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As we make our way into November, we enter into the ultimate food season. The weather is cold, holidays are on the horizon and short days give way to long nights at the table. There is nothing like home cooking and baking in the fall and winter months, to really make you feel at home. Take cues from our test kitchen this season, and cook like a pro. With a little planning and measuring before cooking time, you will never rush back to the pantry again!
While our test kitchen is always well stocked and prepared for everything, we understand that most home kitchens are not. One of the simplest ways to make your fall cooking easy and effortless this season is by planning ahead. In the kitchen we refer to this process as, Mise en Place, which literally means "putting in place". It means reviewing the recipe, laying out the equipments, washing, prepping and measuring the ingredients before starting to cook. It might seem tiresome and tedious at first, but once you get the hang of it, we guarantee it will make your life easier.
Utilizing Mise en Place will simplify your holiday cooking and help you avoid last minute disasters. By being well prepared and organized in the kitchen, you will be able to focus all of your attention on cooking, and make a scrumptious meal with more efficiency. You may also catch yourself planning ahead in all aspects of life! All you need to remember is POPS – PLAN, ORGANIZE, PREP and START! By following these 4 simple steps, we guarantee you a better holiday cooking experience. As always, we look forward to seeing all of your seasonal creations this fall. Please share pics and quotes from your kitchen adventures with us on Facebook and Twitter #FoodSeason! Happy eating!
Tips for Holiday Clean Up
'Tis the season for cooking, baking, eating and making a grand mess in the kitchen! And the last thing we want to do after a great feast is clean for hours on end. Follow these guidelines and clean as you go for a more harmonious kitchen experience!
Clean as you go: Don't save the mess for last, instead incorporate dishwashing into your cooking practice. While the roast is roasting, clean the mixing bowls. Pop the dinner plates in the dishwasher while preparing the dessert.
Create a soapy sink bath: If you hand wash your dishes, pile dirty dishes in hot soapy water as they accumulate. Washing up will be halfway done before you get to scrubbing.
White Vinegar is your new best friend: Use it to clean cutting boards and countertops or to remove odors from jars, bowls and sinks. You can even rinse your hands with it after handling onion and garlic.
Use Baking Soda to clean tiles: It's great for crevices and hard to reach surfaces. You can also use it on floors and cookware. Keep an open box in the fridge to absorb odors – just be sure to get a fresh one for cooking!
Pomegranate: A November Delicacy
Pomegranate is considered one of the oldest "super fruit." It is said to be high in vitamins and anti-oxidants, and its rich color and full-bodied flavor makes pomegranate one of the most versatile items in grocery stores this time of year. Pop a few pomegranate seeds and read on about the wonders of this festive fruit.
In its long history, pomegranate has been mentioned in many ancient texts, arts and literatures. For example, in ancient Egypt, King Tut and other ancient Egyptians were buried with pomegranates as it symbolized life after death. In the history of the Islam religion, pomegranate was believed to contain aril directly from paradise. In Greek mythology, it was the fruit that Persephone – the daughter of Zeus and goddess of the underworld – ate, which resigned her to several months a year in the underworld. Pomegranate was a fruit with deep symbolic meanings.
In the kitchen today, pomegranate might just be one of the most versatile ingredients during this season. Roast it with your Thanksgiving turkey or sprinkle over salads and roasted vegetables. You can even cover your holiday cheesecake with fresh pomegranate seeds! Serve a deep red pomegranate cocktail at your holiday party or add it to your breakfast pancake. As you can see the possibilities are endless! How do you incorporate pomegranate into your favorite Zojirushi recipes? We want to hear from you! Share your pomegranate creations this holiday season with #FoodSeason! We can't wait to see what you create! Cheers.
The History of Japanese Pottery: 陶磁器 (Tojiki)
Today traditional Japanese pottery is an important part of many traditional celebrations. And just like bonsai, ikebana and other traditional arts of Japan, Japanese pottery is also a form of a synthetic art with a long history. It is a regional trade practiced throughout Japan where many towns and cities have emerged from ancient pottery villages.
Japanese pottery dates back to the Jomon period, from 14,000 BC to 300 BC. Pots made during this era were simple in technique – they were created by wrapping and stacking round cords in a form of a pot. Yayoi pottery made during the Yayoi period was also earthenware that were influenced from Jomon pottery.
One of the more famous eras in Japanese pottery is the Seto period. Originated during the 14th century in the city of Seto – which is now Aichi prefecture – Seto pottery is the first high-fired ash-infused glaze pottery of Japan. It was one of the six old kilns of Japan's medieval period.
The Japanese pottery that most people associate with is the porcelain pottery from the Edo Period (1603 – 1867). The Ming Dynasty had made porcelain a well desired commodity in this time period. Porcelain was found in Arita and inspired Japanese potters to convert their traditional stoneware kilns to produce porcelain.
Today there are over 20 types of Japanese pottery. There are also 11 towns and regions which lay claim to pottery making where festivals are held to celebrate the historic tradition of pottery making. If you want to learn more about the techniques, visit one of these 11 towns like Seto where long term pottery making classes are offered.
Here are other well known Japanese pottery types. Have you heard of these?
Arita ware made a significant influence on Japan lifestyle. Designed in accordance with seasons enriched the way of life in traditional Japanese society. Arita ware was a popular European import in the early seventeenth century and usually had under glaze blue designs called "sometsuke". The Japanese as well as Europeans also called these pots Imari porcelain. The name comes from the Japanese port of Imari.
Kutani ware was made in Japan after the mid-seventeenth century. The word Kutani means Nine Valleys and is the name of the area and village where the first kiln was located. Kutani ware is made with an over glaze painting technique and the style is known for its multiple colors, such as greens, blues, yellows, purples, and reds. Birds are a major motif in Kutani style pottery and appear quite frequently. There are 3 periods in the Kutani ware's history: Ko-Kutani, Saiko Kutani, and Kutani. The ceramics of the three eras are well renowned and hold a high value in today's marketplace.
Mashiko pottery is often thought of as simple and rustic in style, brown with maybe a little red glaze, but modern pottery made in Mashiko today is found in many styles. Twice a year, coinciding with the Golden Week Holidays in the first week of May, and again for the first week of November, there is a pottery and crafts festival where potters and craftsmen from Mashiko and surrounds come to the town and set up stalls.
Shigaraki is pottery and stoneware made in Shigaraki area. The kiln is one of 'The Six Old Kilns' in Japan. The name Shigaraki describes a collective group of ceramic products made in a similar geographic area. Simple, incised, and geometric lines are also evidence that the wares were produced for everyday agricultural pursuits. Shigaraki pottery was first produced to meet the demands of farmers who used them as water urns, bottles, and deep dishes.
