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Athlete's foot is a rash on the skin of your foot caused by a fungus. It can cause itching, peeling, and cracking on the bottoms of the feet and between the toes.
You can get it by walking barefoot on contaminated surfaces near swimming pools or in locker rooms. After you have had athlete's foot, you're more likely to get it again.
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Cold Calculations: The Economics of Snow
Cold and snow can have strange, often negative effects on people.
Economic research looking at weather shows that extreme cold can increase mortality, reduce spending on food among the poor, increase spending on food among the rich and boost sales of sport-utility vehicles. Parents can rest easy: school snow days don't have much impact on educational achievement.


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What's happened in the business of video games this past week ...
QUOTE | "Ouya will go down in history as something as big as iPhone."—Mark Friedler, game industry veteran, talking about the Kickstarter for the Ouya Android gaming console that's raised over $4 million in three days.
QUOTE | "There seems to be a particular entitlement-based rage directed at any woman who dares to say anything critical about video games."—Anita Sarkeesian, founder of Feminist Frequency, talking about the hate she attracted with her Kickstarter campaign to fund a series of videos.
QUOTE | "All the console guys are running scared."—Will Wright, legendary game designer, talking about cloud gaming and how it might impact the next generation of consoles.
QUOTE | "We have Sony and Microsoft talking about this generation lasting 7,8,9 or even 10 years and it's the biggest mistake they've ever made."—Julien Merceron, Square Enix's worldwide technology director, talking about next-gen consoles and graphics.
QUOTE | "How much longer can Nintendo resist moving its iconic IP into the mobile space?"—Veteran game journalist Johnny Minkley, talking about how Minecraft and Angry Birds have replaced Mario and LEGO as cultural icons.
QUOTE | "If Origin can make millions of people happy too, awesome."—Jason Holtman, director of business development for Valve, talking about how Valve views EA's Origin as competition for Steam.
QUOTE | "We could see Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 running at 60 frames per second—on a tablet."—Richard Leadbetter, Eurogamer's tech expert, talking about the impressive graphics power of the next generation of tablet CPUs.
QUOTE | "A Netflix for PlayStation games new and old, effectively, available on all Sony hardware."—Tom Bramwell, operations director of Eurogamer, speculating with other journalists about what Sony should do with the acquisition of cloud-gaming company Gaikai.
STAT | 29%—Amount game sales in the US dropped in June compared to June of last year, for games sold through retail stores, according to tracking firm NPD.
STAT | $7 million—Amount that Richard Garriott's company Portalarium has raised in a new round of financing, with the money helping to bring Garriott's new RPG into production.
STAT | 1.3 billion—Number of hours logged for League of Legends in the past 12 months for North America and Europe combined, according to data from Xfire; World of Warcraft came in second with 622 million hours.
STAT | $10 million—Amount that Gamevil is putting into their fund for third-party developers, to help them create and publish titles on iOS and Android.
This Week in the Business courtesy of GamesIndustry International
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Emmer says Target donation controversy 'too personal'
Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer said the controversy over Target Corporation giving money to a group supporting him in the Minnesota governor's race is getting too personal.
Gay rights groups and Democrats are calling for a boycott of the company because it gave corporate money to a group running an ad supporting him. Emmer has opposed measures gay rights groups support.
Emmer says he's sad that Target's decision to get involved in the race is getting personal.
"We have to get over this personal issue. We have to start talking about who has the positive vision for the future of the state of Minnesota," Emmer said. "The personal emotions, that's human, and I understand it but at some point we have to peel back the emotions and we've got to start asking each other is what we're doing in the state now working?"
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel sent a letter to employees earlier this week saying the company is focused on issues impacting the retailers bottom line.
He wrote that the company's support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers is "unwavering."


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Commentary: What's the big deal about voter ID law?
Columnist says focus should be on getting more people to vote
By Derrell Connor
Special To Channel 3000
I don't have a problem with voter ID.
Now I know that statement is going to make some folks upset. But I've never understood why requiring people to show identification before they vote is somehow a bad thing. After all, you have to show ID before entry into a bar or club. If you go to a liquor or convenience store to buy alcohol and you look like you're under 30, you have to show identification. You often have to show identification when writing or cashing a check and using a debit card.
So what's the big deal?
This issue seems to fall along party lines. Most Republicans favor photo identification because they feel that it is a necessary tool to prevent voter fraud. Most Democrats disagree, fearing that minorities, the elderly and the poor in particular will be disenfranchised because many of them do not have proper identification.
This has been a hot button issue in several states, including Pennsylvania, which has a state Supreme Court decision looming. Here in Wisconsin, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is also asking that voter ID legislation be taken up by the state Supreme Court ahead of November's state and presidential elections.
Here's the deal: If you were born in the United States, you should have both a birth certificate and Social Security number assigned to you. So if either or both of those documents were lost or misplaced, it shouldn't be difficult to contact the municipality you were born in for a copy of your birth certificate and the Social Security Administration for a new card. Yes, it costs money, but I think it's more than worth the peace of mind knowing that you posses some form of proper identification. I don't think it's a violation of anyone's rights to ask that you show a valid photo ID proving that you are who you say you are before casting a vote.
Having said that, I also don't believe that the reason why we need voter ID is because we have this rampant, widespread individual fraud going on around the country. In a recent study, which examined 2,068 alleged voter fraud cases since the year 2000, only 10 cases of voter impersonation were found. When you consider the fact that there are more than 146 million registered voters in the United States, that number seems less than minuscule.
I'm not saying that strange things haven't happened on Election Day — cases of organized voter irregularities in polling places across the country come to mind. Politics is a multi-billion dollar industry, so it would be extremely naive of me to think fraud can't or doesn't happen. But I don't buy into this notion that there are individuals going to three or four different polling places in an attempt to cast more than one vote. Between work, kids and other activities, most people have barely enough time to fit waiting in line at a polling center into their schedules, let alone doing it multiple times.
If the argument is that we need a better system for the verification of millions of voters and this is the way to do it, I can agree with that. I just disagree that we need it to curb widespread impersonation.
Voting is our duty as Americans, and everyone who is eligible to do so should exercise that right. Many people have risked their lives, even died for the right to vote, so I take it very seriously.
Unfortunately, voter turnout across the country is consistently low. Maybe the focus should be on how we get more people to the polls and less about a case that may occur once in every 15 million voters.


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Going to bed soon. The work day after a 24 h shift always feels awful (like jet lag) so I better get to sleep soon to get my zzZZZzz in because I'm being on-call again tomorrow evening/night. Who else hates vacation time when half the department seems to be on holiday?
