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Outreach in Action – ASTRO exhibitFriday, October 3rd, 2008
Your local NNLM coordinators spent the past week at exhibiting at the ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Our participation at national exhibits help us to get the word out to health professionals about the high quality resources available through the National Library of Medicine. Most conference attendees were familiar with PubMed. Our objective is to educate about advanced search features. Though, the My NCBI feature came out in 2005. There is still a large majority of health professionals who are unaware of this outstanding feature. My experience is that when care providers learn about the "current awareness" feature (that they can save searches to have them emailed on a regular update)…there is much excitement. This is a time saving and educational tool, which is essential for keeping up to date with new research.
Keep your providers up to date on the "hot topics" most relevant to them. Help them to register for a MyNCBI account, customize searches with them and have them emailed to them. My observation is that most providers are just not using RSS yet. We need to be where are users are at…
Here is our own Lauri Fennell, Outreach and Education Coordinator, demonstrating MyNCBI.


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Unbound unable to read root zone
After upgrading various ports on my FreeBSD system and days later a full world and kernel, a reboot showed me that unbound didn't start. The system reported that:
error: reading root hints /usr/local/etc/unbound/named.cache 88: Empty line was returned
It turns out that from ldns 1.6.13 to 1.6.14 there is an API change that caused problems for unbound. After upgrading ldns you also need to recompile unbound to pick up on these changes. If you do not, you will run into the problem above.
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The Overview
"Hilltop" (1971) - Harvey Gabor, Art Director
"Forty years ago Bill Backer and myself had a wish, and that was to
buy the world a Coke. I am honored to have lived long enough to see
that wish become a reality."
— Harvey Gabor
This year, we partnered with Coca-Cola and Harvey Gabor to re-imagine "Hilltop" for the digital age. See how a wish made in 1971 was brought to life for today's generation.
The Original Ad
Bill Backer, creative director on the Coca-Cola account at McCann-Erickson, was waiting for a flight
at Shannon Airport, Ireland when he penned the line, "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" on a napkin.
With the help of Billy Davis and Roger Cook, this line became a song and was recorded by The New Seekers, a popular British singing group.
However it was art director Harvey Gabor's idea to create 'The First United Chorus of the World', transforming Backer's song into a joyous celebration of unity and resulting in one of the most memorable commercials in history.
The response to the commercial was unprecedented. Requests poured into radio stations across America and Coca-Cola received thousands of letters from across the country. At a time when conflict was dominating headlines, "Hilltop" quickly became more than an ad - it became a rallying message of tolerance and hope.
Harvey Gabor
Harvey Gabor began his career as an Art Director at McCann-Erickson. It was during his time here that he created some of his most memorable and recognized work, including "Hilltop". Over the course of his career, Harvey received numerous accolades including 4 gold medals, 5 Clios and over 100 certificate awards for both print and television, while "Hilltop" was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame. A proud father and grandfather, he is now retired and lives with his wife, Barbara in Michigan.
The Original Brief
The Re-imagined Work
The Original Brief
Demonstrate Coca-Cola's power to connect people while highlighting the global ambitions of the Coca-Cola brand.
The Original Work
Harvey's television commercial featured The First United Chorus of the World, a chorus of young people from around the globe singing "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" as a celebration of tolerance and unity.
The Re-imagined Work
We can enable users to actually "buy the world a Coke" using Google's display advertising platform and a series of specially-developed vending machines. In the spirit of the original work, users can record a message and send it with a Coca-Cola to connect with someone on the other side of the world. The receiver can then respond with a text or video message, completing the connection.
The New Ad
The Tech
The Concept
Harvey's re-imagined ad enables users to actually 'buy the world a Coke' from their computer or phone, and connect with someone on the other side of the world through the magic of display advertising. Users can select a location, attach a personal video or text message, and then watch as the Coke is delivered to a specially-designed vending machine on the other side of the world. The receivers at the machine can then send a thank you message back to the sender, right from the vending machine.
Real-Life Social Networking
The world is closer than ever before. Now, through the magic of ad technology and vending machines, consumers can connect with strangers across the world through a touching video or text message exchange. Ad servers communicate with vending machines in real-time, establishing unique connection opportunities between digital ads and the physical world, like never before.
Personalized Journeys
Every moment of connection between two people is unique. Using Google Maps imagery and pre-rendered video and audio, the "visual voyage" of the Coca-Cola and the personal messages are dynamically compiled into a personalized film. This is then emailed to the sender as a link to be viewed and shared with the world.
Breaking Language Barriers
With the ability to 'buy the world a Coke', users have the opportunity to bring the world closer together. Using Google Translate, all messages are translated and closed-captioned to ensure that no matter where a Coca-Cola is sent, no messages are lost in translation.
Experience the Magic Anywhere
Soon, more people will access the Internet from mobile devices than computers around the world. Using AdMob, the experience is brought to life on mobile devices, making it possible to send a Coca-Cola across the world from anywhere.
Google Display Platforms
DoubleClick Studio, DoubleClick For Advertisers, Google Mobile Ads, AdMob
Other Google Technologies
How The Ad Works
Display & Interaction
The user engages with the display ad on desktop or mobile→
Message Recording
The user records a video or text→
message to send along with his
The message goes through→
automated and manual
Vending Machine Queue
The message and Coke are→
queued for delivery, waiting for a
customer to interact with the
vending machine.
Dispense And Deliver Message
The recipient interacts with the vending machine,→
viewing the sender's message and then receiving
a dispensed Coke.
Reply Recording
The recipient records a video or→
text reply message.
The message goes through→
automated and manual
Dynamic Video
The reply message is→
dynamically composited into
a video telling the story of
the interaction. That video is
dynamically uploaded to
Email (optional)
If the sender entered their information into either the desktop or
mobile ad, they will be sent an e-mail notification linking them
to the composited video on YouTube.
Reply Received
The sender receives notification that his Coke has been→
delivered and can view his reply message in the composited


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President Trump, his fossil fuel administration, and anti-conservationists in Congress are attacking America's public lands!
Donate today and help save America the beautiful. Your gift today could be what stands between our public lands and Big Oil's drills.
Oil and gas development could soon dot the landscape and pollute the air of some of Colorado's most prized recreation lands.
Black History Month is a time to remember and honor the many groups and individuals who contributed to the success and achievements of this country as well as to advancement for African Americans as a people.
Everyone deserves access to the outdoors, especially Latino communities that live so close the mountains.
Organized by the non-profit National Environmental Education Foundation, National Public Lands Day falls on the last Saturday of each September.
Known as the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, the Obama administration's proposal will protect 4.2 million acres of wild and vulnerable public land while setting aside specific areas for clean energy development.
Just as you rely on wild places to rejuvenate and restore you, those places rely on you to keep them in good condition.
Planning a dedicated stargazing trip in wilderness can be fulfilling in its own right – not to mention a unique way to get into wilderness.
Public wildlands give us so much. They provide places for recreation and solitude, clean air and water—even potent symbols for our national identity. If you're looking to give back to these lands, take a look at our list below.
These are your public lands, so be sure to make the most of them year-round.
Trump is already checking off the oil and gas industry's wish list and now his anti-conservation partners in Congress are following in kind. Stand up to them!


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Description Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis is commonly known as the green sea urchin because of its characteristic green color. It has the longest genus-species names in the animal kingdom. It is commonly found in northern waters all around the world including both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to a northerly latitude of 81 degrees and as far south as the Puget Sound (Washington State) and England. The average adult size is around 50 mm (2 in), but it has been recorded at a diameter of 87 mm (3.4 in). The green sea urchin prefers to eat seaweeds but will eat other organisms that float by or even catch small fish. They are eaten by a variety of predators, including sea stars, crabs, large fish, mammals, birds, and humans.
It is commonly found on rocky substratum in the intertidal and up to depths of 1,150 meters (3,770 ft). It uses its strong Aristotle's lantern to burrow into rock, and then can widen its home with the spines. Usually, this sea urchin can leave its hole to find food and then return, but sometimes it creates a hole that gets bigger as it gets deeper, so that the opening is too small for S. droebachiensis to get out. S. droebachiensis has the unique ability to survive in waters that are euryhaline (low salinity). This allows it to flourish in the south Puget Sound. Acclimation and size are important factors as larger individuals have a lower surface area to volume ratio and can handle the increased osmotic tension.
Warning This spiny creature is painful if stepped on.
Habitat Rocks, Algae.
Range Alaska, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest, Eastern Canada, New England, Western Canada.


