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I turned to the recordings of Gil Scott-Heron after writing that he should have and did known better than to abuse drugs as he did, leading to his decline and demise. They make me ever more impressed with his scope and intensity, in both long ago and recent work. His 2010 recording "Me and the Devil" fully justifies the black and white zombie pulp of the video by Coodie and Chike that accompanies it. It's a horror song of a burned out, psychotic soul, a new link in an American tradition running from Edgar Allan Poe through Robert Johnson and … [Read more...]
Robert Johnson on speed
Musicologists are convinced blues icon Robert Johnson's recordings as released are 20% faster than he performed in two solo sessions in 1936 and 1937. It's unclear whether they were sped up intentionally (to push their excitement, which seems hardly necessary) or accidentally at some point in the chain between microphone and pressing plant. What is obvious is that since only 11 of the 41 existent Johnson takes were issued by Vocalion on 78 rpm discs during his lifetime (and one posthumously), his complete documented repertoire of 29 tunes … [Read more...]
Blues lyrics: write to win
For tickets to Jazz at Lincoln Center this weekend or a dvd of Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson performing live, try writing a blues. How hard can it be?"Minutes seem like hours, hours seem like days,Seems my baby would stop her lowdown ways" -- Muddy Waters, "Country Blues" "Woke up this morning, looked 'round for my shoesYou know I had those mean old walkin' blues" -- Robert Johnson, "Walkin' Blues" . "Whoa, oh tell me babyWhere did ya stay last night? An' why don't ya hear me cryin'?Whoo hoo, whoo whoo, Whoo who. . . " -- Howlin' Wolf, … [Read more...]


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Macomb County Sheriff Deputy charged with submitting falsified police reports
New Baltimore woman accused of colluding with deputy to avoid sanctions for skipping breathalyzer tests
LANSING – Criminal charges have been filed against a Macomb County deputy and a New Baltimore probationer for their alleged roles in a scheme to avoid court-mandated breathalyzer tests.
Macomb County Sheriff's Deputy Joseph Andrew Cada, 45, of Chesterfield, and Trista Leigh-Ann Caswell, 28, of New Baltimore, both face one charge of Obstruction of Justice, a five-year felony.
The charges follow an investigation by the FBI-led Detroit Public Corruption Task Force and the Novi Police Department.
"The public's faith in our criminal justice system depends upon the integrity of those sworn to uphold it," said Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette. :When you abuse the public trust, there are consequences."
On March 24, 2011, Novi's 52-1 District Court ordered Caswell to take in-home alcohol breathalyzer tests as a condition of her probation for a disorderly person charge.
After missing multiple breathalyzer tests and failing one, it is alleged Caswell met Cada at her place of employment, the Traffic Light, an adult entertainment establishment in Mt. Clemens, to concoct a scheme to avoid future tests.
The charges allege that Cada and Caswell conspired to mislead the Court and its probation agents by filing fraudulent statements attesting that Caswell passed five breathalyzer tests administered by Cada.
Five fraudulent statements bearing the insignia of the Macomb County Sheriff Department were allegedly drafted and signed by Cada. Three of the fraudulent statements listed his badge number on them.
The statements allegedly declared that Cada administered the court-ordered breathalyzer tests, and that Caswell "blew .000" on all of them. It is alleged the statements were submitted to the Court's probation agent on October 24, 2012.
When called before District Court Judge Robert Bondy on November 6, 2012, Caswell admitted Cada's statements were fraudulent.
Bondy sentenced Caswell to 90 days in the Oakland County Jail for violating the conditions of her parole.
On March 20, 2013, Joseph Cada surrendered to authorities and was arraigned before Magistrate Andra Dudley.
Cada was released on a $10,000 personal bond.
Arrangements are being made for Trista Caswell to surrender to authorities for arraignment.
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Ketan Jawdekar-The Urban Foundry Restaurant and Bar
At Design Interviews
Interview with Ketan Jawdekar : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Ketan Jawdekar : The inspiration for this restaurant came directly from the site itself. The designers were invited for the site visit while it was under construction. It is located in the IT Park as a part of F and B hub on the ground level. Contrast between modern architecture of to be finished IT park and the raw feel of under construction premises appealed to the designers. Creating interiors around unfinished site and recycling construction material was the key decision. Industrial interior was thus evolved .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Ketan Jawdekar : Restaurant decor is a highly challenging area of design. The aesthetics chosen need to appeal to the patrons and stay fresh and interesting over time. Creating a collaborative restaurant that will adapt to different needs of patrons of all age groups was the most challenging part of the design. Utilising existing construction elements and molding them to achieve the effect of an industrial premise was the whole concept while going back to the drawing board. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Ketan Jawdekar : The project was conceptualised when it was in the construction stage. Designing started in 2015. The actual construction of the project started in October 2015 and got finished in February 2016. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Ketan Jawdekar : Miss Elham Mirza Ismail , our associate designer and project manager has worked extensively on this project. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Ketan Jawdekar : When something is designed to be themed, it needs to have consistency in totality. This is the thought process behind The Urban Foundry, a rugged all day bar and cafe that sends you straight into the industrial vibe that it has managed to pull off, ever so immaculately. TUF is conceptualised as a chill out joint that blends into its surrounding and neighbouring infrastructure, yet contrasting it, with a feel that makes you jive with a rustic foundry ambience. Loud industrial design from ceiling to floor, this place has incorporated its concept into everything that they have put into place. Every detail has been actuated with industrialization plugged in, subliminally if not loudly. From container bars and cutlery, to tables that have been suspended from the ceiling with the help of chains and clamps, they have taken the design to attain the next level of global appreciation. Also one of the key features in The Urban Foundry, is its fixtures all over, that have incorporated the magic of kinetic energy in movement. India has been warming up to the design language for the past 4 to 5 years, that many speak, globally and TUF is a place that introduces exactly this idea. A multitude of ventures in this field have attempted at creating this idea, but have not carried out it the way this team has. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Ketan Jawdekar : The Urban Foundry is a multifunctional restaurant and a bar. It acts as a co working space, a meeting place, a restaurant and a high tea joint in a day. A place where startups meet investors, entrepreneurs, writers, artists meet, discuss, debate and evolve with creative solutions. It is a place where friends meet just to chill and hang out. Community table allows new collaborations. The restaurant adapts to all such conditions and the restaurant becomes a celebration place in the evenings.Exposed bricks and half plastered walls were kept as it is. Bracings in metal were added to existing columns to give a feel of jacketing. Ceiling was designed with MS trusses and the metal mesh to hide services and get the feel of an industrial shed. Flooring was designed in concrete finish vitrified tiles with a break of decorative tiles. Bar gets a feature of a container. Edison bulbs and old switches act as decorative elements and the industrial gears and blue prints of project adorn walls. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Ketan Jawdekar : The most important decision was to use existing site in its unfinished state and local construction material to create a complete contrast with the modern architecture in the vicinity. Creating ambiance with a raw look to suit different needs of the patrons and to create suitable moods at different time of the day through natural and artificial light was challenging. Subtle addition of feminine touch to balance otherwise masculine decor needed much attention while designing this restaurant. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Ketan Jawdekar : Awards like A'Design Awards are of utmost importance for the Designers and Architects. It is a scale to judge our own talent as well as is a learning process. Competitions not only give us the global platform but also help in boosting moral. Recognition of talent and the achievement is like a jet pack to take off in the professional stream. .
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text: Thought we should start a thread for those of us stuck living in the metropolitan area of OKC... I recently went on a ride in Arkansas and met 3 folks from the area who don't have anyone to ride with. Thought we could have a spot to give a shout out to others in the city area to organize rides, discuss issues related to the metropolitan area. There are a lot of different kinds of riders who like to ride in different ways, so lets keep it open to everyone. If I hear of anything happening around the city i'll try to post it... you do the same.. Peter over and out


