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I hadn't looked at a map; I assumed west-east because it's all along the I-10. The Indio issue is that it's on the far side of Indio, and the other side of the freeway (most businesses are a few miles to the south side, this shopping center is north), requiring most of the drive to be on surface streets complete with stoplights and such, and there's nothing in Indio otherwise. At least the Palm Springs-Cathedral City-Rancho Mirage-Palm Desert-Indian Wells corridor is solid businesses (though, like I said, several of the good ones closing has hurt the area as far as toy runs go, so I've not been out there at all in 6-12 months... will probably in the next few days, though, since the after-Christmas clearances are awesome there for some reason).
Beaumont WAS the fastest growing city in the country prior to the housing crash. We were supposed to get an awful lot of businesses, including at least one full-sized shopping mall and a Target or two. Yeah, that didn't happen. (One mediocre Walmart, a horrible K-Mart that frickin' closes at 7, a small Best Buy, a small Kohls, Ross, and some drug and grocery stores are about it.) Those plans went down the drain with housing costs. A good chunk of my neighborhood is folks who've been or are being foreclosed on, and there are a lot of rental properties. I suspect it'll be like Moreno Valley and take two decades to recover, and never fully. If we didn't owe considerably more than the house was worth, I'd be quick to move somewhere more populated.


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One of the major advantages of the stainless steel ice chamber is that it cools naturally and does not expose your wine to plastics or hazardous freezable chemicals that can be harmful to the flavor of the wine and to your health. Both the carafe and ice chamber are dishwasher safe making it incredibly easy to clean and reuse. The carafe can house an entire 750 ml bottle of wine, and is perfect for white, rose, or zinfadel wine. This unique carafe is also great for cooling other drinks like ice tea or lemonade on hot summer days. So grab some wine and impress your friends with this natural and convenient way of serving your favorite wine.
Keeps Pre-Chilled Wine Cool:This unique design by Metrokane allows you to keep pre-chilled wine cool for 90 minutes or more while waiting to be served
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- Model: 6525Metrokane Rabbit Wine Chilling Carafe Red
- Brand: MetrokaneStainless steel ice chamber
- Cools naturallyDishwasher safe
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- Ideal for white, rose, and zinfadel wineWeight: 3 lbs
- Warranty: 5 yearsDimensions: 12" H x 3.8" W x 3.8" D
- Height: 12"
- Width: 3.8"
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Another AMAZING episode of Doctor Who!
The opening was even more confusing than last weeks episode. Lots of twists and turns and an even bigger surprise ending than last week!
Another AMAZING episode of Doctor Who!
The opening was even more confusing than last weeks episode. Lots of twists and turns and an even bigger surprise ending than last week!
May the force be with you.
Very good episode. Lots of interesting stuff, good laugh from Canton's response to Nixon near the end, lots of questions remaining unanswered, and the final scene is a huge WTF moment.
Watched the Doctor Who "Confidentials" and they say a lot of stuff will be answered this season including River Song.
As for the ending, it looks to me like Jenny is back.
The Silence will be the new big bad for Doctor Who, it seems.
May the force be with you.
I think I'd prefer to have more little tidbits about River revealed than a complete answer. Not knowing her history with The Doctor just seems to add to their interaction.
I don't think it's Jenny. I'd almost say it's either The Rani or Amy's child, with the probabliity leaning toward the second.
From what I've heard so far there's going to be a lot in this season that makes stuff in the last season make sense. Time to go back and watch the last season again.
Does anyone else get the feeling that we'll be seeing Canton again?
Yep, I suspect Canton will be back for a few cameos.
Mark Sheppard is one busy guy showing up in all these popular shows, BSG, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Chuck, Warehouse 13, Burn Notice, 24...I see he also did some of those CSI/JAG/NCIS shows.
He seems to be a reoccuring character in many of the shows he does.
May the force be with you.
Tremendous episode!!! So... if it's Amy's child, is it the Doctor's child or did the fetus absorb time energy from the TARDIS and become a Timelord?
Watching "The Eleventh Hour" again, the Doctor runs up to the duck pond in Amy's hometown and says "What is that? Why aren't there any ducks?" followed by a pain in his chest and "Now this is too soon. I'm not ready, I'm not done yet." I'm guessing that this has sinificance to the opening events of "The Impossible Astronaut".
Ok, I'm in need of serious psychiatric help. I went back and watched The Eleventh Hour yet again, this time on Netflix instead of BBC America. I thought something was missing and I was right. The show has a 1:04 run time on Netflix, they cut somewhere close to 20 minutes out of it. The version I recorded on BBC America left out the whole bit of Prisoner Zero saying "Silence will fall" and a ton of other little (and not so little) bits. Based on that, I wonder what we've missed from the three episodes this season?


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By NEMS Daily Journal
5 Pounds Butter Fudge
6 cups sugar
11⁄2 cups white Karo syrup
2 sticks butter
1 large can evaporated milk
1 small can evaporated milk
11⁄2 cups chopped nuts
In a large saucepan, combine sugar, syrup, butter and milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil to 238 degrees. Remove from heat and beat to fudge consistency. Fold in nuts. Pour and spread in a greased pan. When cool, cut into squares.
Caramel Drizzle Freezer Pie
6 tablespoons butter
1 (7-ounce) package shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, softened
1 (16-ounce) container whipped topping
2 graham cracker crust pie shells
1 (12-ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping
Melt butter over medium heat in a skillet. Add coconut and pecans, stirring to coat. Sauté until coconut and pecans are lightly toasted, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whip together condensed milk and cream cheese until fluffy. Fold in whipped topping. Spoon 1⁄4 of cream cheese mixture into each graham cracker crust. Drizzle each with 1⁄4 of caramel topping. Repeat layers with remaining cream cheese mixture and caramel in each pie. Top each pie with coconut and pecan mixture. Freeze overnight. Serve straight out of the freezer.
Note: Before and after serving, you must keep pie stored in the freezer. It won't keep its shape in the refrigerator and will be runny.
Chocolate Whiskey Balls
1 stick margarine, softened
2 (1-pound) boxes confectioners' sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons whiskey
4 cups chopped pecans
1 (12-ounce) bag chocolate chips
3⁄4 block paraffin wax
Combine margarine, sugar, milk, whiskey and pecans. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place in a single layer on waxed paper. Let dry several hours or overnight. Reshape balls.
Melt chocolate and paraffin in the top of a double-boiler. Drop one ball at a time into the chocolate mixture. Retrieve with a fork and shake off excess chocolate. Place on waxed paper. Let cool and harden. Store in a tin in a cool place.
Makes 12 dozen.
Spicy Crackers
3 boxes or bags oyster crackers
11⁄2 cups vegetable oil
3 packages dry ranch dressing mix
1 teaspoon garlic salt
2 teaspoons dill seed or dill weed
Place crackers in a large container and pour oil on them. Stir to combine. Add ranch dressing and stir again. Add garlic salt and dill and stir. Let sit 8 hours or overnight, stirring occasionally.
Baked Spaghetti
1 (12-ounce) package spaghetti
3 pounds ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 large bell pepper, chopped
1 large can mushrooms, drained
1 can black olives (optional)
3 cans Italian-flavored stewed tomatoes
1 small can tomato sauce
1 can cream of celery soup
Nature's Seasoning*
Garlic salt
1 (8-ounce) package shredded Mozzarella cheese, divided
1 (8-ounce) package Cheddar cheese, divided
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1⁄2 can water
Kraft Parmesan cheese (in green can)
Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
Sauté ground beef, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms and olives, if using. Drain and add Italian tomatoes, tomato sauce and celery soup. Season with Nature's Seasoning and garlic salt.
In a greased 9×13-inch pan, layer half the noodles and top with half of the meat mixture. Layer half the Mozzarella and half the Cheddar on top. Repeat layers, beginning with noodles and ending with Cheddar.
Combine mushroom soup and water and spread on top. Cover with a heavy layer of Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly. Let sit 20 to 30 minutes before serving.
* A seasoning blend made by Morton Salt.
Momma's Butterscotch Pralines
1 large box butterscotch pudding (not instant)
1 cup sugar
1⁄2 cup packed light brown sugar
1⁄2 cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon butter
11⁄2 cups chopped pecans
Combine pudding, sugars, milk and butter in a saucepan. Cook until sugar is dissolved and mixture boils. Cook gently, stirring, until the soft ball stage, about 3 to 4 minutes after boiling. Remove from heat and add nuts. Beat until mixture thickens. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Don't worry if pralines seem soft. They will firm up if left overnight.


