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Unless your mom or other significant ladies in your life work in the restaurant industry, this Sunday should be a day of pampering and relaxation for the family matriarch. Be prepared for a lot of company as Mother's day is the busiest day of the year in the industry, according to the National restaurant Association.
Saving as you splurge on Mom this Sunday doesn't have to be mutually exclusive. Here is a list of local and national places that are offering some deals that I think mom would approve (well, maybe not the Hooters offer):
Free Entree For Mom w/Drink Purchase At Hooters
**Mom must be accompanied by at least one paying adult
Buy Any Meal, Get 1 Free For Mom At Boston Market
Bonefish Grill:
Purchase $50 in gift cards, and get a free $10 bonus card. Stores will open an hour early on Mother's Day (10 a.m.) for any Bonefish fanatics.
Boston Market
: Buy any individual meal, and get one individual meal for Mom free. (Valid with any Individual Meal, Whole Sandwich, Whole Sandwich Combo, Salad Bowl or Market Bowl. )
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: Mothers receive $10 off any entrée on their next visit with the purchase of an additional entrée.
Dairy Queen:
Any mom who gives birth on Mother's Day can email a copy of her baby's birth certificate to
by noon Eastern Time on Saturday, May 31 to receive a free DQ cake. Requests must include the mother's full name, email, phone number and complete mailing address.
: Snag a free family-sized cake (in rich double chocolate chip or sweet lemon) with the purchase of a 10-piece meal or larger.
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For every $50 in gift cards purchased, receive a $10 bonus card to redeem with two adult entrees. (Bonus card redemption dates: June 30 – August 10, 2014.)
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Score a $2 coupon plus an iced coffee recipe to surprise Mom with breakfast in bed by going
Buy one, get one free Teavana Oprah Chai on Mother's Day at the coffee chain.
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: This ought to get Mom excited: Friday's is discounting wine to half-priced bottles
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After breezing through the first half of region play, the Lady Spartans survive at Juan Diego to lead region 8 with a 5-0 record and three games to go.
Talking to the players and coaches at practice the next day, all pretty much conceded that Emery did not play great defense, did not shoot well, turned the ball over too much but that they still came home win a win.
Emery was 3 for 13 on 3-point shots, 14-26 on 2-point shots and 6 for 13 at the free throw line. Emery only pulled down 14 rebounds in the game, 9 on defense and 5 on offense. Emery turned the ball over 11 times, not on steals by Juan Diego but on traveling and throwing the ball out of bounds.
Coach Steven Gordon talking to his players the next day "encouraged them to focus on basketball since there is a short time left in this season. We have got to show up to play every game. We have one goal in reach, let's go get it."
Emery led after the first quarter 12-6 but was outscored in the second period 12-8 to lead by 2 at the half. Emery won the third quarter 13-8 and the final period 8-7 to get the 8-point victory. Emery had defeated Juan Diego earlier in the season by around 40 points.
Jodi Robertson led the team with 15 points and Michonne Robertson and Meagan Pearson each added 8 points. ShiAnne Allred and Abbie Kay each scored 4 points and Frankie Komar and Lacey Montgomery each scored 1 point.
As the season nears the end, Emery has the second biggest point differential between teams at 19.12 points per game. Wasatch tops the list. Region foe Carbon is fifth in 3-A basketball.
Jodi Robertson leads the team in scoring with a 13.50 scoring average. Meagan Pearson is the only other Spartan averaging double figures with an 11.69 average. Michonne averages 9.19 and Frankie averages 5.62.
Michonne is the leading rebounder for Emery averaging 4.93 rebounds per game. Frankie leads the team in assists with 2.40 assists per game. Michonne also leads the team in steals with 2.60 per game. Jodi averages 2.53 steals per game and Meagan averages 2.27 steals per game.
The team also said that "even though it was ugly, it was still a win." It doesn't matter how they come as long as they do come. The team seemed committed to finishing the season well.
Emery will host Delta on Tuesday night and then host Carbon on Thursday night as the Dinos seek revenge for an earlier loss.


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Troy Tulowitzki is out of Friday's lineup against the Rays due to heavy legs.
Manager Terry Francona confirmed Cody Allen will close for the Indians in 2017.
Dellin Betances wasn't happy with comments made by Yankees president Randy Levine after losing his arbitration hearing.
Josh Donaldson's MRI revealed a right calf strain.
Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports that the Padres have agreed to a one-year deal with Jered Weaver.
Dellin Betances was defeated in his arbitration hearing against the Yankees and will earn $3 million in 2017.
Nick Swisher has announced his retirement from baseball and will join FOX Sports as a studio analyst for the 2017 season.
Reds signed OF Ryan Raburn to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
Adrian Gonzalez won't swing a bat for two weeks due to a bout with tennis elbow.
Tyler Austin will be in a boot for three weeks and shut down from baseball activity for six week after being diagnosed with a small fracture in his foot.
David Wright (neck) is tentatively scheduled to play catch on Sunday.
J.J. Hardy underwent an MRI on his lower back on Thursday and a CT scan on Friday.


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The coming plug-and-play health ecosystem: The health industry has long been a closed and highly-siloed system. But powerful global forces are transforming the industry into a nimble, innovative and modular ecosystem serving the consumer, with profound implications for players new and traditional.
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The frustrations and costly contradictions of today's fragmented $2.8 trillion healthcare system are well documented. But the ground is shifting rapidly, giving way to what we call the "New Health Economy."Read HRI's New Health Economy essay.
A horse-and-buggy in a world contemplating driverless cars, US healthcare's consumer payment system is an inefficient antique. Much can be done in the near-term to improve the system, but longer-term fixes will require a new structure for a New Health Economy.Visit HRI's Money matters website.
The US health sector's center of gravity is shifting toward consumers. New players are moving fast to capitalize on the change. These new entrants are poised to shake up the industry, drawing revenue from traditional healthcare organizations while building new markets in the burgeoning New Health Economy. HRI examined these new players, and measured the impact they are having on the industry.
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Technology companies are developing a myriad of wearable health devices that can track physical activity, monitor glucose and even sense if the user falls. What do consumers think about wearables? What are the implications for the health industry? PwC's HRI explores health wearables in its new report, Health wearables: Early Days.
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For decades, American consumers, policymakers, business leaders and healthcare professionals have experienced repeated, costly, contradictions in our $2.8 trillion fragmented system of care. Put simply, we have not gotten our money's worth.
Despite breathtaking scientific achievements, the United States has a mixed record of health outcomes. Insurance coverage is expanding but millions still lack basic care. Unnecessary procedures and administrative waste account for more than a third of spending. Productivity gains have been modest as misaligned financial incentives have rewarded inefficiency. And the purchasers of care have no easy way to compare prices or measure the value of services they buy.
But the ground is shifting rapidly, giving way to what we call the "New Health Economy™."
Technological advances, empowered consumers, disruptive new entrants, and rising demand by an aging population are ushering in a new era in healthcare. While many of those trends have been emerging for some time, never before have they been accompanied by a rapid shift in dollars, triggering major changes in behavior and fundamentally altering the business.
Today healthcare revenue flows from government and employers through third-party payers, insulating consumers from true costs. In the future, purchasers—government, employers and individuals—will direct payment to the entities providing the best value, whether it is a clinical team or a sporting goods company, a nutrition counselor or a website.
In the New Health Economy, "patients" will be "consumers" first, with both the freedom and responsibility that come with making more decisions and spending their own money. These consumers will demand a continuum of well-being, rewarding the trusted advisers that can help achieve that.