I have a follow-up appointment on Friday so I took Friday off. Also not working on the weekend and being on late shift next Monday. That means three days in a row without an alarm clock, lol.
Meh, on-call again. Moderately busy so far. Hopefully the night is quiet.
Start liquid diet tomorrow, feeling nervous about caffeine withdrawal. I have drank coffee since age twelve, and never stop befored.· 3 replies
Hey there remember what your doing this for. You will eventually be able to drink caffeine again and it will be tastier than ever when you do. It's worth the wait!
I was in the same boat. I would drink between 40-60 ounces of coffee a day. I knew I couldn't quit cold turkey so I cut down to one 8 ounce cup a morning. It gets me through and I'm not craving anymore. Never really had any withdrawals.
Also, the Cafe Latte premier protein shake does have a small amount of caffeine in it. That could help.


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Hope College is presenting its annual spring student dance concert series.
The concerts on Monday and Tuesday, April 22-23, will take place at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
The concert series is featuring a variety of dance pieces. All of the works being presented have been created and are danced by Hope College students, who also design and create their own costumes and sound/music scores. The students are mentored by the concert co-producers, dance faculty members Steven Iannacone and Matthew Farmer, and are assisted with lighting and technical design by staff member Erik Alberg, who is the college's technical director for the performing arts.
The final aspect of the presenting process consists of the department of dance inviting a professional choreographer to campus to adjudicate the students' works. This year's guest adjudicator is Jon Lehrer.
Lehrer is the artistic director and singular choreographer of the internationally touring dance company LehrerDance, and has graced the cover of "Dance Teacher Magazine" for his work with his company. As a performer, Lehrer has danced for great choreographers such as John Passafiume, the Eric Hawkins Dance Company and Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. He was the associate director for GJDC for 10 years, and during that time built a reputation in Chicago as one of the most creative up-and-coming choreographers in the United States. Lehrer has dance works on dance companies such as Thodos Dance Chicago, Instruments of Movement, Momenta Dance Theatre, Louisiana Dance Theatre, Le Jazz Groupe from Monterrey, Mexico, and Kannon Dance of St. Petersburg, Russia. He is also a master teacher in jazz and his own dance technique (LehrerDance), and has traveled throughout the world teaching and mentoring young dancers. Recently he received the Creative Achievement Award from the National Association of Chicago Dance Masters, and he is on the Board of Advising for "Dance Spirit Magazine." His company LehrerDance recently returned from performing in Russia on behalf of the U.S. Consulate, and is scheduled to begin a three-week tour of Europe in the next few months.
The Dow Center is located at 168 E. 13th St., on the corner of 13th Street and Columbia Avenue. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Thought you might want to be aware of a blog post on our companion site IndustryWeek.
Welding Woos Women; Sparks Fly
This sounds like an uphill battle, especially after reading some of the readers' rants at the end of the article. But uphill or not -- and this should go without saying -- it's a battle worth fighting.


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I know I've talked about Michael Hait a lot in the last couple of posts. While Michael and I have met online and even corresponded a time or two, we had never met in person. He introduced himself Tuesday, and we've had several conversations since then centered around, you guessed it, certification and records, in particular records pertaining to slave and/or African American research.
IGHR Wednesday: Slaves in the Family
Four Brick Wall Breakers
Oh, the dreaded brick wall ancestor, the bane of every genealogist's life! We all have them, those ancestors who refuse to cooperate and instead prefer to lurk just out of reach of our inquisitive minds. Luckily for us (not so much for the lurking ancestors), there are plenty of tricks to help researchers break down those brick walls. Here are four useful techniques:
Tombstone Tuesday: Etha Mae Watson, Norton Cemetery, Jackson Co., NC
Etha Mae Roberts was born in 25 June 1886 in Jackson Co., GA, the daughter of Alsa and Sally Morgan Roberts. She married first to Elbert Hudson, and second to James "Woodfin" Watson. She died 1 February 1958 in Jackson Co., NC. This was Daddy Thad's mother, my father's grandmother (and my great-grandmother), who was known as Grandma Watson to the younguns.
The East Tennessee Historical Society
In August, I will be attending the Federation of Genealogical Societies' annual conference, held this year in Knoxville, TN. While I am looking forward to this event in general, I am especially excited about visiting the East Tennessee Historical Society, home to the McClung Historical Collection, a virtual cornucopia of manuscript collections, rare books, city directories, newspapers, and microfilm. The primary focus of the collection is, of course, the eastern Tennessee counties, but other areas of Tennessee and other states are also represented.
I am currently compiling a list of my eastern Tennessee families so that I can plan my on-site research. Included will be:
- Mansfield and Harriet (Black) Anderson, who moved from Blount and Sevier Counties (TN) into Macon Co., NC
- Miranda (Fletcher) Curtis and several of her children, who moved from Macon Co., NC, to Monroe Co., TN
- Samuel Hopper, who possibly lived for a short time in Claiborne and Giles Counties, TN
- Various children of William Morgan, who died in 1809 in Jackson Co., GA
The FGS 2010 Conference theme is "Rediscovering America's First Frontier." The conference runs from August 18 to August 21. For more information, see the FGS conference web site.
Posting to Message Boards
Message boards can be a great way to meet other genealogists, and to find out what research has already been performed (and what hasn't). My favorites are those hosted by Rootsweb and GenForum, but there are many other message boards out there for genealogists.
Unfortunately, message boards are one tool in the genealogist's toolbox that are highly underutilized, in part because their function is not understood, and in part because many users do not know how to write an effective query.
A message board functions as both a digital meeting grounds and a digital bulletin board. Like records repositories, they are a wonderful place to meet and greet other researchers, to exchange information gathered, and to extend one's knowledge of a family. Unlike records repositories, which may house both original and derivative information, the information contained in message board posts is always derivative and should be treated as such (that is, it should be verified independently, preferably using a variety of original records).
It is not enough to know that message board posts should be taken with a grain of salt. One must also know how to write an effective query post in order to reach the right researcher. Here are a few examples of poorly written queries:
I am looking for information on James Morgan. Please list everything you have.
Or another post that's even more broad in nature:
I have just started researching the Morgan family. Please help.
How are other researchers supposed to know to which Morgan family these posts pertain? There simply isn't enough detail in the post for other researchers to know if they have information on the subjects of these posts or not.
