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Zamboanga (Zamboanga Town) Zamboanga City Province | Mindanao Philippines
Lat 6° 54' 37N	Long 122° 4' 18E Zamboanga is located on the Zamboanga peninsula at the southwest tip of Mindanao in the Philippines. Borders the Basilan Strait to the south and to the east is Mariqui Point. Offshore are Great Santa Cruz Island and Little Santa Cruz Island. During the war, known to American forces as "Zamboanga Town". Today known as "Zamboanga City" and is part of Zamboanga City Province.
Wartime History
Occupied by the Japanese during 1942-1945. During the Japanese occupation, Filipino guerrillas had operated in the Zamboanga area, commanded by Col. Wendell Fertig, a US Army reservist who did not surrendered to the Japanese and helped organize guerrilla activities.
American missions against Zamboanga
October 7, 1944 - March 15, 1945
On March 10, 1945 the US Army, 41st Infantry Division, 162nd and 163rd Infantry Regiments made an amphibious landing four miles northwest of the city, overcoming light opposition. On March 11, 1945 Zamboanga was liberated by the 163rd Infantry Regiment.
Zamboanga Airfield (Wolfe Field)
Wartime airfield, liberated by the US Army on March 10, 1945
Located inland to the northwest of Zamboanga.
Occupied by the Japanese 1942-1945. On March 11, 1945 liberated by the US Army, 41st Infantry Division troops.
San Roque Airfield (Moret Field)
Occupied by the Japanese, liberated March 11, 1945
Calarian Airfield
Mount Caspisan & Pulungbata
Located roughly two miles north of San Roque was Mount Caspisan, and Pulungbata was five miles inland. After the liberation of Zamboanga on Mach 11, 1945, Mount Caspisan and Pulungbata became the Japanese Army's main defensive position. Defended by approximately 9,000 troops organized into an independent mixed brigade, commanded by Lt. General Tokichi Hojo. By late March, American forces overcame the positions and organized Japanese resistance in the area ended, with surviving forces retreating inland.
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Located to the west of Zamboanga bordering Caldera Bay and Caldera Point
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The Myriad - April 3, 1977
The Myriad
The Song Remains The Same, (The Rover intro) Sick Again, Nobody's Fault But Mine, In My Time of Dying, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore, Going to California, Black Country Woman, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, White Summer ~ Black Mountain Side, Kashmir, (Out On the Tiles intro) Moby Dick, Jimmy Page solo, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Trampled Underfoot.
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Press Review: Hit-Packed Zeppelin Throbs at Myriad
Led Zeppelin throbbed with a vengeance Sunday night at the Myriad Convention center.
Britain's notorious heavy-metal virtuosos masterfully assaulted the capacity crowd with a hit-packed program accentuated with lengthy and frequent solos.
Zeppelin hasn't been on the road in two years. Oklahoma City was, however, their second date on a current US tour.
The group is remarkably tight musically and appears in as good form as ever, searing and thunderously loud. It's brutal, aggressive and embodies a paganistic rawness. That "aura" surrounds them completely.
Zeppelin fans know what the group is capable of and demand it Sunday with almost masochistic pleasure.
The first hour and a half of the program began as a warm-up for the deafening, spontaneous musical offerings to come.
Lead singer Robert Plant from his recent bout of tonsillitis, brought forth the Rain Song (?) with driving power.
He showed no signs of difficulty with other pulsating selections from the group's Physical Graffiti album. Plant acted the bona fide super star. With shirt torn to the navel, he sashayed across the stage like a prize winning rooster.
But lead guitarist and the group's founder, Jimmy Page, had his moment to prove why he is considered one of the best musicians in rock.
A spectacular stage show came with No Quarter, which featured keyboardist John Paul Jones engulfed in a multicolored fog which rolled over the stage and into the audience.
Green fluorescent lasers all the while flashed oscillating oval forms on the ceiling. The crowd cheered as it had done almost continuously since the start of the concert.
Zeppelin continued with Ten Years Gone and went into a second half program which spotlighted solos by Page and Jones.
Drummer John Bonham performed an exhausting but stupendous solo. He provides the "heavy" to the "metal".
The spirit of Led Zeppelin is, musically, "to let it all out". It gave all three hours worth to a well-pleased audience Sunday. [P.Upton / Daily Oklahoman/4/4/77]
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Wozniacki will play No. 10 Johanna Konta in Saturday's championship match.
Berdych broke to go 5-3 up and took the contest into a third set, where Federer made the most of some unforced errors from his opponent to break at 4-2 but then, uncharacteristically, Federer let some sloppiness creep into his game.
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The 35-year-old Swiss, who has already clinched the Australian Open and Indian Wells titles so far this year, struggled past 10th seed Berdych 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) in a thrilling last-eight contest that lasted nearly two hours.
But Federer held on and was handed the victory when Berdych double faulted. "But I think I showed great heart today". Yet Berdych responded by rattling off the next two games for the loss of just one point.
"I don't know what I was thinking", Kyrgios said.
When Federer got the chance to serve for the match at 5-3 though, he lost the game to love and the match went to a tie break.
The Swiss saved his second match point with an unplayable first serve and set up his own match point with an ace down the middle. "He was the one serving out the match, didn't make it".
"Sick atmosphere", Federer told the crowd afterward.
This will be the second consecutive time two double-digit seeds make the women's final at Key Biscayne, after No. 13 Victoria Azarenka beat No. 15 Svetlana Kuznetsova a year ago.
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Dying with Dignity in Santa Barbara
Compassion & Choices Rallies for Education and Legislation
By Indy Staff
Sat Nov 08, 2014 | 6:00am
Compassion & Choices Santa Barbara field organizer Cecily Hintzen and volunteer Marian Shapiro at the Democratic Women's Luncheon on September 27, where the two volunteered their time to gather support for the campaign.
Long Beach resident Anita Freeman, 70, could barely hold back the tears as she recounted the painful final days of her sister Elizabeth Martin's battle with colon cancer. "Everything that could go wrong went wrong," Freeman said. "We've really had a horrible time of just trying to understand why all this was happening."
Having been diagnosed four years ago, Martin, 66, had successfully bested the cancer until June of this year, when it came back "with a vengeance." The terminal disease had spread throughout her body — lungs, liver, spine — and Martin's daily life was agony. Her family moved her to hospice care, but the palliative procedures were not enough. Martin, who had end of life directives in place, including Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) requests, could no longer endure the pain — she wanted to die.
"She pleaded with the palliative doctor, begged the doctor, 'Couldn't you just give me a magic pill that I could just go to sleep? Because I know what's ahead of me.' And he said, 'No, California law will not allow that,'" Freeman said.
Freeman watched helplessly as her sister's condition worsened with each day. "That was my baby sister all my life. And I couldn't help her. And it was making me angry; it was making me question the medical profession, asking, why? You told us you were gonna help us. And nothing was working."
Her sister spent her final weeks in a violent delirium before passing away in a state of barbiturate-induced unconsciousness on July 25. Despite her pleas, Martin's doctors could legally do nothing to relieve her suffering; they could only numb the pain. The system meant to alleviate her sister's suffering only prolonged it.
To avoid witnessing nightmarish dying processes like these, other families have chosen to avoid California law altogether by uprooting to states where physician-assisted suicide is legal. In the well-known case of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, she ended her battle on November 2 by taking life-ending medications in the state of Oregon.
Maynard's decision to shorten her life, rather than let the fatal disease continue any further — as well as the decisions facing patients like Martin, who may want to die but are legally barred — has sparked a national debate: Should terminally ill Americans legally have the choice to end their lives?
A Missing Tool from the Toolbox
Here in Santa Barbara, many feel dying individuals should have the choice — including Cecily Hintzen, a former quality systems analyst for Cottage Hospital who now runs Pathfinders Memorial Planning in Santa Barbara. Hintzen and Pathfinders help people navigate the dying process, and she quickly sensed the gap in the procedures and options available to those facing an imminent and terminal illness.
"I just really believed that medical aid in dying is a missing tool from the toolbox," she said. "We have palliative care, and hospice care, and it's wonderful when it works, and it works most the time; but when it doesn't, there needs to be more options for people."
In February of this year, Hintzen decided to take action by joining Compassion & Choices, a Denver-based nonprofit working toward expanding end-of-life options in the U.S. The campaign sought expansion in the Santa Barbara area, and fellow volunteers selected Hintzen in July as organizer of the Santa Barbara chapter. The group has hosted and will continue to host informational meetings around town on current legal end-of-life options as well as enlist supporters. The group has upcoming informational meetings on November 5, 12, and 19, at the Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta libraries, respectively, to educate voters and families of patients facing end-of-life care.
