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A group of fat-soluble vitamins that are found throughout the body.
Why you need it: It protects your skin from ultraviolet rays, promotes communication among your cells.
Prevents free radical damage and lowers risk of prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
It's another fat soluble vitamin that is often associated with beautiful skin and anti-aging.
Most cosmetic products and other beauty products have this nutrient in their ingredients.
Like vitamin-C, it also plays a role in the oxidation process, acting though as an "anti-oxidant."
This vitamin is also used in the metabolism of cells, promoting cell renewal and thus, the association with beauty products.
It also prevents the breakdown of body tissues and body cells.
It's also used to protect and preserve Vitamin-A.
Which is essential in promoting great eyesight.
Maintenance of epithelial tissues as well as in the prevention of red blood cell damage.
And, it can be found in many food sources.
Also called tocopherol, it can be found in green leafy vegetables, seeds and even margarines.
It's also very abundant in vegetable oils and olives.
There are also many ready-to-eat cereals that are fortified with vitamin-E.
In fact, these cereals often contain about 40 percent of the daily recommended intake.
The United States recommends a daily intake of about 15 milligrams of alpha-tocopherol equivalents every day.
The same amount is recommended for both men and women from 19 years old and older.
Alpha-tocopherol is actually not Vitamin-E per se.
It's a substance that can easily be converted to the vitamin.
You don't even have to consume something to help in the conversion.
The body takes care of it.
Similar to the daily recommended intake for other vitamins.
More amounts of alpha-tocopherol are recommended for pregnant and lactating mothers.
As well as children who are in the developing age.
It's always best that you consult your physician so as to avoid any deficiency.
In a survey conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture.
The intake of alpha-tocopherol by women does not reach the recommended requirement.
Although they're only short 10 percent from the recommended daily intake.
The government is still focusing on increasing the suggested intake.
An average American actually consumes about seven to nine milligrams of alpha-tocopherol.
This is six to eight milligrams short of the recommendation.
The survey also found that North Americans often get theirs from the salad oils that they use as well as from shortenings and margarines.
These three comprise one-third of vitamin-E sources.
North Americans get the eleven percent on the fruits and vegetables that they consume.
While the remaining seven percent can be found in grains and other grain products.
Vitamin-E, as mentioned before can be found in most food items.
People who eat balanced diets have enough vitamin-E in their diet and rarely need supplements to augment the vitamin-E in their body.
People who are into low fat diets may also find it hard to retain Vitamin-E as it is often stored in the fats of the body.
This is why dietary fats should also be monitored.
They must make sure that it does not go below safe limits.
Like vitamin-C, foods that contain vitamin-E can quickly lose their nutrient content if the foods are not prepared and handled the right way.
Below are a couple of tips that will help you retain the nutrients in your food.
1. In preparing food, make sure that you use whole grain flours as these contain vitamins.
2. In storing foods, make sure that you place them inside airtight containers and to avoid direct exposure to light.
Vitamin-E may protect against cancer & heart ailments.
Supplement offers benefit in study of middle-aged men who smoke.
The study suggests this vitamin may help prevent death from cancer and heart disease in middle-aged men who smoke.
Contradicting the findings of some previous studies on the subject.
In a study of 29,092 Finnish men in their 50s and 60s who were smokers.
Those with the highest concentrations of the E vitamin in their blood at the study's outset were the least likely to die during the follow-up period, which lasted up to 19 years.
There are a number of mechanisms by which this vitamin, also known as alpha tocopherol, might promote health.
For example, it's a powerful antioxidant, while it also boosts immune system function and prevents tumor blood vessel growth.
But studies investigating blood levels of vitamin E and mortality, as well as the effects of taking supplements of the vitamin, have shown conflicting results.
In the current study, Wright and her colleagues compared men's levels of alpha tocopherol at the beginning of the study.
Before they had begun taking the supplements, with their mortality over the course of the study's follow-up period.
Men with the highest levels of vitamin-E in their blood were 18 percent less likely to die than those with the lowest levels.
They also had a 21-percent lower risk of death from cancer.
A 19-percent lower risk of dying from heart disease.
And a 30-percent lower risk of death from other causes.
The optimum concentration appeared to be 13 to 14 milligrams vitamin-E per liter of blood.
With higher concentrations offering no additional benefit.
Because trials of vitamin-E supplements have shown no effect on mortality, the findings don't suggest that they would be beneficial.
But do suggest that people can benefit from getting more vitamin E in their diet through foods such as "nuts, seeds, whole grains and dark-green, leafy vegetables".
Good Sources:
Apples, one medium = 0.8 IU
Raw sunflower seeds (1/4 c., 205 calories) 90 % daily value
Asparagus, four spears = 1.1 IU
Peanut butter (2 tbsp., 189 calories) 69 % d.v.
Pears, one medium = 0.8 IU
Roasted almonds (1/4 c., 206 calories) 45 % d.v.
Mangos, one medium = 2.3 IU
Olives (1 c., 154 calories) 20 % d.v.
Avocados, one medium = 2.3 IU
Papaya (118 calories) 17 % d.v.
Hazelnuts, 1 ounce = 6.7 IU
Sweet potato chips (1 oz., 139 calories) 14 % d.v.
Safflower oil, 1 Tbs. = 4.6 IU
Cooked spinach (1 c., 41 calories) 9 % d.v.
Almonds, 1 ounce = 6.7 IU
Blueberries (1 c., 81 calories) 7 % d.v.
Corn oil, 1 Tbs. = 1.9 IU
And, if you're wondering what to make for breakfast tomorrow morning, may we suggest;
Quinoa Cereal with Fresh Fruit
Try quinoa for a high protein breakfast treat.
Prep and Cook Time: 20 minutes
1 c. quinoa
2 c. water
sea salt to taste
1/4 c. rolled oats
A combination of your favorite fruits, pumpkin seeds and sliced almonds:
1/4 c. blueberries
1 Tbs. pumpkin seeds
1 Tbs. sliced almonds
Top with 1/2 c. soy milk and 1 tsp. honey
Directions: Preparing Quinoa
Placed well-rinsed quinoa with water and salt in a saucepan.
Cover and bring to a boil.
Turn the heat to low, keep covered and simmer for 15 minutes.
Combine 1/4 of the quinoa recipe with rolled oats.
Top with blueberries, pumpkin seeds and almonds and serve with soy milk and honey.
Serves 1
Healthy Cooking Tips:
When quinoa is cooked the grains become translucent.
And the white germ will partially detach itself, appearing like a spiraled tail.
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Experienced Contract Recruiter for Ingenio
Ingenio is a recruitment and consultancy business for the technology industry. We are searching for an experienced contract recruiter to join our new business.
A simple ask, right?
Not so.
The vast majority of people that will read this advert (with respect) won't be able to take this challenge on. You'll be the fourth person in our business (start-ups sound cool but most can't take them) and you'll be tasked with building a business within a business. From absolutely nothing.
Beyond that, you'll be on the path to owning part of Ingenio. Again, it sounds fun to be a partner but most people don't really believe that it's actually possible.
It is.
Often the promise of equity remains just that: a promise. And one that despite how hard people work just never quite materialises.
If something in your intuition says that you are one of few that could actually hack this, then read on.
We need an experienced IT contract consultant with 3 to 5 years' experience with the ability – and most importantly, the desire – to build a contract book from scratch. We are interested in consultants who have experience in a software development discipline such as Java, .NET or Python, or mobile applications such as iOS or Android. Cyber security folk are also interesting too.
So what will we give you?
You'll join us in either our London or Dublin office and embark on a journey rather than just a career. We want you to become a leader, a director (if you're in to job titles) and even a shareholder. We'd also like to see you make a lot of money along the way as you help to grow the Ingenio Empire.
Ingenio opened its doors for business on 1st January this year and has enjoyed an incredible first half year. As a result, we are committed to growing our recruitment business and are looking for an experienced contract consultant to exploit the opportunity in the most lucrative segments of the IT industry.
Ingenio's founders – Rob Magee and James Smith – started the company with a determination to hire, recruit and work alongside exceptional people. They only want to hire people that are smarter than they are (strange, eh?) and have a vision for building a new practice within an existing business.
Most good salespeople don't have a CV or are simply too busy to write one. If that's the case, and you genuinely back yourself to take this challenge on, then we still want to hear from you.
Send us an e-mail and tell us briefly why you're interested in this opportunity and a bit about your experience…and we'll call you back (and a CV would be great too).


