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WordPress Theme - OneUp One Page Parallax Retina WordPress Theme 5901846 by pixelentity @ ThemeForest
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UPDATE 2014.04.11 – Version 1.6.2 WordPress v3.9 compatibility added. Please upgrade your theme.
OneUp is a fully responsive HTML5 Retina enabled One Page WordPress Theme suitable for any kind of creative or business use. Built upon the responsive Twitter Bootstrap framework, the theme is highly optimized for both mobile and desktop platforms. One uses lazy-loading of images and compression of all required scripts, meaning not only will your website look great, but it will also be lightening fast. See below for some of the awesome features included in this theme.
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UPDATE 2014.02.03 – Version 1.6.1 is now available, please redownload the theme and update your install if you still have an older version.
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- Fixed youtube videos.
- Fixed WPML gallery plugin issue.
- Fixed "preview" button in page builder.
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UPDATE 2013.12.12 – Version 1.6.0
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- Project filters can now be sorted manually.
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- Added WooCommerce compatibility, includes retina support for product images.
- Fixed lightbox gallery incorrectly including images from other projects.
- Removed hidden gmap metabox (Its not used in this theme).
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- New feature: Page builder revision support (WP 3.7 only) CHECK THE VIDEO
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- Fixed footer disappearing bug
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- Added WPML support.
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- Fixed some safari issues.
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When you read for pleasure, your only goal is enjoyment. You might find yourself reading to get caught up in an exciting story, to learn about an interesting time or place, or just to pass time. Maybe you're looking for inspiration, guidance, or a reflection of your own life. There are as many different, valid ways of reading a book as there are books in the world.
When you read a work of literature in an English class, however, you're being asked to read in a special way: you're being asked to perform literary analysis. To analyze something means to break it down into smaller parts and then examine how those parts work, both individually and together. Literary analysis involves examining all the parts of a novel, play, short story, or poem—elements such as character, setting, tone, and imagery—and thinking about how the author uses those elements to create certain effects.
A literary essay isn't a book review: you're not being asked whether or not you liked a book or whether you'd recommend it to another reader. A literary essay also isn't like the kind of book report you wrote when you were younger, where your teacher wanted you to summarize the book's action. A high school- or college-level literary essay asks, "How does this piece of literature actually work?" "How does it do what it does?" and, "Why might the author have made the choices he or she did?"
No one is born knowing how to analyze literature; it's a skill you learn and a process you can master. As you gain more practice with this kind of thinking and writing, you'll be able to craft a method that works best for you. But until then, here are seven basic steps to writing a well-constructed literary essay:
When you're assigned a literary essay in class, your teacher will often provide you with a list of writing prompts. Lucky you! Now all you have to do is choose one. Do yourself a favor and pick a topic that interests you. You'll have a much better (not to mention easier) time if you start off with something you enjoy thinking about. If you are asked to come up with a topic by yourself, though, you might start to feel a little panicked. Maybe you have too many ideas—or none at all. Don't worry. Take a deep breath and start by asking yourself these questions:
What struck you? Did a particular image, line, or scene linger in your mind for a long time? If it fascinated you, chances are you can draw on it to write a fascinating essay.
What confused you? Maybe you were surprised to see a character act in a certain way, or maybe you didn't understand why the book ended the way it did. Confusing moments in a work of literature are like a loose thread in a sweater: if you pull on it, you can unravel the entire thing. Ask yourself why the author chose to write about that character or scene the way he or she did and you might tap into some important insights about the work as a whole.
Did you notice any patterns? Is there a phrase that the main character uses constantly or an image that repeats throughout the book? If you can figure out how that pattern weaves through the work and what the significance of that pattern is, you've almost got your entire essay mapped out.
Did you notice any contradictions or ironies? Great works of literature are complex; great literary essays recognize and explain those complexities. Maybe the title Happy Days totally disagrees with the book's subject matter (hungry orphans dying in the woods). Maybe the main character acts one way around his family and a completely different way around his friends and associates. If you can find a way to explain a work's contradictory elements, you've got the seeds of a great essay.
At this point, you don't need to know exactly what you're going to say about your topic; you just need a place to begin your exploration. You can help direct your reading and brainstorming by formulating your topic as a question, which you'll then try to answer in your essay. The best questions invite critical debates and discussions, not just a rehashing of the summary. Remember, you're looking for something you can prove or argue based on evidence you find in the text. Finally, remember to keep the scope of your question in mind: is this a topic you can adequately address within the word or page limit you've been given? Conversely, is this a topic big enough to fill the required length?
"Are Romeo and Juliet's parents responsible for the deaths of their children?"
"Why do pigs keep showing up in Lord of the Flies ?"
"Are Dr. Frankenstein and his monster alike? How?"
"What happens to Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird ?"
"What do the other characters in Julius Caesar think about Caesar?"
"How does Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter remind me of my sister?"
Once you know what question you want to answer, it's time to scour the book for things that will help you answer the question. Don't worry if you don't know what you want to say yet—right now you're just collecting ideas and material and letting it all percolate. Keep track of passages, symbols, images, or scenes that deal with your topic. Eventually, you'll start making connections between these examples and your thesis will emerge.
Here's a brief summary of the various parts that compose each and every work of literature. These are the elements that you will analyze in your essay, and which you will offer as evidence to support your arguments. For more on the parts of literary works, see the Glossary of Literary Terms at the end of this section.
These are the whats of the work—what happens, where it happens, and to whom it happens.
These are the hows—how the characters speak, how the story is constructed, and how language is used throughout the work.
When you've examined all the evidence you've collected and know how you want to answer the question, it's time to write your thesis statement. A thesis is a claim about a work of literature that needs to be supported by evidence and arguments. The thesis statement is the heart of the literary essay, and the bulk of your paper will be spent trying to prove this claim. A good thesis will be:
Question: In Romeo and Juliet , which is more powerful in shaping the lovers' story: fate or foolishness?
Thesis: "Though Shakespeare defines Romeo and Juliet as 'star- crossed lovers' and images of stars and planets appear throughout the play, a closer examination of that celestial imagery reveals that the stars are merely witnesses to the characters' foolish activities and not the causes themselves."
Question: How does the bell jar function as a symbol in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar ?
Thesis: "A bell jar is a bell-shaped glass that has three basic uses: to hold a specimen for observation, to contain gases, and to maintain a vacuum. The bell jar appears in each of these capacities in The Bell Jar, Plath's semi-autobiographical novel, and each appearance marks a different stage in Esther's mental breakdown."
Question: Would Piggy in The Lord of the Flies make a good island leader if he were given the chance?
Thesis: "Though the intelligent, rational, and innovative Piggy has the mental characteristics of a good leader, he ultimately lacks the social skills necessary to be an effective one. Golding emphasizes this point by giving Piggy a foil in the charismatic Jack, whose magnetic personality allows him to capture and wield power effectively, if not always wisely."
The reasons and examples that support your thesis will form the middle paragraphs of your essay. Since you can't really write your thesis statement until you know how you'll structure your argument, you'll probably end up working on steps 3 and 4 at the same time.
There's no single method of argumentation that will work in every context. One essay prompt might ask you to compare and contrast two characters, while another asks you to trace an image through a given work of literature. These questions require different kinds of answers and therefore different kinds of arguments. Below, we'll discuss three common kinds of essay prompts and some strategies for constructing a solid, well-argued case.
