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Combining Click Chemistry with Highly Specific BrdU Antibodies
The measurement of cell proliferation is fundamental to the assessment of cell health, genotoxicity, and drug efficacy. Proliferation is traditionally assessed by incubating cells with a single "pulse" of a nucleoside analog that is incorporated into DNA and detected using radioactivity, antibodies, or click chemistry. Some applications, such as drug efficacy testing, benefit from the incorporation of two different analogs at different time points (dual pulse labeling), which can further define cell cycle kinetics. With the availability of new highly specific anti-BrdU antibodies, the BrdU labeling technique can be combined with click chemistry detection for a simplified method of dual pulse labeling.
Combining the Benefits of EdU and BrdU
Traditionally, the detection of cell proliferation has employed the incorporation of the thymidine analog BrdU (5-bromo-2´-deoxyuridine) during DNA synthesis, followed by detection with an anti-BrdU antibody [1–4]. This method is rapidly being replaced by the click chemistry–based Click-iT® EdU assay [5,6], because unlike BrdU assays, Click-iT® EdU assays are not antibody-based and therefore do not require DNA denaturation for detection of the incorporated nucleoside. Click-iT® assays use a modified nucleoside, EdU (5-ethynyl-2´-deoxyuridine), that is incorporated during DNA synthesis and detected using a click reaction—a copper(I)-catalyzed reaction between an azide and an alkyne.
How Click-iT® EdU Works
Highly Specific Detection of EdU and BrdU
Dual pulse labeling of cell proliferation traditionally uses BrdU immunocytochemistry with iododeoxyuridine (IdU) or chlorodeoxyuridine (CldU), using multiple BrdU antibodies of different clones that cross-react with IdU and CldU for detection [7]. This complex method can be greatly simplified by using sequential pulses of the thymidine analogs EdU and BrdU, but a major challenge is that many anti-BrdU antibodies exhibit cross-reactivity with EdU.
The new anti-BrdU antibody clone MoBU-1 displays no cross-reactivity with EdU used in the Click-iT® EdU assay (Figure 1). Detection with this dual pulse method is highly specific for each modified nucleoside and does not require media replacement or removal of EdU before the addition of BrdU (Figure 2).
Figure 1. The anti-BrdU antibody clone MoBU-1 does not react with EdU. Jurkat T cells were treated with 10 μM EdU for 1 hr, the cells were fixed in ethanol, and an acid denaturation method was used before labeling with FITC conjugates of the most commonly used anti-BrdU clones: 3D4, PRB-1, and MoBU-1. Cells were analyzed with a BD™ LSR II flow cytometer using a 488 nm excitation laser, and fluorescence was collected with a 530/30 bandpass filter. Of the clones tested, only clone MoBU-1 did not react with EdU.
|Figure 2. Dual pulse labeling of cell proliferation with BrdU and Click-iT® EdU.TF-1 erythroblast cells were pulsed with 20 μM EdU for 1 hr followed by 10 μM BrdU for 1 hr. The cells were fixed in ethanol, and an acid denaturation method was used before labeling with anti-BrdU (clone MoBU-1)–Alexa Fluor® 488 conjugate and Click-iT® EdU–Alexa Fluor® 647 azide. Data were collected with a BD™ LSR II flow cytometer using 488 nm excitation with a 530/30 bandpass filter, and 633 nm excitation with a 660/20 bandpass filter. Cells colored blue are negative for both EdU and BrdU; cells colored dark green are positive for both EdU and BrdU; cells colored red are positive for EdU but negative for BrdU; cells colored light green are negative for EdU but positive for BrdU.
A Simple Assay for a Diverse Set of Applications
The MoBU-1 anti-BrdU antibody clone has high specificity for BrdU in addition to having no cross-reactivity with EdU. This clone can also readily detect bromouridine (BrU) incorporated into RNA or BrdUTP incorporated into DNA strand breaks via the TUNEL assay. Conjugates of MoBU-1 can be directly measured by flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and high-content imaging (Figure 3). The unconjugated form and the biotin conjugate of this clone require a secondary antibody or a streptavidin conjugate for detection, respectively.
Figure 3. Dual pulse labeling of cell proliferation using high-content imaging and analysis. The effect of various drugs on DNA replication was assessed using dual pulse labeling. U2OS cells were pulsed with 10 μM EdU for 60 min, washed, then treated with chloroquine, rosiglitazone, acetaminophen, or etoposide, or left untreated for 23 hr. Cells were pulsed with 10 μM BrdU for 60 min, then fixed and denatured before performing the Click-iT® EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Assay to detect EdU (green). BrdU incorporation was detected using anti-BrdU (clone MoBU-1)–Alexa Fluor® 594 conjugate (red). Nuclei were counterstained with HCS NuclearMask™ Blue stain. (Left) Control cells dual-labeled with EdU and BrdU, imaged with a Zeiss Axiovert® 200M microscope. (Right) DNA replication was decreased by several drugs, as indicated by a decrease in BrdU-positive cells compared to EdU-positive cells. Data were acquired using the Arrayscan® VTI platform (Thermo Scientific Cellomics®).
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Actors from the NBC daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" will make appearances at Universal Studios and Universal CityWalk next month.
Stars visiting the resort on Saturday, Feb. 23, include John Aniston, Camila Banus, Shawn Christian, Casey Deidrick, Galen Gering, Kate Mansi, Eric Martsolf, Peggy McCay, James Scott and Arianne Zucker. There will be autograph-signing sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. at Universal CityWalk.
At 3:45 p.m., there will be an hourlong Q&A session with the cast inside Universal Studios theme park at the Animal Actors Theater. The actors will also appear in that night's Mardi Gras parade in the park. (Admission to the theme park required for these events.)

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Hey everyone! Happy Saturday. I just ordered the awesome serving plate to the left thanks to Novica. I love the colors and the detail in it, and I know it will look great on my dining room table.
I received an email from them recently asking if I wanted to give away $40 to their awesome website, so why not? I've ordered 3 other items from them as well, and have never been upset.
For today's giveaway, all I ask is that you head on over to my Facebook page and comment on the post that is related to this giveaway. Easy as that! I will then use Random.org to choose the winner from the Facebook comments on Wednesday, May 8th.
Also, if you haven't yet, be sure to check out my $7,859 in April Extra Income and Goals post.


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Gallium3D VDPAU State Tracker Gets Ready For Action
Posted by Michael Larabel on February 28, 2012
Christian König of AMD has shared his plans for completing work on the VDPAU state tracker for Gallium3D. This Gallium3D state tracker allows for NVIDIA VDPAU video acceleration using GPU shaders on open-source hardware drivers such as Radeon and Nouveau.
Christian published a new, lengthy patch-set that adds most of the missing functionality to the VDPAU state tracker. One of the missing items that has been filled in is support for bit-map surfaces.