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At first glance the mitg seemed awesome - I was able to easily check my email from another pc while defragging my own, and the initial import (without attachments...) was easy and relatively fast.
Using it from my usb flash drive has been fine too - a little slower perhaps, but the search is faster than my Barca - so all seemed good.
But when it came time to synch - you see how woefully inadequate this portable program is. The whole point of a usb program is the portability and ability to SYNCH so you have your data in more than 1 spot. There are almost no choices as to what you synch - other than to select whole folders.
First of all, the only messages that actually synched to my desktop install of Barca - was the inbox. I had messages in perhaps 10 other folders and subfolders that failed to synch.
What DID happen instead, was whereas on the initial import of my Barca data to my usb install of myInfotoGo - I chose not to import any of the attachments - now when I synched, the folder bloated up to like 100 MB each - (while they are like 5MB in the Barca install) - and it appears as if some of the folders if not all - now have the attachments embedded in the messages - or something like that, I can't think of why else they would be so huge.
When I tried resynching again and chose a specific folder from my Barca install other than the In.mbx - it deleted all of the message content from the MITG folder, leaving just the message headers for that folder.
Why can't the sych offer the simple feature to just UPDATE your other install with new messages from each folder?
As is this synch is just totally unusable, and renders the MITG pretty useless unless you just want to risk running your email app from a USB stick that could get lost or fried at any time.
Manually synching would be a huge pain in the butt - and as for now, I'm dealing with trying to manually copy the messages for the past few days - as copying the whole message folders is not a good idea as they are totally bloated and 10 times the size of the ones on my Barca install.
MITG is a promising app - but you really shouldn't even have released it with this terrible synching problem. I hope you can provide a fix soon, as I will certainly buy it if you do.


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Motorola RAZR V3a / V3s
Info Photos News Forum 31 Reviews
Average Ratings
its a good phone
i would have to say i love this phone it didnt give me any problems it was faithful and bad thing about this phone not enough memory i am a wallpaper picture keeper person and i have to say if they are to make a razor phone with a camara keep in mind need more storage space its important, remember the pack rats, need more room to store our treasures
Simple Phone
I got my Razr V3a in July of this year. I like the design of the phone. I dislike the plastic battery cover though. The phone screen scratches easily. There is not many great features about this phone. Which I mostly only text but I find myself on talking on the phone more often these days. The cell phone has horrible talk time. I can have my phone fully charged and then get on the phone to talk to somebody and have it die within an hour. Texting on the other hand, the battery can last me around three days. The internet is slow. It does not come with any good ringtones or background. Texting can get slow sometimes. I've had my phone freeze up on me a few times, but nothing I can't deal with. Overall the phone is OK, if you only use your phone for talking and text and have a nack for a stylish phone this would be a good pick for you. Other then talking and texting the phone is nothing special.
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got and so far love the v3m
I had the 3588i for sprint for nearly 5 years since it came out, and then I decided it was time for an upgrade. Being my firend had this phone i got it from him and switched from my nokia 3588i to this.... great phone so far.
EHHH...It varys.
The reason i say this is because I've has four...Haha.
When I had cingular I have a razr when they first came out. I really did like it, it was sharp looking. However it looked good motorola fell short in the perfomance of the phone. I've never been a big motorola fan to begin with, always loved LG much more but I figured I'd try something different. The cingular version it was hard to hear the other person. Also it felt very fragile, I was paranoid to drop it because it felt like it was going to break just by holding it in my hand.
The verizon version i had two,, when I switched carriers I wanted to keep the Razr because I liked the look of Verizons V3m. It was a bit of an upgrade from the other razr, and a downgrade at the same time. The camera was alot better with the V3m because it was a 1.3 megapixel not just a VGA. However they made it much cheaper, they didn't use the aluminum they used for the other models this was made of plastic.
Both models were very slow, they always lagged behind. Making it harder to text because it wouldn't read what I was typing in. I guess it's a good phone if you want to stay with the style, but if you're looking for a phone that will make phone calls and have a few nice features I'd go with LG.
The good and sturdy
This phone is awsome. So far its worked out great for me. Its got a great camra with great color effects. The phones battery lasts long. Its got the numbers really big. It has a long inbox which can recieve 20 through 50 texts. what I mean by that is that its a great phone for texting. You can send 15 second flixs (videos). The tools are great. It has a calender and reminds you when programed events are about to happen. It also has a alarm clock and world clock. The tools also include a note pad and calculator. So all i am trying to say that this phone is awsome. P.S. Its super durable. I probably dropped it a millon times.
the razr
i got this phone from cricket about 2 months ago, when i first got it i was terrified that something was going to go wrong. then my battery started to die on me really fast 20min conversation would almost kill. although it does stay on its last battery bar for a long time. then i just said ill give it some time...sure enough after a few charges it keep a better charge. ive even forgotten 2 charge it quite a few times and it last the whole day and a day after that! the phone does everything u want it to. text call quality is pretty good. i would like my speaker phone to be louder..i luv em REALLY LOUD. cricket razr does not come with a video cam!! but i like it. itll suit me for now
Better Than You Would Think!
When I first put my SIM card in this phone I got worried about it because of the rumors but they are all WRONG. This phone is one of the best phones I've ever had!
Extremely fast camera
Good battery life
Holds a lot of memory
Very thin
Huge keyboard (not qwerty)
Very nice speaker phone
Very clear during calls
Goes on silent
Not MP3 player
Not a qwerty phone
This phone is defiantly worth every penny! And to show how amazing this phone is, just look at a lot of people on the street. They still have that phone. I defiantly recommend it to anyone!
V3a .... Stinks
I have been using a V3m for two years and my wife has been using her original LG. I have been trying to get to update and finally, after seeing the latest Alltel promo where she could get it for about $3.00 after another 2 yrs commit she agreed. Boy ... was that a mistake. She liked my V3m and the features and I have been happy with it. Similar to a famous politician quote: V3a you are not a V3m! What a piece of junk with few features. It only took one day to find out you cannot bluetooth to anything but a bluetooth ear piece. IT WON'T ... recognize another phone, sync to a computer so you can get the contacts AND if you send a message with a ringtone, it stores it ... but who knows where? You can't call it up when you want to assign it to a contact, even though you see it in the "sounds" in the media gallery. Somehow I was able to get some pictures transferred to it but I don't know exactly how. I have a cable but it won't link to my iMac so I cannot do anything with it there. The computer cannot recognize it! It has much less memory than the V3m and will not accept a chip. The sales clerk didn't even realize it wouldn't bluetooth until I took it back the next day and tried it with her phone. OOPS! She has been doing this for years and was surprised and disappointed to find out the truth. Of course, she would sell me a upgrade of the V3m for $200.00 buck but that wan't going to happen. At this point my wife is leaning to getting back her LG and forgetting the whole mess. WELCOME TO VERIZON .. is all I can say! Our problem is we are stuck with Alltel since none of the others have towers in the "boonies" of S/W MO where we live. DON'T FALL FOR THE FREE PHONE TRICK. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
bad phone
this phone is terrible there are so many problems i cant even name then all
not really any
bad camera
bad reception
slow messaging
freezes daily
bad battery life
sd card under battery
slow navigation
slow internaet
and so many more i'm tired of listing already
My Razor V3-C had an untimely death, and went to the Alltel outlet to purchase phone, only to find out Alltel does not market the V3-C any longer.
The only choice in similiar phone as the V3-C was the V3-A. There is no comparsion in quality of the two phones.
The good thing is the same charger, and same software that I have on my computer works on both models, but after that its downhill.
I miss numerous calls, drop calls that never did with the V3-C. I despise the Celltop on the phone and not being able to remove it.
I would not recommend this phone to my worst enemey. The V3-A is pure junk. I am returning this phone to the store after having for a week.


