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4001: The Future of Nursing: Are The Stars Aligning?
Momentous changes for nursing are in the works. From the Institute of Medicine report to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to the APRN Consensus Model, nursing is at the Center of what promises to be exciting times. Join Catherine Dower as she explores what these changesoverlaid on developments in clinical practices, delivery models, demography and technologymight mean for nurses generally and for psychiatric mental health nurses in particular.
Speaker: Catherine Dower, JD
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Session Length: 60 minutes
Target Audience: RN, APRN
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2. Review recommendations from IOM on the Future of Nursing.
3. Discuss opportunities for APNA in new practice models and changing health care environment.
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The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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Much like in college basketball this weekend, it was also rivalry week for the Ice Griffs. We played two games against our rivals from Mercyhurst and we got a hard-earned split. We are still much in the hunt for home ice in the playoffs.
On Friday night we lost at home. We had a few breakdowns and the talented club from Erie made us pay for our mistakes. They scored two shorthanded goals and that was the difference in the game as we fell, 3-1. The next night was pretty much a must-win game to keep us in the hunt, and we came out with a great road effort and got a hard-fought 4-2 victory in Erie. Like always, when we play the Lakers it is close and this weekend was no different. Both teams played hard and there is still a lot to be decided in the Atlantic Hockey standings.
The week upcoming for the Griffs is a little different for a couple reasons. First, we have Monday and Tuesday off from classes due to the President's Day holiday. This means we will have a relaxing couple of days, with just practice, work out and homework, much like our recent winter break.
Secondly, this weekend of games is a little bit more special because on Sunday, it is senior night. Hopefully, it will not be the last set of home games for this group of seniors, just the last regular season games in Buffalo. We play Saturday and Sunday this weekend so it gives us an extra day to prepare for a hard-working team from AIC.
Although we did not go on a long road trip this weekend, we got back a little later than usual from Erie since we stopped for a delicious meal at a fine dining establishment just off the highway. It was a nice little team meal and a few of the boys took full advantage of the dollar menu. Needless to say, a few of the boys thought they were competitive eaters and a couple guys failed in their food challenges. Carl just came up a little short on his goal of ramming two cheeseburgers in his month at one time. In this Olympic season, although Carl didn't get the gold, he still gave it a great effort and did himself proud.
Last but not least, on behalf of the Ice Griffs we would like to thank all of the fans who came out and supported us both at home and away this weekend. Especially to the Haft family - the biggest Griff fans in Erie - and a special Art History teacher, who turned most of the boys into part-time Art Historians. That's it for this week folks, enjoy watching the Olympics and until next time, keep your stick on the ice.
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I ordered my 328i xDrive yesterday - Sport (Black Sapphire/Black w/red leather - brushed aluminium/red accent), Premium, Technology, Cold, HK Radio and Alarm packages - MSRP 51,220, Paper Invoice $47,075 (+$300 Advertising & $180 training - these are not negotiable items); Actual dealer invoice $47555. The math: $51,220 - $2925 (Discount) - $1000 (BMW Finance Incentive) = $47295 or $260 less than dealer invoice and essentially 7.7% off of MSRP.
Could I have squeezed a little harder? Yes. However, I am trading in a 2011 Dodge Ram Laramie (completely loaded) w/23k miles. KBB/Edmunds put "Excellent" condition trade value between $28-$29.5k (I bought the truck for $37.5k 2 years ago, MSRP was $49k - bought it at the right time), I received $30.6k so it is one end versus the other. All in all, very happy with the deal and even more excited about the BMW. I looked at the A4 (have had 3 prior) and the C300 4Matic Sport (wife has a 2011 ML350). While I liked things about the A4/C300 (prefer Audi steering and price, prefer overall stance of C300), the BMW, in terms of packages/toys/free maintenance and general driving experience, was by far the best value.
So there you have it on pricing and if you are in the New England area, I recommend BMW of Peabody (ask for John Cotter) - I spent time with several local dealers, including the ones I bought the wife's ML from and none could touch this pricing in terms of the combination of trade/price.
Now I will watch the production of the car being on-line and follow it through until it hits the dealers lot. This will be a loooooooooooong 6-10 weeks for sure.
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If you're like me you just can not toss out those beautiful scraps of paper. We decided to do something with them on this day. Our pretty paper made a beautiful bowl that my daughter could keep all of her collected treasures in.
We collected all of our paper scraps and cut them into strips and squares. I blew up the balloon to the perfect size to make a little bowl.
After the bowl shape was made and covered well with both paper and Mod Podge, we set it aside to dry. A place mat works well to dry on.
When it was completely dry (it takes about one night) we popped our balloon. This was a pretty silly part for Emma.


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Man Forever on the Perfection of Vision, from James Tenney to Funkadelic
Man Forever is the musical project of drummer-composer John Colpitts (aka Kid Millions). Best known as the drummer for Brooklyn-based psych-rock outfit Oneida, Colpitts has performed with Yo La Tenga, Rick Moody and Akron/Family, and with legendary guitarist Rhys Chatham at last year's Ecstatic Music Festival. March 29, he took to the Ecstatic stage again, this time for a collaborative performance with ambient artist William Basinski, best known for his unraveling magnum opus The Disintegration Loops.
April 8, Man Forever releases "Ryonen" – a new record with So Percussion – on Thrill Jockey Records.
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Right now I don't listen to much music. I mostly listen to comedy. That said, perhaps an hour of comedy on a new music program would be a bit of a stretch. But I thought I'd collect a few touchstones anyway.
There's a relentlessness to The Fall, an inevitability and perfection of vision that is without peer. This just happens to a be one song among many brilliant moments.
I was recently introduced to James Tenney's music by his widow. This is just one of the amazing things to be found on Postal Pieces.
Miles Davis didn't play trumpet on Rated X – just organ. It still sounds like future music.
MMM with Fireworks Ensemble – I was at this show. It wasn't sold out – a number of people walked out – but it was one of the most exciting and singular musical experience of the last ten years. It's tonal actually and it just obliterates the noise of my thoughts and inspired the birth of Man Forever.
Funkadelic is probably the most underrated band of all time. The choice of turning up Eddie Hazel's brilliant solo and just about muting the rest of the band is probably the best and most perverse mixing desk choice of all time.
The Fall – "Smile"
James Tenney – Having Never Written a Note for Percussion
Miles Davis – Rated X
Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music, Part IV (Performed by Fireworks Ensemble)
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I appreciate simple and innovative. The WFT is both. Setting the trimmer to case length is simply a matter of using a master case (in my case I used a case run in a trim die to 2.005-308 Winchester) to set the trimmer to desired cut length. Loosening 2 set screws on the trimmer body, allows the body and the trimmer insert to be moved in or out to set the cut length.
