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Pickled Black Olives
Olives | 4 Pound | |
Coarse salt | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Olive oil | 1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs) | |
Brown vinegar | 1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs) |
Wash the olives well in lukewarm water.
Place in a sterilized glass or earthenware container and cover with water.
Place a small plate on top to prevent olives floating on top of the water.
Cover and leave to soak for 6 days, changing the water every day.
Drain the soaked olives and place in a sterilized glass or earthenware container.
Add the salt, olive oil and vinegar and mix well.
Seal with an airtight lid and set aside for approx 2-4 weeks until the bitter taste disappears.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 5419 Calories from Fat 4739
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 505 g777.6%
Saturated Fat 44.7 g223.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 96104.6 mg4004.4%
Total Carbohydrates 182 g60.8%
Dietary Fiber 60.5 g241.9%
Sugars 53.8 g
Protein 2 g3.5%
Vitamin A 156% Vitamin C
Calcium 179.4% Iron 360.5%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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By Joanne Y. Cleaver
If you're tackling a home improvement project this spring, you're not the only one reinvesting sweat equity in your house. This is the DIY comeback year, according to an American Express survey released at the end of March. This year, 72% of American homeowners will be tackling home improvement projects—about even with last year. But as the spring get-it-done season ramps up, only 15% will be hiring contractors, a significant 25% drop from 2011.
That might be explained by the type of work that homeowners plan to shoulder for their $3,500 average annual project budget. Throughout the recession, homeowners hunkered down and concentrated on maintenance, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Prompted by both tax incentives and the importance of maintaining the essential structure of their homes, owners put scarce dollars into windows, doors, roofs, and systems.
With the economy perking up, so is enthusiasm for long-delayed smaller projects (homeowners still aren't sinking major bucks into whole-house remodels or major additions); top among them cosmetic touch-ups (37%), room makeovers (30%), and floor replacement (17%).
Properties that are well-maintained open the door for a prompt sale, because obvious TLC is one of those know-it-when-you-see-it factors that buyers pick up on immediately, according to a new survey from brokerage Coldwell Banker. About 61% of both men and women trust their intuition to identify the houses that are best for them—and 28% of women and 25% of men rely more on their feelings than on technical elements such as the square footage and price, according to the Coldwell Banker survey. It's the absence of tell-tale signs like cracked windowpanes and a cobwebby furnace that reassures buyers that this property is worth consideration.
Americans kept their houses in good shape despite the recession. That they're focusing now on finishes and landscaping is a grassroots indicator that the market is about to see a burst of new properties.
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Isocratic separation of monosaccharides using immobilized Concanavalin A
Santori, F. and Hubble, J., 2003. Isocratic separation of monosaccharides using immobilized Concanavalin A. Journal of Chromatography A, 1003 (1-2), pp. 123-126.
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The successful fractionation of a mixt. of monosaccharides using an immobilized lectin column operating under isocratic conditions is described. The key factors for effective sepn. were found to be sample size, feed velocity and column length. Under optimal conditions it was possible to obtain complete resoln. of a mixt. of L-arabinose, D-fructose and D-mannose in less than 40 min. [on SciFinder (R)]
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Contemporary Grouting Practices in Composite Seepage Cutoff Construction
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A review of the problematic osteostracan genus Auchenaspis and its role in thyestidian evolution
Sansom, R. S., 2007. A review of the problematic osteostracan genus Auchenaspis and its role in thyestidian evolution. Palaeontology, 50 (4), pp. 1001-1011.
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The poorly understood osteostracan genus Auchenaspis, from the Upper Silurian of England, belongs to the thyestidians (Thyestiida), a controversial and important group that is key to the understanding of the evolution of the Osteostraci and paired pectoral fins. The two under-studied species of this genus are comprehensively reviewed using anatomical and novel statistical approaches. No reliable anatomical characters can be used to distinguish between the two species, yet discriminant analysis finds significant separation with respect to size. Potential causes of this conflict are discussed. The findings enable Auchenaspis to be considered in terms of wider thyestidian evolution and contradict previous interpretations of the genus as representing a paraphyletic taxon, whose morphology is intermediate between the general osteostracan condition and the highly derived tremataspids.
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The Department of Energy's Subsurface Biogeochemical Research (SBR) program held its 6th annual Principal Investigator (PI) meeting on April 26 – April 28, 2011, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Downtown Washington, DC.
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Tuesday, April 26 | |
8:00 AM | Gary Geernaert, Director, Climate and Environmental Sciences Division |
8:15 AM | SBR Program Update, Todd Anderson, DOE Climate and Environmental Sciences Division |
8:45 AM | Changes to the JGI Community Sequencing Program, Dan Drell, DOE Biological Systems Science Division |
9:00 AM | Carbon Cycle Research within the Biological Systems Sciences, Joe Graber, DOE Biological Systems Science Division |
9:15 AM | Terrestrial Ecosystem Science, Mike Kuperberg, DOE Climate and Environmental Sciences Division |
9:30 AM | Basic Hydrology Challenges in Understanding Hyporheic Exchange at the Stream-Catchment Scale, Ken Bencala, U. S. Geological Survey |
10:45 AM | Modeling Marine Microbial Populations and Biogeochemical Cycles Michael (Mick) Follows, Massachusetss Institute of Technoloyg (MIT) |
10:30 AM | Extrapolating Rates of Critical Zone Processes Across Scales: Successes and Challenges, Sue Brantley, Penn State University |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Microbiology, Biogeochemistry, & Transport | |
Breakout Session A: Contaminant Fate and Transport at the Groundwater-Surface Water Interface Moderators:Joel E. Kostka, Florida State University and Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo Description of Session: The success of subsurface remediation or monitored natural attenuation strategies, as well as public perception and acceptance of those strategies, will not only depend on what happens in the subsurface but also on whether contaminants are discharged or released to surface waters. Due to the active and complex flow dynamics, the groundwater-surface water interface (GWSWI) exhibits unique geophysical and biogeochemical characteristics, including fluctuating hydraulic gradients, enhanced redox oscillations, and drying-rewetting cycles. The role of this unique and highly dynamic interface on the fate of subsurface contaminants at DOE sites must be further understood in order to develop adequate predictive models that guide remediation and natural attenuation efforts. The GWSWI modulates the release or discharge of nutrients and contaminants to surface waters. Critical hotspots or hot moments in contaminant transformation have been associated with the GWSWI. However, the underlying biogeochemical mechanisms and reaction networks unique to the interface have yet to be completely unraveled. The prediction of discharge and the assessment of risk for contaminant release from the watershed to regional scale are currently limited by our lack of mechanistic understanding of the biogeochemical functioning of the GWSWI. This breakout session will provide a state-of-the-science review of the coupled physical, chemical, and biological processes that control the structure and function of the GWSWI, with a focus on the hyporheic and riparian zones in DOE relevant systems. The goals of the session are to identify key processes that control contaminant transformation, to delineate knowledge gaps, and to highlight research directions that will lead to a more robust predictive understanding of contaminant flux and discharge at the GWSWI. Some of the specific questions that will be addressed during discipline-specific as well as general discussions are listed below. A. Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions: Key Questions and Limitations 2:00 PM Roy Haggerty, Oregon State University 2:30 PM Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo 3:00 PM Joel E. Kostka, Florida State University B. Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions: Contaminant Transport at DOE Sites 3:30 PM Lee Slater, Rutgers University 3:50 PM Scott Brooks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
