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The following academic program was recommended by the Academic Senate in its meeting of April 11, 1985 and received the concurrance of the President on May 6, 1985.
Travel and tourism is a very large and growing field for which there are usually many opportunities for well-trained individuals. The certificate program provides instruction in the history and theoretical bases of tourism, including its economics, psychology, and sociology as well as the political and legal aspects. The fundamentals of business, food and food service technology, the performing arts, and resources management are themes throughout the program.
Students may earn a Certificate in Administration of Travel and Tourism concurrently with or subsequent to a baccalaureate degree. The program is open to students in all majors.
Standards and Program Requirements:
A. To be eligible for admission a student must have an overall gradepoint average of 2.5. A student must maintain a 2.5 gradepoint average in all courses taken for the certificate.
B. Only REC 481 and 484 may be taken for CR/NC grading.
C. Prerequisites: For REC 481: Permission of the instructor and 1,500 paid or volunteer hours of experience in a recognized travel/tourism situation, or REC 484; other course prerequisites as listed.
D. Course Requirements:
A total of 24 to 27 semester units as follows: REC 326, 450, 481, 490 or 499, GEOG 352;
Electives: Six units of upper-division courses listed in the University catalog under the "Regional" category in the Department of Geography; three additional upper-division units selected in consultation with the Program advisor.
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Complete website with approximately 5 menus (Home, about our firm, practice areas, FAQs, contact us) each menu should have a roll over drop down. there will be 2 submenus in about our firm, and 5 or 6 submenus in practice areas.
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Gluten-Free Cornbread
Posted by Deb Equality Della Piana in American, Breads, Gluten-Free on February 9, 2015
I'm not one to complain…much…but people should really double-check their recipes before putting them on the web. Originally, this was billed as a gluten-free 100% cornmeal cornbread. Not happening. Cornmeal does not easily absorb the liquids used in the recipes, so I adjusted this. As a result, it can no longer be called 100% cornmeal. In fact, I've never successfully made one that is 100% cornmeal, no matter what brand of cornmeal I've used.
In spite of that fact, this is quite delicious.
I should say that this is purposely not a very sweet bread. There are two alternatives to consider. First, toasting it and serving it with some kind of fruit preserves, or adding 2 tbsp. of either sugar or agave sweetener in addition to the honey.
1-3/4 cup cornmeal (GMO-free or organic; I use Bob's Red Mill)
1/2 cup corn flour (Bob's Red Mill)
1/2 cup gluten-free flour (Bob's Red Mill)
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. xantham gum (Bob's Red Mill)
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs (any size will do)
1 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. sugar or agave sweetener (optional; see opening above)
2 cups milk (pasteurized and 2%)
2 tbsp. melted butter
Sugar (for sprinkling on top of the batter)
Soft butter for serving
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare an 8″ x 8″ baking pan.
In a small bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs and mix in the honey, milk, and melted butter.
Pour the dry ingredients into the wet, and mix until combined.
Pour into your baking pan and sprinkle on the sugar. Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick comes out clean.
Serve with soft butter.


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Is Jeff Rosen Reading F1@1F?
Professor Rosen follows up his TNR piece on Chief Justice Roberts's political awareness with a WaPo column giving serious thought to another F1@1F fancy – Justice Barack Obama:
He's too detached and cerebral. Too deferential to Congress. Too willing to compromise. And he's too much of a law professor and not enough of a commander in chief, as Sarah Palin recently admonished.
These are some of the qualities for which the president, rightly or wrongly, is criticized. They are also the qualities that make him well suited for another steady job on the federal payroll: Barack Obama, Supreme Court justice.
Rosen continues with a couple of his fantasy scenarios:
It would be unusual, but not difficult, for Obama to get himself on the Supreme Court. He could nominate himself to replace John Paul Stevens, for example, or he could gamble and promise Hillary Rodham Clinton that he won't run for reelection in 2012 in exchange for a pledge of appointment to the next vacancy.
I believe my fun with the future is less fantastical, at least in terms of a Justice Obama timeline. As I implied in one of my very first F1@1F posts, should there be a Democratic President at the dawn of the next decade, Obama is more likely to succeed Scalia than he is to swap himself out for Ginsburg during his own presidency.
Even if my own peyote prediction trumps Rosen's silly scenarios, the rest of Rosen's column remains quite compelling. He invokes Justice Brandeis as the prototype for a Justice Obama:
Brandeis, who served on the high court from 1916 to 1939, offers a good model for Obama. Known as "the people's lawyer," he was an economic populist, criticizing the "curse of bigness" that led oligarchs such as J.P. Morgan to threaten the entire financial system by taking reckless risks with "other people's money" and then to demand government bailouts after their bad bets. But Brandeis opposed bigness in government as well as in the private sector, and during the New Deal he preferred regulations that prevented companies from getting too large in the first place — such as the Glass-Steagall Act separating commercial from investment banking — rather than the creation of huge federal bureaucracies to regulate the economy.
On the high court, Brandeis generally stood for judicial restraint, denouncing conservatives for striking down progressive state economic regulations. But he also believed fiercely in the First Amendment and freedom from unreasonable searches. Both a pragmatist and a civil libertarian, he provides a judicial ideal for Obama, whose record resembles his in many respects.
Besides Obama's judicial qualities listed by Rosen, Obama also has an ambitious vision of his place in history. But he also knows that making history is all in the timing, and he won't make history by simply becoming a Justice. Even if he'd be the first Justice from Hawaii, he wouldn't be the first Harvard Law graduate, University of Chicago professor, Senator, African–American, or President to turn up on the Court.
But he could be the momentous fifth vote to turn the Court back to the left. He won't make that history if he replaces Stevens or Ginsburg. And don't think Obama doesn't know that–if Obama has his eye on the Court, of course.


