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Hi all.
I'm a young mother in NZ who used to be a serious pisshead. When I got pregnant I gave it all up, and it was hard. My partner is currently in prison and has completed a treatmant programme and is attending NA.
His letter are getting more and more full of wishy washy stuff and lingo, and I can't help feeling when he gets home we're not going to get on, because for me personally, giving up alcohol made me see how foolish all that new agey, god nonsense is, but he's had to have it 24/7 inside.
I understand completely how hard it is to give up, and if it helps him I suppose thats what he has to do, but I don't think I can cope with a man who is constantly focused on the past, on being in constant 'recovery' and telling me all about how his "new found understanding of self esteem will alllow him to become a 'pro-social' person" etc.
I'm harsh I know.Any tips on how I can maybe help him to see he can do it from a rational perspective, and without all the lingo and stuff that means nothing outside of his N.A. group?
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Opinion: Debt Ceiling Sanity Prevails
Heritage Foundation chief economist Steve Moore on why the Republican-led House passed a clean bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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I ... thus the took the lead House passed a bill on Tuesday to extend the government's borrowing capacity ... in some big break from the past Congress is ... I've got Heritage Foundation's chief economist Steve Moore joining me now from Washington ... I Steve what change their mind why a clean bill ... well Mary this was a big fight within the Republican caucus the Conservatives wanted to fight for budget reforms ... that some spending cuts which is ... pretty typical actually when we passed that ceiling ... we usually do require some kind of budget discipline ... but you know the Republicans felt like they got some so bad ... from the last ... government shutdown that they just didn't wanna go anywhere near that beehive they just didn't have the stomach for the fight ... and quite frankly they capitulated to present Obama game out clean debt ceiling Dell ... and they're a lot of un happy Facts piercing conservatives in the style right now ... you see the last time that we had this fight the Heritage Foundation chaired the government shutdown ... are you saying that this is the right thing now for Republicans to do ... in all I believe that having work done these issues for thirty years that the debt ceiling is one of the best opportunities to get some real cuts in spending in some some will buy three point ... I would like to see in the Republican spied a little bit harder your ... period take their case American people that were not just to get ... another credit card exception to the federal govern without any new ... spending discipline there to try to make sure this doesn't keep happening again and again we keep ... throwing a trillion dollars to yourself I think they gave in too easily ... but it's pretty clear that the dust what happens late last year or ... enough and you know sometime in October with the shutdown ... and the negative attitude the public efforts Republicans ... it it really caught from them and the kind of fiscal collar ... Steve it's clear that Republicans aren't any good of the brain and and let us default on the debt so ... when you say that the debt ceiling gives us leverage ... doesn't really give us leverage if Republicans are willing ... to go to that final step ... and a fall ... that's a good that's a great question Mary ... all I can tell you is having lived through ... you know who looks like a two thousand eleven I mean ... the Republicans fought on the debt ceiling during those on fiscal cliff negotiations and they did get some real spending reforms that's how we got the sequester unimpressed about stuff ... I'm in favor of using these kinds of vehicles ... to get ... our reforms the problem is ... that the last one was about to Obamacare people didn't really ... connect the dots between how that and we don't really have anything to do with the debt and that's I think the reason Republicans ... have had the Cayden right now ... if there's good news about this Mary is at least ... fields job via required Nancy policy the Democratic leader to ... provide virtually all the votes for that said the one thing Republicans won an out of this was ... that the Democrats on this debt ceiling increase in for the most part they do Steve thirty seconds left we argued in the editorial this morning ... that we ought to get rid of this debt ceiling ... this this blanket is permission basically for Congress to stand up to this one didn't feel great ... we do both I would actually have boats ... every time they have a spending bill that exceeds that God requires borrowing but I would also keep the place this debt ceiling ... you know they come across every one or two years because I think it's a good opportunity for the American people the focus of the overspending of the over bowing in Washington ... ok Heritage Foundation chief economist Steve Moore thank so much


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ECM Publishers Inc. has acquired the Sun Newspaper Group from American Community Newspapers II, combining two large Minnesota newspaper groups.
Signing the agreement for ECM, Friday, Dec. 30, were Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Julian Andersen, President and Chief Operating Officer Marge Winkelman, and Chief Financial Officer Rod Garbe. ECM is based in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. American Community Newspapers II is based in Dallas, Texas.
The newly acquired newspaper group will be called ECM-Sun Group LLC.
The combined company will now include 500 associates and 55 publications, reaching 700,000 homes weekly.
"The merger of the Sun Group into ECM Publishers continues the growth of ECM, combining two strong, well-managed Minnesota media organizations," Andersen said. "This combination creates opportunity and capability to enhance services provided to both readers and advertisers, to be active partners in an extended group of Minnesota communities, and to provide many associates the chance to step up to bigger responsibilities."
"We are excited about this new opportunity to expand our footprint in the Minneapolis- St. Paul market as ECM-Sun Group, LLC," Winkelman said.
"ECM Publishers, Inc., is continuously transforming the way we operate and continues to improve our ability to meet the challenges of the changing newspaper industry. By combining our award- winning publications, strong community websites, and adding digital and social media to the mix, we will be able to communicate to our readers and deliver advertisers' messages in a timely and effective manner."
"I am very excited about the future of our new company and the opportunities to grow and expand the business," said Jeffrey Coolman, General Manager of the ECM-Sun Group. "Combining the strengths of both companies will create one of the best community newspaper groups in the country. It is the people who strengthen our ability to succeed."
Both ECM and the Sun Group are comprised of newspapers, shoppers, and websites. ECM publishes 15 newspapers and six shoppers with total weekly circulation of 155,000 and 191,000, respectively. The Sun Group publishes 32 newspapers and two shoppers with total weekly circulation of 357,000 and 38,000, respectively. ECM websites attract 1 million page views a month, and Sun Group websites attract 461,000 page views per month.
ECM was created in 1976 by Elmer L. Andersen, who started this newspaper company after a successful career as businessman, state legislator, and Governor. The company began when Andersen bought competing weekly newspapers in Princeton and combined them into the Princeton Union-Eagle. Subsequently, ECM added a commercial web printing plant and acquired an independent delivery company that now operates as a division of ECM. In a sequence of transactions over the past 30 years, ECM acquired additional newspapers.
Andersen, son of the late former governor, said ECM believes many Minnesotans agree with investor Warren Buffet who said recently, after acquiring his hometown newspaper – – the Omaha World Herald: "There are still a lot of things newspapers can do better than any other media. I'm not comfortable without an honest-to-God newspaper in my hand."
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Leftist candidate Ollanta Humala was elected president in June 2011. He defeated Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori, in a contest characterized by stark polarization. Humala enjoyed a brief honeymoon, but by year's end he had been challenged by strong antimining protests that led to a state of emergency in the Cajamarca department in December.
After achieving independence from Spain in 1821, Peru experienced alternating periods of civilian and military rule. Civilians have held office since a 12-year dictatorship ended in 1980. However, that year, a Maoist guerrilla group known as the Shining Path launched a vicious two-decade insurgency. The conflict led to the deaths of some 69,000 people, nearly three-fourths of whom were residents of poor highland villages.
Alberto Fujimori, a university rector and engineer, was elected president in 1990. In 1992, backed by the military, he suspended the constitution, took over the judiciary, and dissolved Congress. A new constitution featuring a stronger presidency and a unicameral Congress was approved in a state-controlled 1993 referendum. Congress passed a law in 1996 that allowed Fujimori to run for a third term, despite a constitutional two-term limit.
According to official results, Fujimori outpolled Alejandro Toledo—a U.S.-educated economist who had been raised in one of Peru's urban squatter settlements—in the first round of the 2000 presidential election. Toledo boycotted the runoff, pointing to widespread doubts about the vote count and a variety of underhanded tactics by the Fujimori camp.
Beginning in September 2000, a series of videotapes emerged showing intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos bribing congressmen and other figures. As a result, in late November, opposition forces assumed control of Congress, Fujimori fled to Japan and resigned, and respected opposition leader Valentín Paniagua was chosen as interim president. Toledo's Perú Posible party led the April 2001 congressional elections, and he bested former president Alan García (1985–90) in a runoff presidential election in June.