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My kids are usually great little helpers (they help make messes, help spill things, etc.) in the kitchen. But, in the spirit of Christmas Kindness, they jumped in and helped me make dinner to bless our friends with. I decided to make one of my favorite casseroles. It is one that I usually only make on Christmas morning. Thus, we've dubbed it Christmas Breakfast Casserole.
|Christmas Breakfast Casserole. A food photographer I am not, but you get the point :-)
Megan's Christmas Breakfast Casserole:
4 eggs
6 slices of bread (I think that cheap, thin sandwich bread works best)
1 3/4 cups of milk
1 pound of sausage (browned and crumbled)
8 oz. shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
*optional- add bell peppers and onions to taste
1. Mix eggs, milk, sausage, cheese, salt and pepper together in a medium sized bowl.
2. Cut all the bread into small cubes.
3. Add the bread cubes to the egg mixture and stir until all the bread is evenly coated.
4. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan
5. Cover and put in the refrigerator overnight *I have cooked it right away after mixing and it doesn't set up as well. I would chill it for as long as you can even if you can't refrigerate overnight)
6. Bake covered for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Uncover and bake for an additional 20 minutes until cheese is brown and bubbly.
When I make this, I almost always pair it with hashbrowns casserole. My favorite hashbrown casserole recipe is a knockoff of a Cracker Barrel recipe that is delish. You can find it HERE.
My boys tearing it up in the kitchen.
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Vintage LEE LOADER 12 Ga Shotgun Deluxe Reloading Tool! - eBay (item 310018073987 end time Feb-02-08 20:02:28 PST)
This vintage reloading tool for 12 gauge shotguns is packed in compartments in the original box. The box says, "Lee Loader New Deluxe Model. Now equipped with a new full length wad starter, 6 and *8 segment crimp starters and *3 shot measures. (*not supplied if not needed). Complete Reloading Tool--Quality Built. Lee Custom Engineering, Inc. Hartford, Wisconsin 53027."
The small print says, "A genuine Lee Loader. The most widely used loading tool ever invented. Several 100,000 are now in use throughout the world. Patent #3,053,132 and #3,134,293."
All the parts are here nestled in their Styrofoam compartments. The four plastic measures say:
One 12 Gauge Unbreakable Nylon Star Crimp Starting Die has six segments, the other eight. The part on the right with the plunger says, "Lee Loader, Pat."
- 434 Lee 1 1/2 Oz. Shot
- 326 Lee 1 1/8 Oz. Shot
- 362 Lee 1 1/4 Oz. Shot
- (red one) 190 Warning: Use this measure only with Lee charge table.
The kit is used and a couple parts have a few minor marks, but everything looks good for lots more reloading. This kit has metal pieces where others have plastic ones. The box has a torn corner, handwritten notation, tape residue and soiling. I see no directions, so I don't know if it's for 2 3/4" or 3" shells.
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Scott Green: ''With Berserk Golden Age Arc III: Descent opening February 1st, the promotion efforts are at a fevered pitch. There are new promos for Kaname Kawabata's ending, "Breakthrough," as well as extended preview clips.
On twitter, spokes-character @Clara_de_Porras notes that R-15 and R-18 rated versions of the movie will be screened, with the latter running during the late show at Umeda Burg 7 and Shinjuku Wald 9 theaters.''


