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Thanks for the response Kassy!! Just have to ask the questions when it gets to that point and I appreciate your patience and good nature about the entire situation.And IP addresses can be duplicated through libraries, coffee shops, schools etc...anywhere that has a shared network. Issue with strolen's though is, what are the odds that of our members to just happen to cross paths like that so that is where that question comes from too.Thanks Kassy.
We are not a 'dead' community.We are adults, we have jobs, and we don't fill the forum with incessant chatter and spewing fountains of nonsense. Keep your birthday threads, keep your asking for prayers threads, keep your drama threads and all that other crap that comes from 'live' communities. We have spouses, many of us have children. We are a deeply dedicated community. I've been here going on 8 years. Some like Manfred and Moonhunter have been here even longer.
I took it as she was saying where she lives is a dead community, not that the Citadel is.
Quote from: Strolen on August 12, 2012, 09:10:04 AMI took it as she was saying where she lives is a dead community, not that the Citadel is. I actually meant the Citadel (again, no offense..), in comparison with other forums/sites/whatever out there, we have maybe 11-14 active, long term members.I don't want this to turn into a flame/hatred thread, so I'll halt here.The purpose of this thread was to try and clear things up about multiple accounts/plagiarism/whatever... Not to further weaken the Citadel..
The worms keep sprouting from the can, foot keeps popping into the mouth and the dead horse is mush. LOLAnd, for the record, I watched the sky fall Sunday morning before sunrise. It fell multiple times and it was beautiful and glorious!
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Peter Hessler in The New Yorker hits on an important truth about Egyptian politics - its fickleness:
Hassan was smoking a shisha pipe at a coffee shop near the polling station, and he told me that he planned to vote yes. He had voted for Morsi in 2012. "He was a good man, but there was so much corruption around him," Hassan said. I asked him if the Brothers are really terrorists.
"Yes," he said, without hesitating. "I see what is happening on television, the things in Sinai, and I can see that they are terrorists."
I had heard similar comments from many others. But Hassan surprised me when I asked about Sisi. "I'm telling you, if Sisi runs and wins, then the people will hate him," he said. "Right now everybody loves him. But, once he gets the chair, then it will all change."
This is hard to recognize in the 97.7 per cent: beneath the surface, there's an incredible volatility to the Egyptian majority. Outsiders tend to see two entrenched sides, the security forces and the Islamists, but in fact most Egyptians occupy a much less partisan and less predictable political space. And they still have power, whether it comes through the vote or through public protests.
Thus far, everybody who has tried to run the country in the post-Tahrir era has failed to understand how quickly things can change. Until the bitter end, Morsi and the other Brotherhood leaders truly believed that they remained popular, simply because they had won elections in the past. But, at the polls this week, I met many people who had voted yes on both constitutions, and it was common to talk to a former Morsi supporter who was now an enthusiastic fan of Sisi. Nagat Abdel Latif, a middle-aged woman who worked at the Ministry of Aviation, told me that she came to the polls not because of the constitution but because she wanted to show her support for Sisi. A year and a half earlier, she had voted for Morsi, even though her ministry had been led by Ahmed Shafik, Morsi's opponent in the Presidential election. "I worked there, so I knew about Shafik," she told me. "I liked him, too. Still, many of us there voted for Morsi. We just thought it was time for a change. But we were wrong; Morsi was terrible." She told me that she was certain Sisi would be better.
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First it was record companies suing Napster and peer-to-peer file sharers, and then it was media companies such as Viacom, Universal Music Group, and Agence France Presse suiting Google, YouTube, and Facebook for distributing content whose rights they owned. Now GateHouse Media has filed suit against another newspaper firm, the New York Times Co., for publishing content from its websites and papers on Boston.com.
That media companies are suing each other is a sure sign of the maturation of online distribution and that money is starting to flow—albeit slowly and at levels far below that of traditional media, which still account for more than two-thirds of all consumer and advertiser expenditures
But the lawsuits really point out the weakness of revenue distribution for use of intellectual property online. In publishing, well-developed systems for trading rights and collecting payments exist. In radio, systems for tracking songs played and ensuring artists, composers, arrangers, and music publishers are compensated are in place and working well. The trading of rights for television broadcasts and mechanisms for payments to owners of the IPRs are well established.
However, effective systems are absent in online distribution and the industry needs to move rapidly to establish them. If the industry can not create such a system on their own, more money will go to lawyers and the rules and systems for online payments will ultimately be imposed by courts or legislators who tire of the governmental costs for solving disputes and enforcing the rights.
Organizations representing print and audio-visual media need to sit down with their major counterparts in online distribution to create a reasonable mechanism by which rights are traded and revenues shared, otherwise they risk imposition of a government imposed compulsory license scheme that will be less desirable to the industry.
Companies that continually argue there should be less government regulation of media operations can't increasingly go to government to solve their disputes without expecting it to produce more regulation.
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Ok, I know Waterfox is not going to work, because of the 64 bit issue.
Reading the forums, Chrome seems to be having some issues with DD and memory management. Fair enough.
But QCF... you have reduced me to using IE8... an even that is no dice. I just bought the game 10 minutes ago.
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btw, other Unity-based games like Wazhack have been running fine for me in Chrome/IE8, so it's not the Unity install.


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Governor Cuomo Launches One Stop Shop to Provide Single Point of Contact for New York's Wine, Beer, and Spirits Industry
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of a one stop shop that is designed to provide New Yorks wine, beer, and spirits producers with a single point of government contact for assistance regarding regulations, licensing, state incentives, and any other questions or issues facing the industry.
The one stop shop was created as a result of suggestions made during Governor Cuomos Wine, Beer, and Spirits Summit held in October 2012. At the Summit, beer, wine, and spirits manufacturers and wholesalers raised concerns about the number of different state agencies that they must deal with not only to go into business, but to stay in compliance. These businesses, many of whom are small and do not retain attorneys on a full time basis, often do not know what agency they must deal with for a particular issue and therefore can at times be unnecessarily subject to avoidable fines.
To address this issue, the one stop shop provides the industry with a single point of contact and place to call for assistance. Designated staff from the agencies involved in regulating manufacturers and licensees will coordinate with the one stop shop to respond to inquiries, host educational and training programs, and resolve problems. A website (http://esd.ny.gov/NYSBeverageBiz.html) has been launched for industry members to contact the one stop shop. In addition, the website provides a single list of incentives, grants, loans, and special permits available to beverage producers through many different state agencies. Also included on the website is a special FAQ section, which provides immediate answers to some of the most common industry related questions and will be updated on a continuing basis.
"Over the past two years, we have sought to transform state government into an entrepreneurial government that is a true partner to the private sector and can help facilitate innovation, industry growth, and job creation," Governor Cuomo said. "The Wine, Beer and Spirits summit brought together industry leaders and state government officials in one room to discuss the difficulties facing our state's beverage producers and to find new ways for the state to reduce barriers and support the industry's growth. With this one stop shop, the days when our state's beverage producers have to navigate a complicated bureaucratic process to find answers to their questions are coming to an end. The New NY supports and invests in our niche industries, and that is what this new service is all about."
