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Bumped: University of Ottawa Disgraces Itself in Eyes of the World - Ann Coulter Cancelled by Vandals
Update: Rock crumbles before student thugs that mar U Of Ottawa campus, issues disingenuous statement that "blames" Coulters Security for cancellation.
Ottawa Sun - Security concerns cancel Ann Coulter's University of Ottawa talk - vandalism by our coddled barbarians
What a disgrace to Canada but what can you expect from a University that promotes Israeli Apartheid Week.
You just know the U of Ottawa is a crazy leftist racist sh*thole when the lunatic in charge of "human rights & equality" one Francine Page defends IAW week and let's not forget that the U of O is also home to alleged (HaHa) terrorist murderer Hassan Diab.
The U of Ottawa was all free-speechy when this hypocrite spoke at Whack-A-Jew-Week
Brian Lilley: "One of the loudest protestors outside was Sameena Topan, the young woman holding the "safe place" sign. Sameena told me she brought that sign because, "This is a space for all students from all backgrounds to come and feel welcome." Sameena went on to say that no student should feel threatened or marginalized. Asked if she had protested, complained or tried to shut down Israeli Apartheid week, Sameena first seemed shocked at the question, then answered no"
Quote from attendee: "They had Israeli Apartheid Week here last week, and those young ladies there started it, they had a whole week to bash the people of Israel. And they were not chanted against, they did not have the door slammed against them. There is free speech in this country. Yes, I am a conservative, and I am a very proud conservative. And they won't let me have the people that I want to listen to in a school that my taxpayer dollars pay for? Shame on them. SHAME ON THEM! They should all be expelled from school."
One gal was waving one of Ann Coulter's books around asking whether they should burn it. "Let's debate this," she says.
Zionhass at the U of Ottawa - Includes Ezra Levant Khaled Mouammar interview
What happened last night was shameful, frightening and profoundly sad.
Shameful that an institution that should encourage debate instead incites censorship and bully tactics....
National Post: Free Speech in Canada leaves much to be desired
Free Speech in Canuckistan Derailment Watch
Our media at "work": "I was watching the local news, which was all hockey and Ann Coulter, and some nut came on claiming that he was the organizer behind my speech. [murmurs in background] OK, his name is Craig Chandler. I sent an e-mail to my bodyguard saying Craig Chandler is disinvited from the event in Calgary. He's on TV claiming to be the organizer and denouncing me!" Update: CBC Apologizes to Craig Chandler see comments.
A mob of child-censors has successfully shut down a speech by Ann Coulter at the University of Ottawa.
"When the protesters showed up, chanting "Free speech, not hate speech!" and carrying, of all things, a police siren, I was reminded of why I left. Their insipid slogans and aggressive posturing, culminating in a mad rush to break into the lecture hall, were all too familiar. All too Canadian."
M. Houle gets his wish - Lefty Freikorps silence Ann Couter
Ann Coulter Riot Part 2
Francois Houle is looking for hate speech. I suggest he look at his own desk. Ann Coulter was not going to say anything that would actually incite people to violence. Mr. Houle came within half an inch of doing so. If it wasn't for the presence of nine police squad cars who knows what might have happened. He gave his students a license to stop Ann Coulter and they ran with it.
Angry, Fascist University Mob Too Much of a Security Risk to Allow Coulter to Speak - "the University of Ottawa has become nothing more than a Left Wing Violent Ghetto "
Our Media At Work: "Media reports suggest that there were "2,000 protesters" present, but this is an absurd lie. There were maybe that many people, to be sure, but the initial party of protesters was quite small, as I noted above, and would grow to maybe 200 at its height, many of them sprinkled throughout the crowd. I find it particularly irresponsible for the media to be spreading this number, as they are, given that all the reporters and cameramen I saw had to slowly push their way through the giant, silent, unprotesting crowd so that they could get good footage of the actual protesters, who stood on the other side."
When the POLICE choose who gets to speak – and who does not…
Houliganism: Ann Coulter cancelled by Barbarians at OttawaU
Ann Coulter Q&A from UWO on video
If you liked living in Germany in the 1930's...
"I'm guessing the scores to get into the University of Ottawa are not very challenging."...
Ezra Levant to represent Coulter before CHRC in Hate Crime case against "The Black Houle of Ottawa?"
Our Media at Work: Photo's and reports of a timid Police response - Irresponsible journalism at the public expense
Ann Coulter Cancelled by University of Ottawa! ...Americans May Be A Protected Minority In Canada, But Who's Going To Protect The Majority?
Susan G Cole makes an ass of herself on Fox News - "Students sign off on all kinds of agreements as to how they'll behave on campus, in order to respect diversity, equity, all of the values that Canadians really care about. Those are the things that drive our political culture. Not freedoms, not rugged individualism, not free speech. It's different, and for us, it works." STFU Suzy
"anti-racist" creeps rushed door threw table volunteers had to flee".
Funny how it's always the "anti-racists" who are the Nazis, odd they never turned up to protest the University of Ottawa's Whack-A-Jew-Week festivities.
Oh my what a nice keffiyeh!
Coulter on Coren thanks to Mississauga Matt who has more.
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Event organizers to sue University of Ottawa - ...rumoured the people who organized Israeli Apartheid Week are the Nazi vandals
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I'm actually taking a WoW-vacation now. I was ridiculously burned out on this game, every single damned second I spent on it felt like a chore, and I couldn't even bare to login if my friends weren't online and talking because I didn't feel like the gameplay alone was holding up for me.
I mean, I did my dailies which are basically a second job, then did my random heroic which have grown very, very old since the start of WotLK, then i'd do any solo content I had off cooldown (i'm a mount collector) which also felt like a chore/job, then i'd look for raid groups which usually ended up in me being frustrated and very pissed off because i'm a PuG player now (I used to be a guild player but.. now I just couldn't get myself into it again, too much responsibility for a freaking video game). Part of that is that i'm a tank now, and there just doesn't seem to be any acceptance for new tanks this late in the expansion (or at least on my server? dunno).
3.3.3 wasn't really any help for me, and it's a shame because I was hoping it'd regain my interest. A few attempts using the random battleground feature made me remember why I stopped doing PvP in the first place, and most of the other changes are so small they're barely noticeable.
Time off is CRUCIAL in world of warcraft, it becomes very grindy, repetitive and well.. depressing to keep playing on while you're not enjoying it. My friends tried to keep me playing but.. they can't just magically make the game fun for me. I'll surely be back again within a month or two, but for now I need time off. Nothing can make the game fun now, and for some reason some people can't understand that (mainly the ones that are still finding the things i find boring fun). Heroics and dailies and questing and achievements are fun for a little while, but this game just doesn't hold up when you play it alot for a long time.
Sorry for the rant, figured I needed to let that out somewhere.

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Medical Billing and Coding Blog interviewed a professional biller and coder with over 30 years of industry experience, and a current member of the National Advisory Board for the American Academy of Professional Coders. We got her take on the top 10 coding errors that she sees in medical billing and coding students. Here is her list of the top 10 coding mistakes:
1. Unbundling of codes
a. Unbundling is breaking apart codes that are inclusive of other codes. This not only affects reimbursement but it is illegal to do and will trigger an audit.
2. Not coding the diagnosis code to the highest level
a. This is due to the fact that some ICD-9-CM codes need a 4th or 5th digit to be accurate and correct, something that many beginning coders will miss.
3. Not understanding how to interpret the operative reports
a. For instance, if a laminectomy is performed, but the word laminectomy is not mentioned in the body of the operative report, the coder thinks that it has not been performed. The physician has described the procedure in the report but not mentioned the term laminectomy; fully understanding how to interpret the operative reports will limit this error
4. The physician not marking on the encounter form or superbill that they performed an x-ray gave an injection…etc
a. The coder has no idea that these were done unless it is mentioned in the documentation on the chart. Usually by this time, the coder or biller has already sent the claim out. They then have to submit an amended claim which could result in lost time and money.
