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The CBAL™ summative assessments have been piloted in grades 6, 7, 8 and 9 as well as in college and university developmental courses, in more than 125 schools in 40 states. As of 2013, more than 20,000 reading, writing and mathematics tests have been administered. Over the last six years, the CBAL formative assessments have been administered in the Portland (Maine) Public Schools, North Brunswick (N.J.) Township Public Schools, and in schools in Wisconsin, West Virginia and Kentucky. If your school or district is interested in becoming a CBAL pilot site, please contact us at email@example.com.
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Freshwater Fish Farming: the Pond
|By goGreen | October 28, 2011
Improving your fish
1. You have already built the small described in Booklet No. 27, Freshwater fish farming: how to be and you have grown many fish
Grown fish
2. Your family would like to have more and you have learned at the marked that you can sell more fish if you have them.
3. You would like to grow more fish to and to sell at the market so that you and your family can live Growing more fish is improving you fish farm.
Sell fish
4. You can improve your fish farm by making your old pond bigger. If your old pond was 10 by 10 metres, you can make it twice as big by moving some of the banks. You can make it 10 by 20 metres.
Make a fish farm
5. You can improve your fish farm by building a new, bigger fish pond either next to your old pond
Build a bigger fish pond next to the old one
or in another place.
Build a bigger fish pond in another place
You can improve your fish farm by building more than one pond.
6. But start slowly and carefully. First, build only one new pond. After you have built your first bigger pond and you know how to use it to grow more fish, you can build more ponds and grow fish all year round.
7. After you have built one or more new, bigger ponds, you will need more baby fish than you did before. You may decide to grow your own baby fish so that you will have them when you need them.
8. This is another way of improving your fish farm. You will learn more about it in Booklet No.30.
9. Before you begin to improve your fish farm, you must be sure that:
· you have enough of the right kind of land
· you have enough good water near by
· you and your family have enough time to work a bigger pond or more ponds.
Planning a bigger pond
Where to put your pond
10. If your old pond was in the right place and you have enough water and enough good land there, you can make your old pond bigger or you can build one or more new ponds in the same place.
11. If there is no room or not enough water near your old pond, you will have to choose another place for your new pond. You must choose the new place very carefully.
12. Your new pond must be near a good supply of water such as a spring, stream, lake or reservoir with plenty of water all year round.
The new pond must be near a good supply of water
13. You must be sure that you have enough water to fill your pond when it is time to fill it and to add more water when you need it.
14. Do not depend on rain- water to fill your pond. When it does not rain, there may not be enough water to keep your pond full the fish may die.
Do not depend on rain- water to fill the pond
15. Your water must come from a place that is higher than the pond so that the water will flow into the pond by itself.
The water must flow into the pond by itself
16. The water should not have a bad smell, taste or colour. It should not be too muddy.
17. The water should not have wild fish in it. You do not want wild fish in your pond because they may eat your fish or keep them from growing.
18. Water from a natural spring close to the pond site is usually good and there will not be wild fish in it.
19. Water from a stream or from a lake or reservoir is usually good but it may have wild fish in it. You will have to be careful that the wild fish do not swim into your pond.
20. It is best to put a pond in a place with a slope or on a hillside because you will not have to dig as much soil to build it. A pond built on a slope is also easier to drain.
Build the pond on a slope
21. Do not build your pond in a place that is so low that it is flooded during the rainy season.
22. The soil where you build your pond should not be too sandy. Soil with too much sand or gravel in it will not held water.
23. In sandy soil the water will sink into the ground and there will not be enough water for your fish.
Sandy soil
24. If the banks of your pond are built of sandy soil, they will not be strong enough to keep the water from flowing away.
25. The soil where you build your pond should have enough clay in it. Clay soil holds water very well.
26. In clay soil, very little water will sink into the ground, and banks of clay will be strong enough to held the water in the pond.
Clay soil
Testing soil
27. You should test the soil to see if it is good for building a pond.
28. The first test is easy. Take a handful of soil from the surface and squeeze it into a ball.
Test the soil
29. Throw the ball of soil into the air and catch it.
Test the soil
30. Bad soil with too much sand or gravel in it will not stick together and the ball will fall apart.
31. If the ball sticks together well. the soil may be good but you cannot be sure. Now you should make a second test to be sure that the soil is good.
32. Dig a hole as deep as your waist.
Test the soil
Early in the morning fill it with water. Fill it to the top.
Test the soil
33. By evening some of the water will have sunk into the soil.
Test the soil
34. Then fill the hole with water again. Fill it to the top. Cover the hole with boards or leafy branches.
Test the soil
35. The next morning if most of the water is still in the hole, the soil will held enough water to build a fish pond there.
Test the soil
How large should your pond be?
36. It is good to start with a pond about twice as big as your old pond.
37 For example, if you build a pond 15 by 15 metres, the pond will measure about 225 square metres.
Pond's dimensions
Your old pond measured 100 square metres.
Pond's area
38. A square pond is easier to build,
A square pond
but your pond can have a different shape to fit the size and shape of your land.
A different shape
39. This book will tell you how to make your old pond bigger. Then it will tell you how to build a new, square pond measuring 15 by 15 metres.
40. When you build a bigger pond, you should try to make it better than your old pond.
41. A bigger pond should have:
· an inlet to let the water into the pond, which should have a screen to keep out wild fish, twigs, leaves and other trash;
· an outlet to let the water flow out of the pond so that you can take out all the fish and clean the pond, the outlet having a screen to keep your fish from getting away when you drain the pond;
· an overflow to let some of the water flow away when there is too much water in the pond. If there is too much water in the pond, some of the water may flow over the banks and some of your fish may get away. The overflow should have a screen to prevent this happening.
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Jennifer Aniston stages mini 'Friends' reunion to prepare for 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' co-host gigAdd to Favorites | The Ellen DeGeneres Show
In preparation to co-host "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Jennifer Aniston stopped by Matthew Perry's house -- at "8 a.m. IN the morning" -- to get some advice, because he's done it before.
Then she calls him "David," snicker. And who else is there? Courteney Cox! Woo woo. We'd be lying if we said we don't secretly pretend that Monica and Chandler are together in real life. And don't we wish Matt LeBlanc was really playing in Matthew Perry's fountain.
A "Friends" reunion has to happen someday, right? RIGHT?!
Tune into "Ellen" Wednesday, May 22 as Jennifer Aniston co-hosts with Ellen DeGeneres.
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What do you get when you combine Pinball and Soccer? The result is PinGoal for iPhone.
Like Pinball, You use your flippers for offense and defense and Like Soccer, you try to score points by getting the ball/marble through your opponent's Goal. There are many bumpers/pins that make that harder to do.
There is a multiplayer mode where both players play the game on the same iPhone at the same time. This can get a bit intense given the screen size. It works but it might work better on an iPad with it's larger screen.
If you enjoy games with a retro feel, you might want to give PinGoal a try.


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Israeli bulldozers that crossed the border and began construction on roads, with a Merkava tank in the background.