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Accrued Employee Bonuses May not Be Deductible When Accrued
In an IRS Legal Advice issued by Field Attorneys employee bonuses paid after year end (within 2 and ½ months) that are accrued as of the year-end could be deductible in the year paid instead of the year accrued.
Basically, if the amount is not fixed and the right to revoke or modify is present, the bonus accrued as of year-end would be deductible in the year paid.
This could remove a key deduction in your yearend tax planning!
If you are an accrual basis taxpayer and accrue employee bonuses at year end to be paid in the subsequent year, we recommend you consult with a tax advisor to make sure that your deduction is sustainable.
Press Release – New Website Launch
The Offices of Gregory W. Beck, CPA – A Professional Corporation Announce New Website Launch
Gregory W. Beck, CPA – A Professional Corporation recently launched a new and improved interactive website for its Orange County, CA-based accounting firm.
Located at https://www.beck1cpa.com, the new website makes it clear to visitors that the strength of Gregory W. Beck, CPA reaches well beyond the typical variety of financial, tax and accounting firm general services. Gregory W. Beck, CPA specializes in meeting the unique needs of non-public, closely held businesses through areas such as strategic business planning and part-time CFO Services.
"Greg has an impeccable reputation and provides a wide range of general and specialized tax skills – we wanted to showcase this range visually and make Greg's vast experience the focal point of the site." said Alex Ribble, owner of Digital Marketing Firm Big Chief Creative
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Follow these steps to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.
When you're experiencing a problem with Windows XP, you may need to boot the system into Safe Mode more than once. However, doing so can be a tiresome process. When the Boot menu appears, you must press [F8], and then you must select Safe Mode from yet another menu.
Wouldn't it be nice if Safe Mode were available from the Boot menu? In fact, it's relatively easy to add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu.
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Don't overdo overtime. One study found that worker productivity sharply declines after 50 hours a week. Make evening plans to avoid lingering. "When I know I have to leave for a 6:30 gym session, I don't say, "I'll just do that later during the day," says a consulting firm executive.
Schedule even the small stuff. Looming little tasks can add up and distract you, says a website producer. "But when a call is set for 3pm, I forget it and focus on the project at hand."
Take a vacation. The former CEO of an engineering firm, required his staff to use all days off. "They'd return with a fresh perspective -- and ideas."
Master the meeting drain. Use time between meetings for jobs you can finish. "I can't force the concentration for big things," says one business manager. But 15 minutes is perfect for answering email. » Continue reading
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To achieve the best water conditions, you will need more than one type of filter.
Aquariums are an ever changing environment. Naturally, where there is life there is waste, and filters are critical in eliminating this debris. They also play an important role in the maintenance of necessary bacterium, and controlling the balance of harmful and beneficial elements in the water. Maxi Zoo caters for tanks both simple and extravagant, with our selection of:
• Internal filters for a quiet solution inside your tank
• External filters for larger tanks or those who want to retain as much aquarium space as possible for fish
• A selection of media and advice to ensure you get the best from your filter
• Plus more!!!
Call into your local store today to discuss your fish's personal needs with our Maxi Zoo Pet Experts
To achieve the best water conditions, you will need more than one type of filter.
Filters are essential for your aquarium; they create a healthy environment that is capable of supporting life.
Remember to regularly check and clean your filter or dirt will accumulate in your tank.
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Affordable Shuttle Rates and Easy Trailhead Access While Backpacking and Hiking in the Eastern Sierra
We know how much preparation and time goes into planning your adventure on the John Muir Trail (JMT) or Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). We will be pleased to help you with your transportation logistics to and from the trailhead. We recommend the use of our trailhead shuttle services at the beginning of your trip. Park your vehicle at your final destination and let us shuttle you and your group to the trailhead where you will start hiking/backpacking. This allows you the freedom to finish your hike early or later in the day, without the need, rush, or stress to meet a set pickup time.
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Folks… I just completed a backpack from Agnews Meadows to Tuolumne Meadows (we ended up at the Mono Peak Trailhead). First night we camped at Gem Lake. Second night at Algers Lake. Third night at Summit Lake (after going over Mono Pass). We left our cars at the trailhead in Tuolumne, and got a ride via Lucas at MAWS Transportation. He was awesome — showed up on-time (he was there when we arrived), his van was spotless, carried 7 guys plus packs with some room to spare, and was the pinnacle of service. He took us first to pick up our permits, offered to stop someplace for breakfast, etc. AWESOME and I'd highly recommend him if you need shuttling in the Mammoth/Yosemite area.
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We Provide Trailhead Shuttle Services Up and Down HWY 395
Here is a brief list of commonly accessed trailheads:
- New Army Pass
- McGee Trailhead
- Dog Lake Trailhead
- Whitney Portal
- Duck Pass Trailhead
- Twin Lakes (Bridgeport)
- Onion Valley Campgroud
- Agnew Meadows Sonora Pass
- North and South Lake
- Red's Meadow
- Devils Postpile
- Happy Isle
- Rock Creek (Mosquito Flat)
- Tuolumne Meadows
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have room for our backpacks?
Yes, we operate full size SUV's and our 11 passenger van has an enclosed box trailer. View our fleet.
We need to get our permits on our way to the trailhead, can we make an extra stop?
No problem, as long as it is prearranged and wait time is no longer then 10 minutes, overtime will be charged hourly at a rate of $60 per/hour.
Can we use your services instead of Red's Meadow shuttle?
Sorry, we are only allowed to shuttle guests to Red's Meadow area while their shuttle is not in operation, including off hours during shuttle operations (7:30PM to 7:30AM) or if you are a guest of MMSA Lodging. All hikers and backpackers need to use the Red's Meadow shuttle if it is operating.
Does your trailhead shuttle in and out of Yosemite National Park include entrance fees?
No, Yosemite Park recently raised their fees to $15 per person, we highly recommend purchasing an annual pass ($60) if your group/party is larger then 4.
What is the best way to schedule our pickup to return to our vehicle?
To better make use of our services and give you more flexibility of your time, we suggest that you use our services at the beginning of your trip. By parking your car where you will finish on the trail, and have us pick you up there and take you to the starting trailhead, gives you the freedom to take your time hiking or even get an early finish. If this is not an option, we suggest planning an early arrival from your scheduled pickup time to avoid extra charges for driver waiting time.
How far North can you shuttle us?
We are licensed to drive as far as Canada, if charges are convenient for you.
Do you allow dogs in your vehicles?
We are very dog friendly and usually have a towel or blanket for your dog to sit or lie on. We just kindly ask dog owner to keep their dogs calm to avoid dog hair from getting all over the vehicle.
Can you shuttle our vehicle to the end of the trail for us?
Yes, we will be pleased to do this service for you. An extra fee will apply for the extra driver and time for shuttling your vehicle, but we are happy to do it.
What trailheads do you provide shuttle services for?
We provide trailhead shuttles for any trailhead with a maintained parking area and shuttle pick up and drop off location in Inyo County, Mono County, and Yosemite. Learn more about the trailheads in Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, and Yosemite National Park.


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CDC Foundation Emergency Fund to Bolster Response Efforts and Address Health Threats Following Hurricane Florence
With Hurricane Florence churning toward the U.S. East Coast, the potential for catastrophic damage from winds and flooding looms large. To ready a response addressing immediate and long-term health challenges generated by the storm, the CDC Foundation today activated its Emergency Response Fund for Hurricane Florence. This fund is used to extend the emergency response efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health organizations working on the ground in affected communities.
Following storms, like Hurricane Florence, a variety of health needs can arise, such as environmental health and safe water issues, prevention of potential infectious disease outbreaks, access to medicines and health care and support to meet mental health needs caused by stress. While there are many organizations that respond with aid during a disaster, the CDC Foundation is poised to work closely with CDC in addition to local, state and other federal health agencies to address health threats that affect entire communities.
"When a health threat strikes, speed saves lives," said Dr. Judith Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation. "We know our neighbors will need our help. That's why we are readying our response now in advance of Florence's landfall so that we can help support immediate as well as long-term response efforts to address threats to health and well-being."
In the past, the CDC Foundation's Emergency Response fund helped save and improve lives by supporting CDC's efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina, the 2018 hurricanes in the United States and U.S. territories, the Ebola and Zika epidemics, the Haiti earthquake and the Southeast Asian tsunami.
Contributions to the CDC Foundation's Emergency Response Fund are tax deductible and can be made on the CDC Foundation's website or by phone or mail. Donations will first fund CDC's Hurricane Florence response. Any remaining funds will be applied to other CDC public health emergency responses as needed. To discuss giving opportunities or an in-kind donation, contact Advancement at the CDC Foundation: by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or 404.653.0790, toll-free at 888-886-4CDC.


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The Proactive Physiotherapy clinic in Edge Hill is known for delivering great physiotherapy techniques to get you pain-free faster. The local Edge Hill Physiotherapists have been delivering quality and consistent sports physiotherapy and general physiotherapy treatment as well as rehabilitation physiotherapy services to Edge Hill residents and holiday-makers for over 30 years.
By using the latest proven physiotherapy techniques and sports physiotherapy practice, combined with a caring and interested approach to your spinal care and general health, the team at Proactive Physiotherapy Edge Hill will get you back to your favourite sporting, recreational or work activity faster. Contact Proactive Physiotherapy Edge Hill today.


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It has been a long four weeks for the Iowa Barnstormers.
Their first road game was out in Spokane. Then week two it was back out to the west coast to Portland where Iowa got its only win of the year. After a bye-week the Barnstormers lost by seven in Cleveland.
Those three trips totaled almost 8,000 miles all before a single home game.
Tuesday marked the first practice inside their home arena. So players had a lot of questions. Schematic questions like how will the new curved end zone change our game plan and logistic questions like where`s the locker-room!?
The road wasn`t all bad and now they get paid with four home games over the next six weeks.
The first of those home games is Saturday at 7:05 p.m.