2:00 PM | Breakout Session B: Integrating Microbial Metabolism into Descriptions of Environmental Processes at a Variety of Observational Scales Moderator: Todd Anderson, Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Description of Session:SBR's close association with the Genomic Sciences program, including some overlap of funded scientists and common field sites and materials, provides an opportunity to leverage advances in genome•enabled techniques to advance a more fundamental understanding of the metabolism of microorganisms and detection of the active members of microbial communities in the environment. Historically, research on cellular metabolism has tended to focus on organisms currently in culture, for obvious reasons. In a few cases, detailed metabolic modeling has enabled a translation of metabolic activity investigated in the laboratory to environments where the microorganism under study is found, thereby enabling understanding of that microorganism in its environment. This "bottom•up" approach to understanding microbial communities in the environment, one species at a time, shows some promise for predicting the activity of specific microorganisms in controlled environmental settings, but may be limited in describing the interactions occurring in natural microbial communities. Process•based models of microbial activity, a mainstay of environmental simulations, describe the collective activity of dominant microbial communities, but lack predictive power in explaining environmental impacts on microbial activity. Alternatively, a variety of metagenomic and proteomic techniques take a broader approach to describing the composition and genetic potential of entire microbial communities in the environment. These "top down" techniques have the potential to describe larger scale microbial ecological phenomena, but their broad utility remains constrained. For SBR, it is also unclear how these broader approaches could be integrated with physical/chemical models of environmental processes. This session will highlight approaches to understanding and modeling microbial processes in the environment at a variety of scales. The intent of the session is to engage the audience in a conversation about these approaches and how best to integrate genome•enabled information on microbial activity/ecology into coupled models of environmental processes. A potential outcome of this session would be a series of recommendations that advance a predictive understanding of microbial activity in the environment. 2:00 PM Todd Anderson, DOE Climate and Environmental Sciences Division 2:15 PM Derek Lovley, University of Massachusetts 2:45 PM Eric Roden, University of Wisconsin 3:15 PM Lisa Stein, University of Alberta 3:45 PM Eoin Brodie, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
2:00 PM | Breakout Session C: Pore Scale Processes •Matching Measurements to Models While Upscaling Moderators: Peter Nico and Jonathon Ajo•Franklin, LBNL Description of Session:It is taken as a given that precipitation and dissolution processes taking place at the pore scale as a result of remediation or natural perturbations of subsurface systems can have profound impacts on the larger scale behavior of the system. However, both understanding exactly how pore scale processes occur and linking those changes to specific large scale system behavior remains extremely challenging from both an experimental and computational perspective. In this session, we will explore new technological methods and intellectual approaches to image, quantify, and understand pore scale changes while simultaneously evaluating which changes control the evolution of macroscale systems. One of the specific challenges in this process is having both models at the appropriate scale and measurements at a matching scale to inform and validate the models. 2:00 PM Li Li, Penn State University, Overview of Modeling Approaches and Challenges to Upscaling 2:20 PM W. Brent Lindquist, Stony Brook University, Effects of Pore•Structure Change and Multi•scale Heterogeneity on Contaminant Transport and Reaction•Rate Upscaling 2:40 PM Markus Berli, Desert Research Institute, Tomographic Imaging of Near Root Process 3:00 PM Bill Moses/Peter Nico, LBNL, Imaging Flow and Heterogeneity Development at Intermediate Scale 3:20 PM Jon Chorover, University of Arizona, Measuring Field Process Across Scales |
Wednesday, April 27 | |
8:00 AM | Mechanisms for Stable Isotope Variation during Bioremediation, Jenny Druhan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
8:30 AM | Current Status of Imaging Microbial Biofilms in Three•Dimensional Opaque Porous Media using X•Ray Microtomography, Dorthe Wildenschild, Oregon State University |
9:00 AM | Precipitation Reaction Fronts in Subsurface Environments: Insights from Experiments and Challenges for Modeling and Engineering, George Redden, Idaho National Laboratory |
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Dollar Rally Still Quite Possible Bears' Grip Is Weakening
As shown below, a short-term bullish divergence remains in place between price and the dollar's relative strength index. The condition can be cleared if RSI drops over the next few trading sessions. A trendline from December of 2009 is also in a position to lend possible support to the dollar (see blue line).
If we move to a broader timeframe using a monthly chart, we see the trendline extends all the way back to 2008 (see green dotted line). A trendline on a monthly chart is more significant than one on a short-term daily chart.
The dollar's daily chart is also showing some potentially bullish divergences. While the U.S. Dollar Index recently made a lower low, several technical indicators have not followed.
The chart below contains several indicators that continue to support a possible short-term rally in the dollar. ADX (shown at the bottom of the chart) is of particular concern. According to Dr. Alexander Elder in Trading For A Living:
Notice how well Dr. Elder's comments relate to the recent action in the U.S. dollar. The black ADX line recently turned down from above both the red and green directional lines, which is a textbook red flag relative to a possible change in trend from down to up.
Many believe, including us at CCM, the current rally off the summer lows was sparked mainly by the expectation the Fed would print more money. The chart below shows as the U.S. dollar (red line) began to weaken again in August of 2010, weak dollar assets, like gold (blue line), began to rally. If the dollar rallies, then weak-dollar assets may consolidate for a time or experience pullbacks. Our concern is correlation risk between the dollar, gold, silver, oil, and copper.
Below is a similar look highlighting the trendlines in gold and the short-term divergence in RSI which has not yet been cleared.
Our concerns extend to other inflation-protection assets, like copper. These divergences do not mean copper and gold cannot advance, but they do mean the downside risks have increased relative to the upside potential, as least for the short-term.
Could the dollar continue to fall? Yes. Could gold, silver, copper, and oil continue to rise? Yes, but we have to decide how much risk we are willing to take in order to seek additional gains. While we still hold gold, silver, and copper, our decision to reduce our exposure to these assets was based on deteriorating short-term, risk-reward profiles. When the conditions outlined above are no longer present and the risk-reward profiles improve, we will revisit our exposure to inflation-friendly assets. Additional short-to-intermediate-term concerns related to gold are covered in Short-Term Concerns Remain for Gold.
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Jeff Smith's much loved and award-festooned fantasy comic BONE wrapped up its story line 10 years ago. Since then Smith has moved on to other projects like RASL and the ongoing webcomic Tüki Save The Humans.
Thus the announcement of a new Bone story — one that takes place AFTER the main Bone storyline — is pretty exciting news. Bone: Coda is described as a "completely superflous" story featuring the Bone cousins and Bartleby the Rat creature on the dangerous journey back to their home in Boneville.


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Friday, September 3, 2010
Beach Bums
Our week at the beach wasn't long enough; two weeks would have been perfect. We stayed in Union Pier Michigan, a cute little beach town.
The yellow house we rented was the perfect size for our family of three. If you have a bigger family, the house across the street could work for you.
Most of the homes in the neighborhood are rented out for part of the year.
The beach was a couple blocks away and the pool was right around the corner. We swam there or played at the beach every day.
Some days we had the pool all to ourselves.
The beach is the little ones favorite place to be. She must get that from me, I spent a lot of time at the beach when I was younger.
She saw her first sunset...
And made her first s'more
I got to visit one of my favorite shops while we were there. I had a few people ask me where we got our coffee table so I thought I would show you.
The Plum Tree is owned by a sweet older man and his wife. She paints some of the beautiful furniture their son makes. They sell a lot of antiques too.
I love how it's tucked into the woods.
We will be heading back in a few weeks to visit our favorite pumpkin farm. It's become a tradition for us; this will be our 7th year. Today is a perfect seventy degrees and I'm thinking about fall my friends.
Have a fun and safe weekend!
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3. | Locate and read the recommended Biographies of the Selected Inventors: Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, and Stephanie Kwolek. (Note: Other biographies on these inventors may be substituted, but it is best to gather at least three to four biographies for each inventor and to ensure that the biographies are at the appropriate reading level for your students.) |
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5. | Have slips of paper with Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, and Stephanie Kwolek written on them. Place the slips in a hat. |
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Taxation is just another word for Stealing, or Theft. There are no such things as "Stealing laws", "Theft laws", "Tax laws","Tax crimes", "$ owed to the IRS",etc. $ STOLEN FROM the taxpayers,etc., BELONGS TO the taxpayers, etc., not to the politicians, so it can't be used as "Revenue","Politicians' salaries", "Infrastructure investments", "Raises for government employees", etc. Gun control, basically speaking, is Unconstitutional, under the 2nd Amendment. There isn't any such thing as "Gay Marriage". Since Queers, basically speaking, can't have chilren, homosexuality is Individualistic, & Racial, suicide. There are no such things as "Illegal Immigrants". Peole who walk into a Free country- like this one- without Documents, Permission, etc., don't somehow automatically become "Illegal Criminal Aliens". I've also written a # of Letters about the Fake "religions", the Shroud of Turin, which the 3rd nail proves couldn't have been Christ's, etc. See, for example, my Letter on the Blog/Website : Catholic Key Mar 14, 2013- Thanksgiving Pope.
