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Goodbye, Capital Region. And good riddance.
For decades, weve been saddled with that absurdly generic name, a name that seemed designed, in a quasi-Orwellian manner, to erase our citys name from the map. We were the anonymous city, which could not speak its name aloud, allegedly for fear of annoying our regional neighbours.
It was a ridiculous situation, one that savagely undercut our ability to market this place as a magnet for investment, as a tourist destination, as a new home for immigrants.
But no longer.
Late last week, by order-in-council, the province gave us our name back. It officially changed the name of the Capital Region Board to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board.
Which means we now live together in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.Great news! However, everyone else need to follow suit - corporations, non-profits, media personalities and every day people....the board invited an international site selector from a big New York commercial real estate firm for a visit. He told the mayors that when he searched Capital Regiononline, this area didnt come up at all. There were just too many other capital regions around the world.
Malcolm Bruce, the boards CEO, says that meeting marked a turning point. Regional mayors truly realized just how self-defeating the Capital Region marketing strategy was. And now, two years later, the Capital Region is gone.


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Completing the Minds Wide Open: Critical & Creative Thinking Across the Curriculum course will contribute 5 hours of NESA Registered PD and TQI Accredited professional learning addressing 3.3.2, 5.1.2 and 6.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
How can busy teachers build their capacity to develop critical and creative thinking skills in their students? This course will provide classroom teachers and school leaders with the impetus to integrate critical and creative thinking into their programs plus the means to do so with specific programming and assessment tools, as well as evidence-based curriculum-linked learning activities that are engaging for primarily K-8 students.
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It's Product Review (Black) Friday! Personally, I think the holidays are humbug, but I know that I'm in the minority with that sentiment. So for all you holiday junkies out there, me and the Dr Dick Review Crew plans to do our level best in bringing you some swell gift-giving ideas as we close out the year. Actually, we do this all year long, but who am i to quibble? And as you know; anytime is a good time for adult product gift giving, because anytime is a good time for pleasure. Besides, we ever need a reason to show our appreciation and/or lust, do we? I think not!
Today we bring you a grown-up's toy that came to us from the Canadian company, Nobü. While this brand might be new to you, it has an excellent pedigree. Nobü is a sister company to Bodispa, a brand that everyone here has come to know and love. The Nobü site is chock-full of amazing high-end vibes that will make your heart sing and your body tingle with pleasure. At the moment, we only have this one vibe to review, but since we've all been good boys and girls, perhaps Nobü will consider sending us others to review in the new year.
Dr Dick Review Crew member, Karen, of Jack and Karen is here with her thoughts and comments.
Nobü YOKO Rabbit Vibrator —— $87.95
Well this is a first! I'm flying solo on this review; Jack is working on his own review that he will post later on.
I am pleased to share with you a lovely silicone G-spot rabbit style vibe. It is called YOKO. It is just one of the astonishing array of personal vibrators offered by this new company, Nobü. I had never heard of this particular manufacturer before, so when I asked Dr Dick about it he told me Nobü is a sister company to Bodispa, a brand that the Review Crew knows very well. When I heard that I understood why the Nobü line is so enticing.
The first vibe I ever owned, way back in the Stone Age, was a rabbit style vibe. Back then there wasn't the variety that we enjoy today. At the dawn of time all insertables were pretty much dildo shaped. They were straight, hard, and phallic shaped. No surprise there, I suppose, since we all knew that men designed these things. Then came a vast improvement on the missile-shaped design, which could have only come from a woman's input. And that modification was the rabbit (clit) attachment. This was a huge enhancement on the original design for obvious reasons. I mean, it's nice having an insertable and all, but for most women it's all about the clit.
The first generations of rabbits were still very phallic shaped, which made them awkward for use with our male partners. I mean, would you countenance a pussy shaped sex toy being used by your male partner during partnered sex? And what if this pussy vibrated?
Then some thoughtful designers began to morph the phallic design into the stylized rabbits we have today. For the most part, the ramrod straight shape has softened and curved to fit a woman's actual anatomy, instead of what men thought it was like. This new curved design with a more bulbous head was also a response to the wave of G-spot enthusiasts.
So now we have delightfully interesting and very effective designs like YOKO. Don't you just love evolution?
But wait, there's more. Not all of these newly designed G-spot and rabbit style vibes are created equal. This is where the discerning consumer needs to do some homework. The important things I look for in an insertable vibe go way beyond an attractive and/or functional shape. I want my pleasure products to be healthful. I want them to be Green. (Not the color, but the environmental consciousness kind of green.) And I want them to be easy to use. The YOKO gets high marks in all three of these categories.
Let's start with healthful. Silicone is my material of choice. The soft, silky, 100% silicone that seamlessly covers YOKO's shaft and clit-stem is beautiful to the touch. But it is also nonporous, phthalates-free, hypoallergenic and latex-free. YOKO comes in two colors, fuchsia and purple and there is an attractive hard plastic, metallic-colored band, as an accent, where the shaft and handle meet.
Let's talk about Green. Batteries are so last decade. Rechargeable is the Green solution of today and YOKO is indeed rechargeable via a USB connection or A/C power supply. The heavy duty Li-ion battery allows for up to 3 hours of use between charges. The lighted buttons flash while it's being charged and they glow continually when the unit is fully charged. But that's not the only thing that makes YOKO environmentally conscious. The packaging is attractively minimal and completely recyclable.
Finally, there's ease of use. The control panel is ergonomic, easy to figure out, and the lighted buttons are easy to press. There are just two buttons, an on/off button and a button that cycles through the 7-vibration patterns. It's lightweight, 8" x 1 1/2", and easy to handle. And it delivers powerful vibration because it has two motors, one in the shaft and one in the clit-stem. It's also remarkably quiet.
There is a recharge port in the handle. The port is covered by a plug that firmly seals it shut. I was surprised to learn that the manufacturer claims the YOKO is only splash-proof. Really? I've seen a number of high-priced vibes that have a plug covering the recharge port. Often they are flimsy and don't do a real good job at protecting the port. Even though these other vibes claim they are splash-proof, I would never consider using them in the shower. Not so the YOKO. I enjoyed my new vibe in the shower with no ill effects to it and lots of joy for me. And because I'm a reviewer and I like to push the limits, I took YOKO for a bath. I know I was risking harm to this sweet vibe when I decided to use it in the bath, but I think I wanted to prove something to myself and the manufacturer. Again, YOKO came through the experience unscathed. And I came too…over and over again. I don't know, Nobü, are you just being modest about what YOKO can do?
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(I just remember weird hobby of a prisoner that I killed months ago, he like to rape his victims after he kill them, and can't get a boner if they still alive)
Dullahan head often came off, so only missionary position available.
