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Publix Ice Cream – Lemon Sugar Cookie Review
By William Kristoph
Normally I am not a fan of fruity ice creams. Nor am I a fan of foods that have anything more than a hint of lemon in them. So when a Twitter follower suggested that I try Publix Premium Lemon Sugar Cookie Ice Cream, I was skeptical about my enjoyment of it. The Publix carton describes the frozen concoction as, "lemon sugar cookie ice cream with lemon sugar cookies and ribbons of vanilla icing."
I feared the worst. I feared that my mouth would be filled with the taste of Pledge or one of the many Rachael Ray dishes I've tried that ended up with far too much lemon in them. Thankfully, I a light lemon flavor surprised me as my skepticism melted away. Publix Lemon Sugar Cookie Ice Cream was refreshing. For a heavy-duty premium ice cream, this is unusual. I wasn't left feeling like I needed to scrape the sugar off of my teeth, even with premium vanilla ice cream and vanilla icing mixed throughout. The cookie pieces kept the lemon self-constained. They were small, but plentiful, and ended up making the overall ice cream feel so much lighter.
After a couple of disappointing Blue Bell flavors in recent weeks, I didn't expect much from something flavored with lemons. But, I'm very happy that gave Publix Lemon Sugar Cookie Ice Cream a shot. If you can still find it on Publix shelves, it's worth a try!


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Potato and Leek Soup
This creamy potato-leek soup is a snap to prepare. Our secret: (shhhhh...) instant mashed potatoes. Who knew!
Total Time:
Level: Easy
Serves: 4
- 1 tbsp. margarine or butter
- 2 bunch green onions
- 1 carton reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 c. whole milk
- ¼ tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
- 1¼ c. potato flakes
- In 3-quart saucepan, melt margarine or butter on medium. Add green onions, and cook 2 minutes or until softened, stirring frequently.
- Add chicken broth, milk, and pepper; heat to boiling on high. Stir in potato flakes.
- Puree in batches in blender, with center part of cover removed to allow steam to escape.
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Jef Holm's Brother Swears: Emily Maynard is a Cheater!by Free Britney at . Comments
Despite his denials, Jef Holm's recent family vacation ended in tears and heartbreak after he caught Emily Maynard cheating, his brother swears.
The 26-year-old stay-at-home mom and her daughter, Ricki, 7, recently joined Holm's extended family for a beach vacation in South Carolina.
On August 19, Holm was blindsided - according to Us Weekly - when he found explicit texts and photos to and from another man on Emily's phone.
Jef Holm's brother, Mike Holm, insists Us is correct.
"I can tell you that it's all 100% true. I was there and I heard the fight and watched the whole thing go down, Emily leaving and everything," Mike said.
"I love my brother very much and, like the rest of our family, I just want him to be happy. We all love Emily, too. Mistakes happen, we all get that."
"I hope they work it out, but as far as your story goes, it's all true."
Is it though? Emily and Jef have already denied the story, claiming the rumor is 100 percent false, then went on a PDA-filled trip to the grocery store.
Jef denied it again on Twitter two hours ago, writing "It's crazy what people will do, even family members, to see their name in a magazine."
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Personal/family: Married for 25 years to the long suffering Iain. Three children, ages 22, 18 and 16.
What figure from the world of medicine or health do you most admire?
Dr Jack Newman from the Toronto Sick Children's Hospital. He is a no-nonsense breastfeeding exponent full of great common sense and good humour.
What other career might you have chosen?
Possibly medicine - but at the time I found chemistry impossibly difficult.
If you could grant three wishes for the health service, what would they be?
To stop re-inventing the wheel - utilise resources already developed by other areas. Proper support for voluntary groups which underpin health service provision. Creative thinking around maternity services - small family friendly units, not massive baby factories.
What is your greatest fear?
Something happening to any of my family.
Have you ever been a patient and were you a good one?
I have never been a patient except for two maternity visits and I didn't consider myself to be a patient on either visit.
When or where are you happiest?
In Dunmore East in August, deciding whether it is time to go fishing for dinner or walk up the village to have yet another cup of coffee in the Bay Café with my sisters.
How do you cope with stress?
I don't think I understand the question.
What is the trait you most admire in yourself?
The ability to multi-task.
What is the trait you most dislike in yourself?
When the control freak breaks loose.
Do you use alternative or complementary medicine or therapies?
Does hot port as a cure for the common cold count?
Who or what makes you laugh?
Jeremy Clarkson and Sarah Carey in the Sunday Times do the trick and Billy Connolly has been known to raise tears of mirth but shared moments of family fun are not to be under- estimated.
What is your motto?
Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.
What is your favourite TV or radio programme?
Favourite radio programme is Gerry Ryan in the morning and Jenny Houston on Friday evenings. For TV, any murder, mystery or mayhem will do.
What books would you bring to a desert island?
The SAS Survival Guide or Boat Building for Beginners and my husband's 30-year collection of Newsweek which I never have time to read.


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It was an unusual gathering – farmers, winemakers, food writers, and public relations people sharing tables and market-fresh foods cooked by four top Northwest chefs.
In a celebration of summer and the people who bring us products from farms and vineyards, chefs Philippe Boulot, Michael Stanton, Brian Scheehser, and John Gayer teamed up to shop a local farmers' market in the morning and create a five-course meal from their finds in the evening.
Journalists were invited to tag along with the chefs as they shopped for dinner at the Portland Farmers' Market just steps outside the restaurant's back door. Most of the products the chefs selected were organic and all were fresh-from-the-farm.
Winemakers from Springs Vineyard, Bishop Creek Vineyard, Evening Land Vineyards, and Seven Springs Vineyard paired the courses with wines from their wineries, many of them small batch labels.
The evening began with a simple salad of fresh greens from Trellis Farms with turnips and banyuls vinaigrette prepared by Brian Scheehser of the Heathman's Kirkland restaurant. Phillip Boulot, Culinary Director at the Portland Heathman Restaurant & Bar, followed with a first course of fresh razor clam with risotto and chimi churri vinaigrette. Boulot actually went to the coast and dug these razor clams himself!
Kirkland's Scheeser brought on the next course of pan seared wild spring Chinook salmon (pictured at top) that he served with fresh rhubarb, arugula, and shaved radishes with a drizzle of good olive oil.
Michael Stanton offered roasted leg of lamb, cooked rare-medium rare, with ratatouille made with fresh spring vegetables. And John Gayer finished out the meal with a delectably flaky rustic strawberry rhubarb tart with fresh berries.
During the meal, realfoodtraveler.com editors Bobbie Hasselbring and Anne Weaver had the privilege of sitting next to two organic farmers. Both regularly supply the Heathman and other area restaurants with fresh, organic vegetables and fruits. "Chefs wait for my produce," one of the farmers said. The former international flight attendant farms nearly 200 acres in the Willamette Valley with his brother. "Last year, with the rains and cool weather, my organic onions were late. I had to keep saying, sorry it'll be a week or two more."
Like many small area farmers, this farmer delivers produce directly to chefs. Once a week, he makes a circuit of his chef-customers. The other farmer, who's been farming for two decades, delivers to his restaurants several times a week.
According to the farmers, organically farmed foods cost more because it's labor intensive. And, as the saying goes, time is money. "We do everything by hand," the farmer-cum-flight attendant said. "I spend my summer weeding by hand. We pick by hand, package our products by hand. In fact, my vegetables are handled six to eight times before they get to the chef. I probably have the most expensive vegetables in Portland."
The Heathman farm-to-table dinner was nothing if not impeccably fresh. Everything from beginning to end had the intense flavors and textures of food that's been carefully produced and brought to consumers at the peak of its freshness.
Pairing this excellent food with the people who grow or raise it made for an evening of interesting conversation and certainly increased the understanding of RFT editors about what it takes to bring fresh organic food to the table.
These kinds of farm-to-table events are beginning to happen all over the country and it's a great thing for people interested in good food and especially foods raised without harmful chemicals. We encourage you to look for dinners, wine pairings, classes, and other opportunities to explore fresh local products in your own backyard. —BH