Florida hospitals that treat the state's neediest patients say the Senate is taking the wrong approach in how it plans to pay for Medicaid services. The Senate and the House have come up with different formulas for reimbursing hospitals under a new system called diagnosis-related groups, or DRG....
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which prove that the Shroud of Turin CAN'T be Christ's.
Scientists at the University of Padua in Italy have used infrared light and spectroscopy (the study of a physical object's interaction with electromagnetic radiation) to examine the shroud and found that it's actually much older than a previous study found. By Marc Lallanilla,?LiveScience Ass...
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$ that's been STOLEN FROM the Taxpayers BELONGS TO The Taxpayers- it doesn't somehow become "revenue" for the politicians, "Free government $", Politicians' "salaries", "Infrastructure funds", "Federal Funds", etc.
The so-called "federal government" is not only Bankrupt, & Head- Over- Heels in Debt, It's Operating Way In The Red, & Has A Huge, & Increasing, Budget Deficit. There's virtually zero $ for anything whatsoever.
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FILE - In this March 9, 2010 file photo, an American Eagle flight waits for release from the air traffic control tower at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, Ill. Airports have begun mounting a legal challenge to the FAA's decision to shut down 149 air traffic control towers under ...
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Jesuits- The Society of Jesus?
Catholics, etc., are taught that Christ's name was Jesus?
Christ's name WASN'T Jesus.
The Catholic Religion is a False "religion".
The Catholic Church is a Fake "church".
Francis ISN'T the new "pope".
I no longer want, or need, a "vicar".
In this Feb. 20, 2013 file photo, a see-through church is pictured on a hilltop in Borgloon, 80 km (50 miles) east of Brussels. The artistic vision of the church is made of rusty steel beams separated by gaps, and its austere beauty won it an international architecture prize. Yet the eerie desol...
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Various famous Economists, such as Professor Laurence Kotlikoff of Boston University, claim that the so-called " national debt" is about $228 Trillion, & going up about $1 Trillion a month.
WHAT Balanced Budget????
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Maxwell's Efforts Lead TCU To Series Win Over Lobos
April 10, 2011 FORT WORTH, Texas - Steven Maxwell turned in a dominating performance Sunday afternoon as the TCU Horned Frogs defeated New Mexcio 6-2 to take the series victory. All six of TCU's runs came with two outs in the inning. Maxwell improved to 5-0 on the season after allowing just two runs on nine hits. He fanned eight and didn't walk a batter in his first career complete game. The Lobos took an early 1-0 lead in the game. Sam Wilson led off the third inning with a triple to right center. Maxwell got a big first out, but a ground ball off the bat of Alex Allbritton for the second out allowed Wilson to score the first run of the game. After facing five batters in the third inning, Maxwell found a groove and never faced more than four batters in an inning. He struck out the side in the fourth and got a double play ball to end the fifth. The Lobos would tally a hit in each of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, but Maxwell would leave the runner stranded to keep the Frogs in control. The only other blemish was a two-out home run from Luke Campbell with two outs in the ninth. TCU finally strung together some hits in the fourth as it scratched across a pair of two-out runs to take a 2-1 lead. Taylor Featherston got the ball rolling with a one-out single. Josh Elander tied the game with a double to left field, scoring Featherston from first base. Aaron Schultz broke the tie with a line-drive single to left, putting the Frogs in front to stay. Lobo starter Rudy Jaramillo got two quick outs in the fifth, but Jantzen Witte singled to start another rally. A wild pitch was huge as it moved Witte to second and he was able to score on a Featherston base hit to right to give the Frogs a 3-1 lead. An error kept the inning alive in the sixth as Jerome Pena reached base for the second time in the game. Zac Jordan executed a perfect hit-and-run, moving Pena to third. The duo provided excitement as they attempted a double steal. Pena beat the throw home and slid in safely to make it a 4-1 contest. Two more runs crossed the plate in the seventh to give the Frogs a five-run cushion. With Featherston standing on second, Jason Coats doubled to left center to drive in a run and he scored on a base knock from Elander. With the victory, TCU improves to 22-10 on the season and 7-2 in league play. The Frogs will hit the road for five straight beginning Tuesday night at nationally-ranked Oklahoma. Game time in Norman is set for 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Postgame Quotes: On where his club is right now: TCU Pitcher Steven Maxwell TCU Infielder Taylor Featherston Game Notes:
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Your windows were working fine, smoothly traveling up and down with the push of the button, happily letting in the nice outside air, until one day out of nowhere one or both of the windows now only move in small increments. Decision time: Do it yourself or spend your next paycheck at the repair shop.
Please note that this repair applies only to the problem of the window movement in 1 inch increments. If your windows have stopped working altogether, stop reading this, then check your fuses, the comfort relay, window switches, wiring, etc.
This is a relatively easy do-it-yourself repair, it should only take a few determined hours on a nice sunny day to complete. By doing it yourself you'll save anywhere from under $100 for a used motor to over $500 for a shop to install a new motor. Cost of this DIY project: approximately $4.
The first step is to carefully remove your door panels, making sure your windows are all the way up before starting the job. Start with the two screws behind the handle, then gently pry off the panel clips with a plastic trim remover tool. If you don't have one try a plastic fork. Take your time and be careful not to just yank off the panels. The pressboard material tears easily, and the less you damage it now will save you precious time later in not having to repair it. Once the panel is off, carefully remove any wiring to the speakers and power mirror controls. Set the panel off to the side in a safe place.
Next carefully remove the front cover from the window motor, the larger black one facing you. Now look for the magnet. If you don't see it in the opening as seen in the picture below, then it has moved down the motor shaft and out of the range of the sensor. If you're lucky you can gently ease it back into place with a small screwdriver. Otherwise you'll have to take off the silver motor cover and push the magnet back into view. There is no need to completely remove the silver cover. If you do, make sure you put it back on exactly how it was assembled or the polarity will be reversed, meaning the 'up' side of the switch will make the window go down, and visa versa. Now that you've found the magnet, its time to reposition it. Usually you can see where the magnet originally sat from the clearer marks on the shaft. However as long as its in the little rectangular window it should work. If you're unsure, situate the magnet, partially assemble the covers back on and give it a try. My driver window seemed to like the magnet just a little to the right more than the passenger side. As a rule of thumb it's best to make your bimmer happy and adjust accordingly.
Once you have determined the best location for the magnet, its time to get out the epoxy. Because there is not much space to apply the glue in the plastic opening, get the epoxy that comes with a long thin plastic needle. This epoxy mixes the resin and hardener as it travels down the tube and delivers the correct ratio at the precise spot you need. Its perfect for this application. Once you have the glue ready, slide the magnet to one direction and add just a dab of epoxy to the motor shaft. Then slide the magnet to the other direction and add a dab to the shaft on the other side. Now position the magnet to the correct location and let it sit. Although the epoxy says 1 minute, that's only its initial 'set' time. It will take hours to harden, and its best to let it cure for at least 24 hours. In plain english that means that once you situate the magnet with the dabs of glue, don't move it again, and definitely don't operate the power windows for at least 24 hours.
Since you have now become an expert at the magnet job, now would be a good time to repeat all these steps on the other side of the car. The logic is if one went bad, the other may be closer than you think. When I first tackled this repair on the driver side door, I didn't worry about the passenger side because it was working fine. However a week later both windows were now only moving in increments. Figuring the epoxy did not hold and the magnet had moved, I tore apart the driver door again only to see everything looked as it should be. After wasting time checking fuses and relays, the light bulb of common sense lit up and I checked the passenger door to find its magnet had moved out of sight. Not sure why the passenger door made both windows not work correctly, but that's another unique challenge of BMW electronics. After fixing the passenger door, both sides again worked fine.
