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Classic Flame Fixed Glass Electric 18 Inch Fireplace Insert - Black
Keep yourself warm and cozy by the fire without the hassle of real flames when you use the Classic Flame Fixed Glass Electric 18 Inch Fireplace Insert (18EF022GRA). This electric fireplace is perfect for those who don't have real fireplaces in their apartment or home, and is a much safer heating alternative compared to real fire. The energy-saving LED technology allows you to keep your energy bills to a minimum, so you can save money while still staying warm and comfortable. Unlike real fireplaces, this unit doesn't require gas lines or venting, so you won't ever have to worry about replacing or buying new parts every so often.
The best part about this electric fire place is that it looks and feels just like the real thing! A realistic scene shows life-like logs and glowing embers, while fan-forced heating emanates from the unit to give you that warm feeling, so even if it is an electrical unit, it will still function as well as the real thing. A built-in digital thermostat appears on the glass surrounding the fire, so you can easily control and maintain the temperature that the air is at. Five (5) flame brightness settings allow you to customize the fire's glow while the safe-to-touch glass and child safety screen gives extra safety precautions. Perfect for any household, this insert is great to relax by the fire and let your cares melt away.
Energy Efficient:The energy-saving LED technology saves you money on your electric bill while keeping you warm
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- Large viewable areaFan forced heating
- Digital thermostat w/ readoutInput voltage: 120 V/60 Hz
- Electronic timer function (30 min-9 hrs)Power: 1350 W/12 A
- Auto shut offWeight: 19.8 lbs
- Auto thermostat controlTotal dimensions: 16.8" H x 19" W x 8.34" D
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Users' Organization
The Fermilab Users Organization is an organization of scientists and engineers engaged in advancing our understanding of the nature of matter and energy. Its purpose is to provide a forum for discussion of scientific and administrative matters relevant to the organization and functions of the laboratory.
Fermilab Student and Postdoc
FSPA acts as a liaison between the directorate, experiment managers, the Users' Executive Committee and the Fermilab postdoc and student population, disseminating information on employment opportunities and helping with education and outreach programs.
Fermilab Friends for Science Education
Fermilab Friends for Science Education, in partnership with Fermilab and area educators, creates and supports innovative education programs to enhance the teaching and learning of science and mathematics at the precollege level.
Fermilab Natural Areas
Fermilab Natural Areas is a 501(c)(3)not-for-profit corporation. The club is an environmental science program operating exclusively within the boundaries of Fermilab, a U.S. Department of Energy science laboratory. Their mission is to restore, manage, and conserve Fermilab's natural areas in support of our science mission, and to encourage Fermilab's neighbors to experience and enjoy Fermilab's natural beauty.
Fermilab Auditorium
The Auditorium Committee, in conjunction with the Arts Series Coordinator and Box Office Manager, is a group of director-appointed volunteers responsible for overseeing the Arts & Lecture series presentations. Visit the webpages of the Arts & Lecture Series for more information.
Amateur Radio Club *
The Fermilab Amateur Radio Club welcomes anyone with an interest in Ham Radio or Short Wave Listening. The club station, WB9IKJ, operates on most HF amateur bands and the club repeater system is on Wilson Hall.
Fermilab Barnstormers Model
Airplane Club *
The Fermilab Barnstormers was formed to promote the art of building and operating radio control (R/C) models of all types, as well as all flying models.... The members have many individual interests that include R/C airplanes, R/C helicopters, Control Line airplanes, and free flight planes.
Fermilab Bridge Club *
The Bridge Club provides an opportunity to learn and play the game of contract bridge. For more information or questions, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fermilab Chess Club
The Fermilab Chess club is open to all employees and visitors and meets during the year, depending on demand, for casual - usually blitz - games. During the academic year we also participate in matches sponsored by the Chicago Industrial Chess League. Half of these matches are played at Fermilab and the other half are played at nearby companies and organizations, such as Lucent Technology and Argonne National Laboratory. It should be pointed that there is a wide distribution of playing strengths within the League, so even people who are relatively new to the game should find the match play of interest.
Fermilab Singers
The Fermilab Singers provides an opportunity for people to meet, sing together and learn new music selections. The singers sing once a week on Wednesday at noon in the Auditorium. New members are always welcome.
Garden Club *
The Garden Club is open to persons who are interested in gardening under well-maintained, ecologically-sound conditions.
Go Club *
Go is a fascinating board game that originated in China more than 4,000 years ago. The game of Go uses the most elemental materials and concepts--line and circle, wood and stone, black and white. The game combines each concept and material with rules to generate subtle strategies and complex tactics. If you are interested in meeting weekly to play or in learning the game e-mail email@example.com.
Indian Creek Riding Club *
The Riding Club offers boarding stables for horses and riding activities.
International folk dancing, Scottish country dancing, English country dancing
There is weekly international folk dancing (Thursdays) and Scottish country dancing (Tuesdays), as well as once-monthly English country dancing (Sundays) at Fermilab, open to all, sponsored by NALWO.
Photography Club *
The purpose of the Fermilab Photography Club is to share ideas, techniques, tips & tricks about photography with fellow club members.
Russian Club *
This club will meet and discuss cultural news, history, literature, art, philosophy, and tourism. The goal is to provide a general exchange of information and mutual assistance for each other.
Scuba Club *
This club provides an opportunity to meet other divers, share photos and plan group dives.
Sustainable Energy Club *
The Fermilab Sustainable Energy Club creates the opportunity for interested Fermilab employees to learn, share information and collaborate on projects related to sustainable energy. The scope of these projects may include residential, transportation, educational, regional and other, only limited by our creativity.
Bible Exploration for Lunch League (BELL)
The Bible Exploration for Lunch League gathers every Tuesday at noon in the Quarium (WH-8SW) and is open to anyone who would like to explore for themselves what the Bible has to say.
Cultural Association of Italians at Fermilab
The purpose of CAIF is to preserve and spread the Italian culture among the resident Italians in the USA, and within the American community.
NALWO is the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Women's Organization. All women associated with Fermilab are welcome; visiting women and newcomers are especially encouraged to join NALWO activities.
Women in Science and Technology at Fermilab
This is an informal group of women scientists, technicians and engineers who gather for lunch and engage in discussions about issues affecting women working at Fermilab.
To submit information to be listed on this page, please email Fermilab at Work.

