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Texas on the Potomac welcomes guest commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we bring you a guest blog entry written by Ted Poe, the Republican congressman from Humble.
Today I learned that Representative Giffords is stepping down from the United States Congress this week. Gabby is a wonderful friend and I will deeply miss her presence in Washington, DC. I have had the privilege of working with her on the issue of border security. She embodies the spirit of bipartisanship that we should all learn from. Gabby never made decisions based on her party, to her it has always been about what is right for the people.
My grandmother always told me that there is nothing more powerful than a woman who has made up her mind. Gabby has always been that woman. She is compassionate, tenacious, and relentless in her love for America. Her desire to serve and represent the people of Arizona in the best way she can has never wavered, and I know that she will carry that same feisty spirit with her long past her days in Congress.
When faced with what seemed to be insurmountable odds, Gabby has fought each day to get better. Her recovery has been miraculous, and I know that she will only continue to get stronger. Although she will no longer serve in Congress, the people of Arizona have not lost their advocate. No question about it—Gabby is a fighter, and she fights for what she believes in. She is fiercely dedicated to making her community and her country a better place. Always has been and always will be. And that's just the way it is.


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Some leftovers from a most fascinating primary election:
. Back in 2011, Albany's top Democratic honchoes looked west and pronounced the Erie County Democratic Party a mess. They set out to fix it despite the failure of many before them.
So they traveled here, brokered all kinds of arrangements behind the scenes and forced Chairman Len Lenihan to announce his retirement. Then Lenihan reneged, stayed on for a year and then announced his retirement again.
The Albany pols - top representatives of Gov. Andrew Cuomo - swung into action one more time. This summer they proposed former Mayor Tony Masiello as their candidate for chairman as a way to achieve the elusive goal of Democratic unity in Erie County.
But the idea of Masiello as lobbyist and chairman together caused problems, while some suburban Dems never bought the idea anyway.
Result? Mess continues.
Now, the Albany Dems and County Executive Mark Poloncarz (who had previously vowed he would have a say in the process) say they will back off and let the committee members decide in a secret ballot on Saturday. Someone will emerge victorious - but without agreements that might bring together the warring clans.
Bottom line: More than a year after Cuomo's Democrats thought they could unify Erie County, they now acknowledge that all things may not be possible. They may have harnessed state government over the last two years, but unifying Erie County's fractious Dems lies beyond even their powers.
. Late last week, elections officials were still counting votes in the super-close Democratic primary contest for State Senate between incumbent Tim Kennedy and challenger Betty Jean Grant. In the spending category, however, the margin is much wider - Kennedy almost $400,000; Grant around $20,000.
In most political calculations, spending 400 grand translates into a big win. Not this one.
. Lenihan, meanwhile, probably takes some delight in showing the Cuomo folks he can still muster a few wins as he prepares to exit Ellicott Square. His guy Mike Amodeo demolished archenemy Chuck Swanick, the candidate of co-archenemy Steve Pigeon.
In addition, endorsed candidate Sean Ryan scored a big Assembly win over challenger Kevin Gaughan. And though Kennedy was still very much alive late last week, the suspicion here says the outgoing chairman won't lose too much sleep should Grant pull it out.
Grant, after all, remains a Headquarters type as a party vice chairwoman. Kennedy, meanwhile, was strongly backed by Mayor Byron Brown, another official entry on the list of Lenihan archenemies. And nobody in Headquarters has ever forgotten Kennedy's political dalliances with Republican Chris Collins when both served in county government.
"He settled a lot of family business on his last go-around," one interested observer said of Lenihan.
Significant factoid: In 2008, Republican county comptroller candidate Phil Kadet lost the Independence primary. A few days ago, Republican Stefan Mychajliw won the Independence Party primary against the Democrat-inspired candidate.
. The big feud between friends of Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti (former County Executive Joel Giambra, former Niagara County GOP Chairman Henry Wojtaszek and Sen. George Maziarz) continues against Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo. Forces close to that trio mounted a furious and nasty primary effort against Lorigo allies in contests for the Conservative State Committee, with the anti-Lorigo team claiming victory in a significant number of contests.
After Lorigo built the strongest weighted vote in all of New York for Erie County after Carl Paladino scored so well locally in the 2010 gubernatorial contest, much of that influence may now have been squandered.
Indeed, some observers say Lorigo got so nervous over the situation that he slated his biannual reorganization meeting for Thursday morning at a campground in convenient Colden.
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One of the nicest things about an iPad is that it can turned into many other things with just the right app. Apple's tablet – or similar devices made by other companies – can be a continuously updated magazine, a photo editor, a way to make dinner reservations, a daily newspaper or a premium cable TV channel.
It all depends on your needs, and recently I decided I needed a new alarm clock on my nightstand.
Years ago, I received one as a gift of the original iHome IH8 clock radios, which let you wake to music from your iPod. I've been using it ever since with a 20-GB iPod Video. Each workday morning it has gone off reliably, playing a random song and planting an earworm to carry with me for the rest of the day.
But the IH8 is getting long in the tooth, as is the iPod that's plugged into it. It also doesn't work with my iPhone. So, I set out to see if my iPad could replace the clock radio with an inexpensive or even free app.
I had a simple set of requirements:
• The iPad had to fit on my smallish nightstand. I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine, which takes up a lot of real estate. I also have a lamp, and there's usually a book I'm reading as well.
• The app needs to show the time in a large font because I can't see well without glasses. At the same time, the display needs to be dimmable so it doesn't keep me awake.
• I wanted to be able to wake to music from my iTunes collection, but I don't store it on my iPad. While I keep on my songs on my phone, which has 32-GB of space, my 16-GB iPad can't hold it all. I rely on iCloud, so the app would have to play songs not actually present on the tablet.
• And as I said earlier, the app needed to be free, or very inexpensive.
And for those who would say, "Just use the clock app that comes with iOS!", guess what? For some bizarre reason, Apple doesn't include this app on the iPad. If you want to use the tablet as an alarm clock, you must use a third-party app.
I immediately discovered that the MiniSuit case I wrote about earlier this year fit well on the nightstand, so that part was easy. Finding the app, though, was a little harder.
There are plenty of apps out there designed to work like alarm clocks. Several folks recommended Nightstand Central, which gets very good ratings in the iTunes App Store. However, it does a lot of things I don't need. It will use your Camera Roll to generate a slide show, for example, and displays the weather forecast. It's nicely designed, and reminds me of the slick HTC clock-and-weather widget found on that manufacturer's Android smartphones.
As nice as it is, I found it to be too busy – when I wake in the middle of the night and check the time, I don't want to start reading stuff on a screen. Plus, I thought it was a little pricey at $2.99.
A more minimalist app caught my eye. Alarm Clock HD eschews slick graphics for a simple, almost-retro green-on-black default display.
It has a weather forecast, but it's in small text – easily ignorable, and it can be disabled. It will play music regardless of whether it's stored on the iPad or on iCloud, and you can even control how long it takes for the song to reach full volume, which makes waking up much less jarring.
Alarm Clock HD can also display items from your RSS, Facebook or Twitter feeds, but again, you can turn these off. Or, if you prefer, you can have them auto-hide after a time period you designate.
