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You guys in Mn still counting? Is Franken that popular?
You guys in Mn still counting? Is Franken that popular?
"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
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Is Franken that popular? Not in my neck of the woods. I did see a map from the CNN site that broke down the election by county. I will try to find it.
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They're double-counting for Franken bringing back memories of hanging chad.
Keep in mind that approximately 1/2 of the population resides in the seven county metro area.
This is a state that brought you Paul Wellstone. Minnesota is extremely liberal, the republicans here are pretty much just moderate Democrats. I do like the Governor though.
Franken aka Stuart Smalley is a real loose cannon, he belongs in the Senate about as much as Fat Michael Moore.
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Let me explain what's going on. The NorthEastern part of Minnesota is Iron Mining (Taconite), hence Union Labor, Hence Democrat for the most part. Unfortunately the mentality ( in a very pro hunting / pro gun region) is vote strictly by party line even if the craziest, dumbest, most unfit SOB is running on the ticket! Sorry to say these are not thinking people looking at the issues, it's strictly I'm a Democrat so I have to vote for all Democrates even if there's someone else running that would better match my view on the issues. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is up here.
P.S. I'm PRO GUN / PRO HUNTING and I vote for those who best match my views on the issues. Coleman will win!
I feel Coleman will pull it out unless the courts allow ALL of the absentee ballots in question to be counted. They are from Mpls and most likley heavy toward the Dem's. If he does I hope he works to become a better Senator for us.
The question came up at the Master National about all of the Obama and Franken signs seen around the range. I explained the union infuence held over from the 20's and how slow they are to change to independent thought. But then, sheep following the party line is pretty universal and nation wide.
No decision till the new year regards
Never trust a dog to watch your food!
On our recent drive through Minnesota before the election we saw the Franken signs everywhere.As usual while on vacation we sometimes bring back souveniers.I figured Al Franken was kind of a joke and my brother has a sense of humor so I thought maybe I would bring him back one of those signs so he would have a piece of history and something to laugh at at the same time.The thought actually crossed my mind about taking one but my conservative values kicked in and I let them all be(chickened out).I took this photo instead.It's a good thing too because after that I saw all those people in the news getting in serious trouble for that.


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Cognex Corp. on June 28 introduced the DVT 515 and DVT 535, which the company describes as the most affordable, capable and easy-to-use vision sensors in their class. Available now, both sensors are suitable for entry-level inspection, automatic identification or gauging applications.
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A new FDA-, USDA- and cGMP-compliant Batch Sifter from Kason Corp. meets the most stringent food, dairy and pharmaceutical standards.
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Monroe cheesemaker goes Greek
Dairy getting into yogurt business
MONROE, Wis. - Klondike Cheese Company has four generations of family cheesemaking behind its name. Now, those Swiss relatives are branching out into making Greek yogurt.
Adam Buholzer is the Klondike Cheese Company's vice president of production and knows the new plans as well as anyone.
"Our cheese background definitely helps us a lot, but there is a little bit of learning curve for us for the Greek yogurt," Buholzer said.
As Buholzer leads visitors through the sea of shiny silver equipment, he explains a process involving a significant amount of kitchen chemistry. Buholzer even brought in some authentic help for the endeavor.
"We do have a Greek Greek yogurt maker," Buholzer said.
Klondike spent about $12 million on the project, much of that on the high-tech machines that store milk, separate out the fat, transfer the product around the factory, ferment the yogurt and eventually pack it up.
"Just consistency," Buholzer said. "You do the same thing day in and day out to have the same product every day."
Buholzer said Greek yogurt is typically distinguished by its thick consistency, high amounts of protein and tangy flavor. However, Buholzer plans to make Klondike's version of the food a little sweeter than a number of brands.19420968
"Our thought is there's a lot of people that like the Greek yogurt because of the health aspects, the protein, but they don't necessarily like all of that tartness," Buholzer said. "They can have the best of both worlds where it maybe tastes a little more like traditional yogurt but then you still get all of that high protein."
Buholzer said the company is starting with six different flavors, but he plans to customize a number of orders for large-scale food services customers. Buholzer said the production line will be able to turn out containers as small as the consumer-sized 5.3-ounce cup to five-gallon tubs and barrels of Greek yogurt.
Customers will also be able to find the yogurt in some grocery stores, but Buholzer expects a good bit of their sales to come from food services that would need the product in bulk. He added the company will be able to customize labels for customers.
"It's been a long project, so to be finally making yogurt is very exciting," Buholzer said.
Bulholzer said food services sales will start in the next few weeks. Customers can expect the "Odyssey" brand on shelves in June.
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Making a Sandtrooper first allows them to show off they're nailing the armor difference between the Stormtrooper and Sandtrooper right out of the gate. Plus they can reuse 80% of it for an eventual Stormtrooper. Plus like Luke: X-Wing they have more cool details to showcase the sculpting. Plus keeping the Stormtrooper back for future waves gives people something to anticipate. And shows that Hasbro has faith in the line. They probably also know they'll have to heavy pack an eventual Stormtrooper so wanna put him in a Wave with less popular characters.
I'm sure they will make Qui-Gon or Obi-Wan eventually. But Darth Maul is a more visually dynamic character.
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Rob Zombie's Halloween. I watched it again to familarize myself with the premise in case one of my buddies wanted to see the sequel this weekend. It's not my favorite horror movie (love the original Halloween). I noticed a lot of bad editing shots throughout the movie, too.
I discovered this old WWII series called the World at War at the library. It was made in the 80s, I think, and uses a lot of news reel footage and interviews. Very interesting. I've watched about Stalingrad and the battle for Berlin, and am watching about D-Day.


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Pros: High quality sound, more like that from a desktop DAC, quite flexible in possible uses.
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For some time I've been looking for a decent piece of kit to travel with. Previously I tried a HeadRoom Portable Desktop amp/dac, but didn't like the overall sound, though the DAC was good. The Fostex, allowing digital output from an iPod or iPad to a high-quality DAC is more appealing, especially as it was reported to have a half-decent headphone amp. Something has to give in all this, and it is the headphone amp which, while decent with low-impedance, easy-to-drive headphones, such as my V-MODAs, Audio Technicas and Symphones Magnums (eg: Grados), doesn't do so well with high-impedance ones.