Compare and contrast
Compare and contrast the characters of Huck and Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Chances are you've written this kind of essay before. In an academic literary context, you'll organize your arguments the same way you would in any other class. You can either go subject by subject or point by point. In the former, you'll discuss one character first and then the second. In the latter, you'll choose several traits (attitude toward life, social status, images and metaphors associated with the character) and devote a paragraph to each. You may want to use a mix of these two approaches—for example, you may want to spend a paragraph apiece broadly sketching Huck's and Jim's personalities before transitioning into a paragraph or two that describes a few key points of comparison. This can be a highly effective strategy if you want to make a counterintuitive argument—that, despite seeming to be totally different, the two objects being compared are actually similar in a very important way (or vice versa). Remember that your essay should reveal something fresh or unexpected about the text, so think beyond the obvious parallels and differences.
Choose an image—for example, birds, knives, or eyes—and trace that image throughout Macbeth.
Sounds pretty easy, right? All you need to do is read the play, underline every appearance of a knife in Macbeth, and then list them in your essay in the order they appear, right? Well, not exactly. Your teacher doesn't want a simple catalog of examples. He or she wants to see you make connections between those examples—that's the difference between summarizing and analyzing. In the Macbeth example above, think about the different contexts in which knives appear in the play and to what effect. In Macbeth, there are real knives and imagined knives; knives that kill and knives that simply threaten. Categorize and classify your examples to give them some order. Finally, always keep the overall effect in mind. After you choose and analyze your examples, you should come to some greater understanding about the work, as well as your chosen image, symbol, or phrase's role in developing the major themes and stylistic strategies of that work.
Is the society depicted in 1984 good for its citizens?
In this kind of essay, you're being asked to debate a moral, ethical, or aesthetic issue regarding the work. You might be asked to judge a character or group of characters ( Is Caesar responsible for his own demise?) or the work itself ( Is Jane Eyre a feminist novel?). For this kind of essay, there are two important points to keep in mind. First, don't simply base your arguments on your personal feelings and reactions. Every literary essay expects you to read and analyze the work, so search for evidence in the text. What do characters in 1984 have to say about the government of Oceania? What images does Orwell use that might give you a hint about his attitude toward the government? As in any debate, you also need to make sure that you define all the necessary terms before you begin to argue your case. What does it mean to be a "good" society? What makes a novel "feminist"? You should define your terms right up front, in the first paragraph after your introduction.
Second, remember that strong literary essays make contrary and surprising arguments. Try to think outside the box. In the 1984 example above, it seems like the obvious answer would be no, the totalitarian society depicted in Orwell's novel is not good for its citizens. But can you think of any arguments for the opposite side? Even if your final assertion is that the novel depicts a cruel, repressive, and therefore harmful society, acknowledging and responding to the counterargument will strengthen your overall case.
Your introduction sets up the entire essay. It's where you present your topic and articulate the particular issues and questions you'll be addressing. It's also where you, as the writer, introduce yourself to your readers. A persuasive literary essay immediately establishes its writer as a knowledgeable, authoritative figure.
An introduction can vary in length depending on the overall length of the essay, but in a traditional five-paragraph essay it should be no longer than one paragraph. However long it is, your introduction needs to:
Your introduction should not:
Once you've written your introduction, you'll take the arguments you developed in step 4 and turn them into your body paragraphs. The organization of this middle section of your essay will largely be determined by the argumentative strategy you use, but no matter how you arrange your thoughts, your body paragraphs need to do the following:
Just as you used the introduction to ground your readers in the topic before providing your thesis, you'll use the conclusion to quickly summarize the specifics learned thus far and then hint at the broader implications of your topic. A good conclusion will:
The entity that acts to frustrate the goals of the protagonist. The antagonist is usually another character but may also be a non-human force.
antihero / antiheroine
A protagonist who is not admirable or who challenges notions of what should be considered admirable.
A person, animal, or any other thing with a personality that appears in a narrative.
The moment of greatest intensity in a text or the major turning point in the plot.
The central struggle that moves the plot forward. The con ict can be the protagonist's struggle against fate, nature, society, or another person.
first-person point of view
A literary style in which the narrator tells the story from his or her own point of view and refers to himself or herself as "I." The narrator may be an active participant in the story or just an observer.
hero / heroine
The principal character in a literary work or narrative.
Language that brings to mind sense-impressions, representing things that can be seen, smelled, heard, tasted, or touched.
A recurring idea, structure, contrast, or device that develops or informs the major themes of a work of literature.
A story.
The person (sometimes a character) who tells a story; the voice assumed by the writer. The narrator and the author of the work of literature are not the same person.
The arrangement of the events in a story, including the sequence in which they are told, the relative emphasis they are given, and the causal connections between events.
point of view
The perspective that a narrative takes toward the events it describes.
The main character around whom the story revolves.
The location of a narrative in time and space. Setting creates mood or atmosphere.
A secondary plot that is of less importance to the overall story but may serve as a point of contrast or comparison to the main plot.
An object, character, figure, or color that is used to represent an abstract idea or concept. Unlike an emblem, a symbol may have different meanings in different contexts.
The way the words in a piece of writing are put together to form lines, phrases, or clauses; the basic structure of a piece of writing.
A fundamental and universal idea explored in a literary work.
The author's attitude toward the subject or characters of a story or poem or toward the reader.
An author's individual way of using language to re ect his or her own personality and attitudes. An author communicates voice through tone, diction, and syntax.


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In the 1970s President Nixon launched an all-out attack on "Drugs." These videos explore the resources, in terms of tax dollars and human costs spent on this un-winable war. Part one uncovers how much money we've spent. Part two shows how this war has torn apart families and needlessly put people in prison for victimless crimes. Part three may make you angery when you find out that the Global Drug Commission found that this war is a joke, yet government wants to keep spending money on it. Ask your self: WHY?
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2015 Detox- Are you Ready for 2015?
Dr. Hillary Lampers, ND //
Are you ready for 2015! Is your body tired and sluggish from the holiday hangovers, and sugary binges? Well we want to help you get back to basics and start the new year off right with a gentle and effective detoxification! This detoxification is meant to be 14 or 21 days long and can help set you up again for a healthier body and mind in the new year!
WE have a never ending toxic burden. Our physiology was indeed designed to detoxify continually, but mainly our natural, self made toxins. When many other toxins from our environment, our detox systems become overloaded. When the body is burdened with toxins we are unable to detoxify and excrete toxins fast enough so they are stored inside the body, usually in fat cells.
This 14 or 21 day detox is meant to help you begin the New Year right, and optimally should be done every season. Partnering with Designs for Health, the premiere medical supplement company and returning to a simple, clean diet, with exercise and other gentle detox methods, this detoxification is meant to get your organs of elimination working properly.
The 14 day detox is $139
The 21 day detox is $189
Whichever you chose, make sure you make it count by being prepared!
The attached PDF powerpoint explains toxicity and how detoxification can help you, as well as a the supplement profile that is included. Here at Sky Valley Healing Arts we are dedicated to your health and supporting you with this great first start to the New Year!
You can email email@example.com and get your kit ordered today!
Nutritional support and coaching is also available by phone/Skype or in office with either Dr. Hillary Lampers or Dr. Katy Koukouras if you are looking to add more to your detox. (extra fee included)
To read more on detoxification and dietary suggestions read back on these blogs:
Spring Clean Your Body
Boost Your Nutrition, Ditch the Diet
SuperDuper Foods
Spring Clean Your Body, Not Just Your House
Dr. Katy Koukouras, ND, EAMP, LAc // Personalized Naturopathic Care, Improving The Quality Of Life, Nutrition, Detoxification, Heavy Metaks, Spring Detox, Foods for Detoxification
Spring and summer are great times to detoxify and clean out your body. It is especially important here in Seattle to take advantage of the warm weather to do just this. We live in fairly toxic environments. There are heavy metals in the air we breathe and the food that we eat. Heavy metals are metals that have particular chemical properties. Some heavy metals are good for us in appropriate dosages, such as: zinc, copper, and iron. Others are not healthy for us in any amounts, such as: mercury, lead, cadmium, and aluminum.