Additionally, these patches improved video playback by using page-flipping rather than frequently copying the frame content around. The usage of page-flipping by the VDPAU state tracker should allow for full-screen tear-free video playback, even when driving a secondary display.
In total there were 25 new patches published by this open-source AMD engineer for Gallium3D VDPAU. They can currently be found on the Mesa development list. This open-source video playback work should be another thing to look forward to with Mesa 8.1.
For more information, join the team subscribe to the mailing list at the bottom of the Launchpad page http://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Please join this team if you are new by clicking on the "Join Team" link at the right of the Launchpad page. It's important to have as many users in the community as possible to request for appropriate support.
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Nvidia Optimus Lenovo Ideapad Y570 and Y470 Linux with Bumblebee
Good news for all owners of the Lenovo IdeaPad Y470 and Lenovo IdeaPad Y570, A temporary solution has been worked out that by-passes the detection issue in the kernel:
Until a correct fix is committed to the upstream kernel, you can use this solution for overwriting the wrongly detected ACPI handle. More information here:
Please note that this is just a temporary solution.
Until a correct fix is committed to the upstream kernel, you can use this solution for overwriting the wrongly detected ACPI handle. More information here:
Please note that this is just a temporary solution.
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David S. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 156 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
We're a SF Bay-area-based internet company that is rolling out a new game for mobile phones that is all about getting together with your friends, and taking pictures of each other. It's a great way to share the fun of seeing friends and colleagues and preserve the memories, all while getting points and badges for accomplishing fun tasks and quests with your friends.
This is a brand that millions of people will see and interact with.
Our culture is joyous and vibrant, and we're looking for a great logo that expresses the joie de vivre that we and the players of our game feel. This is all about getting people out of the virtual world and into the real world, and building a cooperative spirit rather than a competitive spirit, so what we're looking for in a logo is something that is playful, spontaneous, energetic, addictive, and joyous. We're not afraid to try to change the world, either - imagine what kinds of social good you could do when groups of friends are motivated to go out and do good things for the world together!
So, while this is about checking in and sending fun pictures of you and your friends to each other, it's also about changing the world, making it a better place, and getting us all out from behind our keyboards to go have fun with each other!
The target audience are people who use a Facebook or similar social network, have a mobile phone with a camera and GPS, and have friends.
The target audience also are people who take a lot of pictures and upload them to facebook or other photo sharing services.
In general, that would mean that they're probably younger, more technology-savvy, and perhaps 40/60 male/female. These are people who love staying in touch with their friends online, probably use facebook every day, and are more likely to be single and going out regularly than their counterparts.
These people also like to compete with their friends in fun games, and use games like Farmville, Mafia Wars, and other facebook games. They are also likely to have more disposable income than most people, and more time to spend hanging out and playing games with their friends.
This logo should be easy to read at a distance, and needs to have a component that can be expressed as a square icon (for example, see the attached files of similar brands along with their square icons). It will be used in print materials and also as the main logo on every page of the splendoo.com web site. It needs to work at both large and small sizes. Some other companies that are tangentially this space are foursquare.com, gowalla.com, britekite.com, citysense.com, gypsii.com, loopt.com, plazes.com, yelp.com, flickr.com, picasa.com, and whrrl.com.
The logo should be fun, enticing, adventurous, clean, friendly, and inviting. The similarity to the word "splendid" is intentional. It should look good to native english speakers but also connect with people worldwide. There's a good list of logos (and fonts) that would make a good starting list here: http://fontfeed.com/archives/the-lo…of-web-20/
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg/png and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
We're open to lots of ideas, and will actively participate in feedback as entries come in.
There's more work available, especially integrating this logo into further web design projects around building out the site and game, and we'd prefer working with one great designer who has a singular vision.
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styleguy brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 75 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Style Invasion
Street fashion blog
This blog will mainly target people in their 20's, 30's and 40's, who are fashion conscious and hip. It's based in Toronto, but will appeal to a global audience.
The site will feature mostly women, but men as well, so the logo should have more of a gender-neutral feel. Nothing feminine or cartoonish.
The words "style invasion" should appear in the logo.
An original, realistic-looking illustration of a silhouette (or partial silhouette) is one visual idea I'd like to see explored. A manifestation of the words "style" and "invasion" is another option, but please keep in mind that I don't want anything too crazy or "out there."
The logo should be cool, unique, and easy on the eyes.
No obvious references to Toronto, please.
Some colour variations are welcome, as long as they match with the site design.
An incorporation of a shape or line into the logo is another idea. It's good if the logo has some weight or boldness to it.
I would prefer more of a horizontal orientation to the logo, but it's not a must.
Other than that, please feel free to be as creative as possible.
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Please note, out of an abundance of caution, the Museum is currently closed.
Nestled into the side of Lighthouse Hill, the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art is a uniquely peaceful retreat. The museum presents the art and culture of Tibet and the Himalayas to a world audience in order to educate about and to inspire others in the value of this significant cultural heritage.
Established in 1945, the Museum was founded by the pioneering American woman Jacques Marchais (1887-1948), an important collector and respected expert on Tibetan art. Designed by Marchais, the rustic complex of fieldstone buildings resembles a Tibetan mountain monastery. These historic buildings represent the first Himalayan style architecture be built in the United States, and it was the first Museum in the world devoted solely to Tibetan art.
The surrounding landscape design, which Marchais named the 'Samadhi Garden', features a fish pond, meditation cells, and many plantings native to the Himalayas. The Museum's distinctive setting highlights and enhances the experience of viewing the art within.
Visitors to the museum will enjoy:
- Tibetan and Himalayan art and ritual objects on display
- Changing exhibits on Tibetan and Himalayan culture (click here to view our Events Calendar)
- Quiet meditation gardens
- Classes in tai chi and meditation
- Special programs including films, musical performances, lectures and travel talks, traditional Tibetan crafts, family activities and more
- The Museum is open to the public every Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00 – 5:00pm. January Hours are Saturdays only.
- Guided and group tours are also available by appointment.Call 1.718.987.3500 or e-mail us for details and to make a reservation.
- Adult admission to the museum: $6.00
- Senior & Student admission to the museum: $4.00
- Member admission to the museum: Free
- Free Admission With US Federally Disabled ID card
- Free Admission for Active and Retired Military with ID card
- Picnic facilities
- Gift shop
- Located in a residential neighborhood, free on-site street parking is available on Lighthouse Avenue. Additional parking can be found on Edinboro Road or at the nearby LaTourette Golf Course.
- Please click here to view how to get to the museum from several starting points.


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Experience the beauty of a tree's grain patterns, from the clean "select" portions, to the rustic more charactered features in this mill run grade collection. This engineered hardwood flooring is available in a wide spectrum of species, colors, and grain variations with a lasting urethane finish and pillow edges. The 5" planks are lightly hand-scraped, and hand-distressed to reveal the natural character of the wood.
