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SALTILLO – Residents won't notice a difference in smoking laws anytime soon, but many have opinions on the possibility.
Many residents attended a Tuesday public hearing and voiced opinions for and against a citywide smoking ban.
"We prefer (smoking restaurants) because after our meal we can relax, have a cigarette and socialize with those at our table," said Richard Nielson of Saltillo. "We enjoy that privilege of being able to smoke."
Nielson's wife, Nancy Nielson, noted most of Los Compadres' business takes place in the smoking and bar area of the restaurant.
Jonathan Pharr, a Saltillo resident and self-proclaimed Libertarian, said anyone's right to smoke ends at his nose.
"If you are, as a board, looking to the future of Saltillo, this is about the right to clean air. It has nothing to do with the right to smoke," he said.
James Brand, a cancer survivor and Saltillo resident, said he is a big proponent of oncology prevention.
"This is one of the easiest ways to help with health and our health care system," he said. "If you want to smoke, that's fine, but in a public setting (you) shouldn't have the choice to decrease the health quality of myself and my kids."
Many residents stood up to say they were more concerned with the local government infringing on their rights than they were with the issue of smoking.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled in September 2012, in Arthur Gallagher v. City of Clayton, that the right to smoke in public "… does not fall within the 'liberty' that is specially protected by the Due Process Clause."
The board tabled the discussion of any action on a smoking ban until its next meeting, March 19. Alderwoman Jewell Webb requested they also discuss adding a nonbinding referendum to the upcoming general election ballot on the issue. The referendum could gauge the opinion of all Saltillo voters.

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Tonga Population: 106,322NO VISITORS FROM HERE YET!
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|Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
Archipelago of 169 islands (36 inhabited)
|Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 747 sq km
land: 717 sq km
water: 30 sq km
Size comparison: four times the size of Washington, DC
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|419 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
|tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
|most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation on Kao Island 1,033 m
|Natural resources:
|fish, fertile soil
|Land use:
| arable land: 21.33%
permanent crops: 14.67%
other: 64% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|Natural hazards:
|cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou volcanism: moderate volcanic activity; Fonualei (elev. 180 m) has shown frequent activity in recent years, while Niuafo'ou (elev. 260 m), which last erupted in 1985, has forced evacuations; other historically active volcanoes include Late and Tofua
|Current Environment Issues:
|deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement; some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Tongan(s)
adjective: Tongan
|Ethnic groups:
|Polynesian, Europeans
|Tongan (official), English (official)
|Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
|106,322 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 36.2% (male 19,545/female 18,927)
15-24 years: 19.2% (male 10,432/female 9,935)
25-54 years: 33% (male 17,549/female 17,562)
55-64 years: 5.4% (male 2,779/female 2,994)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 3,034/female 3,565) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 75.7 %
youth dependency ratio: 65.4 %
elderly dependency ratio: 10.3 %
potential support ratio: 9.7 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 21.8 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 22.2 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|0.14% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|24.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-17.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 23% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.8% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|110 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 75.6 years
male: 74.16 years
female: 77.09 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|3.46 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Health expenditures:
|5.1% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.29 physicians/1,000 population (2002)
|Hospital bed density:
|2.6 beds/1,000 population (2010)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2010 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 96% of population
total: 96% of population
urban: 2% of population
rural: 4% of population
total: 4% of population (2010 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|57.6% (2008)
|Education expenditures:
|3.9% of GDP (2004)
| definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99.1% (2006 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 14 years
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2007)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 11.9%
male: 9.9%
female: 15.1% (2003)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Kingdom of Tonga
conventional short form: Tonga
local long form: Pule'anga Tonga
local short form: Tonga
former: Friendly Islands
|Government type:
|constitutional monarchy
| name: Nuku'alofa
geographic coordinates: 21 08 S, 175 12 W
time difference: UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u
|4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
|National holiday:
|National Day, 4 November (1875)
|4 November 1875; revised 1967
|Legal system:
|English common law
|21 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: King TUPOU VI (since 18 March 2012); note - King George TUPOU V died on 18 March 2012 in Hong Kong; he was succeeded by his brother Crown Prince TUPOUTO'A Lavaka, who took the throne name TUPOU VI
head of government: Prime Minister Lord Siale'ataonga TU'IVAKANO (since 22 December 2010)
cabinet: Cabinet is nominated by the prime minister and appointed by the monarch (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
note: there is also a Privy Council that advises the monarch
elections: the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister and deputy prime minister elected by and from the members of parliament and appointed by the monarch
election results: Lord Siale'ataonga TU'IVAKANO elected by parliament on 21 December 2010 with 14 of 26 votes
|Legislative branch:
| unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (26 seats - 9 for nobles elected from among the country's 29 nobles, 17 members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections: last held on 25 November 2010 (next to be held in 2014)
election results: Peoples Representatives: percent of vote - independents 67.3%, Democratic Party 28.5%, other 4.2%; seats - Democratic Party 12, independents 5
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Court of Appeal (consists of the court president and a number of judges determined by the monarch); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are brought before the King in Privy Council, the monarch's advisory organ that has both judicial and legislative powers judge selection and term of office: judge appointments and tenures made by the King in Privy Council, judge appointments subject to consent of the Legislative Assembly
subordinate courts: Supreme Court; Magistrate's Courts; Land Courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands [Samuela 'Akilisi POHIVA] People's Democratic Party or PDP [Tesina FUKO] Sustainable Nation-Building Party [Sione FONUA] Tonga Democratic Labor Party [NA] Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement or THRDM [NA]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Human Rights and Democracy Movement Tonga or HRDMT [Rev. Simote VEA, chairman] Public Servant's Association [Finau TUTONE]
|International organization participation:
|ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|red cross on white field; arms equal length
|National anthem:
| name: "Ko e fasi `o e tu"i `o e `Otu Tonga" (Song of the King of the Tonga Islands)
lyrics/music: Uelingatoni Ngu TUPOUMALOHI/Karl Gustavus SCHMITT
note: in use since 1875; the anthem is more commonly known as "Fasi Fakafonua" (National Song)
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Sonatane Tu'akinamolahi TAUMOEPEAU-TUPOU
chancery: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400B, New York, NY 10017
telephone: [1] (800) 345-6541
consulate(s) general: San Francisco
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|the US does not have an embassy in Tonga; the US ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Tonga
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Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a narrow export base in agricultural goods. Squash, vanilla beans, and yams are the main crops. Agricultural exports, including fish, make up two-thirds of total exports. The country must import a high proportion of its food, mainly from New Zealand. The country remains dependent on external aid and remittances from Tongan communities overseas to offset its trade deficit. Tourism is the second-largest source of hard currency earnings following remittances. Tonga had 39,000 visitors in 2006. The government is emphasizing the development of the private sector, especially the encouragement of investment, and is committing increased funds for health and education. Tonga has a reasonably sound basic infrastructure and well developed social services. High unemployment among the young, moderate inflation, pressures for democratic reform, and rising civil service expenditures are major issues facing the government.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $801 million (2012 est.) $789.4 million (2011 est.) $778.8 million (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $476 million (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|1.4% (2012 est.) 1.5% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $7,700 (2012 est.) $7,600 (2011 est.) $7,500 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 97.7%
government consumption: 17%
investment in fixed capital: 29.2%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 17.5%
imports of goods and services: -61.4% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 97.7%
government consumption: 17%
investment in fixed capital: 29.2%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 17.5%
imports of goods and services: -61.4% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, vanilla beans, cocoa, coffee, ginger, black pepper; fish
|tourism, construction, fishing
|Industrial production growth rate:
|0.5% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|39,960 (2007)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 31.8%
industry: 30.6%
services: 2,003% (2003 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|13% (FY03/04 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $116.3 million
expenditures: $116.3 million (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|24.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|1 July - 30 June
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.2% (2012 est.) 6.3% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$48.1 million (2012 est.) -$29.8 million (2011 est.)
