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Governor Bobby Jindal, Commissioner of Administration, and Secretaries of Labor and Economic Development Announce Workforce and Economic Development Initiatives
Governor Bobby Jindal and Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis were joined by Labor Secretary Tim Barfield and Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret today to announce workforce and economic development initiatives included in the Governor's upcoming budget.
Jindal said, "Creating a business climate that encourages our Louisiana businesses to expand and create more jobs is a vital step to transforming our state so that our children and grandchildren don't have to leave to pursue their dreams. Additionally, we must ensure our Louisiana workforce is highly skilled and trained and our workers are ready to work on their very first day on the job. Our workers compete with other workforces from all across the globe and we must give our students the tools they need to be successful in an increasingly competitive global economy, in addition to ensuring we have skilled workers to fill existing jobs right here in Louisiana."
Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis said, "Businesses find it difficult to grow or locate in Louisiana because of workforce challenges, and too many of our young people leave the state because they see better job opportunities elsewhere. It's a terrible chicken-and-the-egg situation that this budget confronts from both sides by aggressively targeting business retention, expansion, and recruitment on the one hand, and on the other hand focusing the coordinated efforts of various state agencies to help provide our young people the workforce skills they need for good jobs right here in Louisiana."
Moret said, "These initiatives will ensure that our state prioritizes retention and expansion of our existing businesses and will position us to better compete for new business investment next year and beyond."
Barfield said, "Louisiana is poised to create real systemic change in workforce development to increase educational and workforce development opportunities for Louisiana citizens. Whether emerging or existing industries, Louisiana business and industry require a qualified, skilled and trained workforce in order to continue to thrive and remain competitive in a global market. Facing enormous workforce development challenges, business and industry are seeking short term solutions to address worker shortages, but at the same time these industries also need to develop a pipeline of potential workers preparing to enter the workforce with the necessary skills and training as a long-term solution. To provide both, short and long term solutions, funding for the community and technical college system must align with workforce development needs and the cost of priority, high growth/high demand programs. Also as a priority, Louisiana must dramatically improve communication, coordination and integration among workforce development entities and stakeholders. Utilizing a regional approach that leverages business leadership in strategic planning, our goal is for Louisiana's workforce system to be demand-driven, customer-focused and results-oriented."
Workforce Development Initiatives:
$3 million for Quick Start Training Program from the Louisiana Economic Development Fund. Louisiana's fiercest economic development competition, including Alabama, Georgia, and other states, often wins projects over our State because those states offer turnkey workforce solutions for new and expanding businesses. The Louisiana Quick Start Initiative will be an innovative, turnkey workforce solution that will help expanding and new firms to identify and screen high-potential employees, develop customized training programs for them, and train them to be prepared to deliver once each company is ready to begin (or expand) operations. This initiative will be designed based on best practices in place elsewhere and will be implemented largely through partnerships with the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) and private providers.
$10 million for Workforce Training in new General Fund is recommended for Higher Education System for workforce development and increased capacity in high demand fields throughout the State of Louisiana. This will provide Louisiana's business and industry with a well-educated, highly skilled workforce capable of improving the State's competitive edge. It will also help the State address shortages in key areas such as allied health and the construction trades.
$4.5 million for Career Technical Assistance in new General Fund in the K-12 budget to increase the capacity of the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) to expand career and technical education program offerings across the state. Funding will go toward expansion of career technical offerings in specific, targeted programs and areas of the state, as well as additional increased LDE staff to meet the needs of students to expand and establish more relevant, diversified offerings for their students.
Labor market demands verify that it is important to recognize that not all of the high school population will obtain a four-year college degree. It is, however, important that high school students be prepared to continue their education beyond K-12 to the technical or two-year colleges.
Every district in the state will be impacted by having industry based certification training available to their Career and Technical Education instructors.
Economic Development Initiatives:
$400,000 for a Business Retention/Expansion Team, new in State General Fund. Roughly 80 percent of all future job growth in Louisiana - and 100 percent of any future job losses - will come from the businesses already located in Louisiana today. LED currently has no designated staff leadership to focus on this critical activity. A new senior-level LED official will lead a team consisting of new and existing employees focused exclusively on cultivating our existing businesses. This team will: aggressively pursue retention/expansion prospects identified via company consultations, company inquires, and partner communications, and will develop best-in-class prospect management capabilities for both small/medium projects and mega projects (e.g., SWAT team), as well as "save" opportunities. Working with local and regional partners around the state, this team will interview all of our top economic-driver companies around the state (approximately 1,000 firms) to identify obstacles and expansion opportunities. The results of this team's work will be utilized to inform changes in state public policy needed to make Louisiana more competitive for economic growth.
$17.9 million for the Governor's Economic Development Rapid Response Fund (an increase of $7.9 million over Fiscal Year 2007-2008 appropriation) continues in the budget to provide a rapid response capability for securing economic development opportunities for the State.
As a result of recent increases in state marketing efforts, positive recognition in the national media, business interest in Louisiana has increased substantially. LED currently is managing approximately 70 significant prospects, not including the entertainment sector. Increasing the Rapid Response Fund from $10 million to $17.9 million will allow LED to effectively compete for a larger number of projects in FY09. The current $10 million fund was nearly depleted only halfway though the fiscal year.
$2 million for Project Specific Site Preparation/Evaluation, new funding in Statutory Dedication. This funding request allows Louisiana to level the playing field with other states by improving our ability to professionally and rapidly respond to site-specific information inquiries from site-selection consultants. Every year Louisiana competes for hundreds of economic development projects through the process of site selection. This process is one in which an initial search of many sites may be proposed, but in the end only one site wins the competition once it has passed all criteria. Criteria includes many items, such as title searches, wetlands delineations, soil evaluation, archeological evaluations, transportation assessments, land surveys, environmental assessments and others. The process also requires multiple requests for proposals and visual presentations. Other states have funds budgeted to provide these services and Louisiana does not. When Louisiana competed for ThyssenKrupp, the State had to utilize over $3 million from its Rapid Response Fund to prepare detailed site information; accordingly, less funding was available to close other projects. With a dedicated fund for project-specific site preparation efforts, Louisiana will be able to improve the quality (and speed) of its responses to site-selection consultants, which will be particularly helpful in winning large economic development projects.
$2.5 million for State Economic Competitiveness Benchmarking, Planning and Research initiative, new funding in Statutory Dedications. In today's extremely competitive economic development environment, companies increasingly consider fundamental economic conditions (e.g., workforce quality, tax and regulatory policies, transportation and infrastructure, higher education institutions) to be more important in site selection decisions than tax incentives and sales presentations. Although incentives often are very important in runoff situations between multiples states, they are not the primary driver of company location decisions. This initiative will enable LED to provide economic policy leadership for the State to position Louisiana to compete for more attractive, high-wage jobs in the future. Through a combination of staff leadership and third-party efforts, LED will: articulate what Louisiana needs to do to improve its competitive positioning against other states in tax and regulatory policies, infrastructure financing, higher education, and other areas; articulate service-level changes within state agencies to make Louisiana a competitive place in which to do business; develop strategic plans for the development of ports, airports, and transportation infrastructure; develop industry-specific strategic plans to protect the competitiveness of mature industries (e.g., wood products) and grow emerging industries (e.g., digital media); launch targeted initiatives through LED and/or in partnership with other state agencies to improve state competitiveness; and articulate what our State must do to move to the top of national rankings of importance to economic development. All of these areas will be evaluated from the perspective of what will generate the maximum economic impact and job creation potential for the State.
