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Experts on the control of household pests (including rodents, vermin, insects such as termites, and others) and wood-destroying pests and organisms, or such other pests which may invade households or structures, including railroad cars, ships, docks, trucks, airplanes, or the contents thereof. Experts on the identification of infestations or infections; the making of an inspection for the purpose of identifying or attempting to identify infestations or infections of household or other structures by such pests or organisms; the making of inspection reports; recommendations, estimates, and bids, with respect to pest infestation or infections, or the performance of structural repairs or replacements, or the use of pesticides, insecticides, rodenticides, fumigants, or allied chemicals or substances, or mechanical devices for the purpose of eliminating, exterminating, controlling or preventing infestations or infections of such pests or organisms. Pest Control experts serve as expert witnesses and forensic consultants in New Brunswick legal matters, and provide expert reports and testimony for judges, attorneys, lawyers, law firms, insurance companies and government agencies in Federal and state court trials and arbitrations in New Brunswick.
The listings below are of Pest Control experts serving New Brunswick.
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Robert Kunst
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Pest and Termite expert. 42 years experience in Termite damage claims insect issues such as spider bites Bed Bug problems application of pesticide faulty termite inspections industry standards and industry procedure. Licensed in 7 states. Have given testimony since 1982. Currently serving my 16 year on La. Structural Pest Control commission.


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I have stated that there are more bad sounding suhrs then there are good ones.
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oh my!! hahaha! not for sale.. haha!
sana amupinin ako ng mommy mo sir.papabili din ako ng axes with puppy dog eyes paawa effect...
Actually with the auto wah the wah works each time you strike a chord. Very good for funky phrases, pero not good for expressive wah solos.
Because there are already too many "A vs. B" threads in GC, post them here instead. I've transferred recent similar threads here as well.
Hey Ian to start things off.. lyric or melody?
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Demi Lovato tweeted a photo of her naked face Wednesday and encouraged her fans to take off their makeup because they are beautiful.
"Ladies, be brave today.. take off your make-up and stop using those filters!! WE are beautiful!!!" the "Heart Attack" singer wrote.
It seems like everybody is going makeup free these days. Last week, Mariah Carey uploaded a make-up free image of herself on her birthday in an effort to showcase her natural beauty. In past years other celebrities like Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus have also shared photos of themselves without makeup and even Barbie the doll has joined in on the trend.
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After being fired by UCLA a year ago, Ben Howland may be employed again soon.
Multiple reports indicate that the architect of the Bruins' three straight Final Fours is Oregon State's top target after firing Craig Robinson.
Should Howland become the replacement, he would inherit arguably the toughest job in the Pac-12. A spot that was already unattractive when Robinson arrived in 2008 has not gotten any prettier. In the last six years, the Beavers never finished above .500 overall and only once placed higher than eighth in the conference. The program has not reached the NCAA Tournament since 1990.
Athletic director Bob De Carolis said at a press conference this week that despite affirming Robinson's status in March, he changed his mind after taking off "orange-colored glasses." That may not have been the only impetus. Continue reading "Report: Ben Howland a serious candidate for Oregon State head coach opening" »


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Global Methanal Market By Product Type (0.37, 0.44, 0.55), By Application (Chemical, Textile, Medical, Other Application) - Growth Opportunities, Regional Insights, Competitive Landscape,Market Trend Analysis, Forecast to 2025. Global Info Reports predict that the Methanal Market size will escalate during the forecasted period while growing at a substantial CAGR. The report studies the market status and forecast and also categorizes the market into various segments. The report aims on the key market players in every region from across the globe.
- The key market players covered in the report are:
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Kathie Fitzpatrick is a busy woman, balancing work, ministry, writing, speaking ... and everything else in between.
"AIM BarleyLife® helps me stay on a busy schedule that would be impossible for some people my age," she says. "But shhhhh! Nobody knows. I am often mistaken for about 38-45 or so!"
Kathie's busy schedule would be an understandable excuse for fatigue or aging, yet she juggles all her different activities with ease. Kathie works full-time as a real estate agent and income property owner in Yakima, Washington. In addition to her day job, she is the head of a non-profit youth services organization called Young Lion's Youth Ministry Program, a ministry that is used worldwide for youth detention. She travels to various speaking engagements and holds performances for teenagers, wearing a leather jacket or rhinestone pants. Even the kids don't know how old Kathie is.
"They don't guess my age, or they might not listen to me as well as they do now," she says.
In the midst of this activity, Kathie has had to deal with tragedy as well.
In the summer of 2001, Kathie's youngest daughter, Karen Lee, perished in a forest fire. She was 18 at the time, the youngest of four firefighters who died, and the tragic story gained national attention.
As a tribute, Kathie wrote a book in memory of her youngest daughter.
"I finished my book, Angel Promises: Remembering the Youngest Firefighter, in June of last year, and we opened at Border's bookstore as a national event for the book chain complete with reporters and news cameras."
And through it all, Kathie credits BarleyLife for keeping the years off.
"Throughout the years, the schedule of working in real estate, writing, speaking, meeting news media, maintaining a 4,000-square-foot home and yard — well, I certainly learned to reach for BarleyLife on a regular basis to find physical strength," she says.
Kathie was first introduced to a green barley product 25 years ago when she and her late husband were working as producers for a Christian broadcasting station in California. Life back then was almost as hectic as it is for Kathie today.
"At age 36, I was a busy mother of three children, and my youngest, Karen Lee, was only 3 months old. We produced as many as 14 programs at once in some periods of time, and were very busy both in the studio and on location."
Some of the programs that the station produced were nationally and internationally syndicated, including "Accent on Health," a well-known nutrition and wellness show. During production of "Accent on Health," Kathie kept hearing from guests and health experts about a wonderful new barley product that they encouraged her to try. And once she did, she never went back.
"The main thing we've learned about BarleyLife is the extra energy it gives you," Kathie says. "One teaspoon mixed in one glass with ice is about '10 hours of jet fuel,' they kidded us. Also the rebuilding of the cells was a very important issue with BarleyLife.
"Well, with the long hours I put in between the TV production world, the home, and the kids, good old BarleyLife was a welcome discovery."
"I still look good, feel good, and have no health problems," Kathie says. "In November I will be 61 years old. I really don't feel any different than when I was 30. That's the bottom line."


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How to Create Harry Potter Potions: Fun With Your Kids
Want to bring the fictional world of Harry Potter to your own kitchen?
Looking for a way to wow your kids?
In this article I will show you how to do some simple Hogwarts' magic with your kids, no trip to Diagon Alley necessary.
You'll mix everyday items disguised as magical ingredients into potions that bubble, change color and grow.
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Your little Harrys, Hermiones and Rons will have a blast brewing these mystical mixtures. Even Muggles who have never heard of Harry Potter will have fun conducting these cool experiments.