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text: Long story short, my mom is at stage four after stomping the big C once before and she plans to move to the Baltimore area to live with my sister, grandkids and great grandkids to enjoy the time she has left. Her bucket list includes a day fishing with my brother (who just happens to be here from Wichita) and me in the same boat before she leaves. I have a 10' Pram that I could cram everyone into but I was hoping to provide something a bit more comfortable for her. The 20th unfortunately is the only day that works, but I could pick up the boat on a different day. I have an electric motor and I think my trailer would work for other boats. If you have anything you might be willing to loan me for the day I'd greatly appreciated it and I'd also be willing to throw in some of my new lake patterns as a trade. Thanks in advance.


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Re: "Whom do we want to exclude?"

Artists. We should definitely exclude the artists. We've been letting them in lately, & look how much the space has already gone downhill.

I assure you that we San Francisco writers, all of us, meet monthly at an undisclosed location to bitch & groan about those incorrigible artists (particularly the painters). And I assure you the painters do exactly the same in reverse. How do I know this? I have the unfortunate fate of being both: a writer afflicted with artistic tendencies. Since hanging out with hackers, I've even begun to pick up a juvenile coding habit. Hopefully I'll be able to arrest this condition before it develops into something truly embarrassing.

Bear with me, I'm not trying to hijack or crash the thread, though I am going to attempt to take it in a different direction. I've heard more than once "senior hacker" complain about the (real or imagined) transformation of Noisebridge into an art space. I have a problem with this, no doubt stemming from the fact that 1) I am something of a Noisebridge power user and 2) I come from an "arts & letters" background rather than a programming one. I would like to challenge the programmers who are of this opinion to state their position & the nature of their complaint. I will make the first move by asking, do you of the programming persuasion not consider writing code to be an art form?

Donald Knuth does.

Also, I hear the fundraiser was a success. Although I know things like this can be like a game of "telephone," the report reaching my ears is that $5,000 or more was raised. (I have admittedly not attended any meetings since the fundraiser, nor do I ever attend the general meetings, since I am a fanatic opera-goer & have a box reserved—lorgnette glasses & all—every Tuesday night.) While the art auction may have directly generated very little revenue for the space, the fundraiser itself was originally the inspiration of several of a trio of artists in the space. Despite not being present the day of the fundraiser itself, I paid close attention to & documented the way this event grew, as I am one of the triad who "seeded" the idea partly with the intention of observing the growth of a social phenomenon.

Something to chew on. Respond with outrage, ignore, &c as you will; I will be happy to reply in kind.

Personally, I do not want Noisebridge to become a social services center or shelter, & have fought against that from the beginning despite my own status as a semi-houseless, poverty-blessed nomad. On the other hand, I think Noisebridge makes/would make a beautiful art space: I have this dream of artists & coders coexisting peaceably side by side, which on certain days recently looks close to becoming a reality.

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Danny O'Brien <email@example.com> wrote:

So, it's explicitly forbidden for us in the lease to go up on the roof. We have an explicit carefully negotiated exemption for fitting aerials, but email rack before even thinking about doing that.

 Here is our lease, for later endless discussion and Internet lawyering.
https://www.noisebridge.net/images/e/ef/2169_Mission_signed_lease-cleaned.pdf

Don't smoke on the fire escape because the smoke gets back in the space, it drops ashes on our downstairs neighbours' oranges, and it makes our other neighbours' child ill. They've both explicitly asked us not to smoke up there, and we try very hard to be excellent to our neighbours. Please smoke downstairs and away from the door of the space.

Please explain to people smoking next to the giant "Please no smoking!" signs, in a pleasant, carefree manner, exactly why it is not nice to do that, and ask them to go downstairs and smoke. Please ask them to tell their friends why they should not smoke. A child's asthma is often more convincing to strangers than interpretations of the San Francisco Fire Code.

These are good enough reasons, I hope.

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Sai <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

FWIW, I remember from when we moved in that our landlord did ask us to not hang out on the roof (vs being there to install something or the like).

- sai

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Ken M. Haggerty <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

 Again, you won't get in trouble unless:
[_] It is against the landlord's policy and the landlord sees you or learns otherwise

[_] It is against Noisebridge policy (I don't think it is?) and someone else asks you to come back in.

I would guess that it would be similar to standing on a roof or other non-intentional space. There is no law against standing on your roof (otherwise you wouldn't be able to clean your roof and gutters) but if you live in a shared building most landlords will forbid it. I would guess that the same applies to fire escapes; e.g., my lease forbids me from standing on the fire escape other than to escape fires. In terms of the law, you would only become an obstruction if you become immobilized and/or block the exit.

I am not familiar with Noisebridge's lease.

-Ken

On Friday, April 12, 2013, Curtis Gagliardi wrote:

"If you're flammable and have legs you're never blocking a fire exit" - Mitch Hedberg (Mitch Hedberg - Fire Exit).

I'm with Josh in not wanting to smell smoke from the fire exit, but I like going out there occasionally for a few minutes. I don't particularly care if I'm violating the fire code or not. Should I? If someone gets in trouble for it, is it on the individual or is it on Noisebridge? Either way, what's the penalty in the rare case that something comes of it?

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Mitchel McAllister <email@example.com> wrote:

Okay, so far, in answer to the question posed autocratically in the original poster's message and the subject line, we have the following:

maestro wants the police, anybody who looks like police, and anyone who talks to police excluded

Andrew wants anyone using a dictionary or other sources excluded, and also wants his time back.

Aly wants... what? Not sure. I think it has to do with how the police are secretly writing fire codes and building codes.

If anybody wants to sit down and rationally discuss ways we can encourage more excellent behavior and stop enabling bad behavior, I am in Turing.

If you want to whine and complain, I'm on the fire escape.

