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A comforting chicken dinner that's easy on the wallet and the waistline.
It's January. Time for frugality�not only for our pocketbooks, but for our waistlines and taste buds as well. Take two ingredients that grace cupboards and refrigerators most of the time�canned tomatoes and boneless, skinless chicken breasts�add sliced mushrooms, a little seasoning, chicken broth, and mozzarella cheese, and you have an everyday dish that's perfect for wintry evenings. No truffle oil, no fresh basil in January, no fanfare�just a comforting chicken dinner. A crisp romaine lettuce salad and a simple vinaigrette round out the meal. Low in fat, high in nutrients, healthy and wholesome�a meal that's the voice of reason.
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Topic: Missing methods when using :conditions?
Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask this type of 'beginner' question. I'm following a tutorial on Rails and it was introducing the :conditions and :readonly parameters. The code example is pulling data from Company based on conditions, setting it to readonly, and assigning the value to 'c':
c = Company.find :first, :conditions => ['state = ?', 'KS'], :readonly => true
c.name = 'Something'
The example is to show that once it is set as readonly, you should not be able to save changes. However, I am not able to even call the name method. When I try the above example, I get:
NoMethodError: undefined method `name' for #<Array:0x1035eb3f8>
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from :0
I can test the readonly parameter if I do something like:
c = Company.find :first, :readonly => true
So it seems to be related to applying the condition parameter. Can anyone explain to me what is going on? If I look at the c variable, it did find the record and stuff it in the variable so I know the data is there, but I cannot call any of the methods on it. Is there new changes to rails possibly that changed?
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The 1960 Proof Jefferson Nickel is very common in most grades up to about PR67 Deep Cameo. Although examples in Deep Cameo condition are much scarcer than non Deep Cameo or Cameo examples, they can still be found or purchased inexpensively in PR67 Deep Cameo condition or lower. This issue is considered scarce in PR68 condition or higher, whether it displays non Cameo, Cameo or Deep Cameo characteristics. In PR69 condition it is very scarce, especially in Cameo condition, and in PR69 Deep Cameo condition it is almost unheard of, with less than a dozen examples known and with none being graded in better condition.


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by Anton Shilov
Microsoft Corp. is very optimistic about market performance of its Kinect motion sensing device for Xbox 360 game system. The company hopes to sell more Kinect products than it shipped the original Xbox 360 consoles during the first Holiday season.
"We have also done our own research. We believe this will be the biggest launch in our history, for Xbox. We will sell more Kinect sensors than we did [systems] at Xbox 360 launch. Our estimates [are] that we will sell in excess of 3 million units this holiday," said Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft Xbox product director, in an interview with Gamasutra web-site.
Earlier independent market analysts said that Microsoft built around two million Kinect device a month and had intentions to sell over three million devices - both bundled with the new Xbox 360 slim console as well as separately - during Q4 2010. Microsoft now confirms plans for a very aggressive product launch and bases its optimism on feedback from retailers.
"Our key indicators are feedback from retailers - I think you would be surprised at how sophisticated they are, and they really have the pulse of the market. They are looking at preorders, they are talking to customers," said Mr. Greenberg.
Microsoft will have fifteen titles with Kinect support at launch and it hopes that everyone will find something for himself/herself. Thanks to the fact that Kinect, previously known as Natal, brings a whole new gaming experience, Mr. Greenberg is confident that it would be useful both for existing consumers as well as novices. The high-ranking executive reaffirmed Microsoft's view that Kinect refreshes the Xbox 360 platform so substantially that it will prolong the lifespan of the console.
We are five years in. We think we have another good five years-plus, but that remains to be seen. What usually happens is in the later years of the life cycle, you usually get less innovative, lower quality experiences, or you get more flooding of the market. [...] I think what [Kinect] enables us to do is to keep things fresh, enable developers to bring new IP to the market, and enables people to have new experience," said Aaron Greenberg.
The Kinect sensor can be plugged directly into any Xbox 360 and features a camera, audio sensors, and motion-sensing technology that tracks 48 points of movement on the human body. Kinect has the abilty to recognize faces and voices. Kinect can perform full-motion tracking of the human body at 30 frames per second.
Microsoft Kinect will become available on November, 4, in the U.S.; on November, 10, in Europe; on November, 18, in Australia and on November, 20, in Japan. Microsoft Kinect motion sensor (previously known as code-named Natal) will be more expensive in Europe than it is in the U.S.: the recommended price for Euro zone is €149.99 ($191), whereas the official price-tag for the U.K. is £129 ($202, €156). In the USA the device will cost $149.


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Leatherman MUT Utility Multi-Tool
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Perfect for military, LE or civilian shooters, the Leatherman ® MUT ™ Utility Multi-Tool delivers tactical and practical functions. Multiple threaded areas features on the tool for cleaning rods and brushes. MUT ™ provides a built-in design to replace common used parts on the spot using a simple Torx #8. Features include all locking blades and tools, a bronze carbon scraper and titanium pocket clip, a MOLLE sheath and more.
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Somebody should write a book on America's serial fixations with one type of dessert, and what each says about the periods of infatuation. The romance with frozen yogurt in the 1980s (think TCBY) gave way to a love affair with donuts in the 1990s (hello, Krispy Kreme), before the gourmet cupcakes in the 2000s. New York City's Magnolia Bakery is widely credited for firing up the last trend, thanks to a cameo in Sex and the City in the summer of 2000.
A year ago, The Wall Street Journal pronounced that "the gourmet-cupcake market is crashing," citing the financial travails of maybe the poster child of that market, Crumbs Bake Shop, another New York City-based purveyor of gourmet cupcakes that went public on the Nasdaq exchange in 2011. Like Krispy Kreme before it, Crumbs expanded too quickly, and its shares had fallen from $13 in mid-2011 to $1.70 by April 2013.
On Monday, Bloomberg Businessweek published what might be considered the gourmet cupcake market's obituary, focused on Crumbs. The high-end cupcakerie, which has closed 17 locations since last year, is now trying to reverse its fortunes by selling its high-priced cupcakes —which cost up to $4.50 a piece — and other baked goods in lowly supermarkets and club retailers like BJ's Wholesale.
What soured consumers on gourmet cupcakes? "It's a short-term trend and we're starting to see a real saturation," Chicago food industry analyst Darren Tristano told The Wall Street Journal a year ago. "Demand is flat. And quite frankly, people can bake cupcakes." (They can also brew their own coffee and make their own hamburgers, of course.) It seems that the high-end cupcake's moment has just come and gone. So what's the next craze?
The Cronut, obviously. And here's the epilogue: Crumbs is banking its future on a croissant-donut hybrid called the Crumbnut. The obvious knockoff of Dominique Ansel's fried croissant is "the last great thing that we put out there," Crumbs CEO Ed Slezak tells Businessweek. "We believe that trends in food can and should be enjoyed by all." Peter Weber
SNL host Aziz Ansari holds out an olive branch to (most) Trump supporters in stand-up monologue
In between Saturday Night Live's Russia-themed takedown of President Trump and a musical sendup of his adviser and spinmeister Kellyanne Conway, host Aziz Ansari urged some peace and reconciliation between Trump critics and his supporters — well, most of them, anyway. Ansari started off his monologue by saying that while Trump may be president, it's "pretty cool to know, though, he's probably at home right now watching a brown guy make fun of him." He celebrated the anti-Trump Women's Marches in Washington, D.C., and around the world — "today, an entire gender protested against him" — adding that "we should be careful, though. We can't demonize everyone who voted for Trump."
