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If it's campsites you're looking for, ExplorOz has pretty much got every listing that has ever been documented with over 6000 listings
wide (and that's just the camps & accommodation POIs). But first - here's a few tips for how to use
to find these listings.
Using a computer to find campsites before you go
If you are trip planning from your home computer you can Browse "
by Type" from the
home page (selecting "
Camps & Accom
The page defaults to show all the camps on the map but its very easy to quickly zoom in on an area or to select a state and then a region from the panel on the right of the map to pin-point the exact location of campsites by name on the map.
Once you've found a camp you're interested in, you can obtain further details by clicking the "Open Place" link. The full page for that Place will then appear – which shows a description, photos, reviews, other nearby
Alternatively, you don't have to use the map to browse the database of campsites. Simply click the blue tab above the map to "View by Text".
This will provide an alphabetical listing which you can then resort using the Sort pull down list.
Finding Campsites when you're on the road
If you are travelling, you can use the camps finder using your current GPS position (from your smartphone, or tablet), although you need a mobile data connection to connect to ExplorOz (an offline app is planned for release). This means you don't need to download any data as the system will guide you to the location.
Free GPS Downloads of Camps
Members can download the GPS positions for all these campsites (and any place in the entire
database) directly off the website at any time, which you would then load to your navigation device.
Add/Update Places via Email
now supports the ability to directly email your updates whilst on the road. So forget the computer - simply take a photo using your phone (eg. iphone, Blackberry etc) and send to the
email service at
There are a few rules about how these updates are accepted so follow these simple guidelines and your updates will be automatically applied:
The name of the place needs ot be entered into the subject of your email.
Use Plain Text email. Dependant on your email program but look for options and ensure your email is being sent in plain text - this is the default for most mobile devices but will need to be checked on desktop systems.
The email address used by your device must match your registered visitor or member profile email address on ExplorOz.com
To determine the position of the place update the email must contain an element which has the GPS position. If using a GPS enabled phone (i.e. iPhone 3GS) all the photos taken will contain the GPS location automatically so you do not need to do anything else. If you are sending the email from a system that will not include the position in a photo element you can manually provide the position by adding a line to the email body as follows:
Position: -xx.xxxxx yyy.yyyyy where -xx.xxx is the latitude and yyy.yyyy is the longitude in decimal degrees.
Only ONE place update per email. Do not send in more than one place in any single email. If you send in multiple photos for one place the position will be determined to be the mid point between all photos.
If you have any problems in using this system please
contact us
and we will provide assistance.
Update places using your mobile device
Basic iPhone Procedure
If you have an iPhone you can simply use the camera app and take a shot, then open up the camera roll and select the photo, then click the sharing button and select send via email. In the to address enter the
(at)exploroz(dot)com email account, in the subject type the name of the place in the photo, in the text area of the email you can type a description of the place and then simply send the email.
Existing Place is not Correct
Alert Places Admin
If you suspect a place is incorrect for whatever reasons such as the place has the wrong coordinates or the details are old and outdated - please feel free to press the 'Alert
Admin' button and fill in the appropriate details so we can make the changes for you.
Going Back to a List
Place Selection Links
After navigating to a particular place page, you can go back through the selection levels of the Place using the links at the top left hand corner of the page. For example, after viewing a Place page in a particular region, you may want to go back and look at a list of
all places
in that area, to do this just click on the region name.
How to Create a New Place
If you know of a place - why not plug it into our
Place Search
Before pressing the button that says 'Create a New Place', please find out if the place you want to create is NOT already in our database by doing a thorough search. If the place does already exist, just update the existing place instead.
New point at click
UPDATE: We now have a new and much easier way to create a new place. You first need to have the 'New point at click' checkbox turned on.
New marker
Now you can click anywhere on the map, and doing so creates a Marker icon where you clicked.
Add New Place
You now have the choice to click the Add New Place in the right hand pane. This will bring up the Place Add/Edit page where you will find the Lat Long values automatically added.
Create new place form
Please fill out all the details of your new place. To successfully add a place to our database, you MUST fill out the place: Title (the official or common title the place is named), State, Latitude and Longitude (which is usually auto-generated from your place marker), a Description and a Place Attribute/s.
Add new place button
It is desirable but not crucial to fill out the place: Reference (another name the place can be searched on), Altitude and place photos. Once you have the required and/or desirable fields filled in - simply press the 'Add this Place' button.
How to Delete a Photo
Edit Icon
We allow you to delete photos that you have uploaded to
(for example if you accidentally upload the wrong image). Simply click on the Photos tab, then the Edit icon found in the bottom right had corner of the image (only appears to the image "owner"), then click on the Delete button found in the bottom right hand corner of the edit box.
If for some reason you wish to have photo deleted that you did not upload (for example if the image is incorrect or inappropriate) - simply click into the Place in question and press the 'Alert
Admin' button, state the photo to delete and your reason for the deletion. We will either delete the photo as soon as we get the chance or contact you via email for any further correspondence.
Delete Button
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iMapPlot Reference Image
After clicking into a Place, the white map image of
with the red circular cursor is shown in the top right hand side of the page. It provides a quick look at the approximate location of the current place in
Latitude Longitude Formats
Latitude Longitude Formats
The software that calculates the coordinates for the place can handle different lat/long formats with DD representing Degrees, MM representing Minutes and SS representing Seconds.