WAZZANI, Lebanon: Three Israeli bulldozers supported by armored vehicles and tanks crossed the border with Lebanon Monday and began construction on roads, which prompted the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon and the Army to go on a state of high alert.
The Israelis began building the road at the southern gate of the village of Ghajar and along the eastern bank of the Wazzani River. While the roads and defenses of roads were being constructed, Merkava tanks, Israeli soldiers and reconnaissance planes monitored the Lebanese side of the border.
A senior UNIFIL officer told The Daily Star that Israel had notified the peacekeepers of the construction in advance. "Security considerations were the primary explanation given by the Israeli side," said the officer, who wished to not to be identified.
The head of the Spanish UNIFIL contingent, Fernando Gracia, was accompanied by high-ranking officers to monitor the borders and ensure that the Israeli force was not breaching the Blue Line.
The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Israel and Lebanon which is monitored by UNIFIL.
An Army statement confirmed the Israeli activities along the Blue Line and added that Army units took defensive positions along the border to confront any possible incursion.
Separately, a recent analysis in the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronot, said that a new strategy has been developed by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah to confront Israel in future wars. The article is entitled "Hezbollah Strategy: Rockets on Tel Aviv, Raids on Galilee" and was written by an Israeli military analyst.
"At the onset of the next war Hezbollah will fire its most accurate missiles and rockets – including M-600 missiles Hezbollah received from Syria, which are fitted with GPS-aided inertial navigation – on the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, infrastructure installations and military targets," the article said.
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Cecelia ("Cece") H. Foxley served for over 10 years as commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education and chief executive officer to the state board of regents. She subsequently completed a three-year regents professorship in the educational psychology department at the University of Utah. Prior to her appointment to the position of commissioner, she served as the deputy commissioner and the associate commissioner for academic affairs. Her institutional experience includes faculty and administrative positions at Utah State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Minnesota. Early in her academic career, she taught honors English at the high school level.
Dr. Foxley earned the PhD in educational psychology with emphases in administration, teaching, research, and counseling from the University of Utah. She completed a post doctoral internship with the National Training Laboratories Institute for Applied Behavioral Science. She holds a BA in English from Utah State University and an MA in English from the University of Utah.
Dr. Foxley has been a behavioral science, management, organization development, program evaluation, equal opportunity, and executive search consultant to a variety of education, business, civic, and government organizations and agencies. She has authored or co authored six books and several journal articles on topics such as educational leadership and administration, non sexist counseling, human relations education, and equal opportunity.
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Secure The Border
It appears that Iraqi's and other Middle Easterners are paying big money ($20K a pop) to get across our southern border. One would imagine that this is part of some operation to wreak another 9/11 style terrorist act. In spite of the nay sayers there is little that an open border is an open invitation to nail us again.
This is the security dimension of what we face in light of a border out of control. Smuggling of drugs, weapons and aliens is going to come back and bite us. Al Qaeda won't be sending in an Arab plumber into the US at $30K a head. It will be a bomb maker, a pilot, or something worse.
What if a nuke is brought across the border? This is an idea is one the US government is concerned as are ngo's . What is amazing is how little press these concerns get. We are asleep and the bed really is burning. A reporter recently wrote it would take another 9/11 to wake us up. I hope that is not going to be the case.
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I'm sure if someone DOES bring in a nuke, the libs will say that BUSH not only ALLOWED it, but ARRANGED it, so that he could get Congress to grant him more power to conduct the War On Terror.
What gets me is there is suppose to be a security head disseminating information to ALL agencies as far as national security is concerned. Sounds like we are back to the days when each agency wants to take credit or not get spanked for crying "wolf". The left hand surely doesn't know what the right hand is doing. We had better start sharing information because "bad" information is still better than NO information at all. Will someone please check the alarm bell and make sure it still works?
Jack, you're mixing up liberals and conspiracy theorists.
Are you kidding?! Some yahoo on moveOn or Kos blamed bush for the in Minn. bridge falling into the river.
You want to tell me that the Kos and its ilk won't blame Bush. And yes, since the the Democratic Presidential candidates go the Kos yearly spew-athon, then we can link the party with the website. Its not my fault the jackass party candidates went to Kos, I would have advised against it.
I also would have advised Republican party candidates from going to ...
OK, whats the name of a right wing websie that does not allow liberals to post comments, beleives in conspiracy theories that the govenrment either well name some yourself, I post one:
a. Reagans asassination attempt was a left wing consriacy (the JFK analog)
b. Foster did notcommit suicide
c. name some yourself
Show me a right wing sight that uses the f-word some 7000+ times? Not to mention has Democrats or liberal in sexual poses both homo and hetero sexual posted on the sight. Do you have a name? Oh one more thing, it has to be as big as Kos, OR, moveOn, or the DU.
Oh, and if this web sight could be backed by a foreign born Billionare facist, that would be good to. It would make the comaprison beleivable.
Faisal Mohammad Gill, a terrorist sympathizer, and lobbyist for the now imprisoned Alamoudi is attempting to infiltrate our political system with the help of Prince William Chairman Corey Stewart.
In the VA 51st House of Delegates, a GOP convention was held in June. The local party Chairman Tom Kopko was identified on www.vpap.org as receiving $2,000 from candidate Faisal Mohammed Gill after his announcement to run for Delegate.
The Convention was a disaster, perhaps it was intentionally so, but with the help of his paid staffer PWCRC Chairman Kopko, Gill won the endorsement.
The Chairman of the Board of County Supervisors Corey Stewart is Gill's biggest fan, why? For $10,000 and Muslim votes? Arms deals with Pakistan? www.foley.com
Faisal Gill must not win a delegate seat in November, we cannot allow this infiltration into our government.
Sharia law and genocide against Jews must not be tolerated in America.
This is a very real threat happening in
Prince William County.
...ah, thank you technorati
"Show me a right wing sight..." How about myspace? It needs all or your... requests. It may not be a conservative site per se, but I do believe it's a subsidiary of News Corp.
I think anyone with an email address can post on Kos. Moveon is an interest group, whaddya want? I knew I guy who worked for the Bush campagn who had to do an hour of phone-banking before he could get tickets to see the guy give a speech. How's that for having to toe the line?
How many people are on Kos? half a million or something. So if the debate had been in San Fransisco, the Democratic party would be endorsing everything that anyone in the city has ever said?
Interesting take on the situation, but ...
1. Murdoch is not puring money into the site, he is making money (but very good, I am impressed)
2. myspace allows ALL views and in effect advocates non per se. moveOn bans all non socialist/commie thought.
Still an interesting take on the matter., When myspace says it owns the Republican party then Murdoch will take on the roll of the anti-Soros.
As for the having a convention in a particular town, in some way reflecting the party platform, please explain the Republicans in NYC. Its a false comparison you are making, and you know it.
The Democrats are notorious for going to EVERY special interest group that supports them. NOW, NAACP, ... and now Kos etc. Nutroots have taken the party over. Which explains why the rhetoric is even farther to the left during the primary season than usual.
