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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:48 PM GMT on November 18, 2011
Extreme weather events are already being affected by human-caused climate change, and will increase in destructive power during the coming decades as huge cost, reported the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today. The IPCC issues reports on the state of the scientific knowledge of climate change every six years, with the next full report due out in 2013. However, concern over the possible impact climate change may already be having on extreme weather events like heat waves, floods, and droughts prompted the IPCC to release their first-ever Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The SREX report was divided into two sections: how human-caused climate change has already affected extreme weather events, and predictions on how these events will change during the rest of the century. Here are some highlights on how the climate has already changed, according to the SREX report:
- Globally, cold days and nights have decreased, and warm days and nights have increased (90 - 100% chance).
- In many but not all regions of the globe, the length or number of heat waves has increased.
- Some areas have seen more intense and longer droughts, in particular, southern Europe and West Africa. However, droughts have become less frequent, less intense, or shorter in some areas, such as central North America and northwestern Australia.
- Heavy precipitation events have changed in some regions. There is at least a 2-in-3 probability that more regions have seen increases than decreases in heavy precipitation events.
- The historical data base on hurricanes and tropical cyclones is not good enough to tell if they have changed.
- The jet stream has shifted towards the poles, meaning that the tracks of rain-bearing low pressure systems have also shifted towards the poles.
- Rising sea levels have led to an increase in extreme coastal flooding events (66 - 100% chance).
- Damage from extreme weather events has increased. Increases in population and wealth, and the fact more people are living in vulnerable areas, is a major cause of this increase in damage. It is uncertain if climate change is partially responsible for the increase in damage.
Figure 1. Predicted return periods for 1-day extreme precipitation events that occurred, on average, only once every 20 years between 1981-2000. A decrease in return period implies more frequent extreme precipitation events (i.e., less time between events on average). For Eastern North America, a 1-in-20 year heavy rain event is predicted to become a 1-in-7 to 1-in-9 year event by the end of the century, according to these climate model predictions. The box plots show results for regionally averaged projections for two time horizons, 2046 to 2065 and 2081 to 2100, as compared to the late-20th-century, and for three different emissions scenarios--a scenario where humans emit relatively little CO2 and other heat-trapping gasses (B1, blue bars), and two higher-emission scenarios (A1B and A2, green and red bars). Humanity is currently on a pace to emit more CO2 than the highest emission scenario shown here. Results are based on 14 climate models that contributed to the 2007 IPCC report. The level of agreement among the models is indicated by the size of the colored boxes (in which 50% of the model projections are contained), and the length of the whiskers (indicating the maximum and minimum projections from all models). Values are computed for land points only. The "Globe" inset box displays the values computed using all land grid points. Averaged over all areas of the globe, a 1-in-20 year heavy rain event is predicted to become a 1-in-8 to 1-in-12 year event by the end of the century. Image credit: The IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters (SREX), 2011.
Here are some highlights of the forecasts for the future from the 2011 SREX report:
- A 1-in-20 year hottest day is at least 66% likely to become a 1-in-2 year event by the end of the 21st century in most regions, except in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is likely to become a 1-in-5 year event.
- For Eastern North America, a 1-in-20 year heavy rain event is predicted to become a 1-in-7 to 1-in-9 year event by the end of the century.
- For Eastern North America, a maximum high temperature that occurred only once every 20 years during 1980 - 2000 is predicted to occur between once every three years and once per year by 2100.
- Extreme high temperature readings that occur once every 20 years will increase by 1°C to 3°C (1.8°F - 5.4°F) by mid-21st century and by about 2°C to 5°C (3.6°F - 9°F) by late-21st century.
- It is at least 66% likely that the frequency of heavy precipitation or the proportion of total rainfall from heavy falls will increase in the 21st century over many areas of the globe. This is particularly the case in the high latitudes and tropical regions, and in winter in the northern mid-latitudes. There is medium confidence that, in some regions, increases in heavy precipitation will occur despite projected decreases of total precipitation in those regions.
- Heavy rainfalls associated with tropical cyclones are at least 66% likely to increase with continued warming, and the maximum winds will increase. The total number of these storms is likely to remain about the same or decrease.
- There is medium confidence that droughts will intensify in the 21st century in some seasons and areas. Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region, central Europe, Central North America, Central America and Mexico, northeast Brazil, and southern Africa are at particular risk.
- In some regions, the main driver for increased damages from extreme weather events will not be climate change, but increases in population and wealth and vulnerability.
Intoducing climatecommunication.org
For those of you seeking detailed information on the research linking extreme weather events to climate change, I recommend a new website dedicated to improving communication of climate change information to the public, media, and policy makers, climatecommunication.org. The group is led by Susan Joy Hassol, a veteran climate change communicator, analyst, and author known for her ability to translate science into English, making complex issues accessible to policymakers and the public. Climatecommunication.org has put together an overview of extreme weather and climate change that I find a helpful resource when I am looking for the latest research results on the subject. I serve on their advisory board, along with a number of leading climate scientists.
Figure 2. Still image of the Bangkok, Thailand floods of October - November, 2011, as seen on the inaugural episode our new bi-monthly Extreme Weather video series.
Wunderground launches new Extreme Weather video series
Wunderground now features a new, twice-monthly Extreme Weather video series from GREEN.TV, with the latest reports and analysis on extreme weather around the world. From droughts to hurricanes to blizzards to flooding, Extreme Weather will cover the story and the science behind the events to try to understand their causes and consequences. The Extreme Weather series is sponsored by Vestas, the world's leading wind turbine manufacturer. The inaugural episode, launched yesterday, features video of the great Thailand flood, destructive floods in Italy, the $3 billion Northeast U.S. snowstorm of October 29 - 30, the massive Bering Sea, Alaska blizzard of November 9, the Texas drought, and the launch of a new polar-orbiting weather satellite. Look for a new video every two weeks on our Climate Change Videos page.
For those of you who haven't seen it, my top "must-read" post of 2011 is called, 2010 - 2011: Earth's most extreme weather since 1816?. Back in June, I went through the ridiculous barrage of extreme weather events the planet saw in 2010 and early 2011, and concluded: But it is highly improbable that the remarkable extreme weather events of 2010 and 2011 could have all happened in such a short period of time without some powerful climate-altering force at work. The best science we have right now maintains that human-caused emissions of heat-trapping gases like CO2 are the most likely cause of such a climate-altering force.
Wunderground's climate change blogger, Dr. Ricky Rood, has some thoughtful observations on the communication of the extreme weather/climate change link published in earthzine magazine titled, Changing the Media Discussion on Climate Change and Extreme Weather.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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This week is going to shake things up a bit. Wow! Two crazy weeks in a row. This is why games are played on the field, and not on paper, and why we love college football!
Yeah, Sling Blade is good for 2 loses a year. Incompetent as frick!!!! How he still doesn't understand TOs & a damned game clock is beyond me!!!! 28 seconds should have been left. 28!!!! What does Sling Blade do, piss it away.
That was rediculous.. Then he calls it with 3 sec left, as if that makes any sense? It should of been called before a second rolled off the clock, much less 25 seconds rolling off. But on the other hand if there wasnt 3 picks in scoring position, It wouldn;t be left in ole Les Miles hands to handle the clock in critical situations, anyways no matter the situation he SHOULD know what to do.
Bama beat up on ARK. Nothing to brag about but bama did look to be playing complete in all phases of the game. Defense held it to a goose egg & got a INT. Had no penalties, gave up 0 sacks and had 0 turnovers.
Auburn is coming on pretty good now. Could make for a really interesting Iron Bowl!!
Schaffer, nothing self righteous about me just know a smart ass when I see one. You're one of those guys that talks a lot of crap but avoids questions like the plague! Let me give you an example of being self-righteousness: I've forgotten more about football than you'll ever know. Now I'm not saying that just giving you an example so you can better understand the words and phrases you use! Oh wait I guess that last comment would be me being self righteous!!!
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Paul Cantrell
Black Ice Retrievers
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Too many dogs to list (By some Bitch)
"Helping Hunters Train Their Dogs"
after you picked the upset on Friday I actually thought you might have a good week of prognostications so I stayed away from betting any of the games you picked except the LSU/Ole Miss game (I took the Rebels)
Roseberry 3 wins 7 losses
Bon - 5 wins 5 losses....the books won, as they usually do
Now SEC homers have no choice but to hope that Alabama runs the table to continue the SEC stranglehold on the National Championship....looks like its Alabama- Oregon- Ohio St,- Florida State with Missouri and Baylor (maybe the scariest team no one has seen) waiting in the wings..
too bad there isnt a playoff this year

