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I am working on a Object Oriented Program that gives change for a certain Purchase. You give it the purchase amount and the coins and amount of coins that you are paying with.
The problem is that even though I'm not getting any errors, I'm also not getting any output.
/** This program tests the CashRegister class. */ package application; import classes.*; public class CashRegisterCoinTester { public static void main(String[] args) { //define constants for PENNY_VALUE,NICKEL_VALUE,DIME_VALUE,QUARTER_VALUE final double QUARTER_VALUE = 0.25; final double DIME_VALUE = 0.1; final double NICKEL_VALUE = 0.05; final double PENNY_VALUE = 0.01; //create new cash register CashRegister register = new CashRegister(); //do some purcahse register.recordPurchase(20.00); //enter some payment usign pennies, Coin penny=new Coin(PENNY_VALUE,"penny"); Coin quarter=new Coin(QUARTER_VALUE,"quarter"); Coin dime=new Coin(DIME_VALUE,"dime"); Coin nickel=new Coin(NICKEL_VALUE,"nickel"); register.enterPayment(5,penny ); register.enterPayment(1,dime ); register.enterPayment(5,quarter ); register.enterPayment(5,nickel ); // new Coin(QUARTER_VALUE,"quarter"); //enter some payments using other coins too //get change register.giveChange(); //display change } }
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/** A cash register totals up sales and computes change due. */ package classes; public class CashRegister { // add two attributes (variables) purchase and payment private double purchase; private double payment; /** Constructor that constructs a cash register with no money in it. */ public CashRegister() { //initialize the purchase and payment to 0.0 double purchase = 0.0; double payment = 0.0; } /** Records the sale of an item. @param amount the price of the item */ public void recordPurchase(double amount) { //add the amount of purchase to purchase purchase = purchase + amount; } /** Enters the payment received from the customer; should be called once for each coin type. @param coinCount the number of coins @param coinType the type of the coins in the payment */ public void enterPayment(int coinCount, Coin coinType) { //calculate the payment payment = payment+ coinCount * coinType.getValue(); } /** Computes the change due and resets the machine for the next customer. @return the change due to the customer */ public double giveChange() { double change = payment - purchase; purchase = 0; payment = 0; return change; //calculate change,change is the difference between payment and purchase, return change } }
/** A coin with a monetary value. */ package classes; public class Coin { //declare coin attributes/data/variable value & name double value; String name; /** Constructs a coin. @param aValue the monetary value of the coin. @param aName the name of the coin */ public Coin(double aValue, String aName) { //initialize the coin value and name to the arguments passed value = aValue; name = aName; } /** Gets the coin value. @return the value */ public double getValue() { return value; //return value } /** Gets the coin name. @return the name */ public String getName() { //return name, return name; } }


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Monday, October 05, 2009
Twin Cities Marathon 2009
Saturday morning, as planned, I headed to Powder Ridge to run the ski hills. All went well physically but mentally I felt a bit crabby. I'm not sure why. It may have had to do with the fact that at the end of the day on Saturday I would already have 81 miles in for the week. I suppose I was tired.
Later in the morning a working dog club came out to Powder Ridge, hiking the trails around the perimeter of the course. I saw Border Collies (Yay), Australian Shepherds Bernese Mountain Dogs and Great Pyrenes Mountain Dog, the dog that was a close second when purchasing Topaz. I visited with the dogs and their owners for quite some time. The dogs were much more interesting than the owners..
I packed up my things at PR and headed for home. With nobody home I decided to take Topaz out for a quick 5 miles. He smelled the pups on me and made me feel even more guilty for not yet taking him running. Off we went, in the rain, to the trail.
Running along I noticed many downed trees over the trail. We've had a few really windy days and the DNR hasn't yet cleaned up all of the debris. Topaz was catupulting himself over the trees and I eventually did the same. I leaped over and then landed in a hole. I twisted my ankle, landing on the outer side of my foot. You know that feeling..that sharp stab of pain from the ankle that goes directly to the head and all you can see is blackness..yeah, that one. I must have let out a shriek because before I knew it my eyes were open and Topaz was barreling toward me as fast as he could. I was standing, on one foot, when his paws were up on my thighs and I was down upon my back..with Topaz on top of me licking my face for all he was worth. I just laid there and laughed! It was hilarious. I peeled Topaz from me, picked myself up and walked off the pain for about 25 feet. The pain went away and I finished running, never thinking about it again during the day.
My foot never hurt again until about 5 PM. All of a sudden my foot became hot, swollen and painful. Painful just sitting there, with no weight upon it. I couldn't believe it and it took me a while to realize it hurt from the earlier fall upon the trail. I tried to stand up and could not put any weight on the foot at all. I had to drive home, stopping to fill up with gas. Oh my gosh, I could not put any weight on it at all while pumping gas. It hurt just to drive. Crazy.
I arrived home and had to drag the foot behind me into the house. I searched on my iPhone and much to my horror thought it may be a stress fracture of the fifth metatursal. Holy crap. The more I read about it the more I thought this could be the case.
Now, I have a very high tolerance for pain and I don't jump to injury conclusions. Actually I would probably deny it before admitting to an injury but this had me worried. I read that I should RICE, so did so, and hobbled off to bed, setting my alarm for the race but really thinking that I would not be running since I could not put an ounce of weight upon my foot.
The alarm went off in the morning and I moved my ankle around while still under the covers. Hmmm..no pain. I rubbed the fifth metatursal upon the mattress..hmmm..no pain. I rolled out of bed and gingerly placed my foot upon the floor, placing weight on it. NO PAIN. WHF? How can that be? I walked into my bathroom..no pain. Wow. I'm going to run Twin Cities Marathon after all. I was talking aloud to myself "well, it doesn't hurt, so I should try it. If it hurts during the race, I'll stop..it's only a training run anyway..no pressure. Yeah but you read that stress fracture pain comes and goes. Maybe it is in go mode now but will be back. Yeah but what do I do..sit here and not run the marathon because the pain might come back. No. I'll run and see what happens.
So I did. Nothing happened!
I ran the full 26.2 miles and felt absolutely no pain in my foot whatsoever. I thought I'd feel pain in the evening, as I did on Saturday but no..no pain at all. How odd is that?
As planned I ran the marathon as a long supported training run. With a strenuous week of high mileage and a hill day prior I just wanted to get in the mileage. It was great being able to run without a pack or hand held.
I forgot to send in my Boston Qualifier time result so that I could start in Wave 1. Small details. I lined up in Wave 2. Man, the crowds. I forget each year how crowed the marathons are. After running trail all year long it is certainly an eye opener!
It was a cool morning, about 45F with a high of 50F forecast. A skirt and long sleeved shirt was fine. My hands were cold the whole race, however. They never did warm up. Maybe because I was holding a few gels.
The course is so beautiful. Lot of hills, lakes, river, parkways and many many spectators. I am just amazed at all of the spectators that come out each year!
At mile 2 I found I was running with the 345 pace team, I knew I wasn't rested enough to run a 345 so after a while I slowed down. It was difficult, mentally, as I though about last year hanging with them and running a PR and BQ. I stayed with my plan.
The parkway around Isles, Calhoun and near Harriet were so crowded with runners and spectators that it was difficult to get through. The views were wonderful, I took it all in and just enjoyed myself. I was so thankful to be running the race after really thinking that I wouldn't be able to with my mysterious foot pain.
At around mile 13 I looked at the clock and saw I was at 201. That was just right, it was a pace I knew I could keep up for the remainder of the race; a nice long, supported run.
At mile 20 the 415 pace crew came upon me. I ran just in back of them the remainder of the race, finishing in 414. What a great day, I am so thankful that I was able to run it pain free! Thankfully the Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness from the hill workout didn't hit me until this morning or I would have really struggled during the race. Today I have black compression socks on under my dress and high boots. They feel SO much better!
I was able to see John T two times upon the course, the first time he was eating his breakfast! What were you eating, there, John? I saw Bonnie and Maynard on the Franklin Avenue Bridge and Debbie at the finish line.
I've posted race reports for TCM here 5 different times, I really don't have too much to add! This year the Twins were playing at 110 so it was a mad dash from the finish to the bus so that I could it back to the Dome. I quickly changed out of my wet shirt into my finishers shirt on the bus and was at the Dome by 1220. Plenty of time!
Twins win! Amazing. Another game on Tuesday..let there be more!
Congratulations to all that ran the Twin Cities Marathon yesterday, way to go! My spell check isn't working again. I apologize.
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- SteveQ said...
So you WERE hiding in the pack at the marathon. Stress fractures rarely happen suddenly like your injury and the 5th metatarsal's usually not the culprit (usually it's the 4th), unless you snap off the little process on the outside surface. They also get worse with every step.
I've had what might be the same injury - something structural shifts and hurts until it snaps back in place and then it doesn't hurt any more. The problem is: it tends to happen again.
The Twins' 163rd game is during our UMTR meeting!
- Don said...
Good job, nice pace. And how about those Twins now?
Julie, I was watching for you! I live on Summit and had so much fun cheering everyone on. I kept thinking I was seeing you and running out into the street to run with Julie, only to find out it wasn't you. Glad your foot is okay!