Examples are shown below:
DD.DDDD such as: 21.93528
DD MM SS such as: 21 56 07 and even 21 56 7.01
DD MM.MM such as: 21 56.1206
Although the software that processes these coordinates are rather robust, please do not use degree symbols, directional letters such as 'S' or 'E' or additional spaces.
Made a Mistake Creating a Place?
If you made an error such as a typo error or the latitude or longitude is not correct and you only realized after pressing the 'Add this Place' button, then no problems! - Just press the 'Alert
Admin' button and fill in the appropriate details so we can make the changes for you.
Printing the Page
Print Page Button
In the bottom right had corner of the introductory place information box you should see a small
and white printer icon. Pressing this icon will open a printer friendly version of the place page, expanding the information from all tabs into one document and clearing unnecessary features such as hyperlinks, the ExplorOz site menu and the columns on the left and right-hand sides.
Related Shop Items
Related Shop Items
This section provides information on products that we currently stock that may be somewhat related to the current place. The Related
Items box is displayed below the main tabbed information box. Simply scroll through the products, and click on an item to go to its
item page. All the products shown in this section are automatically generated by software looking for coordinate polygons (for map products) and text matches in the product title and description. That said however, there should be some very relevant maps and/or books that relate to the current place.
Understanding Place Type Attributes
Place Attributes - POI
Each place has a primary attribute and sometimes sub features and additional attributes. When you create a new place, you will have a lot of primary attribute types to choose from. Selecting a place attribute such as 'Point of Interest' will NOT let you choose any further sub features or additional attributes.
Place Sub Features and Additional Attributes
However, choosing 'Populated Place' will reveal some sub features such as 'Town', as well as additional attributes such as 'Caravan Park', 'Fuel', 'Police Station', etc. Please choose wisely because
can be searched based on these primary and additional attributes. Also, the place type will be represented by a picture icon, which you can hover over to reveal the attribute title.
Unsure of Place Spelling
If you are unsure how to spell a place, then truncate the place title into the group of letters you definitely know are right. In other words, if you don't know how to spell 'Maroochydore', then just type in say 'rooch' and you should see a few results. If you need to narrow your search down even futher - you could then select the state and place type.
Uploading and Tagging Photos and Files
Upload Photos and Files
Firstly, you must be logged into ExplorOz to use this feature. Once you have created a new Place, or opened an existing Place page, click on the Photos tab. Click on the "Upload Photos and Files" button.
Open Box
An "Open" box will appear so that you can navigate to the location of the image on your computer. Click on the required image, then click "Open". If you want to select more than one file to upload hold down the Ctrl button when clicking.
Load Gallery Image
The ExplorOz "Load Gallery Image" box will then open. You can now give the image a name (and Decription if relevant). It will be automatically tagged to the Place Page you are currently on, however if you wish to have the image appear on additional relevant
pages (for example you may wish to tag a geographic location and the campsite nearby), you can use the Tag Feature.
Start typing the name of the additional place in the "Tag" field, and select the correct place from the drop down list. If you make the wrong selction, just click on the X that appears to the right on the tag that has been created Once the correct tags are displaying, click "Save".
Image Tagged
Image Tagged to Two Places
Tagging Existing Images
On the relevant image, click the "edit" button. Start typing the name of a relevant Place in the "Tag" field. Select the Place Name from the drop down list, then click "Save"
* NOTE Do not delete any existing tags unless they are incorrect.
Places Weather
This is a fully automated data table that display up-to-date weather information for the closest weather station to the current place. It displays the distance and direction from the current place in the top right corner and monthly averages for the maximum and minimum temperatures (°C) and the rainfall (mm).
Why Can't I Create a New Place?
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The only reason you cannot create a new place is because you MUST be logged on to the ExplorOz website. Please register and
if you are a first time visitor and wish to create a new place.
Why Can't I Update a Place?
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There are a few reasons why you may not be able to edit a place. You are either not logged on to the ExplorOz website or you have pressed the 'Update this Place' button and the fields in which you wish to change are locked out.
Firstly, to
update a place
, you must be logged in to the ExplorOz website. Please register and
if you are a first time visitor and wish to
update a place
. If the place you are trying to update has locked out fields, this means an administrator can only make the changes and you should press the 'Alert
Admin' button and fill in the appropriate details so we can make the changes for you.
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Ehrlichia Antibody Panel, Serum
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
See individual unit codes
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
As an adjunct in the diagnosis of ehrlichiosis
In seroepidemiological surveys of the prevalence of the infection in certain populations
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Serology for IgG may be negative during the acute phase of infection but a diagnostic titer usually appears by the third week after onset.
A positive immunofluorescence assay (titer > or =1:64) suggests current or previous infection. In general, the higher the titer, the more likely the patient has an active infection. Four-fold rises in titer also indicate active infection.
Previous episodes of ehrlichiosis may produce a positive serology although antibody levels decline significantly during the year following infection.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Performance characteristics have not been established for hemolyzed or lipemic specimens.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
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Annette Wheeler* didn't recall the exact moment she first heard the term "cougar," but she did remember dashing to her computer to look it up. To her shock and bemusement, there was a new term to describe what she had been doing most of her life — dating younger men.
Wheeler, a fiery redhead who lives outside Baltimore, leaned back in her chair and sighed. "I adore younger men," the 60-year-old purred. "I liked younger guys even when I was in high school — like a year or two younger. I was a cougar before there were cougars."