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Does this lady realize how this sounds?If Obama could delay the business mandate, why could he not have delayed the roll-out that they knew was not ready? Sebelius could have asked him to delay.During a visit to a community health center in Austin, Sebelius conceded that there wasn't enough testing done on the website, but added that her department had little flexibility to postpone the launch against the backdrop of Washington's unforgiving politics.
"In an ideal world there would have been a lot more testing, but we did not have the luxury of that. And the law said the go-time was Oct. 1," she said. "And frankly, a political atmosphere where the majority party, at least in the House, was determined to stop this anyway they possibly could ... was not an ideal atmosphere."
The Rs tried to make that happen, but Obama's refusal to negotiate made him intransigent in accepting any concession to the Rs, like a delay of one year. It turns out the Rs were more right than wrong on this, but she blames them for Obama's stubbornness.They voted against it, but they are now for it. Why do I suspect that after they would be re-elected, they would again vote the party line regardless of what they believed was right for their constituents?Restless Democrats who are running for re-election next year are starting to join Republicans in calling for a delay of the law's individual mandate. They, like Republicans, argue it's unfair to force Americans to buy insurance when the main system to help them is not yet fully operational.


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Despite its low volume, the Starboard Evo XTV 70 is one of the widest boards, having a max width of 30 cm. The new construction Wood/Carbon is very light, the equipment feels perfect with the 22cm G10 fin, the heel bumpers and anti twist strap system is also good.
With Its small volume compared to the others, some would argue in light winds it is slightly tricky, however the Evo does the job honorably. We were very surprised in its ability in planing and was very comfortable with 4.7 - 5.0 sails. With a low thickness the floatation is still good, but pay attention when you tack. The board feels super light under your foot, it's a pleasant board to use and very easy in choppy water. The board is easy to immerse the rail in surf to have a nice controlled bottom turn even in bigger waves too. The balance and stability is really sweet. The board turns easily, but needs to be pushed a little more than the Tabou at the end of the turn to come back up vertically. The roller is particularly good with exceptional grip for a compact board. The new inside rail notch allows you to do really big cutbacks with out slipping. You can do wide or short jibes in the surf with excellent control and good maneuverability. Regardless of wind direction or wave quality, the Evo XTV 70 is a great success. It's a bit too small to be the board that can do everything for a medium weight rider, but it's a reference in strong winds or for light weight riders.
+ versatility, control, maneuverability, technically easy
- A bit small, Price (expensive)


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I suspect that the real answer may be that Harry Reid, like many others, already had the pledge fully ingrained into his psyche long before the words "under God" were inserted under Eisenhower. The change was adopted in 1954, but was not made in my public school until 1956. At that point Reid was already 17. Personally, I disagreed with the change when it was made (as did my family and my church) and still recite the pledge as I learned it in grade school.
Jeff Goodwin
"all hands on deck!"
"Shiver me Timber, we are going to the bottom!"
"Get out the raincoats men, we have choppy seas"
"You gotta get into dry dock and have that hull sanded."
remember if your main sail is up for longer than four hours or your spy glass becomes blurry go below deck immediately and find the saw bones.
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
Was the wooden boat "The Good Ship Venus"???
(search for it in youtube)
The best thing about the wooden boat forum? No sandyq, and his ilk. Just friendly, useful information and camaraderie. If I mentioned on that forum that I also belonged to a retriever forum, I guarantee it would not generate childish comments. Have fun guys.
just sayin.....
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!


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I'm going to move pretty soon now. I'm excited - most of all to see my alter ega again. I'm looking at studying now, there's an interesting MSc in Science and Technology Policy (STP) there that I am going to apply to.
It's official now, I have resigned. It's a shame, I will miss my colleagues, the good atmosphere, and the cool job at ba.be. And the domain name, of course :) But the future lies before me, and the coming year, I will be in the UK!
Homewall, our trustworthy home server, has been working wonderfully since December 4th 1999. It was a Redhat 6.2 box with some firewalling and the usual other things. A couple of weeks ago I have rebuilt the software from scratch - now it runs a nice Debian Woody. This box is a good example of cooperation between me and my dad - he built the electronics to have it switch on automatically as soon as there is traffic on the LAN, and I did all other software bits. And it works just perfectly and independantly.
Sysadmin interview
After reading an ask slashdot about how to interview a sysadmin candidate, I took the brainbench general linux administration test again. Scored somewhat higher than last time - now I am in the top 4 percentile :)
The comments on the ask slashdot piece were quite interesting - especially since I might be doing some interviews soon. Anyone remember corewars? Now that was a cool game! I haven't played with robocode yet, but it looks like corewars' modern day's equivalent....


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Overall you guys produce a great magazine. I quit reading deer hunting magazines years ago because you can only recycle the same articles so many times. Every magazine typically has the same articles year after year, How to Hunt the Rut, or 10 Tips to Help You Fill Your Tag. I just have one suggestion. I'd like to see more articles on Do-It-Yourself hunting trips. This month's article on hunting Indian Reservations is a great example. I wished I had read that prior to my last 2 trips to South Dakota. That's a long way to travel for one bird. Some of your writers share small tidbits about their personal trips, but not enough info to make the average reader feel confident about planning a trip on their own to that particular state.
With turkey season opening first here in the Deep South and gradually progressing northward as the calendar rolls forward, the traveling turkey hunter is becoming more commonplace. I know this is somewhat like asking a fisherman to reveal his favorite "honey hole", but some info profiling some public spots would be good. Send an editor to Alabama next Spring and I'll start you off with one of our best Wildlife Management Areas.


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Obama Appoints 2 Devout Muslims to Homeland Security Posts
(NOTE: has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, Jew or Protestant..., just wondering?)
Doesn't this make you feel safer already??
Obama and Janet Nappy Appoint Devout Muslim to Homeland Security Post
Arif Alikhan as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
Source for announcement:
Homeland Security Press Room
Shora, who was born in Damascus, Syria
Kareem Shora appointed by DHS Secretary Napolitano on Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)
Washington, DC
June 5, 2009
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that earlier today at a ceremony held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
PERSONAL NOTE: If I am not mistaken, was it not devout men of the Muslim faith that flew planes into U.S. buildings not too long ago. What the is this man thinking?