I did make a couple changes however. I replaced the 2 flute center cutting mill with a 4 flute (because I had one and because 4 flutes will give a faster cut at a lower speed) and I use the tool chucked in a 3 jaw chuck on a lathe (Dale from Little Crow Gunworks recommends a cordless drill motor). Dale recommends lubing the cases before trimming. Remember, the inserts are really chamber reamed so the cartridge is indexing on the shoulder, just like in your chamber. I just gave them a shot of Hornady One Shot and mixed them up in a zip-lock bag. You need to keep the insert and the cases to be trimmed clean and free of brass chips, I use a blow gun. I would also suggest applying a drop of oil to the insert and o ring to make removal of the insert easier (Dale ships each insert with a couple extra o rings).
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Ill give the WFT trimmer 5 stars for originality, repeatability and ease of use. IMO, its a winner and my palm appreciates it.
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What is the "trick" to installing those plastic Carlon boxes to studs for new work
I dinked around today for about 1/2 hour trying to straighten out a 2 gang new service box.
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What is the trick to getting these things flush with drywall. Why on earth do they have a 3/8 "leg on them when most of us DIYers use 1/2 drywall?
I measure 1/2 inch pound it to the stud and it has goofy twist etc... Anyone know a solution?
Stud twisted?
I use a piece of 1/2 press board or drywall to set the boxes.
Use metal boxes
If I have to get the blue ones I get the heavier ones that are MUCH sturdier. They will not twist.
Hold it with your thumb in the box while hammering. Studs with sharp edges work better.
There suppost to be slightyl recessed, better that then sticking out to far and the cover will not sit flush with the wall.
Ok withthis model of boxes I only have problems when doing 3 or 4 gang but it is better to work with the sturdier type and the onlyreason I can think of for you to have problems with a two gang box is that the stud is crooked
Thanks for all the tips and advice. I think I am gonna try to make a lil jig out of plywood. There was some great information in this post..Thanks again.
One reason why the box ends up being crooked is that the nail doesn't go into the wood exactly where you started it.It is the wood grain tthat "steers" the nail slightly to one side or the other.
For boxes of 3 or more gangs, the box itself is too floppy to stay in place. You need a strip of wood going horizontally between the studs to hold the box in place.
I've used a C-clamp to hold the box against the stud while driving in the nails before.
Thinking about how I nail those in...
I hold the box to the stud with my left hand (thumb and hand to make "C clamp"), tap in the top nail just a little - maybe 1/2 inch.
Then tap in the bottom nail 1/2 inch.
That gets it straight.
Then pound the top nail in all the way and then the bottom nail all the way.
If a nail is not in straight after pounding it all the way in, I pound it forward or backward with the hammer (bending the nail).
If a nail hits a knot and kinks, I cuss, rip the whole thing out, and use a new box.
You can also add a piece of false stud on the outside of the box away from the true stud. There is a flange you can screw through to secure it.
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Faculty, staff and community members filled the performance hall of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center during back-to-back presentations Sept. 7 by Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of the Global Poverty Project.
"It was a full house both times, which puts attendance around 1,900 for the night," said Jennifer Cooper, interim director of service learning and co-chair of the WCU Poverty Project.
During the presentation, Evans, a 28-year-old from Australia, described his personal experience spending the night as a 14-year-old on an exchange trip through World Vision with the family of another teen in a slum in the Philippines, and the realization that it was mere chance that he was born into his comfortable living conditions and the teen from the Philippines was born into poverty. Evans talked about extreme poverty and shared examples of what it means to live on less than $1.25 a day. He asked attendees at the WCU presentations to consider taking actions such as signing a petition for The End of Polio, a campaign in which every signature on the petition will be matched with funding for one vaccine to help end polio. He also invited them to consider taking part in the Live Below the Line awareness and fundraising campaign in which they commit to live on less than $1.50 a day for five days.
Evans contended that it is possible to see an end to extreme poverty in a lifetime, and gave examples of extraordinary development in South Korea where cities with skyscrapers have replaced poor, undeveloped areas. He challenged attendees to join him in leaving a legacy of bringing an end to extreme poverty.
WCU students said they left inspired, and the event sparked some critical discussion about extreme poverty and the best ways to address it, and that was the goal, said John Whitmire, co-chair of the WCU Poverty Project steering committee.
"What we really hoped this presentation would do is get a conversation started this year in which we look seriously at the causes and consequences of poverty and related issues, and what we might be able to do about them," said Whitmire.
Zac Wallace, a freshman Honors College student from Mount Airy majoring in mathematics secondary education, said he already signed the petition Evans mentioned to end polio and talked with four friends about participating in the Live Below the Line campaign in October. "We decided we could live off of Ramen noodles if we had to," said Wallace.
For Wallace, one of the most surprising statistics Evans shared was the illustration that for half of what is spent on bottled water, clean water could be provided for everyone in the world. "I left thinking about how anybody can make a difference when it comes to poverty," said Wallace. "Simply raising your voice to actually spread the word that it's out there and calling upon world leaders can help."
Katie Hopkins, a freshman Honors College student from Boone majoring in nursing, said it was the personal stories of real people living in poverty that touched her the most. Evans shared videos such as a man describing the hard work of digging up roots to sell to support his family, and a woman who felt that her life was saved because of increased measures to care for women preparing for childbirth. Fatal hemorrhaging during childbirth is one of the most common causes of maternal mortality for anemic or undernourished pregnant women, and 99 percent of the 500,000 women who die in childbirth every year live in developing countries, according to information posted by the Global Poverty Project. Statistically, that means one girl or woman in developing countries dies giving birth every minute.
Hopkins said the maternal health portion of the presentation left her thinking about the possibility of pursuing a specialty within nurse anesthesia that would enable her to work with expectant mothers. "For a long time, I've wanted to do mission work, and now I definitely know I'd like to do more with women and childbirth," said Hopkins.
Aaron Marshall, the Student Government Association senator for service learning, said he connected with Evans on Facebook after the presentation, and they have communicated about some ways WCU students could take action this year.
"I was absolutely blown away by the presentation," said Marshall, a sophomore from Gastonia majoring in athletic training and minoring in race, gender and ethnic relations. "You could see that he loves his job, loves every second of every minute of what he's doing to help people. WCU students were moved by the emotion that he carried in his message. We think we are poor college students, but we have North Face book bags and MacBook computers and a dining hall, which is far different from someone who literally lives on ounces of rice or ounces of food a day and has to work themselves as hard as they can just to get that. It is a reality check and humbles you."