Indeed, Wheeler's pre-marriage and post-divorce dating history reads like a steamy screenplay. She listed a string of young men with whom she had various relationships, occasionally punching numbers into a calculator to determine age differences she had never considered in the first place. She never analyzed her attraction to younger men (or their attraction to her), but with "cougar" an increasingly popular term used to describe older women dating much younger men, her longtime preference is suddenly in the spotlight.
For Wheeler and other women like her, younger men — many of them 15 years or more their juniors — are a natural fit. Boomer women are looking younger and feeling better than ever. Widowed, separated, or divorced, a growing number seek young men for dating and companionship. And since men have been dating younger women for ages, why are so many of us surprised — shocked, even — that women would follow suit?
Confessions of a Cougar
Valerie Gibson, author of Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men, is all too familiar with this double standard. The self-proclaimed cougar wrote her first book on the topic — Younger Men: How to Find Them, Date Them, Mate Them, and Marry Them — 14 years ago, "and let me tell you something," she said in a whisper. "It caused an awful stir — and not a good one. People were horrified. They were absolutely horrified that older women should be having sex with younger men."
When many of us think "cougar," we picture the ultimate cougar of the big screen: The Graduate's legendary, martini-sipping Mrs. Robinson. These days, real-life cougars are stars like Demi Moore (who, in her 40s, married then-twenty-something heartthrob Ashton Kutcher), the coiffed reality-show cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County, and, yes, everyday women — suburbanites and city-slickers alike.
While there's no denying that cougars are slinking into the mainstream, there's still an element of taboo surrounding these age-spanning relationships.
"It's definitely considered creepier for women to go out with younger men," admitted Junie Smith*, a 52-year-old cougar who lives on Manhattan's Lower East Side. "For a 70-year-old guy to go out with a 40-year-old woman, as opposed to a 70-year-old woman going out with a 40-year-old guy? A 70-year-old woman going out with a 40-year-old guy is considered creepy."
Why the double standard? Smith figured it comes down to science: "It probably has something to do with the concentration of the species on procreation," she quipped.
All scientific notions aside, older women opt for younger men for the same reasons that older men select younger women.
"The mentality of having a youthful person on your arm who makes you feel good, who makes you feel ageless, makes you feel desired and desirable," Gibson said.
Statistics compiled by AARP The Magazine back up the trend.
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As concern about toxic chemicals leaching from plastic baby products mounts, parents are examining everything that goes into the mouths of their babes. The reason for alarm: a recent report suggesting that significant (read dangerous) levels of bisphenol-A (BPA) can be found not only in baby bottles, but many other beverage containers. The report links BPA with genital abnormality, breast cancer, and obesity. Canada, in fact, just declared the chemical toxic.
Infants and young children, with their developing reproductive systems, are particularly susceptible to BPA exposure. "BPA does have an estrogenic influence, and it's not wise to expose infants to chemicals that may alter their hormones," says David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and Environment at the University of Albany in New York.
Why take the risk when you can sip pretty with a BPA-free cup? One tip: Avoid cups with a No. 7 recycling code. For more info go to www.chej.org/BPA_Website.htm.
Here's a roundup of our favorite, BPA-free sippy cups:
Klean Kanteen: (12 oz, $17.95; kleankanteen.com) Stainless steel and polypropylene cap. Excellent for purists. The Safe Sippy: (11 oz, $14.95; thesafesippy.com) Stainless steel; polypropylene cap. The rubber outer sleeve prevents denting and also provides insulation.
BornFree Training Cup: (7 oz, $9.99; newbornfree.com) Made from polypropylene, this cup has a special spout to ease the transition from bottle to cup.
Thinkbaby trainer cup: (9 oz, $8.99; thinkbabybottles.com) Made from polyether sulfone (PES), a high-quality, medical-grade plastic, the cup and packaging are specifically tested for phthalates, PVC, and lead, as well as BPA.