Try Doggy style and the mood gonna turn to horror or Guro when her head come off from 'shaking move'
why don't grab Yuki Onna?, you can bang her many times and won't shed a sweat, her power gonna keep your lower half in cool environment (I read human male genitals often fill in with blood in cool condition when the body maintain blood circulation to prevent unwanted harm), maintaining the amazing 'Rod' in 'power' state, as well as possible 'extra round'
Among all monster girl, Yuki Onna have the most humanoid form of the monster girls beside Vampire variant of Succubus, no pointy ears, horn, weird skin color/condition, tail, claw, or tentacle.
|2012-07-29, 18:51
|Link #283
ANEGO Worshiper
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
Eh...there's tons of harem manga with normal human relationships or with angels/demons/aliens/whatever that are pretty much humans with accessories...but when a good real Monster Girl harem finally rolls in, some people just want a "normal relationship" or focus only on the human like features of the girls...
Man, I don't wanna fuck a horse but that doesn't mean I can't think Centoria is hothothot and want to see the MC date her.
If all you want is for the author to introduce a human girl or one that most closely resembles a human just because there's too much monster girl and you want a "normal" relationship then go read some other harem manga.
I'm all for a human girl or dullahan or Yuki Onna or any other human like monster girl entering the harem but for the plot, variety and general comedy potential...not because "this manga needs a normal relationship".
I'm all for and have always been a "to each his own" type of guy...but damn man, we finally get a good Monster Girl manga, don't ruin it because it's "weird" or whatever.
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|2012-07-29, 19:04
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I gave dullahan example based on what author did as pixiv artists. I think he also made a minotaur girl, who was fairly normal but with horns and tail & probably hoofs. She would be considered semi normal to, as long as you didn't look at legs (thought I'm not sure about the hoof existence part and its not like I want to look around pixiv to find it).
So basically It's choosing the lesser evil of avaible potential candidates, though I still would go for normal human girl.
Last but not least I'm not trying to diss anyone by their fetishes, it just that I personally find it disgusting. But manga is good and romance is funny, when you forget that girls are weird.
|2012-07-29, 19:31
|Link #286
ANEGO Worshiper
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
It's their unique characteristics (both physical and psychological) that make this manga special, entertaining and just so damn good of a read.
|2012-07-29, 19:41
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The Red Dragon Emperor
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: New York, USA
|2012-07-29, 20:05
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Itadaki-nyaaa !!
Join Date: Apr 2008
|2012-08-14, 21:55
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100% Tsun... 0% Dere
Join Date: Jan 2012
Well if u factor in all the girls, the only non predator is centaur.
The other girls are predators and will probably gobble the MC.
|2012-08-14, 22:18
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The Red Dragon Emperor
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: New York, USA
|2012-08-14, 22:21
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100% Tsun... 0% Dere
Join Date: Jan 2012
i wasnt being serious about them eatting the MC.. but more figuratively..
Remember the no sex ban was lifted last chapter, and the MC has become, as the butcher from diablo would say... "fresh meat"
|2012-08-14, 23:50
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The Red Dragon Emperor
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: New York, USA
there will definitely be a lot of cat fights. The MC will have it rough for the whole chapter but will probably say something to calm them down or re-assure them that they are important to him, thus helping to temporarily put off giving an answer. The typical stuff =/.
|2012-08-15, 05:23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
He better goddamn introduce the Arachnid Woman soon... Shes the only reason im still waiting for releases, i bet others are waiting too... Dullahan is next...
On side note i dont think he will include Yuki Onna and such(those from the encyclopedia/game), since he mainly focuses on Slime, Harpy, Minatour, Arachnid, Dullahan, Mermaid, Centaur, Lamia as seen in his one shot comic scripts...
|2012-08-15, 09:23
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may be the plot will developed into an odd one where Japanese monster girl jealousy toward western monster girl make them enter the exchange program too
or wage wars against participant of the program.
It'll be interesting to see Lamia against Ryu or Harpy against Tengu
the author release a tankobon of monster girl H manga
in the cover is an orgy held by bunch of Lamia (probably they're in mating season) and the preview give us Alraune that trapping a man, A boy who dare himself against Queen Slime just a moment before she divide and become more hungrier, and the Roper whose been caught and 'eat' her adversaries
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Ingredients for 4 people: 100g of raw almonds 100g of breadcrumbs 2 cloves of garlic 100cl of olive oil 1l of water 1 spoonful of sherry vinegar salt
Peel the almonds by putting them in boiling water. Put them in a deep receptacle with the salt and the garlic and crush. Add cold water to prevent the almonds becoming oily. Add the breadcrumbs and continue crushing. Put in the rest of the water. add oil, vinegar and salt.
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Amazon may see sales tax windfall from California warehouses
Amazon looks for sales-tax windfall from warehouses in 2 California firstname.lastname@example.com Sunday, Jun. 10, 2012
After years of wrestling with state officials about Internet taxation, Amazon.com finally agreed last fall to begin collecting sales tax from its California customers.
But some of that tax revenue, perhaps millions of dollars a year, could wind up back in Amazon's pocket.
The potential windfall stems from Amazon's decision to build distribution centers in Patterson and San Bernardino. Amazon appears to be angling to grab a portion of the sales tax revenue that will flow to the two cities because of the warehouses.
The company's stance irks some lawmakers and public-policy experts, who say cash-strapped cities shouldn't be coughing up tax dollars to curry favor with big employers.
"Cities are induced to do a number of things – they end up competing against one another for sales-tax generators and employers," said state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord. He's considering introducing a bill next year that would limit – or ban altogether – how much cities can share sales tax dollars.
Others say tax-sharing is a legitimate means of luring new business, particularly after the Legislature did away with redevelopment incentives last year.
"We've been stripped of all real opportunities to do anything to make the regional economy more advantageous," said Jim Morris, chief of staff to San Bernardino Mayor Patrick Morris. "We don't have any real tools."
For now, officials with both cities say they aren't actively negotiating with Amazon about sharing sales tax.
They also say they're confident the warehouses will open, whether or not a deal is struck on sales tax. Nevertheless, they say they're willing to discuss the tax-sharing idea with the company.
"We're very much open to it," said Rod Butler, city manager of Patterson. He said Patterson might share up to 75 percent of its sales tax windfall with the company.
Here's why: At stake is an estimated $20 million a year in "local" sales tax revenue – the 1 percent of the 7.25 percent state rate that goes back to local jurisdictions.
Butler said he was told Amazon has the right to choose where that money goes – to either Patterson or San Bernardino. Because of that, both cities want to stay on Amazon's good side.
But the state Board of Equalization, which administers sales tax collections, said Amazon doesn't have that flexibility. Instead, the tax revenue will be divided according to how many goods are shipped to Californians from each warehouse, the agency said.
The Bee was unable to reach Amazon officials for comment. Previously, the company issued a statement to the San Bernardino County Sun saying, "We are evaluating various incentives routinely provided to other retailers but have made no decisions."