In the New Health Economy, the mere collection of data will be replaced with lightning-fast analysis delivered directly to a care team that anticipates problems before they arise. Individuals will be co-creators of their health decisions, spending more of their discretionary dollars on tools that help them live well.
In reality, the revenue opportunity in the New Health Economy is much greater than $2.8 trillion, though many more players will be fighting for their share. In one survey by PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI), consumers indicated they are willing to spend collectively up to $13.6 billion a year of their own money on medical products such as health-related video games and ratings services. At the same time, HRI estimates the ancillary health market of products and services such as personal trainers, mobile apps and vitamins generates an additional $267 billion.
Care delivery, following the move from inpatient to outpatient services, will inch ever closer to the home via retail businesses, remote monitoring and mobile devices. For incumbent health companies, the emergence of these popular technologies presents a central challenge: to partner or compete?
Successful organizations will squeeze out administrative waste, improve the health of entire communities, reduce costly errors, better manage chronic conditions, understand consumer preferences or develop targeted therapies with proven advantages for a given patient group. Transparency in cost and quality will fuel these developments.
The New Health Economy represents the most significant re-engineering of our health system since employers began covering workers in the 1930s. It goes beyond the recent period of convergence in which business roles blurred. Yes, siloes are coming down as providers, insurers and life sciences companies begin to coalesce around the pressure to demonstrate value. But in the New Health Economy, as the money flows from consumers to new players, today's siloed disease treatment industry will be replaced by a wide open health marketplace.
Remember the days of having no other option than getting in the car and driving around in search of that must-have item?
Today, consumers have a choice: the easy swipe of a finger and a package at the front door. Mobile devices, sophisticated customer segmentation and demands for convenience and transparency gave birth to new winners in industries such as publishing, entertainment, travel and banking. Money followed the innovators.
Many of the incumbents in those industries took notice too late. Now the shakeup is coming to healthcare and the sector is moving toward the traditional economic principles that govern other industries. Market forces such as robust competition, revenue based on results, and the notion that the customer is king, will play a greater role in the health and wellness space.
Venture capital firms, a leading indicator of economic trends, have diverted their healthcare dollars. Since 2007, investment in medical devices has fallen 40% while software start-ups experienced a 75% increase.
Employers, as major purchasers of care, will continue to drive change. Successful health businesses of the future will tailor strategies to this influential customer. In recent surveys, 44% of employers indicated they are considering offering only high-deductible health plans, while 45% are contemplating moving to a private insurance exchange. Defined contribution plans will likely follow.
Combined with the 51 public exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act, health insurance marketplaces signal a major change in the industry business model from today's B-to-B environment to a retail-style B-to-C approach.
Next-generation health companies will need different skill sets and investments. Core competencies must evolve to take advantage of technological advances, delivering better clinical outcomes and improving the overall customer experience Organizations must have the courage and agility to fail frequently on their way to success, perhaps via pilots, incubators, crowd sourcing or computer modeling. Expertise in unconventional areas such as behavior change and social media take on greater importance in the New Health Economy.
Many of today's health companies have begun the journey, refashioning care delivery, tapping into Big Data, taking on more risk and forging unconventional alliances. Consider the number of insurance companies that have invested in major analytics divisions, physician group practices, affordable housing, and healthy food programs.
"We believe in this time of incredible change across the industry that a diversified portfolio matters," Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said in describing his strategy of broadening the insurer's offerings to compete in the changing landscape.
Drug companies are pursuing relationships with universities, patient groups, the makers of remote sensors and computers all with an eye toward faster, cheaper discoveries and proven value for cost-conscious purchasers.
The lines are already blurred. Health systems are securing insurance licenses. A telephone giant advertises its role in treating sick children in India and the Philippines. And drugstores are pushing deeper into care delivery.
Walgreens, for example, sells immunizations, infusion therapy, cholesterol screening and counseling for chronic conditions. The company posts prices publicly and tracks the habits of 74 million customers through a rewards program. It has formed a partnership with a lab business, aligned with nearly 200 well-known health systems, bought an online prescription company and expanded internationally through two major alliances.
These innovators—some incumbents, some newcomers and some hybrids—are sketching out the contours of the New Health Economy.
In the coming months, we will detail our vision for this new era in a series of reports. We'll calculate the revenue opportunities, illuminate the danger zones and offer practical guidance as businesses navigate a value-based, customer-centric, data-driven world. The first installment, included here, is a look at the new entrants, a cast of retail and telecommunications companies seeking first-mover advantage in the New Health Economy.
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While the smartphone remains Americans' device of choice, the tech world is creating a future of wearable devices that promises to entertain consumers, save them money and help them live healthier lives.
Technology companies' interests in health and wellness have sparked the creation of a myriad of wearable devices, from fitness bands that monitor activity and sleep patterns to flexible patches that can detect body temperature, heart rate, hydration level and more.
These devices produce data that, often enabled with analytics, can be used by consumers to manage their health and by healthcare organizations to improve care and potentially reduce costs through systems such as remote patient monitoring.
Data generated by personal devices can be used by insurers and employers to better manage health, wellness and healthcare costs, and by pharmaceutical and life sciences companies to run more robust clinical trials and capture data to support outcomes-based reimbursement. Many consumers believe wearables can dramatically improve their health.
This potential is fueling venture capital investment in digital health and wearable tech. By mid-2014, digital health startups had raised $2.3 billion, more than they raised in all of 2013. More than $200 million went to digital medical devices such as wearables.
Yet these are the early stages of the technology and product adoption lifecycle. Just one in five American adults owns a wearable, according to a national survey of 1,000 US consumers conducted by PwC in 2014. One in ten uses it every day. At the Rock Health Innovation Summit in August, Genentech CEO Ian Clark called health wearables "a bit trivial right now."
"I don't doubt that the wearable piece is going to be a productive business model for people," Clark told an audience packed with health wearables entrepreneurs. "I just don't know whether it's going to bend the curve in terms of health outcomes."
As wearable technology becomes cheaper and more sophisticated, and data quality improves, these devices and their associated apps will become a part of consumers' lives and the health ecosystem.
The devices will need to be seamlessly interoperable, more self-sufficient and free from additional steps such as syncing and powering. Companies will need to interpret and use data streaming from these devices. The software side of wearables will be emphasized as much as the hardware. Consumers will place greater value on companies that can help them use data to improve their health.
In the summer of 2014, PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI) and Consumer Intelligence Series (CIS) sought to better understand American consumers' attitudes toward wearables through a consumer survey, focus groups with technology thought leaders and interviews with executives from inside and outside of the health industry. HRI's report, Health wearables: Early days, can be read here. CIS's wearables report, which covers industries from retail to health to entertainment, can be read here.
Key findings:
Physicians at Dignity Health use Augmedix's Google Glass program to enter patient information into electronic medical records. Ochsner Health System's "O Bar" sells a curated selection of wearables and apps that can be "prescribed" by physicians.
And in September, Apple unveiled a smartwatch that can monitor heart rate and activity, one more step toward creating a one-stop-shop for health information for consumers and their healthcare providers. Apple CEO Tim Cook called the Apple Watch "the most personal device we've ever created."
A wearable world is emerging, slowly, helping build a New Health Economy.
The nation's healthcare payment system is an artifact of an earlier age, focusing for decades on perfecting business-to-business functions. American consumers were patients, not purchasers.
This is changing rapidly as individuals shoulder more of the cost of their own care. The healthcare billing and payment model must change as consumers demand systems that reflect the mobile, one-click reality of their lives.