An effective query contains a minimum of the following: the exact name of the individual(s) being sought, dates of any pertinent events along with their associated places, known associates of the individual, the sources of the known information, and the information being sought. Here's a better example:
I am searching for information on James Morgan, who was born circa 1788 in North Carolina. He appeared with his wife, Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), who was born circa 1780 in North Carolina, on the 1850 and 1860 US censuses for Rabun Co., GA (free population schedules). I also believe this James Morgan was the same James Morgan whose name was drawn to serve as a juror during the June Term, 1848, Inferior Court in Rabun County (see http://usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/garabun/court/jury4649.html). James and Elizabeth's children are believed to be:
1. Elizabeth Morgan, born circa 1814 in NC, married Joseph Hial Fletcher on February 27, 1848 in Rabun County;
2. Polly Morgan, born circa 1815, who was living with James and Elizabeth in both 1850 and 1860;
3. Martin Morgan, born circa 1820 in NC, married Priscilla Jennings on February 17, 1848 in Rabun County;
4. Jane Morgan, born circa 1824 in Polk Co., TN, married James Fletcher (a possible brother to Joseph Hial Fletcher) on September 5, 1839 in Green Co., TN;
5. Dicy Morgan, born circa 1825 in NC, married Joseph E. Jennings on February 24, 1848 in Rabun County;
6. Beverly Morgan, born circa 1826, married Malinda Bullard on November 29, 1853 in Rabun County.
I am specifically seeking information connecting the suspected children to James and Elizabeth.
The above post is much more effective than the previous two posts because it includes the names of the individuals being sought, enough detail to distinguish this family from other families with similar names, and some of the sources used. It also includes the all-important reason why this query is being posted.
Unlike query letters, message boards are the perfect place to list detail, and lots of it. There is a limit, yes. For instance, posting transcriptions of all known records for one family in a single post might be a bit much (perhaps those should be placed in individual posts under the original message), but a long list of sources used (both original and derivative) would be perfectly appropriate. This is also the place to say I don't know. For instance, in the above query, one might have added:
Information on the James Fletcher and Jane Morgan family came from another researcher (name and e-mail address available upon request). I presume from the information this researcher sent that the James and Elizabeth Morgan family were in the Polk Co., TN area in the late 1830s, and possibly in adjacent Western NC before and after, but I have not yet verified this.
See? A simple, painless, and honest I don't know that lets other researchers know what avenues have and have not been explored. More importantly, it shows that a basic analysis of the gathered material has taken place.
Message boards offer endless opportunities to the savvy researcher who remembers to be specific and include details. Plus, the posts remain open indefinitely, allowing future researchers to find and contact past ones, as long as e-mail addresses are maintained and kept current.


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While there are literally hundreds of phobias that one may encounter while working in the field of therapy, there are some that are more common than others. A phobia is an intense, even disabling fear of something. Some of the symptoms of phobias include shortness of breath, dizziness, numbness, hot or cold flashes, sweating, nausea, trembling, and chest pain.
Fortunately, almost all people suffering from a phobia are able to find help with cognitive-behavioral therapy. The following phobias are some of the most common that I have seen, however, the ranking is not absolute. [continue reading…]
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Pumpkin and Ginger Waffles...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Country Living magazine
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
2 large eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
1) Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground ginger, and cinnamon together in a large bowl. Remove 2 tablespoons of flour mixture and toss with crystallized ginger in a small bowl. Set aside.
2) Whisk eggs, buttermilk, pumpkin, sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Combine with flour mixture. Stir in butter and fold in reserved crystallized-ginger mixture. Do not overmix.
3) Heat a waffle iron and make waffles, using about 1/2 cup batter per each one. Keep warm in 200 degree F oven, if desired. Yield: 5 Waffles.
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Sox players worried about playing time in light of the Alex Rios claim? Here's Ozzie:
"It came from Paul Konerko – '(bleep) feelings, it's all about winning.' That's what we do here. We hurt your feelings, that's easy, call your agent, your agent will call Kenny (Williams), and then Kenny will do something about it."


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President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a telephone interview that it was "purely a disgusting act by somebody who clearly has emotional problems."
Prosecutors have turned over to R. Kelly's attorneys a tape they say shows the singer having sex with a minor girl two decades ago.
Watch the June 26, 2019 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."
Geoffrey Baer deposits some knowledge about buildings left behind by the banking panics of the Great Depression in this encore edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Motion claims offer was made to feds months after Christensen's arrest
Attorneys for Brendt Christensen say he offered to cooperate with investigators and disclose what he did with the Chinese scholar's remains in return for a life sentence just six months after his 2017 arrest.
A massive parade, dance lessons, mariachi ensembles and lots of hot sauce usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.
Pollinating animals account for an estimated one out of every three bites of food humans eat. "Bees & Beyond" explains how the process works, traces its evolutionary history and demonstrates its impact on our daily lives.
Award-winning historian and former journalist Rick Atkinson spent 15 years researching and writing his highly acclaimed World War II Liberation Trilogy books. With "The British Are Coming," he turns his gaze to the Revolution.
Cook County property owners will soon be getting new property tax bills, and depending on where you live, you may see a steep increase. Cook County Assessor Frank Kaegi shares his road map.
Rail car manufacturing is back in Chicago after some 50 years. We go inside the Hegewisch facility where production is underway on the CTA's new 7000 series.
An attorney for the family of a 2-year-old girl struck by a foul ball during a game last month between the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros said Wednesday that the girl suffered a skull fracture.
More details emerge about the investigation into 34th Ward Ald. Carrie Austin, as a former alderman is sentenced to one year in prison. Our politics team takes on those stories and more in our weekly roundtable.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's newly appointed Chicago Board of Education ushered in some changes during its first meeting Wednesday.


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Welcome to The Haiku Foundation's Fifth Renku Session: New Calendar. I am John Stevenson, leading my second Kasen (36 verse) renku on this site. We will be trying something a little different this time. Instead of making all of the selections myself, new verses will be selected by the poet who wrote the preceding verse. This will be on a voluntary basis and I remain ready to preform this task for anyone who prefers to pass up the opportunity.
Since Marietta McGregor respectfully declined the opportunity to select our twenty-eighth verse, it has become my turn, once again.
Many of our selectors have commented on the difficulty of choosing among so many offers. My final choice, this time, came down to two verses. Each represents very strongly held values for me and the final choice was truly wrenching.
