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Conditions of Sale and Service
Protecting your privacy and personal health
These Conditions of Sale and Services ("Conditions") will apply to every order of our Products and Services you place with us via our website www.Letsgetchecked.com ("Site") and to Services supplied after you purchase a Product from a pharmacy.
1. How these conditions work:
LetsGetChecked allows customers to access secure laboratory testing from the privacy of their own home, or with the assistance of a pharmacy. To avail of Services you must purchase a product, either from the Site or from a pharmacy.
Where you purchase the Products & Services on the Site, or purchase Products in a pharmacy all sections of these Conditions apply.
Who we are
The Products & Services are provided by PrivaPath Diagnostics Limited ("the Company" or "we" or "us") registered in Ireland, registered number 531029, with a registered office at Unit 3, Adelphi House, George's St. Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 NY82, Ireland. LetsGetChecked is a registered business name in Ireland of the Company, registered number 516223.
No medical advice
Please note the information contained in these Conditions and on our Site is for general guidance only. Neither the Site nor our Services constitute medical advice and are not intended to replace medical advice which should be provided by a qualified and registered healthcare professional. If you need medical advice, you should contact such a healthcare professional.
2. Online order procedure, payment, delivery and cancellation
2.1 We will not accept Orders from users whose IP address is outside, or where the user is resident outside the countries identified on the Site as countries from where we will accept Samples.
2.2 When you purchase the Products & Services and access the Site, you undertake (i) that you are over 18 years of age; (ii) that you are resident in countries where we will send test kits and accept Samples (as identified on the Site) and you are accessing the Site from an IP address in one of those countries; (iii) that you are using the Site in your own name and not on behalf of anyone else; (iv) that you will not allow any other person to use the site, Products& Services under your name, nor will you, in using the Products, Services or the Site, pretend you are someone else, or seek to disguise your identity; and (v) that you are only using the Site, the Products & the Services for your own benefit and not for the purposes of providing Services to others.
2.3 The Order procedure requires amongst other things, you to specify the required delivery address, to purchase the type of Product applicable to the Sample you wish to provide and also to confirm that the Test Information is to be made available to you in your Account area on the Site.
Orders and availability
2.4 All Products & Services shown on our Site are subject to availability. We will inform you by e-mail as soon as possible if the Product & Services, the subject of a Confirmed Order, are not available, and we will not process your Order if such is the case.
2.5 After placing an Order for the Product & Services via our Site you will receive an email from us acknowledging that we have received your Order. All Orders are subject to acceptance by us and we are under no obligation to accept an Order whether confirmed or not. Orders are only binding on us when we send you an invoice after Order and when we collect the purchase price and all related charges from your credit card or any other payment method accepted by us ("Order Confirmation").
You should check the invoice immediately and notify us of any mistake by email to firstname.lastname@example.com straight away; otherwise the details stated in the invoice will apply to your Order.
2.6 If we accept your Order, we reserve the right to notify you at any time before delivery of the unavailability of the Product. You can then cancel the Order and we will refund you all money paid in full.
2.7 The price is a single combined payment for the Products & Services. Where you order a Product & Services online, the price includes delivery of a Product to you and the provision of testing services and the delivery of Test Information to you (provided you submit the Sample in compliance with these Conditions).
Where you purchase the Product & Services in a pharmacy, the price you pay to the pharmacy is for the Product, and includes the price for the provision of testing services, physician services and the delivery of Test Information by us to you online or by a registered nurse or physician (provided you return the Sample in compliance with these Conditions.)
2.8 You agree to pay the price, the VAT (to the extent applicable) and the freight charges and any other charges in relation to a Confirmed Order in advance and you undertake to make payment in advance by clicking on the payment button on the Site and following the required procedure.
2.9 By providing a credit card or other payment method accepted by us, you represent and warrant that you are authorised to use the designated payment method and that you authorise us (or our third-party payment processor) to charge your payment method for the total amount of your Order. If the payment method you provide cannot be verified, is invalid or is otherwise not acceptable, your order may be suspended or cancelled. You must resolve any problem we encounter in order to proceed with your Order.
2.10 The Product is normally dispatched within two days of Order Confirmation to the address you provided us with, prior to Order Confirmation. If you change the delivery address after we have sent you the Order Confirmation, the Product will be delivered to the original address you supplied to us. We will only arrange to have a Product delivered to a different address, if we accept it as part of the Order Confirmation.
2.11 Delivery dates advised by us in an Order Confirmation (consisting of a delivery date for the Product and a date for the provision of the Test Information) are approximate and we will not be liable for any loss or damage due to our failure to meet scheduled delivery dates or for failure to give notice of delay. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence unless previously agreed by us in writing. A Product may be shipped by us to the agreed delivery address in advance of any scheduled delivery date.
2.12 Risk in a Product passes to you on delivery of the Product to the agreed delivery address.
2.13 Title to a Product will only pass to you when full payment is made to us for all the charges specified in the Confirmed Order.
2.14 If you receive the wrong Products, damaged/faulty Products or certain items are absent from the Product kit, then please send us an email within seven days of receipt of the Product at firstname.lastname@example.com containing the following information: the Alpha code, Numerical code and Order ID (or description of the Product) of the missing or faulty item(s). Upon receipt of such notice we will arrange for a replacement product to be sent to you as soon as possible.
Cancellation right (cooling off right) at law
2.15 You have the right to cancel the contract for the purchase of Product within 14 days without giving any reason. The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you receive possession of the Products.
2.16 To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us of your decision to cancel by an unequivocal statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or email to firstname.lastname@example.com). You must then promptly return the Product to us (within 14 days from notifying us of your decision to cancel), at your own cost.
2.17 If you cancel your purchase within 14 days of receiving the Product, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, without undue delay and in any event, not later than 14 days from the date on which we receive the returned Product from you, or the date you provide us with evidence of having sent the Product back to us, whichever is earlier. We will reimburse you using the same means of payment as you used for the initial payment, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement. You will bear the direct cost of returning the Product.
2.18 The right to cancel an Order does not apply if the Product has been opened and the seal on the kit has been broken, and are therefore not suitable for return for health protection reasons
3. Using the services
3.1 You acknowledge and agree that in order to avail of the Services you must follow the procedure demanded by these Conditions. You will be required to register with us and to set up an Account. Where you receive the Product by post, or purchase the Product in-store, you must register the Product kit to your personal Account. Failure to register the Alpha Code and Numerical Code of the Product kit means you will not be able to access Test Information.
3.2 By proceeding with any test you are formally providing your informed consent to undergo that test. You agree that before proceeding with any test, you will read all relevant information provided in these Conditions and on the Site, including all packaging. If you are unsure or if you require any further information, you agree to contact us or a registered healthcare professional for further information.
3.3 You agree that your use of the Services is at your sole risk. We cannot and do not warrant that the tests performed or Test Information as part of the Services will be 100% accurate due to the nature of the tests being performed. You acknowledge that sexually transmitted diseases and/or infections may remain undetectable for several months.
3.4 You acknowledge that the Test Information does not constitute a definitive diagnosis. In a small number of cases there can be incidences of false-positive results and false-negative results. A person with a negative non-reactive or not detected test result could have an infectious disease, or a person with a positive reactive or detected test could be free from an infectious disease. All positive, reactive or detected results must be verified by a doctor through a confirmatory test.
3.5 You acknowledge any Test Information does not constitute a definitive diagnosis. For example a person with an elevated PSA reading may not have prostate cancer or other form of prostatic disease. A person with a normal PSA reading may have prostate cancer or other form of prostatic disease. Abnormal or elevated PSA test results require further testing from a doctor
3.6 The Services are limited to the Services as defined. If you require specialist advice or counselling in addition to the Services, you will need to seek your local services.
3.7 Any failure to comply with your obligations as outlined in this clause, particularly with regard to re-testing where appropriate, is entirely your responsibility.
3.8 By using our Products and/or Services, you warrant and are confirming that:
3.8.1 you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts; and
3.8.2 you are at least 18 years old.
3.9 You undertake:
3.9.1 To take note that LOW, NORMAL OR HIGH READINGS do not constitute a definitive diagnoses and further testing will be required from a medical professional to constitute a definitive diagnoses for fertility testing, lifestyle testing, cancer testing and sexual health testing
3.9.2 to take note of the Incubation periods, information in relation to which is included here and on the Site. An incubation period is the period of time, from an exposure, to the time an infection becomes detectable within a person's body. Different viruses and infections have different incubation periods and can take several months or more to become detectable. For instance, the HIV virus can take from 28 to 90 days to become detectable, while other viruses such as Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C can take from 180 days to become detectable. Incubation periods can vary for everyone and it is recommended to retest:
1) if you tested before the relevant Incubation period has comfortably passed (from the time of potential exposure);
2) if you suspect that the infection has subsequently developed; or
3) if you have been potentially exposed to any relevant infection in the meantime.