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Six Ways Teens and Parents Can Capture the Most Awkward Prom Photos
Prom pose. It's something that's universally understood, like gravity, or not posting Game of Thrones spoilers on Facebook. Yet somehow, even with that understanding, the awkward prom pose has become the status quo for all prom photos, despite the fact that nothing is more awkward than making two nervous, probably-not-dating teens embrace in public, in front of their parents.But maybe prom photos are just, like, meant to be awkward. Maybe it's a rite of passage. Like the prom pose, there are certain horrors that plague everyone's pics. After talking to Groupon employees about their own prom photos, we found that awkwardness was ubiquitous. But also constructive.From our very careful analysis, we now present the six things you need to do to capture gloriously awkward prom photos that can be laughed at for generations. And if you want to rebel against tradition, there are also some tips for getting genuinely nice pictures.(Editor's note: To protect the identities of those who do not work here and did not sign up for prom-pic-shaming, their faces have been disguised by emojis that represent their actual expressions as closely as possible.)1. GET TAN, even if you physically can't."I went tanning so much in 2002, George W. probably should have issued an executive order against it. I am Scotch-Irish. It was unnatural." – Kelly MacDowell"You can see that I attempted to tan, but only the day before prom. I laid out in my backyard and proceeded to only get red, so in all my photos it looks like I've been dancing really hard … I basically haven't been out in daylight for more than 20 minutes since 2004." – Liz Juranek, pictured rightActual tip: Don't feel compelled to go tanning. Pasty people have their place in the world. Nicole Kidman is porcelain as heck and she is a boss. If you'd like to be tan in your pics, though, make sure to give yourself at least a few weeks to build up color.2. Stand in direct sunlight for every. single. picture."There are [some] shots of just the guys. In one, I am pretty sure I am the only one wearing sunglasses." – John Flaherty"I remember the sun was in my eyes the entire time. Plus, it was glinting hard off the rhinestones on my dress. People probably shouldn't look directly at the pictures without one of those solar-eclipse-pinhole things." – Kelly MacDowellActual tip: Take pictures during the golden hour, which occurs just before sunset. The light is more diffused, and you should be able to avoid blinding anyone. 3. Make sure every shot is 10000% posed."Perhaps the most embarrassing part of the whole to-do was how many parents were there, and how many photos were taken… The photo on the stairs [above, left] went completely wrong. My date looks very disdainful of his corsage-pinning abilities [above, center]. The Charlie's Angels pose [above, right] was outdated even then." – Mel Kassel"Because there was a lack of actual couples [in our group] it looks like everyone is trying desperately not to touch so they don't imply some sort of romantic connection." – Kate RafteryActual tips: First of all, don't force "romantic" poses on pairs if they aren't dating. Also, try to capture candid moments. Teens hate posing for their parents. Being more candid will produce more flattering, natural shots.4. Wear the most baller prom gear you can find."I was crazy about the 1940s at the time and dressed in a red-velvet peplum with a black satin mermaid skirt and a BOUFFANT. WHY. I thought I was hot s**t until I entered the dance and everyone looked at me really strangely." – Ashley Hamer"My main takeaway from this photo is that 18-year-old me did not know how to shop for a strapless bra. I should probably be laughing at the fact that my hair and dress match, but I'm actually rather impressed with my ability to match them so well. Frankly, I wish I were as good at matching now as I was on prom night." – Shannon Jewitt, pictured rightActual tip: There's no real rule here. This one all depends on your teen's personality. If they want to go big, let 'em. If they don't, then opt for classic formalwear, hair, and makeup. Either way, knowing which colors look best on you will help get the most flattering photos possible. 5. Pick the smallest and/or most banal place to take pictures."My mom's weird knickknacks and the vast, featureless expanse of our front yard have been preserved for posterity. (Why was my house chosen again?)" – Kate Raftery"There is one ridiculous shot with, like, a dozen couples [squeezed] in front of a fireplace. We were all positioned in the classic prom pose." – John FlahertyActual tip: If you're gonna have 52 people getting together for this, you might as well chose a spacious, more picturesque location, like a town square or a dang park.6. Make your body look as awkward as possible."While taking pictures in my mom's backyard, the stilettos I wore punctured the soft sod and sunk deep into the earth. You couldn't see my heels and I couldn't move. I had to manually lift my legs one after the other to change poses." – Stephanie Anderson, pictured left"I am slouched over like the Hunchback of Notre Dame… [it] should have taught me to stand up straight (it did not)." – Liz JuranekActual tip: Sorry kids, but we've gotta echo Mom on this one. Stand up straight. Preferably on solid ground.Perhaps the most important thing to remember is this: just because your photos are awkward, that doesn't meant the night will be."Though we were all bumbling about like the insufferable teens we were, we made no bad memories that night," Mel said. "Truly, a feat."Hero image adapted from: Prom 1983 by Andrew Kitzmiller under CC by 2.0Get picture-perfect with these other photography tips: A Pro Photographer's Tips for Composed PortraitsThe Solutions to Seven Common Makeup and Beauty QuestionsRead More


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Fold 126.96.36.199 Fold.exe is a command line Windows utility for XP and later. Although it really shines on Windows Seven. It reads a plain text file of folder names, then opens and places them on the desktop.
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I found even though I wrote several hotkey tools for opening recent folders, that there were combinations of folders I used many times and I still had not come up with an easy way to open them as a set. File managers with quad windows may be a solution but I haven't found a free one that seemed stable and predictable.
The basic idea of Fold is you feed it a file of folder names. If the number of folders is 4 or less the vertical space used is limited to 95% of the vertical desktop work area. This should leave enough room for stuff like RocketDock and other gizmos kept just above the TaskBar.
At the moment it's hard wired with TaskBar at the bottom.
If there are more than 4 folders, all windows are minimized first, to avoid app windows being resized, then the folders are opened and placed using the OS horizontal tiling API.
See the Readme for details.
Before gasping in horror at the thought of typing at the command line, see the Suggestion in the Readme. If you are on Windows7 it's very easy to associate .fld extension with Fold.exe and pin folder sets to the Fold icon on SuperBar. Once you make a few sets of folders you can just right click, then click and Bingo!! A set of folders you use together comes up.
If you don't want to register a file type association then I suggest putting a shortcut to Fold.exe in your SendTo folder.
Another nice feature of using this on Windows7, when you're done right click the Explorer shortcut on SuperBar and click Close All Windows.
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Not knowing the particularsabout your family business, i will tell you ive run a million dollar retail operation. I know how to read a P&L, i understand payroll is the biggest controllable expense any retail business has. You don't hire people just to hire them, they have to justify their salary. Im glad your old man could pay better than minimum wage, but im betting he didnt hire a kid fresh from flipping burgers for more than minimum wage to sell high end jewelry. He got people that knew something about the business so he wouldnt have to waste the resources traing someone that may or may not work out.