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Doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain
Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain"
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(Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- PINEVILLE, La., Jan. 30, 2014 - Cleco Corporation CNL, +0.27% today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.3625 per share on the company's common stock for the Feb. 18, 2014 payment.
Cleco has paid dividends to its shareholders since 1935. Below is a summary of the dividend payment declared by the board of directors:
Class of Stock Dividend Declared Record Date Payment Date Common Stock $0.3625 Feb. 11, 2014 Feb. 18, 2014
The company has a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) which allows dividends on its common stock to be reinvested in additional shares of common stock at market price. Under the DRIP, there are no administrative fees to purchase stock and reinvest dividends. For more information about Cleco's DRIP, visit www.cleco.com/investors.
Cleco Corporation is a regional energy company headquartered in Pineville, La. Cleco owns a regulated electric utility company, Cleco Power LLC, which owns nine generating units with a total nameplate capacity of 2,565 megawatts and serves approximately 283,000 customers in Louisiana through its retail business and supplies wholesale power in Louisiana and Mississippi. Cleco Power has received federal and state regulatory approval to acquire two gas-fired generating units with a total nameplate capacity of 775 megawatts from its unregulated affiliate, Cleco Midstream Resources LLC. For more information about Cleco, visit www.cleco.com
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Libertarians should protect marriage, analyst argues
April 04, 2012
Jennifer Roback Morse explains why, although she sympathizes with libertarians on most political issues, she totally disagrees with their suggestion that the state should not be involved in defining or defending the institution of marriage. She argues that paradoxically, a move to "privatize" marriage would lead to a dangerous expansion of state powers. In recent decades, she observed, developments that were introduced as expansions of personal freedom—such as the acceptance of "no-fault" divorce and of out-of-wedlock birth—have led to grave social problems, which in turn produced more calls for state intervention.
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The referenced article is worth reading. Privatizing would mean more work for lawyers -- the same profession that enacts the laws.
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As our society disintegrates, we are seeing what happens when the state does not provide a legal framework that supports marriage and protects children. Our governments have made it easy to dissolve marriages and avoid the obligations of parenthood. The problems with children in single parent or foster parent families who feel unloved and unwanted are just beginning as these children become the parents of tomorrow and raise children as they were "taught".


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ITU Projects Briefing Set for April 13
Posted: April 12, 2011 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: April 11, 2011 at 8:54 pm
The Spring Information Technology Unit (ITU) Projects Briefing will be held on Wednesday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Research I, Room 163, on the Fairfax Campus. The briefing will be videoconferenced to the Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room B119, and to the Prince William Campus, Bull Run Hall, Room 254.
The event is open to the Mason community and provides an opportunity to learn about projects and activities happening across all areas of the ITU.
Scheduled topics (subject to change) include:
Updates on:
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Extended overviews of:
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- Construction as it relates to IT
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- Data Warehouse BI tool selection
- Web-based threat protection
Come take this opportunity to learn more about what's happening in the ITU, and as always, feel free to bring your questions.
Only the table of contents and the pages of those projects actually being presented at the briefing will be printed and distributed at the briefing. The full agenda and briefing book are available for download at pmo.gmu.edu/ituprojects.html.
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Update – Adapting To a New Reality – Some Results
To some in real estate brokerage, hearing the 'R' word — that would be results, causes them the same stress as my son's mom felt the first time she read his lips on the mound, and didn't like it one little bit. She didn't buy my explanation that he was talkin' about the umpire's new truck. Go figure.
When agents are talkin' about what they're doin' to generate business, helpin' more clients to achieve their goals, things get quiet when some jackass wants to know how it's workin' out for them. In other words, has any of their prospecting or marketing, you know, produced empirical results? Are they helping more people?
I've been writin' a lot lately on the changes in marketing, and strategy I've been implementing this year. It generally breaks down into two broad brush categories — my local market — the rest of the country.
I've now been back in my local market for three weeks. Cat skins are now adorning my special wall. It's a new wall, specifically set aside exclusively for local cats. In the few weeks in which talkin' has turned into walkin', my firm has put $500K into escrow. Considering I'm not even outa second gear yet, $15,000 ain't bad for the first month.
I've had to adapt to what I've described as the new normal, (don't like sayin' paradigm shift) in the real estate investment world. It's gained traction big time with thinking investors who realize, in fact, we're not in Kansas any more, and unlike Dorothy, it's pretty unlikely we'll return any time soon. Some of what I've been sayin' the last year or so about the general real estate investment arena might be considered tough love. Still, the folks with whom I love doing business, believe what I've been saying is universally true.
The takeaway here is that I've had to adapt — many times, on many fronts in the last seven years. Not all of my changes have been successful, but the ones that failed pretty much showed me where the right path was.
I'm already thinkin' my new office is too small, and will expand when/if any adjacent space becomes available. I think it will, probably by the first of the year, which will be just in time.
Also, though I won't expand upon it here with any specifics, I'm doin' some other things that should allow me to expand even more. There is a God, and He loves me. 🙂
My prediction is that by no later than Halloween I'll be forced to bring on a full time assistant — ah, the good ol' days. Though 80% of their work will be generated by what we do locally, the conservative projections show two assistants by spring if not sooner. The 'Assistant' business model is still my favorite, as it allows me to do the $1,000+/hour work as many hours as is reasonably possible. You can check it out in this post, written several weeks ago.
The ability to adapt to changes, especially the extreme changes of recent years, is critical to our success. Regardless of how hard we work, if we're playin' by the rules no longer applicable, we're doomed to fail miserably. I know, cuz I've seen me do it.
What's always helped me be able to adapt more quickly to relatively extreme changes has been my ability to assess my results with a brutal lack of mercy. We're either producing results or we ain't. If it's the latter, adapt quickly or die. If we're not armed with the right tools, applying the right concepts in the context of the current reality, those cats will eat us alive.
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JB September 4th, 2010 9:31 am
Jeff good post I think it makes me stop and think. The biggest shift for me is if I'm going to survive and prosper I need to become an expert on short sales and I feel I have done that. At this point I don't do anything but short sales and it is looking good I think for the next 5-10 years.
Jeff Brown September 4th, 2010 9:36 am
JB — Smooth move. Kinda reminds one of the carburetor rebuilder who became an expert in fuel injection. Makes excellent sense.
Bob Hunter September 4th, 2010 9:08 pm
Jeff, I have stopped being lazy.
Looking up from the hole I've dug for myself, my old life of dairy and row crop farmer is giving me the basic lessons of how to cope now and turn this thing around: Put your head down, get to work, and dont stop until it's done. Every time I want to take some time off, I just remind myself or how incredibly easy and soft I've had for the last 15 years.
Simple stuff.
Jeff Brown September 4th, 2010 9:16 pm
Well Bob, if anybody knows how to put their head down and flat get things done, it's gotta be an old dairy/row crop farmer. Holy cow. (Sorry, couldn't reist.) You'll do very well.
Bob Hunter September 5th, 2010 2:22 pm
You mean the one sitting at the top of the hill in the lotus position with incense burning, sipping alfalfa tea?
Jeff Brown September 5th, 2010 2:26 pm