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- to comply fully with all instructions included with the Product and to return the Sample in the Product within the timescale set out in clause 4.1;
- 3.9.4
- to provide us with such information or evidence of identity as we may be required to obtain from you by applicable law from time to time;
- 3.9.5
- to disclose to us honestly and to the best of your knowledge any information that may affect or impact test result.
- 3.9.6
- to use the Site, the Products and the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Conditions and you further undertake in making a complaint or raising a query on these Conditions, not to be abusive to any of our staff, or us or those of our Accredited Laboratory or induce fear or harass any member of our staff; and
- 3.9.7
- not to use the Products and/or the Services for resale or in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
- 3.9.8
- You acknowledge and agree that when you submit an order for the Services through this Site including acquiring one or more Products, through this Site, that you have selected the Products and have not received any advice from us.
4. Submitting the sample
When submitting a sample, you must fill the collection device to the indicated line. If you do not provide an adequate sample, you will not receive a result. You will find within the Product a simple step-by-step process to ensure you take the Sample correctly and place it in the Product. You will then place the Product with the Sample in it, into a prepaid envelope and post them back immediately to the Accredited Laboratory.
If you have purchased the Product in a Pharmacy you may avail of the option of having the pharmacist assist you in taking the Sample and returning the Sample to the Accredited Laboratory on your behalf. You must nevertheless register on our Site and create an Account in order to access Test Information.
5. Setting up your account
5.1 You must have an Account on the Site in order to obtain test results. You must also register the individual Product kit to your account using the Alpha Code and Numerical code of the Product before returning your sample to the laboratory to obtain test results (as per clause 4.2 above).
5.2 You agree that you will only set up one Account with us through the Site and not duplicate a user Account. When you create an Account with us you agree to provide genuine contact details that can be used should you request support from our Medical Advisor within the scope of the Services.
5.3 To open an Account, please go to Account in the registration area on the front page of the Site (top right) and provide the details requested. It is important that the details you provide us with are correct, accurate and complete and that you tell us promptly of any changes to these details.
5.4 To register an individual Product kit, go to the "Activate Kit" section of the Site, sign into your account or create a new one and provide the Alpha code and Numerical code as requested.
5.5 When you register with us, you undertake that the details you provide us with are true, accurate and complete and that you will tell us promptly of any changes to these details. To ascertain how we process your personal data, please click on our Privacy Statement and Cookies Policy at the foot of the front page of the Site.
5.6 Part of the information you are required to provide to register with us is a Password. This is generated by you. You are responsible for ensuring that any Password (or any substitute Password) you use to register or to access your Account (after registration, if you registered) is kept confidential, only used by you and is not used by or disclosed to others.
5.7 You are also responsible for: (i) all transactions or activities carried out using your Account and Password; and (ii) ensuring that when you access the Account that the system you use to access the Account is secure, is not left unattended unless you have fully exited the Account and that your Password is not retrievable from the system by others.
5.8 You are responsible for notifying us if you know or suspect that your Account or Password might be known to a third party. If you fail to do so, you will be liable and fully responsible until you notify us. We will have no liability to you or to any third party if any email we send to you or any information we notify you of via your Account is seen or received or accessible by any third party, including for any emotional distress caused to you or to a third party by reason of the third party being aware of us sending you communications or test results.
6. Test information
6.1 You will be sent an email notifying you when Test Information has been made available to your Account. The Test Information will be set out in plain language to make it easy for you to understand the contents. If your Test Information is negative or nonreactive, please refer to section 3.9.2 and the Site in relation to the potential relevance of incubation periods, and also clause 6.3 below.
6.2 If you have a positive, reactive or detected result you will need a further confirmatory test from a suitably qualified doctor. If you have an elevated PSA reading you will need further testing from a suitably qualified doctor.
6.3 The services include, in respect of a user whose Test information indicates a positive, reactive, detected or elevated PSA result, receiving a phone call from a medical advisor which will offer direction and support to the user.
6.4 If you have concerns with the Test Information you should consult with your own medical practitioner or contact a member of our team who will be able to direct you to other sources of support within the scope of the Services. If you purchase Products and Services and receive Test Information during an Incubation period relevant to you, irrespective of the Test Information, you will retest either through us or through your general practitioner.
7. Disclaimers and exclusion of liability
7.1 As a Consumer, you have certain legal rights. The disclaimers, exclusions and limitation of liability under these Conditions will not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law. Nothing in these Conditions shall attempt to exclude or limit liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.
7.2 The Products and Services are provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose
7.4 In no event will our total cumulative liability arising from or in relation to the products, whether in contract or tort or otherwise, exceed 100% of the amount paid by you for the Products and Services.
7.5 We shall not be in breach of any provision of these Conditions caused by your failure to observe any of your obligations or undertakings contained within the Terms or these Conditions.
7.6 We shall not be obliged to provide the Services where you have failed to follow the instructions in relation to the ordering, use of the Products, providing a Sample, and returning the Sample to the Laboratory within 12 hours in compliance with these Conditions.
7.7 We do not accept responsibility for differences between the specification for a Product and the image of the Product as viewed on our Site.
7.8 The provisions of this clause 7 in their entirety shall survive the expiry or termination of this Agreement.
8. General legal provisions
8.1 We shall in no event be liable or responsible for any delay in performance of, or default in our performance of any obligation under these Conditions or under an Order, caused directly or indirectly by any cause beyond our reasonable control.
8.2 The construction, interpretation and application of these Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland. In using this Site, you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Ireland, in respect of any dispute arising hereunder. Provided always that nothing herein shall deprive you of any rights you have under relevant consumer protection laws to bring proceedings in your country of residence.
8.3 Failure or delay by us to enforce any of these Conditions will not constitute a waiver of our rights against you and does not affect our right to require performance thereof.
8.4 We may sub-contract or delegate the provision of the Services to any entity who provides services to us, to enable us provide the Services to you. No such sub-contracting or delegation shall relieve us of our obligations under these Conditions.
8.5 You are communicating with us electronically when you use the Site or send us an email. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirements that such communications be in writing.
8.6 If any part of these Conditions becomes illegal, invalid, unenforceable, or prohibited in any respect under any applicable law or regulation, such provision or part thereof will be deemed to not form part of the contract between us. The legality, validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Conditions will remain in full force and effect.
9. Definitions
- Account
- means the account held by us in your name and which holds the information submitted by you to us;
- Accredited Laboratory
- means the laboratory(ies) that we may select as our testing services provider at any time; which laboratory will be CPA (clinical pathology accreditation), INAB, CLIA approved or CAP accredited;
- Content
- means any item, data, material, information, software, images, photos, advertisements, trade mark or Services mark, sounds, videos, marks, expressions, views or opinions, which appear on the Site;
- Helpline
- means the online submission page, which can be used by a user to submit queries;
- Intellectual Property Rights
- means for the purposes of these Terms, trade marks, Services marks, trade and business names, domain names, rights in designs, patents, copyrights, database rights, moral rights and rights in know how and other intellectual property rights in each case whether registered or unregistered and including applications for the grant of the foregoing and all rights or forms of protection having equivalent effect to any of the foregoing, which may subsist anywhere in the world;
- Order
- means an offer by a user to purchase Services and one or more Products from us;
- Password
- means a unique letter number combination being at least eight digits long, required to access and use the Site and the Services;
- Privacy Statement
- or Policy means the privacy statement referred to on the Site;
- Product
- means a kit which enables you to take and store a blood sample in it, or to store a urine sample in it, as sold by us;
- Services
- means testing the Sample that you send to the Accredited Laboratory, and providing you with the Test Information;
- Us or We
- means the Company (PrivaPath Diagnostics Limited);
- Viruses
- "virus" or "worm", "Trojan horse", "trap door", "Software Switch", "time" or "logic bomb", "disabling code" or "routines", or "expiration dates";
- You or you
- means the user of the Site.
Any reference express or implied to a law in these Terms, includes: (i) references to that law as amended, extended or applied by or under any other law, before or after the date of these Terms; (ii) references to any law which that law re-enacts, with or without modification; and (iii) references to any sub-ordinate legislation made before or after the date of this Agreement under any law including one within (i) or (ii).
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The 12th Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Team includes 20 players from eight states, China, Colombia and Mexico, the American Junior Golf Association announced Thursday, August 29.
Specifically designed for boys and girls ages 12-15, Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Series events present opportunities for younger players to develop their skills and earn entry into AJGA Open tournaments. The team was selected based on the Polo Golf Rankings, and players must have competed in at least one Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star event during 2013 in order to be eligible. The team of 10 boys and 10 girls will be honored Friday, Oct. 11, at the Nike Golf Junior All-Star Invitational in Norman, Okla.
Philip Barbaree of Shreveport, La., returns to the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Team for the third straight year. Barbaree, 15, posted two top-10 AJGA finishes in 2013, including a runner-up finish in his hometown at the David Toms Foundation Shreveport Junior.
