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Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer "The Marshes of Franklin County" Along Florida's panhandle is Franklin County where Sarah explores the waterways by boat, seeing the sights and stopping at Dog Island to shell hunt. Roger paints a distant marsh view in acrylics. D
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Sew It All "Knit Knack, Stephanie Ohnmacht" Transform T-shirts into easy breezy dresses. D
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Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting "Flower Power" Sewing educator Judy Hansen shares with Marianne how to use fusible web successfully. Judy will also demonstrate how to make a paper pieced crazy block and how to join blocks in a diagonal set. D
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Hometime "Creekside Home Foundation" Dean, Miriam and the HOMETIME crew place and pour energy- saving insulated concrete forms for the new home foundation. D
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Woodsmith Shop "Router Jigs & Accessories" A router is one of the hardest working tools in the Woodsmith Shop. The Woodsmith editors share some of their favorite jigs and accessories that will make your router work faster, safer, and more accurately.G
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This Old House "Essex 2012/13, Clam Flats & Lightning Rods" Kevin and Roger dig for clams, then finish up the barrier-free walk that leads to the house, using both granite and bluestone, but no steps. The standing-seam metal roof goes on, and Richard's creative ducting and plumbing will minimize the number of holes that need to go through it. A non-reactive lightning protection system is installed. D
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Ask This Old House "Installing A Ductless Heat Pump/Led Lighting" Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and host Kevin O'Connor install a ductless heat pump to heat and cool a bonus room. Then, Richard, Kevin, landscape contractor Roger Cook and general contractor Tom Silva ask, "What is it?" Afterward, Tom shares a viewer tip for driving eye screws. Then, electrician Scott Caron demonstrates new technologies and applications for LED lighting. D
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P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Colorful Spaces" P. Allen Smith celebrates different seasons at Moss Mountain Farm with a lesson on growing tulips, using bold colors to make a huge impact on a garden room, and tips to harmonize color with summer flowering bulbs. On the road, Allen tours The Kauffman Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, Missouri. D
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Moyers & Company "Taming Capitalism Run Wild" Even as President Obama's talking points champion the middle class and condemn how our economy caters to the very rich, the truth behind modern American capitalism is a story of continued inequality and hardship. Even a modest increase in the minimum wage -- as suggested by the president -- faces opposition from those who apparently pledge allegiance first and foremost to America's wealthy and powerful. Yet some aren't just wringing their hands about our economic crisis; they're fighting back. D
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Martin Clunes: The Lemurs of Madagascar The island of Madagascar is home to an abundance of wildlife species - including 101 endangered types of the small primates known as lemurs. They live only on Madagascar, and one by one, they are dying there. In this special, British actor Clunes (DOC MARTIN) travels to the island to explore and expose the urgent plight of this rare - and endearing - species.G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S3 E7)" The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the downstairs staff stays behind at Downton Abbey. New romances flare up, and a crisis unfolds. Part 7 of 7G
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Masterpiece Contemporary "Page Eight" This encore film is now the first of a trio of films about Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy), an aging spy who stumbles onto an international scandal on page eight of a report. The few words in the report are an explosive piece of information that could bring down the British government and Worricker's career.G
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New Tricks "The Girl Who Lived" The UCOS team's feathers are ruffled when Steve McAndrew, a retired detective from Glasgow, descends on the office like a bundle of Scottish energy. Brought in to reinvestigate one of his original cases - the disappearance of teenager Georgia Wright - McAndrew's policing methods raise a few eyebrows. And he has a few tricks up his sleeve that make Brian and Gerry look like slaves to the rule book.G

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Well hello there, welcome to my blog. I'm new at this, despite the fact that normal people have been blogging for years. Despite my lack of blogging ability, I will be here daily to inundate you with what ever I see fit. Whether it be recipes and discoveries from my insatiable quest to master all that is ethnic cuisine, my latest artistic flash in the pan, or just the day to day noting of a young and very tired mother.
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Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf (Genesis)
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DOS, FM Towns, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, PlayStation, SEGA CD, Sharp X68000, SNES, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Wii U, Windows | Combined View
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DescriptionGenghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf is a 2D turn-based grand strategy game, based on the life of the historical Mongol leader Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan. The gameplay is similar to other grand strategy games from Koei, like Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Nobunaga's Ambition. The game has various scenarios from the Conquest of Mongolia (the unification of Mongol tribes) to World Conquest (with up to six playable factions). On the world/country map (divided into smaller provinces) the player develops his own provinces, gives orders to his subordinates, establishes alliances and recruits armies. The battles are presented in a separate mode, where the player directs troops using commands.
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Alternate Titles
- "蒼き狼と白き牝鹿 元朝秘史" -- Japanese spelling
- "スーパー蒼き狼と白き牝鹿 元朝秘史" -- Super Famicom spelling
- "Super Aoki Ōkami to Shiroki Mejika: Genchō Hishi" -- Super Famicom title
- "Aoki Ōkami to Shiroki Mejika: Genchō Hishi" -- Japanese title
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- Genghis Khan series
- Genre: Grand strategy
- KOEI Historical Simulation series
- Setting: Chinese Yuan Dynasty
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|Game Players
|Apr, 1994
|78 out of 100
|Video Games
|Mar, 1994
|72 out of 100
|Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)
|Dec, 1993
|34 out of 50
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Employers consistently rank leadership skills among the most important qualities they are seeking in employees. At Radford University, there are many opportunities to become a leader and hone those skills. The Student Leader Resource Office, located in the Hurlburt Student Center, Room 235, works with individual students to help them find out more about how to get involved in campus clubs and organizations, and provides them the tools they need to be a successful leader. In addition to a leadership resource library, the office offers training programs, club fairs and opportunities to be recognized as a campus leader.
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Allows students to complete a comprehensive leadership program consisting of three components: Experience, Academics, and Development
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Feb. 17, 2006
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Box Score game 2
Due to the weather forecast for the weekend, the Lipscomb Bisons took the field two hours earlier than scheduled on Friday, February 17 to take on the Chicago State Cougars in the first game of a double header.
The Bisons settled for a split after taking game one 8-2.
The Cougars started the scoring in the first inning when Raven Jackson singled in Chris Goya for the first run of the game.
The Bisons struck back in the bottom of the second when Caleb Joesph scored on a past ball.
The score remained tied until the bottom of the fourth. Zac Miller led off the inning with a walk. Joseph singled to left field, but a throwing error by the left fielder advance Miller to third and Joseph to second. Jeff Baumgartner followed with a single to left scoring both runners to make the score 3-1.
Chicago State got a run back in the top of the sixth after Luke Grow singled in John Torres to bring the score to 3-2.
The Bisons got the run back in the bottom of the inning after Whit Reed hit an RBI single to shortstop scoring Zac Miller.