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PopCrush Mini-Mix 11: Featuring Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Sam Smith + More [LISTEN]
Happy weekend, PopCrushers! There's no better than way to kick off your Friday night than to listen to the latest installment of the PopCrush Mini-Mix -- and PopCrush Mini-Mix 11 is one of our absolute faves, with remixed tracks from Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Sam Smith and more.
The playlist kicks off with a newcomer to the PopCrush Mini-Mix: Miss Ariana Grande! Just in time for the release of her 'Problem' music video, Ariana's 'Problem' is the perfect way to get your weekend started -- we just can't get over her incredible belting range, those ever-catchy horns in the background, and Iggy Azelea's sick rhymes.
The mix then slides into Katy Perry's 'Birthday,' a fan favorite and popular fixture on the PopCrush Mini-Mix. But this remix is like none other, interspersing clips of Usher's 'Yeah!' ("Won't stop 'til I get you in your birthday suit," Ludacris raps on the track) in with Katy's chorus. If there is one thing we're huge fans of here at PopCrush, it's a delicious pop song infused with a little urban influence.
Next up is American Authors' feel-good 'Best Day of My Life,' a happy, upbeat track that will guarantee to put a smile on your face and a little spring in your step. No better way to start the weekend, right? The mix then gets a little more emotional with Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me,' a heavy tune about a one-night stand. But despite the depth of the tune, it too is remixed into more of a club jam, with a heavy, steady beat as his voice croons in a loop.
The playlist then rolls into Calvin Harris' 'Thinking About You,' which features Ayah Marar's sweetly sung chorus heavily in the remix, bringin' some more girl power into the mix. The club-like beats keep jamming powerfully before the mix ultimately concludes with another PopCrush Mini-Mix staple: Nico and Vinz' 'Am I Wrong.'
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RICHMOND — Incumbents Nat Bates and Tom Butt were headed to victory in Tuesday's City Council election, with challenger Gary Bell poised to take the other available slot.
With all precincts reporting, Bates was in the lead with 17.9 percent of the vote, followed by Butt at 15.6 percent and Bell at 15.2 percent.
Eduardo Martinez was next at 14.2 percent, and Marilyn Langlois had 11.2 percent. The other six candidates well short of 10 percent.
An undetermined number of mail-in ballots remained to be counted Wednesday morning.
The top three vote-getters will have a seat on the council beginning in January. Butt stopped short of saying that his spot was secure late Tuesday but was already thinking about his next term in office.
"I gave up predicting Richmond politics," Butt, 68, said from his campaign office in Point Richmond. "I'll be glad when this is over, and we can get back to normal business."
Bates, 81, said he was happy to have performed well with early votes.
"The African-American and Latino voters in Richmond, they tend to prefer to vote at the polls in person on Election Day," Bates said in a hallway in the Hotel Mac, where supporters declared him a winner. "I think we'll do very well."
At least one of the three seats will be filled by a new face.
Councilman Jeff Ritterman, a former cardiologist who spearheaded a number of high-profile initiatives in his four years, announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election in order to spend more time with family.
"I don't know exactly what my future is," Ritterman said, speaking over merengue music playing at the election party at the Richmond Progressive Alliance's downtown offices. "I'll be unemployed in January for the first time in my life."
Longtime incumbents Bates and Butt were looking to stay in power in a field that featured nine other candidates.
The tumultuous campaigns came against the backdrop of millions in American Beverage Industry funding against local beverage tax Measure N. The council race was also heavily influenced by more than a million dollars from Chevron Corp., the major donor to independent expenditure committee Moving Forward.
It all equaled an unprecedented cavalcade of campaign spending in the blue-collar city of just over 100,000 residents.
Chevron's dollars have been used to support the campaigns of Bates and Bell and challenger Bea Roberson.
At the same time, the campaign spent about $200,000 opposing Langlois and Martinez, including creating websites devoted to divulging unflattering information about both candidates.
Langlois and Martinez both raised money from mostly small donors and public financing, and their campaigns were boosted by support from the RPA's vaunted ground game.
In addition to advertisements, mailers, billboards and websites supporting or opposing candidates, Chevron's money was used to contract with public relations firms, consultants and polling groups, campaign records show.
The new council will convene in January, beginning a period that some hope will include some cooled relations. Major issues confront the city, including ongoing talks with Chevron over its refinery upgrade plans and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which will build a massive new campus in Richmond over the next few years.
The 2010-12 council was one of the more divisive and embittered in recent memory.
Ritterman said late Tuesday that Martinez and Langlois both had strong chances of catching Bell for the third and final council slot. Ritterman noted that in 2008, he fell behind during early voting.
"I was fourth when I went to sleep that night and first by a big margin when I woke up in the morning," Ritterman said, smiling.
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Austrian firm AstroBionix was still putting the decals on its Thor Ultimate Deployment Vehicle, a 600-hp, all-wheel-drive rig built by Italian coachbuilder Fornasari, when we snapped this pic from the Geneva show floor. Imagine a real-life Warthog from "Halo."
AstroBionix says it does...things with space technology; I'd be more specific but my brain started hurting around "turn-key solutions for a wide range of projects spanning from space-based biotech research..." The Thor UDV is certainly the first vehicle to sport Kelvar body panels and options for both the Jaws of Life, night vision, land mine detection and refrigerated transport of human organs.
Power comes from a 7.0-liter V8 tied to a six-speed transmission; the companies claim a top speed of 174 mph. No word on how many cupholders Master Chief gets.


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You can make a scrap of cloth out of a loft by using the Mask Brush to paint a rough line at the bottom (and holes) and then press delete to cut the faces.
For a more solid effect - Make a copy and move it slightly behind the original. Use "Mesh/Reverse Surface" to flip it (you can turn off Double Sides to check its real orientation). Then select both meshes "Mesh/Join" and "Mesh/Stitch Holes" to stitch the two parts together. The seam is left selected for easy smoothing (Press 'S').
For the little holes near the cord I again used Mask and Delete to make little holes in the mesh and used "Mesh/Stitch Holes" to seal the mesh back together.


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Stephen W. Mazza
Stephen Mazza joined the KU Law faculty in 1998 and was named dean in April 2011. An honors graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, he received his LL.M. from New York University School of Law where he was managing editor of the Tax Law Review. After practicing in the tax section of a large Atlanta law firm, he returned to NYU as an acting assistant professor teaching in the LL.M. tax program. Professor Mazza has expanded the number of tax offerings at KU, teaching separate courses in Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Procedure and Tax Policy. He also coordinates the law schools tax certificate program and VITA program. Professor Mazza is an active member of the tax section of the Kansas Bar Association and a frequent speaker on tax issues.
- Federal Income Taxation
- Federal Tax Procedure
- Professional Responsibility
- Tax Policy
LL.M., New York University, 1993, Graduate Editor, New York University Tax Law Review; J.D., Alabama, 1992, Editor, University of Alabama Law Review; B.S., Samford University, 1989.
Federal Income Taxation, Federal Tax Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Tax Policy
Georgia 1993
Career History
Tax Associate, Kilpatrick & Stockton, Atlanta 1993-95; Acting Assistant Professor, New York University 1995-97; Managing Editor, New York University Tax Law Review; Visiting Assistant Professor, Mercer 1997-98; Associate Professor, Kansas 1998-2004; Professor since 2004.
Federal tax procedure, tax compliance.
Order of the Coif
Selected Publications
Casebook and Related Materials
- "Tax Controversies: Practice and Procedure" (3rd ed.), with Leandra Lederman, Lexis Publishing (2009).
- "Tax Evasion and Avoidance in the United States," with Tracy Kaye, to be published by the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne as part of a forthcoming collection of essays
- "Measuring Rates of Return on Lobbying Expenditures: An Empirical Case Study of Tax Breaks for Multinational Corporations," with Raquel Alexander and Susan Scholtz, 25 Journal of Law and Policy 401 (2009)
- "Taxpayer Rights in the United States: Balancing Taxpayer Protections and Compliance," with Tracy Kaye, in "Taxpayer Rights and Taxpayer Charters, 50th Anniversary Book of the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne" (2009)
- "Limitation by Regulation: Heads the Service Wins, Tails the Taxpayer Loses?" with Leandra Lederman, 30 ABA Section of Taxation Newsquarterly 6 (Fall 2010)
Selected Presentations
- "The Effect of Public Disclosure on Reported Taxable Income," panelist, National Tax Association Conference, Chicago (2010)