"The hard part is getting it out there; some people haven't even heard of 'death with dignity,'" she said. Hintzen has spoken with county supervisors and representatives about introducing a death with dignity resolution on the county or city level. Though the response has been "very positive," local politicians are generally reluctant to commit to a bill that is still "too much of a hypothetical," she said.
This is not the first time Californians have debated death with dignity. Numerous attempts — Prop. 161 in 1992; two Death With Dignity Acts in '95 and '96; the California Death with Dignity Act in '99-'00, and the California Compassionate Choices Act introduced in '05-'06 and '07-'08 — all failed. Groups such as the California Medical Association and the Catholic Conference of Bishops have reportedly put pressure on representatives to vote against death with dignity laws. Despite a lack of legislative success, nearly 64 percent of 2014 California voters would support a death with dignity act, according to a Compassion & Choices poll.
Oregon, Washington, Vermont, New Mexico, and Montana all have laws allowing a state resident 18 years or older, who is "capable of making and communicating health care decisions for him/herself," and has been diagnosed by two physicians as having "a terminal illness that will lead to death within six months," to obtain such medication, the Death With Dignity National Center reports.
"We have seen increased interest from legislators who are committed to this issue at the state level, but we have been looking at what we need to do to actually pass this law, and are we going to be able to do it through Legislature, or are we going to have to do it through the people?" said Toni Broaddus, Compassion & Choices California Campaign Director.
State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, who co-authored the Death With Dignity Bill in 1996, said it is "very likely" a bill could come to the State Senate within the next two years. "I do respect everyone's right to die with dignity, and the right of every person to address the issue of their death in their own way," she said. "We have to allow people to make their own choices, and I look forward to continuing the discussion so that one day people like Brittany don't have to plead to end their lives when they are terminally ill."
In the absence of concrete legislation, the Compassion & Choices Campaign is focused primarily on building grassroots support.
"We are working very hard in California to make sure our campaign reflects the diversity of Californians," Broaddus said. Broaddus made a particular appeal to Latinos, for whom "family and religion [are] very important … and it's important with us to wrestle that distinction between what they understand from their faith and what they understand from their relationships — they want to do the right thing."
The issue generates such controversy in part because "the right thing" can be so difficult to determine in the medical and ethical gray zones of terminal illness: What constitutes the end of life and the beginning death, and what role may the living play in aiding the patient transition from one phase to the other?
Numerous individuals have been persecuted for aiding their dying loved ones, such as Bill Bentick, a retired Palm Springs entomologist and medical equipment designer who in 2012 was jailed for three days on $1 million bail for not intervening when his terminally ill wife, 77, removed her own oxygen catheter. Then there is Pennsylvania resident Barbara Mancini, who was charged with homicide last year when she provided her dying father with morphine, which he was legally permitted to self-administer. Mancini made a hospice worker aware of the situation, and within a matter of hours the police had intervened: Mancini, for handing her father his medicine, was a murderer-to-be. Her father lived his final days in a hospital, receiving life-prolonging treatment he had explicitly requested not to receive.
"My father made the choice to consume what was in that bottle. Whether or not he intended to end it all by all that, he had severe pain that was under-treated. A death with dignity law could have protected my father's life without suffering, could have spared him from dying with the knowledge that I was arrested, spared my family the misery we went through," Mancini said.
No Santa Barbara residents have been prosecuted for aiding in a suicide, Santa Barbara District Attorney Senior Deputy Lee Carter reported. Of 52 total suicides reported in a 2012 Community Health Status Report released by County Public Health, 10 were committed by individuals aged 75 or older. Though the elderly do not account for a statistically significant portion of county suicides, many elderly do experience despair upon nearing the end of their lives.
"Unfinished business, regrets, painful unresolved relationships all add to the psychological challenges, fears and suffering, particularly if not faced and addressed," said Susan Plummer, executive director of the Alliance for Living and Dying Well (ALDW), a local support network for patients facing end-of-life care. "Usually a person knows they are dying, but at times, loved ones are reluctant to invite open conversations about how the person feels, thoughts, fears, questions, etc."
While Californians cannot legally seek medically aided death, they can complete an Advance Health Care Directive, which indicates what kind of end-of-life treatment they want to receive, and Five Wishes for whom they would like care for them and how. The ALDW has a staff of 50 advanced care professionals who hold monthly workshops on end of life directives at Sansum Clinic, Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care, Hospice of Santa Barbara, Vista del Monte, B'nai B'rith Temple, and Garden Court.
Dr. Dennis Baker, a member of the Palliative Care Consultants of Santa Barbara, feels it is of utmost importance for patients to begin having these conversations with their families and caregivers. "The more discussion, the more documentation, the better," he said. He feels the State of California does offer patients a great degree of choice and autonomy over death through advance directives. "I honestly can say that people can have a dignified death of their own control without having to turn away from the system we have in California. I think it really can be done."
However, difficulties may come due to a disagreement in treatment. "Within the medical community, physicians may be not wanting to let go, or give up, or express anything but hope that things are going to get better. Physicians are not all on the same page; some are very much connected to their ideal."
Baker is a strong advocate for hospice care, which he feels is generally sufficient in meeting the needs of the dying in Santa Barbara. Some, like Mancini, feel that though hospice care can meet those needs, there is no reliable way of knowing which hospice providers will give adequate care; some, she said, provide the opposite.
"The hospice failed him miserably," she said, recounting how the hospice neglected to provide her father with prescription painkillers; it took Mancini's prompting and two weeks of delay until he could receive them. Even then, the hospice supervisor advised a lower dose than initially prescribed. "The hospice worker interceded to relieve his pain to lower the dose to the order which hospice never provided anyways, and of course it didn't relieve his pain. She said he was 'comfortable despite pain.' I don't believe I've ever heard such a ridiculous thing in my life."
Hospices are paid on a per-diem basis, meaning they are funded by Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance based on how many days a patient enrolls. A longer life means more funding. "How much incentive does hospice have to be on top of things if they're getting paid no matter what they do? All the hospices have been in for-profit sector — there is money to be made from your dying loved one," Mancini said, though she made clear she did not know one way or another whether this was a factor in her father's treatment.
While physician-assisted suicide remains an undecided issue on the state's political landscape, the renewed debate has opened up a number of related conversations on how best to take care of California's dying: what constitutes a life worth living, and how can medical practices be amended to ensure as comfortable a dying process as possible.
"In America our medical profession is focused on everything possible to cure people, and we have not learned yet how to help people die peacefully. And I think we're seeing that shifting," Broaddus said.
Anita Freeman hopes the shift comes soon, so that others do not have to experience what her family did.
"All we're asking for is choice. It's that simple," she said.
https://www.independent.com/2014/11/08/dying-dignity-santa-barbara/
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UW Horse Judging Team claims honors at 2011 All American Quarter Horse Congress
A University of Wyoming (UW) Horse Judging Team member from Douglas won top overall individual honor, and the team claimed reserve champion in intercollegiate competition at the 2011 All American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio.
The team competed Oct. 19.
Teams judge four halter and eight performance classes. Stephanie Schroeder of Douglas won top individual honor. She was first in halter and second in reasons and performance.
The West Texas A& M University A Team was first with 3,241 points, UW had 3,216 points and Colorado State University Team A was third with 3,213 points. Eighteen collegiate teams competed.
"This team has worked extremely hard and really put the University of Wyoming on the map this week," said Amy McLean, coach and assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Ruth Uptain of Casper was second in halter and sixth in reasons, and Lisa Eckhardt of Watkinsville, GA, was fourth in halter. Corinna Slingerland of Lander placed in the top 20 for halter, and Lacey Teigen of Laramie placed in the top 20 overall.
The team competes next in the American Quarter Horse Association World Show in Oklahoma City, OK, next month.
The All American Quarter Horse Congress, in its 45th year, is the world's largest single-breed show and receives more than 17,000 horse show entries.