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One of the most important storylines of the 2009-10 Celtics [1] season has been Rajon Rondo's emergence into a full-fledged star. His assists are up, his steals are way up and he has the big contract and All-Star appearance to back him up.
But the true revelation with Rondo this season has been his improved mid-range game. His traditional field goal percentage is up slightly from just over 50 percent to 52.9 percent, but that only tells part of the story. For that we need to turn to Hoop Data [2], a website that tracks where a player shoots, and how often he makes it.
For stat geeks, Hoop Data is a treasure trove of interesting numbers. For example Glen Davis [3] has his shot blocked [4] a fairly amazing 21 percent of the time, which helps explain why he has had so much trouble finishing around the basket.
Back to Rondo. According to Hoop Data's numbers, he has improved his shooting percentage [5] at the rim and raised it significantly from 10-15 feet in to the basket. That would be the in-between game so many purists long for.
In 2009, Rondo took a little more than half his shots at the rim and made over 61 percent of them, which is very good for a point guard. This season he has increased his attempts slightly (from 5.1 to 5.4), and also improved his percentage to over 65 percent. That meshes with how most people see Rondo–as a player who can get to the basket and finish well despite his size.
To give you an idea on how that compares to other point guards, only San Antonio's Tony Parker [6] takes as many shots per game and finishes as well as the rim as Rondo.
Rondo's real work has come slightly farther out. From 10 feet and in, Rondo's accuracy goes from 40 percent in 2009 to 53 percent in 2010. From 10-15 feet away from the basket, Rondo's percentage jumps from 35.2 to 52.5 percent. He has also upped his attempts from those distances over the previous season.
What all that shows is a player understanding how to utilize his ability to beat defenders off the dribble, and how to score once he does.
It's not all good news for Rondo. His accuracy on longer shots and 3-pointers has dropped, as has his free throw shooting, which is a genuine cause for concern since it removes him from late-game situations. Rondo may never be a great long-range shooter, but if he can continue to master the in-between game–and get his free throw shooting up to a respectable level–he won't have to be one to be effective.


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Posted October 1, 2008; 04:18 p.m.
"What Is New About the New Diplomacy?" is the subject of a lecture by William Maley, a scholar of diplomacy who has written extensively about Afghanistan, set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Maley directs the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at Australian National University. He is a regular visitor to Afghanistan who has published many works on the country, including the books "Rescuing Afghanistan" and "The Afghanistan Wars" and studies on the foreign policy of the Taliban and on reconstruction and peace-building in Afghanistan.
The event is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton-Harvard China and the World program and the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination.


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When turning strikers for calls, I've noticed that most call builders keep the same size, shape, design, to all their strikers. Here is an example of different woods and their weights, all of these blocks are cut to the exact same size, as you can see there is a diffrents in their weights. A striker is your tuning fork for your pot call, it's what gives a call it's sound, volume, and tone. If all your strikers are exactly the same then only a few of them sound decent, some just rock, some have a softer dead sound, and some are real high pitched, that all comes from the weight of the striker, and form the wood it's made of. If your strikers are all the same then the differnt woods really aren't doing their jobs, a little bit, but your not getting the full effect of the woods sound. Most production calls are sold with a 2 piece striker, yes it's cheaper, but more importantly it a lot easier to control the weight of the striker, then the only difference is the weight of the peg, but it keeps the strikers all very close to the same weight. These blocks will show you how much difference there is. Lets say you tunered a striker out of Walnut (.04) and Purpleheart (.07), your walnut striker would have to be almost twice the diameter size of the purpleheart striker in order for it to play/sound right. If your strikers are balanced and weight adjusted they will play great on any given call, no matter what the calls surface is.
These 4 strikers are all very close to the same weight (with in a gram or two), but as you can see there is quite a bit of difference in the size/diameter of the weighted end of the strikers. They are dymondwood, yellowheart, bloodwood, laminated birch.
The blocks are,,Walnut, Shedua, Maple, Canary, Rosewood, Padauk, Yellowheart, Hickory, Granadillo, Bocote, Purpleheart.


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While attention focused on the Bush administration's new Iraq war plan in recent weeks, the White House strategy shifted significantly on another foreign policy conundrum: North Korea's nuclear program. CFR.org presents an in-depth, multimedia look at the standoff on the Korean peninsula in this new Crisis Guide.
In 2002, President Bush famously included North Korea in the "Axis of Evil" along with Iraq and Iran, and the Bush administration has long refused the Hermit Kingdom's demands for bilateral negotiations. The North does not want "'drive-by' encounters" with the United States and instead seeks "sustained talks in which ideas can be explored and solutions, at last, patiently developed," says a Washington Post op-ed. But even in the tense weeks after North Korea's nuclear test last October, the White House rejected the idea. The day after the test, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told CNN that when the Clinton administration tried dialogue with Pyongyang in the 1990s, "It didn't work."
Yet the State Department now confirms that Christopher Hill, its lead man on East Asia, met with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-gwan for three days in Berlin (Deutsche Welle) in mid-January. Hill refused to divulge specifics about what he called a "useful" meeting, but the North Korean negotiator "sounded positively giddy" after the Berlin discussion, according to South Korea's Joong Ang Daily. Hill said the talks served as a prelude to further multilateral discussion involving China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea, the other Six-Party Talk members. Meanwhile, Rice insisted the Hill-Kim talks were informal and the United States would not go "outside the Six-Party framework to bilateralize our discussions."
The Six-Party Talks, aimed at controlling North Korea's nuclear program, made little progress when resumed in December after more than a year's hiatus. The Toledo Blade argues that lack of progress was precisely what finally convinced Washington to sit down with Pyongyang. Although Hill and Rice denied North Korea's assertion that the two parties reached a "certain agreement" (IHT) in Berlin, both sides appear positive about the prospects for steps forward in the next Six-Party round, which will begin February 8. South Korea's Chosun Ilbo wonders what went on behind the closed doors, and posits the two sides may have resolved disagreement over "the main sticking point in international efforts to settle the North Korean nuclear crisis": Pyongyang's frozen Macao bank accounts. The United States took action against North Korea in September 2005, accusing it of using the accounts for laundering counterfeit dollars, and China froze North Korean assets in Macao last July.
But even as North Korean nuclear negotiations appear to take a positive turn, Washington and Pyongyang still find reasons to spar. The United Nations announced it will send auditors to North Korea after Washington recently accused the Kim regime of misappropriating millions of dollars (AP) intended for humanitarian purposes from the UN Development Program (UNDP). A report by the Heritage Foundation says the UNDP provided hard currency with limited oversight to Pyongyang and the possible scandal involves a "depressingly familiar story of UN inefficiency and incompetence." North Korea called Washington's allegations a "smear campaign" orchestrated by the United States "to meet its dirty political aims" (Yonhap).
Another obstacle remains the danger of North Korea sharing nuclear secrets. The Daily Telegraph reports that Pyongyang invited Iranian nuclear scientists to study the results of its October nuclear test.


