Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin is asking Israeli farmers on the Gaza border to strengthen their pending petition to the court by joining their legal petition.
By TOVAH LAZAROFFPublished: MAY 28, 2018 13:15 Updated: MAY 28, 2018 23:15Advertisement
Israeli NGO Shurat HaDin is building a case against Hamas to be submitted to the International Criminal Court over the terrorist group’s use of flaming kites that targeted Israeli border farms over the past month.According to Israeli media, the kites are responsible for some 260 fires in Israeli fields over the past month, destroying thousands of acres of crops and causing millions of dollars in damage.Shurat HaDin is asking farmers on the Gaza border to support its pending legal petition to the ICC.“Israel will not remain silent,” Shurat HaDin founder and president Nitzana Darshan-Leitner said. “The current security situation, in which fields and forests in Israel are burned every day by activists in a terrorist organization, is inconceivable.”“It cannot be that senior Hamas officials will accuse Israel of war crimes while using a civilian population, especially children, as human shields for their terrorist activities, which are repeatedly targeted at Israeli citizens,” she said. “Therefore, we call on the International Criminal Court in The Hague to exact justice upon them.”Hamas’s offenses are “a flagrant violation of many articles of the Rome Statute,” the NGO said.Among the Israeli farmers who have already joined its case is Ofer Liberman, the manager of the agricultural branch of Kibbutz Nir Am, which lost 250 acres in fires ignited by flaming kites, Shurat HaDin said.Kibbutz Alumim security officer Rafi Babian has also joined the case, the NGO said.Israeli farmers on the Gaza border told Army Radio the flaming kites, which they called “terror kites,” caused much more damage than the rockets and the mortars Hamas has launched against them since 2001.The complaint will specifically target senior Hamas figures, including Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, Shurat HaDin said.The NGO said it decided to turn to the ICC after the Palestinian Authority last week formally asked the court to open an investigation into Israeli war crimes.The PA became a party to the court when it signed the Rome Statute in 2015, a move that allowed it to submit a case against Israel to the ICC this month.For the past four years, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has weighed the question of formally opening a war-crimes investigation into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She has not yet reached any conclusions.Last month, Bensouda warned both Hamas and Israel that they could be liable for war-crimes prosecutions over their actions in Gaza.“Violence against civilians – in a situation such as the one prevailing in Gaza – could constitute crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as could the use of civilian presence for the purpose of shielding military activities,” she said.“I remind all parties that the situation in Palestine is under preliminary examination by my office,” she added. “While a preliminary examination is not an investigation, any new alleged crime committed in the context of the situation in Palestine may be subjected to my office’s scrutiny. This applies to the events of the past weeks and to any future incident...“Any person who incites or engages in acts of violence, including by ordering, requesting, encouraging or contributing in any other manner to the commission of crimes within ICC’s jurisdiction is liable to prosecution before the court, with full respect for the principle of complementarity. The resort to violence must stop,” Bensouda said.
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The weather was dreary but spirits were high at the Tauranga Breast Cancer Support Service high tea at Bella Vista Lodge.
About 45 people braved the weather to enjoy tea and cakes at the lodge in support of the service and their friends who have faced breast cancer.
Gill Collins has called on the help of the support service several times since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in August last year. She said the high tea was a "double winner" as she could give back to the service that has helped her so much and catch up with friends she has made there. "It's been an amazing journey with their support," she said.
Mrs Collins made a doctor's appointment when she noticed a lump in her breast and had met the surgeon and arranged an operation within a week.
Mrs Collins had a variety of different treatments and surgeries last year but in June she opted to have a double mastectomy.
"I've gone from a 30 per cent chance of it ever coming back to under 10 per cent.
For me it's the peace of mind from having it done. I don't regret the decision."
The charity helped her make calls about her treatment and referred her on to services like the Cancer Society's subsidised massages and Helping Hands.
Tauranga Breast Cancer Support Service co-ordinator Lea Lehndorf said the high tea proved a success. The money raised through the event will go towards running services offered by the charity. Amy McGillivray


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Taiwan’s defence ministry on Tuesday confirmed reports that a new supersonic anti-ship missile had missed its target during a routine naval drill, in the latest in a series of setbacks.
Analysts say the Hsiung Feng (Brave Wind) III missile, designed to cruise at a maximum speed of Mach 2.0, or twice the speed of sound, and with a range of up to 130 kilometres (80 miles), is difficult to defend against.
But the defence ministry said the weapon, the island’s first locally developed supersonic anti-ship missile, had failed to hit its objective during the drill due to a computer glitch.