5. Not having access to the provider, surgical tech or the documentation to be able to audit the claim.
a. In the situation where a coder is working off site from the provider's office, they may not be able to contact the provider or see the documentation from the patient's chart. If they have a question about something, they have no way of getting that information unless they have a good relationship with the physician's office. Therefore, it takes a team of the physician, surgical tech, medical assistant, front desk staff and the medical records to sometimes get the information they need to code the claim correctly.
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The motorsport that is drifting certainly revolves around the aspect of style; the more recognizable the vehicle, the better. That is why you often see drift cars adorned in very bright colors and loud, eye-catching liveries. Drifting has become such a popular motorsport throughout the world that new drift builds are constantly being debuted. With so many professional drifters and drift cars nowadays, the way the vehicle looks is nearly as important as how it slides. Even back in the days when drifting was based solely in Japan, there were always cars that set out to peacock. Drifting has always been about style and grace. The motorsport itself is judged on how you slide your car and the style in which you can get your car swinging down the course. Horsepower and tire smoke are definitely important, but if no one can recognize the car that is consumed in that cloud of haze, the driver and/or tuning company that built that car has ultimately failed. Drifters and companies that assemble these builds put these cars together as promotional tools to either represent themselves or the products they sell—consider them moving billboards, if you will. The best forms of advertisement are the ones you remember, and when it comes to drifting, these cars have to be seen and made identifiable around the world.
The great thing about building a drift car is that it's literally an open book—there is no "correct" way of doing it. While show cars are limited to the trends that are popular during a given time, drift cars are best when they have that "outside of the box" feel. Style matters over everything in drifting and the flamboyant and avant-garde shine on. The driver may be doing all the work behind the wheel, but the machines that they operate usually steal the spotlight.
Ryo Yoshinaga is no stranger to this concept. Not only does he build drift cars for a living, but his company, Garage R-Y-O, also produces its own line of products, and has a graphic design service for full-car liveries. Judging by his previous shop demo cars, Ryo is well-versed in grabbing your attention. Ask anyone who knows him and they will tell you right away that he is not the best drifter. The man can sure build the hell out of a car but he usually saves his most important builds for more accomplished drivers. Garage R-Y-O has assembled a FD3S RX-7 for D1 driver, Tsutomu Akihito in the past and recently campaigned an S14 drift car piloted by Ryuji Miki. Both of those builds had two things in common: both were extremely wide, and both were a graphical assault on the eyes. For Garage R-Y-O's latest endeavor, he went with a more subtle approach. The new drift car would still have that wide stance that R-Y-O was known for, but he would do away with the full body wrap. Instead, the car's aesthetics would rely more on the aero and the custom bright metallic pink tone. Nothing says "stare at me while I slide" more than a car dressed in pink. If the pink coat of paint isn't loud enough, the window tint and company logos represented on the S13 chassis are pink as well.
When we first spotted this Silvia at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon event, we knew that we had to get this car into our publication. Admittedly, the pink was cool, but the color wasn't what sold us on Ryo's S13—it was everything else. The whole car was just a kick in the pants. It screamed for attention and it definitely got ours. The 20 year-old Silvia coupe had a completely new appeal about it thanks to facial reconstructive surgery performed by Spirit Rei. The mouth and nose of the Silvia are much more angular and sharp now to match the eyes, which are transplants from a Japanese-specific RB1 Honda Odyssey. Headlight conversions, especially from different vehicle makes, haven't been cool in over a decade or so, but when the end result looks this good, an exception can be certainly be made. The rest of the body parts, with the exception of the OEM doors, are also a part of the Spirit Rei package. The front fenders and rear quarter panels were already widened variations from Spirit Rei, but Ryo massaged them and gave them an additional 15cm of width overall. The space freed up by the custom fenders was more than enough to house an aggressive, staggered set of 17-inch Volk Racing TE37Vs.
Ryo's Silvia wouldn't be a true drift car if it didn't make a reasonable amount of horsepower and scream bloody murder as it slid down the track. Under the fiberglass Spirit Rei hood is a built 2.1-liter SR20DET. The guts of the turbocharged engine have been renovated with a host of Tomei components while the turbo and supplementary pieces have all been upgraded by Trust/GReddy. Assistance with power delivery comes via a Cusco limited-slip differential and Garage R-Y-O produced clutch. The suspension sees a similar treatment of self-produced R-Y-O products in the form of coilovers mated to Espelir springs along with custom knuckle arms for maximum turning angle.
The Garage R-Y-O "Odyvia" has undoubtedly made a statement in the looks-department, but it still remains to be seen how well it will perform in a professional drifting environment. We heard rumors recently that Ryo plans to have a female drifter pilot this car in the near future. Whatever happens, we wish the best for Ryo-san. He has built quite the reputation for himself and his tuning shop over the years with his exploits in the Japanese drifting world. It's only fitting that this pink Odyvia serve as the new face (pun intended) of Garage R-Y-O.
F. It is a rare type of car
Nice car
with odissey front ???
usss fale ke chimba
It's not a skyline it a 240 coupe with a s13 conversion kit done to it
Not a skyline!
Duh fuuuccck odyssey front s13 rear..
mad props to this conversion....silly noobs,this in no skyline conversion!
and shortly after photo shoot was wrecked up during drift, have this issue, one of my fav.
honda odessy front end, well lights.
Rene Aguilar
Car use to look this when I had before I gave it Ryo-san
S13 coupe
A Gtr R32 looks good
Yea it is
Dope whip gay color
It's a Silvia with Odyssey headlights
It's not a skyline it's a Sylvia with a skyline r33 conversion body kit the back of the quarters are rounded, looks like they used luggage clasps to attach the front bumper on the sides
Odyssey head light ?
Sick!! Now thats a ride
Isnt it a silvia.or an r33 skyline
Looks like if they tried to put an s chassis in grand theft auto
Look's like skyline
Sean this front end is so clean
I love that front end!
Didn't he slam this thing right after this?
awesome tuner
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Almost 1400 schools across the nation have already signed up for the Rudd Government's $480 million National Solar Schools Program, Environment Minister Peter Garrett said today.
Visiting Everton Park State Primary School in Brisbane, Mr Garrett said the popularity of the program - less than two months after it was launched in July-showedthe eagerness of Australian schools to improve their energy efficiency, save money and help the environment.
"I am really excited by the number of registrations we've seen for this program already, with almost 200 schools in Queensland alone already on board and registrations growing by the day across the country.
"It shows that schools around the nation see the benefits of this program and its potential to help them improve their energy and water efficiency and reduce their costs, as well as to demonstrate to students, in a really hands-on way, the simple steps everyone can take to reduce carbon pollution and tackle climate change.
"At schools, in homes and in businesses, getting smarter about the way we use things like water and electricity and takingsteps as simple as changing light bulbs, installing insulation or choosing more efficient appliances can make a real difference both to our impact on the environment through carbon pollution and our hip-pockets.
"One of the really exciting things about the Solar Schools program is it presents schools with an opportunity during the holidays or weekends, to become mini renewable power stations of their own by selling unused electricity generated by their solar systems back into the power network."
Member for Petrie, Yvette D'Ath said Everton Park had registered to install both a solar power system as well as a solar hot water system.
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Don't think I'm a creep quite yet! I'm talking about a new kind of Touchy Feely, a game being developed by Marbles Brain Workshop. What is our version like? I can't reveal everything but it uses stereognosis, the ability to tell what an object is without looking at it. Many games rely on (if not take advantage of) peoples' sense of sight, whereas Touchy Feely relies almost exclusively on tactile perception, a sense rarely exercised.