Source: http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&catID=2&articleID=85&navID=12


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Posted by Michael Yamnitsky on February 20, 2014
2013 was a year in which media attention and hype targeted 3D printing: "artisanal" do-it-yourself (DIY) upstarts on Kickstarter making headlines across the blogosphere every week; high-profile speculation, such as President Obama's quip that 3D printing will create a new manufacturing economy in the US; and Victoria's Secret models strutting down the runway in elaborate 3D printed corsets and signature wing accessories.
The excitement has reached the C-suite, where execs are wondering how this elusive and unfamiliar new technology will affect their business. As the resident techie, the CIO should expect the questions to come her way: What are the business implications? How fast is the technology developing? What are the implications for business technology at your organization?
Over the past six months, my colleague Sophia Vargas and I have been working to understand the trajectory of 3D printing and its impact on business and technology. Clients can read our newly released Forrester report 3D Printing Drives Digitization Further Into Products, Processes, And Delivery Models for our full analysis.
Here are three angles on how 3D printing is driving business impact and digital disruption:
1. 3D printing can create tremendous business value — today. 3D printing enables key business imperatives in the age of the customer: faster time to market, new products and new markets, and the expansion of personalized products or services.
Posted by Katyayan Gupta on February 13, 2014
Organizations in Asia Pacific (AP) have become cognizant of the fact that they have entered the age of the customer — an era in which they must systematically understand and serve increasingly powerful customers. In the past two years, most AP firms have primarily focused on using mobile apps to connect their organizations with internal employees. However, in the age of the customer, this trend will reverse. Results from Forrester's Forrsights Budgets and Priorities Survey, Q4 2013 show that 44% of AP technology decision-makers will prioritize building a mobile strategy for customers or partners, while only 39% will prioritize it for employees. Firms in Australia, Indonesia, India, and China will lead the region.
In order to compete and win in the age of the customer, organizations cannot be simply "customer-centric" anymore — they must become "customer-obsessed." To do so, firms must embrace the mobile mindshift and build mobile systems of engagement. This can be done by leveraging social, cloud, and predictive analytics to deliver context-rich mobile applications and smart products that help users decide and act immediately in their moments of need. Such systems will focus on people and their immediate needs in context rather than processes, as is the case with traditional systems of record.
Building mobile systems of engagements is even more critical for firms in AP, because:
Posted by Adam Silverman on February 6, 2014
Looking back at 2013, it's easy to see all of the great innovation occurring within the digital store. Most retailers focused on omnichannel fulfillment, whether it was click-and-collect or ship-from-store. Some retailers like B&Q in the U.K. began to experiment with dynamic pricing in-store. If 2013 was about launching new services, 2014 will be about shedding light on the actual performance of these initiatives.
One example of new digital store technology is eBay's digital storefronts. Last year in June, eBay made a splash by deploying a digital storefront for Kate Spade, allowing customers to browse and buy products from a giant digital screen strategically placed over a vacant physical storefront. This digital storefront replaces the static posters that mall operators use to cover up vacant stores. This past holiday season, eBay expanded the pilot and deployed a series of digital storefronts in a popular San Francisco mall. These new digital storefronts are a few blocks from the Forrester offices, and I capitalized on the close proximity to conduct some research on how the technology was being used and received. eBay launched three digital storefronts: a small format Rebecca Minkoff storefront, a small format TOMS storefront, and a large Sony storefront in front of an escalator exit.
In mid December, I spent two hours observing customer interactions with the digital storefronts (some might even call it lurking). After an informal assessment of almost 500 shoppers who passed by these digital storefronts, I came to the following conclusions:
Posted by David Aponovich on February 5, 2014
Want more evidence that companies are realizing that digital customer experience is essential to survive and thrive in the Age of the Customer?
Look no further than last week's IBM Connect conference in Orlando. Bridget van Kralingen, the senior VP in charge of the IBM's $20 billion Global Business Services group, used her main stage keynote to unveil new services to help enterprises create "irresistible user experiences."
IBM's new global IBM Interactive Experience consulting practice "anticipates the emerging client demand for irresistible user experiences as the point of entry to high-value relationships with their customers, employees, prospects and partners," according to the company.
The new offerings will integrate design and user experience capabilities from IBM Interactive, its digital agency, plus innovations and data expertise from researchers in its IBM's Customer Experience Lab.
You could call it the next step in the digital customer experience gold rush. Software vendors have spent years building and selling clients software to run digital infrastructure, such as web content management, eCommerce, digital asset management and analytics.

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A resource is a special commodity that gives bonus production to its tile, and also gives bonuses to all cities which have access to it. A resource on the map is called a tile resource if the context is unclear. A resource that a civ has access to is just called a "resource"; it would be nice if there were a widely used term to disambiguate this usage from "tile resource", but there isn't. For the purposes of the wiki, we refer to tradeable resources as trade resources.
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Oscar Meyer Hot Dogs RECALLED
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|It's a statement made by many NBA fans and heard often on this blog: "You can't win in the NBA without superstars." The follow-up statement is often attached: "I'm only going to be happy/excited about my team if they have a chance to win." For many 76ers fans, several woeful statements then follow logically: (1) the 76ers don't currently have any superstars; (2) it is unlikely they will ever attract a superstar through free agency or trade; (3) the only reasonable course of action is to be a terrible team year after year and hope to land that superstar through the lottery. This line of reasoning is even more depressing with the realization that your team can win the lottery and still not land a superstar, as many are starting to fear with the Sixers and Evan Turner in 2010. But is the whole mindset of "superstar or bust" a reasonable one? Because there's a thorny problem to think about: while having a superstar is a necessary condition for winning in the NBA ("a team can't win unless it has a superstar") it is not a sufficient condition ("If a team has a superstar, it will win"). Details after the jump.
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MyPatients provides referring primary care providers with secure access to their patients' information.
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Read the latest blog by a Boston Children's doctor, clinician or staff member.
There are many ways you can help children and their families get the care they need.
A varicocele is mass of enlarged and swollen veins in the testicle that essentially feels like a bag of worms.
Surgery or no surgery?
Boston Children's Hospital physicians make a diagnosis based on whether your son is having any pain associated with the varicocele.
If your son is experiencing pain, your Children's urologist will recommend a simple, outpatient surgical procedure.
If there's no pain, your urologist may recommend nothing more than annual ultrasounds to ensure your son's testicle is growing normally. However, a current study at Children's is examining which approach is better in adolescents: immediate surgery for the varicocele, or with the option of surgery after a waiting period.