|$8.4 million (2012 est.) $8 million (2011 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
|Exports - partners:
|South Korea 17.8%, US 16.4%, NZ 15.1%, Fiji 10.9%, Japan 9.2%, Samoa 9.1%, American Samoa 5.8%, Australia 5% (2012)
|$121.9 million (2012 est.) $131 million (2011 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
|Imports - partners:
|Fiji 38%, NZ 23.5%, US 10.1%, China 9.9% (2012)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$152.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) $143.3 million (31 December 2011 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$198.1 million (31 December 2012 est.) $190.5 million (31 December 2011 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|$61.43 million (31 December 2012 est.) $61.47 million (31 December 2011 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - 1.7195 (2012 est.) 1.729 (2011 est.) 1.906 (2010 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|41 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 207
|Electricity - consumption:
|38.13 million kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|12,000 kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|1,221 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|1,202 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|155,000 Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 30,000 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 177
|Cellular Phones in use:
|55,000 (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: competition between Tonga Telecommunications Corporation (TCC) and Shoreline Communications Tonga (SCT) is accelerating expansion of telecommunications; SCT granted approval to introduce high-speed digital service for telephone, Internet, and television while TCC has exclusive rights to operate the mobile-phone network; international telecom services are provided by government-owned Tonga Telecommunications International
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 80 telephones per 100 persons; fully automatic switched network
international: country code - 676; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2011)
|Broadcast media:
|2 state-owned TV stations and 2 privately owned TV stations; satellite and cable TV services are available; 2 state-owned and 3 privately owned radio stations; Radio Australia broadcasts available via satellite (2009)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|5,367 (2012)
|Internet users:
|8,400 (2009)
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| 6 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 175
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
| total 680 km
paved: 184 km
unpaved: 496 km (2000)
|Merchant marine:
| total 7
by type: cargo 4, carrier 1, passenger/cargo 2
foreign-owned: 2 (Australia 1, UK 1) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|Nuku'alofa, Neiafu, Pangai
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|Military branches:
|Tonga Defense Services (TDS): Land Force (Royal Guard), Maritime Force (includes Royal Marines, Air Wing) (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|16 years of age for voluntary enlistment (with parental consent); no conscription; the king retains the right to call up "all those capable of bearing arms" in wartime (2012)
|Manpower available for military service:
| males age 16-49: 24,460
females age 16-49: 24,041 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 20,956
females age 16-49: 20,577 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 1,196
female: 1,134 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|0.9% of GDP (2012)
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http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/2057...ly-impossible/Chibuihem Amalaha, a post-graduate student at the University of Lago in Nigeria, has finally discovered a way to incontrovertibly prove that gay marriage is wrong, using a variety of very scientific techniques.
For instance, magnets!
To start with, physics is one of the most fundamentals of all the sciences and I used two bar magnets in my research. A bar magnet is a horizontal magnet that has the North Pole and the South Pole and when you bring two bar magnets and you bring the North Pole together you find that the two North Poles will not attract. They will repel, that is, they will push away themselves showing that a man should not attract a man. If you bring two South Poles together you find that the two South Poles will not attract indicating that same sex marriage should not hold. A female should not attract a female as South Pole of a magnet does not attract the South Pole of a magnet. But, when you bring a North Pole of a magnet and a South Pole of a magnet they will attract because they are not the same, indicating that a man will attract a woman because of the way nature has made a female.
Knowledge is possible, therefore magnets.


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SRISKANDARAJAH: Six years ago Christine Bennett made her first trip to her nation's capital to file a human rights complaint against her government.
BENNETT: Being here in Washington DC, going to make a petition is one thing. But it's whether or not we're going to be heard is the most important thing. Will somebody do something about it or are we just wasting our time?
SRISKANDARAJAH: Bennett and her neighbors have been waiting a long time. The story of their rights not being protected goes back generations. Emancipated slaves settled the bayous of Mossville, Louisiana. They had land, but no voting rights to protect it. After World War 2, plastics companies found little resistance to building factories in these disenfranchised black neighborhoods. Fourteen of those petrochemical plants ring the town today.
BENNETT: I'm living where my grandparents lived and I am one of the fourth generations. But now the place that was once so beautiful and so clean is now a dump.
SRISKANDARAJAH: Each year the air is loaded with four million pounds of carcinogens, earning this place the nickname "Cancer Alley." Government researchers have measured three times the national average of dioxin in the bodies of Mossville residents. They argue that there are no environmental justice laws on our books to protect America's most vulnerable communities. So that's the case they took to the Inter-American Commission, a last line of defense for human rights in the Western Hemisphere. The U.S. Government fought this arguing that the U.S. has plenty of environmental laws that protect its citizens. But last year, in an interview with Living on Earth, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, seemed to agree with the people of Mossville.
JACKSON: I think the Mossville case is a really interesting one because what the petitioners argue as I understand it is in order to get heard is that they basically had to make the case that the laws of this country do not provide them an opportunity for redress. And it is true that at this point there are no environmental justice laws; there's nothing on the books that gives us the ability to do it.
The Conoco Phillips oil refinery is one of several facilities that release pollution including dioxins in Mossville. (Courtesy of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights)
SRISKANDARAJAH: It was what the community of Mossville had been waiting to hear: A high-ranking Government official agreeing with the main argument in their case. Administrator Jackson is the first African American EPA head and she's from Louisiana. Since she took the job, she has made environmental justice a priority of her agency. But even apparent support from Administrator Jackson didn't put the human rights petition in the clear.
HARDEN: I think no one in Mossville operates under the assumption that everything will be great without struggle because that hasn't been their experience.
SRISKANDARAJAH: That's Monique Harden. She's the lawyer for the people of Mossville and has been making the case that they have to go outside of the U.S. to resolve their human rights abuses. The State Department argues back that the citizens can still appeal within the American legal system. To Harden, Administrator Jackson's comment seemed to bolster the Mossville case.
BENNETT: Her statement was just very positive and very affirming and so when we read a few months later the brief that was filed by the U.S. government countering that, we felt that, well, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing here because we've got the person in charge of environmental protection of the United States agreeing with the Mossville human rights petition and we've got others within the U.S. government saying, it isn't so.
Many Mossville residents have left their homes due to the pollution. (Courtesy of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights)
SRISKANDARAJAH: Harden included Jackson's statement in briefs she filed to the Commission last March, but the government hasn't responded. The EPA and the State Department both declined to talk to Living on Earth as well. So we asked someone who advises on environmental human rights cases what this means. Barbara Johnston is a Senior Research Fellow for the Center for Political Ecology in Santa Cruz, California. She says the government's silence speaks volumes.