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The Policies & Procedures website contains a wide array of information including:
Please take a moment to browse through our website and familiarize yourself with the policies of DePaul University. It is the responsibility of all DePaul University employees to be aware of relevant University Policies and Procedures. Should you have any questions feel free to contact the Office of the Secretary at (312) 362-7126.
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Before you sign out of iCloud, make sure that you archive or make copies of the information that you store in iCloud. When you sign out of iCloud, you can't access or use the following services on your devices or your Mac.
- Apple Pay, Apple Cash, and Apple Card*
- Find My
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- Home app to control your HomeKit devices
- iCloud Backup
- iCloud Drive
- iCloud Keychain
- iCloud Mail
- iCloud Photos
- Siri Shortcuts
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- Shared Albums
- Messages in iCloud
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- Shared Pages, Numbers, and Keynote documents
- Updates to your contacts, calendars, reminders, bookmarks, and Safari tabs
- Continuity features like Handoff, Universal Clipboard, and Auto Unlock with your Apple Watch
- App data for any third-party apps that you've installed that use iCloud
*Your Apple Cash and Apple Card accounts are linked to your Apple ID. They can't be transferred to a different Apple ID or accessed by a different Apple ID.
When you sign out of iCloud, you'll also automatically be signed out of the App Store, iMessage, and FaceTime. You can keep using these services with your Apple ID by signing back in separately. Here's how to sign in to the App Store, iMessage, and FaceTime. If you don't want to sign back in with your Apple ID, you can keep using iMessage and FaceTime with your phone number.
If you sign out of iCloud and you don't keep a copy of your data on your device or your Mac, you can't access that data on your device or your Mac until you sign in to iCloud again.
Sign out on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > [your name].
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- Enter your Apple ID password and tap Turn Off.
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- Tap Sign Out.
- Tap Sign Out again to confirm that you want to sign out of iCloud.
Sign out on your Mac
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
- Click Apple ID, then click Overview. If you use macOS High Sierra or earlier, click iCloud.
- Click Sign Out.
- If you want to a keep a copy of your iCloud data on your Mac before you sign out, make sure that you select the appropriate checkboxes. Then click Keep a Copy.
- If you want to keep a copy of your Safari passwords on your Mac, click Keep on This Mac.
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When you sign out of iCloud on the iPhone that's paired with your Apple Watch, you're automatically signed out of iCloud on your Apple Watch.
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Smart TVs: Not Such A Smart Idea
from the Temporal-Pre-crime deptA Smart TV is a TV that includes at least a rudimentary OS, access to web and Internet functions, and streaming content. They have been a hot product category at the last two CES shows, and the rumor that Apple is about to launch one is adding fuel to the fire. The Apple rumor is somewhat reliable, since it is partly based on a quote from the Steve Jobs biography where Jobs says of the Smart TV: "I finally cracked it."
But having looked closely at the offerings at CES, and comparing them to the mobile phone industry, I don't believe that the entire concept of putting extensive intelligence into the TV is a wise one. The reason is mostly because of the temporal mismatch between the lifetime of a TV, and the lifetime of a mobile device, mobile OS, or mobile processor. You see, people want large screen TVs, and these are expensive investments. The main screen in most American homes runs around $1,100. And those screens are designed to have a half-life of around 60,000 hours of viewing. Now, it's not clear how long the average consumer will keep a 1080p TV bought in 2012, but I'd suppose that 10 years is not a ridiculous guess, so humor me and work with 10 years.
So if there is one component of the Smart TV that costs $1,100 and lasts most people about 10 years, does it make sense to mate it to the "smart" part? The cost of the "smartness" is fairly easy to estimate: A Roku box, Google TV box, or Apple TV box run around $70-$100, a Boxee box goes for around $200. So, the "smart" factor runs between $70 and $200 street price. But what is the life-cycle of the average "smart" device? For that, I look to the phone market, where people cycle their smartphones every two years. Apple fans line up at the store to replace their one or two year old 3GS for a 4G because of added features and function. On Android and iOS alike, the latest OS versions, features and apps only work on the latest hardware. Does anyone here have an old phone or smartphone sitting in a drawer? Yes? Do you want to do the same with your $1,100 TV investment? It's a given that a TV is not a smartphone, but for now we're asking them to do similar tasks: apps, streaming media, social updates, etc. The Internet performance of the TVs will become out of date like smartphones do. Tying relatively cheap, 2-3 year life-cycle smarts to an expensive 10 year product just doesn't make sense.
It seems the obvious solution is already here: keep the TV dumb, and provide a set-top box (STB) that has the smarts. The STB can thus be replaced cheaply, once out of date. Consumers can easily have more than one STB, not committing to any one company's ecosystem. Do people really want to buy their TV's by ecosystem? "Hey, I love this Sony's picture, price, and size...but I want an iCloud, so I'll buy this smaller TV instead."
Really, the Smart TV is just a sales vehicle dreamt up and promoted by the TV OEMs. They had a bang-up decade updating everyone to flat panels, then pushing the upgrade to 1080P. They've had less success with 3D, and are looking for the hook to make another upgrade worthwhile. For now, Smart is it. But I doubt customers are eager to jump on, given they can just buy a STB. Even those actively looking for a TV may resist if there is a price premium, given most Blu-ray players and many cable or telco STBs already provide smart features. The TV OEMs are going to have to bundle in the smarts for free, and hope that they can make money back on the content ecosystem. But will they enjoy ecosystem lock-in for 10 years, or less?
So far, the Smart TVs sold to market are too new to have suffered from the life-cycle mismatch. The earliest Smart TVs can still compete on level ground with the latest, since it's only been a year or so since they've been in shops. But it won't be long until we start hearing complaints from those customers that "I can't stream that resolution." or "Why can't I watch programs with that new MP4 codec?" or "That app doesn't work for me. Why can't I get the latest OS on my TV?" Some of those people will end up with a newer STB, and just obviate the smarts that had been built into their TV, much the same way most of us don't use the TV tuner that is bundled with our sets.
Ultimately, whatever the problem that Steve Jobs "cracked", or whatever smarts are provided by Sony, Google, LG, Samsung, etc. I think those smarts will be better placed in a STB (or tablet, or other smart device) than in a TV.
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NBA Trade Rumors Luol Deng to NY Knicks?
December 01, 2012 08:15 PM EST
Chicago had the best overall record in the NBA the past two seasons, but the injury to Derrick Rose has shown that this team is basically a one-man offense, and the Bulls need to make some changes.
Bleacher Report writer Jamal Collier has some interesting ideas on how Chicago can improve, and it starts with the trading of Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer.
The potential deal involves three teams and some big salaries with the Bulls sending Deng to the NY Knicks and Boozer to Charlotte. Amar'e Stoudemire and Gerald Henderson would be sent to the Bulls with New York also getting Tyrus Thomas.
With the NBA salary cap restrictions, this deal would work for all three teams. Bulls fans would welcome the Boozer move, and the Bobcats would rid themselves of a bad contract in Thomas, but all three teams would also benefit from such a trade.
Stoudemire would give Chicago a scoring threat in the paint and a decent rebounder, while New York gets a solid all-around player in Deng and some depth with the addition of Thomas. Charlotte gets a solid player in Boozer and a veteran that could help lead the young Bobcats for several more years.
With the trade deadline still weeks away, this is a solid idea, and the fact it makes each team better than they are currently makes this a deal worth looking into for all three franchises.
don't know if this rumor has any legs, if this writer has any clue, or if this
website has any legitimacy, but i'd take DENG for STAT and Tyrus Thomas in a flash.
edit: writer is from Bleacher Report, where "idea" emanates... prob as bogus as the KO Trade Forum thread


