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Don't have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we've got it covered.
Food safety
Peanut allergies more common in kids from wealthy families – Huffington Post Food
One explanation could be the hygiene hypothesis, which states growing up and living in clean environments makes a person's immune system more sensitive.
U.S. declares fisheries disaster for Sandy damage – Seafood Source
The designation will allow federal funds to be used to rebuild devastated communities and fisheries along the coast.
Another man dies of methanol poisoning – Prague Daily Monitor
Despite a crackdown on counterfeit alcohol and arrests, people continue to die from methanol-contaminated spirits.
To read previous blog posts on the methanol poisoning outbreak, click here.
Animal safety
The basics of antifreeze poisoning in pets – Fully Vetted
As people prepare for winter, it's important to ensure pets stay away from antifreeze, which can be lethal.
For tips on how to recognize and treat antifreeze poisoning from Fully Vetted, click here.
Sandy takes its toll – JAVMA News
It's a long road to recovery after Hurricane Sandy.
FEI adopts dressage "blood rule" at General Assembly – The new rule states any horses with fresh blood on them will immediately be eliminated from the competition.
Avian flu H7 outbreak in Australia – The Poultry Site
Approximately 5,000 cases have been confirmed but 50,000 birds could be exposed.
Pig genome project may pave the way for better bacon – NPR's The Salt
Although better bacon sounds fantastic, it also may help make pigs more resistant to devastating diseases.
Rothamsted scientists study the 170-year-old potatoes – BBC
The potatoes shed light on the Irish Potato Famine, which led to the deaths of more than 1 million people. The blight was caused by Phytophotora infestans, which can survive between seasons.
For information on Neogen's test for P. infestans, click here.
Saving soil moisture – Agriculture.com
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Dr. Nebil A. Katcho obtained his PhD in 2009 from the Complutense University of Madrid, under the supervision of Prof. Enrique Lomba (Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC) and Prof. Luis Carlos Otero Díaz (Inorganic Chemistry Department, Complutense University). His thesis was devoted to the structural characterization of disordered systems by combining atomistic simulation methods with spectroscopic and diffraction techniques. He studied a wide range of systems, with different physical properties, as liquids, disordered solids and strained nanostructures. This made him possible to acquire experience with different simulation methods (ab initio and classical simulations) and experimental techniques (EELS, XAFS, anomalous X-ray diffraction).
He continued his structural studies in Madrid (Physical Chemistry Department, Complutense University) and Zaragoza (Condensed Matter Department, University of Zaragoza) until 2011, when he moved to LITEN (CEA-Grenoble). He worked for three years in the group of Natalio Mingo, devoted to the search of efficient thermoelectrics. His studies were focused on the ab initio computation of the thermal conductivity of semiconductor nanostructured materials by solving the Boltzmann Transport Equation. In particular, the quantification of the reduction on thermal conductivity by defects and nanostructuring.


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SWFAddress 2.0 part 3 - Ajax and SEO
In the third and last part of the SWFAddress 2.0 presentation series I would like to give an overview of the two major features that this release introduces.
My personal experiments with deep linking actually started with Ajax and later I used the experience to create SWFAddress. Because of this the Ajax support has always been a matter of time and after the 1.1 release it became a standard user request. As you probably know there are many solutions of this type and every major JavaScript library have this functionality available natively or in the form of a plugin. The usage of SWFAddress will only make sense if it's better that the rest and now I'm going to explain why SWFAddress 2.0 really becomes the best offering at the moment.
As it was mentioned in the firts part of this series, SWFAddress is already deployed on many websites. This fact generated a huge amount of feedback and I have never been indifferent to appropriate and possible improvements. When we say that SWFAddress supports Opera 9 or Safari 1.3 we really ensure that it does so. While most of the other scripts are coming up with their serialization formats which are appropriate for specific framework or component state, SWFAddress tries to stick as much as possible with concepts clean URLs, standard query parameters and unobtrusive behavior. Features like custom titles, transparent page view tracking and event listeners are also not that common across similar solutions. And last but certainly not least, there are affordable support and development services which some people find useful.
For some time there is an Ajax sample available on the SWFAddress homepage which wasn't there without a reason. Today I'm happy to announce that we have an indexable unobtrusive Ajax content which can be accessed from Google, Yahoo or MSN. It's written in PHP and uses an innovative SEO mechanism which I'm going to describe below. To finalize the Ajax overview I also want to mention the Coherence sample that showcases how multiple Flash files can be used together with XHR and opens a lot of interesting opportunities.
Last year SWFAddress came up with a deep linking SEO solution that works. It was a little complex, but various people dared to use it and achieved the result they've dreamed about. The approach wasn't perfect, the complex URL rewriting was often causing troubles and worst of all was the fact that it was 'cloaking', a term that makes people paranoid because of the Google guidelines. We never experienced or heard about issues or penalties because of this technique, but overall this was a stopper for lots of the SWFAddress adopters. Companies like BLITZ implemented their own much safer SEO solution on top of SWFAddress, but it still isn't perfect because of the ambiguous deep link anchors generated with JavaScript.
With SWFAddress 2.0 I can offer you a new approach which in my opinion has enormous potential. It's not very simple because it relies on JavaScript redirection which should be non-sneaky, but it works quite well and produces the clean results that we want. The technique works like a progressive enhancement and a site like this can be first developed without any Flash or Ajax code. SWFAddress adds a tricky synchronous XHR on top of all this and ensures that after the redirect the HTML content won't be different. URL rewriting is used again, but this time it's very minimalistic and most of the logic is implemented with a server-side language. SWFAddress 2.0 offers you a choice between PHP, JSP or Rails and even if you don't like the encapsulation of the code, you'll be able to grab the core logic and implement it as you like.
As always we did some real testing using our SEO sample and the technique seems to work quite well.
The release is coming tomorrow. Make sure you won't miss it!


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Local gaming startup shoots for $2m first round
Plymouth-based software startup Rocket Surgeon Entertainment recently disclosed intentions of raising $2m in equity for the creation of "projects in the social media persistent game arena."
"Rocket Surgeon Entertainment is a newly formed group of video and computer gaming veterans with well over 100 years of combined game developing experience, producing and developing on PCs, consoles, handhelds and mobile," says the website, further noting "RSE is finishing the seed round, and moving on Round 1 rapidly."
The company is led by CEO Shel Mann, a U of M grad who also helms multi-platform software producer Big Island Publishing. Mann notes that the company has already raised $1.1m
"This spring we are launching a social media persistent game entitled For The People-Fantasy Politics. This first game in our platform is timed to coincide perfectly with the upcoming 2012 election and will include a patent pending polling technology. We have garnered significant interest from Washington DC and Silicon Valley for our efforts."