The paid version gives you unlimited alarms, which can be programmed in multiple ways. For example, I've got one set to wake me each weekday at 6 a.m., but to leave me alone on weekends. But I occasionally work a weekend shift, so I've got a second alarm group that wakes me Tuesdays through Saturdays.
The text color can be tweaked, but not the background color. You can also determine whether the clock shows seconds, the date or days of the week. It can also display the battery level, which is important if you run the app overnight without connecting the iPad to a charger. (On my third-generation iPad, the app will use about 50 percent of the battery in about six hours if it's not connected to the charger.)
But my favorite feature is the ability to dim the screen just by swiping from right to left. I'll take the brightness down to where the numbers are just barely visible. I can see the time easily without glasses, but the screen is not so bright that it keeps me up.
I've been using it for almost a month, and so far it serves my needs well.
My only real complaint: I feel compelled to plug the charger in each night, so I can make full use of the iPad at work during the day. With the MiniSuit case, the charger connects on the right side, which bumps against the CPAP machine. I may go looking for a decent iPad dock, but most of those require you to remove an iPad from its case.
One other note: You may ask why I don't just use my iPhone as an alarm clock. After all, it comes with a built-in alarm (though it doesn't play iTunes music, which I always thought was odd), it's small and supports alarm apps that are similar to those for the iPad.
The simplest reason is this: I like to turn my phone off at night. If someone wants to reach me, they can use my landline phone. I'd rather leave the phone off and charging so I'm not disturbed by various notifications. But also, it's small and, without my glasses, requires me to reach over and pick the phone up to look at the time. The iPad's bigger screen makes it a better solution.
Do you use your iPad or a tablet as a bedside alarm clock? What app do you use?


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You may know Matthew Morrison as the teacher and choir director Will Schuester, aka. "Mr. Schue," from the Fox television show Glee. Given his singing and dancing on the program, however, it's probably no surprise that his heart lies with Broadway. Morrison has a new album out called Where It All Began, his second of classic Broadway standards. He stopped by NPR West to talk with All Things Considered weekend Host Jacki Lyden about singing experiences over the years.
In between listening to excerpts from the album during the interview, Morrison revisits the childhood moment when he knew the stage was for him and his decision to leave New York University at age 19 for role in Footloose. He also talks about recording "Singing in the Rain" as a tribute to his idol Gene Kelly, and his go-to audition song, "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady. And even though it makes him cringe, you'll also get to hear Morrison cover Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" (from Glee; that's obviously not a Broadway standard).
After the interview, Matthew Morrison was kind enough to pose for my camera... and with a Glee fan who works here... and then he signed a card for a Washington, D.C. colleague. With a voice like his, somehow I think he's probably accustomed to the attention.


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TonyWilliams wrote:GRA wrote:RegGuheert wrote:I wonder why you have posted an article about a hybrid bus which does not contain a traction battery in a thread entitled "Battery-electric bus discussion".
Because this would seem to be a potentially good use for a BEV bus, and I was wondering why they chose to go another way, so thought I'd post it and see if anyone had more info. The reasons why BEV buses aren't chosen when it seems they might be suitable are of interest to me, just as the reasons why BEV buses ARE chosen are of interest. I want to see the factors driving the decision, and when/how much they move as the tech improves.
I suspect that issue has probably more to do with government grants or university studies etc. then bona fide best choices.
I've had a look at the road profile on the park website, and it's very steep leading out of the visitor center, plus the temps are often cool to cold. I'm having some difficulty matching the 14-mile run with shuttle buses. This appears to be a new short-range service that stops more than 3 miles short of the normal shortest turn-around. See https://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/maps.htm


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It's located in Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve, next to Alum Rock Park, extending to Sierra Road. There's also a new segment to the south that climbs to a vista point.
I ride in Alum Rock Park a fair amount, and I've ridden up and down Sierra Road a half-dozen times. This new trail is going to be a challenge, even for experienced riders. There's no easy way to make it up the ridge overlooking Alum Rock Park.
I'll probably try it out by riding/walking up Boccardo Trail one of these days. I'm not sure I'd want to ride down it.


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Athletes from Somerset Berkley Regional, Durfee, Diman, Bishop Stang, and Case make up our list of Herald News 2014 Winter Track and Field All Scholastics. Here is a quick look at some of the area's premier throwers, jumpers, and runners:
Athletes from Somerset Berkley Regional, Durfee, Diman, Bishop Stang, and Case make up our list of Herald News 2014 Winter Track and Field All Scholastics. Here is a quick look at some of the area's premier throwers, jumpers, and runners:
ZACHARY MELLO, Bishop Stang: His very best event was the 55 meters, where the senior had a major meet best time of 6.663. Mello took first place in Division 5 and placed fifth at the All State Championships. Mello was also the Eastern Athletic Conference all star in the long jump (19-10).
CASSIE GRACA, Somerset Berkley: Talented and versatile, the Raider sophomore was undefeated in the 300 meters in dual meets and took second at the Freshman/Sophomore Meet with a 42.78. She ran the 55 once and qualified for the state division meet. And at the state meet, she took second in the long jump with a 16-5.
ADAM COUITT, Somerset Berkley: One of Greater Fall River's top track and field performers ever, Couitt this year had a best 6 feet 6 inches in the high jump, where he reigned in the Eastern Athletic Conference and took fourth place in Division 4. He also ran an EAC best 6.4 seconds in the 55 meters.
MATT BAKER, Durfee: A fixture on the distance running scene for several years, Baker this season was consistently strong in the 1,000 meters (2:44) and the mile (4:50). A Big 3 Conference all star, Baker was undefeated in the 1,000 in dual meets. At the league meet, the senior won the 1,000 and took second in the mile.
COURTNEY CABRAL, Durfee: The Hilltopper junior excelled in the lung-burning 1,000 meters, where she was undefeated in dual meets and winner at the Big 3 Conference championships. She qualified for the Division 1 meet with a 3:16.0.
THERESA GALLAGHER, Bishop Stang: A cross country all scholastic last fall, Gallagher continued to put her distance running talent to good use. She had Greater Fall River's top times in the two miles (11:31) and the mile (5:18).
ALEX LASTRA, Diman: The Bengal strong man took his shot putting to a new level this season. The senior's specialty was the shot put, and he had a major meet best throw of 42 feet, 6 inches.
CONNOR RILEY, Durfee: Only a sophomore, Riley was tough to beat in the 600 meters. A Big 3 Conference all star, he had a best time of 3:16, which just missed on qualifying him for the Division 1 championships. He took second in the 600 at the Big 3 championships.
ADDISON LANDRY, Bishop Stang: Another of our many outstanding underclassmen, Landry flashed her speed early, often and regularly this past winter. The junior sprinter posted a sizzling 7.66 in the 55-meter dash and took sixth place in the Division 5 championships.
CARNELL JONES, Case: Combining speed and endurance, Jones ranked first among Greater Fall River athletes in the 300 meters, with a time of 37.49 seconds. A South Coast Conference all star, Jones took 15th place at the Division 5 championships.
ELIZABETH SULLIVAN, Bishop Stang: The Spartan senior enjoyed a stellar season. She was the Eastern Athletic Conference champion in the 600 meters with a time of 1:43. At the Division 5 championships in Boston, she raced to 15th place.
