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Cancer Exercise Programs
Studies show that about one third of cancer deaths each year are related to an unhealthy diet and not enough exercise. On the other hand, not smoking, eating well, and getting plenty of exercise are the most important things we can do to prevent cancer.
Cancer Exercise programs can help to control your weight and stabilize hormones. The same 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day that reduces your risk of heart attack by 50% can also reduce risk breast and colon cancer.
Controlling your weight helps to reduce the risk of breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, and kidney cancers. Healthy low fat diet of fiber, fruits and vegetables is also a major factor in reducing cancer risk.
Cancer Exercise Programs
Easy aerobic exercise has been shown to increase hemoglobin levels, reduce inflammation, lessen fatigue, and keep muscles in shape for better every day activities. Also you can increase self confidence, reduce depression and aid in recovery of surgery. Here are some aerobic exercise suggestions.
Other research has shown cancer exercise programs that involve strength and flexibility exercises have helped patients return to a normal activity level sooner.
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed kind of cancer and lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among all Americans. Using sunscreen and not smoking make these two cancers largely preventable.
For women, the second most deadly cancer is breast cancer, third is colorectal cancer. Among women's reproductive cancers, cancer of the endometrium – the tissue lining the uterus – is the most commonly diagnosed, followed by ovarian, vaginal, and vulvar cancers.
Breast cancer. Age and hormones play a big role in prevention of reproductive cancers in women. The hormone estrogen (and subtypes, such as estradiol) has a lot to do with breast cancer, although scientists are still exploring why. New research studies are finding that young girls who get plenty of exercise and eat calcium and soy foods may have lower risk for breast cancer later in their lives. Pre-menopausal women have lower risk if they have had children and breast-fed children; for this age group, being overweight seems not to be as great a breast cancer risk as it is for post-menopausal women who gain weight. Weight gain also adds risk of recurrence for overweight breast cancer survivors.
Exercise and social support seem to increase the life expectancy of breast cancer survivors, preventing recurrence. Monthly self-exams and annual mammograms are vital in detecting breast cancer early enough to treat it, so that a patient's survival is as great as possible. More exacting screening methods, including sentinel node biopsies (removal of small bits of tissue likely to reveal cancer) and mammograms better able to penetrate dense breast tissue that can hide cancer, are improving detection and making earlier treatment and longer survival possible. Breast cancer symptoms include:
• Lump or thickening of the breast
• Breast pain
• Dimpling or puckering of the skin
• Change in skin color or texture
• Change in breast shape
• Swelling redness or heat
• Discharge from or retraction of the nipple
• Scaly skin on or around the nipple
Cervical/Uterine Cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the few types of cancer (liver cancer is another) that develops as the result of a virus. PAP smear tests to detect cervical cancer have been greatly improved in the past few years. Regularly getting a PAP smear is the best method of detecting cervical cancer. Abnormal bleeding, especially in post-menopausal women, may be a sign of these cancers, but may also be a sign of other disorders that are not cancer. Premenopausal women may have heavier than normal bleeding. Pelvic pain (except cramping) and urination difficulties also are possible symptoms.
Ovarian Cancer. Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect before it has spread to a stage where it is usually fatal. Symptoms may include constant abdominal bloating and gas in the digestive system. Other symptoms may be the same as for cervical/uterine cancer, described in the previous paragraph.
Cancer treatments are improving. Although the side-effects of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation can still be devastating and very unpleasant, all of these therapies are being more finely tuned and made less dangerous as better technology is developed. More studies are showing effective combination treatments. Many cancers are becoming more manageable over a long-term with healthy habits and watchfulness, instead of the automatic death sentence they used to be. However, some hard-to-detect cancers, including ovarian and pancreatic cancer, have often spread too far before they can be treated.
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01/11/2019 / By Isabelle Z.
A cough can be rather annoying, especially when it keeps you up at night, but you can usually take comfort from knowing that it tends to run its course rather quickly and you'll be back to normal in no time. Unfortunately, a new virus is going around that is turning what is normally a week-long nuisance into a month-long nightmare – and speculation abounds regarding its origin.
Physicians around the nation are reporting a spike in cases of people suffering from a very unusual cough. It's caused by a virus and it's lasting anywhere from four to six weeks – and in some cases, even longer.
One doctor, Texas Health Dallas's Dr. Gary Gross, says he has been seeing at least a patient a day suffering from the virus, and he lamented the fact that it lasts so long without seeming to get better.
Dr. Gross told CBS DFW that the virus has no quick fix. Patients have no choice but to let it run its course, although some medications can help soothe the cough somewhat. Patients are advised to get plenty of sleep as well as lots of fluids.
Emergency medicine specialists in Cincinnati have warned the public about the virus, which they say has caused a surge in patients presenting with upper respiratory symptoms such as a cough, congestion, and shortness of breath.
Bethesda North Hospital's Dr. Kenneth Patton describes the difficulties patients with the virus experience in breathing, saying: "They are retracting, their ribs are doing a lot of work. You can see their neck muscles, you can really see that they are having a hard time breathing."
Patients' biggest complaint, however, is the duration, with many people stuck in bed for weeks. Avoiding the virus is a matter of washing your hands frequently and keeping your distance from people who are sick. Once you get it, however, you'll simply have to wait it out.
Naturally, any time a new virus like this emerges seemingly out of nowhere, it's hard not to wonder if it could be part of a depopulation bioweapon experiment.
Plant Pathology Professor Dr. Cyril Broderick has stated his belief that the Ebola virus was manufactured and then released intentionally in Africa as a weaponized virus. Other experts agreed with his theory. Meanwhile, in the wake of the Zika outbreak, governments in Latin America urged women to avoid pregnancy because of the potential for birth defects.
The idea that depopulation efforts are underway is bolstered by the ongoing push toward reducing human populations in the name of somehow saving the planet from "global warming" and the testing of vaccines and experimental drugs in African nations. Influential names like Bill Gates have openly declared that reducing the human population could help "save" the planet, and The New York Times recently printed an editorial arguing that the end of humanity would actually be a good thing for the planet.
There's also the fact that pharmaceutical companies have a lot to gain in the wake of such outbreaks by developing new vaccines and drugs. In fact, a team of researchers at California's Scripps Research Institute have engineered a deadly new bird flu strain that can infect humans on the pretense of learning what such a virus could do in order to prepare for it. The mutations they've created allow the virus to make its way into human lung cells. What could possibly go wrong?
When you pay attention to everything that is going on in the world today, it's not a stretch to question whether depopulation efforts are behind viruses that emerge mysteriously and suddenly affect a significant number of people.
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Before the foodservice facility was built, the university's foodservice management provider, Bon App?©tit Management Company, operated out of temporary trailers for food preparation and dishwashing functions. "Growth in our student population, a need to build community, storage limitations and difficulty maintaining sanitary conditions all contributed to the decision to provide the students with an all new state-of-the-art student dining facility," De Young explains.
To develop such a facility, WJU brought together a project team that included De Young, The Taylor Group Architects, Webb Design (foodservice and interior design consultants) and Bon App?©tit. The collaborative effort produced an aesthetically striking and functional 20,000-square-foot dining space. "The original palette had an industrialized feel because it was a warehouse," De Young says. "Frank Gehry received design awards for the original facility, and we wanted to keep as much of the spirit of the original architecture as we could."
"In order to keep the industrial character of the exterior architecture, careful consideration was given to the color and materials chosen," says Linda Midden, director of interior design at Webb Design. "The design is authentic in nature, creating an environment that is warm, rich, colorful and inviting. The interior and exterior space had to have a cohesive style while incorporating essentials the university needed — flexibility to grow as the campus grows, various food platforms, late-night retail for students living on campus and commuting students to use when the main servery was closed and future ability to offer catering services."
Mike Browne, senior project manager at Webb Design, explains, "The facility was designed to meet the flow requirements for food processing from deliveries of bulk food to the production kitchen for bulk preparation and eventual distribution to exposition food platforms for final finishing and placement of completed meal items on counters for self-service pickup by customers." In addition, the use of exhibition food platforms enabled the production kitchen to be smaller in size as well as have less cooking equipment.
Back-of-House Efficiency
"Since the warehouse was already equipped with loading docks and large truck access, it was an obvious choice to design the start of the food delivery process from the dock on one side and customer entry/reception on the opposite side of the building," says Browne. "A generous indoor dock equipped with landing and cart wash-down areas leads directly into the rear of the production kitchen, storage and employee areas."
Staff pick up food that arrives at the two-door loading dock and distribute it to two main walk-in coolers, a walk-in freezer and dry storage. "The 4,200-square-foot production kitchen has ample dry and refrigerated storage to support the food production capabilities for the campus," Browne says.