The one stop shop will be staffed by representatives from state agencies involved in regulating and supporting the industry, including the State Liquor Authority, Department of Agriculture & Markets, Tax and Finance Department, Labor Department, Department of Environmental Conservation, Health Department, Transportation Department, State Energy Research and Development Authority and New York Power Authority. Empire State Development established and will maintain the one-stop.
Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Kenneth Adams, said, "We are pleased to launch the one-stop shop for the wine, beer, and spirits industry. These businesses, many of whom are small and do not have access to additional resources to assist in the process, do not know what agency they must deal with for a particular issue and therefore can be unnecessarily subject to avoidable fines. Together, with our partners in state government and the beverage industry, we have been able to launch a comprehensive, easy to use website that will help businesses ensure they are compliant."
Jim Trezise, President, New York Wine & Grape Foundation, said, "The one stop shop is a tremendously valuable resource for the grape and wine industry, as well as other farm-based beverages such as beer, spirits and cider. The vast majority of New York producers are small, family-owned businesses run by law-abiding citizens who certainly dont have in-house legal counsel and limited resources for outside attorneys. So this one-stop shopping service for many different kinds of legal and regulatory questions will save them time and money while also helping to ensure that they abide by the lawand it will let them focus on making great local products, building their businesses, and contributing to New Yorks economy. This bold initiative puts New York ahead of other states, and we are very grateful to Governor Cuomo for creating it."
Julie Suarez, Director of Public Policy for NYFB, said, "Local farmers are finding more opportunities to grow and market added value agricultural crops because of the tremendous growth in the farm based beverage sector. Increasingly, consumers are searching for locally based beverages, and the emphasis on local helps our farm wineries, breweries, distilleries and cideries find new ways to market their farm products. Governor Cuomos creation of a one-stop shop is an excellent example of the great regulatory streamlining progress that has been made under his Administration, and New York Farm Bureau is extremely supportive of this new venture."
Governor Cuomo hosted New York's first Wine, Beer and Spirits Summit in October 2012 where he announced plans for a new marketing campaign to promote state-produced wine, beer, cider and spirits sales and tourism, as well as a series of regulatory reforms that will significantly reduce business costs for beverage producers. The Wine, Beer and Spirits Summit was attended by dozens of beer, wine, cider, and spirits producers, as well as farmers, industry officials, and tourism experts, who discussed with state agency officials and members of the Governor's Cabinet specific legislative and regulatory issues facing the beer and wine industry. The participants also explored new ways for the state to work as a partner to further solidify New York's position as a leading hub of beer, wine and spirits production and tourism.
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466G (cross-listed with GEOG 466G—Africa) Geography of Africa. (3) Analysis of the physical and cultural geography of Africa. Not open to students with credit for GEOG 466G—Africa. Individuals who receive credit for AAS 466G—Africa may take 6 s.h. maximum of GEOG 466G if the regional studies subtitles are different. Prerequisite: two courses in geography or permission of the instructor.
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Last week the Galax School System and the Police Fitness organization received a nasty surprise: Lift Life Inc., the non-profit wing of professional fitness website Bodybuilding.com., said it is not going to fund its promised portion of the Curtis Bartlett Fitness Center.
The center, intended as a tribute and legacy to the life, goals and memory of Carroll County Sheriff's Deputy Curtis Bartlett, was to be a workout space for both student athletes and first responders at Galax High School. Bartlett died in the line of duty in March 2017.
In theory, a state ethics commission would curb questionable behavior and unseemly practices by elected officials.
Such a council could resolve questions and quandaries involving lawmakers and public workers. It could define the gray areas of operating in the public sphere. Its very presence could even act as a deterrent to unethical behavior.
All of that, however, depends on a few basic principles. An effective ethics council must be fair. It must be transparent. It must engender public trust and confidence. And violations must have consequences.
When contacted by The Gazette to answer questions raised by a Hotline caller, Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan responded with this piece. We are running it today as a guest column, as it is longer than a traditional Hotline response.
Below is the original call that the sheriff is addressing:
Editor's note: This letter was signed by the mayor and city manager of Galax, and the supervisors' chairmen and county administrators for Carroll and Grayson counties. The original letter of 491 words was reduced to meet the 350-word limit policy for letters to the editor.
Many of our readers have voiced their disturbance over an ongoing animal abuse investigation involving a cat that was found covered in duct tape, with a lit cigarette taped to its mouth.
Since the report was made public, several volunteers have stepped forward to offer reward money for information that could help police find the suspect in this case.
As of Friday, the reward total had reached $750.
Some my have found humor in the plight of Tiger the cat, but animal abuse is a heinous act in itself, and should be taken very seriously.
Brian Spencer is chairman of the Carroll County School Board
The Gazette accepted letters to the editor concerning the Nov. 8 election until noon on Oct. 20, for publication in the Oct. 24 newspaper.
No more campaign-related letters will be accepted.
Rebuttal letters ONLY will be accepted until noon on Oct. 27, for publication in the Oct. 31 newspaper. Rebuttals may only address factual errors in previously published letters that appeared in The Gazette. A difference of opinion with a letter writer is not appropriate for a rebuttal.
Editor's note: On June 10, the Grayson County Board of Supervisors held a zoning hearing to consider The Oracle Institute's request for a special use permit to create a spiritual retreat in the county. The board heard from 29 speakers, most of whom vehemently opposed the idea on religious grounds — which are not to be considered in a zoning hearing. The board rejected the request that night, saying it would be detrimental to citizens' health, safety and welfare.
Those who visit our area often speak of the warm and inviting atmosphere, the acceptance they feel and the friendly people they meet.
So, where was that hospitality at last week's public hearing for a special use permit sought by The Oracle Institute to create a "spiritual community" and learning center in Grayson?
Once again, it takes out-of-towners to remind us how good we have it in the Twin Counties.
After last week's "familiarization tour" for tourism officials from all over Virginia, the visitors couldn't find enough good things to say about our underappreciated area. They enjoyed shopping in our unique shops, visiting our attractions, hearing our music and seeing our natural wonders.
Not to be premature, but it looks like a new day might be dawning in the Twin Counties — one that holds the promise of an amicable relationship between the Town of Hillsville and Carroll County.
Though the town and county have cooperated in the past when they expected mutual benefits, it seemed the officials for the two localities did not see eye to eye very often.
An atmosphere of hostility seemed to be the norm, as water and sewer disagreements stretched on for half a dozen years or more.
"Write what you know" is a common piece of advice for aspiring writers, and it's a good one.
Most of us have something that we feel passionately about, that we'd love to write about and have others read, if only we had the proper venue.
We have opinions we want to share and see what others think.
Maybe you've thought about being a citizen journalist, but didn't know where to start?
During state fiscal year 2009, Virginia Adult Protective Services investigated more than 15,600 reports of adult abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Fifty-nine percent of these reports were substantiated.
During May, in recognition of Adult Abuse Prevention Month, The Carroll County Department of Social Services is conducting a campaign to inform our community about the abuse of vulnerable adults. We hope to bring the tragedy of adult abuse to the community's attention.