We are grateful to have been ranked #1 on U.S. News & World Report's list of the best children's hospitals in the nation for the third year in a row, an honor we could not have achieved without the patients and families who inspire us to do our very best for them. Thanks to you, Boston Children's is a place where we can write the greatest children's stories ever told."


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BBC Radio 4's Medical Matters podcasts
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:59
BBC Radio 4's Medical Matters podcasts
Inside Health: What Doctors Don't Tell You, Hep E, Vertigo: 2 Oct 2012
"Dr Mark Porter talks to a world expert on Hepatitis E and hears about a new health magazine which promises to reveal What Doctors Don't Tell You. And a listener finds out what might be causing her dizziness when she turns over in bed."
Hepatitis E [28 min, 13 Mb]
Inside Health: Sars like virus, Heartburn, Baby helmets: 25 Sept 2012
"Dr Mark Porter asks whether headlines identifying a 'SARS Like' virus may cause unnecessary alarm. While this new virus and SARS are both members of the same family, virologist John Oxford explains that they are more like cousins that behave differently. And should you be worried about the shape of your baby's head? Lots of parents are. Dr Margaret McCartney questions the growing trend for corrective helmets to treat so called 'flat head syndrome'. Plus Mark Porter visits the first NHS hospital to offer a new approach to treating heartburn."
Heartburn [29 min, 13 Mb]
Inside Health: Ovarian cancer, BP, Coughs, Vegetarianism, Gallstones: 18 Sept 2012
"US research says screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good. And listeners' emails on gallstones, vegetarianism and a constant urge to clear one's throat."
Gallstones [28 min, 13 Mb]
Inside Health: Liver, Hepatitis C: 17 July 2012
"Recent headlines suggest that the growing increase in deaths from liver disease is entirely down to excessive alcohol consumption, but it's estimated that two thirds of liver-related deaths are caused by other conditions. Dr Mark Porter investigates two liver conditions that do not hit the headlines but could be silently creeping up on millions of people in the UK."
Liver, Hepatitis C [28 min, 13 Mb]
Inside Health: GI Bleeds, Pregnancy & Working, Frozen shoulder, Patient surveys: 3 July 2012
GI bleeds [29 minutes, 13 Mb]
Inside Health: Whooping Cough, Maternal deaths: 17 April 2012
"Why whooping cough is making a comeback. Two radically different approaches for people who suffer from severe blushing - from a psychologist and a surgeon. Concern about changes to the way maternal deaths are investigated. Intestinal transit times. And Margaret McCartney doesn't like it when doctors use euphemisms for our genitals."
Intestinal transit times [13 Mb]
Inside Health: Heart attacks, Appendix, Pain: 10 April 2012
"Dr Mark Porter reports on the possible downsides of giving morphine to people with heart attacks, antibiotics for early appendicitis, the sick note, which painkillers are best for acute pain and how blood is tested in the lab."
Antibiotics for early appendicitis [13 Mb]
Inside Health: Red Meat, Joints, Screening: 13 March 2012
"Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence behind a study showing that a diet rich in red meat increases the risk of bowel cancer - and ponders whether to take supplements for sore knees."
Red meat and bowel cancer risk [13 Mb]
Inside Health: Vitiligo, Masks, Knees: 6 March 2012
"Dr Mark Porter tackles the confusion and prejudice that surrounds the skin condition Vitiligo. Max Pemberton discovers why surgeons may be wearing masks for their benefit rather than their patients. And Margaret McCartney reminds doctors who tweet to proceed with caution - posting photographs of the first patient you've anaesthetised is likely to get you into trouble!"
Benefits of surgical masks? 13 Mb
Inside Health: Incentives, Cough: 21 Feb 12
"Health incentives, Ace inhibitor cough, Raynauds Phenomenon, Hazards of fizzy drinks"
Health incentives 13 Mb
Inside Health: Whiplash, Statins: 14 Feb 12
"Whiplash and government efforts to reduce compensation claims. Behind the headlines that suggested weaning your baby on finger foods may be healthier than spoon feeding. Cholesterol tests and effects of statins. And the latest on patient medical records. Dr Mark Porter presents."
Patient medical records [13 Mb]
Inside Health: Gout, 07 Feb 12
"Hospital Acquired Infections - protocols for visitors to hospitals. Case for better nutrition education in medical schools. Gout on the rise due to obesity. Gluten intolerance. Shockwave Therapy for soft tissue injuries."
Nutrition education, gout and obesity, gluten intolerance [13 Mb]
Inside Health: Pseudomonas, 31 Jan 12
"The latest approach to tackling hospital superbugs. Clarification of the alcohol guidelines. A more convenient alternative to warfarin and why wearing high heels may be bad for your legs but good for your sex life."
Alcohol guidelines clarification [13 Mb]
Inside Health: Medical Devices, 10 January 2012
"Dr Mark Porter investigates medical devices and why it's so much easier to get approval for use in humans, compared to the strict criteria new medicines have to meet."
Medical Devices [13 Mb]
Inside the Ethics Committee 14 July 2011
"Hear Joan Bakewell and her panel wrestle with a real life medical dilemma."
Gut bacteria 8 March 2011
"Our bowels are home to an ecosystem of billions of bacteria and other microbes. Many of these gut bugs perform vital jobs for us, such as helping to digest food, making vitamins and priming the immune system. In the last few years, researchers have gathered evidence that a range of health problems and conditions arise from there being an imbalance between beneficial bacteria and potentially harmful ones."
The Pancreas 15 February 2011
"Cancer of the pancreas is one of the most difficult forms of the disease to treat. Inflammation of the pancreas - pancreatitis - can also be life threatening and at the moment there are no medicines to prevent the damage it does to the vital digestive gland. The Royal Liverpool Hospital is one of the UK's leading centres for the management of pancreatic disease. It's also home to the Liverpool National Institute of Health Research Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit where Professors Robert Sutton and John Neoptolemos treat patients and lead research into new therapies and tests for pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer."
Hepatitis C 18 Jan 2011
"Experts at Europe's largest liver transplant unit - at King's College Hospital in London - explain how vague symptoms help to keep hepatitis C "hidden" inside the body for years. Dr Mark Porter looks at the latest ways to manage this condition."
Patient Safety 31 Aug 2010
"Surgery and medication account for around a fifth or so of the incidents reported to the National Patient Safety Agency. But the biggest cause of all is far more mundane, but potentially just as serious - everyday accidents like trips and falls account for around a third of all incidents and can vary in severity from nothing but injured pride, to a fatal head injury. Reporter Angela Robson went to Rotherham Hospital to find out how staff there are tackling the problem with patients who are at risk of falling. Mark discusses how hospitals are dealing with the issue of patient safety with Professor Charles Vincent, Director of the Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality at Imperial College, London."
Constipation 11 Aug 2010
Dr Mark Porter investigates constipation, to discover the causes and treatments of this extremely common problem that is often suffered in silence due to embarrassment. He visits Southampton General Hospital to talk to Nick Coleman, consultant gastroenterologist, about how to manage this uncomfortable condition.