“The ministry will improve on the screening of hardcore facilities… to ensure the quality of the missiles,” it said in a statement.
Taiwan started to deploy the Hsiung Feng III on its warships last year in response to China’s rapid naval expansion.
But the island’s military leaders were left red-faced after two failed missile tests earlier this year that earned rare criticism from President Ma Ying-jeou, who urged the armed forces to practice more.
The Taipei-based China Times said the latest failure was particularly embarrassing for Taiwan’s navy, since it “coincided” with Beijing’s much-publicised military drills in South China Sea in mid-June.
The missiles are estimated to cost Taiwanese taxpayers at least Tw$100 million ($3.45 million) each, the report said.
Ties between China and Taiwan have improved since Ma became the island’s president in 2008 on a China-friendly platform.
But China still regards Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting to be reunified by force if necessary, although the island has governed itself since 1949 when a civil war ended.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – What is it about public school personnel and pricey hotels?
And when the seven board members traveled, they usually did so in style. They ran up a collective tab of $11,672,06 at hotels around the nation in 2015-16, with quite a few stays at very nice hotels, according to information provided by the district.
They also spent a collective $7,881.47 on airline travel.
The school district did not specify the reasons for the trips or hotel stays, but we assume they were for out-of-town conferences or other school business.
Board member Carolyn Edwards had nine different charges at hotels for a total of $2,884.61. Her largest expenditure was at the Mayflower Autograph – described online as a “luxury hotel in Washington, D.C.” – for $774.57. There was also a stay at the Mariott Marquis in Washington D.C. for $545.26, two stays at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach (495.28 and $301.64, respectively) and the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno ($298.67).
Edwards had $2,356.55 in airline costs.
Board member Linda Young had four hotel charges in 2015-16 for a total cost of $2,880.73.
She charged $1,290.95 at the Mayflower Autograph. She also charged $599.22 at the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, and had two transactions, each for $495.28, at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California. Her air fare tab came to $1,053.91.
Board member Kevin Child had seven hotel charges for a total of $2,300.22. His most expensive charges were at the Mayflower Autograph in Washington, D.C. ($1,032,76), the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami ($803.82) and the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, California ($247.64).
Child’s airline tab came to $1,476.34.
Board member Chris Garvey had only three hotel charges, but they totaled $2,104.57. Most of that was spent at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, where the tab came to $1,686.30. His air fare total was $1,329.87.
Three board members had much smaller hotel tabs.
Deanna Wright only had three hotel charges for a total of $574.87. Two were at the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno ($328.99) and Hyatt Hotels in Reno ($235.61). She totaled $689.95 iii air fare.
Erin Cranor had two hotel charges totaling $771.55. Her most expensive stay was at the Hyatt in Chicago for $659.94. She had $772.89 in airline costs.
Board member Patrice Tew was by far the most frugal, with two hotel transactions for a total of $155.51. Her air fare came to $201.96.

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text: Read that on Tuesday that a married couple and their dog were killed by a motorcyclist and that the biker also has life threatening injuries - this happened in Herefordshire at 10.55am. I hope that this kind of article won't ever have to be printed in the South Wales Argus or Wales Online due to incidents that happen in Tredegar due to bikers. Yesterday evening, Tuesday just after 7pm two motorbikers were driving around the southern part of the town, I say driving but I wouldn't call it that, it was irresponsible, dangerous and downright stupid. They were driving erratic and trying to do wheelies on roads and grassy areas where small children usually play. Anyone else hear and see these last night.


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February 28th, 2005, 05:12 AM
Building You Own PC Part 2!!!
Well, the much anticipated Building your own PC part 2 tutorial is finally ready! We have already picked our parts, if you need the parts list again they can be found HERE.
Warning: The assembly process should be done on a table, preferably wood. During the whole process make sure to touch the metal inside the case periodically to discharge any stored up static electricity in your body. Static electricity is your worst enemy through out this process.
Preparing the Case
Our first step of the assembly process is to prepare the case. If you look at the back of the case there is a face plate where the ports (mouse and keyboard, onboard VGA, onboard nic, etc) are normally located. Well, chances are that face plate won't fit our motherboard, so we're gonna pry that sucker out. Don't worry, the motherboard we bought comes with it's own unique face plate.