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Bespoke safaris beyond your imagination. Visit gorillas where they live, on foot in the wild. Trek the afro-montane forests of the Albertine Rift Valley. Bushwhack remote eco-systems in the Congo Basin. Boat up river through the jungles of Gabon. Hunt with the Ba'aka pygmies in Dzanga Shanga. Join our next expedition to Gorillaland, where it all began and still goes on.
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African Pied Hornbill
African Pied Hornbill (Tockus fasciatus) Taxonomy: Buceros fasciatus Shaw, 1811, Malimbe, Angola. Pairs and groups are widespread and common residents in woodland, bushed and wooded grassland, from sea-level to 1700m. Nominate in most of Ug and Ke, while epirhinus is widespread from SUg, though Tz into SEKe.
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Every time February or March rolls around, I get an overwhelming desire to purge anything and everything I no longer use or need and start fresh. Maybe it's the fact that spring has just arrived and cleaning out your cobwebs is standard, or maybe it's because I'm an OCD neat freak, but either way, I want it all gone. I want a clean, organized closet, spotless carpets, and a pantry full of only the items I actually want to eat (cc: chocolate). But I don't stop there. I also want an email account full of only important messages, organized folders on my Mac, and to drop my emotional baggage at the door. I want to feel clean, physically and emotionally. I want to start my life over just like the leaves on the trees do each year.
So every February or March, I follow these feelings, and I make list upon list of what needs to be done. I figure I'm not the only one who feels this way, so I thought I'd share some of the ways I spring clean my life.
- Dig through the closets. I read a lot about the closet capsule whenever I get a chance, and I think it's really onto something. Last year I really went through my closet and drawers, donating or selling or tossing anything I hadn't worn in awhile. Even after getting rid of over 100 items, it wasn't enough. This weekend, I'm doing it again, and I'm not holding back. I want less than fifty items of clothing total (not including shoes). I don't wear half the things I own anyway, so what's the point in letting them collect dust?
- Ravage the pantry. Of course, we've already done this once this year. (Apparently I'm always spring cleaning.) That being said, it's amazing how quickly items pile up over and over again. One thing that has really helped us has been making a list of everything—and I mean everything—that we have in our fridge or cabinets and marking it off as we use it. Our cabinets are pretty deep and it's not always easy to see what's in the back, so if I write it down, I know it's there, and I don't buy items we already have at the grocery store simply because I couldn't see them.
- Clean the carpets, the cabinets, the baseboards, and basically anything else in—or out of—sight. This is pretty self-explanatory. I wipe everything down, deep clean anything that can be deep cleaned, and I dust basically my entire life. Because allergies. I also get rid of or organize old cosmetic products or anything related to that.
- Go through anything technology-related with a fine-tooth comb. I go through the "All Mail" section of all of my eight emails address (yes, it's that bad, and no, I'm not crazy—most of them are for different companies I contract with) and delete anything that's over a year old and not important. I also keep about a zillion folders for each account because I'm one of those type-As who needs less than ten emails in my inbox or I go mad. I also go through social media and delete embarrassing status updates, unfriend people I no longer need or want to keep in touch with, and get rid of old pictures that I don't want on my account. It may sound bizarre, but it feels like a huge weight has been lifted when I do this.
- Straighten out our finances. We keep a pretty close eye on money, but it's always good to do a little housekeeping, re-budget according to how our life has changed in the past year, and fix any issues or mistakes we've made. Because we're human, and everybody makes mistakes. Now is the time to solve any problems.
- Do things I love and have been putting off. If there's a yoga class I've been dying to go to but simply haven't made the time, I make it, and I go. Do I mean to take morning walks with Isla but I keep putting them off? I do that, too. I try new recipes, visit new places, and make time for anything I've been missing in my life.
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AGM Batteries
Technology has allowed so many new advancements in the battery industry. An AGM battery is a maintenance free option, which do not require you to add water or to clean them. These batteries are a form of valve regulated lead-acid batteries, also known as VRLA. They provide higher performance ratings than conventional flooded lead-acid batteries do, and tend to have a longer life span.
A 12V AGM battery has some similarities to a standard lead acid battery, but differs in the sense that it holds the electrolytes in the glass mats, rather than flooded plates. Woven on the mat is thin glass fibers, as this enhances the surface area. This allows them to hold enough electrolytes on the cells for the lifespan of the battery. These fibers are not affected or absorbed by the acid of the electrolytes.
Advantages of an AGM Battery
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- Cruise into untouched wilderness on the Spirit of Queenstown Scenic Cruise to discover Lake Wakatipu's hidden gems.
- Sit back, relax and enjoy the spectacular alpine scenery while the skipper provides entertaining commentary on the nature and history of Lake Wakatipu.
- Stop at Bob's Cove to discover turquoise waters and view flora and fauna up-close.
- Enjoy views up the lake towards Glenorchy, Mt Earnslaw and the Southern Alps.
- Ideal cruise for families with an indoor play area for children.
- Onboard café and bar with a selection of hot and cold beverages and snacks available.
- Hop off Spirit of Queenstown at Mt Nicholas High Country Farm for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes visit to a truly authentic, family-run merino sheep farm.
- Mt Nicholas produces the highest quality wool for world-renowned clothing company Icebreaker.
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Network solution provider talks network virtualization strategy, security
In this edition of Solution Provider Spotlight, we highlight Personal Computer Resources, a networksolution provider from Braintree, Mass. CEO and President Peter Hirschfeld sits down with SearchNetworkingChannel.com to discuss the recession and its effect on business, as well as customer concerns such as network virtualization and green networking. Hirschfeld also explains his thoughts on:
- Network virtualization strategy
- Why disaster recovery is one of the main uses for network virtualization.
- Demand for green networking vs. network virtualization.
- New Massachusetts regulations on data encryption and network security.
Watch the video or read a transcript of the conversation below:
Elaine Hom: Welcome to Solution Provider Spotlight, the video series highlighting network solution providers in the Boston area. This is Elaine Hom, associate editor for SearchNetworkingChannel.com. In this edition of Solution Provider Spotlight, we'll introduce you to Peter Hirschfeld, CEO and president of Personal Computer Resources, Braintree, Massachusetts. Let's take a walk inside and learn about Personal Computer Resources.
Personal Computer Resources is a network solution provider focusing on network infrastructure technologies. Partnered with Microsoft, SonicWALLl, Symantec and other major vendors, Personal Computer Resources provides networking services for Boston to Worcester, Massachusetts, and throughout the state of RhodeIsland. Personal Computer Resources focuses its technical capabilities on network design and implementation, back and disaster recovery, remote monitoring and management and installation and ongoing maintenance. According to CEO and President Peter Hirschfeld, integration is a key component of their business, and they are willing to work with other companies to deliver a solution that's right for their diverse SMB clients, which has ranged from a non-profit in Boston to a major oil company based in Massachusetts' South Shore area.
Barb Darrow: Like everyone else you've probably been impacted by the recession. Can you talk a little bit about what you're seeing there and if you're seeing things start to take off again?
Peter Hirschfeld: Absolutely. For us, the recession started in June of 2008, and really ended in March of 2009, so for the last five months things have been pretty good. We're back to a steady state. But the biggest impact during that time were new server installations and migrations from existing platforms, like Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007. Most customers aren't doing that at this point.
Darrow: And so are you expecting that to change by the end of the year going into 2010?
Hirschfeld: I do. And I expect that a lot of customers will bypass Exchange 2007 and go right to Exchange 2010.
Darrow: Are you seeing any pent-up demand for the new Windows Server 2008 release, R2, that's coming out soon?
Hirschfeld: We are, yes.
Darrow: And what are you seeing in terms of demand for green networking and IT? We're hearing a lot of customers starting to ask about this now; they're worrying about their power bills, etc. Are you seeing that?
Hirschfeld: We're seeing it a little bit. Quite frankly, it's not one of those top conversations that we have. Customers are interested in virtualization, which relays into the green space, saving power. But in the current economic situation, you have to pay money to get the green implementation, so at this point they're just holding off.
Darrow: And are you specializing in any particular vertical markets? We know you do a lot of infrastructure work. Do you come up the stack a little bit to verticals?
Hirschfeld: We do.
Darrow: Which ones?
Hirschfeld: We're focused on professional services, and then within professional services there's two particular verticals that work well for us. One is CPA firms, and secondly, insurance agencies. We've done very well in those two.
Darrow: Great. And Massachusetts has just passed some new regulations concerning data encryption and security on the network. Can you talk a little bit about whether that poses an opportunity or a challenge for you and your customers?
Hirschfeld: Sure. It poses both. For us it poses a huge opportunity; for customers, there's costs associated with it. I think in fact that's why the law keeps getting delayed. Originally it was going into effect in January 2009, then May 2009, then January 2010. Now the target date is March 2010. But there are significant technological improvements that we're going to put in place at customer locations to protect personal data ...
Darrow: And do you have to help them prove that they've met these criteria?
Hirschfeld: We do.
Darrow: And what do you see in terms of demand or lack of demand for network virtualization? Cisco's been talking a lot about this lately. Is this a problem in search of a solution or the other way around?
Hirschfeld: [Network] virtualization is pretty much confined to disaster recovery at this point. So a customer has a primary server, we've got a virtual server ready to go in the event the primary fails. That's basically what we've been doing with virtualization. I think it still has a lot of opportunity and a long way to go.
Darrow: And again, just going back to the recession question, you're saying IT spending is starting to come back a little bit, correct?
Hirschfeld: Absolutely, yeah. The worst is over for us, so for the last five months we've pretty much been running at a rate pre-recession.
Darrow: So people who have deferred on hardware upgrades are back on track now?
Hirschfeld: Yes.
Darrow: Thank you very much for taking the time today.
Hirschfeld: Thank you.


