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Notes & Outlines LEVITICUS
"By Dr. J. Vernon McGee © Thru the Bible Radio Network,http://www.ttb.org. "
(Audio index:MCGEECOMMENTARYAUDIO Leviticus )
WRITER: Moses
PLACE: In the Book of Leviticus the children of Israel were marking time at Mount Sinai. The book opens and concludes at the same geographical spot, Mount Sinai, where God gave the Law. Exodus concludes with the tabernacle constructed and the glory of the Lord filling it. Leviticus gives the order and rules of worship in the tabernacle. The Hebrew word Vayikrah opens the book, and it means "and He called." God moves into the tabernacle and speaks from there rather than from Mount Sinai. He calls the people to Him and tells them how to come. This is the exact meaning of the church - ekklesia, "called out ones." The Lord Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice" kjv@John:10:27 ).
PURPOSE: This is the one book that the critic is categorically convinced should not be in the Bible. Dr. John Haynes Holmes, the humanist, has said, "The Book of Leviticus is not fit to be in the Bible." In contradistinction to this extremely biased opinion, others with equal scholarship find it to be a very important book. Dr. S. H. Kellogg called it the "greatest book" in the Bible. Dr. Albert C. Dudley called it "the most important book in the Bible." Dr. Parker said, "Considered as embracing the history of one month only, this may claim to be the most remarkable book in the Old Testament."
This book was given to Israel for direction in living as a holy nation in fellowship with a holy God. It was a code of law for the total well-being of Israel - physical, moral, and spiritual. Sacrifice, ceremony, ritual, liturgy, instructions, washings, convocations, holy days, observances, conditions, and warnings crowd this book. All of these physical exercises were given to teach spiritual truths. Paul states that "these things were our examples" ( kjv@1Corinthians:10:6 ).
Leviticus reveals Christ. Tyndale, in his Prologue into the Third Book of Moses, said, "Though sacrifices and ceremonies can be no ground or foundation to build upon - that is, though we can prove nought with them - yet when we have once found Christ and His mysteries, then we may borrow figures, that is to say, allegories, similitudes, and examples, to open Christ, and the secrets of God hid in Christ, even unto the quick: and can declare them more lively and sensibly with them than with all the words of the world."
For us it gives the direction to God and instructions for spiritual worship. Worship would take on a new meaning if the average Christian properly appreciated the contents of this book. Worship for us today is no longer by ritual or in a specific place. To the woman of Samaria Jesus said, …Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what. We know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. kjv@John:4:21-24 )
KEY: Holiness to Jehovah
MESSAGE: The message is twofold:
1. Leviticus teaches that the way to God is by sacrifice. The word atonement occurs 45 times. For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. kjv@Leviticus:17:11 ) Atonement means to cover up. The blood of bulls and goats did not actually take away sin. It covered over until Christ came to take away our sins.
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. kjv@Romans:3:25 )
2. Leviticus teaches that the walk with God is by sanctification. The word holiness occurs 87 times. And ye shall be holy unto me; for I, the LORD, am holy, and have separated you from other people, that ye should be mine. kjv@Leviticus:20:26 ) God gave strict laws governing the diet, social life, and daily details involving every physical aspect of the lives of His people. These laws have a greater spiritual application to His people today.
Access to God is secured for the sinner through the shed blood of Christ.
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world. But now once, in the end of the ages, hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. kjv@Hebrews:9:25-26 ) Those redeemed by the blood of Christ must live a holy life if they are to enjoy and worship God.
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. kjv@Hebrews:13:20-21 )
Leviticus is a remarkable book, as the contents are considered in the light of the New Testament. These suggestions are illustrative of this:
1. The five offerings which open this book are clear, crystal-cut cameos of Christ. They depict His hypostatical person in depth and His death in detail (chapters kjv@Leviticus:1-7 ).
2. The consecration of the priests reveals how shallow and inadequate is our thinking of Christian consecration (chapters kjv@Leviticus:8-10 ).
3. The diet God provided for His people was sanitary, therapeutic, and contains much spiritual food for our souls (chapter kjv@Leviticus:11 ).
4. The attention given to motherhood is a further example of God's thinking concerning womanhood (chapter kjv@Leviticus:12 ).
5. The fact that leprosy and its treatment are prominent in the heart of this book on worship, demands our attention. Those who have been given gracious insights into Scripture have found here a type of sin and its defiling effect on man in his relation to God. The cleansing of the leper finds its fulfillment in the death and resurrection of Christ in a most unusual sacrifice - two birds (chapters kjv@Leviticus:13-15 ).
6. The great Day of Atonement is a full-length portrait of the sacrifice of Christ (chapter kjv@Leviticus:16 ).
7. The importance of the burnt altar in the tabernacle highlights the essential characteristic of the cross of Christ (chapter kjv@Leviticus:17 ).
8. The emphasis on instructions concerning seemingly minute details in the daily lives of God's people reveals how God intends the human family to be involved with Him (chapters kjv@Leviticus:18-22 ).
9. The list of feasts furnishes a prophetic program of God's agenda for all time (chapter kjv@Leviticus:23 ).
10. The laws governing the land of Palestine furnish an interpretation of its checkered history and an insight into its future prominence. The nation Israel and the promised land are intertwined and interwoven from here to eternity (chapters kjv@Leviticus:24-27 ).
Genesis: man ruined,
Exodus: man redeemed,
Leviticus: man worshiping.
|Exodus offers pardon
|Leviticus offers purity
|God's approach to man
|Man's approach to God
|Christ is Savior
|Christ is Sanctifier
|Man's guilt is prominent
|Man's defilement is prominent
|God speaks out of the mount
|God speaks out of the tabernacle
|Man is made nigh to God
|Man is kept nigh to God
I. The five offerings and the law of them, Chapters kjv@Leviticus:1-7 A. Sweet savor offerings (person of Christ ), kjv@Leviticus:1-3 1. Burnt offering (Christ our substitute ), kjv@Leviticus:1 2. Meal offering (loveliness of Christ ), kjv@Leviticus:2 3. Peace offering (Christ our peace ), kjv@Leviticus:3 B. Non-sweet savor offerings (work of Christ on cross ), kjv@Leviticus:4-5 1. Sin offering (sin as a nature ), kjv@Leviticus:4 2. Trespass offering (sin as an act ), kjv@Leviticus:5 C. Law of the offerings, kjv@Leviticus:6-7
II. The priests (all believers are priests ), Chapters kjv@Leviticus:8-10 A. Consecration of priests, kjv@Leviticus:8 B. Ministry of priests, kjv@Leviticus:9 C. Restrictions on priests (death of Nadab and Abihu ), kjv@Leviticus:10
III. Holiness in daily life (God concerned with His children's conduct ), Chapters kjv@Leviticus:11-22
A. Food of God's people, kjv@Leviticus:11
B. Children of God's children, kjv@Leviticus:12
C. Cleansing of leprosy, kjv@Leviticus:13-14
D. Cleansing of running issues, kjv@Leviticus:15
E. Great Day of Atonement, kjv@Leviticus:16
F. Place of sacrifice; value of the blood, 17
G. Application of commandments to life situations, kjv@Leviticus:18-20 1. Immorality condemned (amplification of 7th commandment ), kjv@Leviticus:18 2. Social sins (application of commandments ), kjv@Leviticus:19 3. Penalty for breaking commandments, kjv@Leviticus:20 H. Laws for personal purity of priests, kjv@Leviticus:21-22
IV. The holy holidays, Chapter kjv@Leviticus:23
V. Laws and prophecies for the promised land, Chapters kjv@Leviticus:24-26 A. Lampstand, showbread, and death penalty for the blasphemer, kjv@Leviticus:24 B. Sabbatic year, year of Jubilee and law of kinsman redeemer, kjv@Leviticus:25 C. Conditions of blessing in the land (a prophetic history ), kjv@Leviticus:26
VI. Dedication and devotion - concerning vows, Chapter kjv@Leviticus:27
These notes, prepared by J. Vernon McGee, are for the purpose of giving assistance to the listeners of the THRU THE BIBLE RADIO program. They are to be used with the Bible and will be more meaningful as you look up all the Scripture references. Due to the necessary brevity of both notes and broadcasts, a list of recommended books is included for those wanting a more detailed study. These books may be obtained from a Christian library or bookstore or ordered from the publishers.