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Scott Norwood will forever be "that guy" who is responsible for the most famous missed field goal in NFL history, the one that would have given the Buffalo Bills a 22-20 win in Super Bowl XXV over the New York Giants 19 years ago. However, despite the understandable anger and disappointment from that night in Tampa, Norwood is at peace with himself, proud of his NFL career, and even more proud of what he has accomplished since.
For many, Scott Norwood is "that guy."
For his three children, Scott Norwood is "dad," and he wouldn't have it any other way.
Norwood will forever be "that guy" who is responsible for the most famous missed field goal in NFL history, the one that would have given the Buffalo Bills a 22-20 win in Super Bowl XXV over the New York Giants 19 years ago.
However, despite the understandable anger and disappointment from that night in Tampa, Norwood is at peace with himself, proud of his NFL career, and even more proud of what he has accomplished since.
The former Bills' kicker has made good use of the business degree he earned from James Madison University, working as a financial planner, selling insurance, and being a real estate agent since his NFL career ended after the team waived him following the 1991 season.
"It's been a long while since I've retired, but since then I've been doing a lot of things," Norwood said in between signing autographs and taking pictures at the 37th annual Sports Night in Hornell on Saturday night. "The primary thing is that I started to raise a family."
He is no longer a professional football player, instead earning a living in the more traditional, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. sense, but Norwood's most important job is as a father to his three teenagers.
Norwood, who will turn 50 on July 17, starred in high school on the soccer field as a sweeper, but soon grabbed the attention of the football coach and his football career was born.
"My roots are in soccer, which kind of led me to kicking," Norwood said. "I've done some coaching in soccer, that's a little more my area of expertise, but I do help kickers when I'm approached, probably a couple each year."
Norwood, who grew up in Alexandria, Va., shares the James Madison University record for field goals in a season (15), and is a member of the school's Hall of Fame.
Still, his great work for his Division I-AA school was not enough to get drafted. Norwood hooked on with the Atlanta Falcons during training camp, but did not make the team.
He spent two seasons with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League but was cut again after suffering a knee injury.
No sweat, because the Buffalo Bills came calling in 1985. Norwood won the job with the Bills, and began a seven-year NFL career that saw him make a Pro Bowl and earned first-team All-Pro honors in 1988.
"That was a tremendous step for me," Norwood said. "Everything else was just gravy, so to speak. "Just to make the team, and my first season, that was a great time."
Norwood finished his career by making 72.3 percent of his field goals and nearly 98 percent of his extra points, plus was a part of the emergence of the Bills from basement dwellers to the AFC's dominant force.
"It was a lot of great memories," Norwood said. "I thought we were a very close-knit group. It's always been nice to see those guys again when I've been back at all of those Hall of Fame inductions."
The Bills finished 2-14 in Norwood's first season, and then Marv Levy took over as the coach in the middle of the following season. By the 1988-89 season, the Bills were in the AFC Championship game for the first time in eight years.
Sometimes overlooked because of his infamous miss, Norwood had a very successful career with the Bills, breaking O.J. Simpson's team record for career points. After the team signed Steve Christie before the 1992 season, Norwood's career with the Bills — and the NFL — ended.
Christie would go on to break Norwood's team points record, but judging by the seemingly never-ending line of fans waiting for a Norwood autograph in Hornell on Saturday, he has not been forgotten … and not just because he is "that guy."
Norwood said he would like to be remembered as a player who did the best he could and had some great successes.
"I had the chance to play in a Pro Bowl and a couple of Super Bowls, and be around a lot of wonderful teammates," Norwood said.
A solid NFL career aside, Norwood admits he still goes back to Jan. 27, 1991, the night when the phrase "wide right" became famous.
"It's inevitable to think about it, especially at certain times of the year, like during the playoffs when it's more prevalent in the media," said Norwood, who missed a 47-yard field goal on grass – hardly a gimmie – in the final seconds of Super Bowl XXV. "I certainly don't dwell on it. I've moved on and have it in its proper place and perspective."
Norwood's failure on that night has been replayed over and over on television, and even in a couple of movies, but now he is more than a retired football player.
Perhaps overlooked is that Norwood not only played one more season with the Bills following "The Kick," but despite a down year, statistically, did boot a crucial field goal in the 10-7 win over the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game.
Norwood said he does not watch much of the NFL or the Bills these days.
"Towards the end I like to watch some of the playoffs, but right now I'm in the throes of working and raising a family," Norwood said. "That keeps me busy."
Although, Norwood is aware of one move the Bills recently made that made him smile — the hiring of special teams coach Bruce DeHaven.
"He's a great man," said Norwood of DeHaven, who served in the same capacity with the Bills when he played. "We've kept in touch over the years. They're lucky to have him back."
Norwood might be remembered for a brief moment of failure, but listening to him talk about it and everything else shows he has never let it define him.
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Is there an opportunity here?
I would love to see a future of local, independent boutiques, places to discover, with internet savvy, so you can continue to buy from them no matter where you live, florists, restaurants and cafes etc. Reclaiming Britain's town centres and high streets, a renaissance if you like but I doubt they could afford the exorbitant rates unless the local councils take a long term view and put substance over quick return in the way the South Devon town of Totnes has. So what will we be left with? Big name bar chains, nightclubs, McDonalds and KFC a very gloomy outlook indeed for some of the wonderful town centres of Britain and indeed the world, alas they will all end up looking the same, as I write this I realise it's already happened.


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Oh my, from Beverly Hills to Beverly Drive! I am so very, very proud to announce that SecondShelters.com, has been named one of the top 25 luxury real estate blogs in the nation by one of the top luxury Realtors in the nation, Jade Mills of Coldwell Banker Previews International, in Beverly Hills. What makes me blush with even more pride is the fact that SecondShelters tops a power list of my brilliant blogging mentors like CURBED, Homes of the Rich, Hooked on Houses, Reside SF, among others, including my bestest blog mentor, friend and hero of them all, Mama at The Real Estalker!!! Many of the blogs are online web step-children of print pubs. Here's what Jade says about all of us:
We love providing Jade's readers with the best luxury homes resources available, and we know that you like to keep up with the latest news, trends and tips on luxury real estate. That's why we've made a careful examination of all that's available on the web and selected for you the Top 25 Luxury Home Blogs. Each of these blogs has something unique to offer you, whether you simply like to keep an eye on the latest news in the luxury homes market or are interested in inspiration for changes to the exterior and interior design of your home. Even if you have no particular project in mind, these sites offer gorgeous eye candy for anyone with discerning tastes.
We are so honored! I called Mama at The Real Estalker, and we celebrated over the phone. Mama, of course, is in L.A. so gave me the lowdown on Miss Jade — agent to the all the movie stars. She sold Jennifer Aniston's $35 million manse in 4 months! She's not just totally successful, said Mama, everyone loves her!
We are so thrilled and plan to keep on keepin' on. Coming up soon: an exclusive look inside the hottest new fractional ownership in Costa Rica: The Palms! Then owning a piece of the rock at Trump SoHo, Calistoga Ranch, Park Cities, Utah's hottest new fractionals, and more! There are just not enough hours in the day!