The recently-passed health care reform legislation will affect every American citizen.
On a matter of this broad scope, it is essential that members of Congress place the interests of their constituents first and rise above political party interests where necessary to do so.
It is clear both from Rep. Rick Boucher's vote and from the reasons for his vote that our congressman understands this necessity.
Girl Scouts in Carroll County honored their adult leaders April 22 on Girl Scout Appreciation Day during National Volunteer Week.
Our dedicated leaders give of their time to plan and lead fun, educational Girl Scout troop meetings and field trips.
The economic impact of having an airport must be somewhat like flying through fog — sometimes it's hard to see.
But the recent award of the massive earth moving project to create the runway safe area can bring the impact of the Twin County Airport into sharper focus.
Take, for example, the low bid supplied by local contractor Sowers Construction of a little less than $700,000 to grade the area around the runway into a flat surface.
When it comes to construction, the Great Recession has caused the bottom to fall out of the housing market.
This slowdown has caused surviving construction companies to clamor for work — and increased competitiveness for remaining projects.
As a result, the construction projects that have gone forward have actually benefitted from lower-than-normal prices.
The earth-moving project for the runway safe area at the Twin County Airport is a good example, as it came in at about half the initial engineer's estimate, or a little less than $700,000.
A recent article in The Gazette touted the many "benefits" of virtual academies.
However, Carroll School Superintendent Greg Smith failed to give the whole story. Comparing parent-directed home school to public virtual school is like comparing breastfeeding to infant formula, which is an inferior, watered-down version with the real risks hidden.
When parents enroll their child in a full-time, virtual school, they sign away much of their parental right to direct their child's education.
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Midwifery Services
Clinical Pharamcist
Our new clinical pharmacist, Maulik Jhaveri, joined us in September 2016. He is currently holding medication review sessions
Registrar GPs
The practice now has a GP Registrars working in the practice.
Foundation 2 Doctors
The practice currently has one Foundation 2 doctor. These are qualified doctors doing a 4-month placement in general practice.
Named GP
All patients have a named GP attached to their record. If you would like to know your named GP, please ask at Reception. Please be aware this is for admin purposes only and you can see any GP of your choice, when available.
GP2GP Electronic Transfer of Medical Records started at the practice in November 2014. If you have any questions about this service, please ask the practice manager.
Travel Vaccinations
If you require any vaccination relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. Please call in to collect a Travel vaccination form, to be filled in and returned to the surgery prior to an appointment being given
It is important to do this as early as possible - at least 6-8 weeks before you travel.
Online ordering of prescriptions is not suitable for urgent, same day prescriptions.
Online ordering is for repeat prescriptions of 4 items only or less and 48 hours notice is needed to process all prescriptions
Sit and Wait Surgery
With the Clifton Walk in Centre closing , we have been looking at ways to improve access to our services. In order to signpost you to the most appropriate person or service the receptionists will ask you why you need to see a doctor. If you are happy to tell them we can direct you to the most appropriate person or service which may mean that you are seen quicker. Please be assured that all staff are signed up to strict confidentiality protocols as part of their role.
Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation
Just found out you are pregnant?
Please contact our midwifery team directly at Clifton Cornerstone
You will be given an appointment with the midwife between 8 to 12 weeks from the first day of your last period.
You should take Folic Acid before you are pregnant and every day until you are 12 weeks pregnant.
You should take Vitamin D throughout your pregnancy.
Evening & Weekend Appointments bookable through your GP practice
Patients registered at this practice can now access additional routine appointments during evenings and weekends through the new GP+ Nottingham City service.
Appointments will be available to see GPs, Practice Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists and Physiotherapists in a fully equipped accessible location on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham City Centre
Opening hours will be:
16:00 - 20:00 Monday - Friday
09:00 - 13:00 Saturday and Sunday
This is not a walk in service. Appointments are required and will be bookable through the reception team at your own GP practice
GP Retiring
Following over 25 years' service we can advise you
that Dr Taylor retired at the end of March 2019
Your data matters to the NHS
Information about your health and care helps us to improve
your individual care, speed up diagnosis, plan your local services
and research new treatments
In May 2018, the strict rules about how this data can and cannot be used
were strengthened. The NHS is committed to keeping patient information
safe and always being clear about how it is used.
You can choose whether your confidential patient information is used for research and planning
To find out more visit: nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters
The Patients Participation Group are a group of patients who have expressed an interest in knowing how the surgery operates and wish to make an input. All patients are eligible to become a member and to attend meetings.
For copies of minutes of previous meetings please ask via our reception.
Our next meeting will be held on
Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 11 am
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PPG Minutes 15.1.2019
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From Openmoko
I'm an happy gta01 owner. I buyed it to replace my phone and my pda, knowing it's a developpement platform. So, I wan't to replace these application on palmos :
- pfuel - keep track of vehicule tanking - sudoku - bincalc - a bin/hex/dec simple calculator - easycalc - an advanced calculator - memo - cocoboot (I'm jocking :)) - metro - plucker - use fbreader ?
I already start write a fuel manage named mokofuel.
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I remember once reading some research where a body of C code had been analysed, and the findings were that the vast majority of
for loops could be categorised into about five categories, corresponding to the functional equivalents of
fold, etc.
I can't seem to find this paper/article anymore. Can anyone point me to it?


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Who is the lead singer for fleetwood mac?
According to the Fleetwood Mac website, the current lead singer for Fleetwood Mac is Stevie Nicks, and has been since the mid-1970's. With the rest of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks has sold more than...
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Warrant: the name may bring to mind such 80's hits as "Cherry Pie" or "Sometimes She Cries." Over the years band members have come and gone, especially the lead singers. Yet, one thing still remain...
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Truly Outrageous
Last week Katie S. e-mailed me a truly outrageous story of glamor and glitter, fashion and fame.
It was about her sixth birthday party.
"I don't remember much from the party, other than it was 1987 and my first "kid party," with all the kids from the neighborhood invited to play games like drop the clothespin, pin the tail on the donkey, etc. - but I do remember walking into the kitchen as my mom and aunt surveyed the birthday cake they'd just picked up from the local bakery."
At this point Katie tells me she heard words from her mother and aunt that her little 6-year-old brain couldn't quite comprehend.
Which is perfectly understandable, once you realize that Katie's mom asked for the 80s cartoon pop star JEM:
"Jem is my name, no one else is the same...JEM!!"
And got Beavis being attacked by a small purple Yeti:
To give this an audial analogy, that's kind of like expecting this:
And getting this:
(I dare you to watch the whole thing without crying.)
Oh, and did you notice that I managed to find the exact napkin design from Katie's party? Did you? I AM GOOD, y'all.


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Cleaning your refrigerator can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. Here are 5 useful tips for refrigerator cleaning.
- Wait until the day before grocery day as this is when there is the least amount of items that need to be moved around. This is a great time to check your inventory before making the shopping trip to see if you really need what is on your list. Also, be sure to shut off your refrigerator before starting the cleanup process.