Gaebelein, Arno C. Annotated Bible, vol. 1. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1917.
Goldberg, Louis. Leviticus. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1980.
Grant, F. W. Numerical Bible. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1891.
Gray, James M. Synthetic Bible Studies. Westwood, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1906.
Heslop, W. G. Lessons from Leviticus. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1945.
Ironside, H. A. Lectures on the Levitical Offerings. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1929.
Jamieson, Robert; Faucett, H. R.; and Brown, D. Commentary of the Bible, 3 vols. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1945.
Jensen, Irving L. Leviticus. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1967.
Jukes, Andrew. The Law of the Offerings. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 1870.
Kellogg, S. H. The Book of Leviticus. New York, New York: George H. Doran Co., 1908.
Kelly, William. Lectures Introductory to the Pentateuch. Oak Park, Illinois: Bible Truth Publishers, 1870.
Mackintosh, C. H. (C.H.M. ). Notes on the Pentateuch. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1880.
McGee, J. Vernon. Learning Through kjv@Leviticus:2 vols. Pasadena, California: Thru the Bible Books, 1964.
Noordtzij, A. Leviticus. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1982.
Schultz, Samuel J. Leviticus. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1983.
Slemming, C. W. These Are The Garments. London, England: Marshall Morgan & Scott, 1955.
Slemming, C. W. Thus Shalt Thou Serve. Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania: Christian Literature Crusade, 1955.
Thomas, W. H. Griffith. Through the Pentateuch Chapter by Chapter. Grand
Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1957.
Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Bible Handbook. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1966.
Unger, Merrill F. Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament, vol. 1. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1981.
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Good fucking lordy. This wins the internets for stupidity this week.
C.F.M.B. have inadvertently created some of the most hilarious pop art! What a wonderful example they provide of How Not To Be.
They, unfortunately, are not only real, but believed. People are so undereducated in this country that they don't know that you would have to smoke more than your body weight in weed in less than an hour in order to be of any risk from it. Needless to say, marijuana is probably the closed thing we have to proof of a loving, caring god, because it's a plant that can treat the symptoms of more than 50 different diseases, produces paper, clothing, biofuel, food, and building supplies, and has absolutely no addictive properties. The only thing that Marijuana kills is parasite industries.
That escalated quickly. Just once? Wow. So I'm concerned now I partake in herbalism on a regular basis but am not attracted to members of the same sex I think someone been spikin my weed.
Ok, ok, I smoked a little too much once and got to an extreme level of, "I don't give a rat's ass." and missed a plane back to the U.S. from Spain. It cost me $300 but didn't make me gay. That was the best plane I ever missed. .
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Teenagers will be tested at the end of two years – with no exams in the first 12 months – to stop courses being broken down into bite-sized chunks that encourage a "formulaic approach" to education.
AS-levels, which are currently taken in the first year of the sixth-form, will become standalone qualifications, with marks no longer counting towards final A-level grades.
Ministers hope it will allow many students in England to take three full A-levels and supplement them with at least one shorter AS qualification in a separate subject.
In a radical move, it was also revealed that the Russell Group of elite universities will set up a new academic board to advise the exams watchdog on the design of A-levels, which will be introduced from September 2015.
Subject specialists from top universities will carry out annual reviews of exams to make sure course content is being properly assessed, it was revealed.
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It comes amid claims that current A-levels fail to prepare students for the demands of higher education, with many universities complaining that school-leavers lack subject knowledge and basic skills.
In a letter to the head of Ofqual, Mr Gove said there was "clear dissatisfaction among leading university academics about the preparation of A-level pupils for advanced studies".
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"Linguists complain about the inadequacy of university entrants' foreign language skills. Mathematicians are concerned that current A-level questions are overly structured and encourage a formulaic approach, instead of using more open-ended questions that require advanced problem-solving… There is also growing concern that private schools routinely teach beyond A-levels, giving their pupils an advantage in the competition for university places."
Last year, Ofqual carried out a three-month consultation into the future shape of A-levels.
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Many students are likely to take three A-levels and one or two AS courses – often unrelated to their three specialist subjects – to promote more breadth in their education.
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A-levels are currently sat by pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, although the latest reforms will only apply to England.


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1 chocolate cookie crust
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With a mixer, whip the Rich's Whip until peaks point up. Crumble up a third to half of the cookies and mix in the Rich's Whip until blended. With a spatula, spread the mixture into the chocolate cookie crust, smoothing the top. Break the leftover cookies in half and create a flower design on the edges for decoration. Cover and freeze. Let the pie thaw for about 15 minutes (or until slightly soft) before serving.


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UnitedHealth Group Inc. kept CEO Stephen J. Hemsley's salary stable in 2012 but bumped up his total compensation for a year in which the nation's largest health insurer grew earnings and enrolment and launched a major acquisition.
The Minnetonka, Minn., insurer gave its top executive a compensation package valued at about $13.9 million last year, according to the company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That's up 4 per cent from the $13.4 million total he received last year.
Hemsley, 60, received a $1.3 million annual salary in 2012, like he has the past several years. He also received $7 million in stock awards, which is the same total as 2011. But his performance-based bonus climbed 7 per cent to $5.3 million, and he received $287,443 in other compensation, up from $154,804 in 2011.
Other compensation included savings plan contributions and a $125,000 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act filing fee payment UnitedHealth made on behalf of the CEO so he could maintain and increase his stock ownership in the company.
A spokesman said UnitedHealth made the payment because Hemsley's holdings had approached an anti-trust threshold in the law.
When determining the pay package, the compensation committee of UnitedHealth's board considered the insurer's growth and results, "all of which were achieved in a challenging economic environment," the proxy said.
Hemsley had said heading into 2012 that high unemployment rates, which hurt enrolment, and a sluggish economy would challenge the insurer that year.