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There was an explosion at the Victory Auto Parts in Fitchburg here is a quick summary and a gallery of photos
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At approx 5;20 PM an explosion took place at Victory Auto Parts in Fitchburg. Two gentlemen were inside the building at the counter of the business that was open at the time amazingly suffered no serious injuries. The blast broke open the building causing bricks to crumble off of it. Within minutes the fire department was on the scene, the two men were questioned inside an ambulance on the scene but the only visible injury was a small cut to the forehead of one of the men.
The blast broke windows blocks away including at a gas station down the road. Witnesses at the local donut shop, tattoo parlor, Gas station and Pizzeria all said their buildings. People as far as winter street said they felt a building shake and one gentlemen in his garage two streets over thought someone had crashed into his place as did a business owner two full blocks away.
Aldrich Auto Body across the street took damage as did the prime gas station a block & a half away. The clerk at a local Sunoco gas station said cigarettes fell off his wall and glass panes cracked in houses up and down the street.
There are conflicting reports on if there was gas in the building but nobody saw any fire. Mayor Lisa Wong was on the scene being briefed and both local and state police joined fire and Unitil workers examining the area.
The lack of injuries was rather remarkable.
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Firemen at the scene
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The Patrons of the Donut shop nearby
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Fitchburg Tattoo parlor
I'd hate to have the needle on me when that explosion took place bzzzzzz OOPS
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Over the last few years as tax revenues have decreased and budgets have tightened, states across the country have aggressively pursued out-of-state retailers that may owe sales or use tax. From ticket sellers like StubHub, online retailers like Amazon, and mail-order companies like Scholastic Books, states are asserting that a wide variety of businesses once thought to be exempt have the substantial nexus necessary to require that they collect sales and use tax from their customers. Most recently, a Tennessee Court of Appeals at Nashville ruled that Scholastic Book Clubs, through its network of teachers, had sufficient nexus to require it to collect sales and use tax.
Nexus Background
Out-of-state retailers with substantial nexus - a constitutional measurement of whether a company is doing business within a state and thus subject to the state's tax laws - are required to collect sales and use tax on behalf of their customers. As a general rule, companies have sufficient nexus if they have a physical presence in a state, i.e., offices, employees, or more than a de minimis amount of personal property. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided a safe harbor for companies whose only connection with a taxing state is by common carrier or U.S. mail. While these rules appear straightforward, for Internet and mail-order companies, such as Scholastic Book Clubs, that have "somewhat related" affiliates in a state, the analysis can be much more complex.
The Scholastic Book Clubs Case
The Tennessee Court of Appeals case is the latest in a line of cases in which state taxing authorities asserted that Scholastic Book Clubs had substantial nexus. The facts of all of these cases are virtually identical: Scholastic Book Clubs, a corporation operating out of Missouri, mailed teachers catalogs of books, which the teachers could (but were not obligated to) pass out to students. Participating teachers then collected and placed their students' orders and distributed the purchased books once the order was received. At no time did Scholastic Book Clubs have employees or an office in Tennessee - seemingly its only contacts with Tennessee were its catalogs that were mailed into the state.
Ultimately, the court found that Scholastic Book Clubs had "created a de facto marketing and distribution mechanism within Tennessee's schools and utilized Tennessee teachers to sell books to school children and their parents." This was sufficient for the court to find that Scholastic Book Clubs' connections with Tennessee were greater than those allowed by the common carrier safe harbor, and, as such, constituted substantial nexus requiring that Scholastic Book Club collect sales and use tax on purchases made by Tennessee customers.
Tennessee is the third state to find that Scholastic Book Clubs had substantial nexus. California and Kansas, the previous two states, came to the same conclusion after determining that the teachers were agents of Scholastic Book Clubs. Courts in Michigan, Connecticut, Arkansas, and Ohio, however, have found just the opposite - focusing primarily on Scholastic Book Clubs' (and a similar company, Troll Book Clubs) lack of control over the teachers and the fact that the teachers were customers themselves.
The Importance of Tax Planning
This split in different states' opinions is a common occurrence as states apply the constitutional nexus guidelines to a variety of new factual situations, including situations involving the Internet. As states interpret the guidelines and leave an inconsistent and fragmented set of rules across the country, it has become imperative that companies conduct a state-by-state analysis of their state tax obligations in order to avoid the often substantial tax, penalties and interest that may result if tax is not collected and remitted. All companies, and especially those with expanding interstate businesses, should plan carefully to avoid unintended tax obligations because even the most minor activity, done by the company itself or by an affiliate or agent, could result in a substantial nexus determination.
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Miami University Regionals' Artist Series returns this fall
Lineup features bluegrass, blues and jazz
Sarah Jarosz performs Sept. 28.
Miami University Regionals' Artist Series returns this year with an outstanding lineup of performances that includes bluegrass, American roots music, blues and jazz at the Hamilton and Middletown campuses.
Sarah Jarosz kicks off the 2013-2014 season with special guest Songs of Fall 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in Miami Hamilton's Parrish Auditorium. Her first two records each earned Grammy and Americana Music Association nominations, and she has won four Austin Music Awards. To learn more about Sarah Jarosz's music, visit sarahjarosz.com.
Other performers scheduled for the 2013-2014 Artist Series at Miami Hamilton's Parrish Auditorium include the Steep Canyon Rangers with Della Mae on Oct. 26, the David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio on Nov. 16 and Maria Muldaur and the Campbell Brothers on March 1.
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn open the Middletown Series on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Dave Finkelman Auditorium. Banjoists Fleck and Washburn have mastered the art of the duet. Their performances embrace a diversity almost unthinkable - coming from just two banjos and one voice. Fleck, a 15-time Grammy winner, has collaborated with Chick Corea, Dave Mathews and Earl Scruggs. Washburn's banjo has taken her far beyond the usual old-timey comfort zone, musically and geographically. Her music resounds with echoes of Appalachia and the tidal wave of emerging Chinese cultural influence.
Other performances at Miami Middletown's Dave Finkelman Auditorium include The Milk Carton Kids on Nov. 2, Blue Highway with special guests Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers on Feb. 8 and Keb Mo' on April 12.
Tickets are available online at the Miami box office or by calling (513) 529-3200. A service charge applies to online orders. Tickets may be ordered in person from the cashier's office in Johnston Hall at Miami Middletown and the Miami box office. Save 10 percent by ordering season tickets.
