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Wide variety of presentations await Ag Progress Days visitors
Wide variety of presentations await Ag Progress Days visitors
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Visitors to Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Aug. 12-14, can learn a little bit about a lot by attending some of the many informative presentations to be offered by Penn State Extension specialists and agricultural industry experts, according to event organizers.
The workshops are designed to provide information and insights to a variety of attendees, whether they are agricultural producers, home gardeners, natural-gas lease holders, or water-well or pond owners, noted Bob Oberheim, Ag Progress Days manager.
"By taking as little as 30 minutes of your time, you can learn something that might help you increase your farm's profitability, take advantage of energy-related opportunities, enhance the enjoyment of your lawn and landscape, or protect the quality and safety of our water resources," he said.
Presentations will range from energy conservation, shale energy development, on-farm renewable energy sources and smart energy-buying practices to what's new in agriculture, insights on animal and poultry handling, and managing ponds.
Visitors also can participate in discussions on the 2014 Farm Bill with government officials, industry representatives and educators; help develop a new tool to manage riparian zones on grazing lands; and hear perspectives on how to navigate the risks and benefits of farmer- generated data.
And for homeowners, there will be presentations on topics such as making your backyard a palace for pollinators, building and operating a home vegetable garden irrigation system, preserving beneficial predators in the home garden, and reclaiming rainwater.
The presentations will be offered at two locations close to each other on the Ag Progress Days site -- the theatre in the College of Agricultural Sciences Exhibits Building on Main Street between East Ninth and East 10th streets, and in the new Farm Family Learning Center building on Main Street and E. 9th Street, below the Pasto Museum.
Presentations in the College Exhibits Building theatre will center on agricultural issues, water quality and garden questions. A complete schedule of topics and times is available here.
Presentations in the Farm Family Learning Center will focus on energy. Topics and times can be found here.
Sponsored by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, Ag Progress Days is held at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, nine miles southwest of State College on Route 45. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 12; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 13; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 14. Admission and parking are free.
For more information, visit the Ag Progress Days website.. Twitter users can find and share information about the event by using the hashtag #agprogress, and Facebook users can find the event here.


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After a mostly quiet offseason, South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney has made a couple of headlines over the past week.
First, the preseason Heisman candidate did some name dropping at SEC Media Days by listing off quarterbacks he felt were scared of him. Now, he's being connected to Jay-Z and his agency, Roc Nation Sports.
InsidetheLeague was, to our knowledge, the first source to report the story; the NFL Network and other outlets picked up on it later.
South Carolina has acknowledged its compliance department is looking into the details, calling the inquiry "standard operating procedure."
Before this goes any further, it should be noted that Clowney is allowed to speak with agents. He's just not allowed to come to a verbal or written agreement to be represented. Here is the NCAA's rule, word for word, on an athlete's contact with an agent:
Under NCAA Bylaw 12.3, a student-athlete (any individual who currently participates in or who may be eligible in the future to participate in intercollegiate sport) may not agree verbally or in writing to be represented by an athlete agent in the present or in the future for the purpose of marketing the student-athlete's ability or reputation. If the student-athlete enters into such an agreement, the student-athlete is ineligible for intercollegiate competition.
Also, a student-athlete may not accept transportation or other benefits from an athlete agent. This prohibition applies to the student-athlete and his or her relatives or friends.
The term "agent" includes actual agents, runners (individuals who befriend student-athletes and frequently distribute impermissible benefits) and financial advisors.
It is not a violation of NCAA rules if a student-athlete merely talks to an agent (as long as an agreement for agent representation is not established) or socializes with an agent. For example, a student-athlete could go to dinner with an agent and no NCAA violations would result if the student-athlete provided his own transportation and paid for his meal.
It wouldn't be surprising if Clowney, projected by just about everyone to be the No. 1 overall pick of the 2014 draft, was speaking with Jay-Z — or any agent for that matter. The topic of the conversation is what's important. If Clowney simply spoke to Jay-Z and didn't receive any benefits, then there's no issue. If it was anything else, it could become one quickly and Clowney's eligibility in 2013 would come into question. Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier, speaking on ESPN today, seemed confident that Clowney has a solid understanding of what he's allowed and not allowed to do NCAA-wise.
"All of our conversations (with Clowney) are wait until you have played your last game at South Carolina," Spurrier said. "When the bowl game is over this coming season he's free to accept any amount of money anybody wants to give him. But until then he has to be a student-athlete like all the other guys or he's not going to be eligible. He's done a good job of knowing that."
We'll find out for certain when South Carolina's compliance department comes back with answers.

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AOL has agreed to purchase display advertising company Buysight, the company announced Tuesday. Buysight will join AOL's Advertising.com division, while continuing to serve Buysight clients with what the company claims will be "very little disruption" as it integrates with AOL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.


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Corning Optical Communications LLC, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE: GLW) Telecommunications segment, will highlight its flexible fiber-to-the-home and wireless deployment solutions through exhibits and hands-on demonstrations at the OSP EXPO® 2012 in Denver, Nov. 14-15.
In the exhibit (booth #901), Corning will feature its latest solutions for outside plant fiber access networks, including fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-antenna applications. Visitors will get first-hand experience with Corning's flexible deployment solution sets, beginning in the switch center and progressing to various preconnectorized solutions for reaching the subscriber premises.
New to the booth this year is the SCF Gel End-Cap closure, enabling faster, craft-friendly installation in aerial, duct and direct-buried applications. The closure uses an independent gel port to enable faster initial installation and re-entry than traditional mechanical closures.
The Gel End-Cap design allows a cable to be quickly installed in one of the six independent ports and prevents previously installed cables from being disturbed when the closure is re-entered.
The SCF Gel End-Cap closure also contains a tray and slack frame that can separate from the mainframe to simplify splicing and bare fiber management inside the tray, allowing all splicing to be done away from the closure.
The exhibit also includes an area dedicated to Corning's Solutions for Wireless Networks, which leverage field-proven solutions to make fiber-to-the-antenna deployment an easy plug-and-play operation with fast moves, adds and changes. Wireless operators can easily meet their customers' needs for data capacity and coverage through the deployment of 3G, 4G and LTE solutions, even in crowded tower and rooftop environments.
Visitors to the Corning booth will have the opportunity to see a demonstration of the ALTOS® Cable with FastAccess™ Technology, a new product for the outside plant that will be available in January 2013. This innovative design simplifies removal of the cable jacket.
Demonstrations of the low-loss, field-installable OptiSnap® Connector will highlight how its high-precision mechanical splice technology enables networks to be installed quickly and cost effectively.
On Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 9:15-10:15 a.m., Angela Hughes, OEM market manager, Corning Optical Communications, will present "Bringing Fiber's Advantages to the Edge (of Cellular Networks)" as part of the OSP Expo® "Everything Fiber" Seminar Track.
For additional information on Corning Optical Communications products and services, contact a customer care representative at 1-800-743-2675 toll free in the United States; or (+1) 828-901-5000, international; or visit the website at www.corning.com/opcomm.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), which are based on current expectations and assumptions about Corning's financial results and business operations, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include: the effect of global political, economic and business conditions; conditions in the financial an d credit markets; currency fluctuations; tax rates; product demand and industry capacity; competition; reliance on a concentrated customer base; manufacturing efficiencies; cost reductions; availability of critical components and materials; new product commercialization; pricing fluctuations and changes in the mix of sales between premium and non-premium products; new plant start-up or restructuring costs; possible disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist activity, armed conflict, political or financial instability, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, or major health concerns; adequacy of insurance; equity company activities; acquisition and divestiture activities; the level of excess or obsolete inventory; the rate of technology change; the ability to enforce patents; product and components performance issues; retention of key personnel; stock price fluctuations; and adverse litigation or regulatory developments. These and other risk factors are detailed in Corning's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.
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Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.