JOHNSTON: I think there's a minor war occurring (laughs) with all sorts of skirmishes over where our priorities are, whether we are actually going to actually demonstrate that we are indeed a nation that has great and huge concern of environmental justice, especially in cases of demonstrated environmental racism versus our economic liability. Because if the U.S. comes out with a petition that acknowledges its liability in this particular case, there is a very, very, very, very long list of injured parties out there.
SRISKANDARAJAH: Which would make environmental justice a very, very, very expensive proposition. But environmental human rights lawyer Monique Harden says it may be expensive but that would be the cost of living in a society that values all citizens and neighborhoods equally.
HARDEN: What so often happens, in communities that are struggling for environmental justice, is that they're in dialogue mode but there's no remedy. And a favorable decision by the Commission would create a different paradigm for what governmental regulation of the environment should look like.
SRISKANDARAJAH: In the meantime, the Mossville case has already opened an avenue for Americans to resolve environmental human rights abuse. A Navajo group fighting a uranium mine in New Mexico, has just filed their own human rights petition to the Inter-American Commission. And they cite the Mossville case as supporting their claim. For Living on Earth and Planet Harmony, I'm Ike Sriskandarajah.


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H1N1 flu striking young adults the mostJanuary 15, 2014 11:10 PM
They are the young. The hip. And the sick.
This season's parade of coughing, wheezing and achy flu patients has a younger spin to it, caused by the re-emergence of the H1N1 strain of the flu virus and this year's relatively effective flu vaccine.
"Typically, you think it will be the really old or the really young," said Marc Itskowitz, an associate professor of medicine and internal medicine physician at Allegheny General Hospital. "This year, the cluster is really in young adults."
Through Saturday, there were 209 confirmed flu cases in Allegheny County this season, with 93 of those coming in the week that ended Jan. 11. Of those 209 cases, 100 people were hospitalized for treatment, said Guillermo Cole, spokesman for the county health department.
More than 90 percent of the flu cases statewide have been identified as the H1N1 strain, known as "swine flu" in 2009 when it re-emerged after lying dormant since the 1960s and 1970s. Because younger people haven't had much previous exposure to H1N1, their immune systems are more vulnerable than those who encountered it half a decade ago.
Unlike in 2009, this season's flu vaccine does cover H1N1, meaning that those who are vaccinated have some protection against it.
But that leaves young adults, many of whom did not get vaccinated, disproportionately vulnerable.
"The overall population gets vaccinated at a rate of 35 to 40 percent," Dr. Itskowitz said. "It's much less in generally healthy young adults."
The majority of the flu patients at Allegheny General have not been vaccinated, he said. With the flu season often stretching until April or later, he urged those who have not yet been vaccinated to do so as soon as possible.
Countywide, the age of flu patients has been somewhat higher. The average age for the 209 confirmed cases was 47, said Mr. Cole. At this point last year, when the flu season started unusually early, there were 488 confirmed cases in Allegheny County with an average age of 51.
The county health department reports two confirmed deaths from the flu this season: a 53-year-old woman and a 62-year-old woman. More deaths might be confirmed in coming reports; Dr. Itskowitz said he believed there have been four flu deaths at Allegheny General.
And the overall impact of the flu is much more widespread. For every one person with an officially diagnosed case of the flu, there might be 100 to 1,000 more people who have the flu and do not get their diagnosis confirmed, said Dr. Itskowitz.
A run-of-the-mill case of the flu generally does not require medical attention, said Donald Yealy, chair of the department of emergency medicine at UPMC.
"Most people don't need to be seen in a hospital emergency department," he said. "When you take yourself or your loved ones around, you run the risk of spreading whatever you were fearful of or picking it up. And if you didn't have it, you might end up getting it there."
Dr. Yealy recommended seeking emergency medical treatment for patients with severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, dizziness because of an inability to take in fluids and the worsening of other chronic conditions. Those in doubt can always call their primary care physicians, he said.
About 6 percent of patients being seen in county emergency rooms are there because of influenza symptoms, said Mr. Cole, compared to a 2 percent baseline in nonflu season.
"This is typical, maybe even typical plus a bit more, but not nearly the intensity as in 2009," Dr. Yealy said.
In addition to getting a flu shot, the best prevention comes from simple hygiene measures such as covering up coughs and hand-washing. "Everything you need to know, you learned in kindergarten," he said.
Figures from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, which include confirmed and suspected flu cases, put Allegheny County at 520 cases, Butler at 219, Westmoreland at 276, Washington at 202 and Beaver at 166.
Based on state figures, the flu virus seems to be affecting Western Pennsylvania more than elsewhere. The only other county statewide that has more than 200 cases is Blair County, with 381 reported.
National figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rate Pennsylvania's flu activity as moderate, noting that states can have pockets of high or low intensity.
Based on the rapid recent escalation of flu cases, Dr. Itskowitz believes that flu season may be nearing its height.
"I suspect we're approaching the peak," he said, "although you never know for sure."
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American and European scholars will gather for a conference titled
"The Political God of Our Times: Civic Religion and Democratic Polities
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Saturday, March 31-April 1, in 104 Computer Science Building.
The conference will focus on perceptions that the United States and most European countries are moving in different directions in terms of the role of religion in political and social life. In several panel discussions, scholars from the United States, Germany, France, Spain and Italy will explore the role of civic religion in democratic countries.
The March 31 session will begin at 1:30 p.m. and conclude with a 6 p.m. keynote address titled "Forgetting Jerusalem: The Tradition of European Nihilism" by Jean Bethke Elshtain, a University of Chicago political philosopher. On April 1, discussions will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
I've had the opportunity to see some classics on the big screen in the last few weeks at different summer movie series: the Wild Bunch, The Trouble with Harry, and To Catch a Thief. All of them were highly enjoyable.
At home I watched the Return of Dracula and the Vampire, two 50s United Artist horror flicks. Not bad.
A Fished Called Wanda on BBC America.
I haven't seen that wacky movie in years and forgot how much I like it. Also, for some reason, it made me think how Jamie Lee Curtis might have made a good Princess Leia......
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Unforgiven. A great western, especially the last 15 minutes.
Singin' in the Rain. I'd never seen it, and had taped a bunch of old movies on the DVR a while back that I'd never gotten around to watching. To have space for some new stuff I wanted to tape (it's about half full of Brave and the Bold episodes I keep because Chux Jr loves watching them over and over and over and over), I queued it up today. I knew it was supposed to be one of the best movies ever made, but figured that was entirely on technical qualifications, and also thought it was considered a musical comedy more because it was light-hearted rather than actually funny. I was suprised, as this was an excellent movie on all counts and honestly made me laugh out loud a few times. I'd have to dock it a half-star, though, because there's one dance number that isn't connected directly to the plot of the movie and goes on for what seems like thirty minutes too long, throwing off the pacing.
That's my jacket!