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The Little Colorado starts in the White Mountains on the east side of Arizona and takes a very circuitous route all over the northern part of the state before joining the Colorado a bit east of the Grand Canyon National Park.
This particular location is where the sandstone of the Painted Desert meets the lava from the San Francisco Peaks, which are seen in the far right of the panorama. Some of the water from melting snow there also finds its way into the Little Colorado.
The falls are about 175 feet and run at their fullest during the summer monsoon rains.
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As the debate on immigration continues to heat up, Binghamton University Professor Randall McGuire will weigh in at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, in the Science Library, room 212, on the University campus. The presentation, titled "Crossing La Liñea: A Report From the Other Side," is free and open to the public.
McGuire, who has spent over 25 years conducting research near the Mexico and Arizona borders, has just returned from three months in the Mexican village Altar, Sonora, the current epicenter of United States immigration debate.
McGuire's presentation is sponsored by Binghamton University Department of Anthropology, the Latin American and Caribbean Areas Study Program, and the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations. For more information, contact 607-777-2906 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program (CPSP): Steps To Take (PDF, 19.37MB)These handouts provide nutrition information and tips for pregnant women from conception through 60 days postpartum in both English and Spanish. They are intended to support but not replace the information provided by healthcare providers.
California Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for AdolescentsThese Guidelines were designed by the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division of the California Department of Public Health to assist Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP) case managers in improving the nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating practices of AFLP clients. They can and have been used by other adolescent programs. If interested in modifying or using the materials in any derivative work, contact the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division.
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Paul lines up better with Obama....so if you like Ron Paul, you should vote for Obama.
Franco's idea of someone with enough experience to be president is someone that has been in congress over 20 years and has passed one bill...and not even one of substance. To me this is not experience this is an old man that has been sucking off the tax payer for over 20 years. A do nothing is not what we need in the office of the president. We need someone who will change the status quo not sit there and talk a big game but do nothing.
Sambo. RP and Obama have few issues in common. RP is for a Balanced Budget, fiscal restraints, Free Markets and self reliance. None of which is supported by the Dems or Repubs.
So then what makes you think he would accomplish anything as president if he is so rejected by the current establishment? Also in case you missed it your list of things RP is for is also things supported by the current Republicans and the house has tried to pass many things to balance the budget and practice fiscal restraint. Can you fault the current crop of republicans because the Senate is stonewalling them?
If we want true change, and we are tired of the "establishment" then we should in fact elect someone "different" and why do we care if he can/cannot get along with the "establishment" we dont like anyway?
I do think someone seeking the presidency should be able to "get along" but with the current regime, that would mean he would also have to "go along"...well, then we wouldnt like him much would we?
LOL...back to abbott and costello.....


text: Migration Info This extremely widespread species is a late migrant, not reaching the southern states until mid-April, but some individuals reach their northern breeding locations by mid-May. American Redstarts seldom stop for more than a day during their spring migration. Evidence from banded bird recoveries indicates the following migration trends: western breeding populations winter in Mexico, birds that breed in the central part of North America winter in Central America and western South America, and those that breed in the eastern states winter in northern South America and the Caribbean. Mature males show a tendency to winter farther north than females and young males.


text: Welp, that just about does it for old 2012. Hope you kids enjoyed these little fashion funnies of mine, at least 'til next year. Now get out there and jazz June or whatever you're calling it these days. As for me, I'll most likely pull up my old seat on the promenade and catch up on the horses. Ahhhh, who looks good today?


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Determining how, what and how well a student is learning – is an essential part of teaching. While assessment too often is reduced to standardized testing, teachers and researchers have created a wide range of powerful assessment tools and practices that are being used in schools across the nation.
FairTest has produced several publications about authentic performance assessment:
- Assessment Matters: Constructing Model State Systems to Replace Testing Overkill
- FACT SHEET: Overhauling Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning: New Opportunities under the Every Student Succeeds Act
- Implementing Performance Assessment
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We have also written articles for the FairTest Examiner and other publications; and we have strong relations with many other organizations which produce or evaluate performance assessments.
Accountability means informing parents and the public about how well a school is educating its students and about the quality of the social and learning environment. Too often, accountability has been reduced to standardized tests that measure a limited range of academic skills, thereby narrowing curriculum and teaching. This approach has been used to attack rather than help educators, parents and students.
FairTest supports authentic accountability systems that provide a rich array of information on academic and social aspects of education to parents and the public, and use that information to improve schools.
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Here at Hotel Brasilito we have a variety of different room types. If you would like a more detailed description of the prices please view our Rates Page.
|1. Ocean Front Room with Balcony: $59.00-$120.00. Our ocean front rooms allow you to enjoy the comfort of watching the sunset from your balcony. These rooms come with air conditioning, screened windows, and ceiling fans. We provied tables and chairs for the balcony. Hammocks are also available. The Ocean Front Rooms are the most popular and book the fastest so book now to secure this room.
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|4. Budget Room without Air Conditioning: $25.00-$70.00. Our Budget Rooms without air conditioning are the most budgetable option. Each comes with 1-2 double beds. They all come with ceiling fans and have screened windows.


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Dow 15,000? Try 116,200 — "Mathematically, Berger saw the Dow's future as reflecting what had happened in the past, thus moving it from 1995 levels to 116,200 in 45 years." (MarketWatch)
Better than Buffett, this investor made me rich for life — David Weidner's touching eulogy for his mother, and how she worked to provide for her family, puts the daily scramble for ever-more wealth in perspective. (The Wall Street Journal)
Updated Q1 earnings season EPS and revenue beat rates — Earnings beats are at their lowest rates since the third quarter of 2008, though revenue beats are not quite as bad. (Bespoke Investment Group)
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon are all trying to turn into the same uber-company — "Like the US and Russia fighting proxy wars through smaller countries, each invests in or acquires smaller firms who are battling each other much more ferociously." (Quartz)
Money, money, money – An illustrated look at the global grosses of some of the best-known musical productions (minimum $1 billion). (The Economist)
Netflix, Reed Hastings survive missteps to join Silicon Valley elite — "Over the past five years a chart of Netflix's share price has shifted from a smooth, upward curve to more of a scribble. Hastings seems unperturbed. The experimentation is a goal in itself, whether it's big things like corporate missions or little things like the personal technology he uses." (Bloomberg Businessweek)
CNBC's ratings decline is bullish news for investors — Why multi-year low viewership for the cable channel may be positive news for the investing public. (US News)
Steely sentinels when bullets come knocking — Shooting at apartment doors in public housing buildings can send many different messages. (The New York Times)
The luckiest village in the world — Snapshots of life in a tiny town where almost all the inhabitants shared in winning the largest lottery in the history of Spain. (GQ)


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I just received a table of the fall turkey results. T&TH will not let me insert a PDF so it is up on http://www.charlieelk.com
There are no leftover tags in units 2, 5,6,or 7 and 130 resident landowners in those units did not get drawn.
55,711 permits were awarded a huge increase over 2012. WOW! WDNR is shocked too.
The leftover permits are listed here http://dnr.wi.gov/permits/fallturkey.html
All of the numbers there are wrong as in low and will be updated soon. The PDF has the correct numbers.