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I got Pecos 2.0 out the door today. Is it worthy of a 2.0 tag? Well, to be honest it's not even 1.0 quality, but since I'm the only one who uses it, then I can get away with it. Next week I'll release version 14.0.2!
This weekend, my girlfriend and her family dragged me to Dollywood. It is, after all, the "Entertainment Capital of the Smokies," and what better place is there to spend the day than a theme park dedicated to Dolly Parton!?
I predicted that it would be a miserably hot day, and that there would be too many people around. To my surprise, it rained all day and one of our party dissapeared with some friends, leaving us to search for her for several hours before finally giving up and leaving the park. I only rode two rides, and I got wet on both.
The person at the counter of Arby's gingerly accepted my soggy twenty when I bought dinner before I (with my heart full of relief) began to head home... it was not long after that I found out that my car can go really, really fast.


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It is great to have the leading WR in terms of yards after four weeks, but let us remain humble and sober until we see how the rest of the season pans out. Some are getting a little delirious on Hartline despite his middle of the pack numbers coming into this season. I like Hartline, but let's not start crowing him a true NFL #1 receiver until he proves he can draw and beat double coverage on a consistent basis.
A world of dew,
and within every dewdrop
a world of struggle.
A lot of this is Philbin.
Green Bay's passing attack is not as good as it was last year, and now suddenly Miami has a good passing attack.
You don't base a season's production on a couple games...DC's will take Hartline away once it becomes obvious that he is the go to guy with what we have to offer. Thats when it will become glaringly obvious to even the most casual observer that we are still missing that piece.
With a bonafide number 1, Hartline can stay in one-on-one situations and propser...without it they will take him out of the game.
Courage....is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway....John Wayne
Philbin is a G.
Packers' season ended last year because of the tragedy Philbin endured. A lot of people underestimated how well Philbin can prepare his team, because he wasn't calling the plays in Green Bay. Philbin's attention to detail is the best thing that's happened to Miami in a long time.
We have to find ways to win football games rather than ways to lose them.
Start tomorrow.
Not sure what the point of this thread was.
its been 4 weeks. lets see where this team is at the half way point, and even more importantly, at week 16.
Could it possibly be that targeting Brandon Marshall so much was a big mistake?
And all along Hartline and Bess were quality WRs who simply weren't being thrown to enough when the man-child was here...hmm.


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Did Santa bring you a new digital camera for the holidays? If this is your first digicam ever, congratulations, you are well on your way to capturing amazing images and preserving important memories, all at a push of a button. Before you begin taking snapshots, however, there is some prep you'll need to undertake. Read on to learn more on how to use your new camera.
Charge Up
It sounds like a no-brainer, but before you slip the battery into the camera, give it a full charge by using the supplied battery charger – even if the new battery already does contain a bit of juice.
If your new camera is an entry-level model that runs off AA batteries, you should purchase rechargeable nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. Our experience with regular alkaline AA is that, although readily available, they don't provide enough lasting power before they need to be replaced. Rechargeable NiMH batteries, in the long run, are a better option.
Set the Time and Date
When you first fire up your camera, it will ask you to set the time and date. Don't skip this process. Ensuring that your camera is set to the correct time and date will allow it to add the proper time and date stamp to your images. This will help you later on when you organize your photos on your computer.
While mostly optional, there are some basic accessories that will enhance your digital photography experience right out of the box, such as a mini tripod or a protective case. If your digital camera gift did not include these items, check out our recent list of basic essential camera accessories.
There is one accessory, however, that every digital camera does require, and that is a memory card. Whether it's Secure Digital or Compact Flash, your new camera will not include either. Most likely the card you'll need is an SDHC variant that's 4GB or more and Class 4 or higher (increase those specs for advanced point-and-shoot and entry-level DSLR models). Unsure about memory cards? Read our guide.
Read the Manual
When it comes to consumer electronics, most of us throw out the instruction book, power up the device, and ask questions later. If you are new to digital cameras, we highly recommend you glance through the "getting started" booklet to familiarize yourself with the camera (a second, more in-depth instruction manual is usually available as a PDF on an included CD). All digital cameras include the same basic functions, but where those functions are located varies from model to model. Spend 30 minutes to an hour exploring your camera while referring to the instructions, and you'll know the ins-and-outs of it in no time. (If you're stepping up from a basic camera to an advanced model, you should definitely brush up on all the features.)
Know the Modes
Whether it's a basic point-and-shoot or a more advanced compact DSLR, today's digital cameras are packed with lots of features designed to help the user take the best photos in a variety of situations. But knowing how to use those features requires a basic understanding of your camera's shooting modes.
All cameras include an automatic mode, the setting that most new digicam users will rely on. In this mode, the camera takes care of the settings adjustments (exposure, light sensitivity or ISO, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, flash, etc.). All you have to do is compose, focus, and shoot. This mode is usually designated by a green rectangle or the word "auto." Many cameras will also include scene modes, which are automatic modes that the user selects based on the shooting conditions (bright sunlight, close-up portraits, night shots, etc.).
You can take decent photos in automatic mode under normal conditions, but if you have an advanced camera, you should graduate to the camera's other modes that offer more user control, especially when you want to get creative or shoot in difficult situations, such as low light. Program mode is a step up from automatic. Although the camera still handles many of the functions, the user can now make some adjustments, such as exposure compensation and white balance, for example. Two other semi-automatic modes – aperture priority (Av or A) or shutter priority (Tv or S) – give control over the depth-of-field focusing (Av) or shutter speed (Tv). These settings are ideal when you want to focus on the foreground subject and blur the background for portraits, or freeze a moving object. Then there's the manual mode, which, as its name suggests, lets you control all the settings.
Once you have a basic understanding of what the modes do, you can then move on to adjusting other settings, such as white balance. Another mode you may see is video, which a lot of new cameras can now handle, so you can play with capturing both still and moving images. You won't master the more advanced modes overnight, but knowing them and when to use them will let you exercise greater control of your camera, which in turn will lead to you taking more pleasant photos.
With film cameras, you had to be careful about the snapshots you take, making sure your shots are set up correctly. That's because a roll of film has a finite number of images you can shoot before it needs to be replaced. Digital cameras, however, give you an almost infinite number of shots, so don't limit yourself in your creativity. With a large capacity memory card, you can experiment with all the features and settings your new camera has to offer, so go nuts, especially if you're learning the different shooting modes the camera offers. And don't worry about deleting or editing your photos until after you've transferred them off the camera; remember, part of the fun in using a digital camera is composing your shots and capturing the moment, so don't waste time editing them in camera.
Nearly all digital cameras include some form of rudimentary computer-based software that lets you edit your photos after you've transferred them. Unfortunately we are not fans of most of them. Skip the included programs that come with your camera and use a great free app like Google's Picasa, which not only lets you edit your photos (cropping, resizing, adding filters, sharing, etc.) but also helps you organize them by time and date. Mac users can utilize iPhoto, which comes included on all new Macs. Want more powerful editing tools? Try the free open-source app GIMP, which gives you professional editing features but has a steep learning curve. For a paid version, check out the industry gold standard, Adobe Photoshop and its pared-down sibling Adobe Photoshop Elements. Both give you advanced editing tools that help you enhance the photos you've taken.
Got a tip for budding digital photographers? Share them in the comments.


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Hey all
I know Im being a pain for a newbie =) What Im wondering was has anone ever tried creating a Vintage Custom Box for a Wampa?? If so how did you do it? Where did you get the graphics? What materials did you use?
Can you tell me your process of how you compelted it?? Thanks sooo much!!!!