Businesses that make this shift – offering convenient, seamless, affordable, quality, reliable and transparent billing and payment – may expect to be rewarded in the New Health Economy. They will retain more customers and attract new ones.
Hospitals, physician practices and other healthcare providers who successfully transition may collect more of their patients' bills and they may collect them more quickly. They may be able to better manage cash flow, reduce reserves for bad debt and minimize administrative costs. This shift is attracting attention from new entrants and traditional healthcare organizations, which are finding opportunity in expediting the change.
The financial services industry has led the transformation of payment systems and technology, enabling the rise of new Internet-based business models. These advances have not made it into the health business, much of which still relies on telephones and paper. The health system is fragmented, with an array of patch-like solutions and a lack of universal standards.
The industry is burdened with systems that do not work together and bills that are difficult for the average consumer to decipher. The relationship between customer, healthcare provider and insurer is complex. New billing codes, known as ICD-10, will only add to the complexity. Healthcare payment marries two of the most regulated industries in the country, compounding complexity and risk.
It is hardly surprising many consumers are unhappy. In its 2015 consumer survey, PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI) found dissatisfaction with healthcare billing and payment (see Figure 1). The one bright spot was retail pharmacies.
"People have been frustrated for many years," said Jamie Kresberg, director, product management at Citi Retail Services. Citi launched its Money2 for Health online medical bill management tool last year. "They want to view their bills, make a few clicks, pay their bills and be done."
Despite the challenges, green shoots are emerging from the system's long-dormant soil. Wal-Mart shoppers are paying $40 cash for visits to its clinics. The next generation of healthcare consumers in Atlanta are approving $100 charges for Alii Healthcare smartphone visits with emergency room doctors.
Savvy insured hospital patients are asking for self-pay and prompt pay discounts. And thanks to a partnership with healthcare payments network InstaMed, Apple Pay customers will be able to pay some medical bills with the swipe of their phones or watches.
Aetna members are managing and paying their medical bills online with Citi's Money2 for Health. Banner Health patients are receiving one bill for all of the care they receive. Innovators are contemplating and, in some cases, offering, layaway for care, loyalty programs, healthcare subscriptions and more. As Wal-Mart's Marcus Osborne told HRI, "If you build for today, you will miss tomorrow."
To create a roadmap for a new consumer healthcare payments system, HRI interviewed executives from new entrants and traditional healthcare organizations and commissioned a survey of 1,000 US adults. HRI also analyzed commercial claims from 34 million Americans in the Truven Health MarketScan® 2012 commercial claims database. Key findings include:
What this means for your business
In the short term, healthcare organizations should begin building more convenience, transparency, affordability, reliability and seamlessness into their revenue cycle and payment systems. In the longer term, healthcare payment must fall in step with other industries. The system needs more than patches, bolt-ons and retrofits: It needs structural change.


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Skip to comments.Joint Chiefs Chairman: We Can Figure Out Privacy for Young Ladies in Frontline Combat,
Posted on 01/26/2013 9:26:55 AM PST by chessplayer
(CNSNews.com) - Gen. Martin Dempsey, President Obamas chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Thursday that the U.S. military could figure out ways to preserve the privacy of young ladies serving in frontline combat units, including special forces combat units such as the Navy Seals and the U.S. Armys Delta Force.
The guy is blowing so much smoke up our ass it's coming out our ears. What a total crock.
Equal either means equal, or it doesn't.
Bullshit. The frontline is no place to worry about privacy.
What really drives me nuts is people are going to die because of this stupidity, and those responsible will not be punished for it.
There HAS to be a hidden agenda the way they are pushing this. Are they: (a) trying to ensure that our military is weakened to ensure that we can be overtaken by a foreign power, (b) trying to reduce the population, (c) trying out new pharmaceuticals to see if they really kill sexual desire?, or (d) getting ready to come out with a new cheap meat alternative that tastes like chicken but is lower in cost and is always boneless; meanwhile the military has been expecting massive casualties where distracted soldiers are walking over IEDs then blown to smithereens in such fashion that they are magically disintegrated and can't be shipped home to their family members. I know, I know...I was left alone too long as a child and developed an overactive imagination...: )
Dempsey's argument is completely divorced from reality, as just a small amount of honest reflection would reveal. The problem is these high-ranking generals are, for the most part, no longer soldiers but politicians themselves. They don't want to rock the boat, as they are thinking of cushy post-retirement jobs in industry and the media. They've given up caring for the troops or the role of the military in our society. It's all about licking Obama's boots.
IIRC, when women were first admitted to West Point, they fared poorly when running PT with the men (all had to run in combat boots). This proved to be a little embarrassing to those who pushed for the admission of women. This problem was solved by having the cadets run in sneakers rather than combat boots.
I've never been in the military. That said, privacy? On the frontlines? What are they suggesting.. portable lounges so they can powder their noses? This is so beyond stupid that it hurts my brain.
The problem is these high-ranking generals are, for the most part, no longer soldiers but politicians themselves. They dont want to rock the boat, as they are thinking of cushy post-retirement jobs in industry and the media. Theyve given up caring for the troops or the role of the military in our society. Its all about licking Obamas boots.
You've summed it up perfectly. These generals and admirals are a disgrace.
Maybe the goal is to destroy the protective instinct in the male because if you lose it then you will also have a diminished will to protect in general...as in protect your country, your family, your culture, your values.
Sadly the Joints Chiefs of Staff have devolved into politicaly correct careerists. They can no longer be viewed as the elite Warrior Council sworn to protect the nation. Armies disintegrate when common soldiers lose confidence in their leaders.
We Can Figure Out Privacy for Young Ladies in Frontline Combat"
Yea, right.
I remember standing in two feet of muddy water in a bomb crater. Combat boots, flak jacket & helmet, otherwise stark naked, taking a bath. My buddy stood guard until we swapped & I guarded while he cleaned up.
Now we will have to pack opaque shower curtains & His and Her signs along with our ammo, chow, spare batteries, frags, dry socks, etc.
How many coed OPs and LPs will found with His & Her slit throats the next morning after their occupants were "distracted".
Where's Dandy Don to sing, "Turn out the Lights, the Party's Over"? This was a great country while it lasted.
What really drives me nuts is people are going to die because of this stupidity,
And the feminists won't give a rats when it happens.
Here's an article depicting "privacy concerns" in combat.
Time to form an all male new Confederate Army. Fags need not apply.
This immoral lemming actually used the words "young ladies" and "frontline combat" in the same sentence.
No civilized place on the earth -- and no real men-- would ever allow "young ladies" to bear frontline combat.
America deserves damnation for this.
What really drives me nuts is people are going to die because of this stupidity,
And the feminists wont give a rats when it happens. Or when the women in these units are killed, they will blame the men in the units for it.
Oh yeah? How much privacy are the little ladies going to have when they get captured by our enemies? You thought seeing emaciated Vietnam POWs coming home was hard? Wait until it's a tortured, abused, and raped female soldier coming down that ramp.
IIRC, when women were first admitted to West Point, they fared poorly when running PT with the men (all had to run in combat boots). This proved to be a little embarrassing to those who pushed for the admission of women. This problem was solved by having the cadets run in sneakers rather than combat boots.
That is what is meant by "gender-neutral standards."
Well, reconsider as we need someone to hold the targets up.
"Fags need not apply."
Awww, at least let them design the uniforms. You know they'll be fahbulous!
Any nation that will send it's women to fight on the front lines is a dead nation.
The Soviets did it only after the German Army was in 50 miles of its capitol. Even then, the front line of the Red Army was 99 % male. Women were mostly snipers and such.