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Handling Hunger
Regulating Hormones & Fat Adaptation
What The Bleep Should I Eat?
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Joy Eats
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Turkey and The Secular Card, Myth or Reality?
By Lee Jay Walker
Tokyo Correspondent – THE SEOUL TIMES
|Turkey and the Secular card, myth or reality?
Turkey is often praised for being secular and a future role model for other mainly Islamic societies because of its rich history of secularism. America and the United Kingdom, and other nations, often claim that Turkey is a beacon of hope and that it is evidence that democracy and secularism can exist within a mainly Muslim nation state. However, during this so-called "golden age" of secularism it is clear that religious and ethnic minorities have suffered greatly in modern day Turkey. So how true is it that Turkey is secular?
If we look at the founding father of modern day Turkey, Ataturk, then it is clear that he himself supported the destruction of Christianity via the Armenian and Assyrian Christian genocide of 1915. Therefore, it is clear that Turkish nationalism and secularism is tainted by its anti-Christian nature and also its anti-Kurdish nature. After all, the nation state of Turkey was about Turkish nationalism and secularism did not protect the religious or ethnic minorities of this diverse nation.
In spite of this, the myth of modernity and secularism based on the founding father prevails and Western nations are very optimistic about Turkey. Yes, Ataturk faced many difficulties and from a Turkish point of view he was very astute because he preserved a Turkish state when it was threatened by others. Yet in order to do this he crushed others and therefore the "bedrock" from the start was frail because it was based on Turkish nationalism.
Ataturk did implement many reforms in order to modernize Turkey and he did lay the foundation stone for a secular based state. In this sense he crushed Islamist hopes of a Sharia Islamic state and he gave more rights to females which did not exist in the old Ottoman Empire. But his legacy of modernity and secularism is tainted by the overt nationalism of old Turkey and this nationalism is still strong in modern day Turkey.
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In the 1990s the Alevi Muslims witnessed an upsurge in attacks against them. For example, David Zieden, who wrote an article called The Alevi of Anatolia, states that "Renewed inter-communal violence is sadly on the rise. In July 1993, at an Alevi cultural festival in Sivas, a Sunni fundamentalist mob set fire to a hotel where many Alevi participants had taken refuge, killing 35 of them. State security services did not interfere and prosecution against leaders of the riot was not energetically pursued. (41) In 1994, Istanbul municipal leaders from the Refah Islamic political party tried to raze an Alevi tekke (monastery) and close the Ezgi cafe where young Alevis frequently gathered."
Meanwhile, if we focus on recent times then it is clear that persecution is still continuing. After all, in 2007 three Christians had their throats slit. Two of the victims had converted from Islam to Christianity, therefore, Necati Aydia, 36, and Ugur Yuksel, 32, were killed by Islamic fanatics on the grounds of merely leaving Islam. While the other murdered Christian, Tilmann Geske, 46, was a German citizen. One of the killers stated in the Hurriyet newspaper, that "We didn't do this for ourselves. We did it for our religion. May this be a lesson to the enemies of religion."
Before concluding it is important to state that you have many positive elements within Turkish society who desire change and who support a genuine democratic Turkey, which is inclusive. Also, if we view this nation from its past history and from a Turkish point of view, then clearly this nation faced many obstacles. For Ataturk, the infancy of Turkey was about survival and many Turks also suffered greatly. Given this, it is apparent that you have many positive elements within modern day Turkey and this nation does desire to join the European Union. Also, for America, Turkey is a vital strategic ally and a valued member of NATO.


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We think Rihanna is firing more shots at Chris Brown's girlfriend over Twitter than she does at aliens in 'Battleship!' What's the latest on the embroiled, entangled trio?
Rihanna, as she's proven prone to do, began the taunts on Twitter. It stared when she posted a photo of rice cakes adorned with sunglasses and earrings with the caption, "Ima make u my b—-." Not cute! She expounded on it when a follower replied to her, writing, "Kinda DRY tho RT @Hammerhazon: @rihanna save me some rice cakes rather hungry."
Tran ignored the dig, but it appears RiRi stirred the pot some more. Yesterday (March 6), she took to Twitter again, this time citing a Lil' Kim and Mob Deep's 'Quiet Storm' remix. In what's most likely a reference to Tran's modeling career, Rihanna wrote, "I'm a leader, yall on some followin s—…comin in dis game on some modeling s—!"
After that, Tran apparently decided taking the high road for so long may give her a nose bleed. So she shot back on her Facebook page. Though the post has since been removed, Us Weekly reports that Tran wrote, "I'm Angeline [sic], you're Jen. C'mon you see where Brad is at," referencing both the infamous Hollywood love triangle as well as Nicki Minaj's 'Stupid H–.'
Reports (that we're taking with a huge grain of salt) suggest that the rivalry may be heating up because of a secret wedding between Rihanna and Breezy.
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The Olympic swimming champion and his fiancée, winner of the Miss California USA 2010 pageant, welcomed their first child, a baby boy, Thursday night in Arizona.
Michael announced the happy news Saturday on his Instagram page, alongside a photo of him cradling his newborn son as Johnson watches from a bed.
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Fundraising to help offset city costs for hosting the America's Cup regatta has fallen well short of targets to reach $32 million in three years, but the city's costs are also projected to be considerably less, fueling debate Wednesday about what the event will mean for San Francisco's bottom line.
City staff projects the cost to taxpayers for putting on the races, like increased police, Muni and ambulance services, will be about $22.5 million. That's notably less than the $40 million to $52 million in costs projected a little over a year ago.
But fundraising has also lagged, with only about $14 million raised in cash or pledges, according to the city controller. About $3 million has gone to related commitments, and almost $2.7 million to operating expenses for the group of civic leaders leading the fundraising effort. Almost $1.6 million of city costs incurred to date have not been paid.
The America's Cup Organizing Committee, the civic fundraising group, has reimbursed the city for $6.8 million of its expenses, city documents show. If revenue from hotel, payroll and retail taxes linked to the event hits the $13 million projection, that will leave a $2.7 million shortfall in city coffers, according to a report from Michael Martin, the city's America's Cup project director. He made the presentation Wednesday to the Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee.
Supervisor John Avalos, though, questioned the use of applying increased tax revenue from the event toward the city's general fund costs.
"That, to me, was not what the intent was originally," Avalos said, adding later: "The intent was to (have) $32 million to cover the city's costs."
Mark Buell, head of the America's Cup Organizing Committee, agreed.