The Bisons completed the scoring in the bottom of the seventh. In the inning Tadd Brewer scored on an error and Joseph scored on a wild pitch. Patrick O'Rourke and Miller added RBI singles.
The star of the game was the starting pitcher for the Bisons Josh Smith, who earned the win after pitching seven innings while giving up just two earned runs on five hits. He struck out ten.
"I thought Smith was excellent," head coach Wynn Fletcher said. "It was his first college game and he really pitched with a lot of poise. He has great stuff."
Offensively, the Bisons were led by Joseph and Brewer who each had three hits in the win.
If game one was defined by pitching, game two was anything but.
Paul Piennette got the game two start for the Bisons, and after breezing through the first two innings, ran into trouble in the third. The Cougars scored ten runs in the inning. Piennette gave up only 2 hits in his 2.1 innings of work but he walked four and hit two batters.
"In the third inning Paul hit a wall," Fletcher said. "He couldn't throw one across. Then our relief pitchers struggled. You can't do that and win."
Six Bisons pitchers walked 11 batters and gave up 12 hits in the 16-14 loss.
After falling behind 11-0, the Bisons spent the rest of the game trying to claw their way back.
"One thing I saw tonight is that our team has a lot of character," Fletcher said. "They could have taken the easy road and quit but they didn't. They forged together and almost made it happen."
The closest the Bisons came to catching the Cougars was in the eighth inning when the team scored eight runs on five hits to bring the score to 16-14 where it would remain.
Nathan Sensing led the team offensively with four hits. Eric Abend, Brewer, and Joseph each had two hits in the effort.
"We'll be okay," Fletcher said. "We have got talented young men who play hard. We just have to find the right mix to keep out there all the time."


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According the authors of "The Interprofessional Healthcare Team: Leadership and Development," interprofessionalism refers to the active participation of different professionals, which may include persons with professional licensure or certification in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, social work, and other health-related professions who are collaborating to provide quality services to the patients they serve. Through a steadfast commitment to collaboration, interprofessional practice among healthcare professionals seeks to enhance the quality of health and medical services, which lead to improved patient outcomes. Developing synergy between through shared knowledge and decision-making promotes positive change in work settings and builds meaningful relationships with patients and their families. But, say the authors, shaping efficacious teams depends upon fundamental knowledge of the represented field, the use of evidence-based practice, interprofessional leadership, and members who are prepared to collaborate effectively in a team, which we believe can be accomplished through interprofessional education (IPE).
The Institute of Medicine Committee on Health Professions Education provides recommendations for developing a strong team: "health professionals should be educated to deliver patient-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics." Because of ongoing changes to the U.S. healthcare system, including insurance policy initiatives, technological advances, and innovative service delivery models, it is imperative for all professionals, including speech-language pathologists and audiologists, to embrace a new spirit of interprofessional collaboration and cooperation. Leading health organizations, such as the Pew Health Professions Commission, the Institutes of Medicine, and the World Health Organization, support the concept that health professionals have received adequate education to work in healthcare settings only if it includes experience participating in interdisciplinary teams to collaboratively solve complex problems.
Due to changes in service delivery models that have resulted in an increase of members within healthcare teams, interprofessional practice is rapidly becoming an expectation in most healthcare settings. Universities and training programs in speech-language pathology and audiology are only recently beginning to embrace models of IPE. In some universities, students from several disciplines are enrolled in the same courses, teamed for practicum experiences, participate in field-based experiences, and ultimately learn to work as effective, interprofessional teams. A unique way for IPE to be learned has recently occurred though simulation-based education in the College of Health Professions at The University of Akron.
Simulation-based education is an innovative process for creating authentic situations in which groups of IPE students learn to collaborate. Specifically, this technique can assist in overcoming some of the challenges that exist in healthcare: inadequate communication among professionals, focusing on specific needs rather than the whole patient, lack of knowledge of other professionals' roles, the inability to work as an effective team member, and a lack of conflict-resolution skills. IPE conducted as a simulation activity may supplement traditional classroom strategies to enhance the performance of healthcare providers, ultimately resulting in reduction of errors in the workplace and an increase in the quality of care provided to patients. Although this strategy has been recognized by various international professional societies, including the World Health Organization and Institute of Medicine, as foundational to achieving safe, high-quality, accessible patient-centered care, not many healthcare training programs are on board.
Fortunately, as graduate students in speech-language pathology at The University of Akron, we were given the opportunity to participate in an IPE simulation activity. It included more than 90 students studying in the fields of nursing, nutrition/dietetics, social work, medicine, and pharmacy. Groups of five or six students from each discipline worked together to treat a specific, simulated patient. This particular simulation portrayed a young female combat veteran primarily diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, with secondary diagnoses of depression, binge eating, insomnia, post-traumatic stress-syndrome, and cognitive deficits. Working as a team, our goal was to assess, diagnose and create a treatment plan for this patient to help alleviate her daily struggles, such as her inability to maintain a healthy diet, pay attention during class, and communicate effectively with loved ones. To develop an effective treatment plan, these challenges needed the knowledge and skills of each of the disciplines that participated in the simulation activity.
As the simulation began, we quickly recognized the need for strong interpersonal skills. It was a challenge figuring out when to speak, when to listen, and how to deliver opinions appropriately. Common observations of group dynamics included students promptly stating their opinions on how the patient should be treated before discussing a rationale or their role; students aggressively prioritizing needs of the patient without consultation; and many students reported they were unaware or had misconceived ideas about the roles of other professionals, especially speech-language pathologists. From these experiences, the need for this type of training was even more apparent. We learned that professional roles, especially speech-language pathologists, may be unclear to others, and we found ourselves advocating for our field and its importance in making treatment decisions. We also found that many students were very knowledgeable about their discipline but lacked good communication skills. This challenge resulted in a struggle to connect constructively with other students in other courses of study. We now recognize how vital interpersonal skills are to delivering optimum patient-centered care.
From this exercise we now believe an IPE approach to teaching and training can have a tremendous impact on the preparation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. With this training, students will enter the workforce with experience collaborating with other professionals and will understand the power of teamwork to accomplish a task. When students practice interprofessionalism and see the power in collaborating with other professionals, greater progress can be achieved in the workplace. Participating in the IPE simulation has boosted our confidence by showing us how to apply our clinical knowledge and skills in a safe but functional learning environment, but most importantly, it has given us a sense of how to work as a team to improve the life of our patient, which is the essence of patient-centered care. We have definitely taken our first critical steps toward becoming truly interprofessional!
Crystal Sirl, BA, is a graduate student in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at The University of Akron.
Grace Bosze, BA, is a graduate student in the School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at The University of Akron.