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#theLIST: Best Dressed: Spring Fever
The late Salvatore Ferragamo produced not only groundbreaking footwear, but a healthy roster of successors to secure his legacy. After his death in 1960, his widow Wanda and their six children went into the family business; currently son Ferruccio is chairman while Massimo handles U.S. operations, and Ferruccio's son James oversees women's leather design. The international business expanded further after a 2011 IPO that valued the company at $2.1 billion. Meanwhile, the rest of the family ensures that the Ferragamo name reaches far beyond fashion, with a museum, a philanthropic foundation (run by Wanda), and a collection of hotels. (The newest, Portrait Firenze, opens this month in Florence.) James's twin, Salvatore, runs Il Borro, the Ferragamos' ancient Tuscan estate with a boutique hotel, a family home, and land that produces olive oil, honey, and award-winning wines.
Left: Salvatore Ferragamo at work
There have been many changes at fashion's top brands recently: Alexander Wang going to Balenciaga and Hedi Slimane's overhaul of Saint Laurent Paris are just two. The man behind those switch-ups is François-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering—the company his father François founded—and chairman of the family holding company, Groupe Artemis, which effectively also makes him the owner of Stella McCartney, Gucci, Christie's, and Château Latour, among other brands. With a portfolio like this, François-Henri essentially has the power to define luxury. When he married Salma Hayek in 2009, it was a veritable merger of fashion and Hollywood. (A-listers have populated the front rows of his fashion shows ever since.) After handing over the company reins in 2003, his father François refashioned himself as an art collector, opening two museums in Venice (the Palazzo Grassi and Punta della dogana) to exhibit his contemporary collection.
Left: François Pinault with daughter-in-law Salma Hayek and granddaughter Valentina Pinault, in Venice, 2013
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Laura Ascenzi-Moreno
Assistant Professor
Childhood, Bilingual and Special Education
Location: 2103 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x3757
Fax: 718.951.4816
Email: Laura Ascenzi-Moreno's Web site
Laura Ascenzi-Moreno is a native New Yorker. She attended public school in Queens and the Bronx. As such, she is dedicated to the development of strong teachers able to work with the diverse populations in New York City. She worked in Brooklyn in a Spanish/English two-way immersion school as a dual language teacher and curriculum coach for a combined 12 years. Her research interests include bilingual education at the elementary school level, multiple literacies, assessment, teacher knowledge and school governance. She conducted both qualitative and quantitative research on the development of teacher knowledge from summative and formative assessments of emergent bilingual students. She currently works as an associate investigator on the CUNY-NYSIEB (New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals) assisting principals to develop visions and programming to impact emergent bilingual learning. Her current research interests are in developing writing for emergent bilingual students.


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The Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic provides confidential examinations, diagnostic testing, and treatment of STDs (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and others). HIV counseling and testing is also offered to clients who are seen in the STD Clinic.
For all testing (including HIV, syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea), clients will be contacted if a test result is positive for the infection.
Anyone with concerns suggestive of a sexually transmitted disease or contact with an STD. You do not have to be a resident of Forsyth County or North Carolina to visit this clinic. A photo ID is required.
There is no charge for these services.
Open Access/Same-Day Appointment scheduling (for exams/evaluations, treatments and HIV-only testing) call 336-703-3324.
The Open Access phone line opens at 7:30 am daily. This line closes when all appointments have been scheduled for the day. Calling as early as possible to schedule a physical examination will increase your chance of getting an appointment on the same day.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:15 am - 11:45 am & 12:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Thursday: 9:30 am - 11:45 am & 12:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Friday: 8:15 am – 12:00 pm
In the event of inclement weather clinics will operate on a walk-in basis (first come, first serve)
En caso de cambios de clima, las clinicas funcionaran en orden de llegada ( el primero que llegue se le brindara servicio)
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The past and the future come together in Caesarea: the new city is graced with magnificent homes and the ancient city offers tourists houses the ruins of unique buildings
Caesarea is a city of the past and the future, the new opposite the ancient. While new Caesarea is graced with magnificent modern homes, ancient Caesarea offers tourists the ruins of unique, impressive buildings. While golfers enjoy lush fairways, horse races are reenacted in the huge hippodrome in the national park. While modern Caesarea's neighborhoods are quiet and serene in the glory of contemporary architecture, ancient Caesarea is bustling with tourists who come to see the wonders of the past that were built by one of the greatest builders of the ancient world - King Herod.Caesarea's antiquities park is one of Israel's most impressive parks, housing unique buildings from various periods, bearing silent witness to the upheavals that have visited Caesarea over the past 2,300 years. Standing side by side over an area of 500 dunams (125 acres), there are architectural remains from the Hellenistic period (the 3rd century BCE) to the Crusader period (the 12th century), when Caesarea was a port city and spent many years as Israel's capital. Caesarea was given to King Herod as a present by Augustus Caesar and is named after him. Herod built a massive port there alongside entertainment facilities, bathhouses and temples. In the Byzantine period, Caesarea was an important Christian center. The early fathers of Christianity (Origen and Eusebius) lived there and according to Christian tradition it was here that the first idol worshiper was converted - the Roman centurion Cornelius. In the Crusader period the city was fortified with walls and gates, which were eventually destroyed by the Mamluk Conquest in the 13th century.


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Bram writes about partial busy-work functions. I need to know more about the requirements for generation and verification before I can see how to attack it. The only requirements I have are these:
- There is a graph with n nodes
- Each node is associated with a puzzle, and there's a puzzle for the whole graph
- Each node puzzle should take k work to solve
- The whole graph puzzle is easy to solve if you have the solution for any two nodes on the same arc.
- The solution is the same no matter which arc you use.
I can see several trivial solutions, but they have these disavantages: it takes as much work to verify a solution ans it does to generate it, and generating all the puzzles takes nk time. Usually you want a busy-work puzzle to be trivial to generate and verify, eg "find a 160-bit value that hashes to something with the prefix 72f3ab81". Bram, what are your reqirements with this?
Bayes and scoring
I've got a better grasp on what these probabilities really mean, and why (as I wrote last time) (a o_s b) = (a o b o (1-s)). If anyone's reading, mail me, I'd be happy to write it up...