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You're invited to Discover Dominica, also known as the Nature Island! This new training course will acquaint you with all of Dominica's amazing hike, dive, and cultural experiences plus the eco resorts that await your adventure travelers on their next vacation. Once you've learned all that makes Dominica so special, you will understand why they say "I am Dominica. Are You?"
This training module is designed to inform you of the many wonderful attributes of the island of Dominica, the type of exciting activities that your clients would love to experience. Dominica is known for its many wonders suited for the nature seekers, wellness enthusiasts, culture explorers and so much more.
Take a look at our video and feel the energy of the Nature Island – Dominica!


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Indicative Rate * AU$6.35 to AU$25.40
Dugong beach is located on Whitsunday Island, at Cid Harbour, approximately 17 kilometres east-north-east of Shute Harbour. The campground is ideal for larger groups and offers several walking trails from the site; to Sawmill Beach via a 1.5 kilometre walking track and a 2.5 kilometre one way walking track to a lookout. Sightings of Dugong in the bay occur and turtles are common in the area. There is no snorkelling on the tidal sea grass flats, to protect the habitat. Dugong Beach is sheltered from the prevailing south-easterly winds.
The camp site is suitable for larger groups and is located in dry rainforest, providing good shade. The camp site surface is sand and dirt.
A camping permit is required to camp at Dugong Beach. The campground has a capacity of 36 people (15 small tents). Open fires are not permitted in the Whitsunday Islands National Park.
Dugong Beach can be reached by boat (only) and is best accessed on a mid to high tide. There is a protected anchorage at Cid Harbour. Facilities include a composting toilet and picnic tables. Take your own drinking water, rubbish bags, a fuel stove and insect repellent.
Due to current health advice on social distancing, please contact the business for the most up to date information regarding opening times and services.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Belinda Lawlor brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 202 Designs von 26 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Our Food
Our Food is a new business established by two passionate girls from Australia. Our goal is to help people make safer and better food choices through information and a series of online tools.
We want to help people realise the importance and impact of their food choices and the difference this can make to their health, the health of others and the sustainability of our environment.
Our audience includes a growing and evolving group of people that are concerned about what they eat and appreciate the connection between food and wellbeing. Within this group our primary audience will be as follows:
~ Women & Mums
~ Organic Consumers & Greenies
~ People with Dietary Intolerances
~ Professionals in the Food Industry
We require an inspiring logo and marke for Our Food which is earthy, natural, authentic, contemporary, crisp, clean and fresh.
Whilst we have a preference for the colors orange and green, we are open to other suggestions.
We see our brand having international appeal so the Our Food logo needs to have global appeal.
If Our Food were a person it would be described as someone that is caring and honest. They are positive and excited about change and making a positive difference in the world. They are energetic, courageous and someone that you can trust and rely on prefering traditional values and placing a high priority on things like the family unit, health and our planet.
The winner would need to supply our logo and marke both together and separately in both full color and grayscale in the following formats to encompass both print and web requirements:
- High res PDF
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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I have a corner shower stall that's leaking. The leak is occuring on the right hand side of the shower stall, about a foot off the ground. What can I do to stop this leak?
Here is the shower stall:
And the leak is occuring here:
Picture of the leaking area from the inside of the shower:


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I'm getting an error on SP2010 while editing a custom master page: When any user who doesn't have administrative (Full Control) rights tries to access the site, it gives "Access denied". This page talks about the problem: http://grounding.co.za/blogs/neil/archive/2008/05/15/access-denied-on-a-sharepoint-site-when-editing-master-pages.aspx
The problem has to do with the master page being unapproved while being edited. Is there a way to disable the approval process on the master page? Is this a good idea? What do folks usually do to solve this problem?
Thank you :)


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How are you today?
I am glad you enjoyed my comics, I do have a funny bone.
Welcome from a fellow Colorado heathen!!
My pleasure and no worries! =) Hope you have a great week and Thanksgiving!
Welcome, Claudia! Glad you could join us. :D
Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends. You might also like LINGUAPHILES & SESQUIPEDALIANS, Women Atheists, Female Atheists, and possibly Feminist Atheists.
I also recommend Eco-Logical and Climate Concerns, since the climate is changing so drastically. Denver is especially vulnerable.
After you've searched for topics of interest in "Groups" above and in the "Forums", don't forget to look at recent activity which hides along the right margin of the page all the way at the bottom.
On a personal note, I've developed an animated gif technique, sort of "pull quote marries slideshow". Samples are scattered across various groups, but you can find them easily by going to my twitter account. Each tweet has a link (after the description and before the hashtags) to a visually rich example here at Atheist Nexus. If you like them, please follow me
Hi Claudia
Welcome to this world of rationality and peace, where common sense leads to open freethinking wisdom.
We invite you to join the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Astronomy, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Gods, Atheism, Evolution, Darwin..." with 700 discussion topics and 3600 members.
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DanPatchett avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
2gagnants ont été selectionné parmi 52 designs proposés par 22 designers freelance.
I require a logo and an Uncoded template for a Chocolate Fountain Rental company.
Desired Color Scheme:
Desired Style:
Anything, But it MUST reflect Chocolate whilst keeping a corporate feel.
Accepted File Formats:
.psd & illustrator
By trade, i am a graphics designer myself. However, i find the colors that reflect Chocolate ( Brown etc ) to be SO TRICKY to work with. If it's not professionally done, the page will look Incredibly boring.
First of all, The Logo.
I am open to ALL suggesstions. I would like to see either a Vector Fountain or a Vector Love Heart in there somewhere, but as for color, Anything that looks good really. I need it to reflect Chocolate as much as possible, Overall, i would like it to have a Web 2.0 Appearance.
Secondly, the Template.
Again, i have NO IDEA what i want. It needs to reflect Chocolate. It needs to shout "WOW" when you first view it, but at the same time, create a professional appearance for a very professional company.
I haven't even written a Siteplan yet! So for the navigation, i ask that you take this site ... http://www.chocolatefountainwarehou…olate.html ... and use the same Titles as them. I will be able to change these at a later date.
As you can see from the prizes, i am open to splitting it up. Please be aware that the total prize money is only $300 if the same person gives me the best Logo & Template. I award those who put in that bit of extra Effort :)
I require the template in a .psd file. The logo can be done in either Illustrator or Photoshop.
Thanks :)
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
- Web Page Design
Savoir comment fonctionne un concours de design ou en savoir plus sur nos services de design de logo.


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Pakistan police say they have busted a criminal gang, including female doctors, accused of abducting newborn babies from hospitals and selling them to childless couples, NBC News reported.
Abbas Majeed Marwat, police chief of the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said the gang also included health workers, nurses and midwives.
Police conducted a raid on a house in Peshawar soon after arresting one member of the gang, identified as Wajeeha Yasmin, and recovered a baby. Seven people have been arrested so far and have admitted to abducting nine babies from different hospitals and selling them to wealthy childless couples.
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A five-day old baby recovered during the police operation was going to be sold for $3,000, he said, while some of the other babies were sold for between Rs80, 000 ($800) and Rs150,000 ($1500).