In 2004, a special anticorruption court convicted Montesinos in the first of many cases against him, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. Fujimori flew to Chile from Japan in 2005 in the hopes of mounting a 2006 presidential bid in Peru, but he was immediately detained as Peru requested his extradition.
Ollanta Humala of the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) won the first round of the presidential election in April 2006, with García placing second. The PNP and its allies led the congressional elections, followed by García's Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA) and other right-of-center groups. García won the June presidential runoff with 52.5 percent of the vote. Once in office, he focused on macroeconomic growth and stability for foreign investors.
Fujimori was extradited from Chile in 2007, and in April 2009 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for overseeing death-squad killings and two kidnappings. International observers and local rights groups hailed the verdict as an unprecedented example of a democratically elected head of state convicted of human rights violations in his home country.
In June 2009, a violent confrontation in the town of Bagua between police and a group of mainly indigenous protesters left 10 protesters and 23 police officers dead and over 200 people injured. The protesters had objected to June 2008 government decrees that they said violated their land rights. The disputed decrees were rescinded, and the government acknowledged its failure to consult with locals, though it blamed outside agitators for raising tensions. A commission appointed to produce an official report on the incident was unable to reach consensus.
With three other candidates dividing the center and center-right vote, the leftist Humala and right-wing Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the former president, led the April first round of the 2011 presidential election, taking 32 percent and 23 percent, respectively. In concurrent legislative elections, an alliance led by Humala's PNP captured 47 of the 130 seats, followed by Fujimori's Force 2011 party with 38 seats and Toledo's Perú Posible with 21 seats. APRA largely collapsed, capturing just four seats.
The run-up to the presidential second round in June was characterized by sharp polarization. Fujimori portrayed Humala as a clone of Venezuela's populist president Hugo Chávez, though Humala sought to align himself with the more moderate former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Meanwhile, Fujimori backers hoped for a continuation of García's business-friendly economic growth formula, even as opponents tied her to her father's authoritarianism. Many of the country's major print and broadcast media outlets clearly favored Fujimori. Several journalists were dismissed for failing to toe their outlets' pro-Fujimori line, though there were also some reports of Humala backers harassing critical journalists. Humala ultimately won by a margin of three percentage points.
The new president's Peru Wins alliance forged a congressional majority with Perú Posible. The administration's early successes included a new pension for senior citizens, an increase in the state's share of mining revenues, and unanimous passage of the Law of Prior Consultation, which holds that native communities must be consulted on development projects in their areas. However, social conflict reemerged, as opposition to a proposed gold mine in the northern region of Cajamarca led to large-scale protests and scores of injuries. Humala suspended the project but insisted on the importance of mining investments. In early December he reversed course, declaring a state of emergency in several of the affected areas and breaking off talks. He also oversaw a cabinet shuffle that included the resignation of Prime Minister Salomón Lerner. In a marked shift to the right, he was replaced by former army officer Oscar Valdés, adding to suspicions among some initial Humala supporters—not shared by other observers—that the government was undergoing a process of militarization.
Peru is an electoral democracy. The 2011 elections were generally free and fair, according to international observers. However, shortcomings included lack of enforcement of campaign finance norms and pressure on media outlets by powerful economic interests in support of losing candidate Keiko Fujimori.
The president and the 130-member, unicameral Congress are elected for five-year terms. Congressional balloting employs an open-list, region-based system of proportional representation with a 5 percent vote hurdle for a party to enter the legislature. A lack of programmatic coherence among parties and occasional party-switching by politicians have reinforced a broader trend toward political fragmentation. However, regional presidents have become important actors, and the regional and local elections in October 2010 resulted in a moderately increased consolidation of regional political movements, which generally remain separate from the congressional parties.
Corruption is a serious problem. Checks on campaign financing are particularly weak at the local level, where drug traffickers' influence is perceived to have grown in recent years. Peruvians rated corruption as the most negative aspect of outgoing president Alan García's administration, with Congress considered the most corrupt institution. The new legislature in 2011 appointed a commission to investigate corruption among García officials, though nearly a dozen new members of Congress also faced investigations for various alleged crimes. Two members had been suspended by year's end, along with Vice President Omar Chehade, who was accused of influence trafficking on behalf of a supermarket chain. Peru was ranked 80 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
The lively press is for the most part privately owned. Officials and private actors sometimes intimidate or even attack journalists in response to negative coverage. In addition to pressure by outlet owners, low pay leaves reporters susceptible to bribery, and media outlets remain dependent on advertising by large retailers. A congressionally approved measure to decriminalize defamation was not enacted in 2011, and several journalists were convicted during the year. Most received fines and suspended sentences, but journalist Paul Garay spent six months in jail before being acquitted on appeal and freed in October. In addition, two journalists were murdered in unrelated incidents in Ancash and Ica in September. The government does not limit access to the internet.
The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the government generally respects it in practice. However, the Roman Catholic Church receives preferential treatment from the state. The government does not restrict academic freedom.
The constitution provides for the right to peaceful assembly, and the authorities uphold this right for the most part. However, the executive branch has issued several decrees in recent years that limit police and military responsibility in the event of injury or death during demonstrations. According to the government, 191 Peruvians died in episodes of social conflict during the García administration, including 38 police and soldiers; several thousand others faced charges for protest-related incidents. Analysts frequently observe that the government's approach to local grievances, which often involve environmental issues, typically relies on reaction rather than mediation and early intervention.
Freedom of association is generally respected, but García and other APRA leaders often alleged that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) hinder economic development, and in September 2011 Defense Minister Daniel Mora accused two prominent NGOs of coordinating human rights accusations in an attempt to "make the armed forces disappear." Antimining activists have faced questionable legal charges in recent years; soon after the December emergency declaration, Cajamarca activist Wilfredo Saavedra was arbitrarily detained in Lima for 10 hours before being released.
Peruvian law recognizes the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively. Workers must notify the Ministry of Labor in advance of a strike, with the result that nearly all strikes are categorized as illegal in practice. Less than 10 percent of the formal-sector workforce is unionized. Parallel unionism and criminal infiltration of the construction sector in Lima have led to a series of disputes and murders.
The judiciary is widely distrusted and prone to corruption scandals. While the Constitutional Court is relatively independent, its autonomy has undergone a mix of setbacks and advances in recent years. A 2008 Judicial Career Law improved the entry, promotion, and evaluation system for judges, and the judiciary's internal disciplinary body has been highly active. At least 43 judges, including some high-profile jurists, were dismissed as unsuitable or corrupt in 2011.
A significant majority of inmates are in pretrial detention, and the inmate population is far above the system's intended capacity. Since 2006, an adversarial justice system designed to improve the speed and fairness of judicial proceedings has slowly been implemented. Access to justice, particularly for poor Peruvians, remains problematic, and crime has risen. In a June 2011 poll, 42 percent of Lima residents reported being the victim of a crime in the previous year. The Humala administration initiated an overhaul of the police in October, forcing 30 generals into retirement.
The military has improved its human rights training, but it continues to place numerous obstacles in the path of investigators regarding past violations. The García government made almost no efforts to prioritize justice for cases of human rights abuses by state actors during the 1980s and 1990s. In September 2010, the government announced a decree that would have applied a statute of limitations to grave human rights abuses committed during the internal conflict. After it faced immediate domestic and international objections, Congress, at García's request, rescinded the measure later that month. In March 2011, the Constitutional Court officially declared the decree unconstitutional. Other decrees announced in September 2010, expanding the military's internal role and extending the reach of the military justice system, remained in force. Also in 2011, Fujimori supporters periodically called for a presidential pardon for the former leader, and political backing for such a move appeared to have grown by year's end.
Remnants of the Shining Path, which are involved in the drug trade, continue to clash with security forces in the Apurimac-Ene River Valley (VRAE) and Upper Huallaga zones. The García government's coca-eradication efforts and economic development programs in other regions failed to reverse a trend toward increased coca production. Humala appointed a noted eradication skeptic as head of the antidrug agency in 2011, but the degree of change in antidrug policy remained unclear at year's end.
Discrimination against the indigenous population remains pervasive, as demonstrated by the racist anti-Humala language that frequently appeared in online social media during the 2011 presidential campaign. The Law of Prior Consultation, passed after Humala's victory, was still awaiting implementing regulations at year's end, and the spike in violent protests and state of emergency late in the year fueled worries that the government's need for mining revenue would continue to take precedence over indigenous people's environmental concerns.