Today I saw Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. It was interesting visually, and pretty fun, though not the greatest thing ever. The unique style lent itself well to the action scenes, but less so to the dialogue scenes, where it was more distracting than fun. I'm not familiar with the comics, so I don't know how much of it was taken from there.
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Pirate Radio. Thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I'm going to research the rock 'n' roll ban in Britain at the time, cause it sounds like an interesting subject. Great soundtrack, too.
The Expendables. Great throwback to the classic 80s action movies. This is the first movie in a long time that I'd pay to see again first-run.


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• 180g cup flour
• ¼ cup sugar
• 100g butter, cut in cubes
• 1 egg yolk
• 1-2 Tbs cold water
• 200g ricotta
• 4 egg yolks
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 Tbs amaretto (or 2-3 drops almond essence)
• ¾ cup ground almonds
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 2 Tbs butter
• 8-10 apricots, stoned and quartered
1. Place the flour, sugar and butter in a food processor. Mix until you have a breadcrumb texture. Add the egg yolk and cold water and pulse until your dough is formed. Remove and place on a lightly floured surface and roll out.
2. Line a 23cm rectangle or round tart tin with the pastry. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Set oven to 180C. Line the pastry with baking paper and baking beans (or rice) and cook for 15 minutes, then remove the baking paper and cook for a further 5 minutes to completely dry the pastry.
4. In a mixing bowl combine the ricotta, yolks, sugar, amaretto and almonds. Spread over the pastry.
5. In a pot melt the butter and brown sugar, and gently soften the apricots for 4-5 minutes until coated in glaze. Remove and arrange over the filling.
6. Return the tart to the oven for 30 minutes until cooked and golden. Brush the top of the tart with extra glaze.
7. Leave to cool completely before serving.


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|>> Archive: Warmwater Gamefish Flies Freshwater Bass, pike, muskie?!?
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|a damsel i came up with earlier today
|John Desjardins
Thanks for the tips Flytyer. I'll try them next time. My use of the drill stems from a combination of starting to make this type of body on a modified Burkes V worm and too many remembrances of the machine design adage of a tight screw is good.
The Scotchgard is something on my list to try. Thanks for the comments elsewhere on that & CDC.
Nice fly.
There is a similar style of extended body fly that has been around for years in Montana (I believe it was first tied by a fellow named Bob Neville for use on the Big Hole) and Idaho for fishing damselflies and giant stoneflies. The folks out west tie the extended body with poly yarn (or at least this was how the first ones were tied back in the late 70's and early 80's), Z-lon yarn, or Antron yarn.
You don't need a drill to twist the yarn, all you need do is first tie in the yarn at the hook bend. After this simply twist the yarn with your fingers or with the help of a hackle plier about 15 to 20 turns on large flies. Then, double the yarn and tie it again again at the tie in spot (or a just a tad in front of the original tie in). As soon as you let go of the doubled yarn, you have the extended body. Effective and fast tie that hold up to many fish. And when treated with floatant, it stays up a long time, especially if you Scotch Guard it the night before its first use.
|John Desjardins
Q, based on my experiences I have to disagree with you on the hook size. I started out tying these on #4-6 4XL streamer hooks and found that I couldn't hook fish. The takes I got were principally on the tails and with either a large hook or a stiff tail and I didn't hook as many fish as I thought I should. I've been cutting back the hook size & making the tails more supple to try to increase the hookup percentage. The next step I'm contemplating is adding a trailing hook in the tail.
I guess were just taking a different path to get to the same place.
Pete, mine is almost exactly the same size as the image on the monitor. It's just over 2" long with a 2-1/2" wingspan. I believe it's tied on a size 6 streamer hook, which is probably a little too small for this application. A hook with a bigger gap would make it much easier to hook the fish -- assuming they actually hit the fly. The red-colored dragonflies and the damsel flies in my area are about this size, but many of the dragonflies are much larger. FWIW, the Rapalas that were working for us were the 9cm (3-1/2") model in silver/black.
|John Desjardins
Pete I hope this helps out.
John & Q:
Can you give proportions. e.g. length overall for Dragons Vs. Damsels that you tie.
My damsels are not more than 2 inches long and my dragons, the red cheek variety, are 3 inches long.
|John Desjardins
Q, Nice looking fly.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one whose experienced the leaping fish day.
Q - Cool tie and a great looking fly. Love the dark iridescent look that a lot of dragonflies around here have.
Couldn't agree more with you guys about the Bass going nuts over these things. The only time I have seen largemouths really get selective was 2 summers ago at Lake Rohunta here in MA. Conditions were perfect - nice bass leaping all around the boat taking dragonflies mid-air. We tried everything including spin fishing tactics but could not buy a hit. I think had we been armed with some of these flies it could have been a banner day.
John - great fly, and I can see where the tail fabrication could have applications to other patterns; will have to give that a try.
Q - I know what you're saying about bass and d'flies! I grew up on a lake in South Jersey, and during the day in Mid-Summer, the bass would nearly always be hovering aroung the lily pad beds, keeping shaded and waiting for dragonflies to pass overhead. Most of the fish I actually saw jumping were probably less than 12" in length, but some of these fish were rocketing out of the water, clearing an easy 24" at the pinnacle of their frenzied leap. It was this, in fact, that got me fly fishing in the first place... well, that and the "SMACK" sound made by bluegills sucking insects off the water's surface. Many great memories of tossing small poppers on a Shakespeare fly fishing combo.
Just last year I noticed how often the largemouths would come clear out of the water to grab dragonflies that were hovering above the surface. One day a friend and I watched as the same bass repeatedly jumped out of a pocket in a small clump of lily pads to grab every dragonfly that tried to land on the pads. I wish I'd had a camera to capture the action! We even started looking for the dragonflies in order to locate the fish. We were very successful using floating Rapalas, which have a profile similar to that of a large dragonfly. The bass would often hit the lures just as they landed, and on several occasions we would see the wake of a bass moving to intercept the falling lure.
I wanted to get in on the action with the fly rod, so I tied a dragonfly using small black and green EZ Body Braid stuffed with foam for the tail/body, with a piece of closed cell foam for the back and head, superhair for the wings and webby brown hackle for legs. Looks great but I was disappointed in the results. I think I only caught one fish on it. Here's the fly I tied:
|Nice, John...great pattern.
Nice looking fly John.
I tie a similar pattern but I use some old 10 Wt. fly line, the belly part, for the body and magic markers to color it blueish with black striations.
|John Desjardins
updated albino dragon fly
This is an updated version of a fly I put in here about a year ago.
Hook: TMC 101 #12
thread: 8/0 white
extended body: White Aunt Lydias rug yarn
back: white 1/8" packing foam in ~ 5/16" wide strips.
Hackle: white strung saddle hackle, 3-5 sizes larger than usual.
Oddball tools needed, 1/2" cup hook, Drill
Tying instructions:
Making the extended body. I make 6 to 10 at a time before tying.
1. Cut the yarn off ~ 13" long and tie one end to the upright on your vise. Tie a small loop in the other end of the yarn.
2. Put the cup hook in the chuck of your drill, then put the yarn loop on the cup hook.
3. Holding the yarn taut spin the yarn using the drill. When it forms a tight spiral its time to stop. Keep the yarn taut at all times. It takes ~ 20 seconds or 200 turns with my drill. Your drill will be different, and experimentation is needed.