NICK DeNARDO, Case: The speedy senior excelled in both the 55 meters and the 300 meters. In the 55, he had an area best time of 6.72 and took third place in Division 5. He also had a 37.53 for the 300 meters, taking eighth place in Division 5.
HALEY MONAGHAN, Somerset Berkley: Sprints and jumps were the forte of Monaghan, a repeat all scholastic. She took first place in the Eastern Athletic Conference in the long jump (15-9), she senior also qualified for states in the 55 meters.
ADAM ESTES, Bishop Stang: The future looks bright for Stang's fine shot putter, who is only a sophomore. He throw 44 feet and earned 15th place in the shot at the Division 4 championships. He was among the elite throwers in the Eastern Athletic Conference.
MADISON MACHADO, Bishop Stang: Only a sophomore, Machado figures to be a future all scholastic as well. A middle-distance specialist, she posted a very impressive sixth-place finish in the 300 meters (43.03) at the Eastern Massachusetts Division 5 championships at the Reggie Lewis Center.
BRAD KILBY, Durfee: Yet another fine thrower, the Durfee junior took second place in the shot put at the Big 3 meet with a toss of 41 feet, 10 inches. He had a best throw of 42 feet and was named a league all star.


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Urgently wanted New Generation of Tanzanian Conservationists
The urbanisation and mobility, the successful introduction of Kiswahili as national language and investments in development projects all contributed to the gradual erosion of traditions and cultures beliefs and their traditional mechanisms for securing the national resources. Currently the growing pressure on forest resources have by now eroded the effectiveness of conservation laws of the country, which started in some way or an other by the colonial rulers decades back. Joint Forest Management is the latest strategy to redirect the unsustainable exploitation of forest resources in Tanzania towards a sustainable one.
The conservation strategies and interventions in Tanzania are in essence Rural Development strategies, while Tanzania was a rural society to some two decades back. Destruction of the Pugu Forest has become an Urban Issue. Although some patches of rural communities still exist around these forests, communities like in Pugu Kajiungeni, Pugu Stesheni, Chanika, Mbuyuni, Kisarawe, Kipawe, Tazara, Kigogo Fresh and new settlements stretching gradually southwards along the Kazimzumbwi Forest, are not any longer different from urban communities closer to the City Centre. The mode of cooperation between the Government and NGOs involved in forest conservation and the surrounding communities around Pugu Forest is based on the predominantly "rural" approach relevant in a rural setting. The "rural" approach may be out of place in the case of the forests around Dar es Salaam. Here we are dealing with middle class families, businessmen and women, government officials. The 20 to 50? community members who are involved in clearing of the Pugu Forests are however mostly unskilled youth with some eldery who did not find opportunity to generate income in the new urbanised Pugu villages.
This "rural" oriented approach may also affect the REDD pilot project. With the frontier of urban dar es salaam gradually pushing the peri-urban settlements beyond the Pugu Forest transforming these forests in urban green zones. The target community to be involved in the conservation of Pugu Forest becomes more middle class and less rural, and considering their different interests, education and professional occupations, these "local" community members require a different approach. First of all the strategy should be aiming at conservation rather than joint management and exploitation. Urban middle class will has no time to spend time on forest management nor production of charcoal.
1. It is close to the major centre of education and policy making in Tanzania (23 km from askari monument)
2. It is relatively easy to protect compared to for instance the Marine Reserves along the shores of Dar es Salaam
3. Although Tanzania has more impressive and globally recognised nature treasures than Pugu Hills, it is the Pugu Forest's proximity and affordability which make Pugu Forest score higher than Serengeti as a rallying point for conservation. Serengeti will be out of reach for most city dwellers and possibly never to be visited by the majority of the City population.
4. Even if the present Pugu Forest will be cleared to the last bush, it will remain a Forest Reserve (like Pande Forest Reserve) and even after some decades still be able to recover as a (tertiary?) Forest
Concluding, we do have time to build up our present group of Friends of Pugu into a growing permanent lobby, worried about Tanzania of tomorrow, for the children of today and tomorrow.
Please become a friend and look for more friends, todays rains (December 20th, 2011) show that the spirits are on our side.
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Words by Mr Sanjiv Bhattacharya
Sitting in front of a tall mirror in a swish Beverly Hills home, Mr Somerhalder squints at his reflection and musses his hair while a make-up guy called Charles dabs around his eyes.
"Oh the tattoo?" he says, pointing at the inscription on his forearm: Hic et nunc. "It means 'I am hung' in Latin. Ha ha! No, I'm kidding. It means 'here and now'. But I've said that to people, and they believed me."
He's best known as Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries, a raging hit among panting teenage girls (who call him "Smolderholder" on their blogs). The rest of us may recognise him from Lost.
Today, however, he is "the talent" on a photoshoot, a role that he embraces. Despite the hubbub of a full crew setting up for the shoot, only one voice cuts through it all - he's the loudest and most confident person in the room. And he doesn't stop talking. Some stars might retreat behind their handlers, but Mr Somerhalder would rather introduce his handlers to everyone in person.
"This will revitalise it," he says, pointing to a tub of hair product. He turns his head, examining his reflection. "It won't make it greasy, it'll give you a great base."
Charles checks the label. "Yeah, this gets right into the hair."
"OK use it. Go for it baby."
All actors are familiar with the make-up chair, but few are quite this comfortable. Mr Somerhalder, however, has been modelling since he was 10. He spent his teens travelling the world and "working it" for the cameras, an extraordinary life by any standard. But the way he tells it, he's just a simple boy from the South - specifically, a small town called Covington near New Orleans, Louisiana. His mum was a massage therapist and his dad a building contractor. They didn't have much, but life was idyllic nonetheless.
The mid-1990s were like this total Dionysian, promiscuous time in the fashion business. An amazing time to be young and not have any responsibility
"Dude, look." He starts scrolling through shots on his iPhone of the bayou near his family home. "That's my nephew on the boat. We're teaching him how to paddle. I did exactly the same thing at his age. Total Louisiana stereotype, with the crawfish boiling in the pot, you know? We had a rope swing and we'd jump off right into the water."
There's not a drop of gumbo in his accent through. You'd never peg him for a Southerner. His mum knew he'd be an actor, and a drawl wouldn't help him, so she "used every dollar we had to put me into acting classes," he says. "Losing the accent takes away that first initial... People are extraordinarily judgmental."
He soon escaped the conservative South for New York, where he has lived since the early 1990s. As a young model, he and his mother would visit the big city for the summer, renting a tiny apartment that "cost more per month than any house we ever lived in". But even at the age of 11, he was earning a proper wage. And on his 16th birthday - on 8 December 1994 - it became a lot more proper. The photographer Mr Steven Meisel saw a Polaroid of his and decided to put him in a 12-page story in L'Uomo Vogue. Pretty soon photographers such as Mr Bruce Weber were calling. And within a year, he was living between Milan, Paris and New York.
"Yeah, it was nuts," he says. "The mid-1990s were like this total Dionysian, promiscuous time in the fashion business. An amazing time to be young and not have any responsibility.
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The actor in season six of the TV series, with on-screen stepsister played by Ms Maggie Grace
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Mr Somerhalder in series three with co-star Ms Nina Dobrev
Ultimately, though, he found fashion unfulfilling, and turned to acting. And when the big break came with Lost, it was snatched away almost as suddenly as it arrived. He was the first to be cast and the first to be killed off. He'd been on the show for a year when he received the call from the show creators.