Faculty members such as Ted Coyle, head of the anthropology and sociology department and director of the ethnography laboratory, said he also hoped the event would open the door to critical discussion on the topic of extreme poverty. Coyle had concerns, for instance, about an assumption during the presentation that increasing free trade and global industrialization will help eradicate extreme poverty.
"This is uncomfortably close to the 'market fundamentalism' that Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz saw as underlying the so-called Washington Consensus of the 1980s," said Coyle. "We now see, of course, that this approach to international development led to the growth of vast megacities and sprawling border industrial zones characterized by a new and very depressing kind of urban poverty. People may make slightly more cash now, but what about the subsistence land and rural community that they've lost? That was not cash, so they would be considered extremely poor by the World Bank, but they had their own food to eat. Now they must eat empty calories in urban slums."
Coyle noted the example Evans gave of South Korea and pointed out that specific historical circumstances were tied to the country's economic growth. "Shall we also station 50,000 U.S. troops in every other impoverished country in the world for half a century after partitioning those countries in halves?" asked Coyle. "I hope that students take away from this yearlong experience that they should think critically but deeply about global issues today," said Coyle, who offered his students extra credit for attending Evans' presentation and writing about it in terms of a series of articles they are reading related to globalization and poverty. "I was thrilled by the huge turnout to the presentation and commend the organizers for putting it at the beginning of the year so that we can continue to think about these issues all year and into the future."
Whitmire said he doesn't think Evans himself actually supports a radically deregulatory neoliberal position, but noted that Evans' or the Global Poverty Project's positions are not the fundamental issue for the initiative at WCU. "We as an academic community now have a great opportunity to think carefully about the causes and debate the potential solutions to poverty-related issues this year, and then take some real action in both our local and global communities" he said.
WCU Poverty Project events scheduled to take place within the next month include:
Constitution Day:
Western Carolina University's Public Policy Institute will sponsor a series of events Thursday, Sept. 15, to Tuesday, Sept. 20, in honor of Constitution Day. A panel and participants in an essay contest will explore the question "Is there or should there be a constitutional right to a minimum level of subsistence?" The panel discussion will be held in the Blue Ridge Hall Conference Room A from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 15. Contest essays, which are due Sept. 20, may explore such questions as whether the Constitution guarantees a right to food, water, shelter and other necessities by way of food stamps, public housing or homeless shelters.
In addition, a voter registration drive on Friday, Sept. 16, will be held on the lawn of A.K. Hinds University Center. Nearby, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., students from the Public Policy Institute and the Pre-Law Club will be dressed in colonial attire handing out pocket-sized copies of the U.S. Constitution and asking Constitution trivia. For more information, visit the Public Policy Institute's Constitution Day blog and website at wcuconstitutionday2011.wordpress.com or e-mail email@example.com, or call 828-227-2086.
A series of four documentary films about the various causes of poverty, its impact and possible solutions to issues such as corruption, gender inequality and access to resources will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, with the screening of "Inside Job." A discussion of the film will be led by Dan Bromberg, assistant professor of political science and public affairs.
Laura Wright, associate professor and director of graduate students for English, and Heather Talley, assistant professor of sociology, are coordinating the series, which also will feature screening and discussions of "Born Into Brothels" on Nov. 3, "Waste Land" on Feb. 8, and "Farenheit 2010" on April 3.
"'Inside Job' is about the pervasive corruption in the U.S. financial industry that led to the economic meltdown of 2008," said Wright. "We would like for our students to leave this film with a greater awareness of what sort of public policy changes landed our economy in such a dire position, one from which we have yet to recover. Our hope is that by starting our series with a film about the U.S., students will be able to make connections between wealth disparity both here and in the other locales featured in the films that populate the rest of the series."
Other films are set in India, Brazil and South Africa.
WCU's Center for Service Learning will join the campus Wesley Foundation to sponsor a Stop Hunger Now food packing event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1.
Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief organization that coordinates the distribution of food and other life-saving aid around the world. At food-packing events, volunteers package dehydrated, high-protein and highly nutritious meals that are used in crisis situations and in school feeding programs for schools and orphanages in developing countries around the world.
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WCU's Leadership Institute and Office of Leadership and Student Involvement will sponsor for the third year in a row a "house party" of a different kind. Students will build houses out of cardboard boxes on the lawn of A.K. Hinds University Center and sleep outside overnight. Proceeds also benefit organizations that serve people in need of shelter.
"We hope that through this event, students will have a better understanding of local poverty issues, discuss amongst themselves the feelings and emotions around the issue at hand, and begin to dialogue together on how they can work together to address this issue and assist in the effort," said Mike Corelli, associate director for leadership programs.
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There's a cockiness to Mark McEwan that might seem a little out of place these days. Just two weeks after opening McEwan, his 22,000-square-foot luxury food store in North Toronto's Shops at Don Mills, the serial entrepreneur, chef to the city's elite and a newbie shopkeeper, is laughing at the rest of the grocery industry.
"I've had many supposed retail experts – food retail experts who live and work in Ontario – give me all sorts of advice," McEwan says. "I'm like, 'Okay, where do you work, and what have you put together that's really interesting?'"
"It's really funny how they come up with all these thoughts that they believe are so invaluable to me."
McEwan, as this city's big swinging expense accounts should already know, made his name at the stoves long before he turned his attention to retailing. North 44{ring}, his uptown Toronto temple to beautifully executed, if notably safe, exotica (i.e. "crisp laughing bird shrimp with spiced chipotle and yuzu"), has been a high-society favourite since it opened in 1990. In the TD Centre downtown, McEwan's Bymark restaurant (home to the one-pound, $125, whole-roasted foie gras) endures as the financial district's reigning power lunching palace, insomuch as the financial district still leaves its office for meals these days. His newest restaurant, called One, situated in Yorkville's ultra-swish Hazelton Hotel, sold $12.8-million of product in the year after its August, 2007, opening. No more than two or three other chefs in Canada could dream of an opening like that.
McEwan, who turned 52 last May, is prodigiously tanned and fit. His forearms are built like a bricklayer's. His smile, even if only intermittent, is assured, and his shaggy, Malibu-blond hair is swept back off his forehead as if out of submission alone. Mark McEwan looks relaxed, even though he's invested nearly $6-million into his new food store – his only partner is the Royal Bank – and even though he's had to humour all those interloping "retail experts" over the past few years.
Their supposedly invaluable thoughts? Put the produce section near the entrance. "It has been the written rule," McEwan sighs. But when you walk into his store, the first thing you see is the all-important takeout selection: gleaming refrigerator cases of $14, single-serve truffled mac and cheese, raffia-bowed chicken sandwiches, $8 double-stuffed potatoes and osso bucco shepherd's pie. The meat, cheese and fish departments – "make 'em hike to it" is an honoured industry maxim – are just a couple easy steps beyond the takeout section, along with the rows of $8 house-made chicken stock and the jars of pickles. Produce goes at the back at McEwan, in spite of what the so-called experts say.