Nearly 63 million Americans voted for Trump, Ansari noted. "Don't judge them by their worst." People voted for lots of different reasons, with different levels of enthusiasm. "I'm sure there are a lot of people who voted for Trump the same way a lot of people listen to the music of Chris Brown, where it's like, 'Hey, man, I'm just here for the tunes,'" not the "extracurriculars," Ansari said. "So look, we're divided, it's okay," he said. "We've always been divided by some of these big political issues. It's fine. As long as we treat each other with respect and remember that ultimately we're all Americans, we'll be fine."
After the applause, Ansari carved out an exception to the mutual respect: the "tiny slice of people that have gotten way too fired up about the Trump thing for the wrong reasons — I'm talking about these people who as soon as Trump won, they're like, 'We don't have to pretend like we're not racist anymore!'" If you fit in this "lower-case kkk movement" of "casual white supremacy," he said, "please go back to pretending." His stand-up-style monologue offered some solutions on how to end casual racism and Islamophobia, and waxed poetic about his newfound admiration for George W. Bush. "If you're excited about Trump, great —he's president, let's hope he does a great job," Ansari said, beginning his wrap-up. "If you're scared about Trump, and you're very worried, you're going to be okay, too." Peter Weber
President Trump woke up Saturday fuming over tweets from Friday afternoon unfavorably comparing the size of his inaugural crowd to those of former President Barack Obama, The New York Times reports, citing "several people close to him." Several senior advisers reportedly urged him to move on, while other aides, including press secretary Sean Spicer, encouraged him to hit back at the press — which Trump did, at CIA headquarters on Saturday, saying he has a "running war with the media" and accusing the press of lying about his inaugural crowd, which he incorrectly pegged at about 1.5 million.
Spicer then held his first press briefing and told the gathered reporters that Trump's was "the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period," which is demonstrably false. Senior counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Meet the Press Sunday that Spicer was citing "alternative facts," and White House chief of staff Reince Preibus said the media was trying to delegitimize Trump's win. By Sunday night, Trump friends and allies were telling the media they were ready to hit the reset button.
"They got off to a very rocky start because they see everyone as adversaries," Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy, a Trump friend who talks with him often, told Politico. Trump is surrounded by new people, Ruddy said, and "one of the things they don't understand about him is he likes pushback. They are not giving him the pushback he needs when he's giving advice.... If he doesn't have people who can tell him no, this is not going to go very well." Another "person who frequently talks to Trump" agreed, specifying that aides have to control information that sets him off, Politico reports. "He gets bored and likes to watch TV, this person said, so it is important to minimize that."
"The truth of the matter is he had a successful inauguration with a respectful crowd. The transition of power went off without a hitch. His supporters were amiable by and large," presidential historian Douglas Brinkley told Politico. "But then he can never let go and stop watching cable TV. Now he's off to the worst start of a presidency in a very long time."
Other Trump friends said the new president is just being the "folksy" leader his supporters love, arguing that the media doesn't have much credibility. But even allies urged aides to contain Trump's worst impulses. "It's unconventional at best and disastrous at worst," said Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.), whose governorship was derailed when he disappeared to meet his foreign mistress, telling aides he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. "These distractions have the capacity to sink his entire administration." Peter Weber
Amy Craton, 94, just received her bachelor's degree, but she's already moved on and is looking forward to earning her master's.
"I feel that I'm still on the road," she told Inside Edition. "I have more to learn." The Honolulu resident began attending college in 1962, but had to put her education on hold when she went through a divorce and became a single mom. All these years later, Craton decided to finish what she started, and because she is hard of hearing and uses a wheelchair, she completed her courses online, earning a 4.0 GPA along the way.
The president of Southern New Hampshire University surprised Craton by bringing her degree to Hawaii, and the new graduate said she's proud of her accomplishment. "It feels good to finish that part of my life," she said. "I couldn't see just sitting there watching Netflix all the time." Catherine Garcia
When peace talks begin Monday in the capital of Kazakhstan, the Syrian opposition will only discuss the cease-fire brokered by Turkey and Russia, which leaders say has been primarily violated by Iranian-backed militias supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"We will not enter into any political discussions and everything revolves over abiding by the cease-fire and the humanitarian dimension of easing the suffering of Syrians under siege and release of detainees and delivery of aid," Yahya al Aridi, a spokesman for the opposition delegation, told Reuters. "The Syrian regime has an interest in diverting attention from these issues. If the Syrian regime thinks our presence in Astana is a surrender by us, this is a delusion."
The peace talks are being orchestrated by Russia and Iran, supporters of the Syrian government, and Turkey, which backs the rebels. Over the last six years of fighting, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed and 11 million have been displaced. Catherine Garcia
Defeated Gambian leader drained state coffers, shipped luxury cars out before being forced into exile
On Sunday, an adviser to Gambian President Adama Barrow said that former President Yahya Jammeh had nearly drained the national coffers in his final weeks before flying into exile on Saturday, as a regional West African military force entered Gambia to force him out of office. Jammeh lost December's election to Barrow, conceded defeat, then changed his mind a week later. Jammeh, who was in power 22 years, also shipped an unknown number of luxury vehicles and other goods out of the country on Saturday on a Chadian cargo plane.
"The Gambia is in financial distress," Barrow adviser Mai Ahmad Fatty said at a press conference in Senegal, where Barrow took the oath of office and is staying until Gambia is deemed safe. "The coffers are virtually empty. That is a state of fact.... It has been confirmed by technicians in the ministry of finance and the Central Bank of the Gambia." Fatty said that Jammeh had made off with at least $11.4 million in the two weeks, and financial experts are trying to see how much more is missing. Barrow "will return home as soon as possible," he added.
The West African military force arrived in Gambia's capital, Banjul, on Sunday night, greeted by cheering residents. They will start sweeping the State House, the president's official residence, to make sure it is safe, and stay in the country "until such time the security general situation is comprehensively redressed," Barrow said in a statement. Barrow is assembling a Cabinet and working on plans to reverse the state of emergency Jammeh put in place in his final weeks. Jammeh is reported to be in Equatorial Guinea, which is not party to the International Criminal Court. Peter Weber
In Russia, a bill introduced by a controversial lawmaker is being advanced that would decriminalize domestic violence.
A recent poll found that nearly 20 percent of Russians think it's acceptable to hit a spouse or a child, The Associated Press reports. Battery is a criminal offense in Russia, but the bill would remove criminal liability for assaults against relatives that do not cause severe injuries. Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize battery that does not inflict bodily harm, but retain criminal charges for anyone accused of battery against a family member. Conservative activists said this wasn't right, because it meant a parent spanking their child would receive a heftier punishment than a non-parent hitting the child. The woman who introduced the bill is ultra-conservative lawmaker Yelena Mizulina, who also authored a law banning "gay propaganda."
This bill "is not going to improve the situation to say the least," Irina Matvienko, who runs the Anna Center Foundation hotline, told AP. "Domestic violence is a system which makes it difficult for a woman to seek help. It's not a traditional value. It's a crime." The foundation runs the only domestic violence hotline in Russia, and in 2016 received more than 5,000 calls during office hours. In 2013, more than 9,000 women were reported to have been killed in domestic violence incidents, and many more being abused are too afraid to come forward, activist Alyona Popova said. "Society is judgmental," she said. "It goes like this: you're a bad woman if you allow this to happen to you, or you're airing dirty laundry and you're to blame, or it's he beats you [and] it means he loves you. And a lot of people don't want to go public about it." Catherine Garcia
Watch President Trump blow kiss to FBI director, share bro hug with homeland security secretary
Protecting America's top political leaders — including the outgoing and incoming presidents, Supreme Court justices, and leaders of Congress — at an outdoor inauguration, plus the crowd of people who came to watch President Trump sworn in on Friday, is no small feat, and the various U.S. law enforcement officers who kept everyone safe deserve commendation. On Sunday, Trump gave law enforcement leaders his personal thanks — in some cases, very personal — at a reception in the White House.
