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How Americans came to have cup holders in their cars.
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The history of automobile interior design has been one of incorporating nonessential features that subsequently became indispensable. When broadcasting became commonplace, for example, the built-in radio was the feature few car owners wanted to be without. Today, that feature is the car cup holder—now considered to be so essential that many consumers wonder why it took so long to arrive.
Riding in the earliest automobiles must have been a bone-jarring experience. Not only were suspension systems crude by today's standards, but also roads were much more unforgiving. The possibility of drinking from a cup while driving may never have entered the consciousness of early touring parties. Liquids were kept tightly corked in the thermos bottle, which was secured in the picnic basket until the car stopped and a blanket was spread out beside the road—on terra firma.
Eating and drinking in (parked) cars became popular with the rise of the drive-in restaurant and theater. In a sense, the tray that hooked on to the partially rolled-up window is the antecedent of the automobile cup holder. The tray was typically located on the driver's door, and back-seat passengers had to put their cokes and malts down on the floor and remember not to kick them over. Eventually, the front-seat passenger was able to open the glove compartment door and sit a glass or cup or two on the door-cum-table. But leaving the drive-in with an unfinished drink usually meant holding the cup gingerly and hoping it didn't spill. Early attempts by carmakers to add grooved depressions to the glove compartment door—like those on airplane tray tables—checked sliding but not bouncing and sloshing.
In the 1960s, during the heyday of the space race, coffee cups shaped like Mercury capsules—with their wider bottoms—provided some stability for drinks placed on the floor or dashboard. But the introduction of easy-open aluminum beverage cans posed a new dilemma for drivers: Where to place the light and slender can when shifting gears? (The American penchant for automatic transmissions is not independent of the national passion for cup holders.)
The first true cup holders were primitive and garish and non-integral to the car's design. Mostly, they were plastic holsterlike devices that hooked on to the inside of the door, staying in place whether the window was up or down. Any cup holder attached to a car door is an invitation to disaster, of course: Doors are opened, closed, and sometimes slammed with gusto. In time, cup holders were built into the console between seats and other less mobile parts of vehicles. (In Europe, designers did not consider cup holders essential for driving pleasure or safety, and the basic car design left no room for the gauche American accessory.) Today, ingenious cup holder designs have been retrofitted into armrests and dashboards. Unfortunately, in many cases when deployed, these folding structures obstruct essential controls—like buttons operating radios, heaters, windows, and rearview mirrors.
In a recent New Yorker article on sport-utility vehicles and safety, Malcolm Gladwell quotes the French cultural anthropologist G. Clotaire Rapaille expressing amazement that the first thing educated car-buyers look at in a car is how many cup holders it has. My experience is that people shopping for a new car or truck are more discriminating. It is not so much the number of cup holders as their design that can tip the balance between choosing one vehicle over another. (I have repeatedly heard articulate people say that their family's latest automobile purchase hinged on which cup holders worked best for them.)
So, on a recent book tour, I paid special attention to the cup holders in the cars driven by my "media escorts." In Boston, the car was an Audi of recent vintage. It had a single-cup holder that opened out from the dashboard—closer to the passenger than to the driver's seat. Every time I got in the car, I found my left knee perilously close to the device, which invariably held a bottle of water that listed toward me, like a kitschy model of the Tower of Pisa. I asked the driver how she liked the cup holder and noted that it seemed a bit too shallow for the job it was doing. She admitted that water bottles did sometimes tip out on tight turns. (This thought seemed to have reminded her to find the bottle top and screw it back on.)
It so happens that my wife and I had bought a new Audi just a few months earlier. In spite of our frustration with the cup holders on our previous car—a mid-1990s vintage Volvo—we had not paid much attention to the Audi cup holders. They are neat and inconspicuous when not being used, but we soon discovered that they are surprisingly inadequate. As with my Boston escort's Audi, our new car has a cup holder that deploys from the dash on the passenger's side. It appears to be a bit deeper and therefore capable of holding a (slender) water bottle more securely. It can also accommodate a small- or medium-size Styrofoam coffee cup. But the liquid tends to slosh around and out the drinking hole and so can drip onto and into the CD player, climate controls, and center console. We have taken to wrapping a napkin or two around the coffee cup before putting it into the cup holder. This ad-hoc consumer redesign keeps things dry but does so at the expense of aesthetics.
There's also a second cup holder that deploys from the console and sits very close to the passenger seat. When in use, this cup holder sports a pair of spring-loaded fingerlike projections opposing a plastic flap, among all of which a slender plastic water bottle or aluminum can (but not much else) just about fits. This drink holder is so shallow and close to the seat that whatever is in it seems constantly to be knocked out of kilter. Indeed, our Audi's cup holders seem to be perfect (bad) examples of what design-psychologist Donald Norman, in his new book Emotional Design,says "reflects the old-fashioned German automobile design culture, which proclaims that the engineer knows best, and considers studies of real people driving their vehicles irrelevant."
There are better cup holders out there, but which ones are best is a highly subjective matter. Certainly none is perfect. But consumers can expect that cup holders will continue to be improved, like all made things. (One thing to look for is a spring-loaded flap that acts like the rubber ones found on so many cup holder designs: It keeps cups smaller than the holder from jiggling and rattling.) Meanwhile, drivers and passengers alike can still dream of one that will hold whatever size drink container they can buy at a roadside convenience store. This dream cup holder will not obstruct a single other thing in the car and will hold a cup steady on a rocky road. The future cup holder, one can further dream, will move under a cup being put down by a driver watching the road the way an outfielder moves under a fly ball. Truly visionary drivers might even fantasize of the robot cup holder that can move a cup into a hand groping in the dark.


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Rock a Rail is coming Saturday 28th September 2013.
With the setup once again masterminded and fabricated by the legendary Gerben Verweij, Rock a Rail promises to be the most progressive rail jam of the year. With a 30 stair down rail, a 22 stair kinked rail, a double close-out with a gap to down rail, and an awesome close-out to wall ride, there are many options for transfers, gaps and tranny finds. Last year the invited riders did not disappoint and this year the list is like a who's who of creative urban snowboarding.
With international stars including Halldor and Eiki Helgason, Ethan Morgan, Gulli Gudmundsson, Jaeger Bailey, Wojtek Pawlusiak, Alex Tank and Denis Leontyev lining up alongside local heroes Kas Lemmens, Cees Wille, Wessel van Lierop and Bob van Unnik, the show promises to be an all out HAMMER FEST.
As well as space for a sizeable crowd at the venue, there will be a full HD live stream presented by Monster Energy on Methodmag.com. This will cover all the heats and the final, so even if you are on the other side of the World, you can enjoy the whole spectacle from the comfort of your sofa or bed.
There will even be exclusive competitions and giveaways from Bataleon, Lobster and Switchback Bindings especially for people viewing the stream, so you can get involved and perhaps even win a sick prize.
All you need to do is tune into http://www.live.method.
So if you have some spare time this Saturday, you seriously need to check out the best rail jam set-up that Europe has to offer. Have a look at the render graphics for the course and check out the teaser if you need any more convincing and we hope you can tune in!
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An international team of scientists searching for genes that determine the susceptibility and severity of arthritis of the spine has been awarded a five-year renewal grant of $4.3 million from the National Institutes of Health.
The team led by Dr. John Reveille, professor of rheumatology, has linked 20-plus genes to this arthritic condition known as ankylosing spondylitis and hopes to use this information to enhance diagnosis and treatment.
Reveille, director of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics and chief of rheumatology at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, said this information could lead to diagnostic tests to identify high-risk individuals and to new treatments that could potentially correct abnormal activities associated with disease-contributing genes.
"We hope to diagnose the disease earlier and more accurately and to improve outcomes," Reveille said.
The team is tracking the progress of people with this form of inflammatory arthritis. It began with a cohort of 400 people in 2006. Today the investigators are following more than 1,200 patients. The team is studying the genetic makeup of patients, as well as the impact of treatments on their condition.
Ankylosing spondylitis, sometimes mistaken for simple back pain and strain, affects 129 out of every 100,000 people in the United States and affects people of all ages and of both genders. Symptoms include curvature of the spine, weight loss, eye inflammation, fatigue, and anemia.
While there is no cure, early diagnosis and proper management can minimize pain and reduce the risk of deformity, said Reveille, the Linda and Ronny Finger Foundation Distinguished Chair in Neuroimmunologic Disorders and the George S. Bruce, Jr. Professor in Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases.
Ankylosing spondylitis is often treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and exercise, and, in severe cases, anti-tumor necrosis factor agents, he said.
Participating institutions include the University of Queensland, Australia; the Wellcome Trust, London; Cedars-Sinai , nonprofit hospital in Los Angeles; the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skins Diseases in Bethesda, Md.; the University of California San Francisco; the University of Calgary, Canada; and the University of Toronto, Canada.
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skins Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P01AR052915. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
-Rob Cahill, Office of Advancement, Media Relations