Brand: Garrison
Species: Birch
Color Name: Wild Cherry
Width: 5" Inches
Length: 1 1/2 - 4 1/2' Feet
Thickness: 9/16" Inches
Category: Plank
Construction: Engineered
Installation: Nail, Staple, Glue or Float
Substrate: Baltic Birch
Wear Layer Thickness: 4mm
Surface Type: Distressed
Sqft per carton: 17.50
Finish: Aluminium Oxide
Warranty: 25 Year Residential Finish, Lifetime Residential Structural
Garrison® aims to provide customers with the most current hardwood flooring installation standards available*. Please contact us for basic information regarding hardwood flooring installation guidelines set forth by the National Wood Flooring Association. Click for more technical information .
NWFA revisions are periodically updated and made available without notice. Garrison will periodically monitor for NWFA's updates and revise
their references accordingly. For the most current guidelines at any given time, please check with the NWFA at www.nwfa.org.
In my wood floor inspection experience, about 90 percent of the claims I go on are...
In my wood floor inspection experience, about 90 percent of the claims I go on are moisture-related, whether the floors are cupping or gapping or something else. Often what I see is that the contractor immediately wants to blame the manufacturer, and it's convenient for everybody else involved to point the finger at the contractor. The truth is that the vast majority of those floors never would have had any problems at all if everybody were educated through the process, from the person selling the floor to the homeowner living with it. In this article I'll highlight some of the main missteps I see contractors take and what they are obligated to do under our industry standards.
Before you step foot on a job, you should know what the directions from the manufacturer are and what the National Wood Flooring Association's Installation Guidelines say. Manufacturers' directions always take precedence over any other instructions or guidelines, and many problems I see could have been avoided if people would have just followed directions.
Many times when I go to see failed jobs, the wood flooring contractors will tell me that the NWFA Guidelines don't apply to them because they aren't members of the NWFA. They couldn't be more wrong. In the eyes of the law, the NWFA's Installation Guidelines are the industry standards for best practices, regardless of whether someone is a member of the association or not. (For gym floors, the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association guidelines are the standards used.) In this article I'll be quoting parts of the Guidelines that frequently come up in court. Do you know what the Guidelines say? You should if you want to protect your wood flooring business.
As a contractor, what can you control? You can control the job-site conditions when your wood flooring is at the job. If you can't control your job-site conditions, then your flooring shouldn't be at the job. This brings us to our first quote from NWFA's Installation Guidelines:
"Do not deliver flooring to the job site or install wood flooring until appropriate temperature and humidity conditions have been achieved."
Of course, appropriate temperature and humidity conditions vary depending on your geographic location, the season, and what sort of controls will be in place (or won't be in place) long-term. Guidelines dictate that wood flooring not be delivered until the HVAC system in the home is in operation. Before you even measure the moisture, go down to check the mechanicals; see what the home has in place and whether they are operating properly. In a remodeling application, take a look around the home at the other woodwork such as mitered joints on window trim, moldings and panel inserts on cupboard doors. They can all help indicate what the moisture conditions are like in the home.
These days some contractors have started putting hygrometers at their jobs and periodically checking them to see if the job-site conditions are acceptable for installation yet or not. (There are also remote systems you can use to monitor job-site conditions.) A handy feature many people don't even know about on hygrometers is the "lowest reading" and "highest reading" functions—it will tell you the highs and lows for a certain period of time.
Make sure you have a conversation with the homeowners about how well they control the humidity in their homes and how that will affect the floors. Although you may like every customer to leave the air conditioning on 24/7 during high-humidity months, they may enjoy the lake breezes coming right through the house. That's their prerogative, but they have to know what that will do to their wood floors. (And you have to know if that will work with the flooring they have picked. Some products just won't work with humidity swings that are too big or RH that gets too low.)
This is a good time to bring up the old cliché that "a picture is worth a thousand words." Start taking photos of all your measurements on the job site. Now that we all have cameras on our phones, it is easier than ever to create a photographic trail of your diligence measuring every kind of moisture on the job.
Once you've determined that conditions are acceptable (and taken photos of your readings), the wood can arrive at the job. Here we come to another quote from Installation Guidelines:
"Upon delivery, check wood flooring moisture content with a moisture meter to establish a baseline for acclimation. Check the moisture content of multiple boards. A good representative sample is typically 40 boards for every 1,000 square feet of flooring."
And this is what the Guidelines say about subfloor moisture testing:
"Test for moisture at several locations in the room—a minimum of 20 per 1,000 square feet—and average the results."
This is a problem. Why? A friend of mine who works at a distributor (in a region with huge seasonal moisture swings, no less) estimates that about 80 percent of his contractors still don't own moisture meters. Some guys think they have been doing floors long enough that they can go without. One time in court—I am not making this up—I even heard a wood flooring "expert witness" tell the judge he didn't need a moisture meter because he could tell if the wood was too wet by pressing his hand on the flooring.
The truth is that, no matter how long they have been in business, nobody can tell what the moisture content of a subfloor or a wood floor is without a moisture meter. And, just using a moisture meter isn't enough. You need to follow the directions, adjust for the species and make sure the meter is calibrated correctly. I had an inspection at a big commercial job once where the building owner was trying to blame the wood flooring contractor for the failing floor. My measurements had shown that the owner had let the job site get too dry, and the owner's expert had a psychrometer and moisture meter giving him substantially different readings. I asked him when was the last time he had calibrated his psychrometer, and he said he didn't. I asked him if he adjusted his moisture meter reading for red oak, and he said his meter had a "hardwood" setting.
The point being, just taking measurements is not enough. You are a professional, so use professional equipment. Take your readings correctly and, for the purposes of Guidelines, take the number suggested per every 1,000 square feet. As you're taking them, write the job name and date right on the subfloor and take some photos.
Can you install the flooring yet? If we are following Guidelines, that would depend on this statement:
"Prior to installation, ensure that wood flooring is within acceptable range of moisture content with the wood subfloor. For solid strip flooring (less than 3" wide), there should be no more than 4 percent moisture content difference between properly acclimated wood flooring and subflooring materials. For wide-width solid flooring (3" or wider), there should be no more than 2 percent difference in moisture content between properly acclimated wood flooring and subflooring materials."
If the moisture is off enough to cause a problem on the job and you have inaccurate moisture meter readings, that could lead you to make a terrible mistake. Or, if your readings are correct but not within that acceptable range and you decide to install anyway, you could be liable for that job.
The moment you decide to start installing the flooring is a big step. Installation Guidelines say:
"Installation constitutes acceptance of flooring material, subfloor/substrate, the job site itself, including ambient temperature and relative humidity at the time of installation, and all impacting variables that may affect a wood floor."