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A 4x17 panorama looking west from the Capital Hill area of Seattle. Actual resolution is 26769 x 5074 pixels, or 135.8 MP in a 275 MB TIFF file. This image would print at 75" x 14" @ 360 dpi. Sigma SD14, Pentax SMC Takumar 135/2.5 (M42), ISO 100, 1/640 @ f/8, using the Gigapan robotic pano head and stitch...
A six-image panorama of Seattle taken from West Seattle using my Pentax K20D and Sigma 100-300/4 lens @ 118mm. I used my Bogen 3421 gymbal head. This image would make a very impressive 72" x 12" print @ 360 dpi... or it could be printed at 240 dpi to give a 9' x 1.5' print, but where would it fit?
A 4x11 multi-row panorama, taken using the Sigma SD14 and Sigma 70-200/2.8 EX, stitched with Gigapan Stitcher and final post-processing with Adobe Elements. This is a higher-resolution version of my previous image, taken at the same time but with 50% more focal length, and the greatly increased detail is apparent.
Looking northwards from the Beacon Hill/Georgetown area of Seattle. This image is a 2x7 multi-row panorama taken using my Sigma SD14 camera and Sigma 70-200/2.8 EX lens mounted on the Gigapan robotic pano head. I had to reverse the tripod collar so the camera/lens would be positioned back far enough to let the camera b...
A 19-shot (9x2 + 1 extra) multi-row panorama, taken with a Bogen 3421 gymbal head and my Sigma SD14 with Sigma 70-200/2.8 EX lens. ISO 100, 159mm, 1/250 @ f/4.5. Still learning the tricks and techniques to get good multi-row panos. I need to let the camera/tripod settle down a bit longer, as there is very slight mot...
Taken facing east, from across the valley, with my Sigma SD10, Pentax SMC Takumar 135/2.5 (perhaps the sharpest lens EVER in this focal length). This was taken using a standard tripod head and manually moving the camera between shots. Two rows of 9 images... I up-rezzed it to make the 50MP minimun, and you will see a t...


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Newly elected SGA President Christina Gomez
Student government announces election winners
By Barry McKinney
Director of Student Activities
(March 31, 2008)--The UTSA Student Government Association (SGA) announced March 27 the winners of the March 26-27 run-off election. Seven hundred or 2.8 percent of the eligible 26,188 UTSA students voted in the run-off for president, treasurer and secretary of SGA.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Christina Gomez, a senior biology major from Merdedes, was elected SGA president for the 2008-2009 academic year. She served last year as SGA treasurer. In the run-off election, Fabian Vasquez was elected treasurer and Derek Bell was voted secretary. The new officers will be sworn in at the SGA inauguration banquet on Sunday, April 13.
The election results were certified by Dan Iza, SGA chief justice; José David Mireles, SGA justice; Ezinne Okpo, SGA justice; John Kaulfus, SGA adviser and associate dean of students; Barry McKinney, SGA adviser and director of student activities; and John Montoya, SGA adviser and assistant director of leadership development and SGA.
The election results are listed below. Candidates in bold type are the winners.
Christina Gomez -- 394 votes or 53.46% of students voting on this office
Matthew DeLeon -- 343 votes or 46.54% of students voting on this office
Fabian Vasquez -- 350 votes or 51.62% of students voting on this office
Jordan Raymond -- 328 votes or 48.38% of students voting on this office
Derek Bell -- 385 votes or 57.12% of students voting on this office
Kort Jackson -- 289 votes or 42.88% of students voting on this office


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The Brother's Hotel is situated within walking distance from Ios port and Yialos Beach. This family-run hotel combines a peaceful location with modern facilities, including the beautiful open-air swimming pool. Rooms are spacious and well equippe
Traditional hotel IANTHE is located in VESSA, one of the Medieval villages of Chios, in the centre of island, in distance 19 km of city Chios. The village took his name probably from the Homirian name [bissa]=[valey] .
charming seaside hotel on the smallest of the saronic gulf islands. all rooms are individual designed,with seaview,a/c,fridge mountainbikes for free. possibility of sailing ,diving and horseriding workshops:NVC,NIA,CRYSTAL HEALING,YOGA,INTUITION
A small quiet and very clean Guesthouse ( B/B )in Naoussa / Paros / Greece , an excellent starting point for visits to the sights of Island Paros in Cyclades/Greece... We try always our best for our Guests . Try us !!!
The luxury of paying less on accommodation and spending more on fun, while on holidays in western Crete. Conveniently located on the edge of the historical seaside village of Maleme, Summer Lodge, is a family run vacation lodging by the beach.
Just 18km to the west of Heraklion , in the center of a beautiful seaside village called Agia Pelagia, lies Renia hotel-apartments. It is built in traditional Greek island architecture and in modern Greek style . Only 70m from the sandy
Rania apartments, built in the traditional architectural style of the Cyclades, are located in the town of Mykonos only 100 meters from the waterfront. There is a very easy access to all the beautiful beaches of the island as well as the famous nigh
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Black Arts Company to perform 'The Colored Museum,' March 7-8
Posted March 5, 2003; 05:26 p.m.
The Black Arts Company will perform the dramatic play "The Colored Museum" at 8 p.m. Friday, March 7, and at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in the Wilcox Black Box Theater in Wilson College .
"The Colored Museum," written by George C. Wolfe, examines black stereotypes through a series of vignettes, or "exhibits," beginning on a slave ship.
Tickets are $5 and can be purchased through the Frist Campus Center ticket office , (609) 258-1742.
For more information, contact Nneka Nwosu or Kelly Davis .
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Gary Shaffer
doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-95-41, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, October, 1995
|In field robotics, there is a need for maps. In some workspaces, the appropriate maps exist or can be easily created by a person. However there are many workspaces for which maps do not exist and map creation is not humanly possible or practical. The problem addressed in this thesis is for a robot to model the bounds of its workspace with no external reference. The model must be complete, detailed, and concise to support navigation and planning. Previous systems have addressed a subset of these requirements, but none is capable of mapping an expansive unknown area.
CLUE (Cartographer for large Unknown Environments) combines overlapping ladar scans from many different viewpoints into a usable representation of the robot's environment. The map is constructed incrementally by adding one ladar c=scan at a time, extending and refining the map to reflect the latesst information gathered. One of the strengths of CLUE is that it can refine an entire map until the total error in the map is minimized. CLUE handles dynamic environments by using newer ladar scans to eliminate older sections of the map that conflict with the new scan information.
A progression of mapping technologies is presented, starting with pose estimation in a static surveyed area, and ending with mapping of a dynamic expansive unknown area. The underground room-and-pillar coal mining application is used as an example throughout the dissertation, though the technology developed is readily available to other tasks. The primary example of the thesis is a map of a large portion of a mine, covering about 5000 square meters and over one kilometer of map line segments, reducing 60,000 range measurements to about 3000 line segments.
Sponsor: USBOM
Grant ID: H0358021
Number of pages: 114
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RedGiant A00 Malleus Solid Metal In-Ear Headphones
" At around $65 USD (but also priced just over $40 USD in Taiwan), the entry-level Malleus is an economic tour-de-force. It does come with a much sparser set of accessories than the A03, with no felt carry case, no extreme bass-sealing tips or silicone elastomer rings (according to RedGiant, both may be included in future revisions), but it doesn't mean RedGiant skimped on the Malleus. ..." --tomscy2000
RedGiant A03 Ossicle Dual Driver In-Ear Headphones with Remote
" ****The following is riddled with hyperbole and flowery, long-winded writing; if you're not interested in any of these things, please skip to the SUMMARY section, or close down your internet browser, slam your mouse down in disgust, and curse me. Also, the pictures are again taken with a sub-par camera, as my camera has been undergoing numerous maintenance changes. What is..." --tomscy2000
RedGiant A04 Incus Solid Metal In-Ear Headphones
Durable construction and a powerful sound signature make the Incus a perfect choice for your daily use in-ear headphone. A solid cast zinc-alloy shell directs the energy from the tuned 12mm drivers into producing thick, rich bass instead of flexing or vibrating the housing. The solid build and sound quality offered by the Incus make it a go-to tool worthy of even the most discerning audio...
" Was generally attracted to these headphones by the wooden look and the odd buds at the end. Fifteen minutes later I was fairly shocked at the big package I got in such a small one. While these are great for portability, they are annoying when they get tangles (but that happens to all of them unless they are self retractable). All in all, great earbuds. " --thatnewguy15