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Last week, my sisters and I had the great idea to rent a car from the Barcelona South train station and drive up the coast to France. This coast, called the Costa Brava -aka wild coast- was even more beautiful than I had expected. This time of year, we were able to find killer deals on some pretty stunning hotels.
Hoping on the A-9, we headed up the coast, stopping along any seaside towns we pleased. After a couple hours we arrived at our first hotel, the Silken Park Hotel Sant Jorge, whose view is pictured above and below. This hotel was spectacular in every sense of the word: Breathtaking views, gorgeous landscapes of the rocky coast, and great service (and drinks!). Our breakfast was included with the price of the hotel (which was 79 Euro), but for dinner, we ventured off to Sant Antoni de Calonge.
There we found El Galeo, a tapas restaurant, which is the true Spanish experience. Capas – or passed tapas- are popular in this area and all over Spain. The trick to this type of restaurant is to start off small. Before you take a table, grab a couple tapas from the counter and then take your seat. As the night progresses the servers will bring out served tapas fresh from the kitchen, and trust me, as the night goes on the tapas get better! After my sisters and I were stuffed full of food, and finished a bottle of wine, we were shocked to find our tab only came to 30 Euro!
We topped off the night with some girl talk in our 3-bed hotel room over another bottle of wine (now THAT is a funny story, but one I can only tell in person!) and fell asleep, dreaming of what adventures the Costa Brava would hold for us tomorrow.
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Musical Motivation: Jason Mraz: 93 Million Miles from Jeff Coffman on Vimeo.


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In Sunday's Golden Globes, "12 Years a Slave" looks to be the clear favorite (1-4) among dramas. Meanwhile, "American Hustle" (1-5) appears to be an easy pick over "The Wolf of Wall Street" (4-1). "Inside Llewyn Davis" is the longshot at 30-1.
At least that's the way Bovada, an Internet oddsmaker, sees it. The gambling site, which handicaps everything from NFL games (which you'd expect) to the hair color of future British kings (which you might not), has broken down the awards show into more than a dozen categories.
Bovada's Kevin Bradley says the Golden Globes get a fair amount of action. The Oscars are the Super Bowl of entertainment bets, he says, and betting limits are raised from $100 to $500.
Who are the night's other predicted winners?
Cate Blanchett is a 1-8 favorite to win lead actress for "Blue Jasmine" (fractional bets less than 1 generally indicate a heavy fave). Chiwetel Ejiofor of "12 Years a Slave" is the top pick to win the lead actor award at 10-11. Robert Redford is second, at 9-4, for "All Is Lost."
In the musical-comedy category, "The Wolf of Wall Street's" Leonardo DiCaprio (5-7) and "Nebraska's" Bruce Dern (5-4) are the favorites among the men; "American Hustle's" Amy Adams and "August: Osage County's" Meryl Streep are tied at 7-5 atop the actress category.
In TV dramas, "Breaking Bad" is a 2-5 favorite over "House of Cards" (7-4).
The night's surest bet, according to Bovada, is "Frozen," which at 1-15 tops the animated features, ahead of "Despicable Me 2" at 5-1 and "The Croods" at 20-1.
For those not particularly gambling-literate, 1-5 odds would pay 20 cents on a dollar bet. Odds of 4-1 would pay $4.
Here's a look at the odds in some of the top categories:
Motion picture, drama
"12 Years a Slave" 1-4
"Gravity" 11-4
"Captain Phillips" 18-1
"Philomena" 50-1
"Rush" 75-1
Motion picture, comedy or musical
"American Hustle" 1-5
"The Wolf of Wall Street" 4-1
"Nebraska" 20-1
"Her" 20-1
"Inside Llewyn Davis" 30-1
Actor (drama)
Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave") 10-11
Robert Redford ("All Is Lost") 9-4
Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club") 11-4
Tom Hanks ("Captain Phillips") 25-1
Idris Elba ("Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom") 25-1
Actress (drama)
Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine") 1-8
Sandra Bullock ("Gravity") 4-1
Emma Thompson ("Saving Mr. Banks") 20-1
Judi Dench ("Philomena") 35-1
Kate Winslet ("Labor Day") 75-1
Actor (comedy or musical)
Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Wolf of Wall Street") 5-7
Bruce Dern ("Nebraska") 5-4
Christian Bale ("American Hustle") 20-1
Joaquin Phoenix ("Her") 20-1
Oscar Isaac ("Inside Llewyn Davis") 25-1
Actress (comedy or musical)
Amy Adams ("American Hustle") 7-5
Meryl Streep ("August: Osage County") 7-5
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Enough Said") 3-1
Julie Delpy ("Before Midnight") 22-1
Greta Gerwig ("Frances Ha") 30-1
Alfonso Cuarón ("Gravity") 2-5
Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave") 7-4
David O. Russell ("American Hustle") 10-1
Alexander Payne ("Nebraska") 50-1
Paul Greengrass ("Captain Phillips") 50-1


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Liquid fuels allocation will not be changed
RIDGWAY – Less than a month after fielding questions regarding liquid fuels funds distribution, county commissioners on Tuesday morning voted in unanimous fashion to keep the current formula as each municipality receives an equal $8,000 share."Gary Anderson was here at our last meeting and questioned our liquid fuels disbursements that we appropriate to the municipalities in Elk County," said Elk County Commissioner June Sorg. "We've reviewed the topic and looked at the regulations again, and what we've found is that this is at the discretion of the commissioners.
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Mfarouq needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 105 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Right Scope Consulting
We are "Right Scope Consulting" we are a member of the SKOPOS consulting group. We are an organization development consulting firm focused on building healthier organizations within developing nations; specifically the Middle East and English speaking Africa.
We want our logo to be professional but fun and friendly in the same sense. we like our corporate colors to be around : silver, white and dark fusia.
Also our logo should include the phrase: "member of the SKOPOS consulting group" or something similar.
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Our target clients are CEO's and executives within the regions of our focus "English Africa and Middle East".
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We target medium to large organizations within these regions.
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Thanks for Leaming story
Thank you for the great article on Frank Leaming, his new role as Deacon, and the Leaming family. I always refer, affectionately, to his mother, Pat, as "The First Lady of Our Mother of Consolation." She has reached out to all of us with a keen eye, a warm heart and helping hands. Her kindnesses are legendary, and Frank is a good example of the old adage: "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Congratulations, Frank.
Kathy Winter
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School supplies needed at Jenks
At J.S. Jenks, our local public school in Chestnut Hill, the Home and School Association is currently collecting supplies to help out teachers. So many budget cuts mean even simple things are not easy to come by, especially as the year draws to a close. Many items are inexpensive, or might be lying around the house that you don't even need, but would be greatly appreciated by our students.