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Topics: "Terrible Times for Timber Industry" & "Alzheimer's Disease Update"
Description: The recent closing of Duluth's Georgia Pacific plant marks the sixth major wood products plant closing in the region over the past 5 years. The impact of the closings goes far beyond the jobs lost at the plant, but our guests see better days ahead.
And recent studies on Alzheimer's disease point out the importance of early diagnosis, and reveal some tantalizing findings for slowing the onset of the disease.
Guests: Wayne Brandt, Minnesota Forest Industries; Scott Dane, Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers; Dr. Michael Sharland, Essentia Health Duluth Clinic; Wendy Ruhnke, Alzheimer's Association of Minnesota; Dr. Stephen Waring, Essentia Institute of Rural Health


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Tracking all prior open-source contributions
For the many other open-source contributors and developers out there, I'm wondering if anybody has a complete list of all works they have created. It came up recently that such a list would be useful in asserting my own prior copyrights in any future employment, and avoiding claims that I'd taken any code [1].
For version control systems are still accessible, this isn't too much of a problem, but for past historical creations, this is a lot harder. Has anybody else done it? To what level of detail did your listing go?
Here's my initial broad listing(I'm going to come back often to fill it in more)
I realized that this does form a sort of portfolio of work that I've done, and it shows just how flexible I am, esp. if I went and wrote this up better including a blurb about some of the larger or more standalone projects I've done.
- phpMyAdmin
- Projects while at university (in addition to the Gentoo stuff I did)
- diradm (v2)
- localshell (both the perl & C versions)
- chpasswd (LDAP-based reimplementation of original core tool)
- RATS (Research Asset Tracking System)
- readahead-list
- Gentoo Linux (Lots of packages and projects here to list later)
- Ufed
- Genflags
- Gentoo Git Migration code
- Dokuwiki Automation
- Packages.gentoo.org
- MANY MANY packages
- GLI (Gentoo Linux Installer): automated mode
- Gentoo Infra Installer
- Linux Kernel
- 2011/10/24: 99a700bc [SCSI] mv_sas: OCZ RevoDrive3 & zDrive R4 support
- 2008/09/13: f51ff993 ALSA: HDA: patch_analog: Quirk for Asus P5Q Premium/Pro boards.
- 2008/09/13: 9cae0c63 ALSA: HDA: patch_analog: Implement multiple outputs for AD1988
- 2008/09/13: 0481f453 ALSA: HDA: hda_proc: Fix printf format specifier
- 2008/09/13: 35e8901e ALSA: HDA: hda_local: Less magic numbers.
- 2008/09/13: e8bfc6c1 ALSA: HDA: patch_analog: Fix SPDIF output on AD1989B
- 2007/03/28: 12340106 Add notation that the Asus W5F laptop has a short cable instead of 80-wire.
- 2006, 2007: Apple G5 PowerMac Linux sensors "WindFarm" [1] [2] [3]
- 2006/12: Porting of SATA Port Multipler code
- 2006/06/12: cfd95a9c [PATCH] tmpfs: time granularity fix for [acm]time going backwards
- Port of MIPS AMD Alchemy 1500 code for MyCable XXS1500 from 2.4 to 2.6 [1]
- Changes for SGI Visual Workstation 320
- Other work prior to v2.6.12 of the kernel when Git started (TODO)
- TinCan Nail kernels
- ???
- 2004/08: Ksymoops: Cross-platform debug support without a cross-compiler
- Git (various commits over the years, git-svn fixups, stuff in git commit signing, TODO)
- MogileFS (Author of the PostgreSQL backend, core improvements
- CephFS (Packaging fixes)
- Ruby On Rails - ActiveRecord: Implemented BigDecimal floating-point storage [1]
- APC PDU & MasterSwitch scripts
- OpenSSH: HPN (High Performance Networking) patch porting & maintenance [1]
- OpenSSH: LPK (LDAP key patch) patch porting, maintenance & feature additions [1]
- Perl CPAN module for Watt's Up Pro USB hardware [1]
- Ccache [1, utimes truncation]
- CVS (Custom lockdown code)[1][1]
- udev (add persistent tape symlinks)[1]
- Amanda (fix race condition in backup encryption)[1]
- LVM2 (usb block support [1]), ???
- OpenSC (GSM SIM card access prototype [1])
- Perlbal (SSL version selection control [1])
- Rbot (Penalty calc [1] RPL_WHOISCHANNELS [2] Privacy in !seen [3]
- 2013: Puppet LVM module [1]
- 2008/09/13: ALSA (Fix NULL pointers [1])
- 2006/08/13: GPSD (fix race conditions [1], [2])
- 2008/01/14: mlmmj (Fix mail loss bug [1])
- 2009/12/16: mlmmj ([PATCH] Re: requeued mail files going missing from archive/)
- 2012/11/12: PulseAudio ([PATCH 0-3/3] rtp: Configurable source IP, Cleanup variable naming, rename modarg destination to dstip, Introduce source IP configuration with srcip)
- 2006/06/19: Qpsmtpd ([PATCH] Require TLS/SSL before offering AUTH, Include SSL level in header, as per qmail-ssl)
- 2006/12/17: Qpsmtpd (check_badmailfrom patch - per-line rejection messages)
- 2012/02/25: Qpsmtpd [PATCH] Accept messages with no body and no trailing \n after headers
- Random open-source fixes (TODO)
And I'm sure that I'm missing many more.
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After Hobby Lobby, These 82 Corporations Could Drop Birth Control Coverage
Hobby Lobby is about to get a lot more company.
Monday's Supreme Court decision in favor of the company and Conestoga Wood of Pennsylvania for refusing to pay for contraception in health insurance affects far more than the 15,000 employees between them. The Supreme Court's decision allows closely held companies (corporations with more than 50 percent of stock owned by five or fewer individuals) to opt out of the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate. There are at least 80 other companies fighting to be the next Hobby Lobby.
Gretchen Borchelt, senior counsel and director of state reproductive health policy for the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), has been following similar cases for the past three years. She calls the Hobby Lobby decision disturbing—not for the least of reasons, how many other corporations it will affect.
"Other closely held companies now have a license to harm their employees in the name of the company's religion," she said. "If companies qualify, they can use this decision to make the same claim."
A number already have. More than 50 for-profit companies and 59 non-profits have been filed lawsuits against the ACA's contraception mandate. The majority of these rulings were stayed by courts pending the resolution of Hobby Lobby's case.
"After SCOTUS issued this decision, lower courts will apply that decision to these cases that they've been holding," said Borchelt.
Those that don't immediately get approval may simply move forward without it.
"Some of the plaintiffs who have existing cases have said they intend to stop fighting and simply use this decision as a victory," she said.
When asked whether those companies who haven't filed suit will be able to follow the Hobby Lobby decision, Borchelt sounded alarmed.
"It's unclear. There's no process in place. Technically they could." If they do, the national implications would be huge. Despite what "closely held company" sounds like, these aren't all small, family-owned businesses. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted in her dissent, candymaker Mars Inc., with 70,000 employees, qualifies as a closely held company. Cargill does too and it takes in more than $136 billion in annual revenue.
"It's impossible to predict how many more companies might want to take advantage of this decision," she says. For each of the cases filed in court, the NWLC estimates there are dozens more that hold the same beliefs, but haven't bothered to take it to court.
"We don't know how wide the scope is or how many companies will step forward," says Borchelt. "The Supreme Court claims it is trying to limit this decision, but it includes a huge swath of companies. It's not as limited as it appears."
Below is a full list of pending cases filed by companies, nonprofits, and universities challenging the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate as of June 26. (*= Both Nonprofit + Profit cases)