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I had the same problem with mine when I got him. It took three treatments and a few hundred $$$$ to finally get him healthy again.
I had the same problem with mine when I got him. It took three treatments and a few hundred $$$$ to finally get him healthy again.
HPK's A Warriors Call "Titan"
HPK's Every Shot Counts (Ammo)
It just seems a little weird to me that the breeder would take on the liability of taking the puppy back in the condition that he is in, especially when they know that you have already been seeking professional help from a vet. It almost seems like there might be some knowledge on their part about a condition that may have existed in the bloodline such as Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency. I'm not saying that is the case, just looking at all angles and playing devil's advocate.
my dog was very sick with giardia as a young pup. After two treatmenta of panacur and being revaccinated against it he finally was better. WE bought a spray on line that kills the spores and sprayed the ground after every bowel movement, since he could reinfect himself. We also had my two small dogs checked they also had it so all were treated.
I don't understand why the breeder thinks the dog would be more likely to get better at the breeder's place, unless the breeder thinks the dog is being reinfected at your place.
I'd do the additional blood work, etc, that the vet recommends in case there is something going on besides giardia. I'd try to eliminate any source of recontamination. Like gmhr1, Until he's been better for a couple of months, I'd apply disinfectant after he goes, avoid dog parks or any areas of high-dog concentration like the plague (actually, I'd avoid dog parks whether he's sick or not), avoid highway pet areas at rest stops, keep him out of any water he's been getting into, walk him by a different route if you take walks, etc. You can't keep him in a protective bubble forever, but he needs to get past this and build up the strength to fight future reinfections, if giardia is the problem.
If he's losing weight and still not eating, I'd be inclined to put him on a tasty, high-cal home-made diet of foods that are easy to digest, but I feed my dogs a lot of home-cooked meals so home-cooking is not a big deal for me. If home-cooking is too inconvenient or too intimidating, I'd ask the vet for a special food and try canned food (which has more moisture). You might turn him into a picky eater, but if things are as bad as they sound, that'd be the least of my worries.
Kelly Cassidy (person)
Pinyon Cassidy, pest-in-chief (golden retriever puppy, DOB 3/28/2016)
HR Maple Cassidy UDX JH RE (golden retriever, DOB 6/24/2009)
Alder Cassidy CDX PCDX RAE2 (standard poodle, DOB 6/23/2006)
I agree with Chesaka....I would make this the breeders problem...
The vet I know treats giardia aggressive
Metronidozole for 5 days, then panacur for 5 days, then in 3 weeks another 5 days of panacur, then wait 3 months another round of panacur
Maybe DR Ed will chime in on this treatment ?
Hmm when mine had it, vet gave us a poop pill (don't remember what it was) (wasn't a wormer, wasn't flagly) to get everything solid, she was on it ~ 14 days, then went off of it, vet said if she got runny again to take her back in they'd have to do more tests. But she went off the pill stayed soild. Older dogs we've always used flagly for a few days to get things back on track if it get really runny, or pepto etc. Unfortunately with a working dog, until his system get used to the microbes in the environment, you'll have giardia-cocci come and go. The 6mts- year can pretty much suck, after that they get pretty good at fighting it off. Make sure you watch for dehydration that can come really quick in a puppy, if they're dehydrated they don't like to eat, might ask your vet about you giving him subcuteaous IV, it won't hurt him, but could make a world of difference in making him feel better. Chicken and rice are standard issue for a pup with a sour stomach, haven't had one yet turn his nose up at it .
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Roland Alpha Juno 1
Roland Alpha Juno-1
The Alpha Juno is a great sounding Juno type synth! Not quite as warm in sound as the previous Juno's but still a nice addition to any techno synth rig. Sliders and buttons were replaced by membrane buttons and the Alpha Dial which is used to edit and browse through the extensive selection of parameters: DCO digitally controlled oscillators, LFO, bend, ENV, pulse, waveforms, noise, PW/PWM, high pass filter, VCF (filter) with freq/env/res/LFO/kybd, VCA envelope, chorus, and more. The PG-300 synthesizer programmer gives you traditional slider control of each parameter for much easier and faster editing.
Other nice touches include better MIDI implementation than previous Roland synths, 64 presets and 64 user patches, a nice LCD display, an LFO capable of a very slow rate for some cool sweeping effects, and a great bass sound (especially nice for acid basslines) and noise effects! It also has chord memory which is perfect for rave & techno, portamento and keyboard transposing. The Alpha Juno 1 was soon replaced by the Alpha Juno 2 which added a few MIDI & keyboard enhancements. The MKS-50 is an upgraded rackmount version of the Alpha Juno. The Alpha Juno is used by Mundo Muzique, Vince Clarke, Matt Megaton Haines, Paul Hardcastle, Massive Attack, Bomb the Bass, The Prodigy, Youth, Joey Beltram and Human Resource.
Roland HS-10
The HS-10 Synth Plus 10 is an Alpha Juno for the casual home user, with a slightly less appealing cosmetic appearance, and the HS-80 was a similar repackaging of the Alpha Juno 2.
Lookup Roland Alpha Juno 1 Prices
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- Demos & Media
Audio Clip 1 - Here's a nice demo of various sounds that the Alpha Juno can produce.
Manual - Get a copy of the Alpha Juno-1 manual here in PDF format.
SysEx Basics - Helpful guide to controlling and editing the Alpha Juno in real-time from a sequencer or Midi controller using SysEx Midi data.
Patches for Mac - Lots of great patches for use with the Alpha Juno synthesizers. These are Midi Sysex files compressed in a Macintosh friendly format.
Patches for WinPC - Lots of great patches for use with the Alpha Juno synthesizers. These are Midi Sysex files compressed in a Windows/PC friendly format.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 6 voices
- Oscillators - 1 DCO per voice: Pulse, Sawtooth, Sub, noise waveforms. 1 sub-oscillator.
- Effects - portamento, chord memory, transpose, chorus
- Memory - 64 User, 64 preset, backup to cassette
- Filter - 24db analog lowpass filter
- Envelopes - ADSR Envelopes
- Arpeg/Seq - None
- Keyboard - 49 note keyboard (no velocity or aftertouch)
- Control - MIDI
- Date Produced - 1986
- Websites of Interest
Alpha Juno Control - Software Editor Librarian for MacOS X
reKon audio VST-AU Alpha JUNO Editor
MKS-50/A-Juno User Group with patches and stuff
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Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
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AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
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Giuseppe Zanotti $525.00 Satin Crystal Toe Flats Here we have a gorgeous piece of formal wear for your feet, although do feel free to wear these beautiful flats anytime of day. Sparkling rows of round crystals create a snake head shape (which is tipped with silver chrome) on the satin toe band. The 1/2" stacked heel is a combination of the shining silver chrome and black resin. Both the foot bed and sole are black patent leather. The jeweled " toe brooch" measures 2" long and 3/4" at its widest. True to size. In black.
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Deeplinks Blog posts about RFID
On a recent afternoon, security researcher Chris Paget was able to capture the passport card information of several unsuspecting individuals while driving through San Francisco, using a device he built in his spare time for a total of $250. A video released by Paget shows just how easy it is to clone RFID (Radio Frequency ID) tags with this relatively simple technology.
Today, a landmark bill that would require tough privacy and security safeguards for Radio Frequency Identification tags in state-issued IDs sailed through the California Senate on a 33-2 bipartisan vote.
Without proper protections, RFIDs in IDs can broadcast your private information to anyone and leave you vulnerable to tracking and identity theft. That's why EFF, the ACLU, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and other groups have been working hard to get the Identity Information Protection Act (SB 30) passed.
New passports issued in the UK contain Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips, supposedly for purposes of increased security. But a report in the British newspaper The Guardian found the passports surprisingly easy to read and copy. Using a device purchased for £250, a Guardian reporter was able to view and copy information from several of the new passports.
Although the new passports use a strong crypto algorithm to protect their biometric data, the encryption key is easy to steal. As the ICAO's website reveals, the key consists of the passport number, the holder's date of birth, and the expiration date.
Despite complaints from privacy advocates and parents, schools in states across the country are considering using fingerprint scans to track students. Kids at Sandlapper Elementary in Columbia, South Carolina have their fingerprints scanned to pay for their breakfast and check out library books, while officials at the Hope Elementary School District in Santa Barbara, CA have just announced similar plans to use finger scans to charge students for their lunches. You can read more about these programs here and here.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips are being used in new US passports and may be part of new standards for state-issued drivers licenses', among other government issued IDs. But a report from none other than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) might prevent inappropriate implementations of this privacy-leaking technology -- and you can help make sure that DHS' criticisms are made loud and clear.
Recently, the chorus of RFID critics was joined by DHS in this draft report:
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Posted March 16, 2004; 05:20 p.m.
Campus community members can head to the Frist Campus Center to watch the Princeton men's basketball team face the University of Texas in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:20 p.m. EST Thursday, March 18.
The game will be shown in the lounge on the 100 level and in room 302 at Frist. Free food and beverages will be served in the lounge. The event is sponsored by Frist, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, the Department of Dining Services and the Department of Athletics.
The game will be carried on CBS-affiliated stations. For anyone outside the region who may see a different game on their CBS stations, Princeton vs. Texas may be available on DIRECTV and some digital cable systems. The game also will be broadcast on WPRB-FM 103.3, Princeton's student radio station, and online .
For more information on Tiger basketball, visit the Princeton athletics Web site .
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Posted October 19, 2004; 02:39 p.m.
The University's standard IMAP e-mail and WebMail services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, as the Office of Information Technology upgrades the system. Users of the Exchange e-mail service will not be affected.
All mail destined for delivery to the standard IMAP e-mail service will be queued for later delivery.
During the outage, the OIT Help Desk Web page will provide updates. If the upgrade is completed before 5 p.m., service will be restored as soon as the work is done.
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The Lake Nyos Mystery
Lake Nyos Disaster
Student Exploration
Have you ever heard of a disaster that kills thousands overnight without anyone being able to really detect the cause? Check out what happened at Lake Nyos in Cameroon in 1986:
What do you think caused this to happen?
Extension Investigation
1. Using some background information (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageplanet/01volcano/01/indexmid.html), come up with a timeline of events that lead to that devastating night in 1986. What do you think caused the release of the built up carbon dioxide gas? Would you expect the composition of the magma to be higher in silica? Why or why not? What type of eruption would you expect?
2. Here is a quick demonstration lab that you can do to look at what happened:
3. Is this scenario unique? Could this mysterious and deadly experience happen somewhere else in the world? What factors must be present for this disaster to occur? Here is a comparison between Lake Nyos and Mammoth Mountain in California: http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/factsheets/program/Prog064.pdf
Compare and contrast Lake Nyos with Mammoth. What factors do they have in common? Would you expect to be able to find these common factors at other volcanic sites?
Resources Cited
National Geographic.http://natgeotv.com/uk/killer-fog/videos/tragedy-at-lake-nyos
Savage Planet.PBS.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageplanet/01volcano/01/indexmid.html
Rod Benson. You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xuAS9Z1e_4
National Energy Technology Laboratory.Office of Fossil Energy.Department of Energy.http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/factsheets/program/Prog064.pdf
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Curtis Robert Hickey was sentenced to two years and five months in prison today for armed robbery and theft at the Ultramar gas station on Blackmarsh Road in St. John's on Dec. 3, 2012.
Video surveillance shows the 23-year-old wearing a hat and bandana to cover his face when he walked into the gas station and demanded cash from the male clerk before running away. The clerk was not injured.
Hickey had previously pleaded guilty to the charges.
In provincial court today, Judge Greg Brown said he hoped Hickey would avail of any counselling and education programs while in prison and that he'd "get a handle on all that and lead a productive life."
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It's 25 months after the storm, and the money is starting to come back. The Wire gave us the beautiful ambiguity of making us sympathize with bad men — who didn't want to be as cool as Stringer Bell or adopt the motto "Omar don't scare"? Here, the truly bad guys — the murderers — are plain to see. What's more insidious are the civic boosters — they want to help the city and make a buck, too. It's sometimes hard to suss out these sleazebags — I mean, they're really trying to help rebuild the city, right? "A lot of money changes hands, a few people get rich, but nothing get's done," says one character about the city's intractable corruption.
A lot of the third season is about selling out. Erstwhile chef Janette Desautel (Kim Dickens) is lured back to town by an entrepreneur promising her name above the door. Young jazz man Delmond Lambreaux (Rob Brown) gets a chance to go in on a new jazz center at the city's historic Congo Square and Armstrong Park. And roots musician Annie Tee (Lucia Micarelli) sees her chance for the big time. There's ambivalence in all these temptations — who's holding out the apple, after all? Or, as someone says in the season finale, "When people start thinking that money is the answer, then you get a whole other set of problems."
There's heavier stuff going on here, too, and the threat of violence sustains narrative tension throughout the season — bar owner LaDonna Batiste-Williams (the magnificent Khandi Alexander), wants the men who beat and raped her to go to jail, and a too-vulnerable looking young white freelance reporter (Chris Coy), may be getting in over his head trying to implicate the police in two unsolved suspicious deaths from the time of the storm.
At times, the web of corruption, the sleazy practices of contractors and developers, becomes almost overwhelming. And that's another element to this story: a muckraking narrative about an American city. (In fact, the story of fictional freelancer L.P. Everett is based on the work of Nation contributor A.C. Thompson.) As if you didn't understand the broader implications of this story in 21st century America, one character even anticipates one of Elizabeth Warren's complaints: "The game is rigged."
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According to CNBC, only 1% to one-half of the completed applications are usable. So complex are the forms and so flawed is the software that the rest have to be set aside for later action. These numbers come from data handlers for insurance providers within the program, so there is little reason to doubt them.
This means that actual total completed applications that have enabled an individual to enroll in the program amount to somewhere between a low of 510 and a high of 25,500. Splitting the difference, we get a rough figure of 12,495 successful applications.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...#ixzz2hYURVOctThis is beyond pathetic. Fewer people signed up with ObamaCare than live on a typical Manhattan block. Chances are there are more people living in your town or neighborhood than have successfully registered with ObamaCare. This can't even be called a disaster, because nothing happened. They flipped the switch and the whole system just vanished into thin air. Four years of work, hundreds of millions of dollars, uncountable man-hours... gone with the morning dew.Is it possible that it's such a freakin' mess the hackers can't even figure out how to hack it? The real fear is that "fake" sites will be put up that look "official", and people will dump all their vital info into such a site, and identity theft will go through the roof.And just think: the hackers haven't even hit it yet.