- Place removable parts in the sink such as racks, shelves and drawers and submerge in warm water and baking soda. While these pieces soak, take a cleaning rag (or toothbrush) with cleansing powder to brackets, gaskets and other hard-to-reach areas. Thoroughly dry all pieces to discourage unwelcome microbial guests.
- Check your refrigerator filters during the cleanup process to see if it is time for them to be replaced. Both your refrigerator water filter and refrigerator air filter should generally be replaced every six months. Check your refrigerator model to see which refrigerator filters are compatible for your brand and browse through our assortment of� refrigerator water filters and refrigerator air filters to make your purchase.
- Organize the contents of your refrigerator to make them more accessible and visible. Food that is easily seen and reached is less likely to be overlooked and turn into a future source of odors. Speaking of odors…
- Think ahead and take preventative action against future odors. One easy way to do this is to properly store your food to help reduce the risk of odors. For example, store all leftovers in airtight, leak-proof containers or wraps. This will not only help preserve the food for longer, but will also minimize the unwanted odors from spreading throughout the fridge.
Clean the exterior of your refrigerator with whatever is appropriate for your refrigerators surface, which will vary depending on the color and finish you have.


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Foreclosures Put 8 Million Children At Risk, Study Says
The foreclosure crisis impacted the lives of 8 million American children, and has left them and their parents at increased risk of homelessness and poverty, a Brookings Institution report says.
A study by Brookings scholar Julia Isaacs said 2.3 million children lost homes during the first wave of foreclosures. Another 6 million could face foreclosure in the near future or an eviction from a foreclosed property.
The scope of the tragedy is recognized within the mortgage finance industry. In analyzing the Brookings report, Rick Sharga, executive vice president at Carrington Mortgage Holdings, said there's one major point missing from the study, though.
"It is very likely that those famlies who are being displaced are going to become renters," he said. "The policies they are talking about probably would be helpful, but the problem is we have 97 percent rental occupancy rates nationwide, which makes affordability worse. If you are a distressed family coming off a foreclosure, the last thing you need is escalating rental rates."
Sharga said some investors are already interested in acquiring REO properties and turning them into affordable rental homes.
While children in every U.S. state are feeling the effects of the mortgage crisis, hardest hit states include California and Florida, the Brookings Institution said.
In California alone, more than 500,000 children have gone through a completed foreclosure. Another half million are living in homes where the mortgage is 60 or more days past due.
The nonprofit is asking officials to quickly distribute billions in funds that came to the states as part of the $25 billion national mortgage-servicing settlement between 49 state attorneys general and the nation's five largest mortgage servicers.
"We also urge the newly named independent monitor, who is responsible for overseeing these reforms, to ensure that servicing reforms are implemented quickly to better protect families from losing their homes, or to slow the foreclosure process to allow families more time to find new, permanent housing," the First Focus Campaign for Children said.
The agency also seeks a bill similar to the Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011 to be passed this year.
The bill, which was proposed last year, aims to extend the PTFA program beyond its current 2014 sunset date by making it permanent.
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The original act, which took effect three years ago, gave renters a minimum 90-day notice before permitting an eviction on tenants living in a foreclosed property. The nonprofit wants another update to the bill to make the 90-day eviction window permanent beyond the 2014 expiration date. The bill also gives tenants a right to pursue court action if their rights were violated through the foreclosure proceeding.
Along with other initiatives related to homelessness prevention, the First Focus Campaign wants Congress to add $1.7 billion more in funds above the president's 2013 budget request for allocation to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"This is the amount needed in order to maintain current levels of assistance for HUD's three largest rental assistance programs for low-income households: the housing choice voucher program (Section 8 vouchers), public housing, and Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs," the First Focus Campaign said. "Currently, families with children make up 42 percent of those served by Section 8 housing choice vouchers, as well as 27 percent of project-based rental assistance, and 35 percent of public housing."
Sharga believes that one of the best solutions would be to move forward with REO-to-rental initiatives that would allow investors to rehabilitate properties in communities, thereby increasing the affordable rental inventory.
See also:
Fair Housing Group Sues U.S. Bank Over Foreclosures
Foreclosure-Review Offer Getting Few Takers, Report Says
How to Avoid Foreclosure: Steps You Can Take to Keep Your Home


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Charlottesville is home to many dog owners and dog lovers. As long as one's dog well-behaved or well trained, they can roam in one of the three dog parks. This year, there has even been talk of adding more fenced dog parks in the city.
CHARLOTTESVILLE– Owners must buy an annual license (making sure to fill out a dog license application and show that the dog's rabies vaccination is up to date). $4 for unsexed (spayed or neutered) dogs. $10 for unspayed and unneutered. (For 3x the price, owners may also purchase three-year licenses for dogs that have at least a year remaining on their rabies vaccination certificate.) Annual licenses expire December 31 of each year. Three-year licenses can be purchased at the City Hall and one-year licenses from the SPCA at 3355 Berkmar Drive, which can be reached at 973-5959.
ALBEMARLE– $5 for spayed or neutered, $10 for fertile pets. Multi-year dog tags are now available at twice or triple the annual fees. Purchase at the Albemarle County Office Building, 401 McIntire Road (296-5851), the SPCA (973-5959), or from the Scottsville Town Administrator (286-2511).
Dogs in parks
A little over a decade ago, Charlottesville City Council passed a then-controversial law requiring dogs to be on a leash and under control in all city parks (as well as at schools, cemeteries, and the Downtown Mall). Three exceptions include a fenced-in area at Azalea Park; certain stretches of the Rivanna Trail on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; and a one-acre fenced area at Darden Towe Park. As for Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home allows dogs on its grounds and at its Kemper Park, but dogs are not allowed inside buildings, on the buses, or on the swanky Saunders Trail.
Poop Scoopin'
Unlike the County, the City has a law mandating the cleanup of dog feces— and even provides plastic bag dispensers and containers in the parks to aid in the effort. Failure to scoop is a Class Four misdemeanor.
Loose/stray dogs- If they're friendly, many people take them directly to the Charlottsville-Albemarle SPCA, which adopted a no-kill policy when it moved into its new facilities several years ago. Otherwise, you can call the dispatcher for Charlottesville, Albemarle, and University Animal Control: 977-9041.
Dog-fighting— The scourge of dog-fighting is very much a reality in Virginia; and in 2003, legislation banning breeding, training, or selling dogs for dog-fighting sponsored by area legislator Rob Bell was signed into law. (The Hook bans "free to good home" pet ads because dog-fighters reportedly use such ads to obtain "bait animals.")
Charlottesville/Albemarle SPCA— In addition to its no-kill shelter, the SPCA also runs a rummage sale store on Preston Avenue that helps raise funds and support the organization. 293-8475
Caring for Creatures— Another no kill option, Caring for Creatures is located at 352 Sanctuary Lane, Palmyra, VA. 842-2404.
Fluvanna SPCA— Another branch of the SPCA, the FSPCA recently raised over $100,000 in their Annual Campaign in order to continue their no-kill policy. 591-0123.
Leash Laws
While control of your dog via voice command is sufficient in most areas of Charlottesville, Albemarle adopted a leash law in April 2012 which considers letting your dogs run free range a Class Four misdemeanor with fines up to $250.