If you would like to help out, please check out the link below and maybe sign up to give something at www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B49A8A72CA46-teacher. You can bring items into the Jenks office during school hours. If you have any questions, contact HSA board member Rebecca Dhondt at firstname.lastname@example.com. It takes a village!
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15 years of inhumanity
Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer is saddened to announce that the annual killing of deer in Fairmount Park which began in January, 2012 resulted in the deaths of 238 deer : 86 from the Wissahickon Valley, 50 from West Fairmount Park, 19 from Cobb Creek Park and 83 from Pennypack Park. Nineteen years ago, an aerial count initiated by Friends of the Wissahickon, because of damages to gardens in area homes, showed 159 deer in the Wissahickon Valley Park. It is evident from the above statistics that the number of deer in the Wissahickon Park has increased not decreased substantially from the original aerial count of 159 deer.
A recent article in The Roxborough Review (4-3-13) stated that the curfew has been lifted and "the amount of deer removed represents a significant step toward reversing the impact of deer overpopulation."
This is blatantly untrue since the scientific evidence of the perpetual rebound theory states that when large populations of deer are killed, the remaining deer benefit from enhanced food supply and begin to produce more deer. According to Bridget Irons, PAD co-founder, "Killing deer is a perpetual treadmill." The rebound theory is one that has been discussed with the Department of Parks and Recreation since the first deer kill, and it is evident that the number of deer in the Wissahickon Park has increased substantially from the original 159 deer. So what is the rationale for the annual killings of the deer?
Philadelphia residents were told that the first killing, that occurred 19 years ago, would be just a one-time kill. Fifteen years later, 2,671 deer have been killed, with no data on the effectiveness of what we believe to be an inhumane way to alter the number of white-tailed deer in the park and no long-term plan to develop less inhumane strategies for controlling the number of deer that visit our Wissahickon Valley Park.
In addition, it has been researched by wildlife disease specialist Dr. Anne Ballman that many more deer may have been killed by eating corn used as bait in the park, since deer are unable to digest corn in the winter and die due to corn toxicity.
PAD (Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer) still has a mission to end the killing of deer in Fairmount Park, to preserve the ecological health of the park and to ensure that white-tailed deer have the freedom to live on their own terms. PAD has compiled alternatives to killing the deer that deal with the issues of Lyme disease, auto collisions and protecting vegetation.
Let's work together to stop the deer kill of 2014. Contact your local City Council members and Mayor Nutter to register your outrage about this long-standing war against the deer.
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A new government analysis of the House GOP tax bill says its true costs to the nation's debt are at least $259 billion greater over the coming decade.
That's because of the interest costs the government has to absorb to borrow more money to keep the government running. That puts the debt cost of the measure at $1.7 trillion over 10 years.
The Congressional Budget Office study actually understates the measure's true cost since it's based on last week's version of the bill. An amendment added by Ways and Means Committee Republicans on Monday added $161 billion to the cost of the bill, mostly by watering down an international tax provision.


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After a very successful 2012 IAJGS conference held in Paris, it is time to turn our thought ahead a year and begin preparing for the 2013 conference, which will be held in Boston. More information can be found at the conferences website http://iajgs.org/2013.html
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Thank you for the work you are oing. We met the kind people at the centre in Salt Lake City and they gave me the links to take home. I have some old papers here from my parent which I will review and send to you if appropriate.ReplyDelete
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The northern part of the 'Ain Dar area is the most mature part of the Ghawar oil field, and the water flood used to maintain production levels has been monitored for many years. A paper published in 2005, SPE 93439: Water Management in North 'Ain Dar, Saudi Arabia , discusses several strategies for reducing water production from the field. Figure 5 from this paper shows the flood front advance through the mid 1980s. As shown in the image below right, there has been quite a number of wells drilled to the south of the study area in the past few years, including some wells being drilled in May 2006. Given that 20 years have passed, how much oil is left to be had there?
Stuart Staniford of The Oil Drum has used this information along with data from other publications in an investigation of how much oil is left. One resource he used was a paper by Hussain et al Optimizing Maximum-Reservoir-Contact wells: Application to Saudi Arabian Reservoirs presented to the 2005 International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC 10395). This work focused on the optimization of two MRC (maximum reservoir contact) wells in south 'Ain Dar (identified as ANDR-"XYZ") and one in Shedgum (SDGM-"PQR"), but it also briefly described another MRC well in 'Ain Dar (ANDR-"ABC"). Diagrams of these wells showed their locations relative to nearby wells along with oil column thickness in the vicinity. Staniford ascertained the location of ANDR-"XYZ" as being in south 'Ain Dar.
Using the well placements determined using Google Earth, I have identifed the precise locations of the other two wells, with ANDR-"ABC" being located in north 'Ain Dar midway between GOSP-2 (Gas-Oil Separation Plant #1) and GOSP-1. This was the first MRC well placed in north Ghawar as also described in the Water Management paper cited above. According to Saudi Aramco, the motivation for placing this well was to "provide an additional oil producer tied into GOSP-2 to maintain plateau, to reduce the average water cut of the field, and to increase oil recovery".
Despite the obligatory alphabetical coding for secrecy, the real identities of the two 'Ain Dar wells are revealed as ANDR-524 (north) and ANDR-550 (south). As noted previously, this gives a number for the wells developed in the time span between them as approximately 26. This simple correlation is rather useful, but even more useful is my chance recognition of the profile of northern 'Ain Dar in a paper presented at the 25th Annual ESRI International User Conference (2005) entitled "Well Placement Optimization Using GIS", hereafter referred to as the "ESRI" paper.
The paper discusses a customization of the ArcGIS software package which facilitates oil well placements utilizing a local GIS database of existing well data, reservoir properties, etc. A window from the graphical user interface is shown at right. (Note to authors of this paper: please send me the software and data for usability testing). It so happens that the computer screen shots used for supporting figures also show maps with well layouts for ANDR-524 and vicinity similar to IPTC 10395. Note that the images presented here don't do justice to their obscurity in the context of the paper. There is no discussion regarding them, but rather they appear just as an unfocused part of a screenshot.
Shown below is a piece of one of the figures showing well spacings around the prospective site for ANDR-524 (not identified) which has been overlayed on northern 'Ain Dar imagery and resized to align wells with those visible. The left pane shows the location of the IPTC 10395 well map in 'Ain Dar., and the right pane shows a close up of the well map from the ESRI paper at the same location.
|Geo-referenced ANDR-524 well maps from ITPC (left) and from ESRI (right)
Well map with actual well locations indicated by red (before 2000 wells) or green (after 2000 wells) placemarks. A drilling rig (green diamond) is located near the top. Click for larger image.
The grey contours on the overlay are for the top of the Arab-D reservoir. The colored contours represent the thickness of the oil layer, with yellow representing a nearly complete oil layer and blue being more or less watered out The IPTC 10395 figure appears to indicate that the boundary between light and medium blue is a thickness of 30 feet.