While developing this game I spoke to two occupational therapists for professional feedback, and both gave me great insight into the potential Touchy Feely has. First, I was informed it can be a very useful tool for people with nerve damage and/or nerve hypersensitivity. "Nerves are overloaded in patients with hypersensitivity and when agitated, the sensations are dispersed." Even someone without nerve damage or hypersensitive nerves could be frightened by an abundance of forms, sizes and textures but fear not. The thing you should be frightened (and amazed) by is how well you're able to recognize an object without seeing it!
Second, I learned about the homunculus, a fascinating concept. In layman's terms, the homunculus is a mental image of oneself. The idea is mapped out quite well in the image below.
In the homunculus a disproportionately large area is taken up by the hands due to the amount of fine motor control they have. Not that you need to understand the science behind these concepts, but it's fascinating to know all of the responses and reactions that are bound to take place while playing!
We made a pretty cool mock-up here in the Workshop and play tested it many times with the folks at Marbles HQ.
Touchy Feely will come with basic instructions, but like any great game, gameplay can be tweaked to players' liking. It can also be played solo or with another person; play alone in a race against time or race your opponent. Either way, Touchy Feely is guaranteed to excite and inform people in a new way, so keep an eye out as it hits shelves later this summer.


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Growing by Going Global
5 success stories prove that small, local companies can flourish nationally and internationally
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The Shangri-La Boracay Resort in the Philippines was
Global experiences in their niche
Following its first design project — renovation of the venerable Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1945 — Honolulu-based WATG was well positioned for the postwar boom in hotel and resort development in the Pacific.
"That instantly established us and we became quickly known in Hawaii and throughout the region for that expertise. I don't think it was a grand plan. It was confluence of being in the right place at the right time," says Howard Wolff, senior VP for the firm formerly known as Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo. "It was natural for us to start exporting our services because there was nobody in Fiji or Tahiti who had that knowledge."
Today, roughly 87 percent of WATG projects are outside the U.S., most in Asia and the Pacific, but also in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Wolff said WATG made the choice early on to focus on the hospitality industry. "In the process, we developed a reputation and were able to develop relationships with people in the travel and hotel-development business. We were competing with firms that dabbled with hotels along with hospitals, schools and sewage treatment plants," he says. "We were able to show this is our focus, this is what we do."
As new hotel construction stalled in Hawaii, resort owners embarked on major renovation and refurbishing to reposition their properties for evolving travel markets. WATG evolved, too, adding master-planning and interior- and landscape-design services to stay competitive.
Even though its operations are widespread, with offices in Honolulu, Irvine, Calif., Orlando, Fla., Seattle, London and Singapore, Wolff says there is close collaboration between company branches, so that, for example, the Seattle office may do work for a client relationship maintained in Honolulu.
"One of the things we determined pretty early on is that we wanted to act as one global firm even though we had multiple locations. That meant not having each office be an individual profit center," he says. "By determining that, we have been able to collaborate. One of the ways to deliver services as a single company is by sharing work, moving projects and people around depending on the workload and skill set required. It's not unusual, for instance, for people in our Honolulu office to spend a few weeks or months in London or the Singapore office and vice versa."
Even with WATG's vast international experience, there have been a few missteps along the way.
"You can waste time and money by being too early in a location," Wolff says. "For example, we were showing work in China in the early 1970s that never got built and we were never paid for. There was a lot of interest but not a lot of ability to make things happen back then. We decided to wait until they got their act together in terms of private-sector development and now our work in China is 40 percent of our business worldwide."
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First Steps to Export Success
Japan and China seem like the obvious markets for Hawaii products and services, but small-business export wannabes might do better targeting Canada, Singapore or Hong Kong, says the head of the Hawaii U.S. Export Assistance Center.
John Holman says open trade, less stringent regulations and product standards more closely aligned with those in the U.S. are just a few reasons those three places may be more welcoming to first-time exporters from Hawaii.
"Target the markets that are the easiest to get into in the shortest amount of time with the least amount of cost and you'll see the biggest return on your investment," he said.
Like the Japanese, Canadians have a strong affinity for the Hawaii brand, Holman says, and many residents there and in Singapore and Hong Kong have more disposable income to pay for premium products such as macadamia nuts and Kona coffee.
Plus, exporters can use distributors in the two smaller Asian countries to springboard into larger regional markets, he says.
"If you are a small Hawaii company and find a really good, reputable partner in Singapore and Hong Kong, you can end up making sales in other countries," he says.
The Hawaii U.S. Export Assistance Center, under the Department of Commerce's U.S. Commercial Service, is part of a network of offices in more than 100 U.S. cities and in 89 foreign countries that counsel small- and medium-size companies planning to expand sales into international markets.
The agency can help business owners create market-entry strategies, navigate documentation, and provide market data, trade leads and information on trade shows and missions.
Holman says the centers worldwide "know who the players are" in foreign manufacturing and distribution, making it easier for Hawaii companies to hook up with reputable partners overseas.
"The single most important factor is finding really good partners," he says. "If businesses partner up with a company randomly, they could spend two or three years before realizing this isn't really working out for them, and in the meantime they may have damaged their brand in that market and maybe lost money."
But even before taking that step, business owners aspiring to go global should first ask themselves hard questions, such as whether they can handle a big boost in demand for their products or services, and whether they are willing to get the financial resources needed to increase capacity.
"Whenever I talk to a company with export hopes I ask, 'If we find a distributor for you in another market, and if sales go up 20 percent, can you meet that extra demand?' Many cannot. The worst thing that can happen is getting a big contract and not being able to fill that order," Holman says.
"We want companies to not think of exporting as a side thing. It's really something you want to focus on developing for long-term success. Making a sale here or there is cool, but if you don't nourish and put resources behind it, it's going to falter, and when the economy falters it's not going to be there for you."
Research is essential to determining if a product or service is exportable and identifying potential markets, but small businesses don't have to establish a presence overseas or engage in costly travel to find that out, according to Dave Erdman, founder of PacRim Marketing Group and PRTech LLC, two Hawaii companies focusing on the Asian travel market.
"One place companies are able to test market is the visitor market in Honolulu or on the Neighbor Islands. We have a terrific testing ground right here in Hawaii," he says.
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Export-Success Awards
Nine Hawaii companies with exporting success were recently honored by Gov. Linda Lingle, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the federal Small Business Administration. Receiving Export Achievement Certificate awards from the Hawaii Export Assistance Center were:
• Cyanotech Corp., which produces microalgae-based nutritional supplements at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii on the Big Island and exports to more than 40 countries. With support from the U.S. Commercial Service, Cyanotech established a partnership in India that has the potential for sales in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
• Hamakua Macadamia Nut Co., which produces roasted and flavored macadamia nuts on the Big Island and recently secured a Hong Kong distributor.
• Hawaiian Island Shine, which makes auto-care products. Collaborating with the state and the export center, the company secured its first international distribution partnership with a major retail chain in Latin America and is now exporting to five countries in the region.
• Maui Babe, a Maui-based company that manufactures and sells sun-related skin-care products. With the export center's help, Maui Babe found a distributor for Australia and New Zealand.
• Noni Biotech International, a noni fruit grower and manufacturer and distributor of juices and skin-care products. The company worked with the export center to make its first sale of a container to a new distributor in South Korea.
• Honua Technologies, which designs and manufactures bio-hazardous waste disposal and treatment systems. With support from the state and the U.S. Commercial Service, it secured a Chinese partner, resulting in major sales of steam sterilizers and ancillary equipment.
Also honored during the May 19 awards were Baldridge & Associates, PRTech LLC and Tradewinds Global. Beth Tokioka, of the Kauai Mayor's Office, was credited for her support of export efforts through the Made in Kauai program.