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I'm going to be for one week in Barcelona. Any tips of nice things to do? I don't like night clubs and such so much. I like to see curious local things, eat good food and the like. I'm not a great art appraiser, but I've been to museums that I liked. I liked musée d'Orsay in Paris and I loved the museum of science in London (althought it has less to do with art).
I also like going to places that have nice architecture and which tells me about the local history of the place.


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Human Abnormal Development
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Statistics
- 3 Neural Tube Defects
- 4 Genetic (inherited)
- 5 Environmental (maternal)
- 6 Teratology
- 7 Australian Congenital Anomalies Monitoring System
- 8 New Zealand
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- 10 International Classification of Diseases
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July 12 2020 How and why do things go wrong in development?
These notes cover abnormalities that can occur during development often described as congenital defects or birth defects. There are many different ways that developmental abnormalities can occur the 3 major types are Genetic (inherited), Environmental (maternal) and Unknown (not determined) derived abnormalities. The environmental factors that cause or lead to any of these abnormalities are described as Teratogens.
It is the group now classified as "unknown causes" that require further research to place them in one of the two other real categories.
Please note that abnormal development pages may contain clinical images not suitable for children.
Prenatal Diagnosis
Prenatal diagnosis are the clinical tools used to determine both normal and abnormal development. There are a growing number of new diagnostic techniques that are being applied to human embryonic development.
|Diagnosis Links: Prenatal Diagnosis | pregnancy test | amniocentesis | chorionic villus sampling | ultrasound | Alpha-Fetoprotein | Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A | Fetal Blood Sampling | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Computed Tomography | Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing | Fetal Cells in Maternal Blood | Preimplantation Genetic Screening | Comparative Genomic Hybridization | Genome Sequencing | Neonatal Diagnosis | Category:Prenatal Diagnosis | Fetal Surgery | Classification of Diseases | Category:Neonatal Diagnosis
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|Genetic Links: genetic abnormalities | maternal age | Trisomy 21 | Trisomy 18 | Trisomy 13 | Trisomy X | trisomy mosaicism | Monosomy | Fragile X | Williams | Alagille | Philadelphia chromosome | mitochondria | VACTERL | hydatidiform mole | epigenetics | Prenatal Diagnosis | Neonatal Diagnosis | meiosis | mitosis | International Classification of Diseases | genetics
| Cell Division - Meiosis | Cell Division - Mitosis
While genetic abnormalities will have well-defined impacts upon development, environmentally derived effects can be harder to define and often variable depending on many different factors (timing, exposure level, and the combination effects with other factors). This combination effect can also be seen between genetic and environmental interacting to give an even broader spectrum of both major and minor abnormalities.
|Environmental Links: Introduction | low folic acid | iodine deficiency | Nutrition | Drugs | Australian Drug Categories | USA Drug Categories | thalidomide | herbal drugs | Illegal Drugs | smoking | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | TORCH | viral infection | bacterial infection | fungal infection | zoonotic infection | toxoplasmosis | Malaria | maternal diabetes | maternal hypertension | maternal hyperthermia | Maternal Inflammation | Maternal Obesity | hypoxia | biological toxins | chemicals | heavy metals | air pollution | radiation | Prenatal Diagnosis | Neonatal Diagnosis | International Classification of Diseases | Fetal Origins Hypothesis
Often not considered, is that pregnancy itself can also expose abnormalities in the mother (congenital heart disease, diabetes, reproductive disorders) that until then had gone undetected. This section of notes also includes links to prenatal diagnosis techniques, twinning and statistical information relating to abnormalities at birth from several different countries.
Undergraduate Science Projects
The links below are to Science student group projects prepared on the topics of prenatal diagnosis (2010) and abnormal development (2011).
- 2011 Student Projects: Turner Syndrome | DiGeorge Syndrome | Klinefelter's Syndrome | Huntington's Disease | Fragile X Syndrome | Tetralogy of Fallot | Angelman Syndrome | Friedreich's Ataxia | Williams-Beuren Syndrome | Duchenne Muscular Dystrolphy | Cleft Palate and Lip
- 2010 Student Projects: Ultrasound | Chorionic villus sampling | Amniocentesis | Percutaneous Umbilical Cord Blood Sampling | Fetal Fibronectin | Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein
Australia - Top 10
The ten most frequently reported birth defects in Victoria between 2003-2004.
- Hypospadias
- Obstructive Defects of the Renal Pelvis or Obstructive Genitourinary Defects
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- Congenital Dislocated Hip
- Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome
- Hydrocephalus
- Cleft Palate
- Trisomy 18 or Edward Syndrome - multiple abnormalities of the heart, diaphragm, lungs, kidneys, ureters and palate 86% discontinued.
- Renal Agenesis/Dysgenesis - reduction in neonatal death and stillbirth since 1993 may be due to the more severe cases being identified in utero and being represented amongst the increased proportion of terminations (approximately 31%).
- Cleft Lip and Palate - occur with another defect in 33.7% of cases.
USA - Selected
|USA Selected Abnormalities (CDC National estimates for 21 selected major birth defects 2004–2006)
|Birth Defects
|Cases per Births (1 in ...)
|Estimated Annual Number of Cases
|spina bifida without anencephaly
|patent ductus arteriosus/common truncus
|transposition of the great vessels
|Tetralogy of Fallot
|atrial septal defects/ventricular septal defects
|hypoplastic left heart
|cleft palate without cleft lip
|cleft lip with and without cleft palate
|Esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula
|Rectal and large intestinal atresia/stenosis
|Reduction deformity, upper limbs
|Reduction deformity, lower limbs
|Diaphragmatic hernia
|Trisomy 13
|Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
|Trisomy 18
Neural Tube Defects
Neural tube defects that were just outside the top ten most common birth defects but are widely known.
- Spina Bifida - (73%) of parents choose to discontinue a pregnancy affected by spina bifida.
- Anencephaly - (94%) of parents choose to discontinue a pregnancy affected by anencephaly.
- Data: from the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit
Links: Neural System - Abnormalities
Genetic (inherited)
|Genetic Links: genetic abnormalities | maternal age | Trisomy 21 | Trisomy 18 | Trisomy 13 | Trisomy X | trisomy mosaicism | Monosomy | Fragile X | Williams | Alagille | Philadelphia chromosome | mitochondria | VACTERL | hydatidiform mole | epigenetics | Prenatal Diagnosis | Neonatal Diagnosis | meiosis | mitosis | International Classification of Diseases | genetics
Environmental (maternal)
|Environmental Links: Introduction | low folic acid | iodine deficiency | Nutrition | Drugs | Australian Drug Categories | USA Drug Categories | thalidomide | herbal drugs | Illegal Drugs | smoking | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | TORCH | viral infection | bacterial infection | fungal infection | zoonotic infection | toxoplasmosis | Malaria | maternal diabetes | maternal hypertension | maternal hyperthermia | Maternal Inflammation | Maternal Obesity | hypoxia | biological toxins | chemicals | heavy metals | air pollution | radiation | Prenatal Diagnosis | Neonatal Diagnosis | International Classification of Diseases | Fetal Origins Hypothesis
Critical Periods
The table below identifies approximate windows of time, "critical periods", that following exposure to teratogens can lead to developmental abnormalities (anomalies, congenital). In general, the effects for each system are more severe (major anomalies) in the embryonic period during organogenesis in the first trimester. Later teratogen exposure are less severe (minor anomalies) in the fetal period during continued growth and differentiation in the second and third trimester.
|Embryonic development (weeks)
|Fetal period (weeks)
|Upper limbs
|Lower limbs
|External genitalia
|Major abnormalities
|Functional and Minor abnormalities
Now consider how different environmental effects during pregnancy may influence developmental outcomes. The terms listed below are often used to describe these environmental effects
- Teratogen (Greek, teraton = monster) any agent that causes a structural abnormality (congenital abnormalities) following fetal exposure during pregnancy. The overall effect depends on dosage and time of exposure. (More? Critical Periods of Development)
- Absolute risk the rate of occurrence of an abnormal phenotype among individuals exposed to the agent. (e.g. fetal alcohol syndrome)
- Relative risk the ratio of the rate of the condition among the exposed and the nonexposed. (e.g. smokers risk of having a low birth weight baby compared to non-smokers) A high relative risk may indicate a low absolute risk if the condition is rare.
- Mutagen a chemical or agent that can cause permanent damage to the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in a cell. DNA damage in the human egg or sperm may lead to reduced fertility, spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), birth defects and heritable diseases.
- Fetotoxicant is a chemical that adversely affects the developing fetus, resulting in low birth weight, symptoms of poisoning at birth or stillbirth (fetus dies before it is born).
- Synergism when the combined effect of exposure to more than one chemical at one time, or to a chemical in combination with other hazards (heat, radiation, infection) results in effects of such exposure to be greater than the sum of the individual effects of each hazard by itself.
- Toxicogenomics the interaction between the genome, chemicals in the environment, and disease. Cells exposed to a stress, drug or toxicant respond by altering the pattern of expression of genes within their chromosomes. Based on new genetic and microarray technologies.
Australian Congenital Anomalies Monitoring System
The following text is from AIHW National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit Australian Congenital Anomalies Monitoring System (ACAMS)
- "The Australian Congenital Anomalies Monitoring System (ACAMS) contains data based on notifications of major congenital anomalies to birth defects registers in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia and on data collected on congenital anomalies in Queensland, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. The Northern Territory is currently unable to provide data in a format enabling it to be compiled with data from the other states and territories. Some summary data have been provided by the Northern Territory for inclusion in the ACAS. Congenital anomalies are mainly notified from data collected as part of perinatal collections. Other sources of data include perinatal death certificates, cytogenetic or pathology reports, admitted patient data, maternal and child health nurses and medical officers.