Also of interest is that the waterflood has proceeded unevenly from the northeast, leaving a finger of oil below the crest to the northeast. Pockets of stranded oil are observed at the top and right in the overlay area of the figure.
Other screenshot fragments provide information on the geometry of well 524 and labels for the identities of a number of surrounding wells. One such overlay has been added in the figure at right, and I have added labels for the identified wells. Well 95 appears to be inactive. The revealed identity of ANDR-235 is most fortuitous, as it helps to locate another feature in the north 'Ain Dar field: a gas cap near the top of the Arab-D structure.
Gas Caps
Both the IPTC 10395 maps for ANDR-524 (above) and the map for ANDR-550 (well "XYZ", shown below) have have unidentified dashed red outlines. It was suggested that this represents the waterflood front in the case of the map below. However, it is determined here that these traces delineate gas caps.
Although the oil in Ghawar is undersaturated with respect to gas, injection of gas for pressure maintenance earlier in the field's history has left gas caps in the north and south crestal areas of 'Ain Dar. The presence of the caps can cause problems for wells producing the oil beneath, as described by Kokal et. al. in Asphaltene Precipitation in High Gas-Oil Ratio Wells (SPE 81567). Shown at right is a fragment from one of the figures showing the gas cap locations and the locations of problem wells (including ANDR-235 identified earlier). An attempt to align this figure in its entirety with actual well spacings was not successful, but it was possible to align the wells in the northern group (red dots in the figure at right) with the actual well locations (especially ANDR-235). This resulted in the gas cap trace from the figure at right (blue) lining up nicely with the position of the IPTC 10395 trace (dashed red line). The resulting composite map is shown below left, with the gas cap outline indicated in red. Wells put in after 2003 are shown with green placemarks. The lower two drilling rigs (diamonds) are on new sites, whereas the top rig is possibly sidetracking an existing well to tap the stranded oil pocket.
|Composit map showing oil layer thickness, identified wells, and gas cap in north 'Ain Dar.
|Expanded area showing wells put in after 2003 including two drilling rigs (2006).
These images suggest that the remaining dry reservoir volume in the northern 'Ain Dar area (yellow area) is mostly filled with gas (red outline). However, much depends to what extent the gas/oil and oil/water interfaces are horizontal and whether the gas cap trace denotes the gas oil contact at the top or the bottom of the reservoir. It is predicted that wells drilled through the gas cap are targeting oil in a "halo" surrounding it. There are several apparent clusters of new wells in the gas cap area, such as the group of several wells being drilled above the southern end of the gas cap shown below in closeup.
Cluster of new wells near the south end of the gas cap
A Sideways Glance
With the near exclusive use of horizontal drilling, it is not possible from an overhead perspective to determine where the target oil is from where the well is. Increasingly, the well head locations are determined by other factors. For example, wells might be located close together to minimize road building expenses. Moreover, even for vertical wells, the vertical layer of the reservoir being tapped is also unknown. However, the ESRI paper yields one more interesting tidbit: a cross section for the ANDR-524 well.
Cross section trajectory showing ANDR-524 and nearby wells (left), and resulting cross section (right). Click for readable versions.
The figure above right shows the cross section obtained as the thick black line. The vertical trajectories for the labeled wells (on the left) are shown above right. The y-axis is elevation below sea level in feet, and the x-axis is horizontal distance (ft.). The axes and legend labels have been redrawn for clarity. The green line is the top of the ArabD 2A structure, and this is consistent with ANDR-524 being located at -6000ft. below sea level based on the Arab D contours from above. Wells 356 and 95 appear to penetrate 400ft. below the Arab-D top, whereas well 427 seems to be penetrating only the very top of the ArabD -- possibly the 2A. In contrast, at least one lateral of ANDR-524 seems to be accessing very deep rock, assuming that this diagram reflects the actual trajectory for this well.
At the time reflected by these graphics, there was probably remaining oil to be had in a thin layer at the top and in isolated pockets of stranded oil, but it can't last long at historical production rates for this part of Ghawar.


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Due to drought conditions last summer, the City implemented mandatory water restrictions for the first time since 1974. At that time, Wesely asked the Mayor's Water Conservation Task Force, which includes citizens, large water users and lawn and garden care professionals, to update the water conservation plan. The new water management plan was released last month.
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On the eve of the Revolution, Saint Domingue was the richest colony in the West Indies. It was inhabited by about 30,900 whites, 25,000 free people of color and 435,000 slaves. Several thousand maroons had taken refuge in the mountainous hinterland. It is estimated that 800,000 Africans had been introduced -300,000 more than in the United States - but the brutal regime of the sugar and coffee plantations decimated the enslaved population, cutting it by almost half in less than a century.


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Pros: An impressively built tablet computer, featuring a clean industrial design borrowed from Apple's MacBook Pro computers, internal components derived largely from its iPod touch and iPhone pocket devices, and stable, multi-touch software. Runs over 150,000 applications, thousands of which have been optimized for this device, offering iPod-equivalent sonic performance, better than iPod- and iPhone-quality visual performance, and 10+ hour battery life unmatched by any current-generation Apple product, or most competitors. Superb for book and periodical reading, strong for web and video viewing, more capable of content creation than iPods and iPhones. Supports 720p HD video playback.
Cons: Cannot serve as a standalone computer; in addition to iTunes dependence, horsepower is presently shortchanged by limited, iPhone-class multitasking that forces all third-party applications to occupy and waste entire screen; lack of camera similarly limits value for video communications. Screen dimensions are sub-optimal for movies, including HD content. Confusing battery charging requirements and slow iTunes synchronization. Initial iPad-optimized applications, as well as Apple's strategy for performing and selling color digital publications on the device, need additional work. In addition to anti-glare, anti-fingerprint screen film, most users will need new in-car, docking, and/or speaker accessories.
For the entire decade starting in 2000, the "tablet computer" was literally defined by products running Microsoft's Windows operating system—thick boxes that might as well have been laptops but for their externally-mounted screens and included styluses. Bill Gates famously predicted in 2001 that the Tablet PC "will be the most popular form of PC sold in America" within five years, but that neither happened nor even approached reality: Microsoft's Tablet PCs remained extremely nichey, went through a series of stylus, keyboard, software, and screen tweaks, then were discontinued in 2009. Even users who had been excited about tablets in concept were indifferent about Microsoft's "stuff a PC into a different sort of casing" approach.
