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Syria defiantly denies killings, UN council meets
BEIRUT – Syria on Sunday strongly denied U.N. allegations that its forces killed more than 90 people in one of the deadliest events of the country's uprising, and diplomats said the Security Council met in an emergency session to discuss the massacre.
The killings in the west-central area of Houla on Friday brought widespread international criticism of the regime of President Bashar Assad, although differences emerged from world powers over whether his forces were exclusively to blame.
Britain and France had proposed issuing a press statement condemning the massacre, but Russia told Security Council members it could not agree and wanted a briefing first by Norwegian Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, the head of the U.N. observer team inside the country. Russia has been Syria's most powerful ally during the uprising, and along with China has used its veto power to shield Damascus from U.N. sanctions.
The massacre in Houla on Friday cast fresh doubts on the ability of an international peace plan put forward by envoy Kofi Annan to end Syria's 14-month-old crisis.
The brutality of the killings became clear in amateur videos posted online that showed scores of bodies, many of them young children, in neat rows and covered with blood and deep wounds. A later video showed the bodies, wrapped in white sheets, being placed in a sprawling mass grave.
The U.N. counted at least 32 children under the age of 10 among more than 90 dead and said its observers found tank and artillery shells at the site, suggesting the regime's well-equipped forces were to blame.
Activists from the area said the army pounded the villages with artillery and clashed with local rebels after protests Friday. Some activists said pro-regime thugs later stormed the area, doing the bulk of the killing.
The Syrian government rejected that narrative Sunday, painting a vastly different picture.
Speaking to reporters in Damascus, Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said Syrian security forces were in their local bases Friday when they were attacked by "hundreds of heavily armed gunmen" firing mortars, heavy machine guns and anti-tank missiles, staring a nine-hour battle that killed three soldiers and wounded 16.
The soldiers fought back, but didn't leave their bases, he said.
"No Syrian tank or artillery entered this place where the massacres were committed," he said. "The security forces did not leave their places because they were in a state of self-defense."
He blamed the gunmen for what he called a "terrorist massacre" in Houla and accused the media, Western officials and others of spinning a "tsunami of lies" to justify foreign intervention in Syria.
Makdissi did not provide videos or other evidence to support his version of events, nor did he give a death toll. He said the government had formed a committee to investigate and share its findings with Annan, who is due to visit Damascus in the coming days.
Throughout the uprising, the government has deployed snipers, troops and thugs to quash protests and shelled opposition areas.
A video released by the U.N. team in Syria on Sunday showed observers in Houla the day after the attack, meeting with local rebels and watching residents collect more bodies for burial. It also showed two destroyed armored personnel carriers — suggesting that local rebels put up more of a fight than the activists acknowledged.
At U.N. headquarters, Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Alexander Pankin told reporters as he headed into the closed-door Security Council meeting that "there is substantial ground to believe that the majority of those who were killed were either slashed, cut by knives, or executed at point-blank distance."
"We have to establish whether it was Syrian authorities ... before we agree on something," he said.
Annan's peace plan for Syria, sponsored by the U.N. and the Arab League, is one of the few points of agreement among world powers about Syria's crisis, which began in March 2011 with protests calling for political change. As the government violently cracked down on the uprising, many in the opposition took up arms to defend themselves and attack government troops.
The U.N. put the death toll weeks ago at more than 9,000. Hundreds more have been killed since then.
Daily violence has marred the plan since a cease-fire was supposed to begin April 12. The Houla attack made Friday the deadliest day since the truce was announced, and has cast a shadow over Annan's visit.
In another defiant move, Syria on Sunday denied permission for Annan's deputy to travel to Damascus with his boss, a senior Arab League official said. The rejection of former Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa was intended as a slap to the Arab League, which suspended Syria's membership and approved sanctions against it last year.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Annan's spokesman declined to comment.
The Houla attacks caused outrage among American and international officials that Makdissi's comments Sunday failed to assuage.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he would summon Syria's most senior diplomat in the U.K. on Monday so the Foreign Office could "make clear our condemnation of the Syrian regime's actions."
Kuwait, which currently heads the 22-member Arab League, called for an Arab ministerial meeting to "take steps to put an end to the oppressive practices against the Syrian people."
Switzerland's Foreign Ministry urged that an international inquiry be convened, saying the killings "could constitute a war crime."
In Paris, the head of the exile Syrian National Council also condemned the killings.
"The kids of Houla are the kids of all of Syria," Burhan Ghalioun told reporters. "Killing the kids of Houla is like killing the kids of all of Syria."
Anti-regime activists scoffed at the government's version of events. One Houla activist said via Skype that the area had at most 300 fighters, but that none had more than rifles and that they often lacked ammunition.
"If we had anti-tank missiles, there would be no tanks left in the area," said Mohammed, declining to give his full name for fear of retribution.
Activists reported shelling, gunfire and arrest raids in opposition areas throughout the country Sunday as well as clashes between regime forces and rebels in a number of areas. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces killed at least 14 civilians, while rebels killed nine soldiers.
Activist claims could not be independently verified. The Syrian government bars most media from operating in the country.
Associated Press writers Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Adam Schreck in Dubai and Hamza Hendawi in Cairo contributed to this report.


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Of course it wasn't until my body was in pain that I was forced to learn how to say no. No I will not eat that dairy, it is not worth the pain. No I will not eat that sugar, it is not worth the emotional upheaval. It can be especially hard to say a healthy no around the holidays when there is constantly candy, treats, and people bringing in food to work. The treats are everywhere and they are screaming for you to say yes to eating them.
So here are a couple things to keep in mind on how to create healthy boundaries for yourself and stay embodied and grounded this holiday season.
1. Just say NO. Your grandma is going to ask you to try the brownies she made especially for you, your co-workers are going to bring in pies to celebrate, your partner may bring you chocolates. Sugar, sugar, sugar will leave your head spinning and more susceptible to inflammation and sickness this winter. What is the common theme here? It is all acts of love. Everyone around is just trying to spread the love and they are doing that through food. You can thank them for the offer and just say no thanks. They may continue to try and get you to eat the food that you know inside doesn't feel good in your body and you may have to say no thanks again. Sometimes when setting boundaries you'll have to sound like a broken record because others around you may not be used to you saying NO. Then you'll get to choose other things to eat that feel good in your body and let you stay focused on other things in the moment besides food.
2. Be fed by the moment. Like I mentioned above, cooking and feeding others is an act of love. We can thank others for the love they are offering and not have to eat all the food in front of us. We can be fed and nourished by the environment, the people, the smells, the laughter. Instead of focusing on all the foods you are trying to avoid or worried about overeating or feeling guilty about perhaps all that you have already eaten, come back to the present moment and be nourished by all that is around you. Come back to the feeling of gratefulness. When we are fed emotionally by the moment, the act of eating becomes less important because we can feel so filled up by love.
3. It is not really about you. If you find yourself in a moment where others are trying to force food on you just remember it is not really about you. Others may feel insecure about what they made and they may want to make sure it tastes good. Or someone offering you more food when you are already full may feel self conscious about eating so much so they are trying to perhaps make themselves not feel so guilty and that others are eating a lot too. When you say no you are also setting an example for others that they can say no too. Eating pounds and pounds of food can be easy around the holidays as it becomes a mindless act. When you bring mindfulness into the meal and respect your body you allow others to do the same. So when you say no, you are just respecting yourself and if others feel bad you have done nothing wrong.
It can be difficult around the holidays to set boundaries but with practice saying no will become easier. The whole holiday season has so much more meaning than just what we cook and eat. It is about being with family, loved ones, cultivating gratefulness for what we have, and spreading the love. I wish you a happy holiday season and I am grateful for all of you!