Gavin Floyd was not to be denied yesterday, pitching 10 shutout innings and delivering the game-winning hit for the No. 5-ranked Mount St. Joseph baseball team for a 1-0 victory over No. 15 Calvert Hall in Irvington.
In the opening round of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs, Floyd (8-2) secured his 30th career pitching victory by lining a shot off the base of the center-field fence, easily scoring Steve Clevenger with the game's only run.
In three varsity seasons, Floyd is 30-5, but four of the losses have been to Calvert Hall, including a 9-2 defeat earlier this season. The Gaels have been the A Conference runners-up for the past four seasons.
Nemesis Calvert Hall (13-15) won the title a third time in four years last season after coming back a pitiful start, a scenario it seemed to be following again.
On Thursday, Calvert Hall humbled the top-seeded Gaels, 10-0, to earn the fourth seed.
"I wanted this very bad, especially after last week because everything was going bad for us," said Floyd, who is now 3-4 against the Cardinals.
"This game, everybody was pumped, nobody was scared. I had a lot of confidence, which kinda brought the team up."
A huge crowd watched a well-pitched game by Floyd, who had command of his fastball and curve, and his Calvert Hall counterpart, Mike Santmyer, who confounded the Gaels' hitters by changing speeds.
In a game with no room for mistakes, and with the pressure mounting each inning, neither team committed an error.
"It was incredible, one of the best high school baseball games I've seen, from a pitching and defensive standpoint," said St. Joe coach Dave Norton, whose Gaels (19-7) meet Archbishop Curley at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Cannon Stadium in Harmans.
Floyd retired the first nine batters he faced before giving up a leadoff walk in the fourth inning. He took a no-hit bid into the seventh, but the Cards' Brian Anecharico led off with a single. Anecharico, however, was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double.
Left fielder Ryan Doggett barehanded Anecharico's sharp grounder down the left-field line and nailed him at second base.
Floyd, who is expected to go high in the first round of the June major-league baseball draft, finished with a two-hitter. He struck out 13 and walked just two on 110 pitches.
The two walks came in the fourth. It marked the only time that the Cardinals had two on base, but Floyd was his typical self, consistently throwing in the mid-90s to get out of such jams.
The only other hit Floyd gave up was a topped ball off the plate by Marco Muscella leading off the ninth. The ball settled in the dirt just a couple of feet in front of home plate. With dirt flying into his eyes, catcher Brian Bent was unable to make a play.
Not to be overlooked was the performance of Santmyer, who gave up six hits, struck out six and walked three on 121 pitches. Santmyer will play the outfield at Seton Hall next year, and has only been pitching out of necessity.
He survived the game's most serious threat in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded and no one out, Santmyer started a home-to-first double play. But six innings later, Floyd struck last.
"I didn't think Gavin could hit a curveball, but I hung that one [game-winner]," Santmyer said. "It was by far my best-pitched game, but I'm disappointed. Hopefully next time we can get 'em."