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Chunky Cherry Tomatoes with Basil
This holiday-hued mixture shouldn't stand for much longer than an hour before serving or the salt will draw all the juices from the tomatoes. Serve with slices of toasted country bread.
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1/4 cup)
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- Calories: 20
- Calories from fat: 59%
- Fat: 1.3g
- Saturated fat: 0.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.2g
- Protein: 0.4g
- Carbohydrate: 2.3g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.3mg
- Sodium: 101mg
- Calcium: 9mg
- 3 cups quartered cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup loosely packed, thinly sliced fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl; let stand 1 hour.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Low Saturated Fat, Gluten-Free
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Pedagog Roy Gould i istraživač Curtis Wong omogućuju kratak uvid u Microsoftov WorldWide teleskop, koji sakuplja slike iz teleskopa i satelita kako bi sagradio sveobuhvatan, interaktivan prikaz našeg svemira.
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Energent is proud to release the newest module in the Energent Suite of software. EnergentGHG provides industrial and commercial/institutional clients with greenhouse gas emission information related to real-time electricity and natural gas consumption, available through Energent's Dashboard.
Waterloo, ON. June 2011 – Energent is pleased to announce the release of the latest module in its suite of energy management software applications. EnergentGHG provides powerful reporting tools, an engaging and configurable dashboard, and energy equivalents to allow all stakeholders to relate greenhouse gas emissions to everyday scenarios.
EnergentGHG provides three primary technology components, and when combined with Energent's Energy Analyst service component, will maximize the benefits realized from this module, while minimizing the effort required by staff. Specifically, these components are:
"EnergentGHG gives organizations everything they need to be aware of their carbon footprint" says Energent President and CEO Chris Reid. "Energent is pleased to offer this exciting new tool to our growing customer base in the hospital, industrial, and commercial sectors."
EnergentGHG is being used in the field:
Energent is on the cutting edge of energy management, and with the newest module, Energent GHG, will continue to lead the industry in comprehensive energy management solutions. With a combination of leading edge software, experienced and knowledgeable services, and competitive Software as a Service business model, Energent continually drives value to its clients in a variety of ways. For more information on Energent's newest module, EnergentGHG, please go to the EnergentGHG website.
About Energent
Energent is a leading provider of energy management technologies in Canada for Industrial, institutional, and commercial customers. Based out of Waterloo, Energent provides its state-of-the-art technology as a software-as-a-service (SaaS), ensuring cost effective deployments and valuable ongoing services. Energent has highly referenced customers across all verticals and regions in Canada, including heavy auto manufacturing, hospitals, and retail commercial. For more information, visit www.energent.com


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Watch video Metro CareRing's former building coming down to make room for the new Hunger Relief Center!
Metro CareRing's former building at 18th Ave. and Downing was demolished June 9 to open up space for the new Hunger Relief Center. The Hunger Relief Center will be a 16,000-square-foot facility that will allow Metro CareRing to triple its capacity to offer healthy-foods access, healthy living/nutrition education, and self-sufficiency programming!
Much more than just a food bank or pantry...
Metro CareRing offers a holistic approach to hunger relief.
Operating Denver's largest hunger-relief program serving families, Metro CareRing's diverse approach to fighting hunger includes a fully stocked fresh-foods shopping market, healthy living and nutrition education, and tools and resources for self-sufficiency. We are passionate about providing nutritious food to those who face economic hardships and helping them become self-reliant.


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Eugene, OR (SportsNetwork.com) - Joseph Young scored a game-high 25 points, leading five players in double figures, as the Oregon Ducks captured a 93-83 win over the Oregon State Beavers in a Pac-12 Conference battle at Matthew Knight Arena.
Mike Moser and Damyean Dotson both tallied 15 points for the Ducks (16-8, 4-8 Pac-12), followed by Jason Calliste and Johnathan Loyd with 14 and 11 points, respectively, as they snapped a two-game slide.
Eric Moreland registered a double-double with 17 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for the Beavers (13-11, 5-7) as they lost for the third time in as many games. Roberto Nelson accounted for a team-best 18 points, Hallice Cooke 16 and Angus Brandt 11 points in the losing cause.
Both teams shot better than 53 percent from the floor in the first half, but it was a 9-of-14 effort behind the 3-point line for the Ducks that pushed them to a 45-35 advantage at the break.
In the second half OSU knocked down 50 percent from the floor, but the hosts connected on a solid 48.3 percent and also converted 18-of-21 at the free- throw line in order to secure the double-digit win.
Oregon finished the day with 53.4 percent accuracy from the field, 11-of-21 beyond the arc, and turned the ball over just six times.
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Riding With the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, New York
There's a gabled cottage called Sunnyside about 30 minutes north of Manhattan where autumn is ushered in with cinnamon-spiked apple cider, cemetery walks, and eerie tales of a headless horseman riding into the night. Sleepy Hollow, New York is home to Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, and their creator, Washington Irving. Carve a pumpkin in the front yard of Irving's home where he was inspired to write the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories, tour the Old Dutch Church cemetery where the Horseman chased poor Ichabod, or let your senses be dazzled by the Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze.


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Nutrisca Freeze Dried raw dog food earns the Advisor's top rating of 5 stars.
The Nutrisca Freeze Dried product line lists three raw dog foods, each claimed to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for all life stages.
The following is a list of recipes available at the time of this review.
- Nutrisca Freeze Dried Beef Dinner Bites
- Nutrisca Freeze Dried Salmon Dinner Bites
- Nutrisca Freeze Dried Chicken Dinner Bites
Nutrisca Freeze Dried Chicken Dinner Bites raw dog food was selected to represent both recipes in the line for this review.
Nutrisca Freeze Dried Chicken Dinner Bites
Raw Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Chicken with ground bone, chicken liver, apples, chickpeas, peas, flaxseed, chicory root extract, cranberries, salmon oil (a source of DHA), dried kelp, potassium chloride, salt, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, vitamin E supplement, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, mixed tocopherols (a natural source of vitamin E), vitamin D3 supplement
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 6.3%
Red items when present indicate controversial ingredients
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The first ingredient in this dog food is chicken with ground bone. Chicken is considered "the clean combination of flesh and skin… derived from the parts or whole carcasses of chicken".1
Chicken is naturally rich in the ten essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life. And the ground bone is an excellent source of natural calcium.
The second ingredient includes chicken liver. This is an organ meat sourced from a named animal. So long as it's not over-weighted in a dog food, chicken liver is a beneficial component.
The third ingredient includes apple, a nutrient-rich fruit that's also high in fiber.
The fourth ingredient lists chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans. Like peas, bean and lentils, the chickpea is a nutritious member of the fiber-rich legume (or pulse) family of vegetables.
The fifth ingredient mentions peas. Peas are a quality source of carbohydrates. Plus (like all legumes) they're rich in natural fiber.
The sixth ingredient is flaxseed, one of the best plant sources of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Provided they've first been ground into a meal, flax seeds are also rich in soluble fiber.
However, flaxseed consists of about 19% protein and both peas and chickpeas contain around 22-25% protein, factors that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food.
The seventh ingredient is chicory root. Chicory is rich in inulin, a starch-like compound made up of repeating units of carbohydrates and found in certain roots and tubers.
Not only is inulin a natural source of soluble dietary fiber, it's also a prebiotic used to promote the growth of healthy bacteria in a dog's digestive tract.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With two notable exceptions…
First, we note the inclusion of salmon oil. Salmon oil is naturally rich in the prized EPA and DHA type of omega-3 fatty acids. These two high quality fats boast the highest bio-availability to dogs and humans.
Depending on its level of freshness and purity, salmon oil should be considered a commendable addition.
