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Today is the 17th of January, and I'm glad to say we are coming out of that phase of darkness which lasts for about 6 weeks. While we still have lots of winter left, the days are indeed getting longer and our natural 'hunker down and hibernate" instincts are letting up a bit. That mentioned, nothing seems to be more satisfying during all these sub-zero evenings than a hot mug of bone broth, or a soup, stew, or other dish made with the stuff. In this post, I'll give my personal spin on the recipe, with some photos, as well as a few nutritional points.
While definitions vary, a stock is supposed to be made primarily from bones, while a broth enjoys the additional flavors of vegetables and spices. So I guess my "recipe" or method is true to form. Obviously, a product called bone broth should start with bones, and of course, you need quality ones. I make broths from the carcasses of chickens, turkeys, and ducks often, but this post is all about using the marrow-containing leg bones of cows, elk, deer, and antelope. When our focus is optimizing health and making our bodies last a lifetime, we need to have a quality source of bones. I use locally sourced grass-fed beef bones as well as those that I process myself from game animals during hunting season. Properly sealed and frozen, bones can last over a year, so that you can make a batch every week or two.
Bone broths are getting a lot of press these days, and it's a good thing to see. But this food component is not new, in fact it's ancient. Cultures around the world have been making broths with bones and connective tissues (not yuck but YUM) for eons. My grandmother did it all the time. I bet yours did as well. It's nice to see our movement back toward our true culinary roots, and to know that we are reaping the amazing health benefits of bone broth.
Whether you do a slow simmer on the stove, in the crock pot, or even a faster prep in the pressure cooker (all can work), when you cook down these valuable parts of the animal, you get some unique nutritional benefits. Minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous are yielded. Protein and collagen, as well as some healthy fats, are delivered. And most importantly, key molecules known as glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans are provided, and we have no other bioavailable source of these metabolic miracle workers.
There are camps out there that suggest that bone broth either is or is absolutely not a miracle food. There may be room for argument, but I certainly believe that the rich, hearty, earthy goodness of the broth makes many dishes more substantial anyway. It's a form of umami, and you know I am in support of that. Ancient cultures around the world believed that "like benefits like". In other words, that to have healthy bones, joints, and connective tissues, we should eat same. Science is now finding ways to prove that this ancestral wisdom was not superstition, and may indeed be a key to healthy dining. Don't take my word for it. There are many great resources out there, and much literature is cited in Cate Shanahan's Deep Nutrition, Kellyann Petrucci's The Bone Broth Diet, and Able James's The Wild Diet.
I also have some other justifications to offer in support of bone broth consumption. Not too many weeks ago, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers put up 62 points in a single game. When interviewed after the game, the commentator noted that Kobe looked like a much younger version of himself, running and jumping with abandon, and this was supposed to be a guy recovering from an achilles tendon injury. Kobe attributed his performance to his regular consumption of bone broth, which is a staple in the Lakers' dietary regimen. Hmmm, good enough for Kobe, good enough for John-Boy. Additionally, I have an "n of 1" report as well. Last year when I was training to break 60 seconds in the 400 meters, my achilles tendons took great offense to the sprinting in spikes, and plyometric drills and jumps that were a major part of my training. There was a period in late spring when I was hobbling a bit, taking a while to get mobile in the morning, using moist heat before workouts, and icing afterwards. Looking for any potential solution, I began consuming bone broth 3-4 times per week, and the symptoms completely disappeared in just a few weeks. Of course I could have avoided the problem with a more gradual training progression, and yes, there may have been other factors in the recovery process, but I'm a believer. 'Nuff said.
Start with good bones, cut into cross-shaft pieces of 1-3 inches. Lay them out on a baking sheet and massage a little oil onto them. I use avocado oil because it is a healthy oil with a high smoking point safe for cooking. Add a little sea salt and pepper and then place in a 400 degree oven for 60-75 minutes depending on thickness. You want to slightly brown the bones, giving them a hearty goodness, but be careful not to burn them. Some cooks like to rub tomato paste onto the bones before roasting as well but I prefer not to do this step.
While the bones are roasting, prepare your ingredients for the simmer. To 6 quarts of water, I added a chopped onion, some chopped celery, two chopped carrots, two bay leaves, a teaspoon of sea salt, two smashed garlic cloves, and a teaspoon of black peppercorns. I also added two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (some people prefer an ample splash of wine) to increase acidity and nutrient extraction, as well as flavor.
When the bones are roasted, carefully place them in the water and flavor mixture. Bring to a low boil, then cover and reduce to a simmer for 24-48 hours, again depending upon size. You may have to add a little water, and keep an eye on the stove for safety. In the crockpot, start out on high and then after 4 hours reduce to low heat and give it another 8-12 hours. In the pressure cooker, use a high setting for 2-4 hours. Your house will smell wonderful during this time, as those aromas will permeate the space. There is a primal goodness in this entire experience that is hard to describe.
When the simmering is finished, remove the bones and strain the liquid through a kitchen strainer of any sort. Then cool this liquid overnight.
After cooling, carefully remove the solids that have collected at the top of the container. This is "bone-broth butter" and is "solid gold" for using as a sautee base or cooking additive.
Pour the reduced bone broth into glass jars and refrigerate. It should be slightly gelatinous which is a good sign that you did the process correctly and rendered the key ingredients. This will last for 1-2 weeks in the fridge, but if you want to freeze, just use plastic containers, although never reheat the broth in them due to BPA concerns. Broth doesn't last too long around our house so we rarely freeze.
Take the bone broth butter solids and reduce them in a pan until liquid, then place in a container to refrigerate.
This product will keep for several months in the refrigerator and can be used as a flavor-rich alternative to butter, ghee, or coconut oil in many of your dishes.
The broth concentrate can be diluted 50/50 with water, simmered, and perhaps with a pinch of salt, enjoyed as a warming and nutritious mug of health. Any soup or stew can be made more beneficial by the addition of the elixir. And a small amount can be used to finish lightly steamed or sauteed veggies for additional benefits. There are many ways to make and use bone broths beyond my simple and easy method. I hope you experiment and enjoy. As always, thank you for reading and I wish you all the best.


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You may or may not have heard of naturopathic treatment, but this form of treatment for common medical issues and weight management is highly effective in many patients. But why? Here in this blog we outline some of the key benefits and reasons why Naturopathic HCG in La Mesa is absolutely the best.
Naturopathic HCG treatment works because it is personalized. In each patient, the mind and body are connected. This means that when one area of the mind or body is distressed or is ailed in some way, then this can cause a serious of negative effects—and can even make weight loss and weight management a problem…
Here are some key benefits to naturopathic HCG treatment:
- It's personalized and each diet and exercise routine is tailored to each individual patient's needs and goals.
- Seeks to evaluate all areas of the body as well as hormone levels and nutritional imbalances
- Seeks to evaluate mental health and emotional health
- Non-toxic practices—seeks to restore the natural healing power in the individual
- Seeks to treat the patient as a whole rather than target one issue
As one can clearly see, the naturopathic treatment approach to weight loss and weight management, and even some of the most common health issues—such as lack of sleep, recurring headaches and stomach aches, and so on—might be cured by simply treating the individual as a whole. Each personalized process involves looking into each individual's issues and evaluating the entire mind and body in order for the patient to fully "heal".
For more information on how naturopathic HCG in La Mesa can help you with your most troubling and frustrating health concerns, and even to learn more about non-toxic practices, then contact the team at HCG Diet SoCal today at (949)444-4844.