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Started with a heart TP embellie I created. Swiped paint across the raised letters and hand-stitched around the distressed edges. Made the lacy pouf from tulle ribbon and added the heart bead to the center. Stamped the notebook BG (have you seen this card from Virginia L.?) and a flourish before adhering the heart.
This is for HYCCT #1225B which was a tic tac toe challenge. I used pink, lace and distress as my three elements. And also for the Stitching & Sewing challenge over at Moxie Fab World. Another great bunch of technique challenges going on over there.
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T. Boone Pickens, the legendary energy executive who became America's best-known oil tycoon, died Wednesday at age 91. The longtime Dallas resident, who suffered a series of strokes and head injuries in a 2017 fall, died of natural causes, said his spokesman, Jay Rosser.
In 1957, the Oklahoma native founded what later became oil and gas giant Mesa Petroleum. Four decades later, when he was 68, he started BP Capital, a hedge fund focused on energy investments. He was an early shareholder-rights activist and a generous philanthropist, giving away hundreds of millions of dollars to various causes.
Forbes listed his net worth at $1.2 billion in 2013. But after he fell off the magazine's list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, he tweeted: "Don't worry. At $950 million, I'm doing fine."
In 2012, Pickens had another famous Twitter exchange, with the singer Drake about the nature of making a fortune.
"The first million is the hardest," Drake tweeted.
"The first billion is a helluva lot harder," Pickens replied.
The first billion is a helluva lot harder RT @Drake: The first million is the hardest.
— T. Boone Pickens (@boonepickens) May 31, 2012
Pickens was known as a shareholder activist. "I'm a great believer that stockholders own companies and management are employees," he said in 1987. "And any time a stockholder wants to be heard, they should be heard. And if you're a large stockholder and try to have some influence on management, you immediately get tagged 'raider.' "
The energy tycoon launched a campaign aimed at cutting the United States' dependence on the OPEC oil cartel by embracing alternative energies such as wind and solar power, though he noted they wouldn't replace oil completely.
"Wind and solar are beautiful resources, and America has plenty of both," he told NPR's Michel Martin in 2016. "But neither one of them are transportation fuels. I mean, do they help? Of course they help! And they should be developed. I'm for anything American."
Pickens once announced plans to build the world's largest wind farm, in Texas; then he planned to move it to Minnesota. But in the end, he sold off his investment — at a $150 million loss, he said.
"Well, I just was too early," he told NPR's Melissa Block in 2014. "If you go back and look at Boone Pickens, my whole career, my direction is usually very good. My timing hasn't been so good sometimes. I was too early on wind, but wind will have its day."
In a 2012 TEDx talk at Oklahoma State University, Pickens spoke humorously about the importance of a good work ethic. "I always say, 'Work eight hours, sleep eight hours — be sure they're not the same eight hours,' " he said.
Using the search for a major oil find as an analogy, Pickens offered another piece of advice: "If your plan is to look for something big, look at big things and don't be distracted by a rabbit running across the trail. Just stay on the plan and continue to look for big things, and big things will happen."
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What to Eat at the New Orleans Jazz Fest
At the annual New Orleans Jazz Festival, which kicks off this weekend, food doesn't play second fiddle. In fact, the Fest could be double-billed as a full-fledged food festival. Regulars — locals and visitors alike — love to hop from stage to stage at the sprawling fairground, dancing to everything from gospel choirs to Billy Joel to Trombone Shorty. But Jazz Fest fans also give serious consideration to their food agendas, making sure to hit favorite stands year after year. We like to zone in on the vendors who serve unique dishes that are hard to come by outside of this two-weekend event.
One such dish is the crawfish bread, a garlicky, cheesy half-loaf of French bread stuffed with crawdads. This pizza-sandwich hybrid-of-sorts easily disproves the "no cheese with seafood" myth.
Crawfish are abundant at the fairground — you could spend an entire day sampling them in different preparations. Another perennial favorite is Crawfish Monica, in which rotini pasta is tossed with a creamy, seafood-rich sauce and lots of meaty crawfish.
Moving into meatier territory, the Natchitoches meat pies are a must. Think empanadas, spiced Cajun-style. My Louisiana-native husband grew up eating these as a regular snack — even some local gas stations make them from scratch! — but the ones served at the Fest are in a class all their own.
Consider the aforementioned dishes "small plates," if you will. Come lunchtime, you'll want to head back to the food stalls for a cochon de lait po'boy. Outside the Fest, fried shrimp and roast beef are our po'boys of choice, but nothing beats this slow-roasted suckling pig at the fairground.
Some classic New Orleans dishes just taste better at the Festival. My Louisiana family agrees that the jambalaya is top-notch. There are a few vendors who serve different versions, so look out for a helping of andouille-studded rice that's brown, not red. Authentic jambalaya has no tomato.
Nothing beats a sunny day at Jazz Fest, but spring temperatures in New Orleans can be summertime-hot. To beat the heat, it's all about the mango freeze — a sweet-tart sorbet made with nothing but fresh mangoes, water and a little sugar.
Can't make it to Jazz Fest? Browse Cooking Channel's Cajun recipes for a taste of New Orleans at home.