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In Deep: The Jimi Hendrix Rhythm Guitar Method
These videos are bonus content related to the December 2011 issue of Guitar World. For full print reviews, lesson tabs and more, look for the December 2011 issue of Guitar World on newsstands now, or purchase this issue in our online store here.
In this month's edition of In Deep, Guitar World's Andy Aledort takes a close-up look at the rhythm guitar style of Jimi Hendrix.
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11.17: Nitrogen Cycle in Ecosystems
Why are these fish dead?
In a dead zone, there is so little oxygen that fish can't live. What causes the oxygen to disappear? Indirectly, it's nitrogen.
The Nitrogen Cycle
Living things need nitrogen. Nitrogen is a key element in proteins. Like carbon, nitrogen cycles through ecosystems. You can see the nitrogen cycle in Figure below.
The nitrogen cycle includes air, soil, and living things.
Fixing Nitrogen
Air is about 78 percent nitrogen. Decomposers release nitrogen into the air from dead organisms and their wastes. However, producers such as plants can't use these forms of nitrogen. Nitrogen must combine with other elements before producers can use it. This is done by certain bacteria in the soil. It's called "fixing" nitrogen.
Human Actions and the Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients needed by plants. That's why most plant fertilizers contain nitrogen. Adding fertilizer to soil allows more plants to grow. As a result, a given amount of land can produce more food. So far, so good. But what happens next?
Rain dissolves fertilizer in the soil. Runoff carries it away. The fertilizer ends up in bodies of water, from ponds to oceans. Nitrogen is a fertilizer in the water. Since there is a lot of nitrogen it causes algae to grow out of control. Figure below shows a pond covered with algae. Algae may use up so much oxygen in the water that nothing else can grow. Soon, even the algae die out. Decomposers break down the dead tissue and use up all the oxygen in the water. This creates a dead zone. A dead zone is an area in a body of water where nothing grows because there is too little oxygen. There is a large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. You can see it Figure below. The U.S. states outlined on the map have rivers that drain into the Gulf of Mexico. The rivers drain vast agricultural lands. The water carries fertilizer from these areas into the Gulf.
The pond on the left is covered with algae because there is too much nitrogen in the water. The red-shaded area in the map on the right is a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. It's called the hypoxic ("low oxygen") zone in the figure.
This very thorough video on the nitrogen cycle with an aquatic perspective was created by high school students: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdY4I-EaqJA (5:08).
- Nitrogen is an essential part of many molecules needed by living organisms.
- Nitrogen is fixed when it is changed into a form that organisms can use.
- Dead zones come about when excess nitrogen in the water causes algae to grow out of control. Decomposers use oxygen to decompose the algae when they die. The lack of oxygen makes it impossible for other organisms to live in that zone.
- dead zone: A zone in an ocean or lake where organisms cannot live because there is little or no oxygen.
- nitrogen cycle: The movement of nitrogen through the atmosphere, soil and biosphere.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
The Nitrogen Cycle at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCogeBk92NA (1:12)
- What percentage of the air is nitrogen?
- How is nitrogen removed from the air?
- What contributes nitrogen to the soil?
- What happens to soil nitrates?
- How is nitrogen released from the soil?
- Describe how nitrogen is fixed.
- How do dead zones come about?
- Why does the Gulf of Mexico contain such a large dead zone?
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The following are listed as "AFI's 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes" (See more here!)
- "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a…" (Gone With the Wind, 1939)
- "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." (The Godfather, 1972)
- "I coulda been a contender." (On the Waterfront, 1954)
- "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." (The Wizard of Oz, 1939)
- "Here's looking at you, kid." (Casablanca, 1942)
- "Go ahead, make my day." (Sudden Impact, 1983)
- "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." (Sunset Blvd., 1950)
- "May the Force be with you." (Star Wars, 1977)
- "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." (All About Eve, 1950)
- "You talking to me?" (Taxi Driver, 1976)
To which quote can you most relate?
One of the reasons that films appeal so much to us is their ability to make connections to our lives, our past and experiences, our inspirations and aspirations. We remember iconic scenes and unforgettable lines for years–perhaps out of context–almost like fragments from actual experience.
Why does it resonate?
George Gerbner developed cultivation theory in the late 1960s. His work in this area became a seminal part of mass communication research from the 1960s through the 1990s. Although the theory has had its detractors, it has indisputably furthered the way we study mass media. Cultivation theory purports that heavy media viewers of TV (or film) will more likely believe the version of "reality" shown on TV than that they actually experience in real life. It predicts that heavy viewers will have mainstreaming effects in which their views of society will line up with that depicted on media. It further predicts a resonance effect, in which media portrayals seems to resonate (or ring true) to what a heavy viewer is experiencing, thus, lending further credibility to media's versions of reality overall.
What's the take away for mass comm students?
Nothing is irrelevant. Everything, no matter how subtle, has a potential effect on media audiences. I try to remind my students that writing is more than an academic exercise. They need to think about the effect of words (and actions). What seems at first like mere words on a page will soon become some form of reality for those who hear (and/or see) the results of what is written. I want them to want to critically analyze media writing and depictions, as well as their own creations, anticipating the results of mass communicated messages.
I would also remind them of what Jesus said.
"After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand. 11 It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."12 Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" 13 But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. 14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
15 Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us." 16 Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also? 17 Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? 18 But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. 20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man." (Matthew 15:10-20, NASB)


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Viewing the London Olympics coverage from China
Chinese propaganda officials must be thrilled that they're not responsible for the Olympics coverage in the British papers. Back during the Beijing Games, they worked hard to censor unrest and dissatisfaction in the domestic media. Reports of China's press freedom and human rights abuses were blocked, the kind of information control idiomatically referred to as "harmonizing."


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At an undisclosed location in the Colorado Foothills lies the best man-cave in the world. This abandoned gold mine now acts as a year-round cooler for some of the finest beers in the world. This mine may actually be the largest private collection of beer in the world.


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Similar to the music thread using one's ears, this'n would be dual action senses: ears AND eyes.
What's on my set now? The Dodgers/Phillies playoff baseball game (NLCS game 4), but they just showed some kids in the stands, and a girl picked her nose. Both nostrils. And they kept the camera on her?


text: Not so much the VIEW as with other senses, but the fruitless mulberry tree in my front yard apparently has EVERY SINGLE BIRD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD nesting in it. Around 6am each morning (and around 5-6pm), they just go at it like they're at an Eagle's concert (or The Byrds, or requesting Skynard's looooong song, watching the Cardinals play National Flying League sports). Loud birds, they are, and you can see the branches shaking, too.