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"We don't use numberslike 1, 3, 5, 7," says Swiss architect Peter Märkli. "We prefer 2, 4, 8, 16 and things like that."
Designers routinely lay claim to avant-garde status by asserting that their work is grounded on "new technologies". This, they suggest, sets them apart from those hopeless fogies who are content to rely upon "old technologies".
The Design Museum could be seen to be making a point in changing its award scheme from Designer of the Year to the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
A white forest in a grey field, Junya Ishigami's university project space in the foothills west of Tokyo is a building designed to almost disappear.
"We did it in our lunch break," confesses Alvin Huang, who designed the winning entry for the C-Space pavilion on Bedford Square while working full time at Future Systems with his colleague Alan Dempsey.
On the roof of a car park in Hong Kong, in the shadow of Norman Foster's HSBC building and IM Pei's Bank of China, sits Chanel's latest publicity ruse, the snake-like Mobile Art Container.
Tomás Gabzdil Libertiny has always been fascinated with making things, and the methods behind their making. Disassembling objects and piecing them back together was a common pastime during his childhood in Slovakia.
Design Indaba, held in Cape Town every February, is the only design conference of its kind. Covering design in the most inclusive sense, there's no theme; it's just three days of people simply talking about what they do.
The "global stethoscope" is a concept developed by professor Shinichi Takemura, a media designer and cultural anthropologist at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
Away from all the talk, we saw the first results of a scheme that was launched at last year's Design Indaba. The 10x10 project is channelling the ideas and expertise of the international speakers into the problem of affordable housing in South Africa.


text: Bob lives in Gettysburg with his wife Paula, who will retire from Gettysburg College in 2019 after 39 years in the registrar's office. Most of Bob and Paula's free time the last few years has been spent following Camden, who played basketball for West Chester University. Our new hobby will be watching her serve as an assistant coach at Division 2 Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware. Her older sister MacKenzie graduated from Penn State, enjoys working in HR and currently lives in York County. Previously Bob coached Middle School boys and girls basketball and marched with the Hanover Lancers Senior Drum and Bugle Corps in both the horn line and the drum line.


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The morning dawned rather cold and wet, not quite the weather we had hoped for on our first dawn Osprey cruise of 2015. However, it could have been a lot worse! There wasn't any wind whipping up waves, which meant that fishing conditions weren't too bad. We didn't get too wet, either, as the rain kindly eased as we left Whitwell Harbour.
Luckily for us, we saw an Osprey almost immediately! It was 28(10), always identifiable by his slightly damaged right wing. He's a star on cruises, as he's almost always out fishing at just the right time! 28 is my favourite Osprey for many reasons, and it's fabulous to keep seeing him on these cruises. He had caught a fish and was flying away with it at the time we saw him. Later, though, he was back again and trying to catch another one! He circled towards the boat and came very close, then he drifted away again, then circled back. We saw him almost dive about three times – he would begin to stoop, but then pull out before he was even halfway towards the water. Eventually he drifted too far from us and we lost sight.
We also saw 33 briefly, but it didn't take him long to catch a fish and disappear back to his nest! He sneaked up on us as we were heading back down the south arm, and we saw him dive. He must have plucked the fish off the surface of the water, though, as it didn't look like he even made a splash! Perhaps the fish was dead and floating, or just swimming extremely close to the surface. He delivered this fish to the nest, and on our return to Lyndon we saw Maya feeding it to the chicks.
It was a very enjoyable cruise, despite the inclement weather, and we all had superb views of flying Ospreys. We saw another one over the peninsula as we were heading back to shore, but we couldn't hang about as breakfast was ready! Needless to say everyone was delighted with the excellent breakfast put on by Paul and his team of volunteers, it was much appreciated!
The rain abated as we began the cruise, and it waited until we had left Whitwell before it began again! Maya spent a lot of time today trying to cover the chicks to keep them out of the rain. They are very big now, though, and it's hard for her to shield them all.
33 came back for the roach he had delivered earlier, and took it away to eat on the T-perch. He didn't look too happy either, sitting in the rain.
A short while later, he brought it back to the nest and Maya fed the chicks again.
Later still, the rain eased a bit, and Maya felt able to leave the chicks on the nest whilst she sat on the camera perch and watched them from there. They were moving about a lot again, trying to stand up and even walk on their large clumsy-looking feet!
You can see from the pictures and videos above, that the back of the nest (as we look at it on the camera) has been built up a fair bit recently, with more sticks and material forming a barrier. This is probably due to the chicks' increased sense of adventure, to stop them getting too close to the edge!
The zoom on this year's nest camera is superb, and I love playing around with it. Here are a few pictures I took of the chicks today. They look even more like Ospreys now! The feather pins are pushing through, particularly the primaries, and their faces are developing into perfect miniature Ospreys. The eyes are turning that lovely deep shade of amber, too.


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Until recently, the Quarmby lab studied the assembly and disassembly of cilia, and the connection of these processes to cell cycle regulation. You can read about that work here.
We now study snow algae:
An untapped goldmine of fascinating cell biology is growing on the surfaces of alpine snowfields. Cold-loving unicellular algae colonize the snow and support a rich microscopic community that blooms during the melt season. The green algae produce a protective red pigment, turning the snow green, orange or red. Because it reflects less solar radiation than white snow, coloured snow causes an increase in local temperature, more melting and more algal growth. As the extent and seasonal duration of snow and ice diminishes with global warming, there are indications of algal blooms on an increasing fraction of remaining snowfields. We know little about these algal-based communities that thrive in an extreme environment dramatically impacted by climate change and possibly amplifying global warming.
The Quarmby lab has initiated a new research program that will reveal how fresh snow is colonized and how interactions between the cells of different species support life in a nutrient poor, cold habitat. We will learn how the algae use their cilia (whip-like cellular appendages), whether to follow the rivulets of snowmelt upstream to the light; to attach the cell to a mucilage-based community; or to recognize and hold tight to mates. We will learn how sexual and asexual cell division and the formation of spores produce blooms on the snow. Also on the long-term horizon, we will test the hypothesis that the fixed carbon, complex metabolites, and nutrients captured and synthesized on the surface of the snow provide important inputs to the soil of alpine environments.
Our first objective will be to determine the species of algae, fungi & other microbes that live on local alpine snowfields. Using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), DNA sequencing, and microscopic observations, 3 MSc students and I will establish the diversity of microbial communities on local alpine snowfields. We will learn how those communities develop over the course of a season and how they vary year to year. Gene expression studies will provide a foundation for learning how the various organisms work together. The second objective is to work out the enigmatic life histories of snow algae, using both field experiments and lab studies in our well-equipped cell biology laboratory. Finally, our third objective is to discover how algae arrive afresh on the surface of the snow each spring. Do some arrive on the wind, or with the snow or do they all swim up from the soil below? Built into the research program are training opportunities for 6 new graduate students, along with 3 undergraduate students and citizen-scientists.
The research program will help us understand the role played by these algae in accelerating the melting of alpine snowfields in the context of global warming. We will provide the foundational cell biology for a globally significant microbial community. As happens in discovery science, we may also uncover novel cellular mechanisms of unforeseen value.