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Is your heart still pounding?!
It was a night of shocks and surprises on Dancing With the Stars as our season 17 contestants participated in a brand-new competition experiment and a jaw-dropping elimination. (Find out the results of the elimination, right here!)
Armed with only their partners and their dancing shoes, this week's remaining eight couples participated in the "Switch-Up Challenge," a modern-day take on a dance marathon. Without any prior knowledge of the musical selections, the couples were separated into two groups and had to improvise their way to dancing victory—and it was a blast!
We caught up with our twinkle-toed celebs backstage following tonight's episode to get their exclusive reactions to the grueling, yet fun, challenge.
So here was the breakdown: The first couple to get a tap on the shoulder got one point, the second two points and the third three points. The final couple received four points. Out of the two rounds, our best celebrities left standing were Amber Riley and Corbin Bleu.
Despite being tapped out first in round one, Bill Engval says that his goal for the challenge was to have as much fun as possible—so naturally his first though was to give us a little strip tease.
"Right before, I looked at who was in our group and I thought, everyone here is a dancer, so I looked at [Emma Slater] and I said 'If the right song comes on, my shirt is coming off!'" The comedian shares. "And literally as the song came on I grabbed it and her eyes got big and then she started laughing. I have had so much fun with this and she has made it twice as much fun."
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi tells us that although the news of the Switch-Up Challenge was intimidating, she was ready to go with the flow and rely on her dancing knowledge. "It was fun! It was a little scary at first but once you get in the groove it was great, it's just dancing," she says.
Pretty Little Liars star Brant Daugherty also had a blast performing tonight, earning a sold three points to be added to his judges' scores this week. "It was a good time!" The actor revels, "Really all you can do is have fun with it. There's not a lot of technique you can employ, you just have to go out and move to the music."
Here's hoping that Dancing With the Stars will bring back the Switch-Up Challenge because it was most definitely a fun shake-up for both the stars and the viewers at home!


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Characterization of the Bell-Shaped Vibratory Angular Rate Gyro
AbstractThe bell-shaped vibratory angular rate gyro (abbreviated as BVG) is a novel shell vibratory gyroscope, which is inspired by the Chinese traditional bell. It sensitizes angular velocity through the standing wave precession effect. The bell-shaped resonator is a core component of the BVG and looks like the millimeter-grade Chinese traditional bell, such as QianLong Bell and Yongle Bell. It is made of Ni43CrTi, which is a constant modulus alloy. The exciting element, control element and detection element are uniformly distributed and attached to the resonator, respectively. This work presents the design, analysis and experimentation on the BVG. It is most important to analyze the vibratory character of the bell-shaped resonator. The strain equation, internal force and the resonator's equilibrium differential equation are derived in the orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system. When the input angular velocity is existent on the sensitive axis, an analysis of the vibratory character is performed using the theory of thin shells. On this basis, the mode shape function and the simplified second order normal vibration mode dynamical equation are obtained. The coriolis coupling relationship about the primary mode and secondary mode is established. The methods of the signal processing and control loop are presented. Analyzing the impact resistance property of the bell-shaped resonator, which is compared with other shell resonators using the Finite Element Method, demonstrates that BVG has the advantage of a better impact resistance property. A reasonable means of installation and a prototypal gyro are designed. The gyroscopic effect of the BVG is characterized through experiments. Experimental results show that the BVG has not only the advantages of low cost, low power, long work life, high sensitivity, and so on, but, also, of a simple structure and a better impact resistance property for low and medium angular velocity measurements. View Full-Text
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A stylish four-storey, four-bedroom property located in the heart of Chelsea. It is also walking distance from plenty of shops, restaurants and bars. Lutron lighting, surround-sound and a projector will look after your hospitality and entertainment needs. A fantastic private gym will help you counteract the fun.