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The median age of people living in Loganville is
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The average high temperature in July is 90.6
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About WSCU
Mission Statement
WSCU's mission is to be the primary financial institution for its members and to serve them by providing sound financial services consistent with the credit union philosophy of "People helping people".
Our History
Weld Schools Credit Union has been in business since 1936, when in Greeley, Colorado, 34 school employees pooled a total of $842.72 to start the Greeley Public Schools Credit Union.
By the year 1945, the credit union had grown to $3,500 in assets. Through the early years, the credit union thrived because of the volunteer efforts of many individuals and the support of its members. The credit union was housed during these formative years in the office of Greeley Schools Superintendent Pat Ryan. Mr. Ryan served as a volunteer credit union treasurer. Evelyn Beaver completed the bookkeeping in addition to her secretarial duties for the school district.
In the early years, the operation was fairly simple with Evelyn keeping a running tab of deposits, withdrawals and loans. Loan requests were put into a drawing. Then,depending on the amount requested, member shares were solicited until enough funds were obtained to give the loan.
When Evelyn Beaver left her position with the school district in 1963, Jeri Wilcox Cranwell began keeping track of the credit union business, again on a volunteer basis. Jeri later resigned from her school district position to devote more time to her family. Mr. Ryan asked Jeri if she would continue to handle the credit union operation from her home. Jeri agreed, and the Cranwell family room was converted into a credit union office. The credit union assets then stood at $54,000.
In 1970, Associated Welco Schools Credit Union was started in the downstairs bedroom of Karen Goetsch's home with 43 members and $540. This credit union served the other school districts in Weld County.
In the mid-seventies, Greeley Public Schools Credit Union changed its name to the School District Six Credit Union. In 1975, the credit union had grown beyond the capacity of the Cranwell home, and the credit union moved to the District Six administration building at 811 15th street. This was a big commitment for both the school district and Jeri. This new visibility promoted further growth and member accessibility. Within a year the credit union grew to over $1 million in assets. It took just one more year for the credit union to reach $2 million in assets.
In 1978, Associated Welco Schools Credit Union, agreed to merge into the School District Six Credit Union. The combined alliance led to the formation of Weld Schools Credit Union. Part of the merger agreement was the building of a new facility. Land was purchase at 1503 9th Avenue and a 2750 square foot building was constructed.
President Jeri Cranwell retired in 1990 after 27 years of credit union service. Twelve years in the new building led to asset growth of $16 million and membership growth to 4,000 members. Long-term Greeley resident Steve Sanborn, a graduate of Greeley West High School and the University of Northern Colorado, succeeded Jeri as the credit union's president.
The challenges of more growth continued. Office space started to become a premium as the credit union hired more employees; by 1990 the lobby area and basement had been converted into additional offices.
In the summer of 1993, more office space was leased at 1100 10th Street. This location became the WSCU Loan Service Center and five employees moved to the new office.This left nine full time employees at the 9th Avenue address to complete the administrative, member service and teller functions.
At the same time the Board of Directors continued evaluating its facility needs and focused on identifying a future location to fully house the credit union operation and to plan for future growth. On September 6, 1994 two acres of land at 2555 47th Avenue were purchased and construction of a new 8,150 square foot building began later that month.
After 59 years of operation, the credit union passed the $26 million asset mark in March, 1995, with membership growth reaching a new high of 5,300. Also during this year, all the departments of WSCU were again housed under one roof in the new building.
Weld Schools Credit Union continued to grow as it reached its 68th year. The year 2004 saw WSCU at $44,707,325 in total assets and 7,234 members. The Board of Directors and staff at Weld Schools Credit Union welcome all members to use its many services. WSCU member-owners can be proud that their strong support over the years has allowed the credit union to build its new facility using its own funds rather than borrowing from outside sources. Focusing on the future, Weld Schools Credit Union continues its mission of providing superior services to its member-owners.
Thank you for your dedicated support.
What's a Credit Union?
A Credit Union is a cooperative, not-for-profit financial institution organized to promote thrift and provide credit to members. Credit Unions are member-owned and controlled through a Board of Directors elected by the membership. The Board serves on a volunteer basis and may hire a management team to operate the Credit Union. The Board also establishes and revises policy, sets dividend and loan rates.
The result: members are provided with a safe, convenient place to save and borrow at reasonable rates at an institution which exists to benefit them, not to make a profit.
Find out more about Credit Unions at here
Who Can Join WSCU?
All who live or work in Weld County Colorado
Employees and Students (and their relatives) of:
Weld County Public Schools
Weld County Charter Schools
Dayspring Christian School
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran School
Home Schools in Weld County
Weld County BOCES
Mountain View Academy
Aims Community College
St. Mary's Catholic School
Weld County School Retirees
Employees and donors of Guadalupe Community Center or Weld Food Bank, residing or working in the state of Colorado
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Once you become a member of WSCU, you remain a member for life, even if you change jobs, relocate or retire!
Is your money federally insured?
WSCU funds are fully insured by NCUA
WSCU is financially sound
Our assets are increasing, our capital is strong and our loan losses are still extremely low. After 80+ continuous years of operation we're still going strong thanks to your support.
In addition, the overall credit union movement is also healthy and strong.
Your funds are federally insured
Your savings are federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government by the National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government agency.
Please remember: WSCU Money Fund Accounts are included in this insurance coverage. There is no need to withdrawal or move any of your money from a Money Fund Account. Every type of account at WSCU is federally insured by the NCUA.
If you have concerns or questions about your coverage, NCUA Insurance Experts are available. You can contact them at 1 (800) 755-1030 x 1 or visit NCUA for more information.
Current Openings
Weld Schools Credit Union currently has no employment opportunities.


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My team and the enemy suddenly getting our game process terminated!??!? (ranked)
Just got out of a game where everything was normal, 6-6 in kills. anyones game, then suddenly, my game crashed. "strange" i thought, my game has not crashed in years... i reconnect and cant even get out of the fountain until i crash again. i notice that two teamates are also standing still in the fountain. I reconnect once again and notice the map is empty of enemies aswell even tho 3 of the guys in our team are "afk". I quickly type in /all "you guys crashing aswell?" "yes wth rito". Crash again. I ask my duo, he is crashing aswell. So, 3 guys of our own team and 2 of the enemy are down for the count. the game ends, they win... free push, in the statistics we are branded as leavers. lost LP. The message you got when the game went down went something like "The process had to be terminated, there might be a third party program causing this" wtf... not a bugsplat or a crash report where you could send in a log. Anyone else experienced this?
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Katie Campbell
CLUB: Na Piarsaigh
POSITION: Midfield/Centre Forward
OCCUPATION: Student
ACHIEVEMENTS WITH CLUB TO DATE/HONOURS: u16 championship '05 and '08, minor championship '05, Junior Championship '05, Intermediate Championship '06 and '07, player of the match intermediate final 2007, minor all-Ireland final 2009, Father Meaghair cup 2012, player of the tournament colleges final 2012, Colleges All-star 2012, Colleges All-star 2013.
MOST ADMIRED PLAYER: Mark Foley
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Sile Moynihan (can't score a goal on that wan)
BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR CAMOGIE CAREER TO DATE: My Dad, Christy Campbell.
FAVOURITE FOOD: Chicken stirfry
FAVOURITE FILM/ACTOR: Will Ferrell
FAVOURITE SINGER/BAND/MUSIC: Coldplay
WHAT DOES PLAYING WITH YOUR COUNTY MEAN TO YOU: It's a great honour and privilege for me to be part of a team with such a talented and spirited bunch of girls. Playing and winning alongside this team means everything.


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…and from the picture it appears the victim was of Asian descent. No word on whether the knife used was made in China. In the most multilateral jihadi knife killing yet, a 21 year old British hiker on her "gap year" in Australia was stabbed to death by a French Muslim (who is most certainly not a descendant of good-old Charlie Martel).
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According to witnesses, the killer yelled "Allah Akbar" – Arabic for "God is greater" – during the attack and after he was arrested.
"We don't have a motive yet," said superintendent Ray Rohweder.
The 21-year-old studied psychology and childcare before travelling to Surfers Paradise, in the state of Queensland, and working as a nightclub waitress.
Police arrested a 29-year-old Frenchman and are investigating whether the "senseless" knife attack was motivated by Islamic extremism.
The man killed Ms Ayliffe-Chung and injured a 30-year-old Briton as well as a dog.


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Salty, chocolate, nutty goodness (and so easy to make)!
Salted Toffee-Chocolate Squares
52 Keebler Club Crackers (about a 1/2 a package)
1 bag (8 ounces) toffee bits
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped toasted natural almonds
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon coarse salt
Preheat oven to 350. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place club crackers in a single layer on sheet, edges touching. Sprinkle toffee bits and almonds over crackers.
In a small saucepan, bring sugar, butter and salt to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and cook at a rapid simmer, swirling pan occasionally, until mixture is syrupy, 2 minutes. Immediately pour over crackers. Bake until sugar topping is bubbling, 12 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate chips and salt over crackers. Let cool on a baking sheet on a wire rack. Using a sharp knife cut into 2-inch squares.
*I think coconut would be an amazing addition to these toffee squares (next time).
*These are really yummy frozen.
*I think coconut would be an amazing addition to these toffee squares (next time).
*These are really yummy frozen.
Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart


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Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp ground flax seed
Dash of salt
4 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup applesauce
In a bowl, mix the oats, flour, flax and salt. Set aside. In a pan over medium heat, melt butter, peanut butter, honey and brown sugar together. Remove from heat and stir in applesauce. Add mixture into the bowl with dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour into a greased 9″x9″ pan and press with fork or spatula. Cook at 350 degrees for around 25 minutes or until golden brown.
If your like me and try to buy high protein bars, then try making these and simply adding 2 scoops of your favorite protein supplement to the recipe.
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4 Simple Ways To Compare Cosmetic Braces
One of your goals this summer may be to straighten your teeth. While there is no shortage of advice on the internet covering all your needs and preferences, you might feel bombarded and confused and wonder which brace will work for you? Before you visit your dentist, I Love Straight Teeth can help you by making a simple comparison between four of the most popular cosmetic braces.
1# 4 Cosmetic Braces Available
Lingual Braces
Lingual braces are a fixed brace. Fixed braces have brackets bonded to the teeth with wires fixed to the brackets. Sounds shocking? Don't let the out of date idea of train track braces put you off because the clever thing about lingual braces is they are fixed to the reverse side of your teeth where they can't be seen. Not only are they discreet but they are more lightweight and comfortable than traditional braces.
Clear Fixed Braces
Another fixed brace is the clear fixed ones, also known as 6 months braces. This discreet brace is fixed to the front of the teeth and is tooth coloured. It focuses on moving the teeth which show when you smile quickly and efficiently.
Inman Aligner
An alternative to a fixed brace is an accelerated removable brace. The Inman Aligner is a patented design, powered by tiny springs and bows to move teeth, gently, safely and quickly.
Invisible Removable Aligners
Also commonly referred to as "Invisalign", the aligners a clear and removable and worn like a sleeve over your teeth. They are customised to fit to gently move your teeth in the desired direction. You replace the aligner, the removable brace, twice a month until your teeth reach their correct position.
2# How do I decide which brace?
Your dentist will make a full diagnosis of the oral health of your teeth and gums with the help of x-rays. If your teeth are suitable for cosmetic braces, you can decide if a fixed or removable brace will best suit your lifestyle. Cosmetic braces all focus on moving the front teeth, the teeth which show when you smile. By aligning the front teeth, you can be confident you will look your optimal best and improve your future oral health.
3# Which one is for me?
If your teeth are misaligned both top and bottom, you may benefit more from a fixed brace. In this case, you can choose from Six Months or Lingual braces. Six month braces are discreet and work quickly, as the name suggests, but Lingual braces are the choice of professionals in the spotlight as they are completely hidden, unobtrusive and easy to take care of. Clear fixed braces are less expensive than Lingual braces. Although both braces are custom made to fit, Lingual braces are more complex and require more time when fitting and adjusting. You also have the option to combine both, having lingual on top and clear fixed at the bottom for example.
If you need your front four teeth, either top or bottom aligned because they overlap or you minor gaps between the teeth, you may prefer a removable aligner. The Inman Aligner, known as the 'wonder brace' works very quickly but is not invisible. Invisalign is both removable and invisible.
4# Cost Effectiveness
While weighing up the pro's and con's of the different types of braces you may consider which one can you afford? Your dental team will prepare a price plan at your first consultation, taking into consideration the position of your teeth, the length of treatment, the desired result, the type of brace and how you can reduce the costs. An easy payment plan is available to help spread the cost.
So removable or fixed braces? How would you want to perfect your smile and straighten your teeth? Share your answer in the comments below.


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ABERDEEN, S.D. - An updated and final report of a 2018 Keystone Pipeline leak in northeastern South Dakota said less crude oil leaked than the the parent company originally estimated.
The updated and final total is 276,864 gallons, according to a federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration investigation report.
Shortly after the spill, TransCanada, which owns the Keystone Pipeline, estimated the spill to be roughly 210,000 gallons. The company later increased that total to 407,400 gallons.
The latest estimated spill volume — a decrease of roughly 130,500 gallons — was determined to be significantly less than "a worst case scenario discharge" due to rapid detection of the leak, the control center's quick response to the rupture, and the location of the failure near the top of the pipe, according to the federal investigation into the cause of the spill.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration report, which is dated on Nov. 28, 2018, was published on the federal agency's website on March 5.
The agency issued a closure letter dated Jan. 29 to Russell K. Girling, president and CEO of TransCanada. It noted that the company had met all the conditions in a corrective action order, and no further action is expected in relation to the Nov. 16, 2017, leak near Amherst.
The requirements contained in the action order included an investigation of the leak, repair and restart of the pipeline and an integrity verification of the pipeline, according to the report.
The cause of the leak was something that happened during construction, most likely during the trenching, lowering-in, installation of concrete weights, backfilling or rough cleanup on Nov. 7 and 8, 2008, according to the report.
The weights were used to keep the pipe from floating in flooded trenches.
"The inspection records associated with these activities indicate the location was wet and muddy, the weather was cold and windy, and working conditions were very difficult. The available inspection records did not document an instance of equipment falling or sliding into the trench," the report reads.
The Keystone Pipeline carries crude oil more than 2,600 miles from eastern Alberta, Canada, to Oklahoma and Illinois. The leak was detected by TransCanada's leak protections system in a Conservation Reserve Program field in a rural Marshall County.
TransCanada deployed hundreds of workers to the scene within a day of the leak. According to the investigation report, within two weeks, the pipeline had the go-ahead to start back up after a temporary stoppage.
In less than six months, the spill site was free of oil contamination and seeded, according to the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Independent consultants and experts from TransCanada formed a "root cause failure analysis" team that conducted interviews, reviewed documents and records, and analyzed other information relevant to the federal agency's findings in the corrective action order report.
The team's goal was to identify potential and contributing factors to the pipeline's failure.
While the construction documentation was reviewed in detail, the team found it too burdensome to attempt to find and interview the workers involved, the report notes.
"The top of the pipe is approximately 6-feet below ground level. If the damage occurred after the pipe was lowered-in (as suspected), the actual event would have resulted in some relatively intense moments involving equipment operation," the report reads.
The dented section of pipe caused the metal to harden and become brittle, according to the report.
Damage to the pipeline at the leak site went undetected by numerous on-site inspections during construction and post-construction testing, allowing it to worsen until causing the pipe to rupture nearly seven and a half years later.
The amount of the crude oil that leaked immediately as a result of the rupture was described as a "nearly ideal scenario" in the report, which notes:
- The rural setting and dry weather conditions allowed TransCanada clean up crews to begin removing any contaminated soils relatively easily.
- No water sources were contaminated by the leaked crude oil, and all contaminated soil has been removed and replaced.
A raccoon and a bird died as a result of exposure to leaked crude oil, according to information from a database on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration website.
The total property damage cost of the spill was $44.85 million, according to the database.
The investigation report notes that there could be other locations along the Keystone route where unreported damage might have occurred during construction.
"It should be assumed that similar damage could be sustained at any time throughout operation of the pipeline, and not be discovered, reported and/or detected at the time it is sustained," the report reads.
"There is existing in-line inspection technology capable of detecting these types of defects. Conservative assessment intervals will improve the probability of detection prior to failure," according to the report.


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Friday Attitude Of Gratitude – Week # 2
Hi, everyone! Happy Friday! I am always amazed how much better I feel if I begin my day, focusing on gratitude and positive thinking. It is my morning pick-me-up, which even if I am rushed, I try not to skip. If I have to shorten my morning routine, I might skip a workout, or drink …Continue reading "Friday Attitude Of Gratitude – Week # 2"