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Physicians have a motto that peacemakers would do well to adopt: "First, do no harm." Neither the United States nor the United Nations have quite grasped this. Since the end of the Cold War unleashed them to intervene in civil conflicts around the world, they have done reasonably well in some cases, but in others they have unwittingly prolonged suffering where they meant to relieve it.
How does this happen? By following a principle that sounds like common sense: that intervention should be both limited and impartial, because weighing in on one side of a local struggle undermines the legitimacy and effectiveness of outside involvement. This Olympian presumption resonates with respect for law and international cooperation. It has the ring of prudence, fairness, and restraint. It makes sense in old-fashioned U.N. peacekeeping operations, where the outsiders' role is not to make peace, but to bless and monitor a cease-fire that all parties have decided to accept. But it becomes a destructive misconception when carried over to the messier realm of "peace enforcement," where the belligerents have yet to decide that they have nothing more to gain by fighting.
Limited intervention may end a war if the intervenor takes sides, tilts the local balance of power, and helps one of the rivals to win - that is, if it is not impartial. Impartial intervention may end a war if the outsiders take complete command of the situation, overawe all the local competitors, and impose a peace settlement - that is, if it is not limited. Trying to have it both ways usually blocks peace by doing enough to keep either belligerent from defeating the other, but not enough to make them stop trying. And the attempt to have it both ways has brought the United Nations and the United States - and those whom they sought to help - to varying degrees of grief in Bosnia, Somalia, and Haiti.
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It may be impossible yet to cure ALS, but should not prevent us from discovering effective treatments for ALS symptoms. We are use live and recorded music to improve quality of life and to sustain vital functions of people affected by ALS worldwide.
Currently no reliable therapies to sustain and prolong the swallowing, breathing and speech functions of persons with ALS exists. We have seen the results of music therapy firsthand, but to become proven, a new treatment must undergo a rigorous clinical trials process. This research may allow multidisciplinary ALS teams around the world to use music therapy as an effective means not only to support patients and their caregivers emotionally, but also to maintain and prolong their breathing, speech and swallowing functions.
Trial registration NCT03604822 – click on the link for the detailed description of the study.
Visit the researcher's blog for the latest updates.
This PhD is crowdfunded. Your help is needed, quite literally, like air. Kindly consider a tax-free donation. Could you smile for PALS? Simply do your regular shopping at Smile.Amazon.com to support this research.
NEWS! On 29 November 2018 followers and friends of this research project launched Experiment.com fundraiser. We now have a month to raise the sum needed to finalize data analysis. Following the link you can find a lot of science and regular "lab note" updates. Help us make it happen, we are almost there!
I encourage you to explore this website for more information and to contact me if you have any questions or would like to collaborate.
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Materials stocks took a hit on Tuesday after the latest manufacturing data out of China showed the nation's official PMI fell to the lowest level since February 2009.
However last week another measure of PMI from HSBC showed something else entirely – that China's economy was expanding.
Considering the contradictory economic data, how should you play it?
Trader Steve Cortes is bearish, He thinks last week's economic data from HSBC was the outlier - that is the one good reading amid a slew of terrible data. In fact he's surprised the market gave it so much weight.
Materials stocks took a hit on Tuesday after the latest manufacturing data out of China showed the nation's official PMI fell to the lowest level since February 2009.
He adds that if Europe is in crisis, the ripple bodes poorly for China, the EU's largest trading partner.
If you're looking for a trade, Cortes is a short seller of EM.
Trader Zach Karabell is on the other side.
If you have a longer time horizon, he thinks what matters most is the vast development underway in China. He believes it will fuel a global bull market for quite some time. "That's good for global companies," he says.
Trader Jon Najarian agrees with Karabell. He thinks China's increasing need for materials, as well as energy and commodities is long-term bullish.
Trader Brian Kelly is somewhat in the middle. Rather than the conflicting PMI numbers he thinks developments in Europe will be key. "If Europe implodes a hard landing is back on the table -- for everyone."
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Abbott delivers budget reply
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a Coalition Government would cut government advertising by a quarter and freeze public service recruitment for two years to rein in spending.
TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Well the Federal Opposition Leader delivered a combative and critical budget reply speech tonight.
Tony Abbott portrayed the Government's third budget as a tax and spend affair and he promised to fight the election on the new mining super tax.
Political reporter Hayden Cooper has the story.
HAYDEN COOPER, REPORTER: Revved up and ready to reply there was no denying the significance of the night.
TONY ABBOTT, OPPOSITION LEADER: This is a very big moment for me.
HAYDEN COOPER: Given his chance to stake a case for economic authority, Tony Abbott took it the only way he knows how, head on.
THE HONOURABLE MR NEIL ANDREW, MP, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: The Leader of the Opposition.
TONY ABBOTT: I have a particular message, Mr Speaker, for the Prime Minister and it's one he should be very familiar with. This reckless spending must stop!
HAYDEN COOPER: Stealing the Prime Minister's own line from 2007 the Opposition Leader's speech was, as expected, heavy on hostility.
TONY ABBOTT: Of the three budgets delivered by the Rudd Government this is the most political, the least believable and the most damaging to Australia's long term future.
OPPOSITION MEMBERS: Here, here.
HAYDEN COOPER: But most of the 30 minute performance was reserved for the Government's super tax on mining.
TONY ABBOTT: By this budget's bizarre logic putting a new tax on cigarettes means less smoking but putting a new tax on resources somehow means more mining.
If this tax, if this tax is going to be so good for the resources sector why aren't other industries lining up to beg, to beg for a super profits tax to be imposed on them?
Let me make this absolutely crystal clear, the Coalition will oppose the mining tax in Opposition and we will rescind it in government.
HAYDEN COOPER: Tony Abbott's opposition to the tax was already well known.
TONY ABBOTT: Well, it's a tax on farmers, it's a tax on food.
HAYDEN COOPER: What the Government wants to know is where are his savings coming from?
The first target is the public service with a two year recruitment freeze.
TONY ABBOTT: There will be no redundancies but for two years 6,000 beaurocrats who retire or resign each year will not be replaced.
HAYDEN COOPER: He says that will save $4 billion.
'Prime Minister Abbott' would also take back the 650 million in the Renewable Energy Fund and cut government advertising by 25 per cent.
The budget reply was vintage Tony Abbott, strong on sizzle and show, but it is just the start of his effort to engage in the economic war. There's the promise of more to come on the policy front as early as next week.
The Shadow Treasurer will reveal more savings at the Press Club on Wednesday. The Government won't reserve its judgement.
LINDSAY TANNER, FINANCE MINISTER: This is the most negative, flaky, risky budget reply ever.
HAYDEN COOPER: But it certainly did set the battle lines.
TONY ABBOTT: The die is cast. Neither side will retreat. The only way to stop this great big new tax on the people who saved us from the recession is to change the government.
HAYDEN COOPER: One great big new tax made him the Opposition Leader. He's banking on another to make him prime minister.
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Technorati Tags and Movable Type