"All societies are based on rules to protect pregnant women and young children. All else is surplus age, excrescence, adornment, luxury or folly which can—and must—be dumped in emergency to preserve this prime function. As racial survival is the only universal morality, no other basic is possible. Attempts to formulate a perfect society on any foundation other than women and children first! is not only witless, it is automatically genocidal. Nevertheless, starry-eyed idealists (all of them male) have tried endlessly—and no doubt will keep on trying."
- R.A.Heinlein
Remember REMFs ?
Its easy to give women in combat some privacy.
Make them REMs, rear echelon mothers.
For field combat situations I suggest Extra strength Depends.
It will accomplish 2 things.
It will provide the ladies with their own private in the field latrines and keep the male soldiers from wanting to get into their pants.
I remember during the mid-1980s a poll was done in US Army Europe among the female soldiers: It asked, Do you think that you will be evacuated with the wives & children in case of war? 80 percent said "Yes." so much for most females wanting to fight in the front or rear areas. This has apparently changed somewhat during the last 10 years, but I wonder what the pregnancy rate among deploying units is? How many of the female soldiers get preganant so that they will not deploy to a combat zone?
Time Out! Time Out!
Close your eyes, Taliban - My fighting hole buddy has to tinkle.
"I served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a Marine infantry squad leader. We rode into war crammed in the back of amphibious assault vehicles. They are designed to hold roughly 15 Marines snugly; due to maintenance issues, by the end of the invasion we had as many as 25 men stuffed into the back. Marines were forced to sit, in full gear, on each other's laps and in contorted positions for hours on end. That was the least of our problems."
"The invasion was a blitzkrieg. The goal was to move as fast to Baghdad as possible. The column would not stop for a lance corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, or even a company commander to go to the restroom. Sometimes we spent over 48 hours on the move without exiting the vehicles. We were forced to urinate in empty water bottles inches from our comrades."
"Many Marines developed dysentery from the complete lack of sanitary conditions. When an uncontrollable urge hit a Marine, he would be forced to stand, as best he could, hold an MRE bag up to his rear, and defecate inches from his seated comrade's face."
Good article for the Joint Chiefs and feminists to read. But they assure us the women will have privacy.
Guys who were Marines in WW II...landed on beaches with eighty pounds of gear. For four to six weeks...they'd hike around and launch fire-fights with the Japanese. No one showered. You might have changed socks maybe once a week, but it was harsh living conditions. After a month of this....if you were lucky...the fight was done, and you recovered back at the Navy vessel for the first shower in four weeks. If you can find one young lass out of a thousand able to tote the hundred pounds of gear and live harshly for a month like that....fine. My humble guess is that she'll weigh 200 pounds and be tossed out shortly for being overweight by Marine standards.
Wow, pretty disgusting conditions. From the article:
......"Combat effectiveness is based in large part on unit cohesion. The relationships among members of a unit can be irreparably harmed by forcing them to violate societal norms. "
Spot on observation by the author.
I think you can forget the "Q" in QRF, too, if you really have to be somwhere on time.
Dempsey is a despicable piece of work.
Many Marines developed dysentery from the complete lack of sanitary conditions."
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I'd like to read that — what's it from? Do you have a book/article title, or a link, or both? Thanks!
They didn't have a problem in Starship Troopers - everyone took showers together...I'm sure GI Joe would love GI Jane coming in...of course, depends on what Jane looks like...I wonder how the fraternization rule would work at that point?
oh well - everything else is being tossed out the door - I wonder how many females would sign up to combat tours...
Then again, when fighting insurgents - everyone gets combat time out in the red zone - so it's kinda pointless — conventional wars are a thing of the past...
They are shaping it into a political arm for the left, to use against the citizens. It will be weakened as a fighting force against foreign enemies, but it will be more effective as a tool of our overlords. Just look at who they're trying to entice into the military-women, racial minorities, sodomites-the demographics who most support the left, and have been least represented at the sharp end in combat. While at the same time making it an uncomfortable fit for patriotic white males.
I'm against women in combat, but then again, I'm against women voting. I say, since we are going to let them vote, let's make it contingent on registering for the selective service and being eligible to be drafted into the infantry. Let's see how many want to take that bargain, and enjoy equal responsibilities of citizenship, along with their equal rights.
Dempsey is bootlicker-in-chief. Wherever there is a despicable action against a military personnel or the military in general, his fingerprint will be there. He's just perfect for Hussein's purposes.
Progressives. Don't. Care.
The military is just another government bureaucracy to them, soldiers are just more government jobs, and any problem that comes up will be met with policy changes and more money diverted from warfighting to policy enforcement.
Readiness and capability is a punchline to them. They never intend on getting into another ground war. The future is drones, haven't you heard?
The idea that the military is anything more than a symbol of outdated conservative thinking is comical to them. The only reason progressives like it at all is because everyone wears a uniform and obeys whatever social experiment thrown at them without a word of complaint.
Don't tell that that the military is being made into a useless, ROE-and-policy bound Gulliver. They. Don't. Care. In fact, total victory to them is turning the military into a neutered and inoperable joke.
Just bring along separate Port-a-Potties. No biggie.
I agree. What is also infuriating with this whole idea is that women in the military can help (even if they aren't on the front lines). I am not saying it is equal help. I am saying that you still need doctors, nurses, dentists, and folks to keep all the paperwork. Those jobs DO help.. it may be very different than front lines, but the military (at least how I see it) has many specialities/needs that require people not on the front lines. As a Mom to 2 girls.. I can honestly say that I never had that type of upper body strength nor do all the women I know. Yeah.. are some fit and can run? Sure.. but fighting on the front lines isn't working out in a gym. This will destroy the military IMHO.
I wonder how they plan to get the enemy to cooperate with all their politically correct plans and ideas in combat. Or will they blow all this smoke about women etc in combat, but when it actually comes, the usual will out at the sharp end-white males.
They already have in the military and in civilian applications over the 40 some-odd years that America has been upholding The Big Lie. Whatever comes now is the denouement of America's dishonesty NOT the beginning.
The Navy method of berthing called 'Hot Racking' will take on other meanings.
Dempsey consistently proves with his statements he is unfit for service. He is a slave to his master.
All you military and ex-military guys out there. How many times were you referred to by officers and NCO'S as "young gentlemen"?
This info is a little old, but here's what I found:
"A 1996 report by Patricia Thomas of the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center in San Diego described the sexual and reproductive patterns of several thousand women aboard fifty naval ships. Their rates of pregnancy were about comparable to those of civilian women of the same age. neither the strict legal barriers nor the relatively draconian conditions of the Navy had apparent impact in inhibiting a general American pattern.
Thomas did not find, as some critics had claimed, that women became pregnant in order to escape duty. Her evidence for this was necessarily indirect—there were similar responses to questions about stress and depression among pregnant and nonpregnant women—but her analysis is more respectful of her informants than one that defines them as malingerers. Perhaps some were. Then why would roughly the same number of Navy women become pregnant as civilian?
She found that 27 percent of pregnancies of women based on ships were planned, whereas nearly half shore-based ones were. More ship women used contraceptives than shore women, though, remarkably, 41 percent used none. One hypothesis offered by naval medical personnel is that the irregular schedules and strenuous work on board ship caused women to forget to take their contraceptive pills."
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Art and Culture
From ancient to modern
Just round the Place Royale, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium is a masterpiece in itself. A few steps away from one another, linked by a single corridor, the Musée Oldmasters Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Arts (BRUXELLES) and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts - Musée Fin-de-Siècle Museum (BRUXELLES) provide a most pleasant walk.