With the iPad ($499-$829), Apple wants you to throw away every preconception you may have of a tablet computer and embrace a new paradigm. This isn't a MacBook laptop crammed into a different shell, running Mac OS software with a touchscreen rather than a mouse, but rather an iPod touch grown up to fit a larger and more powerful set of hardware, with a tweaked version of its stripped-down, power-sipping iPhone OS software. One version of the iPad ($499-$699) is quite like the iPod touch, accessing the Internet solely through Wi-Fi networks, while the other ($629-$829) is more like the iPhone 3GS, with Internet access both through Wi-Fi and 3G cellular towers—if you're willing to pay a premium for the hardware and for month-to-month 3G service. Updated May 3, 2010: A comprehensive supplemental review of the iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G is available here.
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Study: 10 Percent Of Grindr Users Have Never Had HIV Test Though A Third Still Claim To Be Negative
New York's Hunter College Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training (CHEST) released a study today detailing the HIV-testing habits of men who use Grindr.
Based on a sample size of 1,300 Grindr users in the NYC area, CHEST has found that one in ten men using the service have never had an HIV Test. This "HIV test virgin" rate is significantly higher than the general MSM (men who have sex with men) population in New York City, which rests at 2.6 percent. Perhaps more worrisome was CHEST's data revealing that of these men, one third still list "HIV Negative" in their public profile.
CHEST's blog details a third worrisome finding:
Dr. Parsons worked with a team of researchers, including senior data analyst Jon Rendina to survey over 1,300 gay and bisexual men in the New York City area who use Grindr. Rendina explains, "When we first began looking at the data, we were surprised to find that 1 in 10 men on Grindr in NYC had never received an HIV test and we quickly realized we needed to look further into the issue." Further analysis showed that the proportion of older men getting tested for HIV was notably higher than that of the younger men, with 1 in 5 young MSM between the ages of 18-24 having never received an HIV test. Comparing these men to the overall population of NYC MSM indicated that a higher proportion of men onGrindr had never been tested for the disease (10% of Grindr users versus 2.6% of all NYC MSM).
Additional analyses revealed that one-third of those men who had never received an HIV test reported their HIV status as HIV-negative, which as Rendina points out, "may mean that men are sharing potentially inaccurate HIV status information with their partners on Grindr." Additionally, nearly one-third of the men who had never tested also reported engaging in anal sex without a condom in the past 3 months.
It's not all bad news, however. "Out of all of the men surveyed on Grindr, half of them had received an HIV test in the past 6 months, and over 70% of them had been tested in the past year; whereas only 52% of all MSM in the NYC area reported receiving an HIV-test in the past year," the study continues. "Furthermore, the data suggested that men who engage in risky sexual behavior had been tested more recently than men who hadn't, suggesting awareness among these men of an increased risk for HIV infection. Additionally, the survey found that the proportion of younger men of color who had received HIV tests was higher than other men in this sample."
It seems the messaging is getting through to a large portion of Grindr users, but what can be done about that troubling ten percent?
"It's our hope that these data highlight the importance of embedding HIV testing and other prevention campaigns where men who have sex with men network, socialize, and express their sexuality, such as Grindr," says Jon Rendina, a senior data analyst and co-author of the study.
Are you surprised by the study's results?
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this isn't a surprise. You could pay for a grindr ad that advertised this information. I'm sure the problem is much worse in uncultured areas without a gay macrometa-culture like NYC. i.e. the south where i live. people in the closet aversive to gayness and gay media probably don't know how terrible this is and the amount of deception and illusion they have as a part of their existence probably adds to the problem.
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No, it goes to show that ignorance is bliss with a small portion of gay people, just as it is with some portion of the heterosexual community. I presume by your statement you'd find them to be stupid, as well? I know I have always been tested when I was sexually active & w/in the following year or slightly longer. How about you, anonymous user?


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Beginning in fall 2019, this new gondola system will offer a bird's-eye view as it whisks you and your family away to Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Discover a life-size shipwreck, pools, lagoons and more at Stormalong Bay—a 3-acre water wonderland.
Climb the mast and zip down one of the highest hotel waterslides at Walt Disney World Resort. Catch currents on an inner tube in the lazy river, unwind in one of 3 whirlpool spas and relax on the elevated tanning deck. Children can wade into the main pool from a gentle slope and splash about in 2 kiddie pools—including one with a miniature waterslide.
Prefer a more tranquil experience? Explore 3 all-ages quiet pools—each with a whirlpool spa—located throughout Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts.
Savor mouthwatering steaks, seafood and more at this sophisticated, family-friendly restaurant.
Enjoy a workout or indulge in a massage at this full-service fitness center.
Bring your pampered pooch to stay with you at Disney's Yacht Club Resort.
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Seven of the 16 games this week feature two teams fighting for a playoff berth or a higher playoffs seeding. Yet, these games might just be a prelude to the one a week from Sunday, when the 49ers play the Seattle Seahawks.
That is, if the 49ers lose to the New England Patriots on Sunday and the Seahawks take care of business against the Buffalo Bills, which are distinct possibilities.
The 49ers would be 9-4-1 and the Seahawks 9-5 entering their game in Seattle on Dec. 23, with the NFC West title on the line.
The Seahawks have won four out of their past five games, including a 58-0 shellacking of the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday.
Throw in a raucous home crowd, dynamic rookie quarterback Russell Wilson and workhorse running back Marshawn Lynch, and you have the potential for the regular-season game of the year.
The 49ers did a nice job against Wilson in the teams' first meeting Oct. 18 in a 13-6 victory at Candlestick Park. History says the 49ers are in for a tougher matchup in Seattle.
Wilson has 12 touchdowns and one interception at home, versus eight touchdowns and eight interceptions on the road. His passer rating at home spikes from 80.7 to 118.4
In many ways, the Seahawks and 49ers are model franchises for how to rebuild a floundering team.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll cites Lynch as the player who spearheaded the team's turnaround.
Carroll traded fourth- and fifth-round draft picks to the Bills for Lynch in 2010. Lynch has amassed more than 3,000 yards and scored 27 touchdowns in 40 regular-season games with Seattle, in addition to leading the Seahawks' upset victory over the Saints in the 2010 playoffs.
"I don't know if anything is more symbolic than what we've done with Marshawn and him playing the way he's played, and him being the guys he is," Carroll said. "He really is the key element to putting this thing together."
Carroll drafted Wilson in the third round of this year's draft and let him battle Matt Flynn, their marquee free-agent signing, in training camp.
He jettisoned linebackers Aaron Curry and Lofa Tatupu and replaced them with K.J. Wright and Bobby Wagner, respectively. He also found former Stanford cornerback Richard Sherman in the fifth round of the 2011 draft.
This game also has numerous subplots. There's the history between 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Carroll, dating to their days when Harbaugh was at Stanford and Carroll at USC.
Sherman earlier this season referred to Harbaugh as a "bully" for contacting the league about the physical play of the Seahawks secondary in the teams' first game.