Also returning from the 2012 Boys Division team is Braden Thornberry of Olive Branch, Miss., who won the 2013 Under Armour® / Jeff Overton Championship hosted by Otter Creek.
John Augenstein of Owensboro, Ky., earned his spot by recording two top-10 finishes in 2013 AJGA competition, including a second-place finish at the Bridgestone Golf / Brandt Snedeker Music City Junior presented by Toyota. Currently No. 31 in the Polo Golf Rankings, the 15-year-old reached the semifinals of the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
A native of Leon, Mexico, Luis Gerardo Garza, has finished in the top-25 in four AJGA events this year. The highlight of Garza's 2013 season came at the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior All-Star at Château Élan where he finished in second place.
The six other boys on the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Team are: Luis Gagne of Orlando, Fla., Ryan Grider of Lewisville, Texas, Samuel Kim of Irvine, Calif., Joshua McCarthy of Danville, Calif., Trevor Phillips of Inman, S.C., and Carl Yuan of Lake Mary, Fla.
Abbey Carlson of Lake Mary, Fla., Mai Dechathipat of Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., and Lauren Stephenson of Lexington, S.C., all return to the Girls Division team for the second straight year.
In March, Stephenson won the 2013 TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior All-Star at Château Élan, an event she played for the third year. Dechathipat and Carlson finished behind her in second- and third-places, respectively. In addition to their top-three finishes at the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior All-Star at Château Élan, the returning members of the Girls Division team have had successful runs in 2013: Carlson and Dechathipat represented the East Team at the 2013 Wyndham Cup and Stephenson won the 2013 Hank Haney IJGA Junior Open.
Anna Zhou of Palo Alto, Calif., won four AJGA events in the summer of 2013. Her first win of the year, and first AJGA career win, was at the AJGA Junior at Quad Cities. Zhou followed up with wins at the AJGA Junior at Penn State, AJGA Junior at Tedesco and Junior All-Star at Centennial.
The six other girls on the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Team include: Shannon Brooks of Vienna, Va., Hailee Cooper of Montgomery, Texas, Amy Matsuoka of Newport Beach, Calif., Maria Vesga of Piedecuesta, Colombia, Elizabeth Wang of San Marino, Calif., and Ziyi Wang of Beijing, China.
Former members of the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Teams include college and professional standouts such as Rickie Fowler (2004), Peter Uihlein (2004), Bud Cauley (2005), Jordan Spieth (2007), Vicky Hurst (2005), Cheyenne Woods (2005) and Alison Lee (2007).
About the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy
Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy, a full-time signature golf instruction program located in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., began as an Official Partner of the AJGA in 2009. The partnership features an endowment of an Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant and naming rights to the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Series for juniors ages 12-15. Montverde Academy, a coeducational independent college preparatory boarding and day school, is the academic arm of Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy and has supported the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Series since 2009.
For more information on the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy, visit www.ggga.com, and Montverde Academy, visit www.montverde.org.
2013 Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Team
Boys Division
John Augenstein, Owensboro, Ky.
Philip Barbaree, Shreveport, La.
Luis Gagne, Orlando, Fla.
Luis Gerardo Garza, Leon, Mexico
Ryan Grider, Lewisville, Texas
Samuel Kim, Irvine, Calif.
Joshua McCarthy, Danville, Calif.
Trevor Phillips, Inman, S.C.
Braden Thornberry, Olive Branch, Miss.
Carl Yuan, Lake Mary, Fla.
Girls Division
Shannon Brooks, Vienna, Va.
Abbey Carlson, Lake Mary, Fla.
Hailee Cooper, Montgomery, Texas
Mai Dechathipat, Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
Amy Matsuoka, Newport Beach, Calif.
Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C.
Maria Vesga, Piedecuesta, Colombia
Elizabeth Wang, San Marino, Calif.
Ziyi Wang, Beijing, China
Anna Zhou, Palo Alto, Calif.

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About FMY
Page Field (FMY) is the premier business and general aviation airport of Southwest Florida, providing quick and convenient access to the communities of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sanibel & Captiva, Estero, Bonita Springs, Pine Island and beyond.
FMY has been designated by the FAA as a regional reliever airport for Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). Page Field plays an important role to reduce congestion and allow greater focus on commercial air travel at RSW.
Page Field and Southwest Florida International Airport are owned and operated by the Lee County Port Authority. For Port Authority news, events, publications, development reports and other information, visit: www.flylcpa.com/lcpa.
- 2002, 2008 and 2016 Florida Department of Transportation's General Aviation Airport of the Year
- 2011 Florida Airports Council Environmental Excellence Award
- 2012 Florida Planning & Zoning Association Outstanding Environmental Project Award
- 2013 Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives General Aviation Architectural Project of the Year
- 2013 Florida Native Plant Society Award of Merit
- 2013 Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region Airports General Aviation Airport Safety Award


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A Field Guide to Genetic Programming
Table of Contents
Riccardo Poli
Department of Computing and Electronic Systems
University of Essex - UK
William B. Langdon
Departments of Biological and Mathematical Sciences
University of Essex - UK
Nicholas F. McPhee
Division of Science and Mathematics
University of Minnesota, Morris - USA
with contributions by
John R. Koza
Stanford University - USA
March 2008
This document has been obtained by converting the Latex sources of the book using htlatex and htmldoc, and finally fixing the main remaining problems manually. We believe the result is acceptable. However, to enjoy our manuscript in its full quality please download the free PDF version of the book available from
Alternatively, please purchase an inexpensive printed copy from Lulu.com.
©Riccardo Poli, William B. Langdon, and Nicholas F. McPhee, 2008 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/). That is:
Non-commercial uses are thus permitted without any further authorisation from the copyright owners. The book may be freely downloaded in electronic form at http://www.gp-field-guide.org.uk. Printed copies can also be purchased inexpensively from http://lulu.com. For more information about Creative Commons licenses, go to http://creativecommons.org or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
To cite this book, please see the entry for (Poli, Langdon, and McPhee, 2008) in the bibliography.
ISBN 978-1-4092-0073-4 (softcover)
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Rest Assured British Wool 2000 Pocket Medium Mattress, King Size at Mattress Online
King Size Mattresses - How To Get a Great Deal
As you're probably aware by now, A decent to great king size mattress is an expensive purchase and you'll probably want to do everything you can to keep the costs down while ensuring you get the best buy for your budget. In this short guide we'll go over a few options to help you save money on your future king sized mattress purchase.
Wait for a promotion
King size mattresses go on promotion all the time so if you can it maybe worth waiting for the right time. Sadly the wait could be 2 to 3 months depending on where you purchase or the brand, but it's often worth the wait as you could get a free gift (mattress protector, really good pilllows), a cheaper king size mattress (either reduction at the till or cashback), or handy things such as free delivery, extended warranty or something that just gives you peace of mind.
Ask retailers to price match or beat their competitors prices
Different retailers, as you know, have similar promotions but at different times of the year. Shop around and be sure to ask them if they can match (or beat) their competitors promotions. It's also worth asking them for a price reduction on things such as pillows, duvet sets, king size bed etc which you are also purchasing to see if you can get the overall price lower if they can't give you a discount on the actual mattress.
Visit the store and simply ask for a discount
Salespeople in store, most often than not, are fully able to provide a discount if you purchase from them today. Most salespeople have an allowance or discount they can provide on a weekly or monthly basis so don't be afraid to ask the question. If a price reduction isn't possible they can give you cheaper prices on most accessories, mattress protectors, pillows and king size beds. Just ask!
Setup price alerts, use discount codes and cashback
Here we can provide quick and easy price alerts to let you know once a certain mattress gets cheaper, and we can also keep you updated on all the latest and greatest discount codes that Dreams, Bensons For Beds, Argos and Very have to offer. Discount codes and cashback is a great way to get a king size mattress a little cheaper but a good reduction in price is hard to come by.
So remember to wait for a promotion if possible, haggle with the salespeople in the store, see if price matching is possible and setup price alerts! Do you have any tips you could send in?


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Tribal Judicial Support Clinic
Students are assigned research projects from participating tribal courts. They provide research assistance to tribal court judges and personnel in projects that range from tribal code development, legal research and drafting of legal memoranda and judicial orders. The clinic is open to students that have taken Federal Indian Law; Sovereignty, Self-Determination and the Indigenous Nations; or Native American Natural Resources Law. This clinic also satisfies the Tribal Lawyer Certificate Program internship requirement.
Gaining experience, confidence through Tribal Judicial Support Clinic
Zach Boggan, L'15
Third-year law student Zach Boggan developed an interest in Indian law when he took a course on the subject and participated in the Native American Law Students Association moot court program. "It can be hard to find a firm practicing Indian law in a meaningful way," Boggan said. "That's what drove me to the Tribal Judicial Support Clinic, to get a practical application of Indian law."
Boggan developed a guardianship code for a tribe relocating to Kansas. He researched codes of other states and tribes, then created a new one that accommodated his client's circumstances yet still followed the letter of the law.
