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a small rodent, various species of which are used in laboratory experiments.
1. a small loose body.
2. a computer pointing device.
joint mouse a movable fragment of synovial membrane, cartilage, or other body within a joint; usually associated with degenerative osteoarthritis and osteochondritis dissecans.
knockout mouse a mouse that has had a specific gene artificially deleted from its genome.
nude mouse a mouse homozygous for the nu gene; these mice are hairless, lack a thymus, and thus lack T lymphocytes.
peritoneal mouse a free body in the peritoneal cavity, probably a small detached mass or omentum, sometimes visible radiographically.
SCID mouse (severe combined immunodeficiency) a strain of mice lacking in T and B lymphocytes and immunoglobulins, either from inbreeding with an autosomal recessive trait or from genetic engineering, used as a model for studies of the immune system.
A small rodent belonging to the genus Mus.
1. a small rodent, various species of which are used in laboratory experiments.
2. a small weight or movable structure.
joint mouse a movable fragment of cartilage or other body within a joint.
peritoneal mouse a free body in the peritoneal cavity, probably a small detached mass of omentum, sometimes visible radiographically.
n. pl. mice (mīs)
a. Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
b. Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
Etymology: L, mus
a hand-controlled computer input device. Moving the device on a flat surface and pushing buttons on its back cause the cursor or pointer to move to target areas or select items on a computer screen. See also joystick.
Epidemiology See White-footed mouse
Research See Mouse model
Rheumatology See Joint mouse
mouseComputers A device with control buttons, used to manipulate files represented by icons, to access data and execute commands from pull-down menus. Cf Trackball Rheumatology See Joint mouse.
mouse, pl. mice (mows, mīs)
A small rodent belonging to the genus Mus.
pl. mice.
1. small rodent, various species of which are used in laboratory experiments and kept as domestic pets.
2. a small loose body, e.g. in a joint.
athymic mouse
see nude mouse.
banana mouse
common mouse
members of several subfamilies of the family Muridae which includes the mice, rats and Eurasian voles. Old World mice (subfamily Murinae) include many species such as house mouse (Mus musculus), harvest mouse and wood mouse. New World mice (subfamily Cricetinae) also include many species and varieties such as deer mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Banana mice (Dendromus spp.) live in banana trees and are related to the fat mice which live in sandy burrows.
mouse deer
see chevrotain.
mouse ectromelia
see ectromelia (2).
field mouse
lives in fields, woods and gardens. Includes Apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked field mouse) and A. sylvaticus (European long-tailed field mouse).
house mouse
see musmusculus.
joint mouse
a movable fragment of synovial membrane, cartilage or other body within a joint; usually associated with degenerative osteoarthritis and osteochondritis dissecans.
laboratory mouse
similar in many ways to wild mice, but selectively bred to be of a consistent type for experimental work under laboratory conditions. Many lines are closely inbred to produce selected genetic characteristics that make them develop certain diseases or biochemical abnormalities. Most laboratory mice are white, but some colored varieties exist.
mouse lactic dehydrogenase elevating virus
an arterivirus, originally isolated as a contaminant of transplantable mouse tumor cells. Subsequently found to cause life-long viremia associated with elevated blood levels of lactic dehydrogenase, but no clinical disease.
marsupial mouse
an insectivorous, mouse-like member of the subfamily Phascogalinae; the smallest of existing marsupials.
mouse parvovirus
see minute mouse virus.
peritoneal mouse
a free body in the peritoneal cavity, probably a small detached mass or omentum, sometimes visible radiographically.
mouse pneumonia virus
a pneumovirus that causes chronic illness and emaciation in athymic mice, but subclinical infection in others.
mouse poliomyelitis
a picornavirus disease causing generalized paralysis in older mice (6 to 10 weeks) and encephalitis in younger mice (up to 30 days). Called also theiler's disease.
mouse pox
see ectromelia (2).
spiny pocket mouse
small rodent with large food pockets in its cheeks; called also Perognathus spinatus.
mouse tick
mouse typhoid
infection by Salmonella enteritidis.
white-footed mouse
see peromyscus leucopus.
Patient discussion about mouse
Q. What is the treatment for "hip joint mice"? Thanks!
A. if you are young- it goes away by itself after 6-8 painful weeks...if you are older you might need a surgery to remove the particles. it the hip bone it can be complicated, so it's really up to your Dr. to decide what to do here.More discussions about mouse


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My first day in Churchill was filled with so many incredible experiences that I don't even know how to start relating all of them. So many notable and memorable things have occurred already, and we haven't even headed out on Buggy One yet!Of course, one of my highlights has to revolve around the mighty polar bear. I saw my first polar bears 'in the wild' today, but not the way I wanted to see them. The polar bears are gathering along the shore of Hudson Bay awaiting the arrival of the sea ice, where they'll spend the winter months hunting seals.
Unfortunately, freeze-up hasn't even begun yet this year, which is a real cause for concern! The ice is forming later in the fall and melting faster in the spring, which is having a real impact on polar bear populations. As the bears wait for the ice to form, they're forced to eat anything they can scrounge up. We stumbled upon about a dozen polar bears that have discovered piles of fermenting grain that they've turned to for sustenance.
Another highlight of my first day here was finding out more about D20, otherwise known as 'The Polar Bear Jail'. This facility has the capacity to accommodate up to 28 polar bears in holding cells until they can be safely released onto the sea ice. Polar bears that become 'problematic' within the town of Churchill can either be airlifted to D20 or captured in the bear traps you see below and transferred to the jail, where they typically spend at least 30 days before being set free.
I have learned so much throughout the day by spending time with so many people who are very knowledgeable about this unique location. They drove me around, walked along with me & made sure that I saw all of the essential sights within the town of Churchill, including the Eskimo Museum – what a collection of Inuit artifacts and artwork!
But the best part of my day has been getting to know all of the people who I'm sharing this adventure with – I feel so fortunate to be working alongside such a dedicated team for the next several days! Everyone involved with Polar Bears International is fantastic, and they've all been so warm & welcoming. From the accommodations they're providing us with to the dinner and presentation that they hosted tonight for Manitoba Conservation officials, they know how to take care of business by balancing it with the perfect mix of purpose and pleasure 🙂
The team is heading out on Buggy One today to begin the next phase of our Arctic adventure. Tonight we'll all be sleeping aboard Tundra Buggy Lodge and we're all looking forward to our first Tundra Connections webcast tomorrow – I hope you'll join us 🙂
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Hi Andy. It sounds like you are part of an exciting adventure. Enjoy.
Fantastic Andy.in contact 🙂 Sincerely Andrés.
Hi Andy,
We are so excited for you and can't wait to watch the webcast this afternoon.
We've learned so much about polar bears thanks to Edmodo, getting us interested.
Now we have lots of questions that we would like to share during the webcast.
Good Luck!
Mr. DeLuca's Grade 3's at Prince Andrew Public School in LaSalle.
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Hi, we were so excited to join the webcast today from Selkirk, Manitoba. We have skyped with Polar bears international students in previous years. This was a new and neat way to learn more about polar bears in Churchill. Thanks, Mapleton School Grade Four Students
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Nice journey!! I love polar bears !!!
Mrs. Weaver's class is very excited for our visit to the arctic today. We have a few questions.
Alex wants to know about how many animal species are living in the arctic now? and how many are endangered?
Emma wants to know what the temperature is in the tundra.
Ryan C. would like to know how we are helping polar bears survive.
Ilyssa would like to know some adaptations that polar bears have to help them survive in such a cold climate.
I love the pics!!!!! did you take the pics cause if you did you are a good photographer!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!
Wow, that's great! I would love to see Polar Bears in the wild, but ofcourse, I'd keep my distance. I can't believe they put Polar Bears in jail! At least the serve only 30 days. Human Criminals would love to serve that amount of time over the years we usally serve.
That was cool! I didn't know polar bears can be put into jail!!


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HBO documentary defines reasons for Catholic scandal
It would be comforting to call the horrific violations recounted in "Mea Maxima Culpa" unthinkable.