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In Tuesday's TechBlog post, I wrote about receiving older, flawed network drivers through Windows Update in Windows 7. The entry drew some interesting comments, including several from folks who had similar experiences, and others who offered tips on the simplest ways to track down up-to-date drivers.
Among those tips were suggestions for using a program like Driver Detective, which — for $30 — claims to track down and install the latest drivers for you. You can download a crippleware version here that will do a scan only, and then you must pay up in order to actually fetch the drivers.
I ran Driver Detective in a VMware Fusion virtual machine on my iMac, running the final release version of Windows 7 Ultimate. The program proudly, and wrongly, proclaimed that I was running a Dell.
Uh, yeah. No.
(In fairness, Driver Detective states that it's for Windows XP and Vista. It's possible that running it on Win7 might have thrown it off. But then again, there's nothing in the virtual machine that says "Dell".)
I clicked a radio button that indicated it was a custom-built system, and it proceeded to do a scan. It discovered two driver problems: the driver for the network adapter was old, and it could not find a driver for the iSight camera that's on the iMac but available to the virtual Win7 machine.
Clicking the big "Next" button brings up a dialog that lets you pay for the software and, presumably, download and install the correct driver.
The Device Manager on the virtual machine installation of Windows 7 does identify the adapter as an Intel Gigabit Ethernet model. But when you tell Windows to search for a better driver, it tells you the best one available is already installed.
The drivers for VMware Fusion's virtual machines are supplied by a package called VMware Tools. Each time there's an update to Fusion, VMware Tools automatically runs and update the drivers. While I wasn't willing to pay $30 to find out, it would have been interesting to see what Driver Detective would have done in this case, and how the virtual Win7 installation would have behaved.
And by "interesting", I mean "potentially horrifying".
I'm not real hot on programs like Driver Detective. For me, they fall into the same category as Windows Registry editors: potentially convenient but dubious in value and possibly even dangerous. And while Driver Detective doesn't appear to fall into this category, spyware scammers frequently use these types of programs to deliver nefarious payloads. It's best just to steer clear of them.
Finding the right drivers may be tedious maintenance, but it's not rocket science and fairly simple to do. Figure out the maker of the hardware you want to update, then go to that manufacturer's Web site and download the latest drivers. Identifying hardware can sometimes be difficult, but there are several ways to go about it.
• Use the Device Manager, which lists all the hardware in your system and even allows you to update drivers automatically from there (that is, if you trust Windows to provide drivers for you). To get to it, right-click the Computer icon in Vista or Win7 (My Computer in XP), choose Manage, and then Device Manager.
• Use Windows' System Information tool, which gives you lots of information about your PC. In Vista and Win7, just type msinfo32 into the search box and hit Enter. In XP, click Run, then type msinfo32 and hit Enter.
• Try the free Belarc Advisor, which which produces a detailed inventory of both the hardware and software in your PC. This is an excellent program, and one I install on all the PCs I own and test. (One warning: It retrieves and displays the activation keys for Microsoft and other software. You don't want to distribute the inventory page.)
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Sorority Noise is an alternative punk/rock band hailing from Hartford, Connecticut. Coming together in 2013, in pursuit of a new musical outlet, singer/guitarist of New Hampshire-based band Old Gray, Cameron Boucher, enlisted Old Gray drummer Charlie Singer, Prawn bassist Ryan McKenna and second guitarist Adam Ackerman, to form Sorority Noise. The band released a cassette EP and digital single "Boucher" before dropping their debut LP, "Forgettable" in 2014. Their combination of pop-punk and melodic indie rock caught the attention of their current record label, Top Shelf Records. In June 2015, they released their second album "Joy, Departed" and embarked on a national tour with Motion City Soundtrack. In January 2016, the band delivered their newest EP, "Young Luck."
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The Battle of the iPhone Twitter ClientsJames Cull on August 6th 2012
With the sheer range of Twitter clients out there on the App Store, choosing a Twitter client for your iPhone can be a long-winded process. Your choice of Twitter client really depends though, on what kind of Twitter user you are, and whether you use Twitter to simply keep up to date with the world or to keep the world up to date with your happenings.
No matter where you fit into the equation, there's an iPhone Twitter client out there for you. After the jump, we take a detailed look at the pros and cons of the eight best Twitter clients in the App Store at the moment.
Twitter for iPhone
The official Twitter client received a big update a short while back to version 4.3, which brought along an improvement to existing push notifications and expanded tweets. Alongside that, you've got your standard Twitter arsenal such as retweeting, link shortening and picture uploads.
Your mentions and follows are organised in the Connect screen (just like in the web version), and the Discover tab shows tweets by people who share your interests, recommended people to follow and trends.
Advantages: Simple to use and easy on the eye.
Disadvantages: Its features may be a little lacking for advanced users. Not many customisation possibilities.
Price: Free
Tweetbot for Twitter
Tweetbot for Twitter is currently my Twitter client of choice and has plenty of cool features that easily make it a strong contender for the best client out there on the App Store. Apart from the many customisation possibilities, you've also got features such as iCloud timeline sync (useful for multiple devices), smart gestures (swiping right on a tweet will bring up a more detailed view, for example) and mute filters, so you can block users from your timeline without having to unfollow them.
Tweetbot also features support for many third-party services, such as Pocket, Instapaper, Readability, CloudApp and Droplr, and you can customise your interface as well (the last two tabs in the screenshot above can be altered to your liking).
Advantages: Jam-packed with features and customisation possibilities. Suitable for almost every kind of Twitter user, from the beginner to the more advanced.
Disadvantages: The interface can be a little complicated to get used to at first.
Price: $2.99
HootSuite is a popular web-based Twitter client, and the iPhone version really does try to retain some of the features you get in the online version. You sign in with your HootSuite account (if you haven't already got one of these the app will let you set one up) and you can manage not only your Twitter account, but also your Facebook, Foursquare and LinkedIn — all from one app.
Two of my favourite features about HootSuite are the ability to schedule tweets (just like in the web version) and built-in link tracking (as long as you use their own ow.ly shortening service). Because the app uses your HootSuite account, any drafts or scheduled tweets are automatically synced with the iOS version, ensuring no duplication.
Advantages: Plenty of features, especially for a free Twitter client.
Disadvantages: Swiping across the columns can get a bit inconvenient at times. The interface is slightly clumsy and may overwhelm some people.
Price: Free
Echofon for Twitter
Echofon is a simple, clean Twitter app that syncs across all your devices (there is an iPad, Mac and Firefox version) so you'll never read the same tweet twice. The app supports multiple Twitter accounts and you can mute users from your timeline without having to unfollow them, just like in Tweetbot.
The app also supports viewing pictures uploaded by the people you're following directly in your timeline and threaded conversations, making it easier to stay on track with them. The free version has adverts — to remove them you'll have to buy the full version, Echofon Pro, either as a standalone app or via in-app purchase for $4.99.
Advantages: Simple, clean interface with plenty of features.
Disadvantages: Annoying adverts in the free version. The Pro version is a tad expensive for a simple Twitter client.
Price: Free
UberSocial has already found its fame on other platforms, such as on Blackberry and Android, and the iPhone version has been around for a couple of years now. The interface borrows heavily from both these versions, and the app supports all the usual Twitter functions as well as muting certain users, viewing rich media such as pictures and videos straight from your timeline, and multiple accounts.
The app also allows you to cross-post your tweets to Facebook, and you can customise the interface to your liking (including themes, which often cost extra). Like Echofon, the app contains adverts, but you can remove these by purchasing the Pro version via an in-app purchase, which costs $4.99.
Advantages: Very customisable Twitter client. Useful if you've been using UberSocial on either Android or Blackberry.
Disadvantages: The interface is very busy and difficult to use. Pro version extremely overpriced.
Price: Free (Pro version: $4.99)
TweetCaster calls itself "the #1 Twitter client for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch" and has a couple of features that aren't to be found in other clients, such as Search Party, which lets you narrow down your search to more precise results, and SmartLists, so you can organise all the tweets on your Timeline into a more manageable view.
TweetCaster is, in my opinion, a love or hate thing. I personally don't get on with it very well, however I'm sure there are some people that swear by it. Download the free version to find out for yourself.
Advantages: A couple of unique features that can make your life on Twitter a lot easier.
Disadvantages: The free version has adverts and the Pro version comes at a price ($4.99).
Price: Free (Pro version $4.99)
Twitterific won Macworld's "Twitter Client of the Year" for 2010, and it's easy to see why. It's extremely simple to use, and the interface is really nice and easy on the eye, especially with one of my favourite fonts, Helvetica Neue Light. You can sync your timeline position across your devices (the app is also available for the iPad and Mac) with Tweet Marker, and there is built-in Instapaper, Pocket (formerly Read It Later) and Readability support.
An upgrade to the Premium version brings not only ad-free browsing but also tweet translation and multiple accounts. If you can live with the adverts, then the free version may well be an absolute snatch though for such a beautiful Twitter client, I would say that $4.99 isn't that much of an outlay.
Advantages: Really nice interface and plenty of features.
Disadvantages: Customisation possibilities are a little limited in places.
Price: Free (Pro version $4.99)
Twittelator is the final app in our roundup and it boasts over 150 features, including Facebook integration, built-in support for recording and tweeting video, and an integrated web browser, meaning that you don't have to leave the app to view links. The app comes in 4 (!) versions — the normal Free and Pro versions and a new Neue (shown on the right in the screenshot below), which boasts a completely redesigned (and, may I say, absolutely gorgeous) interface and a couple of extra features.
The Neue version is much quicker and sleeker to use and features more customisation than the standard version, along with a more improved tweet view and tighter integration with iOS. Both apps are free for the standard version (which comes with adverts of course), but the Pro version for both is only $2.99, a real bargain.
Advantages: The interface in the Neue edition is easily one of the best I've seen on the iPhone. Plenty of features and customisation options.
Disadvantages: Some customers have complained about the poor customer service.
Price: Free (Pro version $2.99)
Final Thoughts
I hope this article helps you choose a Twitter client for your iPhone. Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below, especially if I've missed an important one!
And of course, don't hesitate to share it with your friends if you think it'll solve their iPhone Twitter woes!
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For a long time I've been a Twitterrific user. It has a gorgeous interface.
Though currently I'm on Tweetbot and loving it. Sure, the interface may seem a little complicated at first glance like every other Tapbots apps but to tell the truth it's not complicated at all. All in all, it's a beautiful & feature rich, first class Twitter client.
There's no battle at all, for me. It's Tweetbot all the way. On iOS and OS X.
Am I missing something or does Tweetbot not send notifications on a new tweet? Thanks for any feedback
No, mine doesnt either. I get them from the default Twitter and just open it in Tweetbot
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A new Twitter client called Slices recently came out, and the UI blows all the rest out of the water imo. However, it lacks some core features such as push notifications, so hopefully they'll update the app to include those soon.
There is no need for a aleternative here, the official Twitter app is the best.
I don't really understand why anyone would pay for a Twitter client when you can use their app for free OR their website for free.
Anyone who pays money for a Twitter app is just dumb.
Just wanted to point out one of my own favorites: Twheel.
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This is my favorite: HeaBird
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I still stick with TwitBird though I seem to be the only one.
I'm using heabird. It is best for business people.
I'm not wasting time for tweets, I'm listening them when I have a physical thing to do. http://www.heabird.com
I used to use Echofon way back in 2009 because when Twitter still had the "who tweeted from where" at the bottom of a tweet, I didn't want people to think I tweeted from an iPhone when I was tweeting from an iPod. Haha
Anywayyyyy, when I got an iPhone last year, I find myself switching between the Twitter for iPhone app and the Echofon app all the time. I find that what is easiest to use with Echofon is that it's plan and simple; tweets, mentions, lists, and direct messages. There isn't a lot of extra stuff and there have only been about a dozen updates since 2009. Not a lot has changed. On the other hand, the Twitter for iPhone app has been all over the place and I feel like, they're not so much focused on the tweets themselves anymore, but more about interactions and stories. Echofon still has some of the features I liked about Twitter, like Twitpic and being able to still see who tweeted from where. I also find that with the Twitter app itself, I tend to miss tweets that may or may not be important. If you haven't been constantly checking your feed, after so many tweets they have a bar that I'm assuming is suppose to indicate all the tweets you missed when you were away. When you click on the bar, it loads all the tweets, but I still miss some occasionally. When I go onto Echofon, because it's so simple and easy to use, I always double check on there and make sure I'm not missing something important, which sometimes I did miss a tweet, and other times I'm all caught up.
I have a love hate relationship with both apps, but I generally tend to find myself wishing that Echofon would allow me to see who favorited and retweeted my tweets. I feel like that is the only thing that keeps me coming back to the official iPhone app.
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ROME (Jun. 18)
All Jews in Italy were invited today in a call issued by Dr. Sergio Piperno, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, to join in the countrywide observances to be held in Italy in celebration of the first centenary of the Risorgimento. The Risorgimento movement, which brought the unification of Italy into an integral, modern state, resulted also in the granting of full rights of citizenship to Itatian Jews.
In his cell, Dr. Piperno stated: "Many Jews have contributed toward the achievements of the unification of Italy. They were moved not only by the aspirations of achieving full equality with their other Italian brothers and sisters and by their love for the common country. Because of the many centuries of suffering, Italian Jews could feel very deeply the significance of the fight of Italy and her people toward unity, justice and freedom."