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I remember the first Christmas list I ever made. It was titled "My very one xmas list" because I didn't know how to spell "Christmas" and I thought that "own" was spelled "one." Either way, it's not even Halloween, and Christmas is everywhere, so it's not too early to put together gift lists.
I was inspired to start making my list after seeing this phone cable and tripod in one, called Une Bobine. They don't have one for iPhone 5 yet, but they do have ones for iPhones and Droids. It bends in to almost any shape so you can put it anywhere (like on your head!). Oh ya, and it charges your phone too. It's $30 with $3.31 shipping. Other flexible iPhone tripods I've seen are about $20 and aren't nearly as versatile and this one!
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September Constellations
At nine pm on September evenings, the Big Dipper, an asterism, or star shape, within the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), is quite low in the north. The bowl of the Little Dipper, in Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, is upside down above it. Trace the Little Dipper's handle to its tip to locate Polaris, the North Star. It marks the northern pole of the celestial sphere and is the extension of Earth's North Pole into space.
The Big Dipper's handle arcs toward Arcturus, the big orange alpha (or brightest) star in the constellation Bootes, the Herdsman, just setting on the northwestern horizon. Look for the pretty half-circle of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, almost due west, above Arcturus and just to the left of Bootes. Above Corona Borealis is Hercules and, higher still, Vega, the constellation Lyra's bright blue-white alpha star. Vega marks one corner of the Summer Triangle, made up of three bright stars from three different constellations. Another corner, Deneb, the alpha star in Cygnus, the Swan, is almost directly overhead.
In the northeastern quadrant of the sky, Andromeda, the Princess, stretches her way toward the horizon from the northeastern star of the Great Square of Pegasus, the Winged Horse. Perseus, the Hero, who saved Andromeda from Cetus, the Sea Monster, lies below her and to the left. On a very dark, clear night you might be able to make out a fuzzy patch of light above the middle of the two lines of stars that form Andromeda; this is the Great Andromeda Galaxy, the most distant object the eye (unaided by binoculars or a telescope) can see. Andromeda's mother, Queen Cassiopeia, above and to her left, now looks like a number 3, while her father, King Cepheus, is high in the northern sky. Just rising in the northeast is Capella, the alpha star in the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer. Capella is the sixth brightest star in the sky and has long been important in navigation.
Look due south to see Capricornus and Delphinus at their most visible. Capricornus, a rather faint assemblage of stars, represents an odd creature called the Sea Goat, while Delphinus appears as a charming little dolphin arcing over the waves. The southern portion of the sky is occupied by many constellations associated with water. In addition to the two aforementioned, Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, and Aquarius, the Water Bearer, can be found here. Farther around to the east are Cetus, the Sea Monster, and Pisces, the Fish. The only bright star in the southeast is Fomalhaut, the alpha star in Piscis Austrinus, close to the horizon.
Halfway up the southwestern part of the sky is Altair, the alpha star in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle. It marks the third corner of the Summer Triangle. The brightest corner, Vega, is in the west. Full darkness brings the full glory of the Milky Way, arching across the sky from the south to the northeast, passing right behind the Summer Triangle. Scan its glowing star clouds with binoculars or a telescope to see star clusters and nebulas by the dozens. Sagittarius, lying toward our galaxy's center, is low in the southwestern sky; it will soon set, not to be seen again until late next spring.


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Betty Crocker's Heart Healthy Cookbook shares a recipe! Dinner ready in just 25 minutes! These beef burgers are broiled for a warm, hearty and delicious meal.
"I love hamburgers and still eat them, but I buy the leanest beef available. These burgers are great, because I like to use high-flavor ingredients like mustard or horseradish for an extra kick!" Nanci D.
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The purpose of this research study is to see if vitamin D changes your muscle function and your risk of falling. The study lasts 12 months and you will have up to 2 visits to see if you qualify. If you do, you will randomly be assigned either to the vitamin D group and you will be given a 12 month supply of 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 and will be asked to take one per day. If you are placed into the placebo group, you will be given a 12 month supply of the placebo and will be asked to take one per day. You will be asked to come back after 4 months and again after 12 months to complete the study.
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I don't really have anything to say at the moment. I just uploaded the rockin' Samantha Bee avatar to spite Caesar and his defense of that half-baked fake newsman Borat, and realized there's no single place to discuss this, the greatest hour of television. So discuss, and make this post worthwhile!
I'll say this much: I'm glad to have the goofy-looking lady back. The "new blood" has yet to really prove itself, and with Colbert, Carrell, and the funny Corrdry brother having moved to other projects, and Mo Rocca facedown in an alley somewhere, she's now officially the funniest correspondent on the show. Last week's bit about her coming home to Columbus (despite being from Canada) and completely BS'ing the whole report was comedy gold. Especially her breastfeeding her baby while at waiting on tables at Hooters.


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Can herbal products be used safely during pregnancy?:Focus on echinacea
Michael Gallo Gideon Koren, MD, FRCPC
September, 2001
Many of my patients are now using herbal medicines; some even use them during pregnancy. As we enter the "cold and flu" season, many are inquiring about use of the herb echinacea to prevent these ailments. Is there any evidence to suggest that use of echinacea during pregnancy is safe?
Although herbal products have been used in the past during pregnancy and delivery, there is little evidence showing they are safe. Many authoritative reviews of echinacea report that its safety for use during pregnancy has not been established. A recent Motherisk study showed that use of echinacea during the first trimester of pregnancy was not associated with increased risk of major malformations.
Use of herbal medicine, or phytomedicine, has increased in popularity. Statistics Canada reported that at least 3.3 million Canadians spent more than $1 billion in 1995 on some form of complementary or alternative medicine not covered by a health plan.1 In particular, women have been documented as frequent users of complementary or alternative therapies.2,3 In 1996, nearly 60% of Canadian women believed that herbal remedies were helpful in preventing and treating illness.4 These herbal products are often used during pregnancy with the assumption that "natural" is synonymous with "safe."
In two separate studies, more than 50% of general practitioners in Canada were shown to have referred their patients for complementary or alternative therapies.5,6 A Motherisk study showed that 98% of surveyed physicians reported that their patients routinely discussed complementary or alternative medicine with them even though 74% of the physicians were unsure about the safety of herbal products during pregnancy.7 Although MEDLINE citations on "alternative medicine" are growing at twice the annual rate of the overall medical literature,8 few of these articles describe controlled studies, and even fewer address the safety of these medicinals during pregnancy. Health care providers are normally left with the difficult task of evaluating the safety and risk of herbs without benefit of clinical or evidence-based information.
The popularity of these products and the limited information available has meant that the Motherisk Program has experienced an increased number of women and health care providers inquiring about the safety and risks of herbal remedies during pregnancy. To address these concerns, Motherisk has systematically reviewed the available literature and formed a database of frequently discussed herbs. The most common of these appear in Maternal-Fetal Toxicology: A Clinician's Guide, 3rd edition.9 Herbs are identified by species and family names, and their primary constituents and pharmacologic actions discussed. At standardized doses, adverse effects, cautions, contraindications, and drug interactions are outlined. Reported clinical cases and theoretical concerns are noted (Table 19).
Two of the most common herbal preparations discussed over the counseling line and by patients in general are echinacea and St John's wort.5 The Motherisk Program is currently conducting a prospective controlled study on St John's wort during pregnancy and following up mothers who use the herb during lactation.
The first prospective controlled study addressing the safety of herbs during pregnancy was completed using the herb echinacea.10 A total of 206 women who used echinacea products during pregnancy were enrolled into the study (112 used it during the first trimester). This cohort was disease-matched (upper respiratory tract ailments) to women exposed to nonteratogenic agents by maternal age and alcohol and cigarette use. Results of this study suggest that use of echinacea during organogenesis is not associated with increased risk for major malformations.
As use of herbal medicine continues to grow, patients will
call upon their physicians to answer questions about the safety of
these products. Aside from our recent study on use of echinacea, no
other studies addressing safety during pregnancy have been completed.
Women and their health care providers should discuss openly the
potential for reproductive or adverse effects when herbs are used
during pregnancy.
- Immen W. Clinic to open doors to alternative medicine. Globe and Mail 1996 July 1;Sect. A:1.
- Beal M. Women's use of complementary and alternative therapies in reproductive health care. J Nurse Midwifery 1998;43(3):224-34.
- MacLennan A, Wilson D, Taylor A. Prevalence and cost of alternative medicine in Australia. Lancet 1996;347:569-73.
- Angus Reid Group. 1996 family health study. Can Living 1996;11:157.
- Verhoef MJ, Sutherland LR. Alternative medicine and general practitioners: opinions and behaviour. Can Fam Physician 1995;41:1005-11.
- LaValley JW, Verhoef MJ. Integrating complementary medicine and health care services into practice. Can Med Assoc J 1995;153:45-9.
- Einarson A, Lawrimore T, Brand P, Gallo M, Rotatone C, Koren G. Attitudes and practices of physicians and naturopaths toward herbal products, including use during pregnancy and lactation. Can J Clin Pharmacol 2000; 7(1):45-9.
- Petrie K, Peck M. Alternative medicine in maternity care. Prim Care 2000;27(1):117-36.
- Gallo M, Smith M, Boon H, Koren G. The use of herbal medicine in pregnancy and lactation: a clinician's guide. In: Koren G. Maternal-fetal toxicology. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker; 2001. p. 569-602.
- Gallo M, Sarkar M, Au W, Pietrzak K, Comas B, Smith M, et al. Pregnancy outcome following gestational exposure to echinacea: a prospective controlled study. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:3141-3.
|Table 1.
|Echinacea: E angustifolia DC, E purpurea (L) Moench, E pallida (Nutt) Nutt, Asteraceae
|Primary constituents: carbohydrates (polysaccharides), glycoproteins, amides (alkamides); caffeic acid derivatives (echinacoside, cichoric acid, cynarin). Although the three species are often considered interchangeable, their chemical constituents do differ.
|Primary pharmacologic actions: Immunostimulatory, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, antineoplastic
|Common uses: Upper respiratory tract (common cold and flu) and lower respiratory tract infections
|Adverse effects/toxicology: No reported toxicity
|Cautions/contraindications: Should be avoided by people with known allergy to sunflower (Asteraceae) family. Use with caution for patients with progressive systemic diseases (tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis) and autoimmune conditions (diabetes mellitus, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis)
|Drug interactions: Immunostimulatory action suggests caution with immunosuppressant agents
|Implications for pregnancy and lactation: A prospective controlled study completed by the Motherisk Program and analysis of first-trimester cases (N = 112) suggests that the difference in the rate of major malformations between the study group and the disease-matched control group is not statistically significant. Safety during lactation has not been established