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Since its founding in 1993, NCH Capital has formed twenty-five funds targeting inefficiencies in capital-starved markets. The firm's deep-value strategies are executed, depending on the local opportunity set, through investments in real estate, agribusiness, private equity and publicly quoted securities. Today, approximately half of our AUM is committed to agriculture, mostly in Ukraine and Russia, making NCH one of the largest farm operators in the world.
In 2010 we made a strategic decision to extend the entrepreneurial vision and deep-value philosophy of the founding partners with the opening of an office in Brazil to cover investment opportunities in Latin America. The NCH presence there is a natural extension of our long-standing participation in emerging markets and our belief in the unique opportunities they offer. Following three years of successful incubation with the private capital of NCH founders, the NCH LatAm Fund (long-biased equity) was opened to outside capital on January 1, 2014.
NCH Capital manages approximately $3 billion of capital through a network of nine offices in Eastern Europe, Russia and Brazil, with a professional staff of approximately 150 who are fully integrated in their local business communities. All office heads have extensive investment, management, technical, analytical, financial, and legal experience in their respective markets, and most have been with us since NCH's formative years. We believe the scale of our platform, our well-established local roots, access to capital, strength of reputation, and ready access to idea flow provide us with an execution edge that has contributed significantly to our success.
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The gunman suspected of shooting a 1-year-old Brooklyn boy in the head as he crossed a street in his stroller has been charged with second-degree murder after being arrested in northeastern Pennsylvania Friday, authorities said.
NYPD officers and authorities with the U.S. Marshal Regional Fugitive Task Force apprehended 23-year-old Daquan Breland, who is believed to be the shooter, Friday in Wilkes-Barre, according to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Daquan Wright, 19, was also taken into custody. Police believe he gave the gun used in the shooting to Breland.
The men waived extradition at a hearing and were taken back to New York.
Breland was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, officials said. He was remanded without bail at an arraignment Saturday.
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Wright was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
Antiq Hennis was shot in the head Sunday evening as his father pushed his stroller across Livonia Avenue in Brownsville. Authorities have said the shooting may have been gang-related, with his father as the intended target.
Police said four shots were fired, and one hit Antiq on the left side of his head. Two bullets were found in his stroller.
At a funeral for the boy at Grace Funeral Chapels in East New York Friday night, some mourners expressed outrage at Antiq's father, Anthony, who police said has been uncooperative in their investigation.
"Life cut short in an instant, for no reason, for his father's foolishness," said the boy's uncle, Percy Gravenhise.
"They're not men, they're little boys," mourner Yvette Telfair-Clay said. "Men don't shoot babies. May they rot in hell. It's not right."
Anthony Hennis walked into the open-casket funeral through a back door. Neither of Antiq's parents spoke at the service.
"It's just sad. Why, why an innocent child?" said. Telfair-Clay. "Children should be able to live happy, normal lives, and it's really sad. It's a very sad thing when you have to bury a baby."
In a 2009 mugshot, Breland can be seen with a tattoo that reads "family comes 1st." He served time that year for a shooting in Auburn, N.Y.; the details of that case were not immediately clear.
Kelly said Friday afternoon that the gun used in the shooting had been located. He would not comment on a motive.
Brenland and Wright were arraigned as fugitives in Pennsylvania. Wright then waived extradition in Pennsylvania on a weapons charge and Breland on a parole violation, according to the Citizens' Voice newspaper in Wilkes-Barre.


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Reaching beyond the church walls to engage our neighbors is one of the joys of our common life. Three of our outreach projects are the Giving Garden, the Outdoor Prayer Box and a Little Free Library.
St. Luke's also participates in the Episcopal Church's United Thank Offering, collects hygiene items around Christmas for a local mental health institute, donates food to the Bay View Community Center through a monthly food drive, collects gently used clothing for the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, and collects cancelled stamps, foreign and domestic, for the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi.


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I have had my monk for a few months and I really like it, except one thing....
if I am riding barefoot after a while the straps/footbed bother the outside part of my feet.
I think the memory foam compresses and the part of the footbed where your small toe and that side of my foot becomes very uncomfortable.
This starts to happen after about 1/2 hour.
Does anyone else have this problem with their Monk or other Shinn board with the same straps and pads? Any solutions besides wearing something on feet?


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Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator' Has Something to Offend Just About Everyone [NSFW VIDEO]
Sacha Baron Cohen has created some memorable TV and movie characters, such as Borat, Bruno, and Ali G. Now he has another one with the first trailer for his next comedy 'The Dictator.'
And this one might be his most controversial character yet.
Playing fictional North African dictator named General Aladeen, Sacha Baron Cohen channels Borat once again with more racy "Coming to America"-style jokes. From the NSFW trailer below, we can see that the movie is going to use real politicians and real world events to tell the story of Aladeen coming to the United States and experiencing how we live. Check out the controversial trailer below. Has Sacha Baron Cohen gone too far this time?
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So once again, Randy Jackson is the man in the middle of "American Idol," which might be the most hopeful thing we can extract from the latest revamping of the judges' lineup.
As the only holdover from the original panel, the pressure is on Jackson to hold the show together amid the addition of two rookie judges – Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler – both seasoned big stars, undoubtedly with egos to match.
For Jackson, the new set-up represents a return of sorts to his old, relatively fanfare-free role as the buffer between two outsized personalities. While most eyes will be on Lopez and Tyler, how Jackson plays his part could help spell the difference between success and failure for the overhauled "Idol."
"I'm calling 'Idol' Season 10 'The Remix,' baby!" Jackson declared at Wednesday's manufactured event to announce the warmed-over news that Lopez and Tyler were officially on board, following weeks of tiresome rumors.
Jackson long has been the most underrated and underappreciated "American Idol" judge. From the start, he offered an affable medium between Simon Cowell's often-cruel sniping and Paula Abdul's loopy pronouncements of love for all. You always can count on Jackson for a gut check – he's usually on-target in his judgments and respects contestants enough to be honest while rarely cutting.
Jackson, as evidenced by his "remix" pronouncement, hasn't lost his talent for goofy patter. Even if his predilection for calling everybody "dawg" or "dude" is corny and overplayed, after eight years, we all know what he means when he calls a performance "pitchy."
His impact, though, was blunted during this weak past season, when "Idol" went to a clunky four-judge format. Ellen DeGeneres' strained bid to become the show's clown and Cowell's bitter, long goodbye wound up dominating the Fox program, particularly amid a mediocre singing talent pool.
But DeGeneres and Cowell were only part of the problem: Kara DioGuardi, in her second season, failed to sufficiently distinguish herself as a presence, coming off at times as a Jackson clone (even if she could fill a bikini to much better effect).
All too often, she seemed in sync with Jackson in sizing up the contestants, even occasionally co-opting his "pitchy" catchword. This is somewhat understandable – both have similar behind-the-scenes roots in the music industry – but not good for the show, whose ratings are in decline.
The delicate balance that carried "American Idol" to huge audience numbers through the Abdul years got out of whack when the show became more about the judges than the young singers. There's a big risk of a replay of that dynamic this season with much of the media and fan focus sure to be on Lopez and Tyler.
So listen up dawgs and dudes: We'll be rooting for Jackson, who may prove the key to whether the new "American Idol" lineup sings or just ends up a pitchy mess.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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- Musée des Beaux-Arts: a fine arts museum in Brest boasting an original collection of 10.000 objects, mainly in the fine arts and often associated with the city's maritime history.
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Hippocrates Soup
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If celery roots are not available then 3 stalks of chopped celery can be used.
Garlic – Chop off ends but you do not need to peel the whole garlic.
Source: Gerson Therapy (from RecipeThing user sMelanoma)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 120 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: Gerson, Vegan, Vegetarian
- 4 medium potatoes, cut in pieces
- 2 small celery roots
- 1 white onion, chopped
- 1 leek, chopped
- 1 whole garlic
- 6 Medium tomatoes
- 1/8 cup parsley, chopped
Make sure that all vegetables are thoroughly cleaned with distilled water.
Once veggies have been washed well then place all vegetables in a large pot (with lid).
Put enough water in pot so that it covers all of the vegetables.
Cook at a high heat until the vegetables boil and then turn down to a simmer for two to three hours.
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Adam Lambert's relationship status is no longer single.
In an interview with gossip blogger Perez Hilton about Lambert's upcoming DVD release "Glam Nation Live", the talk soon turned to what's going on in the pop star's social life.
Lambert, 29, quickly answered the question about his love life.
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"I am just dating one guy," he said.
Several celebrity sites have been reporting Lambert is dating Sauli Koskinen, one of the contestants on the Finnish version of "Big Brother." AOL Music reported Thursday the two were seen arriving at Los Angeles International.
While Lambert didn't drop the name of his new boyfriend while talking with Perez, he did reveal that he's had to get used to how his new fame has affected his love life.
"Dating is totally different now," Lambert said.
"There's added pressure, there's added expectation. You have to wonder if this person is talking to me or interested because I'm famous or because they like who I am?"
Adam's new concert DVD/CD, "Glam Nation Live" hits stores on March 22.