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After racing twice this year in blinkers, Lookin at Lucky will start without on Saturday; Devil May Care, who's been training in blinkers, will start with. Horses that have gone blinkers-on or -off haven't done well in the Derby, with Aptitude, second at 12-1 in 2000, the last such starter to even finish ITM. That few horses make equipment changes on Derby day surely explains part of the lack of impact, and those that do aren't usually well-bet contenders. Atswhatimtalknbout, fourth in 2003, was the best supported in recent years, going to post at 9-1. Lookin at Lucky will have the added distinction of being the first favorite, since at least 1991, to start blinkers-on or -off in the Derby. A knock? Well, it's not just Derby day equipment changes that haven't done well. Blinkers-on or -off at any point during a Derby contender's 3YO prep season hasn't been a positive sign over the past couple decades. The exception is 1991 Derby winner Strike the Gold, who had blinkers removed in his second start as a 3-year-old.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas believes Dublin was unfairly portrayed as skittish after the colt attempted to bolt while galloping last Saturday upon seeing thousands of marathoners in the infield:
"The publicity on that is totally, totally wrong," he lectured a member of the Churchill Downs notes team. "This horse is very manageable. But if you're going to send 4,000 screaming marathon runners out of the tunnel, he's going to take a look at that. My pony shied from that. The horse in front of him shied from that. He was the only one who got the publicity, [and] that's ridiculous!"
Foolish Pleasure is concerned Dublin might shy again on Saturday.
Arkansas Derby winner Line of David will start on Saturday missing one thing found in every other runner's record: A layoff line. The Lion Heart colt has been in training since he made his first start in November 2009. Combined with the new career-high Beyer speed figure he earned at Oaklawn, it seems likely the John Sadler trainee may have peaked last month. His final Derby work at Churchill certainly suggests as much.
The Louisville forecast calls for rain Saturday: Lane Gold has wet track Derby pointers, Steve Haskin recommends Stately Victor. The top Tomlinson — 463 — belongs to Noble's Promise, who has yet to start over an off surface.
Andrew Beyer's Derby exacta: Ice Box, Lookin at Lucky.
Following up on surface switches:
Interesting numbers from Dean of Pull the Pocket, who was inspired to do some data mining on 2009 synthetic-to-dirt/dirt-to-synthetic moves in JCapper after reading the post "Surface to Surface" earlier this month:
Going synthetic-to-dirt may indeed be an easier move, as measured by win percentage. It is more predictable, as evidenced by the lower average win mutuel and the post-time favorites percentage. But, as Dean pointed out to me when we talked about his findings, the JCapper data isn't limited to horses making their first starts on either surface, it isn't broken out by class (which doesn't address the question of whether horses are more likely to move to a synthetic surface for increased purse money or black type, resulting in more negative performances), and there's no way to account for trainer intentions (a poorly running horse may start on synthetic in "a last-ditch effort" to find something that will work for it).
Questions remain, but, "if you dig down, there are patterns that work," said Dean. Just one example: Connections matter. According to the JCapper algorithm (which combines trainer and jockey stats), the win rate was 30.31% on dirt for horses with the highest-rated connections, 23.28% on synthetic.


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With whom Koeman had beef. Perhaps he doesn't work well in the structure we're now employing. Which should have been analysed before his appointment.
Oh well - disappointingHow many more frogs are we gonna kiss before we find our prince?
If that number plate thing is legit then that's fucking embarrassing
Dont think hes worked anywhere without a DoF to be fair.
His Number plate finishes BAR (Barcelona)
Is it, or is it just a bit of jealousy? Hes an idol at arguably the biggest club in the world, its similar to when Clattenburg got those tattoos of his achievements, its a reminder of the great things they've done during their lives and means something to them. Deep down we probably all wish would could do it, but its a lot easier to have a pop at others for embracing their success rather than admiring what they've done.
Jealousy?He's was manager of Everton football club driving round with another teams name on his number plate for fuck sake.
His wife's called Bartina.
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ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. schools' use of debit accounts to pay for student lunches results in students' choosing less healthy choices and more calories, researchers say.
David Just and Brian Wansink, both of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, in Ithaca, N.Y., examined the lunch purchases of 2,314 students in grades 1-12 to see how payment methods impacted food choice.
The study, scheduled to be published in the journal Obesity, found schools that completely converted to debit systems -- as opposed to those that gave students the option to pay with cash instead -- fruit purchases were 13 percent lower and vegetable purchases were 20 percent lower. Students at debit-only schools were also more likely to purchase less healthy food options, such as candy, dessert and fried foods, the study said.
The study also found the lunches of students at debit-only schools contained 63 more calories from these less healthy foods and 32 fewer calories from healthier options, Wansink said.
Just and Wansink said the degree of parental guidance at lunchtime might be partly responsible for the study findings. If parents give children a certain amount of cash for lunch each day, they can monitor their kids' daily expenditure more closely, resulting in better lunch choices, the researchers said.
However, debit systems eliminate the restrictions of a daily cash allowance, providing kids the opportunity to spend their lunch money as they please.
A debit system which allowed parents to set daily limits or food-specific restrictions might be a compromise between convenience and guidance. Or using a "cash for cookies" rule might nudge students towards healthier foods by making them pause before impulse-purchasing less healthy options, the researchers said.