But after decades of revelations about the epidemic of sexual abuse of minors in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the ever-accompanying accounts of enabling church officials, a new documentary from Oscar winner Alex Gibney tracks the problem to its source.
"Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" begins its enraging journey by introducing the crimes of the Rev. Lawrence Murphy, who molested hundreds of boys under his care at St. John's School for the Deaf in Milwaukee.
Along with the powerlessness of his prey, the failure to act by nuns, police, other priests and more than one archbishop allowed Murphy to assault deaf youths for more than 20 years.
Four of Murphy's victims worked tirelessly to try to bring charges against him, and their testimonials provide the gripping, emotional framework of "Mea Maxima Culpa."
Because they were deaf and lived away from home, Murphy's targets were particularly vulnerable. His favorite victims were children of hearing parents who had never learned sign language.
Murphy would prowl the dormitory at night and molest boys in full view of their terrified classmates. He often incorporated abuse into confession, which he eventually moved from the traditional booth to an isolated closet.
After being ignored by Catholic police and prosecutors, some St. John's victims began posting handmade "Most Wanted" fliers around Milwaukee with Murphy's photo on them, setting in motion the events that would result in Murphy's removal from the school, 17 years after the first reports of abuse.
Eventually, Murphy was sent to a therapist, whose handwritten notes from 1993 detail nauseating crimes and justifications silently as they flash across the screen: "There was rampant homosexuality among the older boys. I fixed the problem. I thought I was taking their sins upon myself."
Murphy died in 1998. He never had a criminal, civil or canonical trial.
Even those who've kept up on the church's many scandals might be surprised by other tidbits from "Mea Maxima Culpa." That the church once put down a deposit on a Caribbean island where pedophile priests were to be quarantined. That the church has "fixers" who travel the United States with millions of dollars annually budgeted to buy the silence of families. That the church has a worldwide network of camps where problem priests receive spiritual counseling - but no psychological treatment.
But compressing the cover-up down to the actions of "the church" is too easy, and "Mea Maxima Culpa" points a steady finger of accusation straight at Pope Benedict XVI.
Beginning in 1981, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger led the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a less-catchy but more palatable name for the office once known as the Inquisition. As ordered by John Paul II, Ratzinger's CDF oversaw every sexual abuse allegation from 2001 until his rise to the papacy in 2005.
His first act in this new role was to send bishops a letter reminding them to keep allegations buried, citing canon law that forbids the public airing of misdeeds - reminiscent, the documentary suggests, of the Mafia's omerta or code of silence. When U.S. bishops begged Rome for the power to defrock repeat offenders, they were denied.
Gibney's film is by no means definitive, sticking mostly to the Murphy case and the scandals in Boston and Ireland. All requests by the filmmakers to interview Vatican officials went unanswered.
The trial of Bishop Robert Finn for failure to report abuse in Kansas City warrants two snapshots of New York Times headlines, which slide past similar stories from around the globe in a numbing montage. The film gets bogged down a few times in the minutiae of documents traveling across the Atlantic.
Yet it does an arresting job of connecting the dots that allowed those tragedies to blossom for years. It doesn't rely on salacious accounts to inspire head-shaking disgust: Those come every time another attempt at justice shatters against the Vatican's gates.
Emotional without being exploitive, "Mea Maxima Culpa" successfully joins the groundswell of exposure it chronicles. It will not be easy viewing for the faithful because it's impossible to say that America's archbishops didn't know or understand. It's impossible to believe that the Vatican, still hailing its doctrine as infallible, didn't grasp the magnitude of the problem.
No one can now pretend that the men running the world's largest Christian church don't know that they are protecting evil in their midst.
The facts presented in "Mea Maxima Culpa" make Benedict the public face of institutions that forfeit their moral imperative to protect their own. Dogged efforts to preserve the dogma of a spiritually elevated priesthood have accomplished the opposite.
"Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" premieres at 9 p.m. Monday on HBO.
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Five tips for creating a patch management strategy
Vishal, our Head of Products, contributed to Computer Weekly's Security Think Tank and provided tips to help small businesses develop a concrete patch management strategy.
What strategies can companies adopt to help keep up with and deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?
Although patch management plays a critical role in minimising business risk caused by outdated software in any IT infrastructure, its mention frightens many companies and their IT departments. This can result in a lack of action, meaning many organisations find themselves in a situation where their systems are outdated with the number of patches available to fix potential vulnerabilities and exploits becoming increasingly overwhelming…


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November 12, 2012
Justin Beiber Doesn't Want to Talk About Selena Gomez Break Up
The Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez break up is apparently still too fresh for the singer to talk about it quite yet. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez may have called it quits, but the newly single bachelor just isn't ready to talk about the break up just yet. In a radio show interview on Saturday night, Justin Bieber said he just really doesn't know what to say about the split from long term girlfriend Selena Gomez.Read More..>>


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Food stamp cuts hit about 5,000 troops
WASHINGTON — About 5,000 troops are among those affected by cuts to the federal food stamp program, according to the Pentagon.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps, is reducing benefits to about 47 million Americans. The benefit had been bolstered in 2009 by President Obama's stimulus bill, which is ending. Congress' failure to pass another farm bill has also chipped away at the benefit.
For the military, the benefit goes primarily to young troops with families. For example, an Army private with no dependents and fewer than two years experience is paid $40,400, including allowances for housing and food. That soldier does not pay taxes on the food and housing stipends.
Troops who continue to serve quickly earn enough to avoid food stamps, said Lt. Cdr. Nate Christensen, a Pentagon spokesman. Their first promotion, for instance, earns them about $2,200 more per year in base pay. Officers' compensation grows fast, too. An Army captain with six years of experience and no dependents earns about $93,800 in pay and benefits.
Under the program, a family of four that gets $668 per month in benefits will find that amount cut by $36. In 2012, the average monthly benefit per household for the 50 states and the District of Columbia was $278, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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New Grant Awards
Focus on Higher Education
Principal Fellowships
Bookshelf and Progress Blog
Odds and Ends
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
New Grant Awards
Before the end of the calendar year, the Department announced grants under three major programs.
First, on December 13, the agency announced that all 25 of the highest-rated applicants from the 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) grant competition secured their required private matching funds and became official grantees. Together, they will share more than $134 million in federal funding to expand innovative practices designed to improve student achievement. The i3 program announced the 25 highest-rated applicantsselected from 618 applications and representing a cross-section of school districts, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizationsin November. Applicants had four weeks to secure private matching funds. Of the 25 grantees, 18 are in the "Development" categorygrants that will support implementing new and promising, but relatively untested, projectsand seven are in the "Validation" categorygrants that will support building organization capacity of projects that have evidence of effectiveness. As in the past, the grantees address a variety of issues, including five projects focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) course content and instructional practices, four projects focusing on family and parent engagement, and four projects serving rural students and communities. With the addition of this latest cohort, the i3 program encompasses 117 grantees using approximately $1 billion in federal funds and $200 million in private funds to tackle some of the important challenges in education.
Next, on December 17, the agency announced that five applicantsrepresenting 25 districtswill receive a share of $120 million in funding under the 2013 Race to the Top-District (RTT-D) grant competition. These grants will support locally developed plans to personalize and improve student learning, increase student achievement and educator effectiveness, close achievement gaps, and prepare every student for success in college and careers. These grantees were selected from 31 finaliststhe highest scorers among over 200 applications received in October that were evaluated and scored by independent peer reviewers. They particularly shine a light on the innovative work going on in rural districts across the country to tailor education for all students and provide teachers and leaders with key tools that support them in meeting students' needs. As Secretary Duncan emphasized in a blog post, RTT-D plans also show that technology can be a powerful equalizer for schools in such communities.
Then, on December 19, Secretary Duncan and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that six statesGeorgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermontwill receive a share of $280 million in funding under the 2013 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant competition. RTT-ELC supports states in systemic efforts to align, coordinate, and improve the quality of existing early learning and development programs across multiple funding streams that support children from birth through age 5. These grantees were the top scorers among 17 applications received in October, evaluated and scored by independent peer reviewers. Since 2011, RTT-ELC has awarded $1 billion to 20 states. RTT-ELC is a part of the Administration's comprehensive early learning agenda, in combination with President Obama's Preschool for All proposal. As senior staff raised in a blog post, quoting Secretary Duncan, "We have to quit 'playing catch-up and level the playing field for our children before they start kindergarten.'"