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HAVANA — Fifty years after triumphant armed rebels descended from the eastern mountains, communist Cuba celebrated the revolution's anniversary Thursday with toned-down festivities after a trio of devastating hurricanes and under the enduring public absence of an ailing Fidel Castro.
The austere celebrations, including dances and concerts across the island, belied the start of a year infused with possibilities for increased cash and visitors, and other changes that might ease Cubans' daily hardships. Many here hope for improved relations with the United States when President-elect Barack Obama takes office Jan. 20 following declarations he would talk directly with Raul Castro and lift severe restrictions on family travel and remittances to the island.
"I hope he gets rid of the blockade," 42-year-old Ana Luisa Mas said as she bought a pork leg for her family's New Year's Eve celebration, referring to decades-old U.S. trade sanctions.
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"We are very hopeful that with Obama our relatives will be able to visit us more, and send us more money," she said, maneuvering through hundreds of shoppers packed inside the enclosed Cuatro Caminos farmers market, rushing to buy black beans and rice, salad greens and other New Year's Eve dinner standbys.
"We also hope that Fidel will stay with us a little bit longer," Mas added.
President Raul Castro, who succeeded his older brother in February, planned to speak Thursday night from the same balcony where Fidel declared victory over dictator Fulgencio Batista's government on Jan. 1, 1959.
No foreign leaders were expected at the evening speech on a small, leafy plaza, with little fanfare beyond invitations to 3,000 Communist Party faithful. Outside the seaside U.S. Interests Section in Havana, the popular group Los Van Van were performing.
Fidel Castro's health is a state secret and he remains out of sight after undergoing major intestinal surgery almost 2½ years ago. But the 82-year-old continues to write occasional essays that suggest he still has some say in government affairs.
Shortly before midnight Wednesday, a brief statement by Castro was read on state television, congratulating "our heroic people" on the eve of the anniversary.
The 77-year-old Raul Castro appears to be in firm control of the government, but has yet to introduce any major reforms and few expect transcendent change while his brother is alive.
Officials initially planned a more grandiose anniversary celebration but scaled back after three hurricanes this year caused $10 billion in damages and wiped out nearly a third of Cuba's crops. Raul Castro last week called for more cost-cutting measures as the island posted an annual economic growth of 4.3 percent for the year, barely half the original government forecast.
Over a half-century, the triumphant rebels erased illiteracy, crafted a universal health care system, and built thousands of new schools. But after Fidel Castro embraced communism in 1961, labor unions lost the right to strike, the Catholic Church was harassed, and opponents of the new government were jailed.
The Havana-based non-governmental Cuban Commission for Human Rights and Reconciliation last counted 219 political prisoners on the island, down from as many as 15,000 in 1964.
Cuba's revolution was nevertheless long admired throughout the Third World as Castro stood up defiantly to the "Yankee imperialists," and infant mortality rates began rivaling those of developing countries.
Cuban writer Roberto Fernandez Retamar said the revolutionary movement remains relevant as several regional governments embrace milder versions of the socialist principles long promoted by the island's government. Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador are especially strong leftist allies.
"I think that the hopeful moment we have been seeing in Latin America in recent years has something to do with the Cuban revolution's existence," said Retamar.
Across the decades, Cuba's communist system has hung on, even after the Iron Curtain collapsed and communist China and Vietnam embraced free markets while still maintaining their political systems.
When President George W. Bush leaves office later this month, the revolution will have outlasted 10 American presidents who maintained strict U.S. sanctions aimed at overthrowing the Cuban leadership.
Outgoing Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, a Cuban-American who used his Bush administration post to promote hard line policies against the Castro government, this week argued against any easing of sanctions.
"To suggest unconditional dialogue with the Castro brothers would only signal that the conditions in Cuba are acceptable," Gutierrez wrote in The Washington Times. "If the United States does not continue to stand for the ideals of freedom and human rights and against the many guises of tyranny and oppression, who will?"
But many others think it is time for a major change in U.S. policies toward the island, and that rapprochement could help force an opening on the island.
"Confrontation plays up Havana's strong suit," Marifeli Perez-Stable of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington think tank, wrote in December. "Engagement may show how weak (Cuba's) hand really is. Which one is the real hard line?"


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(CNN) -- Yet another reason for fans of "The Voice" to get "Happy."
NBC tweeted confirmation on Monday that Pharrell Williams will be joining the show as a coach for Season 7 of the reality singing competition.
"Okay, we can OFFICIALLY say it! WE ARE SO #HAPPY to announce PHARRELL WILLIAMS = #NewVoiceCoach for SEASON 7," the tweet read.
Okay, we can OFFICIALLY say it! WE ARE SO #HAPPY to announce PHARRELL WILLIAMS = #NewVoiceCoach for SEASON 7. pic.twitter.com/GayqbMeU1l— The Voice (@NBCTheVoice) March 31, 2014
That's music to the ears of many fans who have been clamoring for Williams to be involved with the show. In 2013, one of the show's coaches, Usher, brought Williams in as a guest mentor for his team and the "Happy" singer brought it. So much so that it prompted the New York Magazine's Vulture column to headline one of their recaps "Pharrell should be a coach."
"It's been a huge year for Pharrell, with recognition for his contribution in the world of music -- the Despicable Me franchise soundtracks, his Oscar-nominated song 'Happy' and his Grammy-winning collaboration with Daft Punk on the breakout dance hit 'Get Lucky.' His dominance in record sales in 2014, coupled with his incomparable accomplishments in the world of fashion and design, make him an irresistible addition to The Voice family," said Paul Telegdy of NBC Entertainment.
"He has already made a considerable impact as a mentor, drawing on an impressive track record as both a producer and performer. It is a perfect fit for 'The Voice' as we evolve and reach for new heights with this franchise. It feels like we are welcoming an existing family member home."
On Monday Williams retweeted the NBC tweet adding: "This is going to be so fun."


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The folks at A&E have made reality shows that deal tastefully with highly personal subjects such as addiction, hoarding and obsessive compulsive disorder. And they're gonna need all the good taste they muster for their next project: a docudrama series featuring people coming out of the closet. Nikki Finke at Deadline reports:
I hear Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman who's known as the "Coming Out Guru" is developing with JUMA Entertainment an A&E project with the working title, natch, Coming Out. The concept will feature multiple public figures coming out of the closet. Casting is still in process. Bragman has been working with celebrities coming out of the closet for two decades and recently orchestrated exposure for Meredith Baxter and country singer Chely Wright.
The biggest stumbling block of this program is that A&E plans to focus on so-called "public figures." That might make it more compelling on the surface, but I think the viewing audience is largely uninterested in celebs coming out now. If anything, it will smack of a publicity grab. Whereas if they featured real people who were coming out (and weren't doing so as career move), it would be far more affecting.
There's precedent for people coming out on television. MTV has done two True Life episodes on the subject, both of which were extremely well done and provided a positive message. There's a way to treat this subject without being crass or exploitative. The fact that this show is on A&E and not VH1 is certainly a help. But if the channel is serious about making a gripping show about a struggle millions of closeted gay Americans have to deal with on a daily basis, they'd best avoid the Meredith Baxters of the world.