UnitedHealth, which covers about 42 million people, saw its full-year earnings climb 7.5 per cent last year to $5.53 billion, as revenue grew more than 8 per cent to top $110 billion.
The insurer's Medicare Advantage enrolment also grew, as the company solidified its position as the biggest provider of the privately run, subsidized versions of the government's Medicare program for the elderly and disabled people.
The insurer, which became a Dow Jones industrial average component in September, also raised the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders more than 30 per cent to 21.25 cents in the middle of last year.
UnitedHealth also announced in October that it would spend about $4.9 billion to buy a majority stake in Brazilian health benefits and care provider Amil Participacoes SA. The company is the largest health insurer in Brazil and also owns hospitals and clinics.
Overall, UnitedHealth shares climbed 7 per cent to close 2012 at $54.24, a smaller gain than the 13.4 per cent advance from the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
The Associated Press formula calculates an executive's total compensation during the last fiscal year by adding salary, bonuses, perks, and the estimated value of stock and stock options awarded during the year. The AP formula does not count changes in the present value of pension benefits. That makes the AP total slightly different in some cases from the total reported by companies to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The value that a company assigned to an executive's stock and option awards for 2012 was the present value of what the company expected the awards to be worth to the executive over time. Companies use one of several formulas to calculate that value. However, the number is just an estimate, and what an executive ultimately receives will depend on the performance of the company's stock in the years after the awards are granted. Most stock compensation programs require an executive to wait a specified amount of time to receive shares or exercise options.
Outside AP's calculation of his 2012 total compensation, Hemsley also acquired 284,836 shares that had vested with a value of $15.3 million. He also exercised options to acquire 600,000 shares and realized a value of $12.5 million. Those options and stock awards had been previously given to the executive.
The proxy said Hemsley directly owned UnitedHealth shares valued at about $140 million, as of March 1.


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Adrenalectomy—Open Surgery
Adrenalectomy is the removal of one or both adrenal glands. There is one adrenal gland on top of each kidney. The adrenal glands make several hormones, including cortisol, aldosterone, and sex steroids. The adrenal glands also make adrenaline and noradrenaline in small amounts.
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Reasons for Procedure
Your adrenal gland may be removed if you have any of the following:
- Adrenal cancer
- Diseases of the adrenal gland, causing it to make too much of a hormone, which can occur with Cushing syndrome , Conn syndrome, or pheochromocytoma
- A large adrenal mass
- An adrenal mass that cannot be identified with a needle biopsy
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Insufficient cortisol production
- Decreases in blood pressure
- Bleeding
- Infections in the wound, urinary tract, or lungs
- Blood clots in the legs
- Injury to nearby organs or structures
- Adverse reaction to anesthesia
Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Increased age
- Obesity
- Long-standing cortisol excess
- Smoking
- Poor nutrition
- Recent or chronic illness
- Heart or lung problems
- Drinking
- Use of certain medications
- Use of illegal drugs
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Your doctor will likely do some or all of the following:
- Physical exam
- Blood tests
- Urine tests
- Imaging tests such as abdominal ultrasound , abdominal CT scan , MRICT scan of the head , and nuclear scan
- Give certain medications to determine why the adrenal gland is not working correctly
Let your doctor know which medications you are taking. You may be asked to stop taking or adjust the dose of certain medications.
In the days leading up to your procedure:
- Arrange for a ride home.
- Arrange for help at home.
- The night before, eat a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
- You may be given laxatives or an enema to clean out your intestines.
Your doctors may need to admit you to the hospital before your planned procedure if your blood pressure has not been well-controlled with medication. This will allow more aggressive treatment to stabilize your blood pressure. It will also ensure that you have enough fluid in your body to prevent blood pressure problems after the surgery is done.
General anesthesia will be used. You will be asleep.
Description of the Procedure
You will likely be given IV fluids, antibiotics, and medications that depend on the condition that is being treated.
Large masses are usually removed from the front of your abdomen. This is done so that the mass can be easily removed. The rest of your abdomen can also be examined.
An incision will be made just under your rib cage or in your abdomen. The adrenal gland will be carefully separated from the kidney. The gland will then be removed through the incision. The incision will be closed with either stitches or staples. It will be covered with a sterile dressing.
The doctor may choose to place a tiny, flexible tube into the area where the gland was removed. This tube will drain any fluids that may build up after surgery. It will be removed within 1 week after your operation.
Immediately After Procedure
The adrenal gland(s) will be sent to a lab to be examined. You will be sent to a recovery room. There, you will be monitored for any reactions to the surgery or anesthesia.
How Long Will It Take?
1½ hours-3½ hours
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
Average Hospital Stay
4-5 days
Postoperative Care
At the Hospital
The staff will monitor your breathing, pulse, and temperature. You may also need:
- Medications to control pain and nausea.
- A tube through your nose and into your stomach. It will drain fluids and stomach acid. You will not be able to eat or drink until this is removed and you are no longer nauseated. In this case, you will continue to receive IV fluids. When you begin eating, you may need to eat a lighter, blander diet than usual.
- Compression stockings to decrease the possibility of blood clots.
- Steroid medications immediately after surgery. The dose will be gradually reduced.
Preventing Infection
During your stay, the hospital staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection such as:
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
- Keeping your incisions covered
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chance of infection such as:
- Washing your hands often and reminding your healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
- Not allowing others to touch your incision
At Home
Recovery time may be as long as 4-6 weeks. To help ensure a smooth recovery:
Recovery time may be as long as 4-6 weeks. To help ensure a smooth recovery:
- You will need to be carefully monitored to see that your body is producing the right amount of steroids and hormones. Monitoring also verifies that you are taking the correct dose of steroid or homone replacement medication.
- You may be asked to weigh yourself daily and report any weight gain of 2 or more pounds over 24 hours. Such weight gain may indicate that you are retaining fluid. You may be asked to monitor your blood pressure regularly at home.
- Try to increase your physical activity according to your doctor's instructions. This will help you avoid respiratory complications from the general anesthesia and improve the recovery of your digestive system.
Call Your Doctor
Call your doctor if any of these occur:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
- Persistent nausea /or vomiting
- Pain that you cannot control with the medications you were given
- Pain, burning, urgency, or frequency of urination
- Blood in the urine
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Pain or swelling in your feet, calves, or legs
- Headaches
- Lightheadedness
- New or worsening symptoms
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
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Munver R, Del Pizzo JJ, Sosa RE. Adrenal-preserving minimally invasive surgery: The role of laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy, cryosurgery, and radiofrequency ablation of the adrenal gland. Curr Urol Rep. 2003;4(1):87-92.
Pamaby CN, Chong PS, Chisholm L, Farrow J, Connell JM, O'Dwyer PJ. The role of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenal tumours of 6 cm or greater. Surg Endosc. 2008;22(3):617-621.
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- Review Date: 03/2018
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Afghan officials: Roadside bombs kill 6 children
Roadside bombs killed four young girls and two schoolboys in Afghanistan on Thursday while a police inspector was gunned down on her way to work, officials said.