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Business faces tricky path navigating post-Trump politics
For more than a half-century, the voice emerging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's monolithic, Beaux Arts-styled building near the White House was predictable: It was the embodiment of American business and, more specifically, a shared set of interests with the Republican Party.
The party's bond with corporate America, however, is fraying.
Fissures have burst open over the GOP's embrace of conspiracy theories and climate change denialism, as well as its rejection of the 2020 election outcome. The most recent flashpoint was in Georgia, where a new Republican-backed law restricting voting rights drew harsh criticism from Delta Air Lines and Coca Cola, whose headquarters are in the state, and resulted in Major League Baseball pulling the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta.
Republicans were furious. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky warned that their actions were "quite stupid," alienating "a lot of Republican fans." GOP strategists argued that they no longer needed corporate America's money to win elections as they try to rebrand as a party of blue-collar workers.
That extends an opportunity to President Biden and congressional Democrats to find an ally in an unlikely place when the party has unified control of the federal government for the first time in a decade. Biden is pushing an ambitious $2.3-trillion infrastructure package that includes corporate tax increases — which the White House is characterizing to CEOs as upfront investments that will ultimately make companies more profitable.
Since he was barred from major social media channels, former President Trump's power to shape the national conversation is being tested.
"It's important for making the country more competitive," said Cedric Richmond, the White House's director of public engagement. "We think the plan is so important to the country that we are advocating and singing its praises to all businesses."
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo estimates she has talked to more than 50 business leaders about the plan, including a round of Easter weekend phone calls. She is encouraging companies to focus on the entire package instead of the tax increases.
"You can't look at one piece of it and say that one number makes you walk away," she said. "They say, 'That's fair. Let me think about it.' That's how they run their businesses."
Whether the corporate split with the GOP widens could help answer questions about the political direction of the country and the extent to which business can continue to influence Washington.
"Nobody in the business community wants hostile communities, angry finger-pointing workforces and turbulent shareholder bases," said Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, a senior associate dean at the Yale School of Management. "It makes your job so much harder to have every constituency group at war within themselves, which has become the hallmark of the GOP."
Corporate America's marriage with Republicans has long been one of convenience, united by a belief in low taxes and the need to repeal regulations. But the relationship, already strained during Donald Trump's presidency, has come under increasing pressure as companies take cultural stands.
That Republicans and businesses report to increasingly distinct constituencies helps explain the tension.
A solid majority of Republican voters are white (86%) and older than 50 (62%), according to APVoteCast, a national survey of the 2020 electorate. Yet figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that workers are more racially diverse and younger than the Republican base.
Thanks in good part to Trump, this UC Davis expert is in demand as an explainer and debunker of the political conspiracy theories that continue to run rampant.
James Bailey, a management professor at George Washington University, published an analysis last year that suggested people who identified as Democrats cared more about a company's political activity than Republicans do. Of business people, he said the uproar over the Georgia voting law "is a great opportunity for them to get on board with the young socially active consumer and to do so without much cost."
Just as important, Democratic counties have become the primary engines for growth. The counties that backed Biden last year account for 71% of all U.S. economic activity, according to the Brookings Institution.
Democrats say business are comfortable partnering with them to address longstanding issues such as infrastructure after a decade of congressional gridlock, even though companies dislike the possibility of footing the bill.
"Responsible corporate leaders want economic growth and predictable, competent policy — that's what Democrats are offering." said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, who is running the House Democrats' campaign arm for the 2022 midterm elections.
Many Republicans are exasperated by business' efforts to woo consumers through liberal social politics.
"They are never going to satisfy the demands of the left," said Steven Law, a former attorney for the Chamber who now runs Senate Leadership Fund, a big-spending outside group aligned with McConnell. Meantime "they risk alienating their natural allies in the Republican Party."
Still, Republicans have been a major driver of the rift, looking to capitalize on the culture clash to turn out the party base in the next election. Early indicators suggest business could face blowback.
Panicked Republicans are doing the only thing they can think of — making it harder for people of color to vote
Georgia's Republican-controlled House voted to strip Delta of a tax break worth tens of millions of dollars annually for its criticism of the new restrictive law, which voting rights groups have excoriated as an attack on democracy. The intended punishment was rendered moot after the GOP Senate failed to take it up before the legislative session adjourned.
Campaign finance disclosures suggest corporate America's money doesn't buy as much influence as it once did.
Roughly a decade ago, donations from company-sponsored political action committees accounted for an important share of the fundraising pie. But it's stagnated as a source of campaign cash, as court rulings enabled wealthy GOP activists to pour money into the political system.
Just 10 GOP megadonors account for half of the giving to major super political action committees controlled by Republican congressional leaders since 2012, collectively pouring $541 million into the committees, according to an analysis by the Associated Press of donors who gave more than $1,000. The megadonors also contributed twice as much as conventional PACs and other groups that represent a broad swath of corporate interests.
Political spending by the Chamber has also dropped precipitously. After spending $29 million in 2016, mostly supporting Republicans and attacking Democrats, the group's contributions dropped to $10.9 million in 2018, according to data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. In 2020, the group endorsed 23 Democrats, which Republicans saw as a betrayal.
That's diminished the group's once unassailable standing with GOP congressional leaders.
"There is absolutely no love lost for corporations, especially when they consistently weigh in on things they don't understand," said Josh Holmes, a political advisor to McConnell. "There's no sympathy."
Common ground still exists between Republicans and business on the value of tax cuts. The Chamber and the Business Roundtable oppose raising the corporate rate to 28% from the 21% level set in 2017, as well as an enhanced global minimum tax. Yet both groups want government spending on infrastructure.
Neil Bradley, the Chamber's chief policy officer, said the broader business community isn't fully aligned with either party. But the hyperpartisan nature of today's politics is creating pressure to choose one side.
"It really causes people to want to sort everything into a red camp or a blue camp," he said. "Businesses aren't partisan. They aren't Republicans or Democrats. They have to operate and function in divided governments, operate in states that are solid blue and solid red."
Republicans caution, however, that business faces considerable risk weighing in on hot-button disputes.
"They ought to tread carefully because they risk getting into the middle of a culture war that will earn them no friends and a lot of enemies," said Law, the McConnell ally.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
NC supports offshore drilling
It has wide bipartisan support. The major Democratic Senate candidates have come out against it, but that position is actually at odds with a majority of voters in their party. Roughly 58% of Democrats express support for it along with 70% of Republicans and 66% of independents.
Offshore drilling has seen an increase in its popularity even since the height of high gas prices in the summer of 2008 when we found 54% of North Carolinians in support of it and 26% opposed. There's a lot more support now from Democrats and independents, perhaps due to President Obama's recent statements on the issue.
This poll is a good example of how slight adjustments in question wording can affect the way people respond. We asked half of those polled simply if they supported 'drilling for oil off the coast of North Carolina' and the other half whether they supported 'President Obama's plan for drilling for oil off the coast of North Carolina.' Both question wordings produced support in excess of 60%, but they led to very different numbers by party. When the President's name was invoked support rose from 52% to 64% with Democrats. But it dropped from 73% to 66% with Republicans. Either is a perfectly reasonable way of asking the question but it shows how malleable public opinion can be.
President Obama's approval rating in North Carolina continues to hold steady, with 46% of voters giving him good marks and 50% dissenting.
Full results here
3 comments:
- Christian Liberty said...
Democrats' stubborn opposition to producing oil in America is far from the only example of Democrats opposing the will of the American people.
- April 19, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Unknown said...
Your question shows how the smallest change in wording can produce different results. That's why the Democrats can claim polls that the majority support their healthcare plan and Republicans can claim the majority is against it. That's why I pay no attention to issue polling.
If you want to get a true objective number clearly both ways aren't reasonable. Put Obama's name in front of anything and Republican response changes. - April 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM
I am confident, that looking forward to 2012, that Obama needs to focus more on NC and VA, v/s some of the mid-western states. As more people start to realize the truth behind how his healthcare, will benefit them in NC, his approval will probably go up slightly, especially if the economy keeps the upward tick.
- April 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM


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Northwest is known for its stellar agriculture programs, and there's a reason for that. Agricultural business majors gain profession-based experiences from day one. If you're interested in this industry, you've come to the right place.
You may be wondering what makes our agriculture programs so special. First, your instructors are experts who have spent years in the industry. You'll gain a comprehensive education centered on agriculture finance, agricultural marketing, agricultural policy and the economics of agricultural production.
Secondly, you'll have access to top-notch facilities. The Agricultural Learning Center (ALC) is a 29,000-square-foot facility that houses classrooms, laboratories, an exposition space and more. The ALC fosters connections and partnerships with local industries, giving students hands-on opportunities.
You'll also spend time at the R.T. Wright Farm. This 448-acre plot of land is only two miles north of our main campus and provides a laboratory experience for students.
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Faculty members center curriculum on agriculture finance, agricultural marketing, agricultural policy and economics of agricultural production.
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All websites currently use cookies to store client-related data, and while cookies are definitely a good method for storing client-related information, they are not always efficient. The Web Storage API, first introduced as a part of HTML5 and now developed as a separate standard by the W3C, is a more secure, efficient and higher capacity option.
In fact, using a cookie to store data often becomes a challenge to avoid race conditions. Also, the cookie data available for a typical website is a lot smaller than Web storage's 5MB or 10MB, depending upon the browser. Web storage also offers a more secure method for storing client-related information. Unlike a cookie, Web storage data is not carried over to the server via HTTP. So Web storage data can be accessed only via client-side scripts. This means the server cannot read or write directly to Web storage.
In his WebReference article, Sachin Khosla introduces the Web Storage API and explains how it enables storing data in a more secure and efficient way than cookies.


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incf place [delta-form] => new-value
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Arguments and Values:
place---a place.
delta-form---a form; evaluated to produce a delta. The default is 1.
delta---a number.
new-value---a number.
incf and decf are used for incrementing and decrementing the value of place, respectively.
The delta is added to (in the case of incf) or subtracted from (in the case of decf) the number in place and the result is stored in place.
Any necessary type conversions are performed automatically.
For information about the evaluation of subforms of places, see Section 184.108.40.206 (Evaluation of Subforms to Places).
(setq n 0) (incf n) => 1 n => 1 (decf n 3) => -2 n => -2 (decf n -5) => 3 (decf n) => 2 (incf n 0.5) => 2.5 (decf n) => 1.5 n => 1.5
Side Effects:
Place is modified.
Affected By: None.
Exceptional Situations: None.
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text: 30-7009F O Gauge RailKing Steel Caboose For availability see 'Find it locally' tab $49.95Product InformationDescriptionSteel Caboose - CP Rail Originally Sold as part of CP Rail 6-Car Freight Set (30-7009). Shoot seperately Roadname: CP RailProduct Item Number: 30-7009FCatalog: BA 2001 Volume 2Product Line: RailKingScale: O GaugeDelivery Status: Delivered AUG. 2001This product is compatible with all O Gauge 3-Rail track systems including those systems offered by Atlas and Gargraves and Lionel and Ross Custom Switches. OverviewLike most pieces of railroad equipment, this caboose was shaped in part by regulatory requirements - in this case, a proposed Pennsylvania law requiring cabooses on through freights to be 8-wheeled and at least 24' long. Based on a wood-sheathed 1920 USRA design, this steel caboose was a 1924 Reading Company design that became so widespread in the mid-Atlantic region that railfans dubbed it the Northeastern Caboose. Besides the Reading, original owners included the Western Maryland, Lehigh Valley, Central Railroad of New Jersey and several other lines. Through mergers and acquisitions, these "crummies" eventually found themselves in new paint schemes ranging from Chessie System yellow to Conrail blue. Later in life, many went to second and third owners as far afield as Maine, Ohio, Iowa, and Louisiana. High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you. FeaturesDie-Cast Trucks Plastic Body Operating Couplers Plastic Undercarriage - Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body - Metal Wheels and Axles - Caboose Interiors With Overhead Lighting - Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks - Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers - Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes - Fast-Angle Wheel Sets - Needle-Point Axles Unit Measures: Operates On O-27 Curves Find It LocallyThis product may not have shipped yet or is completely sold out. Click on the show button to see who might have it on order. Support