However, a rig that does well with both would require adding a good portable headphone amp, such as an ALO Continental or the like (or simply plunking down the $1200 or so for their complete rig). As I don't intend to travel with a pair of HD-800s or LCD-3s, but only the Magnums, I don't need anything quite so overkill.


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A urinary tract infection, or "UTI," is an infection that can occur in your kidneys, in the tubes that take urine from your kidneys to your bladder, or in your bladder.
You have an indwelling catheter (tube) in your bladder. "Indwelling" means inside your body. This catheter drains urine from your bladder into a bag outside your body.
UTI - catheter associated; Urinary tract infection - catheter associated; Nosocomial UTI; Health care associated UTI; Catheter-associated bacteriuria
Many types of bacteria or fungi can cause a catheter-related UTI. In general, they are more resistant to common antibiotics than bacteria causing other types of UTIs.
Common reasons to have an indwelling catheter are:
During a hospital stay, you may have an indwelling catheter:
Other symptoms that may occur with a UTI:
*Often in an elderly person, mental changes or confusion are the only signs of a possible urinary tract infection.
Urine tests will check for infection:
Your doctor may recommend an ultrasound or CT exam of your urinary system.
Because there is a risk that your infection may spread to your kidneys, antibiotics are almost always used to treat a UTI.
Your catheter will need to be changed when you have a UTI.
You will need more fluids to help flush bacteria out of your bladder.
After you have finished your treatment, you will have another urine test to make sure the bacteria are gone.
UTIs related to catheters can be harder to treat than other UTIs. Having many infections over time may lead to kidney damage or kidney stones and bladder stones.
If a UTI is not treated, you may develop kidney damage and more severe infections.
Call your health care provider if you have:
If you have an indwelling catheter, you must do these things to help prevent infection:
Your health care provider might advise you to drink more fluids every day. This is not healthy for everyone, so talk with your doctor before you do this.
Your health care provider may prescribe a low-dose antibiotic to take every day to keep bacteria from growing in your catheter.
Fishman N, Calfee DP. Prevention and control of health care-associated infections. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed.Philadelphia,PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 290.
Hooton TM. Nosocomial urinary tract infections. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 304.
Infectious Disease Society ofAmerica.Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society ofAmerica. Clin Inf Dis. 2010;50:622-663.
Norrby SR. Approach to the patient with urinary tract infection.In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia,PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 292.
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10.18: History of Cenozoic Life
Why are Pleistocene animals so large?
A large surface area-to-volume ratio is better for keeping warm, so many ice age mammals were huge. Although the dominant animals were mammals, you might not recognize the Pleistocene Earth any more than the Mesozoic Earth.
Cenozoic Life
The extinction of so many species at the end of the Mesozoic again left many niches available to be filled. Although we call the Cenozoic the age of mammals, birds are more common and more diverse. Early in the era, terrestrial crocodiles lumbered around along with large, primitive mammals and prehistoric birds.
Diversification of the Mammals
Their adaptations have allowed mammals to spread to even more environments than reptiles. The success of mammals is due to several of their unique traits. Mammals are endothermic and have fur, hair, or blubber for warmth. Mammals can swim, fly, and live in nearly all terrestrial environments. Mammals initially filled the forests that covered many early Cenozoic lands. Over time, the forests gave way to grasslands, which created more niches for mammals to fill.
Pleistocene Megafauna
As climate cooled during the ice ages, large mammals were able to stand the cold weather, so many interesting megafauna developed. These included giant sloths, saber-toothed cats, wooly mammoths, giant condors, and many other animals that are now extinct (Figure below).
The saber-toothed cat lived during the Pleistocene.
A lecture from Yale University on the effect of life on Earth and Earth on life during 4.5 billion years. Glaciations appear at minute mark 23:30-26:20 and then the video goes into mass extinctions (6c): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Dl_Vs-ZkY&feature=player_profilepage (47:10).
"The Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds" scales all 4.6 billion years of Earth history into one minute. Don't blink at the end (1i - I&E Stand.): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXSEyttblMI&feature=related (1:03).
Many of the organisms that made up the Pleistocene megafauna went extinct as conditions warmed. Some may have been driven to extinction by human activities.
Imagine a vast grassy plain covered with herds of elephants, bison and camels stretching as far as the eye can see. Lions, tigers, wolves and later, humans, hunt the herds on their summer migration.This was the San Francisco Bay Area at the close of the last Ice Age.
Learn more at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/ice-age-bay-area2.
- With the extinction of the dinosaurs, mammals diversified and took over the available niches.
- Many of the organisms of the Pleistocene were enormous, probably in have a low surface area to body ratio.
- Many of the Pleistocene megafauna have gone extinct but some remain.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. When were the dinosaurs killed off?
2. What killed off the dinosaurs?
3. How long did it take for mammals to evolve?
4. Where did mammals live?
5. What is the Eocene?
6. What animals ruled the Earth after the dinosaurs?
7. What advantages do mammals have?
1. What are the Pleistocene megafauna and why were they so large?
2. What characteristics do mammals have that allow them to fill so many niches?
3. How does climate affect evolution?
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Accredited Agent Scheme
List of Accredited Agents
If you are an agent that submits planning applications to Walsall Council why not apply to become an Accredited Agent and have your company name and website (where provided) published in our Accredited Agent List here. See following sections of this page for further information and details on how to apply.
Purpose of Accreditation
The Accredited Agent scheme, the first of its kind in the Black Country aims to speed up the validation process. To obtain accreditation, we will assess the frequency of planning application submissions that meet the information requirements set out in our guide to submitting planning applications titled 'What do I need to submit a planning application?' along with electronic correspondence and submissions, but is not intended to assess any other aspect of an agents business. Further information on the guide to submitting planning applications is available in the link below.
How to apply
The scheme commenced in April 2011 and agents can apply for accreditation by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com including 'Accredited Agent Application' in the title of the email and providing the following information:
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In applying for accreditation an agent must agree to:
- Frequently meet the requirements of the guide to submitting planning applications titled 'What do I need to submit a planning application?';
- Submit all planning applications electronically, including amended plans (preferably online using the Planning Portal);
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- Their company name and website address (where available) being published in an Accredited Agent List on this webpage.
Once an application for accreditation is received, we will assess how frequently an agent has met the validation requirements and how frequently they met the other conditions for accreditation such as electronic correspondence and electronic planning application submissions.