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Paul Sunnucks Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Conference 2016
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Paul Sunnucks
Paul Sunnucks is a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He runs the Persistence and Adaptation Research Team, which is concerned mainly with evolutionary adaptation and population processes in wildlife, and the incorporation of evolutionary processes into conservation biology. He has particular interest in applying evolutionary approaches to inform wildlife management of fragmented populations. Accordingly, his research underpins his strong interactions with wildlife management agencies, as well as teaching in ecology and conservation. Paul studied Zoology at Oxford for his BA (Hons). A subsequent PhD at University College, London exposed him to population genetics, and led to appointment to one of the first conservation genetics groups, at the Institute of Zoology in London. That presented the opportunity to engage in the emerging field of molecular ecology. Subsequent postdoctoral positions and tenured academic positions allowed him to research diverse wildlife systems including invertebrates, mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. His current aquatic biology interests include invertebrate and fish species in Australian arid zone freshwaters, and threatened freshwater fish in eastern Australia, embracing the ecological genomics revolution.
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A mitonuclear 'supergene' explains mitonuclear discordance and nuclear gene flow between two climate-associated forms of a bird species — Mitochondria in the age of genomics: genome architecture, inheritance, and functions


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But that does not mean that every part of Wikipedia is curated by hand. As we speak, automated software processes called "bots" are responsible for all manner of routine maintenance. These include removing vandalism from articles, sorting pages in and out of categories and checking for instances of copyright infringement on newly created articles. One of the earliest bots, Rambot, was created in 2002 to create articles on places throughout the United States, creating almost 37,000 Wikipedia articles in the process. This was made possible with data gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau and other agencies—more details are available here.
The idea behind the open data movement is that the massive amounts of data collected and generated by our government should be available for the people to use—not just published in reports, but in computer-readable formats so that they can be used in research and analysis. There are many uses of open data—journalists rely on open data to break news and businesses use open data as a component of their business plans.
Since open data is a valuable source of public knowledge, why not use it to improve Wikipedia and keep it up to date? Granted, Wikipedia is not intended to be an indiscriminate dumping ground of data and it would be inconsistent with its editorial policies to use data to come to novel conclusions not already published somewhere else. However, there are still applications of data that would suit Wikipedia's mission. Many articles have boxes alongside the introductory section, containing quick facts about the subject of the article. In wiki-parlance these are called "infoboxes," and the new project Wikidata allows people to upload infobox data to one place and then use it on every language edition of Wikipedia.
Wikimedia DC, as an affiliate of the organization that runs Wikipedia, is pleased to partner with the Sunlight Foundation to host the Open Government WikiHack, a hackathon dedicated to finding ways to use structured government data to improve Wikipedia. The event will be held all-day April 5–6 at the Sunlight Foundation's offices in Washington, DC and will feature a mix of coders and non-coders, Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians. We want you to bring your ideas on how government data can improve Wikipedia, whether it involves the Sunlight APIs or another public source of information and we will give you the opportunity to make it happen.
There will be a happy hour At Sunlight Foundation on Friday April 4, 5:00pm and the hack will begin the next day.
Feel free to share with your networks with #wikihack on Twitter and if you have any questions, please email us at: info@wikimediadc.org.
The Health Data Consortium invites DC2 members and others with a passion for innovation and big data in health to submit an app for consideration for the Health Datapalooza 2014 App Demos—a chance to put your work in front of key health influencers and investors convening for the premier national conference on liberating health data to achieve better healthcare outcomes from June 1-3 in Washington, DC.
Applying is easy—just fill out your contact information, link to the app (if available), and provide background information on the app by Friday, February 28 to be considered.
Participate in live demos of the latest apps, hear from visionaries in the field, engage in one-on-one conversations with potential customers, collaborators, and investors, and network, network, network!
Sports Data Hub (SDH) is pleased to announce the OpenSDH Analytics Research Contest. OpenSDH is a collaborative project between Sports Data Hub, sports industry professionals, and technology companies to build a common sports analytics platform. As part of the analysis portion of the OpenSDH project, we have decided to engage the skills and creativity of the larger analytic community through sponsoring a contest using real professional data. We hope the result will be the further advancement of sports analytics techniques as well as more sports industry opportunities for contestants. In a split from normal contest formats, we are requesting that contestants provide their solution as a short paper (5-10 pages is sufficient) describing their approach along with associated R code. This enables pro teams using the OpenSDH platform to quickly try out contestant solutions on their own data and the contestants end up with a tangible output to help establish professional connections to sports teams.
First prize is a presentation spot at the 2013 New England Symposium on Sports in Statistics (NESSIS) to be held September 14, 2013, as well as $500 + hotel + airfare (for 1 person). Recognition will also be given to the best "Out of the Box" idea. This award recognizes entries that have broken radically new ground and does not have a prize associated with it.
For the competition, we will be releasing a "small" set of GPS player positioning data for three games from a professional sports league (approximately 1.75 million rows of data). This positioning data is typical of worldwide professional sports teams that utilize newer GPS systems for player tracking.We will also include possession data that represents outcome results.
We have posted several public documents on dropbox that provide further contest details, limitations, background, and FAQs.
Email opensdh@sportsdatahub.com with your name, your affiliation, and some information about your interest / experience in sports analytics.
You may NOT currently, or previously, be employed by an AFL team.
You may NOT currently be employed by a data/analysis services provider.
You may NOT enter as a company.
You may work in groups of up to two. (only one team member gets free travel to conference).
Provided data may NOT be posted, shared, or copied and must be permanently deleted after the contest.
There will be opportunities to turn your work into an R analysis package for the OpenSDH platform, if you wish to do so.
In unique cases that don't meet this list of limitations, SDH reserves the right to use their own judgment to determine contest eligibility. Their decision will be final.