In 2008, the County banned "audible noise" from animals but requires a complaining neighbor who has been hearing barking lasting for 30 minutes (with no stops longer than five minutes) to swear out an arrest warrant for this Class Three misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of $500. The county exempts breeders and dogs who live on over five acres of land.


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The legacy of Willem de Kooning, who pioneered the gestural, abstract style of painting that became the staple of New York Abstract Expressionism, has found its way to Long Island Children's Museum.
The museum's unique multi-year partnership with the Willem de Kooning Foundation — it's the only children's museum that the Foundation works with — involves children and families in discovering abstract art and artists, focusing on de Kooning's many contributions to art and culture.
Through workshops and community outreach programs, childrens' understanding of what art "should" look like is expanded, to include concepts of expressionism and abstract art.
"It's a way to bring abstract art to families that is accessible," says Jeanmarie Walsh Mansfield, the museum's associate director of education. "This type of art is often harder to access for students, so it's done less frequently in schools. This is a chance to open up a new art world for kids."
With support from the foundation, the museum has developed enhanced programming — both museum-based and throughout Nassau County — to promote art education and inspire young artists.
"Our goal is to get them to think like artists," says Mansfield. "It's an opportunity to let go and explore themselves as artists. They learn there is no right way or wrong way to approach art."
To that end, the museum has collaborated with the Willem de Kooning Foundation on a variety of year-round programs for all ages. These include workshops that focus specifically on de Kooning's techniques, along with others that delve into other aspects of abstract art.
"It's not all just de Kooning," Mansfield says. "Our Abstract Artist Series enables us to look at other aspects of expressionism and further explore the process with different approaches and techniques."
This weekend, the museum offers "Still Life with Stuart," a component of that series, which explores Stuart Davis' funky still lifes, on Saturday, Jan. 20, 1 and 3 p.m. Participants will create an abstract "masterpiece" using a mixture of colorful materials, while listening to jazz music.
Throughout 2017-2018, LICM will conduct 33 workshops in all — including those in libraries, schools and community centers. As Mansfield puts it, "We just pick our paint and brushes and hit the road."
The current schedule includes sessions at Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in Valley Stream, on Jan. 24; Glen Cove Public Library, in February; West Hempstead Public Library, in March, Franklin Square Public Library, in April; and Baldwin Public Library, in May; along with visits to area high schools.
There are also workshops during the upcoming school break weeks at the museum.
It all culminates in museum exhibition in June in a de Kooning-inspired art gallery.
Some 500-600 paintings will be exhibited. "It's a celebration of all the work that the kids did this year," says Mansfield.
The exhibit will display the works that the budding artists have created both at museum workshops and throughout their communities — including all ages, not just the elementary school-age families that are LICM's core audience.
"This is an opportunity for us to reach out to middle school and high school students," Mansfield explains. "It's a great concept for teenagers."
The focus of these sessions, "Reimaging the Figure," using de Kooning's techniques as a starting point (based on his Woman series), is for participants to abstract and manipulate their compositions to create unique representations of the human form.
"Willem de Kooning was a master at finding ways to get himself out of a corner and to overcome obstacles," says William de Kooning Foundation's Executive Director Amy Schichtel. "Abstract thought is a key component of a creative, progressive individual and society. These programs use abstraction in art to break down the barriers of inhibition and self-consciousness that can thwart personal expression. Our goal is to lead children to push against limitations and move to a place of exploring what is possible just as de Kooning did in his art."
Adds Mansfield: "I like to say we are developing Willem de Kooning groupies. Year after year kids come back and tell us about him. We are seeing a lasting impact that is happening as a result of this programming. It's been fantastic for everyone involved."
For more information on upcoming workshops, contact the museum at (516) 224-5800 or visit www.licm.org.


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U.S. Equal Employment
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Deaf Worker Was Denied Sign Language Interpreter
LOS ANGELES – UPS Supply Chain Solutions (UPS SCS) will pay $95,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that UPS SCS, a business unit of the United Parcel Service, the world's largest package delivery company, unlawfully denied a reasonable accommodation to a deaf employee.
According to the EEOC's suit, from 2001 to 2009, Mauricio Centeno worked at the UPS SCS facility in Gardena, Calif., as a junior clerk in the accounting department. Deaf since birth, Centeno's primary language is American Sign Language (ASL), and he struggles to understand written English. Although aware of his impairment, UPS SCS supervisors continuously denied Centeno his requested reasonable accommodation of a sign language interpreter for training, departmental staff meetings and other work-related sessions. Instead, supervisors required that he attend the meetings and counseled him about his performance without such an interpreter. According to the EEOC, UPS SCS sometimes provided written notes and summaries, but this did not adequately accommodate him due to his lack of proficiency in written English.
The EEOC filed suit in September 2006 [EEOC v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Case No. CV 06-06210 ABC (Ex)], arguing that UPS SCS failed to reasonably accommodate Centeno, in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The ADA prohibits discrimination in employment due to one's disability and requires that employers provide an employee or job applicant with a reasonable accommodation that is actually effective, unless doing so would cause significant difficulty or expense for the employer. In this case, UPS SCS did not cite cost as a factor in the decision to deny consistent use of a sign language interpreter.
In November 2008, the EEOC appealed a decision by the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, to grant UPS SPS motion for summary judgment to dismiss the EEOC's suit. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals not only reversed the lower court's ruling, but also held that employers must provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities even if the accommodations are for benefits and privileges (such as staff meetings) that are not essential functions of the job.
Aside from the monetary relief, the three-year consent decree settling the suit requires UPS SCS to adhere to the following provisions for its operations in California:
"For years, Maurice Centeno sat in silence during meetings while his supervisors ignored his requests for a sign language interpreter," said Anna Park, regional attorney for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office. "We commend UPS SCS for recognizing that workers with disabilities have the right to the same benefits and privileges of employment enjoyed by those without disabilities, and for working to provide effective accommodations in the future."
Olophius E. Perry, district director for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office, added, "It is critical that employers engage in the interactive process, an extended dialogue about how to best provide an accommodation. It is during this crucial process that employers will learn the most effective method to accommodate employees with disabilities."
The EEOC is the federal agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's website at www.eeoc.gov.


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At age 15 he became a singer. He worked in medicine shows in Texas and then worked regularly in Atlantic City, Chicago and later New York as a singer, comedian and female impersonator. He was known as "Half-Pint" because he was only 5'2" (1.57m).
He was a female impersonator in Harlem in the 1920s, at the same time as he was a jazz singer appearing with King Oliver, Tampa Red and Georgia Tom Dorsey.
He had a small part in the Duke Ellington film, Black and Tan, 1929.
In the 30s, he was often on radio with his band, the Quarts of Joy. The shows included bawdy humor, and Jaxon often played the women's roles in the songs. He had a convincing female voice.
In 1941 he retired and worked for the Pentagon in Washington. In 1944 he died in a veterans hospital.
- "Frankie 'Half Pint' Jaxon". Red Hot Jazz. www.redhotjazz.com/jaxon.html.
- "Frankie Jaxon". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Jaxon.