Unfortunately guys like Gill are not that uncommon.
They seem to think we cannot really be harmed by terrorism. This is hubris.
"A reporter recently wrote it would take another 9/11 to wake us up. I hope that is not going to be the case," Jacob wrote, shaking his head sadly at the thought of another 3000 liberals in New York dying in a terrorist attack. But if that's what it takes to prove that my paranoid delusions are correct then so be it, he thought, sighing. It was his willingness to make that kind of noble sacrifice -- the deaths of people he didn't know in a liberal city -- that showed what a good, decent, patriotic American Jacob was. If only there were more Americans like Jacob, willing to risk the lives of other people -- people he didn't particularly like, but people nevertheless -- in order to prove a political point, what a great country this would be.
moveon is a private interest group, not a discussion forum. get over it.
the cities aren't really a false comparison, the point is that the candidates can't be held responsible for what some yahoo says on a web forum where anyone can say anything they want.
...and the democrats have to address different groups because their base is made up of all these diverse groups. All the republicans have to do is get up in front of a bunch of white Christians and say they're going to go after the terrorists and they just addressed 90% of their core constituency.
zimzo, I heard about that article. I haven't seen it, but it sounds nuts! not to mention a little oximoronic: "the only thing that will make us safe from terrorism is more terrorism"
...I DO know that in 1998 Paul Wolfowitz wrote that a "new pearl harbor" would help Them persue Their agenda. That brings us back to conspiracies...
I grew up in NYC. I do think you are blind to the problem, and blind with spite and rage. I think you are a hatefuly spewing out tripe. You annoying little man.
"moveon is a private interest group, not a discussion forum. get over it."
Your kidding right? It is open to thousands of left wing loons, its about as private as a urinal at a Redskins game at halftime. Head on over there, or the DU or Kos, they all are the same. Like zimzo, they suffer from terminal BDS and CDS.
While I agree that the candidate cannot be held responsible for what some deranged yahoo writes, the candidate is responsible for whom he associates with. Thousands of hateful personal attacks occur on these sites each week. It is a place devoid of debate. Each loon is singing from the same page. They differ in volume or spite and not much else. I do hold them responsible for going to Kos, because Kos is chock full of deranged yahoos. How would the nation react if a Republican when to a KKK rally? I see no difference.
Not all of the Republican candidate go to the NRA or places like Liberty U. Look Rudy G., or Fred T., the positions are different, far more so than Hillary C., or Barrak, the Breck girl.
as for ...
"...I DO know that in 1998 Paul Wolfowitz wrote that a "new pearl harbor" would help Them persue Their agenda. That brings us back to conspiracies..."
If you are saying or even implying that our own government attacked its own people, committing mass murder, then you are an utterly deluded, if you are saying something else, please explain.
North American Union
Responsibility for Iraqi Immigrants Act- H.R. 2265 from passing Congress
Block all Muslim's from holding public offices regardless of their Party!


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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsEvents
NMRA Reynolds '07 - Rainy Reynolds
The Weather Was Picture Perfect For The Nmra's Stop At Silver Dollar Raceway-At Least For A Short Time
Horse Sense: The Factory Stock class had a race within a race at Reynolds during qualifying, and Steve Gifford came out on top. He beat Alan Cann, Jeff "What's That" Schmell, and Eric Holliday in the final to win the shootout. Eric rallied on Sunday to beat Steve in round two of eliminations.
You've read our bellyaches about the traffic woes we've endured throughout the years getting from our Tampa offices to the NMRA race in Reynolds, Georgia. Every year, the race coincides with the not-so-mad rush of all the snowbirds returning north. For the '07 event, we did the responsible thing-we left early to get a jump on the northerners heading home to Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, among other places. It's a good thing we did, because we made it just in time for round-one qualifying. At the time, the weather was picture perfect. Sunday afternoon brought with it clouds, rain, and some more rain. Thanks to the weather, every heads-up class in the finals-save for Hot Street-will be finished at the Milan, Michigan, event June 15-17. Read on for the action leading up to the final rounds.
A lot goes into moving a car to another class, and there are plenty of racers who have had trouble making the transition. Shawn Johnson made the move from Factory Stock to our own Real Street class. He must have grown bored with beating Michael Washington every time, so he wanted to take on new challengers. Unfortunately, new combo gremlins and Michael-he also moved up to Real Street-teamed up to end Shawn's weekend in round two. To make sure the car is ironed out for the next race, he dropped it off at MV Performance on the way home to Michigan to get it tuned and performing the way it should be.
When we heard J.R. Granatelli coming to the line during Saturday's qualifying, we had a feeling Raphael Morkvenas' LX Super Street Outlaw was going to do something big. As you can see, we were right. JR began building boost as he brought the car to the line. Once it got in the lights, a line let go, sending fluid on the exhaust and setting the car on fire. As bad as this looks, the team worked on the car and made first round with it not looking much worse for wear. It was off pace with an 8.36, which couldn't get JR past John Urist. These guys deserve a lot of credit for even making the call in the first place, but to run an 8.30 after a fire is huge.
Teddy Weaver canned his old Fox GT in favor of this New Edge GT body wearing chameleon paint and featuring his existing McKeown Motorsport Engineering-built Pure Street 310ci combo. MV Performance got the call for the suspension setup on the new car, as well. At the Reynolds race, Teddy qualified Fifth with a 10.51 at 128 mph, which showed he was a couple of tenths and a couple of mph off the top spot. Speaking of the top spot, number-one qualifier Jimmy Wilson ended Teddy's weekend in round two. Teddy was still having some electrical and suspension problems with the new car, but during testing after Reynolds, MV's Tim Matherly helped sort out the suspension, and the electrical gremlins have been corrected. Don't be surprised to see Teddy in the 10.20s at Milan.
Steve Matukas from Matukas Motorsports Race Cars [(270) 842-4409, www.matukasmotorsports.com] has become a big name in Mustang chassis work. Steve constructed Joel Greathouse's '05 GT 10.5W. He's always at an NMRA event helping Sam Vincent, Donnie "Burndown" Burton, and Hot Street racer Tim Eichorn, among others. Steve began his career in chassis work in Southern California, but now he's located in Alvaton, Kentucky. Mustangs aren't the only vehicles he performs his magic on; any race car needing chassis work is allowed at MMRC.
The Pro 5.0 Team of Joe Morgan and Tom Sanders has relied on nitrous from Edelbrock's Steve Johnson for a couple of years now. At Reynolds, the Georgia-based team took advantage of home cooking with a stellar 6.62 at 211.86 mph. The ".86" is important, because that earned Joe the fastest pass in qualifying, even though he barely missed being the quickest. On Sunday, Tony Bischoff was quicker to the stripe against Joe, ending his weekend.