1. Tyndale House
Illinois for-profit publishing company focusing on Christian books.
2. Freshway Foods
A fresh produce processor and packer, Freshway Logistics is a for-hire carrier of mainly refrigerated products. The companies are Ohio-based for-profits that serve 23 states.
3. Johnson Welded Products
Ohio-based manufacturer of reservoirs for air brake systems.
4. Willis & Willis PC
Michigan-based law firm.
5. Trijicon, Inc.
Michigan-based maker of aiming systems for firearms.
6. Barron Industries
Michigan-based company that produces metal castings for various industries.
7. Midwest Fastener Corp
Michigan-based company that supplies fasteners to the hardware store, home center, and industrial markets.
8. Electrolock Inc.
Ohio-based corporation that works in the electrical and thermal insulation industry. Other plaintiff companies include Stone River Management Co. and Dunstone Co.
9. Zumbiel Packaging
Kentucky-based manufacturer of paperboard packaging for consumer goods.
10. Encompass Develop, Design & Construct, LLC.
Kentucky-based architect, design and construction service of which John Stewart is the managing and sole member.
11. Holland Chevrolet
West Virginia-based corporation engaged in selling and servicing motor vehicles.
12. Autocam Corporation
Autocam Automotive makes parts for transportation while Autocam Medical makes medical equipment. These are west Michigan-based manufacturing companies that operate across the United States.
13. Dominos Farms
Michigan-based property management company.
14. Mersino Management
Michigan-based management company and provides insurance for Mersino Enterprises, Mersino Dewatering, Global Pump Co., and Mersino South-West.
15. Eden Foods Incorporated
Eden Foods is a Michigan-based corporation that specializes in supplying macrobiotic, organic food.
16. MK Chambers Company
Michigan-based supplier of specialty machining.
17. M&N Plastics
Michigan-based supplier of custom injection molding products.
18. Mersino Dewatering, INC
Michigan-based company that provides dewatering (water removal) services. It has branches in Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania.
19. Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc.,
Illinois-based full-service construction contractor.
20. Truine Health Group
Triune is an Illinois corporation that specializes in facilitating the re-entry of injured workers into the workforce.
21. Grote Industries
Indiana-based, privately held business manufacturing vehicle safety systems.
22. Tonn and Black Construction
Indiana construction company.
23. Lindsay, Rappaport and Postel LLC
LR&P is an Illinois-based law firm that primarily practices in insurance defense, insurance coverage, and appellate work.
24. Hart Electric LLC,
An Illinois-based manufacturer of electrical components, and H.I. Cable.
25. Ozinga Brothers
Illinois-based producer of ready-made concrete.
26. O'Brien Industrial Holding
Missouri company engaged in the exploration, mining, processing, manufacturing, and distribution of refractory and ceramic raw materials.
27. American Pulverizer Company
Springfield Iron and Metal, LLC, American Pulverizer Company, Hustler Conveyor Company, and City Welding are four Missouri-based companies involved in the business of wholesale scrap metal recycling and manufacturing of related machines.
28. Annex Medical Inc
Annex Medical and Sacred Heart Medical are companies that design, manufacture, and sell medical devices. They are owned by Stuart Lind. Tom Janas is an additional plaintiff who is an entrepreneur who has owned several dairy businesses in the past and intended to purchase another in 2013. He operates Habile Holdings and Venture North Properties, companies that lease commercial properties but currently have no employees.
29. Sioux Chief MFG. Co, Inc.
Missouri Corporation that manufactures plumbing products.
30. O'Brien Industrial Holding
Owned by Reverend Gregory Hall, a Catholic deacon, it is a Minnesota-based company that manufactures and markets mining equipment, mud pumps, and parts for global distribution.
31. Bick Holdings Inc.
Missouri-based holding company for operating companies Bick Group Inc., Bick Properties Inc., and SEALCO LLC. Through these subsidiaries BHI engages in data center consulting, design, maintenance, service, and cleaning.
Minnesota based agricultural/industrial construction company.
33. Medford
The QC Group Inc is a Minnesota-based corporation, owned by Daniel Medford and David DeVowe, which provides quality control services.
34. Feltl and Co.
Minnesota-based securities brokerage and investment banking company.
35. Randy Reed Automotive
Randy Reed Automotive, Randy Reed Buick GMC, Randy Reed Nissan, and Randy Reed Chevrolet are Missouri-based car dealerships.
36. Doboszenski & Sons, Inc
Minnesota-based company that provides services for excavation, demolition, and street construction and reconstruction.
37. Hastings Automotive
Hastings Automotive Inc. (known as Hastings Ford) and Hastings Chrysler Center are Minnesota car dealerships.
38. Stinson Electric
Minnesota electrical services company.
39. Hercules Industries, Inc. is
Colorado corporation that manufactures heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products, owned by the Newlands and another plaintiff.
40. Continuum Health Partnership & Conessione
CHP is a Colorado-based oxygen supply company; Conessione is an investment company.
41. Cherry Creek Mortgage Co.
Colorado-based full-service residential mortgage banking company.
42. Beckwith Electric Co.
Florida-based provider of micro-processor-based technology.
43. Geneva College*
The Pennsylvania-based for-profit plaintiffs are Seneca Hardwood, a lumber business, and WLH Enterprises, a sawmill. Geneva College is a Pennsylvania-based non-profit.
44. Weingartz Supply Company*
Michigan company that sells outdoor power equipment. Legatus is a non-profit organization comprising more than 4,000 members, including individuals and professional organizations.
45. Sharpe Holdings Inc.*
Missouri corporation that is involved in the farming, dairy, creamery, and cheese-making industries. Ozark National Life Insurance Company is a Missouri insurance corporation; N.I.S. Financial Services is a Missouri mutual fund broker, and CNS Corporation is the Missouri-based holding company for Ozark, N.I.S. and Sharpe Holdings.
46. Catholic Benefits Association*
For- and non-profit corporations including Good Will Publishers, the Catholic Benefits Association, and Catholic Insurance Company.
47. Belmont Abbey Coll.
48. Wheaton College (Illinois)
49. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington
50. Priests for Life (New York)
51. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of NY
52. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, et al.
53. Louisiana College
54. Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth (Texas)
55. Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi (Mississippi)
56. East Texas Baptist University
57. Catholic Diocese of Beaumont (Texas)
58. Michigan Catholic Conference
59. Right to Life of Michigan
60. Catholic Diocese of Nashville (Texas)
61. Ave Maria Foundation (Michigan)
62. Union University (Tennessee)
63. University of Notre Dame (Indiana)
64. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (Indiana)
65. Grace Schools (Indiana)
66. Archdiocese of St. Louis (Missouri)
67. The School of the Ozarks (Missouri)
68. Dordt College (Iowa)
69. Colorado Christian
70. Southern Nazarene (Oklahoma)
71. Little Sisters of the Poor (Colorado)
72. Reaching Souls International, (Oklahoma)
73. Fellowship of Catholic University Students (Colorado)
74. Diocese of Cheyenne (Wyoming)
75. Eternal World Television Network (Alabama)
76. Ave Maria University (Florida)
77. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta (Georgia)
78. Perisco (Diocese of Erie)
79. Zubik (Diocese of Pittsburgh)
80. Brandt (Diocese of Greensburg),
81. Dr. James Dobson ("Family Talk" radio show and ministry)
82. Ave Maria School of Law (Florida)