In other words, in many cases, once you decide to go ahead and start installing that wood floor, you've bitten off a big chunk of liability if something goes wrong.
If you end up having a failed job—or, at least, one the customer thinks is a failed job—cooperate with the inspector. Telling the inspector you don't want to answer any questions makes you look like you may be hiding something. Provide all your documentation and answer the questions honestly. Understand that most inspectors are not out to get you. In fact, the worst part of my job is finding that the wood flooring contractor made a mistake, and it's a costly one. I've had contractors pull me aside before an inspection and tell me that if my findings go against them, they will lose their business. All I can do is hope my objective findings are in their favor.
]Once contractors understand that the homeowner has some responsibility, e.g., maintaining a consistent environment, they soon realize how important the role of an inspector can be. Remember that you can also hire your own inspector. Don't be afraid to ask questions when you're shopping for an inspector. Ask about their experience, how much they charge, and how long it will take after the inspection until you receive the report. Don't be afraid to ask for a previous inspection report that is similar to the one you are asking for from this inspector. Know that a thorough inspector should spend many hours on research for every hour he or she spends on the job site during the inspection. They should talk to every person involved with the job in any way and fact-check what they are told in every way possible.
As I said earlier, with more education at all levels of the industry, there should rarely be a reason for an inspector to have to go on a moisture-related claim. Plain and simple, wood is hygroscopic, and if you allow the wood to sit on a job site where the temperature and humidity are allowed to change enough, then the flooring will change dimension. If the job site has a high relative humidity, the flooring will swell, and if the job site is too dry, the flooring will shrink. When this is unexpected for anyone involved, from the contractor to the homeowner, the potential builds for a future inspection. Take the steps you can on every job to make sure you prevent claims and can defend yourself in the event that an inspection happens.
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Structural Warranty
The Garrison Collection® warrants to the original purchaser/homeowner who owns the home in which it is installed, that all of its flooring products will be free from defects in lamination, assembly, milling, dimension, and grading, for a period of 25 years from the date of purchase. This Warranty is not transferable.
Finish Warranty
With the exception of all oil finish products that include Time Inspired II and French Connection*, The Garrison Collection® warrants to the original purchaser/homeowner who owns the home in which it is installed, that the finish, when used under normal residential traffic conditions, will not wear through or separate from the wood for a period of 25 years from the date of purchase. This Warranty is non-transferable. The Garrison Collection® prohibits the use of any adhesive tape on the flooring at any time during installation or thereafter. This includes tapes that are specially made for wood flooring, such as blue or green masking tapes. Such use of tape may void this Warranty and no claims will be addressed in regards to defects in the finish as a result of the use of tape.
This Warranty is made subject to the following conditions:
The product must be stored in a dry place. The product must be installed indoors within relative humidity of
30-50%, in accordance with applicable installation instructions, and maintained in accordance with The Garrison Collection® care and maintenance procedures. This Warranty does not cover damage to the finish as a result of incorrect maintenance, accidents, neglect, or abuse, to include damage such as scratches, indentations, or discoloration. All claims against surface wear must be easily visible and be at least 10% of the entire floor. Gloss reduction is not considered surface wear. In the event of a finish defect, The Garrison Collection® will, at our option, repair the defective planks, replace the defective planks, or refund the amount equal to the price paid for the portion of the defective planks at an amount prorated from the date of installation. This is the sole and exclusive remedy under this Warranty.
The Garrison Collection® warrants moisture barrier applications within the strict condition that the correct adhesive, which is either made by (same brand) or specified by the moisture barrier manufacturer, is used during the moisture barrier application. The use of any non-conforming adhesives will void the warranty.
Warranty Exclusions
This Warranty does not cover claims regarding damage such as scratches, indentations, or discoloration, resulting from lack of proper maintenance, misuse, negligence, spiked-heel shoes, pets, insects, water, moisture, fire, pebbles, sand, or other abrasives, insufficient protection on furniture, wet-mopping, excessive heat or dryness, failure to maintain proper levels of humidity, or failure to follow all of The Garrison Collection® maintenance and care instructions. Use of floor care products other than those especially formulated for use on The Garrison Collection® floors may damage your floor and void this Warranty. See your dealer or contractor for The Garrison Collection® approved floor care products.
The Garrison Collection® considers flooring that has been installed as that which has been accepted as ordered. Prior to the installation, the homeowner, dealer, or installer, has the responsibility to inspect the product to ensure proper specie, color, grade, integrity of structure, and finish. The installer must use reasonable selectivity and hold out or cut off pieces with defects, whatever the cause. The Garrison Collection® assumes flooring that has been installed as that which has been accepted. No credit will be given for boards that have been installed with visible signs of defects or variances.
This writing is the complete and exclusive statement of the Warranty, and is in lieu of all other express and/or statutory warranties. The Garrison Collection® assumes no responsibility for incidental or consequential damages, however, some states do not allow the exclusion or limitations of incidental or consequential, so this may not apply to you. This Warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights that vary from state to state. The sole remedy provided herein is the repair or replacement of defective products. Under no circumstances will the manufacturer be responsible for cost in excess of a refund of the prorated amount of the purchase price of the defective material.
If you have a warranty claim, contact the dealer or contractor from whom you purchased the material or contact The Garrison Collection® at thegarrisoncollection.com.
* A lifetime "maintainable" warranty is available for Time Inspired II and French Connection oil finish products by Garrison.


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A Muslim terrorist (some accounts say two men were involved) opened fire with a Kalashnikov outside the American embassy in Sarajevo a little while ago, reportedly wounding at least one guard. A rather weird scene followed in which the terrorist paced back and forth in front of the embassy for as much as a half hour before he was finally shot and wounded by a sniper. He is now under arrest and is said to be a Wahhabist. Here he is:
You can see the sniper shoot him here. (The sniper is in the foreground and the terrorist is across the street.) This video shows the terrorist as police and security forces assemble:
It seems like a pretty half-baked attempt.


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SharePoint Online authentication
Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online serve a broad customer base with a variety of usability and security needs. Some customers don't mind lots of authentication prompts if it means their data will be more secure and other customers despise the sight of a logon prompt, especially in situations where it seems as though SharePoint Online should already know who the user is. Luckily, customers don't have to choose usability or security as these work together in a lot of great ways today. We'll continue to add more ways these work together so come back occasionally to learn more.
The following diagram outlines the SharePoint Online authentication process as it works today. It walks through how the scenario works using either your own Identity Provider (IdP) or the default Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) IdP.
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With results in from the special election for Senate District 19, Democrats are crowing they have momentum. Republicans don't exactly deny that, but say their loss was due to much money in politics and a negative campaign.
There was a small vote gap between the Democrat and Republican but, due to the presence of a Green party candidate, the Republican, who formerly held the seat, attracted just under 47% of the vote.