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JMAJ necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 107 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Food Mood Clinic
Naturopathic Doctor setting up a new clinic in Toronto; preventative medicine that focuses on diet, whole foods and healthy minds (hence - food mood clinic); treatment therapies include diet and lifestyle counselling, botanical medicine, acupuncture, and nutrition.
Food clearly affects mood, and mood affects eating behaviours (e.g. emotional eating). I'm passionate about educating others about how to be live healthier, happier lives, through simple changes in habits.
1) Anyone with a chronic condition/disease wanting treatment through natural therapies;
2) Anyone who wants to improve their diet and lifestyle through an expert in health;
3) Anyone who wants to prevent disease/sickness or prevent disease progression;
Basically - sick, unhappy people who want/need help;
- dimensions must be 3.5 by 2 (american std)
- keep the design clean/simple
- contact info should be kept on one side
- i'm keen on fonts, but keep it professional and sleek (i.e. no bubble letters)
- exudes intrigue, somewhere YOU'D want to go
- focus is whole FOODs and MOOD (cognitive stuff - anything from hormonal imbalances to depression to alzheimers)
- i appreciate all types of art
- feel free to be creative (use humour if you want)
- 2-sided business card
- keep in mind - it will likely be printed on matte gloss laminate, 16.5 pt
Attached are old ideas that either need to be re-worked or thrown out.


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MMPT needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
We have 2 Physical therapy offices located in Maryland. Separate names, addresses, phone numbers etc but owned by the same person. We need a logo that can be used with one or both of the office names/details, depending on our needs at that time. We hope to get to the point where this ONE logo is associated with both offices. We are increasing our advertising and constantly find ourselves in need of a logo that represents our companies. The owner wants this logo to indicate PHYSICAL THERAPY SPORTS REHABILITATION, not the words, but the idea in the logo design.
The office info. is as follows:
Mady and Mules Physical Therapy Sports Rehabilitation
1212 York Road, Suite C-101
Lutherville, MD 21093
phone: 410-321-0377
fax: 410-821-7517
website: http://www.mmpt-hcpt.com
Howard County Physical Therapy Sports Rehabilitation
4801 Dorsey Hall Drive, Suite 130
Ellicott City, MD 21042
phone: 410-730-9851
fax: 410-730-9855
website: http://www.mmpt-hcpt.com
Existing markets. Logo needed for advertising purposes in things like area school sports programs, sponsorship programs/banners (ie golf tournament, 5k events, etc). If this logo works, we may use on other business items (like letterhead, etc).
Must be able to be used with one office, ie in in front of the office name and with both offices, ie in between the office names. If that can be accomplished, we are open to creativity in the rest of the project. This logo/figure/design needs to indicate Physical Therapy Sports Rehabilitation services.
Best place to get an idea of our companies would be to view our website at http://www.mmpt-hcpt.com
Thank you!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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I have severe issues with the Update 1 of the Final Edition on my A4000D (same system as this one here: http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3469) with 8MB Permedia 2 GFX card.
After manually downloading the update (Amiupdate always failed to download this file correctly due to many many many stalls and restarts during download) and installing it, the system no longer boots. After the kernel loads, I get a red screen.
I tried different configurations:
1) started without GREX kernel option, system loads but GFX is somewhat disturbed
Modified kicklayout
2a) with PCI GFX & Voodoo3 and without Permedia2 entries: red screen
2b) without PCI GFX, Voodoo3 and P2 entries: pink screen, after reset red screen
2b) only with PCI GFX entry: pink screen
3a) removed Permedia 2 card from system: red screen
3b) exchanged Permedia2 card for Voodoo3 card: red screen
Changed kernel back to kernel from OS4.1FE Install CD: system boots up correctly, even showing Update 1, Permedia 2 in title bar.
Maybe this is related to the Mediator issue, as Rotzloeffel already pointed out?
How can I help? Do you need some debug output? If so, what setup is needed?