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16th May 2017
Things are coming together now - and they need to be with only just over six weeks to go. The main features of the past couple of weeks have been an open water swim and a long bike ride. The open water swim was only 2/3 mile but it was important to get in and test out the wet suit. Ellerton Lake near Richmond in North Yorkshire was good for swimming and just warm enough.
In the week following I had three frustrations; on the bike where my first 10 mile time trial of the year was on the slow side against an easterly head wind for the first 5 miles, a half Ironman swim was a couple of minutes slower than my previous time at 44:20 and a park run 5k was the slowest I've done. I needed a boost and an 80 mile bike ride provided an opportunity. My route took me west up Weardale to St. Johns Chapel in the North Pennines then South over the infamous St. Johns Chapel to Langdon Beck road into Teesdale - a stretch which took me the best part of an hour for 5 miles over a steep ascent and descent into a southerly wind. The return was east down Teesdale via Middleton in Teesdale which was a good ride back to Sedgefield taking a flat 2 hours. All together I was out for 6 hours 20 minutes for a good ride. I got further back on track on Sunday 16th May with a half Ironman swim in 42:30. The next few weeks is mainly about sharpening on the bike and in the water while building running miles starting with a run up Snowden on Saturday 20th May.
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Family-Centered Pediatric Rehabilitation and Accredited Education Program
Through a family-centered approach, FINR is dedicated to developing individualized treatment programs designed to teach children the skills necessary to live in the least restrictive environment and successfully re-enter their home community and educational system.
Medical Management: Comprehensive medical evaluation and pharmacologic assessment completed by the Board certified Medical Director (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology).
Forensic Evaluation: Designed to provide a comprehensive evaluation to assess the nature, extent, and etiology of a client's deficits, estimate damages, analyze a client's current functional status in relation to the pre-injury level of function and post-injury presentation and evaluate the potential for improvement.
Neuropsychology: Neuropsychological evaluation is a priority to identify deficits related to the neurologic injury, identify preferred learning style, and assist with setting appropriate academic and rehabilitation goals when developing an Individual Education Plan.
Interdisciplinary Services: Rehabilitation services are provided by: Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapist, Speech Language Pathologists, Neurologist, Neuropsychologist, Neuropsychiatrist, Rehabilitation Nurses, Registered Dietician, Recreational Therapist, Certified Behavioral Analysts, Case Managers, and Certified Teachers.
Residential Services: Consistent assignment of staff encourages familiarity with specific client needs and cultivates a trusting relationship facilitating successful rehabilitation. Staffing ratios are designed to foster independence while ensuring adequate safety and supervision.
Behavioral Intervention: Behavior Specialist develop individualized behavioral/motivational programs for each client. Behavior protocols are designed and implemented with the goal of effectively working towards an increase in desired behaviors and a decrease in inappropriate behaviors and responses.
Education: Educational Services are provided by Florida Certified Teachers, many specializing in Exceptional Student Education (ESE), in classrooms with low teacher to student ratios. FINR is a fully accredited school by the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA) in consort with the NCPSA Member Association, Association of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF). Individual Education Plans (IEP) are developed and modified collaboratively with a child's home school district, facilitating transfer back to the home community.
Vocational Services: Pre-Vocational activities similar to household chores are encouraged in clients under the age of 14 and reinforced through the earning of a weekly allowance. Clients over the age of 14 can earn a weekly paycheck by appropriately participating at one of several vocational sites specifically tailored to the pediatric population. Both groups participate in a weekly budget group coordinated by an Occupational Therapist to learn and improve money management skills.
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Community Integration: An essential component of the rehabilitation program, community integration and interaction provide children with the opportunity to express and engage in prosocial behaviors in the community facilitating transfer of these behaviors to other settings.
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Tail has been performing as a clown for many years, she knows just what to do to entertain you and your guests.
Tails has seven years of being an accomplished balloon sculptor!
If you and your guest prefer to have a clown without the makeup, Tails can perform as JADE THE JESTER! Offering balloons, music, and much more.
Tail does the most wonderful face painting. Not your ordinary cheek designs, she will turn your child and guests into these wonderful creatures, like butterflies, lions, and much more.
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The 24th Olive Festival in the Galilee
I am happy to share with you some impressions from a preview trip to some of the Galilean Druze villages that will participate in the 24th Olive Festival that will be taking place over two weekends this November.
Festival Dates:
1-3 Nov 2018 between 10:00-16:00
8-11 Nov 2018 between 10:00-16:00
Trip Agenda Options
Druze Village Beit Jann
- Dabour Cosmetics Visitors Center
- The Ancient House
- Ajiel Cave
Druze Village Hurfeish
- Olive Oil Visitor Center Abu Afif
- Embroidery Lace Hurfeish
- Lunch at Ibtisam Faras
Trip Anchors
The Ancient House in Beit Jann
This authentic ancient house is presented by its 10th generation owner, Nidal Halabi. After a tour of the arched house and the inner water cistern, Nidal tells about the Druze culture and customs in the large guest room or Diwan where cakes and coffee are offered. Nidal also offers guided tours of the village including his ancient house that take up to 3 hours.
Contact: Nidal 050-756-0249
Late Lunch at Ibtisam Faras in Hurfeish
Enjoy a personal experience of Druze hospitality. Ibtisam invites you to partake of her family recipes of the delicious Druze cuisine in her lovely courtyard. I recommend it wholeheartedly.
Reservations at: 077-2308292
Additional Options
Dr. Dabour Cosmetics Visitors Center in Beit Jann
Dr. Ziad Dabour, the founder, was born and raised in the village of Beit Jann, situated at the heart of the Meron Nature Reserve where he grew up hearing about the traditional methods for using local plants. Years later he studied pharmacology and medicinal herbs until receiving a doctorate degree in medical science from the Technion. After serving as the chief pharmacist in the IDF for several years, he currently lectures on clinical pharmacology and organic chemistry on top of furthering the development of the dermo-cosmetic industry in the Galilee.
The products developed at his laboratories focus on medical skin products, facial care, anti-aging, hair-care, and toiletry. All are based on natural herbal ingredients that are extracted and formulated using advanced biotech formulation methods. At the visitors center, you will be able to hear more about his products and purchase them.
Address: Dabour P.O. 1042 Beit Jann
Phone 04-9803711
Website: https://drdabour.com/
Ajiel Cave
Ajiel cave also known as the Crusader or Byzantine cave is a three hundred square meter cave that served as a source of water and hiding place for the villagers. It was also used for prayer in a secret church of the first Christians in the Galilee.
You can reserve a guided tour at 04-9802457 or 050-9802457.
Olive Oil Visitors Center Abu Afif
The Olive Oil Visitor Center Abu Afif invites you to meet with a Druze family and learn about the production of traditional olive oil that has been passed on through the Afif family from father to son.
The tour includes a lecture regarding the olive harvest season and oil production, an explanation about the different types of seed oils and essential oils and their quality and even a bit about soap production. You will be able to try out the press and experience oil tasting and even register for one of the additional workshops offered such as preparation of natural olive oil soap, preparation of a tray of the oriental sweet called Kanafeh and a workshop for preparing authentic Druze dishes. At the visitors center's you can also enjoy a light Druze meal based on baked goods from the Taboon with Labane cheese, olives, and honey and purchase a wide variety of Galilean products from the region.
Contact: 050-654-7638
Embroidery Lace Hurfeish
The embroidery lace house at Hurfeish is an employment initiative for women living in the heart of the Druze community. Once a week, the women of the village gather in a large stone house, learn knitting and embroidery, and create decorative and fashion items in a traditional style.
A visit to the site includes an explanation of the project, the status of Druze women in the past and present, and a short tour of the village nucleus. In the tradition of Druze hospitality, guests will be greeted with coffee and cake. The visit should be scheduled in advance. For those interested, there is a possibility for registering for a knitting or embroidery workshop.
Address: Road 89, Hurfeish
Contact: 077-9964487
The main meal at Ibtisam in Hurfeish was described above.
In the morning we enjoyed a light meal made by a local catering called Sajtag. You are welcome to contact the owner Tagrid and arrange for your own private meal.
Contact: 04-9803496
My Timeline
This trip filled up a day.
More information on the festival events can be found at the following website:
Olive Festival Hebrew Website: http://olivefestival.org.il/
Festival Dates:
1-3 Nov 2018 between 10:00-16:00
8-11 Nov 2018 between 10:00-16:00
I hope you enjoy!
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This is going to be a short blog post tonight, but I really want to share. I wrote 5,063 words today! Woohoo! That makes 13,555 words total! Yay!
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The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project is now an established event at Il Cinema Ritrovato. Over a number of years we have enjoyed fine restorations of key films at this Festival. The Foundation has now embarked on a project to restore fifty key films from Africa: there are now eight features restored and available . So, as a real treat, we were able to see three films by Med Hondo. Born in Mauritania Hondo worked elsewhere in Africa and then in France. He took up acting and founded his own company in 1966. Then, working in television and film he moved into cinema. Like some other notable filmmakers he has funded his film direction by his work as an actor: he has done extensive work dubbing voices in films. Since 1967 he has been able to make nine films, seven features and two documentaries: like his fellow African film pioneer Ousmane Sembène his output has been limited by the commercial restraints in world cinema and especially in Africa.
The Foundation has produced a restoration of his first, Soleil Ȏ (Oh Sun, Mauritania, 1970 – DCP). Shot in black and white the film uses avant-garde techniques but it is better described as an 'agit-prop' documentary. Whilst it has a dramatised plot line the film presents the experiences of black people in Paris in this period.
"All the scenes were based on reality. Because racism isn't invented, especially in film. It's like a kind of cloak put on you, that you're forced to live with." (Med Hondo, 1970 quoted in the Festival Catalogue).
It is powerful document and stands up as relevant forty years on.
The programme also included two of Hondo's later films in 35mm prints from the Harvard Film Archive. West Indies (France, Algeria, Mauritania, 1979) could be described as a period musical. The film presents
"a giant slave ship that symbolizes the triangular relationship between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean – as it explores the parallels between the forced migration of the Atlantic slave trade and the contemporary migration of Afro-Caribbean subjects to former colonial metropoles." (Aboubakar Sanogo in the Festival Catalogue).
Sarraounia (Burkino Faso, Mauritania, France, 1986) dramatised the historical record and the successful resistance to a French colonial expedition in the late C19th led by Queen Sarraounia in the Niger. The film had a more conventional linear narrative and was shot in colour and Techovision. Using African locations [but Burkino Faso not Niger], African songs, griots and cultural artefacts , the film celebrated both African culture and African resistance. It also inverted the stereotypes of mainstream cinema with the psychotic French commander reduced to brutal sectarian violence.
Med Hondo was present to his introduce his films. He was clearly moved by his reception and by the re-emergence of his cinema. Hondo also was passionate about his films and the radical political content. The writings of Franz Fanon would seem to be central to his standpoint whilst stylistically the films use montage, both visual and aural, to create their effect.
The Foundation, as is its custom, has produced the restorations on DCPs. I assume this is to assist in circulation. However, to date, there seems to have been few cinematic screenings in Britain. I think only Soleil Ȏ has been screened cinematically in the UK. Channel 4 screened the three films in its 'Africa Film' season in the 1980s, but Sarraounia was cropped to Academy ratio.
The Foundation also continued its work in restoring Cuban classics. This year we had Lucía (1968). The film, directed by Humberto Solás and also scripted by him together with Julio Garcia Espinosa and Nelson Rodriguez, is a fairly epic work with three stories and running 160 minutes (DCP). The three tales present three women of the same name, from 1895, 1933 and in the present.
"Lucia is not a film about women, it's a film about society. But within society, I chose the most vulnerable character, the one who is more transcendentally affected at any given moment by contradictions and change. " (Humberto Solás, quoted in the Catalogue).
There were also two films by Tomás Gutiérrez Aléa restored by the Academy Film Archive: Una pelea Cubana contra los demonios / A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1971 – DCP) and Los Sobrevivientes / The Survivors (1970). The latter film bears some comparison with films by Luis Bunuel, though without his visceral tone. Here a bourgeois family attempt to avoid the expropriations bought about by the 1959 revolution and retreat into their plantation. The results are as sardonic as many presented by Bunuel.
The programme was rounded off by a selection of ICAIC Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano (1960 – 1970): the complete series has been restored and digitised by ina.fr and is available on their website. This is clearly a welcome archival source: my main reservation is that it seems that INA have bought and hold possession of the archive, which would be better retained and controlled in Cuba.