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The majority of fitness facility operators polled in the 2011 Club Industry State of the Industry survey anticipate an improved 2012, with moderate-to-high expectations of increased revenue, membership, renovations, additions and equipment purchasing.
Sixty-four percent of respondents expect to generate more revenue in 2012, while 31 percent expect revenue to remain the same. The operators with the highest expectations in increased revenue in 2012 are hotel/resort facility operators (82 percent), commercial express operators (79 percent) and commercial studio operators (79 percent). Slightly more than half of responding nonprofit operators expect revenue to increase in 2012 while a majority of university rec center operators expect revenue to remain the same as 2011.
Of the total facility operators surveyed, 60 percent expect higher membership in 2012, 36 percent expect membership to be about the same as 2011 and 4 percent expect a decrease in membership. However, 81 percent of express club operators and 84 percent of studio operators expect higher membership. A slight majority of nonprofit operators who responded expect an increase in membership while a large majority of university rec center operators expect membership to be about the same as 2011.
The survey was split down the middle in terms of operators who plan to add new equipment in 2012 (49 percent said yes, 51 percent said no). A majority of commercial multipurpose operators (57 percent) said they will add new equipment while only 35 percent of commercial express operators plan to add new equipment. A majority of the nonprofit facility operators and university rec center operators polled do not plan to add new equipment in 2012. The average amount of anticipated spending on equipment among all respondents is more than $56,000.
Sixty-eight percent of operators surveyed plan to renovate or remodel one or more of their facilities.


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Tolt River Watershed
The South Fork Tolt River is the smaller and lesser known (than the Cedar River) but still essential second supply watershed in SPU's freshwater supply system. Located in the foothills of the Cascades in east King County, it supplies about 30% of the drinking water for 1.3 million people in and around Seattle. It first came on-line in 1964, and since 1989 has also supported a small Seattle City Light hydro-electric facility. In 1997, the City of Seattle successfully exchanged lands within the South Fork Tolt watershed with Weyerhaeuser Company, giving Seattle 70% ownership (approx. 8400 acres) of the land that supplies the water. The eastern 30% lies in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
About the South Fork Tolt River Watershed:
- Is 12,500 acres in size (including 8400 acres of City-owned land)
- Can provide up to 100 million gallons of drinking water per day
- Ranges from 760 feet in elevation at the regulating basin, to 5,535 feet at McLain Peak.
- Receives between 90 and 160 inches of precipitation a year
The South Fork Tolt Municipal Watershed (SFTMW) Management Plan
SPU began collecting data and evaluating needs for a landscape management plan for the Tolt watershed upstream of the Tolt dam in 2006. Eight technical staff work groups were formed to identify issues of concern and evaluate opportunities for management actions. These groups worked together to craft the South Fork Tolt Watershed Management Plan. The final plan was approved by SPU in 2011. Implementation of the plan is now underway, largely focusing on near-term road system improvements, small aquatic habitat restoration projects, and initiating the plan's long-term forest habitat management program.
The final SFTMW Management Plan and all map appendices may be downloaded from the links below:
South Fork Tolt Municipal Watershed Management Plan (pdf)
Maps for the Plan:
1 - Tolt Water Supply System Facility Components (pdf)
2 -Water Delivery Infrastructure Map (pdf)
3 - Security Infrastructure (pdf)
4 - Neighboring Landownership (pdf)
5 - Shared Road Use Rights (pdf)
6 - U.S. Forest Service Use Allocation (pdf)
7 - Forest Age Classification (pdf)
8 - Forest Habitat Classification (pdf)
9 - Primary Forest Management Zones (pdf)
10 - Planned Forest Restoration Activities (pdf)
11 - Streams and Wetlands (pdf)
12 - Sediment from Roads and Landslide Potential (pdf)
13 - Rain-on-snow Zones and Sub-basin Boundaries (pdf)
14 - Peak Flow Sensitivity (pdf)
15 - Fish Distribution (pdf)
16 - Fish & Wildlife Habitat Classification (pdf)
17 - Invasive Plants—Yellow Hawkweed Infestations (pdf)
18 - Cultural Resources Site Potential (pdf)
19 - Road System Classification (pdf)
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The drivers Turner Motorsport BMW M3 was clocked at 110.549 mph over the Speedway's 3.56-mile road course before the track "went cold" for an hour-long lunch break.
Jade Buford and Scott Maxwell, behind the wheel of the No. 55 Multimatic Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage, were the only team to top the 110 mph mark. They were clocked at 110.049 mph.
Rounding out the top three quickest cars was the No. 45 BMW M3 of Al Carter and Hugh Plumb, who recorded a fast lap of 109.699 mph.
Sportscars will return to the track at 1:15 p.m. for 30 minutes of Rolex Series practice, both Daytona Prototypes and GT sedans.
DAYTONA BEACH – Juan Pablo Montoya and Chip Ganassi have a history of speed on Daytona's 3.56-mile road course. It continued during this morning's first hour-long practice session for the Rolex 24.
Montoya's fast lap averaged 126.970 mph in a Daytona Prototype fielded by Ganassi Racing – the No. 01 ride features a Riley chassis and BMW power.
DAYTONA BEACH – A trio of Ford Rileys were fastest during the first half hour of this morning's opening practice session for the Rolex 24.
Michael Valienti, driving Shank Racing's No. 6 entry, turned a field-fastest lap of 1:42.319 around the 3.56-mile Daytona sports-car course. His average speed was 125.26 mph. Ryan Dalziel (No. 2) and Ovam Bellarosa (No. 8), both in Starworks Motorsports cars, were second and third fastest, within 1.1 seconds of Velenti's fastest lap.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The four-day Rolex weekend raced onto the stage Thursday morning with the opening practice for Grand-Am cars and teams that will participate in the Saturday-Sunday Rolex 24 at Daytona.
The hour-long practice session began at 9 a.m. and, this time, the unmistakable sound of high-speed engines signaled that Daytona International Speedway will be the center of the auto-racing universe for the next four days.
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With a 3D video camera and overhead projector, students project a topographical relief map onto a landscape area. They can then build mountains, lakes, elevations, clouds, and rivers on the computer to make adjustments to the scene. A new map is quickly generated and students can see the impact of their decisions on the land which would otherwise be overlooked. Click here to see a video of students using the AR sandbox.
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President Barack Obama got his first job scooping ice cream at a Baskin-Robbins in Honolulu. He also worked as a waiter in an assisted living facility for seniors and as a painter before going to law school. Michelle took her first job in a book-binding shop.
In a joint interview with Parade Magazine the Obamas shared how these minimum-wage jobs that paid little but required hard work helped them develop life-long work ethics.
First Lady Michelle shared:
My last year in high school, I worked at a bindery, side by side with grown-ups who had been there their entire lives. Knowing that I, as a 16-year-old, was getting the same income and doing the same work… it gave me respect for those workers. But it also gave me an understanding that more is needed for folks to be able to cobble together a decent life on minimum wage.
The Obamas also feel that their daughters Malia and Sasha should work minimum wage jobs and get a taste of what it's like to put in hard work.
The President said:
We are looking for opportunities for them to feel as if going to work and getting a paycheck is not always fun, not always stimulating, not always fair. But that's what most folks go through every single day.
I agree with the Obamas. Teenagers learn many important lessons from those first jobs. Like the President, I got my start as an ice cream scooper at a gelato shop in high school. Getting to work on time, dealing with grumpy customers, closing the cash registrar, setting the alarm — these were all responsibilities that helped me develop the confidence I need to survive in the real world.
Do you think it's important for kids, even those who don't necessarily need the money, to work minimum-wage jobs in their teens?