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Granted, Mangaf is not exactly Mayfair, but we are 5 minutes away from Fahaheel which is very nice. We are a 10 minute walk from the beach and it's quiet. They come with a satellite tv, washing machine, microwave and 2 bathrooms. Problem? I have lived in way worse and have actually paid for it. If you choose not to share, you can pay 100 KD from your 700 to have it to yourself. As to the BS about being watched, this is rubbish. How many entrances do you want to a building? Standard security is in place. It's there to protect you. The post that mentions taking women back to your apartment forgets to mention that the woman in question would probably be paid for her services, as it is practically impossible to find a girlfriend. If you do find a girlfriend, no problem, bring her back. On the whole, the accommodation is above average, indeed pleasant. The school is a military school and uses the American Language Course (ALC). The course is not the greatest course in the world, but it serves the purposes of the Kuwaiti military. It is worth remembering that we teach the military. When did the military ever do anything that leaves choice and creativity down to the individual? If you enjoy producing your own lessons, ie. photocopying Headway or one of its stable mates, don't come. Feel free to use your "creativity" elsewhere. Any teacher worth their salt will make the course interesting. The students are some of the best you will ever teach. They are polite, disciplined and respectful. These people are mainly officers in the Kuwaiti military and are justifiably proud. They are, to a man, excellent people. We are paid on time every month. We are home by 1:30pm every day. We are picked up at 6:15am. The money we earn allows us to save at least 500 KD each month. This is about $1700. This would allow you to live quite nicely with 200KD. Kuwait is cheap if you avoid international brands. The management are excellent people. These deluded rantings about them being bullies come from people who don't know anything about professional standards when working for the military. The entire management team are great to work with. They are hardly stressed by the workload! There may be some friction, but this is to be expected in a staff of 50+. On the whole, if you do your job properly, you're fine. If you come with delusions of grandeur ("I've got a degree and I did a one month teaching course, you should treat me accordingly."), then you might rub people up the wrong way. Standard everywhere. The teaching staff are well qualified, balanced people who seek the same as everybody else; a quiet life, a decent salary and a stress free day. We all have our papers in order, they have been delayed due to a change in the law requiring a police background check that can only be acquired in person. 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Avalanche, the Swedish team behind the Just Cause series, are currently working on three games. Two are licensed properties, while the other, codenamed "Project Mamba", is likely to be a new Just Cause game.
Especially when you look at this blurry screenshot posted by studio founder Christofer Sundberg. While the outfit and setting could be anything from Indiana Jones to Mars, take a look at the character's left hand. Yup. Sure looks like Just Cause's famous grappling hook to me.
The first two Just Cause games were set in lush tropical locations. Maybe a move to somewhere a little more arid is on the cards? Then again, if as seems possible this game is for next-gen systems, there's nothing stopping a third Just Cause game to take place somewhere so vast it can have forests, deserts and everything in between. Especially since Just Cause 2 sort of tried that already.
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Joining Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., Los Angeles has become the fourth U.S. destination for Etihad Airways.
The national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways started a daily service between Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles on June 1. Renowned for their customer service, Etihad Airways has eliminated the hassle of going through customs upon arrival in the U.S. by processing all travelers and their checked baggage through U.S. immigration, customs and agriculture inspections before boarding the aircraft in Abu Dhabi.
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We see our students' gifts as given by God and therefore take responsibility for returning them to God fully developed. Because the intellectual growth of our students is a spiritual imperative, St. John the Evangelist implements best practices in teaching and learning that result in significant gains for students.
St. John the Evangelist provides a Catholic education of the highest quality within a safe and nurturing environment. We seek to engage your children both intellectually and spiritually, putting them on the path to College and Heaven.
Our school provides a challenging, faith-filled, educational experience that serves as the foundation for a life lived in service to Jesus, the Church and Community. As part of a nationwide network of high-performing Catholic schools, St. John's is a Notre Dame ACE Academy.
Mission Statement
St. John the Evangelist Catholic School community invites all people to a personal encounter with Jesus Christ, to see God in all things, and to guide students on the path to college and heaven.
Animating PrincipleGod In All Things
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But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
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Throughout the year students are invited to grow in their personal relationship with God, serve others, learn about the Catholic faith, receive the sacraments and worship together. They participate in weekly Masses, prayer services, sacramental preparation, Advent, Lent and other celebrations of the Church Year. Students put their faith in action through Campus Ministry where they collaborate with teachers and priests to lead and participate in community outreach, service projects and retreats that unite and strengthen their class communities and provide creative opportunities to explore their spiritual relationship with God.
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We employ a team of dedicated, enthusiastic, learned, kind, and moral educators. From Early Childhood to the eighth grade, the faculty is devoted to the well-being and success of every student. All members of the faculty hold Bachelor's Degrees, and several hold Master's Degrees. All faculty members are certified in the State of Arizona to teach in their assigned instructional areas. They have been trained in the most current educational trends, and have the experience to implement the best practices in the classroom.
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St. John's employs tried-and-true methods to not only increase enrollment, but strengthen our relationship with parents and the community to foster a sustainable environment for our families. This includes providing access to scholarships, proper management of public relations, and exceptional staff management. It is essential that we nurture and grow our school to better serve the Church and the world.
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The U.S. Forest Service next week will publish a Federal Register Notice seeking public comment on a proposal that would help standardize where and when over-snow vehicles, such as snowmobiles, are used on national forests and grasslands.
"Over-the-snow access and recreation is an appropriate use of public lands, and we strive to offer a variety of opportunities for that," said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. "We believe it is essential that the public be engaged in decisions regarding travel management on the forests and grasslands, and we encourage the public to review the proposal and provide comments to help improve the final rule."
Motor vehicle use on national forests and grasslands is governed by the Travel Management Rule which provides for a system of roads, trails and areas that are designated for motor vehicles. Over-snow vehicles—vehicles designed for use over snow and that run on a track and/or a ski or skis—are currently treated differently from other motor vehicles by giving forest and grassland supervisors the discretion to develop a similar system for over-snow vehicles. In 2013, a federal court ruled that this violates Executive Order 11644, "Use of off-road vehicles on public lands." The court ordered that the Forest Service must regulate over-snow use, but does have the discretion to determine where and when over-snow vehicle use can occur on agency lands.
In accordance with the court's ruling, the Federal Register notice proposes amending the existing Travel Management Rule to establish consistent guidance for how forests and grasslands decide the appropriate use for over-snow vehicles. Over-snow vehicles are used for recreational purposes as well as work tasks that include gathering firewood or subsistence hunting.
The Federal Register Notice for the proposal is scheduled to be published Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The public will have 45 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register to comment on the proposed revisions. The Forest Service intends to publish the final rule change by Sept. 9, 2014.
Nationally, the Forest Service manages over 200,000 miles of roads and 47,000 miles of trails that are open to motor vehicle use. The roads and trails vary greatly, from single-track trails used by motorcycles to roads designed for high-clearance vehicles such as logging trucks.
The mission of the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the Department of Agriculture, is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands the U.S. Forest Service manages contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 20 percent of the nation's clean water supply, a value estimated at $7.2 billion per year. The agency also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 80 percent of the 850 million forested acres within the U.S., of which 100 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.
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This was written by my sister in one of her nine-page epic letters I get about twice a term.I think it's funny.
Inspired by Diana Wynne Jones's book of similar name.
OMT:Official Magical Terms, apparently.Or whatever.
Blackthorn:The Tough Guide
Anna(See Witches, Magic ,Travelling Companion and Brain Washing)
This young lady will be your constant companion on he Tour.She is black-haired, with eyes of varying colours.When they go blue (OMT:icy) watch out.Sort of a cut-price magical girl only with rather more talent and figure than most.She wears a strange Garment which appears to be made of a folded bedsheet and has no apparent purpose.You will never see her feet.Her (OMT:highly spirited and resourcefulpersonality)evil mood swings will cause her to argue frequently with others on the Tour and if possible to hit them over the head with something heavy.
Maulen(See Elves, Dark Elves,Sulking Sarcasm and Hitting People)
Another fairly constant Tour companion.Do not on any account believe anything about elves he tells you.It will all be(OMT:bullshit)and will very likely get you either killed or laughed at.Your will not only seee his Feet, but on occasion he will pose shirtless(OMT:fanservice)possibly to please the writer of Eversummer Eve.Never call him a bishounen.If this was a normal story he would be the Token Noble Member of the Dying Race, however he is currently escaping this by a)swearing too much and b)fighting dirty
Aro(See Guards, Long Spear Thingies,Soldier, Anna .Gormless and Katherine)
This is a rather boring tour companion, however you will feel nostalgic when he leaves the Tour.He will have blond hair and a small goatee(OMT:cute)If this member is persent on the Tour, expect problems from either Anna ,Maulen or both, both for entirely different reasons.If this was again a normal story, he's be the Serious Soldier who spends his time guearding the gates, finding small, interesting ways to pass the time, and attacking the hero singly about Chapter 12.
Simon (See Magic, Anna,Spirits and Skanky Sorceresses Monthly)
This will be a very interesting Tour companion.He will have longer hair than all the women of the cast and glasses which he will never look through.His talent for contacting spirits may be a problem, especially since the damn cat won't get off your lap and the dragon doesn't seem to DO anything.
Geoffrey:(See Singing,Annoyance,Pub,Money.Hard Copy and Obscene Limericks)
This Companion will turn up on most Tours.Within a bout a day you will regret it.A cross between Geoffrey Chaucer and the more annoying sort of pub poet.Always wears a pimp coat, priobably to make him look harder,The kind of bard who sings obsece songs in a bar for money,hits on the barmaids all night, gets into a fight when it turns out that one of the barmaids is engaged,and staggers off to bed at 4am with a sushi and banana pizza and a black eye, singing "Lydia The Tattooed Lady".Making friends with him will result in being woken up at 3am and asked for rhymes for "breasts".
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Now that's what they should put on those hand washing machines.
My brain hurts too...
LOL! Grumpy you made my day.
The neuro I work with reminds me of John Cleese on a regular basis.
I bite my tongue sometimes not to laugh.
Is that why you grew up to be 'just' a neuro, rather than a n. surgeon???
Hehe my brain hurts too.
My sides and brains hurt. Both of them, the right and left.
Motto: Never tell the doctor your brain hurts!
What a master craftsman!
(My only current concern is how darn YOUNG these "old guys" look in this gem!)
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PANAMA CITY –Two Correctional Officers at the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna (FCI-Marianna) – Steven M. Smith, 28, and Mary S. Summers, 30, both of Marianna – have been charged in separate indictments with corruption-related offenses.
The indictments were announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Smith and Summers were arraigned on their respective indictments before United States Magistrate Judge Larry Bodiford in Panama City.
The indictment charging Smith alleges that, between April and November of 2011, Smith agreed to smuggle contraband, including synthetic marijuana known as "spice," a cellular telephone and tobacco, into FCI-Marianna and to deliver it to inmates housed there in exchange for cash and stored-value cards. For his conduct, Smith has been charged with one count of conspiracy to bribe a public official, three counts of official bribery and three counts of smuggling contraband to a federal inmate. The indictment charging Summers alleges that, June 8, 2011 and June 24, 2011, Summers smuggled contraband, including cellular telephones, tobacco, a lighter and a music player, into FCI-Marianna and delivered it to an inmate housed there in exchange for cash payments. For her conduct, Summers has been charged with two counts of official bribery and two counts of smuggling contraband to a federal inmate.
If convicted, Smith and Summers each face up to 15 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, disqualification from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States and three years of supervised release. Trial will be scheduled in each case for August 27, 2012, before United States District Judge Richard Smoak.
This case is being investigated by the Office of the Inspector General for the United States Department of Justice and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gayle Littleton.
An indictment is merely a formal charge by the grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until the government establishes their guilt at trial beyond a reasonable doubt.