The list of Accredited Agents will be reviewed every 12 months to ensure that the conditions of accreditation are being met. Where a review identifies any Accredited Agents that have failed to meet the conditions of accreditation they will be warned accordingly and removed from the list if improvement does not occur within 6 months. Agents can re-apply for accreditation at the next 12 monthly review cycle where they can evidence that they are consistently meeting the conditions for accreditation.
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If an application for accreditation is succesful, the agent will be provided with an accreditation logo to use on letter heads, marketing material and website etc and will be provided with a certificate.
A list of accredited agents will also be published on this webpage along with a link to their website (where available).
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Leveda (Birdwell) Dexter moved into a new role in January, 2016, as Senior Academic Advisor as serving for four years as Director of Corporate Sales and Marketing for the Tennessee Tech Athletics Department.
A two-time graduate of Tech with bachelor's and master's degrees, Birdwell, 25, has become a familiar face within the Athletics Dept. She spent the previous year as Academics Coordinator for Golden Eagle student-athletes after two years as a graduate assistant in the Corporate Sales and Marketing Department.
In her new position, Birdwell oversees the Athletics Department's corporate sales program, including arena and stadium signage, program advertising, game sponsorships, website sponsorships as well as other sponsorship opportunities. She will also direct Tech's season ticket sales campaigns along with the marketing and promotions efforts for the university's 14 Division I sports programs.
Following receipt of her master's degree, Birdwell joined the Athletics Academic Advising Staff in December, 2010. She worked as an Academic Coordinator for Assistant Athletic Director for Academics, Dr. Lance Jasitt.
In her recent position as Academic Coordinator, Birdwell worked in the management of Tennessee Tech's student-athlete records, helped to develop and maintain an Athletics Academic web page to improve communications with student-athletes, assisted in monitoring eligibility with NCAA standards, and provided support and resources that helped move Tech's student-athletes toward graduation.
A 2004 graduate of Red Boiling Springs High School, Birdwell subsequently gained experience in marketing as an intern at Clear Channel Communications during the summer of 2007.
After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Marketing) in 2008, she began a two-year Graduate Assistant position in the Corporate Sales and Marketing Department, where her responsibilities included sales, organizing the official football tailgate events, booking halftime entertainment at basketball games, and a variety of other duties. She received her MBA in Business Management in May, 2010.
Leveda married Matt Dexter on October 12, 2013.


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Theatre Intime presents 'Clouds,' Feb. 19-21 and 26-28
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Theatre Intime will perform Aristophanes' "Clouds" at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 19-21 and Feb. 26-28 at Hamilton-Murray Theater. A matinee performance will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28.
The play, which is directed by sophomore Mark Spatt, is a biting satire of Athenian life that tells the story of a man who tries to learn from Socrates how to avoid his son's debts.
Tickets are $6 for students, $10 for faculty/staff/seniors and $12 for general admission. Students can use their Passport to the Performing Arts. For tickets in advance, call the Frist Campus Center box office at (609) 258-1742.
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3.15: Rocks and Processes of the Rock Cycle
Is this what geologists mean by the rock cycle?
Okay, maybe not. The rock cycle shows how any type of rock can become any other type of rock. The three rock types are joined together by the processes that change one to another.
The Rock Cycle
You learned about the three rock types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. You also learned that all of these rocks can change. In fact, any rock can change to become any other type of rock. These changes usually happen very slowly. Some changes happen below Earth's surface. Some changes happen above ground. These changes are all part of the rock cycle. The rock cycle describes each of the main types of rocks, how they form, and how they change.
The figure below shows how the three main rock types are related to each other (Figure below). The arrows within the circle show how one type of rock may change to rock of another type. These are the processes that change one rock type to another rock type.
The Rock Cycle.
Processes of the Rock Cycle
There are three main processes that can change rock:
- Cooling and crystallization. Deep within the Earth, temperatures can get hot enough to create magma. As magma cools, crystals grow, forming an igneous rock. The crystals grow larger if the magma cools slowly, as it does if it remains deep within the Earth. If the magma cools quickly, the crystals will be very small. When crystals form from magma it is called crystallization.
- Weathering and erosion. Water, wind, ice, and even plants and animals all act to wear down rocks. Over time they can break larger rocks into sediments. Rocks break down by the process called weathering. Moving water, wind, and glaciers then carry these pieces from one place to another. This is called erosion. The sediments are eventually dropped, or deposited, somewhere. This process is called sedimentation. The sediments may then be compacted and cemented together. This forms a sedimentary rock. This whole process can take hundreds or thousands of years.
- Metamorphism. This long word means "to change form." A rock undergoes metamorphism if it is exposed to extreme heat and pressure within the crust. With metamorphism, the rock does not melt all the way. The rock changes due to heat and pressure. A metamorphic rock may have a new mineral composition and/or texture.
The rock cycle really has no beginning or end. It just continues. The processes involved in the rock cycle take place over hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years. Even though for us rocks are solid and unchanging, they slowly change all the time.
- The three main rock types are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.
- The three processes that change one rock to another are crystallization, metamorphism, and erosion and sedimentation.
- Any rock can transform into any other rock by passing through one or more of these processes. This creates the rock cycle.
- What processes create igneous rocks?
- What processes create metamorphic rocks?
- What processes create sedimentary rocks?
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- Can an igneous rock become an igneous rock? Can a sedimentary rock become a sedimentary rock? Can a metamorphic rock become a metamorphic rock?
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I finally decoded the Owings Mills suburb of Baltimore. What a nightmare, but it's done now. #biking #carfree pt. 3
Caveat. Avoid Reiserstown road, or ride on the sidewalk. It is the most bicycle hostile commercial strip I've ever been on
#biking #carfree
Cut thru the mall parking lot.
One other recommendation is to use the restroom in the library at the Owings Mills Metro stop.
#biking #carfree
The routes avoid the bicycle hostile roads of Owings Mills by cutting thru the suburban neighborhoods
#biking #carfree #Baltimore #Maryland
Actually, the starting point is the Metro stop. You can easily be in the countryside in a matter of minutes using these routes.
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Midshipman Arabic Majors Seek Linguistic Challenge in Morocco
POSTED ON: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:00 AM by the International Programs Office
Midshipman 1st Class Jeremy Vasquez and Midshipmen 2nd Class Dominic Bellissimo and Maxwell Chomic spent the fall semester in Morocco. Here, they chronicle what it was like to meet the challenge of living in a culture with multiple languages and dialects.