I have previously commented on the social aspect of renku. It's a party and I strongly believe in "the more the merrier." There were some tempting verses submitted this time by poets who have not yet been included. And there was one, in particular, that remained my first choice right up to the last minute. I was conscious, however, that I would have to prominently discuss its renku-related shortcomings in order to fulfill the educational requirements of this feature. And I concluded, reluctantly, that to do so would be a disservice to the social values of renku; at least as I perceive those values. I do want to encourage poets who have not had a verse selected to keep playing, knowing that I am eager to see your verses in the finished renku and I hope other selectors will also consider this a priority.
Among the late submissions was one I like just as much as the verse I've mentioned above. It comes from a poet who has two verses previously selected:
all the agar plates
–Polona Oblak
This verse has the kind of jolt that I am looking for in these final verses of the ha. The link by contrast between "purely" and "contaminated" is a broad stroke. But it also has subtlety. I think of the story of how penicillin was discovered through an accidental laboratory contamination. And I think this can be thought of as reflecting our collective experience in renku composition. Any "imperfections" in our experiment may still produce unexpectedly salutary results.
Thank you, Polona!
Polona Oblak will be offered the opportunity to select the next verse. Polona, please contact me, either in a reply below or by e-mail ([email protected]) to let me know whether you accept this offer. If you do, I will ask you to choose the next verse in accordance with the requirements listed below and to write a paragraph or two about your selection and send it to me on Wednesday morning (July 19, eastern US time) so that I can incorporate it in the next posting, which appears on the following day. If you would rather not make the selection, I will do so, but I would prefer to know that I'll be doing that as early as possible
Verse twenty-nine will be an autumn moon verse, written in three lines. This will be the first in a series of three autumn verses. As was the case with previous moon verses, mention of the moon is, in itself, enough to establish the season as autumn. In order to avoid back linking to verse twenty-seven, this verse should feature a day moon.
Verse twenty-nine must link to the twenty-eighth verse (and only the twenty-eighth verse) but it also must clearly shift away from it in terms of scene, subject, and tone.
You will have until Tuesday night to make your offers. The Haiku Foundation site has been busy lately and the link to our renku session has not always been obvious on the home page. There is a permanent "Renku Sessions" button a little further down the home page and you can always reach the current session via this route. We will continue to check for new verse offers through each Tuesday.
With best wishes to all,
New Calendar to Date
new calendar
a year of
"Natural Wonders"
- –John Stevenson
a clownfish offers
the first greeting
- –Peter Newton
taking a fistful
of freshly tilled earth
to my cheek
- –Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
café aromas
on the warm breeze
- –Maureen Virchau
sound of a flute
slowly rising
with a hazy moon
- –Dru Philippou
flickering light of a bike
from the side road
- –Marina Bellini
under the bed-sheet
tales of bold highwaymen
and horse-drawn coaches
—Lorin Ford
has the lord executed
his droit du seigneur
—Polona Oblak
Jimmy Carter
and Rosalynn
on the kiss cam
—Judt Shrode
after the picnic
some spirited croquet
—Michael Henry Lee
the old quarry
so deep and cold
and daring
—Mary Kendall
her scars stay hidden
though the neckline plunges
–Debbie Feller
each time I wake
the moon lights
something different
—Gabrielle Higgins
the whir of dragonfly wings
in the remaining heat
—Sally Biggar
a neutrino
passes through the chestnut
and the worm, too
—Lorin Ford
the tension of the needle
piercing linen
—Carmen Sterba
Dutchman's breeches
sprout along a cliff's
ragged edge
—Maureen Virchau
six pairs of boots
by the pilgrim shrine
–Polona Oblak
in full flight
fledglings skim
through the archway
–Barbara A. Taylor
my toddler puts her milk glass
on the kitchen counter
–Paul MacNeil
on the store's intercom
comes a cleanup request
for aisle thirteen
–Michael Henry Lee
recalling where they were
on Jerusalem Day
–Debbie Feller
falling north and south
of the peace wall
—Marion Clarke
Tolstoy in Russian
by a roaring fire
–Michael Henry Lee
could it be
that women prefer
a room with a view?
—Karen Cesar
absinthe and "that look"
as they suck on sugar cubes
–Betty Shropshire
date nights
for conversation
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In response to the current drought situation facing Iowa pork producers, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach swine program specialists will host a webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at various locations. The program is free and no preregistration is required, according to ISU Extension swine program specialist Dave Stender.
Iowa State crop marketing specialist Chad Hart will assess the current and future crop outlook, and Iowa State livestock marketing specialist Lee Schulz will share information on the situation facing pork producers and the pork market outlook.
Matt Swantek, Iowa State swine program specialist for west central Iowa, will answer questions regarding feed options and discuss feed alternates, and both attendees and presenters will discuss ideas for saving feed and managing herds such as cleaning up disease by closing the herd, streamlining the sow herd size, increase wean age and management of culls and cull strategies.
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Local discussion is encouraged with a question and answer session to wrap up the program. Locations for the webinar are in the following ISU Extension and Outreach county offices: Sioux, Cherokee and Carroll in western Iowa; Cass in the southwest; Fayette in the northeast; Mahaska and Washington in the south/southeast; and Humboldt in north central Iowa.
For more information on locations or meeting content, contact any ISU Extension swine program specialist. Find the specialist nearest you.
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February: Honesty
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Carnival date: February 22nd
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Carnival date: March 29th
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May: Self Love
We've heard it before, self love is the key to establish unconditional love with your children, to parent from a balanced place, and heal the hurts of yesterday.
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Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- A law in Spain that went into effect Sunday has banned smoking in indoor bars and restaurants, giving the nation some of the toughest smoking restrictions in western Europe.
The law puts Spain in line with Britain, France and Italy, which prohibit smoking in all enclosed public places.
Spain's hotel and restaurant federation warns of a 10 percent drop in business and tens of thousands of job losses in the midst of the nation's deep economic crisis.
But the government says similar laws elsewhere in Europe did not hurt business in the long run.
Juan Carlos Sanchez says he goes to a neighborhood bar several times a day to have a cigarette with his coffee or beer. Like many smokers here, he is adamantly opposed to the new law.
"If I can't smoke here in the bar, maybe I'll come just once a day, or not at all. When I ask for a coffee or beer, but then have to smoke in the street, I don't understand," said Sanchez, who manufactures filters for air conditioners.
Fernando Vazquez, owner of a bar and restaurant in Madrid where Sanchez was smoking late last week, said the smoke-free air starting on Sunday might be nice. But it will come at a price for his business.
"Spaniards spend a lot of time in bars and will probably spend less time now," Vazquez said. "Instead of drinking three or four beers, they'll have one."
Spaniards have had a relationship with tobacco for 500 years. Explorer Christopher Columbus saw tobacco on his voyages to the New World and Spanish sailors brought it to Europe.