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Trump's White House lawyer has reportedly spent 30 hours voluntarily talking to Robert Mueller
White House counsel Don McGahn has cooperated extensively with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling and alleged Trump campaign collusion, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Citing a dozen unnamed sources, the Times reports McGahn has shared "detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, including some that investigators would not have learned of otherwise." He has voluntarily given about 30 hours of interviews to the Mueller team spread across at least three sessions since December, offering information including Trump's directions for how McGahn should respond to Mueller's moves.
It is unclear, the Times notes, whether Trump has fully realized McGahn has taken this approach, which is extremely unusual for a defense attorney. "A prosecutor would kill for that," Solomon L. Wisenberg, a deputy independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation into former President Bill Clinton, told the Times. "Oh my God, it would have been phenomenally helpful to us. It would have been like having the keys to the kingdom."
McGahn originally began sharing information with Mueller in this manner, the report says, because he was concerned Trump intended to use him as a fall guy to escape any obstruction of justice charges. His cooperation was intended to demonstrate his own innocence. Bonnie Kristian


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Next Generation Forest Plantations: Integrating trees in rural landscapes
Adding timber trees to multi-use farmland has both environmental and economic benefits, and University of Melbourne researchers are working with landholders and investors to develop new business models for what could be the future of forest plantations in Australia.
Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry
Australian scientists have developed a new tool for imaging life at the nanoscale that will provide new insights into the role of transition metal ions such as copper in neuro-degenerative diseases.
Tasmanian genes helping to rebuild Victoria's bandicoots
Eastern barred bandicoots were once common in Victoria, but foxes and other threats have decimated numbers so badly that they only remain in captivity at three fenced reserves and on one small island.
Team behind FREO2 life-saving oxygen technology wins Eureka Prize
A University of Melbourne team developing a live-saving oxygen supply system for the world's poorest areas has won the 2017 ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology.
Snakebite map for pets launched
As the weather warms up, veterinarians are preparing for snakebite season with an interactive map to record when and where pets are bitten.
Deafness in farmed salmon linked to accelerated growth
Half of the world's farmed salmon are part deaf due to accelerated growth rates in aquaculture, new research has found.
Evolved masculine and feminine behaviours can be inherited from social environment – not just from genes
The different ways men and women behave, passed down from generation to generation, can be inherited from our social environment – not just from genes, experts have suggested.
New pain management study for dogs
Just like their owners, man's best friend can also suffer from osteoarthritis, a type of arthritis that occurs when cartilage at the ends of bones wears down causing pain, swelling and problems moving the joint.
Al Gore awarded Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne has awarded the Doctor of Laws honoris causa, an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, to Al Gore in recognition of his efforts to recognise and tackle man-made global warming.
University of Melbourne-ANU to lead new energy transition hub
The University of Melbourne and the Australian National University (ANU) will lead the Australian side of a new bilateral research collaboration with top German institutions to build economic and technological opportunities from the global transition to clean energy.
Quantum probes dramatically improve detection of nuclear spins
Researchers at the University of Melbourne have demonstrated a way to detect nuclear spins in molecules non-invasively, providing a new tool for biotechnology and materials science.
Forewarned is forearmed: $6.2 million for better farm forecasting
A new project has been launched to help farmers better prepare for extreme climate events and increase productivity and profits through proactive management practices.
Call for canine blood donors on World Blood Donor Day
This Wednesday, 14 June marks the World Health Organization's Blood Donor Day, providing an opportunity to recognise the valuable gift of blood donation, including for our pets.
University of Melbourne congratulates new Australian Academy of Science Fellows
Three University of Melbourne scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science, a rare honour, for their outstanding contributions to science.
Paris 1.5°Celsius target may be smashed by 2026
Global temperatures could break through the 1.5°Celsius barrier negotiated at the Paris conference as early as 2026 if a slow-moving, natural climate driver known as the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) has, as suspected, moved into a positive phase.
To catch a killer: DNA fingerprinting reveals how malaria hides from our immune system
DNA fingerprinting has revealed how the malaria parasite shuffles genes to create different strains and hide from our immune system.
Seeing is believing: diamond quantum sensor reveals how current flows in next generation materials
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are the first in the world to image how electrons move in two-dimensional graphene, a boost to the development of next-generation electronics.
University statement on urban horticulture studies
The University of Melbourne's Burnley campus is renowned for teaching and research programs in environmental and ornamental horticulture. Burnley remains a vital part of the University's plan for horticultural studies.
Dr Katie Mack back on ABC's Breakfast discussing origins of life
Hydrogen has been found on the Saturnian moon, Enceladus suggesting the presence of hydrothermal vents. These sources of water and energy are critical components for life on Earth, so what does this mean for Enceladus?
Unique water tank allows scientists to replicate rogue ocean waves
An international team of scientists have demonstrated how ocean winds can generate spontaneous rogue waves. This is the first step to predicting the potentially dangerous phenomena.