Officials in both cities are thrilled to have Amazon coming to town. The Patterson warehouse is expected to create at least 1,000 jobs in western Stanislaus County, a county with 16.4 percent unemployment.
The city would still get "a huge boost to our sales tax base," even if much is shared with Amazon, Butler said.
Morris said Amazon didn't make tax sharing a prerequisite for putting the warehouse in San Bernardino. "They didn't say to us, 'Hey, this is a beauty contest, what's the sweetest deal you can give us?' " Morris recalled.
But the company did ask several months ago, before the warehouse was announced, if the city had tax-sharing agreements with other companies.
Morris, who is the mayor's son, said San Bernardino has one such agreement – with Kohl's.
The retailer opened a warehouse in his city two years ago to support its Internet sales. The city gives Kohl's 80 percent of the local sales tax generated by the warehouse, although the percentage declines over time.
Morris said the deal has worked out well for the city.
"Bottom line, it's of benefit for our people in a tight unemployment time," he said. As for the sales tax, he said "anything above zero is more than we would have gotten" if Kohl's hadn't come.
George Runner, a member of the Board of Equalization, said there's nothing wrong with Amazon taking a slice of the tax money it generates. "What Amazon is trying to do is no different from what many companies do," he said.
California has long wanted to tax e-commerce. Amazon has made strenuous efforts to keep the taxman at bay. The tax question is why Amazon made its headquarters in Seattle instead of the Bay Area – the place it really preferred.
A long-standing U.S. Supreme Court decision said out-of-state companies couldn't be forced to collect sales tax unless they had a physical presence in the state. By not putting its headquarters in the Bay Area, Amazon avoided having to collect taxes on sales made in its most populous market.
The California Legislature came up with a plan to get around that Supreme Court case and voted twice to tax e-commerce sales. The bills were vetoed by former Govs. Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Legislature voted for a tax a third time last summer. Gov. Jerry Brown signed it.
Amazon immediately fired back. It launched a referendum drive to overturn the new law, setting the stage for an expensive ballot fight. It also fired its 10,000 California "affiliates" – nonprofits and small businesses that earn commissions by funneling customers to Amazon from their websites.
A truce was reached last fall. Brown signed a compromise bill under which Amazon would start collecting taxes in September. The company also promised to build warehouses in California, although that wasn't part of the legislation.


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- AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 6:56 AM
I eat banana soft serve allllmost every day! Its such a good summer treat!ReplyDelete
- raechelJuly 25, 2011 at 1:40 PM
I just discovered this last month, and fell IN LOVE! SO AMAZING! we just made cookie dough blizzards with banana sofstserve from angela's recipe here: http://ohsheglows.com/2011/03/18/chocolate-chip-cooke-dough-blizzard/ReplyDelete
i lOVE banana soft serve. it's my favorite way to eat ice cream now :D.ReplyDelete
Looks delicious girls!!! Perfect for these hot summer days!ReplyDelete
I am dying for banana soft serve - the best vegan summer treat ever!ReplyDelete
Never tried it with kiwi before, but it looks tempting :)ReplyDelete
This post is torture! Bananas have been $3.50 each for months and months - eight months at least - and so it's been forever since I had banana softserve! I like to make mine with Reese's peanut butter cups... oopsnotraw ;)ReplyDelete
What a great way to cool down in the summer!ReplyDelete
Made some of this tonight. It's SO good!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 8:01 PM
I just made banana and peach- YUM!! This was my first time using frozen bananas to make "soft serve" and I'm glad I found your suggestion to use other fruits too!!ReplyDelete
This is wonderful! I made my husband banana soft serve last week and he loved it! He said it was much better than ice cream (dairy) :DReplyDelete
OK, my problem is that I hate bananas. I'd love to make some vegan ice cream. Any ideas for substitutions?ReplyDelete
@Jaimie: Try using frozen avocado chunks!ReplyDelete
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A lobbying group for major U.S. food manufacturers has violated campaign finance laws in its attempt to block a measure that would require labeling of genetically modified foods in Washington state, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the state's attorney general.
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson alleges that the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) illegally collected and spent more than $7 million while shielding the identity of its contributors.
GMA, which represents some of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, has been heavily lobbying against ballot initiative 522, set for a public vote in Washington state on November 5. The measure requires labels of goods containing ingredients made from genetically engineered crops as well as labeling of genetically engineered seeds and seed products sold in the state.
"Truly fair elections demand all sides follow the rules by disclosing who their donors are and how much they are spending to advocate their views," Ferguson said in a statement.
GMA is the largest donor to a "No on I-522" campaign, and the Attorney General's office said that the group set up a "Defense of Brands Strategic Account" within its organization and asked members to pay assessments that would be used to oppose the GMO labeling initiative. GMA then funded opposition efforts while shielding contributors' names from public disclosure, the attorney general alleges.
More than 300 companies are listed as members on GMA's website.
The attorney general's office said it would seek a temporary restraining order asking the court to order the GMA to immediately comply with state disclosure laws. The attorney general's office also said it would request civil penalties.
The group said in a statement that it was surprised by the lawsuit.
"GMA takes great care to understand and comply with all state election and campaign finance laws," the group said. "GMA will review its actions in Washington state and relevant statutes and continue to cooperate with state authorities to fully resolve the issue as promptly as possible."
The Yes on 522 campaign, which is pushing for labeling of GMO foods, said it was heartened by the lawsuit. The proponents of labeling are being heavily outspent in advertising and other campaigning efforts leading up to the election.
The latest campaign finance data reported to the state shows opponents raising more than $17 million and spending more than $13 million, compared to the proponents of labeling, who have raised about $5.5 million and spent about $5.4 million.
"It's clear that they broke the law," said Elizabeth Larter, spokeswoman for the Yes campaign. "They don't want to tell us who is funding the No on 522 campaign just like they don't want Washington consumers to know what is in their food."
Carey Gillam, Reuters
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A normal result of cellular metabolism is the production of highly reactive forms of oxygen called oxidants. These oxidants under physiologic circumstances have important roles in many cellular activities. The normal balance of oxidants in cells is maintained by the interaction of processes that produce oxidants and processes that reduce oxidants, called antioxidants. The principal antioxidant in all cells is the compound NADPH. The principal source of NADPH for the antioxidant system is glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), which is the rate-limiting enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway. Traditionally researchers have focused on the role of G6PD in lipid metabolism and the role of G6PD in G6PD deficient-associated hemolytic anemia. Moreover, scientists thought that G6PD was a classic "housekeeping gene" that was not highly regulated.