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It's the week before the Super Bowl, which means that our inbox is getting flooded with stupid press releases. One in particular, from someone affiliated with AshleyMadison.com (a website where married people can find other married people to bone), is very stupid but also attention-grabbing. The website polled 22,560 of it's female users, asking them which Harbaugh brother they'd rather have an extramarital humping session with. Jim Harbaugh, the frighteningly intense head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, or the older and mellower John, who coaches the Baltimore Ravens. The results are rather surprising:
While Jim claims to be 'half the coach' his brother is, 66% of the 22,560 women polled said they'd prefer to get in the 'sack' with the younger Harbaugh. The 49er's coach was a cinch to win in San Francisco with 96% of the vote, but also received some East Coast votes with the women of NY (73%), Chicago (64%), and Dallas (71%).
When asked why they chose Jim over John, responses included his "intensity," "passion," and "balls."
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Now Supports Photoshop CC 2018
If you routinely find yourself slogging through tedious, repetitive chores in Photoshop, then you should try using Automator to streamline your batch processing chores. Built-in to Mac OS X 10.4 and later, Automator makes it simple to create sophisticated, complex automations. Out-of-the-box, Automator can't control Adobe Photoshop, but with the addition of this collection, you get everything necessary to drive Photoshop using Automator.
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The latest version of the Photoshop Automator Actions collection, version 5.0.7 is now compatible with Photoshop CC, in addition to CS4, CS5, CS5.5, and CS6. All users will want to upgrade, though, since the new version includes several important bug fixes to file naming and the Edit IPTC Info action. Requires Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks. The update is available for free to current owners of the CS6, CS5, CS5.5, and CS4 packages. For new users, there's still a free version, and a $20 pro option. Note that you cannot upgrade for free from Photoshop version to Photoshop version. In other words, if you own the CS6 version, you can get a free update that will work with CS6. If you want the CC version, you'll have to buy it separately.
Movie: Using Pass Saved File for Multi-App Workflows
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One of the great advantages of using an Automator workflow over Photoshop's built-in actions is that an Automator workflow can drive multiple applications. To facilitate this, you might need to make use of the Pass Saved File checkbox in the Render action.
Photoshop Automator Actions now Lion compatible
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The latest version of the Photoshop Automator Actions collection, version 5.0.3 is now Lion-compatible. This upgrade required a substantial re-write of many parts of the collection, and along the way numerous bugs were squished. The update is available for free to current owners of the CS5 and CS4 packages. For new users, there's still a free version, and a $20 pro option. Coming soon: CS6!
Photoshop Automator Actions 5.0.7 update
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There is a newer version of the Photoshop Automator Actions. It is compatible with Photoshop CC 2017 and includes a couple of minor bug fixes. You can download it an update to it here.
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Photoshop/Automator Tutorial Movies
While the Photoshop Automator Actions ship with a lengthy, detailed, can't-put-it-down user manual, there are times when an old-fashioned screencast is still an easier way to learn a new piece of software. Assuming that this is one of those times, I have put together the first in a series of movies that detail how to use Automator to drive Photoshop.
Movie: Intro to Photoshop & Automator
To help you get started with the Photoshop for Automator collection of Automator actions, here's the first in a series of tutorial movies. Using Automator is not hard, and getting oriented is easy enough, as you'll see in this video.
If you already have some experience with Automator then this video might not have much to offer, so you'll probably want to move on to this movie.
Movie: Resizing Images With Photoshop and Automator
Performing image resizing in a batch process can be tricky. How do you tell Photoshop to resize when you might have a batch of images of varying orientations and aspect ratios? Because batch resizing requires special consideration, version 5 of the Photoshop Automator Actions, contains four different resizing actions.
Movie: Diptychs, Triptychs, and Contact Sheets
With version 5 of the Photoshop Automator Actions, creating diptychs, triptychs, and contact sheets is a snap. And combining contact sheet creation with the flexibility of Automator makes really cool automated workflows possible.
For example, you can define workflows that automatically create contact sheets and upload them to clients. All of the details of these three new actions are covered in this tutorial movie.
Movie: Triggering Automator Workflows
The Photoshop Automator Actions, let you create extremely complex workflows for automating your most complex Photoshop workflow headaches. Once you've built a workflow that handles your Photoshop chores, you'll want to think about what the best way is to launch that workflow.
Automator provides a number of different ways to launch workflows. In this video, you'll learn the various options that Snow Leopard provides for launching Automator workflows, from Services to Folder Actions, to stand-alone applications.


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JackBe, a provider of enterprise mashup software, has announced version 3.0 of its enterprise mashup platform, Presto. The new release provides a platform for creating internal enterprise app stores, as well as a robust visual toolset for creating secure enterprise apps.
Presto 3.0 includes enhancement to Wires, the popular visual mashup-making tool, Mashboard, a new app assembly and wiring tool, and Mashup Sites for SharePoint, an advanced SharePoint add-on that mashes SharePoint Lists and publishes apps as SharePoint WebParts.
"Enterprise App Stores are the next frontier of business user productivity and self-service empowerment. Making it simple and safe for users to create and share business apps is what every organization wants," said John Crupi, CTO at JackBe and coauthor of Core J2EE Patterns. "Presto 3.0 puts powerful app-building tools in the hands of tech-savvy business users and ultimately gives them tremendous freedom to find and share enterprise information safely whenever, wherever and with whomever they work."


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Word from Sandy: Moda is going to reprint!)
This really was a dream come true. I am trying to think how many quilts I've made with Sandy's fabrics – at least a dozen, if not more. Every time one of her collections hits the shop where I work, I always ask to make the sample for the store. (And my boss kindly obliges.)
Many thanks again for coming Sandy! I think every person there thoroughly enjoyed her. She was so much fun. And hopefully she doesn't think I'm some crazy stalker. (Which, okay maybe I am, but I don't want her to think that.)


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Back in 1990, the four-woman band, The Aquanettas, released a debut album filled with fun and catchy garage rock tunes spun from a woman's perspective. It should have launched them into a successful career, but sadly, they broke up five years later. I can't even find an official video by them on YouTube, even though I remember seeing one (possibly on JBTV) a number of years back. Lead vocalist -guitarist, Deborah Schwartz, released a solo CD titled The Wrongs Of Passage in 1998. Here's an edited version of a review I wrote for the Illinois Entertainer back when Love With The Proper Stranger first came out.
Like The Go-Go's and The Bangles before them, the four-woman New York based band, The Aquanettas, turn to the 1960s for inspiration on their 12-song debut, Love With The Proper Stranger. The hard-edged "Faults" would be a perfect segue from Eleventh Dream Day's "Driving Song," as both tracks examine the frustrations of trying to score on the night club scene. "Pictures Of Italy" is a silly but irresistible look at life on a budget that opens with the line, "Every day I eat pasta rigitoni for breakfast." The bouncing rhythm of "Up" provides another highlight.
"Beach Party" opens with a poetic description of the ocean shore at dusk before the first verse ends with the line, "With beer cans and papers all over the place." It's a rollicking song about partying on the beach, and two of the regulars who hang out there. "Larry and Pete are just typical guys/Blasting their music and watching the thighs." The songs on Love With The Proper Stranger are pretty basic, but they prove there's plenty of room for women in the garage.


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Posted: 2008-10-28 08:42:06
While it's not quite as dramatic as the title might suggest…
It is true. As it was a year ago, and still is today.
The success of Ubuntu Linux and Canonical is only one part truth… If success = being popular.
If you take your news from digg.com, cnet, or any other tech friendly site on the net, you will read one thing over and over again, every day of the year: Ubuntu is taking over the world, Vista does not work, and Microsoft is dying.
The facts are that 1) Ubuntu Linux is another popular linux distribution (at the head of a long line of distros that have seen their peaks), 2) Vista is the best OS so far, works well, and is a major seller, and 3) Microsoft revenues have been trending upward for as long as I can remember.
Consider also the facts that digg.com (net's biggest anti-MS site) makes all its money from a Microsoft partnership [after Google dropped them], and that Ubuntu Linux is purely a product of Corporate sponsorship and development … and what do you have left?
It's not "reality" because reality is not something that the pressure groups of self agendas can handle, and neither is the truth.
The truth is that 1) some people feel the need to be part of a group that needs to constantly reassure one another that "their way is the best way" and 2) tech sites need to drive traffic to generate ad revenues by spreading fear, uncertainty, and distrust.
Just today I was reading on a tech site how Canonical's revenues are in the stratosphere. Right! Lets see…
This is the same day Shuttleworth goes on to claim that Canonical is not cash positive (they are spending more than they are taking in) and it will take another 5 years of funding [Source]… At only a 10 million a year burn rate.
In other news, there is no money to be made on desktop linux, but that's okay, because everyone already new that. Hindsight is always 20/20.