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I grew up in a small town. We had a Dairy Queen, a McDonald's, and a Hartz Chicken. And a restaurant called the Hot Biscuit. We also had a single small grocery store. If they didn't have it, you didn't need it. And if you did, you were out of luck.
That small town is still small but there are at least two places to buy groceries and several other options nearby. And I think that the Hot Biscuit might still be open 🙂
Our grocery store today is a far cry from that single small store. There's a large prepared food counter for quick-fix dinners, a beer case full of "fancy" beer, a full-service bakery, a live cooking grill, a sushi bar, and my absolute favorite: a counter where you can get fresh, made-right-in-front-of-your-face tortillas. It'll sure spoil a person, real quick!
That bakery also cranks out a White Chocolate-Mango Muffin that's pretty much heaven in a cupcake liner. It's a little heavy on the almond extract but it's chock-full of fresh mango and white chocolate chunks. And it's got one of those pretty, sky-high "I came from a real bakery" muffin tops. Once a week, the toddler and I split one while we're shopping. It's well worth the money but the "I can do this myself for less" in me knows that I can buy 2 mangos for the price of one muffin. And I can make a dozen muffins at home to have for breakfast all week.
To recreate the muffins, we used our favorite muffin base which is a stripped-down blueberry muffin recipe from Cook's Illustrated. It's produces a reliably moist muffin and the batter is really thick so it doesn't spread and leave you with a flat top. We loaded it with a full cup each of diced mango and white chocolate chips – and were a little lighter-handed with the almond extract. To get a big, puffy muffin top like a commercial bakery, we paired our favorite recipe with a higher-than-usual temperature for the first half-ish of the baking time. The end result is a pretty muffin with a big, dramatic dome that looks just like it came from the bakery down the street.
Only you don't have to shell out $1.50 per muffin. And you don't have to put on pants to get one.
White Chocolate-Mango Muffins
Moist, domed bakery-like muffins studded with fresh mango and white chocolate.
- 3 cups + 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 10 Tbsp unsalted butter, cubed and softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1 1/2 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt
- 1 cup diced mango
- 1 cup white chocolate chunks/chips
- Coarse sugar, for sprinkling tops (optional)
- Preheat oven to 400
- Mix 3 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt in medium bowl; set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition followed by the vanilla and almond extract.
- Beat in half of dry ingredients, followed by a third of the yogurt.
- Add remaining dry ingredients in two batches, alternating with the yogurt, until incorporated.
- Toss mango and white chocolate with the remaining 1 Tbsp flour and add to the mixer, mixing for just a few more seconds to distribute evenly (the batter will be very, very thick).
- Spray a muffin tin with non-stick spray or line with paper liners. And if you find that you're 3 paper liners short, you can improvise with some parchment paper cut in ~5-6 inch squares. But it's a total pain.
- Divide the batter evenly among cups, using a large cookie scoop (my scoop is ~2.25 inches across).
- Sprinkle top lightly with coarse sugar, if using.
- Bake for 8 minutes and then decrease oven temperature to 375 and bake for ~12 more minutes until golden brown and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cool 5 minutes in the pan before removing and cooling completely.
- Will keep ~4 days in a covered cake plate, can be frozen.
Yields: ~15 muffins
Estimated time: 45 minutes


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The Central Library of IIT Kharagpur is one of the largest and finest technical libraries in Asia. It has been catering to the needs of the ten thousand students of undergraduates, postgraduates, research scholar, seven hundred faculty members and more than thousand staff members of the 19 departments, 9 centres, 12 schools and 15 research facilities of the Institute.
The Library is well equipped with modern facilities and resources (print and electronic) in various formats. It has also developed a full-fledged Digital Library equipped with necessary modern equipment in order to provide various Library services in digital mode. This section has developed an institutional digital repository which holds up the Institute's intellectual resources for campus-wide access and ensures digital preservation for posterity.
The Library routine services have been fully automated using the library database management software 'LibSys' version 7.
The Central Library being a core of INDEST-AICTE Consortium under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development Development provides online access to important full-text databases in Science and Engineering subjects as well as abstracting database services. The Central Library website, provides online access to all these e-resources.
In addition to INDEST-AICTE Consortium e-resources, Central Library, IIT Kharagpur also currently subscribed a good length of e-resources e-Journals, e-books and e-database).
In all, Central Library provides IP based access to 20,664 full-text e-Journals, and 1, 22,744 full-text e-books. In addition, it has a collection of more than 3.5 lakh documents, and 300 print journals. The collection consists of books, archived volumes of periodicals, theses, conference proceedings, standards, reports, microforms, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM databases and audio-visual materials.
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However, it is not clear that the tobacco control movement applies that same conflict of interest disclosure policy to itself. In particular, the movement appears to view its own conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies as being immune from disclosure in precisely the same situations they would attack a researcher for failing to disclose a similar conflict with a tobacco company.
I have already revealed in great detail a number of recent articles in which conflicts of interest of the authors with Big Pharma were hidden from readers, all in situations in which they should have been disclosed.
Today, I demonstrate how a failed disclosure works and how it creates the perception that a conclusion in an article has been unduly influenced by a prior financial relationship with a company.
An article published last year in the journal Addiction Research and Theory discusses the problem of cigarette craving that occurs early in smoking cessation attempts due to nicotine withdrawal. This article was originally submitted for publication on January 25, 2014.
A major premise of the article is that addressing early nicotine withdrawal symptoms is critical in promoting successful smoking cessation. The article concludes that: "the neurocognitive effects of abstinence may be a target for smoking cessation."
Specifically, the article suggests that: "the smoking cessation medication, varenicline [Chantix], has been shown to alleviate cognitive deficits following 72h of abstinence (Patterson et al., 2009)."
The Patterson article demonstrated the effectiveness of varenicline [Chantix] in improving mood and cognition during smoking abstinence. It not only highlighted the usefulness of Chantix in enhancing smoking cessation but also suggested that the drug, or something similar, might be explored for the treatment of affective disorders generally.
The Rest of the Story
This article, submitted for publication in early 2014 and published in 2015, touts the benefits of Chantix in alleviating early withdrawal symptoms that could impede smoking cessation.
All would agree that this article is therefore reporting great news for Pfizer, which markets Chantix, and that the reporting of the findings of this research could easily affect the economic status of Pfizer.
But are the authors of this article providing a neutral, balanced, and unbiased analysis and unbiased conclusions?
The reader certainly has no reason to question the objectivity of the co-authors since the financial disclosure statement at the bottom of the paper reads: "The authors report no conflict of interest."
There's just one problem. Just as tobacco industry-funded scientists have historically hidden their prior corporate connections to Big Tobacco by failing to disclose those relationships in published articles, it appears that a co-author of this article also failed to disclose his prior corporate connection, in this case to Big Pharma.
In a 2012 article co-written by the relevant author, the role of Chantix in smoking cessation was examined. That study concluded that: "Varenicline ... led to reductions in nicotine metabolites and urges to smoke. Among this sample of non-treatment seeking smokers, varenicline significantly reduced smoking behavior."
But here's the rub: That study was funded, in part, by Pfizer (the company that markets varenicline)!
The funding statement at the end of the article acknowledges that: "This research was supported by Global Research Award for Nicotine Dependence (GRAND) from Pfizer (GA30523L)... ."
The relevant investigator was the recipient of Pfizer funding through a GRAND award from that company during the period 2008-2011.
So the rest of the story appears to be that this author had previously been funded by Pfizer (through 2011), but apparently failed to disclose this in an article submitted for publication three years later that touted the benefits of a Pfizer drug.
While this does not mean that the researcher was influenced by the prior financial relationship with Pfizer, it does create the appearance of a possible bias. And this is exactly what conflict of interest statements are designed to protect against. This is a perfect example of how a clear disclosure would have precluded any appearance of an undisclosed source of bias.
The question I find most interesting is why we seem to have a double standard in tobacco control. Any connection between a researcher and Big Tobacco, no matter how remote, has to be disclosed or we attack that researcher (and basically treat him or her as a "tobacco mole"). But connections between our own research and Big Pharma seem to be immune from a similar need for broad disclosure.
One reason for this double standard may be that we view the tobacco industry much differently than the pharmaceutical industry. I don't deny that there are qualitative differences, especially historically, between these two industries. But the problem is that if you do not honor the principle of conflict of interest disclosure yourself, then it seems to me that you lose credibility in holding tobacco-funded or tobacco-affiliated researchers to those same standards.
In closing, consider this scenario: A researcher receives a grant from
Philip Morris to study the effectiveness of Mark Ten e-cigarettes in reducing
the craving to smoke. Within 3 years of that grant ending, he submits an
article to a journal, in which he touts the benefits of Mark Ten e-cigarettes
for smoking cessation. However, in that paper, he fails to disclose that had received funding from Philip Morris to conduct a clinical trial involving the
Mark Ten product. His disclosure statement says simply that he "has nothing to
disclose." Should this be considered appropriate?
In today's Rest of the Story, we have the exact same scenario except it involves
funding from a pharmaceutical company instead of a tobacco company. Here, an
investigator receives a grant from Pfizer to study varenicline. Within 3 years
of that grant ending, he submits an article to a journal in which he touts the
benefits of varenicline, but fails to disclose that he had been funded by
Pfizer to conduct that clinical trial on varenicline. Because this is a
pharmaceutical company instead of a tobacco company, why does it suddenly
become OK?