"Supervisors, I would not disagree with you that that was clearly the intent going forward" after the host agreement was signed in 2010, Buell said.
But documents show applying tax revenue was contemplated for more than a year.
A February 2012 report by board Budget and Legislative Analyst Harvey Rose projected city costs for hosting the event at almost $52 million. With $32 million from the America's Cup Organizing Committee and $22 million from estimated event-related tax receipts, Rose's report projected the city would have a $2.2 million surplus from the event.
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How much in private funds can be raised and whether the projected tax revenues materialize are central questions.
"I want to make sure our general fund doesn't get hit," Supervisor Eric Mar said.
With Mayor Ed Lee making his pitch to various CEOs over breakfasts in recent weeks, and other fundraising efforts, some were confident the city would be made whole.
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About 4 years ago, my good friend tried to die by suicide; the reason behind it? She felt like she didn't match up to the women you see in magazines; she felt like she wasn't beautiful or skinny enough. The thing about these pictures: The models themselves don't even look like their pictures—they are Photoshopped.
My name is Elisabeth Burton, Liz, and I'm a high school junior in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. I received the third place NIDA Addiction Science Fair award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in 2012 for my project on how media images influence our perception of our bodies. Because of my friend, I started noticing how often other girls and I talk about our bodies negatively. Mimi Nichter, Ph.D., an anthropologist at the University of Arizona, labeled this activity "Fat Talk," a kind of social ritual among friends, where girls complain about their bodies as a call for support from their peers.
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Last year, I learned that the media affects girls in more ways than they realize. From my research, I found that the more girls talk "fat," the more they perceive Photoshopped media images as attainable and real, lowering their body satisfaction.
This year, I learned that guys have this issue as well. They see Photoshopped images in the media that send the message that you need to be more muscular, more buff. I have found that some boys engage in something similar to "Fat Talk," but instead of wanting to be skinnier, they aim to be bigger, buffer. I call this, "Buff Talk."
When talking to some guys, I found that they feel a need to be more muscular, especially in sports, and this is leading to pressure to take steroids. The girls I talked to felt similar pressure, to purge (throw up after eating) and to take diet pills. I then began to wonder if Buff and Fat Talk, combined with seeing Photoshopped images, were related to teens' risk assessments of steroids, purging, and diet pills. My research showed that it was related.
Specifically, I found that when the reasons for the Buff and Fat Talk are internal ("I am too fat" for girls; "I am too scrawny" for guys), teens are more likely to believe that occasional use of steroids or diet pills, or occasional purging, is low risk. The more they felt that the photographic images I showed them in my experimental design were attainable, real, and desirable, the more pressure they felt to look like these images, and the lower their self-esteem. In reality, these unrealistic and unattainable images can have damaging and dangerous effects.
I am happy to share my results and research with you and to reach more young people with this information. Hopefully getting more knowledge out there will help this problem. As young people, we need to realize that we are far more than how we look.
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I think this is so true! i am constantly comparing my self to everyone in magazines and even in my school, same with the guys comparing themselves with each other, and to be honest i think its starting to be worse with the guys!
I think this is soo true sometimes I think that people compare themselves and sometimes I do myself to people in magazines.
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Rh Incompatibility and Isoimmunization
(RhD Incompatibility)
Rh factor is a protein that may be found on the surface of red blood cells. If you carry this protein, your blood is Rh positive. If you don't carry this protein, your blood is Rh negative.
Sometimes a mother with Rh-negative blood is pregnant with a baby that has Rh-positive blood. This can cause a problem if the baby's blood enters the mother's blood flow. The Rh-positive blood from the baby will make the mother's body create antibodies. This is called isoimmunization. The antibodies will attack any Rh-positive blood cells. This will not cause a problem for the mother. However, the antibodies can pass to the developing baby and destroy some of the baby's blood cells.
Fortunately, Rh incompatibility is often prevented with an immunization. If the condition is not prevented, the baby may need care.
A baby's Rh status is determined from the mother and father. If the mother is Rh negative and the father is Rh positive, the baby has at least a 50% chance of being Rh positive. However, Rh isoimmunization will only happen if the baby's Rh-positive blood enters the mother's blood flow. In most pregnancies, the mother's and baby's blood will not mix. The baby's blood may come into contact with the mother's blood flow during:
- Miscarriage
- Induced abortion
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Trauma during pregnancy
- Amniocentesis or other invasive testing procedures related to pregnancy—rare
The mix in blood happens most often at the end of pregnancy. This means it is rarely a problem in a woman's first pregnancy. The mother's antibodies could affect a future pregnancy with a baby with Rh-positive blood even if the blood is not mixed.
A woman can also become sensitized to Rh-positive blood if she receives an incompatible blood transfusion .
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Factors that put you at risk for Rh incompatibility include being an Rh-negative pregnant woman who:
- Had a prior pregnancy with a baby that was Rh positive
- Had a prior blood transfusion or amniocentesis
- Did not receive Rh immunization prophylaxis during a prior pregnancy with an Rh-positive baby
Symptoms and complications will only affect the baby. The complications occur when standard preventive measures are not taken. The symptoms can vary from mild to severe.
Symptoms that can develop in the baby include:
- Swelling of the body, which may be associated with heart failure or respiratory problems.
- Jaundice
- Anemia
A complication of untreated jaundice is kernicterus, a syndrome which can affect the baby's nervous system. Contact your doctor right away if your baby:
- Has a yellow or orange appearance to the skin
- Does not sleep
- Is hard to wake up
- Is not breastfeeding or has difficulty sucking from a bottle
- Is restless or fussy
Call for emergency medical help if your baby has:
- High pitched crying or crying that won't stop
- A bowed body
- A stiff, limp, or floppy body
- Strange eye movements
You cannot detect Rh incompatibility on your own. A blood test can determine whether you are Rh positive or Rh negative. The blood test will also look for Rh antibodies or monitor the levels of antibodies through pregnancy. If the antibody levels are high, an amniocentesis can determine if the fetus is ill.
It is important to have a blood test at the beginning of pregnancy.
Rh incompatibility is almost completely preventable using immunization. The best treatment is prevention.