So undoing old habits is not easy here.
A law four years ago banned smoking at work. But it essentially allowed Spain's 300,000 bars and restaurants to choose whether they would prohibit smoking. Most did not.
This time, there are supposed to be no exceptions, as the government tries to reduce the 50,000 tobacco-related deaths each year.
Nearly a third of Spaniards puff away and smoke-filled bars have been the norm.
Business owner Florentino Matamala is a former smoker who supports the legislation.
"People can't quit overnight and those who are used to smoking while having a coffee are going to have it rough. But I think it's positive, for the general good."


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LCC program is loaded with local talent
Plans are under way for the 16th annual Lenoir Community College Broadway and Beyond presentation at 7:30 p.m. April 19 in the Waller Building Auditorium.
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A longtime teacher and city resident has been honored as the 2008 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year.
A longtime teacher and city resident has been honored as the 2008 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year.
George E. Goodfellow of Highland Avenue, a 40-year chemistry teacher now in his fifth year at Scituate High School, Scituate, R.I., received the award from Gov. Donald L. Carcieri in a surprise ceremony at the school earlier this month.
Goodfellow said his wife, Cynthia, had known since Thanksgiving that he was going to receive the award, but kept the secret from him.
"She invited my mother and the kids," he said. "My mother sat on the stage with me."
By winning the state award, Goodfellow became eligible for the national Teacher of the Year award. With the honor comes a busy schedule. Goodfellow will travel to Dallas next month for the National Teacher of the Year conference. In April, he will meet President Bush in the White House Rose Garden, at which time the top four teachers from around the country will be announced.
Later, the nation's best teacher will be announced at the International Space Camp in Maryland.
"We'll get to meet teachers from foreign countries," he said.
Whoever is named national teacher of the year will have an opportunity to travel nationally and internationally for a year.
Goodfellow views the whole experience as a learning experience.
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Goodfellow grew up in New Bedford and has lived in Fall River since 2004, coming from Freetown.
If there were a retired teacher of the year award, his wife could be considered for that recognition. Cynthia Goodfellow retired two years ago from Morton Middle School, where she taught physical science.
Now, she accompanies her husband daily to Scituate High School and assists him in teaching classes for no salary.
"It's like I died and gone to heaven," he said of having a "helping hand" in the classroom.
Before his Scituate stint, Goodfellow had taught chemistry for 35 years at New Bedford High School, his alma mater, and at Bristol Community College. He has conducted several teachers' workshops and won the 2003 Clarkson University Inspirational High School Educator Award.
Colleagues praised Goodfellow for his patience, hard work, long hours and devotion to his students — including his weekly e-mails to parents on classroom events.
"George Goodfellow has devoted many years to the education of students from a variety of backgrounds, and in recent years, he has spent a great deal of time instructing and mentoring his younger colleagues," said Patrick A. Guida, vice chair of the Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education. "What I most admire about Mr. Goodfellow is his innovation and talent in making learning fun."
Peter McWalters, the state's commissioner of elementary and secondary education, said Goodfellow has taught more than 5,000 students in his career.
"Many of his students have gone on not only to college, but to graduate school in chemistry and engineering," McWalters said. "He will represent his profession well as Teacher of the Year."
In presenting the award, Carcieri said Goodfellow is a veteran teacher who "sets high standards and challenges his students. He not only makes science relevant to students' lives, but he also makes learning fun."
Noting that he has emphasized improving student performance in mathematics and science, Carcieri said,
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Science fiction authors have long been envisioning a future where robots handle all the cooking and cleaning. We haven't quite reached that level yet, but the Grillbot gets us one step closer. In case it's not entirely clear from the name, the Grillbot is a robot that cleans your grill. Like a tiny, heat-resistant Roomba.
Each Grillbot has three small brushes around its perimeter that spin to remove the grease and grime from your grill as it pulls itself along. It will reportedly work on gas or charcoal grills, and you don't even have to wait for it to cool down. The robot is powered by a rechargeable battery and has a small LCD used to program it for either a light or deep clean. Some of the advanced features include an LCD alarm and timer, replaceable brushes, and rechargeable batteries.
It's not yet known how the Grillbot navigates around the grill or an identify dirty or clean spots. Floor-cleaning robots like the Roomba and and Mint has multiple sensors and advanced algorithms for this sort of thing, but they are faced with much more complex tasks.
The inventor of the Grillbot claims to have spent a few years and a small fortune developing the device. Apparently the heat issue and uneven surface gave even seasoned engineers a challenge. The origin of the Grillbit is almost too good to be true — the inventor, a Mr. Ethan Woods, used to clean his grill using a wire brush attached to a power drill. While this surely worked great, why spend your time doing it, when a robot could do it fore you? The Grillbot was designed fro the task, complete with a rotating wire brush (see below in gold).
The Grillbot will be available in mid-June for $69.95 if you want the base model. A premium version, with some as yet unannounced extras, will sell for $99.95. Grillbot will come in four colors, but I'm sure they won't retain that shiny finish after the cleaning commences.


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Eat! If you exercise and consume fewer than 1,500 calories a day, it will be too hard to get all the nutrients you need. Plus, you'll be ravenous. (Follow our plan exactly and you won't have that problem.)
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- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup calcium- and vitamin D-fortified orange juice
Souped-Up Cereal
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- 2 tablespoons dried fruit
- 1 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk
- 1 cup strawberries
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In a blender or food processor, blend together:
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- 4 canned apricot halves (packed in juice)
- 2 tablespoons orange-juice concentrate
- 1 banana
- 2 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
- 1/2 ounce your choice of nuts
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- 3/4 cup cantaloupe
- Cafe latte: 1 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk and espresso or French roast coffee (Optional: Sweeten with sugar substitute.)
Lox and Bagel
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- 1 medium tomato (sliced), 1 slice red onion, 1/4 cup alfalfa sprouts
- 3/4 cup honeydew melon
ADD: Almond-Scented Cappuccino
- 2/3 cup warm low-fat (1 percent) milk
- 1/2 cup espresso or French roast coffee
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
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- 2 poached eggs, 1 slice whole-wheat toast with 1 teaspoon butter, 1 medium tomato (sliced)
- 1 cup calcium- and vitamin D-fortified orange juice
- Tea or coffee
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- 1 cup whole-grain flaked cereal with 2/3 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk, 1 tablespoon raisins, 3 dried plums, chopped
- 6 ounces apricot nectar or other juice
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499 calories, 24 percent fat (13.5g, 4.8g saturated), 57 percent carbs (75.9g), 19 percent protein (25g), 9.3g fiber, 431mg calcium, 159mcg folic acid, 4.4mg iron.