The 2013 Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) reports the achievement of fourth- and eighth-grade public school students in 21 urban districts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Students in eight districts scored higher in 2013 than in 2011 in at least one subject and grade combination, with some districts making gains across multiple subjects and/or grades. The District of Columbia Public Schools scored higher at both grades in reading and math. Los Angeles students scored higher in three subject and grade combinations, and Fresno eighth-graders scored higher in both subjects. Additionally, while the average scores in most TUDA districts were lower than the average scores for students in their states and the nation, reading and math scores in Austin, Charlotte, and Hillsborough County (Florida) were higher than the scores for large cities, and fourth-graders in Atlanta, Chicago, the District of Columbia, and Los Angeles posted larger increases in math than their peers nationwide. (Note: Secretary Duncan issued a statement and penned a special blog post on the results.)
Focus on Higher Education
The Department recently took a number of important actions to assist students and families pursuing postsecondary education.
As a first step, the agency released an updated version of the Administration's financial aid model award letter, known as the Shopping Sheet, and announced that nearly 2,000 institutions of higher education have voluntarily committed to using this important consumer tool. Developed jointly by the Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Shopping Sheet gives students a standardized yet personalized template that clearly spells outbefore they enrollhow much grant money they will receive and how much they may need to take out in loans to cover out-of-pocket expenses. Since the initial release, the Department and CFPB have received feedback from students, counselors, and financial aid administrators on ways to modify the tool, which are now reflected in the revised version, effective for the 2014-15 academic year. Beyond language changes to improve clarity, the Shopping Sheet has added a glossary to better explain financial aid terms. A breakdown of all the updates is available in a blog post.
Moreover, as part of its ongoing efforts to implement inclusive policies that reflect the diversity of American families and are consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Department announced new guidance on the use of "marriage" and "spouse" across federal student aid programs, including completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Under the guidance, the agency will recognize a student or a parent as married if the couple was legally married in any jurisdiction that recognizes the marriage, regardless of whether the marriage is between a couple of the opposite sex or same sex and regardless of where the student or couple lives or the student is attending school. Collecting parental information from both of a dependent student's legal parents will result in a fair treatment of all familiesinformation provided by students and parents on the FAFSA is used to calculate the student's expected family contribution (EFC)by eliminating long-standing inequities based on parents' relationships with each other, rather than on their relationship with their child.
Meanwhile, in a new blog post, Deputy Under Secretary of Education Jamie Studley outlined the feedback the Department has received during the past few months on its "College Ratings Listening Tour." "It was very good to hear, over and over and from all quarters, how many people share the President's fundamental commitments to affordability, access, completion, innovation, and transparency," she stated. "At the same time, we heard many probing questions, thoughtful suggestions, and serious concerns about the design of the system, its reliability and clarity, and the effects it might have." Staff are now evaluating comments received, while working with data experts, soliciting technical recommendations, and assessing existing rating systems in higher education and other fields. The goal is to publish a draft in mid-2014 for public review. (Note: This week, a notice requesting "technical expertise" for a Postsecondary Institution Ratings System was published in the Federal Register.)
Principal Fellowships
Last week, Secretary Duncan announced the three principals selected to participate in the Department's inaugural Principal Ambassador Fellowship program. The principals will serve until August 2014 as part-time employees, to lend the perspective of school leaders to the agency's work. As the first such fellows, they will also help design the program for future participants. "Each year, I have the opportunity to visit schools and meet with leaders across the country who are committed to improving educational outcomes for students," the Secretary said. "Principals are a linchpin in the effort to improve student success and raise achievement at any scale, and I look forward to working with 2013 fellows to continue a thoughtful conversation on the best ways to support and sustain leaders for the long haul." The fellows were selected from a pool of over 450 applicants who serve in a range of traditional public and charter schools, as well as alternative and private schools. Applications came from principals in nearly every state, from urban, suburban, and rural settings. The Principal Ambassador Fellowship program will complement and build upon the benefits of the Department's Teaching Ambassador Fellowship, now in its sixth year.
Bookshelf and Progress Blog
To assist the public, the Department has released a messaging Bookshelfa series of ready-made presentations that highlight many focus areas in education. These slide decks present facts, charts, data, and other information reflecting progress and challenges in improving education, as well as Department programs and initiatives that aim to close achievement gaps and foster equal educational opportunities. Overall, the Bookshelf tells a story about the progress in education reform, the work still left to be done, and the agency's top priorities.
The Department has also created a new Progress blog that focuses on success stories and innovative ideas. Posts will offer insight into the transformation taking place in classrooms, schools, and systems through the creativity and leadership of teachers, school, district, and state leaders, and parents.
Odds and Ends
'Tis the season: check out "Five Tips to Keep Kids Learning During the Holidays."
During Computer Science Education Week (December 9-15), the non-profit group Code.org drove activities in some 150 countries around the world and sponsored an "Hour of Code" campaign that encouraged students, teachers, and parents to devote an hour to get a taste of computer programming. (Note: President Obama recorded a video message regarding the importance of computer science.)
On successive days, Secretary Duncan announced Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grants to Danvers High School in Massachusetts and Placerville Union School District in California to help with ongoing recovery efforts following traumatic events.
The Secretary met with Fast for Families, a group of faith-based, immigrant rights, and labor leaders assembled near the U.S. Capitol calling for action on needed, sensible immigration reform.
The Secretary also met with students from the School-Based Health Alliance and Young Invincibles to discuss affordable health care.
In a detailed blog post, Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter and Executive Director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education Bill Mendoza explain what they heard at the White House Tribal Nations Conference.
On December 9, the Secretary announced five appointments to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which advises him on accreditation issues and the eligibility and certification process for postsecondary institutions.
A new report from the President's Council on Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) underscores the tremendous promise of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and related technologies in postsecondary education.
Quote to Note
"As a nation, we can't stop every act of violence. We can't heal every troubled mind. But, if we want to live in a country where we can go to work, send our kids to school, and walk our streets free from fear, we have to keep trying. We have to keep caring. We have to treat every child like they're our child. Like those in Sandy Hook, we must choose love. And together, we must make a change."
|President Barack Obama (12/14/13), in his weekly address marking the one-year anniversary of the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
Upcoming Events
To date, Department officials have hosted regional engagement sessions in Philadelphia and Chicago on a national action plan to improve the preparedness of low-skilled U.S. adults. Three more sessions are planned in January in Redwood City, California; Cleveland, Mississippi; and the Boston metropolitan area. The agency has also created a toolkit for communities and organizations to host their own sessions and contribute their ideas to the development of the plan.
Through January 10, the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) is accepting nominations for 2014 HBCU All-Star Students.
The deadline for registration for the 2014 Real World Design Challenge has been extended to January 20. This year's challenge focuses on precision agriculture. Each member of the national winning team will receive a $50,000 scholarship from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and there is a $1,000 stipend for the teacher who best integrates the challenge into their curriculum.
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2003 :: NPS Round 4, Innerleithin ...
Dry, dusty and flat out fast - what more could we want from NPS Round 4. Especially good considering that we were in Scotland to race the new track at Innerleitin.
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Alyssa Milano Claiming Trademark And Copyright On 'Hacktivist'
from the wait-a-second... deptSo, last week at San Diego ComiCon, you may have heard about how actress Alyssa Milano was launching her very own comic book along with Archaia Entertainment, called Hacktivist. As their press release explains:
Inspired by current events from around the world and Milano's own philanthropic endeavors, Hacktivist is a fast-paced cyber-thriller about friendship and freedom in a time of war. The story follows Ed Hiccox and Nate Graft, the young founders of the world's most innovative social media company who moonlight secretly as one of the most notorious black-hat hacker teams on the planet. When the U.S. government discovers their operation, they must face the real world beyond the code and choose between loyalty and what they believe to be is right.Okay. Sure. At SDCC, to promo this, apparently they gave out 500 copies of a limited edition comic previewing some of the content from this upcoming title. The preview content... might not be my cup of tea and feels a bit too much like the hacking dialog in Swordfish (i.e., what Hollywood thinks hacking is) for my taste, but anything that takes the concept of hacktivism more mainstream certainly is a good thing.