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Come with us and spend time with the 23 young children who live at Eunime. The home has been running for five years and is the only orphanage in the state of Baja for orphaned children who are HIV positive. We leave PLNU for Tijuana in the morning and return in the afternoon.
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Qualifying results (2nd hand)
1st - #27 Izzy / Root
2nd - #18 Tbo / Baird
3rd - #29 Ice / Smith
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RJ - #10 Tango / Munhollon
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Good job David and Tango!! Congratulations!!
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Congratulations David and Tango !!
My Dad said to me ."Son, a man just needs three things to be happy....A good dog, a good gun and a good wife.....Thank God I have all three
Sundown's Boss of Delta Marsh JH (Louie QAA X Delta MH)
Traveling Through The Graded Timber JH (2012 NAFC Trav X Timber MH QAA)
Sundown's Ruff And Tuff (Boss JH X Lil Bit) best pup I have ever raised
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The last time I saw Lainee she was commenting on how well David and Tango were doing- I'm sure she's proud as can be of them both- and isn't she lucky to have found someone who shares her passion for the dogs and the sport!! Good job!!
W hat happened with the open? It sounds like not many survived the first test.
Any news on the Derby yet ?
Hawkeye's Legendary Ruby MH CGC.
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Aaron Kelly with Kidd won the Am and, wait for it,.................................... Lauren and Slider won the OPEN!! Couldn't happen to better people!!Huge Congrats to all who finished any stake!!
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Bob Gutermuth
Canvasback Chesapeakes
Almost like Dejavu all over again.
"Do more than is required of you"
General George S. Patton
Yep, the well known Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, founded in 1943 to oppose physician acceptance of health insurance which they deemed to be communistic, has now swelled its ranks to 4000 members, dedicated to opposing the new health plan. It's no wonder the story never mentions that the stodgy American Medical Association, with a membership of only 240,000, has endorsed the House bill because we know that those are the physicians who lack the guts to be free.
Jeff Goodwin
Jeff, quit confusing us with facts.
Didn't you see that the link was from Fox news.
We all know they are "fair and balanced".
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Neurological Problems & their relationship to Gluten
In individuals who are predisposed to gluten intolerance, gluten triggers an immune reaction that can interfere with the function of the nervous system.
There is an abundance of evidence that inflammatory changes occur in the brain and nerves that cause a variety of symptoms. These can range from clumsiness, to headaches, to numbness, to mood disorders, to memory problems. It has been reported that only 13 percent of patients with neurologic symptoms from gluten sensitivity may have digestive symptoms, and often neurologic symptoms in gluten sensitive patients precede digestive symptoms by months to years when they do occur . For this reason, it is important to keep gluten in mind as a root cause when dealing with disorders of the nervous system.
If standard tests and exams cannot reveal a cause, dietary factors, toxins, lifestyle issues and other stresses deserve your attention. This is where gluten should be a strong consideration. Because gluten affects so many people silently, and because most of those symptoms are not related to the digestive tract, it needs to be an early consideration when addressing many health care problems.
In a person who is genetically at-risk for gluten sensitivity, gluten induces an immune attack against the protein gliadin and this antibody not only attacks gliadin, but also attacks tissues far away from the intestines. Through the bloodstream, antibodies can travel to the cerebellum portion of the brain and specific brain cells called Purkinje cells. As these cells become inflamed from the immune attack, the ability to coordinate "balance information" is impaired. Symptoms of poor balance and coordination then result.
A study out of Britain examined 224 people with ataxia (poor balance) disorders. Some had an inherited disorder of ataxia, some had ataxia combined with other neurologic symptoms, and some simply had ataxia without known cause. Of those that were without known cause, 41 percent were found to have anti-gliadin antibodies supporting gluten sensitivity as a cause. Also, when looking at all the patients in these groups that were positive for these antibodies, 79 percent had "small" cerebellums on MRI testing. The gluten antibodies that had been generated from the immune system's reaction were not only directed against gluten proteins, but also against the cerebellum and over time the size of the cerebellum had decreased.
In another study, ten patients with headaches and/or clumsiness were placed on a gluten-free diet. Over time, nine of the ten all showed a beneficial response in all symptoms. The evidence is overwhelming. The presence of gluten antibodies, shrinkage of the cerebellum and the very positive response to dietary change, all support gluten as a root cause in neurological disorders. Yet, despite the very obvious factors indicating gluten, a dietary component, as the root cause, the majority of the time, no digestive symptoms exist.
A migraine, which is as a specific type of headache, occurs regularly in as many as 27 percent of the population. So when dealing when such a common condition, it may seem bold to claim that gluten likewise can cause headaches. But is this really so?
A British researcher found similar results in a response of gluten sensitive patients to a gluten-free diet. Ninety percent responded favorably to elimination of gluten in the diet. Another researcher reported a case study of a woman who converted her intermittent, occasional migraines to chronic daily headaches with the addition of wheat biscuits to her daily diet. Once these were stopped, her headaches again reduced dramatically
Marsha is a patient of ours who presented with a lifelong history of chronic debilitating headaches. In addition, she had severe facial acne and also poor sleep, yet she never complained of any digestive symptoms whatsoever. After her routine examination, she was found to be sensitive to gluten, and a gluten elimination diet was initiated. Marsha now has no headaches at all, and her facial acne resolved completely. As a nice benefit, her sleep is now restful without interruptions every night. She had been to many other clinicians and had tried many medications for her headaches, but in the end, she found the best relief by avoiding gluten.
In our society, simplistic solutions and causes are often overlooked. Large pharmaceutical companies spend millions of dollars to research and development of new drugs. Eliminating gluten from your diet does not require a prescription and does not support the cost it took to design the latest migraine medication. This is a significant reason dietary factors are ignored or over-looked. Yet, study after study support beneficial response to dietary changes in many conditions. If you are suffering from headaches or other neurological disorders and traditional medical means have failed or only offered temporary results, gluten may be an easy solution for you as well.
2 comments:
- Simply...Gluten-free said...
This is so interesting because it used to be if I closed my eyes I would literally fall over. This doesn't happen any more and when I think about it that stopped shortly after I got serious about taking gluten out of my diet.
As always, you have such great information. Thanks!
- Anne said...
I discovered my gluten sensitivity while trying to figure out something to help or reverse my small fiber peripheral neuropathy. My PN was progressing up my arms and legs. My feet were extremely painful - I had to sleep with them dangling off the side of the bed so nothing would touch them. I was also slightly off-balance, but the doctor said I was not ataxic.
After going GF, I have seen regression in my PN. My arms and legs no longer tingle. I can sleep with my feet under the covers. I no longer limp and my balance is better. I doubt my feet will ever feel normal - too much damage. But the are so much better.
Interesting, my son started complaining of foot pain when he was 20. He is now GF and says he no longer has any foot pain. Was that the start of PN? I wonder that as my foot pain began when I was 20. PN was not diagnosed until I was in my 50's. I was told it was planter fasciitis. Is there a connection between gluten and PF?