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This past weekend marked our nation's independence with the 4th of July holiday. While a majority of Oklahomans remained safe over the last few days, a handful of others were seriously injured or killed.
Our Oklahoma car accident lawyers at Colbert Cooper Hill Attorneys explain that law enforcement is reporting that traffic accidents are to blame for the loss of ten lives this past weekend. This is a decrease from the total of eleven lives that were lost during the 2014 holiday, five of which were caused by intoxicated motorists.
According to an article from Oklahoma's 9 News, the fatalities that were recorded consisted of six occupants of cars, trucks, or SUVs, two motorcyclists, one motorcycle passenger, and three pedestrians. Investigators are still working to determine if drugs or alcohol played a factor in any of the accidents.
Officers and troopers also reported that they were able to make 52 arrests while conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout the state of Oklahoma.
At Colbert Cooper Hill Attorneys, we are aware of the dangers that can be found on our state's roads and highways around holidays. That's why our Oklahoma personal injury attorneys would like to applaud our state's law enforcement agencies and staff for working so hard to keep Oklahoma's streets and roads safe during the 4th of July festivities.


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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
And the Winner of Giveaway #3 Is.....
Reminder: LAST CHANCE! :D
Monday, July 27, 2009
My Zakka Linen Checkbook Cover!
Self-Imposed Shopping Guidelines
- Handmade by an artist/craftsperson (NOT including children in Bangladesh) :)
- Vintage, found in a thrift store, or second-hand.
- Made in the USA
- Shoes. If I need a new pair of shoes, they are probably going to come from a factory in China, as I don't have the funds to be buying a lot of handmade shoes...
- Underwear, especially bras, for the same reason as shoes. (Although, I do have a good mind to repurpose some stretchy t-shirts into some cute knickers!)
- Bellydance costuming items. While I do make most of my dance costumes, there are some things--usually the costuming components our teacher makes us buy for performances--that are made in what are, essentially, Egyptian sweatshops. I rarely buy these kinds of pieces anymore, though, unless, as I said, it's required.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Weekend Revue
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Yellow Pear Tomatoes
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
GIVEAWAY No.3: Anticipation Clutch!
It's that time again--I am having another giveaway! The item up for grabs this week is a sweet little zipper clutch/pouch, handmade by me. It's called 'Anticipation'. Why? I don't know, it just seemed....right. This pouch is fully lined with a sturdy cotton ticking material, and the outside is a dark gray, with pink accents; vintage buttons, lace, and ruffly fabric. It measures approximately 7.75" x 4.5" I love it, and hope you do too!
Cherry Sweetie Pie
Monday, July 20, 2009
Pretty Prairie Rodeo
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Turning from my frumpy ways...
I guess I am a bit like a mechanic who, even though he fixes cars for a living and has the know-how, drives a piece of junk. I can make fancy thangs for other people, but usually don't make them for myself. But I want to change this! Oh, and I will! Won't you join me now as I share some lovelies? :)
First up is cute vintage dress I found in a Newton thrift store a little while back. I don't know exactly how vintage it is, but I know it is! One of the many things I'd like to learn is how to "read" clothing tags. My friend knows how, but I am pretty much clueless where this is concerned. But the style and fabric makes me think '70s on this one...
The second fine garment I have today is a FOLK original (teehee...) I made it for the shop, but I cannot let it go!!! I will be sure to make more, because I am really thrilled with the design, but this is the prototype and I'm keeping it. (It looks better ON, but I was too lazy to put it on for the pic.)
Have a great week! I'll be posting later this week and might even have--*gasp!*--giveaway!


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It's a question we often get asked in the clinic. "Is it OK if I have other treatments and medications with Physiokey?"
Most other treatment therapies combine well Physiokey. That is, if they are combined sensibly. The key factor here is the practitioner's awareness of the body's response to Physiokey treatment. During treatment the body is on a healing path and does not always want to be interrupted. It has its own way of dealing with the situation!
If the 'other' treatment modality doesn't follow the same way, the body will accept it as an intervention and react accordingly.
As a result of Physiokey treatment the body's tissues will be much softer and more elastic. Therefore, it is very easy to 'overdose' with multiple treatment modalities. If this is not taken into consideration you may experience major set-backs in the healing process.
That's why we generally recommended not to combine two (or more!) treatment modalities, especially if different practitioners provide them. However, in the hands of a knowledgeable practitioner it's a great way to push the body's healing forward.
It's fine too, to have Physiokey whilst on medication. In fact we often see a cumulative effect in pain relief which may mean that medication may need to be reviewed and possibly reduced. Your Doctor will advise you on this.
We see therapists from a wide variety of healthcare backgrounds (GP's, massage therapists, osteopaths, physiotherapist, to name a few), all combining physiokey in their practice to give fast pain relief and and return to function.
If you're a healthcare practitioner reading this it's worth noting that most practitioners find Physiokey a great addition their practice. Treatment with Physiokey makes bodies easier to work with so less physical demands are placed on the therapist. And that's' important for career longevity! Results are fast, leading to happy clients and an increase in word of mouth referrals! We conduct mentor/demo days around the country to allow health professionals to experience the technology and have questions answered. Head on over to our training dates page to see our schedule!
If you are a client and want to try Physiokey treatment we often run a student clinic in our Dee Why rooms. This is a great way to get a treatment from an experienced Physiokey practitioner whilst they are observed by another healthcare professional!