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While the last few years have found baby-boomer retirement issues holding top priority, the latest human resource surveys are showing that employee engagement is now taking over the primary lead. In fact, one survey reports that 94 percent of survey participants indicated that employee engagement was the most important workforce challenge they were currently facing (see source at end of post).
Yet, what is employee engagement and why are HR managers so concerned? Employee engagement refers to whether or not employees have a positive or negative approach to their work as well as to whether or not employees are willing and/or not willing to perform at their best in ways that further benefit their employer.
The reason HR managers are concerned about employee engagement is that engaged employees are known to make a strong impact on business success from a profitability point of view and also contribute to a positive workplace culture.
At the same time, HR professionals know that a focus on employee engagement has a spillover effect in that other HR functions such as performance management, employee recognition, and employee retention seem to improve. Also, those organizations that track employee engagement scores are discovering that their managers are much more effective in developing, providing feedback, recognizing, and rewarding their employees.
This is good news from two points of view. First, it confirms that leadership styles have transitioned from an autocratic, authoritarian style to one of collaboration, coaching, and mentoring of employees. Secondly, it is finally giving credence to the fact that employee reward and recognition programs are not simply that annual warm and fuzzy "must have" event, but do indeed have real return on investment for a business.
If you really think about it, a fully engaged workforce that outperforms other work groups will essentially become your competitive advantage. If employee reward and recognition programs have proven to be a big part of successful employee engagement, then it makes sense to strategically implement a reward and recognition program. This program will become a set of guiding principles that will ensure all forms of your rewards and recognition are in alignment with your business strategy. The following steps to implementation will ensure an effective contribution to your employee engagement.
Secure Leadership Commitment
A reward and recognition program must be supported not only by a CEO/president, but also by all the executives and managers in a company. Appoint a program champion to oversee the design, development and implementation.
Link Rewards to Business Strategy
Your program must be connected to the needs and expectations of your workforce as well as to your organizational goals and objectives. Incorporate your company values and goals into the program so that your messages are consistent and employees understand what behaviours are important.
Make the Program Fair and Inclusive
A reward and recognition program must be able to impact and motivate all of your employees, not just a set of top performers. This now includes consideration for the interests and needs of the various generations of workers in your organization. Establish your selection criteria so that "justice for all" is perceived by your employees, which in turn will help to develop trust in your program.
Design for Meaning
Consider conducting an employee survey to identify personal interests and suggestions for what would be appreciated in a reward or recognition program. Employees value meaningful rewards that they can get excited about and that motivates them to excel. Work with your employees to help create a personal mission that links with the corporate mission. Form an employee committee to assist management in designing the program. Value all suggestions you are given, and discount no other point of view simply because it is not your own.
Design for Choice
With so many different interests and needs in today's workforce, the best strategy is to allow for choice in the selection of a reward gift. Rewards typically range from an item with the company logo to making a charitable donation in the name of your employees. This will enable you to meet the needs of an intergenerational workforce and one with significant cultural diversity.
Simplify the Nomination Process
Ensure the nomination process is not too complicated or time intensive so that people will be encouraged rather than discouraged from participating. Keep your forms simple. Be sure to be consistent and make the overall selection process transparent.
Link Rewards with Actions
It's well known that when recognition quickly follows action, you'll get a lot more "bang for the buck" in terms of employee motivation and engagement. Timeliness helps the employee to know why he or she is being acknowledged and why their contribution or behavior was valuable. Your timely recognition will be better remembered and the employee behavior reinforced through this linkage as well.
Train Your Managers
Managers are typically the people handling the reward and recognition program as well as leading employees toward greater engagement. Train your managers to understand the goals and objectives of your program as well as how to effectively implement it on an ongoing basis.
Promote Your Program
Help employees understand the "what, where, why, and how" of your rewards and recognition program. Use multiple communication strategies and media. Be sure that employees understand what's in it for them. Plan to promote employee success and recognition through your company newsletter or email/twitter messages. Make them a star.
Make it a Celebration
In addition to making daily acknowledgements, annual performance reviews, or sporadic special events, celebrate employee achievements by holding an annual event. Incorporate all kinds of rewards and recognition ranging from retirement to special achievements. Make it a celebration.
Measure Your Results
Measuring success through tracking employee satisfaction and employee engagement against your program objectives will give you an indication of success. When management is aware of this annual measurement, you'll see an increase in accountability and leadership behaviors as well as an increase in the application of other human resource functions.
Meaningful employee reward and recognition programs are a powerful tool for engaging your employees and increasing retention. However, a program must be well thought out, fair, transparent, as well as based on corporate goals and objectives that are linked to the recognition and rewards that an employee values. Consider the impact this type of program could have in your own organization and what wonders it could do for your employees' engagement with their work.
Survey Source: Employee Recognition Survey, Winter 2012 Report, SHRM/Globoforce; Creating an Effective Reward and Recognition Program, Leadership council, March 2006
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Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative government would negotiate a deal to eliminate trade barriers among Canada's provinces.
The Conservative leader made the commitment Tuesday as he outlined his vision for "a stronger and freer federation" — one that is more decentralized and respectful of provincial jurisdiction in contrast to what he labelled as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's divisive, arrogant, top-down, "my-way-or-the-highway federalism."
READ MORE: Scheer says a Conservative government would balance the books in 5 years
If the Conservatives win the Oct. 21 federal election, Scheer said he'll appoint an interprovincial-trade minister whose sole mandate would be negotiating a comprehensive, formal free-trade deal with the provinces. And he said he'd convene a first-ministers' meeting within 100 days devoted to that subject.
"I am not talking about a simple memorandum of understanding," Scheer said during a speech in Edmonton.
"The interprovincial free trade agreement will be a real free trade deal, like NAFTA, like CETA, like the TPP… It will be a huge step forward, well beyond the current agreement."
Watch below: Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer joins Jennifer Crosby to talk about getting rid of the federal carbon tax, taking action to protect the environment, and strengthening federation.
The previous Conservative government began negotiations with the provinces on what eventually became the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, which went into force in 2017. But Scheer said there's nothing free about it since it includes 130 pages of exemptions and Trudeau "hasn't lifted a finger to fix it."
Trudeau last July appointed Dominic LeBlanc to the post of intergovernmental affairs and internal trade minister, mandated specifically to fully exercise federal jurisdiction over trade and commerce to eliminate barriers, working in collaboration with the provinces. Trudeau hosted a first ministers' meeting last December that was supposed to focus primarily on internal trade, but he was forced by hostile premiers — notably Ontario's Doug Ford, who is one of Scheer's most ardent allies — to expand the agenda to include a host of other provincial priorities.
Watch below: If elected prime minister, Andrew Scheer says he would undertake a national effort to get rid of inter-provincial trade barriers that have "held back our federation for so long."
In the end, first ministers agreed to only a few modest steps towards freer interprovincial trade: harmonizing standards in the trucking sector, including tire size and size and weight restrictions, and eliminating duplication in federal and provincial food safety regimes.
But Scheer argued that with conservative-minded, "free enterprise, pro-trade" premiers now ensconced in seven provinces, Canada has a "once-in-a-generation opportunity … to fix this economic injustice once and for all."
READ MORE: Andrew Scheer wants an energy corridor across Canada. Here's how the decades-old idea could work
Scheer was introduced by his newest provincial ally, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, for the fourth of five major policy speeches the federal leader is giving to set the stage for this fall's election campaign. He devoted much of his speech to lambasting Trudeau for imposing a carbon tax on provinces that refuse to put their own price on carbon emissions. Along with his policies on environmental assessments for pipeline projects and other measures, Scheer accused Trudeau of wanting to phase out the West's natural resources industry and put thousands out of work.
"Trudeau's carbon tax is a betrayal of Confederation's early promise.
"The discord he has sown has prompted an unprecedented number of legal actions against his government from provinces frustrated at his over-reaching" into provincial jurisdiction over natural resources, Scheer said.
READ MORE: Carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires: Trudeau
He contended that Trudeau has "stoked regional alienation" and pitted region against region, threatening the country's national unity.
"It's clear that every time there's a Trudeau in the Prime Minister's Office, our union begins to crack," Scheer said.
"I'm here to say unequivocally that Canada has not turned its back on the West. Justin Trudeau has."
By contrast, Scheer said he'd foster a decentralized federation, in which decision-making would be done by the smallest government closest to the people affected and in which the federal government would respect provincial jurisdiction. He promised that a Scheer government would provide stable, predictable funding for health care and other social services while allowing the provinces to decide how best to manage and deliver those programs.
Still, Scheer promised a Conservative government would provide strong leadership on matters within exclusive federal jurisdiction, where the national interest is at stake and where provinces disagree — such as on pipelines and the elimination of internal trade barriers.
He reiterated his plan to create a coast-to-coast, national energy corridor to move Quebec hydro electricity west and the West's oil and gas east. He acknowledged it would entail "a great deal of dialogue with provincial governments and Indigenous populations" and take "a lot of work." And in French, Scheer said it would not be done against the wishes of one or more provinces, which could well make it impossible to achieve.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault has categorically ruled out supporting a new pipeline through his province.
Watch below: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney thanks Andrew Scheer for his commitment to scrap the federal carbon tax
The federal Conservative leader made the comments Tuesday at a speech in Edmonton at the Royal Glenora Club.
His address was called "A Closer and Freer Federation."
Global News has been told Scheer will not be taking media questions after the speech.
However, Global News will have a one-on-one interview with the Conservative leader, part of which will be shown Tuesday during Global News at 5 Edmonton.
— With a file from Emily Mertz, Global News
Watch below: Alberta's carbon tax became officially dead on Tuesday, the same day that federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer arrived in Edmonton and spoke about the policy. Kendra Slugoski reports.