Discoveries from the laboratory of Robert C. Stanton, M.D., have shown that G6PD is a highly regulated enzyme. Research revealed that G6PD is regulated by growth factors, glucose level, aldosterone, and many other factors. Research from the laboratory has elucidated intracellular signaling molecules that regulate G6PD at the transcriptional and post-translational level. Dr. Stanton's laboratory has also determined that G6PD is central to the health of all cells being essential for cell survival. Additionally, discoveries from Dr. Stanton's laboratory have demonstrated that decreases in G6PD activity lead to impaired function of multiple cellular systems that depend on NADPH and ultimately cell death.
Diabetes is associated with increased levels of oxidants (oxidative stress). For patients with diabetes, complications associated with increased oxidant damage include diseases of the heart, eye, kidney, nerves, and blood vessels. The increase in oxidants in diabetes occurs due to both increased production of oxidants and decreased function of antioxidants. Studies in animals and in human tissue from Dr. Stanton's laboratory have demonstrated that increased levels of glucose (as occurs in diabetes) leads to a decrease in the activity of G6PD in certain cell types and, as a consequence of lower G6PD activity, leads to decreased level of NADPH. This lack of sufficient NADPH is likely a significant cause of the increased oxidative stress (increased oxidants) seen in diabetes that leads to kidney disease, vascular disease and other complications. The lack of NADPH also leads to impaired function of other cellular systems that are dependent on NADPH. For example, the critical enzyme, nitric oxide synthase that produces nitric oxide, also is dependent on NADPH. Experiments with collaborators have determined that decreased G6PD activity leads to lower nitric oxide production and multiple cellular consequences as a result.
Recent publications have illustrated the central importance of G6PD to cell health and survival. G6PD deficient mice (no diabetes) had signs of kidney damage (increased urine albumin) and small pancreatic islets as compared to control mice. This experimental finding illustrates the critical role that G6PD plays in cellular function and cell survival. In further studies using isolated mouse islets and human islets, it was determined that G6PD was central to normal islet (pancreatic beta cell) function and to pancreatic beta cell survival. Hence, decrease G6PD activity may play an important role in beta cell death. Most recently, research from the laboratory has discovered that overexpression of G6PD in aortic endothelial cells that were exposed to high glucose, leads to a restoration of all cellular antioxidant pathways to normal levels and prevents the high glucose-mediated decrease in cell survival. These results demonstrate that increasing G6PD is a very promising goal for treatment of the complications of diabetes.
Dr. Stanton's laboratory current projects are focused on continuing the elucidation of the basic cellular physiologic roles for G6PD and the mechanisms and consequences associated with the pathophysiologic alterations of G6PD. Projects in the laboratory are aimed at understanding the specific cellular and molecular mechanisms that lead to impaired G6PD enzyme activity and to determine how to prevent this impairment with a goal of developing treatments for the prevention and treatment of diabetic kidney disease, diabetic vascular disease, and for preserving pancreatic beta cell mass. To that end, Dr. Stanton's laboratory also looks for specific drugs that restore G6PD activity and increase levels of NADPH.
Dr. Stanton's laboratory also collaborates with multiple colleagues at the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, and University of Minnesota in the USA. In addition, there are on-going collaborations on basic and clinical projects with scientists in China.
Dr. Stanton is a Principal Investigator in the Section on Vascular Cell Biology and the Chief of the Kidney and Hypertension Section at the Joslin Diabetes Center, as well as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia and completed residency training at the Oregon Health Sciences University, where he was the Chief Resident in Internal Medicine. He completed his fellowship in Nephrology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital and postdoctoral training in Physiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. In addition to his research activities, Dr. Stanton is very involved with teaching at all levels (student, resident, fellow, and faculty) at local, national, and international levels. He has worked with national and international medical faculty to educate them on how to organize medical courses and how to use various educational methods. Dr. Stanton has been invited to lecture throughout the United States and throughout the world (including China, India, the Middle East, Europe, and South America). He has received three Honorary Professorships from Universities in China. He serves on many Harvard Medical School Committees and is co-director of the Human Systems Pathophysiology Course for second-year medical students at Harvard Medical School. He also Chairs the Harvard Medical School Fundamentals of Medicine Year 2 Harvard Committee. Dr. Stanton is an author of many original articles and chapters, and has served both in reviewer and in editorial positions for academic journals.
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DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings did exactly what they needed to do on home ice over these last three games.
And because of it they continue to hold all the cards as they try and reach the playoffs for a 22nd consecutive season.
The Wings got five goals from five different skaters as they breezed by the Nashville Predators, 5-2, Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena.
'It's huge,' said Justin Abdelkader after Detroit's third straight win on home ice. 'We talked about it and it all started on Monday against Phoenix. It was a good home stand for us.'
The win catapulted the Wings, who close out the regular season Saturday in Dallas, into the seventh seed with 54 points, one point ahead of Minnesota.
'So far so good,' defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. 'We've got one more big one to go. We'll take this for what it is, we put ourselves in a good situation, hopefully we can take care of business on Saturday,' defenseman Niklas Kronwall said.
The Wild have two games left to play, hosting Edmonton on Friday before playing at Colorado on Saturday.
'It was just important for us to hold serve,' Abdelkader said. 'We just took it one game at a time at home here. We came out and established our game and just kind of carried the momentum every game.'
Columbus dashed any hopes of the Wings locking up a playoff spot Thursday night after beating Dallas.
'It's tough to sometimes to watch and have to rely on other teams to win or lose,' Abdelkader said. 'We've had control of our own destiny and we still do. We have one game here to hopefully finish it off.'
The Wings need just one point against Dallas, which has been eliminated from the postseason, Saturday to qualify for the postseason.
They can also get in with a loss in regulation to Dallas as long as Columbus doesn't get more than a point at home to Nashville on Saturday. Detroit holds the first tiebreaker, regulation and overtime wins, on the Blue Jackets (53 points).
Detroit also gets in with a pair of Minnesota, which holds the tiebreaker over Columbus, losses.
'I think we've gotten a lot better as a team,' Wings coach Mike Babcock said. 'All you've got to do is look back at our first segment, our penalty killing was 70 percent and our power play for 0-for. We just continued to get better as a team. That's what happens when you have young people, especially with no training camp. We've got a long way to go, still got to find a way to get in the playoffs. That's going to be three days from now.'
Valtteri Filppula, Johan Franzen, Patrick Eaves, Pavel Datsyuk and Abdelkader each scored for Detroit, while Jimmy Howard made 20 saves.
The Predators, who needed five games to knock Detroit out of the playoffs last year in the first round, got goals from Mike Fisher and Craig Smith. Chris Mason, who has one win on the season, made Masson 33 saves.
'The three games didn't happen,' Babcock said. 'What happened was you keep getting better so you earn confidence to feel good about yourself, that's over a long period of time. We were playing real well before we started winning. We were losing 1-0, lose in a shootout, played good teams and found a way to self-destruct or we couldn't get to three.