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ATLANTA, Ga.—After trailing by one with less than four minutes left, the Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team used a 12-3 run to finish the game and win 65-57 against Oglethorpe, Sunday afternoon at Dorough Field House in Atlanta.
The Panthers move to 9-10 overall and 5-3 in the Southern Athletic Association; the Stormy Petrels fall to 4-15 overall and 2-6 in the SAA.
After the teams were tied 10-10 at the 13:48 mark of the first half, BSC used a 12-1 run over the next six minutes to pull ahead 22-11, but Oglethorpe responded with nine straight points to cut it back to 22-20 with 2:15 left in the half. The Panthers stayed just ahead of the Petrels, and a three-pointer from sophomore Ashley Curry as time expired put BSC up 31-24 at halftime.
The second half consisted of several runs by each team. Oglethorpe opened the second half with an 11-0 run to pull ahead 35-31, and in turn BSC scored 13 straight points to go up 44-35. The Petrels then put together a 15-5 run to close the gap, leading 50-49 with 7:07 left to play. There were several ties and lead changes after that point, and Oglethorpe led 54-53 with 3:52 left in the game when BSC used a 12-3 run (including senior Elizabeth Bromirski scoring six of her 17 points) to finish the game, winning 65-57.
Bromirski led the Panthers with 17 points, followed by Curry and sophomore Kelsey Brown with 14 points each. Bromirsky, Curry, and freshman Laura van Peursem led with six rebounds apiece, and Bromirski also led with three assists while van Peursem had two blocks.
OU's Emily Buck led all players with 25 points.
The Panthers are back on the road next weekend, traveling to Conway, Ark., to face Hendrix on Friday, Feb. 7, and then Memphis, Tenn., to face Rhodes on Sunday, Feb. 9.


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Ninety three percent of SPS elementary schools have on-site care programs.
Programs offer fee-based before and after school, school break, and (usually) summer care for elementary school-aged children. Many also offer preschool for 3-5 year olds (full day or part day).
These school-based programs are operated by licensed community care providers or Seattle Parks and Recreation/ Associated Recreation Council.
Some programs are nationally accredited for high quality by the National Afterschool Association (NAA), National Council on Accreditation-After school (COA) or the National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
See a list of before and after school child care providers in Seattle Public Schools.
For information on other programs call Child Care Resources at 206-329-5544 or visit their website at www.childcare.org.
Accreditation means a program has completed a rigorous self-study to ensure meeting high quality
program standards, and an endorsement visit by a national accreditation organization.
Accrediting organizations include:
Talk to the our transportation office at 252-0900 to explore options.


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Baxter Black, described by the New York Times as '…probably the nation's most successful living poet,"…thinks it's an exaggeration.
This former large animal veterinarian can be followed nationwide through his column, National Public Radio, public appearances, television and also through his books, cd's, videos and commercial radio. Baxter lives in Benson, Arizona, between the Gila River and the Gila monster, the Mexican border and the Border Patrol and between the horse and the cow---where the action is.
He still doesn't own a television or a cell phone, and his idea of a modern convenience is Velcro chaps. Everything about Baxter is cowboy; his cartoonish mustache, his personality and his poetry. He makes a living shining a spotlight on the flaws and foibles of everyday cowboy life. He demonstrates that it is the truth in his humor that makes it funny.
So, in a nut shell (where some believe he may have evolved) there is considerably more to Baxter than just an entertainer. He is the real thing. Because, as he says, "It's hard to be what you aren't."
Learn more about Baxter at www.baxterblack.com.