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- 2 thick slices tomato, 2 lettuce leaves, 1 tablespoon fat-free mayonnaise
- 11 baby carrots
- 1 medium apple, cored and drizzled with 2 teaspoons caramel sauce
- 1 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk flavored with 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and sugar substitute
Veggie Wrap
- 1 10-inch flour tortilla, 1 ounce grated low-fat cheese, 1/4 cup black beans
- 3 slices avocado, 3 slices cucumber (cut into thin strips), 1/2 medium tomato (chopped), hot sauce to taste
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk, warmed and sprinkled with freshly grated nutmeg
Grilled Cheese 'n' Veggie Sandwich
- Grill 2 slices whole wheat bread, 2 slices American cheese, 1 roasted red pepper half, 1 medium tomato (sliced), 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 cups romaine lettuce with 1 tablespoon fat-free dressing
- 1/2 mango drizzled with 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- Iced herb tea
Soup 'n' Crackers
- 2 cups chunky minestrone soup with 1/2 cup peas and carrots added
- 4 whole wheat crackers
- 1 cup cubed honeydew melon, sprinkled with 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice and a dash of ground red pepper
- 1 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk
Chili-Stuffed Sweet Potato
- 1 medium sweet potato, microwaved and topped with 3/4 cup black-bean chili (made with 1/2 cup black beans, 1/4 cup chopped onion, minced garlic, and 1 tablespoon canned green chilies)
- 1 corn tortilla
- 1 ounce low-fat cheddar cheese
- 2 medium tomatoes, sliced and drizzled with 1 tablespoon low-calorie Italian dressing and 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- Sparkling water flavored with lime
Peanut Butter Sandwich
- 2 slices whole wheat bread, 1 tablespoon peanut butter mixed with 1 tablespoon toasted wheat germ, 2 teaspoons honey, 1 small banana
- 1 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk
Chef's Salad
- 2 cups chopped romaine lettuce, 1/3 cup grated carrot, 4 ounces extra-lean ham, 1 tablespoon grated low-fat cheese, 2 tablespoons low-calorie Italian dressing
- 1 slice French bread
- 1/2 cup canned mandarin oranges, sprinkled with 1 teaspoon candied ginger
- 1 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk flavored with 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Average nutrition for any selection:
599 calories, 25 percent fat (17g, 4g saturated), 51 percent carbs (79.6g), 24 percent protein (37.4g), 12.1g fiber, 243mg calcium, 225mcg folic acid, 8mg iron.
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- 3 ounces salmon, broiled with lemon juice and chopped fresh dill
- 1 cup roasted asparagus (Coat with vegetable spray, season, and bake at 450 degrees F for 15 minutes.)
- 2/3 cup cooked wild rice
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- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1/2 cup canned mandarin oranges
- 2 tablespoons red onion
- 2 tablespoons low-calorie Italian dressing
- PLUS: 1 small chocolate chip cookie
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- 4 ounces baked chicken breast (Dip skinless chicken breast in egg white, then coat with 3 tablespoons bread crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes, or until cooked through.)
- 1 cup steamed broccoli
- 1 medium baked potato topped with 1 teaspoon butter, 2 tablespoons fat-free sour cream, and chopped chives
- 1 baked apple (Core and fill with 2 teaspoons brown sugar, 1 teaspoon chopped walnuts, and 1 tablespoon raisins. Place in pan and cover with 2 tablespoons apple juice. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes, or until tender.)
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- 2 corn tortillas
- 3 1/2 ounces broiled chicken-breast tenders, seasoned with 2 teaspoons soy sauce and sauteed in 1 teaspoon canola oil with 1/2 cup chopped green peppers and 3 thick slices red onion
- 2/3 cup chopped lettuce
- 1/4 cup salsa
- 1/2 cup brown rice
- 1 cup sliced carrots, steamed and mixed with 1 tablespoon orange-juice concentrate, 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger and salt and pepper to taste
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Drawing the short straw: Racial Bonuses
I feel sorry for Gnomes, Draenei, Taurens and Blood elf. Primarily Gnomes of course!
They have a racial bonus taken up with something completely useless… profession racial bonuses.
Let's take a look.
- Gnome
* Engineering Specialist : 15 point skill bonus to Engineering (note, this also raises the cap by 15 at each level of Engineering).
- Draenei
* Gemcutting : 5 point skill bonus to Jewelcrafting (note, this also raises the cap by 5 at each level of jewelcrafting).
- Tauren
* Cultivation : 15 point skill bonus to Herbalism (note, this also raises the cap by 15 at each level of herbalism).
- Blood elf
* Arcane Affinity : 10 point skill bonus to Enchanting (note, this also raises the cap by 10 at each level of enchanting).
Yes yes, I hear you Forsaken, Trolls, Orcs, Night elves, Humans and Dwarves screaming out:
If you don't want +5 to 15 to your skills, then we will take it!
Well, I am of a good mind to just give it to you… actually, you are welcome to my Gnome Engineering skill, cause it's worth diddly squat to me!
My problem with the professional racial bonuses is three fold…
- It helps you naught – leveling
- It helps you naught – capped
- It helps you naught – in itself
It helps you naught – leveling
It means you get to max your profession out faster…
I hear you say…
Who you kidding buddy?
What the 1st 5-15 points in a skill are difficult? Correct me if I am wrong, but for those first 5-15 points you could run 2 sticks together and level up… doesn't matter what the profession is.
You think it's hard to pick some peacebloom, or DE some level 5 green items?
Yeah but you get to the next level of the profession faster!
Hunh? Didn't you just read what I said…
So you out-level your current gathering zone faster… ohh that's great… no wonder Blizzard have put all sort of performance enhancing levels gimmicks in the game. Otherwise how are you going to be high enough to grab the next lot of mats?
Fundamentally, I think you got two tradespeople together, one with the racial bonus andone without, there would be little or no difference in who reaches level cap first. Hell I would even put my money on the one without the bonus if they need to get the mats.
It helps you naught – capped
Yeah but when you hit the profession cap, you can be 5-15 points ahead of the next Man, Dwarf or Orc.
There are only two instances in which I know that it is beneficial being beyond the skill cap of a profession.
- Skinning… well it did matter back in Vanilla WoW, if you wanted to skin the The Beast? you needed Finkle's Skinner…
- Fishing… If you want to fish in 20% of the waters of Azeroth, your better have some performance enhancing gear, whether it's a fishing rod, bait or bobber. If you don't have it, you may as well have not equipped your fishing rod.