'Today's game, you hear the crowd, cheering the guys even in warmup, 95 straight sellouts, our team's not the same, we're the first to admit it,' Babcock continued. 'That doesn't mean we're not allowed to grow a new product while they're watching us and they've been fantastic in supporting us and we're grateful for that.'
After trailing 2-1 after the opening 20 minutes, the Wings answered with three goals in the second.
Just as a Nashville penalty expired that carried over from the first period, Franzen went top shelf down low to record his seventh goal in the last seven games.
Two minutes and 30 seconds later, Eaves one-timed home a pass from Jordin Tootoo, who dragged the puck along the Predators' blue line before backhanding a pass to his linemate to beat Mason.
Detroit's third goal of the period came off a well-placed wrist shot by Datsyuk on the power play. Building up a head of steam at center ice after a drop pass by Henrik Zetterberg, Datsyuk let his wrister go just over the blue line to put the Wings up 4-2 with 46.5 seconds left in the period.
Abdelkader capped the evening, banging home a juicy rebound off the right pad of Mason to make it 5-2 Wings.
'We definitely needed every win and we've been playing well and that's really important,' said Filppula, who registered his 100th as a Wing in the first period. 'It's been a tough spot for us, but we've been able to play pretty relaxed and with confidence so that's a big thing.'
Nashville opened the scoring, taking advantage of two Wings without sticks which led to a 2-on-1 that Fisher finished off after a pass from Rich Clune less than two minutes into the game.
The puck got held in the Predators' zone by Gustav Nyquist's stick and then Jakub Kindl lost his at the blue line that forced him to trail the play.
Detroit tied things up five minutes later after some great work behind the Predators net by Daniel Cleary, who held off on playing a puck from his own high stick to continue play. Cleary fed a pass to Franzen, who in turn softly backhanded a pass to Filppula for his one-timer that beat Mason.
Smith put the Predators back on top five minutes later converting on one of the three power play chances they had in the first period. Smith was loose in front of Howard and picked up the loose puck off that Howard kicked out with his right pad.
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Despite so many optimistic predictions from Gartner, IDC and other surveys about the growth of cloud computing that they're almost an industry in themselves, there's no better indication of real interest from real companies than spending on a new technology.
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And due to the collateral costs of hiring - benefits, space, power, travel, training - there's no better indication of a company's intentions than its plans to hire more people with specific skills, says Tom Kiblin, CEO of cloud- and location-hosting company Virtacore.
Data from Dice.com showing that the number of ads for full-time IT jobs focused on cloud computing grew 344% between Nov. 2009 and Nov., 2010 should be a good indication of how quickly demand for those skills is growing.
The number was tiny in 2009 - only 378, but grew to 1,300 postings this year for jobs with titles like cloud computing architect and technical leader for cloud, says Dice.com's data.
Growth in demand for server virtualization - a cloud-computing precursor with much wider acceptance in the market, grew 78% between Nov. 2009 and Nov. 2010. That's nearly double the 40% increase in overall IT job ads the service itself saw during that time, according to an analyst from the company.
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The IT market in general is just getting back to where it was during the fourth quarter of 2008, the last real high mark, according to John Reed, executive director of Robert Half Technology, the IT recruiting wing of Robert Half International, which recently issued its latest quarterly IT hiring survey.
Virtualization and cloud computing are among the most hotly pursued skills, but not at the top of the list, Reed says. Application developers and Web specialists take those honors, largely because companies that put projects on the shelf when the recession started are dusting them off and relaunching them, he says.
Cloud and virtualization skills tend to fall, among RHT's clients, with networking and security specialists, all of which are in high demand at companies that do IT for other people -- engineering and consulting companies, law firms, outsourcers and management consultants, he says.
One reason virtualization and cloud computing are among the hottest-selling technologies and skills most sought on Dice.com is due to the way IT groups are organized, not the skills they need, according to Mark Bowker, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.
"Virtualization migrations typically start with the server team and can run for quite a while focused just on consolidation and IT-driven workloads," says Bowker, interpreting data from an ESG survey of 463 companies that was released in November. "Most companies are at that point, where they've finished the first 20% or 30% of a virtualization migration, gotten the low-hanging fruit, and now have to move outside IT where the technology is not the barrier to success."
Virtualizing servers and applications that belong to business units - ERP applications, collaboration software, for example, rather than firewalls, load balancers and other IT-focused apps - the IT people doing the migrations need more than just virtualization skills. They need security, application development, business-process management, and soft skills like user management, Bowker says.
Even straight IT-owned workloads in virtualized or cloud environments involve so many skillsets that it's not practical to hire someone with just virtualization skills, Kiblin says.
"Our guys have to be skilled in so many areas - OS, hypervisor, storage, routing, backups - you can't find them," he says. "In three to five years other people [companies other than service providers] will realize their people have to cross-trained to be an asset to an organization, not just be a member of the routing team or a load-balancing team or a SAN team, or whatever."
The services industry is particularly strong in IT hiring right now, especially in business consulting, legal services, outsourcing and management consulting, Reed says. Also at the top of the list of hot industries are financial-services and healthcare companies -- both of which are IT-heavy and undergoing lots of overhaul.
The services industry is hot because, in the absence of a lot of IT hiring for the past two years or so, they've been filling in the gaps, he says.
As hiring in general increases, as surveys from check processor ADP and the Federal Reserve's report on private-sector hiring both predict - much of that work may shift back to full-time employees, he says.
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In the mounds of paperwork accompanying legal counsels for developer Jerome Williams and Lewiston Management Group LLC (the plaintiffs), Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours and the Village of Lewiston (the defendants), one tiny bit of information was missing Thursday in State Supreme Court: the original argument bringing the opposing sides before Justice Richard C. Kloch Sr. Without an attachment of complaint in a motion to dismiss, Kloch said, "I cannot do what I would love to do," and that is shelve Williams' case, which alleges the village violated the public trust doctrine.
The plaintiff contends the village's 2002 lease with the tourism company is contrary to the required usage of the waterfront land's easement, which is for the public benefit as a public recreation area. WJBT counsel John Bartolomei filed a motion to dismiss Williams' lawsuit, which is what brought the two sides together Thursday morning. Without the attachment of complaint in Bartolomei's appendix, Kloch said Williams could appeal an unfavorable judgment to the appellate court, which would likely send the case back to State Supreme Court for another go-around. As such, Kloch denied the motion without prejudice.
Bartolomei asked Kloch for permission to amend the motion to dismiss. Kloch consented, and the two parties have a return date with the judge tentatively scheduled for Dec. 1.
On March 24, Kloch dismissed the plaintiffs' first lawsuit, which challenged the validity and constitutionality of the village's November 2010 decision to deed over 197.23 feet of Water Street property to Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours and its president, John Kinney, for $1.