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Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1950-1951)
This was the most elaborate Atomic Energy educational set ever produced, but it was only only available from 1951 to 1952. Its relatively high price for the time ($50.00) and its sophistication were the explanation Gilbert gave for the set's short lifespan. Today, it is so highly prized by collectors that a complete set can go for more than 100 times the original price.
|The set came with four types of
uranium ore, a beta-alpha source (Pb-210), a pure beta source (Ru-106), a
gamma source (Zn-65?), a spinthariscope, a cloud chamber with its own
short-lived alpha source (Po-210), an electroscope, a geiger counter, a
manual, a comic book (Dagwood
Splits the Atom) and a government manual "Prospecting for
Other Gilbert sets (e.g., the No. 11 Atomic Energy set) continued to carry the spinthariscope, the ore and the manual. In addition, the Geiger counter could be purchased separately.
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Frame, P. and Kolb, W. Living with Radiation: the First Hundred Years. Fourth edition. 2006.
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Family: Sciuridae, Squirrels view all from this family
Description Has a long tail that is red on the underside. Winter form is paler, but still has red tail.
Dimensions 223-248mm, 100-121mm, 53-62g
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Canyons & caves, Forests & woodlands
Range Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Northwest, Western Canada
Discussion Common in dense coniferous forests. Some suggest that the northern subspecies T. r. simulans should be elevated to full species based on the morphology of their genital bones.


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Maurice Sendak, the children's author and illustrator best known for the 1963 classic "Where the Wild Things Are," died Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., reportedly of complications from a stroke. He was 83.
The Brooklyn-born author, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, lost many family members in the Holocaust and spent time in bed with health problems as a child. After seeing the Disney movie "Fantasia" at the age of 12, an experience that influenced his work throughout his career, he decided to become an illustrator.Video: 'Wild Things' author Maurice Sendak dead at 83 (on this page)
Career of controversy
During the 1950s, Sendak illustrated children's books by other authors before starting to write his own stories, most notably the "Little Bear" series by Else Holmelund Minarik. His first solo work was "Kerry's Window" in 1956.
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When "Where the Wild Things Are," also a solo work, came out in 1963, its monstrous characters (actually parodies of Sendak's aunts and uncles) raised concerns from some parents. But the book, about a boy named Max who is banished to his room and takes a fantasy journey to a mysterious land whose grotesque inhabitants crown him king, quickly brought him international acclaim, including the prestigious Caldecott Medal. Despite Sendak's dim view of Hollywood, "Where the Wild Things Are" became a feature film in 2009.
2009: 'Wild Things' author isn't wild about Hollywood
Sendak wrote and illustrated many other books, including the controversial 1970 work "In the Night Kitchen," about a boy who dreams of helping a baker create a cake in a bizarre kitchen. The book's hero, Mickey, is naked in illustrations throughout the book, and it has frequently been challenged and banned. Other Sendak works include "Outside, Over There" (1981), the story of a girl who is left to care for her younger sister and reluctantly goes to her rescue when the child is abducted by goblins.
Sendak's work extended beyond printed media. He was an advisor to the Children's Television Workshop during the initial development of "Sesame Street" and worked on several animated stories for the show, including an adaptation of his book "Bumble-Ardy." In 1975 he produced an animated TV special, "Really Rosie," which featured the voice of Carole King. Inspired by a little girl Sendak observed singing and dancing outside during his childhood in Brooklyn, "Really Rosie" has become a staple of children's theater troupes.Video: 1980: Sendak talks about 'Wild Things' 'Really Rosie' (on this page)
Sendak created a stage version of "Where the Wild Things Are" in 1979 and designed opera and ballet sets for such groups as Houston Grand Opera and the New York City Opera. He also collaborated with "Angels in America" playwright Tony Kushner on an English version of the Czech children's opera "Brundibar"; his illustrated book version, featuring text by Kushner, was named one of the 10 best illustrated books of 2003 by the New York Times Book Review.Sendak's work lived 'Wild' life in movies, TV
Accolades and remembrances
In addition to his Caldecott Medal for "Where the Wild Things Are," Sendak's many accolades include a 1970 Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustration, a 1982 National Book Award for "Outside Over There," a 1983 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and a 2003 Astrid Lingren Memorial Award.
Sendak lived with psychoanalyst Eugene Glynn for 50 years before Glynn's death in 2007.Video: 2006: Maurice Sendak on latest kid's book (on this page)
Among those mourning Sendak's passing are a number of mothers who commented on the TODAY Moms Facebook page. Carolyn Larrabee said "Where the Wild Things Are" is "by far my daughter's favorite book...I've read it so much I have it memorized!" And Jamie Bishop admitted: "I'm actually crying.. I didn't realize how much his books mean to me. A big part of my childhood died this morning along with him."
Sendak's death stirred sentiment in the literary world as well. "I cannot put into words what I am feeling, what he and his work meant to me," tweeted young adult author Judy Blume. And the staff of the literary magazine McSweeney's tweeted: "We'll be roaring our terrible roars today. RIP, Maurice Sendak."
TODAY anchors also were moved to comment. "A bit of our childhood just passed," Al Roker tweeted. "Hope he's playing with Max and the Wild Things." Savannah Guthrie also tweeted, remarking: "A wild rumpus in heaven today. Loved him."
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In one of his last public appearances, the outspoken author was a guest of Stephen Colbert on "The Colbert Report" in January. The two traded wisecracks and Sendak gave capsule reviews to children's classics by other authors, including "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss, which he liked, and the 1985 book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," for which he had little use.Story: 9 most subversive children's books ever written
During the Colbert interview, the famously cranky Sendak remarked, "I didn't set out to make children happy!" And yet he did — generations of them.
— Rick Schindler
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RE:Ozark Oddessey
No Juro,Its a 4wt XP.I was impressed at its versatility.
From casting small dries to sculpins,and buggers,this rod is hard to beat.
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Domenic -
Are you talkin' all these brutes on the 5wt XP Sage????
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Dom, what a trip? those were big fish and it sounds like an extremely successful fishing trip. The ranges of temperature was interesting but the quality of fish is hard to beat.
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This is a belated trip report .The first week of February, a group of anglers and myself made our annual pilgrimage to Arkansas. We stayed at Gastons,a first class operation.Gastons is located on the banks of the famous White river,about two miles or so from the Bull Shoals Dam.Seth and I arrived on Saturday,after a three and a half hour drive from Little Rock.We bought our fishing licenses, made a quick stop at the Cane Island Fly Shop[very helpful staff]and headed for the river.We fished just below the dam, and were into some small rainbows in short order.The next few days we saw the size of fish increase.Seth landed a rainbow over 25in.I landed a brown about 24in.We used mostly Wooley Buggers ,They are deadly down there. On Tuesday we fished the North Fork,another great tail water fishery.The fishing was tougher.rising fish everywhere,but very selective.I landed a nice rainbow on a 22 bwo,lost a big one on a Black Ghost,and caught more on midges, and Wooleys. Seth held his own also.The rest of the week we fished both rivers and caught many trout on streamers, sowbugs,woolies ,and I learned glo bugs in peach are very effective.The weather was good most of the week,mid50-60,until friday.The temp went from 70 at 6:30am to 28 at noon.Iced up guides, and frozen reels are a drag.The trout still were on the feed and gave us action.The next morning the temp was 15.Seth and I were on the water just after dawn.We caught some nice fish that morning ,then headed down river and found a bunch of fish feeding in broken water.That afternoon we saw a 8-10lb brown clear the water right in front of us.We did well on streamers,sowbugs, and wooleys.The browns down here jump like rainbows.This is the only place I have seen this happen.On Sunday the temp warmed to 23 at dawn.We were fishing in the c+r area.I tied on a glo bug with a strike indicator about four ft.above the egg.The indicator went down at the end of the fight I landed a 20+ brown. One more fish ,and the horn blew ,the river cameup about six ft.We checked out of Gastons and headed back to Little Rock via The Little Red river.Wooley Buggers ,more fish, and then it was over.1am Manchester -10 degrees .We caught many quality fish,even had a grand slam on the North Fork[cutt,bow,brown,andbrookie].We had decent weather,great fishing and uncrowded waters.
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In today's paper there was a disturbing article about 5 Coaches from a High School in Portland that seem to forgotten that they have a certain level of responsibility when it comes to their behavior.
One of the men was the Basketball coach, it seems that he has an affliction for drinking and driving, and when charged with DUII finds nothing wrong with his actions.
One of the men was the Baseball coach, it seems he lacks the basic knowledge of time and place and appropriate venues. He decided to take a few of his high school players to a strip club in Las Vegas over Spring break.
Finally, the last three… lets call them "Gentlemen" were arrested together after a night on the town. They were so disorderly that they had to be pepper sprayed and placed in Detox.
So what do they all have in common other than working at the same School and have a certain lack of Character? Well.. I really don't know.. but what else do we really need to know?
You see, I believe that I have an obligation as a person that works with youth to watch my actions.
Before anyone jumps on me.. No… I am no angel.. But I have never been in Jail, in the Newspaper for questionable acts, or seen in public in a less than desirable way.
Why.. because I can't. There are families that count on me to be a man of Character. I am a Scoutmaster. There are Scouts that count on me to walk the talk. It would be easy to teach values and then turn my back on them, but what is the lesson.. that what is good for goose is not good for the gander?
And that is the point. People that take it upon themselves to be in a position that requires being a role model should act like it. Coaches, teachers, Scout leaders, Pastors, and youth leaders should understand that everything they do is under the microscope. Right or Wrong.. that is the way it is… Like it or not.
We have to be aware of our time and place. I have been to social events, sports everts were beer is available and emotions run wild. It is my job to be aware of where I am and what I am doing. I was at such an event recently. I had a beer, I enjoy one every once in a while. About half way through the event one of my Scouts and his parents showed up and said hello. They could tell that I was having a good time, and that I was in no way out of control. We talked for a bit and even talked about some patrons that were displaying out of control behavior. There son said that he never imagined that I drank beer. I had to tell him that it was ok to have one on occassion, but you have to be responsible.
I take it very serious how I am looked at while in public. I would never want to be a black eye to the BSA or my Troop.. but more important, I want to maintain the relationship of trust that I have with the families of the Scouts that are in my care.
So what about these Coaches.. they all need to check themselves. They have a lack of Character and are not the examples that they are supposed to be. If my son played in their teams, I would be extremely upset and look for replacements.
Be a good Example!
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Example? Character? Leadership?
In today's paper there was a disturbing article about 5 Coaches from a High School in Portland that seem to forgotten that they have a certain level of responsibility when it comes to their behavior.