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manakin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a team logo that can be embroidred on our shirts and also used on our website
Oxney Vines Cross
Our team have never had a logo and we are looking for someone to create one. The team name is Oxney Vines Cross and we compete at a high level in Tug or War competitions.
The team has been established for many years and was founded by an amalgamation of 2 teams. The co founders were Mr Knight and Mr Reed. The logo needs to have a max of 6 colors.
We are looking for a few styles of logo:
1) Use the founding members in the logo i.e. a knight (soldier or chess piece) and Reeds.
2) Use an outline of pullers on a rope maybe surrounded by a rope?
I have uploaded some samples that I did to http://www.hypnoticweb.com/ovc.html - Note these are only samples and I am looking for some variations/new concepts.
The team wear black shorts, red top with black patch under the right arm and a white colar. The logo needs to contrast nicely with shirts.
- Logo can have max 6 colours.
- Logo needs to be used for embroidery.
- The logo MUST include the clucb name 'Oxney Vines Cross'
- The logo COULD include the wording Tug-of-War team etc...
- Logo with gradiants or difficult to create for embroidery
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Protocraft was established in 1994 as a company designed specifically to provide the O scale model railroad enthusiast with accurately scaled components to complete the otherwise fine O scale models available. With new O scale models being brought in every day, hundreds of fine O scale models that were made in both Japan and Korea years ago, and now in China, are to be found readily available at both trade shows and over the internet, there exists a wide range of opportunities and needs for the modeler who desires and appreciates an accurately scaled model. Achieving this goal is now possible with the many finescale components now available.
Protocraft's emphasis is on wheels, but it also provides trucks, diesel conversion kits, steam locomotive tires, the only finescale working coupler available, rail, and many of the tools necessary to accomplish various conversions from O Scale to Finescale, also known as Proto:48. Protocraft has sold over 28,000 Grabowski wheelsets and has over 200 different patterns in finescale dimensions.
The principal aim behind Protocraft is always build everything at 1:48 from the prototype drawings, and not only will it look realistic, the parts will work and they will be interchangeable, just as much as parts work and be interchangeable in the real railroads. Protocraft's most popular Bettendorf truck model has working brakes.
Protocraft is not alone in developing and producing finescale components. It has patterns made by well known master craftsman such as Oscar Neubert III and Bill Clouser, tools designed by Paul Martineau, CAD drawings by Carl Jackson, diesel conversion patterns by Pat Mitchell, accurately scaled track components by John Pautz, wheel patterns by Jay Criswell, and many different wheels and stampings designed by Steve Grabowski.
Many HO modelers have shifted to a larger scale in order to achieve a more detailed and realistic operating model because it's much easier to detail, view, and has significantly better operating characteristics. O Scale is the natural choice for these modelers. Protocraft presents a further option - that of 1/4 inch finescale/Proto:48.
Compare the O scale truck on the left with the scale dimensioned truck on the right. The absence of the back side of the journal box is indicative of the O gauge necessity to clear the thick wheels. The accurately scaled model truck on the right is more than just pleasing to the eye - as an accurate model itself it compliments and finishes the overall model.
Protocraft's mainstay of it's business is the Grabowski wheel. Designed by Steve Grabowski from actual drawings of the prototype's manufacturer, Standard Steel of Pennsylvania, then converted to CAD drawings by Carl Jackson, the Protocraft wheel is an exact model of the prototype. Produced on Brown & Sharpe lathes from mild steel (12L14), the production of the wheel is a two-part complicated process, requiring a second collet operation to machine the back side profile. This is a labor intensive process and is the only wheel on the market with full back side and accurate hub detail. The axle, also produced from prototype drawings, is machined on a Swiss Screw Machine. Each axle follows the correct hub and contour based on it's tonnage rating, hence each axle installed in the respective ton-rated wheel matches the tonnage rating for the wheelset. (see table below). All prototype wheels are 5-1/2" wide, including the flange width. The flange has a height of 1 inch. All parts are made and assembled in the USA.
The Protocraft wheel profile is an accurate .115" width with 20:1 tread taper and correct fillet. The flange height however is made to .0258". Running tire thickness also varies according to the prototype - from single-wear, two-wear and multi-wear. Single-wear wheels, when the tread has worn down to condemning limits, is discarded. Two-wear wheels, when worn to their condemning limits, were then shopped on large lathes and a new tread cut, then reinstalled for mainline use once again for one more use. Mult-wear wheels have the thickest tire portion of the wheel and can be re machined more than once until the final condemning limits are reached. Protocraft has modeled all three tire profiles on the appropriate wheels based on the prototype tonnage ratings. The parts are then heat-blackened with Pentrate to provide protection from corrosion and promote paint adherence, then coated with an oily wax for shipping and storage. The wheelsets are then assembled on a special press assembly jig to an accurate back to back measurement of 1.106"+/- .002" with a tolerance for spring-back of .001". Protocraft provides wheel-pairs with insutators on both wheels or on only one side if electrical pick-up is required for either caboose and cabin cars or tenders. Each Protocraft truck kit comes with the appropriate wheelsets for the weight rating of the truck model. There is no finer nor better engineered model of the wheel anywhere than Protocraft's Grabowski wheel.


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Tom Brady might not have gotten all the way back to his 2007 form, but he followed up a season on the sidelines well enough to win the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year.
Brady tossed 28 touchdown passes and threw for 4,398 yards in leading the New England Patriots back into the playoffs. It was a triumphant return from last season, in which he suffered a serious knee injury in the first quarter of the opener and didn't get back onto the field. While his stats didn't approach his record-setting 2007 season, which saw him throw for a league record 50 touchdowns, the numbers dispense with any notion that the injury would have a lasting effect.
"I think missing all of last season was a very challenging experience because I love to play the game," Brady said during the season. "I love to play the sport, and to not have the opportunity to be out there with my teammates in a season where we had some great opportunities to repeat what we had done in the 2007 season ... things happen."
U.S. & World
Brady, who has three Super Bowl rings and was named The Associated Press Player of the Decade, easily won the Comeback award over Tampa Bay running back Cadillac Williams, who returned from a devastating knee injury to rush for 821 yards.