Now take your motherboard out of the box and anti static back and place it on the antistatic bag. Discharge yourself before handling the motherboard. Now you need to find out which holes in the case to place the spacers in so your motherboard doesn't fry. The spacers should have came with your case. Try and estimate where to put the spacers by looking at your motherboard. Once you that that figured out place the face plate that came with the motherboard on the same place the old one was in the case and place motherboard behind it, making sure the ports on the motherboard fit in perfectly with the port holes in the face plate, and gently place the motherboard down, making sure the screw holes in the motherboard match up with the spacers. This usually requires some force, you might need to push the motherboard into the face plate to get the correct alignment. It might help to have 2 people do this, one to push the motherboard in, the other to screw in the screws into the spacers.
Now you need to take out the plastic peice where our CD burner will go, just take out the top one.
Now figure out which component slot on the back matches up with the AGP port and pry that out so you can install the graphics card later. This may sound complicated but it really isn't, once you have your case and motherboard set up everything else goes pretty smoothly.
CPU, Heatsink and Fan
Now take out your CPU, be sure to discharge yourself before doing this (yes, we will be discharging ourselves quite a bit during this whole process). Now if you look on your motherboard you will see the socket 478 slot. On the side of it is this little lever. Pull it out a little and then up. Now match the processor chip with the holes in the socket and drop it in. DO NOT JAM IT IN!! It is a ZIF (ZIF = zero insertion force) socket. The chip should just drop in, if it doesn't it's not lined up correctly. After it drops in pull the lever back down to secure the chip.
Now for the heatsink and fan. You need to thermal grease for this. Sometimes your heatsink will already have it applied, but if it doesn't you just need to apply a thin layer of it. No bigger then dime size. Not all heatsinks and fans apply the same way, so in order to be sure you did it correctly, refer to the documentation that comes with it. It's won't be difficult, I beleive anyone can do it . Just be sure to plug the fan in! On our motherboard the correct place is the little white plastic jack with 4 holes in it. It's next to the big ATX power jack. If you don't plug in the fan your processor will fry in seconds, we don't want to waste our money!
This is very easy, probably the easiest part of the whole process. Discharge yourself again. There are 2 white levers on the side of the slot. Make sure they are both pulled down. Just take out the stick of ram that we bought in the first tutorial. Place the ram facing the processor and gently but forcefully kind of rock it in. This might require alot some strength but don't overdue it. You can damage your slot or memory module. But they are pretty durable so you can beat them up a little. You'll know it's in because the 2 white arms you pulled down will automatically snap in place to secure the ram.
This is done almost exactly like the ram. Discharge yourself. pull down the lever on the side of the AGP port. Take out the graphics card and rock it in like we did with the ram. Screw in the metal peice that now covers the opening that we made in the case preparation step. The screw should have came with the graphics card.
Hard Drive and CD Burner Installation
Now you have to install the hard drive. Take out the hard drive and on the back make sure the jumper is set to master. In order to make sure it's set to master check the documentaion that came with the hard drive. Usually the hard drive is set to master or cable select by default. It really doesn't matter because the computer will find the bootable device no matter what, unless it's set to boot from say... the floppy drive, which by default it isn't. In the case you should see a bunch of racks. These are obviously where the hard drive and disk drives go. On the buttom rack is usually the smallest rack and that is where the hard drive goes because there are no removable plastic covers covering it. Slide the hard drive in the bottom rack and screw it in. Now at the top of the racks, slide the CD burner in, the one where we took the plastic covering off. Screw it in.
Now you should have 2 80 pin ribbon cables that came with the hard drive and cd burner. Discharge yourself yet again. Plug one in the hard drive and the other in the cd burner. Some people will say "make sure they plugged in the right way" but it's really pretty self explanatory. You should be able to figure out. Now plug the hard drive into the IDE interface in the mobo (mobo = motherboard ). It should probably be the one closest to the CPU but again, these days, it shouldn't really matter. Plug the cd burners ribbon cable into the remainding IDE interface.
Power Everything Up!!
Now we have to give everything power. This is easy. Discharge yourself one more time (are you sick of this yet?). Now look at your power supply, there will be a ton of different wires with plugs at the end coming our of it. Take the biggest one and plug it into the big huge plastic interface on the motherboard. Now there should be a bunch of medium sized plugs. These are molex plugs. Plug them into the hard drive and cd buner.
In your case should be a bunch of little wires with little plastic plugs at the end. There is no one way to connect these into the motherboard. You going to have to look in your motherboard documentation to correctly place them in your motherboard. It isn't to hard though.
If you plug your computer in the wall, a green LED should light up on your motheroard. This is a good thing, it tells you your motherboard is getting power.