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Excerpted from the book Food Fight. To learn more about the Farm Bill and purchase a copy of Food Fight please visit www.foodfight2012.org
"If we are not careful, we could lose the farm and the food system on our watch." That drastic warning came from A.G. Kawamura in 2005, when he was secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Kawamura was not only alluding to how important forward-thinking policy is to the food system, but also to the fact that people who grow food for a living are becoming a dying breed. Already, agriculture is greatly diminished in terms of economic measures: it represents just 1.2 percent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product; services make up 77 percent and manufacturing 22 percent of GDP. It's becoming a forgotten career path as well.
Principal farm operators over age 65 now outnumber those under 35 by a ratio of more than seven to one. Over the next 20 years, 400 million acres of agricultural lands—an area roughly five times the size of all our national parks combined—will be transferred to new owners. But who will be those new owners? Youth continue to migrate out from the corn-rich "heartland" and leave agriculture altogether. Many interested younger Americans simply can't afford the costs of entry into farming. Others won't accept the economic instability of the job. Meanwhile, each year the United States edges toward becoming a net importer of foods; already we import more than $80 billion in agricultural products each year.
In short, we don't have enough people becoming farmers, and we're starting to import food to fill the gap. And yet few people are debating our flagging national food security with the fervor expressed about oil imports or manufacturing jobs shipped overseas.
Even our domestic foods are processed and distributed by an ever-smaller group of corporations. Today, the majority of our food supply is in the hands of foreign producers or CEOs—as opposed to family farmers and a diverse corps of processors and regional distributors.
With just 2 percent of the U.S. population producing food for the remaining 98 percent, the efficiency of the existing food system is staggering. In 1900 it took 147 hours of human labor to grow 100 bushels of wheat. By 1990 that number had shrunk to 6 hours. Similarly, in 1929 it took 85 hours of human labor to produce 1,000 pounds of broiler chickens, but by 1980 the same could be produced with less than 1 hour of labor. Imagine someone processing 1,000 pounds of chicken meat in less than an hour. It can be hard to comprehend the scale, mechanization, and infrastructure of a system that can produce 9 billion meat chickens every year.
While such efficiency is impressive, it comes with costs and trade-offs. Fewer hours of labor means fewer farmers. Fewer farmers means more consolidation, less diversity of crops, vacated rural communities, and reduced food security.
Graphic courtesy Watershed Media
In 2010, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack introduced the idea of using Farm Bill programs to add 100,000 new farmers (an echo of a Clinton-era program to add 100,000 police officers to the nation's streets). Given population trends, however, these newcomers would barely begin to replace the aging farming generation. Still it's a step in the right direction. More farmers and food systems workers could mean a new generation of stewards of the land and a vessel for the skills and traditions of agriculture that are at risk of being lost. A concerted new farmer program could help to increase the number of small and mid-sized farms, boost food entrepreneurship, and reverse poverty in rural areas. Job creation—increasing the number of farmers—seems certain to be central to future Farm Bills. It will surely become part of Farm Bill rhetoric to justify ongoing agricultural policies as well, especially as budget constraints take center stage.
The push for more farmers is finding support in the surging nationwide interest in local food production. These local food systems cover a great deal of ground: farmers who grow food; school and institutional cafeterias that purchase it; processing facilities that add value to fruits, vegetables, and meat and dairy products; chefs and agropreneurs developing new cuisine and products around local foods; new markets and distribution networks that link producers and eaters. Rebuilding local or regional food systems does not mean an end to international food trade, as some often suggest. It merely means restoring some geographic and seasonal balance to food production. In an era of growing populations and increasing climate uncertainty, food producers will be more closely interconnected than ever before.
One example gaining traction in Farm Bill circles is the Regional Food Hub. This is a centralized facility where local produce and animal products are aggregated, stored, processed, and distributed. There are already more than 100 operational food hubs around the country, with large clusters in the Midwest and Northeast. The average food hub generates $700,000 in annual sales, along with an estimated 13 jobs. This means new marketing opportunities for local farmers, as the average food hub is supplied by 40 small and midsize farms. Food Hubs are a prime example of applying new approaches to management, technology, marketing, and infrastructure to revitalize traditional food production arrangements. Farmers receive a fair price for their products and consumers value the quality of their food and the experience of interacting with and supporting local farmers.
There are other signs of hope for the next generation of farmers. Innovative partnerships are combining local, state, and federal programs to establish revolving loan funds and forgivable loan funds to help new growers get started. The 2002 and 2008 Farm Bills contained several provisions to assist beginning farmers and ranchers—and USDA leaders have shown a renewed interest in young farmers. Yet many of these programs initiated by the recent Farm Bills, such as the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program either remain underfunded or are still sitting on a shelf waiting to be enacted.
To keep agriculture healthy into the future, subsidies will need to benefit the young and beginning farmer as well as the older, well-established or corporate farmer. Direct Payments—because they are based on historical baselines and not current farming practices—lock potential farmers out of the system unless they can afford to purchase land already receiving payments. An alternate payment scheme that better rewards hard work, crop yields, and conservation practices would draw more beginning farmers into the trade.
Consumers could do their part in local farm job creation by eating their daily recommended allotment of fruits and vegetables. The USDA has estimated that only one in five Americans actually eats five daily servings of fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Depending on the season, many Americans increasingly rely on farmers from other countries to keep them supplied year round with tomatoes, apples, and berries. According to a 2006 USDA study, if Americans increased their consumption of fruits and vegetables to meet the USDA dietary recommendations, the U.S. would need an additional 13 million acres of "specialty crops." That's more than three times what the country currently devotes to fruit and vegetable production and slightly more than all the acres in California currently under crop, orchard and vineyard production. One has to wonder what an impact that would have on new farmers and emerging food hubs around the country.


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Houston firefighter fatally shot by neighbor
A Houston firefighter who may have confused his door with a neighbor's was fatally shot Monday by a woman who said she mistook him for an intruder.
Samuel Keen, 27, had been out drinking with friends at a bar when he decided to take a cab home, said Montgomery County sheriff's Lt. Brady Fitzgerald.
Back in his Porter Heights neighborhood, Keen likely thought his 64-year-old neighbor's home was his own and tried to get through the front door, Fitzgerald said.
The woman told authorities she was alone in her brick home in the 20600 block of Youpon Lane when she heard a noise about 9:30 p.m. and saw the figure of a man through her opaque glass door.
She said she ordered the man to leave, telling him she was armed and would shoot if he kept trying to come in.
She claims the man ignored her warning and continued trying to open the door.
The woman, who authorities declined to name, said she fired two shots from a revolver through the door and then called 911.
Keen, who had worked for the Houston Fire Department on the city's north side for three years, was wounded twice. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Ben Taub General Hospital.
Fitzgerald said the woman was "pretty shaken up" by the fatal incident.
A Montgomery County grand jury will decide whether she will face any criminal charges, according to Fitzgerald.
"It's a very unfortunate situation," said Ruy Lozano, spokesman for Houston Fire Department. "It's a tragedy for all the firefighters who knew him. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family."