Few thought Peterson would rebound anywhere near this well less than a year after tearing the ACL and MCL in his left knee, so who's to doubt that he will pile up 506 yards in his final three games and break Eric Dickerson's mark of 2,105?
Certainly not Peterson.
"You hear a lot of people talking about how Adrian Peterson might crack 2,000 yards," Peterson said on "Inside The NFL" on Showtime, "(but) I'm reaching past that. I'm always looking at the bigger picture, the bigger goal to accomplish. That would be to edge Eric Dickerson. It's something that I feel like is right there and … we can get it."
Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has 1,546 yards through 13 games. He needs to average 101 yards in the next three games to surpass Rice.
Johnson has nine games of 111 yards or more so far this season, including a 151.3-yard average the past six games.
Just what Raiders fans want to see happen, too. The Raiders selected quarterback JaMarcus Russell No. 1 overall in 2007, despite then-coach Lane Kiffin and just about everyone else in the draft room not named Al Davis pushing for Johnson. The Lions drafted Johnson with the next pick.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league intends to consider expanding from 12 teams over the next few months. The league has been at 12 playoff teams since 1990.
This sounds like another money grab at first glance. Is anyone clamoring for the New York Jets in the playoffs this season?
Under a 16-team format, three teams that currently are 7-6 and the Jets at 6-7 would be in the playoffs, if the season ended last week.
It's a rarity when a team with a losing record qualifies for the playoffs now. It likely would be commonplace if the league expanded to 14 or 16 teams.
"It's stupid," Vikings defensive end Jared Allen said. "It's a dumb idea. The reason our league is so much better than other leagues is because of that competition. Every game means something."


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Consuelo Keller Kitchen, 2018-10-06 03:51:49. Discuss all Financial Details of the Remodeling
Courtney Vaughan Kitchen, 2018-10-06 03:51:47. A word of caution: I spent several hours researching kitchen remodeling cost and budgeting on the internet to gather data for this article. I ran into a couple websites that gave square footage pricing for kitchen remodeling. Although I commiserate with their attempt to find a simple method to figure out remodeling pricing, this type of advice is not based in reality. Remodeling jobs in general are so specific to the conditions of the building and tastes of the homeowner that no square footage pricing will ever be realistic. I also ran into many sites that did not give you any real information about establishing a budget but basically interpreted Hanley Wood's Remodeling Cost vs. Value report which is published each year. You are much better off visiting the Cost vs. Value report online and evaluating the results for yourself.
Clarissa Irwin Kitchen, 2018-10-06 03:51:49. Any remodeling idea for a small kitchen must address the following issues: counter space, storage, built-ins, and pantry. When planning on a kitchen remodeling project, the budget is the first thing to consider. Whether you've got a big budget or a small one for your kitchen remodeling project, it's wise to try to make sure your spending doesn't spiral out of control as the process continues.
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Prothrombin time (PT) is a blood test that measures the time it takes for the liquid portion (plasma) of your blood to clot.
A related blood test is
Alternative Names
PT; Pro-time; Anticoagulant-prothrombin time; Clotting time: protime
How the Test is Performed
The health care provider uses a needle to take blood from one of your veins. The blood collects into an airtight container. You may be given a bandage to stop any bleeding. If you are taking a medicine called heparin, you will be watched for signs of bleeding.
The lab specialist will add chemicals to the blood sample and see how long it takes for the plasma to clot.
How to Prepare for the Test
Make sure your doctor knows about all the medicines you are taking. This including things you buy without a prescription such as over-the-counter medicines, herbs, and supplements. Your doctor may tell you to stop taking certain drugs before the test. For example, blood thinners can affect the results of this test.
Do not stop taking any medicine without first talking to your doctor.
How the Test will Feel
You may feel slight pain or a sting when the needle is inserted. You may also feel some throbbing at the site after the blood is drawn.
Why the Test is Performed
The most common reason to perform this test is to monitor your levels when you are taking a blood-thinning medicine called warfarin.
You are likely taking this medicine to prevent blood clots
Your health care provider will check your PT, or prothrombin time, regularly.
You may also need this test to:
- Find the cause of abnormal bleeding or bruising
- Check how well your liver is working
- Look for signs of the blood clotting or
bleeding disorder
Normal Results
Prothrombin time is measured in seconds. Most of the time, results are given as what is called INR (or international normalized ratio).
If you are not taking blood thinning medicines such as warfarin, the normal range for your PT results is
- 11 – 13.5 seconds, or
- INR of 0.8 – 1.1
If you are taking warfarin to prevent blood clots, your doctor will most likely choose to keep your INR between 2.0 and 3.0.
Ask your doctor what result is right for you.
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results
What Abnormal Results Mean
If you are not taking blood thinning medicines such as warfarin, an INR result above 1.1 means your blood is clotting more slowly than desired. This may be due to:
Bleeding disorders, a group of conditions in which there is a problem with the body's blood clotting process.
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
- Liver disease
- Low levels of
Vitamin K
If you are taking warfarin to prevent clots your doctor will most likely choose to keep your INR between 2.0 and 3.0.
- Depending on why you are taking the blood thinner, the desired level may be different.
- Even when your INR stays between 2.0 and 3.0, you're more likely to have bleeding problems.
- INR results higher than 3.0 may put you at even higher risk for bleeding.
- INR results lower than 2.0 may put you at risk for developing a blood clot.
A PT result that is too high or too low in someone who is taking warfarin (Coumadin) may be due to:
- The wrong dose of medicine
- Drinking alcohol
- Taking certain over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, supplements, cold medicines, antibiotics, or other drugs
- Eating a food that changes the way the blood-thinning medication works in your body
Your healthcare provider will teach you about taking
This test is often done on people who may have bleeding problems. The risks of bleeding and hematoma in these patients are slightly greater than for people without bleeding problems.
Related:Deep vein thrombosis – discharge, Bile duct obstruction, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Malabsorption, Vitamin K


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Where should we first meet?
On your first date, we advise you meet in a safe place and tell a friend where you are going and when you will return. Leave your date's name and telephone number with your friend. Provide your own transportation and meet at a familiar restaurant or coffee shop when a lot of other people are present. If you decide to move to another location, take your own car. When the timing is appropriate, thank your date for getting together and say goodbye. If you are flying in from another city, arrange for your own car and hotel room. Call your date from the hotel or meet at the location you have already agreed to. If the location seems inappropriate or unsafe, go back to your hotel. Always make sure a friend or family member knows your plans and has your contact information. And if possible, carry a cell phone.
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This past July, President Obama gave a rousing speech in New York at the annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, marking the 100th anniversary of the organization's founding. To watch the nation's first African-American president stand before America's oldest and most important civil rights organization was to witness an epochal moment in the history of American race relations.