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A look at cancer survival around the world.
What happens after a cancer diagnosis?
That's the question investigated by a study published by the CONCORD program on cancer survival published on Tuesday in The Lancet. The study looks at patient records for adults and children diagnosed with a variety of cancers in 71 countries. The records are from 2010 to 2014. The goal is to compare five-year survival rates, a number used to assess effectiveness of treatment.
The overall message is that there is improvement in cancer survival rates but with a caveat. As lead author Dr. Claudia Allemani notes, "That is particularly true in developed countries and less so in developing countries."
Case in point: Childhood cancers in upper–income countries — like the U.S. and much of Europe — are treated so successfully that the five-year survival rate often reaches 90 percent or even higher. That was reflected in the data for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer. By contrast, in some middle-income countries — China, Mexico and Brazil, for example — it's less than 60 percent.
But there are some surprising revelations. Some countries in Asia do a far better job diagnosing and treating stomach and esophageal cancers than the United States does. Five-year survival rates in South Korea and Japan are 68 percent and 60 percent, respectively, versus 33 percent in the U.S.
To learn more, we spoke with Allemani from the Cancer Survival Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Michel Coleman, professor of epidemiology and vital statistics at the same institution. Here are some of the topics we discussed.
Why are children diagnosed with leukemia in Mexico and Brazil not faring as well as children with the same diagnosis in countries like the U.S.?
First, says Coleman, remember that in the 1950s and '60s, in Western countries, the survival rate for children diagnosed with leukemia was five percent or lower after five years. "There was really no treatment available," he says.
Today, largely because of chemotherapy as well as some other treatments, like stem cell transplants, survival rates have soared in the West.
But that doesn't mean that having the right drugs is the solution for countries still struggling with these cancers. "The treatments are quite aggressive and repress the immune system so a child's ability to defend against infections can be drastically reduced," he says. "It isn't simply a question of buying more drugs but a broader upgrading of the health service" to provide supportive care for the child during chemo.
Read on: Cancer Study: What's The 5-Year Survival Rate For Cancers Around The World? : Goats and Soda : NPR
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A growing movement within the medical community is calling on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to require ACE inhibitor blood pressure drugs to carry a 'black box warning' – the strictest such warning allowed by law – about the risk of angioedema. This condition is similar to hives, except that it causes swelling beneath the skin rather than at the surface. The controversy surrounding ACE inhibitor side effects is particularly troubling seeing as tens of millions of Americans take the drugs for hypertension, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and kidney disease.
What's the Problem with ACE Inhibitors?
"I've seen a number of deaths because you just can't get the tube in," said James R. Roberts, director of emergency medicine at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, which treats more than a case a week of angioedema in ACE inhibitor users. Roberts recently published a letter about with he called an 'unrecognized epidemic' in the American Journal of Cardiology, and petitioned the FDA to have ACE inhibitors carry a black box warning.
ACE inhibitors are designed to lower blood pressure by preventing the breakdown of bradykinin, a molecule that causes blood vessels to expand. Research has shown that these widely prescribed drugs reduce hospitalization and death rates, while simultaneously improving patients' quality of life. Brand name ACE inhibitor blood pressure drugs include:
- Vasotec
- Zestril
Generic versions include:
- enalapril
- lisinopril
- ramipril
- captopril
In 2011 alone, approximately 162 million prescriptions were filled for ACE inhibitors, according to IMS health.
Angioedema Overview
Despite the drugs' considerable ability to lower patients' blood pressure, ACE inhibitors have been increasingly linked to angioedema, a condition that occurs when swelling develops just below the surface of the skin, most often around the lips or eyes. In an allergic reaction, the body produces histamine, which causes blood vessels to swell. Angioedema is usually caused by an allergic reaction, either to food or prescription medications like ACE inhibitors.
Signs and symptoms of ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema may include:
- sudden appearance of red welts (most often near the eyes and lips, but may also appear on the hands, feet, or the inside of the throat);
- burning, painful, swollen areas;
- itchiness;
- discolored patches or rash on the hands, feet, face, or genitals;
- hoarseness;
- tight or swollen throat;
- breathing trouble;
- fever;
- muscle pain;
- decreased urine;
- weight gain;
- high white blood cell count
Depending on the severity of the reaction, angioedema can take anywhere from minutes to hours to manifest itself. It may affect an area on one side of the body but not the other, or it may affect both. Severe cases of angioedema may cause the throat or tongue to swell, which may cut off the patient's airway and result in a life-threatening situation.
Angioedema Cases on the Rise Nationwide
Roberts and his colleagues examined angioedema patients treated at Mercy Catholic and Mercy Fitzgerald, and found that, of 901 cases related to ACE inhibitors:
- 35% required intensive care;
- 4% needed an airway tube;
- one patient died.
"The incidence and potential for [complications] is not appreciated by the public, or by many physicians," Roberts wrote in the American Journal of Cardiology.
FDA Rejects ACE Inhibitor Black Box Warning
In 2002, Boston University emergency medicine physician James A. Feldman petitioned the FDA to require black box warnings on the labels of ACE inhibitor drugs after a week of three serious cases of angioedema. "One almost died," he recalled. The administration rejected Robert's petition, stating that the drugs' labeling already included a sufficient amount of 'discussion' on angioedema.
FDA reserves the black box designation for life-threatening side effects. ACE inhibitor labels already feature a boxed warning regarding an increased risk of birth defects that has been associated with the maternal use of the medications. In rejecting the enhanced warning, the FDA stated that it "likely would not reduce the incidence."
But Feldman, Roberts, and many others in the medical community say the black box warning would raise much-needed awareness of these issues.
"Not only do patients not know about this, but they don't know what to do about it," Feldman said."They'll wait until the last minute to get help. Instead, they should be carefully instructed: If you have swelling, stop the drug and call 911, because minutes can matter."


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Since my Saturdays aren't available, I had to forgo running the Santa Shuffle & the Resolution Run this year, and choose a Sunday event to close out my 2014 running season.
The only thing close, and on a Sunday, was the Tannenbaum 10K.
Did I want to do a 10K for my last hurrah? Not particularly. Especially not by myself (none of my running pals like winter running) and on a flat course.
But alas, this was all that was available to me, and well, if I'm planning on doing a half in 2015, I better start doing the longer designations asap!
I knew no matter how much I trained before hand, this was gonna be a slog. So I kept my runs to 5K max (with additional 2-4K walks tacked on to get home) and just saved myself for Sunday.
This one made me nervous. I could tell by the online chatter that this was a "runners" event. This was made evident on race morning when they all suited up in matching running club shirts, looking like gazelles. Pretty much everyone I spoke to or eavesdropped on was a marathoner. This lead me to go outside to warm up alone, as I had already defeated myself in my mind.
Luckily I met up with an awesome couple who pep talked me, and what I can only assume was the other 8 ladies in my age group who toiled at the back of the pack with me.
So… with expectations as low as possible (I fully expected them to be collecting the course markers behind me as I dragged my carcass to the finish line) I set some goals for myself.
1) Finish. Just finish. Simple.
2) Run your own race.
3) Try pacing with one of the pacing elves.
4) Have fun!
5) Finish. Just Finish!
I tucked in with the 70 minutes pacing elf pack, and set off. This was already a lofty goal, as it would have meant knocking 8 minutes of my previous 10K time (which was mostly downhill)
I found it almost slow at first, and would pull ahead, then drop back to match them, then pull ahead, then drop back. (this was probably my downfall) Once I dropped behind them (obviously having exerted too much energy somewhere) I couldn't catch back up, no matter how hard I tried. And I knew if I pushed to hard up to that point, I would really struggle at the end. Clearly, I'm not at the 70 minute 10K mark yet. (the racers BLOWING by on their return like Usain Bolt when I hadn't even reached the 4K mark lead to me trying to pick up my pace… so much for #2)
At 5K, knowing I was way off pace, and likely to finish dead-fucking-last, I took a moment to look up and around at my surroundings. What a gorgeous day! Blue skies, bright sun, a spectacular view of the city skyline from the Leslie Spit, Lake Ontario glistening calmly on the other side for as far as the eye could see. Just lovely.
Don't get me wrong, I was freezing my ass off. The wind was slicing through my shoes and legs like a box cutter at points. (Windchill was in the double digits) but I finally have figured out how to layer my core properly. #browniepoints
After a brief slow down between 5-6K, my goal now was to try and maintain a sub 8 min K. So I pushed myself a little harder. I went back to my own pacing of walking during the verses/running during the chorus. I re-read the article I read before I went to bed on proper running form and foot placement. (well, I visualized it! lol) That took my mind off my burning lungs and quads, and distracted me. Then, there it was, the finish line.
And there were still people behind me! (not many mind you, but still, I wasn't last!)
And low and behold, a personal best! And without the aid of a massive downhill!! (which bodes well for next year's Toronto 10K)
This is a great race! Well organized, great swag, great course, great communication, great cause. They even sent an email out a few days after the race, inviting all of those who couldn't run to come out the following Saturday and run it and collect their medal! (timing on the honour system of course) AND they offered a link to the pictures for free! Sweet! (I haven't found one of me yet, and it will likely be as horrifying as all the other ones I've seen, but If I do, I will snag it!)
Not a bad way to finish out my competitive racing year. I ran 10 of the 22 races I had bookmarked this year, and PB'd in all but 2. (though technically the first time you run a distance it is your "personal" best so lets say all but 1 race!) And I now have 13 shiny medals hanging on my wall heading into 2015 to inspire me to continue on my journey.


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In preparation for the 2016 hurricane season (June 1-November 30), the West Region of the Diocese of Lafayette will host a Mass Anticipating Hurricane Season & Storms. The Mass is scheduled for 6:00 PM at St. Joseph Church (1400 Old Evangeline Hwy, Evangeline). For more information, please contact Janeth Harrington at 337-258-0073 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Additionally, please mark your calendars for the following three prayer services to be held in other regions of the diocese. All are invited to participate.
Wednesday, May 25—6:30 PM (North Region):
Ecumenical Prayer Service
Immaculate Conception Church (103 Lebeau Church Road, Lebeau)
Contact: Nikki Sonnier 337-322-8738; email@example.com
Friday, May 27—6:00 PM (South Region)
Ecumenical Prayer Service
St. Francis Church (3074 Hwy 319, Cypremort Point)
Contact: Deacon Gerald Bourg 337-578-2423; firstname.lastname@example.com
Tuesday, May 31—6:30 PM (Central Region)
Prayer Service—Sponsored by the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (515 Cathedral Street, Lafayette)
Contact: Mary Bergeron 337-654-8682; email@example.com


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Rage Against the Machine beats X Factor's Joe to Christmas No 1
After an Facebook campaign against Simon Cowell's chart domination, music fans celebrate their victory In recent years, it had become as predictable as elections in North Korea singer wins X Factor, singer's debut single goes to No 1. So when Joe McElderry won the TV talent contest, he was no doubt confident he would celebrate Christmas at the top of the charts. Alas for the 18-year-old from South Shields, it wasn't to be: a song almost his own age denied him the top spot after a successful online campaign. Killing…Read More


text: Contextual Integration refers in identifying meaningful relationships between different information types. This gives a multi-dimensional view of the data rather than a single access point. The best approach is to analyze these volumes of data from different perspectives. The traditional way is to follow a fragmented approach. The web teams, marketing and sales team will look at the different statistics offered by data. This lengthens the time to take decisions and also introduces inaccuracy. The need is to look at data from many angles to create a multi- dimensional profile of the customer. Then predictive analytics can assess and lead to intelligent messaging. Machine Learning is also helping to improve these predictive analytics algorithms by checking it on the real time data. Read more about it in the article written by Dominik Dahlem (Senior Data Scientist at Boxever) at: http://data-informed.com/contextual-integration-secret-weapon-predictive-analytics/


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What's this!? A PSA? You betcha. I know you're excited, so I'll get right to it. You may have noticed images on TAY have been a bit.... different, lately. Especially in our reviews.
You'll notice looking back at most old reviews (that haven't been modified in some way) that the headers introduced now have that annoying little "expand" button on the top-left corner of them, like so:
After doing some chatting with Kinja and testing out various tweaks, we've discovered the new magic width for Kinja images is 636 pixels. Because innovation.
In any case, 636 pixel wide images should display without expand buttons on them, like so:
To that end, I'll be re-rendering all the appropriate review assets, so y'all don't have to resize them manually. It'll be up by the end of the day, since I gots me a day job and all that. I'll throw a blip onto the front page and work with GBD to get links updated in the article tonight.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, just let me know!
Update: We were a bit ahead of the Kinja help folks, they've just posted an update confirming what we on TAY have known for minutes, people, minutes.