"I'm very involved with in global activism and philanthropy. I like the idea of everyday people doing good," explained Milano. "My inspiration for Hacktivist is actually Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter and Square. I picture him leaving the office at night and going home, where he locks himself in his room and starts hacking to change the world.Okay, I don't generally think of Dorsey as a hacktivist so much, but that's cool. Better than some other folks. Of course, during the SOPA fight, Milano spoke out against SOPA, so it might have been slightly cooler if she'd used someone like Aaron Swartz -- for whom the term is actually accurate -- as an inspiration, but Dorsey's definitely more well known.
But then there's this:
HACKTIVIST is © and TM 2013 by Alyssa Milano.Er... considering just how closely hacktivism is associated with fighting back against the abuse of intellectual property like copyright and trademark to wall off the commons, this seems like a bit of a mistake. I'm sure this wasn't done to close off the term on purpose -- it's just "what you do" when you're releasing the comic book. But, you'd think that maybe, just maybe, when putting together a comic book called Hacktivist, you'd be a bit more sensitive to the fact that many hacktivists are fighting situations like this one. Now, to be fair, there doesn't seem to be any registered trademark application on the word yet -- so it could just be that the "trademark" refers to things like the specific logo used (though, then they shouldn't have needed to put that after the word), and the copyright could refer to the specific content (though, given the subject matter, you'd think at least some sort of Creative Commons license might be more appropriate -- but that's their call). But, even if there's no ill intent here, just trying to get that trademark seems potentially questionable -- and it wouldn't be entirely surprising to find out down the road, years from now, that someone coming into possession of the trademark claims much more widespread ownership of the term, and that would be a big problem.
So, again, I don't think there's anything nefarious going on here, with anyone trying to really stake claim to "ownership" of a very common and widely used word -- but just the fact that Milano and Archaia didn't even seem to think about this or how it would look to actual hacktivists, seems, at the very least, careless. And, at worst, it might actually tick off a bunch of hacktivists, who won't look kindly at all at any suggestion that a Hollywood actress is suddenly claiming copyright and trademark on "hacktivist."
Update: Archaia has now published the following response:
"Archaia and Ms. Milano do claim trademark and copyright protection, as appropriate, for the book, the title, the characters, and content included of The Hacktivist. However, no claim is made to other uses of the term 'hacktivist.' In accord with Ms. Milano's wishes, we support the attention to the issues of philanthropy and activism."That provides a bit of clarification, though it still seems they could have gone further in the spirit of many hacktivists. Still, I appreciate their willingness to address the issue.
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Sleeping Beauty, Hercules and Don Juan are sitting around a table discussing who the best person in the world is. Sleeping Beauty claims that she is the best because she is the most beautiful person in the world.
Hercules claims that he is the best because he is the strongest person in the world.
Don Juan claims that he is the best because he has loved the most women in the world.
So they decide to go speak to the wise man and see who is the best. They agree to go in alone so as not to be embarassed in front of the others.
Sleepy Beauty goes in first and came out smiling. She says that she truly is the most beautiful person in the world.
Hercules goes in next and also came out smiling. He says that he truly is the strongest person in all the world.
Don Juan goes in last but when he comes out he is very angry and confused. He exclaims,''Who the hell is Bill Clinton?!?''


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Grass verge wildlife 'destroyed by councils'
Councils in the UK are destroying wildlife habitats by cutting grass verges too often, a charity has warned.
Plantlife said verges supported hundreds of species of flowering plants and should be cut twice a year.
It said three-quarters of councils it surveyed cut them multiple times. It received many calls from people "distraught" about the issue, it added.
But the Local Government Association (LGA) said keeping verges shorter was safer for both drivers and pedestrians.
Plantlife is calling on councils to better manage the almost 600,000 acres (240,000 hectares) of roadside verges across the country.
The verges support up to 1,000 plant species - including the rare bastard balm and long-leaved helleborine which are among 33 wayside flowers faced with extinction.
One road verge in Warwickshire has the country's largest population of pyramidal orchids.
It also has the UK's largest population of rockrose which attracts the scarce brown argus butterfly to the verge.
Plantlife said the A30 and A38 roads in Cornwall and Devon supported more than 1,000 acres of flower-rich grassland and one junction alone was home to six orchid species, including bee orchids and 1,100 greater butterfly orchids.
Wildflowers are also a vital food source for bees and butterflies, which have seen a significant decline in numbers in recent years.
Wildflowers that are left to seed also feed birds and small mammals.
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Plantlife said verges should be cut - and the cuttings removed - once early in the year and again in the late summer.
Its survey found they were often cut multiple times over the summer.
None of the councils surveyed collected the cuttings, which rotted down and added nutrients to the soil - making it too rich for most wildflowers
Plantlife's Trevor Dines said the way road verges were managed encouraged "coarse and thuggish plants" such as nettles, docks and coarse grasses.
"Most verges, smothered in cuttings, might as well be just strips of concrete," he said.
"Plantlife receives more calls on this subject than any other from members of the public distraught and angry that their favourite verges, full of cowslips and orchids, are being mown down in the name of neatness and good management."
He urged people to help lobby for change by sending the charity "before" and "after" pictures of mown verges.
He said the charity was working with several councils, including Worcestershire and Hampshire, to protect plants including Deptford pinks and tower mustard.
LGA environment and housing board chairman Mike Jones said Britain's wild flowers were important and councils encouraged native species "where they can".
"However, councils must strike the right balance between road safety and wildlife," he said.
"Keeping road verges well maintained ensures that motorists have a good line of sight and allows pedestrians to walk more safely alongside busy roads.
"It also prevents weeds and foreign species from spreading into private gardens."


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Asked to sing the very first song he wrote—for his sixth-grade play— Smokey Robinson leaned back on the brown leather sectional sofa in his home's wood-paneled den. "The last verse went, 'Good night little children, good night little children, it's time to go to bed.'" Laughing, he continued: "My mother thought I was George Gershwin. She called people she didn't even know to tell them I had written a song."
With just weeks until the Broadway premiere of "Motown: The Musical"—which traces Berry Gordy's founding of the label in 1959 and his role in the music that followed—Mr. Robinson, 73, was in a reflective mood. Back in the 1960s, Mr. Robinson was a key architect of Motown's crossover sound as a performer, songwriter, producer and company vice president.
As a composer, Mr. Robinson wrote 145 Billboard hits—including 18 No. 1 singles for Motown, such as "My Guy," "My Girl," "Tears of a Clown" and "Get Ready"—ranking him in 10th place (after Carole King ) on Record Research's list of post-1955 hit songwriters. As the first Motown act to have a No. 1 single and a million-seller, with "Shop Around" in 1961, Mr. Robinson's Miracles combined cool confidence and energetic optimism to establish the label's winning formula.
Dressed in a thin putty-colored sweater, jeans and trendy black slip-on sneakers with white bottoms, Mr. Robinson had just returned from the Venetian Las Vegas, where he is presenting Human Nature, an Australian vocal group that performs Motown hits. "Berry and I are competitive, but this show has nothing to do with that—the group is just doing Motown songs," he said. "The Motown musical on Broadway is about Berry's life."
Mr. Robinson's Motown career and Mr. Gordy's life have long been intertwined. The pair first met in Detroit in 1957, when Mr. Robinson and his group—known then as the Matadors—auditioned at Brunswick Records, Jackie Wilson 's label. "Berry wrote songs for Jackie, so he was there that day," Mr. Robinson said. "The other guys in the room didn't like us much, but Berry followed us out into the hallway and became our manager."
The following year Mr. Gordy insisted on a change. "Berry thought our name was silly, so we all wrote down new ones and put them in a hat. I wrote down 'Miracles.' We were four guys and Claudette [Rogers], so I wanted a name that was light and encompassing—without gender. Miracles was picked."