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A litter of newly farrowed Yorkshire piglets explore the confines of a birthing crate Saturday at a hog farm operated by Moffat County residents JB and Paula Chapman. The Chapmans run NC Enterprises, LLC and the piglets shown here were among 55 farrowed at the farm last weekend.
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In the process of cleaning up my home directory, I came across some of my first screenshots from the beginnings of GNOME 2.x. In just over a year and a half, it's really quite amazing the transition that went on from long flame wars, rewrites and general uncertainly to the direction and polish present in GNOME 2.3.x today.
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Radiation enteritis is inflammation of the intestines that occurs after radiation therapy.
Radiation enteritis causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach cramps in people receiving radiation aimed at the abdomen, pelvis or rectum. Radiation enteritis is most common in people receiving radiation therapy for cancer in the abdomen and pelvic areas.
For most people, radiation enteritis is temporary and the inflammation usually subsides several weeks after treatment ends. But for some, radiation enteritis may continue long after treatment ends or may develop months or years after treatment.
Chronic radiation enteritis can cause complications such as anemia and partial bowel obstruction.
Treatment typically focuses on relieving signs and symptoms until the inflammation heals. In severe cases, tube feeding or surgery to remove sections of the intestine may be necessary.
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The range of treatments offered to people with radiation enteritis includes supportive care to treat signs and symptoms, surgery to remove a portion of the intestine, and a variety of options to improve nutrition while your intestine heals.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranks No. 1 for digestive disorders in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for digestive disorders by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic also ranks among the Best Children's Hospitals for digestive disorders.
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GREENVILLE – Still no answer on when the U.S. District Court seat, vacated one year ago today when Judge W. Allen Pepper Jr. died, will be filled.
Spokesmen for Mississippi's senators and one representative have no news on the judgeship, which covers the northern half of the state.
U.S. District Court judges, who can serve for life, must be nominated by the president and approved by the full Senate.
Before such a nomination gets to the Senate floor, it must pass muster with the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Adams, a Holly Springs native, became north Mississippi's U.S. attorney in July 2011, the state's first black woman to hold that post.
If she is nominated and wins Senate approval, she will become the region's first black district judge and the state's first black female district judge.
She is the second black person and first female to serve as U.S. attorney in Mississippi.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 325, September 23, 2005
ARSC Announces Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award Recipients
The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center is proud to announce the first aWards Of the center's new Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. We have filled eight positions, and you're invited to read more about this program, and the eight post-docs at:
ARSC to Resume Purging of $WRKDIR
This article is early notice that ARSC will resume daily automated purging of the $WRKDIR file systems, on October 31, 2005. ARSC is lengthening its traditional purge period of 10 days three-fold, to 30 days. Commencing October 31st, the purger will run every day, and each day, files which haven't been accessed in 30 or fewer days will be deleted.
The goals of purging include freeing up disk space and improving disk performance. (It was news to the editor, but file access times, on the same physical disk, can vary by 30% or more, and old files tend to accumulate on the fastest parts of the disk.)
The resumption of purging means a number of things, not limited to the following:
For purging, the "age" of a file is based on its last "access" time, not its last "modification" time. For instance, data files read as input by your HPC application are considered to have been "accessed" every time they're read, even if you change them only on rare occasions.
The command "ls -ul" shows time of "access". ("ls -l" shows time of modification. See "man ls.") You might play around with "ls -ul" a bit...
You are (and always have been) responsible for protecting data on $WRKDIR. It has never been backed-up.
If you have valuable data, code, or other files on $WRKDIR, and you have not backed them up lately, this is a great time. "Tar" them up and send to $ARCHIVE.
We recommend against "gzipping" files destined for $ARCHIVE, as gzip takes much longer than the file transfer itself and, when your file is moved to tape on $ARCHIVE, it is automatically compressed in hardware, anyway.
We do recommend making "tar" files, as it takes much longer to store and retrieve multiple small files than one larger file.
ARSC will provide tools to show you which of your files will be subject to deletion on a given day.
If you have unique requirements which will be difficult to meet once purging is resumed, please feel free to contact ARSC Consulting. Similarly, we will be available to discuss any questions or concerns you may have about this.
Please watch your email, the MOTD, and "news" items for more information.
Report on Symposium on High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing
[ Thanks to Dr. Greg Newby of ARSC for this report! ]
From August 22 to 24, 2005, experts from around the country participated in a symposium and workshop on high-performance reconfigurable computing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This event was organized and sponsored by ARSC, and highlighted ARSC's early involvement in the utilization of field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology in high-performance computing.
FPGAs are part of ARSC's new Cray XD1 computer ("nelchina"), which has been undergoing evaluation and early use during summer 2005. With the involvement of Dr. Tarek El-Ghazawi of the George Washington University, as well as several of Dr. El-Ghazawi's doctoral students who spent the summer at ARSC, an extensive knowledge base of the promise of FPGAs for high-performance computing is being developed.
The symposium consisted of two days of presentations and panel discussions. Presentations themes included:
- overviews of FPGAs for high-performance computing
- practical issues for utilizing contemporary systems incorporating FPGAs
- reports from scientists utilizing these technologies
- information from vendors about current and planned offerings
After two days of symposium events, many attendees participated in a one-day hands-on workshop addressing utilization FPGAs. This workshop was taught by Greg Woods of Cray, Inc. and utilized ARSC's XD1 system.
For more information about the symposium, visit:
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Matlab Training at ARSC
Due to overwhelming interest in the Matlab training that was offered this summer, ARSC is planning to have Mathworks return to UAF for more training in the near future. In preparation, we would like to ask anyone that is interested to take a minute to answer the following short list of questions.
Your answers will help us understand what will best serve the Matlab users across the campus.
Please copy these questions into an email message and send your reply to Tom Logan at: firstname.lastname@example.com
1) Assuming that multi-day Matlab classes are offered this fall (before the end of the semester), which of these would you be more likely to attend: ___ Weekday AM only training ___ Weekday PM only training ___ Weekday All day training ___ Weekend training ___ Can not attend training during the semester 2) Which of these topics are of interest to you? ___ MATLAB Fundamentals and Programming Techniques ___ Advanced MATLAB Programming Techniques ___ MATLAB for Building Graphical User Interfaces ___ Integrating MATLAB with External Applications ___ Statistical Methods in MATLAB ___ Simulink for System and Algorithm Modeling ___ MATLAB and Simulink for Control Design Acceleration ___ MATLAB for Signal Processing ___ MATLAB for Image Processing (Detailed course descriptions are at: http://www.mathworks.com/services/training/courses/index.html) 3) Do you have other comments/concerns/suggestions about the scheduling or content of any Matlab training that may be offered at ARSC?
Again, please send your response to Tom Logan at: email@example.com
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|Staring at the scale in shock? Knock it off! You just gave birth, and despite what the glossy tabloid mags would have you believe, getting back in shape takes more than a few weeks -- even for celebs! (See which star mamas have a healthy attitude about losing the baby weight here.) If you're ready to start your slim-down, here's what you need to know to get back into shape without going insane.
How Do I Lose the Baby Weight?
Although the standard weight loss advice is "eat less, exercise more," as a new mama you'll need to be careful about cutting calories, since you're still healing from giving birth -- and you need your energy to take care of baby. Non-breastfeeding moms need a minimum of 1500 to 1800 calories a day. Breastfeeding? Add around 200 to 500 calories per day more, which equates to about two extra snacks. The key, especially in the early post-partum days, is to "listen to your body and feed yourself," says Jennifer Wilder, MD, author of "The New Mom's Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Body, Your Health, Your Sanity and Your Sex Life After Having a Baby." Eat when you're hungry and don't even think about starving yourself. Make smart choices, such as snacking on fruit and veggies, instead.
Gradually amp up your exercise, as well. Start easy (think walking, not wind-sprints) but add activity as you feel able. Be sure to include some strength training. Pregnant moms tend to lose mass, and muscle burns calories, so strength training can actually increase your metabolism. Score!
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|Don't say diet! Diets equal deprivation, and no one -- especially stressed out, over-tired new moms -- can survive on a deprivation diet for long. Instead, focus on healthy, filling foods, such as fruit smoothies, yogurt, green leafy veggies, fortified cereals, dried fruit and lean meat.
"You shouldn't really be on a diet right away post-baby," Dr. Wilder says. "Consuming less than 1500 calories a day can be really dangerous and can put your milk supply at risk if you're breastfeeding." If you absolutely insist on cutting calories, wait at least six weeks and consult your doctor first.
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|Sorry, but it's not tomorrow -- and that's okay. "Women need to give themselves a break," says Dr. Wilder. "Don't compare yourself to your friend who can fit back into her size 2 skinny jeans in weeks. That isn't the norm. It takes a lot of time to get your body back."
Remember: It took nine months to grow your baby, so assume that it'll probably take you another 12 months to get back into shape. And by "back into shape," we mean fit and healthy. There's a chance that not everything will ever look exactly like it did before (maybe your hips will be ever-so-slightly wider, your stomach not as perfectly flat), but you can get pretty darn close.
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|Absolutely! Any diet that cuts out entire food groups is not a good choice for new moms. Forget fad diets too -- they're impossible to sustain long-term and may be unhealthy in the short-term. Your best bet? A well-balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits, veggies, whole gains and lean protein.
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|When you're busy caring for a baby, it can seem next to impossible to prepare -- much less eat! -- healthy meals. So make things easy for yourself. Pick up a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store. Serve some of it for dinner with a side of quickly-heated frozen veggies and fast-cooking brown rice. Slice some more of it into a big salad of pre-washed, pre-packaged leafy greens the next day and voila -- two quick, easy, low-cost meals.
Frozen entrees are okay, too, but scan the ingredient list first. Stay away from anything with high levels of sodium, and look for breaded, baked items rather than deep-friend foods. And keep plenty of high-fiber cereal and instant oatmeal in your cupboard. Nothing is quicker than breakfast for dinner!
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|On average, breastfeeding burns about 500 calories per day -- but that figure may be lower or higher depending on your baby's age and how many times a day you nurse her. (The more milk you make, the more calories you burn.) While breastfeeding has helped a lot of moms drop the baby weight, it's not a magic bullet. "I breastfed for 18 months, but I still had those last few pounds left," says fitness expert Tracey Mallet, author of "Super Fit Mama" and a mom of two. Like many moms, she reached a weight-loss plateau and didn't drop the final few pounds until after she weaned her daughter, with the help of exercise. Your experience will be yours alone, so breastfeed your baby for her health -- not for the weight loss. As long as you eat healthy and move, the weight will come off eventually.
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|First things first: Before beginning any ab exercises, ask your doctor or midwife if you experienced a separation of the abdominal muscles during your pregnancy. If you have, you'll need to wait until it heals before beginning any serious ab work.