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WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Hampshire seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage face significant funding cuts under legislation being considered in Congress, according to new data released by America's Health Insurance Plans.
As Congress considers ways to halt the impending cut to physician payments in Medicare, many are looking at the Medicare Advantage program to pay for the fix. Legislation currently being considered (H.R. 6331) would cut $6.6 million from the Medicare Advantage program in New Hampshire alone over a five year period.
"Congress should fix the physician payment cut without forcing seniors to pay for it," said Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of AHIP. "Seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage could face limited choices, reduced benefits, and higher out-of-pocket costs if these cuts became law."
More than 8,300 Medicare beneficiaries in New Hampshire currently rely on Medicare Advantage to meet their health care needs. These plans offer additional benefits and services that are not available in traditional Medicare, including reduced out-of-pocket costs; $0-premium comprehensive drug coverage; vision, hearing, and dental coverage; wellness programs; and disease management and care coordination programs. Medicare Advantage enrollees save an average of $90 per month - through improved benefits and lower out-of-pocket costs - compared to what they would pay in traditional Medicare.
A recent survey found that most seniors, including those in traditional Medicare, opposed cutting Medicare Advantage to fund the physician fix and believe these cuts would have a negative impact on Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. Click here to learn more about this survey: http://www.ahip.org/content/pressrelease.aspx?docid=23678.
America's Health Insurance Plans - Providing Health Benefits to More Than 200 Million Americans
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Ebola Virus Outbreak Tests Liberian President
President Johnson Sirleaf: 'Unlikely We Are Yet At The Peak of Ebola's Spread'
Liberia's Ebola crisis will likely worsen in weeks to come, the country's president warned, acknowledging the toll the outbreak has taken on her nation.
"It is unlikely we are yet at the peak of Ebola's spread," President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said in an email response to questions from The Wall Street Journal.
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Have you ever needed to export different data sets to different flat files? Each of these data sets could be customer information for different clients – but they all require the same fields. I have run into this requirement a few times and have found that it is not as hard as it may sound. To evolve that requirement, I have also had the requirement to export multiple different files for each of the clients. For the sake of this post though, I will just stick to how to do the first level. (It is only a little more complex but not much different to add the extra requirement.)
SSIS to Save the Day
SSIS has a looping mechanism built in to help achieve this.
If you want to learn more about this particular data flow object, here is the MSDN resource on it.
When trying to create an SSIS package solution that meets our requirements, the first step (in my opinion) is to make sure you have an Object variable created for use by the Foreach Loop Container.
To use this variable in the foreach loop container, we first need to load data into it. This is accomplished by using an Execute SQL Task.
Note: There is a red-x in this image simply because I have not defined any properties for this object.
The Execute SQL Task needs to be given a data source and a SQL command to run. The result set of this task should be set to full result-set on the general page. On the result-set page, set the result-set to be stored in the object variable that we created already. On the same page, you should set the result name to a value of "0" (zero without the quotes).
Now we can start looking more at the Foreach Loop Container. When we open the properties of the Foreach Loop Container, we want to go to the Collection page and adjust two settings. The first is to select the appropriate type from the dropdown.
In this case, we will select ForEach ADO Enumerator. The next change to be made is the next drop down labeled "ADO Object source variable:". In this box we will select the object variable that we already created.
Now we need to configure the Variable Mappings page. For this you can either create a new variable from this page, or use variables you have already defined. Let's Create some variables from here.
Once that is established we can work on configuring the Data Flow task. For the sake of the example, we can do something simple. It is a good idea to make sure you have your connection managers created by this point. If they aren't there – then let's create some. First, let's create an OLEDB connection. Second, we need to create a Flat File Connection Manager. I won't cover how to create those connection objects. I will cover how to make a configuration change to the Flat File Connection Manager though. To make sure the files will be written differently – we should use an expression on this connection manager.
In your flat file connection manager, you will need to look at the properties tab in order to create an expression. In the Property Expressions Builder, select the ConnectionString Property from the drop down. In the expression side build something like this:
[codesyntax lang="sql"]
Now back to that Data Flow task I mentioned already. In your Data Flow Task, select the appropriate OLEDB Connection manager that you have created. Then select SQL Command in the data access mode dropdown menu. In the SQL Command text box, type an appropriate query to retrieve your data.
[codesyntax lang="tsql"]
FROM [Orders]
Where Company=?
Then click on the Parameters button. From here, you will assign the appropriate variable to the Parameter that was created in the query. In our example, we should use the variable [ User::TestSub ].
That pretty much covers it. In a follow-up I will go through an actual setup that I have created. More screenshots, and slightly different setup than this baseline. Hope you enjoy.


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The Rev. Kenneth Skipworth of Sterling and Patrick and Cindy Wagner of Haxtun cheerfully announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their children, Michelle Dawn Skipworth and Aaron Christopher Wagner.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of the late Sheryl Anne Williams; the granddaughter of Ida Mae Skipworth of Holyoke and the late Kenneth Walter Skipworth. Michelle graduated from NJC and is employed at Ken's Tax Service and Ace Cash Express in Sterling.
The future groom is the grandson of Howard and Helen Gibbs of Haxtun and the late Arthur and Georgia Wagner. Aaron graduated from Haxtun High School and is employed at Trinidad Benham in Sterling.
The couple are saying "I do" on April 6, 2013, at Sterling Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Dale Wesley officiating the ceremony.


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"My father loved women. And my mom, like a smart Dominican woman, used to smell his underwear when he came home to make sure he hadn't been with someone else." — Michelle Rodriguez. [Latina]
"I can't stand boys. A boy looks at me like he wants to bang me, and I wanna throw up. I like men, 'cause they've been around the block and they respect their mamis. It's hard to find one that's not machista."
"If I had done what the powers that be in Hollywood told me to do-'Do a hot action movie playing the half-naked girlfriend, then do a Maxim cover [which Rodriguez has turned down in the past] and then start a music career to make yourself even hotter'- I'd be making $10 million per movie by now. If I would've followed that formula, kissing all the asses along the way, then I'd be there right now. But I wouldn't be happy because I wouldn't be living my truth."
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Rod's television appearances include "Def Comedy Jam", "Bet's Comic View" and "Showtime at the Apollo". Most recently, Rod appeared on "Premium Blend" on Comedy Central" as well as the dvd's "Big Black Comedy Show vol. 2" with Monique and "P. Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy". He has been featured in the films "Love Chronicles" and "Player's Ball". On stage, Rod has opened for Patti Labelle, was on the Cedric "The Entertainer" comedy revue tour and has shared stage time many comedy greats including the kings of comedy.
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Good Morning – Two more cards designed for my greeting card collection.
The Macaw was painted separately and then placed on a mosaic made from watercolor painted designs. I then added a bit of posterization.
The Rooster was drawn with markers which can be erased and that allowed me to add the white lines.