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by Wesley Ratko
A tense discussion of the Chestnut Hill Local's fiscal future – whether the focus should be on investing in new technology or increasing savings – arose after Treasurer Tony Reilly presented a revised 2012 budget for the newspaper at the Chestnut Hill Community Association's board meeting on Aug. 25.
"We have $62,000 in obligations and $37,000 in cash," Reilly said. "We're short about $25,000." He added that there is no room for future investment when there is more money going out than is coming in.
"This is a budget of extreme caution," said Associate Publisher Larry Hochberger. "At a time when people who compete with us are investing money in a long-range plan for the future, this budget does not do that."
Hochberger added that the caution reflected in the revised budget stems from the priority that the Local needs to set aside money "for a rainy day." Hochberger said that the newspaper business is one that requires investment in the future and technology, but the resources for doing so have been diluted.
Reilly explained that the lack of money in the rainy day fund was preventing the community association from borrowing any more from the bank, a situation that puts the CHCA at risk of not being able to meet its most basic obligations.
According to Reilly, when the Budget and Finance Committee presented these facts to the Executive Committee, it decided to reverse course from investing in the future to saving.
Art Howe, a board member who is a former newspaper publisher and a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, took issue with this new savings policy, saying the decision to manage the Local by "putting money aside and saving it in the face of horrific change in our industry and competition" was wrong and not a decision made by the entire board.
"Somebody made the decision that now is the time to do this," he said, asking who had decided this was a good idea. He objected that the board as a whole was not a part of the decision-making process that led to a change in direction from previously stated goals of the CHCA.
"We have made a 180-degree turn in what we've talked about in the last year or year-and-a-half that I've been on this board," Howe said.
He added that paying down a debt that has only recently come to light is a strategy that contradicts the board's stated intention to develop a Web portal for Chestnut Hill and grow the online capabilities of the Local with investments in new technology.
"We just need to understand as a board that it is this humble board member's opinion that this is the stupidest thing we could possibly do," Howe said.
Reilly told the board that a formal balance sheet had not been available since December and that an accurate accounting of the full debt carried by the CHCA would not be available for another month.
The board voted to adopt the budget with all but two against.
Bowman project update
The board heard a report from Joyce Lenhardt, chair of a subcommittee working group formed at the July meeting of the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee. The subcommittee has been working with Bowman Properties to refine Bowman's proposal to construct a mixed-use development anchored by a Fresh Market grocery store at 8200 Germantown Ave. on the site of the former Magarity Ford dealership.
Lenhardt said her group of various professionals was strongly supportive of the land uses being proposed by Bowman Properties.
"We don't all agree, but we're working together with Bowman Properties and Richard Snowden to come up with a plan we all like," Lenhardt said.
Lenhardt identified eight areas of concern the subcommittee identified in its discussions, which include the proposed rezoning of the site, the intention to route all exiting traffic off the site onto Hartwell Lane, the proposed height of the building, a lack of setbacks and buffers in the design, the lack of community amenities or park linkages, operational issues relating to the grocery store itself, and the process Bowman intends to pursue to rezone the property – legislatively, as opposed to the pursuit of a variance.
Concern about Bowman Properties' intention to change the zoning on the site legislatively prompted some discussion about whether the decision to do so was intended to circumvent the development review process of the CHCA.
A letter from Snowden to President Jane Piotrowski dated Aug. 22 and made public at the meeting reiterated Bowman Properties' "commitment to engaging the community through the CHCA land development process." In his letter, Snowden pledged his continued commitment to that process, which he called "viable and expeditious."
"Our company will not seek final adjudication from the City of Philadelphia on our proposal for the 8200 Germantown Ave. site without first bringing that proposal to the CHCA board for consideration," Snowden wrote.
The board took no formal action on this report.
Additional Items
A presentation of recommendations from Mel Taylor, the Web portal consultant hired by the board earlier this year, was postponed until next month.


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DEAR ABBY: Many women like surprises. Most men don't. My wife can't understand that. She recently "surprised" me by informing me she had made non-refundable arrangements for us to visit a foreign country. She said I had once mentioned that I'd like to see it. I have no recollection of saying so, but I suppose it's possible.
Abby, I am physically barely able to endure such travel. My balance is bad and walking is extremely painful for my legs and hips. I wish she would have discussed her plan with me in advance. It's possible she wanted very much to go and suspected I'd tell her it would be unwise for me to do it.
Now that we're locked in, I'll go. But if it becomes too arduous, I'll tell her that we're going to have to leave the group and return home immediately. Perhaps that would help her understand that she should talk to me about a plan that includes me before implementing it. Abby, can you comment? -- GOT AN UNWELCOME SURPRISE
DEAR SURPRISE: What your wife did was wrong; she's well aware of your physical limitations. Foreign travel isn't cheap. Before laying out sizable chunks of money, most couples discuss the expense. I think your method of handling the situation is a good one, particularly if no accommodations can be made for your disability by the company arranging the trip.
P.S. I'm advising you to get travel insurance well in advance.
DEAR ABBY: I'm in love with a beautiful woman. She's divorced with two kids, 15 and 17. I believe the 15-year-old boy is feeling threatened by my presence. He has become very "clingy" to his mother and tries to get between us.
I love both of her kids and treat them like my own. I know it's a delicate situation and I want to do the right thing. The disrespect he shows me is becoming an issue, and I know his mother won't do anything about it. I have mentioned it a few times and nothing has changed.
I know she would be crushed if I ended this relationship, because recently she asked me to move in by Christmas. Marriage has been discussed prior to or shortly thereafter. Please help. -- DISRESPECTED IN OHIO
DEAR DISRESPECTED: Do not move in with this woman unless she first agrees to premarital counseling with you to ensure that you're both on the same page regarding parenting, and then family counseling with her children. As much as you care about them, you are not their parent. Because your ladyfriend appears to ignore problems when they arise, without counseling nothing will change. Be warned.
DEAR ABBY: Our son and daughter-in-law have invited us for Thanksgiving in another state. We'll fly there with my husband's mother.
Recently my daughter-in-law mentioned that we may all (11 of us) be going to some sort of buffet instead of making the dinner at their home. We would also end up paying for the meal.
I would much rather cook for them than eat and pay for a Thanksgiving meal at a buffet or restaurant. How can we get this across to our son and daughter-in-law without hurting their feelings? -- NO BUFFET FOR US IN LEAVENWORTH, KAN.
DEAR NO BUFFET: How about saying it in plain English? Tell them you would be glad to prepare the dinner, and if your daughter-in-law would help you, the task wouldn't be onerous for either of you.
P.S. Unless the men are "all thumbs" in the kitchen, they could pitch in, too. Multigenerational rituals are the glue that keep a family together.
Good advice for everyone -- teens to seniors -- is in "The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It." To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)


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Read the following from Don Walker at jsonline re Favre/Rodgers. Sorry – this sucks. I can't pretend to know how close Favre and Rodgers were before last year, but just not calling Rodgers back sucks. Favre knows that Rodgers just wanted to play – nobody can blame him for that. It really seems that Favre's anger re all this is misdirected.
(By the way, Don Walker often has interesting brief articles on the business of sports over at jsonline. The first time I came across one of these articles I was reluctant to read it because it looked boring – but it wasn't boring. They are often quite interesting.)
In addition to speaking to the Journal Sentinel's Tom Silverstein down in Tampa, Green Bay Packers' quarterback had interviews with a number of sports-talk hosts. One of those was Michael Irvin, the former Dallas Cowboys star, and his partner, Kevin Kiley. And the main topic: Brett Favre, of course. In the chat, Rodgers said that, after the Packers lost to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship in January 2008, he and Favre left as friends. But there's been no communications since.
Here's the transcript:
Kiley: "You must say to yourself, why doesn't Brett speak to me. What could it possibly be? …"
Rodgers: "I don't know. That's a question for him. I'm not going to put words in his mouth…. When we lost to the Giants [in the 2007 NFC Championship], we left as friends, and I haven't talked to him in a year…."
Irvin: "Why will you not reach out to him?"
Rodgers: "I did."
Irvin: "So you called him and he did not call you back."
Rodgers: "Yeah."