Trump called newly sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, whom he called "General," up for a hand-clasp and arm-pat, saying, "From Day 1, I have felt safe." Then he pointed to FBI Director James Comey, making a gesture with his lips. "Jim," he said. "He's become more famous than me." Trump shook Comey's hand, whispered something in his ear, and gave him a pat on the arm. Watch below. Peter Weber


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New York Magazine has been providing some fantastic coverage of the changes in the book publishing industry that Jason is discussing. In a fantastic series on the current state of book publishing, they are pondering whether current trends could spell doom for the entire industry, but also covering the different ways that publishers are trying to re-invent themselves.
I think one of the coolest things about a library is that in addition to the service that it provides directly, it is also a forum. Each library serves a community and in turn, that community uses the library to discuss and learn more about who it really is, what its needs are and how they can be addressed. Libraries are the leaders in serving their communities, but only because they allow these communities to lead them.
For public libraries, young patrons are particularly important. A young library user is likely to be a lifelong library user, so the library must be a place where children and teenagers can feel like their needs are going to be met. In Massachusetts libraries are taking some exciting new steps to ensure that teens have direct input. Libraries across Massachusetts will be served by advisory boards with teenagers that will help design and develop new facilities. Read More »
This past weekend CBS News ran this report, which examines how in an economic downturn, many families using their libraries for low-cost fun and entertainment.
While it's clear that a rough economy increases the demand for public library services, that hardly means we're recession proof. From Boston and D.C. to California, hard times have meant budget cuts for libraries. (check out ALA's Funding News page).
The effects of these budget cuts affect all aspects of library service, and technology is no exception. Despite the fact that providing access to new technology is a high priority to many public libraries, in many cases libraries have had no choice but to reduce their technology budget. Read More »
Long ago, in the twitterless, 1.0 dark age of 2003, I got one of the coolest jobs in the world—I was a bookmobile driver at the Champaign Public Library. Aside from the obvious perk of getting to drive a huge bus around town, this job really gave me a perspective on how libraries can be a bridge to bring different communities together. To me, the most fulfilling part of the job was knowing that in many cases, we truly were bringing library services to people who would not have had access to them otherwise.
The bookmobile served everyone—we stopped at retirement communities and pre-schools, the most-upscale neighborhoods and the most economically challenged.
I was thinking about my old job because I stumbled upon this post at No Shelf Required discussing Overdrive's Digital Bookmobile. Read More »
In the culture of the Internet, the sound byte and 24/7 cable news networks, as soon as something is praised, it gets torn down and trounced. This process has accelerated so quickly that it sometimes seems like the two things are happening simultaneously. This has definitely been the case with Cuil As soon as Cuil developed a mainstream media buzz, the mainstream media was there to kill the buzz, declaring it "No Threat to Google". As anyone who watches cable news knows, it can be tough to have a conversation when all you've got is two diametrically opposed sides screaming their heads off at one another. Read More »
If you've been adding comments to our posts recently, you may have noticed that your comments, once added, disappear into the abyss. This morning, one of our more vigilant bloggers noticed this and let us know. It turns out that when we switched over to Drupal, we did not configure our "comments" settings the way that we wanted to, and all of our comments were sent to a queue where they were waiting for approval. Since we didn't know that, it seemed to us that no one was commenting. So for the past couple of months we've been in the ironic position of wishing our readers would comment more on our posts, while our readers were wondering why we weren't allowing them to comment.
For anyone who has been confused by this unfortunate situation, please know that we not only allow comments on the site, we absolutely encourage them. Facilitating an open and ongoing dialogue, and allowing unfettered reader comments is a huge part of that. As of today we have reconfigured the site so that you can comment all you want. We've even posted the comments that had been waiting in the queue. Read More »
You don't have to Ask Jeeves to know that a lot of search engines have come and gone since the web went mainstream. While in the past we may have yahooed, hot botted or altavista'd our way around the web, today there is no question that Google is king. Even if Google isn't your preferred search engine, it's hard to deny that it is the most popular engine, an industry standard and an unparalleled innovator. Google has been on top of the world for some time, but the race for something newer, bigger and better never stops.
Enter Cuil. Designed by a group of engineers and programmers who were instrumental in developing Google itself, this new search engine was launched today with the goal of "solv[ing] the two great problems of search: how to index the whole Internet—not just part of it—and how to analyze and sort out its pages so you get relevant results." Cuil claims to index 120 billion web pages--3 times more than Google. It also boasts an innovative, customizable search results interface that is markedly different from the interface on Google or anything seen on previous search engines. Read More »
It seems like the role that gaming plays in libraries is expanding exponentially. What once seemed like a trend is now a deeply entrenched part of our profession. Gaming is playing a bigger and bigger role in academic, public and school libraries all over the world and librarians are not only increasing their gaming content and its availability, but are also using it prominently in library programming and public service.
Our colleagues have been working hard to keep up with constantly evolving technology and increasing demand, while trying to ensure that there is a method to the madness of the gaming world. Gaming played its largest ever part in the 2008 ALA Annual convention, with hoards of librarians attending gaming-related programs, meeting with vendors and participating in the open gaming night at the Anaheim Hilton. The blogosphere is abuzz with positive feedback about this year's programming. Read More »
Now that we've all recovered from the conference and our California suntans have faded away, we're ready to share our conference experience with the rest of the world.
The 2008 ALA Annual Conference was a huge success. Attendance was excellent, the programming was outstanding and the technology available to members was unprecedented.
In the coming weeks we'll be taking a look back at the conference as our bloggers reflect on what they saw and learned. We'll also be posting links to some of the presentations, audio, video and photos from the conference, so if you weren't able to make it, you can still get a taste of what you missed. Read More »
Earlier this week, some of our colleagues at Booklist became Internet-celebrities when the video "Booklist Editors Read for Fun 2007" became a spotlight video on YouTube.
The video got me thinking about how YouTube has the potential to be a powerful vehicle for Reader's Advisory and for library services in general. As it turns out, libraries all over the country are way ahead of me, and are already using YouTube to post book reviews, book discussions, and even guides to Reader's Advisory. Read More »
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Run Me to Death
A wild run helps the author rediscover the joy of trail running
One Friday afternoon at work at the Fleet Feet store in Bend, Oregon, I mentioned to my boss, Rod Bien, ...
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One Friday afternoon at work at the Fleet Feet store in Bend, Oregon, I mentioned to my boss, Rod Bien, about plans for an 18-mile trail run the next day.
"Hey! I'm doing 20 up at Smith Rock tomorrow. Why don't you join me?" Rod replied excitedly.
Oh crap. I consider myself a decent runner, but definitely a mere mortal compared to Rod Bien, a professional ultrarunner who has finished over 50 ultramarathons, including two sub-20-hour finishes at the prestigious Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. Perhaps more impressive is that he once ran 30 miles one day and another 20 miles the next day ... on a treadmill.
My legs went rubbery at the thought of trying to keep up with this endurance fiend for 20 fast miles, but I was afraid to turn him down. I searched my mind for a believable excuse before blurting, "Uh, it may be too ambitious for me to run that far with you."