"It was brutal. Not only are you losing this amazing job, but you're losing this family on set. Luckily, I was in wine country!"
A girl called Jessica arrives with a draft of a press release for his approval. It's something about an award, but lately, Mr Somerhalder has had a lot of those, mostly from the Teen Choice people - he was recently voted Choice Male Hottie, for instance.
But this is different. Jessica is reading phrases such as "empowering and educating" and "sustainable agriculture". Apparently, when this shoot is over, he will be whisked off to the Environmental Media Association awards to be honored for the Ian Somerhalder Foundation that promotes environmental and animal rights causes.
"I started it in 2010 in response to the BP oil spill," he says. "I remember watching President Obama just step aside and let BP do whatever it wanted because it was a big contributor to his campaign. And I felt so powerless, I realised I never wanted to feel that way again."
With the support of his mentor Mr Deepak Chopra, among others, the foundation was born. He's presently in the throes of buying a farm in Louisiana that he wants to turn into an animal sanctuary.
But first, he has the fourth season of The Vampire Diaries to shoot. So after the awards show, he'll be back on a plane to the set in Atlanta. And beyond that? Well, there are all these rumours whirling about Fifty Shades of Grey. Apparently, his name is one of those under consideration for the role of Christian Grey, the billionaire bondage-master.
"Oh man, there's nothing official," he shrugs. "It's just talk."
So has he been getting into a bit of S&M in the meantime, just in case he gets the call?
"Yeah, there's a website you can go to where you can just outfit your basement as a dungeon," he says, springing out of his chair and giving his reflection one last check. "So, you know, I thought I'd get prepared, just in case."
He's turning his basement into a dungeon?
He grins. "Totally. I think a lot of people are doing that right now!"
And with a high five, he's out of there. Ready to shoot.


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You have a more interesting commute than I do.
The Lezyne Mini drive XL is the big daddy in the brand's chic rechargeable commuter family - capable of belting out 200 lumens-nice for whistling home, while three lower settings (enduro, economy & flash) conserve power for when it's really needed.
Beautifully finished CNC machined, barrel shaped aluminium bodies in a choice of black or silver are trademark Lezyne and certainly won't cramp your style. A threaded end cap compete with O-ring seal provides easy access to its LR123A li-on cell, protecting internals from slush n' slurry. However, I'd still be inclined toward a slither of silicone grease for peace of mind.
Charge ports tend to be vulnerable but Lezyne have secreted this behind a rubberised plug integral to its handlebar bracket. This is available in two sizes, 25.4 for mtb/ old school drops and 30.8 with rubberised shims. These sort of lamps work really well as secondary systems, so imagine my delight having discovered there's a comprehensive kit including spare battery and helmet mount.
The super positive switch rules out accidental engagement but requires a very heavy thumb, and toggling through modes is an acquired art, especially on the fly. Thankfully there's an inbuilt kick down to conserve power and the integral charge indicator provides useful commentary. Up and running, economy and flashing are best for hossing along the high street.
Darker streets can be tackled to around 18mph on higher power, and the cowling allows plenty of sideways bleed through when emerging from junctions.
While there's no doubt you'll be seen to around three hundred metres, on unlit roads the otherwise pure, halo free beam lacks sufficient bite, making for a less relaxing speed fest, given that stray deer, potholes and banjo playing hillbillies are that bit harder to spot.
Beautifully executed light, although slightly underpowered for out in the sticks.
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Make and model: Lezyne Mini Drive XL front light
Size tested: black
Tell us what the light is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
"The Lezyne Mini Drive XL has been designed with the new XL CNC machined aluminum body, MOR Optics delivering a bright 200 lumens. The Infinite Light design allows the user to replace the Li-ion battery on demand. The Side Visibility Cuts increase user visibility from the side. The Intelligent Power Indicator button allows the user to check the power level any time. The Mini Drive XL comes with Composite Matrix handlebar mounts (25.4mm and 31.8mm) and 2 rubber shims. It is also available as part of a Fully Loaded package with a Composite Matrix helmet mount and spare battery". Another well conceived commuter plus lamp best suited to sub/urban commuting/training.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the light?
ENDURO : 100 lumens | 3 hr
BLAST : 200 lumens | 1.5 hr
ECONOMY : 50 lumens | | 6 hr
FLASH : 100 lumens | 6 hr
WEIGHT : 85g
RECHARGE TIME : 5 hr
Very nicely made.
Sturdy and easy to live with.
Seems pretty good by USB standards.
Run and charge times aren't particularly impressive but ability to carry spare cells extend its potential for longer training/club outings.
Good in a suburban context, fair when street lighting becomes less frequent.
Has survived the inevitable everyday carelessness without so much as a scratch.
Aluminium shell displaces heat efficiently, spelling an end to singed digits, although the positive switch proved tricky to master mid ride.
Tell us how the light performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Lezyne's Micro Drive XL is basically a sub/urban commuter lamp on steroids and to this end works very well. Unleashing the full two hundred does nasty things to run times but spare batteries are readily available and easily slipped into jersey pockets should unlit semi rural sections form a regular part of your training runs.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the light
Functional yet beautfully formed, Lezyne's Micro drive XL offers decent balance between economy and output in the suburbs, or as a secondary system. Replaceable batteries mean extended playtimes and greater longevity.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the light
Nothing given the design brief but 200 lumens drains the battery quickly and feels underpowered when used as primary lighting in a rural context.
Did you enjoy using the light? Yes.
Would you consider buying the light? Would need something more powerful in my neck of the woods.
Would you recommend the light to a friend? Yes, for commuting and contingencies.
Age: 38 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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The Mayor, Alderman and Inhabitants of New Orleans v. John Marie Henry, Philip Harty, et al. shows
a portion of the riverfront opposite the Place d'Armes, the present day Jackson Square. In this suit, Henry,
Harty and 19 others were taken to court by the City, which had in July, 1805 ordered that the huts
(barraques), cabins, houses and buildings on the levee in front of the city be demolished since they had
become "a great nuisance to the hindrance and annoyance of passengers as well as to the injury of the
health and good Police of said City." The right to use the buildings on the levee had been granted by the
Spanish Cabildo "during a time of great and peculiar distress in this city, from a fire which swept off a
number of houses" –presumably the fire of 1794. The City argued that use of the buildings had been granted
on the condition that the occupants would vacate them when requested to do so by the Cabildo and, since
the Conseil de Ville now held all the administrative rights that the Cabildo had once enjoyed, the plaintiff's
were bound by their conditional agreement to give up their possession of the levee buildings when asked to
do so.
The issues in the case were complicated by the fact that the ownership of the land under the levee was claimed by both the City of New Orleans and the United States Government. The defendants argued that the City had no right to force them from the levee since the land was owned by the federal government. The United States' attorneys made it clear in their statement that they considered the land in question to belong to the federal government, but that they were willing to enforce the Council's decree that the buildings be vacated.
The case is interesting, not simply because of the map filed amongst its papers, but because it touches
upon some of the same issues of ownership of "public" land as the more famous "Batture Case," filed
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While some clubs have an obvious industry focus, we encourage you to consider working with clubs that might also reflect your values or brand. Companies that sponsor clubs have various opportunities to get to know students directly.