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Tiring of royalties, China seeks compression spec for video
Keywords:mpeg? dvd player?
China is pushing to define a homegrown audio and visual compression technology that would rival MPEG-4 and H.264 and, by various estimates, save Chinese consumers and manufacturers anywhere from $300 million to $1 billion in royalties during the next decade. The video compression spec is due out at the end of this year, followed by basic decoder intellectual property (IP) in 2004.
The standards initiative is part of a Chinese effort to lessen reliance on foreign IP. Increasingly frustrated over clashes with licensing agencies like MPEG LA, China is striving to wean itself from foreign standards and to free itself of royalty payments for high-volume products, such as DVD players and cellphones.
The move could undercut the power and revenue of licensing agencies like MPEG LA, a consortium of patent holders such as Apple and Sun that charge a royalty of $2.50 per system, compared with China's proposal of 1 yuan (12 cents) for its codec. During the past few years, MPEG LA and others have had trouble collecting royalties from Chinese manufacturers of DVD players, who feel the combined fees of $15 to $20 per system are too high.
Since Chinese manufacturers produced 10 million of the world's 50 million DVD players in 2002, the stakes are high. And over the next decade, as Chinese consumers help expand the market for consumer electronics, they will only get higher.
The video compression project is directed by the Audio Video Coding Standard (AVS) Workgroup of China, a consortium of 50 universities, government organizations and companies that has been given authority by China's influential Ministry of Information Industry and placed under the supervision of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The academy has been working on compression technologies for more than five years, but few details have emerged.
About a year ago, during the height of acrimony between Chinese manufacturers and various licensing agencies, the AVS was formed to help commercialize the research.
"The government was scared by the DVD royalty fiasco," said Mike Yu, chief technology officer for Vimicro, a Beijing-based designer of graphics chips for cellphones. "They understand that there is a new organization working on the next-generation compression technology and they are worried. They don't want to be left alone again."
That fear was a big factor in China's adoption of a little-known mobile phone standard called TD-SCDMA, or time-division synchronous code-division multiple access. Supported by Siemens AG in Europe more than a decade ago, the technology was once considered a has-been. But the Chinese government rekindled interest in TD-SCDMA and then co-developed the latest iteration with Siemens in exchange for lower royalty payments.
The government has helped build an AVS-like consortium around TD-SCDMA, and foreign chipmakers have come together in joint ventures to hedge their bets against the more entrenched standards, wideband CDMA and cdma2000. TD-SCDMA is now one of three international 3G cellular standards and a contender in China for a 3G license.
Other examples of greater self-reliance are also emerging. Over the summer, China formed a group devoted to networking home appliances and IT products. The Information Gateway Resource Sharing (IGRS) working group consists of some of China's biggest electronics companies, including Great Wall Computer Group, Hisense, Konka, Legend Group, and TCL.
IGRS is similar to another standards group founded this summer in the United States, dubbed the Digital Home Working Group, of which Legend is also a member. Although the two groups have similar goals and will cross-pollinate each other's markets with products, it appears that little contact has occurred between them.IGRS is expected to develop a protocol for automatic detection, networking and resource sharing among IT systems, home appliances and communication devices in wired and wireless environments. The standard will use a TCP/IP-based application protocol, which should be out in draft form by year's end. Development tools will follow next year and a final protocol will be ready in 2005, the group said.
In a statement, Konka said, "The establishment of the IGRS working group reflects the desire of Chinese companies to get rid of the dominance of core technologies and standards of foreign big names in the information technology industry."
China has also made forays into new optical-disk technology during the past few years, but nothing concrete has emerged. Part of the problem has been overcoming an entrenched video-CD and DVD industry that carries most of the world's popular content, such as Hollywood movies.
As much as Chinese manufacturers would like to be free of foreign IP, there is little alternative to using it. Even if their systems used a Chinese standard, they would still want to be backward-compatible with DVD and CD technology for domestic and, more importantly, foreign export markets like North America and Europe.
Unlike TD-SCDMA, however, the AVS specification will not require a massive and expensive new infrastructure, so it may be easier to implement over time. The government has no immediate plans to make it mandatory, said Huang Tiejun, secretary-general of the AVS Workgroup. Huang said the group can develop a more efficient compression technology than MPEG-4 or MPEG-2. After that, "the market will decide," he said. "AVS is only a choice - a better choice for markets in China and outside of China."
Foreign companies have taken an interest in the project, but it's difficult to tell whether they think AVS is a legitimate rival to MPEG-4. At this early stage, it is more likely they just want to keep an eye on developments. Philips, Sony, Microsoft and IBM have been members of the AVS Workgroup, and LSI Logic Corp. recently joined.
Huang said the consortium is open to anyone who can contribute research staff and pay the roughly $1,000 annual fee.
As part of the 3C consortium that requires a $5 royalty payment per DVD system, Philips and Sony have had their own problems with royalty collection in China and are viewed by some Chinese manufacturers as part of the problem. Philips believes otherwise and said it is willing to lend its expertise to China-based standards.
"Philips is pushing MPEG-4, but in China I think Philips is doing the right thing to support Chinese efforts and to also try to push our own IP," said Ernest Ma, Philips' representative to the AVS Workgroup.
Even domestically, AVS will have an uphill battle against MPEG compression standards. Vimicro's Yu cautioned, "The difficult part is to convince everybody to take it seriously and come up with product."
- Mike Clendenin
EE Times
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Boston hospital cleaning 2,500-year-old mummy
BOSTON (AP) — A 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy is coming out of its coffin to undergo cleaning and restoration procedures at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The mummy known as Padihershef has been on display at the third oldest general hospital in the United States since it received him as a gift from the city of Boston in 1823 as a medical oddity.
On Friday, a conservator trained in restoring ancient artifacts will remove him from his coffin and use cotton swabs to wipe away salt deposits from his face. The salt has been slowly seeping out of his tissue, a result of the mummification process. Experts are also expected to do minor repair and stabilization work on his coffin.
The mummy and his coffin will then be moved to a special horizontal case in which they will lie next to each other in the Ether Dome, a surgical amphitheater where William T. G. Morton demonstrated the first public surgery using anesthetic on Oct. 16, 1846.
Padihershef was a 40-year-old stonecutter in the necropolis in Thebes, an ancient city on the west bank of the Nile, in what is today's Luxor.
No one knows exactly how he lived or died. Experts are exploring those questions through a conservation project supported by the hospital and donors.
In March, he was removed from his case and transported on a patient stretcher to the imaging suites in the hospital, where technicians subjected him to full body X-ray and CT scanning. Experts were surprised to see a broom handle embedded at the base of his head and running through his torso in what likely was a crude attempt to stabilize his head. There are no records to indicate when the repair was done and by whom, the hospital said on its website.
The study was intended to produce images that could be compared with those gleaned from exams conducted in 1931 and 1976 and to determine the condition of his bones. Those earlier tests revealed his bones had interrupted growth lines that indicate a severe childhood illness that resulted in stunted growth.
Associated Press writer Rodrique Ngowi can be reached at www.twitter.com/ngowi
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Back in the old days before this blog when I was publishing a website instead that has long been consigned to the website dustbin I had a newsletter. It had a few subscribers and was generally well received, since I moved to the blog platform back in 2009 I let the newsletter go along with the website, but as was approach the end of 2012 I have decided to start it again. I will publish a newsletter roughly monthly with keeping you informed with all the goings on here at gethynellis.com
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With the present synthesis report the Agency presents a comparative analysis of acts of aggression and changes in attitudes towards Muslims and other minority groups across the European Union in the wake of 11 September. The report is based on 15 country reports provided by the Agency's RAXEN network of National Focal Points (NFPs) in all EU Member States, and which cover the period: 12th September - 31st December 2001.
Second Report 29 November 2001
In order to have a longer term and regular monitoring on attitudes/incidents towards Muslim/Islamic communities and other vulnerable groups, the Agency has decided to follow up the first report and continue to closely monitor the situation at least until the end of the year 2001.
This second report covers the period from the 25th September to the 19th October. It is a collection of edited country reports that, according to the Agency request, have addressed in particular the following issues:
- acts of violence or aggression and changes in the attitude of the EU population towards ethnic, cultural or religious minorities (especially Muslim/Islamic communities but also other vulnerable groups or new types of victims), related to the recent terrorist attacks in the USA;
- good practises and positive case studies established in order to reduce prejudice and violence;
- reactions by politicians and other opinion leaders including initiatives to reduce polarization and counteract negative national trends.
Initial Report 04 October 2001
Following the tragic terrorist attacks in the USA on 11th September the Agency found that there was a pressing need to follow closely the possible negative repercussions on racial and xenophobic attitudes and events in civil societies in Europe. On the basis of national reports drafted by its RAXEN network of National Focal Points (NFPs), the Agency has produced a first short-term report on anti-Islamic reactions in all countries of the European Union on 9th October 2001.
The Agency asked the RAXEN National Focal Points to produce an overview on the following Questions:
- Have there been any verbal attacks against the Muslim/Islamic community in the media, in the public discourse, in politics?
- Have any physical attacks (harassment, verbal abuse, violent acts, etc.) against members of the Muslim/Islamic community been reported (in the media or by human right/anti-discrimination NGOs)?
- Does this mean, in your opinion, an increase or a change of attitudes towards Islamic community and can it be seen asa reaction to the terrorist attacks in the USA


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National Farm Machinery ShowSunday, February 18th, 2007
Just back from the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. It was a wonderful show. Too bad I couldn't bring all that equipment home with me. I took lots of pics and posted them here. Anyone who enjoys this type of show should definitely make plans to attend. I believe they had one of everything. Tractors, Implements, Grain Bins, Sprayers, Feeders, Poultry Equipment. I checked out all the square balers and accumulator systems represented. I also found a great feeder for the goats. You can check it out at www.heltonplastics.com. Every tractor manufacturer I know of was represented. I took a few pictures of the Mahindra Tractors display. I took a shot of the 3 pt lift arms on the 7010. To me this is a selling point Mahindra is not advertising. The lift arms are different than on the TYM/Montana versions. Mahindra uses a lift arm which will allow much easier hookup and removal of the implements. Most things can be done from the tractors seat. If for some reason you needed to dismount, the remote lift arm controls on the rear of the tractor would be handy.
I picked up a copy of the Lexington Herald Leader while I was away and read that the Army Corp of Engineers is now considering lowering Lake Cumberland another 30 ft. If that happens it will really inconvenience a huge amount of people in this area. It will also put the lake out of reach of the intake pipes and float for Kingsford. We're able to cope with the 680 ft water level, but another 30 ft will put the water out of reach. While nosing around at the lake to take a few snapshots of the low water I realized I had never read the signs that tell of the history of the area. I did not realize that the author Harriette Simpson Arnow was from this area.
After being away 2 days I'm further behind on farm work so I better go…………….Thanks for reading and check back soon!