- Information is included on live births and stillbirths of 20 weeks gestational age or more or 400 grams birthweight or more (including induced abortions) with a congenital anomaly for all states and the Australian Capital Territory. Information on induced abortions of less than 20 weeks gestational age and less than 400 grams weight with a congenital anomaly is only available for four states and is included for: New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. Births included in the ACAS are also included in the National Perinatal Data Collection.
- The period of notification varies among the state and territory collections and ranges from prenatal diagnosis to notification up to 15 years of age. For New South Wales, the data include births with congenital anomalies notified up to 1 year of age. The data for Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia include births with congenital anomalies notified up to 15 years, 6 years and 5 years of age respectively. The data for Queensland, Tasmania, and the Australia Capital Territory include births with congenital anomalies notified in the perinatal period.
- Data items relating to the woman, including demographic characteristics and factors relating to the birth, and data items relating to the baby, including, birthweight, gestational age and sex, are included. Congenital anomalies are coded using the British Paediatric Association Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-BPA), which is based on the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9).
- ACAS supersedes the National Congenital Malformations and Birth Defects Data Collection (NCM&BD), which commenced in 1981 in response to claims of increased incidence of congenital anomalies in small areas of Australia. Data were provided by four jurisdictions in 1998–1985 and all states and territories provided data from 1986. Data are included up to and including the 1997 birth cohort. The NCM&BD data collection was reviewed in 2004 and the development of the ACAS was a recommendation of the review."
|Previous - Australian Birth Anomalies System
(Modified from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW))
|Congenital Anomalies in Australia
Listed below are external links to the Congenital Congenital Malformations, then Anomalies, in Australia reports.
- Links: Australian Congenital Anomalies Monitoring System (ACAMS) | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
New Zealand
New Zealand Birth Defects Monitoring Programme (NZBDMP)
- monitoring the occurrence of birth defects among livebirths and fetal deaths in New Zealand.
- provide data on the prevalence of birth defects for ad hoc.
- provide annual data to the Ministry of Health and International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR)
- investigate clusters of birth defects
- provide expert technical assistance and advice on the epidemiology of birth defects
USA Monitoring Programmes
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) conducted two birth defects surveillance systems[1] and each state also maintain their own programs (see External Links).
- Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Programme (MACDP)
- established in 1967
- an intensive surveillance system using several methods to identify infants born with birth defects in the Atlanta area.
- 40th Edition Surveillance Report February 2007
- Birth Defects Monitoring Programme (BDMP)
- a nationwide surveillance system that monitors 1 million births per year.
International Classification of Diseases
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes. This includes the analysis of the general health situation of population groups. It is used to monitor the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems.
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) Version for 2010
Chapter XVII Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- Excl.: inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E90)
This chapter contains the following blocks:
- Q00-Q07 - Congenital malformations of the nervous system.
- Q10-Q18 - Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck.
- Q20-Q28 - Congenital malformations of the circulatory system.
- Q30-Q34 - Congenital malformations of the respiratory system.
- Q35-Q37 - Cleft lip and cleft palate.
- Q38-Q45 - Other congenital malformations of the digestive system.
- Q50-Q56 - Congenital malformations of genital organs.
- Q60-Q64 - Congenital malformations of the urinary system.
- Q65-Q79 - Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system.
- Q80-Q89- Other congenital malformations.
- Q90-Q99 - Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified.
- abnormal - term describing development that is different from normal or not typical, usual, or regular.
- association - term referring to a nonrandom occurrence in two or more individuals of multiple defects not known to be a polytopic field defect, sequence, or syndrome.
- Australian Congenital Anomalies Monitoring System - (ACAMS) contains data based on notifications of major congenital anomalies to birth defects registers in Australian states and territories, except the Northern Territory. Information is included on live births and stillbirths of 20 weeks gestational age or more or 400 grams birthweight or more (including induced abortions) with a congenital anomaly. ACAMS replaces the National Congenital Malformations and Birth Defects Data Collection that began in 1981. (More? Australian Statistics | AIHW National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit)
- congenital - (Latin, congenitus = born together) refers to developmental disorder that is present at birth (or during the neonatal period) due to genetic, environmental or a combination of known and unknown factors.
- dysmorphology - term referring to the study of birth defects.
- environmental - term used to describe effects due to the physical and biological factors resulting in abnormal development.
- genetic - term used to describe effects due to embryo genes, their mutation, altered expression or epigenetic effects resulting in abnormal development.
- International Classification of Diseases - (ICD) is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes. This classification has been developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). ICD-10 came into use in 1994, ICD-11 revision has begun and will continue until 2015. (More? International Classification of Diseases | WHO - ICD)
- polytopic field defect - term describing developmental defects that are all concentrated in one particular area of the body (developmental field).
- sequence - clinical term for a pattern of multiple defects derived from a single known or presumed structural defect or mechanical factor.
- syndrome - clinical term for a pattern of multiple defects related pathogenetically though not known to represent a single sequence or a polytopic field defect.
- unknown - term used to describe abnormal development due to single or multiple genetic and or environmental effects that have not yet been completely identified or described.
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- USA National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- Arizona Birth Defects Monitoring Program (ABDMP)
- California Birth Defects Monitoring Program (CBDMP)
- North Carolina Birth Defects Monitoring Program (NCBDMP)
- Louisiana Birth Defects Monitoring Network (http://new.dhh.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/page/771 LBDMN)
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It was a bitterly cold day in January 1948. I can never forget it.
A former inmate of Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi extermination camps, was leading the way. We walked over the frozen ground through the gate bearing the words in large letters: "Arbeit Macht Frei." (Work Makes You Free).
The words themselves were a mockery of the poor souls who lived there for a brief time before being gassed to death in the execution chambers.
U.S. & World
When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rants about the Holocaust never having happened I think of this cold day in Poland. And I remember how angry I was as I saw evidence of Nazi efficiency and cruelty in this supreme death factory.
My guide, who was wearing a tattered American military coat and limping, was very matter of fact as he showed me the evidence. We visited the barracks buildings where hundreds of thousands were held. When the Russians were advancing late in the war, the Nazis had to flee in a hurry. They left behind many remnants of the lives that were taken there.
One building held thousands of clumps of women's hair, shaved off the heads of victims after they were gassed. It was part of the Auschwitz routine to ship this hair back to Germany to be used in the manufacture of mattresses. In one large barracks building were mounds of shoes, taken from the victims' feet before death, the guide told me.
There were men's shoes and women's shoes and children's shoes -- a sad testimony to what happened here.
Few Americans, at that time, fully realized the extent of the tragedy, the systematic killing that happened. I was so stunned -- and furious -- that I decided to take home some souvenirs. I had a paper bag and, in it, I placed some woman's hair that still smelled faintly from Zyklon, the gas that killed her, and a baby's shoe.
Later, outside, the guide explained that when the ovens got too full toward the end of the war, bodies were burned out here in ditches. He got on his knees and started digging with his hands, pulling out a silver-capped tooth. And, I, obsessed with the idea of recording this moment, started digging too. I came up with a few chips of bone.
The guide said, "Because of all the bodies buried underneath, this is probably some of the richest soil in Europe."
In another building, we found hundreds of suitcases with addresses stenciled on them. Sadly, the people to be executed had brought some of their belongings to Auschwitz because they had been told they should be prepared to stay a while.
I remember all the features of this horrible place, including the railroad tracks that led right to the center of the camp. Some of the victims were housed in barracks buildings and put to work for a while. Others went directly from the trains to the gas chambers. They were told to undress so they could take a shower. Then the rooms were sealed and the gas poured out and killed them.
When I got back to the press hotel in Germany a few days later, I had to confront somebody so I picked on the room clerk. He was a handsome, ex-Luftwaffe officer about my age.
I poured the contents of the bag on the reception desk. And he blurted out in a heavy German accent, ''We didn't know about these things!"
I got similar reactions from other Germans until I dumped the contents of the bag on the bedspread and my cleaning lady saw what was there and started to cry. She obviously understood about these things.
After I told her about the experience, my mother wrote me from New York: "I don't give a damn what your hatred of the Germans will do to them. I do care very much what it will do to you."
Sixty years have passed. I have marveled at the transformation in Germany, where the younger generations have, for the most part, expressed regret for what happened and the major political leaders have spoken out against the Holocaust and what happened in their country.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has denounced the Iranian president for his "anti-Semitic rants."
He commended those who walked out on Ahmadinejad. And then added dramatically, "To those who gave this Holocaust denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no decency?"
The Polish government has made a museum, a shrine out of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. It would be wonderful if the UN could ship Ahmadinejad there -- just for a day, just long enough to see evidence of the crimes he denies. It's just a fantasy, of course, but wouldn't it be great to put this bum on a plane to Cracow and have him go there, to proclaim, again, on the soil of Poland, that it never happened?