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Study shows link between HIV infection and coronary artery disease
Men with long-term HIV infections are at higher risk than uninfected men of developing plaque in their coronary arteries, regardless of their other risk factors for coronary artery disease, according to results of a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers. A report on the research appears in the April 1 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
The finding is important, investigators say, because advances in treatment have led to long-term survival of people living with HIV/AIDS and the emergence of chronic, age-related heart and other diseases among this population. Coronary artery disease may lead to heart attacks.
Although previous studies suggested a link between HIV infection and cardiovascular disease, results have been inconclusive.
To nail down the connection, the Johns Hopkins-led team did a comprehensive evaluation of coronary atherosclerosis in HIV-infected men using coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA), an advanced type of CT scan of the arteries that nourish the heart.
The researchers studied men already part of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, or MACS, an ongoing study of HIV infection in homosexual and bisexual men before and after they began treatment in the Baltimore/Washington, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles areas. The study population included 618 HIV-infected men and 383 uninfected men who were 40 to 70 years old and had had no prior surgery to restore blood flow to the coronary arteries.
"MACS participants are a very good population for this study, because the control group comprises uninfected men drawn from the same population of men who are infected," says Wendy S. Post, M.D., M.S., the lead author of the study. Post, a cardiologist, is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a professor of epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
"This means the uninfected men are also at risk for HIV and share similar environmental exposures and lifestyles," she says.
Specifically, Post and the other investigators measured the presence and extent of plaque in the heart arteries and also stenosis—the abnormal narrowing of blood vessels—and sought to determine if plaques causing the narrowing were noncalcified, partly calcified (less than 50 percent calcified) or calcified. Coronary stenosis that narrows the artery by more than 50 percent indicates the presence of advanced atherosclerosis.
The presence of noncalcified and partly calcified plaques is significant, because they are more likely than calcified plaques to rupture and trigger development of a clot that reduces or blocks blood flow to the heart. Since noncalcified plaque is not visible using standard CTA, the researchers intravenously injected a special contrast dye that enhances the visibility of these plaques.
The researchers found that noncalcified coronary artery plaque was more prevalent and extensive in HIV-infected men, suggesting increased risk for heart attacks. HIV-infected men had a greater prevalence of any plaque, especially noncalcified plaque, than uninfected men, even after accounting for other coronary artery disease risk factors such as high cholesterol, smoking and high blood pressure.
Among HIV-infected men, coronary artery stenosis greater than 50 percent was associated with more advanced HIV and longer treatment with highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART), a commonly prescribed HIV drug cocktail.
These results emphasize the importance of assessing and modifying traditional cardiovascular risk factors in this population, especially in men with more advanced HIV, Post says. Future studies will try to determine whether earlier treatment with HAART might make it less likely that people with HIV will develop heart disease.
Post said her team hopes to repeat the CT angiograms in this population to measure progression of atherosclerosis and figure out why HIV-infected men have more noncalcified plaque.
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In the period 2000-2013, the Large-Scale Reference Database (LRD) (in Dutch: GRB - Grootschalig ReferentieBestand) was established for all Flemish cities and municipalities. For almost 70 cities or municipalities, EUROSENSE has established this detailed database containing building footprints, road morphology, road infrastructure and administrative parcels. Since the original creation of these databases, no updates were executed at the level of the inner terrains (areas not accessible for surveyors). In 2013, EUROSENSE therefore has been awarded by the Flemish Geographical Information Agency (AGIV, now Informatie Vlaanderen) with a project to update the inner terrains for all 135 cities and municipalities in the provinces of Antwerpen and Oost-Vlaanderen.
EUROSENSE nicely followed a planning schedule based upon ongoing update processes at the customer. The update was executed based upon terrain changes (anomalies) found by the customer or found during a visual screening by EUROSENSE. Midscale aerial imagery on more than 5.500 km² were screened for changes at the level of the inner terrains.
In total, more than 400.000 anomalies were checked and updated by means of photogrammetric mapping on the midscale imagery. After the update, the results were checked and the database for each municipality was established according to the detailed specifications of the LRD.
For more news concerning the EUROSENSE Belgium, click here.
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Name That Drug - If You Dare
Now before I divulge the answers, why did I do this? Well, one reason was because it is fun to try new things. Two, I wanted to see how well Big Pharma is getting their information to the general public about all of the side effects of the drugs. And three, I had an interest in seeing how well the images developed by pharmaceutical companies stick with their viewers.
Unfortunately, the number of respondents was ridiculously low. But being of scientific mind, we must ask ourselves, why? Was it because the images were not well known? Or was it because the stupid physician made a bad test that was just too difficult?
Well, it was probably both. I tested the question on our staff in the local catheterization lab many had no clue what the heck a beaver had to do with a drug. Many of them had never seen the little "pipe man" before. Likewise, many had never heard of drugs causing those side effects. (What, you mean they couldn't cover everything in a 30-seconds commercial?)
But of the low number of respondents, we had a fairly bright crew: 50% of them got the correct answer, "C." Now, seeing as this was an "official, accredited" survey (I made it, so I can call it whatever I want), it is now OBVIOUS that a remarkably HIGH number of people remembered these drugs and (oh, my gosh!) that these ad images clearly work 50 percent of the time! Awesome! But then, many of the people answering this question might be in the pharmaceutical industry or physicians themselves. (Oh, well, they WORK, remember?)
Shhhhh. Now what we DON'T want spread about is that 50% of the time, people have NO CLUE what these drugs really COULD do to them. Half the patients. As studied by the World's Most Accurate Survey (WMAS).
Perhaps the pharmaceutical companies will now reference this blog's WMAS in their next advertisements! Now they have additional data justifying the benefits of advertising like this to the consumer! (I mean, look at what they've LEARNED!) 50% more of them know their drug's name! 50% ALSO know those drug's side effects! Damn. What a GREAT thing! Patients the world over will benefit, thanks to these clever ads.
But then we look at the costs of these drugs (Prices courtesy Costco.com - quantity 30 tabs), we see:
A) Nasonex: elevated intraocular pressure, wheezing, hypersentivity - $144.38 (pro-rated to 30/pkg)
B) Lipitor: chest pain, arthritis, liver failure - $79.12
C) Rozerem: decreased testosterone levels and/or elevated prolactin levels - $106.30
D) Vesicare: prolonged QT interval, dry mouth, constipation - $122.64
e) Lunesta: dysgeusia (bad taste in the mouth), dry mouth - #125.75
Said another way, these pills go for anywhere between $2.64 - $4.19 per pill. More than a cup of coffee at Starbucks per pill, or a Grande Mocha for that matter. Compare that to 13 cents per pill for generics ($4 divided by 30 pills) at Walmart.
How much of these high drug costs come from advertising? Plenty.
Here's what a 30-second spot TV ad costs in 2006-2007 primetime season: between $45,000 and $394,000! Yep, as much as over a THIRD OF A MILLION DOLLARS for a 30-second TV ad at primetime (The super bowl is more than $1 million dollars per 30 seconds - remember the Flomax commercial?). Recall that I recently saw 12 drug commercials during one evening news broadcast. Taking a conservative number above ($150,000), the single news advertisements added $1,800,000 of revenue to the broadcast network from the pharmaceutical companies. And who do you think is paying the pharmaceutical companies' bills?
Yep, you. And me.
Update 16 Nov 06 15:42 CST: Updated for 2006-2007 ad cost information.
3 comments:
- rlbates said...
I'd rather they buy me a cup of coffee. Thanks for this post. My dear husband would love it. He detests drug ads on TV and mutes as many as possibe.
- Fri Nov 16, 04:41:00 PM CST
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Loved the post! I'm really glad for the list of symptoms, it gave me a name I've been looking for for about three months now "dysgeusia". What a relief to know what it is finally!
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Thanks for posting this. Drug ads drive me nuts. I don't understand the purpose, really. If I went to my doctor and said "Hey, I heard about this drug, would it be useful to me?" My doctor wouldn't be too happy about it. He certainly wouldn't prescribe me something just because I saw it on the tv.
Incidentally, I didn't see the poll until after it closed, but looking at your quiz, I knew A and D because I recalled that the bumble bee had something to do with allergies (so wheezing makes sense as a side effect) and the pipe guy had something to do with urine (so constipation seemed related). I notice that the three choices that got the most votes all had the bumble bee one correct. So, it's probably less that the 10 people who got it right knew all of them, so much as most people knew what one or two of them were for.
I know you're just mocking the way they tend to publish results of studies, but I just thought I'd point that out.
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It was a transforming day at the gym that day, but it didn't start out pretty.
Ugh. Why do they have to have mirrors in here? There's no way I can make it through this. Little Miss Skinny Winny is right in front of me in her 'lil piece of material disguised as FIT to wear in public! Now I get to stare at BOTH of us in the mirror. YUCK! You're too out of shape, Laura. It's disgusting.
Yes, I actually have these thoughts sometimes…and one day in my FLEX aerobics class, they were running rampant through my head. And continuing…I used to be "one of them," you know. Well, with the exception of the skimpy clothing. But now? Now I am a red-faced, hyperventilating, under-confident, thrumpy, almost-forty something someone.