In fact what do you know what… neither of those professions have a racial bonus… Nope, you get some extra gear or enhancement to allow you to do what you spent hours/days/weeks leveling your toon to accomplish.
It helps you naught – in itself
I remember when I was a Tauren Druid, running about the wilds… I would seem peacebloom (or other low level herb) here and there.. Occasionally (I have short term memory problems… umm where was I?) I would stop to pick it… but I wasn't a herbalist… so the bonus was USELESS! Well, more useless than I have already explained anyway…
If this isn't the 1st of my posts that you have read, you know that I have a major issue with Gnome Engineering Racial. I am happy that we get it, I am just unhappy it isn't worth the pixels expended to put it in my spell book.
Can We Fix It? Yes We Can!
I think, quite simply that Us Gnomes have an affinity for all things mechanical, therefore, while we may not have chosen Engineering as a long term profession to follow, our natural aptitude should afford us the use of engineering only items.
Let me put it this way.
The Average Man on the Street
Some people, with no mechanical skills can drive a car…. Hell, anyone with eyesight and use of some of their limbs can drive a car. I seem to vaguely remember a movie where a blind guy even drove a car with a sighted guy giving directions from the passenger seat.
Yeah so.. anyone can ride a mechostrider… fair enough…
The Average Gnome on the Street
Some people, while not investing in a Mechanic's apprenticeship, can still work out common probelms with a car. They can drive the car, change the tyres, check the oil.. maybe even tune the car if need be.
This is where I see the average, non-Engineer Gnome. Smarter (well, more knowledgeable) than the average mechanostrider rider.
I strongly believe that Gnomes should be able to drive all things engineering based… In particular of course, I am talking about them flying mechanical engineering mounts. I think Blizzard should change the requirements on them to "Requires Engineering", without any specific level of engineering… or "Requires XXX Engineering, or Gnome Racial"
Larisa should at the very least be able to oil her favorite Strider so it doesn't squeak like a matrimonial bed on a honeymoon.
The Guy with the but crack on the street
Some people actually do the whole mechanic's apprenticeship. If they want to they can build the car from the ground up… and then, if they want to… sell them to people that can drive them (Gnomes!)
Spread the Racial Love…
I think those herb grazing Taurens should also get some sort of natural benefit out of their affinity for keeping their noses in the grass… I don't know.. allow them the herbalist buff… of if they have herbalism, give it a bit of a kick.
Draenei should get a bonus to have a proc that gives them additional gems, or better gems.
Non-jewelcrafting Draenei should be able to use otherwise BoP gems supplied by a professional gemcutter.
Blood elves can just get stuffed…. Ohh OK, as much as it pains me to offer a Blood Elf anything, give the enchanters soemthing anything… even if it is just limited to my upcoming suggestion…
Non-Enchanting Blood elves should be able to get their rings enchanted (I am going to keep this polite OK…)
Give those most attuned to a profession, something to show for it.
- A Gnome Engineer is 15 points better than a non-Gnome.
- A Tauren herbalist is 15 points better than a non-Tauren.
- A Draenei jeweler is 5 points better than a non-Draenei.
- A Blood Elf Enchanter is 10 points better than a non-Blood Elf
So where are the 465 Engineering and Herbalist items? Where are the 455 jewelcrafting items? Where are the 460 Enchanting formulas?
Come on… where are they?
If you need 550 to fish in some areas, and you need 300+ skinning to skin a special beast, surely having higher than average professional skill should benefit you in the way of additional "patterns" or plucking?
You see, that way we could have a bit of rare "crafting" gear or mats in the marketplace that has nothing to do with RNG's, but all to do with intelligent Race selection… Make that decision at the very 1st screen matter in some way other than a bit of extra reputation, or escape abilities. Make it worthwhile choosing a professional racial over a combat racial
But above all… Make it possible for me to ride a bloody flying engineering mount, without me having to give up my Enchanting or Tailoring, because let's face it, I am more skilled in Engineering than a huge percentage of the population (considering only 5% are Gnomes… and I have no idea about professions… but who would choose Engineering otherwise 😉 )
More Wanted Meme
Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink, Say no more…
Gnomer and Out!
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As Titanic sank, he pleaded, 'believe in the Lord Jesus!'
Editor's note: Sunday (April 15) is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
TAYLORS, S.C. (BP) -- It has been 100 years since Titanic, the greatest ship of its time, sank on its maiden voyage, killing more than 1,500 passengers. The "unsinkable ship" had done just that, and on the tragedy's centennial we stand captivated by the story. Many movies, documentaries and books have familiarized us with some of the passengers, such as entrepreneur John Jacob Astor IV or the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown. Yet one of the supreme stories of the Titanic involves a heroic pastor and his passion to save lives and souls.
When the Titanic hit the iceberg, Harper successfully led his daughter to a lifeboat. Being a widower he may have been allowed to join her but instead forsook his own rescue, choosing to provide the masses with one more chance to know Christ. Harper ran person to person, passionately telling others about Christ. As the water began to submerge the "unsinkable" ship, Harper was heard shouting, "women, children, and the unsaved into the lifeboats." Rebuffed by a certain man at the offer of salvation Harper gave him his own life vest, saying, "you need this more than I do." Up until the last moment on the ship Harper pleaded with people to give their lives to Jesus.
Four years after the tragedy at a Titanic survivor's meeting in Ontario, Canada, one survivor recounted his interaction with Harper in the middle of the icy waters of the Atlantic. He testified he was clinging to ship debris when Harper swam up to him, twice challenging him with a biblical invitation to "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." He rejected the offer once. Yet given the second chance and with miles of water beneath his feet, the man gave his life to Christ. Then as Harper succumbed to his watery grave, this new believer was rescued by a returning lifeboat. As he concluded his remarks at the Ontario meeting of survivors he simply stated, "I am the last convert of John Harper."
When the Titanic set sail there were delineations of three classes of passengers. Yet immediately after the tragedy, the White Star Line in Liverpool, England placed a board outside its office with only two classes of passengers reading, KNOWN TO BE SAVED and KNOWN TO BE LOST. The owners of the Titanic had simply reaffirmed what John Harper already knew. There are people who know Christ and will spend eternity with God in heaven and many others who will not.
For us, 100 years after the Titanic, may we be as zealous as Harper was with every opportunity to share Christ with the perishing.