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I have been traveling around western and eastern WI & MN over the last couple of weeks and I have been noticing small scattered flocks of turkeys across the landscapes rather than the large winter flocks. Looks a lot like spring break up has started or maybe the winter flocks didn't form this year due to the mild weather.
Northern Carlos Avery in MN looks like it has good numbers of birds.
Across northern Polk county (unit 4) the turkey numbers look promising; good news after some slightly down years. South part of 4 & 1 are as usual looking good. Gobblers are gobbling, yelping, strutting and sparring making it hard to focus on things not turkey related.
Turkey dog Vic encountered seven field toms which he promptly charged only to find they didn't fly or run away. Rather they began running and flopping pell-mell around him. Vic did not mind this one bit his hyper drive kicked in along with excited barking; had he focused on any one tom he probably would have caught it. Vic just is not getting the season closed concept at all. He looked over at me as if saying; "What? You idiot, did you forget the gun for?" Not a single time during the fall season did turkeys of any kind behave in this fashion. They never did fly, Vic circled opposite me and drove them running right by.
Anyone else seeing turkeys out and around?


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By Bill Martin Jr., Illustrated by Eric Carle.
That bear looks great for 50! This lift-the-tab board book edition is unabridged and unabashedly lovely—a great gift for pre-readers.
Board book, 32 pages.
By Bill Martin, Illustrated by Eric Carle
Eric Carle's familiar illustrations of brown bear, red bird, yellow duck and the other endearing animals from his classic creation parade across the pages of this great interactive board book. As each page is turned, a new animal and its colour are introduced, accompanied by Bill Martin's singsong, rhyming question-and-response text to read aloud or listen to. There are sliding doors throughout the book which children will just love to open so they can discover what the next animal in this engaging story will be.
Board book containing 24 pages.
Hot on the heels of Slide and Find Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?, is this Slide and Find edition of the final collaboration between Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle: Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? The author-illustrator team turns their talents to the theme of animal conservation, introducing children to some of the world's most endangered species through Bill Martin Jr's rhythmic, repetitive text and Eric Carle's vibrant images. This Priddy edition is a great way to make story time interactive - on each spread, there is a sliding door for children to open, so they can discover for themselves what the next animal in this engaging story will be.
These cards each have a beloved character from one of Eric Carle's books! Each card set features 5 double-sided cards with engaging textures and pictures. The loop makes these cards easy to attach to a stroller, backpack, or diaper bag. The interactive touch-and-feel feature makes these cards great independent entertainment for toddlers on the go. Make stroller rides a sensory experience!
Each card measures approximately 3.75" long.
By Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug is bad-tempered, who doesn't mind his manners, won't share, and thinks he's bigger and better than everyone else. This fast moving story invites youngsters to explore time, shape, size, manners. Follow along as the Ladybug meets his match and learns to be better behaved.
Board book, containing 37 pages.
This delightful story about an extremely active spider will please youngsters as the feel the tactile pictures while listening to you read the active words.
Board book, contains 22 pages
This light up surprise about a firefly who couldn't seem to find any friends is sure to delight babies and toddlers alike.
Board book, contains 24 pages
Are you ready? Here we go! Move Yourself From Head To Toe.
Join in with a host of elephants, monkeys, and other animals as they wiggle, stomp, thump, and bend across the pages of this wonderful "I-Can-Do" book!
Softcover, containing 32 pages.
Join a very hungry caterpillar on his week long journey of eating more and more! Children will love seeing the bite marks out of each food he eats through leaves, a pickle, a cherry, an ice cream, a muffin, and more! Why is he eating so much? Could it be he's getting ready for a wonderful transformation? Learn the days of the week, names of some foods, and how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.
Board book containing 10 pages
Eric Carle's most beloved character, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, comes alive in this unique counting book that features a caterpillar finger puppet who peeks his head through each page! Read and count along as he munches his way through 1 delicious apple, 2 crisp pears, and 3 tart plums to become a beautiful butterfly at the end!
Board book containing 12 pages.
The classic tale of the caterpillar who eats his way through a large number of different foods before transforming into a beautiful butterfly. This book is beautifully illustrated with vivid colours and great interactions for the children -- which allow development of counting skills and visual recognition skills. This book is wonderful for beginner readers.
Board book, contains 26 pages
A new edition of this all-time favourite children's tale to delight children and parents alike. Bill Martin's playful story introduces a parade of rowdy zoo animals, all illustrated in Eric Carle's instantly recognizable, clean, crisp style.
A perfect addition to this fun, noisy tale is a 10-button sound panel. As each new animal appears on the bright, colorful pages, children will love to find, then press the right button to hear the noises that the braying zebra, roaringlion, fluting flamingo and other amazing animals make!
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By Tiernan Ray
International Business Machines (IBM) this afternoon reported Q3 revenue that missed analysts' expectations by a billion dollars, but profit per share that beat.
Revenue in the three months ended in September fell 4%, year over year, to $23.7 billion, yielding EPS of $3.99, excluding some costs.
Analysts had on average been modeling $24.89 billion in revenue and $3.96 per share.
IBM said its services backlog rose 2%, or 6%, excluding currency effects.
IBM's software revenue rose 1%, or 2% on a constant-currency basis. Services revenue was down 3%, or 1% in constant currency.
Systems and technology revenue was down 17%, though "System Z" mainframe revenue was up 6%.
IBM said its "cloud" revenue was up 70% in the year-to-date period, and topped $1 billion, with "$460 million delivered as a cloud service."
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty remarked that "Where we had identified high growth opportunities and pursued them aggressively — cloud, mobile, business analytics, and security — we continued to show strong growth." She added that "We are taking action to improve execution in our growth markets unit and in the elements of our hardware businesses that are under performing."
"Given these actions, our strategic initiatives and the strength of our model, we are maintaining our view for the full year and remain confident in our ability to achieve at least $20 operating EPS in 2015."
IBM said it is maintaining a view for full-year EPS, excluding some costs, of $16.25. That will total $16.90 when excluding the cost of IBM's "workforce rebalancing."
IBM management will host a conference call with analysts at 4:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch a webcast of it on the company's investor relations Web site.
IBM stock is down $8.60, over 4%, at $178.15, in late trading.