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	PlayerCreatedEvent::PlayerCreatedEvent(int frame, int id)
		: EventBase(frame)
	{
		_id = id;
	}

	//virtual
	PlayerCreatedEvent::~PlayerCreatedEvent()
	{
	}

	//virtual
	void PlayerCreatedEvent::PopulateFromJSON(web::json::object& json)
	{
		EventBase::PopulateFromJSON(json);

		_id = json.find(U("ID"))->second.as_integer();
	}

	//virtual
	void PlayerCreatedEvent::ToJSON(web::json::value& result)
	{
		EventBase::ToJSON(result);

		result[U("ID")] = web::json::value::number(_id);
	}
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Those of us who have been studying Engrosser's Script for any amount of time are painfully aware of how the further you pursue this wonderful facet of penmanship, the more you find there is to learn. While some experience rapid growth punctuated by periods of directionlessness, others fight tooth-and-nail for every inch of progress they make up Mt. Norder.
From the very beginning of your Engrosser's Script journey, you should try to cultivate an attitude surrounding growth that both acknowledges your strengths, and is understanding of your weaknesses. There's nothing worse than a downward spiral of "I'll never be able to do this" or worse: "I used to be able to do this, but now I can't".
I've said it before…progress in Engrosser's Script isn't linear or straightforward. Sometimes you have to go backwards to rediscover your way.
During those times, it's important to take a step back and realize that the way we equate our ability to enjoy our writing with our ability to write really well is product of our ego. I've definitely felt that in my own journey, and the expectations that I've placed on myself have held me back in many situations where if I could have been just a bit more vulnerable, or a touch more carefree, I could have learned a lot.
Participating in a calligraphy demonstration is a great way to take yourself out of your normal mode of thinking and put you into a 'production' mindset. The sheer number of pieces that you will produce over the course of a few hours means that you have to make sacrifices somewhere. The first to go is going to be your dedication to masterfully crafted strokes, followed quickly by taking yourself too seriously.
That breaking down of the attitude that you've worked so hard to construct is a really healthy process, because it allows you to see yourself and your work, from the outside for a moment. You're able to witness your creation with less critical eyes, and see the beauty in the elements that you can do even when you're not at your best.
Regardless of how it's received by the audience, you're forced to set that ego aside for a moment and recognize that the reason your there, right then, is very different from the reason that you show up every day in your studio with your Zanerian Manual and your favorite Spotify Playlist.
As we geared up for this demonstration, I reiterated a concept that I've said to Brandon and Kimi both several times, and that is that the work that we do, as students of Engrosser's Script, is very, very far beyond the scope or detail that a normal person is likely to see. When reviewing work for another penman, or when creating something for someone who you know has a good eye, we should take the time to appreciate the small details, absolutely. But in an environment such as a demonstration the things that will stand out are much less technical and reside more in the way that calligraphy is experienced by spectators.
For this particular event, we settled on a simple dove design that could be executed in six strokes for the body, three for the face, and some drawing work for the eye. In the weeks approaching the demo, I timed both Brandon and Kimi on their ability to throw these strokes, and we were able to distill the essential form down to about 20-30 seconds, with the face taking the majority of that time, by far.
Throughout the night, we heard many different comments, ranging from "oh wow! Look how fast they are!" to "How do you know where each stroke needs to go so quickly?". Short of the occasional person asking for something other than a dove, we really didn't have anyone who wasn't entranced to see their card thrown before their eyes.
This element of speed offers a couple of different benefits. The first is that it keeps the line moving quickly, and more cards going out the door. The second is that it, again, forces you to give up this notion that whatever you're going to make is gonna be some 'perfect representation of your skill and ability'. It humbles you, and makes you feel like you're flying all at the same time. As the penman, you get to know that it's not your best work, but the positive reaction from the crowd is incredibly encouraging nonetheless.
This was the real meat of why I wanted Brandon and Kimi to come with me to this event. As penmen, we need that confidence in our strokes. We can't learn it, it's not in the Zanerian Manual, we have to find it through doing. The experience of taking something that is so deeply personal and important to you, and showing it to someone in a vulnerable and sub-standard state, and still being told that it's incredible is not only validating, it's downright magical. If people react that way to your on-the-spot script, imagine how they'd feel if they could see all of the the small details you've been working on? Imagine if they could see your best work.
If you're on board with that this is a good idea for you to try, Congrats, you're ready to take it further than most people ever will. It's time to put yourself out there.
You can start by brainstorming and reaching out to a couple of places that have lots of foot traffic and are likely to attract people who will be willing to stand around for a few seconds. Stationary shops and book stores are great places, but don't overlook the value of going into a coffee shop and just offering to make stuff for people who come over to watch you write. Make an effort, invite them over, explain what you're doing and ask if they'd like one to take with them. Even if you only make one thing for one person, you're likely to feel a little bit of that magic that I'm talking about. You just have to be brave enough to try it.
What do you do to learn to relax and take your work less seriously from time to time? Have you ever participated in a calligraphy demonstration? If not, what about it is the scariest to you?