Exposures to the more harmful heavy metals occur throughout our lives and are common and frequent. Some exposure can be avoided, but some cannot. The best way to deal with the exposures that can be avoided is knowledge. Understanding where exposures can come from is our greatest tool in this arena. Mercury, for example, is a common heavy metal that often comes from fish and dental work. Understanding this and avoiding exposure is the greatest tool against exposure. Monterey Bay aquarium puts out a pamphlet outlining the best and worst fish to eat to help us to avoid mercury and lessen our impact on the environment. (http://www.seafoodwatch.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/download.aspx) Avoiding amalgams in dental work is also important to avoid potential mercury exposure.
The other exposures tend to come from the air we breathe and the ground we live on. These are exposures we can never fully avoid. The best way to deal with these exposures is to make sure that our bodies are working optimally to help to clear these toxins. Our bodies do this naturally, but the degree to which they do this is dependant on many factors. These include, but are not limited to the nutritional status of our bodies (what nutrients do our bodies need more of), the genetics passed down to us from our ancestors, and, of course, our lifestyle. Physical therapies, such as acupuncture and time spent in the sauna or sun, eating organic whole foods and sleeping 8 hours a night can help to make your body more equipped to handle these challenges.
Lessening our exposure to these metals and helping to make our bodies more efficient at clearing these toxins, will help to improve your quality of life, lessen the effects of aging and time, and reduce your chances of contracting some diseases throughout your life.
Knowledge is power and knowing more about your body and the toxic burden it may be carrying and the obstacles that you may have to clearing these toxins can help you to lead a healthier and happier life. Watch our newletters throughout the spring and summer for more detox tips.
This weeks detox tips:
1. Get 8 hours of sleep a night.
2. Drink half your body weight in ounces of water daily.
3. Incorporate cilantro into your diet. Cilantro naturally helps to pull harmful metals out of your body.
4. Eat a few slices of apple with fish. Fish can be high in metals, especially mercury and the apple will help to bind the metals. This prevents them from being absorbed into your body.
5. Download the seafood pocket guide to know which fish are the healthiest for you and the planet.
Sky Valley's Own Dr. Katy Koukouras Voted Seattle Top Naturopathic Physician of 2014!
Rebecca Rose, Office Manager // Acupuncture, IV Therapy, Personalized Naturopathic Care, Improving The Quality Of Life, Press Releases
We want to give a huge shout out to our very own Dr. Katy Koukouras ND, EAMP, Lac
for being nominated at one Seattle's Top Alternative Doctors in Seattle Magazine! This recent award is determined by nominations from her peers and is a great honor for Sky Valley Healing Arts in Snohomish! If you want to learn more about Dr. Katy and her practice in Naturopathic Medicine, Eastern Medicine, and Acupuncture click here!
Congrats Dr. Katy!
Medical Qigong for Optimal Health
Leah Johnson-Anderson, B.S., M.M.Q. // Medical Qigong, Female, Male
is one of the four main branches of Traditional Chinese
Medicine (T.M.C.). As with the other three branches of T.C.M.;
Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, and Medical Massage, healing
occurs through balancing the Qi (pronounced chee) which
means Life-Force Energy, that surrounds and pervades all
living creatures.
Medical Qigong is a complete system of Health Care that
recognizes the root causes of symptoms or disease, and treats
the clients as a whole (physically, emotionally, spiritually). It is
an excellent adjunct to Western Medicine. Research has shown
that T.C.M. can successfully treat people with conditions that
Western Medicine finds resistant or ambiguous.
What does it Treat?
In China and in some areas in the United States Medical Qigong
is not only welcomed but applied as part of a treatment plan
to relieve suffering and pain for patients with conditions such
as; Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease,
Post Stroke Syndromes, Chronic Pain, Chronic Disorder in
the digestive, reproductive, respiratory, cardiovascular and
nervous systems. Medical Qigong Therapy and it's prescription
exercises have also been successfully used to assist cancer treatment
radiation and Chemotherapy. Like other systems of Health
Care medical Qigong is not a panacea but a highly effect Health
Care practice.
Dr. Hillary Lampers, ND // Personalized Naturopathic Care, Dr. Hillary In Person, Improving The Quality Of Life, Nutrition, 'Weight loss' 'Fat loss' 'Muscle Gain', Depressed Metabolism, Hypothyroid, Hashimoto's Thyroid, Immunity , Seasonal Allergies, Food Allergies, Female, Male
Yes, it's another year, and the time most people make their resolutions to improve their health. With all the advice out there, especially on losing weight, it can be hard to know where to start. I like to go back to the basics and make it simple. Losing weight is a good goal, but to actually reach it, ditch the diet and MAKE PERMANENT LIFESTYLE IMPROVEMENTS. If you can make changes to these 4 areas, then this is a good beginning to a healthier brain, balanced hormones, reaching your weight loss goals, and warding off a whole host of modern day diseases.
In an earlier blog I talked about how your food choices not only affect you, but the next 2-7 generations after you. Food choices are the best way to improve your health and ward off disease. Eating 3 small meals per day with 2 snacks is the best way to balance your metabolism. Having a high protein breakfast and adequate fiber during the day will balance blood sugar and regulate insulin. When it comes to proper nutrition, it's more of the right, and less of the bad foods, that make the difference.
Fast food. This is a no brainer.
Processed foods. If you bought it in the middle of the grocery story, and it's in a box, it's processed.
Treated meats (pepperoni, cured meats), farmed fish, canned tuna, fried meats.
Grains such as wheat and gluten containing foods (many people are intolerant, and they cause water retention, besides being horrible for the brain) , corn, soy, and white rice, bread, and potatoes.
Fruit juices, excess caffeine, and alchoholic drinks.
High amounts of sugary fruits- bananas, pineapple, mangos, melons.
Hydrogenated fats, vegetables oils, shortening,
Rich sauces, salad dressings, and marinades are a great way to hide excess fats, gluten, and sugars.
Sugar, artificial sweetners like aspartame (a neurological toxin), MSG.
Green vegetables (kale, chard, spinach) , cruciferous vegetables ( broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage) and aromatic onions and garlic.
Low sugar fruits like berries, pears, and apples are best.
If you eat animal proteins, choose organic, grass fed, or free range beef, buffalo, wild game, chicken, or turkey.
Whey protein that is from a good source can be added- I advise Paleomeal for a well rounded protein supplement. If you are allergic to whey, plant proteins are widely available as well- Paleomeal DF (Dairy Free) or Plant Fusion (we sell this in the office)
Eggs- Boiled, poached, fried. It's a myth that eggs increase cholesterol, so moderate egg consumption is a good source of protein and healthy fats.
Beans and legumes such as garbonzo (hummus), kidney, and navy beans.
Healthy fats such as grass fed butter, olive oil, coconut oil, avocadoes, and olives are good for the brain.
Fermented dairy is the best, like Kefir or yogurt. Avoiding dairy might be essential because many people are allergic to it, and like gluten it can create water retention.
Grains such as quinoa, sweet poatato, yam, limited brown rice.
