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We look forward to assisting with any problem or question you have, as well as helping your business grow through the effective use of technology.
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A Letter in the March 13 Tomahawk Leader
Dear Letters-to-the-Editor:
On Dec. 26, 2006, I mailed a letter to the Washington offices of Cong. Obey and Senators Feingold and Kohl regarding the War in Iraq. None of the three offices received that correspondence. Even with security screening procedures in place for postal correspondence, a period of more than two months is questionable. This becomes more of a concern when one considers the growing numbers of citizens opposing this war.
From the beginning of this tragedy both my husband and I were not persuaded by the current administration's justifications for going to war with Iraq. We suspected then, and have more reason to believe so now, that this war was an attempt to earn a favorable place in history for this administration and to gain grotesque financial benefits for its friends and influential business associates.
The most glaring and obvious tragedy of this war is the loss of life and injury of our people and of the innocent Iraqi bystanders. Less obvious but ultimately more destructive is the ultimate decimation of the American ideal which is the true strength of this country. We will not defeat terrorism by eroding our own constitutional rights, or by sinking to the level of extremists through the use of torture. We will however, deplete the financial and base resources of this country and eventually land up defeated and broke if we continue this war.
We must reverse this course of self-destruction and abandon the role of occupier in a land where we were neither invited nor asked by the world at large to intervene. The U.S. now owes the Iraqi people a very expensive reconstruction, and a rebuilding of the American way of life for its own people. We must stop this war and address the real issues of global warming, poverty and political injustice before this war forever drains away our ability to do so.
On Saturday, March 17, the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, rallies and marches in opposition to the war will take place around the nation. There will be a rally and march in Wausau beginning with informational workshops from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church at 406 Grand St. This will be followed by a rally from 1 to 3 p.m. consisting of speakers and music in the 400 block of downtown Wausau. The march will then begin at 3 p.m. and go to the offices of Cong. Obey and Sen. Feingold and conclude with a petition signing. For more information, visit www.PeaceNorth.org.
Diana C. Smith
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Local owners of a growing fast-casual hamburger chain are hoping to find smashing success in Westerville.
Local owners of a growing fast-casual hamburger chain are hoping to find smashing success in Westerville.
Smashburger, a Denver-based company that opened its first central Ohio store in Gahanna earlier this year, will open next week at 552 S. State St., in the Westerville Square shopping center.
The local franchise is owned by husband-and-wife team Drew and Darcy Hansen. Drew Hansen is a 34-year veteran of Wendy's.
"If you're in the business, you stay in touch with all the new competitors, and every year, Wendy's talked about the up-and-coming chains that were going to give them the competition, and they always talked about Smashburger as being a No. 1 threat to their business," Drew Hansen said. "I checked it out and I became a believer.
"This is the best concept going right now."
The Smashburger process starts with a loose ball of Angus beef. A grill is brushed with melted butter and the meatball is "smashed" onto the grill to create the burger.
The burgers come with a slew of toppings, and diners can choose their own condiments or order combinations straight from the menu.
Options include the "Buckeye Burger," only available in central Ohio, which is topped with fried pepper rings, American cheese, haystack onions, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise.
The topping options also can be applied to grilled or fried chicken sandwiches, or a vegetarian black-bean burger.
The sides also set Smashburger apart from other burger chains, Hansen said.
The "Smashfries" are tossed with olive oil, rosemary, garlic and sea salt. Veggie fries are green beans and carrots deep fried with no breading. Sweet-potato fries and strings of fried onion also are available.
The restaurant also features salads and, for dessert, Haagen-Dazs milk shakes, malts and floats.
"We have quite the variety of food and something for everyone's taste," Hansen said.
Sticking with the fast-casual model, customers order at the counter, and food is delivered to tables.
Hansen said he is committed to opening six restaurants in northern Franklin and Delaware counties, and is excited at the opportunity to locate in the newly renovated Westerville Square, where Walmart opened two weeks ago.
"This looked like a great opportunity, and we jumped on it. It took about a year," Hansen said. "We scoured the northern part of Columbus for those A-level locations, and this one just happened to be in flux."
Hansen said he already has his sights set on the next Smashburger restaurant, which likely will be in Lewis Center.


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WPSOffice (formerly KingSoft Office) free is my favoured solution. It claims to be the most compatible with MS documents and as far as I can tell, it seems to be. But... I am not a major office doc producer or viewer so this claim of mine may be premature. That said, I have tried other office apps LibreOffice, OpenOffice, AshampooOffice, even tried every free word processor available, none are as comprehensive or work as good as WPSOffice.
I have opened doc's with each office suite:
OpenOffice and LibreOffice take an aeon to load the first time your PC is powered up, for me that's not worth the effort, mainly because I rarely use office suite's for anything.
AshampooOffice is a fast starting app but seems to have issues with certain aspects of formatting correctly. It doesn't show doc's correctly sometimes and the BulletPoints wouldn't work correctly in a table when used in the second column.
WPSOffice is the only app that has shown all types of doc's without a hitch and even created my own without issues of any kind. Hence it being my faourite.
Just thought I'd add my experience in the hope it may benefit someone else


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Fitness the New-Fangled Way
Greetings from Philadelphia International Airport! Airports are fascinating places…great for seeing what people look like and how they act under unusual circumstances. At this moment, I see a lot of truly overweight people. Most folks are treating the moving walkway like a ride at Disney World–just standing there, inching slowly along and staring blankly at the passing drywall. I don't know…maybe the two sights are related. Have we really become this lazy? Have we "convenienced" our way out of being in shape? Have electronic toilet flushers, soap dispensers, and water faucets taken away our last opportunity to burn any calories at all?
We already know the value of physical activity in managing diabetes. Exercise remains the best tool for improving insulin sensitivity, and it is one of the most potent means of lowering blood sugar levels. Given our inability to avoid labor-saving devices, maybe it's time to use technology to increase physical activity rather than decrease it.
A few years ago, one of my clients came in praising something called DDR (Dance-Dance-Revolution), a combination video game and floor mat that awards points to users for matching their steps to on-screen commands. "I just love the music, the colors, and the lights," she said. "It's fun. I don't even realize that I'm exercising." I guess that says a lot. After all, who wouldn't rather "play" than "work"out?
A number of companies produce gaming systems with a major physical activity component. These include Konami, which makes the Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) game for the Sony Playstation; Nintendo, which makes WiiFit and Wii Conditioning games for the Wii system; SSD Company, which makes Xavix; Medway, which makes Cybex; and Light-Space Corp, which makes LightSpace games. In fact, these types of interactive games are becoming so popular that the term "exergame" has been coined to describe them.
A recently completed study at Brigham Young University sought to answer the question "How much exercise does one really get from exergaming?" The researchers hooked subjects up to equipment that measured their energy expenditure and let them play away. Then they compared the energy burned by playing the various games to the energy burned by walking at a moderate pace of three miles per hour. They found that Wii Boxing actually burned fewer calories than walking. However, Dance-Dance-Revolution burned about 10 percent more energy than walking. Cybex Trazer burned about 20 percent more, LightSpace about 30 percent more, and Xavix about 40 percent more.
Because Sony makes some of the more popular exergames, we asked our clients to rate their exertion levels while playing some of them. Based on their assessments, we estimated the caloric expenditure of each game:
Wii Exergame
Burns about as many calories as
Yoga Exercises
Balance Bubble
Table Tilt
Slow dancing
Walking 2.5 mph
Basic Step
Walking 3.0 mph
Ski Slalom
Lifting weights
Walking 3.5-4.0 mph
Hula Hoop
Obstacle Course
Moderate bicycling
Slow jogging 4.5 mph
Super Hula Hoop
Basic Run
Cross-country skiing
Jogging 5.0 mph
Free Run
Swimming laps
Running 6.0 mph
Of course, there can be considerable differences in caloric expenditure based on the way you play the game. If you lolly-gag through the obstacle course without concern for your time, you might as well be hanging out at the water cooler, whereas if you turn yoga into some sort of personal fitness challenge, your caloric expenditure might rival running.
When it comes to your diabetes, treat exergames the same as you would a traditional exercise session. Reductions in mealtime rapid-acting insulin are in order when playing after meals. For those who take basal insulin or oral medications that can cause hypoglycemia (sulfonylureas or meglitinides), snacks are usually required when playing between or before meals. Because blood sugar levels are known to affect speed, stamina, range of motion, and mental sharpness, do what you can to optimize your glucose level while playing…lest your scores suffer and your kids, friends, and partners make fun of you.
Given that exergames are fun ways to burn calories and can be performed indoors in a relatively small space, they have the potential to kick-start just about anyone's exercise program. If you already exercise regularly, exergames may be a nice addition to or diversion from your usual routine. Who knows where they might take you? Before you know it, you might even have the stamina to walk on the moving walkway at the airport.
Editor's Note: Gary Scheiner is a Certified Diabetes Educator with a private practice, Integrated Diabetes Services (www.integrateddiabetes.com), near Philadelphia. He also serves as "Dean" of Type-1 University (www.type1university.com), a web-based school of higher learning for insulin users, offering live and prerecorded courses on a variety of topics. Gary and his staff provide diabetes management and education services via phone and the Internet for children and adults worldwide. For more information, contact email@example.com, or call (877) 735-3648.