4. Place a finger on the center of the yarn and fold it so the cuphook is next to the post of your vise.
5. Pull your finger out of the folded over yarn and it will form the spiral. Neaten it up as needed. Before cutting the twisted piece off the post & hook, tie an overhand knot in it to keep the twist.
It sounds complicated, but in the time it took to type this I could make 5 or 6 tails.
Making the fly
Wind a base of thread on the hook. Tie in the tail at the rear of the hook. Cut off the tail near the hook eye then fluff out the material before winding forward to the eye.
Apply superglue to the thread and then tie in the back with the excess facing the rear of the hook.
Tie in the hackle, wind it forward and then tie it off near the eye.
Using a bodkin separate the hackle fibers on the top of the hook then fold the back over. lash it down, cut the foam off 1/8" in front of the eye, then whip finish & super glue the threads.
Remove the fly from the vise and trim the bottom flat.
I like to fish this when there are dragon flys making egg laying flights ove the water. A splashy cast with frequent movement works best.
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A video compilation of various X-Pro1 features including start-up time and burst rate.
My explanation of the write time is a bit off from the actual finish time of the file as seen with the orange light blinking. I can work on a burst video later but the key here is that the X-Pro1 does not lock up while the file is being written so this allows you to continue full operations. Handling of the camera is fast and comfortable.
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England have won the Wellington leg of the sevens world series with a golden point victory over Kenya in the final at Westpac Stadium tonight.
Neither team was expected to be in the showpiece game but after England upset Samoa 21-19 in their semifinal and Kenya topped New Zealand 19-14, the stage was set.
Kenya were the crowd favourites but England had plenty of heart and after they levelled up the scores at 19-all after the hooter in regulation time extra minutes were required.
With the game on the line Sam Edgerley found his way to the chalk and England celebrated an unlikely win.
Kenya had two men sent to the sin bin during the final, which didn't help their cause.
Earlier in the night, New Zealand beat Samoa 17-7 to finish third and that result helped them extend their overall lead in the world series standings.
The next leg of the series is in Las Vegas next weekend and New Zealand will be without Kurt Baker for the tournament due to a hamstring problem and could be without captain DJ Forbes who suffered a knee injury in the game against Samoa.
More will be known about Forbes' injury tomorrow.
In other results, Australia beat Scotland 22-7 in the plate final, Canada beat Fiji 28-19 in the bowl final and Wales won the shield with a 26-21 win over Tonga.
Fiji's failure to make the cup quarter-finals was the first time they hadn't got out of their pool in 14 years on the world series.


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June 2013
Many of my patients who are diagnosed with postpartum depression want to continue breastfeeding. How safe are the newer antidepressant medications during breastfeeding?
The newer antidepressants transfer into breast milk in low amounts and have not been associated with serious adverse events. Therefore, the antidepressant most effective for the woman should be considered.
Bon nombre de mes patientes qui ont reçu un diagnostic de dépression postpartum veulent continuer à allaiter. Dans quelle mesure les plus récents médicaments antidépresseurs sont-ils sécuritaires pendant l'allaitement?
Les plus récents antidépresseurs passent dans le lait maternel en petites quantités et n'ont pas été associés à des événements indésirables sérieux. Par conséquent, il y a lieu d'envisager l'antidépresseur le plus efficace pour la femme en cause.
Postpartum depression is a common condition, affecting up to 15% of mothers. 1 It can have devastating effects on the mother-infant relationship if left untreated. 2 Also, adverse effects on behavioural and cognitive development have been reported in children of untreated mothers. 3 In recent years, increasing numbers of affected women are being diagnosed and treated. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors are often used as first-line agents. 4 Because breastfeeding has many well established advantages for both the mother and the baby, exclusive breastfeeding is now encouraged, 5 and the use of antidepressants during breastfeeding has become an important topic as mothers struggling with depression decide how to feed their newborns.
Antidepressants in breast milk
The relative infant dose is a calculation that divides the dose offered to the infant via milk (mg/kg/d) by the mother's weight-adjusted dose (mg/kg/d). An infant dose via breast milk of less than 10% of the maternal weight-adjusted dose is generally considered safe in breastfeeding. 6 Most antidepressants are excreted in low concentrations in breast milk, with few reaching 10% of the maternal weight-adjusted dose. 7 Paroxetine and sertraline produce low relative infant doses in the 0.5% to 3% range, while fluoxetine, venlafaxine, and citalopram produce milk levels closer to, and sometimes even above, the 10% limit (Table 1). 810
Table 1
Relative infant doses of commonly used antidepressants
|Bupropion 8
|Citalopram 8
|Desvenlafaxine 9,10
|Duloxetine 8
|< 1
|Escitalopram 8
|Fluoxetine 8
|< 12
|Fluvoxamine 8
|< 2
|Mirtazapine 8
|Paroxetine 8
|Sertraline 8
|Venlafaxine 8
The concentration of the medication in infant plasma is a more direct measure of infant exposure; however, those measurements are often not available. In a pooled analysis of 57 studies by Weissman et al, 11 the use of nortriptyline, paroxetine, and sertraline during lactation produced undetectable plasma levels in more than 200 infants tested. On the other hand, fluoxetine, citalopram, and the metabolite of venlafaxine, O-desmethylvenlafaxine, had measurable levels in some infants; however, these levels were usually low. 8, 11
Some adverse events in infants exposed to antidepressants via breast milk have been reported, mostly in case reports and case series. They include symptoms such as irritability, decreased feeding, and sleep problems, which are subtle, nonspecific, and not necessarily caused by the antidepressants. These suspected adverse events were more often reported after exposure to fluoxetine and citalopram. 11 Thus, many authors recommend sertraline and paroxetine be used post partum owing to their lower infant plasma ratios and lack of reported adverse effects. 8 It should be emphasized that if a mother was successfully treated for depression during her pregnancy, the same medication should usually be used in the postpartum period. And in any case with a clinical indication for a specific antidepressant treatment, prescribing that antidepressant can be considered. Discontinuing or switching an antidepressant treatment in the fragile postpartum period should be discouraged. 8
At present, there is little evidence that exposure to antidepressants through breast milk has any serious adverse effects in infants; however, long-term neurodevelopmental effects have not been adequately studied. There are many benefits of treating postpartum depression and advantages of breastfeeding, for both the mother and the infant. 2,3,5 Therefore, if maternal depression necessitates treatment with pharmacotherapy, then breast-feeding need not be avoided, and the antidepressant that would be most effective for the mother should be considered.
Motherisk questions are prepared by the Motherisk Team at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ont. Dr. Chad is a resident in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. She was a member of the Motherisk Program at the time of preparing this update. Dr. Pupco is a member, Ms. Bozzo is Assistant Director, and Dr. Koren is Director of the Motherisk Program. Dr. Koren is supported by the Research Leadership for Better Pharmacotherapy during Pregnancy and Lactation. He holds the Ivey Chair in Molecular Toxicology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London.
Do you have questions about the effects of drugs, chemicals, radiation, or infections in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding? We invite you to submit them to the Motherisk Program by fax at 416 813-7562; they will be addressed in future Motherisk Updates.