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Supporters of fallen leader Hugo Chávez began to gather at the Military Hospital near downtown Caracas Wednesday morning, as they prepared to follow his funeral carriage on a winding farewell procession through the capital city. Chávez's body will be taken to the Military Academy — an institution that defined his life — until his state funeral on Friday.
Throngs of people watched, waved banners and sang the national anthem as the funeral carriage emerged from the hospital, carrying Chávez 's casket draped in the Venezuelan flag and crowned with a wreath in the national colors of yellow, blue and red.
The approximately 8-mile-long procession will end at the national Military Academy, where Chávez's body will lay in state until the funeral on Friday. It is unclear if the viewing will be open or closed casket, but the government has invited the nation to visit Chávez's coffin at the Military Academy.
Many supporters are expected to pay their last respects to the fiery leader.
Victor Davila, 33, a chef, draped the national flag over his shoulders as he watched the procession.
"He could always draw a crowd,'' Davila said as he surveyed the crowd outside the hospital. "There are millions of us here.''
Pedro Liendo, 46, a sociologist, said the nation will mourn Chávez's loss, but that the president had left very clear marching orders.
"This revolution had to continue with or without him,'' Liendo said.
He also had a warning for those in the opposition who would seek to capitalize on Chávez's death.
"There are provacateurs out there who want to destabilize the country,'' Liendo said, "but we're not going to let them.''
While a small crowd stood vigil outside the hospital and at public plazas, the streets of Caracas were largely desolate overnight amid fears that the uncertainty might spark violence. But authorities did not report any major incidents.
As morning broke, people huddled around newsstands, snapping up the special editions that marked Chávez's death.
"The country cries for Chávez," blared a headline from Ultimas Noticias.
Tomas Saldivia, 46, was sitting on a curb holding his head. He said it had been a rough night, gathering with family members to mourn the president who led this country for 14 years. Saldivia said he would always be grateful to the administration for paying the hospital bills for his daughter who died of cancer at 19.
"We lost a leader," he said. "We have to continue the revolution, like he asked us to, but this hurts."
Others wonder what will come next for the country.
By law, new elections should be held within 30 days and the administration is rallying around Vice President Nicolás Maduro, who had Chávez's full backing.
But Maduro, a one-time union organizer and longtime foreign minister, has yet to win over the people.
"If things weren't calm here with Chávez, I think it's going to be even worse with Maduro," said Tatiana Carrero, a 39-year-old graphic designer. "All I'm hoping now is that whatever comes next isn't worse than what we had."
Carrero said she would support Henrique Capriles, the 40-year-old governor of Miranda State, who lost to Chávez in October's presidential race.
While the coalition of opposition parties known as the MUD has not yet named its candidate, many expect the group will select Capriles.
Before elections, though, the nation will grieve.
The government has declared seven days of mourning, and schools are closed through the week.
Leaders from around the world have begun to arrive in Venezuela for the funeral.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Uruguay's José Mujica traveled overnight. Bolivian President Evo Morales, a longtime Chávez ally, arrived this morning.
"We know that it has been a night of difficult emotions," Foreign Minister Elías Jaua told local TV reporters as he greeted Morales at the airport. "We still haven't assimilated the deep pain that's being caused by the physical departure of our president, Hugo Chávez."
Chávez had been battling cancer since at least June 2011, but the administration never said what type of cancer he had or what organs were affected. The president had been in seclusion for almost three months.
As government officials prepare for the funeral, Maduro on Tuesday suggested that state enemies may have "infected" Chávez with his illness.
The escalating rhetoric between Chávez's successors and the opposition could keep the country on edge for months.
Dougglys Blanco, 21, an administrative assistant, said she worried for the future given the uncertainty caused by Chávez's death .
"I don't know what's going to happen to my country now," Blanco said. "We just have to hope for the best."
For 14 years, Chávez has led Venezuela. He survived four elections, a coup and a recall attempt as he became one of Latin America's most charismatic, influential and controversial leaders.
But on Tuesday, the socialist firebrand lost his long-running battle with cancer at the age of 58.
The former tank commander died in Venezuela's Military Hospital, just a few months after winning a fourth presidential term that would have kept him in office until 2019.
His passing puts Maduro at the helm of Latin America's fifth-largest economy until new elections can be scheduled within 30 days.
It also leaves a power vacuum in this nation of 27 million — where Chávez had been the face and force of his administration since 1999.
Chávez had been fighting an undisclosed form of cancer, and had undergone four rounds of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. His last round of treatment began Dec. 10, when he was hustled onto an airplane bound for Cuba.
It was the last time he would be seen in public or heard from. The surgery was plagued with problems and led to a respiratory infection, which required a tracheotomy that made it difficult for the once-verbose leader to speak.
Using the nation's vast oil wealth to push through socialist reforms and build a coalition of like-minded leaders in Latin America, Chávez became a darling of the global left and beloved by many of the nation's poorest. As he built homes, hospitals and schools, his "21st Century Socialism" dramatically reduced the income gap.
But as his power grew, so did the abuses. His administration expropriated thousands of acres of land and hundreds of companies, drawing fire from the business class and the traditional ruling elite. Corruption and impunity plagued his administration. Venezuela became one of the most dangerous countries in the hemisphere, beset by power outages and food shortages.
Despite the problems, Chávez's popularity rarely waned, and he won the Oct. 7 presidential race with 55 percent of the vote and an 11-point margin over his nearest rival.
"Hugo Chávez will be remembered as an extraordinary politician and as a failed leader," Venezuelan columnist and the nation's former trade minister, Moisés Naím, told The Miami Herald. "Sadly, his legacy will not reflect any of the positive and lasting transformations that could have been achieved with the political hegemony and financial resources that he enjoyed. The Venezuela he leaves behind is politically polarized, economically weak, and terrifyingly murderous. But mostly it is poorer, more unjust and vastly more corrupt than what it was before Hugo Chávez ruled it."


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Frenn Apartment Building
1615 W. Wells St.
The Frenn Building has four spacious units — one two-bedroom and three three-bedroom apartments — available for Marquette juniors, seniors and graduate students.
Its location near the Alumni Memorial Union and a variety of local restaurants and businesses gives residents access to key services.
Apartment features
- All four apartments are fully carpeted and equipped with a stove and refrigerator.
- All four apartments have central air and heat.
- All utilities except electricity are included.
- You can pay your rent on your Bursar account.


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Infants may require cardiorespiratory monitoring in the home for a variety of problems that affect breathing. Apnea monitors do not prevent SIDS and are not prescribed for that purpose. Because apnea is relatively common in preterm infants, it is the focus of this article.
Apnea is any pause in breathing (respirations) and may cause oxygen desaturation (too little oxygen available to the tissues). Bradycardia is a slowing of the heart rate below what's normal for the baby's age and may be accompanied by cyanosis (a blue color of the lips or mucous membranes). Before discharge, the medical team will have ruled out other physiologic causes for your baby's apnea, such as anemia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bronchospasm related to underlying bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or seizures.
Babies diagnosed with apnea of prematurity are often treated in the NICU with medications such as theophylline or caffeine, which help stimulate the respiratory center in the brain. Babies who have frequent episodes of apnea and bradycardia are not discharged, even with an apnea monitor, until the episodes resolve or become less severe. In most cases, babies outgrow apnea and bradycardia. Clinical observation usually determines whether your baby is breathing well enough on her own to be discharged safely. Newer NICU monitors are able to document breathing and heart rate trends over time, which also validates readiness for discharge.
Some units may perform a sleep study, also called polysomnography, pneumocardiogram, or pneumogram, before discharge to monitor your baby's breathing and heart rate more over a 12- or 24-hour period. A pneumogram uses a monitor similar to your baby's cardiorespiratory monitor but with additional channels that record your baby's heart rate, respirations, airflow through the nose, and oxygen saturation. If gastroesophageal reflux is suspected as a cause of apnea and/or bradycardia, an additional probe is used to record the acidity of secretions in the esophagus. The baby is attached to this special monitor for a specified period, usually overnight, and specially trained personnel analyze the results. This may help determine the sequence of events that leads to, or triggers, an apneic/bradycardic episode. Institutions vary in their use and interpretation of pneumograms. Many hospitals do not use them at all, but rely heavily on your baby's clinical history (recent episodes) to determine the need for home apnea monitoring.
If the baby is still having significant apneic, bradycardic, or desaturation episodes and is otherwise ready for discharge, a home apnea monitor is ordered from an outside company (sometimes referred to as a vendor or a durable medical equipment [DME] company) and delivered to the hospital before your baby's discharge. Your discharge planner, case manager, or social worker coordinates this process. The vendor instructs parents in the use of the apnea monitor before the baby's discharge and provides an instruction manual and a phone number for monitor problems once you are home.
The vendor should encourage parents to ask questions. Some hospitals require that parents spend a night rooming-in with their baby before discharge to ensure that the monitor is working properly and that the parents feel comfortable and competent in its operation. Rooming-in is also excellent for practicing the routine care, feedings, and other specialty care (such as medication administration) your baby may need. You will learn how to respond to monitor alarms and when to notify your doctor about unusual events. You will also have a chance to get to know your baby's behavior on a 24-hour basis, with nurses and doctors nearby to answer questions.
If your baby has come home with an apnea monitor, you'll want to use it whenever you or your baby is sleeping and when you are busy. It's acceptable to take the monitor off when you're playing with your baby during more alert periods and when you're bathing your baby. This gives her skin a break from the belt that secures the monitor. The belt can irritate her skin, especially when the weather is warm. If electrodes are used in place of a belt, they should be changed according to the schedule stated by your health care provider. Because electrodes are adhesive, removing them too frequently, or keeping them in the same place too long, can also irritate your baby's skin.
With advances in monitoring technology in the hospital and improvements in management of apnea of prematurity in general, fewer babies are actually being discharged with home apnea monitors today than a decade ago. When babies are sent home on monitors, parents are often relieved. It makes them feel more secure. After about a week, though, they're ready to throw the monitor out of the window because false alarms are driving them crazy. False alarms are usually set off by abdominal breathing or by a loose belt or incorrectly placed monitor electrodes (leads). The frequency of false alarms tends to increase as a baby grows older and becomes more active. Ignoring the alarms or assuming them to be false can be potentially dangerous.
Health care providers may ask you to keep a log (record) of alarms at home to help them determine when to discontinue monitoring and/or medications. Most babies who come home on both monitor and medications are allowed to outgrow the dose of medication, provided the apnea and bradycardia episodes diminish and then stop. When your baby has been free of apnea and bradycardia for a designated period, your health care provider will stop the medication. The apnea monitor is frequently continued for another month or two. If no episodes of apnea or bradycardia are recorded, the monitor may then be discontinued. Some health care providers will request a "monitor download" (or record of apnea and bradycardia events) from the DME company before stopping the monitor. Occasionally, a home pneumogram may be done immediately before monitor use is stopped, but this is becoming rare due to lack of payment for this diagnostic test in the home environment from insurance companies and government assistance programs.
An apnea monitor usually has 3 alarms: for apnea, slow heart rate, and fast heart rate. Your health care provider tells the equipment company what alarm settings to use for your baby. Typically, the apnea alarm is set at 15 seconds; slow heart rate, at 80 beats per minute; and fast heart rate, at 210 to 230 beats per minute. The alarm limits are lowered as your baby gets older.
Apnea monitor alarm signals are very loud. It is therefore very important that the apnea monitor not be placed directly next to your baby's head, in order to protect your baby's delicate hearing. Sometimes, the loudness of the apnea monitor alarm itself will startle the baby awake and restart breathing or stop the bradycardia that may have been the cause of the alarm in the first place. Parents sometimes wonder if this was a false alarm, but it is important to check every alarm signal regardless. Therefore, if you are in the shower or vacuuming or performing some other function that might impair your ability to hear your baby's apnea monitor alarm, you may want to use your home baby monitor (kept at the instructed distance from the apnea monitor so the frequencies do not interfere with the monitoring of your baby) as an extra amplifier for the alarm signal.
As with anything electrical, you need to take certain precautions if your infant has a home apnea monitor. Your baby should not be left unsupervised with other children. Infants have been electrocuted by older siblings placing their lead wires into a wall socket. Most monitors today have a protective covering over the lead wires to prevent this from occurring. If your baby's monitor does not have this safety feature, ask for a safer model. Even with a protective design, older children should be specifically warned not to handle the monitor.
Your health care provider will give you letters to send to your telephone company, electric company, and local emergency medical service (EMS) system, alerting them that you have an infant with special needs in your home. This puts your home on a priority list in the event of a power outage or medical emergency.