In recent years, women have advanced into leadership roles in various companies and government agencies. Although legal protections have improved, domestic violence is epidemic, with over half of Peruvian women reporting instances of physical or emotional abuse. In December 2011, Congress passed a law increasing penalties for the crime of femicide. Forced labor, including child labor, persists in the gold-mining region of the Amazon.


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Thursday, April 29, 2010
52 Weeks to Better Genealogy - Week 17 - Label Family Photos
Get out your family photos and label them. You've seen them a million tines because they're YOUR photos, but what happens when they're passed down to others? Will those people know the names of everyone in the pictures? Take some time and label your photos with pertinent information. If you're working with old photos, take consideration with their age and condition. Devise an archival-friendly labeling system. For digital photos, you can use computer programs to tag the images with names or other identifying information. If that's too confusing, you can at least save and/or re-name digital photos with details of your choosing. Don't let another generation slip by without documenting your photos. Your ancestors will thank you. If you have a genealogy blog, share with your readers your system for identifying photos, and even share a photo if you like.
So this is something that I have put on my Genealogy To Do Lists for the past couple of months. And I haven't touched my digital photos, despite my goals. So that's again to Amy Coffin for making a challenge that gets me to do what I was suppossed to do long ago. (For 3 weeks in a row!)
I started up Picassa yesterday and started going through some of the photos that I had scanned from my grandma's house. Finally they have names and some caption. It's still a work in progress, but at least I got off to a good start. I found some that I need to ask my mom or grandma who is in the photo and I found lots that made me smile.
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I am thinking of trying out Picasa - any advice? Am I correct in that the pictures remain on my hard drive but Picasa works as an organizing tool to get the photos into albums and allows for labeling?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 30, 2010 at 1:55 AM
These challenges are so great for getting us to do things that, under normal circumstances, we might put off. Bravo for getting the job done! :)ReplyDelete
I have been putting off labeling my pictures. I think I will check Picasa out. Good luck as you continue with your labeling.ReplyDelete
Picasa is a piece of software from Google that allows you to organize and manipulate your digital photos. You can sync photos on your computer to their web albums, but you don't have to and everything always remains on your hard drive. I love the face recognition that helps me figure out who is in each photo.


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Question: Our parish priest asked us at Mass which book of the New Testament was the oldest. Most of us said "Matthew." He said we were wrong, and that First Thessalonians was the oldest. This doesn't seem right, does it?
Answer: When we speak of the age of a particular book in the Bible, we can speak about its age in terms of the events it describes or of the likely date it was put into the written form we have today. Usually when scholars speak of the age of a book they refer to the time of its appearance in final written form. And in this sense, it is largely accepted that the First Letter to the Thessalonians is probably the oldest book, the first of St. Paul's letters, and was written between A.D. 51-52.
The writing of a letter in the New Testament was a fairly straightforward process and, while St. Paul and others may have made some final edits, or even a second draft, it is likely that the letters were dictated to a scribe and then sent within a matter of days. Other copies may also have been circulated.
The emergence of the Gospels in written form was a more complicated process. And while the events they detail are older, the writing out of these events went through several stages.
Obviously the first stage of the Gospels was the actual events themselves: the words and deeds of Jesus. But it will be noted that Jesus did not write a book, or even say to the apostles, "Go write a book." Rather he sent them to preach, teach and baptize disciples into the life of his Body, the Church.
Thus, the second stage was the oral stage wherein the apostles went forth proclaiming what Jesus taught and did and who he is. During this time, the teachings began to be written by scribes, and collected and circulated.
Finally, we begin to see the written stage. The idea that Matthew or John just sat down and wrote the Gospel is probably inaccurate. Recall that most people could not write in the ancient world. Scribes and others acted as secretaries for the author who helped refine and edit the final product.
Gradually the Gospels were collected and edited in what came to be their final form as we know them. The exact dates and order of their final form are hotly debated topics among scholars.
However, it is safe to say that the four Gospels took their final form between 60 and 90, some time after St. Paul had sent his letters.
Question: What does the I.N.R.I. mean on the top of our crucifixes mean?
Answer: It is an abbreviation for Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Judeorum — Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. In Latin the "I" and "J" are usually interchangeable and ancient Latin did not use the "J." That is why it is I.N.R.I. not J.N.R.J. It was common for the Romans to hang a "titulus" or sign above the crucified to indicate the charges against him. Scripture says that Pilate put the charges in Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
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On this part of our New Zealand adventures, I'm taking a break from looking at damaged buildings and ruminating on the past and am busy getting organised for Christmas Day 2011 (which when I started these photos and jotted down my notes was less than a week away).
We had been visiting my Aunt and Uncle the day before and were discussing what was on offer at the local Market Gardens on Marshlands Road when Kiwi Daughter asked out of the blue if we could go raspberry picking like we did last trip to NZ.
I'm delighted that my ultra city-kid daughter loved the last experience enough to suggest a return visit this trip.
The fact the she adores raspberries probably helps … Little Mr. hasn't yet acquired the taste and will pick for a while but gets bored after a bit.
My Aunt suggests a place this side of town rather than heading to to Tai Tapu on the south side of the city like we did last time, so the next morning we piled Family Kiwidutch into the car and went in search of raspberries.
To Kiwi Daughter's dismay there turned out to be no self-picking possibilities for the public until after Boxing Day (December 26th) …probably because they want to get the Christmas rush over, beforehand and the little boxes of raspberries you can buy from the berry farms at present have most certainly, a far higher profit margin.
We do a U-turn and start to head back when all of a sudden I see a sign… Pea picking, pick your own peas!!!
Himself has always wondered at me, whooping with delight when I spied fresh peas in their pods for the first time all those years ago in The Netherlands. (tiny side-street grocer shop in Delft close to Oude Kerk, I even remember exactly where!) He had never eaten a raw pea out of the pod in his life and he thought I'd gone mad.
I promptly bought a bag of peas in their pods and proceeded to shell them and eat the peas raw… now he really thought I had lost my mind…why didn't I take them home and cook them? … even better, skip the hard work and get a packet of frozen ones from the supermarket.
He had no clue what he was missing.
He does now though understand my love of raw peas… we have a long standing pact that we will celebrate Valentines Day any day except February 14th because we despise the merchandising of it all.
Therefore sometimes in the summer months my true love turns up with a grin on his face and presents to me a bag full of peas in their pods, and I'm always delighted because peas in their pods aren't particularly easy to find here in The Netherlands and nor are they cheap so I know he has made a detour or siezed the opportunity when he's seen them… and if that ain't love I don't know what is.
We turned into the driveway to see a shed that's a converted shipping container (these are certainly in vogue in Christchurch at the moment!) … an honesty box, buckets and a paddock full of peas.
I stuck to the outer edges because crutches and paddocks full of low growing plants are not mutually compatable and we paid for two buckets so that we could take one lot to a friend.
What I didn't expect was that Little Mr and Kiwi Daughter would take to pea picking like pro's.
They delighted in it and after a first aprehensive look at the contents of the pea pods, and with worried looks on their faces as they popped their first raw pea into their mouths, … chewing they suddenly looked amazed and delighted at how sweet they were soon stuffing themselves with raw peas.
Considering that Little Mr. will happily push cooked peas around a plate going "ew, don't like these", this was a revelation.
Whilst opening some of the pods they of course a little clumsy as they got the hang of it and dropped some of their peas so I dredged out every corny pea/pee line I could think of… "Little Mr just pee'd on the ground" , "oh no… Kiwi Daughter just pee'd on her shoes" and of course they had hysterics and repeated the "jokes" seemingly a thousand times, each time finding it funny all over again as kids naturally can.
To my delight, not only were the peas totally sweet and delicious, but the plants were really heavily laden too.
We heard from a fellow picker who had a family connection to the place that apparently this season had been a bumper crop .. the best in years.
Even with numberous stops to shell peas and feed our faces, between the four of us we filled two large buckets in next to no time.
Later, back at the B&B I start to shell the peas and the kids come in from trampoline play and are due to get ready for bed but instead get diverted in a competition as to who can shell the most in the shortest time.