Douglas W. Mize is minister of evangelism and discipleship at Taylors (S.C.) First Baptist Church. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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RE: st: Comparing coefficients across sub-samples
"Fitzgerald, James" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Lisa Marie Yarnell <email@example.com>, "email@example.com" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
RE: st: Comparing coefficients across sub-samples
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:42:44 +0000
Do I need to divide the squared standard errors by n of each sample?
The formula you provided appears to be Welch's t-test formula, but Welch's formula would be:
z = (B1 - B2) / √(seB1^2/n1 + seB2^2/n2)
Welch, B. L. (1947). "The generalization of "Student's" problem when several different population variances are involved". Biometrika 34 (1–2): 28–35
From: Lisa Marie Yarnell [email@example.com]
Sent: 01 August 2012 04:29
To: email@example.com; Fitzgerald, James
Subject: Re: st: Comparing coefficients across sub-samples
Hi James,
Typically the effect of a predictor in two different groups can be compared with the unstandardized beta. You can do a statistical test of the difference in the betas using the z-score formula below. I usually just calculate the difference between unstandardized betas from two different models by hand, though Stata might have a command to do this for you. Is that what you are looking for: the Stata command?
(b1 – b2) b1 and b2 are the unstandardized regression weights that you want
z = -------------------- to test the difference between
√(seb12 + seb22) seb1 and seb2are the standard errors of these unstandardized
↑ regression weights, found next to the weights themselves
This is a square root sign! in your SPSS output. Remember to square them.
Take the square root of the
entire value in parentheses.
In terms of comparing the *magnitude* of the effect in the two different subsamples, it is more correct to do this qualitatively by comparing the *standardized* beta for the variable of interest against effect size rules of thumb for small/medium/large (which sometimes differ by discipline, such as social sciences/education/engineering). Just report the standardized beta as the effect size in each group; it would be a qualitative statement about the effect in each group.
Here are rules that I have:
Standardized regression coefficients:
* Keith's (2006) rules for effects on school learning: .05 = too small to be considered meaningful, .above .05 = small but meaningful effect, .10 = moderate effect, .25 = large effect.
* Cohen's (1988) rules of thumb: .10 = small, .30 = medium, > (or equal to) .50 = large
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From: "Fitzgerald, James" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "firstname.lastname@example.com" <email@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 4:14 PM
Subject: st: Comparing coefficients across sub-samples
Hi Statalisters
I am running the same model on two sub-samples as follows:
xtreg ltdbv lnta tang itang prof mtb if nolowlntalowtang==1, fe cluster(firm)
xtreg ltdbv lnta tang itang prof mtb if nolowlntalowtang==0, fe cluster(firm)
I want to compare the explanatory power of lnta across the two sub-samples i.e. in which sub-sample does lnta explain significantly more of the variation in ltdbv?
Can anyone give me some advice on how to achieve this?
Thanks in advance
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Trickery Generally Comes with a Smile
Before you put all your faith in that pretty little sheep who wants to walk you home, perhaps you should ask for a closer look at its teeth… 'cuz they might just eat you… as may the fledgling accusations of my vitriolic and oft misguided colleague, Mr. Allen Krause, who yesterday painted me as the type of man who joyously spreads inaccurate information throughout the interwebs, with no regard for reason.
Well, phooey, 'cuz that's a load of crap and everyone knows it.
Believe me, I spent almost 15 minutes researching the many reasons why the 2010 Tigers are more than set to stink up the AL Central. If Mr. Krause cannot accept the brutal truth because he is blinded by his unmatched loyalty to the stylized "D", then that is on him.
But I don't think it's fair to twist words and trick the masses as he did with this proclamation which aimed to maim my original point:
"Are the Tigers worse off than the White Sox, Indians, Royals or even the Twins? No."
Ah ha! Did you catch that? He asked (then answered in the negative) if the Tigers were worse off than all of the other teams in the division. While in actuality, we all know it only takes one or two teams to be better than the Tigers to see their season sunk; and I assure you, dear readers, the White Sox and Twins will both rest well on top of the Tigers this season.
Come on now, Al, did you really think I'd let you get away with that?
Such lame and smile-stamped trickery is reminiscent of one Bill O'Reilly announcing to the world that he is writing a new book on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln — a fresh history book that will take the reader "into Ford's Theater and into the mind of Lincoln's assassin, John
Wilkes Booth, and on the manhunt to find and bring to justice the
killer of one our greatest presidents."
Of course, in the same misleading vein as Mr. Krause above, Mr. O'Reilly fails to remind us that that book has already been written… quite well actually… by James L. Swanson.
I imagine O'Reilly could only muck it up.
Hate me. I don't care. Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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For Mac fans, there is good news and bad news coming out today from analyst Gene Munster of investment bank Piper Jaffray. The most notable aspect of Apple's skyrocketing popularity is the fact that the company shipped 2.16 million Macs in the third quarter of this year. The part of the analyst's report that might give some Mac fanboys a bit of perspective is even with that tremendous surge in sales, Apple's market share constitutes a mere 3.2% of the worldwide PC market. More remarkable news is that Apple's share of the worldwide computer market was 2.5% six months ago, so there was a 28 percent increase in market share in half a year. Even so, something's fishy about these figures.
According to IDC, Apple's market share is considerably higher than reported by Piper Jaffray, reaching 6.3% at the end of the third quarter of 2007. That's compared with a 5.7% market share at the end of the same quarter last year, a 15.9% gain. Still, that's a tiny sliver of Dell's 28% market share and HP's market share of 24.3%. Either way you slice it, even though the echo chamber of the blogosphere might make it seem like Apple is dominating, Macs are still a relatively minor player when it comes to market share. [Apple Insider and Notebook Review]


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Building Family Ties
The Children's Home Society of Washington reaches out to families living in the urban areas of King County, as well as the farming country of South East Washington. These families are experiencing a variety of social pressures. For example, there has been a notable increase in domestic violence among migrant workers in King County. Many families are unable to take advantage of social service programs available to them due to their lack of transportation. In rural areas, seasonal migrant workers harvest crops that were once widely exported. However, in recent years exports have dwindled, leaving many migrant families unemployed and in desperate financial straits.
The Children's Home Society of Washington has long served children and families. In alignment with its mission to build the whole family, the organization's Strong Partners and Relationships for Kids (SPARK) program includes classes to strengthen family ties and build healthy marriages. "We have always been aware that relationship issues are always present, and we have a strong philosophy of family support here that looks at the whole family, not just one member," said Mike Fitzpatrick, director of the SPARK program. Many parents who have completed the SPARK program have improved their communication skills; they are calmer and happier, and most importantly, better parents.


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