If you're good to go, try this: "You can work your deep abdominals by drawing in your belly button toward your spine," says Sabrena Merrill, MS, a personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise. "That paired with Kegels and pelvis tilts does a lot to tone up the area below the belly button." Breastfeeding can also help tone your tummy in the early days. (Nursing stimulates uterine contractions, which helps the uterus to shrink back to its pre-pregnant size.) Later, pilates or other core work can help you get your abs back into shape.
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|Don't worry, mama: It's never too late to get active. But if you weren't exactly a gym rat before baby, it's best to start slow. Moms who were on bed rest prior to delivery need to be especially careful. "When you're on bed rest, your muscles don't have to work against gravity and they atrophy," says Merrill. In the early days, simply moving around while you take care of your baby is enough to stimulate your muscles. Later, add in short walks. You can do it with or without your baby, and it requires no special equipment.
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|For busy new moms, a do-it-at-home DVD may be the best exercise option. The reason? You can pop it in while baby is napping, and there are so many options these days that it's easy to find a workout that suits your interests and abilities. For guidance, check out our slideshow, Get Your Pre-Baby Body Back: The Best Exercise DVDs for New Moms.
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|Why snack? Because you need energy, that's why! Regular snacks can keep your blood sugar levels relatively constant; without snacks, you may experience debilitating drops that leave you feeling light-headed and (even more) tired. "Your body is like a car," Dr. Wilder says. "It needs fuel. Going from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and then from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. without eating is simply not enough fuel for your body." So stock up on healthy snacks. Dr. Wilder -- who has three kids -- favors yogurt parfaits made with low-fat granola.
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BUYER BEWARE: One tester found the lack of nose rocker made him nervous: others felt they needed a little bit of time to dial in its jibes.
BETTER THAN THE FLEET AT: Doing everything well. from free sailing to wave–riding.
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A Versatile Arrangement
You never know what assortment of people you'll take out on a boat like the Cobalt A25: One day it will be you and a significant other (maybe you prefer to share a seat), the next day a mix of adults and kids, and the next day older folks who want seats to themselves. Cobalt designers incorporated a wide range of options in the A25 seating, but they all come standard. No matter who you have aboard, you should be able to work out an acceptable seating plan.
The bow converts between three individual seats and a full wraparound with flip-out filler cushions – or you can fill just one side and have a L-lounge and a single seat. Because the fillers are flip-out, there's no stowage problem, either. An optional table can mount here as well, with a second mounting point in the cockpit.
There's a single swivel helm seat and a companion bench opposite – but it has a reversible backrest: In the normal position it lets the co-pilot face forward, but flip the backrest forward and the companion seat becomes an aft-facing lounge, ideal for a single person to catch rays while underway but still stay safe in the cockpit. There's a single, inboard-facing jump seat aft of the helm seat, too.
Like most boats, the A25 has a nearly full-beam bench seat aft, with the passage to the stern platform to its starboard. It, too, has a flip back: Pushed aft, it serves the bench seat; forward, it can double as a back rest for the sunpad, creating a chaise lounge for two.
Add a Hydraulic Platform
The standard A25 has an extended swim platform with ladder – no surprises. But Cobalt offers an optional hydraulic platform that lowers 11" (28 cm) to create an underwater seat for folks who like being awash. It also facilitates reboarding after a swim for those not happy with scrambling up a ladder. (The hydraulic platform also includes a ladder, though.)
Robust Construction
Some boats of this size and type are built using rudimentary construction techniques, but Cobalt uses first-class technology. The hand-laid fiberglass hull is supported by fiberglass stringers and a wood-free composite transom. (Wood-cored transoms can rot after years of water intrusion through the cut-out for the sterndrive. Repair is an expensive process.) The stringers are bonded to the hull, and incorporate fiberglass motor mounts. Cobalt's fiberglass liner incorporates a honeycomb-reinforced cockpit sole; the honeycomb core makes the sole very stiff but keeps it light, too. And it reduces noise.Cobalt covers the A25 with a 10-year hull and deck warranty, a five-year engine warranty and a three-year gelcoat and upholstery warranty. All are transferable to subsequent owners.
Very Handy Deck Hatches
Aren't you annoyed with the hassle of stowing fenders and docklines? So are we and so, apparently, are the Cobalt folks. They built a pair of fender-stowage lockers into the deck of the A25, one at each corner of the windshield where you can reach them from onboard or from a floating dock.
Prices and Our Opinion
Pricewise the Cobalt A25 is close to the top of the range – MSRP starts at $90,055 with a 300-hp Volvo Penta 5.7 GiC DP, and rises to $110,030 with the most powerful engine, the 430-hp MerCruiser 8.2 Mag HO Bravo 3. We haven't tested the A25, but Cobalt claims speeds ranging from 47–49 mph (76–79 kph) with the least power to 52–54 mph (84–87 kph) with the big MerCruiser. There are other power options from both engine builders in between these two. Digital controls are extra for all engines.You'll probably want to add a Bimini top ($1,754), or maybe a stainless steel arch ($12,052); it includes a Bimini. Cobalt remands some things we think should be standard to the options list, especially given her price. The Bimini is one, an automatic fire-extinguishing system ($646) is another, transom shower ($523) a third. Cobalt is known for building high-quality, well-appointed vessels, enjoys strong owner loyalty and has won a slew of J. D. Power customer-satisfaction awards. But the company faces strong competition from Formula, Doral, Chris-Craft and other companies that also build excellent boats. Getting there is half the fun, so spend lots of time at boat shows and visiting dealers and pick the boat that's just right for you. We wouldn't be surprised if you find the Cobalt A25 is a hard act to beat.
Standard and Optional Features
Marine Electronics
|CD Stereo
|Trim Tabs
Exterior Features
|Carpet: Cockpit
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Shower
|Bimini Top
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Pregnant 'DES daughters' and their offspring
Tal Schechter, MD Yaron Finkelstein, MD Gideon Koren, MD, FRCPC
April 2005
I am a 34-year-old woman in my second trimester of pregnancy. My mother took diethylstilbestrol when she was pregnant with me. Could my expected child be affected by this?
Animal studies suggest the child could be affected, but little data on humans strongly support this. You could plan to have your child monitored for a potential, though unlikely, effect.
Je suis une femme de 34 ans et j'en suis à mon deuxième trimestre de grossesse. Ma mère a pris du diéthylstilboestrol lorsqu'elle était enceinte de moi. L'enfant que je porte pourrait-il en être affecté?
Des études sur les animaux donnent à croire que l'enfant pourrait en être affecté mais très peu de données concernant les humains appuient cette conclusion de manière convaincante. Vous pourriez prévoir de faire vérifier votre enfant pour détecter des effets possibles mais peu probables.
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a potent synthetic estrogen widely prescribed to pregnant women between 1938 and 1971 to improve outcome of pregnancy.1 Results of several epidemiologic studies in the early 1970s showed that use of DES during pregnancy was associated with a substantial increase in vaginal and cervical clear-cell adenocarcinoma and genital tract abnormalities in adolescent girls exposed to DES in utero.2,3 There was also an increased risk of first- and second-trimester spontaneous abortions, ectopic pregnancies, and preterm deliveries among daughters who had been exposed.4
An association between in utero exposure to DES and abnormalities of menâs urogenital systems was also found.5,6 The most common abnormalities are epididymal cysts, undescended testes, and small testes. A recent study suggested an increased incidence of testicular cancer among men exposed in utero to DES.7
When early reports of increased frequency of uterine and ovarian adenocarcinoma in offspring of mice exposed in utero to DES were first published in the mid-1980s,8,9 they raised concern regarding possible adverse effects on the third generation of humans exposed to DES.
A study of 28 daughters (mean age 20 years) of women exposed to DES in utero showed that these third-generation women had no abnormalities of the genital tract, and no cases of endometrial, ovarian, cervical, or vaginal carcinoma, or intraepithelial neoplasia of the cervix or vagina were detected.10 Review of their mothersâ records indicated that 61.5% of the mothers exposed to DES in utero had structural changes of the cervix, upper vagina, or vaginal epithelium. The main limitations of this study were the small sample size and the age of the women, who might have been too young to reflect the true rate of subsequent genital malignancies.
The absence of abnormalities of the lower genital tract in third-generation women compared with the high frequency of these abnormalities in their mothers suggests that third-generation carry-over effects of DES exposure are rare.
A recent case report of an ovarian malignancy in a third-generation adolescent11 raised the possibility of an association between her malignancy and her grandmotherâs use of DES. The authors described a 15-year-old girl with small cell carcinoma of the ovary whose maternal grandmother had been taking DES while she was pregnant with the patientâs mother. Although this is an anecdotal case, the rarity of this disorder suggests that DES exposure could have a trans-generational effect.
An increased rate of hypospadias has recently been reported in third-generation men. A Dutch cohort study compared 205 sons of women who were exposed to DES in utero with 8934 men with no such history. Four (2%) of the exposed sons had hypospadias, compared with nine (0.01%) in the control group.12
Differences between human and mice models in the effects of DES on the third generation suggest that the effect observed in mice is much greater than in humans. Nevertheless, some authors recommend that third-generation women should be examined carefully for presence of DES-associated changes.10
A variety of theories have been proposed for the mechanism of action of multi-generational effects of DES. In mice, the carcinogenicity of DES can apparently be transmitted from prenatally exposed offspring to the next generation. Germ cell mutation has been implicated as the mode of transmission of the genotoxic effect.9 Imprinting might be another mode of transmission.
- Stillman RJ. In utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol adverse effects on the reproductive tract and reproductive performance in male and female offspring. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982;142:905-21.
- Herbst AL, Ulfelder H, Poskanzer DC. Adenocarcinoma of the vagina. Association of maternal stilbestrol therapy with tumor appearance in young women. N Engl J Med 1971;284:878-81.
- Jefferies JA, Robboy SJ, OâBrien PC, Bergstralh EJ, Labarthe DR, Barnes AB, et al. Structural anomalies of the cervix and vagina in women enrolled in the Diethylstilbestrol Adenosis (DESAD) Project. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1984;148:59-66.
- Kaufman RH, Adam E, Hatch EE, Noller K, Herbst AL, Palmer JR, et al. Continued follow-up of pregnancy outcomes in diethylstilbestrol-exposed offspring. Obstet Gynecol 2000;96:483-9.
- Driscoll SG, Taylor SH. Effects of prenatal maternal estrogen on the male urogenital system. Obstet Gynecol 1980;56:537-42.
- Whitehead ED, Leiter E. Genital abnormalities and abnormal semen analyses in male patients exposed to diethylstilbelstrol in utero. J Urol 1981;125:47-50.
- Strohsnitter WC, Noller KL, Hoover RN, Robboy SJ, Palmer JR, Titus-Ernstoff L, et al. Cancer risk in men exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001;93:545-51.
- Walker BE. Tumors of female offspring of mice exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrol. J Natl Cancer Inst 1984;73:133-40.
- Walker BE, Kurth LA. Multi-generational carcinogenesis from diethylstilbestrol investigated by blastocyst transfers in mice. Int J Cancer 1995;61:249-52.
- Kaufman RH, Adam E. Findings in female offspring of women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol. Obstet Gynecol 2002;99:197-200.
- Blatt J, Van Le L, Weiner T, Sailer S. Ovarian carcinoma in an adolescent with transgenerational exposure to diethylstilbestrol. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2003;25:635-6.
- Klip H, Verloop J, van Gool JD, Koster M, Burger CW, van Leeuwen FE, et al. Hypospadias in sons of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero: a cohort study. Lancet 2002;359:1102-7.
Motherisk questions are prepared by the Motherisk Team at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ont. Drs Schechter and Finkelstein are members and Dr Koren is Director of the Motherisk Program. Dr Koren, a Senior Scientist at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, is supported by the Research Leadership for Better Pharmacotherapy during Pregnancy and Lactation and, in part, by a grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
Published Motherisk Updates are available on the College of Family Physicians of Canada website.