We searched for a program that would teach us Arabic while providing paths to be trained, surrounded and tried in a culture completely different from our own. The Kingdom of Morocco is quite peculiar in dozens of ways.
Linguistically, the official language is Classical Arabic, yet French is the dominant language of business and industry and the dominant vernacular by far is referred to as "Darija" or the Moroccan dialect of Arabic.
Often cited as the hardest to understand of all Arabic dialects in the Arab world, Darija is as different from Classical Arabic as Spanish is to Latin.
Additionally, the average Moroccan will often use several French words or expressions in the middle of a dialogue without skipping a beat. At first, despite our years of Arabic training, we found ourselves at a loss for words as it was impossible to understand. However, with our new language training and experience, we slowly but surely began to settle into meaningful conversation. This was necessary since we elected to live with host families who did not speak English.
The host family experience combined with being located in the "medina," or the old-fashioned walled city of the Moroccan capital Rabat, delivered unbeatable insight into the dense culture of the country. Morocco appears culturally homogeneous by its statistics, sporting a 99% Muslim population and a 99% Arabo-Amazigh ethnic population, but the touches of culture from other societies are ubiquitous such as Spanish Pastilla, the French language and education, Andalusian art, Portuguese beach towns, old Arab culture, sub-Saharan music, Amazigh traditions and pan-Islamic cultural points just to name a few.
We started assimilation on day one when a Moroccan man gave one of us the friendly goodbye gesture of a handshake accompanied by a kiss on each cheek. That same day we all tasted what we would be drinking every day for the next few months, the famous Moroccan mint tea that is served every time a guest is present or often at regular intervals in the Moroccan home.
Later in the semester we celebrated Eid el-Kabir, the "Big Holiday," where each family sacrifices a male ram in honor of the Prophet Abraham's obedience and willingness to sacrifice his own child to appease his God.
Along with the obvious holiday celebration habits and the loud, blasting call to prayer five times a day, we observed the cultural customs and tradition that answered our respective semester-long project questions like how do Moroccans make friends, why do Moroccans eat what they eat, and what are the nuances of inter-gender relationships in an Islamic state?
We were surprised to discover how liberal Morocco was compared to our preconceptions of the Muslim. The natives never failed to inundate us with their hospitality, often asking us over for dinner upon first meeting. This was true all over Morocco.
We rode camels in the Sahara, hiked the lightly inhabited mountainsides of a native village, climbed the highest peak in the Arab world, visited unforgettably gorgeous and windy beach towns and the largest mall in Africa in the heart of Casablanca, wandered the streets of large cities where the former colonizing language was actually Spanish and not French, watched snake charming, played with monkeys, and observed some of the most beautiful Islamic artistry known to man.
Although personal space is not a custom of Morocco, especially while in the crowded public spaces of Rabat, we found our own spaces to love and enjoy along with our new friends, adventures, and education.
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I certainly believe some arms should be reserved just for the military for the discharge of their duty and their protection. However, i firmly believe that whatever weapon a police officer is considered appropriate to have, a citizen should be able to have as well.
And let's be honest, it's not hard to build a rpg or a flamethrower is you really want one. Or a bomb for that matter. They are illegal, but if someone wanted one bad enough they could make their own.
And i cant wait to read on the ammo supplies being run on if he issues an order restricting it. Because what do we know about government restrictions on anything? It instantly increases demand.


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Felt elevator shoes
I recall the last time I fished in snow, the snow stuck to my felt soles and built up so high I looked like Sly and the Family StoneFly. I literally fell down several times crossing a field to get to the river! I sat down on the snowy bank and let the water melt off the snow so I could fish.
I also recall landing a hatchery steelhead on the Snoqualmie with snow on the ground. I kept the fish, buried it in the snow and continued to fish. Realizing I was late for a family appointment (what else is new) I cleaned and packed the fish in snow and raced home. By the time I got settled in I was exhausted and fell asleep. The next morning I remembered the fish and went to the truck, opened the cooler and it looked like it had just come from the river. I even photographed it on the second day in the yard in front of a spruce tree and it looks like I just pulled it from the river.
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I know some people were kinda nervous about naps having to change their website. Even tho it was only .net to .org, change is scary and def scary when your ordering gear.
For those of your who haven't ordered since the switch, let me tell you that NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
It's the same website and same amazing customer service. I placed a order the day it came back up and got it in like 8 days. Some companies like to blame short comings on IT issues, but Naps had a problem, fixed it and moved on.
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By Robbie Ward/NEMS Daily Journal
The Rev. Chris Traylor of Verona recently was selected as president of Tupelo and Lee County NAACP. A lifelong resident of Lee County, Traylor said he wants to continue the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's vision of ensuring that all individuals have equal rights without racial discrimination. He answered questions about the organization and the community with the Daily Journal's Robbie Ward.
Q: What do you see as the role of the NAACP in Tupelo and Lee County?
A: First of all, the NAACP is a civil rights organization. I have to stand up for its mission but I have a new outlook on it. I want to start creating things where we can help our community from being violated so much. If we start getting into our community and let them know that we love them and care, we can stop a lot of hatred and crime.
Q: It seems like you have a desire to bring the community together. Why is that important?
A: Working together gets the job done. If we're going to be a community of separation, we'll never come to one common goal. The only way we can come together with problems we have is to get together, talk about problems and come up with solutions. I think a solution is coming together and letting everyone know we're all God's children.
Q: Tupelo and Lee County have a growing Hispanic population. Do you see a fit for them in the organization?
A: I see a fit for all of mankind, all nationalities. I would not be a leader that targets a specific race. I will be a leader for all mankind, Hispanic, white, black… That's what I stand for.


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Main institution:
University of Pittsburgh
Other institution:
Partners in Health Diabetes Self Management Education Program
Principal investigator:
Janice Zgibor
Other investigators:
Sharlene Emerson; Kristine Ruppert; Gretchen Piatt
Location of the project:
Pittsburgh, USA
Amount allocated:
October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2013
With the increasing of diabetes incidence and resource constraints worldwide, it is increasingly important to develop and evaluate low-cost interventions in high risk communities. The proposed study will determine if integrating community workers (CW) in rural, underserved communities to provide self-management support will improve patient outcomes. This intervention will be compared with standard diabetes self-management education, which is not supported by CW. Training, a web-site and supervision from diabetes educators will be available to the CW as an ongoing resource. We will evaluate patient outcomes, CW satisfaction and retention rates, and the long term impact and sustainability of the project.