And lastly, this food also contains chelated minerals… minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This makes them easier to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually found in better dog foods.
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The Bottom Line
Judging by its ingredients alone, Nutrisca Freeze Dried Raw looks to be an above-average dog food.
But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product's meat content before determining a final rating.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 42%, a fat level of 32% and estimated carbohydrates of about 18%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 46% and a mean fat level of 27%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 19% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 60%.
Above-average protein. Above-average fat. And below-average carbs when compared to a typical raw dog food.
Even when you consider the protein-boosting effect of the peas, chickpeas and flax, this looks like the profile of a raw food containing a notable amount of meat.
Bottom line?
Nutrisca Freeze Dried Raw is a meat-based freeze-dried dog food using a notable amount of chicken or beef as its main sources of animal protein, thus earning the brand 5 stars.
Enthusiastically recommended.
For even more raw diet suggestions, be sure to visit the Advisor's Recommended Raw Dog Foods summary page.
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Each review is offered in good faith and has been designed to help you make a more informed decision when buying dog food.
However, due to the biological uniqueness of every animal, none of our ratings are intended to suggest feeding a particular product will result in a specific dietary response or health benefit for your pet.
For a better understanding of how we analyze each product, please read our article, "The Problem with Dog Food Reviews".
Remember, no dog food can possibly be appropriate for every life stage, lifestyle or health condition. So, choose wisely. And when in doubt, consult a qualified veterinary professional for help.
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Tickling Manhattan, by Nancy Sámano
From Liberty Island, Manhattan rest at the other side. A cold December morning, the city looks gorgeous with a clean sky. A lonely and "bald" tree watch Manhattan from far, and jokes with it tickling its skyscraper.
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Title of the photograph: Tickling Manhattan
Photo of the Day Award Category: Artistic Photography
Photograph Location: New York | The United States
Photographer: Nancy Sámano Velázquez (Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico)
Nancy Sámano. Photographer by accident, observer by conviction, she is a Cultural Producer since 2005. She studied Cinema Direction in Barcelona City, and later screenplay creation in New York City. This place intensifies her interest in photography. In Guadalajara México, city where she born in 1981 and lives now, she exposes her work in several galleries. In Spain, she filmed and wrote two short cuts and now she is writing a long film screenplay.
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Polyurethane is a food-grade adhesive used to laminate two pieces of plastic together during the formation of a plastic bag. It is approved for use in products that come into direct contact with food. Polyurethane can withstand both heat and freezing. Check your product label for more information and rest assured that Ziploc® Brand products that are marked as "microwaveable" meet the safety requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for temperatures associated with defrosting and reheating food in microwave ovens, as well as room, refrigerator, and freezer temperatures.


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How safe is your rental? 12 things to check
Apartment demand is growing, but it's up to you to ensure that whatever you rent is safe. Here are 12 essential checks.
Safety should never be a luxury. But when money's tight, the basics often slip.
With the economy in a tailspin, many homeowners who can't sell their homes are becoming landlords for the first time — with little or no knowledge of safety regulations and code requirements. And existing landlords are traipsing tenants desperate for affordable housing through units with exposed wires in the living rooms and rodent droppings in the hallways.
"The vast majority of landlords are good and prudent people," says Jeff Cronrod, a landlord himself and a board member of the American Apartment Owners Association, a national trade group that assists owners of small and midsize buildings. "But they're not all like that. There are some pretty unsophisticated landlords out there." (Bing: What are your legal rights as a renter?)
Now compound the entire situation with weakened oversight. Across the country, municipalities charged with responding to health and safety complaints find themselves crippled by severe budget cuts.
"There are routine health and safety and fire inspections, but for the most part, cities are behind. They're very slow to get out there and do it," Cronrod says. Code violations are up, he notes, and cities are unable to respond to tenant complaints as quickly as they previously might have.
"Rarely does a day go by where there isn't some story, somewhere across the country, where someone has been harmed or ripped off," Cronrod says. "It's renter beware."
The upshot is this: No matter where you live or what you pay, it's incumbent upon you to take responsibility for your own safety. Look around, check equipment and ask questions. The hazards need not be glaring to be serious.
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"It might be clean and beautiful and in a nice neighborhood but there's no smoke detector or no egress or no hot water," Cronrod says.
Here, then, are 12 key items to check before handing over that first payment:
1. Smoke detectors
This is the most valuable protection you can have — and must have.
Although nearly all housing laws are local, there's one that every jurisdiction agrees on: Owners must provide tenants with working smoke detectors. Missing or damaged detectors should serve as a red flag: What other safety issues might the owner have forgone?
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Detectors should be on ceilings outside the bedrooms, main living area and kitchen. Check to see that they are working and ask when the batteries were replaced.
For more, see these tips and videos at the National Fire Protection Association.
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If you've already moved and the landlord is unresponsive, financial assistance may be available through a local fire department. Many run smoke-detector giveaway programs.
If the unit burns oil, gas or wood, it should also contain a carbon-monoxide detector. About 500 people die every year of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Read: 7 outrageous landlord claims
2. Exits
Every dwelling is susceptible to fire, obviously. Carelessness abounds; accidents happen. But residents of multiunit buildings face an added and elusive danger: They are at the mercy of their neighbors' stove-top antics.
Whether your apartment is in a basement, attic or even a separate wing 100 feet from the kitchen, make sure that you have at least two ways to get out. A bedroom must have an egress window, too.
When doing a walk-through of an apartment you're considering, become a worrier in chief. Look around and ask, "Would I be able to get out in a fire?"
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An average of 270 apartment fires break out each day in this country. Every year, nearly 3,000 people die in home fires and 13,000 are injured, according to the NFPA. Young children and the elderly are most at risk because they have trouble escaping.
3. Electrical wiring
Electrical fires are scary. Unlike a lit stove or fireplace, to which you may be attentive, an electrical fire can start through no fault of your own and smolder behind a wall for days.
Every year, about 53,000 electrical fires occur in homes in the United States, causing more than 500 deaths, 1,400 injuries and $1.4 billion in property damage, according to the NFPA.
When going through the apartment, check:
- Are there enough outlets for each a room? "Particularly in older homes, there tends to be one outlet in a room, and it can be easily overburdened," says Christopher Lindsay, director of programs for the Electrical Safety Foundation International, a nonprofit. The excess energy turns into heat and, potentially, fire. "We see a number of those fires every year."
- Is the owner relying on extension cords or expecting you to? This presents a fire hazard for the same reason. "Extension cords aren't meant as permanent wiring. They're only meant for temporary situations," Lindsay says.
- Do any of the outlets or switches have broken plate covers? This can pose a risk of shock or electrocution, particularly for children with poking fingers.
- Do the areas around the outlets appear discolored? Teardrop burn stains above an outlet can indicate faulty wiring.
- Does the landlord have to reset the breakers often? If so, why? "Breakers that are constantly tripping are usually indicative of a more serious problem," Lindsay says. "And it's something that you can't resolve as a consumer. It's something that needs to be looked at by a licensed electrician." (You may need to ask other residents about this issue.)
- Flip the light switches. Do you hear any sizzling or popping? Those aren't good signs, and also can indicate serious wiring problems.
- Do you see any cords jutting out? "We have a zero tolerance for exposed wiring," Lindsay says. That means anywhere — from outlets, walls, ceilings or fixtures. It could indicate improper installation and cause deterioration of the wire's insulation.
- Do the outlet plates in the bathrooms and kitchen have a red reset button in the middle? Those are ground-fault circuit interrupters, and they are required in new construction in locations near water. GFCIs detect leaking electricity and automatically shut off the circuit, protecting against electrocution.
4. Windows
Do egress windows have break-away latches on the inside? Do ground-level windows or those beside fire escapes have solid locks on the outside? If you have children, do the screens and windows have childproof locks?