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BOWLING GREEN—A Bowling Green man who allegedly chained a woman to a bed, beat her and knifed her will spend four and a half years in prison.
Lawrence Carlton Smith, 45, was in Caroline Circuit Court on July 31 for incidents that occurred Dec. 1, 2012. Standing before Circuit Judge Patricia Kelly, he pleaded guilty to abduction with intent to defile and felony assault and battery of a family member.
He pleaded guilty to those charges in exchange for the state dropping other charges. The original charges were one count of malicious wounding, two counts of assault and battery of a family member as a third offense, which is a felony charge, two counts of forcible sodomy, two counts of forcible penetration and two counts of abduction with the intent to defile.
The judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison with all but four and a half years suspended. After release from the state penitentiary, he must register as a sex offender.
During the trial, Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Diane Abato presented evidence that included copies of previous domestic assault convictions, pictures of the residence and conditions where the victim was held and the testimony of the victim, who recounted that after being verbally abused by Smith at a hospital where their son was at the time, she had decided that she had had enough abuse. She reached out to a security guard and asked him to "protect" her.
After that, the victim was interviewed by an investigator of the Caroline County Sherriff's Office. The victim told authorities that because she had been unfaithful to Smith years earlier, Smith told her he would have to punish her.
This punishment, which allegedly went on for six years, included being handcuffed to their bed, which was bolted and chained to the floor, being forced to take medication, being locked in their bedroom and being beaten to the point where she urinated and defecated upon herself. The victim also told authorities that Smith cut her arm with a knife.
The victim told authorities she was afraid to leave Smith because he had warned her, "If I left, I'd be living under a bridge somewhere, or dead."
She also said she felt pressure from her children to stay with them.
Abato read the court a victim impact statement. "I just have to live with it," she said of the abuse she experienced.
After the trial, Abato said, "People need to know that they don't have to suffer in silence, they can get help."
Other conditions of his release from prison are that he must have no contact with the victim, be under supervised probation, keep the peace and pay all court costs within one year of his release.


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Zone One
A Novel
Colson Whitehead
Doubleday: 260 pp., $25.95
Colson Whitehead really couldn't have picked a better time to write a zombie novel. Even looking past its Halloween-adjacent release date, "Zone One" comes at a time when such horrors are enjoying a pop culture renaissance that arguably began with Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later" in 2002. In recent years the fascination has grown to include fan conventions, groaningly slouched "zombie walks" through city streets and the splatter-core success of AMC's adaptation of the graphic novel series, "The Walking Dead," which drew record ratings in its season premiere.
Whitehead has explained in interviews that his interest stems from an urge to revisit the horror stories that framed his childhood rather than any sort of trend-hopping, and the proof is in the book's uniquely affecting results. Though certainly as grisly as any of the genre's other memorable excursions that explored such visceral pleasures as those that come from briskly thwacking the undead with a cricket bat (see 2004's "Shaun of the Dead"), Whitehead's zombie universe is a much more tragic and undeniably more human place.
Opening with a romantic remembrance of a still "normal" New York from a young survivor-turned-soldier ironically nicknamed Mark Spitz (a harrowing incident involving a refusal to swim to safety is explained later), "Zone One" spares the form's conventional reliance on summer-movie scares and chase scenes — though there's plenty of those too — and instead turns an unsparing focus on the dark reality such a world-crumbling plague unleashes.
Now part of a militia governed by what's left of a hobbled, corporate-sponsored "American Phoenix" government in Buffalo, Mark Spitz is part of an ambitious effort to reclaim a country for the living that starts with a block-by-block sweep through a walled-off section of Lower Manhattan that gives the book its name. Describing the task in eliminating remaining zombies both volatile ("skels") and those infected but frozen in a sad, catatonic loop of their usual lives in the city's broken-down buildings ("stragglers"), Whitehead casts this three-day spine of the novel with a rich mix of wartime satire and darkly funny social commentary. Loaded with vivid details about a fallen city's lost leftovers, the novel at various points touches on images from our current recession, the aftermath of Sept. 11 and a futile search for sanity among soldiers that recalls a sort of zombie-centric update of "Dispatches," Michael Herr's hauntingly intimate collection of Vietnam war reporting from 1977.
Because as much as Whitehead was inspired by and occasionally references the '70s disaster movies that share DNA with "Zone One," it's his remarkable turns of phrase that lift the story above the gory rubble of a midday matinee. Whether charged with bleak sadness or bone-dry humor, sentences worth savoring pile up faster than the body count, such as cynically acute details like three young triplets who become a reality show-like cause for the soldiers, and a new national anthem, "Stop! Can You Hear the Eagle Roar? (Theme From Reconstruction)." At one point, Whitehead compares humanity's shift to the ravenous undead as self-actualization for the secretly immoral or those too timid to chase their dreams. "I have always been like this," Whitehead coldly observes in a mob of townspeople-turned-monsters. "Now I'm more me."
Even as "Zone One's" structure pingpongs between flashbacks to Mark Spitz's tense struggle during the plague's early days in doomed friendships and failed hideouts and the ashy horrors of a hollowed-out Manhattan, disorienting flashes from past and present begin blurring into each other in a way that mirrors Mark Spitz's growing PASD — "Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder," an absurd therapeutic label from the new world that's just one of the details showing that even as civilization crumbles there's plenty of room for humanity's old, unsavory habits. Linguistically cryptic military diagnoses, the PR churn of the war machine and a merciless city that fed on its own long before its citizens started feeding on one another still endure in Whitehead's apocalypse, all the way to the bitter end.
And maybe that's the scariest part.


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Volunteer to care for wildlife
There's a whole family of people dedicated to wildlife care in Victoria. Thousands of wildlife carers volunteer their time to rescue and care for injured and orphaned wildlife. This is often a 24-hours-a-day job, requiring great skill and specialised training.
The hospital plays a critical role in providing veterinary care for patients received by carers and shelters – and sends patients to them for more intensive long-term care and rehabilitation.
Getting up four times a night to feed a orphaned joey, helping a Wedge-tailed Eagle learn to fly, or braving a winter night to rescue an animal that has been hit by a car is all a part of the job of being a wildlife carer.
The rescue and rehabilitation process could not happen without this dedicated group of people.
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Wildlife Victoria
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PS4 digital purchases work on 'any PS4' so long as you're signed in
Currently, buying a digital PS3 game on PlayStation Network lets you access it on up to two activated systems. However, digital PS4 games can be played on any PS4, so long as you're signed in.
A new video from PlayStation explains that any content associated with your PlayStation Network ID will be accessible from any PS4 you log into. "You can access your games and other purchases from these machines so long as you're signed in," the video explains. "Access ends if you sign out."
Of course, if you don't want to be online all the time to access content, you'll be "nominate one PS4 as your home machine." By doing so, "your content is always available on that device, even to other users." Even games downloaded via PlayStation Plus will be accessible to other users on that device.
To sum up, PS4's digital policy is both more and less restrictive than Sony's established system. You can have more "home" machines on PS3 and Vita, but with PS4, you're not restricted to playing your games only on activated systems.