Since you have the glue handy, it is a good time to make any repairs to the door panel before the epoxy inside the tube starts to set up. However if you tore out any of the plastic trim clips, do not simply glue them to the door panel as they need a little bit of free play to reattach to the door. Depending on how bad you or the previous mechanic tore the press-board its time to be creative. For example epoxy a metal washer to the torn area to remake a solid ground for the clip. Or you can epoxy a square of outdoor-grade plastic Velcro to the panel and glue a corresponding piece of Velcro to the door itself. I tried both options with a successful hold.
As you wait the next 24 hours for everything to dry and cure, take the opportunity to feel sporty and drive your bimmer in race-car mode for the next day with the windows closed and the door panels safely tucked away under your bed. When enough time has passed re-assemble in the reverse steps as dis-assembly and be proud of a job well done. Before using the power windows for the first time, follow these steps. With the doors closed and the windows (hopefully still all the way up) turn on the ignition, then press and hold the up button on the switch, and count to ten. This will reset the motor and the memory. Try the switch, operating the windows up and down. They should work smoothly and stop at the correct location. If not repeat the reset step again.
Now go out for a drive and show off your newly repaired power windows. Drive through a couple different fast food places just so you can smile when getting your lunch, or go on the highway so you can feel happy paying the toll fee because your windows now work nicely. If you're really adventurous you can stretch out the wait time on reattaching the door panels and continue to drive in race-car mode for another few days and pretend you're in a rally car race while you're on the way to your boring job in the real world. Either way your windows should be working fine now and you're ready for another project.


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Friday, July 24, 2009
Soccer Player in a Bar Fight!
Yeah, it's pretty much as sad as you'd imagine, courtesy of England footballer Steven Gerrard, The Guardian, and the CCTV of what looks like a grotty little bar.
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im an englishman, in fact, i used to visit this blog when i was younger, and speak to you about history.
Gerrard was actually attacked first, and hit out in self defense. He still apologised, despite the fact ihe was attacked.
gerrard, one of the best footballers in the world. - Sun Aug 02, 04:44:00 AM CDT
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I remember you. Welcome back.
The video is pretty grainy. Garrard is certainly a world class footballer and the fact that the charges were dismissed indicates that you are right. Someone clearly wanted to take a swipe at a famous athlete.
My main reason for posting this was to show that it was a pretty lame fight, for all of the publicity it drew. Garrard is a badass on the pitch. In the bar? Not so much.
dcat - Mon Aug 03, 03:38:00 PM CDT
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19— A recent Federal appeals court ruling that a Virginia hospital must provide life-sustaining treatment for a baby born missing most of her brain has alarmed hospital administrators and specialists in medical ethics. They say there is little hope for holding down health care costs if family members have a legal right to insist on treatments that doctors consider inappropriate.
Fairfax Hospital, a regional medical center in Falls Church, Va., is appealing the decision, which was issued earlier this month by a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond. The panel ruled, 2 to 1, that a Federal law enacted eight years ago to prevent hospitals from turning indigent patients away from emergency rooms applies much more broadly, requiring hospitals to treat or stabilize all emergency conditions, even when doctors believe that no treatment is warranted.
The ruling came in the case of a 16-month-old girl, identified in court records only as Baby K, who was born at the hospital with a catastrophic birth defect, anencephaly, the absence of all brain structures except a rudimentary brain stem. She has been kept alive much longer than most anencephalic babies normally survive because the mother insisted that the hospital provide mechanical breathing support during the baby's periodic respiratory crises.
The mother, who is not identified, is acting out of a "firm Christian faith that all life should be protected," according to an earlier court opinion in the case.
Ever since the hospital was rebuffed by a Federal district judge last summer in an initial effort to avoid further treatment, the case has been closely watched as the latest symbol of the uphill effort to harness professional judgment, technology and human emotion in the service of rational medical care. Money Not at Issue
The appeals court's legal interpretation has added an unexpected and weighty element to this painful mix. The court applied a 1986 law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, often referred to as the anti-dumping act because it was principally intended to prohibit private hospitals from turning away uninsured patients needing emergency care.
But the law is not limited to indigent patients, and in any event, money is not directly at issue in this case because the baby and her mother are fully insured members of the Kaiser Permanente health maintenance organization, which is covering costs that are now well into six figures. Rather, the issue is medical judgment.
Anencephalic babies are permanently unconscious and lack all sensation and cognitive ability. But they are not brain dead and so do not meet the legal definition of death that would give hospitals the clear right to stop life-support. The standard treatment is to keep anencephalic babies warm and feed them as their organs fail. Death usually comes from respiratory failure, because the brain stem is not adequate for regulating breathing.
"There is not a physician in the country who thinks you ought to treat anencephalics," Dr. Arthur F. Kohrman, chairman of the committee on bioethics at the American Academy of Pediatrics, said in an interview. "This is a profoundly important case, because it strips away the ability of physicians to act as moral agents and turns them into instruments of technology. These babies are born dying, and the issue is not prolonging their death but supporting it in a humane and dignified way."
In applying the anti-dumping law, the Court of Appeals majority identified the baby's emergency medical condition not as anencephaly, for which there is no treatment, but as apnea, a periodic inability to breathe, which can be treated with a ventilator.
Because patients with apnea from other causes would be treated in an emergency, Fairfax Hospital must treat the baby, the court said, adding that the law made no exception for situations in which "the required treatment would exceed the prevailing standard of medical care." In the majority opinion, Judges William W. Wilkins Jr. and Karen J. Williams said that Congress could write such an exception into the law but that it was beyond their purview as judges.
The court acknowledged that a Virginia law exempted doctors from having to provide care they regarded as medically or ethically inappropriate. But it held that the state law was pre-empted by the Federal statute and so could not provide a basis for refusing respiratory treatment.
The dissenting judge, James M. Sprouse, said that Congress "even in its weakest moments" would not have meant to require doctors to disregard their medical judgment and treat Baby K. The statute should not be seen as applying at all to this case, he said, adding that anencephaly, while an "unspeakably tragic illness," should not be viewed as "a series of discrete emergency medical conditions to be considered in isolation." Review by Full Court
The hospital decided this week to ask the full 13-member appeals court to reconsider the panel's decision. An eventual appeal to the Supreme Court by one side or the other is likely.


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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Welcome to Spiritual Sunday
I just wanted to welcome everyone today to Spiritual Sunday. We have so much to be thankful for and share so much of all of our things during the week ,so lets share how much we love the Lord today by posting our love for him. Please if you have an extra minute make sure you read the daily verse that Charlotte has put on the sidebar, it is such a great verse.
God Bless,
God Bless,
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Have a blessed Lord's day, and PLEASE pray for our nation, the elections, for God's mercy on the church, for repentance in the heart of the church, and for those who are lost to be found and saved. Then our nation will turn around.
God bless you my brothers and sisters. Looking to the sky.