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Piast pyäst [key], 1st dynasty of Polish dukes and kings. Its name was derived from that of its legendary ancestor, a simple peasant. The first historic member, Duke Mieszko I (reigned 962–92), began the unification of Poland and introduced Christianity. His son, Boleslaus I, was crowned king in 1025 with papal approval. However, some of his successors did not claim the royal crown. His successors were Mieszko II (reigned 1025–34), Casimir I (reigned c.1040–1058), Boleslaus II (reigned 1058–79), Ladislaus Herman (reigned 1079–1102), and Boleslaus III (reigned 1102–38). For his four sons Boleslaus III created four hereditary duchies—Silesia, Mazovia, Great Poland (with Gniezno and Poznan), and Sandomierz. In addition, the royal throne at Kraków and the rest of the Polish territory was to be held by the oldest member of the dynasty; thus the supreme power would pass in rotation to the different branches. This law of succession caused the temporary disintegration of the kingdom. However, Casimir II (who, probably a posthumous child, was left out of Boleslaus's will) united Mazovia and Sandomierz under his power, was made duke at Kraków in 1177, and secured (1180) for his descendants the hereditary right to the kingship. Nevertheless, dynastic struggles resumed after Casimir's death (1194) and continued until Ladislaus I restored the royal authority in 1320. With the death (1370) of his son, Casimir III, the Piast dynasty ended in Poland; it was finally succeeded by the Jagiello dynasty. Another branch of the Piasts ruled as dukes of Mazovia until 1526. In 1339, Casimir III had officially recognized John of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia, as suzerain over the Piast domains in Silesia, which in the meantime had broken up into many principalities. The Silesian Piasts, as vassals of Bohemia and mediate princes of the Holy Roman Empire, retained the ducal title and continued to hold the duchy of Oppeln until 1532 and the principalities of Brieg, Liegnitz, and Wohlau until their extinction in 1675.
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Ryan wants House tax-writing gavel
Paul Ryan will seek to become the next chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, a move that would bring instant star power to the cause of tax reform while complicating his presidential ambitions.
The House Budget Committee chairman intends to replace Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) when term-limit restrictions force Camp to step down in 2015, Ryan told The Wall Street Journal.
"That is my plan," he said in an interview with the newspaper.
There has been speculation for months that Ryan would seek the Ways and Means gavel, rumblings that only grew after he brokered a deal with Senate Democrats to help avoid a government shutdown next month that left some of his fellow Republicans fuming.
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Ryan has more typically stood with his party in its long-running battles with Democrats over taxes and spending, so the deal may signal he now wants to add "deal maker" to his resume.
The move would give Ryan, his party's 2012 vice presidential candidate and perhaps the most popular Republican in Congress, a prime perch to pursue his long-standing interest in tax and entitlement reform. That could bring a jolt of energy to the push to overhaul the tax code for the first time in a generation, an effort led by Camp that has foundered amid widespread ambivalence among rank-and-file lawmakers.
If Ryan takes on tax reform in earnest, the move may also signal Ryan is not planning on running for president in 2016.
While the Ways and Means chairmanship would give him broad influence over a host of issues — from Social Security to unemployment insurance to the taxation of multinational corporations — it would also likely force him to make all sorts of messy compromises to move legislation. Instead of wooing Republican primary voters in Iowa, he'd likely be in Washington, wooing colleagues in Congress.
"He's got to pick one — he can't be Ways and Means chairman and then run for president," said Stan Collender, a former congressional budget aide. "They're two different constituencies."
At just 43 years old, Ryan will likely have plenty more opportunities, beyond 2016, to run for president.
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He would have to leapfrog a pair of more senior Republicans on the panel, Reps. Kevin Brady and Sam Johnson, both of Texas, to take the committee post.
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Crude Protien (Min.) 17.0%
Crude Fat (Min.) 8.0%
Crude Fiber (Max.) 5.0%
Moisture (Max.) 10.0%
Ash (Max) 9.0%
Caloric Density (KCAL/lb.) 1739
Caloric Density (KCAL/Cup) 421
Grams/Cup 110
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Glucosamine 250 mg/cup
Chondroitin Sulfate 100 mg/cup
Whole Wheat Flour, Ground Rice, Chicken Meal, Ground Whole Wheat, Oatmeal, Poultry Fat (Preserved with Tocopherols and Ascorbic Acid), Oat Bran, Lamb Meal, Dried Whole Egg, Fish Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Wheat Germ Meal, Lecithin, Dried Kelp, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Monosodium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate, DL-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Source of Vitamin E), Zinc Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Manganous Oxide, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Copper Sulfate, Amino Acid Chelates of Zinc, Iron, Magnanese, Copper and Cobalt, Niacin, Ascorbic Acid (Source of Vitamin C), Vitamin B 1, Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, D-Biotin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
Vitamin/Mineral Assay (per kilogram)
Vitamin A 11,600 IU
Vitamin D 1,020 IU
Vitamin E 175 IU
Vitamin C 50.0 mg
Thiamin (B1) 9.0 mg
Riboflavin (B2) 11.6 mg
Pantothenic Acid 42.0 mg
Niacin 65.0 mg
Pyridoxine 9.6 mg
Folic Acid 1.8 mg
Biotin 1.4 mg
Vitamin B12 0.3 mg
Calcium 1.20%
Phosphorus 1.00%
Potassium 0.50%
Sodium 0.40%
Chloride 0.50%
Magnesium 0.14%
Iron 180.0 mg
Copper 6.5 mg
Manganese 45.0 mg
Zinc 125.0 mg
Iodine 3.10 mg
Selenium 0.26 mg
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Third ingredient is a named meat product.
Insufficient meat products. Use of wheat and filler, fat of unidentifiable origin.
The first ingredient in this food we consider to be filler. There are two further wheat products in the food. The use of wheat is a significant negative however: wheat is believed to be the number one cause of allergy problems in dog food. Ground rice, the second ingredient and oatmeal (3rd) are decent quality grains.
The first meat product does not appear until third on the ingredient list. We would have no confidence at all that there is an adequate amount of meat in the food. With four grains in the top five ingredients, there is little doubt that this food is primarily grain. There are two further meat ingredients in the food lamb meal at 8th on the ingredient list and fish meal 10th. However the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative added to fish meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
We note the use of whole eggs.
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Even though the term "phablet" draws a lot of snarky remarks, some workplace executives have lately come to appreciate large-screen smartphones. And at least one who should know even believes that smartphones with a display that's 5.5-in. or larger (like the new iPhone 6 Plus or the Galaxy Note 4) could replace PCs in a few years.
"The PC as we know it will disappear in three to five years," said Eric Reed, the CTO at GE Capital, in an interview. "We'll still have that PC functionality, but the form factor will change."
Reed heads up a team that oversees the mobile needs and desires of 50,000 GE workers and millions of GE customers, so he's given his prediction a lot of consideration. His duties have included working with different internal groups on pilot programs using the latest smartphones and tablets and he's even helped rule out a few devices in the process.
"We've seen that mobility is changing the enterprise.... We saw this originally with the introduction of the iPhone and now, tablets, but it's a shock for the enterprise how quickly they've been adopted and made their way into the ecosystem," Reed said.
"Longer term, what industry is wresting with is the right form factor, whether it's a phablet or not. But that's the direction things will go," he said. "If you marry the portability of a device with a ubiquitous connection via 4G wireless or Wi-Fi, then the three devices workers carry today -- tablet, smartphone and laptop -- are all going to morph into a single device."
That single device will still need "enough screen real estate to be usable on the go, and with plenty of horsepower," he said. That, he added, means something in the 5.5 inches or larger category -- what IDC and other analyst firms call phablets because they're phones that approach the size of small tablets.
And, that device will need to work seamlessly with a docking station that includes a keyboard and mouse and a large monitor for work on spreadsheets and other detailed, involved tasks, Reed said.
Behind that docked phablet configuration will be all kinds of software (and enterprise apps) that work both when the phablet is on its own or docked and possibly even across different operating systems. That, he conceded, will be the hard part.
Mobile apps for enterprise are key
Microsoft's recent decision to move Microsoft Office to the Apple iPad is an indication that vendors see the need for technology flexibility, Reed said.
"Moving Office to the iPad was a huge inflection moment for the industry," he said. So was last week's announcement that Walt Disney Studios will allow Disney movies to run on Android devices, as well as on earlier-available iOS devices, through the Disney Movies Anywhere app. That shows an unusual evolution of content on any platform, Reed said.
"We're seeing a lot more collaboration from people in industry who have been rivals," he said. "In order for this [convergence to a phablet form factor] to work, the old barriers have to break down...."
Reed has been working as an engineer at GE in various roles for 24 years, first on the industrial side and later on the financial services side. He's seen a lot, and recalls a number of devices that were designed to allow smartphones to be docked and used as tablets or 2-in-1's or laptops. Asus, Motorola and even the defunct Palm have tried different ideas through the years, but they never caught on.
The main difficulty is that software vendors or enterprises who build their own apps need to adapt their software to run on a platform that allows docking of a phablet, or many different phablets on different OSes, with other components.
Wireless Bluetooth is one way connections between phablets and components can be made, but it's not necessarily the best or only way.
"I'm seeing a lot more people carrying phablets around and the drive behind that is just that we love to consume content and it's easier to do so on a bigger screen," he said. "People want to do more and are tired of scrolling on a small device, while a tablet won't fit into a pocket or purse. I'm seeing a lot more people carrying phablets, because you still make a phone call on it."
Too big, too small or just right
Reed agreed with many analysts who have studied evolving mobile form factors and say that a phablet is still too small to create or edit a spreadsheet. But there are many productivity apps that will run on a phablet, with more to come. "I'm not sure we've seen the killer app yet. But the other day I downloaded an app to an iPad that made me think, as the space gets more mature, productivity apps will get off the ground and be practical on one device like a phablet."
The way enterprises should approach phablets is to create apps for workers and customers by "thinking mobile first, and not as an afterthought."
Reed's view that the large smartphone will evolve into a kind of hub device might not be shared by all, but he bases it on his own experiences and his own hardware arsenal.
"I carry a lot of stuff, including a company-issued phone, a company-issued laptop, a personal phone not for work and a personal iPad with a software container that separates work from personal," he said.
On many trips, he can get by with the iPad for PowerPoint and other presentations. His work smartphone is the Galaxy S5, which has a 5.1-in. display, putting it just shy of the 5.5-in.-size most analysts believe qualifies as a phablet. He also has a Bluetooth-enabled keyboard that works with the iPad for typing longer documents, which he said is "easier to use than the onscreen keyboard."
Pilot programs at GE Capital have also revealed what technology won't work out so well.
The move to mobile is bumpy
"Mobilization at GE hasn't been a breeze, and we, like most enterprises, were surprised how quickly some of the tablet stuff came in, so that was a really big learning point," he said. "Was it smooth and breezy? Absolutely not. We learned to be better at anticipating where things are going and better at adopting things quickly. We're quicker at getting them in and using them.... My team is guinea pigs for a lot of things and then we expand to let the business try something, or stop it and move on."
The percentage of different smartphone OSes in use at GE is roughly similar to the market at large, he said, although BlackBerry users are "still a large group for those that want a physical keyboard.... We cover the landscape from BlackBerry to iPhone to Android devices."
In addition to company-issued devices, those workers with Bring-Your-Own-Device smartphones and tablets are required to have their work kept in an encrypted container, which means it can wiped clean remotely if the device is lost or stolen.
Reed's prediction about the rise of phablets in three to five years is not shared universally.
"We've been hearing the PC is dead for years, but this talk is a continuation of the trend to mobile computing started when desktops went to laptops," said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates.
"The question is not so much is the PC dead, but are we evolving in our use of mobile computing and have different needs than we did 10 years ago," Gold added. "Form follows function. And with all that said, word processing is never going to go away, nor will email, nor spreadsheets. Yes, a lot of people who have minimal use of those functions are very happy with just a smartphone. So it's not so much is the PC dead, but how our computing needs are changing."
One example of that is how messages delivered at work have become shorter and less business-like in recent years, Gold said.
"There's a lot more informality now. Ten years ago, I would write a long memo to my boss explaining why I need to go on a business trip. Today, we just send a text that says, 'I need to go to MWC,' with no explanation really of why I'm going or so forth. So informality in communications is a bigger issue. Mobility is changing how we communicate."
In short, you might not want to bet on Reed's prediction. But given what he's dealing with every day, on a large scale, you shouldn't dismiss it out of hand, either.