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If you have not already seen this Mike Ferguson answers a number of questions in regard to Guild Wars 2's WvW(vW!)
He has been working on the World v World aspect for the last 1.5 years and this was a quick opportunity to answer some of the community questions.
He also mentions they need 10's of 1000's to test it out so even tho they hit that million sign up mark the odds arent too bad of getting in.
Unless you are Julian who although posted in the thread after Rik put the link up....still failed to sign up....
Anyway, shoot over to Reddit and take a look.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/q ... out_world/
Sorry DJ, he confirms there are NO cloaks.


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With nothing official expected to come from the White Sox until after the World Series, there are clues that Jeff Manto will be named the club's hitting coach as expected.
A White Sox source indicated Tuesday that Tim Laker will move from his post as Triple-A hitting coach to minor-league hitting coordinator. That was the position Manto held the past four seasons.
That would seem to indicate that Manto would move to the open position of major-league hitting instructor to replace Greg Walker, but that has not been confirmed.
October 18, 2011
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Grant, part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is largest in EPA history
In the single largest grant in its history, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than $430 million to the State of New York for wastewater infrastructure projects that will create thousands of jobs, jumpstart local economies and protect human health and the environment across the state.
"EPA is committed to being part of the solution in this economic downturn. By keeping the waterways clean and healthy, we're bringing new jobs and new opportunities to local communities," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "Protecting human health and the environment is a great way to put people to work and stimulate our economy."
"New York State is committed to innovative approaches to building environmentally sustainable and energy efficient wastewater treatment technologies. This funding will help protect our environment and will support thousands of jobs across the State at a time when we need it most," said New York Governor David Paterson. "I thank President Obama, New York's Congressional delegation, EPA Administrator Jackson and Commissioner Grannis for all of their hard work and continued support as we work together towards a path of full economy recovery and environmental protection."
This grant is a portion of the unprecedented $4 billion dollars that will be awarded to fund wastewater infrastructure projects across the country under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The state will use the Recovery Act grant to provide money to municipal and county governments and wastewater utilities for projects to protect lakes, ponds and streams in communities across New York.
New York State will also provide at least 20%, or at least $86 million, of its Recovery Act funds to "green" projects, those that involve green infrastructure, improve energy or water efficiency or that have other environmentally innovative aspects. New York's program also provides funding to communities facing financial hardships.
The grant will be awarded to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and implemented by the New York State Environmental Facilities Corp., a state-run organization that helps public and private entities comply with federal and state environmental requirements.
The Recovery Act will also fund a similar program for improving drinking water systems.
For more information on EPA's implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in New York, visit www.epa.gov/region02/eparecovery/. For more information on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, visit http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/.


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The World in a Nutshell
There are more than 30 different varieties of almonds—yes, really—and 10 of them comprise the majority of almonds produced in California. And while the U.S. may be the largest market for almonds with about 30-40% of the crop sold for domestic use, the rest of our almonds are shipped internationally.
The Chocolate Lovers. The Japanese swoon for delicate oval balls of almonds coated in chocolate and for pretzel sticks dipped in milk, dark or white chocolate and coated with diced almonds.
The Seasonal Snackers. Almonds are most popular during autumn and winter. Especially during the Chinese New Year as a roasted, salted almond snack. Unique flavors such as abalone are also in play.
The Smart Thinkers. Here, almonds are considered brain food for kids and play a key role in traditional sweets known as mithai. Almonds are also a common gift during the festival of Diwali.
The Mediterranean
The Health Nuts. Ancient Greek medical texts are among the oldest to discuss the use of almonds, and today they've remained an integral part of the health-focused Mediterranean lifestyle.
The Candy-Coated Gifters. Italians started the tradition of giving Jordan almonds as wedding favors, and now they use them to mark other milestones too: red for graduations, green for engagements, blue for a baby boy and pink for a baby girl.
The Sweet Treaters. Almonds are used in French patisserie treats such as macaroons, almond marzipan and almond-cream-filled puff pastries called galette des rois (the cake of the kings) enjoyed on the Feast of the Epiphany.
The Originators. Franciscan padres from Spain originally brought the almond tree to California in the 1700s, and Spanish cooks still use almonds in many traditional treats and recipes.
The Anywhere, Anytimers. Almonds are used for Germany's mouth-watering marzipan confections and are starting to become more popular in snack foods eaten at open-air fests and Christmas markets.
The Superstitious Crunchers. Swedes have been known to hide an almond in rice pudding as a symbol of good fortune. Whoever finds it is said to get married in the coming year.
The Hometowners. More than 80% of the world's almonds are produced in California, and from whole almonds to almond butter, almond flour, almond milk and almond oil, Americans love all things almonds. United States of Almonds has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
The Snackers. For many years, almonds were seen as a holiday treat and the perfect gift. But those in the United Kingdom are quickly becoming daily almond snackers to help carry them through their busy days.


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I admit that when I first heard about the communication strategy known as "Pillow Talk" early last summer, my initial thought was the Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie. (My mom is a big Doris Day fan and we saw all of her movies growing up.)
"Pillow Talk" is an interaction in which the teacher spends a few quality minutes one on one with each child as they begin to lay down for nap. This is time for unscripted talk, a time children can choose to share whatever is on their minds.
NAEYC's Young Children published "Fostering The Emotional and Language Needs of Young Learners" in March 2002 promoting the use of this technique in early childhood classrooms. In the article, authors Soundy and Stout proffer that "[t]alk is a major instrument of learning, a natural activity that underlies and supports literacy development". They go on to state that "the early preschool years must be devoted to affectionate literacy interactions which children are engaged in, animated by, and cognitively challenged with language".
I am a firm believer in fostering language development in my pre-k students. I know that one of my weaknesses is that I tend to let Circle Time go on too long, and that is largely in part to my allowing each student to have his/her say. I feel bad if I have to tell a student we'll come back to them later. When I first heard about "Pillow Talk" this summer, I decided I would try it in my classroom this year. It has gone very well. I visit each child's mat for just a few minutes, but those minutes are so precious. At the beginning of the year, I had a few new students who were very shy. The few minutes we spent together each day during "Pillow Talk" really helped us form a bond. The time quickly became as important for me as it was for the students. Now, the kids all really look forward to it and will often ask throughout the morning if we are going to have that time together.
Occasionally, the talk is superficial or just little updates about what is going on in their lives. Sometimes, I am able to get a better picture of the students' home life. I may not always have the time during arrival or circle time to hear every students' story, but they KNOW I will have the time to listen, one-on-one, during "Pillow Talk" time. I am sure that I have connected with a couple of students through "Pillow Talk" that may have taken most of the year to make that special connection without it. I do not use our special time together to talk about any difficult moments through the day, unless the student initiates that portion of the conversation. I feel strongly that this is a special and safe time, not a time for admonitions or rehashing earlier discourtesies.
Soundy and Stout talk in the article about how this practice promotes communication and language building experiences, but I feel it also it gives the children a sense of value and importance. My students know that I value them and really want to hear what it is that they have to say, even when we are in our busiest moments. I think I will continue to see the benefits of this type of discourse in my classroom and will certainly continue this interaction in my classroom.