Results to date
73rd Scientific Sessions of the ADA, Chicago (USA), June 2013
74rd Scientific Sessions of the ADA, San Francisco (USA), June 2014
North American Primary Care Research Group 2015 annual meeting, Cancun (Mexico), October 2015
Project completed in September 2013
BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems) is a programme initiated by the International Diabetes Federation [2], and supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes.


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Most of the time, I think that the Final Fantasy series are pretty overrated. The reason I say this is really because there are other console RPGs that are as good as (if not better) than the Final Fantasy series, like Suikoden or Dragon Quest. One of the Final Fantasy games that make me think like this (other than VII) is X. Now Final Fantasy X has alot of these great gameplay elements that is worthy of an 'A', but is ruined by short-comings that give FFX a (spoiler) C+.
To begin this review, I'll describe the game's fundamentals that I didn't really have a problem with. First off, the story and characters are very interesting. The Story deals with things (other than romance) such as, religion, racism, betrayel, death, and parenting. While the characters each have their own back-story and personality. There are even characters in your party that hate each other (Wakka-Rikku), which is a nice touch to a somewhat stale relationship between characters in other RPGs. Some of the characters in X are probably one of the best in the FF series.
One interesting thing about X are the Blitzball games. Most of you probably don't like Blitzball because it's very different than any other sports game. Though, if you are open-minded you would know that Blitzball is a very deep sports game that is worthy of it's own video game. I just wish that playing it (more than once) would be required to advance the story and offer some replay value along the way. This is where I begin the fundamentals of X that are flawed.
The battle systems in FF games has always been a crucial part the the series. If there is an FF game that dosen't have a well-made battle system, it could possibly ruin the entire game. That's the case with X. Now don't get me wrong, the battle system in X has great potential, i like the whole CBS combat system, but it's sadly flawed due to the battles (save for the boss fights) being too easy, repetative, and un-strategic. What contributes to this are the distinct abiliities given to the each party member. The problem with this is that each character specializes against only one enemy. This makes each battle have very little strategic value, because you already know who's best against who. This is made worse by the fact that you will keep encountering that same battle over and over again because in the given area, you will only encounter 3-5 different battles. And since there's plenty of random encounters, you're going to have to issue the same commands for the same battles over and over again.
Another good but flawed concept of X is the sphere grid. It has a great concept (spend "spheres" to increase your character's abilities), but in practice, it really isn't. The problem with the sphere grid is that it's very linear. There are very few moments using the sphere grid where you had to make a decision of "should I choose this? or that?". This is made worse due to the freely available spheres that are used for the sphere grid. It would have been alot better if the spheres where more scarce than what they already are.
Another cool thing about X is the weapon/armor customization. With it, you can add status effects (strength +5, fireward) to your weapon/armor, depending on the number of empty slots there are. The problem with it, is that it has a bad interface that makes looking for one status effect difficult. It also isn't really worth it, because of the battles being very easy and all.
One thing that is different about X compared to the other Final Fantasies is it's exploration method. Instead of traversing a world map like in previous games. X uses a more linear method of traveling. In fact, X is the most linear of the FF games, because you are always traveling at a set path.
There are also other things about X that just aren't good. One of them is the lack of skipping cut-scenes. Now don't get me wrong, i like stories in games, and hate it when my friends skip cut-scenes when they play a game, but there are boss battles in the game that you would probably retry multiple times, and whatching the same cut-scene following that battle, over and over again becomes tedious. I wish game designers would only allow skipping through cut-scenes when the gamer already saw it, but that is a thing that would be very difficult to program. Another thing about X that's tedious is the whole Al-bhed language primer thing. It tries to add replayablity to the whole thing, but you could only learn peices the lagnuage before or after scripted events and if you fail to do so, you can't learn the peice of the laguage later on. There are also times when certain primers are mysteriously gone. It is very tedious.
So there you go, those are the reasons why didn't really like Final Fantasy X. I know a bunch of the fanboys will be up in arms at me. But they are already pissed off at me for expressing my hate for Final Fantasy VII(http://www.gamerevolution.com/mreview/sony/final_fantasy_vii/Lord_Fornelius). I think that Final Fantasy X is the most overrated FF game next to VII. So there you go, please don't send angry messages at me, because it physically hurts, and may kill me.


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Very good questions Kygobbler,
Depending on the source WI turkey population is estimated at 300-350,000 birds which clearly ranks WI in the top 3 turkey states.
A wide open 6 weeks season with 4 gobbler limit is biologically safe but socially unacceptable to the active turkey hunters. For good reason, we have a good thing going once you get past the contest for a tag in week 1 or 2 there is somewhere in the state with thousands of tags leftover for OTC sale. The most dedicated, addicted turkey hunter can then kill as many birds as there are tags. A few of us try our darnedest. If a hunter is willing to travel around the state there is unlimited hunting opportunity right up to the last day. Roughly 2% of hunters do this. In those last 3 seasons I rarely encounter another hunter afield.
As ticklishpro points out there are more hunters vying for the tags on the east side of the state than the west. They fear if it was opened up the hunting areas would be overcrowded thus over hunted with the quality of the hunt deteriorated.
Even on the west side of WI the most active hunters here can get a dozen or more tags; that is cool and not easy to give up.
However, there are many turkey hunters who have given up and no longer turkey hunt, many of them have told me they don't like the current complicated licensing scheme. WI turkey hunter numbers have been in a sharp decline some current hunters are concerned but according to the surveys they are greatly out numbered. These surveys are only done using current hunters.
The current license scheme was setup during the turkey reintroduction period. At that time you were lucky to draw a tag in order to hunt in that year. There were many years a hunter would have to sit on the sidelines waiting for his turn at a tag. Little has changed in the system since then except there are many more turkeys and permits today, fewer hunters than a decade ago. These remaining hunters get to buy all those extra tags.
So a debate is raging about any changes that may or may not take place.
In the meantime the number of turkey hunters has decreased by about 50% from the high point. Is this good for the long term health of turkey hunting? Probably not.
Is it good for those hunters still active each spring? Yes; what hunter would not want a square mile full of turkeys and no other hunters?
Hence the debate.