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Measure B1 Falls Short
as Vote Count Ends.
Controversial Berkeley Measures Defeated
Alameda County Measure B1. which would have increased the sales tax in the county by .5%, has narrowly missed the required two-thirds with 66.53% at the end of Thursday's count of provisional ballots. Two hotly contested Berkeley measures, S and T, were defeated; both were behind in the Election Day count and lost further ground as the remaining absentee and provisional votes were counted.
Had one voter per precinct voted yes instead of no, Measure B1 would have passed. And if turnout in Berkeley had equaled the record 2008 level it would likely have passed.
Final results have not yet been certified. Uncertified final results are now posted on the county Registrar of Voters Web site.
The final certified results are likely to be only slightly different from what is reported here. Final results, with the official statement of vote, which gives a breakdown of the vote by precinct, should be available by December 4th, four weeks after the election, at the latest. The Registrar has reportedly said that he wants all the work done by November 21, well ahead of that deadline.
B1 would have provided an estimated $7.7 billion over thirty years for transit, local streets and roads, highway efficiency, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, and sustainable land use and transportation linkages.
About 48% of the funds generated would have gone for transit, including AC Transit operations, maintenance and improvements to service; specialized transit for seniors and people with disabilities; BART system modernization and expansion and regional rail enhancements. Its defeat is a setback for those hoping for reduced traffic congestion and more encouragement of alternative transportation to reduce generation of the greenhouse gases.
Measure B1 (countywide)
Yes: 350,899 (66.53%)
No: 176,504 (33.47%)
Turnout in Berkeley
While the final numbers have not yet been certified, it's clear that turnout in Berkeley this year fell short of the record turnout of the 2008 presidential election and was closer to 2004's turnout.
For the first time in a presidential election, more vote by mail ballots in Berkeley were cast than votes at the polls. More than 21,000 ballots were counted after Election Day. Many vote by mail ballots were brought to polling places on election day rather than being put in the mail.
The ballots counted after election day did not change the results of any of Berkeley's races.
Here are the results beginning with some of the more controversial ballot measures.
Measure T –West Berkeley zoning
Measure T was briefly ahead, by 5 votes, at the end of the third day of post-election counting, raising the hopes of Measure T backers. But it finished over 500 votes behind with a lower percentage of the vote than on election day.
Yes: 24,779 (49.49%)
No: 25,291 (50.51%)
Measure S: Anti-Sitting Measure
While the campaign against Measure S was outspent 5 to 1, the measure nonetheless lost by over 2400 votes. Measure S drew more attention that any other local race. More votes were cast on S than were cast for a mayoral candidate.
Yes: 25,523 (47.70%)
No:27,981 (52.30%)
Tax Measures
There were three new tax or bond measures on the ballot. Measure M, facing no organized opposition, passed. Measures N & O, despite a vigorous and visible campaign in favor, fell short of the required two-thirds majority. Measure P, requiring only a majority vote, authorizes spending of revenues from already existing taxes, and Measure Q made some changes to the existing Utility Users tax.
Measure M Streets and Watershed bond
Yes: 37,988 (73.29%)
No: 13,847 (26.71%)
Measure N, Pools bond measure.
Yes: 31,671 (62.37%)
No: 19,112 (37.63%)
Measure O, Pools parcel tax
Yes: 30,191 (60.00%)
No: 20,129 (40.00%)
Measure P, Existing taxes
Yes: 45,318 (89.08%)
No: 5,555 (10.92%)
Measure Q, technical change Utility tax
Yes: 42,382 (85.36%)
No: 7,266 (14.64%)
Other Measures
Measure R, Council District Redistricting
Yes: 31,852 (65.92%)
No: 16,464 (34.08%)
Measure U, Sunshine Ordinance
Yes: 10,509 (23.27%)
No: 34,651 (76.73%)
Measure V, FACTS Ordinance
Yes: 17,292 (38.60%)
No: 27,511 (61.40%)
Berkeley Mayor
Mayor Tom Bates won reelection easily, carrying every precinct in the city according to the election results map on the County Registrar of Voters Web site.
Tom Bates: 28,635 (54.09%)
Kriss Worthington: 11,507 (21.74%)
Jacquelyn McCormick: 6,011 (11.35%)
Bernt Wahl: 2,322 (4.39%)
Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi: 2,248 (4.25%)
Zachary Runningwolf: 2,016 (3.81%)
City Council
All incumbents won re-election, outspending their opponents in each of the three contested races.
City Council District 2
Darryl Moore: 3393 (58.66%)
Denisha Delane: 1629 (28.17%)
Adolfo Cabral: 731 (12.64%)
City Council District 3
Max Anderson: 3119 (60.35%)
Dmitri Belser 2021 (39.11%)
City Council District 5
Laurie Capitelli 4324 (54.25%)
Sophie Hahn 3619 (45.40%)
City Council District 6
Susan Wengraf 5569 (93.71%)
Phoebe Sorgen 291 (4.90%)
(write-in candidate)
Berkeley School Board
Judy Appel received the highest number of votes of any Berkeley candidate this year, topping Mayor Bates, an achievement for someone who was not an incumbent.
She was elected along with incumbent Beatriz Leyva-Cutler.
Judy Appel: 30,012 (42.09%)
Beatriz Leyva-Cutler 22,267 (31.23%)
Tracy Hollander 15,528 (21.78%)
Norma Harrison 3,332 (4.67%)
Berkeley Rent Board
Three members of the Progressive Affordable Housing Slate and one member of the landlord-financed TUFF slate were elected. Nicole Drake, the one incumbent on the TUFF slate, finished sixth. Igor Tregub, an incumbent on the progressive slate, also lost.
Judy Shelton: 19,738 (15.31%)
Judy Hunt 17,930 (13.91%)
Asa Dodsworth 17,551 (13.62%)
Alejandro Soto-Vigil 16,869 (13.09%)
Igor Tregub 16,659 (12.93%)
Nicole Drake 15,327 (11.89%)
Kiran Shenoy 13,204 (10.24%)
Jay James 11,252 (8.73%)
Note: the results reported above for all races do not include write-in votes, except for the case of Phoebe Sorgen. For that reason, votes for candidates to not add up to 100%.


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We to'd and fro'd over the email and finally his commitments match up with my commitments and we ended up at this weekend, the tail-end of the Fallow buck season. So once again; I set off to meet a man, an armed man, I met on the internet, in the woods.
Escape Velocity
Over the phone - [shouting, not at each other but just to be heard over the din of older brother tormenting younger sister in background]
SBW: Can I take the kids out on Sunday instead? I'm going away on Saturday
Ex Mrs SBW: Excellent! Where are you taking them?
SBW: I can't take them! I'm going deer stalking!
[Sound of The Littlest Bushwacker wailing in the background]
Ex Mrs SBW: She's crying because you won't take her deer stalking
SBW: [laughing] That's why she can't come deer stalking, and her legs are too short
We agree to meet at 4am for the two hour drive to his stalking ground, and what a stalking ground. An estate that borders a national park, four species of deer, lots of small game, and a 200 yard rifle range.
On the way there the temperature drops and it stars to rain, perfect weather in other words. Our arrival turns out to be auspicious, I've always been taught that an unloaded rifle is just a stick, so load-up as soon as you get out of the truck because your first [or only] chance might be in the first few yards. Hmm yes. This time the first chance was a very chubby Grey Squirrel waiting for us on the estate side of the gate. Air rifle still in truck, 17HMR missing magazine, .308 not really what you'd call a Squirrel calibre, .22LR finally hauled out from under the other cases only for HunterX to miss at, well he called it ten yards but more about his range estimation later.
Much sniggering ensues as we stalk up into the woods, long 'rides' separate blocks of woodland. Mist clings to the ground, it couldn't look more 'woodland stalking' if it tried. A shootable Roe Buck scoots across the ride we're walking on, head down, and intent on something other than evading us.
The next opportunity is also a squirrel. We're neatly concealed by some coppiceed Beech trees and the Grey Menace is cavorting on a fallen tree, I crawl into what looks to be child's-play range and send a .22 sleeping pill straight over his head, he doesn't stick around for me to take another shot. Honor looking decidedly sketchy on both sides we retreat to the range.
Who's House? Mr Fox's House!
Highseat hunting is always colder than I remember it, as the light started to turn a cool breeze chilled me to the bone. The crop field looked promising but no deer came, at one point a Hare so big that on first sight I thought it was a Muntjac hopped past, but I didn't think the .308 would leave much worth eating so I turned down the shot, and as the light soon faded I walked back to the truck. HunterX smiled ruefully
HunterX: "I guess I put you in the wrong highseat, I saw two prickets you could have shot, sparing with each other"
SBW: That's why its called 'hunting' and not 'shopping'