Obviously my body wasn't the only thing struggling with a much-needed workout. My spirit was too. Praise the Lord He spoke straight through the booming music and into my heart by the time class ended. He reminded me that, with Him, all things are possible. That nothing is too hard for Him. That He wanted me to persevere and love these people while I'm at it. That He's more concerned with the state of my heart than the image in the mirror.
My attitude had been placed into submission with my Savior, and it was a good thing. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been prepared for what I walked into next. As I entered the ladies' locker room, I walked straight into an older teenager with a perfect body in her teeny tiny bikini. She smiled at me big and said, "Hi." I looked straight into her eyes, faked a smile and said "Hi" back. I made my way to my locker and grabbed my things, because I certainly was not changing my clothes in there now.
As I was about to leave, teeny weeny bikini girl's (let's call her "TWB Girl" for short.) friend came out of a draped dressing area in absolute distress. "I can't do this!" she said to TWB Girl.
"You look great, Jody!" TWB Girl said back, "You do, I promise."
Then the unthinkable. TWB Girl involves ME.
"Ma'am (ugh), tell her how great she looks."
What I wanted to say is, "What are you two young things doing running around in skimpy bikinis? You need to cover up now, you hear!?! Got a t-shirt in that locker?"
The mommy/discipler in me took over instead. I forced myself not to look down at her body, but straight into her eyes. I thought, okay, if you tell her not to worry about it, she'll think she looks bad. If I tell her she looks good in it, I'm feeding the wrong part of her.
"Sweetheart, you are so beautiful. Don't cry, okay? God has made you such a beautiful young lady." My heart broke in two as I watched Jody go over to the sink, look in the mirror and rinse her tears. I wanted to continue our conversation, clarify a few things about "true beauty," but I felt led to stop. As the two of them left, saying their polite goodbyes, I sat down on the bench and prayed, crying silently in my soul for this girl, for today's generation, and for the woman in our aerobics class fussing in the mirror over her body just an hour earlier.
Oh wait, that was me!
Are you ever "that me" or "that her" in the mirror?
It may not be your appearance, or your weight, or your age. For some of you, it's your talent, your spiritual giftedness, your domestic abilities or the lack thereof. Maybe it's your personality, your spirituality, or some other stark reality.
Why do we do this? Talk down to ourselves, compare ourselves, wish ourselves away?
Blame it on the media, the devil, "the flesh," the end times, whatever—but what matters most is what God has to say about us. He tells us to think on "what is true," (Philippians 4:8a) and to "take captive every thought," making it obedient to Christ. (2 Cor. 10:5b). He is very clear that He is more concerned with what He sees in our hearts than what we look like. (1 Samuel 16:7b)
Here's Truth:
* You are beautiful to the King. (Psalm 45:11)
* You are His perfect creation. (Psalm 139:13)
* You are radiant when you look to Him. (Psalm 34:5)
* You can live life to the full if you believe what God says. (John 10:10)
* You are dead to the old flesh, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. (Col. 3:3)
* You are not to compare yourself to others. (Galatians 6:4)
Ladies, I could go on and on. This is not about whether or not you should lose weight or improve on yourself, or about strongholds or habits you may or may not need to change. I truly believe that if you don't understand God's perspective of you and how to think rightly on it, then it will be impossible to change anything about yourself you need to change anyway.
Look to Him today. Seek His face. Dig into His Truth. Pray for change in your thinking about who He made you to be. And I'll meet you there.
"But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory,
are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
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*waves wildly* HAPPY NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY, EVERYONE!
Ahem. I hope you're all doing well! What do you think of my new blog design? I gave everyone a bit of a sneak peek at the new look when I changed up my sidebar, but now everything has been changed and completely covered in glitter. It's very sparkly, huh? XD You'll need to go to my blog's homepage to see the full design. I'd absolutely love to get your feedback/opinions on it, so please leave a comment below and tell me what you think! ❤
Alright, now on the other topic of this post. 😀 As many of you already know, I have a Lab named Maude who is undoubtedly the most adorable dog to ever live. (No, of course I'm not prejudiced, why would you think that?) I've posted about her before, but it's been a while, and so I decided it was about time that she got a whole post just to herself. PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR EXTREME CUTENESS, GUYS.
Maude wants to tell you all that she's glad you're taking the time to read this post, and that she hopes you're having a great day. She also wants to know if you have treats, by any chance?
Maude loves sticks of all shapes and sizes. Her pen is full of them and she loves to carry them around and chew them to pieces.
HA HA look at her face! XD
Whew, all that chewing must be hard work.
AWW SHE'S SMILING. I love this picture!!
She's even cute when she yawns, guys! JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE. *melts*
Introducing Maude's duck toy. I discovered it in her pen and we played a game of fetch, but I may have forgotten to throw it more than once because I was too busy taking photos. XD
Now for a few photos of Maude on the front porch! I put glasses on her a little while ago, and this morning I decided to see if she would wear a hat. 😛 Surprisingly, she didn't mind the hats that much! She just sat there and looked unimpressed. XD
Here, you can see Maude displaying her self-control by not eating the delicious treat that's sitting right next to her. I taught her this trick a while ago, and it's amazing how long she'll wait even when the treat is right in front of her!
The hat fell down over her eyes while I was taking pictures, and she just laid there and didn't even try to move it. XD
Well, I hope you enjoyed that post! 🙂 It was a lot of fun to take and edit the photos of Maude – I just can't get over how cute she is. XD
Have a fantastic week!
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I've written numerous posts on names and style names during my time in this forum, but they seem to be all over the place and difficult to reference. Thus I started writing an essay addressing the issue of Chinese naming conventions in general, but with a special focus on the Three Kingdoms. Here it is (I will post the sections as they are completed); I'm not particularly happy about the organization of the content so I'm also eliciting feedback on that (and of course, any other issues such as spelling, grammar, clarity, etc). (I do have some ideas in mind as to how to reorganize it, but I'm waiting for someone to propose something so I can go "Exactly my thoughts" )
Basic notes on Chinese nomenclature
A traditional Chinese name consists of three parts: a surname (姓 xìng), a given name (名míng), and a style (name), which is also known as a 'familiar name' (字 zì). Individuals are officially referred to by their surname and their given name (in that order), thus Liu Bei has the surname "Liu" and the given name "Bei". In China, just as in the West, children take the surname of their father. And just a Mr Smith does not have to have any connection to the profession of smiths, Chinese surnames carry little meaning even though long ago they may have referred to something concrete. Names are chosen for a child by their parents or grandparents, which is also similar to Western traditions. The concept of style names, however, seems to be unique to the Chinese tradition, and deserves some explanation here.
A style name is an alternative name that one uses upon reaching adulthood. The idea behind this is that one's given name should be respected and not used lightly. From the ancient document The Book of Rites, we know that it has been a tradition since the early Zhou dynasty that one receives a name at childhood and a style when he is 20 years old, at the coming of age ceremony known as the "capping ceremony". In an edict announcing the naming of his four sons, Sun Xiu, the third emperor of the Wu kingdom, sums up this tradition nicely: "People have names, so that they can be told apart from one another. When they become of age, a style name is given to them, as their given name is taboo.(1)"
A man's peers would call him by his style rather than his given name, as a sign of respect. The only people who have the right to call him by his given name are his elders and superiors, though they may also use his style name in order to show affection, respect, or simply refinement and courtesy on their own part. One may not be addressed by his style by his father or grandfather.
The choosing of the style name is traditionally done by the guests of honour at the capping ceremony, or by the young man's teacher. This tradition, however, is relaxed by the time of the Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, as Sun Xiu continues to note in the edict: "[And in these days, the style names] could be picked by one's mentor or friends, father or older brothers; and sometimes it is done even by oneself. While it is all right for a teacher or a friend to pick the name, it is wrong for a father or older brother to do it. Picking one's own style is simply the ultimate lack of decency."
A father would not be able to use his son's style, nor could one refer to himself by his own style. It is thus a "lack of decency" to assume the privilege of picking a style name, when it is someone else who has to use it. However, Sun Xiu's writing shows that at the Three Kingdoms era there were already people violating this rule of propriety---potentially for the purpose of showing off their learning by selecting names with obscure literary reference, or simply to ensure that the style has some auspicious or favourable meaning.
Style names are originally meant to be an exegesis, or an interpretation, of the given name; the traditional ideal is for the style and the given name to be so related in meaning that "upon hearing the style one can infer the given name" (Ban Gu, Eastern Han dynasty). Generally one of the characters in the style name is related in meaning to the given name. For example, Zhou Yu's given name, 瑜 "yu", and the 瑾 "jin" in his style, Gongjin, both refer to a beautiful jade. Zhuge Jin has the same "jin" in his given name, and his style name, Ziyu, has the same "yu" as Zhou Yu's given name. Zhang Liao's 遼"liao" means "distant", and his style, Wenyuan, contains the word 遠 "yuan", meaning "far".
(1) Pei quote from the Records of Wu, SGZ Wu: 3; also see Complete Writings from the Three Kingdoms, compiled by Yan Kejun.