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Family: Iguanidae, Iguanas view all from this family
Description Stocky wide-bodied lizard with a flattened midsection and prominent belly. Tail thick, tapering to a blunt tip. Loose folds of skin characterize the neck and sides of the body, which is covered in small, coarsely granular scales. Gray fading to red on midsection . Females have gray-yellow patterns.
Dimensions 27.9-41.9cm. (11-16 1/2")
Breeding May/June. 5-10 eggs in a clutch, laid June-August. Females breed every other year.
Habitat Flat rocky areas.
Range S. California east to s. Nevada and Utah, w. Arizona to Baja California, Mexico.
Discussion Dirunal. Herbivorous, feeds on leaves, fruit and flowers of annuals and perennial plants; insects represent a supplementary prey. Spends its time basking in the sun on boulders until its body temperature reaches 100 degrees F (38C). When threatened it will retreat into rocky crevices and inflate its body.


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That was actually part of someones workday.... Good stuff. =]
I'm not so sure I agree with his Round 2 projections.
At least it's done tongue-in-cheek. When I heard there was a Supplemental Mock Draft the first thing that popped into my head was, "I quit".
Twitter: @ckparrot
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I read today that when this is over, the entire bailout will have cost $8 trillion.
I keep my PM box full. Use email to contact me: firstname.lastname@example.com.
While we are waiting, there is a good synopsis on Larry Summers on the dailybeast.com. A guy with his politically incorrect views has got to have talent to survive in the party of the lefties. At least that appears to be one good BO appointment.
I did read an article in "American Spectator" last night that said when all this pump priming that's being done takes hold it's going to be like throwing gasoline on a fire. As they say things are not as bad as everyone makes them sound, the major issue is fear by the Nervous Nellies.
Marvin S
Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
I know it's not Fox or Rush Limbaugh, but here it is. . .
Thank goodness Obama seems to realize there is a problem. . .
George, where are you???????????
Can we count on ROI?


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The Real Story Behind Executive Pay
Much of the outrage over economic inequality in the United States has centered on the high compensation and lack of accountability that corporate executives supposedly enjoy -- allegedly the result of boards at public companies. The truth, however, is that American CEOs now earn less and get fired more than in the recent past.
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The history of the Christian communities in the Land of Israel begins with the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. After His death and resurrection, the early Apostolic Church, at least that which resided in and around Jerusalem, remained Judeo-Christian until the rebuilding of Jerusalem (c. 130 C.E.) as the Roman city of Aelia Capitolina by Emperor Hadrian. Since this date the local Church has been entirely gentile in composition. It was also one and undivided, until the early Ecumenical Councils. By the time of the Muslim conquest, the Church in the East was already subdivided into various Churches, although they seem to have continued to share in the use of the holy sites. It was only with the Crusader Kingdoms, and the paramountcy (praedominium) enjoyed by the (Latin) Church of the West, that contention arose regarding the Holy Places and continued unabated through the Mameluke and Ottoman periods, until the declaration of the Status Quo in 1852.
According to the most recent statistics available, of the more than 6.4 million people living in Israel today, about 1.4 million are not Jewish. Of these, about 123,000 are Christians. This data does not include the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where no census has been conducted since 1967. At that time, the Christian population of these areas was roughly estimated at 33,000. It should be noted that the Christian population in Judea, Samarea and Gaza has decreased in recent years.
The communities may be divided into four basic categories – Orthodox, Non-Chalcedonian (Monophysite), Catholic (Latin and Uniate) and Protestant – consisting of some 20 ancient and indigenous churches, and another 30, primarily Protestant, denominational groups. Except for national churches, such as the Armenian, the indigenous communities are predominantly Arabic-speaking most of them, very likely, descendants of the early Christian communities of the Byzantine period.
The Orthodox Churches
The Orthodox Church (also termed Eastern or Greek-Orthodox Church) consists of a family of Churches, all of which acknowledge the honorary primacy of the Patriarch of Constantinople. Historically, this Church developed from the Churches of the East Roman of Byzantine Empire.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate considers itself to be the Mother Church of Jerusalem, to whose bishop patriarchal dignity was granted by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Since 1054 it has been in schism with Rome. However, in 1964 a historic meeting between Pope Paul VI and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras, was held in Jerusalem.
After 1099 and the Crusader conquest, the (Orthodox) patriarchate of Jerusalem, already in exile, was removed to Constantinople, Permanent residence in Jerusalem was not reestablished until 1845.
Since 1662, direction of Orthodox interests in the Holy Land has rested with the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, which has sought to safeguard the status of the Orthodox Church in the holy places and to preserve the Hellenistic character of the Patriarchate.
The parishes are predominantly Arabic-speaking and are served by Arab married priests as well as by members of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre. The community numbers about 50,000, primarily in Jerusalem and the Galilee, with a similar number in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and neighbouring countries included in the patriarchate.
Two other historic Orthodox national churches also have representation in the country: the Russian and the Rumanian. Being in communion with the Greek Orthodox Church, they are under the local jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
The Russian Orthodox Mission was established in Jerusalem in 1858, but Russian Christians had begun visiting the Holy Land in the 11th century, only a few years after the Conversion of Kiev. Such visits continued over the next 900 years, eventually growing into the great annual pilgrimages of the late 19th century, which continued until World War I and ened with the Russian Revolution.
Since 1949, title to Russian church properties in what was by then the State of Israel has been held by the Russian Orthodox Mission (Patriarchate of Moscow); title to properties in areas then under Jordanian control remains with the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission representing the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile. The two missions are each led by an archimandrite, who is assisted by a number of monks and nuns.
A mission representing the Rumanian Orthodox Church was established in 1935. It is led by an archimanderite and consists of a small community of monks and nuns resident in Jerusalem.
For many years in centuries past, the Georgian Orthodox Church maintained a presence in the Holy Land. After Georgia gained its independence, a number of Georgian Orthodox monks cane to live in Jerusalem under the aegis of the Greek Orthodox Church.
The Non-Chalcedonian Churches
He Non-Chalcedonian churches are Churches of the East – Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian and Syrian – that rejected the teaching of the Council of Chalcedon (451) on the double (divine and human) nature of the Christ. The non-Chalcedonian churches hold the Monophysite doctrine that in Christ there was but a single, divine nature.