Admire the Rubens, Breughel or Hieronymus Bosch paintings. The Breughel room boasts some of the master's finest paintings: "The Census of Bethlehem", "The Adoration of the Magi", "The Fall of Icarus" to name some.
The 17th century Dutch painting collection is one of the finest in Europe. Down below, in the basements of the modern art section, you'll see Fauvism to Expressionism and onto Surrealism.
In the sculpture section you'll find works by Wouters, Anthoons, Strebelle, Long, etc. as well as Miro, Dali, Boltanski or Picasso in the adjacent room.
The Brussels of the Arts is teeming with originals: the Antoine Wierz Museum - Royal Museums for Fine Arts (IXELLES) or to the little Museum of Ixelles (IXELLES).
Magnificent architecture
A little later, you can visit Victor Horta's masterful doings. The Horta Museum, an Art Nouveau gem in Brussels (SAINT-GILLES) in Saint-Gilles where he designed down to the tiniest detail.
Art Nouveau in Brussels at the turn of the century is dazzling with mesmerising furnishings and ornamentation. Van de Velde, Hankar or Van Rysselberghe are other architects of this prolific time, permeating the city with their imagination and technical mastery.
Don't miss the Contretype Photography Museum at the Hannon House (SAINT-GILLES), the former Old England shop (now the MIM - The Musical Instruments Museum (BRUXELLES), or the Belgian Comic Strip Centre - BCSC (BRUXELLES).
The 9th art
Speaking of art, in the premises of the old Waucquez textile shops (Belgian Comic Strip Centre - BCSC (BRUXELLES), the building by Victor Horta is now home to a string of artists of the 9th art: the Comic Strip.
The people of Brussels are acknowledged masters of cartoon characters: you'll notice the number of bookshops around the city that are dedicated only to Comic Strips.


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PRICE - Our beloved Louise Hannah Mecham passed away in Price Dec. 1, 2001 following a lengthy illness.
She was born Jan 23, 1917 in Huntington to Lafayette and Elsie Cyrene Hicks Chidester. She was married to Nolan D. Mecham Sept. 19, 1935 and later sealed together in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She was raised in Altonah. She was an active member of the LDS Church where she served in many callings including relief society, primary president, and stake primary board which she enjoyed. She enjoyed many hobbies including reading, quilting, crocheting, oil painting, gardening, camping and especially loved dancing with her husband. She was a cook for the school lunch program, and actively worked for many years at the senior center in Price.
She is survived by daughter, Noleena (Donald) Denison, Price; two sons, Arlan D. (JoAnn) Mecham, West Valley; and Clive (Cathie) Mecham, Sandy. Also 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was the last of nine children in her family to pass away. She is also preceded in death by parents; husband; and a granddaughter, Debbie.
Friends may call for a visitation at the Fausett Mortuary in Price Monday, Dec. 3, 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 4, 11 a.m., in the Price LDS 4th Ward Chapel, with a viewing at the church one hour prior to services. Interment, Price City Cemetery.
FERRON - Our beloved Elam Leslie Jones, age 98, returned to his Heavenly home Nov. 28, in Ferron after a long struggle with causes incident to age.
He was born May 28, 1903 in Huntington, to Elam and Ada Sherman Jones. He was married to Mabel Powell Jan 31, 1924 in Huntington. They were later sealed together in the Manti LDS Temple. She passed away Feb. 1974.
He was a member of the LDS Church and had been a security guard for many years with the Dept. of Corrections. He was a justice of the peace in Huntington, and a member of the Huntington Men's Glee Club. He was also an active member with the senior center and other areas of his community. He was a high priest in the church and served in many positions throughout his life.
He is survived by three daughters, Velma Gardner, Donna Manchester, Lucy (Jack) Curtis, all of Huntington; 12 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren, and 20 great-great-grandchildren. Also two sisters, LaVon and Glenda; and three brothers, Sherman, Benjamin "B", and Blake. He was preceded in death by parents, wife, four sisters, one brother and three grandchildren.
Funeral service was held Dec. 1, at the Huntington LDS 2nd Ward Chapel, under the direction of Fausett Mortuary.
HELPER - Helen Eliza Salazar, age 49, passed away Dec. 1, 2001 at her home.
She was born Aug. 1, 1952 in Price, to Antonio J. Salazar and Rachel Vigil.
Lifelong resident of Carbon County. Helen enjoyed sewing, knitting and crocheting.
Survived by daughter, Connie Damron, Helper; son, Johnny Damron; son, Damon Damron; father, Antonio J. Salazar, all of Price; six grandchildren, Zanphier, Justin and Jazmine Walker, Helper; Jacob and Skyler Damron, Price; sister, Rachel Laws, Price; sister, Lori Mutz, Durango, Colo.; brother, James Salazar, Salt Lake City; and brother, Joseph Salazar, Ogden. Preceded in death by mother; and brother, Claude Salazar.
Funeral service Wednesday, Dec. 5, 11 a.m., Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will be at Mitchell's Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m., and Wednesday one hour prior to services. Friends are welcome at Mitchell Funeral Home daily. Interment, Price City Cemetery.
EAST CARBON CITY - Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and dear friend, Lucille Anderson Kuhns, age 82, passed away Nov. 25, 2001 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
She was born Oct. 15, 1919 in Mantua to Charles Anderson and Susana Malmrose. Married Richard C. Kuhns July 20, 1940 in Salt Lake City. He died April 9, 1981.
Longtime member of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in East Carbon. Resident of East Carbon since 1944.
Lucille was the retired site director of the East Carbon senior citizen center. Member of the East Carbon American Legion Auxiliary and the East Carbon Rotary Club.
Survived by six sons, Richard C. Kuhns, Salt Lake City; Dan E. (Toshiko) Kuhns, Antelope, Calif.; Gary A. (Shirley) Kuhns, Mesa, Ariz.; David H. (Rebecca) Kuhns, Imperial, Mo.; Michael W. (Virginia) Kuhns, Mesa, Ariz.; Steven W. Kuhns, Ft. Collins, Colo.; special friend, Darlene; and her seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and four sisters.
Funeral service Saturday, Dec. 1, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in East Carbon. Interment, Valley View Cemetery, Sunnyside under the direction of Mitchell Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the East Carbon Leisure Club or the American Cancer Society.
SUNNYSIDE - Henry Korfanta, age 91, passed away Nov. 27, 2001 at Castleview Hospital in Price.
He was born July 1, 1910 in Tioga, Colo., to Karl and Julia Bladofsky Korfanta. Married Dorothy Post April 19, 1937 in California.
Longtime member of the East Carbon Community Church. Retired member of the United Mine Workers of America Kaiser Steel Local 9958, where he received his 60 year pin. Resident of Sunnyside since 1948.
Henry was an avid fisherman, hunter, and he loved to tinker and fix things. He will be dearly missed by family and a community of friends.
Survived by wife, Dorothy Korfanta, Sunnyside; daughter, Yvonne (Roger) Jensen, East Carbon; son, Charles (Dixie) Korfanta, Anaheim Hills, Calif.; son, James (Sue) Korfanta, Alta Loma, Calif.; grandchildren, Lisa (Joe) Petersen, East Carbon; Sherril (Karl) Berexa, Roseville, Calif.; Karen (Stephen) Gebbie, San Jose, Calif.; Michael Jensen, East Carbon; Robert (Heather) Korfanta, Alta Loma, Calif.; Kerrie Korfanta, Santa Ana, Calif.; Kimberly Korfanta, Anaheim Hills, Calif.; and David Sarahan, Alta Loma, Calif.; great-grandchildren, Michele Bailey, East Carbon; Derek and Noelle Berexa, Roseville, Calif. Preceded in death by parents and his brothers, Bill and Otto. Funeral service was Friday, Nov. 30, at East Carbon Community Church. Interment, Valley View Cemetery, Sunnyside under the direction of Mitchell Funeral Home.