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Where the Ocean's Water's Meet the Texas Coast
170 Port Ave Rockport, TX 361-729-0113
Welcome to Palm Harbor RV located in beautiful Rockport, Texas. This
year-round park is located on the Gulf of Mexico in Aransas Bay and is a great place to come to experience all that Texas has to offer.
This area
is a great fishing spot. You have many options, however, a few of the most
popular is Bay and channel fishing for Redfish and Flounder, drop a line into the Gulf for Tarpon, Sailfish and Spanish Mackerel
or for the adventurous there is also deep sea excursions. If you are
interested in a guide for Bay Fishing trips, please visit Don Watson
There are many things to do in the area, but a few of the more popular sites are "The Blue Ghost," the nickname given to the USS Lexington, which can be visited at the
USS Lexington Museum
Don't forget the birds and fish. Rockport and the surrounding area is
considered one of the best spots in the country for bird watching. However, if
fishing is more your interest then you're in luck. Fishing is great right here
in this RV Park, but if you would like to go out then a charter is the way to
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text: School is back in session, for most of you. And if it's not yet, it soon will be. Might as well make the most of the "back to school" spirit by listening to the Deftones song "Back to School." Which, unlike tests and homework and gym class, is actually pretty great.


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Surveillance Update
WHEN IT comes to updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a new technological age, the Bush administration refuses to take yes for an answer.
The House is poised this week to take up a carefully crafted revision to the law that addresses the administration's valid complaint about the old statute: that because of technological changes in international communications, intelligence agencies were being required to go through the time-consuming process of obtaining court orders to eavesdrop on foreign targets. The measure produced by the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees would alleviate the burden of obtaining individualized warrants in such situations while still maintaining a critical oversight role for the FISA court. Instead of having to seek warrants on a case-by-case basis, intelligence agencies would be able to obtain blanket, year-long orders from the court for such surveillance programs. However, the FISA court would have to approve the procedures under which that surveillance is conducted -- specifically, to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the privacy of Americans whose communications with foreigners happen to be intercepted.
The administration, however, has deemed this sensible change unacceptable. Instead, it wants lawmakers simply to make permanent the overly broad statute rushed into law before Congress left for its August recess. That law virtually eliminates any meaningful role for the FISA court and largely relies on intelligence agencies to police themselves.
The administration says that FISA wasn't intended to cover the collection of intelligence information overseas. That is correct, but many of the communications are being intercepted in the United States and, more important, may involve U.S. citizens. In that situation, and with telephone and e-mail communications between the U.S. and foreign countries far more common than when FISA was enacted in 1978, it is reasonable to bring the court into the picture. The measure strikes an appropriate balance between the demands of some civil liberties groups for individualized warrants and the administration's desire for sweeping authority.
There is one major area of disagreement between the administration and House Democrats where we think the administration has the better of the argument: the question of whether telecommunications companies that provided information to the government without court orders should be given retroactive immunity from being sued. House Democrats are understandably reluctant to grant that wholesale protection without understanding exactly what conduct they are shielding, and the administration has balked at providing such information. But the telecommunications providers seem to us to have been acting as patriotic corporate citizens in a difficult and uncharted environment.