Another rule: Grocery shoppers buy pantry staples and store-brand soups in recession years. Ignoring this, McEwan sports a 10-metre-long display of specialty olive oils. Actual grocery store groceries, although McEwan does sort of stock them (but mostly to keep his clients out of Loblaws – witness the $12.99 Bounce Free dryer sheets), aren't particularly important here. During a recent meeting in the prepared foods section, McEwan's young floor manager, Cheryl Cartwright, gestured toward the grocery aisles and said – joking, but also not joking – "That side's usually empty."
Which is all pretty much the way Mark McEwan intended it. "Everybody thinks alike in this business. It's a herd mentality," he scoffs. "And so I've gone against the grain."
The word "supermarket" conjures visions of hairnets and stubborn buggy wheels for many of us, and aisles so long and jammed with product that finding a can of soup can sometimes take an eternity. Grocery stores are still mostly huge, and resolutely suburban; the industry, in many ways, is a slow-moving beast. Its balance sheets often look that way, too. Many big Canadian grocery retailers net just 1.5 per cent on their sales, says George Condon, a long-time industry watcher. Another analyst sounded excited when he reported that he expects a 3 per cent profit at Metro Inc. in fiscal 2009.
McEwan's approach, though it is unique in many ways, harnesses two of the newer and more promising developments in the grocery industry. The first, often referred to as "baby box" grocery, puts small, smartly edited stores in urban areas, in a bid to pull in price-insensitive consumers who don't need to sort through 41 different varieties of everything as they wander the grocery aisles. Sobeys Inc. has opened 13 of its Urban Fresh stores in Toronto and Edmonton in the last couple of years, many of them 20,000 square feet or less. In Ontario, Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc., the independent company that runs the Longo's mini-chain of suburban grocery stores, has moved downtown with two Market outlets in the last year, and the grocer has plans to add a third in the coming months. There is also Pusateri's, the two-location upscale grocer that was the city's gold standard until McEwan came along. (The chef very clearly has Pusateri's clients in his sights.) When they're located properly and smartly operated, these express-format stores have the potential to deliver "immense gross margins," wrote Perry Caicco, an analyst with CIBC World Markets, in a report in 2007.Report Typo/Error


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Vide 08-1225
Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al., Petitioners
United States
March 9, 2009
Lower Ct:
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
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September 4, 2008
Rehearing Denied:
December 5, 2008
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Mar 5 2009
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 8, 2009)
Apr 3 2009
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 8, 2009.
May 8 2009
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
May 19 2009
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 4, 2009.
Jun 8 2009
Petition GRANTED The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 08-1225 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Jul 2 2009
The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 25, 2009.
Jul 2 2009
The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 21, 2009.
Jul 2 2009
Joint motion to amend the briefing schedule and expand the word limits filed. VIDED.
Jul 27 2009
Motion of the parties to amend the briefing schedule and expand the word limits GRANTED. Petitioners in No. 08-1119 will file an opening brief, not to exceed 20,000 words, on or before August 25, 2009. Petitioner in No. 08-1225 will file a response brief, not to exceed 20,000 words, on or before October 21, 2009. Petitioners in No. 08-1119 will file a reply brief, not to exceed 10,000 words, on or before November 20, 2009.
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Joint appendix filed (statement of costs received.) VIDED.
Aug 25 2009
Brief of petitioners Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al. filed. VIDED.
Aug 27 2009
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the petitioners. VIDED.
Aug 28 2009
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, et al. filed. VIDED.
Sep 1 2009
Brief amicus curiae of Commercial Law League of America filed.
Sep 1 2009
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
Sep 28 2009
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, December 1 , 2009.
Sep 29 2009
Oct 21 2009
Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 8th Circuit.
Oct 21 2009
Brief of respondent United States filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Oct 28 2009
Brief amici curiae of Public Good, et al. filed. (Distributed) VIDED.
Nov 20 2009
Reply of petitioners Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Nov 24 2009
U.S.D.C. for the District of Minnesota is electronic.
Dec 1 2009
Argued. For petitioners in No. 08-1119 and respondents in No. 08-1225: G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Hartford, Conn. For respondents in No. 08-1119 and petitioner in No. 08-1225: William M. Jay, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Mar 8 2010
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined, in which Scalia, J., joined except for n. 3, and in which Thomas, J., joined except for Part III-C. Scalia, J., and Thomas, J., filed opinions concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Apr 9 2010
Attorneys for Petitioners:
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Alan Scott Milavetz
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For the second year in a row, two St. Cloud State University students received first place in the Order of Omega Case Study Competition.
Patrick Patterson, who is pursuing a master's degree in higher education administration, received the award along with senior Kari Dahl of St. Cloud. Patterson is the son of Dale and Mildred Patterson of Rockford. He and Dahl each received first place and $125 for their collaborative project.
The contest – in which teams of two have five hours to propose a course of action in response to real-life situations – featured 16 colleges and universities from across the United States. The competition was held Feb. 14 at the Mid-American Greek Council Association annual meeting in St. Louis, Mo.
To learn more about St. Cloud State's fraternity and sorority learning community, visit stcloudstate.edu/csold/studentorganizations/greeks.
St. Cloud State, located 70 miles northwest of the Twin Cities along the banks of the Mississippi River, offers its 17,000 students more than 200 undergraduate and graduate programs in business, math and science, social science, fine arts and education.


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Maple Cottage Sleeps 6 (3 Bedrooms)
Maple cottage (3 bedroom sleeps 6) bedroom 1; king size bed, en suite shower, French doors open onto garden, fitted wardrobes and dressing table. Bedroom 2; king size bed, en suite shower, fitted wardrobe and dressing table. Bedroom 3; twin/king size bed (zip and link beds), fitted wardrobe. Open plan kitchen/lounge with range cooker, dish washer, washer drier, fridge freezer, microwave, oak dining table and chairs, wood burning stove, flat screen TV with free view, French doors open onto patio and garden. House bathroom with bath, over shower, basin, WC.
Maple Cottage is pet friendly - one dog max
Two very smart contemporary style cottages, finished to a high standard, in a quiet rural location with stunning views. Both cottages have energy efficient ground source under floor heating. The French doors open onto the patio and generous sized fenced garden, with patio furniture, own private hot tubs, barbecue and sun loungers. Free wifi, car parking. Dog exercise field, Bike store and stables are also on site.