I'm clearly winning because the full dish I have in front of me is the third one I've filled but the competitive bug has bitten them and together we shell a heap of peas.
The kids were so enthralled with picking that they asked if we could go again so we decided to come out again with some friends and their son and get some more a few days later for my Aunt and Uncle so that they can have them for Christmas Day dinner,…. and I'm keen to take another bag to shell and use as healthy nibbles.
Two days later we go pea-picking for a second time.
I borrowed a small folding chair from Rae at the Hidden Haven B&B and having a little seat made it a lot easier than leaning on one crutch and bending down all the time. With our friends and kids we picked another four buckets between us, sitting talking as we picked and laughing a lot and of course the kids spent the whole time rehashing "pee" one-liners too.
Little did we know that tranquil sunny morning, that that very afternoon would be spent trying to calm terrified children, connect with friends and relatives to make sure everyone was safe as the earth shook violently under our feet and everything around us trembled.
This was after all, the Christchurch morning of the 23rd of December 2011.
(for an update on what happened on 23rd Dec : https://kiwidutch.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/the-surprise-that-now-isnt-and-ones-that-definitely-were/ )


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#1 Cheats Gaming Mass. Health Care System.04-05-2010, 06:17 PMShort-term customers boosting health costs
Lesson for US overhaul in gaming of Mass. system
By Kay Lazar
Globe Staff / April 4, 2010
Thousands of consumers are gaming Massachusetts 2006 health insurance law by buying insurance when they need to cover pricey medical care, such as fertility treatments and knee surgery, and then swiftly dropping coverage, a practice that insurance executives say is driving up costs for other people and small businesses.
In 2009 alone, 936 people signed up for coverage with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts for three months or less and ran up claims of more than $1,000 per month while in the plan. Their medical spending while insured was more than four times the average for consumers who buy coverage on their own and retain it in a normal fashion, according to data the states largest private insurer provided the Globe.
The typical monthly premium for these short-term members was $400, but their average claims exceeded $2,200 per month. The previous year, the companys data show it had even more high-spending, short-term members. Over those two years, the figures suggest the price tag ran into the millions.
Other insurers could not produce such detailed information for short-term customers but said they have witnessed a similar pattern. And, they said, the phenomenon is likely to be repeated on a grander scale when the new national health care law begins requiring most people to have insurance in 2014, unless federal regulators craft regulations to avoid the pitfall.
These consumers come in and get their service, and then they leave because current regulations allow them to do it, said Todd Bailey, vice president of underwriting at Fallon Community Health Plan, the states fourth-largest insurer.
The problem is, it is less expensive for consumers especially young and healthy people to pay the monthly penalty of as much as $93 imposed under the state law for not having insurance, than to buy the coverage year-round. This is also the case under the federal health care overhaul legislation signed by the president, insurers say.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The second phase of the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off takes the Bulldogs to Hofstra for a pair of neutral site games. Yale plays Charlotte on Monday and Elon on Tuesday. Both games begin at 4:30 p.m. The trip to Long Island is a homecoming for three members of the Yale men's basketball family. Junior Michael Sands of Franklin Square, N.Y., played at Carey High School where he was named the conference and Nassau County Player of the Year as a senior. Sophomore Brian Katz is from Woodbury, N.Y., and was the Long Island Catholic League Player of the Year as a senior at St. Dominic High School. In addition, James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball at Yale, is a Long Island native. He is a 1982 graduate of Half Hollow Hills High West. The Bulldogs are coming off a 71-64 loss to Quinnipiac in their home opener on Saturday night. Alex Zampier scored 29 points to pace Yale. He is averaging 24.5 points on the season and scored 35 points in the season opener against Sacred Heart. Sands tops the Bulldogs in rebounding (8.3 rpg.).
Yale and Charlotte are playing for only the second time. The 49ers edged the Bulldogs 80-74 at the 2004 Cable Car Classic. Yale is playing Elon for the first time.
The 49ers won their first game in the NIT Season Tip-off, topping Elon 75-61, but then fell to Duke 101-59. Shamari Spears leads the team in scoring (21.5 ppg.), while Chris Braswell averages a team-best 8.7 rebounds.
Like Yale, the Phoenix (2-2) played a game on Saturday. Elon routed FDU-Florham 102-68. The Phoenix has three players averaging double figures in scoring - Josh Bonney (16.0 ppg.), Drew Spradlin (16.0 ppg.) and Adam Constantine (10.3 ppg.).
The Bulldogs were picked to finish fifth in the Ivy League preseason media poll, released on Oct. 28 during a media teleconference. Yale has finished higher than projected in three of the last four years. Two-time defending champion Cornell is the overwhelming favorite. The Big Red received all 16 first-place votes. Princeton is second followed by Penn and Harvard. Columbia (sixth), Brown and Dartmouth round out the poll. The Bulldogs, who finished in a tie for second place with Princeton last year, lose four starters but return Alex Zampier, an honorable mention All-Ivy selection. Zampier led the Ivy League in free throw percentage (.848) and was eighth in scoring (13.2 ppg.) and second in steals (1.6 per game). In addition, Yale welcomes back four other players who averaged at least 10 minutes per game.
2009-10 Ivy League Men's Basketball Preseason Media Poll1. Cornell - 128 points (16 first-place votes) 2. Princeton - 96 3. Penn - 92 4. Harvard - 86 5. Yale - 59 6. Columbia - 55 7. Brown - 41 8. Dartmouth - 19
The state of Connecticut has a rich basketball tradition. A new chapter in that history starts this season with the formation of the Connecticut 6, a partnership between six of Connecticut's Division I schools - Yale, Central Connecticut, Fairfield, Hartford, Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart. The inaugural Connecticut 6 Classic tripleheader was Nov. 13 at the Arena at Harbor Yard. The Classic moves to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville in 2011. In addition to the tripleheader, a preseason All-Connecticut 6 team was selected and there will be a Connecticut 6 Player of the Week chosen each week during the season.
Jamie Snyder-Fair, who helped Washington & Lee make its first appearance in the ODAC championship game in 20 years last year, has joined James Jones' staff. In his one season at W&L, the Generals won 16 games, their most since 1988-89. Prior to Washington & Lee, Snyder-Fair was an assistant coach at Vassar where he helped the Brewers to 18 wins, which tied the school record. He also spent two years as an assistant at Amherst.
James Jones has made quite an impact on the Yale basketball program. In 10 seasons, Jones has guided Yale to success not seen in New Haven in 40 years. In 2001-02, Jones led the Bulldogs to their first Ivy League title since 1962-63 and the first postseason tournament victory in the 107-year history of Yale basketball. The team won 21 games, the second most in the modern era of Yale basketball, and reached the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. Jones, the longest tenured coach in the Ivy League, earned his 100th victory at Yale when the Bulldogs beat Columbia on Feb. 9, 2007. He is only the fourth coach in school history with at least 100 wins. His overall record at Yale is 130-149, including a 77-63 (.550) mark in Ivy games. The Bulldogs have won at least 10 Ivy games twice during his tenure and have had a .500 or better record in league play in each of the last nine years. Three assistant coaches who worked under Jones have gone on to become head coaches - Isaiah Cavaco (Oberlin), Mark Sembrowich (Academy of Arts University) and Mark Gilbride (Clarkson).Jones served as an assistant coach to Villanova's Jay Wright for the 2007 USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team.
Six Yale graduates, all coached by James Jones, are currently playing professional basketball. Edwin Draughan '05 (FOS Ouest, France), Dominick Martin '06 (Illescas CLM, Spain), Matt Kyle '08 (Tunisia), Eric Flato '08 (Plymouth Raiders, England) and Ross Morin '09 (SAM Massagno, Switzerland) are playing overseas, while Travis Pinick '09 was was selected in the eighth round of the 2009 NBA D-League Draft by the Los Angeles D-Fenders. Pinick is currently in camp trying to earn one of 10 roster spots on the D-Fenders.
• The 2009-10 schedule features 31 regular season games, including 12 in the friendly confines of the John J. Lee Amphitheater. It will mark the most games Yale has played in a season since 2001-02 when the Bulldogs finished 21-11.
• The Bulldogs will be making their second appearance in the Preseason NIT. Yale fell to No. 1 ranked UConn in the tournament to open the 2003-04 season. The Bulldogs are guaranteed four games in this year's tournament.