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How to manage Project QualityCategory: General, PMP Training Posted:Aug 24, 2015 By: admin
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Welcome to the website for the Celebrate Recovery ministry for the state of Indiana. On this website you will find information about Celebrate Recovery and how you can connect with a local group in your area.
Celebrate Recovery is a 12 Step Recovery program based on the Bible. This program was developed by Pastor John Baker from Saddleback Church in California.
"The purpose of Celebrate Recovery is to fellowship and celebrate God's healing power in our lives through 8 Recovery Principles. By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others. As we progress through the program we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ, the one and only true Higher Power." from Pastor John Baker
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Cherry, Broccoli, and Cashew Salad Gluten Free
|1 cup mayonnaise
|1/2 cup sugar
|1 Tbsp Aunt Vera's Italian Red Wine Vinegar
|1 Tbsp white vinegar
|1 cup DLM Fancy Whole Cashews
|1 head broccoli, cut into bites
|8 oz dried cherries or cranberries
To prepare dressing, mix mayonnaise and sugar. Stir in red and white vinegar. This needs to be made and refrigerated a few hours before serving.
When you are ready to serve, mix broccoli, cashews, and cherries in bowl. Pour dressing on and mix.
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Happy Halloween, Velmites!
Shortly after we released our first music video for Tell Her I Love Her, YouTube decided to start supporting Hi-Def videos. After way too long of saying "We should totally re-release that in HD," we are happy to announce the re-release of our video for Tell Her I Love Her, now in HD!
We even prettied it up a little with some fancy re-mastering-type stuff. No more black bars around the video, and you can even watch this thing in 720p and 1080p – it's silly!
The old, low-def, version will stick around since we don't want to give up all those views and great comments, but please visit the new version and give it the ol' "thumbs up" and post something nice if you get the chance. Like, now?
Also, we'd be super-appreciative if you'd take a moment and post the video on your Facebook or Twitter page!
Funnily enough, today also marks the 4 year anniversary of the release of Station, the album which begot this song. Happy day! Celebrate by putting the album on your iPod playlist perhaps?
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Peer Review Instructions
Before completing the peer review, it is highly recommended that you familiarize yourself with your teammates efforts. A good approach is to review the design notebook highlights that have been posted on your team page. The notebook pages can also be accessed directly from the peer review forms.
You are in charge of dispensing compensation for your team. Your budget is 1000 bonus points per team member and you are free to distribute this reward in anyway that you see fit. You are being asked to make a general decision on the performance of your peers. In addition to the bonus allocation, your comments are extremely important for adjusting team member behavior, so please spend some time and be constructive.
|The on-line form
The online form is intended to make the review process easy and discreet. Each of your section or team members should be listed with a box for the amount you wish to give as his/her bonus (integer bonus points please). There is also a space for comments: what they should do less of, what they should keep the same, and what they should do more of.
|Be sure to evaluate your own performance and allocate some of the bonus to yourself.
|Review etiquette
Making thoughtful, honest comments is a very important contribution to your teams performance. You must make an award to each team member (including yourself) and if there is a reason to enter a very large or small number, please make sure to include appropriate comments... a zero with no comment is just mean, not constructive. The form will only allow submission when the bonuses total 1000x the number of members on your team. If you get an error message just adjust the numbers so they add up and try again.
|Submission and distribution
Once you successfully submit your peer review, the results are automatically sorted and distributed accordingly, depending on which of the 4 peer reviews is being conducted. You always receive only the reviews that pertain to yourself. Peer reviews are anonymous, your identity will never be revealed to those you are reviewing.
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I'm sure many of you are wondering if the title of this post is true. Can gay sex make a straight man better in bed? The answer, in my most humble opinion, is
Now, I'm sure there are some straight men staring rather dubiously at the screen right now.
They might be thinking that I'm just trying to get some poor, unsuspecting hetero into bed or that I'm just full of shit.
I can guarantee all readers that I have no ulterior motives and that I know what I'm talking about. In fact, I think many straight women might just agree with the points I'm going to make.
So for all you straight boys out there, grab a seat and take some notes because you're on your way to getting a leg up on sex with a woman by reading about how two dudes get it on!
Foreplay is Required to Ride
Most straight men aren't known for being lovers of foreplay. They want to skip the kissing and cuddling and head straight for Vag-land.
For many couples, it's quite common. And why not? It's the final destination after all, so straight men see anything before entering the land of milk and honey as a waste of time.
However, the journey is just as important as the destination. Would you rather fly cross country in coach or First Class? The destination is the same, but how you get there is vastly different.
Gay men understand that, and while we have no desire to visit Vag-land, we so love our frequent jaunts to Assvile.
I think the different destination is why gay men are better at foreplay than straight men.
We can't just rush into Assville.
Entering Assville takes careful planning and preparation. All hasty visitors are quickly denied entrance, and then everyone goes home sad. That's why foreplay is integral for gay men. During the kissing, caressing, and massaging, relaxing occurs. While men lie in each other's arms, gazing intently into each other's eyes, the passageway to Assville is made ready.
Foreplay brings the couple together in spirit before the joining of the flesh, and learning that lesson is one step in the right direction.
Communicate or You Masturbate
Being verbal in bed is hot. No one wants to have sex in silence. That's just weird.
But why is it that the noises most straight men make in the bedroom are so similar to the sounds they make while watching a televised sporting event? There is no crowd cheering you on in the bedroom, and the cheerleaders exist only in your fantasies.
Sure, groans, moans, and the occasional growl are appreciated, but the lips and the tongue should be used for more than just providing oral pleasure.
Women are auditory, and men are visual. And guess what? Most gay men are tuned into that and as a result are typically sexually stimulated by what they see and what they hear.
Gay men have no problem communicating how hot their partner looks, and who wouldn't want to hear that during sex? But more than just the endearing appraisals, gay men aren't afraid to talk dirty. The combination of the nice and the naughty can be mind boggling.
So learning to open your mouth and communicate with your partner is vital to being better in bed. If you can't do that, well, then just stick with your hand. You don't have to talk to it or buy it dinner.
Switch It Up or Hang It Up
Variety is the spice of life, and variety in the bedroom just makes life that much better. However, some straight men can become complacent, especially in marriage. When they were single, it was all about the hunt, chase, and score, but once they are married, straight men lose that hunting instinct. Why hunt when they already have their prey at home waiting to be stuffed?
But women, especially married women, enjoy believing they are still worthy of being hunted. Gay men understand that. Even though we are married/partnered, gay men still go to clubs and enjoy when another man checks them out. It makes us feel as if we still got it going on. Who doesn't like that?
That's why gay men understand the importance of variety and try to avoid complacency at all cost. Who wants to do missionary every night?
What's wrong with dressing in leather and a harness?
Why not sneak off into woods and see how much wood a woodchuck could chuck?
Learning to change up bedroom activities and keep it from becoming routine is the final important step to being better in bed. Don't be afraid to try new things together. The both of you won't like everything, but chances are you will find a handful of new activities both of you will enjoy.
That's just a win-win for everyone, don't you think?