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The Alistair Overeem and Golden Glory Split is a Classic Example of a Perfect Storm Featured
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There is a lot of he-said, she-said floating around right now in regards to the Alistair Overeem and Golden Glory split. Many fans and even media are taking sides or simply rushing to comment the next chapter in the saga and try to gain some insight into the situation. I really feel like the truth lies somewhere in the middle when it comes to who is "right" and who is "wrong" and that both sides have a lot to feel slighted about. According to Golden Glory, Alistair was looking to stiff his long-time friends in his trainers by no longer giving them a percent of his earnings, instead simply giving them a flat rate like you'd see in the United States. According to Alistair's camp, Golden Glory was looking to take too much from Alistair and has now launched a "smear campaign" to make him look greedy.
For Golden Glory, it has been a trying year. After Alistair Overeem won the K-1 World Grand Prix Championship last year there were hard times coming for Golden Glory, when their vision had been anything but difficult. Golden Glory was prepared to take over the world in 2011, with the key to their success being an approach on Mixed Martial Arts in the United States and Kickboxing across the world, with the key areas being in Asia and Europe. The Glory World Series was a big part of this, and Gokhan Saki was the big feature for them. Saki suffered a few injuries in December and there was no way for him to fight early on in the year, which meant they would push back the date of their first show of the year, this being the first of many setbacks.
K-1 and Strikeforce were both going through significant turmoil at the time, and both promotions were home to quite a few Golden Glory fighters, proving to be how Golden Glory got their name and brand out to the world. Bas Boon and investors began looking into the reality of purchasing Strikeforce, and it did not seem all-that far-fetched. In fact, there was a certain air of confidence that they would soon own Strikeforce and have a serious foothold inside of the United States and immediately be competition for the UFC. On top of that, they began looking into the reality of what it would take to own K-1. Golden Glory was primed to own two of the biggest combat sports brands in the world and have inconceivable power.
For a fighter like Alistair Overeem, these were his two home bases and he was currently on top in both of them. The reality of his management owning and operating both Strikeforce and K-1 would make him one of the biggest stars in the combat sports world as soon as the ink was dry. He would go from a troubled Light Heavyweight to one of the most decorated Heavyweights in the history of combat sports and be in a prime position to not only be a star, but a wealthy star.
In the blink of an eye MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani was on a jet to Zuffa's headquarters where Dana White would announce the acquisition of Strikeforce. This was the first huge setback for Golden Glory, a deal that felt done and was possibly promised to certain fighters, was now all of a sudden in the hands of the UFC. It isn't clear what was promised or how close to a done deal it was, only those involved with the deal will know, but there have been strong rumors stating that Golden Glory was "sure" of the deal being done, and afterwards were furious with Scott Coker.
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When it came time for Alistair's contract negotiations Bas Boon was nowhere to be found, dealing with immense amounts of stress over the year had apparently taken a toll on him and he was in the hospital. Bas had to undergo an emergency surgery and was missing in action for weeks. Somewhere along the line, something went horribly wrong with Strikeforce and the whole of Golden Glory (except for Sergei Kharitonov!?) were released from Zuffa. So now Alistair Overeem was no longer employed and the promises of Golden Glory's involvement with K-1 were starting to look futile.
One can only imagine what was going through Alistair's mind and how he felt, like his management had cost him his job and all of the promises made that year have yet to materialize. As soon as Bas got out of the hospital there were a lot of wrongs quickly corrected, which meant the door to the UFC was once again open for Alistair. Bas and Alistair were quickly in the heat of negotiations again, with Bas likely understanding how fragile the relationship was at this point with all of the frustrations behind-the-scenes. In the blink of an eye Alistair Overeem was a UFC fighter and his first fight was against the former Champion Brock Lesnar.
Then, what seemed like out of nowhere to many, Alistair announced he was severing ties with Golden Glory and rumors quickly began spreading that other members of Golden Glory were parting as well. The names were big ones, like Gokhan Saki, Errol Zimmerman and Nieky Holzken. There were reports of them training at other gyms, booking their own upcoming fights and being unhappy with Golden Glory's management, much like Alistair was. Since then it has come out that only Alistair has left and that Saki, Errol and Nieky are still with Golden Glory for the time being. To top it off, with things going wrong for K-1, Bas Boon's attempts to purchase K-1 became very public and it was also made public that the only thing preventing the deal from being finalized was Master Kazuyoshi Ishii's signature to the K-1 sale.
Somewhere along the line, the salvos started coming from both sides. Caught in the middle were the formation of FIKA, with Golden Glory apparently having some deep involvement, and Alistair filing a lawsuit against his former management. Then the salvos started coming quicker and with more force: Alistair was a greedy liar, looking to screw old friends out of money; Golden Glory was looking to screw Alistair out of money that he deserved; Golden Glory were thieves and unable to be trusted; Alistair betrayed those that got him to the top.
It is easy to see both sides when you take a step back and look at the whole year as it unfolded. Alistair was concerned for his future, and after a year of promises not materializing, members of GG management possibly costing him his job at Strikeforce and then him feeling like they wouldn't "play ball" with him, he felt he had to leave. For Golden Glory a lot of the business matters were out of their hands, they were on the verge of these great things, but it took time and they were double-crossed a few times. Their trainers had always worked in a certain fashion and been paid a percentage, all of a sudden for this to change so drastically for one fighter, they saw their livelihood potentially slipping out of their hands and them having problems with fighters paying them what they considered was a fare ratio. On all sides it felt like friends and business partners had gone through some changes, some that can't be taken back or fixed.
Disclaimer: While this article is based on factual information that LiverKick.com has gathered over the past few months, some is clearly meant as conjecture, as we can not tell you how each person feels or how their mental process works. This is simply us taking a look at the situation from an outside perspective to help others gain some perspective into why this is such a difficult situation.
Dave Walsh
Dave Walsh has been covering MMA and Kickboxing since 2007 before changing his focus solely to Kickboxing in 2009, launching what was the only English-language site dedicated to giving Kickboxing similar coverage to what MMA receives. He was the co-founder of HeadKickLegend and now LiverKick. He resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he works as a writer of all trades.
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This image was shot from the backside of Churchill Downs during the 135th running of the Kentucky Oaks, on Friday May 1st, 2009 in Louisville. Input images: 216 (24 columns by 9 rows). I've noticed a few errors that will be fixed in the future. A similar Gigapan image was shot during the 135th Oaks race on Friday...