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Commentary: Michelle Obama's statement of fact
When I was 11, my father thought it was time to show my sister and me the nation's capital. I have only vague memories of that trip -- the heat, the expanse of the White House's grounds, the Jefferson Memorial. I do remember we took Route 1 throu...
When I was 11, my father thought it was time to show my sister and me the nation's capital. I have only vague memories of that trip -- the heat, the expanse of the White House's grounds, the Jefferson Memorial. I do remember we took Route 1 through Baltimore (no I-95 yet) and it was there that I saw my first sign with the word "colored" on it -- a rooming house, I think. This was 1952, and the United States was an apartheid nation.
It is Sarah Palin who brings back these memories. In her new book, she reportedly takes Michelle Obama to task for her supposedly infamous remark from the 2008 campaign: "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." Instantly, Republicans pounced.
Michelle Obama quickly explained herself. She was proud of the turnout in the primaries -- so many young people, etc. This was not a statement of racism. This was a statement of fact.
It's appalling that Palin and too many others fail to understand that fact -- indeed so many facts of American history. They don't offer the slightest hint that they can appreciate the history of the Obama family and that in Michelle's case, her ancestors were slaves -- Jim Robinson of South Carolina, her paternal great-great grandfather, being one. Even after they were freed they were consigned to peonage, second-class citizens, forbidden to vote in much of the South, dissuaded from doing so in some of the North, relegated to separate schools, restaurants, churches, hotels, waiting rooms of train stations, the back of the bus, and the other side of the tracks, the mortuary, the cemetery and, if whites could manage it, heaven itself.
It was the government that oppressed blacks, enforcing the laws that imprisoned them and hanged them for crimes grave and trivial, whipped them if they bolted for freedom and, in the Civil War, massacred them if they were captured fighting for the North. And yet if African-Americans hesitate in embracing the mythical wonderfulness of America, they themselves are accused of racism -- of having the gall to know more about their own experience and history than Palin and others think they should.
Why do politicians such as Palin and commentators such as Glenn Beck insist that African-Americans go blank on their own history -- as blank as apparently Palin and Beck themselves are? Why must they insist that blacks join them in embracing a repellent history that once caused America to go to war with itself? Besides Princeton, Michelle Obama is a graduate of Harvard Law School. It's hardly possible that she is not knowledgeable about the history of African-Americans -- no Ellis Island for them, immigrants in their colorful native dress waving at the camera. Should she forget it all simply because she went to Ivy League schools -- be thankful for what she had gotten and the hell with the rest? Why should she be more grateful than Cindy McCain?
Sarah Palin teases that she might run for president. But she is unqualified -- not just in the (let me count the) usual ways, but because she does not know the country. She could not be the president of black America nor of Hispanic America. She knows more about grizzlies than she does about African-Americans -- and she clearly has more interest in the former than the latter. Did she once just pick up the phone and ask Michelle Obama what she meant by her remark? Did she ask about her background? What it was like at Princeton? What it was like for her parents or her grandparents? I can offer a hint. If they were driving to Washington, they slowed down and stopped where the sign said "colored" -- and the irritated Palins of the time angrily hit the horn and went on their way.
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Hogarth, William
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764, English painter, satirist, engraver, and art theorist, b. London. At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to a silver-plate engraver. He soon made engravings on copper for bookplates and illustrations—notably those for Butler's Hudibras (1726). He studied drawing with Thornhill, whose daughter he married in 1729. Hogarth tried to earn a living with small portraits and portrait groups, but his first real success came in 1732 with a series of six morality pictures, The Harlot's Progress. He first painted, then engraved them, selling subscriptions for the prints, which had great popularity. The Rake's Progress, a similar series, appeared in 1735. The series Marriage à la Mode (1745) is often considered his masterpiece. With a wealth of detail and brilliant characterization he depicts the profligate and inane existence of a fashionable young couple. Hogarth invented a sort of visual shorthand that enabled him to recall with perfect clarity whatever sight he wished to retain. He became, by this means, an enormously learned artist possessing a profound visual understanding. His Analysis of Beauty (1753) is a brilliant formal exposition of the rococo aesthetic. In such prints as Gin Lane and Four Stages of Cruelty Hogarth is very sincerely didactic, employing the weapons of satire against the cruelty, stupidity, and bombast that he observed in all levels of the society of his day. His portraits The Shrimp Girl (National Gall., London) and Captain Coram (1740) are two of the masterpieces of British painting. Hogarth's major works are in England. In New York City the Metropolitan Museum and the Frick Collection possess examples of his work.
See his Analysis of Beauty, ed. by J. Burke (1955); his graphic works, ed. by R. Paulson (rev. ed. 1970); biographies by P. Quennell (1955), R. Paulson (1971), D. Bindman (1985), and J. Uglow (1997); studies by F. Antal (1962), G. C. Lichtenberg (tr. 1966), S. Shesgreen (1982), and L. S. Cowley (1988).
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Friday, October 21, 2011
On Communication & the Parent Meeting
Daniel took a little while to warm up to Lisa the OT, who is a very warm and caring (as well as being incredibly skilled and knowledgeable) addition to our days. However, after two weeks, he is now consistently displaying his sensory behaviors during therapy, and he's starting to show some changes at home. Not all of them are positive changes (like his new-found fear of descending from heights) but they nonetheless indicate movement (hopefully in a positive direction) so I'll take it.
Before we began this schedule, we took Daniel in for an evaluation and a week after that we had a parents only meeting with Lisa to discuss the results of the evaluation as well as his treatment plan. I was at Dionna's at the time, and Daniel wouldn't take a nap, so I was bouncing with him on my back in the Boba the whole time.
Despite the distraction on my end, it was a very helpful meeting. Admittedly, I was quite nervous going into this meeting, fearing that Lisa might (as a few other professionals have) blame us for what's going wrong with Daniel. (Maybe, in part, it was the ominous Parents Only Meeting title of our get together that had me subconsciously fearing a trip to the principal's office.) Turns out, my fears were unfounded and it ended up being a really encouraging meeting.
During our talk, Jaymz and I learned a lot from Lisa about SPD and how Daniel fits into that category of sensory issues. Among other things, I learned a lot more about how to name Daniel's particular difficulties and tendencies, which wasn't something we'd done with our first OT (perhaps because Daniel was so much younger and more difficult to categorize).
The things that were the most encouraging about our meeting, though, were all the things Lisa said about Daniel's strengths: His eye contact is excellent. His affect and facial expressions are appropriate. His communication skills are off the charts for his age. Basically, his social/emotional skills are incredible, which is something kids with sensory issues often struggle with because of the wiring issues in their brains. Lisa said that with a lot of kids, the beginning of OT is all about working on getting those things in place, but Daniel is starting out ahead of the game, with all those great skills on board already.
I don't know if I can even tell you what a huge relief it was to hear her say that something is going well!
In reflecting back on the meeting I keep thinking about the few communication skills in particular that Lisa pointed out and that Jaymz and I have found to be remarkable: When Daniel gets dysregulated we have been alternating between various techniques to help soothe him, including bouncing, patting, and squeezing. Daniel can now communicate to Jaymz or me which one he wants (by climbing up into my lap and bouncing his body up and down; by lifting up my hand and patting himself with it a few times until I catch on; by hugging me tightly or doing a sort of "hug sign" where he clenches his fists and makes this "Engh!" sound). These began in the past few months, and each time Daniel would find a new way to tell us what he wanted, Jaymz and I would be blown away.
Many times, I've had the experience of other parents of older children saying things to me like, "Just wait until he can talk back to you!" and I find myself wishing that they could understand: If he could just tell me what's wrong and what could help him feel better, our lives would be a whole lot easier. As his communication (both verbal and signing/pointing) skills develop, Daniel screams less. As he screams less, our days get easier to manage. There's nothing like communication!
Another communication skill that Jaymz and I have been talking and thinking about a lot lately is Daniel's awareness of (and signing about) his eliminations. He's extremely sensitive to the sensation of peeing in particular, which I've learned is quite the opposite from most kids with sensory issues (who might take longer to potty learn and/or wet the bed to an older age than other kids). Daniel is able to tell us, through signing, when he needs a new diaper. He also sometimes signs "diaper" before he goes, so we've been doing a lot of EC (including full time EC for the first time since we started) because he's so aware of his eliminations. In addition to his "diaper" sign (which he made up himself) he now signs "toilet" and he does his cue sound ("Tssss tssss") for pee, poop, and whenever anything potty-related is happening (including things like him passing gas or one of us using the toilet).
Overall, I left the meeting feeling both very proud of Daniel for learning so much so far despite his sensory difficulties, and also very hopeful about this next step in our journey. Two weeks in, and I'm still feeling that way. I guess there's progress being made!
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Daniel sounds quite precocious in some respects! I'm really impressed with his communication skills and his potty-learning!ReplyDelete
In my experience with my little boy's speech delay and possible sensory-seeking behaviors, it has made SUCH a difference to work with people who recognize Joe's skills and gifts, and make a point to discuss his aptitudes as well as the things he's delayed in (because otherwise, sometimes we forget to notice the things he's GOOD at, you know?). It's such a joy and a relief to work with people who see the whole child. After going through the assessment process, which was a bit painful and guilt/worry-inducing, we have found working with speech therapists to be really great. They're just positive, upbeat folks. We're WORKING on Joe's issues, not just talking about them ad nauseum. Whew! It's so much better!! Sure enough, I've felt a lot more positive and upbeat too.
I bet the OT is either trained or is aware that it is best to start off with some positive notes. I think especially as parents facing problems like these, it is so important to know that some things are GOOD.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad it is going well, but I do believe I told you so. ;-) Do keep us posted on the progress, please!
I'm so glad to hear that there is positive change happening and you're feeling a bit better about things. It really does sound like Daniel is doing wonderfully.ReplyDelete
I have to think that his successes are related to the way you have parented him. It seems very likely that your care in giving him the words and signs he needs, and in making the effort to help him stay in tune with his elimination needs from very early on, has been the key to avoiding some of the common challenges associated with SPD. You're an inspiration as a mama, and I'm glad you made it to Tuesday! :)
I'm glad to hear about Daniel's OT being such a positive presence in your lives! What a relief, to have her on board. I've been thinking of you often since your Mondays post, and wishing you well. I would be willing to bet your attachment based parenting and all that peaceful reaping you have been doing, has a lot to do with how far ahead of the game Daniel is compared to other children with SPD. Marvellous props to you, for being so in tune with him, and responsive. Keep us posted! Know we are rooting for you!!! And for Daniel of course!!ReplyDelete
Thank you all so much for your comments!ReplyDelete
I do definitely believe that our parenting style has contributed to how well Daniel is doing with his social/emotional skills (though I know it's certainly not a cure-all). We've even had a couple of different professionals confirm that belief, which is very gratifying. I actually have a whole post in the works about SPD and attachment-focused parenting, so look for that soon!
Glad to hear this word on Daniel, Amy!ReplyDelete
I'm so glad that went well! It was amazing to see Daniel signal exactly what he wanted from you in terms of sensory contact when you were visiting here. Even I could tell what he needed, and what a blessing that he knows he will get it from you when he asks! I can see how your responsive parenting is just what he needs to get through the challenges he has.ReplyDelete
Interesting about the pee thing — I keep asking Sam if maybe Mikko has sensory processing issues as well since he has some similar symptoms like that. (Not to Daniel's degree, naturally, just out of curiosity.)