The girls, aged 10 to 12 years, had been sent by their families to a river to fetch some water for a wedding that was being held in a home on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, Helmand governor's spokesman Ummar Zawaq said.
The bomb went off alongside a footpath through a field the girls had taken to make their way back home, Zawaq said.
Also in Lashkar Gah on Thursday morning, two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a female police inspector who was being taken to work by her son-in-law on his motorcycle, Zawaq said. Inspector Islam Bibi was rushed to the hospital with her wounds but died there about an hour later, he said. Her son-in-law was also wounded.
And in the eastern province of Paktika, two schoolboys were killed on their way walking home from classes in the afternoon when they triggered a roadside bomb, the governor's office said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the NATO-led coalition said one of its service members was killed in fighting Thursday in western Afghanistan. It gave no further details.
Violence this year has matched its worst levels in nearly 12 years of war. According to the most recent figures from the Interior Ministry, 180 civilians were killed across Afghanistan last month.
In the same time frame, 299 police officers and 753 militants were killed, the ministry said. The Defense Ministry did not have similar figures for the Afghan army.
In other violence Thursday, 11 Taliban militants were killed in two different operations in the province of Lowgar, just south of Kabul, and seven others were wounded, the Ministry of Defense said. One Afghan soldier was also killed.
Associated Press writers Amir Shah in Kabul and Mirwais Khan in Kandahar, Afghanistan, contributed to this report.


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(Pocket-lint) - A new type of Wi-Fi is coming. 802.11ac promises incredible data transfer speeds and faster internet for every wireless device, should you have the broadband package to provide it.
Think of it like 4G but for you home. 802.11ac is the cutting edge of wireless connectivity and will bring with it data speeds on hardware similar to that which you would get if you were connected with a cable but exactly what is 802.11ac?
What is Wi-Fi first of all?
Before we start on this explanation, we just need to clarify what Wi-Fi itself actually is. It's essentially a means for you to transfer data cable-free from computer to the internet and vice versa. It can also be used to send information between devices on a network.
A Wi-Fi network is something you create at home which you can connect any Wi-Fi enabled device to. That device can then browse the internet without the need for a cable being attached to your laptop, tablet, phone or whatever else.
At the moment there are different standards of Wi-Fi that allow for larger amounts of data to be transferred and sometimes over greater distances as well. Most hardware is 802.11b/g which can carry up to 54Mb per second (not megabytes, but megabits) over a maximum of 38m indoors but we doubt that was measured in any thick-walled Victorian property in the UK. All the same, the speed means those with top broadband connections will hit bottlenecks when the network can't carry anymore data.
More recent is the 802.11n type of Wi-Fi which is capable of transporting 150Mb at up to 70m. It allows you take advantage of all that fibre optic broadband speed you might have. Both the router and the device need to support n-type Wi-Fi in order for the speed to be possible. Devices and the router will switch between the various types so everything runs smoothly.
Ok understood … and 802.11ac?
We really don't want to over complicate things here as Wi-Fi can be a virtual minefield of nasty technical terms. Things like 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands get thrown about all over the place but you don't need to know what they mean, unless your planning on pumping out or receiving some weird and wonderful non-Wi-Fi related broadcasts on the same section of the spectrum from your home. Don't worry, you're not.
So, 802.11ac is like a speed boost on the 802.11n standard. Hardware such as tablets and laptops will be able to transfer up to 6.93Gb of data per second. How much data is that? A lot. You are looking at some very pacey transfers indeed. Say, for example, the next iPhone launches with the 802.11ac standard, then Wi-Fi sync from iTunes would mean you could push your whole music library in, most likely, well under a minute, if the handset could handle it. That's the theory, anyway.
So when can I get it?
802.11ac's chips and partners were announced on 5 January by Broadcom. When 802.11n first made an appearance it was another seven years before it turned up in devices sat in your pocket. So, things like the Galaxy S II and iPhone 4 both use it, but they are some of the earlier mobile phones to take advantage of the speedier standard.
802.11ac is going to be just as lengthy a process as N-type routers took to arrive. Testing and actual hardware releases to market mean it wont be until around 2015 that it becomes a normal household standard.
Don't forget that you are going to need both an AC-type router as well as a device in order to get the speed. If you have only one or the other, they will switch to the fastest type of network that exists on both pieces of hardware.
Does it cost me anything?
You won't be able to upgrade a piece of hardware to the 802.11ac standard of Wi-Fi. The result of this is that either your broadband provider will give you the new faster router, or you will need to purchase one separately.
In this sense, it is going to cost you something, as is the likely extra price tab slapped on portables when they launch with the new faster Wi-Fi. The chips will make nice marketing fodder for those touting 'fastest Wi-Fi available' on their products. Essentially, it's a label on a box worth looking out for in three years time. Don't buy one without it.
Do I really need it?
Before you get worried about upgrading or not having the fastest possible device on the market, you need to ask yourself a few questions about the impact something like 802.11ac will have on your wireless experience. First up, is your broadband connection fast enough for it to be worth it?
Let's use a current day example to explain this. If you have Virgin Media's 50Mbps broadband, you are going to need an N-type router and N compatible devices in order to get the complete broadband speed wirelessly. Say, in a few years time, you get even faster internet at home, then you might need to upgrade to 802.11ac in order to enjoy the most of your broadband speed.
Right now, however, you really don't need 802.11ac and even if you did, you can't get it. So there.
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The queen of all Sicilian desserts is definitely cannoli. Cannoli probably originally came from Arabs, who influenced so much of Sicily's cooking. These crisp, flaky pastry dough cylinders are filled with sweetened sheep's milk ricotta cheese, nuts, citron, and bits of chocolate. I cherish Nonna Saporito's old recipe that originally called for sheep's milk ricotta cheese for the filling but when she came to America, it was impossible to find, so whole cow's milk ricotta was substituted instead. Whenever I make these, I use her old and very worn wooden forms, fashioned from a broom handle, but stainless steel forms are available in kitchenware stores.
1 1/2 cups whole-milk ricotta cheese, well drained
3 tbsp granulated sugar
1 1/2 tspn ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped milk chocolate (4 to 5 small bars)
1/4 cup pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tbsp unsalted butter or lard
1 tbsp granulated sugar
4 to 5 tbsp dry Marsala wine
2 cups vegetable oil
colored sprinkles
confectioner's sugar for sprinkling
- To make the filling, whip the cheese in a bowl until smooth. Stir in the granulated sugar, cinnamon, and chocolate. Refrigerate, covered with plastic wrap, until ready to fill the cannoli shells.
- To make the dough, place the flour in a bowl or food processor. Add the butter or lard and sugar and mix with a fork, or pulse, until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Slowly add the 1/4 cup of wine and shape the mixture into a ball; add a little more wine if the dough appears too dry. It should be soft but not sticky. Knead the dough on a floured work surface until smooth, about 10 minutes. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 45 minutes.