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October 4, 2005 Playoff ProspectusSan Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals
It's the best team in baseball this season against arguably the worst playoff team ever to roam the earth. Let's also not forget that the Padres' underwhelming 82-80 record was assembled in spite of a -42 run differential and against the weakest schedule in all of baseball. So it's a mismatch on paper and according to common sense; however, the brevity of a five-game series can wreak havoc on expectations. The best, the worst, Pujols, Hoffy, Giles, Carp and the pee-colored wonders that are the Padres' road unis--this one has it all � Lineups (AVG/OBP/SLG/EqA/VORP) St. Louis Cardinals
SS-R David Eckstein (.293/.359/.395/.270/41.6) San Diego Padres
CF-L Dave Roberts (.274/.348/.427/.282/25.3) The lineups clearly favor the Cardinals; half their lineup boasts an EqA of .290 or better. Still, the Padres now have a healthy Ramon Hernandez and Khalil Greene, and they've installed Mark Sweeney in the lineup and defenestrated Phil Nevin. While the core of the St. Louis lineup is undeniably strong, the bottom half is quite lacking. Abraham Nunez has been putrid of late (.231/.284/.269 in August and .238/.273/.250 in September), and Yadier Molina is one of the worst-hitting regulars in baseball. Also consider that Chris Carpenter will likely be in the nine hole for two games (his career batting line: .080/.120/.093 � seriously), and you've got three sure outs at the bottom. Still, advantage Cards. Benches (AVG/OBP/SLG/EqA/VORP) St. Louis Cardinals
OF-L John Rodriguez (.295/.375/.436/.290/11.4) San Diego Padres
IF/OF-R Xavier Nady (.261/.320/.439/.268/13.4) Considering the strength of the Cardinal bullpen and the curious construction of the Padre lineup (three lefties at the top, three righties at the bottom), it's a good thing San Diego has a capable bench. They'll likely face some key pinch-hitting junctures, and to avoid critical daisy chains of platoon disadvantages, Bruce Bochy will need to be bold in his decisions. Tony La Russa teams, insofar as their benches are concerned, are often hampered by his love of defensive multi-tasking at the expense of hitting ability. While there's much to be said for versatility, the lines between "useful" and "novelty act" are often blurred. This year, however, the Cards have a nice crop of reserves. Rodriguez, Taguchi, Mabry and Luna all have defensive flexibility and can hit a little by bench player standards (for that matter, La Russa could pinch hit Jason Marquis, as he's done on nine other occasions this season). Considering the fragility and platoon weaknesses of guys like Walker and Sanders, this bench, if utilized properly, could play a big role. As for Einar Diaz, it's a task to have a worse bat than Yadier Molina, but, by golly, he's done it. Rotations (ERA/IP/SNLVAR) St. Louis Cardinals
RHP Chris Carpenter (241.2, 2.83, 8.6) San Diego Padres
RHP Jake Peavy (203.0, 2.88, 6.6) Away from run-suppressing Petco this season, the Padres gave up 408 runs. Pro-rate that 162 games, and in the NL only the Reds, Rockies and Diamondbacks would've coughed up more runs on the season. The bullpen (which ranks second in the NL--to the Cardinals--in relief ERA) hasn't been the problem. Rather, it's the fault of the rotation (and, as you'll see below, the defense). Specifically, Padre starters not named Jake Peavy have a 4.98 ERA in 2005. This is where the schedule comes into play. The Pads and Cardinals will Tuesday, rest on Wednesday, play Thursday, rest on Friday, and then play Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Those two off days early in the series in tandem with Peavy's game one start mean he'll be able to start twice on regular rest, should the series go that far. Because of Chris Carpenter's recent struggles, Peavy without question is the best starting pitcher in this series. Speaking of Carpenter, much has been made of his 5.73 ERA in the month of September. That's troubling enough, but there's reason to believe his troubles go deeper than something that could be dismissed as small sample size or a run of bad BABIP luck. First, Carpenter has topped his previous high in innings by 26 frames, and this season he ranks ninth in all of baseball in pitches thrown. Second, Carpenter's six September starts came against the Astros (twice), Mets, Pirates, Cubs and Brewers-teams that, on average, rank 10th in the NL in runs scored. Third, Carpenter's peripherals have degraded along with his run prevention skills. Take a look at the worsening of Carpenter's secondary indicators: K/BB ratio K/9 HR/9 GB/FB April through August 4.45 8.3 0.62 2.05 September 3.33 7.2 0.96 1.70Not even mentioning runs, Carpenter's been worse across the board: less command, lower strikeout rates, more homers, more balls in the air. This is something more than a strain of misfortune. Fortunately for the Cardinals, they get to face Pedro Astacio in game two (away from Petco, no less; in parks other than Petco, Astacio has a 5.08 ERA this season), and probably Adam Eaton in game three. Two starts for Peavy may well mean two victories for the Padres, but squeezing one more from their remaining starters will be an onerous task.
Bullpens (IP, ERA,
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RHP Jason Isringhausen (59.0, 2.14, 3.70)
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RHP Trevor Hoffman (57.2, 2.97, 3.77)
The big news, of course, is that the Cardinals will be without Al Reyes. Reyes, who ranks as the 11th best reliever in baseball this season according to expected runs, tore elbow ligaments in the final game of the regular season. The comfort for St. Louis is that in Julian Tavarez, Cal Eldred, Brad Thompson and, if need be, Jason Marquis, they have plenty of right-handed middle relief options.
As mentioned above, San Diego has an enviable relief corps of its own. If there's one thing to take note of it's that Bochy has made the mistake of using Otsuka, rather than Linebrink, as his "critical mass" right-handed setup guy. While Otsuka's anything but a liability, Linebrink this season has been his manifest superior, and he needs to be deployed as such. Using Otsuka in more high-leverage situations hurts the team.
Lefty Chris Hammond is hampered by a groin injury and hasn't pitched since September 24. While he's expected to be available, the whiff of uncertainty may mean a spot on the post-season roster for Craig Breslow. Breslow has been excellent in limited, low-leverage action this season, but must be regarded as an unknown quantity under these circumstances. With bats like Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker across the way, that could be key.
According to our defensive efficiency ratings, the Cardinals have the third-best defense in the NL, while the Padres rank a measly 12th. If Dave Roberts' strained quad hinders his fly-chasing abilities, then that'll make the Pads even worse in the field. Of course, if Roberts can't answer the bell at all, San Diego may be forced to stick Giles out there. Considering the Cardinals are one of the four best teams in the NL in terms of putting the ball in play, that Padre defense will be a factor.
Bochy's less prone to micro-management and small-ball machinations, but there's little arguing with La Russa's record of success. In the past, La Russa's been a bit too patient with his starters in the post-season (think game five of the 2002 NLCS), and without Reyes at his disposal that may again be a temptation. Overall, a modest edge to St. Louis.
The presence of Jake Peavy, the extra day of rest and the downward spiraling of Chris Carpenter mean this is very much a series. The Pads take both of Peavy's starts, but the other San Diego starters and that porous defense can't keep runs off the board. St. Louis in five.
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Singapore-based Vela Diagnostics announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved its Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based Sentosa SQ HCV Genotyping Assay for diagnostic use.
The Sentosa SQ HCV Genotyping Assay is intended for viral genotyping in patients diagnosed with Hepatitis C Virus infection from human plasma or serum sample. The assay is also currently being reviewed for CE-IVD and HSA approval.
The press release said that the Sentosa SQ HCV Genotyping Assay covers clinically relevant regions of NS3, NS5A and NS5B and detects genotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and subtypes 1a and 1b. The limit of detection is 1000 IU/mL for genotypes 1 (including 1a, 1b and others), 2, 3 and 4, and 2000 IU/mL for genotypes 5 and 6. The assay has demonstrated 100% clinical sensitivity and 99.39% clinical genotyping correctness.
The Sentosa SQ HCV Genotyping Assay is validated on the highly automated Sentosa NGS workflow which enables automated RNA extraction, library construction, template preparation, sequencing, data analysis and generation of both Pathology report and Quality Control report. The Sentosa NGS workflow also allows clear sample traceability, with seamless LIS integration and connectivity.
Vela Diagnostics also announced that Sentosa SQ HIV Genotyping Assay is expected to be launched in June 2016. The early access program is now available.
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Let This Easter Be Special For Your Customers And Employees
Easter Sunday is just around the corner! Have you thought about using this special occasion to highlight your brand? People often associate cheery and fun memories with Easter. By choosing Easter to highlight your brand, you will be able to draw quality goodwill to your business.
Here is an interesting insight on Easter from the National Confectioners Association: 82.5% of individuals like receiving candies/chocolates while 72.9% prefer non-edible items such as books, crayons and stuffed animals as promotional gifts.*
The team at Promo Direct has made things easier for you by picking the top 5 Easter giveaways chosen by our buyers. Hope you like this list!
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These 16-page coloring books are great giveaways for children. They feature great story lines on health. They also include exciting games that will keep kids hooked!
2. Candy Roll
Share the joy of Easter by giving away candy rolls to your customers. This product comes with 11 individual candies , each with a unique flavor.
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Social sign-on is a great solution to the problem that many people face: the need to have a unique user name and password for each web site that they use.
But once customers (either actual or potential) are logged into your site, that's when the real work begins. That work is engaging those customers, keeping them engaged, and converting clicks into purchases.