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Christmas and Hanukkah are right around the corner, the holidays of light! From candles to sparkling indoor and outdoor LED lights. Since your family are going to spend lots of time in the kitchen this holiday season from cooking, to eating, wrapping gifts and writing cards and of course a lot of hosting, let's talk about lights, kitchen lights!
As we have seen, the kitchen serves many functions year around and especially during the holidays, so it's important that the lighting is both task-oriented as well as ambient and friendly and serves multipurpose spaces and the use of the kitchen. With proper illumination, a room functions better, is more appealing to the eye and can even uplift the mood. The three main layers of light in the kitchen are task, ambient and accent lights. Let's see how each functions and what type of light fits the category.
Task lights are the workhorse of illumination, they help us work and function in the kitchen. Recessed lighting in the ceiling is best for general room illumination. When placed correctly these lights will give us the best output for light and will help combat shadow and dark spots. Recessed lights come in many sizes so if you feel that big blazing flood lights are not for you, look at smaller options such as 4″ or 2″ lights. The newest technology lets you convert any 6″ recessed light into a LED without the need of replacing the whole box. You can buy a light bulb or even a built in light bulb to trim the whole opening.
The 2nd most important task lighting is under cabinet lighting. While recessed lights give big bright light, and help light the whole kitchen, walkway (between island and perimeter). Under-cabinet lights give us the specific light for chopping and lighting up those dark corners. Most home owners choose LED strips as they do not heat up as the older halogen strips, saving on energy bills on both levels. Under cabinet light can be used as accent lights as well, if you are hosting away from the kitchen and would like just a bit of light to sneak in and out of the kitchen for that 2nd bottle of wine.
Ambient light creates a warm glow that fills a room, softens shadows and helps to make people feel instantly welcome in a kitchen. If cabinets do not reach all the way to the ceiling, that space is a great spot for ambient light. Most popular ambient lights are pendants lights, most often installed above islands and dining areas. As a rule of thumb, the more pendants that are installed over your kitchen, the simpler the pendant should be. If you are looking to install mini-chandeliers above your kitchen island it is important to make sure that they are not full-size so that they are not taking up too much space overhead, as well as detracting the attention away from your beautifully designed kitchen.
Accent light. If the room is well lit, add accent lighting for interest. One idea is to float shelves at open cabinets, or cabinets with glass doors, and mount LED strip lights in the back of the shelves. This creates a wash of light at the back cabinet wall that highlights the objects on the shelves.
The most important tips to remember while working on your kitchen light plan, and as for any room in your house, it is important to have the ability adjust light levels. Recessed, under cabinets or pendants should be placed on dimmers to make sure that you have 100% control of the light levels. Also, remember to select the worth of the light bulb to get the right atmosphere in your space.
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Obsidian Entertainment's CEO Feargus Urquhart claims that his company has been approached by multiple video game publishers over the last several months that asked the developer to start a Kickstarter campaign, with the end goal being a free game for the publisher.
Urquhart revealed the nefarious activity in the comments section of the company's Project Eternity Kickstarter page, saying:
"We were actually contacted by some publishers over the last few months that wanted to use us to do a Kickstarter. I said to them "So, you want us to do a Kickstarter for, using our name, we then get the Kickstarter money to make the game, you then publish the game, but we then don't get to keep the brand we make and we only get a portion of the profits" They said, "Yes"."
Unfortunately, but understandably, Urquhart would not say who any of the offending publishers were, but I suspect that most of us could come up with a list of a few different companies that would be brazen enough to pursue this type of plan.
At some point I'm sure that one of these publishers will actually pull this off. It should be pretty interesting to watch the reaction when Kickstarter backers suddenly realize that the project they funded is owned and published by an entirely different company.
My hope is that the market reacts appropriately to whatever that game happens to be.
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Meghan Markle Craved All the Glitz of Royalty – But None of the Responsibility
Meghan Markle craved all the glitz royalty. But she wanted none of the responsibility of joining the British royal family
- The countdown before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially break from royal life is winding down.
- Insiders wonder if Meghan was ever up for the trials and tribulations of the lifestyle.
- Lady Anne Glenconner believes that Meghan thought royal life consisted of driving around in a golden coach.
It's evident that most Meghan Markle fans don't understand how the royal family operates. We should give them a pass, though, because it's even more clear that Meghan never realized what becoming a royal actually meant either.
According to recent comments from former lady-in-waiting Lady Anne Glenconner, "Meghan harbored wildly-unrealistic expectations about royal life".
I think she thought she could drive around in a golden coach.
Sorry Meghan, that's only true if you're a character in a Disney cartoon. And no, having your royal husband beg to have you do voice-overs for Disney doesn't count!
There's More To Being A Royal Family Member Than Being Famous
It seems pretty apparent that Meghan Markle vastly underestimated what being a member of the royal family entails.
Lady Anne has been with the royal family for generations, and it's fair to say that she knows a thing or two about how the royal family operates.
She is very much a traditionalist who leans towards the old school approach. That obviously wouldn't mesh well with the viewpoint of the Sussex Squad, who see the royal family and their fans as nothing more than a bunch of racists.
"Racists" whose brand Meghan Markle could exploit to make hundreds of millions of dollars.
Princess Margaret Embodies The Royal Family's True Nature
Lady Anne spent a lot of time alongside Princess Margaret, who did so much for charity that went relatively unpublicized.
Of course, she wasn't looking for accolades:
My favorite times with Princess Margaret were the time I spent alone with her. We used to garden, she used to lay my fires because I wasn't a Girl Guide. We used to go for walks and go to the beach. And when I lived with her for a year at Kensington Palace and whenever we weren't doing anything, we would get together.
None of these stories are recorded on a blatantly curated Instagram account with bought followers. Nor were they staged with a swarm of media in attendance.
The royals, just like any other family, experience good times as well as bad. No one is perfect, but they tend to embody an "all in this together" spirit.
Meghan Markle didn't seem to buy into that.
Markle didn't understand she would have to work hard and believed she could drive around in a golden coach when she joined the Royal Family, claims Princess Margaret's confidante Lady Glenconnerhttps://t.co/hu1S5V36cK
— Only One Kate (@grazia747) March 20, 2020
The Intricacies Of Royal Life Elude Meghan Markle And Her Fanbase
You'd think that Meghan would have been clued in on what royal life would entail before dumping her celebrity chef boyfriend and latching onto Prince Harry. After all, previous love interests of the young prince had fallen by the wayside due to the spotlight shone on them.
Then again, maybe being part of royal life was never on the agenda for Meghan anyway. It's difficult to imagine that what we see today wasn't always the long-term goal of the former "briefcase babe."


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This weekend I was shopping at Target and felt a little nostalgic watching all the parents and kids stocking up on notepads and pens. I remember the thrill of picking out a new outfit for the first day of school and filling my backpack with my shiny, new school supplies.
I never minded school, although I did better as I grew older. When I was younger, I just wanted to play with my dolls or read when I got home. And maybe, on occasion, I forgot to do my homework until right before class. Oops.
One of my earliest memories of school was actually my first day of kindergarten. I don't actually remember school, I guess, but the bus ride vividly lives on in my memories. Back then, there was morning and afternoon kindergarten and I went to the afternoon classes.
My Mom helped me onto the bus and fortunately there was another girl headed to kindergarten too. We happily sat with one another until the bus stopped at a school that wasn't ours. Everyone got off the bus except for the two of us.
We did what any rational kindergartener would do when they didn't understand what was happening. We looked at each other and started bawling our eyes out. Fortunately, our bus driver, Pete, had been driving kids to school for years, so tears and lost kindergartners were nothing new.
We did change buses but can't recall much else about kindergarten. I hope that's not a sign that I'm getting old, although it probably is! 🙂 It's strange the things we remember. Some memories I want to keep and others I'm happy to let go.
That's life, I guess. A great, big pile of memories. We can choose which ones to hold dear and celebrate. It's a wonderful life if we choose it to be.
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Francis Frith postcards website
Francis Frith (1822 –1898) was an English photographer of the Middle East and many towns in the United Kingdom. Frith was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. In 1850 he started a photographic studio in Liverpool, known as Frith & Hayward. A successful grocer, and later, printer, Frith fostered an interest in photography, becoming a founding member of the Liverpool Photographic Society in 1853. Frith sold his companies in 1855 in order to dedicate himself entirely to photography.
Frith was "recorded" as a Quaker minister in 1872 (at this time there were little more than 250 recorded ministers in England and Wales). He served on numerous committees, and frequently spoke in favour of pacifism and abstinence. In 1884, he published (with William Pollard and William Turner) A Reasonable Faith, a highly controversial pamphlet which challenged evangelical orthodoxy by questioning the factuality of the Bible. Francis Frith and his co-authors who began the liberalisation of the Quaker movement and paved the way for the philanthropic and educational reforms for which the movement is well known today.
Middle East Travels
He journeyed to the Middle East on three occasions, the first of which was a trip to Egypt in 1856 with very large cameras (16″ x 20″). He used the collodion process, a major technical achievement in hot and dusty conditions.
During his travels he noted that tourists were the main consumers of the views of Italy, but armchair travellers bought scenes from other parts of the world in the hope of obtaining a true record, "far beyond anything that is in the power of the most accomplished artist to transfer to his canvas." These words express the ambitious goal that Frith set for himself when he departed on his first trip to the Nile Valley in 1856.
He also made two other trips before 1860, extending his photo-taking to Palestine and Syria.
In addition to photography, he also kept a journal during his travels elaborating on the difficulties of the trip, commenting on the "smothering little tent" and the collodion fizzing – boiling up over the glass. Frith also noticed the compositional problems regarding the point of view from the camera. According to Frith, "the difficulty of getting a view satisfactorily in the camera: foregrounds are especially perverse; distance too near or too far; the falling away of the ground; the intervention of some brick wall or other common object… Oh what pictures we would make if we could command our point of views." An image he took known as the "Approach to Philae" is just one example which elaborates his ability to find refreshing photographic solutions to these problems. (cited from "A World History of Photography")
Survey of Britain and Francis Frith & Co.
When he had finished his travels in the Middle East in 1859, he opened the firm of Francis Frith & Co. in Reigate, Surrey, as the world's first specialist photographic and postcard publisher, a firm that became one of the largest photographic studios in the world. In 1860, he married Mary Ann Rosling (sister of Alfred Rosling, the first treasurer of the Photographic Society).
The same year he embarked upon a colossal project—to photograph every city, town and village in the United Kingdom; in particular, notable historical or interesting sights. Initially he took the photographs himself, but as success came, he hired people to help him. Frith's 'views' were predominantly of places with social or historical significance but also included a great number of more mundane but equally valuable street scenes.
Frith died in Cannes, France at his villa on 25 February 1898.
The ten-part BBC series Britain's First Photo Album, presented by John Sergeant, was first shown on BBC2 in March 2012 and takes a look at the history of Francis Frith's pioneering photographic work. A 320 page book also entitled Britain's First Photo Album has been published. The Frith and Co. brand continues today, and it's possible to purchase prints and other merchandise from the online store.
Graham Clark (1997, p.73) remarks:
"… the landscape photograph implies the act of looking as a privileged observer so that, in one sense, the photographer of landscapes is always the tourist, and invariably the outsider. Francis Frith's images of Egypt, for example, for all their concern with foreign lands, retain the perspective of an Englishman looking out over the land. Above all, landscape photography insists on the land as spectacle and involves an element of pleasure."