Nuts and seeds such as almonds, walnuts, and sunflower seeds.
Superfoods such as Spirulina, Chlorella (both have highest plant protein and B12), Cacoa (boosts neurotransmitters), Nutritional Yeast (non animal protein and B vitamins,) Maca (boosts Human Growth Hormone- Sex hormones- adrenal hormones- Try Dynamite Adrenal or youthH2O)
Spices like sea salt, tumeric, ginger, rosemary, saffron- Spices are a great way to get immune support.
Seaweeds like nori and dulse. They improve thyroid status and fight radiation exposure (Fukashima?)
Sweetners like stevia or wild honey.
Lots of clean water (1 gallon per day is optimal) with a bit of lemon or herbal tea.
I find that nutritional changes are actually the most difficult to make mainly because we are moving fast all the time. It takes patience and time to shop, cook and prepare for eating properly. I suggest using references such as cookbooks, pinterest, online recipes, and/or scheduling an appointment with a Naturopathic Physician or nutritionist to help set up a personalized eating plan and schedule specifically for you. You may say it sounds more expensive, but much like the other Tips to follow, eating healthy builds equity in your future.
It's all about SUPPORT if you want to be successful, so I've added a few of my favorite menus, a gluten free food list, and smoothie recipes below.
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I,m currently doing a self study pat course, our church has decided to pay for my course and has bought me a used Seaward PAT 1000s. On the DVD course it talks about testing extension leads and IEC leads, my problem is the DVD shows that you plug both ends of an EIC lead into the tester, But the tester only has the standard plug socket on it.
How do I run the tests for these leads, and the same goes for extension leads and we have a lot of them.
My other problem is how do I do Earth bond test currents on IT equipment at 200ma as I am unable to find a setting for this test.
By the way the choice of tester had nothing to do with me as it was purchased by our sound and electronics engineer (we have a lot of sound equipment in our church)
Any advice would be helpful (just wish they had waited till I did some research on testers first!)


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas' finance office said Tuesday that the state's revenues are ahead of last year's figures and are beating expectations, but officials said they're worried about sales tax collections sliding for the third straight month.
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said the state's net available revenues in September totaled $494.7 million, which is $31.9 million above last year and $29.9 million above forecast. The state's revenues for the fiscal year to date, which began July 1, total $1.2 billion and are ahead of forecast by $42.1 million.
The monthly figures were boosted primarily by individual income tax collections, which were $36.7 million above last year's figures and $29.8 million above forecast. Individual income tax collections for the month totaled $275.5 million.
The gains offset another dip in sales tax collections, which totaled $177.8 million for the month. The collections were $1.2 million below last year and $7.2 million below forecast. It marked the third straight month that sales taxes came in lower than expected, the department said.
"That is an area of concern that we seem to have less spending, taxable spending, going on," said Richard Weiss, the department's director. "Who knows all the reasons for it? Clearly gas prices have been up more than they were same time last year and all that. Utility bills have been higher since we've had such a hot summer. That's the area of the most concern."
Revenue officials say they can't say how much the sales tax collections were affected by the annual back-to-school sales tax holiday in August. There is a one-month lag in sales tax collection data, so the September figures are the first that would include the holiday.
Lawmakers last year approved the sales tax holiday. During that weekend, clothing items priced at less than $100 and clothing accessories or equipment less than $50 are exempt from state and local sales taxes. School supplies are also exempt that weekend. State finance officials have estimated the holiday costs the state about $2.1 million a year.
Gov. Mike Beebe said he believed the latest report showed the state was on forecast. He said the boost in individual income tax withholding was partly because of more payroll days during the reporting period.
"The good news is that withholding is up generally, even with the anomaly, which means more people are working," Beebe said. "But the fact that sales tax is flat or below forecast suggests that people still aren't spending money because they're concerned about the future."
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I am having fun creating my own wallpaper changer program. I know there are plenty on the internet, but i am simply trying to learn new stuff. So, till now, every time i was creating any simple program, i didn't care about RAM/Memory cuz i was mostly creating programs for school, and it was like one time use program, and then i was forgetting about it.
But now i am trying to create application i would like to use, something mine. I noticed my program takes around ~4000k in "alt + ctrl + del" window, and it takes sometimes up to 200,000k when it changes wallpaper, and sometimes goes down, and sometimes stays that high till it changes it to another one.
So here comes the question, what are tips to make my app use least possible ram while running (tray icon, and main windows is hidden using
if (FormWindowState.Minimized == WindowState) Hide();)
Is variable inside a function taking any memory? Example
int function(int a){
int b = 0;
int c = a+b;
return c;
Or are these variables released after function returns some value?
I could use some tips, guides, and/or links to articles where i could get some info about that. Newbie friendly tho.
EDIT: Okay, i have read some, started to dispose bitmaps, got rid of one of my global variables i was using.. and its on steady 4000-7000k now. Raising a little when changing wallpaper, but then lowering back to that. So i guess thats kind of success for me. One more thing left. I downloaded kinda big/large/with many options program, that changes wallpapers, and it got a loot more options than mine, and still it takes around 1000-2000k, so ima read now what can take so "much" ram in mine. Right when i run my program its about 4100, so i guess i still can do something to optimize that. Thanks everyone for answers tho! :)


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Nesuhi Ertegun
A jazz connoisseur who made Atlantic Records a hub for the genre's greatest talents.
If they are a famous jazz musician, Nesuhi Ertegun worked with them. He produced John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, the Modern Jazz Quartet and more.
Nesuhi Ertegun spent most of his lifetime working at Atlantic Records and associated labels.
He joined Atlantic in 1956, nine years after its founding by his brother Ahmet and Herb Abramson. Nesuhi initially developed Atlantic's album department and built up the label's extensive catalog of jazz albums. The list of jazz artists he produced at Atlantic over the years reads like a who's who: John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, the Modern Jazz Quartet and more. Nesuhi became involved with the label's rhythm & blues and rock and roll roster as well, producing several hit records for Ray Charles, the Drifters, Bobby Darin and Roberta Flack.
Nesuhi Ertegun was born on November 26, 1917 in Istanbul, Turkey. Nesuhi's father was a Turkish diplomat, and Nesuhi left his native country at an early age and began, as he put it, "moving around the world." The family moved to Switzerland, Paris and London before Nesuhi's father became the Turkish ambassador to the United States, and the family moved to Washington D.C. Nesuhi began listening to music early on, and in England he began listening to the big bands who broadcast over the BBC. In France he became aware of Django Reinhardt, and in the U.S. he began listening to Stephane Grappelli, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter. Then he familiarized himself with modern jazz. All the while, he built up an impressive record collection that included the works of Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller.
In Washington Nesuhi and his younger brother Ahmet would frequent the Howard Theater and scour the community for records by their favorite musicians. In the Forties, Nesuhi began promoting concerts at the National Press Club in Washington, and he would frequently venture to New York to see such jazz greats as Billie Holiday and Lester Young.
Nesuhi moved to Los Angeles to run the Jazzman Record Shop in 1944. He also put together the band for Orson Welles' Mercury Theater Presents radio show. Then he persuaded New Orleans jazzman Kid Ory to come out of retirement and assemble a new band. Nesuhi then formed his own label, Crescent Records (later Jazzman), to record Ory. The label also released records by Jelly Roll Morton and Jimmy Noone. Nesuhi also served as editor of Record Changer magazine, and he taught the first accredited course in jazz offered in the U.S. at UCLA.