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This amounts to 12 percent of the entire reproductive-age population from the ages of 15 to 44. Collectively this year, they will spend close to $5 billion on infertility treatments. Yet much of that medical care is not covered by insurance. Most states don't require health insurers to provide infertility procedures and neither does the new Affordable Care Act.
So, how much would you spend for the chance to have a child? Would you invest $100,000 of your life savings with a 50 to 75 percent chance of losing your money and receiving zero return?
KCPT tracks the issue through the eyes of three couples. Filmmaker Sharon Liese chronicles their stories as they go about making one of the most personal decisions of their lives. We join the women as they undergo treatment and later in the recovery room as they make peace with their choices. We also meet with a young husband and wife from Tonganoxie who are adamant that their family is complete and will do anything to prevent another baby.
Birthing Pains looks at both sides of a multi-billion dollar industry that provokes medical, societal and ethical questions. On Thursday, January 30, a special hour-long, live edition of The Local Show will bring together doctors and an ethicist to answer your questions.
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Stephanie, a 25-year old mother of four, is having a permanent and irreversible sterilization procedure done today that is almost entirely covered by insurance. At no point in her life will she be able to have children again. (Tonganoxie, KS)
Tubal Ligation Reversal:
Angela, a 34-year old mother of two, is having a robotically assisted tubal ligation reversal that will untie her tubes so that she can try to have another child. She was recently reunited with the father of her 14-year old daughter, who she did not communicate with for 15 years, and they are engaged and hoping to have a child together. The procedure is not covered by insurance and costs over $6,000. (Overland Park, KS)
Kristin and Brian Bookwalter are both 35 and in their eight years of being together have not been able to get pregnant on their own. They are undergoing the long In Vitro fertilization process to have their egg and sperm fertilized by embryologists and then re-implanted into Kristin's uterus. Some of the required drugs are covered by insurance but all of the remaining costs including doctor's visits, blood tests, semen analyses, and procedures total over $10,000. (Topeka, KS).
Sasha Krieg, MD, KU Center for Advanced Reproductive Medicine
Dan L. Gehlbach, MD, Midwest Reproductive Center
John Lantos, MD, Children's Mercy Center for Bioethics
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I wouldn't go for the Essure for permanent birth control. I know several people for which it has failed even after a confirmed HSG. They aren't worth anything but a ticket to a hysterectomy.
Regarding Essure – this form of birth control does have side effects such as chronic pain, migration of devices, and develop nickel allergy. Please share that if a women develops problems, surgery, often major surgery is needed for removal. And please report that a device malfunctions, there currently is no recourse as the device has FDA pre-market approval and is protected by preeemption law. After receiving hundreds of adverse effect reports, Bayer, new owner of Essure updated the product website a few months ago. However, many doctors do not have the updated side effect information therefore essure problems are not identified in many women who go to the ER.
All birth control devices have side effects but with Essure side effects are not widely known and no long term 5+ year study has been done as far as the FDA knows.


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Meet Colby! Colby is a 9 month old Labrador mix! Social, silly, and eager to please-this sweet boy is ready to be your new best friend! He is a very smart boy and is in search for the perfect family to help guide him into adulthood. He loves his toys and really enjoys being outside. He knows how to sit and will enjoy the bonding experience of learning new commands! He will benefit from an established exercise routine in his new home...and lots of snuggle time too! Colby is a young man and, like most puppies, still needs some training and guidance. For this reason he would do best in a home with children at least 8 years old. With time to adjust and proper introductions, he should do well in a home with other pets. This handsome man can't wait for someone to love him for exactly what he is a great dog! Give him a chance and gain a life-long friend!17995046
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BOONEVILLE – Booneville may have needed big man Kenny Paul Geno to get whistled for a technical foul.
It didn't hurt the Blue Devils, a 62-45 winner over Ripley in the Division 1-3A semifinals Wednesday night.
A pair of 3-pointers from Anfernee Rutherford cut what was a 16-point Booneville lead to 44-38 early in the fourth.
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Another dunk from Geno answered for a seven-point lead and after Ross Smith took a charge, Nichols made it 50-41. Jazz Prather's two free throws gave Booneville a 52-41 with 4:57 to play.
Rutherford scored 15 to pace Ripley (20-10) , which face Alcorn Central in Friday's consolation game.


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Who Lost Libya?
A close call. It is tempting to view the chaos in Libya today as yet one more demonstration of the futility of U.S.-led military interventions. That is precisely the case that Alan Kuperman makes in his article ("Obama's Libya Debacle," March/April 2015), which asserts that NATO's 2011 intervention in Libya was "an abject failure" that set free Libya's vast conventional weapons stockpiles, gave rise to extremist groups, and even exacerbated the conflict in Syria.


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Not much time to write at the moment, so I'll keep this short.
The new Expat bindings definately offer some nice functionality, and there will be more to come once I've found time to fix some bugs in Expat itself. There's no way I'll be able to get to that until after the Python conference in Long Beach. Anyway, the latest bindings are present in the Python 2.1 CVS tree and in PyXML 0.6.4 and newer, but you need to have the new Expat library pre-installed for the newer features to be used.
The weak references implementation for Python has just about been refined to the point where we're happy with it -- I need to implement support for rich comparisons for the proxy objects, but that's all that needs to be done that I'm aware of. The code needs to be exercised more to make sure bugs are shaken out. Martin von Loewis and Neil Schemenauer have both made very valuable contributions to the implementation.
Acquisition is still bugging me, but I can wait for another time to talk about that. I really need to work on my talk for IPC9.