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As you may have heard, Asus officially unveiled the shiny new Eee PC S101 yesterday. Early reviews of the $699 laptop have been mixed. While it's a great looking machine, it doesn't offer much that you won't get from a cheaper Eee PC 1000. But Asus still expects to sell quite a few S101 units. And a lot of other netbooks for that matter. Here's a roundup of recent headlines related to Asus and the Eee PC line of netbooks:
- Asus expects to ship 12 million notebooks next year, up from 11 million this year, with netbooks fueling the growth. CEO Jerry Shen says the company expects that figure to include as many as 50,000 Eee PC S101 units.
- Eee PC helps boost Asus revenue – Jerry Shen says Asus expects revenue to hit $834 million in september, which represents a 26% jump for the company.
- The Guardian has coverage of the Eee PC S101 launch event in Taipei, complete with a bunch of pictures.
- Asus begins bundling a 30GB USB hard drive, or "Eee Drive" with netbooks in South Korea. (English translation)
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Whole Foods On Broad? Kendall Jenner & Ben Simmons Spotted
Last summer I wrote about the Bellevue undergoing changes starting with Mary Dougherty's Nicole Miller store closing that location. (Story)
Which would lead to more stores closing at the location so they could renovate the lobby a source at Starbucks told me. It seems Nightingale Properties, the new owners, would like to return the hotel back to a hotel with a grand bar/sitting area in the lobby. Philly is a hot spot now, and we need hotel rooms so it's not a bad idea. Unfortunately some of our favorite spots are going to have to move to make room for the new lobby like the recently announced Tiffany's Jewelers which is moving to the old Zara location (PBJ), which I hear the owners want to be a hot spot like the Ritz Carlton down the street. Have you been there lately, it really is a hot spot now.
When I first wrote about the lobby changes last summer, I noted that the food court was often closed most days. I had heard rumors that the salon located in the basement, might move to the first floor where the Polo Shop was located, but vacated so many years ago.
I think it's fair to say that they're definitely going somewhere as Tavern on Broad closed last Wednesday. The employees found out on Monday that New Year's Eve would be their last day of work. A fairly tight group, they were heartbroken. I hear the owner is looking for a new spot in town so stay tuned. Rumor has it the food court area is to become a Whole Foods. Great spot for a supermarket as there are no big food markets in Center City Proper, but could we get a Wegman's instead, there's already a great Whole Foods in the Art Museum area, and on South Street. A guy could dream though.


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GAME INFOFly on the plane to destination point and use your parachute. Enjoy your super speed freefall and don't forget to open your parachute on time! Aim to the giant target, maneuver with the parachute to land there.
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Owen Tippett thinks he has 'the upside of Phil Kessel'
When it's time for the NHL Draft, you'll see people compare unproven prospects to very-much-proven stars. As usual as those comparisons can be as shorthand, they can often come across as comical.
It's a lot more fun when the prospect makes the comparison for you.
In discussing his chances of making the immediate jump from being the 10th pick of this past draft by the Florida Panthers, Owen Tippett evoked the name Phil Kessel, as Sportsnet's Luke Fox reported about a week ago.
"I have the upside of Phil Kessel—the speed, the shot, the way he can make plays. I also have some things I need to work on to be a 200-foot player," Tippett said.
Ah, the 200-foot player talk. That might stand as the most interesting part of Fox's piece, as it seems like a lot of effort was made to explain why a player would want to emulate Kessel, a prolific scorer and repeat Stanley Cup champion.
"Phil Kessel is a two-time Stanley Cup winner. Guy's scoring 30-plus goals a year. Pretty good guy to want to play like," Trainer Mike Nichol said. "People are quick to look at the fitness issue. Well, I've had Phil Kessel here in this gym. He's unbelievably strong. For a hockey player, he's world-class strong. Super powerful guy."
It's a "laser beam" shot that first links Tippett and Kessel, as observers believe that the would-be Panthers rookie can really pick the corners.
If nothing else, this is a reminder of another remarkable thing about Kessel: how quickly he became an NHL contributor. Kessel went from being the fifth pick of the 2006 NHL Draft to playing in the 2006-07 season, scoring 11 goals and 29 points in 70 games. He almost scored 20 goals the next season and then generated 36 goals and 60 points in 2008-09.
(He also survived testicular cancer in 2006.)
Can Tippett really manage that jump, even a more modest version of it? Well, the Panthers seem like they're opening the door wide open for Tippett to do so. As a reminder, Panthers GM Dale Tallon said back in July:
"He's going to get every opportunity," Tallon said. "I don't have any problem and [coach Bob Boughner] and our coaching staff don't have any issues playing young guys. We're building a team that's going to be around for a long time and we'll give him every opportunity to play this year."
So, it sounds like Tippett will get his chance to reach that Kessel potential next season.


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- Background of EOGBSI and IAP
- Incidence
- CDC and increase- the evidence
- What does this mean for women and babies?
- What can midwives do?
Early onset group B streptococcal disease or infection (EOGBSI) remains a leading cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity worldwide. However, in conjunction with the widespread use of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) the incidence of EOGBSI has declined. EOGBSI while serious, is rare. Despite a reported 80% decrease in EOGBSI since the introduction of IAP in the 1990s, the American Centers for disease and prevention (CDC) recommended an increase in antibiotic dose-from 1.2 grams to 3 grams stat then 1.5-1.8 grams 4 hourly until birth. This increase is based on 5 studies conducted between 1966 to the most recent in 2006. The aim of the change in dosage is to increase the amount of circulating antibiotic without causing neurotoxicity in the fetus or mother. But antibiotics are not without risk. As well as the risk of anaphylaxis, drug resistance and medicalisation of birth, emerging research suggests a link between antibiotics and long-term adverse health issues for the child. Midwives must urgently question the widespread use of IAP and this increase in dosage as a public health imperative.


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Hi there,
Few days ago I had a opportunity to upgrade/migrate production TFS 2013 Update 3 to TFS 2015 Update 1. The migration process is "straightforward" but as usual every time something goes wrong. Unfortunately, this time I didn't have exception .
As I mentioned above, we had TFS 2013.3 but it wasn't a clean installation, that was an in-place upgrade from TFS 2008 –-> 2010 –> 2013 in the last couple of years. This time I decided to do upgrade to the new hardware.
Here I'll not explain how to migrate, I want to explain what type of error I had and how solve problem.
During the upgrade process I got error and warning…
[2016-02-15 20:13:22Z][Error] End of Central Directory record could not be found.
[2016-02-15 20:13:19Z][Warning] Invalid zip file in process template MSF Agile For Project Server 2007, End of Central Directory record could not be found.
[2016-02-15 20:13:20Z][Warning] Invalid zip file in process template MSF CMMI For Project Server 2007, End of Central Directory record could not be found.
When you try to find resolution on the Internet you will find NOTHING! But luckily error is obvious. We need to delete problematic Process Templates. Open Process Template Manager from the Visual Studio, find the problematic templates and delete them.
When you are done, have to repeat whole procedure. Backup databases, restore, upgrade… and at the end you will have successful TFS upgrade
Thank you Ognjen for your precious help