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There are many things about cancer you might hear from friends or read on the Internet that can confuse or scare you. Is cancer really contagious? Can you get it from using hair dyes or antiperspirants? Will positive thinking or cutting out sugar from your diet stop cancer from growing and spreading? Are drug companies, the government, or the medical establishment hiding a cure?
Tomorrow, February 4, is World Cancer Day, which is organized every year by the Union for International Cancer Control to improve people's knowledge about cancer and debunk common misconceptions about the disease. So there's no better time to find out the facts about developing, treating, and coping with cancer, starting with this Cancer.Net podcast.
A transcript of this podcast is available.
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With many miles of SusTrans cycleways criss-crossing the county and a network of bridleways and footpaths, Pembrokeshire offers cyclists the opportunity of exploring beautiful countryside and visiting historic features.
In several places, old railway tracks, long disused since Dr Beeching wielded his axe on small lines in the early sixties, have been turned into cycleways cutting through picturesque countryside and affording panoramic vistas of rolling hills, wooded valleys and spectacular coastal scenery.
And there are also places in the county where mountain bikes are encouraged and courses have been laid out on challenging terrain.
There are locations where mapped routes have been designed, notably at Saundersfoot, Newport, St Govans, Canaston Woods, Llys-y-Fran Reservoir and Country Park and in the Preseli Hills, and routes in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park area are largely directed through quiet country lanes and byways linking coastal villages and hamlets, with the bonus of magnificent views.
Bikers can combine their cycling with other interests such as bird and wildlife watching, coastal sports and visiting prehistoric and historical sites.
Llys-y-Fran Reservoir and Country Park is a very popular cycling venue with an undulating and in places quite demanding track right around the perimeter of the reserve. Cycles and helmets can be hired at the Visitor Centre, and the track is suitable only for off-road bikes. The circuit has the added advantage of a variety of conditions, with flat areas on the banks of the reservoir and winding track through the oak woods on the northern edges, with quite steep ascents and descents through the little valleys. The wildlife along the route is interesting with woodland birds like nuthatch, woodpecker and tree creeper, jay and woodpigeon and various kinds of duck along the margins of the reservoir and in the little inlets around the water's edge. The marshy areas also abound with damsel flies and dragon flies like tiny irridescent helicopters among the rushes and flag irises. A pleasant sight, too, is the tranquil gliding of sailing dinghies, for there are launching facilities and many people bring their own boats. Contacts at Llys-y-fran, which belongs to Dwr Cymru (Welsh Water) are: 01437-532273 or 01437-532694.
Cycling is also encouraged at Newport where Newport Bike Hire offers the opportunity to cycle 'in the heart of Pembrokeshire,' Their contacts are: Daytime 01239-826724 or 07779-227258.
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Information and Visitor Centre at Oriel y Parc, St Davids, runs an exciting two-day event called Cyclosportive offering serious riders the choice of three challenging weekend rides of 50, 75 and 100 miles. There are also family rides, which include a children's treasure hunt. The contact website is www.toursofpembrokeshire.co.uk. A very popular family ride is the nine mile run along the purpose-built cycle track from Haverfordwest to Neyland Marina, the start of which is in the town centre near County Hall. It takes the rider alongside the railway line via Johnston and Rosemarket.


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Xi's Seduction of the Military
By Russell Leigh Moses
China, as a leading commentary in People's Daily noted on Friday, has "climbed a high mountain," but it is still "walking a tightrope."
Now with his first ramble as new Communist Party leader behind him, Xi Jinping likewise will be scrambling not to slip.
Xi's itinerary this week involved two significant stops: The first in Shenzhen, the manufacturing boomtown linked the famous "Southern Tour" Deng Xiaoping took in 1992 to jumpstart economic reforms that stalled in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, and the second at the Guangzhou Military Region Headquarters, home of those in the People's Liberation Army who are most directly involved in protecting China's interest in the hotly contested South China Sea.
The trip to Shenzhen has garnered significant attention in both Chinese and Western media, and deservedly so. By aligning himself with Deng, Xi is sending a strong message about his intention to shake things up, at least economically.
But in many ways, it was his meeting with the military in Guangzhou (in Chinese) that was more revealing -- in terms both of his political aims and of the challenges he faces in trying to achieve them.
Most obviously, Xi's appearance in Guangzhou reaffirmed the sense that, despite being more accessible to outsiders than some of his predecessors, he is a strong patriot, unafraid of showing his nationalist credentials. It might have been the smart play to stay away from such a regional hotspot at this moment, but Xi was there to support the armed forces. "A strong army is to be the standard, able to fight and win wars" he noted – hardly the call for restraint and dialogue others in the South China Sea had been hoping to hear.
But there were other, more important messages Xi wanted to convey to soldiers and sailors alike.
Chief among those was that the military needed to "adhere to unity, one that is rich and strong" and that its allegiance remained to the Communist Party and its policies. "The soul of a strong army," Xi insisted, lies in "the resolute command by the Party," and so "we must unswervingly adhere to the Party's absolute leadership over the army, and resolutely obey the party at any time under any circumstances" -- a clear signal from the new head of the Central Military Commission to officers and recruits alike that he requires a military that will race alongside him when it comes to new reforms. Xi needs help, but he's not going to hold everyone's hand.
It's still early to know exactly how elements in the armed forces will respond to Xi. Unlike his predecessor Hu Jintao, Xi didn't have to wait to take over as head of the Central Military Commission. And unlike Hu, Xi has a number of allies who occupy senior posts in the military, some of whom he clearly worked to put there. But his repeated calls for unity and loyalty to the Party suggest that he knows that there are significant areas of divide between the services and in the ranks there.
The sense in Party circles is that, apart from strong rhetoric, Xi is not offering the military very much right now, talking about "consolidating national defense" while focusing on political and ideological instruction (in Chinese). He is not bringing the armed forces to heel, as much as he is appealing to them to hew to the new Party style.
This is a crucial test for Xi, because the military is far more important political player that it was at the beginning of Hu's tenure. It's in the midst of a major doctrinal debate, and there are plenty of signs that for every new weapons system won by one branch of the armed forces, someone else is losing out. It will be Xi's responsibility to resolve these tensions, but he needs to be cautious about alienating potential allies.
It's good that leading Party media are focusing on "this spirit of hard work and methods." That message is getting out there (in Chinese). It's also helpful to Xi's prospects that officials are urged to concentrate on, as the editorial noted above, "strengthening the awareness of problems and focusing on solving them."
Still, these are tricky times in Chinese politics. After all the talk, Xi and his colleagues seem to be working hard to walk the walk, but they're bound to run up against opposition. A major question is how they react when someone tries to trip them up.
Russell Leigh Moses is the Dean of Academics and Faculty at The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies. He is writing a book on the changing role of power in the Chinese political system.