Published Motherisk Updates are available on the Canadian Family Physician website (www.cfp.ca) and also on the Motherisk website.
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Sure makes me glad NOT to have a pup right now:
Gal in my office has a 4mo Aussie Pup... had 3 rounds of Parvo ML Vaccines. from reputable breeder, etc.
A friend of hers got a 6mo old pound puppy... Dog had also gone thru 3 rounds of Parvo vax- Same vet office as the aussie pup, but totally different timing of vaccines... months apart
Pound pup gets diagnosed with Parvo.. Initially pretty sick but bounced back.
The gal in my office got pretty worried about her aussie pup.. she had let them play together about a month ago. Her pup was in good shape last week.
She went ahead and took the aussie pup into the vet for a 4th booster...just in case,
She went out of town on Friday (10/11).. The aussie pup went back to the breeders home to be boarded for the weekend.
Saturday night, he is SICK.. mucusy poop
Takes him to vet: Diagnosed with Parvo... Vet says levels too high to be vaccine titer.
Aussie Pup was hospitalised thru Monday, and sent home.
Was pretty depressed on Monday and tuesday, but is back to being a terror now.
Pretty concerning that 2 well documented vaccinated young dogs, are dealing with this... Vaccine failure is my theory as both had been vaccinated at the same clinic...
Feel pretty sorry for the Aussie breeder.. she had 2 litters of pups on her place, when the aussie pup was being boarded there... granted no direct contact, but still
Both the pound puppy and the aussie pup had been going to good ole Petsmart for puppy classes.. which is a pretty logical exposure.. But still shocked to see the vaccine failure.


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I'm using CS5, Windows Vista. I've been use Photoshop since v6.0 and have never encountered this problem. When I drag an object into my file in Photoshop, it automatically has the resizing box with 4 handles around it. When I click on another object in the layers palette, it then becomes 'boxed'. When I move my cursor near the 'box' I get the tool which rotates the object. I still have to use the ctrl-T to resize but not to rotate. I never changed anything in any preferences or menus - Photoshop just started doing this all on its own. I don't like this because when I'm looking at my layout, there is always an object with this box around it. I hope I've made myself clear and some of you Photoshop gurus out there are able to help me.
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When you have the move tool selected, there is a "Show Transform Controls" box to check on the top bar. Uncheck the box and it should go away.
My Gallery I scrap with Photoshop CS6.
Posted 20 October 2012 - 10:38 AM
Thanks April. That did the trick. I know I didn't purposely check that box but who knows what really happened - that annoying box is gone.
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I've been getting medium-to-high pixelated clips and/or frames. Like, I tried ddl-ing that codec that Ash put up and at first, I thought it worked but apparently it didn't. I mean I know it worked fine because my ☾ two-thousand eleven☽* video/clips worked fine when I edited with them and now, its all pixelated?!
Here's a picture example of what I mean.
* videolink = ☾ two-thousand eleven☽
Can anyone help me out here? ;__;
Computer: Windows 7
Program: Sony Vegas Pro 8.0
Affected Clip File(s): usually only AVIs
Frequency: Most of the time, it doesn't appear, only during certain parts and scenes however it is very annoying
Might be Helpful: This started happening a couple of weeks ago, after I tried downloading the "latest" verison of Adobe Flash Player. Don't know if it was being of that or what but... yeah
My friend told me to just convert all my AVIs into WMVs but I have A LOT of AVIs on my computer and to convert all of them is just a hassel when I know that it was working fine a couple of weeks ago, which is odd nonetheless. I've also checked the forum already and none of it seems to mention the same sorts of difficulties as I'm having. If anyone could find a solution to this, I'd be extremely greatful. I think I've downloaded most of the nessecary codec, since they work perfectly fine with WMP.
I don't know if this might be helpful or not but I don't know about everyone else, but I have a seperate project that I made that has the anime clips in certain folders so I don't need to import them all the time and before it started happening, all my clips worked terribly fine. At first, when it started, I just assumed it was the new anime clips that I downloaded and I dismissed it (because I didn't render all of them as .avi) but I checked my "old" clips, meaning the ones that were already ON SV and whatdoyouknow, I got some pixelated frames...
I apperciate people taking the time to read and perhaps, offer their brains to help solve this annoying problem xD


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Istanbul police raided the offices of the pro-Hizmet daily Meydan at about 5 p.m. yesterday, local press reported. Police searched the offices in the Şirinevler district for three hours and confiscated documents, before sealing the building. The website of Meydan has not been updated since yesterday. The raid comes in the same week that editors at the daily were briefly detained in apparent retaliation to the paper running excerpts of an interview that the exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen gave to the international press, according the paper.


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Ravenstahl's former chief of staff lands job with development companyJanuary 15, 2014 9:22 PM
A top aide to former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl who oversaw much of the city's development work will take a job with a prominent Pittsburgh developer.
Yarone Zober, Mr. Ravenstahl's chief of staff for seven years, will join McKnight Realty Partners, a real estate investment and development company that owns four buildings Downtown, on Jan. 27.
According to a McKnight press release, Mr. Zober, also former Urban Redevelopment Authority board chairman, will be involved in all aspects of the real estate development business, including financing, leasing and business development.
In his capacity as URA board chairman, Mr. Zober worked with Bill Rudolph, a McKnight principal who also serves on the URA board. Mr. Zober resigned his board seat earlier this month when Bill Peduto became mayor.
"During the last eight years, I've been impressed with Yarone's intelligence, creativity and passion, and have watched him use each to benefit Pittsburgh," Mr. Rudolph said in a prepared statement. "His work has helped this city to grow, creating jobs and rebuilding neighborhoods. He knows how to make things happen, and we're excited to have him join our team."
Mr. Zober, 38, could not be reached for comment.
As chief of staff and URA board chairman, Mr. Zober oversaw much of the development activity that took place in the city, both Downtown and in Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Projects he worked on included the two Bakery Square developments, Consol Energy Center, East Liberty Transit Center and Gardens at Market Square high-rise.
McKnight has been working with Millcraft Investments on a project to demolish the former Saks Fifth Avenue department store and replace it with a parking garage and retail, a deal in which the URA has been involved. Mr. Rudolph has not participated in those discussions.
As owner of the Oliver Building, McKnight is converting the upper floors into an Embassy Suites Hotel. It also owns Heinz 57 Center (the former Gimbels building), 610 Smithfield St. and the Grant Building, Downtown. Other holdings include Thorn Run Crossing and Cranberry Woods.
Before working for the city, Mr. Zober was an attorney for Reed Smith and Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP and a chief of staff to former city councilman Jim Ferlo.
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TUPELO – Tupelo Regional Airport's air traffic control tower is among 173 scheduled to be closed nationwide in early April, as the FAA shuts off funding for those services.
The shutdowns, part of the Federal Aviation Administration's move to cut its budget by $600 million as part of sequestration, affect mostly small- and medium-sized airports.
Other Mississippi airports on the list of suggested closures include Bay St. Louis, Columbus, Greenville, Jackson (Hawkins Field), Meridian and Olive Branch.