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It's exciting to roll down a skateboarding ramp, especially if you're going fast. The steeper the ramp, the faster you'll go. What else besides the steepness of a ramp influences how fast an object goes down it? You could do experiments to find out.
What Is an Experiment?
An experiment is a controlled scientific study of specific variables. A variable is a factor that can take on different values. For example, the speed of an object down a ramp might be one variable, and the steepness of the ramp might be another.
Experimental Variables
There must be at least two variables in any experiment: a manipulated variable and a responding variable.
- A manipulated variable is a variable that is changed by the researcher. A manipulated variable is also called an independent variable.
- A responding variable is a variable that the researcher predicts will change if the manipulated variable changes. A responding variable is also called a dependent variable.
You can learn how to identify manipulated and responding variables in an experiment by watching this video about bouncing balls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsqg-43Gk8c (9:21)
Q: If you were to do an experiment to find out what influences the speed of an object down a ramp, what would be the responding variable? How could you measure it?
A: The responding variable would be the speed of the object. You could measure it indirectly with a stopwatch. You could clock the time it takes the object to travel from the top to the bottom of the ramp. The less time it takes, the faster the average speed down the ramp.
Q: What variables might affect the speed of an object down a ramp?
A: Variables might include factors relating to the ramp or to the object. An example of a variable relating to the ramp is its steepness. An example of a variable relating to the object is the way it moves—it might roll or slide down the ramp. Either of these variables could be manipulated by the researcher, so you could choose one of them for your manipulated variable.
Experimental Controls
Assume you are sliding wooden blocks down a ramp in your experiment. You choose steepness of the ramp for your manipulated variable. You want to measure how changes in steepness affect the time it takes a block to reach the bottom of the ramp. You decide to test two blocks on two ramps, one steeper than the other, and see which block reaches the bottom first. You use a shiny piece of varnished wood for one ramp and a rough board for the other ramp. You raise the rough board higher so it has a steeper slope (see sketch below). You let go of both blocks at the same time and observe that the block on the ramp with the gentler slope reaches the bottom sooner. You're surprised, because you expected the block on the steeper ramp to go faster and get to the bottom first.
Q: What explains your result?
A: The block on the steeper ramp would have reached the bottom sooner if all else was equal. The problem is that all else was not equal. The ramps varied not only in steepness but also in smoothness. The block on the smoother ramp went faster than the block on the rougher ramp, even though the rougher ramp was steeper.
This example illustrates another important aspect of experiments: experimental controls. A controlled variable is a factor that must be held constant so it won't influence the outcome of an experiment. In the case of your ramp experiment, smoothness of the ramps should have been controlled by making each ramp out of the same material. For other examples of controlled variables in an experiment, watch the video at the URL below. It is Part II of the above video on bouncing balls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeqOQQRzCfo (5:44)
Q: What other variables do you think might influence the outcome of your ramp experiment? How could these other variables be controlled?
A: Other variables might include variables relating to the block. For example, a smoother block would be expected to go down a ramp faster than a rougher block. You could control variables relating to the block by using two identical blocks.
- An experiment is a controlled scientific study of specific variables. A variable is a factor that can take on different values.
- There must be at least two variables in any experiment: a manipulated variable and a responding variable.
- A control is a variable that must be held constant so it won't influence the outcome of an experiment.
- controlled variable: Factor in an experiment that is held constant so it will not influence the outcome.
- experiment: Controlled scientific study of a limited number of variables.
- manipulated variable: Factor that is changed, or manipulated, by a researcher in a scientific experiment; also called independent variable.
- responding variable: Factor in an experiment that is expected to change, or respond, when the manipulated variable changes; also called dependent variable.
- control group:A set-up in an experiment that is run parallel to the test group and used as a standard for comparison of results. All factors are identical between the test group and the control group except for the independent variable.
Do virtual experiments with objects sliding down ramps at the following URL, and then answer the questions below. For the y-axis, select Y pos (position of the object relative to the starting point), and for the x-axis, select time (time elapsed since the object started moving). From the controls, select one variable other than delta T to be your manipulated variable. Change this variable while controlling the others, and observe how it affects the movement of the object down the ramp.
- What are your manipulated variable and control variables?
- What is the responding variable?
- How does the responding variable change when you increase the value of the manipulated variable?
- What is an experiment?
- Distinguish between the manipulated variable and the responding variable in an experiment.
- Why is it important for other variables in an experiment to be controlled?


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Donate today and help save America the beautiful. Your gift today could be what stands between our public lands and Big Oil's drills.
The following statement is regarding H.R. 622, the "Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act," reintroduced by Utah Rep.
This bill enjoys unusual broad, bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress and among many western local elected officials for the benefits it would provide to renewable energy development, western communities, and conservation.
The next fiscal year starts on Oct. 1, meaning that Congress is running out of time to cobble together "must-pass" appropriations legislation that will pay for the day-to-day expenses of the federal government.
"It's a lasting and fitting tribute to Secretary Jewell and President Obama that they have conserved so many treasured places valued by Americans across the nation.
While President Obama's Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal boosts spending in certain areas and the 2016 appropriations bill included some much needed increases for natural resources and conservation programs, much work remains to be done.
The Wilderness Society issued the following statement on the heels of House and Senate passage today of the omnibus budget package, which now goes to President Obama for signature.
The legislation will support efforts to make droughts like the one the Yakima Basin is experiencing this year less of a hardship for both farms and fish.
"This Congress may have set a record for its blizzard of attacks on our bedrock conservation laws – laws that protect clean water, clean air and our natural heritage," said Jamie Williams, president of The Wilderness Society.
At the same time these cuts would diminish access to these public lands for all Americans.
Citing continued damage to the environment, the economy, drinking water supplies and more, The Wilderness Society, along with other national groups across the U.S., is urging the President and Congress to invest in vitally important conservation and natural resource programs.