When Mr. Gordy started Tamla Records in 1959 with an $800 family loan (the label merged with Motown a year later), Mr. Robinson became his right-hand music man. "There were just five of us on the first day," Mr. Robinson said. "Berry sat us down and said we were going to make quality music with great beats and great stories—for black kids, white kids, for everyone. From the start, Motown was a place of fierce competition and collaboration. We all just wanted to make killer music."
Each week, Mr. Robinson had to run the same gantlet as Motown's other writers. Demos of new songs were played at Friday morning meetings, with the best ones assigned to different groups. "Only Berry and the creative people were allowed in. Everyone would listen and offer suggestions to make songs better. To this day, I still bring my new songs to Berry for honest feedback. He'll say, 'Smoke, I dig this' or 'Man, that's garbage.'"
Growing up in Detroit, Mr. Robinson learned about music by listening to the records his mother and two older sisters played from dawn until lights out. "I sang along to everything—from Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald to gut-bucket blues, gospel and jazz. In my teens, my vocal idols changed to Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Clyde McPhatter, Frankie Lymon and Nolan Strong —in that order. I'm a high tenor, so they were perfect role models."
Though he sang in his high-school glee club, Mr. Robinson said he did not study music formally—referring to his talents as "intuitive" and "a blessing." "Berry's first wife taught me about notes and chords, so I can read music today. But I'm not fluent to the point where you can show me sheet music and I can sit down and play it. I can't do that."
Mr. Robinson credits his mother with teaching him how to turn a phrase. "My mama often used colorful sayings and rhymes to make a point so we'd think about them and remember what she had said."
The song that put Mr. Robinson and Motown on the map was "Shop Around." "I originally wrote it for Barrett Strong —another Motown artist. His first hit was 'Money (That's What I Want).' What do you do with money? You shop around. I wrote the song in 20 minutes—in a midtempo bluesy style."
But when Mr. Gordy heard the demo, he wanted Mr. Robinson to record it instead. "So I did, but when we released the single, it sort of sat there," Mr. Robinson said. "Two weeks later, Berry called me at 3 a.m. and told me to come to the studio with the Miracles. He wanted us to rerecord it faster—with more punch and urgency. When I arrived, everyone was there except the piano player, so Berry played it. When the new single came out, the record became a smash hit."
Today, Mr. Robinson continues to find inspiration for lyrics in "everyday life"—overheard conversations, radio banter and even billboard ad copy. "I have a method now where I call my voicemail and leave ideas there until I can put them down on paper. You might say something to me during this interview and I'll say, 'Wow, that's a great title.' It happens for me that way."
With Latin America now experiencing a digital-music boom, Mr. Robinson appears to be diversifying. "I've started writing new songs in Spanish, because I want to do a Spanish album. I've been working on my Spanish for the past four years."
In the YouTube age, Mr. Robinson's legacy has already been preserved in digital amber—allowing millions of viewers world-wide to access video clips of his early television appearances. Asked to show this writer a Miracles dance step from a 1961 "American Bandstand" clip of "Shop Around," Mr. Robinson leapt up but was hesitant.
"I think we were just cross-stepping—with a kick and turn like this," he said, demonstrating. "Honestly, though, I'm not the greatest dancer. [Motown choreographer] Cholly Atkins used to say, 'I'm glad you're the lead singer so I don't have to teach you these steps.'"
Mr. Myers writes daily about music at JazzWax.com and is author of "Why Jazz Happened" (University of California Press).
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Beta Theta Pi was the first fraternity at Wabash College, founded in 1846, and has been a leader on campus ever since. We have one of the strongest alumni networks and were blessed with a complete renovation of our house in 2000.
Beta has always been an academic leader at Wabash, consistently placing at the top of the campus in house GPA. This past year our senior class achieved a perfect 11-for-11 on comprehensive exams, including a campus-high four distinctions awarded.
Betas can also be found outside of their class work taking on leadership positions. Betas are currently leaders in the Student Senate, College Republicans, College Democrats, the Inter-Fraternity Council, the History Society, the Business Club, the Rugby Club and numerous other clubs. We have members in almost every campus organization that contributes to the Wabash community. In addition, Betas can be found in almost every sport. Betas represent a large number of the football and baseball teams, as well as the basketball, soccer, cross country, track, golf, and tennis teams.
At the 2011 Beta General Convention, Tau Chapter won the Sisson Award for Chapter Excellence, Hardin Leadership Development Award, and Regional Virginia Tech GPA Award.
At Beta, we expect our brothers to be involved on campus, to contribute to the community, and to share in the bonds that tie us together. We hope that you will stop by our house on your visit to find out more about our brotherhood. Come see if Beta is what you are looking for in a college experience.
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Natural selection: Mutation protects against malaria - at a steep cost. (A recent study supports Mike Behe's observation in Edge of Evolution that the protections against malaria that evolve through natural selection acting on random mutations (Darwin's mechanism) - apart from being few and far between - tend to come with serious problems. DON'T trust evolution to solve your problems!
Also: Human evolution: Shape of early human teeth fails to predict actual diet, study finds.
"A recent study by anthropologist Peter Ungar of the University of Arkansas and colleagues has challenged the conventional way that anthropologists determine what early humans and human ancestors ate. Apparently, they didn't necessarily eat what they 'should have.'" So there is a lot we cannot predict about early human diets. For more, go here.


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It will be 50 years this week that the doors to New Bern�s CarolinaEast Medical Center opened, originally named Craven County Hospital.
It will be 50 years this week that the doors to New Bern�s CarolinaEast Medical Center opened, originally named Craven County Hospital.
It was introduced as an ultra-modern 100-bed facility and throughout the next five decades, with name changes such as Craven Regional Medical Center, it has remained a jewel among medical facilities.
Craven County Hospital did not rise from its present location when it was dedicated on April 23 of 1963, at a cost of $2.2 million.
Craven County had purchased St. Luke�s Hospital from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark, N.J., in May of 1962. At that time, St. Luke�s was a 70-bed facility with about 120 employees, 26 staff physicians and a budget of about $750,000.
Today, CarolinaEast has locations in four counties, an annual budget of $743 million and about 200 physicians with hospital privileges.
The new Craven County Hospital in 1963 was four stories, with the top floor having shelled-in bed space. It was completed at the end of 1963 and occupied early the next year. The additional beds brought the hospital to 161 beds.
A third addition was the Neuse Clinic, completed in 1974. This mental health facility was the largest Hill-Burton hospital-connected facility ever built in the state. Its opening brought the hospital to 186 beds.
Another stage of construction that started in the fall of 1973 was completed in April of 1977, bringing the bed size to 248.
In June of 1976, the construction of the Area Health Education Building began on the campus and was completed the following spring.
By 1984, the hospital had 96 active physicians, 21 on the courtesy staff, and 964 total employees.
Today, the organization is the county�s second largest employing more than 2,100 individuals with a payroll exceeding $145 million per year. The most expansive renovation and new construction is about to begin. It will house a greatly expanded Women�s and Children�s Health Pavilion, almost double the size of the Emergency Department that provides care for more than 75,000 people each year; expand surgical services; support areas and enhance the safety of the parking lot.
Over the years, there have been many milestones:
April 25, 1963: Mrs. L.E. Barber and her infant son, Ricky, were the first patients transferred from the old St. Luke�s Hospital. Mr. H. Pollard of Hobucken was the first newly-admitted patient.
April 26, 1963: Baby Boy Moore is first baby born in the new hospital at 6:10 a.m. Dr. Warren attended.
Feb. 3, 1975:The first Radiation Therapy department for the treatment of cancerous cells opened. It was the fifth North Carolina Hospital and the first east of Raleigh to offer this treatment.
Fall 1976: Computerized Tomography (CT) began � one of the first in the state to offer this then leading edge imaging service.
Fall 1980: Cardiac Rehabilitation, a wellness program for heart patients was offered on an outpatient basis. This was the first of its kind in eastern North Carolina.
1981: Anew four-story wing opened home to a modern intensive care unit, neuro-surgical unit, surgical unit and a new cafeteria.