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About Caroline Bainbridge
David, Caroline, Robert and Jenny welcome you to Middleton Cottages, we are a farming family that have built these gorgeous cottages to a very high standard as we want our guests enjoy luxury accommodation in a quiet rural location, and as we are a passionate about our beautiful area and all it has to offer, we want our guest to relax amongst our stunning views after a fun day exploring.
Why Caroline Bainbridge chose County Durham
As a growing farming family we wanted to diversify, but wanted to diversify into something which we were all really passionate about which is Middleton Cottages. From our initial ideas, to designing, building, looking after, and meeting guests, we have loved and continue to love our cottages and all they have to offer.
What makes this cottage unique
Middleton cottages are perfectly located to explore the area and our cottages boast stunning views, private hot tubs, private gardens, and inside they have large open plan living space, underfloor heating, range cookers, en suites and much much more.
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"As a growing farming family we wanted to diversify, but wanted to diversify into something which we were all really passionate about which is Middleton Cottages. From our initial ideas, to designing, building, looking after, and meeting guests, we have loved and continue to love our cottages and all they have to offer."
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The cottages are ideally located for exploring the area by car, foot, bike and horse. We have a secure bike store and bespoke stables if you wanted to bring your own bikes or horse on holiday and enjoy the many cycle and bridle ways.
The very pretty victorian town of Saltburn with its own pier and cliff lift is approximately 18 miles away, beautiful Whitby is approximately 40 miles away. Pretty coastal towns and villages between Saltburn and Whitby well worth a visit.
Durham Tees Airport - 10 miles
Railway station Yarm - 4 miles
Hutton Rudby village - 2 miles
Great Ayton village - 6 miles
Stokesley - 4 miles
Yarm - 4 miles
Helmsley - 20 miles
York - 40 miles
Whitby - 40 miles
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The cottages are ideally located to explore the area. The pretty village of Great Ayton, the birthplace of Captain Cook is 6 miles away and the local train takes the scenic route from here, through the North Yorkshire Moors Eske Valley to Whitby, on route you can switch to the steam train to either Whitby or Pickering. The Cleveland Way can be joined at numerous locations within 6 miles, walk up to the top of Roseberry Topping and Captain cooks monument (see both landmarks from the cottages) and take in the scenic views. Day trips to York, Whitby, Helmsley, Thirsk, Bedale, and enjoy the many attractions suitable for children and adults. Hutton Rudby, Osmotherley, Hilton, are just a few lovely villages nearby boasting country village eating pubs, (some are pet friendly). The nearby market towns of Yarm, Stokesley, and Northallerton, are lovely places to enjoy shopping and have Lunch or Dinner. Supermarkets do deliver to the cottages and the nearby market towns have plenty of places to buy food and even have markets and farmers markets.
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"Middleton cottages are perfectly located to explore the area and our cottages boast stunning views, private hot tubs, private gardens, and inside they have large open plan living space, underfloor heating, range cookers, en suites and much much more."
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- Shower room 2 - Toilet, Shower Enclosure
- 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6
- Bedroom 1 - 1 Large Double Bed
- Bedroom 2 - 1 Large Double Bed
- Bedroom 3 - 2 Single Bed
- All bedrooms have built in wardrobes and dressing tables. Bedroom 1 and 2 both have king beds and en-suits. Bedroom 3 has twin beds that can be zip and linked together at request to make a king bed.
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A boutique hotel and spa in the Mayan Jungles of Belize. Using natural products developed at the spa in treatments such as our specialty Mood Mud massage. Our 17 rooms are artistically created in a tribal chic fashion. Gourmet Nouveau Jungle cusine featuring native wild game, seafood, and vegitarian entree's. We offer horseback riding, tours to Mayan ruins, cave tubing, fishing, diving/ snorkeling, canoeing and full spa packages. 2 Swimming pools. Day trips to San Pedro Ambergris Caye and barrier reef.
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Chelsea and Knightsbridge's aristocratic landlord Cadogan Estates today became the latest property company to warn that growth in London's runaway property market was set to cool off.
Cadogan is the second largest of the capital's four "great estates", behind the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor Estates, owning 93 acres worth £4.5 billion in London's most exclusive district, including Sloane Square.
The company generated a record £121.7 million last year by selling the freeholds on 152 flats to leaseholders, making profits of £26.2 million above 2012 valuations.
The overall value of its residential properties jumped more than 13% last year, reflecting the "exceptional strength" of the prime property market, according to Cadogan's annual report.
It added: "After a period of such strong growth in values it would not be surprising if there was something of a pause, but the underlying factors seem well set to remain supportive."
The comments from Cadogan follow recent concerns from Grosvenor over prices at the super-prime end of the London market after if offloaded £240 million of properties last year. The boost from freehold sales was one of the key drivers behind an annual rise in pre-tax profits to £73.8 million, up from £57.3 million in 2012.
But Cadogan is also generating higher rents from a roster of new retail tenants including J Crew, Tom Ford and Michael Kors, pushing up the value of its retail estate by more than 16%.
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Rinseless washing just got even safer for your paint.
The Optimum No Rinse Two Bucket Wash System combines Optimum's high lubricity No Rinse Wash & Shine with the paint-saving two-bucket system. You can now wash your vehicle with ONR with the piece of mind that you're taking extra steps to protect your vehicle from swirls. If you haven't tried rinseless washing, it's time to try the Optimum No Rinse Two Bucket Wash System.
Rinseless washing is a safe alternative to washing the car the old fashioned way, particularly in the winter or in water-redistricted areas. Any time you can't access a water hose, you can use Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine and a bucket - in this case, two buckets - of water to clean your vehicle. The second bucket allows you to employ the two bucket method.
The two bucket method is a detailer's trick to minimize swirls that can occur from washing the car. One bucket has your wash solution. The second bucket has clean water. Every time you need to reload your sponge with wash solution, rinse the sponge in the clean water first before dunking the sponge in the wash solution. By doing so, you'll shake off most of the dirt into the plain water bucket where it's much less likely to get transferred back onto the vehicle. Savvy detailers have been using the two bucket method for years and now you can too with the Optimum No Rinse Two Bucket Wash System.
The Optimum No Rinse Two Bucket Wash System includes:
Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine
Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine is a multi-purpose product that serves as a rinseless wash, a quick detailer, and a clay lubricant, depending on the dilution ratio. You don't have to be a chemist to formulate your own excellent car care products; just follow the directions on the bottle! As a rinseless wash, ONR removes dirt and grime as well as a traditional car wash, but it does not require rinsing. You can conserve water and still get your vehicle beautifully clean!
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These lids form a watertight seal. You can fill the buckets with water and transport them without the lid leaking! For car collectors who participate in car shows, this is a great feature. Believe it or not, some of these enthusiasts use nothing but distilled water on their vehicles and they'll actually bring it to the car show if it's not available on site. That's dedication! The lids also keep dust out of the buckets when they're not in use.