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How much do you think a week-long boys basketball summer camp in the Chicago area costs? Two hundred dollars? Three hundred? Four hundred? If you guessed in that range, you'd be right, which is the reason that efforts by a group of Claremont McKenna College alumni are so remarkable.
In the summer of 2011, Aron Khurana '09 co-founded a free, week-long basketball camp called 847 Hoops for at-risk seventh and eighth grade boys in Waukegan, Ill., just north of Chicago. Fellow CMC alumni Jordan Nottke '10, Andy Doyle '09 and Tejas Gala '09 have also assisted with the camp. Both Nottke and Doyle were members of the Stag football team, while Gala and Khurana played basketball for the Stags.
847 Hoops serves a larger purpose than just basketball. Not only does the camp provide youth in lower income areas an exceptional level of coaching at no cost, the campers also get dinner at the end of each day and a visit from a variety of motivational speakers–– ranging from local professional and college athletes to doctors and lawyers. For at least a week each summer, anywhere from 50 to 100 campers are off the streets and out of reach of the gangs and mayhem that plagues their community. The most recent gang-related shooting in Waukegan happened on April 30, and similar incidents frequent the local news.
"Chicago is really affected by youth gangs and youth violence," Khurana said. "Sports summer camps and after-school activities are a great way to keep kids off the streets and out of gangs. Camps also help youth with their confidence and positive thinking. We wanted to promote positive values in young people, and also bridge the income gap in terms of the basketball skills and coaching provided to kids in the area."
The idea to start a free basketball camp for youngsters of all income brackets came to Khurana when he worked at a firm in New York City that promoted volunteering. He began to think about how he could volunteer his time in areas he was passionate about.
"Some of the volunteer opportunities in New York were projects that didn't appeal to me, but I did enjoy volunteering. So, I thought, 'What could I do that I would be passionate about, good at, enjoy, and that my friends would enjoy doing with me?" Khurana said. "What brought me back to running a basketball camp were all the positive things that I have learned in my life on the court, like discipline. A lot of the motivation I have gotten, and a lot of the positive role models I have come across, are from sports, particularly basketball."
One such person for Khurana was his high school basketball coach, Darren Barndt. When Khurana came up with the idea to start 847 Hoops, Barndt was the first person he called. Both Khurana and Barndt believed there were talented up-and-coming basketball players in the 847 area code of Waukegan, but many of those players lacked quality coaching because of the high costs associated with top-level area camps.
"Kids from lower-income areas were not getting the kind of coaching and training that other kids were receiving in the fundamentals of the game," Khurana said.
After some fundraising, the two co-founders, along with a large group of volunteers, ran their first camp with 50 kids in Waukegan, in summer 2011. In 2012, 847 Hoops expanded with a second site in Humboldt Park, a high-risk area on the West Side of Chicago. The latter camp was established, in part, thanks to a chance encounter between Khurana and CMC alumnus Carlos Rivas '12 during a CMC alumni event. Rivas runs a youth organization in Humboldt Park, so he inquired about 847 Hoops. The two decided to add the Humboldt camp in 2012. With the two camps, the reach of 847 Hoops ballooned to 108 campers.
The goal now, according to Khurana, is growing the number of campers and site locations. If all goes as planned, a third camp will roll out next month, in July. And Khurana is in the process of getting 847 Hoops 501c3 certified as a nationally recognized nonprofit organization.
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If Installed by your administrator Virus reroutes are happening, ad-supported software is most likely to blame. The reason behind this adware infection was you not paying attention to how you were setting up a freeware. As ad-supported applications install silently and can work in the background, some users are not even aware of such an applications making home on their systems. The ad-supported software will fill your screen with invasive pop-up ads but as it's not malicious program, it will not directly danger your OS. Ad-supported programs might, however, lead to a much more severe infection by redirecting you to a dangerous website. An adware will not be valuable to you so we encourage you erase Installed by your administrator Virus.
How does an adware operate
Adware will infect without requiring your authorization, employing free programs bundles to do it. In case you didn't know, most of freeware has not wanted offers added to it. Adware, reroute viruses and other probably unwanted programs (PUPs) can be added. Default mode will not notify you of anything being added, and offers will be allowed to set up. A better choice would be to pick Advance (Custom) mode. You will have the option of checking for and unchecking all extra items in those settings. It is not complex or time-consuming to implement those settings, so you have no excuse to not pick them.
The most noticeable hint of an ad-supported application infection is you seeing an increased amount of ads. Whether you favor Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, they will all be affected. The only way to fully exterminate the advertisements is to terminate Installed by your administrator Virus, so you need to proceed with that as quickly as possible. It wouldn't be shocking to come across a lot of ads as that is how adware make income.Adware sometimes offer questionable downloads, and you should never proceed with them.Avoid acquiring applications or updates from random sources, and stick to reliable pages. In case you were wondering why, files acquired from advertising-supported application made pop-up might cause a much more severe threat. You will also notice that your computer is working more sluggish than usual, and your browser will fail to load more regularly. Do not permit the adware to stay installed, delete Installed by your administrator Virus because it will only inconvenience you.
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- Tap the Gear icon and go to Manage Add-ons.
- Pick Toolbars and Extensions and eliminate all suspicious entries (other than Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Oracle or Adobe)
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Change Internet Explorer homepage if it was changed by virus:
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- Click the Gear icon and move to Internet Options.
- Open the Advanced tab and press Reset.
- Choose Delete personal settings and pick Reset one more time.
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- Choose Extensions.
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- If you are unsure which extensions to remove, you can disable them temporarily.
Reset Google Chrome homepage and default search engine if it was hijacker by virus
- Press on menu icon and click Settings.
- Look for the "Open a specific page" or "Set Pages" under "On start up" option and click on Set pages.
- In another window remove malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
- Under the Search section choose Manage Search engines. When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search websites. You should leave only Google or your preferred search name.
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- If the browser still does not work the way you prefer, you can reset its settings.
- Open menu and navigate to Settings.
- Press Reset button at the end of the page.
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- In the top right corner of the screen, press menu and choose Add-ons (or tap Ctrl+Shift+A simultaneously).
- Move to Extensions and Add-ons list and uninstall all suspicious and unknown entries.
Change Mozilla Firefox homepage if it was changed by virus:
- Tap on the menu (top right corner), choose Options.
- On General tab delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
- Press OK to save these changes.
Reset your browser
- Open the menu and tap Help button.
- Select Troubleshooting Information.
- Press Refresh Firefox.
- In the confirmation box, click Refresh Firefox once more.
- If you are unable to reset Mozilla Firefox, scan your entire computer with a trustworthy anti-malware.
Uninstall Installed by your administrator Virus from Safari (Mac OS X)
- Access the menu.
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- Go to the Extensions Tab.
- Tap the Uninstall button next to the undesirable Installed by your administrator Virus and get rid of all the other unknown entries as well. If you are unsure whether the extension is reliable or not, simply uncheck the Enable box in order to disable it temporarily.
- Restart Safari.
Reset your browser
- Tap the menu icon and choose Reset Safari.
- Pick the options which you want to reset (often all of them are preselected) and press Reset.
- If you cannot reset the browser, scan your whole PC with an authentic malware removal software.
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A government committee has recommended that the Lifetime ISA should be abolished, a little over a year since it was launched.
The Lifetime ISA was introduced in April 2017, and allows people aged 18 to 40 to open an account and benefit from a 25% government bonus on any savings towards a first home or retirement.
The Treasury committee reported that the Lifetime ISA has received criticism over "its complexity, its perverse incentives, its lack of complementarity with the pensions saving landscape and its apparent lack of popularity with the industry and pension savers".
Those responding to the committee's inquiry raised concerns that savers would opt for a Lifetime ISA rather than saving into a workplace pension, missing out on the employer contributions and tax reliefs these offer.
The committee also argued that the withdrawal penalty has not been made clear enough to savers.
If money is withdrawn from a Lifetime ISA before the age of 60 and is not used to buy a first home, the entire amount saved will be subject to a 25% penalty unless the saver is terminally ill.
As a result, those who withdraw early could not only lose their government bonus, but a large chunk of their savings.
Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London, said:
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Helen Molesworth, guest exhibition curator for the MCA Chicago and chief curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, discusses the political and aesthetic urgency of the 1980s with participating artists Lorraine O'Grady and Donald Moffett. An artist and critic, O'Grady has engaged in performance, installation, and text-based works since 1980 that explore ideas of diaspora, hybridity, and black female subjectivity. A celebrated painter, Moffett was deeply involved in AIDS activism as a member of Act Up and the art collective Gran Fury in the '80s.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, a major new survey of art from an era when the political sphere was dominated by the ideas of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher; the music scene was transformed by punk, MTV, and the birth of hip-hop; and our everyday lives were radically altered by a host of technological developments, from the Sony Walkman and the ATM to the first personal computers.