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Deeplinks Blog posts about EFF Europe
As you may recall, the European Parliament's forthcoming
href="http://www.eff.org/issues/eff-europe/bono-cult-amendments">report on the
Cultural Industries has become the latest target of lobbying by the
recording industry. First, they attempted to href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/music-industry-europe-filter-pressure">insert
language that advocated that European ISPs filter and block their own
users on the basis of suspected infringement. As we href="http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/effeurope/NetworkFiltering.pdf">explained
to European Members of Parliament, such policies would not only harm the
privacy and security of Net users - they would not even work to combat
infringement. Like DRM, everyone would lose, including the music industry and
artists that IFPI seeks to protect.
The music and film industry continues to pursue its idea of a politically "corrected" Internet - one that they imagine could protect their old business models without requiring any extra costs on their part.
This time, the fix is Internet-wide filtering. In a memo to European policy-makers, the International Federation of Phonographic Industries has called upon ISPs in Europe to filter the content sent across their networks, block protocols used by their customers, and cut off access to persistently infringing sites from the Net (you can read their full memo here). Left unsaid in it was the obvious implication: if ISPs aren't willing to comply, EU regulators should force the ISP's hand.
The growing global censorship of the Internet often goes unseen in the
English-speaking Net, because so much of it takes place in other countries,
and in other languages. But that doesn't mean that there aren't contemporary
threats to Internet free speech in the English-speaking world.
[Update: The full schedule for the protest is now up. You can tune into live audio coverage of the Berlin demonstration online, with a five minute English update every hour, on the hour, from 12:00 CET to 21:00 CET.]
Germany?s Federal Ministry of Justice has circulated a controversial draft bill (here in German only) that is bad news for online privacy. From preliminary reports it seems that it attempts to outlaw the ability to send anonymous email by ordering ISPs to retain data traceable to individuals, and requiring a passport from anyone attempting to set up a webmail account.
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by Daniel Leader
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Issue 115
Cinnamon and sugar were the first two ingredients I ever mixed together by myself. As a kid, I loved stirring the fine brown spice into sweet sugar crystals and watching as a cinnamon cloud wafted above the bowl. Whenever guests arrived at our house, I'd beg them to try my very own recipe for cinnamon toast.Even now, as a veteran baker of 28 years, I'm still a sucker for that cinnamon-sugar combination, especially in cinnamon raisin bread. The aroma of a loaf baking in the oven is one of the most me to making an outstanding loaf of cinnamon raisin bread: cheerful that I know. The recipe here is based on a cinnamon raisin bread I offer in my bakery on the weekends. The dough is easy to make, the swirl of cinnamon and sugar always comes out beautifully, and the resulting raisin-studded loaf is utterly addictive, especially when slathered in butter and served with a cup of freshly brewed coffee. But the best part? People beg to make it.
Over the years, I've learned a few tricks to making an outstanding loaf of cinnamon raisin bread:Soak the raisins before adding them to the dough. Hydrating raisins in hot water makes them plump and juicy. It also prevents them from absorbing water from the dough as it bakes and drying it out. Don't soak the raisins too long, though—they'll break down and shred when mixed into the dough, resulting in raisin "smears."Use cinnamon in the filling and in the dough. This ensures that the bread will have warm cinnamon notes that are impossible to miss.Opt for instant yeast. While other types of yeast need to be dissolved in liquid before they're used, instant yeast can be added directly to the dry ingredients, which makes this recipe that much easier to prepare.Reach for fine sea salt. Sea salt comes from evaporated sea water and contains trace amounts of minerals. It tastes better than table salt, which often contains additives. That said, in a pinch, table salt will do.Let the mixer do the work. Kneading the dough strengthens the wheat protein (or gluten) and encourages the yeast to reproduce, which causes the dough to rise. Although you can knead the dough by hand, using a stand mixer is easier.Give the dough a final fold. Folding the dough a couple of times after it has rested will reinforce the gluten structure for better
leavening.Grease the pans thoroughly. If the pans aren't well greased, the bread's
filling will stick to them, making the loaves hard to remove. Brush melted butter over the baked loaf. The butter makes the crust a bit softer and adds extra flavor.
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do i need an extra capacitor to handle the second pair of registers?
You can connect as many 74HC595 chips as you want! But you will run into limitations due to complexity, power consumption and slow operation if you have very many chips connected. Remember that all the devices (LEDs, relays, light bulbs, whatever) will consume current when switched on, and that current will add up! Plus, with a bit-serial interface, it will take more time for each chip (8 bits) that you add to the system.
Does this mean I'm limited to a total of 70mA on all output pins
Yes, with those chips, it looks like you are limited to 70mA in total. As you say, just under 10mA per LED pin.
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Chicago traders not happy with stimulus package: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853
Chicago traders not happy with stimulus package: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Some folks are really worried now that Obama is in office. I am hearing a lot of things, mostly "inexperience", and some people say "Oh, the poor guy is on his own after the mess he has been left with..."
I was a little concerned when he got it office, but I really want to see him succeed... I don't know why - I guess because he is the President, and because he really is an underdog.
I wonder if when he is alone he thinks... Prays... Oh Lord, what did I get myself into...
I have to be honest, at first I didn't like him. I really don't like most politicians. But I want him to win at this Job. Heck, I guess I would even back him up as long as he holds integrity close, and just tries to do right.
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They hit the nail on the head.
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It has started
Not yet..I think he is too high on power.I wonder if when he is alone he thinks... Prays... Oh Lord, what did I get myself into...
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I too hoped the president would succeed and that despite his inexperience he would at least surround himself with decent staff that would at least try to look at the big picture. Between the tax cheats, influence peddlers and those that can be rented or bought outright, it's not looking good for the messiah. Although he's such a narcissist I doubt he ever has a sleepless night over the havoc he's wreaking.
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This is a famous location for finding fossils on the Dorset coast. Some really big and important finds were made in the late 1800s. The sea is constantly washing more of the cliff down onto the beach providing new opportunities for that once-in-a-lifetime find.
I had hoped to get the focus good enough for geologists to look at individual rocks in the cliff, but as you can see, I didn't quite nail it.
The next bay to the East (right) at Seatown is here: tinyurl.com/m3f8ap .
Interestingly, the fossil-bearing strata in this shot continue for 100km across the West Country to emerge near Bristol. Here in fact: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/54012/
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Description Microgadus tomcod, also commonly known as tommy cod or tomcod (poulamon or petit poisson des chenaux in French), Atlantic tomcod or winter cod, is a type of cod fish found in North American coastal waters from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River and northern Newfoundland, south to Virginia.
The season of the tomcod varies by location -- one known example is the Sainte-Anne River in Quebec, where its season is from late-December to mid-February. The town of Sainte-Anne-de-la-PÈrade is notable for its fishing village built on the frozen waters of the Ste-Anne, playing host to the scores of fishermen visiting the town to fish for tomcod.
Dimensions Up to 15" (38 cm).
Habitat Estuaries, tidal flats & salt marshes, Rivers & streams, Ocean or bay shallows.
Range New England, Mid-Atlantic, Eastern Canada.


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67. Call tailor to custom fit the S&M suit for new apprentice.
68. Write a speech for the start of the Empire.
69. Rent Bill and Ted's excellent adventure and invite the boys over for drinkypoos and nachos.
70. Find REALLY reliable shredding and computer memory wipe service.
71. paint everything black and silver so it matches the original movies.
72. Two words: Banana Hammocks.
73. Take your child to work day.
74. Declare a ban on all nachos.
75. Cancel season tickets to degenerate alien operas.
76. Kick myself for not having Order 69 involve Mara Jade or some other Sith Hottie.
78. Find out who wrote the book of love
79. Tease Jek Porkins till he develops an eating disorder
80. Vote Republican
81. Make manicure appointment. Force Lightning's aim has been off lately....
82. Contact old friend Voldemort and weasel Horcrux secret out of him.
83. Find some way to reasonably get own name to fit "The Name Game" song.
84. Take the place of Charles Nelson Reilly on The Match Game.
85. Find a suitable replacement for Bob Barker.
86. Figure out why all these clone "orders" seem more like a "to-do" list.
87. Send in application for next season of Age Of Love.
88. Host American Bandstand
89. It's been a while since I ordered food and I'm gettin' a little hungry...so, send a Stormtrooper out to get me a Burrito Supreme, Nacho's Bel Grande and a large Baja Blast Mountain Dew.
90. Submit gothic plastic life-support suit idea to "American Inventor".
91. Invade Hummel System and capture key strategic figurine manufacturing centers.
92. Translate as Hors d'oeuvre # 66 (Le morte du jedi)
93. Be sure to tell Tarkin to Draft Oden 1st in the GELB(Galactic Empire League Basketball)
94. Find a girl who looks exactly like that stupid Bi**h who dumped me in High School and kill her.
95. Order TV services from Galactic Dish
96. Call Coldstone Creamery, order Vader's birthday cake.
97. Get Jabba the hutt's recipe for spice cake
98. Get tickets to Spice Girls reunion tour show
99. At show, see if Mel B. "Scary" Spice is interested in becoming a Sith apprentice
100. Send Private Ozzel out for some wrinkle cream. This Dark Side stuff is doing a real number on my face.
101. Determine if wrinkle cream is sufficient for "other uses".
102. Record a song with P. Diddy
103. Buy War Bonds
104. Check if Sith Holocrons are compatible with the Wii.
105. Transfer all key files to new iPhone (with "Bad to the Bone" ringtone).
106. Have Mas Ameeda give me a tongue bath
107. Randomly insert "1138" around the Empire's territory and property
108. Hire a maid to clean the office
109. Repeal Order 74.
110. Big order of nachos.
111. Movie Night
112. Hire a secretary to take dictation, my hand is cramping
113. Fart in Vader's general direction.
114. Add "Iron Giant" to Netflix queue
115. Rub Sly Moores bald head
116. Go ronto scaring with swoop gang Mustafar's Angels
117. Celebrate Canada Day with Mabs and JJ.
118. Bullseye Whomp Rats with a T-16
119. Pick up some power converters in Toschi Station
120. Give droids an oil bath
121. Buy up all the McQuarrie figures to drive up demand
122. Watch video of droid oil bath. Lock door first.
123. Get Imperial tattoo on left cheek(your choice).
125. Prepare to Qualify
126. Ensure that Elf Needs Food Badly and that All Your Base Belong To Us.
127. Ask for clarification about what in the world I meant in order 126.
128. Finish getting 5 stars on Guitar Hero 2 before the new 80's edition Comes out.
129. Cancel subscription to Oprah magazine. (Though with a saddened heart because I learn much of what I need to to become Emperor from that mag.)
130. Order new batch of clones.
131. Play more 1980s video games to recall soundbites like in Orders 125 and 126, or others like Body Blow, Body Blow.
132. Plan Nacho Week on Coruscant.
133. Start recruiting non-clones for the army
134. Remodel the Jedi Temple
135. Apply to "Query Eye for the Sith Guy" to accomplish #134
136. Change all names to "peaceful" things like Death Star, Star Destroyer, and Death Squad Commander.
137. Name Baron Papanoida "Official Imperial Excavator" and send him and his family to Kessel.
138. Sneak into Muftak's bedroom and shave him in his sleep.
139. Whomever released "One Night in Coruscant" on the internet, find and disintegrate them.
140. "Invite" the Czech Republic to become part of the Empire because all of their women are f'ing HOT!!!!
141. Buy up all the copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on Coruscant and hock them for triple the price.
142. Take Eddie Money up on that offer for his second ticket.
143. Call Tarkin and have him send over some Twi'lek masseuses
144. Beat Michael Bay and Don Murphy to death with an Optimus Prime figure.
145. Hoard Canadian beer supply, force them to imbibe upon Bud Light.
146. Tell Vader no more Black Jeans on casual Friday
147. Call Dermatologist for rash on my back
148. Brainstorm a catchy slogan to promote the Empire. If time permits: Write accompanying jingle.
149. Sell Barry Bonds some Flac Seed Oil