One can only imagine the profound sense of satisfaction the NAACP's founders would have felt had they been there.
On the very same day as Obama's NAACP address, one of the country's most distinguished African-American scholars, Professor Henry Lewis Gates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., was arrested for "disorderly conduct" on his front porch, a short walk from campus. It was alleged that Professor Gates had spoken angrily to a white police officer who had suspected Gates of breaking into what the professor told the officer was his own home. (With the help of another man, Gates, returning home from an overseas trip, had forced open the jammed front door to his house, leading a passerby to call the police.) The white officer arrested the black professor, handcuffed him, and took him into custody.
Many people, especially peoples of color, saw the incident as one more example of the indignities blacks continue to endure every day in America. After the historic Obama victory, they felt that perhaps the country, in a self-congratulatory mood, had patted itself on the back too soon. Maybe the long, hard struggle for racial justice was not over.
In reading Patricia Sullivan's superb new history, Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement, one is reminded just how long and hard that struggle has been. While many are aware of the celebrated events of the 1950s and '60s – the Montgomery bus boycott, the sit-ins, the March on Washington – the 20th-century race reform campaign began long before those iconic episodes.
One of the most striking aspects of Sullivan's elegantly written book is the extent to which it compels one to realize that the history of the NAACP and the history of 20th-century America are inextricably linked. In exploring this connection, Sullivan, who teaches history at the University of South Carolina, has produced a compelling, exhaustively researched account that sweeps across much of the last century.
Sullivan presents countless tales that reveal the determination African-Americans demonstrated over many decades to effect change in a country that systematically denied them basic rights: 10,000 black citizens marching silently down New York's Fifth Avenue during World War I to protest a vicious race riot in East St. Louis, Ill.; downtrodden yet optimistic black voters in the north streaming into FDR's Democratic Party in the 1930s; energized black soldiers fighting oppression at home and abroad during World War II; adroit African-American leaders deploying the democratic rhetoric of the cold war to advance their cause in the 1940s.
As the transformative developments of the 20th century unfolded at home and abroad, Sullivan shows how the NAACP played a key role in the effort to abolish discrimination in voting, education, employment, and housing. The association approached its task in a variety of ways: by working to pass federal legislation; by laboring in the courts – often in hostile Southern courtrooms; and by convincing ordinary African-Americans to work for change in their communities.
In the NAACP's early years, a key aim was the passage of federal antilynching legislation. NAACP officials hoped a federal law would reduce the number of lynchings, which plagued blacks, especially in the rural South. The barbaric practice had claimed thousands of black lives since the turn of the century – and the murderers almost always escaped punishment.
Sullivan's harrowing descriptions of these brutal crimes, which local authorities typically ignored or even supported, remind us of the perils black Americans confronted daily throughout much of the 20th century. While federal antilynching legislation never became law – the NAACP could not overcome Southern opposition in Congress – the effort to enact legislation helped to galvanize support for the association.
Sullivan's much-needed book also allows readers to encounter some of the NAACP's most extraordinary figures – men and women whose commitment to the cause of racial justice has been largely forgotten. All Americans should be aware of the unwavering efforts of black figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, William Pickens, Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, Ella Baker, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins. "Lift Every Voice" gives one the opportunity to hear their words and to understand the legislative and courtroom strategies they used to liberate a people.
By the time Sullivan reaches her concluding chapters, which consider the victories of the postwar years – the 1954 verdict in Brown v. Board of Education being the most significant – readers will appreciate how arduous and heroic the struggle for racial justice has been. One will also recognize just how important the NAACP has been in helping America become a more just society, even as one acknowledges – or should – that there is still much work to be done.
Jonathan Rosenberg teaches American history at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center in New York.


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HMS Resolution
HMS Resolution was a British exploration ship, primarily known for her role under Captain James Cook. She was the preferred sloop of the 2nd and 3rd voyages of James Cook, in the Pacific.
Notable Achievements
The Resolution is notable for being the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle, and did so twice. Furthermore, under Cook, the resolution became the first ship to ever determine longitude at sea, with an extraordinarily accurate marine chronometer, the K1. HMS Resolution was the ship that explored for Great Britain the west coast of North America, and it's inlets, Hawaii, and many of the pacific islands.
Following her service as an exploration ship, the Resolution was captured by the French. According to contemporary sources, the Resolution was captured, by the French. She was then believed to have been renamed the "La Liberté", and spent the rest of her career as a French mercantile ship.


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U.S. organic dairy, beef, sheep, goat, and bison producers exporting products to Canada will benefit from more streamlined trade.
In the U.S., these animals, referred to as ruminants, must receive 30 percent of their feed during the grazing season from organic pasture and must be out on pasture at least 120 days per year. In addition to these pasture requirements, operations must provide adequate space and living conditions which accommodate the natural behavior of livestock. This includes year-round access to the outdoors.
Canada now considers these U.S. requirements as equivalent to its standards for ruminant stocking rates, or the number of animals in a given area.
"The USDA organic regulations hold ruminant producers to strict standards," noted Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the USDA National Organic Program. "We are pleased that Canada agrees that these requirements meet or exceed its standards."
This change reflects efforts by both countries to harmonize standards and move toward full equivalence. Products from non-ruminant animals, such as poultry and swine, must still verify that they meet the Canadian stocking rates for those species.
As a result, one of the additional requirements—referred to as critical variances—no longer applies to ruminant animals and animal products traded under the U.S./Canada Organic Equivalency Arrangement. Organic operations in both countries must meet each of these critical variances before products can be sold, labeled, or represented as organic across the border.
On June 17, 2009, the USDA and Canada Food Inspection Agency entered into an Equivalence Arrangement. This means that as long as the critical variances and other terms of the arrangement are met, organic operations certified to the USDA organic or Canada Organic Regime standards may be labeled, represented, and sold as organic in both countries.
The updated critical variances in the trade arrangement now include:
Canada Requirements. To be sold, labeled, or represented as organic in Canada, USDA organic products must meet the following additional requirements:
- Agricultural products produced with the use of sodium nitrate shall not be sold or marketed as organic in Canada.
- Agricultural products produced by hydroponic or aeroponic production methods shall not be sold or marketed as organic in Canada
- Agricultural products derived from animals (with the exception of ruminants) must be produced according to livestock stocking rates as set out in CAN /CGSB32.310-2006 (amended October 2008).
United States Requirements. To be sold, labeled, or represented as organic in the United States, Canadian organic agricultural products derived from animals must be produced without antibiotic treatment.
The National Organic Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture facilitates trade and ensures integrity of organic agricultural products by consistently implementing the organic standards and enforcing compliance with the regulations.
For further information about the Canada trade arrangement, contact Miles McEvoy at (202) 720-3252.


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