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Apparently, a handful of Michigan fans were hellbent on getting a very early start on their tailgating activities ahead of the season opener — and decided to do so on a prime piece of Big House turf for good measure.
According to AnnArbor.com, seven individuals were arrested very early Saturday morning and slapped with various charges after being found to be in possession of alcohol and marijuana on the playing surface of Michigan Stadium. Six of the individuals were UM students, one was a visitor.
All seven, obviously, were charged with unlawful entry. The other charges, per the website, are as follows:
One student was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol, a second student was arrested for an MIP and possession of suspected marijuana and a third student was arrested for failure to provide identification.
The website writes that it is "a time-honored tradition to break into The Big House and run around on the field."
The Wolverines open the season at home Saturday against Central Michigan.


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WGAL has new president, general manager
John Humphries introduced to staff Friday
John Humphries has been named the president and general manager of WGAL.
He was introduced Friday morning to members of the News 8 staff.
During his first day on the job, Humphries toured his new television home.
"It's such a thrill and an absolute honor to be selected to take over the leadership role in a station with the reputation and history of great community service and high level of performance that WGAL has," he said.
Humpries has a long history in broadcasting.
He has been everything from a weekend sports reporter to his most recent position as general sales manager at WYFF.
"This isn't a fixer-upper," Humphries said of News 8. "I feel like someone gave me the keys to the Bentley and said, 'Don't bring it back with a scratch on it.'"
He succeeds former president and general manager Paul Quinn, who announced his retirement in September.
Quinn served for nearly two decades as the leader at Channel 8.
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The Sacramento Police Department is offering a free driver safety class to teenage drivers and their parents or guardians. This class is being offered in an effort to keep new drivers, and their passengers, safe on the road.
New drivers lack the experience that is sometimes needed in various driving situations. Teen drivers are found to be at fault in 66% of all fatal accidents in which they are involved. In contrast, they represent only 4% of the state's licensed drivers. The leading cause of death for all Americans 15 - 20 years old is motor vehicle collisions.
The next class will be held Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Class will be held in the Hall of Honor at the Public Safety Center located at 5770 Freeport Blvd. The class is free and open to teenagers, 15-19 years old. They are required to bring a parent or guardian.
Space is limited, so register now by calling (916) 808-6030 or register online at http://www.sacpd.org/. Access the "Community Events" link on the left side of the home page and click on "Start Smart Program." Follow the instructions on how to register after choosing the "Attend" link next to Start Smart March.
Funding for this program is from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Please direct any inquiries to Detective James Anderson at (916) 808-3776.
Sacramento Police Media Relations · (916) 808-0808 · email@example.com
The Mission of the Sacramento Police Department is to work in partnership with the Community to
protect life and property, solve neighborhood problems, and enhance the quality of life in our City.


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The Indiana General Assembly established the Indiana Tax Court on July 1, 1986. The Indiana Tax Court holds most of its hearings in Indianapolis, where it is located. However, taxpayers can choose to have a hearing in one of six other counties that might be closer to their home: Allen, Jefferson, Lake, St. Joseph, Vanderburgh, or Vigo. A unique fact about the Indiana Tax Court is that it sits as both an appellate court and a trial court, depending on what kind of case it is hearing.
Today's Indiana Tax Court
Most of the cases heard by the Indiana Tax Court are appeals of decisions made by the Indiana government agencies that decide how much tax you pay. A tax is simply money owed to the government. For example, the Indiana Department of Revenue is the tax agency that would tell you how much sales tax to pay on a t-shirt or a television that you wanted to buy. The Indiana Board of Tax Review is the tax agency that approves the amount of property tax that homeowners have to pay on their houses; each county or taxing unit decides the tax rate and submits it to this agency for approval.
The Tax Court must also maintain a small claims docket for processing claims for refunds from the Department of Revenue that do not exceed $5,000 for any year and appeals of final determination of assessed value made by the State Board of Tax Commissioners that do not exceed $15,000 for any year.
Who Sits on the Indiana Tax Court?
The Indiana Tax Court is the only appellate court with just one judge. Martha Blood Wentworth is the current judge of the Indiana Tax Court. The role of the Indiana Tax Court judge is to decide whether the government correctly taxed a person or a business. The governor picks the judge of the Indiana Tax Court using recommendations by the Judicial Nominating Commission, just like he picks judges of the other appellate courts.
Appealing a Case to the Indiana Tax Court
When a person thinks he has paid too much in taxes, he can file an original tax appeal with the Indiana Tax Court. Filing an original tax appeal means that the taxpayer has filed certain papers with the court and is challenging the amount of tax that they have been charged. The next section will talk in more detail about how appeals are handled in each of Indiana's appellate courts.
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BuyWithMe Scoops Up LocalTwist for Larger U.S. Daily Deals Presence
In a letter sent to customers this evening, LocalTwist confirmed that it has been purchased by BuyWithMe, a competitive daily deals site.
San Carlos, Calif.-based LocalTwist told customers: "We're so excited to let you know that we've been purchased by BuyWithMe, a premier national group buying site that will help you experience even more daily deals."
UPDATE: In a press release issued Friday morning confirming the acquisition, BuyWithMe said it will allow them to enter both the Seattle and San Diego markets. It did not disclose a price, but said LocalTwist is a division of LifeStreet Media. Mitchell Weisman, CEO of LifeStreet, said the sale of the daily deals division will allow it to focus on operating as an advertising network on Facebook.
In the coming days, customers will receive more detailed information, but the two companies promise that very little will change, except that there will be that more "bigger and better local deals" coming. Already, the website has been updated to say LocalTwist, a division of BuyWithMe.
A message from BuyWithMe's CEO Jim Crowley added that LocalTwist customers can also look forward to a new iPhone and Android applications, and other social features that will allow you to share deals with your friends and family.
We've reached out to BuyWithMe to get more of the details.
Together, it appears that the two companies will cover roughly 30 cities, although it's unclear how much overlap the two will have. With Groupon and LivingSocial's aggressive growth plans, consolidation makes sense as some of the smaller competitors try to keep up.
Over the past few months, BuyWithMe has been going through a management shake-up. Crowley was hired in January after the New York-based startup lost its high-profile CEO Cheryl Rosner, who was formerly of TicketsNow and Expedia. At that time, it was also struggling to expand successfully beyond a handful of markets, and was also likely to raise more cash.