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1Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
the house of Israel, with deceit;
Judah still wanders about with gods,
and is faithful to holy ones.*
2* Ephraim shepherds the wind,
and pursues the east wind all day long.
He multiplies lies and violence:
They make a covenant with Assyria,
and oil is carried to Egypt.
3The LORD has a dispute with Judah,
and will punish Jacob* for his conduct,
and repay him for his deeds.
4In the womb he supplanted his brother,a
and in his vigor he contended with a divine being;
5He contended with an angel and prevailed,b
he wept and entreated him.
At Bethel he met with him,
and there he spoke with him.c
6The LORD is the God of hosts,
the LORD is his name!d
7You must return to your God.
Maintain loyalty and justice
and always hope in your God.
8A merchant who holds a false balance,
he loves to extort!
9Ephraim has said,
"How rich I have become;
I have made a fortune!"e
All his gain will not suffice
for the guilt of his sin.
10I the LORD have been your God,
since the land of Egypt;f
I will again have you live in tents,
as on feast days.
11I spoke to the prophets,
I granted many visions,g
and through the prophets I told parables.
12In Gilead is falsehood, they have come to nothing;
in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
But their altars are like heaps of stonesh
in the furrows of the field.
13Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
and Israel served for a wife;
for a wife he tended sheep.i
14But by a prophet* the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt,
and by a prophet Israel was tended.j
15Ephraim has aroused bitter anger,
so his Lord shall cast his bloodguilt upon him
and repay him for his scorn.
* [12:1–15] This chapter draws a parallel between the history of Israel and events in the life of Jacob-Israel, the ancestor.
* [12:1] An attack on the idolatry of both kingdoms, Israel and Judah. Holy ones: subordinate gods, members of the divine council.
* [12:2] Hosea frequently condemns the alliances with Assyria and Egypt, the two world powers (7:8–16).
* [12:3] Jacob: whose name was changed to Israel (Gn 35:10).
* [12:14] A prophet: Moses.
h. [12:12] Gn 31:45–54; Jos 4–5.
i. [12:13] Gn 28:5; 29:15–30; 30:31.
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Even as the United States moves to a health system based on the team-based care called for by the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, it's important to ensure projected physician shortages don't lead to substituting other health care professionals for primary care physicians. This could create two classes of health care: one run by a physician-led team and the other by less qualified health professionals, according to a new report released by the AAFP.
"The best, most efficient (health) care is provided by teams of health professionals in the patient-centered medical home led by physicians, not independent practice by a single health professional," says a press release issued by the AAFP in conjunction with its report Primary Care for the 21st Century: Ensuring a Quality, Physician-led Team for Every Patient.
The AAFP report takes issue with the movement to grant nurse practitioners (NPs) independent practice authority at a time when the PCMH model is being rolled out across the nation. NPs are a vital part of the health care team, says the report, but "they cannot fulfill the need for a fully trained physician."
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia currently allow NPs autonomy in diagnosis and treatment, although about half require that a physician be involved to prescribe all or certain drugs. However, there are ongoing attempts to remove scope-of-practice barriers for advanced practice registered nurses in all states, which likely would lead to them setting up independent practices. If successful, these efforts will undermine the ability of primary care physicians and PCMHs to deliver team-based care, says the Academy.
- The movement to grant independent practice authority to nurse practitioners (NPs) threatens to create two classes of care, says a new report released by the AAFP.
- In comparing and contrasting the educational and training levels of NPs and primary care physicians, the report explains why the two specialties are not interchangeable.
- The report also explains why primary care and family physicians should be leading the patient-centered medical home.
AAFP members want to improve access to primary care and have better quality outcomes at a lesser cost, AAFP Board Chair Roland Goertz, M.D., M.B.A., said at a telephone press conference announcing the report. However, he added, "We want to do all these things without downgrading care."
"The PCMH model improves the quality of care because it capitalizes on the unique expertise of each member of the patient's health care team," said Goertz in the press release. "It ensures patients are under the care of a physician and expands access to health care services.
"Wholesale substitution of nonphysician health care providers for physicians is not the solution, especially at a time when primary care practices are being called upon to take on more complex care. Patients need access to every member of their health care team -- starting with a primary care physician, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and all the other professionals who provide health care."
According to the report, "The family physician is trained to provide a complex differential diagnosis, develop a treatment plan that addresses multiple organ systems, and order and interpret tests within the context of the patient's overall health condition. Nurse practitioners, on the other hand, are specifically trained to follow through on the treatment of a patient after a diagnosis and to implement protocols for chronic disease management."
Profound Differences
The report addresses the differences in educational and training levels between physicians and NPs, pointing out that NPs only receive five-and-a-half to seven years of education compared with 11 years for physicians.
Most NPs typically receive their education through a one-and-a-half to three-year degree program that confers a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, depending on the previous education of the student. "Approximately 77 percent of nurse practitioners hold an MSN degree," says the report. "Many of the remainder used alternate pathways available in their state to achieve nurse practitioner licensure without an advanced degree."
Family physicians, by contrast, typically receive their education through a four-year graduate degree program at one of the 130 accredited medical schools in the United States and an additional three-year program of clinical residency. "Medical students spend nearly 9,000 hours in lectures, clinical study, laboratories and direct patient care," says the report. Training and clinical hours required to become a family physician total 21,700 hours compared with 5,350 hours for NPs.
"I didn't know what I didn't know until I went through seven more years of training," says FP LaDona Schmidt, M.D., of Salina, Kan. Schmidt was an NP before she did further training to become a physician. During the AAFP's telephone news conference, Schmidt noted that she thought her further training to become a doctor would be easy because she had already undergone the training to be an NP. It wasn't until she got into the program that she realized how much she did not know about the underlying causes of disease processes.
NPs Are Not Physicians
Most proposals that would allow NPs to practice independently come in response to the ongoing shortage of primary care physicians, according to the AAFP report. However, "Substituting NPs for doctors cannot be the answer. Nurse practitioners are not doctors, and responsible leaders of nursing acknowledge this fact."
In fact, Kathleen Potempa, Ph.D., R.N., dean of the University of Michigan School of Nursing and president of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, said in a New York Times article(www.nytimes.com) that, "Nurses are very proud of the fact that they're nurses, and if nurses had wanted to be doctors, they would have gone to medical school."
"Dr. Potempa is right -- nurse practitioners do not have the substance of doctor training or the length of clinical experience required to be doctors," says the AAFP report.
The AAFP calls for filling the primary care gap by a continued transition to team-based care in medical homes "with all health professionals playing valuable and appropriate roles."
"Studies show the ideal practice ratio of NPs to physicians is approximately four to one," the report says. "With PCMHs built around that ratio, everyone can have a primary care doctor and receive the benefits of team-based care."
Controlling Costs
The report also dismisses claims that substituting NPs for primary care physicians results in lower costs. It cites a study(mcr.sagepub.com) (abstract) in Medical Care Research and Review that says "the evidence that role revision increases health care efficiency or lowers costs is weak and contradictory."
"Health care planners need to be alert to the possibility that, while nonphysicians cost less to employ than physicians, savings on salaries may be offset by lower productivity and less efficient use of nonstaff resources," says that study.
The AAFP report, meanwhile, acknowledges that "the cost of health care continues to be a major hurdle for our nation."
"While there is no silver bullet, there is growing evidence that the PCMH model -- which emphasizes improved access to more robust primary care teams -- can reduce total costs," says the AAFP, pointing to a recent report by the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative that provides "34 examples of private insurance companies, state and federal entities implementing the PCMH model and finding 'outcomes of better health, better care and lower costs are being achieved.'"
The bottom line, according to Goertz, is that the AAFP is saying the PCMH model and its concepts are the right way to move forward with care in this country. Independent practice standards for NPs vary from state to state, but PCMH standards do not, said Goertz, adding that independent practice for NPs is not the right model with which to move into the future of health care.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA /PRNewswire/ -- SEMICON WEST -- EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, unveiled the semiconductor industry's "first bonding system for 450 mm diameter wafers manufactured from silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates." Building on EVG's leadership in SOI wafer bonding, the new system—dubbed the EVG850SOI/450 mm—was created to support and facilitate the industry transition to 450 mm wafers from the current 300 mm standard. Leading SOI wafer provider Soitec will install, test, and qualify the first EVG850SOI/450-mm system at its Grenoble, France, headquarters. Delivery is slated for fall 2011.
For more than 40 years, Moore's Law has been the primary driver for innovation in the semiconductor industry. The benefits of reduced cost per transistor, better performance, and increased functionality enable increased transistor budgets for innovative designs. Because IC cost per square centimeter (cost/cm2) approximately doubles each decade, however, the industry has undergone a coincident transition in wafer size every eight to 10 years—while continuing to scale feature sizes—to stay on the path of Moore's Law. SOI is expected to play an enabling role in the shift to 450 mm as it not only answers most of the scaling challenges, but it also delivers better power/performance for sub-22-nm CMOS and 3D technologies compared with similar-geometry bulk CMOS.
Wafer bonding is a crucial technique for fabricating SOI wafers as it enables achievement of high-quality, single-crystal silicon films on one insulating layer to form SOI substrates. The new EVG850SOI/450 mm wafer bonding system leverages EVG's strengths in wafer bonding technology to create a fully automated tool for production-level fabrication of SOI wafers. Moreover, because chipmakers will need an interim solution to optimize productivity for existing 300 mm capacity as the migration to 450 mm proceeds over the next few years, the system can serve as a bridge tool, allowing processing of both wafer sizes.
"Every bonded 300 mm SOI wafer and nearly 100% of all SOI wafers are fabricated on EVG systems. We delivered our first SOI bonding system in 1994, and our global installed base continues to grow with widened adoption of SOI substrates," noted EV Group Executive Technology Director Paul Lindner. "One of the most important SOI fabrication processes based on wafer bonding is the Smart Cut layer-transfer technology from Soitec, with whom EV Group has a longstanding collaborative relationship. Soitec is the ideal recipient of the first EVG 450 mm SOI wafer bonding system, and their evaluation of the alpha-tool will be invaluable for optimizing the system modules."
The EVG850SOI/450 mm consists of two process modules: a cleaning module for cleaning and pre-conditioning of wafers before wafer bonding, and an SOI pre-bonding module. In the pre-bonding module, the two silicon wafers are joined together either in a vacuum or in an atmospheric chamber. The tool is equipped with state-of-the-art 450 mm load ports and front opening unified pods. Most of the particle and metal ion contamination tests will be performed on 300 mm wafers due to the lack of 450 mm metrology systems. The first tool in EVG's 450 mm arsenal, the new bonder will serve as the key starting point for the production of 450 mm SOI wafers, and can be used for the development of other EV Group 450 mm products, such as mask aligners and coating systems. An extension of the system with additional modules is planned as a further step to increase wafer throughput.
Noted Chief Operating Officer Paul Boudre for Soitec, "Soitec is willing to position in the 450 mm transition. With the launch of this new system, EV Group is offering the semiconductor industry a highly viable solution to ease the transition to 450 mm wafers. With our well established SOI material playing an increasingly greater role in fabricating next-generation ICs, we look forward to working with EVG to ensure this new system is ready to enter mainstream production in a timely fashion."
During SEMICON West this week in San Francisco, EV Group will have representatives from its team of SOI and wafer bonding experts available in Booth #1131 to speak with press, analysts, and customers interested in learning more about the new EVG850SOI/450 mm system and its capabilities for bridging and enabling the 300 mm-to-450 mm wafer transition. In addition, EVG's Paul Lindner was a part of the MCA's BrightSpots Forum on 450 mm held the evening of July 11, where he touched on some of the efforts currently under way, both collectively and individually, to enhance 300 mm manufacturing efficiency, as well as to enable the industry's transition to 450 mm wafers.
About EV Group
EV Group (EVG) is a world leader in wafer-processing solutions for semiconductor, MEMS, and nanotechnology applications. Through close collaboration with its global customers, the company implements its flexible manufacturing model to develop reliable, high-quality, low-cost-of-ownership systems that are easily integrated into customers' fab lines. Key products include wafer bonding, lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and metrology equipment, as well as photoresist coaters, cleaners, and inspection systems.
In addition to its dominant share of the market for wafer bonders, EVG holds a leading position in NIL and lithography for advanced packaging and MEMS. Along these lines, the company co-founded the EMC-3D consortium in 2006 to create and help drive implementation of a cost-effective through-silicon via process for major ICs and MEMS/sensors. Other target semiconductor-related markets include SOI, compound semiconductor, and silicon-based power-device solutions.
Founded in 1980, EVG is headquartered in St. Florian, Austria, and operates via a global customer support network, with subsidiaries in Tempe, AZ; Albany, NY; Yokohama and Fukuoka, Japan; Seoul, Korea; and Chung-Li, Taiwan. The company's unique Triple i-approach (invent - innovate - implement) is supported by a vertical integration, allowing EVG to respond quickly to new technology developments, apply the technology to manufacturing challenges, and expedite device manufacturing in high volume.