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Microsoft may make Windows Phone and Windows RT free to anyone who wants to put it on a smartphone or tablet to compete with Google's Android platform, according to a recent report.
An unnamed source said that these free versions were being considered by Microsoft brass, including operating system chief Terry Myerson, according to The Verge. Now Microsoft licenses Windows RT and Windows Phone software to manufacturers, while Android is open-source and therefore used free by device makers. Currently, Nokia, which was acquired by Microsoft, is selling most of Microsoft handsets -- 80 percent.
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But can Microsoft wean itself off of the licensing teat? It's been a primary source of income for the company, and it's difficult to believe the idea will quickly be implemented. However, Microsoft hopes to recover that cash with apps and ads, including ads on Bing and Windows 8 apps. It also hopes to lure people to subscribe to paid services such as SkyDrive, Office or Skype.
Microsoft serving up free Windows is obviously a ploy for it to battle Android, which dominates the smartphone and laptop market. Worse, its recent Windows RT, which doesn't use legacy apps, is being largely ignored. Offering it free may make Microsoft able to infiltrate the tech market.


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The two Maxi yachts were neck and neck for many hours as they powered down the New South Wales coast yesterday and into the exposed waters of the Bass Strait. Skandia had been holding a narrow lead over Konica Minolta when she lurched to a sudden halt. Grant Wharington's yacht had hit a four-ton sunfish. Konica Minolta contacted their rivals to check they were OK. 'They radioed us, and then they shot through ahead of us,' said Wharington wryly. The Melbourne-based skipper said the steering hadn't felt the same since, but that they were continuing to push Skandia hard.
The two yachts are using different sail plans to achieve very similar results in the high-wind, close-reaching conditions. Skandia is opting for a more conservative number four jib while Konica Minolta presses on with a larger headsail. Nicorette is a few miles further behind Skandia and might have been closer were it not for snagging and ripping her spinnaker yesterday, a handling error which skipper Ludde INGVALL estimates cost them six miles.
Further back in the fleet, the high winds in the Bass Strait have been taking a heavy toll on the 116-boat fleet. Thirty boats had officially pulled out of the race and 15 others were seeking shelter from the 35-40 knot winds, giving themselves some breathing space and an opportunity to decide whether or not to continue towards Hobart.
One of the more notable retirements was that of Prime Time, David Mason's Beneteau 44.7, which was being tipped as one of the favourites for success under IRC handicap. Mason reported to the Radio Relay Vessel that his boat was taking on water. A broken forestay put paid to 31-foot Grasshopper's plans to finish the race as the smallest boat in the fleet. Two other boats have retired to Eden with injured crew who have since been taken to hospital - the reported injuries are not believed to be serious.
The Kiwis on Konica Minolta are spoiling Aussie domination of the race, and the British crew on board Aera, Nick Lykiardopulo's Greek-registered 55-footer, are currently 8th on the water and 5th under IRC handicap. While the list of retirements in the race continues to mount, all foreign entries are still competing, including Felix Scheder-Bieschin's Vineta from Germany and Jakki Moores' Team Lexar from Great Britain.
Plenty can and most likely will change in the coming 24 hours. Grant Wharington has made it clear that despite his setbacks with a sunfish, he will fight tooth and nail to defend his line honours success in last year's race. In tactical terms, he believes the outcome of the race will be decided overnight as the leading boats reach the north-eastern corner of Tasmania. It is here that they are expected to hit a wall of stronger southerly breezes.
The record time of 1 day 19 hours 48 minutes and 2 seconds, set by the Volvo Ocean 60 Nokia in 1999, looks safe for another year, with the leading Maxis expected to reach Hobart in a time of just over two days, sometime tomorrow afternoon.
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Yesterday morning we had a very brief "snow storm" in other words we had flurries for about an hour or two. I have to say it was so pretty. Big fat white snowflakes. They melted almost instantly, but were lovely nonetheless.
I love this cardinal. He and the Mrs. have been with us for a long time. I love him all the time, but he really cheers me during these winter months. How can you not be happy seeing those beautiful red feathers? His mate is just as beautiful with her golden feathers and orange beak.
just look at these cute shoes…
I just really love these shoes, my latest thrift store find… ($1.98)
Also, my new foamer tool thingy to top this little cup of java… inspired by this post ~I have the same little silver stove top espresso pot. In fact it was another thrift store find. After reading that post, I had to dig it out and give it a go. It was fantastic!
I also found this great little blog Attic 24 it is so colorful and inspiring. I can not get enough bright colors right now. I am really over January. To long, to gray to cold for me. So, I have decided to make this cute little bag isn't it the cutest thing ever??? Love it!
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Before Steve Jobs passed away he was actively working on several projects at Apple.
Some have been mere rumors, like Jobs reportedly negotiating with TV networks to create an a la carte cable rival, and others have been confirmed like a reported take over of Dropbox.
In an interview with Forbes, Drew Houston, the co-founder of the San Francisco-based storage company, said Jobs met with him and felow co-founder Arash Ferdowski in 2009.
The Apple co-founder reportedly tried to convince the two to sell their company to Apple but the two were not interested.
Houston described it as a surreal movement, with one of his tech heroes doing the pitch himself and using two hands to sit a cup of tea during the meeting.
After the two said they were not interested, Jobs reportedly told them that the startup was "a feature, not a product" and that Apple would be going after its market.
Fast forward to when Jobs announced iCloud earlier this year, the tech innovator specifically knocked Dropbox leaving Houston to respond: "Oh, shit."
Despite the threat and the launch of iCloud earlier this month, Houston is feeling pretty good about his company.
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