So you've been looking at adding social sign-on to your website. You've become acquainted with the social sign-on landscape, you're familiar with the advantages of using social sign-on, and you're ready to delve a little deeper into the subject.
You've decided to implement social sign-on on your website. That's potentially a good move. However, there are several factors that you need to consider before implementing social sign-on.
Let's take a look at four factors that you should consider when implementing social sign-on.
One of the goals for a brand or firm using social media is to drive conversions. You want to turn those visits and clicks to sales. More importantly, you want those customers to keep coming back. Achieving that is definitely not easy.
Facebook recently got into trouble when it was revealed that they were behind a Google smear campaign. Essentially, Facebook hired a PR firm to get journalists and bloggers to write negative press about Google's privacy policies and practices. The tactic backfired when some enterprising journalists did some research and found out that Facebook was behind the campaign.
Social Sign-On is a form of authentication that allows end-users to register and login to websites with existing social identities such as their Facebook, Google or Twitter accounts. With 75% of consumers inclined to leave websites that require registration, Social Sign-On remedies many common conversion headaches and has been quickly embraced. Additionally, it broadens reach, increases engagement and tap into valuable social APIs.
Social sign-on is an authentication method available on many websites where a person uses their social networking account login credentials as identification to "sign on" to other web sites. In laymen's terms, it's what allows you to login to other sites using your Facebook ID and Password (or Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, etc). For a web site owner or administrator, there are many questions and concerns that need to be addressed about this relatively new technology. Below is a list of questions to ask before you decide to implement a social sign-on solution for your web site:
Gigya, what we've referred to as the 'Swiss Army Knife' of social plugins, continues to offer new features for making websites social that align with client needs and the latest trends and innovations. Early to the social scene in 2006, the platform was a trailblazer in a sea of individual plug-ins and remains so today leading the social CRM pack with a lion's share of impressive clients to show for it.
Supply and demand! The Internet's proven to be a social juggernaut in the past few years, with countless places for users to discuss and share ideas. An emerging business dilemma is that there are so many new sites each week that some people are getting tired of creating new accounts for them all. The demand for a single sign-on future is huge, and many competitors are scrambling to offer the desired supply of tools to meet users' needs.
With Facebook joining the OpenID Foundation, and more and more websites integrating their services with other third-party websites via oAuth and OpenID, its quite obvious the future of the web is relying on these authorization technologies to provide a fluid end user experience. However, in order to understand exactly how this will impact end users, site owners, and content creators, first we have to explore exactly what these technologies do.


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NEW YORK — Twinkle, twinkle, little Internet router. And cell phone. And digital video recorder. And cable modem. And game console. And power strip. And TV — even though it's turned off.
Turn off the lamps in a living room or bedroom today, and chances are good the room will still be aglow with the tiny diode lights of a half-dozen gadgets.
They can be useful indicators of what state a gadget it is in, or where it is, but they also annoy people who'd rather not have lights shining in their faces when they're trying to sleep or watch movies.
To sleep in a dorm room full of electronics at Cornell University, Rafael Garcia has covered some lights with black tape. He turns his laptop upside-down and places a mouse pad and a picture of his girlfriend on his desktop computer to block its lights. His electric toothbrush has to come out of its charger, or it will blink through the night.
Unplugging the gadgets stops them from disturbing the darkness, but an unplugged laptop or toothbrush also doesn't charge. Other devices, such as computers, take time to shut down and start up.
"It's gotten way, way, worse, especially in the last year or two," said Shawn Therrien, a Los Angeles computer programmer. "Every single thing we buy has little neon-blue flashing lights on it. ... Turn the light off and they shine like beacons."
Therrien's bedside nemesis is an alarm clock that doubles as an iPod docking station.
"It lights up like the Fortress of Solitude," he said, likening it to Superman's headquarters of glowing crystals. He tamed it with 12 strips of black tape.
Tom Hespos, a partner in an advertising firm in New York, counted six glowing devices in his bedroom. One is an alarm clock with a blue backlight so strong he has to put a pillow between it and him.
And don't get him started on his Internet router, which has blinking blue light-emitting diodes.
"Whoever sees that glow through my window must think I'm keeping aliens in my spare room," he said.
Blue LEDs have become particularly popular for electronics, and that's part of the problem. In dim light, our eyes are more sensitive to colors at the blue end of the spectrum, so blue LEDs look brighter, said Mariana Figueiro of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center in Troy, New York.
When blue LEDs became available in 1993, following red, green and yellow, they first showed up only in high-end equipment.
Andy Logan, principal designer at Frog Design in San Francisco, tries to steer manufacturers toward more subtle light designs rather than having the diodes shine like flashlights.
But he doesn't recommend designing products so that people can turn off the lights without turning the entire gadget off. The lights often indicate when a device shouldn't be unplugged, such as when a hard drive is writing data.
Outside the bedroom or dorm room, more blue LEDs might actually be a good thing — researchers are exploring whether they can be used to keep people alert and awake.
Scientists have discovered that a light-sensitive layer of the eye, separate from the part that allows us to see, sends signals to the body that affect rhythms of wakefulness and sleep.
That layer is also more sensitive to blue light than to any other color, said George Brainard, director of the light research program at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
He has funding from the NASA-affiliated National Space Biomedical Research Institute to study whether blue-light treatment can help keep astronauts more alert. Figueiro is helping the Navy figure out whether blue light can help submariners adjust to their watch schedules.
For now, researchers don't believe the low levels of blue light emitted by gadgets is enough to change our sleep patterns.
"Some people are very, very sensitive," Brainard said, "so I'd hate to say never."
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Not bad but not great either: Carnival Splendor Cruise Review by Hodor
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Not bad but not great either
Destination: Mexican Riviera
Embarkation: Los Angeles
We found our cabin and we were very happy with the size and layout of the cabin and the wonderful huge deck that we had. The bathroom seemed smaller than the Inspiration, but it was more than adequate for our needs.
It was wonderful to be able to be away from the crowds as we departed Long Beach, our friends gathering on our deck to see us off.
The food was pretty good actually, however, there were times that there were massive queues for anything (most notably at lunchtime when we were at sea) and we had to wait quite a while for our meals.
It felt as if they had packed a few too many people on board this particular vessel at times like this. It wasn't particularly relaxing.
One more More thing that certainly did not help with relaxation were the number of children on board this particular sailing. They announced at the beginning of the cruise that over 1000 of the passengers were under 17- oh joy. Some were loud, obnoxious and well, kids being kids when they aren't being too well supervised. Not a trip to take for a romantic getaway.
We sampled the Pinnacle steakhouse and enjoyed it so much we actually went back a second time, mostly it was a getaway from the crowds at dinner and the food was exceptional.
Some of the crew were excellent, our drinks server at dinner Wayan and Diana in Guest services stood out amongst the staff that helped usAs with the cruise on the Inspiration, there seemed to be a paucity of good entertainment on the vessel. We did not sample the shows in the evening so cannot comment on the standard of that entertainment, I am more referring to the daytime entertainment when we were at sea.
Carnival seems to be a company that is heavily interested in taking as much money from you as possible for the duration of the voyage. I'm sure all the cruise companies are but Carnival is pretty obvious about it. Each Tv channel has a Carnival advertising channel in between the next channel you are looking for. A lot of the ten top things to do in a day involved you forking our your hard earned cash for something or other. It got a bit old towards the end of the journey.
Cabo was beautiful and we did the sail, beach and shop excursion which I would highly recommend apart from the mall you are taken to for the shopping, We were given 45 mins to shop and this was 35 mins too long.
All in all a pretty average cruise overall.