In the mid-Fifties Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler decided they needed someone to develop an album department for the label. Nesuhi had recently spent three years at Contemporary Records, supervising their album releases. He then moved to New York to work for his brother's label. "Jazz is an important musical form," Nesuhi said. "Whether there is a big public demand for it or not, I will always sign new artists and continue to work with established ones."
In addition to his production work, Nesuhi later went on to spearhead Atlantic's international operations, expanding the business and opening up new markets overseas. After the merger of the Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic labels in 1971, Nesuhi headed WEA International. He later oversaw the special-projects division of Warner Communications and launched East/West, an Atlantic-distributed label, in 1988. At East/West, he returned to the studio as producer of such artists as the Modern Jazz Quartet and Milt Jackson.
Nesuhi Ertegun died on July 15, 1989, following complications from cancer surgery. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
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Three UC Davis MIND Institute research studies are among the Top 10 Research Achievements of 2011 identified by the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization.
Autism Speaks recognized the MIND Institute for its autism investigations in a broad range of fields of inquiry, including epidemiology, medical microbiology and immunology, and the rate of reoccurrence of the condition among siblings.
The organization announced the Autism Speaks Top 10 Autism Research Achievements of 2011 on its website.
"This recognition reflects the breadth, depth and strength of the transformational research conducted at the UC Davis MIND Institute," said Claire Pomeroy, vice chancellor for human health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at UC Davis. "The MIND Institute's investigations are creating new insights that today are changing the lives of people with autism and their families in the United States and around the world."
The three studies include research led by Paul Ashwood, assistant professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, titled "Elevated plasma cytokines in autism spectrum disorders provide evidence of immune dysfunction and are associated with impaired behavioral outcome." It was published in January 2011 in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
The research found significantly altered adaptive cellular immune function in children with autism spectrum disorders that may reflect dysfunctional immune activation, and that these alterations may be linked to disturbances in behavior and developmental functioning. Other UC Davis study authors include Paula Krakowiak, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Robin Hansen, Isaac Pessah, and Judy Van de Water.
Autism Speaks acknowledged an epidemiological study on "Prenatal vitamins, functional one-carbon metabolism gene variants, and risk for autism in the CHARGE Study," which was published online in May 2011 and in print in July in the journal Epidemiology.
The study found that women who reported not taking a daily prenatal vitamin immediately before and during the first month of pregnancy were nearly twice as likely to have a child later diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as women who did take the supplements. The risk rose to seven times as great when combined with a high-risk genetic make-up.
The study's lead author is Rebecca J. Schmidt, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. The senior author is Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor and chief of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Schmidt, Hertz-Picciotto and their colleagues postulate in the study that folic acid, the synthetic form of folate or vitamin B9, and the other B vitamins in prenatal supplements likely protect against deficits in early fetal brain development. Folate is known to be critical to neurodevelopment and earlier studies have found that supplemental folic acid has the potential to prevent up to 70 percent of neural tube defects. The other authors of the study include UC Davis' Robin Hansen, Linda Schmidt and Daniel Tancredi and UCLA's Jaana Hartiala and Hooman Allayee.
"It is an honor to be recognized for our work by Autism Speaks, an organization well-known for promoting autism research at the cutting edge," Schmidt said. "We hope this recognition of research investigating maternal nutritional factors as they interact with genetic susceptibility in relation to autism may spur further pursuit of modifiable exposures that can be targeted for prevention of this disorder."
The third study Autism Speaks acknowledged is research led by Sally Ozonoff, vice chair for research at the UC Davis MIND Institute and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Ozonoff's study, "Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium study," was published in the journal Pediatrics in August 2011. The study found that the risk that an infant with an older sibling with autism also will develop the disorder, previously estimated at between 3 and 10 percent, is substantially higher at approximately 19 percent.
While Ozonoff and her colleagues found a combined estimated risk for all participants of nearly 19 percent, the study found an even more elevated risk of recurrence of over 26 percent for male infants, and over 32 percent for infants with more than one older sibling with autism.
Study participants were enrolled in separate studies that are part of the Baby Siblings Research Consortium, an international network that is supported by Autism Speaks that pools data from individually funded research sites to facilitate the study of infants at high risk of developing autism because they have an older sibling with the condition.
"It is a great honor to have our work selected as one of Autism Speaks' Top 10 papers of the year," Ozonoff said. "These findings would not have been possible without the teamwork of scientists at 12 universities who collaborated on the project, the support of the Baby Siblings Research Consortium, and especially the selfless devotion of the hundreds of families to autism science."
The other authors of the autism recurrence study include Gregory Young and Sally Rogers of the UC Davis MIND Institute; Alice Carter of the University of Massachusetts, Boston; Daniel Messinger of the University of Miami; Nurit Yirmiya of the University of Jerusalem; Lonnie Zwaigenbaum of the University of Alberta, Canada; Susan Bryson of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Leslie J. Carver and Karen Dobkins of UC San Diego; John Constantino of Washington University, St. Louis; Ted Hutman and Marian Sigman of UCLA; Jana M. Iverson of the University of Pittsburgh; Rebecca Landa of Kennedy Krieger Institute; and Wendy L. Stone of the University of Washington, Seattle.


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Lise Lindstrom
Acclaimed for her rock solid "voice and technique" (Opera News) as well as for her "luxuriant and clear" voice, (San Francisco Chronicle) soprano Lise Lindstrom is making a name for herself with her dramatic portrayals at opera houses around the globe. A highlight of her current season is her debut with Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Turandot, a role that is quickly becoming one of her signatures. She portrays the character again for yet another return engagement with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and for her debuts with San Diego Opera and Florida Grand Opera. In addition, she'll sing Ricke in Franchetti'sGermania with Deutsche Oper Berlin.
The 2009 – 2010 season proved to be a significant one in Ms. Lindstrom's career, as it included two major debuts. The first was a house debut with The Metropolitan Opera where she performed as Turandot. The New York Post wrote "the tall, slender Lindstrom wielded the icy glamour of a '30s film star, working the trains and veils of her elaborate costumes with the panache of a runway model," and The New York Observer remarked of her "assured, vocally gleaming performance." Her second major debut of the season was a house and role debut as Tosca with Glimmerglass Opera prompting The New York Times to rave, "The soprano Lise Lindstrom brought a cool allure to the title role, her focused and steely voice flaring into palpable fire when it was called for." Further engagements during the season included Turandot with De Nederlandse Opera, Festival de Ópera de A Coruña, and for a return engagement with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In addition, she joined the New Orleans Opera as Senta in Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer and the Cathedral Choral Society for Verdi's Requiem at the Washington National Cathedral.
In the 2008 – 2009 season, the soprano returned to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for a new production of Turandot and later sang the role at the Savonlinna Festival. She sang her first performances of Elisabeth and Venus in Tannhäuser with the Greek National Opera as well as the title role of Suor Angelica with Opera Tampa.
Many of Ms. Lindstrom's performances in recent seasons have been dominated by her breathtaking portrayal of Turandot which audiences have enjoyed at Opera Hong Kong, Palm Beach Opera, Kentucky Opera, Orlando Opera, Cleveland Opera, Opera Grand Rapids and Mobile Opera. Her performances of the title character have been praised for "Her voice [which] showed at once its commanding timbre, aimed with laser sharpness, scanning the score's craggy peaks without appearing muscle-bound or pushed." (Opera News)
Additional recent engagements have included Senta in Der fliegende Holländerwith Utah Opera and Opera Grand Rapids, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos, Giulietta in Les contes d'Hoffmann, and Lady Rich in Britten's Gloriana all with Des Moines Metro Opera, Magda in The Consul with Arizona Opera, and the title role in Salome with Cleveland Opera and for her debut with the Teatro Regio di Torino. Ms. Lindstrom made her European debut in Franchetti's Germania at the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Renato Palumbo.