Gallstones 4 Aug 2010
"The gallbladder is tucked beneath the liver and aids digestion. It is possible to function without it and when gallstones develop they can be troublesome and painful. Dr Mark Porter examines the causes and treatment of gallbladder problems and visits Gloucester Royal Hospital to see its surgical removal."
Telemedicine 28 July 2010
Telemedicine is bringing benefits to both patients and doctors in Wales, England and Scotland. Specialist advice, treatment and clinics can be run more frequently than if long-distance travel is needed, with the latest technology being used to see patients, scans and test results. Daily monitoring measurements can be sent to GPs' computers. "Mark Porter reports on these projects and asks how far can telemedicine go? Do the patients like it?"
Parasites 23 Feb 2010
"Parasites invade our bodies in a variety of ingenious ways - through the food we eat or an insect bite, to boring directly under our skin. Some, like the beef tapeworm, at several metres in length, can hide harmlessly in our gut for years, while others, like malaria, can kill in a day. Dr Mark Porter visits the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in London where Professor Peter Chiodini and his colleagues diagnose and treat the patients who have picked up parasites, both here and abroad. … Emerging infections are always a concern for doctors, and parasites are no exception. Mark hears about a parasite threatening to reach our shores, and that man's best friend is the host that's likely to bring it here."
Childhood Obesity 29 Dec 2009
"Dr Mark Porter reports on the unique study that is tracking obesity from childhood. Researchers in Plymouth have been following the progress of a group of 300 children since they were born. Now they are teenagers, and data from taking blood samples and weighing them has helped the scientists to reveal that obesity follows gender lines and that diet is more important than exercise when it comes to losing weight."
Barrett's Oesophagus 28 July 2009
"Dr Mark Porter explores the diagnosis and treatment of Barrett's oesophagus. Barrett's oesophagus is a condition that affects some people who have had severe heartburn for a long time. Mark finds out how it is dealt with at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge."
Communication 21 July 2009
"Dr Mark Porter explores how to improve communication between the medical profession and patients. He finds out if doing role play with actors can change senior specialists' approaches to patients. The experience of being in hospital and undergoing lots of procedures can be daunting for anyone, but particularly for children. They may not understand what the doctors and nurses are telling them. Mark talks to the children and the paediatric medical teams to see if a scheme being run by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London is working. And what happens when patients or their families don't understand English well? Mark sits in on a consultation with an advocate who has to translate both the language and the medical terms."
Surgery 19 May 2009
"Dr Mark Porter investigates the past and future of surgery. He meets Prof Harold Ellis, a surgeon who qualified in the summer that the NHS was born, and hears about some of the latest surgical techniques, including how a gall bladder can be removed with just one tiny incision through the bellybutton."
Food intolerance 14 April 2009
"Dr Mark Porter reports on food intolerance. Many people think they have an intolerance or an allergy to certain foods. Mark discovers the difference between these conditions and asks what happens when we go to a clinic to be investigated."
Appendicitis 27 Jan 2009
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Xander and Serenity have been dating for the past four years. Xander wants to propose, but what happens when Exes come back and stirs up old feelings? Can their relationship survive or will they break up?
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This comes from an estate sale of a knife collection, looks new. I am selling as is but knife looks clean inside and out and doesn't appear to have been used. Fully open the knife is about 7'' from point to other end. T is a ring to attach the knife if desired. The blade at its widest is about 1 3/4 diagonally. I am told that this style of knife is a hawkbill. The knife locks into position when fully opened. A heavy brass spring locks over to prevent the knife from closing. One must push this brass lock the left so that knife will close. The handle is brown and the blade and head end are silver-like to match blade. One side is of blade is plain and the other says Erwin Supply Co. Erwin Mens Service. I guessing this is a business in Erwin, Tennessee about 65 miles from to the south.On blade is says: KLEIN TOOLS CHICAGO, USA T-3 This looks like one tough well made knive. I accept Paypal, ebay payments, money orders, cashier or personal checks. (Note: All personal checks must 1st clear bank before item will be shipped, usually 3-6 bank business days.) Shipping is $4.95 with delivery confirmation included.


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No Till fertilizing?
Been doing a bit of reading about gardening to help boost my abilities and harvests for next year and one topic I keep coming upon is NOT tilling your soils. The reasons I got are:
1) Don't power rototill because it creates till pan at the base of the tine reach. The roots will have a hard time penetrating the till pan and will, in turn, reduce plant size and fertility.
2) Tilling (even with a pitchfork) will destroy worm tubes that help to airate the soil and help water reach the lower roots quickly.
3) Tilling will also disrupt the microorganism structure within the soil. There are varying microorganisms at each "layer" and turning over the soil disrupts and potentially kills these organisms leaving the soil weakend (in terms of microorganisms) compared to the un-tilled soil.
All of this makes perfect sense to me, but what I'm having trouble wrapping my head around is keeping the soil truly fertile without "turning in" composts/maures/etc. as I've seen traditionally done my whole life. The books only say it's not wise to do it, but don't really talk about how you should go about it otherwise. I plant from seed, so digging a large hole to plant a potted plant and mixing compost at the bottom isn't part of my process. Do I just broadcast spread the compost on the surface and let the rains wash the nutrients down?
Its for those reasons dumping your compost on in the fall and letting the weight and wet of the snow and subsequent melt work its way in, is best.
I've had great sucess with my little and former larger plot doing just what you describe. The large plot was virtually all horse compost. The horses digestive system didn't break down the weed seeds they injested so there was always a good deal of weeds to yank.
I never tilled them under, A simple pitch fork under the roots to dislodge them and then a yank, rather than turn the fork full over.
In my little patch these days, after harvest and frost, I dig a pit in the centre and throw in all the waste from flowers and veg plants. Cover with soil. Obviously it doesn't break down over the winter, but by early summer it has. Regardless, I just plant new seeds right on top, again without really turning anything over.
Saves ALOT of back breaking work
good luck and happy gardening
Aaahhh, spread the compost in the fall makes total sense! I've been so confused because I think of fertilizing when one would be tilling and I couldn't see how the nutrients would get in the soil quick enough to truly help root development. Now I do!
If you know a farmer who has horses you will be amazed at how lush everything will be. Even if the muck out is still raw enough that it has hay and straw in it, I would still dump it. Doing it in the fall will eliminate burnt roots too, but as I said be prepared to yank lots of weeds.
I will see if I can dig out a pic of some sunflowers. They must have towered at 12 feet or more. Heads about twice the size of a dinner plate
You cannot really say no-till is good or bad without considering what you are trying to grow and most certainly taking into account what your soil is like. Sometimes the only way to get aeration needed for new planting in heavy soils like clay is to turn it over and amend it.
Another tip: Never walk on, or turn over clay soil when its wet or you will have a rock hard garden before long.
I dump a lot of leaves on the gardens before I till them in the fall. Makes for a lot of organic matter, and softens otherwise hard soil. It also leaves ideal conditions for snow to soak in, and for the soil to be nice and mallow in the spring.