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Today I met someone that told me that they were not going to vaccinate their child because it causes autism. Sometimes I get really tired of this type of person and I know some of you do too.
I was wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and how did you handle it. Me, I just walked away from that particular person.
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But a lot of people are more willing to listen to hucksters peddling paranoia than to simply take a cold, hard look at the facts, which are that the threat of the diseases vaccinations prevent are, in toto, much greater than the threat of being vaccinated.
Unless you are of course someone like my work associate.
Educated idiots.
personally I am scared to get new vaccines, especially the newer flu vaccines because I distrust the government and their political/religious games.
I have a cousin who's like that. If you scroll down to the bottom of my blogs.. you'll see I had a very spirited conversation with one her gurus, Gary. He doesn't seem to think vaccines have done anything but cause death. Never mind they'd eradicated small pox and polio..Based on a more recent convo I had with him, he thinks the only determining factors were sanitation and nutrition which lead to a lower national death rate in the U.S... I argued they helped get the ball rolling, but only got us so far. .. I should also mention that this guy, Gary, seems to think the CDC and EPA are backed by Big Pharma, so he doesn't put any credence into their findings. Nor does he care for any study which refutes his claims, because you know it's just being spoon-fed by Bug Pharma since they make sooo much money on vaccinations.. (umm, yea)
the CDC in America has been instrumental in the obscuring of vaccine problems.CDC officials removed large amounts of data from the study that showed a decline in autism rates following the removal of Thimerosal. The agency then twisted the remaining data to imply an increase in autism rates following the removal of Thimerosal, and suggested that there was no link between Thimerosal and autism.
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In 2006 and 2008, voters inflicted on Republicans the worst back-to-back electoral drubbing any party has received since the Great Depression, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt all but destroyed the Party of Hoover. Republicans quickly reached a consensus about why they lost so badly: They had failed to be sufficiently Republican.
This consensus still moves the party — and because it's false, it moves it to make mistakes.
"We lost our way" was the cliche that expressed the Republican theory. "I believe we did not just lose our majority, we lost our way," said Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, as he ran to replace the House Republican leadership after the 2006 elections. "In recent years, our majority voted to expand the federal government's role in education by nearly 100 percent, created the largest new entitlement in 40 years, and pursued spending policies that created record deficits, national debt and rampant earmark spending."
So widespread did this view become that the GOP leadership itself embraced it. Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy — high-ranking House Republicans all — wrote in a 2009 op-ed, "By the fall of 2006, it had become abundantly clear that Republicans had severely lost our way." Among other mistakes, "we had significantly increased federal spending." House Speaker John Boehner has said the same thing: "Republicans lost our way on fiscal responsibility."
There are elements of truth in the conservative story. Bush-era Republicans did spend too much, refusing to make room for higher security budgets by cutting anything else. Bush's sincere belief that K-12 education could be reformed from Washington was naive. The Republicans' almost uniform rejection of President Obama's stimulus and health-care legislation really did contribute to their victories in 2010.
But there's little evidence that big government was the reason, or even an important reason, for Republican defeats at the end of the Bush years.
Take the top item on the list of conservative charges against Bush, his expansion of Medicare to cover prescription drugs. That idea was overwhelmingly popular, including among self-described conservatives whom pollsters contacted. It's hard to believe that Bush would have won Florida in 2000 without promising to match the Democrats on the issue, or that he would have won Ohio in 2004 without having made good on the promise. He won both states by small margins, and through them the Electoral College.
It's much more likely that Republicans lost in 2006 because of the bleeding in Iraq, Washington corruption, wage stagnation and the lack of any agenda to do anything about these or other problems. Some of these issues had faded in importance by 2008, but in that year voters were also ready for a change after eight years of GOP control of the White House and, above all, dismayed by the economic crisis.
In 2008, 60 percent of voters said the Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, wasn't "in touch with people like them" — and 79 percent of people who felt that way voted against him. That's what defeated Republicans, not a perception that they were doctrinally impure.
This isn't ancient history. The view that Republicans must avoid accommodation at all costs — that the principal obstacle to achieving conservative policy goals is a lack of spine and not, say, a lack of popular support — made them lose at least two Senate races in 2010.
In Colorado and Nevada, conservative primary voters rejected two electable, conservative candidates because they were considered part of a compromising establishment. If Republicans fall two votes short of repealing ObamaCare in 2013, the mythology they've created will be part of the reason.
That mythology influences the Republican presidential primaries, too. It's why they have, to an unusual extent, showcased unpopular ideas that have no chance of going anywhere, such as abolishing the Environmental Protection Agency. It also partly explains the resistance to Mitt Romney: Conservatives fear he'd be a big-government Republican, like Bush, and lead the party again to ruin.
Meanwhile, the real mistakes of the Bush years keep being made. Republicans had nothing to say about wage stagnation then and are saying nothing about it now. The real cost of Republicans' fixation on ideological purity is that it distracts them from their real problems, and the nation's.
Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior editor at National Review. © 2011, Bloomberg News


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Do They Live Up To The Name?
New tires come on the market every day, but when you label a tire "Dick Cepek Fun Country" there are certain expectations from the get-go. In the early '60s, Dick Cepek the man saw a need for off-road products and was one of the first people to bring an off-road tire to the masses. Dick Cepek the company has been offering tires and wheels for decades, and Fun Country is one of the most revered names in the 4-wheel world.
As a result of this pedigree, we were cautiously optimistic when we learned that Dick Cepek had redesigned the Fun Country. Would it live up to our (admittedly lofty) expectations? We want a tire that chews through the nastiest terrain, is whisper-quiet on the freeway, and lasts 100,000 miles. Of course this is a fantasy, but Dick Cepek has come pretty close to the mark with the latest Fun Country radial.
We mounted up a set on our Super Duty, which sees double duty as both a tow rig and a light-duty wheeling rig. It gets used on the freeway, in the dirt, and frequently in the snow. The wide lateral and offset tread grooves of the Dick Cepek Fun Country deliver excellent traction in these varied environments without the noise and poor ice traction traditionally associated with mud-terrain tires. Dick Cepek claims that the new tread design uses a computer-optimized pitch sequence to reduce noise and a revised compound that resists cuts and chips.
The bar was set pretty high when the tire experts at Dick Cepek sought to design a new Fun Country, but we would say that they hit the mark. This tire can do it all.
The new Dick Cepek Fun County blurs the line between an all-terrain and mud-terrain tire, with deep tread and a lot of biting edges but without the huge voids and noise of a tradition mud-terrain. While not a dedicated mud tire, the Dick Cepek Fun Country was able to pull the heavy Super Duty through shallow slop without issue. The 18.5/32-inch tread depth and staggered tread blocks provide excellent lateral stability. An all-terrain that thinks it is a mud-terrain is perfect for a Super Duty tow rig that thinks it is a trail rig.
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Size Tested: 315/75R16 (35x12.5)
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Load Range: E
Maximum Load (lb): 3,860 @ 65 psi
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Approved Rim Width (in): 8-11
Tread Depth (in): 18.5⁄32
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