Highlights of her concert career include the final scene in Salome with the San Francisco Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas, Verdi's Requiem with the Brattleboro Festival in Vermont, Richard Strauss' Vier letzte Lieder at a gala concert in San Francisco, and the premiere performance of John Beeman's Dos Retablos at New York's Bard College. She was a featured soloist at the Sonora Bach Festival in California and has appeared in concert with mezzo-soprano Federica von Stade alongside pianist Martin Katz.
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The Yuletide is Coming In
Now that we're into December, bakeries are working hard to make their designs more "season-appropriate."
Which is why you can now find, for example, the army toys attacking giant poinsettias:
And of course, that perennial holiday favorite:
Heather M., Melissa G., & Jessica L., do you suppose they used "sugar doe" to make it?
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State and federal regulators today outlined a list of criteria for the Department of Energy to consider when it starts providing grant and other funding for Smart Grid projects under the 2009 stimulus bill.
The regulators, members of the Smart Grid Collaborative jointly sponsored by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), developed the criteria as a consensus for establishing preconditions under which Smart Grid projects would be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
"Getting a smart grid established in America is very important," FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly said. "We believe we can do this in a way that expands opportunities for consumers while keeping the grid safe, secure and reliable. We want the money that Congress has dedicated to this effort to be put to its best use. The criteria we propose today are a consensus among 19 states and FERC on the best way that DOE can efficiently and effectively fund smart grid demonstration projects."
"We are grateful for the money Congress allocated to Smart Grid projects in the stimulus bill, but we must lay out clear ground rules that will ensure that the money is being used for its intended purpose," said NARUC President Frederick Butler of New Jersey. "The criteria we are proposing reflects the consensus among State and federal regulators that any Smart Grid stimulus funding must be used for projects that enhance the safe, reliable, affordable, intelligent, and interactive operation of the interstate transmission and local distribution systems."
Among the criteria are suggestions Collaborative members would find helpful in carrying out their legal responsibilities as they relate to the Smart Grid. The criteria are broken down into eight categories focusing on the preconditions for the grants themselves, technologies, rate designs, and regulatory issues.
Specifically, the Collaborative members suggest that DOE should require that applications for smart-grid grant money demonstrate how the project will provide for interoperability in the absence of approved standards, address cyber security concerns, and maintain the reliability and integrity of the grid. Additionally, DOE's criteria should state that grant-funded projects should focus on both the transmission and distribution system and include a range of technologies—not just meter installation.
The criteria can be found at http://www.ferc.gov/industries/electric/indus-act/smart-grid/FERC-NARUC-collaborative.pdf. More information on the NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative is available at http://www.naruc.org/Ferc/default.cfm?c=3.


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Mapping Diversity
Mapping the Nature of Diversity
A landmark project reveals a remarkable correspondence between indigenous land use and the survival of natural areas.
Maps may be famously variable in accuracy, but generally speaking they are no more "objective" than are movies, novels, speeches, or paintings. Even if painstakingly accurate, they heavily reflect the interests of those who paid to have them made. Those interests may be political, commercial, or scientific. In the second half of the twentieth century, world maps emphasized the preoccupations of the Cold War, with a primary emphasis on international borders. The globes we had in our classrooms showed a world made up of nations. Until recently, most maps showed very little of what some of us now believe to be critical to the future of life: the boundaries of bioregions, watersheds, forests, ice caps, and biodiversity hotspots-and the principal ocean currents, wind currents, oceanic fisheries, and migratory flyways. In one of the offices at Worldwatch, there's a large map of North America showing nothing but the distribution of underground water. In World Watch, over the years, we've published maps of the global distribution of infectious diseases, war, slavery, refugee flows, and electric light as seen from space. The advancing technologies of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), combining the use of satellite imaging and digital data, have made these tasks easier by replacing laborious cartographic handwork with a capacity to superimpose maps of various elements showing how these elements may be related.
The fold-out map on the following pages is a product of one of the most remarkable mapmaking efforts of recent times. It is a simplified version of a monumental map created under the direction of a nonprofit group called the Center for the Support of Native Lands, and produced in its final form by the National Geographic Society. It was designed to exhibit two main categories of information: the distribution of cultural diversity in Central America and southern Mexico, and the distribution of forest and marine resources in that region. By superimposing these sets of information in detail, the map strongly confirms a hypothesis that has long been familiar to environmentalists and anthropologists alike: that there is a significant correlation of some kind between cultural diversity and biological diversity. That may seem obvious, as the homogenizing impacts of globalization are fueled and further exacerbated by a stripping of forests for cattle-ranching, plantations, and urban development. But in the past, the kind of data available to demonstrate this correlation on a regional or global basis has been fairly broad-brush. In 1992, for example, Worldwatch published a paper by Alan Durning, Guardians of the Land: Indigenous Peoples and the Health of the Earth, which included a diagram showing which nations had the highest cultural diversity (defined as those in which more than 200 languages are spoken) and which had the highest biological diversity (those with the highest numbers of unique species). Of the nine countries with the highest cultural diversity, six also ranked among those with the highest numbers of endemic species.
The history of Native Land's map of Central America and southern Mexico can be traced back even further, to the publication of the book Regions of Refuge, by the Mexican anthropologist Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, in 1967. Aguirre Beltrán noted that beginning with the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica in the sixteenth century, indigenous peoples who had been decimated by warfare and by diseases against which they had no resistance sought refuge in "particularly hostile landscapes or areas of difficult access to human circulation." It was in those remote, often mountainous or jungle-covered areas that the refugees were able to rebuild their societies and preserve their cultures-and it is in those areas that they survive today.
In 1991, anthropologist Mac Chapin, who was then working for the Central America program of Cultural Survival, found himself perusing a map entitled "Indians of Central America 1980s," which had been compiled by the Louisiana State University Department of Geography and Anthropology two years earlier. He noticed that the indigenous population was located primarily in two areas-in highland Guatemala and strung out like a chain of beads along the Caribbean coast. "As I took this in," Chapin recalls, "I periodically looked at a 1986 National Geographic map of Central America hanging on the wall before me." The primary display was a standard "political" map, but in the corner was a small inset map showing, somewhat crudely, the region's vegetation. According to this map, most of Central America's natural forest cover was to be found hugging the Caribbean side of the isthmus-precisely where the lowlands indigenous peoples lived.
Chapin began thinking about the possibility of making a map showing the correspondence of indigenous settlement and forest cover, and shortly thereafter he was invited by Anthony de Souza, editor of the National Geographic journal Research & Exploration, to make one. The map-a precursor to the one which appears here-was published in that journal in 1992. It had small circulation but huge impact. Copies ended up on walls at the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, and the private residence of the president of Guatemala. One of the strongest impacts was on the indigenous peoples of the region. "The map helped to strengthen what soon became a widespread campaign for protecting and legalizing their territories," says Chapin.