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It's a hot day in mid summer. A handful of students play Frisbee on Boston University's Marsh Plaza; sunbathers dot the lawn behind the chapel, a few more ride by on bikes. Except for the steady swish of cars on Storrow Drive, the campus is still — downright lethargic.
Inside the mostly empty George Sherman Union (GSU), two gray-haired ladies drink Starbucks coffee from paper mugs. A tall, elegant woman with snow-white hair makes her way up the open stairway in the lobby. At 10:50 am, the coffee drinkers rise and follow her.
Upstairs, a stylish middle-aged woman dressed all in white waits for her husband. He stops to chat with another couple as they pass him on the stairs.
These are the BU Evergreeners — chatty and well-dressed, brandishing ballpoints and Starbucks, they're here for the 11 am lecture on "Edward Hopper and His Contemporaries" in the GSU's Conference Auditorium.
Hair flying, Professor Jonathan Ribner bolts up the isle on the left. He spreads his notes on the podium and looks out over an audience of nearly 70. Rarely are his undergrads so captivated. The talking lulls to a murmur.
Seminars such as this one cost from $30 to $60 and last several weeks. They're devoted to a variety of subjects, generally focused in the liberal arts, and are offered year-round. For $75 per course, Evergreen students can also audit any undergraduate or graduate course offered in the BU catalog.
Evergreen is one of several Boston-area programs catered specifically to senior citizens. It attracts upwards of 300 people per year, ages 58 and older, and the size of the student body is rising steadily.
Across the river, the Harvard Institute of Learning in Retirement (HILR), a peer-teaching program with more than 500 participants is now so popular that it turns away people. Brandeis has its own version, the Bernard Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (Bolli), and there are dozens of other continuing-ed programs open to everyone — including senior citizens — at schools all over Greater Boston.
After years spent toiling in offices, raising families, and paying taxes, the Evergreen students seem thrilled to be back at school. It's as though they've come full circle — arriving back at the last time they felt free of responsibility. Unlike their late-teen undergraduate counterparts, though, they haven't got the pressures of young adulthood looming over them.Definitely old school
Lori Wassermann, a slender 67-year-old with brown pixie-cut hair, has been attending Evergreen seminars for nearly four years. She's been to lectures on film, jazz, architecture, and American lit, and plans to audit music courses at BU once she retires.
No stranger to academia, Wassermann has two graduate degrees from Harvard and a double major in English and math from Pennsylvania's Bucknell University.
When she decided to continue her studies, she chose Evergreen because it was affordable and gave her access to BU professors, as opposed to, say HILR and other peer programs, where "members" teach and mentor each other.
"The BU one suits me so well," she says, seated in a study lounge upstairs at the GSU. "They don't talk down to you; they assume that the people are bright, and so you learn a lot. It isn't just a time filler. A lot of programs just sort of assume retirees only want to know about trips they can take."
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As much as this sounds like blasphemy to the open source community, I don't like Linux as a desktop operating system. Now don't get me wrong - I love Linux as an operating system. It makes a really awesome server. Unfortunately, even though I've written many applications for X, I do not like X. I don't like it the same way my friends at Apple Computer Corporation 9 years ago didn't like Windows 95.
I remember a discussion I had with my buddy Scott Boyd back in 1996 about Windows 95. He said "It's the lack of a hardware cursor that just feels wrong." I argued that it really shouldn't make a difference. 9 years later, I know he was right.
It's the nit-pick things that bother me about X. It just doesn't feel "crisp." It always feels like I'm running in an emulator, and because of the way X works, it's really what I'm doing.
I've been silently waiting for a "good" replacement to usurp X as the desktop GUI of choice for a long time now. Unfortunately, trying to replace X with just about anything else these days is going to be very difficult. The momentum of the graphical operating environments that ride on top of X (KDE, GNOME to name a couple) is enormous, and having to either rewrite a lot of the code or figuring out how to build a compatibility layer would be a huge undertaking.
In the past 3 years, it's gotten better, but there's really only so much a developer writing software on top of of the libXt, libXm, or even libX can do. They're still at the mercy of how X performs, and it just doesn't feel right to me.