If Rh incompatibility does occur, then the baby may need treatment based on symptoms such as:
Mild Symptoms
Full recovery is expected for mild Rh incompatibility. Treatment may include:
- Aggressive hydration
- Phototherapy —light therapy to treat skin conditions
Swelling of the Body (Hydrops fetalis)
More severe condition that may require:
- Intrauterine fetal transfusion—to replace blood cells that are being destroyed during pregnancy
- Early induction of labor
- A direct transfusion of packed red blood cells which are compatible with the infant's blood
- An exchange transfusion to remove the mother's antibodies
- Control of heart failure and fluid retention
Kernicterus may be treated with:
- Exchange transfusion—replacing baby's blood with blood with Rh-negative blood cells
- Phototherapy
Both hydrops fetalis and kernicterus are more severe conditions. Long-term problems can also develop with severe cases, including:
- Cognitive delays
- Movement disorders
- Hearing loss
- Seizures
If a mother is at risk for Rh incompatibility, then an injection of Rho immune globulin will be given at week 28 of the pregnancy. A second injection will be given within 72 hours after delivery. These injections will block the mother's body from developing antibodies. Women at risk may also be given these injections after a miscarriage, induced abortion, or ectopic pregnancy. These injections will protect the current pregnancy and future pregnancies.
Routine prenatal care should help identify, manage, and treat any complications of Rh incompatibility.
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Pregnancy Association
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Women's Health Matters
Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN). EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114634/Hemolytic-disease-of-the-fetus-and-newborn-HDFN . Updated August 15, 2017. Accessed March 8,2 018.
Facts about jaundice and kernicterus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/jaundice/facts.html. Updated November 7, 2016. Accessed March 8, 2018.
Rh factor. American Pregnancy Association website. Available at: http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-complications/rh-factor. Updated March 2, 2017. Accessed March 8, 2018.
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- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Beverly Siegal, MD, FACOG
- Review Date: 03/2018
- Update Date: 03/18/2014


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp booked a small operating profit in the second quarter, after a loss a year ago, helped by the sale of a chemicals business that offset weak demand for its TVs and other devices, and it kept its full-year profit guidance.
July-September operating profit of 30.3 billion yen ($379 million) compared with a 1.64 billion yen loss a year ago, and was close to the average 33.8 billion yen profit estimated by five analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company recently completed the sale of its chemical business to state-backed Development Bank of Japan for 58 billion yen. Other asset sales may further inflate operating profit this business year.
Sony, which blazed a trail in the early 1980s with its Walkman portable music players, stuck to its forecast for a full-year operating profit of 130 billion yen ($1.63 billion). It had reduced that in August from 180 billion yen. Analysts predict a full-year profit of 107 billion yen. Last year, Sony reported an annual operating loss of 67 billion yen.
Sony cut its forecast for full-year sales of its hand-held PSP and Vita game consoles to 10 million from a previous forecast of 12 million. It also expects to sell fewer TV sets - 14.5 million - and compact digital cameras - 16 million - than it previously forecast, but kept its prediction for PlayStation home console sales at 16 million.
Panasonic Corp, a rival Japanese TV maker, said on Wednesday it will lose almost $10 billion this business year as it cleans its house of risky assets - writing down billions of dollars of goodwill and assets in its mobile and energy units and preparing for more restructuring that is likely to see it shift away from money-losing TVs and other consumer electronics. Its shares fell by a fifth on Thursday, wiping around $3 billion off its market value.
Shares in Sony, valued at less than $12 billion, have dropped around 19 percent since end-June and the cost of insuring against debt default for five years has jumped by almost 60 percent.
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You can join CAP as a cadet if you are at least 12 years old and before your 19th birthday. Cadets can stay in the program until they turn 21 as long as they have not entered active duty and are enrolled in a school.
No, you do not have to join the military, but many choose to do so. Cadets who earn the Billy Mitchell Award may enter the Air Force at an advanced grade (E-3) if they choose to enlist. The service academies and ROTC also look favorably on CAP experience. Approximately 10% of the USAF Academy cadet corps got their start in CAP. But no matter what career you choose, the skills you learn in CAP will be invaluable.
Annual dues and uniform expenses will total about $100.00. You can check www.capmembers.com/dues to find out the total amount of dues for your area. Additionally, some local squadrons charge unit dues. Your local squadron can provide more information about any unit dues and those would be payable directly to the unit. Other fees will be required for weekend activities and summer events.
How much time will I have to give each week?
To get the most out of the cadet program you should participate regularly. Like any other activity, you'll get out of CAP only what you put into it. Most squadrons meet weekly for about 2 1/2 hours, and offer special activities on the weekends and during the summer.
You will have the opportunity to fly in a CAP plane and possibly a military aircraft. CAP doesn't teach you to fly, but you can compete for scholarships that will help pay for your pilot's license.
Please visit our How To Join page for more information.
Civil Air Patrol does not preclude membership due to medical conditions or disabilities. However, participation in certain activities may be limited depending on the condition, illness or disability.
Senior Members must be at least 18 years old. There is no maximum age limit.
No, you do not have to join the military.
Regular and Reserve officers of the Armed Forces of the United States, active, retired, or honorably discharged, may be advanced to a CAP grade equivalent to their grade in the Armed Forces (but not to exceed lieutenant colonel), in recognition of their military knowledge and experience.
Regular, Reserve, and National Guard Senior Noncommissioned Officers of the Armed Forces or Coast Guard of the United States, active, or retired, in the grade of E-7 through E-9 may receive an advanced CAP grade in recognition of their military knowledge and experience.
Such promotions are neither automatic nor mandatory, but are at the discretion of the promoting authority.
Senior members may be required to wear a uniform during some activities – such as when flying in CAP aircraft. Senior members may wear the USAF style blue uniform or one of the distinctive CAP uniforms. However, some members choose to serve quietly without wearing a uniform. You can purchase uniform items from Vanguard. www.civilairpatrolstore.com.
You will only have access to the base when participating in CAP events. You will be allowed to shop at the BX only when on official orders and lodged on the base. Authorized uniform items can be purchased at the Military Clothing sales store.
Aliens admitted for permanent residence are eligible. Other non-citizens must request a waiver of the citizenship requirement through the wing and region commander.
There are many volunteer positions in CAP. Whatever your talent or area of interest, there is a squadron or unit that needs you. To find out what positions might be available to you, contact a local squadron.
To be eligible to fly a corporate aircraft, the pilot must possess a valid FAA private, commercial or airline pilot certificate; must be an active CAP member at least 17 years in age; and must possess a valid and current medical certificate. The member must complete a flight check in the aircraft within the preceding 12 months as well as an annual written examination and annual aircraft questionnaires for each aircraft authorized to fly. The pilot must have 200 PIC hours and 50 cross-country PIC hours to serve as a mission pilot.