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Ramadan is the name of one of the 12 lunar months of the Islamic calendar. For 29/30 days of Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise until sunset. Many HIV-positive wish to join their community in observing this important month, can they?
During Ramadan, (due to start on Tuesday) Muslims practice the maximum self-control by denying their bodies every earthly pleasure during the daylight. This means that eating food and drinking (including water).
After sunset, a fasting individual may eat and drink. Many attend Mosques at night to pray and socialise. Ramadan ends when the next crescent moon is born and celebrated with Eid ul-Fitr [breaking fast feast].
Fasting is a healthy practice for people with good health; the Quran exempted some categories from fasting – the sick, pregnant, breastfeeding mothers and travellers — and the wisdom behind this waiver is to spare hardship or damage. However, in spite of the Quranic waiver to those who are sick, many Muslims insist on fasting even if they have a minor health condition, justified the rewarding experience and of course to be part of the community. Of course if you decide not to fast, the Quran says that you are obliged to feed someone who is less fortunate than you.
The question is, can someone or should someone who is HIV positive fast for Ramadan?
The best person to help you decide is your HIV doctor. To help you and your doctor make the decision, you need to take under consideration some general factors, such as: when you were diagnosed, your overall health, your viral load and T-cell count. Those in the early period of treatment should not fast, because the body is still trying to adjust to HIV and the treatment which you are having.
If you have been on treatment for some time, and your T-cell numbers are good, with undetectable viral load, and an overall good health then you might consider discussing your wish to observe Ramadan with your doctor. Explain to her/him that you cannot let any substance go down your mouth to your stomach from sunrise to sunset.
Ask your doctor if your medication regimen could be adjusted with no risk, so you can take it before the sunrise and/or after the sunset. If you are on a one pill regimen it might be easier for you to fast than if you are on a multiple pill one.
Once you get the green light from your doctor, you still need to take extra steps when fasting Ramadan.
For example, try to prepare good supplements to use on a daily basis during the month if you haven't been doing so; in Ramadan eating less meals a day could seriously decrease your intake of important minerals and vitamins. Drink plenty of water during the night and avoid salty meals that could make you thirsty. Avoid unnecessary exposure to sun or heat to avoid dehydration. Do not overload your body with work and rest well while fasting.
Medical experts appeal to those who fast and ask them to stay from fizzy or carbonated drinks like cola, lemonade & other flavours even at Lftar (fast-breaking time). A long day of fasting causes dehydration of the kidneys. Having cold and fizzy drinks can suddenly cause the kidneys to fail. Instead, use fresh water and fresh juices.
Ramadan is a good opportunity to quit bad habits; remember that smoking is not allowed while fasting, so if you do smoke maybe this is a good time to quit.
Fasting can also have great health benefits if done the proper way. According to Mayo Clinic, "Regular fasting can decrease your low-density lipoprotein, or 'bad,' cholesterol. It's also thought that fasting may improve the way your body metabolizes sugar. This can reduce your risk of gaining weight and developing diabetes, which are both risk factors for heart disease."
Remember: the Quran forbids Muslims to commit acts that could even remotely jeopardise your health. If your doctor advised against fasting, or if you have any concern that fasting might hurt your health, then don't fast and invest the month in doing all the other good deeds that you can do; you can delay your lunch meal to be able to join your community in the daily fast-breaking ceremony.
We wish you a joyful and happy Ramadan filled with blessings and generosity. We hope this Ramadan will enable you explore the great benefits of spirituality while fighting against HIV/AIDS or any other hardship.
Thanks for reading, let us know what you think in the comments below, or you can find us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram!


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Somewhere, lurking in the depths of a Florida police department is gruesome video of a killer whale attack on SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau.
Her family and the park are fighting to keep that video sunk.
Brancheau died last month after being pulled into the water by the 12,000-pound orca. The Indiana native was buried near her hometown earlier this month. But her death is still intriguing to many.
SeaWorld's cameras recorded the death, and the tapes were voluntarily turned over to law enforcement investigating the incident.
Once the Orange County Sheriff's Office concludes its investigation, the material would become public under Florida law.
Brancheau's family said Monday through a spokesman that public airing of the killing would only worsen their grief, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
They could seek a court injunction. The family and SeaWorld have been consulting the lawyer who represented race driver Dale Earnhardt's widow in a successful court fight to keep his 2001 autopsy photos private.


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After showing modest signs of improvement in the first quarter of this year, the division's fortunes improved dramatically from April after it won a series of major orders in Europe. Revenues increased from EUR1,561 million in H1 2009 to EUR1,815 million in H1 2010, a rise of 16.3%. Net profits were just as pronounced, rising 15.1% from EUR205 million to EUR236 million.
Overall new orders in Q2 2010 came in at EUR2.271 billion, a 26% increase compared to the corresponding period a year earlier. The division recorded its largest-ever onshore order during the quarter and is predicting a book-to-bill ratio of well above one over the remainder of the year; in other words, it has a backlog of orders.
The division's revenues in H1 2010 showed the biggest increase of the six firms surveyed at 27.5% - up from 17.8% in H1 2009.