What does this mean?
Now, special elections are generally a crude way of tracking public sentiment and voter preferences. Often there are particular local circumstances that matter, particularly when it comes to congressional races and national trends. Still, they aren't meaningless. In fact, the only person to correctly predict that Harry Truman would win the presidential race of 1948 was Louis Bean, an Agriculture Department official whose method largely involved analyzing special elections and the swing in off-year contests.
However, this special election very well could matter, given the political dynamics in the state.
Maine politics revolves around the place of Gov. LePage. His comments regularly make national news and not in a good way. Meanwhile, Maine is a state whose pantheon of political figures are people who are exude dignity.
And Republican legislators have backed him up rather consistently, overwhelmingly supporting him after he vetoes bills, even those passed unanimously. At the same time, Gov. LePage has put off some in the tea party/Ron Paul wing of the party,
So what's next?
A loss in the special election could matter for Maine policy and politics.
On policy, look for Republican legislators to do more to try to separate themselves from the governor. The most effective place to do that is on a high profile issue, such as Medicaid expansion.
Soon after this failed to be enacted over a LePage veto, there was talk it could be back before the end of the year. Passing an expansion over LePage's clear opposition would demonstrate a difference between the governor and Republican legislators. Voting against it before voting for it would have to be explained, but, hey, politicians can be creative.
On politics, Republicans may face problems organizing for their upcoming campaigns. As Dan Demeritt, LePage's former communications director put it, "I worry fatigue & SD19 experience makes it harder to recruit & raise money on GOP side. And leads to enthusiasm gap on ground."
Look for Democrats to double down on the strategy of connecting legislative candidates with Gov. LePage.
This was one of several voters interviewed at the polls who "brought up LePage on their own":
Ed Flotten of Topsham said he is an unenrolled voter who casts his ballot based on the candidate and not his or her political party said his vote Tuesday was in opposition to LePage.
"I think it's important to keep the balance of power the way it is in the Legislature," said Flotten, who has voted for numerous Republicans over the years. "I'm not for LePage. He doesn't present a professional demeanor or presence. He doesn't know how to keep his mouth closed and it reflects badly on the State of Maine. … I'm just here to make sure Benoit doesn't get in." [Source]
LePage's style and policy stances, which are unlikely to change, constitute a critical fact of Maine politics. They mattered in the SD19 race, Democrats focusing on them worked for them in the 2012 legislative races and they will mightily influence the 2014 elections.


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Unfortunately for our sense of optimism that humanity has not yet reached the apex of its narrative parabola, we're all privy to the existence of Westboro Baptist Church leader (and possible lizard person) Fred Phelps. Among the many vile things we've learned about Phelps over his tenure as a hate-mongering demagogue who cloaks his bigoted rhetoric in biblical quotations, one tidbit that stands out in bas-relief is Phelps' virulent homophobia. He has for instance, uttered this dubious assertion: "Good hates fags." In other words, knowing Fred Phelps as we all surely do, we know that his primary stance as a spiritual leader has been that the omnipotent cosmic ruling of all things has taken a particular dislike to homosexuality. This is probably the only thing most people know about Phelps, and yet, is it possible that Fred Phelps' attitudes about gay people are a direct result of a homoerotic experience from his youth that he has since tried to bury under the rubble of Old Testament quotation and angry denial?
That's one of the claims former Westboro member Lauren Drain makes in her new book Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church. Drain had been a member of the Westboro Church until, according to the HuffPo's Cavan Sieczkowski, she fled after challenging (we assume unsuccessfully) the group's beliefs. In an interview with The Advocate about her memoir, Drain explained why she speculated about the source of Fred Phelps' aversion (to put it mildly) to homosexuality.
Drain, focusing primarily on Phelps' time surrounded by other young men first as a Boy Scout and later as a West Point cadet, says:
I never had a one-on-one conversation with him. He would tell the congregation, or I'd hear my father interview him. … [Phelps's] father raised him a Boy Scout, then he went to Eagle Scouts - he had all these honors. I think he graduated high school at, like, 17, ready to go to the military. … And then all of a sudden, he had a 360 and decided he wanted nothing to do with military. Instead, now he wanted to be a preacher at the young age of 17, and now he had this whole crusade against sexual immorality. … And it was after this event - I don't know what happened, I can't even say. All I know is that he said he went to West Point, then all of a sudden he had a religious experience, and now he wanted to preach against sexual immorality, preach against the military, and ever since then things have kind of progressed.
It's probably worth noting that we're in purely speculative territory right now. It's tempting to conclude that, "Oh, of course! Phelps is simply overcompensating for his own deeply-rooted sense of fear and self-loathing!" but this all feels a little too much like convenient pop-psychology. Still, Drain has direct insight into Phelps' preachings, as well as his behavior, which, she explains, would become especially agitated when someone would ask him why he had such a problem with the gay community:
I never understood why, when [the media asked him], "Why are you so against the homosexuals? Did you have a homosexual experience? Do you have homosexual tendencies?" And he would get so mad, he would shut down. And he'd be like, "I can't talk to this person anymore, they're stupid." His reaction to that was stronger than any other question you can ask him. So I always wondered that - why does he get so mad? If I'm not gay, I'll just say I'm not gay. And I'm not going to freak out, like, "Why are you calling me gay?" I always thought that was super strange. … I don't know what happened there, so [speculation] is all that I can leave it at. But something happened, and something made him change his mind about the military, and in turn have kind of a crusade against sexual immorality and homosexuals.
Sure, something might have happened, but there's no sense in wasting valuable empathy energy on such an inveterate, remorseless bigot like Fred Phelps. His cold, reptilian heart would hardly appreciate it.
Westboro Baptist Church Founder Fred Phelps May Be Gay, Suggests Former Member Lauren Drain [HuffPo]
Escaping Westboro [The Advocate]


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Maintaining player fitness during the season is critical in ensuring your second half of the season is as successful as your first - or more so. After five to six games, the early season soreness players were experiencing the day after a game should be almost non-existent.
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:05 am
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I smoke a variety of meats on a regular basis and noticed a few things. There's no smoke ring on the ribs. Did you get a good smokey taste Michael? A smoke ring forms when temps. are below 140°. So the longer the meat is under that temp., the stronger the smoke ring (when I compete or want to impress my guests with a nice smoke ring, I always throw the food in the smoker straight from the refrigerator). Since the ribs cooked in about an hour and a half, your temps. were definitely over 300° (my bet would be close to 350°). When using wood chips (which is rare, I use wood chunks mostly), I always foil and poke holes in the foil (and throw the foil ball over charcoal or lump wood). That way you don't get a lot of smoke in the beginning but rather a stream of smoke throughout the cook. A lot of the smoke is wasted when it lights up in the beginning. Instead of using your typical hickory or mesquite chips, try using fruit woods. Apple works wonders with pork and gives off a light smokey taste. All in all, the ribs look great.