That campaign also opened up a new venture for Native Lands-helping indigenous groups document their own land-use and marine-use patterns for purposes of fending off incursions by developers, squatters, loggers, and the like. Traditionally, most of the native communities had regarded their territories as commons, and had never seen any need for such documents as plats and deeds; but the lack of such "proof" of ownership meant they were often unable to defend their territories from being occupied or exploited by outsiders. Chapin and his colleagues, who by 1994 had left Cultural Survival to for Native Lands, embarked on a series of "participatory mapping" projects, in which indigenous groups made hand-drawn maps of their ancestral lands, and these maps were then combined with inputs from aerial photograph interpreters and cartographers to produce highly detailed, small-scale maps of the tribal territories. (One of the hand-drawn maps was published on the back cover of the January/February 1994 World Watch.) The progress of the participatory mapping program is summarized in a book coauthored by Chapin and his colleague Bill Threlkeld, Indigenous Landscapes: A Study in Ethnocartography, published in 2001.
In 2000, Native Lands decided to do an update of the original Central America map. "We knew that deforestation had advanced and that problems with Central America's Caribbean coastal environment-the bleaching of coral reefs and decline in fisheries-were increasing." Several heavily financed conservation projects had failed to halt the destruction. (The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor program of the World Bank had spent close to $100 million in the 1990s, and according to several assessments had little to show for it.)
It was also possible, by 2000, to make a far more accurate and informative map than the original. There had been major advances in satellite technology, and the success of the first version mobilized greater financial and professional resources. The original map had not included features of marine ecosystems, and had shown indigenous territories only on land. The new one would show marine-use areas, which are of critical importance to indigenous peoples along the Caribbean coast. The new map would also include the Maya region of southern Mexico, which the first map had not. The project would integrate the work of indigenous representatives, anthropologists, ecologists, and cartographers from every country from Mexico to Panama.
Data-gathering took 15 months. The map was then designed by National Geographic Maps, the cartographic division of the National Geographic Society, and printed in an oversized (44 x 27-inch) format. The total cost, including data-gathering, design, and production, came to about $400,000. The map was printed with Spanish and English text and published as an insert to the February 2003 issue of the Latin American edition of National Geographic magazine, National Geographic en Español, with about 130,000 copies to be distributed in Central America and Mexico.
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I have been watching with fascination, the Phil Robertson/Duck Dynasty story concerning his interview by GQ magazine and the response of gays and secular progressives to his comments about gays in particular.
I think if we pull back the anger expressed toward Mr. Robertson, and looked at the real reason for their outcry, it might be their being offended by what Scriptures have to say about their lifestyles. It is not a matter of interpretation but a simple understanding of Scripture in both Old Testament and the New Testament (Lev.18:22; 20:13; Rom.1:24, 26,28; 1 Cor. 6:9 � to name a few).
Their outrage is a classic case of �killing the messenger,� because of his daring behavior in bringing up Scripture, even though he was asked by the journalist of GQ magazine to define the meaning of sin.
We should not be surprised at the response of our culture; one that has pushed away from the spiritual moorings of God�s word, concerning the kind of behavior He expects from all of humanity. It is vitally important for the church today to understand that it is one generation away from extinction.
What should the church do, in light of the liberal excesses in our nation? The Apostle Paul said �Do your best to present yourselves to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and correctly handles the word of truth� (2 Tim.15). We have a great message to offer any and everyone who needs the forgiveness and freedom God has offered us all in His Son Jesus, the Messiah.
If we have not prepared ourselves in sharing the Scriptures, God will hold the church accountable. What should be our response to those who express hatred and anger toward the church? It is no surprise! Pray, pray that God would motivate them by His Spirit to be inquisitive about God�s love and message. But, do not cower or withdraw before them!
Prepare to engage them with both Scripture, logic, reasonable discussion and never react with unkind rhetoric. When a person loses his temper and begins making personal affronts, the discussion is lost.
Every nation throughout history has paid the ultimate price of God�s judgment due to immorality, the neglect of common ethics and principals in their culture. God�s patience is not without limits. The church must not remain speechless in the face of our country�s moral self-destruction. We have a message of hope, and we need to share it while there is still time and opportunity.
Dr. Doles is pastor of Fraley Memorial Baptist Church, Gastonia


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The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Pueblo
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Latino Chamber of Commerce of Pueblo, we the staff, would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to introduce you to the most dynamic business organization in Pueblo County --- your Latino Chamber of Commerce! An organization of people and businesses proud of their past and excited about their future.
Founded in 1979, the Latino Chamber of Commerce of Pueblo was created to serve as the much needed voice for the fast growing Hispanic business community and has since, evolved to serve as the needed voice for small businesses development in Southern Colorado. Our primary goal is to help individuals and companies accelerate growth and success.
With today's challenging economy, it is essential that we provide those that invest in the Latino Chamber with the greatest value possible; therefore, offering relevant programs and services to help cast a wide net to increase business opportunities for member businesses and the community at large. As you navigate this website, we are confident that you will find great value in becoming a member if you are not already. Please take note of the membership directory as you will find a listing of many companies you can do business with today --- thank you in advance for supporting Latino Chamber members.
We look forward to working with you and welcome your participation!
Wishing you great success,
Latino Chamber Staff (Steven L. Trujillo, President & CEO, Dennis Lowry - Special Events Coordinator, Jeannie Vallejos - Finance Coordinator)


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I found some tweaks regarding, specifically, WoW under Wine from: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install...raft_with_wine
Tweak #1 has proven to work for me. Tweak #2 has proven NOT to work for me.
Tweak #1
The following from http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5606 , a simple registry edit for Wine that dramatically increases the framerate in game for both ATi and nVidia users (reportedly, I have only verified with nVidia using Wine 0.9.22):
Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Code:regedit
Highlight the wine folder in the left hand pane by clicking left on it. The icon should change to an open folder
Click right on the wine folder and select [NEW] then [KEY]
Replace the text "New Key #1" with OpenGL
Click right in the right hand pane and select [NEW] then [String Value]
Replace "New Value #1" with "DisabledExtensions"
(Notice it's case sensitive)
Then double click anywhere on the line, a dialog box will open.
In the value field type "GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object" (without the quotes).
Here's what regedit should look like once you have finished adding this new key and it's value.
Tweak #2
Another tweak you can use from http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5606 , the idea is to create a script which will allow you to launch WoW on a dedicated X server, and will give you a little boost of FPS.
Put this content in your newly created file: ~/launch-wow.shCode:nano -w ~/launch-wow.sh
Code:#!/bin/sh X :3 -ac & # Launches a new X session on display 3 cd "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft" # Goto WoW dir sleep 2 # Forces the system to have a break for 2 seconds DISPLAY=:3 /usr/X11R6/bin/wine WoW.exe -opengl # Launches WoW
Press Ctrl+o then Ctrl+w in order to save your file & quit nano.
Don't forget to make your script executable :
Using a nVidia GeForce4 420 Go 32MB on a Toshiba Laptop, I managed to get a performance boost of about 10-15 FPS (I had 10-15 before doing this and now I have about 25-30 FPS, 15-20 in Orgrimmar).Code:chmod +x ~/launch-wow.sh


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Prey 2 slated to grace cover of next Joystick magazine
French gaming magazine Joystick has the sequel to Prey on its next cover. Yes, that would be Prey 2.
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First bit of artwork surfaces for Earth No More
The first bit of artwork for Earth No More surfaced yesterday, and it definitely looks like nature is out to get you. Described as a "when nature goes wrong" 3d shooter, the game takes place in a small New England town under quarantine because of an outbreak of sorts. Basically plants are taking over the […]
3D Realms: Prey 2 will "leapfrog" Portal
3D Realms boss Scott Miller has claimed that Prey 2, the game that "pioneered" the idea of spacial portals that led Valve to the head of myriad game of the year lists last year, will "leapfrog" Portal when it's finally released. "While Prey pioneered the portal concept, Valve's Portal took it to an all-new level," […]


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Advent services
Fort Hill United Methodist Church invites the community to attend the fifth annual Midweek Community Advent services on December 1, 8, 15 and 22. Prelude begins at 11:45 a.m., service at noon, with lunch served each week immediately following the service.