The FAA said it would review its list comprised of airports that have fewer than 150,000 total operations and fewer than 10,000 boardings.
The agency will consider keeping some towers open on a case-by-case basis, if the authorities can prove its tower closure would "adversely affect the national interest."
Josh Abramson, executive director of Tupelo Regional, said the airport would remain open, but pilots will have to communicate with each other instead of relying on the airport tower to direct traffic.
"It's a safety issue in that having a tower is like having a friend in the sky looking at everything," he said.
Operations will be moving slower during poor weather without tower guidance, he said.
He also added that the majority of airports in the country are "uncontrolled," meaning they have no air traffic control towers.
Tupelo did not have a tower until 2001.
Another impact is that the U.S. Air Force training aircraft from Columbus will be unable to stop in Tupelo for fuel because regulations prevent them from flying into airfields without control towers.
The FAA contracts its tower services to 251 airports across the country. By Sept. 30, 189 of them could be closed as the agency ends its funding to the program.
Abramson said flights will continue at Tupelo Regional. Silver Airways, which provides commercial air service to Atlanta, will be unaffected.
Operations for aircraft dismantling and recycling company Universal Asset Management, which lands retired jets as large as a 747, also will be unaffected, he said.
Five people work at the tower, which is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
"They'll be joining the unemployment line, unfortunately," he said.
There is a possibility the tower could remain open, if the city were to decide to put the employees on its payroll.
Abramson said the FAA contractor pays its contractor in Tupelo about $42,000 a month – which covers salaries, insurance and overhead – for its five-person staff. Taking over the contract would cost $504,000 a year.
Abramson said the airport itself doesn't have the money in its budget to absorb such an expense.
He said another option would be having a reduced schedule with one fewer tower employee, which would cost about $300,000 a year.


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Phiily fans are prety much as low as you can get. Real bottom feeders.
If anything they should "LIKE" us. Recently, for the most part, they have always whooped us so our success actually took little away from them. So really we have done little to stop them from making the playoffs or top seed in nfc east.
Who's got two recent Super Bowls? The Giants. Who can beat the Patriots twice in the Super Bowl? The Giants. Who lost their Super Bowl to the Patriots? The Eagles. One of the worst 5 NFL teams as of 2012, the EAGLES. Sucks to be a Philly fan. Can't even win 1 Super Bowl. We own 4. You have no right to talk.
1st off, why don't you tell what loser team you root for? That ashamed of them? Luck does play a role in any teams playoff run to the SB. But you also have to be talented & good enough to beat teams like GB/SF/NE, plz don't tell me we were just lucky in all 3 games. We beat the crap outta SF/GB this yr as well. Those were lucky wins too, huh?
You just wish your team had an iota of the so-called luck my Giants have supposedly had.
This whole theory of luck by rival fans is just pathetic to me and quite honestly just sad in terms of being a fan of professional sports. GOOD teams CREATE their own "luck." You have to be mentally and physically prepared to play at such a high competitive level. It takes skill.
Frankly, it just screams jealousy and blinds them from special magical moments in sports by elite well coached athletes.


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I got some wormy chestnut from a friend, the wood came from an old barn that was build right around 1915. So she is some old dry wood that will make some fine pots. This one is headed to a friend in OH, it's slate over birdseye maple and fairly high pitched and raspy, with a nice sharp break in the yelps.
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After last night's diary entry I put my money where my mouth is and also made a mailing list for mod_extract_forwarded. I'd been putting that off for a while. I hate ezmlm. I despise qmail.
I posted an announcement to Freshmeat with nothing but the mailing list annoucement. Curious to see if that goes thru.


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Death Stranding: Kojima will take a "different approach" to overly sexualised characters
Hideo Kojima doesn't want his games to have characters with "big breasts with no back story."
Gabe Newell will take Portal 2 over Half-Life, says he looks at the latter as "a series of things I regret"
Compromises made during the development of the Half-Life games mean Gabe Newell will never remember them as fondly as we do.
PC gaming is the real winner of E3
If you mainly play games on PC, E3 had no shortage of love.
Microsoft to reveal new Xbox One hardware and controller at E3 2016 - report
Microsoft will reportedly have a few different bits of new hardware to show off at E3 2016.
Kojima and PS4 architect Mark Cerny are travelling the world checking out game tech
Hideo Kojima and Mark Cerny are on a world tour to check out all the latest motion-capture tech.
Today's Ubisoft announcement likely for Far Cry Primal - rumour
According to a new report, Ubisoft's YouTube teaser is for an Ice Age Far Cry game.
The Witcher 3 and Destiny: two different case studies in post-launch support
The Witcher 3 and Destiny have both continued evolving after launch. How have the two projects differed in their approach?
The Order: 1886 developer doesn't own the IP, is now a platform agnostic studio
Ready at Dawn has opened up about a number of topics amid announcing Blizzard's Paul Sams as its new CEO.
Uncharted 4 character faces animated with up to 500 "bones"
Uncharted 4 is going to push Naughty Dog's near-legendary motion capture and animation systems even further than before.
"We were always going to bring GTA 5 to PC," says Rockstar
GTA 5 PC development started alongside the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.
Kojima quits? Konami responds, strips KojiPro brand from Metal Gear Solid 5 marketing
More information has come to light regarding rumors of Hideo Kojima departing Konami. The rumor started this morning after the firm released a new executive appointment form which no longer listed Kojima as Executive Content Officer.
From DLC to free-to-play: a brief history of everything you love to hate
Ports. Platform exclusives. Microtransactions. Horse armour. Refresh yourself on the ins-and-outs of all the things you love to hate.
World of Assassination and Unravel trademarks from Square and EA outed
Sony's The Last Guardian trademark may not have been much of surprise considering the game has been in development for ages, but two other trademarks which have also popped up are rather interesting.
Half-life 3 in VR: "We're not saying no," says Valve
Half-life might work in virtual reality, or it might not. That's Valve's stance on the matter.
Source 2 announced, will also be free
Valve has formally unveiled Source Engine 2, the third major engine to go free to developers at GDC 2015.
And it's goodnight from her: the 10 biggest news stories of 2014
Console sales, online abuse, exclusives, broken games and buyouts. What were the biggest news stories of 2014?
How do the PS4 and Xbox One really stack up?
The PS4 has required a reputation for being more powerful than the Xbox One, but how much of that is true, and how much is over-simplification?
Ancel et al: "indie" is a defunct term and we should stop using it
The message from gamescom's was clear: the term "indie" needs to go the way of the dodo.
Another E3, another possibility for an Agent reveal
Agent was announced in July 2007 for PlayStation 3 and we haven't really heard much on it since then. Other than popping up on resumes and trademark filings, news on the game runs from being scarce to nothing whatsoever.
The Last of Us: Remastered visuals almost don't fit on a Blu-ray
The Last of Us: Remastered improves on the PlayStation 3 version's already stunning visuals, but despite the PS4's greater power Naughty Dog has run into limitations.