Many people will say to get a anti static wrist strap. If you are a technician fixing 20 computers a day, that's fine, but you really don't need one for building your own PC. Besides, simply touching the metal in the case shouldn't be to hard and it works just fine.
You are bound to have to make some kind of cmos configurations in the bios when you start up. There really isn't one way to do this, it will vary depending on the manufacturer and version you have. And don't forget to install your OS and drivers. The driver CD's come with your motherboard and graphics card. There are tons of tutorials on installing OS's on AO.
Anyway, I hope you all learned something, novice and experts alike. If you didn't know what was inside your computer, now you do. If you didn't know what you needed to buy or do to build your own PC, now you do.
BTW, I am open to any constructive critisism.


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June 21, 2002 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp., the nation's second-largest hospital chain, lost its bid to acquire Baptist Health System, a financially troubled nonprofit organization that operates five hospitals in San Antonio. Santa Barbara-based Tenet had partnered with Christus Santa Rosa Health Care to take control of the chain, which would have expanded Tenet's holdings in Texas to 19 hospitals. But Baptist Health said it chose a proposal by Vanguard Health Systems Inc.
December 22, 1999 |
Memorial Health Services in Long Beach has agreed to sell La Palma Intercommunity Hospital to Nashville-based Vanguard Health Systems. Terms were not disclosed. Sale of the 141-bed acute-care facility should be completed in the first quarter of next year, Vanguard said. "Vanguard is committed to enhancing La Palma's capital strength, operational efficiencies and market position in addition to building upon the quality medical staff, employees and volunteers," said Joseph D.
August 13, 1998 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. bid $465 million to buy eight hospitals from Allegheny Health Education & Research Foundation, pitting it against smaller Vanguard Health Systems Inc. in a battle to become one of Philadelphia's largest hospital operators. Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health is selling the Philadelphia-area hospitals as part of a court-supervised bankruptcy reorganization.
October 29, 2008 |
Shares of Apria Healthcare Group Inc., the largest U.S. provider of home-medical equipment, jumped the most in 16 years after the company closed its $1.7-billion sale to Blackstone Group. "Many people were concerned the deal wouldn't get done," said Arthur Henderson, an analyst with Jefferies & Co. in Nashville. "But it appears they have secured the financing needed." Blackstone is paying $21 a share and plans to merge the Lake Forest company with its Sky Merger Sub Corp. unit.
September 30, 1998 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. won a judge's approval of its $345-million bid to buy eight Philadelphia-area hospitals from Allegheny Health Education & Research Foundation as part of a bankruptcy reorganization. Santa Barbara-based Tenet had said it wasn't going to bid on the hospitals because Vanguard Health Systems Inc. had already bid $460 million, plus $80 million if the hospitals met certain earnings targets.
June 21, 2006 |
Nurses backed by the biggest U.S. healthcare union Tuesday filed four class-action lawsuits against some of the biggest U.S. hospitals, including No. 1 chain HCA Inc., claiming that they conspired to depress wages amid a national shortage of nurses. The lawsuits, which also target the biggest U.S.

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Oahu hotel operators hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic are crying foul at a Honolulu City Council bill that would dictate to the managers which employees could be brought back to work as their facilities slowly reopen.
But the leadership and members of Unite Here Local 5, the hospitality workers union pushing the measure, say Bill 80 would ensure their laid-off workers return safely and in a fair manner that prioritizes seniority.
The measure gets its first airing before the Council Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee at 1 p.m. today.
The bill would require the hotels to recall a set amount of employees, calculated by the occupancy that the hotel will accommodate, with priority given to those with the most seniority in their respective job positions.
It would also require that the hotels “clean and sanitize every occupied guest room every day” and employ the number of housekeeping workers necessary to ensure that it is done.
Kekoa McClellan, spokesman for the American Hotel and Lodging Association Hawaii chapter, said the bill would make it more difficult for hotels to reopen at all.
“This whole recall language places an undue burden on the hospitality industry and will force the hotels to close and lay off thousands of employees,” McClellan said. “This action will hurt the very employees it is intended to help. A hotel cannot simply reopen based on some calculation of employee counts,” he said.
“If at 100% occupancy, I need six restaurants open to meet the need and demand of my guests. At 20% occupancy I’m not going to need all six restaurants open, and I wouldn’t have all six restaurants open,” McClellan said. “But as written, Bill 80 would force me to bring back 20% of my employees at all six restaurants.”
That also would apply to other areas of a hotel property, he said. A hotel wouldn’t open the same number of pools if the number of guests doesn’t warrant it, he said.