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Why do the drawfriends on /a/ have such shit fetishes? Dickgirls, inflation, brown girls, abs, etc.
Pretty sure inflation and dickgirls is more /d/. But yeah screw that brown girl are awesome.
Can you put a best loli of the season poll up? One like doki's but more comprehensive.
Quick note: the only reason I go to doki's site is for their Kimi no iru machi releases. I'll save you some trouble here, kimisubs's release is unwatchable, frequently completely incorrect, and uses borderline incomprehensible English.
Fuck Xythar
Get me drunk and we'll talk.
go away
That Xythar banner though
oh wise Sage, why am I awake at 3:00AM
where did my life go wrong
why is this an accurate summation of these events http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdzLFNELeCI
Any good k-dramas/j-dramas you've seen lately?
Why is Dark_Sage so handsome?
People actually think rocks/stones and minerals are the same thing.
can someone review kimi no iru machi fansubbers script/s?
I thought someone offered to do scanlation reviews here, do you know what happened to that?
Moar kristen delusions, please!
Oh great dark_sage what is your will towards the peasants which take advantage of those illegal stream sites instead of using superior MatrosKaVideos to jerk off to.
One month until Fall anime season starts. What do you guys plan to watch?
Everything, and then drop them as I go.
This is how i do it. Those first three weeks are pretty hectic though.
Kill la kill, arpeggio of blue steel, and IS season 2 are my most anticipated.
Kill La Kill (<-hypted as much as Attack on Boredom, but I don't think Trigger will disappoint me). Pupa seems pretty interesting, also Coppelion. Samurai Flamenco may be worth a look and I will continue my beloved Valvrape.
Whoa, I had no idea about Samurai Flamenco. Could this be Manglobe's next Samurai Champloo?!
I have high hopes for Kill La kill and Coppelion, but Pupa is my most anticipated show of the fall season. I'm hoping they won't fuck it up.
Kyoukai no Kanata, Kikou Shoujo wa Kizutsukanai, and SS2 of what I watched and didn't hate.
I like sexy talk ζ°)))彡
Whimsical translations for shows I'll never sub anyway but all the song translations I find are shit, Part I of ∞
Doesn't the world look dull to you too?
Even if we know it shone brightly long ago, I can't tell how things used to look
I don't need to understand why, I'll just misunderstand anyway
I'll never need to talk honestly to anyone but you!
Livin' Livin' Vi-ViViD – Let's paint the whole world freely in vivid colour!
Baby Baby No Limit – Splash colour about and make it seep into the bleak future with a scream!
Throw away your preconceptions, and don't hold back – show me your colours!
What makes up 'normal' is different for everyone
So even if someone dashes out past you, don't bother trying to match their pace
The azure skies, the crimson flowers, and even your sadness
I'll walk slowly to make sure I take it all in
As time alone can never be rewound
Livin' Livin' Vi-ViViD – Even if loneliness clouds your eyes gray again
Baby Baby No Limit – When we laugh together, we can make a vivid squall anywhere!
You're unique in this whole world, so show me your colours!
The mosaic cast by the sun upon the trees is always changing
Never ever again will we see the same image
I'm watching a true miracle right here and now… Beside you…
Lookalikes won't do, I'll wait all night with you to find out the true colour of the coming dawn
Baby Baby No Limit – Splash colour around and make it seep into the bleak future with a scream!
Throw away your preconceptions, and don't hold back – show me your colours!
Incidentally, I have the exact font used in the OP credits.
I hear it's amazing when the famous giant purple stuffed worm in flapjaw space, with a tuning fork, does a raw blink on Hairi Kairi Rock! I need scissors!! 61!!
Oh wise Dark_sage, why are commie staff always mad here?
D_S is Daiz v2
ikr.Everyone knows it.
if you were to be cursed to watch 3 animes in no particular order for all eternity, which would those be and by which fansubbing group do they need to be subbed.
So many ways to approach it: for example, would you just want to say, "One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach" just so you'd have all those episodes in between beginning them over? Or would you go with "Aria, AnoHana, and Natsume Yuujinchou" so that you had something easygoing and pleasant to deal with the stress of eternal damnation? Or would you just say "Fuck it," and pick Death Note, Hunter x Hunter, and Cowboy Bebop?
Of course, you could always go with Nodame, La Corda D'Oro, and Princess Tutu, so that you could just close your eyes and enjoy the classical music in between dialogue for eternity.
Crymore Christmas Countdown/Special for 2013?
>tfw no gf
Best anime summer season?
I don't have anywhere else to ask and so I am hoping that I can get an answer here.
I downloaded these subtitles for the new DBZ movie:
The problem is that the font is huge. Does anybody with script knowledge have any insight into fixing this problem?
Here is a screenshot of the large font:
If you don't want to download Aegisub, open the ass in Notepad and replace the "100" in
Style: Default,Impress BT,100,&H00FFFFFF,[etc]
with whatever font size you want.
It worked. Thanks for the help!
Bayonetta anime. 'Nuff said.
Finally can see some tits and ass in anime form.
Will there be a Danganronpa – Best Abs – Episode 11/12 Edition?
Why don't you post on /a/?
Will you post your opinions in regards to next season's shows? I'd like to see you argue against KlK, as I'm sure hipster_sage will do :)
Valvrape = best next season show
D_S: Fall preview when
D_S, why aren't you a mod on Nyaa?
would you consider visual novels to be more like literature or more like a game? and with visual novels I mean the ones where the main plot isn't boobs.
There are other kinds?
I've never heard of any… To the Moon count?
So I guess the answer is that they're more like porn stashes than anything else?
There a lot without H-scenes, like Higurashi, Umineko, Clannad, Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, just to name some of the most famous ones and I could go on.
I would recommend Katawa Shoujo VN. I found it to have good story development in each of the arcs, and it has the option of playing with or without the hentai scenes.
I would recommend reading an actual VN and not some western fantrash.
You tell me which glorious nippon VNs let me assfuck a legless slut in a gym equipment shed.
When will Nyaa bring back the chatbox so I can bitch about Nyaa without getting banned on IRC?
So ehm. will you do a review for Galilei Donna?