• The game with Quinnipiac on Nov. 21 will cap a busy day on the Yale campus. The 126th edition of the Yale-Harvard football game will be played at noon at Yale Bowl. Yale and Quinnipiac have met only once before, an 87-69 Bobcat win in 1999 in the Phoenix Classic at the Hartford Civic Center.
• Senior Alex Zampier has a homecoming when the Bulldogs visit Albany on Jan. 3. Zampier, an East Greenbush, N.Y., native, graduated as the second all-time leading scorer at Columbia High School with 1,381 points. Yale head coach James Jones is a 1996 Albany graduate. He played for and coached with the legendary Dr. Richard Sauers, one of only seven coaches to win more than 700 games.
• The Bulldogs open the 14-game Ivy League schedule at home against Brown on Jan. 15. Three of Yale's first four Ivy games will be at Lee Amphitheater.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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dcm needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 35 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Global NRG Solutions, LLC
Hello, we are a start-up company that is seeking a company logo for a website and letterhead. Today's petroleum and commodities marketplace is an inefficient fragmented system rife with uncertainty and fraud. Demand exists for brokers who can deliver "trusted" suppliers and buyers to complete transactions. Global NRG Solutions, LTD., (GNRGS) was established as an International energy and natural resource solutions consulting firm to meet market needs. We focus on Crude Oil, LNG, Iron Ore, Coal, and Sugar. Our clients are across globe.
We are seeking a simple and elegant logo which will represent the global nature and commodities which we are focused.
Business people and companies across the globe in our market sectors in China, the Middle East, Russia, South America and Western Europe.
We have no requirements other then it be an elegant design that will capture the marketplaces which we operate in. When people see our logo we want them to feel comfortable and with a sense of trust.
I have never done this before, so if this does not make any sense please feel free to ask more questions
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Sometime around Christmas, somewhere on a slope at Sugarbush, a ski resort in Vermont. Moose chasing someone skiing.
Update (6:07 p.m.): As the Moose Truthers have noted, the moose was actually chasing someone holding ski poles but not wearing skis. The moose must have sensed this.
[Ski the East; h/t to Greg V.]


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More than one month ago I started an indiegogo campaign for Photographers Rights.
Just 5 days left and the results are really bad. This is a niche app, it's useful and I think it's important for a photographer to have it and it's free! I'm making almost no money with this app, I just want to have a useful tool for those situations when a photographer needs instantaneous legal advice. Today photography is a target of many stupid regulations made by myope politicians that don't understand the difference from a camera and a bomb. Many see street photographers as potential terrorists or criminals, which I have no need to even explain how absurd this could go. Photography, in all its variants, is extremely important as a way to keep our memories for the future. Photography is history in real time.
I wonder what went wrong with this campaign. I first created a video talking about the app. It was quite long, almost 3 minutes where I explained every detail of the app. The video had very few views, people didn't even bother to watch it. So, I decided to change it. I made it shorter and faster, with some self-made animations but it didn't change the statistics.
I posted about the app everywhere, in Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Linkedin. Many friends and followers shared this campaign in their own social networks as well. I wrote to many photography blogs, with no response. At some point it seems like nobody really cares about this app and yet, more than 20,000 people downloaded the app and the reviews are good! I got, and I'm still getting, emails from people asking me for an Android version and suggestions for improvements. That's why I started the campaign, I thought that there were people interested and, in fact, I think there is a lot of people interested in this app. So what happened??
This is what I thought that would happen. People would share it. Photographers would share it too. Some of those people's friends would share it as well and some of them would contribute with the project.
What really happened is that I reached the limits of my influence. No matter how many times I posted and reposted the same content, it would not reach anybody beyond that limit. Those photographers, potentially interested to participate in the campaign, were never reached by this information at all. They just don't know that this campaign even exists.
This is just what I think that happened. But, I really have no idea what really happened. The only thing I know is that with no marketing, no advertisement, not having thousands of followers, a pretty interesting number of people downloaded the app in the last 2 years. But for some reason, I wasn't able to reach a similar amount of people using social networks, blogs, direct emails, retweets, re-shares and so forth…
For now, Photographers Rights remains as it is, with no English proof reading and no Android version. Thank you for the few people that contributed. You will get your perks soon.


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Alexandria, VA – July 6, 2011 – Lawns and landscapes can take a beating in the summer as temperatures heat up for long periods of time. And, in some areas of the country, drought conditions add to the stress hot weather puts on plants in yards and other recreational areas. The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute has issued several, simple steps to keep grass, gardens, other plants and shrubs in good shape over the summer as families weather the "dog days" of summer. "The most important decision in any yard or landscape is to place the right plant in the right [.....]
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MNsure enrollment tops 148,000; deadline Monday
ST. PAUL – Minnesota's health insurance exchange is reporting a jump in enrollments as Monday's open enrollment deadline approaches.
MNsure officials say total enrollment has topped 148,000. That compares with over 136,700 reported Monday when the exchange announced it had surpassed its sign-up goal of 135,000. A major reason for the jump is a large batch of paper applications for private plans that were just added to the count.
The new numbers compiled for MNsure's board of directors Tuesday include over 41,000 enrollments in private insurance plans and over 104,000 for the public Medicaid and MinnesotaCare plans.
People who fail to enroll by 11:59 p.m. Monday deadline face federal tax penalties. Consumers who can show they've made a good faith effort to enroll by then but can't complete the process will get reprieves.
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NWSB Insider and B.C. Lions' blogger Dave B gives you everything you need to know about betting on the Calgary Stampeders vs. BC Lions game coming up this weekend. The Stampeders downed the Lions in their season opener and have an arsenal of weapons on offense that should still give BC's defense a bit of a tough time. While the Lions will be playing on home turf, Dave suggests going with Calgary, as their offensive might may be too much for the home team.
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Deep, talented farm system has Padres looking ahead
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Randy Smith has spent most of his three decades in baseball with the Padres. Currently the team's vice president for player development and international scouting, he also has served as general manager and scouting director.
Smith has been with San Diego for National League West titles and for last-place finishes, and he has seen the farm system ebb and flow as well. He can't remember a time when the franchise had more Minor League talent than it does now.
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Randy Smith has spent most of his three decades in baseball with the Padres. Currently the team's vice president for player development and international scouting, he also has served as general manager and scouting director.
Smith has been with San Diego for National League West titles and for last-place finishes, and he has seen the farm system ebb and flow as well. He can't remember a time when the franchise had more Minor League talent than it does now.
"The strength of our system is that we have a lot of depth," Smith said. "I've been around the organization on and off since 1984, and this is the most depth I can recall. Some of our higher-ceiling guys are probably going to be in 'A' ball, but we're in very good shape."
Two of the Padres' Top 20 Prospects, catcher Austin Hedges and right-hander Matt Wisler, actually will begin the season with Double-A San Antonio and might not need much more than another year in the Minors. That San Antonio club also will have outfielder Rymer Liriano and shortstop Jace Peterson, two of the system's best all-around players. Triple-A El Paso should have an all-prospect rotation headlined by Burch Smith.
By investing $29 million in the last three First-Year Player Drafts, San Diego has added plenty of talent at the lower levels of the system. First-round picks Joe Ross (2011) and Max Fried ('12) and supplemental first-rounders Zach Eflin ('12) and Walker Weickel ('12) will headline the rotation at Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore, where they'll be joined by another first-rounder, outfielder Hunter Renfroe ('13). Class A Fort Wayne will feature a talented infield anchored by shortstop Franchy Cordero and third baseman Dustin Peterson, a 2013 second-rounder.
"Ownership and the front office have been focusing on the Draft, focusing on scouting and player development," Smith said. "With all of the arms we took a couple of years ago, and the bats from last year, we feel pretty good about what we have. But you can never have enough."
Three questions with Fried
Perhaps the best high school left-handed pitching prospect since Clayton Kershaw, Fried went seventh overall in the 2012 Draft and signed for $3 million. He and Lucas Giolito became the seventh pair of prep teammates to go in the first round of the same Draft when the Nationals took the fellow Harvard-Westlake (Studio City, Calif.) prospect 16th overall.