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Cruel odds: 50/50 finds humor in cancer
Young people should not get sick and die. Most of us do eventually, but how sad it is to learn in your 20s that you have a dangerous cancer and your chances of survival are 50/50. How crueler still if the news is delivered by a doctor who seems almost deliberately sadistic. Start with those odds. They may indeed be accurate, but would it kill the son of a bitch to make them 60/40?
Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a writer for public radio in Seattle, which makes him almost a poster boy for someone who should grow old and wise. He has a nagging back pain. The oncologist says it is a rare form of cancer of the spine. 50/50 was written by Will Reiser, who himself was diagnosed with a spinal tumor. Seth Rogen, who plays Adam's best friend, Kyle, is a close friend of Reiser in real life, and the movie is based on what happened in their friendship after the diagnosis.
After surgery and treatment, Reiser is currently in the sixth year of remission, and cheerfully observes, "Remission apparently lasts forever ... or until you die." In an interview by Jen Chaney with the two of them in The Washington Post, they joke endlessly, which is perhaps inevitable between a comedy writer and a comic actor, and although 50/50 is structured with the efficiency of a sitcom, there's an undercurrent of truth and real feeling. Full review.
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Terry Pratt Obituary
The legendary motorcycle industry icon Terry Pratt, age 67, died in peace surrounded by family at his home in Westminster, California on Sunday evening, April 15, 2012. The cause of death was complications from pancreatic and liver cancer.
Born in 1945 in Red Mountain, California, Terry lived and graduated from high school in Boron. Coinciding with his service in the Army in Europe (1966-68) and Army Reserves (1968-72), Terry worked at as a European MX correspondent covering the World Championship Motocross Grand Prix series for a number of publications, including Cycle News. In the late 70s, he worked for Hester Communications on their Bicycle Dealer Showcase trade magazine. Terry returned to Cycle News as an advertising manager starting in 1979, providing a vital role generating revenue and developing relationships for America's Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper for over 32 years. He recently worked for Topping Events, helping with PR and sponsorship sales for their popular vintage motorcycle swap meets. In his semi-retirement, Terry was an active member with the Riders' Club of the American Legion Post #555 in Midway City, California, organizing poker runs and socializing with his veteran military buddies.
Terry was an active member of the National Rifle Association, American Motorcyclist Association, and AHRMA (American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association). During his motorcycle racing heyday, Terry was a winning +40 / +50 competitor in the CMC Trans-Cal and Golden State Series, and the CVRG (which eventually evolved into AHRMA in 1986 where he sat on the committee that formulated the original rules for vintage motocross). Terry went on to win many Regional and National Championship titles in the vintage bike classes on historic brands such as CZ and BSA's. Terry also enjoyed trail and dual sport riding on his vintage bikes (primarily his restored Triumph models), and rode the historic Barstow-to-Vegas Dual Sport event many times taking the "oldest bike" award. His last race, and one of his proudest moments, was racing his personally restored & modified BSA at the return of the Catalina Grand Prix in 2010.
One of Terry's most lasting and prominent legacies will certainly be the book he co-authored with Volney Howard III, called "Grand Prix Motocross", a high-quality coffee table publication documenting the seminal 1972 MXGP World Championship season with Terry's sharp illustrative photography and insightful historical descriptions, which captured the momentous changes happening at that time in motorcycle sports.
Survivors include his mother Barbara, younger sister Shelley Keller-Gage, niece Brianna Gage, and nephew Sagen Gage living in Boron; niece Jennifer Keller living in Albuquerque, NM; and niece Julie Keller living in Lancaster. Terry was preceded in death by his father John H. Pratt, and brother William John Pratt.
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This book is based on articles from the Bad Science column written by Dr. Ben Goldacre. A British doctor and journalist, author of the "Bad Science" column in the Guardian Saturdays newspaper. Most of his writing is focused in telling just how the media sometimes gets it wrong reporting on "pseudoscience" (false science) as true science, this subject is also covered on his website/blog, www.badscience.net.
"Bad Science" for the classroom, created by Planet Science and Dr. Goldacre with the help of teachers: brings fun activities to do with students as a way to demonstrate that not everything you read as science is in reality "proper" science.
The following activities are available, but if you have ideas for other Bad Science activities, feel free to add them.
- Scientific Claims in Advertising:Let's Get Detoxed!
- Do you believe your teacher? The Placebo Effect!
- Scary Medical Statistics: Lost in interpretation!
- Got the Bad Science bug?
Share Your Own Discoveries & Find Out More
These activities are aimed at 14-16 year olds, but there's nothing to say you can't try these with any age group... it's all in the name of scientific literacy... let's not all get hypnotised by pseudoscience!
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Hi HG, I love beef, and I don't like soy substitutes. How can I enjoy my beloved meat minus the high calorie and fat counts? Meat Me in the Middle
Hi Meat Me,
Faux meat isn't fo' everyone. Sometimes you just want a hunk of steak on your plate! So here's a primer on beef (plus some great recipes and tips!) to help you enjoy REAL beef, whether you're at a steakhouse or at home... A Cut Above the Rest: Much like the search for a great pair of jeans, it's all about finding the right cut. According to the USDA, there are twenty-nine cuts of beef that qualify as extra lean (less than 5g fat per serving) or lean (less than 10g fat per serving). Stick to extra-lean cuts like top round and top sirloin, and go for lean cuts like strip, tenderloin, T-bone, and shoulder. My favorites are tenderloin (especially filet mignon) and top sirloin. Stay away from ribeye and skirt steak, which typically contain marbling (read: FAT throughout the meat) and higher levels of cholesterol. If you're out at a restaurant, smaller and leaner is definitely the way to go. Check out Chili's Lighter Choice 6 Oz. Classic Sirloin and Applebee's Roasted Garlic Sirloin. Making the Grade: Here's your official "Meat Cheat Sheet"... When you're picking out a cut of beef, the grade can be a good indicator of the fat content. Avoid prime, the highest grade, which tends to have the most fat. Choice generally has less marbling, and select is usually the leanest grade. And as an extra-credit bonus, choice and select are common supermarket cuts, which makes them SUPER easy to find. Use 'em to make Sweet-Hot Steak Bites, Steak 'n Eggs Stir-Fry, and Chop-Chop Beef Stir-Fry! Staying Grounded: Wanna make some patties? (Queen-of-the-Castle Sliders, anyone?) Look for extra-lean ground beef like Laura's 96% Lean Ground Sirloin and 96% Lean Ground Round. You can also use it to whip up some Cheese-Filled Mini Meatloaves or a Big Beef 'n Bacon Meatloaf. Burger fanatics will love our Juicy Lucy swap and these mouthwatering burger recipes! Click here for OODLES more recipes made with extra-lean ground beef. Supermarket Find: Check out the Fully Cooked Seasoned Steak Strips in Tyson's Grilled & Ready line. Super convenient, VERY tasty, and just 140 calories and 6g fat per 3-oz. serving (PointsPlus® value 3*). Find these strips in the fridge section of the grocery store, and look for the freezer-aisle version too. LOVE this stuff! And if you just want beef on the go, grab a bag of Tillamook Country Smoker Old Fashioned Beef Steak Nuggets. Hope all of this info helps to keep your taste buds happy!
Hello HG, Where I live, there aren't a lot of stores selling almond milk and tofu shirataki noodles. Can you give me some recipes that don't call for very specific ingredients that can be hard to find? Keeping-it-Simple Stacie
Hi Stacie,
Great question! Not every supermarket carries the specific products I love and use in HG recipes. But there are often super-simple swaps available. For example, if you can't find fat-free egg substitute, like Egg Beaters Original, use egg whites. If you can't find La Tortilla Factory's 80-calorie tortillas, go for the lowest-calorie high-fiber tortillas you see. Besides that, there are PLENTY of Hungry Girl recipes that call for easy-to-find ingredients. You'll have breakfast, lunch, and dinner covered! Breakfast: What's easier -- or more nostalgia-inducing -- than s'mores? Or waffles? Combine the two, and you've got a delightfully simple breakfast: S'mores Waffles! Or toss together oats, Fuji apples, and a few other ingredients for a big warm bowl of Slow-Cooker Cinna-Apples 'n Oats. Want something meaty (and just as easy)? Go for our Slammin' Smoked Salmon 'n Bacon B-fast Sandwich -- it's delicious, easy to make, and portable! And this Double-0-Cinnamon Apple Breakfast Bowl is a favorite of mine. Lunch & Dinner: I love scoopy salads! Mix up egg whites, veggies, lemon and lime juices, plus some mustard and mayo, and you've got an awesome Citrus-licious Egg White Salad. The Veggie-Loaded Tangy Tuna Salad is another great one, and has a whopping 18g protein per serving! If fresh produce isn't available, pick up some freezer-aisle stuff instead. Grab some frozen veggies, and make an Easy Shredders Pie. Even better than cooking with easy-to-find ingredients? Cooking easy-to-find ingredients in an easy-to-clean-up foil pack! Try the Sesame Salmon & Snap Peas en Foil (only six ingredients!) and the Herbed-Up Spring Chicken Packet. Turn breakfast into lunch with the lox-and-cream-cheese Smokey Salmon Lettuce Wraps, and turn hot dogs into fancy appetizers with our three-ingredient recipe for Fresh & Fruity Hot Dog Skewers. Yum! Dessert: And because no meal is complete without (guilt-free) dessert, dig into our four-ingredient Caramel Apple Parfait. Yum Yum Brownie Muffins are classically easy, with just TWO simple ingredients. And this Red Hot Apple Pie in a Mug is THE BEST! So there you have it -- simple recipes with easy-to-find ingredients that are simply delicious! For TONS more, check out these chapters of three-ingredient recipes in Hungry Girl 300 Under 300: "Chicken Trios," "Tuna Trios," and "Ground Meat Trios"!
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I must have missed it where'd you get those seat belts, or did you dye them?
I must have missed it where'd you get those seat belts, or did you dye them?
Jamie from Orchid Euro found them, there is four known sets. They appear to be oem, all parts used are oem and the stitching matches Vw's stitching. He researched frafewvyears abut them, the leading theory is that a dealership in the U.K. Ordered them from VW.
that's awesome! Love rare parts.
I never found them easy to see out of. How do you feel they compare to the factory mirrors?
The driver side is fine, I added a blind spot mirror to the passenger side. I really don't use the passenger side at all, I always just look.
Updates coming
Was surprised we didn't see you at Pacific Waterland yesterday
No motivation. It's a hell of long day to drive there, set car up, sit till the shows over, drive back and then get up at 4 am the next day for work.
Religion is a defense against the experience of God.
C.G. Jung
That euro heater panel is a huge improvement
It's nice to have the option to change things up.
I'm not too sure about the 7 slat grille on a facelift Jetta though. Maybe it needs pre-facelift Euro bumpers.