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Things to do with kids in Phoenix, AZ and nearby
In the surrounding of 100 km
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42 indoor/outdoor places to go with kids in and near Phoenix, AZ:
In the area of 100 kms
|Enchanted Island
|theme park
|Phoenix; US, Arizona
|Enchanted Island is filled with charm and magic, offering nine fanciful rides and a variety of popular attractions geared especially toward children aged 1 to 10.
|Phoenix Zoo
|Phoenix; US, Arizona
|We have approximately 1,200 animals on exhibit at our Zoo, including our collections of mammals, fish, invertebrates, birds, and reptiles. We have approximately 2.5 miles of walking trails.
|Castles N Coasters
|theme park
|Phoenix; US, Arizona
|Whether you're young or old, big or small, you'll find lots of fun, food and excitement at Arizona's Finest Family Fun and Thrill Park.
|Brunswick Desert Sky Lanes
|Phoenix; Arizona
|There's something fun for everyone. Grab your family or call a few good friends and get into the good times at Brunswick.
|Big Surf
|water park
|Tempe; US, Arizona
|This fun oasis of good clean fun offers a full mix of rides for the entire family. Challenge Hurricane Falls, a thrilling speed slide. Captain Cooks Landing will enthrall your little ones.
|Tolmachoff Farms
|Glendale; Arizona
|6 acre family corn maze with a new theme each year, petting zoo, train ride, hay pyramid, farm theme activities play area and much more.
|Brunswick Bowling Chandler
|Chandler; Arizona
|It's a great way to spend some quality time everyone will enjoy.
|Brunswick Zone Mesa
|Mesa; Arizona
|Bowling at Brunswick is family fun at its best. It's a great way to spend some quality time everyone will enjoy.
|Brunswick Via Linda Lanes
|Scottsdale; Arizona
|Bowling at Brunswick is family fun at its best. It's a great way to spend some quality time everyone will enjoy.
|Brunswick Zone Glendale
|Glendale; Arizona
|Grab your family or call a few good friends and get into the good times at Brunswick.
|theme park
|Scottsdale; US, Arizona
|CrackerJax is Arizona's largest Family Fun & Sports Park with over 27 acres of excitement!
|Mesa Golfland Sunsplash Centre
|theme park
|Mesa; US, Arizona
|Within the castle walls lies Arizona's ultimate family fun center. Play over 200 video games, challenge your friends to a game of laser tag upstairs or enjoy a few slices of our delicious, homemade pizza.
|Jubeelieve Indoor Playland
|Avondale; US, Arizona
|Jubeelieve is the perfect place for tiny tots to run, jump, slide and just be adorably playful kids they are. The center offers 2000 square feet of age-appropriate slides, climbers, activities and toys for children 0 to 5 years old.
|Brunswick Bowling Avondale
|Avondale; Arizona
|Grab your family or call a few good friends and get into the good times at Brunswick.
|Challenger Space Center
|Peoria; US, Arizona
|Educational programs are the backbone of the Challenger Center. All of our programs are designed to meet or exceed Arizona state educational standards.
|Brunswick Zone XL Gilbert
|Gilbert; Arizona
|Brunswick Zone XL is fun on a grand scale. It's a different kind of family entertainment center with something for everyone.
|Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium
|Litchfield Park; US, Arizona
|The all-new Wildlife World Aquarium's campus-like design is unique with some 75 indoor exhibits featuring fish, mammals, birds, invertebrates, amphibians, and reptiles located in three recently completed buildings.
|Vertuccio Farms
|Mesa; Arizona
|Welcome to Vertuccio Farms where we bring you family, affordable, farm-fun!
|Schnepf Farms
|Queen Creek; Arizona
|They have farm tours and host special events throughout the year, including the Peach Festival and Pumpkin and Chili Party.
|Goldfield Ghost Town
|Goldfield; US, Arizona
|Come and visit Goldfield Ghost Town today! Walk down Main Street, explore the many shops and historic buildings.
|Bob Jones Museum Superior Historical Society
|Superior; US, Arizona
|The site provides each visitor, whether an art enthusiast or a beginner, an opportunity to experience fine art. Through rotating exhibitions and interactive educational displays the art and times of the Old Masters come to life.
|Roosevelt Lake Recreation Area
|Government Hill; US, Arizona
|Here you can experience activities like swimming, camping, boating, fishing, picnicking and sight seeing.
|Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
|Superior; US, Arizona
|The Mission of Boyce Thompson Arboretum is to instill in people an appreciation of plants through the fostering of educational, recreational, research, and conservation opportunities associated with arid-land plants.
|Apache Lake Recreation Area
|Government Hill; US, Arizona
|The area is open all year and has boat launching facilities. Recreational activities include boating, fishing and camping.
|Canyon Lake Recreation Area
|Cochran; US, Arizona
|Everything you'll need for a pleasant stay at Canyon Lake is available on the marina and campground premises. We are open year-round.
|Worlds Smallest Museum
|Superior; US, Arizona
|A visit to World's Smallest Museum is for most, a step back in time and a stroll down Memory Lane / Waterfall Avenue! Enjoy yourself and come back soon to one of Arizona's finest roadside attractions!
|White Canyon Wilderness
|Superior; US, Arizona
|Recreation opportunities such as hiking, rock climbing, and photography are enhanced by the diverse topography, scenic character and the botanical, wildlife, and cultural resources of the area.
|Tonto National Monument
|Roosevelt; US, Arizona
|If you haven't been to Tonto Basin or it's been a long time since you were here last, you'll find excellent new roads either from the Beeline Highway or from Globe. We look forward to seeing you in person at Tonto National Monument.
|Mortimer Family Farms
|Prescott Valley; Arizona
|Come spend the day with us! Bring your family to our seasonal events and enjoy a day at the farm!
|Fort Verde State Historic Park
|Camp Verde; US, Arizona
|Experience life through the eyes of a frontier soldier at Fort Verde State Historic Park. The fort was a base for General Crook's U.S. Army scouts and soldiers in the 1870s and 1880s.
|Out Of Africa Wildlife Park
|Camp Verde; US, Arizona
|See over 400 animals from all over the world!
|Hellsgate Wilderness Area
|Spurlock; US, Arizona
|Fishing, camping and hiking along the scenic vistas and deep water fall filled canyons are the most one can hope for in recreation activities.
|Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum
|Miami; US, Arizona
|We invite you to visit at your leisure and enjoy our Museum's interesting collection of artifacts and memorabilia reflecting the rich cultural diversity, mining and ranching history of our region.
|Salome Wilderness Area
|Young; US, Arizona
|Small perennial streams and pools of water are found year round, hiking and camping are the largest recreational activity available here.
|Blue Mule Art Gallery
|Globe; US, Arizona
|Lots of heart and beautiful art. The Blue Mule Gallery is by far one of the most beautiful art galleries in Arizona.
|Salt River Whitewater Rafting
|Globe; US, Arizona
|Our thrilling adventures are fun for all, and they're the best way to experience the beautiful Arizona outdoors!
|Marana Parks and Recreation
|Marana; US, Arizona
|The Town manages acres of parks and miles of trails and paths for residents and visitors to enjoy. Our parks offer many amenities, like ball fields, playgrounds and ramadas. The trails offer a hiking experience that is unique to the Sonoran Desert.
|Big Horn Mountains Wilderness
|Centennial; US, Arizona
|This wilderness contains many desert species, such as the desert bighorn sheep, Gila monster, kit fox and desert tortoise. Golden eagles, prairie falcons, barn owls and great horned owls nest in the cliffs.
|water park
|Marana; US, Arizona
|Breakers Bay is Arizonas Largest Wave Pool.1.3 Million Gallons of wave pool excitement.
|Breakers Water Park
|water park
|Marana; US, Arizona
|The special attraction here is the wave pool, which is as close to the ocean as it can get in Tucson. Your children will love the giant water slides while you relax at the restaurant or in shaded areas the snack bar.
|White Stallion Ranch
|Tucson; US, Arizona
|Experience a vacation unlike any other. Reconnect with nature, family, friends and serenity. Surround yourself with the unspoiled desert mountains and cactus that have brought Hollywood filmmakers to the ranch for over 70 years.
|Lazy K Bar Ranch
|Tucson; US, Arizona
|Located on 160 acres in the Tucson Mountains neighboring Saguaro National Park West, the Lazy K Bar Ranch offers guests serenity, spectacular scenery and miles of protected desert terrain to explore.
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I think one of the biggest problems in Haskell, aside from it not being very easy (whats a monad?), is syntax.There are many reasons why Haskell may not become mainstream, but syntax and monads aren't two of them. I'm a populist, so I get offended when a language designer builds something that's explicitly designed to drag masses of dumb, lumbering programmers about half way to Lisp, Smalltalk, or some other great language. I want to use a language built by great language designers that they themselves not only want to use, but want to invite others to use.
I could be wrong here. Maybe being a 'mainstream programming language' is means designing something down to the level of the great unwashed. I hope not. I really hope not. But it could be so. And if it is, that's probably the one and only reason why Haskell won't be the next big boost in programming language productivity. That would also disqualify O'Caml, Erlang and perhaps Scala as well. Time will tell.
But syntax? Sorry, not a huge issue.
Sure, C and its descendants have a stranglehold on what a programming language should look like to most programmers, but that's the least important feature a language provides. Functional programmers, especially Lisp hackers have been saying this for decades. Decades.
A language's syntax is a halfway point between simplifying the job of the compiler writer and simplifying the job of the programmer. No one is going back and borrowing syntax from COBOL, because it's just too damn verbose and painful to type. C is a crisp, minimal, elegant set of constructs for ordering statements and expressions, compared to its predecessors.
Twenty years ago, the clean syntax like C provided made programming in all caps in Pascal, Fortran, Basic or COBOL seem quaint. Twenty years from now, programming with curly braces and semicolons could be just as quaint. Curly braces and semicolons aren't necessary, they're just a crutch for the compiler writer.
To prove that syntax doesn't matter, I offer 3 similar looking languages: C, Java (or C#, if you prefer) and JavaScript. They all use a syntax derives from C, but they are completely separate languages. C is a straight forward procedural language, Java is a full blown object oriented language (with some annoying edge cases), and JavaScript is a dynamic, prototype-based object oriented language. Just because a
for loop looks the same in these three languages means absolutely nothing.
Knowing C doesn't help you navigate the
public static final nonsense in Java, nor does it help you understand annotations, inner classes, interfaces, polymorphism, or design patterns. Going backward from Java to C doesn't help you write
const-correct code, or understand memory allocation patterns.
Knowing C or Java doesn't help much when trying to use JavaScript to its full potential. Neither language has anything resembling JavaScript's dynamic, monkeypatch everything at runtime behavior. And even if you have a deep background in class-based object oriented languages, JavaScript's use of prototypes will strike you as something between downright lovely and outright weird.
If that doesn't convince you, consider the fact that any programmer worthy of the title already uses multiple languages with multiple syntaxes. These typically include their language of choice, some SQL, various XML vocabularies, a few config file syntaxes, a couple of template syntaxes, some level of perl-compatible regular expressions, a shell or two, and perhaps a version or two of
make or a similar utility (like Ant or Maven).
Add that up, and a programmer can easily come across two dozen different syntaxes in a single project. If they can't count that high, it's not because they do all their work in a single syntax[1], but because it takes too much effort to stop and count all of the inconsequential little syntaxes. (Do Apache pseudo-XML config files count as a separate syntax? Yeah, I guess they do. It took that Elbonian consultant a day to track down a misconfigured directive last year…)
So, no, Mr. Anonymous. Haskell's syntax isn't a stumbling block. You can learn the basics in an afternoon, get comfortable within a week, and learn the corner cases in a month or two.
Now, as for monads - the problem with monads is that they seem harder to understand than they really are. That is, it is more difficult to explain what a monad is than it is to gain a visceral understanding of what they do. (I had this same problem when I was learning C — it was hard to believe that it was really that simple.)
If you caught my introduction to Haskell on ONLamp (parts 1, 2 and 3), you may have seen this tidbit right before the end of part 3:
[M]onads enforce an order of execution on their statements. With pure functions, sub-expressions may be evaluated in any order without changing their meaning. With monadic functions, the order of execution is very important.That is, monads allow easy function composition that also ensures linear execution, much like you would expect from writing a series of statements within a function in C, a method in Java, or a block of Javascript. There are other interesting properties of monads, but this is the most fundamental.
[1]: Lisp and Smalltalk programmers might honestly count one single syntax for all their work. :-)