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Looking for cheap treats (or stick with Milkbone?)
My 9-year-old GSD eats Fromm's. Fromm's is kind of expensive.
I mix in Wild Calling, a premium wet food. Wild Calling is kind of expensive.
I give him a greenie every night as a treat and for glucosamine. Greenies are kind of expensive.
When he comes in from the yard, does what he's supposed to, etc. I give him a small treat. Frankly, I'm a bit fatigued from all the other costs...I love the guy but there's a limit to my budget. So I've been giving him Milkbones.
I used to give him Natural Balance treats (which are expensive) though I've moved away from their line since they were bought by Del Monte.
My wife says "you stopped serving him Natural Balance, but you give him Milkbones and they're made by Del Monte!" She's right as usual.
What is a good cheap treat?
I don't know about cheap, but I give natural balance loafs as treats. I just cut them in small pieces and keep them in a zip lock in the fridge. The large loaf is about $12 to $14, but last a while. My trainer has suggested I try hot dogs as training treats. I just bought some today, but haven't tried them yet.
We also have rice and lamb jerky treats we get at costco. I really large tub is only $12.00.
When I want cheap treats I make them! All natural peanut butter (with no added sugar), bananas, honey, rice (or other) flour, and eggs. Roll out and cut into whatever shape and bake. Super easy and inexpensive.
I also use Real meat brand dehydrated dog food for treats. While slightly pricey, they come in super small pieces so they last quite awhile if you aren't training with them. I used to use the Natural Balance rolls, but I like the ingredients in the dehydrated raw food much better.
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I've gotten a few of the Supreme Healthy Max Skin & Coat treats for $1 from Dollar Tree before and I couldn't believe the ingredients with salmon being the first listed. Not bad but probably not the best either. I just got some Dogswell treats and they are usually only $5-$7.99 at stores or online.
Also, I've made homemade dog treats before but it all depends on what you're using to make them.
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Hot dogs for sure.
Any discounted meat at the grocery. Cook and cube it, or slice and dehydrate.
Appropriate leftovers.
Carrot slices, frozen berries, cheese cubes.
Variety is a great thing!
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I use the tubes for training. Buy a large one for around 10 - 12 $, cube it, freeze it in zip locks. The puppy thinks kibble is a treat. I did get some hot dog for training as I think it might work better with her to feed from a long string rather than bits. But I don't like the crap in hot dogs.
I have a recipe somewhere that calls for pureed beef liver, flour, garlic. Bake it & cut it into small bits. Cheap, tasty and you have a good quality, controlled ingredient treat.
I second the discount meat at the grocery store. You can get a whole tub of livers or gizzards at my grocery store for just a few bucks. Boil em and freeze, give them raw, bake them, etc, all good.
Honestly I dont think a few milkbones will kill your dog though if he likes them.
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You can also use Ziwipeak. A 2-pound bag is $28 but will last a really long time. The food is like bits of jerky, and very high quality, too.
ZiwiPeak Daily-Dog Cuisine Lamb Real Meat Dry Dog Food
I use Nutripet Large Peanut Butter biscuits - each one contains 500 mg glucosamine - Tractor Supply has large bags (often on sale) for 9.99. They are at least 20.00 everywhere else.
I give my dogs Milkbone and have for the past few years without an issue
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Top USAID contract awardees: A primer
The U.S. Agency for International Development's obligated funding for its top 20 contract awardees in fiscal 2012 accounted for nearly three-quarters of its contract spending that year. Against the backdrop of ongoing budget pressures in Washington, USAID also recorded a significant increase in its contract spending. USAID awarded more than $4.9 billion in contracts in fiscal 2012 - representing a 9 percent increase from fiscal 2011. While USAID awards the bulk of its contracts to for-profit groups, nongovernmental organizations also win a sizeable chunk of the agency's contract funding.
Since the Clinton administration, USAID has channeled the bulk of its contract assistance through multiyear, umbrella agreements called indefinite quantity contracts. Designed to streamline the U.S. aid agency's procurement, IQCs allow only pre-qualified firms or nonprofits to bid on a contract. Amid USAID Forward's push for more competition at the agency, however, USAID officials have indicated that the agency intends to reduce its reliance on IQCs, in part, by awarding more stand-alone contracts.
In addition to fostering more competition, bolstering USAID's engagement with local organizations is another key objective for the USAID Forward reform drive. USAID has pledged to course 30 percent of its overall assistance through country systems — governments, local businesses and local NGOs — by 2015. In fiscal 2012, firms based outside the United States won only 4 percent of USAID contracts.
Here are the top 20 USAID contract awardees, based on data from USASpending.gov, for fiscal 2012.


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The Love Chamber is a room in the Department of Mysteries devoted to the study of love. It is located on the ninth level of the Ministry of Magic in London, England.
- "There is a room in the Department of Mysteries that is kept locked at all times. It contains a force that is at once more wonderful and more terrible than death, than human intelligence, than the forces of nature. It is also, perhaps, the most mysterious of the many subjects for study that reside there. It is the power held within that room that you possess in such quantities and which Voldemort has not at all."
- —Albus Dumbledore talking about the Love Chamber [src]
The Love Chamber room is behind a door that remains locked at all times and which cannot be unlocked by Alohomora or magical unlocking penknives. In the centre is a magnificent some twenty feet wide. Stone benches run all around the room and descend in steep steps toward a raised hill in the centre of the garden. There is said to be an ancient, large fountain standing on this hill.
The fountain is believed to spurt an enormous deposit of Amortentia, the most powerful love potion in existence. It is believed that someone who drinks the Amortentia is forever obsessive for the objects of their affections in the world of love. Some people, such as Harry Potter, got their means of opening the chamber door melted upon contact with the lock.
In 1996, part of a battle of the Second Wizarding War was thought to have been fought in the Love Chamber after Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron and Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, and Luna Lovegood arrived in the Department of Mysteries in search of Sirius Black. The six Dumbledore's Army members, however, actually tried to enter the chamber upon their arrival, but the door refused to open.
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- In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Amortentia Fountain was never seen since the group were never able to go inside the chamber.
- In the and film adaptations, the Battle of the Department of Mysteries takes place entirely within the Death Chamber and the Hall of Prophecies, whereas in the novel, the D.A. members were pursued into at least two other chambers as well, and none of which was the Love Chamber.


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These days consumers look for a stamp of approval on any financial product they buy, especially when the industry concerned has acquired a notorious reputation. But equity release, which has been licking its wounds since the Nineties, when house prices went down and interest rates went up, has a chequered record when it comes to regulation.