Three days prior, Williams filed a second lawsuit wherein his legal team - Gregory P. Photiadis and Elizabeth A. Kraengel of Buffalo law firm Duke, Holzman, Photiadis & Gresens - asserted the Village of Lewiston violated Section 51 of general municipal law and was in violation of the public trust doctrine. The lawsuit claims the 2002 lease violates the easement requirements. It infers trustees illegally granted the lease, which resulted in the "waste of public property."
In court Thursday, Kloch disagreed with that assertion and said the village's action was neither illegal nor fraudulent, thus nullifying the Section 51 statute.
What's more, Kloch said WJBT is an ancillary and seasonal concession and, accordingly, the village did not need the approval of the New York state commissioner of general services when entering into the lease.
Kloch also disagreed with the plaintiff's assertion the lease hinders the public's ability to use the land for recreational purposes. He compared the village's agreement with WJBT to that of the contract between New York City and the ferry operators taking tourists to and from the Statue of Liberty. In both cases, Kloch said, the municipalities entered into an arrangement wherein a private entity provides a mechanism for visitors to take advantage of an attraction or landmark.
"If I follow your logic," Kloch told Kraengel, "(ferry service to the Statue of Liberty is) a public waste."
Kloch said, "I would never have an opportunity to go into the whirlpool without (a jet boat)."
When taking a jet boat tour, the judge said his reaction was, "My God, I'm actually in the whirlpool. I could not believe that."
"Thanks to this enterprise, I was in it," Kloch said.
Furthermore, Kloch said with or without the lease, WJBT would continue to operate. He said it would be egregious if patrons could only board the jet boats from Canada. In situations where passengers are unable to cross the border, "those people would be barred - barred (from visiting the whirlpool)," he said.
Kloch said he was "offended" by the plaintiff's affidavits, wherein parties claimed the jet boats are disrupting fishermen and stealing water. The judge said he knew of fishermen waving to the boats and passengers as they drove by.
Kraengel said the easement usage was the core of Williams' argument, and reaffirmed his contention that the village's agreement is contrary to the idea of public recreation along the waterfront.
After the court session, Kraengel said Williams "is very interested in protecting the public interest and public use (of the land)." She said a private entity in control of the waterfront property in question - and until the year 2042, as stated in the lease - is not in the public's best interest.
Though it appears Williams has an uphill battle ahead of him, Kraengel said her team would keep fighting.
"Our next step is just to get through this motion," she said, adding a dismissal or loss in State Supreme Court may result in an appeal.


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Collier leads Oregon St past Purdue 66-58
NEW YORK (AP) -- NEW YORK (AP) - Devon Collier capped a high-scoring homecoming with a career-best 27 points and 14 rebounds, and Oregon State held off Purdue 66-58 on Friday in the third-place game of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.
Roberto Nelson added 10 points for the Beavers (3-1), who squandered a 15-point cushion in the second half before taking over again in the final 2 minutes.
Oregon State dominated the boards 47-36 and overcame an apparent knee injury to center Angus Brandt, who had nine points and nine rebounds.
The score was tied at 56 with 2 minutes to play when Collier put Oregon State ahead to stay by sinking a pair of free throws to start a decisive 8-0 run.
Eric Moreland made a 3-pointer from the left wing with 58.3 seconds remaining and Collier got free for a dunk 15 seconds later off a pass from Ahmad Starks.
A free throw by Starks capped the surge, making it 64-56 with 33.9 seconds to go before a scattered crowd in Madison Square Garden.
Freshman center A.J. Hammons had 20 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Boilermakers (1-3), who lost in overtime to Villanova 89-81 in the semifinals Thursday night after leading by eight with 1:27 remaining in regulation. D.J. Byrd added 11 and Anthony Johnson scored 10.
Collier, a junior forward who grew up in the Bronx, scored 21 points Thursday in a 65-62 loss to Alabama.
He spoke after the game about how much he wanted to win and how great it was to play in front of his family and former coaches because the Beavers rarely travel to the East Coast.
This time, the limber lefty slithered through the lane for 17 first-half points to help Oregon State build a 39-28 lead on the strength of a 30-16 rebounding advantage.
Collier's previous career best was 25 points against Hofstra last season.
Beefy forward Joe Burton scored the first four points of the second half to make it a 15-point cushion, but the Boilermakers finally clamped down on defense. On the other end they went inside to the 7-foot Hammons, who had a big second half.
Hammons scored three straight baskets down low for Purdue and his three-point play a few minutes later trimmed the deficit to 56-54 with 3:22 to go. Hammons tied it with two free throws at the 2:17 mark.
Brandt, a 6-foot-10 senior from Australia, went down clutching his right knee when he was called for traveling at the top of the key with 5:19 remaining. He stayed down for a few minutes and a stretcher was brought onto the court, but Brandt was helped back to the bench. He did not return.
Collier came off the bench and scored 13 straight points for Oregon State in the first half. He had a trio of three-point plays to go with a sweet spin move in the lane and an authoritative dunk.
Starks' 3-pointer capped a 13-5 run that put the Beavers up 22-13 with 11 minutes to go in the first half.
Purdue finished 9 of 16 (56 percent) at the foul line in the first meeting between the schools.


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Officials from New Mexico and Japan, including Gov. Susana Martinez, gathered en masse to dedicate the new Smart House Monday afternoon, which is the last link in the $53 million Smart Grid demonstration project.
"The Smart Grid and Smart House are pioneering results stemming from the strong collaboration between Los Alamos County, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology and Development Corporation), efforts that will demonstrate how to meet a community's residential power needs," Gov. Martinez said.
"This is the first U.S. international project of its kind. And as we stand here today, with project construction complete, I know that New Mexicans across the state are proud to have reached such a significant milestone," she told the crowd.
Norio Sasaki, president and CEO of Toshiba Corporation, called the technology for this demonstration project the most advanced in the world. The project combines several key elements to test and improve Smart Grid technology.
The grid is composed of more than 4,000 photovoltaic (PV) panels that produce 1 megawatt (MW) of power. PVs produced by Kyocera are supplying 90 percent of the power generation, with 10 different cell-types by other companies producing an additional 100 kilowatts (kW). This will provide data on the efficiency of each type of PV panel.
The Department of Public Utilities also plans to install another 4,000 panels to increase power generation to 2 MW.
The PV array has been scheduled to be online sporadically since this summer, as the system is being integrated into the overall power supply mix.
Once it is completely integrated, the array will supply a high proportion of the power to 2,000 homes in the Barranca and North Mesa areas. This is giving scientists the opportunity to study ways to successfully integrate a stable renewable energy supply into the power mix under actual operating conditions.
Providing a stable flow of power is the major challenge for renewable energy, since the amount of power generated fluctuates according to the intensity of the sunlight. This project incorporates two key elements to solve that issue.
The first is a hybrid system of batteries that combines sodium sulfur batteries (NAS batteries) from NGK Insulators and lead acid batteries from Hitachi. The batteries store the power generated by the PV array and can discharge the power as it is needed, with a response time of one second.