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I wrote the post below when I first started working for The Reader Organisation:
There might be a slight change in focus on my blog over the next 18 months as I settle into a new part-time job as a Project Worker for The Reader Organisation. Part-time because I'm still very much part of my children's lives although they are increasingly grateful whenever I leave them to their own devices – and because I am guarding my time to continue to write and submit poems for publication. I'll continue to blog about what I'm reading (I think I might be blogging even more about this) and about my writing projects but I won't be running many writing workshops or courses in the near future. I'll keep my poetry blog, And Other Poems, updated although the poems might occasionally be posted on days other than Tuesdays and Fridays.
I am going to be part of the Reading Revolution
I'm excited to be starting a new job and with such a fantastic organisation. The Reader Organisation describes itself as "a charitable social enterprise working to connect people with great literature through shared reading". It's mission is "to build a Reading Revolution". This is an enterprise where staff sign off their emails, not by giving their job title after their name but by stating what they're currently reading. How wonderful is that?
The Reader Organisation has established the movement of shared reading as a practical way to develop good mental health, increased wellbeing and social inclusion.
After extensive training, some of it in the fabulous city of Liverpool, near to where I was born and home of The Reader Organisation, I'll be setting up and running four, weekly, Read Aloud Groups for people with dementia in four Wiltshire Libraries. Read about the research behind this imaginative initiative here. There is fascinating and uplifting evidence that
For older people and those living with dementia, shared reading groups improve quality of life through cognitive stimulation, social interaction and meaningful engagement each week.
For now, though, I need to prepare for a few days away from home and pack my suitcase, not forgetting a few good books for the journey (I'm currently reading The Third Shore: Chinese and English-Language Poets in Mutual Translation, Ed W.N. Herbert & Yang Lian, published by Shearsman and East China Normal University Press). Wish me luck!