With Bert Kelkboom and the Aruba team suffering terminal engine damage, the rest of the Pro 5.0 field had to step up to put on a great show. Michael Hauf held up his end of the deal with a wicked 6.56/211.56-mph pass to take the top-qualifying spot and make a run at the Pro-5.0 record. Since he ran quicker than the required 6.633 with his first round 6.58, he scored the record. He'll have to wait until the Milan, Michigan, race to see if he can score the victory against Tony Bischoff.
Though he closed out 2006 with a string of victories, Pro 5.0 racer Tony Bischoff hasn't yet enjoyed that same success in 2007. The team is still testing several ideas, and it probably doesn't help the racing program when the shop is so busy, as is Tony's case with his company BES Racing Engines. Tony still ran well at Reynolds with a 6.60 in qualifying, and another 6.60 in round one against Joe Morgan. He won't know if he can get back to his winning ways until the Milan, Michigan, race.


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Initially, when the foreclosure crisis hit, it crushed the middle-class, sending hundreds of thousands of sub-prime borrowers into foreclosure. But the foreclosure crisis affected the wealthy too, sweeping through affluent areas with equal disregard. Now short sales are on the rise nationwide in some of the country's tonier towns, as the well-heeled are drowning in mortgage debt. Here's RealtyTrac's latest list of top-tier communities where short sale bargains abound.
1. Park City, Utah
Meadows DrivePark City, UT 840606 Bedrooms, 5 Baths, 5,560 Sq. FtList Price: $1,100,000
In this Rockies resort town, more than 200 Park City, Utah, properties are short sale candidates, with listing prices as high as $3.9 million, according to RealtyTrac. That's a lot of short sales for a town of 8,000 people. If you like to ski in the winter — at the area's three major ski resorts (Canyons, Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley) — or rub shoulders with Hollywood types at the Sundance Film Festival, this 5,500-square-foot short sale for $1.1million is ideal for entertaining.
2. Beverly Hills, California
Deep Canyon DriveBeverly Hills, CA 902104 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths, 4,500 Sq. Ft.List Price: $2,195,000
Beverly Hills ZIP Code 90210 has some of the world's most expensive real estate. And it has some of the most expensive short sales as well. If you have $2.2 million lying around, you can pick up this 4,500-square-foot two-story home before it goes to auction on August 9 with an opening bid that is above the listing price.
3. Miami, Florida
S.W. 123rd AvenueMiami, FL 33183 7 Bedrooms 6.5 Baths 7,420 Sq. Ft. List Price: $1,499,888
With over 2,700 pre-foreclosures to choose from in Miami, the upper tier of south Florida's real estate market is not immune to the nation's short sale bonanza. Short sales of houses and condominiums in Miami with price tags of $1 million and more are abundant in south Florida. Here's a palatial short sale for $1.5 million that sits on 5 acres.
4. Aspen, Colorado
Midnight Mine Road Aspen, CO 816113 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 3,330 Sq. Ft. List Price: $2,950,000
Nestled high in the Rocky Mountains at 8,440 feet of elevation, the upscale community of Aspen is one of the most underwater cities in the country. Not only are Aspen homeowners drowning in negative equity, it is one of the most expensive places to buy real estate. Here's a short sale listing for $2.9 million with three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
5. Rancho Santa Fe, California
Punta Del SurRancho Santa Fe, CA 920675 Bedrooms, 5 Baths, 7,550 Sq. Ft.List Price: $3,500,000
High rollers in San Diego County prefer to live in Rancho Santa Fe, a wealthy enclave about 20 miles north of San Diego. Median Rancho Santa Fe home values are currently at $1,719,200. Many sporting professionals and entrepreneurs call Rancho Santa Fe home, including golf champ and Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson and weight-loss guru Jenny Craig. Here's a pricey short sale in the Ranch that will set you back by $3.5 million.
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Opinion: Celebrating 28 special people in LGBT History Month
Opinion: Celebrating 28 special people in LGBT History Month – Mathew Hulbert. "As a gay man and, therefore, a proud member of that community, I wanted to mark this very special month in my own way. So I decided that every day in February I would write a daily tweet and Facebook post about someone I look up to in our community…an LGBT Hero."
1985 Film on YouTube Shows LGB Solidarity with The Miners
A video unearthed from the vaults shows the reciprocal support between LGB campaigners and the Dulais miners in the strike of 1884-5. The lesbian and gay movement supported the strike and the striking miners marched with gay Pride. To see more go here
'A Little Gay History Desire and Diversity across the World' by R. B. Parkinson
'A Little Gay History Desire and Diversity across the World' by R. B. Parkinson – How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first 'lesbian'? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily 'gay'? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? A Little Gay History draws on objects ranging from ancient Egyptian papyri and the erotic scenes on the Roman Warren Cup to images by modern artists including David Hockney and Bhupen Khakhar to consider questions such as these. The book explores the issues behind forty artefacts from ancient times to the present, and from cultures across the world, to ask a question that concerns us all: how easily can we recognize love in history?
Switchboard @ 40
Switchboard @ 40 – An LGBT History Month event celebrating 40 years of London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard. A panel of volunteers from four decades share memories of the UK's leading resource supporting LGBT communities.
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners in their protests for 'Coal not Dole'
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners in their protests for 'Coal not Dole' – During the 1984-1985 miners strikes 'Coal not Dole' was vocalized, printed and worn by striking miners and their supporters. LGSM was born out of a meeting held at the University of London Student Union following an impromptu collection for striking miners at the 1984 Gay Pride March.
A brief herstory of lesbian feminism
A brief herstory of lesbian feminism – If it suddenly became the "politically correct" thing to do, could you have sex with men? No, me neither. But seriously, when did we stop politicising our sexuality? Back in the golden days of the Second Wave, this was common practice and nothing personal was off limits to the political. Dr Finn Mackay is a feminist activist and researcher.
Time to celebrate LGBT history – Tony Fenwick speaks to Socialist Review
Time to celebrate LGBT history: Tony Fenwick speaks to Socialist Review – LGBT HM's parent organisation, Schools OUT was founded 40 years ago to campaign on lesbian, gay and bisexual issues in education. Sue Caldwell spoke to Tony Fenwick, a co-founder, about the fight against homophobia and transphobia.
House of Lords votes against mandatory sex and relationship education in schools
House of Lords votes against mandatory sex and relationship education in schools – The House of Lords has rejected a Labour party amendment that would have made sex and relationship education mandatory in schools.
Updated 2nd January 2014 with an interview with Tony Fenwick, co-chair LGBT History Month
The UK Government has officially announced that with effect from midnight on 24th December 2013, openly-gay codebreaker Alan Turing is granted an official posthumous pardon for his 1952 'gross indecency' conviction. Turing, genius mathematician and the founder of the modern computer technology, was found dead in 1954, in an apparent suicide. In 2009 the Government issued an apology for Alan's homophobic treatment – chemical castration in order to avoid a prison sentence – but had stopped short of a pardon. LGBT History Month are pleased that at least here in Britain, 2013 will end on a positive note for the LGBT community. Co-chair Tony Fenwick will be speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live from 5am today, to comment on the announcement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/on-air


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About FDA
Drug Safety Oversight Board Meeting, October 20, 2011
Public Summary
The following is a list of the Drug Safety Communications (DSC) posted since the September 15, 2011 meeting and relayed to the Drug Safety Oversight Board (DSB or Board) via memorandum:
- October 11, 2011: Sprycel (dasatinib) and risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension: FDA issued a communication discussing the rare but serious risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension. This information has been added to the Warnings and Precautions section of the product labeling.