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Latest news of births, marriages and deaths in the Peerage,Baronetage and landed gentry families.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Prince William's friend Oliver Baker to marry
_.The engagement has been announced between Oliver H.G. Baker (born 1982), eldest son of Mr Howard A. Baker, of Tillingham, Essex, by his wife the former Jane Bonallack (b 1961), & Melissa Patricia A. Nicholson, daughter of the late Norman Nicholson and Mrs Nicholson, of Chester.
Oliver, a university friend of Prince William, is a grandson maternally of Sir Michael Francis Bonallack, OBE, sometime chief executive of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews, and a great-grandson of Sir Richard Frank Bonallack.
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I was looking up the meaning of スマ婚{こん}
, when my mouse happened to roll over the kanji 婚{こん}
, and this definition popped up in Rikaichan:
婚 よばい ancient practice of creeping at night into a woman's bedroom (lit: night crawling); stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
Say what? Putting aside the fact that this sounds like a whitewashed description of sexual assault, at what point in history was this "practice" so common that it was given a name?
Is the definition accurate, or is it just another case of WWWJDIC and its occasionally misguided and erroneous community contributed obscure definitions?
If it is accurate, what is the history behind this word?


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Malin Chunky Cowl Knitting PatternInstant PDF Download
YarnSUPER BULKY WEIGHT
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For the Malin Chunky Cowl knitting pattern you will need to know how to work in rows on straight needles, purl and how to work knit into stitches below (which is explained in the pattern).
The PDF pattern includes written instructions and a knitting chart.
All of my patterns include an abbreviation list, stitch counts per row or round, explanation of special stitches if applicable.
The PDF pattern can be downloaded once payment has been received. You will receive an email, to the email address you provide, with a download link.
If you have any questions at all about my Malin Chunky Cowl knitting pattern, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Happy Hooking!
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I am so excited to be here at Come Together Kids... My name is Carlee, and I have a little blog with my sister Alyssa called Ladybird Ln. Today, I am going to talk about a FUN blog contest, for charity I am having on my blog in June, Pillow Fight--For a Cause!
Yup, she is amazing! She has made it a goal to donate 100 bright cheerful pillow cases to Primary Childrens Medical Center, to brighten up the patients rooms! When she was in the hospital it was so comforting to have her own pillow.
I decided I wanted to help her out with this great cause.... and what better way than a
Main Body Fabric: 3/4 yard fabric {or 27 inches by Width of Fabric (WOF)}
Band Fabric: 1/4 yard fabric {or 9 inches by WOF}
Trim Fabric: (Optional): 1 strip, 2 inches by WOF
Turn right side out; Press! You are finished Easy Peasy right! Below is some pillow case inspiration, all of these pillow cases are ones that I made, or that were given to me. Pillowcases make great gifts!
I tried to make this tutorial as strait forward as possible, but you can email me with any questions!
June 15-22!
Thank you, Carlee, it was my pleasure! I wish you tons of success in reaching your goal of 100 pillow cases!!


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Fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil with 12-year aged Balsamic |
When making the reservation, I noted that one member of the party would be eating gluten free. I was impressed that the information was conveyed to Anthony, our server, who reassured us that he'd be in touch with the back of house. After double-checking with the staff in the open kitchen, Anthony let us know that several of the salad dressings and steak sauces were not safe but recommended alternatives.
Bone-in Kona crusted dry aged sirloin |
I began the meal with two hearty slices of fresh mozzarella layered atop handsome heirloom tomatoes. Our graduate started with a chopped salad - a mixture of greens and vegetables - that came out the first time adorned with croutons. Anthony realized this as soon as he set the plate down, removed the offending dish, and retrieved a new salad that our son drizzled with extra-virgin olive oil and Balsamic vinegar. As he began to eat his appetizer, our older son repeated what I'm sure every 11-year-old says at the dinner table: "Ooh, chickpeas."
Going outside his comfort zone, our younger son enjoyed the seared citrus-glazed salmon, while the lemony breast of chicken confit I had was moist and flavorful. Our older son - ever the adventurer - carved up the medium-well bone-in Kona coffee-crusted dry aged sirloin sans shallot butter; my wife added the Kona rub to her filet mignon. The steaks were perfectly done, and the addition of the coffee flavor to the preparation made them even more piquant.
Flourless chocolate espresso cake |
Many of the sides are gluten free, and we shared the creamy Red Bliss mashed potatoes and the Parmesan-and-truffle oil fries.
There was little room left for dessert, but we felt obligated to end the celebratory dinner on a sweet note. My wife and younger son shared scoops of the mango and pineapple sorbets. Our older one and I were more indulgent, cleaning off the plate that once had a dense flourless chocolate espresso cake on it.
There's no doubt that without an expense account to cover the tab, dinner at The Capital Grille makes for an expensive evening. You live only once, though, and this was a meal that was worth the money.
There's no doubt that without an expense account to cover the tab, dinner at The Capital Grille makes for an expensive evening. You live only once, though, and this was a meal that was worth the money.