"What? Come on!" Rod said, which is runner-speak for, "What are you, a wuss?"
My fate was sealed. That night, while packing my gear for the run that would surely kill me, I grabbed my maximum-caffeine energy gels, figuring I needed every possible advantage. Lying in bed that night, my mind ran through various hypothetical scenarios, none of them good.


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Honeybee workers will sting humans and domesticated animals in defense of themselves or their hive. A single sting is painful but not dangerous unless the target is allergic to the venom, in which case it can be life threatening. Otherwise, it takes about 20 stings per kilogram of body weight to be life threatening.

Each subspecies of Apis mellifera has different behavioral patterns in regards to intruders near or around the hive. The African subspecies are particularly aggressive. One of them, Apis mellifera scutellata, was accidentally released in South America, and has spread north to the southern United States. This is the "killer bee." It is notable for having a much higher aggressive response to disturbance -- more workers attack than in other subspecies, and they pursue targets much longer than European bees do. The spread of these bees made beekeeping much more expensive and complicated, and the aggressive bees caused many deaths. (Adjare, 1990; Sammataro and Avitabile, 1998)

Negative Impacts: Injures Humans; Injures Humans :: bites or stings; Injures Humans :: venomous


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Saturday, May 26, 2012 - Badminton World Federation
Modern, strong, efficient - the Badminton World Federation (BWF) have launched its new corporate logo with these anchoring principles which symbolises the direction the Federation is taking the sport towards.
'Facelift' is the underlying theme in Wuhan where the 2012 Citroen BWF Thomas and Uber Cups Finals and the BWF Members Forum and Annual General Meeting are concurrently held.
Following the launch of the new BWF technical officials' attire sponsored by Doublestar at the Finals this week, the new BWF logo is unveiled today by the BWF President, Dr Kang Young Joong, at the 2nd BWF Members Forum.
Six years ago, the BWF have changed its name from International Badminton Federation to the Badminton World Federation. Then in 2007, the BWF launched a new logo depicting the new name.
At the BWF Annual General Meeting in Wuhan, a new 5-year strategic plan (2012-2016) for the sport was shared with the BWF Council, Members and observers who attended.
BWF President Dr Kang Young Joong said: "After working hard for the past five years and with an eye looking ahead to a more prosperous and stable future, that we have launched the new strategic plan to give all of us a clear guide to all our stakeholders on the direction, mission and vision of badminton safely through the next Olympic cycle."
"The plan is both dynamic and ambitious - it sets out the goals and directions that we want to take, together as a family, to develop badminton to the next level," Dr Kang added. "It is therefore timely to launch a new BWF brand identity that personifies the stability, ambition and synergy on BWF's striving against higher goals – just like our athletes who have dedicated their lives to improve their skills and set higher goals for themselves."
Dr Kang concluded: "Mindful of the experiences of the past and lessons of the present, I am excited about the future and I seek the support of all the Member Associations to raise the standards that we set ourselves and embrace the challenges ahead of us. And the launch of our new logo is just one of many steps in that direction."
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Face: Combination of Laser Resurfacing and Brow Lift Achieves Maximum Reduction of 'Crow's Feet' Wrinkles
NEW YORK, NY (May 2, 1997) — Laser skin resurfacing has greatly enhanced the aesthetic plastic surgeon's ability to rejuvenate the upper and lower eyelid areas, plus the difficult-to-treat "crow's feet" wrinkles. Many patients have laser treatments without undergoing any additional surgical procedures at the same time and are happy with the results. Laser treatments are also frequently done in conjunction with eyelid surgery to further smooth the lids. However, according to a report presented at the 30th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, May 2-7 in New York, the most dramatic improvement in crow's feet wrinkles often can be achieved by a combination of laser resurfacing and a brow lift.
Aesthetic eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, has long been the traditional method of improving the appearance of the eyelid area. Sometimes a brow lift, performed either through an incision across the top of the head or through several tiny scalp incisions using an endoscope, may be done if the eyebrows sag or are positioned low over the upper eyelids. However, these procedures do not improve skin texture, pigment spots and other problems related to sundamage.
The carbon dioxide laser has the ability to markedly improve the crepey or wrinkled appearance of the lower and upper eyelid skin. It also achieves some degree of skin tightening. Laser treatments easily can be combined with other cosmetic procedures to enhance their results. The report presented at the ASAPS meeting analyzed the before and after treatment photographs of over 100 patients who had undergone various combinations of laser resurfacing, eyelid surgery and brow lift. The photographs represented a postoperative follow-up of six months to two years. Improvement was rated as "excellent" if there was a 95-100% reduction in crow's feet wrinkles around the eyes. A 75-94% reduction was rated as "very good."
"Of the patients who received laser resurfacing of the skin alone, 70% had very good or excellent results," says plastic surgeon Thomas L. Roberts III, MD, author of the study. "Combining skin resurfacing with a brow lift was even better; the results of 100% of patients receiving this combination of treatments were rated very good or excellent. On the other hand, combining laser resurfacing with eyelid surgery did not improve the crow's feet wrinkles to any greater extent than resurfacing alone. The eyelid surgery did, however, improve the puffy bags beneath the eyes."
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It all depends on "how" vegan you are. I've always been in it for the animals, and I'm the kind who won't sit at a table if there's anything remotely dead on it.
But if vegans start rejecting omnivores, that steps on the whole higher life philosophy.
Er, I don't take any supplements. I have soya milk, sure, that's been fortified veganly with B12, so if you count that, ok, but I don't take anything.line wrote:Problem is that a lot of scientists claim (organic) meat, eggs and fish/seafood are primary ingredients in a healthy diet. Afterall, vegans have to take some supplements..
Not at all eating animals or their byproducts is more of a ethical and enviromental matter as long as there is "healthy organic free range meat" available on the market. The only experts claiming this is unhealthy for you to eat are the ones who have moral and/or envioromental issues about it. ..and I believe they all (both the pro's and the anti's) twist their facts to fit eigther their moral standards or whoever employed them.
Agree! I've been asked out in the supermarket a few times, I take one look in their basket, see the meat, and I'm like 'er, no', even before I've bothered to really check out the rest of him!estaphuam wrote:I wasn't personally demurring what you were saying In actuality, I agree with everything you say.
For me, since I am not in a relationship, and was not in one when I became vegan, I would never consider an omnivore for a partner, nor am I too big on socializing around omnivores because it simply becomes impossible.
My concern about vegans rejecting omnivores stems from my behaviour as well. I found that even unconsciously I tend to shy away from a person eating meat. Is it fair? no. But is it natural? Most definitely.
LuxuryGreen wrote:That was before I made out with someone who had just eaten a McDonald's hamburger!
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The Columbus Dispatch - November 21, 2012 11:43 AM
Giant Eagle is reprising double Fuelperks on gift card purchases in the Columbus area... just in time for Black Friday.
The Pittsburgh-based grocery chain ended its 20-cent gasoline discount for each $50 gift card purchase in early October, saying the double Fuelperks offer was promotional and excluded the Columbus market from other gift card incentives.
Columbus had been the only area where Giant Eagle paid double gas incentives on gift card purchases.
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Everyone is invited, newbies, oldies...new to tea, old to tea...hmmm, what a curious thought!!! This would make a great TeaDay TeaPoll question and topic.
How long have you been drinking tea, seriously??? That is the official question, but please fill in the blanks a little, share your personal TeaStory with everyone. You can hit upon when you first started, how and when you became serious...and even why you turned to tea.