- Place the chilled dough on a floured work surface. Divide the dough in half. Work with 1 piece of dough at a time; keep the remaining dough refrigerated. Using a rolling pin or pasta machine set to the finest setting, roll the dough out to a very thin long rectangle about 14 inches long and 3 inches wide. Cut the dough into 3-inch squares. Place a cannoli form diagonally across one square. Roll the dough up around the form so the points meet in the center. Seal the points with a little water. Continue making cylinders until all the dough is used.
- In an electric skillet(see note), heat the vegetable oil to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Fry the cannoli three or four at a time, turning them as they brown and blister, until golden brown on all sides. Drain them on brown paper or paper towels. When they are cool enough to handle, carefully slide the cannoli off the forms.
- To serve, use a long iced tea spoon or pastry bag without a tip to fill the cannoli with the ricotta cheese mixture. Dip the ends into colored sprinkles, arrange them on a tray, and sprinkle confectioner's sugar over the tops. Serve at once.
Makes 14 to 18 cannoli
Recipe courtesy of Ciao Italia Family Classics by Mary Ann Esposito
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Mudra Crafts Tibetan Sound Healing Hand Hammered Singing Bowl Set, 4 Inches
Our singing bowls are made from seven metals in the Himalayan region of Nepal. The tone is long lasting and deep, and this singing bowl is easy to play. A handmade wooden striker and a tri-color wooden prayer beads with a Mandala charm are included with this singing bowl. You are ready to begin your daily meditation or yoga practice with this Mudra Crafts singing bowl set. Rubbing or hitting the edge of a singing bowl makes a calming and relaxing vibration for sound healing therapy, Chakra balancing, Reiki practices, or to make soothing music.
Bowl Mouth Size: 4 Inches; The size might vary +/-0.25 inch due to the handmade nature.
This singing bowl set includes one singing bowl, one wooden striker, and a wooden prayer bead mala with a mandala charm.


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Cloud-based business intelligence (BI) startup GoodData has landed $15 million in venture funding, bringing the total it has raised up to $28.5 million.
The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners and Windcrest Partners also contributing to the latest round.
San Francisco-based GoodData offers BI in a Software as a Service model, providing dashboards, analytics and data warehousing capabilities to businesses as an alternative to traditional on-premises BI platforms.
Since its launch in 2009, GoodData has landed 2,500 customers, including Capgemini, Groupon, Nike and Time Warner Cable. GoodData said that its platform use has grown 500 percent this year. In July the company managed 6,500 unique data marts and produced 2 million reports.
SaaS cloud providers such as Zendesk, Twilio, Pardot and Get Satisfaction offer their own analytics apps that run on the GoodData BI service. GoodData can run analytics against Facebook, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce.com and SugarCRM data, among others. The company said it intends to use the additional funding to build new analytics apps and expand its partner network.
GoodData also said it has added two new members to its board of directors: John O'Farrell, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and Dave Girouard, president of Google Enterprise.
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Microsoft on Friday announced a public preview of Windows Autopilot for HoloLens 2, its mixed-reality headset.
Microsoft may have started something new by attempting to charge its customers for software that uses its application programming interfaces (APIs).
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Windows becomes the latest Best Buy store-in-store
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft has unveiled plans for "store-within-a-store" sections in Best Buy stores, becoming the latest major consumer electronics maker to acknowledge advantages of the brick-and-mortar format.
The sections will begin opening this month and offer Windows-based PCs, tablets, Xbox and accessories, as well as trained staff to explain Windows 8 to customers.
All of the Microsoft mini-stores are expected to be set up in about 600 Best Buy locations in the U.S. and Canada by early September, around the same time analysts expect a free update to Windows 8 to be released.
The update, called Windows 8.1, is meant to reduce some of the confusion caused by a dramatic overhaul of the operating system that debuted amid much fanfare last October, only to get off to a tepid sales start.
The alliance with Microsoft comes as Minneapolis-based Best Buy continues to battle the "showrooming" effect, the term for shoppers who browse in stores buy then buy items cheaper online. This has led to fears that the big-box store format is growing obsolete.
But major electronics retailers are finding advantage in having a destination where trained sales staff can explain its products to shoppers. Best Buy Co. Inc. has similar store-within-stores for Apple, Samsung and Magnolia products.
None of the previous mini-stores have been as ambitious as the Microsoft format, said Jason Bonfig, Best Buy's vice president of merchant computing. The Microsoft stores will span an average of 1,900 square feet, nearly five times larger than Best Buy's most recent alliance with Samsung, Bonfig said in a Thursday interview.
Belus Capital Markets analyst Brian Sozzi said the move "absolutely makes sense," and he expects more store-within-store formats at Best Buy.
"The fact is Best Buy has prime floor space up for grabs, and tech companies want their best offerings in there (along with the customer service), instead of buried on Amazon," he said in a note to clients.
Bonfig declined to comment when asked if Best Buy is planning to set aside more space for mini-stores.
Microsoft is counting on its stores within Best Buy stores to provide more opportunities to provide hands-on demonstrations with Windows-powered devices.
The expanded access to prospective buyers of personal computers and tablets is important to Microsoft because the Redmond, Wash. software maker believes the advantages of Windows 8 become more apparent with a little guidance.
Among other changes from the operating system's old setup, Windows 8 displays applications in a mosaic of interactive tiles. The new look is a complete break with more than two decades of Windows history, and offers few signals about where to tap and click to perform basic functions. More than 1,200 Microsoft-trained workers will staff the Best Buy kiosks to answer questions about the devices.
"You have to see and feel and touch these devices," Tami Reller, Windows' chief marketing and financial officer, said in an interview. "I feel like we have learned a lot in the last six months to make this experience perfect."
The move is a "vital strategic step forward" in Microsoft's retail strategy, but probably should have been done several years ago, wrote Forrester analyst J.P. Gownder in an online post. It isn't as ambitious a move as it could have been if Microsoft had opened more of its own stores, for example, he said, but acknowledged that would have been more expensive.
Microsoft operates more than 70 of its own retail stores in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.
Best Buy shares rose 68 cents, or 2.5 percent, to close at $27.56 Thursday. Microsoft shares slipped 28 cents to $34.72.
AP Technology Writer Michael Liedtke in San Francisco contributed to this story.


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Punched Ref Dies: Ricardo Portillo Dies After Being Punched by Soccer Player (VIDEO)
Punched Ref Dies: Ricardo Portillo Dies After Being Punched by Soccer Player (VIDEO)
A soccer ref has died after being punched by a teenager last month, which caused him to suffer swelling on the brain and fall into a coma, and ultimately led to his death.
The 46-year-old soccer referee, Ricardo Portillo, passed away Saturday at 9:33 p.m. at Intermountain Medical Center, where he remained in a coma after a 17-year-old punched him, according to a press release by the Unified Police Department.
The unnamed teen has not been charged with any crime as yet but remains in a juvenile detention facility.
The press release stated that he will be charged next week: "Formal charges will be screened early next week with the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office. Since Portillo has passed away additional charges will be screened in connection with his death."
A full autopsy is expected to be carried out as soon as possible.