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Bicycle Federation of Australia Inc
The Bicycle Federation of Australia (BFA) is the national peak body representing people who ride bicycles for recreation, transport, tourism, health & fitness and fun. It aims to improve the environment for cycling and encourage more Australians to ride more often. The BFA comprises cycling organisations from States and Territories within Australia. It is a nonprofit organisation and was established in 1979. The BFA also indirectly represents several million Australians who ride bicycles for fun, sport and transport because bikes are useful, healthy and less expensive than most other transport modes.
Bicycle Institute of South AustraliaGPO Box 792, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia
Bicycle Transportation Alliance Inc.2 Delhi Street, West Perth, Western Australia, 6005, Australia
Bicycle Wagga WaggaPO Box 5789, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2650, Australia
Bike NorthPO Box 719, Gladesville, New South Wales, 2675, Australia
Bike Safe
The Bike Safe community group is a registered, not for profit association that has been started by local cyclists to improve bicycle safety on the roads in response to recent cycling deaths and assaults on cyclists by motorists within the Geelong Region. To actively pursue programs which will improve on-road cycling safety. This will help existing cyclists, as well as encouraging increased participation in cycling and improve traffic conditions for both cyclists and motorists. As a result, the whole community will benefit from the increased economic, health, and environmental flow on effects. Selected programs will: 1. Identify and encourage ongoing […]
Bike South West37 Strickland Street, Bass Hill, New South Wales, 2197, Australia
BIKEastPO Box 1601, Bondi Junction, New South Wales, 1355, Australia
BIKESydney is an incorporated not-for-profit community organisation that advocates on behalf of everyone who rides in the City of Sydney local government area. We want to live in a city where riding a bicycle is part of everyday life. We campaign for better conditions for bicycle riders and a more liveable city. We also run social rides and are affiliated with Bicycle NSW.


text: This post will have more than the usual cursing and carrying on and even some of the dirty which, DUH, no one talks about Shemar Moore without some (or a lot) of the dirty. You have been warned. If you don't want to enjoy the tingle that comes with thoughts of the fine hunk . . . → Read More: I love my husband but I would totally throw him under the bus for a laugh or (even better!) a chance to bite Shemar Moore.


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THE insects lived among the flowers. They were all soft, lovely little creatures without wings.
By and by one little caterpillar began to have tiny lumps upon his shoulders that grew out and out. "Ah," said the others, "he is ugly, see, he is deformed." And the little caterpillar hid behind the leaves, and the lumps grew more and more, and at last they came out lovely little wings. Then he came back to his fellows, and they all said, "Oh, lovely little brother. Oh, lovely brother." And he shook little wings, and he said, "It was for this I went away, for this to grow I was deformed." And he flew round. And he came to one that he loved and he said, "Come, climb with me and let us go and sit on that flower." And his comrade said, "I cannot climb; it tires me; I have no wings like you. Go alone." And he said, "No, I will go with you." And the other said, "I am going here in this little hole in the earth." And the butterfly tried to fold his wings and creep in after him, but he could not; and he almost tore his wings off in the door, but he could not. Then he went away, and he said to another, "Come, let us be companions." And the other said, page: 156 "Yes, I like your wings, but you must walk by me; you must not use your wings and fly." And he said, "Yes, I will only wrap them down." And they walked a little way together. Then the other said, "You are going too fast; your wings blow you on; do go slower." And the butterfly held his little wings as still as he could. And the other said, "They stick up so; couldn't you lay them against your side?" And he said "Yes." But when he held them against his side they ached so they nearly fell off. They ached, and ached, and ached. And the other said: "What are you so slow for? I thought one with wings would go faster than another. I thought you were so beautiful when you were up in the air. You are very ugly now. What are wings for? They only draggle in the mud."
Then the little butterfly spread his wings and flew away, away, away; and he kept far from the others and flew about by himself among the flowers.
And then the others said, "See how happy he is flying about there among the flowers, he's so proud of his wings."
And one day the little butterfly sat on a rose, and died there. And the others thought it died of drinking too much honey. None of them knew that it died of a broken heart.


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By Shuli Ren
Shares in Nu Skin (NUS) plunged almost 20% this morning on a negative report from People's Daily, a state-owned Beijing mouthpiece.
A native Chinese speaker, I am doing a rough translation here.
The piece, titled "Watch How Nu Skin Fabricate Lies", likens the company's direct sales events to "brain washing."
People's Daily acknowledged that Nu Skin did obtain "direct sales" licenses in 2006, but these licenses were limited to only 84 products. Nu Skin's sales brochure at the "direct sales" events showcased 104 products, 20 of which did not have the appropriate commercial licenses.
The brochure overstates the effectiveness of Nu Skin's technologies, complained the article. Some of their technology consultants are in-name only and did not participate in Nu Skin's sales and marketing.
The worst part (in my view) is, People's Daily also complained that its own good name was misused. In Nu Skin's sales brochure, the company claimed it had a feature story from the newspaper on its technology, whereas in fact it was paid advertising. Ouch, you should never mess with Beijing.
Shares in Herballife (HLF) was down 3.3%. Herballife also has a direct sales operation in China.