Lifetime mortgages - loans secured on property to provide either a cash lump sum or an income for life - fell under the Financial Services Authority's regulation of all mortgages back in October 2004. But home reversion plans, which buy a proportion of a homeowner's property for a reduced price rather than offering a loan on it, slipped through its net.
Last Friday, however, home reversions joined lifetime mortgages under the aegis of the FSA, creating an industry that, for the first time in its history, operates on a level playing field.
Equity release is big business. Homeowners have unlocked around £14bn of the value in their homes in the last three months of 2006 alone, according to recent figures from the Bank of England. But what will the new regulations mean for those considering equity release?
Under the regulation of lifetime mortgages in 2004, the FSA ruled that advisers had to consider home reversions whether or not they sold them, but that did not always happen. 'Lack of regulation may have given some advisers an excuse not to do this, whereas now there will be more pressure,' says Brendan Kearns, product manager for equity release at Norwich Union, the only big-brand provider of home reversion schemes.
Product quality, as well as access to advice, should also improve post-regulation, because the FSA has ruled that advisers entering the equity release market from 6 April must have equity release or lifetime-mortgage qualifications recognised by one of the two professional bodies that set the standards for the industry.
But regulation does not provide a free pass for homeowners to forfeit all responsibility when seeking to unlock equity from their homes. 'It is still important to know whether the adviser is independent for both home reversions and lifetime mortgages and can recommend products from the whole of the market,' says Dean Mirfin, managing director of Key Retirement Solutions, an independent financial adviser (IFA) for which home reversions account for 10 to 15 per cent of all business.
'You can find this out by asking up front, but the litmus test is if advisers allow you to pay by fee only. This means they don't get any commission from the provider they are introducing your business to and are therefore totally impartial.'
Customers can search for an IFA operating in their area who has the appropriate qualification by using the IFA database at www.unbiased.co.uk.
Overall, the new regulation is good news for the consumer, say experts, although home reversions only make up a fraction of equity release sales. This is partly because, with strong house price inflation and low interest rates, people prefer to take a loan against, rather than sell part of, their home. But the main reason for the poor take-up of home reversions is that there are so few well-known providers. Two firms, Norwich Union and Bridgewater Equity Release, currently conduct most such business in the UK.
However, the FSA says that 15 potential new candidates - both providers and IFAs - have applied to go into home reversion since last October, when the doors opened for applications. 'An expansion of the market is on the cards, but it won't happen overnight,' says Robin Gordon-Walker of the FSA.
Home and Capital, which specialises in equity release, is confident the reversion market will grow from 5 per cent of all equity release products to about 20 per cent over the next few years.
'This country is facing a pensions debacle. However, homeowners do have considerable property wealth and can use this to supplement their retirement income,' says Nigel Hare-Scott of Home and Capital. 'When home reversion plans were excluded from regulation, advisers tended not to recommend them, even in instances when they were more appropriate than a [regulated] lifetime mortgage. Advisers will now be under a clear obligation to cover all the options.'
Is home reversion right for me?
Home reversion schemes allow you to sell part of your property to a reversion provider, in return for a lump sum or an ongoing income. You only get a percentage of the sale price - the rest is taken up in profit by the reversion provider and rental payment on the part of the property that you will no longer own.
Home reversion schemes have some advantages over the more popular alternative of lifetime mortgages, according to Nigel Hare-Scott of Home and Capital. These include the ability to raise a larger amount of money, plus the flexibility to raise more later and to move house.
But regulated or not, home reversions are not ideal for everyone. 'The real value of the products comes down to how long you live,' says Brendan Kearns of Norwich Union.
'If your family has an inherent longevity and you will be staying in the house for a long time, a home reversion plan can make good sense. But if you have health problems and will be vacating the property early - due to death, or sale of the property as you go into a care home - the schemes should be avoided like the plague.'


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BPV return pipe and couplings
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all mandrel bent 6061AL and wire reinforced 5/6 ply silicone couplings.
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text: My six year old cocker spaniel Sammy was diagnosed with diabetes and I have been trying to do everything I can for him, but I am overwhelmed with the expenses. I have been laid off for over a year, my family is living on half our income, and I'm starting a very expensive accelerated nursing program to try and improve my situation, but that means that money and time are really short. My husband is working two jobs, and we have two kids, so we are finding it very difficult to manage Sam's care consistently, but we do our best and he usually gets his shot within an hour of 7 am and 7 pm. We don't really have any room for added expenses right now, but we love Sam so we are trying to work this out. I came up with money for the insulin but I really can not afford the glucose curve testing, or any vet care. I have just been trying to do my best with the pee strips, and his sugar levels are trace most of the time, or maybe 1 level higher. The vet says the glucose curve is absolutely necessary and keeps calling me, but I really do not have the ability to pay for it. Also, the food is really expensive too. I feel like a bad pet owner but when we got him we both had steady jobs, one job each, and time and extra money. Do you have any advice on managing the costs and attempting to do his care on my own without lab tests from the vet? Has anyone done this? I'm not trying to risk his health, but I just don't have the money, and I doubt anyone would adopt him with his condition, plus we love him a lot and don't want to give him up. Any advice is really appreciated Also, he seems normal. He was diagnosed, because he was peeing in the house but that's pretty much it. The vet said that he had ketones in his pee, and that at his levels he should have been lethargic, but he was running around the office licking everyone. So, I don't know how to tell if he is feeling sick, because he is usually kind of lazy and he seems happy all the time.


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8 Secret-Weapon Foods for Weight Loss (Page 7)
6. Oatmeal
Eating a breakfast made with "slow-release" carbohydrates, such as oatmeal or bran cereal, three hours before you exercise may help you burn more fat, suggests a recent study in the Journal of Nutrition. Here's why: in the study, eating "slow-release" carbohydrates didn't spike blood sugar as high as eating refined carbohydrates, such as white toast. In turn, insulin levels didn't spike as high and because insulin plays a role in signaling your body to store fat, having lower levels may help you burn fat. Want options beyond oatmeal? Here are 10 breakfast recipes to help you fight fat.
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Federal 595 RS-R - looking for reviews
I have searched quite a bit and have found some good reviews for this tire on some of the STi and EVO forums but it's pretty thin out there. I know a big part of it is the availability of this tire.
I am wondering if anyone has personal experience with the tire. How would it be for a dual-duty tire - DD and occasional autocross?
The prices are unreal! $133 for a 255 35 18!
Ok, personal opinions and thoughts aside...have any of you considered these tires or heard anything from anyone else? I am surprised no one has commented yet.
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Michelin Pilot Super Sport->Continental DW-> Hankook V12 evo.