- September 26, 2011: Safety review of possible increased risk of blood clots with birth control pills containing drosperinone: FDA issued a communication to update the May 31, 2011, DSC regarding an ongoing safety review of possible increased risk of blood clots in women who use these products. The most recent update states that the FDA remains concerned about the possible increased risk of blood clots in women who use drosperinone-containing birth control pills. Preliminary data from an FDA-funded study that evaluated the risk of blood clots in users of several different hormonal contraceptives suggests an approximately 1.5-fold increase in the risk of blood clots for women who use these birth control pills compared to users of other hormonal contraceptives. Given the conflicting nature of the data from six published studies that evaluated this risk, as well as the preliminary data from the FDA-funded study, there will be a joint meeting of the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee meeting on December 8, 2011.
- September 15, 2011: Abnormal heart rhythms may be associated with use of Zofran (ondansetron): FDA issued a communication informing the public of on ongoing safety review of Zofran. Zofran may cause QT prolongation, and the Warnings and Precautions section of the product labeling was updated to state that use should be avoided in patients with known congenital long QT syndrome. GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Zofran, is being required to conduct a thorough QT study to assess the potential for the drug to prolong the QT interval; these results are expected in the summer of 2012.
The DSB discussed two topics:
- Drug Shortages
- Risperdal Consta and Needle Detachments
The views expressed by non-Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) employees are those of the individual and not necessarily the opinion of their respective government agency or institution.
Drug Shortages
The Board heard a presentation from CAPT Valerie Jensen, R.Ph., Associate Director, CDER Drug Shortage Program, Office of New Drugs, on drug shortages.
Ms. Jensen provided background on and history of the CDER Drug Shortage Program, drug shortage trends in the United States, reasons for drug shortages, the industry's role as FDA perceives it, and CDER's approach to prevention/mitigation of drug shortages (including drugs, therapeutic proteins, and monoclonal antibodies).
Ms. Jensen stressed that FDA has very limited authorities directly related to drug shortages, and in fact, the only requirement is to notify FDA six months prior to discontinuation of a sole source of a drug product (without consequence for failure to notify) (Section 506C [21 U.S.C. 356c] DISCONTINUANCE OF A LIFE SAVING PRODUCT, see also 21 CFR 314.81(b)(3)(iii)). As such, the drug shortage program largely operates on the voluntary participation of industry, which in some cases has prevented drug shortages. In addition, FDA cannot mandate manufacturing capacity/production quantity.
Ms. Jensen remarked that drug shortages are at an all-time high (178 in the year 2010 with over 200 as of October 2011), with 74% of shortages involving sterile injectable drug products, especially older drugs products. In addition, in 2010, the most common reason for drug shortages (54%) were product quality/significant current good manufacturing practice issues (e.g., particulates, contamination, impurities). Product quality issues are also the most common reason for shortages thus far in 2011. She also explained why older sterile injectable drug products are vulnerable to experiencing shortages.
Ms. Jensen reviewed FDA's approach to prevention/mitigation of drug shortages, which includes consideration of medical necessity; the risk-benefit profile of the drug; working cooperatively with the firm, other firms, professional organizations, and others within FDA; expediting certain issues (e.g., review, new manufacturing site, new raw material); temporary importation from unapproved sources (rarely); employing flexibility and creativity in addressing the issue; and performing outreach to healthcare professionals, consumers, and manufacturers.
The Board discussed the following:
- The initial appeal but practical difficulty of developing and maintaining lists of medically necessary or vulnerable products. However, there are drugs (e.g., oncology, insulin) that the FDA has determined are medically necessary and has proactively notified firms and manufacturers of that determination.
- The evolving nature of inventory control to one now which is "just in time" (e.g., only one month of product on hand).
- Price control/lower prices for drugs via contractual obligations with group purchasing organizations and Federal agencies.
- The role of "mom and pop"/gray market distributors in exacerbating drug shortages and their extremely high profit margins.
- The collaborative relationship between the CDER Drug Shortage Program and the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), and ASHP's comprehensive website for drug shortages.
- The unintended consequence of posting a drug in pending shortage on FDA's website and purchasers "buying up" these drugs, thus creating a shortage or exacerbating a shortage. The same thing may occur at the end of the fiscal year with Federal agencies attempting to spend their funds.
- Purchase of unapproved drugs outside of free trade agreements is prohibited by Federal agencies.
- Manufacturers assume liability for those patients who import unapproved drugs.
- The testing of filters for drugs with particulate matter, data review of this testing by FDA, and co-packaging of the filter with the drug.
- The occurrence of global shortages: EMA and Health Canada are having similar experiences to the United States, while Australia is not as affected. The military is not permitted to enter into local economies to obtain drug products in shortage; it may only use FDA-approved drugs and manufacturers, and CMS may only pay for FDA-approved drugs.
- Discussion of potential legislation to address this issue can be categorized into "carrot" (e.g., monetary, tax incentives) and "stick" (e.g., forced increased production) buckets.
Risperdal Consta and Needle Detachments
The Board heard a presentation from Robert Levin, M.D., Clinical Team Leader, Division of Psychiatry Products, Office of New Drugs, CDER on needle detachments occurring with Risperdal Consta use.
Dr. Levin discussed the regulatory history of Risperdal Consta and the components of the drug's dose pack kit (vial, pre-filled glass syringe containing diluent, needle-free vial access device, one gluteal needle and one deltoid needle, fixed safety shields on needles). He stressed that the drug's instructions for use (IFU) are complex and contain 18 steps (which have additional steps within them).
Dr. Levin described the history of needle detachments, when during administration detachment occurred, and whether it occurred with the gluteal or deltoid needle. The sponsor issued a Dear Health Care Professional (DHCP) letter in April 2010, performed a root-cause analysis, and is currently redesigning the drug's kit components. In the interim, the sponsor will continue to assess the device components and will notify and train healthcare professionals (DHCP letter, visits to clinical sites, and IFU video).
Carl Fischer, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineer, Office of Compliance, Center for Devices and Radiological Health circulated the kit and the IFU to Board members. He also performed a demonstration on how to properly assemble the drug for use, emphasizing the complexity of the instructions and the potential for detachment at certain steps during assembly.
The Board discussed the following:
- Clarifying questions about the device's design; the drug's use as a maintenance, rather than acute, therapy; and to whom, with which needle, and in what practice setting were needle detachments occurring.
- Comparison of the Invega Sustenna plastic pre-filled syringe versus the Risperdal Consta BD Hypak syringe.
- The VA, DoD, IHS, and HRSA discussed the incidences of needle detachments and the dissemination of the April 2010 DHCP letter within their respective Agencies.