Mufi Hannemann, president and CEO of the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, agreed.
“This bill will handcuff a hotel property’s rehiring practices by tying it directly to occupancy, which will only discourage hotel management from reopening their doors until demand has increased and stabilized,” Hannemann said. “The indirect effect of Bill 80 would ultimately be that the local residents who comprise our tourism industry workforce will be kept off their jobs longer than necessary, for no discernibly good reason.”
Meanwhile, the requirement that each occupied room be cleaned and sanitized appears to contradict Centers for Disease Control safety guidelines and exposes employees to unnecessary risks, McClellan said.
Hannemann said such a requirement “flies in the face of both long-standing hotel protocols and current industry recommendations” and endangers the safety of hotel guests, front-line employees and their families.
The two groups also raised concerns about the legality of the bill.
“This proposed measure sets a dangerous precedent of local government overstepping its jurisdiction and meddling in the internal workings of private business entities,” Hannemann said. “While this bill is aimed squarely at hotels, the next step could be airlines, then attractions, small businesses, restaurants or any other number of business sectors.”
Local 5 Political Director Cade Watanabe said the bill is “pretty straightforward” and seeks only to ensure that all hotels recall their employees fairly when they return, not just those employees they want. Cities across the country from Baltimore to Los Angeles have enacted similar legislation, he said.
“We cannot allow employers and the industry to use this pandemic as an excuse to permanently reduce our local workforce,” Watanabe said.
The hotels with which the union have agreements typically have callback provisions, but it’s possible that some will choose to take the position that the pandemic presents a situation so extraordinary it cannot follow its provisions, he acknowledged.
Additionally, the bill would offer some protection for hotel workers who aren’t represented, he said, estimating that the 7,000 to 7,500 unionized hotel workers on Oahu represents about half of those in the industry as a whole. At least one chain whose employees are not unionized is reopening and is forcing all its previously laid-off workers to reapply, he said.
Watanabe was adamant that McClellan’s hypothetical example that all hotel restaurants would have to open is wrong under the 20% scenario, and he insisted emphatically that nothing in the bill would force hotels to open areas not of their choosing.
Those opposed to the bill are “bringing up these things to scare our City Council into thinking that Bill 80 is requiring this whole slew of things when in fact all it does is require businesses to make a commitment to workers that the jobs they once had will be there when they return,” he said.
More than 1,500 Local 5 members already have sent testimony supporting the bill to the Council, Watanabe said.
Councilman Tommy Waters, who introduced the bill on behalf of Local 5, said he appreciates and understands both sides of the issue, as well as the concerns raised about the measure.
“A lot of the hotel workers have given their lives to the hotels, and I have to say that after speaking to the hotel management, they treat their employees like family … and they want to bring them back.”
He added, “I understand that there are problems with the bill, but … I’m encouraging both sides to try to sit down and work out their differences.”


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Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of the adult animated series Bad Crimes from creator Nicole Silverberg (pictured top, left), a former supervising writer on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and editor at Reductress, the online satirical women’s magazine.
Who’s involved with the series: King of the Hill creators Mike Judge (pictured top, middle) and Greg Daniels (right) are executive producers through their new production company Bandera Entertainment. Erica Hayes, a director on Rick and Morty season 4, is handling the visual development of the show and will also serve as EP. Other EPs are Dustin Davis of Bandera and the two lead voice actresses, Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus.
What is the show about: Byer and Lapkus are Kara and Jennie, two FBI agents who travel across the country to solve grisly crimes while juggling their friendship, career ambitions, and as many men as possible. Netflix describes the series as a “dark comedy procedural.” Silverberg says she chose to work with Netflix because the streamer “encourages my grossest, most violent comedy fantasies.”
How Judge and Daniels are involved: After King of the Hill, Judge and Daniels went their separate ways, but they recently reteamed to launch Bandera Entertainment, whose goal is “to curate a relevant, diverse slate of animated programming” and “to expand the animation genre into as many modern types of storytelling as live action.” Bandera sold its first show – the Ana Drezen-created Praise Petey – to Disney’s Freeform last month.
What other animated projects are Judge and Daniels developing at Bandera: A piece in The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Bandera has a robust slate of projects in development, including a children’s series by Sacha Baron Cohen, an adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For, and projects with Zach Woods (Silicon Valley), Jimmy O. Yang (Space Force, Silicon Valley), and tattoo/graffiti artist Mr. Cartoon. The pair are also working on a reboot of King of the Hill.