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Saturday, June 16, 2012
A lively discussion of Francis Spufford's novel Red Plenty (about which I've enthused before) on the academic blog Crooked Timber has just about wrapped. Participants have looked at the book from many angles. One of the most intriguing contributions was by Cosma Shalizi, on the mathematical feasibility of the linear programming advocated by the book's central character as a solution to the problem of central planning. (Shalizi responds to responses here.)
My take, amended from one of my own comments:
In the 1970s I thought that central planning combined with democratic control along the lines argued for by (e.g.) Ernest Mandel was possible and desirable. Towards the end of the decade I stumbled upon the economic calculation argument, as briefly stated by David Ramsay Steele in a readable pamphlet. I didn't understand it fully but I kept worrying at the problem it posed. In the 1980s I read Geoffrey Hodgson's The Democratic Economy, and Alec Nove's The Economics of Feasible Socialism, which made some socialist sense of the same argument.
Recently I've been interested in the more radical market socialism proposed by David Schweickart. The only serious socialist arguments against market socialism are those of Paul Cockshott et al for a democratic, cybernetically planned economy – which I don't have the mathematics to follow in detail, but which I keep dragging to the attention of anyone who does.
Meanwhile, in my own neck of the woods, the Scottish Socialist Party offers a 12-point plan for a 'Scottish socialist republic', one of whose 12 points is:
'Supermarket prices will be frozen.'
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
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I red RED PLENTY while following the Crooked Timber seminar. It may be one of the most interesting books I have ever read in my life.
Patrick - same here.
I worked on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software for many years. These systems are central planning for corporations.
See, Ken,
Don't have time to say all I want on this - but
Also Lange & Taylor offered part of the solution to feasible non-market socialism - a trial and error process where shadow price optimize a plan. Of course that does not solve the problem of how to set the plan in the first place. But this can be tackled through a similar iterative process, either involving everyone in society participating in the planning, or in what amounts to market research that is sampling and projection that is adjusted in the same iterative process as price setting. Such shadow prices can even be used to set the price of capital. Price and production would be adjusted up and down as actual demand varies from projected, and as supplies of natural resources vary from projected.
'Supermarket prices will be frozen.'
Anon - I've worked on (or on the margin of) that kind of software too - MRP II I think, at what was then Ferranti. So the mainly military avionics company I worked for was developing central planning, at more or less the same time as the NHS (where my wife works) was being re-organised as a pseudo-market.
John - If supermarket prices were frozen, very soon some goods would be over-supplied and others would be under-supplied or unobtainable, at least in the supermarkets.
'Supermarket prices will be frozen.'
The CT Red Plenty discussion was pretty special, wasn't it? & thanks for the link to David Schweickart, who I hadn't heard of previously. I'll certainly be digging out more of his stuff to think a bit more about all this – do you know if SolidarityEconomy.net have any UK affiliates ?( I couldn't find any links on the site). I've ever blown the dust off of my 30 yr old copy of the Nove book: there it sits next to my bed, glowering threateningly at me, demanding I re-read it.
P.S. Geoff Hodgson is still around, although he now describes his political position thus:
One difference with the Parecon proposal is that it pays careful attention to incentive compatability, meaning there is the same incentive to tap "tacit" knowledge as there is in markets. It addresses both the Von Mises and the Hayekian critiques.
I ordered Red Plenty last week, when I noticed the CT posts. I first read about it on this blog, and was waiting for the paperback edition. I have Schweickart's book but have only read the first half. It is clear and instructive. I hope to finish it soon.
So how do we convince the Left that markets are too useful to be left to the Capitalists? That the end game of revolution is not the abolition of the market? That you can be as "bolshie" as they come -- and yet be market friendly?
Wonder idea...
Yup, "...prices would be frozen" leaves me stricken. Mind you, "Profits would be frozen/limited" seems perfectly reasonable.
NEP would have continued if it hadn't led to the "scissors crisis." Wanting Bukharin et al. to "win" means wanting Russian dependence upon foreign capital to compensate for the consequent extremely low economic development.
#20 But that's a bit 'just so' don't you think? If Soviet History hadn't been as it actually turned out - if,say, Bukharin, not Stalin, had won the inner party battles of the 1920s - then it would be China instead. Well, perhaps. Or perhaps something infinitely more different from our actual history might have occurred. (I'm not saying 'better' necessarily, just different).
There's always John Ross ... He's a sort-of Trotskyist who agrees with Deng Xiaoping's economic policies, and argues that the Right and Left Opposition converged on a similar policy for Russia in the 30s.
No no no, we do not identify labour value with use value, where on earth did you get that idea.
Your iterative process measures labor value. That is what you use to set prices for consumers and business inputs alike. Are those prices not in fact representing use value? Are those prices not determined by labor value?
I probably got it wrong. After all it is your system. But hopefully the above will show you exactly what my misunderstanding is and enable you to correct it.
Had some correspondence with Paul. OK though his system starts by pricing goods at labor value, it ends up adjusting according to supply and demand if shortages or surpluses begin to develop.


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The Crab Rationalization Program is a way to allocate crab harvest among participants in the fishery. The term "rationalization program" is synonymous with individual fishing quotas (IFQ), catch shares, and limited access privilege programs (LAPP) - all terms often used in fisheries management referring to programs to allocate fisheries resources among a limited group of users.
The Crab Rationalization Program (Program), first implemented in 2005, allocates Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. Because the crab resource is shared among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities, it is sometimes referred to as a "three pie system."
The Program was developed at a time when snow crab stocks were nearing a collapse and overcapacity in BSAI crab fisheries had resulted in a frenzied race for crab. Harvesting and processing capacity had expanded to accommodate highly abbreviated seasons, and significant portions of that capacity operated in an economically inefficient manner or were idle between seasons. At industry's urging, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) developed the Program over a 6-year period (1999-2005) to accommodate the specific dynamics and needs of the BSAI crab fisheries.
The Program took an Act of Congress to implement. HR 2673, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2004, was signed into law by President George W. Bush in January of 2004. This legislation was the foundation of the Crab Rationalization Program and amended Section 313 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act to require the Program, later implemented in 2005 through federal regulations by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS or NOAA Fisheries).
The Program addresses the race for fish (also called derby fishing), high bycatch and associated discard mortality, safety, economic efficiency and product quality issues. It also includes an economic data collection component to assist managers as they review the Program's implementation and a cost recovery component where resource users have to pay back the government for up to 3% of the costs of management, data collection, and enforcement of the Program.
In tandom with the development of the Crab Rationalization Program to better address the overcapacity in the fishery, the industry requested government assistance in an industry-funded limited access permit buyback system to reduce the number of vessels and permits with access to the crab resource. Through NOAA Fisheries' Fishing Capacity Reduction Program, a $97 million loan from the government bought 25 fishing vessels and 62 permits permanently out of the fishery to reduce capacity one year before implementation of the Crab Rationalization Program. The industry is in the process of paying back the 30-year loan (called the buyback loan) through a tax on landings of crab.
Before the Crab Rationalization Program, the Council had developed and NOAA Fisheries implemented a moratorium permit program for crab fisheries in 1992, followed by a traditional limited entry permit program implemented in January 2000. These steps to limit the number of participants in the fishery first began in 1987 through public scoping meetings to better understand the issues in the crab fishery and stakeholders' concerns. Even with these efforts to limit participation, the crab fishery was overcapitalized with too many vessels and permits compared to the amount of crab resources available. Paired with this was the near collapse of snow crab stocks around 2000, driving the industry to pull together to develop the Crab Rationalization Program from 1999 through 2005 to further balance fishing capacity with resource availability.
Crab Rationalization Program information from NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region
Crab Rationalization Program information from the Council
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA)


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These are the most sublime street foods to look out for in 2016, according to CNN.
Visitors to the third annual World Street Food Congress in Manila at the end of April – yes, street food has reached such a peak of popularity that there is now a regular World Street Food Congress – were treated to an array of colourful, fiery, and downright dirty (in a good way) dishes from across the globe.
Thousands of dishes, largely of South East Asian origin, were sold every day from 25 stalls. Find more details about the most popular stalls here, and see a list of the crowd-pleasing dishes they cooked below. Which street food would you choose?
Assam Laksa (Malaysia)
A spicy and sour fish and tamarind soup, served with vegetables, noodles, and of course, a potent sambal.
Sate Maranggi (Indonesia)
A beef satay served with either a fiery sambal consisting of chilli, tomato, shallot, sweet soy and vinegar or a tomato and chilli salad.
Hyderabadi Byriani (India)
A classic Indian basmati rice dish – this version contains chicken, yoghurt, lemon, masala spices, coriander leaves and fried onion.
Kway Chap (Singapore)
Pig offal and cuts, duck meat and bean curd braised in soy, served with flat noodles.
Churros Sundae (USA)
Deep-fried dough sticks topped with ice cream, nuts, and well, whatever else you fancy really.
Hoy Tord Chao Loy (Thailand)
A soft-centred seafood omelette with lime, seafood, spring onions, bean sprouts, pepper ... need we go on?
Banh Xeo (Vietnam)
Seafood and/or pork pancakes made from rice flour and turmeric powder.
Zhu Hou Chicken (China)
A version of salt baked chicken, with a Foshan sauce made with soybeans, sugar, sesame seeds and soy sauce.