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:14 am
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Anonymous wrote:
I smoke a variety of meats on a regular basis and noticed a few things. There's no smoke ring on the ribs.
Thanks Erik. There was actually a 1-2 mm light pink smoke ring on the ribs and plenty of smokiness (for my taste buds). The trouble with smoking on a grill is that a minimum amount of heat must be applied to the side with the wood for it to smoke and this heat carries over to the cooking side, so unfortunately, I can't get the temperature much lower in this particular setup and still have smoke.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:31 am
Post subject: BBQ Ribs
I was looking for a great oven baked rib recipe when I came across your web site. I love the recipe...it sounds delightful. I want to cook this for my family while on vacation. However, there is no grill at the condo that we rented and so I would need to cook the ribs in the oven. We are leaving on 7/19. I am cooking for 12 hearty eaters. Would you recommend this for the oven and if so, what adjustments would you make?
Thanks a lot.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:30 am
Post subject: Re: BBQ Ribs
Debi wrote:
Would you recommend this for the oven and if so, what adjustments would you make?
You don't want to smoke anything indoors. I recommend trying
this recipe for oven baked spare ribs
. Reduce the time a bit (maybe an hour) for baby back ribs.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:54 am
Post subject: The Membrane
I hate the membrane. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but after years of making ribs I always have trouble removing it. If the method he describes does not work for you, or if it starts peeling off unevenly try using some needle-nosed pliers. I know it feels odd using a tool like that on something you are eating, but think about it, it makes sense. You're already spending hours of time to cook meat on a bone only to gnaw it off later, the opportunity to use something out of your toolbox to expedite the process and improve the end result will make you feel manlier than ever.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:41 am
Post subject: Re: The Membrane
Bobboblaw wrote:
If the method he describes does not work for you, or if it starts peeling off unevenly try using some needle-nosed pliers.
You should have a pair of needle nose pliers in the kitchen as part of your kit anyway. It helps with not only membrane removal, but also for extracting bones from salmon fillets.
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:21 pm
Post subject: Smoke Ring
Given that water is a byproduct of propane combustion and the target temperature for BBQ is just above the boiling point for water, could the steam produced by combustion be condensing and pulling smoke out of the air, thus causing the smaller smoke ring?
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:48 am
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Jim (the post above), there are many water smokers out in the market that use water has a heat sink (some people think water is used to keep the meat moist, but I say otherwise [you can easily over boil chicken into something dry and gnarly]) so your theory can not be true. When doing small amounts of food (maybe a rack or 2 of babybacks or st. louis style ribs), I too, add water to my smoker in order to keep the temps. at a steady 225° (at the grate). Never once have I had an issue with lack of a smoke ring.
One thing I forgot to mention above is that I always rub pork right before throwing it on the smoker. I first salt the meat, wait about 15 minutes and then use a dry rub (the moisture that comes from salting the pork acts as a glue to help adhere the rub to the meat). If you let salt sit on pork for over a few hours (such as what Michael recommends above in his recipe), you risk the meat having a "hammy taste."
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:30 am
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I do my ribs on a triple burner gas grill, utilizing one burner to provide the heat. As far as wood chips go, i take the flange above the burner, turn it over to create a metal "pan" and place my dry chips on it.
This flange heats up nicely and, since I have removed the portion of the grate that is above the burner, I can easily add more chips as needed when I rotate my ribs.
I use a drip pan under the ribs filled with apple juice, or wine, or whatever I feel like, and I spray my ribs about every half hour with an apple cider/apple vinegar mix.
I bought an inexpensive probe thermometer, skewer a potato with it, and place it where the ribs are to get a good air temperature reading right where the ribs are. mine holds a temp at the lowest flame setting of 217 degrees during an Arizona Summer. (hell I am already halfway there before I start....)
All in all I have been pretty satisfied with my ribs, but one day I have to make that leap and actually invest in a real smoker, probably a Weber Smoky Mountain (WSM) to start.
One more thing, I rub a small amount of mustard on my ribs before applying the rub to act as a glue. I do not think it affects the taste, and have seen this done at many BBQ competitions.
Nice job, Michael. keep the posts coming!
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:41 pm
Post subject: sweating and resting the meat
To get a really great tender texture, wrap the finished hot ribs in foil and put them in a paper bag, fold the bag so that the ribs are all snug (I duct tape it all together, but I am wacky like that). Let them rest and sweat for an hour or so. This step is from the Cooks Illustrated Best Recipes (or more best recipes or new best recipies, whatever) and I find it works marvelously no matter how else I change the steps (like oven or grill).
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:52 pm
Post subject: Baking them the night before
I am having a BBQ on July 4th and plan on serving spare ribs. I've used your oven recipe, throwing them on the grill just before serving, and they've turned out perfect. I am wondering if I can bake the ribs the day before, refrigerate them, then throw them on the grill to heat them up before serving. Do you think the texture or flavor would be compromised?
There are a lot of people coming and I would just like to do as many things as possible ahead of time. Thank you so much for your help!
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Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:11 pm
Post subject: Re: Baking them the night before
Guest wrote:
I am having a BBQ on July 4th and plan on serving spare ribs. I've used your oven recipe, throwing them on the grill just before serving, and they've turned out perfect. I am wondering if I can bake the ribs the day before, refrigerate them, then throw them on the grill to heat them up before serving. Do you think the texture or flavor would be compromised?
The flavor and texture should be fine. I'd mostly be concerned about serving ribs that might have a cold piece of bone in it. This all depends on how long you plan on reheating over the grill. If you do a short grill time, then you might consider wrapping the ribs up in foil and setting them in the oven on the lowest temperature (or on the grill over indirect heat) for a thirty minutes to an hour to heat through (depending on how you stacked the ribs when you wrapped them up).
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:08 pm
Post subject: griilled ribs
this recipe was great!!! but if you are in a hurry and have to work than this may help. Take frozen ribs out and lace them in roasting pan or oven. Cover with beer add 2 tbls liquid smoke per rack. Add meat tenderizer and seasoning. Cook for four hours then place on grill. When you flip ribs add bbq sauce and grill to desired texture. Ribs will literally fall of the bone
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:45 pm
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to an adroit & practiced rib griller, my "method" is pure heresy.
okay, I accept that - but "my way" works for me - you get to be your own grilling critic.
(note: the thread addresses baby back ribs and spare ribs - I don't do baby backs. not enough meat on the bones to make it worth the time, but that's just me. I look for the country style ribs - loosely spare ribs with the extra bit on top....)