But if you'd like to go no-till, you're certainly more than welcome to try.
Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "...stores don't sell ideas, they sell tools."
On sort of the same line..I coarsely mulch leaves in the fall and just leave them where they fall. In the spring if you pay attention you can see little piles of worm casings where the leave used to be. That is naturally gardening
Home Depot makes a profit by having an ad that says "Buy this NEW and improved roto tiller that enhances the distribution of fertilizers into your soils making your plants grow bigger!"
Anyway, my wife & I have been gardening for the better part of 30 years now. We - especially she - are always open to new ideas, and trying new things. But going no-till is not something we're going to be doing.
If it works for you, great!
It works for me....I won't be buying a tiller anytime soon.
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CLASS OF 2012 AND A HALF – Twenty-two smiling faces round out a Lake Superior State University School of Nursing winter pinning ceremony held in LSSU's Arts Center on Dec. 13. The formal recognition caps four years of hard classroom, laboratory, and clinical work on a Nursing baccalaureate degree. Each graduate receives a formal uniform pin and certificate of recognition. The next step is to take registered nurse (RN) examinations, which LSSU students usually pass on the first try. For the past two semesters, all of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates at Lake Superior State University have passed the NCLEX-RN licensure examination on their first attempt. (Photo by John Shibley)
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UPDATE 3-Germany backs EU carbon market reform by 2017
* Analysts say would push carbon prices higher, sooner
* Measure likely to face opposition from industry, eastern states (Adds quotes from German environment minister)
By Ben Garside and Barbara Lewis
BONN/LUXEMBOURG, June 12 (Reuters) - The German government wants the EU's carbon market reform plan to be implemented by 2017, four years earlier than the European Commission has proposed, Germany's Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said on Thursday.
The European Commission, the EU executive, has proposed setting up a so-called market stability reserve from 2021 to hold and release permits to balance supply in the bloc's Emissions Trading System (ETS) and better respond to economic changes.
Analysts say that starting the measure earlier would cut the market's massive oversupply faster and push carbon prices higher much more quickly.
The government in Germany, Europe's biggest CO2 emitter, reached its position after "several weeks of consultations" to try to spur debate on setting wider climate change goals, Hendricks said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU environment ministers in Luxembourg.
"With our position, we send a clear message for the climate change debate in the European Union. Germany wants to help ensure that the EU sets ambitious goals," Hendricks said.
She also said Germany wanted to cancel permanently the 900 million permits that are in the process of being temporarily withheld under the EU's separate backloading measure. Continued...


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Target: Mayor Bloomberg
Goal: Convince Mayor Bloomberg to ban styrofoam in New York City
Every time a New Yorker gets takeout in a styrofoam container, he or she is unknowingly responsible for causing irreparable damage to the ecosystem. Styrofoam is a cost-effective way for businesses to package food but has detrimental consequences for the planet. While customers have little control over how businesses choose to package food, and businesses are always looking to cut costs, they can't be entirely to blame for using styrofoam. The remainder of the responsibility lies in the hands of the government. Ask Mayor Bloomberg to create a citywide ban on styrofoam.
Styrofoam is a non-recyclable, non biodegradable material usually used for packaging food. A 2003 study found that 1,369 tons of styrofoam are thrown out in the U.S. every single day. The U.S. produces so many styrofoam cups each day that if they were lined up end to end, they would circle the earth.
Not only does styrofoam account for 30% of landfill space, it is also highly toxic. Styrene, the material in styrofoam, leaks into food and drinks that are contained in styrofoam and can lead to respiratory problems. For factory workers who are constantly around the chemical, their nervous systems may be affected. This can lead to depression, headaches, fatigue and blood and kidney problems. Manufacturing styrofoam also releases large amounts of ozone-depleting toxins into the air and the thousands of tons that are thrown into landfills each year leak toxins into soil and groundwater.
With this one material having so many health and environmental impacts, it's no wonder many cities have banned it. With New York City's population being one of the largest in the country, it is negligent and irresponsible of Mayor Bloomberg to continue letting this material be consumed in such mass quantities. Over the last ten years, the number of halal trucks in NYC has increased exponentially. They use only styrofoam containers to package their food. Restaurants also typically deliver rice and soups in styrofoam containers. And almost all of New York City's public schools use styrofoam lunch trays.
Ask Mayor Bloomberg to do something revolutionary before he leaves office and ban this toxic material from New York City.
Dear Mayor Bloomberg,
Each day, busy New Yorkers find themselves too tired or short on time during the day to cook. So they do the next best thing and order takeout or delivery, much of which will be served in styrofoam containers. With years of studies proving that styrofoam does irreparable damage to the environment and also poses many health risks, it's puzzling that you haven't banned the material from the city.
Restaurants, halal trucks and public schools (to name a few) use thousands of tons of styrofoam each year. Because styrofoam is non-recyclable and non biodegradable, it sits in landfills for hundreds of years, leaking toxins into soil and groundwater. Manufacturing the material also releases toxic, ozone-depleting chemicals into the atmosphere. So although using styrofoam may be cost-effective monetarily, the health and environmental costs of using it are monstrous.
Before you leave office, we urge you to do something revolutionary that would hopefully inspire other cities around the country. Please ban styrofoam from New York City.
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Hotels Close to Airport
Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express Costa Rica, are the top 2 airport hotels with everything you need for a comfortable stay.
Beach Hotels and Resorts
The Preserve at Los Altos Hotel & Spa in Manuel Antonio - www.thepreserveatlosaltos.com: This luxury 5 star beach hotel is located in Costa Rica's central Pacific Coast, Manuel Antonio, Quepos. They offer high end, personalized service to their clients. Some of their services include, inhouse gourmet restaurant, lounge and bar, event center, spa, exclusive beach, tours and much more. They offer four type of rooms, the penthouse suites, the panoramic ocean view suites, the treetop ocean and jungle view suites and the rainforest suites. All of our rooms are very spacious and fully equipped, perfect for a family vacation getaway.
Flamingo Beach Hotel and Marina: This great Costa Rica beach resort is located in the beautiful white sand Flamingo beach, Guanacaste. They offer different types of accommodations to fit any travelers needs, from standard suites for couples up to deluxe beachfront condos ideal for families.
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If you need the Best Shuttle Services & Airport Shuttle in San Jose Costa Rica , let Grayline Tour & Travel Buses makes your transportation around Costa Rica easy and comfortable. Travel happy with Gray Line Tourist Bus.
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Chachagua Rainforest Hotel and Resort: Come and enjoy nature at its best, Chachagua Rainforest hotel and resort is located in a privately owned and maintained rain forest, contiguous to the International Children's Rain Forest, which in turn is neighbour to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve.
El Establo Cloud Forest Hotel: If you want to visit the famous Monteverde cloudforest, you may want to take a look at this great Monteverde Hotel & Resort. This hotel is set in a private 150 acres farm (50% protected primary forest) adjacent to the Monteverde Reserve.