CAP does not normally provide primary flight training for members. That said, we do have a lot of members who are also Certified Flight Instructors and often willing to provide training to members at reduced rates. Depending on your locality, CAP members may also have access to military aero clubs and their flight instructors which can be significantly cheaper than going through a normal commercial operation. We have several scholarships that help CAP Cadets obtain a pilot's license. See our scholarships page for details. Once you have your license, you can fly with CAP CFIs in CAP aircraft to increase your ratings which can also be significantly cheaper than a commercial operation again.
Most squadrons meet weekly for about 2 1/2 hours, and offer special activities on the weekends and during the summer.
All promotions are at the discretion of your squadron commander, but the standard way to earn rank is determined by your time in CAP, time in your current rank, and the training you complete for your CAP position. There are other circumstances that warrant a promotion – for specifics, talk to your squadron commander. In order to receive any promotion, you must be at least 21 years old and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
CAP has approximately 550 aircraft, mostly Cessna 182s and 172s. CAP has the largest fleet of single-engine piston aircraft in the world and through CAP's volunteer members, CAP logs about 120,000 flying hours per year.
In order to ensure the best possible protection of CAP cadets, all senior members are fingerprinted and checked by the FBI to ensure no one with any violent or sexual-assault felony convictions has contact with the cadets.
Once National Headquarters receives the completed application, fingerprint card, and correct dues the process generally takes 3-5 business days. However, if you're membership is not yet active, please ask your commander if he has sent your application to NHQ. If he has, you can email NHQ for an update on the status of your membership at firstname.lastname@example.com
No, you are a volunteer member of Civil Air Patrol. All activities you do are donations of your time and expertise to help your country and community.
No, you are a civilian and do not have any obligation to any branch of the military. You can not be deployed, called to active duty, or forced to serve in any branch of the US Armed Services in any way. CAP members are not eligible to receive any Veterans Administration Benefits for their volunteer service to Civil Air Patrol.
Having an arrest/conviction (or other similar charges) does not automatically preclude you from membership. We can not make a determination until after you apply for membership in CAP. Just make sure that you note the charges on the application and supply any required information. Once the application comes to National Headquarters the Confidential Screening Coordinator will review your case.
Please visit our How To Join Page for more information.
Many citizens want to support the great work of CAP, but simply don't have the time. You can still help by becoming a member of the National Patron Squadron. Visit our donation page for more details.
Annual membership dues are comprised of three different dues: National dues, Region dues and Wing dues. National dues are $35.00 for senior (adult) members and $25.00 for cadet (youth) members, but the Wing and Region dues vary by location. You can check www.capmembers.com/dues to find out the total amount of dues for your area. Additionally, some local squadrons charge unit dues. Your local squadron can provide more information about any unit dues and those would be payable directly to the unit.
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Apple's iTunes Music Store has served its 25 billionth download, and is now shuttling tunes to Macs, PCs, and iDevices at a average rate of 15,000 per minute.
"We are grateful to our users whose passion for music over the past 10 years has made iTunes the number one music retailer in the world," said Apple's internet software and services headman Eddy Cue when announcing this statistical tidbit.
The milestone tune, "Monkey Drums (Goksel Vancin Remix)" by Chase Buch, was downloaded by one Phillip Lüpke of Germany. His blind luck has earned Lüpke an iTunes gift card that will enable him to enlarge his music library to the tune of €10,000.
If that "Monkey Drums" remix, which runs seven minutes and 10 seconds, were to be considered an average song length, playing 25 billion songs in sequence would take over 340,000 years. Even if the average length of an iTunes download were the AM-radio preferred standard of three minutes, we're talking well over 140,000 years of, as Cue put it, "global sensations like Adele and Coldplay and new artists like The Lumineers."
When the iTunes Music Store launched on April 28, 2003, some observers doubted that music lovers would flock to it, seeing as how – despite the demise of such services as Napster – free downloads were still readily available to anyone with even rudimentary knowledge of peer-to-peer file-sharing.
Steve Jobs disagreed. "Consumers don't want to be treated like criminals and artists don't want their valuable work stolen," he said at the time. "The iTunes Music Store offers a groundbreaking solution for both."
Nearly 10 years and over 25 billion downloads later, it seems that Jobs was right. Would that current Apple CEO Tim Cook could lasso an equally healthy cash cow. ®


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A Trojan-horse code (aka "Trojan") or Virus is usually malicious code that can infect your computer and is something everyone should be aware of.
Trojan vs. Virus
Computer viruses and trojans are often confused with each other and often used interchangeably. While their effects can be similar they are different primarily in how they infect your computer.
A trojan can infect your computer through any odd executable file you might have downloaded (for whatever reason), and these days even from an infected media file. This means the user has to actively run or load something to infect their computer. Most trojans are activated through some form of Social engineering scheme.
A virus can infect a computer program by replicating itself sometimes without direct user interaction, but other times it works similarly to a trojan where the infection is spread via user interaction with an infected program.
Once your computer is infected you run the risk that the code is sending your account data to the creator of the code as you type it or later in some preset upload, who might then steal your account information and claim it as his own.
Things to do
- Get a Virus Scanner
- Keep your virus definitions software up to date.
- Do not open or click on suspicious files.
- Do not download files from anyone you do not trust.
- Do not accept files from untrusted people in your MSN, ICQ, Yahoo or other Instant messenger list.
- Keep spyware away from your computer
- Hitman Pro - Installer is English
- Spybot S&D
- Ad-Aware
- Do not use applications such as Kazaa or other mass file sharing tools. Shared files are commonly infected with virusses, and the application itself will also often try to unload a bucket load of Spyware onto your computer.
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Jordan's economic growth is expected to accelerate from 3.1% in 2014 to 4.3% in 2015.
Middle East and North Africa economies
Atradius STAR Political Risk Rating*:
Algeria: 6 (Moderate-High Risk) - Positive
Egypt: 6 (Moderate-High Risk) - Negative
Jordan: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Negative
Kuwait: 3 (Moderate-Low Risk) - Stable
Morocco: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Positive
Saudi Arabia: 3 (Moderate-Low Risk) - Negative
Tunisia: 5 (Moderate Risk) - Negative
United Arab Emirates: 3 (Moderate-Low Risk) - Positive
* The STAR rating runs on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 10 the highest risk.
The 10 rating steps are aggregated into five broad categories to facilitate their interpretation in terms of credit quality. Starting from the most benign part of the quality spectrum, these categories range from 'Low Risk', 'Moderate-Low Risk', 'Moderate Risk', 'Moderate-High Risk' to 'High Risk', with a separate grade reserved for 'Very High Risk.'