The lead acid batteries only hold 1.2 MW hours of energy, so they are being used to respond on demand to fluctuations such as reduced production due to cloud cover. These batteries have a 17-year lifespan (most solar collection batteries have a five-year lifespan) and require less maintenance than most batteries.
The NAS battery system can discharge 1,000 kW of power for six hours, enough to supply 700 homes. Since these batteries can hold energy for longer periods, they are being used to schedule discharges at specific periods when the grid output is not expected to meet the forecast demand.
The final piece of the puzzle is a state-of-the-art computer system called Micro EMS (energy management system). EMS records and forecasts both supply and demand and coordinates the discharge from the batteries to meet demand, which Kyosera Corporation Executive Vice President Tatsumi Maeda called "a highly intelligent energy management system."
The Smart House will demonstrate how to optimize renewable energy by designing houses and appliances that reduce energy usage and adapt to fluctuating power supplies.
Features of the house include passive solar design, its own PV array and storage battery to augment power from the grid, a "smart" meter to indicate usage and power supply available in real time and smart appliances as well as an HVAC system that responds to the amount of power available. Computer systems that allow residents to monitor and control usage are being demonstrated and tested by Kyocera, NEC and Sharp.
NEDO Chairman Kazuo Furukawa, who led the keynote speakers for the ribbon cutting, stressed the importance of this type of research.
"Due to the unexpected accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant, it became necessary for Japan to undertake a review of its energy policy. The Japanese government is currently carrying out in-depth discussions on the new base energy policy plan," Furukawa said.
"One of the things we are discussing is expanding the renewable energy technologies. There is no doubt that Smart Grid technologies will become increasingly important as they are capable of controlling the balance of energy power supply and demand."
"Both laboratories are world leaders for power generation research, so by working together, we hope we can lead the global standard for the power systems," Furukawa said in a follow-up interview.
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan stressed the importance of developing Smart Grid technology for national security and the lab's unique ability to undertake projects such as this.
"I was also reminded that the lab's energy usage constitutes 70 to 80 percent of the electricity needs in the county, so we have a very strong interest in the success of this project," McMillan said. "The data we get from this project will provide valuable insight into solving energy issues."
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, who has been a strong supporter of the project, also spoke at the event. He said, "This is a very forward thinking idea that has come to fruition because of a lot of commitment and dedication, not only to local communities and the advancements of technology, but to secure concerns related to climate change around the world."
For all its importance, the Smart House sits on a non-descript piece of land overlooking Los Alamos Canyon behind the CenturyLink building on Trinity Drive.
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Getting an early jump on the season, Ken Griffey Jr. has broken his hand in an off-field accident. He's been a little reluctant with the details of how it happened (which, to me, suggests masturbation) but the Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes "two sources familiar with the situation" as saying the injury was suffered while playing with his kids.
What were the playing, "red hands" with a ball-peen hammer? Or maybe Griffey was doing something ultra-dangerous, something that's been known to be hell on a man's body. Something like, oh, I don't know... playing centerfield.
He'll have this throwing hand in a cast for three weeks, at which point the doctors will re-evaluate him and probably break his tibia in the process. There's no word yet on whether or not he'll be able to participate in spring training in February, but there is plenty of time for him to slam his arm in a car door or be attacked by a pack of wild swamp rats. His dazzling smile remains unaffected.
Griffey suffers another injury [The Plain Dealer]
June Comes Early: Griffey Hurts Himself. (But He Won't Say How) [Seattlest]


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About Wulfman
He needs to SUE the officers directly as well as the department. make sure they feel the pain of an empty bank account
I see it's 2 tards attacking one another. Nice.
Rotten Apple Store
That consent law is only related to audio
I run an IRC server and have for the past 12 years. We do not monitor chat and keep no connect logs. This search kinda scares me. http://www.pcworld.com/article/230852/despite_arrest_lulzsec_sails_on.html#tk.rss_news
As the article states this person was arrested and it seems his only crime was hosting an IRC server that Luszsec had a chat room on. They grabbed the server looking for chat logs ?
Most servers do not log chat but i have been told there are a few that logging can be enabled on.
At least here in the US we have a 1st amendment right to talk freely........ or do we?
To be secret it needs to be of national security interest to mark it secret. Saying that he is dead is a good thing, producing a picture will not increase the chances that we will be attacked but it will prove to the world that he is dead.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican member of the Armed Services Committee said
"I respectfully disagree with President Obama's decision not to release the photos. It's a mistake. The whole purpose of sending our soldiers into the compound, rather than an aerial bombardment, was to obtain indisputable proof of Bin Laden's death. I know Bin Laden is dead. But the best way to protect and defend our interests overseas is to prove that fact to the rest of the world. I'm afraid the decision made today by President Obama will unnecessarily prolong this debate."
This administration was to be the most open one in history and so far its been the most closed off one in history.
They sure want to outlaw cash. Think of it, all transactions in a debit card tied into the IRS database. Scary don't you think?
A link. Embedding. Same thing. You as a linker/embedder are NOT streaming it from your site. YOUTOOB is. you are merely providing a link to whomever is sourcing the content.
So what you are saying is that LINKING is a crime ? OMFG SHEESH.
So let me get this one straight. Once this is pushed through, anybody that wants to infringe will peer to peer using encryption. No isp's will know anything about the packets traversing their network. Magic little bits of randomness.
Oh just like my SSH sessions to places far and wide.
This is an imposable task. It can never work. How much are they going to raise the price of your internet connection to pay for all the monkeys to TRY to decrypt the traffic running down the pipes.
Quote "If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.
Guess its a move to lib up the voting base ?
I think we have had enough of Libs for a while ?
I think a libertarian viewpoint is more sane.
Nether the repub-o-crats or the dem-o-pubs are getting it right.
The election was certified by DEMOCRATS. Where is the injustice here ? I am sure you NEVER made a spread sheet error in your life.
Gambling is only illegal if the governments cant find an easy way to tax the shit out of it. Lottery's were illegal until the government decided they were a great way to make money.
They allow Indian casinos to have poker and slots and tax them. It all boils down to TAXES. Which the government does so poorly to spend so they want more and More and MORE.
Nope. but we disabled list functions.
I run an IRC server and 99.99% of ALL .IT users come on to IRC channels to "lista" looking for fileservers for illegal content provided by people. They IMHO the WORST offenders on stealing content LMAO.
It is a surname
Don't you proof read your stories?
"the maker of Babie"
Don't you mean "the maker of Barbie"?