Hotels in Manuel Antonio Beach
La Mansion Inn: Located in Manuel Antonio Quepos, near Costa Rica's famous National Park, La Mansion is nestled in one of the last remaining "natural zoos" of the world. Combining this exotic setting with the finest foods, services and amenities available, we offer you the best of both worlds for your enjoyment.
The Preserve at Los Altos: If you are looking for a luxurious family-friendly hotel in Manuel Antonio, then Los Altos beach hotel is your best choice. Los Altos is a 5 star luxury beach hotel located close to the famous Manuel Antonio National Park and beaches. Offering honeymoon, wedding and romantic getaways.
Boutique Hotels Close to Juan Santamaria Airport
Studio Luxury Boutique Hotel is a 5 star hotel located in Santa Ana, close to Forum and Juan Santamaria International Airport. Even though the hotel is a five star hotel you can take advantage of their online specials and save on your stay. Feel free to visit their site by clicking on the above link.
Corteza Amarilla boutique hotels: Handpicked boutique and luxury hotels in Costa Rica.
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For a scuba diving vacation in Costa Rica Ocotal Beach Resort offers great scuba diving vacation packages, scuba diving equipment rental, snorkelling, charter boats and lodging.
Costa Rica Sport Fishing
If you are looking for the best sport fishing operator in Costa Rica's South Pacific Coast, the Zancudo Fishing Lodge and Hotel is worth looking at. Zancudo Lodge has been voted number one Costa Rica sport fishing lodge & resort by the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Magazine! They offer: big game fishing (marlin, sailfish), fly fishing, inshore and offshore fishing, charter boats, equipment rental, and premium lodging.
If you are thinking of visiting Costa Rica's Nort Pacific, Ocotal Sport Fishing Resort and Hotel might be your best option.
Travel Guides
Costa Rica Vacation Online offers handpicked Costa Rica travel resources to inform you of the best travel options for your dreamed Costa Rica vacation.
This is another great Costa Rica travel website specialized in family vacations, adventure tours and more.
Costa Rica travel advisor that brings you the best all inclusive multi day tour packages and travel ideas to fully enjoy your vacation.
If you are looking for the best family friendly hotels in Costa Rica, Web Go Travel - http://webgotravel.com/ offers a collection of Brand hotels (Best Western, Hampton Inn by Hilton, Holiday Inn, Garden Court) strategically located very close to the Juan Santamaria International Airport (Hampton Inn and Suites, Holiday Inn Express), famous Jaco Beach (Best Western Jaco Beach All Inclusive Resort) and close to downtown San Jose (Best Western Irazu Hotel and Casino,). Feel free to check out their online promotions and availability.
Other Costa Rica Travel Realated Websites
San Jose Costa Rica Hotels and Resorts: Top Costa Rica Hotels and Resorts listing.
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Costa Rica Yoga Retreat: Amatierra boutique hotel is located in the mountains near Puriscal and offers a new yoga center and wellness / holistic facilities. Because of its remote, mountain location, it's an ideal location for bird watching, too!
Costa Rica Wedding Planning: What could be a better backdrop for your wedding day than a pristine beach at sunset, or a waterfall surrounded by colorful tropical flowers and exotic birds? All of this could be yours, by choosing tropical Costa Rica for your wedding with our professional planning staff.
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Costa Rica Car Rentals: The best new and late model car rentals by Service Rental Cars of Costa Rica assures you the best in quality sedan and 4 wheel drives for a care-free vacation.
Costa Rica Beach and Golf Resort & Conference Center: The Tango Mar Hotel / Resort has been a favorite among wedding couples and honeymooners for many years. This romantic and isolated resort has comfortable accommodations, 3 swimming pools, golf, horseback riding and more. With the addition of a new convention center for business meeting of up to 150 people, executives will find a place to holiday as well as conduct business.
Costa Rica Birds, Nature and Animal Photography: Enjoy the real and natural Costa Rica at Bosque de Paz, a private nature reserve and hotel / lodge that has waterfalls, wildlife, birds, an orchid research center and more.
Costa Rica Vacation Rental Villa on the Beach: Casa Oceano is a luxurious beachfront rental truly on the beach. Just 10 steps from the oceanfront infinity pool and your toes are in the warm tropical sands of Tango Mar Resort.
Costa Rica Real Estate & Luxury Properties: Costa Rica Retirement Vacation Properties has the right property for you from over 2,000 listings in all areas of Costa Rica.
Costa Rica dental tourism: http://www.advancedentalcostarica.com/Resources/dental-tourism.html Advance Dental located in Hospital Cima, Escazu, Costa Rica, specializes in dental tourism offering quality dental procedures and treatments such as dental implants, crowns, porcelain veneers, dental bridges using the latest technology and at reasonable prices.


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This year would have been Bruno Leoni's 101st birthday but for his tragically early death in 1967. Leoni was an Italian lawyer cum academic who was one of Europe's leading classical liberal thinkers in the post-War era. Friend to the leading classical liberals of the age—counting Hayek, Buchanan, and Alchian as friends—Leoni was not only a pioneer of law and economics thinking but also an early adopter of public choice theory.
Law and Moral Obligation II: A Response to Ilya Somin
Ilya Somin has posted an essay at Volokh that narrows that gap between our views on the source of the moral obligation to obey the law—I certainly agree, for example, that there are exigent circumstances in which one might be not merely entitled but obliged to disobey—but our underlying disagreement persists: whether the calculation itself is an individual or a political one.
Law and Moral Obligation
Here and at Volokh, Ilya Somin and Mike Rappaport have been conducting a fruitful exchange over the extent of individuals' moral obligation to obey the law, but the debate should not obscure the deeper and important philosophical ground on which they apparently agree: a shared assumption that the duty arises from something like an individual utility function. Their dispute seems to pertain to whether the individual should deploy his or her moral calculus at the personal (Somin) or systemic (Rappaport) level. The tougher question is whether any society so conceived and so dedicated—namely, one in which individuals calculate their moral obligation to obey the law as atomized individuals—can long endure.
Friday Roundup, September 13th
I've made several posts the past few weeks to Liberty Fund's upcoming Constitution Day Symposium on federalism. Regarding this important topic, our Online Library of Liberty has the deepest bench of online resources for further reading and study. Enjoy! So the current Liberty Law Talk is a discussion with Eric Mack on Friedrich Hayek's great trilogy Law, Legislation and Liberty. If you haven't yet waded into all three volumes, then this podcast is a great introduction. For our feature review essay this week, Richard Gamble evaluates John Lukacs' latest effort, History and the Human Condition. Gamble observes that Lukacs' work demands humility…
John Tomasi Rearranges the Deck Chairs on the Good Ship Liberalism
The number of contradictory positions associated with the words "liberal" and "liberalism" have led some to conclude that such expressions are now so unstable in their meaning that they lack sufficient descriptive power of any lasting significance. Of course, the same could be said of terms used to describe most modern political positions, including "conservatism" and "socialism." Liberalism, however, seems particularly amorphous inasmuch as the phrase is associated with figures as apparently different in their starting points and conclusions such as Friedrich Hayek and John Rawls, but also David Hume and Immanuel Kant.