MLBPipeline.com: You came down with some elbow tightness in February that led to the Padres shutting you down for about three weeks. Was that the first time you've ever dealt with an injury concern? And how is the elbow now?
Fried: It was just a little tightness, and we wanted to make sure it was all gone. It's the first time I ever had something like that. No one on the medical staff was too concerned, they just wanted to knock it out. It was frustrating because, as a baseball player, you want to get out there and play. I wound up doing a lot of shagging, a lot of strictly lower-body work, participating in PFP [pitchers' fielding practice] without throwing. I started throwing again in the past week, just taking it easy starting out.
MLBPipeline.com: What was it like being on the same high school pitching staff with Giolito?
Fried: It was unbelievable. Lucas is one of my closest friends, and we stay in contact all of the time. Going through that, even with him being hurt [his senior season with an injured elbow], was special. I think we'll always be in different leagues, so I don't think we'll ever meet in the Minors. I know he's doing well, though. To pitch against him in the big leagues would be ideal. It would mean we both accomplished our goals. I have a long way to go, a lot of things to work on.
MLBPipeline.com: What are you working on?
Fried: Definitely my control. Also not overanalyzing and overthinking situations, just focus on trusting myself. I know if I put my stuff out there and do everything I can, I should be OK.
Camp standout: Ross
After signing for $2.75 million as the 25th overall pick in the 2011 Draft, Ross received a rude introduction to pro ball. He battled his command early in the 2012 season at Fort Wayne, came down with shoulder tendinitis and went winless in his first full season.
Ross bounced back at Fort Wayne last year, showing as much upside as any of the Padres' right-handed pitching prospects. His fastball already reaches the mid-90s, and there's still room for projection in his lanky 6-foot-3 frame, and his hard slider gives him a second potential out pitch.
As part of his deal when he signed, Ross received an invitation to big league Spring Training this year. Though he was the youngest player in the Padres' camp at age 20, he wasn't overwhelmed. Ross gave up one run in three innings over two outings and got to spend some time with his brother, Tyson, San Diego's No. 3 starter.
"He matured over there in big league camp," Smith said. "Having his brother there helped. When he came back over here, he has been throwing well, 92-94 mph and touching 95 or 96. His command is better. He's getting the ball down better this spring. He's growing into his body, getting more coordination, repeating his delivery better."
Breakout candidate: Cordero
Cordero had a sensational U.S. debut in 2013, batting .333/.381/.511 in the Rookie-level Arizona League. The Padres believe in his bat enough to send him to the Class A Midwest League this season as a 19-year-old.
Cordero can do more than just hit. He's an above-average runner who stole 11 bases in 35 games without being caught last year. And though Cordero is big for a shortstop at 6-foot-3, he's a fluid athlete with a strong arm who should be able to stay at the position.
While Cordero might be three or four years away from San Diego, he has a higher ceiling than any position player in the system. His performance in Peoria has reinforced that notion.
"Cordero has been fantastic," Smith said. "He has a chance to be a five-tool shortstop. He drives the ball the other way very well, especially for a young hitter. His best tool is his bat. Not to sell his other stuff short, but what makes him sexy is he can hit and he has power."
Jim Callis is a reporter for MLB.com and writes a blog, Callis' Corner. Follow @jimcallisMLB on Twitter.


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I'm wondering if there's some confusion here, because that's not what the hot corner means in Cinnamon. The hot corner is the way of bringing up all the virtual desktops so you can pick between them.And that horrible hot corner thing, how to disable that? I really hate this in Cinnamon. Everytime when i move a window over the desktop and let ot loose, it maximizes over the whole desktop which i don't want. Really, is there a way to stop this?
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"Most farmers sell in the bottom one-third of the market." This myth has been repeated often enough over the years that some producers believe it. But the facts tell a different story: Most producers sell in the top one-half of the market.
Dr. Wade Brorsen (also of Oklahoma State University) and I obtained wheat purchase data from three Oklahoma elevators: an elevator in southern Oklahoma, one in south central Oklahoma, and one in northern Oklahoma. The elevators provided price information for every wheat purchase from producers for a nine-year period.
The data included date, price, storage, and farm name. The prices farmers received, minus storage and interest costs, were compared to the average price if the producer had sold one bushel every business day for the marketing year (average annual price) and to the harvest prices. The daily prices were divided into thirds: top third, middle third, and bottom third.
The results showed that nearly 80 percent of the sales were in the upper two-thirds of the price ranges. Approximately 67 percent of the wheat sales were in the upper half of the price ranges. About 52 percent were in the upper one-third of the price ranges. For these producers, which we believe are representative of all producers, you could say, "most producers sell wheat in the upper one-third of the market."
The 20 percent of sales in the bottom one-third came mostly from wheat that had been left in storage too long. Current storage cost is about four cents per bushel per month and interest cost is about 3 cents per bushel. Costs to store wheat from June to January equal about 50 cents per bushel.
The University of Illinois conducted a study ("The Performance of Market Advisory Services in Wheat" – Scott Irwin and Darrell Good) comparing the average producer wheat price received to an average price received if producers had followed the advice of market advisory services. The research was conducted for southwestern Kansas. Results showed that the actual price received by southwest Kansas wheat producers was higher than the average of the market advisory services.
The Illinois study covered a 10-year period, 1995 through 2004. If the producers had sold all the wheat at harvest, the average price received would have been 9 cents higher than the farmers actually received. The Illinois study is part of the AgMas project.
An additional lesson from this study was that selling wheat at harvest may generate a few cents per bushel more when compared to other strategies. However, if the wheat was consistently sold between April 1 and Jan. 1, the average price received from most strategies was not significantly different. "It did not make any significant difference when wheat was sold as long as it was sold by Jan. 1."
The one strategy that normally does not work is leaving wheat in storage and hedging the wheat using the Kansas City Board of Trade December wheat contract to protect the price (storage hedge). Over time, the storage hedge produced a significantly lower average price than other marketing strategies that had all the wheat sold by Jan. 1.
Other research studies support the opinion that wheat producers do a relatively good job of selling their wheat. Research also shows that "of all management tasks, producers think that marketing is one of their weakest points." This is probably not the case.
Research indicates that producers should develop marketing strategies that fit, timing income when it is needed. The limiting factor is that the wheat should be sold before Jan. 1, after harvest. The research also show that, over time, selling at harvest tends to be the simplest way to sell wheat and produces an average price that is at or near the top average for any strategy.


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Cryptosporidiosis, also known as crypto, is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa. It affects the intestines and is typically an acute short-term infection. It is spread through the fecal-oral route, often through contaminated water; the main symptom is self-limiting diarrhea in people with intact immune systems. In immunocompromised individuals, such as AIDS patients, the symptoms are particularly severe and often fatal.
There is no reliable treatment for cryptosporidium enteritis; certain agents such as paromomycin, atovaquone, nitazoxanide, and azithromycin are sometimes used, but they usually have only temporary effects. Treatment is primarily supportive. Fluids need to be replaced orally. A lactose-free diet should be taken as tolerated. In rare situations, intravenous fluids may be required. Antibiotics are not usually helpful, and are reserved primarily for persons with severe disease and a weak immune system. Sometimes relapses happen.
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A recombinant Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst surface protein (rCP15/60) vaccine has produced an antibody response in a large group of cows and also antibody response in calves fed rCP15/60-immune colostrum produced by these vaccinated cows . This is very promising. Human Cryptosporidium parvum infections are particularly prevalent and often fatal in neonates in developing countries and to immunocompromised people, such as AIDs patients. There is no commercially available effective vaccine against Cryptosporidium parvum, although passive immunization utilizing different zoite surface (glyco)proteins has showed promise. Developmental stages within the life cycle of the parasite that might act as possible targets for vaccine development. The organism is detected in 65-97% of the surface-water supply in the United States and is resistant to most disinfectants used for treatment of drinking water. Antibodies in the serum of humans and animals infected with Cryptosporidium parvum react with several antigens, one of which is a 15 kDa protein (CP15) located on the surface of the organism. This protein is a good candidate for use as a molecular vaccine because previous studies have shown that a monoclonal antibody to CP15 confers passive immunityto mice. Currently, there is no drug therapy or vaccine that is effective against Cryptosporidium parvum.
In the Netherlands, Cryptosporidium infection is not a notifiable disease, therefore there are no solid data on the incidence of human infections.