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Her skin is like dusk on the eastern horizon,
O cant you see it, O cant you see it,
Her skin is like dusk on the eastern horizon
… When the sun goes down.
Men had always wanted her, this Karintha, even as a child, Karintha carrying beauty, perfect as dusk when the sun goes down. Old men rode her hobby-horse upon their knees. Young men danced with her at frolics when they should have been dancing with their grown-up girls. God grant us youth, secretly prayed the old men. The young fellows counted the time to pass before she would be old enough to mate with them. This interest of the male, who wishes to ripen a growing thing too soon, could mean no good to her.
Karintha, at twelve, was a wild flash that told the other folks just what it was to live. At sunset, when there was no wind, and the pine-smoke from over by the sawmill hugged the earth, and you couldnt see more than a few feet in front, her sudden darting past you was a bit of vivid color, like a black bird that flashes in light. With the other children one could hear, some distance off, their feet flopping in the two-inch dust. Karintha's running was a whir. It had the sound of the red dust that sometimes makes a spiral in the road. At dusk, during the hush just after the sawmill had closed down, and before any of the women had started their supper-getting-ready songs, her voice, high-pitched, shrill, would put one's ears to itching. But no one ever thought to make her stop because of it. She stoned the cows, and beat her dog, and fought the other children… Even the preacher, who caught her at mischief, told himself that she was as innocently lovely as a November cotton flower. Already, rumors were out about her. Homes in Georgia are most often built on the two-room plan. In one, you cook and eat, in the other you sleep, and there love goes on. Karintha had seen or heard, perhaps she had felt her parents loving. One could but imitate one's parents, for to follow them was the way of God. She played "home" with a small boy who was not afraid to do her bidding. That started the whole thing. Old men could no longer ride her hobby-horse upon their knees. But young men counted faster.
Her skin is like dusk,
O cant you see it,
Her skin is like dusk,
When the sun goes down.
Karintha is a woman. She who carries beauty, perfect as dusk when the sun goes down. She has been married many times. Old men remind her that a few years back they rode her hobby-horse upon their knees. Karintha smiles, and indulges them when she is in the mood for it. She has contempt for them. Karintha is a woman. Young men run stills to make her money. Young men go to the big cities and run on the road. Young men go away to college. They all want to bring her money. These are the young men who thought that all they had to do was to count time. But Karintha is a woman, and she has had a child. A child fell out of her womb onto a bed of pine-needles in the forest. Pine-needles are smooth and sweet. They are elastic to the feet of rabbits… A sawmill was nearby. Its pyramidal sawdust pile smouldered. It is a year before one completely burns. Meanwhile, the smoke curls up and hangs in odd wraiths about the trees, curls up, and spreads itself out over the valley… Weeks after Karintha returned home the smoke was so heavy you tasted it in water. Some one made a song:
Smoke is on the hills. Rise up.
Smoke is on the hills, O rise
And take my soul to Jesus.
Karintha is a woman. Men do not know that the soul of her was a growing thing ripened too soon. They will bring their money; they will die not having found it out… Karintha at twenty, carrying beauty, perfect as dusk when the sun goes down. Karintha…
Her skin is like dusk on the eastern horizon,
O cant you see it, O cant you see it,
Her skin is like dusk on the eastern horizon
… When the sun goes down.
Goes down…
Jean Toomer


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Before I shower Marc Rzepcyznski with kisses and hugs, I want to make a quick point about attendance. The Rays attendance woes are well-documented and a pretty easy target for critics deeming the Tampa/St. Pete area unsuitable for future inhabitation.
Here in Toronto we hear similarly solemn paid figures, as many prepare to write-off the team as unworkable. Of course people should be coming out to the ballpark, it's a great time and beats a kick in the head any day.
I feel as though, lost in the hysteria today after the Rays poor gate showing last night, is news that the Texas Rangers signed a multi-billion dollar TV deal! The numbers vary between $1.5 and $3 billion, but you cannot look at that number and think the gate receipts are worth all the spilled ink.
The larger point is people consume their entertainment in many, many different ways in 2010 than they did in 1993. When clucking tongues gleefully quote nightly gate numbers, do they include MLB.tv subscriptions? Extra Innings packages? People that watch the Rays equivalent of "Jays in 30?" You simply can't expect all fans to express and/or experience their fandom in the same way they always have.
Take, for example, myself. As you might have read, I was at the ball game on Sunday with some of the nicest and funniest folks the internet has to offer. 5 "normal" friends joined me in section 211 and I had a blast joking with old friends and loudly talking over new ones.
A great time at the ballpark indeed. Not only did we nerd out big time, but I got to see little things I may have lost on TV at home such as Brian Roberts and Cesar Izturis faking out Travis Snider en route to a base running mistake. The sun was out and the beer (or reasonable facsimile) was cold. Sunday's game was my second of the year.
2 games, all season. I live approximately 1.25 hours from gate 5. I went once in the spring and once in the fall. Judge away. But guess what: if you think that makes me a lesser fan than anyone else, feel free to go fuck yourself.
When I inevitably hit publish 15 minutes too soon and spend that time revising dozens of spelling errors, this will be my 129th post of 2010. One of about 700 I've written in just under 3 years.
I have a a full-time job on top of this
Simply put, people spend their time with this commercial enterprise in a variety of ways. All these ways earn the team money in some capacity. You don't use drive-in movie theatre sales as the measure of a movie's worth, the in-stadium experience isn't the only way to consume this product.
That's what it is, at the end of the day. A product. Consumer usages shift, it's up to the businesses to adjust and capitalize on these habits before somebody else does. One look at the MLBAM books should tell you baseball is doing just fine, but thanks for asking.
He's awesome. I assume. I wasn't there to watch the game so how can I ever know? I'm not in the mood for this anymore. Swinging strikes are good.
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The Bing Kong Tong Association building is one of two association buildings remaining in Fresno's Chinatown. Built in 1900, the Bing Kong Tong building was used commercially, religiously, and socially. The Bing Kong Tong Building was at the center of Chinese culture for 95 years, hosting Chinese opera performances, live stage performances, and speeches.
The first floor was used for commercial enterprise, businesses like stores, restaurants and bookstores resided here because of the direct access to the street. The second floor was reserved for more private uses, this is where the Tong Association meetings were typically held.
The Bing Kong Tong Building is characterized by Chinese architecture which can be seen in the decorative plywood signage and ornamental ironwork on the balcony and facade. This building is a great example of Chinese association buildings which were found in Chinatowns throughout California in the late 19th and early 20th century. These associations played a central role in the religious and social lives of Chinese residents.
Bing Kong Association Building Historical Document
921 China Alley, Fresno, CA 93706
Tongs were fraternal organizations that began in San Francisco in the 1860s. They helped to fulfill member's spiritual lives, especially those without a family. Tongs spread to Chinatowns throughout the state with some tongs initially organized to provide burial in China if members died in America. Tongs also organized spring banquets and cultural and recreational activities, they also led overseas Chinese relatives to sweep the tomb during the Qingming Festival.
Bing Kong Tong had many branches throughout the United States and was known as one of the powerful Tongs in San Francisco's Chinatown during the early 20th century. The Bing Kongs influence throughout Chinese American population was exposed during the Tong Wars between the Bing Kongs and the Hop Sing and Suey Sing Tongs. Numerous murders occurred during this gang war catching the attention of the press and initiating an investigation by attorney Wallace L. Ware.