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Rachel Lewis has endured five miscarriages in the past four years.
Last week, to commemorate Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day (Oct. 15), Lewis, 34, published a series of stories on her blog, The Lewis Note. They were accompanied by photos bearing a watermark: "I am 1 in 4."
One in four. That's how many pregnancies end in miscarriage.
"I wanted to bring awareness to the fact that when you see normal, beautiful, successful women, you're also seeing people who are struggling with the loss of a child," Lewis said. "Giving a voice, a name and a face to pregnancy loss is one of the most meaningful contributions I feel I can make in this world."
More information: How to tell if you're having a miscarriage
The women in the photos have all lost babies, and shared their stories with Lewis.
Lewis' post begins with her own watermarked photo and the words, "I am your friend. Your coworker. Your barista. Your accountant. Your personal trainer." Each woman's story is unique, yet they share a common pain.
They are women we see at work, the grocery store and soccer games. Though they may be surrounded by children, they mourn the one they'll never hold:
You see me at the grocery store with my kids. My baby swaddled up to my chest, my two older kids hanging off the cart I push around. You comment on how full my arms are. I smile on the outside. On the inside, I cringe.
Read more: Emotional delivery room photos help mom through loss
There's the childless woman who carries her loss with her, the heartbreak tucked deep inside:
I'm the last one out of the office, and the first one in. I never leave early, or request time off to attend field trips. Sometimes you comment on how much easier my life must be without balancing work AND family. You think I'm childless. I know you are wrong. Living without my children in my arms is anything BUT easy.
There's the soon-to-be great-grandmother who longs for the child she never had the chance to meet:
During the holidays, my home bursts at the seams with my children, my grandchildren, and soon, my great-grandchildren. No matter how full the table, I know there is a place setting missing. The baby I lost. The one they wouldn't let me see after I gave birth. The one no one ever spoke about again. It's been 60 years. But every night before I sleep, I whisper my child's name.
Read more: 'Rainbow baby' shirt goes viral thanks to chance meeting
Lewis and her husband, Ryan, 34, live in Bremerton, Washington, with their biological daughter, Madelyn, 7, and their daughter Leyla, 4, who is adopted. A third daughter is due in December.
Lewis says when she updated her Facebook profile picture with the "1 in 4" watermark, 40 of her friends quickly reached out to ask if she could put it on their profile pictures, too. Unable to accommodate all the requests, she decided to make a downloadable version of the watermark so anyone could use it.
"I think the graphic is a way of saying, 'You might not know this, but I've endured the loss of a child I wanted," she said. "There are so many women who really want to share their story but feel like they don't have the opportunity, or are afraid of others' reactions."
Miscarriage — when a pregnancy ends on its own in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy — is the most common cause of pregnancy loss, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Eighty percent of all miscarriages happen within the first trimester. The most common cause is a chromosomal abnormality with the fetus. October has been designated Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month.
Despite the pain she has experienced, Lewis said she is grateful for the opportunity to connect, support and help other women who are suffering from lost pregnancies.
"If I can make one person feel understood, comforted and less alone in their loss," she said, "then everything I've gone through has been worth it."


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Establishment Candidate One:
"If this election is about how we're going to fight to get nothing done, then I don't want any part of it."
"I've got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them," [Jeb Bush] spat. "That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that."
Establishment Candidate Two:
"Do you know how crazy this election is? Let me tell you something, I've about had it with these people," [John] Kasich said, according to the report. "I want you to know I'm fed up. I'm sick and tired of listening to this nonsense and I'm going to have to call it like it is in this race."
"What's happened to our party? What's happened to the conservative movement?" Kasich said to the crowd, according to the publication. "I'm done being polite and listening to this nonsense."
I'm sensing a theme here.


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April 25, 2019 500 AM
AUSTIN — With the potential for severe weather approaching, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds Texans they can purchase certain items tax-free during the state's sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which occurs April 27-29. The Comptroller's office estimates shoppers will save more than $1.6 million in state and local sales taxes during the tax holiday, which was approved by the Texas Legislature in 2015. There's no limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase. These include: household batteries, fuel containers and flashlights priced at less than $75; hurricane shutters and emergency ladders priced at less than $300; and portable generators priced at less than $3,000. Delivery, shipping, handling and transportation charges are considered part of the sales price when determining taxability. If the emergency preparation supply being purchased is taxable, the delivery charge is also taxable. Shoppers should consider the total price for an item when determining whether an emergency preparation supply can be purchased tax-free during the holiday. Purchases that do not qualify include: batteries for automobiles, boats and other motorized vehicles; camping stoves and camping supplies; chainsaws; plywood; extension ladders and stepladders; and tents. A list of emergency preparation supplies that may be purchased tax-free can be found on the Comptroller's website.


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Bluff Creek
No. 271
Photo by T. Meyer
Bluff Creek features a series of springs and elevated hard water spring runs and seepage slopes, which originate at the base of a morainal ridge. Also present are high-quality mound fens, wet-mesic prairie and southern sedge meadow communities, southern dry-mesic forest, and stretches of a fast, hard, cold stream. Small tributaries enter Bluff Creek in several places offering distinct habitats for many calcium-loving plants that are unable to withstand the heavy flow in Bluff Creek itself. These small tributaries also contain many sedge species such as slender and fen star sedge.
There are two substantial springs and runs that flow into Bluff Creek. The westernmost is the largest, with mats of the macro-alga Chara and aquatic species such as round-leaved monkey flower and cut-leaved water parsnip. The banks of this run are highly calcareous and contain fen and sedge meadow-wet prairie species. The more easterly spring run is smaller and emanates at nearly the same elevation as the creek; bubbling up through clayey sand that causes the run to appear milky. The large bubbling springs are the largest and least disturbed in this region. Also present is a relatively undisturbed dry-mesic woods dominated by large red oaks with bur and white oaks, black cherry, and shagbark hickory. Herbaceous woodland plants include wild geranium, mayapple, blue cohosh, and jack-in-the-pulpit. Bluff Creek harbors numerous rare plants and animals. Bluff Creek is owned by the DNR and was designated a State Natural Area in 1993.
Very few State Natural Areas have public facilities, but nearly all are open for a variety of recreational activities as indicated below. Generally, there are no picnic areas, restrooms, or other developments. Parking lots or designated parking areas are noted on individual SNA pages and maps. Trails, if present, are typically undesignated footpaths. If a developed trail is present, it will normally be noted on the SNA map under the Maps tab. A compass and topographic map or a GPS unit are useful tools for exploring larger, isolated SNAs.
The good majority of SNAs are isolated and have few or no facilities. Some SNAs have vehicle access lanes or parking lots, but their accessibility may vary depending on weather conditions. Parking lots and lanes are not plowed during winter. Hiking trails may be nonexistent or consist of undeveloped footpaths. A GPS unit or compass and a detailed topographic map are useful tools for exploring larger SNAs.
Entrance fees: Except for Parfrey's Glen, the Cambrian Outlook in the Dells of the Wisconsin River, SNAs within State Parks and some within State Forests, all other DNR-owned SNAs do not have any admission fees. For more information, see Wis. Admin. Code NR 45. For non-DNR-owned SNAs, we are unaware of any vehicle or admission fees. However, please contact the landowner for more information.
Allowable activities: DNR-owned land
The activities listed below are generally allowed on all DNR-owned SNA lands. Exceptions to this list of public uses, such as SNAs closed to hunting, are noted above and posted with signs on the property site.
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Cross country skiing
- Hunting
- Trapping
- Scientific research (permit required)
- Outdoor education
- Wild edibles (What is this?)
- Pets (Rules)
- Wildlife viewing
Prohibited activities: all SNAs
- Camping and campfires
- Collecting of animals (other than legally harvested species), non-edible fungi, rocks, minerals, fossils, archaeological artifacts, soil, downed wood, or any other natural material alive or dead.
- Collecting for scientific research requires a permit issued by the DNR
- Collecting of plants including seeds, roots or other non-edible parts of herbaceous plants such as wildflowers or grasses
- Geocaching
- Horseback riding
- Rock climbing
- Vehicles, including bicycles, ATVs, aircraft, and snowmobiles except on trails and roadways designated for their use.
For rules governing state-owned SNAs and other state lands, please consult Chapter NR 45 Wis. Admin. Code [exit DNR].
Within the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, Walworth County. T4N-R16E, Section 19. T4N-R15E, Sections 14, 23, 24. 296 acres.
Driving directions
From the junction of U.S. Highway 12 and County Highway P about 0.5 miles east of Whitewater, go south on P about 2.1 miles to the Bluff Creek bridge crossing and a parking area west of the road.
The DNR's state natural areas program is comprised of lands owned by the state, private conservation organizations, municipalities, other governmental agencies, educational institutions, and private individuals. While the majority of SNAs are open to the public, access may vary according to individual ownership policies. Public use restrictions may apply due to public safety, or to protect endangered or threatened species or unique natural features. Lands may be temporarily closed due to specific management activities.
Users are encouraged to contact the landowner for more specific details. The data shown on these maps have been obtained from various sources, and are of varying age, reliability, and resolution. The data may contain errors or omissions and should not be interpreted as a legal representation of legal ownership boundaries. To create your custom map where you can zoom to a specific location, please use the DNR's Mapping Application.
Bluff Creek is owned by: Wisconsin DNR