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Ethiopian Airlines Installed Max 8 Simulator, but Pilot on Doomed Flight Didn't Get Training
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Airlines surpassed many carriers by becoming one of the first to install a simulator to teach pilots how to fly the new Boeing 737 Max 8, but the captain of the doomed Flight 302 never trained on the simulator, according to people close to the airline's operations.
The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Ethiopian Airlines had not authorized disclosure of the information, said the carrier had the Max 8 simulator up and running in January, two months before Flight 302 crashed.
Boeing has said that experienced 737 pilots needed little training for the new Max 8, an assertion that has now come under close scrutiny by regulatory officials and pilots at other airlines. Two of the planes have fatally crashed in the past five months, and regulators around the world grounded all Max 8s last week.
The pilot of Flight 302, Yared Getachew, who had 8,000 hours of flying experience including on the 737, took a refresher course on a different simulator in late September and early October, according to one person familiar with the airline, and was not due for another round of simulator training until after the crash on March 10.
It was unclear if the second pilot on Flight 302, the co-pilot, had trained on the Max 8 simulator. Nor was it clear if the airline had used the simulator for refresher courses it requires pilots to take every six months, or only to train new pilots.
Still, use of the simulator by Ethiopian Airlines means the carrier was among the few in the world that not only had a working simulator for Boeing Max jets but was using it a few months after the first Max 8 crash, Lion Air Flight 610.
Despite Boeing's assertions that the plane was safe, the crashes have raised questions about whether Boeing and its American regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration, did enough to train pilots on how to deal with the Max 8's new features, in particular an automated system to prevent stalls.
Boeing said that pilots who had flown earlier models did not need additional simulator training, and even after the October crash in Indonesia, the F.A.A. agreed.
Many pilots learned the new features of the Boeing Max on an iPad, and many were not originally informed of the existence of the automated system, which can push the plane's nose down if it is approaching a stall.
The Ethiopian and Lion Air flights crashed minutes after takeoff and showed similar up-and-down oscillations before fatal nose-dives. A central focus of the Indonesian investigation is the possibility that the automated system pushed the nose down into a fatal dive because of inaccurate input from a sensor.
The Ethiopian Flight 302 crash killed all 157 aboard and the Lion Air Flight 610 crash killed all 189.
Even if both pilots on Flight 302 had trained on the simulator, it is unclear if such preparation would have included maneuvers to deal with the kinds of problems they may have faced.
After the Lion Air crash, Ethiopian Airlines also shared with its pilots Boeing's instructions on how to deal with the kind of problems Lion Air pilots appeared to have encountered, the people close to Ethiopian Airlines operations said.
In a bulletin issued in November, Boeing said that emergency procedures that applied to earlier 737 models would have corrected the problems that may have contributed to the Max 8 crash in Indonesia.
Pilots for Ethiopian Airlines, who declined to speak on the record, said they paid close attention to bulletins issued by aircraft manufacturers, especially following an accident. One pilot said failing to read the bulletins would be tantamount to "walking out of your house naked."
The Ethiopian crash has brought new scrutiny to the system Boeing put in its new Max planes to prevent stalls, called MCAS. The system was designed to compensate for changes to the aerodynamics that arose from alterations to the size and position of the engines on the wings.
The pilots on the doomed Lion Air flight did not appear to understand why the jet was tipping downward and how to correct that problem. One flipped through a technical manual, and the other began to pray, according to the cockpit voice recording.
An investigation is still underway to determine what caused the crash in Ethiopia. A possible fault in the MCAS system is part of the inquiry, and the authorities in Ethiopia have said that a preliminary review of the "black boxes" — voice recording and flight data — revealed similarities to the Indonesian crash.
But experts have cautioned that any conclusions at this stage of an investigation are preliminary and could change.
On Wednesday in Washington, the F.A.A. published a notification to regulators in other countries reiterating that Boeing was preparing a software upgrade for the 737 Max along with training to accompany the updated software.
The F.A.A. said its review of the new software and training was "an agency priority, as will be the rollout of any software, training or other measures to operators of the 737 Max."
The message from the F.A.A. did not reveal any new information about what may have led to the crash in Ethiopia. "Understanding the circumstances that contributed to this accident is critical in developing further actions and returning aircraft to service," the F.A.A. said.
In a further sign of scrutiny facing Boeing and the F.A.A., a Senate subcommittee on aviation and space said it was planning a hearing next Wednesday on airline safety.
"In light of the recent tragedy in Ethiopia and the subsequent grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, this hearing will examine challenges to the state of commercial aviation safety, including any specific concerns highlighted by recent accidents," the subcommittee said in a statement.
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Graham conducts the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in two performances of Dieterich Buxtehude's Passiontide masterpiece, Membra Jesu Nostri, with each of the seven cantatas interspersed with poetry readings from 1918 and extracts from Birdsong, read by author Sebastian Faulks. The Choir will be joined by the Chelys Consort of Viols, period instrumentalists and theorbo player Elizabeth Kenny. The two 75-minute performances will take place at 6pm and 8pm on Friday 23 March 2018. See Calendar for details.


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Swans keepers lend a hand at Neath Soccer Camp
Swansea City goalkeepers Gerhard Tremmel and David Cornell surprised children at the Swans Community Trust Soccer Camp in Neath this week alongside club ambassador Lee Trundle.
Cornell got between the sticks as the young players took penalties against the Swans shot stopper.
Waunarlwydd product Cornell, who used to attend soccer camps as a young footballer, revealed it was great to come back and get involved.
He said: "It's really nice to come down today and see the kids that are taking part in the camp here. I used to jump at the opportunity to come to these sort of things when I was their age.
"I used to go to ones in Olchfa but now they have camps all over the place which is brilliant for children and the club.
"I've been in goal against the young boys here today and I've got to be honest they can all strike a ball - some have taken some really good penalties."
Tremmel answered some of the children's questions in a special Q&A before donating a pair of his goalkeeper gloves for the Community Trust coaches to give to the camp's player of the week Thomas Gibson.
Over 50 children attended on Thursday with hundreds more at Swans soccer camps across South Wales.
Nigel Mathias, Schools Regional Co-ordinator at Swansea City Community Trust, said: "The visit really has been the icing on the cake for the youngsters who are here - it means so much to them.
"For the players to take time out of their busy schedule and come and get involved is brilliant.
"David Cornell getting in goal and allowing players to take penalties against him is something a young footballer will never forget.
"A number of Swans players who have come from the local area used to do camps like this when they were children, so hopefully we have seen the next generation at one of our camps this week."
The 16 camps run this week across South Wales is the most Swans Community Trust and Development have ever run during a half-term period.
Qualified Swans coaches have taken the sessions venues in Swansea, Baglan, Llanelli and as far afield as Brecon, Cardigan and Pembroke.
Mathias continued: "This week has been absolutely fantastic. We've had even more centres open this half-term adding about six venues to our already busy schedule.
"It means we've been able to go to even more communities encouraging more children to get active and involved.
"This half-term has definitely been record-breaking. The response in West Wales in particular has been absolutely fantastic.
"In Haverfordwest around 250 children attended the camp there in just three days.
"Coaches have told me there are lots of children who are impressing on the pitch at a number of camps this week. We hope that some of these young players can add to our development centres and one day become full-time Swans."
Club statement | Pyrotechnics
Swansea City reminds supporters the club has a zero tolerance approach to the handling and use of pyrotechnics following an incident at last weekend's Championship fixture against Queens Park Rangers.
Swansea.com Stadium accessibility a lifeline for Sue and McKenzie
Swansea City season ticket holder Sue has found attending matches at the Swansea.com Stadium with grandson McKenzie has helped her manage her Frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.
Swansea City saddened to learn of passing of Peter Davies
Swansea City is saddened to learn of the passing of the club's former player Peter Davies at the age of 86.
Swansea City seeks host families for young players
Swansea City is looking for local families to accommodate young academy players living away from home.
23rd January