"Guardianship is very important to Indian tribes because the federal government has gone so far as to forcibly remove Indian children from their families and place them with white families to assimilate them to white culture," Boggan said. "A guardianship code allows tribes to keep their children in a way that not only serves the child's interests, but serves the tribe's interests in terms of allowing them to keep their culture, to keep their tribe together."
Boggan plans to move back home to Tennessee to launch his legal career. He's confident that his clinical experience has prepared him for life beyond law school, both because of his exposure to a specialized area of the law and because of the hands-on experience he gained. "Whenever you mention Indian law, it's pretty impressive to a lot of practitioners because it's so unknown," Boggan said. "Everyone knows about contracts, torts, business associations, but hardly anyone knows about Indian law. If an attorney has any connection to it, it stands out."
No application is required. Students enter the clinic by following standard enrollment procedures for:
- LAW 998 Tribal Judicial Support Clinic
- Students are assigned research projects from participating tribal courts as arranged by the instructor. Students provide research assistance to tribal court personnel in an array of projects that range from tribal code development, legal research and drafting of legal memoranda and judicial orders. Prerequisite: Federal Indian Law; Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and the Indigenous Nations; or Native American Natural Resources. LEC.
The class is not offered for the Spring 2020 semester.


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Though Google has provided Android to several OEMs over the past few years, they hesitated to enter the phone space themselves – until now. Enter the Nexus One, Google's revolutionary new device featuring the nation's first direct-to-consumer ordering option. Though it's quite popular in other countries, the unsubsidized movement hasn't quite taken off here. With the different ordering method, the question must be asked: is the device so much better than other Android devices that it's worth ordering online?
Design & Features
The Nexus One offers a relatively minimalist design, but I find it to be quite functional. The left side of the device contains a volume rocker, while the top of the device houses the power button and 3.5mm headphone jack. The front of the device sports the back, menu, home, and search keys, along with a trackball. The microUSB charging port can be found on the bottom of the device. Overall, the Nexus One's design is beautiful, with a metal faceplate and a clean appearance. The device looks like it should cost more than $179.
The Nexus One ships in a white box, with no outside markings besides "Nexus One," "Google," and the UPC/IMEI barcode. Inside, you'll find the device, battery, an AC adapter, USB cable, earbuds, a pouch (complete with a little Android bot on the front), a 4GB microSD card (installed in phone), and instruction manuals. Coming in at 4.69 inches long by 2.35 inches wide by 0.45 inch thick, the device weighs 4.59 ounces, making it one of the lighter smartphones on the market. The Nexus One offers an absolutely stunning 3.7-inch AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diode) capacitive touchscreen with 65,536 colors and 480 x 800 pixels. Believe me when I say that the AMOLED display is one of the most beautiful displays that I've ever seen on a mobile device. It's really one of those "you have to see it to believe it" things. After using the device for several days, I find other displays such as those found on the iPhone and DROID to be a significant step back. The only downside comes when trying to use the device outside – because of the screen technology, it's next to impossible.
Usability & Performance
I've often argued that the Android OS suffered from a "geeky design" – something that would pose a detriment to consumers until they refined it to a point that made it functional and easy to use. While I would argue that Android 2.0 was the turning point for the platform, Android 2.1 – included on the Nexus One – has taken it to a new level. Gone is the menu "bar," instead being replaced by a menu grid. Icons scroll up and disappear in what I like to call "Star Wars text" fashion, and circles in the bottom left and right hand sides of the screen let you know what tab you're in (similar to the iPhone). Also new to Android 2.1 is Google's News and Weather widget, which provides weather, US news, sports news, and entertainment news. And who can forget the live wallpaper feature? The device ships with several live wallpaper options, including one that detects what time of day it is.
The device sports a 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU, and it makes a noticeable difference. From multitasking to general performance, everything feels snappier. Overall, the device performed spectacularly in regards to speed, but the one recurring issue I had was that the device was often erratic in some tasks. When I would scroll through the menu, the device would often misinterpret a scroll for a touch, and would open a program. Additionally, the scrolling itself was erratic – I found that there were times where one scroll did the trick, and other times where it required two. What's more, the bottom part of the screen and the touch buttons appear to require a bit more pressure than the rest of the device. Not a deal breaker by any means, but it does get old very quickly.
I found the keyboard on the Nexus One to be a bit of a mixed boat. After using the virtual keyboard found on the iPhone, I'm spoiled. I rate the Nexus One's keyboard a close second. Most of the time, I had no problem typing on it, but overall, I find it to be slightly less accurate than the iPhone's on-screen keyboard. There are alternatives that you can pick up on the internet, but I'm referring specifically to the stock option. It can be used in portrait or landscape mode.
I've been working with the Nexus One in the Charlotte and San Francisco markets, and call quality has been fantastic. Frankly, I'm blown away by the noise cancellation technology in the device. In my tests, I tried everything from turning up my radio to the point where it was shaking my car to calling in some of the loudest stores I could find. Each and every time, my callers reported minor to no background noise. Needless to say, it's a great addition for those that walk and talk on a regular basis (such as myself). Additionally, I paired the Plantronics Voyager Pro Bluetooth headset to the device without issue.
The Nexus One offers a 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus, and in my testing, picture quality was very good. Complete with a flash, the camera performed well in most situations I was able to throw at it. Editing options include white balance, color effects, the ability to store the picture location for geotagging, picture size, picture quality, and focus mode.
Estimated talk time is 7 hours of talk time, and just under 11 days of standby time. I was incredibly surprised with how good the Nexus One's battery life actually is. Granted, it's not going to make it through three days of heavy usage, but with moderate to heavy use including calling, text messaging, instant messaging, browsing the internet, and use of Google Maps, I was able to make it 1 1/2 days before the device powered down. I find it to be much better than other flagship devices like the iPhone and DROID, and given the AMOLED display (along with the size of it), it's quite impressive.
The Nexus One offers 3G HSPA connectivity (on T-Mobile), so browsing speeds were very fast. The full CNN webpage loaded in about 16 seconds, and the PhoneDog homepage loaded in 25 seconds. Other data-intensive tasks such as Google Maps, the Android Market, Google Talk, the Amazon MP3 store, and downloaded apps worked well. Though they were a bit late to the 3G game, T-Mobile has done a good job of blanketing the markets that they cover with a solid and reliable 3G connection.
The good news? Google has adopted the European direct-to-consumer sales model; something that is long overdue in the United States. The bad news? In pioneering any new idea, you're the first person to start it – meaning that any growth challenges are yours to bear. The fact of the matter is that the direct-to-consumer model (i.e. the fact that it's not being sold in retail stores) isn't prevalent in the States just yet, and until it is, you're far more likely to see the Nexus One in the hands of savvy internet users and phone geeks versus the average smartphone consumer.
I absolutely love the Nexus One, and believe it to be the best Android unit to date. Unfortunately, the lack of availability in retail stores combined with the bad press it has received due to launch and technical support issues make people hesitant to purchase it. For most people, hearing negative things about a device (or in Google's case, the company's technical support) combined with the inability to actually see it in person makes for a tough sell. What's more, the device is being sold in a form fully compatible with T-Mobile only – the nation's fourth largest wireless carrier with a significantly smaller footprint than the others. My guess is when Google starts selling the Verizon Wireless version in the Spring, sales numbers will increase.


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Obesity, cancer, heart disease, diabetes — researchers have reported links between all these diseases and our excessive intake of sugar. And, we do love our sugar.
Obesity, cancer, heart disease, diabetes — researchers have reported links between all these diseases and our excessive intake of sugar. And, we do love our sugar.
On average, each of us consumes the equivalent of 31 five pound bags of sugar every year. The majority of this sugar comes from sugar-sweetened beverages.
Reducing your added sugar intake can help reduce your risk of these diseases. Following are some tips for helping you cut back on sugar.
Choose whole foods: Instead of packaged foods, choose fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans.
Hidden sugar: Sugar is found in many foods that you might not expect. Crackers, peanut butter, yogurt, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, salad dressings, canned vegetables, canned soups and even bread all contain varying amounts of sugar. The only way to know is to read the nutrition label and the ingredient list.
Don't fall for false advertising: Watch for clever marketing tricks that may be hiding added sugar. Sugar comes in lots of different forms. Just because it is "all natural brown rice syrup" doesn't mean it's any better for you or has any fewer calories.
"Sugar free" doesn't mean healthy: Sugar-free products can still contain carbohydrates. If you are diabetic, you need to consider the total carbohydrates in the food. Often when a product is sugar free, it may have more fat and/or artificial ingredients to make up for flavor loss.
"Fat free" often means more sugar: If fat is taken out of a food, more sugar and/or salt is frequently added back to compensate for flavor. Pay attention to the food labels on fat-free products to determine how much sugar has been added.