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What Are the Side Effects of Acupuncture?
Acupuncture side effects are rare if performed by a certified practitioner. Any side effects are mild and are a natural by-product of the procedure.
More Info: Professional acupuncturists and physicians who perform medical acupuncture are required to use sterile needles and abide by the guidelines of the state in which they are licensed. Though the FDA regulates the use and labeling of acupuncture needles, there is always the rare possibility of something going wrong if the procedure is done incorrectly.
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is performed by inserting needles at exact acupuncture points on the body in order to stimulate the body's natural healing mechanisms. These acupuncture points can also be triggered by using heat or stimulation with electricity. The needles are actually stimulating the nervous system to release chemicals into the brain, the spinal cord, and the muscles.
What are the Risks or Negative Side Effects?
The most common effect of acupuncture is the relaxation and sense of well-being that it brings to the patient. A few minor negative side effects of acupuncture are:
- A short stinging feeling when the needle first makes contact with the skin
- A sensation of warmth, tingling, and slight tenderness as the needle moves toward the trigger point.
- The needle can sometimes cause minor bruises.
Rare serious risks or side effects include:
- A temporary but sharp drop in blood pressure or lower blood pressure accompanied by fatigue. Rarely, this can cause the patient to faint.
- There are rare cases of patients having an allergic reaction to the needles.
- Nerve damage
- Muscle spasms
- Injury to organs if a needle punctures them. [CFP]
In an Australian study published in the Volume 9, No. 10 issue of Archives for Family Medicine, researchers set out to measure the frequency and nature of adverse events occurring as a result of the practice of acupuncture as well as other Chinese herbal medicine alternative therapies. The adverse side effects reported by practitioners included fainting, nausea and vomiting, and increased pain. Though the study concluded that the practice of acupuncture is not completely risk free, it also concluded that these alternate therapies resulted in adverse results less than half the rate of traditional medical practitioners. [AFM]
Are You a Good Candidate?
Adverse reactions to acupuncture are more likely to occur in those that are not good candidates for this alternative therapy. Those with bleeding disorders or those taking blood thinners should not turn to acupuncture as complications can occur from needle insertion. Women who are pregnant should avoid acupuncture as this therapy has the potential to stimulate labor, which could result in a preterm pregnancy. Anyone with a pacemaker should avoid acupuncture as some therapies include a mild, electrical pulse that could interfere with the pacemaker's functioning. [Mayo Clinic]
"Acupuncture: An Introduction [NCCAM Health Information]." National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [NCCAM] – nccam.nih.gov Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 June 2010. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction.htm.
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Adverse Effects of Acupuncture. Which Are Clinically Significant?
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The chain motif that appears in other posts here, continues to occupy me.
In this instance I am attempting to develop an idea of racial entanglement that goes back to one of my first inspirations for this series. The work in question is a piece of airport art from Kenya that constitutes a chain, carved from a single log, and featuring a head at each end. In fact, I took a swipe at making a version of such consisting of two ceramic heads, one negro and the other white, connected by an arbitrarily long steel chain. This chain, many tens of feet in length and rusted and worn, was to be draped over a remotely high and obscure support. The heads were to be at the same height from the floor and so arranged that they might collide with each other. I didn't feel able to bring this off and the project pends.
Along similar lines is this: two separate and separately colored chains which follow their own trajectories, yet cross and entangle with each other.
The rule is to not show an unfinished project, but in this case I'm making an exception. This because I'm looking for comment. For instance, does the layout say anything? How about the links?