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5. Doors and gates
If it's a multiplex, ask if common entries are locked to the public. How are the common areas secured? Does the swimming pool have childproof gates? Has the lock to your individual unit been changed since the previous tenant moved?
What I would like to know is how can a place charge college students they are NOT providing??? I had asked if they could get out of the contract because they didn't have apts built on time and was told NO because they were going to put them up in a hotel until they finished, which they did. BUT charging for services not provided is ridiculous. Anyone have any ideas or thoughts?
I rent at Wood Hollow in Marietta, GA. We had Gables Management but now have Wilkinson as owners and managers. This place has become a ghetto. People in my building fight -- serious domestic violence. Yesterday he threw up up against the wall outside the apartments. Drug dealers in apartment next door that management is "keeping an eye on."
People grill right outside the building which is against the leasing agreement and is very dangerous because these places can burn to the ground in nothing flat. Management and maintenance does not compare to Gables in any way. I'm not paying cheap rent. I pay $1000 for a 2-bedroom. I am in lease and am trapped until lease is up. I'm not sure any other place will be much better and that is sad to say ... and think about.
Thank you for all the information. I am having major issues, not just one, many with the leasing office, rental office,the whole apartment complex I live in. I signed a lease for 18 months, I wish I never did, this is a complete nightmere. I've never rented, I've always owned my home, so I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
I need to keep reading then contact HUD, my utility co., BBB, Osha, and an Attorney.
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Poshmonkey said – Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:49:22 -0000 ( Edit Link )
I must say that when I started watching Bollywood movies in 2004 I didn't mind reading English subtitles (original language: Hindi), which in the past usually I hated. But in this case I hardly noticed that I had to read them since I was so interested in the stories ….
Considering the fact that in Germany Bollywood movies are dubbed in German (and I must admit it's done really good, even if it sounds a bit odd, knowing how it sounds in the original language), I really wonder why movies haven't already been dubbed in English in the past.
Should they be dubbed in English? Definitely yes!
(By the way, if you are interested in watching parts of a Bollywood movie in German to see how that sounds, look at some videos on YouTube….)
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Good Questions: Where were you when you told them you were expecting?
Elizabeth asked us this question: I am curious how other people chose to tell their partner that they were pregnant? I am planning for that special moment, and I want it to be just right since it is such an important, life-changing moment. I'm sure it should be personal for each couple, but I'm wondering: should I tell him at home? Go out to dinner? Give him some kind of hint? I know this seems silly, but I'm curious how other people broke the news.
Thanks Elizabeth. We don't think it's silly at all. I'm sure our AT readers have some stories to share.
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just tell him :)
I think it really depends on if you were actively trying to have a child together. If you were trying, or you know it will be well received and not a tremendous shock, I think the main thing is to tell quickly, and not wait to make it a surprise. I can't imagine keeping that a secret for days, so it should be something simple that can be done immediately: card, wrap up the pregnancy test, a calendar turned to the right month with the due date circled.
oh god, in my life it was NOT ideal. In fact, it was so not ideal, we laugh out loud. So, last October my husband went to Idaho from our home in Chicago for his high school friend's wedding, while I stayed home. This was only a month after our own wedding so we were a little broke at the time. While he was gone I was having all kinds of nausea and general body weirdness and I kind of thought I could be pregnant. Caution to those who don't want to get pregnant right away after their wedding -- stay AWAY from the champagne. :) Anyhoo, I got a pregnancy test and did it, and lo and behold I was pregnant. And my husband wasn't due back for another 2 days. I was anxiously waiting for him to get home so I could tell him but he called me all pissed off from Phoenix where he was making a connection and he wasn't going to make it home until the next day. So he asked me to tell him a happy story to take his mind of the fact that he would be spending the next 12 hours in the Phoenix airport and I just couldn't hold it in any longer and said "You're going to be a daddy!" Uh...total silence. Soooo not the response I was hoping for. Poor guy had to spend the next 12 hours on the floor of an airport with that life-changing information. I think next time I will do that differently.
honestly, i called her at work after i had a positive hpt (that i thought would be negative). i wish sometimes i had waited til she was home to even take the test, but we were on our third month of fertility treatments, so i was pretty eager.
I walked out of the bathroom post positive hpt and told him. He was thrilled (we had been trying for a while). I don't get the cutesy theatrics. And I really don't think my husband would have appreciated it if I knew and didn't tell him so I could cook up an elaborate presentation.
also, just walked out of the bathroom with the positive test results and told him. of course he didn't believe it :) and i ended up taking three or four more tests before he accepted the truth! we were both very happy just in denial that it happened so quick.
My husband knew right when I did. He didn't even want me taking a test without telling him that I was going to do it. He really didn't want to be left out of the loop... and he's been with me all the way ever since too (with our almost 2 year old).
my husband was with me the entire time i took the test. he actually went and bought it for me. i was feeling sick and suspecting i was preg (we were trying) and didn't have tylenol only aspirin which of course you can't take if your preg. so he went and bought me tylenol and a preg test and he stood in the bathroom with me while i took it and we both were staring at it waiting for the result. i wouldn't have done it alone, i wanted him there. i wanted to get the result at the same time that he did.
I didn't.
We were in the ER (I had torn my ACL, long story). The doc asked if I thought I might be. I had suspected, but we had so much trouble conceiving, we both dismissed it.
One cup peed in... and lo and behold...
The doc said, "the test is positive."
I 'bout fell out of the hospital bed.
They put 11 layers of lead on me to do the Xray. A few months later, I had surgery (not fun being PG, having horrible morning sickness, not being able to walk, being on crutches, teaching full time, and being in horrible pain. Oh, and we had just moved back from Europe.)
But, 33 weeks later, our beautiful daughter was born. So it was worth all the pain and agony.
Just yesterday a friend took a photo of her digital pregnancy test that clearly said "Pregnant". She emailed it to her husband. It was cute.
I had all intentions of surprising him (as much as it can be a surprise when you're actively trying) but as soon as that line popped up, I freaked out, ran downstairs and showed him the test. I couldn't do anything else. Ah well.
I'm not one for gimmicky announcements.
I ran out of the bathroom waving a pregnancy stick and said "I think you should pause the football game for a minute..."
Well, my second pregnancy was not planned. I just remember waiting for a bus feeling nauseous for the second morning in a row and it slowly dawning on me that I was pregnant. This was thrilling as it was difficult to become pregnant the first time. SO I picked up a test on my way home, woke up way early the next morning, took the test and it was positive.
I immediately woke up my husband and told him I couldn't sleep. He opened his eyes, looked up at me sitting on the bed and said, "What's wrong?" I said "Guess who's pregnant?" And he said "Who?" And I said, "ME!" and the biggest smile appeared on his face. He didn't feel left out of being right there in the bathroom— I think he was glad to be a little surprised the second time.
I never really planned how to tell my husband each time I got pregnant. And I ended up using pretty much the same approach each time: startling him awake first thing in the morning by speechlessly and excitedly waving a pee-soaked stick inches away from his face. He seemed happy enough with this approach. :)
HE told me!
He bought the test. He held the stick while I peed on it. He read the results to me.
This time around I'm taking the tests by myself. I plan to send him a text message or maybe an icard.
Congrats and Good Luck!
Same story as gleek-had to prove it with multiple tests. We had waited years to have a baby, then decided to start trying and it happened almost immediately. And we decided we'd celebrate the day as our own tradition-Family Day, the day we found out. And it's today, September 27. We've celebrated in some small way every year since 2001. I hadn't thought about that it was coming up, thanks AT. Now to go buy some balloons...