Sugar by another name: When sugar is added, it may be in the form of dextrose, honey, maple syrup, molasses, sucrose, fructose, sorbitol, corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup or a dozen other names for sugar. None are any healthier than the next. Look at the nutrition label to see how much sugar has been added.
Consider the source: Sugar is found naturally in fruit and dairy products, and this isn't what we should worry about. It's the added sugar that we need to limit. The nutrition label does not distinguish between added sugar and sugar from fruit or milk, so you'll need to read the ingredient list to see if sugar has been added.
Break your addiction: We crave sugary foods not only because they taste good but because eating sugar stimulates the pleasure center of the brain. The more you eat, the more you want, and it can become a difficult habit to break. Start by going a day without any sweets, then two days and so on until you no longer crave a sugar fix.
Beware when eating out: Sweet sauces, salad dressings and alcoholic beverages all can be sugar traps when dining out. Keep your portions small to help limit how much sugar you eat.
Ditch the sugar- sweetened beverages: When we drink sugary beverages, those calories are not satisfying and we tend to eat just as many calories. Swapping sweetened drinks for unsweetened is an easy way to cut your sugar intake.
Forget the fake sugar: You can save calories and cut your sugar intake by switching to artificial sweeteners. But that might not be the healthiest choice. Using any sweetener -- natural or artificial -- trains our taste buds to want sweeter and sweeter foods. Using less sugar and artificial sweeteners lets us enjoy foods that are naturally sweet, like fruit.
Breaking the sugar habit can be difficult, but it is an important step for achieving good health. It is especially crucial that we help our children limit their intake of sugar now so they won't develop a sugar addiction that carries over into adulthood.
Anita Marlay, R.D., L.D., is a dietitian in the cardiac rehab department at Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach, Mo.


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Citizenship Quiz
By bringing life to the struggle for freedom, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation illustrates the responsibilities and privileges of citizenship.
Test your citizenship knowledge here by taking our quizzes. A passing score is six correct answers out of ten randomly-selected questions.
These quizzes are adapted from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' new pilot naturalization exam, which can be read in its entirety at www.uscis.gov.


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Pardon the excitement there, it actually wasn't excitement. Namco Bandai's debut Wii U game is actually called Tank! Tank! Tank!
It looks like the union of a '90s arcade game, Facebook titles and my worst nightmares about giant mechanical spiders. Which now I see them together doesn't look like such a bad thing.


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It seems that any time any public figure discusses their own experience with abortion, it's wrapped in a thick shell of regret and explaining the whys and hows and extraordinary circumstances of why there were no alternatives. But the Democratic nominee for Nevada lieutenant governor is flipping the script. She had an abortion because she simply wasn't ready to have a baby. And she doesn't regret it.
Lucy Flores was one of 13 children raised in impoverished conditions. When she became pregnant at age 16, she asked her father for money for an abortion because she didn't want to end up like her six sisters who had also gotten pregnant as teenagers. After the abortion, Flores spent time in prison before turning her life around, eventually attending USC and entering politics. She openly discussed terminating her pregnancy during a floor speech while she was serving as a state legislator, and openly supports the right for other young women to have access to the options she did (for more on her impressive trajectory, check out MSNBC's Benjy Sarlin's recent profile of Flores).
Pretty refreshing, considering (as Slate's Amanda Marcotte points out) how female politicians who admit to terminating pregnancies usually do so in the context of heart wrenching stories of wanted pregnancies and serious, unforeseeable medical issues. Those are legitimate reasons to terminate, certainly, and it would take a truly heartless person to refuse to acknowledge that.
But most abortions don't occur late in pregnancy, and aren't the result of tragedy, and that's okay. Hopefully, win or lose in November, Flores's bravery in sharing her story will help remove the stigma around a legal medical procedure that has been a true lifeline to women who, for one reason or another, simply don't want to carry a pregnancy to term.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Tennessee Tech women's cross country team took third place among 42 teams while the Golden Eagle men's team claimed fourth among 38 squads in the Blue Division of the Louisville Fall Invitational Saturday.
Tech got one career-best time in the women's 5K race and three from the men's team during the 8K race.
West Virginia Wesleyan claimed the team title in the women's race, which featured 339 individual runners from 42 schools. Shorter was second and the Golden Eagles, led by junior Rebecca Cline, placed third. Buffalo State and Taylor rounded out the Top 5.
Cline covered the course at the E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in 20:08.70 to place 33rd overall. Senior Beth Miller, who led Tech in the first two meets of the season, was next across the tape in the time of 20:18.37 for a 37th place showing.
A cluster of four Tech runners came to the finish line with 14 seconds of each other. Junior Meghan O'Donoghue placed 66th in the time of 20:47.96, followed closely by freshman Landry Loving (20:54.81) in 73rd place, junior Peri Winborne (20:58.87) in 75th and junior Amelia McCoy (21:01.23) in 79th place.
Kathryn Forbes completed Tech's lineup, posting a career-best time of 21:16.70 to finish 98th.
In the men's race, Spartanburg Methodist took home the crown, with Hope College second, Tennessee Wesleyan third and the Golden Eagles fourth. Southern Indiana rounded out the Top 5.
Senior Mike Mahan was Tech's top finisher, placing 28th overall with a career-best time of 27:12.44. He edged out teammate Sterling Smith, a sophomore who finished one spot back in 27:13.75.
Junior Matthew Bishop was third for the Golden Eagles, placing 45th in the time of 27:36.12. Senior Adam McLeod was 49th in 27:39.13, with senior Daniel Francis posting a career-best time of 28:16.93 to place 86th.
Also in Tech's lineup, senior Kolbe Andrzejewski was 139th with a career-best 29:27.89, and sophomore Charlie Jordan placed 180th in the time of 30:16.67.
The Golden Eagles will host the TTU Invitational on Friday, beginning at 3 p.m., at Southern Hills Golf Course.
Tech women finish third, men fourth at Louisville Invitational
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Tagalog is spoken in the Philippines by about 22 million people, it is known as Filipino internationally and is the official language of the Philippines. Tagalog comes under Austronesian languages. Tagalog is derived from Taga-Ilog, Taga usually means Native of and Ilog means river. Thus it means river dweller. The language uses fragments from Sanskrit, Malay and Javanese. The early archaeological evidence of the use of Tagalog is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.
Tagalog is spoken by Filipinos in the Philippines and Filipinos abroad (either native speakers of Tagalog or non-native speakers who studied Tagalog in the Philippines or elsewhere). It has loanwords from Malay, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, English, and other languages. People might find pronunciation difficult in Tagalog, but there might be some words which are loanwords from other countries, as I have indicated, it had loanwords from other languages which makes it easier to study mostly for Malays and Spanish.
Mgá Aralín (Lessons)[edit]
Saligang Tagalog (Basic Tagalog)[edit]
- Mga Alpabeto — The Alphabets
- Mga Pambati — Greetings such as Kumusta?, and Telling your name
- Itó, Iyán and Iyón — This, That, That (over there)
- Mga Bilang/Numero — Numbers
Balarilà - Grammar[edit]
- w:Tagalog grammar
- Mgá Pang-urì (Adjectives)
- Mgá Pang-abay (Adverbs)
- Ang Panahunan (Conjugation)
- Mgá Pangatníg (Conjunctions)
- Mgá Pang-angkóp (Ligatures)
- Mgá Pangngalan at Pangmarká (Nouns and Markers)
- Mgá Panlapì: Mgá Unlapì, Gìtlapì, Hulapì, át Kabilàan (Affixes: Prefixes, Middle Affixes, Suffixes and Side-to-Side Affixes)
- Mgá Pang-ukol (Prepositions)
- Mgá Panghalíp (Pronouns)
- Mgá Panakláw (Quantification Words)
- Mgá Pananóng (Question Words)
- Mgá Pandiwa (Verbs)
Pánitikán - Literature[edit]
Major literary works[edit]
- Ibong Adarna
- Florante at Laura
- Works of José Rizal
Contemporary Literature[edit]
Cultural works[edit]
- Mgá Alamát (Legends)
- Mgá Maiiklíng Kuwento (Short Stories)
- Mgá Tugmâ (Rhymes)
- Mgá Tulâ (Poems)
Mgá Karagdagang Pahina (Appendices)[edit]
|For a list of words relating to this topic, see the Tagalog language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
|Tagalog Extra
Appendix A: Mgá Salitáng Binaligtád (Reversed Words) • Appendix B: Mgá Pangalan ng mgá Bansâ (Country Names) • Appendix C: Mgá Salitáng-balbál (Slang) • Appendix D: Mgá Salawikaín (Proverbs) • Appendix E: Common phrases • Phrasebook • Dictionary •
Silipin din (See also)[edit]
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External links[edit]
- Komisyón sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language)
- Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (Center for the Filipino Language) at UP Diliman
Tungkól sa Aklát na Itó (About This Book)[edit]
|This is a Category II Language.