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well boys the jinx is over i got my MN longbeard tom 4 the season & it was in MN thats my 1st MN turkey in at least 3-4 yrs ever since i gave my spot to my younger cousin i have not shot a MN turkey??? now this season no cousin hunting with me & what do you know i had a bird down by 8:30 a.m. my 1st day in the MN turkey woods!!!???
well it was not his fault i didnt get a turkey the last 3-4 yrs i just opened my big mouth & gave em a killer spot to hunt any way i never even maid it to the killer spot as i got out my van & went to a spot i got dicked the last 3 yrs & have kinda figured out through trail & err!!! more err then anything else!!!
any way i baught my MN license for a 3 day hunt as the weather was crap the prior day & a half we got down to SE MN turkey country around 5:30 wednesday we herd a few gobbles when we got out the van so my dad went his way to a loud mouth turkey & went set up on a small power line that runs down a steep bluff to a min mag road but it gets used for early drivers going to work any herd a bird gobble off the property but close so i set up & noticed i for got my water bottle & i never score off the roost so i ran back to get the water came back & the tom was on the ground already i reached for my mouth calls & they were gone they are my primary call i use & trust so i maid a dash back to van got back sweating & tired & the bird gobbled but farther away i maid a set of call & 2 min later i caught movement to my right i was a huge hen cluck n in my face the tom gobbled & she lifted her head & ran over to him & he was out of my life for good!!! typical MN for me!!! it got quit & i got cold sit n in the pine wind break i was set up in so i moved a few yards to sit in the sun herd a bunch of crows sound off & 2 birds gobble across the road so i just started mess n with them on a box call no responce!!! after about 45 min of quit i walked down a ways to wear the hen ran off to i leaned my gun on a black walnut tree & it sliped off & maid a thud beleave it or not a bird gobbled down the bluff but closer then the last birds had gobbled so i just walked about 45-60 yards closer to the bird & listened for a while with my box call ready to answer the bird with a yelp in mid gobble it took 10 min but he gobbled & i answered him not responce??? he then started gobbling on his own kinda but up on top of the bluff & even with wear i parked & how i walked in so i walked back through the pines to get even with him & kinda check his location & when he gobbled again i could tell wear he was & i had a shot to kill him i answered him with a box & no responce??? i then walked back over to my prior set up it was by my buddys deer stand & i new there was a deer trail that lead to wear that bird was gobbleing so i ran back there & set up left my vest on & put seat down & waited to hear him gobble again when he did from same area i answered on my mouth call & he double gobbled at me i yelped again & he double gobbled again i kee kee runned & he double gobbled again i then went quit & in no time he was at the bottom of my steep bluff gobbling i did not answer 5 min later his head came into view & he was 70-80 yrds out he went into strut drumed & then gobbled on his own i answered & he double gobbled in my face & shook me up big time!!! my arms were cold i was stiff man i had a rush!!! he then came in my direction then started to head up a rise & behind me i then seen a hen 20 yards behind the tom & i relaxed? i yelped again & the bird spun around & went into strut harder i was at 9:00 oclock & had to swing my gun to like 7:00-6:00 oclock to get a clean shot i did so thinking he will put his head up & bang well i leaned out & put gun butt to shoulder & i was hung up in my vest witch i never wear after i set up & will never wear again after im sit n by a tree any way i just could not push butt of my gun to the pit of my shoulder i had to roll out more & push gun out & back into my shoulder i did this all in 1 motion but i kinda freaked out when i could not get gun up clean but that bird was in love he just fanned up harder & when his head came away from the fan my heavi 7s eat him up bad well not bad but i swear to you guys that bird did not flop once after the shot that was 33-35 steps away he just fell forward & was dead... i got back to camp by 8:30 a.m. i rare feat for me in MN as of late!!!
he was a fat 2 yr old 21-23 pound a little over 3/4 spurs & a 8.5-9 inch thick beard my shortest in MN tom turkey wise they run 10-12 inches most the time & thick mine was just 8.3/4 - 9.0 inch but thick so he was healthy & had plenty of fat on breast spunge...
by the way my old man did not get a turkey on the MN trip but if you have been reading my last post about the OK & KS trip you can guess what happened to my dad his magic box call worked again & he called up a pair of longbeards & his luck has not changed & he rolled another tom that got back to his feet & ran off man my dad is pissed off about that i think 3 birds rolled this yr? he is just mad at himself still!!! for his B-DAY & or X-MASS the old man is get n a scope on his gun & a new turkey choke!!! for sure!!! & a few boxes of heavi shot!!! lol 3 damn birds rolled man i have to throw salt in the wound every once in awhile for 3 birds rolled in 1 yr!!! he still gets a rush every hunt thow & thats a good thing i just wish he missed clean or killed clean we hate wounding anything in the wild!!! hope his luck changes soon!!! hes ready for SD prairie unit as we speak i had to tell em give a it a WK let the birds act write... lol in MN after i shot my bird i think i herd 3 gobbles in 2 days of hunting & in them 60-70 degree days the birds did not gobble off the roost??? if i didnt get lucky it would be a typical MN season for me lots of birds around very little gobbling thus very little fun... MN is the least fun state i hunt in each season just hard headed hush mouthed birds very little fun... it may have to do with the late spring birds dont have to gobble if they have girls already once things warm up for a wk or 2 the birds will act write the boys that are not get n any action & are tired of watching the boss tom get action will be ready to gobble & go looking for some girls themselfs instead of just acting GAY & the boys/toms hang with boys/toms damn near all day!!! i had to kee kee run in all the turkeys ive seen die this season its like fall hunting turkeys for me so far this spring??? things have got to change here soon!!! i seen KS has turned for the better wish i had not gone for the KS opener dont think i will do that again???
i will say i kinda like to have the wings of the just shot turkey beat me up when i grab the bird by the feet for the 1st time but the last 2-3 birds i shot with heavi 7 shot did not flop after i shot them!!! the ranges were in MN the last bird 33-35 steps in KS this yr 14 steps & last yr 50 steps all them birds died the same way did not flop just fell forward & died no movement after shot??? time for more heavi 7 shot for me
ill have to have dewey help me post some pics of my MN long beard i got on wednesday & maybe a few pics of my OK & KS trip from early april... i may wait till i get back from out west im planing on going to SD & maybe KS if i have the time & $$$ as i still have a KS tag to burn my dad dose as well!! or i may just head to SD & hit WI on the way home??? my buddy is going to NE for a late late may turkey hunt so i may just throw him some gas $$$ & head to NE with him??? i will be hunting again this season thow you can bet you house on that... lol
sorry for the long winded post guys but i had to share my MN hunt as MN has kicked my ass the last 3-4 yrs man the pics will be up soon i hope...???