With our last pregnancy, we had been trying, and my hubby was out of town on our anniversary. The morning of our anniversary, I took the pee test and it was positive. I called the hotel (he was in a meeting and couldn't answer his phone) and told the person that I had a vitally important message that had to get to my husband. I kept pressing how important it was, please make sure he gets this message, Okay He would get it into his room. He gets his peice of paper and pen ready and says "Okay , whats the message?"
"Congratulations Daddy"
"thats it?" he says and then I again pressed upon him how important this message was, and I could tell he understood after that.
When my husband got back to the room he found the note in his hotel room on the floor as soon as he walked in and still has the note. He knew immediatly what it meant and called very excited.
I had been feeling 'weird' for days, was late, and just couldn't stand waiting, so picked up a pg test while on lunch. Took the pee test while in the bathroom at work. I tried to wait, lasted five minutes, and ducked outside to call then-hubby. He wasn't totally thrilled...I was also in the middle of hunting for a job.
Ah, well. ;)
And now we have a gorgeous little boy.
we have always wanted the whole pregnancy process to be about both of us, it's not "i'm pregnant", it's "we're pregnant". so when it came time to find out, i knew that i didn't want to make an elaborate deal out of it and keep it from him any longer than necessary.
i had a suspicion when i was two weeks late. we hadn't been 'trying'...but when you stop preventing, and continue to practice...you know what's likely to occur. anyhow, i got up early one morning, peed on my stick, saw the two lines appear, walked into the bedroom where boy was slowly coming out of sleep and:
Me: "Can you read something for me?"
boy turns light on "sure, what?"
hand boy stick, Boy: "what do two lines mean?
Me: "well, one line means we're not pregnant"
Boy: "what does two lines mean?"
Boy: Big smile starts going across his face "YOU MEAN I WORK?!?!?!"
that night we had a bunch of friends over to watch a movie and i drank fake gin and tonics the whole evening...once when someone looked over at me filling my drink i even pretended to pour gin in just so no would suspect. we wanted to keep it to ourselves for a bit. this was all in february...thus, i'm due in four weeks!
Well, we weren't trying, but we weren't NOT trying either. So, when I suspected I might be pregnant, I took a test at home by myself just to be sure. When it came up positive, I freaked! My husband was due home in a couple hours, and I had no idea how to tell him. Would he be happy? Would he be upset? When he walked in the door, all I could think to do was seduce him, because let's face it, a man is pretty happy afterwards. So, a little while later lying blissfully in each other's arms in bed I casually say, "You know, my period is still MIA..." (He had already known that much.)
He: "Well, maybe we should buy a pregnancy test."
Me: "Um, yeah, I already did that."
He: "Well, maybe you should take it."
Me: "Um, yeah, did that, too."
He: "What? Really? What did it say?"
Me: "It was positive..."
He started laughing and hugged me very tight. A year later, we have a gorgeous wee baby boy.
Good luck!
My husband and I were having a fight ( I was hormonal ) and then I blurted out if I am pregnant this is sooo bad for the baby. So he looks at me and says "Do you think?" And in a flash he's dressed and out of the house and back with a hpt. It comes back positive and it ends up in hugs and lots of happy tears. I think he was more excited than I was.
We'd been trying so long with so little success that my husband didn't believe me the first time I showed him the positive pregnancy test. I quote: "That doesn't look like two lines to me." But the tests just kept getting more positive. I finally thought to use a digital one.
Guess we were pretty typical, as hubby bought the test and waited for the results with me...
It was the first unprotected cycle ever, and our "practice run" (we were going to start trying the next month). For months, all I saw on tv and read in magazines was how by age 37 you have almost no fertility left (I was 37), and so did not expect to get pregnant, and definitely not right away.
When I spotted and started getting cramps, I was sure that my period was coming, and so called him at work and said "guess your little guys are going to have to work harder next month!", and he replied "oh, I think they worked fine, and you *are* pregnant", and so bought a test on the way home. (he had actually read up on implantation bleeding!)
The next morning, he helped me take the test... I screamed and practically fainted, thinking "oh what have I got myself in to?!"
(In answer to that, yesterday was our amazing and exasperating and thouroughly enchanting daughter's birthday.)
He was there for our second pregnancy too, and held my hand again while we waited.
I just can't imagine not having him by my side through everything, good and bad.
We were not officially trying yet, though we had been talking about it for ages and were in the final stages of "getting ready to start trying" (He was dying for a baby even before we got married but I'd kept him waiting for several years while I finished grad school and launched my career).
When I took the test, my musician husband was still on tour in Germany, scheduled to fly home in 2 more days. I was bursting with the news since since I couldn't tell my husband yet, I really couldn't talk to anyone about it.
Several months earlier, I'd found a cute short haircut in a magazine and told him, "that's how I'll cut my hair when I get pregnant." So to pass the time, I went in and had my long hair hacked off. When he called from Europe the last time, I told him I had some "surprises" for him but said no more. I knew I had to wait and tell him in person--I wanted to see the look on his face, wanted to be able to kiss and hug and freak out together, and if I had told him on the phone, he would have gone *insane* on the 18 hour journey home.
When he finally got through customs and emerged into the waiting area, we kissed and hugged--we hadn't seen each other in six weeks. I whispered, "did you figure out the surprise?" His eyes widened in amazement and disbelief and he pointed at my stomach. I nodded and he nearly fainted.
I wouldn't wait too long purely in the interest of engineering an elaborate set-up; I think the news itself is drama enough without going to great lengths to set the scene, and of course he deserves to know ASAP. But I would favor telling him in person rather than, say calling him at work... I think it's really nice to be together to share the moment, with the time and space to process it and talk about it together. It's a moment you'll both probably never forget.
With my first pregnancy, we were surprised. I had been charting my fertility and gave myself an ultimatum date. If my temps didn't fall/start my period by x date I would take a test. It was like 33 days and I'm a majorly regular 28dayer. So the test (all three of them) was securely positive.
I was home alone and pondering how to break the Surprise. I thought, it will have to be done with humor. So I wrote across my belly "I love you, Daddy" in washable marker.
He didn't get it. Men. So I had to tell him in plain and simple words, "i. am. pregnant." haha! We still laugh about how he didn't get it. After he recovered from the shock, he was really excited.
The second time, I was loosely charting and miscalculated, so thought I taking it on Day 29, but it was actually Day 22 (I ovulate early). So my way of telling him was, "Hey, I think I can see a second line, can you!?" It was very faint, but there. A couple of mornings later, it was firmly there. heehee.
With my first child, the hubby waited outside the bathroom while I took the test. When it came out positive, he insisted on taking the day off to take me to the doctor for confirmation and then we had lunch together and just acted like giddly, lovesick fools.
With my second pregnancy, I think I might have told him on the phone--I can't remember anymore! But he came to the first ultrasound...when we found out we were having twins! Talk about speechless.
Send him to the store for pickles and peanut butter. Kidding. Kind of.
Like several others, we decided to stop preventing and let what is supposed to happen, happen. We'd discussed that we felt we were ready. So figured we should go for it.
I took a bajillion tests and they all came back negative. Finally one night (it was a Wednesday, Lost was on. :) ) I took one and the result was blurry. Inconclusive is what the box said... so I decided to take another one in the morning.
Stumbling out of bed in the wee hours of the morning, I went ahead and did the test...(I was in the bathroom anyhow..)
I came back to bed to find my husband awake and looking at me, "Well?"
I was so groggy that I mumbled something about "Oh, I don't know... the negative line is there,and there's something else, but I don't know... lets just go back to sleep."
I woke up an hour or so later and checked the test (which I had thrown away.) Sure enough... a faint plus sign was there.
I called him and said "I think it's postive?!" He instructed me to go out and buy the most expensive one I could find. I went with digital and sure enough... I was pregnant. We're due at the end of the year.