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Several of the area's top defensive players took the field for Baltimore Saturday in the sixth annual Maryland Army National Guard Crab Bowl senior all-star game.
After the first 10 minutes, however, that fact was anything but apparent.
The Washington, D.C.-area team scored long touchdowns on two of its first three plays from scrimmage, putting the local squad in an early hole from which it never recovered in a 30-21 loss at McDaniel College.


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AMES, Iowa Wrestling.
The idea of doing it didn't sit well with Iowa State 197-pounder Kyven Gadson as he began what turned out to be a triumphant Big 12 Championships run March 8-9 and the accompanying automatic berth to this week's NCAA meet in Des Moines.
"I didn't really want to be there to be honest," said the ultra-talented, but grieving sophomore, who is one of seven ISU national qualifiers. "After my first match with (Oklahoma State's Blake) Rosholt, I told (Coach Kevin Jackson), 'I don't really want to be here right now.' And he gave me the go-ahead, if I needed to, to go home and be with my family. At that point I didn't know what was going on with anything. I guess I just had a feeling that I was in the wrong place."
But the tougher-than-nails Gadson held fast in Stillwater, Okla., buffeted by swirling emotions, grounded by his commitment to the task at hand.
"I knew what my dad would want me to do," he said. "And what my mom would also want me to do."
Clearly, Gadson is his father's son.
Willie Gadson, a two-time All-American for the Cyclones and Waterloo East coach, died of cancer on March 10 one day after the Big 12s concluded.
Kyven loaded up his car immediately after arriving back in Ames, dropped off teammate John Meeks, and steered toward home.
He approached his father's bedside, a gold medal grasped in his hand.
"I told him before I left I was going to bring him back the gold medal, so I'm glad I could stay true to that," Gadson said.
Since being diagnosed last spring, Willie Gadson battled for his life as he did for medals on the mat with tenacity and dignity.
Monday, he was laid to rest in Waterloo, with his son, his family, the entire ISU wrestling team and countless others on hand to pay their respects.
"The type of love and support our family has received, it's amazing," Kyven said. "Not only for my dad, but for my mom and my sisters and my brother. The love is great ... In a time like this it's great to know you have that."
Now it's on to the ultimate drive toward the sport's biggest prize. Willie Gadson prepared his two-time state champion son to be the best on the mat and off it.
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It's who he was. And is.
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A new report from Kenya's ministry of health reveals 465,000 women had abortions last year, the vast majority in unsafe conditions -- despite more liberal abortion laws.
According to this week's report, Kenya's national abortion rate, at 48 abortions for every 1,000 women, is higher than almost every other country in Africa.
Most of the procedures have taken place in unsafe conditions, either outside of medical facilities or without the assistance of trained professionals.
As a result, some 120,000 women sought medical treatment for complications from abortions.
Dr. Elizabeth Kimani, with the African Population and Health Research Center, says despite the safety concerns, there is a resistance in Kenya to addressing the problem.
"I think there's still a lot of stigma about reproductive health and about abortion."
Kenya relaxed its abortion laws in the 2010 constitution by giving health professionals more leeway to determine when abortion is permitted. Before then, three doctors had to sign off on the procedure when it was necessary to save the life of the mother.
Because of continued resistance to abortion, the country has not brought health care facilities up to speed, said Kimani.
"Since it was quite restricted before 2010, there are no good structures which have yet been established even after the promulgation, in terms of training health care professionals, in terms of safe abortion care," she said.
A report released last year by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights found unsafe abortions caused up to 50 percent of maternal deaths in Kenya. It said some of the unsafe methods women were using to terminate pregnancies included taking traditional herbs or high doses of anti-malarial medication.
Others inserted objects, like knitting needles, into their bodies. To get to the root of the problem, Kenya should devote more resources into family planning, Kimani said.
"Because people have unintended pregnancies first, and then they seek abortions. So we actually have to deal with this issue first."
Dr. Kimani says the research found that 43 percent of pregnancies in Kenya are unintended. The report concludes that increasing access to contraceptives and other reproductive health services is key to preventing unsafe abortions.


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Parents and expectant parents will learn hands-on massage techniques that promote relaxation and help develop a stronger bond with their infant (newborns through age 15 months). Parents who are not able to bring their child will be given a doll for hands-on practice. The class is taught by St. Louis Children's Hospital Certified Infant Massage Instructors. Each family will receive the illustrated guidebook titled Baby's First touch: Step-by-Step Instruction for Infant Massage, as well as a bottle of massage oil.
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If you're considering hiring a new babysitter, this four-hour class, taught by an instructor to St. Louis Children's Hospital, is a great introduction to the basics of babysitting. Topics include: the business of babysitting, safety/first aid, child development, fun and games. A workbook is included.
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Strengthen your parenting skills in this two-session workshop designed for parents of preschool and school-age children. Topics include raising emotionally healthy children, positive discipline techniques and strategies for managing stressful times. A 175-page parenting book is included.
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With a Dual Band Time Capsule, can devices communicate from different bands through the time capsule?
I have an iPhone 3Gs and an iPhone 4 that I wish to 'communicate' with my iMac which is set up to run on a 5Ghz 'N' network.
Will the Dual Band Time Capsule allow this to happen?
I am thinking about this all in relation to the iCloud and iOS 5 where the iPhones will be able to do wireless backups to my iMac, but don't work on my Airport Express 5Ghz 'N' network. Will a Dual Band TC or Airport Extreme solve this problem?
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Daniel Hurt wrote:
> I have looked at a couple solutions:
> SUSE LINUX Openexchange Server 4.1
> http://www.suse.com/us/business/products/openexchange/prices.html
> I do not really have that kind of cash to make life easier, it is not
> that hard ;-)
Ouch! I didn't know it was that much. A buddy of mine bought this
product recently. He works for an an ISP, and the put this product in for
users who wanted Exchange support. Supposedly, their users are very happy
and don't know their not on _real_ Exchange. That purchase would
definatley be overkill for 3 machines.
> Exchange 4 Linux
> http://www.exchange4linux.com/exchange4linux/Home
> The documentation that I found was not that great, but this might be the
> best solution that I have found.
> M$ Exchange Server
> I could also install exchange server on the windows machine and the
> exchange plugin for ximian, but I do not feel that this is a great
> solution at all.
Is this cheaper than the Suse product? How much does exchange cost? I'd
be more afraid of setting the Exchange server up incorrectly/insecurely
than the Suse product!
> I was wondering if anyone out there has any suggestions or comments on
> this problem. I am not completely tied down to the outlook/ximian
> combination, the main thing that I am after is calender and email
> synchronization.
This might solve your outlook problem, but I don't know what it offers you
as far as calendar support in Ximian: http://bynari.net/index.php?id=7
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Analyfe is dead.
The universe has been telling me this for awhile, beginning with a whisper and culminating at a roar.
My site has been hacked twice in the past few months, my perfectly-suited theme broke, and my web developer is not willing to fix it. But, more than anything, I've outgrown this project.