(second note: we prefer "wet ribs" - if you're a dry rib, no compromises, exit thread now.)
ribs, comma biggies/thickies. my basic rub is kosher salt/pepper/garlic powder/onion powder/and I threaten the mix with cayenne pepper for zing. I'm not a burn off yo' lips guy, so I go light on the heat.
remove silver skin; I leave all the fat on the ribs - trim not, tastier more.
sprinkle ribs liberally and "rub in" - yeah, the rub in bit makes a difference....a thirty second step not to be omitted.
wrap the ribs in heavy duty aluminum foil - interior rib side _up_. that's a factor because the rub/seasonings needs to puddle around the bits you eat.
bake in an oven at 300'F for 2.5 hours in a pan but on a rack so heat gets to all sides/surfaces.
at the end of the bake cycle, the meat is cooked - to the point of falling off the bone. further handling requires wide implements - be prepared - picking up a rack by the <end> / < whatever> produces "pieces of rack"
my "finish" depends on the weather and to what degree of effort I'm prepared to exert.
prelim: remove ribs from oven, open. when unwrapping the rib racks, you'll find a bunch of water/liquid in the bottom of the foil. puncture foil, capture liquid.
mad method #1:
while the rib are resting, jack up the oven to max - 450'F-550'F - depends on what your oven will do. while the oven is heating, put the captured juices in a sauce pan, add a batch of your favorite bbq sauce, mix & reduce.
(note: everyone has their own favorite sauce - use yours for best results)
put the ribs back on the rack, into the hottest oven, continue for 20 minutes or so until the ribs are dry, then swab down the ribs with the sauce. continue to bake/cook for another 20-30 minutes.
mad method #2:
in the last 30 minutes of oven low temp cooking, fire up the grill. I'm a lump charcoal type. get it going hot and wild.
capture, add bbq sauce, reduce as above. put the racks on the grill - 5 minutes +/- per side. slather with sauce, cook 10-15 minutes until the sauce is gumming up crispy.
I've been to St Louis; been the the famous joint in the basement that does only dry ribs (but the beer pitchers were good...) we still prefer wet ones. your preferences and mileage may vary.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:34 pm
Post subject: grilled ribs
I just found this site. I did a search for an explanation of the USDA beef ratings and yours was one of the hits. What I've seen so far looks great.
I know people have various different ways of making ribs fall off the bone, and they usually seem to involve slow cooking in the oven or something similar. I've got a way to do it entirely on the grill. So far I've only done this with baby backs.
I prepare the ribs in a similar manner to the way described by Michael Chu. I like to brush them with a little olive oil before I dry rub them, and then I stick them in the fridge overnight (or for a few hours that morning if it is a last minute plan). The dry rubs that I've used have been comercially available ones such as the Durkee or McCormick chicken/rib varieties, and I've been happy with the results. I'll have to try the one from the grilled pork chops recipe next time.
I grill exclusively over charcoal. I make a nice bed of coals and drop the pan as low as it will go to keep as much distance as possible between the meat and the coals. I also close up the vents most of the way to keep the heat low. My grill has a thermometer in the hood, and I try to keep it as low as I can. I cook directly over the coals, but I don't really have any problem with flare ups at these low heats, especially with the lid closed most of the time and the vents closed up most of the way. I think this is a much bigger problem with the constant flame of a gas grill. Cook the ribs on one side for about an hour (less if you can't keep the heat down enough to prevent burning), then do the other side for about an hour.
For this last part I usually try to warm the grill up a bit by raising the coals and/or letting it breathe a little more. I pour some apple juice in an aluminum turkey pan, and I usually cut the ribs in half and stand them up in a row in the pan. Cover up with aluminum foil and put it on the grill for at least an hour- the longer they are in there the more tender they will get. Make sure that the juice doesn't dry up if you leave it on there for a long time. The apple juice steams the meat, and I believe the acids in it help to break down the flesh and make it fall apart. The apple also adds to the flavor. This last part could also be done in an oven.
They are good as-is if you like them dry, or with a bbq sauce of your liking.
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Hollywood producers will be on high alert for the next Jurassic Park blockbuster script after boffins found fossils of giant prehistoric fleas. The monster bloodsuckers were thought to have used ruggedised straw-like mouths to prey on dinosaurs.
In a study published on science journal Nature on Wednesday, University of Kansas palaeoentomologist Michael Engel and colleagues Diying Huang, Chenyang Cai, Hao Wu and André Nel explain how the discovery sheds light on the little-known origins of today's fleas.
The perfectly preserved fossils were found in the 165-million-year-old Jurassic deposits in Daohugou, northeast China, and the 125-million-year-old Cretaceous strata at Huangbanjigou, China. The rocks reveal fleas of up to 2cm - double the size of today's pesky critters - according to a report.
More interestingly they differ in not having the same highly developed jumping hind legs of their modern descendants and are therefore likely to have had to ambush their prey instead of jumping relatively long distances to attach themselves onto a victim.
In terms of what this prey was, the stone-collecting boffins believe the fleas' chops offer up the biggest clue – described as "stout and elongate sucking siphons".
"The mouthparts are certainly overkill for piercing the hides of early mammals and birds," Engel told Nature. "It really appears as though they were specialised for working their way into some heavy hides, such as those on dinosaurs."
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — On the eve of elections in Zimbabwe, longtime President Robert Mugabe denied on Tuesday that his supporters have engaged in vote-rigging despite widespread allegations of irregularities in the run-up to the polls. He also said he would step down if he loses the elections after 33 years at the helm of a once prosperous nation whose economy is now in dire shape.
Western governments have condemned previous elections won by Mugabe, alleging the vote was swayed by political violence, intimidation and ballot rigging. While this campaign has so far been far less violent than past elections, there are numerous signs that the electoral process has been vulnerable to manipulation, raising prospects of more political uncertainty ahead.
"We have done no cheating, never, ever," Mugabe, 89, told a news conference in Harare on the eve of polling that begins at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT.)
He brushed aside allegations that loyalist commanders in the police and military will not accept a poll victory by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, 61, the former opposition leader, and allow him to succeed as the nation's new president. In previous campaign appearances, however, Mugabe has leveled harsh attacks on Tsvangirai.
Mugabe described campaigning as peaceful except for "a few incidents here and there" and said any unrest surrounding contested results will be stopped.
But independent election monitors say the state election commission, dominated by Mugabe's sympathizers, is poorly prepared to hold fair polls.
The International Crisis Group has said conditions for a free vote were not in place.
"Confidence in the process and institutions is low. The voters roll is a shambles, security forces unreformed and the media is grossly imbalanced. The electoral commission is under-funded and lacked time to prepare. Concerns about rigging are pervasive, strongly disputed results are highly likely," said the Brussels-based organization.
It said a return to a protracted political crisis, and possibly extensive violence, was also likely, especially if regional election observers of the Southern African Development Community, or SADC, and the continent-wide African Union failed to identify flaws in the hastily arranged voting process.