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X-COM creator's Phoenix Point has landed on crowdfunding service Fig
Uncharted Collection and Gravity Rush Remastered dev Bluepoint working on project "to please the masses"
Remedy porting its Northlight engine to PS4 for new multiplatform title
CD Projekt Red explains why it trademarked 'Cyberpunk', after fans feared the worst
GTA 5 publisher offers thousands of dollars in bounties to anyone who finds bugs in its domains and online services
Original DayZ creator Dean Hall will reveal his next project at EGX Rezzed 2017 in March
Certain "childish" Valve members are to blame for Half-Life 3 teasers and rumours
Thanks to Steam's Discovery Updates, more games are being purchased, and played, than ever before
Denuvo website leaks emails from clients, potential upcoming games that use the DRM, more
PS4 firmware update 4.50 brings external HDD support, Boost Mode to improve frame rates [Update 2]
Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian was at one point working on an Xbox One RPG
Both Banner Saga 3 and Sunless Skies have been funded by Kickstarter backers
Deus Ex developers also working on a Guardians of the Galaxy game – report
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire surpasses funding goal in less than 24-hours
Death Stranding: Kojima will take a "different approach" to overly sexualised characters
Inside, Limbo developer Playdead teases a new project, which looks a little bit science fiction
Gabe Newell will take Portal 2 over Half-Life, says he looks at the latter as "a series of things I regret"
Deadly Premonition, D4 creator Swery65 is back in business with new indie studio, White Owls
Dragon Age 2 may have acquired a poor reputation, but that's not why BioWare cancelled the Exalted March expansion
Expect many Unreal Engine games to come to Nintendo Switch, says Epic Games
Naughty Dog might never have made Uncharted or The Last of Us if the studio stayed independent
Unannounced Suicide Squad game cancelled, Batman: Arkham Origins studio working on Damian Wayne game – report
Epic Games' Robo Recall has a budget close to that of the original Gears of War
Shenmue 3 will soon enter full-scale production, PC pre-orders begin tomorrow
Porsche cars will soon be allowed to appear in racing games not made by EA
Vive Studios is HTC's attempt to create a "console gaming" publishing model for the Vive
BioWare's new IP will be story-driven, but don't expect an announcement anytime soon
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[2007-10-29] Relationships between fluid composition and rheology in ecologites from the eastern Alps Finely banded, dolomite-rich mafic eclogites from the Tauern Window equilibrated at >2 GPa/600-650°C. Previous work (Selverstone et al. 1992; Getty & Selverstone, 1994) showed that: a(H2O) varied from ~0.2 to 0.9 across ...
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Great tutorial - thanks for sharing
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Great tutorial - thanks for sharing
Cute wallet, really like all the pockets it has.
I found a bi-fold wallet tutorial that I really like.
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I tried to include pictures, but couldn't. I'll try again. Sorry I couldn't
upload it. I have made 6 bi-fold wallets for friends and family.
Thanks for posting I want too make one I need a new wallet but wanted one to match the purse I want to make
I have a similar one that was given tome by a quilting buddy. It's the best I've had.
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The 9-1-1 Program was established by the 1981 Oregon Legislature (ORS 403.100 – 403.380), its primary mission is to ensure the seamless operation of the statewide Enhanced 9-1-1 system. The program is responsible for the continual coordination and management of the network necessary to deliver 9-1-1 calls, the customer premise equipment (CPE) used by the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) to process those calls, as well as consulting and assisting local governments with the challenges faced in the delivery of and participation in the statewide enhanced 9-1-1 emergency reporting system.
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If the Playaz N1 were designed with reasonable amount of bass and they could be the steal of the century. In reality I can recommend them for EQ-friendly folks only - stay away if your source does not have a good, user customizable EQ.
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MAX Muay Thai Results: Buakaw Beats Kehl, Sagetdao Wins Tournament
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MAX Muay Thai held their last event of the year, MAX Muay Thai The Final Chapter in Thailand today, which saw a huge main event featuring Buakaw Banchamek vs. Enriko Kehl, which always struck me as odd knowing that both Buakaw and Kehl will be fighting for K-1 on December 28th in separate fights, but hey, the more fights featuring these two the better, I say. There was also a 4-man tournament featuring Sagetdao, Andrei Kubelin, Victor Ngabe and Dylan Salvador.
Buakaw and Kehl fought a very tough fight, with Kehl looking good at first, but Buakaw really running away with the fight as it went on, opening up a nasty cut on Kehl's forehead which almost stopped the fight, but the doctors decided that he could continue. Kehl still landed some solid blows throughout, but Buakaw seemed to be on form and had an answer for everything Kehl threw at him.
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2. I have yet to produce an offspring who resembles her Mother. Luckily for my girls, they have their Father's nice dark complexion, hopefully sparing them from the Casper the Ghost jokes which plagued their Mother as a teen.
3. There is nothing sweeter than the smell of a freshly bathed baby. Ohhh, how I love those snuggles of a freshly bathed and lotioned babe!
4. I now have 3 daughters, and am incredibly lucky to have any children. Unknown to me, I have a very abnormal uterus, called a Unicornuate Uterus. This was discovered at C section and I was told to be very grateful for my 3 healthy girls.
5. Ella is such an amazingly good baby. She sleeps well, eats well, and is content to 'play' in her crib without a fuss. This is a far cry from my previous Diva babies, who while I adore, were a challenge for their Mother!
6. Her nursery is still not finished, but is very close. Somehow, finishing the room is soooo not a priority to us right now.
7. My cat, dog, and 8 year old daughter are taking the new baby in stride. My 4.5 year old, however, is rather put out by her new sister.
8. The 4.5 year old is particularly upset that she's not allowed to paint baby's toe nails, or apply lipstick to her.
9. I am now finished watching Downton Abbey. What's a new Mom to watch while nursing baby for hours on end? I am at a loss without my Downton fix.
10. I will be taking a wee break from posting while Ella and I and the rest of the family enjoy these fleeting early days. I will return soon (and in the meantime will be visiting you all as much as I can!).


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Fred Simmons Taekwondo is a place where you
can learn self confidence, and get in shape.
I've been doing it for 2 months, and I feel great.
My ego is up, my self confidence is up,
and my self discipline.
Tell them about how you've
also lost weight from doing this.
Fred Simmons has made me loose...
- Don't say I made you lose, just say he
has helped me lose a lot of weight
I have lost 3 lbs. from taking Fred Simmons' Taekwondo America
- Okay don't say 3 lbs, that sounds...
- But that's how much I lost sir
- But, don't tell them the exact number,
nobody's asking for fuckin' number count.
- Okay
I feel like i'm doing pretty good
- Okay, well listen to me bro, I'm looking at you
through the camera, and you're not looking like a healthy dude.
I'm not trying to sell to people who are fat like you, I just want people
to know that you can lose weight, you don't have to be a loser
Just say that
Don't...I want people to sign up for class.
You look like you are scared.
-Yes, sir
- Just tell'em that...
Do it the way I just told you to
I am still a little fat, but...
- Yes, go on, that's perfect, go on...
Was that hard, that wasn't hard.
That's exactly what I wanted you to say
Say sign up for classes today
Perfect, yeah, see
Sign up for classes today, so you won't
be a fat piece of shit
That's perfect, that's perfect, that's perfect.
[music plays]
Does this look...does this look right...
or does this look like I'm...
Does this look like I'm doing it?


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