- Mgá May-akdá ng Wikibook na Tagalog (Authors of the Tagalog Wikibook)
- Kasaysayan ng Wikibook na Tagalog (History of the Tagalog Wikibook)
Mag-ambág! (Contribute!)[edit]
Please remember that this is a wiki textbook. Feel free to edit it, update it, correct it, and do anything to boost its capabilities to teach those who read this textbook, and/or otherwise increase its teaching potential.
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Archives of Dermatology March 2002 Vol 138 pages 385-389.
This review is different from the usual type of review you might read about bullous diseases in that by being "systematic" it was submitted ahead of time to an independent panel of editors at the Cochrane Collaboration for Evidence-Based Medicine stating that the aim was to summarize data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) only for the treatment of BP. In addition, how those trials are to be searched for, analyzed and compared is scrutinized.
Out of all the databases only 6 RCTs were published, including 293 patients. One trial compared prednisolone at different doses: 0.75mg/ kg/day vs 1.25mg;/kg/day, and another compared methylprednisolone with prednisolone, and neither study found a significant difference between the two groups, but the patients on the higher prednisolone doses had more severe side effects.
Two trials were of combination treatments: (i) prednisone vs prednisone and azathioprine (Imuran) and (ii) prednisolone vs prednisolone and plasma exchange; these combinations roughly halved the steroid dose needed to control BP.
One trial had 3 comparisons: prednisolone vs prednisolone and azathioprine vs prednisolone and plasma exchange; that trial did not show any benefit of these combinations over prednisolone alone.
The last trial compared prednisone to tetracycline and niacinamide, and found no statistical difference in response between the two groups, but the side effects were higher in the prednisone group.
The drawbacks of each of these studies are highlighted. This is a useful paper to read if you want to learn more about how studies for the treatment of bullous diseases should be performed.
Four of these studies were conducted in France, and the French group since published a further RCT in the New England Journal of Medicine comparing topical clobetasol vs oral prednisolone for BP.
I personally believe that dermatologists should try to collaborate more and try to do more RCTs for the rare conditions such as BP and Pemphigus to try to determine which are the most efficacious treatments, best dosing regimens, etc. To my knowledge RCTs are currently enrolling at various centres in the US (coordinated by Dr Vicky Werth in Philadelphia) and at St George Hospital in Sydney, for the dapsone as a steroid-sparing agent in patients with pemphigus vulgaris; in Germany for various PV treatments, and in France, on-going trials in BP.
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Darkserver is a service written to help people finding details of build-id(s). People will be able query the service based on build-id(s) or rpm package names. The service will provide output in JSON format as it will be easier for other tools to parse the output.
The whole idea is based on a feature of BUILD-ID which was completed in Fedora 8 time, you can read about it here.
Source Code
Source code is under github and can be found here.
Why we need the service ?
To enable developer tools to identify exact package builds from which process images (e.g. core dumps) come. This can enable their analysis, debugging profiling, by finding out where the rpm / elf / dwarf files may be found, so they can download them.
Architecture of the project
View this image.
* Django >= 1.2.5 * Mysql server
The web service does not need any authentication. It will require read only access to the database, the users will only require to query the service.
The information on the database will be filled up by darkserver-import command, which will only execute through bodhi on every update pushed through.
How to setup?
Install the darkserver and darkserver-import rpms. Run the createtable.sql under /usr/share/darkserver to create table structure in the database.
$ mysql -u user -p -Ddatabasename < /usr/share/darkserver/createtable.sql
Edit the configuration file at /etc/darkserver/darkserverweb.conf as
[darkserverweb] host=MYSQL host name user=MYSQL user (read only access) password=password database=database name
Remember that the webserver only requires read only access to the mysql.
To use the darkserver-import tool you will have to fill up /etc/darkserver/darkserver.conf in the same way.
[darkserver] host=MYSQL host name user=MYSQL user (read/write access) password=password database=database name


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Rupert Grint Gossip
Rupert Grint gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Plan your holiday
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Warwick Davis (Prof Flitwick), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), and director David Yates attended a photo call at Leavesden Studios today to open the Warner Bros Making of Harry Potter studio tour. Where's NEVILLE?????????????????????????Leavesden is where they filmed. Full Story
Ron, Cedric, Draco - Accio 2005!
A reader called Tina just sent me a photo of a little Harry Potter reunion that happened at the Teen Choice Awards last night. I opened the message to find Rupert Grint, Robert Pattinson, and Tom Felton gathered backstage. Cute, right? (Lorella - check the slope.) Anyway, then I started wondering when a picture like this last happened. Full Story
Together again for the last time
So here they are, on a carpet for Harry Potter for the very last time, in the sweltering heat of a New York City afternoon. Rupert's head was totally wet by the time he went into the theatre. Daniel's too. Emma, stayed remarkably dry. Makes such a difference having bare shoulders out there. Full Story
Snape & Jo! And ... they all say goodbye
Massive premiere in London today – the final, final, FINAL carpet for the Harry Potter series in the motherland. There will be a premiere in New York on Monday but ... Harry is English, England is the heart of it. And here they almost all are to say goodbye and thank you. No, thank YOU. F-ck me I am crying again. Full Story
I will never be ready
Two weeks ago tomorrow I went to an advance screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and almost had to be carried out of the theatre. Laura, who was sitting next to me, said that at one point, she looked over and saw me in the fetal position. The next day I flew to New York to interview Daniel Radcliffe for the very last time, after five years of seeing him every year, sometimes twice. Full Story
The End is back to the Beginning
Are you ready for The End? It All Ends. Soon. I have seen The End, in 3D, and while I cannot tell you much about it yet (due to the studio's embargo), what I can say is that I loved it, and that Laura loved it, and that I still haven't recovered. Nerd? Totally. But yesterday Dean, who was cutting my interview with Daniel Radcliffe (the last one ever, sob!), took me to the edit suite to see how the story came together and I cried watching the clips, the old footage, when they were so little, integrated with the scenes from Harry Potter at the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Full Story
What is Pottermore?
If you're a Harry Potter nerd, you were likely caught up in it yesterday. If you missed it, click here for a backgrounder. So...what is it? JK Rowling launched the Pottermore site – here (note the Sorting Hat in the URL hee!) – but without much more information. Full Story
Ron in a word: Hot
I have friends, and I won't out you Michelle, who've always had some "I shouldn't be feeling this way" quiver about Rupert Grint/Ron Weasley. Never seen it myself…until now. Another Harry Potter moment that will make you cry. Steel yourselves. The cast members were asked to, for Empire (they had AMAZING access to promote the final), sum up their Harry Potter experience in One Word. Full Story
Ron Weasley has a girlfriend!
Rupert Grint is apparently no longer single. Heartbreaker. The Mirror spotted Rupe on Thursday night at a pub in Camden holding hands with Georgia Groome. There's also another Harry Potter connection. They were there to support George Craig. George is the on/off boyfriend of Emma Watson. Full Story
SOOOO cute
My friend Michelle C just sent this to me. It's a deleted scene from Harry Potter 7A, on DVD April 11th, featuring Hermione and Ron throwing rocks into the sea. I agree with the editing, it's totally superfluous, but I challenge you, as an HP fan, to watch this without giggling, or at least an awww-ish smile. Full Story
BAFTA Ron Weasley: Rupert Grint
He was there to celebrate Harry Potter's Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. Good timing. The BAFTAs are sandwiched between the release of the Deathly Hallows Part 1, which of course happened in November, and Part 2 which is scheduled for July 15th. Is it July 15th yet? Among so many other things, I want to see how it plays out, when Ron and Hermione finally acknowledge their love. Full Story


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This past fall was not kind to U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy. It became increasingly clear that Afghan security forces were not going to be ready for the 2014 transition. The New York Times highlighted the administration's failure to persuade the Iraqi government to allow a residual U.S. force to stay in the country, leaving Baghdad ever more at the mercy of Tehran. Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fought publicly over how to respond to Iran's advancing nuclear program. The administration's much-touted "pivot" to the Pacific seemed like more talk than action, as the United States passively watched tensions rise between China and Japan. And then, the administration tripped over itself repeatedly in trying to explain the fiasco in Benghazi, Libya.
Yet despite all this, Obama not only won the election in November but was more trusted by the public than Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate, on foreign policy and national security issues. The Pew Research Center's last preelection poll, for example, found that more voters trusted Obama than Romney on foreign affairs, by 50 percent to 42 percent, and CBS/New York Times and NBC/Wall Street Journal surveys showed similar figures. Tracking polls suggested that the foreign policy debate helped halt whatever momentum Romney had.
This was all a big change from the past. Republicans had previously possessed a decades-long advantage on foreign policy. Exit polls have shown that voters consistently trusted Republican presidential candidates over Democratic ones on foreign policy from the Vietnam era until 2012. So Obama's edge cannot be chalked up simply to incumbency. And if this exception becomes a trend, it will pose a serious problem for the Republican Party, significantly altering the political landscape. Foreign policy is rarely the decisive issue in presidential campaigns, but it does matter: even voters who profess not to care about the rest of the world need to feel comfortable that their candidate can be the next commander in chief. A candidate's command of foreign policy acts as
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mattoo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 41 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
I am looking for a logo that is very simple and modern and professional. It will include 'BigFaceRace' and hopefully a clever icon that has a face theme.