This year's schedule of speakers and music are:
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Snacks Recipes
Super Bowl Sweets
Superbowl Sunday is this weekend. Unfortunately, Lulu, my husband, is traveling and won't be back to the US until Monday. He asked us to record the game and he'll try to avoid the results when he returns.
Little Aria and I aren't super keen on football except that we know how to cheer the team with our favorite gear and we love Superbowl party foods. I've selected our favorite fan-friendly sweet snacks that I think are perfect to savor while rooting for your favorite team. Enjoy the game!
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Super Bowl Party Tips
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Super Bowl XLVII Recipe Round Up
I can't believe the week has gone by so fast. Here's a Super Bowl recipe round up in case you're looking for inspiration. My husband has geared up (and I think he looks positively adorkable) and has been proudly wearing his SF 49ers pin, cufflinks and cap. Enjoy, and as Lulu would say, "Go Niners!" (or the other team if you prefer...).
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Superbowl Party Food Ideas
As promised, here are a few recipe suggestions that you can make for your Superbowl party. I selected dishes that are easy to eat, fried, cheesy and otherwise perfect to munch on while glued to the TV this Superbowl Sunday. If you're feeling bad about the nutritional content of your Superbowl, put a plate of veggies on the table. People will eat them as long as there's a high-calorie dip nearby that they can submerge those celery and carrot sticks in. Enjoy the game!
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Superbowl Sugar Cookies
As a French girl, it's probably not surprising how ignorant I am about American football. My husband Lulu has tried several times to teach me the rules, and failed miserably. I'm trying hard, I promise! At the very least, I can participate in the fun by whipping up some delicious snacks to enjoy during the game.
Today, I made batches of sugar cookies using the colors of both teams. I used black and yellow for the Steelers and green and yellow for the Packers. The black, yellow and green cookie doughs were respectively flavored with semi-sweet chocolate, Meyer lemon and pandan paste.
I remember a few years back that the Steelers were participating in the Superbowl as well, so they must be a good team. Lulu's rooting for them, but with these cookies you can represent yourself no matter which team you're cheering for. I'm also going to post a list or two this afternoon of other tasty treats that you can serve at your Superbowl party, so stay tuned for that. I hope you enjoy the food and the company this Sunday!
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AEP offers UC San Diego undergraduates the opportunity to obtain valuable research-oriented academic or professional preparation in virtually any academic major including science, math, engineering, social sciences and the arts and humanities. AEP initiatives are designed to encourage such students to pursue postbaccalaureate Ph.D.'s, MDs and others by providing them the experience of conducting research under the guidance of UC San Diego faculty mentors and to present research findings at noted undergraduate research conferences in the company of peers and established scientists.
In addition to facilitating faculty/student contact by means of the research mentor/mentee relationship, AEP provides other avenues for faculty and student interaction, such as having faculty members moderate roundtables at research conferences, or appear at informal gatherings such as Coffee and Conversation with Faculty. AEP provides both academic year and summer research, training, and scholarship opportunities, maximizing student opportunities to participate in research-related and personal and professional development activities. Many of the programs provide scholarship or stipend support. Summer Programs also provide on-campus housing or a housing subsidy that partially offsets the costs of housing.
AEP's support is comprehensive. The office is an excellent resource for students interested in completing one research assignment or planning to go on to an academic or research career. It also arranges opportunities for networking with peers, professors, and professionals, on and off-campus. Most programs, follow the cohort model that enhances a student's sense of belonging at the university and treating them as valued members of a mutually supportive scholarly community.
AEP participants also receive assistance and guidance in applying for graduate school and various fellowships and scholarships, and the chance to exchange ideas with other research undergraduates and faculty from across the country.
In this effort, a special emphasis is made to increase the number of low-income and ethnically underrepresented students in graduate school and in academic/research professional positions. Former AEP students are now in Ph.D. programs and in professional schools and positions throughout the U.S., and in various foreign countries.
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It was a breakout year for the Yellow Jackets and their awesome triple-option offense, finishing an 11-3 year with an Orange Bowl victory over Mississippi State. It was arguably their best season since winning the national title in 1990. They took advantage of a wide open Coastal division with the ACC's best offense (38 points per game) and the second-best rush attack in the nation. QB Justin Thomas (1,719 pass yds, 1,086 rush yds, 26 total TDs) is a great fit for the option and one of the nation's most exciting players. Following him on the ground were Zach Laskey (851 rush yds), Synjyn Davis (924 rush yds) and, incredibly, nine other players who ran for at least 100 yards. That's what happens when you average 15 pass attempts to 56 rush attempts per game. The run defense was poor and will probably continue to be, but GT's strategy involves relentlessly outscoring the opposition, even if it turns into a shootout. Watch the secondary though, an experienced, turnover-provoking unit that leads the defense. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets operate under coach Paul Johnson at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta. Tech is a four-time national champion, 16-time conference champ, has made 41 appearances, and holds a .594 winning percentage. They were ranked at some point every year between 2005 and 2011 but had gone through a few mediocre seasons until last year, which included wins over #19 Clemson and #9 Georgia. Despite not being regarded as a powerhouse, GT has one of the longest active bowl streaks with 18. Georgia Tech had sent 178 players to the NFL including Calvin Johnson, Demaryius Thomas, Philip Wheeler, Michael Johnson, Tashard Choice, and Ken Whisenhunt. The Yellow Jackets share rivalries with Georgia (called Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate), Auburn, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Virginia Tech. 2015 home opponents include Alcorn State, Tulane, UNC, Pitt, FSU, Virginia Tech, and Georgia. Get your Georgia Tech tickets from Gold Coast Tickets today!
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Tony Chris presents his Christmas children and family magic show for schools and corporate events that has made him one of the most in-demand children's entertainers in all of Canada. In this DVD, he will perform 3 separate shows in front of live audiences in the school system and from his corporate Christmas show. You will see a real world professional children's magical entertainer performing his signature Christmas effects that have been a part of his act for over 20 years. Tony transforms into his children's character persona of Zany Zack and will perform 17 of his magic Christmas tricks. Then he explains how to make and customize them for a Christmas theme. Included on the DVD is a bonus section with 5 other Christmas effects including his amazing Wilting Poinsettia routine which is worth the price of the DVD alone! He will also give you some very valuable marketing tips that have worked for him and keep him booked solid in the month of December.
If you ever wanted to see a real world professional children's magician perform his fantastic Christmas themed magic show, then this DVD is for you! This is the most comprehensive and entertaining children's magical Christmas DVD you will ever see. It is nearly 3 hours long and full of fantastic, fun and practical Christmas magic!
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Officials cite marijuana as reason for rise in Denver homeless
DENVER – Officials at Denver homeless shelters say the legalization of marijuana has contributed to an increase in the number of younger people living on the city's streets.
The deputy director of Urban Peak, which specifically helps homeless youth, tells The Denver Post that the majority of new young people it is seeing say they're in Colorado because of marijuana. At the St. Francis Center, a daytime homeless shelter, pot is the second most frequently volunteered reason for being in Colorado, after looking for work.
The Salvation Army's men's shelter has seen an increase in the number of 18- to 25-year-olds. An informal survey found that about a quarter of the increase was related to marijuana, including some who moved hoping to find work in the marijuana industry.