“The suspects were depositing fraudulent checks into an account and before we could determine they were fraudulent checks, or the system could, they’re out trying to withdraw the money on bank machines and different locations like casinos,’ said Pierce County Sheriff’s Det. Ed Troyer. “When you do that we are going to have pictures and video of you and you will be put out to the public and we’ll find out who you are, so that is a ‘old school’ game that will get you caught and will get you thrown in jail. We know those checks were fraudulent. Whether they’re printing them, or they’re stealing them from businesses is still yet to be determined, the investigation’s ongoing, but we know that they willingly put all these checks in the bank, knowing they were going to withdraw the cash out later.”
A great shot from an ATM camera on January 4th shows the tattoos the bald-headed, mean-muggin’ suspect has inked on his hands.
If you recognize either of these fraud suspects, or the cars they drove, use the P3 Tips App on your smart phone to submit the information to Crime Stoppers, or call the hot line at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477). It’s anonymous and a cash reward of up to $1,000 is your tip helps lead to their arrest.


One of the earliest indications that something might be wrong with your car is an unusual noise. It’s important to listen carefully to your vehicle, because early detection of problems can help you address them before they become severe or dangerous.
What do you need to be concerned about, and what can you afford to ignore?
Piston Noises (Tick Tick Tick)
The loudest sound under your hood is the pistons in your engine moving up and down in their cylinders. Make note of how they sound and listen for changes. A high-pitched buzz or a fast tapping sound might indicate your engine oil is low and should be checked immediately. Regular oil changes and maintaining proper oil levels keeps your engine from overheating, and long-term failure to do so can result in total engine loss. If your oil is fine and piston noises persist, have a mechanic check your pistons and valves for other problems.
Belts and Pulley Noises (Squeak and Squeal)
Belts connect multiple systems of your car to its engine, and their problematic noises can be the easiest to diagnose. Be on the lookout for a repetitive screeching. This is usually a sign that a belt is wearing out and needs to be replaced, which is a fairly cheap and easy procedure. If the screeching persists, it might indicate that the engine part the belt connects to is freezing up; a lower-pitched screech could be a failing water pump. Check under your car for coolant and keep an eye on the temperature gauge, as overheating is another sign of a water pump needing attention. Since the pump is responsible for keeping your engine cool, it is important to keep it in good running order to avoid expensive engine repairs.
Hose Noises (Boiling and Bubbling)
You will probably experience other indicators of a faculty hose before you hear any noise. However, you might notice a sound exactly like boiling water on the stove. This is the coolant in your radiator boiling. This mean there is a hose failure, or that a bad gasket has compromised the cooling system. When a hose fails, it makes a soft hissing noise like a balloon with a small hole. If you hear that noise, check under your car for spilt fluids and get your hoses checked. Multiple systems in your car depend on hoses; every one of them is essential. Replacing hoses and gaskets is much cheaper and easier than replacing the components that rely on them.
Suspension Noises (Knock, Knock)
When you go over bumps in the road, listen for a knocking sound. There might be a problem in your suspension system. You ball joints could be corroded and need replacing, and not doing so can lead to accidents on the road, as well as more expensive repairs. It could also mean that your struts need to be replaced, especially in an older car. Struts fail gradually – and rarely in a spectacular manner like a ball joint – and when they’re in poor condition, they put a fair amount of wear on the vehicle if they go uncorrected. Any problem in the suspension system will also make tires wear out faster, requiring more frequent replacements and further raising the odds of an accident.
Brake Noise (Grinding and hard growl)
If you hear a squeal when you use your brakes it’s definitely past time to have them checked. If there’s a grinding noise, it’s even more serious. This can mean the brake pads are worn out completely and damage is being done to the brake rotor. Obviously, brakes are a key feature in your car. The longer you wait to service them, the more expensive it will be… not to mention the greater the risk of brake failure. Recently replaced brakes sometimes make a squeal, but the sound should go away within a few days.
Get Unusual Noises Checked
You know your car best, and you should be able to tell if it’s making a sound it doesn’t usually make. This is always a sign of a potentially harmful abnormality. Any persistent new noise should be investigated before it turns into a bigger problem. Periodically turn off the radio, roll down the windows and listen to what your car is trying to tell you. By keeping a close ear, you’ll keep yourself safe and maintain the reliability of your car for years to come.
Help Yourself by Helping Your Car
If you’ve got a noise you can’t figure out, then bring it over to Dillon’s Automotive. You deserve a quiet drive. Contact us today to get the problem diagnosed (and repaired!) quickly and accurately.