It's funny, we were thinking the Inspiration would be the lesser cruise, but it proved the opposite. Less
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Pain behind left knee09/25/2007 |
I am a 31 yo male experiencing pain in the back of my left knee. 7 days ago I began a workout program at my local fitness club. The program consists of lower body workouts 1 day a week and upper body+core workouts another day. This is my first real attemt at a workout program since I played tennis in high school. I have not had problems with my knees in the past. After the first day of the lower body program, my thighs & hamstrings were really sore. I would imagine due to them not being pushed that hard in a long time. 2 days later was the second day of upper body workout, which included some light jogging but didn`t focus on my leg muscles. 2-3 days after the first workout, my legs were mostly back to normal with a little bit of tightness in my hamstrings and thighs. On the 5th day (yesterday) after my initial leg workout, I started to feel pain behind my left knee. It felt as if I had a bad cramp in my upper calf at first, but the muscle was not tight at all. The pain seems to be coming from the soft tissue on the back of my knee. It hurt most when I flexed my leg up and pushed my foot forward. There was a little pain walking, mostly when my left heel hits the ground, but no pain going up or down stairs. I played hockey last night without incident or any pain, but today, the knee seems to be a bit stiffer and the pain is dull but constant. Pain while walking is a bit worse. Is there something serious I should be conerned about? or is this just a matter of being out of shape and putting muscles I haven`t strained in a long time through a tough workout? Thanks in advance for your response.
A strained muscle would typically not cause pain in the back of the knee. Recent-onset pain such as yours should be paid attention to, and used to guide your activities, such that anything that makes the pain worse should be modified or avoided until pain subsides. Although a diagnosis would require a physical exam, the fact your pain is worsened by fully flexing your knee suggests a knee joint problem, which could include inflammatory fluid buildup within the knee joint from overuse, or possibly a torn cartilage (meniscus).
If your symptoms don't improve, it would be best for you to consult with a physician to obtain a diagnosis, which is necessary to determine the most appropriate course of treatment.
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- Cyprinids and Atherinids
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Asian river biotope So I'm considering a new project tank. Something to house my rosy barbs and hopefully some other schooling fish. I plan to have at least a 30 gallon tank with a large tree trunk ornament as the centerpiece and lots of plants. My current school of 10 rosy barbs would be included, and I'm also looking to add one RTBS. I'm wondering if a school of scissor tail rasboras would also do well in this set up? Plant wise I'm looking at crypts, maybe some vals (not sure if I'm thinking of the right plant here) and some onion plant. Thanks, Ashkat |
Cryptocoryne sp. are native to Asian rivers. They're your best bet by far. For a 30g, selection is rather limited. For bottom dwellers, try the Schistura, Nemacheilus or the Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki. Pangios will not like the powerful flows if indeed you have plans for powerful flows. One of my river tanks consists of purely Asian fishes as the other one is stuck with a pair of spawning severums and silver dollars.:roll: Get 6 scissortail rasboras or 10 Rasbora boraptensis. Bear in mind rosy barbs can reach 3-4 inches and are also prolific breeders as well. Danios are also fine additions and dwell mostly in the surface. Be careful as these are excellent jumpers. |
Ok, it is now a moral imperative that I get my hands on a shoal of Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki. Could fish get any cuter than that??? I'm thinking if I have the dwarf loaches that nixing the RTBS is a good idea? I don't have my heart set on one, so that's ok. Also, I'd be ok with pulling the three males out of my rosy barbs if breeding becomes an issues. I really love the look of the red-tailed rasboras, plus it seems like they are a less common fish, which I think is fun. As far as water flow goes, I'm probably only going to go with the amount of flow generated by the Emperor 200 that I currently have on the 28 gallon. The tank I'm looking at is a 30 high, so that should give enough low/no current space for the sidthimunki to be comfortable. Something I noticed in the 28 is that if the water level drops below the edge of the filter output the current is increased significantly. I may set this tank up with water level an inch or so below the filter output intentionally to take advantage of that effect. This one will *NOT* be going in my bedroom (running water at night, bad idea). Now, for substrate, would it work to have some kind of plant friendly substrate like flourite under a thin layer of round pebbles with some sand on top? I think the pebbles and sand would be appreciated by the bottom dwellers and it simulates the river bottom look well. Otherwise, I could just stick with potted plants. The only problem with sticking to potted plants is that I think it will keep me from having the well planted look that I am going for. Otherwise, would a mix of sand and flourite work? I think that would also simulate the river bottom look well, especially with some rounded rocks scattered here and there. Oh I love this part! The planning stages are so much fun. It's so satisfying when all the research and work turns into a beautiful habitat. ~Ashkat |
Hehe, it is fun, isn't it!? I grow a few different kind of crypts in sand with no worries, although others will argue that sand is terrible. I'd say a mix of sand and flourite is your best bet. If you add pebbles the pebbles will end up on top with the sand below it as the biggest stuff always ends up on top. |
As cute as sidthimunkis are, the classic choice for a sub-tropical (which rosy barbs are) asian biotope tank is hillstream loaches. Sewellia lineolata is a gorgeous choice. |
Garras are also incredible. I have a Garra Flavatra whom I love. Every time I stick my hand in the tank he sucks on my arm! A tad more outgoing than the hillstreams, and they're pretty good looking too. |
TopHat, I gotta level with you, I'm not real keen on the hillstream loaches. However, given the cost of the dwarf botias, I'm not likely to be acquiring a happy little shoal of them anytime soon. I think for the time being I will keep the brochis splendens I already have in this tank, even though they are a New World fish. They have a broad enough range of pH and temperature tolerance to adapt to the biotope, and frankly, getting them out of cichlidville before they begin to look like lunch would be a good thing. Speaking of cichlidville... I've got some posts in another forum to attend to... ~Ashkat |
See if you can lay hands on scleromystax barbatus. They're a largish Argentine (I think) cory that does really well in a subtopical river tank. I was talking with Ian Fuller about that very idea, and he thought it was a good one. (My aquarium club flew him in to give a talk on cory breeding. Good stuff.) |
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My bleached eyebrows are growing out and i cant decide whether to rebleach them or let them grow back to their usual brown. Hmmm.
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Awww...hugs for you lovie!
My sweet husband has PTSD as well as mega Social anxiety which leads to a rather solitary life for us both, due to his panic attacks. He get's so bad sometimes he'll have a panic attack at the thought of me going to the grocery store. But love him, he can't help it, nor can you!
I know how hard it can be and you just have to take baby steps.
More hugs because you deserve them! :)Evil Angel:
Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
I'm so sorry to hear your hubbie is so bad :( I never worry at things like other people going places, but i really can go very few places on my own, and when i do i usually end up having panic attacks, though luckilly they're relatively small. I've not got much better recently but my doctor has set me up with another mental health assessment and hopefully that might start something good.
Pink!! Thank you :D
Thank you, i love coral lips at the moment.
I'm feeling fine now, it always passes. And i love both the lost boys and the muppets :D I watched some rubbish tv that was on instead to make me feel better :P
I'm going to try my best to go out next week, i love dancing and i'm fine once i've got a few drinks in me, but i get very panicked about leaving the house.
Ah the slug and lettuce, i've never actually been inside but i walk past it on the way to the cinema :)
I'm really pleased i got it, even though i really shouldn't have because i'm meant to be saving money. It's really great.
Me too, but with the bleached eyebrows i can colour them in any colour i want :P Black, brown, red, blue, it's all good! But when i don't have time to pencil them in i can look a bit odd.
It's ok, i probably wouldn't have had a good night when i was so wound up anyway.
Thank you, do show your playing! :D
Stinks don't it?
Thank you! I've got a load of my mum's old mags like Honey and they always have good inspiration :)I know what it feels like to not be able to be in places alone, I have depression, so I also get a bit panicky, but I've started CBT therapy and its so helpful! its amazing one session, and I stayed in my own house alone for the first time in months! I hope you get better Lillian.
Oh, and this look is lovely, you look so pretty.Simone:
I have depression too at the moment but have some pills which fix the majority of those problems. I had CBT a few years ago for my anxiety and it actually made me feel worse :/ Thank you so much for your support. i really hope the CBT continues to help and you get better soon, though it is a gradual practice.
And thank you!sorry for really late reply! i need to find a way for it to tell me.
I had CBT with a different therapist and that waas fairly crap, but I think if you don't have one who you 'click' with it wont work too well, but at the moment it really is helping me.
I'm sort of like you a think, like you come across really confident and sure of yourself (in a non arrogant way, like in a really really good way) but really, you don't feel it? that how I am alot of the time, but I think you're really great being able to post videos, and write blogs and things when you don't feel great about your self, because guess what...we love them!