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Please welcome Garrett McCord as he shares his carrot cake cupcake recipe. I swear these are the best carrot cake cupcakes I've ever eaten. ~Elise
I find that you can tell a lot about someone based on the type of carrot cake they make. I find that those who enjoy pineapple and coconut in their carrot cake are a bit more flamboyant and unpredictable than the average baker and, likely, have a tiki shirt in their closet.
Those who prefer heavy amount of cloves and raisins are traditionalists; they have a penchant for nostalgia and reminiscing over their fragrant and fruity carrot cakes that encapsulate their childhood.
Others prefer orange juice – modernizing the classics and stirring up cocktails to pair with them.
I like to see myself as inventive, strange, and maybe even quirky – my carrot cake is a carrot cupcake (I like to think I'm a wee bit adorable, too). Toasted walnuts add a certain bittersweet and earthy taste to the cupcakes. Cinnamon and a good dose of cardamom give it a faraway newness, which is only made more intriguing with the floral and citrusy finish from the orange zest.
Dolloped with some cream cheese frosting, it's a carrot cupcake that emulates old times from way back when with a bit of a contemporary twist. A funky cupcake that anyone's personality can appreciate.
So then, what does your carrot (cup)cake say about you?
Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe
- 1 cup of chopped walnuts (100 g)
- 1 pound (450 g) of carrots (about 3 1/2 cups, grated)
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) of buttermilk (or add a teaspoon of lemon juice to regular milk and allow to stand for 10 minutes)
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 2 cups (400 g) of sugar
- 1 cup (240 ml) of vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon of orange zest
- 3 cups (400 g) of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
- 16 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese
- 2 cups of powdered sugar, sifted
1 Toast the walnuts: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Toast the walnuts in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool.
2 Line 2 12-well cupcake pans with cupcake liner papers.
3 Mix wet ingredients and carrots: Place the buttermilk, oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and orange zest together in a bowl and whisk thoroughly. Then stir in the grated carrots.
4 Mix dry ingredients: In another bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cardamom, and cinnamon.
5 Fold dry ingredients into wet, add walnuts: Fold the flour mixture into the carrot mixture, being sure not to over-mix. Fold in the toasted walnuts until evenly incorporated.
6 Bake: Scoop the batter into cupcake papers about 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake for 19-21 minutes at 350° F, rotating the pan after the first 15 minutes of baking.
Cool for 5 minutes before taking the cupcakes out of the cupcake tin and allowing them to fully cool on a wire rack.
7 Make the frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter on medium speed until well combined. Sift in the powdered sugar and mix. Spread or pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
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Update, 6:27 am:
Omar Minaya told reporters prior to last night's game that he will continue to talk other clubs, when asked if he will be a buyer at the July 31 Trade Deadline.
"We're gonna continue to talk to other clubs and see if there's a fit and we're gonna try to improve the team," he said. "Does that make us buyers? Yes, we're gonna continue to talk to clubs."
Minaya would not comment on the rumored deal, below, about rejecting an offer for Halladay.
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Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Mets rejected a deal from the Jays for RHP Roy Halladay, in return for OF Fernando Martinez, Bobby Parnell, Jon Niese and 17–year-old SS Ruben Tejada.
"The Mets responded with a resounding no," according to Heyman.
…that is pretty steep… it is… that said, Johan Santana and Roy Halladay is just so damn tempting… i mean, think about that for a second… of course, it means nothing if the Mets can't score… but, let's assume this season is a wash, next season you'd have a reloaded offense, two aces in a pitcher's park and K-Rod in the back of the pen, all while hanging on to Brad Holt and Jennry Mejia… like i said, tempting… plus, i wonder if Alex Rios could have been put in there some how… hmmm…
…i initially said i could go either way on this… however, now that i think about it, i think i would have done it… regardless of a contract extension… i mean, being able to keep holt and mejia, and Wilmer Flores, among others, and pairing up the two best pitchers in the league is just too much to resist… not to mention, it would re-engage fans enough this season to save ratings and ticket sales, etc., while building hype for next year… oh well…
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And we're back … with the new depth chart
DOVE VALLEY — Some sort of cyber-mystery has kept us offline here for much of the last week … but we're back online here with the Broncos blog from team headquarters. We're keeping our fingers crossed that Word Press doesn't lock me out again.
The team released its first depth chart of the season today, something it had to do because of Saturday's first preseason game against Houston. Keep in mind that this is a fluid chart, and with four preseason games yet to be played, just about everything is subject to change (OK, not the quarterback spot. That one's secure. And that Champ Bailey has the left cornerback spot locked down, but I digress).
Here's where things stand now, with the starter in bold, followed by the second- and third-stringers and so on. Names in italics are the ones I marked as surprises when the depth chart was first passed out this morning. I'll discuss why after the chart.
WR: Brandon Marshall / Eddie Royal / Glenn Martinez / Marquay McDaniel / Clifford Russell / Taylor Jacobs
LT: Ryan Clady / Erik Pears
LG: Ben Hamilton / Dylan Gandy / Kory Lichtensteiger
C: Tom Nalen / Casey Wiegmann / P.J. Alexander
RG: Chris Kuper / Montrae Holland / Mitch Erickson
RT: Ryan Harris / Tyler Polumbus
TE: Daniel Graham / Tony Scheffler / Nate Jackson / Brett Pierce / Chad Mustard
WR: Darrell Jackson / Brandon Stokley / Keary Colbert / Samie Parker / Lorne Sam
QB: Jay Cutler / Patrick Ramsey / Darrell Hackney
RB: Selvin Young / Andre Hall / Ryan Torain / Anthony Alridge
FB: Cecil Sapp / Peyton Hillis / Michael Pittman
Offensive notes: Scheffler got a star because it was the first time he was ahead of Nate Jackson in camp. Jackson had been lining up with the first-team for much of the first week. Pittman was notable because he wasn't included at all at running back and not even in the top two at fullback. This certainly wasn't what he was imagining when he signed here on May 28.
LE: John Engleberger / Ebenezer Ekuban / Tim Crowder
LT: Dewayne Robertson / Alvin McKinley / Nic Clemons
RT: Marcus Thomas / Kenny Peterson / Josh Mallard / Steven Harris
RE: Elvis Dumervil / Jarvis Moss / Paul Carrington / Larry Birdine
WLB: D.J. Williams / Jamie Winborn / Wesley Woodyard
MLB: Nate Webster / Niko Koutouvides / Spencer Larsen / Manuel Padilla
SLB: Boss Bailey / Louis Green / Jordan Beck
LCB: Champ Bailey / Domonique Foxworth / Jack Williams
RCB: Dre Bly / Karl Paymah / Christian Morton / Lamont Reid
SS: Hamza Abdullah / Roderick Rogers / Josh Barrett
FS: Marlon McCree / Marquand Manuel / Vickiel Vaughn
Defensive notes: Thomas and Webster were the surprises here. Neither was the clear No. 1 yet in camp. Koutouvides was signed with the intention that he would be the starter at middle linebacker, but this competition here with Webster will be one of the more interesting battles of camp. It seemed like Kenny Peterson would be a starter at DT, but coaches think Thomas has improved enough to earn a starting spot right now.
P: Sam Paulescu / Brett Kern
K: Matt Prater / Sam Paulescu / Brett Kern
KO: Matt Prater / Sam Paulescu / Brett Kern
PR: Eddie Royal / Glenn Martinez / Marquay McDaniel / Samie Parker
KR: Eddie Royal / Andre Hall / Anthony Alridge / Clifford Russell / Glenn Martinez
PC: Mike Leach / Tony Scheffler / Josh Mallard
KC: Mike Leach / Josh Mallard / Brett Pierce
H: Brett Kern / Sam Paulescu / Patrick Ramsey
Specialist notes: Not surprising that Paulescu is listed as the No. 1 punter, since he is the veteran, what with one NFL game under his belt. Interesting, though, that his competition, Kern, is listed as the holder for place kicker Matt Prater.


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Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart was arrested on Labor Day and charged with two counts of possession and two counts of trafficking a controlled substance.
Police in a town near Tampa responded after a witness said Neidhart was yelling as he tried to open a pill bottle while pumping gas. When officers arrived, they described Neidhart as argumentative.
If they knew his wrestling background, they would know that was the least of their problems. The Anvil was half of the famed Hart Foundation in the glory days of the World Wrestling Entertainment, formerly known as the WWF.
Neidhart was essentially the man who did the dirty work for Bret "The Hit Man" Hart and had the best beard in sports entertainment.
Nowadays, it looks like The Anvil could have used an anvil to help him open a child-proof bottle.
The cops took down the champ without a three count, and he now faces four drug charges and a count of burglary and theft. Officers found 28 methodone tablets and 95 pills of oxycontin.
Police say the pill bottles belonged to Neidhart's neighbors, who had reported them stolen.