Im not ignorant about business. I'd dare say i'm someone that can speak more intelligently on the subject than many. With employees, it's all about ROI (return on investement). If they cant make you money, then you dont keep them...if your profit margins thin, you dont hire more people unless you HAVE to. Raising the min wage is not the start of the apocalypse...but judging by early reports from walmart and target, people miss that chunk of change the government started taking from their checks again. Lower sales wont mean more jobs anytime soon, so the rise in the minimum wage wont really help many people that arent already working at minimum wage.
For the record, the most money i made as a salesman was on commission....min. wage + spiffs and bonuses. I cleaned house because i knew how to hustle and take care of my customers. If i was paid minum wage and nothing else, how motivated would i be to make money? Its always about WIIFM...Whats In It For Me
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
a) If you can afford to pay someone new $8/hour (on a 40-hour week) but not $10/hour than your business is not profitable in the first place and maybe should not hire anybody period.
b) If that business is so profitable yet can't afford the $40/week difference maybe ownership should look at cost cutting somewhere else (lining their own pockets)
This minimum wage debate remains me of the 'Joe the plumber' moments with a lot of made-up BS excuses.
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"You may think that you are some kind of god to these people. But we both know what you really are."
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So write-offs are revenue neutral? If you write-off $1000 do you save $1000 on your taxes?
Im somewhat disappointed that more African Americans dont think for themselves and just go with whatever theyre supposed to say and think."
- Dr. Benjamin Carson
Employers have an additional cost of an average of approx 25% - 30%. It largely depends on what kind of benefits they have and/or offer. So you are looking at roughly $50 more per dollar pay raise. If our resident 'Joe the Plumber' is actually offering any benefits. Without any benefit plan the extra cost are somewhere around 10-15% (depending on State and your UI rate). My point stands: if you can't afford a couple hundred dollars extra you may want to rethink your business strategy.
This whole "increase of the minimum wage is killing jobs or job growth" is the same crap as "if we tax our job creators a couple percent more it will kill jobs, reduces investment etc".
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Biblical name, meaning 'he (God) has given' in Hebrew (compare Nathaniel). This was the name of a prophet who had the courage to reproach King David for arranging the death in battle of Uriah the Hittite in order to get possession of the latter's wife Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:1–15). It was also the name of one of David's own sons. In modern times this name has often been taken as a short form of Nathaniel or of Jonathan. Since the 1990s it has been much favoured throughout the English-speaking world.
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NEWS February 24, 2012
So it's been awhile since I've blogged to everyone but I've had a pretty action packed off season! I was fortunate enough to have some time off after the holidays and great weather back home to put in some good miles on my bicycles. Between the push bikes and riding my 100, I stayed pretty occupied through the cold months.
So far, this February has been the busiest I've had in years past. I got a call from Dave McGrath from AMA Pro to come down and do a track inspection at the new NOLA circuit in New Orleans, which was awesome to get a first hand look at things while they're still in the construction phase of things. Overall the track looked amazing and only needed a few very minor things done to it for it to be ready for motorcycles to hit the track. Right after I did the track inspection I headed over to Conroe, Texas for a fun filled week of Colin Edwards' Texas Tornado Boot Camp (TTBC)!
This was my second visit to TTBC and I was super pumped to keep working on my skills set and to try and close the gap from me to the full time instructors! One of my fellow competitors from the Daytona SportBike class was there as well ,Tommy Aquino, so that made things a little extra competitive. I'm pretty sure everything we did was as competitive as one of our AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike races, whether it be ping pong, mini bikes, or shooting guns. The camp was a 7 day racer camp but unfortunately I could only stay for 5 days. It was a great time though, and I have to thank Colin and the whole staff for inviting me back down to TTBC!
When I left Colin's I headed right back to NOLA for a Tracktactics two day track day. It was awesome to go from 5 days of mini bike riding and then immediately start applying what I learned at the camp to my race bike. It was also great to get to turn some laps on a brand spankin' new race track! The NOLA circuit was everything I thought it would be from what I saw at the inspection and I'm so pumped that we have a new track on the AMA schedule. The track is fast, wide, safe, and super smooth. I can't wait to go back for the Big Kahuna season finale in October!
I had a few days to do some laundry after the NOLA track day, and then it was off to Indianapolis for the big Indy Dealer Expo. I had a great time at Indy meeting and greeting with new and old sponsors and I'm really anxious to get back on the racetrack and represent everyone that's helping out the Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki program this year!
Now it's back home to put in as much training as possible so I can be lean and mean for the Daytona 200 in 3 weeks time. I'm going to do whatever I can to make up for that .027 that I missed out on winning it last year! Hope to see you at the "World Center of Racing"!!!
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Why are "genetically modified foods" getting all kinds of push back from many sides including the EU?
Genetically modified foods are becoming more and more available. Most of the modern foods are modified provide more and better product such as rice, corn, wheat and now even salmon have been modified to achieve market size faster that before. The published complaints seem to suggest that these foods are somehow tainted and there is no knowledge of future problems. Besides, the modifiers are large multinational corporations that have evil intent.