- Firm Nights. These industry-specific career fairs allow you to interact with a targeted group of students over just a few hours.
- Site Visits or Treks. Inviting a group of students to your workplace is an efficient way to communicate the quality of your opportunities as well as of your company's culture.
- Speakers in Career-Focused Courses. Students organize "MBA 294" courses to bring in guest speakers to learn about the nuances of different industries and career paths.
- Conferences and Symposia. With the support of the school, our students organize major conferences, including:
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Rip–off… or inspiration?April 24, 2003
Wow, I never made the connection before. Those guys ripped me off!
Ha, no, not really. In fact I'm pretty sure the current incarnation of their site (which I find far less attractive than the last) pre–dates my latest redesign by a few months.
Still, it makes me wonder if my emboldened choice of a bright red over baby blue colour scheme was subconsciously affected by their site. Inspiration can comes from odd spots sometimes. Shortly after I launched this redesign I noticed the pale blue bar of Irish Spring Sport juxtaposed on the bathroom light shining through my maroon plastic shower curtain matched up my new colour scheme perfectly. I suppose it could be argued that was equal an influence on my palette selection.
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With diabetes statistics reaching nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States and an additional 79 million Americans have prediabetes putting them at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the American Diabetes Association announced today its 2013 schedule for their free community health events throughout the country – the American Diabetes Association EXPO.
January 24, 2013
Cycling to Help Stop Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association is challenging riders to be part of the movement to Stop Diabetes® by participating in their annual Tour de Cure®, a cycling event to raise funds to help fight diabetes. More than 65,000 cyclists are expected to participate in the Tour de Cure at sites throughout the country in 2013.
January 8, 2013
American Diabetes Association Announces Heather Berg as the 2013 National Youth Advocate
The American Diabetes Association (Association) is pleased to announce Heather Berg, 18, as the Association's 2013 National Youth Advocate. Heather, of Kent, WA, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 10 years old.
January 7, 2013
The American Diabetes Association Announces 2013 Board of Directors
The American Diabetes Association is pleased to announce its officers and Board of Directors members for 2013.
January 2, 2013
Kicking off the New Year with Healthy Resolutions
A new year is upon us and for many that means a renewed commitment to living healthy and a dedication to achieving resolutions.


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Bulldogs Earn CSCAA Scholar All America Team Honors
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale men's swimming and diving team remains the nation's top academic squad, as the Bulldogs topped the recently released CSCAA Scholar All America Team rankings for the spring with a 3.62 team GPA. This comes on the heels of Yale topping the fall rankings with a 3.59 GPA. Yale was one of 69 schools to earn CSCAA Scholar All America Team honors, which require a minimum GPA of 3.0.
The Bulldogs' 3.62 mark put them well ahead of second-place Eastern Illinois (3.55). Harvard (3.54), Dartmouth (3.48) and Villanova (3.37) rounded out the top five.
The academic success as a team was bolstered by the individual performance of captain Christopher Luu, an economics major who earned Academic All-Ivy League recognition for his work in the classroom.
Yale also experienced success in the water this season, posting a 6-2 regular season record and then breaking eight school records at the Ivy League Championship meet. A pair of Bulldogs competed at the recent U.S. Olympic Trials.
With just four seniors lost to graduation, the team heads into 2012-13 -- its third season with Tim Wise as the Robert J.H. Kiphuth Director of Swimming -- poised to continue its run of success both in and out of the water.
- Full CSCAA Rankings: http://cscaa.org/downloads/ScholarAA2012SpringDivIMen.pdf
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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Once upon a time, bad fathers were easily shamed with one spin of a Harry Chapin single. That's not how things get done anymore. Now spurned sons talk into their webcams and tell America to follow them on Instagram.
16-year-old Grant Pierce Jay (Taj) Jordan Reynolds, of Atlanta, released this video on Christmas day, but it didn't bubble up until yesterday, when TMZ posted about Reynolds's mother's just-filed paternity suit against Jordan. The suit, per TMZ, is boring—there's no mention of how Jordan and the youngster's mother met, which is especially disappointing because NBA players visiting Atlanta have good stories. That means the video's the highlight from all of this.
Some favorite lines:
• "Wassup, YouTube? Wassup, world?"
• "If you've been hearing any rumors about I'm Michael Jordan's son on Twitter, Instagram, MediaTakeOut, WorldStar, any of that, it's true."
• "Follow me on Twitter, @TajJordan, on Instagram at TajXViisiion—with two I's—and have a great day."
Alas, those lines bookend a teenager sheepishly expressing the desire to have a father figure in his life. So you can really go either way on this one.
MICHAEL JORDAN Alleged Baby Mama Sues ... Pay for Your Love Child! [TMZ]


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Timer by App Cubby launched as an inexpensive way to quickly and easily set single or multiple count-down timers on the iPhone. Since Apple's built-in Clock app only allows for a single timer at once, Timer was well worth the $0.99 it originally cost. Recently, however, App Cubby made it free. And now they're further upping the ante with Timer 2.0. It's still free, but the new version comes with the option to add even more features via in-app purchase.
Thanks to the iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5 16:9 display, you still get the same 12 pre-set timers, as well as 2 customizable timers. Any of them, and all of them, available at the tap of a button.
Among the options for Timer 2.0 are theme packs at $0.99 each, including anodyne, halcyon, dulcet, incandescent, brazen, clicky, midnight, glimmer, and gallery. Sound packs, also at $0.99 each, include serene, nature, and future. The glyph pack is $1.99 and includes 400 symbols to use in your timer labels. If a la carte feels too expensive or too involved, you can also pick up all sound bundles for only $1.99, all themes for only $4.99, or the ultimate bundle for only $9.99. And bundles include not only current content, but future content as well. Buying any of the in-app purchases also removes the ad (an icon, middle bottom, that suggests other apps you might like to try).
The free version of Timer, without a single in-app purchase, is fully functional. The in-app purchases are just icing on the cake -- a way to liven up the app after having used it for a while, and to tip the developers for a job well done.
Timer 2.0 is a great app and an interesting App Store experiment. It lets users try before they buy, removing the fear of purchasing, and still gives them an option to pay real money to support the developer and ensure work on the app continues.
I had a chance to talk to David Barnard, App Cubby's producer, about all the work and the thought process that went into making Timer 2.0, and into how to best sell it on the App Store. If you're interested in development and the App Store economy, it's a must-listen:
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Paul Danahar is the BBC Middle East Bureau Chief and Chairman of the Middle East's Foreign Press Association. He is camped out in Gaza City and its Shifa Hospital, reporting the sights and sounds of the war in which Israel is seeking to suppress Hamas's rocket/missile capability. It is a capability that Hamas has freely used over the past 10 years to target Israeli civilians and generate terror among the civilian population in the south of the country.
Danahar's Twitter feed provides a glimpse of the scene in Gaza from the standard perspective — i.e., with the standard animus — of the British media. Yet we can learn something from Danahar. What might it be?
If you have any interest at all, I ask you to check my observations out against your own by scrolling through Danahar's Twitter feed. Here is what I observe.
1. Danahar identifies with the Gaza Arabs.
2. Danahar has no comments about Hamas or its goals and tactics. Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization. Doesn't Danahar know any Gaza Arabs who have any quibbles with its murderous fanaticism or tyranny? Doesn't Danahar himself? Not so far as I can tell.