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Akai MFC42
The MFC42 is a true analog filter module designed by Akai for their MPC-series gear. However, you can use it to process any sound source since it has basic 1/4" inputs and outputs and MIDI! It has genuine analog filters for that warmer tone with Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, and Notch filter types. It consists of a MONO filter section and STEREO filter section. The MONO section offers 2-, 4-, and 8-pole filter slopes. The STEREO section offers 2- and 4-pole filter slopes. The MONO 8-pole slope utilizes the whole filter circuitry so the STEREO section is not active. Likewise, the MONO section is inactive when the STEREO section is in 4-pole mode. But when both sections are used simultaneously, they can be linked so that the MONO filter's control knobs control both MONO and STEREO sections. The link can also be inverted so the two sections sweep in opposite directions.
Other features include one ADSR envelope for the filter's contour. This envelope can be triggered by MIDI and Trigger button, but not by audio unfortunately. The LFO is essential to bringing this filter to life! It has four waveforms including sawtooth, square, triangle and random. It can be synced to MIDI clock and can modulate to 16th, 8th, 1/4, 1/2, whole, double-whole, and triplet notes in tempo with your MPC (or MIDI) sequences! Or use the "Tap" button to tap in the tempo in real-time. A large numeric display shows the current tempo and there's also an EQ on-board for global sonic fine-tuning. Effects include a very harsh (in a good way) Distortion and stereo analog Phase Shifter. The ins-and-outs consist of three 1/4" inputs (mono/stereo), stereo phono (RCA) inputs, stereo 1/4" outputs, stereo phono (RCA) outputs, and MIDI in, out and through. All pertinent knobs and buttons can send and receive MIDI control.
Clearly the MFC42 is for DJ's and musicians alike. It can be rack-mounted into any studio's rack, DJ's turn-table coffin, or specially mounted to any MPC60 through 3000. It's a perfect add-on for any MPC-user and is an affordable alternative to other Filter boxes such as the Mutator, Sherman Filterbank, Electrix Filter Factory, and Waldorf X-Pole.
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Audio Clip 1 - Hear the MFC42 rip apart and turn inside out a simple stereo drum loop pattern, from Future Music issue 119.
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- Filter Modes - Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Notch
- Filter Slopes - Mono Analog filter: 2-, 4-, and 8-pole slopes
Stereo Analog filter: 2- and 4-pole slopes
- Envelopes - ADSR Envelope
- LFO - MIDI-syncable with sawtooth, square, triangle, random waveforms. Can modulate filter cutoff and/or resonance.
- Effects - Distortion, stereo analog phase shifter, EQ
- Keyboard - None
- Memory - None
- Control - MIDI IN/OUT/THRU (send/receive on 1 channel only)
- Date Produced - 2001
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Tear staining is most obvious on dogs with white and other light color coats or with heavy wrinkles. The stain is usually reddish-brown.
Whenever hair rests around the eyes some amount of tear staining results from the hair wicking moisture from the eyes, both above and mainly below the eye. But there are many other sources of tear stains. Tear staining can be traced to health and diet, as well as genetics. Most veterinarians agree that face staining results from excessive tearing. In this case, the damp face hair is a breeding ground for bacterial and yeast growth. The most common is "Red Yeast" which is usually associated with reddish-brown facial stains, and which may emit a moderate to noticeably strong odor. Tear ducts may become infected and result in excess tearing and noticeable staining.
Some owners have consulted veterinary eye specialists on the problem. The doctors advised them that the eye structure was the most probable source of the problem. If that is so, then genetics would likely play a role and explain why the problem is more pronounced in some pets of the same breed. If you are purchasing a puppy and you care concerned about the potential for tearing and staining, you should observe the mother and sire, and others in the direct lineage.
Eye duct surgical procedures to increase their tear capacity may help some pets; ask your veterinarian.
Haircoat stains also occur in areas other than the eyes. White and light color coats, wrinkled faces and short nosed breeds like our beloved bulldog can acquire water stains from pet drinking water, bacteria and red or pimple looking bumps may appear as well, try using a stainless steel bowl for food and water and clean at least 3 times weekly in a dishwasher to sterilize them. Minerals in the water may stain facial hair in the whisker, and mouth areas, as well as other areas on the chest and front legs when water regular drips. Purified waters/bottled water with low mineral content may be the answer. Some pet foods with certain additives will stain hair in the mouth area, HOWEVER BEET PULP WILL NOT CASE TEAR STAINS, that is mis-information to assume it will. Beet pulp used in dog foods and treats are "sugar" beets, they are white, not red and do not contribute to tear stains.


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Fromms is very good. For allergies look for natural balance limited ingredient
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Have you taken a look at Fromm dog foods, totally American, made in Wisconsin. Many different formulas, top quality with a reasonable price. One of my Labs has a itch periodically, but not food related. Staying with Fromm. Let me know what you think.
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Today's interview is with Austin Kleon, a writer and artist whose most recent book, Steal Like an Artist, is based on a speech-turned-blog post that went insanely viral. Actually, it was Tim King (last week's interview) who sent me that blog post about a year ago, and I've been following Austin ever since.
Steal Like an Artist hasn't been a disappointment. Rosanne Cash called his book "brilliant and real and true." Seth Godin said it's "breezy and fun and yes, scary. Scary because it calls your bluff." Lifehackers.com says that it's "filled with well-formed advice that applies to nearly any kind of work." Chris Anderson, curator of Ted, calls it "beautiful."


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Hypogonadism occurs when the body's sex glands produce little or no hormones. In men, these glands (gonads) are the testes. In women, these glands are the ovaries.
Gonadal deficiency
The cause of hypogonadism is primary or central. In primary hypogonadism, the ovaries or testes themselves do not function properly. Causes of primary hypogonadism include:
The most common genetic disorders that cause primary hypogonadism are
In central hypogonadism, the centers in the brain that control the gonads (hypothalamus and pituitary) do not function properly. Causes of central hypogonadism include:
A genetic cause of central hypogonadism that also takes away the sense of smell is
Girls who have hypogonadism will not begin menstruating. Hypogonadism can affect breast development and height in girls. If hypogonadism occurs after puberty, symptoms include:
In boys, hypogonadism affects muscle and beard development and leads to growth problems. In men the symptoms are:
If a brain tumor is present (central hypogonadism), there may be:
People with
Tests may be done that check:
Other tests may include:
Sometimes imaging tests are needed, such as a
Hormone-based medicines may be prescribed. For girls and women, estrogen and progesterone come in the form of a pill or skin patch. For boys and men, testosterone can be given as a skin patch, skin gel, a solution applied to the armpit, a patch applied to the upper gum, or by injection.
For women who have not had their uterus removed, combination treatment with estrogen and progesterone may decrease the chance of developing endometrial cancer. Women with hypogonadism who have low sex drive may also be prescribed low-dose testosterone.
In some women, injections or pills can be used to stimulate ovulation. Injections of pituitary hormone may be used to help male patients produce sperm. Other people may need surgery and radiation therapy.
Many forms of hypogonadism are treatable and have a good outlook.
In women, hypogonadism may cause
Some women with hypogonadism take estrogen therapy, especially those who have early menopause (premature ovarian failure). But there is an increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease when hormone therapy is used long-term to treat menopause symptoms.
In men, hypogonadism results in loss of sex drive and may cause:
Men normally have lower testosterone as they age, but the decline is not as dramatic or steep as the decline in sex hormones that women experience.
Talk to your doctor if you notice:
Both men and women should call their health care provider if they have headaches or vision problems.
Maintain normal body weight and healthy eating habits to prevent anorexia nervosa. Other causes may not be preventable.
Ali O, Donohoue PA. Hypofunction of the testes. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III , et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 577.
Bhasin S, Cunningham GR, Hayes FJ, et al. Testosterone therapy in adult men with androgen deficiency syndromes: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010;95:2536-2559.
Kansra AR, Donohoue PA. Hypofunction of the ovaries. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 580.
Swerdloff RS, Wang C. The testis and male sexual function. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 242.
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Shapely biscuits rely on pesto to pump up the flavor!
Use 1 1/2-inch cookie cutters to make bite-size biscuits and serve as an appetizer with red or green hot pepper (jalapeño) jelly.
Change the color and flavor by using sun-dried tomato pesto or another pesto variety instead of the basil pesto. Besides making your own pesto, check the refrigerated, frozen and condiment sections of your grocery store.
It's easy to get even your butter into the act of being festive. Slice chilled butter 1/4 inch thick, and cut slices with mini cookie cutters. Use cutters with open tops so you can push the butter through. Simple shapes, such as stars and hearts, work best. Place butter on waxed paper; refrigerate until ready to serve. Butter scraps can be softened and reshaped or used in baking.
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