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Nurturing a Preschool Skill Set
March 10–14, 2014 | Vol. 118, Week 14
You want to give your preschooler a great education, but maybe you're wondering just what that looks like? Join your host Mike Smith and his guest, Vicki Bentley, this week on Home School Heartbeat, as they discuss how you can nurture your child and his preschool skill set.
"Young children benefit from—actually need—lots of physical and creative play."—Vicki Bentley
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You want to give your preschooler a great education, but maybe you're wondering just what that looks like? Join your host Mike Smith and his guest, Vicki Bentley, this week on Home School Heartbeat, as they discuss how you can nurture your child and his preschool skill set.
Mike Smith: Our guest this week is Vicki Bentley, HSLDA's early years learning consultant. Vicki, welcome back to Home School Heartbeat!
Vicki Bentley: Thanks Mike! Good to be here.
Mike: Vicki, many parents with preschoolers want to give their children the best education possible, starting even before kindergarten. In light of this, how much structured learning time do you think a preschooler should really have?
Vicki: Well, Mike, if you mean structured learning as opposed to play-based learning, studies show that developmentally, these young children benefit—actually need—lots of physical and creative play. Building, pretending, exploring, discovering—trying out their ideas. Remember that what looks like play to us is work to them. Now if by structured you mean having an outlined plan, a lot of moms feel more comfortable having some specific goals. Moms, you've already been homeschooling for several years in kind of a lifestyle of learning, so adding some structure can be as simple as what you've already been doing, just done a bit more purposefully, focusing on intellectual encouragement. So with some age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate expectations, preschool through kindergarten—even up to first grade—an hour of one-on-one structured, purposeful learning time is usually plenty. And you can break that into smaller time chunks of, say, 15 minutes at a time.
Mike: Well, thank you very much, Vicki. This is going to be a very helpful week, I can see that, for many preschool parents. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: HSLDA's early years consultant, Vicki Bentley, is with us again today. Vicki, in what ways can a preschool parent help develop their preschooler's pre-reading skills?
Vicki Bentley: Well, the primary way is to create what Barbara Curtis calls "a language-rich environment." Now, reading is just one facet of language-learning, so lullabies and nursery rhymes and repetitive songs like "The Wheels on the Bus," and Bible verses and songs, and naming everything the child sees, playing sound and letter games, and, especially, reading to him all lay the groundwork for reading. Now, practically speaking, working puzzles develops visual discrimination that's needed to distinguish say, a "b" from a "d" or a "p" from a "q." Phonetic sound games, and then letter games. Maybe using sandpaper lowercase letters or letter magnets, letting kids cut out the B-words from the magazine. These are all foundational, fun ways to introduce reading concepts. Now, read to your child a lot! At the end of that picture book page, ask him, "What do you think is going to happen next?" or why he thinks something happened. This builds his listening and his comprehension skills. Reading to your child, whether cuddled on the sofa or a story on tape in your voice, not only helps him learn to read, it builds a love of reading and language, and it builds his relationship with you.
Mike: Well, thanks, Vicki, that's very helpful. Now next time we'll talk about math skills, so parents, you don't want to miss it! And until then, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Vicki, what ways would you recommend for a parent to help their preschooler develop early math skills?
Vicki Bentley: Well, mathematics is simply the study of the patterns and order in the world that God has made, so point out the patterns in the world around your child. You can start by counting everyday objects. You probably already started out pointing out two eyes, five fingers, ten toes; now teach him to count to twenty, then more. Then try skip-counting: 2-4-6-8; 5-10-15-20. Maybe, "How many houses do we pass to get home? How many legs are on the dining room chair? If we have five chairs, how many legs are there altogether?" When you're at the grocery store, let him pick out three apples, or three apples plus two more. Or the bunch with the most bananas, or the second box of crackers on the shelf. Then at home, setting the table teaches one-to-one correspondence, which is a foundational math concept. Sorting those Legos and the Matchbox cars and the crayons—that's classification organization, math and science and language skills. And, of course, kids love scales and tape measures and measuring cups, so you can teach basic operations and fractions using food or cooking. Cut the pizza in half, then fourths, then eighths. Give a child 10 crackers to divide with his siblings. Not only will he learn about division, he'll probably figure out the remainder.
Mike: Vicki, that's great advice. And homeschooling, we know, is a great way to help your child get a head start in many things, including math. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Vicki, as our early years consultant, do you have any tips to help parents teach their preschooler about good character?
Vicki Bentley: Well, first, remember that our children are often little mirrors, so, as parents, we need to model the behaviors we want our children to learn, and remember they're watching us all the time! When we drive, when we cook, when we talk on the phone to someone frustrating us, when we respond to our spouse or our own parents. Also, I think it's important to train our children in character in the context of Scripture, using biblical terms. The Bible doesn't instruct our children to be nice (which actually comes from the word for foolish, by the way), but to be kind, to honor one another, to be gentle, to be obedient, to care for one another, and so on, so that's the terminology I use. In books such as Little Visits with God, they hear how the children in the stories handle their dilemmas in a manner that's pleasing to the Lord. You could minimize meltdowns by having little practice sessions, kind of roleplaying how to speak gently and respectfully at a friend's house, or how to obey and honor Mommy in the grocery store. We taught our children as preschoolers to bring a cup of hot cocoa to the garbage collectors in the winter and a cold drink in the summer, and to be hospitable and sharing, because our goal was to encourage them to serve the Lord and to serve others. And our children have grown up to be very giving, compassionate people who love the Lord and others.
Mike: Well, thank you for sharing this, Vicki. To live wisely, knowledge should go hand in hand with godly character. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Vicki, are there any resources you can recommend to preschool parents who homeschool?
Vicki Bentley: Well, in our article "What to do with a preschooler," we do include suggestions from less structured to more structured, with links to some of my favorites. Remember that children's play is their work; it looks easy to us, but it's not easy to them. It develops their thinking, and it provides life experiences, kind of like hooks, on which they can hang their future learning, so provide age-appropriate developmental toys, such as Legos or building blocks and thinking skills and puzzles and art supplies and dress-ups and tools and musical instruments and baby dolls and cooking toys, and then, of course, those picture books for read-alouds. You can check your local homeschooler MOPS group for field trips and activities geared specifically to that attention span and interest level of your preschoolers. Some of my favorite books for parents areThe Smarter Preschooler, Homepreschool and Beyond, andMommy, Teach Me! Then Making the Most of the Preschool Years has lots of preschool ideas, while the Before Five in a Row guide has some fun and educational activities that are based on classic kids' books from the library. And of course we have these resources and more just for you at hslda.org/preschool.
Mike: Vicki, these resources, as well as your other insights this week, will be very helpful for many parents. Thank you so much for joining us! And, until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Vicki Bentley
Vicki Bentley is the mother of eight daughters, foster mom of over 50, and grandma to 17 wonderful grandbabies (so far). Vicki has homeschooled 17 children since 1988, alongside her husband Jim, and led a local support group of over 250 families for 14 years. She has served on the executive board and convention committee of the Home Educators Association of Virginia and has addressed state and national conventions, university teacher organizations, and many mothers' groups. She is the author of My Homeschool Planner, Everyday Cooking, The Everyday Family Chore System, Home Education 101: A Mentoring Program for New Homeschoolers, High School 101: Blueprint for Success, and other homeschool and homemaking helps, and coordinates HSLDA's Toddlers to Tweens and Group Services programs. Vicki has a heart for moms, with practical wisdom and encouraging words.
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False Balances and Just Weights
In a just economic system, the wealthy still pay more than those of lesser means in terms of the actual dollar amount. Yet, they do not pay a greater percentage of their income in taxes than those who are not ...Read More
Earning an Honest Living
Scripture permits us to enjoy the material blessings that God provides, but it never tells us to hoard the fruits of our labor. Christians are to be the most generous of people, using their financial blessings to help those who ...Read More
Putting Off and Putting On
Having been baptized into Christ we have put on Christ (Gal. 3:27), and a deceitful tongue has no place in those who belong to the Savior. All people should expect honesty from us, for we are followers of the ...Read More
Lies and Their Consequences
The Lord, being the font of wisdom and truth, has given us fair principles for guiding His community. It is essential, therefore, for a healthy church to follow His law, showing grace to the repentant and applying discipline when professing ...Read More
The Ninth Commandment
Slander and gossip pervade our culture, and thus it is very easy to break the ninth commandment without being aware that we are actually doing anything wrong. As those who have been called out of the darkness of sin into ...Read More
Being Trustworthy
Do you have a reputation for dependability? Or do others think of you as less than trustworthy? If the latter, how can you address this problem? Simply put: promise cautiously, deliver studiously. Do not say you "forgot" or make other ...Read More
Unjust Gain
Examine your work habits. This can include not only your vocation, but your duties at home and at church. In what ways do you cheat those who are in authority over you? If you are in authority, are you fair ...Read More