Best of luck with everything Lillian xxxx


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UN urges end to U.S. Cuba embargo for 21st year
By Staff Editor On November 13, 2012 @ 3:40 pm In Archives
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Repeating an annual ritual, the U.N. General Assembly called today for the United States to lift its trade embargo against Cuba, whose foreign minister said the blockade against the communist-run island was tantamount to "genocide."
For the 21st year, the assembly's vote was overwhelming, with 188 nations – including most of Washington's closest allies – supporting the embargo resolution, a result virtually unchanged from last year.
Israel, heavily dependent on U.S. backing in the Middle East, and the tiny Pacific state of Palau were the only two countries that supported the United States in opposing the non-binding resolution in the 193-nation assembly. The Pacific states of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia abstained.
President Barack Obama further loosened curbs last year on U.S. travel and remittances to Cuba. He had said he was ready to change Cuba policy but was still waiting for signals from Havana, such as the release of political prisoners and guarantees of basic human rights.
But Obama has not lifted the five-decade-old trade embargo, and the imprisonment of a U.S. contractor in Cuba has halted the thaw in Cuban-U.S. relations.
Havana's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told the assembly that Cuba had high hopes for Obama when he was first elected in 2008 and welcomed his calls for change. But he said the result had been disappointing.
"The reality is that the last four years have been characterized by the persistent tightening of … the embargo," he said.
Rodriguez said the "extraterritoriality" of the blockade measures – the fact that Washington pressures other countries to adhere to the U.S. embargo – violates international law. He added that the blockade is not in U.S. interests and harms its credibility.
"It leads the U.S. to adopt costly double standards," he said, adding that the embargo has failed to achieve its objectives of pressuring the government to introduce economic and political freedoms and comply with international human rights standards.
"There is no legitimate or moral reason to maintain this embargo that is anchored in the Cold War," he said.
He said it qualified as a "act of genocide" against Cuba and was a "massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of an entire people."
U.S. envoy Ronald Godard rejected the resolution's call for ending the blockade and Cuba's allegation that the United States was to blame for Cuban financial difficulties. He added that the government in Havana was putting the brakes on Cuba's further development, not the United States.
"It is the Cuban government that continues to deprive them of that aspiration," he said, adding that Cuba was seeking an "external scapegoat for the island's economic problems."
Godard said Washington was not punishing the Cuban people. He said $2 billion in remittances were sent from the United States to Cuba last year, while Washington had authorized over $1.2 billion in humanitarian assistance.
He repeated Washington's calls for Cuba to "immediately release Mr (Alan) Gross," a U.S. contractor serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba for setting up Internet networks, work that a judge said was a crime against the Cuban state.
Gross' imprisonment halted efforts by Obama to improve long-hostile relations between the United States and Cuba.
Rodriguez received a resounding ovation after his speech. No one applauded Godard as the assembly proceeded to the vote.
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Ohio girl needs help with tire pressure light on
My tire pressure light won't go off. It's an 08' 4 door Wrangler unlimited. I got an oil change and they checked my tires etc.. but it chimes 3 x's when I start it, what can I do?
Verify that they actually put the tires to the recommended amount. Also, it's a possibility the spare tire's pressure may be low as well. If the lights on solid and will not go off that's usually just an indicator the pressures are incorrect. If the light is flashing and continues to flash while driving that's usually an indicator there is a sensor that is bad or some other electrical concern.
Thanks! It's not flashing just stays on. They didn't know how to get the oil light off but I knew how to do that and just assumed you did the same kind of thing with the ignition and pushing brake etc.. but obviously not. I'll figure it out.
^ check the spare.
Yup, I had the same thing with both my Jeeps (2009 and now the 2012). The dealership was about to disconnect the things for me because the air pressure was good in all 4 tires.
I went to get them rotated at a tire shop and asked about it, the kid working there checked the spare first thing ad lo and behold, that was the problem!! |
Just FYI... you can't "disconnect" them. It's gov't mandated now, it's like saying the dealership was going to disconnect your emissions monitoring system.
Thanks. Havent had time to get the tire pressure checked yet even though it dings at me everytime I start it up. I luv my 6 speed stick shift! My daughter had double knee surgery. It took 7 ortho ped Dr's to figure out what to do. It's been hard getting her in and lut of the Jeep but glad I can unhook the door and that it's a 4 door.
Does anyone know what the factory threshold is? My light came on and my tires are at 34 lbs but my spare is at 30...
I run my 11 at 35psi cold, even the spare. Stock tires.
I think it is 44psi Max it should tell you inside of driver door. |
Do NOT run the "max" tire pressure! Put whatever the door recommends for cold inflation into all the tires, including the spare. The light will come on with only a few lbs of air lost, so if the cold inflation is 35psi then 30psi would indicate to the computer to turn the light on.
had the same problwm when my '11 went in for service. put all tires including spare to 40psi. light should go off. then adjust to whatever psi you want. i run mine at what the door says 37psi. if one tire drops bellow 30. thats when the light comes on
Honestly I like my old school TJ. None of that crap to worry about especially because I'm not an electronic guy. So I do everything manually and I like keeping things simple.
The pic helps, thanks. And as for the keeping it simple, i dont have power locks, windows, and its stick shift. Pretty simple but bad ass...
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Frank Sinatra in 1960
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Birth name | Francis Albert Sinatra |
Also known as | Ol' Blue Eyes[1] The Chairman of the Board[1] The Voice[1] Frankie |
Born | Hoboken, New Jersey, USA[2] |
December 12, 1915
Died | May 14, 1998 Los Angeles, California, USA |
(aged 82)
Genres | Vocal Jazz, Traditional pop, big band, swing |
Occupations | Singer[1] actor[1] producer[1] director[1] |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1935–1995[3] |
Labels | Columbia, Capitol, Reprise |
Associated acts | Rat Pack Bing Crosby Nancy Sinatra |
Website | www.franksinatra.com |
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, musician, actor and filmmaker. His singing career was 60 years long, and more than 250 million records of his have been sold worldwide. He is also well known by the nickname "Old Blue Eyes". The New York Times said he was "the first modern pop superstar".[4] At first, he was mostly known as a crooner, a singer of love songs. By the 1950s and 1960s, he was singing swing and jazz songs as well. Sinatra was also part of the Rat Pack,[5] a group of entertainers (musicians and actors), in the 1950s and 1960s. The name was informal, and the group was not an official organization of any sort, but a group of friends. Members of the Rat Pack included Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, Sid Luft, and Shirley MacLaine.
Early life[change | change source]
He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey to Italian immigrants.
Acting career[change | change source]
Sinatra was also an actor. He was in movies such as The Manchurian Candidate, From Here to Eternity, and The Man With The Golden Arm. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here To Eternity.[6]
Personal life[change | change source]
Sinatra was married 4 times. He was married to Nancy Barbato from 1939 to 1951, to Ava Gardner from 1951 to 1957, to Mia Farrow from 1966 to 1968, and to Barbara Marx from 1976 until his death on May 14, 1998.
Death[change | change source]
Sinatra died on May 14, 1998 at 10:50 pm at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, after suffering a heart attack. His wife Barbara was at his side. The words "The best is yet to come" are written on his gravestone.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Frank Sinatra". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. http://archive.is/qN6t. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ "Frank Sinatra obituary". BBC News. 1998-05-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/05/98/sinatra/67911.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Frank Sinatra". All Music Guide. MTV. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/sinatra_frank/artist.jhtml#bio. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (May 16, 1998). "Frank Sinatra Dies at 82; Matchless Stylist of Pop". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1212.html. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ↑ Williams, Richard (October 7, 2010). "When the Rat Pack ruled supreme". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/07/rat-pack-kennedy-election-50-years. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ↑ "26th Academy Awards Winners". Oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/26th-winners.html. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ "Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2953. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
Bibliography[change | change source]
• Gildo De Stefano, The Voice - Vita e italianità di Frank Sinatra, Coniglio Press, Roma 2011 ISBN 8860632595
Other websites[change | change source]
- Hear Frank Sinatra on the Pop Chronicles
- Frank Sinatra at the Internet Movie Database