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We welcome you to Thembang Village, Arunachal Pradesh.
Located at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas, Thembang is a small village in Arunachal Pradesh known as land of historic and cultural significance. Best known as the start point of the Bailey Trail Trek of Arunachal Pradesh, Thembang Village is located approximately 55 kilometers North East of the town of Bomdila. Thembang Village is a land of Historical and cultural significance of the State of Arunachal Pradesh. The Thembang Village is a primary settlement of the Monpa Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and is home to several ancient and historical structures. Located approximately 55 km North-East of the Bomdila township at an altitude of 2169 m, the Thembang Village is one of the Oldest Villages in the region surrounded by majestic beauty of the lush green mountains, steep gorges and snow clad peaks. The Bailey Trail Trek of Arunachal Pradesh commences from the Thembang Village.
History of Thembang Village ~
Thembang Village is among the oldest villages of Arunachal Pradesh and North East India. This village has witnessed many wars which is symbolized at the Thembang Fort that is a huge fort with two stone wall gates. Thembang Village has also witnessed a fierce battle during the Indo China war of 1962 between the Indian and Chinese troops. The Chinese army had come down to Thembang through the Bailey trek and had gone to Bomdila securing Thembang. Thembang being an ancient village is believed to have been ruled by Thembang Bapu, who were the direct descendants of the King of Tibet. Thembang is one of the oldest villages of the region and has witnessed many wars and as a result a Strong Fortification with two stone wall gates (Northern and Southern Gates) were made by the villagers of Rahung, Khutam, Bhud and Khowna who were under the sovereignty of the Bapus during that time. A loud shout was given as a warning every evening before closing the giant gates. The old name of Thembang is Yuchho-Pema-Chan which literally means a Lotus like Village. In 1913 Lt. Col. F M Bailey and Capt. H T Morshead of the Survey of British India have stayed here while coming down from Tibet during their Tsangpo Exploration in 1912-13 which is now known as Bailey trail. Many British officers including H W Tilman in 1938 had stayed in Thembang. The Thembang village has also witnessed a fierce battle between Indian and Chinese armies during the 1962 Indo-China war. A huge Chinese army had come down here through the Bailey trail went straight to Bomdila after securing Thembang, encircling a large numbers of Indian army between Bomdila and Sela Pass. At Sela, the Chinese troops were faced with a fierce battle under the Indian Soldier Jaswanth Singh whose memorial at Jaswantgarh is a living testament of his bravery!
Thembang Village ~ A Visitor's Paradise and Ideal destination to witness Community based Sustainable Tourism
Places of Interest at Thembang Village ~
Thembang has many places of tourist interest with the primary being the Thembang Fort. This fort was built in an ancient architectural design and has two gates one at the Northern side and the other at the southern side. The primary attraction of Thembang Village is the Thembang Fort or the Dzong which was built in an ancient architectural design. The Thembang Fort has two Gates — one at Northern side and the other at the Southern side of village fortification. The northern gate measures 3.50 m. X 5.00 m while the gate at the southern side is in the nature of an emergency or escape gate. The construction of the Thembang Fort followed traditional construction system of the Monpa's, which includes composite Stone Masonry and wood architecture.
An Old Monastery is to be found at the Thembang Village which houses traditional wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts.
The Thembang Monastery is an ancient Buddhist Monastery that has many relics on display of the likes of traditional wood carvings, paintings and manuscripts.
Thembang Village is the start point of the Bailey Trail Trek. Also, Thembang offers numerous sites for bird watching as many migratory bird species visit Thembang.
Thembang offers its visitors to experience sustainable Tourism at its best as the Villagers have taken this initiative to focus on Ecotourism and help the people of the village to sustainably manage and utilize the forest resources such as firewood, timber and bamboo by developing a management plan in the buffer zone and hence generating employment opportunities. In continuation to this initiative, the village community began participating in the programme with various roles like offering homestay to visitors, traditional food stalls, travel guides, porters and a few groups performing local cultural programmes.
At Thembang, there are many caves of religious significances. Thembang is also the starting point of one of the most Pristine Treks of North East India i.e. the Bailey Trail Trek. However, for the not very adventurous, Thembang Village also offers numerous short treks across the nearby meadows and forests. Also, Thembang offers numerous sites for bird watching as many migratory bird species visit Thembang. The nearby Eaglenest Sanctuary is home to many birds who also frequent the Thembang Village.
Thembang offers its visitors to experience sustainable Tourism at its best as the Villagers have taken this initiative to focus on Ecotourism and help the people of the village to sustainably manage and utilize the forest resources such as firewood, timber and bamboo by developing a management plan in the buffer zone and hence generating employment opportunities. In continuation to this initiative, the village community began participating in the programme with various roles like offering homestay to visitors, traditional food stalls, travel guides, porters and a few groups performing local cultural programmes.
So why wait?! Plan your visit to the Beautiful Village of Thembang in the State of Arunachal Pradesh, Incredible India!
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Sample Itinerary for your visit to Thembang Village ~
Day 1 ~ Guwahati – Nameri National Park
Arrive at Guwahati Airport. On arrival you will be received by our representative at the airport offering a warm welcome in traditional Assamese style. From the Airport drive to the Nameri National Park in Sonitpur. Check into your Jungle Resort at Nameri National Park. Evening free at leisure. Bonfire/Traditional dances can arranged upon request.
Night Stay: Jungle Resort at Nameri National Park
Meals Included: NA
Day 2 ~ Nameri National Park – Thembang Village
Early morning walk into the interiors of the Nameri National Park escorted by a forest guard. Spot varied flora and avifauna at Nameri National Park. Nameri is also a Tiger Reserve so if you are lucky you can spot a tiger in the wild. After breakfast, continue on your journey to Thembang Village. On your way sight the majestic unadulterated natural landscapes of Arunachal Pradesh.
Night Stay: Monpa Homestay at Thembang Village
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 3 ~ Thembang Village
Today is our day of leisure at the pristine Thembang Village. Spend your day exploring Thembang at the Thembang Fort, the Old World Monastery, Birdwatching, Admiring the natural beauty of Thembang, Dine with the local Monpa Tribes of Thembang and share a meal with them in their typically made local kitchen and interact with them, Observe their daily lifestyle. You may also choose to go on a short trek to Gonthung Village and return back to Thembang Village.
Night Stay: Monpa Homestay at Thembang Village
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 4 ~ Thembang Village to Sangti Valley Trek
Today we embark on our trek from Thembang Village to Sangti Valley. This trek takes you across the virgin wilderness of Arunachal Pradesh across the lush green mountains. We will cross Chilling, Chander (a primary Yak grazing area with minimal human habitat) and Khalbog Village. Arrive at Sangti Valley.
Night Stay: Basic Homestay at Sangti Valley
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 5 ~ Sangti Valley
Today we spend our day at Sangti Valley. Surrounded by the towering ranges of Eastern Himalayas covered with fruit orchards, lush green forests and a meandering fast hill river, Sangti Valley is home to a very interesting culture and tradition of the Monpa Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. During winters Sangti Valley becomes a Bird Watchers Paradise as many species of migratory birds flock to Sangti and make it their breeding grounds. Sangti Valley is home to the Black necked cranes who come to the fields of this valley every winter. Trek to reach Dirang.
Night Stay: Hotel Sundupkhan at Dirang or Similar
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 5 ~ Dirang – Tezpur
Travel to the cleanest city of Assam at Tezpur. At Tezpur, visit the Fortress of Fire at Agnigarh, the Hanuman Mandir and Cole's Park.
Night Stay: Hotel Aditya's at Tezpur or Similar
Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 6 ~ Tezpur and Chandubi Lake
Depart to Chandubi Lake near Guwahati. One of the best Eco-tourism destinations of North East Chandubi Lake is famous for the variety of migratory Bird species.
Night Stay: Chandubi Jungle Camp
Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 7 ~ Chandubi Lake and Guwahati Airport
Early morning enjoy the sunrise, boat riding and Jungle hike near the Chandubi Lake. After breakfast you will depart to Guwahati Airport for your onward destination. Trip Ends. Bid Adieu!
Meals Included: Breakfast
PS ~ We can also accommodate your visit to the Kaziranga National Park in Assam in this Itinerary if your travel month is in between October and April.
The Lush Green Mountain cover of the Thembang Village of Arunachal ~ Thembang ~ Arunachal Pradesh ~ India


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Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. It seems like such a simple and natural quality, so why does it seem to be hard to find kind people? And why can it be personally challenging to be kind? In reality, being kind isn't all that easy. But, in the end - it worth being kind to ourselves and others.
Wear this Kindness is a Strength Necklace and Be kind to yourself: When we have negative views of ourselves, it's difficult to be kind toward others. If we lack self-compassion and have harsh, judgmental attitudes toward ourselves, we extend those same feelings toward others. Therefore, it is necessary to start with being kind to yourself.
Wear this Kindness is a Strength Dog Tag Necklace and Be kind to others: Being kind is scary because it can make you feel vulnerable. You're putting yourself out there to let someone know that they matter to you and that you care about them. Being kind is not only nice for the other person; it's good for you.
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For the record I have consistently and conscientiously not resonated with
Sarah Palin's politics, rhetoric, or gun-toting lifestyle.
Last weekend ata Tea Party event in Indianola, Iowa, however, Sarah Palin made three observations that
go to the heart of our contemporary Roman Catholic leadership problem….from Rome to NewYork.
First of all she stressed that the United States is now governed by a permanent political class, drawn from both parties, that is cut off from the concerns of regular people. Hmmm I thought….just like our bishops.
Secondly Ms Palin said both major political parties have allied themselves with big business to their own advantage in an arrangement of "corporate crony capitalism."
Thirdly, and here especially her observations reflect the current Church scenario. Palin stressed that the real political divide in the United States is no longer between friends and foes of Big Government, but between friends and foes of vast, remote, unaccountable institutions (both public and private).
YES INDEED ………….Vast, remote, and unaccountable institutions…………..
They listen best to their own voices.