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The site is not yet finished but the logo must incorporate the theme of uploading photos of peoples faces. The site is called 'bigfacerace' and will involve people uploading a pic of there face. Therefore I would like a very eyecatching logo that has an icon of a face perhaps or even better if you are clever and create something theme like within the words. This one is really open to those with imagination...try submitting everything, but no clipart style logos or ones with too much going on. It must be simple but stylish.
As always, prompt feedback provided for every entry! GOOD LUCK!
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text: Homemade dressings far outshine any store-bought varieties, and Martha will show you how easy it is to make your own. She starts the lesson with a delicious shallot vinaigrette prepared two ways: whisked directly in the bottom of a salad bowl and shaken in a small jar. She also makes a creamy blue cheese dressing - just the thing for drizzling onto a wedge of iceberg lettuce. And you can make your own mayonnaise, too. Follow Martha's step-by-step instructions, then use it to prepare the most delectable BLT.


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Wanted: 100,000 Directors -But Who Is Qualified? by RICHARD H. MURRAY/General Counsel, Touche Ross & Co. For most of this country's history, the business community has enjoyed relative obscurity. Dur-ing the past quarter century, how-ever, business has had to open its doors to the media-from the modern muckrakers of network TV to the aus-tere analysts of The New York 77mes. The spotlight was first turned on during the late 1950s, focusing on the great entrepreneurs and conglomera-te's of our generation. While Jimmy Ling, H Ross Perot, and Saul Steinberg may not have had as much recog-nition as Arnold Palmer or Bob Hope, they certainly did achieve a new level of notoriety for businessmen. Then, with the collapse of some of their enterprises during the economic downturn of the early seventies, the focus of public attention turned to the professional world: the attorneys and accountants who had been vic-timized, along with the public, by the hoaxes of Equity Funding, National Student Marketing, and the like. Although the storms affecting the professions have not abated entirely, the focus of attention now has shifted to the directors of the Ameri-can business community. What are their qualifications to serve on cor- porate boards? This article will nei-ther praise nor condemn the people who fill these positions-ample speeches and pages are being de-voted to both viewpoints Rather, it will stress the glaring absence of any institutional framework to assure the business community that the cor-porate directors it appoints are quali-fied for office. Before 1970, American corporate boards of directors operated with the undisturbed tranquility of a private men's club. This calm was rocked, however, by the 1970 collapse of Perm Central Suddenly, the thought of more Equity Funding/National Student Marketing embarrassments created an almost perverse assump-tion that clinging to the wings of each business success was a seed of potential failure. The reaction to these develop-ments was swift. The composition of corporate boards rapidly began to change, as directors assumed greater responsibility and increasing inde-pendence. The role of non-manage-ment directors also changed With their new responsibilities came not only demands for a more active involvement in a corporation's affairs, but also new legal and financial risks of a personal nature. • The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act introduced a new stratum of civil and criminal liability for individual cor-porate officers and directors. • A director's responsibilities were expanded to include social and envi-ronmental concerns. • Enforcement of antitrust laws lightened. More years of prison sen-tences were imposed for violation of federal antitrust statutes during 1978 than during the prior 89 years of such legislation. • Numerous seven- and eight-figure judgments were granted and settlements made in civil damage claims, such as in the painful after-math of the Penn Centra! collapse. As if these risks were not enough, the Washington scene is now being bombarded with proposals to enlarge the responsibilities of corporate directors. The American Law Insti-tute, for example, proposes recodifi-cation of the federal securities laws, with a broad expansion of the re-sponsibilities and risks of directors. Although former SEC chairman Francis M. Wheat has noted astutely that "when all is said and done about 37
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(CNN) – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich continued his push against rival GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday, saying Democratic swipes against the former Massachusetts governor as a flip-flopper are "legitimate."
"If you run to the left of Teddy Kennedy, it is trickier than trying to run to the right of Newt Gingrich," Gingrich said in an exclusive interview with CNN's "John King, USA," referring to Romney's failed Senate bid against liberal lion Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
His comments come the same day the Democratic National Committee launched an aggressive, multi-state campaign against Romney, using a TV commercial that attempts to show the former governor changing his tune on a number of issues over the years.
Responding to critics who label Romney's record as inconsistent, Gingrich said: "Part of it is the way he (Romney) did some of it. I think it is legitimate."
Meanwhile, Gingrich admitted he was "wrong" when he indicated in a May interview that he favored some sort of mandate on health insurance.
Gingrich has since attempted to clarify those comments, saying he strongly opposes a federal health insurance mandate. But he denied his change in position amounted to the same "flip-flopping" label being lobbed against Romney.
Gingrich said Romney had failed to account for his health care positions, as the former governor strongly opposes President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform, largely modeled after the Bay State system that Romney helped craft as governor.
"Mitt raised this issue in one of our debates. If I would have been clever, I would say I've admitted I was wrong," Gingrich told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King. "I've learned and I've changed my mind. Why haven't you?"
But in the same May interview, Gingrich said he wouldn't use the mandate issue against Romney, a tactic he now appears to be using.
Gingrich, who's surged in the polls in recent weeks, has repeatedly called on his fellow Republican opponents to resist attacking each other and take aim at Obama, instead.
But Monday night marked the second time Gingrich went after Romney, having told a South Carolina radio station earlier in the day that his record was stronger and more consistent than that of his closest competitor in the race for the White House.
"I wouldn't lie to the American people; I wouldn't switch my position for political reason. It's perfectly reasonable to change positions if you see new things you didn't see," he said in the radio interview.
"Everybody does that, Ronald Reagan did that. If you go around and adopt radically different positions based on need for any one election, people will ask, 'What will you tell me next time?'"
Wasn't it Ginrich that said they (Republicans) shouldn't attack each other and should only attack the President? Is he flip flopping again?
When the slogan "dirty politics" came into play decades ago, they were not far from wrong. I can't believe any presidential candidate would take to bashing another candidate. This is not what we, the people, should expect from our presidential candidates but sadly, it happens. I choose to not vote for any of them no matter if I do have a favorite who I know would do a good job. I do not want anyone as President if they are going to lower themselves to these tactics.
I don't think Newt needs to do any attacking on Republicans. Just stick to the big TARGET. That's our Marxist President.
Newt differentiates himself from Romney not by flip-flopping but by looking at you dead in the eye and without blinking saying "I know that's what you heard me say, BUT I did'nt say that".
So we have Mittens the Flip-Flopper, and Newt the Negator of the Truth.
Losers both.
typical CONServative hypocrite
"It's perfectly reasonable to change positions if you see new things you didn't see"
On the one hand: reems of data, facts, evidence, studies, numbers, math and historical record showing that implementation of GOP economic ideology (tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation, etc.) has a trickle-up effect and redistributes the wealth upwards at an ever-accelerating rate. One the other hand: GOP keeps insisting on said economic ideology and even saying we should implement it more radically. So, do they see it and not care OR do they not see it? Choose.
Newtered said it and now he should have to eat the words.


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Alum brings 'Seinfeld' characters into 21st century
Josh Gondelman '07 and Jack Moore's Twitter take on modern plots takes off
What if "Seinfeld" were still on the air? That's a question Josh Gondelman '07 and his friend Jack Moore posed to each other one lazy Sunday afternoon.
The result: @SeinfeldToday, a Twitter profile that now boasts more than 588,000 followers, and offers a variety of possible answers to the question. This month marks 15 years since the series finale aired, but the sitcom continues to run in syndication, and in the minds of Gondelman and Moore.
On a near-daily basis, the friends tweet 140-character synopses of the characters' trials and tribulations in the 21st century.
"How many Seinfeld episodes would just not exist if they'd had text messaging?" Gondelman says. "But the ones you would lose wouldn't compare to how many you'd gain."
Before the end of its first week on Twitter, the @SeinfeldToday handle had more than 100,000 followers. Time featured @SeinfeldToday on its list of the top 140 Twitter feeds of the year and the feed has received praise everywhere from The Atlantic to the Huffington Post to the New York Daily News.
"I think one reason is that the source material is so good," says Gondelman, who was 13 when the show ended. "The other is just Internet luck, or it's that algorithm of something old, plus something new, plus good timing, equals viral success.
"At first it was really easy. We had 15 years to draw on," says Gondelman. "Then it got tough. We burned through the obvious things – texting, Netflix, Craigslist – really quickly."He says they plan to keep up the account as long there continues to be interest in it. So far, interest has come from a variety of high-profile directions. Even Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza, has lauded the account on Twitter, as have actors and comedians such as B.J. Novak and Jon Favreau.