Quade Cooper may have lit up Suncorp Stadium as the Wallabies defeated Ireland on Saturday but the Reds playmaker must this week face the music at a court hearing following his December arrest on burglary charges.
Cooper will appear for a committal hearing at Southport Magistrates Court on Friday, having been cleared to play in this season's Super 14 by the Queensland and Australian unions despite charges hanging over his head.
His form for the Reds was a revelation, leading to his installation as Australia's starting No.10 for June Tests against Fiji, England and Ireland, where he picked up a brace of Man of the Match awards.
"All of his recent experiences have served him well in terms of earthing him and appreciating what he's got and it's shown in a greater maturity," Wallabies boss Robbie Deans told AAP. "It's obviously been a background for a while now so it will be good for him to get it dealt with."
Deans will hope to have Cooper at his disposal for the Tri-Nations, which begins with South Africa's trip to face the All Blacks in Auckland on July 10. The Wallabies' first game falls two weeks later, with the Springboks the visitors to Brisbane.


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Q: How to get an element in WrappedArray: result of Dataset.select("x").collect()? I am a beginer on Spark/Scala. I would like to extract a value(Double) in the Array selected from Dataset. Simplified major steps are shown below. How can I extract each value[Double] in the
last val wpA ? Something like val p1 = wpA(1). I failed to conver it to normal array by wpA.toArray.
Thank you in advance for your help.
case class Event(eventId: Int, n_track: Int, px:ArrayBuffer[Double],py: ArrayBuffer[Double], pz: ArrayBuffer[Double],ch: ArrayBuffer[Int], en: ArrayBuffer[Double])
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val rawRdd =  sc.textFile("expdata/rawdata.bel").map(_.split("\n"))
val eventRdd = rawRdd.map(x => buildEvent(x(0).toString))
val dataset = sqlContext.createDataset[Event](eventRdd)
dataset.printSchema()
    root
      |-- eventId: integer (nullable = false)
      |-- n_track: integer (nullable = false)
      |-- px: array (nullable = true)
      |    |-- element: double (containsNull = false)
      |-- py: array (nullable = true)
      |    |-- element: double (containsNull = false)
      |-- pz: array (nullable = true)
      |    |-- element: double (containsNull = false)
      |-- ch: array (nullable = true)
      |    |-- element: integer (containsNull = false)
      |-- en: array (nullable = true)
      |    |-- element: double (containsNull = false)

val dataFrame  = dataset.select("px")
val dataRow =  dataFrame.collect()
val wpA = dataRow(1)(0)
println(wpA)
      WrappedArray(-0.99205, 0.379417, 0.448819,.....)

A: When you write:
val wpA = dataRow(1)(0)

You get a variable of type Any, because org.apache.spark.sql.Row.apply(Int) (which is the method called here on the result of datarow(1)), returns Any.
Since you know the expected type of the first item (index = 0) of this row, you should use Row.getAs[T](Int) and indicate that you expect a WrappedArray. Then, compiler will know that wpA is an array and you'll be able to use any of its methods (including the apply method that takes an int and can be called using parens only):
import scala.collection.mutable

val wpA = dataRow(1).getAs[mutable.WrappedArray[Double]](0)
println(wpA) // WrappedArray(-0.99205, 0.379417, 0.448819,.....)
println(wpA(0)) // -0.99205

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One word that says it all. When it's just that good. When awesome can't describe it. When it's better than crazy. Even better than epic. Maybe it was a wave you charged, a run on the powder, a flip off the ramp, or just something else that you're stoked about. It was your moment and you lived it. Wow, that was crepic.


Have you ever heard of the Ting Tings? They sing this song, "That's Not My Name!" It's a little angry, but catchy.
Have you ever heard of Celine Dion?
Yeah, she is pretty famous.
Her French album, D'eux is the best selling French album of all time.
She has sold over 200 million albums worldwide.
She has this teeny show at this hotel in Vegas, Caesar's Palace.
She is a huge deal.
She is a famous superstar.
And her name is NOT that hard to spell.
Obviously, they are spelling it out phonetically.
Ummm yeah, that last one? Really? That isn't even phonetically correct, unless you're from the South…kind of. "Heeeyyyyy Say-leenne". Yes, I have heard that.
Saline is salt water, like the kind we use for IV fluids.
Sorry for the angry rant, I should be happier. I'm in So Cal!!
We went to Starbies this morning in the OC. I ordered 2 different drinks from 2 different baristas.
Now it would be REALLY awkward if someone important and involved in your life for say 4-5 years didn't know your name, Saline.
Truer words were never spoken. Bee kart out!
hahha.. coming from a person who doesn't have a common name.. welcome to my world!
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Wow- how frustrating ha ha. Next time just saw Celine- like the singer. This is my first time to your blog, but it won't be my last. Loved visiting!
Yes, it can be maddening. Thanks for visiting!!
Ha ha that's kind of funny. Maddening I'm sure. But NO ONE knows how to spell. Names especially. I always get "Gena" or "Genna." One time, I got "Jeenah". Ridiculous!
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. Except your case has got to be way more frustrating since people should have a reference for your name. Mine is made up. I kind of feel you on that front though, because my maiden name, however odd it may be, is the same as that of a really famous director – probably the most rich and famous director you can think of – and people looked at me like I was speaking German. Which I guess I kind of was.
I think that is a genius idea.


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