The Armenian Orthodox Church dates from the year 301 and the conversion of Armenia, the first nation to embrace Christianity. An Armenian religious community has been present in Jerusalem since the 5th century. Armenian sources date the first Patriarchate to a charter given by the Caliph Omar to Patriarch Abraham in year 638. The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem was established in 1311.
Throughout the 19th century and during and immediately after World War I, the local Armenian community grew. Before 1939 it numbered more than 15,000, and was the third largest Christian group. Today, the community numbers fewer than 2,500-3,000 of whom live in Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter, with others living in Haifa, Jaffa, Ramallah, Bethlehem (and Amman, Jordan).
The Coptic Orthodox Church has its roots in Egypt, where most of the population became Christian during the first centuries. They claim to have arrived in Jerusalem with St. Helena , mother of the Emperor Constantine. This church had an early influence on the development of desert monasticism in the wilderness of Judea. The community flourished during the Mameluke period (1250-1517), and again with Mohammed Ali in 1830. Since the 13th century the (Coptic) Patriarch of Alexandria has been represented in Jerusalem by a resident archbishop. The community numbers about 1,500 members- in Jerusalem and Ramallah primarily.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has maintained a community in Jerusalem since at least the middle ages. Early Church historians mention Ethiopian in the Holy Land as early as the 4th century. What is certain is that during the centuries that followed the Ethiopian Church enjoyed important rights in the holy sites, but lost most of them during the Turkish period, prior to the declaration of the status Quo.
Today the Ethiopian Church in Israel is a small community led by an archbishop and consisting mostly of a few dozen monks and nuns living in the Old City and around the Ethiopian Church in West Jerusalem. With the immigration of Ethiopians to Israel, the lay community has grown to some degree over the past 20 Years. Since the re-establishment of diplomatic between Israel and Ethiopia, pilgrimage has also increased.
The Syrian Orthodox Church is a successor to the ancient Church of Antioch and one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East. Amongst its traditions is the continued use of the Syriac language (Western Aramaic) in the liturgy and prayers. They are also known as Jacobites (after Jacob Baradaeus, who organized the Church in the 6th century). Their patriarch is resident in Damascus. There have been Syrian Orthodox bishops in Jerusalem since 793; permanently, since 1471. Today, the local Church is headed by a bishop who resides in Jerusalem at the 7th century monastery of St. Mark. The community consists of a few families only, most of which Nazareth, Haifa, Jericho, Ramallah, Beit Sahour and Beit Jala.
The Apostolic Church of the East (sometimes erroneously called Nestorians), originating from the border area between Turkey, Iran and Iraq, follows the liturgy and prayers in the Syriac language (East Aramaic). Since 1917, its patriarch has resided in Chicago and Kerala (India). The church's presence in Jerusalem was established in the 5th century. Today it is represented by an archbishop.
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abusive behaviour online? Do national laws protect citizens who are
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Republic of Congo (DRC). They discuss the internet, mobile phones and
how they are being used in their countries to reduce incidence of
violence against women and how conversely they aggravate violence and
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private public in ways that disenfranchise, alienate and violate women.
Esther Nasikye and Sally-Jean Shackleton explore how ICTs, privacy and
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protecting women's rights have just been passed, they are yet to be
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Petrojam has announced a drop in ex-refinery gasoline prices effective Thursday January 17.
The prices of 87 and 90-octane gasoline have decreased by $1.76 and will now be sold for $100.75 and $102.40 per litre respectively.
However, automotive diesel oil has seen a price increase of 54 cents, it will now be sold for $109.65 per litre.
Kerosene oil is increased by $2.47 and will now be sold for $112.45 per litre.
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This unusual piece of jewelry is made of silver. Do you see the black smudges here and there on the surface of the silver? That's tarnish.
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- Silver is a metal that tarnishes easily. It happens in a chemical reaction. A compound called silver sulfide forms on the surface of the metal.
- Fortunately, a different chemical reaction can be used to remove the tarnish. The reaction involves another metal replacing silver in the silver sulfide. This type of reaction is called a replacement reaction.
- Watch this short video to see how easy it is to remove tarnish from silver:
Can You Apply It?
Learn more about replacement reactions at the links below. Then answer the questions that follow.
- http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/TARNISH.html
- http://www.kentchemistry.com/links/Kinetics/PredictingSR.htm
- How does silver tarnish?
- Describe the aluminum foil method of removing tarnish from silver.
- Describe in words the chemical reaction that takes place in question 2. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction. How can you tell that the equation is balanced?
- The reaction in question 3 is a replacement reaction. What rules determine whether one element will replace another in a chemical compound?
- Can copper (Cu) replace silver (Ag) in silver sulfide (Ag2S)? Why or why not?
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C'mon, Michael almost getting in a head-on collision every time he went to Wee Britain wasn't funny?
At school, we received some free books related to education, inspiration, motivation, techniques, and more. The one I picked was Simon Sinek's Start With Why. This 228-page book could have been much, much shorter, as his message was simple: why you do something is always more important than what or how you do it. His examples are repetitive, they were repetitive, and were based on faulty assumptions and generalizations. I want to know how much money Apple and Southwest Airlines paid him for this. Ugh. Well, it was free...
Lions of Kandahar. About a battle by an outnumbered Special Forces unit against numerically larger Taliban force in southern Afghanistan in 2005 or 2006. Written by one of the SF officers in charge.
No Easy Day by Mark Snow. Written by one of the SEALs who went on the Bin Laden raid. I recommend it to anyone who's interested in military history and/or special operations forces. The Bin Laden raid took up about half the book; the first part was about Snow's selection/training/missions with DEVGRU. It's a fast read; I got through it in a week.
Spring break means time to read. :pleased: :D Two books, and not Star Wars ones either...
Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events that Shaped Modern Baseball by Larry Burke, Peter Thomas Fornatale, & Jim Burke (what, couldn't find five more guys to match a name with each event? :rolleyes: ). They interviewed individuals associated with these significant happenings with the sport (Japanese players, Latin players, the DH, Frank Robinson as manager, players' union, Ripken's Streak, book Ball Four, and the '62 Mets and expansion). Interesting to read, and a good lead-in to the newest baseball season.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I saw the film first and really liked it. The book is good, but the film is better; although, I now understand more of the film after having read it. Funniest part? When his father tells of those who wanted the animals to look better, he says something like, "What? Next it'll be nose jobs for the rhinoceros." (get it?) But it's told very well, and is just as moving and detailed as the film was.
Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn. I hadn't read any of Flynn's other works. It was decent. Expected more action than political intrigue.
Thunderball, which so far has been a cleaner, leaner version of the movie's events, and includes focus on a "much more interesting than the cinematic version" Blofeld. But at the same time, the opening material isn't as driving as the movie's twist on the health sanitarium, Count Lippe is a much simpler fellow in the book and it's not nearly as compelling.
I was 50 pages into Fate of the Jedi: Backlash before I realized I'd read this one before. Silly me. On to FOTJ: Allies.


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For the Heroes of DUSTOFF 73, Saving Lives is a Daily Business
The crew of DUSTOFF 73 just left the stage. Their interview with Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for ABC News, ran through the high points of their mission in eastern Afghanistan last summer, one of the most decorated missions in the history of aviation. Sixty hours in combat. Fourteen lives saved. But as the coauthor of the Newsweek cover story that accompanied their piece, I have a few things to add before they leave our thoughts for the evening.
First, many people's image of heroism is rooted in extraordinary acts—the one-time sacrifice, the unusual feat at just the right moment. But the military finds a way to routinize everything else, so why not heroism, too? The result is the Army's elite air ambulance unit, a squadron of Blackhawk helicopters stripped down and converted into flying emergency rooms. They're known as DUSTOFFs—one of the more apt military call signs—and for nearly every soldier wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan, they arrive like guardian angels, starting patients on a conveyor belt of care that has pushed the wounded survival rate unthinkably high, past 90 percent. War is still hell, but it's a lot less deadly thanks to the DUSTOFF crews: two pilots, a technician, and a medic—the only people on the front lines whose mission is simply to save lives. For them, heroism is the job description.
But even here, there are some efforts that are extraordinary—and DUSTOFF 73 was exactly that. The crew came out Fort Drum, N.Y., and last summer in eastern Afghanistan it flew into the annals of history. But in talking to all four crew members exclusively for this issue, I was struck by how their heroism had become habit, something that almost seems learned. I expected adrenaline junkies or war cowboys, but instead found four regular people susceptible to the same fears and doubts as anyone else. The difference? They're extraordinarily practiced at finding that emotional dial inside and turning it way, way down. They put their fear on mute when lives are on the line.
It's an extraordinary skill for anyone, but especially significant for Sgt. Julia Bringloe, the medic on board DUSTOFF 73. Five years ago, she joined the Army, at age 35, hoping to leap out of a deadening career in Hawaii, and then suddenly she was among the only women on the front lines. Women remain officially banned from serving in infantry or commando positions, but earlier this year, in a historic shift, the Marines and Army moved to integrate women into other near-combat roles. Meanwhile, women like Julia have been taking fire routinely for years. She rescues the same men she's forbidden to fight alongside, and she never seems to flinch. "It's a job, not a gender," she likes to say. The military would do well to realize that.


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Those are the last words spoken by David A. Johnston. Johnston was killed as he observed Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. He worked as a volcanologist, taking measurements very close to active volcanoes in order to better predict eruptions.
Amazing But True!
- There were more than 10,000 local earthquakes before the May 18 eruption. However, the earthquakes increased in frequency then reached a plateau. Many people thought the danger of an eruption had passed.
- There was only one seismometer near the volcano so it was unclear where the quakes were coming from.
- Monitoring has improved since 1980 with GPS and satellites, among other tools.
- What was learned at St. Helens is now used to predict eruptions on other volcanoes; e.g. Mount Pinatubo in 1991.
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With the links below, learn more about predicting the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. Then answer the following questions.
- David A. Johnston Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_7oegdwStQ
- Livescience, Mount St. Helens Eruption: Facts & Information: http://www.livescience.com/27553-mount-st-helens-eruption.html
- Mt. St. Helens, the Victims of the Eruption: http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/mshvictims.html
- Why was David A. Johnston where he was then Mount St. Helens erupted?
- Why is eruption prediction better now than it was in 1980?
- Will another eruption on the scale of the 1980 eruption occur on St. Helens within the next few decades?
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Picked up R1-G4, Luke Skywalker (Jabba's Palace), and R2 (Jabba's Sail Barge) today at Wal-Mart. They also had R-3PO and Hoth Trooper. I really like the R1 unit, but hey, it's Classic Trilogy AND previously unproduced. Both promising attributes in a line that is fast becoming nothing but rehashed crap.
A planogram I found in the aisle only showed three or four pegs for Star Wars figures. They are wedged in between the new LOTR:ROTK and McFarlane sports figures. Although this is a Super WM, it seems like a small space allocation for SW stuff.
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In Search Of...A 'best friend' helps local blind woman see
An update on La Crosse resident Jeannie Nylander
LA CROSSE, Wis. -- La Crosse resident Jeannie Nylander is getting a whole new lease on life and it's thanks in part to two things. First, after years or battling excruciating pain and deteriating vision loss from a disease called autoimmune retinopathy, "I've had my eyes taken out and I have prostetics in. And I'm in no more pain!"
Pain free, but now totally blind and left facing the world literally in the dark. And that's where Jeannie's second blessing comes into play. Meet Linus. "I think Linus is my angel with paws."
Jeannie and Linus are inseperable these days and it's a partnership that started late last year when Jeannie contacted a Madison based non-profit organization called Occupaws. The mission of Occupaws is to place fully trained guide dogs with people who have visual impairments. But what makes 'this' organization so unique, "We actually go to the clients home. They actually get to go and practice in their home area and things that would occur in her home area with Jeannie, she lives on French Island and there's no sidewalks."8467792
Jeannie had a trial meeting with Linus and trainer Deann Miller last fall. "Linus and Jeannie are a very good match together. Their personalities are similar, their walking pace is similar. "
"He was just such a sweetheart and so loving. A good hugger. He's just my right pace." Once the match is made, the training begins. But it's not Linus that's being trained. He's already the pro. The training is for Jeannie. She needs to learn the commands, the cues. "Linus is indicating to Jeannie about the environment, what's going on, if there's an obstacle or turn."
"He's just such a blessing." "She wants to go out there. She wants to remain a part of the community and Linus is helping her do that."
"Linus is not just a dog. He's my buddy. We're going to go every place together."
At the end of Jeannie's training, a graduation. To mark the end of one chapter - and the beginning of a totally new one. "Only good things ahead and a lot of progress. Now I get to go see the city in a whole new light. In a whole new way."
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