In addition to the 10-point scale, rating modifiers are associated with each scale step: 'Positive', 'Stable', and 'Negative'. These rating modifiers allow further granularity and differentiate more finely between countries in terms of risk.
For further information about the Atradius STAR rating, please click here.
Political situation
Head of state: King Abdullah bin Hussein al-Hashemi (since 1999).
Form of government: Jordan is a constitutional monarchy, but the parliamentary power is heavily circumscribed. Despite some recent reforms most executive and legislative powers still lie de facto with the King, who is empowered to dismiss the government and dissolve the parliament. While the Chamber of Deputies is elected by popular vote, the Senate members are appointed by the King.
Population: 6.7 million (est.)
Severely impacted by the conflicts in neighbouring states
King Abdullah II appears to be firmly in power again following the public protests in 2011 and 2012 (mainly led by the Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan) ebbed . The position of the King is also considered to be secure as he is rather popular and has strong support from the effective security forces and the army.
That said, Jordan ́s security situation has worsened in recent years as the country is immediately affected by the on-going sectarian conflict in Iraq and the civil war in Syria, together with the rise of the Islamic State (IS) in both neighbouring countries. According to the United Nations, Jordan currently accommodates about 600,000 Syrian refugees, i.e. close to 10% of Jordan ́s total population, which has increased pressure on water and electricity resources. Tourism, services and cross border trade have also been negatively impacted by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
Jordan is stuck between its interest in good relationships with Israel (Jordan and Israel concluded a peace agreement in 1994 and maintain diplomatic relations) and the need for official solidarity with the Palestinians in their conflict with Israel (about half of Jordan's population consists of Palestinian refugees). The country receives massive military and financial support from the US and benefits from a bilateral free trade agreement with Washington.
Economic situation
Stronger growth despite the on-going security issues
Jordan ́s economic growth is negatively affected by the on-going conflicts in the region. Trade flows with Iraq as a major export destination have decreased and tourism and investment are negatively impacted by security concerns. The Institute of International Finance (IIF) estimates that the economic costs of the regional unrest for Jordan amounted to USD 11.1 billion (7.9% of GDP) in the period 2011-2014.
However, economic growth is expected to accelerate from 3.1% in 2014 to 4.3% in 2015, due to increasing activity in construction (infrastructure and tourism expansion projects), economic reforms and financial aid from Gulf states and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Private consumption is also expected to sustain growth, despite high unemployment (about 14% in 2014). On the supply side, services (two thirds of GDP, particularly finance) and transport will continue to make a key contribution. Inflation is expected to decrease to 1.1% in 2015.
The budget deficit is high but expected to decrease to 6.4% of GDP in 2015. Fiscal consolidation is difficult due to the massive influx of refugees. Jordan is highly dependent on energy imports and benefits from the lower oil price: the current account deficit is forecast to decrease from 6.8% of GDP in 2014 to 0.8% in 2015.
Jordan has a high gross external financing requirement of 84% of reserves in 2015. Foreign debt is high at 66% of GDP and 150% of exports of goods and services. Additionally, and the debt structure is not favourable as the short-term share is high. Despite this, the liquidity situation is good, as foreign reserves have increased due to external financial aid. Import cover amounts to more than 11 months in 2015.
Jordan remains heavily dependent on foreign donor support from its Arab allies (especially Saudi Arabia), the US and multilateral institutions. However, such foreign grants are a factor afflicted with uncertainty and therefore a potential economic risk.


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The GIGABYTE Hidden Gems competition has been running since mid-June, and we're pleased to see hundreds of our fans and followers submit photos and videos and of their old GIGABYTE PCs, make comments and get involved with voting. It's been fantastic. But the final 24 hours are now upon us.
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Remember however that even though you don't have the oldest motherboard, and of course it's probably too late to drum up a thousand votes, there remains hope for you yet. The 'Team GIGABYTE Prize' – a Z77X-UD3H no less – will be chosen entirely at the whim of our GIGABYTE team here in Taipei.
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Volunteers for the Salvation Army got their first glimpse of what is left of the small community of Kendricktown after treacherous floodwaters engulfed the area.
Volunteers for the Salvation Army got their first glimpse of what is left of the small community of Kendricktown after treacherous floodwaters engulfed the area.
Joanna Schultz, volunteer translator, was shocked with the site Friday when the Salvation Army delivered supplies and water.
"I think it's very sad, but I'm very grateful that there are places like the Salvation Army that are there to help," Schultz said.
"I'm glad I volunteered. It feels good to be out here helping out."
Schultz was on hand to communicate with the Spanish-speaking residents and let them know the Salvation Army was handing out cleaning supplies and water, as well as offering phone numbers to contact for clothes, furniture and other items they may be need.
Capt. Rich McDonald, director/pastor with the Salvation Army, said on the morning of the flooding, the fire department contacted the Salvation Army to let them know Kendricktown was flooded and to prepare to open the shelter.
"They called back later and said no one up here wants to go to the shelter," McDonald said.
McDonald said he wasn't sure if residents were concerned about people robbing items, but that may be why nobody went to the shelter.
"As soon as we saw that the water was going down and people were out in front of their houses, I talked to headquarters and they said kits were on the way," he said.
The kits the Salvation Army handed out contained brooms, a squeegee, cleaning chemicals, sponges, and a container that be used as a bucket.
Along with the kits, water was handed out in abundance due to residents not being able to drink from their wells.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Halloween Silhouettes
Posted by Rot at 8:53 PM
Labels: bats, flickr.com, paper decorations, pumpkins, silhouettes
6 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
Loving the bats....
- September 30, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Rot said...
Yeah, these are really unique designs.
- September 30, 2010 at 9:44 PM
- Mr Black said...
What great work! I love all of them. The tentacles make me think of Lovecraft, but most things do. :)
- October 1, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Jesse Keller said...
Hi! I'm a Grade 2 teacher, was wondering if you have a pattern for the bats that you would be willing to share with us?
- October 24, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- Rot said...
These were made by the guy at the profile below. I couldn't find a contact email address...sorry!
- October 24, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- Unknown said...
Jesse, sorry, just came across your comment. All these were freehand and I gave the originals away, so no templates, but would have been happy to have shared them with you!
- January 11, 2013 at 11:02 PM
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The former president of Dell Inc.'s IT services division has been elected CEO by the board of directors of Micros Systems Inc., a Columbia-based provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, the company announced Monday.