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To have fallen out of favor with one. I don't think I'll come to the party on Saturday—I'm in Jenny's black books at the moment.
be in someone's black booksbe in disfavour with someone.
Although a black book was generally an official book in which misdemeanours and their perpetrators were noted down, this phrase perhaps originated in the black-bound book in which evidence of monastic scandals and abuses was recorded by Henry VIII's commissioners in the 1530s, before the suppression of the monasteries.


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Man dies in Brighton Heights shooting
Ex-boyfriend shot after assaulting woman, police say
A shooting on Fleming Avenue in Brighton Heights turned into a fight for survival between an old boyfriend and the new boyfriend of the woman who lives in the home with her two children, police said.
Curtis Edmonds, 37, died early Sunday morning, police said.
"I was very shocked and surprised to hear that because they are a nice family," said Tonika Floyd, a neighbor.
Floyd, who lives next door, said she never expected this kind of violence on her street.
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Investigators said it started when Edmonds called his ex-girlfriend repeatedly. The woman told him not to come over, but he did anyway, police said.
When she confronted him on the front porch shortly after 3 a.m., Edmonds punched her in the face, then ran inside and upstairs to find the woman's new boyfriend, police said.
The new boyfriend told investigators that Edmonds came up the stairs pointing a gun at him so he pulled out his own gun and shot Edmonds in the torso, police said. Edmonds died in the house.
Two of the woman's children, who are 10 and 15, were home at the time of the shooting. The children were not hurt in the shooting.
Floyd said she hopes her neighbors and the children will be able to recover.
"I feel really bad," she said. "Really feel really bad."
Police questioned the children and their mother before deciding not to charge the shooter.


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Fire managers reported the Fern Lake Fire at 88 percent contained Monday morning. Crews and equipment continue to be demobilized, as fire suppression objectives are met. Adequate firefighting resources are being retained to continue suppression efforts, if fire behavior increases. These resources will also continue to work on rehabilitation needs created by fire line construction. They will provide a public update on the fire during a 5 p.m. meeting Monday in the Estes Park town hall.
Monday, fire crews will work towards meeting required rehabilitation standards. For areas where fire line construction and fire line improvement occurred along trails, they will ensure that "low stumping", cutting stumps as low to the ground as possible, and limbing of trees, is accomplished to meet those standards. Firefighters will continue to document areas which require additional rehabilitation.
Fire supervisors may attempt to hike to the southwest flank from Fern Lake Trailhead Road to evaluate opportunities for control lines.


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Almost seven centuries ago, London was devastated by an apocalyptic plague that swept across Asia and continental Europe. Today, scientists are cracking the genome code for the disease using human teeth from skeletons excavated in the city.
LONDON -- They were the final resting place for victims of the Black Death, but London's underground medieval plague pits are now unlocking the secrets of modern-day infectious diseases.
The bodies of tens of thousands of Londoners were thrown into communal graves after one of the most devastating epidemics in human history swept through Europe in the 14th century.
Between 1348 and 1351, the Black Death -- or bubonic plague -- killed up to three in five people as it spread rapidly through pre-industrial cities, unchecked by sanitation or modern medicine. That, and subsequent waves of the Yersinia pestis bacterium, claimed the lives of tens of millions of Europeans.
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Direct descendants of the same plague still exist, killing about 2,000 people each year – although they are often now treatable with antibiotics.
Earlier this month, a 7-year-old girl contracted a genetic variant of Black Death at a campground in Colorado.
A Colorado girl who survived the bubonic plague is happy to be out of the hospital. KUSA's Cheryl Preheim reports.
The girl, who was treated for the illness in a Denver hospital, is thought to have caught the disease in the same way as her medieval ancestors - from fleas living on rodent carcasses.
Next month, a conference of forensic scientists will hear how an international team of experts - led by researchers based at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and the University of Tubingen in Germany - sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death using DNA extracted from plague victims.
The team used DNA from bodies buried at pits including one at East Smithfield, now underneath the heart of central London.
It is the first time an ancient disease has been reconstructed, providing clues as to how it has evolved and whether it could strike again in future.
The scientists hope their work heralds a new era of research into infectious disease.
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The City College Visual Computing Research Laboratory (CCVCL) is directed by Professor Zhigang Zhu in the Computer Science Department at CCNY. It serves as an experimental environment for both research and education in advanced visual and other media computing. The research activities in the CCVCL primarily focus on the understanding of 3D natural scenes and the events in the scenes from multiple sensor modalities, including visible cameras, thermal sensors, and acoustic sensors. Currently, there are two main research themes in the Lab. The first aspect of the research is three-dimensional scene modeling and rendering from images and videos. The second aspect of the research is human and other subject tracking and human signature extraction from multiple cameras and multimodal sensors. Potential applications of the advanced visual (and other media) computing range across Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), virtual reality, robot/human navigation, aerial/ground surveillance, content-based video coding, and transportation.