But hasn't mankind always been modifying something. We took a wary wolf some 10000 years ago and now we have toy poodles. Wheat, corn, rice are not like today from what it was just a few hundred years ago.
In the past, breeders/botanists would make multiple generations to get the desired results. Today, technology can make changes is one or two replications.
Could these GMF cause hair to fall out or some serious medical crisis and how do we know that? Or is it just the fear of change?.
Apr 29 2013: i support GM, but i do not support any patents / legal barriers in their use. i also don't support any attempts to sell GM food to people that do not want to buy it. in my law, buyers would be entitled to a full refund if any GM content is not written clearly on the package. even after consumption. after full freedom achieved, people can decide themselves if they want to eat GM food, and if so, what kinds. it would even be up to them to define what they mean by GM. some might consider selective breeding GM. other's might consider the oil of GM seeds not to be GM. there are no strict definitions.Apr 29 2013: My take on modified foods is that mankind has been modifying foods since the beginning of agriculture. By breeding and cross breeding we have modified genetic traits in plants and animals. Now we have the ability to make these modifications relatively quickly and more focused for the desired traits. Can these changes go bad? It is possible. Should we stop trying? I believe that with the growth of population, the need for more and better foods has risen faster then the old ways of breeding and cross breeding. Only time will tell.Apr 3 2013: Two things,
Most GMOs make crops provide higher yields, resistant to drought and some do give the plant a bitter taste to insect feeders. No food stuff I could find is being modified to actually be a pesticide. so, if you can provide any reference, I would be most interested.
The other point of what could be called crony capitalism, where corporations and government swap employees back and forth. I'd like that to be stopped too. But, legally there is nothing wrong with it.Apr 2 2013: Genetic modification in general can yield good or bad results I'm sure. What concerns me are the reasons many of the crops are modified - to be resistant to pesticides or to produce them internally. Also, many of these products come from Monsanto, a company notorious for manipulating government regulation for its own ends. Many GMO crops, artificial hormones and pesticides produced by Monsanto are banned in the EU but go unregulated by the FDA in the US. The FDA is headed by Monsanto lawyer Michael Taylor and others from the company.Apr 1 2013: Why are "huge" food corporations considered mindless entities that only have a fast buck profit in mind? If I was in charge of a large food corporation, would I put out a product that will kill all my customers? Not if I wanted to keep my job and make an obscene salary, I would do all I could to keep my customer base healthy, hoping wealthy enough to keep buying my product and wise.Mar 31 2013: I am no Luddite, but I fear the scale of change in the world, today and in the future.
The new technologies that are being introduced are powerful on a scale that make past technologies appear puny. Genetic modification may be the most powerful of these new technologies.
The old paradigm was to let any individual or any corporation introduce any new technology, with no advance regulation or limitation. In the past, that paradigm served us fairly well. Today, it is not serving us nearly as well as in the past. For example, chemical companies are introducing new chemicals at a rate that is amazing, and the vast majority of these chemicals are not being tested for possible negative effects on people or on the environment. Sure enough, some of these chemicals have caused problems. Another sad example is tobacco.
Part of the old paradigm was the assumption that the people who profited from a product would be held liable for any damages. That assumption does not hold up when the scale is increased. While the potential for profits becomes humongous, modern corporations can shield themselves from the humongous liabilities that these new technologies could cause. So corporations have a huge incentive to introduce extremely risky technologies.
Consider one fairly simple scenario: A GM crop is adopted all over the world, feeding billions of people. A parasite adapts to take advantage of the genetic modification and wipes out the crop. Millions, perhaps billions starve. Yes, this could happen to any crop at any time. But GM makes crops more valuable and more widely spread. The PURPOSE of GM is to sell a particular strain as widely as possible. Corporations are purposely putting the world population at greater risk to produce greater profits.
The fear of GM and other powerful technologies is completely rational. The risks are real.Mar 31 2013: Why? Should I be? If I wanted to sound extreme I can call seedless fruit trees an abomination but I won't let that keep seeds in the way of my culinary pleasures.Mar 31 2013: It does not really matter if the the staff, leadership, and investors (and the families) of the Corporations who monopolize the food market are themselves eating it. I don't want to eat that food and they are stealing my freedom to reject them and eat organic by regulating the natural seeds and its free distribution and de-regulating the GM foods such that on the shelf you cannot tell which is GM and which is not.
No wonder that EU and many countries are pushing the GM food back. Unless there is global mass insanity, there will always be countries and people who refuse to be sold to these corporations.Mar 31 2013: Here is one perspective on the question, though the talk is not entirely about genetically modified foodstuffs: http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial.htmlMar 30 2013: I think this video will be informative for this question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwOTLopWIwMar 30 2013: I'm not really afraid of genetically altered foods. Seedless grapes are genetically altered. I guess going old school would be the best way to go if any bodies really worried about it.
Mar 30 2013: Do you think grapes evolved only for human consumption? Also, do you think seeds in grapes are just stupid natural freaks to hinder your culinary pleasure?
Mar 30 2013: What?! Are you serious? If any thing were to be freakish, it's the seedless grape. The whole idea of a seedless fruit is some what crazy. When humans are gone soon after so will Thompson seedless and any other genetically altered seedless fruit. I don't know why grapes evolved the way they did but they sure do taste good.