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Người dịch: Nhóm Hương Nguyên
Người hiệu đính: Nam Việt
- Citizens of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, especially those who use the Internet as a means to enrich knowledge and awareness, to be updated with domestic and international information in order to live, to learn and to work with human dignity in a civilized and modern society;
- Vietnamese people who are residing abroad and concerned about the destiny of Vietnam, about the freedom and democracy of the compatriots inside the country;
Considering that the Decree No 72/2013/ND-CP of the Government on "Management, provision and use of Internet services and online information" dated 15 July 2013, effective 01 September 2013 (hereinafter referred to as Decree 72) includes provisions that are or potentially are of arbitrary implementation and contrary to the Constitution, the laws of Vietnam, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations:
Some wrongful provisions in Decree 72:
I. Clauses 3, 4, 5 of Article 20 - "Classification of electronic information", give the following definitions:
"3. Internal websites are those of agencies, organizations and businesses that provide information on the functions, powers, duties, organizational structure, services, products, field of activity or business and other information for the operations of such agencies, organizations, and businesses and that do not provide general information.
4. Individuals' websites are those set by such individuals or by using social networking services that provide and exchange information of such individuals and that do not represent other organizations or individuals and that do not provide general information.
5. Professional websites are those of agencies, organizations and businesses that provide applications and services in the fields of telecommunication, information technology, radio, television, trade, finance, banking, culture, health, education and other professional fields and that do not provide general information. "
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms below are construed as follows:
"19. General information is the one that is compiled from multiple sources, multiple types of information, on the fields of politics, economy, culture and social affairs."
'II. Article 22. Provide public information across borders. 1. Foreign organizations, businesses and individuals that provide public information through the border to users in Vietnam or accessible in Vietnam, must comply with the provisions of the laws of Vietnam. 2. Ministry of Information and Communications shall give detailed guidance on this issue."
The above mentioned contents are contrary to the Information Technology Law of Vietnam promulgated on June 29, 2006 in which:
Article 4. Interpretation of terms
"17. Website means a website or a collection of websites in the network environment in service of information supply and exchange."
Article 2 of the Information Technology Law, on Subjects of application, read: This Law applies to Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals engaged in information technology application and development activities in Vietnam.
Article 3.- Application of the Information Technology Law
When a treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party contains provisions different from those of this Law, the provisions of that treaty prevail.
Decree 72 is also a step backwards in comparison to the Decree No. 97/2008/ND-CP on the management, provision and use of Internet services and electronic information on the Internet as at the following points:
Article 2. Subjects of application
"1.This Decree applies to organizations and individuals involved in the management, provision and use of Internet services and electronic information on the Internet in Vietnam."
2. When a treaty relating to the Internet to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory or a participant contains provisions different from those of this Decree, the provisions of that treaty prevail.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
"12. Website means a website or a collection of websites on the Internet in service of information supply and exchange on the Internet, including blogs, portals and other similar forms."
Thus, the clauses 3, 4, 5 in the Article 20 - "Classification of websites" and Article 22 - "Providing public information across borders" contain provisions that are or potentially are of arbitrary implementation to prevent Vietnamese citizens from exercising their freedom of speech, freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas that are protected by the Constitution of Vietnam and international conventions to which Vietnam is a signatory.
1- Article 69 of the 1992 Constitution, amended and supplemented in 2001:
"Citizens are entitled to freedom of speech and freedom of the press; they have the right to receive information and the right of assembly, association and demonstration in accordance with the law".
2 - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1966 that Vietnam participated in 1982:
Article 19:
"2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice".
"3.The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary:
(a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others;
(b) For the protection of national security or of public order, or of public health or morals."
3 – Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, 1948:
· Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Decree 72 contains provisions that are contrary to the recent claims of improving democracy, human rights by the Communist Party of Vietnam, especially in the nationwide discussion on amending the 1992 Constitution; that go against the interests of the people and the country; that undermine people's confidence in the honesty and wisdom of government.
The promulgation of Decree 72, with the obvious violations of laws and with potential risks of being implemented arbitrarily and violating the people's freedom of speech, in the context of Vietnam having announced a comprehensive partnership with the U.S. in the recent visit of President Truong Tan Sang to the U.S., in the context that the appeal trial of two students Dinh Nguyen Kha and Nguyen Phuong Uyen which is recognized as a step towards progress of freedom of speech; while Vietnam was submitting her candidacy to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, is an act that goes against the trend of Vietnam's integration into the world community, that undermines the prestige of Vietnam in the international arena, that is very detrimental to enlisting the support of international partners for the national defense cause against the Beijing expansionists.
Therefore, we state our stance:
1/ Reject Decree 72;
2/ Request the government to delay the implementation of this decree to modify and adjust those provisions that break or potentially break the Constitution and the laws of Vietnam as well as the International Conventions to which Vietnam is a signatory as mentioned above;
3 / Urgently request the Congress to verify those provisions in Decree 72 that break Vietnam's Constitution and international conventions to which Vietnam is a signatory and then, to intervene in this issue, within Congress' authority.
Paragraph 9 of Article 84 of the 1992 Constitution:
"The National Assembly has the following duties and powers:
9. To abrogate texts adopted by the President, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the Government, the Prime Minister of the Government, the Supreme People's Court and the People's Inspectorate General which are incompatible with the Constitution, the laws and resolutions of the National Assembly.
Freedom of speech, freedom to seek, receive and impart information are prerequisite to build democracy for the country. They are essential for the country to expand relationship with international community for a sustainable development. If those rights are hampered or limited, all progresses of the country, comprehensively, will fall into stagnation. The very modest pace of our country on its way to develop, which has been very hard to gain, will certainly be pushed back. We demand that all policies of the State of Vietnam in the future do absolutely respect these sacred and basic rights.


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The first therapy for MS (Interferon beta-1b) was made available to us nearly 20-years-ago now. It was followed, in relatively rapid succession (over the next ten years) by two other interferon therapies and Glatiramer acetate. Most recently, a monoclonal antibody has been added to our MS arsenal.
These are all compounds known as biologic drugs, meaning that they are grown, not synthesized. They must be grown from living cell cultures in a controlled environment with great care and at great cost. These drugs are not the "$500 Million for the first pill, $.05 for the rest."
A cost which is, as we know, passed along to the consumer...us.
Like all drugs, they are patent protected so that the proprietary company can recoup research and development expenses and return a profit to shareholders. Sounds like a free market system, right?
Biologic drugs, however, are not treated the same as other drugs. Their patents are much longer than other drugs (as the cost of development and productions are higher, there is more to recover). Some, myself included, think that these patents are excessively long; but that isn't the only issue.
There is currently no statutory pathway for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve safe, lower-costing generic (known as follow-on in the biologic drug world) versions of these drugs.
In other words: Science is so far ahead of the law (and remember, this issue is over 20-years-old now) that congress has not given FDA the legal authority to review /or approve follow-on biologics!
If it can be proven that comparable biologic drugs can be, on the basis of safety and effectiveness (in addition to whatever additional evidence that FDA scientists determine necessary) that there are no clinically meaningful differences between the two products than, for pity's sake, let us treat our multiple sclerosis at a reasonable cost!
And no, after nearly two decades, tens of thousands of dollars per year IS NOT REASONABLE!!!
In a meeting with my congressman's senior staff this week, I was told that the Senate Health Care Reform Bill (which is currently at the Congressional Budget Office – CBO – for review) has a provision to reduce current biologic patents from 20 years but only down to 16 years. And, even after that still excessive period, there still is no mechanism for the FDA to approve follow-on formulas.
We seem to be going backwards!
It's time, my friends, to take a stand. No matter your opinion on health care reform I think we can mostly agree that the FDA needs to be given authority, under the Public Health Services Act, to review and approve more affordable versions of our MS drugs.
This pathway should promote competition and eliminate unnecessary roadblocks and hurdles. Legislation should also provide a fair period of market exclusivity to the innovators of such drugs to protect their (substantial) investment.
I urge each of you, even if you've never called, written or e-mailed your congressional representatives before, to get in touch and let them know your opinion on this issue.
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Occasionally I'm asked to plot points that relate to sensitive data items. I would quite like to be able to add a varying level of random jitter to points when plotting so that point density is still evident to viewers but without giving away precise locations.
I could do this quite easily by adding/subtracting random values from the co-ordinates in Excel or SQL prior to loading data but this would make it a bit difficult for when I want to do precise analysis based on actual co-ordinates as I would have to swap between real and jittered values (which is just asking for a mistake to happen further down the road).
Is there a way of doing this in QGIS? I've had a look through the documentation and haven't spotted anything so my last hope is that someone knows of a plug-in somewhere.
I know of other techniques to protect sensitive data on maps (binning, assigning to centroid, heatmaps, contours etc.) but none of these are quite right for the data I'm trying to display (individuals who have used a service multiple times, with point size related to number of times they've used that service).