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A brand new year means a brand new calendar. But what do you do with your old one? Sometimes I save it as a keepsake of the year's events, but this year I decided to recycle it into something new and useful thanks to the ARTchix Studio challenge to make something out of your old calendar. My 2010 calendar was full of beautiful and whimsical illustrations and heart-brightening quotes from a company called Brush Dance. The name Brush Dance got me thinking about giving my paint brushes a fun new container to shimmy in and out of in 2011. Next thing you know, an old holiday cookie tin was being repurposed and jazzed up with a collage of inspiring images from the old calendar, mixed together with some retro-cool ARTchix graphics. Here's the 360 degree view, together with wishes for a New Year painted with love, a playful heart, and plenty of reasons to smile.
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A list of ingredients found by chemical analysis that have been used to cut street heroin sold in New York City from 1991 to 1996.
As reported in a 2000 review paper on trends in NYC heroin adulterants:
Acetaminophen (Analgesic)
Aminopyrine (Anti-inflammatory)
Amitryptaline (Anti-depressant)
Antipyrine (Body water measurement)
Benzoczine (Anesthetic)
Caffeine (Stimulant)
Cocaine (Stimulant)
d-metamphetamine (Stimulant)
Diphenhydramine (Anti-histamine)
Doxepin (Anesthetic)
Ephedrine (Stimulant)
Lidocaine (Anesthetic)
Hydroxyzine (Anxiety medication)
Methylparben (Chemical preservative)
Methocarbamol (Muscle relaxant)
Nabumetone (Arthritis treatment)
Nicotinamide (Coenzyme)
Phenylbutazone (Anti-inflammant)
Phenylpropanlamine (Dexatrim / caffeine)
Potassiumchloride (Potassium supplement
Rocaine (Local anesthetic)
Propoxyphene (Analgesic – Darvon)
Sodium Bicarbonate (Acid indigestion)
Quinine (Malaria treatment)
Theophylline (Bronchial dialator)
Thiamine (Dietary supplement)
Thiopental (Barbiturate)
Thioridazine (Nausea medication)
Tripolidine (Allergy medication)
Disodium ethylenediame tetraacetic (Chelating agent for metals)
The study notes that the most common non-dope ingredients in street heroin are lactose, milk sugar, sucrose, cellulose, mannitol and other inert ingredients, but there is an increasing trend for heroin to contain psychoactive chemicals or additional substances to alter its effect through changing how it is absorbed into the body.
Interestingly, the paper also notes that professional heroin cutters are expensive, charging up to $20,000 for a kilo of heroin. This is likely due to the skill and knowledge needed to select ingredients that will have certain effects, which can be different for 'smokers', 'snorters' and 'injectors'.
Ingredients that affect the vaporisation point of heroin will be more important for smokers, while adulterants that increase absorption through the nasal passages will obviously be more important for snorters.
For injectors, cutters need to be able to select ingredients that aren't going to gum up needles or cause too much damage to the users' veins.
Additionally, some ingredients are added purely for their psychoactive effect to give a different experience and 'brand' the dope.
However, owing to the cost of a professional cutter, some dealers just cut it themselves with whatever they think is reasonable, meaning all kinds of potentially fatal ingredients end up in the average bag of smack.
Link to closed-access paper 'The Re-Engineering of Heroin'.


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James proved the homotopy decomposition $\Sigma\Omega\Sigma X\simeq \bigvee_{n=1}^\infty \Sigma X^{\wedge n}$. This is a natural homotopy equivalence for a pointed connected CW complex $X$. Here $X^{\wedge n}$ is the $n$-fold self-smash product of $X$.
Is there a counterexample to the stronger assertion that $\Omega\Sigma X\simeq \bigvee_{n=1}^\infty X^{\wedge n}$? This assertion implies James' decomposition as suspension, being left adjoint to looping, commutes with wedge sum.


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Closure is the capture of an environment, containing persistent variable bindings, within the definition of a procedure or a set of related procedures. This is rather similar to the idea in some object oriented languages of encapsulating a set of related data variables inside an "object", together with a set of "methods" that operate on the encapsulated data. The following example shows how closure can be used to emulate the ideas of objects, methods and encapsulation in Scheme.
(define (make-account) (let ((balance 0)) (define (get-balance) balance) (define (deposit amount) (set! balance (+ balance amount)) balance) (define (withdraw amount) (deposit (- amount))) (lambda args (apply (case (car args) ((get-balance) get-balance) ((deposit) deposit) ((withdraw) withdraw) (else (error "Invalid method!"))) (cdr args)))))
Each call to
make-account creates and returns a new procedure,
created by the expression in the example code that begins "(lambda
(define my-account (make-account)) my-account ⇒ #<procedure args>
This procedure acts as an account object with methods
deposit and
withdraw. To apply one of
the methods to the account, you call the procedure with a symbol
indicating the required method as the first parameter, followed by any
other parameters that are required by that method.
(my-account 'get-balance) ⇒ 0 (my-account 'withdraw 5) ⇒ -5 (my-account 'deposit 396) ⇒ 391 (my-account 'get-balance) ⇒ 391
Note how, in this example, both the current balance and the helper
deposit and
withdraw, used
to implement the guts of the account object's methods, are all stored in
variable bindings within the private local environment captured by the
lambda expression that creates the account object procedure.


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I am a great lover of simple homes – what better way to get the most from much-loved home accessories than against an uncluttered backdrop – but how minimal can a home be and still feel homely? This new-build barn in West Wales is an interesting case to consider as the fabric of the building has been purposefully left as a shell by its architect owner. Could live comfortably here?
{Mojo Photography via Remodelista}
Do you think you'd feel at home in a living space like this or does it feel too bare for you? What would you add to make the barn more your style? Please use the comments to share your thoughts and ideas.
If you'd like to learn more about the construction and design of the barn there's lots more detail in Remodelista's post.