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R/C Wi-Spi Helicopter
Taking toys to the next level
- R/C helicopter with built-in camera
- Transmits live footage to Android or iPhone app
- Control using your smartphone or tablet
If the kid from Home Alone had owned one of these camera-equipped, iPhone-controlled R/C helicopters, that movie would have reached new levels of awesome in the wacky pranks and traps he could have set. He didn't have one, though: but you can!
There may be other ways to spy on home intruders (or your neighbors), but none of them are this cool. The "Wi-Spi" helicopter transmits a live video feed from its camera to your smartphone or tablet, where an app serves as the copter's remote control. You can also save photos from that camera to your phone instantly to share or post online.
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- For Ages 14 years and up
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- Transmits a live feed to your iPhone or Android device
- 7 minute flights on a single charge
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As unsettling as Americans found the protests and violence in Massachusetts, leaders were appalled by what the government in Rhode Island was doing. Unlike Massachusetts, the Rhode Island Assembly had issued paper money and made it legal tender. Shopkeepers and other creditors were required by law to accept the state-issued script as an equivalent for gold, or face a penalty of five hundred dollars fine and loss of the right to vote. The Hampshire Gazette also reported that, unlike other neighboring states, Rhode Island had decided against issuing a proclamation urging the arrest of Daniel Shays, who was by then a fugitive from the Massachusetts government. The author did not bother to conceal his disdain for Rhode Island's government and policies, noting that not only had its Assembly decided not to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, but that their current delegates to the Confederation Congress were coming home because their government had "made no provision for their support."
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It could be called a tale of two seasons: Rice farmers have two distinctive periods for fertilizing their crops – pre-flood and post-flood.
Managing nitrogen applications for those two seasons and following the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Concept are key ingredients in improving rice yields, according to researchers at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station.
LSU scientists have been studying rice fertility at the station for most of its 102-year history. Their recommendations for applying nitrogen and other crop nutrients have played a major role in nearly continuous improvement in rice yields over the decades since.
The current crop of researchers, led by Dr. Dustin Harrell, assistant professor of agronomy with the AgCenter, says fertilizing rice in environments that are alternately dry and wet is not the easiest task.
"The complex chemistry associated with the alternating dry and flooded conditions in rice can create an environment for enhanced fertilizer nutrient use when correct management procedures are used," says Harrell. "On the other hand, a profound inefficiency could result from improper fertilizer practices."
Production aid
Harrell, a speaker at this year's Rice Research Station Field Day, says the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program, a concept developed by the International Plant Nutrition Institute to help improve nitrogen application efficiency, could be beneficial to Louisiana producers.
"The right source, right rate, right time and the right place are the components which make up the 4R Nutrient Stewardship concept," says Harrell. "The 4Rs can be used to help make informed and practical site-specific, sustainable fertility decisions in rice production."
Because the right nitrogen fertilizer source is critical in rice production, Harrell says fertilizers that contain a portion of N in the nitrate form, such as ammonium nitrate, should be avoided.
"Rice fields remain flooded for extended periods of time during the season, creating an anaerobic soil condition," he notes. "Under anaerobic conditions, nitrate-N can be transformed to gaseous forms and be lost to the atmosphere through denitrification.
"However, ammonium-N will remain in stable in the ammonium form under these same flooded, anaerobic conditions if applied properly. Therefore, only ammonium and ammonium-forming fertilizers should be applied."
Variety recommendations
The right rate of nitrogen varies according to the variety or rice hybrid being grown, a soil's ability to supply N over the growing season and environmental conditions.
Researchers have identified a range of rates that nitrogen rates that work across many different soils for individual rice varieties. (For a listing of the recommendations, go to the Rice Varieties and Management Tips publication, which can be found at http://www.lsuagcenter.com.)
The right timing and placement of fertilizer N to drill-seeded, delayed flood rice is critical to minimize N losses. Currently, the LSU AgCenter recommends N fertilizer be applied in two seasonal applications:
- The first should be made just before permanent flood establishment when the rice has four to five leaves or is just beginning to tiller. Two-thirds of the recommended N rate should be applied at this time.
- The second should be at mid-season, usually at green ring.
"It is critical the first nitrogen fertilizer application be placed on a dry soil," says Harrell. "When placed on a dry soil, urea or ammonium N fertilizer will be incorporated deeper into the soil with the irrigation water making sure it stays in the anaerobic zone and is thus stable and available for rice uptake throughout the growing season."
Placing ammonium-based fertilizer on a moist or wet soil will result in gaseous N losses through ammonia volatilization. "The longer the fertilizer stays on the soil before the flood is established, the more N will be lost from ammonia volatilization," Harrell notes.
Urease inhibitor
"If the flood takes longer than three to five days to flood a particular field, which is the case for most of our commercial rice fields, the use of a urease inhibitor will temporarily delay volatilization losses."
At midseason, or at the green ring stage, urea or another ammonium N fertilizer can be flown onto a flooded field. "Rice has developed an extensive root system by midseason and the enhanced root uptake can mitigate volatilization losses at this stage of development. So placing N fertilizer into the water at midseason is not a problem."


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When adding multiple partitions with the same volume name can a "RAID" header check be performed?
Bootstrapping the system, "RAID" partitions can be merged using a pool for each volume?
Also the option when creating a "RAID" partition for the parts to be "mirror" and "append" sequence ID marked.
Alternate sizing option ( mirror an existing partition / append existing).
This would be a helpful step towards building ZFS style feature support as far as my limited understanding indicates.
In mirror/append cases the sequence ID generally orders blocks and is inverse priority (filesystem optimization hint.)
How to build a single volume of many parts to be handled by a volume pool mechanism?
OpenZFS and Solaris ZFS documentation may help model this for an Amiga system raid framework?
CANCELLED: I'be found another way to set this up without OS component modifications.


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I guess I think of "?-save" as that you don't allow a race condition to exist, and must use locking to prevent the race condition.
In order for the potential for a "race condition" to exist, several algorithmic prerequisites are needed:
These algorithmic prerequisites are required because:
As (the normal meaning of) 'touching a file' does not require any of these, a "race condition" cannot occur.
That said, it is possible to contrive a bespoke "touch" requirement that could introduce a race condition. For example, an algorithm might require that not just the 'modified' timestamp be set; but also, one, the other, or both of the other two timestamps be set to the same value.
In the case, if the OS, or the tool, required multiple calls to set multiple timestamps, it would be possible for one thread to modify one of the TSs, then get swapped out; then a second thread modifies all of the affected TSs; and then the first thread gets another timeslice and modifies the other one or two TSs.
The result would be that the file would get a mismatched set of timestamps.
The windows SetFileTime system call (can) set all three in one call, thus preventing that possibility, but that does not prevent a particular implementation of 'touch' from choosing to call the function multiple times to set multiple timestamps, in which case a race condition would be introduced.
And I don't know if other OSs can update multiple timestamps as an atomic operation or not.
Hence, to really answer the OPs question, it will be necessary for him to answer my question and clarify exactly what he is doing with his 'touch' operation.
The values they write need to be derived from a value previously read from (the same or different) shared storage.
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Medical School Dean Jerris Hedges named Physician of the YearUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Jerris Hedges, Dean of the University of Hawai`i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), has been named the 2013 Physician of the Year by the Hawai`i Medical Association. Dr. Hedges will receive the award Saturday, October 19, at the HMA's Ola Pone Ike (Health is Knowledge") Gala at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort.
Dr. Hedges, an Emergency Physician, assumed leadership at JABSOM in 2008. During every year of his tenure, U.S. News and World Report has ranked JABSOM as one of the "Best Medical Schools" in America. For the past nine years in a row, UH medical students have scored above average in U.S. Medical Licensing Exams. In FY 2013, faculty increased their external funding awards by 28%, bringing into Hawai`i more than $58 million, the second-highest amount among schools at UH Mānoa. Dean Hedges' ability to collaborate and build relationships is praised by his colleagues within the university and the medical community.
"As the leader of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Dean Jerris Hedges has made immense contributions to Hawai`i and has built strong collaborations among health-related units and activities throughout the State," said Interim UH President David Lassner. "On behalf of the entire UH System, I applaud Jerris' dedication and commitment to developing first-rate physicians to serve all our islands and his personal compassion and service as a healer and teacher."