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Just thought that we could establish a Rep System like those that other forums have on their sites.
Just thought that we could establish a Rep System like those that other forums have on their sites.
behold, mother of spam posting... not a bad idea really though...in concept, it makes ppl more involved in forums, but irl it makes competition and spam poss...(kinda like Gaia and poll whores)
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Reputation systems don't really add anything except a ticket to replace meaningful posts with useless ones like "+reps for you!". It isn't needed here.
Yeah, no rep system here. It doesn't encourage posting at all, and I have seen it ruin an entire forum before...
I am the moonlight walking.
The forum games have been moved to their own subforum where it doesn't help your post count.
I am the moonlight walking.
...Repping others would be fun, but i probably wouldn't give much bother to it after the first few weeks.
*sigh*... when are we going to lock this topic?
I was intending to spruce this signature up with some witty anecdote which would have you rolling around on the floor, clutching (Proverbially speaking) your sides at the sheer onslaught of hilarity. Alas, I have no such joke, pun or witticism in my armoury, so instead I'm typing this rather bland and tasteless spiel just to show willing, 'cos it's uncool if you leave the signature unchanged for too long.
Consider it locked.
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|Nevada Wild Horses & Burros
Left unchecked, wild horse and burro numbers can increase by 20% or more each year. Wildlife populations are kept in check through hunting and natural predators. Livestock use is controlled through limits outlined in the grazing permits issued to ranchers. Because horses and burros are an introduced species, they have few natural enemies and are protected from hunting, illegal capture or harassment under federal law. In the absence of these controls, there is a danger that wild horse and burro numbers will grow to the point the land can't support them.
Many of Nevada's wild horses and burros are captured using helicopters and motorized vehicles. BLM may also use bait or water trapping or remove animals from horseback, if appropriate. These methods are generally used to remove smaller numbers of animals in locations with good road access. However, helicopter assisted gather operations have proven to be more humane, effective and efficient when larger numbers of animals require removal over large acreages or rugged terrain. In these situations, the helicopter is better able to move the horses around barriers such as fences or roads at a pace which assures the animals arrive at the trap in good condition. Helicopters are able to move horses and burros at a pace that allows mares and foals to stay together. Once they enter the trap (corral), they are transported to a temporary holding facility where they are sorted by age and sex and fed hay and water. BLM personnel are on-site throughout the gather operation to assure humane treatment of the captured animals.
An effective fertility control agent has not yet been perfected for use in wild horses. BLM is continuing research aimed at finding an effective and longer-lasting fertility control agent. Nevada is continuing to participate in this research and has applied fertility control to over 1,200 mares in nearly 30 HMAs (2005-2008).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q – What provides BLM with the authority to use helicopters and motorized vehicles in managing Nevada's horses and burros?
Q – What are some of the impacts that can result from gather and transportation of captured animals?
Nor, do predation or disease effectively slow wild horse population growth. Predators such as mountain lions and bobcats are generally not present in large enough numbers to effectively control populations. Because wild horses and burros have effectively adapted to the rigors of the Nevada environment, few diseases affect them.
In order to significantly reduce herd growth rates and achieve meaningful cost-savings, development of a longer-acting agent is needed. As a result, BLM has funded an additional 5 year research project to develop a single injection, 3-4 year fertility control vaccine. These experiments include laboratory development and testing in wild horses held in captivity. Initial tests in captive wild horses identified a problem with the manufacturing process, but the laboratory work continues and is expected to produce a safe and more effective fertility control agent at some point in the future.
The application of fertility control to stallions as a means of population control has been the subject of debate for several years. Anecdotal reports from the field (Coates-Markle, personal communication 2003) suggest that 15-40% of foals in a band may be sired by a stallion other than the dominant harem stallion. This is supported by scientific literature that reports 15-30% of foals were not sired by a stallion associated with the dam's band (Bowling 1990, Kaseda 1996). The stallion approach, as a means of contraception, has been studied in a small number of stallions in a limited number of herds. Kirkpatrick (1982) studied the effect of a short acting agent (testosterone proprionate, lasts 3-6 months) used in bands with only one stallion and reported that foaling was reduced by about 80%. However, Eagle (1993, also reported by Asa 1999) studied the effects of surgical vasectomy in 2 more diverse Great Basin Herds and did not find as promising a result. Foaling rates only seemed lower in one HMA in the first year of the study, with only a marginal effect reported for the second year and no significant affect detected in 6 of 7 observations over two years in a second HMA. The authors concluded that "although sterilization of dominant males may be an effective treatment to reduce foaling in a small sample of bands selected from a population, this treatment might not limit population growth."
Q – Why doesn't BLM consider other fertility control agents such as SpayVac or Gonacon?
This direction is consistent with Congress' intent in passing the 1971 WFRHBA (refer to Senate Conference Report 92-242) which states: "An intensive management program of…physical care would destroy the very concept this legislation seeks to preserve." Rather, the animals should be left alone to fend for themselves.


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Stepson of Jerry Buss to appear in courtNovember 10th, 2010, 8:03 am by JANIS CARR, OCREGISTER.COM
From the Buss family files...
The stepson of Lakers owner Jerry Buss will be arraigned Nov. 23 in a Beverly Hills court after a judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to move forward after a preliminary hearing Tuesday.
Sean Yeager Buss, 36, was arrested March 31 and charged with felony battery causing serious bodily injury after an altercation with a parking-enforcement Beverly Hills officer.
This is not the same Buss son (Joey) who actually mentioned the Boston Celtics in accepting the 2009 NBA trophy in Orlando, or the former WNBA Sparks president (Johnny) who claimed on his MySpace page in 2007 that Kobe Bryant was about to be traded. "Popular or unpopular, when it's time, it's time. Good luck Kobe wherever you go!" he wrote.
And it certainly isn't the son (Jim), who is in line to take over the Lakers whenever Jerry steps aside, or of course, Jeanie, whose biggest crime is her awkward photos of Phil she posts on Twitter while they are driving to Staples Center for games. Come to think of it, she hasn't done much of that this season. Maybe Phil said enough.Read the rest of this entry »


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This listing has a Byers Choice boy figurine holding a lemon. The sticker on bottom states "Child with Fruit". Figurine is from The Carolers series and is dated 1999. This one is different than ones usually found – he is dressed completely different than others that I've seen. He is wearing gray slacks, a green jacket trimmed in faux fur, and a white hat adorned with a holly leaf and berry. From base to tip of his hat is 11" but the figurine itself is 9" tall...
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This listing has your choice of Frozen Charlottes and/or Frozen Charlies! These are the smaller size – 2 (red dress girl and boy with hat) measure 3 1/8" tall, little boy with green/holding an airplane is 2 ¾" tall, the smallest one (little girl holding a heart) is 2 1/8" tall. Little boy with hat has "Made in Japan" on his back, the other three have "Japan"...
Lin's Antiques and Collectibles
Another listing of Frozen Charlottes and Frozen Charlies from my collection. This listing has the slightly taller figures – the frozen Charlies measure 3 ½" tall, the frozen Charlotte measures 4" tall.
These are adorable – one is a little cowboy, the other is a little Dutch boy, and the little girl is holding a doll and looks like she's a mini "flapper". All are in wonderful condition with some age appropriate wear to their color...