Mar 31 2013: Then why are you NOT afraid of genetically modified food?Mar 30 2013: With something as significant to life as food, we need to do much more rigorous scientific investigation before providing modified organisms for public consumption. Unfortunately and frighteningly, the corporations pushing these foods, naturally, have no concern for the well-being of humans.
Mar 30 2013: Unless I'm mistaken, the staff, leadership, and investors (and the families) are made up entirely of humans.
Mar 30 2013: So the only other question is are they consuming the same modified foods they're pushing?
Mar 30 2013: They're releasing them into the same biosphere, and since they have no way of telling, for instance, whether there GM corn shows up in the products they buy of the store shelves, then yes, they're consuming the same products.Mar 30 2013: And they are making a lot of money out of it which the consumers are not.
Mar 30 2013: And they are feeding a lot of people and you are not. Please leave your misplaced class envy at the door.Mar 30 2013: Of course they are. They are also feeding people with lies, deception, monopoly apart from destroying the ecological balance and not nutritious food. I an not doing those either. Please get informed.
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It is because the instincts of optimal point and ultra-high accuracy make us survive.
Hence, we have to be very careful.
(For details, see the 1st article, points 10-11 at
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D&id=D24D89AE8B1E2E0D%21283&sc=documents)Mar 30 2013: It's just Luddite fear of change, Mike. It's the same people that insist that refrigeration is causing global warming, and that we all should return to an agrarian society as long as they still get their iMacs and Prius'.


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Tay-Sachs disease and Sandhoff disease are lysosomal storage disorders, also referred to as GM2 gangliosidoses, caused by deficiencies of the enzymes hexosaminidase A and hexosaminidase B, respectively. These isoenzymes are dimers that differ in their subunit composition. Hexosaminidase A is a heterodimer composed of 1 alpha and 1 beta subunit (alpha-beta), while hexosaminidase B is a homodimer composed of 2 beta subunits (beta-beta). The defective lysosomal degradation and the excessive accumulation of GM2 ganglioside and related glycolipids results in the development of the clinical symptomology observed in Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases.
Tay-Sachs Disease:
Tay-Sachs disease is caused by a deficiency of hexosaminidase A due to a defect in the alpha subunit. This autosomal recessive condition results from 2 mutations in the HEXA gene, which encodes for the alpha subunit of hexosaminidase. Individuals with Tay-Sachs disease have a deficiency in hexosaminidase A; those with higher residual enzyme activity may have a milder clinical presentation with a later age of onset.
The acute infantile form typically presents with progressive motor deterioration beginning at 3 to 6 months of age. Patients exhibit weakness, hypotonia, and decreasing attentiveness. Motor skills learned previously, such as crawling or sitting alone, are nearly always lost by age 1. Other symptoms include rapid diminishing of vision, seizures, macroencephaly due to cerebral gliosis, and the characteristic cherry-red spot in the retina. Affected individuals typically do not survive past age 5.
The juvenile or subacute form of Tay-Sachs disease often presents between 2 and 10 years with ataxia and clumsiness. Patients develop difficulties with speech and cognition. Neurologic features progressively worsen and death is typically 2 to 4 years later.
Disease progression is slower in patients with chronic or adult-onset Tay-Sachs disease. Early signs and symptoms may be subtle and nonspecific, involving muscle and/or neurologic findings, often resulting in initial misdiagnoses. Affected individuals may exhibit abnormalities of gait and posture, spasticity, dysarthria (loss of speech), and progressive muscle wasting and weakness. Cognitive impairment, dementia, or psychiatric findings are observed in some patients. Significant clinical variability exists both between and within families.
The carrier frequency of Tay-Sachs disease is increased in certain groups including individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish, Celtic, and French Canadian ancestry. A common cause of false-positive carrier screening by enzyme analysis, particularly among individuals of non-Ashkenazi Jewish descent, is due to the presence of a pseudodeficiency allele. Such sequence variations are not associated with disease, but result in the production of a hexosaminidase A enzyme with decreased activity towards the artificial substrate typically used in the enzyme assay. The recommended testing strategy is to order NAGR / Hexosaminidase A and Total, Leukocytes/Molecular Reflex, which begins with enzyme analysis and when the percent of hexosaminidase A enzyme is low, reflexes to the molecular panel which includes the most common mutations observed in these high-risk populations and 2 common pseudodeficiency alleles.
Sandhoff Disease:
Sandhoff disease (deficiency of hexosaminidase A and B due to a defect in the beta subunit) is an autosomal recessive condition resulting from 2 mutations in the HEXB gene, which encodes for the beta subunit of hexosaminidase. Individuals with Sandhoff disease have deficiencies in both hexosaminidase A and hexosaminidase B. Phenotypically, patients with Sandhoff disease present with features very similar to Tay-Sachs disease including variability in age of onset and severity. Enzyme analysis is generally required to distinguish between the 2 disorders. Unlike Tay-Sachs disease, Sandhoff disease does not have an increased carrier frequency in any specific population.