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In connection with the 2008 Glens Falls Centennial, The Hyde Collection will proudly present A Glens Falls Legacy: The Pruyn Family in the Charles R. Wood Gallery. The Pruyn family, of Finch, Pruyn and Company fame, exerted a tremendous impact on the economic, cultural, educational, and civic life of Glens Falls from its earliest days. The exhibition will be divided into two installations that explore the Pruyn family legacy, their cultural pursuits, and contributions to the city of Glens Falls.
The first exhibition, A Shared Life: Selections from the Pruyn Family Collection, will highlight a range of personal artifacts and fine and decorative arts associated with the Pruyn family beginning with the family patriarch Samuel Pruyn, his wife Eliza Jane, and their three daughters: Charlotte Hyde, founder of The Hyde Collection, Mary Eliza Hoopes, and Nell Cunningham. The second installation, A Landscape Revealed: Photographs of the Pruyn Sisters' Gardens, will feature twenty-five historic photographs of the beautifully landscaped seven-acre property that once joined the homes of the three Pruyn sisters. The photographs, dating from the early 1900s to the 1940s, depict the sweeping vistas and large lawns revealing one expansive landscape design for this family estate.
A Glens Falls Legacy: The Pruyn Family is organized by The Hyde Collection and curated by Erin B. Coe.