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The Idea of the South: Electronic Resources
Search Engines
Directory of Web Directories and Searchers.
WWW Resources in History
Yahoo: Regional Studies..
World Arts Search Form
the Virtual Tourist Map of the United States.
The Voice of the Shuttle
The Voice of the Shuttle: Area and Regional Studies."
General Resources
Meta Pages
Alex: A Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet.
Georgetown University's American Studies Electronic Crossroads.
Library of Congress Home Page.
Literature on the Internet
On-line Literary Research Tools from The University of Pennsylvania.
Voice of the Shuttle Area And Region.
Yale University American Studies Program.
Yale American Studies Web: Region and Environment.
Discipline and Topic Pages
African-American Sites.
African-American Resources in The Commnwealth of Virginia.
The American Civil War Home Page.
The American Civil War, 1861-1865L:WWW Information Archive
Historic Virginia and Battlefield Page.
American Folklife Center.
The Blue Highway.
The Center for American History at The University of Texas.
The Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University.
The Folk Music Home Page.
From Revolution to Reconstruction
an HTML-hypertxt on American History from the colonial period until the First World War.
History Archives at Mississippi State University.
Jazz Online.
Ragtime Home Page.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The South
Alabama Department of Archives and History.
African-American History and Southern History
from Rutgers University.
The Appalachian Cultural Museum,
Boone, N,C.
Bibliography: Women in Southern History.
North Carolina History.
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture at The University of North Carolina.
The Center for the Study of Southern Culture at The University of Mississippi.
Georgia History from The Augusta Chronicle.
The Guide to Historic Virginia.
The Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
Institute of Texas Cultures.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Southern Colleges and Universites on the Web.
South ern Cultures.
Southern Folklife Collection at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
The Southern League HomePage.
Southwestern Studies at Southern Methodist University.
Texas Studies Gopher from Rice University.
West Virginia History Databases.
The Coca-Cola Home Page.
The Virginia County Interactive Mapper
from The Geographic Informatin Center at The University of Virginia.
Mount Vernon.
United States History Maps.
The Valley of the Shadow"
from The University of Virginia.
Williamsburg Online.
Online Journals
Callaloo:A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters.
Reviews in American History.
The Southern Quarterly.
Virginia Online Magazine.
Author Sites
The Faulkner HomePage
The Walker Percy Home Page.
The Poe Home Page.
Poe Museum.
Mark Twain Home Page.
Tom Wolf Resource Page


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Tobacco and alcohol are drugs that cause addition and health problems. Should they be made illegal? Or should all drugs be legalized
With the advance of human civilization,there are an increasing number of people who have raised doubts about whether tobacco and alcohol should be banned or not.Many people associated them with some problems of society and argue that they have to be eliminated from the community.From my point of view,i totally agree with this opinion.
Fist of all,there are no doubt that tobacco and alcohol have adverse impact on the health of people.Turn to the detail,Tobacco contains mostly toxic ingredients such as nicotine that can cause many serious disease such as lung cancer.Futhermore,it also exerts its negative effect on environment and non-smokers.When smoking cigarette,there are large amount of poisonous gases released into the air that threaten to the health of surrounding people.In addition,alcohol can cause many serious diseases as well.The recent statistics reveal that each year approximately 3000 people die as a result of the excessive alcohol consumptions and around 100.000 people are hospitalized
Secondly,alcohol is one of main reasons for damaging the stability of a society.Drinking heavily alcohol can have extensive influences on the brain that leads people to lose their control.Drunks are more likely to commit cruel crime and easily get into road accident on driving.Therefore,alcohol should be prohibited
Last but not least,tobacco and alcohol are economically wasteful for users.Moreover,it also squanders an industry that cigarette and alcohol production require both human resources and a lot of money.These investments and infrastructures should be used effectively on education,health care and lucrative businesses
In conclusion,in my opinion,the government should adopt effective laws against smoking and drinking alcohol.Only when doing that,they are gradually eradicated from the community