Another funny story is how I told my parents. When I was little, I couldn't say "surprise" it came out "Curprise." I made my mom a toddler t-shirt that said curprise on it and gave it to her as an early mother's day gift. She looked at it and said, "Oh... that's cute." I knew by her face that she didn't know what I meant by it. I just replied with, "I'm 5 weeks along." She screamed and hugged me and then confessed, "I thought it was for the dog..."
My father was half asleep when I called to tell him so he didn't know what was going on. He called me two hours later and just said, "Are you with child?"
Nothing elaboarate here.
I actually found out at my yearly check-up, but we'd suspected something the weekend before when the smell of fresh bread and fried shrimp made me nauseous (and usually those are two of my favorite foods). So, he had an inkling. Immediately after the Dr's appt (no cell phone coverage inside the building), I called hubby at work and said, "You're gonna be an awesome Daddy!"
He's the best daddy there is to our now almost 7-month old!
I just found out today!! My husband has been wanting to get the movie "Knocked up" so when I was buying my test today I got the movie too. I thought it was funny. When we met for lunch I told him I had a surprise for him. I handed him the movie with the test. His response was "HaHa it actually comes with one of these things" It took him awhile to believe me that it was real...lets just say he was shocked, but happy. My head is still spinning.
Evolution is bizarre. My grandmother just had a "glow". My mother went to a doctor and waited to hear if she had killed some poor rabbit. I peed on a stick.
We had been trying for three years. I no longer did pee sticks around him because we would both be depressed all day.
We were on our third month of "sex for babies" with a thermometer so we could bypass the six months of that before heading to a fertility clinic.
That month we both had terrible headcolds when the thermometer told us the "time was right". We managed to work up some enthusiasm despite our other miseries. I thought "maybe". He thought under those conditions,"No way."
We were out of town for a week, and I just needed to know. I slipped into the bathroom while he was asleep and peed on the stick. It was positive.
I woke him up but couldn't speak because tears of joy were running down my face and my throat clogged up. He saw me crying and smiling and knew. It was a very happy moment.
It is a happy memory even almost fifteen years later. A very, very dear memory for a lifetime.
i'd skipped my period, and even though it occasionally does happen to me, i had a strange felling this time it was different.
my best friend, who was living with us at the time, had a spare test, so I thought, what the heck, before I head off to work tomorrow I may as well try. And positive it was.
Hubby was asleep, and I hid the test (i hid it really well in the bathroom!!), went down to the cafeteria to get coffee and croissants for breakfast (not unusual for us, I often forget to buy milk and cereals for breaky!).
when I got back he was in bed with a stupid grin on his face! first thing he said was 'i gotcha! now you're stuck with me forever!!'.
he'd often said he would have loved to have a child with me, but I'd always run a mile from the idea....when i heard my son's voice for the first time in the operating theatre, i thought ' why have i waited so long?'.
any moment will be the right moment, every way is the right way for such a message!
KellyMT -
there's no way i would have taken the test without my husband there! i don't really get the surprise announcement aspect of this - unless this is not a planned pregnancy i guess. anyway, at my house, we walked into the bathroom together after the three minute mark to see that plus sign on the pee stick. wait for him and do it together!
with my parents, i called my parents on my mom's birthday, which was only two weeks after my dad's and told them that i had a birthday present for them...but that they were going to have to wait nine months to receive it. my mom screamed out of pure joy, my dad got all giddy and childlike.
with the husband's family...we were going to see them when were at 12 weeks...we weren't quite sure how to tell them (the WHOLE family was there, over 20 people)...my father-in-law handed me a beer when we walked into the house after our 12 hour drive to see them all, which i just held in my hand (and it was one of my favorite beers! so unfair), we started talking about some of my husband's recent artwork, soooo, i handed my mother-in-law an envelope and said "here's one of evan's most recent creations"...she pulls out a black and white image and is spinning it around for a few minutes before she realized it was an ultrasound. she started crying and saying "really?!?!" the rest of the family was reasonably confused til they realized what the photo was of. it was incredible!
he found out before I did, it was an ivf preg so they did a blood test and I chickened out and gave my husband's mobile phone at the doctor's.... I loved hearing it from him!
Aww. these are great.
But if it's already the case that you know and he doesn't... there's nothing wrong with a little pomp and circumstance!!
I say... tie a bow around around the stick and hand it to him. Someone else mentioned wrapping it up... I like that too!
I've always loved the scene from "It's a Wonderful Life" where George Bailey gets home late, finds his wife asleep in bed. She is stirred awake while he grumbles about something saying, "You shoulda married Sam Wainwright."
She replies, "Oh no. I want my baby to look like you!"
So sweet! He figures it out pretty quickly... it's charming.
"George lassos stork!" Love it.
I would want to deliver the news with a little pomp... I like the idea above of writing the message on your belly! Too cute.
My BF and I are abstinent, if we marry we won't use birth control, and considering my age the whole prospect of pregnancy will be a crapshoot... (since there will be no line between not trying and trying) so I figure I get to surprise him! A baby golf hat or something.
My cousin went to visit her parents when she was first expecting baby number one - and just slipped the ultrasound photo next to her mom's dinner plate and waited for the eruption!
I think I'd present my parents with a bib or onsie printed with a grandparents message.
Well, my husband and I marrid late -36- even though we knew each other in High School. I got pregnant 9 days after we got married. Because I was old- I didn't want to tell him until I knew for sure everything was ok. SO I waited, and waited. I told myself 1 month, then 2, then the famous "first trimester" then it was rounding 4 months and I figured I would tell him on Thanksgiving.
2 days before Thanksgiving I had a major car accident- I rolled my Jeep Wrangler (softtop) down a hill in a ice storm. I had to tell him in the ER surrounded by a bunch of people I didn't know because they had me wrapped in so much lead to do x rays. I got a call the next day from the guy behind the curtain in the other part of the ER who had overheard everything and wanted to know if everything was ok. Really. It was sweet, in a weird way.
Maxwell was born right on time and perfect. He's still perfect 3 1/2 years later.
Don't worry about how you are going to tell anyone- just do it!
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Garden-Fresh Puffy Omelets
Yield: 2 servings (serving size: 1 omelet)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 155
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 3.9g
- Saturated fat: 1.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Protein: 19g
- Carbohydrate: 11.1g
- Fiber: 1.7g
- Cholesterol: 8mg
- Iron: 0.0mg
- Sodium: 677mg
- Calcium: 0.0mg
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 2 tablespoons fat-free milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh dillweed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 4 large egg whites
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 cup alfalfa sprouts
- 1 tomato, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; set aside.
- Beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form; add flour, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold egg white into egg substitute mixture.
- Coat a 6-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Pour half of egg white mixture into pan, spreading evenly. Cover and cook 5 minutes or until center is set. Layer half each of alfalfa sprouts, tomato, and cheese over half of omelet. Loosen omelet with spatula; fold in half. Slide omelet onto a plate. Repeat procedure with remaining egg white mixture, sprouts, tomato, and cheese. Serve immediately.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Eggs
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Diabetic, Low Calorie, Low Cholesterol, Meatless, Low Saturated Fat
- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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Cherry Almond Dutch Baby
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Cook Time: 20 Minutes
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup Smucker's® Orchard's Finest⢠Michigan Red Tart Cherry Preserves
- Powdered sugar for garnish (optional)
- HEAT oven to 425°F. Melt butter in 9-inch pie plate in the oven. Remove from oven. Brush butter over entire inside of plate.
- COMBINE milk, flour, eggs, sugar and almond extract in blender container. Process using several pulses to make a smooth batter. Pour batter into hot pie plate. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake 15 minutes.
- REDUCE heat to 350°F. Bake 5 to 8 minutes longer or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Spread with cherry preserves. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired. Cut into wedges and serve immediately.
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