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Mission Statement
To open doors to classical plays for audiences of all ages, through intimate, daring productions.
About Us
Founded in 1991, Seattle Shakespeare Company presents year-round productions of classical plays. In our indoor home at the Center House Theatre at Seattle Center, we produce a season of play by Shakespeare and other classic authors. During the summer our free, outdoor Wooden O productions tour to parks in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. Our nimble state-wide touring productions feature 90-minute versions of Shakespeare's works that play in schools and other venues. Our innovative education programs include school residencies, workshops, classes and camps during school breaks.
We believe that the plays of William Shakespeare and other classic playwrights are timeless works that cross social and cultural boundaries. With their rich themes and wide gallery of characters, these plays examine the full breadth of human experience: love, jealousy, loyalty, leadership, passion, vengeance, romance, ambition, and humor. Within these time-tested works are insights that continue to sing to contemporary audiences, and that is why we believe our region deserves a theatre committed to first-rate, professional productions of Shakespeare and the classics.


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Construct 2 is an exciting new program that lets you make games — no programming knowledge required! Bundled with over 120 sound effects, loads of original music tracks, ambient atmospheric sounds and sprite packs so you can be making amazing games in minutes! Construct 2's event editor makes building and creating games visual and easy for beginners and advanced users alike. Want to try it out before buying first? There is a completely free version available so everyone can make games! Why not try out some online demos to see the true power of Construct 2? All games are HTML5 - which means they will work on loads of different devices (including your browser of course!) Construct 2 can make platform games, puzzle games, space games, your imagination is the only limit!
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
Space Blaster is an HTML5 game made with Construct 2, the project file can be downloaded from the demos page on Scirra's website.


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Rockwell painting kept in storage in Gardner heads to auction
For decades, the Norman Rockwell painting hung in the principal's office at Gardner High School, all but unknown to the world beyond.
Now, the 1941 original has burst into the public eye, slated for a Sotheby's auction that could fetch millions for the Central Massachusetts city.
In the early 1950s, Rockwell gave the painting, part of a popular World War II series for The Saturday Evening Post, to the principal, who hung it in his office. There it would stay until 2001. Realizing its value, school officials had the painting appraised, then stored it away for safekeeping.
But in December, after a Rockwell painting sold for $46 million, an auction record for an American painting, city officials decided it was time to tell their secret.
"I said to myself, 'Hey, we have a Norman Rockwell,' " Gardner Mayor Mark Hawke quipped on Thursday.
The oil painting, titled "Willie Gillis in Convoy," depicts Gillis with a group of other soldiers riding in the back of a military truck. While a charcoal study of the scene was part of the artist's catalogue, the painting has remained in obscurity, and its emergence has delighted Rockwell enthusiasts.
"It's a remarkable painting," said Jeremy Clowe, manager of media services at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge.
Clowe said the World War II series showed Gillis in a range of military scenes.
"The goal was to present this young recruit in service," he said. "It was kind of like a postcard home to his family."
But the painting was never put into circulation, and was apparently at the artist's Vermont studio when Gardner High's principal, F. Earl Williams, came to visit. As the story goes, Williams was looking for a painting to give to the graduating class of seniors, Hawke said.
Rockwell told him he probably couldn't afford one of his paintings, and said he was busy. But when Williams offered to mail a letter for him, he agreed to show him around, and wound up giving him the painting for free.
Clowe said the story rings true.
"He was actually very gracious about giving away works," he said.
So the principal brought the painting back to Gardner, where it stayed. Hawke said he remembered it from his days at Gardner High School, and that nobody ever thought much of it.
"It was something people took for granted," he said.
As Rockwell's paintings became more valuable, people got nervous about it being stolen, and decided to store it in a crate. Then people more or less forgot about it again.
But when "Saying Grace" sold for $46 million, Hawke decided it was time to cash in. He contacted Sotheby's, who expressed immediate interest. Upon a visit, they said the painting was in excellent condition and was worth at least $1.5 million. They even agreed to have a replica created for the high school.
The auction is set for May 21, and the proceeds will support an educational endowment that will support the schools for years to come. A gift more than 60 years in the making.
"I think Rockwell would be very pleased by this," Clowe said.
More coverage:
• 4/1: Rockwell's 'The Rookie' up for auction
• 12/29/13: Family of Norman Rockwell skewers new biography
• 12/14/13: Rockwell fetches a price due a master
• 12/5/13: Rockwell art sells for record $46m at NY auction
• 11/23/13: 'American Mirror' by Deborah Solomon
• 11/23/13 | Photos: Bio follows artist from NY to Stockbridge
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The local Indian resturant has agreed to hold a charity evening with 50%of the whole evenings take goes to oor cause.
Even their carry oot income is taken into account.
Its on monday 28th March.
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Political Statistics
- By Mark Edward Stover
- | From Bill Cosby, Autumn 94
"It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics."
-- Fletcher Knebel, Reader's Digest, December 1961
The antismoking hysteria in the United States continues. No longer confined to exhortations aimed at smokers to quit, smoking bans in public venues and the workplace are increasingly common. The belief that secondhand smoke represents a public-health hazard provides support for these restrictions. However, the argument that environmental tobacco smoke--as the scientific literature refers to it--is harmful remains open to question.
Much of the concern stems from the supposed similarities between mainstream smoke, the smoke inhaled by the smoker, and second-hand smoke. Yet there exist important differences. Secondhand smoke consists primarily not of mainstream smoke but of sidestream smoke. This is the smoke emitted by smoldering tobacco between puffs. Mainstream smoke is hotter and much more concentrated. It is thus physically and chemically different from secondhand smoke. The diluted nature of sidestream smoke means that the exposure levels are unequal. James Enstrom, M.D., professor of epidemiology at UCLA, estimates that exposure to secondhand smoke is equivalent to consuming only a few cigarettes per year. There are no studies that examine the health effects of such low levels of smoking.
Whether secondhand smoke causes lung cancer has been the subject of various studies. In most statistical analysis, if the probability that the effect is due to chance is less than 5 percent, statisticians accept the hypothesis that there is a cause-and-effect relationship. However, the majority of secondhand-smoke studies fail to meet this criterion of statistical significance. Even among those that show an increased risk, the level of increase is too small--most scientific standards would dismiss the relationship.
These studies concentrate on the incidence of lung cancer among nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke. In Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Morality, published in 1992 (Karger Press, Basel, Switzerland), a review of 12 studies of workplace exposure to secondhand smoke found no increased risk of lung cancer among nonsmokers. Workplace exposure is arguably the most relevant to public-health authorities. Nevertheless, the Environmental Protection Agency examined pregnant women whose husbands did or did not smoke at home. This assumes that people who live with smokers experience greater exposure to secondhand smoke than people who do not. There is no measure of actual exposure. The EPA's December 1992 report, "Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders," reviewed 11 such studies conducted in the United States. Only one found a statistically significant increase in lung cancer among the wives of smokers. In fact, three actually observed a decrease in lung-cancer rates.
As reported in the July 31, 1992, issue of Science, analysts at the EPA then "engage in some fancy statistical footwork." They used a procedure known as meta-analysis to pool the results of the different studies. Given the heterogenous and diverse nature of the studies, one may question whether the application of this technique is appropriate. However, this procedure revealed only a 1.19 to 1 increase in lung cancer among the nonsmokers married to smoking husbands, which is not considered significant.
In its November 1992 issue the American Journal of Public Health published another comparison of lung-cancer rates among women whose spouses were both smokers and nonsmokers. Among women married to men who smoked a low-to-moderate number of cigarettes, this study found a 1 to 0.7 ratio of risk, or a very small decrease in risk. (Most scientific studies demand a minimum 3 to 1 ratio of risk to prove a causal relationship and to rule out coincident circumstances.) Among women married to heavy smokers, a 1.3 to 1 ratio of risk was found--a minimal increase. At the very least these results do not suggest that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer.
This literature is also fraught with a number of potential methodological problems. One of the most important concerns is smoking-status misclassification. The identification of former smokers as individuals who have never smoked can alter the results of a test for risk from secondhand-smoke exposure. Also socioeconomic differences in households where smoking occurs may further explain any increase in risk. Attempts to control for such problems are difficult.
The evidence concerning the health effects of secondhand smoke is weak and contradictory. A disinterested review finds that is does not warrant concerns for the public health and certainly does not justify the extreme public-health measures proposed by the EPA and in Congressional committees. The actions of the agency in this regard represent another example of government meddling. The ultimate aim is to reduce smoking by making it inconvenient. It is unfortunate that many authorities believe that this goal justifies a misrepresentation of the facts.
Mark Edward Stover was an economist at the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri in St. Louis.