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Suddenly it's like I've been vacuum sealed in a place without all logic. My library is all Christian fiction, which I should've figured as it's a "Family" library. It's insane. I have to step up my game or get ready for intense verbal combat if I'm going to get out of this with my sanity intact. Either that or harbor my six years of Drama club to hone my lying skills. If all else fails, I'm starting a Secular Students group at college.
But how am I supposed to continue lying? I mean, yes, I keep holding the greater good of knowledge out in front of me like a meal for the starving, but it's getting harder. (And I apologize for the ranting nature of this blog post, but it's needed.) This is the only place that I can fully vent my frustrations about how narrow-minded and biased my entire world has become. Thank Reason I'm visiting home this weekend to see all the normal people in my family.
But to the other "closeted" or forced atheists out there, doesn't it just wrench your guts when watching some of the antics of the religious lately? I went to church this Sunday, as per my aunt's orders, and the smiling and beaming faces of the parents and the entire congregation as they sent their children into the "All the Children Come Unto Me" class was just sickening. And I might be the only one who thought it was horrifying, but watching the priest use the children as tables to "hold up his Bible" just made me furious. Everyone else thought it was cute.
Perhaps it's just because the rage is building inside of me, and clouding my judgement, but everything about this whole community just feels fake and plasticine all so the populace can scrounge for brownie points for St. Peter.
The cynic in me is quite poetic these days. Christ. I almost got caught just now. In a way this has been my "secret rebellion" of sorts, as they seem to think they've successfully converted me.
I don't know. Maybe I'm overreacting and being emotional right now. All I know is I feel sick.
Sorry if this is just a waste of your time, I just needed a space to vent without being coerced into prayer.
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You didn't waste our time. Say what you feel.
Please read Amy L Cook's post about other issues at public libraries: http://www.thinkatheist.com/profiles/blogs/tales-from-a-public-library
Samantha, take this opportunity to learn what religion says and does. See how some things don't work. If you're on your way to college, then you'll have come of age to make your own decisions. Don't get upset over little things such as making table tops out of kids and placing bibles on them (I laughed, sorry). When you get your Secular Students group going, tackle the bigger issues: religion manipulating politics and laws, using fear and misinformation as tactics to manipulate minds, telling kids to not attend higher learning or study science, etc.
Good luck. Don't let it ever get to you. Watch videos with the very cool and calm Sam Harris.
Let that be a lesson to you young man, sell your soul and you'll have hell to pay;-)
Sorry Doug, are you calling me young man or are you calling Samantha, a female, young man? I'm in my 40's and... oh wait. You're 60. I guess I am a young man...
: -)
There is this kid I saw grow up right before my eyes. He is 16 now and gave a sermon on 'how great the Bible was', last month. I could not believe the amount of indoctrination that must have been fed to make him say that. Yet I cannot help him or anyone around; my family is even more crazy than that kid. What I think is best in scenarios such as these, is to understand the stupidity of Religion and have a good hearty laugh about it... The Thunderf00t series is highly recommended.
I do get an opportunity to pose questions to our Priest in our Church's youth meetings. These give me a good opportunity to point out faults in the Bible and then listen to some unimaginative explanation for it. But it still helps the kids around who listen and maybe a seed placed somewhere would help some kid out. I have observed that childhood indoctrinations cannot be snapped out in a few days. It better to place a meme and help it grow slow and steady.
Heavy, heavy. It's hard to see the kids being indoctrinated. Shew. Get away from the bull for a while...take a mini vaca...even if that means laying out in the sun for an hour or going to see a movie. Just get out of your routine-the family, the library, the church-and remember that the world is bigger than their little corner.
When you blow off some steam you'll be able to think more clearly about making some of the changes you're talking about. Good luck. Keep venting...it's 20% of the internet. ;-)


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14 The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2 Nations will take them
and bring them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations
and make them male and female servants in the Lord's land.
They will make captives of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury[a] has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers,
6 which in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
with relentless aggression.
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;
they break into singing.
8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
"Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down."
9 The realm of the dead below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you—
all those who were leaders in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.
10 They will all respond,
they will say to you,
"You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us."
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
along with the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms cover you.
12 How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.[b]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."
15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead,
to the depths of the pit.
16 Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:
"Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?"
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.
19 But you are cast out of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,
with those pierced by the sword,
those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial,
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring of the wicked
never be mentioned again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children
for the sins of their ancestors;
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22 "I will rise up against them,"
declares the Lord Almighty.
"I will wipe out Babylon's name and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,"
declares the Lord.
23 "I will turn her into a place for owls
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,"
declares the Lord Almighty.
24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,
"Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
25 I will crush the Assyrian in my land;
on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke will be taken from my people,
and his burden removed from their shoulders."
26 This is the plan determined for the whole world;
this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
28 This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:
29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,
that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,
its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy will lie down in safety.
But your root I will destroy by famine;
it will slay your survivors.
31 Wail, you gate! Howl, you city!
Melt away, all you Philistines!
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,
and there is not a straggler in its ranks.
32 What answer shall be given
to the envoys of that nation?
"The Lord has established Zion,
and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."
15 A prophecy against Moab:
Ar in Moab is ruined,
destroyed in a night!
Kir in Moab is ruined,
destroyed in a night!
2 Dibon goes up to its temple,
to its high places to weep;
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.
Every head is shaved
and every beard cut off.
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;
on the roofs and in the public squares
they all wail,
prostrate with weeping.
4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,
their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
and their hearts are faint.
5 My heart cries out over Moab;
her fugitives flee as far as Zoar,
as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim
they lament their destruction.
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up
and the grass is withered;
the vegetation is gone
and nothing green is left.
7 So the wealth they have acquired and stored up
they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
8 Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.
9 The waters of Dimon[c] are full of blood,
but I will bring still more upon Dimon[d]—
a lion upon the fugitives of Moab
and upon those who remain in the land.
16 Send lambs as tribute
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela, across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.
2 Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,
so are the women of Moab
at the fords of the Arnon.
3 "Make up your mind," Moab says.
"Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,
do not betray the refugees.
4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
be their shelter from the destroyer."
The oppressor will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5 In love a throne will be established;
in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
one from the house[e] of David—
one who in judging seeks justice
and speeds the cause of righteousness.
6 We have heard of Moab's pride—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
7 Therefore the Moabites wail,
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
8 The fields of Heshbon wither,
the vines of Sibmah also.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled down the choicest vines,
which once reached Jazer
and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out
and went as far as the sea.[f]
9 So I weep, as Jazer weeps,
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,
I drench you with tears!
The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests have been stilled.
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;
no one sings or shouts in the vineyards;
no one treads out wine at the presses,
for I have put an end to the shouting.
11 My heart laments for Moab like a harp,
my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.
12 When Moab appears at her high place,
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine to pray,
it is to no avail.
13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."
5 1 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a] 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. 14 This is why it is said:
"Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you."
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.


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Former OU quarterback Steve Davis died in Indiana plane crash
AP- Former Oklahoma quarterback Steve Davis was among two victims in a plane crash Sunday in South Bend, Ind. A South Bend television station confirmed the death with the cororner.Two persons survived the crash and are hospitalized. A woman on the ground was injured. The second victim has not been identified.Davis, 60, was best known as the Sooners' quarterback from 1973-75. During that span OU went 32-1-1 and claimed back-to-back national championships in 1974 and 1975. His 32 wins were a program record until it was surpassed this past season by Landry Jones.He later became a color commentator for CBS Sports college football telecasts in the 1980s. This past season, he worked as an analyst on OU's pregame show.Davis, who was born in Sallisaw, was one of eight quarterbacks on the Sooners' roster in 1971. NCAA rules did not allow freshmen to play in those days. He redshirted in 1972. After winning the job in the 1973, Davis took over the Sooners' wishbone offense and helped lead them to 10-0-1 season. OU went 11-0 in 1974 to claim the program's fourth national championship. In 1975, OU lost its only game with Davis under center on Nov. 8, 1975, to Kansas. OU won its final two regular season games and then beat Michigan in the 1976 Orange Bowl to win the national championship.South Bend Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Maggie Scroope said Monday that the two survivors who were on board the private jet were Jim Rogers, who's listed in serious condition, and Christopher Evans, who's in fair condition. She did not have their hometowns or their ages.Scroope says a woman on the ground who was injured when the jet crashed Sunday afternoon is in fair condition. She identified that woman as Diana McKeown.The jet began its journey in Tulsa.