Or is it? In his new book Free Market Fairness, the political philosopher John Tomasi challenges and seeks to overcome some of the internal divisions among those who ascribe to the liberal nomenclature. Rather than attempting a synthesis of competing schools of liberal thought, Tomasi outlines what he is very careful to specify as a "hybrid" (87) political theory that draws upon classical liberalism and libertarianism on the one hand, and what he calls high or left liberalism on the other. Tomasi does not seek to somehow ground classical liberal institutions on the basis of left liberal moral imperatives, or vice-versa. Instead he argues for what he calls market democracy as a "justificatory hybrid . . . which combines insights from the classical and liberal traditions at the level of moral foundations" (95).


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DAEGU, South Korea - Representing her native Guyana, former Manhattan College track & field star Aliann Pompey was in action on Saturday at the IAAF World Championships from Daegu Stadium. Pompey competed in the women's 400 meters, but didn't advance out of the first round. Her time of 53.59 seconds was good for fifth place in her heat. However, only the top four finishers in each heat moved on to Sunday's semifinals.
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This is a great recipe for a pitcher of iced coffee – it's easy to adjust it to fit your tastes – use plain milk instead of chocolate, adjust the amount of milk, etc. I keep a pitcher of this in the fridge, ready to drink.
Iced Coffee Latte
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* Prep Time: 10 mins
* Total Time: 10 mins min
* Serves: 0
About This Recipe
"Living in Florida… iced coffee is the way to go. This is an easy recipe and one you'll want to keep."
o 1/2 cup instant coffee granules
o 1/2 cup boiling water
o 1 (14 ounce) can condensed milk
o 2 cups cold water
o 1 quart lowfat chocolate milk
o 1 to taste ice cubes
1. Add boiling water to coffee.
2. Whisk in condensed milk.
3. Add cold water.
4. Pour coffee into pitcher and add chocolate milk.
5. Chill 1 hour.
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One characteristic of a medical home is coordinated care. That means medical professionals are acting as a team, sharing information, and predicting patient needs. Pediatric practices in NICHQ's CHIPRA Massachusetts Medical Home Project, have been working to establish care teams within their practices to better support coordinated care. The impact, especially for children with complex healthcare needs, has been visible.
"If I've huddled with my care team prior to that visit, it's a big help," says Lara Antkowiak, a pediatrician at the Martha Eliot Health Center, where care teams were officially launched in January. "It lets me make the most of my limited time with the patient."
With a coordinated team caring for a patient there is the opportunity to look for emerging patterns of illness, debate treatment options or simply assign tasks the doctor would have typically done during a visit. For example, Antkowiak might have a nurse collect a patient's head circumference and note it in the medical record prior to Antkowiak entering the exam room, freeing the doctor up to focus on other elements of the visit.
The members of a patient's team vary depending on the facility and the patient's needs, but teams can include nurses, doctors, social workers, therapists, and administrative staff. Everyone involved with the patient is involved in the conversation.
Sally Faggella, site nurse leader and manager of pediatrics for the Chelmsford practice of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, says that by sharing the responsibility of looking at the patient's case history with the entire care team, the team is better able to anticipate a patient's needs. For example, medically complex children often require many prescriptions and it is easy for parents to forget to ask for all the refills they need. Using the coordinated team approach, a triage nurse might be charged with contacting the family and asking whether they'd like a new prescription for a child's inhaler, explains Faggella. In doing this proactive outreach, the team may discover two or three emergency room visits that the primary care physician was not aware of or discover that the patient's insurance is about to lapse and offer help.
Care teams can also create a consistent experience for patients, because each time a patient visits the doctor they will only deal with people from their team. According to patient surveys conducted before care teams were implemented, patients at Martha Eliot often said they'd seen the same doctor before and appreciated the familiarity. But patients were less likely to know other staffers, such as social workers and clinical assistants, from past visits. With all staffers assigned to teams, the patients now have a more predictable experience.
Lexi Zonfrelli, a research assistant at Martha Eliot, says it was challenging to establish a schedule that included all of the appropriate members of each team, every day—especially with several part-time staffers. It took a lot of planning. Another challenge was attitudinal. Not all of the 46 staffers at Martha Eliot were immediately impressed with the idea of care teams. Some felt they were already on an unofficial team and others weren't sure it would be productive.
Ellen Reisinger, a project manager at Martha Eliot Health Center, says it was critical to explain the benefits of the approach and promote the idea with staff first, and then introduce it to patients. "Developing a team culture was important," she says.
Team members were encouraged to wear their color for Halloween, for example, though the approach was still only discussed internally at that point. Martha Eliot waited several months before finally exposing patients to the system. Colorful balloons and bulletin boards were displayed around the center with team photos and information about the approach. Patients also wrote their names on appropriately colored stickers, to introduce them to their team color.
Reisinger says they will continue to conduct quarterly patient surveys to ensure the care team approach is improving the quality of care. "We want to make sure it continues to be a positive thing," she says.
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It has been an exciting journey for the Etisalat Prize, beginning with the call for entries, the long wait for the longlist, and eventually the unveiling of the shortlist of three great books all worthy of the Etisalat Prize. But we all knew there could only be one winner, and he is Fiston Mwanza Mujila for his debut fiction novel, Tram 83 originally written in French; making him the third winner of the Etisalat Pan-African Prize for Literature instituted since 2013.
His winnings includes a £15,000 cheque, an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück and an iPhone 6s. He also gets to attend the Etisalat Fellowship at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, under the mentorship of Professor Giles Foden, the author of The Last King of Scotland.
In attendance were art lovers and dignitaries such as : Deputy Governor of Lagos State and Commissioner of Education, Dr. Idiat Adebule (represented by her Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olusola Yinka Ayandele); Commissioner of Science and Technology of Lagos State, Femi Odubiyi; Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Majority Leader, Federal House of Representatives; Professors Femi Osofisan and Ahmed Yerima (playwrights); Prof. Remi Raji (poet), Dr. Frank Edozien; thespians Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, Genevieve Nnaji and Bimbo Akintola; and members of Etisalat Nigeria Board, Prof. Isabella Okagbue and Junaid Dikko, with top class performances from Asa, Darey Art-Alade, Evelle and K. Peace.
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I've got a lot of SD encodes that are properly encoded in an anamorphic way. They have different encode and playback resolutions. The stable version of XBMC plays these fine, in the correct aspect ratio. However, Eden I have to manually force "Stretch to 16:9" via cycling through aspect ratios.
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A 41-year man was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money after being mugged in the men's washroom at Eastgate Square.

Hamilton police Const. Debbie McGreal-Dinning said the victim was in the washroom at about 4 p.m. on Jan. 22 when he was accosted by the thief, who held out a knife and punched him, stealing his cash.

The thief fled and was last seen leaving through the Queenston Road doors of the mall. He is described as white, five feet nine inches tall and weighing 200 pounds. He wore a black jacket with "Jets" across the back.