Portillo was punched during at youth match at Eisenhower Junior High School in Taylorville on April 27. He reportedly saw a goalkeeper pushing another player and issued a "Yellow Card". However, soon after, the outraged teen punched him on his head, as he was jotting down notes in his notebook.
Soon after, the referee reportedly started to vomit blood after feeling dizzy, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
When paramedics arrived, they initially did not believe that his injures were serious. However, his condition reportedly got worse after he was transported to a hospital.
According to Officer Jason Huggard, the referee was laying on the ground in a fetal position.
"Ricardo was complaining of pain in his face, back and [of] being nauseated. ... He had spit up a small amount of blood in his saliva."
The teen's name has not been revealed because he is still a minor and is booked on suspicion of aggravated assault.
Portillo's devastated family said he had loved soccer even though there was the risk of violence from the players. "It was his passion," said Johana, Portillo's daughter. "We could not tell him no."
Here is a video news report into the referee's death:


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Thursday, December 10, 2009
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As you know, the emailmeform business had some problems in the recent months. The business has been going through an acquisition process that was left uncompleted, the buyers are dishonest persons that worked together to grab the .com domain while avoiding to pay Alexandru Marias, the original owner and developer that provided this wonderful service to you for the past 3 years.
The new owners attempted to grab the business, leaving the original owner out, and lying to the current customer database.
As a result the emailmeform business is moving from .com to .net , because the emailmeform.com domain is locked by the new, non-technical and non-benevolent new owners, who are trying to lie to you about why you should stay with them, while non paying the old owner and inventor of emailmeform.
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Yesterday, the University of Calgary announced that there will be a significant revision to the periodic table, a phrasing that implies a radical upheaval of our understanding of basic matter. The reality is quite a bit less dramatic—so tame, in fact, that the publication that announced the revision was released on Sunday without causing any disturbance. But the announcement provides a good opportunity to give everyone a refresher on the whole concept of atomic weight.
A good periodic table (like this one) will typically have two numbers associated with each element. The first is the atomic number, which is the number of protons in the nucleus, and thus the number of electrons present when an atom isn't ionized. Since there are no fractional electrons, these numbers are integers. These electrons dictate the element's chemical properties, so they tell us something about its behavior.
The second is the atomic weight. This tells us, in grams, how much a mole (6.02 x 1023) of atoms will weigh, and is thus proportional to the weight of a single atom. These numbers are not integers, and that's not because atoms come in fractions. Instead, atoms have different isotopes that contain different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus. A pure isotope will have a well-defined weight, but in the natural world, most elements appear as a mixture of isotopes. A mass of hydrogen, for example, will mostly contain atoms with a single proton and no neutrons, but will have a few with one or two neutrons mixed in. As a result, when you have over 1023 atoms of hydrogen around, these heavier isotopes ensure that it weighs a touch more than just a gram.
So, it's possible for the atomic weight to change simply because we have a better idea of the typical isotope ratios found in the natural world, and that change wouldn't reflect any new knowledge of the atom's internal structure.
The changes announced this week, however, are a mix of new knowledge and a bookkeeping decision. The new knowledge is a better understanding of how isotope mixtures can differ based on the history of the material. This is easiest to understand in terms of carbon. Geological processes generally don't care what isotope of carbon gets incorporated into rocks or dissolved into the oceans. But biological processes are heavily biased towards the lighter 12C isotope. So, if you're looking at a bacteria-rich sediment, the atomic weight of carbon will be very different than if you looked at other sources. Carbon's not alone; other elements also have isotope ratios that differ based on their natural histories.
The changes to the atomic weights reflect this difference. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has decided to provide atomic weights as a range that reflects the differences found in different sources. The first set of ranges have been made available for 10 elements, including common ones like hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, and they're pretty narrow (two decimal places in or less), so this shouldn't change that much in practical terms.
Next year is the International Year of Chemistry, though, so more announcements of this sort might be afoot.
Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2010. DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REP-10-09-14 (About DOIs).


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Funny. The more I procrastinate working on my reading paper, the more domestic I get...
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ジャックは家で猫とオウムを飼っている。 Jack keeps a cat and a parrot at home.
I saw one of the volunteers practically walking students through the short quiz. He didn't dictate the answers, but by nodding or eliminating other options, he gave the answer away. He didn't even give them time to think, to ponder. That gave them perfect points, but I really don't think that helped build their confidence. If anything, it probably made them feel more uncertain and more dependent.
As much as I like rewarding people and making them feel good about something, I think the students really would've been better off wrong. I think they would've been better off knowing that they should listen and read instead of waiting for someone to spoonfeed them. I think it would've been better if the test distinguished between the people who paid attention and the people who didn't.
I knew there might be trouble. True enough, when the girls were supposed to be making the webpage, he was the one at the computer. When I saw him use the little eraser mouse to select clipart when the kids were perfectly capable of doing it themselves, I couldn't help but ask a pointed question: "Have you girls used this kind of mouse before?" That reminded him that he had brought a regular mouse which the students could use to do the work themselves.
They were okay for a while, but then I saw him in charge again. It was near the end of the period. He said that they had agreed to let him do the work because there were a lot of images and not enough time.
I still feel that's wrong, you know. They could've made a simpler webpage themselves and still felt proud of their accomplishment. As it stood, they had a fancy webpage, but it wasn't _theirs._ I think that's broken. If I were to improve this workshop, I'd be more focused on helping everyone gain confidence in it and teaching other people how to do things rather than making at least two webpages with at least one picture and at least one link. I'd also try to tie it in with school material so that they understand the reason why people publish. Ah, well. Things to remember for whatever camps we'll organize in the future...
The other thing that broke my heart was the sight of a painfully shy girl shunted aside by her more outgoing classmates. She sat at the edge of the table, bangs and thick glasses hiding her eyes. When the two girls seated beside her moved to the computer to make their webpage, she remained at the edge of the desk, not even watching the screen.
I took the empty seat and started talking to her. I asked her what her favorite movie was. No response. I asked her what the last movie she watched was. I saw her struggling to respond. Aha! I pulled a piece of paper over and wrote down, "The last movie I watched was:". After some nudging, she wrote down, "Scream." I asked her if she liked it, and she nodded. I asked her why she liked it, and she said that she liked it because it was scary. I coaxed her to write it down so that we could make a webpage about it.
Her friend came over and helped her spell "scary." Hearing them converse in a foreign language, I asked them where they were from. Korea, the second girl said. Ah, well, no chance to use a little bit of Japanese to help them relax, but that's okay. The second girl was a little bit more confident, but still a quiet sort of girl. We introduced ourselves and waited for the computer to be free.
When the other students left the computer for their recess, I coached the girls on how to add text and images using Netscape Composer. The second girl explained everything in swift Korean while helping the first use the mouse. We had the beginnings of a webpage on the screen.
Unfortunately, our time was over too soon. The facilitator asked me if I could get the girl to wrap up as the other students wanted to edit their nearly-finished pages and add links. I bit my tongue, smiled, and helped the two girls save their webpage - one line of text and one image.