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said on Tuesday that voters are weighing up their options in the most significant polls since the first elections that swept Mugabe to power in 1980, ending colonial era rule.
Despite complaints of harassment and arrests of rights and civic activists over several months, "we believe a high voter turnout and a determined electorate can still show by their numbers, tenacity and resolve that their vote will be heard and their will respected," the group said.
Mugabe banned observers from the United States, including the Jimmy Carter Center, the European Union and other Western nations. However, observers were permitted from countries deemed friendly, including African countries.
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, a private group involved in voter education and electoral training programs, is set to deploy 7,000 observers to polling stations nationwide. Another 4,000, including 600 observers from elsewhere in Africa, are also fanning out into voting districts to cover more than 9,000 voting stations.
Mugabe said he expected to see his party as an outright winner, thereby avoiding mediation to form another power-sharing coalition similar to the deal forged by regional leaders after the last disputed and violent polls in 2008.
Tsvangirai has also predicted winning the poll, which he says will usher in change. He has criticized Mugabe's party for doing little except emphasizing its liberation credentials going back four decades.


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Eating dinner together is one of the most important things you can do as a family. In fact, as a registered dietitian I sometimes feel like I spend more time preaching about the act of eating together than I do talking about the actual foods you put on the table.
Of course what you eat is important, too — but what many people don't realize is that what you eat and how much you eat is intrinsically linked to where you eat, how you eat and who you eat it with.
If kids don't get used to regular mealtimes, or if snacks and meals are grabbed on the go from whatever convenience foods are available, they are more likely to suffer from dietary problems like overeating, obesity and/or a lack of key nutrients in their diet. They may develop anxieties around food security, leading to eating too much when they get the chance, or they may develop the unhealthy habit of skipping meals too. (See my article on breakfasts for more on why skipping meals can be deeply counterproductive — even if you are trying to lose weight.)
But beyond the basics of healthy nutrition, we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that family meals are an opportunity to nurture enjoyment of food, of each other, and a deeper sense of connection between different members of your family.
Now don't get me wrong, in our family we love to eat takeout — and we sometimes grab food on the go when we have to. My husband and I also try to eat alone as a couple — without children — at least one night a week.
The point here is not about hard and fast rules. It's about setting up your life so that eating together becomes normal, not the exception. Here are some tips to help make that happen.
Make a plan
If you don't do this already, making a weekly meal plan can be a great way to ensure a healthy diet and help facilitate family mealtimes. It means you can plan ahead, even cooking the night before, and it reduces the temptation to improvise a PB&J sandwich for the kids and letting the adults fend for themselves later. As a bonus, it can also save you considerable amounts of money — especially if you coordinate your meals to make the best use of the ingredients you have available.
Go easy on yourself
Remember, this is not about super strict regimentation. If the idea of getting a full meal in front of your family at the end of the day has you daunted, then plan for something easy like a salad, or put a variety of ingredients on the table and have them make their own tacos, or sandwiches. Heck, even eating a frozen meal or takeout together, at the dinner table, is a huge step forward. You can always work your way up to that three-course gourmet meal later.
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Sharing time with your family is important, so maximize your happiness by doing it around a meal, too. (Photo: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock)
It's important to communicate to children that family meals are important, and that they are expected to attend, but you should be careful not to make them a chore. Make sure you include plenty of fun, kid-friendly options, and be sure to engage kids in conversations or fun games as you eat. This should be a highlight of their day, not something to get over with as quickly as possible so they can get back to watching Dora.
Share the responsibility
Family dinners shouldn't be a chore for Mom or Dad either. Find ways to share the responsibility. Even if one parent works during the week and the other is home, look for ways to switch roles on the weekend or on special nights of the week. As the kids get older, you might ask them to pitch in too — our daughter loves making pizza with Dad. The cleanup is usually a little more involved, and the food takes longer to arrive, but it's all part of the fun. We're hoping it's the start of a lifelong, healthy and fulfilling connection with her food. (We're also looking forward to the day when she invites us over for pizza.)
Take breaks
Like I mentioned above, my husband and I try to have "date night" once a week. Sometimes that means a steak dinner once the kids have gone to bed, sometimes it means going out to a restaurant. But we consider it an important part of connecting with each other, without kids, which is crucial to ensuring that the whole family stays happy. It also allows us to have a few meals that aren't 100 percent kid-friendly and fun. (Nope, I really don't want to eat a broccoli forest or a smiley face made out of vegetables.) From time to time we also eat out as a family, or we adults do our own thing.
Like most things in the world of healthy eating, rigid regimens and strict rules are not going to help in the long run. Instead, we need to build a healthy, flexible and enjoyable relationship with our food.


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I am running ViEmu right now on my Visual Studio 2003 IDE. Works great!
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The Charter of the Royal Show set in 1839 is to reward excellence through competition and this still stands today in particular through agriculture. Another website to look at to get an understanding around the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society is http://www.rahs.com.au
The 'Thank and Farmer' icon should appeal to 6-14 year olds and the family unit. It should be something that a modern farmer would be happy to have represent their industry.
The 'Thank A Farmer' icon should not be hick or hill billy in style ie; a picture of a farmer in overalls with straw hanging out of his mouth.
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...These simple apple muffins are perfect for a fall brunch or coffee. They are easy to make and they are packed with flavors that come straight from fall's harvest orchards. The muffins need no special equipment to prepare and if you have a few bowls and a wooden spoon, you can have a table ready treat in a bit less than an hour. The muffins are similar in taste to Jewish or Shaker apple cakes and because they are so packed with fruit, they stay moist and flavorful for several days after they are made. The recipe was originally developed by Marion Cunningham, the author who rewrote The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. She died at the age of 90 this past summer and while perusing an old copy of her Breakfast Book I came across this recipe which I thought would be a perfect tribute to her skill in the kitchen. I know you will love these. They are not refined and may lack style, but I promise you'll find them to be delicious. Here's how the apple muffins are made.
Raw Apple Muffins...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Marion Cunningham's Breakfast Book
4 cups peeled and cored apples cut in 1/4-inch dice
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease or insert paper liners into 16 standard size muffin cups.
2) Mix apples and sugar in one bowl and set aside.
3) Combine eggs, oil and vanilla in a second bowl and stir to blend well.
4) Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a third bowl and stir until blended.
5) Add egg mixture to apples and sugar and mix well.
6) Sprinkle flour mixture over egg and apple mixture and mix well. This batter is very stiff and you may have to use your hands to assure ingredients are properly mixed. Fold raisins and walnuts into batter and mix until they are evenly distributed in mixture. Spoon into prepared muffin tins.
7) Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into center of a muffin. Turn muffins onto a wire rack to cool. Serve warm. Yield: 16 muffins.
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