April 1987: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was brought to coastal North Carolina through a partnership with local hospitals, with the lead partner being then Craven County Hospital.
August 1987: Care areas were renovated and relocated to allow space for the new Women�s Center.
1989:Craven County Hospital leadership realizes the organization�s reach had always been beyond just that of Craven County. The name changed to Craven Regional Medical Center. To meet the demands of the move from inpatient to outpatient services, a new outpatient services wing opens.
December 1992:The first era of integration began with the acquisition of New Bern Diagnostic Center, New Bern Surgery Center and Vanceboro Medical Center.
October 1993:Lifesaving cardiac surgery was now being performed and a 20-bed rehabilitation hospital opened.
Summer 1996:Construction began on a new outpatient surgery center in McCarthy Square.
February 2004: Then Craven Regional Medical Center was the first non-academic hospital in North Carolina to offer Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET-CT), the most advanced imaging technology used to stage cancers and evaluate treatment effectiveness.
April 2007: The Diagnostic Center became the first provider in coastal North Carolina to offer digital mammography � the most advanced breast cancer detection imaging available at the time.
July 2008:George Raymond Leggett III took the helm becoming the ninth administrator of the organization.
April 2009:Heart Center of Eastern North Carolina was the first of several physician practices to integrate with the hospital � a growing trend across the country.
May 2009:Craven Regional Medical Center became CarolinaEast Health System.
October 2010:Robotic Assisted Surgery became available in coastal North Carolina. Brenda Coleman of Maysville is the first patient to benefit from the daVinci surgical system and returned to work in just over a week.
April 2013:CarolinaEast begins its journey into its second half century.


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Two polls indicate Americans are leaning slightly toward the idea that the sequestration budget cuts would be a bad thing and Congress should act to avoid them.
One poll, issued Wednesday by Gallup in Princeton, N.J., said 45 percent of those surveyed would rather the $85 billion in sequester cuts agreed to by Congress and the White House in 2011 not go into effect Friday as scheduled. Thirty-seven percent said they favor letting the cuts happen and 19 percent said they had no opinion.
The other poll, conducted by The Wall Street Journal and NBC News, revealed a narrower divide, with 50 percent against sequestration happening and 46 percent leaning the other way.
The cuts represent between 2 percent and 3 percent of the government's annual $3.5 trillion budget and big-ticket programs such as Social Security and Medicare benefits are exempt.
The Gallup poll found 60 percent of Americans said they were following the news about the budget cuts closely.
Gallup also said President Obama and congressional Democrats and Republicans all fall short of majority approval for their handling of the sequestration issue, with the president at 45 percent, Democrats at 37 percent and Republicans at 25 percent.
In the WSJ/NBC poll, 46 percent agreed allowing the spending cuts to take effect may not be perfect, but the country needs to take dramatic action to cut the burgeoning federal deficit, now at $16.6 trillion and growing about $1 trillion a year.
If they could swap in a new plan, a slight plurality of 39 percent said they'd prefer even deeper cuts, while a similar plurality of 37 percent said they'd want a plan with fewer cuts.
At the same time, 51 percent of those polled said the budget negotiations between Obama and congressional Republicans made them feel less confident the economy was getting better, while 16 percent said it made them feel more confident.
Both of these figures are the same as when this question was first asked in last month's WSJ/NBC poll.
About 29 percent said they thought the budget negotiations made no difference to the economy and 4 percent said they weren't sure. Last month, 31 percent said they thought the talks made no difference and 2 percent said they weren't sure.
Nearly six in 10 -- 59 percent -- said they thought the country was on the wrong track, the highest number since last summer. About one-third -- 32 percent -- said it was headed in the right direction. Six percent said they had mixed feelings and 3 percent said they weren't sure.
The WSJ/NBC poll indicated significant support for Obama's legislative agenda, including calls for stricter gun controls and plans to overhaul U.S. immigration laws and raise the minimum wage.
Overall, 50 percent approved Obama's job performance, 45 percent disapproved and 5 percent said they weren't sure. This is down from January's 52 percent approval, 44 percent disapproval and 4 percent not sure.
By a more than 2-to-1 margin, poll participants said Obama was doing more than Republicans to unify the country in a bipartisan way.
About 48 percent said they saw this of Obama, compared with 22 percent who said they saw this of Republicans and 37 percent who said the same of the Democratic Party.
The survey found 29 percent of those polled said they agreed with what Republicans are proposing in Congress. This compared with 40 percent who said they agreed with the Democrats' plans and 45 percent who agreed with Obama's proposals.
About 57 percent said they disagreed with what congressional Republicans are proposing, the highest level in Journal polling dating from 1995. The portion that said they disagreed with what congressional Democrats and Obama are proposing was 46 percent.
The newspaper and TV network's nationwide poll of 1,000 adults was conducted Thursday through Sunday by Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies and Fred Yang of Peter D. Hart Research Associates. Its margin of error is 3.1 percentage points.
The Gallup poll was conducted of 1,017 adults Monday and Tuesday, and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.


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Are your clients going to the USA for business for a day or two? Perhaps they're exploring Canada's coast, heading to the Caribbean or travelling overseas?
Manulife Travel Insurance for Canadians travelling out-of-province helps protect your clients against the cost of unexpected emergencies that may occur during their trip – costs only marginally covered by their provincial health insurance plan.
Plan options
Single-Trip Plan
Travel Canada Plan
- Provides coverage for one trip for the number of days purchased. No age limit.
- Provides Emergency Medical Insurance if all travel is within Canada at 50% off the regular Single-Trip Emergency Medical Plan rates.
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- Provides coverage for an unlimited number of trips during the policy year for the number of days purchased.
- Choose between 4, 10, 18, 30-day options plus a 60-day option for the Multi-Trip Emergency Medical plan. No age limit.
- Available as an Emergency Medical Plan and an All-Inclusive Plan
- Provides several benefits all in one plan. It covers Emergency Medical, Trip Cancellation & Interruption, Baggage Loss, Delay & Damage, Flight Accident and Travel Accident.
- Available as a Single Trip Plan or Multi-Trip Plan
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- May be purchased as a stand-alone plan or part of an All-Inclusive Plan.
Benefits Available
Emergency Medical Insurance
Baggage Loss, Damage & Delay
- Covers up to $10,000,000 for expenses as a result of emergency medical attention required during a trip.
- Covers up to $1,000 per trip. Up to $3,000 per Multi-Trip All-Inclusive policy.
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- Covers for $100,000 for death or double dismemberment, or $50,000 for single dismemberment.
- Covers for $50,000 for death or double dismemberment, or $25,000 for single dismemberment.
Trip Cancellation & Interruption Insurance
- Single Trip Plan – up to the sum purchased to a maximum of $20,000, per insured per trip
- Single Trip All-Inclusive Plan – up to $3,500 per insured per trip
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The Top 12 Cakes To Bring To Your Family Reunion
The Top 12 Cakes to Bring To Your Family Reunion:
(Assuming your family has an excellent sense of humor.)
(Or you just don't like them.)
With this many grammar errors, you can always blame it on your younger cousins.
Make sure you insist everyone sing to him, too.
Works best if your last name is Trumpet. Or if you have a bunch of sentient squabbling horns around.
(No, I don't know the back story. Feel free to imagine your own.)
And this one works best if you there are either a bunch of teenage girls in your family, or none at all.
("Anybody want a peanut?")
I *think* this was supposed to say "Lordy Lordy, look who's forty." I like the vaguely ominous portent-of-death vibe, though. And, hey, conversation starter!
Because a little honesty can go a long way... towards getting everyone to leave early so you can go back to playing LEGO: Harry Potter.
Mom always said to be positive. Or possibly "possitive."
Serve with copious amounts of alcohol. Then:
... set this one out while no one's looking, sit back, and watch the accusations fly.
This is another one I don't have a back story on, but I like to imagine it was ordered by that Debbie Downer relative who's always going on about "kids these days" and how "we'll all belong to China in a few more years - just you watch."
Also, yes, that relative might be me. WHAT.