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Neil Young, Shad, Karkwa Among Early Juno Winners
TORONTO - Winners of 32 non-televised Juno awards were announced Saturday night in Toronto, with Neil Young winning for adult alternative album of the year.
Young, also the recipient of the Allan Waters Humanitarian award at the 40th anniversary of Canada's biggest music prize, earned his sixth Juno for the Daniel Lanois-produced album, Le Noise.
"The older I get the more appreciative I am," said Young, resplendent in a red scarf and black bolero top hat.
It was his first appearance at a Juno Awards show in 29 years.
Young, who earned a standing ovation from the artists in attendance, said he found it fitting to win an "adult" alternative award. "I'm an adult, there's no alternative," said Young, clean-shaven except for the trademark mutton-chop sideburns. "Other people put all sorts of handles on albums, but it's all music to me."
The awards, presented at a gala dinner on the evening before the televised event, also featured Matthew Good taking rock album of the year, Said the Whale earning best new group and -- the evening's big surprise -- Shad beating Drake for the year's biggest hip-hop award for his album TSOL.
"With or without this I feel like a very lucky person to get to make music," said Shad K, 29, a musician born in Kenya to Rwandan parents. Shad, who wore a toque and a cardigan sweater, earned his award for his third album, and continues to study at B.C.'s Simon Fraser University.
"It's an honour and definitely something I wasn't expecting," said Shad.
The Junos also handed out statues to Karkwa (last year's Polaris Prize winners) for Francophone album of the year, and Johnny Reid for the year's best country album.
Another highlight was the poetic musings of Jim Byrnes, winner of the blues album of the year for his record Everywhere West.
"I'm just trying to tell a true story," said Byrnes, who lost both his legs in a car accident in 1972, and also appears on the Canadian television series Hellcats. Byrnes, who walks with a cane and once performed with Chuck Berry, said he feels no need to become a motivational speaker. His career is motivation enough.
"I get out there and live my life, man, I don't define myself by my disability," said Byrnes. "I hope other people see me acting and singing songs and, you know, they'll be inspired to live their life, too."
The Juno Awards telecast will take place Sunday, March 27 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.
For more coverage of the 40th Annual Juno Awards, check back to Dose.ca/Junos.
Here is the full list of early winners from Saturday's Juno Awards gala:
International Album: Katy Perry, Teenage Dream
Adult Alternative Album: Neil Young, Le Noise
Rock Album: Matthew Good, Vancouver
Rap Recording: Shad, TSOL
Alternative Album: Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Country Album: Johnny Reid, A Place Called Love
Vocal Jazz Album: Kellylee Evans, Nina
Contemporary Jazz Album: Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Treelines
Traditional Jazz Album: John MacLeodâs Rex Hotel Orchestra, Our First Set
Instrumental Album: Fond of Tigers, Continent & Western
Francophone Album: Karkwa, Les chemins de verre
Childrenâs Album: Peter Lenton, Proud Like a Mountain
Classical Album, Solo and Chamber Ensemble: Gryphon Trio, Beethoven: Piano Trios Op. 70 No. 1, Ghost and No. 2: Op 11
Classical Album, Large Ensemble or Soloist with Large Ensemble Accompaniment: Lara St. John, Mozart: Scott and Lara St. John/The Knights
Classical Album, Vocal or Choral Performance: Gerald Finley, Great Operatic Arias
Classical Composition: Murray Schafer, "Duo for Violin and Piano"
Dance Recording: Deadmau5, âSofi Needs a Ladderâ
R&B/Soul Recording: Quanteisha, âStarsâ
Reggae Recording: Elaine LilâBit Shepherd, âLikkle But Mi Tallawahâ
Aboriginal Album: CerAmony, CerAmony
Roots and Traditional Album, Solo: Old Man Luedecke, My Hands Are On Fire and Other Love Songs
Roots and Traditional Album, Group: Le Vent du Nord, La part du feu
Blues Album: Jim Byrnes, Everywhere West
Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album: Greg Sczebel, Love & the Lack Thereof
World Music Album: Ãlage Diouf, Aksil
Producer: Daniel Lanois for âHitchhikerâ by Neil Young and âI Believe in Youâ by Black Dub
Recording Engineer: Kevin Churko for âLet It Dieâ and âLife Wonât Waitâ by Ozzy Osbourne
Recording Package: Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Robyn Kotek and Joe McKay (art directors/designers) and Jimmy Collins and Elisabeth Chicoine (photographers) for Broken Social Sceneâs Forgiveness Rock Record
Video of the Year: âPerfect,â Hedley (Director: Kyle Davison)
Music DVD of the Year: Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
Electronic Album: Caribou, Swim
New Group: Said the Whale