The other girls resumed working, boisterous and cheerful. The second girl went back to working with her group, and this little shy girl went back to hiding behind her bangs and her glasses.
I wrote an encouraging note in as simple words as I could. I told her that computers are nice because she can learn about them on her own. I told her that if she watches people, she can learn from them to. I told her to ask questions, to learn as much as she wants, to never give up... Ay! If only I knew the words that would help her discover confidence. If only I could patiently teach and reteach things until she discovered their joys. If only I could listen until she overflowed with stories. (And if only I knew enough Korean to help! What would I have said: aja?)
She smiled and waved at me on my way out. That was just the most beautiful smile I've ever seen.
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「それがいい」おじいさんは言いってねこたちに聞きました。「おまえ達の中で誰が一番きれいなねこだね?」 "Oh yes," said the very old man, and he called to the cats, "Which one of you is the prettiest?"
We headed out to the Duke of York pub afterwards. Plenty of fun conversation. Whee!
Casualty: One beautiful pink crystal earring possibly dropped in Victoria College when I was busy ripping thigs of. Still worth it. I'd do it again - sans earrings, next time. Sigh. I seem to be unable to hang on to pretty pink earrings... WAAAAH!
And I _liked_ that set! I liked that set enough to want to pass by Claire and get myself another pair of them. Emily said she never buys her own earrings, but as people here aren't in the habit of giving me earrings, I have to buy myself earrings. It's kinda like buying myself flowers.
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その少年たちはかわいい猫と一緒に2人きりで暮らしていた。 The two boys lived alone with a lovely cat.


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Horse treats have come a long way. Horse owners have seen the treats they feed to horses evolve from the traditional apple or carrot to baked, heavily formulated "cookies" and snacks. But are these treats any better for your horse than the traditional fruits and vegetables? Are we as horse owners doing the right thing for our animals by feeding them all of these snacks?
In the United States alone, there are more than 50 companies that manufacture commercial horse treats, adding up to a significant economic impact in the equine industry. Many companies started in small kitchens, then expanded to larger production facilities. Some other treat brands developed as an outgrowth of a company's feed business, such as Rounders Treats made by Blue Seal Feeds.
With such clever names as Stud Muffins, Nicker Snax, Tally Oats, and Mrs. Pastures Horse Cookies, horse treats have become a staple of feed and tack stores. But before you run out and pick up a batch, let's have a look at the various ingredients used to make treats.
Treat Ingredients
A broad range of ingredients is used in the manufacture of treats. As you would expect, many ingredients found in treats are the same as those found in equine feeds. Primary ingredients might include rolled oats, whole oat groats (grain without the hull), cracked corn, barley, dried beet pulp, wheat, wheat bran, wheat germ meal, wheat flour, flaxseed, oat bran, oat flour, rye flour, rice flour, and dehydrated alfalfa. Sweeteners and flavor enhancers include apples, carrots, raisins, molasses, dark brown sugar, peppermint, and cinnamon. Trace amounts of minerals and herbs such as salt, garlic, rosemary extract, Norwegian kelp powder, and brewer's yeast are seen in many formulations. Many manufacturers also add vitamins and other nutrients such as vitamins A, B12, D3, E, and K; and ascorbic acid, folic acid, niacin, and zinc oxide.
As with feed, it is important to carefully check the list of ingredients should your horse have any food allergies or sensitivities.
Several treats now on the market claim to be appetizing and to provide joint or hoof therapy. In addition to the standard fare mentioned above, ingredients such as glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, biotin, and methionine are added to some formulas to provide possible nutritional assistance for a host of equine health issues.
Can the addition of these nutraceuticals in horse treats actually make a difference for your horse?
That question emerges from the greater issue of whether nutraceutical supplements can help such conditions as arthritis or cartilage damage. Although detailed studies have been performed on humans and dogs for many of these ingredients, equines do not absorb and process these products in the same way. Until detailed scientific studies are performed with large control groups, questions will remain as to the effectiveness of these treatments in horses.
Many horse owners and veterinarians believe that nutritional supplements do make a difference, but these thoughts are based more on personal experience than science. For now, most agree that the standard nutraceutical ingredients will not harm your horse and might help him, so why not give them a try? As with all nutritional supplements, horse owners should consult with their veterinarians before administering a horse treat that contains nutraceuticals.
Positive Drug Tests?
Horse owners should be knowledgeable about the ingredients in horse treats as well as supplements (and anything else your horse is given). With different horse treats coming out monthly, ingredients must be scrutinized. Certain herbs can cause a horse to test positive for the presence of drugs during competition blood testing.
Whether you are working on the racetrack or showing sport horses, monitor any treat given to the horses in your charge. It is very embarrassing to have a positive test result for a banned substance because you fed your horse a treat or supplement.
Feeding Cautions
Lots of horses love sugar cubes and those individually wrapped red and white peppermints. But is pure sugar good for your horse? It depends on the quantity of sugar that you feed. In horses, like in humans, excessive sugar intake can cause obesity and other physical ailments.
A couple of sugar cubes or mints a day will probably not harm your horse's teeth, but you should monitor the amount he consumes. You are probably better off to alternate pure sugar with either carrots and apples (sliced into bite-size pieces) or manufactured horse treats that contain apples, carrots, oats, or other grains.
Show jumping rider Frankie Chesler of Orangeville, Ontario, a veteran of the Canadian equestrian team, monitors the amount of sugar her horses are fed. "When we purchase treats at the tack store, we try to stick with the products that we have used before or have heard that are good by word of mouth. A lot of the treats are usually made up of sugar, molasses, and sweet feed, so we try to limit our horses' intake of them."
Regardless of the ingredients used in treats, it is important to remember that a drastic change in your horse's diet (such as feeding several pounds of treats to a horse which isn't used to them) could cause digestive upset. Sarah Ralston, VMD, PhD, associate professor of Rutgers University, reminds us that very few treats are free of calories, and this should be taken into consideration when you plan your horse's diet if you feed a lot of treats.
Ralston cites a case where a horse owner caused a horse to founder from feeding a large quantity of treats. She adds, "The key thing to remember is that treats are treats. They are meant to be fed in small doses."
Is It Fresh?
There are several horse treats currently on the market that do not contain any preservatives, nor do they list an expiration date. As with all consumer products, buyer beware! It is hard to tell by looking if a product is fresh or not. Always look to see if a product lists a "best if used by…" or "best before…" date on the label. Consider contacting the manufacturer if you can't find a date or have questions about the expiration dates.
Although most people prefer "natural" ingredients, the use of artificial flavor preservatives (with butylated hydroxyl anisole, or BHA; and butylated hydroxyltoluene, or BHT) is not necessarily a bad thing. Preservatives can make a huge difference in the shelf life of a product, and in the safety of feeding that product to your horse. No one wants to risk colic or other illness because a treat has spoiled. Any claim that a product "does not expire" is very difficult to take seriously without scientific proof.
Storage and Packaging
Packaging itself can have a tremendous influence on how fresh a treat will stay. Common packaging includes cardboard, plastic bags, and foil bags. No matter which you prefer, check to ensure that the packaging is strong enough to keep out dirt and insects.