3. Danahar expresses no sympathy for the Israelis. None. Zilch. Nada. His observable range of sympathies is remarkably narrow.
4. Danahar is a relentless reporter of the scene. He is tweeting every few minutes.
5. Gaza City presents many targets for Israelis intent on disabling Hamas's structure of command and control. The Israelis exercise great care to target these sites with precision. Here it helps to collate Danahar's feed with that of the IDF, which Danahar himself occasionally does in his retweets.
6. Danahar is in the immediate vicinity of Israeli fire. He expresses no fear. He is either confident of the care of the Israeli forces or quite brave, or both, but I have to lean toward the latter because he simply does not credit the care of the IDF. He attributes all manner of harm to the Israelis, as though they exercise no restraint in their military efforts.
7. Danahar hears the fire of short- and long-range rockets/missiles in his immediate vicinity. Within the past 24 hours Danahar tweeted: "Long range rocket just took off near our bureau in #Gaza." We can learn from Danahar that Hamas has embedded itself in residential neighborhoods and civilian office buildings (including a building in which foreign press offices are maintained).
8. The outgoing fire that Danahar hears is aimed at Israeli civilians with the intent of inflicting maximum damage. Danahar expresses absolutely no feelings about this. He is in this respect a detached observer.
9. Danahar seems oblivious, perhaps willfully obtuse, to the possibility that Hamas communications infrastructure is located on buildings in which the press maintains offices. He tweets, for example: "Question from FPA for @IDFSpokesperson: If targets last night were carefully chosen why were two buildings holding journalists hit in #Gaza." Danahar retweets the IDF statement that "[t]he sites that we targeted overnight were all positively identified by precise intelligence over the course of months," but somehow it doesn't compute for Danahar.
10. Danahar seems unable to put two and two together, responding: "#Israel's IDF last night hit two buildings in #Gaza where local & foreign journalists are operating from injuring several journalists." The IDF has tweeted: "Advice to reporters in #Gaza, just like any person in Gaza. For your own safety, stay away from #Hamas positions and operatives."
11. Danahar's tweets are suffused with feelings of indignation and outrage about the inevitable civilian casualties that result from Hamas's modus operandi of hiding behind civilians, but no indignation or outrage about Hamas's modus operandi.
12. Not all the civilian Gaza casualties are caused by Israel. Danahar does not try to sort out the cause of the particular incidents to which he is witness. He seems to me to accept Hamas's modus operandi and assume that Israel is the cause. This morning the IDF tweets: "Fact: 99 rockets fired from #Gaza have crashed back into Gaza in the last 4 days. Hamas fires from civilian areas…and hits its own people."
13. For a good example of the harm perpetrated by Hamas on the Gaza populace — the kind of harm to which Danahar turns a blind eye — see the IsraellyCool post "The kid killed by Hamas" and the related New York Times story "Mistaken lull, simple errand, death in Gaza."
14. On November 15, Danahar joined his BBC Gaza colleague Jihad Masharawi after the death of Masharawi's son Omar. Danahar tweeted a family picture of Omar and his photo of the hole in the roof through which the munition that killed Omar entered the house. Danahar attributed the damage to Israeli munition.
15. Last night I tweeted Danahar to ask on what basis Danahar described the munition as Israeli (as opposed to an errant Hamas rocket). Danahar could illuminate this question, but so far he declines. I have yet to hear back from him.


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Andreoli on Oil and Fuel: Outrunning the Red Queen in the shale oil fields
In Lewis Carroll's hallucinogenic novella, Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen explains to Alice that she too can become a queen by reaching the opposite side of the playing board. But Alice, who has been running as fast as she can, finds that, despite her efforts, she remains in the same spot.
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In Lewis Carroll's hallucinogenic novella, Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen explains to Alice that she too can become a queen by reaching the opposite side of the playing board. But Alice, who has been running as fast as she can, finds that, despite her efforts, she remains in the same spot.
The Red Queen explains that in Wonderland, "it takes all the running you can do to stay in the same place, and if you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that."
Critics of the shale oil boom have compared oil production in the Bakken and other shale oil fields to Alice's race with the Red Queen. The average new well produces fewer than 500 barrels of oil per day in the first month. By the end of the first year of production, output has typically fallen to slightly less than half of the initial flow rate. By the end of the second year, daily output from the average well declines to just over 15 percent of the initial flow rate.
Consequently, a significant and growing amount of new oil production is required to cover declining output from the many thousands of legacy fields that have been drilled over the last few years.
As a consequence of low average production and high decline rates, shale oil critics draw an analogy to the Red Queen race, arguing that as time goes on, the amount of drilling will have to increase exponentially just to keep production from declining. Sooner than later, oil production from the shale fields will reach a plateau and inevitably fall into decline despite the significant size of proved shale oil reserves.
It's difficult to refute this line of reasoning precisely because rising production means that the Red Queen problem is becoming ever more pronounced—as production rates go up every year, so too do the legacy decline rates.
Toward the end of 2013, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) began publishing a monthly Drilling Productivity Report that suggests trouble looms on the horizon.
There are three primary shale oil fields: the Bakken in North Dakota and the Eagle Ford and Permian in East Texas and West Texas, respectively. On a daily oil output basis, the Permian is the largest, producing nearly 1.4 million barrels per day (mbpd). Output from the Eagle Ford has climbed to approximately 1.3 mbpd, and production from the Bakken has recently risen above 1.0 mbpd.
Collectively, oil production from these three fields in December 2013 was nearly double the December 2012 volumes. With such strong growth, there seems little reason for concern that oil production will soon become, like Alice, trapped on the Red Queen's treadmill—but decline rates from legacy fields have been climbing faster than net production.
New wells drilled in the Permian field are expected to add 42,000 barrels per day (bpd) to total production between January and February 2014. On a net basis, however, oil output is expected to rise by only 3,000 bpd because output from legacy fields is declining at a rate of 39,000 bpd, and is increasing more rapidly than new well productivity.
In January 2011, the legacy decline rate was estimated by the EIA to be just 25,000 bpd, but has since then increased at a compound annual rate of 16 percent. By contrast, new well productivity in this field has remained flat. Consequently, in order for oil production to remain flat, the number of wells drilled every month must increase.
New wells drilled in the Eagle Ford field are expected to add 127,000 bpd between January and February 2014, but on a net basis, output is expected to increase by just 34,000 bpd as production from legacy wells is expected to decline by 93,000 bpd. Since January 2011, the legacy decline rate has increased eight-fold, and decline rates continue to accelerate.
The legacy production decline problem in the Bakken is similarly troublesome. The newly-drilled wells there are expected to bring 86,000 bpd of new oil online between January and February 2014, but 61,000 bpd will be lost to declining production from legacy fields. The legacy decline rate in the Bakken has more than tripled over the last three years, and decline rates are accelerating there as well.
To a large degree, legacy declines have been offset by rising new well productivity, but gains are not distributed evenly across all fields. Well productivity has been flat in the Permian, but since 2011 the oil output per well has been growing at a compound annual rate of 43 percent in the Eagle Ford and 36 percent in the Bakken.