And finally:
Hey Shelly G., Krissy M., Amy S., Lisa C., Judi D., Laura B., Lisa V., Nicole S., Susan S., MJ, Vanessa S., & Laura S., I think I speak for us all when I say, "what's that supposed to mean??"


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Learn more about attractions, guided tours, parks, and more.
Adrenalina, Navegación, Turismo
Northern BC Jet Boat Tours offers a variety of tours ranging from an hour to a full day. We specialize in getting off the beaten path and showcasing some of northwest BC and Central BC's most scenic rivers and waterways. We can customize any tour for your specific needs and group size. We operate out of Terrace, British Columbia and the the Prince George area as well. Let us make your trip one to remember!
Bodegas de Vino y Tours
Winelicious Tours provides local scenic wine tours in the Okanagan Valley, visiting popular wineries, enjoying tastings and optional vineyard lunch.
Parques y Áreas Silvestres, Cabañas y Casas de Campo
Take advantage of the exclusive right to stay overnight in Canada's best preserved west coast artillery fort! Experience camping in the new way, with a comfy bed. Each furnished oTENTik sleeps six and includes a BBQ, campfire pit and firewood. It's only a short walk to the spectacular Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site. Available Mid May through September long weekend.
Year- round excitement awaits kids of all ages at Castle Fun Park! Offering three uniquely themed mini- golf courses, an exhilarating go kart track, indoor pitching & batting cages, bumper cars, shooting gallery, indoor driving range, remote control boats, over 200 arcade & skill games, and much more! Experience true family entertainment for all occasions at Castle Fun Park! Open every day except Christmas from 10am until midnight.36165 North Parallel Road. Just off Hwy #1- Exit 95 in Abbotsford.
Cultura Indígena, Galerías de Arte
I-Hos Gallery presents a collection of traditional and contemporary northwest coast artwork and crafts. Masks, prints, gold and silver jewelry and wood carvings, textiles and clothing produced by First Nations artists are displayed in a distinctive building on the K'omoks First Nation Band lands (located between Courtenay and Comox) on Vancouver Island. There is truly something for everyone and every price range in the gallery.
Cultus Lake Adventure Park is BC's Best Theme Park. This is the most animated amusement park you will ever see, with award-winning craftsmanship and one-of-a-kind rides and attractions. This park is loaded with surprises at every turn and will leave you amazed. The park features 18 rides and attractions for all ages, including Giggle Ridge Adventure Golf. There is no cost to enter the park – you can buy all day unlimited ride wristbands, individual ride tokens, mini golf, gem bags and more inside the park. About a one hour drive from Vancouver, this is a destination you will not want to miss out on during the summer! Check out our website to see the full list of rides, prices, and dates.
Cultus Lake
Spas y Bienestar
We are a lakeside Aveda Spa located within The Cove Lakeside Resort in beautiful West Kelowna, BC. Our philosophy is simple-soothe the spirit and beauty will follow. Let us be your refuge in a world full of stressful demands on your body and time. Our team is committed to providing you with exceptional service in an atmosphere that is peaceful, elegant and calming.
West Kelowna
CedarCreek is founded on connections â to the land we care for and to the Okanagan Valley we call home. On our fifty-acre property along the shores of Lake Okanagan, Winemaker Taylor Whelan is building upon three decades of winemaking history, and defining a new chapter with our bright, expressive north Okanagan Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays, and aromatic white wines. Deepen your appreciation for our region at our brand new 120-seat restaurant and tasting room. From the panoramic views of the lake, vines and valley, to the mouth-watering local menu, we create an adventure for all of your senses. Whether you're stopping by for a tasting or to share a bottle and meal in the dining room, we want to help you fall in love with this land and all it offers.
Museos y Sitios Patrimoniales
The Valemount Museum has something for every member of the family. The museum has three levels in the main building with displays on the Railway (rail camps and towns), a model railroad that even runs through the bathroom, Japanese Internment Camps, War Heroes, Old Children's Toys, Valemount Pioneers, Margaret McKirdy's Little People, James Vanslyk's Art, Valemount Schools, Sewing, an Old Bedroom.
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Paseo a caballo y Ranchos
Nestled in the beauty of the Cowichan Valley, this impeccable facility is a first class, family run business. It is our pleasure to offer everyone a unique equine riding experience. Escape the crowds and indulge in a memorable experience. Enjoy sweeping ocean and valley views. A great opportunity to experience a West Coast Rainforest. Our trails are expertly guided and the horses are suitable for all levels of riders.
Cobble Hill
Ciclismo, Tours Culinarios, Turismo
We provide fun, leisurely guided bicycle tours of Victoria BC, highlighting the best of the cities, parks, attractions and culture, with stops for stories, food tastings and photo ops along the way. Stories and stops include; BC Legislature Building, Craigdarroch Caslte The Fairmont Empress, Emily Carr House, Beacon Hill Park, Chinatown, and more. One Day Two Wheels!
Rafting en ríos, Remo, Tours de Vida Salvaje, Turismo
Kootenay River Runners raft on 3 of the best white water rivers in British Columbia and Alberta. Our trips offer trips from mild to wild, the perfect white water rafting experience for any outdoor adventure enthusiast. Whether you are looking for a fun filled family rafting trip on the Kootenay River near Radium, BC; or a short but sweet, exciting rafting adventure on the Toby Creek in Panorama BC, or a high-adventure, adrenaline pumping, white water rafting challenge on the Kicking Horse River near Golden, BC. We have the perfect trip for you and your family.
Radium Hot Springs
At My Spa, we believe everyone deserves a healthy body and soul. We are a haven for relaxation and privacy and offer a wide variety of luxurious spa treatments and services designed to revitalize and promote a healthy balanced life style. Relax, replenish and rejuvenate with our aromatherapy massages, body exfoliation, and organic bath treatments. With our exceptionally trained therapists, treatment will be tailored to the needs and preference of each guest. My Spa, Why not indulge and pamper yourself.
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To its early audiences for whom World War II was a recent memory, Kenneth MacMillan's psychological drama The Burrow strongly recalled the harrowing Diaries of Ann Frank. In his depiction of human suffering, MacMillan was venturing into territory then unusual on the ballet stage. The Burrow foreshadowed such later works as Valley of Shadows, Playground and Different Drummer. Arnold Haskell's programme note for the premiere read:
"There are many today who live in hiding, sealed off in some small room. Such a room is a small world in which life burns more intensely; the flickering of a light bulb may bring despair. The ballet introduces us to such a world; there is the woman who is close to breaking point; the man who is an outcast – even the victims of intolerance are intolerant – the over-cheerful man, whose humour is a bludgeon; the child unconscious of fear but quick to seize the mood; and the lover who can never be alone. A knock on the door and their world is shattered."
There are some twenty dancers on stage throughout. Nicholas Georgiadis's claustrophobic set, in browns and buffs, was an attic room with a narrow closed door, which became the focal point as the ballet neared its climax. For his score, MacMillan looked again to Frank Martin whose Petite Symphonie Concertante he had used in Laiderette.
For some reviewers, the concentration of dancers in a confined space was startling and dramatic; others commented that it made for fragmentary choreography and loss of impact. Clive Barnes, writing in Dance and Dancers, praised the performances of Lynn Seymour and Donald Mac Leary as touching, hesitant young lovers ("Seymour showed a charming quality all her own and should prove a distinct acquisition for the Royal Ballet"). Barnes singled out Donald Britton's Joker as "one of the finest male character performances yet seen in British ballet." For an audience with recent memories of war and whose younger members had known nothing but the Cold War, The Burrow was powerfully resonant. "Fear is something familiar to MacMillan's generation", Barnes continued, "something we instinctively recognise."