Pamela Berryhill of Giddyap Girls Horse Treats recommends that you store horse treats away from heat and moisture, and also away from birdseed. Away from birdseed? "Many feed stores carry both horse treats and birdseed," she explains. "Birdseed often contains bugs and insects that can infect horse treats."
Berryhill also believes it is important for consumers to understand the lengths that many manufacturers go to ensure that horse treats do not contain unwanted bugs. Her manufacturing plant has special food processing fumigation monthly. This process kills any insects that might find their way into her plant, but the chemicals are safe to use around food (and horse treats).
With all the effort put into making the best product available, it is all for naught if your horse won't eat the treat you have so eagerly offered him. Horses, like humans, have different food and texture preferences. Some prefer crunchy baked goodies, while others like soft, chewy treats. Many people prefer the dry texture of store-bought treats for their horses because they are less messy than apples and carrots.
Shape can also have a bearing on whether your horse will devour the treat you lovingly give him. A percentage of horses seem to prefer rounded treats that allow them to easily move them around in their mouths, while others inhale treats whether they are square, rectangular, or clover-shaped. Beware of treats that could cause the horse to choke, such as those with pieces that are too large. The shape of a treat can also have a bearing on how easy it is to separate into smaller pieces, and some even have indented lines in the treat that make them easier to break apart.
How to Feed Treats
Almost every horse owner has strong feelings about whether or not to feed treats, and how to feed treats.
The biggest controversy concerns whether you should feed treats by hand or not. Some horse owners believe that horses will become "mouthy" and try to nip if they are fed by hand, so they will instead place the treats in the horse's feed tub. Others feel that giving the horse treats by hand strengthens the bond between horse and owner. The choice you make depends on your horse's manners and personality. If feeding by hand, give on the flat of the palm so that a horse does not accidentally bite fingers that are gripping a treat.
Treats for Reward
Chesler agrees that treats can be a form of positive reinforcement. "Our horses definitely respond to the treats we give them," she says. "After finishing a difficult jumping class, the horses will stop for a treat from their groom before leaving the in-gate area. And sometimes they will not walk on until they get it!"
Chesler believes her horses "anticipate treats, especially after a tough class, and also when we are schooling them over hard obstacles. This past summer my young jumper, VDL Nuit de Pomme, was having a few issues with the water jump. I worked with him every day around that jump, walking to it, trotting over it, and eventually jumping it as if it were in a show. Every time we jumped it or had a good training session, I would give him a mint. He got to the point where he would jump the water obstacle, then stop for his treat. Now he jumps the water fine, and doesn't need a treat every time."
Treat Cost
There are huge price differences between competing horse treat products. The average price is $2.50-$8.50 per pound, depending on the product and the volume purchased. Is $8.50 a pound too much to pay for manufactured treats for your horse? The only one who can answer that question is you. If you believe that a certain treat makes your horse try harder, run faster, or jump higher, then you should probably stick to what works for you and your horse.
However, if price is a consideration, you can purchase apples for less when they are in season. Remember, apples and carrots have been the treat of choice of horse trainers for centuries. Bags of mints (about 50 mints) are about $1.99 a bag, making the cost less than four cents per treat, and sugar cubes are even cheaper.
Also consider convenience; those apples and carrots can get mushy and abused when traveling. Processed treats don't need refrigeration or special handling. That's great news for horse shows and trail rides.
In the end, whatever treat you decide is right for your horse will probably be just fine with him!


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Lohse agrees to terms with Brewers, ending long national nightmare
Kyle Lohse will help the Brewers but they're still a longshot to make the postseason. (AP)
By Cliff Corcoran
On the 148th day of his free agency, Kyle Lohse has agreed to a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers worth a reported $33 million over three years with an addition $1 million worth of performance bonuses. The addition of Lohse gives the Brewers a strong number-two starter for a rotation that was lacking behind ace Yovani Gallardo, but it will also cost them their first-round draft pick this June, along with the associated bonus pool money, while awarding an additional pick to the division-rival Cardinals.
That draft pick, necessitated by Lohse turning down a qualifying offer from the Cardinals in November, is the primary reason that Lohse took this long to sign with a team for 2013. Though Lohse has been one of the National League's better pitchers over the last two seasons, going 30-11 with a 3.11 ERA and 1.13 WHIP in 63 starts for a pair of playoff teams in St. Louis, he had gone 88-98 with a 4.79 ERA (93 ERA+) in his career prior to the 2011 season and he turned 34 in August, putting just enough doubt in the minds of prospective suitors that the additional price of the draft pick caused the market for his services to dry up completely.
Milwaukee finally caved. Looking to build on a 38-23 (.623) finish to the 2012 season, the Brewers were disappointed by the spring performances of young starters Mark Rogers (7.00 ERA, 2.44 WHIP), Mike Fiers (6.98 ERA, 1.91 WHIP) and Wily Peralta (5.74 ERA, 1.72 WHIP) and thus increasingly desperate to reinforce a starting rotation that received 42 starts from the since-departed Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum last year. Lohse, who finished seventh in the Cy Young voting in 2012, was by far the best available option, though it remains to be seen if his fly-ball and contact-oriented pitching is a good match for Milwaukee's homer-happy home ballpark.
It also remains to be seen just how soon Lohse will be ready to join the Brewers' rotation. Lohse, who was in their camp Monday morning for his physical, has been working out on his own and had gotten up to 90 pitches in a simulated game last week, per Yahoo!'s Tim Brown, but he hasn't seen actual game action since last year's National League Championship Series. Thanks to an off day in the seasons' first week, Milwaukee won't need a fifth starter until May 10, which would give Lohse a little more than two weeks to get ready and three full-rest starts if he were to start in a minor league game on Tuesday (the Brewers don't have a major league game scheduled for Tuesday). There's no guarantee, though, that even with those three starts he'd be ready to start on May 10 against the Cubs in Chicago.
As for the draft pick exchange, it widens the already tremendous gulf between the Brewers' and Cardinals' farm systems, which were ranked 23rd and 1st overall, respectively, by SB Nation's John Sickles last month. That's not only because of the exchange of picks (the Brewers lose the 17th overall pick in June's draft while the Cardinals gain the 28th) but also because of the associated bonus pool money. The Brewers now have approximately $2.1 million less to spend on the draft picks they do make, while the Cardinals have roughly $1.8 million more, per figures tweeted by Baseball America's Jim Callis.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin should add about 3,000 jobs a month next year according to a new economic forecast by the state Department of Revenue.
The quarterly report issued Thursday says the state's economy is growing at a moderate pace.
According to the report, about 38,000 jobs were added in 2011 and 2012, with another 36,000 expected next year. Based on those estimates, that would be about 74,000 jobs over the first three years of Gov. Scott Walker's term.
He promised in 2010 that he would add 250,000 jobs over four years.
The forecast says the state's unemployment rate should be about 6.8 percent in 2013 and drop to 5.8 percent by 2015. It also says personal income growth should be about 3.7 percent next year.