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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Gearing Up for Getting Ruff's Goat" All of the Cat Grooming shows are competing with Ruff's ratings and he's desperate to find the mythical Helmet of Victory that will reverse his fortunes. Uncle MacRuffmantosh calls with news that he thinks he's located the Helmet on a faraway mountaintop, so Ruff plans to ride his trusty tricycle up the mountain to retrieve the prize. (Unfortunately, the tricycle doesn't work so well on mountainous slopes. D
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ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Self-Coaching
Self-coaching might consist of you telling yourself positive things, some of which might be affirmations, in order to deal with a situation. If a situation brings anxiety or apprehension, or if challenging to face, self-coaching can make it easier and can sometimes make the outcome better.
People who are disabled are sometimes given a job coach. However, when the positive messages are generated by oneself, without the need for external help, it can be better for self esteem.
In a job, self coaching might consist of assuring oneself that one can perform a task, and/or that everything is going okay. If a person has negative anticipation about something, coaching oneself can help with that. The term, "self-assurance" implies that a person is reassuring their self. When someone creates their own confidence, it equips them to successfully deal with a number of things in life.
When an Olympic gymnast stumbles during a floor routine, or when a performer trips and falls in front of hundreds of people in their audience, they normally do not have a meltdown and run away, they get back up and finish their performance. The truism says that if you stumble, you are supposed to get back up. This is one example of the usefulness of self-coaching.
Self coaching can help a person remain focused on the task at hand, and not get sidetracked by internal, self-critical thoughts which detract. A housekeeper (working for my wife and I) broke a picture frame by accident. I did not make a negative comment, nor did I criticize her-I continued to be confident in this person's ability. This helped in producing a good outcome. And I assume that the housekeeper had her own internal system for remaining confident.
When worried about a future scenario, it is good to visualize it in advance, and deal with the emotions and the thoughts that come up. This prepares you for dealing with a situation in which, at that time, you may not have the option of stopping what you are doing to deal with the detracting thoughts and emotions. This could apply to a political candidate making an important speech, or could be used by someone who has difficulty going to the store and buying a loaf of bread.
Affirmations can be used by anyone, disabled or not, across the entire demographic spectrum, and in a wide variety of situations.
Sometimes it is a good idea to get a sheet of paper (yes, actual paper and not an I Pad) and write down affirmations that you have thought of. If the thoughts that you are going to use have come from you, they have a better chance of being effective, rather than if you are adopting someone else's ideas. Because someone else's ideas might feel foreign, they might be rejected by your subconscious.
It helps not to program oneself with absolutes. This means you shouldn't program yourself with the thought "I am invincible," or "nothing can stop me." You are better off keeping things milder. A good thought with which to program one's mind might be something like, "Yes, I am capable of doing this job." Another might be "I am safe when I am at the Laundromat."
Self-coaching can include, but is not limited to, affirmative thoughts that boost one's self-confidence and self-esteem. You might tell yourself something like, "People do like me," or "I am intelligent and good-looking." You can also work to undo some paranoid beliefs, if that is applicable. You could affirm the thought, "It is probably my imagination that people are out to get me."
Self-coaching is a form of autosuggestion, and is applicable to numerous challenging or difficult situations. It can be used in social or work situations, or anything that is anxiety producing. The subconscious often takes things literally, so anything you repeat to yourself enough times will probably be incorporated. It won't change your surroundings although it might seem to, since it can change how you interpret your surroundings. It can change an intolerable situation into a viable one. This is accomplished simply with the change in attitude that will be produced by using affirmations.


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At 1,321 feet high and 3,687 feet long, Mexico's recently completed Baluarte Bridge is now the tallest bridge in the world. Spanning a ravine in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains (also known as the Devil's Backbone) in north Mexico, it is high enough to fit the Eiffel Tower underneath it. This week the country celebrated its inauguration ceremony, which coincided with the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain. However the bridge isn't just a record breaker – it is also helping to remove communities from the isolation while reducing the country's emissions by connecting the country more efficiently.
The Baluarte Bridge is part of the Mexican government's pledge to improve its national infrastructure. It will form part of the new Durango-Mazatlán Highway when it is open to the public, and it will reduce journeys between the two cities by almost six hours. Considering the amount of haulage and commercial transport that goes between the two, the bridge is set make a significant difference in traffic emissions as well as journey time. In order to make transport in the region more efficient, the government is also planning eight other bridges that will be higher than 300 meters, as well as over 60 tunnels.
By providing a transversal link between the Pacific and the Atlantic, the bridge will also allow greater access to towns and cities in nine Mexican states including Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas. The Baluarte Bridge cost over 2 billion pesos (approximately $145 million) and it is supported by 152 steel suspenders. With a central span of 520 meters, drivers in the four lanes of traffic will be driving above the clouds – higher than the infamous Millau Viaduct in France.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, President Calderon said: "This project will unite the people of northern Mexico as never before." He also received an official notification of the bridge's record-breaking height from Guinness.
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Relievers: Ron Uviedo, Yohan Pino, Danny Farquhar, Fernando Hernandez, LHP Evan Crawford, LHP Aaron Loup, Matt Daly, LHP Jared Potts.
Infielders: Ryan Goins, Mike McDade, Koby Clemens, Jon Diaz, Mark Sobolewski, Kevin Howard.
Outfielders: Brad Glenn, Justin Jackson, John Tolisano, Brad McElroy, Brian Van Kirk.
Catchers: A.J. Jimenez, Brian Jeroloman.
Notes: Eleven champion Fisher Cats return. It's a versatile bunch. Tolisano and Jackson can play 2B or OF, and Van Kirk has moved around this spring. Clemens played first, third, LF and catcher in the past two seasons. Howard returns as the reigning Eastern League Championship Series MVP. Jeroloman makes his fourth stop at New Hampshire. Roster isn't official until Thursday. Could be a roster swap or two in the next couple days, plus the addition of DL players.


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Communities in 40 states, four Tribes, and one U.S. Territory will share $78.9 million in brownfields grants to help clean up, revitalize, and sustainably reuse contaminated properties, according to a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The grants will provide funding to eligible entities through brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup grants. The money will be used for abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties.
As of March 2010, EPA's brownfields assistance has leveraged more than $14 billion in cleanup and redevelopment funding, and 61,277 jobs in cleanup, construction, and redevelopment. These investments and jobs target local, under-served and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods – places where environmental cleanups and new jobs are most needed.
The grants will be administered through:
In 2002, Congress passed the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. The brownfields law expanded the definition of what is considered a brownfield, so communities may now focus on mine-scarred lands, sites contaminated by petroleum, or sites contaminated as a result of manufacturing and distribution of illegal drugs (e.g. meth labs).
For information on the FY 2010 grant recipients, visit www.epa.gov/brownfields/grant_announce/selectedgrants (pdf).