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Clue: Yankee legend Rizzuto
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Looking to repeat as Ancient Eight champions for the first time since 2015, Harvard men's basketball opens the Ivy League calendar on Saturday, Jan. 12 in Hanover, New Hampshire against Dartmouth. The 7 p.m. tip-off will be broadcast on ESPN+.
How to Follow
TV: ESPN+ (Talent: Bob Lipman, Eric Berry)
Live Stats: vs. Dartmouth
Twitter: @HarvardMBB
Game Notes: Click Here
What to Know
- The Crimson has opened the season with a 6-6 record entering conference play. Junior Chris Lewis leads the team with 12.9 points per game, while junior Justin Bassey and first-year Noah Kirkwood are also averaging double figures with 10.0 per game apiece. Lewis also paces the Ivy League in blocks (2.2) and field goal percentage (66.7), while ranking 11th nationally in the latter category.
- Kirkwood was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the third time this season Dec. 31, making him the first Harvard player to earn three Rookie of the Week awards in the same season since junior Seth Towns in 2016-17. He also earned the honor in back-to-back weeks on Nov. 26 and Dec. 3, when he became the first Harvard player to earn back-to-back Rookie of the Week honors since Siyani Chambers '16-17 on Jan. 7 and 14, 2013.
- Harvard returned 99.4 percent of its scoring and 99.0 percent of its minutes from last year's squad, which captured the program's sixth Ivy League championship and made its second-ever appearance in the NIT. Showcasing its depth, 10 different Harvard players have started a game in 2018-19 and 11 players are averaging at least 10 minutes per game.
- Harvard has won 11 consecutive Ivy League openers dating back to the 2007-08 season, with each win coming against Dartmouth and five of those coming at Leede Arena. Harvard is 18-4 against the Big Green in the Tommy Amaker era, which is Harvard's second-best record against an Ivy team over the span (19-3 against Brown). Last season, Harvard fought to a 61-51 victory to open conference play at the newly renovated Lavietes Pavilion.
- Despite dropping a handful of close games, Harvard is still ranked as a top-100 team by KenPom, with the Crimson playing the nation's 12th-most difficult schedule. Yale joins the Crimson in the top-100 ranks.
Last Time Out
At The Helm
The all-time winningest head coach in Harvard men's basketball history, Tommy Amaker returns to the Harvard sidelines for the 12th season. The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Basketball has directed the Crimson to a period of unprecedented prosperity in the form of four NCAA tournament appearances (2012-15), six Ivy League championships (2011-15, '18) and six 20-win seasons (2010-15). Amaker owns a 393-264 career record: 217-122 at Harvard, 108-84 at Michigan and 68-55 at Seton Hall.
In Atlanta
A once in a lifetime morning for our student-athletes, as they met President Jimmy Carter! #GoCrimson #TeachLeadServe @harvard pic.twitter.com/h2SIeyXsJR— Harvard Basketball (@HarvardMBB) December 30, 2018
To see a full recap of the team's trip to Atlanta, click here or go to the team's Instagram story.`
What's Next?
The Crimson concludes its non-conference slate with a trip to Howard on Monday, Jan. 21. The game will tip-off at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.


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I read this too! Loved this first one, but still not sure about this one. I could go either way. Have you read all of the Hunger Games books yet? I would love some booky suggestions, too. I always need something to read!
Thanks for dropping by. Is something on your mind?


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Monday, January 23, 2017
Presidency Announces Plan to Privatize Nigeria's Assets
This was revealed on Monday by Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma at the second Presidential Business Forum in Abuja on Monday.
He said Buhari will privatise some selected national assets, restore oil production and possibly raise it by 2020.
These are part of FG's Economic Recovery and Growth Plan which is expected to be launched next month.
He, however was mum on the assets to be privatized.
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How To Inspect And Fix A Stuck Caliper Guide Pin On Your Brakes
The caliper guide pins on your brakes can get rusty and start to stick. When this happens, the brake caliper won't slide back and forth like it should when you apply and release pressure on the brake pad. The piston in the caliper can get stuck in a closed position and the brake pads will constantly rub against the car's rotor. The constant rubbing will wear the brake pads down sooner than normal due to the increase in friction and heat. If you feel your brakes are sticking and you know how to take off a tire, you can inspect and fix the caliper brake pin yourself. Here is how to inspect and fix a stuck brake caliper guide pin.
Take Off Tire
Jack up the side of the car that the brakes are getting stuck and set it on jack stands so it doesn't fall down while you are working. Remove the tire.
Caliper Inspection
You will see the rotor and the brake caliper as soon as you take the tire off of the car. The rotor is the shiny metal wheel and the brake caliper is the hulking device attached to the top of the rotor. The brake caliper is held onto the rotor by two guide pins. You have to reach around to the backside of the caliper to remove the pins. One pin is located at the top of the caliper and the other is located at the bottom.
Place a ratchet on the pins and try to loosen them. If a guide pin doesn't spin around when you try to unscrew it from the caliper, it means it's stuck and needs to be forced out.
Removing Stuck Guide Pin
Try and unscrew as much of the guide pin as you can to get it to come out of the caliper a little bit. You can then take a pair of pliers or channel locks to wrap around the end of the pin. Continue to twist the guide pin around with the ratchet while you pull out the guide pin with the pliers until it comes out of the caliper.
Guide Pin Inspection
You should check the guide pins for cracks or stress fractures in the head and stem. If you see any cracks, throw the pin away and buy a new one. Otherwise, you can reuse the pin. You want to clean the pin off with a steel brush or a grinding wheel until it is shiny again and all the rust and grime is removed.
Replace Guide Pin
You should coat the pin with an anti-seize lubricant before you re-insert it into the caliper. The lubricant will help to keep the caliper from sticking in the future. Insert the guide pin into the caliper and tighten it down. Replace the wheel and lower the car.
You should take the car out for a test drive to make sure the brake caliper works normally again.
For more information and help with this process, take your car into a local auto service shop where you can get new auto parts and service if necessary.


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Ministry Emphases
The BSM has nine Ministry Emphases for you to get plugged in and involved with. Whether you feel called to serve the campus community, local churches, the global mission field, local partners, or you want to use your specialized skills for ministry purposes, the BSM has options for you to serve!
Campus Outreach
The purpose of Campus Outreach is to seek ways to connect with and serve different campus populations.
Church Relations
The purpose of Church Relations is to connect with and support local area churches.Learn More
Community Partnerships
The purpose of Community Partnerships is to work with and support local service and ministry agencies and groups.
Faith in Action
The purpose of Faith in Action is to address social justice, global, and cultural concerns.Learn More
Freshmen Outreach
The purpose of Freshmen Outreach is to involve freshmen in fellowship, leadership, discipleship, service opportunities, and groups.
International Engagement
The purpose of International Engagement is to build relationships of hospitality, friendship, and service with international students and encourage others to do the same.
The purpose of Promotions is to use all available means of communication to connect with the campus about experiences available through BSM.
Specialized Ministries
The purpose of Specialized Ministries is to encourage students to use their gifts for the glory of God and the good of others.s
Student Missions
The purpose of Student Missions is to promote missions awareness and support students preparing for and returning from mission service.Learn More
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Office Hours: M-F • 8am-5pm
900 College Street Box 8414 | Belton, TX 76513
firstname.lastname@example.com • (254) 295-4273
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Finally a great 2 level family home, situated near everything you need. Custom kitchen, w/marble backsplash, fireplaces in both living and family rooms, radiant heat, 4 bdrms up, den on main, with beautiful custom stained glass on some windows. This home has been tastefully done, with functional floorplan for family living and entertaining. No disappointments here. Property has been loved.