When will the American people take up arms against this corrupt government we have here? After all our rights are taken away including our guns? People WAKE UP its time to write your government whether its your senator or representative or the president himself ( lot of good that will do ). The terrorists have won. Face it freedom is on its last legs.
the government is a bunch of hippocrits they dont care if you gamble all your money away on the state lotteries. they dont care if you gamble all your money away in nevada they dont care if you gamble away all your money in indian casinos. no they want to tax it. its not about gambling its about TAXATION. we in the US should revolt againsd this crap. gambiling is legal where the web sites are located. they have no right to hole this person. GET A GRIP you government boneheads.
news papers are dinosaurs. time to let the bloggers take over.
first !!
They will NEVER LEARN !
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I know you may think I'm super-duper organized and I have it all together. Well, I've struggled for the last year while homeschooling. I didn't have the foresight or the discipline to "schedule" our lives, I felt that if I did that I would be choking any joy out of our lives or I would feel like a slave to the schedule. Come to find out, I like being scheduled and disciplined! I like getting the work done and feeling satisfied instead of guilty and depressed because, "I should have, I could have.." and procrastination!
I've put together a cleaning schedule in a post prior and this week has been great. Our house is picked up, the kids are learning responsibility, dh is even pitching in more! I think part of our problem was not knowing what to do and when, and I was thinking, "don't they know to do this?!?" Lol.
Okay, meal planning. First, let me say something about websites and programs out there- you do not need them. They are selling a product and they want you to buy it, or it's a free website- get what you can out of it and leave the rest! Don't bog yourself down if you decide to take this project on. As mothers, we already do a lot of the leg work that the free websites want you to rethink. We have meals we make, groceries we shop for, the only questions is how efficiently are we doing this?
I made a list of all the (dinner) meals I currently make, organized by what meat is used in the meal because meat is the most expensive ingredient and an area where money is wasted from month to month.
Then we decided how many dinners we want to eat out each month, which for us is 3-4. Next, I figured out how many nights dh might be home alone for dinner, which is about 3 nights a month and how many nights I would like to try a new recipe, which is two nights. I setup a spreadsheet for 7 days across and 5 weeks down.
Then I put the meals on the spreadsheet trying keep the meats different, dh really dislikes having chicken back-to-back. I left vegetables to be determined on the night because it will depend on what is available in our fridge and what produce we buy for the week. We are once a month grocery shoppers because we get paid once a month but produce, milk and eggs are what we buy from our local overpriced grocery store. The produce selection isn't great either, I buy the bulk of our produce at the beginning of the month.
From the meal plan, which is only dinner because we have limited options (predictable options) for breakfast and dinner which don't require any planning, I wrote out a grocery list. I took this very basic grocery list and went around my house and added to it. Once I had everything that we purchase for our house, I typed it into a spreadsheet too. This is where I get annoying.
I listed items under headings. Household: Bath Items, Laundry Items, General Items, A/C Filters (put their sizes), Batteries (put type), Pet Items, Storage bags (by type), OTC Meds, Outside Items. Meats is another major heading. Dairy, Other Grocery: Baking Items, Spices, Fruit/Vegetables, Frozen, and finally Breads. I put the list in a useable way for when I am actually walking through our grocery store, grouping like items together. Sickening, huh?
The idea is to take stock of what I need each month. I will walk through the house, crossing out items we don't need and put the quantity of what we do need. From this, I will create a grocery list and include any extra ingredients I need for trying those 2 new recipes each month.
The goal is to save time and money and teach my children about home management in the process. We won't buy ketchup because will know that we have 2 bottles in the pantry and we'll buy exactly what we need, nothing more. On the meal plan you may see I have only 3 nights designated for Eating Out, that's because there is one night that we may want to. We're not going to choke ourselves with this, if we have functions and what-not that provide dinner, then we'll have a dinner for the next month.
I have spent no money putting this together, I don't have a "program" that I'm following, this is 100% prayer and just getting it together. I hope sharing this helps in some way, I know it would have encouraged me to read it at another's blog.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Getting It Together: Meal Planning
I know you may think I'm super-duper organized and I have it all together. Well, I've struggled for the last year while homeschooling. I didn't have the foresight or the discipline to "schedule" our lives, I felt that if I did that I would be choking any joy out of our lives or I would feel like a slave to the schedule. Come to find out, I like being scheduled and disciplined! I like getting the work done and feeling satisfied instead of guilty and depressed because, "I should have, I could have.." and procrastination!
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Thanks! This is great information and also a reminder of the many ways we can choose to be good stewards of our time and other resources.
Rebecca in GA
- 1:45 PM, June 13, 2007
Hey, I was just thinking of doing a post like this at my blog! I'm not as organized as you, with the whole house list and everything, but I printed off 12 monthly meal pages from Organized Home which I fill out in pencil. (I like to make lots of experimental dishes, so I don't really have a set menu every month) That's been the thing to really make me feel like I have control over the "what's for dinner" problem. Love your idea to do a whole house inventory. Would you like to come to my house and do one? :)
- 2:40 PM, June 13, 2007
Hey Jessica,
Wow! that's an awesome plan. I myself have never thought of the check off list from buying extra's. This could be a big reward for our household. Cause I'm one of those, buy extra's extra's and run out of room. Thanks for the ideal on the check-off sheet.
How are you doing with your oranization's list for the rooms? We did ours with the kids for 2 years, now they just do their chores. Without me even asking, it's great (Awesome).
- 10:43 AM, June 14, 2007
- karensk said...
Hi Jessica,
"Sickening?" - not at all, rather: inspiring! I love this stuff!
I have a food-only grocery spreadsheet that I made on Excel during a financially difficult time some months ago. I used it to input prices of items and calculate the price-per-individual-portion and the price-per-meal; this was in order to figure out the cheapest meals possible for our (then) extremely limited budget. I can realy get into this kind of thing.
I love doing the organizing; it's just that I struggle with being consistent with it all. Your plans have renewed my interest in my own food plan!
"dh really dislikes having chicken back-to-back" -- this is very familiar for me! My dh used to never eat salad ("bunny food" is what he called it), which is one of my favorites, especially a main-dish salad. Now he actually likes my salads! Of course the rib-eye is still his favorite.
I wandered over here from the WTM boards; I've appreciated your posts there, too.
Karen K. in TX
- 4:19 PM, June 14, 2007
- Stacy (Aussie in America) said...
Hi Jessica,
I love this post. I am working on these things too. I am reading HOmeschooling at the Speed of Life by Marilyn Rockett - I'm hoping it will have some great tips for me! I'll let you know how I like it.
Have a great day,
- 6:59 PM, June 15, 2007
- Lh said...
Both your forms are pretty much similar to mine
I do non-dinner meals and snacks also as a Menu.
I think I got the shopping list, meal plan, and pricebook ideas from Emily Barnes (over two decades ago . . is she still aroudn . .???) She was the "More Hours In My Day" lady back in the time :-)
....oh, I found her.
guess she is stil around :-)
anyone ever hear of her?
- 12:04 PM, October 22, 2007


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