Assuming new well productivity continues to increase at these rates, and the number of rigs in operation remains the same in each of these fields, production from new wells in the Eagle Ford would be expected to grow from 127,000 bpd to 181,500 bpd, as the decline in legacy production grows from 93,000 bpd to 167,000 bpd. Consequently, net new production, which increased by 34,000 bpd in January 2014, would be expected to increase by just 14,000 bpd in January 2015.
Though still positive, the rate of growth in net new oil production from the Eagle Ford will fall to less than half of what it is today over the course of the coming year.
A similar process is unfolding in the Bakken, but a different story prevails there. Assuming the recent trends continue, production from new wells in the Bakken would be expected to grow from 86,000 bpd to 117,000 bpd, while the decline in legacy production would be expected to grow from 61,000 bpd to 92,000 bpd. Consequently, net new production would be expected to grow by 25,000 bpd in January 2015, which is exactly how much it grew in January 2014.
It may be concluded that the rate of growth of shale oil production is likely to slow markedly over the next 12 months. For now, the industry continues to outpace the Red Queen, but the exponential growth of legacy decline rates suggest that sooner than later the industry will have to "run twice as fast" if output from these fields is to grow.
What this means for oil and fuel prices is difficult to discern so far in advance because there are so many interconnected moving parts. I don't see the Red Queen problem as a looming catastrophe, but rather as a challenge—a serious and growing challenge that shippers and carriers need to monitor.
About the AuthorDerik Andreoli Derik Andreoli, Ph.D.c. is the Senior Analyst at Mercator International, LLC. He welcomes any comments or questions, and can be contacted at
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The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, S.22, is getting a second chance in both chambers after a narrow defeat in the House last week.
In a last-minute announcement, S.22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, was considered on the floor of the House last Wednesday. Unfortunately, the House failed to pass S. 22 under suspension of the rules, a maneuver that shields legislation from amendments and requires a two-thirds majority for passage. The final vote was 282-144 - just 2 votes short of the votes needed for final passage.
The language of the bill has now been included in a measure that is under consideration by the Senate, H.R. 146, the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act. Last night, the Senate invoked cloture to end debate and the legislation could be considered as early as tomorrow. If the bill passes the Senate, it could head to the House late next week.
The language in the legislation would make the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) a permanent entity. It also designates more than 2 million acres of wilderness in nine states, and establishes three new national park units, a new national monument, three new national conservation areas, more than 1,000 miles of national wild and scenic rivers and four new national trails. It would enlarge the boundaries of more than a dozen existing national park units and establish 10 new national heritage areas. It also authorizes numerous land exchanges and conveyances to help local Western communities, address water resource and supply issues, and includes provisions to improve land management.
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Chances of Diabetes in Newborn Child
My wife is pregnant. She has diabetes, so I want to know what the chances are of my newborn child having diabetes?
The chance that your newborn child will have diabetes depends on the type of diabetes your wife has and how old she is when the baby is born. According to the American Diabetes Association, there is a 1 in 25 (or 4%) chance of having a baby with diabetes if the mom is less than 25 years old and has type 1 diabetes. If the mom is older than 25 when the baby is born then there is a 1 in 100 (1%) chance the baby will develop diabetes. If the mom was child when she developed type 1 diabetes the risk would double.
Type 1 diabetes usually affects children and young adults and is considered to be an autoimmune disease which leads to the destruction of the cells that produce insulin, a hormone which helps to breakdown sugars. People who have type 1 diabetes do not make any (or very little) insulin and must replace it by having insulin shots.
If your wife has type 2 diabetes, (the non-insulin-dependent form), which results from not having enough insulin or the insulin does not work properly, then the risk of your child getting diabetes is 1 in 7 (~ 14%). The 1 in 7 risk is for children of people who were diagnosed before age 50 with type 2.
While both types of diabetes (type 1 and type 2) have an inherited component, there are also environmentally factors that put someone at increased risk to develop diabetes. So there is not a simple pattern of inheritance. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes â about 90%.
If you have not done so already, you and your wife may want to discuss the chances of your child being diabetic with a genetic counselor or geneticist. They would be able to provide specific information in the context of your medical and family histories. You can locate a genetics center near you at the National Society of Genetic Counselorsâ Resource Center website below.
Related Resources:
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Latos, Reds edge slumping Cards
St. Louis, MO – Mat Latos spun six scoreless innings of five- hit ball and the Cincinnati Reds held off the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1, on Monday in the opener of a three-game set at Busch Stadium.
Latos (2-0) walked three and struck out four while extending his scoreless streak to 17 innings in earning his second victory in as many starts. Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth to nail down his sixth save of the season.
Joey Votto collected two hits and knocked in a run, while Xavier Paul's RBI ground out in the fourth proved to be the difference for the Reds, who have won two straight.
"That run ended up being the deciding run," Paul said of his fourth-inning groundout. "That's the one thing about baseball, every at-bat counts, especially when you're in an RBI situation."
St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright (4-2) was a hard-luck loser, giving up both runs on five hits while fanning six over seven solid frames.
"He had a little tough time finding the strike zone and really finding the release point on his fastball early on, but made some good adjustments and looked sharp," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said of Wainwright. "The start gave us a chance, just didn't capitalize."
Yadier Molina recorded three hits and plated the lone run for St. Louis, which has dropped three straight on the heels of a four-game winning streak.
The Reds jumped on Wainwright in the first, as Shin-Soo Choo slapped the right-hander's first offering into the left-field corner for a double before moving to third on Zack Cozart's bunt.
Votto then scorched a single to right to plate Choo before Brandon Phillips walked, but Wainwright worked out of trouble by striking out Jay Bruce and popping out Todd Frazier.
Cincinnati doubled its edge in the fourth after Bruce reached on a fielder's choice and Frazier followed with a double to right. Paul then plated Bruce with a ground out to short for a 2-0 lead.
Latos, meanwhile, made big pitches when he needed to, leaving a runner stranded in scoring position in four of the first five innings.
The right-hander battled through the sixth before Logan Ondrusek fired a scoreless seventh to maintain Cincinnati's two-run lead.
St. Louis finally broke through in the eighth against Cincinnati reliever Jonathan Broxton. Allen Craig smacked a leadoff double and quickly scored on Molina's two-bagger off the center field wall to make it 2-1.
Broxton, however, was able to work out of the jam before Chapman retired the Cards in order in the ninth to secure the victory.
Game Notes
St. Louis finished 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base ... Cincinnati placed outfielder Chris Heisey on the 15-day disabled list Monday and recalled outfielder Donald Lutz from Pensacola. Lutz made his major league debut as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and grounded out ... Wainwright issued two walks in the game after allowing just one free pass over his first 37 1/3 innings coming into the contest.


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Version policy for OE recipes
There is general confusion about what a correct PV string should look like. This page attempts to define a standard for packages in OpenEmbedded to follow. Whilst not mandatory, it is strongly recommended.
OE's versioning policy aims to follow that of Debian (and is hence compatible with ipkg).
Debian's PV policy can be viewed at [1]
One key phrase to note is "The lexical comparison is a comparison of ASCII values modified so that all the letters sort earlier than all the non-letters." This means characters like + and - have a higher priority than alphanumeric characters. If in doubt, experiment with the ipkg-compare-versions program from ipkg-utils.
NOTE: this page was based on a email-thread from firstname.lastname@example.com and subsequent dicussions.