Ninety percent of the MD students at JABSOM are Hawai`i residents. The school is the leading source of physicians practicing in the state. In 2013, nearly 80% of the physicians identified as "The Best Doctors in Hawai'i" were alumni or faculty of the UH medical school.
"We thank the Hawai'i Medical Association for recognizing Dean Hedges with its Physician of the Year award," said UH Mānoa Chancellor Tom Apple. "His steadfast leadership of the John A. Burns School of Medicine transcends the academic rigors of training the next generation of physicians. Besides being an inspiring role model for his students, Dean Hedges is also a dedicated, tireless builder of positive relationships involving JABSOM, the greater medical community and the entire state."
During his tenure, Dean Hedges increased the class size in the MD program, something medical providers describe as vitally important. He has also helped state leaders grasp the magnitude of a growing physician shortage in Hawai`i. The Hawai`i Physician Workforce Assessment at JABSOM shows a current deficit of 700 physicians, based on what the state should have to adequately cover its population.
"We truly admire and appreciate Dean Hedges' work in helping to provide The Queen's Medical Center with quality physicians from the John A. Burns School of Medicine," said Art Ushijima, President & CEO of The Queen's Health Systems. "These graduates afford our families and loved ones with the utmost excellence of care. Under his leadership over the past five years, the size of JABSOM classes has increased and a State Loan Repayment Program was started to help make medical school possible for many physicians. Our warmest congratulations to Dean Hedges for his invaluable support."
The HMA Ola Pono Ike program will commence at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
For more information, visit: http://jabsom.hawaii.edu


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Terry Collins wouldn't come out and say it, but his clipped answers to pointed questions strongly suggest he believes his team has quit.
As he said several times during the Mets' second-half collapse, "it's all about perception.''
After being blown out 16-1 by the Phillies before published estimates of around 1,000 fans at Citi Field, an exasperated and visibly upset Collins gave short, terse answers to the questions everybody who bothered to watch were asking: Do you think your team has quit?
There's no more biting question to ask a major league manager.
Collins gave his team the benefit of doubt after more than a few dismal performances this summer. Not last night. Last night, with his words and their tone, Collins threw his team under the bus, and deservedly so.
Asked if the Mets quit, Collins said: "You'll have to ask them. I have my own opinion. I'm not going to express it publicly.''
He might as well have screamed "YES.''
In addition to the score, Collins said, "I saw some things tonight that were unacceptable.''
When asked to specify, Collins refused, and when pressed if he thought his players were embarrassed, he abruptly said: "You have to ask them. I'm not inside their heads.''
Normally, when a coach or manager says such a thing, the first reaction is how can he not know what his team is thinking? Doesn't he have the pulse of this team?
Collins does, but didn't want to attach his name to the actual quotes. Maybe he thinks by doing so he won't be able to work with them next year. At least, with those who will be left.
Or, maybe he wouldn't say they quit because by doing so would be a reflection on him. After all, when a team quits, it means the manager lost the clubhouse. That's the perception Collins wants to mask.
The Mets have gone 16 straight games having scored three or fewer runs at home. One would think they'd score four by accident. If they didn't quit, then they are playing uninspired, listless baseball. Collins said letdowns are to be expected, but this is more than a letdown.
"We've had a huge letdown in the second half,'' Collins said. "People paid money to see us tonight. Our fans, not that we wouldn't have lost 16-1, but not the way we lost. This is the big leagues.
"It's all about perception. And the perception is tonight after we're down 8-0 the game was over. No disrespect to Tyler Cloyd. None whatsoever. But three hits? Please. We're better than that.''
Well, not lately.
David Wright and Ike Davis refuted the notion the players quit. Both spoke in cliché, saying this is their job and the players work hard in preparation.
Neither was convincing. The only thing convincing about last night were all the empty seats.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
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Well-known folklorist Roger Welsch to lead effort
Lincoln Mayor Coleen Seng and the Lincoln Arts Council (LAC) today announced a new project to identify and celebrate the folk art traditions of new Americans in the community. A $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will fund the New Americans Folk Art Project, which will be led by Nebraska's eminent folklorist, Roger Welsch.
"We are very fortunate that increasing numbers of people from all over the world now call Lincoln home," said Mayor Seng. "They brought with them the art, music, dances and stories of their homelands, much as our ancestors did when they settled in this country. This new project is a wonderful opportunity to learn about their art and in turn, learn more about them."
Welsch defines folk art as "traditionally held, informally transmitted forms that belong not so much to the individual artist as to the community." His work will involve surveying, cataloging and indexing the artists and building bridges enabling them to share their work with the community.
During the last two decades, Lincoln has become home to more than 30,000 Russians, Bosnians, Sudanese, Iraqis, Mexicans, Latin Americans and others, each bringing art forms unique to their cultures.
"New spices are added to our American stew and this project is an effort to identify those spices, encourage them, share them with the larger community and celebrate them," says Welsch. "The final product will be increased exposure to the general public of the richness of the world's arts as seen right here in our own Star City."
"I believe that one of the most important activities the Lincoln Arts Council can undertake is connecting with refugees and immigrants to let them know that the art forms they have brought with them are valued here and deserve to be preserved," said Deb Weber, LAC Executive Director. "We couldn't have found a more capable, qualified or enthusiastic individual to head this project than Roger Welsch."
"This is an official, community acknowledgment of our enthusiastic welcome for traditional art forms coming to our city from all over the world," said Welsch. "Traditional culture – arts and crafts – are living processes that change, grow and move from one culture to another. For example, modern popular country music, a distinctly American musical form, has its roots in African music, and the blues, from the deep south, in English and Irish ballads."
Welsch is a long-time Nebraskan and native of Lincoln, trained in folklore scholarship. He is a widely published author, performer and presenter of the folk arts. He spent most of his life teaching in the field of folklore with the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Information Agency. He is perhaps best known for his 13-year position with CBS News Sunday Morning and his long tenure with Nebraska Educational Television.
Partners on the project include the Mayor's Office, the Hispanic Community Center, the Lincoln Interfaith Council's Faces of the Middle East and African Multicultural projects, the Lincoln Action Program, KZUM Community Radio Station, the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department, Aging Services, the Downtown Lincoln Association, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications and Lincoln Lodging Association. An advisory committee of representatives from partner organizations will help guide the project's implementation. They will share resources, develop project events, exhibitions and performances and pursue project sustainability.
For further information about the Lincoln Folk Arts Project, contact Anne Pagel at the Lincoln Arts Council, (402) 570-1157 or (402)434-2787.
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We wanted to update you on our current outage on the web store. We are working on fixing the issue, but as of right now, we are unable to take orders or update the web store via zenescope.com/comics.
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Candidates describe their districts as mainly conservative
Two Democrats vying to represent the M.O.T. area in Dover said that they would vote against same-sex marriage because their districts are more conservative than not.
In a candidate forum hosted by The Middletown Transcript Oct. 18, 14th Senate district incumbent Bruce Ennis and 11th district House of Representative candidate Lynne Newlin both addressed several topics that elected officials in Delaware face.
One of these was marriage equality.
Newlin and Ennis did not debate each other. Their opponents were not present.
Ennis, a Smyrna resident, said that he supports traditional marriage and that his district, which covers some of Smyrna, Townsend, and Middletown, mainly doesn't support same-sex marriage either.
"I also have a conservative district," Newlin said. "I would vote in favor of my constituents."
She added that she believes in equality across the board.
Newlin is running against Republican Jeffrey N. Spiegelman and Libertarian Margaret McKeown to represent the newly created 11th district, which covers areas of Kenton and Townsend.
In the 11th district, there are 5,633 registered voters as of Sept. 1.
More than 2,600 are registered Democrats and more than 1,500 are Republican.
"Marriage should be decided at the church level," Newlin said Oct. 18 to a crowd of about 15. "I support civil unions, but not same-sex marriage."
Ennis said that he would not support doing away with one-man and one-woman.
"My district mainly doesn't support it," he said.
Ennis is running against Republican Scott Unruh.
There are 20,027 registered voters in the 14th Senate District.
Nearly 9,300 voters are registered Democrat and more than 5,900 are Republican.
The General Elections are Nov. 6.