"A lot of people who would have no reason to be interested about anything we've done are enjoying our work and that's been swell," Gondelman said.
Gondelman is a freelance writer and comedian, who joined the improv comedy troupe To Be Announced during his freshman year at Brandeis. In his junior and senior years, he and his friends produced a half-hour to hour sketch comedy show called "Friends Like These" at Chum's each Saturday, and began performing at comedy clubs in the area.
There was Dick Doherty's in Boston and The Comedy Studio in Cambridge. Sometimes he'd open for national acts who performed on campus like Eugene Mirman, Christian Finnegan and the Walsh Brothers. In Boston he also recorded a comedy album that is available, "Everything's the Best."
Now, he and Moore are putting together a Seinfeld Today book proposal and hopes the result will live up to his mentors' expectations.
"I got great instruction from people I really want to make proud," he says, including Melanie Braverman, a former poet-in-residence, Associate English Professor Mark Weinberg and his thesis advisor, Associate Creative Writing Director Stephen McCauley. "Brandeis created a great work ethic for me and it was a really great community that let me try a lot of things."
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Real Wedding – New Year's Eve Party In Perth
Nikki & Felipe ♥ Perth, Australia
Photographer: Sarah Christensen Photo
I've always thought that New Year's Eve would make a great day for a wedding; all of your guests will be in full party mode and what could be a more memorable and romantic way to bring in the new year?!
Felipe is originally from Brazil and Nikki from Perth, however they both now reside in New York City, so they chose Nikki's homeland of Western Australia as a central meeting point for family and friends from all over the world to come together and celebrate their nuptials.
And celebrate they did! Nikki and Felipe set their hearts on throwing a New Year's Eve wedding party to remember, and they certainly welcomed the New Year in with a bang, with the city's famous firework display illuminating the sky overhead at the stroke of midnight.
I must also of course mention Nikki's fabulous NYE bridal look, I'm sure that you'll all agree that she couldn't have picked a more suitable ensemble!


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chuckylefrek needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Logo required for copywriting company. Primary use is for website and stationery.
Copywriting does not have anything to do with copyright.
Company is called Perfect Words and specialises in writing copy for websites, brochures, adverts, voice over scripts and instructional design.
Perfect Words
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I am open to any ideas so please try whatever you feel will suit this type of company. The idea of a pen or surface with words or even a very puzzled/confused looking character with a bubble above his head with words all jumbled up or not making any sense.
There is no website at present. This will be designed after a suitable logo has been chosen.
For those of you who are not familiar with the term copywriting, it does not refer to copyrights but instead relates to writing.
Because the words sound alike, copywriters are sometimes confused with people who work in copyright law. These two things are unrelated!.
Copywriting is the process of writing the words that promote a person, business, opinion, or idea. It may be used as plain text, as a radio or television advertisement, or in a variety of other media. The main purpose of writing this marketing copy, or promotional text, is to persuade the listener or reader to act to buy a product or subscribe to a certain viewpoint, for instance. Alternatively, copy might also be intended to dissuade a reader from a particular belief or action.
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Pineapple Mango Vitamin C Booster Smoothie
After I've run 5 miles or finished the most grueling yoga class, and I'm hot, tired, and on empty, smoothies go down so easily.
Especially the kind that taste like a tropical vacation.
I'm blessed to live in San Diego, and it's been in the mid-70s the past few days during the middle of the day. It still gets cold enough at night that we have to turn the heat on, but for a few glorious hours in the middle of the day, it's picture-perfect. That's when I run or do yoga and after a hard workout, I don't like heavy things but need something to recharge.
This sweet, creamy, citrusy, vegan, Vitamin C-packed smoothie is so refreshing and hits the spot.
I try to incorporate as much Vitamin C into my diet as possible. It's an easy thing to do and something that helps prevent sickness, and I'll take all the prevention I can get. With a 6 year old who's constantly bringing home every other kid's cooties, germs, sniffles and sneezes, any little bit of immune-boosting powers is welcome. Citrus fruits like pineapple or orange-colored fruit in general, such as mango, are high in Vitamin C.
I love both pineapple and mango and have a dozen other smoothie recipes that use one or the other, but it's a favorite combination I never tire of. I always keep frozen pineapple and frozen mango chunks on hand, perfect for blending into smoothies. You don't need to add ice if you use frozen fruit, preventing a watered-down drink.
A smoothie just isn't a smoothie without a banana included for creaminess and they're a huge source of potassium. If you're active, making sure you're getting enough potassium helps to prevent leg cramps and muscle cramps in general. Other good potassium sources include skin-on baked potatoes, prunes, spinach, and lima beans. Given those choices, bananas sound better and better.
I peel over-ripe bananas, break them into chunks, and keep them in a big Ziplock in my freezer, making it easy to toss a few chunks into smoothies. When blended, they add plant-based creaminess that's unparalleled to anything else. Bananas are naturally sweet, inexpensive, and always available.
Blend together the fruits, milk, sweetener, splash of vanilla, and blend until smooth and creamy. I like to make this smoothie with coconut milk; it's plant-based, healthy, and I have a coconut obsession. Use almond, soy, or your favorite milk. If you'd like to splurge, a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt makes it taste like dessert-in-a-cup.
Sweeten it using granulated sugar, agave, honey, stevia, a couple Medjool dates, or your favorite sweetener. Some people don't sweeten fruit-based smoothies because the pineapple, mango, and banana are already sweet, but it depends on your palette and how sweet the fruit was when it was frozen. Sometimes pineapple and mango were frozen in a slightly under-ripe state and are a bit too tart to enjoy. I like my Lemon Bars extra tart, but not my smoothies.
Since I have to wash my blender anyway, I make double the amount I need. I fill freezer-safe platstic cups with the extra portions, freeze them, and when I'm ready for a smoothie, just nuke the cup for a minute. It saves time not having to remake and then rewash my blender. And having a fruity, creamy, healthy, vegan beverage ready and easily grab-able, prevents me from reaching for cookies, which are equally grab-able.
I've read that if you want to eat healthier, simply having fresh veggies or fruit cut up and in containers in your fridge, totally ready to snack on, makes it easier to snack on the good stuff. It's so easy to grab a bag of chips or a handful of jelly beans when you're hungry and your willpower is nil if you're not prepared with your snacks. A little prep work saves time and helps you stay on track. And that's my approach with smoothies waiting in the freezer.
The pineapple flavor dominates, reminding me a bit of a virgin pina colada. Between the mango, banana, and coconut milk, it's a healthy, frothy, creamy, vegan treat. I'll drink to that.
Pineapple Mango Vitamin C Booster Smoothie (vegan, GF)
Smoothies are an easy way to work in extra vitamins, minerals, fiber, and all the goodness that plants can offer, including an extra boost of Vitamin C to help combat colds and flu, sickness, and germs. The pineapple in this smoothie really sings, the mango gives it an extra layer of sweetness, and the banana helps to provide creaminess. Like all smoothies, use what you have and enjoy, and in the quantities that work for you, taking note of the optional suggestions and ideas if desired. Smoothies are flexible, adaptable, and an easy way to work healthy fruits and vegetables into your diet. Halve, double, or triple the recipe as desired
1 cup frozen pineapple chunks
1 cup frozen mango chunks
1 medium ripe banana, peeled and frozen in chunks
1 cup milk (regular, almond, soy, coconut, etc.)
1 teaspoon+ vanilla extract
- sweetener, to taste (sugar, agave, stevia, honey, maple syrup, dates, etc.)
- Place all ingredients in the canister of a Vita-Mix or blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately. Pour extra into a freezer-safe cup and freeze for up to 1 month, thawing before serving (or microwaving for about 30 seconds).
- Double or triple the recipe to create planned leftovers – perfect to grab for busy morning breakfasts or as easy snacks. All ingredients and amounts are to taste. Use seasonal fruits or vary the quantities of fruits, to taste. I used bagged, frozen fruit from Trader Joe's. Using frozen is preferred to fresh since smoothie is automatically kept cold, without adding ice which waters it down. Optionally, consider adding a scoop of protein powder or dollop of yogurt for extra protein; or blending with juice to increase the amount of Vitamin C; add coconut flakes, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, or your favorite smoothie add-ins' to either the blender canister before blending or garnish smoothie with them after blending.
Recipe is vegan (use vegan milk, avoid honey), gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free as written. Take care any ingredients used are suitable for your dietary needs.
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Peach Mango Pineapple White Sangria (vegan, GF) – Some of my favorite fruits, combined with a bottle of wine, create a white sangria that goes down so easily
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Orange PushUp Smoothie – This was the Most Viewed Recipe my entire site in 2012. Apparently everyone loves Creamsicles and Orange PushUps as much as I do
Baked Orange Banana Coconut Donuts with Orange Coconut Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze – Getting your vitamin C and potassium by way of oranges and bananas in donuts is definitely tasty. Recipe can be made as muffins
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