Diagnostic and Carrier Testing:
Testing for Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases occurs by analysis of hexosaminidase A, a heat-labile enzyme, and total hexosaminidase (hexosaminidase A plus hexosaminidase B). When testing the enzyme, an artificial substrate is most commonly used. The total hexosaminidase is quantified. Following this, heat inactivation of hexosaminidase A occurs with a second measurement of the total enzyme level. From this, the percent hexosaminidase A is calculated. Biochemically, Tay-Sachs disease is characterized by normal total hexosaminidase with a very low percent hexosaminidase A. Carriers of Tay-Sachs disease are asymptomatic, but have intermediate percent hexosaminidase A in serum, leukocytes, and cultured fibroblasts. Follow-up molecular testing is recommended for all individuals with enzyme results in the carrier or possible carrier ranges to differentiate carriers of a pseudodeficiency allele from those with a disease-causing mutation. In addition, this allows for the facilitation of prenatal diagnosis for at-risk pregnancies.
A very small group of patients affected with Tay-Sachs disease have the B1 variant. In the presence of an artificial substrate, the B1 variant allows for a heterodimer formation of hexosaminidase A and exhibits activity. However, in vivo the B1 variant hexosaminidase A is inactive on the natural substrate. Thus, with the artificial substrate, these patients appear to be unaffected. Individuals with the B1 variant of Tay-Sachs disease must be distinguished using a natural substrate assay (MUGS / Hexosaminidase A (MUGS), Serum). This testing should be considered if one of the other assays indicates normal or carrier results and the suspicion of Tay-Sachs disease remains high.
Hexosaminidase testing using the artificial substrate provides an indirect assay for Sandhoff disease. Affected individuals exhibit very low total hexosaminidase with a disproportionately high percent hexosaminidase A due to alpha subunit homodimer formation. Carriers of Sandhoff disease are asymptomatic but have intermediate levels of total hexosaminidase with high percent hexosaminidase A in serum, leukocytes, and cultured fibroblasts. However, not all individuals with this pattern are true carriers of Sandhoff disease and follow-up molecular testing is recommended. In addition, molecular analysis allows for the facilitation of prenatal diagnosis for at-risk pregnancies. Testing hexosaminidase using the natural substrate does not identify homozygotes or heterozygotes for Sandhoff disease.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Recommended test for carrier detection and diagnosis of Tay-Sachs disease
Carrier detection and diagnosis of Sandhoff disease (testing option-not the recommended test)
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Interpretation is provided with report.
Hexosaminidase A usually composes >62% of the total hexosaminidase activity in leukocytes (normal = 63%-75% A).
In leukocytes, the percent Hex A is used in determining whether an individual is a carrier of or affected with Tay-Sachs disease:
-63% to 75% hexosaminidase A is normal (noncarrier)
-58% to 62% hexosaminidase A is ambiguous (molecular testing recommended to discern carriers from non-carriers and to allow for prenatal diagnosis if desired)
-<58% hexosaminidase A is a carrier (molecular testing recommended to discern disease-causing mutations from pseudodeficiency alleles and to allow for prenatal diagnosis if desired)
-<20% hexosaminidase A is consistent with a diagnosis of Tay-Sachs disease.
In leukocytes, the total hexosaminidase in combination with the percent hexosaminidase A aids in determining whether an individual is at-risk to be a carrier of or is affected with Sandhoff disease:
-> or =76% hexosaminidase A is suggestive of a Sandhoff carrier, when the total hexosaminidase is depressed
-Total hexosaminidase activity near zero with nearly 100% hexosaminidase A is consistent with Sandhoff disease
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
A small percentage (<0.5%) of carriers may exhibit normal hexosaminidase A activity and will not be detected by this method.(1)
GM2 activator deficiency (GM2-gangliosidosis, AB variant) is a rare disorder with clinical features similar to Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases; however, levels of both hexosaminidase A and B are normal. GM2 activator deficiency cannot be identified through testing offered at Mayo Medical Laboratories.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
< or =15 years: > or =20 nmol/min/mg
> or =16 years: 16.4-36.2 nmol/min/mg
< or =15 years: 20-80% of total
> or =16 years: 63-75% of total
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Triggs-Raine BL, Feigenbaum ASJ, Natowicz M, et al: Screening for carriers of Tay-Sachs disease among Ashkenazi Jews-A comparison of DNA-based and enzyme-based tests. N Engl J Med 1990;323:6-12
2. Delnooz CCS, Lefeber DJ, Langemeijer SMC, et al: New cases of adult-onset Sandhoff disease with a cerebellar or lower motor neuron phenotype. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2010;81(9):968-972
3. Vallance H, Morris TJ, Coulter-Mackie M, et al: Common HEXB polymorphisms reduce serum HexA and HexB enzymatic activities, potentially masking Tay-Sachs disease carrier identification. Mol Genet Metab 2006 Feb;87(2):122-127
4. Kaback MM: Hexosaminidase A deficiency. Available from URL: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part=tay-sachs Accessed: 11/5/2012
5. Neudorfer O, Pastores GM, Zeng BJ, et al: Late-onset Tay-Sachs disease: phenotypic characterization and genotypic correlations in 21 affected patients. Genet Med 2005 Feb;7(2):119-123
6. Sutton VR: Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling families at risk for metabolic disease. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 2002 Jun;29(2):287-296
7. D'Souza G, McCann CL, Hedrick J, et al: Tay-Sachs disease carrier screening: a 21-year experience. Genet Test 2000;4(3):257-263


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Pumpkin is quite a staple in my parent's home, where it is used generously in Kootu (Gravied vegetables), Sambhar, Thalagam etc. Not being too fond of the vegetables on the sweeter side, pumpkin is usually not on my shopping list. Not unless I want to make Dhansak or Bisi Bele Huli Anna.
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