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The Red Green Show "Angel" Red and the boys argue about the existence of angels. Mike volunteers to produce one. Red makes a bread maker out of an automatic washing machine.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Impossible Astronaut" The Doctor returns for new adventure, along with newlyweds Amy and Rory. They receive a secret summons that leads them to the Oval Office in 1969. Enlisting the help of a former FBI agent and the irrepressible River Song, The Doctor promises to assist the President in saving a terrified little girl from a mysterious Space Man.G


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Rebels evacuated from Homs, cradle of Syrian uprising
May 7 - Syrian rebels board busses and start withdrawing from Homs, the city at the heart of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, handing him a symbolic victory less than a month before his likely re-election. Mana Rabiee reports.
Syrian rebels started their withdrawal from the heart of Homs on Wednesday. They loaded onto two busses, the first of many hundreds of fighters that will be evacuated out of the besieged old city. Video posted online that Reuters can't independently verify purports to show the fighters leave. The evacuation was agreed to between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad, and overseen by the U.N. It will be carefully synchronized with aid deliveries into the city and the release of some rebel-held captives in two northern Shiite towns. Activists say the first to leave were some 600 wounded fighters and their civilian relatives. They reportedly headed to rebel-held areas north of Homs province. Homs was an early center of the rebel revolt against Assad. The mostly Sunni fighters had held out in the old center of the city for more than a year. They were undersupplied, outgunned and faced bombardment by Assad's forces. Their total withdrawal from the city center would consolidate Assad's military control and hand him a symbolic victory less than a month before his likely re-election.


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August 2, 2010
A Blogging Break
Due to a combination of circumstances involving work, finances, health, and a much-needed vacation, I've decided to act like France and take a holiday from blogging for the entire month of August. I need to rest and take care of some personal issues so that I can continue writing this blog with the energy and enthusiasm I started with. It's too important to me to give up entirely, so I hope I won't lose any readers, but I need to rethink the direction and come back to it with a fresh perspective.
Look for me right after the Labor Day holiday, when I'll be back from hiatus refreshed and rejuvenated, with more Thrifty Threads, Meatless Monday, CSA delivery, and Food Waste Friday posts, along with some new twists on the topics of non-consumerism and simple living. I've got so many posts in the works that I'm anxious to delve into. I'll miss you, and I look forward to getting back to the conversation next month, when we're all in more of a back-to-school mood.
Enjoy the rest of your summer. Don't forget to take a nap in a hammock, eat an ice cream cone, sleep under the stars, play in the sprinklers, or stay outside until the sun goes down.
See you in September…
17 comments:
- Lenette Sparacino said...
I hope you have a wonderful Break! Everyone needs them now and again! Can't wait to read when you come back!
- August 02, 2010
- those tricks said...
see ya on the flip side!
I look forward to seeing what's next.
- August 02, 2010
Have fun on summer break!
Jenn H
- August 02, 2010
- Hiptobeme said...
I took a break too and let my friend write some posts. If I feel like I HAVE to write, it takes the joy out of it for me. I only wanna read if you wanna write. Have a nice break! I will be here when you get back.
- August 02, 2010
- MaggieMojo said...
Enjoy your summer!
The tone of your writing is contemplative and upbeat... can't wait to read your next blogs.
- August 02, 2010
- Kate Sommers said...
You've earned some time off Angela!
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say when you return.
- August 02, 2010
- Shelayna said...
Rest well! I will miss your insightful posts, but a break is much deserved,I think! Having only blogged half a year, I can say it does take time to do it well (which is rare for me!) Best, best!
- August 02, 2010
- Catherine @ The Vegan Good Life said...
Good for you, Angela! Count me as a faithful reader coming back in September. Best of luck with your personal issues, and enjoy and savor all of summer's delights.
- August 03, 2010
You are an inspiration.
Enjoy your time away..
Flo Larson
- August 03, 2010
- danielle said...
May your August be amazing, my friend!
- August 03, 2010
- Angela said...
Thank you all for your kind thoughts and support. I look forward to coming back to the conversation with all you lovely people next month.
- August 07, 2010
- Cate said...
I hope you have a good break! I've missed you around here, but I know "real life" has to take priority.
- August 10, 2010
take care and see you soon - or read you soon!
- August 14, 2010
- littlegreenvillage said...
Hi Angela,
Enjoy your break! Love your blog.
I've come back to blogging after a little sabbatical so. It works wonders!
Non Consumer Girl
(now blogging as littlegreenvillage.wordpress.com)
- August 22, 2010
Hope your break is refreshing and wonderful.
Angela L.
- August 23, 2010
- Alea said...
I have really missed your voice this month and am looking forward to your return.
- August 30, 2010
- Angela said...
Thanks everybody! I'll be back this Thursday with a special Thrifty Threads (Sept.2nd) and then on the Tuesday after Labor Day (Sept.7th) I'll get back to business. Can't wait to get back in the conversation, I've missed you all! Looking forward to it!!
- August 30, 2010


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During a recent one on one interview we had with superstar Selena Gomez, she revealed a tid bit of information that I had never heard before… Mexican pop icon Paulina Rubio is Selena Gomez's favorite singer! Who would have thunk it!? For those who don't know who Ms. Rubio is, she's an original member of the super successful Mexican pop group called Timbiriche from the mid 80's, has sold more than 20 million records around the world as a solo artist and has released 10 studio albums. Oh, she's also the new judge on this Fall's The X-Factor with Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato and Kelly Rowland. Read More


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It has been a while since I have shared a recipe on the blog, so it's very convenient that last night I had a dream that I was a rosy, round, jolly old Nonna {much like my own Nonna}, standing behind a kitchen island with a huge smile on my face, kneading a ball of perfectly smooth, yellow pasta dough.
This is hopefully exactly what will be happening in about 50 years when I am in fact a jolly old Nonna. It was a cute dream, but I woke up needing to eat pasta immediately. Only, the stupid pantry was void of store-bought pasta. NOOOOOOOOooooooooooo!
Ok, it's fine, I can do this, right? The ability to make amazing homemade pasta from scratch is one of the perks of having Italian blood. It's part of my genetic code. It's the trade-off for having to share the race with Snooki. We have to put up with her, but we're really awesome at cooking so it's fair.
But…..I'm also half Irish, and everyone knows that Irish people think that cabbage and potatoes boiled in a pot of water is a delicious, flavorful soup that can be eaten every day forever without ever getting sick of it. Also they love capers on everything.
What ARE capers? Beans? Peas? Bugs? Tiny round green things that taste so awful that they need to be pickled and salted the hell out of in order to be edible? Bingo. {Don't be mad, fellow Irishman. We have lots of great qualities that make everyone who's not Irish envy us. But our food isn't one of them. Besides Irish Creme. Good job there.}
So I get a little nervous every time I cook, because you never know which side of my genetic inheritance is going to surface that day. There's a 50/50 chance this pasta is going to taste like the Blarney Stone.
I decided it would be wise to follow instructions instead of resting solely on my
magical Italian powers unreliable cooking skillz.
Here are the steps:
Measure out 3/4 cup flour + 1 egg for each person that's going to eat. I like to use 1/2 semolina flour and 1/2 all-purpose flour.
Spoon the flour on your work surface, form a well in the middle, and crack the eggs into the well. Add a drop of olive oil.
Use a fork to break the yolks and gently pull in the flour until the eggs are mixed in.
Scrape your work surface clean or move your ball of dough to a new surface that is lightly sprinkled with flour. Start kneading the dough with your hands, adding water if it's too dry, or more flour if it's too sticky. Knead until soft and pliable {about 7-10 min.}
If the dough springs right back after you poke it, it's ready. It should look smooth and pillowy. Pat the dough into a ball and place a bowl over it. Let the dough rest under the bowl for 30 min {a good time to prepare a sauce to go with the pasta!}
Roll out or shape your pasta however you want, either using a pasta-maker or by hand. I went the easy route and rolled my pasta into a half-inch thick snake, sliced it like a banana, and pressed my thumb into each slice to form little "ear" shapes.
Toss the pasta with flour as soon as you shape it. Otherwise, the pasta will start drying and stick together, and will cook in a big yucky clump. Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Reduce heat and simmer pasta for 3 minutes. Test. Cook more if needed.
Drain and toss with whatever sauce you cooked up {fellow Irishmen: do NOT put capers on this pasta! Back away from the capers!}