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FORT BRAGG (CBS / AP) — On Tuesday night, George Bundy Wasson, a retired educator, was recounting legends of his Coquille Tribe in a storytelling session at the University of Oregon.
By early Wednesday morning, however, Wasson, 79, was found shot to death in his burning hone in Eugene, Ore., police said.
Now investigators are trying to determine if Wasson was the first victim of Ricardo Antonio Chaney, who is also suspected of carjacking two men a short time later outside their home in Eugene before driving the stolen black BMW sedan to California. Once he arrived there, Chaney shot and killed Mendocino County Deputy Ricky Del Fiorentino before being shot and killed himself by police, sheriff's officials said.
Eugene police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said it was "more likely than not" that Wasson was shot dead by Chaney.
McLaughlin would not divulge any more details of the slaying of Wasson, who lived alone. Chaney had earlier been considered a person of interest by police because he knew Wasson's family.
Authorities responding to the fire around 12:36 a.m. Wednesday at Wasson's home found his body. The fire was started after Wasson was killed, authorities said.
Police said less than an hour after Wasson's house was found on fire, Chaney stole a black, 2006 BMW 330i four-door sedan at gunpoint about five miles away near Autzen Stadium. The two occupants, men in their 20s, were leaving their home when Chaney forced them into the trunk at gunpoint, police said.
They were able to escape before the car left the parking lot and called 911. Neither man was injured.
About 10 hours after the carjacking, the sheriff's office received a call from an employee of Confusion Hill, a California tourist attraction along Highway 101, about 180 miles north of San Francisco, that offers train rides through redwoods.
John Mills, 55, a front-desk worker, said he had found a man — later identified by authorities as Chaney — urinating outside a bathroom in a fenced park area. When Mills told him to leave, Chaney cursed and briefly drove away, but he then returned with a double-barreled shotgun, Mills said.
"Things went sideways from there," said Mills, who grabbed a baton and hit the shotgun as the attacker came through the entrance, causing the weapon to fire a round into the ground.
Mills said Chaney then pointed the shotgun directly at him. Mills said he dropped down and rolled into a kitchen door, as another round was fired.
Mills said he got a pistol from the kitchen and shot back at Chaney, who fled to his car and drove away.
"Unfortunately, my aim wasn't too good. If I had been better, then he might not have made it to do what he did later," Mills told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Chaney was spotted about an hour later by a deputy, but he got away during a chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph. He was encountered by Del Fiorentino in Cleone, a rural area with a mix of homes, forest and open fields, a little before noon.
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Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said Chaney opened fire with an AK-47-style assault rifle, spraying Del Fiorentino's vehicle with bullets. Fort Bragg police Lt. John Naulty, who was searching for Chaney nearby, heard the gunfire and found Chaney going through the deputy's vehicle, the sheriff said.
Chaney fired six or seven rounds at Naulty, who returned fire, Allman said. Chaney was later found dead.
Del Fiorentino, once a wrestling coach at Fort Bragg High School, began as a deputy with Mendocino County in 1988. He spent 10 years with the Fort Bragg Police Department before returning to the sheriff's office in 2000.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris paid tribute to him. "His tragic death is a stark reminder of the danger our brave men and women in law enforcement face every day to keep our communities safe," she said in a statement.
The cause of the rampage still remained unclear Thursday, Capt. Greg Van Patten said as colleagues mourned Del Fiorentino's death. "Today is much harder than yesterday to grasp," he said.
A tearful Allman told reporters during a news conference late Wednesday in Fort Bragg that "I wish you weren't here, and I wish I wasn't here."
A colleague of Wasson's praised him as an excellent educator. Wasson had been an assistant dean of students, and he taught history and anthropology at the University of Oregon, university spokeswoman Julie Brown said.
"His guidance and wisdom and living his tribal values certainly set a good example for the students. That is gone now," said Gordon Bettles, steward of the Many Nations Longhouse at the University of Oregon, where Wasson had spoken on Tuesday.
The investigation of the shootings was turned over to the Mendocino County District Attorney's office and it could take weeks before any findings are released, spokesman Mike Geniella said. Autopsies were scheduled for Friday.
Chaney had a history of problems with law enforcement.
The Eugene police website shows police contacted Chaney in his car late at night on March 6 after using GPS to track a stolen cellphone to the location. He was homeless and living in his car, McLaughlin said.
Chaney refused a request to search the vehicle. After he drove away, police pulled him over for traffic violations. They found he had no insurance and impounded the vehicle. A search turned up several firearms, including a modified AR-15 assault-style rifle and body armor, police reported.
Chaney was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a firearm and methamphetamine, and booked into Lane County Jail, where records show he was released the same day without being charged.
Chaney was taken into custody four other times dating back to 2002 on suspicion of assault, interfering with police, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, jail records show . The resolution of those cases could not be immediately determined.
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Marc Bernardin (who among his other accomplishments was an io9 guest blogger) has written his idea of how a Gotham TV show should start and it's fantastic.
Here's what I WOULDN'T do in the pilot: Kill Thomas and Martha Wayne.
Instead, open with the Waynes sneaking out of a charity event, confronted by punks with malfeasance on their minds. Then the Waynes are SAVED by young Lt. Gordon.
This way Gordon and the audience gets to know Bruce's parents. And the audience know there's a sword hanging over the heads of Thomas Wayne and his wife.
THEN, either halfway through or at the end of the first season, you have the Waynes at a similar event — make it a charity screening of Zorro — sneaking out the back, and getting gunned down. Without Gordon there to save them.
That way, the Gordon who drapes his jacket over a heartbroken boy isn't a stranger being nice to an orphan, he's a distraught man also grieving the loss of dear friends. Of good people in a bad world.
This sets up a lot of conflicts. Does the boy Bruce blame Gordon for not saving his parents? Do Gordon and Alfred bump heads as competing surrogate father figures?
But I think it's already been stated that the show starts after the death of Bruce's parents so this isn't happening.
But Bernardin's idea is still worth reading here.