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Anyways there is already a thread for world firsts:
Heart of fear world firsts heroics thread!
Anyways there is already a thread for world firsts:
Heart of fear world firsts heroics thread!
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Why are you people whining about the past? The here and now is that they got the boss down. Nothing else needs to be said.
It is just silly all these people engaging in e-peen contests by proxy on behalf of the guilds that did or did not skip bosses. Vizier was overtuned and naturally got hotfixed, a few guilds who were unlikely to take out world first Empress in any case skipped Vizier and accepted that this meant they wouldn't get to down HM Empress in the first week. We will almost certainly see the usual suspects complete a full clear before the end of this lockout. So... so what? Grats to Method, grats to those guilds that skipped the first boss and got some early kills, grats to whoever takes the crown at the end of the week. Shrug.
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Yeah, by that logic, every guild who failed to clear all of FL in the first week on heroic = not even in the race. That means even Paragon wasn't *in the race* after the first raid week ended. I mean, we can say that for Ulduar, Icecrown Citadel, hell any instance in recent memory.failing to kill a boss on heroic = not even in the race.
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Blizzard at is finest <3And here's the World fist/third on Blade Lord Ta'yak by Method. As expected it took all of 50 minutes! Now let0s see
"3 pulls for 2nd boss, not sure if heroic or normal" - Sco, GM of Method
Well Artica and Why So Serious weren't going to get it anyway. Artica is probably just stoked that they got WF on 2 bosses.


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The University of Alaska aviation programs at Anchorage and Fairbanks both offer maintenance training, and have airplanes to work on. But nothing like this… In late February, FedEx donated two fully functional Boeing 727s that are being retired from their fleet – one to each program. The aircraft will provide the students (our future mechanics) the opportunity to have hands-on training on a fully functional transport category airplane. These aircraft are part of a larger FedEx program that has distributed over sixty aircraft to schools, airports, museums or other organizations across the nation in the past couple years. But the exciting part had to do with the arrival of the aircraft at the two Alaskan airports.
Merrill Field Arrival
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) aviation program is located at Merrill Field, the largest GA airport in Alaska. It took an exemption from the Municipality of Anchorage to authorize the 727 to land at there, which normally limits aircraft landing weight to 12,500 pounds. The delivery also had to occur during the winter while the ground was frozen to accommodate the landing weight without damaging the runway. Quite a crowd was on hand to watch the much-stripped-down aircraft make two practice approaches and then put the wheels down "on the numbers" (see the photo). Observers indicated that the aircraft was down to taxi speed by the time it reached the control tower which according to Google Earth is about 2,100 feet, using just over half of the 4,000 runway. (News video of the landing).
Fairbanks International Airport Arrival
Fairbanks was a different story. Fairbanks International Airport, where the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) aviation program is located, does it all—from the Russian Antonov An-225 freighter, to a Supercub on floats, the airport has runways that support jumbo jets, corporate, air taxi and general aviation with two paved runways, a gravel runway used by ski planes in the winter and a float pond. The university recently acquired a hangar on the general aviation side of the airport, which provided the space to be able to accommodate the 727. While the landing itself was not as exciting, given the 11,000 foot air carrier runway, it was the first time any jet that I am aware of was marshaled into the gate by a polar bear (See photo). The Nanook is the mascot of UAF. No ordinary bear, this one is also a multi-talented UAF employee named Ted E. Bear, who had the credentials to perform this task. (OK, that is just the name he uses when in character.)
Two records were set in Fairbanks: It was the first time any jet was marshaled by a polar bear, and the first time a FedEx jet had taxied up to a passenger jet bridge, according to David Sutton, FedEx Managing Director of Aircraft Acquisition. The aircraft was subsequently towed across the airport, along the ski-strip to its current location on the GA side of the field. I still do a brief double take when I drive onto the GA side of the airport, and look up to see a FedEx 727 pointed at me!
Benefits to the students
Other than having a big, shiny jet liner parked at the school, how will this help the program? The aircraft will provide hands-on training for the students on systems associated with transport category aircraft. This is much better than only learning through computer-based training materials, according to UAF program coordinator Kevin Alexander. Both UAA and UAF's program have lacked large aircraft experience in the past. UAA's maintenance track is headed up by Paul Herrick, who indicated that their graduates have a 100 percent placement. "They are all over the state and in high demand," he said.
How did this happen?
We should realize this didn't just happen. The ball started rolling with Nicolas Yale, Senior Manager Northwest Region, FedEx Express, who serves on the UAA Aviation Advisory Board. Dee Hanson, Executive Director of the Alaska Airmen's Association, who also serves on the board, spoke up and asked if they didn't have two aircraft available, so that both UAA and UAF programs could take advantage of this opportunity. To thank her for her role in this effort, UAF presented Dee with a framed copy of a photo of the FedEx aircraft arriving in Fairbanks signed by the most important stakeholders of all—the students in the aviation technology program. A big thank you to FedEx, and all the players that made this investment in our students, and the future of aviation!


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Levana Safe N' See Advanced Night Vision Video Baby Monitor
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The 12-ID-B beamline dedicated to SAXS, simultaneous SAXS/WAXS, GISAXS, and TRSAXS for both solids and solutions. In situ experiments are facilitated with ancillary equipment including furnaces, gas and liquid flow systems, stop-flow, high pressure, and burners.
Horizontal and vertical mirrors with 2 sets of slits deliver photons higher than 1E12 in the size of beam about 200 (H) x 10(V) um^2.
12-ID-B uses Linux workstation running SPEC and EPICS applications. Data acquisition can be done as fast as 30 frames/second. At about 4m sample to detector distance, the q range is about 0.002 ~ 0.5 /A from SAXS detector and 0.7 ~ 2.6/A from WAXS detector that is off centered. Data reduction will be done automatically without requiring user interruption. Data viewer and analysis tools are built on Matlab or Igor frame.
Data analysis suite allowing massive in-situ data analysis is available.
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Such interventions would bring about, if not exactly artificial climates, then certainly synthetic ones.control over the physical world. Hominid mastery of fire in the Paleolithic brought about radical changes in the possibilities for human life, and the manufacture of antibiotic drugs in the 20th century opened up a wide range of new medical treatments that have reduced suffering and extended human life. Designing self-replicating cells and re-tuning global climate may therefore appear as inevitable developments in our ingenuity and our ability to manipulate the world around us.
Concerns arise from the brute fact that there is only one climate system with which to experiment.creating synthetic climates through solar radiation management (less so with carbon dioxide removal) introduces a range of additional concerns not shared with microscopic cellular manipulation. These concerns arise from the brute fact that there is only one climate system with which to experiment, and it is the one we live with. If it is planetary-scale manipulation of climate that is desired — and it is — then experimentation has to be conducted on a planetary scale to prove the effectiveness — or not — of the technology.
Some argue solar radiation management should be available in the event of a climate emergencydeployment of solar radiation management taking place? Many commentators have drawn attention to the multi-layered issues of financing, ethics, governance, geopolitics, and public opinion that surround most of these solar radiation intervention technologies. These were very much to the fore at the recent Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies in California earlier this year.
If the politics of Kyoto proved intractable, wait and see the geopolitics of engineering synthetic climates.argue about how long the initial aerosol injection should continue — for 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years. Against a background of vociferous, and at times violent, globally-coordinated public campaigns (both in favor and against such intervention), the Security Council votes 11-2 in favor, with 2 abstentions. The deployment will proceed for a one-year period, after which a full evaluation will be conducted.