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Tug Grace McAllister
For actions on June 2, 1973
Gallant Ship Award Citation:
About midnight, June 2, 1973, the Tug GRACE MCALLISTER received a message that the C/V SEA WITCH was about to ram a loaded tanker in New York Harbor. Immediately, a drifting mass of flames was sighted. One of the first vessels to arrive on scene, the GRACE MCALLISTER searched for survivors as the fire grew in intensity. Anticipating explosions and falling debris, the Master maneuvered the tug windward of the blazing ships locked together by the collision. One by one, eleven men were spotted swimming desperately to escape burning oil spreading over the water. Using life rings and heaving lines, the crew pulled the exhausted, oil-soaked seamen through flames to safety. After transporting the survivors to the Quarantine Station, the tug returned to the scene. Throughout the night all hands fought to contain the fire. At first light, receiving permission to proceed, the GRACE MCALLISTER placed a line on board the containership and successfully separated the grounded, burning vessels to permit more efficient fire fighting operation to continue.
The courage, initiative, expert seamanship and teamwork of her Master, officers and crew in rescuing eleven survivors from a burning sea and separating two burning vessels have caused the name of the GRACE MCALLISTER to be perpetuated as a Gallant Ship.
The tugboat Grace McAllister was built by Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and delivered to McAllister Brothers Towing Company in 1968.
After midnight on June 2, 1973, while off Pier 15, Staten Island, New York, Grace McAllister's crew heard the danger signal whistling from SS C.V. Sea Witch, and received a message that the vessel was about to ram another ship in New York Harbor. C.V. Sea Witch, a Maritime Administration C5-S-73b type containerized cargo vessel built in 1968 for American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, had lost steering while departing the harbor and rammed into the tanker SS Esso Brussels, loaded with two million cubic feet of Nigerian fuel oil, igniting an enormous blaze. Grace McAllister immediately steamed to the scene
Grace McAllister was the first vessel on scene, arriving before the collision happened. Soon after the collision, the tug's captain maneuvered the vessel to the windward side of the burning ships while crewmembers searched the dark, flaming waters for survivors and threw life rings and heaving lines to them. Shortly after, Grace McAllister's crew pulled men from the water to the safety of the tug. Once other vessels arrived on scene, and seeing no more survivors in the waters nearby, the tug transported the men to an aid station on Staten Island. Afterwards the tug returned to the burning ships and spent the next six hours using the fire monitor to help in the firefighting efforts. Grace McAllister eventually placed a tow line on C. V. Sea Witch and pulled it apart from the tanker to assist the firefighters.
In addition to Grace McAllister receiving the Gallant Ship Award, the master of the vessel, Captain Cesare Del Greco, received the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal.
As of 2015, Grace McAllister is still part of McAllister Towing and Transportation's Fleet and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.


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Just the tip of the iceberg
Consider retail - there are already shelf-stacking robots in use in some warehouses, and we've all used self-checkout at the supermarket. With current robotic tech you could reduce the staff in a supermarket by 90%, leaving just a few people for troubleshooting and intervening when the machine gets into trouble.
Fast food? Everything from cooking to packing to delivery to payment can be automated, again needing just some people to troubleshoot.
When the cost of one of these service robots drops below the annual wage of a basic worker, that's when we need to worry. Also, the robots can work 24/7 all year with no holiday or sick leave. We need to think about this now rather than later.


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Top reasons to sign up for Emergency Plumbing services
What would you do when your home suddenly flooded in the middle of the night? Well, chances favor the fact that you would rush to the directory to search for any plumber that comes your way. The worst would happen in case you were in dire need for sewer repair services. It is important that we get ourselves emergency plumbing services before the actual need arises. Below are some of the reasons as to why you should do this as early as possible:
You never know when emergencies occur
The fact that you never know when emergencies could arise should make you sign up for plumbing services as soon as possible. In most cases the emergencies would happen when you least expect them. It is during this time that you would have to go in debt since you would be out of cash to sort out the issue that has just faced you. It is imperative that you choose a firm that would be there for you when you need them the most. In this case, choose our company since we have dedicated emergency services that will make sure you solve your emergencies in the shortest time possible. You can contact our emergency desk through the toll free numbers that we offer to our clients in times like this.
Avoiding haste
You would be facing an emergency situation and the chances of making the right decisions are close to nil. One thing that you would be doing is that you would be choosing any plumber as long as they can do the task. This means that you would be getting poor quality services. For example, if you wanted faucet repair services on your home, you would simply choose a plumber as long as they offer to come to your home. During this time, you would not even bother to look at the credentials that they have. This is to mean that the services you will be getting would be from workers that are not licensed. It is in this time that you hope nothing goes wrong in future since you would not be able to post complaints to them.
This is the haste that you should avoid by simple signing up for 24 Emergency Plumbing that we offer to our clients. The advantage of this is that you would have made the right decisions early enough.
The advantage of getting one in a normal situation
It is quite advantageous when you sign up with our emergency services when you are not faced with any emergencies. Keep in mind that you will be paying less since you ordered for the services early enough. All you will be doing when you need boiler repair services is making a phone call and rest assured that we would be there to save you from the worry. The best part is that you will always be in a peace of mind since you know that there is a firm to take care of your emergencies.


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I've completed the first week of school. It was a whirlwind, full of homework and syllabi and feelings of "where am I again?" I've been lucky enough, in some ways, to start school with a large apartment with no roommates, so I've been able to have privacy and quiet, which I was initially worried about having. The area where I live, somewhat off-campus, is also extremely quiet. However, this does put a damper on meeting people or making friends since i'm off in the wilderless of East Campus.
In spite of this, I decided that I would make the most of my time this long weekend by completing homework, relaxing and then...going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I should have gone Saturday, in terms of the transit system time budgeting, but I went instead on Sunday and paid for a membership (yay!). It saved me from the insanely long lines that persisted throughout the day - I couldn't imagine standing in that line in the heat today - and allowed me to enter at the membership door.
I got a free totebag and a coupon for 20% off at the gift shop (which i'm going to save for when I want something nice or for xmas presents). (I guess you get an automatic 10% off as a member.) I saw WAY too many things I wanted, but as I'm on a budget, I had to settle for a great tea light lantern thing with a lobster on it for $6 and a Mac's Field Guide to California Coastal Invertebrates -- and some postcards for family and my former library coworkers. (A mola, cuttlefish and a ctenophore, respectively)
This brings me to my topic, in a roundabout way. I love aquariums. I thrive when I visit an aquarium. I see and learn a lot of new things: today I observed a decorator crab using a pretatory chiton as a 'farm'. For me, this was both hilarious and interesting. It made me ask questions, like: does the chiton tolerate this, or is he rising up (as they do when waiting for prey) thinking that he'll scare away the annoying guy standing on him? Is this an aquarium-only behavior - something the decorator crab learned was a great way to find food since the chiton had quite a bit of algae growing on his, or was this something that is done in their normal environment? I feel like I constantly have questions that, more often than not, I can't find answers to.
Maybe that's the curse of the curious person? Or maybe I'm not looking hard enough. It's frustrating because I don't have the skills, yet, to start doing legit research -- or the funding, for that matter! Soon, soon.
My course-load this semester isn't very heavy, but there's still a lot of learning I'll be doing: I'm taking Statistics for Sci Tech, Environmental Economics and Management, Cell & Molecular Biology, The Oceans, and The Atmosphere. I've been in school for 3 years so far, so I guess I'm getting antsy. I want to learn the BIG STUFF, but I know that I've gotta master the LITTLE STUFF.
So, this week, I learned about pipetting with Pipetman devices; I learned about the laters of the atmosphere; I learned about amino acids and their structure and function; I learned how to start programming in R; and I learned a little bit about fisheries management. It's definitely a start. I just have to learn how to be more patient, right?
Sorry if this was rambling - but I get so excited when thinking about everything I need and want to do.
What's really funny is that I never really talk about charismatic megafauna -- pretty much all i wanted to say was that I wish we, as people, found other things, like crabs and lobsters and chitons and sea urchins, just as awesome and inspiring as those...mammals. :)
That being said: here's a few of my favorite photos from today's outing.