These are adorable – one is a little cowboy, the other is a little Dutch boy, and the little girl is holding a doll and looks like she's a mini "flapper". All are in wonderful condition with some age appropriate wear to their color...
Another item from my collection -- this is a frozen Charlie wolf! He's a dapper fellow dressed in a three piece suit and wearing a bow tie – also has a cane on his arm. Measures 5" tall (at tallest) and back has "Made in Japan" and the numbers C113. Super condition.
Really cute little Lefton bell that has been part of my holiday collection for several years! Bell measures 3 ½" tall (at tallest), has the red and gold Lefton sticker/label, and the numbers 1205 (on inside of bell). It is in excellent condition – no chips, cracks, dings, etc. – and clapper is intact!
This is the cutest, silliest spaghetti dog I've ever seen! He's white with pink puffs on his shoulders, hips, and tips of his ears. Has pink trim around his rear ankles and on tips of his ears. He has a red nose and red tongue and is "wearing" a green hat. He measures 4 ½" long, 3" tall (from back foot to tip of his tail). He looks like a goofy dog – goofy but happy! You can't keep from smiling when you see him...
This white spaghetti mouse figurine is so cute! He measures 5" tall (at tallest) and is in super condition. His nose has a small amount of missing red paint, the paint is missing in a couple of his whiskers, and there's a teeny place on the back of one ear that I just don't know what it is...
This spaghetti poodle family is a little different – Mama has an attitude! She has two cute babies with her and she appears to be more than a little proud of them. Mama measures 5 ½" tall (at tallest) and babies measure 3" and 2 ½" tall (at tallest). They have red "Made in Japan" labels/stickers and are in excellent condition – cute!
This listing has a beautiful Lefton hand with 2 very detailed applied pink roses! These are actually little trays but we photographed standing on one end so you would be able to see the flowers. Hand measures 5 ½" long (at longest) and back is stamped "Lefton China, Hand Painted". This is so feminine and is really exquisite – you'll love it, it's so very pretty!
This listing has an adorable spaghetti poodle family! Mama measures 4 ½" tall (at tallest), babies are 2 ¼" tall (at tallest). All 3 pieces are in super condition with only "use" evidence being the missing "leash" that keeps babies with their mama. This is an easy repair – just use an old necklace/chain.
Cute white spaghetti poodle planter! Measures 4 5/8" tall (to top of poodle's head), planer is 2 ¾" tall and opening measures 2 ¼" x 2 ¼". There are no manufacturer's markings but I would surmise this is a Lefton production. Planter has been used as intended and there is some interior staining that probably could be removed (with Scrub Free or something of that nature). Neat item!
Wow – these are difficult to find Kreiss figurines! It's the tall mama dog with two babies, they're the more difficult to find black color, and each has spaghetti accents! Mama measures 8 ½" tall (at tallest), one baby is 2 ½" tall and the other is 2 5/8" tall. The chain/leash is old and appears to be original but could have been broken at some time because it seems rather short but again, it could have been made that way...
Lin's Antiques and Collectibles
I love Kay Finch figurines – the attention to detail is always outstanding and this lovely couple is a perfect example of that detail attention! Their clothing is color coordinated; he "holds" a bouquet of flowers (also color coordinated). She is "wearing" a capelet with small flower closures and her hand muff is accented with matching flowers. He measures 7 ¾" tall (at tallest), she is 7 ½" (at tallest) and both are in super condition...
This listing has a single spaghetti poodle puppy! He appears to be a Lefton production and is in excellent condition.
All Items : Figurines : Boyds Collection : Contemporary item #1044072 (stock #M3952)
This listing has Southern Lady figurines made by Boyd's Glass! There are 4 available – 2 in black, 1 in aqua, and one in yellow – each is approximately 2 ½" tall and in excellent condition. Price is $6.00 each or purchase all 4 for $22.00. These are cute little figurines with lots of detail!
Lin's Antiques and Collectibles
Excellent condition Florence Ceramics figurine! This is "Kay", measures 6" tall, bottom is stamped "Florence Ceramics Copyright", and has in-mold "Kay". Very pretty and a lovely addition to a collection!
Excellent condition spaghetti family made by Lefton! Poodles are white with white spaghetti accented with gold color. Mommy poodle measures 5 ¼" tall (at tallest) and babies are 2 1/8" and 2 ¼" tall (at tallest). Mama poodle has the original gold and red Lefton sticker/label and both babies have "Made in Japan" stickers/labels. Really cute!
Another lovely choir girl angel figurine! She measures 4 3/8" tall and is in wonderful condition with minor crazing. Nice!


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With Tu B'Shvat, the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, falling on Shabbat this year (this coming Saturday, January 26), the Jewish community in Mumbai, India chose to get ahead of the curve. It held its own special celebration of this Jewish Arbor Day last Sunday, organized and led by JDC professionals at the Evelyn Peters Jewish Community Center (EPJCC), the JDC-developed and supported venue that is a hub for classes and programs for all ages.
In Mumbai's largest such gathering in recent history, some 80 community members—including 18 children—took part in a Tu B'Shvat seder "sweetened" with their traditional Malida ceremony, featuring a festive dish and thanksgiving prayers dedicated to the Prophet Elijah. The Malida dish itself was a preparation of parched rice, sugar, freshly grated coconut, and dry fruits, with five to seven varieties of fresh fruit added to the plate along with flowers for fragrance.
Dubbed the New Year for the Trees (Rosh Hashanah L'Ilanot), Tu B'Shvat is not mentioned in the Bible, but various rituals have grown up around this holiday, which is often seen as a welcome harbinger of spring. One custom is to eat a new fruit on this day, or to eat from the seven species (shivat haminim)—wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates—that grew in the Biblical land of Israel.
A seder ritual was developed for Tu B'Shvat by 16th century Jewish mystics, focused on God's relationship to both the spiritual and physical worlds. Initially adopted primarily in Sephardic Jewish communities, the Tu B'Shvat seder has become widely popular in recent years, with new emphasis put on the concept of sustainability and the need to safeguard our planet.
Some years ago, JDC staff and volunteers at the EPJCC began incorporating this ritual into the community's traditional Tu B'Shvat celebration, which continues today.
This year's seder was divided into four parts for the four seasons, each represented by a different type of wine. And Vivaldi's Four Seasons served as background music for periodic meditations on the meaning of the change of seasons and its impact on natural life.
Children who attend the JDC-supported Jewish Sunday School added a lighter note, sharing their own Tu B'Shvat activities and eagerly reading aloud from the seder text. All of the kids received coloring sheets about the holiday—and the adults were encouraged to take home their seder booklets so they could replicate the celebration in their own homes this coming Shabbat.
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2 And he did that which was
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5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two
6 And he made his son pass through the
7 And he set a graven
8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more
10 ¶And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
11 Because
12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall
13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and
15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
16 Moreover Manasseh
17 ¶Now the rest of the acts of
18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19 ¶
20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
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Felons and paronychia make up one third of all hand infections. The thumb and index finger are most often involved. Wooden splinters or minor cuts are common predisposing causes, yet over half of patients will give no history of injury.
Felons are closed-space infections of the fingertip pulp (padding beneath the finger print area). Fingertip pulp is divided into numerous small compartments by vertical septa that stabilize the pad. Infection occurring within these compartments can lead to abscess formation, edema, and rapid development of increased pressure in a closed space. This increased pressure may compromise blood flow and lead to necrosis of the skin and pulp. It is most often caused by staph aureus. Felons that are untreated, are incorrectly treated, or have a prolonged course may lead to osteomyelitis. X-rays evaluation of the bone should be done in severe cases.