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Forza Horizon 2
Race through a massive wide-open world featuring dramatic weather and day-to-night cycle in Forza Horizon 2. Instantly connect with friends in the ultimate celebration of speed, style, and action-packed driving. Explore beautiful and exotic locations in more than 200 of the world's greatest cars, all created with precise detail in stunning 1080p.
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Asphalt 8: Airborne
With more than 120 million downloads, the best mobile arcade racing game series reaches a new turning point! Perform dynamic, high-speed aerial stunts with more than 90 licensed dream cars in an intense driving experience powered by a brand-new physics engine.
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Need for Speed
With over 20 years of history in its rear view mirror, Need for Speed returns with a reboot that delivers on what Need for Speed stands for - rich customization, authentic urban car culture, a nocturnal open world, and an immersive narrative that drives your NFS game.
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Mario Kart 7
The seventh installment of the fan-favorite Mario Kart franchise brings Mushroom Kingdom racing fun into glorious 3D. For the first time, drivers explore new competitive kart possibilities, such as soaring through the skies or plunging to the depths of the sea. New courses, strategic new abilities and customizable karts bring the racing excitement to new heights.
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Mario Kart 8
Turn your racing experience upside down! Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise comes to the Wii U console in full HD, introducing new racing circuit designs and anti-gravity karts that will have players driving upside down. And for the first time, all of Bowser's seven Koopalings are playable characters-- get a taste of being bad on the race track by playing as Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy and Wendy. Players will also enjoy a variety of series-favorite features, including the return of 12-player online competitive play, hang-gliders, underwater racing and motorbikes.
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise. Most Wanted allows players to select one car and compete against other racers in three types of events: Sprint races, which involves traveling from one point of the city to another, Circuit races, each having two or three laps total and Speed runs, which involve traversing through a course in the highest average speed possible. There is also the Ambush races, which start with the player surrounded by cops and tasked to evade their pursuit as quickly as possible.
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Need for Speed: World
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles, unique radio stations playing hit songs from the era and an intense atmosphere, GTA: Vice City offers valuable insight into the excess and mob life of '80's Miami.


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Bonfire and Roping FunPosted Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 10:42 AM
We had another 'Bonfire" and play evening tonight. We never really know who will come, but it's always fun. I was a bit worried about the weather, but it was considerate and only semi sprinkled a bit. The hotdogs, chorizos, and stuff were perfect! Again, memories made.... What could be better? Certainly not inside watching tv!
In the background, is my Dad watching over us, making sure we behave as near adultlike as possible. It almost never happens in reality, but he keeps hope up.
Keith is learning how to rope, kind of
Here comes Jilly to show him how. Along with Donna
I give a tiny bit of demonstration, but alas, I'm not good at it, but I like doing it, and it's fun..... you never know who I might rope. My dogs quit hanging around when the ropes come out....I guess they think I will aim at them. Guilty as charged. Note, that I have a PINK rope? Of course!
Al has been to a 4-H Leader meeting. She had to give a speech today, and she just got done showing me her speech. I'm impressed! Atta girl!
This was a bonfire after all...so hot dogs are being eaten!
I do believe Donna is a natural!
My sister, in a very pensive mood. Probably wondering what to put on her hot dog!
Keith has caught himself a steer!
Bryce being ...well...being Bryce...with a Cheeto face
That right there, is two grown boys about to raise Evan's Gas Powered Remote Control Helicopter up in the sky.
Evan tells me "I don't play those games" when I try to heel him. I of course tell him "Around here you do!" Though, in a way he was right, I missed
Part of what's fun about kids is, they fight when they get roped....but we have NO MERCY. Everyone is fair game.
Bryce says it's about time clean up the mess
Jilly had already ridden earlier, but Al wanted to ride, so they climbed up on these soaking wet horses and rode for a bit.
Another successful bon fire. We did get rained on a bit, but we moved everything under a big tree and waited it out. And then the sun shone brilliantly, and made for a perfect evening for fun.
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Speaking of Pink, have changed my Avatar, showing my pink vest. And what I typically do. Photograph. This is at a branding last Saturday.
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, Apr 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM
Pinnk is the new black....if you ask me. Always has been. I'm a girly girl in many ways.... and ridiculously NOT a girly girl in many ways. My saddle blankets usually have pink.... jacket, vest.... hats.... In a group of cowboys I can be spotted amongst the dirt, chinks, sweaty horse...by my "Breast Cancer Pink Ribboned" saddle bag, or some other give away.
I've always loved pink...all shades, but since I lost my sister to Breast Cancer, I'll buy just about anything pink. I have things I didn't need ...still packaged, in pink.
Your wife rocks! BTW
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Wed, Apr 18, 2012, at 8:07 AM
They are not embarrassing. They are just showing the fun we have. if you didn't know what a rope WAS, that would be embarrassing. Roping takes a bit of practice and experience. You'll be amazed how quickly you can pick it up. No worries
And it was great to have you come and meet my family and friends. At times... we're all just a bunch of children!
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Tue, Apr 17, 2012, at 1:50 PM
That was a GREAT time. Thank you guys sooooo much for inviting us! It was really nice getting to meet some of your family and friends too. I'm gonna be practicing all week on my roping... Some of those pictures are just embarrassing! :)
-- Posted by KentuckyTransplant on Tue, Apr 17, 2012, at 1:35 PM
Exactly, I don't really care for hot dogs, but they are good this way. Though I also make chorizos.... LOVE LOVE LOVE them!
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Tue, Apr 17, 2012, at 11:01 AM
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Topic: [Memcached] deleting group/type of cached keys.
Hey all,
I am using Rails 2.1 with memcached 1.2.2 (Both outdated but upgrading is not an option...)
Right now we are storing a number of html pages for every user.
In the normal Rails cache store we can save it like this
Rails.cache.fetch("users_home_#{user_page_id}") do "html page content"; end
Now we come to our problem. We would like to clear the cache for al pages but not the rest of the cache ofcourse.
So we would like to delete all the users_home_<id> keys for example
The user database got 1 million users and every user got more or less 3 pages, so to delete all the users_home_<id> would be a long loop with a lot of deleting with non existed memcached keys
Does somebody has know how it is possible to build the cache like this: [:users_home][:user_page_id]
And to delete your cache like this:
or is it possible to tag memcached keys. For example
Rails.cache.write('user_page_id', "html content" {:tag => "users_home"}
Thanks a lot in advanced.
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'Win It' Wednesday: Pig Salt Shakers
I'd be willing to bet my lucky four-leaf clover that carrying a rabbit's foot only brings nightmares of screaming cottontails. On the other hand, I do believe the folks who say that these delightful little three-legged pigs will bring good luck to giftees. I mean, just look at them:
I get giddy when I imagine the good fortune that I'll receive after I toss a handful of salt from my lucky piggy salt shaker over my shoulder. I'll have to wait until my birthday rolls around in June to score my own set (hint, hint), but you can receive yours much sooner just by telling us about a superstition that you just can't shake. Don't have one? Make one up. I did: Whenever Tim and I are out and about and a streetlight burns out over our heads, I plant one on his kisser. I know it's corny, but we don't see many shooting stars here in the city.
You know you want 'em, so post a comment that gets us feeling superstitious and you might win. We've got one set to give away to the person who posts the most creative entry.
The contest ends on March 3, 2010, and we'll choose one winner on March 5, 2010. Be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions, as you're agreeing to both by commenting.
Good luck!