Technorati, a leading blog search engine and index, has made it very easy for blog authors to get their "tagged" blog entries into Technorati's tag index. What is a tag? A tag is a type of category, and the process of tagging a simplified categorization method for your entries. The concept of tags has become popular with services such as del.icio.us and Flickr. By creating tag classifications for your weblog entries, you make it easy for Technorati to index your blog entries by tags that you specify. With Technorati tagging, you get to choose how you want your weblog entries to be classified, in contrast to algorithm-driven search engines like Google that make their own classifications based on what can be derived from the keywords in your text. Thus, people searching Technorati for weblogs having to do with book reviews will find blog entries in which the weblog author has categorized her entry as having to do with book reviews.
How to incorporate Technorati tags into your MT blog
First, Ping Technorati
There are several ways to incorporate Technorati tags into your Movable Type weblog. All methods require that you ping Technorati when you have saved a new entry. If you haven't already, you can set this up by going into your Weblog Config, Preferences section. Under "Publicity / Remote Interfaces / Trackback" select technorati.com as one of the sites to notify when you update your blog. Alternatively, your individual entries can ping Technorati by placing the Technorati ping URL -
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping - in the URLs to Ping section of your Edit Entry screen and saving your published entry.
Create a link
The easiest way to create a tag that will be picked up by Technorati's tag index is to create a link in your entry body around a word that you would like to be made into a tag. For instance, if your entry is about "chickens", you could wrap a link around any instance of the word "chickens" in your entry body that would point to the Technorati index page for chickens.
Use the following tag convention:
tagname
like so:
chickens
So in your entry body, when you write about chickens, the link is tagged back to Technorati (click on link to see example).
You can also tag multiple words, for example Movable Type, like so:
Movable Type
Technorati looks at the tags presented in the entries you show on the Main Index of your weblog. If you use extended entry sections that don't appear on the Main Index but continue over to an archive page, the tags in the extended section of your entry will NOT appear in the Technorati tag index unless you use the MT default atom.xml index template or take some additional steps to modify your atom template. The default atom template feeds the full entry body and extended entry. If you have changed your atom template so that the content section contains less than the full content of your post, , you should remove the
<content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="<$MTBlogURL encode_xml="1"$>"> .....</content> section from the template, so that Technorati understands that the atom feed is only showing a summary, and won't index it as if it were a full article. Removing the content section will also instruct Technorati to look elsewhere for the full content of your weblog post.
Use default RSS and/or Atom templates
If you use an RSS 1.0 template, or the default RSS 2.0 or Atom templates that come with version MT3, and you use category archiving for your weblog, and you automatically ping Technorati when you update your site, Technorati will automatically find your feed and extract the primary category you have assigned your entry and turn it into a Technorati tag for that entry. Just make sure that you have the
link rel="alternate" lines for those feeds that you use in the head section of your Main Index template. By default, those lines are the following:
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom" href="<$MTBlogURL$>atom.xml" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 1.0" href="<$MTBlogURL$>index.rdf" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="<$MTBlogURL$>index.xml" />
Adjust templates for multiple categories
If you assign multiple categories or subcategories to your entries, you can capture all of these categories as tags by following the instructions above for using the default RSS and Atom templates, and by making the following modifications to at least one of these templates:
For Atom 0.3
<MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTEntryCategory"><dc:subject><$MTEntryCategory encode_xml="1"$></dc:subject></MTIfNonEmpty> with
<MTIfNonEmpty tag="MTEntryCategory"> <MTEntryCategories><dc:subject><MTParentCategories glue="/"> <MTCategoryLabel encode_xml="1"> </MTParentCategories></dc:subject> </MTEntryCategories></MTIfNonEmpty>
For RSS 1.0
<dc:subject><$MTEntryCategory encode_xml="1"$></dc:subject> with
<MTEntryCategories><dc:subject><MTParentCategories glue="/"> <MTCategoryLabel encode_xml="1"> </MTParentCategories></dc:subject></MTEntryCategories>
For RSS 2.0
<category><$MTEntryCategory removehtml="1" encodexml="1"$></category> with
<MTEntryCategories><category><MTParentCategories glue="/"> <MTCategoryLabel encode_xml="1"> </MTParentCategories></category></MTEntryCategories>
Add global tags to your blog
Let's say that your blog has a single theme, and you want every entry to be tagged with that theme. For example, if you have a cooking blog, it might be of more interest for you to have your entries tagged with "food" or "recipes" than with "appetizers" or "lamb". To do this, you need to first follow the instructions listed above for using the default RSS and Atom templates.
Note that you only need to adjust one of the syndication templates, not all three of them.
For Atom 0.3 and RSS 1.0
Wrap your global tags in
<dc:subject> elements like so:
For example,
<dc:subject>recipes</dc:subject><dc:subject>food</dc:subject> <dc:subject>cooking</dc:subject>
Place this section at the channel level directly above your
MTEntries section in your template.
For RSS 2.0
Wrap your global tags in
<category></category> elements and place at the channel level directly above the
MTEntries section in your template.
Turn keywords into tags - MT3.3
See the following LMT tutorial: Converting Keywords into Tags which uses a plugin by Hirotaka Ogawa.
Also see Jay Allen's Everybody Loves Tags overview of all the new tagging tags for MT3.3.
Turn keywords into tags - MT 3.2
There are several methods you can use to have the keywords you have entered into a keyword field for an entry transform automatically into Technorati tags. John of John's Jottings has written a simple Perl script which you can use in your templates if you have installed Brad Choate's PerlScript plugin. Other plugins are MTKeywordList and Technorati Tags from LaughingMeme, and TechnoratiTags plugin from 90% Crud. Six Apart has also released their Tags1 plugin which will turn all keywords entered into the keyword field into tags and at the same time into categories.
I have found the best solution to be a combination of Tim Appnel's mt-tagslite plugin used with MTGlue, and MTCompare.
To get mt-tagslite to parse keywords so that you can input keywords into the field separated by commas, and therefore capture keyword terms that have more than one word, you need to make some changes to the plugin file.
Change the following line (around line 60 or so) from:
@tags{ split( /\s+/, $k ) } = ();
which splits on whitespace to:
@tags{ split( /,\s*/, $k ) } = ();
which splits on a comma followed by an optional whitespace. (Thanks to Darren Chamberlain for the tip.)
You can then use the MTGlue plugin to insert commas into the display of the tags. And you can use the MTCompare plugin to only show the tag display if there are keywords in the field. For example, your code might look like this:
<MTIfNotEqual a="[MTEntryKeywords]" b=""> Technorati tags: <MTGlueContainer><MTEntryTags><$MTTechnoratiTag$><MTGlue>, </MTGlue> </MTEntryTags></MTGlueContainer> </MTIfNotEqual>
Many thanks to Niall Kennedy of Technorati for his suggestions and corrections with this tutorial. Thanks Niall!
Links: Technorati Transform keywords into tags - a simple Perl script from John's Jottings MTKeywordList and Technorati Tags - a plugin from LaughingMeme TechnoratiTags plugin - another plugin to turn keywords into tags, from 90% Crud Tags1 - a plugin from Six Apart that turns all of your keywords into tags and categories Technorati Tags MT Plugin from A Perfect Vacuum - includes a regex keyword separator string mt-tagslite plugin from Tim Appnel, simple plugin for generating del.icio.us, Flickr, and Technorati tags. Tags.App - Tim Appnel's commercial application for implementing tags on Movable Type. Putting del.icio.us tags into Movable Type entries, using the keywords space from Ben Hammersley. Ten Questions with David Sifry - an interview by Guy Kawasaki