The Times review (unsigned) commented: "Although there is no overt message, it somehow recalls The Green Table, perhaps because both are tracts on war, but though it generates considerable tension through the imaginatively conceived choreography – restricted movements, sudden tutti stampedes, contorted enchainements – it has not in sum the emotional power of that remarkable sermon in dance. Yet it is sufficiently dramatic in its three tableaux to make one glad when it ends." The Guardian's review (also unsigned) suggested that "the work does not grow dramatically – when the knock on the door comes, one feel that it might just as well have come much earlier or much later – but its flashes of individual dance are impressive ; and altogether it has speed, tension and an atmosphere of fear"
At the Copenhagen Festival in June 1961, the Royal Danish Ballet danced The Burrow along with Danses Concertantes and Solitaire in a MacMillan programme. "The Danes have skilfully mastered the alien style", The Guardian noted approvingly, "and it was good to find that this versatile young choreographer is being hailed in Copenhagen as an outstanding creative talent."
In 1992, Kenneth MacMillan recreated The Burrow for Birmingham Royal Ballet, this time with new designs by Nicholas Georgiadis suggestive of one of today's cardboard cities of refugees. In important respects the recreation was a new work; the surviving Benesh score was fragmentary and the archive film poorly shot. Judith Mackrell, writing for The Independent, commented:
"Perhaps the most startling effect, which MacMillan hasn't tinkered with, is the way that all 21 dancers remain on stage throughout - fighting for space in Nicholas Georgiadis's dark and cluttered set yet often moving with frantic energy. Complex formal dances are fractured by brief scrappy fights, by a furtively grabbed embrace, by a child playing or by an old man shambling about his own half-crazy business. A single phrase alternates between deft classical steps and skewed, slumped, expressionistic body language. The effect is of torn remnants of civilised behaviour fighting for survival in a hell of fear and disorientation."
First Performed: 2 January 1958
Company: Royal Ballet Touring Company, The Royal Opera House
Music: Frank Martin
Design: Nicholas Georgiadis
Cast: Anne Heaton, Donald Britton, Edward Miller, Lynn Seymour, Donald MacLeary


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USDA reinforced its prediction for record corn and soybean crops in 2014.
USDA had its first chance to lower 2014 yield expectations on Friday, May 9 in its monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). But it resisted the urge.
Even with corn planting being behind the five-year average, USDA forecast 2014 corn production a record 13.935 billion bushels, with an average national yield of 165.3 bu./acre. For soybeans, 2014 production is estimated at 3.636 billion bushels (also a record) and the average national yield is pegged at 45.2 bu./acre.
"A lot of people, including me, thought there was no way they would use the 165 bu./acre yield estimate," says Jerry Gulke, president of The Gulke Group. He says USDA has a history of using trendline yields, as long as 50% of corn planted by May 15.
As of May 4, USDA estimates 29% of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground Last year only 11% of the corn crop was planted by May 4 and the five-year average is 42% by early May. According to 1,400 farmers and ranchers responding to the May 7 Farm Journal Pulse, 48% of corn is planted.
Hear Gulke's full audio analysis:
Corn planting is severely behind in Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, as all are 15 percentage points or more behind average. Yet, farmers in Colorado, Kansas and Missouri are 5 percentage points or more ahead of the average planting pace.
Gulke says since corn planting in the central and southern parts of the Corn Belt are nearly done, the market isn't strongly reacting to planting delays. "The market is saying they don't care if we plant the corn in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin or Michigan," he says. "We think we're going to have enough by the I States on south and what gets planted in Minnesota."
Another surprise in the report was old-crop demand, Gulke says. USDA lowered the 2013-14 carryout to 1.146 billion bushels. The average analyst estimate was 1.314 billion bushels. He says they increased exports but didn't significantly change feed and residual or ethanol usage.
Lower demand and higher production leaves the 2014-15 estimated corn ending stocks at 1.7 billion bushels, up 580 million bushels from the projection for 2013-14. With the larger carryout, USDA predicts a season-average farm price of $3.85 to $4.55 per bushel, down from $4.50 to $4.80 per bushel for 2013/14.
For soybeans, U.S. crush for 2014/15 is projected at 1.715 billion bushels, up 20 million from 2013/14. Despite lower prices, soybean meal exports are projected up only slightly with Argentina soybean meal exports accounting for most of the gains in global soybean meal trade.
U.S. soybean exports are projected at 1.625 billion bushels, up 25 million from 2013/14 on record supplies and competitive prices. Despite gains in use, ending stocks for 2014/15 are projected at 330 million bushels, up 200 million from 2013/14. The U.S. season-average soybean price for 2014/15 is forecast to decline to $9.75 to $11.75 per bushel compared with $13.10 per bushel in 2013/14.
Read complete coverage of the May 9 USDA reports.
Have a question for Jerry? Contact him at 815-721-4705 or email@example.com.
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Entropy and its tools offer allot of things you might never guessed.
Lets take spritz and create a backup from our local client database. Its wise to make a backup of this client database every now and then because this holds all the information about your system installed packages.
Just hit "New Backup" and it will create a backup that we can use later in case of an emergency.
Running equo database backup will do the same thing.
I want to note that there are 2 databases that entropy uses.
- The online database that holds entries about every package you can install. This is the database that gets updated when you run "equo update". If for whatever reason this database get damaged, or when you cannot seem to update it using equo update, you can simply overwrite it and download a fresh new one using equo update –force.
- The client database that holds everything you have installed on your system. When this gets corrupted OR removed you are screwed unless you have a very recent backup made as i explained above.
Now if for whatever reason the client database is removed/corrupt and you didn't make any backup, there is one option that we can try to regenerate the client database.
Because we know from our online database what files belong to what package, we can scan the filesystem and poll the database and recreate our client database.
So if there is no way to get your things back togheter using a backup you can at the end of the line use our special escape: equo database resurrect


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Friday, 10 February 2012
Thinking of closing Blog
I keep getting directed to google which i do have a google account but i can't figure it out the whole thing with the blog now days seems like you need a degree just to figure it out all the background stuff has gone it just hard to figure out now
I managed to post this but it taken a while just to get to be able to post
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I had ab awful time with comments as well, but after investigating, found that if I updated to google chrome, it would work. And it did! Now I look at blogs only through chrome, and it works beautifully. You know I haven't posted for a long time, but I will eventually. I looked at the new blogger, and I thought I'd gone crazy. It took me awhile to find how, but I changed it back to the old and don't intend to change to the new yet. Don't give up; we can learn it together!!ReplyDelete
Oh-oh, have I disappeared into thin air?ReplyDelete
What I said was that I hope you don't give up. Since changing from Firefox to Chrome I have had no problems.ReplyDelete
The new Blogger is OK once you've played around with it a bit. Let me know if I could help at all.
- Anonymous11 February 2012 at 08:33
Janice, why don't you build,ReplyDelete
(put together) your own website with your own design and do away with this one.
Hope you change your mind and don't close your blog. But google does have free websites that are templates you change to suit your own needs. You can even add paypal buttons to it to sell your socks and so on. i see I have to sign in below to leave this comment on your blog. S. WatsonReplyDelete
Thank you for dropping by and commenting on my post Please remember if you are no reply or I don't have a your e-mail add I can not comment on what you say. I hope you have like my Blog and Will visit again


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I was just going to post a new thread when I saw the sticky.
Here is the e mail
I need a split air condition unit
Below are the specifications required;
a.. Ductless Mini Split Wall Mounted Unit [Cooling only]
a.. Capacity 17,000BTU [1.5 ton]
a.. 230V
a.. My budget is about $2,500 per unit
a.. Quantity required 3pcs [3 indoor and 3 outdoor units]
a.. No Line sets and accessories
a.. My favorite brands are Mitsubishi, Sanyo, LG or any durable brand
a.. No installation, No warranty required
Kindly get back to me with pricing and how long it will take to have them
ordered in. I demand quality made products at fair prices. Am buying
this unit as a gift for a friend. Am willing to pay upfront before you
order units in. Exclude cost of shipping from quote since i will be
picking them up from your location.
Look forward to you response.
Carol Rothman
From: Diversified Air Email Address Removed
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:14 AM
To: Carol Rothman
Subject: Re: air conditioning quote status
Hi Carol,
What quote are you referring to?
Thank You
Jim Fisher
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From: Carol Rothman
To: Email Address Removed
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:35 AM
Subject: air conditioning quote status
I still haven't heard from you concerning the quotation. Let me hear from you Carol