As I began writing "I've outgrown my original vision," I realized that I have never had a mission here. I simply showed up, began writing, and fell in love with the platform and the people. I learned the power of creative expression and I discovered my voice.
The phrases "analyze life" and "the subjective perspective of an analytical optimist" no longer suit me. I've moved from a science-minded explorer to a heart-led achiever. Perhaps "The diary of a highly sensitive INFJ" would be a more appropriate tagline.
As I approach my twenty-fifth year, I can't help but think I'm destined for something bigger than this eloquent spewing of emotions and these flailing attempts at self-discovery.
In many respects this site is my "baby" and I've invested an inordinate amount of time into its growth, well-being, appearance, and social life. However, I think the life span of a blog is more similar to a dog than a human being. My creation is no longer a toddler. We are no longer co-dependent and symbiotically entwined.
I am not the same person I was three years ago when I set out to start a blog; though, looking back on my very first post, I think I had a clearer concept of my purpose than I realized at the time.
"…a lot of blogs are similar in format and even topic, but the difference lies in the writer's experiences and their ability to relate to the reader. What I have to say is different from what you have to say. Our experiences vary, and our ambitions in life may lie on opposite ends of the spectrum; however we are all a part of the same human experience – we all want to be happy, to be appreciated, to be loved, and to experience the feeling of success….Chances are you have had experiences that I'll never encounter and I've been blessed (or cursed) with circumstances that you may never understand without a glimpse into my world. Writing benefits everyone. The writer can get a heavy issue off their chest, share their life views and opinions, and even develop a deeper and more complete self-concept. The entries may serve as an inspiration to others, and more importantly spark discussion and new thoughts among one's followers."
The site has been my life's project for the past 1,111 days and I have been putting its growth before my own. Initially this blog served as my vehicle to success, an opportunity to explore my ideas and share my thoughts without fear of judgement. Two months into blogging, I was featured on the WordPress homepage, then again, and a third time. I peaked at over 3,500 subscribers 18 months in, before moving over to a self-hosted site. I received the validation and support I needed to keep going. However, I no longer need someone else to tell me that I'm on the right path, that I am both passionate and skilled.
I have milked this thing long past its last drop. I'm not serving anyone by showing up–not even myself. Other deeply inspired projects have been put on hold because I feel obligated to continually post and respond. It's familiar and comfortable, and an easy excuse. Yet, my lack of clarity has lead to my feeling limited, shackled, stuck.
I love writing and I love sharing my wisdom and insights. I promise you that will not stop anytime soon. Before you grab your torches and pitchforks, let me repeat: I will not fall off the face of the Earth.
I will not stop writing.
I need to find clarity, define my vision, and shift my efforts toward more long-term projects. My dream is to generate a sustainable income through writing and to also positively impact a larger audience than I do currently. I built this small home years ago and I've hit the glass ceiling, but I have been too stubborn and uncertain to move on. Until now.
I need to clear space for that "something, bigger and better" that I sense is just over the horizon.
After 643 posts and thousands of comments, I'm still not quite sure who you are…who is reading and thinking and benefiting. I don't know why you showed up, or why you continue to return. I don't understand why so many of you stuck around through my emotional breakdowns and post-graduation struggles. I don't understand how so many of you could claim to have feel so deeply connected to me through mere words, or why you take the time to personally reach out to me. But I am grateful.
I consider you some of my best friends, even those of you who I've never have the pleasure of getting to know. I have trusted you with my heart and my emotions, confident that you will use them only for good. I need you to realize that your support has been instrumental to my personal growth. Your opening up to me has renewed my hope in humanity. And I hope that my showing up–fully open and fully understanding–has done the same for you.
I have always loved the analogy of the Phoenix, crashing from its fiery flight and then rising again from the charcoaled ashes. Intentional destruction for the sake of wondrous new creation. I like to believe that burning this beautiful bird will allow for the regeneration of a creature with plumage more vivid than in dreams.
I am not abandoning you. Just this project. Because, contrary to my mindset up until now, analyfe is just a project. Not an identity, not a responsibility, and not permanent.
I leave you with my heartfelt thanks and an invitation to stay in touch. Please stay in touch.
I've created a mailing list to keep you up-to-date. Don't worry, I won't flood your inbox. I'll aim to send an update once per month, and perhaps twice if I'm truly excited about something. Click here to keep receiving eloquence, wisdom, and adventure in your inbox!
Right now, I feel both heartbroken and liberated. An hour ago, I cheerfully told the barista I would be working on creative writing today instead of my normal copywriting assignments. Any minute now, he's going to come over to ask me whether I'm crying. When I start explaining, I think my signature smile will return. Because I will realize, in that moment, that when you show up consistently, offer all that you can, and share your story, strangers become close friends and you realize that people care far more than we often give them credit for. People are inherently good. I'm not sure whether I truly believed that before you showed up here, so thank you once more, simply for being you.
Analyfe is dead.
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The acquisition of foreign DNA is a fundamental process in the diversification and adaptation of most bacterial species. Horizontal transfer of plasmids, bacteriophages, transposons, integrons, conjugative transposons, integrative conjugative elements (ICEs) and genomic islands is of particular importance to many plant and human pathogens. These integrative elements can encode functions that increase bacterial fitness under different environmental conditions or in different niches. Genomic islands are large chromosomal regions that have aberrant base composition compared to the whole genome, encode an integrase and insert at tRNA loci. The term 'pathogenicity islands' was first coined by Hacker to describe unstable regions present in pathogenic isolates of Escherichia coli that were unlike any previously described integrative element. The regions were called pathogenicity islands because they encoded several virulence factors. Subsequently, the term genomic island was introduced to describe regions that contained a diverse range of functions, such as (i) the ability to utilize novel carbon and nitrogen sources (metabolic islands); (ii) the ability to break down novel compounds (degradation islands); (iii) resistance to antibiotic and heavy metals (resistance islands); and (iv) the ability to cause disease (pathogenicity islands). Within each subset of islands, the gene content can vary considerably, even within a species.
Genomic islands are dynamic, ancient integrative elements in bacterial evolution. Trends Microbiol. Jan 20, 2009
Acquisition of genomic islands plays a central part in bacterial evolution as a mechanism of diversification and adaptation. Genomic islands are non-self-mobilizing integrative and excisive elements that encode diverse functional characteristics but all contain a recombination module comprised of an integrase, associated attachment sites and, in some cases, a recombination directionality factor. Here, we discuss how a group of related genomic islands are evolutionarily ancient elements unrelated to plasmids, phages, integrons and integrative conjugative elements. In addition, we explore the diversity of genomic islands and their insertion sites among Gram-negative bacteria and discuss why they integrate at a limited number of tRNA genes.


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Jimick Products,Inc. filed as a Foreign For-Profit Corporation in the State of Texas on Monday, November 18, 1996 and is approximately nineteen years old, according to public records filed with Texas Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Monday, July 6, 2015. A corporate filing is called a foreign filing when an existing corporate entity files in a state other than the state they originally filed in. This does not necessarily mean that they are from outside the United States.