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12/12/07 That Equal Creatures - 100 Answers to 100 Questions About Animal Rights
Animal Friends invites you to the book promotion
For the first time ever, on the Croatian market there is a book that answers the most common questions about the issue of man's relationship with animals. After Rijeka and Zagreb the promotion of the book will take place in Varazdin as well.
Everyone is invited to this promotion of the book Those Equal Creatures – 100 Answers to 100 Questions About Animal Rights which will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at 06:30 P.M. in redecorated Teens and Youth Section of the Varazdin library, in front of the II Primary School in Bedekovic Villa, on the 2nd floor.
The book Those Equal Creatures was published in cooperation with the publisher Dvostruka duga from Cakovec and Animal Friends.
Aleksandra Hampamer, general manager of the publishing company Dvostruka duga and Luka Oman, president of the organization Animal Friends will be guests on the promotion.
Admission is free, and besides the book promotion there will be a video projection of the short documentary "Their Future is in Your Hands" and the possibility to sign the international petition "Animals Matter to Me".
From the Foreword
Every life choice made has direct impact on the life of an individual and his/her (ili its) environment. Being fitted into society which persistently imposes sense of inability and insignificance, we rarely question our beliefs and choices made on the basics of those beliefs. Therefore, it is no surprise that we often behave inconsistently and contradictorily. It can clearly be seen through our comprehension of violence which we, as civilized society, generally condemn. We teach our children that violence is wrong and unacceptable while in the very next moment, without questioning the righteousness of our behavior, do exactly the opposite.
We like to believe, in spite of current scientific paradigm, that we are not animals because it seems to be too unsophisticated, too unspiritual or too unworthy for a perfection named homo sapiens. But when we look for arguments to justify our daily involvement in great cruelty and violence to other animals, which happens only because we allow it and encourage it through our freedom of choice, we unscrupulously look for excuses that are the most convenient in certain situations.
Yet, if we don't allow revolving and questioning of our own beliefs, statements and actions, then our moral and spiritual progress will stop. If the progress of an individual stops it is unreasonable to expect that the society in whole will make some moral progress. The chain is as strong as it's weakest link, isn't it? This book is a valuable contribution to moral progress of a nation facing great changes that already started to happen thanks to everyday, regular people who dared to look for answers to their questions…
Martina Jurisa, coordinator of Varazdin branch of Animal Friends


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Codex Macedoniensis is a 9th century Byzantine manuscript of the four Gospels written in a Greek uncial script. Its text is incomplete due to the loss of its first few quires and several of its leaves.

What we know of the place of origin of the manuscript is based on the testimony of a Greek scholar at the end of the nineteenth century who claimed to have seen it described as "of Eikosifoinissa", refering to a monastery located in the Pangaion mountains, in northern Greece, but which was geographically considered as being a part of Macedonia. That monastery is likely to be the place of origin of the manuscript, or at least its early home. After acquiring it in 1900 in that area, the English Quaker minister Joseph Bevan Braithwaite gave it the name "Codex Macedoniensis".

The entire text of the four Gospels was copied by a single scribe in a late uncial script representative of ninth-century liturgical books. At a time when the Greek minuscule hand was already dominating the Byzantine manuscript world, the 9th and 10th century witnessed a persistence of the uncial in service books because its larger, unligatured and easily readable letters proved convenient for public reading. The addition of accents and breathings in continuous uncial texts, as in our manuscript, would also prove helpful to the reader in separating the words more easily, and thus gaining some fluency when reading out loud.

The same scribe also provided a list of contents at the beginning of each Gospel in order to help the readers searching for a specific passage, along with very short informative texts which were meant to shed light on the apostolic origin of the following Gospel and explaining where, when and by whom it was written: those are called hypotheses.

The text of Codex Macedoniensis was abundantly provided with rubrics which can be divided into three different kinds. Firstly, the title headings present in the top margins refer to the kephalaia, that is to say, the chapter divisions of the Gospels which were in use in most of Christian Europe before the development of modern chapter divisions. Each of those title headings consists of one number and one short sentence summarising the episode it refers to. The tables of contents preceding each Gospels list these kephalaia.

Secondly, the Eusebian section numbers, which are indicated in the side margins, refer to smaller divisions of the text of the Gospels which started being used in late Antiquity.

Thirdly, the contemporary lection notes added in the side margins refer to lessons taken from the text of the Gospels which were read during the daily offices. Each lection note is composed of two elements: an indication of the occasion in the liturgical year the lesson was to be read and a short mention of the subject of the passage in question. Within the text, some marks indicate to the reader where the reading should start and end.

Codex Macedoniensis is a the witness to a period when uncial Gospel manuscripts tended not to be used solely as continuous and linear texts any more; they started to become fully equipped with apparatus so that they could function as lectionaries. In fact, the 9th century also witnessed the development of lectionaries proper, which eventually proved more convenient to find the desired lessons, since the whole organisation of their content followed the liturgical calendar and was not any more subject to the continuity and linearity of the text of the Gospels. That is why, in most Byzantine monasteries, the lectionary was often preferred to the continuous Gospel manuscript. Still, despite the rise of that kind of service book, many monasteries in the Byzantine world persisted in using Gospel books during the mass if they were sufficiently equipped with lection notes to make them suitable for daily lessons. The Codex Macedoniensis is an example of such a liturgical Gospel manuscript.

The codex is decorated with refined ornaments on the incipit page of each Gospel. They mostly comprise red-ink headpieces that encircle the Gospel headings. They are largely typical of the ornaments found in Byzantine Gospel books. In particular, the title heading of the Gospel of Mark is enclosed by an ornamental pyle (meaning 'gate'), a pi-shaped (Π) headpiece very commonly used in the Byzantine Biblical manuscripts (81r). Moreover, the presence of gold embellishing the ornaments of the incipit pages suggests that this was a codex of rather high standing.

As far as the textual of the manuscript is concerned, Kirsopp Lake pointed out that this codex (refered to as 'Y') is related to the Π family of New Testament manuscripts. (see: Lake S., Family Π and the Codex Alexandrinus: The Text according to Mark (London: Christophers, 1936), p. 57)
Clément Malgonne
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