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I have heard whispers about the Sisley Nutritive Lip Balm before but haven't had the chance to try it out in person until now.
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This lip balm is so posh it comes with it's own scoop:
This lip balm is every bit is as lovely as people say it is….
For some reason I am cursed with flaky dry lips. A lot of lip balms just offer superficial protection but the good ones always keep my lips feeling much better for longer…
Confort Extreme is one of those lip balms.
It doesn't really smell of anything to me, but it's thick but not heavy balm texture sinks in nicely in the lips and it is just the kind of texture I like.
I prefer lip balms that are actually quite thick but sink in quickly and really hydrate. I don't like oily textured ones or ones that clearly have too much vaseline (or mineral oil) in them.
This stuff is just a lovely texture and it really leaves my lips feeling lovely and soft for a good few hours. It does remind me of the Le Mer lip balm a bit, texture wise – in fact I think they are both great.
Downside? It's expensive and it's in a pot which will always be less hygienic than a tube or stick balm. Unless you use the scoop – but seriously, I am not pulling a scoop out on the bus.
(I found it online at John Lewis) which I know is expensive but I will be buying this when it runs out – I'm not going to say it will last AGES because when you are applying it a few times a day it is going to go down quite quickly.
But I really don't think the price is too much for a truly hydrating and nourishing lip balm (but then again I am a lip balm addict).
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Pimento Cheese If You Please!
Several months ago, during a late night insomnia stretch, I tuned into a Food Network show called Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives. This particular episode featured a diner in the south called The Penguin that was known for, among many things, its Pimento Cheese. As soon as I saw the cheesy spread, I remembered eating it at my neighbor's house back when I still measured under 5' tall.According to the show and my subsequent research on the subject, Pimento Cheese is a creamy spread that is much beloved in the South. Perhaps some of you from the South can share your Pimento Cheese stories with us. I'd love to hear about them. Anyway, this stuff is amazing. Let's be clear here; I'm not talking about that over-processed stuff shoved into jars next to the cans of aerosol cheese at the grocers. Rather, this creamy concoction is a versatile spread of yumminess. Stuff it into celery for a crunchy and creamy snack, glide it between two slices of bread for a kicked up grilled cheese, lovingly layer it on an egg omelet, spoon it onto a baked potato for a jazzy side dish, or serve it as a show stopper spread on your appetizer tray.Mmmm ... cheese coma! If you are like me, and I pray that at least one of you is, you will wince when you read the ingredient list. When I first read it, I wrinkled my nose and thought to myself ... "Who would ever put these items together and think it would be good?" Well, thank goodness someone did because I'm here to tell you that this is unbelievably tasty. I've served it twice now at gatherings, and it's always devoured down to the bowl scrapings. Friends and family are forever asking for the recipe and everyone makes yummy noises when eating it. It's a real crowd pleaser and superdy simple to make. I'm certain that it's loaded with calories. I have no idea what its fat content measures, but at least it's made with all natural ingredients. So, let's get ready to clog those arteries, shall we?
Pimento Cheese
8 oz brick of extra sharp cheddar cheese, grated
8 oz brick of sharp cheddar cheese, grated
8 oz brick of Mont. Jack cheese, grated (for extra zip, you can use Pepper Jack)
4 oz jar sliced or diced pimentos
1/3 teaspoon garlic powder
1/3 teaspoon onion powder (I used dried onion that I soaked in water)
½ teaspoon ground black pepper (I totally forgot to put it in this time.)
Pinch Cayenne
½ teaspoon green pepper sauce (I used the green tobasco. DON'T use the red)
2/3 cup generous mayo
In a large bowl, mix all of the ingredients and refrigerate for 30 minutes. That's it! That's all there is to it! Couple hints: Grate your own cheese and use the large holes on your grater. Also, although you start off with a ton of cheese, it really condenses down when mixed with the mayo. Oooh, it's so good. It pairs great with fruit, too, especially grapes.Along with Spring like weather comes more opportunities for entertaining. This spread will be a sure fire hit with your guests.Here, have a little nibble? What do you think? Picture yourself with a glass of wine in one hand, and a tasty pimento cheese laden morsel in the other. Mmm ... your guests will be begging for pimento cheese, if you please! Oh, that reminds me, this is gluten free all the way, baby! YUM!
18 comments:
- Lisa said...
Cheese is one of my weaknesses...yum!
- May 1, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Marjie said...
I love cheese. There is nothing that a good cheese can't improve, unless it's chocolate...which is another story for another day!
- May 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I've never had pimento cheese. But I really really want it.
- May 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- noble pig said...
OMG I want that...anything cheesy is for me! Next sporting event, I'm whipping that up.
- May 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- Robynn's Ravings said...
Paula!!! You are TOO sweet! What a nice thing to say. Let me know if you land me a gig! LOL
- May 1, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- Cheryl said...
Holey cow I love that stuff in the jars but I bet this is better! You finally got over the 5 foot tall mark? I dont belive it! LOL
- May 1, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- Pam said...
Oh funny, we were just talking about pimento cheese in the teacher's lounge today. I could take some of this in, and make some teachers very, very happy!
- May 1, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- Pam said...
This looks so creamy and good but how come there are no pimentos in it?
- May 1, 2009 at 8:29 PM
- Paula said...
Hello Cheese Lovers!
Lisa: Cheese is my weakness, too! Well, it's one of them!
Marjie: Let's hear the chocolate story!
Duckie: I wonder if Vivi and Wade have ever had pimento cheese? :-)
Noble Pig: It will be a big hit at a party!
Robynn: I mean it, you'd be a great speaker!
Cheryl: Ah, one of the glorious things about the internet is that I can remain a mystery! Of course, I can't eat too much of this cheese or else I'll become square shaped! :-)
Pam: That is so cool! I love coincidences like that!
Pam: Oh. My. Gosh! My face is as red as a pimento! I forgot to post the pimentos in the ingredients! Thanks for catching it!
- May 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Manggy said...
I remember my mom making something like this when I was younger. Ah, memories :) I'm kind of disappointed there's no gouda in there, KIDDING :)
- May 2, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Oh but that's what I'm going to be thinking about all day.
- May 2, 2009 at 6:14 AM
- Mediterranean kiwi said...
gluten free and delicious - wonderful work paula!
- May 2, 2009 at 7:06 AM
- Juliana said...
Cheese...looks so good...great for appetizer...will keep this recipe in mind. The pictures look so delicious.
- May 2, 2009 at 1:29 PM
- Gloria said...
Dear Paula this look awesome, really yummy!!Gloria
- May 2, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- Grace said...
i can't say that i love pimento cheese, but good for you for making your own! i do love d3 even though guy fieri grates at my nerves. :)
- May 3, 2009 at 5:39 AM
- Claudia said...
Anything cheesey works for me. And if I'm going to clog my arteries - at least I'll enjoy the process! Lovely blog!
- May 3, 2009 at 5:43 PM
- Bridgett said...
So yummy. Looks incredible as usual, Paula!
- May 5, 2009 at 8:22 AM
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