Houston Mayor Annise Parker described the incident as "tragic."
Keen, who had previously served in the Marines, is survived by his wife, Courtney.
Fitzgerald said there were no previous reports of the neighbors having conflicts.


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That is one way to do it, but you can alter the character of you wort if the pH in the mash is outside the 'desirable' range of 5.2 to 5.6. Correcting the pH of the wort in the kettle helps avoid some other problems for the beer taste and character, but if that mash pH was way out, then those problems may not be correctable. In general, keeping the mashing and sparging pH within range will avoid any need to correct the wort in the kettle. By the way, a 5.2 mash pH is getting kind of low. It can be OK for some styles and detrimental in others.
Um?? The mash system is a huge buffer. Adding acid to RO water WITHOUT any malt in there is likely to drop the pH out of sight. But adding that same amount of acid to the malt AND water is more likely to produce the intended pH. There was no need to dump out that acidified water even though its pH was far lower than your intended mash pH. If you had added the malt, the mash pH would likely have BUFFERED its way back to the intended pH.
In a practical sense, what is the best way to add acid to the mash? Since it would be such a small volume of liquid, do you put that on top of the mash and stir the heck out of it, or do you run off some volume of liquid, add it to that, then dump that into the tun and stir?
I just add it to the strike water as it's coming up to temp along with any mash salts that I am using. It's all going in there so I don't worry to much that some salts won't disolve in the plain water or anything.


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Heart disease and diet
A healthy diet is a major factor in reducing your risk of heart disease.
Alternative Names
Diet - heart disease; CAD - diet; Coronary artery disease - diet; Coronary heart disease - diet
A healthy diet and lifestyle can reduce your risk of:
- Heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke
- Conditions that lead to heart disease, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity
- Other chronic health problems, including type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and some forms of cancer
Most fruits and vegetables are part of a heart-healthy diet. They are good sources of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Most are low in fat, calories, sodium, and cholesterol.
Eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
Get more fiber by eating whole fruits instead of drinking juice.
Eat breads, cereals, crackers, rice, pasta, and starchy vegetables (such as peas, potatoes, corn, winter squash, and lima beans). These foods are high in the B vitamins, iron, and fiber. They are also low in fat and cholesterol.
Choose whole grain foods (such as bread, cereal, crackers, and pasta) for at least half of your daily grain intake. Grain products provide fiber, vitamins, minerals, and complex carbohydrates. Eating too many grains, especially refined gain foods (such as white bread, pasta, and baked goods) can cause weight gain.
Avoid high-fat baked goods such as butter rolls, cheese crackers, and croissants and cream sauces for pasta.
Meat, poultry, seafood, dried peas, lentils, nuts, and eggs are good sources of protein, B vitamins, iron, and other vitamins and minerals.
You should:
- Avoid high-fat proteins. These include meats such as duck, goose, prime cuts of steak, organ meats such as kidneys and liver, and prepared meats such as sausage, hot dogs, and high-fat lunch meats.
- Adults should eat no more than 5 to 6 cooked ounces (142 to 170 grams) of lean meat, poultry, and fish daily. One serving of these foods should be about the size of a deck of cards on your plate.
- Trim off all visible fat before cooking the meat.
- Eat 2 servings of low-mercury, fish per week.
- Cook by baking, broiling, roasting, steaming, boiling, or microwaving instead of deep frying.
- For the main entree, use less meat or have meatless meals a few times a week. Use smaller amounts of meat to reduce the total fat content of the meal. Get protein from plant-foods instead
- Use skinless turkey, chicken, fish, or lean red meat to reduce the amount of saturated fat in your diet.
- Eat less organ meat (such as liver) and shellfish (such as shrimp and lobster). Healthy adults can eat 1 whole egg (with yolk) per day without raising cholesterol levels.
Milk and other dairy products are good sources of protein, calcium, the B vitamins niacin and riboflavin, and vitamins A and D. Use skim or 1% milk. Cheese, yogurt, and buttermilk should be low-fat or non-fat.
Some types of fat are healthier than others. A diet high in saturated and trans fats causes cholesterol to build up in your arteries (blood vessels). This puts you at risk for heart attack, stroke, and other major health problems. Avoid or limit foods that are high in these fats. Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats that come from vegetable sources have many health benefits.
You should:
- Limit total fat intake to 25% to 35% of your total daily calories. Keep saturated fats to only 10% of your total daily calories.
- Foods with a lot of saturated fats are animal products such as butter, cheese, whole milk, ice cream, sour cream, lard, and fatty meats such as bacon.
- Some vegetable oils (coconut, palm, and palm kernel oils) also contain saturated fats. These fats are solid at room temperature.
- Limit trans fats as much as possible by avoiding hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats. These are often found in processed foods and solid margarine.
- Use no more than 5 to 8 teaspoons (25 to 40 millimeters) of fats or oils per day for salads, cooking, and baking.
- Eat less than 300 mg of dietary cholesterol each day. (One egg yolk contains an average of 184 mg of cholesterol.)
Think about the following when choosing a margarine:
- Choose soft margarine (tub or liquid) over harder stick forms.
- Choose margarines with liquid vegetable oil as the first ingredient. Even better, choose "light" margarines that list water as the first ingredient. These are even lower in saturated fat.
- Read the package label to choose a margarine that does not have trans fats.
Trans fatty acids are unhealthy fats that form when vegetable oil undergoes hydrogenation.
- Trans fats can raise LDL (bad) cholesterol levels in your blood. They can also lower your HDL (good) cholesterol levels.
- To avoid trans fats, stay away from fried foods, commercial baked goods (donuts, cookies, and crackers), processed foods, and hard margarines.
You may find it helpful to talk to a dietitian about your eating choices. The American Heart Association is a good source of information on diet and heart disease. Balance the number of calories you eat with the number you use each day to maintain a healthy body weight. You can ask your doctor or dietitian to help you figure out a good number of calories for you.
Limit your intake of foods high in calories or low in nutrition, including foods like soft drinks and candy that contain a lot of sugar.
Eat less than 2300 mg of sodium per day (about 1 teaspoon, or 5 mg, of salt per day). Cut down on salt by reducing the amount of salt you add to food when eating. Also limit prepared foods that have salt added to them, such as canned soups and vegetables, cured meats, and some frozen meals. Always check the nutrition label for the sodium content per serving. Eat season foods with lemon juice or fresh herbs or spices instead.
Foods with more than 300 mg of sodium per serving may not fit into a reduced sodium diet.
Exercise regularly. For example, walk for at least 30 minutes a day, in blocks of 10 minutes or longer.
Limit the amount of alcohol you drink. Women should have no more than 1 alcoholic drink per day. Men should not have more than 2 alcoholic drinks each day.
Eckel RH, Jakicic JM, Ard JD, et al. 2013 AHA/ACC guideline on lifestyle management to reduce cardiovascular risk: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J am Coll Cardiol. 2014;63(25 Pt B):2960-2984. PMID: 24239922 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24239922.
Heimburger DC. Nutrition's interface with health and disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 25th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 213.