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USDA lowered its production estimates and yield expectations from last month for corn, soybeans and cotton in its Nov. 9 Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. Estimated rice yields were raised from last month, but overall production declined on a reduction in harvested acres.
Corn production is forecast at 12.3 billion bushels, down 1 percent from last month and 1 percent from 2010. If realized, this will be the fourth largest production total on record.
Based on conditions as of Nov. 1, yields are expected to average 146.7 bushels per acre, down 1.4 bushels from October and 6.1 bushels from 2010. If realized, this will be the lowest average yield since 2003.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 83.9 million acres, unchanged from October.
USDA raised forecast feed and residual use by 50 million bushels and corn use for ethanol by 100 million bushels Exports were raised 100 million bushels mostly reflecting increased demand from China. Ending stocks for 2011-12 are projected 175 million bushels higher at 870 million bushels.
Soybean production is forecast at 3.05 billion bushels, down slightly from last month and down 9 percent from last year.
Based on Nov. 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 41.3 bushels per acre, down 0.2 bushel from last month and down 2.2 bushels from last year. If realized, the average yield will be the second lowest since 2003.
Area for harvest is forecast at 73.7 million acres, unchanged from October but down 4 percent from 2010.
Projected soybeans exports were reduced 25 million bushels, reflecting lower U.S. supplies and increased supplies in South America this fall. U.S. soybean ending stocks are projected at 175 million bushels, down 15 million from last month.
Cotton, rice and peanuts
Cotton production is forecast at 16.3 million bales, down 2 percent from last month and down 10 percent from last year.
Yield is expected to average 794 pounds per acre, down 18 pounds from last year.
Upland cotton production is forecast at 15.6 million bales, down 12 percent from 2010. American Pima production, forecast at 737,200 bales, was carried forward from last month.
Average yields declined from the previous month in Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and California, and increased only in South Carolina.
Forecast cotton exports were lowered 1 million bales to 12 million bales due to reduced U.S. supplies and weaker foreign demand. Ending stocks were raised to 3 million bales. The stocks-to-use ratio of 19 percent is still relatively tight.
The average price received by producers is now projected at 90 cents to $1.10 per pound.
Forecast U.S. rice production for 2011-12 was lowered 6 percent to 187 million hundredweight due to a reduction in acreage.
Harvested area for 2011-12 was lowered 185,000 acres to 2.65 million acres.
Estimated rice yields were raised slightly from last month to 7,059 pounds per acre. The crop size would be the lowest since 1997-98.
Ending stocks for 2010-11 were lowered 6 million hundredweight while ending stocks for 2011-12 are now projected at 29.6 million hundredweight, down 12.5 million, or 30 percent from a month ago, and 21.0 million, or 42 percent below 2010-11.
Global rice production is projected at a record 456.3 million tons, down fractionally as the drop in the U.S. crop was nearly offset by an increase for Egypt.
Forecast peanut production is 3.648 billion pounds, compared to 4.15 billion pounds in 2010.
Forecast yields rose slightly from last month, from 3,256 pounds per acre to 3,275 pounds per acre. Yields increased from last month for Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia.


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The Dreaded Cruise Ship Virusby Paul Motter | 12.29.11
Although not unique to cruises, the Norovirus is often associated with ships but is still avoidable onboard.
Norovirus is the second most common virus in the world after the common cold. It is often called "stomach flu" although that is not a specific disease - it is just another way of describing gastrointestinal upsets such as vomiting and diarrhea -- common symptoms of norovirus. It is an unpleasant illness, but it often passes in as little as 24 hours; 72 hours at the most.
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The worst thing about Norovirus is the very easy contagion factor. It can live on surfaces that have been touched by infected people, if those people didn't wash their own body fluids off of their hands. It can even be transmitted by air as long as that air contains live particles, although the virus is not a typical "airborne" disease.
Because cruise ships share lots of touchable surfaces; elevator buttons, food service utensils and staircase banisters, for example, it is easy to spread norovirus. But the same is true for schools, hotels, senior centers and office buildings. But those entities are not required to report norovirus outbreaks to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Only cruise ships are required to report because only cruise ships have the unique ability to contain the virus, making it possible for cruise ships to provide valuable information about norovirus to the CDC.
So cruise ships have gotten a bad rap by uninformed people who do not understand that cruise lines report viral outbreaks for the benefit of the CDC, not because they have any unique problem with Norovirus. In 2010, for example, the city of London had a land-based Noro outbreak that infected half a million people in one weekend - no cruise ships within 100 miles.
That being said - yes, you do stand a chance of getting Norovirus on a cruise ship, to the same degree as you do in a shopping mall, senior center or grade school. So let's look at ways to avoid the virus...
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Avoiding the Norovirus BugNoro is unusually infectious. One only needs as few as 10 to 100 flu particles to catch it, where the typical seasonal flu requires about 10,000 particles. The main symptom is vomiting, with diarrhea the secondary one. As a gastrointestinal illness it usually does not cause achy pains or coughing.
Washing your hands with soap and water is the best way to stop the spread. Soap does not kill the virus, but it will dislodge and remove it from your hands.
Unfortunately, although the cruise lines tend to encourage the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers onboard, recent studies show that alcohol alone does not kill the virus. But hand sanitizers are better than nothing and most effective when used with an absorbent paper towel.
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What If You Catch It? If you are unfortunate enough to catch Norovirus you will probably know it soon from the gastrointestinal distress. It is important that you isolate yourself from other people for at least 48 hours after your symptoms pass, as you can still spread the virus.
However, as a note of caution, be aware that the cruise lines are particularly sensitive to onboard illnesses. If you go to the ship's doctor complaining of a sore throat or cough he just might order you to stay in your stateroom for a day or two. In extreme cases they can even ask you to leave the ship. So, as much as I dislike the idea of telling people to hide their symptoms, I also don't want to see your vacation ruined unduly.
I encourage you to take personal responsibility for the common good, isolate yourself and keep your hands very clean. But don't tell shipboard personnel that you are sick unless you really need their assistance. You may not be happy with the consequences.
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What Consequences? During the cruise check-in process you will be given a questionnaire form asking if you have experienced any specific symptoms within the preceding three days; vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, sore throat, runny nose, etc. This questionnaire is mostly a symbolic measure by the cruise lines, in my opinion, since many of these symptoms can be caused by non-transferable allergies, food poisoning or other reasons.
Technically, if you admit to any of the listed symptoms the cruise line is supposed to give you follow up examination by a doctor or nurse. However, I have been contacted by people who claim they were in good health at check-in but filled in the form, candidly, expecting a follow-up examination. But they were denied their cruise without ever seeing a doctor, nurse or anyone other than security to escort them back to their cars.
I don't know if these stories are true, I only know that form does nothing to help you and can only create problems if taken too seriously by the wrong person. It may or may not disclose this on the form, but if you admit to any symptoms on that form you may be denied boarding the ship with no compensation. Just so you know.


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University of Pennsylvania CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR A in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Posted Job Title CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR A
School Name Perelman School of Medicine
Org DM-Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
Posted to the Web 04/29/2019
Posted Job/Salary Grade 025
Employment Type Exempt
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Position Type Full Time
Position Schedule 8:30-5
Months 12
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The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn's distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning.
Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.
The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.
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The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is the oldest and one of the finest medical schools in the United States. Penn is rich in tradition and heritage and at the same time consistently at the forefront of new developments and innovations in medical education and research. Since its founding in 1765 the School has been a strong presence in the community and prides itself on educating the leaders of tomorrow in patient care, biomedical research, and medical education. http://www.med.upenn.edu/
The clinical research coordinator will coordinate and implement clinical research projects focused on lung transplantation according to good clinical practice. The individual will work on multiple studies and must be able to work independently and as a part of a team. The essential functions of this job include but are not limited to recruitment and enrollment of participants, collection and entry of study data, processing of biospecimens, maintenance of study documentation and assistance with regulatory submissions.
A Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 1-3 years of clinical research experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience required. The candidate should possess the ability to work independently and as a part of a team. Strong planning, organizational and prioritizing capabilities are essential. The candidate must possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with patients both in the inpatient and outpatient hospital setting. Phlebotomy expertise preferred but not essential.
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