Our current policy is:
- PN may contain hypens
- PV should avoid containing hypens
- PR must not contain hyphens
It is a common misconception that hyphens are not allowed in PV. Looking at packages/linux shows they can be used but extreme caution is recommended (see pitfalls below). They wouldn't be allowed under Debian rules if PR wasn't specificed but since OE always sets PR by default, hyphens are allowed by default.
Date based packages
The current policy is to use the format PV = "1.2+scmYYYYMMDD".
- cvs packages should use <latest released version>+cvs<date>, e.g. foo_1.3+cvs20051106
- svn packages should use <latest released version>+svn<date>, e.g. foo_1.3+svn20051106
Prerelease packages such as
- foo_2.4.4rc2
- foo_2.4.4b1
- foo_2.4.4-git5
- foo_2.4.4-pre1
cause a lot of trouble with package managers when foo_2.4.4 gets released. So we should use the following:
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Dima Tursunov, though knocked out in the qualies by Devvarman at this year's singles at the Farmers Classic, is still entered in the doubles draw. He plays with Ernests Gulbis and will face the team of Santiago Gonzalez and Travis Rettenmaier (yes, THAT Travis Rettenmaier) in the first round.
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There are many behaviours that the FSM religion does not see fit to take part in.
We don't feel the need to blow ourselves and others up, in order to prove how right we are, or to show that our religion is the one and only true religion, or for any other reason.
The same dear brethren cannot be said of most other religions
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I would say ironically but it is more accurately /disgracefully/, some of these OTHER religions also claim to be "a religion of peace". No, for a true religion of peace choose FSM (or of course Jainism)
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Halloween is finally here, and so I give you 19 new types of consumables for 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons - Halloweeny Candy! You can mix these candies with any of your usual, non-magical candies and make bags of candy for each of your players as gifts. Each bag of candy might contain 2d4 pieces of candy per tier (2d4 for Heroic, 4d4 for Paragon, etc). Your players can trade them back and forth, and surprise their opponents with all sorts of new tricks and treats! Better yet, a mob of trick-or-treating kobolds or goblins might show up with bags and bags of candy, passing themselves off as kids in costumes! Oh what silly fun...
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|Magic Candy
|Creepy Peepers - These small, fleshy eyes are cream-filled (don't ask) and smell a bit like salted fish. Consuming a Creepy Peeper gives a +5 bonus to Perception Checks until the end of the encounter.
|Boogymen Lollis - These lollipops are made from poached goblin dwarves which have been dipped in a sugar glaze. They come in many colors, but blue is a favorite. Licking these lollipops as a minor action gives +5 bonus to Stealth skill checks until the beginning of your next turn.
|Bloodwyrms - These stringy, gum-like "wyrms" come in a variety of colors including red (fire bloodwyrm), blue (ice bloodwyrm), and black (deathwyrms). Each color grants whomever consumes the worm Resist 5 to one type of attack, depending on the wyrm's color. Only one type of bloodwyrm can be in effect at any time.
|Precious Eel Zappers - These tiny, sqaure eel eggs are a type of hard candy that are usually found in cartridge like dispensers filled with 3d6 of them. Each P.E.Z. gives a +2 electrical bonus to their next attack. Using the P.E.Z. dispenser is a minor action.
|Finger Pops - These are prized by rogues everywhere. Finger Pops are made from crushed spiders and monkey livers rolled in granola and dipped in a dark Theutotian chocolate. Consuming a Finger Pop two minor actions, but once done they grant a +5 bonus to Thievery skill checks until the end of the encounter.
|Zombrains - These small silvery packages are covered with strange runes that shimmer in the light. Inside is a spongy like yellow ball that is slightly damp to the touch, and smells of fetid ochre. Consuming this repugnant mess reveals a surprising delicious bouquet of flavors that rush into the eater's mind: lemon, lime, cinnamon, raspberry, vanilla. Quite refreshing - Zombrains also grant a +5 bonus to Arcana skill checks until the end of the encounter.
|Rat-on-a-Stick - A Halloweeny Classic! These savory, hairless beasts come in three flavors (BBQ, Honey Dijon, and Salt'N Vinegar). Consuming one is a standard action, but once finished the PC immediately gains a number of temporary hit points equal to their healing surge value.
|Chocolate Espresso Bean Rat-on-a-Stick - A visionary, new type of candy for this year's Halloweeny celebration! The chocolate version of the Rat-on-a-Stick classic grants a +2 bonus to the PCs next move and they gains 6 temporary hit points in the process.
|Teefcrunchers - Made from the shells of Artribidge Crabs, this hard candy is meant to be savored and not crunched (or you'll shatter your teeth). For every round a PC savors a Teefcruncher in their mouth (as a minor action), they gain Regeneration 2. One Teefcruncher lasts until the end of the encounter or for 5 minutes.
|Beetlesnaps - Tiny brown and black beetles are meant to be thrown down on the ground (DO NOT EAT!). Thrown correctly (Dex vs. Reflex), these beetlesnaps burst with load pop and target creature is forced to attack the thrower of the beetlesnaps until the end of their next turn. They are just soooooo annoying!
|Nailbiters - Tiny sticks of hard-bread baked into the shape of nails are dipped in chocolate or a heavy sugar glaze (sometimes both). Eating one of these as a minor action gives a +2 bonus to your next melee attack roll. Eating more than your constitution modifier's worth of these in a single day has some terrible, foul-smelling side effects...
|Death Mints - Well.. Halloweeny is "Trick or Treat!" right? Well, Death Mints are more the trick part of things. These tiny mints often look like Precious Eel Zappers or Teefcrunchers, but of course are not. Once eaten, they cuase ongoing Necrotic 2 damage (save ends) and the victim starts uncontrollably moaning like a ghost.
|Pumpkin Bombs - A classic from days long past, Pumpkin Bombs are back! These fist-sized pumpkins have been stuffed with the best in Gnomish (or Kobold) engineering: explosives! They can be accurately thrown at any square within 6 squares, have a Burst 3 effect that includes a fiery explosion for 3d6 points of damage.
|Chocolate Treant Bark - The brittle slivers of chocolate are made with chips from real Treant bark. Once eaten as a minor action, they grant a +2 bonus to armor class until the end of your next turn.
|Glow Pops - These tiny lollipops glow once unwrapped for 5 minutes or until the end of encounter. The light they shed reaches out to 3 squares, but if eaten the light can be focused from the PCs mouth like a bulls-eye lantern with a range of 6 squares.
|Wax Lips - The faux lips come in two colors: red and black. The red lips, if eaten, grant a +5 bonus to Diplomacy until the end of the encounter or for 5 minutes. The black variety grants a +5 bonus to Insight until the end of the encounter or for 5 minutes.
|Grey Ooze Pouch - Yuck! Handle with care! This leathery pouch contains a small grey ooze! Once released, it will dissolve locks and other metal objects it is applied to within 5 minutes, leaving nothing behind. What you do with the ooze once it is done is up to you!
|Weasel Pops - Similar to Rat-on-a-Stick, these feral pops grant a +5 bonus to Acrobatics skill checks until the end of the encounter or for 5 minutes. Eating one is a standard action.
|Black Pudding Pouch - Trick! This looks just like a grey ooze, but once opened the Ochre Jelly within slithers out and immediately attacks anyone adjacent to it.
Well, that's it! Let me know if you use any of these items in your game! I had probably too much fun putting this list together.