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Veld is an Afrikaans word for the broad grassy and shrubby plains characteristic of South Africa. These arid meadows, due to the lack of rainfall and cold winters, occupy large areas east of Cape Town where a primitive, original, intact and preserved nature finds expression.
VELD'S draws inspiration from this remote and wild land and it is from its flora, rich in natural resources, that the brand name is born This land, renowned for its exceptional biodiversity, located in the Cape Town floral reserve, is a UNESCO protected region for the extraordinary richness of its wild flora The Bushmen, an indigenous people, had perfectly exploited and integrated the numerous botanical active ingredients of this rich and wild land into their care and beauty rituals.
From this wild Nature emerges another conception of beauty. A cosmetic capable of restoring its original beauty and primordial strength to the skin. A cosmetic developed on the fundamental commitment to preserve or restore the attributes of young skin in terms of substance, consistency, tone and brightness.


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@delshaywhile what you're exposing is certainly in the public interest, unfortunately it has nothing to do with the amiga, so i doubt the people of the UK are going to find out anything via this site. i highly recommend contacting ofcom directly as a whistleblower; or, try and contact journalists in your area.i'm going to move this thread to a non-amiga section of the site, but that doesn't mean i personally don't think what you have to share is unimportant. i do think a better mechanism to let the public know your concerns should be found.-- eliyahu
You wait until you loose your job to make this public, sounds like a case of a disgruntled ex-employee to me.


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September 22, 2006: . . . And There Was A Lot Of ScreamingI spent the evening at the Alamo Draft House, which is holding the "Fantastic Fest 2006" this week. Tonight was the sneak preview of the prequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
Good film. No, I'm not going to give any spoilers at all. Yes, there were screams from the audience. Those of you who liked the original story, in either the original version or the 2003 remake, should go see it when it opens, and don't let anybody talk to you about the ending. Those who found the originals too intense . . . well, director Jonathan Liebesman didn't hold anything back in this prequel. Nothing. You've been warned.
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HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut was one of 21 states targeted by hackers in 2016, and while no information was taken from its online voter registration system, the state received $5.1 million in new federal funds to beef up its security.
News of the new funding was announced Friday at a Legislative Office Building press conference with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill.
"These new federal funds will help secure the safety and integrity of critical voting infrastructure—and help to preserve public faith in our most fundamental of democratic institutions," Blumenthal said.
Blumenthal described Russia's interference with the 2016 election as "informational warfare." He said it was part of a continuing attack on democracy.
Blumenthal stated that Russia's aggressive attack involved cyber, propaganda, and disinformation targeted to sell discourse.
DHS confirmed the attempted Russian intrusion into Connecticut's online voter registration database last September, but Merrill said it was stopped by the website's security system.
The online voter registration database is the state's front-facing website application for voter registration. It's not attached to the centralized voter database or to the vote tabulators in the polling places. The information put into the system from an outside user would still have to be verified by the Registrar of Voters in a specific town before a name could be added to the voter list.
Merrill said she was told by DHS officials "there will be more activity" in the 2018 mid-term elections.
In response to the ongoing threat, Merrill formed a cyber security task force that will begin meeting this month to bring together state, federal, and local officials to initiate communication to establish protocols that address the "well-funded systematic effort to disenfranchise American people."
The $5.1 million federal grant will be used to strengthen Connecticut's voting infrastructure.
"We are not just talking about physical machines, we are talking about software that can protect our democracy," Blumenthal said.
Merrill said Connecticut is at the forefront of national efforts to harden its defenses.
"We are rated very highly and everything we are doing are best practices – we have audits, paper ballots, and so some of the problems you are seeing in other states you do not have here in Connecticut. Nonetheless, we must be vigilant," Merrill said.
In order to receive the federal funds the state will have to spend $256,000, which is already approved as part of its budget.
Connecticut's system is already pretty secure because voting occurs on paper ballots on machines that are not hooked up to the Internet. There is a centralized voter registration database, but each municipality maintains their own voters lists and it would be difficult to manipulate that database without social engineering.
An NBC News report from February found that "election websites, voter registration systems and voter look-up systems," were allegedly compromised in seven states. However, when the news organization reached out to those seven states, six of them denied they were breached, based on their own cyber investigations.


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Daunte Culpepper made a great first impression with the Vikings
The 2000 season appeared to be a coming-out party as the first-year starter led Minnesota to the NFC title game
As the late Dennis Green prepared to coach his Minnesota Vikings against the New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 14, 2001, he was asked about his faith in going into such a big contest with his second-year quarterback and first-year starter, Daunte Culpepper.
"He's had a great year," Green told reporters. "Right now, Daunte Culpepper is the best quarterback in the NFC."
The 2000 football season that led to that playoff game, a 41-0 loss to the Giants, appeared to be a coming-out party for Culpepper. And he was a great story: a big guy (6-foot-4, 260 pounds) from a tiny town (Ocala, Florida) and a (then) not-so-big college (Central Florida).
Reaching the NFC title game in his first season as a starter justified the Vikings' selection of Culpepper in the first round of the 1999 draft. He was the 11th pick overall and the fourth quarterback taken behind Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb and Akili Smith, who went 1-2-3.
But despite having the opportunity to throw the ball to Randy Moss during his first five seasons (and Cris Carter during his first two), Culpepper's career was plagued by inconsistencies — he threw 23 picks against 18 touchdowns during the 2002 season — and he would make just one more playoff appearance with the Vikings. A serious knee injury in his last season with the Vikings (2005) severely affected the rest of his NFL career, which featured brief stops in Miami, Oakland and Detroit.
Credit Culpepper with overcoming tremendous odds to make it as a football player. He was born in a Florida prison, the biological son of Barbara Henderson, who was serving time for armed robbery.
Henderson did the best thing she could to give her son a life: She gave him away. The recipient was a woman named Emma Culpepper, who got to know Henderson while working at a juvenile correction center.
"My story, from the day I was born, it would take probably a day or two to tell you everything," Culpepper told reporters on the eve of the playoffs in 2001.
Emma Culpepper, 62 at the time, took in the boy — the last of her 15 kids, none of them her biological children.
"She was basically just on a mission always to help people," Culpepper said after Emma Culpepper died in 2007 at age 92. "She instilled some great values in me and let me know it's not where you're at but where you're going."
It was clear that Culpepper was going places once he reached Vanguard High School in Ocala, Florida. He led the football and basketball teams to state championship games and was selected in the 26th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Yankees.
But his love was football. At Vanguard, Culpepper was the big kid with the rifle arm that helped him win Florida's Mr. Football in 1994. Years later he was recognized on the Florida High School Athletic Association's All-Century team as one of the 33 best football players in state history.
Even though he played in the shadow of the University of Florida — the Gainesville campus is about a 45-minute drive north of Ocala — most of the major state schools didn't offer Culpepper a scholarship because of his grades. In 1995, Culpepper accepted a scholarship to the University of Central Florida, which was entering its final season playing in Division I-AA.
By the time he left Central Florida, Culpepper held nearly all of UCF's passing records and set an NCAA single-season record for completions (he completed 73.6 percent of his passes during the 1998 season).
Central Florida finished 9-2 that season, and wins over Purdue and Auburn opened eyes.
"I haven't seen anyone better than Culpepper," Bobby Bowden, Florida State's coach at the time, said at a 1998 meeting of the Florida Sports Writers Association.
Culpepper's success helped put Central Florida on the map and laid the foundation for a program that ended the 2017 season ranked No. 6 as the only undefeated team in Division I.
During his rookie season in Minnesota in 1999, Culpepper sat and watched Jeff George and Randall Cunningham. But Green was so enamored with Culpepper's abilities that he named him the starter for the 2000 season, releasing Cunningham and declining to sign George in the process.
Culpepper was picked to play in three Pro Bowls during his NFL career, including a selection after his best season in 2004, when he threw for 4,717 yards and 39 touchdowns. He became known for getting his roll on during touchdown celebrations.
On the verge of becoming one of the great quarterbacks in Vikings history, Culpepper blew out his right knee the following season, tearing his anterior cruciate, medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments in a 2005 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
In recent years, Culpepper has remained out of the spotlight. Both the UCF sports information department and the Vikings said they had fallen out of touch with him.
He did make a 2013 appearance in London prior to an NFL game there between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Vikings. At the fan event, Culpepper was asked whether he had any regrets about his career.
"I don't have any regrets," Culpepper said. "I played the game the same way the whole time. I played to win."
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