text: Applications are invited for a Postdoc and PhD candidates to participate in a research project on "Agile Software Analysis" at the Software Composition Group, University of Bern, Switzerland. The Software Composition Group carries out research in software analysis and programming language design and implementation, with a view to enabling software evolution. The SCG is led by Prof. Oscar Nierstrasz and is part of the Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (IAM) at the University of Berne. Details about the research topics can be found online: http://scg.unibe.ch/research/snf16 The PhD candidates must have a MSc in Computer Science (equivalent to a Swiss MSc), should demonstrate strong programming skills, and have research interests in several of the following areas: - software evolution - program understanding - mining software repositories - software modeling - model-driven engineering - domain specific languages - dynamic analysis - software ecosystems - integrated development environments - software tools The Postdoc should have completed a recent PhD on a topic closely related to the themes listed above. To apply, please send an email including your CV to Prof. Oscar Nierstrasz (oscar at inf.unibe.ch). Oscar Nierstrasz --- Prof. Dr. O. Nierstrasz -- oscar at inf.unibe.ch <= NB: @iam -> @inf Software Composition Group -- http://scg.unibe.ch University of Bern -- Tel +41 31 631 4618


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I recently discovered a fantastic website called Me In My Place. It's a delightful little site which posts shoots of beautiful women in the comfort of their home wearing very little. Their slogan sums up their vibe to perfection: "Real girls in their own place. Not too crazy and just a pinch of naughty…" Hells bells, that sounds right up my alley. Yours too. Here's a shoot which former 2007 Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood did for Me In My Place recently. And go…
Pretty simple concept and boy are they winning, winning, winning!
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Technology has vastly changed the way we shop, providing us with more and more options for how we purchase goods. With new technology being released continuously, the challenge for retailers is learning to adapt and cater to the desire for an easier and more convenient shopping experience. While this may require extra funds, which can be obtained in several ways such as business loans or a merchant cash advance, technology is arguably the key to satisfying the modern consumer.
The consumer of the 21st century has more influence on retailers than ever before. Even the smallest family-owned shops must recognise that modernisation is essential for their survival. Those that get it right will reap the rewards, while those that are slow to join in might see themselves becoming obsolete. Furthermore, retailers are under increased pressure to provide the best possible service and deliver a seamless shopping experience, or risk the wrath of criticism on social media.
In a world where 140 characters and 10-second sound bites rule the day, effective communication matters now more than ever.
So what does the modern consumer want, and how can your business provide that?
Immediate access
It is imperative that a prospective customer has the ability to type your business into a search engine and find all the appropriate details for it, such as location and opening times. A good secondary component of immediacy is to allow customers the ability to access services outside of normal opening hours. Is there an item that they know they already need? Let them place an online order for delivery, or collection at a more suitable time.
A valued relationship
In the past, a relationship with a retailer was built by walking into the shop. Now that a transaction can be conducted without even setting foot into a store, consumers expect you to reach out to them. A text or an email can act as a good relationship builder, especially if you can let them know of an offer that has been tailored specifically to them.
Connection through online social networks
Don't underestimate the power of social sharing and the importance of your business' online presence and digital marketing efforts. Even before the Internet, referrals were a huge source of business. Reviews for small businesses are now shared all over social media, especially through local groups who will be more receptive to reviews. Having a strong online presence as a retailer can help potential customers discover you even before any reviews come in. Simply being active on social media can help current and prospective customers see you in a positive light.
"Business as usual" is no longer "usual". Customer activism is real, and the companies that don't try and keep up with changes in customers' tastes and expectations will struggle to keep pace. Making sure to keep up with technology can be daunting and potentially rewarding for businesses. Consumers are very impatient, they always look at the best in class and it can be difficult to adjust your internal technologies at the rate that you have to. However, hard work is often rewarded, and adapting your business to satisfy the modern consumer will almost always certainly pay off.


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Hudson River
The Hudson River Greenway Water Trail has been developed to accommodate two (2) types of users. The first typical user, the day user, is those looking to spend the day or a portion the day on the River. The other typical user is the long distance paddler, looking to explore the entire River and beyond. Within Orange County there are a number of access points to the Hudson river which allow car-top boat launches:
The Newburgh Boat Launch, is located at the Newburgh waterfront in the City of Newburgh. At the foot of Washington Street the launch offers a safe docking area for launching trailered boats. Car-top boats, canoes and kayaks are also able to be launched. Launching is allowed between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., there may be a fee with launching from this point, contact the City of Newburgh prior to accessing the River.
Kowawese Unique Area at Plum Point. Owned by New York State and managed by the Orange County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation it offers an idyllic natural resource which includes the ability to launch car-top boats. The Area is located at the foot of Plum Point Lane off U.S Route 9W in the Town of New Windsor.
In the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, near the Cornwall Yacht Club along Shore Road, the Cornwall Boat Launch is located within Donahue Memorial Park. There may be a fees associated with launching form this point, contact the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson prior to accessing the River.
Wallkill River
The Wallkill River provides a number of access points within Orange County. The following are confirmed locations, beginning upstream near the New Jersey Border flowing northeast to the Ulster County Boarder.
The Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge straddles Orange County and Sussex County, New Jersey. Along Oil City Road at the point it crosses the Wallkill River in Pine Island, Town of Warwick.
At the time of writing the Non-motorized Transportation Plan, 2013 the New York State Department of Transportation is under construction of the redesigned Exit 122 interchange related to Interstate 17/86. Part of the plans includes the construction of a car-top boat launch to the Wallkill River.
Thomas Bull Memorial Park
The Orange County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department recently constructed a car-top boat launch along the Wallkill River within the Thomas Bull Memorial Park.
Pleasure Ground Park
Pleasure Ground Park a Village of Montgomery Park located along the Wallkill River. Near the pavilion, car-top boats can be launched into the River.
Riverfront Park
Riverfront Park in the Town of Montgomery is located in the center of Town. There is a long beachfront and fishing platform where car-top boats can be launched.
Delaware River
West End Beach
West End Beach and Park is located between River Road and the Delaware River in the city of Port Jervis. Access to the Beach and the river is locate d at the intersection of River Road with Ferry Street.


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This film is a powerful reminder of the heart-rending toll that war takes on the innocent. It tells the story of how the Japanese subjected Nanking and its inhabitants to months of aerial bombardment and cruel emotional torture. When the city finally fell, the Japanese army ran in savagely to murder and rape. It was genocide.
In 1937, Nanking, China was a beautiful place. There was a huge lake and a park and stately parasol trees lined the main streets. Nanking was a prosperous place; it was the nation's capital. There were hundreds of Westerners living and working in there. Naturally, this city was the target of Japanese war strategy; they used Shanghai as a steppingstone into Nanking. Before the air raids began, there were already rumors going around about what was going to happen soon. Still nothing could have prepared the people for the impact when it really happened.
Those who were there present listening to the sounds of doom, seeing their beloved city and its citizens destroyed, smelling the stench of death keep the stories alive because the memory remains vivid in their minds.
Thousands lost their lives but many were able to flee the massacre. The United States embassy made provision for all Americans to leave, but some decided to stay. They couldn't just get up and flee to safety knowing that so many men and women they had grown to love were in danger of losing their lives. They stayed to embrace the opportunity to offer a service of the highest kind.
And so it was that in the midst of evil, a small group of Westerners came together and decided to establish a Safety Zone where as many as 200,000 Chinese found shelter. Unarmed, this crew made up of missionaries, university professors, doctors and businessmen bore witness and recorded the events, all while risking their own lives to protect Chinese civilians from the massacre.
Through heartbreaking interviews with survivors, unsettling footage, photos of the events, and testimonies of former Japanese soldiers, this dark chapter in history comes alive.
The film puts the viewer right on the streets of Nanking to experience something that has been forgotten. This documentary is proof of how the courage and conviction of ordinary individuals can make a big difference in the course of life. These men and women who were determined to stand bravely against all odds, are proof that a light— however small— can dispel the darkness.