A set of these came on my car. I wasn't thrilled as I have no familiarity with the brand. I'm in no way a name snob on tires but I am picky. They seem fine generally but but I don't have anything to compare them to on the E46. I'm new to the E46 but I have heard plenty of good about the Hankooks and I imagine they are pretty good on the cost/performance scale as Hankooks often are.
I didn't know that you already had them. If you have them and have no complaints, keep them until they go bad. I just wouldn't put my money on them.
To clarify, he doesn't have them. I'm not the original poster who was asking about them. I just randomly ended up with a set of these. Anyway, I'm not sure I would have bought them but but I can say thay work just fine- especially if cost is an issue.
I am a fan of Hankook but the Hankooks that compare are the RS3 NOT the V12 EVO. With that said, the RS3 are about $100 more per tire than the Federal. I am a skeptic more than not, but I have read good things about these Federals from other car forums, just not from BMW forums.
All the performance parts in the world aren't going to mean **** if the 8"x12" contact patches on each tire are crap. Tires is the last place to cheap out, especially on a car like an m3. Can't afford the maintenance? Don't buy the car.
im sure that was helpful.
Here is one of the threads that had quite a bit of info and response...
Back in the day, the Evo guys used to swear by the General Exclaim UHP as a good, cheap DD tire. Tried it on my E24, was garbage. Soft sidewall, poor grip, etc. But, soft sidewall doesn't mean as much in AWD due to the power shift properties...
Go find reviews of your federals from a *more* comparable vehicle. Try Corvette, 03/04 Terminators, 05+ mustang, etc. Something somewhat similar in weight, power, and driveline config. Then, make a decision.
They are cheap as **** but also incredibly loud. I would only consider Federal tires as dedicated autocross tires destined to be shredded. Tough to beat considering their price and availability.
I love mine - Ortega Hwy , Angel crest canyon runs to prove it ! Not the BEST . . But the best for the money
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FAMU Lifts Suspension of Famed Marching Band
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University's interim president said Thursday he was lifting the suspension of its famous Marching 100 band about a year and a half after a drum major's death that led to the departure of school leaders and reforms trying to crack down on brutal hazing in the band.
Interim President Larry Robinson announced the end of the suspension Thursday. The hazing scandal led to the retirement of band director Julian White and contributed to the resignation of former President James Ammons.
Prosecutors say drum major Robert Champion from Decatur, Ga., collapsed and died after walking down a gauntlet of other band members who beat him with fists and instruments on a bus parked outside an Orlando hotel following a football game in November 2011.
Robinson said the university has taking many steps to prevent and investigate hazing, including a revision to the anti-hazing and student conduct polices, student forums on hazing an anti-hazing website, committing money to researching hazing prevention and creating two new positions to address hazing.
"It has helped us to respond more swiftly and decisively to any allegations of hazing and any university group, emphasizing our board's policy of zero tolerance towards hazing," he said
Last month the university hired Sylvester Young to rebuild the band. Young is a FAMU alumnus and one-time director of the Ohio University marching band. Robinson said he tapped Young because he had the experience and strong discipline to help the school decide when it was right time for The Marching 100 to return to the field.
Young said he was already holding rehearsals and he hoped, but didn't guarantee, that the band would be ready to take the field when the football season starts. The Rattlers first away game is against Mississippi Valley State in the MEAC/SWAC challenge in Orlando on Sept. 1. Their first home game is Sept. 7 hosting Tennessee State.
"We've been working toward that for the past month," Young said. "We'll see. We're moving in the right direction."
About 14 band members have been charged criminally in the beating and several have pleaded no contest or guilty to reduced charges to avoid manslaughter convictions.
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Jennifer Lopez Jokingly(?) Slams Exes Diddy and Ben Affleck: Watch Here!
She's often expressed her affection for ex-husband Marc Anthony, but Jennifer Lopez seems a little bitter about ex-boyfriends Ben Affleck and Sean Diddy Combs in a recent radio interview.
The "Luh Ya PaPi" singer was being interviewed by Big Boy of L.A.'s Power 106 when he posed an interesting question.
He began, "You're on a raft in the middle of the ocean. You look in the ocean, you see two people floating. You can only pull up one, because that's how much room you have on the raft. You look in the ocean, you see Ben Affleck and you see Diddy."
Laughing, the "American Idol" host replied, "I'd let both those motherf--kers drown!" However, she quickly added, "I'm just joking. Ben, Puffy, you know I love you." Check it out below and decide for yourself.


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We Are Twin, DJ, Animal Encounters & More to Close Out Roaring Nights at LA Zoo, 8/22
The Los Angeles Zoo's popular Roaring Nights 2014 series concludes on Friday, August 22, 7 to 10 pm, with headliner We Are Twin, providing rock 'n' roll soul sounds with R&B and pop touches, and DJ V Money, dancing, food trucks, full-service bars, pop-up zookeeper talks, animal encounters and visits to Zoo's new Rainforest of the Americas plus other animal habitats. Also part of Roaring Nights, which has attracted large crowds during its two earlier dates this summer, is a popular "Animal Artistry Paint Party" at which guests can express their creativity by painting a favorite animal (or whatever inspiration strikes them) on a small canvas to take home as a souvenir. Complimentary bicycle valet service provided by Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and plentiful parking are available for the series, open to ages 18 and up. KCRW is the Roaring Nights series Media Sponsor.
The high-profile food truck lineup includes Baby's Badass Burgers (recently featured on the Restaurant Start-up TV series), Coolhaus, Lobsta Truck, Mandoline Grill, Ragin Cajun and The Grilled Cheese Truck.
WE ARE TWIN came to life and began making music when Sri Lankan-born/Germany-raised multi-instrumentalist and producer Nicholas Balachandran met New York-born and bred singer/songwriter Gabi Christine during a 2009 songwriting session after which they had fifteen songs. "Our creative minds are identical," Gabi says. "It's the most natural thing in the world." The group continued penning countless songs and along the way landed upon a style that dips into rock 'n' roll soul, R&B production, pop sensibility and even a little classical orchestration. Nicholas explains, "Although the instrumentation is very rock 'n' roll with synthesizers and guitars, we try to create moments that feel like you're listening to a symphony. At the same time, we won't record a song unless we can sit down with acoustic guitars and coerce a timeless feeling from it." "I want the music to help listeners -- even if it transports them to some place like a movie does. It's an experience that's meant to be enjoyed," Gabi elaborates. The same musical feel vibrantly colors their five-song debut EP, WE ARE TWIN, released by A&M/Octone Records. WE ARE TWIN's first single, "The Way We Touch," builds from a driving beat into an unshakable chorus. Gabi delivers each word with bluesy cadence echoing voices like Amy Winehouse and Grace Potter with infectious passion matched by a warm soundscape bristling with synths, keys, and strings.