Effective Jan. 2, Peter Altabef will succeed A. L. "Tom" Giannopoulos, who has served as the CEO since 1993. Giannopoulos will continue in his role as executive chairman of the company until June 30, 2014, when he will retire, the Micros Systems said.
After Giannopoulos retires, the company's board intends to appoint a non-executive independent chairman, according to the company's announcement. The board also has been expanded from six to seven directors, and Altabef will be appointed a director, effective Jan. 2.
Altabef, 53, served as president and CEO of Perot Systems from 2004 to 2009, when Perot was acquired by Dell. Perot was a $2.8 billion company that provided technology solutions to companies around the world. After Dell acquired Perot, Altabef served as Dell Services' president until 2011.


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When I first heard that a Mexican video game company, Slang, was planning to distribute a lucha libre (wrestling/fighting) game based on the Mexican sport, and it was going to be developed by a Latin American studio based in Mexico and Columbia, I became ecstatic. Growing up Latino in the United States during the 1980s wasn't exactly a treat. As a young kid, I wanted to fit in with the kids at school, but I was made fun of because of my food, the way I spoke and the Mexican soccer jerseys I wore. I realized that Latin and Hispanic kids must find a balance of accepting a foreign culture and blending within their own. Because of the aforementioned ideas, Lucha Libre AAA Heroes del Ring is an important title to the demographic that the game will undoubtedly be marketed to.
Slang, who is partly behind Lucha Libre AAA is based out of Mexico City and has been in the video game distribution business for years in Latin America. Earlier this month, I interviewed Federico Beyer of Slang, asking his company's motivations on releasing a core Mexican IP based on the popular lucha libre sport. He said they have a belief that only Slang and Immersion Games were able to do a lucha libre game because of their culture understanding of the sport and its fans. Lucha Libre AAA is an arcade wrestling-fighting game that has enough features to hold its targeted audience of adolescent boys and young men, but the game does have critical flaws.
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CHANGE FOR THE CHILDREN FOUNDATION via Crowdrise
May 12, 2011
As you know, we're huge believers in giving back. We're deeply involved in volunteering in projects around the world, supporting the Special Olympics, and raising awareness for diabetes so we can one day find a cure. We started The Change for the Children Foundation to support programs that motivate and inspire children to face adversity with confidence, determination and a will to succeed. And we think the best people to help children are their peers -- kids helping other kids who are a little less fortunate.
Please click the giant orange DONATE button and give what you can to support our efforts. Every dollar helps and we're determined to show that the power of the crowd is real, that lots of small donations add up, and that with your help, we can create meaningful change.
Go a step further and join our team by clicking on the giant JOIN THE TEAM button in the upper right. You'll have your own Crowdrise page as part of our Team. You can personalize your page with your own photos and stories about how you're giving back. We encourage you to share your personal page with all your friends and family and ask them to donate to Jonas Brothers & Fans for Change. Imagine the impact we can have, all working together to raise money and awareness for such important causes.
"Each and every time I watch Special Olympic Athletes compete I am inspired. I am grateful to have the opportunity to lend my support to such a wonderful organization as the Special Olympics and invite all of my fans to show their support as well through volunteering." – Joe
"If you'd like you can have your friends and family sponsor your volunteer efforts by donating to the Change for the Children Foundation after you join the team. It's a great way to raise awareness for your efforts and also to motivate you to volunteer." - Kevin
"In March 2007, almost a year and a half after my diagnosis, I publicly announced that I have diabetes at Carnival For a Cure. I knew I wanted to go public and that seemed like the right time. I guess I wanted to kind of get "comfortable" with my diabetes before telling the world about it. Please support me in my effort to raise money for the Jonas Brothers Change for the Children Foundation to help raise awareness for diabetes and find a cure." - Nick
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Ubuntu 12.04 has been adding much needed functionality to many of its default apps though new 'quicklists'.
Quick lists, which are accessed by right-clicking an an application's launcher item, house application-specific actions, Launcher locking, and for running apps, a quit entry.
New Quick lists.
New default remote desktop client Remmina, disc-burning tool Brasero, music player Rhythmbox, text editor Gedit, movie player Totem, and KDE disc burner k3b, have all gained right-click actions.
Small but important improvements to the Ubuntu experience, in my opinion.


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Māori were the first inhabitants of New Zealand or Aotearoa, meaning 'Land of the Long White Cloud'.
According to Māori, the first explorer to reach New Zealand was Kupe. Using the stars and ocean currents as his navigational guides, he ventured across the Pacific on his waka hourua (voyaging canoe) from his ancestral Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. It is thought that Kupe made landfall at the Hokianga Harbour in Northland, around 1000 years ago.
You will not find Hawaiki on a map, but it is believed Māori came from an island or group of islands in Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. There are distinct similarities between the Māori language and culture and others of Polynesia including the Cook Islands, Hawaii, and Tahiti.
More waka hourua followed Kupe over the next few hundred years, landing at various parts of New Zealand. It is believed that Polynesian migration was planned and deliberate, with many waka hourua making return journeys to Hawaiki. Today, iwi (tribes) can trace their entire origins and whakapapa (genealogy) back to certain waka hourua. The seven waka that arrived to Aotearoa were called Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu.
Māori were expert hunters and fishermen. They wove fishing nets from harakeke (flax), and carved fishhooks from bone and stone. They hunted native birds, including moa, the world's largest bird, with a range of ingenious traps and snares. Māori cultivated land and introduced vegetables from Polynesia, including the kūmara (sweet potato). They also ate native vegetables, roots and berries. Woven baskets were used to carry food, which was often stored in a pātaka — a storehouse raised on stilts.
In pre-European times, Māori tribal warfare was common. Māori warriors were strong and fearless, able to skillfully wield a variety of traditional weapons, including the spear-like taiaha and club-like mere. Today, these weapons may be seen in Māori ceremonies, such as the wero (challenge).
To protect themselves from being attacked by other iwi, Māori would construct pā (fortified village). Built in strategic locations, pā were cleverly constructed with a series of stockades and trenches protecting the inhabitants from intruders. Today, many historic pā sites can be found throughout the country.
While Māori lived throughout the North and South Islands, the Moriori, another Polynesian tribe, lived on the Chatham Islands, nearly 900 kilometres east of Christchurch. Moriori are believed to have migrated to the Chathams from the South Island of New Zealand. In the late 18th century, there were about 2000 Moriori living on the Chathams. However, disease and attacks from Māori saw the numbers of this peace-loving tribe become severely depleted. The last full-blooded Moriori is believed to have died in 1933.


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