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Politically incorrect Chelsea captain John Terry has expressed his disgust at Caucasian people and says he would welcome a revolution against them.
Terry, who once wrapped a dish towel round his head in a show of solidarity with oppressed Afghani women, made the claims while punching a dead body.
He said: "At Chelsea, we abhor any kind of social injustice. Just last week, we bullied one of the foreign lads to the brink of suicide, in order to demonstrate the evils of prejudice in the work place.
"And, when he realised the whole thing had been an exercise concocted as a means of eduction, we kicked him in the balls and shagged his wife.
"I told him straight to his face, 'no need to thank me, I'm just doing my job'."
Terry also revealed that his ideal women would be a cross between US civil rights activist Rosa Parks and obese feminist Rosie O'Donnell.
He said: "When I heard the story of Rosa Parks, I could instantly relate to it. Every week, I sit at the back of the team bus, and jack off to Steven Spielberg's Amistad.
"I also think Rosie O'Donnell is a gigantic piece of ass."


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Sunday, October 14, 2007
I'm no adulterer
OH, and while you're at it, spend your Sabbath trying to figure out if you're right or left brained.
I could see counterclockwise after a long time, and only if I looked at it from an angle. It kept switching back to clockwise. My older two kids could see it as both - back and forth the whole time they watched. I told my youngest "Spin the same way as the lady." Counter - every time. My husband also tried very hard to see any counterclockwise motion. He says he did once, but I think he was just looking for an excuse to determine whether or not it is chilly in her little box?!? :)
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- Summer said...
Only 3%. I'm not convinced. ;)
That dancer is odd. When I firt looked she was going clockwise, then I blinked and she was going counterclockwise. After staring hard for a minute she went back to going clockwise. I have no clue how I can switch my brain back and forth. LOL
- October 13, 2007 11:02 PM
- Hillary said...
That dancer IS odd... though I'm inclined to believe it actually changes directions... maybe?
- October 14, 2007 4:38 AM
- Amanda said...
ohhhh...I'm going to have to remember this little posting for when Eli starts looking more human :)
- October 14, 2007 8:08 AM
- Unknown said...
Definitely doesn't change directions, because we can have multiple family members seeing different things at the exact same time.
What's really fascinating, is how (depending on the direction you are currently seeing) she is leading with a different arm and leg. The arm and leg that are extended are her either right or left, depending on what direction you are seeing at that moment. CRAZY!
I am WAY too fascinated with this thing. Husband is still thrilled. I always have up a hot chic on my monitor that "goes both ways." ;)
- October 14, 2007 8:11 AM
- Unknown said...
You should try it with a sonogram pic. That would be hysterical!
- October 14, 2007 8:12 AM
- Julie said...
I don't see clockwise at all. At. all. How could it be clockwise? I stared at it for 5 minutes to try to see how you could see clockwise...and no.
- October 14, 2007 10:29 AM
- Julie said...
Um, except I meant I don't see counter-clockwise at all. Just clockwise. But still cool.
- October 14, 2007 10:33 AM
- daveberm said...
Definately clockwise, but if you look elswhere on the page, it is pretty easy to see her go counter-clockwise. My wife thinks I just like looking at her boobs, so I must stop now before I am in any more trouble!
- October 14, 2007 12:07 PM
Thanks for stopping by my blog! It led me to yours...and I LOVE your style!! I'm not sure, but I think the baby looks more like you....;)
I'll have to try the right/left brain thing....
- October 14, 2007 2:11 PM
I'm back...Whole family did the right/left brain thing. Ever practical left brained DH says it has to be a trick. The rest of us are amazed and amused and all right-brained! Thanks for the link.
By the way, I just read through a whole lot of your blog. You are a hoot....I'll be back...often.
- October 14, 2007 3:22 PM
- Mary Beth said...
I almost wet myself when I saw the picture of Presh up there.
She's going clockwise and I can't make her go counter-clockwise. My husband saw counter, but could make himself see clockwise. And to think I thought I was left-brained. Hmm.
- October 14, 2007 3:53 PM
- *Heather said...
OKay....just had to say I LOVE your blog and will be visiting often! Love your sense of humor and your profile made me smile!
- October 14, 2007 5:47 PM
- Unknown said...
ok...its got to be some sort of trick. First off...I am VERY right brained, but according to the way she was spinning (counter clockwise) that would say that I am left brained and I assure you thats not the truth! I turned my head this way and that and in no fashion could I get her to go clockwise! Frusterating (which is sad because it really shouldn't be.) And I must be tired because I was confused by your meter. I see the humor now though!! hehe
- October 14, 2007 9:03 PM
That is SO FREAKY! My husband and I were both looking as well and seeing different things. She mostly danced clockwise but the second I would start reading the description she would switch. Then I would look at a picture beside my computer and she'd switch again. It's like Art=clockwise, Words=counter just like the brain lobes!! COOL :D
- October 15, 2007 9:49 AM
- Tara W. said...
I'm not so sure how valid this is. Me and Z boh saw clockwise but we are both very left brained. I keep going back to try to make her turn the other way but I can't!!!
- October 17, 2007 6:23 PM


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Great composition – Nicely done.
Excellent composition! Happy Valentines Day!
I love all the radiating lines here. Very pleasing.
I like how the windmills are aligned.
Beautyful composition ! I like this lighting and angle !
one of many awesome photos, and I totally agree with your views on windmills. I find wind power and the presence of windmills to be a brilliant addition to landscapes.
The Netherlands were known for their endless rows of windmills. There were thousands, many of them used to reclaim the land from the sea. As a result about half of the country is effectively below sealevel and that percentage is now growing again as the sealevel is rising…
Nowadays most of the old mills have gone except for some monuments. Now we have these new windmills and I love them just as much. Some people complain about desecration of the landscape, I rather look at them as saving the landscape as if we do not act soon, this land will be drowned again as it was before: all this land on the right side of the water on this picture was still sea -later lake- 75 years ago.
One other thing I like about The Netherlands is the bicycle culture. Sights like these are common here: people cycling on a 2-lane cycle path which is a large as the road besides it. There are more than twice as many bicycles than there are cars in this small country with 16 million inhabitants.
I personally have cycled several trips of more than a thousand kilometers and will do this again, it is the best way to travel and really see and experience the places. So maybe you can take your bike next time you need to go shopping or ask your local government to make your city more bikefriendly to stimulate reluctant others as well. In the end I will be grateful as at this moment my house is only theoretical below sealevel, I would like to keep it that way :-)
Happy Valentine everybody!
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A few years ago, he cut, sanded and painted some blocks of wood and fitted them with a clock. He wanted me to sell them in my shop. Which I did, even though they really did not go with the ambiance. They are cute, but not so much me.
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