James Boushka serves as the President and has interests in other corporate entities including Austin Jp Financial, L.L.C., Gbhf, Inc. and seven more corporations. James's past corporate affiliations include Castle Ridge Holdings, Inc., Boss Entertainment, L.L.C. , and Jimbert, L.L.C.
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Certification Issues
Happy New year all!
Advice, experience sharing would be appreciated- I'm enjoying my home oven immensely and would like to build a mobile unit and work fundraisers and such.
Following the guidelines in Joseph's invaluable Rolling in the Dough manual--
My county health department appears to be taking the stance that the ourdoor oven must carry a ansi/ul certification for me to be an approved mobile food unit operator.
Anyone had any experience with this issue. I love the Forno units, but economics here dictate i build my own.
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I'm hearing the same thing from my Health Department.
I'm thinking this (UL certification) needs to be the next step forward for Forno Bravo ovens.
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Get a copy of the Code and look for yourselves. The environmentalist can get it for you even if it's just a photocopy of the relevant section. It'll read like a law book but it's usually worth digging into personally when trying to get something unusual passed. The guy may make an honest mistake - or just not want to do additional paperwork. Almost all codes have possible exceptions so it often pays to be familiar with the regulations yourself.
Being in PA you might get lucky - try searching for 'public health laws' and see if the Code is already online. If you can find it (I'm too lazy) I can probably help you decypher it if you need a hand. I speak rather fluent 'legaleze' and I'm not too shabby in 'bureaucratic administrative gobbledy gook'.
Basically, I'm a law geek with insurance claims experience who evidently needs a life...
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Saga continues, and worsens...
turns out that in our County, if I want to do business commercially the Mobile Food Unit- must in effect be a .."mobile restaurant"-- floors, walls, windows, sinks etc-- the oven must be inside the trailer or vehicle. Me inside with it. Only packaged cooked food, wrapped in a commissary kitchen, can be served from outside the unit.:(:(
I got the UL specs, haven't studied them yet because the above was pretty disheartening.
If I want to limit my selling from any one location for no more than 14 days a year, there may be some hope for a mobile trailer unit-- not sure I want to limit myself and have them on my back-- big investment of time and money.:confused:
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Definitely get a copy of the code then. Find out if there any exceptions or if there's a way to obtain a variance. If it is a county ordinance or regulation, you might can go to the county commission and get an exception made. Depends on how reasonable they are.
Don't give up! Bureaucracy only wins when you quit...
... Or die of old age waiting for them to do something...
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I have run into this problem many times with my county health dept. I am convinced that they hire idiots. I have a small jam business, specializing in handmade jams. I sell these at local bazaars directly to the public. The health dept cannot figure out how to classify my business. If I am a fruit processer, then I can only sell wholesale and not to the public. If I am a commisary, I can sell to the public but I cannot vacuum process (can) food. Since I don't fit on there forms anywhere, I effectly cannot do business and meet the requirments.
It is all a process of classification. Find a classification that allows you to do what you want and call it that. I ended up calling my business a commisary and I just don't tell them I am canning. I will be completely changing my certification this year from the dept of health to the dept of agriculture. The Dof A is much more ready to work with me on meeting requirements and allowing me to actually make and sell a product. I call the dept of health the dept of NO.
Maybe you could tell them that you are only delivering pizzas. Make the ingredients ( dough balls and sauce) in your certified kitchen and them make deliveries in you heated masonry travel container. :eek:
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It's Official!
I delivered my plans from "Rolling in the Dough" -- equipment, site layout, oven, food list all in the book with pics to the Health Department tis morning---
Got a straightforward answer--
Temporary license- good for 3 events a year provided i have the gear; no way for a permanent mobile food unit. Mobile food unit must be entirely enclosed room with floor, walls, ceiling, windows, screens... and the oven inside. That's what would be required for say a weekly farmers market or flea market etc.
No go for catering either, that would require a Mobile food unit license.
I think the real issue here is not health standards, but class warfare-- the county doesn;t want street vendors. just a hunch ;-)!
I'd suggest that "Check with your local Health Department" be #1 on your planning list, prior to spending your dollars.
Thanks Broken cookie-- I'm rethinking my business plan more along the Dept of Ag lines--
anyonther tips you can share, or links, whatever would be appreciated.
Good luck all-- at least they can;t stop me giving them away, 24 guests for pregame pizza on Sunday-- Go Eagles!!!!
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PizzaManMike does sell trailers, enclosed, with a Forno Bravo oven inside. Reasonable prices too and he's great to communicate with. Just a thought.
Also, are you too far from the stateline to consider business in a neighboring state?
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That stinks. If there were the remotest chance I'd ever move that far north I'd definitely check PA off my list.
By the by, have you ever heard of Pennsic? It's a two week event - bet you could sell some serious pizza there and mobile ovens are period....
Er, wait, not so sure pizza is period... Actually, I'm pretty sure it's not. Nevermind...
Hope the Ag route works out for you.
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He said over the years, the general perception of service delivery in the insurance industry as demonstrated by the actors; agents, brokers and insurance companies have not been anything to be proud of. The industry was known to be quick to collect premiums and yet dragged its feet if not avoid the payment of claims when the need arises, he said.
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Are there any dangers with Pizza Ovens?
I have just built a pizza oven at my home.
I have been using it for a few days now, and have noticed cracks in the outer concrete sand casing.
Is there any dangers of the oven exploding or anything if the heat inside gets too hot?
The oven is built on a steel table with a first layer of concrete, 2 inches thick, followed by another 2 inches of virmiculite, then a layer of red fire bricks, with a top layer of fire tiles.
The oven was then constructed with fire bricks in an igloo form.
Then I covered the whole oven with a 3 inch layer of virmiculite and concrete mix.
The I cover the whole oven with 2 inch layer of concrete and sand mix.
Can any experts comment on the safety of this oven. I would hate it to blow outwards with people around it.
Thanks in advance.
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Here are some photos of my new oven.
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Few more images.
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Check out the section On curing your oven its just still not dry and cured
...every ltr (pint)of water you have put into your insulation is trying to turn into 70 Ltr ( pints) of steam . It will not explode .... Just crack... So go slow.. No more pizza heat just yet
Regards Dave
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Correction, that should be approx. 1600 litres at ambient temp and normal pressure.
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This recording presents the definitive version of Jesus Rueda's Third Symphony, a journey towards the light in which the composer revels in the dazzling textures filled with colour and dynamism that he loves. Traversing the four elements, Fire, Water, Earth and Air, the symphony culminates in an intense musical flood of light before subsiding into a mystical abyss. Viaje imaginario embarks on a very different imaginary journey, inspired by the composer's nighttime walks and dedicated to the memory of his much-loved teacher Francisco Guerrero.Notes & Reviews:
Recording information: Sala Principal del Auditorio Principe Felipe, Oviedo, A (11/21/2008).
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