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The guidelines were released at the BIO industry conference in Boston
Boston: India has announced the much-awaited new and simple regulatory guidelines for similar biologics which have been approved and marketed in USA or Europe for more than four years.
The guidelines, released for the first time, at the ongoing BIO industry conference here on June 19 provided requirements for preclinical evaluation of those recombinant products that are claimed to be similar to the already approved biopharmaceutical products, referred as ' similar biologics'. Therefore the regulators will partly rely on the information from the already approved products for ensuring safety, purity, potency and effectiveness.
Releasing the guidelines, Dr Maharaj K Bhan, India's top biotech policy maker and secretary, department of biotechnology (DBT) said "this will be good news for governments and patients alike as it will lead to significant reductions in costs with the introduction of a similar biologic or biosimilar to the market."
DBT has been preparing the guidelines for the last two years with wide ranging consultation with the industry, regulatory agency the Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and other stakeholders. These guidelines prescribe the quality, preclinical studies and clinical trial requirements of similar biologics in India.
India has so far approved over 20 similar biologics that include recombinant therapeutics, monoclonal antibodies based on abridged regulatory requirements.
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My prioriites, if I'm running things:
1. Resolve Adam Dunn's future with the club one way or another. I think knowing what I'm gonna do about Dunn is essential before I make can make a decision about including a young guy like Bruce, Hamilton or Votto in a deal for pitching.
AD's comment that there haventeven been discussions lead me to one of three conclusions: a) Dunn was being coy; b) the Reds donn't share my priority for resolving the status as a precursor for offseason dealings or c) they already have resolved not to sign him past this season and he may be the one dealt before ST.
2. Starting pitching. I think they ideally need to add two more starters if they possibly can get the the right deals. If they add a top of the rotation guy (a #1 or 2) then a league average 4 or 5 type to compete with holdovers and the young guns is find. If they can't land a top starter then I'd like to see them add a couple of #3 types
Top of the rotation type starters to target:
Bedard (BAL), Kasmir (TAM), Harden (OAK), Harden(OAK), Burnett (TOR), Bucholz (BOS), Lester (BOS), Camberlain (NYY), Hughes (NYY)
Secondary options:
Blanton (OAK), Snell (PIT), Baker (MIN), Cain (SF), Hill (CHC), Marshall (CHC), Kennedy(NYY), Pelfrey (NYM)
Adding a FA starter without giving up talent would be great , but there are no top of the rotation guys out there. I might consider Silva as a 4th or 5th starter, but you'll probably have to pay him #2 money so no thanks. I'd take a look at Jon Lieber or Randy Wolf as a year stopgap or Clement or Colon on an incentive-laden deal.
3. I take any young talent at any position, but I would particualrly be on the lookout for a strong defensive CF, a RH OF bat as a PH or starter-option against strong LHP and a strong defensive middle infielder and or catcher o make Gonzalez and/or Ross expendable in a deal. I like our bullpen now, but a young upgrade is always welcomed.
* I make Bailey or Cueto available if it means the right experienced 1 or 2-type starter is added
* I make one from among: Hamilton, Votto or Bruce (last resort) available in a major deal if I know Dunn is staying
* I do everything in my power to move Dunn for the best return possible if I'm not bringing him back in 09.
* I would move Junior for anything of value (I doubt the Reds will though)
* Ross and Gonzalez are available in any deal if I'm adding a SS or C in a deal
* Freel and Stanton are available if any one will offer anything
* One or maybe two middle relievers from among Coffey, Salmon, Majewski, McBeth & Coutlangus are available if it finishes the right deal
* Any Minor leaguer not named Bailey, Cueto, Bruce or Votto is available if it substaintially inpvoes the big league club
* Several have mentioned dealing EdE. He is by no means untouchable, but I think I'd resist, if possible, for three reasons -
1) Low value - I think he can bounce back and at least give us .280/20/80 with improved defense
2) No real replacement ready. I don't like the thought of Keppinger or Freel as the everyday 3B and decent 3B's are a pretty rare commodity to go after on the market
3) I'd like to let someone like Frazier have another year to get closer to the majors.
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At least we know what we're getting with Lohse, and we could reasonably estimate the price.
With Silva, we have no idea what we're getting, while we know the cost will be astronomical.
Silva, IMO would be a Milton-esque signing due to lack of production based on salary.
Unfortunately, Lohse will also be expensive in this market, and the only reason I'd want him back in the rotation is so that Homer Bailey could have the luxury to be the #5 and learn on the job. If Bailey's in a role other than #5, then I don't think it's an unreasonable thought to feel that he'll have unfair expectations placed on him.
We wouldn't make the playoffs with a rotation of Harang/Arroyo/Lohse/Belisle/Bailey, but at least it would help Bailey's development rather than expecting/wishing he'd produce at a level of anything other than a #5, which realistically in 2008, he won't.
WK may want it to be known that he wants to be called in on any bidding war for a top starter. WK has a significant edge in terms of young chips. In fact, am shocked that teams took the stuff they took for pitchingso far. t is my humble opinion that the Reds ould have and would have topped anythig yet given.....The Matt Garza deal was shocking, really shockng to me. Would ou rather have Young or Hamilton....come on....
MLB should be totally disgusted and ashamed of the news coming out on the Santana thing.....it is lik there are two real ML teams. If it weren't for the silly 100year old law, I would think that every other ML team could win an anti-trust suit against NY and Boston.
If I were a season tiket holder, I would consider a law suit.
"Is there a problem officers?"
Why is Hamilton suddenly NOT a good defensiv CF? I thought he was terriic and I also thougt, last year, that he wa thought of tat way....a real 5 tool guy.
Ad if I was wrong, I thought Jay Bruce was supposed to be a top notch defensive CF. Why o the Reds need to look for some defensive, no bat guy?
"Is there a problem officers?"
Jay Bruce, unfortunately isn't a true CF. He can play CF, and would be a better defender than Hamilton, but Jay Bruce is a corner OF.
The Reds have a legitimate defensive CF in Chris Dickerson. Unfortunately, he has no bat. The Reds have an even better defensive CF in Drew Stubbs, but Juan Castro may very well be a better hitter than Drew Stubbs. The Reds had an everyday CF, but my guess is he'll be playing CF everyday for the A's in 2008.
My gut says AA OF Sean Henry and RHRP Carlos Guevara to Pittsburgh for Matt Morris. Just a gut instinct but that is what I see happening. I ain't claming it's the right thing to do but it wouldn't shock me at all. And then Jerry Gil would likely be DFA to make room for Morris.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
"All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH
Having better players makes "the right time" or "the big hit" happen a lot more often. PLUS PLUS
Well, I am not sure what the pundits would say, but IMHO, Freel is a disaster as a CF. He'll make an occassional diving catch, but he makes lots of bad plays....and he has a rainbow arm.
Just from watching, I see Hamilton as far superior to Freel.....and just from watching, I think Hamilton is a fine CF. So, again, I don't know where this need for a true CF is coming from.
And everybody seems to forget Norris Hopper.....the guy has hit over .330 in 400 some ML ab's....
"Is there a problem officers?"
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Change is good, so they say.
And ya' know who likes change? Marketing people like change, so do wet babies, unhappy workers, anyone living near a skateboarder, panhandlers and free agents. That's about it.
When Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols made the big change this off-season it wasn't because they were unhappy campers. Quite the contrary. Both were much loved and rather cozy in their respective cities of Milwaukee and St. Louis. Big baseball towns.
They opted for change because they wanted some big change, as in moolah. They got it, bushel-baskets full of it, courtesy of the Detroit Tigers and Anaheim Angels, respectively.
Like that employee moving-on to greener pastures, Prince and Albert arrived at their new surroundings with high hopes and long 'to-do' lists.
Moving's never easy. First there's finding a new home, then things like utilities, drivers license, schools for kids, satellite hook-up and on and on and on. And while you're still fretting over all that there's the new job. That starts with finding the best route to the stadium, a parking spot, meeting & sizing-up the new co-workers, setting-up your locker and schmoozing the local press.
One more task that's too often left off the ball-player's moving list but can prove to be as important as any other: learning the new League. In this case, the American.
It's one thing to dabble on the other side (interleague, World Series, Home Run Derby & Family Fun Show all-star game), it's another to live there, day in, day out.
And don't be fooled by interleague play.
Ever since MLB broke with a near 100-year old tradition (1997) and expanded League competition to a two-week period in the regular-season, the casual fan discerns no big difference between the rival confederations.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. Each League retains a distinct style of play and strategy. Nuances remain in how runs are manufactured, navigating the base paths, use of pitchers and even fielder placement.
Then there is the designated-hitter rule, by itself enough to make each League unique.
Never a fan of the DH, I've nonetheless come to accept it as a trademark of the Junior Circuit, just as much as its absence is a defining trait for the National. To the degree that interleague play has homogenized baseball, the competing DH policies remain a hallmark of the Major League game which shouldn't be lost. And the only ones who seem to feign frustration at the current state are a handful of writers and $-interested parties.
And there are the players themselves.
Succeeding in a new League requires homework: learning new pitchers, hitters, managers and even umpires, scorers and grounds-keepers to which you'd be wise to get accustomed.
It's all more than enough to keep the multi-millionaire ball-player busy in the off-season.
But in listening to Al Pujols in spring training I got the feeling that the former Redbird and World Series hero didn't do his studies. When asked what he was doing differently to prepare for the big change his answer was essentially…nothing. Bad answer.
It's good to be confident but a little practicality, humility never hurt anyone and goes a long way in helping transition and insure $200 million investments.
Here's how things stand between the two titans as of this posting (4/30):
Fielder: 22 GS / 13 R / 25 H / 2 2B / 3 HR / 11 RBI / .444 SLG / .309 BA.
Pujols: 22 GS / 7 R / 19 H / 7 2B / 0 HR / 4 RBI / .295 SLG / .216 BA.
Fielder has two distinct advantages over Albert in the transition game: 1) father and former American slugging star Cecil Fielder, and 2) teammate Miguel Cabrera.
While a rift had developed between Prince and his father, recent word is that both are now on speaking terms (Detroit Free Press / "Cecil" / Schrader / 1-24). Though Dad downplays the significance of League difference ("If you're a good hitter, you're a good hitter" / DFP), I can't imagine Cecil has not imparted some helpful & pointed words of advice.
And with a game-changer like Cabrera in the line-up, how nervous can you be? Miguel's numbers: 22 GS / 15 R / 25 H / 7 HR / 20 RBI / .571 SLG / .298 BA. By contrast, in LA it's Mark Trumbo who's surprisingly the current pace-setter for the struggling Halos (3 HR / 8 RBI / .304 BA).
But not to worry, Angels' fans. Pujols' bread & butter with the bat has always been two-baggers and in that department he's doing just fine (7). It's something to build on.
One name Pujols might keep in mind: Adam Dunn. Dunn was an RBI machine in the Senior Circuit for ten years (Reds / AZ / Nats). In his American League debut last season with Chicago he bottomed-out (11 HR / 42 RBI / .159 BA). He's finding his mojo again in 2012 (22 GS / 11 R / 5 HR / 16 RBI) but exhibited the same nonchalance about League disparity.
Dunn cost the White Sox a pretty penny but Pujols cost a king's ransom. Angels' brass and fandom have little patience for a long learning-curve.
In the game of baseball, knowledge is power.
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After travelling through Louisianan Leicestershire, the land started to become very flat, low lying and there were many lakes and rivers, eventually turning into swampland. The highway was just built on pillars and went through these wetlands. As we approached New Orleans the moment Yvonne was waiting for finally arrived - we crossed the Mississippi! As with all these things, it was a slight disappointment, not quite as wide as she had imagined and no sign of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer!
The next day was spent in New Orleans, which does not disappoint. It is very much what you would expect - lively, colourful and music playing wherever you go - and sometimes even live music. One of the best moments was when we were passing a fudge shop in the mall, the women who were working in the shop were singing loudly with no accompaniment about making the fudge and they were gathering a small crowd. Imagine the girls in Thorntons doing the same!
We successfully negotiated our way to the outskirts of the French Quarter, passing the Superdome, and parking up by the Riverwalk along the Mississippi. On the way in, we passed a procession of cars following a white hearse. Not a happy occasion for the people involved of course, but it did get us thinking about a New Orleans funeral as depicted in most movies, where the jazz band leads the sombre funeral procession in and then comes out in a lively fashion, and wondered whether this might be what would happen this time. We didn't see any funeral take place during our time in New Orleans but a couple did get married on the boat we went on! On reflection - the white hearse could have been a wedding car with tinted windows!
We watched the boats going up and down the river and had a trip on a paddle steamer, although we fear it may not have been steam but it did have a paddle which fascinated Steven. The captain gave a limited commentary on the sights, which were mainly the other boats, but the highlight was when the other paddle steamer went past and gave an enormous blast on its hooter and played a tune on its whistles! This was Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer territory!
There was still evidence of Mardi Gras which had taken place last month and we had a look around the Mardi Gras event shop which sells T-shirts, gaudy plastic beads, streamers, etc.
There was little obvious evidence to the untrained eye of the problems New Orleans had had with Katrina a few years ago, although there is still more work to be done there, as Mr Obama has recently announced. Once again, as with our trip to Hiroshima and the Book Depository in Dallas, there is almost an expectation of still finding the place in the state it was at the time of its notoriety but then arriving and life is just continuing as normal, which, of course, it is!
Weather latest - Yvonne is pleased the temperature is now back in the seventies and despite warnings of tornadoes we are going to head north. Fortunately, we are going to Memphis and the tornado warnings are for Kansas - where else, Wizard of Oz fans?!