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These are SO COOL! I absolutely love how they look wittled! :0 Great wood coloring as well! Fingers and toes crossed! 😀
I love those piggies. For some reason I'm involved, this month, with "salt pigs" of various sorts and these are the ultimate charmers. I am still superstitious about getting rid of stuff. As in: never get rid of your maternity clothes; you'll be sure to need them as soon as you do (that one, um, was too true for me).
My mom brought me one of those little pig's. Now I see that they are salt shakers. Anyway when she brought it to me I needed good luck Financially mostly. I got a bad vibe when I saw it. A year or so later we talked about how my luck has gotten worse and we don't know what to do with it! It just doesn't feel right. We thought maybe we should bury it but I'm afraid to like something bad will happen. I just saw it again in a drawer. I hate to say it but I just don't feel comfortable with it still and I don't know what to do. I just started to look up on the internet if others have gotten bad luck from it. I just found this forum. My "luck" gets worse every year it seems. I love animals I love pigs. I don't want to make a mistake by getting rid of it. Everyone here is saying how cute they are! I'm not usually superstitious. Any suggestions what I should do? I feel like a proper burial would be good but I don't know! Maybe I should put salt in it put him on a shelf and try to love him. UGGH! I'd love to talk this out please help. Thanks.
nice shakers pigs have feelings too
For me it's pennies. I always pick them up and say they are pennies from heaven. Thanks for having the contest!
i knock on wood when something is good and don't want to jinx it
If you sneeze say bless you.
I don't open umbrellas in the house step on cracks cross black cats on the street I do the sign of the cross when I see car wrecksanyone is serious danger and I never kill spiders or any other bugs because I believe even the smallest bad karma will come back on you.
they are so cute
If you spill the salt shaker always sprinkle salt in your hand and throw it over your shoulder so you won't have bad luck.
I am always superstitious about saying things. For example when the baby is asleep I will never say "I can't believe he is still asleep" because then he will wake up.
Always follow your instincts…even if it's something as small as letting your car warm up for an extra 3 seconds because those 3 seconds could delay you long enough to keep you from getting into a car accident around the corner
An old Indian superstition if you hear the owl call your name you're going to die.
Old german superstition Shake your pursewallet when you hear the kuckuck for the first time in spring you will have money in your wallet all year!
One superstitious belief I've heard is that if you want to get rid of a wart rub an apple that you've peeled and feed it to a pig. It does show you how valuable pigs are. We need to feed them and they'll keep us wart free. bgcchsatyahoodotcom
I have been told this is LUCKY and it has happened to 3 times over the last 20 years. A Bird takes a dump and it lands on your bare skin gross…warm slimmy and pastey. Once at the beach on my bare back once while eatting at an outdoor cafe right on my shoulder and once while riding my bike a splattered mess all over my neck and shoulder area.
When I eat nuts I have to chew one nut on the left side and then one nut on the right side. Not sure if that's a superstition or just OCD.
ALWAYS play a craps table if there is an old man with a hat playing. Try it you'll win!
I'd love to have this my bday is coming up.
I never put up or display pictures or art work depicting battle and war scenes at home. My parents told me that they bring negative influences in the house and cause disharmony. I believe in the evil eye. One way to avert it is to hang a string of lemon and two green chillies on the object in question like your new car or outside the door of your new home. My grandma uses a fistful of rock salt to ward off the illeffects the evil eye on us and then washes it down the drain or throws it in the sea. If a cat crosses my path I have to spit and cross the path or take 7 steps backwards from the spot and then continue. I prefer the latter.
I grew up in India where there are about 27 superstitions for every person. So yeah you get the picture. That is a lot of superstitions! Culture can influence so much. But among the ones that stayed on with me When someone asks to 'pass' them the knife scissors salt or chillies I don't directly hand it over in their hands. I keep it beside them but never directly pass it on or else I'll have miserable fights with himher.I'd rather tell them to get it themselves unless I want to pick a fight deliberately! So it'd be swell to have these piggy shakers people can gladly grab the salt themselves I don't cut my nails or hair on Tuesdays or Fridays and any day after sun down. Else the evil monsters will come and get me when the Gods are asleep. I never call back at someone once they're out the door. And NEVER ask "Where are you going?" especially if they look like they're ready to step out. It's bad luck and whatever they're out to do will turn out pretty bad. I have to wash my hair after my period. And one doesn't touch pickle or a pickle jar the spicy Indian kind when one is menstruating. Apparently the pickle will go bad. Someone else who obviously isn't on their cycle can serve it to you though. I can't taste something from a main dish and put the used spoonspatula back into it. You can only do that to whatever is on your plate. No saliva mixing! I can't even share a bottledrink from someone else. No common tastings basically. Before I'm about to do an important task like go for a job interview or take an important exam eating a spoonful of curd or plain yogurt is good luck. If I step on a book even accidentally I have to touch it with my fingers and then touch my eyes as if paying my respects to the book i.e. to knowledge. I actually do the same 'apology' gesture with paper money and people too. As a kid I was told that I would get snakes on my legs if I didn't do that after stepping on someone! And in India it is common to see people do similar gestures they generally bring their hands to their hearts or eyes when they accidentally step on someone else. Although I don't believe they all believe the snake story. If I see 2 mynahs together it's a lucky day. 1 mynah is unlucky. And my personal secret superstition is that I have to do everything to the count of 9. Like when I'm cooking for example I'll add the spices in 9 installments or when I'm controlling the volume I'll have it on a number that's a multiple of 9 or the sum of the digits add up to 9 like 36 or 54. I've now listed 9 superstitions. Darn it isn't a secret any more?!
I don't know how they manage to get in but if a cricket gets in my house everyone no matter if it's just friends visiting are not allowed to harm it. Crickets supposedly entering a house bring good luck. Plus I think they're cute!
Some things I was told while growing up If you look in the mirror too often one day you will see the devil if you hit your mother your hand will keep falling out of the coffin when you die if a baby is born with a caul still on his head it will be psychically gifted when you see a funeral twist a button three times for luck when a white spot on your fingernail reaches the tip you will get a surprise…A friend of mine was convinced you should never buy shoes for someone you love because they will walk right out of your life. My husband got me into kissing the tips of my fingers touching them to the visor whenever we go through a yellow traffic light. I still do the typical stuff like avoid walking under ladders tossing spilled salt over my shoulder wish on stars pick up heads up pennies only if something goes between me a friend while walking I think "bread butter" I must send out those darned email chain letters…So many things!!
I try not to name my pets after dead characters on t.v. shows for fear they'll meet an untimely ending. I named a kitten after a dead character and he had a fatal accident. But I did name my puppy after the dog I used to doggysit who had just passed away. I wanted to honor her.
When I was little I was convinced I could make a wish on green MMs.
Just try remodeling and not walking under a ladder.
I have two wonderful superstitions we all should follow Killing spiders means unwanted company or how I like to think of it it means unwanted feeling of guilt because spiders definately deserve to live Never buy pearls or you will cry for a life time pearls are the pride and joy of a clam and they put their heart into making them so taking one is like breaking a heart so that is why you would cry for a lifetime because you are the owner of a broken heart
I love those piggies.
Black cats bring bad luck. The only luck my black cat Cleocatra brought me was good luck and a lot of love and devotion.
When I see my birth year it's good luck
An old wives tale was once Take a live spider and roll it in butter. Swallow. Your sore throat will be gone. OK 1st of all HOW can you ROLL a spider a LIVE one in BUTTER!? Secondly I'd probably choke on it and die so yes my sore throat would be gone and thirdly would the spider not be wriggling around in your stomach? Poor thing but… ew. O Now if you used those salt and pepper shakers to spice up the buttered spider it would make no difference.