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Radio Storms on Jupiter
Giant Jupiter is a source of odd radio noises. Now anyone can listen to them using a NASA-sponsored audio stream on the Internet.
February 20, 2004: Waves crashing on a beach. Woodpeckers peck-peck pecking. Whales calling plaintively across the sea.
These are the sounds of Jupiter.
There are no whales or woodpeckers on Jupiter. There are no beaches. But Jupiter beams these sounds to Earth anyway. They emerge from the loudspeakers of short-wave radios during Jupiter's occasional, intense radio storms, caused by natural radio lasers near the planet's magnetic poles.
Many ham radio operators have heard these storms, late at night when Jupiter is high in the sky. Now you can listen, too, online, thanks to a live audio link to the University of Florida Radio Observatory, supported by NASA.
Not far from the meandering Suwannee River in central Florida, there is an array of odd-looking antennas: spiral "tee-pees" and gangly "Yagis." Every night these are trained on Jupiter, monitoring the planet for radio outbursts in the frequency range 18 to 32 MHz. Sensitive receivers translate Jupiter's radio waves to audio sounds. During a strong storm, the observatory's control room echoes with pecks, pops, and crackling swooshes.
Choose one of these links to listen:
Above: Log-spiral "tee-pee" antennas at the University of Florida Radio Observatory. [More]
Jovian radio storms, first noticed in 1955, are beamed to Earth by radio lasers near Jupiter's magnetic poles. Lasers on Earth, in labs and classrooms, are man-made from wires, crystals and other electronics. Jupiter's radio lasers are natural, made of plasmas (ionized gases) and magnetic fields. High speed streams of magnetized plasma flowing downward into Jupiter's polar regions emit radio waves--a process known as the "cyclotron maser mechanism." When this mechanism is operating, Jupiter can outshine even the sun as a radio source.
The lasers are powered, in part, by Jupiter's moon Io. Volcanoes on Io hurl electrically conducting gas into Jupiter's magnetosphere (the region of space controlled by Jupiter's magnetic field), where it collects in a doughnut-shaped region, the "Io torus." As Io travels around Jupiter, it plows through the torus and makes waves, like the wake of a boat. These "Alfven waves," guided by magnetic forces, carry about 40 trillion watts of power to Jupiter's polar regions--more than enough to fuel the radio storms.
Jupiter's Io-controlled radio emissions don't go in all directions. The radio laser beam has the shape of a wide hollow cone. If Earth is inside the cone, we hear nothing. If Earth is outside the cone, we also hear nothing. But if Earth is in the narrow edge of the cone, we can hear some strong radio bursts.
Jupiter rotates once every 10 hours and the cone rotates with it like a lighthouse beam. To catch a radio storm you have to know (1) when Earth will be aligned with the edge of the cone and (2) when Io is in the right position to pour electrical energy into the storm zone. This will happen a few times in the weeks ahead, e.g., on Feb. 22, Feb. 23, and March 1.
When you tune in, don't expect to hear a constant stream of pecking and swooshing. Jupiter's radio source is intermittent. You might hear nothing but static for an hour. Then, just when you're ready to give up, the storm will surge: rapid-fire pecks, loud and insistent, wave-like swooshes, gently undulating. It might last for a few minutes, or a few seconds. No two Jupiter storms are alike, and that's what makes listening fun.
Professional astronomers study these storms because they reveal a lot about Jupiter--especially its rotation and magnetism. Jupiter's cone-shaped radio beam is attached to the planet's magnetic field, which emerges from deep inside Jupiter. By tracking the radio beam as it turns, astronomers have managed to measure the rotation rate of the planet's hidden interior with a precision of milliseconds.
Jupiter's magnetosphere is huge. It's about 10 times wider than the sun, and its tail, stretched out by the solar wind, extends far beyond Saturn. One day, astronomers expect, this vast magnetosphere is going to flip. The Sun's magnetic field reverses polarity every 11 years; Earth's magnetic field flips, too, every 300,000 years on average. This seems to be normal behavior for magnetic dynamos in stars and planets. When will Jupiter's field flip?
Listening online is not the only way to tune into Jupiter. NASA also supports an education program for kids (young and old) called Radio JOVE. Join, and you can buy a radio telescope kit, build your own observatory, and start listening from your own back yard or school yard.
Peck-peck. Pop. Swoosh. This is too much fun for professionals alone.


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This is an absolutely brilliant toweling dress that comes in blue or white (I have it in blue). It zips all up the front and has a draw-string and a hood and short sleeves.
It's perfect for putting on after a swim/on the beach. (I'd always envied children their toweling cover ups.) Because I am not tall, the style fits me really well (I didn't want anything too short) and comes to a few inches above my knees. I'm a size 14 and the L fitted me with room to spare. I swim every day and put this on after my shower and when I can't be bothered to get dressed back into proper clothes, but don't want to lounge around in a dressing gown, either. I love it, and am resisting the urge to buy two in case anything happens to the first one. But be warned: doing this (buying two of the same thing) will immediately render the first less special.


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The Chief Risk Officer has been saved
The Chief Risk Officer
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As enterprise Risk Management increasingly becomes a regulatory requirement within the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the wider Middle East region, we take a look at the merits of the Chief Risk Officer and the requirements for their success.
Whether or not the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) should be reserved a permanent seat within the exclusive "C-Suite" is a hotly debated topic. Company executives and academics alike question the need to have a figurehead dedicated to overseeing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) within organizations. Given that CROs are not required to own business risks, nor are they specialists in all risk areas, a common thought is that if a company adopts an enterprise-wide risk management program and has an embedded risk-aware culture, it should be able to run itself.


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Rolling Stone image of heroin user on maple syrup bottle sparks outrage
Image is in latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine
A national magazine draws the ire of Vermonters with a graphic image depicting the state's battle with heroin.
In its latest issue, Rolling Stone magazine publishes a picture of a heroin user on a bottle of maple syrup.
The move shocked and upset many Vermonters, including maple sugar makers.
Most said it's not fair to link maple syrup to Vermont's heroin crisis.
"Oh God, isn't that awful," Burr Morse said. "What are they thinking? They're not thinking. The new face of heroin."
Morse is a seventh-generation sugarer, making and selling Vermont's liquid gold to tourists and locals alike. He says the depiction of a Vermonter, shooting up heroin on a maple syrup bottle is just wrong.
"It's tragic. It's just tragic that this outfit would use such a blatant lack of common sense for gosh sake," Morse said.
The word is spreading on social media, too. Vermonters upset about the way heroin is being portrayed in the state have taken to the Rolling Stone Facebook page. If you scroll down, nearly every comment is from an angry Vermonter.
"At first blush, I saw it and I thought wow, there's our Vermont maple syrup product with a very different picture than we're used to seeing on it," Vermont Deputy Tourism Commissioner Steve Cook said.
Tourism is a nearly $2-billion-a-year industry in Vermont, but Cook said it's too soon to tell if the picture will have any impact on people's travel decisions.
"After having a chance to read the article, it's a much better portrayal of the challenges facing Vermonters are facing and the proactive approach that Vermont is taking to face this problem head on," Cook said.
Still many say, it's a sour image that's tainting Vermont's sweetest industry.
"I think understanding that there's a problem with drugs in Vermont is a good thing. I don't think that is," Julie Roy said as she was enjoying sugar on snow at Morse Farm and Maple Sugarworks.
"It's just infuriating for anyone to suggest that there might be a connection," Morse said.
Gov. Peter Shumlin , who is quoted in the Rolling Stone article, released this statement:
"We are part of a really important national conversation and no single photograph is going to change that. While it is very disappointing and hurtful that Rolling Stone would alter an iconic image so important to Vermont just to be provocative, I don't think we should make too much of it and it certainly will not deter us from this important work."
A request for comment from Rolling Stone magazine was not immediately returned.


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The Social Housing Institutions Toolkit covers the A-Z of establishing and running a SHI in South Africa.
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