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There should be warning signs for parents on every child in America: "Warning! This is not a potted plant! This is a human being that needs sunshine, free play in nature and lots of movement throughout the entire lifespan! Warning!"
Too often our children today are treated like potted plants. Sterile, not moving, in a pot, watching only one view because the inherent nature of the human being to move is essentially ignored by our predominate educational system, our medical system, and our society at large.
Children of all ages, birth through twenty-one, need to MOVE. Children birth through age seven should be developing their will, their doing. Movement also is learning. I have read research estimates that 80 percent of the brain is devoted to taking in sensory information and deciding what to do with that information. Almost any long-time teacher will tell you that most children are kinesthetic learners.
We know from current research that school aged children need at least three to four hours a day of true rough and tumble outside play. Heavy work benefits ALL children and ALL adults. We are wired for it!
In a classroom setting, just having ten minute breaks to really move every two hours can completely increase learning. According to a 2006 study in the journal of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, children with ADHD who take movement breaks for ten minutes every two hours show a 20 percent improvement in "on-task behavior."
In Waldorf Education, we look at movement to be about a third of our learning time if possible. We play movement games for math, we walk our forms before we draw them, we have eurythmy and Bothmer gymnastics in the Waldorf School setting, we include folk dancing in the curriculum for certain grades, we have drama and gardening.
You CAN do this at home and it will not complicate your homeschool, but enhance it!
Simple ways to start:
- Walking in the morning
- Riding bikes
- Jumping on a trampoline (see how you feel about this; I know some chiropractors who feel this is not good for the spine)
- Swimming
- Ice skating
- Horseback riding
- Bouncing up and down on a very large ball
- Using a scooter board to go around cones
- Obstacle courses
- Being out in the field to roll down a hill
- Walking in the woods, balancing on logs
- "Zoo exercises" – see this page for details: http://www.movementforchildhood.com/zoorobics.pdf
- Copper rods – the eurythmist in our local school uses these in Grade Four and up, I have heard different eurythmists say different things about when to start their use. See the copper rod article listed on this index page: http://www.movementforchildhood.com/insights.htm
- Poems with gestures, movement, balance
- Circle games set to songs for small children – try "Movement Journeys and Circle Adventures"; see here for a quick mini- review: https://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/12/29/favorite-waldorf-resource-5-three-resources-to-help-you-get-more-movement-into-your-homeschool/
- Try singing, fingerplays and movement, lots of great suggestions in this resource – see a review of the Christopherus book "Joyful Movement" here: https://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/12/17/favorite-waldorf-resource-1-joyful-movement/
- Gardening
- Hauling things in a wheelbarrow
- If you are a homeschooling parent, do ask yourself at the end of the day, "How much of this subject matter did I translate into movement and doing?"
Finally, are you moving in your free time? Are you cleaning, gardening, working? Hiking and biking and swimming and skating? Or are you sitting down on your computer? Just sayin'.
Happy Moving!


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Essential tremor (ET) is a neurological disorder that causes your hands, head, trunk, voice, and/or legs to shake rhythmically. It is often confused with Parkinson disease.
ET is the most common trembling disorder that people experience. Everyone has some ET, but the movements usually cannot be seen or felt. When tremors are noticeable, the condition is classified as ET.
ET is most common among people older than age 65, but it can affect people at any age.
ET can occur in different people for different reasons:
Essential tremor related to another disorder. Sometimes, a tremor is a symptom of another neurological disorder, such as Parkinson disease or dystonia. Sometimes, ET is mistaken for these other diseases when they are not present. A health care provider's careful diagnosis is extremely important.
The cause of ET isn't known. However, one theory suggests that your cerebellum and other parts of your brain are not communicating correctly. The cerebellum is a part of the brain that controls muscle coordination.
If you have ET, you will experience shaking and trembling at different times and in different situations, but some characteristics are common to all. Here is what you might typically experience:
Here are different signs of essential tremor:
Your rapid, uncontrollable trembling, as well as questions about your medical and family history, can help your health care provider determine if you have familial ET. He or she will probably need to rule out other conditions that could cause shaking or trembling. For example, tremors could be symptoms of diseases, such as hyperthyroidism. Your health care provider might test you for those, as well.
In some cases, the tremors might be related to other factors. To find out for certain, your health care provider may have you try to:
Propanolol and primidone are 2 medications often prescribed to treat ET. Propanolol blocks the stimulating action of neurotransmitters to calm your trembling. Primidone is a common antiseizure medication that also controls the actions of neurotransmitters.
Gabapentin and topiramate are 2 other antiseizure medications that are sometimes prescribed. In some cases, tranquilizers like alprazolam or clonazepam might be suggested.
For ET in your hands, botulinum toxin (Botox) injections have shown some promise in easing the trembling. They work by weakening the surrounding muscles around your hands. For severe tremors, a stimulating device (deep brain stimulator) surgically implanted in your brain may help.
The specific cause of ET is not known, so scientists are not sure how the condition can be prevented.
ET is usually not dangerous, but it can certainly be frustrating if you have to deal with it. Certain factors can make tremors worse, so the following steps may help to decrease tremors:
Talk with your health care provider about other options, such as surgery, if ET starts to affect your quality of life.
If you have been diagnosed with ET, talk with your health care provider about when you might need to call. He or she will likely advise you to call if your tremors become worse, or if you develop new neurologic symptoms, such as numbness or weakness.
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