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Jonathan Schoop was really looking forward to participating in the World Baseball Classic for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. And his results show why.
The Orioles' No. 4 prospect went 3-for-6 with a three-run homer and an RBI double en route to the Netherlands' 6-2 win over Cuba on Thursday night at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
The 21-year-old Curacoa native smacked a three-run homer to left-center field in the sixth, driving in Mariners outfied prospect Kalian Sams and Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons. He doubled Simmons in two innings later. He also singled in the second and grounded out with the bases loaded in the ninth.
Baltimore's Minor League Player of the Year in 2011, Schoop smacked a two-run shot Monday to help the Netherlands advance into the second round with a 4-1 win over Australia.
Schoop might feel particularly comfortable with the international competition in the Classic, since he was a part of the Netherlands' gold medal-winning 2011 Baseball World Cup squad.
"We have a good team, and I think we can get pretty, pretty far," Schoop told MiLB.com last week. "The team is coming along good. We've played since we were kids, and now we're together here. We're playing the game the right way.


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Homemade Vaseline
When we have a cold and one very runny, stuffed up nose there isn't anything better than a nice smear of petroleum jelly across the sore, red, chaffed spots.
Well, except the petroleum part.
In the winter where we live, the wind blows like it's forgotten to do it's job all year (even though it really hasn't because the wind blows all year around). It seems like everything gets chapped and there isn't much we can do about it, being a family that likes to use all things natural. We don't use petroleum on our skin because, think about it...petroleum jelly is the by product of oil production that has been refined and processed, and isn't really something that needs to be on our skin, especially not when we are trying to heal our bodies.
Lucky for all of us, it turns out that a homemade, all natural version of homemade Vaseline is super easy to whip up! Here's all you need:
Homemade Vaseline
What You Need:
- 1 ounce or 1/8 cup Beeswax (Where to Buy)
- 1/2 c. olive oil
What to Do:
For beeswax, I really like buying those beeswax pellets versus the blocks. They are so much easier to measure for projects like this instead of trying to cut a chunk off a large block. Additionally, I haven't found the pellets to be much more expensive than the blocks. You also want to make sure you stick with the yellow pellets versus the white, as the white have been refined and stripped of many natural properties.
Don't stop with just making Homemade Vaseline, there are so many other products that you can make without having to go to the store! Here are some that you might want to check out:
How to Make Homemade Lotion
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Make Your Own Shampoo
Make Your Own Dry Shampoo
Homemade Hand Cleaner
And make sure to check out our large Make Your Own and DIY page to find even more store bought items that you can make for yourself at home, easily and naturally.
Have you ever tried making your own homemade Vaseline? Do you do it any differently than this? What are some of your favorite store bought things to make homemade?
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Throwing around cam idea's is fun,atleast it is for me.Would like to take another stab at it just for fun,was thinkin of goin with something a little different for my 9.3 comp, 350 sb,with SR torqer head's that flo about 76% with 171cc intake runner's to boot.The intake is the Edelbrock peformer EPS,with a 1405# Edelbrock carb. The crank and rod's are ballanced,with speed pro hyper-.030 piston's with .125 dome. Current cam choise was the Lunati 00016# with a .458 lift and .218@50 with a .284 adv dur. With a power range of 1500 to 5200 rpm's.Something about this doesnt jive with me,but cant put my finger on it.I do like the look's of the ex262 comp cam,and the H270 comp cam.My pickup is a 76 gmc 1/2 shortbed @3900 lbs. A 350 tranny,and 3.40 gears.The truck will be a daily driver,sport truck that will do no hauling or pulling.I dont want one to small,to big,to smooth,or to rough.But does have that gentlle lope to it that wont shake the tach out of the dash.
Of the choices you mentioned, I like the Comp270H. I had that cam in an identical engine in a 1972 Chevy truck long bed and it ran real good. Had a moderate lope when the engine was cold and it smoothed out just enough when it warmed up. There was a subtle sound of lope. The big truck ran some 14.20's with 3.73 gears. The cam pulled strong to 5500 rpm. I have also run the comp 280H and it is considerably rougher at idle than the 270H.
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How many times have RBR/STR stated "two years is enough" when sacking other development drivers? Now they're saying two years is not enough...
I think Dan is more than ready to step up. I doubt he'd be taking poles or winning races in his first season at the top, but he's consistent enough to qualify well and score points, and maybe take over the RBR reigns in a few years should Vettel decide to change teams.


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Unable to delete photo comments?
(Forgive me if this has already been posted elsewhere, I did a quick search and didn't find anything.)
I uploaded a photo about 20 minutes ago and soon after I got a comment from a spam account on it. I reported the comment to the mods so they could ID the account, and then I went to go delete the comment - however, the "delete comment" icon was gone. I saw the report and reply icons, but the red circle with the x in it was gone.
I'm using Firefox with add-ons, so just in case it was my browser, I logged into cosplay.com using Chrome. Same problem. I also checked other (non-problematic, non-reported) comments I had on other photos, and they also were missing the delete icon.
With no way to delete the spam comment, I ended up just deleting the entire photo and reuploading it. Nothing lost since there was nothing else racked up on the photo in question, but it'd suck if this happened after getting legit comments.
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I don't think 4Gb is large enough, unless it's installing as a live dvd.
I am having problems booting from the USB when installing the BlackTrack 4, I am getting the message Boot Error and nothing happens.
I follow the steps installing BT4 using unetbootin-windows-442.exe after I formatted my USB with FAT32.
My USB dive is 4 GB, I use Windows 7 and my system supports booting from USB.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
I don't think 4Gb is large enough, unless it's installing as a live dvd.
These are the instructions that I followed USB Live | BackTrack Linux - Penetration Testing Distribution
Unetbootin got some problems with vista because MS has deterred anyone from editing any MBR (even with the "open as administrator" crap). I guess MS did the same with win7...
Try in windows xp or in any GNU/Linux distro.
I have the same problem... Is there a problem that forces changes to USB sticks with Win7 or do we just have to uninstall this piece of SHIT operating system and go back to the uber slimmed down pwn version of XP??
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
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Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
i've got Win7Pro on my laptop and i can easily boot from USB with BT4Final on it, and it also is 4GB in size.
Was about to make one with BTR1 but since in tutorial it says that 4GB is not enough i gave up.
Also I had had couple of problems like you, followed few of tutorials to get one working, but now i only use tutorial from this site.
,, It's the flower of light in the field of darkness that's giving me the strength to carry on.,,
Eli says:,,No, it's, uh, Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison,,
Still have the problem.
tg3: problem fetching invariants of chips, aborting
root@bt:~# startx
x: warning; process set priority -1 instead of requested priority 0
(EE) VESA(O): No valid nodes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have useable configuration.
Fatal server error
no screens found
xinit connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to x server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error root
I get a little further into the boot process after I burned the img to a dvd, but ultimately the same thing happened.
"tg3: problem fetching invariants of chips, aborting"
Any of the selections at the start of the boot process will lead to this tg3 error.