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Chris Scwhinden pitched a perfect inning of relief in the All-Star Game on just seven pitches. (Boxscore)
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Jordany Valdespin was 0-for-2 with a strikeout and Josh Satin was 0-for-1 with a walk in the All-Star Game. (Boxscore)
St. Lucie Mets 6 – Lakeland Tigers 5
He wasn't even awful tonight, and yet this is by far Darin Gorski's worst start of the year—which just proves how good he has been. Oh and by the way he still picked up the win. Gorski was going good until the 3rd when he put runners on the corners. He picked off the runner at first and got him into a rundown, but before the runner was tagged out to end the inning the runner from third scored. Gorski proceeded to get hurt by two swings of the bat in the next two innings, with a solo homer in the 4th and two-run shot in the 5th. Eric Niesen has quietly made improvements and has now not allowed a walk or run over his last six innings. He has also allowed just two hits and struckout six over that time. Zoiks! Make that back-to-back appearances Josh Edgin has given up a run. Cut him now.
Two-out hitting was the name of the game. Stefan Welch had a two-out single in the 4th to score Pedro Zapata, Rylan Sandoval delivered a two-out ground-rule double in the 5th to score Cory Vaughn (who got hit by another pitch), and then Vaughn stepped to the plate with two outs and two on in the 6th and smacked a three-run homer. St. Lucie went on to load the bases with two-outs in the inning, but couldn't pick up another huge hit to give them a comfortable lead. Wilmer Flores continued the two-out hitting in the 7th with a single to score Juan Lagares, the eventual winning run.
Top prospect performances (Boxscore):
- Juan Lagares (0-for-3, R, 2 BB, K)
- Jefry Marte (0-for-5, R)
- Wilmer Flores (2-for-4, R, RBI)
- Cory Vaughn (1-for-3, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, HBP, SB, Outfield assist)
- Cesar Puello (1-for-4, 2B, K)
- Darin Gorski (W, 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, BB, 6 SO, WP, 2 HR, 5:4 GO:AO)
- Josh Edgin (SV, IP, 2 H, R, BB, 1:2 GO:AO)
Stars of the Game: 1. Cory Vaughn (18pts) 2. Wilmer Flores (47pts) 3. Stefan Welch (31pts)
Savannah Sand Gnats 0 – Lexington Legends 2
Taylor Whitenton had allowed just a single to the second batter of the ballgame up until the second inning. That is when he gave up a single and walk-off homer to close the game and ruin his terrific start. I had never realized how much arms and legs Whitenton had going in his deliver, which explains why his stuff plays up a bit at this level. When he was keeping the slider tight it looked like a very good pitch just inconsistent, but better than advertised.
Not much to speak of with the offense. They got runners on, but failed to to get the big hit numerous times. Wilfredo Tovar did turn a sick double play in the 2nd inning. He showed those exceptional hands and quickness at short.
Top prospect performances (Boxscore):
- Darrell Ceciliani (1-for-3, K)
- Wilfredo Tovar (1-for-3, K)
- Aderlin Rodriguez (0-for-3, 2 K)
- Taylor Whitenton (L, 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 SO, HR, 4:4 GO:AO)
Stars of the Game: 1. Taylor Whitenton (17pts) 2. Wilfredo Tovar (26pts) 3. Alonzo Harris (15pts)
Savannah Sand Gnats 7 – Lexingon Legends 3
Chase Huchingson got the "start" in the second half of the double header, but only lasted three innings. He was very good once again and allowed just a hit and two walks. Huchingson struckout three and picked up all his other outs on the ground. Huchingson picked up two of the four double plays by Gnats pitchers. Guillaume Leduc relieved him to earn the win. He wasn't good, but he was effective and also picked up two double plays. Gabrial Zavala had to be that guy to blow the shutout in the 7th by giving up a homerun plus two other runs, although Hamilton Bennett allowed an inherited runner to score.
With two on in the 5th, Wilfredo Tovar singled, but Alonzo Harris got thrown out at home and the run didn't score. The Gnats came back in the inning with back-to-back walks to score the first run of the game and then two more scored on an error on a ball hit by Albert Cordero. Aderlin Rodriguez hit a grand slam in the 7th that turned out to be huge because of the runs given up in the bottom of the inning.
Top prospect performances (Boxscore):
- Darrell Ceciliani (2-for-4, 2B, R)
- Wilfredo Tovar (2-for-3, 2 R, K)
- Aderlin Rodriguez (1-for-3, HR, R, 5 RBI, BB, K)
- Albert Cordero (0-for-4)
- Chase Huchingson (3 IP, H, 2 BB, 3 SO, 4:0 GO:AO)
Stars of the Game: 1. Aderlin Rodriguez (47pts) 2. Darrell Ceciliani (43pts) 3. Wilfredo Tovar (27pts)
Brooklyn Cyclones 3 – Auburn Doubledays 9
Top prospect performances (Boxscore):
- Danny Muno (1-for-4, R)
- Javier Rodriguez (0-for-4)
- Cole Frenzel (0-for-3, R, RBI)
- Richard Lucas (0-for-3, BB)
- Brian Harrison (0-for-2)
- Marcos Camarena (L, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, K, 2:1 GO:AO)
Stars of the Game: 1. Tyson Seng (3pts) 2. Charley Thurber (11pts) 3. Cole Frenzel (2pts)
Kingsport Mets 1 – Danville Braves 6
Top prospect performances (Boxscore):
- Yucarybert De La Cruz (0-for-4, 2 K)
- Greg Pron (1-for-3, HR, R, RBI, BB)
- Julio Concepcion (0-for-3)
- Camden Maron (0-for-2, BB, SB)
- Jeff Glenn (1-for-2, BB, K)
- Hansel Robles (3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, BB, 4 SO, 3:0 GO:AO)
Stars of the Game: 1. Greg Pron (17pts) 2. Jeff Glenn (9pts) 3. Hansel Robles (1pt)


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J&K: Lashkar's blasts plan foiled, 4 held
September 17, 2007 15:27 IST
The Jammu and Kashmir [Images] police foiled a Lashkar-e-Tayiba plan to carry out a series of blasts in the state.
The police foiled the plan after they arrested four Lashkar- e-Tayiba militants alongwith 20 hand grenades and UBGLs in north Kshmir.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Baramulla, Vijay Kumar said the police raided Sopore on specific information and arrested LeT militant Nisar Ahmad Dar alias Sajid.
Later, three other over ground workers of LeT, Abdul Hamid Shah alias Hassan, Mushtaq Ahmad Changa alias Shahid and Muzaffar Ahmad Saboon alias Zubair were arrested alongwith 11 hand grenades and nine UBGL grenades.
The grenades and UBGLs would have been used to target security forces and others.
The militants were working as couriers for carrying arms and ammunition and were facilitating shifting of top-ranking militants from one place to another.
Kumar said the grenades, which were recovered from them, bear the same series number as that of used in the Sopore attack.
He also said Abdul Hamid Shah was responsible for helping militants to carry out an ambush on army convoy at Sopore on June 15, 2007.