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Just received my package the other day. Again naps does it again with 15 days still left on the ticker. Starting my cut cycle with 400mg test prop per week for 12-14 weeks200-250 mg tren acetate per week for 8-10 weeks. Winny tabs 30-40mg per day for weeks 6-12 with proper pct. all geneza products. Again to all you out there skeptical there is no need to worry naps will come through. Ps take advantage of the product of the week. I always order the product of week. Tremendous savings. Thanks naps
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I have some questions about the upcoming 2 packs shown at Comic-Con:
Captain Rex & Clone Trooper Fives - Is the Rex a repack and if so which Rex is this going to be, the retail one, or the mail-in one?
Commander Cody & Clone Trooper Echo - Are Cody & Echo repacks?
Commander Thire & Rys - Is Thire a repack?
Yoda & Jek - Is Yoda a repack?
If Thire and Yoda are repacks, then I just wont bother buying the single carded ones .


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Spicy Tex-Mex flavors deliver superb flavor to ground turkey burgers. Preparation is equally easy whether done under the broiler or on the grill.
Keep up the southwestern flavor theme with some veggies on the side. Give these a try: radishes, jicama sticks, cherry tomatoes, green or ripe olives.
Want the Texas taste but afraid of the heat? Tame these tasty burgers by using half the chopped chilies for the burgers. Stir the remaining chopped chilies into half a jar of mild salsa, and serve chips with your own versions of hot and mild salsas.
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Tacos filled with warm citrus shrimp, fresh cucumber salsa and Greek yogurt crema are a smart and delicious skinny indulgence. Pair with a Skinny Cucumber Lime SPAgarita.
To make a Skinny Cucumber Lime SPAgarita: Add 3 slices English (seedless) cucumber and half an orange slice to cocktail shaker; break up with muddler or spoon. Add 1 oz blanco tequila, 3/4 oz clear orange-flavored liqueur and 1/2 oz fresh lime juice. Fill shaker with ice; cover and shake vigorously. Strain into cocktail glass. Top with 1/2 oz chilled club soda. Garnish with lime slices and additional orange and cucumber slices. Makes 1 drink. Calories 140; Total Fat 0g; Total Carbohydrate 10g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 0g
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Thank you to everyone for the kind words an helpful tips. Just like most of you have said, Brooks is starting to open up quickly! Very different dog than the one we had just a week or two ago. As he opened up, we took him everywhere we went, introducing him to many situations and environments. The more confidence he gains, the more he wants to see...He still wants to be close to us and won't wonder far at all, but loves to walk the neighborhood and go to the kid's soccer and baseball games.
Tonight was fun for everyone. After returning from a weekend at the family cabin and lake, we gave Brooks a little haircut and a bath. Afterwards he was ripping around the yard like never before. We threw him three short retrieves and he exploded after each one. I thought that was a fantastic start and ended right there. He was jumping up and down looking for the bumper. Hopefully he will have the same attitude in the morning!
Thanks again for all of the support. I know we have a great begining to a wonderful family dog. Hopefully tonight was the first sign of his hunting possibilites.


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Posted February 23, 2007; 06:40 p.m.
Ben Hammond has been appointed director of administrative services in the facilities department.
As a member of the facilities senior management team, he will work on a variety of financial, administrative and systems-related projects. His areas of responsibility will include budget and finance, contracts administration, materials management, process improvement and information systems, including geographic information systems.
A Princeton staff member since 2002, Hammond has served most recently as director of planning and administration in the Office of the Executive Vice President.
"Ben has managed a series of important University projects spanning many departments and supporting many of the University's current initiatives in areas such as the residential colleges, restricted funds, real estate, and internal audit and compliance, and he has contributed to efforts to strengthen the engineering school and to expand child care," said Michael McKay, vice president for facilities, to whom Hammond will report.
"The experience that Ben brings with him will be invaluable in his new role as we in facilities take several of these, and many other programs, to the next step, as will his involvement in the consensus-building process for so many complex issues across a number of University constituencies," he said. "I am excited that Ben has chosen to join facilities -- both for what he will contribute to the internal workings of the department, as well as for his ability to work effectively with our colleagues across the campus."
Before joining the University, Hammond worked for McKinsey and Co. in London and for Urban Wallace and Associates in Massachusetts. He also spent several months as an adviser to the Gambia Technical Training Institute in West Africa. A graduate of Harvard, he holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Hammond will transition from his current role to facilities over the course of the next several months. He will succeed Greg Bressler, who left last fall to become the associate vice president for university facilities at Montclair State University.


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Customer Connection
The congregate meal program provides hot, nutritious meals to seniors at 16 dining sites throughout Mecklenburg County. Dining rooms are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. Hours are 8 a.m. -5 p.m. See Frequently Asked Questions.
All meals meet 1/3 of the dietary reference intake for seniors and are approved by a registered dietitian. Seniors who attend this program participate in variety of programs such as exercise, arthritis management, arts and crafts, bingo and trips. The meal site is an ideal place for seniors to socialize and build companionship. There are also volunteer opportunities that are offered to seniors at the site.Although optional, we encourage seniors to participate in health and wellness and social activities at the site as a way of enhancing the quality of life. We do not provide a take-out meal service.Transportation is often available for those who have trouble getting to sites on their own. There are also volunteer opportunities that are offered to seniors at the site.
Note: No income eligibility test is required to qualify for this service. A voluntary donation is requested.
Congregate Meal Site LocationsBelow is a list of our meal/congregate sites. For more information call either the site coordinator or the Senior Nutrition Information line 704-336-3144.
1225 S. Caldwell StreetCharlotte, NC 28203