Treatment is incision and drainage. This will remove any pus present, but will also reduce the pressure within the closed compartment and restore blood flow.
- The finger can be numbed with local anesthesia (digital block).
- Make short skin incision with a number 11 blade over the area of maximum tenderness. Incise only the skin with scalpel. Do not cross the DIP joint crease (can create a contraction)
- Evacuate any pus (and culture) using a blunt instrument, like a small hemostat. This will decrease the chance of injury to the digital nerve or the tendon sheath (can lead to acute tenosynovitis). Do not divide vertical fascial strands (septa) as this makes the fingertip pulp unstable.
- Pack gauze loosely into the wound to prevent skin closure. Apply a loose dressing, splint finger, and elevate hand above the heart.
- Followup in 2-3 days.
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Empirical antibiotic coverage for S aureus and streptococcal organisms should be provided. Given the rapid emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant S aureus, treatment with a drug more likely to be effective against this agent should be considered. Coverage for E corrodens may be indicated for immunosuppressed patients. Dicloxacillin, erthromycin, Keflex, nafcillin, and Bactrim DS are good ones to start the patient on while waiting for the culture. The recommended length of treatment varies from five to 14 days and depends on the clinical response and severity of infection.
Osteomyelitis involving the distal phalanx.
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In Egypt, large crowds of opponents of President Mohammed Morsi marched on his palace to increase pressure after he rejected their demands. The two camps in the country's divide appeared at a deadlock. (Dec. 7)
Protesters demand that Morsi rescind decrees that give him almost absolute power.
CAIRO — Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of canceling the whole referendum in the first signs Friday that the Islamic leader is finally yielding to days of protests and deadly street clashes.
Thousands of opponents to President Mohammed Morsi marched to the presidential palace after Friday midday prayers while his supporters gathered outside a major mosque and demanded the strengthening of Islamic law.
The protesters are demanding that Morsi rescind decrees giving himself near-absolute power and withdraw a disputed draft constitution that they say will rob religious minorities and women of their freedoms.
Thousands of Islamists held funeral prayers Friday at Al-Azhar Mosque for two Morsi supporters killed in clashes this week with Morsi opponents. Speakers to the crowd portrayed the opposition as tools of the regime of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak — or as decadent and un-Islamic.
"Egypt is Islamic, it will not be secular, it will not be liberal," the crowd chanted in a funeral procession filling streets around the mosque. Thousands chanted, "With blood and soul, we redeem Islam," pumping their fists in the air.
The announcement by the election committee head Ismail Hamdi to delay early voting on the charter came as a surprise, and it was difficult to predict whether it will lead to a breakthrough in the political crisis.
The president's aides said the move would ease some pressure and would provide room for negotiations with the opposition.
But Morsi's opponents have rejected talks, saying he must first cancel the referendum and meet other demands. Late Friday, an opposition umbrella group called for an open-ended sit-in in front of the presidential palace.
Legal Affairs Minister Mohammed Mahsoub said the administration was weighing several proposals — including calling off the referendum and returning it to the constituent assembly for changes. Another possibility was disbanding the constituent assembly and forming a new one, either by direct vote or an agreement among the political forces.
"We have a big chance tomorrow," Mahsoub told the Qatari-based Al-Jazeera network, referring to what he said was a meeting between Morsi and political forces. "There are no deadlines or referendums outside the country. Tomorrow or day after, we might reach a good agreement."
"The people are angry because they feel their rights have been raped," Mohamed ElBaradei said on the ONTV network. "If he takes these decisions, he will be opening the door for dialogue. I hope he is listening."
ElBaradei leads the newly formed National Salvation Front, a group of liberals and youths who opposed Morsi's decrees and led the protests in Cairo.
"We reject the fake dialogue which Morsi has called for. No talks after bloodshed and before holding those responsible accountable," the front said in a statement.
Some protesters expressed optimism after they heard that the early voting for Egyptians abroad, which was due to begin Saturday, had been put off until Dec. 5.
"This looks like the beginning of a retraction," said Dr. Mohsen Ibrahim, a 56-year-old demonstrator. "This means Morsi may postpone the referendum. It looks like the pressure is working out."
But he warned that "if Morsi doesn't see the numbers of people protesting, then he will be repeating the same mistake of Mubarak."
Six people were killed and more than 700 people injured in dueling demonstrations this week. Morsi responded to the violence late Thursday with a fiery speech denouncing his opponents.
Speaking in a nationally televised address, Morsi accused some in the opposition of serving remnants of Hosni Mubarak's dictatorship and vowed he would never tolerate anyone working for the overthrow of his "legitimate" government. Morsi was elected in June.
Morsi invited the opposition to a "comprehensive and productive" dialogue starting Saturday at his presidential palace, but gave no sign that he might offer any concessions demanded by his opponents. He said a nationwide referendum on the new constitution will go forward Dec. 15.
The constitution, drafted by Islamists, enshrines Islamic law as the basis for legislation as it did under Murbarak. But Morsi opponents fear he will allow much more emphases on enforcing Islamic law than Mubarak.
Morsi's opponents replied they would not talk with Morsi until he cancels his decrees, which gave him new powers including that his edicts are exempt from judicial review.
"He proved that he is not a president for all Egyptians, but merely the representative of the Muslim Brotherhood in the presidency," said opposition spokesman Hussein Abdel-Ghani said on state television.
The opposition has formed a group to represent their varies interests called the National Salvation Front and named former U.N. diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei as its leader. Speaking on the new group's behalf, ElBaradei responded to Morsi's speech in his own televised remarks, saying that Morsi's government showed reluctance in acting to stop bloodshed outside the palace.
He said this failure has eroded the government's legitimacy and made it difficult for his opposition front to negotiate with the president. ElBaradei said Morsi has not responded to the opposition group's attempts to "rescue the country" and that the president had "closed the door for dialogue" by "ignoring the demands of the people."
Demonstrators crowded the center of Tahrir Square late Friday, waving Egyptian flags to the beat of their national anthem, and others marched to the palace from several different directions.
"We want Morsi out," said Dina Fathy from Sheikh Zayed.
Fathy said that initially she was mainly against the constitution, but now she says she is demonstrating to stop the Muslim Brotherhood from seizing more powers.
"We don't want a dictatorship to take over this country," she added.
"I'm against the decision of president Morsi, his constitutional decree, because it gives him power over the law and we think that the law should be independent," said Ayman Hassan, a former English teacher and journalist from Aswan who lives in Cairo. "I'm also against the referendum next week."
Fireworks lit the dark night sky hanging over Tahrir Square, illuminated otherwise by orange street lights. Vendors sold food – grilled corn, baked bread, and nuts – and some hawked flags and red necklace ribbons attached to small white signs that read: "No to the constitution."
Men and women -- some veiled, some not -- protested in the square. Some brought their children and carried babies on their shoulders through the crowds.
Nihal Said, interrupted briefly by booming fireworks, said she believes the country will be worse than it was under Mubarak "if it stays in the Muslim Brotherhood's hands," and has not yet decided is she will boycott the upcoming referendum or simply vote "No.'"
At the Al-Azhar Mosque, one cleric speaking to the crowd denounced anti-Morsi protesters as "traitors." Another declared that they will not allow Egypt to become "a den of hash smokers."
"We march on this path in sacrifice for the nation and our martyrs," a leading Brotherhood figure, Mohammed el-Beltagi, told the crowd. "We will keep going even if we all become martyrs. We will avenge them or die like them.
Contributing: Sarah Lynch, Special for USA TODAY; Associated Press


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