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Mental illness in suspects poses challenge for policeFebruary 6, 2014 11:49 PM
After John Rush was arrested two years ago for assaulting his then-girlfriend, a worker at the Allegheny County Jail's behavior clinic recommended that he receive outpatient treatment for an unspecified mental illness.
That detail, and further information about the 21-year-old's diagnosis, was not available to Allegheny County sheriff's deputy John Herb last week when he spotted the fugitive who was wanted on two bench warrants and a fresh assault warrant. Rush, police said, punched the deputy and later killed a Pittsburgh police dog and injured several officers who were trying to arrest him.
A history of mental illness, law enforcement officials say, is one of several factors they consider when executing an arrest. But strong federal and state privacy laws often prohibit officers from receiving even the most basic information about someone's mental health status.
It's an information gap local authorities said they hope to bridge.
"We believe that such information is critical to the safety of both law enforcement personnel and the person being sought for questioning," said Mike Manko, spokesman for the Allegheny County district attorney's office.
Mr. Manko said the DA's office is working with other prosecutors and legislators to amend the state Health Information Act to "provide law enforcement with basic information about whether or not a person being sought on an arrest warrant has had any mental health diagnosis."
Several tools available
Police officers have several tools they can use to check a person's history.
In Rush's case, they could have used the National Crime Information Center database and discovered that he had been convicted of statutory sex assault, simple assault and other crimes.
They could have run a firearms check to see whether he was licensed to carry a weapon in Pennsylvania or whether any number of factors barred him from legally having a gun. Involuntary mental health commitments and felony convictions are among the factors that strip someone of the right to legally carry a firearm, but the check will not always indicate why someone was barred from owning a weapon.
Occasionally, officers get lucky and find family members who can tell them about a defendant's mental state, psychiatric medications and triggers.
In some cases, the name of a judge issuing a warrant can signal to Allegheny County sheriff's deputies that someone might have a history of mental illness.
For example, Common Pleas Judge Beth A. Lazzara has presided the last three years over mental health court.
Most days, she presides over general criminal court cases. On Mondays, she hears cases assigned to the mental health court docket. By the end of the session, she must issue bench warrants for the defendants in the program who failed to appear for court.
When that happens, she said, sheriff's deputies serving the warrants probably already know the defendants in question have some form of mental illness because Judge Lazzara is the one issuing the paperwork.
But in cases outside of mental health court, the notification isn't there.
"As far as how do we know the stability of the individual we're going to get, usually, we don't know that," Sheriff William P. Mullen said. "We like to have as much information as possible when you're dealing with people we're picking up that are wanted, but we do understand that there are certain laws that we must abide by."
Sheriff Mullen said he believes the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which protects the privacy of someone's medical records, restricts what information court workers can put on bench warrants. Those warrants are part of the public record, and thus, the general public can often access them.
Judge Lazzara questioned whether the reach of HIPAA has become overbroad, and whether it would be possible to simply note on the warrant "history of mental illness" without giving a specific diagnosis.
She believes the notification to officers should exist.
"It's a no-brainer. How do we not provide them with the information that they need?" she said.
"To me that's a safety thing for the officers. I would think they'd want to know. They need to have sufficient information to ensure everyone's safety involved."
Training is available
Exactly what impact mental health history has on a person's arrest depends upon the way the department views mental illness and the circumstances surrounding the arrest.
Sheriff Mullen sent some deputies for specialized training to teach them how to interact with people with mental illness. Four of his deputies attended Crisis Intervention Team training organized by the Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health and hosted by Pittsburgh Mercy Behavioral Health. Pittsburgh police have been training officers in the program for the past several years.
The training runs over the course of five eight-hour days. In one class, officers wear a headset that plays a recording of voices shouting while instructors ask them to do routine tasks.
"Officers get some even vague hint of what it's like to live life hearing voices all the time in your head," said Sue Martone, deputy director of the county Office of Behavioral Health.
Another session focuses on "tactical communication," or how officers should interact with mentally ill people. Some illnesses might make people more sensitive to loud noises and yelling, while others might signal that the person doesn't typically like to be touched, Ms. Martone said.
A separate class teaches officers about medications and the illnesses with which they are associated so they know that if someone takes Prozac, for example, the person might be depressed.
But there are differing schools of thought on what officers should do with that information.
Some believe it could help them prepare for whatever situation they're about to enter. Others, Ms. Martone said, ask: "What if that person's mental health history has nothing to do with the incident that is taking place right now? They're stable. They're taking their meds."
Judge Lazzara said it's sometimes smart to take the opposite approach.
"The thing with the warrants is, if they're on the run, you have to assume they're off their meds," she said.
Sheriff Mullen said the presence or lack of violent offenses in a person's past is often more indicative of how they will interact with deputies than their mental health diagnosis. He said deputies scuffle with people every week but added, "I can't remember the last time we've had a major problem with someone who had mental problems outside of John Rush."
Information that someone might be violent or might be unstable "all comes into play when you arrest somebody," and could prompt a department to send extra deputies, he said. But often deputies are working solo when they encounter a fugitive and have to make an arrest or risk losing the person.
"You'd like to prepare for the worst, but in this line of work, you frequently just can't do it," he said.
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OXFORD – An Oxford man has been charged in a burglary that took place Nov. 1.
Melvin Westbrook, 47, of Oxford, is accused in the burglary of a Chickasaw Road residence.
He was charged after being pulled over by Oxford police during a routine traffic stop Monday.
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Binghamton University to hold social work info session
The Division of Social Work in the School of Education and Human Development at Binghamton University will hold an information session from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 20, in room 229 of the Academic B building, for students interested in pursuing a master's degree in social work.
The session will describe the program and curriculum as well as provide admissions and financial aid information. Full-time and part-time study is available.
For more information about the information session or to register, call 607-777-5999.


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