Mosca L, Benjamin EJ, Berra K, et al. Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women -- 2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2011;123(11):1243-1262. PMID: 21325087 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21325087.
Mozaffarian D. Nutrition and cardiovascular and metabolic disease. In: Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, Braunwald E, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 46.
US Food and Drug Administration. At a Glance: Highlights of the Final Nutrition Facts Label. Updated December 21, 2016. www.fda.gov/downloads/food/guidanceregulation/guidancedocumentsregulatoryinformation/labelingnutrition/ucm502305.pdf. Accessed April 3, 2017.
Review Date:4/25/2015
Reviewed By:Emily Wax, RD, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY. Internal review and update on 09/01/2016 by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team. Editorial update 04/03/2017.
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National Recreational Sports & Fitness Day
The Department of Recreational Sports is celebrating NIRSA's National Recreational Sports and Fitness Day on Friday, February 22. This day was established to focus on the positive benefits of recreational sports, fitness activities, and wellness programs to Americans of all ages. It also represents the founding day of the NIRSA.
On February 22, 1950, Dr. William Wasson organized twenty African-American men and women intramural directors from eleven Historically Black Colleges to attend the first Intramural Conference at Dillard University in New Orleans. The National Intramural Association (NIA) was formed. Dr. Wasson served as the first President of the association and is considered the founder of the NIRSA. The NIA eventually became the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) in 1975.
Today, there are more than 4,000 members on more than 700 campus and universities, as well as on U.S. military installations, in public park and recreation departments, correctional facilities, not-for-profit organizations, and private enterprise. The NIRSA is a non-profit membership organization that leads in many recreational sports areas: training and professional development, intramural sports, fitness programming, sports clubs, recreation facilities, outdoor recreation, wellness programs, informal recreation, and aquatic programs. UIS is an institutional member of the NIRSA.


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Just after promoting peace in Israel, Shakira spoke at a press conference on Monday, August 1, at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables. Accompanied by her boyfriend, Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, the 34-year-old singer unveiled a new partnership between her charity, the Barefoot Foundation (Fundación Pies Descalzos), and the FC Barcelona team – the team for which Pique plays – to create a center for poor children in Miami.
The Colombian superstar and Pique were greeted at the BankUnited Center by hundreds of reporters, many of whom were reportedly there to hound the couple about their relationship, and not the matter at hand. The two announced, however, that they would not be taking questions.
Rather, the high-profile couple, along with FC Barcelona's Carles Puyol and Sergio Busquets to back them up, revealed their plan for the center, which is expected to benefit over 28,000 underprivileged Hispanic children and teenagers in Miami. The plan is to convert one of Miami's YMCAs into a sports facility where soccer will be used to positively influence and educate the youths.
Shakira said during the conference, "For 13 years I've seen that education is the most efficient tool for changing a child's future and that of his or her family as well. In the United States we are more than 54 million Latinos. We're the fastest-growing minority and we need the right tools to develop the intelligence of our Latino kids."
"That can be done through education and if it is with soccer so much the better," the singer quipped. "Hispanics in the United States have everything to gain. We have the talent, we have the will. I truly think that with more education and more sports, we can achieve the unthinkable. We can have the ball on our side of the court and play the best of moves."
After the conference, the players there from FC Barcelona and Shakira greeted fans outside the BankUnited Center, signed autographs, and took photos with children there from the YMCA.
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This listing is for one exceptional quality of Amethyst geode specimen with goethite , stalactite and calcite formation
The weight and measurement of the geode from widest points approx. :
724 / 1.6 lbs, 3.3" x3.2" x3.1"
Pictures were taken under the natural light. Pictures are part of the description.
Placement tips:
- To enhance wealth luck, place it at where the Auspicious 'Flying Star 8 is located or near the main door of the property especially there is negative Chi present from outside of the main door.
- On your computer or study desk
* Feng Shui Properties of Amethyst: It is believed that Amethyst can bring harmony to relationship, enhance one's overall social skills and attract Nobleman. It also serve as a powerful magnet for wealth luck. It can absorb the negative energy and transform it to positive Chi. It serves as a powerful Feng Shui Wealth and healing enhancer and protector.
* All of our Feng Shui enhancers and cures are cleansed before shipping to reset their vibration to the new owner and new home. It is important to cleanse and recharge your valuable Feng Shui Enhancers and cures regularly. The instruction of the best method to cleanse this Feng shui enhancer will be include in your order.
***Return, Refund and cancellation : If you are dissatisfied with your order for any reason, I do accept return and refund, but the shipping cost are not refundable. If you mistakenly placed an order and would like to cancel, please request cancellation within 2 hours of purchase, anytime after that, a 10% cancellation fee may be deducted from the total refund***
To International customers:
- Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. Sellers aren't responsible for delays due to customs.
- There may be translation errors regarding the weight of the items if the language of your country is other than English (example: Pound/ lb/LBs often translated as KG ). Please double check with me before ordering to confirm the weight of the product.
- Post office doesn't offer any guaranteed delivery time with international mail due to various reasons such as customs etc. In general, I mail out all orders placed before 8pm the following business day. However once the package is posted, I can not control the delivery time nor delays by customs or post office.
- Lastly, by law the actual value of the item has to be indicated on the customs form for all orders when posting (even it is a gift order)
1-2 business days
I'll do my best to meet these shipping estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on the shipping method you choose.
Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
Just contact me within: 3 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 7 days of delivery
Request a cancellation within: 2 hours of purchase
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
All products from my shop are ethically sourced and processed. I value minimum impact on our environment and recycle, repurpose as much as I can. We have a 9000 gallons of rainwater collection system for our garden,orchard, chickens...and my rock workshop. Also since I am extremely allergic and tend to have bad reactions to most chemicals, I only use natural and organic products for cutting, polishing and cleansing our rocks and minerals.
Please contact us immediately if your order is damaged upon arrival with pictures of the damaged item and packaging container. It is very important that you take one picture before opening the box and one after opening the box with the item inside. I won't accept return or refund if you don't have the above two pictures to prove the damage is occurred during transportation. After reviewing the pictures, a prepaid shipping label will be send to you. Please pack the order with proper care and mail back to us. Once we receive the item and inspected it (weight, size...), a refund will be issued to you. Unfortunately since each item offered at our shop is unique, we can not offer replacement
If you are dissatisfied with your order for any reason, I do accept return and refund, but the shipping cost are not refundable. If you mistakely placed an order and would like to cancel, please request a cancellation within 2 hours of purchase, anytime after that, a 10% cancellation fee may be deducted from the total refund***
I generally gather all the orders placed that day and ones placed after 7pm the previous night before sunset and wash them using rainwater collected, then place them on the bench next to my lotus garden overnight to recharge from the moon and the early morning Sun. In the following morning before 8am, I will bring them in and prepare them for shipment. This is one of the reasons I need 1-2 business days to process any orders. There are other methods to cleanse the crystals, but this is the one I used the most. Sometimes if a customer needs an order to be shipped as soon as possible, I also use palo santo holy wood or sage incenses to do a quick cleansing before shipping the orders.
I guarantee all of the geodes offered in my shop are natural and not man made or treated.