I make sure the covers are over my feet when I am sleeping.
I love your Piggies I Win!
I have many superstitions I always sleep with a pair of socks at night. I don't know why really. I leave at least one of the houselights on at nighttime when I sleep so I can guide the angels and spirits in my life. If I spill salt I always throw salt over my shoulder. If I get a scary chain letter as a text I always forward them. Treat others the way you want to be treated. I also think that if a cat sneezes once an illness such as the cold or flu will spread to all of the members of the home. But if a a cat sneezes three times a death of a nearby family member will occur. If a dog howls at the front door a stranger will try and enter. I don't believe that black cats are evil but I do believe 7 is lucky 13 is unlucky if you walk under a ladder you get bad luck.
I always have to have the volume on the tv or radio in increments of 5..if my husband puts it on 23 or 17I can't stand it!..it has to be 20 or 25
they are wonderful
NEVER open an umbrella indoors. Thanks for the chance. mogrillcomcast.net
i have several superstitions…i throw salt over my shoulder if i spill it i switch my daughters socks if i put the wrong shoe on the wrong foot i even kiss my hand and hit the roof of my car if i go through a yellow light and i still lift my feet when i go over rail road tracks…but the one that drives everyone around me crazy especially my husband is i DO NOT split paths while walking next to someone…for instance if my husband and i are walking to my car from our back door and he walks on one side of the car ports weight bearing posts and i walk on the other side it will FREAK ME OUT!!! i will make him come back around the post to be on my path…or i will go around the other side…i'm like that with cars too…i HAVE to follow someone to their side and wait for them to get in…I AM BEING SOOOO VERY SERIOUS!!! i feel bad sometimes because like i mentioned earlier this drives my husband INSANE!!! i don't know why i'm like this…i've had this superstition for as long as i can remember…people have said it's a form of ocd…i don't believe them…it's my "quirk…" my superstition…you should see us when we're walking our four dogs and baby…i'm pushing a giant jogger stroller my small dog is always latched onto the mommy hook on the strollers handle one leash is around my arm and my husband has the other two dogs…sometimes he will walk on the other side of a hydrant parked car or lamp post and guess what happens??? yep…because i'm not pushing that stroller around the hydrant post or parked car…well…that's it…you better not be laughing…please???
Never kiss the television because you won't have any babies. I still remember this from my mother.


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Gabrielle Union looks stunning with her long and beautiful dark brown locks accentuated by a few discreet copper highlights. Her lovely fringe curls down perfectly over her right eye without obstructing her vision yet still giving her a mysteriously attractive and seductive look. It is not a wonder that African Americans look up to Ms. Union for inspiration when it comes to hair trends for black women.
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Gulfstream Expands Aircraft Parts Agreement in India
Gulfstream has signed an exclusive aircraft spare parts consignment agreement with Air Works, a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company with locations throughout India.
(Gulfstream 550. Photo, courtesy of Gulfstream.)
Air Works will provide warehousing and delivery of spare parts to Gulfstream customers in the region under the agreement. In April, Gulfstream began storing parts at the Air Works warehouse adjacent to Bengaluru International Airport. The company expects the value of its inventory of Gulfstream parts to reach $15 million by the end of this year.
"By having inventory in India, we can expedite delivery of parts to domestic and in-transit customers, quite possibly saving hours or even days," said Derek Zimmerman, vice president, product support materials, Gulfstream. "This expediency can lower costs for operators and significantly reduce aircraft downtime, particularly during aircraft-on-ground situations."
Since 2001, the fleet of Gulfstream aircraft in India has grown from five to more than 20 business jets today.
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Stratford school board ups wages
Teachers in the Stratford community school will see a 4.46 percent increase in their wages, following approval of the 2013-14 master contract by the school board at their regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening. The total salary package includes a 4.71 percent increase, including health fees.
Regarding the new contract, Superintendent Sarah Binder told the board, "I'm sure the teachers would have liked a little more, and the district would have liked to pay out a little less, but that's the process. It's a fair settlement."
At the lengthy meeting the board also considered options for security cameras and keyless entry for the school. Chad Nieland of Modern Sound Engineering of Fort Dodge was at the meeting to make a presentation for the board regarding equipment and services available from his company. The board also had information from three other companies and discussed various options.
Although consensus was to move ahead with installation of a security system at the school, no decision was reached on which system met their needs best. Board members Vance Cook and Eric McGlynn agreed to review the information and make a recommendation to the rest of the board at their May meeting.
Another property matter under consideration Wednesday evening was the parking lot project. Binder had obtained bids from two companies, although the bids had wide variation because they were not based on the same specs-one to simply grade the area and one to install storm sewer and intakes.
While the city recommends that drainage from the area should be piped to the city sewer, there is concern for other homeowners' property in the area that their drains could not handle drainage from the parking lot and school roof. "We just need to look at it, to find other options. One might be not to pave the parking lot. Dirt drains," Binder told the board. "We will have to resolve the water issue so that we don't damage our property. We've invested heavily in our building, and not to have a parking lot that works is a problem."
The board reached no decision on the matter Wednesday, but Binder will be checking with three other companies regarding options for the parking lot project and may also consult with the architect.
Binder reported to the board that ground was broken on Monday for the ELC project. The construction trailer and security fence have been installed.
Also, the superintendent told the board that the school received the Paint Iowa Beautiful Grant of 20 gallons of paint from Diamond Vogel Paint. The board approved making application for P & C's School of the Year grant of $5,000, to be used for gym paint if the grant is awarded.
The project also received a boost via a donation from Stratford Stride, which hosted a community spaghetti dinner that profited $670. The group added another $1,000 to that for their total gift.
In financial matters on the agenda, the board approved Binder's recommendation to increase rates at the ELC starting this fall to cover the cost of meals, which will be included in their rates. Then a transfer from the ELC fund to the nutrition fund will be made in order to cover costs in the school's nutrition program. Breakfast and lunch prices have been increased the past two years, following federal regulations.
Tentative numbers from the early childhood open house and kindergarten roundup on April 5 are 12 children registered for four-year-old preschool and 15 children registered for kindergarten this fall.
Also, Binder said she has been notified that Head Start would no longer be able to partner with Stratford as has been the case since 2000. Head Start has lost so much funding that they are no longer able to partner with school districts.
Invitations for the extended year summer program were issued at parent-teacher conferences in early April. Binder said parents are required to indicate whether they plan to have their child(ren) participate; if not, the slots will be filled with students on the waiting list. So far, there has been a good response rate.
The 2013-14 school calendar was reviewed and approved by the board. Webster City, Stratford, and Northeast Hamilton districts are all aligning their schedules. Tuesday, August 20, is the first day of the school year.
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Kate Callahan was a track & field athlete in high school and is making a return to the sport after recently rediscovering her talents.
Callahan made her Team USA debut at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, and competed in the shot put, discus and javelin events. She finished fifth in the discus (F57), setting an American record with her 26.15-meter toss.
Callahan, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, is now a full-time wheelchair-user due to a neurological disorder and found the ability to return to competitive sport after attending the National Veterans Wheelchair Games and a USOC Paralympic Military Sports Camp.
Long-term, her sights are set on representing the U.S. at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
Major Achievements
- 2011: Bronze medal, discus (F57/58); Parapan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexico
- Member 2011 U.S. IPC Athletics World Championships Team